Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 29, 1874, Page 6

THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUN SUNDAY. OVEMBER 2 1874--SIXTEEN PAGES = Meeting of the Standing Commit- tee of This Dioceses Probability of the Re-election of Prof. Seymour. Life of iue Rev. Arthar Brooks, of St. James Church. A Dissertation on the Philosophy of Revivals. GRS Dr. Ryder Replies to the Ad- vance. ¥ The Reformed Churches-=-Shaker Convention. Opinions of the Religious Pross -Notes ‘end Personals at Home and Abroad. Church Sercvices To-Day. THE BISHOP OF ILLINOIS. MEETING OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE. A meeting of the Standing Committee of the Drotestant Episcopal Diocese of Illinois was hold yesterday afternoon in the office of W.J. Barney, Esq., Matmpuh}m Block, to decic!a upon day to make arrangembnts for the election and assembling of the Special Diocesan Convention, which is to elect & Bishop for tho diocese. The full Committea were present, consisting of the 2oMowing pamed .gentlemen: The Rev. G. F. Cusbman, D. D., Prosident ; the Rev. Chas. H. . Stocking, D. D.; the Rev. C. 8. Abbott, Br. g H. Sheldon, Mr. C. H. Roberts, r. W. J. Barpey, Secretary, " . The Commitiee, after eomo deliveration, adopted the following resolutions: Resolved, Thst the St:nding Committee of the Diocese of Tilinois do hereby special convention of the diocese, to be beld in the Cathedral of S, Peter and Poul, in the City of Chicago, Wednesday, Fob, 3, 1875, at 10 o'clock ‘s, m., for the purpose of electing & Bishop, and of transacting all such business 15 may be germane thereto. Resolved, That, in the judgment of the Committce, following the canonical opinion of the Chuncellor of the Diocese, tho parises must proceed 10a new elec- Hon of delegates to the Special Convention, the dele gates to the Annual Convention not being entitied to seats therein, “Resolved, That the canons, in the judgment of the Commitics, Tequiry the first quarter's assessment for the Diocesan Fund, and all arrears to be prid at or be- fare the Conventioh to eaitle any ‘parisii o represen- jon in the Speci vention, e rolect, “That the Secretary of this Committes trans. iz to the clergy and parishes of the diocese a copy of the foregoing resolutions signed to the members of the Committee ; and that the notice containing the said resolutions ehall be anthenticated by the sutograph rigmatures of the President and Secretary of the Com- mittee. A good deal of interest is already developed in regard to the candidate who i8 to be selected to eucceed the late Bishop Whitehouse. A conver- eation with several prominent Episcopalians yes- terdsy showed that there is a very general opinion thronghout the diocese that Dr. Sey- mour was not fairly treated by the Triannial ention which assembled in New York, and h refused to confirm him as_the Biehop of Ilhnoie. 1tis thought that the Special Conven- tion will re-clect Dr. Seymour. It is remarked, too, by the friends of tho lato Bishop White- boneo, that Dr. Seymour would probably cacry out the policy £0 ably naugurated and put in force by the late Bishop, and that isin his favor. it i§ believed. Should Dr. Seymour be re-elected. it is thought there will be no question in regard to his cobfirmation by & majority of the standing sommittees of the several dioceses of tho United Biates. Since Dr. Seymour actually bad a ma- jority in the Tats General Conention of indi- vidual votes, and was only defeated by the rulo which requires dioceses to vote as uvits, and onnts in_the mnegative ol tied dioceses, tho friends of Dr. Seymour count upon _his certain sonfirmation, if the Special Convention to meet in Febrnary should re-elecs hin. THE REV. ARTHUR BROOKS, SKETCH CF RIS LIFE. The Rev. Artbur Brooks, Rector of St. James Church, of this city, is 3 member of a family whose tendencies are in the direction of the ministry and a study of the cience of theology. He is a clergyman belonging to a family of four brothers, all of whom are ordained ministers. Mr. Brooks was born in Boston in 1845. His father was a well-known merchant of that city, who took great paine in the education of his sons. After attending the best schools of Bos- ton for a numbier of years, he was matriculated 1t Harvard, graduating in 1367. He then en- tered upon his theological studies, epend- Ing.one year at Andover and ' two =t the Episcopal Seminary of West Philadelphia. Having finished his_theological studies, he was ordained descon in Trinity Church, Boston, in TJune, 1870 ; and in the following month entered upon Il.’ho charge of Trinity Church, at Williams- rt, Pa. PIx’ Octaber of the same year o was ordained priest at Christ Church in’ Williamsport, After the Chicago Fire in 1871, the Rectorship of St. james Cnurch, of this city, was left vacant by the resiimtion of the Rev. Hugh Aliller Thomp- son, and Mr. Brooks accepted & call to the then ratber uopromising tield. In April, 1872, while yet the residences of his parish- oners remaived in ruins,. but amid the bhnm of reconstrnclion 3r. Brooks began his labors in St. James Parish with raro energy and wisdom. A part of the old charch ruins was reconstructed and fitted up into a shapel for regular services whils the work of re- building the house of worship should proceed. Unaer his administration the church has been gathered together again, until it now nambers a zongregatior nearly equal to that which existed immediately antecedent to the fire, and the at- tendance at the communion is greater. The eo- siety has been worshiping in the basement of its new house of worship for nearly a year; and the people aro making arraogements for com- pleting, next season, the main edifice. His mn- {ctration is popular with bis people. Ho may aot be in full accord with all of his membersip where such thorough and radicaldifferences exist 15 those which separate the Protestant Epiacopal body into Ritualist and Low Church wings ; Lut te is decidedly popular with s great majority of hie peoplo. In Lisviews hois with the Brosd Church party, and therefore sympathizes little, i at all, with the Rituahsts, Heis a young man of good presence, being considerably above lbo average statue. He iua fluent, powerful :xtemporaneous speaker, a fine reader, a thor- augh echolar, and the possessor of & fine voico, He spent eeveral months in Europe last summer, with lug brother Frederick, returning in October. Mr. Brooks has had call tothe church io Cleveland, recently vacated by the sudden death by drowning of his brother Frederick ; and it is teported that ho has had a flattering call to the Cliuich of the lncarnation, on Madison avenue, New York. He has not indicated biu intention, aowever, of accepting either call, although it is anderstood that he has not positively declined. —— THE PHILOSOPHY OF REVIVALS, T_hg Iv:fen'or has a leader on ** Revivals of Religion,” m which are presented the threo viows held by the mass of the people with re- ?xd % these religious phenomens. The first h iu:w :u the unsanctified opinion that revivals are ] runl_ © nonatural excifoment of the religions eclings. T\ng, the editor admizs, is a frequent 1omexmn Tevivale, but it ia incidental and not eutial. The second view is held by thoss who belicve every man de ines for Limsel! whether or not he will be eaved; in otber worar regeneration is partly ma's and partly God's work. From these premises, eays the Interi o saturaliy follow the logical conolaeions 1er ™" " Firgt— revival can be & gotten up." Plaua exg e dd, and, by concerted action, the. wished-for Tesuly Second—But onlyat certain seasons, rusde men and bring them under the f::e::mpf.: power of persussion, their attention must be u?’;d?-b‘ when tho summer i3 over and the harvesi hird—A church is responsible for not havin, vivel. For the lack only proves that proper efior hes ot becn made to combine the elements Decessary to sccure the rosuft, Fourth—Souls are kept out of Heayen by the negli- e gonce or unfaithfulness of Christizns. For men die uncoverted who, but for_this unfaithuluess, bave been saved, Tho blamo is o among the followers of Christ. The Inferior dissents, and, with its co-beliov- ers, the strict Calvinists, takes the tbird viow, pamoly: That God bas determined who shall rovided the means whereby His chosen ones shall be brought home ; that His purpoae is not thwarted by our sin; snd that His childron do not miss geeing their Father's face bocause thove who namo the namo enter Heaven ; that He has of Jesus fail to meet their obligations. The Inferior illustrates ita thurd view through- out a column and s balf, wherein it shows that * Timothy was one whom God had chosen from all etervity.” God had 3,000 chosen peoplo at the Pentscost; He had select saints in Derbe, Lystra, Ephesus, Phillippi, Beres, Athens, and Corinth.. 3 The editor labors to show how human ‘means are logically to be used to enable the divine pur- poses to be exocuted: God has His own method, Sometimes He hasa apecial work to be done. And whon this 13 the case, He has special sgents for doing it. Sucha work It had st the Reformation, and_ Luther was the man, Such a work Ho had in’ the last century, and Georga Whitefield and John Wesley were the men. Ho had work to be done in_Scotiand, and He chiose Moody to do it, and gaye him the qualifications for its accom- plisbment. Moody'a power is the power of the Holy s with bim, @ the Interior is not positive about. 1t says We do not know but that God has as mnug saints in New Ycrk and Chicago 0 who are to be brought to Clrist through Moody, s in Edinburg and Dublin.” UNIVERSALISM. The Rev. Dr. W. H. Ryder publishes a letter in the last New Covenant, addressed to the editor of the Advance, written in reply to tho alleged mierepresentations by that paperof the Universa- lists: The Advance having claimed that the churches that deny endless punisbment deny the authority of the New Testament, Dr. Ryder takes square issue with the Advance on this statemont, and alleges that the *Statement ” of Universalist belief on which that peper pred- icates its argument is entirely untrue as to the state of the Universalist Church of the present time. Saya Dr. Ryder: The *Statement” is brought forward year after year as an evideuce that * Uuiversalists do not believo 3u the Bible.” And whatis true of this document is al8o true of euch books as * Universalism as It In,” by Matthew Hale Smith, ~The American Tract So- ciety, which issucs it, and still circulates it widely, Knows tbat the book {8 an unfair, projudiced, slander- ous publication; and that Mr, Smith, bad Le the con- trol of it, would conaign it to the flames without de- lay. Buf that makes no differenco with this eminently religious body. They keop on printing the same tis- sue of misrepresentations and livs, knowing that some- Lody will read them, and, perhaps, Lelievs them. And thirough this misinformation and misrepreacntation, prejudico is excited agginst the Univorsalist Clurc, and our usefulness in the world restricted. As a proof that thisis the case, Dr. Ryder ap- peals to tha later history of the Church : In September, 1870, the Universalists of this eountry celebrated their centenuial in Glou At that eesvion & new form of governm i~ iversslist Church in Amorica wus submitted an adopted. Pending the discussion on_the adoption of these new rules, in the largest representative assembly aver held by our Church, a brother moved to omit the credal test, and thus relieve the candidste for the minisiry from eubscribing to a defi- nite theological ~belief. Seeing tuat mno one i tust large astembly was disposed to second the motion, the writer of thie, out of respect 10 the worthy brother wko mude the wotiou, performed that act of courtesy. And, when the proposition thus submitted cama to a vote, not a delegate lifted hin voico in favor of it, save the member wiho introduced it. In that great assembly, madoe up of delegates from twenty-one States, he alone voted aye. This settles the question, There is no appeal from euch teali- mony. And, what is quite remurkable, the clergsian ‘who offered 'the motion has, since tho voice of tbe Church was thus emphatically expresscd, been much of the time preaching to & soclety of another sect. It would appoar that Dr. Ryder has the bstter of the Adrance in this argument. —_— THE REFORMED CHURCHES. A meeting of the Committees of the Re- formed Church in the United States snd of the Reformed Church in America was leld io Philadelphia Nov. 18 and 19, to consider the question of the consolidation of thosa bodies. The old name of the tinst sect waa German Re- formed, and of the latter, Datch Reformed. The Germsn Church has 1,179 congregations, five synods, and a membership of 130,000. ke Dutcl Church is composed of four synods, 439 churches, and 69,149 communicants. Thesc churches are chiefly in the States of New York, New Jersey, Penasylvania, and Ohio, but there are a few in otber States. DBoth the churchos date back to the reformation in the Palatinate and Holland, in the sixtecnth contury. Thore i no material difference in their faith. Ths New York Tribune says of these bodies and their of- foris to foim a uuion : Both accept the Heldelberg Catechisra as their creed, Dut to this toe Dutch Churct zdds the articlés of the Synod of Dort and what is known as the Beigic Con- fession, The German Church maintains the spirit of Congregationaliem in ita government mpre than the Dutch Church, though the form of government of both bodiea i6 Preebyterianism, both haviug District Synods aud a General Synod, L answers to the General Assembly of the Presbyterians, The orgamzation cor- responding to 3 Presbytery is called in both a Classis. The General Synod of the German Church meets every three years ; that of the Dutch Church every year. In oth churches any proposition for union agreed npon'by the Committees must tirst bs presentod 1o the General Synod of each, and by them sent down 10 the Classis, tuo ratification of a wsjority of which would give fival effect to the plan. A desire for unlon has been felt in both sects for several yeard, snd there has been » growing belief that there were 1o suvstantial differences of faith to kecp thewn apart. This belief has led to the recent committee conferences. 1tis a little curious that the rit- ualistic controversy saould be found to be crop- ping out in this conference, and should offer a serious obstacle to the union of these bodics, so similar in behief and organizaiion. Says the New York Tribune's correspondens = The most serious stumbling-block in the wsy of the propored union was the ritualistic teaclings und prac- tices which prevail to a cousiderable exient in the German Church, and spring from what is known as the Mercersburg theology, from its promulgation by the college of that name ut Lancaster, Peun. Thouyh not sanctioned by the Church a8 a body, and stren- uously resisted by largs numbers of ita ministers, thesw doctriucs—and especiuily that concerning the sctual presence of Christ in the elements of the communion—are sufficiently widespread to be s cause s good deal of discord aud apprebension, threstening the unity of the denomination. The Committee of the Dutch Church carefully in“ormed themselyes of the extent to wuich this corruption of the fuilh, as they deemed it, had gone in the sister church, and made up their minds before they separated thstto join bands with their German brathren in an orgauio union would be to be- come invaived in & family quarrel, and was_therefore undesirable, _Tue Germaus, on thewr part, were more dusirous of effecting the ronsolidation. The doctrina obstacle which stood in their way in_the rigid ad- Lerence of the Dutch to the Belgic Confession and the Cunons of Dort they thought could bs overcom, and in a commendable spirit of compromise offered a pian of organic nion on the following basis: The Heid berg Catechism to be the common standard ; t Belgic Confeasion and the Articles of Dort to be'con- sidered of grest importance, aud of autliority vexs to the Heidolberg Catechism ; 2 General Synod, with its powers limited and defined, The Joint Committee, however, decided to re- port adversely to a union of the two budies. An effort was made to secure an amendment to the report which ehould direct the Boards of Ais- sions of the two bodies to_secertain whether or not co-operation was not possible in the foreign tmsuion work; but thiy was lust by 4 yeas to & nays in the German Committee, the Dufch Com- wmittee voting 5 yessand 2 nays. It isthought in some quarters that s split will take place 1n the German Church, and, after the ntualists are gone, tho low-church members will unite with the Dutch Reformed Church. e THE SHAKERS, A Convention of Shakers was held in New York last week, which has brought tnis eccentric though small religious body quite pro:ineutly to the public attention. The New Yorx papers give a history of the sect. Iis originator was Ann Leo, born in Manchester, England, in 1746. She was, of course, & remarkable woman., In 1770 she began to have visions. Sho way imprisoned 28 a fanatic, but, after gdining her liberty, she seemed to bave a still greater influence upon her followers. She was ncknowledged as partly divine. Among one of tho rovelations which she professed to bavo scen was one forbidding meatrimony, which she announced 2s the +*root of human depravity,” Her attacks on the institution of marriage subjected her to a sec- ond mprizonment. " On ler relesse sho re- turned to the contost with renewed vigor. BShe was then ebut up in a mad-honse, and, at length’ getting free again, ehe emigrated to Americs, Janding in New York in 1774. - She establisbed 2 congregation at Watervliet, N. Y, She soon gathered about her a large number of persons, and founded the flouriszing Bucioty of New Lebanon, The New York Tribune saya: The peculiarity of the Shaker syeter o that they consider themeelves a8 Heing mor 1o ne ial state, in which thers {4 Delthor * marrying nor giving in marriage.” Celibacy is, therefore, a pome. dition of membership. They invelgh sgainst o 1n terms which are by no means choice, snd fometimes excocd.ngly disgusting. They believe 'that, 80 long ne tho present sssociation of the sezes 33 establithed by soclety continues, mankind can never ri life, ‘They look forward, therefore, to the perpetuation of the human race ehall cease, and would bo distributed all human beings shall becoms *‘as tho angels In eaven.” A compsny of Shakers from New Lebanon, numbering elxteen, of whom four were elders an three femalo elders, under the leadership of Elder Evans, the Lesd of the Novitlate Order of the soct in this country, et forth at Stelaway Hall yesterdsy, during & morning, an afternoon, and sn eveniug session, their peculiar tenets, At each of the seasions the body of the house was well filled, The audiences seomed to be quite equally di- vided into two parts,—on ome side Leing those who came merely through curiosity or for. smusement, and ou the other sober people. who, for various reasons, wished to know the character and purpose of the sact. ‘The discussion, as it was called, was rather a_reries of addresses by the learned in the order, on subjects il- lustrating their beliefs, such as *True Religion Based on Physiology :* * Spiritualism a Science, Not a Ite- ligions” * Will Shakerism Depopulate iho World 7™ “The Equality of Woman Recognized, but all Otficen of Government to Be Held by the Unmarried Inteliec- tual Celibates.” The dress and manners of the part; from their peculiarity and the attention they attracte: deserve comment, Of the men, all except two were the prime of manhood. Eich wore his bair long in the neck, combed straight_down over the brow, and cut straight across about midway on the forehead. The settlemonts of these people number, sometimes, as many as 500 members, and are divided into families, each family occupying ono Jarge frame dwolling-hongo, Through the cen- tre of each house a large hall may always bo found. - On oue side of theso halls the houscs are devoted exclusively to the sleoping-apart- mentsof tho femzles, while on the othor side they are devoted no less exclusively to the slooping-aparsments of tho males. Origiually, agriculture was the only kind of induetry the Stakers pursued ; recently, however, they havo ongaged extensively in dairying and in the man- utacture of brooms and drugs. At New Leba- non alone the Shakers own several thousand acros of land, much of which i3 under an excel- lent state of cultivation. Industry is one of their cardinal virtues, and idleness is reckoned 88 very snful. Noatness and order have. be- come two of their prominent characteristics. Their worship conelsts in a violent exercise of . Loth soul and body. Iustructed by an Elder or Eldress, they array them- golvos in long lines, the males facing the fomalos, avd while standing they listen to a brief ad- dress from some Suaker, upon doctrine or primi- tive virtue, after which they begin marching and singing ; to use their own languago, they “ go forth in the dances of them that make merry.” ‘Their evolutions and agility under these circum- stancos are wonderful. By such physical exor- cises excitement with them runs to a very hizh pitch. Though not claiming to hold diréct com- munication with departed &pirits, they trequently claim themsel ves tobe immediately under the in- fluence of the same. The Christianity which prevails to-day they qualify as Gentile, and claim its product to be war, bloodshed, pestilencs, famine, and all phacs of ciime. The God wor- shiped by the majority of civilization they term the “Jowish War God," and tuey are therefore opposed to the name being incorporated into the Amencan Constitution. Their God, like tho God of the “Oneida Communists,” is dual, male and female, and the human race they beliove to have been created in his imago. ‘Fhe New York World mives & specimen of the singing of those people at their late meeting in Now York, as follows : The singing, in the first place, A great, tall, black- browed Shaker brother, with long black ~hair whers the back of his head ought to have been, is moved by the spirit to advauce aud stind among the sisters. Singing-books appesr, and the other brothers cross thostage. Oue of them is young, and has an alluring dimple in his chin, 80 that he is pitied by some pretty girls sitting all alone in the front of the audicnce, A &hort, stocky brother raises his band, and the choir €358 % D0-0-0~0-0 1" and in a minute they sre at it. The ditnpled young brother han a sweet tenor voice, the black-Lairea man u tremendous bass, the leading woprauo (for the sisters aro very, very old) rings in a qusint falsetto, much like an_earthly grandmother, anid without thie aid of Tubal Cain, the hyma ia lifted up (trash as to words, of course). B THE RELIGIOUS PRESS. THE STANDAGD treats of the Ninth Commandment, and quotes a recent communication in the Independent by Prof. W. C. Wilkinson on tho moral differ- ence between bearing false witness agaiust our uneighbor and bearing false witness in Lis favor. The editor does not see much difference in the two kinds of Iyuiz. and lameunts that ** No char- acterigtic of the times wo live in 18 more notable than is the utter recklessuoss with which men speak and write. An occasional suit for libel—gen- erally ending in smoke—noyw and then calls pub- lic attention to the evil. - For the most part tiis il goes on in growth of enormity with vers lit- tle observation of the fact, save ou the part of those who become victims. The eamo papor considers the question wheth- er civilization 13 advancing or retrograding, aud arrives at the couclurion that we aro better than our forefathers. Suvs the Standardon this point: Ts the world growing better or worse? There are ekeptics on this point who xffect to believe that with all the influence of Christiunity the present days are worse, morally, than_those which have gone before. Such xn opinion has its basis npon a limited and su- perficial knowledge of the actual eondition of men in the pxst, end a present vivid knowledge of the evils of to-day, brought to them on the swift-winzod and omuiprosent ticssenzers which u:odern thougut baa called into beiug. THE NORTEWESTERN ADVOCATE argues that, notwithstanding the hard times, the people should not give less to the work of mis- gions. It reasous sensibly with a young man who aspires to get into a lucrative and honorable position as an edacator by sumply asking for it ; sod discusses * Society and Conecience.” In the courso of the latter article the editor eays: 1f the preachers snd public echools of New York had douo their duty to pullic morale, could Tweed hive wreated the city from the hands of it citizens? 1f, now, there §8 auy great dauger beforo this modern civilization of ours—we hope to aee it move on rejolc- ingly to new victarics—but if there 8 any grest peril, it must be in deficient moral energy. Material e~ sourcea are ample. The world is young, and full of mines, forests, and streams. No climatic changes or cosmic movemeuts are signaled by science. Intelli~ gence is too low, ut it was never before 50 high, and it in raptdly rising. We have the wild Lorses of no- ture well tamed, and tho brain of man uever before served him so well as to.day. Cunwe retrograde? Not unlees the heart of man fails generally, as it has failed ppecially in panics, misgoverned cities, and cor- rupted cmpires. THE ALLIASCE preaches a sermon azainst worry. The follow- ng is an extracted paragraph : He who knew all about it sadd, * Take no thought for the morrow.” He might bave putit in anoiber phraso and eaid, “Thero 18 no use lying awake half thie night and fretting about the troubics that are sure to wako up in the morzing, and that will be twice as troublesome if you bave not slept well.” Between thic habitual fretter and the serene spirit the diffetenco is ‘positive, and palpable, ond great. The Alliance also has sn editorial on Free Masonry. After explaining tho origin and growth of this Order, the editor says: Considering that this Order hus flourished for 1,000, 000 yeurs, and bas injured no Govern- rm, snd that in the meantime it has dis- bursed immese suns in ity oftice as a Life Assurance and Health Assurance Company, we cannot but fuel that o Convention held to plan ways and means for the do- struction of Masonry must indicate, upon the part of thiose who convene, i scarcity of preasiug business sur- prising in a world where there seems 80 much real work on the hands of Church, school, aud State, PERSONAL. CHICAGO AND VICINITY. 1t is said that every seat was ocoupied in Dr. Forrester's church, in Newark, N. J., last Sun- day evouing. Bishop Merrill, of the 3. E. Church, was in Chicago Nov. 27. He left in the eveuing for St. Paul, his place of rosidence. The Rev. W. B. Truax and Prof. Pierco have establ ished a Sundas-school among the Navajo Indians at Fort Defiance, Arizona. The Rev. Samuel W. Dufficld, of Ann Arbor, Micb., Las beon called to the pastorato of the Eigbth Presbytorian Church, in this city. Bishop W. L. Harris, of the M. E. Church, who is hereafter to reside in Chicazo, han de- tormined to take for his dwolling the fiue resi- dence No. 1156 Wabash avenue. The Rov. W. H. Milburn, the “Llin@ preacher, ™ occupied the pulpit of Ada Street Methodist Church last Sunday morning, sud that of Wabash Avenuo M. 15, Church in the evening. The Rova. Dr. Hurd. Arthur Mitchell, and A. E. Kittredge wil represent tho Presbyterians i a ministerial conferecce of the deveral denomi- nations which is expected to arrange for a mins- teral uvion prayer-meeting soon to be held. The Rev. F. L. Chapell, pastor of the Baptist Church in Evanston, commenced, last Sunday, a sories of discourses on the religious movements of the last century, He discugses John Wesley, Jonathen Edwards, George Whiteficld, aud other noteworthy evangelists. The Rev. C. D. Helmer, pastor of the Union Park Congregational Church, was given a warm reception by his peoplo one day last week. Among the attractions w~~ & cartoon drawn by Mr. H. J. Sard, representing a large number of Union Park sheep waiting for their fodder, which the shepherd, under tho similitude of the Rev. Mr. Helmer, was Iaboriously, lovingly, and patiently dealing out to them. ., . -, - .. . The Rev. Dr. Ryder, pastor of St. Paul's Church (Universalist), in the last number of the New Covenant, addresses s letter to the editor of the Advance, replying to the Intter's explana~ tion of & statemeunt previously made i its col- ums to the effect that Universalists did not hold to the binding authority of the New Testament. The editor of the New Corenant slso discueses the question, and quotes the JInferior as on its own side. Altogether the Adrgnce meems to have on its hands the job to do in & gsucral way what Charles H, Reed did in & specific weya while ago with two Greok words aud s columa or two of exegosis. ) what ‘“etercal” and ‘‘everlasting” English as well as Greek. EWIIERE. Wo stall by-and-by know mesn in ELS) The Rev. W.R. Webb, D. D., has accepted the unanimous call to the Daptist Church at Morns, Ill. The Rev. Dr.. Van Nest has returned from his chapel in Florence, Italy. Mr. Kittrodgo in charge. He loaves the Rev. It is sald that the Rev. ¢ Adirondack” Murray has secured subscriptions amounting? to $67,000 for & now church-building in Boston. Bishop Potter has just celobrated the twenti- eth annivorsary of his consecration to the epis- copate of the Protestant Episcopal Church. Mrs. Crosby, wife of the pastor of the Urbana, Tll., Universalist Church, preached two excallent discourses in her husband's church recontly. The Rev. V. B. Ingram was ordained at Cedar Croek, Iil., Nov. 12, a8 a regular Baptist minis- ter, and as pastor of the Coedar Creek Daptist Church. . The venerable Archdeacon Philpotts has been granted 300 guineas by tbe Church of Englaud Asgociation to aid him'in the prosecution of the Exeter reredos suit. Dr. H. M. Storrs, Dr. Merriman, of Ripon Col- lege, Wie.,and Prof. Mather, of Amherst, are to supply the pulpit of Park Street Churon, Boston, for two Sabbaths each. Dr. Scarborough, of Trinity Protestant Epis- copal . Chureh, Pittsburg, = recently elecied Dishop of New Jersey, bas announced his deter- mination to accept the oflice. The Rev. Michacl Decker, a Methodist minis- ter, and member of the Rock River Conferencs, died in Crete, IlL, Nov. 21. Ile preached Nov. 8, 2nd was attacked with paralysis. The Rev. Jamea Beecher, brother of Henry Ward Beecber, has just resigned his pastorate of the Congregational Church in Pouglhkoepsio, and roured to & farm to flnish hiv days. The Rev. E. H. Sears, D.D., recently sus- tained & severo accident, which bas disabled bim for a long time. The Rev. R, P. E. Thacher, of Boston, will supply his church until the recovery of Dr. Soars. Bishop Cammins, of the Reformed Episcopal Church, desizns to make bis homo in, Baltimore for the winter. grogations, and about forty clergymen of the Iteformed Church. There aro now about thirty con- The Rev. Dr. Miner, who resigned the pastor- ate of the Second Universalist Church, Boston, some time since to_give his eutire attention to the Prasidency of Tufts College. has returaed to the church on & salary of £6,000. Mr. Darid Sinton, of Cincinnati, who, a_short time ayo, rave 100,000 to the Seuman's Bothel and 5 @ 0 for the adornment of the public aquare in that city, & few days aro gavo 33,000 more for the erection of a Young Men's Chris- tian Aszociation building. The Rev. Charles M. Tyler, formerly of tho South Congregational Churely, C stalied Chureb, Ithaca, last Wednesday. tion sermon was bpreached by the Rov. R. 8. Storrs, D. D., of Brooklyn. Tho Rey. Freemnn Clarke, in a sermon on the classification of saints, given in Music Hall recently, placed Johu Brownin one of the clasmes, remarking that tho last time he mentioved the pame of Johu Brown in Music Hall was i 1561, when ho was greeted with such a siorm of hisses as to be unable to procecd. Tho Bishop of Lincoln bas replied ‘o the letter of resignation of the Rev. Joha Kivg, owner of the race-horso Apology. He expresses grief that bis letter caused paiu in the breast of the Rev. Ho expresses gratitude that Mr. King proposes to sacritice private interest for public Mr, King. principle, and for tho sake of peace, The Rev. Wesley Prettyman, of Marietta, Ga., Postmaster, wey reported some time since oy ving been a defaulter or peculator of some kind, and to have fallen into disgrace, very But it ecems that the charges bave been withdrawn by the Govern- meut, bis accounts showing that he did not owe I naturally, for such doing. acent. Soeay tho Mothodist papers. Tho Congre;ationalist, now that Mr. George S. Merriam, of tho Christian Union, bas jronounced in favor of univereal salvation, claims that ho was nover ordiued s Congregational minister. Tho Congregationalist, Lowover. savw tnat it s uuder tiio impression that_ bis declination, sev- eral years az0, of a Professorship in the Chicago Thoological Semiuary, was frankly based upon his houest ditliculty over the eate doctrine. RELIGIOUS MISCELLANY. The New York i¥'orld remarks that— The pendulum scems to have swung back again. John Stuart Mill, beiug dead, bas spoken of religion in manner vhich has shocked thosu of his disciples who did not Lelieve in God, and who accepted his sup- posed disbeijef 28 tho reaso for their own infidelity. Prof. Tyndall bas repudiated the conatruction nniver- sully placed upon his languoge at Belfast, and has do- clared that Lie was no God, or tust God, if He existed at all, was only » molocule. pecial sttentfon to the fact that he is of the opinton that the weight of evidence 1s in favor of the hypothe- xis that there is God, who i very wire and_excecd- ingly powerful, but wlo, in Mr. Fitzjames Stepben’s belief, is not_aitogether benevolent. Aud fo crown all, Prof. Huxley, to tle infinite_grief of some of ‘his former admirers, has come forward to say that he must not be numbered among * {atalistic, materialie- tic, or atheistic philosophers.” The Friend of India states that a new religious movement bas ansen in the Gootjats. The leader is etalled Dhuleo Babajee, literally * Fathor of Dust,” probably because he always eleeps on the baré ground. Babajeo cats but one Teala dsy, drinka only milk aud water, and never uses narcotics. His dress consists of a etrip of bark. He denounces idolstry, caste, the Brahmins, and the use of epirituous liquois. He teaches the worship of the Creator and Pro- server of the woild, the practice of prayer to God, truth, charity, sod chastity. He bas thousands of disciples, whohave come fromnearly every casto. Whole villagea bave given up their idols, ard have adopted his preceots. His fol- lowers have a number of bymns in praise of the indescribable God. which contain soms ideas nmtk must have been derived from Christian books. T FACETIZE. The cuirass is all the rage with the ladies. Ba- Izam rode one. A new hearse has been described by a reporter a8 *“u eplendid though sad vehicle.” At 15 the average boy sings gaily, * I Want to Be an Angel.” At 30 Le wants to iivo 2 long as bo can. When Noah made the ark fast with a cable tow, there was a tied in the affairs of men taken at the flood. Officer (to native rervaut)—* Whal caste are you, Ramjammee?” Oriental—"* Samo religion s o salub. Drink braudy, sar!"—Punch. Very few Milwankeo homes are withour a Bi- ble. The Milwaukea women iusist that thoy must have somo placo to Leep their pia-money. They toll of a Sioux City irl who wears eighteon Tings on hor fingers when sho foos to church, and vet sho grioves because she can't have & Dew awitch. Tbe man who left Brooklyn during._the scandal agitation, for the reason that ho felt like an oasis in a desert of immorality, has, wo aro pained to bear, been arrested in Indiana for bigamy. When an Ttalian youth bas arrived at the age of 17 he is told tostand up beforo his father and mother, aud say whethier he would Like to join the clergy or the brigands. From a churchyard in tho Parish of Beestor, Norfolk, England, comes this strange epitaph : Here lica Elizabeth Gwinn, Who was Ho very pure within, She Lroke the outer shell of sin, And batched berself a cherubin. A Western paper tells us that *a fomale book agent at La Crosse knocked a lawyer down with o §22 Bible, and thon knocked his teeth out with a $6 hymn-book.” Arm that woman with an or- dinary library of costly religious books, and she would whip her weight in wild cats. In a lotter to_the Liberal Christian describing a Sunday in Paris, the Rov. C. W. Wendte, of Chicago, spoke of a pricet “ mith 'a monstrance and cenéer,” but the compositor pnt_a mustache on the priest, and thus incensed the youug preacher of the Westorn metzopolis. A Lafayetto, Ind., man, just as he was ap- prouching tho shining shore, took hia wife's hand and said : *Susan, you've been a good wife! We've lived togother tlurty-two years, and I never found a button off my shirt! Tl spesk a good word for you sa soon a3 I get thar!” Clergyman—* Baby was rather troublesome in church last Sunday, Mrs. Nollekins (much dis- tressed)—** Yes, he was, indoed, sir. He don’t seem to like going to church at all, and he never left off crying the whole time : and it gives us a great Goal of trouble, sir, it do, for we did hopa to bring himup s & minister, like yonrself.” At the installation of the Rev. William Car- ruthers overa chureh in Calais, Me., the other doy, the Rev., B. P. Fay, of Bangor, delivered the' charge to the people. ong other things, he urged them to be considerate of their did 1ot meun 10 aegert either that there Mr. Fitzjames Slaghnn has called es~ icago, was in- astor of tne Fimst Congregational The instatla- pastor, eaying that thore were mauy little ki nesnes that would comfort and encourage him. Ho wpoke of his own oxperience, At one timo ra- ceiviog & pumpkin from one of his parishioners, 1ven with such kind words snd intention that e felt bappier for a week after. The next morning the newly-installed pastor found at bis Goor two squashes, with s note in whioh was writen, ** Such as I have I give nnto thee. We did not raire pumpkins this year.” The other day Bishop Haven took up an un- fair advantage of & gushing youth at Marvaville, in Marion County, In. Tne Bishop was dedi- cating & Methodist Church ‘and eoliciting sub- seriptions for it, and a certain young man whi pered that if a certain youcg ludy is the congre- pation would marry him ho would give $500 to the church. And the Bishop blurted it right out i meeting, and the young lady, like Barkis, ao- nounced that she was willing. And now that young man is exceedingly sorrawful. Not because 1us posseasions are great, but the reverse, He might call his bride bis life, and all that a mao hath will ha give in exchange for his life; but he can't givo more than he bas got. And 80 neither for his bride nor the church can that youngster raise a tithe of the tin that in the exuberant foncaess of bis heart he so idly promised. No resource is left him but the cold grave, or to cut and run trom the costly happiness he craved.— Burlington Howk-Eye. ——ge RELIGIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS. PRESBYTERLAN. The Rev. J.H. Walker will preach at the Reunion Churcn, morning and evening. —The Rev. Dr. W. W. McKaig will preach this morn- ing and evening st the Ninth Church, on Ellisave- nue, near Thirty-seventh street. —Tho Rev. Arthur Swazey will preach {his morn- fng in the Ashland Avenue Church, —Tue Hev. Ben E. 5, Ely presches morning and ovening in Grace Cliuren, corner of Vincenned and Qak avenues, —The ktev. Jamea ‘Maclachlan presches morning and evening in the First Scotch Church, corner of Adams und Sangamon streets, —The lov. G. M. Hair preaches this evening in the Campbell Yark Chapel,on Leavitt strect, near Har- rison strect, —Tue Rev. David J. Burrell preaches morning and evening in the Westminster Church, corner of Jack- som and Peoria atreots. Morniug subject: Tuo * Old- Fashioned Way. —yrof, Bwing will presch this morning in the Fourtl Church, corner of Caxs and Superior streets, —The Rev. J. Monro Gibeon preaches this morning and eveniug in the Secona Church, corner of Michigan avenue and Twentieth streets, —Te Kev. A. E. Kittredge will repeat this morn- ing Lis sermon ou “ The Remediea of Carl Schurz and Olier Modern Reform s for the Removal of Sin veraus thio Old—Fashioned Gospol.” Young men of the Chiris- than Association who hoard Mr. Schurz’ lecture are es- pecially invited. _Evening subject: *The Prodigal’s Hunger and the Father's Fatted Calf.” —Fhe Rev. . B, McClure proached this morning at River Purk. EFISCOPAL. Tho Rev. L. G. Perry will preach at All Suints’ Church, corner of Curpeuter aud Fourth streets, morning and evening. —Tne Rev. Dr. Cushman will preach morning and Stepien’s Church, Johnson street, near —Tue Rev. Dr, Stocking will officiate at he Church of the Epipbauy, Throop strect, between Monroe aud Adams. ~ Evening lectura on * The Relation of Queen Euizaleth to the Heformation.” —ilw Rev, Arthur Brooks will preach morning and eveuing nt St. James, coruer of luron and Cars strects. The cause of St. Luke's Hospital will be pre- acated in the moruing. —The Rev. Clintou Locke, D, D,, will prosch morn- ing aud_eveniug in Grace Churcl, on Wabusli avene, between Fourteenth uud Sixteentls streets. ““Ihe Rev. W. H, Smythe wid preach morning and evening fu the Church of the Holy Commuuion, on South Dearborn street, tetween Twenty-ninth and Thirtiath streots, Evening subject: *Tho Plagtes of Egypt.” s Rev. Edward Sallivan presches morning and evening u_Trinity Church, corner of Twenty-aizth street aud Michiguu uvenue. —Tho kiev. D. E. Barr will preach morning and even- fng in Calvary Church, on Warren avenue, between Ouley and Western avenues, Commuuion in the morning, —Tue Rtev. Francis Mansfield preaches morning and cvenng at the Chuzch of the Atonement, coruer of Rovey street and Warren aveaue. BEFORMED ERISCOPAL. The Tev. J. D. Wilson, of Peoria, will preach in Curist’s Churel, corner of Michigan avenus and Twenty-fourth sirect, moraing und eveuing. MEIHODIST. The Rev. Dr. Thowss will presch at the First Church morning aud_evening. Aorning subject: Funeral of Mrs. H. J. Thompson.” Evening sub- jecrz * The Infuence of the Press and Pubiic Opin icn upon Society.” ervice ua usual In 8t. Paul's Church, corzer of Newberry avenue aud Mazwell street, —The Rev. John Wiiliswson vreackes this morning and evening at the Wavash Avenue Church, mer Fourteeuth street, —The Eev. N. H. Axtell preaches this morning at the Purk Aventle Churchon * Tha Iron Gate,” and this evening on * Elijah and Elish st the Jordun.” —The Rev. N, Jackson will preach this morning and ovening at the John Wesiey Chapel, corner of South L'erk avenne and Thirty-third street. —Tue ltev. R. D, Sueppard preaches morning and cveuing in the Western Avenue Church. Morning subject: “ The Church, the Light of the Word.” Evening subject : * Judss Iscariot.” —The Rev. J. 0. Peck will preach mornlug and evening in Centenary Church, corner of Morgan and Monroo strects. —Tue Rev. Dr. Fowler will preach this morning in “rinity Church, on_Indisua avenue mear Twenty fourth street. The Rev. H. B, Carhart, of Evanston, ‘will preach iti the evening. —The Rev. R. C. Sheppard preaches at the usual hours st the Western Avenue Church, Tt History as Given in the Diary of John Evelyn. Similarity of the Conflagration to the Chicago Fire of 1871 Ten Thonsand IHouses in Flames—The Consternation of the Populace. Inutility of Human Efforts to Stem the Ficry Tide. Tywo Hundred Thousand Destitute People Camped in the Fields. The Fearfully-Saddening Scenes Pre- sented by the Ruins. The brief history of the Great Fire of London which follows is taken from the diary of John Evelyn. The languago and style are Evelyn's,— are the same as iu the original; but the spelling is modern, for the orthography in vogue in the geventeenth century would not be intelligible to the great bulk of English readers of ths day. “History repeats itsolr,” is au old saying, and aumerous verifications entitie it to bo styled & truism. On perusing the account of the fire, a great similarity as to the extent of the confla- gration, the excitement, and its paralyzing effect upon the people, and the sufferings of the people of Chicago, will be discovered. The name being changed from Londor to Chicago, the period, and minor matters such as are incidental only to & monarchical form of Government, ths very same diary-notes might auswer for tho Great Fire of Chicago. JOHN EVILIN was born at Saycs Court, near Deptford, Ea- glend, 10 1620, and died in 1706. Ho was a man of fortune, of most amiable personal character, aud distinuguished as an autbor by several sci- entitic works written in a populsr style. In 166¢ the Commiseioners of the Navy expressed a fear that timber for shipbuilding would soon be ex- hausted. The Royal Society considered the mat- ter, and Evelyn wrote a worxk entitled * Sylva, or a Discourse of Forest-Trees, and the Propaga- tion of Timber in His Majesty's Dominions.” This work, aided by the King's example, etimu- lated the land-holders to plant an immense num- ber of oak-trees, which, a centary after, proved of great servico to the pation in the construction of ehips. Throughout the greater part of his life, Eve- Iyn kept & diary, in which he mado s record of overy remarkable event in which he wasin any way concerned. It was poblished in 1818, and has proved & most valusble addition to the his- torical materials respecting the latter Lialt of the soventeenth century : THE GREAT FIRE IN LONDON. 1606, Sepr. 2.—This fatal night, sbout 10 o'clock, began that doplorable fire mear Fish street, in London. EPT. : took coach, with my wife and tuat dismal spectacle, THE WHOLE CITY IN DREADFUL FLAMES nesr the water-side; ail the houses from the bridgo, all Thames stroet and upwards towards Cheapside, down to the Threo Cranes, were now consumed. Tha fire baving continued all this night (if T may call that nigat which was as Light es day for 10 miles Tound about, after dreadful manner), when conapiring with a fierco_eastern wind in'a very dry season, I went on foos to the same the whole south part burning, from Cheapside ong Cornbill (for it piace, and saw of the city to the Thames, and all kindled back against the wind as well as for- ward), Tower street, Ten-church streot, Gracious stroat, and 80 along to Bainard's Castle, and was now taking bold of St. Paul's Church, to which the scaffolds contribated exceedingly. The con- flagration was 80 iniversal, and tho peoplo so astonished, that, from the beginning, I know Dot by what despondency or fate, toey bardly stirred to quench it ; 8o that there was nothing heard or seen bat crying out and lamentation, running about like distracted creatures, without at all aitempting to save even their goods, such TNITARIAN. The Rev, C. W. f¥endts will speak in Fourth Church thix morning of » Sundays in Florence,” —The Rev, R. R. Shipper, Secretary of the American Tnitarian Association, preaches morning and ovening i the Church of the Mcrsiab. —Tus Rev, J, N. Pardes will preach this morning in Masouic Hall, Hyde Park, —Tue Rev. Jatnes T. Bixby will preach morning and evening in the Third Cburcl, corner of Monroe and Latlin streets. Morning subject: **Lite Books,” Evening : * Which Pays Lest.” Tev. Robert Coliyer preaches this morning at Unity Church, corser of Dearvorn and Whitney streets. “ CONGREGATIONAL. The Rev, C. D. Helmer will preach at the Unfon A STEANGE CONSTERNATION was there upon them, so as it barned, both length and breadth, the churches, public halls, exchange, hoapitals, monuments, and ornaments, —leaping, aftcr a prodigious manner, from honse to house, and street to street, at great distances one from the other ; for the heat, with a long set of fair and warm weather, had even ignited the air, aud prepared the maferials to conceive the fire, which devoured, after snincredible man- ner, houses, furniture, and everything. lera wo saw the Thames covered with goods fioatimg, all the barges and boats laden .with what some had time and courage to save, 28, on Park Church this morning, Subday-school concert in the evewng. —Tle Rev.d. T, Hyde preaches ihis morning and eveuing at ths Oakiaud Church. —The Rov. Dr. Healey will preach morning and evening in the Tabernacle Church, corner of India and Morgan streets. 3lorning subject, * Tho Betray- er”: evening subject, “ Jerusalem.” The Rev. E. N. Packard, of Evanston, will preach this morning in the Leavitt' Street Church, corner of Leavitt and Adams streets, TNIVERSALIST, The Rev, Sumner Ellis will presch at the Church of the Redeemer, corner of Washiugton and Sangamon streets, morning and evening. —The Rev. Dr. Ryder will preach this morning in Murray Chapel, on Indiana_avenue, near Twenty- uinth treet,” The Itev. W. . Ealph will preach in tho evening. —Tle Rev. W. 8. Ralph will preach in the Old School-House, Englewood, at 3 p. m. to-day. —The Rev. W. 8. talph preaches this morning in St. Paul's Chiurch, ~ The Rev. Dr. Ryder will preach in the evening. DaAPTIST. The Reva. Huntington and 3able, of Osk Park, will exchange pulpits this morning. Ar. Mabie will preach at tho Daptist church in the evening, Subject: ““Threshing Mountains.” —The Rev. L. Moss, President of the University of Chicago, will preach this morning in the First Church Tabernacle, No, 666 Wabash avenue. —Tho Rev. W, W. Everts, Jr., preaches morning and evening in the Tndizna Avenue Chapel. —Tho Rov, T. W, Goodspesd, of the Second Church, will preach this wmorning in’ the Baptist Church of Englewood. —The Rev. R. H. Neale, D. D., of Boston, will preach this morning in_the Fourih Church, coruer of Wash- ington aud Paulins streets, The Rev. D. B. Chieney preaches in the evening. —The Rev. Florence McCarthy preaches at 8p, m. §n Amity Church, corner of Robey and Warren avenue, Bubject : “ The Reticence of Jesus.” —Ths Rev. N. F. Ravlin will preach morning and evening in the Temple Church, corner of Harrison and Sangamon streets, Evening subject: *The Crucifixion.” —Tle Rev. A. J. Frost will deliver & memorial ser- mon_on the deatls of tho Rev. R. E. Pattison, D, D., late Professor in the Daptist Unfon Theological Somi- nary, fo the Univemsity Placo uaptist Churcl, this morning. cansTIAN, * Elder G. G. Mullins will presch this morning in the Ceutral Christian Church, corzer of Kobey and Warren avenue, No evening servico. —The Rev. Inasc Errots will preach morning and cvening in the Christian Church, corner of Indiana avenue and Twenty-Afth treet. Evening subject *The Conversivn of the Jailer and His Household.” MISCELLANEOUS. Elder Frank Burr will preach in the Green Street Tabernacle morning and evening. —Elder H. G. McCulloch will presch at Advent Hall, 213 Weat Madison street, morning and evening. —The Progreseive Lycoum meets at 12:30, at Good Tomplara® Hall, corner of Washington and Desplaines atreets, —The Rey. Edmund Delfour will preach this morn- ing in the English Lutheran Church of the Holy Trin- ity, corner of North Dearborn and Erle streets. _The Disciples of Christ will meet at 4 o'clock this afterncon at 229 Weat Randolph street. —rs. A. A. Colby lectures morning and evening before ihe First Socicty of Spirituabists in Grow's Opera-Hall. —The Society of Friends will meet morning and evening in the Meeting-House on Twenty-sixth stroet, Dear Indiana svenue, —Ths Rer. Dr. ibbard will preach thie morniog ia the New Cliurch Hall, corner of Eighteonth street and Prairie avenue ; in the afternoon at the Temple, cor- mer of West Washington and Ogden avenue. it ey CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK. EPIRCOPAL. Yoo, 29—Advent Snnday. Noo. 90—t. Audrew, 3 ROMAN CATHOLIC, Xor. 20—First Sunday in Advent, Noe. 30—St. Andrew, Ap. - 1—Feris. Dec. 2~8t. Bibiana, V. 3. Dec. 3—8t. Fraucls Xawvier, C, . Dee, =B, Petar Chryalogus, B, 0, D.; 8t Burban, . Duc, S-Ferin; B Bablag, AbD, the other, the carts, etc.. carrying ont to the ficlds, which for many miles were strewed ywith movables of all sorts, and tenta erecting to shel- ter both people and what goods they could get away, Oh, the miserable and calamitous spec- tacle!—such a8 haply the world bad not seen the like since the foundation of it, nor be out~ doue till the universal conflagration. All the sky was of s flery aspect, ke tho top of & burning oven,—the light seen above 40 miles rouadabout for many nights. Ggod gract my eyes may nover behold the like, now seeing ABOVE 10,000 HOTSES all1n one flame! The noise, and cracking, and thunder of the impetuous flames; the shrieking of women and children; the hurry of people; the fall of towers, houses, and churches, waslikea Dideous storm, and the air all about 80 hot and in- flamed that at Iast one was not able to approach it, so that they were forced . to stand stiil and let the flames burn on, which they did for nearly2 miles in length and 1 in breadth. The clouds of smoke wero dismal, and reached, upon computa- tion, nearly 50 miles in length. Thus I left it this aftornoon burning, a resem- glnuce of Sodom or the last day. London was, ut 18 NO MORE:! Sepr. 4.—The burning still rages, and it has now got a8 far as the Juner Temple,—all Fleet stroet, the OId_Bailey, Ludgate Hill, Warwick Lane, No sgate, Paul's Chain, Watling street, now flaming. and most of it reduced. The stones of Paul's low like grenades,—the molten lead run- ning down the streets in & stream, and the very pavements glowing with fiery redness, 8o as no Liorse or man was ablo to tread on them; and the demolition Liad stopped all the passages, so that no help could be applied. The esstern wind still more impetuously drove the flames forward. Nothing but the almighty power of God was able to stop them. BAIN WAS THE HELE OF MAY. Serr. 5.—It crossed towards Whuitehall: Oh, the confusion thero was at that Court! it pleas- ed His Majesty to command me, among the rest, to look after the quenching of Fetter Lane end ; to preserve, if possible, that part of Holborn - ‘whilst the rest of the gentlemen took their post (for thay now began to bestir themsolves, and not till now, who bithorto had stood as men in- toxicated, with their hands across), and began to consider that nothing waslikely to put a stop but the blowing up of 80 many houses as might make & wider gap than any had yet been mada by the ordinary method of pulling them down with en- gines. This some stout seamen proposed early enough to have saved near the whole city ; but thia eome tenacious and avaricious men—Alder- men, etc.—would not permit, because their honses must have been of the first. It was, therefore, now commended to be practiced ; aud my com- corn being particularly for the Hospital of St. Eartholonisw, near Smithfield, where I had many wounded and sick men, made me the more dili- gent to promote it ; now wasmy care for the Savoy lesa. It now, pleased God, by abating the wind, snd by tho industry of the people, infusing mew spirit into them, that the fury of it BEGAN SENSIBLY TO ABATE about noon, 80 asit came no farther than the Temple westward, nor tho entrance of Smith- field porth. But continued all this day and night 80 impetuons toward Cripplegate and the Tower as made us all despair. It also broke ont again in the Temple; but the courage of the multitude persisting, and many houses being blown up, such gaps and desolations were soon made as, with the former three days’ consump- tion, the back fire did not vehemently urge the rest a8 formerly, There was yet no standing near the burning and the glowing ruins by near torlong's . - ' Theno;gn; :gfl“;';g! nharves, snd magazincs of S v oot W G i Gk s W3985 THE GREAT FIRE OF LONDON, o fite continuing, after dinner I xon, and went to the Baokside, in Southwark, where we boheld affright abated, they now began tore , ete., did infinite i mvective Which, a litcle_beforar 1 igel, 8 the 0 His Majesty ‘and published, g dodicueg o il probably bo' the sagy o 18 ose eliops to be in the city eriog pr%zhecy‘.p Y, wag lanked_na qf 0 poor inhabitants were dfee, George's Fields nad Mpahasy ored abont g mate, and several miles in circle. Lon High tents. some under miserablo huiy o, Ui many Without a rag or %0y necossary ' Borg bed or board, who, from delicatoncas, s t0% easy accommodations 1 stately grg Dk nislied bouses. wera now rednceq o "elifar. EXTREMNEST MISERY AN In this calamitons condition, T ooy, 3 5ad beart 10 my house, blessing ag vy the mercy of God to o 80d mige, ‘who L0 oot ‘chief ) L Py ‘midsc of all this raig, wag ik tho, in 5 Zoar, safo and sound, | ° Lob in iy jy} SePr. 7.—L went this morni Whiteball as far as London Brida, (e late Fleet strect, Ludgate Hill, by g5 0 b Cheapside, Exchango, Tishopegats, Alse. 44 out to Moorticlds, thence throngh (iore RSt —with extraordinary dificulty clamberjp, &% heads ({ yet emoking rubbish, ang fil8 07 mistaling where I was. The grouud eqlentyy feat wan o hot that 1t evea burnt m:",‘;?;’“' iy oy sbogs. o n the meantime, His 1M Tower by water, to demolish -i‘g:“l{og:; Yot the grafl, which, being buils enty el hiad” thoy taken fira aud stiseket’ (0t & "Tower, where the magazine of pg'dzr‘m' woald undoubtedly not only hava beage,4h and destroyed all the Lridge, but, sunk 0. all the vessels in the river, and m,d,;fl Yo demolition Leyond all expression o cd b mlj{es about the country. e t my return, I was infimiel find that goodly Crnreh, St. Pagls, 204 & d that beautife) poctiss. (i : and that beautiful portico (for parable to any in Earope, rw( not !ltor::!::; e paired by the Kivg) now ent in b o, e vast stone split astnder, and nothing fega entiro but tho insoription on th el showing by whom it was built, which L™ ope letfer of it defaced. It was sstonins B 50 what immensestoues tho hoat hador Lot © calcined, g0 that all tho oroamenta. oot friozes, and projections of massy Portiang gy flew off, even to the Very roof, whers & sy lead covering a great spaca was ‘melted, a ruins of the vaulted roof, gy broke into St. Faith's, whiy 0% tilled with the magazine, of books belongiy the stationers, and carried thither for sy they were all cousumed, burning for & wad g, lowing. Tt is also observable that the g ¢ the altar at the east end was untouched, g among tho divers monuments, the body o Bishop remained eatire. Thus lay in achey i most vencrable church, one of the most anciay; pieces of early plety in the Christian worl, BESIDES NEAR 100 jrope. The lead and 1ron worls, bells, plats, ete, cd; the exquisitely-wrought Mercers Chapes sumptuons Exchange, the auguss fabricof Chug Charch, all the rest of the compames' b sumptuons buildiugs, arches, all in dus; i fountains dried upand ruined, whilst ths. waters remained boiling ; the vorajos of sabja ranean cellars, wells, aud dunzeons, formerly warehouses, still burning in stench and duy clonds of smoke; 80 that,in 5 or 6 milxp traversing a‘.’baut I did not ses oneload of timbey unconsumed, nor many s:ones but t calcined white a8 snow. iy 11The people, who now walked abont the ruix appear like menin a diemal desers, or rathy in some great city laid waste by a croel eneny; to which was 2dded the stench that cama trop SOME POOR CREATURES’ BODIES, beds, ete. Sir Thomas Gresham's sizune, thoughy fallen from its piche in the Roya! Exchnge ra mained entire, when all thoso of ths Kinzs eivct the Conquest were broken to_pieces ; alo, the standard in Cornbill, and Queen | Elinteivs eftisies, with arma-on Ludgate, cont with but little detriment ; whilst the vass iron chxins of the city streets, hinges, bare, and gatesot prisons, were many of them melted and redreed to cinders by the vehement heat. I wasnotabls topass through any of the narrow strea:s, bop kept tho widest ; tne dgmnnd and air, smeke, and firey vapor, continued 80 intcnse that my hair was almost singed, and my feet musufferably surheated. The by-lanes and narrower stroets were quite filled up with rubbish, nor could oz have known whers ha was bat by the ruins of somoe church or hall, that had some remarkabla tower or pinnacle remaining. I then went towards Islington and Highzls, ‘where one might have seen 200,000 PEOPLE, of all ranks and degrees, dispersed and lying along by their heaps of what they could sime from the fire, deploring their loss; sud, thoogh ready to perish for hunger and destitation, st not asking one penny for relief,—which appear- ed to me a stranger gight than anyI bad yet be. held. s Majesty sud Conucil, indeed, fookall imaginable care for their relief, by prociamatian for the country to come in and refresh themwith provisions. In tho midst of all this calamityand coofasion, thero was, L know not how, an alarm began that the French and Dutch, with whom w we:e pow in hostility, were not only landed, but were en- tering the city, There was, in truth, some dayt before, great suspicion of thoss two nations joid- ing; and, now that they had been the occasion of firing the town, this roport did so terrify that, on » sadden, there was such an uproar sad fa malt that they ran from their goods, and, txkin; what weapons they could como at, theycor not be stopped from falling on soms of thoss nations whom they casually met, withoat senss OF Ieason. THE CLAMOR AND PERIL grew go excessive that the whole Court was amszed, and they did, with infioite pains aod great difficulty, reduce andsppesse the peaplo,—~ rending troops of soldiers suards to csasa them to retire into the fields again, where they were watched all this night. I left them pretty quiet, and came home mfidénll[yx weary sud broken. Their spiritsthusa little , lud_fl:: in the suburts about tho city, where such ashid friecds or opportunity got ehelter for the present, to which Hia Alsjesty's proclamation also invited them. THE SPECKLED AX. A Dallad. In the good old times of long 2go, A farmer, having paid his tax, Found that his funds were getting low, And that he needed another ax. But wherewithal to purctuse one, The honest husbendman had not; So e, as oft before he'd done, ‘His trusting {ciend, the merchant, soughh, It chanced the mervhant could not find . Anax Wl:l;lliflllt I)‘Ia !a;x}x(;;r:: ;&;{:‘: The latter *+This wouldn’ 3" “And, “ That woud fall on dogwood Lmb&® The farmer next the blackemith sought, And told bim what e needed sore: ~ From tonghest stecl it must be wrought, Tho temper perfcct,—nothing more. Then bared the smith his braway arm3, And tied his leathern apron on , Molatened anew his callonsed palms, And went to wori his task upon. With many a quick, repested blow, ‘The long-bel m‘;—fl lul:gl l’\le: ‘While hissing sparks, jery glow, From 'neath the axmmer faslied snd 5ETEY And soon the shapiless metal grew, Teneath the blackamith’s potent hand, A sturdy ax,—not fair to view, ‘Dut years of service formed to stand, It shape, its weight, and eke its size, Well-pleased tho frugal farmer eaw; Innpected Ly s careful eyes, The implement showed Dot s faw. But still ho ventured to suggest A slight improvement might be madst 41 always fancied,” he confeazed, % * A bright-bluo poll and ehining blade.’ 4 ¢ From toughest stoel it must be wrougit “The temper perfect,—notbing more ; Theso were the qualifies you sought ; To promiso further I furbore. 4 Nor means have I,” the blacksmith sid, * To decorate your ax with bius ; But, if & polished blads instead OF gray you choose, I'll give it you. # There atands the grindstone,—yon msy {3 ‘And soon your ax sball brightly leal; Never beforo this did I learn < *T'was 80 important as you deem.” With resdy hand the farmer sstzed ‘The crank, and swiftly turned tho san8§ And with the ax he seemegl mora As brilliant spots upon it shone. The Iusty smith his mighty strength Upon the whirling grindstone bors: Still tugged the fariuer, till, at’lengtl, ‘His cheeks the #weat Was couzaiog o' With face suffused, and panting hreath, Ho sighs, 1 think it Row will do¥ Withi cunniug leer the blacksmith 823§ What ! buy s spocklod ax,—will your” ore slowly tnrned the pond'rous stons, ‘As harder still tho blackemith pressed; Stopped, with the farmer’s feetl moan: “7 (ke g speckled a5 the beat:” e MORAT. Whene'er you erave, for more dirplsYy ‘Bometbing that real merit lacks, Th:uk of the fsrmer, and the way o labared for bis eseckisd s/ Qmicag0, 3,5 L