Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 1, 1875, Page 2

THE PULPIT. Dr, Ryder Continues His Con- troversy with Robert Collyer. Mow St. Paul Disseminated the Gospel. The Influence of Music----The Museum. How to Americanize Foreign. ers. Dr. Powers on Charles Kingsley, THE SUNDAY QUESTION. Tho Rev. Yr. Ryder Replies to Robert Colle a yers Tho Rev, Dr. Ryder, pnstorof St, Paul's (Unt- versalist) Church, on Michigan avenue, near Eighteenth streot, delivered an interesting ser- mon Jast evening in avswer to tho recent die- courre of tho Rov, Robert Collyer on “ Grecks and Barbariang,” which was a reply to the ro- marks of Dr, Ryder concerning Mr. Collyer’s locturo at Turner Hall, Ibs text wast The Sabbath was mado for man, aud not man for the Sabbuil.—Murk, tts, 27. ‘That you may tho better understand tho rela- tion of this discourse to that which has preceded it, allow me to stato that, in au address recently delivered beforo the Germavs in Vorwaerts ‘Turner Uall iu this city, by the esteemed pastor of Unity Church, and printed im tho daily papora of the city, ho Fail, ° My peoplo on Sunday morning go to churck, and on Sunday afternoon imany of thom go to Lurner Ifull to hear the miusie, and 1 vay, ‘Go ahead.’” ‘Yo thia position, and somo other remarks of a similar nature, I took exception in a sermon preachod in (hispulpits fortnight agoto-day, ‘Tho ground of my objection was that such adyico je harmful to tho population of thix city, ox- pecially tho American aud younger portion of it; and pracucally yiolds the whole question in ivsno between the “Continental Sunday" in Europe and the method of observing tho Sab- batt in the Northern States. ‘ Jae Sabbath morning Mr. Collyer, without attempting to reply to my criticisms, reaflirmed Liv position, and wought to defend it: 1. Dy avingular uso of bid text; 2 By roferences to ths examplo of Paul ay showing our duty; 9 Tivo plea for music ay a means of grace; aod, 4, By the startling fuct thas phyniologiats say thuttho New England mun, in these 210 lias lost two Leoth, aud is in danger of awindling into an “Aztecs remnant.” Aud lot me vay litre to those whe may not kuow my relations to Mr, Collver that, in my former ser- hon, a8 How, Lam criticising the position of a friond,—vay, more than this, of a Christian brother, with whom I bave sugtamed 8 pleasant compantonship for fully fifteeu years that wo hove lived hero togethor. = These criticisms upon his position are, therefore, in no gone personal, oxcept so far ns bo bas favon utterance to what I believeto he mivehicy- ous ideas. But, though {use hie name, as of necessity Timust, I seek always to go boyond the juan to the doctrines he entnciates, and, to a large extent, shall regard him as tho type of a claws, and tho exponent of acortuin phaxo of moral philosophy, <i > Taking up Mr. Collyer’s poritions in tho order in which 1 have stated them, we conio first to his text, and tho uso ho makes of it, ‘Tbe text is this: Iamadebtor both to the Grecka and tho Barba- rluns,—Homans, iu 14, Aud ho employe itin bis argument to show that Puul felt that he was ‘a dobtor to the Grecks and barbariany in the’ senso of bo- ing Deholden to than,” ‘They had done him good, aud ho dosired to do something for them ja return. I quote from tho sermon, that you way got the thought in his words + ‘We can well {inagine, therefore, in what 4 largo aud rathotio spirit he will (lone wilh there Greexs aud bare Yuriang when he finds them in the Imperial city ; he vould try to enter into thelr ways of thinking, 60 as Jobe ublo, please God, to show thems better way; dow hoe SN sit ot their tublex, sleep iu their gucst= yooms, conform a8 far a8 he could to their Household way, look aver their books, pick out the fmmortal passages iu their poets and philosophers, commont on ilem with tho exquisite instybe of an eqntal genius, and nay frankly how very much be owad fo thie man and that of thely ruco; "how eagerly be would wsk thone Dritons and Gaula and Germans to tell him of their thougut and Hfy 1m thelr native land hod half win them. by the sheen fu bis eyes and tho tremulous tenderness about his mouth, as cthey talked until their harsh yolcos fell into | ‘\anuaie aLout their clvers and mountains, and moors ‘snd meadows,—talked with the fur-uway' jouk of ex. toget home, “ Aye, aye,” be would aay, ‘0 Jronuly land wud a yood,” Su he would alt with them, thens Ureels and barbarians, wisp men und fools, fulsug the tone and color for the moment of the Greet phitasophy, that he might give thei in return te deep und whre reality of the Chrletian faith, ‘And tho iuference from this Inuguoge ia: If Paut would do this to these Greoks and bar- Darian, if he would thus ge to them and take niv ways for tuo eako of winuiny thom to the Cros, wo ought tu do the Baie jy our own day and tino te tho Greoxs and barbariany amony us. Jiut did Paul thus go to the Greeks and bar- barians? id he feel himselt ‘beholdem to them,” and adopt their coaltome, the more rend- ily to win thevn to his faith? And did ho mean to say austhuy of thin nature when he declared: Inm a dettor bath to the Greeks und to! the Barbas Hans, I frankly confexs 1 do not so understand it, Commentatacs, an far ay L know, trie but ono view of tho passage, for the context seume to make the mesuing plain beyond controversy. Lhe terms * Creeksjand Barbarians” manifestly include all maukind,|of whatovor uature orchar- neter, ‘The Grecka Wero accustomed to cull all nations but tbemmelyes barbarians ; the samo ay the dows regarded all othor nations as Gon- tiles, Yo Voth iheso — claswes, — to. tha wise and to tha ignorant, aud thus to all, withont distinction of race or condition, the faithful apostle felt it his duty to proach the Gospel, Dit this obligation did not epring from any favors or benoilts he had ro- ceived from them, but from tio fact that God had convertod tim, reveled to him His truth, sud ho folt himself a debtor to overy man whe did not enjoy tho biowsed boon of life. treasure had boon comunttod tu him for the ben- efit of others, and Le owed to them such service ad the faithful preaching of it required, Ho was a debtor to them fur whut ho had to bestow, not for uny benefits they hud conferred upou ns et wo can oxcniso our fricnd for thin misinter- pretation of the text mach mo.e easily than for tho wrong use to which ha puts ono of tha moit heroic lives ever spent in the soryico of our rave, Of all mon conspicuous in Church history whom especial migsion it waa to preach tho Guspol ot Corist in its purity, to keep 1¢ uncorrupted by the errors of other religions, the Apostle Laub ig tho mout illustrious, Othor wen faltered, but be, never; and the Christian Chureh, so for ox man shaped it, owex more tohim than to any other buman beng. Of his personal appearuuce the information in uct Lrstwortiee but his speechos and Intters reveal prejudices, but have respected, as far ns I con- seientionaly could, the customs provalont among tho reyoral nations to which £ havo proached tho Gospel, Whatis this but worldly wisdom, or the nea of common reuse, in tho attempt to Chriatianizo the world? Call up cortain incidents in tho life of Christ 1f you wonld see what mantior of man Le waa, and whether Ho would be likely to say! * Aye, aye, & bonny land and good,” that Io might wit His way, The lenders of tho Christian Church assemblo at Jerusalem! ‘Tho question which presses upon their notice 18, whether conyetts made from tho entities should be forced to accept certain cus- tons of the Jowa, ic. whothor Christianity should be an indopendont religion or a sect of dndaiam. Did Pan) falter thon? ‘Tho fiftoonth chapter of Acts contains the anawer, Paul is beforo Felix! ‘Tho reprcecntative of Toman power trembles at bis words. Did Paul, ax ho stood there, tulk ‘like reading mado caay,” --twk ‘80 as to get noar thom on their own pronnd."—or did he " reason of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to comer” Paul isin Athens! He stands in tho midst of Mare’ Hil!, Immedintely near and to tho north is tho Atcopagus, bearing upon its eumimit tho wonderful Parthenon, ‘To tho south is the Hilt of tha Muses, aud between, tho curving valloy of the Agarn, with its imposing display of boautiful object; while around tho apostle, sented upon the excayated seats in the open air, fre qathered many of the wine of the renowned city, and roproséntatives of thoso foreiguers who had cone to Athens as thea University of the world, Liston to his noblo words, aa for the tirst tima a Jew attempts to instruct the people of that proud erty, how his sentences echu across the valley of tho Agora, and smite tho marble cheeks of the “strange gods" sot up there! Ilis Janguago is guarded, Wo talks with tho skill of a seltular aud practiced spaaker, and hia speech is worthy of him and of tho place; but was ever man truer to tho one pur- pose of his life than the ent Apostio in that hour? and is there jn that immortal statemont anything that sounds like a compromiso with idolatry 7 Bnt let us rest here in theso references to Pant for a moment that we may quote a passage from the sermon under notice: Wo build graud churches, they never enter them: wo preach aud print sermons, they never bear oe tod thom; we acold and fret about ther way, aud call them amos ; if they happen to bear of {U they laugh atur, A paralyzed manon hia bed is hardly more helpless to bis uefghborkoud than the American pulpit is to the German population, Now, what sual wo do? What did Pant de? Me lecame all things fo all men, as ho says, that he might ly wil means gave some, We know very well he wonld not bo anything to ony on that went ngaiust biy conscionce, nt he did, ot dame, 4 great many things that went against the cane aeionce ofa maniike Veer. Uno of the things ho did was to find out thove inet nnd wonien who held fu ther nature tho new hope of tke world, Further on he says: I would adopt Paul's method ag far as I posnibly could, Tcan see they will not come tome; thet fe % actiled question; then T must go to them, "Yet L nvust fiol ga tolay thein wader an obltyation, but Jo pay o debt, “Pana method?” Faul looking about to find those men and women ‘who held in thoir nature the hopa of the world?” Ag I under- stand the cage, the Apostle of tha Gontilea had no occasion to seek for the * lope of the world,” for that he had in bimeelf, What ho sought tor was tnott snd womeu to whom he could com- municate the *bopo of the world.” “Paul's method?” ‘The policy of adopting the customs of othora, if they will not accopt yours? J.ot us, as wo closo these reforences to tho intrepid Avostlo, apply this “method” to him, aud seo how 14 will road by the side of tie facts. Paul isin Ephesus! Tho magnificent templo of tho goddess Diana was there, ‘The making of portable modeix of the ahrino of the goddess, whieh were set up in houses and carried bout on journeys, was a promment business in that city, the same a8 Sunday concerts, and the man- ufacturo and gale of liquors are here now. Es- pevially did one Demetrius, o leading silveramich, find the trade in these modols and other Jike ar- tiles very gainful. Naturally, tho people of the city did not wish thoir employment interfered with, for 1t was the only means of support to many, anda custom with which they had been fumiliar all their lives—they and their parents before tham, Paul is in Ephesus to prench Christ aud Him cruciflod. Ho looks up- on the eplendid Iontc templo, one of the wonders of tho world, dedicated tothe godduss, He has an eye for art, aud greatly admires its beauty ; furthermore, be sees that the people are devoted io their religious customy, ond that he eannot hope to win any_ considerable uumber of thom to his standard. What, then, buall he do? If the doctrino of our brother's sormon is correct, there is but ono thing for him to do, and that is to ray to those who profess tho Christian unamo: If these forcigners—~idol- atere, 1 meau—will uot come to ue, Wo must go to thom, for you know “a parslyzed man upou liia bed is hardiy more helploss*’ than thoy arc. So, my hearers, bury your prejudices, ba mag- nanimous, and, this afternoon, or any aftornoon after Christian worship, ay many of you ag lke go over to tho ‘temple of Diana and witness the gamos, ‘hoy often have very fluo aports there, the best, probably, of their class in wll heathendom, aud you will no doubt bo greatly diverted. Doxides, just consider how, im that cauo, by Joining im With these doluded idolaters, you will be propsring thoir miuds to receive the Gospel of Christ. Is that what Paul eaid and did? Nay! Nay! On tho contrary, he created a terriflo oxcitement by his preaching, aod provoked the wrath of all the silversmiths in Ephesus becauso he nid “thoy be no gods whiolt aro tnado with bands,” Asut the story 13 clearly toid in tho nineteenth chapter of Acta. ut we must dismiss Hils branch of tho sub- Joct. Knough, I hope, haa boon said to make clear to you all that any attempt to sonnect tho compromise philosophy with tho tame of Bt. Paul, agif it wero hia “tmothod” of wort, ix cortaibly unwatrauted by tho facts, Tvery char- acter of bis manhood, and all tho great oce- sivns of his life, alike forbid any such concep. tiun of the man, Now, of music as & moans of graco! Mr, Collyer says : ™Munie, an [hove aald in this pulpit, is the wnfallen ihgel of the world,—she bas never tuken a taint of thosiawhich bas aniiten every other thing we cau touch, Poetry, painting, philosophy, faith, bo; charity, prayer-—uo matter where you louk, you find tet the trail of the surpent fe over them allt but before you cau make au evil or even a doubtful thing of milfe you haye to blend it with some evil element, and s0 drag ft down, ‘To hear good musle in always, fur that reakun, @ mosna of grace, and to make quod ‘hiusia ia ® gracious thing, ne matter who may jo it. In another place in bis sermon he says + ‘Vuero ix no euch thtuy xa profane music; thero ts only one kind; it iv all wacred, Inthia fact or sontimont ? In what nenag is music * unfallen,”"—that is, not alike true of ei- thor of the things or qualitica named ? Truth, tn itself, may bo waid to be incorruptibte; but rath may be, snd often is, put to low uso; and fe it not thea Jue a4 much fallen as painting, statuary, or any other thing that ia addresned to tho oye or car? How- evor useful music may be as on ald to worship.— 43 8 source of enjoymont in domestic and sacred life, and ag a refining influence in Keucral wocle- ty,—and howevor detirablo it may be to haye tho Jove of 16 more widely awakonod in our nationnl character, I nevertheless do not sea on what trathtal ground it oan be maintained that ‘all music is seered,”"—tbat it id “tha only unfallen bts ” which tho oyos can soe or the heart can foul.” Bone musical critics say that every mo- tion of the mind can bo, and is, exprenued in music. 10 thin be wo, thore must bo Koma pretty Jow musio in tho world, aud somo that is badly seamed With tho ‘trail of tho serpent.” Munte is addrowsed to the mind tho same nn speech, the hurwan voioo. being the only porfect munical instrument known; and, howover enjoy- ablo and helpful it ay bo, music must not be confounded with those qualities of our nature that are essential to one hapri- nee, if not to our _ being. It in a toustho ion, And of thoso qualities whlch, roade him the great aportle, and, titerally, tho leader of the world’s thought, this seoms to nie a correct summary + Wo percelvo the warmth and ardor of bs nature, his deeply adeetlouste dixpasition, the tenderness of Lis were of honor, the courtesy old personal dignity Of bis beariig, hla! perfect feurlecaiens, hfs berate alte durunce ; we perceive the rare conidnatton of aubtlety, fenualty, and versatility in btw fulelleck; we pers ceive aiso.a practical wisdom which we would bave ashuciated With » cuoler temperament, and s tolerance Which iv seldom waited wilh vucb tmpetuous con yictlons; and the principle which hurtieuized all theae éndownents, utd directed them to a practical oud, wan eyoud dispule & kuowledye of Jesus Chirivt in! the Divine Spirit, (Btudenta' N, P. Watury, pp, 645-0,) Aw Lremuded of what aul ays of hinwelt in bis tirt letter to tho bolievers fn Corinth? For tuatigls 1 be freo frons all men, yet bave I mad inyeolf servant of all, that T might gain the mor ‘Ald unto the dowa I beeamo us a Jow, that Luis win tho Jows, . . 2 Tu the weak, bucuno 1@ hy weal, tat b adybt gain the weak, “Tum anade il things to ull ten, that T might by ull menus save wore, Cor, IX, 1, But wheroin doog this languaje show that ho great apostle ‘touk the tone aud color for.bo Tousut" of tho plilogophy abont bim, sil sought to} elevalo others by adoplug ther habits aud custowms? Ax wo usler= stand thix Isuguage to the Cormtbaue, inisavif Panthadesid; In sll my preaaivg, whetuer,to Jews or Gentiles, to the wae or i VY Ebaye endeavored co adapt inyelf te ravlauced, Lbave avt ucodlevsly awkened mixfortune to ba deat or btind; but the exist- cree tu the mind of understanding, imagination, affection, conscieuce, or will, does not depend upon the condition of any physical organ, ‘Tho ventiments of our usture aro higher than the qneis which addreasos thom, just as lovo is higher than speceh, which culargea thy expres- lon of it. Yes, Lrepoat, music is helpful and pleasing, and no words of mino, either now or at wny othor time, shall discouraze its more general introduc- tion, ut the cultivation of musical taste mugt not bo at the exponso of those nolid moral qual- ities upon which tho very jifo of tho nation de- pends. Muvic has never taken a talut of the ain which has anitten every other thing wo can touch, A carnestly dissent from this statement, Con- atdered by ftwelf, music is not now, and nuyor bus beou, royarded as tho tost oither of iudi- vidual or uutiouyl groatuess. ‘tho German, oso rule, is fond of music, aud he may bo the better for thiy quality; but the ayer- ago dtalian is quite os fond of music as hy, and more ekillfulin tho expression of it, Af, therefore, the love of musio hay given us tho Gurwan with his beor aud pipe, we isust not forgat to be gratoful that is has alao givou us the Italian with bis hand-orgau and moukey, Why 1s thero music at Turcor-Hall on Sunday afternoon? Why is there musio in that particu. Jur place at auy the? ‘The admission feo 1 but wimall. Mow are the bills all paid? Whois the philanthropist that builds tho largo ball, THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: MONDAY, farnlahies it attractively, pays the orohostra, ate. ‘Ono frequently seos, in the business part of the towne ins the windows of saloons, tha kind inforinationt ‘ Freo lunch to-day at 12." Gen- eroug men, these proprietors, thus to feod tho poor! How can thoy afford it? Yos, tho ‘“tunch” ia freo, but tho liquor you are expected to take in connection with it ts not, Now, Turner Hall is simply fp lager-heer saloon on a Isrge scale, ‘tho music is the beakoning hand—tho bait to catel the unwary fish, and has in that place, and under thosa circumstances, substantially no other oftice, You bnve heard of the httle ditty of the epidor aud the fly: “Will you come into my parlor?” Hafd the xpider to the Ay; "Tig the prottient ttle parior ‘Tuat over you did Koy. The way juto wy parlor Ta nya windiig state, And Thave many pretty things "To show you when you are there,” Now, what tho “pretty parlor” and the “winding stair” sro to tho wob of tho spider; what tho flnehing lights and expensive decora- tions in billiard-siloons and similar places ara to gambling: mul other dissination, the music in more all on Sunday afternoon is to beer: drinking. smoking, and n general disregard of tho proprietics of tha Sabbath. Understanding the matter ttins, instead of advis- ing my congregation and others to go to 8 grand Dbeer-snloon to hear the music, on the ground that Wt is of n enverior quality if E roferred to tho subject atall, it would be to point out the barbod book that the tempting bait conceals, And, if music, whatever may bo ita critical ex- collence, in such a place, at such a time, and for such a purpose, has not tho trail of the serpent in it” then it does — not seom to bo worth whilo to look for fallen faith, poetry, pointing, or for fallen angels” of anv kind. And inthis connection let mo say, that there ig ono fact developed in the sermon which eur- prises me somewhat. Having advised hia hearers ta go to Turner-Hull on Sunday after- noon, and having arguod at some length that wa ought to come duwn from our lofty ostate, moat these foreigners halfway and not be ett and uubending, lest some one should think that ho is go incousiderate us to follow his own bad counsel, he proceeds to sny that he himeelf has navor been to Liuner-Hall ou Sunday afternoon, But why pot? On tho basis of his philosophy his duty is clear, Music is a fine things at fa the only thing {uthermoro “that haa not tho stain of gin upon it; besides we should ba neighborly; why not thon go? Bnay no doubt: but ono might tind time to go just once go as to set a good example to one's congregation, When aman advises others to *o abead,” it is na little as tocan do to follow, And why not tako tho chillren alongs, girls 2s well as boys, instruct them that thoy should submit to tho beer and thy profanity fur the #ake of tho mnie, and oa- pecially for the gucd they willdo tha Germuag, Rue my friend Collyer, 1b both his address and vermont, is carefitl to avoid all referonce to beor- drmling, which is so promiuent on elament in all the social custome of the Uermaus, lu his ad- dress he tulan about the music as if that were the all of their Sunday concerts, aud in hia gurawn ho saya, “ Somo of their ideas and usages nro nat as good as ours; KOme are better, J think tvoir way of sponding bal of each Sunday under the grean trees is one of these.” lutis the "reen treos” the alt? Low meh of this time on Sunday would the averago German spond tnder the green trovs if there wan no foacmg beor there ? Iria something bomde ffreou trecs that renders many eetvant girls who visit such plices Uolit for duty ou Monday morn idg, What is it—the music ? Does it appear to any of yon that I migappre- hend tho nature of tho entertainments given on + Sunday to ‘Turuer Yall and such like places, and misjudgo their influence upon public morals ? Let me read you a paragraph which I take from ovo of our city evening papers, issued the day following the Sabbath on which I preached my sormon : Tho Liderkranz concert at the North Side Turner all would have charmed even Dr. Ryder had be been zo fortunate auto have formed one of the audieace asgembled there lant eveuing. ‘be programme, printod Haturday, was excellent and eusoyable in the oxtreme; the iustroments were in fine tune, aud tho slugerts in Ligh aydrita, Wine and Leer rau io sparkling rivulets, sul afler the concert the hand played delicious dance nisic, to wile somo of the text shaped fect in Culeago tripped it fur some hours in right jolly wtyle. ‘This, you will underetand, was on Sunday evening, and this is the identical hall to which my esteeined brother of Unity Church advised his congregation to go ov Sunday aftornoon to hear the ouly “ynfallen angel ot tho world.” Let me give you a bit of personal exporionce. 'Thore ia in this city a second-class theatro known a8 the “Museum.” It is a play-house proper, with certain ‘curlositics,” somo of thom, no doubt, very creditably arranged in ad- joining rooms, ‘tho ‘curiosities of them- belvea would not attract tho peoplo, and some religious folks have strong projudices against visiting a play-house ; but the musoum and tho stage combined, cach aiding the other, consti- tute what dogenerate Bostonians call an ortho- dox theatre. Woll, not Jong ogo, thia musoum was opened, ond 1 had tha bovor of an invita- tion to appear upon the stago and in tho prosenco of the assembled multitude, deliver the inaugural address, ut 1 do not think that any of you saw my name at the opening of the pro- gramme, And this ie ajt Leare to add: iff go upon the boards of a theatre to doliver tho inaugural address, it will baa straight, sqaaro institution, true to its profexsion, that [shall ahuist in opening, A theatro well conducted and truo to its claims is a useful social institution, which it would be a mlafortune not to have ; but a stage that sneaks beliind a lot of cheap curiosi- tics publicly advertises its own condemnation. And thia is the kind of institution, if any, that I should expect would put upon its stage such o low attracnon as tho ' Beocher Svandal.” Shame onitifor such an outrage upon public docaucy | But I must baston to say a few words on the remaining topic. It seen frou what my oxcel- lont friond ways, wo New Englundors are in a bad way. According to his statomwant we ate phys- ically deteriurating. and we oro already reduced to tho sad necessity of going through life with two teoth jess thun other Heapla have. And thia fearful havoc in out possiew structure haw been produced in the short space of twonty-four years, An alarming fact certainly, and one of which I waa not aware until I read it in the sermon. The information ought surely not uny longer to lio Indden under a bushel in a proachor's library, Why not print tho sormon which contains this infor- nition aaa tract and circulate it freely in New Hnglaud for tho edification aud warning of that doteriurating peaplu? It would certainly be cntortaining reading ¢o thom, and might save them from becoming amere Aztoc remusnt, whatever that may be, as according to tho preacher thoy aro in dauger of boing, Fortunatoly there is a remedy for this doplor- alle tendency im the New England charactor. Give us 9 plenty of forogoers and wo are safo from further decay, Andif ona patiently gocs to ‘Turner Mall on Sunday efternoon, drinks beer and amokes, aud listens to the music, pax- sibly itis not too much to hopo that oven the two missing tooth may come back again, Christian friends, the question which en- sages our attention this evening 14 aue of tho ighest practical importance. It rises above the level of soct and class, and concerns tho future of our whole country, ‘Tho United siatod is a conspicuous nation. Bomothing in this nation attracts foreigners to our shores— my divlinguished friend, whose sermon I criti- cive, among the rout, Many of those foreigners wre Among our best and mos’ usoful citizens ; others of them are helpers in doveloping the in- dustrics of tho country; but larga numbers of them have impracticable ideas, and are of a low typo of manhood, ‘Toward all thous forcigners, whatever may their dutollectual and aucial rank, it ia the habit of our poople to exorcivo a goncrous spirit, They ure largely left to thor own ways aud cuatomy, wud aro nob interfered with unldus thoy espocial- ly antago pubile sontiment. ‘fhe course of this conutry toward foreigners fa, to say the leant, qutite as liberal as thut of any othor oxisting na- hoy, ‘Thiv sas it should be, Cortainly I would not have it othorwisa, Tut fe this conutry with- out ideas and poses of tty own? Iu it the moat hopofut nation on this globe to-day, and yet rep- resenta nothing ? And ara we so lucking in purposes and customs that we are in pressing need of adopting those which the comparatively offete civillzations of Coutivental Europa gra- ciottaly offer to us? rather itis tho policy of this nation to Amoricauize every man aud woman who takes up bis or ber residence bere, America in hut _to be anothor Giormauy or another rance, or Englaud, or anytping else, but simply and only Amorica, and those who como here frum abroad come to roside in this vation and not in une thoy hilng with theai, aud should therefore ie reltizanss of this uation and im eympathy with it. Now, the fatal dofoct In the philosophy of tho Germau uoder notice is, that it it eucourayos voparate nationalities. ‘It is golug to tho Ger- man as a German—not ag au American,—and is au oncouraxement to him to romain tixed in the habity of Lis uatize country. ‘This amo mistake ia made by the Board of Education in this and sone other Westen cities when thoy introduce the study of the Gorman lauguago into tho qrammar-acbools. It is a coucessfon to an un- Anicrican {celing, and is harmful to all con- cerned, r 1f our Germans wore like many we Lave among ns, who are #0 activoly and crodilahls connectod with the great moral and industrial devolopments of this portion of our country, these questions of what and howto do conld bo easily angwerad. No better or moro urofil citizens rosie in Cht- But these mon and womon know just as well as cago than some of those who wore foreign born, wa that there is n large clomeut in this city, andb throughont the Northwest, who ara of low birth ; who havo narrow iiloas of poraonnl liberty in any- body but themselves, and who stabbornly resist all encroachments upeu the manners, hab fis, and practices which thoy brought with them, Connected with this clara of Gormans and athor fureiguers of the like rank are thousnids who Love no affection for tho Christian Church or any othor religious institu- tion: who have loose ideas in rogard to owner- ship in property, in regard to the morringo rela- tion, and to the authority of Inw. ln thom tho commune and other liko vagarios find thoir ad- lerenits. What thon? Wutl we forco these poo- us to far botter viows ? Nothing of tho kuid. We will treat them with courtesy and forbear- ance, Buti all this wo will remember our du- ty, sud in all things work towards it. And that duty is Just a4 rapidly as porsitte to sink tho for- oigner in tho native,—tu break down ovory line of reparation, nod to mako of the many contrib- uting atroams tho ono steadily nugmanting rain of the nation. Aud with «considerate policy, the influence of our public schools, and the ob- vions fact that the descendants of thoir clings of people will bo loss wedded to foreign wave thar their parents lave beon, we may hope that this result is practicable, Moses kopt tho Ieraolites forty yoars in the deeort, until a ow generation was born, bofora ho returned to load the host into tho land he desired thom to prosper, Forty yeara is short period in the lifo of a nation, Wo cau afford to wait longer than that if so be wo must for the completo unitication of this couniry. But mark you this: Mosoa did not mako tho mistake of adopting idoiatrony customs nas pu nid to tha enforcement of the Habrow faith, He knew better than that. ‘Lhy Ten Command ments show what he taught, and tow ho stondily hold up to the waudoring host the great leasungs of moral obligation. I plead for tho Amoricanizing of all forsignera on tio grounds: 1. It is tho only practicable thing todo, Natiousl characteristics cannot at will be shifted from one people to auother. Denaturalizo Americn and you have—no man Knows what. 2, Any other course if practicable would be wrong in principle and so haimn- ful. Lower ihe good to tho level of tho bad for tho sake of getting the favor of tho bad, and the good always tones, and the bad, instead of beiug lessoned, is made the muro se- oure. Lecky fn bis masterly work (*' History of Kuropean Morals") shows mout cloariy that the teudeney of evory high impulao which wt first animates 8 nation, sud stars it on its careor of usefulness, is to deteriorate to conformity with the lovel of thought nad feeling abont it; so that it becumes tho duty of a uation futly to guard the citadel of its life. Heo how thia iv illustrated in the Listory of tho Chrigtian Courch. While Panl and James lived and taught, tho faith of Christ waa preached in its purity; but when they had “ tinished their cause " Christianity Leeante cerripted by union with Fagan thought and eas:oms until the gitaple Foligion of Joss was trausturied into au im- posini ecelosinsticisrn, Look at this country. Iow grandly we com- moneod our career; how prouliy our slip of stato rides upon the political billows; and yut we know that the tone of moral sentiment and of busivers integrity is lower than it waa, What is tho remedy? Stowten our moval standards still more? ting ourselves down ta the level of hove who will not adopt our ways, but insist on having room and opportunity to do as thoy pleaye 2? ‘That would vo wimply suicidal. ‘his was tbe substance of the advico which Daniol Wobster pave to the peaplo of Now England ian certain exigency in the stavory agitatiun: “*Con- quer your prejudices,” said he, and Masenchu- sotts “ubsequiowily did ‘“conquor ber proju- dices," snd what camo of it? Mischiof, only mischief; the record whereof ie o stan upon the history of tho old Bay State. And it always was Ko and always will ba By, pros ise with principle is defeat. God 1 good. aud God ts just; but [fe ever compromises with in- iquity, or adyiyos Uis children to ovotcome thai prejudicos against ein. You must not undorstand mo in thir, or in anything hero said, even to intimate that my brother Collyer is oppoeed to the Amer- jcauization of our forelgn population, or Las at heart any wish esecntially diferent from my own, ‘There are in bis addresecs many strong passages it: oid of reasonuble coucessions on the part of tho Gormans, and if he had Kopt to his text there would have beou no discussion between us, he man, I assume, is right, and is working for tho host, but he seams to mo uttorly to set uside his connyol in the po= sitions which I assail, wud whieh, in his sermon, ho go emphatically renfizins, In this plea for the mitegrity of the nation, and for American habits and ‘ideas, I trust [ havo not overlooked tho sentiment of tho text: ‘Pho Sabbath waa made for man, uot mau for tho Sabbath.” Aa already intimated in this ser- mon, and na slated suinewhat freely in tus a discourse of two weolks ago, I have no sympathy with oxtremoa views, Puritan ttrictnoss I neither recommend nor prac- treo, Grent freedom should bo allowed in the obscrvauce of the day, and toa cortain extent tho soci! element may bo profitably inte: woven with roligious observances, ‘fhe Sabbath way made for man's benefit, not for bis injury; aaa day of rest to ovartuxed onergies; as a acason of inoditation aud worship, calling his alteution at stated intervals from wordly cares, and fixing itnpon moral and spiritual tenths. Tho Sab- bath wag never designed to bind man, simply for the sake of theday. Wodo not oxist tor the Subbath, but that existe fur us. kn the casa to which the text rofera, it waw more conformable to the purposo of the day thut the disciples should pluck thd corn and eat of it than that thoy should sulfor hunger, even though physical labor wero necdiut to prepare the groin for food. But whilo ibe-law of tho Sabbath, as stated in the wacred toxt or as ap- plied to humau fifo, must be explamed in con- tormity with man's highest good, no oxcuso fur a nvediesu violation of ita provisions is to ba found in any such Interpretation of tho law, And, whooverf unnecessarily doyotes that day to Jabor which should bo to hin a day of rest, or spends thosa hort in amusements or vicious indulgcuces, which should be devoted to the worstip of God and gpiritial self-culture, gives against his own highest i nterests, loses tho benelit the institu. tion was devigued to produce, and encourayes an elemont of woakness in the community whoro his intluenco ia {folt, and thus in the nation of which that iy a part. The application of this somewhat longthy dis- cussian may be ombracet in there three portions: 1, Agenorous regard for the manners and cus- toms of others, Of this duty toward the neigh- bor, withott referency to religion, reco, or color, we have alroady spokou at suitleient length, 2, A rcsolute application of one’s own conyic~ tions to hitmuolf. We must be ruled by onr own ideas, and thus may do this or that; we ore todo only those things which our judgment indorsos and our cootclence approves, 3 A just appreciation of the dificultica and dangora which neset the ways of all, and espo- ciully of the youny, in this age and country. Public opinion ix yory controling everywhero and uliwayss, but it Is especially goin the United Htates, where it has a freo expression, almost overy kind of Jitorature, from tho best to tho worst, being freely strown over the land, I am uo alarinlut, I believe in tho futuro of Amorica, but I frankly confoss my bopo is dvoply shaded by anxiety, ox FE consider tho drift’ of popular thought and tondencica to vulgar taste, In many ways good men aud women aro laboring earnestly to hold up the standards of morality, and to wiu the erring from thcir evil ways, Lut they aro working agaluat groat olds, Iiook at this city. Monest- ly way, in your own hearts, what you think of tho tove of public gontiniont in Chicago, and bo- fora God declare whether you aro not ashamed of tho conclusion to which you ara forved to come, Lyon the public press, that wondorful agenoy iu modem civilization, and to which wo aro ali bo greatly indebted, wo rograt to aay in no small dogree reflects the vitiated taste of tho community. In other respects an honor to joure nolism aud to the great city of the Jakes, In this particular the press ix certainly opon to eriticium, Now, with this corruptlog moral sentiment 60 provalent in the community, and this tendency to vulgarity which certain of our at dailies unconsciously roflect, and dnally, wich prom nont jministors advising the members of thoir congregations to '* qauitues thejr prejudices * and go to Turner Hall on Bunday atternoon, What think you are the probebilitios for tho moral welfare of the city, aud for those whom those iufluences control? I boveech you who hear me ta consider your duty. Lhesecok you take heed to your examplo, aud nally I bosooch you to remember “that thore is a way that wecmeth right unio man, but the end theroof aru tho ways of death.” CHARLES KINGSLEY, ¢ Sermon by the Rey, De. NH, N, Powers, 'Yhe Rov. 11. .N. Powers, Rector of St. John's Church, preached youtorday morning the follew- ing sermon on the Jato Cuarlea Kinguley: For some twenty years Charles Kingsley has stood jn the innor circle of those who have com- manded the grateful tribute of my tutellect add wy heart. His romarkablo writings have re FEBRUARY ¢, 1875. freshod and instructed mo. [have looked with admiration on hia brilliant gifts and oxulted char- actor. His grand onthusiaam was contaglous, and tho breadth and quatity of his manhood and hia energatic genins hayo given mo pocuiiar in- aspiration, L freely confers my indebteducas to him, and, now that ho is dead, Eean de nothing Jost than cast one flower of gratitude and affece tion upon bis grave, oven thouel ab be a poor, palo blowsomn of those wintry days. Tho Noy. Charles Kingsley was dceeende:l from ananelent family, whoso lino of distinguished ancestry goes far back (u Euglish history. Io was born in 1819, in Dovonshire, Eng., whoso beautiful sconory hehas eo graphically described, and waa educated at homo till 14 yoars of ago, At tho University of Cambridge, which he enterad carly, ho was noted for bis spirited aud generous disposition and intollectual brilliancy, Ho gained hore ascholarehip, and a firat prize far clasaical, and a second for mathematical attainments. ig moral carnostnens, Lis tine taetos a1 dsympathics, and onthusinsin for kuawledge whens student, wero prophetic of the rumarkablo carcor of tho man. It is said that be studied Jaw at first, but afterwards turned his serious attention to the- ology, outering, alter Lis ordination, on the dutics of the ministry oa curate of Liversloy, and noon after as Hovtor of that parish, Hero ho continia~ ed to ofticiuto until 1459, when ho was appointed Professor of History in thy University of Cam- bridgo, In 188) ho was made Canon of Chostor, and then Canon of Westminstor; aud for some yenrs, until his death, way Chaplain in Ordiuary to the Quoen and the Prince of Wales, Three or four years ago he visited the West [udies, noar the scone of his “ Woxcward Ho," and laat wine tor he came to this country, whoro ho was recely> ed with tho most distinguished consideration. In the Sierras of California, being exposed to a sud- len change of temperature, he took # Bevere cold, which culminated im a violout attack of plouriay, wheb, in June last, bo rouched Manitou, Col, waore bis son, Muuricd Kingsloy, had re- vided for aume yoars. This sickness, which was yory dangerous, ax desoribed to mio by the attoud- ing physteian, no doubt go impaired hie natur ly robust coustitution as to rondor hun Juss cap. ablo of rewiuting tho attack of the pulmmary in- dlainmation trom which he died in Loudon ou Suu- day last. Iu appoarance Mr. Kingasloy was, for many yours, picture of physical energy aud health. fo was accomplished in all manly exercisos, Powerfully ;Luilt, tall, muscular,. spare of flesh, with a faco’ stoso linoaments oxprossod both rensibility and strength of character, ho was an impersonation of the ylert and niaseuline vigor that breathos in his productions, and which eharactorized his life. A nature like bia could uot ba idle ; indsed, he seomed spurred on by a resisticny impulse to o tirclers activity, Early in bia carver sppoared his“ Villazo Sermons,” tho first of pevernl yol- umes of stimulating discourses, While a young aun, he publised “Alton Locko; or, the Auto- biography of a Tailor,” which produced a wide impression by its republican sentiments and sympathy with the working classes, Thore fol- Jawed " Westward Ho,"—a powerful portraiture of Euelioh adventure in tie Spavish Maw, iv tho time of Elizabeth ; ‘Pho Saiats’ Tragedy,” + adramatic poom of rare power, doseriptivo of ious features of the Middio Ages ; *+Yoast ; a Problom,” reluting ta the theological fermentation of tha tines 5 ouse Lhoughts for Louse Thiers”; “ Uyputia; or, Old Sven with o New Face," s wondertul picture of tho tifth con- tury fn the Oriont, aud the contlicts of Christian: ith Vagun hfe and philosophy at Alexa dria 5 ranys and Lectures"; Now Mincal- lanes"; " Gfancns,” a study of scienco along the wea-const; ‘two Yeurs Ago,” an iustructive of English life at the period of the Criuncan “Andromeda,” a psem in boxameter verso; How and Why” leroward, tho Laat of tho English"; “A Last," at pictureaqite ave count of his Jat joutuey to tbe West Lintion; and“ Tonith ou ucation" ; while at inter- vulu of evory fow years & now volumo of sermons was given tothe public. Whon we think of ail this literary work, in connection with bis paxteral and socal, and profexsious! duties, woare true with tho tertility of his bruin, and the extcaor- ainary vitality of the man, Kingsley bad sturdy and powerful energy, which Lreathos in evory page of hin componi-~ tious, —a silt, froe, inspiring Y, thut atrikes the sun! as the fresh, pure, braving ai of tau inountain bathe the fuco aud Tangs of the tray elor, who feols Ins blvod tingle aud hia chest di- lute with tha rofreshing breath, You feel tho swoop aud stross of his wvirit lika a healthy ene orgy Hitting you up and imparting vital powor within, ‘Chis noble impetuusity and gouorous euruestneds is natural to the man—in hit, in- doud, there weoms nothing affected. ‘Tho groat foree comes up out of the dopths of bis auul like a fountain outof tho doops of the hills. Though tinined in tho classios, and familiar with the gracefulueds and repora of Greek thought and art, he took uo antiyuc for his modeh,—bhis trong, flowing, Intenze stylo was bis own as much o¥ his strony-knit framo and teaming brain, A soul like hin partook of the propuotic typo. Ifo wrote by a kind of Ingpleat lon, His subject poxsonsed Lim, aud his dsliverauco wa in the direct, graphic, froo utterance of oue whoa mossage has tu bo made. Conatituted as lhe wrsof such rare intellectual fibre, aud so finaly endowed, ho bad aptitudes for a preat va- riety of work,—lor vootry, preaching, criticiam, fiction, lnstory, aud seiunee. Awa preachor, how simplo, straightforward, oarnest ho was, ikea man charged to spoak s word frou the Lord— never dawdling ovor his topic, or thinking of embellisiment, or affecting to munanly feelings and motives, but swilt and resonant like o trum pot-blast. ‘Those short discourses of bis, rarely oxcoeding 15 minutes, are condoused montages of duty, and hope, aud consolation, and charity, and faith in Goud; shote from a heart all aflame with sight of the ovarlastiox righteourncas—the Fathor of Spirits, With nature, in whose beaus ties he reveled, he was always at homo, aud at homo, too, wherevor there were human hoarty to sulfer or enjoy. lfow tendor be could be, how spontaneous ho was, how strong in his tes of deserptive and portraltive, with what vivid hues and clear lineaments be brings before you tho wouders and glories of the uatnral world, and how subtly sud finely he traced the scenes, and qualities, and experiences of human life. Wheth- eritiss picture of the Thobaid or of Pagan Aloxandrin, tho wcovery of Devon or of the Spanivb Main, the tumuita of a mob or o saint alone with God, a hovel or a pulaco, a poor inaiden in her bowildcrment or a boro surcharg- od with asense of duty, a Neo-Platonist or a Ritualistio clergyman, a skeptical physician or a Chrintian Bishop, you havo the clear stroke, tho vivid portraiture, the interpretation of tho innor sonse. These characteriatics of hia writinga aro but illustrations of his great, freo, catholic nature, His ebuvehmanubip had vast breadth, Mis cultura was wide, fis viow of human life wae large, Ilis apprehension of tho forcos at work in tho world was stroug and comprehensive. Ho saw in mony directions, and viewed voritios at their heart, Conversant with what the old philosophios and polychemms had done for man, he could give the reasons of his devotion to the blessed Guspel, in whose light he found the key to man's duty and destiny, Ile never lost sight of tho exxentiol thing that makes lifo noble and valuable, whilo lo seemed possoss- od with au ovor-presont consclousness of his culling to help whore he could, So we geo hiy strong sympathy with o struggling humanity, his contemptat shame, his love of livorty, his zeal for education, hia hatred of cant, and bigotry, and priosteraft; bin belicf in progrouy, laa Honventy Fathoe who governs Tis universe ace cording to tho principles of His own eternal jus- tico and etornal love. scuunday a sympathios come out in some of his books,—in + Alton Locko,” '* Hypatia,” “The Saiuts' Trayody,” for instauco,—in a curront so strong that tho reader da fairly swopt on into hoalthy and Invigoratiny atmospheres, ‘Ihore aro brief lyrical pooms his that touch our doopest nature wherever thera is any seuse of life's pathos and ourncetness, His ** Three Fishers” is a specimen of the way that he outers into the oxpericuce of our toiling and wad uumanity, Kingsloy's thovlogy ie not tho musty and monk- ish loro that belongs to a spliore quite outeida of ordinary human life, It is not o thing of notions and speculation, nor of routiue and conyen- tionality. Ho ly vitalized with 8 sonwo of the dutlos aud priviloges of the life that now is, Ho believes in serving God with oll the powers of the man—tho body as well as the soul; while he toachos the neccssity of curing physical {lls that proper treatment imay bo givou to spiritual oues, Ifo hay Leen caliod the apostle of a “ wnusoular Christianity,” but, while he did not. originate tho expreusion, it is doubtlevs true that no man of our time has contributed more to the promotion of a wunly retigion,—one that is not ouly free from a varcowing’ aud emavenlating vacerdotaliam, but soparate also from the whiu- ing, canting, sourfaced pioty that ignores and doprovistos ihe munifold uses of the world. No min bas striven more to disclose the fact of a prevout God and Heavenly Father, and to Juetity fig waya to men. No mau has seen more cloarly tho dangors that bosct mankind, the cloments of their glory and their shume, aud what conserves their Vitul and onduriug iutorests, No mau hag pleaded moro eloquently for the sanctities of Tuttan affections aud tied, the sucredueys of the family, the preciousuerna of wifo and child, for & sorvice of God that uses all gifta that aro ours ‘by birth, education, sud grace, While clearly awake to the skeptical tendeuvies of the tines, while deeply versed himself in tho leasciug OF the vehoce ho clings to the old creeds, to tha lise toric Chrixt, ho finds in God manifest in tho flesh, in tho teachings and lifo and death of the ernci- flod Nazareno, “tho Light of tho World "—tho noedgo of, and tho way to, tho consnmmnation of ifo's blossodness and salvation, Bpeaking ax ho docs {n so inany engaging tonex,—in pootry, sermon, reviow, fiction, history, and acience,-— Kingsley has wioided an influence more subtio and powerful than the casual reador and super- ficial thinker Imagines, Ho wrote for a pure poso,—wrote like a man_ profoundly alive to the presont, ita tondencics, dangors, noods,—anid at tho saine timo with tho Christian's. sympathies and faith that deal with (ruth suited to all got. rations, Lake the religious historical novel “typatia, and, whilo itis 6 faithful picture of the world in the fifth contury, detineatin giganue evils nudits hopeful life, tho atrocities of religtous fanaticiam, the skopticism, and tho superstition, and ernelty, and demagogiam, aml sousnalism of the tirace, as well aa tho puro Christian epirit int wan as the salt to proserve the good, he mikes it all reflect tho features of tho preeent world and ogo that aro ao far re- moved. Se, too, in Westward, Io," + Two Years Ago,” and’ other works, there come out somo lossons of Christian horoisin, sumo dis- closure of tho truths by which mon five, some sttestation of the Divino righteous. ners, somo rotribution of injustices oud transgression, somo slow of hfe in its real wants and triumphs, — which bring their moaning with» pepetrating and puw- erful omphasis to tuo heart. Ife is concerned with the ethics of life—religion, that involves tho whole of man's betng in its motive and con- eerument, Ho detects the old foes of the race under their new and alluring marks, and tears aivay tho lio, Ifo has a quick pcent for the real, tho ‘vital, tho enbstantial, and gets the kernel amid any quautity of chaff that conceals it. ‘There fg something wonderfully strongthening and reagoniag in lis hold on the Eternal = Goodnoss, while comprehending fully the causes of suftering and skepticism in tho warld, and all. tho bindrauces to truth throagh tho the stupidity and foltied and sins of men. Ilo ts one of those who recognizes tua infinite life that isin all and that upholds all, He speaks uot from hearssy—ie no compil- or, no dispenser of old saws and well-dressed platitudes; does not tell you tolisten and recelvo just becaugo ho hus gathered something with an ortuodox and a rorpectablo label upon it, but because be has found a nouriabment to life. In contrast with this keon, earuest, manly, catholic nature, how trivial appear tho pretensions of mere official position or tho uttorauces of a porfunetory divinity, An Archbishopric could add nothing to such a prophet's renown. Tor ho in ono of tho teachers and rulera of inen by tho anointing of tho Lord, No sect can conilue buch & #pirit,—his mission und message aro to mankind,—the redeemed of God everywhoro, It is not to bo supposed “that Ar. Kingsley was without faults; that his views were always right, that his judgmont was never warped, ifis tuults were those of a great, ein- core, yenorous, enthusiastic nature, resolute in tho aervico of Christ and humanity. In soma thisge he is groatly open to criticisin, and would Lo the last to resent it, if fairly done, Ife had a herolo ypirit, with somo of a hero's inllrinities. What Lhold upia his healthy Christian man- vod, the fresh, vigorous, broezy forceof bis spirit that way charged with moral integrity, bis scorn of the low expedients of craft, or tyranny, or suporstition, bis passion for noble idvnls of character, I acoin ban a warmth ta kindle in cuthusiasin for rightoousness, contidenco in man’s bettor nature, a courage for the #ako of Truth, ad uushakon faith in God, Men of his seope nad calibre aro wever tuo many in tho world, and whon they come those who are wise will giva thei heed, ‘hoy holp literate men from the thralls of tradition, break down tho partitions of caste, nudy the coremeats that en- wiap forgotton truths, witness Cor the diyine in man. Through them the old falih hoy new vital- ity and siguincance. ‘Chey make, inthe present, # royolafion fresh oud Kwost of the votities of God. Mr. Kingaloy bas left the impress of bis spirit upon tho age, Iie combines wometiting of tho best of the radical and the conservative, shows that knowlodge and faith ean harmonize in @ coneccrated Lfe, is a reconciler of tho material aud epirituel, & vronpest of Lumanity, & true mutister of chy * Cvod news,” becuse bo tuck of ga of onr Lord, aud gave them ng euuls, Dying wlon bardly 66 years of ape, wo may say, hutnanly speaking, that bo was permaturely cut off, Yot now hin tite was crowded with work, and bow brave aud strong ib was, 1 can think now of upwards of twealy volumes frou his pen, which have gous on blessed enands ta mankind, Aud heatdes this, how devoted a Ins band ho was, how wise aud good a tatier, bow faithint oy a pastor, how kind ad w voighbor, how Jarge a space he filled inthe walks of cul- tured Enghsht life. ‘Tho affliction goes from thut hemo where wife apd children mourn, to the palace of tho Queen, to the siudies of solol- ‘ars, to tho myriads in’ town and country who have felt the mspiration of his gonius, avd been grateful for his thought, tothe distant cettaze by tho springs of Colorado, where dwell old fricnds who haya Inyed Lim long and well. But bis light docs not go out inthe grave, We thank God for his strong testimony to the grace of the dospel of Christ, for his yalinut mautood, for lls quickoning and enlightening iminfitcy to tho men and women of to-day, Ie spealts to us still, and will continuo to speak, while thare is mesuing iu Duty, and power mw ‘Truth, and in- spiration im Love, that agpiras and toils tor Lhe Divine Kingdom on earth, ffis epeeets aud lifts, though many-loned, aro ono grand tine. Such acallasthatin Ing poem, “Tho Day of tho Lord," rings out to 13 ow more hupressyely, if possible, than over, rem Ne eee ‘The Dinmonits Sont by the Khedive te Gen. Shermans Daughters wrom the New York Sun, Jun, 29. Tho dosire to get a glimpse of tho fortune in diamonds went to Gen, Shormau's daushter by tho rulor of Egypt amounted toa mania yestor- day, Over 2,000 perdons thronged the corridors ta the Collector's ollice of the Custom-ftouse. ‘Tho doors had to be locked aud porters dotniled ta keop the passage-way open, ‘Tho Jowols wore on the tablo in the Colloctor's parlor, and guards were stationed at all the doors leading to it to soa that no one got in except by Actiny Collector Tydocker's order. The visitors had to sond im their cards before they were admit~ ted. Liont. Fitch, of the navy, the son- in-lay_ of Gen, Sherman, was tho first to call, Ie took Admiral Porter with him, The cummercial agout for the Khediye of Eyypt, the President of tho Gotd Exchange, Gen, Itarvey, 8, L, M. Barlow, the Preaidont of the Hank of North America, ox-Colloctor Smytho, John Mooy, 8. P. Husgoll, Solon Humphreys, and othera were admitted to ® view of the gems, bosides several prominent juwelors and Iapi- dasios, Mr, ‘Tiffany appraised thom at over $300,000, ‘Phe Government oxaminer valued the largent diamond at 430,000. It is a trifle larger than Col, Fisk's famous ** bull's eye.” At 9 o’olock the Acting Collector nd over 800 cards of prominent morchants, lawyors, snd bankers on his desl, and Lad to refuse avy moro visitors, Tho jowols were lockud up in tho Caphier's safe. : Lieut, Fitch has consonted to thelr exhibition at ‘Tiffany's for.s few days. Toy will then fe to Mrs. Fitoh in St, Louis. The question is, What will sue do with thom? - Fashion says that thoy are suitable only for Royal receptions. Soe SRR EIC TS ‘The Conntoss Mirafiore. In her lant letter from Rome, Anne Brewater fosuipa about King Victor Emanuel and his re- ations with tie Countess Mirafloro, ‘Tho ville whieh iy owned and occupled by the Counters is a little distanee frum tho city and iaono of tho nost dolightfully situated reaidonces in tho vi- cinity of ume. ‘The now Almanac de Gotha for 1875 peraiats in calling hor the morganatic wite of Victor Emanuel, Bheiw vot. Khe was married to tho King in the spring of 1869, regu- larly, by a Jesuit priest, when his Majouty of Ttaly had a sevore ilineys aud thought he was dying. By way of making torms with the un~ known future, Victor axked the Popo’s pardon for paut offenses, promised to be a good son of the Church in the future, and: married bie mis trews, ‘Tho Atmanach do Gotha, for tho coming year, gives tha Countess’ namo before marriage *Vorcellana.” She is Victor Emanuol’y lawful wife, aud, if the marriage was acknowledged by tho Government, she would bo the Queen of Italy. Sho ia 9 very coarse, common-looking woman of about 48 or 50, but quite ax good-look- ing as the King, who Je, aa is woll known, ono of the plainest, most ordinary-looking soveraigns of Europes, altnough he has bravo, mauly ap- Doarauce. sie Peeuntary Vatue of a ‘Troy Musband, 'rho'Mroy Wh iy telly this story: “+A tow months ago a married woman on Ide Hill becamo acquainted with & maiden lady of 40 who resides near tho junction of Cougress aud Ferry strosta, ‘Puey had bowen acquainted but a short tine when the married woman made a proposition to the maiden lady, aud offered hor husband for sala, ‘he price fixed was @cente. Thiy was iy paid, and tho palr soon parted, When night canto Mrs, A.’s husband failed to make his appesrance ; up to lasy night bo wae stlll miss- jog. Mes, A. guys sho way only in jost when she Tuade the proposition ; but, unfortunately for her, tho inaidon, who happens to be somewhat advanced tn life, took tho matter in warnest, and she is now lord and master of Mra, A.’s husbaud. ‘The disturbed feelings of ona und the supposed rojoicing of the other cannot easily be por- trayed, and the circumstances connected thero- with belong only to thomselves, uo doubs, Anxious frionds, however, are awaiting future developments,” 2 E ——_——_—_——.., “WOMEN PREACHERS, A Feeblo Attempt to Revivo the try. sade, A Fomale Missionary Among tho Billiardists, A Cold Reception in Hall ang Saloon. Mysterious Disappearance, Karly yostorday evoning sumo oxctlomont was created at Foloy's billiard ball on Clark treat by tho appearance of a genuine “crusader,” having in her hand tracte, 8 song-book, n copy of Holy Writ, a Suspay ‘U'ninune, aud other tit. oratura of aligh order, At tho timo tha pra. cious roont was walt fillod with those who bad ex. cused themselves from homo and its tutluences to attend church, ‘Tho tablos were busy, tho cue-racka wera empty, — and the whole econo meant monoy to hig Aldormanfo highness, the manager, The Indy was closely veiled, aud npou her entrance was THE ONBERVED OF ALT, OBSERVERS, Unveiling ler fuce, her pleasant features at. vted additional attention. Brother B. dropyed his cue, Brother C. turned from bis sport, and htill other brethren followed in the exit from the side-door, Sho took pusition at the guito-kecper’s desk, and was soon sure rounded by o misocllaneous mana, all avz- tous to know her misvion. Itudolphe, the billiardist, was in the crowd, and by no means the Joast of Lhe curious, In a moment sue opened a Bible and read chaptor therofram, full ot the great moral law, Following this she offered , fervent prayer for tho conversion of DILLIAND TALES INTO KINDLING-Waon, and Dilliard-halis andsaloons into the habitations of God-fearing and God-aerving mon. Up to this timo she had boon treated —quito respectfully, owing to the hopes, doubt. Jews, that’ her stay would bo short. Dut when sho announced oa her text for the ovoning’s discourse, "This year shalt thou die,” the crowd grow nneary. Foloy turiea to Lis unfinished gamo of billiards, sud those who had tables rented for tha evening sought the worth of thoir mouoy in banging tho balls, while the rest, with faw exceptions, turned their aitantion frum tho speakor to the games upon which depended their “night-caps.” Undaunt- ed, however, by tho waut of either attontion or respect, eho PROCEEDED WITIC EN DISCOURSE. Sho said sho wag a xpokesman for Chiat, ang had boon sont by Hint to preauh the gospol, Sho was propared to stand insults for fis sake, bho warned hor hearers of the uncortainty of life anid tho cortainty of death, Unless you repent you'll bo damned,” she repeated thing aud agaic with great otphasix, remarking, by way of exe phination, that it was Christ's, not lier, language, At timos the spenkor's voice was drowned by the applause over Hone dificult shot, aud upoo one ovcasion sho deignod tu reply that slo wae not awnro of haying ead apytiing funny, Sho con tinued ner reaturis for about ten minutes, when RUDOLPUE ALPROACHED HER to say that her presence waa interforing with busitiess, Sho curtly replied that she * hoped wad.” With soins ralleutions upun * tho wages ofan,” she ended her discourae, which through wus sneered at, tho sheers in soveral In scaucos amwunting to personal inant. Sho next opened hor sonustor nnd aang as selcation, which was recotved with about the same favor as hor sermon, Bho closed her work by dixtrilmiing about 100 tracts, “How can tbo accopred as rizhtcous 2” atter which she aaked 4 biesving upoy the erowd aud departed, ‘Lho uext place of attack was TM, BASEMENT HALON of TL. Langenhaln, Chars strect, uoar Mudison. ‘Thore ko tet a sail orawd, but a very invites field, ‘The guinesters #he bad to contend wih wero tho dovotess of “euchre" and “sixty-six,” for drinks, the entire crowd being engaged in ong or tho other of these pastimes. Sho took s seat ata beor-table, and ‘agnin anvonnced thas she was an agout of Christ for tho sulvation of nonls, Opaning her Bible, sho commenced reading from St, Paul's epistles, commenting as she roud. Sho had made but tittle progres whon interrupted by A SALOON THEOLOGIAN, who had the aincity to question tho charactor of Bt. Paul, For a few moments tho dixpute was goimatod on both sides, in fact no Inspiring that auvoral of the listeners called for their whiny, and drank it dawn elon eilh the dix eunsion, During tha coufay cou lady asked uer opponent if she had EVER MURDERED Aggi0D: which seemud to Kettle the wholo affair, Jost thon ttp jumped a rather ronch look ing customer who claimed tuo right to speak, Io said ho hha been’ s niomber of the Young Mon'a Christian Asrocis- tlou, but had fallen Srom graco somowhat, Io joved the name of wornan, but thonphit it “a d-——doutrage that they sbontd ‘crusade’ around saloons, Hi mother was a woman, thank God, but. her placo was at home: is Tia remarks were hero interrupted by the beer thealuginn, who came to the lady's dofense, und quict once ngaia reigned, save the jostio at beor-glaxvex or the proverbial noise of turnings desiyable tramp, ‘Phe atrungec elogod her labors with singing avd prayer, and, expressing a bops for the con yersion of all, sho again salliod ito tho street. Tore sho was ‘ ACCOBTRY Hy A WECANTER, but refused to give rer name, or tho nameof the society or ausecintion by vhich sho was om: ployed, Sha said sho way a servant for desis and would bo known for her works, aud uot by naine, ‘Yurning upon her feel abruptiy, sho started for Madiyon street." Thence she wont to Le Ballo, thence sonth to Monroe, wout to Fith aventto, and, turuing tho .cornor to go north swag lost in tho dark, Har pctiona wero very suspicions in her travels, in croasing and ree crossing strects, and tho fact that abe was lost at the corner indicated, while closaly followed, # aclroumstauce that cannot now be explained. Was sho a workor for tha Womon's Teimper ance Unton, and ifso, who was she % ce Aiba Pal cht ci Whe Old Claim Agains Government. The cloim against the Chillan Government. which has just beon settled by tho paymout of 20,000 to our Secretary of Stato, is but vaguely understood by many persons, and tho followivz particulars which we obtain from tho New Bed Tord Standard will prove of intoreat ;_ ‘The slip Good Return, of Now Budford, Job canis Master, arrived at Taleahuano, May 23, 1832, 10 distress, baying lost her rudder on the 18h Bho had 13,285 alloug of wporm oll, 89,220 gal Jong whalo oil, and 22,000 pounds whalebone 08 bomid, ‘The vexse! was detained by the Cuilisc Governmont, as Capt, ‘lorry ways, * On tho mis- oravle pratext of a fow pounds of tobscco found in the chesta of the sailors,” of the presence of which the boarding ofllcet was informsd, Capt, ‘erry was told that if he would give the Cuutoms ollicors 50 or G0 ouncet of gold thoy would Jet the ship go, or eluo they would mato ali the trouble they coult. ‘The yeuxul wax detained until Oct. 27, Au catimat of damages aimountlug to $30,011.65 was made by parties interested, and another extioale amounting to #87,165 was made by a comuities of Britis uaval olllcera appointed by Lord ‘Yowushend of the British frigate Dublin. Cop forry, who. was the largest ownor, called 02 overy Dresident from Jackson to Liucoln, inte lation to his claim, aud froquontly staccd thst if the Government would grant him a letter o mMarquo he would collect it without any surther trouble to Uncle Sam, ‘The $20,000 ix probably all that will evor be recovered, eet nee eee Remarkable Amcricnn Customs A. correspondout of tho Paris Figaro thus ih scribes sonia remarkable Amorican custome wbic tho Chiltan will bo new to most of us. fe wayar dn wide tor evenings, whan thers comes ap one of tho? donso fog whloh are so common over in Amory va, it ia ne unusual thing to moot in the strocts + man cuctying a lantern, which resorbles ono i our magle lanteroy, Me wolocte a frequents suot, aud when the crowd becomes douse aroun him he turna his lantorn towards tae lowering clouds, At that instant, aa if by mizmclo, the by stuuders bohold iu tho midst of the beavedh which do duty for a curtain, a giganto advortiny ment recommending some dry gooce establld ment or clothing store. ‘I'he wecond example more simple, but not less ingouious, Ono oft pasaou on thestroct a citizen walking rapidly, rk troading with all his welght on thy sides) ‘ You draw near, aud on tha auplalt, m the sre loft by the footprints of tho personage in ¥et tion, you read an advertisement, prined in ¢ and elegant characters, Tho nan wat & wall adyertisoment, and he wore shoes vith o! Jettors on their soles,” L |