THE JOHN ROBINSON MEMORIAL TABLET. ON Friday, July 24, 1891, a bronze tablet in honor of Rev. John Robinson, pastor of the church of the Pilgrim Fathers during their residence in Leyden, Holland, 1608-1620, was unveiled in that city. It had been erected by the National Council of the Congregational Churches of the United States of America, in accordance with the action. of the Council on the subject at its session in 1877, at Detroit. A committee representing the Council had charge of the exercises. Early in the afternoon a procession was formed at the Hotel du Lion d'Or, and moved to the St. Peter's Church, on the outer wall of which is the tablet, and opposite to which is the site of the dwelling in which Pastor Robinson lived and the Pilgrims were accustomed to worship. The procession was headed by Rev. C. R. Palmer, D.D., and Rev. Morton Dexter, representing the Committee of the National Council, and Principal A. M. Fairbairn, D.D., representing the invited guests. On arriving at the church, where a large company had assembled - including delegations from the International Council of Congregational Churches which had just closed its sessions in London, the Congregational Union of England and Wales, Yale University and Mansfield College, Oxford, and also many of the citizens of Leyden, not less than seven hundred in all — the dedication exercises were held. Among those present were Rev. F. A. Noble, D.D., Rev. A. H. Ross, D.D., President W. F. Slocum, Rev. T. T. Munger, D.D., Rev. Burdett Hart, D.D., Rev. I. C. Meserve, G. Henry Whitcomb, Esq., Samuel Holmes, Esq., and the Hon. S. R. Thayer, United States Minister at the Hague, from the United States; Rev. Alexander Mackennal, D.D., Rev. John Brown, D.D., Rev. D. B. Hooke, Rev. G. S. Barrett, Rev. J. W. Harrison, and Mr. Henry Spicer, from England; and Rev. Thomas Roseby, LL.D., Principal A. Gosman, and Mr. Josiah Mullens, from Australia, as well as representatives of the city of Leyden, its Ecclesiastical Commissioners, its University, various religious bodies, and the military regiments there stationed. As Prof. G. E. Day, D.D., the Chairman of the Committee of the National Council, was unable to be present, Rev. C. R. Palmer, D.D., acted in his behalf. At the appointed hour, two o'clock, Dr. Palmer, accompanied by his daughter, Miss Edith. B. Palmer, Rev. Morton Dexter, and Rev. Alexander Mackennal, D.D., ascended the platform, and called the gathering to order. Mr. Dexter then read the |