PREPARATORY to the great conference which opens the present month in New York, to discuss the question of the second coming of Christ, a meeting was held September 16, in the chapel of the Church of the Holy Trinity, and was well attended by both laymen and ministers of all Protestant denominations. Of this meeting the New York Sun states :- The Rev. Dr. Stephen H. Tyng, Jr., presided. The meeting was opened with prayer and the hymn "When Jesus Comes." Then, at the suggestion of the chairman, most of those present repeated a scriptural text referring to the expected coming of Christ. Dr. Tyng said that last June there was a meeting of believers at Clifton Springs, at which it was resolved to call a conference similar to one which lately met in England, to discuss the question of the Lord's coming. The call was drawn up and signed by more than two hundred of the most popular clergymen and layman of the country. Letters had been received from many of the large cities, including Chicago, begging that the meeting might convene there; but it had been decided to hold it in the Church of the Holy Trinity, New York, on October 30 and 31 and November 1. Mr. Moody, Dr. Tyng said, would probably be there, and many other skilled evangelists. He was sure the conference would be very largely attended from all parts of this country, and many distinguished English clergymen had been invited, and would be likely to attend. He hoped to see even the Rev. Dr. H. Bonar. The Rev. Drs. Stephen H. Tyng, Jr., and J. D. Herr and the Rev. Mr. Gillespie were appointed to nominate sub-committees of arrangements, and before closing, Dr. Tyng, in reply to a question, said he was firmly convinced that the Lord Jesus Christ would come again to this world to take his church and establish his kingdom upon earth.