Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 5, 1874, Page 6

THE CHICAGO bAILY TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, APRIL 5, 1874. RELIGIOUS REWS. The Celehration of Easter in the Ghicaga Churches. Ceremonies and Observances of Toly Weel. The Spirit of the Religious Prof, Swing's Opinion of - Sumptuous The Mystery of Ahaz’s Dial Solved at Notes and Personals at Home and Church Services To-Day. Enster is the commemoration of the most im~ portant event thst has ever taken place on earth _the Resurrection of Christ. is founded the belicf in tho Ifimortality of the Soul. Its historic importance cannot, therefore, The early Christians con- Upon the event be overestimated. i i 4 i | = i3 o'dock the Sunday-echool will celebrate its etantlyspoke and thought of tho Resurrection a8 the one grand theme to which 2ll their hopes | p wero bound; and when persecution from tho Roman Emperors overtook them, tho oue sweet thought was that He who had vanquished Death was shll living and clotbed with all power to protect his children. So Easter has been cele- brated throughout all the intervening ages down F s i - . heits churches and in Sunday-echools, libraries, | to the present time, as &n event to inspizo only | SATCICR | AU Ne SR ORI 00 A ed joy, hope, and exalfation. in tho contres of their duily life. TIE TASSOVER. A few weeks ago & popular mission Tho celebration of its sntetype, ths Paschal | p TFeast, by the Jews Lad taken place for centuries n will present wpanted by ap- Le no service in for v x s, Therd will b 2 Ezster services at. St. John's Church will be beid a¢ 10:30 a.m. The testor, the Rev. H. i Powere, will prezch on the Victory of Life, ut | tho conclusion of which the Holy -Comumuuion + will be administered. At 4 p. m. infant baptism will be administered. The Sunday-school Erster festival will tulse placo in tho evening, commenc- iug at 7 o'clock. ts Ihe Church of the Ascension, will colebrate the Evcharist at 6.3) a. m., mOINIDE prayer with germon takes place at 10:30 a. m., full celebration of tho Holy Communion at 11:30 & m., with ves- persat3p.m. Thero will alto be eveningser- vice with eermon. ‘The rite of confirmation wags administored on Saturday eveuing. The Churck of tho Atonement will celebrate full Easter services 1n the forenoon. In the af- ternoon at 8 a'clock tho Sundey-school festival will take place. The church is handsomely dec- orated, and the front and altar is elnborately { ornamented with flowers. During Holy Week the mission services which were held in the church bave been very sucecssful, The servicea at these wero all crowded, sermons baing preached by several of the ablest preachers in tho Church. OTHER DENOMINATIONS. In St. Paul's (Universalist) Church, services hsve been held each afternoon during the past seek. This morning the pastor, the Kev. Dr. . H. Byder, will receive some thirty members into the church, which will be followed by the administration of the communion in the open congregation. An address will precede the com- munion, and the unsual Eoster offering will be taken. 'The ladies of tho chnrch have prepared fine floral decorations for the lecture-room, whers the services will take place. In the evening there will bo o special Enster sorvice, conducted chiefly by the Sunday-echool, aud similar to that which was received with so much favor two montha ago. Brief addresses and recitations by the scholars will tako place ; the music will be under the direction of Prof, Staub. gy THE RFLIGIOUS PRESS. TUE ALLIAYCE The Alliance coxtains editorials by Dr. Helmer on “The Resuit of That Brooklyn Council”; by Dr. Thomas, on “ Mental Intoxication ”; and'by Prof. Swing, on ** Limestona Christianity.” The oint of the latteris that the Christian world has not money enough to carry forward its great moral reform, sud, at the same time, gratufy a great architectural pastion. A costly temple for nfew is an ides whose death should ba voted st once by the new Christinn world. tude demands immediate accommodation in plain The multi- reacher asked a¢ 8 clergyman's meoting whether money could not bo Faised to help his people build s brick charch costing 310,000, and before tho birth of Christ; and the two com- | oyt every pnstor confessed that his own memorative days wore o closo together as to causo much doubt in the minds of the patri- archel Christians as to whether tho trae celebra- | W tion of the day was the Jewish, viz: the 14th of Nisan, or whether it should be at some other date. The Council of Nicia fixed the date for all the Christinn world, which has’ ever since ro- maincd as Easter. THE EASTER EGO. Mixed with the original idea of the resurrec- tion, or the redemption from from death, have arisen geveral practices analogous to or repro- sentative of that iden, The resurrectionis typi- cal of epring, when dead natuse revives. The Paster ogg i8 another typo of the idea which is dominant. The egg is the centre and germ of enimal life, and so has come to be associated inevitably with the* day. HOLY WEEE. b tion of the Eucharist with great pomp in the | doctrinsl matters, arrangement by which tliese New York divines, snd cverybody elet, conld confer with Brother Edwards before they venture to epeak or write, and then if tho wholo press of the country eould be under his manage- FRoman Catlolic churches. After tho consecra- tion of the Hoet, it is removed in & procession to a repositor7,—ordinazily a smaller altar,— whero it is deposited. Tbis rec. ptecle is adorned s1aborately with flowera aud lights, and is visit- =d by persons from all the churches. On Friday, the day of the cracifixion, nomasais snid ; the Host, consecrated the day Lefore, is produced on tue altar; thechusch is drapdd in black. On Good Friday such_visitors to the churches s choose, kiss a crucifix. Lept fos that purpose, at the aluar ruiling ; in order to show their venera- tion for the lustrament of. man's redsmption. Leat properly clotes on Good Friday night. On Saturday the Rishop blesses tho Paschal candle, the olls, and the boly wzler that is to throughout the year. Holy Week, in Chicago, hss been observed be use with various degrees of solemnity by various de- | goee. Dot N i g a nominetions. Next to the Catholic Church, are 3 {0 set up his carriage, and who wisnes o Lo cially recognized by his neig} daughters into coveted circles, inds it ezsy to tako o pew in the parish church, and to cuitivate the favor of the dergyman. ilie Episcopalians, who bavo &pent the week in gclemu evening and day-time gatherings; con- firmations have taken place, and tho minds of all true church-people prepared for the recep- tion of the holy communion on Sunday. Teligious sarvices haye aleo becn held every doyin several of the ilethodist and Unitarian churclies, and the noophytes prepared for full admission fnfothe churches on Easter day. ‘ROMAN CATAOLIC. 0 wil child can repalr 1o a neat Sunday-echool Toom, and when the rich of the city will repair to a plain houso of Gud, such as_will Icave some money in their for thie poor and the futherless when their mormng orslip is over, 1 tho e of Fm who 40 lored th2 world, church was 80 taxed by its own debts that he feared little could bo done to aid the oor any- here for sowme timo tocome. The Professor concludes : et us Lave an age of the nsefal, an age of plain churches for the people, and of plalu theology, too, for thio pulpit and peoyle alike, and It us sll work sud po for o duy when every poor man in the suburbs R havo a cbeap seat in & meat church, and every hands The Alliance also contains the following sharp hit at Dr. Artbur Edwards : The Rev. Dr. Crosby, of New York Cltr, lato Aod- erator of the General Afsembly, and one of the most Inarned sud able ministers of the Presbyterian Churcl, takes ing that * moderate drinkersshould Dot be condefned o8 drunkards, The weck that has just closed - is ealled Holy | drunkenness nsiblo view of tho temperance question, ay- Tor they aro ma csreful to avoid s they sro to avoid robbery.” docs ot suit tho extremists, and Dr. "hia “Iwards says that in “such o public issus e thie, he Week, colebrating themost paiuful scenes in the ; life of Christ. It commenced with Palm Sun- day. On Thursday was celebrated the institu- &hould hiold his misleading tongue,” The same Lrother wants Dr, Curry to *hold his misleading tongue™ on Now, if thers could only e some ent, we should soon have everything to tho notion of mi at least one man. THE ADVANCE. The Advance, speskiug of *certain denom- inational tendencies,” rewarks that the Dissont- ers in England are confined totho poorer classes. A pair of horses inevitably instills Anglican con- victions into the minds of the grandchildren of the toughest Dissenters. Says tho ddcance : The whole power of rank, offige, and social caste is cxerted in favor of tho Esteblishied Church ; and, as Nouconformist soung men muke their way upward, ind aspire tostill higber social position and political lace, they are strongly fempted to desert tho P‘:h:lpa\ ” for the *‘church,” oa the English phraso And, similarly, 8 well-to-do father, who has cquired wealth, aud 'is ablo to Luy a fine mansion 0= sors, and to bring his in this country, % certain part of soclety is mat- So, uraily attracted to thie Eniscopul Church, aud conse= quently other denominutions lose a_corresponding of members. This Las been singularly illus- & trated in tha City of New York, where thy wealth of Triaity Church and the effect of the old Colonial feol- ingond usage have made Episcopicy gréat power, The most impesieg vervices take place to-day | socially as well os eccloglastically, Even Unitar in all tbe Roman Catholic Churches. During | Zianism cowd not — Tesist the enticing infucnce; for gemifemen of that faith Holy Weel the confessional has been busy pre- paring the peoplo for the reception of the Eu- ist, whiclh will be administered to-day to some 10,000 devout Catholics alone. Sefvices begin at 5 o'clock, and are continued from that timo to about half-past 10, in order to admit ail the commuuicants and visitors. 1t is estimated that fully 2,000 will partake of the Eu- charist in ihe Jesuit Church to-day. In that, church tkte oflice of _the Tencbrm wag eung 6t 4 p. m., Wednesday, Tlureday, and Friday. Thursdsy night s ermon was delivared ou **The Pastion of the Savior,” by iho Rev. Fatbor De Blick. The Rev. Father Damen, who is expected to return from New York, wili preach in that church at High-Mass to~day. The choir wil eing Hummell's mass in Edat. Tho solos will bo sung by Mrs. Minaben, Aiss Scanlan, Jliss Lyons, Mr. Ricth, and Mr. Bullen: In the evening, Solemn Vespers will be sung with Emmerick’s magniticent Zingarelli's Laudati. This i5 one of the two occasions in the year on which the full poser of the organ may bo Dbeard. It is 8aid to be the largest in tho United $States. Several statues, which Father Damen is éxpected to bring from New York, will Le placed swhere they will add much to the interior besuty | of the church. 5 In Bt Patrick’s Church, on the corner of Adams and Desplaiues sticots, mass will be cele- brated at 6, 7, $and 9, and at 10:30 Solemn High Mase will ba’ celebrated. The choir will sing, under direction of Alr. R. Hall, tho celobrated laes of La Hache, ‘aud tho ‘Rev. Father Terry will preach.” A new ofgan has just been placed _in the church, nud the clforr, which is one of the best-trained in the city, will rohearse some very 500 music. In St. Mary's Church, Wabash avenue, comner | of Eldridge Court, tho carly sorvices. wil bo as | usual At 10:30 d'clock, Pontifical High Masa will be celebrated, conducted by the Rt Ror. removing from Boston to New York found that Epis- copacy in the latter city held very much tho position which was occupled by Unitarianism in the former. And 80, to the astunichment and chagrin of the Uni- tariun minislers, the New England Unitarisn immi- gration to tho motropolis went largely into the Epis- copal dencmination, erpecially into_the Iligh Church congregations, where they found rank znd fashion, arehitecturo ahd music, sbort scrmons, and an absencs of distinctive ovangelical religion, THE STANDARD, The Standard discusses ** Christinnity snd Freedom,” showing thai many ovils have grown out of the alliance of Churchaud State. cditorial concludes thet : The The Christian religion is the eafcst when it is the freest from worldly, and especislly political, contami- nation., velop cause degeneracy in both, Tepels; a corrupt and persecuung religion cannot make o place in_men’s bezrts, nor 1n their reacon will thog believe it has its origin with a bencticent God. Hence infidelity spreads Which ural Ule, ond having mo near conmection with anything that belonga to Christianity. With us infidelity s, on the other hand, unmaske ita colors, and cannot bo permitted to bring to its aid the avuscs which arise from an admixture of the po- litical and religious in the Governments of other Da- There scerh fo be elemeuts or prineiples do- ed in the connection of Church and State which Aeligion that oppreasca based upon®abuscs for the unnatu unlon 38 responsi- d. Tt is compelled to show tions, Itis for this reason that intidelity has maile so Littlo progress here, as compared with France and Germiany, and even Euglund, The conclusion we coe to 13, that Loth the Church and the Statoare bet - ter off when confined wholly to their legitimate fonc- tions, and that, whils Chrietianity is tho corner-stono of frecdom, it is purcst snd flourishes best where tho ‘peoplo are most {ree. TUE INTERIOR. e *The Brooklyn Council” is discuesed in'the Inferior, aud the editor comes to this conclusion about its results : In effect, the Council was asked, Shall we continue to fellowship Plymotth Clinrch, or shall we withdraw 7 And the Council #aid this §s the first offensa ; continue to fellowship them, but the thing must uot occur Bishop_Foley. Tho chowr will sing Haydn's | aguin Fourth ass, and tha Rev. Father Lawlor, of tho Jesnit Chureb, will deliver the sermon. Veapera will commerieo at 8 quarter of 8, followed by & sermon and banediction. . EFISCOPAL. I the Episcopal Chburches the services of Holy Commuvion take placs to-day.- The churches will generally be finely decorated with fowers ; the Sundaz-schools will bold festivals sither during the afternoon or the evening. In most of the churches services wero held Good Friday, and also Saturday evening. At tho Cathedral of Saints Petor and Paul tho gervices will bo very eolemn snd impreseive. The music2l portion of the services will be full choral, composing several special Easter hymns and anthems. An early celebration of the Eu- charist will take place at7 a.m., followed by worning prayer, litany, confirmation service, and 5 sccoud celebration of the Holy Comraunion at 12:30. Tho childrew’s floral gervice will be heid 43 . m., with Easter carols by the children. A ty Church, on the corner of Twenty- sixth street and Michigen avenue, there will be un eatly celebration of the Holy Communion at 9 o'clock.: At a quarter to 11, morning service, sermon and® Holy Commanton wll take placo. Laster festival, with music, addresses, Rrucic hes boch carefully prepared, an orll o ehearsed by a fine choir. The decorations arg - iine. in, “This was kind adyice. Tt saves the Congregational body froms scblsm, but it is at tho s.me time n prece- dent, discleim it as they may;, for those wko advocate the largest liberty, T Conucil colncided in its opinion with the opin- ion of Dr. Budingtcn and Dr. Storrs. But in rocom- mending & continuance of fellowship, they advertiso the danger which will attend any aitemyt to enforce conservatism. Were Beecher driven into Independ- ency, the Broad Church party i his denowination would probably go with him, and Congregationalism would be rent in twain. The samo paper, epeakiog of what theological stucents ehould G during the summer vacation, thinks they ehouid spend the time “ iu expound: 10g the Word of God, and that somo provision ehould be made whereby they may be suitabiy recompensed.” Tho editor inquires : Cotld it mot be arranged, however, that z student applying to Presbytery mighit have s temporury iicense, which would suthorize bita to cxercise his gitts for 3 etated period, and within the bounds of the Presbytery granting the hicenso? We cannot see that any cbjec- tion could be raised_sgainst this, and we Kuow that students would much_prefer. 10 be recognized by the TPresbyteries as performing suthorized service. e RELIGIOUS CORRESPONDENCE. 1S AMERICA A CHRISTIAN NATiON ? To the Eiditor of The Chicago Tribune: Sm: Fors popalation of 33,925,598 thore ro 21,665,062 church sittings of all classes. - Of pored peoplo can be crowded without any extra stock of dry goods for eshibition. With less thau 18,000,000 of sittings thus provided, it is ovident than there remain 21,000,000 of poople for whom there is not room in ull the orthodox places of worship. 1f it fshould be fassumed thav one-half of the people are infants, sick and infirm, and other— wiso unable to attend church; still thero is a majority of more then two millions of men and woinen who cannot go to church for want of ac- commodation there, While then, not one-half of the peoplo could go to church it they would, snd not one-fourth of thom do actuaily altend, can it be fairly said that this nation is any longer a truly Christian one ? The changes rapidly going on in the populs- tion of this country are decidedly against the Orthodosx, a8 appears from the figures in the cen- sus of 1860 compared wish that of 1870. Those of 1860 show the church-members to have beou 5,000,000 in tho 81,090,000 of population, and those of 1870 about 6,000,000 in 39,000,000 The gnin of tho Cliurch for tho last decade was only one in eight, whereas it stood at tho beginning of the decade at o littla less than one in six. Hera wo may notico the practical business character of oge of the “ Voluntary Societies,” which stapts out with the plain common-sensa idea that in order to do men good you must go where you can find them. It thercfore sends plair practical men, taken up from smong the clusses whom it purposes to benefit, directly to the homes of the people. Lt provides these men with the Bible, and with religious publications, free from all ecctarian dogmas, but living with the grear essential teachings of the Gospel. These poblications are put up in niain and sab- stantial manner, printed on shito pap er, with clear fair type, and sold a .ry low prices. Supplied with a good stock of this * Gospel for the people,” theo men push their work into the “regions 'beyond” the ordinary operations of tho clrarches, and_among those very millions who never respond to the sonnd of church-going bells, They cease not, day and nillgbt, to feach tho people of * tho way to be saved.” Having no scctarian schemes to promote, and being heartily intorested in the persoual welfare of every family they visit, they sro cordially re- ceivad everywhere, and it is not surprising that they obtain almost universal saccess. It ap- pears from their records that their sales of those books are from cight to ten times the amount of their grants, and no familv is left destitute of a Bible and some religicus book for waut of thu money to buy. ‘The American Tract Soclety is a mighty power in%the dark, and -might be used witl very great efliclency id giving tho gospol to tho millions, TIE DIAL OF ATAZ CanyrLr, Livingston Ca,, 1L, March 81, 1874, the Editor of The Chicaan Lribune : Sm: Some one, whom I know not, hus sent me the DaiLy Trisose for Feb. 22, 1874, con- taining an article headed *‘The Dial of Ahaz,” and sigoed by a member of the Presbyterian Church—the number of the church not being stated. I presume, howover, {he article in ques- tion may bavo boon originated by the famons eermon- lately delivered by tho enlightened Dr. McKaig, of the Ninth Presbyterian Church of Chicago. Whether 8o or not matters httle. Now, it is well known hercabouts that I have been engaged for the last few years in ferreting out tho ttua meaning of the Bible, aad flatter myself, though nol a theologian, that I have suc- ceeded better than most of my prodecessors. The Dible, as suggested by * Presbyterian Church,” is & mythological work, analogous in most respects to tue sacred books of_othor ma- tious than the Jews. It contains, as I conceive, the Ptolemaic Astronomy compiete, as it relates to the Jewish calendar, and even to our own. Wo find thercin the year divided into two (sometimes into three) scasons. Theso are sub~ givided into months, both Junar and calendar; and these again into 365 days, to which is added the bissextilo or leap-year day evers fourlh year. Evenmore than this. A dayadded to the 365 days every fourth year is too much by 11 min, 10.3 sec. This even, thongh small at first, had accumulated, so that it amounted to 10 days in the time of Hozekial, the which error the author of the Myth of Ahaz's Dial corrected exactly as Pope Gregory XIIL did in his time,—the only differcnce Zein;z that Gregory ordered that overy centurinl yeur that could be divided by 4 without a rewainder should not be bissextile, as it other- wige would be. I may note that from the Couneil of Nice to Gregory's time wes something over 1,200 years ; als8o that tho tme from the first allusion vo thiy subject in Genesisup to Hezekiah's, was about the wume period (near 1,200 years), and from Hezekish'to the Council of Nice “was a littio short of 1,200 years, according to Bible chronol- ogy. Tha relatious of these three periods, how- ever, aro sufliciently near ; errorsin chronclogy, particularly Biblo chronology, often vary vastly more. L4 Of courso we shall find all the proper rames in this myth, not names of men, but mero pe; sonitications. Abaz is ** possessor ¥ or ** qclip- tie,aud dial *degrees”; the original beinfi maaloth. Hence Ah: ial should ba trans’ate ““degrees of the ecliptic.” Indeed, in the mar- ginal reading of our English version we have *degrees " for tho word ** diul.” Not, as'every yeur, by tho 2ddition of s day to overy fonrth year, would extend; by 11 miu- utes 10.3 secouds, beyoud the true time, tho shadow would go forward that much on the dial, aud ten dsys in something over 1,300 yoars, calendographer of the time found that H. s (snmmer? was sick unto death, that is, his avr'th was_bodly--deranged; for the shadow (oi th sun) had gone forward 10 degrees (steps, duvs) in tho ‘dial of Ahuz (sun's ecliptic). Ior tuc Eurpom of restoring hishealth, the shadow must e brought back ten degrees (days) in the eclip— tic, and all would be well. By this means Hezo- kigh's lifo_ was prolonged fifteen years (days). Tho word shanah (one shine) may be translated days with a8 much, or even more, proprietv than yoars. Summer was probably within five days of ity end wheu the corrcction was made. ‘The day on-which the eun and moon stood still & tho command of Joshua was the leap-year Yo : 1may state, in conclusion, that I cluim tobs the discoverer of the trus key by which the wiole Bible can be correctly interprefed. Iudeed, [ have already solved - most of the knotty ques- tions of Scripture as cleatly and a8 sasisfaciorily a8 that of Alnz's dial, aud hope to give my solu- tion to the world ere long. Hespectfully, 0N WOOLLEY. 0SES AND BCIENCE. itton, Eitor of the Interior ; Thinkug that there are some compliments due you for the strictures you thought fit to cago Dany TRIBUNE of the 15tu inst., entitled ** Moses aud Scieuco,” I take this method of re- minding you of some important facts related thereto. ~ First, I perceive that you do not kern- plo at misrepresentation, when the subject ua- der review 18 couuter to your preconceived or contracted views. This is conspicuous, when you misquote me as calling space a body ; and you chuckle about the expression ** great heat,” in producing incandescence. This may seem very funny to you, and yet remain a fact. How- ever, thove mattess ars but incidental, and L will waive their further consideration for more im- portant questions. In drawing parallels beiween Moses and Science, I #et up no claims as a selentist, nor yet to explain scicntitically the modus operandi by which planets or worlds weroe brought forch ; my object was simply to set forth generally-received truths; for oxample: the sun 1s the producer of all the planetary bodies included in the solar sys- tem, nnmbering over 309, great and small, be- ginding at Noptune and ending with Meréury, Another important fact to be considered 18 that all the planets revolve around the sma in the direction in which they wero thrown off. Pre- mising that every iutelligent person will admit these deducticns from scieuce, wo proceed to reason. Frowm the earths position in planctary order, you can easily understand that the major part of the planets had been brought forth be- fore her; hence the sun'of the Afosaic record could not have had any influence in ‘the forma- tion of the plunetary system—it being bat an ap- pendago to the eth, according to. record (sée Geuesus, chap. i.), or & myth—for 1t did not exist wien the oarth was created. _ ‘The bogaic error may be accounted for by tak- ingnto consideration snd giving credit o the record of his Egyptian education. When }osos lived, modern astronomy was unknown ; but we Jearn that in thoso days an idea provailed thst the earth was the principal object in creation, and that the sun, moon, sad stara revolved around her as tho centre-point in_the nuiverse ; but modern gcience has totally disproved those erroueous views ; and, 88 Moies was supposed to lLave written uader Divine inspiration, the truth, a8 proven by logical deductions, mnst come'as o very unwelcome message to all who Dbave built their thoological castles on the Mosaic + est =nd profit. make on an articlo of mine pubiished in tue Chi-, cupations, opinions, and characteristics are mat- ters of such concern to your readers, and espe- ciully that tney are so accurately set forth by your highly-intelligent correspondent. There aro, however, some errors in_bis writing, which ate trifliog to bo sure, bat which be and your readers will 0o doubs be glad to have carrected : First, Dr. Thompson was never ** 8 waiter in a hotel.” Second, he did not come to Nashotah “a poor Irish lad,” but & young man of 19, well ed- ucated, from’ the chargo of s large school. Third, he staid at Nashotah not * seven years, but throe terms, during ona of ~which Le had charge of the preparatory school of thot institution. Fourth, Dr. Colo was not the President, but Dr. Buck. Fifth, **the youth ” paid his own bills hizself, and did not ask or receive assistance froli any one; not s penny Was s&:nc for his education axcept what wos earned like a man by himself. Sixth, e did not leave Chicago for & larger salary in New York. Soventh, ho is not $occasionally employed by the proprietors of the Clurch Jour- fla},J" but 1s editor-in~chief of that paper, and one of its proprietors himself. Fighth, he did notsay Dr. Cole “stood on the same ground with Dr. DeKoven.” Tho Chicago correspond- ent of the New York Tumes saidit. With these trifling corrections your correspondent’s articla is a model of accuracy, and if he will come to New York I think I can assuro him of a prominent reporter’s position on the staff of the Herald, or some other able paper, that only require of their employes to known a man's name to_write his entire history. , E.H.C. Nxw Yoms, March 27, 1874, 'HE INTERIOR- T o the Editor of The Chicaqo_Tribune: Sin: In your last Sunday's issue Inotico a lengthy communication, signed by 1" which purports to be an answer to a former communi- Cation in your paper, eigned by “T.Y The # ego™ to'whom I refer, in his_gixth paragraph, asks a question and also immediately answers it, sud nov only that, but quotes,the answer, 28 .if it were the voice of =all people. The query to which I refer is as fol- lows: “Does any one in his senscs believe that the Interior is an enemy of tho Presbyterian Church and her ministry ?” Without attempting to answer thie question myself or to express auy * doabts " on | the subject, I do assert, and am prepared to ve, that tho editor of the aforessid journal d state, in the presenco of witnesges, that his paper represented no one but the publishers and oditors ; these same partios being privato indi- vidusls. r This statement is worthy of commendation for its frankness and truth ; for, whilo many in the Church in which it professes to be an ** organ” have long felt that such were the facts, fow Lave believed they would, for policy’s sake, be con- fessed. £y One word ¢s tothe manner in which these “ private individuals” are ikely to conduct this paper in the futuro, to say pothing of the way in which it has already and ié now being employed. All who remember the days of the Rebellion necd not question as to the standing of theso “ private individuals™ with referance to tho in- stitutions of this Governmont. So also for thoso who shall look to its columans for spiritual ro- froshment, and shall eontinue to find only dog- matical formulas and bitter accusations. The Presbytorian Charch neods & paper which shall look after its Christianity rather than its creed, which ghall ba *‘an encmy of” the Devil rather than of godly men, and which shall seck to bring all its membership -into closer relations to each other, instead of thrusting forward personal spites and antiquated hobbies under the uise of +Church defenses,” all the credit for which be- 1ng due to snstaining *private individuals.” NOTES. CONGREGATIONAL. The College Chapel at Benzonis, Mich., which +was the house of worship for the Congregational Church.at that place, was burnad March 23. The Advance says: **The prosperity of Whea- ton College will gratify the friends of Christian education generally, as well a8 Congregutional- ists.” The pew Congregational Church formed at South Chicago lsst Sunday comprises eighteen communicants. The Bev. C. A. Towle is pastar, and is grently encouraged with this auspicions ‘beginning. Tho Adrance says it is time that churches rid themselves of the chargo of delinquency 1n pay- ing pastors’ salaries, and mentions the cass of a pastor who was compelled to resizn solely on the ground of continned slackness in the payment of bis salary. Twenty persons have united with the Congre- gational Oburch in Cherokee, In.; the church at Rockford, - in tho -eame Btate, received twelve members at the last Communion; a Congrega- tional church of eleven members was formed at Bear Grove, Ta., March 22, The Adrance says: * The fellowship-meetings conducted by a committee of the Chicago Asso- ciation, of ‘which the Rev. E.F. Williams is Cbairman, and beld chietly among the outlying churches near she city, bave been of much witer- The last one was held with the b tlmton Street Chure! Several Congregational churches in Wisconsin , xepors recent vovivels: Oneat Greon Bay un- dor the dircction of tho Rev. M. L. Esstman; twenty-five persons wero receivod to member- ship by the Bay View Cburch, tho Rev. J. T. Breeso, pastor ; a similar number of conversions have taken piace at Lone Rock; &n iuteresting rovival has taken place 1 the Congregavional Church at New Lisbon. 2. APTIST. The Scandinavian Baptists of Manistoe, Mich., are inclosing & new house of worslip. Inthe Baptist churches of Chicago, to-day is to bo set apart for the giving of money to make up in some degreo the deficit in the year's For- cign Mission account. Acollege colony, known as the * Excelsior Colony,” consisting mainly of Baptist immi- grants from New York, i8 establishing in Ar- Eansas, under the leadership and Presidency of tho Rev. T. J. Sicgfried. : PRESDYTERIAN. The Qommittee on Home Missions for Chica- go Presiytery havereceived an application for the organization of a Presbyterian church at Palatine, 111, EPISCOPAL. John Joues, late’ Baptist minister, has just boen adinicted by the Stunding Comumittes of the Diocese of Lilinois s a candidate for orders. " Tho recent agitations aro inciting the clerical miud of the country to examino the claims of tho Church. The numberof accossions is grentor than at any previous perod. 1n Missouri thore bas been within o shorttime the unprecedentod number of thirteen ordinations. The Rov. Mr. Petersen is in charge of mis- sion work among the Norwegians of Minnesots, numbering 175,000 He was born in Christians, Norway, ordained Deacou in the Cathedral of Goneva, and Presbyter 1o this country, and re- ceived from the Roman Catlolic Church by Bishop Whipplo, in'1873, Bishop Hantington, who came into the Church from the Unitarians, in & sermon st Oswezo the other-day, showed the simplicity of belief, all summed up in_the Apostles’ Creed. The error of many Christian' bodies Las becn in adding mataphysics to faxth, and requiring seceptance of shem, thus causing many to rejoct a iaith so formulated. The word pricst is simply a coutraction of presbyter. Somo claim that priest designates .inthe church a eacrifice. The articles of the English Clurch were preparad st the same time -both in Latin- snd English, and heacs both are equslly sathentic. 1In _theso _articlos, where the second order of the Episcopal ministry 5 mentioned, the word priast is called ** p}'e!byk:ms " in Latin ; but where tho samo order in the Church of Rome is mentiono, tho word priest ia called “Bacerdos.” The Church of Romo laid claim to the Sacerdos; but the Charch of England never. -The, Alliance 8ays : During the season of Lent, Bishop Whitehouse hag confirme more than 400 peraons, snd in the course of bis visitation has traveled some 1,200 or 1,500 miles. In the Inst thirteen days ho hss preached thirty dis- courses, bendes attending to cher dutles of his Epis- copate,’ With this constant Intellectual sud phrsical activity he shows no signs of exhanstion, snd aimost every day a fresh eermon bears witness 16 his sstowish- ing mental vigor snd viality. ‘The elasticity and en- duranco of bis_constitution, st his advaaced 1ge, have hardiys jarallel in the anuds of the clergy of the Amenican Church. reachers, 237 superannuates, 3,134 traveling be and 676,600 members, in- 5344 local preachars, cluding ministers. Eighty bave been recently convorted in the Methodist churches on tho Allerton Circuit, Des Momes Conference, Iowa. During the past quarter 102 have united with the Court Btreet Church, Flint, Mich, on proba~ tion, and ten have united by letter. In the Dixon District of the Rock River Con- farenco of the L. E. Church there have been 1,050 conversions, as the result of the revivals there last winter. A great revival at Omro, Wis., under the lead of tho Methodist minister, the Rev. J. Anderson, has resulted in the addition of over 100 persons to that church on probation. Lassing, Mich., Aprit £ —The Mothodist Epis- copal Convention for the State of Aichigan is to beheld at Jackson, May 26, 27, and 23. Topics for discuseion: Temperance Reform; Benevo- lence; Religious Periodicala; issions; Cen- tennial Celebration; Education; Christian Sab- bath ; and Sunday-schools. ANSCELLANEOUS. The Governor of New Hampsbire has appoint- ed the Sth of April, .and the Governor of Maine the 16th, as days of fasting aud prayer. A Russian Orthodox Chapel has been opened at No. 951 Second avonue, New York. Itis a private bonse. ‘The front parlor is the audito- rium, and the dining-room the chancel with the The *American pilgrimage” has pow as- sumed the porportions of a fixed fact. Tho pil- grims are to sail from New Yorkin tho Havre steamer Periere, May 16; some fifty of them have already spoken for passage. The Rev. Howard Crosby, who recently deliv- ered asermon on tomperanco, in which he charged that the drinkers of liquer, a8 well as the dealens in it, were culpable, when drunken- Dess ensued, has brought down upon his head the wratls of many correspondents. ———— PERSONAL. cnicaco. The Rev. Alexander Clark, editor of the Methodist Recorder, spent n day in thie city last weelk. K The Rev.J. B. Bidwell of the Chicago Theo- logical Seminary, has received a call to Green- vitle, UL The Rev. A. J. Kynett, Corresponding Becre- tary of the Board of Church Extension of the Methodist Episcopal Church, waa in the city s dey or two last week. The Rev. John B. Butherland, of tne senior class of the Presbyterian Theological Seminary of this oity, is called to the pastorate of the Presbyterian Church in Indianols, near Indian- apolis. The Rev. Dr. Edson has been Rector of St Anne's Parish, Lowell, Mass., for fifty yesrs. This bas been his work: Baptisms, 3,502 ; con- m;’m;(iuns, 1,721 ; marnsges, 1,038 ; fanorals, 1,760. The Rev. 8. McChesney, pastor of Trinity Methodiss Episcopal Charch, was thrown from a carriage last week and considerably bruised. He was confined to his' house for several days by the accident. The Rev.Dr. Verren, for twenty-five yoars Rector of the French Church of Ste. Eaprit, near New York City, died last weos aged 73. He was a native of France, of an oid and bighly-respected family. Howas scademically educatod a slar- soilles, and theologically at Geneva, Switzerland. For twelve years e wos a Professor at Columbia College. ELSEWHERE. The Rev. David Ellioit, D. D., LL. D., died March 18 in Alleghany, Pa., aged 83. The Rev. A. Kenyon, of Tnion, Wis., haa re- sigued, and clozes hiy labors the 1st of Alay. The Rev. Mr. Hammond, tho revivalist, is soon to commence & revival-meeting in Galves- ton, Tex. The Rev. C. E. Taylor bas resigned the pastor- ateof the Normal (Ill.) Baptist Charch, the re- signation to take effect May 10. Miss Leonard, the revivalist preacher, is be- comung quite noted, Fifty couversions took place in Langing, Mich., recently, a3 the result of a week's labor, Miss Mary E. Pinkerton, a member of the Congregational Church _in_Chester, Ia., sails in Msay to join the Zula Aission, n_South Adrica, upder tho care of the American Board. Mrs. Fannie M. Do Pauw, of New Albany, Tod., has given the Womaun'’s Foreign Missionary Socicty £1,000 to help esteblish its mission in Japan. Dora Schoonmaker, of Morris, Iil., 18 skortly to be sent to this field. The somewhat famous Justin D. Fulton, Bap- tist clergyman, of Brooklyn, sometimes known 23 “the American Spurgeon,” is now charged with trying to pawn off as his own some of the writings of Margaret Fulier Ossoli. e RELIGIOUS MISCELLANY. AT HOME. Two persops in Philadelphia have given $10,- 000 each toward a building in that city for the & Reformed Episcopal Church, Tho United Brethren have just dedicated their first church in the City of Philadelphis, a city of near 800,000 peopls ard 500 church-edificos. The pews in a New York eynagogue wore sold &t public suction, after an inspiring lunch, and brought $100,000. The highest price paid for ozne was $4,000. r. Porteous’ new organization is called “ All Souls Protostsnt Episcopal Church.” It claims tobe loyal to the Lpiscopal body, and will ask {or recognition by the Bishop. The Rev. Dr. Thomas, recentlyof the Michigan Avenue Baptist Church, of Chicago, baptized four candidates in the First Church,on Piere- pont street, Brooklyn, last Sunday evening. The German Reformed Church, in Berks County, Pa., dates from 1750. The first church was built in 1753. There are now iu the county fifty-four congregations, with 10,330 members, of whom 9,034 are commuuicants. The Evaminer and Chronicle (Baptist) ehal- lenges a recent statement in the Methodist thet fifty regular Baptists had formed a Liberal Bap- tist Union, for the purpose of disseminating open-communion arguments and sentiments. The Christian Union says : Thousands of persons, both ‘children and adults, who like to#ing Frances Crosby's “ Swect hour of prayer ” must lave been shocked to learn thit its ‘blind author and her blind husband have had s nar- row escape from starvation, % in spite of all their effarts.” ‘The time is approaching when the Baptist Associations all over tho couatry are to Be held. The Standard notes tne fact, and hopes that clerks of churches, Sabbath-school Superin- tondents and Secretaries, and pastors will begin in senson to get their statistics and other matters in rendiness. A writer in the Pacific Churéhman (Protest- ant Episcopal) mourns tho scarcity of the charches of that denomumation in Dlinois. The correspondent can * count over twenty towns in the midst of populous Illinois, with populations of trom 2,000 to 10,000, and the namo of tue Charch not in existcnca in them; but meeting- Louses of all sccts scattered thick.” In thayeur 1872 the following five denomina- tions inthe United States raised for their church expenses, for home aud foreign missious, for theological institutes, ete., the following sums: TheBaptists, $2,391,276; the Congregacionalists, about 4,009,000 ; the Episcopalians, £6,304,003; the Methodists, $17,427,184; tho Presbyterians, $11,070,325, The Rev. Mr. Jackson, the chief exponent of Ritualism in Washington City, proached a fes evenings since on ** Privato Confession and Ab- solution,” arguing that the Scripture, the writ- ings of the fathers and English reformers, and tao prayer-book, all show that the pricst has power to convey God's pardon tothe penitent after irue and hearty confession of sins; aad he advises the bitgcto avail themselves of the blese- ing whenever they felt the need of it, and to value 1t u3 one of the precious privileges which g“hfi gogu providecce of God has reserved 1o His arch. . About 500 of the 2,000 elergymen of 31 chusetts have complicd with tha request of the . with only two membeis each, ono with three, | Beiit. 10:30 o'clock, and ths Rev. Dr. Mitchell at 7:3 in'the Ashlana burch, corner of PolyaoCh 1 tho Ashiaad Avenun Charch, comer of Fuatiny 1] —The Rev. Nathan Sheppard w1ll preach a 4 eat in any one family, 15; daily aversge i Rotms of 140, 0 boura 3l ‘minutes; longest Bours, 17 sborsest 3. Of the whols numiX making , but 20 wers wnm: ABROAD. 7:30 o'clock, in the Mi t 11 ang A new church was opened in Florence, Italy, i shegs U Aveate Ciu, U2 on_New Year's day, Father Gavazai. The | of the Tubernacle,"and “ Godliness and :xmym?-;n building was formerly the Church of St. Jacob. | —The Bov. 2. E. Bisliss will: presch Sioraing ing The Bt. Bev. Dr. Harris, the Isle Bishop of | Mouros’ streeta. The 1tom. ss pogior SOrsn 01 Gibraltar, died March 16. Fresbyterian pastor in this iate, hating only sees,d - They hae ‘“breakfasta” in England to:pro- | te sveatag he will gles. hio penaadiion Anri1 T mote tho cause of ‘‘entirs sanctification.” DBishop ‘Auer, Misejonary Prolate of Liberis, held his first confirmation in Africa, in St. Mark's Church, Cape Palmas, first Sunday after Epiph- any. Tho studenis of the English University of Cambridg + have been debating the policy pur- sued by 2 Prussian Government toward its Catholic eupjects, and have decided that itis “inconsistent with the principles of religions ‘Baptist, after which he will be recei 2oga ‘munion of the church by baptism. - L0 B8 ca. Tho Ror, Topert. QGTATLN. o Rev. Bot yer wil preact creniog in Caity Caurch corncr of ::nfiffi;“fmm an 'y sireet i ject Vi S Yo s il K —Tho Rev. Henry Powers, of New ¥ morning 3nd _eventug in the Chueen. of fhy TS 5 corner of Michigan avennaand Twenty-thirg Subjecty:-+ The Resurrection Lifo; » and Tnggeg of o ea. " ler Sunday- o Iy at 2 a'elock. 7 yehoal scrvien prog. equality.” ‘The Rev. Alinot J. Sa 1 rescl " “ITio Judgen, with the Lord Mayor and Corpo- | mou at 10:45 o'lock 1a 5s Thirl Broeg EXIE ter. ration, will aefend in state at Divino service in | schoo] Eauier service at 230 oclock. No aventonidl vice, —The Rev. George W. Patten will presch- oclock, and the Bev. ¥, E. Kitttidge st 1:ds u-.;:,,f“ tiao Folirth Chirch. - Morning fubject: + Te gog rection; 7 evening subject : ** Ritualism and Forg ™ 8t. Paul's Catbedral, London, Sunday, April 19, being the first Sunday in Easter Term. - Cenon Liddon will bo the preacher. There are in England and Walea two churches three with five, eight with fix, eighteen with ten, and 160 numbering from eleven to twenty each. Oue church of ten boasts of nine lay preachers. ; CxvEssr, "Thiero will bo & special Euter service n the moms sad an Exster Sundsy school concert in fho ereapeoth 8t Pauly ORarch, o1 avenue, near Bigs eenth atroel ® A country olergyman fn England calls stten- | o508 3, F; Forrester, morniog and eveatog, 1y cion to the’ fact, 48 indicating s bettor obaery- | aad Sangummon oresen pmentooTneT of T ance of Lent, that in his noighborbood twenty~ | *Drigkan s o e 8 lecsur, threa Enks of hounds were advertised to start —The Rev. W. S. Ralph will preach at 11aq 7, on Ash Wednesdsy, 1872. Last year the num- | o'clock in Murray Chapel, on Indians "me.n': ber was roduced to fifteen, and this yesr ehows a | TWenty-ninth stréet. dimination to nino. ThoRer, 1, 1, T TATLE The Methodist Episcopal Church North has | Hall, coraes of roms svemie ot pimmeny ik resolved 1o occupy Teheran as a mission-sta~ | at 11 o'clock, and in Union Park Temple at :J;ww"n“ gion. Thero_is mo station In Poraia, wost of Sabject ue Bemuozecion of Gl e eheran nester than Tabreez—more than = wedenbor p1n Mor. }nizll?:dm’.tlm'l;' none uia flllg ons:wud nearer thng T3y Chapel ADOERE b, = i ; and 'eheran is e only tenable groun: - for misslonary Iabor designed o Teachocithor | Chooey, o ags, ollns will rieich in the Gentt Church, on Adams stre JafTe Park, Eastern Persia or the Toorkeestan, sl 7230 oclock: - Bubjects: s If s Poveant] iR #The End of Ungodly Prosperity,” is the title | 5. ) Bnicl‘{:m"’n Smfl]d ‘Who Shall Prepara thy of u sermon euggesied by the career of Arthur | Guiiren v ~20 L%t Death, and Destiny of iy Orton, to be published in a few days by Measrs. day of humanity, val—thisdayof Godand man, just zsthe house of Trorship, which s the house of’ God, it above all the ouse for great and-noblo cathedrels—not for the rich, thay have palaces, o modest chopel is enough for them— but for the poor. and of West Washington and Ro be Holy Communion afier o Sunday-school celobration at mon at 10:30 o' Painesville, G., will proach st 7:30 oclock, in Trinity Church, on indiana avenue, near Twenty-fourth evening in atreet. hour, in the Carapbell Park Mission Chapel, stroet, near Harrison, ‘Temple Chure] streets, Eve Hodder & Stougbton. It was preached inthe | = The First Society will meet at 7:30 5nd 10:30 ofefocy parish church of St. John's, W apging, where | in Grow's Opera-House. Mr. E.V. Wilson will lactury Arthur Orton was baptized by the Rev. Robert | #8d give his wondurful Fee attcerLavzoTa, Gordon, a black clergynidn, pative of Jamaica, fiaff been for several years curate of the ure Tha Oatholizs are assiduous_caltivators of the miesion-field in India, outrivaling the Prorastants in their Inbors, Tha’chief of tho Romish propa- ganda there- ia the Archbishop of Goa, T whom thére are no fewer than nine- teen Bishops in partibus, with between 800 aud 00 priests. A rccont state- ment prepared from the returns made by the Bishops brings the total of believers to a little over a million, being more than four times the number of Protestant native Christians reported as the results of British and German missions by the late General Conference of missionaries held 2t Alabad. Itis observed by the Indian press that these successes, like those of the Protestant missions, are nearly all won among the low- class notives of the extremo south of India. PFewer than 14,000 Catholics are shown by the returns out of the whole population of the northiwest Provinces and the Punjanb, where the British missionaries al:o have hitherto had but little succesd to boast of. Father Hyacinthe, in a late addresa in Switzer- land, said : The Lord’s Day is not the day of God slone, it is the Thin is the truo democratic festi- the people, - Bpeuking as a Catholic, I long They must have festivals such ns are not given to the Princes of the earth, such s religion olono con reslize. In the vast hbasilica all the erts gsther themselves abott the altar—architecture, painting, music, elo- «quence—for every minister of Orist is eloquent by the very force of his meseoge, Into this presenco come the people, conscious of their greatness, The little clildren, 8a they cross tho threahold are welcomed like Eings witlr majestio voice of orguns; they breathic tho odor of incense and of flowers ; they hear the sol- cmn words of worship, and from altsr back to’ home, and b word with them to their mother, their mother’s kiss with them to the House of God. Thoy go from boms o altar, ring back God's even as they carried e SERVICES TO-DAY. EPISCOPAL. The Rev. Dr. Stocking will officiate st Easter Morn- ing service, at10:30 o'clock, in tha Church of tho Epiphany, on Throop street, betwoen Monroe and Adams streets. Children’s festivul ¢ 7 p. m. —The Rev. Henry G. Perry will officiate st Easter ‘Aforning service and celebration i All Saints’ Church, corner of North Carpenter snd Fourth streets, In the evening there will be a Sunday-school festival, etc. —Tho Easter services in the Churclrof Our Savior, corner of Belden and Lincoln avenues, will bo us fol- lova: church eervice and communion a¢ 11 o'clock, and no services in the eveni Bunday-school celebration at 9 o'clock a, m.; —There will be secvices morning and evening in St. Stephen's Church, on Johnson street, between Taylor and Twelfth streets. c Rev, Prancis Mansfield will- officiate at 10:30 130 0'clocls in the Chiurch of tho Atonement, corner ceta, There The Rev, W. H. Smyths will o.liciate :t o'clock in the Clurch of tus Holy Communiop, ou South Dearborn sireet, between Twenty-ninth and Thirtieth streets. Evening subjact:” #The Stolen Christ and the Credulity of Unbelief,” —The Rev. Arthur Brooks will ofliciate st 10:45 and | 7:50 o'clock in St. James Church, coruer of Cass and Huron strects. Sunday-school Easter scrvices at 3 o'clock. A —Tho Rev, J. F. Walker will oficfata this morning in Calvary Chureh, on Warren_avenug, near Western avenue. Sunday-school festival at § o'clock, No evening servi ce.. —Tho Bev. Georgo C, Street will offictato at 10:30 and 11:30 o'clock this morning in St. Peter's Mission, No, 330 State street, ‘Even aung at 4 a'clock, DEFORMED EPISCOPAL. The Right Rev, Charles Edward Chenzy, D.D., will preach and ndminister the rite of canfirmation at 7:30 o'clock, and the Ber, . H. Tucker, will vreach at 10:45 o'clock, in Emmanuel Oburch, corner of Hanover and Twenty-eighth streete, a1 The Rev. 8. McChesney will presch an_Faster ser- '‘clock, and the Rev. Mr, Youmans, of street. The Bev, J..0.. Peck will preach at 10:30 and 7:30 o%clock in Centenary Church, on Monros street, near Margan, —The Bev. Dr. Felton will presch morning and cvemug in Grace Church, corner of LaSalls and White streets, CONGREGATIONAL. Tho Rev: C. B. Suinner, of the Lincoln Park Churck, will presch 3t 10:30 o'clock, and the Rev, Albert Bush- nell at 7:30 o'clock in the Leavitt Street Church. —The Kev. Alpust Bushuell, of tne Leavitt Street will praach at 10:45 in the Lincoln Park Church, Chureb, corner of Sorhia and Mohawk strcets, —The Rev. W. A. Bartlett will preach at 10:30 and Indiana 7:30 o'clock in Plymonth Church, corner of avenao and Twenty-sixth stroet, —The Rev. Simeon Gilbert, of the Adeance, will preach ot the usual hour in “the Wicker Pdrk Church. —~Tho Rev. J. T.Hyde will preach morning and evening in the Oakiand Congregational Church, The Bev. L. T. Chambarlain will preach this morn- ing, and the Rev. C. L, Thompson this evening, in the Now England Chureh, on White strest, near North earborn. Svazey's sublect Lefore his peopl orn- y'n sabject before othis . ]h! BHJ surrection.” e —The Eev. Jumes Harrison will preach mo and e Tenth Church, on Ashley, neat Hobey will preach morning —The Rev. James McLau, ghlin and evening in the Scotch Presbyterian Ohurch, cor~ ner of Adams and Sangamon streots. Subjects: The Tight Kind of Nobllity,” and “Trus Banitary Meas~ ures, ‘The Rev. Prof, Blackburn will proach at 10:45 o' and the Rev. A, 3 g 8:cond Chuarch, corner of Michigan svenne aud Twen- tieth utrest, E. Kittredge at 7:30 o'clock, in the —The Rev. Mr, Waller will preach this morning, and the Rev. Arthur ‘Swazey this E o 24 evening, in the Eighth —Thezs will be preaching this evening, ot the nsual on Leavitt ~—The Rev. A. E. Kittradge will preach this morning 2nd the Rev. Morris Waller. D. D., of Indisna, § Tusrd Church. Morniag subject? Monnt Sioal and tho Empty Sepuichre.” Rev. C, L. Thompson in the Fifth Church. —David Swing will preach this morning in fho Fourth Church, ~The Rev. J. B. McClure will preach at River Park gzpfl::ulng. Subject; **The Final Triumph of the : BAPTIST. Tho“RBev. N. P. Ravlin will preach asusualinthe corner of Harrison and S on Eented ng subfect: * The Unpreces ‘The Adventista will meet at 10:10 ad 7:30 o'clock fy thelr hall, No. 213 West Madison sirect, Preachin Eider 11, 3:ulloch % Py —The Pree Religious Soclety will hezeaft cuselonal Frcotiags ot 3 ocIeE Sunday By, ‘Ehe gabect this afterncon is, “What is Free Dar gion 2" This evening Prof. John W. Clarke will lectary hefore the Frea Raligions Society. Bubject: * Sensy Considered in Soms of its Religious Avpecia.” 3 Progre:iva Lyceum mrats at e Good Templars’ Hzll, corner of West ngaxcu'a@.fi Deeplaines street 3 n of the Dead ” will be the ubject e Resurr of disconrso 3t 7:u0 o'clock by Tncmzs W hall on the corner of Lako and Soyionr stmam.” 20 Tue Bav. 4 X Shoemaker will prosed at 1020 0:k in the Chure od, carne Rican R erof Warrea ave- —The Rev, Edmund Belfour willhold Eaghe theran services st 11:00 0'clook in g chsbs o 1 cormer of Dearborn and Erlo sizeelsand 3t 750 o'cloc] o em Church, corner of Sangamon and Phillips etreets. 3 —There will be Friends’ meetings morming evening on Twenty-sixth strect, between Indians, Prairie avenucs, —Tho Rev. A. S, Kinuan, pastor of the Green Steg ‘Tabernacle, will :reach at 10:30 and 7:30 o’clock faty church on the corner of Moy and Fulton stre —Moecs Hnll will preach at 10: d Defore the Primary Council , of TUniversal Association of Spiritulists, in Caivn Bl No. 181 Clark sérect. Sabject: * Sccturlaniem aad Ig and aad Results,” Mattio B. Sawyer will lecture st 223 o'clock, . —_— CALENDAR FOE THE WEEK, EPISCOPAL. April 5—Easter Sunday. Anril 6—Easter Monduy. ‘April 7—Easter Tuesd:y. BOMAN CATHOLI™ April 5—Easter sundsy. ‘April 6—Easter Monda: ‘Ajril T—Ezster Tues April 8—OF the Octave, April 9—0F tho Ostave. ‘April 10—0f tho Octave. April 11—0f the Octave. —_— The Burned City of Coomasste, A correspondent of the London Daily Tels graph, in a Ietter dated Coomasaie, Feb. 5, thus Qoscribes that city : A town over which the smell of desth hangs everywhere, and pulsates on each eickly brexth of wind—a town where, hore and there, a vultua hops 8t one's very feat, too gorged to join the Silthy flock preening itself on the gaunt dead truoks that line the road; where blood is plastered, Iike a pich coating, over trecs, and floors, and stools,—blood of & thou- eené victims, yearly renewed; whers headlesy bodies make common spari; whers mi pure and simple, monotonons massacreof Lovnd mes, is the ona employment of the King andthe one apectacle cf the populace. At every shuddes ing breath the stomach turns, so pestilontial It tha air ; but in this atmosphere the inbapitasta pass their lifo. Thoy eat hoartily whilst human blood strenms down the strect, whilst bedies unburied bleach and swell before theit evcs. The child does not shrink as the execa- tioaers pass by ; the Lrido turma mot an_inch from her way to avoid a festering corpse. Verily shis is the metropolis of murder, The odor of putridity 18 the air approved by its inhabitanta. Tho sight they love is savered necks, and spout- ing blood, and corpses that lin tho road in 8 dead procession. Their houses are built to command the widest views. Thoy are stained red, that the color of -blood may al- ways rejoice their eyes. Beside the doors, and slong tho stucco friozes, one group is never absent—s fantastio figure_fiourishing his knife over a helpless victim. Muider is their de- light, their joy. Though the empiro be totser- ing under the incessant drain ; thongh their own Tives are not worth an hour's purchase, the sp- petito will not be restrained. Children and slaves, which mako their savage wealth, i sacrificed with glea to keep up the show. No- wheso are 8o many dead trees, poisoned by the noxious exhalationa which thess peopls love to bresthe ; nowhero is animal life e saat. The pretty lizards which rustle and hunt oves every other town Lave fled this placs. Only vultiires abound, with sickening temenets, ol kites, which swoop closo to tho gromd wil Plauniva twittering. Coomasgie covers & Yery arge apacs 6f ground—to speak of it #ill in the present tente. It bas many hanisome bouses, all built in the samo styls. T:6 fron® 'is open, raised cbout four feet from tho ground. Here git the inhabitaots acd wateh the dreadful spectacles provided for thait smasemont. Chiofs' houses havo long (sds of dead wall on their side, profusely ormamecte: with gtucco devices in high relicf. The lower part is painted red and polished. Al livisg rooms lio behind, nad little care seems tobs given them. In some houses, however, they cov- eravery large piece of ground, room beyosd room, always opening on a courtyard. and hais beyond. The King's palace is really a haud- some building of stone, faced with stucco, =nd extremely solid. It has two floors and a belvi- dere, used for lamber. An open batilement sur- monnts the roof, from which one commands 21 extensive viow. DBut the placeis appsrently used 29 a treasure-houso cxclusively. 0217 one room the Kivg lives in, to judge from ap~ pearances—a low, dark bed-chamber 03 the ground floor, hung with cloth of comtry silk, ‘and contsining n sillc bedstead, Wit curtaing at one end and a low divan on+ho otber. The res: of tho boilding is simply stored with loot, altHongh it secrus probable that the most valuable articles have been remosed. I mside ontaligt of objects moticod in my visit. I3- primis, a great numbor of umbrllas, soms of them 'very handsoms, and one of biack snd red velvet in alternate equares, bound with gold lace, with a golden top, perfectly mew. A quantity of coumon pot figares—Hizhland Mary, two little bus:s of the Duke of Wallington, etc. A mnumber of clocks, varions, all stopped with the rust of 5ests Avery ancient coatee belongiug to the Fires West India, and shako of incrediblo shape, prob* ably contemporaneons. Calabashes ard etools, ‘beautifully bound with silver. A bird organ, plas- ing, as advertised **O reat thee, babe,” *3lo¥ broke thelight,” “Adeste fideles,” etc. Portrit of a gentleman in oils. Four gold masks, heavy, quitepure, valued at £150 10 £200 each. - great quantity of old Datch engravings in port~ folioe. Numbers of big toilet-glasses. The King's plate, mostly Datch metal. Many guds. one double-barrel, érlver-mounted. Alos of ks¥ tles. A gold-bound lantern. Doxes of em- bossed silver ; two tea-tables, one inlaid with gold. ouo with silver. Silver aud g gold chiboui, thes 1, illi R Catholics, 2 5 ese nesrly iwo millions are Roman olics, State Burean of Statistics to furnish informa~ The Church of Our Savior, on_the corner of A Church paper eays : Verdict of the Councitin the Case of Fiorent y8 1 5 i . Carthy.” oo Mo~ R magic lantern. A handsome bog. Pioture Lincolu and Belden avenues, will botd i { | aod more thau onoand & half millions mors | Record ; for Lisaccount of the creation and the ti t themselve: i Giy-school celebration at 3 0iclock . . | belong 80 other socto not considercd *Ortho- | 1all Of mai being in tha same category with that | autherize o Admssion: B i Colorado il s them sy, ooty PR v orenco MeCarthy will preach at 3 o'clock | tho new Custom-Honse on the Biver Tbamsa of the earth, the whole religions fabric founded | Gineral Convention, to bo held i Ostobes nest. TS a pera-touse, on West Madisun stoeet, near | Ivory model of a ship. Chairs, besutifuly Average age, 45 yesrs; from 20 to 40 Fears of a: 20%; from 40 10 G0 vears, 233 ; from G0 to 80 years, 335 above 80 years, 5; ave 'm of Barvice, 17 years 10 moaths ; longest,G4 yeara; shoricst, 1 year ; avorage annual resauneration during such service, §1,065.65: number receiving an annual sverage of lesa fhan 51,500, 428; number recciving an annual average of ‘morethan 31,500, 102 D.ring the past year, the higheat salary received was $3,000; lowest salary, th;g court, —There will be Baptist services in -Hall Byd;_h I’axikz:l 10:30 ypcloek. tha Toms & —The Rev.W. W, Everts, D, D., will preach st 11 o'clock, and there will be a Gospel-meeting at o'clock, in the First Baptist Church, on Wabash av- enue, near Hubbard court. At the Indiana Avenus Chapel, corner of Thirticth street, the Rev. W. W. dox"—leaving only about eightcen millions " 17,987,794) belenging to the commouly called carved, snd » colloction of atony marbles.” Christian seets. These sittings are usually not more than oue hall occupicd, indicating that only about 9,000,009 of ths people ars in the | babit of attendtg the Christisn churches. I2 BN are now thiricen chirches bnilding in the Territory, wiih a fair prospoct of having several mo; 4 ing the syring and samener. © o R e Fighty ha b :xrmo;xsr. 4 ighty have been added to the church in Blaudville, IIL, during the past winter. An attempt was made a shart time ago to burn Lzif-past 10 tho toly Communion will be cele- brated; there will bs na evening service. Grace Church the decorations bae beea ofully superinteaded Dy the ladics of tho cuurch. On Friday the house was open all day for prayers. . St. James Church bas held services every day thereon must fad, tho foundtion being false. Tus trutl may not be palatable to you, eir, but 23 Truth is alwaya beat, I trust and desire thet it may prevail. D.P. DuBuQuE, March 30, I A Remarkable Portrajte In 8t. Joha's College, Oxford, there ig sverd curious portrait of Charles L, done with 3 reaa eoch a manner that the lines: areformed I8 verses from the Pualms, and 8o contrived 18 0 THE REV. K. ¥. THOMPSON. i during the week in tho afternoon. The regular | it is sssnmed that deublo thus namber a6 in | 7o the Fattor o vie o, ! inring W e hiq 1 4 I or ar g0 Trabuns : “ 8162, Of 491 erts, ZEanter services will tshe place to-Cay. some way identified with the *orthodox” | = Srm: A {;{e L Chicagy Ty .| the Methodist charch at Faribaalt, Minn. th ber th: less thetr Everts, Jr., will preach this morning, and the Rav, Dr. b7 . ; = e . ). 8 3 . to my hand your alt, 2 ¢ nuiber that expenced leas than ‘professiona] erte th 3 8 s Tishop Cueney nill ¢ficisto in Curist Church .-church-going poople, w0 shail then bavo | ano of Harch 6 contuinidg the. Tolter of sour | _Over forty Luve been convered fa the Bristot | 2059 s 252; number who expended enico aco LTI i i ot 10 kD | ooy Reala, ‘?u“uy AIeS th th3 it AR s 0 than their entire o'clock in the University-Flace Churen, : i rtrait, begged it of tho college, snd promicad Circuit, Iows, of.whom_iwenty have been added in return to grant whaleter roquust they on Dougias to the Methodst Churci. &venue, opposite Rhoades avenue. -The Rev. C. H. DoWolfe will preach at 10:30 and Emanuel on Easter morping. Service ot 10:45 o'clock. o ite of congmiation will be administored, followed by the Holy Communion. o'clock | these church eittings are ‘usaally -calcalited at | is one of my personal fri oase R siati p. . will be held the Easter anniversary of tho.| tho lowest number of inches in whick it 13 sup- | seo that hia’b[;'hood, m;;;nuisri,!a:;;g;:fidofi Sn%z‘l’; ::n’:.:fi‘c:‘;cl; “&s?@fifi'es’&fiegm" ) i nces, . 21,000,000, or more thau one-Lalf of the eatire : : Nasbotah correepoadant aboat th 5 population, “left outin the cold. Furtuermoro, e or. D Thoaigh Miler Thompson. As the Rev. Dr, Thompeon ek, of S FLEHS: eveenas ey Lyl o Past :’:;f'l;‘; ifil?.% ighest) ;‘;;fi&%fi rce] Mo make. This th ted to, and gave Hi3 - L west | 7:30 o' “Misei co. ‘This they conson reat paid, £ mumber having zeat (s, 10: bumbet | Davipnsmn on, comer of Centre and | 310" pio hictrio. accompaniod by Lo requish waing 28, 44; aversge number in faries of 535, {, —The Bev, G, W. Northrop, D, D., will’ preach st | that he would—retura it