THE

RELIGIOUS CONDITION OF CHRISTENDOM.

SECOND PART.

EXHIBITED IN

A SERIES OF PAPERS,

PREPARED AT THE INSTANCE OF

THE FRENCH BRANCH OF THE EVANGELICAL ALLIANCE,

AND READ AT

THE CONFERENCE HELD IN PARIS, 1855.

Published by Authority of the Council of the British Organization.

EDITED BY THE

1798-1882.

REV. EDWARD STEANE, D.D.

ONE OF THE HONORARY SECRETARIES.

LONDON:

OFFICE OF THE EVANGELICAL ALLIANCE,
7, ADAM STREET, ADELPHI;

J. F. SHAW, SOUTHAMPTON ROW.

MDCCCLVII.

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PREFACE

CONTENTS.

PAGE

V

3

6

28

35

EVANGELICAL ALLIANCE:-

Opening of the Conference-Introductory Address

By the Rev. Dr. Grandpierre.

Historical Account of the Evangelical Alliance.

By the Rev. George Fysch, Lyons.

Sketch of the Rise and Progress of Christian Union in the

Cevennes

YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATIONS

ANGLO-SAXON NATIONS:-

On the Religious State of England, 1851-1855

By the Rev. T. R. Birks, M.A., Rector of Kelshall, Herts.

On the State of Religion and Education in the Manufacturing

Districts of England

By Edward Baines, Esq., Leeds.

State and Prospects of Religion in America

41

66

71

By the Rev. Robert Baird, D.D.

FRENCH-SPEAKING NATIONS:-

France: Its Religious Condition

129

By the Rev. François Farjat, Wesleyan Minister,

Bastia, Corsica.

Switzerland: The State of Religion in the Reformed Cantons.

By the Rev. E. Guder, Berne.

160

GERMANIC NATIONS:-

Holland: Its Religious State

179

By the Rev. M. D. Chantepie de la Saussaye, Leyden.

By the Rev. A. F. Tholuck, D.D., Halle.

On the Contending Forces of Infidelity and Faith in Germany.

By the Rev. F. W. Krummacher, D.D., Potsdam.

268

281

287

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GERMANIC NATIONS-continued.

Considerations on Religious Liberty, and a General View of the

Law in Relation to it in the States of North Germany

By Professor Hermann, Gottingen.

Protestantism in Hungary and other Austrian States

Supplementary Paper on Transylvania.

By Dr. Müller, Hermanstadt.

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294

302

342

On the State of the Native Religions and the Operation of

Protestant Missions

By the Rev. H. O. Dwight, D.D.

ON THE OBSERVANCE OF THE LORD'S DAY:-

385

In France

411

By the Rev. A. Descombaz, Lyons.

In Germany

429

By the Rev. A. Distelbarth, Mesfingen, Wurtemburg.

In Great Britain and Ireland

435

By the Rev. J. Jordan, Vicar of Enstone.

A GENERAL VIEW OF MODERN INFIDELITY

469

By the Rev. E. Pressensé, Pastor of the Evangelical

Church, Taitbout.

CHRISTIAN MISSIONS:-

On the Progress of Evangelical Missions among the Heathen

491

By the Rev. Dr. Barth, Calw, Wurtemburg.

Sketch of Missionary Work among the Jews in Ancient and

Modern Times

Memorial and Deputation on Religious Liberty in Germany,

with Answer .

559

CALL TO CONCERT IN PRAYER

571

LIST OF BRETHREN PRESENT AT THE CONFERENCE

575

PREFACE.

THE volume which the Editor has now the satisfaction of putting into the hands of the reader is one of great interest. It is a companion volume to that which he published after the London Conference of the Evangelical Alliance, in 1851; he has, therefore, given it the same title, only adding the words "Second Part."

It could not then have been anticipated that another assembly, similar in its character, would, after the lapse of so short a time, have been held in Paris. In concluding the preface to the former volume, the suggestion was, indeed, thrown out that periodically to bring together Christians of all nations "to survey the state of the whole Church on earth, and to take counsel together for the advancement of the great Christian commonwealth," was an object than which the Alliance could scarcely propose to itself a nobler; but, as in the former instance, so also in this, events occurring in the course of Divine Providence opened the way for the meeting, and presented facilities for holding it, in the absence of which, perhaps, it could not have taken place. Our French brethren, like ourselves, seized upon the occasion of the Paris Exposition of Arts and Industry, and turned it to this happy use.