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A 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