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'THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: SUNDAY. 'AUGUST 9, 1874. “the actual ~ 6 : _—————— - -—m e ——— ; that position no longor, thoush we do not RELIGIOUS NEWS. Biographioal Sketch of the Rev. Dr. Felton, Paper on Church Taxation by Dr. Eddy, of Detroit. The Beecher-Tilion Scandal---Rational- *+ ism vs. Childhood. Comments znd Opinions of the Religious - Press. Notes and Personals at Home and p Abroad. ‘Church Services To-Day. THE REV. C. E. FELTON, D. D. The Hill of Science is suflicienily steep and difficult, and the battle of life sufliciontly trying, without the addition of extraneous obstacles to make the strupgle exceptionally bard. Notwith- standing this, men, s well as boys, are so little independent, ate so constantly inclined to rest apon the authority of a favorite teacher or upon the 2id of friends, that a little coercive discipline j8 neccseary to takeawsy the props, which woald othernise be used too long. Self-culture 18 the ‘best calture, and self-mede meu are the best mion, all other things being equal. ~Colleges and nuiversities are graud fnstrumentalities to 2id 21l sach persons as are determined to aid tuem- sclves; but as mere proys to boost a man into potoricty by tho aid of anA. B, an A M., ora Yb. B., they ara of little worth. The Methodist Episcopal Church owes much of the sympathy whick it has evoked among the eommon people to the fact that the ;rnnt major- ity of ite ministers are self-made. The mass of thie people cun never obtain the higher education afforded by colleges; but they can be enthusias- tically workea up with the idea that life itsolf is = collego, whose curricalum is brosder, and where wisdom may be learned as well as knowl- edge by anyone who ball bo always 1 the atti- tude of s pupil. The circut-rider, who Las ob- tained bis tbeology from the Bible, and his church history from volumes which he has peruscd on horseback, and his rules of exegesis from commou senve, i8 frequently & better re- ligiouz gaide than he who has become a profound gcholsr in the Oriental langusges, and is able to sever myth aod myetery from fact. However much or however little’ knowledge a man has, who aspires to bs a leader, matters not eo much a8 this : that he shall be an ivspir- cr of grand and noble motivoe thoughts in those whom he seeks to guide. AMONG SELF-MADE NEN must be classed the Rev. C. E. Felton, pastor oi Grace AL E, CLurch, in this city. His eariy 1:fe wes beset with unusual ditficulties. Having Icst his mother in early infancy, and his father when but 7 years of age, he was early thrown upon bis own resources, and from the ago of 9 years maintained himself. He was born in Cleveland, 0. At the age of 11 he attendeda district-achool one term in Lorain Couuty, O. A year afterward the Muskingum County Court agpointed & guardian for him until he should reach the age of 1% During tho period of this guardianahip he attended a district-schoot two terms. TN HI8 STXTEENTH YRAR ho commenced and completed the studies of Kirkham's English Grammar, Ray's Practical Anthmetie, Comstock's Common Philosophy, and Olvey's Geography. These he seems fo bave pursued without an instructor, and upon the completion of the course he went a distance of somo 20 miles to pass the examination of & teacher of some mote. ‘About this time young Felton scquired a knowledge of the pottery trade, a business in which he toon became o remarkable adept. When ho became a jouruoyman at tho irade, s day’s Inbor consisied of a certain detinite amount of work, and he, with the fiery enthusiasim of a determination to driok deep at the fountains of Xnowledge, frequently finished his day's work in from ons 10 two hours, and devoted the remain- ing bours to study. 's ¢ Phulosophiy of s Future State, " read time, turned the thoughts of the young mzn to ‘RELIGIOUS SUBJTCTS, and o eingle ssrmou by the Rev. A. M, Alexander, of tho Oluo Conference, on the subject of the ** Qlympic Games, soaffected” him that he dates both hus religious lite and his tsste for literary culture from that time. As to what sort of a boy the voung fellow was before tha graces of mfigm ond study filled his thoughts, we are lefsin the dark. The archives are silent as to that point. But we may readily infer that he was whuch like other boys, save that his was tha story_of & boy without money and without {frierds, with two good hands and a stout hearc on which he could depend, and with no otber capital. Rotiin’s *“ Ancient History” first opened to young Feltonthe fact thataglorious world had ex~ istad 10 the past, and that the ceuturies behind bim like a froitful land reposed.” From this time bis edocstion was carried on in the common gckools of Putoam Coanty, 0., and under private justructors, and finally 18 & student in the Obio Stite University,while serving, atthe same time, the Methodist Fspiecopal Chureh in Athens, O., a8 its pustor. HIS FIBST FOUB YEARS IN THE UNIVERSITY were epent in circuit-work, beginnmng on the aircuit where he had lived most of his life, and was well-kpown to all the charch. It 18 not 2 emall mcident, speuking favorablyof his abilities thet he should thus be chosen to preach the Gospel to those withwhom he had becoms scqusinted at the apple-pearings, corn-huskings, and ploughing-matches of Lis neighborhood. o thot fiom the first ko bas not belonged to that clzs of prophets who Lave nohonorin their own country. HIE FIRET STATION 'wzs Circleville, 0., followed by appointmenis in Clullicotne. Lancaster, Attens, and Columbug— 2l in tbe Ohio Conference. His labors in these ficlds of church-work were attended with mark- ed success. particuiarly in Circloville, whore, dur- iug a revival, he preacked forty-three nights in £uccession ; and during that time soms 233 per- zous professed to become converted. A similar- ‘Iy powerful revival-influence attended his labors in Chullicothe, where nearly all who atiendod the <congregation wers coaverted and added o the eiurch. . j AT GOLUMBUS : hie energy was put forth to rebuild the church and ncrease the attendance, both of which ob- jects were sccomplishied, a4 many witnesses livo 10 Leatify. Hero ho became scquainted with the Rev. Dr. Goodwin, now of the First Congrega- tional Church of thia city, and tho two gentle- men worked zoalously and_harmoniously to- gn{herl Qxax7th§u Tngahzing efforta. n v 8 roquest of i Chiureh 10 Y qt the Firet M. E. be wis msfemmw' Ted ¢ 6 pastorate of that church, and, during his term of three years’ ser- vice, the congregation changed its place of wor- ship from St. Clair street to the corner of Euclid avenue and Erio sireet, where was begun and 15 Dow nearly completed one of the finest church- baildiogs in the country. In the year 1870, he was transferred to ST. LOUIS, and siaticned at the Union M. E. Church, one .of {he largest and most inflnential congrega. -tions in the connection. This he regards as the boghtest spot in Lis ministerial Life, owing to .the generosity and hospitality of the people. Ho was transferred, at the request of - h ORACE CHTCH -f this city, in 1873, to the pastorate of that so- ciety, and bas been at work hore for abouta year. He lias succeeded several of the most lflpnlu . Preacbers of the denominstion who e winisteied to that charch, including such Chur:! 1‘3\5- Tiffany, now of the Metropolitan oo u‘-“ eshiogton, D. C.; Dr. A. J. Jutkins, “ 3 poing Elder of the Clicago District, and AT, :I'hounghu;i‘x' nlt_ ggmqn in Scotland. Histie s of W wons Lo 5 nc o sne i an ; e is 2 close student, s B aar o thachy: He edge of thie World, us hexutiey, satne SO0l His sermons are practi andin. o oLIDER, Eilliant, whilo they are atirayy pojacrac, L3 20008 Tul He makes little attempt a¢ 220 faith- meatation in his Eermon; o i e oreid Or0- neous speaker ; yet is remtarkably exast o, rcgard Lo his statement of fact) sag i, P02 I8 by nlich hie expresses is ideas, by 3 Aol bands, or by illustrative gesture, Hia fmeio are always clearly conceived and cxpresuu(‘!; ;5 that all thoughtfcl beaters are_involuntarily'in. ciined to listen to the power of his reasoning. Many yvounger preachers, as well aa public peakers, coald Jearn of Dr. Felton, with profit to exhaust the subjecl in hand without ram: Bfii“. 1wto other ficlds of thonght to supplement, and thereby mystify, the text. His sermons a1g usnally short, and he always stops when ho hes elaborated his subject and has vothing further to say, which is certainly a rare virtue in a pub- lic speaker. Mr. Felton is s very genlal gentleman, full of wit, and has & keen sppreciation of the ludi- crons. Although he arrived io Chicago less than 5 vear ago, possessing, 8s he does, rare social qualities, he epeedily becamo personally known to every member of 3 church and congrega- tion. 1fe nas copstantly won upon the estecm and affection of all who know him, by his steady endeavor to say gome kind and belping word, and to do eom® generou’ action. At the samo time bis Iabors are unostentatious. Within nine- iy days after assuming pastoral charge of Grace Church, Dr. Folton aud his wife_personally visit- ed every ome of the mnearly 200 families whose names appear on the church-record. In these labors Ars. Felion is everywhers sac- knowledged ss ber husband's right-hand col- league and helper. This work of visitation was very grect, owing to the dispersion of the church by “the great fire, every Louschold connected with the church having been buraed ont, and its inmates scattered in various parts of the city, While devoting himsclf to the spiritual needs of Lis people, Dr. Felton has also paid much atten- tion to the neods of general calture amoug them. A very successful Young P’eople’s Literary So- clety, which, during lust winter, attracted hun- dreds to its reguiar meetings, aod developed largely the talent of the young people, was founded by his suggestion. TIa his large and varied experience as a pastor, he has uniformly sailed clear of the difticultics which frequently beset less wise and more otratie brethren in the ministry. Harmouy, good will, success, and progress bave marked his stovs from his rural begivoings in_Central Ohio to his Jetest ministratione. Mr. Felton was made a D. D. by McKendree College, Lebauon, 11, in e OHURCH TAXATION. At the Theological Institute holden in the new Council Hall, Oberlin, 0., the following paper was presented by the Rev. Dr. Zachary Eddy, of Detroit, and, in the absence of the author, was read by the Rev. C. E. Fisher. It is a most valusble stalemont of the poiuts at issue, aud the arguments are presented in a cloar, forcible manner: The cry now resounding from ocean fo ocean for tho taxation of property vested in ecclesiastical corpora- tions does not come from politicians or statesmen, but from members, mainly from ministers, of various Prot- estant denominations, It is pretty well understood that the object simed atis to eheek the accumulation of property by the Roman Catholic hierarchy in the Unit- €d States. The object is one which every intelligent friend of civil ond religious liberty must approe, Doubtless the danger against which the proposed legis- Iation §s fntended to guard s realand grave. The bistory of the lust 1,600 years is an unbroken wirning sgainst Liecarchical avarice and ambition. THE CONSTITOIION OF THE ROMISH PRIESTIIOOD, which {s a vast army of trained soldicrs, free from ties of fumily or country, and all uuder the despotic will of 2 foreign pontiT and potentate, makes it tho imper- stive duty of every American citizen to keep watch and guard agalnst the machinations and encroachments of that priesthood. Tlo Papacy, finding in this country absolute indo- pendence of the State, ond st the game timo umple protection, is more favorably situsted for the pequisi- tion of wealth and power than fn_sny country of the 0ld World, And, itis m fact, buildiug up on this con- tinent an tmperium in Impero, more compict, more Bomogeneous, zud better organized than it hus ever Deea abla to establish {n countrics where Romunism is recognized as THE STATE RELIOION. Nowhere s the power of tue Lishops 8o untram- melod by the Luw of the land, uowhere are priests of {ho rank aud file such helplets slaves to their supo- rioys, as in the United States, 1t is not strznge that far-seeing, patriotic men should cast about for eome logal meaus of checking the growtl, in one direction at jeast, of this partenious organizatin, Now, whether such a moderate taxation of cliurch property as Protestant denominations would cheerful- Iy submitto would effectually arrest this tendeucy to sccumnnlation In the Romish Church, scems extremels doubtful; but however that may be, I am quite sure that's grest and ewecping legislalive measure liko this ought to proceed, not froma_jealonsy, how= ever well-founded, of & particular religious organiza- tion, but from the GENIIAL PLINCIPLES OF TOLITIOAL ECONOMY and of republican governwment. 1In the long run, just snd wiso legislation, free from the least secfariun bias, will prove the most effectual barrler agalust tae encroschments of hicrarchical despotism, The power of taxation is iuherent {n government a8 such, and is anhmited except vy the written or un- written constitution under which it is exercised. The followng are some of the TNDISPUTED MAXING which, according to the best economist, taxation ought to bs regulated : First—That the people shall ouly be taxed with their own conscnt, expressed by luw through their own Tepresentatives duly elocted. Seconi—That taxatics shall be solely for public purpoecs. Third—That the citizens ehall contributo as nearly 28 poesible to the support of the Goverament as pro- portioned to their respective abilitios; that is to uay, in proportion to the revenue which tiisy respectively eujoy under tho protection of the Government. Iu other words, taxation shall ba equal. Fourth—Equality of taxation, howeser, does not re- quire either that all citézens or all kiuds’ of proerty shall be taxed. On the contrary, the Legislatures of different_countries, and especially of the diferent Btates of this country, have, in the ezercise of a large discretion, wisely and justly exempted certain clusses of persons and certain doscriptious of property from the pecuniary burdens which presy on the community st large. It is especially to be noted that no Legislature hus ever attempted to tax ail kinds of property. The lows of the State of Mizhigan, which may be taken 88 a fair sample of American legislation on this subject, exemps from taxation the following : Househoid furniture to the amount of $200% the fumily library and_schoal-books 0 the amount of $150 ; certain spiuning and weaving spparatus ; all family dictures ; all wesring apparel of 187 few, The great universities of the world have beom founded and endowed by Christian benevolence; and common schools muintained by the Commonwealth originated from far-sceing Puritan wisdom and be- nevolence. If all our educations! institutions were given over to Infidel managemeut they would speedily languish and die, Geond—The infiuencos of churches in preventing and restraining crime is too deep and_powerful to be estimated, Thoe power of governmoit to suppress enme i Jimited. It can only deal with such crimes 28 ¢an be precisely defned nid proved beyond reason- avle doubt. But in an artificisl and corrupt state of societs there are many crimes which can nelflier Lo defined nor proved, Were it otherwise,—were crime sarely und swiftly followed by condign punishment,— tle causes of crime would not theroby be extingulshed Notuiug short of the education of the general cou- scienco can_dry up the hidden fountains of thoso pofsouous streams which trouble and ewbitter eoclety. The moral cducation of the commubity {s eminently the work of the Church, which teaches,everywhere and always, personal nccountability to a personnl God, and enforces duty with tho proclamation of future retri bution. Tho {ndueace of chiurches therufors is deeper, more far-reaching, moro powerful, than that of a theapparatus of criminal Justice, The faithful Chris- tian ninjster does more inany community for the protection of life and properly than magistrates, po- lice ofticers, jurics, prisous, £nd scafolds, But for churches lifé would Lo a8 clicap, and proberty as inse- cure. in America 84 i Asla Minor or Afghanistan, To impose tax on churclies would bo more unwise aud ruinous than to tax common ackiooln or refort schools. ZAtrd—Chuzches contributo to the public good by fostering all tho_virtucs, habits, and encrgies which lead to woalth, Indusiry, honesty, frugality, forecast and all kindred virtues are legi:imato fruiis of long- continued Christisn culture. That thore should Lo ome limitations to the amount of church property ex- emyt from taxstion cun Le skown, but the conclusion drawn from these considerations iy, that churclies, us a rule, ought not to be subject {o taxatiou. After tho reading of the paver, the question was further discussed by Dr. Wolcott, of Cleveland, Presivent TFairchild, Prof. Llis, Dr, Cowles, aid the Rov. Mr. Lee, of Cleveland. Dr. Wol- cott favored church-taxation, inagmuch as it was desirabie to tax rich denominatious,.and there could no line be drawn betweon the differont clasacs 20 as to exempt Lhe poorer churches. The scutiment of the lustituta was strongly against church-taxation. If churchesand benevolent in- stitutions inciease tho valuo of the property of the _entire community, surely the community ought, to be willing to dofray the amou :of excmpt such organizatious from Burwsox. taxation. g CHURCH PAPFRS ON BEECHER. ZI0N'S HERALD. Tho unqualified denials of Mr. Beecher and Mrs. Tilton, whose testimonies the community has no ground for challenging, Lave more than coun terbalanced the portions of Mr. Tilton’s paper depending upon his simple afirmation of facts. The publication, as we go to press, of the full report of the cross-questioning of Mr. Til- ton, also tends to weaken, very estentially, the force of his previous statements. Such & caso as this, involving such serious charges and such vital religlous intercsts, it Is safe to say was never tried in such a form beforo. Whatever may be the results of tho present investigation, it will, doubtless, bo followed by some form of u legal uial, which will positively ecttle some of tne now antagomstic statements. Whatever may be the effect of this examination upon Mr. Beechier (aud it now certuiuly looks as if ha would cowms forth without scrions harm from tho furnace), thiero can be 10 doubt of its effect upon tho pablio estimation and position of Jr. Tilton. The later intimations from Mr. Beecher are that in his auswer the sccrets or his own domestio circle may be painfully opened, and thus the ve- casion of his long, mirconstrued, snd very pain- ful silence will be bettor apprehends GOLY do- fend the right! W believe He will NEW YORK EYANGELLS This charge is met on the parc both of Mr, Beecher and 3ry. Tilton, with an explicit, po: tive, and roleinn denial. It is repelled with in- diguation aa & base, malignant, and atrocious falsehood. If the case wera rested hero,—if it wore only the unsupported accuxatioa of Mr. Tilton agamst the solemn declarations of Mr. Beecher aud Mrs. Tilton,—tho public won!d not not Lesitate for a moment to asknowledgo the testimony of two against one, and wonld dismies the astouad- ivg charge a8 the proauct of & wild imagiuation, wlought upon by eoigo strange franzy. leading it to give an actual existence to the wildest phan- tasms of the brain. But unfortuuately thede ac- cusatious are interwoven with oxtracts from let- ters of Mr. Beecher, written in a toue of sorrow and humiliation, of repentance, and almost of despair, which it 13 very difticult to reconcile with the theory of perfect inuocence. Probably Mr. Beecker's f:icuds thimselves will not cluim that no wrong lias been comn but only that it wae not fhe wrong heve chssged, but simplyan interterenco in Mr. Tilton's family, affairs, which, thoizh woll-meant, reauited in- aggravating Lis dotestic troublos, and the issne of which filled him with such sorrow as led him to write in & tora of self-1eproach, which a dis- interested spectator would think wholly un- deserved. This theory might be sccepted but for the intensc language used, whick is Yory cx- troordinary iudecd. However, it would not be just to _give any opinion on this until hearing the explanation of Mr. Beocber himself, which is promised to the public, and which wo are as- sured will clear up the whole matter. This we heartily desiro. The thing has got to a pass where almost any change will be a relief. Itis alwvays darkost jost before day. Let us Lopo it will prove so now, NEW YORE CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE. As our readers have doubtless noticed, this E:perhus eaid little 1n regard to the Tilton- echer scandal. It was outside our owa de- momination, and it was 1mpossible to tell whether the allegations against Mr. Beecher were truc or false. 1t was undesirable to unite with some every person and family ; to each houscholder fifteen shieep, two cown, provizion and feod for six months ; all musical instruments not exceeding in value £100 ; all proerty of the United Blates and of the State; all ‘municipal property for corporate purpoti ; the per- sonal property aud real estato of all Libracy, benevo- lent, chantable, and sclentific institutions while such propertyis used for corporate purposes ; el nouses o public wérship, rights of burisl, snd tombs ; the par- sonage of any religlous socicty ; the personal and real estate of persons who, by reason of infirmity, age, or poverty, may be unabls to contribute tothe public T8, ‘THE DIBCRETIONARY POWER OF THE LEGISLATURE 15 further manifest 1n the fact that in somo_States in- comes ate taxed. in othds not. Tn some, what is called a ** faculty tax ” is fmposed ; that is to say, cere tain professional persons ars taxed with reference to their facully considered a8 s sourco of income. In £ome States, certuin kinds of business aro taxed; and the tax is made light or heavy, with & view 10 en- couraging or_restricting the Lusiness, 2a the public’ Welfare may demand. In some, real property fs taxed wilh reference to the income wliich is or may be de- Tived from it, rother than With roference 10 the jn- trinsic value,” In others, it is taxed with reference to that value alone, These exemptions and discriminations rest on GEBTAIN GENERAL PRINCIPLES which, when distinctly rtated, will go far toward the scttlement of the question st frsue, - These principles stated are as follows: The subjects, the amount, and the mauner of taxition are committed to the discres tion of the Legslature} it is, also, an establistied prin- ciplo that all kinds and quantities of property ougiat not o be taxed. It is fer the public good that 3 con- tlderable proportion of the property in the Common- wealth_sbould be exompted. Partlcular statemeuts would be— (o) The Btate ought to deal tenderly and liberally with the poor znd struggling classes of the communi- ty. The gencral good requires that these less prosper- Ouis citizens liould not bo forced into pauperism, or made discontented and desperate. It was the mercl- less taxation of the poor which, in part, precipitated France into the horrors of the First Revolution. (U) TLo Stale ought not to impose tax on institn. tions which are founded and maintained, not for pri- vats gain, but for tha improvement of tho peoplo in intelligenco and culture, Thogood order, upright polit- ical action, skilled and fruitfal industry, cad aggre- gate wealtli of the comuwumity, will b, not ezsclly, but proxzimately, tn proportion to its futclligence. For that reuson all chools and colleges, all library associa- tions, and scientific socicties, which are maintained not for the profit of owners and stockholders, should be encouraged and fostered, 50 far, at least, as to leavo them unembarrassed by oncrous imposts. () Institutions which nre supported by voluntary contributions solely for the relief of the suffering should be exempted from faxation. To tax a hospital, an almabouse,au asylum for the blind or for deaf muf or for incurables, or for aged and indigent women, would be to_tax humanity and benevolence, and so offer a premium for close-fisted aelfisinesa, (i) ‘The State ought not to impose a tax ou institu- tious which tend to_ educate the moral sense of the community, to prevent crime, and to reform the criminal clescs, For example, 1t would be little short of suicide for the State to tax Ragged Schools, Indus- trial Schools, Mission Schoole, Refofm Scliools, Homes {or tho Friendless, and Iouses of Refuge for Fallen Women, Such institations, thongh maintained ot a great outlay of money, are worth more to the State, not only than any petty reveuue which might bo derived from taxatlon, but 1more than all they cost their benevolent supporters. The way ia now propared for considering the ques- 4ion,—ought cliurches to be placed on tho list of {nsti- tutions whick, by reason of their public utility, should be exempted from taxaton? Reserving the question touching certain special lmitations and exceptions Rereafter 10 bo considered, 1 do not hesitste to avow my full convictions that churches ought, s a rule, to be free from all pecuniary impost for the support of theState, CHRISTIAN CHURCHES, in various ways, contribute more largely to the public good than any other {nstitutions whatever, This they do n tixee waya : Firsl They promote even mors powerfully than schools and libraries the intellectual cul(ug-uy of the people. The stated Sabbath assemblics, the public Teading of the Scriptures, the preaching’ of religious truth, for the most part by men of liberal education, the mnginz of psalms and hymus with the accompa- niment” usually, of instrumental music,—all tonds to develop, not only reasoning faculty but the imagina- ton, and tasts for poetry and art.” It may be safely %id that the intellectaal claracler of S:otlind and ow England has been mamly formed bp preaching, B or churches, eminently bt {oz Protestant churches, there would s no such thing other journals in their ovident purpose to mako as much out of the affair as possibie. We Lave preferred to hold the Piymouth Church as per- fectly competent to deal with the matter at the beet time aud in the best way, and to wait its action without appesring in any way to ialer- meddle in its affairs. When the statement of 3r. Tilton to tho Committee of Investigation, charging Ar. Beecher with the crime of adultery, was made public, we still preferred ouly to say that that etatement had made it n!vmolutely eceseary for Mr. Beecher to speak, and to wart until toe case was made up—until all the parties implicated, and their witnesses, had been eard, and 2i] the facts, mpou whichalone & just verdict could be rendered, were in our possession, It could nct be expected that the secular Press, so eager to outatrip each other in fur- nishing news to the public, wonld or could bo thus relicent. But it sbould be said, to tha credit of the great daiiies, that, while furnishing 211 the facts and rumors relating to this matter, which busy, lynx-eyed reportrs could gather, they bave, to & great degree, suspended judg. ment, at lexst with regard to Mr. Beecher. With Ar. Tilton they bave dealt less tenderly, and Lavo, with goueral consent, cousigned him to infamy. And justly so, we bave thought, and gtill think. For the more trnthful his present statements and charges against Mr. Beecher and aguinet Mrs. Tilton sball bo found to be, the more minified will be bis own discernment and commou sense and manbood. e bave tried hard to weigh the statoment of Mr. Tilton, aud we must confess that, while it had at firet an appesrance of candor and strength, » mote careful coneideration dimin- ishes its force, and roveals the inconsistoncies wiuch, if subjected to a eearching examinaiion by a competent lawyer. in a court of justico, would shatter it to atoms. Of itself, it would not bexr the test of critical examination. What Mr. Tilton can prove by witnesses, or by other documents, does not yet appear. Tho partial statementa given to the publio by Mrs, Tilton, and by Mr. Beecher, Lave impressed us favorably, Mirs. Tiltow's siatement to the Commitice bas not yet boen published. Mr. Beecher's is, at this “writing, yet to be made. ‘Then will come tho cross-examination, the hear- ing of tho other testimony on all doubtful pomts, the weighing of all the evidence, and then the verdict.” Until then, or until we have other in- disputable evidence which convicts r. Beecheor, wo suspend judgment. But before this will reach most of our readers, the Committee's ver- dict will probably be rendered. NEW COVENANT. _Woe bave watched the progress of the juvesti- tion into tho Doccher-Titon scandal with an ever-decpening fear and sorrow. It is yet too early to pronounce definitly of the resmlt, bat it seoms mmpossible that r. Licecher can extricato_himasolf from the iron web that holds him, the Etrongest mesbes in which ho has 'woven with his own hands. From such letiers sa ho hus written (unless Mr. Tilton is a forger and a perjurer), wo seo no passible means of escape while we hopa againet hops in wishing that the great man may 80ap the toils on his hunbs a3 Bamson the greea withes that tho Philestines twisted round him. Wa gee not, whatever may be the verdict of the Committee, how tho grest name of the great preacher can be washed clean of the stan that now rests on it. We shall Lasten with joy fo record the lenst evidence thac sball fairly seem to exculpato tum, bat meanwhiie the civilized world is grieved 2s a shadow on 1o osher nama and as “tho death of no living man could grieve it. TAE SEW YOMK ADVOCATE. The great Brooklyn scaudal continnes to be the great seneation, not only in these two citics, but also throughout the land. Hitaerto, in our remarks npon the cace, wo have proceeded on tho presumption that Mr. Beecher would bo acquitted of anything fatally damaging to his miaisterial reputation by a thorongh and impar- -odnflfinn{umemmu,lmavmlw:wn tial nvestigation of the cago. Lut we can hold | assume the contrary, but wait for the end. To our seeming, every movement in the matter on both sides has damaged the case of tho -great sccused. But nothing else has operated so unufavorably on our estimation of the affair as the course tbat Mr. Beecher and his frionds have chosen to pursue. Were tho case a3 bad as Tilton makes it out,—or even balf a8 bad, which wonld be bad enough to makea fotal ending,—then we should expect Alr. Beecher and bis friends to act just about a8 they do. If thers is nothing very serious to bo al- legod and proved, then the conduct of the de- fense is not the lenst of this bundle of mysteries. With deepest sorrow aud alarm at what has transpired, we wait furtuer developments, de- termincd to conse to Liope only when compelled to. —_— - RATIONAUISM VS. CHILDHOOD. A * Radical Inqgirer " in the Golden Age wants to know how ho shall teach his children religion. Ho wants them to heve a good religious educa- tion, but has neither time nor ability to instruct them, and drends orthodox ‘‘rubbish.” 1fe Bays: \ The ¢ifficulty I have found with radicalism is, that 1t is exceedingly hard to teach to children. The hooks that sct it forth do not interest them. There are no word-plctures, no life-like parables, Do myths told as istory. A God that 18 gverywhere snd favisiblo does not take hold of a child's jmagination like 8 God who iy romewhero and hay a form, aud eamo down out of Heaven, and made man out of the chy, andate with Abrzham in bis tent, and sent Il Sonm, a8 a laudlord might send’ his som, to collect hin reuts, It s very hard {o make children understand anything about a heaven that moy bon thie uir, or tn the moon, or in the planct Jupiter, but of which We know nothing; but it is very easy to iuterest themn in a heaven that has strects of pearl and gates of gold, uud other fhings to malch, and whero cternity will be one loug play-diy and concert. This is pure fancy; but it covers a fact, or a faith, st suy rale, It teachics dnmortality, Shall we throw away the kernel becuuse of the grecn leaves and silken tassels in which it grows? If chiidren stay st home, they get littlo of tho religiovs iustruction they nced; but if they go to :the Sunday-gchoul they get wholesome and elpful in- finences milxed up with thieso pletoriul represcutations and superstitions. Romarking upon this, the Independent says : On_the whole, this writer concludes that the best thing thot radicals can do for thelr children s to let them go to the Orthodox Sunday-schools and * to cor~ rect falso Jmpressions as far a8 they ave able.” Tho couclusion docs credit to bis judgment. But could auythiug be more pitifal thau the plcturo which this bouest man draws of the desolation which Free Re- ligion proposes o mako fn the bves of littis children? We huve sometimes suid tht the workof ihese people {8 almost wholly destructive—that they offer us noth- ing in plnce of that which they take away. Aro not our criticisms morz than juatifled by these frank ad- missions of an intelligent Radical? What shall bo said of a schemo of religion that asks oir support, but hus yot made no rovision for the education of our children 7 ————— THE RELIGIOUS PRESS, THE ALLIAXCE. In addition to au editorial on the recent ex- cursioy, this paper has one on * Old-Schoolism,” from which the following is taken: New-Schrolism is Presbyterfanisin affected by the Baconian Philosphy, whoee prime 1dea waa that _thero might be new truthe, aud new inveutions, In its ac- quaintance with the Incaning of such words as * atono- went " aua % imputation and * trinity,” Old-8:hool- ism far surpasses its compunion ; for, while the former resembles Omuiscience in its famillarity with tho whole fmport of tliese words, New-Schoollsm admits the poasibality of izuorance and froma humility aris- iug perhiops from the growth of acience wud reason postroucs to highar Lifo gucstions which Old-Sczool- ism s alw, feit omptent to answer here, In fact, New=Schio. is Presbyteriunism escaping front bondage to the past, It can Jearn anew lewon. It cun cojearn a bad ofid one, While Old-Schoolin beld snd eold and whipped slaves beeause that s tho way thelr futhers bad done, ond rejected stoves from tho church Lecause their anceators bad pralsed God jua culd house, New-sclicoliam was capable of drparting from tie fatbera in both thise particulars, aud witn perfect delight conid purchase a furnace or sot free a negro, Old-Scheoliein proper s the nutural man minus tho rower of discovery, It long #tood os the re- Iigion which would tako a dajly ratton of whisky and weep over billiard-ball or a pack of cards, which could preach aguinst the pleasure of dancing und would Ly, kell, ur_scourgea slave, and could do all 1hi5 Lecaiteo their fathors had o hated danciug aud so loved elavee. o gei outof a wildcrness has never been ils study, but in the power to atay by the “tufl ¥ whatever atuff that may bey it hasan excel- lence not easily surpsssed. o THE INTERIOR, in s leading editoriul siguea * H,” which is an- daretaed to be written vy Prof. Haleey, says of the late Swing-Yatton controversy: 1t 1= worthy of notico that thus far 1o Presbyterian puper in our colintry, #0 far &s we have scen them, Lias indorsed the Feutinicuta of Prof. Swiug, as stated in this ples, or even approred tho doctriual position in which be scema o wiand, And it is alao worthy of notics that not a sfugle jourualjof our church, uuless it be the Occilent, iy yiven its approval to the action of the Presbytery, iu so far as it falled to give even 3 gentle admonitioy agafnst erroucois teaching, wailo rendering s verdict of cutiro acquittal from all the charges. On the contrary, eome of our papers h boon outepoken sgainat it. The Presbyterian eay “1If the Fresbylery of Cuicago Lad wean it to cone demn cowe of the’ mavifostly erroucous ugs of Trof. Swing, there mizht have been vome ground fur Jeminding 5 ceseation 0f the discusiog, but the cota. pleta oxculpation of the sccused makes it absolu: necessary that the lngher courts sliould be invoked, For now the question which in arising, aud which can not be scttled without the judgment of the whaie Cimrcly, f whether the Pressyterian Chiureh is al church or mot. If it ia, tiere are thoussnds who waut to know It that they tay bring it back to ]k‘he old faith; or, faliing in that, find Eote better ome. NORTHWESTERN ADYOCATE. _Prof. Bheppard, in the Northwestern Advocate, gives tho followin rules for the study aud ex- plavation of the Liblo: The first question with which to fest a passage of Seripture tests it canonicity, Isit canonical, oF au- tieutic? Is there any doubt about itk canonicity 7 1f there 1 any doubt, how much ? Huving demoustrat- ed to our ratisfaction thut the pasasge s a _portion of the canonical Keriptures, we are roady for ths vecond question : s this trauslatiou of it in tha common yer~ sion the Lest that cau bo obtained 7 If there is o bet- ter to bo obtained, it i my duty, especiully if I ama preacher or « teacker of the Iiible, to obtain it, and usc it. Next it shiould ba studied by the light of his- tory, znd by the light of expcrience, By the light of history we determine the historical definition of the words, the historical explanation_of the phraseology, illustrations, metaphors, local references, etc., etc. O b NOTES. CATHOLIC, The Italian peasants who chose liberal priests some time ago have beon excommunicated by the Bishop of Mauniua. A Drotestant psper mournfully ssys: The eldest son and heir of Lord Petre, of London, 27 years old, has renounced the wealth and hon- ors of his birthright and become a Catholic priest. ” Tather Malone has just celebrated, in Brook- Iyn, the thirtieth anniversaty of tho parishes of St. Peter and Bt. Yaul, and the twenty-sixth of the foundation of the church. In that time, the Catholic cuurches in the Brooklyn district Lave grown from two to tweuiy-five. The Paray-lo-Monial pilgrimages, 8o passion- otely popular last sumuer, are dead a8 auy door-nail this_season. Tho Paris Committeo could not obtain funds enough to cover tho ex- penses of the trip, and have advertised to re- turn tho monoy. The St. Johanner Zeitung eays, in reference to the exbibition of therelies now taking place inthe Cathodral of Aix-la-Chappelle: **Of pretendedly genuine dresses of the Virgin Mary there exist more than 800; of bair-combs, if all those at- tributed to her be genuive, she must have had 530; ana if the collection of relics be right, she used for the infans Christ not less than 400 swad- aliug-cloties.” BAPTIST. The General Coufercuce of the Free-Will Baptists of North America will be held at Louis- ville, Ky., early in October. The 105th Assombly of the English General Baptist Association met recently st Loughbor- ough, England. The Prosident, in bis opening address, callod attention to the fact that the in- crease tho paet year had been only 1 per cent of a total memberahip of 22,096. A correepondent in the Baplist Weekly claim: thet the Eomlou Conleseu{:,’ of thoJBaptm: Church of 1639 expressly discliimed the right of rejecting from fallowship opén-communion churches; and that the earliest Enzlish Bap- tists did ot oven contend for immersion as the ouly mode of baptism. TRESBYTERIAN. ifi Th% new gesbyteria;. lcallega at Indianapolis 0 have 30 acres of land for & beginuving on tho norsh kido of tho city. kT Inono respect, the Reformed Presbyterians sre moro liberal than their brethren of other shades of Presbyterian belief. This church, one of the most rigid in_doctrine and uenges, from timo immemonal, has uniformly invited women to participato tn meetines for social wor- ship, and in many congregatious the privilego is improved. . s Presbytorisns are charged by the DBaptist Teeldy with taking one of Mrs. Sonthworth's Ledger stories, changing its name, and garnish- ings 1t wich some roligious expressions, aod send- ing it ont for & Bunday-schodl book. - The Pres- byterinn Board of Publication must be bard presicd for matcer for their Sabbath-school libraries. K A remarkable revival of. reveral months! du- Tation has taken place in Fulton, io., resnlting in the addition of moro than 100 .memuérs. to the Presbyterian Churen, and the profession of | eligion by all the students of Westminstor Col iege. A Presbyterian cnhurch has been organized at Ishpenning, Mich., which is expected to prove self-supporting. It is tho result of the labors of Mr. J. Boyd Adrews, & student of Chicago “Iheological Seminary. Dr. McCosh, now in England, addreesed a 1meeting of tie London Presbytery, July 14, on the subject of the proposed Pan-Presbyterian Council. He gave a history of the movement, and favored its consummation. The Rev. Dr. Patterson, formerly of Chicago, now of San Francisco, the Occident says has yéturned from his recent vacation, and resamod his labors with his congregation, who warmly welcomed him. His health has been greatly tonetited by his resideuce on the California coast. CONGREGATIONAT. Nine persons united with the Congregational Church, st Bradford. Ia,, ab the lest commun- ion, seven by profession. The Princeton, Il., Congregational Church have recently presented tholr old communion- servico to a colored cturch. The Congregational Church at Cedar Springs, Mich., under the postorate of theRev. E. W. Miller, bave secured o sito und are prepanpg 1o build a chapel. The ctrrent expenses 'and benovolent contri- butions of the Congregational churches of Illi- nois for tho last year amount to the handsome suw of £568,221. Thero are about sevonty Congregational churches in Missouri, most of which depesd in some mensuro upon the Home Missionary Society for support. The Congregationalists of England “have raised a fund of £500,000 for retired pas- tors, nod are now engaged in raising & fund for the widows of deceased ministers. Italrcady amounts to over $80,000. The Congregational Church_at Quincy, IIL.. at its Inst communion, received ten persons by profession, The Rev. Edward Anderson will begin us labors with the church ag its pastor sbout Aug. 15. The now edifice i¢ nearly comploted. Iu costs, with tho lot, aboat $100,000. 4 REFORMED EPIRCOPAL. Tha now prayer-book of the Reformad Episco- pal Church is now in press, and will be issued about Aug. 25. The Rev. Harold H. Brookes has been holding seryices of the new church in Castle Rock, Col., aud & proliminary meeting for the organization of a cLurch has beon held. EPISCOPAL. Tho Bishop of Louisiana thinks that legie- lntion should ba rather preacriptive than pro- seriptive. ‘The offertory of Trinity Parish, New York, is 8aid to be so small that the ofticers arc forbidden to name the amount, even to parishiouers. The Bishop of Liucoln addressed a large meeting of Motbodista avd Churchmen on the demurablenoss and propriety of a union of tles two elasecs of Chistinus. The Hon. Robert C. Winthrop, who represenis Massachusctts in the General Conveatiou of the Clurely, bas roceived tho dogrea of Doctor of Laws from Camridge, Engiand. The Bishop of Connecticut deprecates tho use of the word Ritualism. He suzgests ** individu- alized medievulism " as the most proper term for that which 18 sought to be condemned. Dr. Irons, a man who has stood aloof from tho Ritualits, aud ovon .opposad tho London Mussion, now vebpmontly ideutifies hiraself with tho Ritualists against repressive legislation. The Bishop of Petersboro declared that the utter dependence of the American cletgy will ever prevent extravagances in any direction from beeowiug permanent, without laws or canons. It is proposed to allow, by roral licanse, the traneaction of some caurch-business by convo- cation. Objectors to tlus have been told that the step is propuratory to & separation of Churci from Stato. The Rev. Elisha Whittlesay, formerly a dis- tinguished Congiezational clargyman of one of the oldest New Lngtavd famulies, presided at tle late LEpiscopal Lizcifleld Couvocation of the Episcopal Clwurcl. The ‘Rev. I. E: Von Sturmer, pastor of Ewanuel Dapruist Churel, Leicesier, is about joiniug the Church of England, on the grouad that the Church afords greater liberiy of con- science than the Baytuis. The Clevoland Hera'd recommends that the Episcopahian Church pulity be so modified that its Wardens may be lsdics. This, it asserts, is necessary to the very organization of xvme so- cieties wiuch are alinost eutirely composed of femalo members. Now that the Kirk and the Tree Kirk of Scot- land have no recson for their separate existence, there is talk not only of their union. but for a union of all the roligious bodies upon the basis of the Apustles' aud Niccue Creeds, large free- dom and diversity, and an historical church—the position of the Episcopal Chrarch of America. The Dishop of Rhode Island shows the in- utility of legislation, aad the nutber of prac- tices which are now and must bs lefcto tha Christian seuxc of propricty 1o Bishops, priests, and congregatious. Our grostost dsuger, he says, lies 1u the dircetion. of desd muaterialisim, which resolves man mto 2 mackine, and Go into o mytlr. The Rev. C. Miel, Rector of the French Churchot St. Sauveur iu Philadelphia, has sailed for Europo st the roguest of Pare Hyacinthe to confer him and the Old Catholics. Hyacinthe, in bis letter, says: * Hasten. ., . In the crisis toward which the world now running days aro worth years, and [ believe that the Episcopal Church, and above-all that of Ameri- ca, i8 destined to play a grent part in the re-es- tablishment of -2 true Catholteity,” Bishop Stevens, of Pennsylvsais, in commending Mr. Aliel’s mission, eays; ‘‘1t is deemod important that he should put himgelf in communication with the leaders of this Old Catholio Reform in Frauce.” AETHODIST. Bishop Andrews proacied at Wyoming, Ia., July 19, and at the conclusion of his sgrmon over $1,000 were raised to pay off an indebted- ness. Tha New York Erangelisl notes aradical differ- enco of tendency between Northern and Sonthern Alethoaism. It states that shilo the Northern Church is jeslously limiting the authority of its Bizhops, the Southern body has lately granted to its ecciokiastical superiors the authority of a veto upon the legislation of the General Con- ference. UNIVERSALIST. A new Universalist church will be dedicated in Warren, Wis., Aug, 9. Tho Rovs. Dr. Barryand Dr. Suook will ofiiciate. The Universelists of Rochelle, Ill., have bought the old Presbyterian house of worship there, and aro fitting it up nicely. The Universalists of Neenah, Wis., have just peid off the entire indebteduess of their church. Tho society is in & guod and flourishing con- dition. 7 Sycamore, Ili., is likely to have a Universalist church in a short time. Thereisa larze num- ber of people of this belief in the place, and they are seriously talking of putting up a building. The members of the Church of the Redecmer, of this city, held o business meeting July 20, at which time a tloating indebtedness of £1,000 was paid and all the expeuses of the coming year pro- vided for. Tho parish is nnited and strong, and the Sunday-school prosperous. MIECELLANEOUS. In London churclies they ure giving notice that ** five minutes aftor tho belis cease to ring all the pews are froe.” Dr. Reusch, of Boun, has been appointed by Biehop Reiukens Old Catholic Vicar-General for Prussia, and has been rccognized as such by the Government. The 8wedenborgian Church has in this coun- try 90 organizations, 61 church-cdifices, and 18,765 sitlioga. The church has developed greatly within the last tweaty years. China is protty well missionized already. Twenty-two eocleties have establivhed more than 300 mission-stations, and out-stattons; and the number of church-members is cstimated at 10,000 . - The Garman Lutheran Synod of Missouri com- prises 5 districis, 470 pastors, and aboas GUO churches, varying in size from 50 to 3,000 mem- bers. Thenext August German Lutheran Syuod is the Evangelical Lutheran of Wisconsin, with 60 pastors and 130 churcles. The Congregationalisf, in response to some complaining correspondents, who express regrot at the decay of Calvinism, 2od the decline of strong preaching in regard to the doctrine of future punishment, savs 1t sces but lit:le canse for alarm, and thinis tho Dervil has not 80 much to do with the matier as the Lord has. The Bishop of Manchester preached recently at St. Paul’s Cathedral to the Congress of Soci tics for te Prevention of Crucliy to Auimals, defending Christianity from the charge that it left untouched man's duty to the lower animals. Tho Rev. Alr. Young, Dissenting Minister of practical liverty of Church clergy is very much greater than tlat enjoyed in communities outside berpale. . . Muchof the present dissent is merely heruditar_va uureasoning, ignorsnt, and 1tensoly proeaic,” The Rov. Mr._McCormag, who figurad in the Couvention of Reformed Episcopalians at Now York City, has already seceded from tlioc Re- formed body and become s Free-Will Baptist. Canon Kingsley is out in Colorado with his daugitter making tho oid settlers staro at his feats of every day welking,—five “or 8lx hours daily. He is seeing the wondors of tho country. The Rev. Mr. Marks, a missionary in Burmah, has been ordered to leave the country by the King, becase of a publication agaiust Buddhism. e has put himself under tho protection of tho DBritisn flag, end annonnces his intention to stay. Thero ere in the Diocese of Illinois, coexten- sive with the State, seven Convocatious, which meet quarterly. Onoofthese meetson Wednes- day ot Wyoming. The hLeedof these Convo— cations ig called & Dean. President would bave becn & more appropriato £am, for & Dean With- out a Deavory 1s an absurdity. All tue Dioceses of Cannda, Nova Scotia, and Tredickton have formed a federats union, equivalent to that of the Diocese of the United States, and thus constitdte the Provincial Syped of the Usited Church of England and Ireland in America. ‘The Upper Ioure consi~ts of nine Bistiops, acd the Lower Houseof 168 clorical and Iay deputies. The Missionary Bishop for Japen, the Rt.- Rav. Dr. Williams, inconnection with threo dea- cons from Nashoah, is_teaching & school and holding missionary services among the Japanese, ‘Lo Bishop lately ordained two to the priesthood in the large Buddhist Temple of Yosenji, eitu- ated on the topofa hillin the centroof the city. The templo was crowded, and the full morning service, with ordination and sacra- mental rituals, were used. The Presbyterian Miesion at Tabriz, Persia, baving conserted a number of Alohammedans, has callod down upon itself the jealousy of the patives of that country. The Mohammedans who had become Coristians were arrested and severely ‘beaton. Bat, owing no doubt to re- monstrances from the missionnries, a proclama- tion has been issued from Teheran announciug toleration of Christians. The Northern Christian Advocate mourns be- cause 80 many left Round Lake Camp-Meeting to attend tho regatta at Saratoza Lake. That dper thinks they had better have gone to a orse-race. The Northern Advocale says: *‘It was o surprisa to sce 8o many ladics and gontle- men on the camp-ground with a little bit of lavonder ribbon pinned to the shoulder or bosom, snd, when it inquired their meaning, was in. formed it was the Wesleyan boat-cres colors! A fine camp-meeting badge thought we !” A Cincinnati church has been plagued by a paator who is discovered to be a wolf in shecp's clothing. Unity Church took on trial the Lev. Mr. Copiand, who promised credentials copcern- ing his charscter ond previons histors. Datin the persisteut absence of these Lis congrega- tion dismissed bim. A newspaper correspond- ent, who has gained the facts, says: ** After Lis invuluntary withdzawal, JIr. Copland called ou this lady, and thauked her with guch mean- ing that sho rejuested him to leave tlo houso. ‘The worthy clergyman then cursed and blas— phemed so horribly that tbe lads’s husband was attracted to the spot. Surmising, from recent experiences, that somothing wroug was in pros- pect, or had been, he deliberately knocked the sainted blasphemer down. That gentieman thereupon Grew a pistol and fired at lus formor panehioner. The squabblo ended by the dis- arming of the preacher of peace and practicer with pistols. And then the congregation found out why he left former churcbes, sud all the la- dies of Unity Church blushingly asserted that they never could eudure Lim."” Skt PERSONAL. cncago. Prof. Patton’s health is improving. Prof. Emerson, of Beloit College, is in the city, to remzin a faw days. The Rev. Dr. Roy celebrated his father's 70th birth-day at Morrigon, Wis., Jast week. The Rev. W. C. Van Moter sailed for Europa last week. The Rev. E. R. Davis administers the sacra- mout in the Eomewood Presbyterian Church to- day. The Re. J. 3. Williams, of the Congregation- al Chiuceh at Weupun, Wis, isin tous city fora few days. The Rev. C. Bumner, pastor of the Lincoln Park Congragational Churcn, has returned from his vacation. ‘The Rev. L. De Los Mansfleld, President of Rockland Iustitate, Nyack, N. Y., is at present in Chicago. The Re Baptust Cli Geaeva Lake. ‘The Rev. Dr. E. T. Goodspeed is taking a va- cation at Southamnton, Long Island. Ho returns the 1t of September. - The Rev. D. B. Cheney, of thoe Fourth Baptist Chureh, is about to take a vacation. The house of worship will be repaired in Lis absenco. The Rev. C. L. Thompson, pastor of the Fifth Presbytorian Ciurch of this city, beging his vacation this week. Ho goes to Wisconsin. Prof. Boardman, of the Congregational Theo- logical Seminary, is at the eea-shore. where he will remain until ‘the commencement of the fall gession. Tho Rev. Dr. Hurd will be installed pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Hiwhland Park tc- day. The Rov. Arthur Mitchell will preach the sermon. The Rtev. T. W. Goodspeed reports good fish- ing at Lake Jlinnetonka, Minn. "Ho las returned to take up Lis profession of fisher of men to- 7. M. Haight, pastor of the First in Galesburg, ili., 18 vacating at day, in the Second Baptist Chureh. Mrs. Emily Huntington Miller, of Evanston, editor of tho Littie Corporal, will read a paper on ‘“Sunday-School Litorature ” at Chantanque Lako Sunday-School Assembly next weelt. The Rev. A. J. Frost, pastor of the University Placo Daptist Church, will go this week to Jlumesota for o month's yacation. Ho will supply tho First Chureh in St. Paul duriog that 1. Beveral of our city pastors are tekinga sort of preudo-vacation, which is commondabls. It con- Eists of fishing, bathing, boating, etc., on and in the adjacent Wisconsin lakes, returning to preach on Sundays. The Rev. John Gordon, of the Western Avenne Baptist Church, the Rev. T. G. i\luah, and others are taking tlus kind of & vaca- 100, ELSEWIERE. Henry Bowen, the founder of the Thirersalist, died, July 15, in Roxbury, Mass., aged S0. The Rev. E. H. Chapin has taken up his sum- mer abode in a spacious cottage at Pigcon Cove, Mass. The Rev. J. C. Myers, of Tonic: his labors with the Cougrogation: LaSalle. The Rev. A. Exline, of the Lutheran Church, is supplying the Congregational Church st Bloomtield, In., this yesr. The Rev. J. H. Dizon hag reeigned the pas- torate of the Congregational Church at Maldon, 11L., and accepted a call to Ridgeway, Wis. Dr. A. P. Peabody and Dr. Jomes Freeman Clarke recently preachied on the same day in two different orthodox churches in Hartford, Conn. “The Rev. E. D. Neill, of Minnesota, is now one of the most active lavorers in the, folds of tho Reformed Episcopal Church. The friends of the Rev. Walter Forsythe, of the Englewood Presbyterian Church, sympathize with him 1n the recent 103s of his ouly child. The Rav. A. L. P. Loomis, of the Congrega— tional Church at Mattoon, TII,, and his brotler, N. H. Loomis, of New York, are at Geneva Lake for & ehort vacation. Dr. Mason, the Baptist missionary among the Karens, whose death Lias beendoted, was a volu- minous zuthor, aod connected with his mission labors the writing of some importaut works on the natural Justory of Upper Durmah. It is n noteworthy fact that the Rev. Willism L. Taslor, D. D)., pastor of the Broadway Tab- ernacle, New York, has been in the ministry twenty-one years, during all of which time bo has not been prevenied Ey iliness from preach- ing for asingle Sabbath. The Rev. Earl Cranston, who has earned a good rcgut&uon 24 pastor of the Grace M. E. Church, Jecksonville, Ill., has been transferred - to the California Conferenco to be =ppointed pastor of Powell Street Church, San Francisco. e goes to California early in Se)tember. The Walchman and Reylector says of the late- Iy-chosen President of the Chicago University : **As for President Moss, wc, of the East, will have to confess that the West has robbed us of Dhaa begun Church at | University, and at Crozér Theolo; ! eolo ! We trust e may. continua bnzggiln,h Dew offico to gt his fall growt, ang tha invited elaawhere, &tick, and; il Fyeo - Mg dérson, of Rochester, 837, ‘Chicig,‘:'l:dmh to my groywth,’ ntily RELIG: RELIGIOUS MISCEL: 3L D. Conway, writing from ffifi' L regiot to say that tho Rav. Philijpg gyl of Boston, made a eod failure i v, i Abboy on Sunday evening last, Iy otk very interesting way on a text in uing Walk in ths gpirit and ye shall asts of tho flesh, but A6 piteaed gy Pl high for tho old Atbey, and in ten my? W% voice hid 8o ehtiraly gone that he 5::1:“ beard at a for yards' distance. A largy po® of tho congregation loft, being quits hear. It was & great dmn%w?ul‘xt:z;q! R Buamnxvnus friends, and also 10 the augj 4ty Brooke's stylo at the beginmug huinm X, that ho was an orator, Dean: Stagler L10% sweal, thin voice, aud yet ha can maky ba ¢ Lesrd b evary part of the Abbey s, Lid: discourse. Tho truth ie, Weatmias must bo studied like an ol Oremem e: A the voico that is to perform in 2> Tl Tho Church, Times, tho orgaa of the p tio party in thio Euglish Tstaphsie ot Kl attention int6 church afliir i thye oy i what it annouucos a3 the *Crisls b 0T 0 In its analssia of the eituation, it fag BeIcA* dominant party horo ia the ' fs B the Setiool,” wLich, having crushed el 2 Dy and bLaving no Droad Schoal. o cope gy PN simply wislies to rest and bo thanity yoj 20 troublo Ttaelf with roforms. > ° tad gl 1t appoars from statistica pobi Pall Jall Gazette that ot of' g gty England echools, oly Afty-four bavebeen ferred o School Boards ot of (aq gy rs® on tho rolls, only 361 wera withdrge ft Yigious inatruction, while af the g1 yiiem. ™ from lessons in thls Church catectisn, (Lo jority ware Roman Catholics or faps™™ 18 W Mies Helen Clark, in the I Quarterly, bas soms intareeios 1 CCLTTE0Sl e 10 thio poct Watte, His loro aad g 1y 25X were inhiesited. He becamo pastor ot 1 gt ing church in London, and lived iy e Dittesk nearly fifty years. Very many of bia bymos i ontgrowths of his sermons, written sion, and embodying the sentimentméfiim upon which he Lad been presching, The . miliar hymn commenciog *Am 13 ealdier of the cross? " was written for a sermon on the text, *Stand fast in the faith; quit von Lks men, bo strong.” ~His hymosof high hope and joy were written, many of them, dury seasons of sickness. He wrote under i feciings. It is said that in early machood hy { was cruelly ropulsed by the Iady to whom he of. \ fered hin heart and hand, and his sensitiye soiri was gorely wounded by her coising remark tha, thongh she loved the jewel, she conld mot ade mire the casket which containedt. - ‘Under the pl’(:!sm’s of this disappointmons his soul erisd out: How vain are all things here below] How falso and yet how fairl Dot his disappointmont melts into sweet deyos tion to his Lord, and inapires the prayer; Dear Savior! let Thy beauty bs My =oul’s eternal food. Watts was nover marrie 1741;!1; 4. Ho dled Xov. 85, e Rev. W. C. Ganuoett, in tho Inaez, whether those who reject “ mystery-in re d”::t'? are quite. successful in their denials. “If wy flee tho Throo-in-One, it i3 to fsce ths Allin. One. Is 1t more intellizible? If wefleo the single incarnation, it is to pronounce a widerTo- carnation each time wo say Our Father.” Inths place o7 iheism we have ‘“the Unknowable” of clie ‘“the mystery ‘matter.” a grest whatis still.” On the whole, Mr. Gaonefs thinks {hal we had better stick to our cience, and yet make np our minds_not to deery msters. ..\e need both, and shall get along poorly endugh withon cither. 3 i RELIGIOUS FRIVOLITIES. “I am going—I know I am," sad s dying Mississippian, “and I believe I'd go ecaslar It Jim would get down the fiddle and play *Sore. Leeled Sally’ once more.” Jim did. A sleepy Deacon, who somotimes cngaged kv popular games, hearing the minister use thy worde, “‘Shufile off his mortal coll,” started up, rubbed his eycs, snd exclaimod, * Hold on, 1tis my deal !” . A Troy clergyman wext a fishing the other day, but bed noluck. On his return ho stéod his pole and line up against a honse, and in ehard time caught a hen.—Schenectady Reflector. “My gon,” said a tutor of doubtful morality hut gevere aspect, putting his hand on a boy's ehoulders, I believe Satan has got Lold of yow™ 1 believe 5o t0o,” was the reply. Of a certain literary man ’in Bilwankes, the Sentinel uay: The subdued light of those mild blue orbs is indeed the fire of genina. He is also a very good young man. With the exception a few games of marbles plsyed on Sunds " while a bqy, lus life has been without repro: A wicked littlo boy in a Denver Sunday-schodl was aslked by his teacher if ho had learned ang- thiug during the past week. “‘Oh, yes,” sald he. “ Whatisit you have learned?” *‘Never to lead 2 dence when you've got an ace back of it,” was the reply. [y son, now that the boys have won &f Saratoga, and thereby shown e mental superi= ority of the college faculty, I would like to seod you to Columbia, bat it's too near Brogklyn, ioe unear DBrooklyn.” In consequence of s fatal epidemic smong chickens in Minnesota, ministers are receiviog donations nearly evary hour of the day. This is & besutiful and affecting fact, and reminds us- that no pastor can havo a successful ministry who does not enjoy the affections of Lis cocgro= getion.—Brooklyn Argus. { Another affecting extract froma Philadelphis obituary poem has sppeared. It reads: Put away thove little bresches, Do not try to mend the hole; itle Johinny will not want tkem, He has climbed the goldon pole, A John Bull, who had been introdnced toths Emperor of Russia, kept pacing 8 steamer's deck. exclaiming: ** The Czaris great! the Czar is great!” * Yes,” said s bystander, “ bat God i3 grester.” * Ob, to be sure,” was Bull's reply; “but then, you knovw, the Czar is young yet A clerical gontleman from whom the Drawerit always pleased to bear gonds the following: As T was paying pastoral visita some yess g0, in the State ot Tennessce, a lady eaid tomo: +I'm very glad you'vo come. I was resdiogin the Bible the other day about Moscs mamryisg a nigger, 2nd I wish you wonld. explain ths male tor.” - #1t don't readthat wayin the Dible,” Ireplied; #it reads that Aloses married an Ethiopisd woman,” * “ Well, doesn't that meau a nigger?” T will ~tell you how it wag,” I answers “Thore was a terrible war waged by the Ethioe pinns against the Egyptians, aud two grest & ‘ies sont from Eeypt against them had beea do stroyed. The Lthiopians were governed by § maguificent Queen, something like Seminmih who led ont her own armies, and knew how @ gain a victory. Dat when Mokes ywas seat Wil third Egyptian army sgainst her, he asked Db Lelp of God, and managed 8o wisely that & Queon sgread Lo eurrender all ber forces 10 and become tributary to Egypt,provided ho ¥ marry her.” ” “Well,” srid tho old lady, “I was st 2 wasw't any common nigger."—Editor’s Drixf in Harper’s Magazine for August. Thon thero is a blind and_bizoted adminti® of clergvmen, outrunning the bonnds of m’m'“ —a gort of semi-worship,—a looking on _fflm if they were demi-goda. Tho old lsdy 8 backwoods who roplied to the proteststion =0, Ter pastor, not to make his tea quite 505T¢Y #La. it would not be tao good for the M if it was all molagses,” was lbut the iKd: ey Pr: otyKe of s numerous and, caltivated —>New York Sun. i - A pricst, who waa examininz 8 confirmi® class in the South of Ireland, asked thequess®) *What is tho sacrament of matrimon} little girl at the bead of tho class lfl"u‘“w 4Ty 5 state of torment into which eowls old” to prepare tiem for another aud beutat Wi, ** Being,” said the priest, * the answer gatory.” “Put her down," says the CURL ** put her down to the fut of tho class.b - o her alone,” said the priest ; ** for aD: oAl or I know to tis contrary, she may be P right.” - —_—— CHUROH ANNOUNCEMENTS. BAPTIST. moroif g H ] The Rev. T. W. Goodspeed presches and evening ot the Second Baptist .Chure Morgan snd Monroa streets, Eveniog subject Tent of the Public Virine, —The L. T. Bush, pestor, presches (his w:”: ing, nd tha Rov, Rabert P, Allison in the eresith the Trwents-Afth Strees Church, Twenty-2i% west of Wentworth avenze. one of our ablest and most promising educators. We sball feel his loss. Ho is .gn eflcc;)ivo preaclier, & vigorous writer, and had already shown his possibilitics ag a teacher a¢ Lewisburg =4 Tho Rev. J. Malvern preache this mori?8 evening at Lbe Freo Commuaion Daptist Comsck, ner Loomis and West Jackson etrcel i : T The Tov. N, &, Bavlin wii preact musmcf &1