Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 16, 1876, Page 9

RELIGIOUS. In semory of the Rev. C. V. Kelley. Convention of Christian Workers at, Farwell Hall, Jcho V. Farwell on “ What Can Wo ® Do for Our Young Men?” Wilvaskoe Pulpit Skelches--The Rev. G. E. Gordon. The American Church at Rome=== The Right Rev. Bishop Johns. Notes and Personals at Home and Abread---Church Services Te-Day. FAREWELL. DL. C. V. SCLLET. 4% amoeting of tho Epiecopal clergy on Mon- day, the 10th, called in conecquence of the desth of tie veserable Dr. Kelley, the Rev. Dr. Revoolds waa caltsd to tie chair.and the Rev, F. N. Lusen was appointed Secretary. Adgresves were made by the Rev. Dra. Rorria eaa Cuchman, giving somo account of the life sud labors of the decaased, and, on mofion, Drs. Cnshmnn end Harris wero appointed to preparo a¢nitable minute expressive of the feelings of the clergv. Thet minute is as follows : XX SESORIAN—THE KEV, CHARLES V. KXLLEY, X. D. Kev. Charles Vernou Kelles, M. D., April 6, s residenre Su the City of Chicsgo, “in ths tice of 3 certsin faith, iz tie comfors of » rea- able, religions, and hLo'y hope, and in the com- mauios of the Catbolic Cunrch.' rested from his tubers; like a shock of corn fully ripe for the harvest, bo vus gatherod to Lis fathers, Me nad Skod mauy pusts of ener and of Usefuinees: be was a lborious ind successful minister of tac Goapel, faithful and rli-sacrificing; Be @ixd iu the Lord, and it is fitdng sould follow Lim. way born Feb. 1, 1903, at Stokestown ozmon Co., Ireind. I« gradusted st Trin- v, Duplin,was ordained Deacon at 21, was ome- ¢ in Carier Church, Dablin, ad also served of Ireland and n Waies, ' At the 2ge o lled Ly some former Ferirbloncrs to 2o chitvi at Cayuga Falls, O, e s he firet Rector of St Barthclomew’s Church, New York, which was built for fim, and was Rector suc- cessively of St. Stephen's Church. Herisburg, Pa., 8:. Peter's Church, Tecumsach, Mich., znd Christ Church, Ottawa, "1, where he built the first chorch, and organized parishes in (be zdjacent Tuwzs of Farm Mdge aud Pera. Leaviag Gttawa, be entered upon the practice of meditino in Chizcgo, but siill did duty aesclergrman. For atime by had chiarge of Trinity Church i the city, then on Asaison #ircit, and e organdied the now dorment perish of Cirist Churck, boldiugits scrvices inthe Protestacs Onpdan_Asylum. He was nfterwards Neclor of St Faul's Church, Milwaukee, 3d of the Caurch of iue Incarnzticn, Wasuingtop.’ Hesurning to Illinois, be w5 sastant, first at Trinity, and_then af St James, na be renderad most valuabie sorvice to St, Stophen's. Tae two or three years lasi past hs has Iubored a8 u mi:sionary ot Maywood, Riverside, ana Wheaton. Dr. Keliess Tecord epeats for hita Letter than words of ealogy csn. Mo bhas fought us Sigak, has finished his course, and, we may well Lelieve, witl in due timo recelve his roward. We sorrow for our lues; we re- Joice at bis guun, and o commend his bereaved famils Io that God who has smd, Tiey who mourn ate bless- N GEO3SE T Crsmiay, D, D., 8. 8. Harms, D. D, Comaittes of the Clergy, DR W'ATBDT. ‘The Standing Commuttteo of the Diocese of Titinois at their last mectiug prsssd unanimons- 1y the following resdiutions: ‘Weezpss, The Rav. Robert McMurdy, D. D., L. L. D.. bas tendered hisresignation 88 5 men:ber of the 8tinding Committee of tne Diocese of Lilinois, in con- sequence of his Temoval from the Diocese, beit there- £ ore. + " Rzsoized, That {bis Committes, in accopting th wsme, place pon Tecord an_expreasion of their pro- found regret at the stnderiog of relstions #hat hava beenso pleassnt and profitable, and of the earnest wish, thaf at an carly day thos Teiations muy be re- s liezolzed, That this Corzmittes have recogmzed tn Mexardy a safe =ad w10 cana-eior, & zeslous and trusted frieud. 3 1a0n o2 venad leraing, with it re- gources ever ut his commind, a coutroversaiist, whoee sl was for truth Bud Ot for viciory, a noble de- fencer of the Caurch and Ler principies 1 private repeultation xnd in the public_press, a rarish pri wiose wondefol guccess is well ‘Secn, as in ott Tespocts, 60 in Laa lazo porish, which b found do morulized ia its principies, and lefc Lealthy, strony, snd churchiy, 8 a men of eayacsiness and ecif-sac- ritice, lerge-Learted sud geaercde, a mun of catholic ¥iews 2od chiesifr,—in a werd, & I whoss 083 1o the diocese is 3 cxlarity o be deplored, Zesoiced, Thata copy of these resolutions, signcd by al the members of the Committer, aud under ita teal, be eent to the Rev. Dr. Mclwirdy, and that they te spead upon tie minutes and communicated to taa ity papars. g CHRISTIAN WORKERS. COXFERENCE AT FARWELL HALL. The exercites of the cighioenth znnjversary of the Chicago Youoz Men's Christian Associa- ton will be beldip Farwell Iiall next Suaday evening, at 7:50 o'clock. This yearly meeting will be preceded by a cosferenco of Christian wakers of this city. and vitinity, which wil begin'on Fridsy sod conlinue throueh ihe day following. It will be held in Farwell Hail. The programme prepared is here gives. IIIDAT'S EXERSIES. AL 10 o'clock tho euuject to ba considared iz Ths Preparation Needed for Aseoujcte Curistian Work," obened by Juba V. Farwell, folivwed by the Loy, D. 1, Ceney, D, d the ey, J. H, Walker. - From 11 v iz o'ciock—subiect: * llow May Al Bo Protted Dy Lvargetitival and Tevival Servicea;” on:ned by the oy, William Alwin Bartlett, the Rev, 21, x lifihun:, ihe Rev. . J. Kermott, the Rew. V. J. From 12 to 1 o'clock—Noonday prayer-meetings. Bubject: * Prayer-meetings; How to Conduct Them;" the Lez. W, W. Everts, D, D., the Rev. R. D. 8heppard, the Rev. E. F. Willlams, the RBev. N, 1L 4Axtel, 1. G. Spaflord, Esq., and otters. 03 o'clozk—Subject : * The Importancs ectinge. and How 13 Conduct Them ;" the I 7l & Caniiue, the Bev. Georgo I, Peske, and J. A From 304 o'clock—Subject: “ Gospel Temperance W Mizs F. P, Willand and Lidies of Women's Chnsusn Temperance Union, Srom.4 to b_ociock—Subject: *Misrion Worl; Tiow to Get Lold of the Nou-Churchgoers,” Tha Hev. Dr. A, J. Jutking, the Rev. S. W. Duwlield, the Sies. J. D, Barr, the Siov. T. 1. Marsh, the Rev, J, 21. Whilehead, and F. 3L Whitehead, atter which 3 recess will be taken un: oclock in the evening, Erom T:) to 8 o'clock—Youg service. Yrom 8 to o'clock—Revival servics, conducted by tio Rev. Charles L. Taompson. ‘Froni 9:%) to 10 o'clock—1nqu:ry mectiog, conducted by the Bev. J. 3L, Caldwhll. £ATURDAY'S EXERCISZE, From 10 to 11 o'clock a, m.—Subject ; Training cf TYoung Couverts and Lay Works:» the Bev. Dr. J, AL Gibsoz, the Rev. Jobin Atkinson, the Her. H. Dean, the Rov.d.J. Irving. From 11 to 12 o'clock—Sabject : “ How to Expound - sod Tilustrate tho Word of God: ¥ the Ry, Dr. Sam- nel Falows, the Rev. John Willlamson, the Bev. Dr. £ 3. Huiser, and B. F. Jacobs. From1: tal o'clock—Noonday rmeeting, Sands; #:hool Lesscn: * The Early Christizn Church; Acts, eecond _ cliapter, ¥7-47, teing conducted by the v, 0. H. Tufauy, D, D. Adjoarned till 2 p. m. From?2 o 3 p. m.—Experiencs and consecration meeting, conducted by the itev. W. C. Willing. From 3 to 4 p. m.—Gospel temperaace sorvics, con- datied By Mra: o1, B. Holyoke and ladies of the WWom- 10 Chriztian Tempersuce Unjon. From 4 0 5 p. m.—* Young Mea; What More Can Fe Do for Them 7" The Kev. Dr. Artbur Mitcgell, 1he Rtav. A, Youker, the Rev, H. Hill, John V. Farwell, 0d W. B. Jacobs. Adjourned till 7:30 m. Song serice. Tievival service, conducted by the From o1 = , WSS e’ mesicg, sl Sunday evening the eighteenth anniversary of the Y. M. C. A. will be observed. Addresses nill «be delivered, and tho anoual report submitted. e IHE MOODY AND SANKEY CONVENTION. ‘WHAT MOBZ CA¥ WE DO FOR QUR YOUNG MEN2? " 2 Jobn V. Farwell, of this city, has the foliow- 135 article in the Independent of last week : This quostion {*What more can wo do for our Joung wen?7), one of the most important that came Defore the couvention of ministers and Iaymen callsd by Mesars, Mooy and Sankey in the interests of ag- Eressive Christian work, was one of the aubjects upon -Xhich Mr, Moody might ressonably bave been ex- TPectad 10 spesk himself with more than his usual SeTgsmers, by ail who are at all scquainted with lus Xk Instesd of this, with Lis Lusiness tact, Le clied on John Wannamaker, of Philadelphia, to open e discussion, whose wonderful business ability, a3 £D8 of the Cenzennial Comanitteo of that city, s min- asted itzelf ot only in putting life into Laat grestest of public enterprices that hes ever in civio :émn engaged the sttention of our people to cemens ® bands of our blood-bonght Union, but, at the sams time, a5 President of the Young Men's Chnstian As- fochation, has projectod for its occupancy the finest g 1o th werld for such & yurposs, which will THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, APRIL 16, 1876=~SIXTEEN PAGES. e thrown open to th publia on the snniversary of | our nationai existence. It ia the most fitting emblem of the rezl solid basis ubon which our free Govern- ment taust withstand the zassul‘s of infdelity, igoo- rance, and superstition. As might be expectod, such & speaker could do notlung less than to auswer thia im- portant question with an oxhortation to the churches 1o encournge by evers means possible the work of Young en's Christian Asaoctations, and to watch aver sd gulde them with all the wisdom and prudenca at their command. This fs Christian wisdom, which in civil affairs would be called real statesmauship, for it locks into the foundations of tho Christian Church and recog- nizes the nocessity of a practical recoguition of the es- sensial umty of Clirist's body, by whatever mme its Qiffeent members ate calied. ' Mr. Moody's good sense in calling upon him §s further demonstrated fn the fact that Mr. W. i6 a living exampla of the advice D sought to enforce upon that vast sudicncs of tho bast talent of our land., That Mr. Moody did not open this subject himself ‘may be turther accounted forin the fact that the re- sults of kis Iabors, added to the faithfu! seed-sowing of such an 2udience as he had before Limswherever ho has Leen, in large cities, has culininated elther in afd- 1ng a buiidivg enterpnive for Young Men's Christian Associations already begun or in imaugurating one upon a Srm epiritnal sud financial bawis. The t of revival s the epirit of union, ea such facts apundantly show, I well remember thio sorrow that filed the hearts of the Chicago friends of tho Asso- ciztion when their commodious building (the first of its kind in the world) was the sccond time reduced to ashes, in the great fire of 1671 Oce of the projectors of that enterprise, while the ruins were still amoking, wrote toa friend in the East concerning the great calatnity that had fallen upon the city, declating that “thcse ashes were sown by our Heavenly Father, and that, therefore, tho seod was good." “How hag that prophesy been fullllied in dem- onsiration of the proposition Lerein contalned? Tho burning of that building deprived the Evangeliats of their place of bolding meetings in Chicago, and deter- mited them o go to England until it should be re- builz. The world knows the result of the spirit of re- ~ival that weat with and followed them, and in the large citina of England and Scotland that seed has sprung up in magniticent buildinga for Young Men's Coristien Associations as the legitimate fruit, ‘Those men, under the giidance of the Haly Spirit, Rave, at the conclusion of their labors in ewch city, Lelda meeting to test the genuineness of reaults; ati the God of the 17tn chapter of John has met them on the platform and crystai:zed thele etforta in enduring motuments represcating {he_normal coudition of ail vho love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity sud fu truth, New York has its Luilding, the second ono built in America ; but this will not hinder somotking of o like character taking place in New York. And then, most anpropriately, Mr. Moody can epsak as one wLio knowe wheroof lio afirums wisen Lo shall, through another added monument of living witnesses to tne pawer of tho Gospel of Christ which he preaches, 3ay 10 the ckurcliea of the United Statee, in the epirl€ of Jobu Waunamaker's specch: -+ Encourage Young AMen's Caristizn Associations.” Watch over them im love, and thus perpstuate the union with which we bave laored and prayed inthe work of Raving young men. Then shall tlns centen- nial year be hz harbinger aud prelude to the millenaial years, when *the @6vernment sinll Lo upon His shouldors.” Aud all envyings and strifes shatl cesse in the uabroken harmony of a perfectly éaved Caurch, aneltd nto tho spirit of our common Alaster. “For such uulon in Chritian efiort let us all pray and Jabor; and then we cau * show our faith by out works,” in just ca many buildings as the young men of our cotintey muy niced, that the Universalist Church may exhibit to xn unbelieving world that tirs power of Christiavity, like leaveu,is uxifsing its adberents, and thus destroving one of the Devil 2 strongest argu- ments azainet ita utility - AN AMERICAN CHURCH IN ROME. CRREMONIES ATTENDING ITS CONSECBATION. A dispatch to the London Zimes from Rome, under dato of Narch 23, gives the followiog par- ticulars of the cousecration of St. Paul's Protes:ant Ppiaconal Chiurch in Rome : 'he new Americsn church, bultt in the Via Nezionsle, and_ dedicstod to St.’ Paul, was sclemuly consecrated tais mornime by Dr. Littisjohz, Bishop of Long Island, sssisted by ths Bishops of Ped borough, Givrsitar, Down and Conmor, and Ne- Drasks, the Rev. Dr. Havin, Chaplsin of the Americsn Congregation; the Rev. Mr. Wasse, Chaplain of the English Congrogation ; the Ber, Lord Plunket ; and 3 iargo number of minor ciergy. Tao Bishops and the clergy went i procession alonz {he Via Nazionalo anid zn immense crowd sssembled to witness this nnusnal sight, At thedoor of the church they wore met by tho CEurchwardens aad Vestrymen, one of whom rexd the instrument of donatios, de- clziing the church to bo fres from debt and requesting consecration, The DBishops and clergy then advanced up tho aave, the chorsters sing- ing un _antiphon from Pezim 21, * Tho esrth is the Lord's,” 2ud having taken thelr respaziirs places, the sent:nco of cousecration was read by the Rev, Dr. Potter, Secretary to tho United States House of Bushops, which was afterwands laid npon the altar by ihe Bishop of Long Ixland. The fail choral sarvice apd axthem, conducted under the direction of Dr. Monk, of Yori Cethedral, wero sung by a [arge chofr, composzd of Indics and g:ntiemen of tho Epgish aad American congrezations, The prayers were read by Dr, Hevin and the Itey. Sozoerses Burtchacl, the_First lossoa by Dr. Potter, the Secoml Lesson by tie Rev. lord Pluaket, the Comwmandments by the Bishop of Down and Coanor, the Eistle by the Hov. 3ir. Wasse, and the Gorpel by the Bishop of Peterborough, The sermon was preached by tho Bithop of Long Island fzom tho‘ith verae of the ot chapter of the Epistlo to tho Bomans, to the following eff **As tho remarkalle occasion which had brought them {egetber would Joubtleca creste inquiry and pro- voks criticism, the Bishop thought proper, in antici- paion of botll, to stzie why they wero there and what they propesed to do. Thefr civil rights to build this church was sufliciently gusranteed by the religious liberty now g0 happily established in this realm, Their eccleeizetial right would natusally be denisd by all 5ho sccept tho absolate eupremacy of Rawme, But tho_right vestod on grounds whicn could -not bo staken, grounds which justifid alrze pattof the Church of the eixteenth century in driving from its borders universolly admitted corruption and usurpstions. They were hera to suspherd tha shecp in their own fold, and not in tha apiric of sggressive popagsndism, or {0 work coufuston and disorder, ~ Controversy would not Le invited, but neither would it be dectined if the inter~ ests of truth demanded it. Tala charch would sirive for peace with all men, a0 fhe true unity of Christ's body. It would be concernod before ail in_msintafn- ing the purity and unlty of tho Cathiois Church aznd tie wrilten word of God. the unerring source of ail tant 15 nocessary to e believed. But the written word of God must hava interpreters. Where, askod the Birliop, is thst interpreter to be found 2 Under what conditions and by what tonguc cocs it speak? It was impossible for any living branch of the Church to be silent under tho porteutons conflict of opinions which these questious hate excited.” After stating the eseentiz] points, upon which there isno dobate, the preacher ect forth fully the rival thevrisa of infallibility, the extreme Protestant, the Xomish, znd the Primitive, and, ldstly, ho cousidered the atiitudo maintained by the ceveral leading branches of Christ's Charch tosards the genius and arift of modera civiization. The church wes densely crowded by the clite of the Engiish and American society in Rome. The English Awbsesador and Ambassadress, the United States Minirter, with the Secretaries of 'both Legutions, wera present, and clro many members of the Roman and Italian nobiiity and many Seuators and Deputies. — L MILWAUKEE PULPIT SKETCHES. THE BIF. G. E. GORDON, UNITARIAN ORUECH, CASS 2 Brneet. T the Ecitor of The Chicago Tribune : Mizwaoses, Wis., April 14.—Tho Rev. G. E Gordon, who ministers to the epintnal neods of tho Unitarian congregation worshiping in Cass stroet, is & gentlemaa who, by virtuae of his ial- euts, demandss wider and moro liboral recog- nition than has hitherto been accorded to him'in Milwaukee. Taken all in all, ho is perhaps the most original pulpit orator in thecily. His ‘mental schularship and training have been nursed in a school romarkavle for originality and intel- lectusl vigor. The English high priests of this denomination, such as, for example, Martinean and Bache, are none the less illustrious than the late John Angell James, and the living R. W. Date, of Congregationalist renown,—both noteble 23 pozeeseing rare montal attainments, gifts of oratory, freshness of thought, and felicity of diction. ‘The Uoitarian. or, as ths Baptists will have it, Sozinian, echool has hitherio been nble to re- joice 1u turming oAt pupils who, if nat otherwise remarkably eminent, have been, and slill are, conspicuously original. - Contrasting and com- paring tbe Ubitsrian and Congregational Churchea m their denominational aspec: leads one for a moment to_institute comparisons be- tween a Jocal 10disidnal representative of sither Church, viz.: the Rev. T. H. Ross, pastor of the Congregational Plymoath Church, aboub whom we had something to say & few weeks ago, ana the subject of our presont sketch, the Rev. G. E. Gordan, pastor of the Unitarina Chursh. of the Redeemer, " 3 : Like Mr. Rose, Mn Gordon isa newcomer to Milwaukee, and is, 80 to speak, at present only feeling the pulse of the multituda in_search of spiritual gaidance snd teaching. Like Mr. Rouve, heis in the prime of manhood, has healthy and vigorous conceptions as to a pastor’s daties, is bold, speculative, snd analstical in his roason- ing, thoroughly unconveational iu his mode of 2ddress, epigrammatic, terse, and incisive in style, exhibitsfindisputable evidence of thought- fal study and diligent research:, and impreases the hearer that his palpit utterances are unbued with the fire of conviction rather than the flame of prejudice. So far, they are to s marked aud easily defined extont alike. But if Air. Ross ap- pears to be more of an esgayist than a preacher, Mr. Gordon appears to be more of an essayist than a preacher still. His pulpit addreeses lack all tho orthodox * make-up” and sevor of ordi- Dary eermon compositions. Sometimes he aelects & text of Scripture and expounds it, aod =ome- times he-expounds without a text. He never gs nway at doctrinal E:asggeu, be never iso- P:teu and worries any unhappily selected word of significance or_insiguificance, and rarely wran- gles over cardinal points. He i3 no crabbed controversialist. He doed oot invite his hearers to sccompany him to rumned temples, snd pore over bits of Mosaic,—be they never so curions,— or mduige in simulated raptures over spider webs. He loves brighter surroundings and lives in a summer atmosphere. He invites you to walk Wwith him where Naturo with all her mani- fold teachings is mhost beautiful, and you retnra from these pilgrimages meotally and ‘spirituslly comforted, refreshed, and invigorated. _ Tho temperament of Mr. Gordon being essen- tially poetic, 1t naturally follows he has a keen eye for the wondrous rovelations of Naturs, 8nd is never more folicitous than whon, having Nature for bis themo, he revels in & wealth of illustrations that prove his mastery over. the art of word-painting, andexhibit hiscapabilitica of depicting studies of natural and scientttic nterest. Although he reads his addresses—for ssrmons we decline to cali them—thore is a freshness and piquancy about bis voice and manuer of deliver tbat has an absoluts and indedaable charm.v His voice, though of hght calibre, is musicaly and is artistically nsed, especially when giwving point aud emphasis to some poetical gem. Mr. Gordon, apparently anxious to bring out every shade of meaning in given sentences, perhapa occasionally over-emphasizes ; and thus, like the school-girl wlo indiscriminately upderscores, presents aun unbroken uni- formity of surprises, which ultimately conse to bs surprises at ol His elosation, however, on the whole, is cheats, and never closs. He is listencd to attentively from beginning to eog, and, though his ad- dresses are of more t! bearers exhibit no indications of weariuess. Mr. Gordon impresses one.with tho ides that, 80 {ar from telling a1l ho kunows, he i8 mithholding much that is in him. Ho literally overflows with ideas, and ia nover at & loss, even 1o ex- tempore prayer, for the indentically proper words in which to express his mesning. - A fondness for tho carly masters of poetry, ead a bias for ancient classical bards, historians, and fabulists, is frequently exhibited, though he is nope tho lees a dieciple of Alatthew Arnold, who, in a late dmcouirm, l:; enlogised &8 ‘“tho o5t porfoct singer of tho day.” B %o comprehensiso idea conld be gathored of his style and composition, were we able to five oxcarpts from o address we listened to gorne Snnday or two ago, in which most discrim- inating detinitions of ** sontimans ” and ** imagi~ nation " were given, aud which included also a stight but masterly referenco to the past, prea- ent, and futnrs of Paganism. Want of spoce, however, prevents our addiog much more. Mr. Gordon evidently commands the profound attention of his cungregation, and this is specially noticeable when he eugages in prayer. In devotional exercisos the preacher evinces much thought, much reverence, much hamility of spirit, and gonuine sincerity. His prayerful uttersuces tppoar to bs peculiarly the outpourings of his own spirt rather than the preaentation of the prarers of his hearers. ‘Tho Church of the tiedesmer 1s & plain, un- protentious, though comfortable, wooden taber- nagle, innocent of architectural besuty within or | without. The congregation, howaver, though not numerocs, i decid=dly solect, and well able to afford a more fitting ecclesiastical stracture. Somo of the moet prominent merchants, bank- ers, manufacturers, and othor representatives of tho commerca of Milxaukec, are regular attend- ants, whils very ecasily diatioguishuble are the familiar foztures of a gentleman whose indus- tries are known throughout the world, and whose pronounced views on the financial ques- t1008 of the aay are the subject of much prosont interest and debate. Moro might e wnitten concorving the pastor and congregation of the Church of the Kedeemer, but not now. ® B W.H.C e » DEATH OF A WELL-KNOWN DIVINE- SLSICH OF THE BT. REY. JOLN JORNS. Tho Philadelphia Bulletin has the following Qescription of ono of the mosé noted men in the Episcopal Church in this conntry : ‘Tne vencrable Bishop Johne, known throughout the Episcopal Church of England 'and America- a5 one of its most distinguishad aud accomplisted prelates, died April 6, at the Alexandris Theological Seminary, at the 2dvanced age of 80 yeara, Biehop Jolns was the sonacd brother of the two Clizncellors Johns, of Delaware, and was descended from an old Colonia) Maryland Quaker fmily of irigh respoctability, His early relizious training was in the Presbyterian faith, and ho went to Princeton College with a view to the profession of the law. While a atui- dent there, ho was the subject of 3 religious revival in tio college, and under {ts influcnce connected him- self with iho Episcopal Chiurch and devoted himself to ita minietry, * Tho lato eminent Bixhop Mcllvaine and several other afterwerd disungulshed divines wero college-metes of Bishop Jobns, ond enterod the mints~ try ubder similar circunstances, , - Bishop Jolns' first clerical charge wea Christ Church, Baltimore, whers hoat onca established for himself that reputation asan earncst and successfal preacher which soon placed Lim in the front rank of Amecrican puipt orators, Mo continued to fill his origual pastorato most sceeptably for many years, his wnnning, gentle mynuzrs endearing him to all classes of his_congrogetion and of the community, and his bold, pronounced maintenance of what ara known za Evangeicel views in ths Episcopsl Church bringing him into moro and more prominence, until, in 1342, he was raiscd to the Epiecopataza the acsistant of the venersbio Blshop 3erde, of Virginia, whom he suc- ceoded, thia death in 1562, A one of Lis brothers had flled his father’s place in tho Coancollorship of the Stste of Delaware, so another brother, the Rev, Tenry.V. D. Jonns, succeeded bim in the rectorship of Christ Church, Baltimors. From tho time of i consecrtion, Biskop Johns be- came one of the most prominent’ members of tho Episcopate. Bis thoological views made him, with lstiopis Meada ond Mcllvaine, o chief leader Of the Evangelice] side of his Church, commanding respect and admirztion from all shades of churchmen, by the yurity of s life, the incerity of his convictiors, hi3 intellectual power, and the magic of rare courtesy of manner tud nddress. As 3 pulpit orator, he had, in ‘Pprime, no equal, no rival in the Episcopal Chureh, ex- copt bis life-long collesguo and friend, Bishop McIl- vaine. Botween them, they seemed to divids all tho qualities that gave sticngth, beauty, snd forcs to tho puslic speaker. Bishop McTivaine's ntately diction. and commanding presence, and rusistless loglo wero perfectly complemented by the impetuous torrent of ‘enthusiasm. the fervia zcal, the magnatic pathos with which Bishop Jobns was woat. 4 To sway his peers with golden eloguence, As wind doth shift o vaue,” Bishop Johns, in former days, was o froquent visi- tor in Philadeipbia, snd tha announcemient of his Qeath will bo received hers with sincers regrot over the close of aleng Jife, every roriod of which has marked by tie same hign devotion to his Xaster' causo which took poskession of it in his early youth, and upon the whoio record of which thera rests no Bishop Johns, at the time of his death, wes the Afth in the line of the American Epfscopate, his officlal #oniors being Bishots Smith, of Kentucky -AfcCoekry, of Michigaa; Whittingham,'of Maryland; and Lee, of Dalaware. —_—— THE COMMUNION SERVICE. MEANING OF ** HIGH CELEBBATION.” To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune: Cu1caGo, April 15,—There has been s very general wish expressed to hear an explanation of the term ** High Celebration™ of the com- munion eervice. In tho Prayer-Book thera is one order for the administration of tho Lord's Supper ; not two—nor several. 11 is nowhers intimsted, to my knowledge, that there may be either o bigh or low celebra- tion. . Our Savionr was for ali time the notable pat- tern of humility. Even in that *‘last supper,” when His loving heart-longed to leave its im- press apon the hearts and lives of His diaciples, there was 3 marked absenco of elaborato cere- monial. While with bitter sorrow Hoe gave warn- ing of treachery, sud tho beloved disciple leaned upon His bosom, there were whisperings in their midst; and when, at the solicitation of His companions ho asked tbe meaning of His words, the Maeter kindly gave an ansver, which made his meaning plain. ‘While His form was yet instinot with life, and the warm biood coursed in His veins, He pro- nounced these words, which hbave caused dis- cussion apd bloodshed in past ages, yet wers manifestly plain and devoid of mystery to the disciples, to whom they wore addrossod. As He brake the bread and pourad out the wine, He said : is 18 my body,” ** Thig is my blood,” in tho same metaphysical manner in which Ho had stated—* I am the daor,” *{I am tho vine.” 1t seemed to excito no surprise amoog His bearers : no questions were volunteered, a8 in the first instance. ** This represents my body,"” was clearly His meaniog,” as * I represent the door,” *‘I represent the vine,” must be under- stood. No perzon has ever insisted that by any mysterious process our Savior was transformed into a door or a vine. Simplicity_ characterized_every act of our blessed Bavior's lite, and in all' His humanity was proclaimed the unalterable, divine truta that ** God resisteth the proud,” and **giveth grace to tho humble.” Will Dr, Locke plesso explain why be employa the term ** High Cele- bratiow;" of the Loxd's Supper, institated by the *lowly " Jesus ? 1t iarequested by OSE oF His HEARERS. TR RELIGIOUS MISCELLANY. THE CAURCA IN GENEBAL. There are fifty-four Presbyterian miniesers in Brooklyn without charges. ® 5 Ot 282 Congregational Churches in Connscti~ cut, 127 allow tho femnls members to vota in church affsirs, and of the remaining 105 a large proportion allow them to vote in calling or dis- misaing pastors. The Rev. Knowles Shaw, pastor of the First Christian Churcl, worshiping cornerof Indiana avenue and Twenty-fifth street, hes returned to the city, having_just cloeéd a very successful rotracted meeting with the Church in Warsayw, ud. Mr. Bhaw will resume I=zbor for his cons Zregstion, serving them regularly hereafter. Ho will preach to-day, both morning and evening, A dispatch to tha London Times says that the Pope's briof to the Archbishop of Toledo do- average leogth, his | “peara to be an almost complete manuscript 1 % nounces libarty of wothip in Spaln 23 contrar to the richta of truth and of lhr': Catholio ml?n'{ 1on, and » loading the Stato with » great crime, and, by opening the coor ta arror, paving the way for the persecution of the Catholic raligion, The Univers, commenting on this brief, apeaks of liberty of worship a8 a principe funeste. The Pailadolphin Molhodist Episcopal Con- ference, just closed, adopted the foliowing reso- lutions in relation to Preaiding Elders: ‘1. ‘That tho Annal Conferznces, rospoectively, shall be allowed to fix the number of Presiding Elder districts. 2. Thac each Annual Conferancs shall be allowed to decids whether or not the Presid- ing Elders within it8 bounds shall be appointed to stations or_circnita 1 addition to their work in their districts, 2. That the Presiding Elders shall bo elected by the members of the sovoral Annual Conferences, except wwhers n majority of any Conferonce shail request the Bishop to ap- point them.” A disoatch from Paris to the London Times, under date March 23, xays that the Pope, on re- Grant Plaos Chnreb, corner Larrsbeo_straet, morming and_evening. Morning subjoct: * The Resurrection of Christ” Evoning subject : * Roacue tho Ballot- ox,” . ~—1ho Rev. 0, H. Tiffany will preach at Trinity Church, carmer Indians avenue and Twenty-fourth sixtet, at 20:45 . m. and 2:30 p. m. Aforning subject : #The Facta of the Reaurrsction.” Evening subject : “The Duty of the Citizen.” —The Rov. M. M. Parkliurst will preach at the Mich- igan Avenue Church, near Thirty-secand street, in tho morning. Babpath-sckool concert 1n the evening, Rev. N. H. Axtell will presch at the Park Ave- nue Church, corner Eobey Street, at 10:30 a.m.on +The Surpriscs of Easter Mornng,” and in the even- ingupon * The Sacrednoss of Duties to Our Country.” —The Rev. R. D. Sheppard will preach at the \eat e Aveyuo Church, corner Monroo street, at 10:30 a. m. on *“Eastor Suggestions and the Duties of the Hour.” Temperanca mass meeting at 7:30 p. m,, With addresses by Alrs. Holyoke, Mrs. Scuyler, and David Ward Wood. DAPTIST, The Rev. Robert P.Allison will preach at the Sonth Church, corner Locke and Bonsparta streets, at 7:30 P.m. —The Rev. 8. B. Gregory will preach in the Michi- ceiving an intemsfi:m} deputatiod” the previous | gan :;e;:gg Church, near Thirty-third street, at 11 a, roluti m. and 7:30 p. m. dy, spoko of the Revolution_ us vrerywhero let | ™ SMATP™0 e iy s morning and loose against the Church, and of the fate await- ing persecutors, afwass chastised in their im- pious work. Recalling the injunction to Ezékiol to “ Prophesy. unto these bones,” he said the Catholics, now everywhere scattered and peras- cated, wonld revive liko thoso bones st the Divine breath and reappear full of life. His- tory from ono and to auother showed tho sad end of persecators, who had never been ablo to destroy the Chygch, but had perished through their own iniquitios. Mr. Gladatone has writton a long letter in which he deprecates tho policy of thosa who are favoring the disestablishment of the Church of England. Awong other things he says: “In my opinion, the establishment of Engiand (not of Bcotland) represents tho religion of a con- sidorable majonty of the people, and that they do not geom o desire the chauge you recom- mend. This being o, the only other question 1 need now ask mysolf 18 whethor the civil en- dowments and statna of tho Church are unfavor- able to the cffective maintenance and propega- tion of'the Christian feith. Ifand whon I am convinced that they are go, I shall adopt your conclusion, but not before.” The two epistles of Clement of Rome to the Corinthiaus have at Iast been found in what ap- evening at the Twenty-Afth street church, near Went- worth avenu —~The Rev. T. Ravlin will preach morning and evening at the Open Communion Church, cornar Log- ‘mis and West Jackson streets, —TheRev. Dr. D. B, Chuney will preach st the Fourth Church, corner Washington and Paulina streets, at 10:30 p. m. —Tho Rov. Dr. Northrup will preach at the Uriver- £ity Place Church, corner Douglss placo snd Rhodes avenue, at11a. m. and A0 p. m. Morning subject : % University Piace Church: Ita Past, Present, and Fu- ure. —The Rev. James Goodman will preacn morning and evening al the Hyde Park Church, —The Rov, Dr. W. V. Everts will praschat the First Clurch, South Park avenue, corner Thirty-first strest, at11a.m.,and the Rev, D, B. Chenes will preach at 75 p. m. —The Rev. T. E. Egbert will preach at the Second Church, corner Morgsnand Monroe streets, at 10:30 a. m., and the Rev. T. H. Rittenhousa at 7:30 p. m. The Rev. N. E. Wood will preach ot the Centennial Church, corner of Jackson and Lincoln streeta, at 10:30 5. m. ana 7:30 p. m, —Tho Rev. D. B. Gunn will preach morning and evening st the Immanuel Church, No, 932 North Hal- sted street, EPISCOPAL. Thers will be services at the Church of Qur Savior, corner Belden and Lincoln avennes, at 2:30 and 11 a.m. —The Rov. Henry G. Perry will preach morning snd ovening, withjEasterjcelebration, at Al Salnts’ Church, corner North Carponter and West Ohio streeta, —The Rov. Dr. Stzong will preach at tho Church of the Epiphany, Throop strest, between Monroe and Adams, az 10:89 2. m. Sundsy-school festival at7 the Library of thu Patriarchate of Jerusalem, at Fanar in Constantinople, which bears the sig- nature of tho notary Leon, aud the date (5561) A. D. 1056, June 12. The manuscript of ths Clementino Epistics has besn carefully edited and prioted at Conatantinople, and Dr, Harnach, of Leipsic, haa given & fall account of the dis- covery, and of it8 great importance to the his- tory of the Christian Chureh before the middle of the second century. ‘fhe fact that the firat of thesa two epistles, which is undoubtedly one of the earliest products of Christian literature, makes no mention of Peter and his primacy, and of tho Bishop of tome as his successor, ez~ plainy, according to Dr. Harnach's opinion, the neglect of this epistle by tho Roman Church. Cloment lived A. D. 30-100, and waa apparently Bishop of Rome during the last nine years of his life. Tho first epistlo to the Corinthians is rogarded as the oldest extant documSnt of a Roman Bighop. m. P “fne Res. . I, Hopkins wil preach 2t 10:30 5. m., at St, John's Church, Askland avenue, near Madison streot, and the annualfestival of the Sunday-school will be beld in the evening. On Monday evening, elec- tion of Wardeus and Vestry, and rental of pews. —Tho Rev. Dr. Samuel T. Harris will preach at St. James* Church, corner Cass and Huron streets, at 10:45 5. m. Bunday-achool festival at 4 p.m. —The Rev. Dr. Cushman will preach at St. Stephen’s Church, Johnson street, between Twelfth and Taylar, x£10:0'n. m. _Children's Exster anniversary at7 p. m. —T'he Tev. E. Sullivan will preach at Trinity Chureli, corner Michigan avenue and T'wenty-sixth atrects, at 10:45 8. m., on * The Power of the Resurrection,” and at7:45p. m, on *Tho Resurrection Regarded His- torically.” Communion at 9:30 20d at 10:45 3. m. —At the Church of the Ascension, corner of La- Seile and Elm strects, first Holy Communion at 7 o, m,; morning prayer and sermon_st 10 2. m.; sacond Holy Communion at 11 8.m, Evening prayer and sertoon at 5:30. —Tho Rev. D, F, Warren will preach at Bt Mark’s Church, corner of Cottage Grova avenue and Thirty- sixth street, at 10:30 a. m. and 7:30 p. m, —At the Cathedral of 8. Poter and Faul, first Holy Communion at 7 & m.; prayer and canfirmation at 8% 10:30 a. 30, Evening prayer at 7:30, —There will bo full Easter service, with celebration of the Holy Eucharist, at_the Aemorial Church, In- dians avenue, botwoen Twenty-ninth and Thirtieth streets, at 10:45 2, m. _Children’s festival ot 4:30 p. m, —Thers will be services and Communion at the Church of the Holy Communion, South Dearborn street, botween Twenty-ninth and Thirtteth, st 10:30 s, m, —Tho Rev. Francis Manafield will preach at the Charch of the Atonement, corner Robeyand Wash- ington streets, at 10;30 . o and 7:30 4, m, Sunday- school festival at 2:30, —The Rev. Dr. Locke will preach at Grace Church, Fabsab avenue, Rear Sisteeath atroet, 07 8.5, 1 o ., 4 p. m., and 7:50 p. m. CONGREGATIONAL. The Bev. William A. Bartlett will presch st Flymouth Chgreh, Michigan avenue, betwoen Twenty-fifth and Twinty-sixth strects, at 10:30 a. m, and 7:45 p, m. —Prof. James T. Hyde will preach at the Union Park Church, corner Asbland avenue and Warhington street, in the morning. Temperance mass-meeting in the evening. * The Itev. David N. Vanderveer, of Kingston, X, Y., has been called to this church, and will preach®April 23. —The Rev, L. T. Chamberlain will presch at the New England Church, cornor Delawars place and North Dearborn stroet, morning and evening. ———— PERSONAL. ‘The oldest living Preabytorian preacher is sald to be the, Rev. Dr. Ingram, of Tiat, B.0land, ‘who will doon be 100 years old, Moocure D. Congsy bas wformed the Theo- dore Parker Socioty of Boston that he cannot become their passor. He refuses to leave his London congregation. The Rev. William H. Milburn, familiarly known as “ the Dlind Man Eloquent,” is to sail pext week for England, where ho is to enter upon & lecturing tonr. It is stated that Ar. Aoody will go to Florida sftor the close of his meetings in New York. He will spend a few weeks of the summer at North- field, Mass., and thon raturn to his pastoral work in Chicago. Tho Rev. Henry Johnaon, formerly of Chica- %o, and now pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Anbura, Ind., writes that he has been hold- ing a protracted meeting, and has just reccived twenty-five additional members to his churen. There is still another schism in the Protestant Episcopal. Church. The Rev. E. C. Colewan, ‘who was Rector of St. Stephen’s Church,in South Boston, quarreled with Bishop Paddock, and’nas gone off, with sundry of bis flock, and formed Bt. Luke's Churcb, worshiping i a hall. Dr. Daniel Bliss, President of the Protestant College at Beirut, having securcd the sum of 81,600 in scholarships and available fands of his institution, sailed & few days ago from Now York for Eugland, where ho hopes to obtain ea- ditional aid ; theuco he will go to Beirut. Dr. Lovick Pierco, tha oldest Rlothodist preacher in the South, though feeblo in health, expects to be able to attend. the General Con- ference of the Mothodist Lpiscopal Charch in Baltimore next month as {raternal delegata from tho Church Sontb. He still preaches with all the mental vigor of esrlier years. The Rev, David_N. Vanderveer, of Kingaton, N. Y., haa boon called to the pastorate of tho Union Park Congregational Church. He is & young man, but has bad nine years' experience 1n his proseot parish. He i3 regarded as 8 man of strong evangelical views and of oxcollent. popuiar gifta, Ho is expected to preach the next Sunday sfter Easter. At the request of the venerable Rector, the corporation of St. George's Episcopal Church in New York City have extended & call to the Kev. Walter W. Williams, D. D., of Georgetown, D. C., to assume tho duties of assistant Rector in that parish. The pestoral charge of Dr. Tyng, and pis pradecessor, Dr, Milnor, together cover a space of 8ixty years, gt CHURCH SERVICES. REFORMED EPIECOPAL. The Rev. B. H. Bosworth will preach morning sad avoning at Emmenuel Chiurch, corner Hanovor and Twenty-eighth strects, Easter services in the mora~ ing. —The Rev. Albert Walkley will' preach morning and evening at the Church of the Good Shepherd, corner Jones and Homan streets, —The Rev. E. Guntrum will preach at St, Stephen’s Church (German), corner Twenty-fifth street and Wentworth avenue, at 10 a. m. Bubject: * The Stone Taken Away from Christ's Sepulchre, the Cor- nor-Stono of the Church. —The Rev. Dr. Fallows wili presch at St. Psal’s, corner Washington and Ann streets, at 10:30 8. m., and ‘Bishop Cheney will hoid Confirmation and Holy Com- maunfon services st 7:45 p.m. Easter eervices at3 o'clock, with brief address vy the Rector. —Bithop Cheney will conduct the Easter services at Christ Church, corner Michigan avenus and Tweaty- fourth strest, this morning, assisted by the Rev, Mal- colm T. McCormick, of Euglewood. The rits of con- firmation will be administered, with address by tho Bishop, followed by the Lord's Supper. - —The Easter scrvices of the Trinity Reformed Episcopal Church, Englewood, will be beld at the Bap- tist Church at 3:30 p. m. PRESBYTERIAN. ‘The Rev. Jamea Maclaughlan will preachand ad- ‘minster the Lord Supper in the morning at the First Bcotch Church, corner Sangamon nnd Adams strects, UNITARIAN. Tho Rev. Brocke Herford will preach at the Church of the Messiab, corcer Michigan avenue and Twenty- tlird street, in the imoraing upon the * Living Discipleship’ of a Living Christ,” and In the evening upon * Heaven 53 & Rest.” Sunday-school festisal at sp.m. “Tho Rev. Bobert Collyer will preach at the Unity Churgh, North Dearborn street, mear Washingtoa squafe, morning and evening, —The Rev. d. T. Scnderisnd will presch at the Fourth Church, cornet of Prairie avenue and Thirtieth treet, ot 10:45'3, m. on “ The Buuger of the Soul,” and's? 8 p. m. the Hon, Emery A, Storrs will lecture fn the Dime course. —Tho Bev. E. P.Powell will presch at the Third Church, comer Monros and Lafiln streets, in the ‘morning, on the “Reaurrection of Jesus—His Spirit, Not His Body.” UNIVERSALIST. The Rev. Bumner Ellis will preach st the Church of the Redeemer, corner Washington snd Sangamon atreots, in_the morning, on * Foregleams of Immor- tality. Sunday-achool concert in the evening. —The Kev. Dr. Ryder will presch morning and evening st St, Paul's Church, Michigan avenue, be- twoen Sixteenth and Efghicenth atreets. Eastera ser- vices and Commiunion in the morning. The eveniug subject: Easter in the Holy City.” LUTHERAS. Tha Rev. Edmund Belfour will presch st the Church of the Holy Tricity, corner North Dearborn and Erie streets, at 11 3. m. 20d 750 p. m. —The Rev. IL. Martin will preach at St. Paal's (Ger- man), near the corner of Newberry and Marwalt streets, morning and evening. NEW JERUSALEM. The Rer. Dr, Hibbard will preach a¢ the New Church Hall, corner Prairis avenue and Eighteenth street, at 11 a.m,, and at the Temple, corner Woet Washington streot and Ogden avenue, at 3:30 p. m. ‘The Rev. Enowles Shaw will preach morning and evening st the First Church, corner Indiana avenue and Twenty-firth street, and at Campbell Hall, corner Van Buren street and Campbell sveaue, at $ p.m, MISCELLANEOUS. Tke Progressive Lyceum will meet at Grow's Hall, No. 517 West Aladizon street, at 12:30 p. m. —The Rev. H. G. McCulloch will preach to the Ad- ventists ut tho Tabernacle, No, 81 South Green strest, ‘morning and eveniog. —Xrs. O, B. Schuyler will speak at the Washing- tonian Homoat 3 p. m. —Christians will meet a¢ No, 280 Mitwaukeo avenus for worship at 2 p, m. —Prof, Lyman C., Lowe, of New York, will lecturs to the First Soclety of Spirituzlists at Grow's Hall at 10:30 0. . 8ad 7:30 p. m. Dr. Peter Weat will give ‘tosts and describe epirits after the evening service. —The Disciples of Christ will meet &t No. 229 West Randolph strecet, at 4 p. m. —Mra. Dr. Ampblet will lecture upon her “Ex- periance of twenty-years on the Spirilaal Philosophy &5 o Meditum,” 4 No. 48 South Greea street, at 3 p. m, —The Rev. Dr, DeBaptist will preach the faneral zermon of Mre, H. D, King, late sister-in-law of ex- Commissioner John Jones, at the Third Baptist Church, South Desrborn strect, between Polk and Taylor streets, a¢ 10 o'clock a. m., —Mrs, Cors X V. Tsppan will lecture before the Spiritual Lecture Associatien in tho church corner of Washington and Green stroets, at 10:45 s, m. and p.mm, Aforuing Fubject selecied by the audience: evening subject: ¢ Dynamical Relation of the Soal and Body, and of tbo Spiritual 2nd Natural World;” under thie control of Benjsmin In. —_— CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK. and lecture upon * Joseph * in the evening. "% The. Rev. David d; Burzell will proach at Test- EPISCOPAI minster Church, corner West Jackson and Peoris | April 16—Easter-Day. ‘April 17—Easter-Monasy, April 18—Esster-Tucedsy. CATHOLIG streets, at 10:30 3. m. apd 7:30 p.m. Morning subject : “Thp Voice of the Peobls Is the Vaice of God." Even- ing snbject: * Tho Penitent Tnlef.” i —The Rev, Jacob Post will preach at the Holland April 16~Easter-Sunday. Church, corner Noble and Erie streots, at 10 a. m., in April 17—Esster-Man ‘April 16— Easter-Tueadas, the Hollsnd language, and at 7:20 p, m. in English. - A 5 5 19—0f the Octave. ~—The Rev. J. . Walker will preach at the Reunion Church, Fourteenth street, ¢ Throop, morning and April 20—-0f the Octave. evening. Morntug subject The Duties and Repon- April 21--0f the Octsve. sibilitica of Citizenship,” Evening subject: ** A Wazn- April 23--0f the Octave. ing e Charles L. The will preach at the —Tto Rev. Charles ompson o % Fifin Chara Tadians avenue and Thicteth strest, ENSTER-RORNING. ‘morning and evening. Subject in the eveaing : ** The Did'st aver note how bright and warm The sun shines forth on Esster-mern ? Did’st ever atop and forward glanca "o ses it in thu blue sky dance? Did’st ever note how bright the flowers 1ok up to Iaugh at Enster-shower! And waft above, and nere and there, Their sweetest fragrance through the alr 2 Did'at ever note how full of cheer And gweet good-will doth now appesr ‘Esch happy, smiling Chriatfan‘a face, lessed wilh the light of God’s own grace T Apd then, 2id'st ever note how sxd The contrast 'tween the good and bad 7 Did'et aver feel the weight of sin At such a time thy soul within? If now thy mind is troubled cors, Nor let it be one moment more; But guide thy bark o'er trouble's ware To Him who died thy saul 10 gave. 0 God! we blexs Thee for the day When Angels rolled the stone away, And from the tomb the Lord did rise, To ope the gates of Paradise. CR1CAGO, April 16, EVELINA 8XOWBOUED, s sl U ey Grace | A gkiff was upset in a Kentucky pond the oth- Shpch, comee ek e e 3t | or day and Yemen Tyler was throwa into the Sl 2 45 | Cger. The local editor calls 1t a olear case of p?_-ni'h Bav, T. . Clendeaning Will presch at the | tip-a-canca and Tyler too. Resurzection and Science.”” —The Lev, Dr. B. C. Mathews, of Monmouta, will will preachat the Fullerton Avenue Church,ncar Clark street, st 10:30 a, ., ondRev, W, C. Youngat 590 p.m. On Thursdayevening at i:46, the lev. Abbott Kittredge, of the Third Church, will fecture on “Tho Bodouins of the Desert.” —The Rev. tsenry T. Miller will preach at the Sixth Church, corner Vincennes and Osk avenues, at 10:45 %. m., upon * The Things He Had to Love,” and witl eliver an informal lecturo at 7:39 p. m. METHODIST. The Rev. William C. Willing will preach mornfng and evoning at the Langley Avenue Church, corner Thirty-ninthystreet ol 1. D, emmenwav will preach at the Firet Church, corner Clark and Washington streetd, at 10:45 2. 1m.,50d the Bav. H. Whitehead will preach at 7:30 . 0., P Zine Dev. 8. H, Adsms will preach st tho Centens- 1y Church, Monroe strest, near Morgan, {n the mora- ing on * The Runmf[t;:n n!dc]l_:;uw' and fn the even- ing upon * The Bich Man and Lszarus™ 8 he Rev. Dr. Whiiameon will preich at the Wa- ‘bash Avenue Church, corner Fourteenth street, at 11 a.m., on * Esster History, and the Modern Mesning of the Festival,” and a praiso meeting, led by Prof. YWoolet, will form a part of the evening service. —The Rev, A. Youker will rreach at the Simpton Cburch, Bonfield street, Deat Archer svenue, at 10:30 2. m. aud 7:30 p, . " he Tev, john Atkinson will presch st NEW YORK GOSSIP. Difforent Opinions Concerning the Life of A, T. Stewart, One of His Trosted Servants Not Known to the Pablic, Rich Floral Decorations at the Episcopal " and Catholic Churches, A Romantic Elopement Which Has Its End in Chicago. Disgracoful Sunday Scenes by So-Called Spirit- * walists. Spectal Corresondence of The Chicaso Tridune. New Yors, April 13.—O0f courss everybody is talking of the decoased merchant prince, A. T. Stewart, and it is curioas to notice how the opiniona differ. Some talk as if he were ths most philanthropic and benevolent man who ever lived, and others opesly allege that he was one of the meaneet, soverest, croatiest old cnr- mndgeons who ever disgraced humasnity. In sober truth ho was in his lifetime a nondescript. Neither his enlogists nor his defamers adequatoly doecribe his character. Ho was thoronghly an origmal in his composition, and was swayed by o double set of motives,—to make the orld wonder what he was, and to make money. His lonesty was undoubted, but that it rested on a firm, unyielding, moral foundation may be doubted, inas- much 29 thegrace of true God-like houesty fs nover given to mortalsas an 1solated gift from the Creator ; 1t i8 accompanied by other graces, and, however honest A. T. Stewart may have bean from his own stand- point, it ia questionable whether any other virtus than that will ever be claimed for him. He was & mixture of the good and bad,~and nefther of these elements predominated; be was not a very bad nor a very good man, That be was 3 hard master to hia employea ia certain, but to-Gay they bave Wept copions tears sa they passed hia coffin, Yet, aside from a comparative few Who wero {n the lineof promotion, therewere none in his service who would not have changed to snother master at the same salary if they could have daue o, \ ONE MAN WHOM HE TRUSTED. Thers was one intimate who eerved him well, and whom he always trusted with the details of his daily lifein 8 degree that was unknown to any of his asscciates,—that is, the subordinates. Judge Hilton and Afr. Libby were of coarse much higher in his business eonfidences ; but among all his employes there was one whom he met daily and instructed daily jn the minor detsils. He 'was at the funeral this morniog and wept sincerely. His name is Thomas Groves. Mr. Grovesis better known as Alr, Stewart's insurauce clerk than other- ‘wise, but in truth this wse an error, as the real head of the insurance bureau of Alr. Stewart's business was Mr. Joseph DeBrot, who, nest to Ar. Libby, was the mo3t responsible man in the wholesale house, Ar, Groves, lowever, has been in the habit for the last asventeen years (excepting during his employer's ab sences from the city) of spending two hours with Mr. Stewart, submitting papers for his signature, rocelving directions, extending to the minntest details of the business, and otherwise. Mr. Groves was inirusted with 2 nearer insight into the Tessons which governad A.T. Stewart's judgment than any other man in his service, and probably, if ke wonld, conld relate mors anecdotes of lus pecufiarides than xny person living. Among all the stories of Mr. Stewart’a bapits of Lite, this daily intercourss with Thomas Groved soums to have been enturely overlooked. HARVEST-TIME FOB THE FLCRISTS. Just now the city florista are in high feather, 1t is flush times for their trade. Aside from the enormous sum of money expended for the floral decorations for the funeral of A. 1. Stewart (publicly ststed at $10,000), the Easter floral offerings this yesr will be unusually imposing and expenaive. The arders already received from the princtpal Eplscopal and aristocratiz Catholic Churches mount op into the tena of thousands. The order for old Trinity alone Will cost over $,000, Grace Church $5,000, Dr. Tyng's $4,000. Dr. Chapin's Church, last year, nad an unusgally elegant floral display, and this year will outvie all previous occasions. ai an_ expense estimatea at $3,000. The Catholic Cathedral has given an opder which will require an ontlay of nearly $4,600, and the orders {from minor churches are on the same proportionate scale of magnificence. The demand for whize flowers §s 0 great thst to-dsy it is next to im- possible to procure lilies, tube-roses, or japonicas, at auny price, An uptown florist this morning informed mé that he had sent an agent to Philadelphia to buy all the whito flowers tn the market, and send them to 1im by express on Ssturdsy. The passion of New- Yorkers for floral decorations is someihing marvel, It bias al magnificence of such dispiays, but in extravagance. buy bandsome flowers almost anywhere at half the prics paid in New Yorx. ALL XOR ONE CENT, 1t may geem a very small thing to savs a cent, but when this sum is multiplied daily for a num- berof years it is an ‘important item in the domestic economy. This thought wassuggested by the fact that every afternoon about 10 minuces before 5 o'clock an immenss crowd of poople begins to assembls in front of the Fulton Ferry-house on their way to Brooklyn. They are simply waitiog for 5 o'clock, at which" honr the fare to Brooklyn {3 reduced from 2 cents to 1 cent. ‘This is the ferriage between 6and 8 in the morning and52nd 7 in the evening, and is the concession ted by the Ferry Company in consideration of be- ing retieved Dy the city authorities of » former. bonus of $100,000 per year paid by the Company. Yet the difference to the Forry Company between 1 and 2 conts during these hours s 5o great that for & yesr past the Company has been trying to abrogate its con- tract for thel-cent ferriage,and restore the former sys- tem of a bonus. It is estimated that they would 3ave $50,000 per annum by charging 2 cents and pay- ing $100,000 per appum to the city. There isone 07g y distance and § cents for its longest rides. This i8 tho Fourth Avenue line. I is remarksble that the Third Avenue line has established n handsomely-paying route, con- necting the Grand Central depot with their main line, simply on the patronage of thoss Who prefer its cars Decause the charge is 5 cents over the Fourth Avenue line (starting from inside the depot, and, therefore, the moet convenient), at 6 cents per ride, You will see people of the highest claas daily traveling from one stand to another in the city markets to save a cent in the price of meat and vegetables. A CHICAGO ELOPEMENT TO HIGH-BRIDGE. The landlord at the High-Bridge Hotel was roused the other night at an inconvenient hour under rather peculiar circumstances. A carriage was driven to the front door, ard the occupants, a lady and gentleman, bastily alight- ed. The Iady was evidently greatly agitated, but the gentleman meant bueinees. He eacorted niis gompanion to the parlor, and ordered o hot sup- per. Then he soughi the landlord, and asked him the restdence of tho nearest clergsman. The answer was, “One Hundred and Fifty-fifth street.” He then wrote 8 note, and paid a handsome fes 1o one of tha empioyes to take his own carriagoand go after the clergyman, In abont three-quarters of an hour the clergyman arrisod. Before this the woman paced the parior floor in intense agitation, which the reassuring words of Lier companion failed to calm, but when the clergyman arrived she took the gentleman's arm and announced her willingness to be immediately married. After 3 brief consultation the munister proceeded with the ceremony, and, with the landlord's family as the only witnesses, the twain wero made one, The couplo then separated, after rewarding eversbody present with » handzome sum for each. The mext day thia couple * received " at s hotel frouting on Madison Square. The bride’s parents are well-known socisty people, snd had opponed this match becauseofs prior cment on the part of the young lsdy to another man, and_whom they were defermined sho should wed. They were unprepared for the Gretna Groan business, Perhaps tho most interesting part of this romanzc enisoda is that the couple will heace- forth reside in Chicago. TWO OF THE DENXETT HUABUGS. The Polo Club and the proposed cosch line to Pelham Manor sre regarded here as the product of the extravagant brain of young James Gor- don Bennet:. Ho baseent an agent to Texas {0 purchase mustangs, or “Indian pones,” as they are called bere, for the Polo Club exzerciss, and pro- pases to have regular salaried men employed to train the horses and their riders,~both ladies ana gentlo: men. Now, this nonsensical horseback croquet, which Bas been tried in one of the np-town riding arénas, is a aport for women but little short of butfalo-hunting or any other violent muscular exercise, It 1s noitber pop- ular nor profitable, and young Bennett is just obstinate enough 10 try and make it so willy-nilly. ~ He has sent to England for two trainers, and will probably expend $15,000 or $20.000) 1 {rying 10 popularize e Palo gsme, and then abandon it. Half the city is laughing already abont tho proposed coaching line to Vestcheater Couuty, but adroit puffs in the Herard and a sort of deference to anything and everything suggested by young Bennett have rather prevented the other jour- 3;!: rom saying anything derogatory to the proposi- tan, ROW JUVESILE DELINQUENTS ARE RXFORMED, ‘Thero is an old Iaw in this State that all theat- rical exhibitions shall pay a license fea to the Society for the Reformation of Juvenile Delin- quents. The® theory of the law is that the theatres are the canso of an immenss amount of depravity among boys, and that they should therefore be muloted for the charges of the de- Iresdy made the city not only the centre in the ‘While there is 00 such quantity or varisty to be found. anywhere 38 Tosy be seen hery, yet it is true you can ® once fn throe years resist this law, but they sre slways beaten, sud e Boclety therefors fourishes on i's gutes from that source. Soma time ago the Society swooped down upon o 5-cent show gotten up by & few persons for the benefit of the newsbogs, and closed it ap. But Istterly the Society has teen going for amatedr Pperformances n 3 manner that calls forth coasider- ablo public censure. Tners are various amatsur theatrical companies which give occasfonal pnblic per- formances, to which an admission feo is charged gnf- cient to cover actual expensea. Ona of thess s a cluty known as * La Favorits,” with headquatters in that up-town part of tho city usually called Hariem, Thiy Baciety is giving weekiy perforinances t plesea s por- tion of the city otherwisa cat off {rom public amuse. ments owing 10 i romoteness. It charnes S0 cents admirslon for a geatleman =od two ladiea, The - ceipts barely pay reat, gas, and other incidentals, but Favorita " has been compelied to suspend ba- cause unsble to satiafy tho domands of tho foresiid Society. Tho aext movement will bo upon private theatricals in honses, and then—the public may wisely vote the Society a nuisance, FUNNY EXPERIMENT WITH RESTLESS CHILDREN. The Iatost thing in the invention lino i1 3 con. trivance for preventing uneasy aod mischisvans children from *jogghnz ™ each other in ackool. It is gecribed o8 follows: *‘Inthe seat of each chair i3 piaced a small metallic plate connected by a wire with a falvanic batiery on the teachar's desk Each alternate chair is connected with the positive pole of tho Uattery and the othera with the negalive pole. So long s the children remain quiet no shock is experienced, but the moment ono child touches another on eléctric current is created, and both the victim and his assailsnt are held fast. An uproar created and the attention of the teacheris attracted. This novel plan is designated a *machin to pravent Jjorgling in sclicol-rooms,” and the inventorhas actu- ally enlisted the hoip of tho kesper of & xmall privats 2chool fn the Tenth Ward to ailow him 20 exhibi: the efiectiveness of the invention. It is no exaggeratica o say that it in 3 complete aticcess, 8nd that restiess boys oncs under the operation of this galvzmc shock are done forever with *Joggling” 38 a meaans of gTaco. ONE OF NEW YOBX'S IGNLY MOBAL ¥HOWS. ‘What & mass of inconsistencies ous may mesl in this great metropolis, to be sure. If a thimty man wants a glass of whisky or beer on Sunday, he must ron the risk of ammest to obtain it, or the bartender who dispooses it muat take his chiances. Ony Jews areallowed to keep open their stores on Sunday. So farthe police have succeoded in crushing out all active oppcsition to Sabbath-dsy obsersance, but, notwitnstanding these morsl refornr efforts, there is open day and night 10 this city, al- ‘moat within rifle-shot (long range) of the mansion at thelste A, T. Stewart, a vile place of amusement called the “ Chatean Mabillo,”” which panders to the Iowest passions of the multitude. That this place should exist, with its disguating exhibition of semi- nude women going through the moes: Indecent forms of the Can-Can and modal-artist performances, 3 bad enough, but what makes it worse is that some of tha daily pspers profeseing respectability print day after day advertisements of the place under hesdings thae ehould condemn the place at onec. These advertise- ments recita the tempting features of the vile display under such headiines as * It's naaghty, Lut it's nice,” and similar captivatitg similea. Why tho police al- law this place Lo continte its tadecent representations ia beyond the power of ordinary mortals to disco . NEW STILE OF SPIRITUAL OBSERVANCES. Sunday seems to have been chosen by a class. of charlatans for public exhibiiions which shonld properly be sappressed by the police uz the ground that these croatures are gaiity of obfainiug money under false pretanses. Every Sundsy they advertizo spiritual manifestations at theatres and minstrel balls, and these places are crowdel. Yet these mantfestations are tho vericst swindles imagn- able. Bome timo ag0, one of thens shows was ad tised to come off at Tammany Hall. An unwise crow: grathered at 50 cents a head. ~ Before 9 o'clock, the af- {air broke up in n row, the gas was turned off, and tha Professor and bis mouey-taker were mising. No ‘withstanding these swindles have been ropestedly posed, pécple flock to ther Sunday evenings with an andity and verdancy simply astounding to well-in- formed personn. ONE OF THESE DISGRACKFUL EXPRRIENCES. Desiring to see just how fara crowd can be humbugged, Iattended one of these spiritual manifestation performances at the ‘Fwenty-third Street Theatre, where a Prof. Wayland, *‘the renowned lecturer,” was advertised to present some of the mystaries of Spiritaalism. Tha house was crowded. The firat part was a pooy jmitation of the Davecport Brotbera® cabinet trick of tying a medium with knots aptly described s not. Enots,” and allowing him five minutes in which to ro- Jeaee himself. This thin sort of show provoked sx, auditor to denotncs the affair aa a fraud. The Proe fessor thereupon lost his temper and abused hix audience in s frightful componnd of alang and b Then a certain Dr, Parnell, a8 unknown 10 fams ua if e dropped from the clonds, came forward snd pro- posed ta “test the medt um,” This was un=atis. Iactory to the audiencs, ana catcalls and yells of derision resulted in a acene of confuzion which must have confounded the spirits. Then thers wasan ine terchange of epitheta betwean the Professor and sun boys, It was acombination of indecency, ir-~ reverence, blasphemy, riot, disorder, and violance,—a place untit far any femals to enter, and which deservas 1ihe sttention of the police. ANOTHER DRAMATIC DEBUTANTE. A niece of Alayor Wickham, of New York, is now undergoing preliminary training and educa~ tion preparatory to a debut on the stage. She will probably raake her sppesrance as the Uniom Square pext fall. A person well informed ix such matters informs me that thers are nearly thirty young ladies now preparing themselves far tha stage. Twoof them are traveling-with Rose Eyting( inher “Rose Michel” performances. Four others are studying with Fanoy Morant, and several st under the tuition of Fanny Davenpart. I ia regarded a1 3 desirablo thing to securo tho sssistance of the leading lady of some popular theatrosaa teacher, fo1 the double Teason that it sectres advantages of practicai training not to be obtained otherwisc, aad also a0 op- portunity for an early appeszance, The prices pald for Iessons in dramatic education are cutrageous, qften amounting to twenty dollars per lesson, or two hundred dollars for ten lessons. Thers fn an institu- tion hero which advertises lessons in the dramatic art at a much cheaper rate, and guarantees an appearance, ut it is doubtfal whether or not the higher priccs paid to Rote Eytinge and others are notin the end by fas the cheapest. Bravzy. THE ARBUTUS. Thers 18 & tangled bank of fertils mold, An esrly nook with sunny, Southern slops, ‘Where, shaltered from the North winds, rude and cold, An Spring returns, the earlisst bloesoms ope. T wandered thers to-day in hopes to hear The robins cnirping on the naked bough,— Toscent the fresh earth from the wheat-felds near, Turned in broad furrows by the farmer’s plow; And sesreely fhought to note one leaf a-start, ‘Thrust through ita wintry covert to the air— Finding enough to ill a thankfal heart, E'en though the thickets yet wero hrown and bara. ‘But, where the early sunlight slanted bright On the dead leavea that carpeted the slops, With glad surprise I marked the rosy whits O awest Arbatas, fowerst of hope. . Nor did T pluck the flower; but, for & time, Staid kneeling aAd inhaled ita apicy breath; Then left content, and quiltiess of the crime That would have doomed 0 fair & thing to death, Map1sox, Wis, o C-N.G. —_— Sad Experience of fr. Moody. Very often you are in & person's house, and the servant comes in and aaya such & person is in the front room, and she says: ‘ Ok, dear, I am 80 sorTy he bas come, I can’t bear the sight of him; " and she'll get ng‘l‘:,t up aud go into- the other room, and gay, ** Why, howdo youdo?; I am rery glad to seo_you!"” There is a good Jeal of tbaz sort of thing in the world. X re-. member, too, I was talkiog with & man one day i and an acquaintance of his cams in, and hs- Jjamped up at once and shook him by the hand. —why, L thought be Wwas gowng to abake hin. hand out of joint, be shook so hard,—and he seemed 60 glad to see him and wanted him ta ! stay, but the man was in & great hurry and. could not stay, and he cosxed and urged him te; stay, but the man said no, he would come an-; other time ; and after that man went out my: companion tarned to me and said, ** Well, be i au awful bore, and I am glad he's gone.” Well . I began to feel that I was & bore, too, and I god out aa quick as I could. i ——e The huge, drastic, griping, sickening pills, constructad of crude, coarse, and bulky ingre~ dients, are fast being superseded by Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pargative Pellets, or Suogar-Ceated, Concentrated Root and Herbal Juice, Anti-Bil- 10u8 Granules—the *‘Littie Giant™ Cathartin or Multum in Parto Pbysic. Modern Chemicay Science enables Dr. Pierco to extract from the juices of the most valuable roots and herba their active medicinal principles, which, when worked * into little Pellots or Granules. scarcely larger than muslard seed, render each little Pellet as active and powerful 28 a lsrge pill, whils they are much more palatable and pleasant in effecs. Dr. Ira A. Toaver, of Baconsburg, Ohio, writeg : “I regard your Pellets as the bLest remedy for the conditiona for which you pre- scribe them of §anything I have ever used, somild and certaln in effect. sud leaviog the bowels 1n an excellent condition. It seems Lo me they must take the place of all other cather- tio pills and medicines.” Lyox & Macoxser, druggists, Vermillion, D T.,eays: * We think they are going to sall lika hot cakes as 0on as people got scquainted with them snd will spoil the pill trads, as thoss thst bave used them like them much better than large pills.”