Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 21, 1875, Page 6

= THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE SUNDAY; FEBRUARY 21, RELIGIOUS NEWS. The Lay Preacher Discourses on the Box of Precious Ointment, Building of the Proposed Bapiist Temple. The Episcopal Church Is Not Téiding Romenar of the Religious | The Spirit : Press. Notes and Personils at Home and Anpel of Death shill toll tuo étda6 away. Bos is living, baving for nearly sevénty years been faithful to her early attachment; neither accking nor accepting the sympathy of apy © é ‘This olement of Jove ia woman's a} always a blessing, but, on the contri Phe criminal records of the country abound with isistories of Toul mdrdtts of husbanas whosd livoa were an obstacle between the gility wife pod her paramour. With such, as. well as with those whose love is pure. aud holy, they stopat no sacrifice. Husbands, children, homie, repntation, everything, is counted of no value. Take, for an illuscrétion, the caso of Mre. Til- ton,—and the truth or, faisity of Mr. Tijton’s and Mr, Monltou’s statements does not affect its value asan illustration. Mr. Tilton expressed it as hig opinion that her love for afr. Beecher was so ® Yong, and her. confidence ih bim so perfect, Yhat she would not besitate to do anyiutng ho might stgecst, evel to suciiice ber own Jife. And her determination, as 6xpreised to Mrs. Moulton, to etind by Hr: Beecher at all hazards, justres the opinion expressed, by bet hasbund. So completety was she possessed by this idola- ious fove, that er pastor iu her estimation was a god, and incapabl. wrong. sre is pbiil, and: but quits a different, il- lustrition of womdo’s love tiuch maf bo found among the persons who até ih daily. attendancd Abroad, Church Services To-Day. THE LAY PREACHER. | THE DOL OF PRECIOUS OITMENT. And behold a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus 83: a: lost in the Phariree’s house, brougat ou slivaster box of Cintment, and mood ot His feet behind Him, weeping, and began to each His fect with tears, aud did wipe tba with the aire of her head, and kissing His fect, and amnoixted them with the ointment, ‘The incident Trom which our text is tnken is due of thé most tonching!y beautiful ‘and fo- structive which merked tho ministry of Christ, and afforded Him the opportunity to administer somo wholczome rebukes: First, to the Phiarisee by whom He was being catertained, who #nid that if He were s prophet He would haye known that {he woman was 2 sinner. And next to Hrs disciples, who complained of the extravaganed of the offering; tbat it might have bron sold Tor 300 pence, ard the proceeds given to the poor. Ho knew that she wass sinbver, and that fact. instead of causing Him to turn her away with weom, conetitated ber ctrongest claim upon ‘Ts ' loving sympathy. I1:$ miesion on earth was to seek aid to save the lost, aud Bis iénder ‘com- passion for this siuner cansed -her to shed tears of genuine pen:tence, tna when she realized that there was fcrgivencss for her she was prompted to masifest her gratitudy in thé most expressive forma in her power. “She loved much,” was the explanation of the Master, be- cause Bhe had been forfivon much. Women’s love, if itte real, psrtakes largely oF thé Hiture of worship, 2nd thera is nO ODer- ing, no sactifice, too great or too costly for her tolay upon tke altar of her! affections, and the only regret the feels is that she has not #ome- thing richer ana more valuable stil! that Bhe can actifica fo thé iol of ber heart. ‘The annals of history furnish numerous instances of the truth of this proposition, and history is repeat- ing itself in this réspect ia thousands of in- stances mn our own times, ead they will coptinus to bo repeafed so long 28 woman ehall enst on the earth. To toveand to be loved ia a nécessity of woman's nature; itis part of Ler refizion. and many who have been shot out from Duman love, or rather f:dm_ the relations between the sexes growing out of this demand: of tiéir na- ture, give themse!ves wholly to religious works, devotion, #04 cheritt, as the only expression thet can give of this predominating ventinient, and it 18 probable thit the majority of tho: fl the ranks of the various mons ‘sisterhoods ‘possess in 4 high degree the very characteristics which, under other circumstances, would havo made them conspicisus as devoted wives, and |] voted, last fail, to reoutid some three miles felf-aictificing mothers; and, whatever may be our denominational associations, the devoted Uves of the majority of the religious sisterhoods must challenge our admiration, and of many a one itcan be truly é&id, a” Christ said of the Wotnan Who wasnsinner, “ She has done what hs could.” AS we have already remarked, to the woman who truly loves there is no offering too ‘costly, * nO axcrifice too est, for the objéct of her love, and many a one héb lain upon the altar the price lees jewel of her honor, and born the scorn ana eontumply of tho world through her whole life without complaint. | In 8 village chureb-yard in New England T once x&w a pore merble slab upon which wes in- scribed tho emple words, “Sne Loven Mcce.” | It told the old, old story of all-absorbing, un- questidiiing love, sxeriicing ail, and being re- quited with base desertion; bat bers was a love which conid not be quenched, not, even by its cruel requital, aud as her young life was. ebbing sway there was no word of reproach for her be- trayer, nor would she listen to a word from ‘others. “I loved bim. I still love him; he was and is my idol, and I only regret that I had not mors to zivo him,” sho would cay; and her | Jateat treath was expended in gupplications for Lis happiness. Reis 3 Measured by onr conventional ‘standard, this poor girl was a sinnér; and yet I have no doubt the Masteresid of her, “She loved much, 4 ig forgiven much.” a This strong and ali-prevaiting jworman’s loye is not contingent upon the worthiness of its object, nor iB it confined to any class, We ofvén eee or hear of the vericst rerrcbates,—men of low, even brutal, instincts,—who are the recipients of a love stronger than death, which no amount of nez- lect of personal violence is enilicient to quench. Instances of this are not wanting among the most Bbandoned women of the town, who become Bo strongly attache’ to gome low wretch ttiat they wili do or suffer anything to supply tho wants of teir tovers. Among the higher and mare cultivated classes this lore survives long pas after the death of the loved one. A nota- le instance is found in the casa of Lady Frank- lin, who for more then a quarter of a century has given of her time and meas without stint to iscover something reliable regarding the face of ber long-lost husband, and she bas recently offered a large reward to the eame end. ‘Ths winter previous to the War, while espend- ing a few weeks in Savannah, I rinde several visits to & cemetery, and I elways observed a pale woman in deep mouruing standing or wa! ing about a Jot upon which was erecied a beau! monument. The grave at its foot had alira’ fresh garlands of flowors upon it. At a respect- ful.distance stood av old colored servant also éressed in mourving. My curiosity was ex- cited, and upon making inquiry I learned that nearly tan years before the Indy bad buried her busband, to whom she was most devotedly st- " tached, and that ske had every dav since his burial visited his crave twice, forenoon and af- ternoon, and, when the weather was not too in- clement, spent a large portion of each division of the day in her silent, mournful worsbip Mt the shrine of her buried love. Sbe bad never been Lnown to exchange a word with any visitor or acquaintence who chanced to mect herthere. This instance is not cited as nteri{- ing approval, cr as an example worthy of imi- tation, but only as sbowing bow entirely a woman can be absorbed in her affections for the man who first taught ber the lecgon of foving. During the esmescason, at New Orleans, whilo walking in tho old Freuch cemetery, I noziced a vase of fresh fowcrs set in 2 niche in a tomb that looked quite ancient, and, upon reading the inecription, found that the ‘person to whose memoiy this flora) offering was deposited had been dead over forty years, and I afterwards learned that the widow hed, duriog all thosa jong scare. daly renewed the flowers upon the tonib of the busband of her vonth, ? Doth these ceses were without doubt a species of inennity Induced by persistent, unavailing grief, but still they are rather refreshing in these days of speedy eccond marriages and easy divorces. _ its ; There another class whore hist Ma trates the strength and permanence of aoa Jove. Werefernow to that much-abused srmy of good women krown a$ “ola weids.” In every community there are to be fond numbers of im, precise old ladies whose lives have been spent in single blessedzess. Their mother- ly instincts. have found vent in little acts of kindaces to nephews and nieces, end. all .of. us. have probably in oar youthful days had occasion to be grateful for tho existence of an old-maid aunt. Among the most precious memories of my own childhood is the form of one towhomI was indebted for aumerous little favors, and I often wondered why one. who knew-co well.just what -would please children and make them happy had fone of herown. She was. called a man-bster, and always avoided any avoidable association with men. Lafterward learned the eecret. In her youth.sbe had loved, and liketoo many cnly to Lave her.fondest hopes blasted ; her loving teart was transformed to a chre, whon she buried her Jove, and then sealed it Yorever, or uitil the upon thd gredt Brooklyn trial. It is & love founded mainly upon pride atid jedtonsy. One vf the printipal redtons asdigied for Mr. Booch- er’s secking (he companionsnip.of Mrs. Tilton ‘was thb want of congeniality, aud domestic peace with his owa wife.» ‘There are few women in the world who would stand by ahusbaud who had been faite to them, Bad for such ubcomplimen- thiy reasons, but Mrs. Boccher’s pride was Browsed, and with a heroism never 6urj.assed by the early Cirisdaa a She day after aay submits: to a cftcifixion, situ by her busband’s - sidé in the court-toom, and fisteniag to the disgusting détails of the trial, and, tocap tho cliuinx, extends frichily grest- igs to the woman who 1s the alleséd - pita mour of ber husvand, Whether sho believes.ia their guilt or not, we cacnot, withbold acer- : 1 fortis and mandates as taiumeed of admiration fur one_ who, whatever | suit their “p! @ OF convenience! Apainast Ger temper and couduct miy have been to her | these strict Churchmen: they leyel their shafts. own house, has, m the paiufal ordeal, tucoagh lich aba is now passing, proved bergelf to be one of the inot remarkabio wonien of thé age. Apimilar iastancd came bhdor my own obser- vation in ahEatern city. A prominont man wab charged with attempting the life of .his wife. It was the old story of zn unholy love for an+ other. ‘fhe trist was a jengthy. one, and every day the wife, who was still suffering from thie ef- fects of w severe accident (?), was.placed in a Jarge easy chait beside ber husband, and by ber side sat the lady svhose rame. was ipvolved (not Crimiua'ly), and When plat-d tron tho stand she gave the firongést kind of eyidteiite id her has- band’s favor, and thus secued his acquittal, and in the vrening she oporied Wer elegant house ail entertainéd those who camé to congratulate her husband upon bis escape. ‘Chis wife knew her busband was guilty, . but .sbo deterinined to save him. Sho succeeded, and wilhin two weeks she separated from him forever. E ‘here sre various other formis in which ths roling passion of woman manifests itself, but we liave not time to Epeak of theft this morning. __ ‘Thea gréatest boon evér conferied upon man is the pure, holy love of a true woman. In its pxér- cise is her power aad étrength, aid also hor weakness, but yet, although it otfen seems 60, it is never wbolly Wasted; Uk6 the precious oint- iment that the troiman “which was a sinber™ fa ished pen ber Savior; it bas its preciotis uses; faQthough sorte doubing disciples may fail to | consented to totkin comparative harniony, we will discern them. All Sots or words, prompted by | leave.that question; as our only object 18 to call joving Hears, are precious Seed Which aré gure | attention to the fact that io thi to yield goodly fruit in dus séason. THE BAPTIST TEMPLE. PROGRESS MADE IN THE MOVEMENT. During tho bast Week an ihiporthit movement bas beech fairly commeticed, the altintate object Of Which is the estab nt of & largé, cencral Baptist Church or Tomple., The great July fire Jett the city without @ Naptist church north. of ‘Twenty-third street, and sinco the First Church South of its old Bite, & good Geil of dissati taction haa béen felt with thé ataius of thé de- iBatio 6 city. Those members of the Fiist Church who frd thoroughly devoted to missionary Work in the heart of the city, wherd they saw thé barvest white; and thé isborers fow, were disposed to -abaution the church if it id ite missionary Work ia thé city. It fe right that & propeicy of which the church still holds, should ba ly abgorbed “in thé bhtlding of a liome cnurch in ‘a remote section of the city... On the other hand, times are hard, and the church membership is not hopetul as it onca Was,and many of the members felt that the first thing-to do was. to rebuil alls of Zion,” and undertake. mi Wo ards. A proposition has pect batore this ¢hut Bome tins, as bas already beén stated TRinvyE, to dons:e d:portion of ite protects for tho foundation of 4 Central Baptist Cliiirch, to be located in tho business portion of ths city—a Vemplé, aa it ia frequeatly called. Thid propo- sition took définite hiape abd Was Adopted at the fogdlar business meeting of the church last week. Tne old Wababh avéiine lot, whicn coit prises 112 feet frontage oh that thoroughrate, just South of Hubbard court, is believed, even in the present depressed condition. of _real estate, to be worth $30,000. A mortgage of $25,000 exists as a lien uponit. Thechurca also possesses, in its curpurate capacity, some 50 acres of Jand in Highlaud Park, or :Bavinia, as it is now called. This.can be sold for $25,000 in a body,.as the church Les bad that ofer for it. Whe First .Church, last Wednesday evening, agreed to convey the Wabash avenue and tbo Aavwia property to a neiy Baptist church orguni- Zation, represeutea by Mr. B. F. Jacobs and some other prominent members of the denom- inftion, provided tite iatter: shotld first pay to the First Church the sum of 625,000. The plan ‘has been accepted on both sides, and it only té- mains to carry out its, provisions. Iho Ravinia land isto be-put upon tho market early in tho spring, and it 18, believed tbat. there aro many good Baptists who will take ote or more ares st &_ cUneiderable advatice upon £500 per acre. The sale of” this laud will yield _the €25,000 which is to be paid to-the Firat..Church, and. probably asurplos. -As Boon as this 1s done, the new or- ganization will commence overatiuns in the way of building.. They will either build s chapel oy the rear of the old lot, or exchange that for a jot further down-town... . : ‘ As the new organization is to bs one repro- senting in some esnse.the entire denomination in the.city, thoro is tittle. doubt that funds. will be forthcoming to build « fine house of worship, or oven & busuess block. in. combination mith a church edifice, something lke tho, First.dleth- odist Church Block, --The- new work is in the hands of energetic, hopeful. men, full of zeal, and aspiring to d6“go-J. Thiéy will push for- ward the work with credit to themseives, the de- nominatids; abd the city. Ba GET a - Ib should be nieritfoned, iti cohiiection’ With the above, that » mutual sgréemént was euteréd into by both parties to the contract that the pro- geede of tive’acres of thé Bavitiia lard shanid be Given to the Tweny' Stress Baptiet Caurch. GOING OVER TO ROME. . 5 _ 88 OUTSIDER” ScoUTS SHE EAL 6 the Lditor of The Chitédiao Trivine : % ‘Circkco, Feb. 26.—it is pitiful to think of thé bumber of devont innocents who bre suffering from a fear that Western Christendom is “ going back to Rome.” An toordihate fondness for chuteh millinery in which eome well-inéaning divines havé ioddlged bas perhaps eockéd sober tastes: parti-coloted ribbotis, aid 2 tend- ency to élsboration of movement about the altar, seem to have irritated the devotional sensé of these good people. Startled by inhovation, ieir Gndccustomed eyes have perhaps the miomedt bos dimmed by floating incenge, and Wax-cindles have been apparentiy icadequate to assist their powers Of mentel vision, so that whieh 4 livé a beclouded réason 6 100,000, grits to Rome, the deltiied crowd ‘mised & Lae avdery, whichis still resotinding, wathing the People that-the Episcopal world’ i ~ jouriiey- ing Rowewait. ‘I tim not sure ‘that many have entertdititd thé idea, vaguely of coutse, that the-malicions Dr. Seymour -was really about to shoulder thé prosperous Stafe of ‘Dinois, and then, with thé adroitness of Jack tho -Giant-killer,, drasv.on seven-leacna_boote, and, followed by the huzzas of the Eafnalisie, match. pf across the .Atlantic, and finally harl ANY protesting ‘victim info that dread abysa sup- posed to be overshadowéd by the Seven Hills, ‘These ingenious: self-torrureré have also discoy- sd that the Jesuits aye sid a train of mises, which, by means of. some diabolically-enchanted powder, is. s00n §9 expiode and blow, tue whale nation, at one Tcl] blast, into the dark hole aboye mentioned.’ A little baud, of zealous Christiad ker is € to. delib thi wheels of 5 erately fo: wheels BO stop, . Buother course, ** ahd “packward, “with redod~ rogress “ro blight to.ail who ate affectbd by it. Per- ei ce degenerates into.s selfish passion, “ Going back to Rome 2”. Who is going back ? ‘ansforias the angel .iiito,ademon, and, | The Romish power is going straigut furward, to- ¥en 3 wonian yields liereelf 5 its gi ahs is | geyber reitit oil things. whi Asters hid a boule to commit any crime to gain full pos- | ning towaniga legitimate end... Eeahion of ti6 Obieel of Nb waboly pudsion. | "However: taduel itis idle tb - Coffe np fan- bled velocity, ..over.', tha path thoy have been Jaboriously traveling the last thousand ytars: Preposterous! As tho Musissippi meatders and varies 1n its conree, do we start with febr, that the groat stream {6 about toturn and ,pour..its flood of waters into tho Arctic Ocean?'- - us ee cies that Episcopacy -is in dauger of toppliug over into medimval darkness, and though We re- jolse thAt thate: is tco much. vullghteameht al- readv in our country for Romanism ever to greatly overshadow it, this scourity has not been ‘attained, nor ‘would it be malutatn~ ed, if there were not mon of stronger aint than thoge whose wid aud weak conplaluluy te otten promp'ed, ag apme Imowing onos dunt, by mo- tives widely diforing from a listred of Momuuh abominations. ‘Lhts toholuslot is the mora war raptable since their attacks aro scldoin leveled directly aguiust thd adid abonituntions, but against disciplindiidns wil their owit Boolodi- astical precincts, under thinay pretenses which they have yet been nuablo to sustain (satis{acto~ rily to other minds). ‘This large Vody of Protestants, who attend to butlding and approbtiating contfortuble povws, well proféctéd from tho iuclomoncics of tho weather by inclo-uipa more or Jess tasteful, Ay sume an attitude of pious horror toward Ro- manists } they rail in loud and scornful tones, or perhaps listen with a sorjous satisfaction to their. ¢lerical entortatner, atid cuddle themselves jin pleased —colistiousnesB of superior Warth a8 lio delivers _a _rhe- torical amentation over the strocitieg of the Papists: But what.deeds of prowess have we to record’ distinamshing these bold cham- pions of tli faith? Their rancordus attacks are directed against. 8 handful of men whom they denounce as Ritualists, and whoso over- throw, they seem to think, would break the neck, a8 it were; of Rortianisnt. O, the compla- cent inconsistency of thed@ Valiant crusaders, who, finding the rod! Ritualists so fow in num- ber ag to be scarcely diacovéerablé, coolly apply the name to all whose strict adherence to the nmr sion to the authorities of the to their own: easy course Such are the deeds they vaunt, as proof of their zeal. . ‘An admirable modium_betwedn the tvarbny of Romanism, and, ths licensd of radicilisni is doubticed tlie Episcopal Church, which claime, perhaps justly, td have established tha best sys- tem for deiending the Christian faith, We will not dixcuss the origin of this system, nor tho histoteaY inttccuracies whith may interfere with the apostolic Succession, or whence coméd the mteuse regpottabllity, ihe delicious aroma of rank, the genteel avoidance of outsiders, which characterize to some exteat tins body of wor- shipers. We might notices bow particularly grati- fring itis to theinsular taste to believe that, since ‘tin thé Father's Hougso aré many midn- sloiié,” oné mansion at least is fitted up for the exclusive use of.noble Britons,,and that also a spévisl mode of conveyauco is provided for them thither. But Heaven forbid that this oys- ter-type of worshipbt, which, Ambog many, 1s the synonym for Episcopalian, should long pre- yail. St ie ono among tho many conflicting ole- inenté in tae Episcopal Chtrch (Which 16 certaiai- ly notin danger vf death from stagnation jus! at present; on th contrary; it might be usctul to Epscopaliansto study without deldy the moral narrative of the Kilkenny cats), and, though itis & matter of interesting deoate a& to which of tidss Slehichté Wl renisin predorbinaht when All have sottled in their resnéctive places, and oiler, self-é ing Workéra, stérn in exaction, rigid in performance of duty, ingisting upon the importance both of spitjt and. letter, aro moré entitled td respect, 25 upliolcers of a principle or principics, thin thé foiid talkérs, installed in comfortable livings, who' havo 8 yidlent distste for earmest. labor, who dreal = nny = prospect Ww dich | and poor parishioners indiscrimiua: That tho latter characteristics ato particularly foticéable ib, the Low-Church party cannot havo edcaped thé eyé ot every impartial obeerver. It is they wlio opposd free churches ts Romanistic: Such An. arrangemont might indeed dithivish thelr salaties. ‘They oppose the dnily opebing of places of rorship as having 8 Bomanistic ten- déuey, , Sncki sn srrhhgement would indeed 3 obtly increane their duties. They prefer spend- ing witpy lazy seats in fruitless discussion on the cuatt Hattire of the benefit derived from the Holy Euclisriat to thé more troublesome course adopted by those thoy malige,—namely, ‘atro- quetit Admimstering of that Holy Sacrament that eoplé may at least have full opportunity to test Re éificacy, whether they are ever able to defhe ite nature or pot. ee : ‘Chere are inen anton the clerg¥ (too harmless and fow to be dositaated . by so dignitied &n ap pellstion 48 “ minority”) whose minds are absor' ed in dry goods aud devotional gymuaatice, who fre fond of purple aiid fine raimeat, and whose inental digestion is not adequate for any strong- ér sustenance than euch frippery; bat it is gross ipjustics to rank with them or confound with them thé sober, high-minded, self-sactificing Churchmen who recognize the importaiice of cer- tain forms in religious worship, insist on come- liness ahd order iu the services, and upon the Obsetvduce of the established tanons as promot- ing stich order gud comeliness, How. is the Church, as. ‘dinn of external thoralitics, promoter of sorial order, jeatous pro- tector of thd inspired writings, the preventer of revealed truths, tho oxhorter to &- teriperatée Ife which shall fit people for the percep- fion. of those .truths,—how, ia | tne name of ersry foe to abarchy. is ebo to discharge all these duties uniesy het army bo. disciplined, her lawe enforted, her injunctions heeded by aub- ordinates ? This is the qiestion which tno Broad-Chuirch party, who bave a hortor of dog- ma, andthe Low-Church party, who bave a hor- ror of work, héat with distrué’, abd suspect as fraught with something daugerous or disagreea- ble. ‘They accordingly attack (with a view, to ilencing or annihilating) the interrogators who persistently demand, ab answer, and who, in spits of thie miiy Dathes with which efetyies braud them, are’ pre-enineutly Chiirchinen. Ttiey compose the slembut in the. Episcopal Cburek which shows the most resolyte aud da- jermined, though quict, opposition tothe Rowizh power, . It is.on their yigilance aod alertness Episcopacy, must rejy for, bafiling the designs and resisting .!1¢ encroachments of that formida- bie enemy to 6, irttual growth... But when, ‘io this great, atate_of . several millions, we are informed that our 8,000 self- suilicient Episcopalians reckon.among their num- ber s score of waty devils called Ritualists,- pow- erful or cunning enough to topple us in an un- d moment over into Romaniem!_ we, can but exclaim to him who trembles, Ride, si sapis, Ax OorsIDER. ——— THE RELIGIOUS PRESS, THE NORTHWESTERN ADvocATS thinks bi in) ded and he: etical chirch members havé no bisiudes to “Advaciite broal-gatige telig= ious herésies while pretending to, rémain church membets. Jt also advocates ‘Bilance in Liv- ing,” oi, snbatantidlly, that tion and women stbuld entertain some governing principles thit do Hi6t clidiigé ais often as the fashiotis chabge. Be seicks i ‘THE ADVANCE . ‘ é hes something to abont ‘The Business of Siigpicion,” which dpposrs to be & bit of atrict- uta! writing at the expunse df. the editord of the Tilérior, Asiothér editorial iti tho dime paper discueees and deprecates the recent recommend- ation of the Goyernor of Georgia, that the Stato should withdraw its aid to Atlanta University, for the reason that social equality is taught and practiced between blacka and whites in that in- etitution. + Foundivg, converts a ture of fsith ind works after tion of refetitaicp. Another editorial gives & careful atalydis of thé philosophy of A. Bron- son Alcott.“ The-writer, who ia, probably, Prof. Swing, saya: | ‘Wo love to indet belistits such ‘a: man. 6 would make & pilgrimage to the moon if we could attend 8 conclava at which the Synod of Ilinols North should examine Brother Alcott with reference ta the ony of his yiews with: those entertained by Brothers Hal- taba tga cartel formtloe whoa Malco and come to tlie end of oue of his spiritual sentences} = _A very eebaiblo éditofial on." Chorch Lite pears in this number, wherein the wrifgr urges that what is wanted in Chicegi, especially at the Present time, is’ balaace,” or level-hendedness. Stiegests the wilier, iliete is téd great a féveriah ropiid of faire, tea-pariics, preyer-meotiigs, pH vate theatricals, and socials. of op THE STANDARD x says ‘editorially. that the position of Western Sécretary of the Educational Coniniission hia Been tendered to thé Rev. E. C. Hewett. D..D., at present member of tlie Faculty of the ili? nois State Normal University. Tie Standard ex- presses the hope thet he wil! accept the office, The’ editor slso. urges: Baptists to stidy tore earefdlly thd mutual relations of the .Church ‘to. its ordinances. Saye the editor: very. paar) ager agen shaey Gee eye mated and dee L an infectious element petvading the Whols atmoaphbre of religious opinion, the virus of which is mafnly 5 predisposition: to make light of forms, institutions, formularies, of 4 teligions nature, 1t has its eotirce tn what may b* ermed, with some. propricty, the epirit of thenge, +. sspecte theides of authority in anything that concern: sul religious lite Tt was place elles oe ua | wa natural that froin tin Iotoléranes that Figed during 60 many centaric; there ghonld follot 4 reaction, tend- tng to carry the world of opinion far toward the cther exiteme, ‘The oppolnto. ends of that are in which the rest ponditum of human destiny forevarawings are leepotlsra and kcenge; ‘Thp moyement is now toward tha latter, and the point of uitimate motion scems to pot véty fr airay. Almost all the, secular organs at vplnion ‘ate hostile, openly ot covertly, to what (hoy ate ploared to term’ ecclesiastics, So much of ie fuus fitening as they deom fationally cotiaistent they are filing to patronize; but religiods formaluries; re~ Hyious lnstftutions, or ordinances, they treat as relics Gf tie pant for which it is childish to feel or show very tyuth ‘bapect: —a PERSONAL. AT HOME AND ABROAD. i z Bishop Odonkeimer, of New Jersey, is still ull, ahd not dxpected td lito. ec aye Prof. Nathan SHeppara loft Inst week for an extended lecture-tour in New York. j Bishop Bedell, of Ohio; spent Christinks at Joruadlem, and id now at Cairo, Egypt, iniprov- ing in’ heath. a ; John Start Mill’s sisters are said t6 be very {odighant tfiat thé - philosopher's adtoblography eoiitdinjed Ho reférente to theif miother. 'The Rov. A. B. Earlo, the eminent Baptist re- yivalist, commauced a series of mectings in’ the Svcond Baptist Church tabt Friday evening. ‘The Rav. Frank Ives was ordaincd a Baptist minister Feb, 8, at thé Buptist Charch on Yhirty- spventit street.’ The itev. A. J. Frost preached the sermon. Y a. ., The Boston Pilotot Feb. 29 announces that tho Rev. James A. Healey, of St. James Church, Boston, has beon appuited Bishop of Portiaud by the Pope. Gay. Tildén, of New York, though hot elécted on the prohibitory tickét; i¢.a stnietly temperance man. Fe firuishes ‘iiotiiing bat tea and coffee at his recéptions, : The Rey. WY. 8. Danesh, of Clevélatd, O., has been called to the pasturaté af tho Niith Street Baptist Church, Cincinnati, aa the successor of thie Rov. Dr, Jolfrey. ‘Tno Rév, E. J. Govdspéed, pastor of the Sec- ond Baptist Church, is fibw in Saratoga, N.-Y., wherd bo expects téremain for some tithe, for purposes of rast 4nd reotperation. F At the Wirst Gernian Baptiés Church in this city, tk’ Roy. Henry Nagel and the Ter. Hei- main Schtodet, gridiiates of tlie full Gerihan CSurse' at Rochosier, N. ¥., were ordained Feb. 9, f : The Rev. J. 8: Dickerson, D. D., one of the editors and proprictors of the Standard of this city (Bavtint), delivered his farewell sermon to his church (thd South Baptist, of Boston) inst | Suoday. Renbén White, of Fairfax County, Virginia, has sued the M. E. Church South for the pum of $45,997.86, alleged to have been lonnea the Chuteb for the edtablistiment of schools and charches among the Choctaw Inthans, Hire. Hr. Levi Spaniding, the last survivor of the yompany of, sight .oesionaries who sailed. for Ceylon in 1819, ditdin Balticotten, Ceylon, Oct. 28, in ber 80th year.. She was regarded og the mother of the Jaffna Mission. Air. Bpurgéon, béing tinsbie to preach on count of a sovere attack of the af, bas . Vited several ottier preachers to his pip... Jan. 20, a Wesleyan mimstar, the Rey. AL. G. Peasé, nddressed tlie large congregatioh th the Tabernicle, ‘The Rev. Dr. W. H. Cooper, Superintendent of the Sligsions of tae Mlethudist Episcopal Church ii México, attived in Chicago yesterday. He has been obliged by ill-health to abandon his work in that countiy, aud hopes by rest and change of climate to récover. ‘The Alliance say8 Cliichgo has snother evan- gelist who may be siid-to be a duate of Brother Moody’s school—thé Rev. C. M. How- ard, who is now laboring in Virginia, He is repotted to hkvé buen thstrumental in the con- vereion of overs thousand péréons duting thd present winter. Tho Indebendent of. last Weok dovoted its lenditig editvidil to's castigation of Bishop Tk 8. Curtia, of tha Methodist Episcopal, Charcl, for soins conosel ho delivéréd to a colored church of the Baptist Union igan Avenue Church on o held its its ina recent Episcopal visit to the South. ‘The text taken will hordiy bear Gut thé strifida which the Independent preaches. Sa CHURCH MISCELLANY. IN cuckoo. Six persons were baptized into thé Downtr's Grove Baptist Charch last Sabbath. ‘The American Bible Society expects to hold its next aubiversary in this clty, next May. Eight périons wore fécéived itits membership with the First Presbyterian Church Feb. 7. The Hatstéd Street Methodist Episcopal Charch added font to its mombership Feb. it. ‘The Park Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church received twenty-one members on probation last Sabbath. Bove persoie werd baptized into the North See Baptist Church during the past two Sab- achs. ‘The Baptist ministers of this city meet st 10 o’c.ock every Monday morning, at 61 Washington atreet, for prayer. _ The quarterly meeti will be held in the Alich Tubéday svehing text. __An the, Prédbyterian Sunday-échool at Engle Wool thére ia a food deat of ruligions interest, aiid several cobvetsions have takén place. The Elguth Preabytetian Church, thé Rey.’ 8, W, Duilield, pastor, béld its télith anniversary laut Sunday. C. C. Bonhby, thé piator, ahd one or two others made addresses. 7 The Congregational Theological Seminary of this city has just been presented with a very val- uabie volume in theshipe of acopy of Cranmer’s Bible, printedin olack letters, The volume is very large, aud was printed several conturies since. Cupies of the same cdition aresaid to have been sold recen'ly for as much &s 8600, The donor was Slr. Brooks, an old tleman of this city, formerly a florist, and well known as thé fither- in-law of Mr. Cleavér, of Cleavervilio: ste ee, Pa .. ELSEWHERE. nati Phe Southern Baptiot Convention will in Charieston, 8. C., May 7: _ Four Présbytetiin churches ti Rockford, TL., are how i tho midst of a religions revival. this year, comes on March 38. 4 ossible occurrence ia March 22, and latest, April 25. ‘Thé Catholié population of thé Didcésé of Pnilsdelphia is 250.000; of Boston, 100,000 ; and of Milwaukee; 150,000. , St. Louis religious circles have beéa jaterestad in the réported conversion of ai Episcopalian minister to the Catholic Church, cad During the year 1874 the Baptists erected four charch edifices in Colorado, costing in tae aggre- ate $8,260. The averzge debt on them is only § A 2 __Thé churches of tha United Bréthreh are hay- ing wide-spread and thorough revivals. Thé Religious Telescope recently contained. over four columns of revival news, 2 - Tho bintiatics of tha M. E. Chutch . South, which include thirty-thrés out of tie thitty-sev tie tl annual Conféreticéd, Blibw an incréaks of ineni- botship for 1874 of 35,276. : ‘A wide-spread rovivel seems to be pervading the Methodist Episcopal Church. ‘About 400 conversions were mei the Northwestern Adcocate last weel ral of the churches of Iowa, Wisconsin, Mf o, and Illinois. Tho New York City Mission has under its caro thirty-six missions, It requires $50,000 for tha carrying.oni of its work tiie coming year. It carries the Goapel.to.3 hundred -thoysand peo- ple, and hag no more complex faith than that of the Apostle’s creed. tos - Theoloficat larger-nainibér of nationalities ed by ite etudents than any other inétitution the. kind in this country. . Hindoos, Bulgarians, Téslians, Fretich, Japanese, i natixes of several other lands, ate. ainoug the students. ‘Twrenty- three; different Jaiguagés. ate spoken by tho mombery of the Faculty, end a Palyalot Society has-been formed, which bas recently completed its first yoar.--- =~. - A Neit York piper gays: “ Sevéial’ Ostholic Priésta, of CHicago, belonging to the Society of Jesus, have jast tompleted-a, very successful mission at St: Peter's Church, Jersey City. -The Success of -their. labors is -Sammed up in 7,000 commuvions, 27 converts from; other or to de= nominations, and 150. adults mide their. first opmmitnion.” Ihe mission-is undet-the chargé of Father Damen, 8.J., of the Clturcli of. thé Holy Family, in this city. 5 aiid ‘Sant i Birm half. of Je nuary t spéot. the latter réported that. £4 is wey inghan, Exgiand. Tt 14 , Bervice: for. Christin Yorkera, oft Sagiay, Jat. 17, dai tended pe 3,000 person’.~- At “thé gvgaiix meeting of. same day, which was held St Bingley Hall, Where fight frequently occura in Montana churches is 1875.—SIXTEEN PAGES. there aré seats for 15,000 persons, thousands were unable to gain admittance, and were ad- dreated in the open air by several ministers. Their subacquent services were also attended by a3 vast throngs. Messrs, Moody and Sankey have been invited to Paris, but their acceptance of the invitation is uticertain, as they expect to retari to America in the approaching sumrher. + An Eastern papet suja that every Tussday ab- ternoon for the past thirty-reven years a tuect- ing for the promotion of holiness hes been held af the residence of Dr. Palmer, in .New York. There hea been no interiuption even for a siuglo week. Dr. and Mri. Palmer conducted the ser- vices when at home, ahd then abéont ib their Work a Bragreliate whether in Etrops or io this country, their plaée was supphed by Mis. Lnigford: The attendance nunibered between (200 aud 800 at each service. Ministers or diffor- ent denominations participate in the kervices. ‘The National Baplist auggeits that the easiest | way to nettle the communion question, is to limitit Bt onfluing it to mombers of the local chitich. it is now the custom to invite members of “‘ sister charchéa iu good and regular stand- iag.” But this, thinks the National Baplist, would admit Baptist churclics that practice open jinthiudion; and if tho invitation is given to piized believers,” Campbellités and Chris. Will h6 admitted. ither of these possi- bilities in¥olves & vactifice of jirinciple and a jatting down of the bars dangerous to the Baptist old: The Brooklyn Argus has published reportorial iternews with Bishop Lictlojahn, of Long Ieland, and several of the prominent Episcopal clergy in New York and its vicinity, in_rogard to + the bolief expressed by the Rev. Dr. Thompson in arceent sermon that the Episcotial Church in this country was drifting rapidly tuwards Ritual- ism. The Rev. Dr. Inli expressed the belief that there was no Ritualism on Long Island. The Rev. Dr. Schenck coincided in this view. ‘Lhe Rov. Dr. Drowne thought there were not in Net York or #rooklyn fifty porkons who cotin- tevanced advanced .Ritualism. The Rev. Ur. | Taddock mado a similar atatemont, and Bishop | Littlejoan, though declining to state his bohef | about the growth of. Ritnalism, aaid he was | pretty sure to coicide with the opinious of the clerical gentlemen those names are dbove men- | tioned. e t ic —_ i BREVITIES. ““THére té no hell,” saya the Rev. Hr. Froth- | ingham. Bo glad.—Cairo Bullétin, Robert Collyer enya: ‘ There is no profane | music ; it is all sacred.” And the howliest of | the howly is the nightly eerevade of enamored | cats. a? Aman in New Jéraéy bad Hot been to church ‘Tor twenty years. Last Siivday he went, bad his pocket picked of $35, and ho is now 4 prd- nounced heathen. A Méthodist minister in & Tavored revién of Kanaas received ouly filty cents for his first quartét’s salary. He resigned at once, and left.) for the grasshopper belt. “Anything to beat Satan,” was the legend | enggested to a Danbury politician when asked to | name something appropriate as an inscription ob ‘ banner for s Youug Men's Christian Associn~ on. . Acoloréd preacher in South Carolina pata his foot on excessive bribery at élections, and crushes it. ‘Dis ting,” he says, ‘ob pettin’ 2100 for a vote is ali wrong; @10 is as much as in's worf,” A popular, preacher enriched his sermon ac- cvabionally with this feel: ‘ Remember. 1 be- seech you, that we are sailing down the stream of timé, and inust inévithbly land in ocean of eternity.” Bundey-school teacher to pupil: “ Now, my little man, cen. you explain to us the. causes of Adam’s fall? Little man (emphatically); ‘s Yos, sit, ‘catise ho hadn’s any sahes to throw on thosidewalk.” ‘The beat of Chriatiansoocasionally have tags to sell, and it grieves us to stats, also, that thé best of Christians will kometimes eel an old flat- fron upin sragged sltirt and chuck it down in the bag, just to give it ballast. . Joshi Billings says: “If yu are going to gira msn envy thing, giv it to hita choerfilly and quick; dow’t make him git down on bi kneeze, in front oy yu, and listea to the Ten Gominand- ments, and then giv bim 5 cents.” A Dubuque boy was rather troubled for fear that be would not know bis father when they beth reached heaven, bit his mother eased him | by remarking: ‘All you haveto do is to lovk | for an ange} with a red dose on him.” _ Anéighboring clergymah being obseryéd with Aroll of black-walout moldings under his arm, was abked what be intended doing with thétn. “Tam going,” he said, ‘to make s dashboard in front of my pulpit, so tho. cofigtegation can- not throw mud on mo when I whip them up. ‘Anna, if you're a real good girl, nover tell | i stories, and don't strike Ells, and mind the : teacher, you'll be an angel and go to heayen; but if you're naughty you'll go to the brad place, : and burn, burn, forever!" Girl—‘* Humph! s'pose you'll be standin’ round there looking at me.” A Plainville clergyman insists. that he saws snake 40 feet long and as big round 28 & bartél | of whisky, A protty good wie insect that. We bave no doubt thit he saw it, but he tin- Questiobably shiv the barrel of whiskey bef re hho sai the snake, It sedina moré reasdnable, somehow. a Hl A young lady was overheard telling a friend, the other evening, that she was "dreadfully pot our,” because her pa bad rented a pew in t8e third row from the pulpit, and she couldh’t sea the fashions worth o cent without twisting her heck off almost. ‘ Phere’s no pleabiire ia going to church dny moré,” she says. Miliwaukes ews: One of the reasons why that while the preacher is praying, the congrega- tion eft on tho backs of -chairs and frequéntly ojactilate, “That's richt, old hoss!” “Bally for you!” “Ho's & book eharp!” “Give ’em Kell!” etc. Sometimes the minister ets riled; and there’s where the disturbance comes in. __A clergymin who does ot exactly like, wo Buspect, to adé the nime of hip otrd chiirch on “Tho Présbyteriah Cook-Book,” writés us as follows Dez Is ENT? I writs in great haste to learn {f this trwly noble work coutdiné the appropriate pie ure of ‘Calvin cooking Servetus? No Presbyterian Cooh-Book shoiild be without a repréténtatidn of this historic roist, Yours inquiringly. i! ‘N.B.—Note the grati%jing coincidence that the fitst distinctly denomingtiona! Cook-Book is published by ‘John Thomas ! "—Zndeperdlent. & dod as gi to heaven.” roubles me,” responded the eminent divine. ** What I am afraid of is, that when they open the gates of heaven to admit Washibatdn, some of thoso miisérablé Déthocratis will slip in.” oe aa CHURCH SERVICES, < EPISCOPAL. ‘The Rev. Dr. Cushman will preach morning arid evening at-St,Stephen’sChurch, |, Dr. Stocking will preach at the Church treet, between Monoo and | P Adaiis, mording and fvebing. —The Rev. W. H. Sinythe will oificlate at the Church of the Holy Communion, Dearborn street, between ‘Twenty-ninth and Thirtieth, morning and evening... The Rey. Luther Pardee will pteich mortting and evening at Calvary Church, Warten avenue, between Oubley streetand Western avenue, gs ‘here will be ful] Cathedral, services at the Cathe f SS. Peter and orn, evening: iB .-7The Rev..E. Sullivan .will preach morning and evening at ‘Trinity Church, corner of ‘Twenty-sizth street and Biichixan avenue,” ez * The Rev, H. N. Powers will officiate ad tutial at St, John’s Ohirrch, Aenland averite, z préach at Grice Church The Rev. Dé, Locko vill morning.and evening. ihe Hes v, Dr, Mombe! bi ES ‘The Rev. Arthur Brooks ee - —The Rev. Dr. Mansfield. evehing at the Church of. the Atonement, . : REFORMED -EPISCOPAL,. ..--. 3 : Tho Bey, W. ML Pobtlethwaite will preach st.the old Bt, Join’ Gumch, Lake street, fronting Union Park, «Service will bo hela this sftarriocn at ihe Baptist Church, Lock atréet, near thg Udion Kolling-3fl, -—There will be eervices. and preaching at Ematiuel Chrirch this morziing.. The congregation -is invited to attend the ordination services at Christ Church in. the Will preach at Christ Church this ““Bemember. Lot's. Wile” 1 Degan will be ordained to ihe the Reformed Episcopal Church, norning. Subject tho evening aoe Deaconate of ; morning and evening, sag. formed Church, Weshington street, near Ann, this morning, No evening sirvice. —The Mov. S. W, Dafiield will preach at the Eiphth Church morning snd evening. The morning serm n will bo the first Of & s2rfes npon the ‘Human Be- deemer.” Budject: “Tho Human Kedeemer Prom- <The Rev, J, Monro Gibron will preach at ths Gec- ond Church, corner. of Michigan avenue and Twen- tieth street, morning and ovtning. ‘MrOlure preaches in the River —The Rev. J. B. Park Church this morning, —The Rev. James Muclinghlin will preach at the Scotch Church, corner of. Sangamon .and Adams morning snd evening. Morning subject : m, see from Job.” : —Tho Rev, A. E. Bittredge will preach at the Third ch Bforning subject: Firal_and Greatest Commandment.” Evening Church, morning and évening. “THe subject: “Thou Att io Man, Prof. David Swing will preach at the Fourth Church this morniay ._ —Tuo Rey. F. Church this ‘moi evening.” HODIST. METI - ‘The Rov, Jobn-Wiihamsdh will preach morning snd evening at the Wahusa Avenue burch, Evening subject: The Husband.” refeast and communion will be held at Kossuth 'G, Srirbrldge will presch at the Tenth raing, and the Rev. Mr. Wisner this sod impeach public couneelors.” Ia the light of to-day these scam seli-evident propositions ; yet in those times each had to fisht every step of its prosrars, and pass shrouet nose three stages—Iidicule,. niment,. Adoption—wai Mecordioe. ts deba Seaare AM ie the Ba destiny.-of every _refo.m. By dint of endless petitions . and ‘remonstrances, the Lret two of these liberties were secured was with till more difficulty that the third was accomplisnea. Viowed from the King’s standpoint it would certainly seem a3 though these worthy representatives should yo been watisfed with what they had s:ready doo, Having hmited-the money-raising azd law-mak. iug power, why shouia they add to these injo~ nes. the insult of an invasion into the Royal alace itself. for'the purpose of ascertaining the disposition made of the fa and the character “of vettain’courtiers? The ansivér fs foitd fh the fact, well understood, even in those early times, that the rights of mancan never be dis tinctly uncerstood ‘from any such elevated aad -igolaced position as thkt-of the throbe. 5: THE FIRST ComPEAINIS touching the wnstefal exoenditires of the Street Mission, corner of. Portland avenue and | and the doubtful reputation borne by som ‘Twenky-sighth street sb 5 o'elosth Be Be, te Gaxpek the mombers of the King’s houseLold, tes uo Cuuseh “imoining and oveulng, Blorifag sub couched intorma fall of deprecation, and even fects ‘cRetigion the Danis of George Waenington’s <The Nev. 0. E. Felton will preach at Grace Church, Sorte of LaSalle and White btreets, morning and eveving. * «4 —The Rev. W. H. Milburn,-the blind preacher, will preach at Trinity Church morning snd evcnibg, —The Rev. A. Youker will preach at Siiapeon Chureh, Bunilela eukeet, beriveen Archer avenue and Bickory street, morning and evening, Subjéct in the even Phe Life of Joseph.” ae _ The Rev. J. 0, Peck will preach bt the Centenary Church morning snd evening. Mrs. Van Cott will be present at the meelings during the week every after noon andevening, BAPTIST, The Rev, G. G, Mullins wi!) preach his farewell ser- moni this inorning at the Free Cotpmunfon Church, corner of Loomis and Jackson streets. Evening éub- Sect: The Judgment of thét reat Day.” ‘Che Rev. Florence McCarthy will preuch st Amity Church, corner of Warren Avenue ani Hobey street, Morning subject Evening subject: “ What is Gud 2” Z —The Bev, N, F. Rayjin will preach morning and gveuing at the Templa Church, corner of Harrison and Sangamon streets, =Dr, Moss will hold the eécond University service at University Place Obureh this evening, TheRev. A. J. Frost preaches this mornir g. —The Rev. D, B, Cheney, D. D., will preach at the Fourth Church, cerner of Washington and Patlina streets, morning and evening, : vg, Tue Rev. Dr, Everta wiil preach at the Tahernacte, ‘No, O16 Wabish avetine, this morking. Predenitg at the indiana Avenno.Chutch in the evening. : —The Rev. F, M. E-lis wall pregeh this morning an evéhibg at the Michigan Avenue Church, CONGREGATIONAL. Prof, T. Hyde will presch at the Oakisnd Church “morning end evening. ne —The Rez, William Alvin Bartlett will Fem at Plymouth Church, corner Indiana avenue and Twenty- sixth street, morning and ovening. The. Rey. -Aivert Doshndl will preach at the Leantt Street Church morning and aven'ny. —=Thert will be preaching morning snd evening at the New Reglend Church, corner of Dvisware place j aiid Dearborn atreet, " : ‘UNTTARIAN, - ‘The Rev, 1. Sichmons, of Kenosh’, tWis., will pretch at the Church of the Messiah morning and evening. —A.Bronson Alcott, the celebrated converrationalist, ‘will vctupy the phipit of, thé Third Church this mora- ing. Vesper sérvico in tho evening, —The Rev. Robert Collyer will preach st Unity Church this morning, UNIVENSALIST. er Eilis will preach at the Church oF ‘The Rev. Sumner Eilis the Redeemer, corner af Washington and Sangamon ‘streets, this morning. —The Rev. E. B. di will preach at tho O12 tate School-Hotse at Englewooll at Bo’clock, . —The Rev. Dr, Rsdér will preach at St, Paul's Church this morning. Noeveningecrvice. camistman. "Tho Rev. Issac Errott will preach this morning and ‘evening at the church corner of Indiana avenue abd ‘Dwenty-fifth street. MISCELLANEOUS. ‘ "The First Society of Bpiritualists mests morning and gvening st Grow’s Opera Hull, Dr. Samuel Maxwell will lecture, 3 z —The Progressive Lyceum of Chicago meets at 12:00 &t Good Templars’ sorner of Washington Deapauibes atreeta, : .—Eller HG. 3f-Culloch ill preach at Advent Hull, No. 213 West Madison stréet, mornin abd even- ing. i —Mrs, A. BR. Sarvis will préach at the <a Btreet ‘Tabernacle morning and evening. ca tata’ —The Disciples of Christ will meet at ‘No, 429 West Rahdolph.atreet at 4 o'clock for worship, f jythe Rey. Edmind Belfoar will presch. at the Engl Lutheran Church, corner of Dearborn and Erie Streets. morning and evening. The congregation ‘will occupy the new lecture-roor for the first time, .—The Rev. W.P. Black will preach at Railroad Chapel this evening. Sanday-echool in the afternoon. ~The daily midday Litany service, Eniscopal, will | be continuéd dariig the week at No. 46 Clark. street. ‘The officiating clerzy nie: “Mondcy, ths Rev, Francie AMahshetd; Tuéhilay, the Rev. Arthur Brooks; Wednes- day, the. Rev. Edward Sullivan: Thursday, the Rev, W. H, Smythe; Friday, the Rev. J. H. Knowies ; Sat urday, the Rev. Robert MeAMurd; —_+—_ CALENDAR FOR THE WEEN EPIECOPAL. Feb. 1—Serond Smmass in Lent, Fe. ‘wnth Day of Lent, Feo, 3—Twelfth Day of Lent, £¢d. %—St, Matthias. Feb, 25—Fourteenth Day of Lent, 26—Fifteenth Day of Lent, . T-Sixteenth Day of Leite”. , ROMAN CATHOLIC, #1—Second Suntay i Lent, Bt. Bete’ Chale at ancioos, Wied abo: 1 B—St Peter Damian, B,C.D.; Vig os eS SSuatthis, i * Feb. 24—St, Matthias, Ap. Feb. 5—Feria, Hep: Me—The Holy Linde aid Fitts, #eb, U—Feria, j THE HOUSE OF COINIDRS. ts Early History. : Written for The Chicaao Tribune, _ The study of History possessing sven in ite dryest details an attraction for the studions, bée- coméshsinach more instructive as it is delightful when pursued under such authors is Draper, Leclty, and others of the same class, who treat their subjects philosophically; who tote not érely the outward facts of nistory—the crotn- g Of Ribs, and thé winning of battles—pus, petietrating bencath tho surface, find the canse of these and all other eveiits in the slow, silent, And steady march of himahity towards the goal of its perfect development. Man hinidelf, adide all the gay trappings Which maké hima Feb, Fel King, the wisdom which makes Lim a acholar, | the picty which makes him s saint—man, in the Gbstract, Wwlidsé lifetif6 “is the history of | @ bubject of dcopest | the world, forins “a and aver-ineréisiois interest. Not the I importance because of the obscurity in which it is involved. Hitherto, historians have been for the iioét part codtent in the collection of court which they dignified with the nanie dF . Halldxi enw the elféct of much ficial one-sidedness, when gs the Aliddle Ages. ani deplores it in these Words: “ Wecah treed the pedizred , of princes, fill Up tlie cats- logis or tows besieged and provincés déac- lated, deseribe thio wholé pageant of coronations and festivals, but we cannot recover the genu- ine history of mankind." But this suthor did- proved his Own words, for no oné, after reading bis chapter on the “English Cotatitutlon,”"— that aidsterly specimen of carefilest résearch, can depy that he, at least, has recovered” an ithportdnt part of tle “genuiite history of man- kind.” Solitary insténces of thé rép common people i> the nation: qo of Ei gland may be found far back in bistory. Bat the andoubred x - % ORIGIN OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS .. is found in thé rebellion of Stezhen do Mott ; ford, Earl of Leicester, »gainst Henry LL, when ; the. former,-in a moment of thumpb, called & ; and suihmoted to it cer- tain residents of the citica and towns,..who, bid heretofore bad no voite or part in public affairs, It is rather bumiliatitg to learn.that the dtrong- est motive for.the perinment .etablishment of the House of Commons lay rattibr in the pecu- siary necessities of royalty then in.any paiticu- lar sense of . justice or profound convictions Parliament of his .o concerning .popmlar: represdntstion. .As usual, the King’s ...exchequer. was empty; who...so. able. to replenish <. it as the. wealthy citizens of the .flourshibe. .com- mercial, towns 2 | A: sorry-: manifestation. of human nature may also be réen on. the other sides. in that. entire: willingness, amounting to eagerness, which the burgesses .manifekted 16 grant sibsidies..on eddition af . their .etovation to power. In following the history of the thud estate of . Parlianient, whose principal duties era. the voting. of. supplies,. the. redress .of Rriovances, we eball find tha: the. latter. ia al most witifoat exception made to depend on the former. The writer before. quoted.sa58;. ** If iscammon; indetd, to assert that te liberties of England were bought. with the. blood of ont fomfathers, oe it i sey miare genera!ly na curate to; sa} at ey.-Were .porchase: money.” ade Edward Ll, wWhé rélgaed trom 1827 to, 1377, th ay nas ed wore established .by Coniinova:. ** First, thaii- legality.af raining many eithonteoisnnk ond, the necesrity that Aaraioos ott fay. Th pp cont [ons 01 A+... Hig of Cotitons to ialire Spe eens ‘servility. yet Yor a dnp time fectivéd nom. wer. eave one which expressed a determination to abide by old citatoma ; ur, which was eq unsatisfactory, reminded the petitioners of the royal prerogative. ‘*Saving our prerogative” was the. final clause. to nearly every, anuwer vouchafed by the-Kidg to thé petitions of his subjects. It was not antil the lost years of Ea ward IIL that decisive sction ‘was taken in ths matter of impeachment, Commons protested against the undue influence gained by the Duke of Lancaster and Alice Perrers over the Kip; The following ordinance’ shows ths kiud . of influence exerted by the latter, and calls to imiiid those items occasion. aly seen in the modern newsonper concerning “+ female Iobt 2 - Whereas, many ‘Women prosecute the wuite of otlers in courts of jis tice, by way. of. maintenanco,, which in dig. pleasing to tho King, he. forbids any woinan, and tepecially Alice Perrérs, to do ¥o, On pain of guid Alice forfeiting all her goods, and ‘wutteting barishiteat from the kingdom.” Comthoms owed the greater pars ‘of its success in this 7 epect tothe Princes of Wates, who distrusted | Lancaster, and improved the opportunity to | uverthow hia power.’ The succeeding Parts. thent severed the whola proceedings, thus show ing that the time bad not yet strived for such aa assumption of authority on the. tof peo ple towards their sovereign. However, during the reign of Richard IL, grandson and. succes. sor Of Edward, this rama ice Petrer's was xpaia | SAcused of intermeddhiig im tae courte, aad banished, “ae ENGLAND WAS MUCH OFPRESSED, |: throegheut the entire reign of itichard, by i etaneny deinanda for money. After sppio] ating to himszlf = portion of nearly everythiig Which ’his sobjecté ate snd wore, his fal resort Was the poll-tax, which proved to be tha last drop in the bucket, and one which ret rt overflowing, Bobert Southey's dramatic poem, ‘ Wat Tyler,” isa faithful picture of those stormy ‘times. In it the blacksthith hero is made tot ‘Feftrring t0 the tax-gatherers: tt Pri IT bnve already paid the heavy ‘ Laid on the wool that clothes me,—on my Ieather~= On all the needful articles of life! i And now three groats (and I worked hard ta earn then) ‘The Parilajnenit demands, aad I must pay thd, Forsvoth, for berty to wear my head.” A bold attempt towards ragniating royal be havior at this timeis shown in the request of ‘Cotmnons that two citizens be avpr ‘Whose duties shall be the charge of all subsidise voted ‘to the King, and the super~ision of their'dibtrt. bation. This, ‘sfter cor-derable démurring, waa gracted, but as an ac: of spocial favor oh the faitot his Majesty, and one which should never “be used as a precedent.” Richard's dyrannous and trescherous manne of ‘dealit; with bis people in the ond paved the way to the safe return of the banished Duke of ‘Lancaster. Avtiviog in England during the temporary ‘ab- Bence of its master, be found the people quitd ready to rally round hia standard, déposs the rightful, sovereign, ‘and proclaim him‘ King Henry IV. cepa , UNDER THE HOUBE OF LANCASTER. . Which Sccupred thé throve down to tha time of Henry VL, the Constitution, through the tire less efforts of the Lower House, came to in- ‘clude a far greater nambér of tte people's liber ties, We hate befute seen, how Commoos found i* - ~cessacy to confine tha right of taxa ‘tion fo .. cia body. In bilder to niaks this lay racticel elect, ix was obliged to makb ch should prectude tho possibilty its éVaSiob Ou the Patt oF the Ring. ‘Henry IV, knowing that he wae powerless to impose taxt j Sas accustomed to regort to the not very deli- cate proceeding of extortiog ldans frum bis mara Wealthy. subjects, who natarelly fond this means of idcteasibg the Royal revenue no 1ée3 | Durdengome than thé old impositions, It bad aio been one of the King’s aluewd. dé- vices to withhold bis replies to tions “mifl tle’ Isat day of tha scssiog, whe KM othér business, particalarly that of ‘voting supplies, ehould be finished, ‘The réédor invol- ‘Buitarily atbiled at the plaiguées of the indénib; revealed'in the Fequest fiat the ani tidda may be Rived before the grauti applies, The reply to this reqhest ‘must bd givén in fil. Te, is thé characteristic anawée Which lias @ver been givéa by Conservatism to ‘hl démands for reform: “It bad never been I the tim of hia ancestors that they ‘should have their petitioss atisivered before thay taad dou all their baginéss in Parhiament, whath~ ar Of grantiig money or apy oilier <otceris ; Wherefore the King ‘will nob alter the good crié- ‘tomis aiid uaagés of ancient times.” Te his never Wefora been; therofure it shall Hevér ba—thet profourd argudiént will be tilled oilt A pondac- { ous tones to the end of time. e ‘What iis kaon: ot the King wis ate furiously, in the Obedrs: becanid the saiirca ‘of the 4 ‘This '* dispording pdwer” wais jtis} rds imply ; dnd eliabled the King t dispensé With portidn of & stitute which was ungnited to his purposes; and to answer petitions with a mental reservation if he chose. | "This dangérous pol‘cy Was avoided only whée ; Commotis resorted to tho ‘éxpsdlant of changing | the old, petitious Into bitls, chus making tram { ‘complete statutes,” hich must be ratified or refacted withot: qialifichtiod. _ te _ Inthe time of Héenty V. tho Houta df Cori- indts had ; RS 5 GAINED NZ CONFIDENCE . ‘ in iteelf, aid uted to exprots obiiiohs of etttain public aTars which heretofore it had ahnost abjectly declined interference with. The aseistaricé it, 44d rendéred the Ritg in ‘his warb | bad been only of @ pecuniary, never, of an ad- | ‘isoty, charvecer. With Richard Ii. the modest | butgegees wont no farther than to. express thh i joy “thoy wrutd reel-iF peace ould be réatored ; | but under Henry VL their influence bad suff clently increased to render their consent. neces- gary in all important questions, both of a foreign dnd domestic naire, fe Fansite _ Nearly évery new btatiite frained by Partie: ment was but one more edcroachment on the Bosal prerogdtivé, Indedd, the whole history of ithe Constitution fs little more than A SERIES OF CONFLICTS 4 . ‘between the higher and lower grades. of thé people. Firet, between the King and the Baron when Magna Charts was wrested from tho williog hands of John. Then, asthe number bt Bardiis incensed, there followed their inevitable gevaration into superior and inferior classes. Next, the citizens of the towns réee in im ' portance, and demanded their rights. Even 1 fok the villéins there was a loophole of i skeape. If one left bis Lord, and sao i céeded fi i in remaining undiecovered @ year and 8 das, Lé was cousidered no longer a villein, but a freeman. Tae history which we hive 50 briéily arid iniperioetly reviewed is but adother iiatittcs of that eternal progression of thin} which the acietitis® calia evolution, For what any aud all bistory bus an account of the strag- gles ‘Of man towards a bigher and nobier life? ittle by Kttlé mén work their way from their Presebt lowly é4tate to one of greater influence, Often they bring to the contest aiworthy ! riidtives and sordid sims; but, on thé whole, can | weinot say of the wotld what our friends shy of us? It‘'means well.” Ita “Beart is in the right pincd.” Sask issing ALICE: gg Rati the wine o} ‘Shh the ubctor of - | Danni Barer than OF: ds f idem 5, Ge disuphe of Buea +-Quéffed in monastery, palace 5 discovered pad Ana the secretI eres ‘Bisaiog Alice, hit sits Gitostedton +, Oyerwhelmas my wilt snd penden$ gles a flood of passion 3.