Show The Presbyterians PHILADELPHIA May 17 The centennial cen-tennial meeting of the Presbyterian General Assembly the Supremo Ecclesiastical Eccle-siastical Court of the Presbyterian Church in the United States begun in this city tbis morning with over 500 I delegates or commissioners in attendance attend-ance representing every State and Territory Ter-ritory in the Union The commissioners assembled in Horticultural Hall and about 10 oclock having formed in procession pro-cession in State delegations marched to the First Preibytentn the oldest church in the city A dense crowd of people surrounded the church and as many as could gain admittance quickly crowded the building to its utmost Capacity ca-pacity while hundreds were turned I away Alter religious exercises came the opsniug address of Moderator Rev Dr Smith It comprised an exhaustive sketch of tbe rise and growth of the Presbyterian Church and referred particularly par-ticularly to the organization of the first Presbyterian Synod and the first general gen-eral assembly in this city The first business session of the assembly as-sembly was called to order at 2 30 this afternoon in Horticultural Hall |