Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, September 13, 1874, Page 6

- i3n great clement of strengil. 3 THE Gii;ICA'C;b DAILY. TRIBUNE: SONDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1874. v " RELIGIOUS NEWS. Life of the Rev. : Kittredge. fhe &eve Ko F. Railin on Daptist (guncils and the Beposition of Ministers, Llbott E. New Year's Sermons of Drs. Mess- ing and Felsenthal, Pere Hyacinthe's Position---The Sub- ject of Pastoral Visitations. ipigions of the Religious FPress on Beecher, Tyadall, Ete. Notes and Personals, at Home and Abroad. Church Services To-Day. DR. EITTREDGE. The Rer. Abbott E. Kittredge, pastor of tis [sixd Presbyterian Church in this city, was born o Beston on the 20tk of July, 1834 His youth rae siudious and industrious, and at an early ago 16 prepared Limself for college, finishing the ourso at Villam's College, Willizmstown, oss., before the age of 20. He shortly after- rard eutered Andover Theological Seminary to srepare for the ministry, wheuce le graduated n 1853, Immediately afierward, thongh at the age of Lut 24, be was called to occupy the pulpit of the Winthrop Congregational Church, at Charles- town, Mase. lere he lubored with sach nasidui- ty as to seriously impair his health, which Le was obliged to restoro by rest and change. He bad served the society tour years, however. znd in thet time had seen his congregation greally improved 1 numbers and zeal, He went to Californis, but bere his 2nergetic spirit would not submit to inaction. He s Tovited to presch for the Toward Pres- Lyterian Church, which was then o weak ouc. Fe accepted tho inviration, reorganized the church, and infused such a spirit’ iuto it that witlun five months the congregation had grown from uLout 400 to one numbering over 2,000. This people wished him to atay amoug them, but Mr. Kittredge, finding the lard work and the severe winds of the snmmer months to in- terfere with bis hopes of recuperatior, turned bhis steps back_Eastward, and, after a rest of one vear, accepted a call to the pastorato of the ith Presbyterian Charch, New York City, 5. Ile remeined with tuis church nearly fix vears, duripz which peried its income incressed from £2,00 per year to over 511,000, and more than 309 members were added to the charch. 3 At length, an _uneolicited call from the Third Church of this city caused bim to sever the ties which bound bim to tho East, and to come toa crowing and more promising futurc, Howag in- ctalled 28 pastor of the chmrch Oct. 2, 1870. This church bas been highly prosperous dader Mr. Kittredge's leadership. Several handred members bave been added to its membership rolls, and the_spiritual tone of the eociety has been fully maintained. The resnltaof Mr. Third Church heve more tuon v tirodgs's preaching ia the rified_tho wis- dom of the church in callug him. Siuce his settlement over that bod- tho membership bas moro thau doubled, and ‘in ail Christian labor and activity the Society bas besn greatly qui cnd. The Young Men's Association comnected with tho church 15 3 large and active body. and Largely through Mr. Kittredze's advica and labor the church Las built up into fourishing organizations their missions. The Van Daren Sfrcet Mission bas become & church with = regular minister Laving # fixed ealary. The Peoria Street Church, for- merly the oid Seventh Presbytorian, has been re- vived, and put into working order with the Rev. Mr. Burrell as its pastor. The Campbell Park Mission, tho latest enterprise of this kind. is rowing, and is well-sustained. During the st year Ssbbath-night eervices have been Lad Were abou: hiaif the time, conducted either by invirad ciergvmen or lay mombers of the Third Cimreh. No botter commendation of the pastor of ke Third Church could bo given than this, that whereas large numbers of costly Protestaut churches zre not more than balf or two-tlurds filed each Sabbath day, the services at the Third Chureh aro alweys crowded, and the building, though alarge one, has for some time been seen to be too small for the Society. A larger house would have been undertaken tho prescnt sear but for the hardness of the times. 5 It is safeto say that no Potestant church in thecitv is n a moro growing and_prosperons stsic than the Third Presbyteran. Tho Socicty Ias within it many strong sympathizers with Prof. Patton. Mr. McCormick, the chief provri- etor of the Lufi-ior, is 2 member of this church. ssare one ortwo of bis brothers, and it is no snall compliment to the pastor’s wisdom that this element should bo g0 well harmonized as it & with that which holds to a lesa strict constrac- tion of the Presbyterian formuiaries. Mr. Eittredge is emall in stature, but makes up in energy, sprightimess, and vivacity what Do lacks m physique. s enthusiesm aud conv’ncing carncstuess, more thon his logic, perenade his hearers. Ho takes for granted much Lnowledge that another would nnneces- sarily and laboriously resson ouf, and ams to arouse the conscience and to instruct tho heart. ————— “RESTORING DEPOSED MINISTERS. To the Editor of The Chicago Tribunc: Bm: Inthe Standard of Sept. 3 appears nn oditorial under the nbove heading, in which tho action of the three churckes that presumed to recognize Amity Chureh, and restore their pastor to fellowslip, is soverely eriticieed. Being tho ono brother who was prosent and preached on the occusion, aud mot wishing to be placed in a false light before tho pablic, I bave somexwlat to Bay ob the subject. 1a tuo first place we did not presmme t rtore tho brother to our fellowsbip, for the «imple reason we nevor regarded him deposed, According fo our ¥iews of Church polity. no Council on the globe, as & power outside of aud sbove the Church, bag aay right, ceclesiastical, moral, or logal, to take away bhis ministerial functions. 'I'bis prerogative rests with the Church eloze. which s, according to old Daptist ity, ihe highest ecclesizetical tribunel on tro far a3 the church participating i or iy the sysumed authority of the decap- ing Council. they did not even exclude the deposed Lrother. but gave Lim a lettor as in food aud regular standing, and that, too, when they knew be was forming the church we were called to recognize. Anyiling illegally dove is null and void, and is practicatly the sawe as though not done at “Whie position tha writer hay taken all ulong cn tlus question has been purels one of princi- ple; and the fituess or untitness of Florence MeCarthy for the work of the Gospel ministry Las never for onco entered into his public discas- e0n of the subject. But, fit or uatit, inuocens or guiliy, wise or unwico, I felt that tho course pursued was in violation not orly of Paptist ueage, but of the plaincst principles of justice and of Christian charity, and, Lolding the views I do, I could ot be an honest man and at the same time acquiesce in the course of my breturen. 1 was forced lo take the opposite Position, even though by so doing I should put myzelf ontsido the pale of the Charch aud the fellowship of the ministry. However much I may estéem the Church and the fellowship of ker mivistry. T regarded tue rights and freedom of my owu couzcience as denrer and moroe sacred than eitier, and never ill I knowingly violste or outrage my mort solemn _convictions, ecither 10 shield myseif from the wrath of 1y emcmies or to perpetuste - the favor of my friends. Jn tire oceasion referred to, the Council mot smply on the question of 2 recogmtion of Amity Church. 1t had notlung to do with restoring ansbody to fellowship. Andif ono church was small, and another composed of _foreignens, the third certainly was oue of the principal churches in the city. ” » . The Standard clsims to give tho facts dispas- gionztely, but I beg leave tosay that some of statements are not facts, Instoad of 1 members out of which the doposed m med a chureh, the Council tound oy shty members, annarently able Lo keep house, apport tisew They adopied ti ut-und-out Baptist créed, and evers- 1 thiuy was 1 the usual order. i, who were we, that wo shouid take upan ¢ us 6 reaponsibiily of paying those members aid not be recognized as a church * Many ¢ thein, much swalier, bave b ized, und that, too, by & Councii equally aud even rinellor, than the one i the prescat wstance. L do not know of nuy pre- i kcribed rules in our denomination that doting ! how few or bow many clurches shall’ be neces- i sary to form 2 Council. Aad yet the Standard, + with an air of injured innocence, seeks to undor- mine the confidénce of its readers in the vahdity of both _the orgavization aud its subsequent recognition, audy as though aa awful ouirage were committed,’ says: *Tho preaching np- { peintments of this church are regularly au- | nounced among thoso as Buptist churches in the daiiy papers. Its pastor 15, accordivg to daily newwpaper antiority, * restored,’ avd, so faras Ly that kind of a:utbority be cau bo made so, i3 ofill & Baptist mimuter. Now, zllow me fo that tire ‘““restored” pator of Amity Ciren has received much fnirer und more courteous treatment from the daiy press of this cicy tuan has been given him eitner by the Standard or the most of his ministerial brethren. The couclusions which that paper sums up as “results” following such a loose | proceduto arein part the fanlt of our system of clerical irdependeuey, aud theyare in part the forced conclusious derived from a parcial, equivocal, or false stalement of the case. If, for mstance, an mdependent church has not the right or puwer 10 kay who shall be its minister, then your boasted aoctrine of church sovereign- ty13 o aockery and o sham. If a people muot liavo a Pope, or Bishop, or Presbyiery, or Coua- cil, to say whether they shall form” a churc! aud preseribe who shell and who shall Dot preach to them, why, then turow your pet’ syetem overboard, and not bosst of what you do not and caunot practice. 1f we must have a power above that vested in the Church, wo had infinitely better adopt tho Presbyierian or Epis- copa! form of government, und done with it. “I'ho Mtandard spesks of 3 due obeervanco of the Xew Tescament rule in cading & Council. Now, I would Jike to ses a New Testament rule for such au_institution as tried and condemned Florovce McCarthy. I chellengo auy manin this city, withm the Baptist fold, to disciiss publicly with me the organization, character, aud record of that Council, either in the light of New Testa- ment truth, common justice, or dznominational usage, 1f ihore is any Bivle suthority for such a body, and for such transactions as were perpetrated in that Council, produce it. 1r there ean be found a precedent in the eatire Deptist aunals, show it. 1f we ars to tako a new depazture, 2» a denomination, end the decisions of that Counetl are to xtand a3 a trivunal of ref- erence in the fature, an authoritative standard of final appeal, I beg of vou, let a few of ws know it, aud wo will not depart. As to the Standard’s charge of “locseness of procedure, outrageous in itx2lf, and practically mubversivo of all church order and denomuna- tional fellowship,” I repndiste it with a just gcorn and indignation. I deny that we did any- thing looso or outrageous. The Stasdard mukt not judgo others by itself, aud, living in s gless Louse, should not throw etoues. Decanse 1t has becomo the pundering orgau of a set of men who have wandered frum the ald Baptist faith, and who prosume ngw to change times and customs, it should not change thoso who do not ponder or wander, with doing loose and outrageous things, For, while deteuding Florence McCarthy against the mjustice donse him in tue Iate trinl, 1 have by no meaus com- mitted myself to an indorsement of all he bas said aud done. I certainly do not indorse lis present course in _asssuiting Dr. Everts aud other brethren in the ministry. 1 bave not so learned Christ. Dr. Everts i3 an old, tried, and true friend. 1lle bas stood Dby me and my church upreservingly in our darkest days. When there wero scemingly noue to holp uy, Dr. Everts and his church have aguin and again”como to the rescue. In my opinion, Lo has done more for the Baptist denomnation m Chicago than any otier man. Aud as areward he has been more unjustly treated, more creelly traduced, and mora wickedly malignod, than any other man. But his recordis on high, sud God will ner forget his worlk. Nov, i say Iam exceedingly sorry to see Tlor- ence McCartby take this course, and I hope he will geo his error and turn fromit. I should Liss made no allusions to the matier in this ar- ticlo were it not for the fact thei Iam charged with indorsing oversthing he may say orjdo, simply because in Li§ trial L insisted on justice being done, and that ho should iiave a fair trial, 1 suppose if ho should commit murder I would be charged with indorsing it. One thing is cer- tain, I would, even then, iusist Lo should bave a feir trial. And, passing out from under tho jurisdiction of a mougrol ecclesinstical court to that of & court of justice, where the rules of evidence are not outreged, and where wituesses are sworn to tell the truth, his chances for a fair aud impartial trial would certainly be maltiplied many fold. At all eveuts, I hardly think the court would hang him if they failed to find him guilty of the crime charged in the indictment. Citicaco, Sept. 12, 187 N. F. RavLiy. R NEW-YEAR'S DAY. Triday the Jews of this city celebrated the first day of their New Year with tho customary cercmzouies. Thero were gervices in all tho syn- agogues. DE. MESSING. Among the sermons preached was one by the Rev. Dr. Messing, Rabbiof the congregation DB'uey Sholom, whick is as follows: So the Levites quicted all tho people, eaying, bo still ! for tho day it holy and do nok griev yourselves, Neheiah, viti., 1 Mx Friesps: As ono wavo follows the other, flowing down the river endlessly, ono day drives tho other; days join speedily to wooks and months, and 2t once without hardiy noticing it we aro at the end of a year. Carelessly wo would number years, yes, the currcut of life would drive us through decados, if religion had not made a halt for us, appointing days, which at least for a short time separate us from the busy life and the studious work of our wordly affairs, and which invite us to this place with the urgent and carnest request, “7To consider onco our Jife with carnestness znd to test our heart.” Such a fime of importance, such a day is for the Israclites the just comumencing New Year's festi val. Detween two great periods stands the Now Year as » boundary stone, and so this ovening, especially, Tepresents the end of 20 old aud the commencoment of anew year. Like unto the wandering pilgrim, we have roached the highest point of & mountain, offering » wide, undistarbed view toour eye. Standing on the hoight of the first directed forward are auxions to learn tho codition of tho way whichis lying before us; ‘but an impenetrablo mist limits our view, and ob- ecure thie hidden future with adivine veil. There wo tarn our eve nuddenly bozkwards to tho passcd yvear. Months, wecks, days, and hours, pass once more before our cyes; zud every day, every hour, depicts a liew scene, and re- minds us of another event. One hour was de- voted to jog, tho other to suffering and sorrow. s day ondangered us, that ono brought with it relief. Durugg one period we earned our iread, while at another waut ard need entered our door. And here now the questions rise: What will the coming hLours. daye, wecks, and months brivg 2 What does ke veil which is drawn be- twecn me and the future hide before my inquisi- tive eye 2 What fate bas been destinzied to me v Providenc Will 1 live through this coming ? and, if so, how willT live ? Such feel- wpring up to-day in the breast of every ukwg istaclite. Tharcfore, my friends, wo celebrate our New-Year's Day ada day of re- membzance of the sounding of the Shofar, as o day of julgment and of exbortasion for repznt- anee and improvement, Our New Year is to ve considered as a day prep- aratory to tho eoou-following Day of Atone- meot. and is its herald ; therefors tho prevailng sentilnent of this present festival should b not so much j as solemnity, aud our aim ehonld bo repentance. Truly this task, ropent- ance, should £ill oar whole life ; but our religion s purjiosely set ton days at the renewiug of the year, which commence with this hour and close with the Day of Atonement. It is for this parpors that ou esch of those ten days we should dwelt reflectingly upon one of those holy Ten Counnandment, = are the foundation of every reli n. We should recall to our mind if and how often we have sinned against every oue of those commandments dur- ing tho peetyear. And as thoughts in regard to our falibility, the receollection of our irans- gressions are well aps to il our hearts with sad- ness, and our soul with eorrow, I closs to.day for my text ome of thoss words of consolation of the Levites, which was addressed to Ierael in _Jerusalem on the first cclebration of the New Year, after the return from the Babrlonian captivity, **And 8o came nd the seventh- month (Iishvi) while the chiidren of Irracl were in their cities, and all the people gatliered themselves together as one msn into tho open place, which 18 befora she summit, by a naturat impulse our glances are nt’ water-gato, and they eeid to Fazra, the expoander (of tho Inw) that heshould bring for- ward the book of the Jaw of Moses (the Thora), which the Lori commended to Israel. Then did Ezra, the priest, bring forward the law be- fora the congregation, both of man and woman, on tho first day of the eeventh month, and he read therein from the first daylight until mid- day, and the eam of all the people wero dircoted unto the book of the law. And Ezra stood up- on an elevated stand, which was made for that purpose, and Lie blesscd the Lord, the grost God, and all peovls answered amen, amen! Fo shey read in the book of the law of God, exhibiting the keuso thereof a0 that the people andasstood what was read, and ull the }moplu were weeping whon they Leard ths word of (iod (being well awaro that they hed failed againstit.) Buttho Levites_ quietcd the peoplo and said: *Be still, for theday is holy, and donot griove yoursolves.” But why should we be qaietad, nccording to the uense o this vorae, aud hy would its coutents grant us consolation? My Friends: A retrospect into the past re- miudsus, befors 1), of thia unstability of time,— overy nesw tenr remunds us of it. Those, who Liave soon miany a new year and aro advanced in ago teach ua tho inconasistency of life with true enrnmsiness : for to them the past years are only like one sbort day; and can the consciousnoss of iho idea that our whole life is ouly liko a ghort winter day fill us with joy? That the sun winks bahiud the borizon even after its risc? Ls, there- fore, a day whizh reminds us of this fuct mot aday of mournfulness? Whilo wo ook back upon the past we experience, with radness, the inconstaucy of time, and wo mourn like' our ancestors at Jerusalem, and bavo n right to ex- claim with the sufferer Job: **Our days pass wwifter than a runner; they ilee awar; thoy soe no happiness. They 'basten aloug fike private ships; like the esgle that stoopeth down upon his food.” , But: away with these ead and sorrowful thoughts! "Do uot grieve yourselves, for the day is holx, sars our text. May days pass, may timo flee; thoiigh wo may.tura our eye back- wards, wo procced on oar way nevertheless, and may we ever march on iv guch a manver as not d time. Only hio vanishes with tine who takes tho shadow for the being, who only longs for earthly goods,—tho trne man never ceases to be. His aotions are positive and boly, a8 is tho festival of this day, provided he has suived this his Loliness, not Ly canonization, but Dy deeds of love, by purity and devotion of his Lieart; he will b eternal, Lio has found true life, and Ins soul stauds boyond the reach of tume. “The look into the future furtber shows uuto us bow little we find gatisfaction in our present con- dition of life; for, alas! how many bave lost more during the past vear than they gainéd ! Alenkind 10 its efforts and exertiony is natu- rally directed to progress. [s it not, thereforo, sad and depressing for 2 man, if e socs to-day that Lie has receded in spite of his striving, in spite of hus snxicty and sorrows? How much more will those fecl dissatistied to-day, who uover can et enough, and how paiuful is to- duy again the recollection to thoso who have lost during the last year. Lo them our text speais to-day : **Ba not sad ; for tho duy is holy ; do not grieve yourselven” This day, therefore, shoula bo cousidored as staudiug above tho events of time. _So your losses hava been limit- ed to moncy and eartly goods only, which lad been scquired by labor or even by chance, and which, thereforo, yon can repzir at any tima after this : it should bo u lesson to you for the future. All those who were not conténted may, therefore, bear their losses patiently and spesk with the psalmist: ‘It is well for me that I have beon atilicted in order that I might learn ihy statutes : batter is unto me thy holy law thau thousunds of gold and silver.” Lastly, the refrospect into the past will show wmto us that we have altogether veglocted the aim aud taek of our life. The ouly leading thougist of mankind of this day i How do L got rich the fastest? But, althou:”t Divine Providenco did not_exciude wealth from onr earthly joss, it «hould only be used a3 a means to promote onr happiness, aud to be charitablo toward our fellow-men. Most of us only loag for the means, neglecting to make o wise use of them. Yea, even to-day, on this day of ro- pentance, wo pray with fervor for nourishment, being rather indiiferent to the prayer: ¢ Help, O Lord. that [ may becoms a beiter man!" In faet, it 1s very afllicting to know that man spends year after year in vain pursuits without valie, which are | so little_becoming to the image of God; so that, cupecially in our prosent modern time, religion and morality almost appesr to have vaunished. Do not even ministers of tho church seek pro- tection uuder tho cover of hoiiness tv live indul- gontly msin ? Are not selfishness and dishon- esty at present spreading in our country to au alaniaing extent ? Buv even we, who have to suller by the transgressions of our fellow-men, tiud coneolstion for their impositions in our text. Do not griove yourselves, for tho day i holy,” it says; and this day of carnest considerations w undoubtedly be witness that therearestill many, many noble-feeling men in our midst. In direct opposition to the Lypocritical Fharisce, we fiud men who are weil aiwsro of their true mission. And even thoso sinuers who were led astray Trom the path of righteonsness are invited to- day to partake of the benefit of repentance. “* ¥or I Lave no pleasuro in the death of him that deserveth to die, saith the Lord Eternal, thero- fore convert yourselves and live.” Therefore, away with those shadows, those dark pictures ; away, ve afllicting thonglits ! Let us commence our new year with joyful earnostuess. Tho coutinuation of the past is the future. Let us cast our oye upon it now, and ses what pogspective_is opening hero bofore us. Aly Iricuds, while we know the past well, the future lies hidden from our gight. Our efforts would be in vain should we try to penetrate into the {uture; bnt though wo are woll aware of this fnct. we are surrounded to-day by questions for which we have no anawor. What can I expect from the future? How will I got along during :he next year? How will I haveto strive to gamn the necensitics of lifo? Will God_grant to mo health ? *“ What lot has God destinated to me?” asks the caroworn head of a family. “ Will ho endow me with strenzth to bear the tauk of lifo patiently? Wil I romain among my beloved oncs, or. will death tear the holy bands of matrimony, and leave my wife bohind me a monming widow, and my children weepig_oz- phaps?” Pareuts think, with emotion : * What wiil be our ‘shara of KorTows during the coming year 7 Wil the daclings of our hearts live, to our joy—or will a_youngtroe in tho garden of our Tutnily break down, or a tendor flower fade beforo it has doveloped?” But do not gricve, for tho day is boly, and therefore it exacts from us to confide ourscives and the future to Him, the most holy. In fact, how many among ns embitterea their lives, cherishing expectations which were not realized! Alas! how many regard the future in the brightest light,—yca, deem themyelvos hap- Dy if only one of their wishes should bo fut- titlod ; but st once their desire grows, their wants become moro and more numerous, through habit, while tho realization of their tirst deeire called forth in them indifference. Yea, the wants ol man aro endiess, aud his discon- tentednees is vever quieted, for tho realization of one wish is the mcther of a now ono. There- forc lot us crust our future altogother to the protecting hand of the Almighty, aud be content~ ed with what His paternul kindness offers to us. Lut, alas ! not all men find consolatioa in this thought. T'hey tremble at the thonght of the future, and their heasts are filled with fear. Are there nov mauy who siuk down cowardly ai the aspect of death. or evon somo who will despaic- ingly fall into the arms of indiffcrence, becausa thoy wero not successful in a danug cuterprise ? Are there not even such,. who, though blessed with earthly goods, feur that they may have no bread to-niotrow # For those, tno, we have the consolating words : ** Do not tremble and do not fear. for tho day is holy.” Do not loso your en- ergy. but bo_aware that nothing frees us so much from fear as that holiness which is ac- quired throngh repentance and improsement. It endows the soul with new couraze, teaches you hope, and raises yon up to the 'ali-holy Lord. *‘Therefore ye shall not fear avd be terrified. The Lord of hosts, Him_shal! yo sanctify, and let Him be your fosr and le: Lim bs your tor- ror!” But not only the past and the future create saduess in_our bearts ; the present, too, fills iy with affliction. Deep wounds bave been in- flicted on us during tbe past year, depriving us of mavra costly and dear possession which never will be replaced. For, alas! if we look arourd bere to-day. our ezes sezreh in vuin for mavy afriend. To meuy of them we can no longer address a ** Mappy New Year." How ‘many sous and daughters long to-day in vain for their dear parents, 10 reccive the paternal New- Year's blessing ! How many parcuts made their appearance here to-iay a3 mourners ; how many womex &8 80 mauy widows, and how many chil- dren as deserted orphans! But youin paricn- far, who need consolation, we cheer to-day. Do not grieve ; dry your tears, for this foetival is baly. and tike unto God shall man, His image, be holy. In this holiness trust yoin Him, tho Father of all, and He will give you consolztion, In_His omaipotence Ha will know berter what sill promote our welfaro than we do curselves; Ho will derive bencfita forus fromevents which atthe timeappear to usa great misfortunc. How oftea grow beautiful flowers and delicious fruit out of thistles and thorns! Therefors never let ns despair ; let us eay, as devoted chil- dren aud holy bein, * What Thou doeth, O Lord, is well done ! In this manner, my friends, let us cclebrate our new year : let us cross ita threshhold with thoughts, and commenco the holy work of re- ! pentanco with good incentions, Then the coming year will undounbtedly bear delicious fruit to Jou. Andas to-day we shout to one another and to every man, ** 3 happy new-year,” wo will be surrounded during the whole yesr by tho sin- cere band of holy and pure love towards our brethren and fellow-men; and, therefore, I again exclaim: Bo still, 'do not grieve your- selves, for the day is holy." Ob, Father of all, lend usThy paternal hand, and grant us Thy godly assistanco. Crown this now year.with Thy kindnesa ; preservo and pro- tect 3 ; atrengthen the weak and heal the sick ; console’ widowa and orphans ; bless all men on the wholo, wide earth ; prevent what might in- jure them, and give what will procuro their wel- fare forever and ever. Amen! DR. FELSENTHAL. The following is an abstract of the sermon delivered in Gernian by Dr. Felsenthal, yester- day, in the Tomple of Zion congregation : The nation of Israel is widely scattered nll over the world ; no visible centre bindsthem to- gethor; thoy aronot & people, in the political =enso of the word ; they havo no King, no High Priost, no Savhedrin, 5o common sanstuary; aad yet thoy are a distinct and eharply-defined part of mankiud; yot thoyare holden together a3 by a magic power. What, then, is it that characterizos all Isrnel and unites them into one Lrotherhood ? “The answer is Common memo- ries, conmon hopes, and common faith. It is not only a long, it is a wouderful, Listory, the memorios of which are rovived on this festi- valday. And tho sum and substance of this history, countiug its years by the thousands, is tint Istael was sent into tho world, not to play & brilliant political part among the other na- tions, not to throw ita sword into the scalo of universal history and to decide thereby the des- tinics of the world, but to live and to labor for anidea. Thisideais: There1s butone God, 2nd [zracl is His prophet. The names of jnnumerablo heroes are in- sieribed upon the pages of history, and immor- tality is claimed for them—upon what grounds ? Upon the grounds of their valiant deeds on bat- tlo-fields : upou the successful statesmanshiy for the nd\'nn(nfo of their special countrics, il the like. Israel has his heroes too. DBut their immortality rests upon their having been God- inapired, testifying by their life and by their death of the Holy Ono of I:racl and of His im- mutable moral law, and thereby maintaining tho great ilos aud planting its roots deeply into tho bearts of the nations. Tsracl's herocs are horoes of a great idos. Whonever Iirael remained faithful to their missiou, their position wasa glorious one. But when they becamo forgetful of this idea, when they disregarded the high trusts imposed upon them, they descended to & very low (Puuiliuu, 2ud covered themselves with shame and contempt. Hovw ig it with you, my fricnds? Will you sufler yourselves to remain, or to becomo, indif- feront or cold towards tho world-redeemnng idea to guard which is Isracl's holy duty 2 Or doyou intend to bo all your ife long juet s zeaions and euthusiastic werriors for God and His law as your forefathers havo been ? The sounds of the Shosar, 25 well as to<day’s loction _from our Biblo and our prayers, have directed our thoughts towards our patriarchs. Concerning this, the following parablo is relnted in the Midr: ‘A King’y son had once to ap- pear beforo bis father, sud to defend himeelf against cortain accusations. Aod the King said to his son, *Thou desirest to prove thy inno- cence; why, then, wilt thou not appoint for thee # good dofender ?' Ou his account I may becomo more graciously inclined towards thes.’” In a similar way we might conceive our Heavenly Father saviug to lsrael, * Be reminded on this day of your forofathers, and their momory will contribute towards—proviug your mnoceuce *” No, but to induce you toimitate them, and to be- come friends and servants of tho Lord, es they have been. As all lsracl shares in common certain memo- rics, 80 all entertain in common certain Lopes, Often the presenc times appear clouds, dark, hopeloss : yet, unto every true Israclite tho fu- ture is full of light and brilliant sunshine. The luminous visions of our prophets were no dolu- sivo dreams; before our very eyes they are approaching their realization, and the Mossiah- time will surely come, when the Only One, the Source of a!l life, tho King of tho universe, will be acknowledged by every human being, and on the most distant islands in the ocean. Onvward ! is the universal cry of our age ; on- ward ! is the motto in all the various endcavors of classes and mndividuals. What has been hid- den horetofore i searched for, and becomes re- vealed. All the powers of nature are made sub- servient to tho will of man. The darkregions of ignorance are decreasing in their dimensions, and tho light of knowledgo and learning is extending itd realm, aud peuetrating into places which have been considered inaccessible to it. And religious’ and moral affzirs alono should remam stagnant 2 No, Israel’s religion is not so gloomy and pessimustic; it is hopeful, and with 4 trast never to be shaken it inscribes upon ity banner the motto: Ouward! Onward for the conquest of the world! It is true, that some- times and to the superficial observer the eigus of the times do not appear very encoursgiuz. Often it seems that, whilo the Kingdom of tho world inereasos, the Kingdom of God decreases ; and that, while wo bespeak for Isracl sn im- portant part in the future developmentof the religious idea in the world, with & considerahle number of modern Israchtes the Jewish mission is scoffed at, is_donied, is underrsted, and that gome even incline to the suicidal tendency of coalescing with tho Unitarians or with the Free Religious Associntions. Theso associations, in as far as’they resl upon Theism, aro our allics. and rondor unto us pow- erful aid in overthrowing idolatry, error, and spiritual darkness. Yet it would be an inexcusa~ ble act of sclf-destruction, should we totally surronder to them, and_givo up our Jewish in viduality. Let them, ratber, come over tous, unito with us, and thereby bo guarded against fluctua- tious in their own ranks and against again grad- nally melting away. Bosides this, the history of Uuitarianism in this country, as well as of ofher modern roligious movemonts, has protty woll proved that no church can be built npon Theism, unless, liko Judaism, it rests upon great historr cal memories, and is surrounded by mighty so- cial conditions, The salvation of the Unitarian Church hes in its cloge allianco with the Jowish Church. As to our hopes, we but ropeat that all Isracl clings to them with firmness. Tho sood strown by our iuspired prophots, by our sages and sing- ers, by our Rabbis and teachers, by our Biblical and our post-Biblical literature, has not besn strewn in vain. ‘Tho sced has gorminated, haa rooted deevly, Las mightily grown up, and be- como truly a tree of lifo, under whoso shado mauy pations sit, and on whose fruits they nour- ish themsolves. The teacher of Nazaroth, tho apostle of Tarsus, the prophet of Mekka,—they all have taken somo of these fruits, and have said_to the w Eat thereof, and you will surely live! And you, my friends, would now be weak and wavering in your hopes—yon, to whom the mase- tory of the world is cortain. Keop firm in your re- ligious standpoint;do not givejup your position up- on the heights ; proudly bear your bannor,—the banner of Monotheism,—and, a3 we have seen Is- mael and Edom, moro or less painfully endeavor- ing to climb up 'to the summit upon which Israel has taken his stand, so the time will come when Shem, Ilam, acd Japbet will scek rest, poace, and bliss under your bunner,—under tho banner of Israel. Not only common memories and common hopes bind tho scatterea sous_of lerael together, but also a common faith. Vhat is the faith of Is- racl? Does it consist of a long row of articles, which we must believe in to be saved ? That is a fandamental misconception. We have no for- mulated creds, we are, in dogmatic matters, but bound to oue point : to the belief in one super- natural, intelieciual, yet inconceivable God; in all other matters the most perfect freodom is given to researches and opiutons. Tho few ate tempts made by some medieval Rabbis to Jay down a set of articles of faith were against the spirit of Judaism, and nono of them were gen- erally accepted. But the faith of Tsrael is not circumseribed by this one article. Ieracl's religion is not a more &y8tem of belief, but it ina relizion of action. We point out to you as a secoud fundamental article of our fuith : Love thy neighoor as ihyself ; aud a3 o third one: Lo holy, as tho Lternal your God is Holy; and as a fourth one: lsracl chall be a Kingdom of pricsts and a holy nation. Such 18 Israel's faith, aud thus wo have stated four of its articles concerning God, our relationy to our fellow-men, our dutics to ourselves, and the mission of ferael. In this faith Isracl all over the world unites as with one voice. And thig faith—the faith of our fathers and the faith of our brothers—we also confess, and we will leave it as our most cherished inheritance to the generations ufter us, ————— THE ILLINOIS BISHOPRIC. To the Fittor of The Chicago Trioune: Siz: In tho approsching Convention. interests that to us Epiecopalian Protestents are dearer than life are in question, and we must tako care not to compromise them. It is to be hoped that in the choice of o Bishop some respect will be Lad for the opinions and feclings of that large class who constitute the chief bulk of each con- gregation of Episcopalians. These may not be individually nor disectly influential, but it ehould not bo forgotten that it is to this very class we oweall tho advantages we possess in an uo- adnlterated Christianity and in the enjoyment of civil and religious liberty. - The laity of this diocese, who certainly do 1ot ontertain extrems views, will bo sadly dis-" appointed if there be imposed on them gome promoter of schism, longing after such Eiily practicos a8 havo been for three centuries eliminated from the Anglo-Catholic Church,— practices that familiarize the mind with super- stitions inanities, exaggerate the importance of forms sod coremonics, and lead it away from the golemn realities of true religion, until at length the mind,” weakencd and unsatistied, ul- timutely takes shelter nnder the shadow of what every Protestant knows to be a bideous decep- tion. On the other hand, we hope that the adminis- tration of Luo sacred trast will not be committed to & men whose object may be to leaven the minds of the young and iguorant with false no- tion: of liberality ; one who, by deviating from the practice and_ discipline of our Church, may gradually and cautiously prepare‘the way for dissent, and even laxity of morals, uatil the mind imperceptibly embraces each phase of ab- gurdity,-and lands at last in infidelity. Wo réquira a man of broad principles, such as are in accordance with the spirit of tho Anglican Church. Wo requiroa stroug man, one well rend, and of highmental culture; amso not merely known as a sensational preacher, but one whoso church is tho resort of those who ars capa- blo ot baing improsscd by o Jogical miu and sound theological doctrlne, We Luve this high rivilege in _our city. Whv should we have to leave bome in quest of a Bishop, when we our- selves enjoy so many advautages through tho ¥ev. Edward Sullivan, the present Rector of rinity. I trust that this important matter may not be loft to Le decided by_sught else than what will conduce to ‘'the good estate of the Catholic Chureh,” which, we trust, “‘may be so guided and governed that all who profoss and call them- selves Clristians msy bo led into the way of truth.”, A Laryax. i 2 MINISTERTAY VISITATION. Tho Adeance gives somo iuteresting and good advice with regard to pastoral visitation : For years it has been n mooted point as to the ex- tent of a pastor’s duty in the matter of the visitation of his parfsh. In otiier days this was & systematic and solomn_performance, especizlly in the rural parishes of New England. Often announcemcnt was made on Suuday that certain districts would be visited on npecified duys of the following week. 'The pastor took thio houass in succession, and met the assembled fam- ily in each, holding a religious service, parily conver- sational and_estochetical, with parents, children, and domestics. But, m modern daye, no set time Lay been appointed, the pastor has aropped in, here and there, 38 convenient, and, except in seasons of revival, the call haw usually Been of a social character, and bas found xt home only the wife snd the very young chil- dren. While this custom has had its advantage,—and a pastor must have an opportunity to_know Lis people if his preaching is to it their need,—it has slso heen something of a bondsge, Dany & minister has used Laf or moro of his time in this social dissipation, when his hours would have been far more’ ndvantageously passed in hi study. For, much a8 it s tho custom to praise tho vivitiug-pastor, no sooner does ho begin to fail in the freshuess aud power of his pulpit ministrauons than the people weary of him, sud ho receives 3 hint to seek another field. DBut long yaatorates usually accom- pany able preaching, with the help of ordinary tact zud efficiency out of the pulpit. Our conception is, that the first duty of 2 minister §a to take caro of his pulpit, and then that he should visit when actual occa- sion requires ; 38 in cases of sickuers, aflliction, snd spectal religious interest, in the rellef of the poor, in response Lo 1nvitations, and whero personal fricndship demands. The suspiciona that will be setafloat by the allegations mads in the Brookiyn affalr will for a time o something, it may bs hoped, to repress that nurea- soning clamof for promiseuous and incossant pastoral visitation, which has filled the ears of minsters hith- erso. W cannot, indeed, base society on suspicion, wers to go back to tho Oriental seclusion of the female sex, Bubstituting the spprebensive secrecy of the har- em'for the friendly opcuness of the modern home. Christianity calls for mutual faith, under & pare religion and a protective civil Government. Hence our civilization allows our wives and daughters to walk the streets uaveiled, and to receive their fricnds of both sexes with reasonable freedom, A pastor may surcly partako of this frieadly intercourse, Yet, for wisdom® sake, to avoia both enspicion and temptation, it may be as well to exercise more caution than Las sometimes boen used. This muy be dono without going to tho Romish extreme of having the women come t0 3 confessional in the church, with a grating between the penitent and the celibate pricst. For that, while separatingbodily, creates a closer pri- vacy and often a more corrupting inttmacy than auy thing known in Protestantisn, ‘And here a word may be dropped with reepect to s visitation of Iadics to pastors, as well ax the visitation of pastors to ldics. This may bo necassary, but it sliould Le condueted in a manner to espose hcither party to unjust suspicion, or to false accusstion. For this reason it js better that a pastor’s study should be in bis house, in the bosom of bis fumily, rather thun in tho church-bullding. Let tho Church own a par- sonage, opd build' it broad emough or high enough to provide in it a spacious and cheerful library room, where tho pastor may study and write ot all houre, ' Then let the ladles call npon him at his home, in the presence of his Liouschold, and ses him in the parlur or kitting-room, where company is re- ceived or frionds aro entertained, Dut if a study is provided away from his home, he is exposcd to » suc~ cesuion of calls from ladivs, coming siugly and for the bust of purpoees, yet putting him and themselves into awkward relations, should tho evil-mmded choose to start 3 base surmise. And what su opportunity is thus afforded to aaventuresses of vilo character to ob- tain interviews on which to found 3 false charge, leav- ing tho pastor with Do witness in Liis own favor fo cor- Toborate his denial. The wonder s not that so many, but that so few, scandaly occur; that the intimacy of clergymen with Iadies so scldom leads to impurity, notwithstanding constant opportunity; that even charges of ovil aro =0 rarc. It {8 Owing 1o the preserv= ing power of marringe m the cleryy, and to the high tono of morals which accompaniés evangelical xe- ligion. —_— FATHER EYACINTEE'S RESIGNA- TION. Dr. Leonard W. Bacon, writing to the Chri: tian Union from Genevs, thinks the recent resig- nation of Pero Hyacinthe is a bad move. His colleagues nover expected any such movement ; and all who cherish any hope of good results of the Catholic reform were disheartened and amazed by the act. Dr. Bacon says : * Onc may hear freely quoted against him a certain text concerning those who lsy their band to the plow 2nd look back.” The principal ground of Hyacinthe's disaffection is eaid to be as followa: The first is whether the unquestioned legal power which the Liberal Catholic Church of Geneva have, to take posseasion of the splendid new church of Notre Dame, shall be put into exercise; to which Hsacinthe boldly and squarely replies: * No!—donbilees the church fs technically ours, and if we choose to insist upon the condition on which the laud on which it stands was given by tho city—that the church should bo tho property of the Catholic_peopie—we could take poasession of it at once. But that clurel was built by contributions collocted in all parts of Franco Ly the toll of M. Mermillod. No ome_ pretends that the con- tributions come from any but Ultramontanes ; nnd whatever mny bo the liw of tho e, the right of the case is clear, aund I will not be 3 party to the violation of the right” This was tho first distinct ixsue ; and iho recond was like unto it, to-wit : The law under which tho Liberal Catholic cures have been inatalled in the citles, with the approval of tho majority of the Catholic voters, nuxkes it posmblo to_tender to the country eures an oath of obedienco which they cannot in conscionce take; and, on their refural, to declire their places vacant, ani, against the will of tho great {he pedple, to open an_election for their o But here, too, Hyacinthoand the test of his a have stood togetlier in resistance to the radicals, 4 declared that the law which had allowed tho Catholic people of the cities to have the pastors of their own cholce should not, with their consent, be abused to violate the liberty'in the case of tho country parishes which are notoriously Ultramontano. Iiyacinthe is busy preparing o pamplilet ex- plaining his position. But Dr. Dacon thinks the oxplanation cannot wholly do amay with the dan- ger which this step bas inflicted on the cause of Catholic reform. g THE BRAMO SOIIAJ. An ominent native scholar from India, s Mr. Mozoomdar, of Calcutts, one of the Brahmo Somaj Brothorhood, is engaged in explaining to large and intelligent Christian audiences in Lon- don the vrinciples of this monotheistic body, aud algo in describing thojsocial reforms which they bave effected among their countrymen. Ata roligious sorvice condacted by this gen- tlemap, the usages aud ritual of the Drabmo Somaj of India were strictly adhered to, as fol- lows: “A brief adoration” precoded & byma, which was followed Ly & prayer; after which was recited 10 Beugaleo & verse, which is always nsed duriug ths service of the Brakmo Somaj, and which Mr. Mozoomdar travslated thus: * As the True, the Intelligent, the Indoite, the Blissful, our God manifosts Himself. e is the pescofal and mercifal God ; e is One without a second ; He is holy aud imwacalaie.” Tucn followed an adoration ascribiug to God the attributes of truth, wisdom, infinity, biissfulness, mnity, and holiness, Prayer sud silent meditation proceded another hymo, and readiog from Orieutal Scrip- tures followed, includivg selections from the Persian_poets Attar, Firdusi, and Sufi ; and from the Hindu books.” : Among thesocial reformsto <hich the Brahmo Somaj lave principally leut their cfforts, and which, with the 2id of leading Dritish ofEcials, they bave been more or less sucveas{ul in cffect~ ing, Iir. Mazoomdar cnunmerates the following: Tue legalizing of marriage between different classes, hitherto disallowed or not recognized by Indian law; the cxtermination of the practice of polygamy ; avd nlso the custom of early mar- risges by which boys of 15 were married to girls of 714, and were even betrotliod before they Pl were born; the destruction of the ussge by h women are sccluded, held ‘ and debarred from iutercourse with cutward so- ciety ; and. finally, the abolition of the distine- tion of caste, which hag been hitherto the great ‘barrier to mental, moru, religious, and material progress in Iudia. L gt THE RELIGIOUS PRESS. TIE ISTERIOR mourns the decay of *‘souad doctrine” in this wiso: Now wemust be blind to the plainest sigas of the preseat times if we fail to perceive that the wwhole drift and tendency of public sentiment, the world_over, is inthe direction of latitudinarisnism in doctrine, sad consequent laxity of morals,—the breaking dawn of all the old laudmarks of truth, tho subversion of the fundamental principles of the Gospel, and the inaugu- ration of a reign of utter ekepticiam, materialigm, atho- inm, and licentiousness, And who can fail to see that this'destruction of the old foundatfons, in the public mind of the world, and {n the practical 'conscience cf the world, clothed’ 23 1t is in the garb of liberahem, and backed with the authority of seience, has already pervaded the ronks of tho nomially Christian Church, and leavened the wholo preaching of many of ber most gifted and_popular ministern? 1f there sa sin- gle sigu on the broad faco of these modern riies which ought to be palpable to all eyes'it is this. But what is t0 Secome of This sinful, unbolieving world if {he Church provo recreant to her high truat and go over to the ranks of unbelief? And what is to become of the Church and the world if tho ministers of God be- tray tho truth, or lover its claims, or fail to preach it, o wurrender it at the bidding of a philosophizing, scientific, and pleasuce-loving age? Tho samo paper says of Prof. Tyndall et aL: Prof, Tsndalis type of atheism, which has Herbert Speacer as s chict ‘spostle, eshnot long wncvive, Thero is an frresistible attraction about that great Primal Power, even for the cold regions of material 40 strong indeed that Tyndall, Spencer, s aro forover alluding to it, discussing it, andat the ssmo time pretendiug to ign “unknowable.” It attracts the mind snd soul like the power of gravitation. Like strong winged birds abova the sea they may beat away from it for a time, but full they must and fall they alwaya do toward it either torest secaro upon the rock thrust above thy waves, or to be eugulfed in the zbyascs. » THE STANDARD thinks less and legs of Mr. Beschier. | Criticising a contemporary's classification of Mr. Descher with the noted Scoteh divine, Robertuon, the Stand- ard says: To class Roberteon with Deocher is unjnst, Robert- son had nothing whazever ix him of the mountebani, 1o died comparntively young, aud while, in the judg- ‘ment of those familiar with his personal histors, his mind waa etill in & rdate of transition in regard to certain fundameotal questions, out of which, 1f he had lived, there is reason to belicve Le might havo come without the smell of hervtical firo on his garmenta. 111 sermons contain 1o clap-trap, o signs of hanker- ing for tho eensational, and his ministry was sought, not by worldlings aud sens=tion-mongers such as have been wont to throng Plymouth Church, but by peopio aa distinguiabed for their true picty as’ for their hizh intelligeuce. Wherein he dufered from = orthodox ” Chnstians he mads no parade of the difference, and was not accustomed to deal either in denunciation or in profsne ribaldry. . . We agreo that the expound- inga of Henry Ward Beecher havo been a source of untold mischief; wo donot agree that fn this respect either Prof, Swing or F. W. Xiobertson Las deserved the reproach of being clissed with him, The Standard, discasging the later methods of educating children, does not think them alto- gether praisewortny. It eays: Soma thinga, however, belonging 1o that older sys- tom we miss and regret. The natural tendency of our . own methiods, with all their advantages, i3 to give tho child an early conriction of Lis own importance, and predispose bitn, unless the point i3 diligently guard- ed, to be exacting, uppish, irreverent, restless; to uurture in the child-nature those qualitiss which in mature years tend to disipation, to that foverish Lfe of impatient, and querulous, aud exhauating labor, which in §ta " alteruation with casons of recreation quite ss much overstrained and exhausting, threaten 1o drain the sources, alike of buman vigor and human virtue, We move very rapidly in these as in other thinge, but aro wo sure that we move safely 7 Ferhaps wo shall not err in stating that eoclety has now reached a pomnt where there i3 occasion to care- fully watch and guide the operation of its own greatly imptoved spplizuces for tho education and develop- mentof children. Toomany books arc read by them, uuless they can bo ‘made much better than tliey are. There 13 danger that the young scholas shall come to claim it 58 3 right that le3rning be madea lure rather than an achisvement, and that he shall csicem the dificulties of acquisition 2n injury to be resented, rather than o Doble taek to be achieved. Mzde con- scious of his_importance by tho manifest ministry of 30 many to his pleasuro or Lis comfort, he may acquire it a5 a fixed impression that 5 him belonga the right of ruls in the house and the right of way in the atroet, A polits child may becomo e rare 5510 bo a curiosity, and concessions on public oczasions to the aged o in- firm attracs attention as sometbing to be wondered at, These things could bs of 110 good augury, and, so far as they already extst, the 14 a lesgon and a warn- ing to thoss who havo 1u cliargs the child of the period. s THE NORTHWESTERN ADVOCATE £ces little to be troubled with in Prof. Tyndall's ‘materialistic address at Belfast : So, let tho cientists expiore and orate to their beari’s content, and let us hear no moro of the non- senso thnt the Church or tho Pope obsiructs their *virlon,” They Lave no greater obstacle then the in- tolerance with which they answer that of their injus dicious opponents. e belieye that nothing will vin— dicate the religion of faith 3s tanught by the Liible mors conclusively than the utter failure of our scientific ‘professors to substitute anything more rational for . And tho mora they say the more manifest their fail- ure; and the oftener thoy speak the sooner they will ceaso to Bpeak with such ludicrous oraculsrity upon what they confess they know nothing about. For what is tlie difference between Prof, Tyndall's conclu- sion and that of Punch—' What is matter? Never mind, What ismind? Nomatter, 1What is thesoul? 1t is immaterizL” TEZ CHRISTIAN UNION asks: What are we comingto? A contributor to the In. terior exclaims, in viow of the monsirous heresies of Prof. Swing, Dr. Patterson, aud such people: “Take awsy Eternal Generstion of tho Son and Eternal Procession of the Spirit, and whero is your ontological, pre-temporal ground for any *threefold revelation of God in practical revelation?’ There is no rovelation unlesa it is o Sabelllan and Modalistic revelation, or & Socinian revelation that anchors the distiuctions of Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, not to eternal imminent acta to God, but only to femporal snd economical considerations.” This is terzible] No wonder that tho very insur- ance agents are getting ahy of ajcity where the founda- tions of everything aro falling out in this fashion. Wostill look with some faint hope to the Interior to put down tho incendiaries, and keep thoss * ontologi~ cal, pre-temporal grounds "safa from Larm., The Christian Union presents the following ¢¢Commorcial View of Christian Missions Some people ignorantly suppose that the sole ocou- pation of our Missionary Boards is to Loz up and send into heathendom large quantitiea of Bibles and religious tracts, On the contrary, the employes at their central offices do a great deal of gratuitous work in fiiling the orders sent throngh the miselonaries for all gorts of jmplements in agriculturo and mechanism. During 1871, 25 gruin-mills, 1 reaper, 2 Lamb's knit- ting-macnines, and_$10) worth of outline mapes were sent to East Turkoey; improved plows, mow- ing and reapingimachincs to Turkey and South Africs; outline maps to Ceylon; and eewing- machines and cabinet organs to various other flelds. Christianity has lified up the Sandwich Tslands from savagery into somo degree of cultyre and prosperity, and the annual valuo of ita commerce is now 34,406,425, But the whole amount expended In missions in thoro Islands from the begiuning has Dbeen only $1,230,000. Reckoning the profit of the trade with the Saudwich Islands as 15 per cent, that trade. would in two years pay the cutire cost of Christianizing snd civilizing them, from the time the first missionary landed among them until they ceased to be the subjects of missionary labor. A careful computation ehows tuat for overy dollar we spend in Christizn missions we reccive tea in return, THE ALLIANCE says: ‘The next Anaual Diocessn Convention of the Prot- estant Epascopal Church in Tilinois will be held in this city Sept. 15, aud its essious will continue for several days, ‘The Convention will boa very importunt one from the fact that a new Biskop i8 to be elected, and perhaps the Diocese divided. It is stated on reliable grounds that the Rev. Dr. DcKoven, of Raciue, the defeated candidate for the Episcopate 'both in Mussa- chusetts and Wisconsin, will be bronght forward by » strong patty for the suffrages of the delogates, We trust that Dr. DeKoven will not permit his name to be nsed in this connection, aud it would be very unwiso apd more than inconslderate for his friends to urge Din election at. the prescnt juncture. It is notorious that the Episcopal Church *generally hna_alresdy been uncomfortably disturbed by the controvensies growing ont of Ul-advised offorts to mako a Biskop of Dr. De- Koven, and farther endeavor in this direction would only increate the comyuotion, which i 13 hoped the Gelteral Conventlon of the Church next October in New York may allay. Morcover, tho coudition of the Episcopal Church in fllinols is too precarfous just Do to try the experiment of a positively-pronounicel Ritualistic Bishop, whether he be a Dr. DeKoven or o Dr. Seymonr, even if one should be elected. There are firet-class clergymen of noblo character ond raro accomplishments, Who by their learning, plety, administrative ability and appreciation of the times fn which we live, arc admirably fitted for the vacant sec, and about whote wise conservatiam thero s no quention, aud it wonkl scem that oue of thia dencription woul( bo sought for and chiosen, If good wenne and right feeling prevail in the Conventionmext weels, we predict that the Diocesc of Tlliuois will liave a Bizhop who will contribute effectusliy to the marul and intellectual resourecs of the State, and wko, while 1wsting fully the requirements of Lis own relizions budy, will have the respect and confideace of ail who cull themselves Christians, The Alliance also eays: According to the Northwcst Methodism in and about Cbi calamity far more setfons than cven that the great fire. It hss occurred in fhis way: A couple of churches, one at Thatcher and ono at Stewart, talked of huving frce traius, or commutation tickets on the Sabbath of their dedication, Tho Adrccate protested oxt frautically sginst this, saying it were betcer to “burn ten Methodist churches ” than 10 have any euch thing, and {hat the preacher proposing the like shonld he Instantly “ suspended from the ministry,” and that he (the editor) would rather suspend all carap-meetings for ten yeara and burn forfy of the best churches than Dot disconrage Bunday traie, Lost Sabbath: was the day, and the free train ran to Stewart, bearing the ven- erable Dr. Raymond and 3 number of Chicago people. Dr, Raymond preachod a grand._sermon, dedicated the chirch, and the whole party returned ‘to tko city in time for evening service. The exmo day a party went out on another train to Thatcher, Dr, Fowler preached and dedicated the church there, and the party were sent home in carrisges. It is 60 bad that all theac people atill hold to the old ides that it is *lawful to do good on the Sabbath day.” Wo wonder If the Adwocate ‘would object to golng both waya in carriages, br how ’ we sball ever atone for all the sins of thy 3 hin rains {o Camp-meetings, and n iy e ST ueed to do, 5 and 10 miles’ o quarterly mass 4 Sunday7 S Tann THE “ WORKING GHTRCR" notes that we aro about to have a “py ¢ literazure.” 1t ays: 2 “holing £ In our innocence we had surposed that ey ; were already fall of the wrnnl:;! o fi;’,‘;’m"“fln one ceatral object of Chrlatizn tEovght a3d g But jt scems that Taslor, and Laxter, 4 sy, &1 Wesles, and Fleteher, and Foter, an pops Hall, and tio many others liko them whom mention, did not understaud what “ hojiamy 25% Dut that it haa been reserved for the Natiogay o esting Asrociation to discoser ita trie quy O3 herald it forth to the world. Wo submit gt 093 confusion, thesa_brethren ought to style m,_r,‘};"g ?fl oy tion Tho New Ioliness ™ or * The Heformey %, Tiews 3 for it s plainly wrong to cast npog oy LAk body of the Church the implied assertion tas b not” know its mother-tonzue, and cannot wag 8 tho real nature of that ono quality which el ,thfgl{: ;H_sp‘l:‘ycd. 2_;: Lor elghteen Bundreqyu? prevent ristianity zoming Btical system, S o DORIS3 mess s - : OTES. PRESDTTERIAN, P Tho Presbyteriaus a: Hudson, Wis., will ki, their now chiusch comploted at an early day, The now Presbyterian Church at Oconto, g to supply the place of the onc burnt st wigs is approaching completion. = ‘Iho Presbyterians of Sizourney, TIL, hase laid the foundations of a new chnreh bnnd[n:: is to be of brick, 40x70 feet in sizo. A new Presbyterian chureh is about o be ergy. ed in Bonlder City, Col. 1t is to bo of by © antio, with stone trimmings. 30x50 feet in dim, The whole amount required to build is plotges Tho Prosbsterian Cliurch at Lone Tre, Xy, J which way orzanized two years ago with gy members, now numbers fifty-three. ~ The Presbyterian Church st Poynette, 7y expect to occupy their new chuirch this £ ™ Thero wore threo additions to ths Rer Presbytorian Clirch Lt Sabbath, Tho Presbyterians of Austin aro erect anew house of worship. stane, and will cost about $12,000. ‘Ttio Presbyterian Church at Will, IlL, recsing elght new mumbors laug Sebbet " i & Tho Asbland Avenue Fresbyterian Churnp, I ammod servicas last Suzday. 23, ¢ho SreAl f abont It wil -»,2 gian Chapel, corner of Washington streetzzj 3 Ogden avente. The Cincinnati papers are praising the edifico of the Secord thvl’;rinn Cburzh R that place, which is to cost £250,000. It willy the bandsomest church in the city. ), EAPTIST. : The additions to the Bantist churches i CH. cago and vicinity during the month of Angy aggregated 10 by baptiam and 22 by leiter, The Wisconein Baptist anniversaries will opeq. at Belcit, Sept. 29, and will occupy about og week. Tho Kev. J. Gordon baptized two at the Weg. ern Avenue Church last Sundsy, and gavs thy hand of fellowship to six. ot . Farewell gervices were held last Sabbath erey. ing at the Indiana Avenuo Dsptist Charch,o b good-bye to Mias Mary A. Wood, one of there. cently-appointed missionarics of the Wonuny Socicty of the West. A 4 el XET;T[ODIEX‘ A new and elegant Methodist church edif was dedicated at River Forest last Sumv.mxfi Gotbic in architecture, built of wood, neatly ad claborately fivished inside, and will seat abong 400 persons. It is constructed aftor some ot fhs [} city models, with Sunday-school room, parior, ¢} and prayer-meoting room in the basement. Thy auditorium is neatly cerpeted, tho ceilings fes. coad, tho windowa decorated ‘with etains gy covered with Scriptural mottoes. The imteie. is finished off with carved maplo, aud black wal.. nat, osk, butternnt, and ash woods. The do&. catiyn services were conducted by Pretidens Fowler, of the Northwestern Univeraity. it the conclusion of the sermon, tae sum of 83,4 was raised by subscription, to pay of Lo baldacs of indebteducea. A new church building for the Methodistaal E Allerton, Tows, is completed, and will be deds cated next. weels. i The following MMethodist Conferences swill h‘ held this week, beginning Bept. 1 Centri § Ohio, at Sidney, Dishop Janes presiding ; Cone tral illinois, Carthago, Pishop Scott presidiog, Illinois, Mattoon, ~Biskiop Foster presiding| Indiana, Sslem, Bishop Wiley presiding; Iow Bloomfield, Bishop Haven presiding. A fine now Methodist church was dedicated & Stoward, IiL., last Sundny. The Rev. Mr. Ray mond, of Garrett Biblical Instituto, assisted Prof. Mandeville, of Aurora, performed the ser vices. ‘Tho building cost §£,100, which_smonzf is either paid or made up by sabacriptions gbe tained at the date of dedication. Tho lightning strack the Metuodist Churchjg Plairstown, Ta,, recently, doing damago to amount of 3100. Tha Methodist Church at Low Foint, TIL, wi be rededicatod to-day. About SS90 has been ax pended upon it in repairs. A now Methodist church will be dedicated Rockford, Ia., Sept. 20. The TFirst Methodist Episcopal Church & Aurors, II1., netied over $3,000 a8 tho proccsdi of its Iate excursion to Lincoln, Neb. Tae Moo -dota Methodist Church are preparing a similat. excursion to Yankton and intermediate pounts. The now Methodist Church at Anrora, IIL, i {0 be dedicated ina fow weeks. Its estimatsd cost is $50,000. Twenty persons wero received into the Motk odist Church in Calcutta, July 7. The maetings aro froquently attended 'by Brabmins, Hindoos, aud Mabomedans. The Wesloyan Miesionary Society of Canadz 3 is engaged in a Jarge _missionary work. Tksre aroin Drtish Columbia and Red River, four- teen missionaries ; among the Indians, forty missi@l and forty-one missionaries. In On- tario and Quebec thore aro 161 missious and 15 missiovaries. The total missions aro 231, witk 239 missionarics. The Baptists aro circnlating the Toport that zot long az0 an entiro Mothodist church was in- mersed and received into the Rappaliannock Dsp- tist Association, Virginia- Martha's Vineyard camp-gronnd contains 2500 coltages; Ocesn Grove, 510; and at Sea Cif $200,060 havo beon expended in permanest - provemeats. USIVERALIST. The Illivois Universalist Coavention recently dixcovered that it was $600 botter off than it supposed. The General Sccretary anmonnced that he had bad in his possession for the last threo years 2600, which tho Convention hratened to appropriate. The annual report of the Universalist Woman's Association of Illinois shows an _aggreste s collected during the year of 29,040, of whidh sum the Chureh of the Ledeemer of this. cith raised $1,600, The money is invested in found- ing and maintaining a Ladies’ Boording Hall 18 Lombard Univorsity, Golesburg, IIL, sod iz various missionary undertakings. Promineod amoug the churches in raising and dispensing, money in this way, is St. Paul'’s Society, of thd’ city. ; Tho Universalidts appoar to have no prejudied against women proachers, since several am sl ready atwork in that donomioation. The latest. accession is that of Miss Haines, o graduais of the Canton Theological School, who Liag sesumed the pastorate of the Universulist Church st Hal Towell. Me. The Vermont Univerazlists have GG parishes 27churches, and a memberahip of 1,470. CONGREGATIOSAL. A charch of thirty-fonr members yas orgss- ized st Red Cloud, Minn.. Aug. 15. To ws formed of the two churches of Inarale 3 Bateau, which gave up their separate organic tions, with the understanding that they msy M considered branches of the county charch. The Congregational Church at Stewart, I which has been laboring for some time unddl great difficulties, is beginning to hope for betiel times. Tho edifico has been repaired, and 168 persons were recently roceived to membersbip: ‘Ibo Rov. E. G. Cerpenter waa installed £5 pastor Aug. 23. . The Rev. C. A. Fowler's church (Congreg® tional);received four members last Sunday, of whom were by profession. 5 A neat and commodious Congregational housé of worship was dedicated at Poysippi, “AA..A& 30, It cost #2200, and will accommodste 2K worshipers. The Congregational Cbapel at Colonna, W i ig incloged, but the peaple aro unable to for want of §150, the crops baviog failed. | The ladies of tho Congregational Church 88 Hubbardstown, Mich., have arranged to U chase a 1,000-ponnd bell. R The Congregational _Socisty et Fairvills 2Mich., are sbont to build a bouse of worship which'they hope to inclose this yoar. ; Tho Rov. H. B. Blako, for many soars s pastot the Congregational Clurch iu Belchertowdy o o opund a srcalar it to the NAII 2! Council, s00n to meet in New Haven, io W