Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 3, 1876, Page 9

i .~ RELIGIOUS. . uomn/mntary on To-Morrow’s Sunday-School Lesson. Tho Miraculous Escape of tho Apostles from tho Prison. ir. Moody’s Sermon at the Chicago Avenue Church. The Noonday Prayer-Meeting-== Address by the Evangelist. Au Opon Lettor. to Mr, Moody in Ref- erenco to Palestine and the Jews. Imo Re7. Dr. Perry Accepts the Iowa Eplscopal Blshopric. SUNDAY-SCIIOOL TTESSON. RELEASE FIOM PIISON. Acts, v, 12.—We ure niuch surprired to find that the fearning and wislom cubodied in the members of the Supreme Court of Jerusalem did not prompt them to yleld gracefully to the evident order of events, as arranged by the Great Disposer. Weo thought that when the Apostles declared that *they ought to obey Gud rather than men,” and that when they continucd to teach amd preach, and to work wonders and miracles, these rulers and pricsts would no longer persccute them. After their defeat in attempting to fix the durge of erime upon Peter and John, wo hoped they would elp rathier than harm these good men for whom the people were more and morg manifesting respect and esteem, and that they would submit to the purposes of the Infiulte, which they could nelther ulter nor thwart. ‘fho * falling dend ” of two wealthy members of the Church at Poter's words of censure and reproach made o deep fnpression not onlyupon the members of the Churely, but alse upon the entire community. Even the influential men and theacllish pricsts had thelr fears: aroused and thefr cneeienees quickencd. They feared that the Aposties would continue to increase thelr con- Yerts until they could control the popular will, The Apostics saw slgns of feur oh Lho part of thie eivil power. This greutly cuncouraged them, and made them the moreearncst to convinee the Jows that they ought to receivo the Christ a their long-promised Messial. (12.) The Apostles wrought many slgns and wouders In the presence of the people. ‘Fliey yere not useless miracles, but were much like those tho Master wrought, conferring Lealth, -aling, and spiritual bLlessings upon mankind, el it their *favora. und thelr comforting gifts to thelr converts, but, like the Father, who sends His showers and His sunshine alike upon the righteous and the uvrighteous, they hoped by kind words and ood decds to bring all to repentance, The ‘Apostles had a peeuliar fondness for Bolomon's Torch, Inpart, perhaps, beesuse it wus lurge aud cunvcn‘ent ur their assemblics, but in part, also, because It was still fragrant with the Dlosted memory of the Master, Who had often snat them there, and told them of many things which they then but feebly comprehiended, To this precious spot, all the Apostlies et from day to (‘ny in wonderful harmony, and preached 1o'the people, lere ull the Disclples renewed- Iy consecruted themselves to Christ. Only the good and sincero now dared to JoIn this com- pany, All thicves, linrs, aud hypocrites were afraid of Peter plercing eyes and pungent ords. b “Tic peoplo honored these noble men V—the Apostlcs. ’Fue miracles they wrought, the good + work they did, tho Dlessings they conferred, (ecply impressed tho masses, aud commanded thefr reapuct and reverence, ‘The Church grew strong. 1t now. numbered 10,000 souls—a nun- ber lar; e‘cuungh to excreise & decided power [n ciyil aflairs. The cloud that pasced over the Church when that rich pair fell hnated hurriedly avay. Thdse who had niot united with this company of dlsci- ples monifested very great respect for thoso Mo bod, Theend case of Ananias only re- minded them thut buse coln §s never counter- feited. (14.) Multltudes of slncere inen and de- yout women were udded to the Church, The Apostles had the entire confidencs of all who knew ond could nl:{:rcclnlo them. The rich on their soft beds, aud the poor on thelr straw pal- lets, were Pl\w\:d by the roadside fn such & way that Peter’s shadoiv, 18 he passed to and from morning and cvening prayers, might touch them sad heal them. St Lule docs not ssy that any were cured or healed i thai way. But e does say that many bad faith to belicve that he could do it. Many came from distant homes to be healed. Those who were vexed and greatly sunoyed by evil spirits, 1. ¢, h{ whut were consldered fncurable “diseascs, which could not be ascribed to any Known causes, were wlso cured. o In all this business of hcaling and curing, Peter, from his glft of language and boldncss, was considered the leader, and recelved all thy credit. The {wuple were deeply impressed with the fact that ho hiad more power and mure influ- ence than any other spostie, aud was worthy of mare faith. “They diligently inqulred at what houre he would prnlmlu?' {mss certain polnts, 5o that, {f possible, they might touch the hem of s garmient. 1318 ovident that the Apostles derived great wer from the good conduct of tho dlsciples. 'Hlulruxnmplu went very fur to incrense thelr reputation and to contlrm confldence fu them. Guod works even now hinve more influence than faith, Men cannot sce fuith, but they cun see good deeds, and think that *faith without worka i dead.” Goud works convert more than mere * fulth without works.”” When the rec lo saw Chrlst and 1lis Apostles releving lma temporal wants and the sorrows of life, they had confidence in them. Thess good works disturbed the '"‘f" pricats and rulers. They did not coneern themselves aboutthe beliel or faithof the Apoatles, butthey <aw that their kindness, genal dispositiony ten- der words, and geod deeds, enlisted the deep d ablding duterest of the poeple, and that they were (nurclmlutz In Yol»umruy eyer! Llug, + (17 'Che Iligh ricsts dnd the Sadducees were determined to cim \Io{ active ncusures, Cafaphos was thoacting High Pricstand the Sud- ducees were the men who could no lnn{%:r Dbear Ao bear it ringing in their ears, “1e s risen and i3 dolng these wonders in our mhist.” 80 they bhecame deeply indignant und vexed, that their command, issued but 8 few days be- fore, should not have been regarded—thut the ‘Apostics should continue to preach und draw the multitude uftor them, They werv resolved to resort to such summary measures as would disprove these disturbers of the publie peace. They let % the Apostles, Peter and dohn, go® on a former oveasion, but now the pricsts il adducces wers determined to stop tholr tench- fog such doctrines us gavo the leadhye and ln- fuentin) men of Jerusalem so much distinetion, (18.) Bo_they renewed thelr efforts Lo crush these troublesome men, and ordered the city Bherlf to nrrest them, and F"‘ thein under thu bars und balts of the city prison, und over it to place o guand of Romau soldiers, o that they could not be rescucd by their ardent converts. Thls the Bheriff quickly did, We cannot but wonder that these wise'inen should nguln resort to muusures that, o few days before, rendered thém o unpopular, ad ended in w0 dsgraceful s defeat. But the people in - the clL‘y wero becoming uneasy, They were losing thelr faith fu the civil and ceclesfustleal governients, The kering of w panie were sprouting, — All saw, and ucarly all confessed, that the Sanhedrim wus weak'and frresolute. Some influentlal men and llnrs{u nuinber of devout women liad become decply intereated in the new religious views of the day, The ubservances of their national re- Hglon Were more and more neglected. llnl|¥ in- telligent snen and rellgious women were often scen” wending thele way to heur the Apostles f"“h' The pricsta roproached thelr hearers or wundering from thelr fold sud mingling with those new lighte, thoss reforming preach- i, those _ mdvaneing teachers, - thuse hwovators, They notitied thelr fricnds that cy should bring thoss Apostles, whom aviiu Iy men and slliier women wers worshiplug, to A0 untlimely end,—thut they might preach to the are walls of the prison cells, but they should L) luufiur [lmllulu that beautiful porch on the side of Solomon's templo with thelr uow lous notlon, he Apostles were in prison. Inthe darkness o the ulg‘ht sume unscel power shed upon thelr bouls genial rys of heavenly light. sang And prayed, They know fufl well the events of e comlugg day, They sought for diviue uld, ¥ moral strengsth, and for decislon of churacter, While they werg slujing and praying (19) un sugel rom God'opened the prison «oors uud sald, in I"ndcr and assuring words, us ho led them uuti Go to the temple, Lo lrm, filnch Ilul;blcl e pople the worda' of thds 'life. Kcop bick nathing. Do not feor the Baddug the resurrcetlon and eternal Ufe. D tate to tell thero tnen that Jeaus Chrlst hua brought 11fe and Immortality to Tiht. Vet early b the moruing feis recont con- verts inct L Aposties on thele way and aceomn- anfed then to the temple, There converts though these Apostles were flrn, yet they ought to nak heaven for divime al power, They soon reached the place of and the Apostles soon began to te frlends who hnd comes at this At the usunl tino the High I Tows ente Lo thelr uaal Elders, or Benotorg, a body v y and noted for wlzdom, were Invited to hear tie cnsey and the what wua hest to e in the prow ency. The SherlfTs wo for the prisoners, In the meantime the Grand Counell and the venerable Elders conversed upon the peeuliar case abyut to come up for thelr conslderation. ’ After gome unforeseen delay, the Sherill and Nia adda returned and reporteds © We founl the prison-duor properly seeured. We found the junrds standing hefore the door. We entered the colls i whith we pluceal the prisoners, but we could not fnd 't within? It woull luve b Inge 1o have watched the fach Sanhedrim ad the venerable Ellers of Isracl, ut the very moment It was announced, “We Nd no mitn within For g few moments per- feet sllenco refgned, 'The digoltaries looked ut encli other and expressed an smount of sur- prise which words cannot. dekeribe, The ven- crable Elders stroked their gray and thick-set hieards, ns if scarching for more wisdom than they = possessed, “or could commaid, The Bherifl also reported: 4 We exnmined with great eare tho stincture of the prison, We Zould find no false_doors, no loopholes, no wine dowr, througlh which the prisouers conld pass, We Inguired of the gunrde, stil standlg near the maxsive doors, it they hind been awake dur- fng the entire nlr:lm They replied that not an eye ud heen closcd; that they realized they were respontible for tie delivery of the pris ers to ihe proper oflieers and the Supreme Court} that they watehed the heavy door with s much sharpness ns A0 they expeet- cd Satan would come oul, wund thoy must kil Bim o on the wing, We neked the Captaln of the guards §f he or his men heard durlng the night any nolse. The Captain confessed that e und Al men heard the prisoners lgln%nml praying, but did not cheek them, beeause he did nob know that. sing- fngz aod proying did any horm. Fhe Captain then nilirmed, n strong Tanguggze, that no man Tind entered or left the prisun durine the past night.,” lhurc?urt may have reminded them of the resurrcctlon of the Christ. s escape from the tomb wus o mystery which none could futhom. (24). The Connel! began to fecl that they had not yet “touched bottom ™ with regard tu these men, They trembled lest thelr fears should e soon reallzed. They were at thefr wits' end to know what the end woulld e, They beeame exclted and full of sad forebodings, ‘They could not sit still, so they walked and talked. Their knees trembled, Their cheeks changed color, o3 1f they, Jike An- anjus, suw the grand panoruma of their lves, and did not 1kt the coloring, Suddenly o mun eame rushing into thelr au- nst prescnee and cried out in clavion tones, “ihe men (25) whom you east into prison are atanding {n thetemple and teaching the people.” The members of the Grand Councll looked at each other, and expressed I»i' thelr cyes preat juy to see tha cmlof thel rnmq]m e. They seemed to say, It 18 all well that ends well.” This ~ time the Captaln him- self, of tho temple, with nlarge force of officers, shall arrest, them and bring them Lo the Council. “iet them be treated as they pass along the streets very civilly, and even tenderly and re- spectfully, for thie streets ave full of people, und neatly ns full of stones.” Thelr recent vonyerts were deeply Interested, They kept near them and the officers, so that they—tho converta—could protect them from all “harm, ‘They uttered prayers ns they went along, aud yet were prepured to use thelr strength shoutd any emergeney occur to warrunt it, knowing th;fl. God helps thuse who try to lelp them- selves. ‘The friends of tho Apostles grected them ns they passed,—even the women wuved thelr white lincn flags in token of thelr trust. ‘The Council were more than ever perplexed, Wit can we do with these men? Bars, bolts, ond Roman_ guards canuot vetain them, Wo cannot find Janguage sufliciently strong to frighten them inte obedience. And then wo 1nust believe that there nre nuseen powers that control them. Our wiscat statesnien uro not wise enongh to defeat the purposes of Ieaven. We liave found that the firmest bars, the stout- f]“ bo'l,ts, and the strongest chalus cannot hold hom. The Court ordered again the Sherift and his nida to treat them very tenderly. The oflleers did not deem it wise” to order them to appear hefore the Sauhedrim, but most politely invited them to visit the Grund Counctl of pricsts, rulers, and venerable eliders, who would receive them with great consideration, snd would give them a bicarty welcome, 'The Apostles nccepted the kind fnvitation. D. L. MOODY, BERVICES AT HIS CHURCH. D. L. Moody's new church, corner of Chlcago avenue and LaSalle street, was agaln filled to its fullest capacity last evening, it belng the second time that the evangelist has led religions services in his new edlifice. As on the night previous, the rather gaudy and cabalistic Egyptian fresco-work recclved much adverse critlelsm from new-comers, but, ufter being seated a few moments, most of the people became reconciled to the red roses with green stems, which adorn tho ceiling. Prof. Miller presided at the orguu, & small cab- inct instrument, placed to the right of Mr. Moody, fuclng the audience. To Mr. Moody's left was a little walnut stund, upon which was laced o mammoth basket — of flowers, u ree-will offerlng from his ‘congre gnll'uu. Upon the cabinet orgnn and fu other favor- able portons of the pulpit were placed flowers In vases, which lent 4 sweet aroma and natural charm, Behind Mr. Moody was arranged a specinl volunteer cholr of 135 young ludits and ;{unllemcn, tho leader bulu}; Mr, Thane. 'he , audfence was of < the class which may be termed mixed, no class seeminzly belug left unrepresented, The capucity of the church fs 3,000 “scats, and cach one of these were fllled, o great number of persous helng compelied ta stand up, o Lrusident Blanchurd, of Wheaton College, led n pruyer. Ilu’ hymn, *Whosoever Will," was then sung, affer whivh My, Moady stuted that he was sorry to aay that Mr, Sankey wus sick, und had Deen ndvised by his physicians to take o rest. They had o dispateh from Mr, P, P. Blisg, and ho would be {n tho clty to-day, und sl ut the Sab- buth services, Mr, Moody then called for money, and sald that unless the church debt was paid by Sunday evening it would bu elosed, na hie dld not want to lm'(:ucll [n a church that was not pald for. e believed fn the motto, *lay wi you go.” collection was then taken ugl which™ netted ) §1,801 for the church. Moudy said that if enongh mouey was not sceurced before that thae " they would buve to make aunother callection” on Bunday. 1le wanted the churchi pald for before he would dedieate it. TAE SERMON, Mr, Moody then read a portion of the eleventh chapter of " Hcbrows, after which he led in })myur, thanking God for Iis mercy in allowing licin to once more cosue together, and to vpen the Bible, aud read once usgafn of the rreat dove of Gody, and of Jesus “irist, 1o brgged | that this might he the Introduction of w mighty work which would bring thousands out of darkness, and that the buflding might becomo the eans of saving thousands to eternity, and prove a bless- ing and be of servico to thu Lord. There was not s member of the church who did not want to sco b succeed and beeame greater than ever in coming years, Ile sald’the greatest ubstacle they had to encounter was unbelicf. Even sonie of Chirst's diseiples did not belleve that He had risen when they wero told of the Rgsurrectlon. Christ could work In summer, us well In June as in Janupry. e (Moody) believed fu no vaca- tion In surwer, o then talked about Faith. Hewanted all to have fuith, 1Mo sald faith was best described in the chupter of the Biblo which ho had read, All they had seen would fade, He pitled the man who made money his God. Tlo wanted atl men to have faith in Gud, All bugsiness was donc on Falth, If this was impalred there would result apanie. It was so with the work of God, Thero wag _too much doubt among Christians, It ho hud doubts he would tell them to God wlone and not to any ono ¢lse, It hls wife doubted him sho would not proclaim it to the world, but tell it to somo friend. Ho then told the story of a man who couldn’t belleve himaelf, ' Ifave no confldence {n tho flesh,’ sald Mr. Moody. * Have faith fn God. Trust fn God" He yead from Proverbs and Jeremioh to show. that the trusting In flesh wus w curse, bhut that tho man was blessed who trusted hi tho Lord. ‘Thicre were in somo of the churches men who had drfed-up hearts, They hud asso- clated wil ngodly men, and ¢ bad hardened their 1 nnd”they had become worldly. Uod used tho vessels nearest him to wceouplish his ends, Thers was nothing impossibls with God. ll}, was our uubelief which kept God frum uslng thew, «Qod could set uside sll his g workezs, but He did uot do it. Work was el TIE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, JUNE 3, 1876—TWELVE PAGES, otie by Sunila , il others, 1 falth In God.” Il that fafth was necessary. s today” than they hind were nivays had,—as mld - b T The first wan murderer, God could use I there was golu to be a reylval In Chi- capzo AU must commence i the hearts of the people. It was not tha preaching, but God's power which eame down upon them which had the effect. They wera merely chainels through whith God worked. Tt was this wretched un- blief which causcil the stoppige of the work- fuz of God. He then told the story of Gnhricl und Zocharins, God did not want to De doubted, and Zachnrlus was struck dumb for nine months, until Lis child was born, heeause e hail doubted the word of God, T lield that wnbelief wos Uhe great tree which lir(m{:hl, forth ail the evil friit,~wurder, drink ng, cte. Chirlst sald that o gond tree brought forth good frult. e wias agaiust lukewarm Christjane, unid (i plea of o sincere hellel in anything wus not right. He hicld that all n had to be Christiays, ¢ Faith in God,” Le gaid, was what was necded. vere not to follow any man. T} were to hrist, who had tlnished thelr faith, They were not to ook to this or that good man, but to listen only to the words from 1leave e wunted tliem to bulld for eternlty o the right fou tion, to builil for Chirlst, 8o that it might never perish. Clol admired gmall things. “The wid- ow's mite wua alluded 1o a8 uan fucident which she Hittle dreamed would lve 1,500 years, God »rlululd reward theos for all the goud” work they il Unbelief was the cause of all the world’s mischicl. Infidels and ekeptiea might Py what they had o mind to, but the Word of "God would nlv\'nfn live, Gdd's promizes would always be earrled out, i words wonld live when ull otherabad paswed away. Unbellef saw great obstacles hn the way, great hizh walls and glants, 1le would like to see n few Calebs and Joshuas, “Then,” gald the spenker, “wouldn't the devll fall i lle urggued ngainet Deliovingy i les,—in fule relig- for. Wretehed, miserable unbellef wasthe history he Chureh toluy, Joshun was not tronblet when he was told” that five Kings, with regl- ments of glants, were coming againet him, {le bt 1ip to the walls of Jericho, and the man sent by God, when o revenled himsclte Tt was belief i God which gave Joshua faith, Falth could not be obtained without the Word of God. * Falth_cometh by heariug und hicar- lnei the Word of God.” ‘e people in Scotland all knew the Bible. It did hits heart good when he heard the leaves rustle in church when he nunouneed the text, or when some Seotchman called Iis attentlon tu the fuet that he was not reading a verse ac- cording to the Word of God. Ile wanted all to read the Bible. 'The more men knew of God the more thelr falth grew in 1lim. M 1ot have faith in one unother until they knew cuch other. Infldels did not trust God, because thoy did not know 1im. They could_be saved to-night, Ged invited them to come ut © they . were 8o constftuted that they could not belleve in i, 'Flicy could mot have too much faith in God, Salvation was offered to the entire world, and ¥ Whosoever will, let him take of the Waters of Lifo freely.” fie wanted them all to have faith in_Jesus and to cotie to the Throne of Groce, fle pleaded with the audience to glve their hearts to the Prince of Heaven. At the close of the address ho luvited the members of the church to meet him §n the church parlors. “Rock of Ages’ was then sung. Mr. Moody rald that he boped by next Sun- day evenlig that the chiureh debt “would have been provided for. The Benedlction was then protnounced by Mr. Parkhurst, it was announced that the mecting Bunday morning aud evening would be held at the usual hours, Asdmittance will be free to ull without ek Mr. Moody will preach and P, P, Bliss wilt slng, NOON PRAYER MEETING. BERVICLS CONDUCTED DY MR. MOODY. The announcement that Mr, Moedy would conduct the noon-day prayer meettng ot Farwell Hall yesterdsy drew an immense audience, Long before 13 o'clock every seat was occupled, and numbers had to coutent themselves with standing-room. After the usual preliminary exercises, Mr. Moody came forward, Bible in hand, and pro- ceeded to read and comment on the fifth chapter of Luke. After reading that portion about the fishermen, the great evangelist sald a little about fishing for souls, It was onc of the best moves that ever was made by the Y. M, C. A, when they opened the store on Madison street. When men went afishing they wanted to go where the Hishes congregated, und this was just what was done i opening the storo on this great thoroughfare. 1f men would not come where they were, they should En to them. —Aflter Siniun Jet down his net, his partuers bad to o sist him with it, the haul was so great, Th should all finltate this—drop their little Jif fill,uus and go to work aud try and catel the ol ‘When Simon Peter sow (¢ he fell down at Jesus' Kkntes, paying **Depart from me, for 1 am s sinful men, O Lord,™ Nothing, sald Mr. Moody, filled & man with so el humility us success, To think thut God condeseended to use him, brought about 1his feeling, Simon Peter wus astonished ut the lurge druft, but when men followed Christ they cunld not hielp catehing men. If they were un- suceessful in the Lord's work, it was because they did not follow Clrist, but rather their own sehenies and devices, When tho diseiples gotto Tnnd ufter this, they * forsovk all aud followed Him." To be successful In the work of saving soitls mien had to glve up their worldly busiuess; thelr bearts should be sct upon things above, Fuw, however, were prepared to make this paerifice. Telln man where lie could muke o few dollars, and his crun would spurkle, The busiuess men of Chleago were pasaing through _dark and troubled” waters. They Tiad ket their hearts upon carthly idols, instead of heavenly pursuits, and they were sulferluy: in cquence. For hibmself, he would rather ¢ uti hour with Christ thau possesa ball the world, If a msn sccumulated o whold world and did not know Christ, Le wasbut o poor mixerable heguurafter all. The passage referring to_the mau “ full of Jeprosy " wus next given, People were setting up hospltals for incurables in Europe and this contry. When Chrlst lived, however, there waa no need for such fnstitutions, e was uble to cure nn{thmg; the only lmn% necessary for u diseased peron was faith in s divine phy- aletats, - All they Il to do was to speak their faith and their cure was perfected. Lot any un- clean soul present belieyo s the Teper did, anid Be would be cleunsed from the fmpuritics of sin. Leprosy of the body wes noth- fug compared with leprosy of sl The former = only drove & Inan away frown his hame for o few ?’EM‘I, but the leprosy of sl kept a man from God, und bad thrown Llfght over the curth, 1f there was o sloner present let kim do as the poor leper did. There was no need of any one to introduce him to Christy o man could go rlght up and be saved without any introductlon.” Three clusses of peo- ple attended such mcetings as these, ‘The trst went vut of curlosity ; the second did not go for the purpose of dolngz anything F’M' but merely joy the mectiug; snd the thirdattonded to d, and then o transmit it to others, clreumstances counected with of the palsled man were wed and commented oo, They ould find, sald Mr. Moody, thot the wortnnt truth connceted with "this miracle wan the afl-suving power of faith and persist- ent effort of Chrlst. Faith over-leaped oll ob- stncles. He liked the energy and persistenco of the mon whu got the pulsivd sue into the pres- ence of onr Lond, Buch falth and encrgy was needed i1 Chivago to-duy; if they existed here 10,000 souls would be saved {n no time. The palsied man was let down through the roof to the feet of Chirlst,—a good place for poor pal- slud sinners. Jesus aaid to the poor ereature, + Man, thy siny are forgiven.” Iie did not look for that, und was sstonished, dnd the Scribes and Phiarksees guestioned our Lord’s power to foigive ain, Now, although we lived in the nincteenth century and had the blesslug of the theu open Bibles, there wers still thuse who doubted tho divinity of Christ; but every one of Ills miracles proved wiml was 50 often disputed, ‘I'o show tho doubters that He hud power to do this, Chrlst com- manded the man to take up his bed and walk. ‘This had some effect on the Pharisecs, for they “were filled with four, n:)'lnl; we have secit strunge things to-day,’ uppiose thero wero skeptics and infidels i thiscity, und the fuith of belfevers could bring down o blessing on Chi- engo, even as the fafth of the four men resulted In~curlng this Joor man of Lia physical and moral disease. The eold formallsin which had crept {nto tha Church of God was thy cause of much of the antugonisin to religlon which ex- fsted. By cultivating a passion for souls, and watching and waiting for "them, this miserable unbelief would be uprooted, and blessed ro- suits follow. It wps cusy #ave the drunkards and gamblers; nothiing was too hard for God. If the world was created out of noth- ng, $t was certalnly casy, for our Lord to save ol siuners. Ho Wished the old primitive dxs(l of converston could return, People were dls- posed to sucer ut sudden conversion a8 haviug ng lusting elTect; but the greutest conyersions during Chrlst's thue were lnstantaneous, sud no onu could say that pglorfous results had not fol- lowed. In concluding, Mr. Mood{ urged eyer unregencrated stuver to forsake the world “und Clirist, and thereby luy up what was bet- follow ter than rich a crown of gloryin the heavens, ‘The exerelses closed with the bymn 1 zave my life for Thee,” which was heartily joined in by the cougiegation. THE JEWS. AR OFEN LEFTER TO BROTHER M0ODY. Cmicacn, June L—DRAR Bm: In toay's Trisuse I noticed a report of your sermon at Lake Forest lust night. May I take the liberty to polnt unt Lo you some errora contained the inl A gentlewan who, like you, dear sir, eo sclf-sacrifivingly devotes ol hils time and all his powers L sprend What he i bis innermont heart considers Lo he tie religlous tenth, will certaluly pardon the venture to call his attention 1o unin- tentional erronedus atatements of facts. In Laka Forcst you sald: “ God sent Flis Son to the Jows, and they killed 1Hm. Thelr Tund fs now n waste place, sud their race Is looking for u resting apot,” Permit me first to make a few remarks In re- gard to vour supposition Implicd in the lust words, *The Jews are looking for u resting apot.’ What doca this meand It Is, indeed, strange that such n keen ohserver s you, dear #lr, are reported Lo be, should for one moment presuppose an unhappy state of soul nmons the Jews on nceount of thelr being Juws. L know my people,—L myeel um a Jew,—and in all alncerity I cun assure you that not the least trace of suelt n feeling of unlippiness 18 to be met smoneet them, They, as Jews, are as hap- py, and contented, and peecefal fn mind as any Thiristhan ean be, In e and in death they fini i thelr fith ne much strengthy and consolatlou, and blisg, and power o overcome tenptations s any Christian can find in his faith, 1 have no desire to digpute with you nhout doctrines 1 only safe facta, Why, then, my dear Mr. Mouidy, the ctertial repetition of an_assertion thut I3 untrue? that esnnot be based upon the very fiimsiest pretext of sn apology of an actual faci? 1w sure your soul, with {ts inborn noe- ility,will revolt agatnst willfully and consclous- ly uttering on untruth, ‘us eoun a8 you leam’ thut what you are ubout io say ls the contriry of truth, Plense to discontinue all your assertluns 1 regard to “the restless and unhappy Jews,” and to expunge from your hymn-books all songa in which * the miserable Jéw™ plays the funciful but unreal role you oscritie 1o him, Please do 7o for the sake of truthy, which Is dear to ¥uur}wm anid to mine. . SThefr lund 18 o waste place.”” 1f you under- stand by “ thetr laud *' Pulestine, it must he ad: mitted that It 18 so. It Is, tosome deggree, W, v much o #s the country around Antl Epheaus, Edessa, and the other citis, whe young Christlanity was recelved with o usm, nd soon commenced to prospe after all, what of that? Does this n concern ts Awgeriean Israclites than you Ameri- can Chrlstians? Certainly, with deep cotnpus- slon we hear the news of the mlsn-ryfru\‘ul ing among the few thousand Jews In Jerusalem, among the several thousand more Christinus Jiving there, and umong the followers of Mo- braniied who dwell now In Palestine, We fect also deeply for our poor and oppressed Chrlstian brethren In Beyrout, Duamascus, Antlochis, und wherever they lave to suffer. But, and this 18 another fact, & longing desire for the re-possession of Palesting, and the re- crectionof n Jewish Kinglom thiere, has fully died out amony the Jews, since In Europe and Amerien the Christian nutions have begun to cease thelr persecuting, snd banishing, and burn- fig then, and stuce they have commenced to apply to them the principle of bare justice. We herein the United States look upon ourscives thoroughly as American citizens; weare fullyat home here, and nmn(; the 300,000 or 400,000 Jews in America it will” be difileult for you to find one who will give ur his American citizen- ship In exchange for onc in animuginary Hebrew comnwmweath in Syria. “The Jews have killed the Sonof God.” I feel Teanuot discuss this polnt with you, for you stand sofirialy upon thedortrineof i *Son't 3t God, to you an’ holy ground; not 8o tome, and you ~ will excuse me I do not say how this doctrinc appears to an Iaraelite. You usist furthermorc so fimly that the Jews have killed Chirist, that I cannot expect to con- vinee you of your error. Therefore I restrict mysclf to etate the fnct that even good Protest- ant Christian theologians, after a thorough ex- amination of the matter, have come to the con- cluslon that Jeaus was condemned and crucified by Roman ofllclals, in accordunce with Roman )aws, for having attempted to undermine Ro- man authority In Palestino. But au‘iapunu it were 80, 8 yout sy, I wonld have to despise n religioua syttem that would make me, who is quite {onouent in the death of Jesus, responsi- ble in the crucifixion of Jesus, sald tohave been cotnnitted by my forefathers ncnr)fl 2,000 yrars ago, and my forefathers may likewise have been finocent in'this death, ns tliey prabably did not live in Jerasalem. Muy you e bleesed, dear sir, in your efforts to uproot corruption, futemperance, m\w'lflem, gnd ull other curses of human soclety, and may you largely contribute towards fmplanting in thic hearts of our [ellow-citizens o living and frult-bearing love of honesty, of truth, of chas- m)-, und of whatever Is oot aud huly. 3 \Vh)‘ askest thou after my name, sceing it Is sceretd I0WA. THD CONGREGATIONALISTS, Bpeciat Dispatch to The Tribune, Burtincron, Ia., June 2.—The deliberations of the Congregationallst Assoclation in this city to-day were devoted principally to the sub- Ject of missions, home and foreign. The devo- tional mectings were marked with fervency and aggreasive tone. This mornfug, Father Ass Turner, of Oskn- looss, presented o short paper on ** Enrly Homao Misslons in Iows,” which created no Ht- tle enthuslusin and comment. He establishied n 1835, at Denmark, a few miles from this place, the first Congregational chureh in Town, At Denmark now s a flourishing Christiun Academy. The early work—its diffi- cultics and hardshlps—wus presented with the vividoess that attaches to all ploneer efforts when rehearsed. This was folluwed by the Jnbllee of the Ameriean Home Misslon Soclety, in which Joseph E. Roy, of Chi® cago, aud Dr, Btores were the moving splrits, and thelr addresses wers absorbiugly fnterest- {uge fn the afternoon, e own Homve Misslonary Soclety held its annual meeting, I, 8, Deforest, of Cuuncil Blutls, presidlng. The State {3 organlzed with two dupcrluwnamts, one for Northern and one for Southern Jows. Both presented escourag- fng reporte. They show S50 churches in_ the State. Of these sixty-nine are sel(-support- ing, Niucty misstonuries have been em- ployed diring the year, aml ten churches were urganized, 8e four hundred and four dollars were expended in the work lust year. The contributions forhome missions umounted to ifil(l!m. \\|Il' (‘-llun. \rlus ome Miselonary in- enteen thousaml made to render the Towa dependent of the American Society and to make it sell-sustainlng, Dr. Storrs urged this move- ment {n un earnest address, This evenlug the Judles of the church enter- tadned the Assoclution with tes aud o soclable in the vestry, The rooms were clegantly decorat~ ed and the table spread for 300. “The tntertaln- ment was a gratifylng success, and incressed the already warm, sympathotle feeling that pervad- ed the” Assovlutlon. ‘There is o good degres of enthustosin and spirit in the meetings, TUE EPISCOPALIAN BISNOPIIC, Spectul apatch &3 The Tri Daveront, In., June? elved here to-day frum the Rev. Dr. Perry, of Geneva, N Y, nm('{)llu;, the electlon us Episco- pal Bishop of ‘thu luwa Discese. Dr. Perry fs about 40 years of age, un able zwewrllur, u Hfish- Churchimay, and au sushor. His credentials witl bo immediately sent to the Btauding Commit- tees of the Chitreh, and to the House of mshuim fug approval, He will be consecruted Bishop ln September next, Tho hreach fu the Tows Epls- copal Church on the Blishop question i uow healed, all the factions being well pleased with Dr. Perry. THH NEWLY-ELECTED EPISCOPAL BISHOP, Special Disputch fo The Tribune. Drs Moines, Ja, June 2.—~The unfortunate Episcopal Diocese of lowa, after much tribula- tion, contentlon, and atrife, lus elected u head of the Church to succeed the lsmented Lo, Though there is little doubt Dr. Eccleston could have been reselected Dishoo, auch wction would have resulted o disaffection. 1o there- fore wroto o letter to his frivnds, couched fn noble Christian language, and magusul- mous fn epleit, which closed us follows: “hetter 8 thousand times for you all to go there (o the Conventlon], ask the Lord ta show you what is best for peace In 1is Chureh, and d0 that, regardless of the clulms or reputation of you, or nie, or _suy one ulse, except your wounded Diocese.” Withthis letter beforu them, his friends withdrew his name from the Conventlon, and Dr. Willlam Stovens Perry, of Geneva, N. Y. wus elected on the tirst ballet, by a vote of 21 tod of the laity, und 41 to 8 of tho clergy. The Bishop-clect 1s & man futhe prime of Nfe with robust, rugged health, and greulfnhyllm‘ cudurance, He'ls an earnest, devout Christlsn, highly educated, and a gentleman in the strict scine of the ' wordy—not a beau, & fancl- ful drawing-room Inau, but a gentleman; a man of great integrity, who scorua artitice or cunniug, and who expects all meu, cqficlflly profoascd Chtatians to sct sincerely, Hels o oyal and conservative Churchman, —yet progressive o idsas, as . ous eo full “of research ns would he. has nln-nd}’ nuthor o In Church-litceature he eatablished a good name, 1o s the n ‘“Commentary on the Book of Proverts,” and ¢ A Hand-Book of the General - Conventlons of — the Protestant Eplscopal ~ Churchy, givinz it Ilistory and - Conatitution, T83-1974.1 He I8 the Ifstorfographier of the Amerlean Chu editor of the 1istorieal Collectionsof the Ar fean Colonfnb Chureh; and Chalrman of the Councl of Pubication conneeted with the His- torical Club, the object of whicl §5 the repul- linbinzg *fn 'fac-simile, by ploteithograpls, of fmportant early hirtorlcat Ghureh dovaments, The hins for many vears been the Scerctary of the ifoure of Clerieal and Lay Depntles of the General Convention of the: Church,—a position requiring peealiar ftness, and flled by bim with remarkable administrative ability, e was recently re-clected Seeretary of the Committee for Foreizn Misalons, andto the headship at the fustitutions at Gambfer. He ls Chafrman of the Committee on the Adiress to the Rev, Dr. Von Doellinger, Professor of E siaatlenl History in the Unlversity of Mun und Presilent over the Conferencehield at Bonn t August, betwesn tembers of the Ol tholie, the Orthdox Orlental, and _the An- glican and American Churches, Dr. Perry bas bren elected Preshlent of two of the oldest Church-eollerges of Amerlea, representing the two theologicn) extremes of the Clinrel,evidenes Ing his moderate and Hheral Vi He s now Prosident of Hobart College, st Grnovn, N o1 prowd aman tostand at the head of fta Chureh, e caunot fall to lmprees bia presence upon the Chureh, command thecon- fidenee of ully nud restore lmrmm?’ throughout e The Dlocese of Town must cortaloly of the acquisition of & the Htate. Ifis advent into the Itouse of Bishops will be juyfally grected by the whole Church of "Amerlen, and ‘reflot hon e renown upon the Diocese he repred Yl:fl[fll: emineimly fitted to be the Chui a Bishop. After the election of Dr. Perry, the C el the fullowing resolutlon: Reroleed, That the noble conduct of Dr. J. 1. Feclenton, as shown by his letter of Jination onvention adopt- o this Convention at” a time wh In the opiniun of the fricnds of the Church, n crixie In its nffales wae impending, meets with the unanimons commendation of the members of Convention, and has allke endearcd him to his pinents, 8 wellan friemis, and that to- day we al) extend to him the hand of friendsbip, with the most earnest oreurance of ontileep ree epect und confidence nud our hizh esteem for him Avn man and an ewminent and distinguishied Presby- ter of the Protestant Eplscopal Church, THE UNQUIET HEART, e quiet, heart! thy weary queat Far *pencs * will koot be w'ers Thy Joncly priran—my rad breast— 1a Trke a bird's abandoned nest "he wind hath wnfted cost uud west, And cast upon the shore, Be llent! breathe no whirper low! ‘hey mock who hear from thee, But et thy wieong, pure ucrent floyr, And wirror thou hot aught below, The cilmxon sunsct’s transicnt glow, The stars o'er Life's ead nea, Ate but o talse, llusive dream, That zuts ¥t fora day, Then lenves @ dreary-mirmuring stream, The shadow of an empty dream, Bereft of wtar or rosy beam, — Bereft of ¢'en Hojie's ray. Be mute! for God will pity thee, "Though men has turacd aslde From thy hushed moans; on Lie's wild sea ¢ The gax all patn aud rorrow fice, Ta jolsi the vain, mad revelr ‘Of youth, and' wealth, and pride. ut thou! such pomp was never thine, Leneath the holy star Thon lovest best to roftly twine With fadinz thinies the hopes that shine— The Asphodel with Exluutine. Around Lifc's prisou-bars. CnicaGo, M) Macoir A. CoTNE, ‘Woman's Place In Nature and Soclety. This sudden revolt agalust the home dutles and unseltish virtues, the modestics and affee- tiows, which formerly distinguished wamen, I8 un odd study. 'This frantic” desire for inascu- line independence and notoriety must have a meaning, if we could but find . Is it an un- conscluus chieck to populution so that o cer- tain portion of our Wwomen are instinetively throwing themselves off from the waln current of life, impedied thereto by a law of which they themnsclyes do not understand the full blEnlie- cance! Inwhich case will thuse who remain true to the old fostincts be ranked as more ani- 1aul than thelr hybrid sistere, or more human? And these_hybrids themselves, what witl they become! Emotional as women are by nature, and as the very result of thelr orgauization, will the third ecx aery inta thelr professional work, their political life, the funcies and exngegera- tions, the loves and the fears, the hysterical ex- citement, the boseless despalr, thie frrational hopes,which usually dominate the lives of wom- ent 8o far as things have gone yet, women have moditied or heightened the action of men rather than themscives set the meosure by which history and humanity have been go erned; but when tho natfoual councils are di- reetly controlled by women, it will be curlous to wateh the working of the system, and to note how far southnent and how fur passion willh the upper lund, and whether the gwe strain of the unpractical salut, or the Instinetive violence _ of the ~ Mmnad, will Le the stronger. Women have the puselbllitics, as the world has already & Thelr gentler prayers have softened the hard terms of conquerors and _brought merey to the conneils of the eruel; and their passlonate cries for vengeance have roused the blood of men to fever heat, nnd from honorable fues transformed them futo bloodthirsty fiends. Even now the opinlous of women inffuence nien In more than oue questionable direction; and lonoruble names und masculine minds ore dragged by them futo hysterieal associntions where” eyl thing fs represented but common sense and the mors workable principles of action. I such things have heen done dn the green tree of indi- rect influence, what will be done fu the dry of direct commund, and when the tonstrous rgi- men of women will be law under which we all shall livel By tho look of things this question will _‘anawer itself before many yeurs bave passed; and for gomd or evil the “preponderating influence of women will come to be recognized as the ehief fuctor in the great sum of meutal forees. Yet surely their nfluence i3 strong enough as things are, with- ont thelr direct hvasion” of the politieal plat- form. As wives and mothers, a5 slsters, friends, and the tirst woman whom the young man loves, they have hnmense power over mens und u power which Is ylelded to voluntarily, snd not resented by even “the most arbitrury—iwho Toves. Without love, we grant it, there™§s not much influcnce on eitherside, But when women ure no longer women, but hybrids, we doubt greatly §f obtaining the rights wiil carry Jove - along with - them, und If they will not lose on the one slde more precious things than they will gain on the uth Nowhere, where women rale, do hings go well; teither where they are Kept in slavery und umlue subjection. ~Awmong workliyg-classes, the women at tin mrn men with a heavy hund, and shrewlshn the publle houses s much a8 slatternily have myscll kuown Instunces where th hus bad” ber own industry separate from the hushand'’s, and where he “has piven her hoard- maney for himself; und fn all these cases 1 have kunowh the wifs buth grudge und tlch frone the food which she had to allow the husband, aud hold herself worthy of plty und conmpas- sion in that she had to cook for him when she herself would huve made up with bread and ten, and pusslonately abuge him for his sensul- ity, in thut he demanded to be moro rlehly nourished thun hersell. And what we see i the woarklug clusses where the mistress 18 the best mun, We sve in the house of tho better- edueated whero the wifo hus the money settled wn herself, and where she has the stronger will, or holds the theory that women urs the ereau of creation—tuen anly the skim-milk; and that the ereamn, by virtuc of Jts own laws, rlses to the top—and stays there,—~Mrs, Linton, in Bel- qravia. the the ————O—— Horeavel lher's Petition, Sedall (Mo.) Moo, Monday evening, as the train bound East in charge of Conductor Dunbain stopped hero for supper, wa notleed w I‘uung womsn attired in deep mourning mp\hl rom ono ol the pussenger coaches, and wulk down tho platform, sttended by a gentleman, She held a hundkerchlef to her eyes, aud, with her head resting upon the slioulders of her escort, her body qulvered with emotion, o8 the hot tears ran down ber fave. Wo did not suspect the cause of her gricf until she passed the bay -Fuge-mutcr leuunlng nglul 3 B cur."As he dib aus, shio Nfted up ber head, and with the tears still streaming down bier pale face, she sald, in u tremulous volee: * Pleasy do not |xllu unythlug on my little ones!’ and then, giving up afresh to the intensest grief, she sank lier bead on the shoulder of the gentleman, and passed back to tho vosch from which sho came. As soon asshe was goue from sl mJ we stepped up to the baggagemun and fnqulrc the caus of the lady's action. Mo thercupon told s that only threw weeks ago sho_ had passed up the road with a family of thres little 1dren. 8ho and they were, oi tho tite, enjoying zoud health, and “were bappy in one another’ They wern besutiful chlldren, and the ther idolized them. Having reached thelr po nb of destivution in the western portion of Kunsas, they were 6uddn\l¥ tuken sick, and tho threo lllt{c onvs died witlitu o few duys of une wuother, and there was nothivg left tu the mother but to bear thefr corpses back to her boue fu the Eust, and g0 they wero fu the car, NASBY. The Sage of the Cross - Roads Opening the Campaign. A Few Words of Admonition to His Party-Friends. The Rollying-Cry of the Democracy : ¢ Jteform and Parity in OM- clal Position,” Toledo Blans, Coxrrpnit X Roans, Wici 15 1IN THE STATE vy Keaueky, May 17.—Auother campane iswell nigh onto us, snd 1 feel the blood a billn 0ty vanes. ~hoss trned out to gross,— wich literally I hev bin ever stuce the hustin uy the Onlimited Trust antd Confidence Comprng,— 1 heer the blare uy the trumpet, and I prick up my cars and taie, und cry ha! ha!tothe carnage. 1 amell the smoke of the conflict, and I smell, likewlse, the plunder underneath that smoke. 1 see In the distance, suctess, and belint that success, Post-Oflis, Post-Ollls! Post-Otlsl Deliteful words! Wat Demuerat §s ther that wouident git enthonsfastic over that prospeck! 1 shel go Into this campaue with my siceves rolled up. "T'hls 18 our last chance for a complete succers, Success Is wat we must liey, and that we may attain that success, I shel throw outafew wonls uy admonishn, wich will be apples uv goll sot in pletures of siiver. We hev bin pastrin on barren feelds too long, and the fat bottows uv ofilsh! patronage kin only come into our hauds by acoot und skiilful management, But ¢l §» difliculties in the way, no matter where we turn. Dimocrisy 18 o curfous com- hinnshu—a curlous and singler mixter. In the Fast to be n Demoerat 1s to he u2Shard-money man, uv the hardest }mfllblc stripe—in the West o he a Democrat fs to be a soft-money uy the softest posetble atrlpe. Tii- den, uv Noo York, who wood ke carry the Dimocratic banner ta ory, proposes to put onto ite fulds “hanl- |xmll('{." Allent, uv Oblo, who wus resurrected from his twenty years' alcep, on purpus to cm- harrass the party, proposes to put on the ban- ner, of it 13 glven to Wi, *roft money, und no end o't T Ef we put up Tilden “and hard money, Allen and soft money put ip Allen and soft moucy, Tilden and hix irends hev the swee! 3 v Knife for his fnnocent throte, and when we come to tarlff and Danks there fs un ckally onreconcilable differens uy upinyun. “Toreconclle these diffrences §s impassible. There aiu’t no yooge in tryinit, and Iain't a goin to, Dodgii s now, ¢z ever, the Demo- erat's best holt. The mun wich kin 1ift jist 200 pounds shows mity little discreshn wen he strains hisself at 250, and I am u man uy dis- creshn. We must bev nuthin to do with the questions on wich unybody differs. Ignorin fs wirdom, Ther afi’t only one {shoo on wich the Dimoe- sy kin plant fteelf, with any hope uy success— only one question oh wich ther kin be perfect voounnimity—and that Ishoo 1s Krrons! On that we are o younit—on that we kin agree ez sweetly s a spring mornin. 1t 15 nuton iy Judgment alone that I depend onto In this maiter. I hev consultid ull the Tecders uy the party outo {t—that is, all the act- oua) leeders, them vz actilly control things, I writ o that gileless patrfot, Willyum Tweed, Esq., who Is now o plnls on & furrin shoar in eonsekence uv a corrupt joory, wich inquired ez to wat he hed done with ten millions uv the rubllcmuunuy. and wuz not content to take is word fur il that he hed speat it Jegally. IHis auser wuz ko strikly in accordance with my noshuns uv things that I yive the heart kills him—cf we all means go fnto the mext canvass on the ishoo uv refortn. The corrupshens uv the resent Administrashen, and I may say uv the tepublikin party in general, 13 sicli ¢z to_appul the heart uy any lover uy his country. In iy Tonely cggsile I frekently shed teers wen 1 think uv tlie steelin that's goin on, “ Let our watchword be * Reform and Parity In officlal posishen.' Ef my lawyers kin git them indictments sgin me equashed Tn time,” 1 will come hotne and help in the eampane. 1 Kkin git controle over two hundred s'loons in the lower wards uv the vity, and ef Tkin git_buck I Kin organize my old Torse, and restoro Tmmm\u;‘ 1u fts old porishen, ez the controller uy the Dim- when discovered by Offcer Travia yeaterday in Hamllton avenue.” The officer opened mo{:nn- dle and discovered the dead body of achild abont a vear old. Investigation shiowed that the ehitd had dled from exhaustion, produced by want of forl. Tho mother was so teak from hunger and want that she hnd fallen whero sha :.lv;u c”l“x“l‘t'lc‘:“c nnlhc'rwnytotha station-house. he Char ommissjoners took chargo of and tho dead Laby, g e . THE COURTS. Examining the AMairs of » Rankrupt Jewe cler—~Record of Judgments and New Sulta—Application for Hnboas Corpus, The adjourncd composition meeting of the creditors of Ransom J. Morse wan held yes! before Reglater Hibbard, and the cxamination into the bunkrupt’s affairs waos also continued, The principal witness was Charles A. Bishop, o prufessional accountant, who testified to haw ing spent alont ten duys, at the request of the As: , In the cxamination of Morse's books, which hud not heen balanced for nver two years, They, huwever, appeared to have heen kept up. There was a deflelcney of $23,420.52n the men chandise account which was not accounted for, epeept as to $16,000 which had been pawncd with James Buxter, Judee Van iggine, Lond. helmer, and others, The books showed that the assets on the Gth of May ought to have been about $52,000, and the debts 837,600, leaving & net capital of $14,500. It app curs that Morse’s former partner, Fur- her, sold out nbout six months ago to Morse for 20,000, of which §0,000 was payable In. Jewelry, and seven notes for $2,000 were glven for the remainder, payable In four years, but Baxter hought them up, ond money hos been raised on them by gving diamonds or other Jewclry as eolluteral seeutity, This 18 whut caused tho trouble first, and led to the examination, as it was fournd that Judge Iigging, for Instance, Tield €5,000 of zoods aid 4o of the 2,000 notes o secure o §2, toan, and that one Londheim. er hind also advaneed money secured by o large amount of dismonds, I clalined “that d’m el by Hizuins ave been pald onee, but not been taken up. The examination s heing pushed by Messrs, Wileox und Lyon, representing the. New York creditors, snd the result yesterday was that Morse withdrew lis o to cumproinise at 25 cents on the dollar, Ilis property will there- fore be probably sokd § usuul v, and the creditors take whut they can realize out of the proceeds. COLWELL, CLAIE & CO. ‘Thomas D. Cather, the Assignce of Colwell, Clark & Co., the bankrupt ssanufacturers o! Ottaws, filed a petition yesterduy setting ont that he was in possesslon of the properts of the baukrupts, Incuding three Jots of land worth £4,000, fuctory and shop #5600, oflice bullding 40, brick wtore-house $1,500, and hardware, cte., $3,000, making n total in value of $10,200. On these assets there are fncumbrances for tuxes, mortgagres, and dnterest to the amount of $6,521.16, Jeaving the equity of redemption worth $3,J76.3%.” The Asslgnce reports that Thomas and Hugh Colwell iave offered §3,000 for the property above-mentioned, sud ko thinks timt o tuir” prive. An order was there- upun entered giving him leave to sell it to them for that amount. DIVORCES, Ulricke Vonberg filed dier bill yesterdny against her hushamd, Welnander, acensing him of having treated hicr so cruelly ‘aud threatened a0 often to kil her that she was ubliged to leave him in 1505, two years after thelr marriage; snd dnce that time she his been obliged o carn ber own living. For which reasons she usks for o divorce. $ Auguste Baumann nlso asks for a divorce bo cause’ her husband, Robert W. Baumann, hag deserted her sluce June, 1673, ITEN, Judge Blodgett will not bie fn town Monday. Judize Jumeeon will make o peremptory csll of ull motions for new trials before him thit worning ut 9 o'clock sharp. The Judges of the Circult Court will be cor aged in consultation over the Mayur case to- day, und will hold no court. USITED BTATES COURTS, M. S. Kingsland began a suit for 82,500 against E. 8. Fleming. Fred 1azicton et ol hmuri‘l‘xt sult for $7,000 agalnst Nuthaulel and Jolin E. Goold. “David Preston commenced an setlon in casy against 8. P, Lunt, W. 1I. Lunt, John Payne 1iewis Nokes, and 'Jobu Mclntyre, laying dau ages ot §10,000, C. W. Humilton began o similar suit against Y. M. Swanzey, of Tiskilwa, Bureuu County, clalming §15,000 domages. oerisy. " The trick of repeatin ez not bin for- gotten, and 1 Kin handle them fellows ez well ezever Teood, ‘Reform and purity’ is wmy watehword,™ Peter B, Sweeney, who §8 yit in Paris, a livin ruther qulet than otherwise, wuz etill more cm- phatie. ~ He sez,—but I will give bis own words: “Reform [s wat we want. I am tlred v llvin alirond, amd 1 want to git back to Noo York. want o hund in the comin campane, for Ihev Jest ez much power ez ever, ef I'kin only grit the cussld Republiking out uv the way. The re- peeters aln't ded yit; and ez ship-loads uv pat- riotic Irishmen, who are wilin to take oflis ez koun ez they land, are a_comin every day, 1kin help to govern Noo York ez well e ever 1 did. But what yoo want to do I8 to make this fite on reform and purity. Do this und git me and Tweed back, and we will muke things bum. Thero {8 Noo York aud it tax Tevivs for the victors, and ef the l‘lll‘l’L‘l!l?‘. tarlil, and all them miner questions are squelehied, and the battle is fought on the simple question uv reforin and l]’flh‘""fl' purity In oflshl posishn we kin win ft. Jteforin is our watehword, and that s wat I insist upou. 1 am ubscnt, but nat for- gotten.” - Connolly, who 15 _restdin In Belglum, where there §s no extradition treaty, and consckently where the luws of the United States forchinitly can't reeeh him, wich makes Tim entirely Inde pendent uv the countey which he hez wloptid, writ me a letter in which he give me his vews us to the situashen, wich is ez follers: 7 hev only wun intrest i the ensoofn eleck- shun—only wun, A lonely eggsile on a furrin shuar, I cast my 8 longluly to my native land, wind yearn Tur'it, Sence me and the rest uv uld Tammany left Ameriky [hey observed with more disgust thun I kin put language into, the corrupshens that hev eeten out the hart uy the vmmlrf uv my adopshea, 1 earnestly hope that the Dimocrisy will take hold uv it In earn- est and reform jt. Wat we want i purity. Owin to efreumstances—wich the same is indict- ments—] can't vome hack persuelly o assist in the shindy, but I pledge to oo the youse uy my old and stanch repecters in'the lower wards of Noo York, wich, of they kin_ depend outo hevin thelr expensis pald and thelr whack in the of- tlees, und fncontrax after the huns, kin be dependid on to do the work Jist oz good ez ever they didd. Let the platform e heavy and solid for purity and reform." Oakey Hall wants reform and purity, and in sleh weoz he fs wilthy to give a fourth uy the forchoon nade when he wuz the wstoot rite bower of Tweed. I hev heerd from em all, The Democrisy of the Sixth Ward of Noo York, wher I wunst Tun a smull grosery, are to & twan for reform. Pendleton want’s reform, and every man wich wuiz turned out of ofils when Johnsou went out {5 u clamorin for it, The Southern Dimoerisy wants Reform. ‘They say i thelr letters to ‘me, “Glve us a Re- fortit platform, sud we'll put away our shot- guns, and keep our huands off the uigeers G after the elections, shoor. We won't insist on to kil niggers, and keep ‘e from ith mutters, till the eleck- Presldent gives us u rite to do ez we pleas Thelr constunt remark s, “Go {n heavy for Reform, aod muke that the one ishuo," Thoe dooty uy the party 18 clear. GI\‘-q us a platform bised entlrely onto Refor Wo kin carry ft. It 18 a great inany yecrs sence wo wuz in Puwrr, und l?'lhlsumu the people he! gotten us and they will taku us ee. I w this, we kin sueceed beyoud u gues Millenhim ain't cum yit nor hez there bin uny vepeelal change in things. We hev the Dog- gerivs, the Catholle Church, und ull the lower vlements. ‘They are wluz ours, and they ure ez strong ¢z ¢ Until sin goes out uy the world there will be & Demovratic party. Hue manity {n the United Btates i divided fnto two classes—them ez wear clean shirts and sox, snd Dimovrats. And 60 loug ¢z this division s ob- served wo are sound, Ttisa good time for us. FEverything 1s In our favor. It hez bina cold spriug—the farm- ersare all hehind with ther work, Ther heg been frosts [n places, which hez destroyed the froot, and ther fsa Joyful prospeck uvu short crap uy everything. ” The people 13 disautistled about §t, snd uy course they will charge overy- thing to the Administration. A fallyoor of tho potato crop fs worth thousands of votes to the linocrisy, any time. 1t Is ouly when things Is 1nu ea bud vz ever they can thut any body ever hinks uy going to the lmocrl-[y; for a clisuge. What wo want {s a 5‘”“ mouth-fillin platforin —a platform wich looks well, and wich tho peo- ple will by satlsticd with, Trou, wat is promised afore elecshun sud wat hsppens ufterward 153 thinge, but let to-morrow take care uv itself, Wat we want now 1s success. = Prrroueun V. Nasoy, (Wich hopes to bo Postmaster). e —— Starved at u Mother' New York Tridune, Mrs. Aunlo Clvdurdals at crying upon a stoop over w bundle which she pressed to Ler bosous, Droast, Josepin H, Hull filed u petition sgatnst B. 11, Campbell, Marshal, and Francls Aguew, Sheriff, arking for o writ of habeus corpus. 11 states that hio wus orrested nnd sent to joll after an cxamination before Commissioner” IHoyne, in default of £1,50 bull, on a charge of compheity with n Post-Offlee clerk named Murray to rod the malls ut Woodstock. Hall dendes that thera wis any evidenee to support the charges, and asks to’ hmve the matter Inguired ioto. The writ was ordered by Judge Blodgett to be lssued returnable June 6. - DANKRUPTCY MATTERS, Charles R. Foster, reslding at No. 447 West Jackson street, filed his voluntury petition yes- lvrdz‘lf. His schedulo shows hls “debts to” bu flerih; s(l but no assets. Hefercnee to Reglster urd. A discharge was fsaucd to Thomas Andrews. A tirst-dividend meeting will be held Juue 15 in the cuse of Thomus Foster. Dischiarses were granted to Robert McPher- sonaud Charles Do Maringr, A composition meeting witl be held June 15 before Register Morgan ot Monmouth in- the case of Leander aud Alphonzo Gates. Gearge W, Camphell was appoluted Assignes of Robert H. Ormsby. An Arsiznee will be chosen this morning for Lewls Friuk. The sdjourned composition meeting of D. Huoward Donovau will Lield at 10 4. m. to- Ay 4 SUPEKION COURT IN BRIEF. Swift's Iron aud Steel Works began a suit, hment, awainst the 1lall Baie und Lock ¥, of Ohlo, to’ recover 85,000 dus’ on three promissory notes. The Eureka Coal Companyg began o suit for £1,500 aguinst the Chicugo Plats und Bur Mill leli’a\ny. Eldora White commenced o suft I trespass agilust the Vietor Scwing-Machine Company, Frank D. Stont, L. C. Riggs, Danlel G. Gals lughier, and M. Popple; layli damages ut §10, CIRCUIT COURT. James Kelley begun s suit fur $1,500 against John O'Nedl aind Hugh McLoughbin. Cattrine Coffey cammenced o sult for 5,000 ust George Schlecht, filed o bill o agulust (i‘hrlsllun Bartiwann, W, O, e 1y tate Savings Institutio Gmuli ‘T alus Meyer, amd Adolplt Niesowand se n truet-deed for $3,000 on Lot 77, k 12 In the Canal Trustees’ Subdlyision ol the. W. 3 {except the 8. E. & of the N W, K] of Sve, 5, 3, 14, Ratph ' N. Ishom fled u bill ngainst L. C, Huck to restrain the collection of "4 personale propurty tex fur 1573 of $354.14 on u valuation Lf TE.512 THE CALL—MONDAY. v—o0k to 507, 509 to 521, and 523 1, nelurive, 1 damesoN—181, 185, 138 to 141, ‘143, a7, inclusive, on Calendar No. 3. —3ut y 5,825, and calendar 75 1o G, Incluslve. Set cane, 2,082, and calendar Noe. 514, 521 to 635, inclusive, JunuE MCALLISTER—Set enes 2,929, and Nos, 40 to 44, inclusive, exeept 433 aud 430 on Judge Bonth's ealendur, JUbGE FARWELL—Set cases 1,100, Denphy va. Riddle, und 847, Porter vo. Walker, Junak WiLLIAMs—Arguments in Riversido Improvement Company cases, JUDUSE Burenton Count—Constnuioss—il, L. Sauls. bury ve. Samuel O. Walker, LAkl —d. 11 M- 'y we. John 11, Sutherlawd, $144.75. —Elius enchaum et al. ve. A W Windette and G Charles Stose, §3, ti. K. ofield vs, Philip Nicks, UINI’;I Gany—C. unar Jasesox—City vs. Ware, condemnation verdict for §7,020. 71 &y t the city, as damages for opening South Dearborn street from Twenty- shxth to Spring strect. This coripletes the ssscss- ments for vpening Dearborn street, 40 that it ex- :'ul\d; from the rlver 10 thy city lwits withoul reak, on e e ——— TO A LOVED ONE. Coud 1 but knov that cach succeeding year ‘Would bring from thoss eweet Npd that same sweel word! Could 1 it see those same bright eyes, snd hear "Thos saino sweet vows 1 have so often hoardy Conld T but feel that, with the lapse of time, ?xx'lmu hand, though dwindled plkan perchance % Le, WAL ellp fu viine, as did it in it prime Whewall was wrapt in wirth aad jolilty} Could I but bear lh{ volce, and kuow each woed Would b nd true in years tu COwe a8 BOWY Could [ but have cach day for my roward ‘l'heilu eame sweed wordd of loves—this aSEE ove-vuw: Then, darling, would I loave alt olse for thes, And live alone fu thine u'ervmuunflluu. And trust through time and all eterally, Nor let the Gods thewsclves ous love H?M Cuicauo. auay.