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THE GENERAL ASSE
OF SC
To the most of us it is
pageantry of the Assemb
We have just been readii
19, an account of the ope
The opening sermon w
Throne room of Holyroo*
"The escort of the L<
their bright uniforms an
into the square and took 1
Inside the quadrangle a
one hundred men of the
and pipers of the regimi
High Constables of H
Amongst the early arriv;
in full-bottomed wig. H
after by Dr. Mitford
officers of the Headquart
of Edinburgh, Glasgow,
in their robes of office; rc
Company of Edinburgh, 1
the Edinburgh School Be
of Edinburgh. A few r
Eord High Commission*
Throne Room, and the st
announced to those outsit
ings had begun."
How strangely does th
of the Gospel of Christ!
From the levee, the Lo
way from the Palace to t
the opening sermon was
A detachment of the 1
the square opposite the v
on the steps of which th<
ent municipalities, in the
await the arrival of the I
His Grace's carriage dre
sented arms, and the ban<
The Lord High Com mi
their suite, then entered t
tion rising to receive thei
royal pew.
The Moderator's serm<
i.L -i. 1 -? "
inai auring tne year n
Marcus Dods, Dr. Gray,
and Dr. Theodore Marsh
After the sermon the
Dr. James Robertson as
?embly and the members
Then the King's Lette
engrossed. Then Lord Imissioner,
made an addr<
great sense of your stead
-and of his resolution to
ment in Scotland," and h
motion of "the Reformed
the islands of Scotland,"
be preached in the Gaeli
In reply the Moderatoi
alliance between the Stat*
0
r r
THE PRESBYTERI/
MBLY OF THE CHURCH
OTLAND.
an old story,?the pomp and
ly of the Church of Scotland,
lg in the "Scotsman" of May
ning ceremonies,
as preceded by a levee in the
\ Talace. We quote :
r>?i? i r
Jill mil <11111 1JUI UC1 11U1JV, 111
(1 glittering helmets, wheeled
ip a position facing the Palace,
guard of honor, consisting of
Royal Scots, with the band
ent, were drawn up, and the
olyrood were also on duty,
als was the Solicitor-General,
e was followed shortly thereMitchell,
ex-Moderator, the
ers Staff; the civic dignitaries
Dundee, Leith and Perth, all
:presentatives of the Merchant
lie Edinburgh Parish Council,
>ard, and the High Constables
ninutes before u o'clock the
?r and his suite entered the
rains of the National Anthem
le the Palace that the proceed
is contrast with the simplicity
rd High Commissioner led the
he Church of St. Giles, where
preached.
R.oyal Scots was drawn up in
/est entrance to the Cathedral,
j representatives of the differir
robes of office, gathered to
^ord High Commissioner. As
iv up the guard of honor pre1
played the National Anthem,
ssioner, Lady Kinnaird, and
he church, the large congregam
as they passed along to the
:>n called attention to the fact
ve ex-moderators have died:
Dr. Pagan, Dr. Marshall Lang
all.
retiring Moderator nominated
Moderator of the present Asi
acquiesced.
r was read, and ordered to be
vinnaird, the Lord High Com:ss,
expressing "His Majesty's
y and firm zeal for his service,
maintain Presbyterian governis
crant of $10,000 for the nro
[ religion in the highlands and
especially that the Gospel may
c language.
dilated upon the value of the
2 and the Presbyterian Church.
lN of the south.
Then Dr. Turnbull Smith mc
a Business Committee to propc
sembly, nominating Dr. Norms
er" of the Committee and him
Thcv were elected, but not \vi
test against the "rotation" cu<
which give the young men no
of influence. There was a stroi
men should have due opportui
the opposition to the idea
gestion.
LIFE AND RE
Sir Alexander Simpson, the
a professor of the University
delivered an address in the Fif
Church, New York, on Sunday
was present a class of twen
women, who will soon leave t
Orient. Dr. Simpson expresse
sionary workers have done mc
loyal to the British Governme
and civilians in the service of 1
This is an important and stri
to the public value of the A
India, the great British pr
fidelity to their mission as m
ambassadors to that Kingdo
1 J T _ ?
woria. i\eitner jesus nor raui
Gentiles, undertook to overthr
They taught that men should
things that are Caesar's, and
obedience to law, should pray f
The report we have seen of
adds that he advised them "
religion in their labors among
. pect that this is not quite a fai
said. An Episcopal clergymai
ferred this report, suggests tl
meant to recommend life, a goi
stead of ecclesiasticism, with 1
A true and faithful Christian
sight of a Pagan community, w
better and more impressive and
and ceremonies, the priestly
rites of any church.
If the lecturer meant that the
life rather than dogma, the
some truth, and yet be capabl
standing. No doctrine, hovve
of power and value among n
of life, the life for which it calls
lived that is not the express
doctrine believed and obeyed.
No one knows better than thi
layman that life and religion ca
good life, honest and pure, uns
ing both moraHty and chafity,
in religion. When any man
and loving mercy," it is also
humbly with his God." When
June 23, 1909.
>ved the appointment of
)se business for the Asm
Macleod as "conveniself
as "vice-convener."
thout one voice of prostoms
of the Assembly,
cnance at tne positions
ig plea that the younger
lities of promotion, hut
overwhelmed the sugLIGION.
distinguished physician,
of Edinburgh, Scotland,
th Avenue Presbyterian
evening, June 6. There
ty-five young men and
or Mission posts in the
d the opinion that misire
to make the Hindus
nt than all the soldiers
the empire.
king testimony, not only
merican Missionaries in
otectorate, but to their
linisters of Christ and
m which is not of this
, his great apostle to the
ow the Roman Empire,
render unto Caesar the
that all men, living in
or the powers that be.
Sir Alexander's address
to teach life instead of
the pagans." We susr
statement of what was
n to whom we have relat
perhaps the lecturer
od and Christian life, inivhich
we would concur.
life, lived daily in the
ould be a thousand times
effective, than the forms
claims and sacramental
missionary should teach
proposition would have
e of a serious misunderver
true and urgent, is
len without the witness.
?, and no good life is ever
sion and fruit of truth,
is distinguished Christian
n not be separated. .The
elfish and generous, havhas
its source and pbwer
is found "doing justly,
true that he is "walking
the missionary is teach