Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 16, 1874, Page 3

—— THE PULPIT. ‘What Constitutes the New Life. The Rov. Dr. Gibson's First Sermon at the Second Prosbyterian Church, Two Billiard-Room Addresses. The Rev, Mr. MoCarthy S8till Labor- ing, . The Firsl Congregational Church. The Dedicatory Services and Fi- nancinl Statement. Sermon on Talking by the Rev. Mr. THE NEW LIFE: Howe, Irnmn ho Rov. Dr. Gibsan nt the Second - Proabyterinn Clnrehs Thoe Rov. Mr. Gibson, of Erskine Church, Montreal, preached in tho Socond Presbytorian Chureh, corner of Twonty-firat stroos and Michi- gon avenye, yesterday morning, to a large con- grogation, An unanimous enll bag been tondor- od him by tho socloty to booomo their pastor, at o salary of 26,0000 year, and ho los come to Clueago to look uround and soe if he wouldvrofer living horo rather than in Mountrenl, Iis sermon, although dootrinal, was an ablo ono, and pleased his hoarers, A full roport of it i subjoinod : Wo invite your attontion to a portion of tho Gospol nccording to Johm ¢ Atd many other elgus truly diil Josus in tho pres- cnco of hifs Disclples, which ore not writlen fu this book, Dut thesoars wrilten hat yo nlght boliove hnt Tesua fs tho Chrdat, tho Son of God, and belloving 30 might havo lifo through his naine. Jobn xx, ) 8L You eannot but havo romarked tho groatnoss of {ho moans nnd ngoncies employed in the work of rodemption as sot forth in those Scriptures. ko tho first chaptor of this sacred Gospel ns a specinien ¢ o thio beginning was tho Word, and tho Word was ‘Wilh God, and tho Word wag God, The same was fu tie begining with God, Al things were mada by Him; and without 1im was not anything made that wag made, And tha Word was mudo fleab, and - dwelt among us (and wo behold ik glory, tho glory a8 of Lhio ouly begotten of tho Fathier) full of grac sud of ruth, Thero you havo o samplo of the moans, What must thoend bo? Surely it must be no subor- dinnto end ; it must bo no partial good; it must bo tho chiefest poad ; it nuust be the chiof end of mnn 1o bas in viow, in such a work as that. This introduces us to the question which is to form the subject of our morning's meditation : Wihat is the groat objoct set beforous in the rospel n our chiof good ? What i8 the great ros sult to bo attained through such o magnificent Bob of means ny aro unfolded thero? What is the groat result to be nttainod through such glo- vious agency a8 that of the Iiternal Father, the Lternal Bon, nnd the Eternal Spirit? Surely it must bo somethiug correspondingly magniticent, ~—sumothing progortionately glorious, Wo uro accustomod to speals of tho and in viow. not simply ng our salvation, but particular- 1y to speak of it as only o part of the whole. It 18 only the negative part, for the word ** salva- tion™is only o nogative term. It couveys an idon simply of dgliverance from. Iut thoro is that which is positive as woll, God proposcs in and by this glorious redeeming work of 11is, not anly to deliver us from ovil, but to bestow upon 18 highost good. What, then, is this good which Gud proposes to bestow upou us ? What does Ho proposo to nake of us after Hae has delivercd us from sin und misory? What is the prospeot which opens out beforo us on our accoptance of this great salvation provided for us Dy the Tather, wrought out for us by the Son, and brought out to us by the Holy Ghost ? 3 Now, to this quostion we {ind most clonr, dis- tinct, and satisfuctory answers in tho Seripturee. 'I'hose answora are in various forms, Somo of them sotting beforo us o prospect unspeakably rand. Tuko a single specimon. Tor example, Iphesians iii., 10, 19. It i iu the fermof a prayer rather than a promise ; but a8 it is an in- spived prayer, it is sure Lo be annwored on boball of thoso for whom it is offered—uelievers in Jesus, aud may overywhore bo taken as o promiso : That e would grant you according to the riches of Tis glory, to bo strengthoned with might by His spirit in the fitler man ; that Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, belug rooted und groundad in love, may Le ablo o comproliend with all safuta what is tho Lreadth, and length, snd dopth, aud height; and to Xnow ilie lovo of Chrlst, which' passeth knowledge, that yo might be Alled with all the fulluess of God, Suck is the prospect. No wonder that, after such s glorious anticipation as this, of what was the aim uud object of beliovers in Clrist, tho Apostlo bursts forth into tho doxology with ‘which ho closes : Unfo hiim thnt Is abls to do excaeding abundantly above all that we ask or thiuk, according to the power that worleth fn us 3 unto it b glory in tho Oburch of Christ Jesus throughout all sges, world without end. You will find mauny other passages liko thia sot beforous. A prospect so unspeakably glorious that it seems at timos impossiblo to bolicve them, Itscams too glorious to bo truo. Such presagos 8 thoso we commond to you for your privato meditation. Wo do not propose to tuko up any of theso more glowing pussages, chiofly Decause wo focl oursclves painfully unablo to o to tho granducr of the theme. Dub there ja ong simple, compact, comprehensive form in which this subject i3 constantly presouted in the Seriptures : not in_oue part or in many parts, Dbut in all parts—in Matthow, Mark, Luke, John, and 8o on, through all the books of the New Testament ; aud not through ail the books, but in almost overy obaptor of every book. The form roforrod to is that which is sot beforo us in the vassago wo have choson for our toxt. Theso aro writton, that yo might beliove that Jesus {s o Chrlst, tho 'son of God: sud belioving, ye ight huvo 1if6 through Lis namo, Tho paesogos in which tho bleasings of re- demption are sob forth in this form are so numerous that it would bo hopeloss even to givo spocimons of {ho diferout classes, Yot it moy bo well to refor to a fow texts ndditional to that beforo us, ako one from Matthow : Strait is tho gate, and nurrow is the way, which 1oadoth unto lifo, and fow thero bo that find it “L'ako anothor from this Gospol of John : T am como that they might Lave life, and that they might bave it more abundantly, ‘T'ako another from the Acts of the Apostlos : To the Gentilea bo baa granted ropentance unto lifo, Trom the Romana : - Tho wages of sin §s death, but the gift of God is eternal life, » And from ono of tho lator Apostics ¢ Dlesod i the man thnt oudureth tomptation ; for whon Lo #_tried, Lo eliall Teceive the crown of lifo which tho Lord biath prom{sed to themn that love Him, If you look at tho book of Novelation, you will find this ides very prominent, whoro wo are'told of tho treo of lifo, and jolued theroto apuro river, Novw, when you romomber that those passagos aro more isolaiud specimons out of n multitude, sou will koe 1t muat Lo important for us to con- sider the subject before ug in this, its most fn- miliar form of life. You will observe that wo mako no attempt to oxhaust tho toxt, It hasin it not only the ultimate object of Iifo, but also tho proximato object—faith, aud thoe conncotion bovween the two—that belioving yo might bave life, Duteach of theso points is so important that ono at o time is quito sufliciont. Wo take, then, only the ultimate objeot {)h:? mr:;nil:!gz . 'hose are written that yo might bollove that Jeaus ia e Chirist, tho Son_of G0, and, belloving, yo might 2avo life through his name, Have wo uot life already? It sppoars mot. Ve have something whicl: wo call lifo, but the lifo offersd here must bo something very difforont, for God would not mook us by of,t’ur-, ing us somothing which we lad alrendy, The 1ifa olfored us, thon, is somothing difforent from life in tho ordlunry ‘senso ot the term. Yot it must hove sume conucction with lifo in the ordinary sonso of the torm; elso tho word 4 lif," an applied to it, would Lo inappropriate and misloascing, If it be somothinv ontirely now, having 10 conuoction with th.gf 1d, why pot give it nnew name, instesd o :nfusing our ideas, as it cortuinly would 1 that cago, by tho npplication of an old nanio to a now thivg? Now hero is whero some, 1t scoms to mo, loso tho comprohionuivonoss of the trie import q,l the Gospol promise, ‘They tako tho word "Iifo,” and gaver its councotion with tlio old ides wo have had all our days, and give it an ontiroly now moaning. Orif they do not this, thoy aro cares ful to Jimit its oxtent by adding somo epitlot of thair awn, 8o as, if possiblo, tokeep the o}d idos out s suclian opitliot, for oxamplo, ag.* spirity wal™ lifo, or lifo of the moul. We do not object to theso torms altogother, though they are not found in Soripture. I eanno think of o #inglo passago of Scripture in which tho oxprossion * spiritual 1ifo," or lite of the soul, {8 used. We do flnd tho oxprossion *elor- nnl lifo," ** evorlanting life; but thesondjactives you witl obsorve, do nob limit the oxtont of tho Word *lifo,” bu onty call attontion to its lasting forovor, Wherens tho oxpromsion *f spirtounl 1ifo," in evidently framed to oxcludo tho idon of natural life ; and the oxpression ‘‘lifo of the soul” is framod o a8 to oxcludo the iden of tho 1ifoof tho Lody, Wosay wo do not object to thicso oxprossionn altogethor, for wo may some- timep roquiro to narrow tho menning” of the word *“life," but wo do wish to guard ngainat the kdea that the Itfo thus natrowed down g all the lifo that is promisod to us in the Gospel, It is lifo intho overlasting senso of tho torm that is promisod, without any restriction, with- out any limitation, without any supposition, ‘Thexo nra written fhnt yo mighé bellova that Josus 1n Lkio Chiriut, tho Son of dod, and, bedleving, yo might have life, Not spiritual life, Wo shall havo that cortaln, but moro: Theso are written that yo may havo life, The whole fango of it. From this you will oo that it {8 not somothing - entirely diff eront from what we_ordinarily understand by life which is offered us, but rather somothing which mcludos ali that wo understand by life sud vory, very great doal moro. It may take in many bettor things, It may tako in the idew which is suggested by the words of our Lord ¢ I am come that thou might have life, and that. thou ‘might have it moro sbundautly, Not in somo rostrictad, in somo pecu]inr, 8onse, but “mlizht havo it more abundautly.” Keop thig In mind then : that whalis offered us iy really and truly lifo, andnot somothing different, with the namo ** lifo” attached to it Let us oxamine tho promiso o littlo. more closoly. And flrst wo nre constrained to admit that it has cnst discredit on what wo penerall, undorstand by life, ‘That must be admitted. It implics that our goneral underatandingof' lifo is’ ok worthy of the nnme, Why is it not worthy of tho nume 7 Becauso thero is death in it, and denth Is tho antipode of life,—tho negation of lifa, Alifo which hns denth in it is not worthy of the name, By thiswo do not mean that thore 15 donth aftor it ; but wo mean what wo say,— that thero is doath in It. Thero are tho clomonts of decay aud destruction working sl the. while ; thoro aro tha soeds of disenso in tho Loalthiest, physical framo ; thore aro tho germs of niquity Iu the mornl nature ; thoro are hungry deaires which never find_thelr food ; there are longings which never reach tlicir object ; thoro aro ob- stacles in tho way_ of every onward and upward ath which no skill, cau ovado and mno strongth can romove; thero is that in man's naturo which ovor prompts Lim to sook to riso from one attainmont to an- other, from one enjoyment to anotlior, from ouo glory to another; and yot thero isthat in bis conatitution aud in his condition which avor Iieops him down .and drags Liim down, aud which, in tlm end, always reduccs his atiainments, his Joymonts, liis glorics, to nothing. Aund is this lifo? Is it worthy of tho name? There is too much donth in it to make 1t worthy of the namoof life. Whatare tho charactoristics of lifo? Aro thoy mnot growth, progress, rigo? Aro not thess the marks by which lifo is known? ITow does tho life of man stand in theso partioulars? Is not his growth checked on all houds b( death ? Ts not his progress provented on all hands by death ? Is not his rise evor turned into ruin by death ? Truly the 1ifo which welive apart from Christ is not worthy. of the nnme! Wo live, Indeed, in u senso; but it is not tho_truo sense. * It is o poor dying way.” Our lifo i8 truo lifo no moro. ft is death,—death from the beginuning, suro to end in death_eternally, unloss another and o bettor lifo bo given us, 1t is not without good reason, then, that the spirit of the living God castu dis- credit on tho onrthly lifo of man, troats it as if it were uo lifo at all, nnd offers us somaothing so much higher, so much nobler, so much botter, 50 much-moro Wurtbf’ of tho namo, that it comea to us as a gift entirely now, and it is offerod us just 0a if we nover Lind any~ thing like it beforo, Wo are now propared for considoring what this uow lifo whicl is offered ug in the Gospel includes. And, first, it includos, as 1 lhave binted bofore, all that is good i ordiuary life, in porfoction.” On this poiut, it is worthy of no- tica that s great many youug- pooplo. hive. en- tirely falso ideas of iwhat roligion is. Thoy imagine ‘it is to give up all that is ood, in order to got good thiugs in the lifo to come,~—nn entirely mistakon ides. It doea not mean to give up sl that is truly good in this life. The Lord Jesus Christ does not ask it. Roligion does uot contract our sphere of lifo ligro, but enlarges it very much, and pre[lmma us for o far greator onjoyment hereafter. 1t is not to give up all.'good thwga hore, but .only all thoyo things which are evil. Theso are the. things which wo are to give up, in order that wo maoy kave an abundance of life, Yes, lifo includos, firat, all that is good in or- dinary life, and perfection ; perfect hoalth of ‘body, perfect soundness of mind, perfect purity of homt, tho porfoct, freo, and hoalthy use of all our powoers, the perfeet and full gratification of all our natural desires, porfoct bennty for the oye, the mjost exquisite music for the ear, nu- limited truth for the mind, unchanging loye for tho heart, society, friendship, brotherhiood,—all in their perfection. And this much, and.much more, is included iu the blessing of life, Does auy ono doubt it? What do you doubt ? Buppose you take whatseems to bo the most questionable in tho, whole. ebumeration, Who implanted in our nature the love of music and tho cupaclty for musio? Wae it not God, our Fatlfor, oud was mot thab ong of the things which, ns_Ho looked upon, o pronounced “ goud.” I8 it not thon o part of lifo P—not lifo 28 8in hns mado it, mark you, but. of life as God has mado it. Low then can you eay or think that it is loft out of tho promise—n promiso which offers you life—life without any restric- tion, without any qualification, without any specifieation. The samo reasoning you can ap- ply to all our faoulties, tastes, desires, or em- joyments. Whatever bolongs to our uature as God ereated it at tho firat ; whatever belongs to that nature which Ho prononneod ** good,” must ba included in the term *lifo.” Afi the disor- dors thnt sin hag introduced into our lifo shall bo forever removed, but the original facultica and powors, aud tustos, nud desires, shall re- muin, aud * thoy chall bo oxorclicd and gratifled in porfection. Lven tho smallost Traction of death shall bo removed. Thero will Do no secd of diseago in tho body, no germn of sin in tho soul, no taintof corruption in tho whole rencwed mon; no more unsatisfied de- siros, no moro ungratified longings, no moroe ob- staclas in tho way of onr onward aud upward progrees—nothing to interforo with lifo in its {ulloat, mightiest,;ond mout joyous and most of- foctive ouergy ; overy atom ‘of death_removed ; mortality swallowed up of life,” Very much more might bo said on this point, but perhaps enough Lius boen «ald to illustrate the position we bave taken, thatthe lifo promised in tho Gos- Yel includes iu it oll that is good in our ordinary ifo in ita porfection, Bu, recond, it includes far more than _this, Thera is & paxt of _our lifo which was complately. lout by tho fall. Doath invaded our entire, lifoe, or one partof it. The highost and noblest part of it not only mvaded but utlerly dostroyed. What part was this? It was tho spiritual pat, —that part of our nature by which God was Jnown, and loved, and worshipod, and cnfuyml. ‘This part of man’s naturo was a4 catiroly lost to tha sinnor s is sight to tho blind or intelloct to thesidiot,—it was n vast void, a total blank, ‘Thas it was that by far. the noblest aud thomost dolightful part of lifo droppod out of man's con- coption altogethor,—becnure 8o complotely ex- tinguishod that its revival Iy not so muchs revival a8 rogenoration,—a bemg born ugain, Now, tho lifo offered in the Gospol in- cludes, of courso, this ‘Dlfl"flflfltpflnfifllu reotis fication and perfoction of all that remained after tho ruins of the fall, It includes tho restoration of the knowledgo and love, aud worship and en- Jjoyment of Oed,—followabip with the Father, and with his Son, Josus Clrist, through the lloly Bpirit, given unto us, And bere it is, and not in tho othor part, we find thoss things whioh the oyo hath not scon, which the ear hiath not hoard, Which have not outered futo the hoart of may,’ but whioh God lath rovealed uuto us by His Spirit, Hero it is, in this new vogion of life that wo {flnd onjoyment a8 new and stronge s sight would be to hiia who wa born blind,. Hare it is wo find the boantios of lioliness, tha dolights of obedience, thoblos- sed calm of him who has been fully jtaucht to &ny, **Thy willbg dono,"—tho sweotast of pore foct liberty ; here, in a word, we find the Joy un- sposkublo und tull of glory, Bucl, thon, ia_an account of the promise; puch is tho lifo offered in tho wame of Josus Clrist, the Lord of life. It includes all that is good in our enrthly lifo, pur[iloll from all that {s ovil, and tha: for higher, noblor, aud more do- lightful lfo which was lost by the fall,'mnd which 18 restorad through tho mediation of the Son and by the powor of tho iloly S&hh. And now {1 what maunor {3 God ploased to bostow upen ua this life? Will He givo it all b onco, in allits fullness, in all its glory, in all ilu joy ¢ No, That would be contrary toall the analogy of His worl, Thero ia first” tho ueod thion the blade, thon " the oar, and thon the full corn in the ear, Thore Is infanoy, childhoad, youth, snd manhood, Bo with tho life which God bostovs, Hs gives it first us & liv- ing gorm which, undor Iis foutering caro, dovelops nto the full lifo of ~ whioh we Lave, beon wpeaking. Whero, thou, THE CITICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: MONDAY, FEBRUARY ' 16; 1874, in tho starting point? What i the process o this now life?” Doou it bogin with tho pnrhnfllu; of what i good in tho mortal lifo of fallon man, and then procend to the production and develops mont of the llfa of tho spirit whioh won loat by tho fall? Doos it begin with maklng tho bo; Tonlthy flrst, then give soundnoss to the min y thon “purity 1o~ the henrt, thon como up to tho apit st the top? No, that would bo Impracticablo i for tho #implo ronson that all the disordova and_distros- ses, and dorangoments of our onrthly lifo spring 'tyom tho want of that higher life of tho Aplrit, Tho want of that is tho root of tho wholo evily and heneo tho first thing to bo dono s to sy ply this. Ienco our Savior's docidad \VON{I‘! to Nicodomua ;. “Tixcept o man_be born again ho eannot koo tho Kingdom of God."” 1ilence, too, {his highor life is somotimes put for tho wholo, inasmuch as tho wholo deponds- upon. it and RN, : il 18 lifo etornal, tho onl, Curieh, whom thow st paeny T 000 80d Jesus That {8 tho x‘onn of the whols, The wholo 1ifo in containod thero, In a,cortalnsonso, then, it s truo that tho lifo whioh Josus. Ohrist gives us is apiritual lifo, ns distinguished from lifo in its ontiroty, for it is the spirituat life which is glvou first; and it is from tho pgorm of the Bpir- itual lifo implanted by tho 1ol Spirit, that the ontiro now lifa is dovoloped. b though this aphitual life is thus tho foundation of' the wholo, it s not roally tho whole, and must not ba takon as tho wholo; for, as the spiricunl life is gradunlly doveloped, the dis- ordors will disappear from our mortal naturo, and then, whon these disorders shall bave. ou- tirely disnppearod, this poor diseasad body shall Lo takou.doin, and auotlior built up in its placa freo from overy soed of diseaso, frea from overy. talnt of pollution, free from overy romnant of nhamo, ~And then thero will be furnished "Ly Him who dooth all things well n. home, . and. 8: Bcone, nnd cirenmstancer fitted for the duvnlnr- ment, and oxercise, and oujoymont of that full, clorious, perfect life. Aud hero it.is whoro Teavon comos in, uImL)ly 08 0 1CCERSUTY COnHC- auonce, Life is tho thing : o fitting sphera fol- lov, of courso, Buelt i3 the procoss and. development of tho Hifo which God gives us through 1tis Son, The spiritual lifo-immediatoly, then a gendun] raising and porfocting of the whola lifo, espocinlly. the moral nnture, nud fiually the exultation and glo- rifleation of tho whole—tho lifo of sonso, tho lifo of intelloct, tho life of heart, ns woll as tho lifo of thospirit. Now toll nio honeatly, is not this all 'you can possibly dosira ? What bettor could yon “have or- ovon concoivo? Well, indood, may: the Aposti® say to yoi who are tho ehildron of God by faith in'Chrigt Jesus ** All things ave yours,” = Well, indeod, might tha Psnlmist say, *“Lhoy that wait npon tho Lord shall not lack auy good thing." 1t is not & moro rhetorical - question which tho Apostle aeks when ho says: 1o {liat spazed not Lis own Son, but_delivered Ifim up for us all, how shall Ho not with Him also freely give us ull things? | Tho gilt of God is. eternal life through Jesus Clirist, our Lord. Who is thore that would not liavo it ?- Who ia there that would rofuse it, and turn around to tho beggarly things.which tho world offora, Observe, howaver, in conclusion, that you must tulo it oy it js ofered. W must tako ‘tho (spiritual lifo and bo_contont, and wait for the rest: until the timo for it shall come, And wo must wait-upon .the Lord. We must- trust in Him. You must not give yourselves up now. to, tho Emuficutlnu of your senscs, to tho neglect of that spirivunl life which - is the foundation on which tho wholo structuro must, bo built, Without tho knowlodge and enjoymont of tho Orontor it is impossiblo that “you can rightly enjoy thecroaturo.. Llhcrofore. turn, from. tho cereaturo to the creator. Scelt o the Lord whilo Ho may bo foind. Call yo 1pon Jitm whilo o may Lo fouud, Beek yo fivst tho Kingdom of God and His righteousncss, sud all theso things ehall bo added unto you, B Avo wo prepared for tho. life: wo are spoaking of ? Wo do uot ask it you ara propared for death, There is much “snid in common talk about boing prepared for doath ; but you find very littlo, 1 anything ot all, of euch o thing_ in tho Seriptures. ‘Thero is only ono oxpression that I can think of at ail likko it, namely, tho exhortation of Amos, reforring, however, not to death, but. to the invasion.of tho Astyrians, viewed s & coming of God to judgmont. © Pro- pare to meot thy: Uod - before Israel.,” It is lite und not. donth the Seriptures. sot boforo us. ay that for which proparation must bo mado, Thero arc some whoso ideas of- roligion aro always in contact with death, They suppote, or soem to suppose, thatit is u pious "thing to bo continually thinking of _ grave-yards, aud cemetories, and funerals, You find” nothing. of tho kind in Seripture, nothing so unuatural, notlung so unhuman. It does, indeod, teach us to look forward to tho future, and invites us to dwell on the future ; but it is not, tho death, but thoe life of the future it calls us to cottemplate. Wo. aro indeed tought that death is inovitablo ;. that. it *i8 a portal through which oven those who love tho Lord must pasa to their eternal home ; but, then, wo aro taught not to glory.in it, or togloat over it, or to brood on it, or even to try to ac- cugtom ourselves to tho thought of it, but rath- or to triumph over it in Christ-; to look forward - to tho life, the.eutrauce of. which, it vainly tries to bar, not that we would Lo unclothed, but Dbut clathed, * that mortality might- be swal- lowed up of life,” Iask you then, not are you prepared.for death? Alns! alas! we aroall by nature pre- pared enough for this! Wo nre dead: in tress paskes and sing, and even whet life remams. in us scems over rondy to die. But I sk, are you propared for lifo—that life which is to swallow up tho mortality-of thoso who loyve. the Lord's appearing—a lifo not of sinful ploasure—but of holy joy—not of self-indulgence, but of loving nctivity—s lifo whoso _highest lonor is the servico of the TLord, whoso great- st joy is tho love of tho Lord, whoso heaven of henvens is the proseuco of the Lord. Arc_you propared for a lifo like this ? Tt not,—and We fenr thero ere somo,—thoro may bomaty, who are not—I entreat you to seok that preparation whilo you may. Sock yo. the Lord while e may bo found. Seek the peerl of great price whilo it is offered to you, for if you do not 1ind it hore you cannot get ‘ivthere. Seck to learn oro it bo too late whatthose things nre which “eyo hnth not seen and ear hath not heard,” which God hath rovealed unto.us, Sook that everlasting life which is offorod to you now, and which youi cannot havo in another stato of being if you do not gob it-in this, Yes; your lifs, your spiritual, your honvenly, your ofornsl lifo must bogin bore if it is to be perfected thoro, Now is the accepted thue; now is tho day of salva- tlon, Remember that .Jesus Christ is tho bread of lifo, thut Jesus Christ is the way, the truth, and the lifo, und thatit is the Word of God thut F" bolieve in Ilim whom Ho hath sout, Tlon, cliove on the namo of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, and, belioving, ye shall havo life. Il it iy that bins dostroyed dlonth and Ifim that hath tho yowcr_ot it ; tud Ho, aud Ho alano, it is who can implant that gorm of life which shall de- volopy.into that fullness and perfoction of :lifo nnd oy which the promise holds ont to viow. 1o that hath tho Son of God hinth life ; he who liath not the Son of God hath not life, but nbidoth in death, “ Now unto bim that is ablo to do oxceoding abundantly above all that we aulc or think, ac- cording to the power thal worketh in us, uuto Him Lo glory n tho Churcl, through Jesus Christ, world without end. Amon.” e MR, McOARTHY. Two Scrmons In Two Billinrd-Iinlle, Thoso of our citizous who folt disposed to witueys the. erring human heart in the .procoss of conversion to salvation wore gratified you~ terday morning by tha Rov, Floranco dcCarthy, who took spiritual chargo of tho heathen and the publiean in the billlard hall of Capt, ITaight, on West Madison streot. The attondance was vory large indoed, and the component clomonts of the erowd were, a8 might have beon oxpeoted, incongraous enough to suit any lovor of roligious or profano yarioty. THE AUDIENCE. There wore gathered togother very old men, with trombling hands and long white hair; very old womon, with the wrinkles of: time seaming their withored faces; vory young men, with thal ambiguous amount of moustacho which can hardly bo considered a certiflente as regards sox; ' vory young women, with that amiuble vacancy of vision which belongs to the avorago juver nila- fouale - in church or some other sanotitled locality ; very many poople hopelossly homely ; very mnny mortals- with ambrosial ourls, man- ufactured by the gifted tonsorialist ; barbers, out on furlongh; gamblors, who camo to soce ‘“tho holy show ;" thieves, who aame to obeorve how poonlo looked who folt themaolves to ba honest ; debauches, who camo to take o sly look at virtuo; dmulards, who camo toseo Low sobor l:unplo geuorslly bohaved ; barkecpers, who laoked unhappy and out of tune, for the bar was tomporarily “suspended in its functions; am- bitious littlo billistdists, who latl much ruthor push tho cuo than Hsten to a proachmont; ro. gpioctablo mon, who camo béonuso thoy thought r. MoCurthy wronged and seandalized before tho community; and sympuathetio lndies, whose tonder liearts woro stfirod to_symputhy with the ovloted young pastor, who, ()wv thought, might \ . with in this matter, T not havo beon porfeot, but who was tho objoct of combinad porsocution, TIE PLATFORN, At hinlf-pnst 10 o’clock ihe Rov. Florence en- tored tho hall, and, without much ado, mounted tho tomporary- platform, which had: been pre- parad for hitn, nud which strotehod across thospaco obween o couplo of billiard tablos, It boro an ugly resemblance to tho ecaffold on whioh: the unfortunate Georgo Driver was oxcoutad. Thore whas, on the olovation, n plain chair and a vory small sard-tablo, upon which M, McOarthy's Ble ble—dispincing the * prohu—rested. . PRELIMINARIES, Tho proncher, hnving got upon-tho bonrds, lwalk i prayor—his righthand raised to Hoaven, and his left hand thrast. artistloally into tho roukuh of his right cost-tnili The prayor-was hriof, but fervont and dostituto,of .canb.. Thin; exorciso conctuded, Mr. McCarthy road tho hymn ‘* Noaror, my God, to Theo,” " whioh ‘waa vory &H‘Mflf\l" - sung by the sudionce or congrogation, 1o liked tho rondition so well that Lo insisted on. an oncore, whicl' was aliowed. 'I'ho proschor ilion rond & vory long opistlo in- the ahapo:,of 's. leagon, from. the Soriptures, Thon followed an- othor plous melody and o second dovout prayer., THE BERMOX, TI'his acoomplished, the -bualness. of, the day: was arrived at, and the proachor, for hin text, soleotod Paul o tho Romans, Uliap, 14, v, 16 and 10, . Tho sormon was: enorgotidally. delivored; and wont to show-that tho nudianca wera, in the. words of the Apoatlo, * full of kuowledge," aud could ** adnionish one another."" - Tlhio preachor bolioved that., tharo wora. many: mon thoro who wero roligious and o givum! many who lind no roligion atall, but ho bolfeved: that ovon tho worst of tliom woro - full of goodngss, Whatover olso they might be, they woro not rolig- lous hypocrites, ~They mipht ha sinners,: but thoy did uot pags thomselves off. for saints ; tho did not gnil.under tho colora_of -Olirist- to-figly in tho #ervico of the devll, He bolioved there was ot n man there: prasent, gambleér, thiof, drunkard, or debnuohee, low: aud. degraded ns- thoy wore, that would tdrn tho man who had,, during threa years, attompted to lond thom to-tho | Havior, into tho stroot a an outeast nud., a:vag- abond, so far ns enmity could make him so. [Crles of **No,” which £ho preachor silencod.] 1118 WIONGS, . Ie did not. beliove thero waa ono. amongpt .. them, bad aud sinful as thoy wers, who would stand np in ohreh, and, bosido' Lis, mistress, blasphomously siug * Blossed aro. tho .pure.in. spirit;” ho did not belioya that there was a man 1 that audionce who would stand up; with tho solomnity of au owl, in. a. churoh-meoting, and mako cowardly ehargos—no, nob chargos, noth- ing so manly as that, insinuations would do-bot+ tor—nganinst his . pastor ; ho did nok think thore. wag any man there who would have shuc him out of hig own church without the shndow of 'n trial, in Lnseless rumors, donylng him tho right that the very meauost criminal was allowed un- derthe lnws of tho Unitod Statos and of every awilizod country. Ho boggod g,rdnn for dwell- ing on temporal matters, but, bis wrongs com- petled him to seek sympathy from. the peoplo. o wonld, thorefore, pasy on to othor mastors, TUTTING THE COMETHER ONTHEM.: Tho proachor thon. made.soma really: ablo, and oloquont _remarks against drunkonnous, low ness, eards, and dico, His words had great ap- purout offect on many of- those present. Io. would not, ho said, clinngo that audienca bofara, him for tho J;mm‘lu.u ono in Chicago. He hnd, on his way.down to tho all, stoppod at tio Yirst Congrogational Chupeh and "lgoked in, Thoro ho found one of tho fincst-drasged audiences. in tho world, but the garb of fashiou was: nob al- wayi, the gar of sancity, nor. was tho gorb of! poverty ofton the magk of iniquity., Vory ofton gmlt was to Lo found lurking in tho bLroast of those whoso voices.wero loudest in tho templos of Uod, while sinuers, who bolieved. 10 nothing. atticulor, had hemts of truth and loved their ]x(nd with' a benovolent’ affoction. Thoro was oven lionor among thiaves, and thot lod him to romark that thera way vory littlo soose of honor sonetimes mmong persons who were ot gon- erally considored robbors. Most professions: stood by their own memboers, bub ho had not that to say. THE USURPER. Ono of his own calliug had that morning con- conted tothe eaunoss of praaching in his pul- pity knowing thiat he (McCarthy) was able to il it Just s well, aud that hohad beon shamofully turned out without form or trinl. What high- wayman could'do worso than that? Why, it Capt. Haight's bartender wore to not so_smasnly ho would dischargo him on the spot. [Laugh- tor.] Theso men—his porggeutors—had over~ Fidilon ovorythiecanoi, COMRTATZa; and all —n cloar caso of lnw-makers becoming law- breakers. e At this point Mr. McCarthy. branched into ro- ligion, and agaiu deliverad o tolling elhjllppia againgt “wine, women, and cards,” which were, he said, the dovil's trinity.in tho ruination of the human kind,. Then he ealled upon thoso prosent to. join with him in singing ' Come to Jesus," wiich they did. A SHOW OF HANDS, At tho conclusion of the religions invitation, tho preacher called for 2 show.of -hands in favor of Christ, and quito a popular vote waa polled. Among the pious peoplo presout wers noticed ox-Ald, Jemes Walsh and the presont Aldermnnio incumbent, Georgoe White,. Doth . gentlgmen wero very attentive to tho ceromonios, and ap- ponred to bo thoroughly carried: away- by bLoly- zoul, AN APPEAL, Mr, McCarthy coucluded by talking somowhat” 08 follows ; ‘I am going. to. preach to-night in Sadloir's saloon, corner of Nandolph street and Fiftly nveonue, a block from the 2imes offico. Chicago bas not heard the last of ‘me. my Southern loms, in Richmond, to stay, bo- cnuga I like tho city and Lier poople: My ropu- tation ontyide has boon injured by the vilo. in sinuntions thrown. out. relative to .my, moral.| character, Lot mo say hore, this day, and In your presonce, and in God's. presence, that I Imow. myself to be guiltloss of this vileneas,:and that I flrmly believe my persccutors dare nob Lring mo to o trial. I demend, us a- right- be- longiug to a froeman; that they do-try . me,. I defy thoir mulico. ‘They have not haaitatod to stab my honor. Ihad a lottor yesterday from one of my poor aisters, aud in x{ sho congratu- Iated mo that my father and mothor wero in their ginves, unknowing my disgrace. Is this. just? Is this -Chuistian? Is it human ? My enemics will not, they say, make chargos. against mo which modest people might _blush to hear, What o miserable subterfugo! I ask tho- Awerican pooplo—tha pooplo of Ghicago—in whotoe justice I havo full confidonco ; I ask the American pross—tho Chicago press—which: has flung tho geandul that is on mo -to the.winds of heavon s I usk this community—faituful, sin-. nars, all,—I agk, finally, my malighors, my por- gecutors, my woral nssassing, for. tho.- justice of o trinl. . 1do not stand Lere presumptuoualy to ausort my own porfection. What mortal i por- foot? I own that I Hayo many faults, bat T utterly repudiate tho filthy vileness.that is mean- ly iusinunted againgt me. No man could . have been moro mercileysly, mora shamofully dealt: “loave judgment of that to God and maun,” Mr. McCarthy eaid that ho might bo called from the city on.businoss . beforo noxt . Bunduy,. but Lo would be back aud presoh in somo tom- Bnrnry odifice until ho could cither gat back to is own, or astablish a now, chureh. AT _NIGIT, In the evoning Mr. McCarthy proached in Sad- ler's billiard-snloon, corner of Raudslph street oud Fifth ayonuo, The roam waa. pacled to its | romotest corner, thoro boing seats ouly, for.tha ludics who camo oarly, Tho oxercisos” followod the usual courso of the Baptist eervica, and the sormon was from tho toxt, “* A thoy minjstorod o the Lord and fasted, the Holy Ghost said: Bopurate me Unrnabos: and Saul for the work: whoreuuto I havo called thom.” ‘Tho._only. direct allngion to his Into troubles wae mado when sposking of Saul's difcultics, Among whieh was tho “care of all the churohes, whon Mr. McCarthy suid that §f all Baul's churches woro liko his, ho did uot wondor that the Apostle complained.. Tbis romark occasion- ed tho only applause or manifestation,of #pprov- ol during tho sormon, which was in othior respeots as dull und commnnulnuu a8 any proached in thé most orthodox and respeetabla’of churohos, NO_ RESPONSE, Mr. MoCarthry, at the closo, mado an appesl to those prosent to come to Josuts, but {uillml to clicitany response whatover, Thouppoal lacked tho sincority and hoartiness cusontial to tho conyor- Aion of ‘more bnok-sliding church-poople, so that it wag. not strauge thal tho. devotoos. of the World, the Flesh, and the Davil, who mostly composad the -audionce, wera-nob partioularly moved, Tha proacher stated his- intontion of contining bia bar-room miniutrations in such placos a8 should bo horentter announced, ik AUDIENQE waa bighly rospect ful and orderly, but, evidently, littlo improssed, ‘Plio gonern! feeling soomed to bo about thiat of ono youny fellow whio rowarked,. on losving: ' 1l ean't oxpeot us to belivve that stuff till ho doos himeelt,” Lho bar was cloaed and carofully curtained off, 8o that but for tho billiard tablos, atrings, an ouarrack, the place would have looked 12 diffor- ent from many other losture-rooms used for prayer-moetingy, eto, et ™ — . FIRST. CONGREGATIONAL OHURCH. Dodleatory Services® Yenterduye-Horuion by: Lr, Goodwin, = Tho Bocloty of the First Congregational Cliurch | . yosterdny dedicated their new and ‘beautiful edle | I camo.horo from . fico, u doscription-of“which waé givon in Bun- day's Tninung, Tho attondanco was one of ' tho | Inrgast over soon:in 'a-Clilengo: church, the vast auditorlum bolng, crowded to. its ;utmoat: ca, paoity. OTENING .RENVICES, ‘Tho exercigés oponed with an organ voluntary, followed by tho Doxology; Praiso God,.from whom all.blcssinge flow, sung, with , great. power aud effect by tho choir and congrogation. ‘Tlio myocation waa uttered by tho Rev. W. H. Boocher,and b its olosa tho congrogation joined in tho Liord's Prayer, 3P Aftor tho . hymu. * How-did my hostt irajolce to. hoar," ata., the:pastor, tho: Rav, E. P, Good= win, rend “suslable uelootious, of Sekipture, ‘the congrogation responding ateach altornato vorsos Prayen was offorad by tho Rov. Dr, Roy, followad by tho hymn. ** How charmiug is thopfnce," olo. g TRE BERMON: Thasermon was proached . by tho: pastor, the: Rov. Dr. Goodwin, who choso for. hia toxt tho. ninth vorso of the sedond chapter of Haggat : T glory of. this Intter Liauso aliall be_groater than' tha.formor, safth. tho Lard of Hoata ; and fu this place: Wit 1'givo peaco, saith the Lord of Hoats, Ho saldilio borrowad.thogo - words:from an-old | sorman on church-buildiug, proachod 2400 yoars,) ag0, by ono of God's chosen praachors, who was sont to-tenoly the people that tho- rdagon of tho' bnd times vhioh-had ullummgnn :them, waa {ho-| fact thnt thoy had forgotton God's house, Tho Josson wan.that God would incronso and multiply | tho gloryiof those.who rightfully built for Him,: Tho glory.of that honse, apokon of. by. the pro- Ehut,dl "ot consist i its’ architostural grun- our, involving modimval arls- now uvknown ; nor in tha splondora.of. tho funar: templo itaolf ; nor, in .its..throngs ofiwhite-rabed.. pricsta, its orchestra of 4,000 instrumonts—in nono of thaso was: tho- renl’ glory - of tho. templo, for God was gone,:and.did not: como;baak-for yoara. Tho . dovout worship of tho peopla within tho temple, and their dovout lives without, made the lnat - housa more glorious - thani.the firat... Bo of i all houses from. that, day. until this. Thero»was, no logitimato use of ‘God's houso, and ‘n “right stata of ! heartin tliat:use; and other uses. and. stalas.of hoarts, woro simply o mockory. Ho was not superstitious as, to tho material | composing: this building, but-it was loft for the ponrlo 4a givo 1t the chnxactor it should:have--by . calling it God's house, not their own,.and by travsforring all rights of - propriotorship into the’ hauda of God, holding it in:trust for Him; . Thia: in the uso of tho Louse wonld cut off everything. of o distinctively selfinh or worldly character. It could not be rented ' fora meoting of the . Board of, 'I'rado, evon for one night.inthe wook; nor for o ball-room, theatro, uor for any purpose, the intont or-motive of which" was of ' n selfish: kind., It the church could bo.used for n dra-, matic enterteinment for the bonefit of the Nowsboys’ ' Homo, then ‘it ‘conld bo nsed for o charity ball. Some one :must discrimivate as to what would_houor .Gad, and what would not; what ‘would':agroo with or war agninst the purity of thought. Nothing must.como in Which could not bo-piayed over, A musical con- cert was o good and harmless thing, and so was o cattlo Bhow, or a-hortioultural exhibition, but the church was.no place for thom, Concorts would be welcomo in the future.as in tho past, when the motiveor intont wau lifted above selfish . and worldly - conaideratious, | In any great publio calamity, ns. that. of 1871, the doors would bo throwu opoen as once bofore. It would bo safo to take Christ’s conception. of| tho usos.of His father's houso, . but: no, other, When puc:flo entored tho church with the right 8pirit “and - purpose, thoy- would *not ° ocoupy their. thoughts . in. sconning. costumes and eriticiging , tho cxorcises. . Thoy. would feel that- they: wera in* & - holy- placo, | and go home eatigfied and aud snxious’to.come ngain. This was not tho placo for tho olders of. tlio family-only and’not tho childron ; for tho omployer and not the employad ; for tho lady-of the, house and not.the servant. It was tho place for tho whole family, sorving mon aud serving women. Itiwns to.be.foared. that Eonp\e hind waudered away. from tho old path in this respeot, for it was & rare thing nowadays to ses in church hired man or a-hired girl, or & littlo-child ex- copt: at . christening... Thore - were 1o 8ocial distinctions in God's house ; it was built for all. Lot tho morchant,invite)his clorks; the boarding- bouse keeper her circlo of inmates;. the lady Ler gorvant ; tho mother her child. ‘They should ‘utterly fail of any dedication such as God.called for it thoy did not apply that' ‘houso to the reading.of God's \\'nrd{ and the utudy of his truths, The pews and the chureh were not dodicated to any- man's catechism, but to God's own,word, taught nud.understood .in ithe spirit of Christian faith, The ehurch .wag dedicated to o personal God; to the truth -of salyation, provided by Jesus. Christ, in- whom: ‘nlone theta was hopo ; to the. solomn_truth. of ‘the resurrection of the dead, and the day of a funl rcloning ; to the futuro.of an immortal ‘existance, bloseed on one side, and on the.other side dark and without hopo. The spenker count- od-himself called upon, not to theorize, but to fool ; not to furnish fine rhetorical fancies, but to supply the bread of life. God help Lim to speak His truths moroe faithlully and effective- ly.. God forbid that be would glory s#ave:in tha cross of his Lord Josus Christ. No sects would gather thero ; all churchos wero invited to como and help do tho Mastor's work. Then. should the glory of the. latter. house :be .groater. than. ‘the xfinry of the former. ‘I'ho dedicatory prayer:was then offared- by the- ‘Rev.. W, W. Pation, D. D. i TIE FINANCES. Mr. T, M Avory;-of the Board of Trustaos;: mado a brief. statomont of the church finances. He said it was.not irue that tho church was frce or debt ; nor wag it true that the robuild- ing bind oxceeded ‘the insnrance monoy.: At.the ‘time of. the. burning. of tho church thero wes o funded debt of $60,000, payablo in ono, two, throo, and four yenrs.: Tho firat paymont of $15,000 wes made by borrowing from the insurance fund, About $53,000 had ‘been paid out during the-yoar, including the pay~ ment of a floating dobt of .§32,600, . About 816,~ 000 was now neoded to flnish up tho bnsemont, build the pastor's study, snd complote some otbor expenditures. . This was the ouly pressing. neod, aud would lave tho funded dobt 346,000, Cards bad been provided for subscription pur- osos,-and it was hoped that tho required . $16,- Suu would bo.obtained in that way. The contri- bution-boxes were circulated, after which tho closing hymn, Glorious- things of Thee aro epoken,” was.sung, .the bonediction..was . pro- nouncad by tho Rev. Dr. Goodvwin, . and the ded- icatory sorvices wero at an ond, " TALKING. Sermon by the Rev, Dr. Iowe, of the Chris- hurel, . The Rev. Wm. J. Towo conductod - sorvices. in. tho Cliristian Churel, cornor of Indians avonue snd Twonty-fifth stroot, yestorday morning. The subject chosen for tho sermon was ¢ Talking," and the toxt sclocted ns & basis of romarks was from Proverbs, ‘* Death and life aro in the power of tho tongue; and they that love it shall cat the fruit thoreof,” - His. romarks woro substantially. na.-follows: - Nothing :is-80 common. as words, and nothing is so eavolossly used, Wo talk ovory whero, wo are constantly using words without stopping to consider tholr importauce or effect.; As T fully accopt tho statement that all Gos- pel comes by inspiration, I rofer to this Biblo to jusruot s on: this mattor. .. Wo find abundant Seripture on this subjapt, . The.words lifo and. death as used in tho Holy Word do not always siguify lifo and death., Gail Hamilton snys, # Life s what wo make it, a millstono about our necks, or a diadem for our brow." - Lifa is to bo monsured, thorofore, by thoughts aud noble decds, rather than the longth of timo conaumod..- ¢ What we say and.what ig said does very much to determine the nature of life. The tongue wisely ‘used bLeconies & source of “enjoyment. Ill-usod, it becomos o prigon. to our cup of. lifo, acurgo to ourelvos and sl who como within our influonce. In Job is tought tho *les- i + ¥ Tho -old-:ehonld ' sponlc- flrst."” Mo teydoucy of the age is to iguora this truth, Young peoplo sroapt to iguorait. Elibu wus commended for waiting-uutil tho oldors spale, I'hp young should atop to. cousider, and wait for: tho counsel of the aged. The commandment : ¢ Qhildren honor your parouts, that your days may be Jongin the land,” meaus: as ‘s nation, ‘All governmont i to recelve 1ty strength and vi tality from the houschold, and & nation is wonk- ened svhen parcntal authority is ignored, - Wa aro told: in Provorbs ‘“nat. to apenk too acon,” ‘Tom Paine {s tha anthor of onu souti. ment at least that all ‘can endorse, e - eay: Tt is tho part of wisdom nettler to applaud” or condemn too.soon,” 1n our fast sge we commip ourselvos too soon, uud & falss pride fre. quontly:: obligas : us .. to.« maintain. : our - miss takes oven after our judgmont coudemus them, $Solamon tolls us agaiu we ‘‘must not speak to a fool,” "I'hey did not .study rhiotorlo:in the-old duys as much aé troth, ‘Uhis passago means that ou shall not counsol with a foolish or thought- flaus pogeon; Solomon moeans by it that you shall: not toll umug‘hunnu,nouona Amportant ‘mattars: We fraquently get into trouble in this way, Bpoak thereforo to the wiso about sorious mat- tars, but toward the foolish, while .you:treat ali courtaqusly, resorve your egnfidonca, . Wo are told that In"the ni‘-m of ‘counsel there ‘Ia -eafoty; - We: are-uniit to\bo cur-own' counsel- 1 lora. Wa aro nonp of us iuflnltoly wiss, This conolusion lu thorofore drawn : I you. want: 0" counaol. concorning. business-matters, go to tho man who has mado buslnoss-ffairs a succoss, I¢ ou would connsel respacting' socinl matters, go 0-himiwho :i8 & .power in suolthings, If. on churchi-mattors, sook.out tho faithful seryant who bas given yours to' religioua studyand in- vostigation, Tho hook of provorba also tells us to * Apoak to the ono concorned.” How mucli troubite would.bo'avoided if; this wete followadi:. Gonsip-| somotimon, ruins a.charactor, If any.of my brothren have un&?t to any concerning my wnys, I forvently hope-thoy will” como to mo and speak out their: thoughts: Solomon. also says to sponk both sidos, o that.comath first, his slde seoms juaty until"thesecond {3 hoard. Lot'us not forgot.: this. We aro. also commaniled to sposkfitly, The mauuer of o thlnfi often do- torminos the naturo of it. A’word fitly spoken 1s.an apples of gold:in' plotares of silver, Hpeal: i tho right spirit, in. tho right. timo; aud right orson. o ‘Wo-want to spoak kindly to all, I?‘youseek to wound a man.you.only -drivo. him away. Agaln, wo aro required to obsorve that “ Tholit- tlo truth shall bo estabhished forevor, but alying tonguo is but' for & momoent."” * Evory sln’brings falsohood. ns jte. chief. ally, Truth .muy, Eu oclipsad, but it finally,triumplis forover, Again, wo aro instructed not to tell others' faults, Iioa & morning jourual:and you: will conclude that no- t(uml ia loft in tho-world. We aro putting evilin lio foroground inatead of what “is ‘good.” If for thirty.days faulty should. not bo told the Adven- tista-could claim that: tho Aillonnlal duy was, sin- deod, 8t hand.’ It s also said *‘Whoso koopoth - his: mouth and: his- tongio keepotl:, hisi. soul. from. troublo.” Homo thinga that aro truo should not bo told, and all thinga that aro not'true ‘should bo with helds , I foel phamo to say: that tho Pulplku .of tho alty nro disgracod by a ropotition of scandal. Tt'would scom aa if somo poople _go to' church for the purposo of goumping.. Boiomon Enys of tho tale-beoror that * Their.words are as & wound that goos into the inward parts." We are also for- bidden -to *‘surmise: ovil." To tha 'pure sll things aro pure. Thoso who ara conatantly. eus- icious oxhibit to the world that tholr own 0arts are's cess-pool. Amoa. ofton.. tompta . his own -soul' by evil- sponking. . It is no troublo for n man to talk himuelf into unhappinoss. 8t Paul says : ¢ Evil words:aro a oanlior.” Wo .are also roquested to epoak words . that ara undoratood. he most common practice 8 to cast suspiclon;. and’ yot Bay nothing. Words are signs of: anidos, A-wink, o nod,-or. gosturo may, bo o word, Tho boy who morely Enlnmfl the wrong: way-to a man running. for & lootor wos: condemned by the- Coroner's jury. Every scnso of justice domands that we should spoak thé truth only, ‘Words'that muy bo under- 8tood othorwiao aro.folso. In conclusion, then,.let us. gpeak whon wo ought, how we ought, and to whom 'wo ought. Thoso words of truth and sobornoss shll thus ‘bocome to us a source of ‘comfort'and joy for- over, At the conclusion of the sermon, n forvent ap- poal was made to tho audience to come forward and. join the: church., 'I'wo persons answered this appoal, and recoivad the right hand of. fol- lowship, 'I'hoe services wero concluded by tho miunistration of the Lord's Supper.. HAILROAD TIME TABLE . ARRIVAL AND" DEPARTURE ‘(P TRAINS:. 'EXPLANATION OF LEPERENCE MARKS,— ¢ Saturdayse coplod, ¢ Buniiny oxCaptots. 3 Mondey oxoopot VAL iV Binday ot §100%s s Dati 8 exeoptad 1 MICHIGAN ‘CENTRAL & GREAT WESTERN RAILROADS " Depol, Joot af- Lake sty und Fodk of Ticenlysecond-sl, ckelogice, 7 "Clark tf,, southeust corner of Ltandolph, and 75 Canalat,, cornsr af' adleon, Teava, Arrive, Mail (yia maln and air lno) Day Expross. ... Jagkson-Agcaimodati *8:300, m.| o1t 9:00 p. .| 6: MENRY O, WENTWORTH, Gonoral Paseangor Axust. « CHICARD & ALTON RAILROAD, - D o Chicago, Kansas Cily. an: Short Line, via Louist ana, JMo,, and Chicago, Springfield, Alton and St, Theugh Lie, Union Bepot, Stde, near Yailiro e ‘and 133 Randolph-st Teave, | Arrivs, Uridge. _Ticket Ofices : At Depo * 9:303. m. |* 8:10p. m, neag Oltp bant B2, ol ¥ P Ly 3 Cxbross, g Bt Louls Jiast kix: vis dain Line| % onville, Qisado Paducen iatimad i wona Facon, yashin Jollat & Dwighit Acoouimodation, CHICAGO. MILWAUKEE & S Unlon Depot, corner Hadizon and Canal- S Ticket Offe* 63 South Clarlest,, opposite Sherman Ious e ‘and at Depots Hl"lfi:.‘(',kg' Qireon Dey, Stavons) fairlo_du Ohlon, & La Crossd Day. Lxprow W Hilmaken St 2, {20 iwaukes, St, Panl olla NIRUL FEpress.eserreses ILLINOIS CENTRAL: RAILADAD. : Lakest. and fout ar’ Twenty.secondsl, Tisksh Depiot Saot ey T ramdotmnesee ot Blark afiieé, 191 'alro & Now Orloans i%; Calra & Now Urloans E: Springfiold Bapross. e Dubuaus & Sloux City E: 2l 9:00p0 (a) Runs to Obampalga on Saturdays, CHICAGO, BURLINGTON. & ULINC) Depota—tFuot of Lak and Cunal and Siel at., Grand Tucijic Hotel, Sixzteenthast., No, 59 Ulari. Bt and Bxpront,ssrsesooee Qttawa aud Hiroator Passonor. Dubugug & Sfoux Oity Kxp, ‘Packiio Fast Lino, fu Kaasas City, Lod ohison i urors Pas Dubuque & Sloux ity paoitlo Night Kansaa Gity, “Leavonworth, i, dosoph trxp, ownor's Grave Accommodation ‘Downor's Grove Acoommodation| T'exas Expross.. “Ex. Sundnys, _tlix. atarday, CHICAGO. & NORTHWESTERN Gty affces, eorner Htandolph wnd LaSal W, corner Ma 1Ex. Mouday, RAILROAD; ¢ loats., and 75 Canal. e NS G R a o P & Otmaba Niglh Bxorossmmsroees o3 Irrnoport & Dubugtia Ik pro & 8t Paul lxpron & Marquotte 1 Madison . Kicoy. v a~Dopot cornor of Wells and Kina| : d=Dopat cornor of Canal and Ki) -1 WO TR NR COLORADO, KANSAS & NEW MEXICO, Spootat Ladasomonie, Hracy STt g Folt. B, " SENTRES, sl CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC RAILROAD, Davot, eorner of VanlZluren and Sherinan-ata, 1¥cket afies, Grand Jucifo Hutels Omaha; Loavenw'thiAtchison Ex| 0. [* 4:00 0, m. Poru Acoonunadatio 0p. m. |* 9:03) m. NIghE apreds,sees. 110:00 . . ¢ §:30a. m : LAKE SHORE & MICHIGAN SOUTHERN RAILROAD, t,, foot af LuSalla-st, Ticket ofiees, a and southtosst Arrive, #:10a, .| Bpeoial ¥ 330 &, 1y fi‘ml‘z'.]g}q‘lll?"“.". WD N, South Ohfusgs. ™ CHICAGO, - INDIANAPOLIS & CINCINNATI ‘- THROUGH: LINE, VIA [KANKAKEE ROUTE. . From ihe Great Central Ruilroad Depot,: 700t of Lakesst, Arrive, Teave, Day Ity e m Night Hapte R SOALES. FAIRBANKS® BIANDARD OF ALL BI1ZKS. FATRBANKS, MOHSH &00 y.. U1 AND 113 LAKE.ST, WOORMIOK MUSIO HALL Coruer Olnrk and Kinzfo-sta, THOHAS Grand Festival Concerts, Under the Auantces of the Apollo Club. O =IN TC-ELTT, NONDAY, Tab, 10, GRAND INAUGURAL CON, Y, Toh, ' In \whioh tis binstion of SIALT, tn Whioh tho fGlowing “unéqklod comibluation THLO. THOMAS’ GRRAND ORCIESTRA; THE APOLLO CLUT, i NI MYRON W, WHITNEY, MR.-LOUIS LUBECIK, MR{ ALEX. BISCITOTF, GERMANIA MENNERCHOK.: TURBDAY NIGHT~The most brilliant Orchoatral Pro. gramme of thosenson. Dohutat MISS OLARA DORTA, WEDNKSDAY (iast) NIGIT=Firat prosontation in * Amerionur Sohuman's graat work, * PARADISISAND Prives for Fvoning Conoarta: Admisylon, §1; Resorvod Boat, main floor, (o extrai Rosorvod Koat, faloony, 81 - Era. (Tickots for sale durlag tho day only st the book-store of Janson, MoOlurg & Uo., 117 Stata.st., and during the svoning at the box.oflico ¢ tho hnll, Doort opon at7 . m. - Uoncort a8 v, m, 'BUSES on RANDOLPH AND MADISONSTS, and WABASIC-AV., will run dicoot to and Irom tho hall KIROIAL FABT TRAIN to Take Forost wil:take iders of rosorved seats home for tonight only. GRAND MATINEE ‘WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON; AT 4 P, M, Tapalar progeammo, fncluding **Wm, Toll,"* ¢ Traue morol, " and *FAmaryilis;* at the most populac of pricon Admimion, 81, “No oxtra ehargo for Itosorvod -ton on’ main flcor. Rosorvod Seat, bajcony, Ko ex{ra, Carpenter «& Sheldon. THE ADELPHIL, Thls, MONDAY Tivoning, Tob. 16.° 181, first apponr- anoo ol tho poorloss LOUTSA HOSHELE, Quoon of the **Rubag d'or," Grand Artisto Volanto Ohamplon of 1ho world, R nnxlflumnm. liy unlvorsal noclamation, of tho' A AVIS, Promior Ventriloqulst, for sl 1 m‘(omenx. at enarmous oxponeg, and first sppgurenga of tho grodt Comio, Virtuoso, HINRY 8. AGIE, Chiof Solo Virtnoso of Amarica, with hut_ono peor i tho world, I'irat apnearanco of-tho charming Sparatio vootiet, Mins SIERN T MORGAN, “Hor thia wook only, LEOFOLD atd GARALDINE, Continuation of the an quvm.nl‘ the Fascloating and Pncnhrsarln. Comio Viicallst, Miss FILANKIE. Tho LION BIROTIT. Jis, Tiio fuhe groat. somodinsie, 1ily’ Rico, Gharley Howird, Goorg Tormutds, Charlo i Dlvvn& rt,and the Dramatic Compan; PRIOES-Go., 330., 16c,: Securo ADELPHI POPULAR MATINBES WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY, 2t 9 p.m. _Admisslon toall partaof tho Thoatre, %o, : Chitdren, I6o. Matinoo N LA B EHe? et Y ory hurainy,. Fob. 1, N " SH'T nox raday,. Fob, 19, Uneauirocal and Kipintic Suoocssior - Laies Nightot *“"{ilo ouse, In apito of Lo rain, was crowded, and jliors ‘rero naay niord Indios prosont thian any logitimate Thoa tro in tho ity conld boast, '~ Trihune, Tridny, BonoRbor ALK, DAVIS, MoVICKER'S THEATRE. LAST WEEK of tho Groat Comadian, Mr. J.EF. STODDART, TFrom Wailsok's Thontra, New York, and tho Comuany ‘undor tho managomont of RINGGOTD & IOOKWITL ianday and ovory ovening (oxaept Baturday), also xt b Baturday Mlatinoa, | SECRBET MARRIAGE ! And thobrillinnt Suofety Play, AMEIIUANS 1N PARIS, Bir. SFODDART as Joo Spurriit and Dr. Both Bnturday ovening—THE LONG STRIKK. Blonday, Fob, B—EDWIN BOOTH. AGADEMY OF MUSIO, Erigagomont of Amerie: rito Sonsational Artlst, OLIVER DOUD BYRON, Bouday, Tuosdny, Wednesday, and Wodnosday Matinos, positlvaly only roprosontation of ACROSS THE' CONTINENT. llm(‘l’\r{’\:m"““_um 3McCULLOUGH and DDNAL‘K.) HOOLEY'S THEATRE. Immenio success of the emiment Emotional Actress MISS LUCILLE WESTERN, Monday and Tuorday, Feb, 16 nd 17Dy roquost of nuingrouy patrons, Miss WESTLI will anpess In hor reat dual character of *‘ Lady Isabel® and ** Madame e, ™ it thio popuiar plas, EAST LYNNE! Supportod by the talonted Actor, Mr. W. H. WHAL- upporto” DILEY, Snd the ontire Company. MYERY OPERA-HOUSE, ‘Monroast., bot, Donrboru aad Stato. Ariington, Cotfon” & Kemble's Minstrels, Tremondous guccess of the now Local Burlesquo. entitled MAZEPPA.L Or, THE WILD MULE OF KAN-KER-KEE. The Tennesseans. H Now Acta by Billy Courtright, Dobby Noweorab, Wals tors and Mortan, Arlingtan; Gotton, and Komble, Evory evenlng and Saturday Matitieo, GLOBE. THEATRE, LAST WEEK POSITIVELY Of Bidwell & McDonough's Gorgeous RROLE, CE D8, . LAST CROOK: MATINEES. Bonday, Vab. MR, JOSEPH K. EMMET ln VRITZ, MICHIGAN-AV. BAP'T CHURCH. ANNA DICKINSON TO-NIGHT. ANNA DICKINSON TO-NIGH'T. ANNA DICKINSON 'FO-NIGHT. ANNA DICKINSON TO-NIGHT. 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