Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 25, 1874, Page 5

' i THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, JANUARY 25, 1874, 5 RELIGIOUS NEWS. gim Cotton Smish on Bishop Cheney. spirit of the Religious Press. the Preshyterian Church. Kotes and Personals in Chicago and Elsewhere. services in the Churches To-day, THE REFORMED EPISCOPAL CHURCH. 4 (ECBCH AND STATE" OX THE SITUATION. oo Church and Slale, published in New York, mflfldmd by tie Rev. John Colton Smith, D. | p., bas an sble editorial on the Reformed Epie- copl Gzl which will bo read withinterest by lirgoclsss. Tho editor “sccs no reason, on Church principle, why Dr. Cheney is not g A A 4 shop; and, if ho is troly = Bishop in waly B . 3 thelne of Apostolic succession,” b does *no: oo it helps the matier to withhold th title wonkim.” The cditor expresees the opinion ft it i better, especially for thoso who hold szong Church pranciples, honestly to admit the fat osient of what is wvelved in the cstablish- et of a Reformed Episcopal Church ‘with tho Spstaliosuccestion.” The cditor prescats the g contest which ishiop Cheney hms waged yith the Bishop of Illinois in the following asvect: 'fi. feature in the ease which has probably made s deezest impreseion upon the public mind is the tont cfort which Bishop Cheuey has mnds for v ot corruption in ko Chureh; B amount of alieation of his brethren; Boant of what e considered as opprizeion ooie part of the ecclesisstical _autbori- &, caused bhim to ewerve during all that period from ¥ poeition of adlierznce to tho Church. Yet, slrango B P e has been the sabject of vastly more of ee- p 88 hie did, to remain in the uo : s | e sears oz more, o teain bis placefa the S estant Epcopal Church. ' So ettong iae beca his e, in this vespect, that be hao met the proceedings o evory possible form of resietance, o eccioehastial hd civil. No amount of whei \wre capsure for etriving, i Bitop Camming has been for going rac nf tho lust of our Church pupers, tae O adard of the Cross, bes indeed lately said that Lis S ition, ix: th's respect, had been noblo and cublime. P Ono thinw i clear: thal, if wo take exception fomen for the excc with which they go oat, we gkt to havo some eympatley, at jeast, with 8 strenu- ut effort 1o Temain . Afier repcarvicg the history of the Cheney sait, the Clurch and Stale expresses the opinion {Lat a0y fair-minded man muet admit that Dr. Cheney Liad reasonablo grounds for his opinion, and eays: We do not care to claim that he or others zre clearly 13 Ingispatabls at Liberty to omit pastages in the Jirmrgy to which they may hate even couscientious serupics. What ve do clzim i that,in the case of uch 15 suisdion as that made by Mr. C . they cannot ieprocroled ageinst witkout vastiy greater injury to {5e Conrch thau auy good whish could possibly result | from such procecdings, We wish merely to chow how Tmpeceseary and unwise, to say mothing more, these coedigs bave been, and what a grievous injury {hey uave jufticted upon tie Church. But tuese proceedings jmply that this i iy method 1o check wlat are calied irvege wd that everyiLizg would be in confusion in the fearch were it mot for tho whelesome cffects of fhis sort of ecclesiastical discipline. We beg to @izt from this whole idea. 1¥e believe that the best estraint is to be found in the public opinion of the Ciurch, The extent o which omissions can bomade, and Irregulsritics practiced, at least upon ‘de sids of moderate churchmanshin, i3 ecxceed- ‘iogly Limited. A protest is sure to come from the grish of 3 clergyman who goes fur in this direction, nd 3 protest so decided that it cannot be dieregarded, Within the limits to which irregularities (if it s0s 21y one to call them §0) can be earried witn- outaronsing the edverse sentizacut of a parisl, itis eertainly for 3 Bihop not to know much about them, and o act still jess, — Especially is this the cace when the priuciples of cither of the great schools in the Caurch ore at stake, Taen the laiseez faire policy bacomes un_imperative duty. There arc not a few Bishops within o couple of buudred miles from ¥ow York who are acting most wisely upon this principle, and entitling themselves to the credit of eccliziastical statesmanship. ‘Bat conld taere te anyrhing more wretched than the policy which succeeds indeed in establishing 5 law in ope diocese that a man chall deciare, at the font, that which hedsat libert; 1 deny in the ‘pulpit ; but suc- ceeds only at the czicnsc of driving amanof vastly moro than ordinary zezl and euergy, of undoubted pisty, and of inteuse love for the Church, with his Wholé parish, out of our communica, sad producing a statacf focling which hrs contribufed largely to the estsblishment of 3 rival Eriscopal Caurci, and has made many who donn: sympathize with this move- ent, and who would be Jeast suspected of it, inward- . Isrejoice, that the degraded ministes " of Chicago 133 Bishop in the Charch of God. with n3 unquestion- able an Apostolic kineage as the Bishop of Tllinois him- eelf? DB. TYNG. The Rev, Dr. Tynz, though anti-Ritualistic in a1l his ipetinets, docs not favor the Cumenins cecession. He gives in his aghesion to the Church 28 ii ie, and says Bishop Cummins ** has acted most unwisely 10 attempting to construct apew sect, of which there are already too many. Tois going forth almost alone, and will find mself gomg further away, and becoming e e solitary, & nomad, a severed branch, a cloud carried to and fro with the chonges of the wind.” THE RELIGIOUS PRESS. THE INTERIOR. Tne Jnterior this week, speaking of the Fourth Presbyterian Church (P'rof. Swing's), and the fact that the pastor's salary bad been raised to £6,000, remarked that, the old_constitution and the eharter having been burned, tho building. or- genization and all bave been rencwed; but it mournfully adds, freferring, doubtless, to the Professor's orthodoxy. that *the old Confes- sion of Faith. sad parts of the Old Testament, seem to have been singed a listle by the fire. We are willing to supply the church with bright zew copics, on high-toned paper, 8s our contri- bution to their new and beavtiful outfie.” ‘The Inlerior is largely Govoted to biographical tmbjecte this week. It eulogizos the late Dr. Guthrie in its leading editorial, and then follows s somewhat uncomplimentary criticism of the orks of the Iate Jobn Stuart Mill ; and, finally, Vaz Muller and his Iate address at Westminater . Abbey are discuseed, the cditor concluding_ shat “ Rifualivm is bad enougl; but beiter Ritual- i, 8 great deal, than the Deism which Max Mulles preached in Westminster Abbey. Would ihat Deag Stanley, and Mr. Scn, as wellas the Sanserit Professor himself, could learn the truth Wit is in Jesus, as it is preachod by Naryan Sheshiadri." SOBTHWESTERN CHRIETIAN ADVOCATE. A fow weeks ago there was a notablo coolness between the editors of the Northwestern Chris- an Advocale. of this city, and of the Tuferior. Within & short time past, however. troubles 7o overtaken both these editors which have resulte? in a reconcilistion and restoration of endehip. The Juferior has had Prof. Swing o3 its hands, heterodox in regard to the doctrine of inspiration, and an unbelicver in the CIS. Paalm; and the 4drocate bas had the incubus of . the Philosophical Society and Gerald Massey to rid of. The cditors now propose to exchaoge n other words, the Inierior will read 9ver a copy of the Confession of Faith, whilethe 4dzocate will reply with a late copy of the Diaci- pline. This is what the Adzooale said about it ast week: We feel entouraged in our labors with the Interior. Tather uncandidly charged ts 3lethodists with ro- foesibiiity for tua Chicsgo Philosophical Society, ©iore which infidels Lave loctured, and that paper 2% good-naturedly alludes to our ¢ temper, which i3 &zenally admized with vigor, energy, and ability.” 3d proposcs o send s = copy of the Confession of h, to secure more henign moods in this office. Alright ; though we aresorry the Jnterdor is through i3 the book. We will iry to replace it with o Zaked °"”s'd of our ];is‘;'lpéi:lcl;d When re get m'ihc eociety out of urch, or get 8 promite e’ £ G wgnw-u});u bs agun. fimh:; good behavior if it stoys, . The Adrocate slso discusses the Bishop's pas- '0';hdflre_ss, which was published lest week, 12d zays with regard to Methodism : Frovidence ecems to have given us aleo 2 human mo- U5 o plety. As long as Wesleyans aro devout their, $lstence is juatificd.” e are named after a man, ‘esley, and hajtory vindicates us only 8o long as we per- fuie the epirit under which o organized i socie- s Aman’s name attached to a denomination savors L,“mm, ‘but records show that, as under Luther, so hgier Wesley was the motber Church corrupt, rupoden, and a steach, = Lize Luther, Wesley Apts 1 reformer, and the “jama ™ of the fwo men e fully Justified ss long as thei- followers continuo fo-aalfest their founders! devotion and zeal, Bear- iohbas the man's neme, we ate peculiarly vuluersble naeile eriticiam, and o hiave a providential strong m,',f,“’ Fresent ourselves as a continual eacrifice not S48 God but to men also. Tarls Wesloyanism was Belyip, m 2 just accusation of schism only by the s L the cee, and modern Wesleyans may degen- ar Btomere échismatics Just as soon as they lose < lisioric missionaty pirit, 2nd cesse efforts to Scripture holinces everywhere, & edltor, discussing the recommendation af Taglor, of Wisconain, advising & roreign Missionary Convention of ! ootl- | The Bav, e ' fication of the temperance lawa of that State, ER) 2 Novw, wo submit, if the Governor 8150 Sekommert Tepeal of +1l v (oueting the rate of arenic, inorphive, rotten mest, decayed vegetables, + and all‘otlier articies for which there 18 3 sale. Lecatse of constant dewaud, We claim that tho sale of whisky 23d buer should bo Teguloted, and that eince tho con~ n of these drinks affects sozicty unfavorably, 1 Liie exerciss o1 il8 Tishte of ¥el{-preservalion meyequlte o wvon probilst such saica, " ¥o ©5 1o probibit the nx | Should probibis the sale of mtovtenting drsikn ™ TIE S8TANDARD. Tho Slandard_devoted its leador last week to i the discuesion of tho question of *Closs Com= munion,” which is largely agitated 1n that de- | nomiualion just now; which oditorial was 1 { prompted by o criticism which appeared in the Independent.” 'The edizor of the Standard says: When the pastor of a_strict-communion Baptist church becomen sn_open communicnist, L1 fbact should be, in accordance with those prineiplzs of in- tegrity which govern mez 1m ordinary relstions, to make known thiefact o those who eagaged him for pastor au ome tauding upon his subject itk tue de- ation, and o promyily tender” bis reei 1" (5o chireh turss Oi 10 be e munion _church, z in element cf the op- neutal, will the Ju- mznanvering upon the u hie place, and in order 5 lo bring over to his 20 may Le fofluenced by to strengtlen him: | views fuose in the rd [3 generally? This 4 | commuzion minister to Taria‘n rastor of a strict-com- munion chureh “for it o good.” PRESGYTERIAN. FOREIGN MISSIONATY CONVENTION. The Foraign Mission Convention of the Pres- byteriaz Synod of lchigsn was held at Bactlo Creel, 3ich., commencing Witk a prelmivary meetng: Jau, 1 Uve Dresbyterian church of that_place. Rov. W. V. iZolloway, pastor of the city, called iho meetiz to order, a3 Chairmau of the Comittce of Arrangements, who aleo welcomed the Convention and stated its objeow. The Hon. L. C. Walker, of Detroit. was chosen President of the Convoution, and the Rev. J. J. Allis, of Lansing, was chosen Vice-Presideut, and the Rev. 8. \¥. Dadield, of Dotroit, Secrotary. “Aftor a siort address from the President, G, of New York, gave an interesting statement of the carly work of Feieign Missions. In 1801, the Chircl Misstonary Society was organized ; but littlo was accomplished until 1812. Those who bogau the work were deemed favatics. Bub the progress that had been mado siuco was ap- pareat m a few words: In 1843, China was Gpened to missionary workera; in 1858, Jupan was opened;_n 1857, the death-penalty was re- moved from Turkey ; and now Rome itself, Aus. tria, France, aud other gieay powers wore be- coming liberalized. The DBible was printed in | more than 1,000 languages. TIE WORK ONLY DECINNING. The Rev. S. W, Dutiicld delivered zn address the prnncipal poiut of which was to show that tho work of foreisn missions had but just be- gun. The work hitherto been cerried on in opposition to & thousand religions. The speaker remarked that Dr. Lowrio's summars view of Protestant missions in 1253 gave 1,777 ordained issionaries, 674 orlainod natives, 1,894 assist- and foreign missionaries, 3,772 assistant native 1missionaries, 251,028 communicantg, and 204,995 scholurs. A tabulur statement for 1872, given by crotanes of;the Wesleyan, London, and Baptist Missicnary Bocieties, showed that twenty British societies lad under their care 3,615 ordained missionaries, 317,242 church mem- | bers, and 370,678 scholars,’ 'Che ten Coutenmal Societies nad 434 ordauned nussionarics, 82,213 church menbers, and 45,571 scholars. The tou American zocieties had 430 ordained missiona- Ties, and 43,754 seholars, making a total of 3,474 ordainzd mis ies, 416,920 church members, and 420,303 scholazs. Tho population of tho carth was 0.3 per cent Jows, 8.7 per cent heathen, 15.4 per cent Brabministe, 15.7 per cent Alohammedans, 30.7 per cent Cbristians, and 81.2 per cent DBud- dbists. This the speaker thought was a very favorable statement for the Christian world. According io Alexander Dufl, there were moro heataens upon the carth now than in the days of the Savior, notwithstauding the efforts to propagate the Gospel. When the eighteenth ceutury chould have passed, Caristianity could only fthen exist nowinally among the eighty millions population of the globe. Au eslimate wasa fow years ago made for New Englaud, whose pooulation was 2,500,000, Among them thero conld bo found only 411,000 who profeased religion. Nominal Cinistiauity and real Chris- tianity were far from beiDg SyROAYMOUS. The Rov. J. S. Woodeide, a returned Mission- ary, nest gave some of his experiencs in Indis during twenty years of eervice, which closed the services of tha first day. GENERAL ADDRESSES, The opening ses sention proper Dbegan Jau. 21, a large namber of miuisters from vorious pacts of e State, responding to the roll-call. Afer some tims spent in devotional exercises, Dr. David Irving, of New York, pre- sented the work of tae Foreign lissionars Board to thie Convention. The Rev. Dr. Aikman, of Detroit, followed, with 2a address on the “Dresent Harvest.” In tho aftcrnoonm, Mrs. ian Mieseiouary, delivered an able ddresd on tho * Woman's Mis- sionary Other addresses were made upon the same {heme, and the Convention ad- journed until evening. In the' evenmg tho Rev. Mr. Allis addressed the Convention on the Liblo as a converting power, ond zave mauy instances to llnatrats Lis theme. A papor by tho Iiev, S. W. Duflield, of Aun Arbor, was next read, which discussed the Question “ whether wo shall employ the truth Which the heathen already possess.” A lengthy and able srgument maintained that tho knowl- cdge of the pagnos should be utilized in their conversion. 'LLe Rov. Mr, Sailorad dressed tho Convention on tho best metliod of developing tlie missionary work. The Rev. J. Ambrose Wright, of Bey Citv, 1cad _an cesay on thd pres- ent aspect cud needs of missiouary work, which contained many useful and practical bints. The Rov. Avthur Pierson submitted a commu- nication trom THE WOMAN'S DOABD of Toreign Miezione, which_set forth that al- {hough the Board of Foreign Missions bad asked for 60,000 the prescnt year, only one-fifth of that amount had boeu collected. The question thercforo was, whether they sbould disappoint the oxpectations of the Church in sending spir- itual succor to the heathen, orshould malke extra exertions to mees them. ~In responso to this carnest appeal, a call for lady life-membership was made, and ten uames wero presented, mak- inga fund of 250, aud & fund of $25.000 was oo rawed by voluntary subscription in aid of tie Foreiza Board of Missions. The customary vote of thanks to their entertainers was voted by the Convention, which then adjourned- SUNDAY-SCHOOLS. SECOND BAPTIET CHURCH. The Sunday-school connected with the Second Baptist Church in Chicago is probably one of the best managed schools, 28 well as one of the very largest, in the country. The Suventtendeni, Dr. C. R. Blackall, it giving a lustory of the weliool for 1875 in a scries of ariicles publisied in the Zaptist Standard of this city, from which \ho foilowing interesting facis sre gathered: The managentent of the school is in ti: houds of the Execative Committee, which consists of the oflicers of tho echool. Turee rules have been adopted by the kchool during the past two vears, which have been carried out with a good desl of thoroughness. first is, that teachers Who abscat themselves, withont suilicient rea- scn, for threo consceutive Sabbaths shall forfeit thelr classes. The secoud, Llat teachers who from any causo fail to hold their classes, so that in any tiree montls ay entire change of pupils occurs, sball forfeit their position as teachers. Theo third, thet teaciers who come m aftera sub- stituto bas beeh sppointed and tho lesson com- menced, must wait until the leston is over be- fore going to their classes. The afternoon Albro, numbering about 300, the average attend- ance bomg about 150. 2. The Uuon Band Bible-class, led by Willigm Lawrence, which be- gan tho stuéy of Gonesis nine years 10, and is { Sow in Second Kings. It moets at 9 5. Tu., num- bers 213, with au sverege attendance of 105. 8. The Infant or P'rimary Department, in charge of AMrs. S. S. Natting. & membtervhip of 239, andan average sitendance of 102, 4. The Re- Sorvo Class, cousisting of Euch persons us are Willing to serve as_teachers, which is under the charge of Deacon Rickard Dabb. 5. The Main Dopartment, consisting of fifty-five classes and some 500 pupils and teachere.” OTHER SCHOOLS. . Thelargesi desbodist Episcopal Sunda s-school within the Ciocinaat: Conference is in Dayton. bers over 6Y hi'xll::l Reov. 7. H. Vincent, editor of tho Sunday- School Advocate, bos bogun the experiment of sompetitive examingticns of ~Sunday-school eaehors. The exercises areconducied oy priuted questions, teachers answering in writing. SONAL. 4GO. 1 lecturo at tho Tuion Church to-morrow even- Prol. Dav}'{d S'.'.izlmg % New Jerusel-m Chu 1 E:. Subjeer, - God in Literature. A. Dauglas, o8 Lobsoos, Giiey bas preached for the Michigan (Chicago) Ave- pne Baptist Church for the past two Sabbaths. Prof. E. C. Mitchell. of the Chicago Baptist Theological Seminary, delivered a lecture Milwaukeo, Jan, 9. The eubject of the lecture was * Underneath the Holy City." Dr. G. 2. Steele, President of the Lawrence University, Wisconsin, delivered an sble lecture at the Garett Biblical Institute, Wednesdsy evening, on ** Common Sense aud Religion, or Christian Rationalism.” The Rev. E. M. Boring, s well-known Moth- odist clergrman, and for & long time the Secre- tary of the Home of the Friendless in this city, baving closed his official connection with that 1nstitntion, is going to dovote his time to labors in rovival meetings. At the meating of the Methodist Episcopa- Prenchers’ Aid Society of tho Rock River Conl forenco, which was héld iu Cnicago last Monday, the Rev. W. F. Stewart was olocted Secretary 2nd Troasurer of the Sccicty to fill_tho vacancy occasioned by tho death of its lat Secretary, tha Tev. W. D. Skelton. ELSZWHERE. Mr. Spurgeon's health is poor. He is going to a warmer climate to recuperate. The Pastoral Letter of the Bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church this year was writ- ton by Bishop Wiley. The Rev. Phabe Havaford, pastor of the Uni- versalist Churcn in New Haven, has accepted a call to the church iu Jeraoy Citv. ‘Bishop Odenhoimer, of the Protestant Episco- pal Chureh, has been Testored to heslth, and is again porforming his ofiicial dutics. Bishops Whitchouse, cCoskry, and Nilos Liave published & mewmorial circalar as s tribute to the momory of tho late Bishop Armitage, of Wisconsin. The Rev. Henry A. Boardman, D. D., of Phila- dolphia, has beea pastor of tho Tenth Presby- terian Church of that city something over forty years. _ s, Maggio Van Cott, the famous lady revival- ist proacher, baviug passed through a Buccess- ful campaign in California, is next to open a serios of meetings in the Methodist churches of Baltimore. Dr. DoKoven, of Racine Collego, who is spoken of a3 the probable successor of tlie late Bisbop ‘Armitage, of Wisconem, s said to require con- fession from the scudents of that institution, and also to voluntaor his services as confessor for scveral other educational institutions in Wisconsi The Cincinnati Commercial says: When the Rev. C. L. Thompson, now of Chicago, was called to the Chestmut Sirce: Presbiterisn Church, Louisville, with 3 alary of $5,000, he replied, acknowlodging the generous offer, but 2dded 'by way of declinmg, * Nouo of these things move me.” Tho Church promptly ansvwered, “We have voted §300 to movo you and your furnitare.” b The Rev. I S. Kalloch, a Boston Daptist preacher some seventeen years ago. thon a politician, and later a hotel-kecper 1n Lawrence, Kansas, has returned to his *‘first love.” His first sermon since bis conversion was preachied in the First Baptist Church, Lawronce, {rom the text in Pealm 78 2: “Dus 88 for mo my feot were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.” It is said to bnve been an able dis- courso, and pictured vividly the wanderings of the Prodigel Son—his own back-slidings. AMIOND. Rev. E. P. Hommend has commenced & series of rovival meetings in St. Lows, and the news- papers of that town have copiously interviewed tho gontleman, and extracted from him his plan of working aud theory of conversion. 1Ir. Ham- mond claims that his converts aro from all classes; and he says he has been aided by Epis- copalians very largely, and has not been opposed by ltomen Catholica. Brother AMoody, who is now in England, estimated, five or sit years ago, that Alr, Hammond's converts numbered at least 50,000. Mr. Hammond has a larzo fund of sto- rcsupon which he draws to illustrate and in- tendnify his teachings. Here is one that is not bad: Sir Walter Scott was once being ferried across the River Tay by a Christian ferrymsn, who had printed upon ono oat * faith,” and on’ tho other # worke,” Sir Walter, who was more filled with worldly concerns than divine, asked what the 1ncaning of the words on the two was. * Wait 2 minute,” said the ferryman, and you will ree. When they got ont in the middle of the stream the Christian oaréman seized hold of tho oar#Taith,” pulled on i, and tho bost went round and down streain, * Wo will never get across in thin way,” said Sir Walter. * Then,” sald the oarsman, * Iwilt try the other.” He laid down the osr * Feith " and took hold of * Works,” but although be pulicd with all Lis might on it, tho boat only turned round and went up stream. * Why,” safd Sir Walter, “ you will have 15 out in {he North Scain 3 short time if you keep on thia way.” ¢ Yes,” said the forryman, * that is what I want to feach peopls, that if they want to do apy- thing fos the Lord they ‘must pull on both oara—ora et abora.” NOTES. PRESEYTERIAN. The Ninth Presbyterian Church, on Ellis avenue, near Thirty-seventh etroet, £ave an_en- fertainmen: Tuesdsy ovening for the parposo of Iaising money to purchaso a Sunday-school librery. The Chicago Presbytery last week nnanimous- Iy adoped a resolusion to raise, a8 promptly as possible, and pay into the treasury of the Board, the sum apportioned to it by the Synod for Home Missions. Atthe weckly meeting of ministers of Pros- byterian churches in Chicego, held last woek, reports o heard from thoss who had visited other Presbyterian churcics, which were gen- crally very enconraging. Conversions were re- ported in the Third, Fifth, Lighth, Reunion, and Graco Churches, and special moetings were held in all of these excopt the Third last week. Interesting mectings are also in progress in the churches in Hyde Park, Englewood, sad High- land Park. METHODIST. The Michigan Avenue Methodist Church, Chi- cago, will dedicate its main suditorium on the first day of Febrnary. The lecture-room, or basement, was dedicatod £ years ago. A lnrge numbor of rovivals in tho Methodist churckes of the Northwest 18 reported each week in tho Northwestern Adrocate. This woek revivals aro reported at Paris, Contral City, Du- buque, Blairstown, Unionville, Gilman, De Soto, Toledo, Maysville, Sabula, Steamboat Rock, an Independeace, in Towa; b St. Poul, in 3linne- vota; Lincoln, in Nebraska; at Viols and Me- noronce, in Wisconsin; and ab several places in Iiinois and Michigaa. A very remarkable and general rovival has been enjoyed at Centenery Methodist Church. laving begun New Year's ovening. The pastor, the Rav. 3. 0. Peck, togetbor with the workers of tho churcl, have laboreu and prayed, ad the results hayo been from 150 to 200 persons in the congregation and Sabbath-school bave presented themseives for prasors, and a largo number Bave been hopefully converted. Something like sevonty-five nave been admitted to the church, on what is called probation. Tho meetinga will continue every night for the present, with preaching by tho pustor aud others. METHODIST PREACUERS' MEETING. At the Methedist preachers’ meeting, held at No. 57 West Washington street last Aonday ing, there was s large attendance. The idink Elder, the Rev. A. J. Jutkins, occapied tho chair, aud prayer was offered by the Rev. C. A, Locber, of the German Methodist Charch. Tire Rev.J. 0. Peck, of Centenary Church, re- ported a yery_successful revivalin progress in Ris church. ~Large numbers went forward to the altar evers night askiog prayers, and very mauy convorsions had taken place. Tho Rev. A. You- Fer, pastor of the Weatorn Avenuo Clurch, ze- ported thirty-five inquirmg souls and some bacx- Bliders returniug. 1Lo Rev. A. G. Parrish, from the Dickson Streat Church, reporied seven re- ceived on_ probation, and fivo mew in- quiters, Tho Michigan Avenuo Church Joported two or threa conversions. The Rov. §. Washburne, pastor of Halsted Street Church. reported several conversions: Clark Strect Church reported two received on probation. The Rev. G. L. 8. Stuff, rector of the Fulton Street Church, roported thirty in- quirers, sbout half of whom wero converted. Simpeon Church. through its pastor. the Rev. . Hill, reported twenty inquirers. A discassion took place in regard to the best method of bring- ing ealoon-keepers to’Clirist, which was cod- ducted by the Rov. Dr. H. W. 'Thomas, C. A Tiosber, L. M. Borig. and 8. McChesnez. ~The point b iedue, and which was not sottied, was whether persussive or denunciatory metnods wero best. - WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY BANQUET. he aunual banquet of the Alumpiof Wes- Jeyaxn Gniversity, Bloomington, Ill., took place ¢ the Palmer House, Tharsday eveuing, Jan. 5. ‘The fablos were spread for ubout forty guests, and the occasion called togetier a large Sumber of the prominent 3lethodist educators of the Northwest. Among thoeo present on tho occasion were Dr. G. 3f. Steele, Presideat of Tawrenco University, Appletou, Wis.; Dz R Aliyn. President of McEcndreo o ios \Wis.: Dr. Heory Bannister, President of Garrett Diblical Iostitute:; Dr. f H. Fovler, President of the Northwestern University; Profs. 0. Marcy, Cumnock, J. G. Allen, Fisk, and I S Carliact, of the Northwestern University ; Prof. Rice, of the Wesloyzn University at Mid- dlowon, Cona. ; tho Rev. C. H. Mandeville, Pras- ident of Jennings Seminary, Aurors, 1L ; Prof. College, Loba-. W. X. Wynde, of Garrott Biblical Instituto; tho editor of tho Norfhwestern Christian Adtocate, the Rev. Arthur Edwards; and nearly all the Mothodist clergy of Chicago. The gentlemen had o very hilarions time ; the flow of soul was prolonged and voluminous, breaking forth in Emggostive toasts and brilliant responses, which about 2 c'clock in_the morning. Boforo the meeting broke up, Dr. Fowler, the Tev. 8. McChesnoy, of Trinity AL ~E. Church, Dr. Aritur Edwards, snd Prof. J. G. Allen wero ‘elected honorary members of the Chicago Alum- ni Asgociation. continued till BAPTIST. As a epecimen of good church financizl man- agoment, the Second Bsptist Church of this city isan example, Tho church has never practiced the custom, which is so common, of resorting to suppers, festivals, or down-town dinners to raise money for any purpose; but has a stand- ing Financial Committee, consisting of some of the best business men in tho Society, whose duty it is to collect and dispenee the funds of the church. This Committee, for the year 1874, con- gists of C. R. Blackall, A. L. Sweet, Samuel Wagman, W. W, Bhaw, J. A. Bhaffer, W. H. Holden, and L. J. Smft. Mr. Holden is Treas- arer of 'the church, On the first Sunday of the prosent year, the Committee submitted a plan, which was adopted. for the total eancellation of the church debt (Romo $13,000) within a period of fous years, by tho regular monthly contribu- tions of ‘the mombership. This, with tho various missionary onterprises of the church, requires an annual contribution of nearly $7,000 above the sum pmd es salaries of the pastors. The Committes say in their report: “It is part of our pian to fumish a printed financial stutement _to church _snd congrega- tion at the closo of each quarter; to gond these statements by masil to every member of the church; to keep an accurate record, in the large book already propaved for tho purpase, of tlie_contributious of esch mem- ber: and to seo thst some amoun!, however wmall, be placed opposite the name of EVERY oxe, great and small, rich and {mor. who bas & placo with us, and {rom such of thoe congroga- tion as estcem 1t a privilege to give to tlus fund. At tho end of the four years, this book will bo an enduring memorial of the great work which bos been accomplished.” RELIGIOUS MISCELLANY. AT HOME. Thero are trenty-one Cougregational churches in Boston, with au aggrogato memberuhip of about 7,000. Tha Lee Avenue Baptist Church. Brookiyn, thio Rev. J., Hyatt Smith, pastor, has taken a de- cided stand in favor of Opou cOmmunion. In Now Jorsey petitions are boing signed ask- ing the Legislature to repeal the State law which | authorizes the Sunday. - The Warren Avenuo Baptist Church, Boston, publishes 5 monihly eighi-page paperysconsist- Iug of rolizions notices, chureh gosdp, etc., with Seriptural texts aud brief articles from the pastor’s pen. The Per. Dr. Jobn Hell's chareb, New York, will ba, when completed, the largest Presbyterian church in the United States,—perhaps the largest in the woild. The house will cost $500,000, and the ground cost $330,000. The City of New York has 330 Protostant churchos, chepels, and missions, having an at- tendance in the aggregate of about 250,000 peo- ple. Tothe hundreds of thousands not gathered 10 the churches, the city mission is organized to carry the gospel. The missionaries last year visited 85,203 families among tho poor. he! prayer-meetings, and 3,194 proaching sorvices. The proscnt year is tho centenary anniversary of the birth of the United Brethren Church, and Bishop Dickson recommends that centen- ary meetings be beld in overy society tbrough- ont the Church to procuro subscriptions and col- loctions, to bo equally divided botween the i sionary Soctety, tho Church Erection Bocicty, sud the endowment fund of Urion Biblical Sem- inary. The Adventists are beginning to believe that the argument upon which theybased the con- clusion that the world would como to an oud bo- foro the old year was ont must be fallacious, al- though, on reviewing it, the editor of their re- Tigious organ ** can seo no flawinit.” He admits that it may bs true that ho and his fol- lowers aro “ tho simple-minded, foolish people the world ot large astcem thom to be, and their hopes a mere dream.” The Dutch Reformed Church hes hada se- cession. The Rev. Charles Wadaworth, D.D., pastor of the Third Church of that denomination {n Philadelpbia, wita his entiro society, united with the Central Presbytery ;- whereupon the Classis has voted to depose from its body the astor and strip the church clerk of his office. eretofore, it has been eupposed that thie Re- formed Church swas but ono of the many va- ricties of the Presbyterian Church; but this violent action of the Philadelphin Classis secms to indicate o spirit of rivalry and bitterncss unning of passenger-trains on .which was not to have been oxpected. ABROAD. Dr. McCook is in favor of & foderal union of Presbyterian Churches. Tho Pope's late encyclical denounces O1d Cath- olica as *‘sons of perdition.” Romsn Catholic papers reprint o list of 1,152 miracles abtsined by Our Lady of Lu- miercs, in Marseilles, France. Tlicre are 237 Congregational Chnrches in and around London, 87 of which have been estab- iished eince 1832, The King of Sweden_ has ordered a collection to bo taken on & fixed day throughout his King- dom for the benefit of the Emmanuel Lutheran Church, of Chicago. Somo good churchmen of London, England, who aro angry because Max Muller was permut- ted to lecture ip Westminster Abbey, threaton to bricg a law-suit against Dean Stanley for per- ‘mitting the desecration. The Bishop of Chichester, England, has sanc- tioned the erection of an ‘altar” in a chapel at- tached to a cemetery ; a structure, remarks the Rock, which can only subserve tho purposes of fostering a vain and dangerons superstition. The American Board of Migeions has estab- lished iu Turkey 222 common &chools, founded 78 churches, educated 110 pastors and teachers, opened 200 preaching stations, founded 4 theo- logical colleges, orgamized 12 girls schools, and around these various institutions gathered a Protestant population of over 20,000 persons. The Protestants of England during the late war between Franco and Prussia, provided Tourbaki's army, 50,000 strong, with Bibles and Testaments to take into Calholic Frauce. That army, it will be recollected, having stepped upon the nentral ground of Switzerland, was disarmed and “interned” by the Swiss Government. A British_paper says: Tho little city of Darby, in mid-Eoglaud, is witnessing an ex- traordinary revival, due to the =Xorts of the Rev. Mr. Douglass, the vicar of an Episcopal church there. Ir. Dougluss preaches with.all tho fervor of a Wesley or a Whitefield, and he has gathered to the fold = thousand sinners, within a fow months past. Tho Luthoran Almanac, by Euriz, places the number of ministors in that Church, in this country, at 2,332; congiegations, 4346; and 538,639 members, divided among the Synods as follows: General Couucil, 153.407; Synodical Conference, 202,285 ; Goaoral Synod, 106,517 ; Southern General Synod, 12,419; Independent Synods, 54,943, John Bright,in s letter published in the Evan- gelical Maqazine, gives eome sensibls advice with regard to tho mode of delivering sermons. Ho sazs: Given a man with ¥nowledge of his subject, and & it for public speaking, then I think reading s mis- Chief ; but given & man wLo knows little, and has no it of apealing, thea rexding seems 10 be inertable, Because epeaking, 29 I decm it, i impossible, Bat it must be a termblo thing to have to read or speak Bermon every week on Lhe same topic to the s3mo peo- ple—terrible to the epeaker, and hardly less so to the hearers. Only men of great mind, great knowledge, and grest power can do this with ‘success. I wonder that any man con doit ! Toften doubt that any man hss evor doneit. I forbear, thercfore, from giving 3 trong opinion on the point you submit to me, Where 3 mau can speak, let him speak—it is, no doubt, most effective ; but whera a man cannot speak, he must Tead, Isnot this the sum of the wholo matter 27 SERVICES TO-DAY. ZPUSCOPAL. The Rev. Dr. Stocking wll preacn at 10:20 and 7:30 o'clock, at the Church of the Epiphany, on Throop street, between Monroe and Madison. Evening Fub- ject: ' Jealousy.” —The Rov. Francis Mansfcld wiil preach at the usual bours st the Church af thy Atonement, corner of Washington and Robey sireets. '—The Rav. IL. N. Powers will preach 33 usual st St. John's Church.” Iafant baptism at 4 o'clock. —The Eov. W. J. Petrie will preach at the Church of Our Savior, corner of Belden and Lincoln arenuas. The Rev. G. C. Street will officiate ot St. Peter's Hall, No. 530 Siate street, at 10:30, 11:30, 3nd 7:30 ook, " Celsbration of W Holy Eacharist at 11°30 o¢l —The Bev. Edward Sullfvsn_ will presch at 10:45 and 7:30 olclock, at Trinity Church, cornes of Twenty- second_street and Michigan avenue. Sabject, morn- ing sud eventng: *The Conversion of 5t. Panl” ZThe Rey. Dr. Warren will preach morniog znd evening, at St. Marks’ Church, on Cottage Grove ave- nue, Thero will be full cathedral services st 10:30 and 730 o'clock ot the Catkedral of S8, Peter and Paul, corner of Washington and Peorla siree’s. '—Tha Ber, Heary G, Parry will proach st the nsuat hours at All Saints Church. Morning subject version of St. Paul” Evening subject : blewan and Hie Journey.” 3 —Tha_Rev. Dr. Stocking will preach befors the Church Guild, at 3 o'clock, in the lecture-room of the Aethodist Chizrch Block. 'The choir of the Church of the Epiphany will furish the music, which will be an attractive featuro of tho service. —The Bov. N. G. Allen will preach at 10:30 and 7:30 o'clock ot the Church of the Holy Commurion, on Dearborn street, between Twenty-ninth and Tinrticth, REFORMID EFISCOPAL. The Rt. Rev. Charles E. Cheuey will presch at the ‘usual hours at Christ Church, corner of Michigan ave- nno snd Tweaty.fourth etrect. Morning suboct : “Proving Ged.” Evening subject : “The Toints of Difference Botween the Two Episcopal Churches.” METHODIST EPISCOPAL. The Rev. J, 0. Peck will preach at 10:30 and 7:30 o'clock at fhe Centsmary Church, on Monroe streef, near Morgan, —The Liev, 3. L. G. McKeown, D, D., will preach at the usual hours at the Wabash Avenua'Chuzeh, corner of Wabash avenue and Fourteenth strett, —Tho Rev. S, McChesney will presch nt 10:30 and :30 o'clock at Trinity Church, on Indiana avenue, near Twenty-fourth pireet. —The Rov, A, Youker wiil preach at the usual hours at tho Western Avenue Church. Evening subject: “Tho Character of Satan.” —The Rev. James Hill will preach at 10:30 and 7 glock to-day in the ball of the brick schookhousa st glexwe —Tho Rev, Dr, Thomss will presch at 11 and 7:30 o'clock nt the First Church, corner of Clarl: and Wash- ington streets, Evening subjcet: ¢ Deaths.” A Strangers' Devotional Meetizg is held at 3o'clock every Sunday, ot the Fres Methodist Church on North Morgan, between Lako znd Fulion streets, PRESDYTERIAN. The Rev, Prof. Fisk will preach at 10:45 and 7:30 o'clock at the Becond Chiirch, cornerof Michigan avente and Twentieth street. —The Rev, David J, Burrell will preach at 10:30 and 7:40 o'clock at Westminster Church, corner of Jackson und Pearia streets. Subjects: * Doubtful Christians” and * Our Father.” e Eav, C. L. Taompson will proach at 10:30 and 7:30 o'clock at the Fifth Church, corzer of Wabash avenue and Thirty-firet street. Evening subject (in Teoly to Dr. McKaig) : “ The Comparative Mythology of the Bible.” —The Rev. U, D,Gulick will preachat the usual hours at tho American Eeformed and Jefferson Park Churci, on West Washingion street, near Anue. —The Kov. Artuur Swazey, D. D., will presch to the congregation of the AshlzLd Avente Chur-h in the morzing, at the Swedenborgisn Church, on Washing- ton atrect, near Union Park. —Tho Rev, L. Patten, D, D., will preach this morn- ing at 10:30 o'clock, and 'the Rev. A. E. Rittredge this evening ut 7:30 o'clock, ut the Taird Church, coruar iasbiugton and Carpenter streets. Evening subject : + Skepticism and the Beality and Power of Yrayer,” "The Rev. B. E. S, Ely will preach at 10:30 =nd 7:30 o'clock at Grace Church, corner of Oak and Vincennes avenues. —Tle Rev. Jamsa Harrison will preach at the usual lours at the Tenth Church, on Ashloy street, mear Rabey. —Thie Rev, W. W. McKaig, D, D,, will preach st 10:45 and 7:20 o'elock to-day at the Ninth Church, on Ellis avenue, CONGREGATIONAL, Tho Rev. Albert Bushuell will presch at the ususl hours at the Leavitt Street Chureh, corner of Loavitt sud Adams streets. ‘Tue Rev. O, D, Helmr will presch at 10:30 and o'elock at the Union Eark Church, corner of Ash- land avenue and Washingion street. The Rev. L.'T. Clamterliin wil preach at the usual bonra at_the New Rnglind Church, corner of Whito and Dearborn streets, —The Rev, James T. Hyde will preach ot the usual hours at the Oakland Church, —Tho Rev. W. A, Bartlott will preach at 10:30 snd 7:30 o'clock ot Plymouth Church, corner of Indiana avenue and Twenty-sixth street. —Prof. Swing will preach this morningat the Fourth Church, corner of Rush and Superior streets. —Th: Rev. R, K, Warden, of Bothwell, Canads, will preach at 10:30 and 7:30 o'clock at the First’ Scotch Church, corner of Sxugamon and Adams strests. —Tné Rev. J. L. Walker will preach at 10:30 and 7:30 o'clock at the Reunjon Cliurch, on Mitchell strect, near Throop. BARTIST. The Rev. G, W. Northrnp, D, D., will preach at 7:30 o'clock this evening at_thw Ashiand Avenue Church, corner of Paulina and Jozrce streets. —The Rov, Mr. Cleglorn. of Ottaws, will preach at 11 and 7:30 o'clock at tho iichigan, Avenue Church, near Twenty-third streat, The Rev. k. M. Duling, late_pastor of the Jersey Strost Baptist Chureh, Quiney, IiL, will preach st 11 and 7:30 o'clock at Oifvet Church, on Fourth avennio, betwoen Polk and Taylorstrusts. —Tho Rev. A. J. Frost_will preach st 11 and 7:30 o'clock at the University Placa Caurch, Douglas place, opposite Rhoadea svenue. Ezptism at evening eer- vice. —Thers will be Baptist service in the Town Hall at yde Park at 10:20 o'clock this ynorning. —The Rev, Dr. Northrup will presch at 11 o'clock this morning at the First Chirel, on Wabash avenuo, south of Hubbard Court. Gospel mecting at 7 o'elock in the dvening. A —The Rev, W. W. Everts, Jr,, will preach this morn- ing, and the Rev. Dr, Everis this evening, at the In- diana Avenue Chapel, corner of Thirtieth street, —The Rev. N. F, Havlin will preach s naualat the Temple Church. _The Kev. L. T. Bush will presch st 11 and 7:30 oclock at the Twenty-fifth Street Church, west of Wentworth avenue. —The Rev. E. J. Goodspeed will preuch at 10:30 this morping, sud the Res. T. W. Goodspeod at 7:30 o'clock this evening, ot the Second Church, corner of Morgan and Aonroe streets. Morning subect : “ Revivala.” —The Rev. J. 3. Whitehead will preach st 10:45 and 7:30 o'clock at the North Star Church, corner of Divis- ion and Sedgwick sirests. ~The Rev. J. Malvern will preach 2t 10:30 and 7:30 o'clock at the Free Baptist Churcl, corner of Loomis and Jackson streeta, M, John Gordon will preach at the usiual hours ot the Western Avenue Church. UNITABIAN. Tho Rev. Robert Coliyer will preach this morning st Unity Church, In tho evening Ann Wevden, s member of the Soclety of Friends, will wpvak of “ Peace on Earth.” _The Rev, 3L J. Savage will preach at 10:45 and 7:30 o'clock at the Third Church. Morning subject : * The Idea of God.” —Tiie Rov. Dr. Thomss Rerr, of Rockford, L., will preach at 10:45 and 7:45 o'clock at the Fourth Chureh, corner of Prairie avenue and Thirtieth streot, Evening aubject : “Is the Gospel Measage Repellant 27 —The Rov. Laird Coliier preach =t the nsual Bours at tho Courcn of the Messiak, corner of Michi- n aveaueland Twenty-third street. Morning subject: “Up to What Point Shall We Thiuk for Ourscives 27 Evening_sermon to young people on * The Ideal Woman," UNTVERSALIST. The Rev. J, E. Forrister will preach at the ususl hours at tlip Church of the Redeemer, corer of Wash- ington and Shngamon streets. Evening subject : o Roman Catholic Church,” _Tho Rev, B, F. Bowen, the blind preacher, of Bos- ton, will preich this mozning, and the Rev, Dr. Ryder this evening, nt St. Paul's Church. The evening ser- mon will bo the Jast of a eries on, * The Doctrine and Work of the Universalist Church.” The Rev. W, A. Start_will presch at 7:30 o'clock this evening at Marray Chapel, on Indiana svenue, near Twenty-ninth street. MISCELLANEOD: s, “There will he a Friends’ Meeting at 10:30 o'clock this morning on Twenty-sixth streat, between Indiana and Prairic avenues. The Rev. II. Reck will preach at 11 o'clock this morning at the English Latheran Church, '—Elder G, G. Mullins will preach at 10:30 o'clock and the Rev. B, G. Stover at 7:30 o'clock, at the Central Christian Church, near JelTerson Park, Alorning sub- Ject, #The Rock of Ages.” Temperance experienco meetings aro held at 7 o'clock every Sunday evening at the Washingtonisn Homo Chapel. There will be a meeting at tho Railway Reading- Booms in tho Michigen Southern Depot at 4:30 o'cloc] —The Primary Council No.1, T, S. A., meet at 11 and 4 o'clock in Uniou Hall, corner of Clark and Mon- ros streets, Morming lecture by Mr. Bentley on “Love:" afternoon, lecturs by Mrs. Holcombe, on “The Tespectables, the Criminals, and the Children.” —The Rev. C. Day Noble will preach to tho Second Swedenborgian Sociciy at 11 o'clock, in Murray Chapel, on Indiana avenue, nesr Tweaty-ninth street. Sub- ject : * Some Thoughts on Death.” —B. F. Underwood, of Boston, will lecture before the Free Religious Society, at 7:30 o'clock, in tho hall corner of Randoiph and Jelferson strects. Subject : “Naturalisni _versus _Supernaturalism; or, the Scleatific versus the Theological View of the Uni- verse," —The First Society of Spirituslists meet at 10:30 2nd 7:30 c'clock, in Grow'a Opers-Hall, No. 517 West Afadison street. Samuel Maxwell, the Quaker medium, znswers questions and describes epirit frienda. —Elder Shecrer will preach to the Adyent Christiaz Friends st 10:00 o'clock st No. 127 West adison treet, and at 7:30 o'clock at No, 136 Walnut street. —Tho Rev. J. R, Hibbard will preach at New Church Iall, corner of Prairie avenuo and Eiguteenth street, 3t I 'locx. Serumon (o young people o * The Dirina Trinity."” ““The Progressive Lycoum meets at 12:30 o'clock at Good Templars’ Hall, corner of Washington and Des- plaines sirects. CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK. EPISCOPAL. Jan, 25—Third Sunday after Epiphany; Conver- sion of St. Paul. ROMAX CATHOLIC, Jan. 25—Third Sunday after Lpiphany ; Conversion of St. Paul. Jan. 25—St. Polycarp, B. M. Jan, 21—St. John Chryzostom, B. C. D. Jan, 23—St. Raymond of Pennaport, secundo, Jan. 29—St, Francis of Sales, B. C. Jan. 30—St. Martina, V. 3. Jan, 31—St, Peter Xolasco, C. i R Color in Dentistry. At o recent meeting of the Third District | Deatal Society, at Alvany, X. Y., Mr. Thomas E. Elkins, 3 skiliful colored dentist of tha} city, was proé)cfi!d for membership. Dr. Luther T. Fox, of Cobleskill, objected to Lis election on account of Lis color. saying it would not bo_pieaseut for him to meet bim in the meetings of the Society, associate with him a3 & fellow-member, or to walk tbrough the strects with bim. After con- siderable diacussion a vote was taken, which re- sulted 9 for to 6 sgainst the admiasion of the colored applicant. ~This was reconsidered, and the second tallot stood 8 to 8. Dr. Perkias, and others, of Albany, then wrote out their resigno~ tions, aud finally, in order o prevent this, Dr. Eil:ins was accepted, and partial equenimity was restored. ——— The members of the Boeton choirs are mostly eelaricd singers, and they cost snnually aboot ©150,000, Another evidence of the degeneracy of the times. When the morming efars eang together tho whole business was conducted on the voluntary subscription syrtem. NAI B'RITH. Meeting of the Second Cona- stitutional Conven- tion. History of the Order and the Objects of Its Fourder. Its Growth, Government, and Results. Arrival of the Delegates---How They Are to Be Enter- tained. To-day at noon the Second Constitutional Convention of the Independent Order of B'nai Brrith (Sousof the Covenant) convenes at Kings- bury Music Hall, and will continue its sessions throughout the week. This Order is an exclu- sively Hebrew organization, and in its objects and ceremonies ig similar to the order of Odd Fellows. and is equally numerous, prosperous, and extended. THE ORIGINAL POUNDER Previous to the year 1843 no exclusively Jewish order existed in this country. At that time a man lived in New York who com- bined a good education wirk forcoof character, 8 clear and sound judgment, snd in addition the sterling qualities of & true philanthropist. He moved in the humble walks of life, depending upon the labor of his hands for his daily bread, yot content with his lot. Manly and independent, e yet found timo and means for the support of those needing aid sud assistance. His superior intellect, his truthfulness and integrity, secured him a remarkable influence. Drawn with- in the vortex of contention and strife he applied his abilities to the establishment of peace and order, and the gencration of more kindly feelings amongat con- tending parties of his faith. Still other means wero required to achieve the permancnt opject he had in view. Influences and forces of greater strength were wnceded to suppress pagsions 8o vebement and to eradicate proju- dices 80 decp-rooted. Therenpon he conoeived the noble purpose of forming an alliance, by which s combiued effort would becomo pou- gible, to corry his views into. practical execution. With the active co-operation of kindred and congenial spirits he founded the Order of B'noi B'rith. The uame of this man was Henry Jones, and it 18 uscless to say that he will live 1n tho hearts of the Brotherhood as long as 1t exists, snd will be rovered by all the Israel- ites in the country. THE OBJECT ADIED AT. The elements from which the Order had to draw the matenal at its beginning, in the City of New York, were of & promiscnous character, The men coming from the various countrie: of the UId Worid, driven from their homes by tyran- nical persecution for their religions faith, no sooner felt the benign influences of this free country than their condition im- proved. A free and untrammeled opportunity for the development of their capaci- ties gave them thst self-relance and ambition for distinction which has been shown by the race, when liberated from the disabilities of op- pressivo laws, remnants of the dark azes, The smbition to have tho lead in the affairs of cou- gregations aud other Societies offen aronsed passions which, in the absence of controlling influences of arefined intellect, had often led to o most deplorable autagonism bordering on animosity. To change this etate of affaira was the main object of Mr. Jones in establishing an order or society wherein-the members could be achooled by strict discipline, and be instructed inthe necessity of a coustant watch over theircon- duct toward each other and society. An impres- sive method was to be found which wonld bring into prominent view ths higher and nobier objects of lite, aud, above all, indocirinate the great principle thut men may differ m their re- Ligious beliefs, and yet unite and work together barmoniously under the great laws of humanity, 28 stated by the tenchers of the Jewish religion. THE PLATFORM, The fandamental law of this rebgion, as ox- ponded by ‘‘Brotherly Love,” is the strong foundation upon which the editico of this Order hes been_erected ; Benevolenco and Harmony afe its mzin pillars. Only in this seuse 18 the Order a Jewish institution ; it reats upon the broad dactrines of humanity and brotherhood, but it carefully excludes from its laws and legislutions all that conld possibly bo_objected toas dogmatical, doctrinal or sectarian. Tho platform of principles, while sufficiently broad t0 admit of the widest latitute, establishes such necessary restrictions as will exclude all wia would come in conflict with the fundamental ides of the Order. Attempts heretofore made to introduce questions that would infringe, in one direction or the other, upon_this broad basis, bave been emplatically repudiated. MUTUAL AID. To bind the members of the Order more closely together, and to uso it as a promoter_of thewr material welfare, a system of aid has been introduced in cases of necd, after the example of other existing charitable institutions, and thoseal of Becresy wax stamped upon all its proceedings. This not only created a greater at- traction to uncultured minds, but gave the young socioty & might aud importance which, nnder the existing conditions, could not have been at- tained by otber mezus. TIE START. Tho beginners were few, but earnost and de- voted ; their progress at first was slow and diffi- cult, but soon their influence was felt. The pro- priety and decorum of tho meetings in the lodge wero carried into_public gatherings. The toler- ance exercised in the Order was successfully transferred to tho congregations. The lessons taught and the instructions given within the se- cret circle bore their fruit in outer life. SPREAD OF THE OLDER. From the very small beginning in 1843, tho Order has graduaily risen to a position which fills the heart of every member with a just pride. As before stated, tho Order originuted in New York, from whence it spread to Hartford, New Haven, Boston, Buffalo, Cin- cinpati, St. Lows, Chicago, San Francisco, and other citics West und South; and it may safely be added that now, in every town or villago in the United States where a suflicicnt number of Jerws reside, o lodgo of. the Independent Order of B'nai B'nth can be found. IN CHICAGO. Tho firat lodge of the Order organized in this city wos lamah Lodge, No 83, on tha 15th of Juge, 1857, and whien bas mow ' a membership of sbout 150, with a widows' and orpnans’ fand of £9,000, and a lodgo fund of £5,000. Next comes Hillel TLodge No. 72, orgenized in 1868, with 3 lodze fandof $3,000. anrice Mayer Lodge No. 103, was organized on the 4th of Fobruary, 1868, and has a capital of about $900. Jonathan Lodge No. 130, was organized in 1869, and has now a membersbip of 125, sud & fund of over 22,000, “Sovereignty Lodgo No. 143 was organ- ized in 1870, ana has » membership of 150, ard about 32,000 capital. The soungest of the lodges bere ia the Orientsl Lodgo No. 19, or- gavized in 1872, and which bas now a member- ship of about 75, and & capital of nearly £1,000. THE TOTAL. The Order of B'ont Brith, on tho 1st of Janu- ary, 1873, was compoked of 136 lodzes, with a combined membership of 14,831, and an aggre- gate capital of ,997.43. The amouat of Benefits paid to widows and_orphans during tho year 1872 amounted to $132,952.50. Besides the regalar foos and dues cach mewmbor of the Order in Chicago is required to pay €1 & year towards the support of the United He- brew Relief Association, and each momber thronghout the United States Las to pay anoual- J #2 towards the support of the Hebrow Orphan Anylum at Cloveland. JIZELEW OBPHAT ASTLUM. » This Asylum was founded with the sabscrip- tions of tho Order and opened on tho 1ith of Jaly, 1568. Ii has ample room for 200 children, indopendeisz of rooms for Superintondeat, Mat- ron, oflicers’ reception rooms, culinery epart- moat, Iaundrs, dining-hall, schoot-rooms, hos- pital, chapel, snd every other convenience for Phe comfort of tho inmatee. while the five aud & balf acres of ground in the centre of which it is erected are as bezutifnl and fine 3 little park a8 any in the United States. WYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT. Whilo the Consitutional Convention is in ges- cion it 138 a legislative, executive, and judicial hority, but 1 the interim thie Order Is gos- Srned by zn Executive Committee, called “the Constitational Grand Lodge. Its functions, al- Hiionsh Limited, are novertheless of importance, od could not with propricty be delogated ‘o a Jess independent organization. The Comoittes gives tonew lodges number in proper ro- tations ; sees that improper mmeg u: :g'. adopted nor old ones duplicated ; issnes chartars under mandatory directions of the Constitution to legally established new District Grand Lodges, and publishes reports of the condition. of the Order. In great emergencies it may call upon tho members of the Order for united action. This, howover, is justifid only by the pressuro of special circumstances. _The President of this Committes is Mr. Julius Bien, of New York, and Mr, M. Ellinger, of the Jewish Times, is the Secretary. Each District Grand Lodge, of which thers aro at present saven, furnishes ome member for this Com- mittee. COURT OF APPEALS. Thera is 8180 3 Court of Appoeals which is the final arbiter in differences a8 to the interruption of the law, and which is also composed of seven members. The decisions of this court aro made up from tho written opinions and votes of its mombers, and have this far been attendsd with ressonable success. DISTRICT DIVISBIONS.. The ontire Ozder in the United States isat at prosent, divided into seven districts, each _of which has o separste Grand Lodge. The present_bonndaries of these Districts were de- termined upon es accession and temporary ox- edicncy demanded. At the first o ou into two districts, the whole of tho Western country, from Pennsylvania to the Tocky Mouutains, and portious of the Soathern States wero essigned to the Second District, while all west of the Rocky Moeuntains, with all the States east of Ohio remsined under the juriediction of he First District. ~When District 0.3 was formed. Pennsylvsais, Georgis, Vir- iofa (including what is now West Virginia), wore givan foit. Jaryland and the District of Coluiabia, Iike the Pacific ulog) in the former ist cace, weore loft with trick No. 1. Thev were eubsequeatly, ¢ their own request. coded to District No. 3, aud the Pacific States and Territories formed at a later period, with the concurrence of Dis- trict No. 1, into District No. 4. Noxt, Marylaad and the District of Columbia were establishod 28 District No. 5. The first Constitutional Conven- tion of 1863 granted the charter for the Sixth District, sesigning to its jurisdiction tho States of Illinois, Towa, aud Wisconsin, formerly por- tious of the Second District. Moro recently, and under tho general provisions concermng the case, District No. 7 was created. Composed of the States of Tennessee, Arkausas, Mississippi, a\vndlunbam, all once belonging to District XNo. _ CHANOES IX GOVERNMENT. Starting with 2 small membership in_close counection locally snd under tho couditions heratofore described, & strong and_even dictato- rinl government bccamo nocessary. As the number of Lodges increased, and their cxton- sion ovor more distant_parta of the country called for o further division into districts, the organization of the Order underwent a change, and its administration took the character of & patriarchial institution, where the different fam- ilies were represented by their heads. This lasted for awhile, until finally, at the General Convention of the Order in 1868, which was presided over by Mr. Adolph Moses, of this city, the present constitution, a strictiy- representative system, was adopted. = According to this, a Constitutional Convention is to bo held every five years, and, therofore, the Con- vention which assembles in_our city to-day is tho second Constitational Convention of the Order. There are at presout 210 lodges in thig country, ana, as each lodge is entitied to one delegato, there will be that number present, and among them will be the most prominent Hebrews in tho_comiry, many of whom have already arrived in this city ; and among them may bo mentioned Julius Bien, Simon Wolf, S W. Rosendale, Dr. E. M. Friedlein, A, E. Frank- land, Joseph Abraham, Isidor Bush, Julius Nathian, and many others. : CONCERTS AND DINNERS. This evening » grand reception concert will bo given a¢ Kiugsbury Hall, in honor of our prominent visitors, and a grand banquet will bo tondered them, Wednesday evening, at the Sherman House, to which sbout 300 persons have beeu invited. Besides, thero will be several balls and entor- tainments given by individual lodges in this city, during the continnance of the Convention. The Committees, a list of whom was published in this paper a fow weeks ago, have been busy like beavers preparing & hospitable reception for their guests, and to make their stay in this city 28 pleasant and entertaining as possiblo, and give them an adequate idos of the liberality, nobility, and hospitality of the great Metropolis of the Northwaut. The Dagger ol Eavaillac. In relating a certain romantic incident of Paris life, the Figero maintaias that all the cir- cumstances it detsits in the matter are strictly tr&z. They.relate to a gingular attempt at swi- cide. Evorybody knows (remarks tha Figaro, from whose columns we_translate these facts) the circumstences_under hich Henri {V. was as- sassinated by Ravaillac, in the Rue do 1a Fer- ronerie. Ravaillac, thrusting his arm through the window of the royal carriage, struck tho King two blows with &_knife, the weapon at tho gecond siroke piercing to the heart. Then for a moment he brandished the knife defiantly ; out he was immediately arrested, and the weapou taken from him by an Italisa attached to the person of the Dac d'Epernon—one Pietro da Malaghino. When the Courton the day of tho trnal of Ravaillac—May 24, lfflB—reclaimedgxiu Lnife, Malaghino doclared that ho had lost # in tho crowd. This was s falsehood. The Italian haviog for his hobby the collection of curiositica, had secreted the knife of Ravaillac. and he kept it all his life, leaving it a8 & gracious relic to his descendants, Through soms viciseitudes now unkaown tha knifs passed into the hands of Marshal Maurica de Saso, who in 1760 presentod it i0 his phy- siclan, Dr. Senac. Hae dying shortly aftor left it to bis'son, 1. Senac de Meilhan, who gave it to a certain Jarquiso de Crequi with a sories of complimentary verses, begiuning : De ce couteau d'un regicide, Recevez Io don, belle Armide. This * belle Armide"—that is, the Marckion- ess Crequi, left tho historical knife to her cousin, Laron Blanchfort. After farsher changee ot ownership, it came last year into the posses. sion of & young student, Movsienr Phillipps M This ];mmg men, who occapied 3 'fn, Ho room in the ftus dos Acicias, led » bard Life struggling against povertv, and geaerally got- ting woratod in the combat, On several occa- sions he tried to kell the knifo of Ravaillac, but he valued it nt 2,000 francs, which was more than ansbody would pay for it. A fow weoks 30 he fonnd himself without s cent and with nothing o eat. Ho would not think for s _momont of abating the price of the knife of Rasaillac, €0, French- ‘man-like, Lie determined to kill himself with it. Hlo gave himsolf & violent thrust iu tho chest. having first left on his table the following absurd note: To Monxeur the Comminsary of Police Let no person be charged with my Geath. T go ta rejoin Henri IV, 1f I had not becn so feeble, I would Dbave killed myself in the Rue de 1a Ferronnerie. Purziipes M——, Dec: 24, 1673, But the wonderfal knife of Ravaillao proved to be a8 weak na the intellect of the would-he suicide. Tho ruaty weapon, broken and blunt, only made an insignificent wound, from whick young Phillippe recovered within a week. ~The knife in the meantimo was deposited_at the po- lice office, It ia a species of poniard, with 2 bone handlo cut in the form of o cross, and beat- ing on tho blade the initials of the original owner. Yy Wholesale Marrying. At tho Preston Parish Church and 2t most of the other pansh churches in Lancashire, Eng.. it has long been customary for a large number of martiages to be solemnized on the_samo dsy on one of the great festivals, such as Easter Ban- day, Whit Sunday, or Christmas. The crowd of Yonng men sud women Laving_gathered before {bo communion-rails, where the marrisze cere- mony is about to be commenced, each pair beinz attended by its little coterie of friends, the bridet and bridegrooms are * sorted out” by tho clerk o verger, whose endeavors to prevent mistakes ato not alwsys successful, as instances havo oc- arred in which the wrong persons have bees amied. The marriage ceremony is then gone tirough in a wholeszle manner ; one reading of the servico sufticing for all the cozples. The resent curate of Preston, tho R Dr. Lee. Fowever, objects to this informal way_of marry. mg. On last Christmss morning twenty-twe couples pre: themselves for marrisze ac hur chureh. Notwithstanding the number, he reac thz whole marnage service for each couple acpa: rately. Tho cercmony began a little after § o'clock, and was not concluded until 11. ————— Charles Astor Bristed. The last letter of Charles Astor Bristed wat eminently characteristic: **Iam atill alive. Fot twvelve days I have suffered such agonies as can- not be described or imagined. 3onday, the 12th. I was casier. I took the sacrament, and hopec to dhin quintly, but I am reserved for more suf- foring. iy family nod friends have shown me the greatest kincnese. I think it oughtto be ‘made legal to kill such iavalids as myself. Isny thiy aa a Christian. CnamLes Aston BrmsTeD. P, 3.—My servants have been like angels to me. “'gm} to live, I ehould write a palinode on the