Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 22, 1874, Page 6

THE CHI ;0 DAILY TRIBUNE:. SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1874, RELIGIOUS NEWS. “The New Revival Movement. Its Progress in Iilinois and Other Wesiern States. The Spirit of the Religious Press, Notes and Personals in Chicago and Elsewhere. Review of Dr. Thomas on the Tmmortal- ity of the Soul. THE REVIVALS. A very wide-spread and general revival influ- ence is among the churches of the country, and especially is it spparent in the churches of the West and Northwest. The week of prayer, which was generally obgerved in sll the churches the first week of _the present year, has, in very many cases, resulted in rovival, which has con- tinued with growing power from the first weeks of the yesr till now. In the Baptist and Methodist churches of the country revivals have been the rule rather than the exception, while Presbyterian churches are the next largest gharers in the good results of these awakinge. The relizious press present column after column of reports which indicate that the present re- vival exceods in importance and general interost sny which has taken place for many years. fThese ravivala which, a fow years ago, were al- most entirely conducted by professional *revi- valists™ or “ Evangeliits,” are at present under the control of the pastors of the several churches. Thore is mach less of the sensational and start- ling than there used to be, and it is believed that the effects aro more important and much less ephemeral. Following is some of the Iatesi news gathered from the religions prees in regard to the revival movement now in progress : BAPTIST. The Rev.J. 8. Mabie, pastor of the Rock Tsisnd Baptist Church, during tho four weeks ending Feb. 8, ied baptized 104, and the interest bad not abated in the Jeast. Sunday, Feb. 1, he gave tha rizht hand of fellowship to 65. After ihe sermon, Feb. 8, 800 rose for prayers, and the revival was L\zonfiht to have only begun. At Atlanta, T, the pastor, tho Rov. J. W, Jeonberger, aided by the Rev. Mr. Hutton, of Atlants bes baptised 17, and Sunday, Feb. 1, the pastor gave the hand of fellowship to 20. The Rev. Ar. Icemberger is now aiding his brother Hutton inarevival in progress in At- 1anta, TU. 2 Mason City, TIL, has witnesred 26 baptisms, 2nd 15 more are awaiting recoption. Beveral persons have been converted at Arco- Is, TIL, under the preaching of the Rev. W. H. Bteadmen. On the eveninfy of Wednesday, Feb. 11, four persons were baptised in the Decatur, I, church. i The Rev. E. C. M. Burnham has been preach- ing for eoveral weeks at Erie, TIL., resulting in twenty-two conversions, and the reclaiming of eleven. Several others still await the ordinance of buptism. At Albion, Mich., the Rev. Mr. Moxon had baptized eight persons up to Feb. 15, fn Rockford, Mich., over twenty conversions were reported up to Feb. 10. At Ceresco, Mich., &i conversions are reported; “and at Bay City, thirteen. ‘At Depere, Wis., a remarkablo revival is tak- ing place, and between 150 and 200 conversions wre counted. X A revival is in_progress in Fort Howard, Wis., and Las resulted in & good many conversions. The pastor of the Almond, Wis.. Baptist Church reports ten reclaimed and thirty con- versions. The Rav. O. Tripp, of Wantoms, Wis., is hold- fng a series of protracted mectings, and fifteen bave been converted. # At Omaha, Neb., eleven persons were recoived into the Baptist church on Feb. 1, three of whom were by baptiem. A revival in the church at Otley, Tn., under the ministry of thoe Rev. A. W. Sutton, rerulted in tho baptism of ten persons in the Des Moines River, Feb. 8, Thirty-threo mew converis were baptized in = the new baptisiry of the church in Malvern, Is.. b. 8. Beveral others are awaiting baptism. A ilar number has Leen received into the Pres- vterian and Mothodist churches of that place. - The meeting was commenced by the Baptists, tho pastor, the Rev. J. R. Sherrafelt, and the Rev. J. W. Roe, of Riverton, doing the preach- jng. The inicrest in the meatings became 80 general tbat the School Boarddismissed the rchools st 1 o'clock each day, in order that the pupila might stiend the afternoon meetings. The Rev. H. W. Brown, of Wisconsin, has closed a meeting of mine daya’ daration in Fair- field Baptiet church, Yowa, in which 100 conver- sions are counted, among Which is the Mayor of the city. Tnder the preachmg of the Rev. H. W. Brown, the Baptist church at Washington, Ia., has wit- Dessed seventy-five conversions since Jan, 22, About twenty have been converted at Parma, Ia.. and thirteen have been added to the charch. The little Baptist church in Blue Grass, Ia., consisting of nineteen members, bas & powerfal revival on its hends. As manyas forty have rizen for pruens in one night. Thirty have jnat been received into the church in Mitchell, Tnd. Feb. 1, Reventeen were added to the Baptist shurch st Rosaville, Ind., eight of whom were baptized. t Worthington, Ind., elevon havo been con- vorted. Eight young ladies were baptized in ‘White River on one day, The Walesboro, Ind,, church has just recerved thirty-five by baptism, and seven by letter and experience. One was baptized at the First Church, in Chi- cago, last Sunday, and two at the Indiana Ave- nue Chapel. A revival in the Lawndale Baptist Church, just oateide tho western suburbs of Chicago, has Tesulted in the conversion of twenty-five per- Bons. The revival in the S8econd Baptist Church, Chi- cago, has resulted in eighty-four baptisms and many restorations from a state of apostasy. The pumber of inquirers coutinues a8 large as over. METHODIST. Revirals aro in progress in almost every Methodist church in Chicago. Last Monday, at tho Teachers' meeting, reports for the preceding week were as followt: Grant Place Church, the Rev. T. C. Clendenning pastor, three cn proba- tion; Halsted Strest Church, four on probation ; a4 St. Charles, Tll., forty-two are reported to have been converted; at the Park Avenua Charch, twelve had asked for prayers. The Centenary Chureb, which has carried on a revival of great power for several weeks, rosulting in the conver- eion of several hundred persons, reports the worl still in progress. The rovival effort in Trinitc Church continues with much promise. The Rev. H.W. Thomas, pastor of the First Church, commenced & geries of union revival meetings duriog the past week. At Clyde, under the preaching of the Rev. T. P. Marsh, thirteea were converted up to Feb. 16. At tho Michigan Avenue Methodist Church, on Michigan avenue, near Thirty-second street, about forty conversions have tuken place, the grester part of whom have united with the chureh, A geries of mectings at Woodbull. IIL;, the Rev. A.E. Day, gruatpr, hasresulted in the conversion of thirty-three, of whom twenty-seven have joined the church. ° The church at Secor, 1, over which the Rev. B. 0. Manning presides, bas had a revival, ro- aplthng in the union of twenty-two with the So- cloty. A series of revival meetings was _commenced 3& Euh}ieigaiauzg 011_1{ Fetz-lsfi‘ i'y the Rev. P. Gor- on. sided by the Rev. Shoonmaker, and by Mrs. G. M. Johnson. . A series of lectures, commenced eatly in the winter at Cedar Falls, In., by the pastor of the Methodist Episcopal ‘Church, of that city, the Bev.. A. B. Kendig, grew into a revival which extended through seven weeks, and resulted in the union of fifty-two persons with the church. A wonderfal awakening has _taken place at Abingdon, Tk, under the ministration of the pastor, the Rev. Mr. ‘Hovey. The conversions up to Feb. 15 reached about 200 in number, snd 150 sdditions had been made to the church. The revival has been continuous for a pariod of three months. Elizabeth, TIL, reports forty-five conversions nnder the labors of the Bev. P. C. 8tire, of the Methodist Church there. A revival of three weeks' duration in the Methodist Episcopal Church, of Terre Haute, Ind, upto Feb. 10, resulted in forty-three con” versions, and a similar number of accessions to $hia church. . A revivat- of ‘six weeks in EI Paso, IlL, has sdded thirty-three now members to the church of which the Rev. G, W. Gue is pastor. A very interesting revival commenced at the watch-meeting in the_Ottawa Street Methodist Episcopal Church at Joliet, under tho pastorate of the Rev. J. M. Caldwell. Moro than 250 have presented themselves st the altar ssking_pray- &rs, and over 200 havo professod conversion, of whom 156 had united with the church up to_last Sunday. Whatis very remarkable, four-fifths of the numter are adults. and the majority mon. Since conference, last fall, the Rev. Ar. Reynolds, pastor of tho Methodist Episcopal Church at Fort Madison, Iows, bas received forty-three persons to the communion. At Charles City, Iowa, the Rev, H. W. Ben- nott, after s two-weeks' meeting, gathered twenty-seven into the church,.who wore re- coived Feb. 8. Fifty or sixty have been convert- ed in all. “A rovival is in progress at Minonk, IIL, in the Methodist Episcopal Cburch, the Rev. L. Spring= ;‘x,hpasstor. Thirteen conversions were,received ‘eb. 8. ‘At Tndependence, Towa, undor_the ministra- tions of the pastor, the Rev. H. 8. Cburch, aided by Bister Belle Leonard, there have been 165 conversions, representing over sixty hLeads of families, 7 The revival in Lebanon, Ind., ocontinues. Within the past sit weeks forty-six additions bave been made to the church. i Tifty conversions have taken place in the Nevwton, Tows, Methodist Church, under the ‘Ppastorate of the Rev. William Hoy. ‘A series of ravival meetings which commenced on New Year's Eve, in Centro Point, Tows, hes continued to the present time. The revival in- flacnce began in the Sunday-school, and at leugth extonded to tho adult portion of the so- eloty, resulting in tho addition to the church of thirty-fivo new converts, Tho pastor was aided in the work of evangelization by the Rev. H. Hollenbeck, the blind evangoliat. At Watsoka, 1L, nnder the labors ot the pas- tor, aided by the Rev. R. A. Cowen, sixty-two perzons have been converted and have united with the Methodist Church, and there are ten or fifteen more who profess to have experienced the joys of conversion. A ]rn\y'ivnl meoting has just closed in the Meth- odist Church 2¢ Fort Atkineon, Ia., the Rév. Charlos Creesey. pastor, at which some fifty per- sons hiave been converted, of whom thirty-two have joined tho church, | More than twonty conversions have taken place in the Mothodist Church b Afendon, Mich. A revival of ten woeks' daration in Crawfords- ville, Indiana, has rosulted in tho addition of 160 pew members to the Methodist Church, thirty by lotter and 130 on probation. Other churches have also shared in the revival influences. ‘Sunday, Feb. 15, the_pastor of the Marquette, Michigan, Methodist Chburch, the Rev. J. M. Jolnston, baptized eleven and received thirty- two on probation. , Soventy-thres persons have united with the Meothodist Church in Monticello, Ind, on proba- tion and letter since last fall. ‘At Norwood, Michigan, a rovival in the Method- ist Church has added twenty-seven persons o the cburch. E Onthe Pushville, IIL, Circuit, scventy-five conversions have taken place go far_ this winter. One of the most general aud profound relig- ious excitements that has over shaken a city has taken place in Mattoon, Ill. The interest has spread throuch all the churches, but bas been ‘most marked in the Msthodist body, which has Teceived 450 new converts since the commence- ‘ment of the new yesr. Tn Greencastle, (nd., the Methodist Church, under the Rev. Mr. Buchtol, has received about 200 new members within a few waeks. From all parts of the East revivals of groat E;m‘u are reported, in the Methodist Church. the Pittsburgh Conference, Sewickley reports seventy conversions; Freeport, fifty-tbres ac- ceasioas; Florence, forty-seven; Johnstown, $34; Steubenville, 130; Dingham strest, Bing- ham, 100. The great rovival in St. Panl's M. E. Charch, Jersey City, N. Y., continucs with unabated in- torest; the Rev. D. B. Lowrie, pastor, Over 800 persons have been received on probation. Bunday, Feb. 8, sixty-six candidates were bap- tiz ed. Tn the First M. E.Church, Millsille, N. J., Feb. 8, the pastor received 150 on probation. Over 120 heve been addea to the Steuben- ville, Ohio, Mothodist Charch. Fifty conversiona are reported in the Westorn Avenue Methodist Church, of Chicago, since the Weck of prayer. Tho Ada Strest Methodist Church, Chiczgo, in chargo of Dr, Dandy, is holding meotings of much interest. PRESDITERTAX. Presbyterian missionaries from Park Ridge, Jefferson, and Norwood have succoeded in awakening & deop revival interest among tho in- mates of the Cook County Poor-Honse, _Every Sunday afternoon religions sorvices are held in the dining-hall. At almost every moeting some rise for prayers. At Bugar Creek, Ta., at the last communion sonson, twenty-ono Dorsons were added to tho Pénsby‘.exinn Church, a8 the result of & revival effort. The Presbyterian Church in Indianols, In., added eleven to its church-roll Feb. 8, at the cloge of a eeries of exrra meetings. Feb. 8, the Tcv. J. G. Butler, pastor_of the Presbyterian Church at Grand Tower, I1L., bap~ tized into \ha church eighteen mew converts, making in all twenty-one since the first of the yoar. v A protracted meoting of five weeks’ duration in the Vormont, Ill., Presbyterian Church bas addea to it fonrteen now convorts. At Morris, IIL, the Methodist, Baptist, Con- gregational, and Prosbyterian churches have hold s series of unica services, 1csulting in a general religious awakening. Over sixty have risen for prayer, many of whom rejoice in hope. Hepworth, TI1., Presbyterian Church has held a geries of special meetings, resnlting, thus far, in the addition of sixty personsto the church by profession of faith, At Peotone. Ill., the TFirst Presbyterian Church, atits last communion, received seven- teen new members, eix by letter and eleven by profession. Tenof the eleven wero from the Babbath-school. The Olney, 111., Preshyterinn Church, Feb, 8, added forty-two converts to its roll of member- ehip st the conclusion of & series of revival meetings. Tho church had been weakened by the secession of a large number of its members to form » Congregational church; but the ro- vival hus more than made up for the loss by the added numbers and increase of enthusinsm. Bixty new converts have been added to the Presbyterisn Church in Brownstown, Ind., a8 the result of aseries of revival meetinga. A glorious revival isin progress in Patorson, N. 3., in the Second Church, H. W. Knapp, pas- tor. Over 800 are reported among the converts. Brother Knapp baptizes all who believe, and allows them to join “whatever church they please, and invites all hantized Christians to the Lord's Supper. Tte Rev. M. Phillips has de- clined. Dr. Talmage's Church, Brooklyn, has recoived 270 members by baplism recentls. CONGREGATIONAL. Twenty-five consersions havo taken plece in the Sunday-echool of the Conqregational Church at Granville, 11l., sinco the week of prayer. ‘At College Springs, Ta., forty new converts have been added to the Congregational Church, and a large number have joined the other churches of the place, The Congregational Church at Carroll, Ia., To- ceived six persons ot the last communion. Thirteen united with tho Congregational Chnrch at Cherokee, Ta., Feb. 8. Union meetings of Congregationalists and Hothodists are in progress at Manchester, Ta., and also at Strawberry Point, which gives much promise of good. Aun unusual. religious interest has been de- veloped at Columbaus, Neb., in the Congrega- tional Church. The Rev. Mr. Eage is aesisting the pastor. The Pilgrim Church, Lawrence, Kas., received nine new membera Feb. 8, and the revival etill continues. THE RELIGIOUS PRESS. THE INTERIOR. The Inferior gives a synopsis of Abbe Michsud's article in the Contemporary Review for January, on the religious opinions prevalent in France. According to Michaud, the phases of religious belief are seven, viz: 1, the Indiffer- ents; or those who have no time or inclination to think on religious questions; 2, the Posi- tivists, who are practical Atheists, although ad- mitting that there may be s God ; 8, the Spirit- ualists, who bolieve in God, Mind, and Immor- tality ; 4, Christian Spiritualists, who believe in Christ, but reject the doctrine of His Deity 5, Protestants, who are purely Calvinistic and boyond messure exclueive ; 6, the Old Catho- lics, strong when you count consciences, but few when you look at the census ; 7, the Ultramon- tanes, whose great object is to seaf Bourbon ;‘rincee upon the thrones of Spain, France, v, _Tho Interior explaing why Presbyterians be- lieve in infant baptism. The grounds of this belief may be intcresting to Baptists. They are a3 follows : The pedobaptist conception re the family, and not the individual, as the true unit of society, whether in the State or in the Church; the Church is the organization of Christian familics for spiritual ends. Under the guidance of this idea pedobaptists seo in the Biblea qpustantly cumplative argument for in- fant baptiem, beginning with Genesis and run: ning through to Revelation. - In other words, that doctrine is the natoral outgrowth of all Scripture. We come to conceive of the parent and young child ag organically one, like tue troe and its branches. The Gospol proclaimed to adult unbeliovers, of course, calls for their per- sonal faith; but when that is _yielded, it carries with 1t, in the personal and ceremonial cansecra- tion, the “houschold,” if thero be one. Ald bence, when a man consccrates himself to God, she act includes hia cluldren as really aa his property or his person. Besides, God's spirit- nal covenants recognize the family uvity in tho announced blessings. The oeditor admits that he does not expect this argument to bo conclugive exccpt to the most intelligeut and spiritual readers of the Bible; aud further admits that formalism and ritnalism have perverted the doc- trino, causing & tendency to reject the entire doctrine. THE STANDARD. The Standard, taking asa text the late lecture of Max Mauller in Westminster Abbey on. the missionary religions, shows the importance of Btimulating tho missionary &pirit of Obristians that the religion proclaimed by Christ may alti~ mately vanquish and put torout the two other missionary religions, viz: Mohommedanism and Buddbism. ‘I'ho Standard takes to task the Old and New, for agserting that Brown University was a secta- rian institution, The editor remarks that: *‘In 1822, Mr. Brown erected, at his own_expense, o building, Emaantmg it to the Univeraity; 5, another building. His gifts to the in- stitution altogether amonnted to $160,000. No condition as to the theology to bo taught in the Uwmvensity was ever annexed to auy of these benefactions, nor can he be eaid, in any sense whatever, to bave made tho University which bears his name 2 sectarian school.” The editor sounds a warning to those now con- ducting revivals, that the; ow away shallow conception and slack preaclung of character. Ho contrasts the decpand pungent conviction which ensnod upon the preaching of the revivalists of balf a century ago with the indifferent and un- satisfactory improssions produced by modern preaching. THE ADVANCE. The Adcance discusses * Fair Play for the Colored Poople,” and urges the passage of the Civil Rights bill now beforo Congress. Congress has power to pass such s bill, it is nrged ; but if it should prove that that body has not the power, Iet the Constitution bo changed 8083 to give the power. The editor proceeds to give examples iltustratiog the disabilities under which colored men labor, and which the passage of the bill would remove. The Advance hopes to see the Bible remain in tho public schools, and 1n all places whero it is now found, and g0 favors denominational col- leges, which keep and use it, in preference to State institutions of the samo rank which either excludo it or permit accumalating dust to bary t. THE ALLIANCE. Tho Alliance thinks that the prospect is that Yo shall all be found returning to Methodism, a8 to a good stout ship that will kold =11 and sail well” An experiment of 150 years has shown Methodism to be s success. 1t involves &pil nality aud usofulness, being and _doing, which were tho peculiar virtues of the Son of Man. The Alliance enys : The great Baptist Church of Bpurgeon, the great Presbyteriun, Chuzches, of Talmsgo a%dn%uylerg,rfl?a great revivals of Moody and Phillips, the one with Prayer, the other with song, these are all founded up— on tlio Wesleysn idea, and are carried forward in the Mothodist method, ' At last, inasmuch sa it is notori- ous that however large the army may bo of Calvinists in theory, it is for tha most part the Arminisn theolo- gy they preach, wo may as well confess that after 150 Joars of toil, the Methodist flag fies protty bigh and Dright, and looks down upon quite an_emyirs Wwhoso foundations at least &r0 its own. The ide:s of Wosley ‘are now both the crecd and the practice of Evangelical Chtrehes of the Old and New World. THE INDEPENDENT. The Independent eays John Brown'ssoul directs the campaign sgainst drunkenness in Obio. John Brown, ssys that paper, not merely refused 10 obey an illegal law, but Lo went 80 far as to open sn illegal attack on an immoral ystem, His error the editor would have the women of Ohio avoid, while not abating ono jot of their in- tonso resolve. The Jndependent does not agree with the Infe- rior that Prof. Swing’s and Dr. McKug's eclec- ticism in Scripture interpreiation are similar in prnciple. They both agree in bringing the Bible to_tho bar of reason, esys the Independent, *But do they differ in this from the editor of the Interior?' The Independent trusts “That the discussion which has been raised concerning the queation of inspiration will result in & better understanding of it by the people of all our clurehes.” CORRESPONDENCE. REVIEW OF DR. THOMAS ON IMMORTALITY. To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune : Sm: Asan exponent of liberal and advanced Christiznity, Dr. Thomas is public property, and when his views on questions pertaining to morals 2ud roliglon are made public, it is for us to eriti- ciso and call them in question if necd be, and 1f there is any wenkness, any loose thread in his argument, ho must not take 1t to heart if it is brought to the light and made tho lever of his overthrow, if it is possiblo to be done. The first of a course of loctures which he is now delivering at his church was on the subject of immortality, and my purpose in this com- maunication is to glanco ata few of the argu- monts brought forth by him to prove that man was immortal and would live after this life wes over. Theo first which I wieh to notice was, that thero bad been placed in mao & universal desire for life beyond tho grave, and that God would not 80 mock any of Hia creaturcs a8 to give them this, without it was His intention to make it real by its fulfillment. 1 think X have stated his premiges fairly ; and now let us inquire if theargument is a sound ono. Has not God placed in every man the desire for ‘heppiness ? Does ' that sacred boon come to overy ono? Do mot all desire s competonce ? Dozl obtainit ? Has God mocked ns? Does He place this chalice to ourlips only to snatch it away? All are not hnpf»y; all are not above tho condition of poverty. 1f, then, these universal desices are not gratified, what reason have we to expeet that the desiro for life hereafter will be? Again, ho says that we see a rule in the natural system that, when once snything is set in mo- tion it never stops; it may changoe its mode or form, but is never snnihilatod; therefore, he arguos that, man being created, is not to stop at death, bat go on in another sphere. Lot us seo: Suppose that I am a carpenter and build a house, wonld it be impossible for mo to burn it down—to destroy it ‘Would the Doctor escribe less power to God than he is will- ing to concede to one of Hig creatures? But be may say the Louse is_ uot annihilated ; it 18 only chianged into something else, as ashes, eto. Granted ; but it is of no use any longer as & Louse ; you would no longer sce any ressmblance to 2 house; in fact, it wonld no longer bo house. So also when God changes map in death. If heis no longer & mun in any sense of the Sord, or if he may no longer bo a man, what is the good to him or me whother e are to live or not? Is the desiro for life gratified unlesa we retain all our identity? Certainly not. Then, also, this second argument is a fallacy. Another reason he ascribes why we may beim- mortal. Bishop Clark,whohe eays wasa very mat- ter-of-fact man and not likely to be carried away by any false theory,eaid to hiswife and daughters L‘Et before his death, that it seemed to him as if e should be able to be near them after death; ho might not be able to make them aware of it, but still he should be near them and take cog- nizance of all they wera doing. The Doctor neglected to state whether they had ever been sblo_to_recognize his presence sinco the death of the Bishop. If the wifo and daunghtershad ecen andbandled and ate with him since, it wonld prove that the Bishop was right in his conclusions ; but no _such information is vouchsafed ms. Is it possible that our hopes of lifo beyond the grave rest on so slight a founda- tion? Would it ot have been better for gearch to have been mado in the archives of rovelation in regard to the matter? Ifseems to mo that stronger reasons, more. plansible, more in sc- cord with the mind and feelings of the educated man, could have been found there than any ad- yanced by tho discourse to which referenco haa been made. WINBORN ADAMS BHAW. THOE SUN-DIAL OF ANAZ. o the Editor of The Civicago Tribune : Stz : Inasmuch a8 there is at present & spirit of inquiry abroad 28 to relizious guestions, and a8 the religious journal called the Inferior scems to be tho champion of unadulterated *‘Ortho- dox " Christiamity in this lsutude, I desire to ask that journal, or its lesding editor, two or three questions. I do this through the daily press, as that is the great medium through which the interchange of thoughts now takes place, The ecitor of that paper may snswer through his own columns if he desires; but it would ecem desirable, if ho wishes to make his viows known to the many, that he would reply through your columns. That paper teaches the plenary inepiration of the Scriptures; in other words, that every etato- ment, whether historical or otherwise, is abso- lutely true. i 1 desire that editor, standing in the foll blaze of the latter half of the Nintcenth Centary, and fuoling bis respuusitility for what he saze,—to state whether he believes in the literal truth of the miracle related in the 20th chapter of IL Eings. G It happenod that King Hezekiah was sick, and Yeniah the Prophet announced to him that the Tord »ad declared that the King should die and not live; but, after a prayer on the part of Hezekiah, the Lord, through_Issiah, announced to him that He had changed His mind, and that Hezekiah stonld live and not die. But the Kiug was curious to kaow what sign would bo givea him that he should go up to the houso of the Lord again on the third day thereafter. Now, observe that, in order to gratily the cutiosity of 20 0id man, the Almighty God sgain spoxe to bim through Ispiah, and told him that, by tho following sign, ho should know for certain that he should go up to the bouse of the Lord on the third day, viz,: **Shall the shadow go forward ton degrees, or go back ten degreos 7' Dut Hozo- Lkinh answered, ‘It is a light thing for the shadow to go down ten degrecs: Nay, but let the shadow turn backward ton degrecs.” And Isaiah tho Prophet cried unto the Lord, and Ho brought the shadoy ten degrees backward, by which it had gone down in the dial of Ahaz.” The miracle referred to is much more stupen- dous than that other one when tho sun stood still to enable the Jews to slaughter their enemies, the ordinary day not being long enough for the purpose. = " Lt1s not necessirary to cite other miracles. Tho foregoing are samples good enough for s recedent. Do you, Mr. Editor of the Inlerior, oliovo that the God of tho Univorse, in order to gratify the cariosity of an old, decrepit Kiog, not only stopped the earth upon its axis, bub actoally set it spiouing in _tho opposito direction for ‘forty minutes? Nothing is said about tho earth revemsing its machinery again in order to got up its old motion ; but that must have been done, wo suppose. That would Lave becu a bad day for Prof. Col- bert to have tested with accuracy his peadulum- orperiment. The expenditure of force seems to have been out of a1l proportion to the object attained, viz.: the gratification of a sick old man who had been troubled withaboil. Nothing need be said in this connection, to ehow the simple sbsurdity of the whole thing ; how, for instance, the whole machinery, not only of this earth, but of our system of worlds,—in fact, of the whole nniverss,—must have been thrown into confasion. No man who believes in the rejgn of Law can, of course, beliove in any such miracle, 3 . Now, Mr. Editor of the Inferior, do tell us whothor, in good faith, you balicve that Lot's wife was turned to s pillar of ealt; whether the whale did swallow Jonah ; but especially answer me =a to your belief in the sun-dial-of-Ahaz story, If you answer it in the affirmative, then I must tell Jeu that you are living in & different ago from the peoplc who jostle you from day to day upon the street. Your congregations do nof bolieve you. A fow who never thiuk give & half- way assont to your porfect inspiration; but those who are worth your efforts totally disbelievo in your propositions. Their lives have nothing to do with such legends of the past, and thoso Jegends in no mannor affect their morala oOr re- ligion. Your interlocutor is & member in good standing of an Orthodox church ; and he knows what he says when he declares that nino out of ten of all the members of all the Orthodox churches of this city totally disbelieve in all such wonders, and in the plenary inspiration of tha Bible. Idonot expeot the editor of the Inle- rior to beliove the foregoing statement ; but tho readers of this article who belong to the laity know the statement to be true. The Inferior may call Dr. McKaig and Prof. Swing infidol; but it ought to know,—though I fear it docs not, —that they simply represent tho vast majority of the laity of what are still called the Orihodox churches. A belief in these beantiful historical legends has nothing whatever to do with the best morality or tho highest roligion. T subscribe myself as belonging to the PRESUYTERIAN CiTURCH. NOTES. REFORMED EPISCOPAL. The New York Obserter of last week &ays: Tho Union meeting of Mondsy morning waa signal- 1zed by tho appearance on ths platform of the Rev. Al Cheney (now Bishop), of Chicsgo, Ho made a most stirring address, znd led in prayer. From his whole manner in theso exercises, no one would hava thought the eloquent man bad been accustomed to 8 preacribed formulary of worship. It was also apparent that he is entirely at home on themes nezrer the cross and Chris- Han experienco than are all controversies about church juriadiction, or abous the word regenerate in the bap- tismal service. A correspondent of the Courier-Journal de- fines the difference betweon the Regular Epis- cornl and the Reformed Episcopal Churches as follows: On party lands the Church, the other the Bible, Ono aims to increase, the other o lossen the power of Bighops. Ono makes the minister or smbzssador a ‘priest ; tho other dunics that he is a priest. Ono in- vites men to the sacraments, and through them to salvation ; tho other Invites them to Christ in tho ex- crcise of ropentance and faith, and through Christ to salvation. Ono preaches confinually the Church ; tho other tho Gospel. One understands the other denomi- nations ; the other does not, One believea that all tha infants are regenerated by tho Holy Spirit {n baptism ; {ho other does not, but interprets that ezpression 2a used in the prayer-book to mean a change of external atate or condition. One believea in tho objective pres- ence of Christ in flie Lord’s Supper, i. 8., in tho ele- ments of bread and wine ; the other_believes that Ho is spiritusl, present only in the heart of tho faithfal Tecipient, - A Reformed Episcopal Church has been formed at Moncton, N. B. The Rey. William McGuire, son of the Inte Rev. Dr. McGuire, of Virginia, has withdrawn from thoe E| iscag:l Charch and gone over to tho Reformed Chur Church and Stale, edited by the Rev. John Cotton Smith, says of the Roformed Episcopal Church : When we have cheerfully admitted the Christian character of the men engaged 1n it, and have candidly considersd various csuses which have naturally led to it, we havo never had one word of- apology for the soparation itself, or for any of the scries of acts in connection with it. Of some of these acts, snd especially the circumstances of its occur- rence, wo have spoken in terms of strong disapprobation. Our constant aim in_thip has been to restrain those who might havo any sympathy with the general viows of Bishop Cummins from joining in the movement which ho has inaugurated, . . . We must allow wide diversities, and do it generously, or wo shall find that it 18 no trifling matter for us to have ival Episcopal Church by our side, ready to welcomo all whom we ore inclined to supprecs or restrain. e find that the Church is intensely moved in regard to this matter, Therois adecp and unfaltering loyalty to the Church, 'but s determination also that the Church ghall Dot be governed 1n the interasts of any party, but upon sbrosd, and .comprehensiv, and catholio basis, . - PBESDYTERIAN, The Presbyterian ministers’ meetiog, which +waa to have discussed the question of tho *‘ Bible in the Public Schools,” last Blondsy, laid the question over until the meeting to-morrow, and the honr was given to reports of revivals, The Westminster Church in Chicago has a prosperous sewing-school connected with the so- ciety. About 100 young ladies meet each Satur- day afternoon at 2 p. m. 1t is enid that the memborship of the Fifth Presbytorian Church of this city has groatly in- creased since the Re7, C. L. Thompson took charge of the church eightoen months ago. Tho congregations in that time have greatly in- croasod The Prosbyterian church in Oconto, I, was destroyed by fire last week. Loss several thou- eand dollars ; insurance, €3,000. The Interior says there is & fino young Presby- terian Church at ‘Maywood, and the Congrega- tionalists .are starting another. Thers 18 not room for both. United, they can sustain a pas- tor, and will makoe ‘a 'n]lngH’ promising listlo church ; divided, the Missionary Boards will have to pay half the expenses, A similar un- pleasant tondoncy towards differentiation is visiblo in many other rural villages. Tho Rock Island Car-Shops Sabbath-school, an outwork of the Englewood Presbytsrian Church, held its first anniversary last Sabbath. The. school was organized with forty-sight scholars, and now numbers 150. Much credit is said to be due Mr. Verbrych, Mrs. Verbrych, and ‘Miss McClary for Grganizing and success- fully conducting this school. CATHOLIO. The members of the several local Conferences of the Bt. Vincont de Paul Socioty of Chicago will approach holy communion at 8 o'clock to- day in St. Patrick's Charch. The Vindicafor says: Tho Rev. F. Corbett, of the Church of the Sacred Heart, is eoon to begin the erection of his new pastoral residence on Luke street, between Halsted and John. Lent will be observed in sll the Catholic churches of Chicago, by services on the evenings of Wednesday and Friduy of ench week. On the former evening the service will consist of the Tosary, and a sermon, followed by a benedic- tion.” The usual service of the afternoon will take place in the night in those charchea which usually have no nignt service. § CONGREGATIONAL. The church at Wyanct, the Reyv. H. N. Bald- win, pastor, have just raised a bell and set it swinging that cost 8175, The Congregational Church st New Haven, Mich., dedicated a new house of worship Feb. 4. . METHODISTS. A union meeting of Methodists, Baptists, and Presbyterizns was beld in Austin last Sunday evening. The Rev. T. P. Menuh, of the Metho- dist Bociety, preached. | At a recent society meoting of Trinity 3L E. Church it was resolved to?! proceed at once and complete the church edifice, that step being rendered essential by tho growth of the congre- gation. MISCELLANEOUS. The Alliance eays: ‘* We note with pleasure the proeperity of the Mariners’ Temple, & now bethel, corner of Michigan and Market streets, in cuarga of the Rev. J. H. Leonard, who preaches to the inmates every Sunday morning and evening, aud also eurcrintends a Sunday- school i connection with the institution.” The Alliance notes that Mr. D. L. Moods's new church-building will be complated pext summer. The basement, which is now in use, seats 1,300 porsons, and is crowded at avery reg- ular service. The church is ot of debt. It ia noted that thrae of the present Chicago Presbyterian _clorgymen wero classmates to- gether in the Congregational Thoological Bemi- Dary of this city. The Universslist Church in Racine bas in- cressed the salary of ita pastor, tho Rev. A. C. Fish, to provent him from sccepting & call to Murray Chapel, Chicago. PERSONAL. CHICAGO. The Interior ssys it is painfally evident that several of tho Presbyterian pastors of Chicago wre suffering from overwork: ‘‘The Rev. Ben E. 8. Ely is by his physicisn directed to take a rost of six or eight weeks. The Rev. A. E. Kit- tredge was obliged to stop from hoarseness on Sunday evening last when balf through his ser- mon. Dr. Hurd, of Highland Park, was not ablo to preach Bunday evening, because of ill- ness. The Rev. C. L. Thompson sppears more Jike a hospital subject than a Eoldier equipped for the war." The Rev. W. T. Pearce, having been compel- Jed by illness to rotire for a season frowm the pas- torate of Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church, Detroit, the Rev. W. X. Ninde, of the Garrel Biblical Institute, will Sl the pulpit during his absence. The Standard hopes that the Rev. Dr. D. B. Cheney, of Boston, who preached in Chicago Iast Sunday, will find that the path of Providence hasled him to take a permanent residence in Chicago. Tho Rov. Dr. Northrop has been preaching during the past week in the Baptist church st Evanston, where s powerful zevival is in prog- Tess. Mr. Kessels, the organist of tho Church of the Holy Family, was presented with s beautiful eb- ony baton, mounted with silver, last week, by the members of his choir. Tho Rev. Father McGuire, recently assistant pustor of Bt. John's Catholic Church. in this city, has been transforred to the Church of St. Pius, corner of Pauling and Van Hollen streets. Ar. J. M. Hitchcock has been elected Superin- tendont of the Chicago Avenuo Sunday School, in the absence of its former Saperintondent, D. L. Moody. Tho Rev. E. R. Davis, pastor of the Forty- firat Street Presbyterian Church, discovered, on enteriug his study. one day last’ weok, that his valuablo library of theological and miscellaneous books had been stolon. He has succeeded in capturing the thiof. The sermon delivered in Christ Church, Chi- cago, by Bishop Cheney, Dec. 7, 1873, on tho Re- forued Episcopal Church, has been publighed in pamphlet form. PLAEWHERE. The Rev. E. 0. Taylor, s graduate of the Chi- cago Baptist Theological Seminary in 1570, after sustamning s pastoral relation of three years with the First Church, in Topeks, Kan., has ro- signed, and his resignation has boen reluctzntly accepted. He is President of the Kansas State Sunday-school Asgociation, and his departure from the State is regarded 28 & great loss to the Baptist Church in that State. Tho Rov. Lewis Benedict is supplying the pulpit of the Congregational Church at Downer's Grove, made vscant by the death of the Rev. Joel Graut. Feb. 11, the Rev. R. Sawell, of Stonghton, Wis., dicd. Ho was long and fawiliarly known as Father Sowoll. He sppeared to be racovering from a brief illness, and, while sitting in his oaay chair, bo suddenly passed away. Tho Rev. J. S. C. Abboit. of the Second Con- gregationsl Churel, Fair Ilsven, Coun.. haa re- signed his pulpit, abd will devote himself £0.lix- erary labor excluzively. Mre. Maggie Van Cott is making great head in tho revivals at Baltimore. Every avatlable spot in the chureh is occupied, and tho fervor isin- tense. RELIGIOUS MISCELLANY. AT HOAE. Tho Interior aays: A ittlo whiloago ona of the Presbyterian congregs- tions in the South put 5 “brother” out on the charge of *general worthlessness,”” We could not dothat in this region. The North Carolina Mothodists have gone to the root of another evil, Methodist fashion, Brother Wiliiam Linknow, of Robeson, singa liko a Jackal, Hois also feartully zealous, When the hymn beginning Salvstion, oh the joyfal sound, 18 sung, William brings out tho “ch” in & manner which gpolls the rest of the line; for the women rander it, *ob, mercy,” snd the racn shut their mouths upon tho “ob” like wolf-trsps, grit their tecth, sad look dzggers at the innecent Willism, who throws his head back, closes his oycs, and howls the Test of the hymn, solo, Woll, what did the Methodists do in the caso? Lsbor with him 7 Not any! Thoy indicted him before the Robcson Grand Jury as a nuisance He waa tried and found guilty, buf appealed. This smccessful movement naturally set the denominational mind, in all that region, in rotion. The direction it Thas taken msy be perceived by the following straw in tho Religious Herald: i+ QUERY.—What shall e done with s brother who doema it his duty to speak in prayer snd conference ‘meetings, but spesks, not to the edification, but the an- noyance and grief, of his brethrea?" The query has not been satiafactorilyanswered yet. A large number of ministers in Datroit have recently published & circular_urging the pooplo, 28 far a8 practicable, to avoid bolding faoeral services Sunday, and suggesting the propriety of oxcusing ministers from accompanying funsral proceseions to cemeteries. The Baptist Year Book shows the following condition of the Baptists of the United States for 1878, a8 compared with 1872: 1873, 1872, Number of assoctations. ] 853 Number of churches 19,720 Number of ministers 1892 ‘Agditions by Baptism. 84,625 Letter. STA0T 5,007 6,561 1,8m 15,970 5,293 Total membership.........s 1,633,839 1,535,331 41,701 Increase on 1ast year....... « About 850 associntions failed to send their minutes. Allowing for the baptisms in_these non-reporting associations, and remembering that 510 sssociations return 70,000 baptisms, it would certainly bo safe to put the total number at 90,000 or upwards. The Congregational Quarterly contains the statistics of the Congregational churchos in the TUnited States at the present time. The churches pumber 3,325, to which may be added 105 churches in Canads, Nova Scotia, snd Jamacis, making the grand total for North America of 3,431 churches. The ministers aro reported at $/325, of whomm 89 are paators, 1,396 acting pas- tors, 944 pot in the pastoral work, besides 235 licentiates. The number of church members in the United States is 323,679, sbout one-third of them males, and 42,660 of the entire number ab- sent from their respective churches to which they belong. The net gain daring the year was 4,763, being the smallest reported sincs 1867. Plymouth Chureh, Brooklyn, Henry Ward Beccher's Church, has 8,000 children inits Sun- day-schools and Bible-classes, and there are not Jess than 10,000 people, ssys the Ghristian Union, that look to1t for all the religious in- struction and consolation they have. AREOAD. The Old Catholics are making headway in Ger- many. InEarlengon, Nuremburg, Bairuth, Hot, end the neighibortog places, ot lcast 1,000 heads of families have given their adhesion, and made arrangements for the religious instruction of their children. . A building in Seville, Spain, which was once an elaborate mosque, aud afterward converted inton Cetholic church, bua been purchased by Presbyterians, and services aro being held by the missionary, in the Spanish language, which are largely attended by the inhabitanta. A British paper has the following with regard to Mr. Moody's revival meetings : Till the recent soul-stirring campaign inangurated in England and Scotland by the Bev, D. L. Moody, & Yankee clergyman from Chicags, religious rovivals had come to be considered, ovar the water, sa s phe- ‘Domenon peculiar to the elastio ‘atmosphere of mer— curial America, and regarded somewhat with con- tempt. Exposed to the fervid oratory and etio enthusissm of Mr. Moody, bowever, even the stolid Englishman snd hard-hesded Scotchmsn have bscome thoronghly thawed out. In York, Bunderland, Car- Tials, and Noweastle, Ar, Moody has been eapscially suc- ceenful in making converts; and, later still, F ‘burgh haa been the scens of an awakenfng that wou have gladdencd the heart of a Peter ight, Ac- companying Mr. Moody isa kind of singing pilgrim named Bankey, who scconds the eloguencs of the forme: srith his soul-penctrating songs,—penetrating s much by the distinctness with which each word an syllable strikes the ear a8 by the sweetness of the mel- ody and their simple Gospel eirnestness, The wel- come of the evapgelists at the Scottish Athens was somewhat cold at_fivat, but church after church suc— cumbed, till finally, Bone of them proving capa- cious enogh, the Cura Exchango was thrown open, | when 6.0°0 men crowasd 1t to learn the way of life, some 700 of whom, at the cliso of the first public service, went to the Assembly hall 88 inguirers. Moreover, while the above 6,000 men crowded ths Corn Exchiange, upward of 2,000 women filled tho Froo Assombly Hall, and the' estatlished Assembly Hall was also crowded with women, two other churches being open at the same time. What scems full a8 aig- nificant, 2,000 for s month past had crowded tne noon-day prayer-mecting. The movement embraces all classes ; and Alr. Jamea Bolfonr, 3 legal gentleman of Edinburgh, afirms that the Awakening hasnot beon surpassed since the days of Whitflold, SERVICES TO-DAY. X£IBCOPAL, The Rov. Arthur Brooks will hold morning and evening servica In St. James’ Church, corner of Cass and Huron streets, During Lent thero will bs ser- vico on_Tuesdsys and Fridsys at 6 p, m., and on Wednesdays at -0 p. m. —The Rev. Francs Mansfiold_will hold scrvices at the usual hours in the Church of the Atonement, cor- Ter of Robey and Washington streets. —Church of the Epiphany, on Throop street, be- tween Monroe and A 9. rvices a8 usual by the Rector, the Rev. Dr. Stocking., Evening subject: * The Wisconsin Council.” —In the Church of the Ascension, corner of Elm and LaSalle str.ets, there will be morning and evening service. There will be a calebration of the Holy Euchanst in the morning. —Services will be beld at the usual hours in St, Pe- ter’s Mission Chapel, Nos. 228 and 230 State strect, 0 Rev, Henry G, Perry will preach moruing snd evening in All Saints’ Church, corner of North Car- peuter and Fourth streets, —There will b full service, morning snd evening, in the Cathedral of 8S. Peter and Paul, corner of Peoris "&d 9 Waahington streets. The Bishop of Iilinois will officiate, —The Rev. W. Herbert Bmythe, Roctor of ibe Church of the Holy Communion, on Dearborn street, Between Twenty-ninth and Thirtieth streots, wil oficl- ate morning and eveniog. —Calvary Church, on Warren avenue, noar Western avenuo, The Rector, the Rev. J. F. Walker, will pr;.’\ch‘nmnminz and evening, Morning subject: —The %e'. H, N. Powers, D. D,, will officiate as wsual in Bt. Johin’s Church, on Ashland aveaue, near Aladison street. —At St. Mark's Church, Cottage Grove, the Rev. Dr. Warron will officiate, morning and evoning. Lent~ en services every morning st 9:30, and every afternoon at 5. PRESBYIERLAN, The Rev. J. . Walker will presch at the Reunfon Church, corner of Fotrteenth and Throop stroets, morning sud evening. '—In tno Ninth Church, on Eilis avenue. the Rav, W. W. McEalg will presch morning aad avening. breaching in the Westminster Church, corner of West Jackson and Peoria streets, by the Rev, David J. Burrell, Morning subject: *Tie Great Fish:" in the evening, » Hibls reading on * Tho Death of Christ.” —Thio Rev. Jsmea Maclsughlin will presch morning. a0d evening in the Scotch Church, corner of Sangamon and Adams strects, "—The Rev. James Harrison will preach ns usual in tho Tenth Churchy on Ashley street, mear ioboy. Evening subject : "*Atonement.” In the American_Reformed and Jefferron Park Church, on West Washington streot, near Ann, the Eav. U. D. Gulick wiil preach morning and evening. 'Iha Rev. J. Monroo Gibaon, of Montreal, will proach moruing and evening in the Second Church, Zorner of Michigan avenue and Twentio(h strect. —Ashland Avenue Church. In the morning fhe Bev, Arthur Swazey, D. D., will preach in thoSwaden- corner of Southwestern avenue aud Wasnington stre:t, near Undon Park, Prof. Bwing will preach at tho Fourth Church morning and evening. “In consequence of tho ill heslth of the pastor, the oulpit of Grace Church, corner of Vincennes and 'Osk avenues, will be supplied morning and evening by Prof, F. L. Patton, D. D. —The Rev. A. E. Kittredge will preach in the Third Church, corner of West Washington and Carpenter streets,” Morning subject: “Thg Lord’a Supper— and who aro Invited fo It.” Evening sub- the Present Ago Outgrown the Oid, Old Its Valug Ject: Btory.” —Campbell Park Mission Chapel (Third Chureh), on Leavitt streot, below Harmson. The Rev. AT Matthows will presch in the evening. Fifth Church, corner of Wauasn avenue and Thir- tyfirst street, 'Tho Rev. Ciaries L. Thompson will preach 38 ususl, Eveningsubject: “Religions of the Orfent.” BaPTIST. In the Twenty-Afth Strect Church, west of Went- worth avenue, the Rev. L. T. Bush will preach morn- ing and eventng. —The Rov. N. F. Raylin will preach morning xnd avening in tho Tample Churh, Aleetings during the ook on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday evenings. —Tho Rev. Chency, of Boston, will preach morning and eyening in the Ashland Avenus Charch, corner of Paulina snd Monroe street. "In the Firet Church, on Wabash avenue south of ‘Hubbard coust, tho Bev. . W. Everts will preach in the morning, and in the evening B. F. Jacobs will con- duct a Gospel meeting. tings will bo held every evening in tho wevk. At tho Indiana Avenus Chapel, corner of Thirtleth street, tho Rev. W, W. Everts,Jr., will presch in the morning, snd Dr. Everts in the evening. Second Church, corner of Morgan and Monroo streets, The Rev. T. W. Goopspood will presch morn-— ing and ovening. Baptizm at the close of the evening sermon. Union Park Church, cornerof Washington and Paulins strects, Tho Bey. Dr. E, E. Mitchell will proach morning and evening, Sunday-school aud Bible class at 2:30 p. m. —Michigan Avepue Church, near Twenty-third stroot. Preaching by Prof. Nathan Sheppard. Morn. ing subject: * The Light that Lighteneth Every Man ;" evening sermon to young men and women. In tho Westorn Avenuo Church the Rey. John Gor- don will preach at the usual houra. Baptism after the evening service, —Tho Rev. J. Malvern will preach morning and evening in tho Free Church, corner of Loomia and Jackson 8 te, METHODIST, The Rev. Dr. Felton will presch morning aod even- ing in Greco Church, cormer,of LaSalls and Whits streets, —Thore will be preaching morning and evening by tho pastor, the Rev. P. Hinners, in the Immanuel Church (German), corner of Harbino and Laflin streets. —The Rev. Chaplin McCabe will presch this morm- ing in Centensry Church, on Monros strect, nesr Mor- 1, and the pastor, the Rev. J. O. Peck, will preach n the evening. Bevival meetinga continde every night thia week. —The Rev. J. L. G. McKown, pastor, will presch this evening, in the Wabash Avenus Church, on * The ‘Eadical Young Man of the Gospel.” The following correapondence explains itself : - Cinicaco, Feb. 15, 1874 Rex. S. Mel ey Chesmey © Dran Sm: Wo, the undersigned, Tespectfully re- quest that you repeat your discourss on * The Prodi- g3l Son,” st your discretion. L. F. Looury, FR R F.E. Braprer, J. A, Toouas. Cricaco, Feb, 17, 1874, Messrs, Lazear, Lindsay, and others : 1In response to your kind invitation, I would name Babbsth evening, Fob. 22, 33 the oceasion for repeat~ ing tho discourse you have remembered with such considerstion, Yours respectfully, 8. McCrrswry, - —First Chuzch, corner of Clark and Washington streets. The Rev. Dr. Thomaa will preach morning snd evening. Evening subject : “ The Resurrection.” The union meeting in the sudience-room of the charch Will. bo continued each day at3:30 p. m. this week, with the following order of services: Mondsy, song service and_praise-meeting; Tucsdsy, prosching by the Rov., C. D. Helmer ; Wednesday, by the Rtev. Jobn Gordon ; Thuredsy, by Prof. g ; Friday, by tho Rev., A.'E. Kittredge; Saturdsy, by the Rev. Dr. preach as wsual in the Tnomas, All aro invited. —Tho Bev. A, Yooker will Wostern Avenue Church, Eveuing subject: Holy Angels "—continuod. Meetings will be beld every evening in the week, TNITARIAN, The Rav, Laird Collier wiil yreach in the morning in the Church of the Messiah, corner of Michigan sveniue aud Twenty-third strect. No evening service, —1In the ‘Third Church, corner of Monroe and Laf- Lin streets, Miss Jano E. Weeden will preach in the morning, and the Rev. Mr. Hollsnd in the evening. —The Ror. C. W. Wendto will preach thls morning in tho Fourth Church, corner of Prairfe avenus and Thirtioth street, his last sermon previous to his depart- uro for Europe. Sundaj-school concert in the cven— ing. There will boa farawcll sociablo at the church on Friday evening, to which pastors and members of other churches and all friends aro invited. —DUnity Church, North Dearborn street. The Rev. 8. . Calthrop, of Syracuse, N. Y., will preach morn= ing and ovening, CONGREGATIONAL. The Rov. William Alvin Bartlets will presch morning snd evening in Piymouth Church, corner of Indiana avenus and Twenty-sixth street, Praise service at 7:30 P m. In the Union Park Church, the pastor, the Rev, C. D. Helmer, will presch in tle morning, and in the evaaing will givo the third lectare on ** Exodus,” —In the Leavitt Btreet Church, corner of Leavitt and Adsms streets, the Rev, Albert Bushnell will fll;:\ch in the morning, and the Rev. Mr. Chamber-~ , of the New England Caurch, in the evening. —Taere will be preaching in tho New Englsnd Church, on White street, near North Dearborn, in the morning by the pastor, the Rev. Mr. Cuamboriain, and in the evening by the Rev. Albert Bushnell, of the ZLeavitt Stroet Church, BWEDESTORGIAN, Lincoln Park Church—Xorth Cizrk street, nesr Me- nomineo stroet. Sunday-school snd adult Billa Clas3 5t 9:30 2, m. ; A. B. Eeith, teacher, and 0. Ben- som, Superintend roliglous services _snd t. Shcond Society—Re; i termon every Sunday morning at 11, in Murray on Tndisns svanas, pear T'unzty-nlnm street; the Rev. C. Dsy Noble, pastor, Prairie Avenuo Clurch—Corner Eighteenth street, Bervices every Sunday morning at 10:45; sermon_ by the pastor, the Rev, J. R. Hivbard, D, D. Sundsy- school and Bible Ciasa at 9:30 a. m., under tho_direc- tion of Mra. Hibbard. Bocial mesting every Wednes- day evening. Union Park Church—Corner Bouthwestern svcaue, Services ard sermon evory Sunday afternoon at 3:307 tho Rev. J. R, Hibbard, D. D, a3l the Rav. J.H. Ba tz, ministers. Bunday-school ai 2:15 p. m.; O. Iackman, Beperintandaat, Adalt Bible sad Dociziusl Closa in the main-audience room st 2:30 p.m, ; C.C. Bon- ey, teacher. evening, for devotional, social. aud Literary i ‘Congregational meeting every Wednsadsy ik urposss | including a short Tect Laszon o ot ety 8 brlef inthosd, UNIVERSALIST. The Rev. Dr. Ryder will proach morning and sven, togin St. Pani's Church, on Aichigan avenue, ne Eighteants srost. T 114 aventng b wil deive g glosing lecturs on Palestine. Sublect? “Tho Gty of —In Marray Chapel (Third Universalist) 3. Collins, Chiaplun 0. S, A,, will preach mm’m’:;'; iog, and in Lo evemig will give his experscnces iy fruntier lifo. The puokic are curtially invited. —The Rev. J. E. Forreater, pustor of tho Chiurch of the Kedeeraer, coraer 0f WasLingion and Ssug.m sureets, wil presci ia e wernaig on Beiigon 1 ustuss, e eveningon * et il gon *Eesivals of Rer Eider George G. s = er George G. Muuins will preach mo evcnung in the Central Chrtian: Cantch, oo bt stroct, east of Throop. Morning discourss: “And now, Lord, what wait Ifor 17 Evening: Ilove them that love me ; and they that seek me early shall find me.” Also, at 3 p. m., in the Town Hall of Lake Bubject : ** The Organic Unlon of All Christians,” —Tho Progreasive Lycenm mosts at 12:30 1 Good Templace! Hall, corner of Washinglon aad Desplatzes ects. —The Saciety of Adventists, formerly worshi 1n Groen Bizeed Chapel, will mees moralDg sad Al ing fn thelr hall, No. 213 West Madison street. Preach. fng 1a expected of O. B. Fasaet, of Ban Francisco, —Thero will b divine services, morning and svea- ing, In tho English Lutheran Ghurch, corner of Dear. borh and Erie survets, Preaching by tho Bov. Edmund our, —+The Restoration of Istsel” will ba the subject for dlacourss this evening by Thomas Wilson, at the Dall corner of West Lake and Seymour strceta. “_The Bev. Robert Laird Collier being obllged to postpone ustil Sunday next his lectars befors the Frea Religious Society, thers will bo s meeting at3 orclock to-day of friends and mombers of the Society, in the hall corner of Joderson acd Handolph streesy, for discussion of matier of generalinteres to the S ety —The ev. Dr, Ryder will hold religious services fn thio Hospital for Women and Childran, corner of Ad- ams and Paulioa streets, at 2:0 this alternoon. Tha Tov. Dr. Powers conducted service in the samg place Inst Sunday. —~Primary Councll No. 1, U. A. of Spiritualista meeta this morniog in Union Hall, corzer of Clark and Monroe streets, Mr. J. McAuliffo will locjare o “Qur Rights, Our Wrougs, and Our Daties.” —The Friends' meating will bo held on Twenty-sixth street, between Indiana and Prairie aveaues, at 10:30 a.m. —Services will be held in the morning by the First Society of Spiritualists in Grow’s Opera Hall, No. 517 West Madison sireet, Samuel Maxwell answars ques- tions while eatranced, —Tho Rev. Willism J. Howe will preach morning and ovening fn the Firvt Caristian Church, corner of Indisna svenue and Twenty-fith strest. Morning aubject: *The Burden of Sin.” Evening subject: 470 the Pure All Things are Pure.” —Florence McCerthy will preach st 3 o'clock i Grow’s Opera Hall,on West Madison street, and will Dold & prayer-meeting in the evening at tho roaidence of Mra, Tittsworth, No, 63 Warren avenue, = ZBishop Cheney will presch in the morning in Christ Church, corner of Michigan avenue snd Tweaty. . fourth streat, on **The Place of Prayer Staken.” In tho evening on the subject : *“Thy Sorvant was Busy Hore and There,” —The Christadelphians meet for worship this morn. iog in the upper halt of Dyhrenfurth’s Business Col Tegs, No. 149 Randoiph strect. & CALENDAR FOR THEI WEEK. EPIFCOPAL. TFeb, 22—First Bunday in Lent, Feb, 23—Fifth day of Lant. Teb, 25— Ember-Day. ¥eb. 26—Eighth day of Lent. Fob, 27—Ember-Day. Feb. 28—Ember-Day. ROMAN OATHOLIO. Feb. 22—First Sundzy i Leut. g Feb, 23—t Peter Damisn, B. C. D.; Vigil of St Matthias, : Teb. 24—t Matthiss, Feb, 25—Chialr of St 29); Ember-Day. b, 26—Feris. Fob, 2i—Holy Crown of Thorns ; Ember-Dsy (Con- secration af Bishop Foley, of Chi:ago, 1870). Feb, 38—Ember-Day. Ab, Peter at Antioch (from Feb, . e A VISIT TO THE FOUNDLINGS’ HOME. o the Editor of The Chicago Tribune: BrR: After waiting for a storm of three days, which seemod three weoks to my little danghter, ‘we wore able to start, on a bright, sunny morn- ing, for & visit to the Foundlings’ Home. A il our home i8 16 miles from Chicago, we wera - obliged to start early; but, at 10 o'clock a. m., found ourselves looking anxiously to soe on which corner of Washington and Hoyne streets the Home wassituated. The bright eyes of the children soon discovered, in large letters, “FoUNDLINGS' HOME.” . The boll was answered by the Matron, who , very kindly invited us to walkin. As it wasnot on Rocaption-Day, we very much feared we should not be able to see tHo babies; but, on making kmown onr wish to see them, the kind Matron said, * Yes, certainly.” We were invited into = plessant, cheerfnl sitting-room, whers we met Dr. Shipman, the founder of _the Home. By him slso ‘we wers very kindly Teceived. To me it was a great pleas- ure to meet one for whom I have such profound respect, and who to me is very great because ha is 80 good. Aftor warming ourselves by the pleasant, open fire we were invited to SEE THE BADIES. Tho first room we visited was n pleasant front room, with two beds and two cribs.—thero being two babies in each crib and ancther on one of the beds. The beds and criba were white and clean; and the floor, which had no carpet, was alio white and clean. The purses, many of whom are mothers of the babies, were very tidy, but all looked like tired mothers. Some of them liave the care of four babiea ; and I think I saw one nurse with t wo on her 1ap, and rocking g crib containing four more,—tw0 at each end. I think wo saw five or aix rooms boside this one, smaller and more crowded ; some of them with three or more beds and the same number of cnbs, nearly every one of them containing four babies. The rooms were CBOWDED, BUT NOT CONFUSED. There seemod to be the most perfect order sbout the honse; but no ono eould visit that Home, and see if as it is &t present, withont Teeling tho very great meoeesity for the complo- tion of the new Home, which remains unfinished for tho want of fands to complete it. Doubtless many who may read this have themselves visited the Home, and have also realized the great need they have of more room. Seveaty souls in an ordinary dwelling-house! It is not strange that thoy are obliged to turn away somo who would be glad to find a home there. . Oh! will not God open the hearts of the rich to help them in their great neceasity? Saroly, it is & cause which HAS ITS ORIGIN WITH GOD} for what else conld have mayed the heart of Dr. Shipman to found s home for these poor, holp- less, but innocent littis ones? We who ars mothers can fully realize the blessing of s Home, provided for these little gouls, who sre not only born without place of shelter, bus many of them without a mother's love. Who ‘but & mother can fully comprehend the misfor- tune of such a birth ; and who but God imows His purposes concerning the fuiures of thess little lives ? Soms of our great mea have been foundlings, and very many of our good men sad women have not an honorable birth. Ihave often thonght that the kind Father, who has Dumbered the hairs of our heads, does in soma especial way BLESS THESE USFORTUNATES,— sometimes with greater talonts, sometimes with greater consecration to the work which our 8s- vior left forus to_do. Two lives I havein my mind while I writa: One is a most talented lawyer in the State of Mamne; and ths other, & devout Christian minister, who bas, in the banda of God, been ths means of salvation to hun- dreds of sonls. If God haa blessed tho lives of foundlings in the past, can wo not feel that, in some of theso littlo lives, much good may be ac- complisned; snd, 1n providing a Home for thea, and nursiog them, and saving their Lives, wiio 2an toll or cstimato the extent of the good that msay bo dono ? o T bLave, whilo caring tenderly and lovingly for my own littla ones, in sickness and inhealch, while I bave been able to provide not oaly tho pecessaries of life, but many luxuries, tried to estimate what it would be to me, should I bo taken from them, to have somo.one tase them into their home, and provide for thom, and caro for them in sickness and health, and lova their gouls moro than their bodies. 1n this way, I CAN FULLY REALIZE 3 what Dr. Shipma is doing for these children, Alas! my despest sympathies, my most earceit ishes and prayers, and a very, very little Eelp, aro all I can give to this noble Christian work of Jovo; and, whilo desiring to do o much, 1 sm led to think of many homes in Clicago whers the help so much needed to complete tho ne¥ Home could be given and not missed. Mothers and dangiters, pity theso poor unfor- tunates, and, for Clrist's ako, administer to their necessitize. Perbaps you would be obliged to mako & sacrifice to help them; but would not be : LAYING UP TREASURE IN HEAVEN? Soon the golden opportunity of duing good 44 othors will be lost to us, and we shall ba callet to meet the Judge of all the earth; snd whs! can we 8ay (o Him if we havo closed our earsant earts to tho piciful cries of these helpleas chil dren? If we heed not .he cry for belp whlfl comestous in every bresth of theso infania God may visit us_in judgment, and take frod our arms our darlings, or, what is_worse, leavt them alone in this cold, wicked world. Let oml hildr al to us for Lelp; sod letil own children sppei lielp ; sod 1e01 Mes. E. be szid of us, *They have could.