Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 3, 1874, Page 6

THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: SUNDAY;, MAY 3, 1874 6 ’ morning, that they may folow sirong duink thet | gever, spenks of Protastinte and thelz work In | Fla, mero prosent iho Recior, formerly s Con- | Iatontlon who sasot &0 to Rome next, month, | horart, Tahould take ot plseure sivoy i RELIGIOUS NEWS. The Present Status of Prof, Swing’s Case, . Bow Methodism Is Subdivided---Points of Difference, ' Something More About the Wine of the Bible, Nofes and Personals at Home and Abroad. Church Services To-Day. PROF. SWING. The Presbytery of Chicago will meet to-mor- row morning and begin the tnal of Prof. Swing on the charges preterred by Dr. Patton. There ‘wexe rumors during the week that the accused would evade bis trial by withdrawing from the Church, but they were disposed of by hus dec- laration that he should appear and answer to the charges. THE ALLIANCE. The last number of the Inferior is silent on this subject, but the Alliance has the following significant editorial: ‘The fmpending trial for heresy brings to the surfzce Toany of the weak poiuts as well 58 many of the good Toints of poor human nature. And £omo of tieso Woaknesges aro 50 natural and pradential that ome ‘maust look upon them With 8 yery broad charity, The ‘brethren in the Presbyterian pulpits all around are for tho most part Iying low in their respoctive “ liviugs,” waiting to see what will turn up in the theological wrorld,” In many of the copgregations there aro a fow g00d c1d 1men and good mothers in Isracl who shak thelr head ominonsly sbout that lecture for Laird Collicr, and over that letter to Shufeldt agaivst infant damnation, and fecl that Drother Swing is perhaps a poor Athelst, wresting n_Presbyterian pulpit to the cause of Satan, and, whils the pastor of these good ‘Rouls knows very well how the land Lies, yet he caunot afford to put himself into conflict with the good Elder Smith and Sister Jonea. At least silence s very casy, and there is a German roaxim thet silence i golden. Moy letters which hava come Lo the * accused ” have evealed very conspicuous the word “ private” across ihe top, and thus Nave betrased at oncs the contiict in the bosom of the writer betwoen truth ot large and local interests. Pastors of very large churches, and pastors who conld lead their peoplslike a flock, have Epoken their views in & corner, snd expredsed a desire that no use should be made'of their names in any conneetion, for they 80 loved peace. There can- not bo much complaint” made over this timidity of ‘men, for not only is it 80 natural that it is pardonable, ‘but in order for a question to be Lrought fairly before tie public it Is not necessary tlst overyioly abould eay lus whole mind, but that'a few should do the talk- ing for the many, and then if suy principle becomes establiched, the crowd can_all peaccfully chimb up and stand on the new platfurm. One good Presbyterian Drother up in Wisconsin, having resd in the Jnterior that Mr, Swing did not believe {u eternal punfshment, ‘was 50 innocent as to believs that newspaper, and hap- pening to be in the city, Le felt thzt he must confide to Mr. Swing the long pent-np secret that be himself did not believe in an eternal holl, and how happy he was 0 have s Presbyterian companion, He departed with- out & very good opinion of the Interior Dewspaper as f religious informatian, How much damage the Jnterior will do to orthodox doctrines, by sbowing how Presbyterian winisters can get along through e ‘without using or belleving any of them, we submit to its own astuteness. Thunl)rudcnaa of utterauce, as Tevealod in letters, is partly based upon a terrorism whica we find the létter of the creed atill 1o possess, The creed bas displaced the Bible with many clergy- men. In Prof, Patton's insugural he cautions the lorgy sgainst’ “Inoonsiderste zeal for Bcripture Phrascology,” and proceeds to show that oftentimes there cannof be found any one pessage that will ex- called upon simply to appear as witnesses in the trial, one lize myself, wholly disinterested, cannot but iufer that ho whom they profess to love so much they believe to be_guilty of the terrible charges brought against him, and hence must not bo permitted to stand trial. - I am loath to belieye this, and wonld appeal to all such to pursue this courso no longer, and, when the time comes, not only to &ppear as ro- uested, but to remsin_on the stand all day, if they canbe of any service in socuring a fair and impuartial trial. Toue CHARITY, Caicaco, April 20, 1874 THE REV. ¥. M. ELLIS. To-dsy the new pastor of the Michigan Avenuo Daptist Church, tho Rev. F. M. Ellis, will begin his labors in this city. The event is looked upon 38 an important one, notonly to the church over which he will officiate, but to the wholo Baptist ress the doctrine that we want, and bence the factors in many scattered verses must be gathered up and combined into & new whale. Wo o not uso his words, but only his argument. Whether thus he Toaches the doctrine about Elect Infunts” and * Reprobation of Unitariane,” be does not state, but enough iz elaborated in his address to ehow the exaitation of creed sbove the Bible, and hence of tho terrorism which the creed exerts over perhaps 8 majority of the Presbytaifan clergy. Between local prudence and general fear, the Liberalizing of any church must proceod but slowly. PRESDYTERIANISN ON TRIAL, i The Advance (Congregatioval) thinks the trial of Prot. Swing has a deeper significance than Prof. Patton imagines, It eays: Of the trial of the Bev. David Swing, of this clty, for horesy, at the inatigation and prosccution of Prof. ¥. L. Patton, we bave purposely refrained from speak- ing before thie issuo was fairly mado up. -The matter 1iaa now been duly brought before tho Chicago Presby- ters, the charges and epecifications framod, and. the time set for entering upon the trial, May 4. ' The local Zecling has been strong, snd the &eir s arresting Zenoralattention. Prof. Patton has the repatation of eipg an able man, and of soms notoriety, gained two 3r thres yoars ago by his arraigument of Dr. Cujler for allowing Miss Smfley o preach to hia church, ~Ho =, 0 the lust degree, a strict constructionist, Prof, Swing is at the present time the pulpit rensation of Jie West, snd has many attached friends sod cothusi- astic admirers. But ope would make s great mistske 0 regard to the real significance of this ecciesiaatical rial, who should estimato it simply by refereuce to the two individuals primarily concerned in it. Prof. Swing is, to be sure, on trial; but so, Wo venture to vay, is Prof. Patton? and 8o 18 ITesbytcrionism itself, Eh¢ prosecutor may be building better, or worse, .4ban he at first supposed. If the trial actually goes to court, and reachcs an issuc, it will necessitate s radical reconsideration of Rounited Presvyteriaviam in this country, anda new definition of precisely what it sball 2gree (0 exact {rom its ministry.. IS SOCRATES IN HELL? The Rey. Dr. Brown, & Presbyterian clergy- man, speaks as follows in a letter to the St. Paul Press regarding the charge against Prof. Swing relative to Penelope and Socrates : Singularly enough, 1n one of the sermons I preached yesterday in inncapolis, and that I preached two ears ago in tho Central Church of thi3 city, in part ‘upon Jesus Christ as the revealer of the immortality of tke soul and eternal life, after quoting remarks on the subje:t by Cicero. sm-mw, and So crates, Isaid ; “Ah, what would mot iCs, that brave, heroic, child-like fover of the truth,and Plato, his disciple, have given for an hour's talk on these themes with Jesus Clrist? They were earncst, thoughtful men, wholoved the truth and searched for it diligently, and who seriously and reverently questioned thg sccrots of the invisible ond eternal world, 1 do mot wonder, then, that the fathera lcalled them *disciples’ of Christ,' and stretched” their bands Lock to them across the _centuries, and bafled them as * brothers in the Lord.” And who ehall forbid us to hopo that, in their darkness and jg- Docance, they were of the clsas of those * devout per- zone,” nominally heathen, so pumerous throughout the Roman Empiro in the tmo of Christ and hia apos- Hles, and spoken of g0 often in tho Book of Acts, of whom Corneliua and the Centurion of Capernaum are such conspicuous examples 2" T believe, gentlemen, that Iam_an orthodox Chris— ... ttan according to the fuith of the Presbyterian Church ; Iam, Inecd sy no more to satisfy you snd your readers that what ou aid as ta the faith of tha Presbyterian Church csme short of doing her justice, 1 sm quite convincod that one may be both Chris— than and & Presbsterion, and yet agree with you that “ Heaven 1s for the good of whatever creed, and join with Socrates in yleading God's eternal justico in bar of buman judgment.” PROF. SWING AKDCBX! FRIENDS. uicaco, 2 0 the Eitor of The Chicao Trabimes T 220 1876 Sm: I am 50 amazed at tho course thus far pursoed by some of the friends of Prof. Swing amnco his arraignment by Prof. Patton in the Chicago Presbytery that I cannot looger await patiently the decision of that body on the merits of the case, and must give utteranco to s few thouglts thay ocenr to my mind regarding the mistaken idea which impels somo to injure their Tt s ot for mot hother th d i8 not for mo to ey whother the Reveren Profosor aud popular preacher of tho Fourih terian Church is guilty or not guilty of the sharges proferred sgainst him by the Reverend Professor of theology of marked ability who 3as talen upon himeelf this great responsibility, nd who, if sincere, is but oboying the Scriptural remmand, “contend earnestly for the Faith which wasonce delivered unto the Saints;" but, if ot guilty, then why should there be such an ont- o7y ou the part of those who confidently beliovo sad assert (zs do the entire session of his church) Prof. Swing's innocenco of those ‘*‘baso and slanderons ” charges, now that an opportunity i8 being given, ib accordanco with the ropeat- dly-expressed wishes of the Professor himself, 0 clear the wholo matter up_and place him be- fore the world in the right Light. —For years e has labored under a cloud of im- Jutations detrimental to his own influence and ‘hat of hiseharch ; and. when theso were pub- licly proclaimed by Prof. Patfon's pper, thers was_great indignation felt and expressed by Prof. 8wing and his friends, who held that that Svag Dot the proper way to 8ssail him; and now I sabmit whether that ‘man is not in reality his bes: friend who affords him an opportanity, in {ho way appointed, to_prove tho sccusations wholly false and_groundless; to vindicato him- celf, and thus.to hurl his accusers from their position. B Surely this is a triumph worth achieving, 2nd, if Prof. Swing's friends believe him what his El- ders proclaimin their manifesto,—s consistent minister of the Presbyterian Church,—then, why ehould they not assist, rather than ‘make use of every means in their power to retard, and throw every obstacle in the way of, his trial, and which s tLo ouly proper Way of settling thia Zuch vexd uestion ? 9¥Eso aliould bo mors willing to stand trial than the innocent? It is only he that is guilty who peed fear tho judgment-bar, and from the course thus far pursued by some of those who haye been denomination; for Mr. Ellis comes to his new position preceded by a fame which warrsuts the highest expectations on the part of oar religiona community. He is understood to be a man of largo, broad, aud liberal ideas, an_earnest worker, a brilliant scholar, an orator whose im- passioned eloguenco bas won for hima high Pposition among tho leaders of his denomination, and altogether a man sucii a8 may be expected t0 xcake his mark in the denomination. He comes to the city under tho prossureof a unanimouscall from the church he will gerve hero, and highly commended by the church ho has sorved 80 faith- folly in Kaneas City—the principal Baptist church of the State. ~The Kansas Gity Journal of Commerce, speaking of his intended depaz- ture, 8ays of him: On Wednesday evening last, the Rev, F. M. Ellis re~ med the pastotal charge of ‘the Firat Baptist Church of this city to accept the call extended Lim from the Michigan Avenue Baptist Church of Chicago, While expericccing o smcere regret at the Temoval of Ar, lis from Ransas City, the retiring pastor 1s to be con- gratulated upon his call to a wider iield and larger ro- sponsibilities. During his minlstry hers won tha confidence and regard of his owa congrega- tion not only, but that of the community in general, The labara of the fulthful clergymen sro constant ahd aTis . Ellis bas anrduous, and not always restrictod to his own and his own denomination, 3. Elfs has Iabored for the weifare and elevation of th ty, 48 ono who felt the responsibilitics of his honored Professton and endeavored faithfully to do his Mauster's work., Few men are better qualified for the sacred of- fice, ot hiave more ably met its requlremonts, The society has greutly prozpered under is ministrations, and the worthy pastor carries with him the sincere well wishes of all who have known him, Ho will enter at ance upon the dutiea of his new appointment, The members of the Michigan Avenuo Baptist Church seem desirous of showing the apprecia- tion of their good fortune in sccuring Mr. Ellis, for they hnva mado unusual preparations to givo him o welcome worthy his fame, and the recep- tion promisca to be one of unusuel interest. The programme for to-day includes a floral re- ception by the Sunday-school this morning, when welcoming sddresses will bo made Ly scholars selected trom the classes, and each class will contribute some floral cribute during the ex- crcises. ‘The inaugural sermon will be delivered this morning, and tke new pastor will preach again in the evening. . To-morrow evening there will be a social re- ception given by the whole congregation. This reception will be given in tho parlors of tho church, aud, in order that all may attend, the ladies of the cburch bave arranged to servs an elegaut dinper in the dining-room from 6 to 8 oclock, thus enabling the gen- tlemen to come directly from their offices end places of business to the church for their dinner, and give up the whola of tho ovening to gotting acquainted with Mr. Ellis. The sonual pow-rental of tho church will alro take place during the evening, and, as the popularity of the new pastor will ba certain to largely incroase the_congregation, those who intond to secure sittings for the ensuing year will do well to re- momber this part of tho evening's programme, et WINE OF THE BIBLE. Tothe Editor of The Chicago Tribuns : Sm: As the subject involved in tne above heading has been discussed protty extonsively of late, T beg the privilege of eaying a few words upon it. I notice that most writers speak dog- mazically, snd give no authorities for the opin- ions which they advance. Some of them refer, generally, to “scholarship” 88 sustaining their positions, but givo us no clue as to what that scholarship is, or who is behind it. I quote an example from the Alliance That there sre two kinds of wine spoken of in the Bible~s fermented and an uuformented kind, the for- mer of whichis denounced asa beverage, while the latter is occaslonally spproved—is fatly denied vy tho best acholarship of thoage, And to persist, in the faccof this fact, in sfirming that the Bible' cannot possibly aliow the drinking of fermented wine without vrecking its divine suthority upon a plain inconsiet- ency, I3 10 undermins the credibility of scholars in all their conclusions, and thus spreid a net by which in~ fidelity shail bring in o grest haul, There is gomething subatantially the same in tho Inlerior. Aud quite a number of the cor- respondents of Tue TnisvNE have advanced similiar sentiments, A scholarship which ignores contemporaneous history and proceeds 10 its conclusions from a speculative hypothesis is not, to say the least, conclusive authority upon the matter in disputo, e I propose to givo somo authorities to show that the proposition that there were two kinds of wino known in Old Testament times is sap- ported by an sbundance of evidence, both in- ferential and direct. I would premisa by saying that it isa generally recognized trulsm that **God 18 the same yestorday, to-day, and for- ever.” And it is well-known that wine is the 8amo now thav it was 4,000 yearsago ; and th fermented, it will produce the samo effect which it upon Lot, or Noah, or apy one else, during the Jewish dispensation. The relative position of God and wine is, therefore, unchanged. 1f God then op- proved the usoof intoxicating, alcobolic wine, Ho approves it now. And, further, as alcohol 15 tho inebriating principle iu all liquors, it cannot be more sinful or barmful in tho mght of God to become inzoxicated on whisky than on wine. Lot us now quote from authorities to show that there are two kinds of wine recognized in tho Bible, premising that thero are nino words in the original transiated into the English word ‘Wind 3 Dr. Nott, whose echolarsbip is berond ques- tion, saya: *That intoxicating wines existed from remote antiquity, and were heid in high estima~ tion bv the wigo and good, there can be no res- sonable doubt. The evidence is unequivocaland plevary.” Prof. Moses Stuart eays: ¢ Facts show that the. ancients not _only preserved wino unfer- mented, but regarded it as of higher flayor and finer quality than fermented wino.” Bomer, in the Odysey, speaks of a wino s sweet a8 honey, imperishablo, which was drank diluted_with fwonty parts of water. Pliny, Columells, Aristotle, Horaco, Athoumus, sud other writors of Old and Now Testament times, speak of boiled, sweet 2nd non-intoxicating wines. Reduced'to the consistency of honey, they could not ferment. This fact will bo found recognized in all, or nearly all, * Bible Dictionaries,” and ‘‘ Greek and Roman Antiqui- tios” for tho lnst ten hundred years,~tho authors merely chronicling facts of history, with~ out any roference to other questions. The re- cently-published * National Encyclopedia,” 1n its articio on * Wines,” says: ** Among the Greoks and Romiaos the sweot Wines were thoso most commonly in use. d, in preporiog their wines, the ancients often Inspiseated them until they becamo of the coneistency of honey, or even tlucxer, They were diluted with water pivionsly fo beivg drapk, and indeed, tha abit of mixing wine with water scoms to have prevailed much more in antiquity than in mod- em timee.” In Rome women were prohibited ander heavy peualties from intoxicating wines. Wo evon read of wives being killed by their hus- bands for transgressing this law. But Pliny and others inform uy that there were wines, unintos- icating, which they were permitted to drink. These authorities go to show conclusively that in the East, in the times covered by Bibie history, non-intoxicating wines wore in common use, a5 well i3 those which were intoxicating. This fact cannot be doubted by any student of history. Now let us sco what aro -tho facts in Bibls lands to-lny, and what they have been during the present and past century, ._W. G. Brown, who traveléd in Egypt and Syria in 1792-08, eays: “The wines of Syria are most of ‘them propared by boiling soon after they are expressed from the grape.” Yolney, in his travels in Syria . in 1788, says, epeaking of wines which he regards as too eweet and angary: * This arises from their being boiled, which makes them rosemble the baked wines of Provence.” Dr. Bowring, in & report mpon the commerca of Byria, Save: ¢ The habit of boiling wine is 2lmost universal, Cyrus Redding, in his_* History of Modern Wines,” says: “On Mount Lebanon and Kesroan good wines are made, but they ara for the most part boiled wines.” Dr. Eli Smith, American missionary to Syris, writing in 184, saye: * Tho juice of the grape is boiled down before fermentation.” And 50 we might go on with our authorities to an almost limitless ox- tent. Volney vavsthat “ it is probable that tho inhabitants of Lebsnon have made no_change in the anctent mode of making wines.” Acd o 8ays Dr. Eli Smith. Aud now a for quotations from the Bible, and e are done upon this poict: *Look not upon the wine when it is red. . . - At the last it biteth liko a serpent and stingeth like an adder.” *‘Wine is a mocker, stroog driok is razing.” Do mot among wine: bibbers.” *‘1Woe unto them that rise up in the | contiue until night, until wine infiame them.” 4 Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wino," *Woo to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, where glorious besuty is_a fading flower, which are on the head of the fat valleys of them that are overcomo with wine.” **Their ‘wine ia the poison Jof dragons.” ‘‘And in this ‘mountain the Lord sball make a feast of fat things ; afoast of wine on the lees; of wine on the lees well refined.” *“A vineyard of red wine; I the Lord will keepit,” *‘Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart, on God now accepeth thy works.” * Ho causeth the grass to grow for cattle, and wine that maketh glad the heart.”” *Israel sball dwell it safety alone; the fountsins of Jacob shall be upon " a land of corn aud Wwine,” etc., cte. Bearing in mind that tho Bible is the Word of God, can any one contend that the above diverse and contradidtory extracts are preaicated upon one and tho ssme article? Can the same thing in the same state be good and bad ; & symbol of wrath and a symbol of morcy; a thing to bo sought after and s thing to be avoided? And yet there is a wine spoken of in the Bible with express approbation, as an emblem of temporal and oternal blossings; and s wine spoken of with express disapprobation snd terrible denua- ciation, as an emblem of temporal and eterval judgment. Are these tho same, or is the Bible 1nconsistent with itself ? . A fow_words upon the wino at the wedding at Cana. I will, for a text, again quote from the Aliance : > But tho platn narrative shows that the company had been drinking wine for some time, perhaps days ; and when the supply was exhausted, thoy hoving * well drunk,” Jesus by a miracle furnished them with an articlo which was pronounced, by the most competent sutbority, to be better than™ any they bad yet drank. Had it been * must,” or the Juice fresh from tho press, it would have lacked that flavor which age is known o impart to thia beverage, a flavor prized the world over whero wine is used as & beverage, Reduced to plain English, it is nimplg this : Christ came to tho wedding at Cana, and found an assemblage engaed in & drunien debauch. They had run ont of whisky,—or alcoholicwi tho intoxicating principle of which is tho same, —and to prolong this_drunken debauch, which we aro told had probably been in progress two or three days, be changed water into an intoxi- cating beverage for this purpose, This may ae- cord with Prof. Bwing’s idea of the mission of Chnst on earth ; but is it possible that such an eveot could have occurred? 1f I were con- vinced tbat Christ manufactured inmxiullufi liquor to prolong a drunken debauch, £ shoul ‘withdraw my opposition to the distiflers and brewers of the present; for are the; not en- gaged in the samo kind of business ? The Savior of the world engaged in making whisky, or its equivalent in wino! \What Dlas. phemy! And that assorted, too, in tbo faco of the well-estellisbed historical fact that throughout sll the Last a boiled, unfer- mentod, nob-intoxicating wine was in general uzo, a3 well as that which contained alcohol, and was regardod by all excopt druskacds a5 th est ! Once more; allowme a fow historical words on wine as 1 temperanco-provoking beverage. Pliny tho older, who wrote in Now_ Tostamant times, in his remarkable work on Natural His- tory, gives a description of grape-cniture, and of zll the then known varieties, aad of the wines mado from them. Ho very naturally_concludes with achapter on “ Drunienness.” From this L make s fow extracts ; 1f any man will take the trouble daly to consider tho matter be wll find that, upon no subject i the indus- try of man kopt more constantly on the aiert then that of the making of wine,~as if Naturo had not_given us water as & baversge, the one in fact of which all animals make use, low vast aro our labors, and fo boundless the cost which we thus lavish on's liquid which deprives man of his reason, and drives to fronzy and the commission of » thousand crimes, The drunkard, (00, never behiolda th rising sun, by ‘which his life of drinkiog is made all the shorier. From wine, {00, comes that pallid hue, those drooping exelid, thoso sore oyes, thoso tremulous honds, unable hald with steadiness the overflowing vessel, and condign punishwent in the shapo of sleep agitated by Furies during the restloss night. So great, however, are ity atiractions that great part of mankind areof opinion that toere is notblug else in life worth living for. And what fs more, they Davo invented ways to promote drinking, and 'thero are numerous tnventions to cresto an artificial tbirat, And then, too, what vessels are employed for holding ine: carvod all over with adulterous Intrizucs, ns if, in fact, drunkenness itself was not capable of teaching us lessons of lustfuln And s0 on to the end of tho chapter. J. 0. B. —— DISAPPROVING OF PRATYER. To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune : Siz: Your pious contemporary the Adrance, who is grieved becanse you print a notice that s0me one wants to got acquainted with a lady in & blue veil, permits an anonymous correspond-. ent, in hisissue of the 16th inat., fo suggest, with expressivo italics, that “ Perhaps Miss Anthony, Mrs. Stanton, or myselt disapprove of tho temperance movement becsuse itisa praying movement." I do not know what Miss Anthony's views of prayer may be, or who is responsible for her; but Mrs, Stanton isa member of the Presby- terian Church, and, if she disapproves of praver, shonld she not be brought up for trisl before tho Church and expelled? Is opposition to prayer & less crimo than teaching that Socrates and Penelope may have gone to Heaven, or that Adam was rather a pulpy pioce of humanity ? If Prof. Bwing is of doubtful crthodoxy and dan- gerous tondoncy, because he teaches that faith brings solvation through its ioherent, purifying farce, and that infidalit{ carries its condemna- tion in itself, what shill we say of one who is perhaps an open and professed eacmy to prager ? Alay a Presbyterian layman hold monstrous er- rora with impunity, or is a lsywoman's faith and practice of less importsnca? If the Adcance hma mot borno fale_ witnoss mgainst Mrs. Btanton, Dr. Potton, or some one else, ehould have her expelied from Church. Then, ss I sm in tomporary communion with the Congregatioosl Church for want of a Roformed Dresbyterian organization, to which I properly bolong, and the Advance isthe organ of Congrogationaliem,whydocsnot the edi- tor move my expulsion ? A person disapproving any movement because it 18 not one of prayer must be a pretty kind of Congregationalist! Why does not Editor Patton bave me turned out? Does he know anything of my habits, or pelief, to justify his nssertion ? Has he any in- formation on which to baso such a charge? Can bo point to & lino in my pablished writings, in the thirts-three years during which my namohas been beforo the public, calculated to lessen tho reader's estimato of prayer, or one in which [ ‘bronght a charge I did not stand ready to prove ? Will henowdo me the favor to ‘prove this charge of life-long double-eyed, - brpocrisy with which he regales his readers? I trust the Niuth Commandment has not been stricken ot of his docalogue, and, if it has not been, I arraign bim under 1€ aud charge him with promulgating & malicious and cowardly slander_againes ono whoso good name he was bouud, by tho Church covenaat, to protect in- stead of wanotonly, assailivg. The form of in- einuation is worse than that of open assortion, and I charge him with unmapliness in usng it, JANE GBEY SWISSHELM. ——— MISSIONS. The Baptist Missious among the Telogoos aro said to be very successful. In ten years the con- verts have increased from 23 to 6,418. In 1866, the church at Ongolo had bat two members ; 1nst year it had 2,357, The Buptist Miesionary Union reports its ox- penditures tho past year at $289,30; receipts, £261,630, leaving & balance against tho Treasury of $27,778. The receipts are $45,430 in excess of last year, and the debt is $15,290 less. The Independent eays : China is one of the oldest fields of the 3. E. Missionary Society, having been occupied in 1847. For ten years thero wero 0o {ruits, Then the Bret convert was vaptized. Thore are now 1,500 members and probationers sud 80 native preachers. Eight new missionaries lave entered into tho field, and_thres ladies havo beon sent omt by fhe Woman's F. . Society daring the pest year. The Chinese field is honceforth to be divided into four missions—that of Canton being the one that bas recently been added. ‘The missions were visited toward the closo of the year by Bishop Harris. At the Conferenco held in tho East China or Fahchau Miasion, four uative presiding elders wero appointed under the general charge of the missionaries. This ia the oldest and largest mission, It has 4 mis- sionaries, 3 lady aseietants, 63 native preachers, 1.025 members, 595 probationers, and a total of 1921, The decresss in members and proba- tioners is due to etricter disciplive. The Central China or Kiukiung Mission was began in 1860, and has 5 missionaries, 4 lsdy assistants, 2 native helpers, 23 members, 13 probationers, and s toral of 3. The North China or Pekin Mis- sion, with§ missionaries 4nd 7 lady sssistants, isyet in its infancy. Of the 1525 missionaries eent ont by tho American Board it is staced thz only eight have become victims of the assassin. There are now 150 Presbyterian ministers in India, ministering toa Christisn community of ot lees than 80,000 persons, of whom 8,600 era the fruits of miseionary labor. The Vnaf dilla Veria, » Roman Catholicneys- Rome'as ** haydm-hudnd with their chepels, tab- ernacles, and even churches, English Low Charch and American High Church’ spiinging up in all directions ; ovangelizers and apostiss sowing Bibles brondcast in every strest: not even the authorized translation, which every Catholia may read, bnt the transiation of that Calvinist, Diodati, 'who has perverted texts to smt his heretical doctrines.” g RELIGIOUS ANNIVERSARIES, The annuzl Southern Baptist Convention will De held May 7 at Jefferson, Texas, The Baptist anniversaries will boheld this year in Waslungton, D. C., toward tho end of May. The General Conforenco of tho Methodist Episcopal Church, South, commenced in Louis- ville, Ky., Msy 1. 5 The American and Foreign Bible Society hold their annual meeting in New York May 9, and tho Biblo and_Publication Bociety May 81, &t Washington, D. C. —_—— NOTES. METHODIST. The Oak Park Mothodist Church edifice will s00n be completed. Trinity Methodist Church used unfermented wine at its Jast communion, The German Mothodists at Crown Point, Ind., aro about to erect a new houso of worahip. The M. E. Churchin Polo, IIL, have just suc- oceeded in paying & debt of $1,400 against thewr charch. The Methodist Episcopal Church has estab- lished a branch Baok Concern in New Orleaus, on the corner of Camp and Race streots Trinity M. E. Church, of this city, will ehortly commence work on its auditorium. This is one of the finest church-buildings in the city. A beautiful and commodious M. E. church edifico has lately boon dedicated in North Adams, Afags. It comtortably soats 2,000 paople, and cast £60,000. During the past winter over 200 joined the churches in the Gorman Methodist Couference, Milwaukee ; and the Conforonce has erected five churches and one parsonage during the past year. A great revival, under the prenching of Afra, Bella 8. Leonard, has takon place in the Metho- dist Church in Lausing, Ind. It is estimated that, during tho lnst ssven' weeks, 150 conver- sions have taken place. Bishop Ames, at the Baltimore Conforence, severely condemped the union of secular and religious affairs of the Rev. Dr. Newman, who makes a Consular trip around tho world, while holding miuiscerial relations with that Church. Bishop Wiley at the New York East Cunference recently said that whtle there wera * aver 11,000 travoliug preackers in the United States,” not one had refused to go to bis appointment, and only two cnurchos-had declined to roceive their proachors. The Southwestern Advocate, organ of the Methodist Eptscopal Church In New Otleans, enthusiastically movos that dra. Van Cott boe ordained a3 & minisier of the Gospel; but the higher clergy in the Methodist Church do not re- gard the proposition with much favor. Tho Southwestern Advocate reports the church- es of the M. E. Church in Now Orleans and vi- cinity_to bo prospering, motwithstanding the prejudico against the organization on the part of the members of the M. E. Chureh South. All tho churches in the city and suburbs are ro- portod to be growiog in strongth and influcnce, The Southweslern Adrocate gives au account of thoresults of Mrs. Yan Cott's thirty-days’ rovival effort in New Orleans. She preached chiefly in tho Ames M. E. Charch, Oocze she preached iv tho Algiers 3{. E. Church South. Altogether she conducted 135 services, preach- ing every mght and twico on Sabbaths, besides condneting prayer and _inquiry* meetings. Tho Adrocate savs about 250 "have profossed con- Sersion, and of theso over eighty have united with Ames Church. A very large proportion of those converted were already members of some chursh, One of tho good results of Mrs Van Cott's preaching bas beea to create more sym- pathy between the Southern people and the Ames Church, which has labored under tho prejudice of being a “Yankee church.” i GENERAL CONFELENCE M. E. CHURCH SOUTH. The Goneral Conferenco of the M. E. Church South assembled in Library Hall, Louisville, K., May 1. ‘Tho body consiats of eight Bishops and about 300 delegates, Iay and clerical, and, witl re- main in session some three or fonr weeks. ‘Among the important guestions to be discossed will that of ~a reunion of _tais ohurch with the Northern Hlathodists. Soveral Commissioners were delogated from the Northern Church to aitend the Conference, boar- ing friendly greetings and empowered to sottlo disagroements and promoto a reunion. Amon theso Commissioners aro the Rev. C. H. Fowlor, D. D., of this city; the Rev. A. C, Hunt, of New York, and eoveral others. Dr. Lorick Pierce, the Vestor of the Southern Church, who bore to tho General Conference_of the M. E. Church, which sat in Pittsburgh, Pa., in 1818, proposi- tions looking tows:ds a_reunion, is present, though in bis 99th year. It is suggested that ho may yet bave the ‘opportunity of reviving the resolution which shall reunito these great bodies. TNIVERSALIST. ‘The Third Universalist Society, known as the Murray Chng‘el, tocated on Indiana avenue, near Twenty-ninth streot, has recently caliod ‘to its pastorato the Rov. W. 5. Ralph, who has already entered upoo his labors. The Rov. Mr. Ralph ix » graduato of the Universalist Theological School in Canton, N. Y., andis seid to be a gen- tloman of culture and an effective preacher. He comes to this city from LaCrosse. The Rev. W. H. Ryder, D. D., pastor of St. Paunl's Universalist Church, preached last Sun- day evening & sermon oo * Theology Applied to ‘tho Bridewell,” which, by genoral raquest, is to be repeated this evonivg. __ REFORNED EPISCOPAL, Dr. Reid has become Rector of the Church of the Incamnation, Brookiyn. The Rey. 3ir. McCormick, late of Kentucky, was last Sunday justslid as Rector of the R formed Episcopal Gburch in Ottawa, Canada. Tho New York Zimes discribes the Rov. W. T. Sabino, rocently Rector of tho Clhurch of tho Atonement, New York, and now Rector of the First Roformed Episcopal Charch in that city : “ Mr. Sabino is a slender young man, abont 35 rears old, with s pale, thoughtful faco, bluo eses, ight waving hair, 2ud closo-cut eide whiskers. Ho is evidently s man of profonnd convictions, who is striving to do_hus duty in o straightfor- ward, manly woy. He isa graduato of Columbin College and tho Episcopal Seminary of this city. Ho wag at first sssistant of Dr, Tyng, then bo- came Roctor of the Charch of tho Covenant in Dhiladclphia, and eight sears sgo commenced s datics ag Rector of tho Church of the Atone- ment." % z CONGREGATIONAL. Lonia Congrogauional ~Church, Mich., ls abous tobuud a house of worship' ata cost of from 912,000 to $15,000. At the Aurora Congregational Association held April 21 and 22, throo ministerial candidates were licensed: Prof. C. A. Dlanchard, and Mr. Bailoy, of Whoaton Collego, and Mr. Waterbury, recent- Iy from England. A writor in the Boston Congregationalist ob- jects to tho Park Street Church appropriating $600,000 worth of ‘property, while it can afford religions instruction to only’ 1,500 peoplo in tho morning and 860 to 1,000 peoplo in the after- noon. Tho correspondent thinks it would be betterto invest the money where it conld carry the Gospel to from 10,000 fo 15,000 peoplo overy abbath. Thae Adrance says the number of theological stadents in the saven Congregational seminaries i8 only 327, of whom only thirty-eight will grad- uate this year. This, tho editor says, seetas an astonishingly small gumber for thirty-five Pro- fessors and sixtoen lectarers, and hints that, it pastors had a5 much professional enthusiasm s is found i other profcssions, the number of theological students would bo largely increased. A large number of additions will be made to the membership of the several Congregational churches to-morrow, at which time the monthly communion service will be celebrated. Among the churches receiving acceesions aro the follow- ing: First Church, thirty-one; Union Park, thirty-eight ; Leavitt Street, thirsy-eight : Pirmouth, twenty; New England, = soven | Tabernacle, thirteen ; Jefforson, ten or twelve; the Ravenswood, Lincoln Park, Clinton Street, Forty-seventh Street, snd Bethany Charches will also receive new acceasions. The First Congregational Church of Chicago bas just secured the services of Prof. H. C. Ed- dy, 35 organist. 3r. Eddy bas spent somo years in Germany perfeciing his musical education under Houpt, the famous organ instractor of Berlin, who ranks him * among tho greatest living " organists,” and the song-writer Abt speaks of him a3 ““ono of tho most remarkable organists of our time.” He has declined calls from Albany and Eoston, 23 well s Graco Church, Now York, to accept the better offer and organ of Chicago. EPISCOPAL. At the Easter celsbrztion st Bt. Augustine, tondent, formerly s Federal ofiicer. peSfrace Cliuzen, Madiaos, Wis, bas 8 ehims of e, The average income of the 18,747 Ractors of the Church of England is 3500. There sre five colored churches in Baltimore supported by five Episcopal congrogations. The Rev. Dr. McMaurdy has prasonted 158 per- sons for confirmation within tiwelve months, 8t. Panl's, Marquette, Mich., gives 230,000 to the endowmont of & new diocese in Michigan. The church of Stephen H. Tyng, Jr., in New York City, will soat 1,800 persoas, and has cost 000, The Bishop of Manchester was the nmpire be- twoeen tho operative bouse-painters and the mag- tora of Manchester, in their Iate tronbles. Tho Society for the increase of the Ministry in the Protestant Episcopal Church grant aid to 117 scholars in the yarious schools in the United States. The Church of Sweden has preserved an his- torical Episcopate, although Lutheran in faith, It and the American Church are now acting in concert. It is often maid that the Church of England was created by act of Parliament. Prof. Brewer in tho (fuardian has shown the absurdity of this, from the langusge of Parliamebtary stat: utes. A leading member of the Iate Evangelical Alliance, and & prominent Low Church Episco- palian, says: % Ritualists have no Tight, on the ground of thoir faith in our common Savior, to remain in the Protestant Episcopal Church, then so much the worse for the Church; it is hopelesaly & sect.” - Probably Dr. 8. H. Tyng, Jr., Roctor of Holy Trinity Church, Now York, bas the groatest missionary church of that denomination. He has now five mission _parishes, with chapels and sottled pastors ; six Sunday-schools, with 2,000 childron ; and the wholo establishment is ran at an annual cost of $35,000. Church and Statessys: “No clergyman should be suffered to impose the confessional upon persons dasiring the sacraments, whether under tho Roman Catholio form, which explores the privacics of life; or under tho approved Protest- ant form which intrudes upon the holiest secrots of the heart. If to prevent oppression bo op- pressive, the Charch must be an oporessor,” A writor who is troubled abont the growing rit- ualistio tendeucies of the Episcopal Church, says: ‘‘Last year the munisters of twenty-five Episcopal Charches in London wore Encharistio vestments, They aronowused in thirty churches. Last year only eight Episcopal Churchos in Lon- don used inconse. _Now it is used in fourteon. Altar-lights aro nsed in thirty-gix churches,” Wilmington, Del., has a population of 85,000, and fiva Episcopal charches. - The oldest church (**01d Swodes ") dates back to 1628. The com- munion-sorvico ‘was made in Sweden, in 1718. Its . oririnal pulpit, first used by tho Swedish missionary Biork, wassent out by “Charles XI., of glorious memory,” on Trinity Sundsy, 1699, This parish church links together Swodisl, En- glish, and American Episcopalians in ope broth- erhood. ; ‘William and Mary Collegs, Virginis, fs, next to Harvard, the oldest college in the United Btates. It bas given to tne country four signers of the Declaration of Independence, two Presidents of the United States, one Vico-President, ous nct- ing President, Cabinet officers, Senators, Judges, officers of the army, including Gen. Scott, and of tho navy. In its national character and services it has excocded all litorary inatitutions. Bishop Whittle, of Virginin, in s recent ad- dresa gaid : * Giving is & part of worship, and whon we meet to worship, we should give. ' It is as much of » Christian daty to give as to pray. When & man can be a Christian without prayiog, then, and only then can he ba s hristian; with- out giving. The poor are 'under s much’ obli~ gation to givoas the rich. Each man according to his ability. The little given by the poor is as accoptablo in the sight of God as the much given by therich.” * . BAPTIST. 3 Ths First Church in Detrolt has contracted for the erection of its main church building, at & cost of $40,750. The Baptists on the Taland of Jamaica report 105 churchies, 1,277 baptisms, and total mem- bership of 32,860. Two were baptized in the Indiana Avenue Baptist Church iast Sunday evening, and one is to be baptized to-night. The now Baptist Church edifice a¢ Griggsville, TIL, is to bo dedicated May 10, with & sormon by the Bov. W. W. Everts, D. D. THo revival in the First Baptist Church in Al- bany, the Rev. D. M. Roeves, pastor, bas To- sulted in the conversion of more than 100 sonls. Prof. Allen Curr, the distingnished Scottish author, will deliver 'a courso of fix lectures in Chicago unmder the auspices of the Baptist Union, The Seventh-Day Baptists in this conntry re- port 90 churches, 110 ministers, and 8,509 com- municants, Thoy are pearly all close com- munion. : The Baptists of Hyde Park have effected s canrch organization, and bae called the Rev. E. E. Bagliss to bo ita pastor at & salary of 1,600 per apnum. o Itis said that eeven Baptist churches have been organized in Chisago and vicinity darin: the last year, and that an equal number wil probably be organized in the next twelve months. The annual meeting of the Chicago Baptist Union will be held to-morrow evening in the First Church, wheu the election of ofticers and the transaction of other important business will tako place. Three hundred persons were baptized dur- ing the past winter birlhs Baptist pastors of Pultsburgh, Pa., aod three new churches have been formod through their instramentality within the last twel¥o months, and 370,000 raised for church bumlding, notwithstanding the panic. The Union of the First and the Pierrepont Baptist Churches in Brooklyn has been per- Tected, with the Rev. Dr. J. B, Thomas, formerly of the Michigan Avenue Baptist Church, 2a pas- tor. The United Church is prosperous, and measures are . boing taken for the erection of a new house of worship. Revivals in tho Baptist churches cootinue to bo noted. Tho Paducak, Kv., Chuarch reports soventy additions ; tho North Topeks, Kau., Chureh reports forty ; the Saline, Kan., Church, 115 ; at Muscatine, Ia., forty bave been added, and a considerable church debt removed; at Fdgowood, Ia., twelve wero baptized a fow weeks ago ; and, at Alabama Torwa, ten. Tho Standard lesrns that thero is a great probability that four out of the five miaisterin! students 1n the graduating class of tho Universit; of Chicago will bo compelled to abandon their studica and not enter tno Theological Seminary for the wantof means, It calls upon tho churchs to como to theiraid, 8o that they may pursue their studics. Tho Rev. F. M. Ellis, pastor-elect of Michigan Avcone Baptist Church, will occupy tho pufiic of that church to-day. Mr. Ellis isa young man of about 35, and is spoken of as a miuister of conspicuous falent. The choir of thia charch consists of Mirs. Schoonhoven, soprano; Mra. Florence Rice, alto; Mr. Hunoeman, tenor; Mr. Sioan, bass, and G. C. Knopfel, organist. The pew reutals in this church will take placo to-morrow evening. The Baptist Church continues to be troubled with eruptions of the open commumon heresy in various t}unrtom. ¥The Baptist Ministers’ Con- ference in Philadelphia bave been hauling the Rev. Georgo Dana Boardman over the coals for unsoundness on this tenet of the Church, At the February meeting he wss asked to state his views upon the communion question. In the March mseting be did 80, and resolutions con- demuing him were introduced, but not passed. At the April meeting another set of resolntions, less objectionable, but still condemnatory of Mr. Boardman’s views, was passed. The Doctor is now left to the alternative of withdrawing from the denomination with which he has been associ- ated for thirty years, or of abandoning his peca- liar viows of communion. The Rev. Dr. Board- man isa gon of the noted Baptist missionary and the most popular diviae in the denomination in the City of Philadelphia. PRISHTITERIAN, The Rock Island Presbyterian Church has added to ita roll 120 new names since Jan. 1, eighty-nine of which were on profession. The Presbyterian Church in Madison, Wis., haa recently expended some 7,000 in repaira uponits house of worship. The pastor, the ev. L. ¥. Haye, formerly of Ottawa, Iil., is winping a fine reputation as its pastor. ) CATHOLIC. Biehop De Goesbriand has presented to the Cathedral st Barlington, Vt., an ezquisite gold chalice that was consecrated by the Pope. Tho Catholic World detects s good omen in the fact that tho traasit of Venus occurs on the fpatival of the mmaculate Virgin Mary. The Freeman's Journal acknowledges the re- caipt of 8425 additional to the 2433.46 reported laat week as gifts to the Pope from pilgrims by for the banner for Lourdes, making thus far $445.43, Four of the twelve Roman Catholic Bishops in the‘Gemn'n ‘Empire have been placed under ar- rost. i An Eastern paper says: The Boyof Tunis recently bought tne dwelling of the Christian Drothers, who ars conducting schools in Tunis, snd presented it to them. The house has been occupied for sixteen years by the Brothers. It belonged to a wealthy Jew, who had generously refused to take any rent. He died a sbort time ago. however, and his heirs prossed upon the Brotbers for rent for the past years a3 well as the current one. The Boy's kind action has re- lieved them of all troubla. Several thonsand young Parisian girls, mem- beraof the Society of the Enfants de Marie, went on & pil; age to the Cathedral of Notre Dame, recently. Tho line of carriages bringing thom stratobed over a mile. Each pilgrim was robed in white, and held a torch in her hand; every rank of Bocicty was represented, from the grand dame to tho poorost of the poor. At Bor- dosux & mimilar demonstration took place, and 5,000 women walked in the procession, and at Orleans, Mgr. Dupanloup presided over another liko ceremony. MISOELLANEOUS. The pews in a city Jewish synagogue were sold recently at publio auction for 3190,000. The Round Lake Camp Mceling Association has sbandoned the idea of bozing for mineral waters. The conversions in the sevaral churches of Bpringficld, Mass., during the present wiater amaunt co over 400. Na such revival hss been exporienced since 1357 The Christian Observer (Southern Prespyto- ian) proposes that the Genoral Syzodof e R formed Church shall meot nextyearinthe South, in a Prasbyterian church, and the Sonthern Pres- bytorisn General Assemblyin tho North, in s Reformed chureh. _The New York Young Men's Hobrew Associa- tion is organized for the purpose of cultivating literary pursuits snd diffusing » knowledge of Jowish history, literature, and philosophy. = The society has started with very encouraging promise of success. The Rev. Prof. Buel, of the General Thoolozic- cal Bomlnary of the Protestant Episcopal Church, has i presa & work, which will shortly be issned by Mr. T. Whittaker, Bible House, New York, on Eucharistio Presence, Encharistic Bacrifice, and Eucharistic Adoration, being an examina- tion of *‘A Theological Defensa by the Rov. James DeKoven, D. D." Pastor Oncken, of Hamburg, Germany, at the Bfarch meoting of, the British Evangelical Ali- ance Council, Aubmitted somo interesting p ticulars conceraing the persecation of Russian Baptists in the south of Russia, by tho Govera- mant at St. Petersburg. A cbagel for the use of the Baptists, and towards the erection of which the German churches contributed, had been closed with the Governmont seal. The Rev. Dr, Vidavor, of New York, in a ser- mon preached in one of the Jewish Synsgogues, romarked that Judaism never had fompotance societies, Ho said Judaism nevor had tompar- anco socioties, because the Jews did not need them. They have the divine lsw which tells them to enjoy thoso things which God has given to mankind. Tho Doctor referred tothe Es- senos, who existed at the time of tho second temple, and who were. 80 extremely pious and temperate that they noparated themselves from the other Jows, and in time lost the epiris of Judaism. Indeed, they were too pions to ho good Jows. The Nazarites were another sect of sbatainers. They would drinle nelthet wina noe strong drink, and yet the Biblo does mot praiss this, On thh contrary, when the Nazarite's vow expired be wea oblized to offer up o sin-offering for himself, bacanso he had despised tho bless- iugs of God. o e PERSONAL. CcHICAGO, The Rev. Dr. J. E. Roy hos returned from his tour throngh Texas. - The Rev. T. C.Jerome, late paator of the Con- gregational Church at Central City, Col., is visi- ing friends in this city. The Westminater Presbyterian Church has elected Willism H. Aoderson, Esg., its Sabbath- School Superintendent. TheRev. Dr, A. E¢dy, formerly pastor of the Ninth Presbyterian Church, and now of Niles, Aich., is visiting relatives in this city. Mrs. J. C. Hartzell, wife of the editor of the Southwestern Advocate, New Orleans. is in Chi- cago, where she will spead tho summer. The now Baptist Church at Morgan Park has invited tho Rov. Dr. Northrup, of the Baptist Theological Seminary, to preacs onco each Sab- atl The Rev. H. M. Gollisson, of this city, will be installed pastor of the Willow Creck Presbyte- rian Church, IIL, May 2. The organization comprises about 350 members. Ersmwurne, Bishop Cummins' bealth ia Teported to be stoadily improving. Mr- Hammond, the rovivalist, is now preach- ing in Jacksonville, TIl. Tho Rev. Henry Sticer, D. D., diod a fow daya sine in Baltimore, aged over 70 yoars. The Bev. Dr. Hoffman, & candidate for the Episcopate of Wisconin, has sailed for Europe. ‘The Rev. A. M. Nicoll left Philadelphia last week to join the United Presbyterian miasions in Egypt. The Archbishop of New York has appointed the Rev. P. F. Dealy director of the Catholic pilgrimage. Tho Rev. O. Eastman, for forty years Sacre- tary of tho American Tract Socioty, died April 24 {a New York. The Rev. John Ewing, of Clinton, N. J., sailed April 29, as a delogate to the Presbyterian Church, Scotlsn ‘Ward Beecher is to deliver a series of lectures in Sonthern citiea under the auspices of the Atlanta Young Men's Christian Associa- sion. Tho Hon. J., M. G. Parker, of New Orleans, recently presented an elegant silver set of com- munion vessels to the First African Baptist Church. Marskall B. Smitb, in March. 1869, left the Episcopal Churck and joined the Dutch Re- formed Church. He hss now abandoned the Dutch Church. The Rev. A. Fuller, of Rochester, Minn., has rosigned his position ss Director in the Chicazo Theological Seminary (Congregational) in order to become a missionary to Turkey. ‘The Rev. R. K. Wharton, member of the Jato Benior Class of the Theological Seminary of the Northwest, was ordaived pastor of the Presby- terian Church in Wilmiogton, IlL., last week. The Southweslern Advocate eays: *“ Mrs. Van Cott's 44th birthday occurred while in this city. Tho floral offerings of her friends at the noon- ":f meeting were sbuudant and most heauti- fair The Rev."J. W. Butler, son_of tho Rav. Dr. Batler, Superintendent of the Mexican Misuions, was recently ordained in the New England Con. ferenco. He has gomo to join hus father in AMexico. Mark Breton, one of the founders of ths Wes- leyan Methodist Charch in New York, died last wael in New York City. He came from Drigh- ton, England, to this country in 1839, and was 8 years old. ‘Tho Rev. J. N. McLeod, D. D., pastor of the First Reformed Presbyterian Cburch, New York, died snddenly April 27, azed 68, He was a man of marked individuality and ability, and exerteda great inflnence in his denomination. Esstern papers compliment the evangelistic efforts of the Rev. M. Dr. C, C. Lathrop, of Jackson, Mich, She has recently been preach- iog to large congregations in St. John's Inde- pendent Methodist Protestant Charch, Balti- more. Among the candidates nemed for the vacancy in the ofiice of Bishop of the Protestant Epinco- pal Charch in Kentncky, occasioned by tho with- drawal of Bishop Cummins, the name of the Rev. Dr. Stecle, Rector of Christ Church, Oita- wa, IlL., ia mentioned. “Ihe Rev. Mother Joseph of the Convent of the Good Bhepherd, Paltimore, left New York Wednesdsy for France, in company with a num- ber of others of the rame order from the various other houses in the United States, to bo present at the election of a ew Mother General of the Sisterhood, which will take place in Pans in Aay. —_— RELIGIOUS MISCELLANY. AT HOME. Mr. Buckner recently said in one of bis Wednesdsy evening prayer-meetings: * Mies Matilda Toedt will talk to you with her violin. You will recollect she used to be a member of the choir, and is still » member of the church. Bhe has ‘already gained great distinction asa violinist, although perhaps mot eminece, and choisnow going abroad to perfect hormelf in more pleasnre because she i3 a gl Upon tho ceiling of the handsomo Half, recontly dedicated at Floranca, Macs, tha Free Religionists, aro the fresoo portraits o John Brown, standing for progress; Humboldt ropresenting dcieuco; Kubens, symbolizing axf and SI peare representing literatura, The Inferior thinks the Sabbath-achool i coming the fostererof non-attendance .‘.“ZL‘:.L’; Children are expected to go to Sabbath-achool but not to church, and so thev acquire the hab;f of staying away from the general religious meet inge, whioh thiat paper regards as a greas evil, The Advance tv’:omd like to bave the righi Dames given to the liquor-selling busin thinks: i & el The progress of temperance has made i venders and ths liquordriakers i of o propriate names of thelr resorts. No ons hea. by ihis couatry, of &z ale-house, & porter-house, s gin: s10p, 3 dram-shop, but only of reataurants, offcester, loons, sample-rooms, etc. It would be half tns Dattly if we could compel iho Uiquoreellers to put up trais fulsigns; 1, where thero are license laws, &t vay required by Licr ta have in largs lo:ters; on the frongaq his house, " # Licensed Liquor Store s or the woy 4 Licensed to Sell Intoxicating Liquors® Why nor It would be simply the statemont of th trath - hon, in Some States, wa ke slgms, * Licensed tg sy Gunpowder.” And it wero no more than the truth, could the liquor-dealer ba made to sée, whenerer a3 Iooked up to his afgn, some such annbuncerent o o ippling Tll” ¥ Bruskard's Resor: "oz Giiemsy of Hell.” But men hata to lovk truth in abe their ovil practices, e An Episcopal § el s piscopal journal has published on “Tia Eitquette of the Lord's Teblen Mr. William Webb, ¢of Landou, offors the whole of tho Biblo, 3,566,430 lnttaru.h nfi“.' nnrtl‘lga g‘f o;e—;ighth o't‘ squaro inch. He eag put the Lord's Prayor into invisible 8ame process. i s byt The Inte festival of Juggernaut is said to Rart been moro esnguinary than usual Tweary peoplo fell at Caopta before the car, aad eigh) wero run over, 8ix of whom were killad, and the others geverely injured. A recent incident at Calcatta shows hoy strong the hold 6f Hindooism still is, even apgz ulm fnmg méelh pleader, Baboo Ka'i Mohun Doss, paid 3 pen of 10,000 Tupees to be readmitiod 10 hix Py Tho ceremony cost one-half of tho sum. . Sweden is becoming more liberal. Hitherty it has been almost impossiblo for a member of tho Established (Lutheran) Church to get intg suy of the dissenting bodies; the mempers of the lattor bodies have been subjected to yery hard legal disabilities. A Iaw bas bopa Tecently passed obliging the pastor of any pariskio trans. for any member over eighteen years of age fo another communion, upon the oxpression of s desiro to be 5o tranaferzed, A religious paper says: The wwork of the Bibls revision is golng fo rapidly In Englasd, but wil oatapy sosoie ioager, The' tranilators aro adopting as nearly &3 possible the exmo arrangemeats as thoso eaforced by James L, during the making of the first. transistions in the years 1607—~IG1L, Ouo of the most IndeCatigasiy of the translators is Dr. Guisburg, » Chorch of Ene giand clergyman, not now, however, discharging bis clerical duty. Ho is of ‘Gorman extraction, and & most sccompilstied acholar, with ths advantign of 4 valuable Jibrary contalning some rars and pricsless Bibles, Dr. Guisburg discharges the prelminary work of revision ; it is then submitted %o the otber members of tho company, Tho fullest barmony wov vafls among tho translators aud revisers. Prof. Husloy sdvocates tho reading of tha Bible in the pavlic cnools. He rocentiy said; 1 have always been strongly in favor of secalsy educstion in the senso of education swithout theologr; but X must cenfess I have beva no less acriously plexed to know by what practical meastires the ratige {ous fecling, which is the escential baaia of conduch, was to be kept up, in the present ntterly chaotc stata of opinion on these matters, without the use of the Dible. By the study of what other book could ehil. dren bo 80 much humanizsd and mads to foel that each fgure in the vast historical procession Alls, it themaelves, but 3 mowentary space in the interval be- tveen two ternitica; and earns the bleesiogs cr the curees of all time, sccording to its eTort to do gaod and hate evil, even s tuey also are earning theis pay~ ‘ment for thelr work? Canon Ryle. of England, is Iaboring to curtall the antocratic power of the Bishops. ** As chings are pow,” ho says, ** I know no one bardly, es- cept & Roman Distator, or » Russian Czar, who i sach a thoroughly irresponsiblo aatocrat a3 sa English Bishop! ~ No ono has such absolute off- cial power as he has, snd o ono is 0 entirely nonaccountablo to anybody but himsalf | I bo- lieve that no mortal man is fit to have sush poper. Thoresult is that bold and rash Bishops offen do too much in some apecial direction, and make immenso mistakes, while timid and caus tious Bishops do notking at all, from tho very fear of doing wrong.” He would have thoss eo- clesiastical dictators brought down to the level of constitutional monarchs at least, snd mads subject to tho advico of & council. A naval correspondent of the London Times, writing from tho West African missions, says: There is no doubt that through missionsry infinence many of the barbarous customs have nearly ceased, snch as the burial of a cortain number of & great man'a wives and slaves with Lis daad body, to servs him n the noxt world, and the scrifics of maldens sé the entrance of rivers'to propitiate the god of the seay Iest ho should silt them upand put & stop to navigs tion. Bame, 00, of the mission stations aro an ez cellent example to the natives of neatness and onder, Tho stations at old Calabar and Gaboon ars besutifal with flowers and gardens full of usefal and ornamental treen, shrubs, and vegotables, These tho pauves are taught to cullivate, and they are learning to approcisa their value. At Gaboon the Mpongwe langusgs bs been reducod to writiag, and is taught grammstialy in the echools of the American AMission, and the French Roman Catholic missioparies have also trani lated some of the Gospels into it, ettt CHURCH SERVICES TO-DAY. TREY. X C. A The annaversary of the Young Men’s Christlan As- sociation will bo appropriately celebrated st tho Firs Congregational Church this evening. , vNIvERSALIT. ‘The Bev, Dr Ryder will preach morning aud even= ing at St Paul's Church, AMichigan svenus nmess Eightcenth strect. In the evening he will repest the sermon on “ Theology Applied to the Brideweil.” REFORNED ZPISCOPALLAY. Bishop Chency will oficize at Cariat Obureh, oor- ner of Michigan avenue and Twenty-fourth_street. Moraing_subject, *Communion Address.” Zieaing subject, “ The Baljover's S| 2 LUTRERAN, There will ba}:l:rflcam Trnly Church, corner af Dearborn and Erie strests at 113, m. —Intho cvening ths Rev. Edmund Belfonr will preach in Bethlehem Churca, comner of Bangamon and Ehillips strects. SWEDESTICRGLAN, The Rev. J.R. Hibberd will preach at the Xew " Church Hall, corner of Eighteenth stroet and Prairis avepue, st 1l a. m. ‘—Thers will be services at the Unfon Park Temple 8£3:2) p, ., 50 the Rev, J. R. Hibbard will talk about * The Lord’s Visit to Emmans.” —The Second Society will Worsbip in Mumy Chapel at3 p. . sPruITUALISTS, 3oses Hall will preach in Unfon IHall, 161 Somfh Qlack suxeel, morming and greniog. ubect: “The Animal and Spiritual Man,” 2o First Society will meet 1 Grow's Opers-Hall, morning and evening, Samuel Max, wailo under spirit control, mll anwwer any queationd tha audience ‘and also describe spirit fricnds, —The Progressive Lyceum meets at 12:30, at Good Templar'a Hall, corner of Washington and Desplatzes streetd. The Rev. E. C. L. Brown, of Boston, will preach tn the morning at the Fourth Church. Subject, *Man's Spirjtual Side Unworked.” There will bo 10 ovening s rvice. —Thers will bo morning szt evening services st Murray Chapel, Indiana avente and Twenty-nin! street, the Hev. W, 5, Balph pastor. Commualon i3 the morning. ~_The Rev, Robert Collser will preach moratog sad sreniog st ‘Uaity Church, Norid Dessbor stroot, 3orning subject, Our Heresy,” e FnStinot 3, Batage, pastoe of the mind Chureb, will preach in the morning sbout *E3rd Neoded for Hearing.” : MrTHODINT. The Rev. 3. W.Phelps will preach mornizg snd evening st thw Michigan Avenue Church ; communion 5 in the morning, aad & sermon 10 young Mea {2 the evening. —~At Lb:{hkhnfl Chnreh, corner of Laogley svenit¢ and Thirty-ninth stroet, tho Rev. Lewis Meridetz, pase tor, there will be preaching morning and eveains. ZThers will bea love-feast acd communion &9 & . 15 tho Western Avenns Churcs, and presching 13 ening by the Rev. A. Youker. e e w310, Pock, paster of the Centemary Chureb, )Ignme ’lunt, ‘near Morgan, presch morning and evening. ” —T‘::‘Bef. Dr.Thomas will on "mumfm:; st the First Church, corner_of Clark snd Washing streets, in the morning, Therg will be song-sertich 20d & prayer-meeting in the eventsy % e Ber. B McChemey il at Trintty Church, Indans svenue apd Twenty-founh erest Evening subject, Heresy in the Church.” CONGEZGATIONAL. Tho Rer. O, D felmer will proach st & oo Ualos. k Church in the evenlog. “Tnere Bk ion serice and Pecoption of members Lo t3e fore termperance meeting in the evening. - T acro will bo preachiag by the fiev. Albert Duske pell, with communicn st the Learitt St o O ol ot e CTeaiog, ing, and 3 Sabbath-school 3 3, mfl'hegru. 1. T, Hydadwé!; pnhtm 2t10:30 5, 3. 83d. : af ths Oaxland Charc! 0 P T, Willism Alvin. Bartlett will bod com ‘manion servics in the morning a¢ the New Eoglany Church, corner of Intiana nvenus and Tweatp-&isd street, 2nd presch in the evenlng. Y —The Rev, Ar, Millard, of Benton Harbar, Mich s+ill preach at the Tricke? Park Church mormiog evening. niprIST. TheEev, W. W. Evcats, D, D, wil jrexh 23 38 ent natives. The distingnishaj ' VAT i BSOS TSI TP — H H i