Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 13, 1875, Page 2

" You ray falk_sbout sensations, but we'vs struck s [E] THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, JUNE 13, 1875.—SIXTEEN PAGES, within the ravge of his ewn experi- tery and miracle ace still alivoto o1 tae prawe or ewsy dowa sers (o prover sa dicet sud Len fire came duwa fromf ow of Baal, ! 3¢ thints home cst earne.t Lesceghinz, Tbis is what | Tnlfith deA that crowd to hear hum want. A er e is rizut or wrong, and believe it zo the last , an¢. &8 Jauhert es78 ouly the convinced cuniince, 1 find tu last e 5 this intens, absorbing, devouring realization. 1 do &0t agree, tuerefore, with thoeo who tarn avay fiom 1his man witha eneer. and say there ie nothiog iv b worx beyond a nioe daye’ won- Ger, n thiug begotten of the ecceatncities of & rough su¢ resds froutior preacher, who hea plutged uesdioug into the hears of wn ov.r-ripe or bise civilizaion and 8 siagnant cburch tired (o deeah of the old drones. Brother Moody etacds ricne - to-day = einguisr, separate, €pitrtasl force. Mo ks carried the appea) from the head back to the beart, from thought to emction, from sctence and ptulosophy, falsoly or truig so-callod, to 8 primiive instiuct to draw near to God with strong crung snd tears, aod o thougltful man can waich hia couree without Lope thet grest good will come of Ius smgular power, or fear thut it mey result in a new bond- ge 16 the loster wineh will test the truth by tho Luble instezd of testing the B:vle by the truth, RorERT COLLYER, t of his power 1n i ——— THE MOODY MYTHOLOGY. ALSO A PATUNT MOODY BALLAD. Moneare D. Conwar, in 8 very clever letter to the Cipcinnati Commercial, bas the follosing interestng notise of the Moody and Sarkey werk ip Esgland. The bellad ie a cariosity, tbough undiited for Sabbath-school usa by tho Ievity of the air The mos: enterprining and egprenive thinker in Mazclester, T sunpet, 18 Siias Farriugion, an Amert- caz, who scitled bure four of £30 years ago, and hag drewn nround Bim a congregation cof educated and Liveral people. He is an iptuence, But it is hard work Lim, 1f Manchester w perd and bigoied, what is the country round about? It is beasghted. It fa real- 1; wonceriul Low ltdle i) Manchester and_Liverpos uud aboat them. Lancaehize dion that belief in witches, bo el wazper of infranstural Uy 12 cunnot be wondered that ioody and 1Li8 10 Le thewr mort fruitful woult they will enen b pleyed out st Her 31t cosned 10 pra; ktitiow " aud the * g5 the in Lundon and Luus far Do doubt they long for the congental spirits ©f Laucashire. Leoudon bas began 1o laugh st them, A serman whirh Moody preacked there describi stctiup ez wiich Jesus anid the Davil were rep a5 bidd:og for soule a8 Acnew ard Voes do st Chirle- Lie% fo: & big lot of picturvs, ensed the publlc: and pnoiker kermon o0 * The Bioal.” revealing the Deity 20tz description, ever biood, it But hivody bas fn Londod the wey ho did in Man- o A geatloman told me that ko (a10ods) spoke o s congregition of whicn the larger ~poraon di:f, coneerning 8 a2y who bad prevented her daughier from gotog to his inquiry mecting, that shbe ouwd * Le punished in bell by betug forsed to stan w:thont sUility to prevst it and ges Ber daughter su: g ilo ombraces of lcwd men. My informant’s ote & letter fr the Presd protest:ng aguint such £e ; but the panoe burked it, Allging thac the 1.zd risolied to priot nothiag for or agawst Lhe rev wuiisie, Tuero wes a 801t of * whisky wer terrorism.” A Congregutionshst mivi ter preached % sermon st religious oxcitement, calling no names, and his oD DOW has anotber mitister. ivatcd clergymen foend taelr cungregations g0 ch interosted 10 Moody aud Sinkey that they be- came timid and were afraid to criticlae them. In oz who was courugeons dogmatic revivalists was Abe American, Mr. Parringon, alrcady alluded te, who Eas preachod snd printed s discourse g his arthodox countrrmen with great sbility, Ot phenomenon I bave olserval. There iz spring- ing up in this provineial regfon & litilo Moody mytkol- ©0z5. I the wisit of the American revival:st is remem- herod a buadred rusra from now, it will probably be in connecucn wiih = whoie crop of legends which aro BOw B0stzg about 28 * good Etoier,” but may in that langth of time bave acquired uaportant cimeasions, Tle elory that 3 man who liughed s3 them fell dovn Las been explored to s fabulous origin, but, like other fskics, it flourishes all the same. A etory that, when some scoffler came to Moody, kod aaked ' Le could perform miracles, 504 wa backed out with the remark, 1 can_cast out devils,” Lies boen toid me as baving ocezrred in four different regions of the ccuntry. The wild legion it while ey were i Liverpool tiere were no commi to prison bas etmijarly tuken root n varigus canot be ilied by kny gusntity of facts, On the other ha:d, there are arye pumber of fables of a contrary character, which ebow & Lke ubiquity, On every rulway you bear the pneidota thut Moody's worid'y danghter bavicg gove to Lie theatre, was 10et by et sainiy fatber of breakfaat with the grocting, *Good morning, cLild of Setea,” and replied, * Good morning, paps I® It hsprencd st Sbefeld, sleo at Dubiin, also at Glesgow, thut Moody having anked gendeman whether be had * found Jesne,” was szawered * No, bive yon lost him3" Bit the fuvorite aneciowe of tha worldly is that st ® juncucn in Yorishire a youug man entered a CLr, eweancy funous! ke Y §eIvanis us not nowing their burinesr, eud baying several times put Limon the wrocg train. Mooty being m the cer, much shoeked at tue '8 profanity, sad: ** Young mar, 4o you know where you are gotng?” * Halifax,” suswered the youth, ** N repl:od Muody, solemnly, geing to Lell” 02 the wroag tyaiu egain, excluitoed the youth, leaping from the Ti:is myth bears a Jlain rolstion 1o the ** Hell or fax ™ proverb, and yet tn effcrt has becn mede by a dozen railroall lines to plagiarize it. Besides the above mybs 1 have hesrd a larzc number of siories that for years have beea tald about Feier Cartwrizht, Futher Tayior, Dr, Lcecber, snd other fsmouy revival: iats and proachers in America, and of orkezs Lixe them i this country, reated as Laving occurred wath Moody zuy timé in the lzet few months TLe Iast tuing relative tothe revivalists which T have g03 hold of 18 the following ballad, catitled TER PRCAGHNR OF TEE PIRIOD, . Xow, Tritishers of middle-cises, we've coms to mve you all; We're ot the wooden nutmeg State, and lately bad 5 aria, bargriats, and sy be wiill found, the ** epinit of super- cem ? wiich have met Cuit e pateat plsn Theat Lays out Brother Beecher, 8¢, oF any other man, O fand ssit, Bold Bendigo o o old Bendigo; Diek Weaver, Bm!’dds‘:’r liend ¥ e er Bpurgeon, Lk & rest along with Brother e ! ik Youcan bet your bottom dollar we will make For creritiog ia-ovels, and th ‘or everytliing 1 lovay, and the gooss is bauging Ligh. ¥ ™ l'eh them yarns of Honest Abs azd ‘pious Octo- oo, The draadfut fzte of nigger Sam, who skedaddisd wizh e #poons ; Apd Beckey with Lis instrument, “ what two can take us down " At eonverting well-dressed sinners in this tarmal Brit- b town 27 Tm A?ee-hnxllum Saripters: knew all abeut the o: !lv?lhrwh :d,m‘ hir gang of roughs got suchred in 4 101 e How Adam lived on pumpkin ple and Eve on apple- wsse, I'm tremenjus, toe, en Bamson with his jawbcne of e ek Chorts— T emco went in Loz Iathes, but Tcelphe wers mighy That m{ course, some t{me ago, before my preciozs mmmé;mmms.nny, 20 wo tumblsd to cor iz, And soop, T goess, wo'll make our pile at scooping sin- nerw ic. Cheras— t 'r‘vsahlemphed {ar Goxpel Bob, and Beoond Adven o, For fl."-..'l gfl]. the Baffialo day, who recelved their cale, alec el Jack, from ths Wallaby Track, likewise the Prophes Cars, ol To Soin us in the Larvesi of the British middis clars, Clorus— Bohere we are from Yankeo nd to bunish al your ooz, G¥t back, clar the track, for the grind inguiry room; Wil 1l you through, you bet we kin, fras from 21 ala; Moored ";';.’;'_wdy right mce up, safe in Sunzey’s arma. Crarus— . The revirziives undor Moody and Ssukey seoms in De way £0 huve interferad with that goiug on under oer zod very Qifi6rent su.yicew, VUt rathier they would eoerm L) be siding movemcnts to which they zight bo supposed hosule. — e PRAYER ACAINST CRASSHOPPERS. EEPLY TO THE BEV. DR. SULLIVAN'S SURMON. To che Editor of The Chizaop Tribune : Cumicaco, Juoe 1l.—1he publishivg of the Supdsy sereons of our clergymen in the next day'e iseue of our secular journals is one of the beet of the new features of modern city journal- ism. Not only docs 1t give us all en opportunity toread the viewsof different denominations, lut italso givesus achance to replyif the preachers step out of tho line of good logie ard sistement of facts. The great advantage the clergy have bed is, that whatever is smd in tho pulpit, mo ove can mriso and *talk back." Howeser ilogical muod eophistical the srzument, | bowerer much the gpeaker, misTepueseats the position Le sttacke, however mistaken are bis etatements of history, and how- ever falss his deductions, the whole avdience solemuly leavo for ihewr hemes with aothiog o Gistusb the apparent belicf thas everyiing that h}n beeu deard is bevord ali contmadiction, and e pure. vasdalicrated truck, v ® read the permoun i iz, deliversd. last Sanday, ses mvioy i pt TEuxz, au the subject of Prayer, sud Written 0 | verse s to be moved and 1 uo.con say s e e Lo e | B that order, 1¢ ia pisinly of the fint mterest | to Ltiis class of man that thus beiief should pro- | buiy py His owa will in doing suythurg whsteser, more particularly to defend the Governor of | in his proclamation of & prayer ourt y.x;a ageinsc the grasshoppors. 1t seems to me that this £ermon ought not, in so enlightensd a city as Chicago, to pass lenged. That tho great God of the aui- i) schunud in {il! mind end purposes by the pebitions of mortals hag al- “_n 'ap:qeen s favorite dogma, inculcated by tbe s of all religions, and those devendont up- ! yail. Only let mankind be.eve that tuers isa porsonal Being of inGnite power, who is lLimited sod that this Deing wil Lsieo to re- quests of lis crestures, and oftentimes &t those roquests change His original purposes and interfere in the nztural eequence af erveuts, and v naturally follows that the class of men who make 1t & business to study out Gog, sud to superintend the worship of Him, are tho per- sous who Will bave the most success in asking favors st Hig band. Thus 18 the cffice of the prieat or clergyman magnified 1 the evesof those about him 1 proportion to the amount of belief in the doctrine. Tho_time has been, and, perbaps, is now, in some benighted poruons of the earth. when. men believed their priests could by invocations bring the lightnings of heaven upon their sim- ple heads, or blast their £rops with the breath of airate Deity. How does the ignorant Cath- olie, the world” over, tremble st the threatened interferanca of his priest with hus oternal, os well a8 temporal, weifare. When Mr. Suilisan approaches this subject, we eec, therefcre, that be 18 iterested in propagating tho deotrine of the efticacy of prayer, aud when he goes outside of mere cogmatic assartion, and sitompts to renson upon the matter, it is right that bis arg ments be examined and tested as to theur furce and conclusivences, Now, I maintain that the argument of Mr. Sal- livan, so far as it is an argoment, is 2u artful piece of sophistry. Boduced down to & syllo- gism, bie argumeént is thus : First Premisa—God is tho author and creator of tbe las of Nuturo. Becond Premise—The aathor and cteator of Jaws can modify, revoke, o ruverso those luws ab lus piessure. Conclasion—Therefore, the prayers of man may wnduce Gd to modifs or reverse the action of those laws in particular instances. 1f either premise is false the corclusion, of course, is not established. The firs promigs wo will sayis corroct, thoagh: earnec wen claim that God and the laws of Nature aro cosustant fram etormity. The accoad promise I claim to be false, and theroin lies tho soplustry. God, though the author of the laws of Nature, canuot alter, or modify, or reverse them withont being false to Himseif and trnth, which is_impossible. It 18 & law_of mathomatics that twice two'aro foar, and Deity Himself csn never make it dif- ferept. Itis alaw of matter that no two things caD oxist in the same piace at (ke aame time, and the Almighty can never causs them 80 to do. It is alaw of matter that the whole is more than 80y of its parta; that all the sugles of & triaugle are equal to two right avgles; that any body set 1o motion will move in a straight line till scted npon by some other furce. Aud all these laws can pever bs made otberwise by even Om- mpotentent Power. e all can see that this statement must be true. We sce this i this case because the laws are simple, and Lhe subject within the range of our porceptions. Bat tho same is equally truo of the bigher 3ad more complex laws. Tuelaws of grasitation, eloctricity, expansion by beay, propagation of eound, propsgation and contin- uance of life, etc., etc., ure just as positive and unchangesble laws as cbe simpler ones we havo mentioged. Jehovat could uot reverss them without falsifyiug His own record and turning the beautiful universe e has made mto a stupecdons lie. Buc our proacher, after ciaiming that God could suspend or reverse 1lis laws, gues on to L ey that this is Dot necessary in answering prager, but He need cnly wteffere by bringing tome other luw to bear. He payy that man is coustantly amoliorating his own bardships by subguiog Nasure and making the lawa of Nature beud to bis will and serve Lis purposes. How much more easily, says the speaker, can God do thie. While God, ke esys, does not, at solicita- tion, perbaps, causs the grasshoppers by & miscle to ibstantly vanish from sight, Ie perheps causes & great wind to arise which sweeps them awsy, or an- other kind of insect to appear which attacks and devoars the ‘hoppers. 1s it possible that such specious reasoning deceives intelligent people ? Perhaps it deceives even AMr. Sulivan himself. If o wind arises and sweeps off the 'hoppers after prayer, which wind would not have arisen axcept for the prayes, there mus: have been a miracie put in somewhera just =8 great as shough Jehovah had by word anuihilated the pest on the &pot. - It is known now that the winds blow subject to law, aud not listlessly here and there at their own sweot wiil, a8 the world in 1ita ignorance has long believed. If a windblows over the State of Missouri iu s certpin direction to-day it is be- cause there is a teodency to a vacunm in the at- mosphere in the dircction n which it blowe. That tendency to & vacunm is also caueod by the action of the sun, or of electricity, or other causo squally bounded by law. equally as is the move- ment of the wind. This cause hus another cauce back of that, snd 80 en. Bo, to start a wind at the prazer of man,—a wind that otherwise would not star,—God must thrust his omnipotent hand in bciweon this Eequence of causes somewhere, and malke some ono of theso causea produce a different effecs from its natu-al affoct; in fact, make the elemeuts violate the law of their ac- tion ard being, and exbubit as great an absurdity asin mathematics wouid Lo a demoustrat.on that twice two aro five. ‘The same may be said as {o the surposi- tion of a new insect being produced to orey upon the ‘hopper. Insects are produced and propagated under fixed laws, thongh those laws may not be fully understood by ws. Lfinsects appear alicr prayer, the pro- sumption is they would have appearod if no prayer had been attered, and obly a mirsclo somewhere in the sequences could make insocts appesr, that without isterference by the Almighty would never have bsen heard from. Becanso man can interfere nod bring one law of Nature to counteract or modify another law of Nature, it does not_follow that God can do so. The laws of Nsturo are mothods of God's action, the rules by which He handies His nuiverse, and are unchangeablo, and necessarily must be 80, or chaos wouid koo reign. To maa is given & mind to sesrch out «nd undorstand tlese laws and phyaical powers, snd o apply tuexe lawn to protect sad preserve him in his earthly existonce. We wish to cultivate the soil. Huge “treca cover the Jand. Sball we pray to Deity to remove thesetrees? Will He do it for Wae know betier. Wa dig iron out end shape it iuto an ax, and with stardy blows we briog_ooe law of nature to ot agmns: another, and tho trecs are felled. Had there ever becn instances of God felliog trecs i1snawer to prayer, we probably should have kept praviug insiead of working. S0 it isas to all of human lite, with ity sickness, tempests, famume znd grasshoppers. It is through thought, and study, and lator, in the laws of Naturs, that Goa intends us to protect ourselves from calsmities a0d gaia onr own security, comfort, piness. If mankind bad for the past 218 devoted themselves to this business of ugderstanding thess laws Lalf s much as they Laye Riven themeclves 4o praying or hiring men to pray for them, thers i Do knowiug to what exa'ted grades of kuowledge and happi- ness the race would now have reached. Duribg all this time the Church has trampled upon ail afort cr desire for neience, kdowing that every gan in science only crowded wway one more step the prayizg pricsthood 58 middlemen bs- tween God and Ilis poor ignoraot children. But thanks Le to the Lord, science is once more afoot, and though the Church tuat seut Galileo to prison would even now like to put Tyndali in the etocks, tha liberal ranks are too numerous | and steady to justify any cuch attemet, H The time is near at hand when the race will | recogmze tho fach that God loves nonein His | sinesard better thau the worker ; aud that while Ho loves pious thoughts, hesvenly aspirations, prayers for all good things, yet much mors loves He labor for tho same, atd with Him, far abore all invocations, work is prayer. When wishes apd prayers crystslize into work, then only do they reach tbat ciimax of sincenty and faith which they wugt reach to deserve anad win suc- cesd. Hupinnpas, ———— THE AMERICAN SABBATH. CRITICISM OF THE REV. MIl. MIDLERD'S SERMOY, Tvé.‘u s:flw;r The Chicago Trabune : 1110460, June 10.—The recent opening of the Sabbath quest.on in the smmuP;emgmm Convestion held in this city, secms to have awakeced snew a desire to re-enthrone Sabbath Bacredness in the hearts and habiis of Christians and with all the peopls. The scrmon of tho Bev. Norman A. Millerd, of Vicker Park Con- gregational Church, Bunday last, published 1o Monday's TRIRUSE, is, i the main, 8 commend- abje jiterary yroduction, showing the trae phi- losophy of ths Sabbath, with its happy results. Its chief mistake, to which I wish to call atten- tion, lics in & misinterpretation of the Sabbath Iaw. This mistake, 80 ofien mado it the corts to make the “Puntan” or American Sabbath — calls for a chango of base to‘inske the effort » success, Tho central idea of the sermon is, that the Spobath is * cns-geventh part of time” indefl- pitely, snd not the seventh day specifically in weokly order. This point seems’ to be based on the supposed indefinite length of the days of the creation wegk. This indetiviteness is seapmed, and not proven, and may be untrue. Thoss days were marked by tho same natural phe- nomena a8 days ‘DOW, viz.: “ the evening and morning,” she night and day. An exprension 1 the sermon, '*God therefors ballowed tho Sab- bath das, that once in 8 week men might turn their thoughts to Him," seems to be a recalling of the indefinitenese, and to make the ordibary weok the true measure of time. This shows tho impropriety of starting on & bams that Las to Le abanduned ig the argument. ‘The assertion, also, ** that the sevoutn part of i i by the spint and lne tent of the commauy,” is assumed agaist the explicit language of the Sabbath law, which eays, ‘‘ The saveoth day 18 the Sabpath of the Lord tby God.” This iudefinitenesa in tho ox- position of the law opens fully tho question of choico as to which * ono-soveuth part of time * 1may bo kopt 88 tho Salbath ; and iuvolvos the dilomma of making all deys sacred, and all davs socular, sccording to the choice of the poopls, thus practicnllr dofeating the oxpressed good pleasuro of God, fn_supeufying o soventh day a8 s memorial of his reat.” Nuch indefimtonces mith its attandaot divisions of opiwion, must forover be s hindrancoto a conscientious obsors- anca of tho Sabbatb. 1t will slso bs unod as an unanswerable objection to making soy specitio day tho Sabbath. The liberty of cholce of say of the sevon days of the weck is by dhia asznment conceded. The Mohsmmedan 1n selecting Friday for his Sabbath, the Boventh- Day Baptist in kecping Saturday, and Constantine in ‘scloctng the Leathen * venerable day of the eun," are jostitled in their choice by tho seventh part of time theory. The Sunday obsarver who adopts the philosophy of the sermon, has fore- closed bus right to insist upon the obaervanco of any speciff® day as the Sabbath, and thos renders futile all his efforts to sccure the observ- ance of any specific day, Haviog quoted Genesis ., 1, 2, in which the dsy of tho Sabbath is definitely settled for the reason given, equilly specific proof is necessary to show that the blessicg and sanctifving thers given by God to the apecific seventh day 18 witb- drawn from that day, and tranafored to another definite or indefinite day. The argument is in- completa without this proof. Civil law cannos create rights. It can only otect in the enjoymont of rights. It canoot ind coneciences, for it i not tho baeis on which conscience resta. Civil lawa by Cuty Councils, State Legislatures, or constitutional amend- ‘ments, canuot secaro the observance of Bunday 48 8 acred day, becauso the sacredness of tho Sabbath rests with God's suthority, and not with man’s. A return to the letter of the Sabbath law, 2nd toits epiritanl mport, is essential to Sabbath sanctidcation, Another difficulty in the way of securing sanc- tification lies in lowaring down the Sabbath ides by calling it ‘‘the American Sab- bath.” God calis the Sabbath “ My Holy Day.” This gives it its sacred character. ** Tho Aweri- can Sabbath " must be considered an American istitution, and can only bind an American conscience by American authorisy. 1z this there is pothing specially sacred. Tho American Sab- Lath can rise po bighor than American law or Awerican thougat, sud, therefore, will be powe:- lese, very largely, in influsncing foreignors, and inspiring eacred emotions with those who worsbip on the basis of Divine, and not human suthority. Jaurs Barrey. e THAT $50,000 CHALLENGE. PRESIDLNT BURGESS TO * CHALLENGER."” OrFicE o7 PRESIDENT NORTRWESTERN CERIS- TIAN UNIvERerTy, INpianaroLts, Ind., May 28, 1875.—To Challenger,” Chicago, Il.: Yours of the 21st inst., in reply to mine of the 16th, came to hand in the columns of Tue TRIBUNE, You will bo kind enough to pardon my dullness if Iyet fail tounderstand your proposed mods of procedare; or if I do understand it, I ece nothing for mo to do exceptto read from tho Bible, 83 yon and otbers roag from other “+sacred books,” tho jury in the case to make up theur verdict after Listening to tho reading. You say: “The evidence submitted to any jury agrecd tpon to be simply the reading of what is known os the sacred writings of all nations,” ofc. This, 28 intimsted above, scems L6 call for Do man to defend tho Bible, but simply some one woreadit. : In attaczing tho Bible, you attack, as you are aware, that which is most sacred to svery Chris- tian, and If you overtbrow it, that is, its divine inepiration, you crush out the most fondly-cher- ished hopes, the most glowing aspirations, of & large part of the human race, and give nothing in place but the blackness of darkness forever. Christians are_not thoso who cag discard their claim for the divine inspiration of the Bible, and still draw hope aud consolation from its teach- ings. With them, it i8 trae or fa’ss,—a glorious retiection of the divine idsal of Iife, or the must cruel and stupendous fraud ever perpetrstod. They want, therefore, sometbing mors than s simplo readiog of it' to test its meriis, and, if right, ought to haveit. Veryfew, if aoy, books can be understsod in fall by a simple reading. It is not alone the sound of worde that determines their character and valne; the germiual ideas those words contain must be tested by their outgrowth; this sometimes requires cevturies. ‘I'ho words of “Abolitionism " first spoken 1n thia country wers scarcely hoard, or, if heard, only to bring Bcorn and coatempt upon the Liesds of those who spoke them. Nor even yo, to read the books containivg thess words, would there be much meaning to them; but ho who reads them in the light of our Iate terrible war, and the freedom of milliona of human betogs, will invest them with & significance that coming gon- erations_will study with inteuscst interest. This principle is true of the Vedss, Zend- avests, Bible, and all other works of note. The ‘more toxt of these books is one thing, the work- ing of that text through the conturies quite an- otber ; sud the maa who would search for tho character of that text without the aid of these centuries,would be likte & man searching at poon- day, by a taper, instead of the sun. Nor doos it mean Dy this that the Biblo must have a mysiic or priestly 'interpretation : nothing of the sort. I aek only thas interpretation to which its fruits justly entie it, and I accord to the Zendavesta 2ud other books the same. The propositions I olfered still seem to me to involva tho seal 1ssucs, as woll 38 10 suggcsta proper modo of mesting them, ut you object to those in & very siogular why, aud in your objection, pardon me for say- ing, you secin to abandon the very essence of your challenge. You say, “ Tho propositions I inako would ‘be porfectly satisfactory and promptly accepted if the learned Parsce wero hore to defend his Zendavests, the Mahome- tan his Koran, the Buddhist his Vedas,” elc. But, my very dear gir, [ only beg you to remem- ‘ber that neither Zoroaster, nor Mahomet, nor Buddua 18 the challenger in this case : you are the ¢ Challenger ;" vou bLave fallen back on **the sacred writipzs of other nations.” and you have called on the'Christian world to defond this book as compared to these, I proposo to accopt your **challenzo,” whereupon you retire behind the *“disciples " of tha afore-mentioned -gentle- men, lnvoke their aid, end #ay my propositions would be promptly accepted if those said disci- ples wore hero to defend thoir own works, It certainly secms (o me; a8 you bave assamed tho cbamrionehip of the sacred books of vl nations, sou should mot now call anon those nations to holp vonout of your dificulty, but maintain Four owr. position, aud that, 1o, upon the broad- ezt and most libaral terms of investigation. I hope you will see the fairness of my position, and conceds enough at least to insure the carry- 10g oat of the {)‘mponed work, I think the pub- h before which you have £o boldly placed your- »clf will demand that your basis of investigation Lie ag comprehiensivo, and the process as pxhaus tive, 28 your challeoga is defiant and vour doo- trine aggressive. An early aod favorable reply is sizcerely hoped for. Very trly, _ , O- A Burorss. ‘' CHALLENGX2" TO BURGESS. Catcago, June 11, 1975.—0. 4. Burgess, Esg., {’residgflt Northwestern University—Dean Str: Your favor of 2ay 28 is duly raceived, audnoted. I cennot accuse you of dullness, as you certainly comprehend fully my proposition. My object from the beginning bas been slmply to bring about a comparizon of the sacred writings of all nations in order to have again decided, in the light of the ninetconth century, what wero and what were not of divine origin, and worthy to be regurded as tho revesled witl of the Greas Creator to mankind. I bave not, as you inti- mate, **azsumed tho champjonship of the sacred books of ell nations.” I have eimply assumed the championship of the idea that the sscred writings of oil mations o equally . and purely of humaa origia, and thisidea { challeogo ou and all Chuisiendom to prove untrne. The <t possible way to dotermine tho queetion is by a eimple corparison of all writings known ay secred writings. Of conurse T should not limit you or any committes to & singla reading of them. They might be read once or any number of times ull the minds of the jury or Committes the Sabbath of the land by civil 1aw, has been tha gecret of the failnre of all such offorts, and \ ) . were fully made up. An argument to decide ths question wogd By » .. interminable, * Sectariany of every name wonld ravsack the librarios of al! the world, and pile up Mountgins of eyidence toshow that theurs was the qnly truo religion, snd their sscred writingq alone of Divine origin, and argument would be ondioss, as fresh evidenco would bo daily ucen- mulating which_controvtraislists would desire to lay before the Committes, With the pecaliar.con- atiuction that each would ppt ppon it, aud hava .ttkon into conmderation. You cap sce’ plainly thst the method you propose is antirely oat of the question, white muwe is perfectty aimple aud piacticable, ; For tho consequences which -would eusze should the Committes decide (a8 they certainly would) that the sacred writingsof sli-nations were simply and only cariosities of sucient liter- ature, and the faith of religionists in their own systomns, Lo the exclueion of all pthers, ouly the oatoral consoquence of unsound and narrow- mindod education, of course Lcaunot hold my- wolf reaponsidle. h Your cbajlenper is & business msn, accus- tomed to deal with and to appraciats the impor- tance of incobtroyertiblo facts and Sgures, it- torly opposed to all delusions and humbugs not only in matters of business but in matters of raligion 88 well. Busincus operations and von- turey based upon faucies and delusions will surely end in disaster and disappointment, and auy religion not based upon simple trath will as wuroly end in fuilure and overthrow, Neverthe- lews, should the Beriptures be overthrown tha cousequences would not be a8 serious s vou imagino, Thero would be some cuanges, to be pure, but they would sll he Tor the better. [nstead of “crushing ous the moat foudiy cherished hopes,” etc., and leaving noth- ing but **the blackiesh of darkness forever,” the effect would be to Iay aside a burdonsome lond of ignorance and’ superstilion, aod the taking np instead of the-actnal facts of the case, and the'truth of the matter, Iustead them of the idoa that God had rovealed Himself to man- kind only throngh ono book, and {n the Litory of & few small tribes, it woald sppesr tbat He is constantly rosealing Himself through all books and through the history of all nations, throngh the telescope snd microscopo and through every fresh discovery and fresh addition to the sum of haoman knowledgs. A child whose miand had been filied with fairy stories might imagine that tho woods, streams, hills, sod valfeys would lose their beauty, if it eliould be shown that the little folk of the woodsaod plaina and the nymphs of the stream wero only creationsof the imagina- tion, and had no real existeuce; but, on the contrary, reflection acd study would show that tbe country sile had assumed a. mors wooderful beanty ; that tho footsteps of & sublimer Pres- ence were overywhere 1o bo fouund, apd on all sides ‘Booka fn (he running brooks, _ Sermons in siones, and good'In everything. It 'seems to ms that religionists of every name should bs the last to desirp to lay .befaro the oublic, s evidence of the divine origin of their sacred writings, the “working of $he various texts through the ceuturies,” and the *fruits” which 8o far bave been brought forth. Tb# his- tory of sll religions is written in blaod awd tears. History overflows with the records of awful wars and bitter persecutions prosecuted in the neme of religion. The rack, tho faggot, and the stake have begn bronght fnto play 1o establish creeds, convert the unbelievers, and crush out opposi- tion. Tbe human sacrifices of the Aztecs, Dru- ids, snd even the Kiog of Dahomey, are not to be compared in cruelty with the slaughters done in the namo of Christianity. 7Tho books of tbe Old Tostament abound with atories of the crushing out of weak and ignorant races aud the spoliation of their lands by fanatical religionists, all of which, in your present position, you must bo compelled to cordially approve, although re- cently-discovered Egyptinn eacred writings so pluinly show that the idea that the Deity urged the twelve tribes onward in their cruel and bloody work, and afterwarda praised them for the ruin and destracsion they had wrought, was borrowed from the Egyptians, who had 180 pre- viously eout out their hosts to conquer other countries under and by the command of their gods ; but was it true in either case, or ooly a couveuient excuse for the sickening barbaritiea which resulted? Would tbe nstions of the earth permit eny such outrsges in our times, and was it any more justifiable (nen thaa now ? It is high time that religion should lsy aside all mysuciam and superstition, snd assume in- stead that simplicity which alone becomes it; that it should not alone dogmatically tesch, but also be willing 50 Jearn, and that itshould be the instrument to propagate, not ignorance and su- perstition, but useful koowledge and simple truth. AR it is to-day, the hope of the futars for the evlightenment of the peuple iu religious a3 well a8 secolar matters rests more with the press and the echoolhouse, than with any religious sect. The echoolmaster, the newspaper, the_ library, the sieam engine, and the electrio telegraph are shown to bo the bess migsionaries to eend abroad. Tbo fature peace and bappiuess of the world depend mpon the sound education of the peapls. Had the millions upon millions of money spent in Europe npon awe-inspiring cathedrals aod sitars been used instead fo stimnlate discovery, establish libra- riesnnd obmervatories, avd civilizo the peopls, tho pations of Ecrope would not now _be can- fronting each other in warlike airny, and resdy at a week's notice to drench the land in blood, and reinsugurate &ll the horrors and misertes of war, Finally, 1f you snd all other religionists do- siro the continued good oprmion of the pecple vou will gladly sod willinkly come forwsrd to ‘establish the perfect truth of ycur position, and 1n any pointa plaialy shown to be unsound at once make the nacessary cocrections. Ehould you take sn opposite course and biindlv aud willfully shut your eyes to the incressing kuowl~ edge of the age, you will obly find in the eud that the people are far ahead of you in point of 1ntalligence and trae religion, aad that yon have not stopped in the slightcst the onward march of the races of the earth away from the barba- rign ignorance sud suj titions of the uad past, The readers of Tng TBIBUNE will bs interasted in knowing what course you choose to pursue. CHALLENGER, AMERICANISRAELITES. ANNUAL CONVENTION OF DELEGATES. The annual Convention of the Board of Dolo- gates of American Israelites was held on Bundsy, May 30, a4 the roomsof the Young Men's Hebrew Association, New York. TheHon.P. J. Joachim- sen, President, occupied tho chair. Twenty con- gregations were represented. ‘The report of the Executtye Committes showed that §1,154.66 hed been coutributed’ for the suffering Jews in Palcstine, of which only $200 had been for warded. A judicious plan for the permanen! benefit of the Israclites of the Holy Land wag promulgated. The promotion of industrial pur- suwits, the erection of improved dwellings, and the scquisition and culivasion of Jaod on & moderate scale, are the pointa directly in view. In roferencs to the Jews in Ronmanis, the Committes report that they beliove that the day of popular uprising agaiost them has passod. Tho raport of the Tressarer ehowad aggrenate receipts of §1,384.66, disbursements of $1,677.61, and & balaoocs of §1,201.73. ‘e following oficers of the Assaciation wera clooted : : YP;lfiItnl-—Tha Hon, P. J. Joschimsem, of New ork. Presidents—Isidor Bioawany 2 phis: Benjwmind. Hrt, of New Yook of Frladel ‘asurer—Loogiold Bambergor, of Now York. Fzecutive Commiztoe—Abraham' Harh, of Philadel phia ; . M, Cohen, H, Kohn, Myer Stern, T. . Keos ing, A, Daum, H. 5, Allen, of Now York ; 'the Rev, Dx. Jasizor, o Hev. G. Jucobn; of Philadelpli ; 1. M. seuting Cincinnati ; L.‘uwmgm of Now York; Myer Bulzberges; of Philadelphia ; Abrabam Levy, of comoud, Va. i “ Mr. Eilinger read an interesting paper on the adyantages of agricultare for the Jsws, advo- cating the establishment of s society for the en- couragentent of that pursuit il Y EPISCOPALIANISM. THE DIOCEAR OF 10WA, * To the Editor of The Chiccgo Tribune: * - Crxcago, June 11.—Allow me to say that the Diocesa of Towa is in no particular *stow” oysr the eleciion of the Bev. Dr. Eccleston. A few disestisfied individuals, representing in part eloven parishes, less than half a hundred fami- lies (leaving out Trinity Church, Davenport, and Trinity Church, Muscatine, only one delegate from eack eigoipg bhe *‘protest™), were very Tauch distarbed because the candidate thay pre- ferred could not bo chosen. A portion of thes gentlemen would have beep tolernbly well satis if they could have Liad the nominationthemselves, Mr. Grifith, of Dubuque, who cublished the ““Open Lotter o Dr. Eccleston,” advising hiny to dacline tho oflice, and has been working quite Qligently for two or three years past to bring aboat & division of the diocese, in order that his own Rector might be made a Bishop, is com- paratively a new mamber of the Coovention. I find his pamo in bt one of tho journals I hisve at baod, and they covar quito’ & number of years., It is s most extraordinary and egotistionl letter ; had about as much weight'fo influencing - E.'s decision a8 a slight ebock of an carth: quake in Californis would have on the populz- tion of Chicego. The ‘‘protest” was of the same forciblo-fecble charactor. 7 ‘The Rectors of all the parishes represented in the “ protest” signed the testimenials of tho Bishop-eleot. Some of these pariskes: were va- cant, aad 28 a rule bave not boen supplied with a reside: :#h53 one-half thy time ‘gince their organization, and this on account of thoir feebleness. 1f Iam nghtly informed, alf tho clargy of the diocese have signed the testi- monisls.” Woeo Dr. Eccleston comes among them the laity will be surprised that they ghouid any of them have oppozed bis eloction. Like tbe opponents of Bishoj foj:u‘, in Soutbern Otbio, - they will Le delight with - their ew B:shop, snd rejoice that wiser counsels thau thetr osrn prevaled in giving Iowa 80 guod an Ejpiscopsl hoad. g e Tho seusational paragraph in this morning's paper, {rom the Davenport Democral, about the new Bishop ** not being received by-more than half the parisifes,” has sbout a8 much truth a8 the * protest " has reason, and_po more.. The Dioceee of Towa will go.on, laying ber founda- tions broad and deep,—following the examjilo and teachings of ber late Jypented and wise Bishop Les, undisturbed by an intluence which bas thus far been but a ripple on tbe surface of Ler tranquil bosom. Truly yours, C.B.S. N. B.—It 18 scarcely nacessary for me to add that the initials above do not stand, as some of my fricuds have ayewried, for the Confrater- nity of the Blessed Sacrament.” A NEW CHUBCH. 5 The corner-stone of tne beautiful stone church now in course of erectiop st LaGrange. Cook County, on the line of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, will be laid Thureday after- noon, Juoe 17. The clergy of Chicago of the Protestant Episcopal Church; the thoristers: of the Cathiodral under Camon KEnowles, and the laity, have boen invited to attend aud asgist at the ceremony. The Rev. Dr. Cushman, President of the Standing and of tho Missionary Committees, will make the address, and the Rev. Dr. Stock- ing, Secretary of both Committees, will lay the stone. The train for the clergy and laity, such as de- sire tosttend, will leavo Chicago at 1:45 p.om. of the pame day ; returning at 6:46 p.m., and will atart from the foot of Randolph atrect. Tue train for the choristers will leave at 9:15 a.m. The charistera intend to avail themsslves of the oecasion and bave a_game of base-ball. Mr. Otis Lyman has kindly sllowed them the use of his large open field, and Mr. F. D. Cosaitt the uso of bis beautiful snd shady orchard near {he depot at LaGrange. After the eromony & col lation will be served to the clergy and choristera 1m the basement of the church. The ladies of this new and enterprising congregation will have op hand ice-cream and fraits io sbundance for eale. LaGrangois a beautiful suburb of Chi- cago, and the occasion i8 one that should intgrest everybody. : MUISION WORK. £ It 1a proposed to hold a meeting of the olerzy and laity of the Epiacoral Church jn Chicago, at ths club room of the Palmer House, Wednesdsy, the objoct being to mnke arrangements for the farthorance of the mission work of the Church in the contral part of the city, and for the per- potution of the duly noop service, The chair will be taken preciscly at 4 o’clock by the Hoo. L. B. Qtis. Thias being & mauter of very gauperal concern to the Episcopal ubuich fn- Obicago and the neighborhood, and one in which tho Imty of overy parish have a pecular interest, it ia roa- eonablo to look for a numerous attoudance ; snd it is hoped that the younger members, as well as their elders, the men and women of the Church, will manifest their interest in the occavion. RELIGIOUS MiSCELLANY. THE CHURCEH IN GENERAL Persons who give one guines or mars to the new Protestant Episcopal Church &t Birming- ham, England, are thereafter prayed for once a month. The aoonal meeting of the Evangelical Alli- ance of the United States will be beld in Pitta. burg i October ext. A great gathering is an- ticipated. The Bishop of Litchfield has coudemned the practice #0 ‘common in Eogland of expensive luncheons at the consecration of churches, es- pecially the use of champagne and liquors on such occasions. The Rev. R. H. Paliman, the General Secro- tary of the Universalist Association, reports that the Universalist maes-meetings, which bave beso held for sayeral months past in the Wost- ‘ern Stateg, have been attended with great suc- cess. ‘Che Secretary of the Presbrierian Board of Foreign Miswmons saya that i? the money contri- butions continue 1o fall off the quesiion will soon be, ¢ Hasnot the mission work of the Church outrun the giving disposition of the Charch " : X Tho Ameriosn Sunday-Sohool Union grapnized and udea 150 Sunday-schools i the Northwest in new and needy settlemants during fhe month of May,—an aver.go of five schools s day. In tnesa 6chools there is g totel membership of 581 tonchers, and 4,591 scholars. - The Presbyterisn Board of Bome Mirsions re- Dorts to the Genorat Assemlly a¢ Clevaland, O.: 1,123 missionanes ; 56,129 merabers: in Sunday- schools, 90,646 ; church debts canceled, $153,302. ‘The report on education showed that thers were in the Churen’s colleges aud seminaries 210 theo- logical apd 264 colloge stud.nta. On Wedoesday of this week the yrhole Catho- lic world ig to be consecrated to the Sacred Heart.” The decree to this effect haa beon is- sned by Cardiosl Patrizzi, Prefect of the Con- gresation of Rites. Ou the 16ch of June, 1675, according to Cachotic tradition, Margaret Mary Alacogue, at Paray le Mouial, beheld Curiat, who dizplayed to ber His heart, surmounf with & cros8 girt with a crown of thorns, and commanded lier to go and propagate the devo- lian‘dhl the “Hacred Heart” throughout the world. The Fifth Presbyterian Charch of this city (the Rev. C. L. Thomuson’s) are making rajid jrogress in their mew location. Tweive new hiembers wers received Iast Sunday, seven of them on profession of faith. They have sléo organized & mission &t tha corner of Shurtleft avonue and Twenty-ninch street, shore, in addi- tion to a SJabbath-school, religious services are veld on Sunday eveviug and during tho woeek. At the third Sabbath there wero 128 in the mis- sion-school. The dedication of the First Presbyterian Chusch at River Park will taxe place Sunday, June 20, at 4 o'clock p.m. Sermon by Prof. Swing, assisted by the Rev. Samuel W. Duffeld, J. H. Walker, W. H. Johnson, snd others, A special train will leave tbe Chicago & o Railrosd depot, corner of Chicago avenug and Carrabee strect, st 3 p. m., syopping at Gale- wood and Modtolare ; returning, will leave River Park at 6 and arrive 1n the city at 6:30 p. m. To reach the dopot, take the Chicago ave- nue and Larrabpe street cara, which pass the depot every few minutes. The London City Mission recently held its fortioth annual meeting. 'The report atated that the missionaries of the Socjety now nambers 497, a0 iocreazp oyar the year previous of 19, During the year past 8,607,809 visits had besn paid, ‘!‘nd' 93,647 in-door meetings snd Bible clasy bad been bold, a¢ which the zgzregate attendanee had been 1:926,764 persons. ‘The out-door services had been 5,163 in number, with sa attenaance of 816,181 ; 1,625 drunkards had been reclaimed, 4,685 children sent to chools, and 1,639 new communicants had buca received, gl;géox;nwpu of the Raciety amounted to' The Universalist snniversarios were recently hold in Boston. A childran's meetiug was held in conpection with the Conference of the Sab- bath-echool union, in the Colambus Avenue Universalist Cuurch. The Trustees of the Uni- verralist Publishing-honse reported its receipts for the eleven months ending April 1 to be £43,893 ; expenditures, £43,435. The Trustees of tha Dean Academy reported the cost of the now building to be €160,000: the assets of the schools, £339,790 ; linbilitics, £131,000. The current expentes of the year, £30,416, have boen coverod by the *recoipts. Sessions were also held of the Universalist Reform League and the Women's Centenary Associations. n Ban Francisco, with a population of 275,000, there are about fifty-five places whers tho Gos- pel is preached. The ' Baptists have five churches; iho Congregstionalists have five ; the Episcopalians and Lutherans ‘each seven; the Methodists ten (two of them German); the Prosbyterizus fwelve; there are tbres churches for the colared people, turee forthe Chinese, the Disciples have one, the Plymouth Drathran one, apd thera is & Marjners’ church. Oue- third of the clurches aré quite small, with con- 6gations aversging logs than one hundred. Tbe congregations of the remaming two-thirds will not average over 300, This estimate gives oaly a little over 12,000 regular church-goers, less than & per cont. of the population. SRS PERSONAL. The Rev. Nowman Smythe, who has been pas- tor of the First Congrogational Ghurch in Bangos, Me., eince Margh, 1§70, has been dismissed from his charge, and accopts & call ta ths Firat Pres- byterian Church, in Quiney. T, Dr. John Chambers, of Philadelphis, has just closad a hsl? century of pastoral lsbor with the Chambers Presbyterisn’ Chureh, of that. ity Durisg Lis minjstyy over §,300 have been sdded to the church, and over forty of its young men have gone into the Mibistry. ‘The Central Tennesses Universify, at ita re- £ant Commencement, gave the” degres of LL.D. to Bishop Haven. Tho Bishop deolines the hou- oron the ground thzt his knowisdge of civil Iaw 18 confined to tho Civil-Rights bull, in tho principles of which the TRepablic 'is pocrly vorsed. The Pennsylvanis Universalist Committea of Tollowsnip aca Discrpline has refased torene®y tho preacher's iiconse beld by Mrs. Ada B. Bowles, wifa of the Rev. B. F. Bowies, fdrmerly of Cambridge. The retson is that the Commit- tee, while got donbiing ber wbility of Christian conseception, judgas tuat her home duties musc be such that, “whetber licensed or not, ber ro- sition must be rather tiat of a lay preacher than of one whose endeavois are wholly coasecrated %o the specific work of the minstry of Chriss. e BREVITIES, For-Iawn hope—Nolo episcoparitaalistic candi- dagure for Bishoprics. D'ye s6a ? A wag of a gonrmand who had wnade himself ill by feasting ou fiah, #aid he embcdied the trio of the fisry furnace, thus—shad-rack, me-sick, end abed-we-go. s A little 4-vear old woke up very early one morning, aad, sesing the full moon from the window, he innocently remarked: *<I should think it was about time for Dod to take that moon in,” B * Well, neighbor Slummidge. how much shall I put you down for to get # chandelier for ths charch 2" Neighbor 5.— “ Shoo! what we want £o git a chandyleer for ? The' Lsm's no- body cap play on ter1f whep yogis 617 An exohange suggests that if you want to see s man strugghog 1o do soveral thiogs at once, just watch him trying to put on his overcoat and Tubbers and yet keep his head bowed while tno ‘minster is prououncing the benediction. Elder_sister—** What are you doing, Bill?” Bill—* Drawing—Jack the Giant-killer 'n’ Cor- moran.” Elder sister—*Do you think that is quite & Sunday amusement ¥ Bill—*Oh ! ver' well, then, it's David 'n’ the Giao-goliaf{” 01d Deacon Roberts was worked up to a high state of enthusiasm 10 a revival. He was ex- norting the unconverted to flea from the wrath to come bofare 1t was too late, “fer,” said he, \the Lord is here now, and Ho may not be ers again for twepty years.” + ' \ell, doctor, it's no nse, I'm going todin!”™ *+ Nonsense said the doctor, **you're not going to die at all.’ No man ever died with feot a3 wart a8 yours ! ™ Ah, yes they did, doctor.” # I should ke to know who,~then ?" ** Joln Rogers did,” said the patient. Jones (who has walked.the length of his lawn to pxpostulate with lus milkman on crnely to animals)— Do you know whay happened tw Balaam?* Ailkman—' Yos." Jonos—- Wel what wgs it7" 3limso—" The same thiag that happened to me ‘just now—a donkey spoke to him. Golang !” “Did you like the sermon, love?” asked & plous wife of her beathen husbend on their way home from church. * Woell, my dear, to tell the cruth,” be said, ** I dida’c pay much stication to tha sormon, bot, from the sweet expreasiou of the parson’s face, I suould say he waw a man whno woulan't hase tobe asked twice to 1ako A little girl waa once asking her elder siszer sbont Heaveu. Do they play in Heaven " she in%:;rea. - they do mot play there.” “Whnt do they do?" ‘“They sing sud are good.” ' Aro there no toys thers 2’ ¢ No, not aoy.” *No dolls, mor balis, nor Noan's orks " *Ohno!” “‘Then,” said the little one, :*I ehall take 1y doll and go to hell.” e CHURCH SERVICES. EPISCOPAL. The Roy. Henry G. Perry will oficiate at Al Saints* Chusch, corner of North Carpentar and Fonrth streets, morning and svening. —~The Bey. Francus Mansteld will oficiats ot the Church of the Atonement, northeast corner of Wash- ington and Robey streets. | —There will bo servioes at the Church of Our Savior, corner of Belden street and Lincoln avenue, morning and evening. —Tha Bev, Dr, Stocking will officiate at the Church of the Ephipany, TAroop atreet, between 3fonros zad Adame, morning and evening. —Ths Rev. J. G. Mcdurphy will offciats morning ana evening in Calvary Chareh, Warren aveuue, bo- tween Oxkley sizeet and Western avenue; Holy Come munion will ke celebrated ot tne morming service. —Tne Rev. W. Herbert Smytho will oficisie at the Memorial Church, .Indians avenue ncar Thirtieth street, at 10:45 3, m. and 7:45 p. m. —The Bay. C. 8. Percival will oficlate in Bt, James' Cburen, corner of Cass and Huron streels, a2 10:45 s, m. and 7:45 p. m. ~Ths Rev. Dr. Locko will officizte morning and evening st Grace Chureh, Wabash avenue, near Six- teenth atreet, —The Dev. E. Bullivan will offciate at Trinity Church, corner Alichigan avenue aud Tweaty-sista street, at 10:45 a, m. and 7:45 p. m. —Thae Bev, D. ¥, Warzen will ofiiciate at St Mark's Church, co~aer Coitage Grovo avenue and Thirty-sixth stree, at 10:30 &, m, and 7:40 p. m. —Ths Bav. H. C, Kinnsy wili oficiate at the Church of the Holy Communion, Bouth Dsaborn strezt, be- tween Twenty-ninth and Thirtieth streets, at 10:i5, m. and 7:00 p. . —Thero wil be fall cathedral services at the Cathe- dral of 8. Peter and Faul, eornez of West Washungton and Peoria sireats, at 10:30 3, m. and 7:30 p. ., BEFORMED EPISCOPAL. —Bishop Cheney will ordain the Bov. Jas, C. Pratt; of -Buulder City, Colorado, to the Presbytrass of the Reformed Episcopsl Church, 1n Christ Ciurch, Aichi- gan avenue and Twenty-four:h street, in the moruing 04 will preach n the evening, Tie Kev, W. N, Pos- tethwato Wil presch in the morning. —Dr. Cooper will locture in Immanuel Church, cor- ner of Centre and Dayton streots, in the eveaing. —The Bev. Dr, Gooper will preach in the morning fn §t, Paul's Church, corper Lako street and St, John's Plice. The Rev. Aloeri Walkley will preach at ths eame place in the evening, ~—The Rov. 3. T. McCormick will hold a service at 3p. mm. at tha realdence of Mr, H. L. Prentice, corner of Wubash avenus and Sixiy-thicd stroot, Englewood. A general invitation 13 extended. CONOREGATIONAL. The Rev. Albert B.asouel: wiil preach §o_the Lenvitt Steeet Church, corner Adams mirwet, morniag and Sveuing, —Tuu Rev. Willism Alvin Bartlstt will preach in the Plywouth Chureh, cornar 1ulians avenue and Twen- iz Risee:, worning and eventog, —Tup Bev. G, P. Kimbuil preaches morning and ovening at Dethany Church, corner of Paulna and ‘West Huron streets, —The Rev. McKermont will preach -at the Wick Park Oburch this morning, and the pastor in the ovening. - - ‘~Tue Rev. C, D, Helmer will presch fn the morn- inigin_Union Park Churod, corner Ashland ayvenus snJd West Washington strect. Fralse service in the evening. ‘T Bov. J, P. Jones, of Wisconsin, will prasch mormng and ovening o tho Welch Chureh, in Room 10 Duvoy’s Building, uorthwest corner West Madison and Green strests. g —The Rev. F. A. Warfleld, of Geeenfleld, iusa., will preach at the Lincoln Park Church, corner Sophii and Mohawk streets, at 10:45 &, m, and 7:45 p. m, —The Bev. 2. 8. Holbrook, of New Haren, Conn,, will preach o Gakland Church at 10:30 8, 1m, And 7:43 o m, b —The Rev. L. T, Chamberlain will preach in the morning a¢ the New England Churcb, on Delawsre place, near North Dearborn street; and the Bev, W. C, Young will preach at ths ssme place in ‘—The Rov. Dr. Healy will preach mor: ing at the Tabernacs Church, comer of West Indisua and North Morgau streets. PRESDYTERIAN. The Rev, V. W. McEaig, D. D. Ninth Church, near This and evening. Mural Character.” * —The Rov, David J. Burrell wiil preach i the Weat- ‘minster Church, corner of Peoria and Jackeon strects, in tha morning. Subject: ** The Good Shepherd doek- ing His Lost Sueep.” In the pveniug, quarierly chil- dren’s service, —Thé Rev. D of Ann Arbor, Mich,, will preach at the Sixth Church, coruer of Vincennea and Oik avenuer, morning and crening. —The Rev, Charles L. Thompsou will preach 3¢ 10:30 5. 70. in the Fifth Cuurch, Indiana avenue and Thir. tiesh skreet, Bubjoct : “ Perfoct Through Suffanug.” —The Rev, Bunuel W. Duffeld will preach in the Efghth Church, corner of Washingtan sod Bobey streets, ot 10::0 3, m. and 7:45 p, m. —Tlia Bov, J. V7, Bala will presch in the United Church, corfier of Monroe and Paulina streets, 3t 10:00 a.m.and 7:45 p, m, Sabject: “oral Distance, or the Devil’s Device.” —Tho Rev. 4. B. McCluro will presch st River Park this morning. —Tue Rav. J. Monro Gibson will presch at the | Second Church, ‘corner Michigan * avenus aud Twenticth street, 3t 10:45 3, w. 404 7245 p. . Iiie Rev. Dr, Pattcn will preach ab_the Jefferson Park C.nurch, corner of Adams and Throop mreets, morning and evening. 2 —Tho Rav. L. T, Cbamberisln will preach in the ovening at the Fullerton Avenue Church, on Fullerton aveaus, near ClaikX strect. *The Rov. W, C. Youug will proach In the morning. g METHODIST ERISCOPAL. Tho Rev, Thomza Guard, D. D., of Baltimors, will proach in the Centenary Church, Monzos street, near Morgan, morniug and gvening. g —The Rav. Johin Wilismson will preach o the Wa- beah Aveoue Church morning and evening, Morning: subject: “Tho Hoy tha: Could Not Be Spared.” Evening: * The Chuistian Pattern of Good Works,” 2 E. Felton will preach in Trnity Caurch, In- diana avenue, near Twerts-fourth street, 1u the morn- ing; and the Rev, R, D, Shepard will preach in the 8am0 chirch in the ovening, L ~—Praf. C. W, Pearson, of Ev.oston, will preach at the Ads Streei Charcll, 0a Ada streef, between Laks and Fulton, at 10:30 a. 13, and 7:45 p. m, —Tho Rav. N. IL Axtell will praach in tho evenlng at Park Aveaus Church, corner Park avenus and Robey street. Subjext : #A Piea for Educstion.” Tuo mioralng servico Will bo & celebration of Childron's” Day, yiith addresses, music, and baptism, —Biskiop W, L. Harris wid preacu In Fulton Strest Jamen of the church on the. subjeat of tamperaace 248 p. m. —The Rev, M. M. Parkhurst will preach in the even. ipg in the Michigap Aveuns Caurch, Michig-n svanns, between Thirty-secon L and Thirts-taird strets, Sart vices expe 1ally for children in the morning. Tae Rev. Dr. Thomss will presch ai 'the First Church, corner Ciark and Waahicgton street 10:45 8. . and 7:48 o 2. e BAPTIST, The Rev. L. T. Bush will preach in the Taenty-1f Stre:t Church, near Wen'worth avenue, mor‘:l::,‘ - evening. - & —The Rev. J, M.Whitehead will presch in the North Star Church, eorner Sedgwick aad Division, moming and eventn, : e 9 —The Rev. G. C. Shirk wil presch at Immam Church, No, 433 North Halsted street, cormes of Sophis, morning and evening. —The Rev. D, B, Cheney will presch at the Fourty Chureh, corner of Washington and Psulina stroets, morning and evening. —~There will be presching st 7:'5 this eveningit No, 50 Ogden avenus, before the Centennial Baprs Society. ~Tne Rev, W. W, Everts, Jr., will preach st 11 to the First Church, st the Wabssh Avenus Tabew Bacle,” o wil alsg greach a8 T3 2 % i I iana, Aveune corner Indlaza wv Thirtiath sizest, e THITARIAY, The Rev. 0, W. Wenlie will preach in the Fourty Church, corner Prairie avenue snd Thirtloth stres, morning and eveniag, —The Rev. Rovert Colljer will presch in Daity Church, North Deirborn street, near Washingtoy square, . —Tbe Rev, Broake Herford will preach my eveaing ih the Charch. of the Mebishs commer Share gan avenuo and Twenty-third street, —Tle Rev. E. P. Powell will preach in the at the Third Church, corner af Lafim and Monros atreets, —The Rev, Brooke Herford will preach fa Untty Church, O3k Park, a4 4:3) p. m. Bubject : *Common Sense Christianity,” UNIVERSALIST. The Bev. Edgur Leavitt, of Fort Atkinton, Wis,, @ preach in the Ol School-House, Englewcod, 13" the alternoen, —The Per. Sumner Ells will prosch fa the Charck of the Radeemer, corner of Washingion and Sanga mon sivsty, In ths morsivg. i —Tho Bov. Dr. Ryder will preach moraing evonicy in St, Paus Chure, Michigan avamug, ‘ser tween Sixteenth and Eighteenth streets. CHRISTIAN. The Rey. H. D. Clark, of Quincy, will preach mora. ing and evening at the Christan Chiurch, corner of In. dizna avenuo aud Towenty-Afh atroet. The Rev. At. L. Blaney, Evangelist, of Indians, will preach morning and evening in Campbell Hall, cornez of Van Buron strcet and Campbell avenue. Morning subject : *+ The Relgion of Jesus.® Evening subject: “Tus Lrrepresuible Conflict.” ke Eimogi Beitoat will_prasch s Rev. Edm ifour Ctiureh of the Holy Trinky. corner Sorh Dotsoae and Pooria streets, morndng and evening, MISCELLANEOTS. stroet. —Diseiples of Christ meei at 0. 320 West Randol atreatas 4 pr ., and 1o AL Wi ade adineg e come and worship God, —The Rev. N. F, Ravhn will preack morning snd evenng beforo the Templs Assemoly, corner Hatrison and Sungamon streeta, g CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK, i EPISCOPAL. June 13—Third Sunday afver Trinity. i CATHOLIC. June 13—Fourth Sunday alter Fenteoost ; theny of Padas, C. 3 e Jire 135 Gakins, 5. . 0 ‘uné 15—8t. Ubaldus, B. C. (from 18; tus snd Comp., MM, Moo June 16—5t. John Francis Regis, C. June 1T—St. Boroandine of ienis (tzom May :2_’ une t. Rary gdalens de Pazzi, V., (from ) ; §8. Marcus s0d Comp., ML June 18—3'. Julisna Felcouter, V. ; 69, Gervams and Protass, ML, A CITY POZM. Yon may tal¥ of life in the country, Of 1ts emerald recreats: But give ms tie surging city, . _ With tus busy, crowded streeta; ‘Whiere there's many a hasty maeting, And languishing farewells, Betwean rosy, dimgled maidens, And impectnious “swella, You may talk of rosming the meadow,. ‘Wit your true love, bard-in-band, - And plucking the dainty daisies ‘That deck the loamy iand : But out in the ivory sun-glare, In trappings fine and neat, Let me stroll with 3 palltd beauty, Turouga an unfrequented siraeh. ¥ou may haveall the rural plessures - .+ Your ardent heart may seize, And drink of thinectarous odor That laens évery breezn: , Bat give me the wild excitement, Ard the restiess, furtive glance Thst Jespe fzom thi eye of & muiden, 1n the singous, dreamy dance, You may tell of the songs of thrushes, Tuat 20 upon Latening cars Like the lute-tones of Apallo, Or the muvic of the spheres: But give.me the tangied barmony Of voices and guitars, That floats from » besy of maldens, Out undex the Laatbent stars, You may stroll where the rich, pled blotsoms,. With beauty all rey lete, Have woven a parfuied carpet BPuéyoux desecratiog foet: ut give me the long, uright Whire, cnder the Gariag lanh " FLit thoso embryotic sugels, In saintly roles of wiite; ‘Where the lights of the brilliant ball-roam Pluy soft on the spangled hair 0f queenly, rich-ro.ed women, Ali bright sod debouair ; Whoe tle Games of restices dismonds, 1n tne radiant saifron Lght, Flasu out like tiery dragons Xrum the sable shroud of night, You may talk of love ‘neath the willow bonds with a sylvan grace, - il ¢ forma a leals uzoor As 3 lovely trysting.plsco: But give mo ths blaadishing gaslight, Let it e.thar flicker or feer,— For thers's naught like a aly firtation. Tuder the chandeller. Cmcaco, Casewszu A. Smnr Poison in Their Baota, A correspondernt of the Oresillo (Butte Coun- t¥, Cal.) Merciry makes the horrifyiug assertion that the gu: " varscliy worn br gravel miners iu California and elsewhere bave latterly been lined with grees tlaunel, tiie dye of which is arsonicated, aud which bas poisoped maby persons, some fotallv. The correspondont gives a speciic instance of this kind of. paisqns ing, stating that o Mr, McKlary, who lives oo Cane's Creek, near Entervrive, has bfen saf- feriog for several months from the nse of thesa arsenicated boots, and that bui for s skillfnl physician sud attentive wifs he woald have died. He farther sliezes that “thres more ceses are under treatment wn this naighbor- hood, (South Fork Featner River), and a nom- ber gone to the bospitals, trying to find batter care than in their lonely cabins.” This aocount 18 given of tho appesranco of the disesse pro- duced by wearing the poisoned boots: *‘The first symptoms are the swelling of the lower ex- tremities to two or threo timaes the usual size, and thea the flash turns black. The aaFesing of tho patient 16 terrible, nnder & constant barning sensation, until death reliaves him."” It is stated thas the complaint is almost universal whorevar the green-lined boote bave been used and refer- ence i# made toacompany of Chiness smOUg whom sevoral dzatbs occarred last yoar, then atjributed :0 32 opidemic, but now traced to the boota. —_—— o Two Mcanings. TLos Anjeles (Cal.) Star. A new baggnage-man oo one of our local trafos waa told to pife up the trnoks in the baggage- car, and be suze to hang the checks on the oo eide. The Lberal-micded youth piled up $be trunks aod then took off the checis, Wi leather atraps attached, and hung them on tho outside of the car. The bagpagemaster at tbe depot was driven nearly frantic by the psssyn- gsm per the Orizaba attempting to ideatify their oxes. 3 FURKITURE. : ity e AOCRPRR S Parlor Suts i Ghamber Sets, Marile-top Tablas; - Library Tadlgs, - Book Casts, Miattrgsses, EfG. WE OFYER FOR CASH AT MUCH BE- LOW REGULAR FRICES. C. C. HOLTON & C0. Chureh; comnér Fullon stryet aud iriesien avenue, at. 10:30 3, 2, Misy Frinées E. Willard will address tha 285 & 227 State-st Elder B. F. Clark, of Kanas, preaches m ovening at the Tabernicie Caurch, No, 91 um'