Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 19, 1874, Page 6

THE. CHICAGO DAILY TRIBURE: SUNDAY, APRIL 19, 1874, 6 RELIGIOUS REWS. A Summary of the Presby- terian Creed, The New Roman Catholic Bishop- rice of Peoria, History of the Rev. John Mec- " Hullen. The Peculiar Condition of the Temple Church. The Religfons Press on Temperance and Liberty of Conscience. What Correspondents Have fo Say on Matters in- General. Notes and Personals at Home and Abroad. Church Services To-Day. THE PRFSBYTERIAN CREED. Tho controversy between Profs. Patton and Ewing and the charges of heresy submitted by the former have excited considerable interest smong outsiders concerning the Presbyterian crecd, and for their benofit tho following extracts are given from the Westminster Confession of Faith, which all Presbyterians are oxpected to fully believe and indorse. ‘There aro some dif ferences of opinion as to the 1nterpretation to be put upon some of the passages given below, and the Old and New School branches, though now forming one body, still retain the differont viows concerning portions of the Confession of Faith which they held prior to the Union. Thus, for instance, there is s difference on tho doctrine of the Atonement, one side believing that Christ died for those who were foreordained tobe elected alone, while tho other sido holds that he died for all who will avail themseives of His sacrifice, 5 The priocipal points of the Confession of Faith, then, are as follows : OF GOD AND OF THE HOLY TRINTIY. There 18 but ons only living aud true God, who is infinite in being and perfection, & most pure epirit, invisible, without body, parts, or pas- slons, immutabfe, immensa, eternal, incompro- bonsible, almighty, moet wise, most holy, most freq, most absolute, working all things necord- ing to the counsel of His own immutable and most righteons will, for His own glory; most foviny, gracious, merciful, long-suffering, abun- dant iu goodness and truth, forgiving iniquity, Liansgression, aud ein; the rewarder of them that diligently seek Him; aod withal most just and terrible in His judgments; hating oll sin, 2nd who will by o means clear the guilty. In the unity ‘of the Godhead thero be thres persons of one substance, power, and eternity ; Gnd the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Ghozt. The IFatlier is of none, begotten nor roceeding ; the Son is eternally begottea of the Father : the Holy Ghost cternally proceeding from the Father and the Son. - Altbough God knows whatsoover msy or car come to pass, upon all suposed couditions ; yet bath He not decreed snything because He fore- s8¥ it ns futaro, or as that which wonld come to pass, upon euch conditions. s By the decree of God, for the manifestation of His glory, some men and angels are predesti- nated to everlasting life, and others to everlast- ing desth. “ Tuere nn%elu and men, thus predestinated and forcordained, ere particularly and unchangeab deeigned ; and their number is eo certain an definito that it cannot be either increased or diminished. o ‘Those of mankind that are predestmated unto life, God, before the foundation of the world was lnid, according to His eternel and immutable purpose, and the secret counsel and good pleas- ure of His will, hath chosen in Christ, unto everlasting glory, out of His mere freo graco and love, without any foresight ot faith or good works, or perseverance in either of them, or any oter thing in tho creature, 8s conditions, or canses moving Him thereunto; and all to the praiee of His glorious grace. As God bath appointed the elect unto glory, £0 hath He, by the oternal and most free pur- pose of His. will, foreordsined sl the means tLereunto. Wherefore they who are elocted be- g falien in Adem, ure redeemed by Christ, aro elicczually calied unto Christ by His spirit work- ing in duc season; are justified, ndopted, sano- titled, nud kept by His power tBrough faith un- 1o ealvation. Neither are any other rcdeemed Dy Chriet, effcctually called, justified, adopted, £anceifid, and saved, but the elect only. Tho rest of mankind, God was pleased, sccording to the munsearchable counsel of His own will, whereby He extendeth or withboldsth mercy as Hs plosseth, for the glory of this sovercign power over His creetures, to pass by, and to ordein them to dia- honor and wrath for their eins, to the praise of His glorious justice. ‘Lo doctrine of this_high mystery of pre- destination is to be handled with espécial pra- Genco and care, that men attending the will of God revesled in His word, and yiclding obe- Qience {hereto, moy, from the-certainty of their effectuel vocation, be aseured of their eternal election. So shall this doctrine afford matter of praise, reverence, and' admiration of God; and of bumanity, diligence and abandant consolation to all that sincerely obey the Gospel. The Alnighty power, unsearchable wisdom, and infinite gooduess of God, so far manifest themselves in His Providence, that it extendeth iteelf even to the first fall, and all other sins of angels and men, and that pot by a bare per- uission, but such as hath joined with it & most wiee mod powerful bounding, und ofberwise orderiug and governing of them, in & manifold dispensation. to His own holy ends; yot g0, a8 the sinfulness thereof proceedeth only from the cuoatura, end not from God, who being most Loly and righteous, ueitker is, nor can be, the author or approver of =in. . The most wise, righteous, and gracious God doth oftentimes leave for o season His own chil- @ren 1o manifold temptations and the corruption of their own hearts, to chastiss them for their former gius, or to discover unto them the hidden strength of corrnption and deceitlulaces of their own hearts, that they may be humbled ; end to raise them to a more close aud constant depend- ence for their support upun himsclf, aud to Toake them moro watchful against all future occasin of ein, and for sundry other just and Loly ends, : . s for thoso wicked and ungodly men whom God, arighteous judge. for former sins, doth Llind and Larden, from them He not only with- Loldeth His grace, whereby they might bave been enlightencd, ‘in their understandings, and wrought for in their hearle, but sometimes &lso withdiaweth tho gifts which they Lave: and ex- eth them to such objects as their corruption akes occasion of sin ; and withal, gives them Ver Lo Lheir own lusts, the temprations of the ‘world, and the power of Satan, whereby it comes 1o pass that they barden themselves even nnder ho: o means which God uses for the softening of othsrs. ©OF THE FALL OF MA¥, OF §IN, AND OF TRE FUNISI- LT THLREOF, !,.Our first parents, beivg seduced by the sub- + ilits and tewptetion of Sutan, sinned in eating the forbidden fruit. This, tieir ein, God was pleased. according to His trise snd holy counsal, _to pea]mt, baving purposed to order it to His own glory. Dy thid ¢in they fell from their original right- consuess and communion with God, and so be- cemo dead in sin and wholly defiled in all thg ZLacnlties and parts of soul and body. They being theroot of all mankind the wailt of this eiu was imputed, and the same death in gin snd corrupted nature conveyed to all their pos- terity, descending from them by ordinary gen- erstion. From this original corruption, whereby we are . urterly indisposed, disabled. and made opposite to all good, and wholly inclined to all evil, do proceed all actual trauegression. This corruption of mature, during this life, dotk reman in thoee that are regenerated ; and, althougn it ‘'be through Christ pardoned ang jmortified, yet both itself, and all the motious thereof, are truly and properly sin. - .- -Every sin,-both onginal and actusl, being & transgression of the righteous law of God, and “~contrary “thereunto, " doth; ‘in jts own nature, ipg uilt ugon the sinner, whereby he is bound of tho law, 1 the mise- th of God and cur: Lisct Lo dlz wi It !, temporal, OF GOD'S COVENAST VITH MAN. Tho distuncs between God the creature {8 8o great that, although 1eceonstlo creatures do owe obedienco unto him ae thewr creator, yet they could cever have frution of Him, 08 their blessedness and, e . bat by some vol- tntery condescension ou God’s park, which He hatl pleasad fo express by war of covenant. The first covenan: made with man was a cove- nant of works, wherein lifo was promized to ‘Adam, and in Lim to his posterity, upon condi- tion of perfect znd pessonal obedience. Map, by Lis fall, having mado himeclf inca- pabla of lifo by that covenant, the Lord wes pleased to mako a second, commonly cslled the Covennut of Graco, wherein ha freely offered unto ginnets life und ealvation by Jesua Christ, requiriog of them faith in Him, that they may be saved, aod promising to give unto all thoso that are ordained unto lifo His Holy Spirit, to make them willing and able to Loliove. OF OHRIST TIE MEDIATOR. To all thoso for whom Christ batb purchased redemption, Ho doth certainly end effectually apply and communicate tho same; making in- tercoesion for them, and revealing unto them, in and by the word, tho mysteries of salvation; elcctually persuading them by His Spirit to be lieve and obey, and governing their bearts by Hig word snd Spint ; overcoming all their coe- mies by His almighty power sud wisdom, in such manner und ways as are most consopant to His wonderful and unsesrchablo dispenastion. OF FKEE WiLL. God hath enducd the wiil of man with that naturel liberty, that is neither forced, nor by any absclute necessity of naiure determined to gocd or cvil. Sian, in his state of innocence, had freedom and power to will and o do that which is good and well-pleasing to God; but yet muiably, so that ho might 1all from it. Man, by his fall into a state of sin, hath wholly lost all ability of will toany spizitual good accompanying salvation; o a3 a natural man Dbetng altogetlier averss rrom that zood, und dead 1 kin, is Dot able, by his own strenaih, to con- vert himself, or to prepare himself thereunto. OF EFFECIUAL CALLING. All thoee whom God hath predestined unto life, and thosa only, He is pleased in His ap- pointed and acceptod Lite effectually to call, by Hins word aud Spirit, out of that state of sin and Qeath, in which they aro Ly nature, to graca and salvation by Jesas Christ; enlizhtening their minds, spiritually and eavingly, to understand the things of God, taking away their heart of stone, and giving unto ther an heart of fleshs renewing their wille, aad by His almighty power determning them to do (Lt which is good ; and effoctually draswing shew to Jesus Christ: vet so as thoy come most freely, being made wilting by Hix grace. Tl&i?cl!‘cctunl call iz of God's free and special graca alone, not from auything at all foreseen in man, who i altogether passive therein, uutil, being quickened nnd reneied by the Holy Spirit, he is thereby enabled to answer this call, and to embrace the grace offered and convoyed in it. Eloct infavis, dyivg in infancy, ara regen- arated and waved by Chrit through the Sping, who worketh when, ard where, and how He pleaseth. Soslsoars other elect persons, who aro incapable of being outwardly called by the ministry of the word. Others, not ‘clecicd. althongh they may bo called by tlio ministry of tho word, and may Teve some common operations of the Spirit, vet they never truly come to Christ, and, therofore, cannot o saved. - Much less can men, not pro- feesing the Christian religion, b ¥avedin any other way whatsoever, be they ever eo diligent to frame their livos according o the Lizht of na- ture, and the law of that roligion they do pro- fess ; and to aseert and maintsin that'they may is very pernicious, eund to bo detested. OF JUSTIFICATION. Those whom God effectually calleth, Ho also freely justifieth, not by infuting righteousuesa intothém, but by pardoving their sins, and by accounting aud accepling their persous as righteous : mot for anytlung wrought in them, or done by them, bnt for Christ's aako slone ; not by imputing faith itseif, the act of believing, or any ollier evaugelical obedience to them, s their righteonsness ; but by imputing the obo- dienco and satisfaction of Christ uuto them, they receiving and resling on Him snd His righteousnezr br faith; which faith they kave not of themeclves, it is tho gift of God. Faith, thos receiving sud resting on Christ and His righteousnees, is thq alone instrument of justification ; yet it 18 no alone in the person Justified, but is ever accompguied with all otber i‘uwnn graces, and is no dexd famith, but worketh love. yGod did, from &ll oterinity, decroa to jusif: tha al6ct; BDQ UNTISTAIY, 11U 1uiness of i die for their rins, and rise again for thoir justifi- cation ; novertheless they aro not justified until the Holy Spirit doth, in duo time, actually epply Christ unto them. = * God doth continue to forgive the eics of those ihat aro justificd; end altliough they can never fall from the state of justification, yet they may by their sins full undar God's fathorle displens- <re, =nd not heve the light of His countentncs restored unto them, until they hnmble them- selvos, confesa their uins, bog pardon, and renew their faith and repentance. T OF ALOPTION. All those that are jurtificd, God vouchsafeth, in and for His only Scn Jesua Christ, to partakars of the grace of adoption; by which they are taken into the pumber, and enjoy the liberties and privileges of the children of God; haye His namo put npon them; roceive tho Bpirit of adoption ; have access to tho throne of ace with boldness ; are enabled to cry, Abba, Kum; are pitied, protected, provided for, and christoned by Him as by & father; yet never cast off, but sealed to the day of redemption, and iu- herit the promises, ns Leirs of everlasting sal- vation. all o, O SANCTIFICATION. They who are eifectually calied and regsnerat- cd, huving 5 now Leart and a new sping created in them, are further sauctitiod, really and per- sonally, throngh the virtue of Christ’s death and resurrection, Ly his word and Spirit dwelliog in thom; the dominion of the whole body of sin is deetroyed, sud the eeveral lusts thereof are more rod moo weakened and mortified, and they more aud more quickened and strengthencd in a1l saving graces, to the practico of true holi- ness, without which no man shull sce the Lord. This sanctification is throughout in the whole Taaw, yet imperfect in bis lifo; thero abideth &till some remnauts of corruption in every part, whence ariseth o contmmual and irreconciluble war, the flosh lusting ngaiust the Bpirit, and the spirit against the flesh. OF SAVING FATTT. Tho grace of faith, vhereby the elect are enabled to believe to tho #aving of their eouls, iy the work of the Spirit of Clrist in their bearts; =nd s ordinatily nrought by the minsiry of the word ; Ly which al6o, ad by the _sdminiztracion of the sacraments, and prayor, il is increased ana strangthened. s By this faith, a Christian believeth to Vo _truo, whatsoever ia rovealed in tho word, forthe authority of God Ilimself speak- ing thercin; aud ncteth diffcrently, uwpon that which eachi pariicular passrgo thercof cou- teineth; yielding obedienco to the commauds, trembling at the _threatemngs, aud embrucing 1ho promises of God for t! ife, and that which is to come. pal nete of ssving faith aro accep iviug, nad resting on Christ alone for justification, saucification. and eterual life, by virtus of tho covenant of graco. OF REPEN’ NCE TNTO LIFE. Renentance unto life is an evangelical grace, the doctrize whercof 15 to bo preached by ovore mintitar of tiio Gospel, a8 woll 23 that of faith int. OF GOOD WORES. Good works are onls such 3 God hath com- mavded in His holy word, aud uot such as, with- out the warraut thereof, are devised by men out a of Llind zeel, or upon by pictenso of good in- tention. . W cannot, by our best works, merit pardon of sin, or etarnal ife, at tho hand of God, by reason of the great disproportion that is betveen them and tho glory to come, and_the infinite distauce that is between us and God, whom by them wo can neither profit, nor eatis(y for the debt of our former gins; but when wo have done all we can, we have done but our daty, and arc un- profitable servanis; and because, as they ara good, they proceed from the Spirit; and as thoy aro wronght by us, they aro dofiled and mized with so much weskness and imperfection that they caunot endute tho severity of God's judg- ment. Works dono by unregenerate men, althongh for the matter of them theymzy bo things which God commands, and of good usa both to themeelves and others, yet because they proceed not from & heart purified by faith; nor are done in a right manner, acrording_ to the word ; nor toarizhs end, the glory of God ; they are therefore siaful, and canzot plezse God, ormako sman meet to receive grace irom God, * Aod yet theirneglect of them is moresinful and displeas- ing vnto God. OF THE PERSEVERANCE OF THE SAIXTS. They whom God hath accepted in His Beloved, effectually called and eancrided by His Spiric, can ueither totally nor finally fall away from the state of e ; but ehall certsinly persevere thierein to the end, and be eternally saved. This perseverance of the Saints' depends not upon their free-will, but upon the immutability of the decree of election, flowing from the frey and unchangeable love of God thio Father ; upon the efficacy of the merit and intercession of | Jesus Christ; the abiding of the Syiric and of the secd of God within them ; and the natare of | Church, however, weat out into the world again, the covenant of grace; from all which arigeth 2lso the cerlainty and infallibility thereof. Novertiicless they may, through the tempta- tions of Saiau and of the world, the prevalence of cortuption remaining in them, and the neglect of the means of their preservation, fall into grievous Fins.; 2ud for o tine continue therein : whereby they incur God's displeasure, and griose His Holy Spirit; come to be doprived of some measure of their graces and comyorts, havo their hearts burdened, and their conscicuces wounded, burt and seandalize others, and bring temporal judgment upon themselves. OF THE ASSURANCE OF GRACE AND SALVATION. Although bypocrites and other unregcnerato men may vainly deccive themselves with false hopes and carnal presumptions of beiug in the fa- vor of God aud estate of selvation, which hope of theirs shall porish, yet, such as truly beliove in the Lord Jesus, and love Him in sivcerity, en- denvoring to walk in all good conacience bofore Hlim, may in thislife be cortainly assurcd that they aro in a state of grace, and may rojoice in the hape of the glory of God, which hopo shall never make them ashamed. This_certainly is not a bare conjectaral and probable persussion, grounded upon & faaliblo hope ; but an infallible assurauce of faith, founded upon the divine truth of the promise of Ealvation, the inward evidence of those graces with wLich theso promises are made, the testi- mony of the spirit of adoption witnessing with our enirits that we are the children ot God; which Spirit is the esrnest of our iuheritance, whereby we aro sealed to theday of redemption, Truo believers may bave the assuranco of their salvation divers ways ehakeys, diminished, cad interimitted ; a3, a negligonce i piescribing of it; by falling into somo 6pecial sin, which woundeth the conrcience, tud griov- cih the Spirit; by some sudden and vehement temptation ; by God's withdrawing the light of His countenance, and suifering even such as fear Him to walk 1n darkness an tohaveuo light: yot aro thoy mever utterly destituto of tlat sced of God, and lifa of faith, that love of Christ and the brethren, that sin- cerity of heart and conscience of duty, out of ~which, by the operation of the Spirit, this as- suranco may in due ime be revived, and by the whicl, in tho meantime, they are sapporiod from utter despair. e THE NEW ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOP OF PEORIA. The Roman Catholic Diacesa of Chicago, shich was crested in 1844, has increased so rapidly in population that it is found necessary to divide the Seo and establish a cathedral at Paoria, whero a now Bishop will be installed at au early dny. It is mot positively known who the new Bishop will be, but it is understood that the Rov. Dr. MeMullen, of this city, will most likely bo clevated to that important station. He bas been very popular in this city, and while his parish- ioners wonld be sorry to loze him, thoy would be rejoiced to eee him promoted, feeling that their loss would be bis gain. Iun this conncction, the following skatch of his curser will be perused with interest : THE R¥Y. DR. 3 MULLEX was born in Ballinahinch, Cotnty Down, Treland, in the yenr 1831.. His family cmigrated to Americatwo years laior, first settling in the Eastern States. In 1843 they moved to Chicago, Which became their permsuent abiging place. The futares churchman, afier paesing through the usual common school course, entered the Cath-~ ohic Academy of St. Mary of the Lake, in this city, and there remained, pursuing his theulog- ical 'studies, until 1852. At that period, elthough 1o was fully qualificd, in point of acquirement, to take holy orders, tie talented student was under the ago gnnenlli copeiderod oli- gible for the priesthood of the Roman Catholic Church—23. His fricods wished to procure & dispensation from Rome, go that he might be ordained, but the spirited vouth re- fused any compromico of the kind, and, instead thereof, arked and roceived permission to pro- ceed to the Eterncl City, and thers enter tho famous College of tho Iropaganda, thon under fhe Presidency of the lameuted, Cardinal Barabo —the friend of the foreiga students. The youthful echolar devoted hinself to lesrning Svitbin those classic walls for live years, ond, in tho spring of 1857, was duly ordained, having graduated in tho threo dogrees of Doctor of Divinity confesred by tho College, His_clossmates eud _fellow-gradu- ates wero Drs. Butler and McGovern, of Chicago. Dr. McMullen roturned to the United States in tho fall of the year of his or- dination, aua became attached t6 the Bishop of tho dioceso in the oapacity of chaplain, At his OWn ICQUEST, 1 waa givon the Jail and Bridowell Missions, and, while pursning his veaevolent vo- cation emong the unfortunate of these institu- tions, he becamo convinced of the utility and necessity of founding THE MAGDALEN ASYLT and the House of the Good Shepherd. Th philanthropic priest and the Sisters of Charity united in_this noblo work, cud reuted a baild- ing for their ure until suitablo places could bo built by the faithful. He was mot long. in accompliching bis object, and ooy lost sheep bave been led | back to the fold by his benevolent eflorts, aided as ho was by the pious women of the sacrod orders, Not ratiefled with extending his benefleent in- flucnce among the outcasts of the city the good Doctor 1abored for the Church throughout the northern section of the State. and succeeded in establishing congregations and building temples of worship in Blackberry and other places, where the evidences of his devotion show themselves to-day in largo snd flourishing Catholio com- munities. ‘Having accomplished 80 much, Dr. MoMaullen, in 1860, acceptea the Presidency of St. Mary's Academy, which oilice he long held with high Lonor to himself and great benofit to tho clerical siudents onder his charge. Ho establishea, during his incumbency, THE PARISH OF ST. PAUL, on the West Side, and subsequently became pas- tor of that church. He was succeeded by tho Rov. Father Kilkenny, on the occasion of his going_to Rome relative o the diocesan troubles with Bishop Duggan, who was, even then, show- ing Aymptoms of that mental disease which has eince consigned that unfortuuate prelato to an insana asylum. Refurning fiom the Vatican, Dr. McMullen became pastor of the parish of tho Holy Name, on the North Side, and 1 still tho ineumbent of that mission. He is now engaged in_tbe srduous task of rebuilding the church- edifice, which, with Bo many others, was swoph away by our memorable disaster. Ths congre- gation of THF TOLY NAME ‘was, previous to the fire, among the richest and ‘most respectable of the Catholic communities of this city. Bince that ovent it has been much depleted, by 18 irudnnfly gaining strength. At present the North Side faithful of the Roman Catuolie fuith worskip the Lord in & very simple wooden structure, hardly betfer than ‘s ehed. None tho lese, it 1s crowded on Sundays, at thros masses, with devotees who ovidently regard tho racrifico 3s being paramount to the slitar on which it is offered. Tha Tight of gimple faith iliumes that homely stracturo, and, in orthodox oyes, it swells to the proportions of o massive and maznificent cachedral. A good desl of tho piety may be traced to the tireloss energy of tho veteran pastor. * PERSONAL. Dr. McMullen i, in person, above thoe middle Eize, erect, compact, nnd promaturely stamped with the signet of age. His featurcs are bold and sowewhat harsh, having that rugged maoli- nees of ex;;mman characteristic of the North- ern Irish, His eyes aro gray and penetrating, s if looking beyond tha tomb to scan futuricy. Ho is not_eloquent, but his manner is carnest and convinciug, aund, as a theologian, he beers a deservedly high reputation. Perfectly unosten- taticus and rather brusquo in action, Dr. Me- Mullen might readily pasa for ono in whom Lumsn oftuees was wot s loading characier- istic, but, beneath that cold exterior, there beats a heart overtiowing with sympathy for the afilicted, pod always prompted to succor tho dis- tressed.” It i & common saying smong the peopla who know him well that Dr, McMulien is 28 poor a8 & church-mouse,” for the simple reazon that he bestows all his money in good W This much limeel? would not ackuowl- for he is too much imbued with Christian Luuulity to relish the acknowledgmient of hia geodnees, and what is 6aid of him in this sketch 18 only tho re-ccho of the sentiments of the people. Such s pastor can hardly fail to make a good Bizhop, e THE TEMPLE BAPTIST CHURCH. The Temple Baptist Church of this city has Lod o somewhat eingular bistory. For several yesrs the Fifth Baptist Church, it is well known, bad been Iaboring under an indebtedness which it was unable to discharge. The Society was composed of incoherent and rather intractable material, and the house of worship had, perhiaps unfortunately, been bailt’ 50 near the Second Charch as to excite the jealonsly of that body to some extent ; and the prospect of paying the indebtedness at length became 5o hopeless that last August THE CHURCH DISBANDED, &nd the Temple Church was formed from a por- tion of the membership of the old charch ; the large mazaof tho members of the old Fifth Laving no church assoc; THE TEMPLE CHURCH bogan with fwenty constituent members, and nsenined the old indebtedness, mwounting to some £50,000. It employed tho services of tho Ties. N. F. Ravlin, a former pastor of the churely, who was then, aud is still, eozaged in certain very promisiug_miniog aud irou di-tricts of ) i at ouco jufured vo life inta tho or To invosted somo $6.000 in the charch, expendiag it in improvemonts, and rowo $2.000 mure, which was paid for & largo bell,—the samo Loll which regulated the hours of the great Cuicago Expovitiou last fall. - THE TITLE OF THE CHURCH is at present in Dr. L. D, Boone. who holds the evidences of the indebtednessagainet tho Socicty, amounting to tho sum already mentioned, $50,- 000. It i6 estimated that the property is worth some $65,000; and it is the cxprossed purpose of MMr. Ravlin to pay off the entire indebtedncsy, if his business prespects should warraut thounder- taking, and tfien to make the property a present fo the Temple Church Society, Tha purposo is cortainly 8 worthy one; but whether it is Wiso is perbaps anothier question. Christians are not very hikely to be strong and iudependent whoso members” have formed the babit of depending for pecuniary aid upon some cther source than themselves. TOE CHURCH NOW NUUBIRS about 100 members, among iwhom are gev- eral prominent citizens, and the pros:cets of the future of tho orgavization were never better. A bright little church paper named the Temple Cell is published monthly, under the editorial mauagement of Mesars. John L. Manring and Pliny P. Ravlin. f THL CONGLEGATION is steadily increasing in sizo ; the Sanday-school numbers some 300. Tho Rev. A. G. Eberkart is the associate pastor, upoa whom o groat share of tho pastoral duties falla. He_ is employed by Mr. Ravlin, and receives the entire sslary voted Ly the church to Mr, Raevlin, who remaing tho ecnior pastor, randering his nervices gratmtousis. The now sudience-room, when cowpleted, wall 62t an assembly of 1,600 porsons. usslaelot iy SECTARIAN MISSIONARIES. Aunion of all the Christian missionaries in Jnpan in a barmonious work towards the same end,~—the conversion of tho natives,—has beon repudiated ny the churches in this country, The Independent sags : In September, 1672, a Missionary Convention was Leld in Yokohumna, “sttended Ly every misvionary in Japan, except an English Episcopaliza. It sat five days, and agresd thet tho Jipanwse Christians were the only ones Scriptaraily comperont to form native churches, that their pastors should be Jupanese, and that the busls of theso churches should bs that of tne apostolic days, befors the separation of mects. ¢ We will,” they #a¥, * use our iulluen.u io socure, a8 far 8 possible, iddutity of name sud organizatica in the uative charches—that nume Leing 23 catholic us the Church of Christ.” The futnro wes Lright. There wes Lopo that in Japan Camstians could oiget thtr - ditferences and unite in tke work of evangeiization, ‘presenting a solid front against Pagunism, The two denominations most concerned were tho Reformed and the Presbyterian, and, upon henriug of this innovation, & meciing of the de- nominations in this couniry wascalled. The In- dependent 8ays = = . The Doard of Dircctors of the Reformed Board held Tepeated meetings and vetoed the sction of its mis- siouaries, Their communicztion reat o Japan—aud we speak knowingly, for we have roceived ths sul— stunce from Jzpan, and the Sccretary of the Reformed Board has polizely Verified it fur ua—umounzed £o 1his 3 The Boxrd of Rlissions of the Rtsformed Cuarch of America had expended over §20,00 vn miseious in Ja- pan. Afterall tbis outlsy, they cxzpected frolt—not ouly for God, but for tlie Neiormed Cuurch, Tie Japanexo converts shonld Le mads not only Curi but Reformed Ghristians, fed on the Heidelverg chism, and nourisiied o the “ standards ” of (ke Ke- formed Church. The uvion movement was unsound, 1t would 1ail, The uative Church must bo reorganized and wade a Reformed Church, But those missicnaries had grit, as well a3 grace. They refused 10 oley their Loard, They ropied in sulstance that they knew the coudition of tiivgs in Jupan, the iujury that would Le dose by sectarianism, 2nd thiat they’ propesed to work for Christianity ratlier thau the Reformed Church, In responss to the wri Fresbyterian Board of Missions, ths mission- aries Of thet body in Japan fermed & Presi, tery even before tney had o charch, sod this wes o signal for a gencral disintegration of the Union church, and a war of proselytizing. At length, Jan. 16, 1874, the native Chrirtiaus of Yeddo and Yokohama assembled and adopted the following protest, which is not a very, eatisfactory com- meptary on the Christiun miseton work of that country: en orders of ths ian Wissionarics in Japan the folloicing ix sespectfieily subniitled ! In the third wonth of Tholnydy of native b b Yokohaina, after mutual cousuitaticn, with oae accord cstabliskied tho % First Native Christian Church in Japan.” This church, wWithout conceruing itsaif in the least with any of tho ects of the diTcrent forciyn conntries, - suuply makes tho Bible 3 rule of conduct &nd deperds on'y upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, We, therefore, regard thoso whoso principles cxactly accord with the Dibla 8 the servants of Clirist nuil our brothers, And wheeoever, tot regardiug rects, but, pitying the immaturity of our infant ciurck, teaches the pure snd perfect truth of {he Riblo, every such person will be welcomzd as our minfuter. In all eincerity, then, we ask of you, the forelgn ‘missionaries and believers in the holy dectrines of Jesus, that, taking the Bibla as the only rmio of conduct, withont Tegarding your sects or brvoring malice among_ yourselves, but workiug anucably, you would pity this our weak littia chur. b aud beip its in suiciency, end would exert your sirenyth £o as & to bring the people of tiis whole facd under tae gr. of the ealvation ond redemption of the Lord Jesus Chuust, e THE RELIGIOUS PRESS. THE ADYOCATE. The Northwestern Adrocale has something to say inregard to the districts of Preaiding Elders, and in the discussion of large or small districts takes sides 1n favor of the latter: Largs districts ditqualify a Presiling Eider from that personal acquaiutance that beguly porsoual rever- ence and stimulates tho flow of the few dollars neces- gary to Lis support; but smaller districts will enable the right kind of nen to demonstrate tho velao of hisoflice. We verily believo that twelvo pastors dis tricted under a man equal to the Lest of them will do ‘more and better work thaa fif:cen men undist maldistricted, Witk such projer orgatization every Jocal and connectional entérpriss would guin. a new lcase of life. We do not beifeve that the diguity of the offlco depends near as much upon the DUMber of men init, us in Lie quality of work done, These local su- perintcodents shoull be eppointed by the geseral su- ‘Ferintendents, and the latter aliould be free to pars by ineligillo men’ by reason of ample provision aiready made to retire and support those wha have become dis- qualified for pastoral, and thereforo district, work. The Adrocale also discusses the relative: value of text-bools and oral instruction in the Chicago echaols. - In regard to politics the Advocale has this to Bay: ‘The connlry will some day waks up fo knowledge that woare s nation of ol thieves. From Credit Mobilier down to 8 moderate-vizod city, s ing frop: 1he public Treasury is the rule; and. worse, 1eople do not appear to Le particularly borritied whext defalcations are made public; and, worat, the very most frequent exposures axe mude, ot by provess of 1aw, but by political cnemics who Yuln ai ncumbent rive! for the sake of obtainiug the ofMica thus made vacant, We think Congres js entirely too deliberato 5d too lenient in fuvestigzting the iniguities of the Sanbarn coutract, while cvea the Presldent tolirates in otilee Fome of the most uNWOTtLy ecampe in the countrs, Long tenurs of power gives sliaweicss cone fidence Yo party backs, aud many good mon are wondering how soun the Bepublican party will ac- commouaitugly goto pieces. It has done good work, but the country 8 in szd need of & new parly wit $wo or tlres real good irsucs, THE ALLIAKCE. The editorinls in this paper are in great part devoted to the temperauco question, wud take, as usaal, 8 moderats und reasonablo view of the gubject. In one of them, exception is indirect- Iy taken to the exclurivo outpuuring of the vials of wrath on the heads of *2lonn-k while the diunkards aro wept over and pitied. He in such an unfortanate person; with 8o many glorlous qualities of charactor—so geierous cnd Eind- licartd, 5o much more noble and ' magnanimots th peoplo who never get drunk. To Liear Mr. Gough end the rest, oue might imzgine that the druniards of the land aré a superior order of Leinga, who huve falin «mong thieves, by no fault of their own, and ihat #o- cioty must turn out in force to play the good Ssma sitzn. No doubt sociuty owes the inebri manner of uid. But 0 represent Lim us an unfortunato innocent; {5 both fatlacious and T cious to uil concerned. The man who Wil get drenk “uot only degrades and disgraces imself, Lt bacomes au enemy to society. The man who becomes intozi cated forfeits bis right toliberty, juat s truly as does the criminal, Teis the crimifial, waiting in his de -lirium for the opportunity to perpetrate tho erima. Ho mny bo extremely unfortunate ; bat ho 13 also ex- tremely guilty. Thsthe cannot conirol bis appctite I8 £oapology ; his ain lies in baving acquired tho ap- cute, Referring to ** Wine and the Bible,” it is eaid: It i not strange that earnest avocates of totsl ab- stinence ehould wish to fortify their position by Scripture suthotity, Dut that some of them have injudicloucly endesvored to wrest the Seriptures, wi:h perilots violence, toward thia_theory, cannot bg denfed. When they twist the meaniog of words used 10 exprees the one fact of wine 70 a8 to make them dis criminate where the original writers Intended no such discrimination, 1t 13 a vicious process of interpretation, 59 matter how well-meant it may be, That there arg 40 o three kinds of wine spoken of fn tko Bible—s fermented and an nafermented kind, the former of which {s denounced an a beverage, while tho Jatter s orcasionally approved—is flatly denled by ths best seholaranip of theage. And to pessist, in the faceof this fact, 10 affirming that tae Bible cannat pessibly sllow the drinking of fermented wine without wreck- ingits divine snthority urcn a platn inconsistencr, 18 to undermine the credibiiity of scholars in all th. craiions_in tho lead conclusions, and thus spread s net by which infdelit, briog ina greas hanl. Buck vicleaca o the 1 meaning of Seriptnrs, oven in the servico of the best < use, does oz o, Giseredis 1ta tewchings than_all the'direct attacks thatean be medo wpon it. The ool Is betrayed by its friends, THE INTERIOR. The Faterior has an editorial on *‘Liberty of Conscience, in which 1t goes on, somawhat strangely, in the light of the recent anli-Swing articles, as follows: Tho very roul of tho Protestant Reformation was the mpinit of frecdomw, aud the followers of Zwinglt and Kuos have fouglit sicidily and disd readily in deferse of the absoluts iudependento of the saul frow any au- tliority in the universe except that of ity Maker. Chris- tiaulty is the religion of mauhood and self~reliance. Christian lberty is the right and willingness toreason, cst, cunlyze, weigh, snd bold fast tbat which is good, and'defend ft without counting the power or number of the assaflanty. Any man or woman who swrrenders t 2t the bebicst of man is nota man or woman in Jesus, but a weakling ond a babe, The Good uerd, in His infinite com_-assion and love, carries such in His arms, and gently leans, but He intends that they shall grow strong, and stind before Him pure, powerful, bold, and free. Tho Lord has no soul-slaves, 1o kecps Ro oye-servants, He lifts Hig dren up 4l they becomo gods, worihy eons of the Miglest; so imbusd with the spirit and holiness of Clrist that they aro free as Ho Him: In another portion of the same editorinl an ef- fort is mado to harmonize these views with etrict Bubservienco to authority, as follows : 3 The nursing father and mother must know the dif~ ference Létween food aud poison. Tho ministry 62t to feed the growing freemen in Christ Jesus, Ho must know better, aud alio will Lettor, than to offer weak und Leggarly clewents or poison elements to those bio is et to foxd. 1f he either does not knovw, or doew not will, it i the duty of the Charch, in obedi- «Ece to tie Caplain of the host of soul~freedom, to de- pose him from bis place. Tho world Is wide, the pas- iura hads *are Vaet and varied. Those who ek the' roa; ousiblo plice of teachers in tho Church do 80 of ir own freo will. The Church courts lay not a straw'n welght upon thelr courciences which they do not themealves ask thot they may bear. If they pre- fer ta labor in #ome other dencmination, or if they find tho burdens tloy have arsumed noc fo their ik~ Trecdom of comscience i» do- cal relatio y sccorded by the resbytarian manded and chcerfcl Chureh to all, P RELIGIOUS CORREIPONDENCE. DELIGION WITHOUT CHARITT A MOCKELY. To the Editor of The Chicagn Tribune: Sm:: The ponding * trial ” of Prof. Swing bo- fora the ‘* Presbytery” of Chicago, on doctrinal charges preferred by Dr. Patton, 15 attracting no small degree of attention. Itseems sirange, in the white light of this contary; that 8o littlo of tho spirit of charity, should oxist among Christian breturen, It is stranger otill that such bittor. fealing, such gross misunderstanding 2nd intolerance, should &0 freq vently prevail in communities that “call themse Ives by the namo of Christian. The ob- ject of religion ir to smooth sway conventional differences, acd to bind mankind into & common brotherhood. Ouly so far as.it sccomplishes such result can it juetly loy claim to & divine or- 1gin, If there over was & time when the friends of religion should stand together in 2 solid phalanx, tho prescnt is poculiarly such a time. Tue forces of the world were nover in better trim. Wherever we look, evil in every form confronts us. Frand and corrurtion sfalk like gif;'nulic spectrea over tha laud and over the ses, filling tho palaces of the rich with ghastly pies sure and the hovela of the poor with misery. In- temperunce scatters her flre-brands over the world, and riots with demonizc joy at_the con- templation of her drendfal work, Men who might rauk © with gods," are_dragged dewn by tho eilont sapping of iho well into fearful dopths, Doverty, ancum_rfia by her comparion: wretchedness, eecks to drown bLer gor- TOWE in ' ‘“the floving bowl,” and lnnges recklessly into the burning ses. ico grows and fattens upon its propar food. The same helpleszncea which leads men often- tunca todepond upon ** broken roeds,” leads them sttil on o tha quicksands of vice. Whatis wanted1s some power stronger than themselves, lhay.:] temptazions, to stop men on their down- war ion in some form, is the only counteract- ing force tuat can check mea from wandering into ein, or thet can bring them back to virtae, Bt religion, iu this ags of cutiuro and genoral information, if it would most powerfally infin- eaco mon's minds, must adopt the aits of per- suasion, rather than tho tricks of auchority. It is much ensicr, aad moro 1 accord with the principles of buman naturo, to lend iman to the .truth, than to drag or dnive in ihat direction, Men are as “obstinote o mules™ at all attempts to mako thew bettor by forco, and_yef, under the entle guidauce of persuasion, thoy tay be cn thread. Religious leaders aro o whon thay ignor, as thay often do, a fact 80 woll eatablished aad so indisponsa- ble to success. Another srgument in favor of a broad char- ity among religious sects and religions men may- b6 found in_the wonderful progrees which Eci- thoy are free to lcx them off by changing thelr ec-. list of witnossea cited for his trial—may claim Four brief attention. And first, a word of (personnl explanation. I Imow not why I am referred to s o witaess as all, unless it boon tho sfrength of my sermon on * Chicago Orthodoxy,” which was prinied in tho Times. Published words arc, of conree, at the disposal of any who mar cloose touso them, but beyond that I bave nothing to eny, because know nothing. Lut I bavo another purpose in tlis note; and it 13 my main one. It secms to mo that the city’s atiention i diverted from the real issue in tius controveray. The sympathies of the people are beiny enlisted a3 Ihong,h this wore & personal contest botween Profs. Patton and Swing. And, on all hands, by Presbyterians as well as by othe ers, Prof, Patton is looked upon and talked aboat as though he were engaged in 3 needless ersecation. But the battle is not, and cannot e, porsonal one. It is a duel between antag- onistic :lystems—mthunty and freedom in mat- tors of doctrine and -belief. Aund in this duel there is no placo for reconciliation : one or the other must die. The resson is obvious. Presbytorianism is s sysism ot doctrines, supposed to bs s correct transcript of,sod to be authorized by, a divine ravelation. The practical accepiance of its main doctrines is claimed to be essential to salvation. ‘That they should be accopted and believod, then, is o matter of the utmost—evon of everlasting— importance. Compared mth keeping in pertect order tha machinery of the world's salvation, no man's roputaiion, or life even, is of any conse- quence. To guard 1t is merciful and humano, at any cost. If accepting the system of Catholicism a4 necossaty to salvation 'in the tifteenth cen- tury, then the Inquisition was justifisble, and Tur%uem:u]n was God's minister. For wha:is the burning of a few thousands, if thereby mill- ions ara dclivered from the ‘' everlasting bura- ince?’ If Calviniem was right in its exclusive cluims, then the burming of Servetus was justifi- able. If tho main doctrines of Presbyterianism are essentinl to_saivation, then Prof. Patton is only doing bis duty in using every means to pre- vent any obscuring of, or separation from, them. For, it it be even granted that Socrates, or Poueiope, or Mary Price Collier could be saved without knowing or accepting the * orthodox ” doctrines, ia it not perfactly apparent ihat thora 'is no longer any necessity for Preebyterianism ? And that once granted, the system is over- throvm. And, e8 the syatem is logically bound together, like the component stones of an arch. mo ons grest doctrine can Lo taken out but the structure will fall.” Iufallible Inspiration, the Athanssian Trinity,. Total Depravity, and an endless Hell must be maiotnined, or Presbyterianism is gone. Aud, if Presbytorianisia goes, the world is lost: or else, it can be saved withou! it. Logically, then, either Prof. Patton is right, or Presbyterianism is wrong. Tho contest is ono of systems or principlos. If there 18 dogmatism, it is tho dogmat:sm of the system. It thero id o ccution, it is the persceation of tho system. f it is wrong, outof barmony with our mne- teenth-century freedom, uncharitable, and un- christian, charge tho fault whera it belongs—on - the system. 1f the result of the conflict ehall be the opan- ing.of eyes and tho broaking of bonds, 8o thet Gud's chiidren may bo permitted to go out freely into all of Gods fields in search of God's truth, then will we all be fhd and gratefol. I beliova that Prof. Swing will not shrink from the thorns, bat, like his Master, will be ablo to stand as s *‘witness for the truth.” M. J. Savaoe. THE ORIGIN OF THINGS. Ta the Editor o' 'he Clacago Tribune S1= : I am inclined to think that both J. Stuart il and his fatner were literally correct, it not strictly orthodor, in the expression thsf * con- cerning the origin of things nothing whatever “ean be kuown.” ‘They wero accustomed to use such words with the accarecy of terms; making & nice discrimi- pation boiween knowledze and belief. By Imowledge they probably moaut either compre- hLension or appreciation ; snd by beiief, the tak- iug of any statoment as true, becansa thoy bad confidencs in the pemson making tho statemout. Now, cestainly, in the gsense of comprehending (or apprebending cithor) “nothing whatever can e knowa of the origin of things.” In referonce to tha origin of oar earth, for in- slance, we have nothung but speculations, theo- ries, statements : as those of Manetho, Sanchoniz- thon, Derosas, Ls P'lace, Afoses. NoLuman being could, from tlie nature of tha case, have b presont asa witness; or, if we nngpnsa such thing, then, though origin in onb sense might be knowledge to him, a8 wo would bave to learn about it from hia statements, it would ba belief with ns. Thus tho creed of the Orthodox Church, “I believa in God, tho Father, Al- mighty, Maker of Hoaven and Earth,” or, 1 be- lieve in the statement of Moses that **In the bcgining God created the heavens and the eacth. ™ And when sou remember how much time and talent has boen wasted fn specuiating ou tha origin of worlds and beinge, it suema very rlse enco is making in_this century. Scionco is not Lostile to any religion which’ is fouaded mpox Jtruth. But it wil surely uuderstand those which lack ruch foundation. Scienceisa screen througk which tie sands of error ‘will fall, leaying tho truth ths brighter and clesrer, like greaius of gold freed from dross. Caut, bypocrisy, and superstition may well fear tho steady advances of acience. Scierce is truth —puro trath. That which is not true, whatover disgui ke bi; ‘may try, cannot cover itself in that ght. Wken we consider the immense strength of seltisiness (which is the cornor-stone of all cor- ruption), it must bo clear to every unprejudiced miad that s policy of cumprehensive charity is the only voiicy that can mase headway agalnst 0 _powerful a tide, But churity alone is not enough. Unity is likewiso needed. I do mnot mean unisy of thought—or evoa unity of belief. That is im- possiblo. Except under the influsoceof tyranny, men never have tiought precisely aliki nover will do #0, to tho end of time. Unity of co-operution and naity of action sre alone pos- sible, and are aloue required. This is surely witliin roach, i men Wil base tho. eonise and moderation 'to confees that anyihing beyond this is unatcainable. In order to the realization of such & practical unity, doctrinal differences mit be allowed o wide toleration. It is in this way only thas roligious bodies can be held togethor. ;Iit).\er toleration or tycanny must prevail, Any balf-way polioy will ivevitably end in tho {‘nfitil.er and general digintegration of religious odies. Charity is the only solvent by virtne of which the numorous religions organizations can be kept from each other’s throats, Charity recognizes the fact that each man is diiferont from every other man,—baa o distinct and kind in this lcarped father to advise big studious son to give his attention to existenccs rather than origius. 3 Daxies Lorp, 112 Prairie avenue. THEOLOGICAL SIFTING. To the Rdtor of Lue Chicago Tribunas Sin: Now that tho theological sieve is set poiug, why not have a geuoul sifting ? Pat all in, clergy and laity, and shake them up together. Find out who is who, and what is what. - Don’t lot the Rev. David Swing 'get tho sole benefit of Patton's patent. If the meshes are the regula- tion stand Lavo all the brethrenin and let tho Doctor [::L on his spectaclos and watch bow thoy come througl, and assort and label them according as they stick or &lip. * Begiouing at " Chicago, comes there to the sifting o the minig- tery and Elders of the Chicago Presbytory one who has ever indulged 1 vagne or ambiguons languagze—sasings, liko St. Paul's, “hard to bo uadeistood,” and which Somo ‘“wreat to their own destruction,”—let . hi: Lknow that nothing so exssrum:eu Dr. Tatton as ambiguity. His is that ** Caledonian brain,” in which there ia 10 border land between aftirmative aad Dnega- tive. Our vague man, our suggestive man, our man who allows us to seo his ideas giow. our man who gats glimpses of the Divine Glory and laleidorcopio Views of trath’s myriad hucs,— keep away from Dr. Pattou's spectacles, Shall o man look twice and bring away a new view cach timo? Though Dr. Patton were to look s thousand times e would gee 00 more and no less than ho sees now aud saw at the first, Hs has adjustod the telescopo of his creed to 8ait his oyes. If you canno: see with that adjuste ment, 1t i3 the fanlt of your eyes. If yon give it & twist and profess to see further or wider, more constellations or other moons, you will Durt" tb'a instrument. It won't bear such usage. % riusn't be twisted by evorybody. The scross 1ind, and charncter, and education, and is sur- rosnded by an atmosphere of thought and feel- iug peonliar to himsclf, Respect for others is the meauving of clharity. Egotism destroys charity, Tuo bigot, howover bo may deceive bimself, iy simply an egotist. Self is the centro arouud whiek his inner life ravolves. He lIooks forth from the windows of his moal, and he seex an army of herotics (poor creatnres ~ho think differently from himself) marching on uuto dackness and everlasting night. 1t matters not (hat some of theso miserable beings have led Lives of the utmogt purity,—that they bave do- voted many hard yonrs to tbe Servico of iheir Tollow-men,—thnt thoy have cver been guided by tho light thet falls from Heavon,—ail this eignities tothing, will not weigh & inglo grain in the etcrnal seales of God. Thus the melan- choly eoul of tho bigot torments itself and casts o gloom over “creation. A man, in- epited by the genins of egoiism, sebting him- self up as a standard of infallibility, and calle ing his fellow-man to accoznt for some techmical or doctrinal variation in fuith or its in- terpreiation, whiat epectacie can be more sad and mournful? © What & mockerv! Thera is no standard by which the exacs, literad truth can be dotermived or mensured. The Bible is not such standard, for tho reason that, having been writ- ten, originally in Hebrew and Greok, and then iltered throuch tho medium of human transla~ tions into modern Evglh, there is scarceiy & text to which a variety of meanings, sometimes contradictory, may not be attached, Tho veial fnspiration of tho Biblo s & doc- trine? which of 1.ocessity bus been abandoned by many of the moet learned and able expositors of the sncred wiitie- . It has led to innumerablo contradictions anu errors, This attempt, therefore, to conviet Prof. Swing of the charge of “Leresy " mnst. end in re. It is to be presumed that the Commit- teo to whom the eubject has Been referred are not a parcel of idiots. Still this is, 8o far, but & presumption. The very manner in which the charges have been brought sbouid * throw them out of Court.” Tho azeciflcaliuns are for the most part based upon ** horesy,” or upon_ newspaper reports and extracts from sermons, the meaning of which in msuy cases would bo msterially changed by what went before or came after. . Busy-bodies and_gossip-mongers may be sat- isfled with en-h evidence, but it is surely unbe- coming in a Christian minister to seek in such & maaner to overthrow the reputation or cripple the usefulness of one of the ablest and noblest ©of hiy brethren. CaTroLicTs. PATTON AND PERSECUTION. To the Editor of the Chicago Tribune : Sie: Though, just now, your ears must be dinned by a Babel of voices on the question of piain | Prof. Swing's heresy, perhaps I—as one of the might get out of order. You wonld g i Dr. Patton's epectacles. ped b o ‘Then, again, if it over entered Into your se- cret beart that the Methodist daaghter of n ;\le(hodgst Elder, tho Methcdist widow of a Aethodist preacher, could possibly by any sweet grace of chrity havo atoned for “accepting tho satnation” of tho wife of & Unitarian or Univer- oalist (that {s Dr. Pation's label); if aver you gavo a Becret tear to the memory, or o thought tothe praise, of a womanhood lik Mary Prica Colliers ;—approach not the thcological sitva, for ou cannot get throngh its wires. To favor 1 any mannor a memorial chapel to this saiathood 18 to promulgate ' a heresy that denies theDeity of our blessed Lord." Think carefully, ya clergymen, who are ready to sift David Swing, how you will Lear the {est— your "public preaching, your prvate ftalk, If you forget, thoro are & plenty of us who bave &ood memories, and _theological tattling is the Iashion nowadays. Furthormoro, it there be one smong the thousznds of Presbyterinns in Chica- £0 Wwho ever bud s shadow of & doubs that John Stuart AMill s in heli and to bo povished thore eternally with millions of other gifced and un- fortunale souls likke his own, Dr. Patton will cast Lim out with the chafl. Walk over and take your place besica 3r. Swing,—every man wio. ever wavers in view of thosw terrible eternitics. Dr. Patton’s vordict 18 aganst yon. It may bo Incky for you that his is not vour final verdiot. Did it ever occur to your mind thas there conld be a common ground on which Robert Collyer, the blacksmith, who felt called to preach the Gospal, and Rober: Tatterzon, the sbyterian, could touch anywhere; that the **Gaspel,”—* good BOWs "—meant about the rame thing tohim, and to yoz, and tosvery soul that has ““experienced " its power; that the samo dovo-wings mught bave bovered over the Englishman's anvil and open Bible that brushed tho American’s Creed Cate- chigm? Banish the heresy! Speak.it not in thy bed-chamber, for a bitd of the air shall carry it and it cannof o throuzh the sieve, & Bat, lover of classiclore, lingoring over old Homer's page in sbady grove of Andover and Princeton, have yon ever blessed the blind bard's vereion of that fair picture of woman's devotion, aud dared contrast tae faithfnluess of Pagan Fenolope withthe falsenoss of some go-calicd Chrigtian Princes, or the fickleness of srme nineteenth-century conjngal incompatibility ? Have you over cherished the half-ut- tered hope that Socrates' draught of hemiack might have relensed the philosopher’a soul for a search afler truth, which wonld be unhindered by domestia infelicitics end_undistarbed by the envy aud malico of citizens? If you have ever wot let Sroralas ga to ik ez Il - ton thinks ho Lolones. 1 yom s Pate patt compauz.with Dr. Fation. 1o any y25 48 and Penclopo canick go tozsthon, - o philosophical teacisars, who, of latg: harers 7 discoursiog inPresoyiorian pzljies mbf" God whom w0 could fally hnoy bt be 1o God,—iéap oway from D, Paipey, "2 thouch voa ba a litzlo 0at of reach of e Presoyterna sifting, ho hus sashePe8 *avangelical " for all hus symp abal will not stick it on you if vou cording 0 Specitioation 10, Mr. S iz * We know not what nor where is our Gog as another has said: * Canst find out God 2 o0 b5 searchigy Then thoso theological jokes and Tix} ences to the * Ol Adam,” aad Sppas, ?;; the :gpls. and the stale conundrams ang e fusion, etc., which seull:n tho after. course over the hyson that sighes but inot inebnates”—what will S do with {hese?” Dr. Pattons gt is too delioato to lot them through. Yo must g scoept sour hard fate, and be bound np g gether in one bundle, ‘and lubeled Unitarien, ™ Dr. Patton doem't mako fize distinctjims” You are not for the ' Prosbyterian sierp: thay fore into the Unitarian you must go. |+ L3¢ But what wonld be your fato if the Unitas, and the good-natured hits at 8prinkiing and oy’ ~dinner gj sifting wero to begin? Think of Happ: end Hopworth. Aud oven Peabody 13 Sgcd evangelical. O, yes, wo all nood a ereat sha ing-np. And tho Worst of it We almars hamg noeded it, ever since the day when so Panl aud som of Anolics, A sorng of Gumdt nd we always shall need it till URY Christ Josus. "o 4 THE BIBLE WINE QUESTION. 7o the Editorof The Chicaro Tripansr - . Sm: Permit me to £ay a word in relatium the letter which appeared in your imprint of ho day, from JIr. Felienthal. s fonuds hipaseo: ment on tho single word Fain. I will af si et e2ufino mywelf to that word. Tho wort B ocours 141 times in tho Beriptures. Tt oceury, perhaps, in the writings of all the sacrad men, and is need undor many diforent stances. It ia used sevoral times withont agge: tion or condemnation, .and forms no vroof for tho one side or the otler. We have also tha explicit and implied approval. Bat there i too, loud and’ decided WAIning—warning by sos emn admonition—waming by awful oxampla... of the gin, and the rum that attends itans, Why are those nctes of approbation and gon demnution, et al., of & thing callod Ly thy, g namo; and why'is it thrica coadeypog il ovil, for each time itia allowed as a gosy 5 Tor> must be s Divine Zeason for theas fects, yhig appear on the faco of the Word of, Go o Trof. Ritchio tells the Hobrow term ¥ain v probably derived from & wacd, which sigeiieg & bo turbid, or boil up. “Tho names of things 3 flest usnally denote their obvions qualities-eng this name was perhaps given to tha juice of 1o gTapo, from its appearance, a3 it ruslied fospies 1nto tho wine vat.” A writer in the Penny (.0 clopedia observes “ that the jnico of the el or othor vegetablo matter, becomes turbid pies in contact with air before fermentation cam- mences, and tlus turbidity is owing to the fors. tion of an insoluble recipitate of thy 8amo nature as ferment.” Yain, in the usazocf gacred writers, is & generio name for all ku, Aot wines. **It somatimes,” says Dr. Edic, “signites the growing fruitaf the vineyard, (Dect, xzris, 20; XL, 10, 12). Buch a usa of the term 15 common in other wine countriea. In Germany the vinedresser will say inspring or summor ‘the wine blooms or flourishes woll,™ the wie miil be good this seavon.’ ™ Yain denotes tha juice of tho grape freshiy extractal—now wine. (Gea. xlix, 11). ~ ¥ain also denotes every specacs of fermented or mixed wino—wine posssssing the intoxicsting principle of alcohol ganerated inths. process of fermentation, the wice rendered in- toxicating by the addition of drugs. (Prov. xuiil,. 81). Yain is obviously a generic word inclading several gpecias, just as the word wazer 18 BEnEno —salt water, fresh water, etc—or s the word sp. is generic, meaning sev~ eral kinds of spirits, a8 the Divine Being, the- spirit of man, wind, ‘breaths, In fect thers ar over tweuty moanings for thawoxd spirit. Thots j ¥ho argue that the Bible is contradictory m . itself certainly display an amount of ignorinca closely bordering on ffidelity. With your. permiesion Iwill again raturn to lhg subject.” Meantime, I would say I am not con? rected with the Methodist Church, butl mr gy believa tho parsmount truth handad'down b, o all-wise Creator. _And to those who ara oy e to the Rev. Mr. McChesney, on the Bk ¢ s questiow, I would say, * Search tho & Who hath thiz book, and 2eads {7 oy Doth God Himself deepise ; Wiso roads, but unders: His =oul in darknes: ‘Yours respectfully, Carcago, April 16, 1874, DR, §TOC KNG, G To the Editor ef The Chirags rropasy, AP 18 1604 _Si2: As reports have beon circala d‘xspasld Dersona ihat tho Rey. Dr.usdtcl;!ki:‘x,n Rector of the Church of the Epiphany, has s capted, or i8 about to accept, a call from some Eastern or orhor parish, for tio purposs of iz- tlusucing cértain pariies from connecting them seivea with his church, who wish to be fbis pir- ishioners, wa consider it s duty we owe bath o the Doctor and ourselves to stato that such ro- ports are nttorly withont foundation, ad that Wwhenever Dr. Stocking contemplates a changs ke will himself notify his parisnionors, snd not allow it to come firet from any clorgyman or lsy- man of another parish. Eerewst. P ek S NOT=ES. BAPTIST. Ths Bouthern Baptist Convention mests ia Jefferson, Tox., May 7. A maplo sugar festival was given by the ladies of the Templo Baptis: Church on the evening of Aprif 2. Eight were baptized into the Raptist Charchst Freeport, IIl., Avril 3 ; and fonrteen wero sdded rocoutly to the Mendota, 1iL., Baptist Church, by baptism, The May snniversaries of the Bsptists are to be held in Washingion, D, C.. this year. Tickets for the ronnd trip from Chicago and back agais axe t% be sold for §23, pood from Yay 11 to uno 8. The Baptist Church in_Cedar Falls, Ia., undez the care of the Bov. Wiliiam B. Stifier, hss been very Buccessful daring the last two yeams. i debt of ahoat 33,000 ou the house of worship has been hquidated, aud s rocent revival hag re- sulted in the conversion of about 200 persons. On the first Sabbath in April, thirty were bsp- tized into the church. .mong those baptized were George E. Eberhart. son of the Rev. A. G. Ebarbart, of the Templo Baptist Church, Cics 80 ; and also the wifo of the former. Tha Rev. Kendall Brooks, D. D., of Kalsma- 200, Mich., in & paper published in the Standand oa the growth of the Laptist dznomnation dax- ing the first century of our national exisients, intimates that, in the/entire country, at the con- mencement of tho Revolationary War, thers wero 35,000 Baptists, and that the end of 1555 will #ee the number increased to 1,800,000. The figures ehow that the denomination has dozbld its numbers every eighten years, and that, whils this church contaiucd 1 per ceut of the pop tion in 1776, it now contains 4 per capt. T8 growib, too, Mr. Brooks fiuds, has heen compar- atively uniform. W.w. Caxrpmar, METHZODIST. The Methodist Church in_Docatonics, Tik, bt just come into possesrion of a fiua bell. In fortv-one yesrsthe Jicihodist Church i Laporte, Iad., bas iad sbirtr. The Methediss Episcopel Clure the fodiens 17 missionaries, 1,615 membars, 439 Pprobationers, 24 local preaciers, and 13 chorches A new Methodist Chureh covting $18,500, ¥3 dedicated in Usaga, larch 0. ‘ihe eo v.ere condncted by Bishop Mesrill, asaated b2 W. Eeelor, D. D. Tho Committes of the Canzda Melhod# Epiecopal Church, appointed to prepars a2 for tho adraiexion of [aymeu into the Geoss Conferenco, will s00n meet. The Riskop of the Conzda Methodist Epis- 5 gund! copal Chinrch has received oniy :2651.5 the past fifteen years. 50 #ays tie Caravd Tocatz, tho orgen of that body. Tho Methodists of Enzland bave ‘g churches, valued at £60,050,. miuisters, and 23,000 Tocal preashe tween 500,000 and 490,000 church Uprards of 1,000.000 persona ministrs, 690,000 childron attosd schools, and 120,600 attend and other educational instiie’ The Western Mcthoiir® Bathodist Episcopal. (> impending Genern) 7, M2 ) 5 Janferencs of tho M- Chnsol Sonth, 4y \'.gin its seesron 1 Loai#7ale fl:{:i:&. ““-l;h‘:"‘ & comparativaly unimportsst D membes autend thel their Sapdar- o day seaoctt ions. ¢, an orzan of anreh South, thinks 15 the Xy 2327 . articles of religion will bo=5® :‘l’,‘,’ff',f‘,“(.h," ssions will receive some attentd x> arch will bo stirred TD to now eeTET- One Biar' 2 e, -~ .op will be elected, aund perhsps Exactie 08 " iow Swill b6 taken to recoscild thought it would bo as great s plensare to you to, hear some of the wiee lessons which he may bave heen learning all thesz years of an unclouda ed light, a8 to read the theological treatisea of soma af vour Presbyterian brotlwen ; if xau cpr g w the € itrch South with the M. E. Charch 830 .cain, PRESBTTERIAN, |. The Tlinois Central Presbytery have ';_ { Bolved that membors are not to bo resaindd