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

B EE—— 68 THE CHICAGO ‘DAILY. “TRIBUNE ¥ SUNDAY; ' MARCH 22, 1874. Sermon on Materialism - by Dr. Gottholdt, The Spirit-of :the Re- -ligious: Press. What They Have to Say on the Temperance Question. Aare thBVBaptists to Bemnizi Close Communicnists ? Notes and. Persomals :2t Home gnd ; Abrb:‘x,q. . “ Church Services To=Day. DR. GOTTHOLDT ON MATERIALISM. —The Bev. lsasc Gottholdt, of New York, preached 4 most cloquent sermon in tho Ger- man Tanguamo ‘yesterdsy morning at the syas- gogue, corner.of May and Secend streets., The lparned : gontleman commenced by eaying that {here was opce a time when no other'rsy of light or comfort ‘remained totbe Ternelites ex- cept the Thora~the scroll of tho law. That was their-only hope—their only comiort. ~ They did not deposit it ina synagogue or a temple, but placed it in an ark which ‘they ‘carried along in )l their wanderings., Whos the children of Tgrael were in the desert, that ark was their maip pillar. < s o And it came (o paw, when the srisct for- ward, that Moses said © Rise up, Lord, and let Thine enemies bo scatiered; and lot them that bate Thoe flee beforaThee." “And when-it msted, he said: Retum, O Lord, unto the mags thousands of Israel.” Tliese words which b hzd chosen for bis text hnd retsiced theif significance up o the present time. They bad ot to contend aguinst encmies ‘prosent, norksd they any batdles to fight and ::Junlrlu to eonquer. Tfle superstition and prejudice 2gaiust the race had bien destroyed, aud good wil was manifested towards them everywhere. They had peace in the coqutry and peate o their midst. Friendship snd brothorly love were manifested among thea, and nothing marred the hArnony in their congregation. BUill therp were €nemics fo combrt, and these werp deep in tho hearts of every oue. fimt wss & -most terrible ememy,— 23 enemy ! agaiust their. future . life, and was knovm as materinlism. The was once a timo when Igracl was al_war with the Philistines sad suffered many reveises, but when the ene- my_saw- ths ark of the covepaut, they kai +Ged is with them and we are lost.” They, then, by varions devices and through the aid of spics, 8tols theark. Tho news of this sad cs- Jamity was brought to the blind Judge of Israel.” This itoble'and upright Judge, who bad heard of reversas, of ruisfortunes, of the death of those e loved best on earth; womoved and heroically, fcli dead when he Leard of the loss of God's Word. ‘This illnstrated - how much God's Word revered at that time, . ‘That materialism was the enemy of mankind L illustrated by the following parable : A man, for o crime which bo Lad committed, was cited before the King, The man had three friends, znd he went to the first, in whom. ho had the 10wt confidence znd whom his loved best, to re- .+ quest him to accompany him_to the King, and plezd hiscase, and gave him. But the friend refased to -do ‘anything of the kind, urgiog othos -and-more important daties. He then wens to tye second fiiend, in whom he had £oiné conficenge, bat not a8 much as iu the first. “I'hio friend ssid he was sorry for him, and to skow hin good will would accompany him a8 far as the palace of the King, but that was all he caald do. Reluctantly ho went to the third friend, in whom he had but little confidence_and from whom he expected the least. No sooner kad e made known his derire than the friend «hook bends with him, put on his- cont, went with_him_before the King snd pleadad the cags of his friend with such devotion that the heart of tho King was moved and_the friend’s lifo was spared. The first of those three iriends was materialism—the love for ghitering pold—for worthless wealth. In this friend man Tiad tho most confidence, o him . he doted, and him he revered. Bu! when he died, when he sas calied ‘before the King, ali remzined behind, and notbing of it would accompany him. The second friend was onc’s wife, children, aud friends, They would accompany us to tne grave—to the door of the palaco—but go no fur- . The thirdof the Fienis, 10 whot man ad the least confidence, ‘with whom he had but little intercourse, was God's lan—was true re- Do that friend would accompany us to the throve of God and plesd for mercy that we micht boeaved If they ever sirayed on the ]\:th of mzterialism, let them look upon the fThora, the holy word of God, that they might et again to the path of righteousness, TTirere was another ememy they had to fight t. That was the carelesanoss with which profe kept up theiz brethren during their many trials aud tribulations. The love of God, inspired with «holy 1deas, aad therefore His word as contained in the Thora, must bo preserved forever. Not in strife and war could the word of God be pro- fasued and studied, but in quiet, rest, and peace. When Elishs the prophet was pursued by Sa. drach he gought eafesy in the desert. He prayed to God for Lelp, and’ ihere came & storm, but the Diviue Deing was not in the storm. There cuno o 1aiu of ure, bat God was not in the fire. There catuo an earthqoake, and God was not in the earthquake. Then jthere came a low whis- jer, and tust was the whisper of God. This £howed that God was only in quiet, in pexce, in contentment, and in harmony. Lut onuy.couid eayif we have enemies we mast Al ave friends. God had iven us three {riends which, if recoguized, wonld successfully combat our ' enemics. They were devotion, hoty sabmission to the will of God, and keeping His holy name in_ reverence. If men always Leld io these thres friends no harm could ever tefall them. These friends taugkt them to bear the zaddest misfortore,to forget the losa of tnose we loved dearest oa earlh, and make us exclavm; “The Lord batia given nud the Lord it ten asay, and ke rame of the Lord be bicezcd.” . The wavs of Gud were incomprekens sible to the weak minds of wen. When we waw how the mest devoted, the best professors of re- ligion, must beg for their deily bresd fa keep thom from etsrvation: whez we saw bow wicked men were apparently happy and ricly, woile the rightcous were poor aud uufur- tuuate: when we saw how mothess whe brought up their children in the love of God lost them, onr minds may well ba puzzled and stazgered. Dut they must be contont, that God's wzye were inscrutable, and thai those He loved bext He Euuis).\(-d on this earth, and they might be the ctter entitled to hupgineas in the other world. If we understood God's word, there would be no uee in ecarching for it ; the more incomprehen- sible and mystarions the- doinge were to our mninde, the more could we seak to obtain light. God lsd given usthewordof truth, and Jeft within us everlpsting happivess, and although we often expericnced migforinng and bitterness, €lill tire remembrance ‘that there was a future 1:fe would lead us onward and “forward in the jath of righteousness and holines. g THE RELIGIOUS PRESS. TIE ALLLANCE. The Aliance sees in the genersl awaking and universal excitement that now stirs the people evidences of a great quickening of thought, and & tendency to bocomo beiter acquainted. It says: erwas”thers 3o little disguise or b sy 38 naw, and never was the world in sofair a way toreach estimzte of men snd things as they really are at Nis time. Before a {ree press, aud a_free pulpit, and afree and cnlightenod public sontiment, one ahnm after anather shall be torn o, and right and wrong in Charct and Society and State bs Lyd bare, aud truth :nd errur stand forth undisgileed. Nothing shall exchpe. The puipit, the prees, ‘the home, the chool, ilie Cuurch, the Stale, the rights of woman, the social £vil, amusetuents, the proldews of labor and czpital,— are ail 20 prss in review, aud,we believe, {0 take higher and fairer shaping for the future, Nothing of trath dod shall be lost Ly the incoming nes order of thitts, Mountains ehall be leveled down and vall lifted ap, old prejudices ehall disappear, bus the high- ey of trath and right becomes easier to 81l minds and hearts, The same paper has an editorial—presumably wniten by Prof. Swing—on the temperance qusstion,-in which it is said : \fucre is- zothing in the temperance-reform that makea it differ from any of the great shapes of mo- Tnlity which have along beforeonr eyes in times pust. A new sent st be builtdip in the multi~ tndes, nnd as rapi 14 formea {t will express itself in o City Coy 4 in o leginistive ball ; but E0 long a8 the majorifmp!-the peopls are the friends of: stroug drin . pu}:::fofllfi to approach 3 Councl orpudLes 4Fprif tie Conncil.could be proyed, THtod &g %, ok ority would, sqon Glser é Government:- A5/ upon - majorities. Hence wé must i a Cénuul, byt with thoss who elect a Car Oar Goualil mpm;um eucly the clty, for, Ticity of topers, we pave exaclly the Govmct wo s, and tho very best wo desire— 4}z siands not o a fow citizens, . but for tho ma- Jorits,, and hencs, 13oking at this majority, the prezent Conndil {6 such a phiotograph of our city a8 Bo genius i the ghadow art coald Burpase. - . -~ . - What 4b the remedy? Eridentty thers is bat one remeds —build up a better majority. Let our tomper- ance movement_pass from (o spasmodic form into thelife form. Letit, likn the Liberty movement, or 1o general Gospe) work, put on its armor for s 100z . campign, and not hope to affect tho habits of two hundréd thousand people by talking to Jacob Rehm. g I THE STANDARD. F The Stanidard discusses Tao Uses of Schism,” and concfudes that : : For the reason ‘that those forms in which trath, however certain, fitst casts itself, are by no meaus invariably the best, while fkis entirely possible for ezror, even outrageous aud mischicvous orrar, o be accepted andgenforced as truth during long ages, the Frsyness of age fatling utterly to redecm it essentlul falseuess. Schism may result in the exposnre of a Te- ligious skam or o religious usurpation, in which caso it performs o miseion just about na important a8 can e named, and the schismatic undsr theso circumi~ shinces becomies snotiier Moses lcading - hosta of emancipated minds to a new Canazn, o3 ~We donot intznd, therefore, on ofir own part, to yield very much 1o snxiety over tho tendencies to sebivm, T soparstion, to zepudiation, sud even'to lostilo confedsracy, which aro observed onall sides, Maay & poor.-goal must no doubt suffer shipseck pon the unfriendly shores toward which it stecrs, Te- fusiug the barbor with 1ts beacon and ics shelter ; and over these all who have any seuse of what it is fora soul to be lost will grieve, 2 & © THEE INTERIOR. ey The Inferior objects to the inclusion in the fold as good’ Presbyterizns of the Rev. Dr. Bushoell and the Rey. F: W, Robertson, repre- eentatives_of Broad Church theology, and _be- lievers in the moral mflaonce theory of the atone- wment, 2s Buggested by the Independent. Tho, editor says : ) The question now i8 not whether Calvinism Ss too narrow s basls for a church organization. The Pres- Dyterian Church is organized Calvanism, Tho Inde- pendent knows this, And yet it atfirms that the Pres- byterian Cburch will make room in its ministry for mep who hold Calvinism in utter aborrence. 1l ibe Independent 15 correct, if & place can be found in tho Presbyterian fold for men wko sympathizo with the theology of Dr. Bushnell and others, then, sooner than kep up tha farcs of professing » czeod swhich the church hias outworn ; 60oner than practice the dishon- caly of exacting vows which are not obmerved, wo sliould say : Cat down the Confcasion of Faith to the dimensions of the church's belief. Ask ministers to make no vows the observance of which the church will ot enforce, and deliver us from the reproach of having o theotogy in onr symbols Which We cannot preach: in our puipits, e THE ADVANCE. The Adrance, spoaking of **What Women Can Do," eays : 5 As wives, they might insist upon Leing allowed to sccompany their husbands to ail places of social re- sort in the evening. If the men must go' ont to saloone, and szmple-rooms, and clob-rovns, where drinking is the especial Order, let these wives Tequire admisufon and the right to Le prescat, 1f husbunds will drink, lot the wives ineist upon Laving it done wehiere they can feo it, Aud if it be o bad and im- proper thing that women cannot wituess it, is it Rot 50 bad and fmproper that no trae man will ever doit 7 THE NORTHWESTERN ADVOCATE. =% A split in the temperance ranks threstens to grow out of the question whother wine and beer shell be put nnder ban or not. Tho ltev. Dr. Themas and severn! other Chicago divines, hop- ing to obtam the influeuce of. the Germans and many others, see no specisl need of pushiog a crusade agaipst thess comparatively unintoxi- cating beverages. But the more radical reform- era sce notlung but _evil in & compromise of the sort - indicated. ' The Aorfuwoestern Adrocate, discussing the quostion, says: i W most earnieatly demnr. _This temperance reform i8 3 Teligions, or morsl, movement, and. ifs success is constantly threatened by compromiscs. Reform laboring in the name of God Bave no businces with temporizing propositions addressed to public encuizs. This proposition to tolerate wine or beer s exactly nualogons to the old aitempt to procure folerance of elaveholding by church members- in States - where it was difficult or even impossible to manumit the ensloved, The Aboli- tionists, in the name of God, prayed, fouglt, pleaded, Isbored, and endured early contempt for the Bake of ‘abstinetice from slavers, and soon God came in & whirl- wind bringing abundant entrance into the kingdom of pational emancipation, He extirpated, 20d #0 did not pause to split the evil into two_ vigorous survinng ieces. We claim that in this tamperance campaign we must striko at the root of the evil, 2nd 50 ruin the alcobolic, vinous and malt branches, Eeing moral reformers, we Liave 1o right to cease sppeal 1o God, and, turning earthward, get down in the dust to make delusive terms with breweries, . TUE MILLENARIAN. The Millenarian is the tital of & monthly peri- odical, commenced in Chicago in January, and devoted to the propagation of the doctrines of the Second Adventusts. TUE WORKING CHURCH. ‘o The TWorking Church, Dr. Tyng's paper, spesks of & new ease of Episcopal Church discipline. It says: A fow weeks 2g0, the Rey. Dr. Porteous, of the Eoglirh Churel, arrived in this country as a_preacher and lecturer, His mission was precisely apalogous to that of the Hev, Charles Kingeley, As in’ courtesy Dbound, he rolicited and received from Bishop Potter and Bishop Littfejohn liconscs to preach in thie . Epfa- copal churches of New York und Loog Island, 5o far, everything was regular. But Dr Porteous was in- vited to preach in other than Episcopal churches. . He is possessed of commanding powers, which ee- cured invitations to the pulpits of the Rev. Drs. Duryea, Carroll, and Scudder, and of Plymouth Church, in Brooklyn, 35 well as the pulpit of iL:e Rev. 3r. Hepworth in this city, These openings wore ac- cepted, and Dr, Porteons did preach in these, besides several Episcopal churches, ~ Lnmediately tho facts were known, Bishop Potfer in s very curt note revoked his licepse, and Bisnop Littlejohn, a8 ususl, followed hislesder. Dr. Poricous dsmanded, in very proper terms, an expianation. Biaop Potter replied by charging that Dr. Portcous had delivered comic lectures in a non- Episcopal pulpit.—“a thing which, whatever some persons may chooso to think or say, is a violation of ourorder and customs. I give these reasons, and 1 do not propose to discuss them now or Lreafter.” The Working Church says: Bishop Potter cannot be permitted to strike s blow at the Low Church clergy of the Protestant Episcopal Charch over thio shoulders of Dr, Porteus. The editor €ays: “Tho Low Churchmen are ready to yield much for poace, but they will ne~er supinely submit to such an sutocratic assumption of power as this in- retation of Iaw invalves, or ccnseat to be brauded with ecclesiastical irregularity and dislosalty while in the exercise of o liberty which, since the days of WhiteGield, no ono n authority has vesumed to ques. tion.?” RELIGIOUS CORRESPONDENCE. o HUMAN LIFE. $ To the Editor of The Chacago Trivune: s Sm: If you are not weary of this snbject, T should like to answer one or two points in “G.'s” letter in last Sunday's TowuNe. I will beas brief as possible.. First, bo lays great stress on the lsw, “Thou shalt not kill,” and “ Forgive that ye may be forgiven.” Well, a re- #pectable and worthy citizen on hisway home from Lux daily work is shot down deliberately and for the sake of plunder. His assassin is. Touad, srrested, tricd, and his guilt is clearly proved. Then *(.” comes forward and says, ‘* Thou shalt not kill,” and ko we may not hang him; and mors thua that, “Forgive that yo may bo for- ven,” und therefors we must let him go un- pucivhed—boranke we caunot forgive and Jruudsh oo, Forgivencss is the obliteration of the crime fornven,—tho looking upon it as though §t never had boen,—aud forgiveness wuA therefore eupersede punisbment. If this i to bold good in ome case, we murt, (0 be conemtent, hold to it in uff casen. Hence, if a mau gfeals my cort, I am to give him my cluak alzo, and forgive Liln, and let bim go; Jesus Himeell commands thix, But, if " G.” caught » fellow wtealing bis coet, would he call bim buck and give him a §50 cloak also, and bless bim, sud Jet him go? If he would not, e does not practice what be preaches, God put a mark upon Cain, not to prexerve Lis Jife fiom tho Eeutence of law, but becanse at (hat time He bad not pronounced the sen- tence of the law upon the murderer, sud wmen might not, guided only by their own blind passions, creata a law o which ho Had given no snnction, and lay violent hands, as they un- doubtedly would have doue, upon one who had shea his brother’s blood. Baut, when “ G."” says that the laws Moses wrote were tinged with his’ own bloodthirstiness, he shows an ignorance of Bible_history, which at once shows him (or ber, for Istrongly suspect vour illogical correspondent is a Iady) anqualified to srgue about the Holy Book. If there is.oue characteristic of Moses which is more marked than another, it i8 his meekncss, his gentleness, 6o much 80 88 to be proverbial, and Tio less blondthirsty maa ever breathed than he. Again, illogical * G."” says we must mot take chie felon's life, because tiat shows that we hate Liwm, and almost in the same breath he quotes: *“God is love,” and * vengeanca bolongs to Him!™ Then Love can and will avenge! It is possible for Infinc Love to puuwh sin, and yet: lovo; and we -may teke a wans lifs forfeitcd io the law and yet not hate him. Dl the jury, court, counsel, or Governor that {ried sod _condcmned Raferty threa times'to die hate him? Did bis jailorhatoe him#? Did the Sheriff who bung bhim bate him?’ On the contrary, was hot every kindness and impnquah?y shown bhim? Out upon such senti- mentalicy ! : Did Jesns hate us? Yet listen to His words : “ Yo bave heard tiat it was eaid by them of old time, *Thou shalt not kill, snd whosoever sball kill shall be in danger of the. judg- ment;’ but Isay nntahyuu th:l‘t \:honnm‘ex s angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgmont; and whosoever shali say to his brethren, * Raca,’ be in danger of tho c i but whosoever shall sy *Thou fool,” shall bein dsuger of hell. fire.” Ifial tho terrorsof hell are threatened to bim who calls his prother a fool (and who has not done this?) ; if the death of both body and goul is the penalty of an of- feuse in our eyes so slicht, sball the justica of tho lnw tuat demands the fife—tho mera auimal life, mind you—of the murderer bo quostioned 77 Finally, I protest with all my soul ' against «@.'a" assertion thay I am a **knave,” because, “geting in the imporsonal position of a member of & cerporation” (whatever that may mean), T demand thélaw be enforced in all cases mpar- tially. And I do assert most emphatically thata Shorid ean hang & felon condemned by_the law to die and yet be *‘an honest man and s Cbris- tian gentleman,” Respectfully, L. Cricaco, March 22, 1874, e A FEW WORDS ON HONE MISSIONS. "To the Editor of The Clacago Tribune: Siz: At ameeting of the ministers of the Methodiat Church hotd last Monday, the subjoct of missions was disoussed. Fesling deeply in- terested in thia matter, I would like to mako a few remarks on the procecdings of that meot- ing. Itwas stated thore by Mr. Felton that a mmssion on Larmbee street, supportsed by a ley- man, wold be obliged to be given up uuless ho recoived assistance. This 18 not the case.- So smel] are the exponscs of conducting 3 mission onthis plau,—which wao pelieve to be tiuly the Apostolic one,—places might bo opened in the destitute pact of our city. Instead of payinga man_from -SL000 to §1,500 per anuu we find thero are numbers of Christians labor- ing during the week to Support themselves sud families, willing aud glad to dovote the Sabbath to the Lord's work, Bon like Stephen, full of faith, and of tho idoly Ghost, endued by the Master with visdom £o win souls for Him, Can the munustors,who met in council Monday for & moment_advocate that the preaching of God's Word is to be confined to tho large churches, ouly to be proclaimed by men who have had s college education ? Lt thom study carefully tho Actsof tho Apostles, that wondrous history of the Church in its first triumphs and Bsuccesses. One instauce may suffico hero. In the persceution that arose in Jorusalem we read that they that wero scattered abroad went oeverywhere proaching the Word. Is mov this the age when the wisdom of men_is exalted above the anointing of God's Spint? How uffereut from the opinion of that great preacher, Pauw, in writing to the Church at Corinth, ** My preaching was not with the enticing words of wisdom, bat in demonstration of the Spirit aud of Power.” Hear bim agein about these qualifi- cations for the work of the ministry: “ God Liath revealed these things nuts us by Lis Spirit, for thie Spirit soarclioth all things, rea, tho doep things of God.” Tho et commission of our rigen Lord was, “Go ye into all tho tworld, and preach the Gospol to every creature.” How soon, on Dr. Thomas’ plan of preaching only inlarge cburches, would every creature in Chicago_hear the proaching of: the Word of Life? Earoest men of means whose hearts God hath touched with sympathy for the saved, if you wilt open places in your dostitute neighborhoods whore they con gather in, wa can point you to men who, without any pay, g0 in and there preach the unscarchable Tiches of Christ Jenus, and ere long, we believe, with God's blessing, we should see many a ppiritual wilderness blossom- ing.2a tho garden of the Lord,—many a bright pearl gathered from homes of sia to eparile forever and ever in tho Kingdom of Heaven. A Lavaax. R 5 N THE PLYMOUTH COUNCIL. This bolly, convenod to determine whother Mr. Beacher's Church can do as it pleases in re- gard to the dropping of members from its rolls, convenes Tucsday, March 24, and is an event of much interest in Congregationsl churches. It is expected that Plymonth_Church will not recog- nize the Council at all, in which case somethiug of & war i8 to be looked for, and perhaps an ulti- mate socession of Plymouth Church from the Guu{eguion&l body. At arecent prayer-meet- ing held in Mr, Beocher's chureh, that gentle- man spoke as follows in regard to tha matter: If that Council is convened, and will confine itself simply o the uction of Plymouth Ghurch, one of two things is sure,—they will sustain us, or cut_their awn heads off. Itisnot a quession mbout tho potition of Yiymouth Chureh ; it is a question whether the Coun- cil s golng to sting or not. 1t is & question whether & council called to meddle wilh a case such as ours isa. nitthiug ; and if the Counctl attempts to pat us fn imbo, they witl pat themseives there. They eannot live, and by the help of Ged they ahall not Hve, Our recard has Lesn s clean record, mamely, wo have never taken action by any pocket-mesting tucked up after s prayer-meeting without notice from the pulpit beforeliand, and with the statement that it was impor- taut businels, in order to call out the whole Church. If there is o Congregational Church in the city, it is this Piymouth Churels, If thereds a church that has mai ions to turn on the deliberations of the whole krotaurhood with just as profonged me:tings as they wanted, and just o8’ much freedom -of dubate, ko long asit wasin order, it is this church. And1do ot propose now, at this lsst step, to bo caugkbata disadvantage and be snubbed in this way, i CLOSE COMMUNION. That Laere is o strong tendency in the Baptist Church of this country towards open commuu- ion is apparcnt. Hardly a weck passes that some prominent clergyman of _that denomina- tion is not spoken of as unsound oo that subject, and the Baptist journals. are continually dweli- ing npon the sabject, atd urging every argu- ment that can be brought to bear in favor of %l‘:n doctrive. The laity are very generally pervaded with the notion that close communion is little elso than 2 cunningly-Gevised fence to soparate Baptists from otber denominations, and to keep he body as freo as possible from tho effects of the disintograting forces which are ready to op- erate on the denomiuation from every direction. It is but a short time ago that;tke Eaptist jour- mals of this country were full of regrets that Dr. Olmsted. editor of the Walchman ‘and Reflector, had seen fit to commune with members of other churches in a genernl reunioa meeting of Chriy~ tian peopls in London. Mora recently, New York papers announce that thirty Baptist clergy- men and & large namber of lsymon havé formed an mssociation, with headquarters at Brooklyn, to promote freedom of con- science and the righé to opon communion. And atill later the Pladelphia Baptist Minis- terial Association bave been voosidering the question of dealing with the Rov. George Dana Losrdman, D. D., ono of the most promiuent clorgymen of the denomination, for heresy on tho coramunion question. Dr. Malcolm intro~ duced tho question by offering tho following res- olution : Wazeas, It has come to our ears that the Rev, George Duna Boardman, D, D., pastor of the First Baptist Church of this city, 13 in the habit of advocat~ ing open communion clundestinely and privately among bis people, a thing he would Dot dare do pub~ licly from the pulpit ; therefore, . Tenolved, That Dr.'Boardman be, aud bie fa heroby, called upon to stats to this Conference what has bern his course in this matler and his reasons for the same. 2 The resolution was voted down by a large ma- jority, after which Dr. Boardman votuntarily ex- Ploinied that he regaided both the Lord's Supper aod baptism as Chriatisu rather than church or- dinances, and entirely independeant of the church relation.’ 1t is generally believed that there are many other Baptist clergymen who entertain sinilar Yiews. =" NOTES. CONGREGATIONAL. At Moline, March 8, forty-four persons were added to the Congregutional Caurch. “Iho Congregational Church in Farwell, Mich., proposcs to puild & house of worship imme- diately. . Tbe Congregstional Church at Flint, Mich., reccived thirty accessions at the last com- munion. Eightcen were received at the March com- munion, i the Congregationsl Church st New Ligbon, Wis, Forty conversions have ttken place in Climax, Mich., and twenty-three have united to forma Congregational Church. A church of tweuty-threa members, thirteen of whow belonged to s Presvyterian Charch, which 14" merged in the new_organization, was organized at Stanton, Mich.; March 8. Plymouth Church, Chicago, the Rev. . A. Bartlett's, received thirty-five persons to mem- beruhip on the 8th inst., and twenty-three on profession. Over twenty also joined at tho previous communion, The church at Elmwood, the Rev. A. J. Van Wagner, pastor, reccived an accesnion of twelve Harch 1, all of whom wore voung ‘ladies, and nearly all comivg in as a resuit of the rehgious interest prevailing thore. 4 C marnsT. At Adrian, Mich,, thirtocn were baptized March 8. . ‘The Baptist Church at Chatsworth, Iil., is with- out a pastor. . “‘They ‘have s new house of wor- ship, and are waiting for the right man to como along nnd occupy whe palpit. ‘Thirteen wero_recently. added to the Baptist Church of Toledo, Ia. Nine were baptized in the Now London Bap- tist Church, Iowa, March 8. Zion Church, Scott County, Tows, has just added thirty persons by conversion. The Lexington (TlL.) Baptists are building a neat and camggndiona ‘houso of worahip. Over thirty converts havo recently been added to tho Baptist Church in Springfield, Iil. .Tho Hampton Baptist Church, Towa, received ninetecon by baptism, a8 the result of a revival effort. The Baotist churches in Algona, Portland- ville, Spirit Lake, Eldora, Webster City, and Steamboat Rock, in Iows, are all without pas- tors. v = The Michizan Avenus Raptist Church are thinking of calling to_its pulpit the Rev. Alr. Elis, of Kansas City, Mo. Iy the First Baptist Church, last Sunday, there were $wo baptisms, three at the Indiana Avenue Chspel, and one in the Western Avenue Church. The Lincoln (Tll,) Baptist Church has, within the -past two dud & half years, srown from s membership of seventy to203. ‘The pastor bap- tized twonty-three persons during the past winter. Twonty-four have been added by baptism to the church in Muhomet, TlL, within the past fiva weeks. Among ths converts were one who had been twenty years a Methodist, aoother who had been & good. Prosbyterian for fifty-one years, - The Michigan Avenuo Baptist Church of this city have just raorganized their choir, sabstitut- ing, in placo of the goprano and alto, two Amer- ican ladics. A gentleman from Cincinuati takes tho bass, while the tenoraud organist remain as before. It costs the church to maintain this choir about 3,000 per snnum. The Church has an efficiont music committee, which takes special pains to provide it with all the appropriats new mausic as 600N &8 possible after its publication. Itis the'aim of the Soclety to combine congro- ational-singing with tho bost quartette music, y giviog the cholr opportunities at each service to sing its own selections, while at least two hymns are oxpected to be sung by the congreza- tion, the choir simply leading. 3 METHODIST. At Hammond, Wis., forty have mnited with the church. At Eau Galle, Wis., fifty-eight Lave joined the Methodist Church. 3 The church at Newton, Ia., has added 150 new names to its curch roll. The church at Manitowoe, Wi twenty-two on probation. A protracted meating at Versailles, IIL, has resulted in ten or twelve conversions. The church in Wobster City, Ia., has added twenty now members to its church roll. Thirty-four recently-converted persons have united with the church at Minnesika, Mino. ‘Thirteen new members joined the Blethodist Cliurchs 1n Eldors, Is., on probation, March 8. A revival in the Methodist Church in Albion, Mich., which commenced on Now Year's eve, had added saventy-tive to the church on March 1. - Trwenty persons have been received.on proba- tionin the Elizabeth (J1l.) Methodist Church, . The Unionvillo (4fich.) Church has received {rom sixty to seventy new members recently. .. At Vessar, Aich., fifty bave boen converted, and forty have joined the church on probation. Sixty have united with the Methodist Church in Ames, Ia., since the protructed meetings be- gan. : Two protracteédmectings beld at Storm Lako, Ia., huve added ffty names to the membership since Decemborgiast: Seven new Mthodist churches are in process of oroction’ ind Walla-Walla District of Ore- goa and Wasflington Confereuce. Grant Place Methodist Church, the Rev. T. C. Clendening, pastor, has reachéd about forty members since the week of prayer. Ninety members bave been received into St. Paui’s Methodist Episcopal Ohurch, of this city, 83 the result of & revival which still continues. The great revival in Centenary lcthodist Episcopal Church in this city still continnes. Since New Year’s, 320 persous have united with the church, and over 400 conversions are re- ported. s A suit which has been_pending for some time ., has received . at Louisville, Ky., in which the Colored 3fetho- dist Episcopal Cburch in America was complain- ant, and the Jackson Street Methodist Episicopal Church defendant, bas been decided 1 faver of the former. A new Methodist chapel was dedicated at Waverly, Til., 3 short time ago. The services wora conducted by Bishop Audrows, od by several other clergymen. The total coat of cou- struction and farnishing was 5,600, of which sum the Jadies provided $1,325. The Northweslern Advocale 8ays: On a re- cont Sunday, the Rev. Dr. Goodwin, at Mattoon, 111, asked his people for money to build a new chapel. In s few mioutes over £2,000 wero pledged. ~ The Sunday-school gave $200, and tue cards at night brought $250 more—a total of £2,500. The caapel will be built at once. To the Flint District Dotroit Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Chureh, the accessions to the churches, resulting from Tecent revivals, are 5 follows: Flint, 150’; Otiswille, 25; Mt. Mor- ris, 20; Grand Blanc, 105 Dawisburg, 40; Holly, 50; Fenton, 25; Linden, 40; Vernon, 50; Co- runna, 50; Laiogsburg, 50; Fowler, 50; How- cll, 40; other charges, 10.. Total, 600 The Methodist ministers of Rock River Con-~ ferenos, which includes all the Chicago minis- ters of that denomination, haye formed a mutual life insurance company, called the Preachery’ Aid Socioty. On the death of a member, each minister 18 assessed $10, which amounts to a considerable sum, innsmuch as the Society counta 160 members. v PRESBYTERIAN. Palatino is shortly to have a Presbyterian Church. 3 Several persons wore received into the Austin Presbyterian Church last Sanday evening. Tho Westminster Presbytorian Church has doubled its congregation in the last two months. About fitty convorsions bave taken place in the Hydo Park Presbyteriaxr Church, under the Rev. D. 8. Jobnson. The Womap's Benevolent Association of the Eighth Presbyterian Chureh gave 2 musical and literary entertainment last Thursday evening. A good deal of religious interest still contin- wes in the Highland Park Presbyterian Church. An interesting sociable took place at the resi- donce of Thomas H. Beebe last Tuesday even- ing. : E EPISCOPAL. The Presiding Bishop of the Church is80 years of uge, aud resides in Hoboken, N. J. He is in feeble “health but performs s vast amount of labor. . The Rev. AL F. Sorenson, Iate of thé Diocese .of Illinois, has organized & new parish at Colo- rado Springs, Colorado, where he has gone for the heaith of his wife. The Rov. Dr. Rylance, formerly of St. James, Chicago, has just delivered an eifective address in Now York Uity, his theme beiug: *‘The Re- Iation of Hiracles to Faith.” ‘The Rev. Edward Y. Buchanan, is a brother of the late President Bachanan, and is in charge of Trinity Parish, Oxford, ncar I'hiladelphis. He Tias beon tho esteemed and faithfal pastor of his flock for many years. March 15, the Rev. Honry E. Perry, Roctor of ° All-Sawts' Church, Chicago, presented twenty candidates to Bishop Whitohouse for the rite of coufirmation, which makes fifty confirmations within the year. The Rev. Dr. Porteons, whose licenss to offi- ciate in the Dicceses of New York -and Brooklyn Lave been withdrawn by their resEceLive Bishops, declines it is said to have anything to do with Dr. Cummins. A number of Dr. Porteous' ed- mirers met_him lag Saturday with a view to or- genize achurch, with himas the head. Dr. Cumnins sent some of his friends to him, but ke would not listen to them. He will orgamze a church on Dean Stanley's platform if he consents to remain m New York City. MSCELLANEOUS. A great revival effort in Osbkosh, Wis., has | resulted 1n the conversion of over 200 persons. At Carrolton, Iil., the Baptist, Methodiat, and Presbyterian churches united in & union revival- meeting, which has rosaléed in tho conversion of 120 persons. A union-meeting -at Greenyille, Is., between Presbylerians, Baptists, and Metbodiste, bas re- sulted in the couversion of & large number of persons. 2 Gov. Washbum, of Massachusetts, has ap- pointed April 2 as'a day of fasung aud prayer; and the Governor of Connecticut has appoinied April 3 for mumilar - Foiigious exsrcises in the Nutmeg State, . The twelve days’ mission of the London Angli- cans is deprocaicd by tue London Times, on the ground thac thq excitement. is . pernicious ; but | has raised the Dissenters generally hail the movement a3 a symptom of increased vitality in the Established Church. . A vote istobetaken smongall members of the Primitive Methodist Conncction in this country, “in 3arch, on the subject of lay dele- gation to the nunus! conference: whiether there shall be one or twolaymen toeach traveling preacher.” The organization of Reformed Enpiscopal chuzches procoeds. Bisbop Cummins has start- ed the First Reformed £pisc opal Church of New York. Th@ Rev. Mr. Reed, of Brooklyn, former- lyrector of the Churchof the Mediator, has identitied_himself with the movement. The Rev. Mr. Wilson, of Liberty, Pa., has withdrawn from Calyary Episcopal Church to units with the Reformed Church ; and the Rev. J. B. Stacey, of Ottawa, Canada, has been formally excommuuoi- cated by the Bishop of Ontario, because of his identtfication with the Reformed Church. .. The New Corvenagt, of this city, the Advance, ond the Christign Unign- are in pursuit of the etymology of the Greek word aion. A writer in the Adcance thinkh, if means ** eternity,” and Dr. Edward Beeclfer, 1a-the Christian Union, says it means S*lifey” the Universalist paper thinks it, means dgif¥y.a:long period of time, The question 18 ijn] & t, ‘sinco upon its defini oftibn, tion depends the _whether or not Uni veraalism has any fouhdatfon at all. If *ever- lasting punishment™ means punishment for a determinate period, then the Universalists are all right. i R PERSONAL. . cmcaco. The Rev. W. 8. Ralph, of La Crosss, Wis., has | accopted & call to Murray Chapel (Universalist) in this city. Dr. E. J. Goodspeed, pastor of the Second Ba ptist Church, Chicago, is spendiog a while in Atlanta, Ga., for his bealth. The Rev. L. J. Halsey, of the Chicago Fresby- torian, Sent pary, has been elected s professor in tho Danville, Ky., Presbyterian Seminary. -~ Triends of the Tov. Dr. Patterson, formerly pastor of the Jefferson Park Presbyterian Chauroh of this city; report his henlth greatly improved. Ho is precehing in the First Presby- tenan Church, San Francisco, Cal. Prof. William Mathews, of the University of Chicago, hhs accepted an invitation to addresa the literary societies of Crozer Theological Sem- inary, Upland, Pa., at tho coming communce- ‘ment, May 12. This is one of the best endowed and moss tlourishing seminaries in the snd. The Independent prints s note from the Rev. D. X. Junkin, disclaiming any derogatory reflec- tion upon Prof. Swing, 1 his note to that gen- ¥ tleman sometims sinco. 2 In » letter whicn Mr, Swing publicly addressed to me, he had rather bozsted that 3,000 people sttended the placo (McVicker's Theatre) In waich Le was then preaching ; and, in my reply tohim, I uecd the fol- lowing words : “But I would not have you pique vour- eclf upon the number of your followers, Josh Billingg drow & larger houso in this city (Neweastle) last Tues- day eveniug thau Dr, McCosh could have dons ; and T have no doubt that he or Mezk Twatn could pack Me Vieker's Theatre.”” That ja all Iiuid, I did not eall the men “ clowns,” nor * compare” Mr. Swing to them, T only meant fo remind him that the largeness .| of an audicnco was no criterion of ita intellience or piety, . ELSEWHERE. Bishop Ames, whose Lealth has been poor for come time, isagain able to preach. The Rev. L 8. Kalloch, the reformed Bantist preacher and politician, hes nesumed editorial charge of the Kansas Ecangel. The Rev, H. V. Brown, the Baptist Evangelist, is traversivg portions of Iow, and his labors mest with Jargo results in tho way of conver- ions. & The Rev. W. H. Dolbey, & Dsptist minister in Vevay, Ind., was excluded from the church a few weeks ago on account of his denial of the doctrioe of **everlasting punishment.” The Rev. Or. HeorySticer, who has served the Methodist Episcopal Church 28 an itinerant preacher for fifty-uwo years, has been placed on the supernumerary list at his own request. - W. 8. B. Matthews, of Chicago, has an inter- eating article in. the last Christian Union, on “iThe Bunday-Behool Library,” in which he gives mauy gocd bintsin regard to the, proper selection of & library. 7 Archbishop Ledochowski, of Posen, though permitted to receive visits from his friends, re- fnses to do 50, and is thus cat off from all com- munication with his diocese, ; A New York paper says Mrs. Van Cott has just left Baltimore, afier a month of successfullabor, for Now Orleans. . At the end of ber lasc service there hundreds of women kissed her and bade her farewell with tenrs. Dr. Firh, pastor of the First Baptist Churc Newark, N. J.. having been granted leave of abscnca of seven months. with salary continued, has gone to Earope and the Holy Land, where fne will spend the greater patt of kis vacation with the Oriental Topographical Corps. The Rev. J. L. Stephens, a missionary in Wesiern Moxico, has periched by the hands of an assassin. it is surmised that his taking off was done by men hired by Reman Catholic priests. Heo was fired upon. twice, while speak- ing, sometime befora his death. A newpaper oorrespondent says the Rov. Miss Turner, who baa just been inducted into the pastorate of the Melbonrne Unitarian Chnrch, celebrated the event of her installstion by read- ing for the second leeson that chapter of ‘Corin- thions in which women are ordered to keep silence in the churches. A New York letter-writer eays that the Rev. Stephen H. Tyng, Jr., continues to preach on Sunday evening fo large and increasing audi- ences at Cooper Institute, New York. He neither wears the gown nor uses the Prayer-Book, and no one would suspect from his manner his hpis- copal Chureh relations. The singing is aongre- gational, and the germons are extempore, spirit- ual, practical, and earnestly improssive. The Rev. George A. Cressy has resigned the pastorate of the Second Baptist Chuarch in Afil- waukee, to take effcct May 4. The Sentinel say: ‘He entered this field from the Seminary at Chicago a lit:le more than eightecn months 350, During this time the church has_been brought into unity of sction, aud its resident member- alto more then doubled. Sixty-five bave nited with the church, twenty-four by baptiam, and two moro are now awaiting, the administration of the ordipance. Ha leaves the church in a better condition thau it hus ever been previous- ly, occupying an important fietd and with grand possibilities befors is. et RELIGIOUS MISCELLANY. s AT HOME. & + The chapel of the First Swedenborgian Seciety of St. Louis is completed and has just been oc- oupied. ‘Eight hundred and sixty-one out of 1,269 Sun- dny-zchools inf Massachusetts used the Interna- tional Lessons Iast year. The aggrogate value of the Congregational ‘missionary boxes sent from Connecticut _to ths West, during the past year, is not far from §15,- In 1776 the namber of Baptistain the United Stntes was 17,000 in 1794 theso had increased £0 25,000, and in 1812 to 200,000. In 1535 they numbered 452,000, and in 1872, 1,583,000, Dr. Armitage asks, *“Why is it_that infidelity has no hymns?” It is good to eing of Heaven, ont non-existence, the pleasures of uowhere, are not smgable. An exchauge says: ‘‘The Baptist Church at Fort Wayne, Ind., within the lask seven years 435,000 for religious purposes, an there i8 Dot o siugls member of the congregation worth $12,000. Among the religious notices in one of the New York papers Iast- Sunday was the foliowis i Episcopaliana favoring immersion are invited to the church on Fiftieth street, where some one will preach morning and evening.” ‘The children of the Episcopal Parish of Holy Trnmity, Vicksburg, Miss, have collected, prin- cipally by the eale of varions articles of their own baudiwork, the sum of 3400, with which one of tho most beautiful sections of the new chureh tower has beon built. It is_reported thst there isa movementin Marshall County, Iowa, for the union of ali de- nowmination of “prefessing Christians. Saveral meetings have been beld 1n Marshalltown sod Germantown, and everything looks favorable for the accomplishment of the object. Ground vas broken at Littleton, Colorado, Feb. 18, for the foundation of the first Re- formed Episcopal Chuich to be erected in the United Btates. Itis mid that it will be one of the finest church edifices In the Territory. The Rector is the Rev. T. James McFaddip, and his charga is to be known a3 the Church of the Rock of Ages. v B A religious wave has recently ewept over Block Teland, and nearly every. verson residing on the island has becoma a member of thr charch, In tiree Sundays upwards of 100 persous were con- vertod, and a schoonor there, which was former- Iy a'den of wickedness and depravity, is pow used for other purposes, and not an oath is allowed to be uttered on board. “Whatis to be l ‘The Chiistian Union asks: done with a class of restless boys who are £ far totally depraved as to be twitching each other's bair or disputing over soms day-school frolic while the teacher is looking up a passaze in tho Biblo, or making out the- report for the day?” The editor docs not answer tha question, but hopes & prize essny will soou be written upon the important subject. . The Protestant Episcopal communion in the United States comprises 41 dioceses and 9 mis- sionary jurisdictions, 52 Bishops, 3,095 priests and deacons, 2,700 parishes, and 200,000 connan- nicants. The most populous diocese is that of New York, which has 26,232 communicants; next is Penbsylvania, with 19,109; next Maryland, with 17,055, and tha fourth in anmber is Con- necticat, with 15,316. The contribations of all Iands for the year are reported at 37,316,149, - An Eastern journal ssys: In Jacksoaville, Tls., there are two Presbytarian churches, North- eru and Sonthern; ouo Fpiscopal, two Metho- dist, two Baptist, besides churchés of denomi- nations for colared people, and Roman Catholic. This is a city of some 10,000 inhabitants, and not lesa than 3,000 people, macy of them invalids, visit there during tho winter. The church ac- commodations are highly, appreciated by the nu- merous visitors. The New Orleans Adrocate mourns becauss the religions revivals seem contined chiefly to the Norch. It says: **In the Bouth the churches are moving on with no unusual degrea of inter- est. We do not hear of anything extraordinary in the way of rovivals. In our own denomina~ tzonal bounds the stats of religion is above the average, sonls zre being converted, and mem- bers received, but no extraordinary awakenings are reported.”. ¢ The thinning out of the old Knickorbocker blood by intermarriage is said to be the causs why the'old Dutch Roformed Church does not prosper, Dr. Mande thioks the erasing of the word “Dutch” a few_ years ago as a part of the titloof the church had proved injurions. Ministers now do not come from the colloges of the denomipatien, but frow those of the Presby- terion Church. He belioved they should aban- don Rutgers altogether, and ehdow two chairs ab Princeton. i - The Broad Church nowspapers are_discussiog the revival efforis of the late Elder Knapp, who died in Rockford, Ill., March 8, in a not very compluncntary manoer. Elder Knapp claimed to have converted 100,000 people by his vigorous preaching and terrible pictures of the sufferings of the lost in hel], bt the Independent says of him: ¢ It would bo hard to ‘determine whether be has done more good than harm. There ure Tany things 6 regret in the present condition of the Christinn Church ; but tha disappoarance of tho class of preachers whom he represented is ‘,nnl ous of them." One of " the religious nawspapers says: *“)r. Dr. Junkin eays: ‘ [*Aloody has bad occasiou to give advice to the cotch ministers oo an important question. Those brethren find_intemperance and drinking ‘Thabits tho chief barrier to their evangelical work. At n meeting in which they were prayerfully considering this subject, thoy asked e Chicago man’s opinion, It was to the point: °Banish :h&iufe'md stuff from your own sideboards and ables.” ‘The Fourth Anniversary of the Philaderphin Bible-Readers’ Society was'held a few days age. The annual report of the managers statea’ that dusing tho past year the Society had the services of fourteen faithful women, each of whom was assigned a well-defined district, of sach a size that every family in it might ba visited -oncoin a forunight. A clags of factory-girls mect one eveninz in the week for religious instruction at the house of a reader. The work of ono reader is a8 foliows: 9 conversions ; 27 evening prayer- meetings (average attendance 49) ; 26 afternoon prayer-meetings (average attendance 20); 22 sossions of sewing-school (average attendance 16) ; 20 Bible-class moetings (average attendance 12) ; 1,839 visits paid ; 1,927 tractd distributed ; 23 Bibles and 2 prayer-books given away. The CAristian Union eays: At the recont conferenco of Professors of Presbyterian Theo- logical Seminaries, at Pittsburgh, some im- portant suggestions were made which will con- cern all seminaries alike. It was recommended, among other things, that the examinations of the stndents be made mord thorough, and that those who do not pass satisfactorily should be conditioned, and, if necessary, eet back in their course, which will be recognized as a policy considerzbly moro stringent than anything now in vogue. In regard to the way students should spend their four months’ sammer vacation, it 18 urged that it should neither be wasted nor given to desultory occupation determined by caprice or inexnerience, but should be regarded as an integral and valuable part of the term allotted to ministerial preparation. X ABROAD. Mr. Spurgeon’s church roports this vear 152 lay preachers among its members. The Scotch Episcopal Church holds s § Church Congresa " at Edinbargh in May. = - Dr. Cumming, the great dissenting clergy~ ‘man of England, bas come out in a lenger wfl- ing the Church of England for setiing apart a mission week, and deciares the good will ont- weigh a hundsed-fold any barm from Ritnaliem. The Rev. Dr. Nesbitt, of Samos, said Intely that sixty years ago every island in Polynesia was under the spell of beathenism. There aro pow about 400,000 Polynesians Who 'profess Christianity, and have bgen reclaimed from heathenism, and from many of those islands can~ nibaliem has been extirpated. 1t is stated that the Waldensian missionary chiurches of Italy are to be reorganized on a Presbyterian basis. There are thirty-eizht of them, mainly supportea from England, atan annual cost of $40,000. The Free Church of Ttaly is nearly as Iarge, wlile the Weeleyan Mis- saionary Society has fourteen under its charge. The;North German Gazelte, by the last cen- aus, dated seven years ago, computes the num- ber of Roman Catholic pries:s in Germany at 17,304, and members of monastic orders of 14.- 000. The total effective force of the Church of Rome may thus be taken to amount to about 32,000. Of the 17,304 prieats, 7,690 are resident in YPrassia, 6,899 in Bavaria, 1,156 in Baden, 1,041 in Wurtemburg, 234 in Hesse, 121 in An- halt, 70 in Saxony, 18 in Saxe-Weimar, and 25 belong to the * Northern Mission.” The tendency of Epglish populations towards the large towns is gaid to be Iikely to prodnce 2 great change in tho religions institutions of the country. Bythe time of the next ceususitis thought that four-fifths of the white population will be guthered into ‘the e towns, whilst most of the Church clergy and the Church en- dowment'belonging to the remaiving one-fifth will constitute the' rural population. In these large towns dissent is more free tomeet the establiched church on equal grounds than in the rural districts. The Swiss Times quotes from the Catholic Re- ciew tha story of a quarrel, with “bitter words, between Hyacinthe and Reinkens: and by author- ity dustinctly denies the rumor. '[he relations of the Gorman and Swiss Old - Catholica are, says tho Times, those of mutual kindliness and re- spect. The' occasion forthe scandal was the charge made Dby “ French Papalists ™ that. the 01d Catbolicmavement in Switzerland is foments ed by Bismarck. 7o this Hyacirithe made roply that no jurisdiction of a foreign Bishop is acknowledged by Swiss Catholics; and this re- mark has been magnified into a deélaratipn of belligerency. From * 3ackeson’s Guide to the Churches of London and its SBuburbs ” (1874) it appears that there are 759 churches in London, and with re- gard to 15 of these information is given as to the mode of conducting services, &e. It appears that in 270 there is weekly holy commumion, in 26 daily communion, and In 310 early commun- ion. Saints' day services aro held in 316 chureh~ es, and daily servicesin 181. In 126 churches there is no weckday service, Twobundred and sixty-five chirches employ surpliced choirs, and 185 pay their choirs partially or wholly. Three buudred and thirty-one charches have weckly offertories, and 1n 110 the seals are zp- propriated, while in 130 they are frce. In 153 churches Horicultural decorations are used, in 36 altar lights, and in 73 an eastward position is taken at boly commaunion. e SERVICES TO-DAY. EPISCOPAL. _The Rev. H. C. Kinney will preach morning and evening in St Btephen's Chiurch, on Johuson atreet, between Taylor and Twelfth streets. ~The Rt. Rev. Heary J. Whitehouss, Bishop of the Diocese, will sdminister the Tite of confirmation and preach the sermon at 10:45 o’clock this morning, and the Rev,’Edward Sullivan will preach at 7:45 o'elock thls evening, in Trinity Chagel, corner of Mlichigan avenue and Twents-sixth survet. Holy Communion at 2 e e W, Hemvk Smythe will prea —: . W. Herbert Smythe ch at 10:30 S0 T30, Oclock in the Chreh of o Bo\‘y’ Corae munion, Dearborn street, between Twenty-ninth and Thirtieth streets, Eveming subject : % The First Mar- 57 and the ¥irst Infidel. =~The Rov; Arthur Brooks will preach at 10:43 and 7:30 o'clock in 8t, James’ Church, corner of Haron and Cass streeta, . ~The woekly' middzy services durng Lent will be beld hereafter at No. 130 Lake stroet, corner of Clark, —Bishop Whitehonse will officiate’ znd confirm this svening al Calvary Church. The Rector will officiate in the worning. avening services in St Stephen's There will bo special Churchy Johnson stroot, between Taylor aud Tweifth, tho Rev. I, C. Bunmey, Tectar, this weck, a8 folloms t p 7 sons.” " Tuesday—* Begent Sation :n = Took b § Desday— God's Ay rose a migh n6 1 that nd.» e nttiis and Confoatog :”1}“}1?:&: ger.” Friday—*Renewal of His Oblization ; | more wortly to be calle thty son.”~ Snturday—s Thg | Absuintion? - ut u ing op bl hand. 6 Bev. Dr. Stockdog *foriing evealng at the Church of the Enfehasy, Thro S between Monros and iilarms strec,. momiog and evening, Eveaing subject, * Thouzhtlsusnesss Evi zad ts Care.? t'n sanl —The Rev, W, J. Petric will offielate ot th of qur Saviour, Beiden aad Lincoln ayenucs. moad and evening, ' - ' i ~—Tie Rev. Francls Mansfeld will officlato ‘at thy Church of thie Alonemant, corner of Washington ang Tobey streets, 8£10;303. m. and-7:30 p, m, : —There will be morning prayer, ceicbration, ang scrmon at St. Pans Mission Chapel, No. 323 St streetin the inoruiz, i " —The Rey Hens erry will officinte at7AR Baintg" Church, corner of North Carpenter and Foufth f.*l::' morning and evewng. AETHODIRT EPIRCOPAL, 2 The Rev. J. 0. Peck will p at 30:30 and 7 o'clock in tio Centenary Churth, o2 M - near Morgan, _Baptism at morning rervie —~Tbe Hov, Dr. elton €3 at 10: and tho Rev.'S, McClcaney at 7:30 vclock, fu Trinisy Cliuzeh, on Tadiana srpve, ‘med Tenty-fouriy street. 'Eventng subject : “ The Common Coun the Sunday Law." e —The ltev, A. Youker will preach at the nsual houry in tbe Western Avenuo Churcl \The Rev, Dr. Thomas wiil preach in-the Fing Charch, corner of Clark and Washingion a:mz-,g:'; a, m. Subject:“The Opposing Forces in Hi Nature Seen in the Contlicts of Life.” In the evening zTnera will be & union meeting of the Daughters of emperance, the Good Tempiars, and the Ladisy' Union Leagues of (ho city. s ~TbeRuv. J. W. Phcips, pastor -of the Michigan Aveane Church, will preach morning and creving, Alorning subjzct : * Human Induence,” i —The Rey, Dr. 3feChierney will preach in ths mom. ing, and the Rev. Dr. Feltan in the evening, at Gracs, Chrea, corner of Lasallo13d Whits stzcets, DAPIIST, . The Bov. Frank ML Kllis, of Eznsa City, Mo, wi preach at 11 and 7:30 o' in the Michigan Avenus Church, near Twenty-third street, ~—The Rev. A. G. Ederhart will preach morning and eveniog in the Temple Church, curner of Harrison and: Sangumon streets. —Tle Rav. Dr. Everts will precch this morning iz the First Church. Subject: “*The Woman's Temper- suce Movement,—Its Promise.” G weeting in the cvening, Intbe Indiana Avenue Ui %, Dr, Ev- erts will preach this evening, Subject 1ization of Iniquity in Relativa to Pendicg Questions of Moral Evil.” —The Iév: G. W. Northrup, D. D., will preach a¢ 10:30 o’clock this morning 10 the Ashland Avenus' Cisurch, corner of Paulina and Mouroe strects, ! ~Taere will be Baptist service isthe Towa Hallad Hyde Park, st 10:30 v'clock. ~—The Rev, Dr. Matchell wili preach to-dsy st the Union Purk Gzl A full ateadance ia deared tia moraing. 2 ~The Rev. J. 3. Whitehead will pronch this even- ing in the North Star Church on * Wowau's Crosade ‘Against Intemrerance—Will it Succeed 37 “The % L. ‘L. Busk'will preach morning and even. ing ot the Twenty-fifth Sirest Baptist Church, west of ‘Wentworth avenue, E PRESBYTERIAN. Meikatg will preach at 10:45 and T:4¥ th Church, on Elfis svenne, nost venth street. Evening subject: “ \Wuite —The Rev. U, D, Gullck will preach at 10:50 and 7:30, o'clock, in the American Leformed and Jedcrion Pack Caurcli, on West Washinglon ntrect, near Aag, Evene ing subject: *The Parzble of tha Tares:” Z_Prof, Haven will preach at 10:43 d'clock, in the Second Chiurch, corter of Alchigou uvenus 204 Twen teth strect. No evening service, —The Rev. A.E. Kittredge will preact at 10:30 and Olclock;,in (e Chird Church, corner of West Washinzszon aud Carpeuier st i Uylifted Hand af Mosez,” und o ; Thurstay— Ltieh Delock, There will be the usual services at 7:3) o'clock this evening, in the Compbell Park Aission chapsl, on” Leavits uixeet, near Harr{son, 3 —The Rev, 4. 1. Walser will preach in Beunlon Cbapel morniug and evenwg, . : —brof. Swing will preach this raorning only ot the Fourth Churchi, Mo evening secvice, ; —Tho Bev, Charles L. TLompion preaches thia morning at the rifth Church, Tuere will bé a tem- perance meetiug in the evening. The Rev, David J. Burreil will preach 1n tho morne ing at Wostminster Church, coruer of West Jackson 2nd_Peoria sireets; in the cvening the Rev. Lawls H,: Reid will pre=ch. —The Rev., F. L. Patton will preach morning and &vening at Grace Church, corner of Vinceaues ani Oui avenues, y —The Rev, Jamss Maclagghlan will preach at ths £ir+1 Scoteh Chureh, corner of Sunganon 2nd Adams streets, moraing and evening. . CONGBEOATIONAL. The Dev. I T. Cliumberlin will prench moraing and evening in New Engl uurch, gprner of Waiia and De.rburn streets. A . 5 —Tuo Pev. Albert Bushnelt will preach motning aod eveuing jn the Leavitt Street Church, corner of Wess E Adams strest. —The_Rev. C. D, Helmer will rreach this morming s e Cougregational n the nion Paik Chuel on ¥ ay.” S_The Rov. David Williams preaches this morning and evening in the Weish Church, i The Rev. J. T. Hyds will preach morning and evens 1ng it the Oskiand Church, . 2 —The Rev. Williazn Alvin Bartlett will preach in tha morning at Piymouth Charch, The congregation will unite inthe ovening with the First Preshylerian Church in tne celebration of the auniversary of the Chicago Bible Society. GNTTABILY, The Bev. G. W. Pstten will preach at 10:45 o'clock’ this morning i the Church of the Messlan, corner of Aichigan avenue and Twenty-third street, Subjects “Tho Grounds of Our Belief in Immoctality.” - —The Ecv. Robert Callyer will proach morning and evening in Unity Church, corner of Dearborn zad Whitney streets, _Subjects: * Mfillard Eillzmore and Charies Sumuer;” and * Children.” Tuere will be services morning and eventng st the Thizd Church, the ev. Dr. Surage, pastor. Evealag, subject : ¢ The Resu g paster of the Chureh of i —The Rev. Deury Powes thd Mesaish, New York, Church, Borning subject : Evening subject: The Unprofitable Servant.” CNIVERSALIST, 3 Thé Rev. Dr. Byder will preach in St. Paul's Chureh, Evenmg subject: Matibew ., 43, s ‘The Hev. J. E. Fortester will preach at the Clnrch of the Redeemer, a_the corncr of Waslungton and Sane' gamon streets, Morning subject, “ Thie Christiay aul the Bigot.” - Eventng subject, * The Diviue in Man.”, —The Rey. W. §, Ralph wifl conduct the sarvices 2t the Third Church, Indiana strest, near Twenly-uin, morning and evening. 3 SWYDENDOBGIAN, Thers will be public services—conversational fu stylo—at 11_o'clock, in Licoin Iark New Church' Chapel, on Nortis Clark sircet, noar sleanu es, Thy ‘Rev.J. R, dibbard - witl presch at the mew chureh hall, corner of Bightcenth sirect and Prainis avenue, in the morning. - —There will be sernces at the Union Pask Templa at 3:30 o'cluck in the aficrnoon. Sabfect; * Tho Temptation of Jesus Upon the Monntatn.” canyriay. Elder G. G, Mullins will prosch in %ho Central Church, on Adams atreet, near JefTerson Park, Mom~ ing. subject, ““Be Feithful Usto Dewth:" evening, “The Offering of Strange Fire Unto God ; or, Tufaus Baptism Utterly Opposed to the Doctrine, the Genits. aud Bpirit of the Christizn Relizion.” SPIRITUALIST. dress the Flrst Societyat E. V. Wileon, Esq., will 10:39 and 7:30 o'clock, —Xoses Hull will preach st 10:20 and 7:30 o'clock bo-- fore thie Universal Association of Spiritualists, I7imary Councll No. 1, of ofs, in Union Hall. Subject: “Spirits of Devils.” At 30 o'clock this afternoon, Mattie B. Sawyer will lecture upon * Woman; Her Possjblifties,” REFONMED EFI:COTAL. Bishop Cheney will preach this morning’ in Christ Church on ' Anchored,” and this evenwmg on A Divine Patent of Nobility,” MICELTANEOTS. . ‘Thomas Wilson, Eaq., will lecture at 7:30 o'closk in the hell on the northweat corner of Laks and Seymosr streots. Subject: * The Thief on the Croas,” ; —The Rev. David Swing will deliver o short dis- course at the Newwboya’ Home, No. 44 LaSalla strrel, at 3:30 o’clock this afternoon, B S, -Bouton will conducs thie services and also address the boys. —Tie Ruv, J. H, Leonard wiil preach at 10:20 o'clock. in the Mariner's Templs, corner of Afarket and Michi- @ sireets. “Union temperance prayer-meeting at 3 o'cloct —~The Rev. A. X.'Shoemaker will preach at 10:30 o'elock this morning .in tho Church of God, cormer of Warren avenus and Robey street, Na evenlng: ce, - _—The Rev. William J. Hows will preach morning aid evening in the First Christian Chuich, corner of Indisna avénne and Twenty-Afth streets, ” Subjects “The Creature Was Mide Subject, Not Williagly snd *The Publican.” Baptism after evening service. ~The Rev, E. Terry will dsliver hia Jecture o Tho: Languzge of the Scriptures” in 8t, Patrick's Church 2t 7:0 o'clock this evening, The lecture la under the auspices of the S, Vincent ds Paul Society, aac is for the benefit of tho poor. s —There wifl be Fricnds’ Meating morning znd even-’ fog on Twenty-sizth - street, between Indians sud Prairie avenues, * * ~—The Christallelphiang meet this morning 1t No. 148 ‘East Randolph street, e RISCELLANEOTS, The mecting at the Raidway Reading-Boox: thipafter- noop will pe conducted by Brother Gibls, and Mk Miler will play the organ. All yonng men snd stran- gers are fovit-d, —English Lutheran service will be held in tbe church at the corner of DezrLorn and Erfe strests st Ila m.,snd in the Beiblehem Church, gorber of Sangaion and Plulige rizeels, in the evening, 108 amnod Belfour will oificiato at bo'h piaces. Prof. A Vandee Naillen, Becrciary of the Fred Religiots Society, will lecturs before tho Boclety in the B2l &% the corner of Randolph and Jederson wirtetd, in the evening. _ His subject will be “Splritam, 603 and Immort.lity Scicntifically Cousidared.” —The Progressive Lyceat will meet at 12:00 at the hall, southwest coruer of West Washington and Des- plainen streets, —The Adventista will meet in thefr hall, No. 113 West Madison street, mowing and evening. Eider .G McCulloch will preach. = Sei=—o e CALENDAR FOR THE WEEXK, EFISCOPAL. - March 22—Fifth Sanfizy in Lent, March 23—Twenty-ninth Day of Lent, Mazen 2—Thirti y of Leat. : . March 2i—Annuncistion of the Virgin Mary, Blarch 2i—Thisty-secoud Day of Legt. . - March ¥I—Thirty-third Day of Lent, Asrch 23—T) & ‘hirty-fourth Dy of Lent, BOMAN CATHOLIT, * March 22—Passion.Sandaz. 3farch X—Feria, i ; March 24—Feria. . Mrrch 24—Annunciation of the B, V. B : March 26—Ferta, s March 27—Seveu Dolam of the B, V, T A T e ES e H i