Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 22, 1873, Page 9

rd w THE CHURCH. Ppractical Questions Arising from the Granting of Divorces, Prof, Swing's Sermons at McVicker's Theatre, Extracts from the Religious Press--- Masonry and the Ministry. Programme of Services in the Churches To-Day. Episcopal and Roman Catholic Calen- dar for the Week. ‘At & recent meeting of cne of tho ministerial sasociations of Chicago the practical questions that arise from tho grauting of divorces were discussed. Ministers of the Gospel are oc- casionally called upon to marry parties where one or the other has been divorced, sometimes both. The law and the Gospel do not always tarmonize in defining the lines of duty in such cases. The license granted by the civil power is, of course, always authority inthe matter, but the conscientions minister will slways sim to act only on Scriptural grounds. The question. is, What arc these grounds? At this meeting it was unanimously agreed that there ought to be no dissolution of the mar- riage relation except for the adultery of one of the parties. This, of course, does not apply to thoee cased in which a marriaga is void ab initio on account of pre-contract, infancy, impotency, inssnity, or consavguinity. The opening re- marks wore made by a minister from Indians, snd aro 28 follows : Wo should all zgree, T do not doubt, that thelsw of the State Is right in not permitting’ divorces whe; both parties bave been guilty of adultery, or whera the sdultery of the one party his been by collusion with, or the consent o, the other, But wa aro to discuss this morning those practical questions that arise from {he granting of divorces, whether for Scriptural or un- scziptural reasons, First—The first case is that whero a Scriptural di- ores has been granted, should the party, on account of whose adultery it bus Leen granted, e permitted tnder any circumstances to remsrry? It is admitted thet he who commits adultery profanes the marriage tie, By his crime ho releases all claim to the person of s wife, He becomes 2a one desd tobher. She is Zreed from bis law, and, after a logal soparation, is no adulteress, though eho bs married 1o another man. Bat, hiscrime having operated effectually to set her [réc,does it also free him? Is haat liberty to con- tract & new marrisge? According to thelaw in most the States the decree of the Court by which a di- fercela granted to his wife holds Bim fo'be stil bound snd forblds him to contract a new marriage duriog the lifetime of bi» wife, e 5 not permitted to take sdvantage of his own wrong. < ‘But do thoScriptures forbid his remarriage? The caso I8 ono not_expresaly decidad, and the unlwiul- ness of the remarriage of tho adulterer can only be de~ termined, if at all, by the teaching of Christ, if he were altogether innocent of crime, and his wife had obtained 3 divorce from him wrongfully, be would not Do at liberty to remarry again, (See Matt. v. 83, xix., 9,and Luke xvi., 18.) From these paseages it appears ot only that hie Who puts away his wife for any cause except sdultery and marrieth another comm!is adul- fery, but whoso marrieth her that is put away commit- teth'sdultery; and be that wrongfully puts away his ‘wife causes her to comunit adultery. ~The remarriags of the innocent party who has been unscrip- tarally divorced is clearly unlawful. Sy it not, then, ‘e safely inferred that what ho may not do whien in- nocent “he may not do when guilty ; in other words, that hix crime should not add “to his rights? Canwe suppose that the divine law would hold out even that inducement to violste ome of it most important pre- cepta?_On the supposition that the adulterer may re- marry Iawfully, may might a5 : “1f I bring about a disaclution of my marrisge ties by cruelty or neglect, the Church will not sanction snother union, but if by my sdultery I cause my wife to procure a divorce, I can then marry again with the sanction of the Church,"” The man or woman tiring of a present marrisgo and desiring to form s new alliance, would have the powerful ~incentive fo commit s that ‘it would _pave the way to gratification of unhallowod desire. The lavw, excopt in those States in which the loose, modern notions of marrisge have obtained, scems to assume that a di- vorce does not neceesarily sbeolve both husband and wife from their united vows, that one may bs abaolved from {hem whilo the other, the guilty party, remains bound by them. Whether this assumption is sanc- tioned by the Ward of God depends on the correctness ‘of the tnference I havo already pointed out, viz : that onemay not put himself into 3 position of ‘advantugo by guilt which he could not attain while {nnocent ; £t he may ot be quit forever of {he most solemn ob- Bgations by once c: 5 violating them. Marriaga Ut sometimes Ukeuied 0.2 soke, and thip Iuterunce posee thst ono party may free m T Soke while it Sl hangs upon the neck of the other, It will add weight to this infercnce 1€t bo borne in mind that, in the light of God, adul- tary is an offence of the most henious chaTacter. “The man that committeth adultery with another man's wife, even he that committeth adultery with his Deighbar’s wife, tho adulterer and the adulteress shall surels be put to dezth.” Lev. xx., 10; gee, also, Deut. xdi,, 2,34, Suchis the sacradiiess of marriago tha sdultery’ slone can_diesolveit. A’ manmay be of in- {amous character, or disgusting person or habits; he maybea @3 he may starve his wife ; he may e churlish toward her ; he may treat her with indig- ity ; ho may beat or threaten her ; he may neglect or desert her, and yet, if we are right in our interpreta- tion of the Word of God, she is bound to him. But the instant Le commits adultery, however kind and in- dulgent ho may have been fn_every other respect, she isentitled to her freedom, He thereby relesses’ her from her vows to him, Lut does her tained confer sny righia or advantiges Ordothe scriptures tesch thats man msy ps ve the way tos lasul onion by the commission of a capital i oA be_unlawf: came, whilo such s union would ul were ho potavoy when innocent? Ithink not, but rather thathe s to be held bound by his obligations as long 25 his wie Lives, ‘But if we regard the ststute which forbids tho re- e of the guilty party after a divorce as a pen- alty for the commussion of A crime and not as an as- swoption that tho yows of marriage may be dissolved 210006 party while they remain in forcoss to the other, and if we admit that euch remarrisge is ot for- bidden by the word of_God, wo are bound to respect thelswof tholand. ~ While'tho Stste has no right to sunula divine law, it has the right to prescribe panal- o8 for the cor jon of crimes, and it has the right fosay to the adulterer that, thongh bis injured wife is free to marry again, he shall bo deprived of that privi- legoas long 83 sho Lives. It will not be donied that the State has the right to ine, or imprion, or disfran- an adulterer, and, if 50, it may also forbid_his Femarriage when his wifa has obtained a divorce from him, and, sa ministers, we aro boundito show rsspect {0 such & law wherever we find it, DOr GAre We encour- 3go tho violation of it. “Second—The Dext csse mentionsd was that in which s man has obtained a divorce from his wife against her will on unscriptural grounds, and, after divorce, mar- Toa smotber. Does that rledss ier, nd givo her the ight to marry also 7 This, 1 think, 15 easily dispos ety wRSts o traa theb, aiter sh ungeriptural dic ‘varce, neither party has the right to marry again ; 5o \iitzy docs Telesso tho innocent party. And shais tonocent, She has been put sway sgainst her will, ‘In e wight of God the marriage is not dissolved, and be, by bis marrying again, sins sgainst. her the same a8 if Zo hd committed adultery before hs ob- tained the divorce, and sbeis thereby frced. Hefs not G03d to ber by the'divorce which the State has given ’E”;’,;b“’”' became dead by the marriage which the Thees are the' two specific csses mentioned last Mondsy and set down for discussion to-dsy, but they §oobr0mesas the only dificalt questions arising from divorces, 3 Thiri—Many divorces are obtained by collusion of both purties where no adultery is alleged. Clearly either has the right to remarry. Butif ono party does remarry, and o commit adultery, Loaso the other partz? 1 think not, {or ifio resson that {3 tdultery 1s by his or Ber connivance or consant. OTight or freedom can be scquired in that way, ourth—Can divorced persons remarry esch other 7 15 a case which happens not infrequently, Persons T e S 28y re; at least when tho divorce unscriptunal, but | 4 Fth—Itaman put sway his wife sad she marry :flhfig And he also put Her away, her former husband Yiich sent her away may not take her again to be his e atter that she ia dedled; _for that is abomination befors th , 3,4) Query, butif fie tecond husland die, may the former husband take S 3qin? I think not, for his desth wonid not alter fact of her, defloment, “\E Dave contidered theso cases chiefly as they bear hs duty of ministers in the solemnization of mar- "% DUt thero ara questions fraquently arising as WhoS duty of church seseions towards those persons 0 hive been unscripturally divorced or adulterously Betapod- There is no doubt that when & man un- 7 pula awsy his wife, or unlawfully marrios Be s 8 proper subject for the discipline snd besareof the chiurch. But when may such censuro jihoved ? He is divorced by the law of the State, Sy vever bie mayregret the course ho hiaa taken, ho ot DOW repair {he injury he bas done. If ho Vst gy Socond time without scriptural wairant, baa pPace of Tepentance can ho find? Supposs ha his Mconlg wifea f;mny of children, shall the B cm a8 adulterous iseue and require ““"’:‘* toseparate? Arust we demand that such Hon7 sy case bo sundered in order to restors- Take t evidence of repentznce must wo require ? Church wio0; A person sceks admission to the falry thyn 2 APparent sincerity, but we fnd on in- Ierigeooat, years before, he procured a divorcs on un- i by g5 Frounds and "subsequently remarried, snd hija] b6 second my ehe has had s femily of being gar it ehall wedo with him? The wrong ,mx_n"fl!. and beiug in its nature, to & great extent, W st Bt least without involving innocent per- i g e, By w0 accept the siuatlon and per; J 0 on, and to 00« Madudt{a G nE0 0 20 condoned by g FHE CHURCH IX THE THEATRE, T fhe Biitor f The Chicago Tritoune: . 2 As T pat listening to_the preaching of i1 . tro, it ocenrred .to my mind that there has sel- dom been observed amore complete success at- tonding the work of the Ghurch in Ghim, 0, than. the Bunday gotherings evince within the walls of what haa'been considered by the Church as one of the dovil's strongholds. I could'not keep out the reflection, ' that, just where stood tho holy mau, with_the eacred writings open beforo him, from which he was rending both of the love and the mercy of God, thero was exhib- ited all the pomp and circumatance of the drams —some twelve Lours before—a - contrast in vhich the antazonism could . scarcely e mioro obvious. Tho movement is, cortainly, &n adroit one, and speaks in high commendation of the theological generalship of those who con- ceived that method of asatulting the works of tho devil. Itis like planting one's cannon in tbo citadel of the enemy; and, woro it not known that the prencher who weekly addrossos tho vast sudiences who gather there does not utlerly ro- {ud\ to the drams, the question might arise, in ho mind of the lessor, whether ho was not being undormined in his vocation. I trust, however, the Sunday services will be kept up, even after the tranafor of- the presont popular proacher to his own church edifice. To survey the attendants who fill those seats Sunday after Sundey, no friend of the Chburch can doubt the good work being dond in bringing so many hard cases from off the Devil'a -commons into the pure stmosphere of religion. Hundreds 5o thero who beloug to no roligious organization, and could only bo got inside an orthodox church by the aid of a file of #oldiers. A great many, undoubtedly, go thera becouse it don't cost anything, unless they choose to drop a dimo into_the basket as it comes round. One of that miserly crowd eat next to me last Sundey, and did noteven drop o nickel into the basket for the use of one of those elogaut chaire, saying nothing about the able dis- course, tbough worth his half million. But, take the congregntion as a whole, it may justly b ranked high on the score of inteiligence, if not in piety; and, us to the latter, wio will say there is not as much as in any other con- gregation in Chicago? Ispealk of tho great body of attondants, & major part of whom como from other churches or from the world,—who have formed a uniquo assemblage,—a kind of cosmo- politan_sggregation of eeekers after truth, of which the church body, over which Prof. Swing residea with 60’ much’ ability, is the nuclous. t'does not require’ much scanning to discover members of the First, Second, and Third Prosby- terian Chuarches, ocoupying seats at McVicker's, and esgerly listoning to teachings which thei own shophoerds, to be consistent, must brand as heterodox, or, if not_quito over tho border, 2o Dear as to Tequire an cqual procision of the man in Hudebrass,. *‘ who could distinguish and divide 3 A hair twixt south and southwest side to note the difference. What draws such away from their own pews to ewell the concourso of 2l religions and no religions? Aro not their spiritual guides ablo men, aad versed in all tho wisdom of the Fathers from Origen to Calvin ? Are they not earnest watchmen nponthe walls of Zion? Thoy aro signally so,—then why should the sheep stray away from their folds ? Isit from a wearinoss at the repetition of old dogmas and incomprehensible discussions amidst tho 18708 of metaphysical subtleties ? Are they bo- coming restive under the doctrine of degrada- tion, which sinks the race to the lovel of fionds, and’ finds no good in .it? It is quite natural to presume that, amidst the agitation of the great problem of map's destiny, new methods of diecussion should attract toward them the thinking men and women of tho world, and also from organizations long tied down to old forms and dogmas and bound up in the rigid exactions of creeds. “Whosoover will, let him take of the waterof life freely.” Who did not come away from the sorvico lnst Sundar, after lListening to Prof. Swing's sormon on the above text, with an aug- mented lova and reverance for God, and a loftior estimate of humanity? The Chrittian must have felt a relief from the pressurc of old time exactions, in learning it were possible to ignore them withont du&)flrnng from the faith, and the man of the world was made to see how much easier it ia to be a Christian than his early teach- inga had led him to believe possible. LIDERAL. THE RELIGIOUS PRESS. - - The Standard philosophizes to the extent of a column on the *‘ New Chicago.” The editor re- pards all great facts as representative. They are not incidents merely, but typical results, pointing us to csuses and tendencies ont of Wwhich they grow 53 surely as the leaf grows upon the fres. Chicago rebuilt is just as much representative fact as was Chicago when, in the time of its calamity, comforted and relievad. 1t would be allowing to its citizens far more of credit thau they descrve to attribute to them alone what the vieitor now looks upon. It is. portly duo to the wonder- ful manmer in which human inter- ests Lsve been mado_ identical by linking together of even very distant communi- ties in those ties of trade and intercourse which now make the misfortuno or the prosperity of one the misfortune or the prospority of all. It is partly due. also, to tho fact that, 6o banded in common interest aro our great cities, when one ig destroyed the others find it £n cconomy to combinoe for its rebuilding, each' one in the community of cities being essentizl to all the rest, and neceseary to the perfoction of the sys- tom of interchange of which esch is & part. It, therefors, does not become the peoplo of Chi- €2g0 to kay, -or eem £0 BAY : 4 Tanot this great Babylon which e have builded 27 Their city, in its reatored condition, stands forth 3s s striking example of that wonderful Providence which haa wrought in all human {hings for this long while past; and which has to such an astoniehing degree sot tho world forward in ail the elements of progress. Its Diatory during these last tw0 oars is s teatimony and n prophecy. 1t testifics to whiat Divine Providenco is doing to advance the human condition, and_make pos- gible and natural things which once could have be- longed to the reslm of the mirsculous. It prophesics of a time coming when, 1n tho interest of all best and noblest cauges, powers, facilities, resources shall Le consecrated upon altars suprewely worthy of them, snd men will understand and will Temember why it is that God is 20 good. ‘Within the last fow ysars a number of promi- nent divines haso boon called to this country from abroad. Among these ars the Rov. Drs. Tall, Ormiaton, Tazlor, McCosh, Newry, efe. It is just now a problem with the religious press Frut Bwing on Laat Bunder in Movicker's Thea: wlhy our large churches so frequently look sbrond for their ministers. Various solutions are offered. Oneis that foreign preschors aro better versed in tho Scriptures; another, that their elementary education is better; an- other, that tho result of & 'more thorongh disciplino is observable. The car- rent number of the Inferior discuescs tho poiat to the extent of nearly threo columns. It is sdmittod as probably truo that the standard of ministerial qualication is higher in the old country than in_Americs, 858 moro plausible explanation that— The men who havo come o ©a8 wers men of mark, we allow, in the old country, and would have been men of mark in any country, and, that being the case, there could be comparatively few in our land who could be expected to stand in favorable comparison with them, But, nevertheless, thore wero those faw, and we doubt it they could be counted on our ten fingers, When the inquiry reduces itself to acomparison between a few eminent men sbroad and s few eminent men st bome, it is not so difficult to divine why they wers taken'and theso wero left, 3 Tho question, *Is Universalism Evangeli- cal ?” discussed in last week's Advance, hos beou taken up by our Univorsalist organ, tho Cove- nant, in which tie orthodox paper is given some lain, but, no doubt, well-meaning, words. This Potarsogatory was sprung recontly in the Inde- pendent, and is likely to receivo yet more atten- tion. The editor of the Covenant states that there are two ways in which the quostion of recognition and fellowship should be reviewed : One {8, whether tho denominstion of Universalists is « Christfan body ; &nd the other, whether tho other bodics of professing Christins ato 60, Nor do wa sce any good reason why tho decislon of thess questions lhmfid e left wholly to the populsr sects. We differ 10 more from them than they do from us, They do not assert their belief in the Bible, or the Christian Tecords, more emphatically than we do. They can roduce no more able defenses of the Christian reiig- E‘m than we can. To suppose that with their views God looks upon them with more approval than he does upon us would be a great absurdity, ¢ AIASONRY AND THE MINISTRY. BIr, M. R. Peck, tho young gentleman who was refused & _gospel licenss by the Aurora (IL) Congregational Aseociation recently on account ot bis Matonic principles, sonds tho following lotter to the last ndcpendent relative to his ex- amination: 1 was asked, 1f I were obliged to give np my church or my lodge, which I ehould do. I supposed the ques- tion referred to such inferfercnce by a local church as would compel me to withdraw from that church or from the lodgo to which I now telong. I replied that it wonld depend upon circumstances. This, as the Independent inferred, was not because I had any doubt as to the relstive worth of Caristianity and Masonry. But I _could not Houestly repu- dinte Mssomwry. I belioved, oo, -tmt, i casa 1 thought’ best {0 continue my conneetion with tho lodge to which I now belong, no Church would Lave 8 right to say : Leave nsor leavo thatlodge. All things considered, I could not answer that question more definitcly than'by saying that my cotirso would depend upon circumstances, When asked if 1 would uct ‘givo up all connection With my Todge for fear of offending * the weak bretbren,” I answered in substanco that I thought I had a right fn the matter with which no one ought to interfere. Tho Association then eppointed a Committeo of three to inveatigte the subject further. I suid to this Com- mitteo that I was surprised a¢ such on examinstion upon the subject of alssonry ; that I did not bolieve Masonry would be mentioned inany New England Association ; and that I felt thenas tbough I 'would, change my plans for life ratlier thaa yield the point— my right of private judgment in the matter, The Independent adds : TWo have no doubt that Ar, Peck’s answers were ju- ¢icious and Ohistian ; and wo trust that grace will bo given to him to possess his soul in ce; that ha | will neither undertako the mmunl-fi]:nar Mucnryh ROr a crusade againat anti-Masons, but just go about his business and preach the Gospel. - Bome other asgo- cistion will probably give him licensura but, if he cannot get that, let him take his commivsion st’ frat Dands, xa Paul did, and be perfectly satisfied of its | suthority, K g g : THE BEV. N. 0. CHAPIY. - - * . The Rev..N. C. Chapin, brother of President | Chapin, of Beloit College, who'has been recently on an extended vistt to Chicego, and. who is well known by many of our citizens as a Christian geatleman and & ripo scholar, has ‘just been in- stalled pastor ‘of Plymouth Chureh, Faribault, Minon. The local jonrnals'speak of him in the highest terms, and all join in extending him the right hand of fellowship. Faribault is fast be- coming a contre of literary and ‘moral influence, and in the addition of the Rev. Mr. Chapin as & resident will find one of its ablest divines and most influential citizens. * GENEBAL NOTES. A number of our Chicago divines are just now in great demand to attend collego commence- ments, The Rev. Dr. Roy has been over to Tabor Collego, Towa, whero hé delivered the sanual cddress before the Board of Trustees of tho in- stitution. Tho Collego is reported as fourishing, having edncated over1,000 persons; 200 of whom Liave become tenchers. Ono-of the lady gradu- ates i8 now Principal of the Ladies' Berninary in Ceylon, Indis, under the American Board of Foreign Missions. The President, the Roy. Wm. M. Brooks, is_just comT\lctinB 2 £50,000 fund for the institution. The Doctor has just roturned from - Olivet, Mich., whore ho delivered ths aunual sermon before the College Missionary Socioty. Twelve young men gradua- ted in the regular classical course, and the cata- Toguo ehows an attendance of 307. This Collego bes the influence of several of the leading busi- ness men of Detroit. & C. H. McCormick, at tho last meeting of the Presbyterian Afinisterial Arsociation, very kindly extended to that body, and also fhe Womsi's Board of Missions, s room on the fifth floor of tho “ McCormick Block,” corner of Randolph and Dearborn streots, for any uses they may- find it conveniont to make of it for Presbyterian purposes, for a term of five years, which 'was duly accepted by the Association, and the ac- knowledgment and thanks of tho same returnod through a special committeo, consisting of the Rova. Kittridge, Thompson, and Swing. This room, along with the Inferior offico adjoining, will hereafter be known 88 Presbyterian head- quarters. i 5 Thoe chepel of the new Grace Presbyierian Church was occupied for the first timo Iast Sun- day morning. Tho pastor, the Rev. Benjamin E.'S. Ely, preached an ppropriate sormon for {he occasion from the text: “I was glad when they enid unto me, Let us:go into the houss of the Lord.” The Rev. C. L. Goodell, lately of New Britain, Coun., wes installed pastor of the Pugrim Con- gregetional Church, St. Lous, last weok. The Rev. Wm. H. Beacher and the Rov. J. E. Roy, D. D., of Chicago, took part in the sorvices; the formor presiding and delivering the charge to tho pastor, and tho latter addressing tho people. This Society has rocently complsted a new church, after the style of the Union Park Churcll, with a seating capacity of 1,200. A. J.'Wagner, 5 momber of the laat class of the Chicago Theological Seminary, bas accopted a call to the church at Elmwood, IIL., 01 o ealery of $1,000. Mr. H. B. Tuttle, of the somo class, has ncceptod a call from the church at Lale Mills, Wis. Tho Rov. Dr. Roid, Iate editor of the Norfh- teestern Christian Adrocate, and formerly Presi- dent of the Genesco Wesloyan Seminary, will de- livor the missionary sermon at that institation the coming commencement. The Rev. Dr. A. J. Kynett, Corresponding Sac- retary of the Mothodist Board of Church Exten- sion, and the Rev. C. C. McCabe, Assistant Cor- responding Secretary, have been visiting the city and preaching in the prominent Mothodist churches, The Rev. J. L. G. McKown, D. D., pastor of the Wabash Avenue Methodist Church, has been preaching some very ontertaining sermons to the Cadets at West Point, whore ho has been in attendance 28 & member of the Examining Board. The Rev. W. H. Daniels, pastory of the Park Avenue Methodist Church, has been lecturing Intely m Genevs, on *Asbury, and His Saddle- bags Me O. L. Thompson, pastor of the Thir- nating The Rev ty-first Presbyterian Church, departs hence this week a8 o Commissioner from the Presbyterian Cbaurch of the United States to the Synodical Afist':(mbly of Nova Scotis. He will bs absent two weeks. The Second Baptist Clinrch of this city has a membership of 1,217. The roceipts for all pur- poses last year amount to $26,452.41. SERVICES TO-DAY. CONOLEGATIONAL. ¢ The Rev. C, D. Helmer preschos this morning and, evening ut the Union Park Church. —The Rev, E, T. Chzwberlaln preachss, s usual, at the New England Church. —The Rev. Edward A. Lawrence, of New Haven, Coon,, will preach this morning sud evening in Oak: 1and Ghwurch, - —Tho Rev. E. P. Goodwin will presch this morning and evening at the First Church, —The Re. Williaz Alvin Bartlett will preach at the wsual hours at Plymouth Church, BAPTIST. The Rov, N. F. Raviin p evening at the Fifth Church, —The Rev. Florenco McCarihy preschos this morn- ing st the Union Park Church. In the ovening the Rev. Oscar Hugo preaches on the * Relation of Catholi- cism fo e Public Schools.” - —The Rov, W. W, Everts will preach’ this morning in tha Firet Church, In the eveniug there will ba a Gospel meeting, led by B, F. Jacobs, —Dr. Mitchell will preach this morning, and Dr. Everts thia evening, at the Indiana Avenue Chapel, —The Rev. Georgo T, Day, editor of the iforning Star, will presch to-day at the Free Chrch, —The Rev. 4. Judson Frost will preach this morn- ing and evening in tho University Place Church. cs this morning and TNITADLE. The Rov. Robert Collyer will preach this morn- ing and eveuing at Unity Chured, —There will be no services in the Third Church to- y. —Tho Rov. C. W. Wendte will presch this morning in'the Fourth Church on “What do Unitarisns Do lieve 27 There will bo a convossational religious meet- ing in the evening, —The Roy. Laird Collier preachea this morning in Martine’s Hell on “ Hereafter and Elsewhero.” PRESDITERLAN, ‘Prof. Swing will preach this evening at MoVicker's, No morning service.. - —The Rev. Josuah Moore, of Canton, Ill, preaches to-day in the Joffersou Park Church. ; —Tho Rev. J, H, Walker will praach at the ususl hours in Reunion Church. G —The Roy. Arthur Swazoy Will preach, as usual, st the Asbland Avenue Church. —The Rev. F. A. Horton, of Catskill, N, Y., will prosch this morning in the Third Church. The Rav. ‘A_.E. Rittridge will preach, in the evening, on * Seek- ‘ors for Christ, and How to' Find Him.” —The Rav. Charles L. Thompson presches to-day in the Thirty-first Street Church. His morning subject i * Natursl Science and the Enowledge of God.” - ~The Rov. Oscar Hugo will preach this morning at the First Scotch Chiurch, on % Romaniam vs, Americsn Institutions,” Tho Reév. James Maclaughlan will ‘preach in tho evening on * Rest for the Weary.” —Tho Rev. Bon E. 8. Ely preaches, as usual, at Grace Church, & - —Dr. McEzig preschos_to-dsy at the Ninth Church. The evening subject is “ Fine Art in Character.” METHODIST, Tho Rev. T. R, Strobridge will presch this morning and evening in the Ada Street Church. —Tho Rev, J. O, Peck will preach this morning at Centenary Church, In the eveming the Rev, Dr. Raymoud, of Evanston, will pre —Tho Rev. Dr. McKown preaches to-dsy at the ‘Wabash Avenue Church, —Tho Rey. T. M. Eddy, D.D,, will presch this mora- ing at Trinity Church, and the Rev. J. H. Bayliss will preach in the evening. —The Rov. Dr, Thomas preaches as usual st the First Churcli, —The Rev. P, Hinners preaches to-dsy ¢ Immanucl Church, —The Rev. William Augustus Smith, of Freeport, 1Ind., preaches to-dzy at the Michigan Avenue Church, UNIVERSALISL, An adjourned meeting of the Universalist Mission Union wil be held to-day, at 4 o'clock, at the Syna- gowue, corner of Peck court and Wabash avenus, to whica the public are invited. Addresses will be mada By Dr. Ryder, Dr. Forrester, the Rev. 3r. Pullman, nd A. G. Thoop, —Tho Rov. Dr, Byder will preach this morning st 8¢, Paul'a Chiurch, ZThe Rev. B. H. Pullman will preach this morning and cvening in Murray Chapel. —The Rev, Dr. Forrester will preach this morning and evening at the Chiurch of the Redeemer. EpIscorir, Tho Eev. Heory G, Perry officiates as usual at All Sainta’ Church, —The Rev. John Wilkinson officiates this morning znd ovening at tho Church of the Holy Communion, —The Rev. H. C. Kinuey will ofiiciate as usual, at Atonement Churcl, —The Rev. J. F. Walker will officiate to-day st Calvary Churcl. * The cvening theme 15 * The Teach- ings of Light” - —Tho Rov. Clinton Locke will preachi this morning nd evening s¢ Grace Church, —The Rev. C, H. W, Stoeking will officiate to-dsy at thie Church of the Epiphany. —The Rev. Charles E. Cheney will preach this morn« ing in Curist Church on * Building Without the Sound of Tools,” and this evening on * The Homs of the Gotpel” %3l Tov. E. Sullivan preactes this morning at Trinity Church on * The Rslahow,” and this evening on * The Daluge 3 Type of Baptism.” —The Rer. C. P. Dorset will afficiite as usnal for the Clurch of the Ascension. i —The Rev, 1L, N. Powers will preach as usual in 8¢ Jonir's Chureh, 4 AISCELTANEOTS. Eider D, B. and Mra, M. 8. Munaficid will presch, {his morning and evening, it No. 619 West Lake street, and this afternoon in the grove ear Lincoln Park. . Frank White will speak to the First Society of Spiritislists, st No. 99 Randolph street, this morning nd evening, on * The Impending Religlous Struggle.” and evening, P s —~The Cobristians meet this afternoonm B osiih gl Lpheren co - Rev. 0. Day Noble this Plymouth Ghurch 1 the Second. Bwedsnmn B ciety; on “ Apostolic Work in the Feld of Spicit.» —The Bev. James Harrison will preach a8 ususl st the Ohurch of the 3 Collins s expected to preach to-day in Rev. F. Richards preaches this morning atthe —Rlder L, Adyent Christian Chapel. —Tiie Progressive Lycoum meets in Grow's Hall this afienoon. .. CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK, - ¥, EPISCOFAL. g June 22—Second Sunday after Trinity, Juns 24—Nativity of 8t, John the Baptist, e BOMAN CATHOLIO, June 22—Third Sundsy after Pentscost, June 23—St. Francis Caraccialo, C.; Vigil of 8t.John the Baptist, - . June U—Nativity of St John the Biptiat, June 25—8t, Wil , Abb, June 2688, John afid Paul, MM June 37—8t. Norbert, B, C. poJne 28-St Treneus, B 2L Vigil of 85, Peter and REVIEW OF AMUSEMENTS. .. THE DRAMA. With the thermomoter ranging quietly aronnd the eighties outside the therires, and losing it~ solf sevoral degrees beyond in the increased Teat of the houao, play-going- loses many of its advantages in a stream of personal discomforts which roquire the constant application of the handkerchief by the lsdies, and s regrot on the part of many of their less well-bred escorts that summer pieces were constructed with somo ref- erence to the thirst of the audience. Here is where summer pieces fail. - There'are not enough acts. The arid palates of the men require constant irrigation, and, when an act is drawn ont over ten minntes, the exnsperation of the individual becomes intolerable. Hence it may bo asserted that, until summer pieces are 80 modified that they will allow of. frequent po- tations, they will bo voted dry and unintoresting. TIOOLEY'S THEATRE. Ar. Dillon's benefit on Monday evening drew 5 house of unusual msgnitude, moro surprising in view of the unpleasant heat of the evening. On Taésday, the pretty comedy, “A Gemo of Liove,” was produced, with Mr. Giddens in tho rolo of Téd Murphy. All things considered, * A Game of Love did not bring ont the andiendo that the merits of the picce deserved, nor can it bo said that it brought ‘out the fall epirit of the company. Especially was this the case with Mr. Boggs, who a8 Corydon Fozglove throw-away an opportunity for improving his record. A ‘moment's leisure to have familiarized him mth his lines, and five minutes’ thought about the matter, would have shown him the fall humor of the character. We have already commented upon the readiness -with which Mr. Giddens ssgumed & part at & moment’s notice. ‘While the first performanco was exceedingly creditable to him, the_ later ones were equally commondable. Mr. Giddens haa succeeded in making himself popular in the city alike with the public and the profession. The present waelk will be one to bs remembered at. Hooley's, from fhe fact that about the best bill of the sea- sonis tobe the attraction during the cominF week. Robertson's sparling comedy, ** Caste,” 28 given by Wyndham’s Company, will be re- membered here as the herald of the class of light comedies which are now given mnexcep- tionably at Hooley's. It is to be reproduced this ‘week under more favorable circumstances than ever. Alr. Hooley has two of the original char- scters, Mr. Giddens and Miss Cowe. i Company. _To_obtain the original Eccles ho secured Mr. Belvil Ryan for the time the piece may run ; and Miss Sussn Denin has beon engaged to play The Marquise. This will give a superb cast. A glance at it is sufficient : -Belvil Ryan .Bidney Cowell George Giddens Esther Eccles. .. Elizs 0'Conner George D’ Alroy. ohn W. Blaisdell The Marguise, Mins Susan Denin Capt. Ha J. W, Norris Reed This is an immensely strong cast, the strongest of the season. There is every reason to believo that “Coste” will have a3 big »run as any- thing tha has ever beon played i this city, for, cs the strength of tho cast, it will b mountod with a richness and magnificnce quite unusual oven for a theatre one of whose princi- palclims to distinction is the beauty of ita Ecenic accompaniments. 'VICKER'S THEATRE. Tor the third week of their occupancy of Mc- Vickor's Theatre the Katlo Putaam combination played Book's dramatized version of Farjeon' novel * Blade O’ Grass,” with Miss Putnam in the title Tole, The effectof tho heat was observ- abloin tho sizo of tle audiences, which at no time were sufficiently largo to indicate the suc- coss of tho piece. While this cannot bat be dis- tressing to the management, it is on of the mis- fortunes inseparable from o summer season, and is to bo included among the chancos for snd against pecuniary achievements, Not that tho theatre is warmer thany any other, but because the attractions szo not as powerfal an_offset to the inconveniences sathey might be. The fourth week.will open With an old drama_given beforo in Chicago. . It has been re-written for Miss Putnam by Robert Jomes, and is a fivoact .semsationsl _piece, _entitled 4 Capitols ; or, the Hidden Hand,” containing some strong sifnations and 1 proper quota of thrilling.incidents. Capilola (Miss Putnam) has some songs suited to her vivacious style. On Friday, is Putnam takes a farewell banefit, upon which occasion her friends will probably turn out, notwithstanding the heat, especially in view of the disadvantages under which she has Iabored hitherto this season. ° AYERS' OPERA-TIOUEE. Manning & Moran's Minstral Company fin- ished their three weeks' season at Myars' Opera- House. Without having made an_immense suc- cess of i, they have done very well,.and will probably lesve the city ' with the opinion that there is always a ntropg inducement in Chicago for ‘s first-clasa minstrel show. Under the circumstances, they bave only themaalves to thank that thoir business was not better, for others have been doing well in tho same line whon they did next fo nothing. The theatre' will remain closed throngh the woek until Ssturdsy next, when Miss Phillis Glover, it is announced, will have s benefit. Precisely for what reason this benefit is given we cannot toll. It is understood that a dramatic company will opon in light comedy noxt week. CAL WAGNER'S TBOUPE.. 3 Nixon's Amphithestre has been flled nightly with fun-loving audiences to witness the oxtray- agant eccentricities of Cal Wagner, S8am Price, Hall, Canfleld and Booker, and their merry companicas in the burnt-cork art. The week's business Lins been very good, and the troupe has fully justified its claim to bo classed as = first-rate and entertaining show. Amon, Wagner's members are ssveral ~old an favorite Chicago performers, and among these ffwlw have all met with warm receptions) none deserve & word of mention more than'Con T. Murphy and 8am Price. Murphy is reputed in tho Em!esuinn asone of the firei middle men in the United Btates, and he certainly has well earned the distinction. Price is as Isughable as of old, and will, for the closing week of the sea- 2o, entertain himaolf and othors with extrava- Emt oddities, from the end, *Cal,” of course, earing him company. An entirely new pro- gremme has been arranged for the present week, and both the olio and the second part hsve been strengthened with many new features. Canfield and Booker introduce some original songs and dances, Hall and Heywood supplementing them with new vocal seleotions. :[Phe entertainment is & good one throughont, and well desorves the liberal patronage it has won. B AMATEUR THEATRIOALS. TIn the review of last week the sanouncement of two performances by the dramatic class of the Chicago Christian Union wss made. The class have determinod upon a third. The three entertainments will therefore be as follows: On Monday evening, June 80, “Love's Sacrifice,” for the benefit of the Woman's Boupm.l; on Tuesdsy evening, “Lucretis Borgia,” for the Christian Unjon; and on Wednesday evening, ** Love's Bacrifico " again, for the benefit of Mr. Berkley, of thp Christian Union. How ‘‘gTARS " MADE, The method of incubating stara by mesns of the exhausting application of assiduous news- Daper puffery {s being pretty well esemplified at present. The press is continually bewailing tho degeneracy of the drama, and beseeching the im- mortllz;gl to eave soclety from tho deluge of third-class dramatic adventurers who run_round the country calling themselves stars’ In one column we find such a prayerful, despairing pra- test; in the next appears a most unblushing oulogy of a local artist. From a wild burlesque of s dissacting-room leoture to 8 metaphysical eesay ; from the wondrons shapeliness of & sub- stantial leg, throngh the gradations of bosom, voice, feature, gesture, manner, to 8 franscend- ental 'troatise on ““The Ideal,” the critic and the correspondent . continue to pile on the reise until, from the shesr weight of udstion, s fair. léading man drops from honest estate to that of s dramatic privateer, wandering through the conntry, qbqllan;émg ov- ery critic to dare s word of dispraise, and hurl- ing contempt at any so bold aa to deny him what e has ccine t9 regard as hisunquestionod rght. in his. Many » good sctor has been ruined by excessive landation. The forcing process has rosred him into jineipidity. He relinquished honest study as unworthy a star, and euitable only to itiful stock actors; and now, scorning the infe- rior parts he could creditably sustain, essaye to play in roles for which, by want of study, appre- ciafion, aad natural abllity, ho s most. Falpably For fivo years, mors or less, poor John Alc- Callough, & very capablo leading man in San Francikco, the oqual, perbaps, of Mr. O'Neil, who fills the ssmo honorable positicn st McVicker's Theatre in this city, has con the object of attack by a newpaper corre- spondent—not a very judicious flatterer, nor a very lotty judge of dramatic excallens. Nov- theleas the' Olipper publishey all be writes, and, probably, pays him for it. Ard the unfortunato vicm of this insidious warfare apparently thanks him for his disgnised efforts to effect his ruin. Fora long time Alr. McCullough's com- Enb\io was only awaiting an effort on his part ofore bestowing npon him the mantls of tho elder Booth, and while the flattery remained merely agreesble, and not 2 _necessity to hia ex- istence, he contented himsolf with beirg s good leading man in o fair stock company. But tho iofluenco of flattery was more than he could stand. He graduslly gave way to its seductions, and now, poor fellow, he has announced his determination to start out in business on his own account, and play—heaven alone knowa what vot. McCullough the trage- dian was manufactured in San Francisco, or, to roturn to the onginal figure, was hatclied out from stock egg by tho untiring attontion of the Clipper’s correspondent in tha city. ‘L'his is only the Califoruic variety of the inca- bating process. Tho New York papers (we except the 2%ibune) are alike. That is the dramatic centre of the United States. What New Yerk indorses the_conntry generally accepts withoat question, and henco the necessity for focusiug aduolation in that city. 'The Tribune, in_speaking of Clara AMorris, who waa *+ discovored " by Augustine Daly in_Cincinnati (very much, we must_ suppose, a3 likely colt is picked up by a livery-stable keepor), gives her much enconragement in its review of the dra- matic season of 1872-'78. This stirs up the Sun's eritic to zction. Hence we Lave before us the crowning effort of thet paper's puffery for the season, moro than & column of enthusiastic oulogy, headed by the words * Clara Morris.” There 18 no reason to doubt that Miss Morris is an actress of no mean power or attainments, but is there any provocation for this: Her sob is not hesrd. It is inward, not ontward g; andout of ita Itembrandhish shadow break occasionally splendid gleams of light, passionate, or aweetly natural inflections thet’ atrike the beart with doublo, power. Her clear srticula tion, too, enables her to run off her dialoguo with great rapidity, and give an_air of emotion 1o words that of tlemnaclves Lave Iittle value, Yeb temperately as she deals with Lier resources, her innate emotional power bresks out in irresistible explosious, but only when in perfect accord with the sorrow an desnair that evoked them. At such moments her eycs flash with a lurid glare, aud her vojce, rushing through all trammels of reserve, vibrates with electric force, while her face, latcly 50 mobile, is now fixed a8 by a vios, denoting in every muscle fire, fury, anguish, and despair. But not even in such scencs docs sho over Tant. Her fixed repose makes the storm of grief and passion which racks her soul more thrilling, and, in the 1aidst of her greatest paroxysms of excitement, Ber words drop oue after ‘anothier with the utmost distinctness into the ears and hearts of the audi- ence. One s not surprised at finding “ irresistiblo explosions " following upon a *‘lurid glare” in the eyes of an sctress. 'The wouder ia that either of them can be found thero without in- curring sn investigation by P. T. Barnum or some other enterprising soeker afier monstrosi- ties. Look at this: Round the miniature Isva-bed of her mignonne faco Deatle seutimental and sonauous strats, wiile hier whols small body has at the same time aa zspect of profound stillness, And observe how the critic ingeniously turns the possession of & not very graceful figure to her advantage: Weare not sure, indeed, if some such pliyaical de- fects are not necessary to her effective individuslity and to give character to her being. Such defects, if they be not displeasing of their kind, may be turned into charmg, Clara Morris i fall of them. And compare theae defects of figure and gait, theso ““irresistible explosions™ and this * Iurid glare,” with the opening sentence, in whick the Bsubject of the adulatory troztise is introduced to the reader, the *‘ho” referred to being Augus- tin Daly: We know not what he may do in the future, his ‘miost notable discovery certainly in the past has been » young girl whom he found somewhers out West ‘waving her Acacian hair, ZTonaly and sweet, nor loved the less For blooming in s wildern She is called “ Clara Morris.” Flattering to the 1ady, sevore on_Cincinnati, but not quite con- sistent with “lava” and ‘‘explosions.” After all this, can a reasonable hops be entertained that Miss Morris will be contented to remain as & stock actress? Misg Morris came in for & back-handed blow from the Tribune critic, whose specialty is Miss Noilson, already o graduata of tho ssme school. He says : To turn from the bony theatrical Sapphos of the day, wailing over departed virtue, snd howling about their hearts, and Jook upon the fair face of tfus lady,—ao evidently a sweet Woraxn as well s s fine artist,—has Dbeen an infiniteand inexpressible relief. Afuch, sure- 1y, is accomplished by the actress who makes it falt, in {iis time of frippery and vice, that woman's nature and experience can bo rendered impressive and fasci- Dating without the least adinixture of criminal sensu- ality,” This result Misa Neilion has schieved ; and che haa also mado possible the chiarm of iliusion and the dream of romance. In a somewhat milder way the New York World drives out Agnes Ethel to that insanity of self-confidence which has seized the modsrn stage. Half a column of anjaccount of the critic'a ‘moating with Miss Etnel &t & grand party, Ho continues : It was here that my attention was first attracted to’ » simply-drossed, modest girl, Somewhat wilhdrswn from the current, and leaning negligently sgainst s gypsum vase. Anything moro strangely and prettily at veriance with tho ostentation of the human spectacls about me than the sttire and demeanor of this girl could not have been found there, unless, indeed, it were found in Reinharts exquisite pictureof Evangeline, that hung belrind her as if sho had thrown & reduced but rosy shadow on the wall. Then he leaves Miss Ethel for the actress and says: ‘Misg Ethel played * Fron-Fron” 104 nights. In tho impersonation she farnished to Mr. Daly tho type of character which was to establish his success as a man- ager, There §5 0o doubt in my mind that this new type corresponded to 3 public want. The cffort of stago hiad beon for & long time o furnish vigorous, ag- eaxive actresscs. The raco of tragedy queens had ed ont, To renew Meg Merrilics was impossible, be- cause thero was not sutficient creative power in’ the actresees to make Meg Merriliess poetio fact. . . . . . Atthls juncture Ethel came meckly enongh upon the stags, nd in & woman's voice, and with o woman’s persussive eloquence, convinced the man- agers that thero wzs a sutticient forca in effeminacy to move thé world, *Fernande,” and ‘‘Agnes,”and “Alize? followed “ Frou-Frou.” Their burdcn was not thomight of woman' arm, but the supremo eflicacy of woman's weakness. This will do for & beginning. The first coat of paint s necessarily thin, 1t does not quite conceal becauso the subjeot does not readily take it. We look for future developments be- fore Miss Ethel comes out. GENERAL NOTES. MMr. David Prince Miller, the old Scaich man- ager, died, on May 24, at Glasgow, agod 65. 3lisg Rosa Coghlan, late of Wallack's, is play- ing at the Gaioty Theatre, London. Mr. C. E. Bidvell, an actor, known in New England, was Iately placed in the Lunatic Asy- lum at Bomerville, Mass. “Eoomer,” the new summer plece at Niblo's, is not a dramatic success. Bummer pieces sol- domars. . . Mr. Charles Mathows has reappeared, in Lon- don, at the Gaioty Theatrs, whero he has boon scting in The Liar.” Thelass on * Babil and Bijou,” with which Boucicsult was to regenerste the English dramsa, at Covent Garden, is finaliy set down at $200,000. It has been said that ““a manager is known by the company he keeps.” If =0, Chicago must have had some protty bad managers. Jtis said that somebody is going to builda new theatre for Mr. Sothern. That indicatos an- other of Mr. Sothein's practical jokea of & severs &nd colossal order. Twenty-two theatres have been burned in New York during the Jmst forty-two years. Tho - Bowety Theatre was destroved four times during the time, viz: in 1828, '38, 45, and 'GG. Lotita returns to America during tha summer, ill resume her professional career, com- mencing a¢ Philadelphis in September. Sho will bring several new pieges with her. Mr. Daly estimates that the receipis for the Foundling Hospital benefit performanca will amount to $15,000—a larger sum than was net- ted by the various performances of the celebrat- ed Holland testiraonial. Lavwrance Barrelt, the actor, will, it is said, nit the stage for the pulpit. This is severe on arrott. Will tho Rev. Dr. Hetfiold fll the gap made by his rétirment 2 The tronble is that the statement is not true. The Mayor of La Mothe Saint-Heraye (Denx- “ Lucrace Borgia” there, on-tho ground that the play is an outrage on pablic morals and religion. The ‘“Great Chicago SLow,” hitherto known %8 Bobinson's Circus, has ploased Porkopolitans mon senzo protested agninst the belief that tho- Bevres) has just interdicted the performances of. | {mmensely. . Now look ont for a Cincinnatishow of a similar character. “The Octoroon ” haa brought about s 210,000 collision between Dion Bouticsult and Georgs Wood, proprietor cf Wood's Alusenm, New Yor Cause, breach of copyright. “Manfred” is to be sgain tried—this time at the Princess’ Theatre, London. The Chicego Journal will plesgo- credit it to Oliver Doud Byron of “ Across th:o Coutinent " fame, and not t0.the author of * Ixioa.” At the close of a recent performarcs of the “Hanchback,” ¢ Virgina, Nov., attached to a superb bouquet that was thrown on the stage to D. P. Bowers, was alargo silver brck besutifally engraved. Slangy persons might think the present a “ bully one.” Mr. Sothern **sold” the audience, at Booth's Theatre, on Saturdsy night, by an sltercation with ste{&nn, in'the ja.llery, at the close of tho farce. The ‘practical joker wasn’t quick enough to $ct away with that kind of * Jersoy Lightning,” and tha joke was entiraly on him. Miss Lydia Thompson returte to Americs in August with her now company. Mr. Harry Beckett, who has so long been o momber of tho Thompson orgnnization, goes to Wallack's The- stre this fall, to take the placeof Mr. J. H Stoddart, who will star under the management of B.T. Ringold and C. H. Rockwall. J. Booth has purchased “La Fomme do .Fen," directly from the suthor, M. Belot. Tha leading person of this play is called tho woman of fire becanso of a pecular phosphorescence which emanated from her body wheu she bathed by moonlight in the sad sea-waves. It set her numerous lovers perfectly crazy and lots of rows resulted. The receipts of the Parisian theatres during April afford o curious indication of the direction of public taste in Paris. At the hesd stands the Folics-Dramatiques, whick, with the * Filla de 2iadamo Angot,” an opera-bonffe, took npwards f 150,000 francs$ next comes the Opera, with 128,000 francs ; aud after that the Theatre Fran- cais, with 124,000 france. Last on the list of the principal theatres comes the Vaudeville, the re- ceipts at which reached only tho sum of- 40,000 rance. Rusconi is translating Shakspeate into Italisn prose, and an actor is now playing his Ham- et” in Rome. Tho translator renders a famil- iar passage as follows: *‘Oh, why does not this too hard flesh steep itself in tcars? Why bas the Omnipotent forbidden euicide? O God! O God! how stupid, sad, snd discolored all the things in this world seem to me, Fragility, thy namo is womsn. Hardly » month, before the shoes could bo worn out with_ which she accom- panied the body of my poor father to the tomb, sll in tears, na Niobo, she, ho herself, ob Bosvens! 2 brate, deprivod of the assistance of roason, would hiave felt tho grief longer.” Tho Ttalians are asking if Shekspeare wrote any other dimo novel bezides ** Hawmlet.” DBOOTH'S THEATRE. Booth's retirement from the theatre which bears his same is tho present subjact of com- ment by the New York press. The thestre was first opencd to tho public on Feb. 3, 156, with ¢ Romeo and Julics,” Mr. Booth delivering zn address, and_subsoquently appearing as Ronieo, with Miss MeVicker 23 Juliet, Edwin Adams as Mercutio, and Mark Smith as Friar Lawrence. Tho tragedy had a run of .ten weeks, and was followed by * Othello,” Booth and Adams alter- nating as Othello snd Tago. Since that time iss Bateman, Hackett, Mra. D. W. Waller, John 8. Clarke, J. H. MoVicker, Jos Jefferson, Lawrence Barrett, Lotts, John E. Owens, Car- lotta Le Clerc, Jumes V. Wallack, Mr. and Mrs. Dion Boucicault, Miss ' Neil- son, Helen Templo, and W, J. Florance, wers among the stars. Mr. Booth's careor during the four years of his exporioncs as & manager hes been s succesaful as his longer pilgrimage to the professional pinnacie upon yhicy bis gonins ind patience and tho publio voice have raised bim. His ambition lies in tho Intter field, and ho resigns the badge of man- agerial office to Junius Brutus Booth. Com- menting upon the retirement tho World sazs : ‘The retirement will be etted by all who bave . P. identified Mr. Booth with the drsma in its highcet and Dbest estate, for his managerial labors gave warrant that the devotion to the legitimate drama which haz g Tecognized in the drama ftself which ho influenced, The erection and equipment of his handsome theatrs promited that some of the oxcellenco and strength of the individual would be imparted to the stage. Doubtless this promise has Leen in & measure fulfilled, We cannot help feeling now, as we review his four years of management, that the success of his theatrs 3as in 0o small dogres due to the_personal interest in the artist who had endeavored to 30 somathing for hix art and the city where he chose to practice it that would e worthy of both. Mr. Booth’s determinstion to make one stageat least worthiy of the attention and suppoct of an intelligent public it is now certaln has been met by the approbation of & class upon which the theatre had well-nigh lost all hold, Charscter, sinceri- t5, and good taste once sccorded to the sctor were af- terwards fmputed to the mnager, and the confidenca in the man resulted in_the success of the house, No ons, therefore, who will acknawledge Mr. Booth's lofti- neis of aim and his singleness of purpose as an artist can feel other than disappointed at the withdrawal of his name from the management of thia house, Stll the scknowledgment carries with it the admission that in this step he must have considered tho intereata of his att 0o lesa then Lis own conventence, v music. The advent of the heated term snd the close of the musical season leaves but little thatis locally interesting in the musical world. The spectacular opera (La Bayadere) is drawing and doing well at Aiken's, and, now that it haa gok into complote ranning order, is very enjoyable. The only othor musical event of the week was & concert given at the Home of the Friendless on Thuraday evening for the benefit of that instita- tion, which was specially noticeable, us it intro~ duced s now singer, Miss Chamberlain, of Ban Francisco, & young lady of rare vocal attain- ments and excellent voice, who contributed her sorvices on this occagion. The programme was 88 follows : 1. DneLt;[“ When I Know That Thou art Near e. Hr 2. Ario—* Pield Signore. . S emteone davsly Month t a. 0 Wondrous Lovely Month of May.” 3. Songs— {b. “Up from My Tears.”....Schuassn Ar, C. H, Brittan. * Hast Thou e'r Seen the ---A, Thomas <eeeeo.Haydn 4. Mignon's Seng Land.”. 7. 0. K. Johnson, 6. Bass Aria—From tho Seasons. Mr. Fritz Foltz 6. Song- 7. “ My Bon.”.. * Gretchen am Bprinurade.™......Bchubert tisa Chamberlain, ...Gumtaert ¥rr. C. H. Eritta; ttan. a. “ Tce Glord son che Nina.”, Pergolese - on & Bomg— {3 e Pepecl Aisg Chamberlain. 9. Song—** Question.”..... Atr, Foltz, 10, Dueti—* Ala Campanna Andismo,”. Afrs, 0. K. Johnsonand Mr, Bril 5 TUBNER HALL, The Tarner Hall orchestra, which is nowunder the charge of Mr. Balatka, hos been thoronghly reorganized, Bomeof the poor players have been weedsd ont of the strings, and a new first fiute, oboe, horn, and cornet have been added. Under Mr. Baletka's advico, some excellent changes Lave also been made. Hereafter no smoking will bo_allowed on the main floor, and refreshments will only be served in the inter- missions, g0 that thoss who wish to listen to tho music will not bs interrupted. The first part of the programmes, hereafter,will comprise musicof o high ordor, and the second part, music of a popular character. Mr, Balatin also took chargo of ‘the Lincoln Park music Saturday afternoon, and commenced the rehearsals of the Lieder- kranz Bociety on Fridsy evening in their elegant rooms in Turner Hall. The programme for this evening will be as follows 1. Orerture to * Korth Star, - .Moyerbeer 2, Introducticn fo Fifth Act of # King Sfin. fred,”. ... .. . Relnecks 3, Bouvenir de Meverbea tia 4. Romanzajand Scharzo from Symphony inD minor...... 7, Waltz—“ Homaga to tiie Ladies, 8, Potpourri from * My Album®, 9. Overtare to * Oberon. 10, Herwarth Mareh. .. VORWABTS TUBNER HALL. The programme for the concert at Vorwarts Tarner Hall to-day is as follows 1. Army March.... 2. Overturo—* Maritana . 8, Waltz—* Yung herren Tanz 4. Potpourri ¢ Figaro™, 5. Violin Bolo,.... 3fr. De Clerguie, 6. The Post Fantasie. ......... 7. Overturo to The Hronzs Horse”, Auber 8. Finale to “Il Guiramento®. “Afercadanto 9. Quadrille. «..Btrauss FAREWELL CONCEAT. Signor Farini, who is quite well known in musical circles here, announces & farewell con- cert, to bo given at the Union Park Congrega— tional Church on Mondsy evemng, June 30, priar to his departure for Europe. He ¥ill be assisted by a_full orchestrs under Mr. Balatka, by Mr. Goldbeck, snd also by s fall chorus from the Freja Beandinavian Singing Bociety. 3 MTSIC AT LAKZ FOREST. The annoal concert of Mr. Liebling’s pupils at Ferry Hall, Liake Forest, was given:.on Friday evening last. The programma was a very pleas--| ant one, performed in a most satisfactory man- er, and the andience was s very larga one. The jyoung. lsdies who took part.in the pisno numbers wero the Misses Johm- ston, Schuler, Mir, West, Farwell, Covert, Greenman, Prickett, Skinner, Ward, Barourz, Hoffman, Robbins, Threlkeld, Hercer, Canady, McCormick, and Miss Ella Watren. Miss Prick~ ett's playing of the Moonlight Sonata, and 3 Warren's playing of the Aondelseol Conczrta in G minor were the great features of the evening. Aisnes Mattio Holt, Carrie Lawson. Covert, sad Kimbark farnished the vocai numbers in & very scceptablo mannor. THE SEW ORATORIO. A Boston correspondent writes 2s follows, ur» dor date of June 10: ulo“ ETt Pc&c‘r" wfin“ivl:n for the first n Tuesc Ve 158, in Cit, of Portland, uncer the direction of Jobe ;: P::m:ié author, and one of the finest musicians in Awmes The solo artistes were all that could be dasired, vi: Alrs, Weatherby, soprano; Miss Adelaide Phillipy contralto; Alr. Georgo L. Ocgood, tenors: and Sir, Rudolplsen, Lasso. Choral Society of Portiand, conducted by man. Tho cutire work is unusually seve many essontial elements of success, Thers melody 1n it, that a solo singer could Bot become in~ terested cr entlusinsti. il the solos abouud in the mest unpleasant intervals, that give ono the impre they are written without d to tho pleaseut pans of the human voice, The work as given in Portland impressad mo with lack of climax effects, and, though the {nstrumentation in_portions of it is very deed, it did not *‘enthuse” the audience. The or- chestrs numbered forty cxcellent Boston musicians, and it is unnecessary to state that they rendered their Enrt of tho work excellently, though there were several . itches attributable alone to nervousnzes of the coze ductor. Mr, Paine s undoubtedly n greats musician, but Is not eminently saccessful as a con- ductor, and was unfortunate in his dircction of kia own work. The City Hall waa crowded In every part, the sudience numbering gomewhers near 2,500, an vary enthusisstic tco, as Ar. Paine is a Fortland man, A large delegation of Bostonians visited Portland for the express purpose of he thia oratorio. ‘The musical season is about over, aud we are al ready beginning to anticipate next scason's noveltica, Several new works are expected out, among which is 2 drumatic cantata for solos, chorus, and orchestra, by Afr, Dudley Buck. ‘This bas already been spoken for by several socie« tics, but will hardly be ready next sesson,aa it isa Iarge work, by far the largest he has ever written, Hiw 46th Psalm will however be extensively given, as it in already very popular. The Templo Quarteite, tks finest male quartetie in Americs, will probably visit Chicago uext scason, though their datea aro mot yet made., The Beetboven Quntette, justly celabrated for their delightful chamber concerts, may favor Chicago aldo, under the auspices of the Star Lecturo Course. This party is a great improvementon the Mendclssohn Qaintette to my mind. Next year we have the Tricna nial Festival of the Handel and Haydn Socieiy of Bos— ton, but T think that it ia settled that Boston at Jessy will have no more Jubilees, NEW A(USIC. The musio business it very activo and new publications aro boginning to crowd the markot. Amoug tho latest are the following : (Ditson & Co., Bostoz, Lyon & Healy, Chicago) - “Will He Come?” one of Edith Wynno's Hongm by Arthur 8. Sailivan; an * Iuferiude ” for piano by Isidor Seias; “ Ill Think, Love, of Thae,” song by Ella 3. Stirman ; * Daisy » hnd U Forget-Me-Not,"” two of a serios of easy pieces for piano, called * Fairy Flowors,” by tho inor- itable Wehli ; ** The Song of the Triton,"” an ad~ mirable thing by J. L. Malloy ; * Alone For ever,” a romanco for the voice by Odvarda Barri; “ Praiso Waiteth for Thee,” bass golo, Dbass and tenor dug and quartette forchoir use h3 L. H. Southard : * Path by the Woed,” a balla¥ from Herre's “*L'GEil Creve:” * Guido Me, Guide Mo,” a song from Offenbach’s * Lo Roj Carrotte;" * Guinevero,” s Tennysonisn re- miniscenco by ArthurS. Sullivan; and * Heather Bells" an allcgretto for piaso by Gustar Leage. Messrs. Baker & Havens, Chicago, send s the Calumet Avenue Waltz, dedicated to the. Misses Beasie F. Platt and Helen J. Johmson, of Chicago; tho East End Folks, by Barry Allen; and the Olympic Club_Waltz, ‘dadicated to tha Olympic Club of San Francisco by A. V.- Havens. The above piecesare supplied to tha. trade by George F. Boot & Sons. The latter have also just iseued the following now piaces, which show - that George F. Root and his sons have not been idle in thess, hot dsys. Among the former's latest songs are *The Hand that Holds tho Bread,” dedicated te the farmers ; ** Mr. and Mry. Williams,” in coi- loquy for two voices ; ** Nobody Caros’s” * Tha Trampet Will Sound in the Morning,” dedicated to the Rov. J. R. Hibbard; an arrangement of two of Frank Howard's songs, What Will Poo- ple Say ?" and * Beautiful Qucor of Ay Heart,” Ar. Fred Root has Just issncd in_bis series of Prairio Bolles o Redows, Waltz and Schottische, “I'ho same house has elso issued an arrangement of ‘* Amanjliis,” by Oscar Mayo, and the min- strel song, ** Quit That,” by Frank Howard, and bea for sale s collcction of sacred quartettes, trios, and duoe, with seventconshort voluntaries, offertories, preludes, and responses, arranged Ly C. A, White. Tho chorus was fho Haydm . Koteeh- NEW BTMPHONY. A new and very attractive mussical composi- tion, entitled * The Tenth Symphony,” in memoration of the Cincinuati Feativai, ha been issued by John Charch, Jr., of that city. The symphony is in three movements, snd alao bas reminisconces of the “ Dettingen Te Deum ™ and *Orpheus” in it. Orders for tho mow symphony should be sent direot to Mr. Church, MUSICAL NOTES. English opera isto be given at the Lycenm, London. in the autumn, under the managoment of Mmo Pareps-Rosa. In Vieons there bave besn two festival con- certa: ono in honor of Schubsrt, ou ths sth ult., and the other of Beethoven, o tiie 11th uit. We notice that Von Bulow is playing some of Rubinstein's pieno-forts music in London—z dgmala compliment from one pianiat to nn- other. Theodore Thomas' succses at the Central Paris Garden has proved so great that other couduct- ors are now following his lead. Madame Lind-Goldschmidt sang sé a con- cort at Northumberlsnd House, London, May 13,1):1 aid of $t. Saviour's Mission Church, Wool~ wich. Binco the marriage of Nilsson, her voice in: !_ug to h:\v% - ninm} oi:d“gms‘ ovenness and: richnesa.” Caudle noticed the same sort of guiu in hia wife, and he didn’t like it. 1. Capoul had arrived in London, and waa om the point of singing at Drury Lano, in * Faust " and “ Mignon.”” Mme. Nilsson had just sung in * Luciz,” with her wonted success. The Royal Opers-Houss at Malts, a splendid structure built only & fow yeers ago by the locab Government, at & cost of nearly balf year's. ravenues of the Taland, was destroyed by fire on the 26th ult. Bome curious old manuseripts, including tha Gospel of 8t. John set to music, lppurzm.Fy of. the fourteonth century, and in good staie of pressrvation, the Glol, the new musical paper ere, 838, have been discovered in Holland. At the Leipsic Musical Congress petition to the Government was agreed to for the establish-* ment, in_some central city of Gormany, of & musical upiversity, on the same busis 2 the philosophical aud sciectifio urivorsities. There are four theatres in the city of Maexico,. three of which are devoted to opera-bouffe audt eimilar classes of entertainment; tho other in givon over to logislation, and is at presont ccca- Ppied by Congresx. 8ignor Marini, the famed Italian basso, died at Milan on the 29th ult. He was born in Bergamo in 1815. Ha firat appeared in London in 1847, attha RoyalItalian Opers, His ‘‘Marcel,” * Kertran,” &c., were Temarksble porformences. His lart on in London was st Drury Lane, in 1559, The death of snother celebrated baus singer, Herr Schmidt, of Vienna, is announced. He sang also at Covent Garden. May 23, tho celebrated composer, Richard' Wagnor, was 60 years old. The day wa3 obscr! in Munich, as elsewhere, by concerts of Wagner musio. Bome enthusiastioc admirers of the maestro on the same day had a slab afized tc tho house at Leipsic iu which Wagner was born, recording the event of his birth. A correspondent informs the Choir that = lotter from abroad had boen addressed to D:f Hans von Bulow a8 follows : *“Au plus distingue musicien Monsieur von Bulow, Sociele phithar- monigue, Londres.” This letter first went ta Islington, where the poat-offico authoritios in- scribed the following on the envelope: * Not known at the Philharmonio Hall, Islington.” An English paper speaks of tho Jubilee Singe ora from Tennesseo a3 “* Yankees.” This is ax literally correct as if an Esquimanx were to ba. colled a “ Kanuck.” But the application of the term shows aa muck knowledge of this ccuntry 85 we usually expect from an Englivhmaa, and, in fact, mora than the average one possessos, Thbe first concert of the Saxon Band will be a8 Jazes' Waoods, N. Y.. on the secoud day succesds ing their arrival, Their sccond public ent tainment will tak e place at the Ltiuk, Sixty-Aith street and Third avenue, afltor which they wili take their tonr through tha Western States, Tho bapd consists of sixty pieces, and ia eutitled in full the Prince George Royal Music Corps of Bazony, Their leave of absenca from tae King of Baxonyextends over three monthe, Tho agonta of the band in_this country era Howard Carrall and Arthur Bender, of the ZHendels- Zeilung. Itis an interestin fagt, that of tho hu and somewhat pecnlisr eds of amatenr musiciana - wha finger the keys of ths pianos and organs ox axhibition at the Nashville Exposition Building, the masculinea invariably play with one hand, and confine themsolves to ™ Mary to tho Savior's Tomb,” whilo the gushing damasts. gy + Ton faiden’s Prayer,” and that tuoa only. Whq ¢8n explain the mystery of this thing ?