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

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SU RELIGIOUS. Funeral Cbsequies of a Victim of Southern Outrages. The Sister of State Senator Twitchell, of Louisiana. The New Synagogue of the B'Nai Sholem to Be Dedicated To-Day. Union of the French Reformed Chureh--A Chinese RBeligious Procession. Thirtieth Anniversary of the Pope’s Coronation---The Astor Reredos. Notes and Personals at Home 2nd Abroad=-=-Church Services. REST AT LAST. {TE OBSEQUIES OF THE SISTER OF STATE SEN- ATOR TWITCHELL. Indianapolis Journal, July 11. [The remarks of the Rev. Dr. Bavliss, delivered stthe funcral of Mrs. Helen E. Willis yester- day, are published in asother part of this paper, The deceased was the sister of Senator Twitch- ell, of Louisiana. The circumstances of her death and the causeswhich led to it werestrong- Jy set forth by Dr. Bayliss. She was the victim of a false civilization and a cruel system of ter- rorism, as one brother, her husband, and other relatives had been, and as her maimed and mu- tilated brother who survives her also is. This brother was present at the funeral yes- terdey, armless and helpless, the living vie- m of Southern intolerance. Under these ex- =raordinary circumstances the reverend speaker did not hesitate to depart from tle usual routine of funeral addresses, and to state the facts of the casc in all their eloquent simplicity. His language will not bear condensation, and nowords could add to its meaning. Would that the address could be read by every citizen of the Untted States, and brought home to their earnest attention and consideration. After stating the facts of the case in langmage as simple as it is i{;}flwurf\ll, the speaker drew what scemed to him, :and what “must strike every right-thinking man as the obvious lesson of the hour, viz.: “Whether we dare, with these facts bLefore us, to enthrene the political principles with which these assassins are identified $'—Zd. Ind. Jour.] The funeral ceremonies over the remains of Mrs. Helen E. Willis, sister of State Senator Twitchell, of Louisiana, were held yesterda; afternoon from the residence of Mr. Charles W. Smuth, @9 East Pratt street. The sad circum- stances attending the death of the lady, and the horror awakened in the community by a recital of the wrongs committed upon her family by the chivalrous people of Louistana, served to attract a Jarge attendance of theleading citizens of Indianapolis, all of whom were decply aifect- £d by the oceasibn and the services. The Key. Dr. Bayliss, pastor of Trinity AL E. Church, conducted the service, which was opened with the singing of the hymn: Oh, for the death of those > ‘Who slumber in the Lord. The music was furnished by a_sclected chotr, consisting of Miss Fanuic Carlton and Mrs. Halford, soprano: Mrs. W. Il. Smith and Miss Marcia Willard, sito; Mr. Chumberiain, tenor; and Mr. Sam Morrison bass. Following the 1, the Rev. Dr. Giliett led in a very touch- o and fervent.prayer, in which he involed the protection of Alinighty God upon the surviving relative of the deceased, who hiad been called to pass through a suffering sImost unparalleled, but which might be sanctified not onéf' to kis benefit but to the good of the nation, which must sooner or later learn tudo justice and work righteousness. The Rev. Dr. Bayliss read the fifty-sixth Psalm and the fourteenth chapter of tic Gos- el according to St. Johu, after which the chorus iang: To thee, O God. when creatures fafl, . Tuy flock, deserted flics. kDr. Bayliss then prouounced the following ad- ess: ADDRESS OF DR. BATLISS. We are standing to-day =t the culmination of 1 tragical personai history. Itisnot often, in times of peace, that a funeral service brings men face to face with facts at once so melan- tholy and 2ppalling. And I feel that, though we were strangers personally to her whose sad, end we contenmplate, as we are to the solitary fiourner who follows her to the burial, there are in the casc drcumstances which will interest s all, and will fully justify a departure, in jome Ineasure, from the usual form of funeral wldresses. Mrs, Helen E. Willis was a native of Town- seud, V., was 31 years of age, and o sister of Marshall H. Twitchell, who is Lere to-day, the anly relative who is permitted to be preseat on this sad occasion. She was making her wzfi from the inhospitable neighborh in whicl she bas suffered for years, in Louisiana, to her gative place in New England. She stoppedhere to rest, and, if possibic, to recuperate. But she had suifcred too much to rally, and, after a few days of delay, deatn came yesterduy morming, amd with a grateful beart to thosc who have ministered to her so kindly and assiduously during her brief stay in this strange city, she Icl) geatly aslecp, and is at rest. At the close of the War Capt. Twitchell, brother of the deceased, was on Gen. Sheridan’s stafl, and was assigned to duty in the Red River country in Louisiaua,where be became acquaint- ed with _the lady who afterwards became his wife. He bought land and settled there, de- termined to becowe a citizenand devote himsclf t the improvement of Lis fortuncs and the de- velopinent of the country of his adoption. To this ¢nd he built saw-mills and grist-mills, open- &d stores,did_what could_be done Lo establish schools, and in every Jylossimc way has labored rearnestly to promote the prosperity of the coun- iry about him. 1lis energy and cconomy led to business suc- s8ss, and his brother and three sisters,with their husbands, at length joined him in his Southern bome. Hismotheralso becamne aresident there, 1ad thus bis entire family, with all his interests, were transferred and established permanently, 15 was supposed, in Louisiana. In 1574 there were variousriots in the parfehes adjoining that in which these families lived. enator Twitchell was himself absent. in New Drleans, and a brothicr-in-law named King was vick, 25 was thougirt, unto death. As disturb- wiees continued in the surrounding country, & aumber of Democrats came to sce those \who were well and at home, and said to them: «We 1Te surc that you are here as permanent resi- dents, and we are satistied with you and your principles. But some of your neighbors are not 30 satisficd, and there will perhaps be danger to §Ou unless you put yourseives uuder our pro- tection; but, if you will put yourselves into our flai, ‘fie will Youch ‘fo’x,- 'you to the rioters, and fou shall be protected. i Atter somep conversation, Homer Trwitchell md the two brothersin-law concluded, with some other Northern men in the nc:gh_hur'lmod, to aceept, the oilered proteztion of tueir Demo- aatic neighbors, and accordingly put themsclves under their dircet ) They were led away into an adjoining parish, far cuough to obsiruct the process ol leg prosecution, and then, with a treachery of ‘which we have supposcd none but_Indians to be capa- ble, their protectors turned them over to the mob, and Homer Twitchell and two brothers- fn-law were murdered in cold_blood. It scems incredible,—it is almost too, diabulical to be be- licved. Even after all we have heard of Fort Pillow, and Andersonville, and Belle: Isle, this s 60 horrible as to make us hesitate before be- Licving it. We were in the heat of war when ihe Fort Pillow massacre was perpetrated; An- dersonville was the offspring of passion and fu- 13, but this was calm cnough to be simply ma- levolent, and horrible enough to be fiendish. Oune of Lh;»ss: who fdl‘;;’l that ’&rxfi?lemuse Imassacre of Aug. 31, 1574, was Mr. Monro Willis, husband of her whose weary heart at stands still; and how much of the disaster Of yesterday is traceable to the catastrophe of k‘?‘{f itis impossible for any human being to Still the remnants of the broken, persecuted Bousehold remained in the South. There was “!e{rgmpm , and therc were the graves of their beloved dead. And so, in,spite of the ice which -had given them such startling proofs of its fierceness and unscrupulousness, they still trusted to their own conscious recti- tude snd their peaceful spirit to protect them. ut, alas! there is a diabolism in parts of the Bouth which no goodness can propitiate, aud a Imalevolence which. no gentleness can subdue. The fact is beyond question. . In May last Aice. Wilkia was broken in health Y hex rent anfierngs, 404, A1z, Twischell and King, who were absent, in New Orlean for.’ “Thiey started immediately, atd, o they were x:r_uss?;;g Red River in 3 siifnl! blo'aa: "g approaching to within 4 or 5 yards of the shore, 4 horseman appeared on the bank, ang, unbuttoning his large cont, took from it a Sftenry ;;;nag:t;fi]r;flc, fn‘)mc\:hle Le discharged fifteen he nen in the boat. Mr. Kil - stantly killed, Mr. Twitchell was wgfi:fisal?n one leg and in both arms, and was left by the bandit for dead. After the assassin was Eone, ‘however, the faithful colored bostman, who was s ‘Ifi wounded, lifted the mutilated man iwo the Dboat ‘again, out of which ke ssp_run for sufety, and conveyed him w’l’h pringville, where the army surgeon was. h ¢ faithful‘sister, smitten by sliock after il ock, and almost prostrate as the result of ;clm, still came to her brother’s side, sud waited and watched. The surgeon also watched, and night after night sat with a rifle on his knee, ready to defend his patient, from the mid- night agsanlt of some chivalrous Southron. At length the brother and sister were able to start for the North, being furnished a part of the way with a military cscort. As suon as they reached a region of snfcte', the fearful nervous tension by which Mrs. Willis had kept up gave way, and she rapidly approached her end. Chironic dread of evil from murderers became o Dburden too heavy for her. In her last illness in this Louse she would wake, look around her half bewildered and alarmed, tlien close her eyes again, and on opening them again and recognizisg Ler friends would say” weakly, *Yes, I know you; I am not afraid of you; you are’ Marshall’s frend;” and like a” soothed child she would lie quictly down to rest. Aud 50 the weary wheels at last stood still. Ter hushand, her brother, and_her sisters and 1heir husbands, allslecp in Southern graves, and every male relative was murdered. her last momeonts ker only surviving brother was unable 10 do anything for her except to Wweep. A nurse maust have hands and be able to walk. Nowon- der she died without dread. She was too weary of human cruelty and wrong to desiro to re- main longer here. She sent word to ber mother, now in New England, that she had no fear of dying; she gave her last requests to her friends, mgk L.t:{eu dcp-.xln.ud, Tet glsmtmst, to where ““the ‘wicked cease from troul and the we Teked oo ling and the weary are We are sometimes accused of flaunting the bloody shirt for political effect; of reviving memories which ought tosleep in forgetfulnesss of dragzing before the startled and unwilling eyes of this age the ghastly skeletons of hor- rors which, but for our persistence, would have been forgotten before now. But this to-day Is no mere memory. This is no buried horror just now newly eéxposed for tragic effect. This woman, whose body we to-uay carry to a new-madc grave, is almost as much the victim of Southern cruclty as though some assassin’s bullet had pierced her heart. The; have killed her. They have loaded her witfi horrors until her frail” body could endure it no longer. Indianapolis is called to-day to the task of burying one of the victims of Southern late, and thie Victim is a woman. And what of Lher only surviving male relative ? Is tiis some ancient terror 2 some forgotten wrong just now restated for effect # His wounds are not yet healed; they ate slmost® fresh enough to “be ghaatly. Scarcely three months ago he was as well as any of us, and now he is so lielpless that he cannot wipe away Tis own . tears. And this is America, “‘the land of the free and the home of tue brave;” the land whose historic boast has been its Southern chivalry the land where men can think what they please, and speak what they think; the land where more hiss been said about freedom and the rights of man than has been eaid in all other nations since time began. Ob, how the eloquence of these mute lips, and these handless arms, rebukes and scathes us in our boasting! Our_talk of frecdom is 2 sarcusm. These white lips do mouk at us. Freedom for the South yet waits its natal day. Tum suré I say only what these lips would say could they speak, and only what this brother will approve, when I ask, not” as a partisan, but as 3 man, 1as the time come for us to elevate this proseription into power? Sball we dare, ‘with these facts before us, to enthronme the political princples with which these assassins arc identificd? Shall we give to such griguntic and bloody wrongs 2s these the sanction of & political victory? It becomes us to consider the gueshou, not as isans, but as men who love reedoni, aad as Christians who love God. In concluding, the reverend gentleman spoke a few words of tender sympathy to Mr. Twitch- ell, who was present in the room, utterly hefpless, waited upon by a friend, who was com- pelied to minister to him in the most trifling matters. During the remarks of Mr. Bayliss an almost painful silence prevailed, expressive of the profound inscrest felt by all present. Every eye was melted to tears, aud in all proper ways the deepest_sympathy was expressed for the gentleman who was called to pass through such = trying ordcal of suffcring. ‘The preachier then offered an _carnest, impas- sioned prayer, enforcing the solemn lessons of . the Liour, whereupon thie religious services were concluded with the hymn, Hark! a voice divides the sky— Tiappy are the fuithful dead! In the Lord who sweetly die, R ‘They from all their toils are freed. The beautiful casket containing the remains, ‘mounted with a cross, crown, 2nd wreath of im- mortelles, was borne to the hearse through an avepue of weeping friends, though strangers, the pallbearers Being the Honm. Livingston Howland, Mr. John 8. Duncan, the Hon. Stan- ton J. Peelle, Capt. Eli F. Ritter, Mr. John A. Finch, Mr. U. J. Hammond, Mr. James H. Baker, and Mr. J. L. McMasters. 'The cortege procecd- ed to Crown Hill, where Dr. Bayliss read the burial service of the Mcthodist Church, the choir sang an 2ppropriate hymn, and with the bene- diction, while the bell tolled its solemn requiem, the murdered body of Mrs. Willis was left to rest till the judgment. Indianapolis has never ‘witnessed a faneral oceasion in whith more ele- ments of tragedy were mingled than in this; certainly none where sympathy ever was calle for more imperiously or offered more {reely and gencerously. BNAI STOLEM. 'DESCRIPTION OF THEIR NEW SYNAGOGUE. The Congregation Bnai Sholem will at 2:30 this afternoon lay the corner-stone of their new synagogue, which stands on Michigan avenue, Dbetween Fourteenth street and the raflroad crossing.- At present, the masonry work of the new edifice is completed on three sides up to the second story, and no idea can be formed from this pile of brick, stone, and mortar of how it will look when finished. ‘An examination of the plans of the building, as prepared by Architeet Reinwell, of 155 Randolph strect, shows that a very handsome ,building is to be crected for the accommodation of thig Socicty. It fronts west on Michizan avenuc, and its ground dimensions are 66x113. 1t will be built of rcd pressed brick, laid in black mortar, with Lemont limestone trimmiogs in plain modern _style. The main eptrance will be_in the " centre of the facade. The building wilkbe divided into two sturics. In the lower will be two large rooms, one 49x60, 10 be used as a Sunday-school room, a second 32.8x00, which will be'ysed as a lecture-room. On this floor there will be also two committee- rooms, 15x25, and several smaller apartments. This story will be 13 feet in height. ‘The sccond story will be the auditorinm, It will occupy the whole space except the small portion devoted to the hall, the orgsn, and pastor’s rooms. It will be very handsomely finished in hard wood, with stained glass windows aud frescoed walls. The Tighting and_ventilation has been carefully at- tended to, and the congregation will undounted- 1y find their church very satisfactory in this re- spect. The auditorium will be 20 feet in beight. It will seat 700 Eersons. The front portion of the edifice will be surmounted by two neatly- finished turrets, which will reach 103 feet above the pavement. The cost of the building when mpleted will be in the neighborhood of $30,- 000 The Bnat Sholem congregation is the oldest Jewish congregation in the city. 1t was organ- jzed in 1832, and worshiped “at the coruer of Harrison and Fourth avenue until the fire of 1871. 1t then moved to the Universalist church, corner Hubbard and Wabash avenue, where they were again burned out by the fire of 1874. Since then they have been allowed the use of B. F. Jacobs® Sunday-school room in the building erected on_the same place. The congregation numbers eighty families. It is at present with- out a regular minister, though Mr. Messing has had nominal charge. . i THE FRENCH REFORMED CHURCH. TIE COMPROMISE OF ITS SECTIONS. A letter from Paris to the London Times ander date June 22 bas the Knl](_)_ ing: tiations between the Liberzlsand Ortho- du’xxll?!:&g:s of the French Reformed Church bave just terminated, with the reanlt in;uhndowcd n; Your colnmns a fortnight 820, Thave been favorel i i ed to by 338 & proof sheet of the compromise agrecd o by O e ents, Tt is in these four delegutes :E:ep‘;mu n(gu their constituents. terms: g § . Committee of the Liberal o e P o reservation of the rights o Bort% it reprceents, and in order toarriveat an Saveoment, that it acceptsthe Synodal Presbyterian S anization; that it acknowledzes (hat the de tion of faith voted on the 2t }: Tfié expression of the general fuith hat thif declaration cannot, eith i ite contentx, be the object of attucks on th o Dasiors in the exercisc of their fanctionss Ul ih varions ecclesiastical bodics ga\é nl i:\‘i qt i ,117‘ e these attacks by all the 'i:he A et e, e, icir power The tndersigned ) OOy e beari e o s of their fans: | nected Wi Y, JULY 16, 1876—SIXTEEN PAGES 9 tions, and after having expressly reserved the pleniiade of the righta of e Chmcat, vepreesnted Y the General Synod, pledge themselves, in the cvent of the declrratiuns above laid down being nc- cepted by the Liberal party, to propose to the next Synod, if they have the honor of belng elecled to it, the withdrawal of the demand of the State to appprove the Synodal decision couched in these terms: *Every candidate for the eacred ministry, before receiving ordination, shall be bound tq de- cl:lm that he adheres to tlie faith of the Church us atirmed by the General Synod.’ They substitate as a_ condition that the record of ordina- tion of faith has becn read to the candidate for the sacred ministry before his conseeration. Themem- bers of the Permanent Comimittee subordinate their pledze to the early meeting of a Synod convoked according to the Synodnl conditions of the elector- ete; but if the Liberal Churches, in view of con- ciliation, agree to reconstitute in this manner the Presbyterian Councils and the Consistories, it has been borne in mind that tie mode of verification bas been left by the Synod to the discretion of Con- Eiatories. 1t has been azrecd that this acceptance would in no Wul{ prejudice theright of the churches 10 preporc at the next Synods such a modification glletk)x,e clectoral regulation a8 may appear desira- This, like most compromises, especlally ecclesi- astical ones, 16 tvced with lm‘blgr:lity‘ p i Ehma[ng to both extremes; to the extreme Right ecause they would rather bea **happy few,” to note the name of an obscnre English sect, rather than swell their numbers by any doctriaal latitude; and to the extreme Left because it exacts condi- tions which they consider irksome and degrading. The Liberal Pastors are relessed indeed from the obligation of subscribing to the declaration of faith adopted by a narrow majority of the Synod four yeansagos but they are debarred from impugning any of its doctrincs from the pulpit, and Liberal candidatee for ordination are to huve the declara- tion rend to them. ‘The Liberals are to held a con- ference nest month at Nimes, the Capita) of Liberal Protestantlem, and it will then be decided whether to accept the compromise or not., CHINESE RELIGION. A SAMPLE PROCESSSION. Fortnighly Review. In its many turnings the path again led the visitor to the near neighborhood of the river. More music of the same kind, but somewhat more solemn and sonorus, was audible upon the right. From behind a clump of trees and bam- boaos, in which a snug homestead lay embowered, emerged a long procession. In front came the musicians, then severnl men carrying staves, then a gayly-dressed object on a tri- umphal chair, and then a body of men and a very few women; all of whom together—per- force moving along the narrow path in single file—made up a goodly show. Upon the trium- phal clair was scated, in gorgeous robes of scarlet, with a tinsel crown and jewels, a divin- ity of wood with a pink complexion, a long black beard, and Aryan features. The chair was borne high on the necks of four stalwart coolies; and by its side, steadying it as it swayed to and fro in its passage along the narrow way, walked with difficulty, owing to the narrowness of the path, a grave citizen of the higher class. Lictors, bearing stout staves, formed a body-guard. All—bear- ers, lictors, musiclans—ware s peculiar head- dress, a kind of tall flower-pot-shaped hat, with a brim not unlike those secn in illustrations of the life of our English Puritans. As the pro- cession passed infront of the homesteads the inmates came out and_exploded whole strings of crackers. In front of many houses small altars were placed, on” which” were burning slender scarlet tapers, and little sheaves of in- cense sticks placed in censers of brass or earth- enware. Children were brought out by thelr mothers, and _taught to render obelsance—to chin chin, 2s the expression in the Pidgin dialect is—to the image as it was carried by. The blasts of music grew louder and louder, gongs were sounded, more crackers were ex- ploded, and the procession turned off to wind about among the felds. Strangeand grotesque as it all was, it still reminded the spectator of the periodical outings of St. Spiridione to bless the vineyards of the olive-groves of Corfu. Its meaning was thus explained in “Pidgin® by a bystander who has s slight knowledge of that wonderful dialect. Thricea year the divinit is carried forth in solema procession, that sick- nees may be warded off from the country. A collection of fumulilying in ouc spot, rather closer together than was usual, formed quite a hillock on the usending plain. * Thither the pro- cessfon wended its way, and on the summit of the eminence, in front of & table beneathan awning, the image was depasited. An attendant fired off four barrels of a quaint petard, volleys of crackers were exploded, and a fire was lighted on the ground before the fmnge. A Bonze, with completely shaven head, then advanced, recited & loug; prayer, and scattered bowlfals of cooked rice on all sides. Pilesof Chinese offerfory money, made of gold and silver paper, were offered up and barned in the fire. The Bonze rang a bell and said more prayers; the image was lifted up in its chair, and the proccssion moved onward on its way. A smull temple stood not far off. Inits main hall the divinitles were being regaled with a sumptuous banquet. Three long tubles covered With vi ands—sweetmeats, fruits, vegetables, and the inovitable roasted pig—were stretched athwart the pavement of the ball. At the upper end of each were placed three images, both male and fcmale, all bedizened with a tawdry finery of tinsel and inferior eilk. Herc was a veritable Jectisternium,” on a small provincial seale it is true, but perhaps not an inexact reproduction of the great * Epulum Jovis,” held ages ago in the Roman Capitol. Crowds of peasants were standing outside looking on. In the court in “front were piled strange-looking instruments of music—ffes, trumpets of prodigiouslength, and guitars made of snake-skin. THE POPE. ANKIVERSARY OF TS CORONATION. RoyE, June 21.—To-day was the thirtieth an- niversary of the coronation of Pope Pius, which was celebrated by a Te Deum at St. Peter’s. On Sunday the Pope gave an sudience to 400 German pilgrims from various parts of the Em- pire. The great ball of the Consistory washung With rich sacred hangings, ecclesiastical vest- ments, and othier offerings brought by the pil- grims. They were headed by Baron Loe, Baron Schilestadt, Baron Nagel .Itlingen, Count Lippi, and other distinguished persons. An address was read by Baron Loe, which is described a5 a noble protest against all the unqualificd attacks upon the faith and against the unjust and tyrannical laws injurious to the Church of Christ and the Catholic religion, against the abuse of civil authority, the impris- onment and banishment of Bishops and clerzy, and against the Satauic war waged against mor- als and sound_instruction. The Pope, in a dis- course delivered in reply, spoke of Antiochus aud his end, and, in a firm voice, pronounced some_errible comparisons, which will be pub- lished to-morrow. Atter the Pope had imparted ‘Tiis benediction, the pilgrims sang a Piuslied at Tis_desire, aud, on lcaving, they ealuted His Holincs$ three times with a ringing ¢ Zs lebe Lius IX. #* “ Hoch ™ A considerable sum for the obolus of St. Peter t¥as reccived. PROCEEDINGS OF A CONSISTORY. ‘RomE, June 26.—The Pope held a Conslstory this morning, during which be filled fourtcen Archicpiscopal and ten Episcopal Secs. Among these,” Monsignor Carverot was raised to the Archbishopric of L%‘ons, Monsignor Thibaudier to the Archbishopric of Soissons, and the Rev. James O'Connor, Deputy Vicar Apostolic of Nugmska, was preconized Bishop in partibus in- fldelium. On Saturday his Holiness gave andience to the Generals and the Procurators-General of the various religious Orders. In the afternoon he received the scholars of the Hospital of the As- sumption, commonly called Tata Glovanni, where in his young days he filled onc of the masters’ offices.” Yesterday he gave dudience to the Prothonotaries Apostolic of the Tribunal of Sacred Rota and other legal officials of the Papal administration; ‘and this morning, after the Consistory, the Chicfs of Offices and Ministers of State of the Pontitical Government were re- ceived. These deputations waited on his Holi- ness to copgratulate him on recent annivesa- ries. As each address was prescated the Pope made appropriate discourscs in reply. THE ASTOR REREDOS. THE MEMORIAL IN TRINITY CHURCH. Xew York World, July 8. The Astor Memorial, in Trinity Church, to be erccted by the sons of the Jate William B. As- tor, in memory of their father, will take the form of a nmew reredos to takethe place of the present wooden sercen at the rear of the chan- cel. The new work has been designed by Fred- erick Clarke Withers, architect, and will com- pare favorably in geacral effcet and in the treat- ment of details with the best work of the En- pglish Gothicists. The work has been desighed in the perpendicular style in conformity with the style of the church. In ma- terial the reredos will be mainly Caen store, but enough marble in white and varfous colors with other stones will be employed, to- gether with color decoration, to bring out the details in strong relief. It will extend across the whole of the further end of the chancel, and rise to the sill of the great chancel window, 2 height of some 20 fect, with a width of 33 feet. In the ceater a pediment supporting a cross will rise toa total height of 25 feet, while four angels on buttress points will rise to a -corre- sponding height, ope at either corner of the screen, and the other two at either side of the pediment. Before the reredos, and con- th it, projects the altar table, 11 feet } long by 3 fect 6 inches broad, with the five em- blematic crosses engraven unon its face at the corners and centre. The altar top of white marble will be supported by short spiral-carved columns with fred marble shalts, leaving three broad and two narrower panels, with a panel at either end on the returns. These flanking pan- cls will contain the sacred monogram in enam- el, the front panel at cither end will contain &lfo the enamel, the Pelican, and the Agnus Dej, while the centfnl panel will be filled In with geometrica! designs and a cross in precious stones. The smaller panels will be filled in with figures of kneeling sngels. From the altar, éxtending out to tlie outside lines of the reredos, will be pancls of diaper work in Caen stone, Above these, supported by a line of moldings with ballflowers, will be the super- altar, extending completely across the front. This_is a shell of white marble, about.a foot broad, and {n case of the decoration of the altar and chancel with flowers at Easter or other fes- tivals serves as a stand for the offerings. Above it, on what might be called the * hanging linc” of the work, aremore panels, three on either side, each 2 feet square, anda long one over the altar table 4 feet broad by 2 feet high. The panels are filled with bas-réliefs in alabaster, illustrating the life of the Savier on earth. Oy the extreme le!ti’lnuing the altar, is Mary Mag- dalen washing the feet of Christ. The next pancl is the entry into Jerusalem; the next the washing of the disciples’ feet. In the central panel s 4 representation of the “Last Supper after Leonardo da Vinci, with the iaseription be- neath, ¢ This do in_remembrance of Me.” Ina small oblong panel to the leftis a bunch of wheat-stalks, with the legend, “ I am the bread of life,” and on the right flank a vine, with the inscription, “ Tam the true vine.,” To the right of the altar the first panel is the * The Agony in the Garden; ” the next the Betrayal by Judus;" and at the extreme right the scene before Pilate. Upon the execution of this bas-relief work the utmost effort, will be expended. Above each of the side panels rise Gothic_arches, broken in the centre by a column Into double niches each, giving in all'twelve openings, in which will be placed aline of the twelve apostles,—statuettes 30 inches high, of white marble,—each standin, upon o red-shafted pedestal. The bac) ground behind the figures will be of burnished gold. Over The central por- tion and some 6 fect abuve the altar table is o large triangular panel, about 8 feet across by 5 fect high, with the group of the crucifixion in Cacn stone. This will be done in high relief, and besides the fipure on the cross will repre- sent the three Marys at its foot. Beneath are the words, * Behold the Lamb of God,” with a Tine of passion flowers. Above in the spandrils of the central triangle are smaller circular me- dallions of the * Ascension” and the * Resur- rection.” Onaline with the other statuettes arg¢ four cauopies, and on the face of the four buttresses are the four fathers of the Church,—St. Ambrose, St. Augustine, St. Gregory, aud 8t. Jerome. On the returns of the outside buttresses are two other canopies, con- taining statues of 8t. Michacl aud St. George slaying the dragons, figuratively guarding the whole line. There will be in all cighteen of these marble statucttes. The buttresses arecar- ried tip and surmounted by four standing angels represented as playing on musical instruments. Between the two central buttress tops the work is carried up to a richly-worked cross. On the cdiment below it, in an oval, 5 feet high by 3 et 6 inches broad, is a high-relief of t in His glorr, angels bowed down in adoration fill- ing in the angle corners on either side. RELIGIOUS MISCELLANY. TAB CHURCH IN GENERAL. The collections in London on Hospital Bun- day amounted to over $50,000. The Harrison Streets Baptist Church—Ilate Temple, snd formerly Fifth Church—has dis- banded, being unable Jonger to maintain an or- ganization. g The Christian women of Calcutts, Indis, are conducting & remarkably successful crusade against the liquor-shops. : A lady in England has given to Bishop Quin- tard, of Tennessee, $14,000 for the University of the South, an institution nnder the control of the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church. There are 521 Congregational churches in the State of Massachusetts, having a membership of 85,677. The net increase of members during the year just closed was over 1,000, During the contury “closinz the_4th of July, 1576, the in- crease” of orthodox Congregational churches in the State has been over 500 The Irieh Presbyterian Gemeral Assmbly had a stormy debate over the use of instrumental mu- sic in their congregations. The result was that no censure was passed upon those who continue the use of harmoniums, but the Assembly re- uested that, for the sake of peace in the Church, the instruments should be removed. The Old Catholic Conference at Bonn voted against a married clergy—35 to 8. Dr. Dollin- ger had vreviously written strongly in favor of celebacy in the priesthaod, and his .influence donbtlcss contributed greatly to' the result. Celebacy was favored, not as a principle, but, on the ground of expediency, it being feared that at this time a.married clergy would attract un— worthy men from the parent Church. A contributor to the Church Eclectic 8ts the substitution of guilds in cvery parish, in- stead of vestries, aud he pm{)oscs thus to place the lay power in the bands of all baptized mem- bers of the Church and to_take it out of the hands of the vestrics, who, in his opinion, “haye not only outlived thelr influence, but have lived to do infinite hiarm by mal-adminis- tration, by persecutions of the clergy, "{ dom- ination over the laity, and by general obstruct- iveness.” A Bunday-school assembly will be held at Fair Point, Chataugua County, N. Y., beginning July96. July 20 will be the first day of o Tem- erance Convention, which will last three days. Tathe ‘morning of the first day, Frances Wil lard, of this State, will address a mecting, and in the afternoon of the same day the Rev. M. M. Parkhurst will preside over a conference. These two workers will also take other prominent part in the excreises. Among the lectures in the Sunday-School Assembly will be one by M. C. Hazzard, of Chicago, who will speak on * Teach- ing with Power.” The old J)rejud.lcc agalnst the organ in church is rapidly dying out.in Scotland.” The steady increase in the number of church-organs in the principal cities and towns in Scotland cannot furnish organists enough. The scarcity of Scoteh people who can properly plag the organ is 6o great that og,musts haye to be imported {rom England. Prejudice dies hard, however, in some of the country places, and there are to be found plenty of Scotchmen and Scotch women who would indignantly tramp out of church at the first sound of the notes of the “unholy kist of whistles,” as they persist in calling the organ. Miss Yonge, the novelist, suggests a change in the ceremonies of marriage in"these memor- able days: Wb{ should not the marriagetake place in really early morning, with the celebra- tionat its fit timé, and only attended by the bride’s maidens, the nearcst and dearest to both, and by those friends aund relatives whose hearts are in the matter? Later inthe day there might, according to the circumstances of the family, be full festival, including neighbors, and, above all, those special guests of our Lord’s own wedding Tenst, the poor and the maimed, the halt and the blind. _Aight not this, for the very reason that it would be a grievance to the world, be more like a_Christian wedding, and a ls&fe;" beginning of the joint journey L’hrongh e The Jesnits have the following colleges in this country: Boston College, South Boston, and College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Mass.; St. Francis Xavier, New York; St. John's, New York _(Fordham); St. Joscph’s, Philadelphia; St. John's, Frederick, Md.; Loyols, Baltimore; Gonzags, Washington, D. C.: Georzetown, D. C.; Spring Hill, near_Mo- bile, Ala.: St. Louls University, St. Louis, Mo.; Colloge of the Immaculate Conception, New Orleans; St. Charles, Grand Contead, La.; St. Joseph’s, B:u'dsm\ng Ky.; St. Xavier, Cincin- pati; 3t. Ignatius, San F!mndnco;'and Santa Clara, Cal. In Capada, the Jesuits conduct 8t. Mary’s College, Montreal, founded in 18585 and they have recently petitioned the Dominion Parlisment fora restoration to them of the estate owned by the Order before its suppres- sion in France and her colonies. The number Z{.hr;mmmmu d States and Canads is Bishop Howe, of the Protestant Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina, in his_address to the Diocesan Convention, strongly urged the ad- mission_thercto of the delegates of the St. Mark’s Church, which is composed of colored members. The Bishop said: *In my judg- ment you will not alone deny an ecclesiastical right. but you will also go in direct opposition to the mind and usage of the entire Anglican Church, of which we are very humble members, For if a church presents itscif, already a part of the diocese, and. wmglying with all your terms of admission as laid down, and asks for admis- sion into this Convention, and you refuse it ad- mission_on the ground of rate—and it will be utterly idle to allege any other—you will, in my judgment, do 3 most_uncharitable act, and reg- ister the Church of this diocese as the Chure ofacaste. 1 pray you pause beforc you take such a position as this.” The resolution to ad- mit was defeated by the vote of the lay dele- gates. B The Presbyterian Foreign Missionary tabulates thus the growth of Protestant Christian Mis- elons in the past fifty years. Fifty years ago there were four missionary societies in the Unit.ed States—the American Board, organized in 1810; the Bngust Board, 1814; the Methodist Board, 1819; the Protestant Eptscopal Board, 1821 Only the first two had thelr missionaries outside of the United States. The estimated number of converts at that time was 40,000, of whom 384,000 were blacks in the West Indies and Guiana. * Thie annual contributlons for missions in 2ll Protestantism were abont $1,000,000, the ghurches of the couatry giving sbout oe-ninth. There were zbout 400 ordained missionarics. There are now about 2,300 ordained mfssfonaries. The arerage aunual contributions of all Protest- ant missionary organizations is abont $6,000,~ 000. ° The present number of communicants in mission stations is thus estimated: Africa and Madazasear, 130,000; Euro;{eg 53,500; Asia, 120,000; al,rnesia,v 70,000; North and South America, 21,500; West Indies, 105,000; making a total of 500,000 At the fiftieth or Jubiles ‘Conference of ‘the Maine Congregational churches, just held, im- portant statistics covering the entire half cen- tury were presented. enty-nine of the churches in Maine are older than the Declara- tion of Independence.. The oldest is the church in York, founded in 1672. One hundred and twentrfivu of the churches are over fifty years old, and 117 less. There are this year 243 churches, having an aggregate of 19,560 mem- bers. Intwenty years the increase of members has been 2,923, or about 17 per cent. The total number of members added this year is 1,130; deducting losscs by death and otherwise, the net gain is 331 members. One hundred and sixty of the churches have been regularly supplied with ministersdur- ing this year; sixty of these had pastors; the others were supplied by ministers without pas- toral charge or g theological students. One hundred and eighty-twwo churches, having 16,28¢ members, report their average congregations to be 22,861 ; adding sixty churches that do not re- port their congregations, the total of the aver- age attendance of the congregations of the State is estimated to be 28,010. unting tree ad- herents for each communieant, the total popu- Iation of 3faine holding the Congregational faith is believed to” be 84,000, or one-seventh of the whole population, PERSONAL. & Dr. Duncan has resigned the Presidency of " Randolph-Macon College (3quthern Methodist) ‘becausc of ill health. Bishop Huntington, of the Protestant -Episco- pal Diocese of Central New York, will spend the summer at Hadley, Masa. . The Rev. Dr. John Hall, of New York, has been called to Ireland by the death of his,| mother. He exdects to return by the middle of September. The many friends of Dr. F. M. Elifs, late pastor of the Michigan Avenue Baptist Church + nthiscity, will be glad to learn that he is pleasantly settled, with most encouraging pros- pects, in Denver, Col. The Rev. W. A. McCorkle, D. D., who was called to the pastorate of the church at Lake Forest, and who has been acceptably supplying the pulpit for the past three months, has felt obliged to decline the call on account of the effect of the climate on his heaith. This is a gricvous_disappointment to the church and community, who have been looking forward to his settlement with great satisfuction and pleas- ure. The Doctor has returned to his family at Princeton, N. . For some time o statement has been golng the rounds of the papers that Spurgeon will visit this country next fall. But thers scems to be some doubi, even among; the Baptist, papers, as to the reliability of the report. ~While some of the Baptists conld extend to this distinguisked preacher a very warm welcome, others would far rather that he would stay op the other side of the Atlantie. The trouble is that they are afraid of his influence on the communion guestion. Spurgeon is an outspoken believer in open com- munion, and he is & man whom it s itnpossible to muzzle. Were he to come here, the Icading Boptists wonld be bound to show him some civility, especially in the way of inviting him to their “pulpits. They could not make an agree- ‘ment with him beforehand to keep his mouth closed on the vexed question; nor could they be sure that he would not give uttersnce to his views upon it. This would make them uncom- fortable all round, and open the way to a dis- ble controversy, in which the great En- glishman would probably be more than a match for his American antagonists. So there will doubtless be, in certain quarters, a lively sense of relief if it shall be suthoritatively announced that Spurgeon will not visit us.—New York St SPOONER DISCOURAGED. DNFORMATION ABOUY TITB NAVIGATOR ISLANDS. ‘When young Mr. Spoomer left college he made up his mind to enter the ministry and be- come a missionary. One day he met Capt. Hubbs, and when he mentioned that hethonght of going out as a missionary, Capt. Hubbs asked him, ¢ Where are you going?”’ S.—“To the Navizator Islands. I sall in October.” Captain (shaking his head mournfully)—* Poor young maa! Poor young man! It is too bad, too bad indeed. Going to the Navizator Islands! Not married yet, I reckon? No? Ab, so much the better. No wife and children to make widders and orphans of. But it’s sad, anyway. A promising young feller like you. My heart bleeds for you.” 8.—“What d’you mean ¥ Captain—“Oh, nothing. I don’t want to skeer you. Iknow you'redoing it from a_sense of duty.. But I've been there, to them Navigator Islands, and I'm_acquainted with the people’s little ways, and I—well, I—I—the fact is, you sce, that—well, sooner'n disguise the truth, I don’t mind telling you siraight out that the last day I was there the folks et one of my legs— sawed it off an’etit. Now you cansce how things are yoursell. Them Navigators just gobbled that leg rizht up. It was a leg a good deal like yours, only heavier, I reckon.’} 8.—**You astonish me!” Captain—* Oh, that's nothing. They did that just for a little bit of fun. The Chief told me the day before that they never et nothing but Luman beings. He said his family consamed about three a day all the year round, counting holidays and Sundavs. He was a light cater himself, he said, ou account of getting dyspep- sia from a tough nigger that he et in 1847; but the girls and the old woman, so he said, were very Dcarty caters, and it kept him busy prowi- ing_ around after humen beings to sptisfy ’em. The old woman, he said, rather prcf:%red to eat ‘babies, on account of her teeth being poor; but the girls they conld eat the grizzliest sailor that ever went aboard ship,”’ 8.—* This is frightful.” > Captain—* And the Chief said sometimes the supply was awful scarce, but lately they had begun to depend more on imported goods than on the home products. And theywere better anyhow, for He said the missionary societies were shipping’ them some nice lots of provender, and the tears came in his eyes when he said how good they were to the poor, friendless savage awayon a distant island. He said he liked a mission: not too old or too youn;, but—let’s sec, what’s your age, did you say?* 8.—* 1 amn twenty-eight.” Captain—*Ithink he mentioned twenty-seveny but howsomever he liked ’em old enough to be solid, and young enough to he tender. And he said e liked missionaries because they mever used rum or tobacco, snd always kept their fiaver. I know I scen one young feller who came out there from Boston. He got h‘;F a kind~ and while he was er mmp—mecliniin the woods, ving_out & hymn one of the congregation E:mgud him on the head with a club, and n less than no time he was sizzling over a fire right in front of the pulpit. They Iit the fire with the hymn book and kept her going with his ser- mons, He was a man just about your build—a little leaner’n you be. And they like 2 man to be stoutish.” He eats more tender.” 8.—*1I had no idea that such awful practices existed.” Captani~-T haven’t told youhalf, for I don’t want to discor e you. Iknow you mean well, and maybe they’ll let you alone. ~ But Iremem-~ berwhen I told the Chilef that there was a'whole ot of you fellers studying to be missionaries, he laughed and rubbed his hands, and ordered the old woman to plant more horseradish and onions the following year. He was a forchand- ed kind of aman for ‘s mere pagan. He said that if they would send him along the supplies rc%nlnr, 50s not to glut the market, they conld put away the entire clergy of the United States, and balf the Deacons, without an effort. He was nibbling at a missionary bone when he :jmke, and the old woman was makinga new ub out of another one. They are an economi- cal people. They utilize "Emmnfi}g S.—This is the most painful .intelligence that I eve&- recu:li;cd. h]’.l I feit certain about it I ‘would remain at home. Captain—* Don’t let me induce you to throw the thing up. I wouldn’t & told you anyway, only you kinder drawed the information out of me. “And as long as I've gone this far I mizht as well tell yon that I got a lctter the other day from a man who'd just come from there, and be said the crops werc short, eatable people were ssarce, and not one of them savages had bada square meal for months. Wnen “he left they - were sitting on the rocks hungry as thunder, waiting for 8 missionary soclety hip to Iner:‘v)& ‘And now I must be going. Good-by. E “" Tl never se€ you again. — "Take a 1ass. 100] s the folks preferred white meat., me, and dué’otoléolmrwhen' they put you on the THE G.A.ME OF CHESS gridiron. morning.” Then the Captain hobbled off. Mr. Spooner has concluded to stay at home and teach school.—Philadelphia Bulletin. CHURCH SERVICES. ‘EPISCOPAL. ‘The Rev, Samuel S. Harris preaches at 10:40this morning in St. James' Church, corner of Csss and Hauron streets. —The Rev. Dr. Cushman preaches at 10:30 a. m. and 7:45 p. m. to-day at St. Stephen's Church, Johnson street, between Twelfth and Taylor. —The Rev. B. A. Rogers preaches to-day at 10:30 8. m. at the Charch of the Epiphany, Throop strect, between Monroe and Adams. —The Rev. Henry G. Perry preaches this morning 2nd evening at All Saints’ Church, corner of North Carpenter and West Ohio streets. —The Rev. W. IL. Topkins will preach at St. John's Church, Ashland avenue and Madison strect, 8t 10:30 & m, and 7:45 p. m. —The Rev. Theodore J. Brookes will preach at Trinity Church, Michigan avenue and Twenty- sixth street, morning and evening. —The Rev. Dr. Locke will preach at Grace Church, Wabash avenue, near Sixteenth strect, at 11a. m. and 8p. m. —The Bev. Dr. D. F. Warren will preachat St. Mark's Charch, Cottage Grov e avenue and Twenty- sixth street, 8610:30 8. m. and S p. m. —The Rev. H.C. Dancar will preach at Memorial Church, 1ndiana avente, near Thirtieth strect, at 10:45a. m, and 8 p. m. —At the Catbedral of SS. Peter and Pan}, corner Washington and Peoria streets, there will be morn- ing prayer t9:30, communion a10:45, and even- ng prayer st 745, Full Cathedra] service, Z Luther Pardee will preach at Calvary Chnrch, ‘Warren avenus, between Oakley street and West- ern avenue, 2t 10:30 a. m. and 8 p. m. —The Rev. G. W. Morrill wlfl' reach at the Church of the Holy Commupion, Sonth Dearborn street, between Twenty-ninth and Thirtieth, at 10:452. m. and 7:45 p. m. METHODIST. TheRev. S. H. Adams preaches this morning and evening at Centenary Church, Monroe street, pear Morgan. —The Kev. Mr. Kaufmann preaches this morn- ingat 11, at the Wabash Avenue Church. —The Rev. S. A. W. Jewett preaches this mo ing in the First Church, corner of Clark and Was ington strects. Subject: **Human Sin, and God’ Method of Care." —The Rey. H. W. Thomas, of Aurors, former ‘pastor of the First Charch of this city, preaches this morning and evening in the Park Avenue Church, corner of Park avenue and Robey street. —The Rev. John Atkinson will preach at Grace Church, corner LaSalle and White atreets, at 10:30~ 8. m. snd 8 p. m. —The Rev. Dr. Tiffany will preach at 10:45a. m. and 8 p. m., at Trinity Church, Indiana avenae, near Twenty-fourth street. —The Rev. R. D, Sheppard will preach at the Western Charch, corner Monroe sireet, at10:30 & m. —The Rev. Dr. W. C. Willing, the pastor of Lang- ley Avenne Church, corner Langley avenue and Tl;l;ty-niuth street, will preach at 10:45 a. m. and 7:45 p. m. FRESEYTERIAN. The Rev. David J. Burrell will and evening in the Westminster C! West Jackson and Pearia streets. ject, *The Apostle John': crening, riest, Levite, and the Good Samaritan.” —The Rtev. J. 1L Walker will preach morning and evening in the Reunion Church, West Four- teenth, near Throop street. —The Rev. Alr. Bell, of Preston, Englond, will preach in the morning at the Scotch Church, corner Sangamon and Adams streets, and in the evening the Rev. James Maclaughlan. —The Rev. W. R. Lord preaches this morning at the Fifth Church, corner of Indiana avenne ane Thirtieth strect. No evening service. —The Rev. J. Monro Giteon will preach at 10:45 8. m. at the Second Church, corner Michi- n avenne and ‘Pentieth street, and in the even- iny at § in the First Church, cornerIndiona avenue and Twenty-first stroct. —~The Rev. Somacl W. Duffield will preach at the Eighth Church at 10:30 a. m. on * Effective- ness.” In the evening the centennial services and concert of the Sunday-school will be held. —The Rev. Henry T. Miller will preach at the Sixth Churcli, cornec Vincennes and Qak avenues, at 10:45 0. m. Subject: ‘A Grand Lesson to Learn.” UNIVERSALIST. The Rev. Giles Bailey, of Reading, Pa., will ach ot 10:30 this morning in the old school- ouse, Englewood. —The Rev. Dr. Ryder will lyrcuh morning and evening at St. Paul's Church, Michigan avenue, between Sixteenth and Kighteenth streets. Ves- pers in the evening. LUTHERAN. The Rey. Edmund Belfoar will preach at 11 o'clock this morning in the Churcir of the Holy Trinity, corner of North Dearbornand Erie streets. preach mornin urch, corner o lorning sub- “‘The 3 UNITASIAN. The Rev. Brooke Herérd will preach morning andevening in the Church of the Messiah, corner of Michigan avenue and Twenty-third strect. —There will be fio further service at the Third Church till Sept. 17. 'The Rev. Mr. Powell leaves to-morroyr for bis home in New York. s —The Rev. J. T. Sunderland will preach at % o'clock this afternoon in she hall No. 379 Cottage Grove avenue, between Thirty-eizhih sad Thirty - Rinth strcets. Subject: **In What Scnse Is Jesus 3 Savior?” BAPTIST. The Rev. R. C. Ray will preach this morninga 11 o'clock and this evening at7:45 in the Twenty- Hifth Street Chorch. —The ltev. E. N. Chondler, of Rockford, will preach morning and _evening in the University Place Churc, Dougles place, opposite Rhodes avenue. —The Rev. Robert P. Allison will greachat the South Church, corner Locke and Bonaparte streets, 2t7:30 p. m. _The Rev. Gatosha Anderson will preach morn- ing and evening at the Second Church, corner Mor- gon and Monroe streets. —The Rev.W. W. Everts will preach at the First Church, South Park avenue and Thirty-firss street, at 11 4. m. and 7:45 . w. 5 “The Rev. N. E. Wood will preach morning and evening at the Cenfenvial Church, corner Lincoln and Jackson streets. —The Hev. Dr. D. B. Chency will presch at the Fourth Church, corner Washington and Paulina streets, 0t 10:30 3, m. and 7:45 p. m. . 'The Rev. J. W. Curtis ill preach at theMich- igan Avenaue Church, near Twenty-third street, at 1is. 1. end7:45p. m. : _The Rev. J. M. Whitchead will preach at the North Star Church, corner Divisionand Sedgwick streets, morninsz and evening. CONGREGATIONAL. The Rev. T. S. Holbrook will preach morning and evening in the Oakland Church. The Rev. George LI, Peake will pecach morning and evening in the Leavitt Street Church, corner of Jackson street. —The Rev. William Alvin Bartlett will preach ‘morning und evening in Plymouth Chareh, Michi- Zun avenue, between Twenty-ffth and Tiwenty- sixth streets. - —The Rev, Burke F. Leasitt will preach at Lin~ coln Park Church, corner Sopia and Mohawk strects, morning and evening. The Rev. . W. Fiske, of the Chicago Theo- ogical Semigary, wrill preach morming aud evening at the New England Church, corner Delaware place and North Dearborn strect. he Rev. David N. Vanderveer will preach at Union park Church, corner Asblund avenue and West Washington street, ot 10:30 8. m. and 7:45 . m, » REFORMED EPISCOPAL. o . TheRev. W. W. Patton will preach at 10:30a. m. at St. Paul's Church, corner Washington and Ann streets.. —Prof. Elliot will preach at Immanuel Church, corner Centre and Dayton streets, at 10:30 & m. and 8 p. m. CHRIBTIAR. = W. W. Eston will speakat 3 o'clock p.m. in Campbell Hall, corner West Van Buren street and Campbell avenue. —Morning service only in the First Church, cor- ner Indiana avenue and Twenty-Afth street. MISCELLANEOUS. The dedication services of the Chicago Avenue Chusch (Moody's Tabernscle) will be held this morningat 10:45. The W. J. Erdman will Rev. W. conduct the services, end Dr. J. H. Brooks, of St. Loais, will preach the sermon. Dr. Brooks will alao preach in the evening at the same church. —Mrs, Susie AL _Johnson, trance speaker, will lecture in Grow's Hall, West Madison strect, at 130 p. m.. —Tge Rev. Dr. Hibbard will preach at New Church Hall, corner Eightecnth street and Prairie avenne, at 11 a. m., and at the Temple, corner of ‘West Washington street and Ogden avenue, at 3:30 p. m. to-dny. _—Elder H. G. McCulloch wilipreach at the Green Street Tabernacle (Adventists') this morning and evening. Morning subject: ** Gad's Controversy with Nations. —The Rev. A. S. Kinney will preach this even- Ing at the hall 300 West Lake street, ZTho Disclples of Christ meet at 229 Weat Ran- dolph street at 4 p. m. 2 —There will be open-air services on North Mor- n street this afternoon, between Lake and Ran- §otoh. heid by the Yokefellows® Band of the Firet Free Methodist Church. Meeting to begin at_0:30 o'clock. The meeting will be in charge of East- mon Martin. The Kev. 3, L. Vorbels, pastor of the churcl be present an: 2 A\ the Firat Frek Methodist Gbnrch, 40 North Morgsn street, between Lake and Fulton, there will be services at 10:30 a. m. and 7.45 p. m. The Jast quarterly meeting for the prescnt Conference year will begin mext Saturday evening, in the Church, corner of iy and Fulton streets. The Society moves at that time from their gmltnt place of worship to_take possession of the Reformed. Presbyterian Church at_the above-named place. 4. Seats always free. A eiaca wil) meet at 3 o'clock this afternoon in the chapel, No, 318 West Chicago avenge, cor- ner of Chase street. —————— CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK. EPISCOPAL. . July 16—Fifth Sundsy after Trinity. CATHOLIC. July 16—Sixth Sundsy after Pentecost; Our Lady of Mt. Carmel. Jnly 17—St. Alexius, C. July 15—St. Camillus of Lellis, C.; S5, Sym- phorosa and Comp., MAL July 19—St. Vincent of Paul, C. July 20—St. Jerome Emilian, C.; St. Margaret, V. AL 2 2S5 Murgaret, Q. of Scotisad, W. (trom July 23~-5% Mary Magdalen, Cuzss Drrxcrory. —Chicago Chess Clab, Noa. 63 and 65 Washington stzect; open from9a. m. to 10 p. m. Chess players meet daily at the Tremont House (Exchange) and the Shnmu’n House (Base- ment). All communications Intended forthis department should be addressed to Tux ‘TRiaUxx, and indorsed **Chess.” © 'TO CORRESPONDENTS. Correct solution to Problem No. 33 recaived Arom C. Dreler, H. Powell, and E. Baq 5 C. G., Columbus, 0.; Kt., Tamer, " =7 Correct solution to end-game received 1 E. R. B., city, aud C. G., Columbas, 0. s PROBLEX No. fimxumm) EE RN 5 H B B i B2 B B . e . White, ‘White to play and mate in four moves. SOLUTION TO PROBLEM NO. 33, White. Black. 1.PtoB7 1..Btakes P 2.% ‘L“A:: g 2..P Queen'sch P becomes Remate | O 0T SOLUTION TO END GAME. White. = a0 **C. G.," Columbues, O., points ot that White ‘may also vary at his 3d move b; 2k T ing oo ths e e T takes R eh. plc-.. NOTES. Mr. Bird {8 about to retarn to England. Br. Neill carried off first honors in the recend tourney at the Philadelphia Ciub. The names of the other prize-bearers are not given. The match between Messrs, Mason and Judd is ‘‘oft " again. In justice to Mr. Judd it ehould be stated that 1t is through no fanlt of his. The trou- ble appears to bave been with Mr, Mason's backer, who fafled to put up the balance of the stakes. Itls stated that an enterpriec is projected by some New York gentlemen which will doubtless meet with the approval of all lovers of chess in this country,—the establishment of a monthly chess maguzine, having for ita editors the leading players of the metropolis. May it prove a success.. A game of chess by telegraph was played on Wednesday evening, June 28, between the Manito- woc and Kewaunce (Wis. ) Chess Clubs. Aftar o session prolonged toa lute hour It was ngreed to call the game adrawand to play again after the Tourth. At the time of guitiing the Manitowoa Club were two pawns ahead, but with a slightly in- ferior position. The players for the Manitowoo Club were Messrs. Bach, Klingholz, and Wallbecks for the Kewannee Club, AMesyrs, Bruemumer, Sedg- wick, and Read. CHESS IN NEW YORK. The following gamo, from WWilke's Spirit,w 18 played in the tournament at the Cofe Internationad ‘between Messrs. Alberoni and Richardson. FETROFP’S DEFPENSE, lack—ME. RICHATDION, “Eto 1.Ptof4 Kt to 20.KKtloB3 QKo S QRtto B3 Bio 1 BwQBs® KL take 5.3 takes B P ch K tal 6! Krtakes Kt Plo T.gKttoKtSeh K to 8..FwQBs Lo 5. Pto G3 ProK 13 10..9Ktto KR3 B takes Kt () 11 Pakes B 2 KR 2 ZgwEs QtoQ 13.8t0Q3 14 KKwBe U KRwEtesg 1. EtoQELe 15, Castles 16..PQRE 16..Rw Kt (d) I PloQKLs 17.01 to Ktaq Brols 1B KtwR 4 takes P (¢) 9.5 takes B P 20..Bto Kt i ch 2005 o Keag wKB3 WEB 8 takes Kt iakes Pch 23.Qtakea it takea Qch 24K takes b 10 Ktdch 25 0Kt0 1t takes B 26 R takes £ Guks 27, R0 Bach RwB2 25.QRtoKBsq KwKt3 20 KRt QloKt4 0. QRWB2 CHBEH AGLWL3 0 QK3 2 Fgs I takes 1§ P SUBORS B takes B P 3i.P1oR8 WEKL3 35 PtoKT QQKs 36 RtoK3 38.GwgBs ERGRSh o | S-38EP° And Hlack gave perpetual eheck. p () Zorhaps s best play, certalaly better thak, , 0 Q3. (b) Not good, as It gives the attack over ta Black: he should have castled. {c) Althouglh this gives the adversary an ngly double Pawn. it is questionablo play. Black makes good use of the open file. 3@ The game s very intereating hereabouts, and 15 conductéd with uncommon alill by both players. De taken the Knight, 19..R takes P ch; : 20..K R to Kt 6, etc., would have given Black the me. {f) Thonsh 1t-looka as if White might play te win, it is diflicult to say how. CHESS IN LONDON. One of seventeen simultaneons games played &y the City of London Club, Sept. 1, 1875, SICILIAN DEPENSE. - TRite—Mr. ZUKERTORT. | Black—Mz. MoXIAY, [73:83 5 1..PwQh4 KitoB3 2Z.PKES tio1i 3 3/ QKttoBS 1004 4. Puskes P 51Kt takes P wgits GElK2 wBe ZBWES W0wKBS Lo B3 (8) takes B 9. 'Eito @6 ch Ty 10..F takes B twRS 111 8wb3 oK Kt3 122 Castles (b) to Ktz 13G K 0B & 1KY wK2 15,010 K3 toB4 18 Foks Lo B2 takes Kt () P takes B K4 tto K3 () 51 w B3q ogBa t1o K 2 () R Lo R B4 takes £ (D tfrom Q6 tka K P 10Q3 takea R 11088 ) o Tdnlare Zo. i hkes @ and wins {2) Black's lnat move we do not approve of, snd this move of White leads to great embarrassment. (b) White has evidently a fine position. (c) White Las all along kept this Bishop locked up, and sow unfastens bim, as he will scarcesy be able to influence the gune much. (d) K to E sq wonld have been better. ('c] dA.h“ were, chiscling the game into the re- uired shape. B (), This Pceruxluly alds the adversary.—Ciy of London Chess 3ug. ———— MESUMMER-IDYLL. T MO8t .blnk. o'cr which the pines T} :ll}l‘ ndgt ‘branches droop, like some fond thing, And swees againat the water's crystal brim, When, far beyond the zlowlnli ‘heat of day, The Summer-sun has wound {ts I:nfthened way, And ahadows, long and silent, alowly creep ‘Acroas the em'rald tide, and gently sleep Tpon the thickly-tralling myrile-vines, — "Tijs wweet to throw one down alone to reat, And, from the cup which kindly Nature flils, Drink in the beauty of the K‘nrple hills, Rising 'mid misty clouds which, far awsy, ‘Hang o’er their sanlit brows the livelong day, Till, lulled by faintly-forest-scented breeze, Stealing anon and ever through the treea, Half-sleeping, half-swake, we seem, ‘While Eancy culls the flowera of & dream. How prone she is, when roving at her will, With buds of Youth her rosy arms to fl1! And, 1s among Life's wreaths their tendrils twine, Like golden atars in midnight's gloom they shine. Ah! Jove were ne'er x0 pure as when, In youth, Upheld by Childhood's sweet, contlding truth, 1t Iavished all the riches of its store On her who, e'er receiving, asks for more. Manhood is rife with wo; and ¥riendship tarns In stern distrust away; and Envy burns Within the bosom of cur truest friend Fall oft, when glory-ward our faotsteps tend. The sweetest full-blown rose conceals a thorn To pierce the radiant Joy, so newly born; Love dies, and Happiness is borne away E'er noontide-splendor crowns the brow of Day. 8t} ever-buoyant Hope inspires the soul, 4nd still qur eager longlng presses to the ‘goal; Jealous of self, but seeking something pare, ‘Toward God’s smiles orr weary footsteps lure, And visions of the distant pearly gate, Beyond whose shining span our loved ones wait, Rise like enchantment, while onr raptured gaze In strained to catch these rare, ecstatic rays. 0 that forever thns the mind might be Divested of the faithleas world, and only see The Spirit-Land—the fadelcss fowers above— The home of Rest—the land of perfect Lovel "Twere richest boon 1o care-worn mortal givea To nsver wako until we waks in Heaven., O £8