Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 6, 1876, Page 13

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, AUGUST 6, 1876—SIXTEEN PAGES. 5 o illnces in the eatly part of the weelk, but {s now Donvalescent and improving rapidly. fhe third train in the mornin, jeaving here at 13 instead of 7:37. a8 announced lst week, has Teen on UME & ay this week, much to the sat- i“factfon of the passen: PE! . J. G. Westerfield is oo of Sandwich, 111, pera piensant time. Nire Scott and her son. from Callfornia, are pendinga few days with Mrs. Ward. iiv. T M. Brooks has returned from the Centen- nial Esposition. 1le expresses himself much eaced with what he saw, and recommends ev- e one to go and do likewisc. a The ladies of the First Congregational Church pave orzanized o Ladies' Soclety, the officers of D eh are as follows: Mrs. A T, Sherman, Presi- Sot: Mrs. J. C. Grifiths, Vice-President; Mra. P Mirchell, Secretary; And Mrs. Samuel Mitch- eli, Treasu: Some of the wicked ones say that Sow thie Society is formed there will be no further Pocd of publishing either the Pump or Lanlern, pest Ok imsinustions receive the consideration ey duserve at the hands of the ladies. ANNOUNCEMENTS, The children are invited to meet Satarday even- ing 10 form 8 Band_of Hope Temperance Society. S5, Hull will preside a1 the meeting, and s taking N viderable interest in forming the Socicty. The children will on that occasion sing a number of rance £0ngs. R ev. Mr. Dawe will preach this evening in the upper part of the church. Tis subject will be tapecially devoted to the young people. 1t has ‘been thonght best by the Congregutionalists and Paptiets to have no separate meeting this evening, 204 they will join in and wake this service a union ing. " m;"(;e communion service of the First Congrega- tions) Church, that was to take place to-day, hus Fien posiponed till next Sabbath, A SUGGESTION, 1t is sngpested that as the temperance question s being agitated in our midst that the temper- ance people vrzanize a Good Templar Lodge, or Tather revive the old society thut was given up ‘some time 350, OTHER SUBURBS. AUSTIN. The lawn socisble of the Baptist Society held at the residence of Mr. Edwin Osgood Friday cvening was an exceedingly pleasant affair and a financial success. It is expected that ere long the marriage of one of Central avenue's belles will take place. Friends arc happy to know that her ruture home will still be among them. A Democratic meeting was to have come off in the Town Hall Thursday evening, but owing 10 the fact that neither & candidate nor an au- dience Was present the meceting wus adjourned. The Austin Social Club picniceame off at Cen- tral Park Thursday. The day was spent in playing croguet and rowing. One young lady, “Iix;! 1da Wisewell, displayed remarkable sklll in neing the our. This Club scems determined to have fun despite the hot weather. Ae Mr. Husted, accompunicd by his wife and dsughiter. were returning from a ride to Ouk Park, they called at Mr. Wasner's. Not knowing the ‘bridee had been removed In frontof the house, they apset and both were seriously injured, ted ix consadered 1o be in a critical conditi daughter cscaped unhurt. The Hev. Nr. Barrett, Presbyterian minister. bas gone on his usual summer vacation 1o _vis friends. Union services are held during hisal fence by the Rev. Mr. Clendenning. The many friends of Mrs, T, C. Day are happy 10 Jearn of hier return from Wisconsin. Friday morning v sd the departare of rev- eral of Austin's_citizens for Geneva Lake, Wis, They were Nr. 1, Mr. J. McCarty, Alr. Murraz, and ot : Misx Mamie Pomeroy, niece of Brick Pomeroy, was the guest of 3rs. Wisewell lust weelk, The Iev. Mr. Clendenuing, pastor of the First M. K. Church, hus returned from his summer va- cation. ‘Fhe Sonth Side is steadily improving, Its pop- Jation is growing rapidly. - A business house is to be located near the depot. This will be a great ac- commodation to the community The contemplated project of improving Merrick Park is to be carried out. und the citizens are Te- joiced ut the prospect, as it van be made u most chiarminzepot. ‘The ladies of the M. E. Church by their perse- vering effort have made the ice-cream socials held wice a week a standard institution and a pecuniury success. aying a vislt toDr. er wany friends wish BARRNINGTON. The Iast quarterly meeting of the M. E. Church for the present Conference year will be held to-day. The Presiding Elder will be present and conduct the services. The Township Tnion Sabbath School Association will hold their next meeting Tnesday evening in the Evangelical Church. Some gentlemen from Clicago_vrominent in the Sunday-School work are Il deliver nddresses. ing one, and all The meeting will friends of the ca be in attenaance, A wusical enteriain ven by Prof. R. D. Seott in the M. E. Church Tucsday evening. Jtwss larseiy attended, andall seemed pleased with the concert. _For the moxt part the pieces were well _rendered. The M. _E. Sabbath-school it anticipating an excursion to Lake Z This ix one of the most pleasant and inviting this region for picnics, and if the day selected proses 1o be a pleasant one, the little folks, and the larger ones a8 well, will hinve at least_one day of tnajioyed pleasure and_enjoyment. Dr. Kocl, of Cif¥ago, has been spending n few days with friends at thisplace. Mrs. Lerrill, from Vermont, is the guest o7 Mr. and Mrs. C. Dickenson. MAYWOOD. After a long illness Asa Lawrence, of this place, formerly in the employ of A. Maaw, Chicago, died of pulmonury consumption Wednesday night at 10 lock. 1le has suffered a great deal within the last six monthe, but has finally found rest in death. M leaves a wite and one danghterand many friends {0 mourn his loss, r. Lackey has Just returned from a trip to Wasth- Ington avd Philadeiphis. e Rev. G. C. Lamb delivered his farewell ge. - mon lact Sunday. e zoes to Wabash, Ind. le hay been pastor of the Congregational Church here for the past two years. GRAND CROSSING. The immense body of water which rested in Dlissful security for weeks in the Grand Crossing basin has disappeared, to the deiight and comfort of every one. 1mprovements have again assumed their former activity. church-going i« possible. und aeighborly intercourse has been resumed. Among the noted changes is that of the hotel, which is be: inz completely renovated and newly furnished, and Kill be opencd again in o few duys with a new pro- prictor. To-worrow afternoon a mecting of the citizens will be held, calied by the Committee of the Hyde Park Trustees, to consider what action by the Bourd will be acceptable in anxwer to their setition for protection from the large Lodics of Water periodically alicting them. There is a_bitter feeling of opposition here and elvcwlere to the proposed gobbling of Park avenue by the Park Commissioner. Outxide points have id their park taxes and have not been benefited Blihe Teask. " They think that this is a fraud THE CALL OF THE WHISTLER. In fhe silence of the night, In the dreamy, quiet night, hen we lovc'to pause and ponder, When our thoughts are free Lo wander To the loved ones far away, Tow the heart will jump and Ontter, Striving by its throbs to utter What the Jips can never say. Shrill and eharp, the engine’s whistle Pierces as If “twere a mi: Seut 10 il) our breasts with pain, Gricf for those whoum death has ta'en; Once they journeyed far away, And s wi : Qu the silent evening fell, As tiey rumbled on their wag. . Tlow memory ever doth retain Sounds Lhat cause us joy or puin; A pleaxant voice, 1 1Cving word, Spoken once, ie alwaysheard: Such gifts each man may well bestows; For who can tell the joy that springs From littie words and riffing things, — Juy that we may never knowy Once I parted from a friend, And an echo without end, From a whistle Jong and sbrill, — Years have pass i Back 1 spring from yeur 1o year, Ta the preseuce onee vo fair. * The whistle of a ship at sea, A noble xound, "twill ever be A thing to make the heart rejoice, Or gad; as if 1t were a voice That teils us news of far-off friends; Orprowised us some hope deferred, Or vuce again the heart-chords stirred, As through our soul its sounds it sends. After spending years of time Absent in a foreizn clime, Who forgets the whi "5 is native ehore, To see aguin his dear old home, To meet a father or a wmother, Perhaps a friend, perhaps a lover, From whom heliopes no more to rosm? 3fillions of men, at dawn of day, Fortli to the factory wend their way, Called by the whistle's cruel ery,— Called 10 labor or to—die. T8 @ sound-that wakes the world; And the world will wuke to the same harsh sound, And men will travel their daily round, When the saiis of our ship are furled. —— felegraphic Communleation with the Black Hills, Black Hills Pioneer (Deadirood City), July 15. We arc rejoiced over the fact thafin a very few weeks the electric wires will connect us with the outside world. The Western Union, the strongest telegraphic company in the world, has taken the matter in hand, and the wires are alrcady being freighted over the road from Cheyenne. Contricts have been let for the required number of poles, and the con- ‘l:’mmrsm petting them out with all expedi- or. RELIGIOUS. An American Traveler Pays a Visit to the Pope. A Correspondent Charges the “ Alliance ” with Heresy. A New Sect Which Has Turned Up in Massachusetts. Notes and Personals at Home and Abroad—Church Services To-Day. THE THREEMEN OF ROME. A CALL ON THE POPE. William M. F. Round, writingin the New York World concerning u visit to Rome, gives the following graphic account of three of his visits: We made three notable visits in Rome; we t w eee His Nolinessthe Pope, His Majesty the King, and_His Greatness Garibuldi. 1t was in Holy week, 50 changed in the Italinn Capital from the old times, wben in its heyday of grandenr the Church was wont to make the time u succession of magnificent pageants that drew lookers-on from all parts of the world. _That was before the Pope be- took himself to the Vatican and announced himself a prisoner,. before the trmnp of Victor Bmmanuel's triumphant uny had waked dismal_ echioes in the Eternal City—in the 1i i i d ¢ when His Holin both the power and the will 10 make Rome bed iteelf in holiday array by a'word from his sugust mouth, ings ure vastly changed now, and Thin Week ie muchlike Holy Week in Pa v r Continental city—excent thut one always feels that the Pope is there, and even the less important ce: monials seem Lo huave a new meani i near to the centre of Catholicism, lunger the Eolemn miserere in the Sistine Chupel, 1o jonger the Pontitical benediction from the bal- cony of St. Peters, no longer the great procession of Holy Thursday, no longer the greut display of costly and pugnificent vestments, but there is everywhere the =olemn tencbral Service on Good “riduy, Wwith a special prayer for the Church, now underzoing such beavy atictions iu the person of its primal bishop. We arrivedin 1iohe with no higher espectation than of sceing the Pope in some paveany of loly W ivnoraut of the fact that left the Vactican, —that magnificent palace is prison, —and when we were told would take no part in the public obsery- apces we were more thuna little dissappointed. Yortunately for us, we expressed this disuppoint- ment to au ltalian *¢friendat court,” who, to our surprise, obtaiucd forus almostat once's sum- mons to attendan uudience st the Vatican. We felt very Luppy inthe possession of that great printed form, with the Papal seal at the top of it, xna ourowy names liguring about the middle of the sheet. We were very glad also to be told ex- actly what was cxpected of a2 In the way of dress: an evening suit and white neck-tie for gentlemen; a black di thout ornament, and u black lace veil for the ladies. Fortanate were we in the pos- session of such an invitation, as nearly all re- quests for presentations at the Dapal court had been refused on account of the fatigues of the Holy Week, which must necessarily rest heavily on £0 old a man os Pius IX. Besides, we had been repeatedly told how difi- calt it hasbecome of lute for Americans to obtain admisxion to the Papal apartmients. The Pope iy especially fond of Ameri the abstract. e appreciates fully nce that Ameri- can Catnolics hav the too many violutions of courtly etiouette which some Protesiant compatriots have been guilty of in his presence. Only a few weeks before our arrival in Romea Congresational deacon from Boston had, after Tmuch persistent seeking, obtained for himself uud party an augicace card. Everybody is_told that ctigiette—if no _higher fecling—demands that all shall kneel on the Pope’s entry to the audience chamber. Commion civility deniands that hisgu shall at least stand. “Thus il d sud ill-man- nered deacon saw dit L do oeither. e firmly re- solved that be would sit during the audience,” and demanded of his party that they should follow his esample of discourtesy. 1am sorry to say that they were weak enough to yield to this absurd re- quirement, and went to the Vatican with a deliber- ate inteution of offering =n' insult tothe Pope in his own apartment. Since that day it 13 much more ditlicult for American Visitors to oblujp ‘e- cess to the Vatican, Qur curds told us that the aundience would take place at 12 o'clock noon, and we were to be at the Pountifical palace at 11:30. As the clock of St Peter’s struck the balf hour we alighted under t) Zrand porte cochere nud were escorted by . sol of the Swise Guard to the grand staircase leading to the Pope's apariment. At every landing we fouad soldiers in brilliant uniforms and halberds standing ready to dircet us throngh the labyrinth- e pussages of the paluce. 1t was well they were there, or we should navesurely lostour way. Up, up, and on we went, counting the stairs in our pro- aress and finding when we reuched the door of the ante-chamber uint we hud scaled just 35 steps. At the end of this wearisome climbing we came to 2 maguificent room, Jong, and lofty, and gor- geously fre: 1 re wtately footmen in the Pope's i ing wen in_crimean hese - fine geatlemen d us of our wrap- pinze and hatw, helped s Lo UITANLC OB OUF Wristy the dozens of rosuries and other oljefs religienr we had brought to be bles#ed, and ushered us at last Oue of into the audicnce chamobed This room wus no more or lews taan a long corridor, with rows of chairs on cither side und a comfortable arm-chair st the end opposite the entrance. A few people, mostly French and Ttulian, were alrendy waiting, and by the time for e nudience every chair was oceupied. St. Peter's lls had bardly finished chiming for nuon when the erimson curtains at one end of the room were drawn aside and His Holiness Plus 1X. appearcd surroanded by a small sul f Cardinals and other digmnaries. Everybody knelt instantly, while the Pope eropped to mike some remark to Lie follow- ers, whinh we were not near enough to hear. An o)\ mun, whose more thau fourscore years have not rested so very beavily upon his shoul- ders, and whose troubies have ot given a single line of bitw ruess to his handsome face. He is clad in a eoft, white parment reaching to his feet, a sash of hexyy, ‘white watered silk about his body; on hi# wed a white skull-cap, benesth which oue could see his still whiter hair; on his feet red shoes, embroidered with zolden crosscs, xnd on his bands thick Knitted haif-gloves that reach to the tingerd and leave the Pontitical ring ex- posed. "The Pove walks like an old man, leuning on a stick, with which staif he emphasizes his ‘words as he talks 3 is the head of the Church, before whom millions upun millions bow as Christ's vicegerent upon earth. Ata signal from one of the secretaries in attend- ance all the company rose tu_their feet. Then the Pope, with as pleasant a smile ax I ever 2w on an old man's fuce, walked down tbe line ut his right, stopping o speak (o cach person us hic pussed. One by one the company xnelt as he umllruuched. and to euch he gave hiy hand, that they who wished 10 do 80 wight Kiss hix ring. Most of the assem- blnge kissed this emblem of power devoutly; for all the Pope had a plessunt word. Two Sisters of Churity, who had come zll_the way from Paris to receive the blessing of the Holy Father, prostrated themselves znd Kissed the cmbroidéred golden cross upon his shoe. Uaving made the round of the chamber, he re- turned to the place irom which he had entered, and, raising his hand as a eignal, 21l knelt down while be, with upraised right hand, pronounced the following benediction, in a clear voice and purest Frenca: : 1 bless you and yours—all who are near and dear to you, present of absent, not to-day alone, but for all time, and in the hope that my benediction may avail you in the life eternal. 1 give you an old man's blessing; but it will avatl you nothing unless you worls it out to the zlory of God in zood deeds, of life, in steady faith in our Lord Jesus s, crucifixes, and re- ligious objects you may have brought with you, trusting that you will ind 1n them souvenirs of the || Pagsion of ourSuviorand reminders of the unspeak- able gift yon bave received through Him. 1ad- monish you, in this age of heresies and schisms, that you be vigilant inall refigious dutice, striving £0 10 iive that we may all be one in the life of the world to come. That was all, a mmple blessing froman old man— #man against whose pereonal character no word hes ever breathed. Whatever errors or sins may be counted to the Pope by the cnemies of his Church, the record of the man has been stainless, Surely for such 2 biessing no Protestunt could fecl he worse. As soon as the Pope bad ceased speaks ing, the curtaine were once more withdrawn, and heleft us, with only pleasant memories of our audience. We gathered up our rosaries and_cruci- fixes, and left the Vatican by the same circnitous way we had come. Weleft, speaking of the Pnrc 28 3 man whose face was sweet and tender with the -+ beauty of Loliness." who, whatever his rela- tions to the Church and world may be, is a gentle, kind old man, who has faith in the future of the Church he loves, anddoes not allow its reverses 10 mnake him less affable to those who seek his blessing. MORE HERESY. TIE USHOLY ALLIANCE. To the Editor of The Tribune, CmicaGo, Aug.5.—Should not some measures be taken at once to suppress the Alliance ? That sheet, in its issue of July 29, in an ar- ticle headed * Man, the Monster,” says that, among others, “The Hebrews and the Ca- naanites are all partics in a cruelty (the one to inflict and the other to receive) which could not possibly find a parallel in the domain of brute life.” "Is not this charging of cruelty upon the Hebrews the same in fact as charging it upon the God Jehovah, by whose cxpress commands (according to tloly Scripture) the Canaanites were robbed and killed, their lands and cattle taken from them,and their wives and little children put to the sword ¢ 1118 quite evident that the editor of the Alli- ance more than half suspects that the “revela- tions™ gaid to have been made by the- God Jenoran to theleaders of tae Hebrews were very stmilar in character to the revelations purpori- ing to have been made by “the Lord” to Joe Smith and Brigham Youlg inour own times, under the futiucnce of which their followers and dupes have not_only “gone up and possessed the land,” but have been instructed and urged to “bring titles into the storebouse of the Lord,” until Brigham aud his twelve apostles can count their wealth by the millions, while their faithful but deluded followers are hanging upon the ragged edge of poverty. But supposing it to beallowed that the “reve- Iations * in the one case were as true as in the follows at once that they were a gross pretense in both cases originating in the minds of the leaders for tie purposc of exciting the fanaticisim of their folfowers to do what they were commanded, and it would appear thut the Alliance took this view of the case. It is to be hoped that Prof. Patton or some first- cluss heresy-hunter will proceed at once to bring the editor of the Alliance before some ecleslasti- cal council, and put him to torture until he re- cants, and solemnly avers that the treatment of the Canaanites by the llebrews was in the high- ¢st degree humane and God and that Romish and Orthodox Clu‘btifluitg’)is uot a Pa- ganisw. RTUODOX. NOT GERMANS. THE SOLDIERS WHO WERE AT THE CRUCIFIS- 10N. To the Fditor of The Tribune. Cnrcaco, Aug. 5.—You will confera favor upon me by inserting the following in your val- uable paper: Last Sunday Ibhappened to be presentat the afternoon religious service per- formed by a Baptist minister, the Rev. Mr. Painter, in the chapel of the Washingtonian Horme, of this city. On this occasion the Rev. Mr. Painter, in describing the sufferings and death of Jesus, with great emphasis called the attention of his uuditors to the hitherto un- known and startling fact that the soldiers who jecred at, tormented, and tinally crucifid Jesus, were Germans, belonging tothe Roman military. He repeated this statement, laying particular stress upon this point. Now, sir, it is very improbable, although not quite impossible, that German soldiers were en- listed in the Roman legions during the nine- teenth year of the rule of the Emperor Tibe- rius. Germany, between Rhine and Elbe, was certainly, until five years before Tiberius suc- ceeded Augustus, treated as 2 Roman province, but in the year 9, A. D., the Germans regained their freedom under theirable leader, Arminius, or Herman, and from that time they made war on the Romans with such success that, ninety- eight years after the death of Tiberius, they conquered some parts of Italy. Iowever, it mav be remembered that the Germanic tribes willingly enlisted as soldiers in foreiem service, if the tribe was not cugaged in a war of its own. Tt is improbable that they hired out to their own enemics and those of théir own country. If the Germa in any number worth speak- ing of, had cnlisted in the Syrian legions of Tiberius, Plinius Junior would hot have owmitted to state the fact. But he enumerates among the barbarian hirelings only Gauls, Spaniards, ~Asi- aties (Proconsularists), and_Africans. It scems tome that the Rev. Mr. Painter, by Dbis unfounded Statement, bas ouly aimed at creating unfriendly feelings among hjs auditors against’ the Germansus Christiaus. In doing 50, he undoubtedly shows that lie has misap- prehended the calling of a minister and the doe- trine of Jews. H.R ] ADONI-SKOMO. A CURIOUS MASSACHUSETTS SECT. The Springfield (Mass.) Republican of July 27 has the following sketeh of a local sect: As qucera people as are often met, and, ap- parently, as upright and religious, withal, are the commubity situated on the stage-road 'between Athol and Petersham, and commonly kno thercabouts as ** Howlandites™ or ** Fullerite: According to their account, nearly twenty-one Jears sgo, two Worcesier women, Sarah J. Iervey and her sister, Caroline E. s, had come t0 hope for a divine revelation to them, und, in expectation of it. bad gone to a camp-meeting at Groton, _Entering the meeding, they heard u stranger, **tulking in tonzues,” who proved to be the man'to meet. their wants, in the pemson of Frederick T. Howl: o i standing, from N "hat day, Sept, 15, 1555, was the origin **in the faith," though not in tempural associution, of the community, - these three being the **pioncers.” as ~+Sister” Tervey takes pride in calling herself and associutes. M. Hervey's hoshand died, a year or two later, thongh mot in the faith, *‘these thingy, as they sa; “*having been beyond him." Soon after, the belief received the addition of eight_persons livi in Athol, among them Leonard C. Fuller, present head of the community, and e wife. May, 1861, having been ** moved by the Spirit” to form un aszociation for living together, they set- tled at Fuller's, ut the south end of Pléasant street in Athol. In August. 1864, they removed to their present farm in Petersham. ¢ Brother ™ Howland held the position of head of the body till killed by a runaway horse, not quite two years ago. His people considered him a prophet, and say the Lord spoke by him, and that he led them as Moses led the children of Istuel. Their religions belief in many respects resemblea that of the Adventiets, but differs iu the vital point thut the reign of Christ, under the expected new dispensation, i# to be spiritual, and not personal, as the Adventists hold. They construe the kaying of John the Revelator, ** I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day,” to refer to o period of time to begin with the 7000th year of the world, which is near at hand. The Judgment Day they believe has already begun, and in a short time, ut the opening of the new dizpensation, the holy dead are to be raised. ‘When & mun who has received **common™ salva- tion diex he has no more consciousness till the resurrection; but some, who are **epecially” saved, will not die. Miracles will be _performed commionly. When the new diepensation begins they are 10 be of the 144, 000 spoken of by John, and are to judge the nations. They do not believe in a hypothetical heaven somewhere in spac carthisnotto be destroyea, but changed; and, finally, the devil is to be bound for a thousand years. They entirely denounce Spirituntism, say- ing that it i< from the devil, a perfect antichrist. **Trother** Howland, they fay, loy down to rixe with the Prophete, and they have written out what they claim to be prophecies made by him months or years before his death s to the manner in which it should occur, which, judged by the ecvent, arc certainly striki The community live chiefly upon farinaceous food; they_drink principally water, sometimes herb- No fiesh is eaten, Decause there is to be u restitution of the order of things that prevailed in the Garden of Eden, and nothing that grows in the ground, becaused the ground is cursed. They Jive on the apustolic plan of uving all property in common. 1 any among them wish to et marricd, they have to leave the commamity. Morning and evening, they *“wait before the Lord, " standing, repeat the Lord's praser, und read und explat the Bible, **as the Spirit gives utterance.” Although the district public school is only a stone’s thruw away, the half-dozen children in she commnnity, whoih they b the Lord sent them, ” are tavgh Sometimes the neighbors’ children come in, also, at uhey are said to do better thes 1i/school. The school gives an téon before the family and a Christmas tree frovided. o jewelry is worn, and they dress very plainly; though the **sorld's people ™ claim that the community wear us expensiv and show s much pride as they do. munity obscrve a seventh-day Sabbath, extendi from 6 p. m. Friday tothe same hour Saturda, The religions exercises begin t 10 o'clock Satu duy, and continue without intermission till 3. They are of the opinion that they need not 2o to a **synagogue ™ or ‘‘where the minister hus to zo "round and wake the people up, as e did down to x'w Advent Chureh in Athol Jast Sunday.” The & unily xcat themselves in the parlor upon three #{des of the room, with the occasional visitors on 3 total in these five conferences of 6,071. the fourth elde; und the exercises consist of ex- Nortations by the various members, according us they are moved by the S‘urit‘ with abundant ““amens™ from the rest. 1f n0_one fecls called they study the Bible. Often they inging. The house i free to vis- From June to October, list among them 19, upon to spen Drygl out into itors at all times. ’ yedr, they had over 200 visitors, unespeetedly, one Sabbuth. ‘Their number. now about twenty, varies from timeto time. They clim not tocxpeet. additions, though recently they have recewved two or three which they count of considerable importance. One of them i a woman formerly 3 member of the Shaker community at Dayton, 0., where ¢he was not_satisfied, who walked all the ‘way from Obio 10 join them} another is an ex-Baptist mumister from Athol. 'They claim to have suffered consid- eruble persecution *‘for richtevusness’ sake." Mrs. Fuller thinks she wae cheated out of proper- ty which her mother left her, and, because of the faith, two of their number, while' sick, thay say, were turned out of 4 house on School street in thi city. They add, however, that many of those for- ward in opposing them have died sudden or violent acathe. On the other hand, they ar¢ prospering; they own a farm of 210 acres, and ** Brother Richard, their temporal head, raises stock. grain, fruits, etc., nearly sufticient to support them, “‘Brother™ Fullér, though their spirituni does the marketing, principslly in They have decided to_enlarge the house, and build a chapel in a ehort time, *+if the Lord permits.” Last winter, to protect their property, they went to the Secretary of the Commonwealth and were organized under recent State laws ok & corporation, with ull the powers of a chartered body, unde the name of ** Adoni-skomo, " He- brew for ** the Lord is there;” that name being found in Ezckiel, xlvii., 35. 'All their property will now remain in the community while s aingle member of it I8 living. 1t sy be added tuzt the views which outeiders hold of the community do not sgree with their own. A **Lrother " named Mann gicd last fall, and, by their own confession. they had some difi- culty with his heire, but finally scitled for a nomi- nglaum. At first they refaeed to pay over any- thing, but the heirs, four in number, threatening the law, they Anally concluded that the Lord willed them to xive up $500. The comnion belief is thst Munn was worth a8 meny thousande; at any rate, the Petersham property was deeded to him in con- nection with Jowland. Athol penple scout the idea that Howland had prophetic ‘powers, aud think that the community were simply the resalt of ashrewd plan of hi$ to get a living without working for it, RELIGIOUS MISCELLANY. THE CRORCH IN GENERAL. There are 792 Protestant Episcopal churches fn Londan, and of these 211 have daily service, 240 have free seats, and 14+ are open for private prayers. The Russian Government will allow no Prot- estant mission to Dbe established within its do- minions. Since 1824, six such missions have been opened, but have been broken up. There will be no pews in the new Roman Catholic Cathedral on Bifth avenue, New York. Visitors will be accominodated with clirs placed in groups about -its many altars and chapels. A convention of the advocates of cremation as the best method of burial has lately been held in Dresden. Prof. Kinkel, of Zurich, was elect- ced honorary President, and Dr. Kuchenmeister, of Dresden, was chosen to be the ‘ucting Presi- dent. An International Committee was ap- pointed to arrange for the common action of all cremation socicties. The Colorado Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church met at Boulder City, July 15. A report upon temperance was adopted, which recommended the use only of the “juice of the grape ” in the Communion service. The distri- Dbution of temperance literature, and the preach- ing of temperance sermons, also were advised by the report. There is published the account of a miracu- lous cure wrouglht iu the grotto during the mass of the Pope’s Nuucio. Au old lady named Mad- cleine Lausereau, of the Diocese of Poictiers, who had been unable to walk without crutches for nineteen years, alter being in the spring for a short time, emerged {:frfectfy healed. *Sne couldn’t tell what had become of her crutehes.” The Birmingham Post says the ignorance of some people us to the faith of Islam was illus- trated in a most ludicrous manuer at the Liver- pool police court. A man was being sworn on the Koran, and the crier of the court, in_con- cluding the administration of the oath, said, in 2 most. solemu manuer, “So help you, Koran.” The cried afterwards explained that he thought Koran was the Mohammedan name of God. The right of women to vote in the clection of vestries Dbeen discussed in conventions of Episcopatians in California_and North Carolina, and decided negatively, but it is said that the resolution in favor of such female sullrage was Qcbated in Virgina some years ago and rejected, with the understanding that no action s re. quired, and it was better tomake the distinction of sex in the exercise of the elective power. It is proposed to erect 3 monument by gen-~ cral subscription to Dr. Orestes A. Brownson, and the question has arisen how far the various religions bodies with which he has been con- nected should take part in the enterprise. It ought also to be considered whether he did not win distinction enough as a philosophical think- cr, a strong writer, and a_patriot to deserve re- spect from_public-spirited men outside of con- troversial lines. The condition of Methodism in the Dominon is very encouragiug. The net increage of mem- bership for the Toronto Conference is2,006; that of the London Conferenee is 2,282; the Mon- treal Conference, 600; the Nova Scotian Confer~ e, 600; und the New Brunswick and Prince ward Island Coufercnce, 1,18—making a 'he re- turus of the Newfoundland Conference have not yet been received. A speeial meeting of the Protestant Episcopal Touse of Bishops will be held in the Church of the oly Trivity, Philadelphis, on Oct. 13. Among the affairs to be _brought -before. the Housc are the clection of Missionary Bishops for Cape Palmas, Africa, and Shanghiui, China; the recciving of the resignation of Dr. W. F. Adams, Missionary Bishop of New Mexico and Arizong, and the considerution of the circular of the Archbishop of Canterbury proposing sccond Lambeth Conference. A correspondent of the Jevish Times in reply to u circular of the Rabbis against funeral ex- travagunce, contends that it s more importunt 10 do away with the custom by which all the mourners are compelled to surround the coflin wherein the deceased:lies encased, and submit themselves to be held by the lappel of the gar- ment by the ofliciating clergyman, who, with a Enife in his right band, holding it'at the end of the blade, witn the handletowards the mourner, rends the garment.” He is of the opinion that the practice, which, according to tradition, be- gan with the patriarch Jacob, is not suitable for times when garments_are made of broadcloth costing 35 and upward per yard. The \Vcs}c{:m Committce on Lay Representa- tion met in London on July 14 and perfected their scheme. It was aoreed that any Assistant Secretury of the Couference not a member of ¢ the legal hundred”’ should be a member of the mixed Conference. It was decided that no layman should be eligible to a seatin the aunual Conference, unless he had been a church mem- ber for five continuous years, and also an officer. cither a Trustee, local preacher, Steward, or member of some Distriet Committee. It was also decided that one-fourth of thelay members of cach annual Conference shall have been dele- gates to the preceding Conference. The dele- gates to the annual Conference will be elected at the District meetings, mimsters by ministers and laymen by laymen. The Coufercoce, as re- constructed, Wil be composed of 220 members of cach order. The City of Ottawaon Sunday, the 16th of July, presented the singular spectacle of a city all of ‘whose pulpits (cxcept those of Roman Catholic and "Protestant Episcopal churches) were occupied by citizens of a foreign nation. The Coundil of the Reformed Episuug:l Church being then in session at that place, the Protest- ant dergy, sixteen in number, requested the services of the various clergymen of that de- nomination. This request was complied with, and the pulpits were filled morning and even- ing by the Reformed Episcopalians. In the Emmanuel Reformed Episcopal Church, which isa fine brick building, eligibly_situated, the services were most interesting. Inthe morning confirmation was administercd, in the afternoon two Presbyters were ordained, while in the even- ing the Rev. Edward Cridge and the Rev. Samuel Fallows, D. D., were consecrated Bishops. In the cyening servives the church, which will_accommodate”some 600 or 700 per- sons, was filled to overflowing, and very many were unable to obtain adwmission. The new church edifice of the First Reformed Episcopal Church, the Rev. Dr. Sabine’s, to be crected_at Madison_avenue and Fifty-ninth street, New York, will be 66 by 90 feet. It will be of Newark brown stone, rock face, with trim- mings of a lighter tint of Berlin (Ohio) stone. At the corner will be a square tower, with a [ inted roof, rising to a_height of 145 fect. Within, the churcli will Lave an_open timber roof, the ribs springing from columns against the wall. All the wood work will be of ash. The large windows will be of colored cathedral glass, and the plan of decoration mukes the whole room 4 mass of rich_coloring. The seat- Ing capacity of the church will be about 1,000. The Sunday-school roomn in_the basement will seat 500. The Stewart Memorial Church in Garden near New York, the foundation for whi ready under way, will be 175 feet deep, with a transept of 150 feet. It will be buils in the pure Guthic style of architecture. 'L'ne base is tobeof granite, the outside walls of frecstone, und the inside of Cacn stone, with elaborate decorations. It is expected that the churchwill be ready for service sume time during the sum- mer ol 1877, The grounds swrrounding the ehureh, coluprisiug teu acres or more, are to be planted with trecs, shirubs, and flowers. The mest silly thing that a Protestant con- grezation can do is to build a house of worship urwhich nobody can hear. Externally, Tomp- kins Avenue Congregational Church, Brooklyn, is beautiful to lovk at. It is cruciform in style, florid Gothie_in design, and ornamented to the very spire. The building and furnishing _have cost $250,000. Nobody en fill the house, for uo- body can speak in it or hear in it with any de- gree ol ease or comfort, This house has been rented of the mortagees by the new Congrega- tional Socicty, of wiiich Dr. Helmer is minister. The roof inside looks like the headquarters of a telegraph company. Bunches of telegraph wires run lengthwise and crosswise of the church. 1t was thought that these would break the echo. The platform has been brought into the centre of the church, 2ad a screen put in the rear to aid the sounpd of the voice, but with little success. Architects now say that the interior of the church must be cn- tirely chonged, gallerics ut in, foor raiced, ceiling altcred’ m other words, 2 new church internally must be constructed, and the work is progressing. There are at least 1 dozen churches —some in Brooklyn, some in New York, some in Boston, in Springficld, and Chicago—cach cost- ing over $200,000, that are utterly worthless as places of worshin, It does no good to curse architects, when committees insist upon build- ing Gothic churches for Protestant preaching. When Sir Christopher Wren was_ordered to furnish plans for the rebuilding of St. Paul’s he mude a design that embodied his idea of what a large Protestant church ought to be. _‘The plans arcstill in_existence. Npurgeon's Tabernacle embraces Wren's design, though on a smaller scale. The Duke of York, who was then plan- ning the return of the Romish Church, induced Charles IL to reject the model. Wren was or- dered to restore St. Rauls in the cruciforin t,‘xbyl he whole cost will be about $70,000. | style, and he received the command with bitter tears.—New York Herald. RITUALISM IN ENGLAND. TheLondon Standard of July14 says: “Lord Penzance had before Lim yesterday, at Lambeth Palace, as Dean of Arches, the second suit un- der the Public Worship Regulation act, *Hud- son and others against the Rev. Arthur Tooth,’ for ritualistic practices at St. James', Hatcham. ‘Thecounsel retained on behalf of thecomplain- ants, three of the parishioners of St.James!, Hatcham, of which Mr. Tooth is the Viear, were Dr. Stephens, Q. C., Mr. B. Shaw, and Mr. Blakes- ley. Thedefendant had not appeared to the pro- dings. The ‘representations’ under the act. which had been filed and served on the defendant setforth that on Sunday, the19th of December Iast.and on Sunday, the 9th of January, he had a procession immediately before the communion service with lighted candles and a crucifix. Mr. Tooth in the procession wore an alb, girdle, maniple, stole, amice, and chasuble, and had 4 biretta on his head; two candles were placed on a table at the side of the chancel, and on the conelusion of the service were carried out in the sume manner. Shuilar processions had taken place. There were cighteen charges in the arti- des, as to illegal vestments, using incense, having a mixed chalice, adopting the east- ward position, having bis back to the congrega- tion, kneeling during the praver of consecra- tion, using water-bread, making the sign of the cross, having the hymn 'Agnes De? (‘O Lamb of God, that takest away the sins of the world’) sung, partaking of the sacrament when less than three persons were present, having a great bell tolled durlig the com- maunion _ serviee, with having lighted candles held by persons in cassocks aud surplices, with wearing 2 belt, and with having images near the communion table. Further, that since the consecration he has had a large crucifiv in the nave, near the pu]g}t, and hus had a sccond communion table. The ‘repre- sentations’ in which the charges were stated had been sigued by Mr. Hudson, Mr. Gardener, and Mr. Guoston, three of the parisbioners. The defendant, at the commencement of the case, was called, butdid not fespoud. After some preliminaries the case was proceeded with. Several witaesses were called by Mr. Shaw in support of the charges contained in the repre- entations. One of the witnesses, who was an inhabitant of 8t. James®, Ilatchium, said he had abstained from going to his parish church on ac- count of the extruordinary proceedings which lud been carried ou therein by Mr. Tooth. Lord Penzance, on the conclusion of the cvidence, said he should reserve Lis judgment.” PERSONAL. Mr. Moody’s addresses have been printed in the Malagasy language, the vernacular of the people of Madagascar. The Rev. G. M. McCampbell has become pas- tor of the Reformed Episcopal Church of the Incarnation in Brooklyn. ‘The Chicago revivalists, Messrs. Whittle and Bliss, are reported as intending soon to com- mence 2 serics of revival-mectings in Salem, Mauss. . Bishop Quintard’s collections in England for the University of the South (Episcopal) amounted to $13,280, besides a promise from a lady of $35,000. A London correspondent of the Voce della Terita, writing to that paper, announces, with all possible reserve, that the Rev. Orby Shipley, the well known Protestant High Chorch miu- isteg is converted to Catholicist. A sister of Spurgeon, the great Baptist preacher of London, bas entered the pulpit. 'he English pspers speak of her as a most gifted lud?‘, and say if the Rev. C. H. Spurgeon is the prince of preachers among mien, surcly Mrs. Jacksoni s the queen of preachers among women. The Rev. William W. Newtan, who recently went from Brookline, Mass., to Trinity Chiurch, Newark, us the successor of the Rev. Dr. Nichol- S0n, who is now Bishop of the Reformed Epis- copal Church, has been called to the Rectorship of St. Paul’s Church, Boston, over which Dr. Nicholson was for many years Rector. BREVITIES. A man never really understands the doctrine of total depravity till he has worn a pair of white pantaloons at a picaic and sat down on a plate of custard pie. An event of this kind will simplify a whole system of theology. An old Scotchwoman, whose favorite son was in the habit of swearing occasionally, was cen- sured by her minister for not correcting him. “It's vara wrong, minister,”” she admitted, ¢ but ye maun aloo that it sets aff conversation michtily.” A popular preacher recently, in his sermon, did a wise thing by inducing people to look on the sunny side of things. He said (and doubt- less spoke after a carcful search to confirm his statement) that the word “worst ¥ appears only ouce In the Bible. Boston Transcript: Distrust of officials has become 8o general of late that a crucl wag says he would not trust church-wardens and deacons just now with contribution boxes, unless they carried a horse-car conductor’s bell-punch and «a blue trip-slip.”? Teacher—* Johnny, how did Enoch go to Heaven?” Johnny—‘ Dow’t know, ma’am.” Teacher—“Why bnoch was translated; God took him up to Heaven without dying.” 'John- ny—*By golly, then, that’s the { ¢ I'm going up on!—The Packer Quarterly. My boy,” said a solemn-visaged man tos 1ad who hadl just emerged fron:a hair-pulling match with another bay, * do you expect torove hercafter in a land of pure delight ¢7 No,” said the lad, “I've busted another button off my trousers, and I expect to get licked for it.” A glight mistake at a christening: Clergyman (who has forgotton the day of the month)— *Let me see; this is the—ali—the thirteenth, T believe!” Fond mother (uot catching the_idea exactly, but thinking of her family)—*Why, bless Your stars! No, this is ouly the elev- enth! A Smart Answer.—A minister, in one of his parochial visits, met a cow-herd, and asked him what o’clock it was. “About 12, sir,” was the reply. “Well,” quoth the minister, “I thought it had been more.” “Tt's never any m‘;x;e l)x'are," said the boy; it just begins at 1 agaln. “ Children,” said a country minister, ad- dressing u_Sunday-school, “why are we like fiowers? What do we have that flowers have?”? And a small boy in the infsnt cfass, whose breath emelled of vermifuge, rose up and made reply: % Worms!” And the minister crept under the pulpit to hide his emotion. A clergyman who did not believe in going out- side of Lis own denomination to distribute his charities was solicited by 4 begzar for alms. “My brother,” said the man of God, “are you High Churth ¢ * Never was high in my life,”” returned the beggar reproachfully; “Inever drinks nuthin’ at all, sir.” During the late revival of the Methodist Epis- copal Chiurch at Marshficld, 0., a young convert, after being taken into the fold, rose to address the brethren, and being more familiar with base- ball nomenclature than pious phrases, clothed his few remarks in the following: “I have made the first base, and, by the help of the Lord, will make the home run.”” A Scotch rainister thus discoursed on the care- lessness of his flock: *‘Brethren, when you leave the church just look down at the Duke’s swans; they are very bonny swans, an’ they'll Le soomtng about an’ aye dooking doon their heads and laving theirsels wi’ the clear watertill they're a drookit; then yowlt see them soom- ingto the shore, an’ they’ll R‘e their wings 2 bit flap end they’re dry again. Now, my friends, you come here every Sabbath, an’ I lave you a’ ower wi' the Gospel till ye're fairly drooit wi' it. But you just gang awa’ hame, un’ sit doon by your fireside, zle your wings a bit fap, an’ ye're as dry as ever again.” Here is a little bit from the London World that might profitably have been “sent to Punch” in John Leech’s day: A lady took her 7-year- old little boy to a new church, where it is the olite custom to keep a supply of prayer-books a the porch for the use of such members as may have forgotten those not seldom-forgotten accessorics. \When seated in her pew, the lady told_the little fellow g0 and fetch her a prayer- book. In a minute the wee chap returned, with a very red face, but without the book. “Why did you come back without it, dear? Perhaps they were all gone? “O po, mamma dear, there were plenty, but they were all Common Prayer-Books, and T don’t like to %ring you a common book, mamma dear ! The misquotation of the Bible given in a late pumber of the Drawer has brought to us the following: Some years ago, during a Demo- cratic State Convention held at Syracuse, there oceurred a large Sunday-school picnic, to which many of the delegates were iavited,, and which a few attended. Among those wl accepted were John Van Buren and Gen. Nyc. Mr. Van Buren was requested to make little speech to the little people, and though it was a little out of his line, checrfully assented. In the course of it he sought to_impress upon the juveniles that honesty was the best policy, and that poli- ticians of all classes were quite tou apt to sell aud be sold. By way of illustration he added, 4 You remember bow Abrabam of old traded his birthright for a mess of pottaze.” Gen. Nye, who sat. directly behind him, gave a pull at his coat tails, and said, *Hold on, John, you have got the hair on the wrong man.’*—Harper's Magazine. CHURCH SERVICES. PRESBYTERIAN. The Rev. Jacob Post will preach in the Holland language In the Presbyterian Church, cormer of Noble and West Eric streets, this morningat10 o'clock. 1In the evening at 7:30, he will preach in English. —The Rev. Dr. Blackburn preaches in the Reonion Church, on West Fourteenth, nearThroop street, morning and evening. —The Rev. J. Cowan will preach in the Scotch Church, corner of Ssngamon and Adams streets, this morning, and the pastor, the Rev. James Mac- laughlin, in the evening. —The Rev. Charles L. Thompson will preach morning und evening in the Fifth Presbyterian Church, corner of Indiana avenue and Thirticth street. Morning subject: **Religion and the Masses.” Evening: *‘Centennial Moralizings.” —The Rev. J. S. Jenkins, of Amberat, Mass., will preach, morninz and evening, in the Second Chureh, corner of Michizan avenue and Twenticth street. ' The First Church unites in the evening service. —The Rev. H. F. Stewart will preach this morn- ing in the Sixth Charch, comer of Vincennes und Ouk avenues, on ** Discouragement.™ There will De no evening service. —The Rev. Dr. J. Barrell will preach morning and evening in Westminster Church, corner West Juckson and Peorin streets, Morning subject: **'The Glory of God in Concealing Things.” Even- ;:l;g subject: **The Love of Christ Conftraineth S " —The Rev. S. W. Duffield will preach at 10:30 a. m. and 7:43p. m. in the Eighth Church, corner Washington and Robey strects, Morning subject: ** Knowing in Part.” CONGREGATIONAL. ‘There will be no services during the month of August in the Leavitt Street Church. —The Rev, John B. Fairbanks will preach morn- ing and evening in the Lincoln Park Congrezation- alChurch, cornier of Sophis and Mohawk atreets, —'The Rev. Willism W. Patton, D.D., former pastor, will supply the palpit of tHe, Firsi’ Congre- gational Charch, corner of West Washington und Aun streets, during the absence of Dr. Goodwin. Subject for evening: **The Moral Lessors of the Centennial Exhibition, —The Rev. Dr. Duniel Lord will preach in the Oakland Congrezational Charch this morning, and the pastor, the Itev. Z. S, Holbrook, in the eve- ning, will preach a sermon to the children, &t 8 o'clock. —The Rev. Mr. Searle, of Iows, preaches morn- ing and evening in the New England Church, cor- aer of Delavan place and North Dearborn street. —The Rev. Dr. Northrup will preach morning and eveningin the Union Park Church, corner of Ashlund avenue and West Wushington street. EPISCOPAL. The Rev. Henry G. Perry, Rector, officiates morning and evening in All Saints’ Church, corner of North Carpenter and West Ohio streets, —7he Rev. Dr, Cushman, Rector, ofiiciates at 10:30 0. m. and 7:45 p. 'm. in St. Stephen’s Church. on Johnson street, between Tyler and Twelfth strects. —There will be services at 10:45 this morning in St. Jomes’ Church, corner of Huron and Cass streets. y —The Rev. B. A, Rozers, Rector, officiates this morningat 10:30im the Church of the Epiphany, on Throop strect, near Adams street. —The Rev. M. A. Johnson, Rector of Calvary Charch, Cincinnati, will officlate at 10:45 a. m. and 7:45 p. m. in Trinity Church, corner Michigan avenoe and Twenty-sixthstreet. Holy commi at 10:45a. m. —There will be full Cathedral service with antbems in the Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul, corner of West Washington street, morning and evening. —The Rev. Luther Pardee will officiate at 10:30 o m. and8p. w. in Calvary Church, on Warren avenue, between Oakley ‘street and Western Holy communion at 11:30 2. m. —The Rev. G._ W. Morrill will officiate at 1 a, m. and 7:45 p. m. in the Church of the Holy Communion, South Dearborn street, between Twenty-ninth and Thirtieth streets, —Services at the Church of the Ascension, cor- ner of Elin and LaSalle strects. Holy communion at7a. m.; sermen 10:45 a. m. ; choral service at 8p. 1. evening. BAPTIST. The Rey. Robert P. Allison will p- m. in South Church, corner of parte streets. g —The Rev. J. K. Barry will preach this morn- ing ond evening in the North Star Baptist Church. Communion with morning service. ‘he ley. J. W. Custis will preach at 10:45a. m, and 7:45 p. m. in Michigan Avenue Church, Michigan avenue, nearTwenty-thirdstreet. Com: ‘munion ut the close of morning service. Subject for evening: **Moral Heroism the Need of the Kae Sy ZThe Rev. F. G, Thearle will preach at 10:30 2. m. in the Fourth Church, corner Washington und Paulina streeta. —The Rev. J. L. Sanders will preach in the morning, and the Rev. G. W. Northrup in the evening, in the Second Chareh, corner Monroe and Morgan streets. —The Rev. W. W. Everts will preachat 11 a. m. and7:45 p. M. in the First Church, corner of Thir- ty-first etreet and Soath Park avente. —The Rev. J. B, Juckson will preach in the morning, and the Rev. J. J. Donnelley in the evening, in University Piace Church, corner of Douglas place and Rhodes avenuc, —The Rev. N. F. Ravlin will preach at the usual hours in Open Communion Church, corner of Loomis and West Jackson atreets. METHODIST. The Rev. N. H. Axtell preaches this morning in the Purk Avenine Church, ou ** The Deb of Pairi- a otiem to Religion.” Evening services Centennial experience meeting. —The Kev. Dr. Willlamson will preach In the Wabash Avenue Church at 11 a. m., on **Tne Good and Evil of Camp Meetings,” and at 8 p. m. on ** Gospel Leasons from the Jordan. —The Kes, C. G. Trusdell will preach morning and evening in the Centenary Church, on Monroe, near Morgun street. —The Rev. M. Luther Vorhies preaches this morning and evening in the Free Charch, corner of May and Falton streets. _The Rev. Dr. Tiffany will preach in Trinity Church, Indiana avenue, mear Twenty-fourth street, morning and evening, Communion atmorn- ing service. £ ZThe Rev. John Atkinson wili preach morning and evening in Grace Church, corner North La- Salle and White strets. Morning subject: *‘The Crucifixion. " —The Rev. Mr. Rockwell will preach at 10:30 a. m., and the Rev. Mr. Ircland ac7:30 p. m., in Western Avenue Church. —The Rev. S. A. W. Jewett will preach at 10:45 a. m. in the Fifst Charch, corner Clark and Wash- ington streets. Subject:'**The White Stone and the New Life.” 'No preaching in evening; prayer- meeting instend. —The Rev. W. C. Willing will preach st 10:45 a. m. and 7:45 p. m. in the Langley Avenue Church, corner Langley avenue and Thirty-ninth strect. Morning subject: ** Perfect Peace:"” evening sub- ject: **What the Enemies of Christianity Think of It. REFORMED EPISCOPAL. Bishop Fallows preaches at 10:30 8. m. and 7:45 . m. in St. Paul's Church, corner of West Wash- ington and Ann sirecta. A —The Rev. James McLaoghlin preaches this morning in Christ Church, corner of Michigan ave- nue and Twenty-fourth street. CHRISTIAN. ‘The Rev. J. W. Owen will preach this morning in the First Church, corner of lndiana avenne and | Twenty-fifth strect. _Elder J. W. Owen will preachin the Cantral Chburch, Campbell Hall, corner of Van Baren street and Campbell avenue, this afternoon at3 o'clock TSTTARALY. The Rev. Brook Herford will preach morning and evening in the Church of the Messiab, corner of Michigan avenue and Twenty-third street. lorning subject: ** The Sunday Question.” UNIVERSALIST. The Res. J. Stout will preach this morging in Masonic Hall, corner of Indiana aveoue ana Thir- ty-first street. LUTHERAN, The Rev. Edmund Belfour preaches this morn- ing in the_English Evangelical Lutheran Church, corner of North Dearborn and Erie strects. NEW JERUSALEM. The Rev. Dr. Hibbard will preach at11a. m. in New Church Hall, corner_Eighteenth street and Prairie avenue, and at 11:30 p. m. in the Temple, comer West Washington street and Ogden aveuue. MISCELLANEOTS. The Progressive Lyceum meets in Grow’s Hall at 12:30 p. m. to-day. . . The First Society of Spiritualists’ Conference will be held in Grow's Hall at 10:30 a. m. to-day. Miss Susie M. Johnson, a trance speaker, lectures aTi0p, m The Rev. J. T. Sunderland will preach at ¢ o'clock in the hall No. 879 Cottage Grove avenue. Sabject: _ **Not-Yours, but Yon." —The Rev. B. L. Martin will preach at 3 o'clock this afternoon in the Washingtonian Home. —Elder H. G. McCulloch_preaches morning and evening to the Adventists in the Tabernacle, No. 91 South Green street. - There will be an open-air service at 6:30 p. m. to-day on the corner of West Lake and May streets. Friends' mecting in the hall on Twenty-sixth street, between Indiana aud Prnirie avenues, this morning, EBenjamin Fraukland will be in attend- ance Sfecting for stady of the Scripturesat 5 . m. £ = o —The Disciples of Christ meet at No. 220 West Randolph street at -4 o'clock this afternoon. —The Rev. Donald Fletcher will preach and ad- minister the Dord's Supper in the evening at the State street Tabernacle—Railroad Chapel. —Elder J. M. Stephenson will preachat 10:30 a. m. and 3 p. m. in the Churchof the Ope Faith, comner Warren avenue and Robey street. Morning uubjoct: +ission of the Gospel in the World. > Afternoon sabject: **The Eastern Question in Prophecy.” CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK. EPISCOPAL. Aug. 6—Eighth Sunday after Trinity. CATHOLIC. £ Aug. 6—Yinth Sonday oftcr Pentecost; Transfig- ‘wration of Our Lord. Aug. St. Cajetan, C.; St. Donatus, B. 3f. aug. . Cyriachs, Largus, and Smaragdus, . Aug. 9—Vigil of St. Lawrence; St. Romanus, ML Zug. 10—St. Lawrence, AL Aug. 11—0f the Octave of St. Lawrence; SS. Ti- ‘burtins und Susanna, MM, Aug. 12-5% Clare, Vo THE GAME OF CHESSV CitEss DRECTORY. —Chicago Chess Club, Nos. 63 ;loll\ 65 Washington street; open from 94 m. to p. m._ Chess players meet dail House (Sechange) and the Shermin House hass All commanications intended fc fi%\;}l&,fldflxfiu&d to Tue Tcnmg;’t'g fifl;fl:fi TO CORRESPONDESNTS. **E. B."—Your problem canalso be solved by 1..EttoB 2. **E. R. B."—The problem received is still im- perfect, as the R has two other open files. *¢B—n 0—n.”—The position is hardly suitsble for & problem, but, if agrecable, will be published as 8 curiosity. **F. B.,” Lemont, Ill.—You bave the fdea, but not the modus; try again. With a little practice you will be able to compete with the most expert. *¢J. §.—The 3-move position inclosed is im- perfect, as White may play2..Kt to B 4 or Q 4, with the same result. No. 2 of the 2-movery i3 preferred, though both are t00 easy for publication. Correct_eolution to Problem No. 31 received from C. Dreier, H. Powell, Dexter, G. N. J., E. R B., and G. S. Powell, city; J. J. H., Free- port, 111, Correct solution to Problem No. 38 recsived from W, H. Ovington, C. Dreicr, H. Powell, k. Buarbe, Dr. Ballard, Dexter, E. S. Watts, G. S. Fowell, E. Semplé, B.°G, Haskell, W, L., . R B., “an LML, city: J. E. Robins Winona, Miun, ; ., Tarner, . i PROBLEM NO. 38. BY MB. JOUN WILKINSON, CHICAGO. Black. 758 7k \§ WY V7 7% L White. d mate in three moves. ‘White to play a SOLUTION TO PROBLEM NO. 34, (as smended with Block Pawn at K Kt 2.) White. Black. 1L.KtakesKtatK4 K tukes @ SOLUTION TO PROBLEM NO. 36. White. Black. BtoKt3 1.KtoKt4 QtoB7 2..K moves Qor 1 mates sck 1..K10 B2, then 2..Q to B 7 ch, and 3.1 A CHESS CHALLENGE. The following challenge has been issued by Afr. H. E. Bird: New Yoxs, July 31.—70 the Editor of the New York Herald: 1begto propose a match at chess with Capt. Mackenzie, the champion of the United States, for $30 a side, leaving all other conditions to be named by him. * 1t is known that the hope of a trial of akill with the Captain (as suggested in our correspondence of 1873) was one of my reasons for visiting America, and I am reluctant to leave without it taking place. I trust, having to the desire existing for us to ploy, he will, in the interest of chess, accept my challenge. The amount of stakes will, perhaps, pe considered small. and may possibly be incressed. It may ba mentioned, however, that some of the most im- portant chess matches on record have been played for a stake within the sum named. Hoping for an early reply, 1am, yours cbediently, 4. E. Brro. P. S.—Staunton and Horwitz, Morphy sud An- derssen, Morphy and Harwitz, ‘Steinitz and Bira, and Wisker and Bird (London amatear champion: ahl_nd)‘ were all played for stakes not exceeding S50 aside. NOTES. The death of Herr Hampe, the noted Austran player, and also of the Prinve of Villa Francs, well known in French chess circles, have lately beex announced. Tue TRIBCNE bas been favored by Mr. J. Wil- kinson with a copy of his ** Problems in Chees,” a zeat little volume of 140 pages, containing 117 stratagems (20 of them alphabetical), and, as far as examined, of superior merit. Mr. Wilkinson has bad little or nothing to do with chess of late years, bat was formerly & well-knows problemat- ist. The book canbehad of Jansen, McClurg & Co. ‘The Chess Record states that Messrs. Steinitz, Zukertort, and Blackburne have written & letter ta the Committee on Rules and Regulations, in whick they state **that if the tourney be postponed te Sept. 15, or Oct. 1, they have no doubt that a very much larger sum can be raised than we now have, and that they will then come over and enter, and the toarney will be a grand success,” It is poasi- ble that this programme may be carried out. Mr. J. J. Lowenthal, the celebrated cheas-play- et and writer on the game, died Juty 20 at St. Leonards-on-Sen. The deceased, who has been a naturalized Dritieh subject for the last twenty ears, was a Hungarisn by Dbirth, born at Budi- esth in July, 1810. Mr. Lowenthal contributed the chess cplumn in the London Era for nearly twenty years. TNITED STATES VS. CANADA. Appended are the scores of two of the games in the Postal-Card Tourney, between Messea. C. S. Baker, of Galt, Ontario, and D. T. Brock, of Chi- cago. The notes are by the cheas editor of the Toronto Globe. 1.—KING’S BISHOF'S OFENING. Whrite—Mr. D. T. B. Black—Mx C.S. B, 1..] K4 1.PtoK4 OO TG R KRR OO R rerE foREtEs §53 mEw ] [ ‘announced m (3) Original, bat not at all as good as the ortho- dox move, P t0 K B 3. () If Qto QKt3, then8..Q to Q 5, winning » picce or gaining an overwhelming atidck. (¢) Good, better than castling. (d) He has nothing better to do. s qams ls irretrievably gone. I —KING'S BISHOMS GAMDIT. White=Mr. C. 8. B. g s ES 133 2.P takes P S BwBe ¥ PoQe 4. Bukes P RS ch 5.KtoB LK 2 SEReiaw tof4 T BBt WEKte 8..PoQs toKt2 9 QKLWBS wgu: lO..&lflQZ QKL 4 11,8 takes P (b) taker 12Kt takes P 10Qq 13.Kt10 Q6 wWREI(Q) 148003 nmgs; 15..Kt tal :;? kst 18. o 7 13RS e e 13..P takes B. wBe 19..BioKB+4 toQsq 20 .PWEKSE wes K Ptakes P takerg P Queens ct o Kt o8t s G Rte@ 10 takes Kt P takes K Pdisex Rwhz(e) toK7ch E 3 5 4 H 0 (a) Some snthorities give Q to B 3 as the correct move here. “ (b) A eacrifice for which the two Pawas and slight superiority in position ase not safiicient compensation. (c) Preventing the intended capture of the Kt P, V!:flch would have given White a decided supe- riority. (d) Making the captare of a piece inevitable. (¢) Anything else would have becn equally dis- astrons. ———— A Literary Curiosity. Among the literary curiosities at present in demand are copies of & certain weekly newspa- per in New York issued a dayafter the St. Louis bominations. It i3 made up from the MI‘Y forms, and the first four pages, or “‘outside,” are filled with the most vigorous denunciation of Goy. Tilden, showing up his Western railrosd operations, his friendship with Tweed, and other interesting exposures, tnat make a perfect may- azine for Republican speakers and wTiters. '] other four puges, or “inside,” of this remark- abie weekly are *’Rah for Tilden!” and fairly glow with _eulogies and praises of the *Re- Torm” candidate, the ring-breaker, the very besy man that could have beeo selected, and 60 un. When the responsible editor saw this sheet, be leaned back in his chair and gave Zrpress-ion to some particularly forcible Anglo-Sexon. At this date copies &re in dumnaud b fuocy prices.