Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 15, 1874, Page 6

SUNDAY, MARCH 15, 1874 "~ RELIGIOUS - NEWS, Contifiied Gains of the Evan- on Current Topics. wfiéttfis Tndependent Says of Prot. . ness of Human Life. Hotes and Ferscnals at Home and Abroad. —_— . Church Services To-Day. THE .RELIGIOUS PRESS. THE ALLIANCE. :The Alliance, spesking ot the ordinsnce pend- ingin the Chiczgo Common Coucil for regulat- ing the trafiicin liquors, saya: &id not seem to_occur to theso Tequsistors that the Twelfare would be yastly more lmperiled by ‘Eing between 2 p. m. 0B Sunday and 2 a. m. Though we goto charch preity regu- Tarly, s do not vellere in open whisky saloons ontho Lord's dry, till, with our sincers interest in the wel- v, we would prefer to have the ssloons 4 m, and 2 p. m. on Sunday, if they Torthiy would get the advantage by this change of topers gare to drink much before midday. The man wio il get drunk beforo 1 o'clock is far gonc. He ;!' ingtitution by sowe kind of au indorsemont of the Union cause, end that afr. McCormick, pro- or of the reaper, was 8o much disploased 18 n tho withdrawal of & donation of ehonld be sent to the Washingtonian Home. "Bt ai» otlll finer piccs of Legialstive compromise, ine ordinance sctually referred by the. Yote of the Couneil roquires the doors to b closed, alihough 1ot | priet to threate: £100,000 missed. Fretentd, snd the curtains down sil day Sundzy. With This mock respuct pald to public opinion, it is propoeed {0 haze liquer 8ol and dronk os {reely on this acrod @y an a0y other, It is an sttempt fo predont an s o acency where the decancy does mot | PATty, phatiace el . 7 ©5 in the Board, was freely discossed at that ti peara that Mr. McCormick pref 25 the successor of Dr,.Lord. There was a Dr. an eminent Presbyterian divice, who shed Mimself greotly by writing and e of Lho ablost of the theological ry = divine fostitution. of by your corres| exist, % THE ADVOCATE. The Adrocale, ip sn article an * Catting Drunk- enness in Tvo,” argues that there is no possiblo compromiss Detween excesgive drinking and totel abstinence. The editor eays: . Just now wo hear soms men, in tho pulpit and out of it, proposing fo gire 3 truco to wir on wine and Beer, and, £0 reinforcod, o win an allled triumph osex whisky, Such ‘propositions sre often mado in good faith by men who never touch either whisks, wine, or Deer, but are williog to enlist the sympatnies of the Gormon as against the Irish and polite Amesican Shieky. The proposition isbarn often of & eincere de- Firo o extirpato intemperance, and 3s often of & weak faith both in the decper inatincts of humanity and in GOU'S POFLT. e do not assent to the proposal. It is contrary to sxporicnce, and is impracticalle, Whon the very first femperancs movement in this countrs began. tie ex- pemiment was tried, and drupkeunes sctually in- Cressed, ‘Uaderthe prover logic, thousands abstain from sl stitulants, but £ 4oon as ou semi-indorse Sine and beer hundredsof young men will drink the Tetter by permission, and_soom, whea 2ppetile grows space, they will go o whisky without permission. TET NOTHWESTERN ADVOCATE urges tht Lhe present Tevival may be the be- givning of ope that khall never ond until all the world shnll have been converted. The edicor BSy5t 1t » mifllion may come esch year, all the millions may come fhis year, OF next, or_ yet within your life, dear etogenarian reader, ' This very revival of 1874, though it may not ndd as many thoussnds 28 herctos Tore fo the Church, will vet add vast volumes of that reactive, magnetic sympatby in wide church move- Tent which has its place in the plan as legitimately 85 praver and ong. Some day when these outposts g alt plauted s work will begin and & shout Brise it ‘shall peyer cease to echo until every sinner on earih baa heard the tidings, The pure rationalist and {be rationslizing Methodist minister will straightway Bave trouble, for ho will be fearful that the Church ill be eo chocked by uneducated and unnurtured converis that the whole tuing v4ll be a failure. . Not %o, Tentecost’s 3,000 in ome day did mot rulr the 120, There is nothing, save beaven, that is s0 potent 10 educate and strengthen the Dew CORVCXT 88 con- finued recival. ‘The ewly-pardoned sipner mever tusl atmosphers like that in n, The glow, the enthusiasm, ths breath of resent viclory make Christian work easy, £nd such work both evidences snd girds his faita. THE STANDATD. The Standard, discussivg the status of the Tible, finds thet, alibough not written to ex- press exuct scientific truth, it nevertheless is ubymulufl_r adapted to the wants of the present no: ¢ T'no scfentific {nquirer wonld any resl difficulty b exr found in sdjusting the record in revelation to {hs dpclosnres of a truo sclence, A seeming conflict woulz suggest to such an inguirer that he eimply st kcrutinize more carefully the supposed acientific Tact on tho one side, and tho interpretation of the - Bible wrds ou theother. Such mernods of inquiry are legiimato; they bring forward some of tho mout intensoiy interesting subjects that could occupy hunsn atention + and we must eteve that it is de- signod s vae of the noblest instrumeuts of intellectual Intpirstionand covelopment. Even 38 the case now stuzds, Ita ovicent tuzt Gol's book is the grand intellcétual power in this world, snd that whetlier conecientioig or now. the Lurnan intallect, just by con- tact with tha. book, & crouscd, stirred, put upon the exercise of its best Povers, and 0 is often helped and Lmproved more {han flxmiws, We would not, on our own part, corceds @ MEgo well-established principle of Scrizture {nsyiration W the hostile criticism of tle. present sge; but ueithier, on the other hatd, do wo tink it an omen Wuolyevil that such criticism sxiste, We bellova there S a ultimate £ood coming I'}_’el"l-‘lt'miafll“(.l'fl.\fil and we l;:j 3ot straid that this ax of the Lord will suZer injusy bewawe the oxen stumble. s THE ISTERIOR. The Interior thus discourses 0a Covscienco: Bat mex do ot think of this sexionsly, =i of the fiton which intelllgence snd cultuio «nd 9} moral Lraii pays to delicacy of conacienco § and 80 g lsy 4 fantieyic tricks before high b 7 enos, “uike 1l angals weep s piip i L of consrience] Every day our fellow-men are du whot 12¢ £2€ 10 wa menn tliings, narres things, and €. ciering bt {hel conscience’ compels them o thy courec! What & 8Bunt it is tomoet & courcientionsly ) penurions msD, OF & nerson consclentionsiy suspi- cioits, or jealous, or hatéia]| Instezd ot . being molli £ed by s fact, one becomes half grieved and half in- dignant, that tho'man should he ,Z‘, owner of such & conscicnce 3 something as all fel, not Jong since, when Strein was lnvolved in s fatal COmsjon by beiDg an bour or more out of its time, and the vnductor oz the epgineer plesded that his watch Was tuinour wrong, r h3d quite run down,- What businows Lad 5 man, Pacod i such o rosponsiblo charge, Lo CazTy 3 watcli Rud refuca to consult or examine it till it was in Buch acondition? A comscicnce {8 an orcéllent thing for & Join' to have; i guite indispensable, in fact; but Ion san compound of sense, of obilgation, and of ‘arious degroes of knowledge of of ignorence, it needs continucl winding up and Teguiation. . THE ADVANCE. The Adrance, in its iesne of March 12, sdmin- \gtars = rebuko to the Chicego School Board for axtending the school bours from five and Lalf ‘o daily seszions. of six hours *by & new rale.” The real fects are, first, that the Board of Edu- sation had not extended the length of the ses- sions by a mew rale, but had, two days beforo the date of the Advance, reduced the hours to Hve Tor each daily session. Such paragraphs in- dicate neither: enterprise 0or & very good degree + of information 'in regard to the subject under discussion. F : ——— CORBRESPONDENCE. * THE INDEPENDENT ON PROF. SWING. # the Edtor of The Chicago Tribune: ‘Sm: I call'your attention to an editorial of tho Independen,. for the reason that it expresses <o well the feaiings of thoee who are, Bundsy af- ter ‘Sunday; made glad by the eloquent, clear, and £ orcible expositions of the varied traths of the Bible by Prof. Swing. Thoso who have long who got their salvation by faith and , th Tascality.” Hinio{llz Preabyterianism of the sixteent centuy, him bo suatbema.” 0xE or Pror. The editorial of the I ondent refers, aft Bwixa's HEARERS. or giving & _ehort nlerior controversy, says : ‘man who balds irmly to o the need of sal- ‘tarough the sacri~ ho with all carnestness exh men tobelicvein Chrisy that they msy bo saved— e gives to the work of explapation somewhat differ- t i tho Presbyterlan standards, rom the Presbyterian pulpit. Prof. rin his own mind upon this gues- -headed man, who Dalds tory of the Swing- ‘The question Is, whether 8 the historical facts of the Gos] vation and the supply of that e ealvation s philosop! ent from that tav) shall be excluded Fatton is very cles! tion. Heis an honest, clear- in their entirety the de terian confession ; not accept them hav w hare are many persons who, liko Sreek in an editorfal, accepted the 1 ¢ feesion because they Tegard it pol . murdmld "thd the A not pretend to indorse every. Immortality of the Soul--—-Sacred~ | B Bl o o, \ic formulas of ihe Presby- d be insists that those who do ‘¢ 0o Tight within the Church. But tho Ecangeliat last Presbyterian con- &8 substantiaily word £ who even bold wome of ita_explanf= Swing 1s one of His difference with tho dogmati bly rather mors warked tlun that ool men but ho holds, 23 wo Buppose, to the cardinal truth of th tho issuo la very fuirly pres into_forms of d 03 whotlier any footing ‘Prosbyterian Church t0 Bashaell, and Robertson, ‘and McLeod Compbell ‘asuohas been tmade up, sad it to & decsion. Prof ‘wodomot beliove. Ho is & Oho of the best loved min- o who hear him Sua- at the Gospel which he thest. hin church is of most New his person, theold truts may statement a little moru flexibl shall bo nllowed within the reachers of Cl ‘homas T, Lynch, “We aro glad that the the Inzerior will push Swing witl bo l\llglpmfined, man of rare pulpit power, faters in Chicago ; and the peopl day after Sunday know _tl preachies fs not another G which it is clothed may confidence not only of his Dis ministerial fricuds in. ‘assaulta upon him as that of Dr. Iast Presigteran, compares otlier clowns, ouly streugihien the people who kuow bim best. euch e somerhiat nEW. own church, but of most of Chicago; and such brutal ‘Junlkin, who, in the o Josh “Biliiugs and himin theregards of DR. PATTON AND 3. M"CORMICK. To the Kiitor of The Chicago T "o controversy about Dr. Patton's ap- esent place recalls a subject ticslevery circles, About’ the beginning of tho resideut of tho North= 24 5¢ Al and then closed bonesily | PoiuLmiEnt to Lis pre 3nd foirly 1he remainder of that day sod night, | of somo interest, i an Ve bellere that good order and public decency aud | time ago. of | was saxd that Dr. Lord, P Bt T fact i3, that zone bat the most desperaie | wogtarn * Presbyterian After some trouble the anti-Union Theded by Mr. McCormick, won ascenden- and Dr. Lord refired. So mach erred Dr. Hodge Hodge, Qistinguis arguments provirg slave: Was this the man epoken ents 28 Mr. McCormick's candidate for the denoy of tho Seminary 2 1f 80, his recommenda- tion ot Dr. Patton would secm to prove your —that the reverend gentleman was im- Br. McCormick, whose 100,000 dons- taoa to be contingent upon the d prodonce of the President of the I refer to the matier simply as 3 and to draw out, if poscible, tho ory of .an institation in which s or- eut feel a deep interost. E GLEY SWISSHELML position, tion was ungors! thodox people in the ¥ To the Editor of The Chicauo I'rivune; Sm: Why do most bloody lay rather tha treating of crimin + Blood for blood o the mulder oue, when " An oye for sn eye— "_geems to touch tireir sensi- bilities of justice, rather than ** Thou shalt not Eill3” Forgive that ye m: Your correspondent ‘L. #Does the Biblo contain one passage the death upon the murderer ¢" memory of most of us, when would claim: that the slavery—ergo, slavery in_Sundsy's psper, is wi the_ apologist of - slave: Biblo nowhers condemn “ Thon shalt not kil,"—a command ; with This law cleims g Your Bible enys : ‘plain, imperstive, unoquivecal To reservation or qualification. to be direct from God Himsell, written with His own finger, in no way sabjected to the f intermediate prophet. Ho does not alt not kill sn innocent mun, & cderer. But simply andin an uoi- “Thou shalt not Lill” any man. “This is its meaning, or it meeas Dothing; and, of that such 1s its meaning, we have the ‘of how Ho dealt wich the first murderer. Yo thav man should not mistake & mark upon hix, so that ot of mistaken roforrod tosttond to Himsell. they poiut to the bieod-for- scs. Hers wo find a con- tion for s 'to answer is, Wisich ehall wo obey—the one coming ero can be no doubr, or the an interprater, where there is Tor mistakes to creep in? to believe that mau tared with his own bl there_being grave doubt in ¢ tho groat mass of sav, Thou sh thief, or s mut voteal £onse. * 8o careful was His mesnng, Ho pat they should mot, in some wom zeal, do what He i Opposed to this, blood law, given by Mo: from God, whero the one coming through always groat Toum Thore is grave reason Mosey' lavis were tinc! thirsty disposition, theso two cases, in view of feachings that : God is Love; that we should ics ; that vengeanco belongs that we should judge not, lest we be not_give the poor, undeveloped fit of tho doubt, snd leaa to the sido of mercy? Burely, if He is the loving Father Ho ia pictured to us, He could oot be ~ t us for pursuiug such a course. L. aiits “Why i5 God g0 strict {u urg] sacrodness of buman life ?” Does this thirst Tor the blood of the murdererevinco that “L.” is actunted by any euch regard ? That God did so igh human life to be regarded s evidonced 1n thia first fandamental law ; and Christ sore- and wished still_further to impress it ‘His Wo findhim branding tke “hater” as *“a murderer in bis heart alrcady.” Ho saw clearly that if man harbored batred it was but another and a_short step to maurder it- rested was Ho with tho sacred- fo that Ho would have us avoid all semblence of Hate, the twin-brother of Aur- 16 thero no bate in this cry, * Hang him Haing hum 1”2 * L. tellsus thac Wo must do this, for it in & duty we owo soclety. He admits that ‘e my not do this himsclf, but only get a few Drare of ¢ hims ™ to make a society and—presto ! —=a ot enly may doit, but Moses commands him to doit. Will be point out anythiogin ings O his Naster which authorizes any difforent 0 3 pist of society than 18 required of bim 88 st indivityal? Are wo not commanded to live purs, loving lives; to forgive and bo merciful to lose Wi trespass npon us, even to tho return of grod for evil ? bear preached ot everysand that, if we would judged. VWhy Sictim the bene s0lf 5 and g0 imp: ness of human i And do we not om " in,_ sad _ though parts 0w it i & cominon helief that s s eliel thet ey ono for tho many,—but nothing in Christ's or Nature's toaching justifies 3oy such abstrdity. If they teach auy difference, it is that Bociety, , grozation, should thow & grenter circamspection end a_greater love snd mercy. They are stropger and have greater facilitics to protect themselves, and with thoir cmbined Tisdom should ba oxpected snd required toact It is the reverse of this_which makes it possible” for one scting in the imporsonal position of s member of a cor~ poration todo those acts which, 2s an_individ- ual, would brand him ss a imavo, and yet hold up his head aud be respected ‘s an honest. man anda Christisn geutleman. infamy bss been perpetratod in the sacred name How much of tho bsse animal pas. stons is bronght out and kept alive by this eamo 0, which it 18 claimed gociety may dividual never ! 1 the good ware only batter, Youid the wicked be so bad ¢ greater forbearance. listened £o *tho Word, the Truth, and the Life,” 2 expounded by him, donot “*suppose” with the Independent, but know, that * he holds to the card:eal truths of the Gospel.” He certainly gives to_the work of salvation a philosophicsl explanation gomewhat different from that taugbt in the Presbyterian standards upleld by Dr. Fatton e id genus omne; and in that he does %o we thank God, and take coursge, boping that we may yet catch s glimpaeof the silver-lining of the black cloud which Las for such » loug, woery neriod hinng about the hearts of men, all taa time threateuiog to rain the unniterablo woes of eter- nsl damandion spon the souls of all thoso who daro io think. With the Independent, we are glad that (e issue has been made, and we_hope thst the Inlerior will * push it to & decision.” We want to Jmow what Presbyterienismis at the present day ; whether it hay kept up with the soul of tke human rece, or whether it is still in- Solved, in the mazes of theological discussion 25 to how rmaoy angels can dance upon the point of 8 cambric-nesdle, and, with its fiat, ©* God orks in s mysterious way,” is still clipping the wings of buman reason. Prof. Swing has dared to think, and has fol- syrlogisms to_the conclusion of St. J Yo soc, then, how by works & man is Juiiied, snd not by faith only,” and, in making application of this truth, ho has simpls utiered iDe vesdict of the sge, that ‘'Mauy there aie THE IWMORTALITY OF THE S0UL. To the Editor of I'he Chicaso Tribune : StR: In the reply of thc Rev. Dr. Thomas to discouree on the immortality orry to see that he felt that L { “Infidel ™ in that he did Scripeures for all of his argamenta. d him that that was fartheat from t that there were stronger proofs to prove to bo found there tioned 23 having been Lim. . L oot only heard of, for myself, not only the firet petition last Sunday morn- must confess to having hiy plectod to hear the arguments, T agree with their correctness or not. Tt is, indecd, & very fevornblo system when +ho hold such positions as Dr. Th itto be a tiume when tho truth, and must Le our.guide, no mal my criticism of of tho eoul, I W= bad raised the cry 1 easure you an ‘my thoughts, but tk of what he was trying than thoee which I men breught forsard . by bat 1 actually hear discourse, but its_re] a8 announcad, and I tter in which direction Bat there is one matter of which mention was made in this last discourse, which, it seems to e, needs to be more thoroughly si approach this subject witl do good, and, 1f possibls, who are grappling with tho sabjec: stand that there is bat ons way to £ct! that by the teaching 1In rpeaking of tha lead thesd =reat minds & of Jesus Christ. vl phenomenal proofs of im- ‘mortality, leading smong whick was the evidence we had within ourselves, by communion with the Bpirit of God, and which' every child of God is privileged to enjoy, the Doctor spoko of theso a8 Epiritual proofs, and by whick this question was takten out of the realm of doubt and into that of knowlodge. Now, T admire his position here, and must cor- tainly agree with him; but when we coma to take into consideration his spiritual proof of the dying Bishop Clark, we cannot but foel that bio is. treading on dangerous- gronnd, snd opening of belisf in commuoication of H_pirufl in ning aiter “ rappiogs od Hppings. its ces,” aud its thousaad and one oatcroppings of the worlks of the devil. Isit tobo ‘wondered at that church members should visit these ‘‘medi- aion * when men like Dr. Thomas give & quasi- Kflmm’ sion by such nttersnces? And, now and re, I feel it & duty which I owe to tho cause of Gadand tho good of my fellow-men that I should rebuke him for this; sndin a spirit of humility Jot me point cut & way by which tho Charch may call back to herself the wandering goals who have gone out from the fold of truth'after this buadie of error and deception. Not but that thero is & moisty of truth in these * manifesta~ tions,” but the error_which i mixed up with them and goos hand in haud with them makes them of such & natura that the truth is obscured and error triumphs over all. But to this way by, which the Church is to recayer her [ast-waning power over her subjects. The human mind sasks for something it oan feel and handle, 88 & reason for its faith, and the Church has answered, Faith is what yon want. Have faith and that is all yon need! “ By faith are yo saved.” Very well. And is this all? Iathisall tnat s kiud, loving Savior has given us ? 1 anawer, Ho bas given us an ar- gument by which we can demolish all error_and ovorcome all opposition. In Jobn siv., 12, we are told that He that believeth on Me, tho works that I do shall he do also;aud greater works than these shall hedo; because I go unto my Fatber.” . ‘Agoin, Mark xvi,, 17-18, we rasd: “‘And thase sigus shall follow them that bolieve ; in my namo shall thoy cast out devils: they ahail speak with. new tongues ; they ghall take up ser- penta; aud if they drink anv doadly thing it Bhall not hurt them ; thoy shall lay hands on the sick, snd they shall recover.” Now, lat mo ask if there is not, in these words, that whiok, if put in force by the Church, will at- terly deatrdy all this modern Spiritualism? Some- thing sublimer far than table-tipping aud raps ? ‘Woulp it not take away the occupation of all those who to-day are enriching themselves by the crodulity and ahort-siihtednees of the people 7' These words which I have quoted are #o full of mesning and truth for this generation that I ean- not refrain from a few words of comment. Ihave been an aitendant upon church service, of all denominations, for thirty years, and havo nover heard these texts which I have quoted prosched from, or taken in any way a8 tho besis P iscourso ; and why this seeming overlook ? Why this ignoring of plain statemeut of the wordsof onr Savior ? I answor that it is becauro the Church caanot boliove them 1 It is uscless for the Church to say that it does believe them: 1 nuswor again, in the words of Christ, Luko vi., 46, ' And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not tho things which I say " Now, if thoso things, which Jesus bag said His believers should do, they refuse to put in forca, how can they find fault if the adyersary shounld tuke them up and uso them for his own pur- poses? But I hear some one, who thinks he has found out all truth, say those taxts do not mean bave inferred. Or, * that mon is an or “heis crazy.” But I toll yon that, until the Cburch comes up to its great priviieze, and gives to the world and to its aevoteos this truth, thisfulfillment of the words of Christ, this argument which will appeal to man's reason, be- canee ho can feel and realizeit,s0 long willxhe con- tinus to retrograde, loso her' power, and finally shio will find herself whoro the aucient Babylon- islh Empire was when, in the midst of the great- st apparent splendor and succesy, there was writ- ton on her walls, ¢Mene, Xlone, Tekol Upharsin 1™ ‘And now, lest I should sesm to bear with un- due weight on Dr. Thomas, by having, in this commuuication 8poken of Lis discourse, and in terms of condemnation of some parts of it, let Imo sy that icis m tae epirit of humility snd With an honest dosire for tue truth to prevail, and that, 5o far as bo is concerned, and his opin- fons and teachings, I would to God thers wero ‘more suoh, for I beliove him to be fally desirons to know and obey the truth ; and it is more bope- ful to see & man reaching out after new truth, and new mothods of thought, thaa it woald beif, cantented with present soquirements, e should Qquietly sit down and aay : ~Lknowisall. Inave 1o need of more light.” But I long to eeo the dsy when Christianity will take to herself tho rights and privileges which she has inherent in herself, which are now Iying dormant, and go forth conquering. How long before there would be s rattling among the dry bones of this nrosent ago if she should step up ou tnis platform which Cnrist has built for her? Heal thesiok by the laying on of hands; cast out ovil spirits from men that they mag be clothed and in their right minds; do mighty works which men may see, sad grasp, and feel, and tako into their inver conciousness, and be permeated with wondrous truth! This is what the world is demanding of the Charch to- day; this is hier privilego; ihis it has been asid sha shall do if she believes on Clrist. Will sbe do this? Will she put on ber besuteous gar- ments? Will she clothe herself with roses of righteousness? Wil sbe b rosdy and waiting for the bridegroom when he comes? Will she havo Ler lamps trimmed snd burning? If €0, she must take to henself all the weapons which the Master has given her, snd then, and not till then, will he aseume her rightfal positionbefors the world. Let us all labor for that eud, WINEORN ADAiS BHAW, MOSES AND SCIENCE. To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune: Bm: In looking over the columns of the Inlerior, & Presbyierisn journal of your city, I learn that there is quite & thoological war rag- ing sround you, &t least I judge so from tho way the Interior pours out his wrath on your devoted head. Having somo acqusintance with the Viows of many of our best astronomers, in refor- oncs to the formation of our solar system, and hoving critieally examinod the Moeaic accouns of creation, as rolated in the first chapter of Genesis, I feel confident that it can be sliown, without room for doubt, that the account by Moses is totally irreconcilable with the deduc- tions of science ; and if you will allow me the ute of your columos, I will engage to doit in & Way that will be somowhat new, yet convincingly truss and, if it bo proven that: Moses gave an untrathfal account of orestion, how can we ;nmt ?.m when speaking of more important sub- ects ;i Astronomers hotd, nay demonetrate, that the whote space oocupied by the planetary ‘or solar systom, was one homogeneons body of matter, in an incandescent state (by renson of its great hoat), sud revolving on its axis; and, in course of timo, after sufficient condensation had taken placo by cooling, the centrifugal force becamo powertal enongh to throw off & vast semi-molten Ting, which immediu(clg broke, and its parts be- came & globe, which {3 callod the planot Nep- tune, After the same fashion, sicilar laws gov- orning, we have the history of tho birth of all the pluuets fo_our system, including tho earth.- Wemust not losesight of the fact, however, that the great central point, the sun, 18 the eus- trning power which keeps the planets in their orbite and sastains them thore ; indoed, without the sun, wstropomors tell us all mattor within the bounds of the systom would be in & chaotic condition. Bat we must hesa obsorve that the sun, which was 8o essential in the formation of the plano- tary system, could by un possibility be the sun spoken of by Motes ; becawse_tho losaic_sun, according to the record, was itself croated onme day after the creation of tho earth Tho earth, being o planet, must have been bronght forth under the same laws and conditions a8 were ths othier planets of the system—all children of the great sun of science, and obedient to his at- tractive powers, moving in regular orbits aronad him, according to their different developmenta. All the onter planots must havo bean brought Torth, according to scientific revelation, before the sun of Moscs was created! This'is evident from the account stating that the earth was cra- 2ted on tho third day, and the sun on the fourth dsy. Another discrepancy is fonnd in the fact that all tho plavetary bodies, without excoption, rovolvo dound the sun ; in fact, the first motion’ K n!hphn.elu_ isin grbitd‘m‘der. ow it i8 evident, from what has been set forth, that tho Mosalc sun was but » myth, for neariy all the planets were crested before him, ‘I,:(: @o‘fcflnm n"r‘xrital l'xe\‘olu:.ianu around an ginary sun not yot in existence is amon, the impossibilities. ‘So we ate forced, by !ugicfi reasontog, to reject tho Mosaic sccount as un- trae and mythical, and accept the truth as demonstrated by ecience. In conclusion, I would commend the foregoing parallels concerning Moses and ecienco to thoss tueologiens who are over straining ot guats snd swallowing camals. D.P. DusuquE, In, March 1, 1874 Avunora, TIL, Mar To the Editor of The Chicaco e T T Ste: Inotice in yourissueof the 10th an article hea®i * B'shop Chency in Auvors,” Which your reporter has writton up anythiog bat right. ~In tho first place no one here ever heard of an admission fee being ssked.to hear him ak, uotil they road it in Te TRIBvyE; and; m the second, the old Rector who *is reported to have told the members of the-old church not to* attend his loctare is in - Vermont, where be went three weeks ago to- bary his wife in the old famaily grounds by ber, request bafore she died, And I oan assare you that the -0ld members of the un-Reformed Episcopal Church in Aurora care very little- about the new organization, a8 those who propose to join it can be very - well spared. Respeotfully, - H C H DH. DE KOVEX—A BROAD CHURCH. To-the Edilor of The Chicago Tribune: _ S+ Your paper is ‘not genorally satisfied with & superficial view of matters. Permit me to suggest that it is time that the lato Wiscon- gin Convention were viewsd in its true aspect. Within the Church there are'two classes of persons,—ono_class, catholic, comprehensive, and the other restrictive,’and narrow, and sccta- tian, Taese two clasaes arefound bothsmong the High and the Low. Some High Church porsons inetst that the Ohurch shall be narrowly High. Bome Low Church persons insist that the' Church shull he sectarianly Low. The great body of botls parties, whilo tenacions of their opinions, regard the Church as she is,—broad, comprehen- sive, the home of every man and women who be- lieves in Jesus Cbrist and is desirous of leading a godly life. Thoy require only the simple: creeds sa the platform of the Church; the Lord’s Prayor ns the model of worship, the Ten Com- mendments a8 the ralo of morals, and the sacra- Theatal end confirmation formale for the per- fecting of the Church. - All else is matter of opinion and proper difference. They bo- lieve in - permitting cach congrcgation to modify its worship to sait itsclf, provided the *Torm of sound words” is retained and nothing contravening the foregoing requisitions i employed: - Thoy pormit each ono to interpret alao without any metaphysical or dogmatic con- ditions, Thoy know that the differences be- tween High and Low have existed for 200 years, and the Ohurth hes prospercd, ‘and they ask Shat ia tho wrong? They more and more afiym that this is tho glory of tho Church, and to make it diferent is to destrovits cathotcity and comprehensiveness, and make it 5 mere nArTOW This great body of the Church has been com- pelicd at ono time to_rebuke the intolorance of the Low Charch party and at another to check fhe High Church party. It i8_glad to wolcome the Calvinist, but, whilo permitting him freoly to advocate the views of Calyin, he must not Toquiro bis- brothren to be Oalvinists. It Wolcomes tho homest and earmest disciple: of John Wesley, ~and per- mits’ him to advocste his' Arminiunism, Dut forbids him to make an Arminian sect of tho Charch. It sdministers bapusm by immersion, pouring, aud sprinkling ; but forbids the advo- Gates of these various modes to confine it to any oneof them. It permits weokly, or daily, or ‘monthly communions, but forbids any universal rula on the subject. 1t permits very High or very Low views of the Bacraments and their earnest discussion, but forbids the exclusion of any one Who has boen baptized in the name of Christ. Some, failing to make tho Church exclusive in one 'direction, Lsve gono to Rome. ome, failing to mae it exclusive in what they term simon-pure Evangelicalism or Calvinism, have started now sect. ‘The few who heve gone in the former direction, and the mikerzble failure of the * nes movement,” show that the moss of the Church, both laity £nd clergy, arc sound as to the catholic charscier of tho Clurch,—that they will not compronnse tkeiz great wiseion for a distracted Christiauity. - When Dr. Do Koven made his great speech in tho last General Qonventiou, 1t was not to rop- agate his views, which havo been sadly misun- dorstood, but in the interests of toleration. There was an effort mado to legislate Ritnalivm ont of the Church. He maintained tho rigats of the minority and seved the Church from 3 eec- tarian _position. Brosd Low Churchmen and broad High Churchmen sustained him. Tt was in tho intereats of a broaa and catholic Church that he almost begame Bishop of Massa- chusetts, s Low Church diocese. 1t wes in this fntorest that hio received tho voto of the clergy of Wiscorxin, and would have recaived the voto of the laity if they hed understood the issue. Wiy, thero is not 8 itualistic Church in Wiscon- sin! T am not a Ritualist, snd have pever yet do- liverod a discourse on tho polizy of the Church. 1 liave 00 sympathy with what [ regard a3 the Moraviau-Lutheran views of Dr. DeKoven, pre- forring Tather tho views of that emivent serviut of God, John Wesley, who lived snd died a Qlorgymian of the Epizéopal Climrel; yet I should Lo giad to seo Dr. Dekoven Bishop, "becauso he is 1 yery piows man, a very gentlemsnly man, & highly exceutive man, an exceedingly tolorant man, & very faithful man, and especilly in the intcrests of catholic, compreticnsive liberty. But, dosirous that -the public sbould dnder- gtand ‘the res! issue, I call attention to the fol- lowing article, It is the voica of the Church and Sale, publisbed in New York City, the Low Chureh organ of the North, edited by Johin Tot- ton Smith, the particular fricd of 3r. Chonoy before he reformad, and to whom Mr. Cheney gave autkority to represcnt him in his_interefts to the College of Bishops. 'VERITAS, The main poinis of the articlo above referred toore given in another column. S NOTES. AETHODIST. English Methodista are méurning the death of the Rev. George Scott, D. D., which ocourred in Glasgow Scottund, Fob. 1. The Michigan Avonue Methodist Church has received seventy members during the present ro- sival Additions are made every Sunday. Tho arrabgements have been pertected where- by tho Rev. J. Lavelle, pastor at xipon, Wis., ana W. F. Randolph, pastor at Eatontown, New Jersoy, dro about to exchange churches. The Northweslern Adtocale eays the Rev. George X. Strobridge, once of Chicagy, and re- cently pastor at Lexiogton, Ky., goes to Asbory Chusch, Duffalo, to serve that sociely as pastor. PDooations scom to be in orderjust now, in tho Mothodist churches. The following-named pastors_were fortunate to the extent noted, last eck: Tbe Rev. . R. Goodwin, Alattoon, $400; tho Rov. J. De Los Wilson, Kingston, IiL., 361; tho Rev. O, L. Fisher, Dolmar, Is., §109; th Rev. Wm. How, Mineral Point, 82005 _tho Ttey. H. Maney, Dok, Iil, 2425; the Rev. J. F. Baker, LeClaire, Ia., 375; the Kev. J. L. Buith, Giove Like, Minn., $68. Conversions are raported in the Methodist churches, as follows : Rirkville, In., forty; or- ris, 1l1., thirty-seven; Oneids, Il thirty. A Jittte church of mine members in Rome, Wis., commonced & series of meetings Jan. 2, result- iug, at the end of six wecks, in the conyersiguof ity, maoy being heads of families, Tho Rev. 3. 3ills, s blind proacher from Oconomowoc, Yondored efficiont mid. _Chebause, Ll Aty ; Fraakiin, Mich, forty; Rock Island, LiL, twen- ty; New Butland, ILL, thirty-seven; Bebewa Gorners, Til.. thirty; Woodhull, IiL,’ seventy- nino; Franidin, LIk, twenty-eix; Portvile, Ia., tweniy-five; at Bt. Joseph, Mo., manyhave been converted; Ishpenniog, ~Blich., twenty-five; Soin. TIl. forty ; Bit. Vernon (fowa) District. 3003 Joliet, LlL, 300; Loon Lake, Minn,, tweaty- weven ; Amboy City, 1il., seventy-five; Delmar, Tay forty-six; Monons, I, eighty-six; Lyndon, 11!, savanty; West Branch Iowa City Circuit, forty; Luke Port, Mich., forty-six; Danville, Mich.. sixty; Hanovor, il forty; Gordonville, Minn., forty ; Polo, Li,, eighty ; DeSoto Circuit, West ‘Wisconsin, twnty-five; Pecatonica, Is., soventy-five; Vicksbarg, Mich., thirty: East Paw Paw, 1iL, twenty: in Casevillo (Aich.) Cir- cuit the membership bhes incressed from fifty to 134 and 100 conversions have taken pluce; Priuceton, Is., eeventy-ive; Bed Cloud, Minn., soventy ; Mason City, Ia., twenty-three. BAPTIST. Beven ézersnns wera baptized in the. First Church, Chicago, March 8. £ T little Baptist Church at Englewood gave tho hand of fellowship to forty young converis on the evening of March 1. Those recently baptized are nearly all young. A foreign missionary meoting for the Baptists of Wisconsin and Northern Ilinots is to be beld 2t Racine, Wis., boginning- March £5. A good programme has been :q-nnged. The Standard eays: A very genorsl revival ig fn progtess in_the Union Baptist Church, at Aurora. Eight have been received for baptism. There are some forty or more inquirers. ‘The church is more united and stronger than it hus been for years. The Rev. 1. B. Palmoris pastor.” ) Other Baptist churches in the Northwest bave raceived members recently a3 follows: Malvern, Ta, Bixty-five; Vinton, In., five; Washington, In. forty-six; Sioux City, In., twenty-uine; Giiorokes, Ia., thirty ; Fort iadison, Is., tenty; Winterael, In., ten; Ashland, Neb., eighteon; Faribault, Mion., twenty-thres ; Stevens Point, Wia., ten ; Fort Howard, Wis., thirty-two; Pans, 1IL., thirty ; Delavan, L, sixteen; Mason City, 1(7} forty-one ; Bocktord, IiL, three; Clayton, 1L, over 100; Pipe Creck, Ind., ten; Juskegon, Midh., three; Kensington, Mich., twelve. Tho Rev. Dr. Wayland Hoyt, who was eup- posod to biave accepted a call from the Michigan Avenne Baptist Church, of this_city, to becoms its_pastor, it is now loarnied, has declined the ezl in favor of the Shawmnut Avenue Baptist Churoh, Boston. The Michigan Avecuo people Tegrot this, but are determined o' have a5 good a peator as can be fonnd in the denomination. They have invited the Rev. Mr. Ellis, st prescnt pronching in Kansas_Qity, Mo., to"preach for them to-day, with s view to giving im & call should everything be satisfactory.” It is said that 51,000 more than was offered. in Chicago, aa salary, togother with tne promise to build a new house of worship, decided Mr. Hoyt to go %o Boston, rather than Chicago. The Boston peoplo pay bim §7,000. PRESDYTERIAN. Theo raeligions interest still continues in the Presbyterian Church at Austin. . Ninoteon persons were received into the Pres- byterian Church 1 Bioux City, Is., March L ‘March 1 twonty-threo wera recoived inta tho i::ul Presbyterian Church at Leavenworth, . i g Twenty-six _persons. have united with the church at Faribaglt, a8 the result of & revival meeting. * 3 The Pxeab'{’hrimfl of Tecumseh, Nob., dedi- cated s now house of worehip on the last Bab- bath in Febraary. - ; At Bigourney, Ia., the Presbyterian Ch received twonty now members ot the Alarch com- munion service. # The Onargs, Iil., Presbyterian Church raceived into its comtunion and fellowship, March 1, seventeen persons. . Forty additions bave boen mado to the Proe- byterisn Church at Hyde Park, in charge of the Hov.D. 8. Johnson. - . . The Presbyterian Church of New Lisbon, TL, recoived fifty persons into its bosom last Sunday, foriy-four of whom were by profession of faith. . The Rounion Presbyterian Church, on the Wost §1d6, 1n chiargo of the Rev. J. H. Walker, 13 discussing tho question of & new and larger chureh-building, At tho commaunion service, March 1, of the Seventh Proabyteria Church, Tndiaaapolis, sixty membora were added to the church—forty-two of them by profossion of faith. ‘The Alliance says: ‘ Twenty members wore added to the Firat Prasbyterisn Church at the lzst communion, snd twelve to the Railroad slnlazion, in charge of the same church, lest Sun- e A deep revival in Urbana, TlL., resulted in add- ing seventy-iiva to the church on the 1st day of March, - O those received on profession, thirty ve marriod men and women ; HiENty are young mon fifteen are young women. The romaiving tuud ate poys and~ girls between tho ages of 11 and 15, CONGREGATIONAL. Ten persoos united with the Edwards Chureh, Davenport, 1a,, March 1. Eleven now mombers were sddod to the church at Tlint, Mich., March 1. ‘Nine persons united by profession, with the Bov. Dr. Bounoit's church, Beeusburg, Wis., March 1. The Plymouth Congregational Church of 8t. g’!uul,hldmmeu thirty-five persons to momberakip arch 1. The Congregational church at Centra Point, Ia., bas been moro than doubled the past win- ter us the rosults of & revivi A revival is reported in the Congregational Chureh, at Winnetka, which began with the children. and has extonded to the adults, —The Congregational Church in Elgin, TiL. roceived thirry-one members on March'1, of \whom twenty-thres were by profession. Over forty conversions sre the resultof a rories of meetings av Ithaca, Wis. Of these fwenty-threo wero added to.the church March L. On the 22d of February, the Rev. B. 3. Ams- dent received eloven persons into the church at Strawberry Point, all of whom werehesds of fam- ilics. The church at Alpens, Michigan, admitted soveuty-tio members on profession at the March communion ; twonty-five were membera of the Sunday-school. Piymouth Church, Indisuapolis, received eighioen members at tho lzat Communion, and tL Mavflower Church, in the same city, seven, on profession. ¥ The Duluth church recoived seven by profes- sion March 1,who are eaid to be thoadvanca guard of a large number who are to unite in “May. During three years this church has received seventy-throo mombers. The Adeance seys the church at Mattoon, the Rev. A. L. P. Loomis, pastor, m the wenty-two months since their orzanization, have raised for their Louse of worship and_other church ex- ponecs over §5,630. bince Jaa. 1 their mem- Porehip has nearly doubled bs the addition of Uhirty-weven, nearly el heads of families, and all but soven by profession. EPISCOPAL. Bishop Whitehouse confirmed classes at May- wood and Ozl Park last Sundsy, preaching in the morning ak Maywood, and in the evening at Oak Parlc. g Christ Epiecopal Chiurch at Osk Park has just put up & now pipo organ, presented by J. H. §. Duickr, Esq.. Junior Warden of the church, 18 & memorial of his motber, who was one of the original mombers of tho charch. MiSCELLANEOQUS. A uoion rovival meeting a¢ Loslie, Mich., has rosulted in about forty conversions. At & union Communion service in Mettoon, T, 8 faw evenings einca, 600 Christians sa ‘down to the table of the Lord. The office of the Holslon Methodist, Morris- town, Tenn., was consumed by fire Feb. 12. The Toss to the proprietor was 23,500. March 8 the Rev. 3r. Gallagher proached in Toronto, Uanads, preliminary to the organiza- tion of & Reformed Episcopal Church. A synod of tho Catholio Bishops of the St. Louis Province was in progress last weok in St. Louis. The objoct was to il yacant Sees, and to create now ones where needed. The Alliance says the Reva, Glen Wood, U. D. Galick, and W, T. Brown have been holding iu- foresting meetings in the Presbyterian Churchat Austin, where the Bev. E. N. Barrett officiatea. A religions journal ssys, “Over 300 wero added to the mqmbership of Dr. Talmage's church, Brookirn, at their last Communion. - tween sighty sud ninety were receivod o Dr. Coyler's st the samo time. A St. Louis_corrospondent of the New York Framiner and Chronicle estimates the number of converts in that city under the Rov. Mr. Ham- %ongo's preacning, during the past five weeks, at 000. The last ot Mr, Hammond's meetings in 8t T.onis was held in Do Bar's Opera-Houso on Weanesday morning. Itwes a farewell meeting, and nearly all the ministers who had takea part in the rovival wero prosent. The Cougrogational Ministers’ TUnion met at Prof. Fisk's residence Tuesday evening. Thirty- Bix ministors, with their wives, were present. A considersble portion of tho evening was speat in 8 very intelligeat - discussion of the doctrine of Evolation in Philosophy. Y The professors aud officers of the four Theo- logical Seminatios of the city, viz: Congrega- tional, Baptist, Mothodist, and Presbrterian, ss- sombied st the house of Prof. Mitchell, of tle Daptist Sominsry, lsat Mondsy eveuing. Tho overal institutions were well ropresentod, and the ogcasion was oue of mach plessure. —————— A BAD WAY TO REPRESS RITUALISM. A correspondent of Church and State discusses in & calm and discriminating manner the recent Episcopal Couvention, held in Milwaukee, for the purpose of electing & Bishopas successor of the late Bishop Armitage. Tho writer attributes the turbulonce of that body lurgely to tho pecu- Tiar training given at Nashotab. He says: There are stories floating in the Church of manners in the lecbure-room not at 3l sulted to_refine young men, and these bzve made mot & few thoughtful men 2nxibus, and fearful of some auch display a8 has now Mortified the whole Church. And when 0ne sees such 2 documentas that entitled “Prineiples, not 3en,” Signed by the Professors of Nashotab, snd published ax an slectioneering document on the eve of an clec- tion, 50 unlike the work of thoughtful, self—containe 220 temperate men, I for one am not surprised o fin ihe men taught by such Profestors us intcmperate as their teachers, If the meeting of this Convention, ith fts mortifying concomitants,doss but tesch a sober, chastened selé-resiraint, if it but cnforees the need of gentiemanliness, s weli ss thoology, in Professora sod Bupils of an important, theological school of the Chireh, when this alouo was niced to make ts alumni stand simong the first in the Chareh, ft will bage done belter work than 1f it hed elected the best presbytar in the land forits Bishop. G The editor explains the arity of Dr. De Foven by express:ng the belief that 2 mediocre Toan had been raised to a point of prominenco which lus own merits wogld have failed in accomplishing, becanso he“stocd up gallantly Bgeinsl marrowing the present liberty of the Church in ritual snd teachibg. and secondly, that, because of this, it was o eneral impression that's part of the House of Bishops had deter- ihed to make him s marked man, and, by ostracizing him, attempt to deter others from holding, or at least expresung, the like opiuvions. Aman whom mo ome of them would think of trving for heresy, was in_ soiae way to be made to fect the force of condemnntion without trial, And his candidacy is the protest of those who Joted for him egainsp this apirit and this metbod. The writer thinks the House of Bishops 'will’ ot become & majority in their own body to teach: s pecnliar dmzfim if they will only coutinuo® to lot it be understood . that' they are plotting to hinder tho consecration of. such men 23 Dr. Do Koven. He cites the bistory of Massachusetts nnder ihe rulq of Bishop Essrbara s a0 exan. ple in point to. prove his theory, The writer concludes that repression is-not the way to put down rivual, that proscription of » man whom 10 Bishop in ghe Church wonld dream of trying for heresy, and secret in'lniemflnh! for canoui- cal action by the House of Bishope to maintsin a surer doctrinal and ritual exclusivaness in that THouse, will do mnch to put & man, not otherwiso eminently conspicuons, into the position of ‘ac- knowledzed loadership, with an enthusiastic and earnest and determined following, whilo a Te- preasive policy, by individaal Bishops, or by dio-, ceses, 18 Bure go-return and plague the inventor. THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO. The Central Baphst, published in -St. Loals, of March 5, fins & leading editorial on'the Uni- versity of Chicago, in which, after relatiog the story of the recent controversy, it calls npon all the parties to it to resign. It seesin thescheme to provide for & Chancsllor only & plan tore- place affairs where they wero bofore, which, it thinks, would be ;J;mc misfortune to the in- stitaticn. The Ceniral Baptisteayst ' - ' The roots of this grest diffoulty run back all the history of the University. An ex parte m\mfia called from anywhere, might eit for s year upon the ‘matter, and then would not be abla o 50 understand it 3 to rdjudicats it to the satisfaction of all, or ro- movo the difficulty. The time is passed for a consid- cration of the respective merits of the questions which Qivide the opposing favtions. Itistoo late now to' spoise the cause of either side, whichever mayseem to,be right, or o siempt the work of mediatlon. To all nuprajndiced persons who -have any. Jnowl- &g of this unhappy strife, thero ssems but cne possl- blo eolution of the whole' difficalty, and that i3 for both sides to retire from the fleld, No_temporizing, patch-work policy will do now. No compromiie can Do offacted which will not cripple, if it does not do- the power and influence of an institution which has pitherto given such largs promise of future grest- Dess. 2 ‘But this is not the worst thing fo bo feared ; 23 wo understand it, we aze in absolute danger of losing the TUniversity s 3 Baptist institution. ' In Heaven's name then, we 83y, atand axide, oll of you brethren, who are in any way mized up in the Tnatter, or are even unierstood tobs committed to citber side. Lot some trus and tried man, -who bag had largs experience in educational matters, be placed at tho head as soon us hie can bo found—3 man who can come unbiased, and who will stop his ears to_the Whole story, with all ita anplessaat particalars. Such an one wiil gatber around him all its friends, and in- 1pics the canfidance of the denomination throughout e land. e e PERSONAL. cmrcaGo. The Rov. J. E. Roy delivered .a temperance Jocture at Winnetks Wednesdsy evening. The Rev. L. Meredith presched last Sunday in tho Whitefield Methodist Church, to 400 Welsh- men, in their native tongue. Bishop Whitehouse is actively engaged in makipg his annual visitations to the Episcopal churches of his vory large diccese. Though he Tas reached sn advanced sge, bis physical vigor and endurance ssem to be unimpaired. Dr. B. Griffith, of Philadclphis, Secretary of thie Daptist Biblo and Publication Society, was in Clicago o fow days ago, looking after tho inter- eats of his charge. ELSEWHERE. The Rev. W. 8. Hamlia, formerly of Portland, o, bas settlcd &s pastor of the First Bapiis* Chuirch of Lavrencaburg, Iod. The Rev. Father Wi of Fond du Lac, Wis., is spoken of in connection with the- vacant Bishopricof Green Bay, Wis. (Catholic). A clorgyman writes to the Baltimore American that its aitempts at criticising Mrs. Van Cott are as ridicalons a8 the efforts of a mouse to nibble off the wings of an archangel. The New Orleans Christian Advocate notices tho denth of Mrs. Susan Moore, of Floyd, La., Dec. 9, aged 100 years, 2 months, sud 2. days. She was said to be thooldest Methodist in Louisi- ans, having joined the Church in 1503, The Rev. E. E. Bayliss, who hss served in the ‘moat scceptable manner the Garden Plains, IiL, Presbyterian Clurch for two years, about a week 2go nnnounced to his congregation that he bad oxperienced s change in hisviews concerning bap- tiam, haviug becn convinced that immersion was fhe only proper mode., In consequence of these views, ho asked for dissolation of the pastoral relation. Reeotutions were adopted expressing the fullest coufidence of the peopls in Ar. Bay- ligs a8 & pastor. £ — RELIGIOUS MISCELLANY. Tho Spectator, reviowing one of Dr. Talmage's books, thinks him ‘s preacher who keeps his hearers always trembling on the verge of & laugh.” ; ’ . Tho Memphis Presbytery has resolved to reo- ommend the licensing of such colored men x5 preachers as aro found to be fitted for the min- o s An Eastern paper saya the bibulous habits of Bishop Conway, of Albany, have led to his re- tirement from the charge of his_diocese, and by an order from Rome, the Rev. Francia McNeirney is now sole Bishop. = 4 A Theological Defense for the Rev. James De Koven, D. D., Warden of Racioe College, to the Council Held in Milwaukee, Feb. 11 and 12, 16747 s tho title of a pamphlet shortly to bo published by Pott, Young & Co. The efforts of the Southern Presbyterian and the Reformed Churches to effect an orgauic union seem destined to be successful. Commit- taes reprosenting theso Churchea met in Nes York last weok st Dr. Ormiston’s Church, and drew up & plan, which s to be submitted to the next annual meetings of those bodies. g The Roman Catholics of Now York State havo established and maintain 76 colleges and acade- mies, snd_ in addition support s number of primary sobools, in most of which - education is gratuitous, In New York City alono they have 85 of these schools, in which intruotion is given, on an averags, o 47,656 pupils. and also several orpban asyiums, to which they ooniribute an- nually soms $60,000. : A revivalist in Wright County, Is., ssked thioso of the audienice who wanted to g5 to hell fo stand up, whercapon one young man stood up, and was promptly hustled out and brought bofore s Justico for disturbing the meeting. Tho Court, however, ruled that if the yout wanted to go to hell he had a perfect right to do &0, and disnissed the case and the prisoncr. The New York ity Mission reports thirty missionaries in the ficld and 5,555 visita made &mong the poor in the month of February. The mission has seven atations; five Sunday-schools, Sith 1,500 scholars ; four churches, with 627 coms, municants; ten temperanca sociatle, with 4,000 total-abstinence members ; two lodging-houses, and two reading-rooms. : Mr. Beecher, in a recent speech on the subject of the difforances between his owm, and Dr. Storr's 2ud Dr. Buddington's churches, warned his peo- ple that thay were to expect tricky snd dishonest treatment from tho other two churches. “I must say,” he eaid, ** that, while Ionce would as 200n have thonght of cuttiog off my hand as that such s trick-could be done, 1 am_sorry to. ssy Dow that_ I firmly believe that just such a tnck may be played on us.” | « Feejee,” & Cannibal Islander, writes that the ancient’ Egyptisns tanght, and Christianity teaches, the doctrine of the resurrection of the body, and, s his poople have eaten the bodies of missionaries, which n ly became part &nd parcel of naid cannibals. * eojos ™ is, there- fore, troubled to know how his fathers will appear in the resurrection at the last day, and with what body will they como, and algo how the missionaries devoured by his fathers will put in sn appearance at the great .assize. He, there— fore, nsks the Christian people of this land to enlighten him. . % ’ A correapondent of the New York Herald objects to the method commonly in yogue of starting revival meetings. He thinkd * o say to one's_self, Now, Ill get up a revival, as one would geb ng a tea-party, and to put the whole matter into the hands of an' evangelist, s one puts the tea-party into the hands of a caterer, who Is to furnish dishes and waiters as well &3 food, is, to my plain judgment, s mockery. Send all the evangelists home, and do tha work yourself, ia the better wav. It demoralizes tho minister to feel that another man can doin his pulpit what he cannot do.” The religions society known .as “Dunlarda” was first organized in thia country abous the ear 1720, &t Germantown, Penn. They now ve some 1,200 ministers, of whom several handred are Bishopa. The number of churches aro estimated at 400, and the membership at 25,000, of hom nine-tenths, ministers mclude are farmers. The munisters receive .no stata salary, and are only remtnerated when engaged in misrionary work. They baptize by immersion, dony the doctrine of the Trinity and the endle: daration of future punichment. . — CHURCH SERVICES TO-DAY. EFISCOPAL. a At 5t Mark? Chureb, corner of Cottags Grove sad Oak avenues, Bishop Whitehouss administers om- frmation in the morning, and the Bev. Dr. Wanen offcistes In the evening. . 4 _gervices'as usual in thie Charch of the Epiphany, 3arch 18—8t. Gatricl, March March | March 21-6t. Benedich Abb, on Throop betéven. Mofifos.and'Adaima streets, cone ducted by the Rev. Dr. Stocking. Evening subject: ¥ g%, . vers will effiziate. s, usmal, iy St.iJonn’s - Chirchi -The evoning discourse’ willibs. “In Memary of Chagles Sumner,. the Xan-of Prin. it 7 R BUCRAD Y —In Calvary Church, on Wargen avenue, the Rer, 3. F. Walker Wil preach in e moruiag on Cone u:wuaflmfida”wdht&eflMinfi *Conlrma- —In the Charch of , the Alenement, cornerof Car- penter 2nd_ Fourth streets, the Bithop of Iiinois will preach and admineter confirmation in the evening, 3nd the Bev, Henry G, Perry will officiate n the mora- will offictate morning’ :ng in the Oharch’ of the Atonemen O on st Tovey sisoctn, ety —St. Jomes Church, corner of Huron and Cssy etreets. Tho Rov, -Arthmr- , Bector. Serviat worning and avening. . .. =y 2 —The Rev, W. Hervért Smythe will breach morning- and_evening in the Chuxch of, the Holy Communion, on Deaborn street, betweent Twenty-ninth aud Thin tels, Eveaing subject: *Women's Work in thy C).mn:h,;l v xa > z —St, Peter's_ Misston, Nos, 328 and 330 State six The Bev: Georgo C, Strost, chaplain, Horpine sy and sermion at 10:30 ; holy communion =t 11593, ., —The Rev. E. Sallivan ‘will prezch morning and evening in_ZLrinity Church, corner of Twonty-sixth Stroct and Michigan avenue. Morning subject : *Whay Ghristian Womes Can Do.” vk iy ¢ —The Rev. Hency H. Baum, of Colorado, will presch morning acd evening: in 5, Btephon's. Ghurch, an. Jonson street, between Taylor and Twelitl, s AETHODIST, 3 3 The Rev. Dr. McEnwn, of the. Wabath Avemy: Church, corner of Fourtesnth street, will preach thiy evening the sermon, hitherto deferred o account of Scknes, on the ¢ Radical Young Man of the Gospel§ or, the Prodigal's Boturn.? . . -, . st d " Tho Rev, P. lLincrs will preach morning and evona ing in Immonuel (German) Church, corner of Tarbing e e B Taors hen o thio moraio = v, Dr. 15 presches in. tho m e e e aa Yooy streets, Thero will be a unjon temperaace meotiug {3 the evening, with .addresses by differeathdios and gentlemen, o Cr ot et " 'The Rav. 3. 0. Peck preaches’ moriing snd even- ing in the Centenary Church on Alonroe street, nexr Morgan, - - # % The Rev. B. McChesney presches as usmal in Trinity Church, on Inclana dvenue, -near Twenty- Lourth siroer, Evcning subjecks’ * A Sermon for.tha our.” - 2. 20Tt Rev. 0. B, Felton will preach morning ‘and evening in Grace Church, corner of North LaSilié and Whito streata. Evening discourso on_tho: desth of Chales Samner, % . 2The revival interest continues at the Western Ave- nus Churck. The Rov. A. Youker will preach to-lay 3t tho msual hour, Eveming subject continued: “ Young Men of the Bible.” T R, Tlsc 2svin Borbast L rosch. . ih v, r iho morning 17 the Union Park Church. Ia the eveniag the Rev, C. D. Helmer will speak of Beform. e —In Flymouth Church, corner of Indiaans aveaua anad Twenty-alxth strect, tho Rev. C. D. Helmer will Preach in the morning, and the Bev. William Alvin Bartlett in the evening. g : ~Now England Caurch, on White street, near North Dearborn, Preaching morning aad ovening by e Bar. L. T. Chamberlain, - —Clinton Street Church, corner of Wilton. stroet, :{l:mm and evening service by the Rev. Joha Brade . —The Rev. Albert Bushnall will preach merning and e:‘!;l:s in the Leavitt Street Church, corner of Adamy o ’ The Rev, Mr, Cowza preaches worning and ev 1n the First Scotch Church, corner of Sangamox au Adama streets. o ~—The Rev. J.H. Walker preaches 23 usual in the Baunioa Church, on West Fourtcenth street, neat roop. —Américan Beformed and Jefferson Park Chur . Gulick wil preach in the morning, and the H. Lteid, of the Eighth Church, ia the evaning. . HFhero will ko morning and ovening service in the Westminster Church, corner of Jockson and Peorif streets, Morning subjoct : The Ark.” © T"Tho Rev, Dr. Pakicrsan will presch morning snd evening In the Second Church, corner of Micligaa avenus and Twenty-first street. - “Third Church, corner of Washington snd Aax atreets, The Rev. AbLott E. Kittredge will preach in fho moming on #3anns from Hesvea:” in U rcaizg,on * Bigus of e Timar, sad the Christian's uty,” - L fher will be evening service in the Campbell Park Msalon Chapel Church), on Leavitt streot, ‘near Larrison. * * Ashlind Avenno Charch, TheRer, Arthur Swazey will preach in the morning in the Swedenborgiaa Tempic, on Washington street, near Union Park. S Pret. David Swing preachos morning and evening satho Foarth Chusch, cormer of Tiusk sad. Oniaca » 3 - T The Rev, Charlos L. Thompson will preach in the ‘Fifth Church, corner of Wabash avenus and Tairty~ first serect. Morning subject: * A Stuesman's Service % His Generation.” Evening subject : *Alexandria W, W Mok " The Rev. W, W McEaig preacles morningsad evoning in thie Ninth Chuzch, on Eilis svenue, . PAPTIST. The v, Joseph Haven, D. D., will preach in tha nlon Park Church. Morning subject: #Jonscleacs i evening aubject : #Tho Rich Manad Hes Now Buras,® T Bov, N. F. Batlin will presch moruing nnd evening in the Ternple Church, corner of Harrison and Bangamon streets. 24" tha Second Cliurch, corner af Margin sed 2fonroe streets, the Rev. T. W. Goodspeod w 2 in'the morning, and the Rev. 3L Mable 1n tho evenin, O onll’ be Baptist servica in the Town Hall, Hyde Park, at 10:30 . m. 2 eirat Courch, on WWabash aveaus, sonth .of Hub- bard court, The Rev. Dr. Evorts will preach in tha B e i~y the’ ovsaing thero will ba & Gospal Tceting, conducted by B, F, Jacoobe. a0 % Ty Tndiana Avenua Chapel, corner of. Thirtieth steeet, the Rev, W, W. Everts, Jr., will preach in tas morning, aud Dr. Everts in the eyening. : O The'Rov, A, 4. Frost will preachs moruing and evening in iho University Place Chiurch, oppaslts RBhodes avenue, it 2Thuo Rev, G. W. Nortarap, D. D,, will preach morne ing and evening for the Ashlind’ Aveuue Church, sofner af Paulina and Monroe sicets. 38 . UNTVERSALIST. A The tev. W, IL Ralph vl preach in the morning Murray Ohapel, on_Indians avenue, nesr Tienty- inth sireet, and the Ecv, Dr, Forreatix in the eves %" 'he Rev. Dr. Byder will. preach morning and eveningin St. Paul's Church, on Michigan avenue, néar Ejghteentt stret. Evening Rubject: * Cuarles Sumner.” : 'In the Church of the Bedcomer, corner of® Wash< ington and Saugamon streets, the Tev. J. E. Farrate “will preach in thie moruing on * Chazles Sumaery the evening s Bev. r. italph will preach. USITAIAN. “The Rev. T, B, Forbus., of Cleveland, will preach the Church of the Messiah, corner of Michigen avenus’ and Twenty-third street, Morning subject 2. * Trus and False Christianity.” Evening subject : * Sclation of Science and Roligion.” i —The Rev. Robort Collyer preaches in the moraing in the Third Church, corner of Lafin and Monrve streets, and in the cveniog tho RBov. Dr. Savage will ‘preach’on ¢ Chinrles Snmaer.” '—In the Fourth Church, cornz of Prafrie avenue and Thirtioth street, the” Rov. Henry Powers, of ths Ghuzch of the bleasich, New York. will prescii in tis ‘morning on * The Things which Eadure,” aud ia evening on “ Tho Idzal Home.” p —In Unity Church, coruer of North Dearborn sad Whitney atreets, the Rtev. 3 J. Savage will preach 1o the-morning, and the Rev, Robert Coliyer in the eyen:) Church, on Adams street, near Jefferaon, Park, mord~ ing and evening. Momlag discoursa: ¢ Enaagusly, or, God with Us ;" evening discourse: *fAcquaint O¥ | thyself with God, and be at pesce.” ~2Fider Muliind wiil also’ presch at 3 p, m. in the" Town Hall, Union Stock Yards, Subjeci:.*Go Tell Them to Come.” . T —The Rov. William J. Howe will preach morning snd evening In the Tirst Church, corner of Iadind avenus and Twenty-Afth sirect. orning subjed “The Ono Body;” evening subject: *“Taksupits Cross and foliow me.” o v e 1In New Church ‘corner of . Prairie svenue s34 Eightecnth street, the Rev, J. K. Hiblurd will proadi 1n the morning, 00 “ The Temptation of Chrlst on b& Pinnaclo of the Temple.” 5 " Z'The Rev. J. B. Hibbard will preachat $:30p, D13, the Union Park Temple. = BEFORMED RFISCOPAL.: © o The Rev. Charles H. Tucker will preach mornidg and evoning in Emmanuel Church, corner of HanoTer and Twenty-eighth strocts. - = i "_iiiahiop Choney will preach morning and eveuog. in Christ Church, corner of Aichizun avemuo 34 Toenty-fourth etfeet. i MISCELLANEO! iy B. F. Underwaod; of Boston, will Jecturs fn b evoning before the Free Beitzious Soclety, i the Bak. Cormer 6f Randolph and Jefferzon atroets, ou the Kub- Ject: . 4 A True Man versus a True Christlaan-”, *ZThe Boclety of Adventists meet morning.and evene {ngarda. 113 ;rn?"a;mnon strect. - Preaching by BN 74 o gt Z_The Progressivo Lycenm meets at Good Templar’y, OB of Weat Washingion and Desplaisies’ strects, at 12:30 p. m. f EnE 2 Tk First Soclaty of Spirifuslists will hole sezvioed in Grow’s Opern! No. 517 West Madison strosty 2t12:30 p, m. There will be no other seryice. - The Christadelphtans meet for worshito this moFR- ing in the upper hall of Dyhrenfurih's ‘Business Ccl loge, Np. 149 East Randolph streat. 2 “English Lutheran services morning n the chuzch corner of Dearborn and; Exis. Btreets; in the evening in Bethl of Sangamon and Phillips streets. Ths Bor. ‘Belfour will ofictats in both 3 B Friends’ meeting on' Twenty-sixth stroct, between Indizna and Pruirie avenies, morning and esening. S Thomas Wilsoa will spesk;this eveniog in U corner of Lakn nnd. Seymourstrects, Subject: Man Immortal 27 S S e CALENDAR FOR THE WEEE, Trmcorite 5, March 15—Fourth Sunday in Leat, . 3 ' March 16—Twenty-third Day of Lent.. March 17—Tweniy-fourth Day of Leat, Mareh 18—Twenty-fta Day of Lent. . March 19—Twenty-sixth Day of Lent. R March 26—Twenty-soventh Dzy of Lenk” ‘March 21—~Twenty-cighth Day of Lent. ROMAN CATHOLIC, arch 15—Fourth Sunday in Lent- " | March 16—Feria. - lsrch 17—8t. Patrick, B. 0. 19—8¢° Josepiz; C., Spoume of the B, V. 3L, 82 b ooy o sho Cmivoryl Church. e 20— Most Precious lilwddoprm s ora Iy AR ST RIS argiss