Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, September 3, 1876, Page 13

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE RELIGIOUS ACrand Baptismal Excursion in Alabama. A New Emblem of the Ship of Zion. The Bible in the Schools—Is This a Christian Country ? Religious Enthusiasm in Russia —The Prince of Wales and the Savior. The Restoration of Chester Cathe- dral-=Moody at Spring- field. Eites end Personals at Home and Abroad---Church Services To-Day. BAPTISMAL EXCURSION. HOW TAEY MANAGR IN ALABAMA. « The following interesting hand-bill illustrates the manner in which business and religiorn may ¢ besutifully blended : NOTICE. [egror matLmoap TS, ] For the beneflt of those wishing to_ be present at the baptizing at Hunisville, Ala., Sunday, Sept. 10, 1676, there will be & special ' train run from Tascumbis. N Now remember, friends. the Tenth Command- sient esys, ** Kecp the Sabbath day boly." This ies sacred excursion-train (and not a pienic) for the purgose of carrying people to the baplizing aad sacrament that day, which is one of the com- mandments of Christ,’ for le said, ‘I baptize with fire and the Holy Ghost,—we baptize with | water, Finst, repentance, then beliere, and then be baptized, for thut §s one of the commandments of the Lord Jesus Christ. At the Lord's Supper 1he wine represents_the blood of Christ, who was ucified on Moant Calvars. 'Now, fricnds, your attention to the number of people who 7e 10 be haptized on that day, which will be about 230. The number of rwembers now belonging to the Church is 2,695. The Bapust Chorc. of Huntsville, which Ts the mother of all the churches mentioned below, is the St. Bartley.. The nastor is E. Harna. The cunrches referred to are: Flint River, Beth- any, Liberty, Meridiunsville, Jeraslem, Macedo- aia, New Zion, Persimmon Grove, Elkton, Friend- Mip. Bean Creek. Dezcons of St. Bartley Church, of Huntsville, we ¥, Bentleg and J. Robinson. We do this to show the public the work we bave doue for the Lord since the War. Jobn D. Robin- sonand F. Beatley are the oldest Deacons of the Baptist Association. COME ON] COME ALL. GOD LOYES ALL. Whoever praises 11is name, wherever God's work ocs on, helps to udvance the cause of Christ. cmember the Oid Ship Zion. The song **She hes landed many thousauds, and will land many more.” This train represents the 0ld Ship Zion, 10 land you safe at Huntsville, in the name of the Lord. People who work for a go0d cause for their poople, and all who read this, will know it to be a good cause. Now, friends, I want to call your attention to the manager of this excursion. God knows that 1, the manager of this excursion, W. M. Richard- 2, love my people. Iam not & Chrictian, but in ol ‘my work 1 work under the care of the Lord. ‘Therefore, 1 don't want to disappoint the brethren end friends of the Lord on that day, because they have been disappointed once alrcady ina train going o Huntsvilte. 1 will not fail you on that 5. God knows that I stand in fear of Him. Enuw myself that I ought to be a Christian, becanee 1iave communications sometimes with the spirit, and it must be the spirit of the Lord. It tells me I ouzht to pray: therefore, I believe I am enccessfal inall my undertakings. * ** There are many called, bnt few chosen.™ }ut God knows that I believe e bas chosen me for onc of His children. Thoee who with to smoke will occupy the bag- You csn buy your tickets three days before the excursion. as there will be an agent to sell them from the 7th to the 10th of September, or you can buy them on the train. Farties who get on at Courtland will bay tickets of Hammet Ashford. Truin will arrive at Tascumbia at 8 a. m. , arrive tuntsville 2t 100, m. Return from Huntsville p. m. Al licensed ministers go free of charge by show- ing their certificates to the conductor of the train. W. M. Ricuannsox, Mausger. LETTERS. THE BIBLE IN THE SCHOOLS. To the Editor of The Trilune. JmIcAGO, Aug. 26.—The communication in Your issue of yesterday morning from one who subseribes himself A Father ¥ was evidently adressed to the Rev. Mr. Parkhurst. But a8 he adds “ard others,” that means me. Heasks 2reat many foolish questions, and, in conse- quence, Is wholly unworthy of notice, but since I know comething about the **Bible in the Schogls,” I desire to make some remarks to this “Father.” To dwell 2 little npon preliminaries first: It Is 2 varrow-minded and *ignorant man who will try to bring up isolated passages of Scripture and palm them off upon an intelligent pubiic as cvidence which should condemn the Bible. Wiy don’t “Father " tcll the whole stary when be talks of David or those cruel wars? Those hictories are impartial narratives, and give the fullest details of what they profess to narrate. Then he points out the objectionable parts, which are simple narrations, as though they were sanctioned by the good book. He asks, ‘“Can we approve of most of the morals taught in the Old Testament?” Now, I presume this “Father " can’t turn to the Bible without find- ing scme of those obscene passages he talks sbout. Perhapsit may be because they are the onlyones that attract dis attention. “Asa man thinketh, vou know.” ¢ Birds of a feather ock tgether.” and undoubtedly roost to- "zether. So_this “Father,” perhaps, always ‘s & comfortable perch on what he calls the obscene passages. 1t is {mpossible for me to £0 iuto details upon any perticular subject, much as I desire to do so at this time. But I ®ill make this assertion: For every passage **Father™ can find ju the Holy Bible that hic €an by any possibility construe’ into obscenity .can find” fitty passaes which teach the Chris~ graces. So cau anybody so inclined. And the teacher who cannot, out of so &ge 2 percentage of the Bible, and orticularly the New Testament, find ap- propriate “paesages for public-school read- 28, without turning_to Solomon’s song, or A0y other part of the Bible that ¢ Father” can pussibly qub as Leing obscene. I have taught for years, and Lave always opened my exercises f& the morning by having my pupils read a por- tion of Seripture in concert, and follow it with P fepeating the Lord's Prayer in concert; and L. gever saw a single “blush of shame” mantle *be cheeks of iy pupils cither. Fatiier » asserts that the New Testament bistory is legendary and was not written for Scores of years” after the events transpircd. Lis is not true. He had better read up a little, tnd not take s0 much from hearsay. He also J2y6 the accouuts of the crucifixion and resur- fection are so contradictory that they lose all Falue as evidence, and heace the credibility of -h~uuspels is destroved. This is laughable In- deed! ‘These Gospels that bave stood the most searching investigation and keenest logic of the st lesrned men for 1,800 years are to be de- stroved with perfect ease by ** Father,” are they? On the contrary, they always will stand Js they stand to-day, “founded on a rock.” Fatlier " ould do well to read up the con- temporaries of the Gospel writers, and see what they thiuk of the credibility of the Gospels. Hume might be quoted in support of what Father" thinks is destroyed by vontradictions. The Gospel writers all agree as to the facts con- ¢eruing the crucifixion aud resurrection, but State these facts inadifferent way; which makes it worth infinitely more 1s evidence than if they Ul said the same things in the same words. In :hie latter case any sane mind would put it down 13 0 impostare. 5 He aduwits that the morals taught in the New estament are unobjectionable; then, while 2dmitting this to be the case, wants to know, a littte further on, if “proper education and purity of thonglit ” can be advapced by read- g such a book as the New Testament. This tmply proves that he is all muddled up, and o't know whot he is talkiug about. Indeed, buve no doubt he could answer nearly all of bis own questions satisfactorily to himsell, a8 well as complimentary to the Bible, by exam- Iuing Lis own thoughts. His admitting that the New Testament morals are *unobjection- able,” coming as it does from a msn opposed to the Bible, simply means that th 0 are une uucgl\ h is the fiwé BI;::D::::- Dot read the New Testament carefully, neitior pressed with the morals taught there. !:x;g:l',dl put the ques- til:gl:yfégh't o:‘i“' gf {ug. ane’w&tfi%fim ;:lud- ead the Bible. This sample of the proportion who are- i Savr ey hnglng the Bible read in our schools. Now, Jet's come the Yankee upon the above-quoted m;‘n“-h"’i‘ Jnd snawet it by asking another ques- = 1he proportion, standi majority incvery sehoor esine o ot tion to the patrons 18 to read the Bible, have you a vight to say the: ;;‘aglh.! Answer that. aney youywsi?g”r:s:: minority any more right to {orce barbariem upan us than we b foree “unobjectionable ‘morality upon ‘yous Or s it a fairer way to do, as 2ll echools Woere the Bible is read make g practice of doing—let those who wish to, read, and those who d refrain from reading? Take whatever wnoym"l.'\ :hoose. it stands in opposition to our republivan nstitutions that your small minority should goyern our majority. ..+ Father" ig evidently a patron of the publie ‘schaols, ¢, 88 teachers, have met_his like in our schools many times. Generall 5 the children of such a man’ are the most impudent and troublesome a teacher has to deal with. They are always quoting what *pa said ™ for thein to do. Such children as well as their parents are the bane of & teacher’s life. I call upon teach- es 1o say whether the children of Bible oppo- Dents are not generally the worst pupils you bave to deal with, and are not_the children of ristian parents the best, and if the Bible is such an obscene, badbook, why is it not just the reverse! GUY ZuMPRRY. I3 THIS A CHRISTIAN NATIONY To the Editor of The Teibune, Cuicaco, Aug. 31.—Your correspondent “ G. E. F.” combats the asseytion that * this is not & Christiai nstion,” and that religious instruction has no place in the public schools, and as proof to the contrary flourishes the oath required in courts of justice and to affidavits, and alleges that such oath must be made “on the Chrig- tians’ Bible aud in the name of the Christians’ God.” “This,” he says, ‘‘is & substantial rec- ognition of Christianity and of the Christian God.” He goes on to argue that, therefore, it is necessary for all to be educated as to that Bible and that God, else the oath would be valueless. He “cannot believe that Liberals and Catholices are prepared to go to the length of abolishing the use of the oath,” and must, therefore be inconsistent in desiring the omis- sion of Bible-reading in the achoole. . 1 think “G. E. F.” had better have informed himself on the matter before he rushed iuto priit. Now, tue [aw in regard to the oath to be used in courts or clsewhere is as follows: It shail be lawful for any person_empowered to administer the oath to administer it in the follow- ing form, to-wit: The person swearing shall, with his hand uplifted, swear by the ever-living' God, 20d shall pot be compelled to lay the hand on or kdisa the Gospela. ~11l. Revised Statutes, Chap. 101, <. 1f there is any recognition of *the Christiaus’ God " or Bible here I fail to discoverit. Cbris- tian or Jew, Buddhist, Mohammedan, or Ration- alist alike could claim this oath as prepared to meet each his particular views. Some of all religions may object to au oath in any form, and’ our laws _provide that such may simply nn inatead. As to theabolition of the oath altogether I ‘maintain, and 2 large class of thinking people maintain, that oaths should be abolished, and witnesses simply beld in restraint by the pains and penalties for perjury. The mavmer in which an oath is usually administered does away with all moral impression that is seught in_an oath, and tends to render the _Feople indiffer- ent to its solemn meaning. The form of af- firmation secms to pledge the personal honor of the witness, which to many seems better than to invoke the most high God, insuch o tlippant and almost. blasphemous manner as is usual. This mumbling of oaths in courts, and rattling off of chapters of the Bible in secular schools to chiidren in a hurry to get at their studies, are about on & par, and ol very little account. They blunt the moral sense rather than otherwise. But this claim of Puritan people that for this and that reason this country is proved to bea Christian country, and its Government and laws therefore justly should be under dictation of Christians or those who assume to class themselves such, is to an empbatic degree ab- surd. There is nothing in the organic act creat- ing the patioual Government referring to Clristionity. As to the people, the most that could be claimed as Christians in the orthodux sense are the members of churches, aud not one-twentieth part of the nation are church members. Probably balf of the church mem- bers would not vess muster as real Christians, taking Clrist’s teachings s a standard. The mation, 28 to its business, jts so- ‘ciety, its ms, and its sentiments, is vastly more Pagan than Christian. Ninety- nine men out of & hundred fu this land, wheth- er in churches or out of them, conform all their life and actions almost exactly to the principles ‘which actuated the Pagans of old Greece, and by no manner whatever to the non-combatant, self-ignoring prineiples lald down by Jesus. Christ reguired meu to seck, not their own ad- vantage and gain for self, but to work for their fellows, If one man has superior talents, he is to use them to heip those wno are weaker. No one is to lay up_wealth, but let each day take care of itself. “No one to return a blow, but to return good for evil. If s man take your coat, ive him your cloak also. Each one inust deny g;msnll, and be constantly helping the needy, visiting the sick, succoring the poor, and despising riches, worldly honors and cverything sensual in lite. The Pa- fgan world around Jesus lived on different prin- ciples. They believed in each mau for himself, and the strongest man the best fellow. They bestowed some charities, to be sure, where sym- pathy was excited, but selfish advancement in ‘wealth, in honor, in power, was each man’s eager desire, and {he man devoid of such ambi- tion was regarded as a visivnary or an imbecile. Take the two standards and tell me, man or angel, is not this nation Pagan rather than Christisn? . No, indeed! this is not a Christian nation. There are some people in it that profess to gov- ern_their lives by the principles of Christ, but really Jive according to the principles of Pagan- ism. The great mass of Christendom have never pretended to be governed by any other motives than those of cultivated heathendon. If it was not for public readings and expound- ings of Christ's teachings, no one would ever suspect that any one knew that such teachings existed. Modern Christianity is only ancient Paganism leavened with a little pictistic bypocrisy. Deny it and.I will prove it. 2 RUSSIAN RELIGIOUS ENTHU- . SIASM. 1T INFLUENCE ON THE EASTERN QUESTION. A late number of Fraser's Afagazine has an excellent article on the religious enthusiasm of Russis, from which the following extract is taken: - The religions enthnsiasm of the Russian people, nowhere more evident than in Moscow, is & very important element in a thoroush nnderstauding of this side of the Eastern question. Except, per- haps, in Brittuny and in_the Basque provinces of Spuin, there is nothing like it in Europe, 1n the Russo-Greek Church solid images are not _permit- ted, and the aymbols of faith are generally worth- Jess pictures, made to reprexent imuges as much as is permiesible. by having stufis wrought n thin gold or ailver stuck o pou the paiuting. “The cele i wall of the 'mlin is s Sicture **The Redeemer of ended above the because s pictare of this sort, Smolensk, " as it is ealled. 4 & Tiigh archway of brick. \With an opera-glazs one can discern o repreaentation of the typical face of Christ decked in golde'n‘ dz‘lfl? A:n?' r::lnrl.’v::;y egenerat s i Even_in_these deg agn, 1 o searcely permitted _ that any one this archway except uncovered. The Jews and Mobammedaps generally find d gate when they wish to eter the B e the Acropolis of Moscow: the Czar hiai- self never passes by any other way, and never With his hat upon his head. But it 18 upon the outer side of the \ oskreneski Gate, in the Kitai-Gerod, or *‘Chinese town" of Moscow, that the most lfi- marksble exhibition of religious feeling msy be witnessed. Before the stout wall of brick-work Which separates the outgoing from the incoming way is the Iberian Chapel (Jverskaya Imlnrm‘n),[ architectnrally nothing but 3 large-sized hut o 8tone, on a platform raised by two steps above the Foadway, From morning till night this platform is fhranged, and the chapel overdows with a crow chiefly composed of men. pressing, all bareneaded, and all with money in ’lxh:‘lr h‘ml::‘u?:"fl l:ll :lr- of the little san 5 . ;g::f?io:;wfi grelling into the chapel, which will c: d is lighted by the hold about ten people abreast, and 1¢ ighiel By che cering glare of 3 SCOTC O ? :‘{:fi:‘ theTurther end, and_the wall opposite the door is reaplendent with shining metal, c§c=}:. where the object of this extravagant devotion oln 5 grimy through its {ramework of gold. On the left side of ‘*the Iberisn Mother of God," which i the name given to this commonplace daub, ;:p; poscd to possess mirsculous powers, stands Ponghiaired pricst—now and theu reljeved by another Jong-haired priest,—who, hour hy‘ our, in the name of the tinseled and jeweled i ctore, and with bleseings, consecrates the prsy L'P!‘ !‘X‘Ifl offerings of the faitbful. Only the face of the Madonna i# visible, and it is not casy to dlaungfl;s‘ ‘her features beneath the dust of yesrs. But Bot minnte passes in which the rattle of money r.;- z to the uses of the Russian Church is not hearc :£ in which 1ips &re Rot preased upon the Lramewd! ‘Onjo was formed by Mra. Mary SUNDAY. SEPTEMBER 3, 1876—SIXTEEN PAGE ar upon the rudely-wrought robes of beates which conceal the picture to the neck. s.u‘hy“lfi Tower depth of superstitious_degradation was ever Teached in connection with Christian worship! One cannot be eurprised that to a Turk 2 Russian seems %o be an idai:trous worshiper of bictures. The refining explaneuion which the most enlightened fathers of the Greck Church offer concerning this exhibition | gg-2cisely of the sort, and differs only in degree. fict that which might be offered for the idol worshipers of more southern than castern lands. The picture has no historic reputation, 1t was brought from Mount Athos, that plessant wooded hill peapled with monkish 'drones, = A sum of about £12,000 8 year is collected, and fiom'this the salary of the Métropolitan of Moscow is me was when in the ceremonies which Easter, the Czar used to lead the dnnk?;e:;(s: which the Patriarch of Moscow rode, carrying a gacred challce and a copy of the four Gospéls. Nowadays that ccremony is neglected, but we are m to understand that the Czar mever enters mghcg;‘e‘r&h:_nzln:fixni%g the revenues of this <iastical officer by praying af 8 of *‘the Jerian Mother ol’y(gmly"gg viikie: disine PULPIT BLASPHEMY. THE PRINCE OF HEAVEN AND OF WALES. ‘The Liverpool Post of July 22 has the follow- ing abstract of a curious sermon which only s Welshman could have preached: In the course of a Welsh sermon Rev. Mr. Evane, minister of Bethel dare, on Sunday morning, the preacher took occa- sion to draw & comparison between two Princes— one being the Prince of Heaven (Jeaus Christ), the other being an earthly Prince—in fact, the Prince of Wales. ° Comoarisons, Letween equals even, have in all ages been regarded as odious: but what will be thousht of the spirit ond_taste which dic- tated the remarks of this minister, some of which ‘are the following: The preacher ob- served puseazes in the lives of each of the said Princes " which_had some resemblance of one another. The Prince of Wales, for instance, had been empowered by the Government of this coun- ry to visit India—a part of the world, he said, the osseseion of which by our country wade the Brit- ish nation thieves. The Government of Heaven alse deputed ita Prince, long, lonz before the creation of the universe, in the eternal conncil of three in one to visit this earth—the legitimate possession of the kingdom. The Princo of Wales eft bebind him, at home, his mother. his wife, family, etc. ‘The Prince of Heaveu also left Hix father’s home, etc. But the speaker observed points of differences also in the circumstances of the two casea. The Prince of Wales had an invi- tation sent him from a certain class of people in Indis to visit that country. A large amount of money—~some scores of thonsands of pounds—had been voted by the British Government to pnt in his pocket, which, no doubt, was to make up for the emptiness of his head. The Prince of Heaven Bad no favitation to visit his own country: he came penniless to a world, the_dominion of which was claimed by the Prince of Darkness. The Prince of Walca went to India to gratify his own pleasure in hunting up and killing ‘wild beusts, to patronize the crucl practice of putting dumb snimals to fight oud Kill each other; fo witness the de- grading babit of women danciug in slmost a nude or maked swate: and to accompany the people to their tembles to _participute in their heathen worship. When the Prince of llcaven came to the earth e had no human_habitation (o reccive bim: a stable was is birthpluce, and His clothes wore the giftu of travelors (their original wearere). Ile came to exccute & laborious and benevolent task—to clevate the people from moral degradation, to raiscthe dead, to heal the sick, to sutfer persecation, and at last 'to be put to death. The return home and the fruit left in the csse of each miurion also differed. The Prince of Wales was warmly welcomed home by hie familyand the {nbabitants of the towas through which he passed on his way. He also brought with him as a trophy of his travels a few animala; but where did he. go the firat night after his retirn bome? Toa play- Bouee—sn sct which was much prolsed, according to the Daily Telearaph publishedat the time, And what will bo the effect and fruit of his conduct in India s already related. It will be pernicious and dawning in its mfluence. _The Prince of Heaven ascended homeward via Saturn ond Jupiter, and the inbabitauts of which planets, if they had'any, ‘must have welcomed Him with their cheers, and when e arrived at I8 heavenly home the zates were lifted high for His entrance. The trophy of His 1abor on earth was man suved. pesie s CHESTER CATHEDRAL. STORY OF 1T3 RESTORATION. Providence Journal. CuEesTER, Eng., Aug. 9.—Arriving in Chester yesterday morning, I found the quiet old town in a high state of excitement. The strects Were crowded, the buildings were covered with flags, the bells were ringing aud chiming continually. It was a great day for Chester, as the, ancient Cathedral, which had been undergoing the pro- cess of repair and renewal for the last ten years, was to be reopened in the afternoon with a mag- nificont service. I struck at once for the resi- dence of Dean Howson, who had been mainly instrumental in effecting the renovation of the Cathedral, and met with a most cordial recep- tion. “ \Where are your robes?” was the first ques- tion; “ Bishops are rather scarce to-day, and for ‘various reasons there would be something par- ticularly appropriate in having an American to join with us to-day.” 1 was obliged to say that Imust be allowed to {all into the rank and file, and such a rank and file I never saw before in the form of an ecclesi~ astical procession. Preceded by the usual offi- cials, with their silver wands and marvelous outfit, first came a surpliced band of 100 choris- ters from various parts of the Kingdom, and then about 300 clergymen of various orders, all in full costume and in toelr parti-colored hoods, with Oxford caps in their bands. Passing into the choir, which {s about the size of our Grace Church, we could see the entire nave and tran- septs of the edifice crowded, no one being ad- mitted without a ticket, of which many thou- sands were distributed, while the clergy and choristers filled the entire choir. The service was simply the usual evening prayer, with & very semsible sermon by the Bishop of Rochester, but there wassuch an abundance of anthews and so wany elaborate chants that the entire excercises occupied nearly three hours. Iwas much impressed with sev- eral facts that were given in the Bishop’s ser- mon. Thirty years ago, be said, the question was whethier the whole cathedral system should be given up as a poor fuilure, everything con- nected with these establishments was in a for- lorn, dilapidated condition, but, he added that within the last few years, £20,000,000 had been contributed for the Testoration of these venera- ble piles, and all the services were now couduct- ed with earnestness and zeal. Itis Dhard for us to comprehend what the renewal of one of these edifices means. To take out one stone after an- other, and replace it with 2 new one, cut and carved precisely like the former, to do the same with the elaborate wood-work, and make it all new without in any degree obliterating the fea- tures of antiquity, is a low and costly work. It 18 something that will never be donein our land. Pall el Gazelte, Aug. 7. Chester Cathedral was reopened yesterday af- ternoon. The restoration has occupied cxactly eight years, and hasbcen divided into successive parts as the funds have come in. The first four years were employed prinipally in graining the nave roof, restoring the tower, and in refacing and underpinning the Lady Chapel and elioir. TImmediately after this tlie restoration of the interior of the choir was begun; and while that part of the cathedral was under altcration the nave was uscd for services on Sundays and week days. 'The deal boardinis wirich was temporarily crécted hetween the nave and choir was taken down a few weeks ago, thus leaving the whole Jength of the Cathedral open from end to end. Formerly the length view was intercepted by a heavy stone screen, mpon which the organ stood. The latter instrument now stands at the oening of the north transept, in a new case of oak, supported by the twenty-four monoliths of Italian marble, the gift of the Duke of West- wminister. Tbe south transept, known as §t. Os- wald’s Church, is also luid entirely open, though not as yet restored. Oncof the most noticeable featurés of the restoration is the rich red tint of the sandstone, which was formerly covered witi a thick layer of whitewash. The tabernacle worl, famous for its delicacy and Dbeauty, has been repaired throughout with the utmost care. The lighting of the crossing is effected by 2 ‘magniticent brazen corona. c RELIGIOUS MISCELLANY. THE CHURCH 1N GENERAL. The Bible has been excluded from the public schools of Greece at the request of the Bishops. The average age of Congregational ministers who died in Massachusetts last year was 69 years. It is stated that during the past year 2,042 French Catholics in Montreal have abjured the Papal religion. Another Roman Catholic Vieariate Apostolic is to be created in Western America,—the Vicar- jate Apostolic of the Indian Territory. The legacies reccived by Congregationalist churches in Connecticnt for the last six years amount, according to report, to more than $750,000. Rhode Island clams are extensively utilized for the betefit of impecunions churches, * Wick- Jord clam-bakes™ are now in fdshion, and have viclded to one society of struggling Baptists st least $1,400. yhe American Board of Missions (Congrega- tional) will hold its sixty-scventh annusl mect- ing in Hartford, Conu., op the 3d to the 6th of October. The Rev. Dr. W. M. Taylor will preach the sermon this year. i ed that the first Sunday-school in It is claimt Enka, oL tu fort at Marietta, #s early as 1791 " The fort was tection. earl) lers. gracted for the protecticy of, P, ol susies reached by the Chapel, Aber- sought refuge within the fort, and in their ¢ dren 3rs. Lake and her two sons found the wa- terial for a successful Sunday-schiool. It lasted four years. 1t is proposed to divide the Protestant Epis- copal diocese of North Carolina into three dio- ceses: ane with Wilmington fur acentre, anoth- er with Raleigh, and the third with Ashevyille, west of the Blue Ridge. The next year’s con- Vention is to decide upon the plan. Buddhism is said to be rapidly declining in Japan. In a single district or kea seventy-one !emrlu have, since 1873, been converted into dwelling-houses or used for other sccular pur- poses. During the last six years upward of 600 temples have thus been diverted from their orig- inal object. Of the eleven Prussian Roman. Catholic_dio~ ceses only the four of Ermland, Culm. Osna- bruck, and Limburg are still administered in a regular way. Those of Fulda and Treves have lost their Bishops through death; the Bishops of Breslau, Paderborn, Munster, and Cologne have been deposed aud the Bishop of Hilaesheim has left the country. ‘Two-thirdsof the295 Congregational churches in Connecticut are more than 100 years old. Of these 182 churches which are older than the na tion 21 are more than 200 years old, 15 are 175 years old or more, these 36 belonzing tothe sev- enteenth century; 46 have existed 150 years or more, and 100 others are more literally centen- nial churches, having been organized 100 years or more. The three oldest churches are at ‘Windsor, 1630, Harttord, 1636, New Haven, 1639, M. Renansays of Christ that, “in recognizing Himself as Son of God, fo authorizing men to call God their Father, in_overthrowing the su- perstitions of old creeds by His beantiful theory of pm{er and spiritual adoration, in giving the example of a life entirely consecrated to the works of His Father, He has realized the high- st consciousness of God that has probably ever existed in the mind of bumanity. Thus the truly religious men of all ages will be His disciples.” Two men who applied for admlission to mem- bership in_the Seventh United Presbyterian Church of Pittsburg were refused an the ground of their connection with secret societies. One of them was an Orangeman snd Qdd-Fellow, the other an Orangeman aud Good Templar. The question of their reception was afterward referred to the Presbytery, which decided that, according to the standards of the United Pres- byterian” Church, meimnbers of secret societics cannot be admitted to church fellowship. A good illustration of the manner in which ‘many Americans recognize while pretending to ignore social conditions in religious matters is afforded by the story of one of our former chureh sextons. At a briiliant church wedding some of the ushers showed some very worthy but socially ebscure peuple into zood seats in the middle nisle. ~ As soon as he discovercd it, the pompous sexton hastened to the usher and exclaimed, " Did you give the —s that scat!” “Yes.” ‘“What on earth did you do that fort Did you not know that they were only side-aisle trash?—Hartford Correspindence of ‘the Spring- Jield Republican. Two new English Bishoprics will soon be in marching order. _The project for the creation of the Bishopric of St. Albans was almost_baflled by the preat difficulty found in selling Winches- ter House, St. James’ Square, at any reasouable price. The Government, therefore, it is now stated, have bought the louse for £45,000, and intend to use it to relieve the pressure on space at the War-Office._ The Bishopric-of-Truro bill bas also passed, Dr. Temple stating that the See eonld ut once be constituted, Lady Rolle having endowed it with £1,200 2 year, to which an annual sun will be added from the See of Exeter. The new diocese will include the whole County of Cornwall. The_Philadelphia Free Church Association publiches the following regarding froe aud pewed churches: “1. In the city of Philadel- bjia the pew rents of all the churches pay only three-fourths of the expenses, and average $6.16 per sitting. The free churches, on the other hand, contribute $6.60 per sitting. The free churches are_mostly in the suburbs and poorer districts of the city. 2. That in the country districts no church " is supported by the pew rents, which averaze only $3.58 per sitting. The free churches, which are mostly mission and poor, pay $2.73 per sitting. Leuving out the misstons, the free churches in the country pay $5.50 per sitting—half as much again as lsr raised in the other churches for expenses.” 3r. Charles Dudley Warner relates the fol- lowing incident of his visit to Jerusalem io the September Atlantic: “We had s guide wito knew every eacred spot _in the city, who never failed to satisfy the curiosity of tiie most cred-, ulous tourist. ~ * Whose towbs are these?' we asked. ‘That is the tomb of Joseph of Arima- thea, and that beside it is the tomb of Nicode- mus.’ ‘How do you know?® ‘Howdo] know? You ask me how [ know. Haven't Ialways lived in Jerusalem! Iwus boru here, ‘Then perhaps you can tell us, if this tomb-belonged to Joseph of Arimathea and this to Nicodewus, whose 15 this third oned? ‘b, yes, that other,’ replied the guide, with only a moment’s paral- ysis_of his invention, ‘that is the tomb of Ari- mathea bimself,’” “ There were a couple of queer arrivals at the the great Spiritual camp-meeting at, Montague, Masé., last Thursday—z man aud a wouwan. ‘The woman wore blue pantaloons and a linen duster, cut ona pattern balf way between a frock-coat and 3 polousise or overskirt. Her hair was cut short and brushed up at the sides, and on her head was a man’s hat. She called herself the “Mother of the World,” and the man who accompanied her isa self-constituted apostle, claiming to be controlled by Jesus Curist. Heasked for a 10x12 tent, but didu’t want to_pay for it in advance; so the son of man had uo where to lay bis head. The Mana- gers of the Association, acting on a policy pre- Viously adopted, clussed them in the eategory of “unbalanced minds,” and did not exteud to them the hospitalitics of the camp. The native Christiaus of M: ascar are get- tingon. At a recent meeting of the Union of the Malagasy Churches of Imerina at the C tal 2 missionary society was formed, of which Queen Emmia and the Prime Minister are sct- ive members. At the request of two Caiefs from the Ibara country, whose peopie are very degraded, two missiouarics were appointed to return with them. Ove of the missjonaries, Who bears the unpronouncable name of Ravon- inahitriniarivo, described the country and peo- ple to whom the missionarics were going. The picture he drew was black indeed, and he more than once turned round to point st the Bara who were present, to say that they had become far too polished by their visit to be_rezarded as fair or avernge specimens.” The Malagasy So- ciety has raised enough money to pay the ex- penses of the missionaries for six months to come. ° 1t was our good fortune to make one of a party from Pierce Citv who witnessed on Sun- dav, July 30, a very interesting ceremony—the organizition of the first Waldensian church on this continent. On Stone’s Prairie, sume .G miles southeast of this place, a small cqlony of Waldenses bave bought land and settitd. They are under the advice and leadership of the pas- tor, the Rev. Mr. Solomon, who, with them, left the' Alpine valleys where mauy years ago they abandoned the land of their fatliers and of their persecution and emigrated to South America. For many years thoy remained on that Congi- nent, but at _last the constant war between the ill-governed Republics of that country, aud the couscription of their young men to flll up tie ranks of the contending States, drove them to seck 3 home and protection in this refuge for the oppressed of all nations. The colony is as et a weak on, but is contident of large acces- sions from beyond the scas. They are a quict, industrious, law-sbiding people.~Picrce City (Mo.) Becord. During the recent session of the British Wes- levan Conference at Nottingham the resolution admitting lay representatives to the conference s passed by a vote of 36) t0 49. A long debate prccededits passage, in which specches were ‘made on behalf of the resolution by thie Rev. W. Morley Punshon, the Rey. E. Robinson, the Rev. Mir. Perke, the Rev. William Arthur, and other ‘leading preachers. The chief dissentient was the Rev. Mr. Pope, whose views were expressed in a paper which was read, Mr. Pope being absent throuzh illness. A proposal made in the course of the debate to delay the final settlcment of the question uatil attér the next district meet- ings was rejected by & large majorliy—~325 to 83. The resolution s adcepted was in 3 form pro- posed_by Dr. Punshon, namely: *That it is expedient that lay representatives be admitted into and take part in the proceedings of the Con- ference during the time when such matters shall be considered and decided as shall be declared to be within the province of ministers and lay- men sitting in joint meeting.” TUE RUSK TO HEAR Na. M0ODT. Suring; epublican, Aug. 23. The First Clirch proved wholly inadequate to accommodate the crowd that zathered to hear Mr. Moody last evening, and after it ad been filled to overflowing it was deaded to adjourn to the City-Hall. This was rather rough on those who, by waiting two or threc heurs, secured rood seats, trom which they could not escape until those outside andat the back of the church had had the first chance for places in the City-Hall. Of course thére was a rusa, and 2 number of men and not a few women jumped out of the side windows of the church. Then there was an undignified race across the -end of Court Square, and'a still worse jam at the doors and in the ballway of the City-Hall. Several 1sdies were thrown down and pulled out from uoder feet, and numberless dresses.snd coats were torn, whils trails were only the sport of Crow! ut 8500 persors. crowded into the ball and many more went away, unable to findstand- i room. Aftes an introduction by Judge Mor- ris, prayer by the Rev. W. T. Eustis, and the singing of two or three hymns by the lanze con- grezation, Mr. Moody vead the parable of the talents, and announced his text from it, “To every man his work."” Mr. Moody spent the night_in the Massasoit, and, to-night, will spak fn Manchester, N. H, His coming to Springfield was lurgely accidental. Having oceasion to meet a Scoteh” friend in this city, who {5 about to sail for Europe, he tele- graphed the officers of the Young Men’s Chris- tian Association that e was at their service for the evening, and his offer was accepted. PERSONAL. ‘The Bishop of Ely, England, condems the pew system as unchristian and even wicked. Dr. William Hooper, a promineat Southern Baptist educator, died recently at Chapel Hill, The Rev. B. F. Barrett, a leading Swedenbor- gian minister at Philadelphia, has left that com- munity on account of changes in his opfuions. The Rev. Edward Everett Hale will preach the opening sermon at the National Unitarian Convention in Saratoga on the 12th of Septem- ber. s Bishop Wiley, of the Methodist Episcopal Church, stationed in New England, will change places with Bishop Foster at_Cincinnati, north- ern winters being too severe for him. The Rev. W. C, Van Meter returns to his mis- sfonary work in Rome well laden with the dona- tions of the benevolent whom he has addressed during s stay of six weeks in this country. The Rev. James Anderson, a Presbyterian clergyman of White Haven, recently closed his ten years’ conpection with his congregation, and declured his Inteution of joining the Church of England. It is understood that he will be the curate of Holy Trinity Church, Whitehaven. The Rev. Dr. R. K. Smoot, of the Southera Presbyterian Church ut BowlingGreen, Ky., has been before the Courts on the charge of inviting 2 gentleman, through s letter, to flight a duel. Dr. Smoot denied that he had any intention of sending a challenge, but the words were so strong that seven of the jury voted for convic- tion and five for acquittal. 1t is o cause of congratulution to the Baptists of Chicago that the Rev. Prof. W. C. Richards, Iateof Massachusetts, is soon tobe added to the pastoral and pulpit force of their city. He hus Just given a favorable response to the cordial and unammous call of the Millard Avenue Bup- tist Cliureh, and is expected to_enter upon his work there in October. This chure is situated on the west border of the city, at the beautiful suburb oi Lawndale, and is iall of hope and romise. Dr. Richirds husa host of friends ere and through the West.—The Standard. The late Rev. Georze Colton, of Bolton, Coun., was a rather ecceatric personage. After Dis first wife died he contructed s matrimonial engagement with a widow of his flock. In his time it was customary to publish an intended marringe fn churcha_week or two before the event took place. Hercad his own notice in the following poctieal maaner: 1, the Rev. George Colton, And the widow, Martha Moalton, Toth of Bolton, Intend murriage. On one occasion he exhorted his_parishloners not to break the Sabbath, and said _that sitting in his study he could hear some of his audience chopping firewood in their yards on Sunday af- ternoons. A short time afterward he exchanged pulpits with a brother minister who resided some 10 miles distant, and preached the iden- tical wood-chopping sermon to his friend’s flock. The moral of his sermon was undoubtedly good, but, the skeptical portion of his audience doubt- ed very much whether he could sit in bis study and hear them chop wood 10 miles away. THE HANFORD MURDER. The Central Christian Advocate of St. Louis in- dulges in the following comment on the murder of Mr. Hauford: The murder of 3Mr. Hanford, Principal of a Chicago public scliool, has ereated an intensity of popular feeling that cannot be misunder- stood. There is not & redecming feature in the case. The cowardly, malignant spirit mani- fested by the murderer, evidently urged on by Lis wife, tends to confirm the suspicion that Mr. Hanford’s charges might have been sustained Liad his life been spared. The presumption is entirely in his favor, and there is no one who L knew him that doubts the strength and honesty of his convictions aud that he had no interest to serve beyond the welfare of the achools. Mrs. Sullivan’s sensitiveness scems out ot place for one who has made herself so conspicuous in public alfairs, and opens a new phase of the woman-rights question. It is quite time thata proper example should be made of this murder- ous spirit that takes pistol in hand and seeks to redress fancied insults by the highe crim es. Nor {5 this case of crime without scrious sug~ gestions in regard to the deploravle condition into which the mansgement of our school boards Las already fullen or to which they are rapidly tending fu our cities. The grasp of the locai politicians is upon them, and the touch is pollu- tion. AN EVANGELIST AT HOME. & Miss Sarah Smiley, the godly and cloguent Quakeress Evangelist, has been quietly resting at her home in_ Saratoga durini the summ Dr. Theodore L. Cuyler, of Brookiyn, has also been summeriig at the Springs, and recently visited the liome of this lady. He describes her home and habits very pleasantly in the Fvangel- ist, as follows: Yesterday I made a_pleasant pflerimage to the Excelsior Spring and to Miss Sarah Smiley's cot~ tage of **Elfm, ""which Iycth hard by it. The Ex- celsior water 1« pleasunt unto the taste, and the all thither is ndar pines and hemlocks, and over a path as soft to the tread as velvet moss. Aliss Smiley is busily occapied upon the volume which has cost her several years of thought and labor. It ia entitled ! 'The Fullness of the Blessings of the Gospel of Christ,” and will be issu this fall. There is room for a wise true doctrine of s higher Chriatizn life, for this land and Lngland have had & surfeit of wejl-meant cruditics. The meck little woman who s weaving this work has come to be the best known woman, perhaps, in America. She diells in a cosy cot- we that “‘Shenstone might have envied.” It s Qualitrism for heatness, but set fo the bright colors of geraniums and petunias aud viofets instead of mouotonous drab. A sociable bird has built its nest over her door, and a bevy of squirrels have domesticated themseives in her yard. These guests bave come to live heside her probably from having heard that Quakers never allow firearms and dwell in peace with man and brutes. Miss Smiley insists that the squirrels are improving under her daily culture, but she confesses that_ when she opens her win- dow and tells them not to kick the dirt around from their bules they only sit up on their haunches and whisk their tails at her. Ihave known of some human pupils whose nature was about as hard to change as the squirrels now under her moral tuition.” But the picture of good Miss Smiley amid her flower-beds and birds and squirrels reminds one of pensive Cowper at | Olney, sitting in his arbor aud surrounded with his tame hares. BREVITILES. A clergyman said the_ other day that modern young ladies were not daughters of Shem and Ham, but daughters of Hem and Sham—com- pounds of plain sewing and make-believe. Fond father to visitor: My boy knows a lot of Scripture. Now, Larry, what did God make on the first day?” Larry hesitates. Fond father points upward in the direction of the chandelier. I know, pa; he made gas!™ TPhiiadelphia Bulietin : “It was pitched with- out,” said the clergyman, and an old base-ball player, who had been calmly slumbering, swoke witn a start and yelled “foul.” The first bass came down from the choirand put him out. A 5year-old tot, who had always closed her pravere with “ and-God help Katy to be good girl,” opened her eyes at that point, the other night, and said verv decidedly: “ I sin't going to say the rest, for [ don’t want to be a dood girl, I want to eat green apples and swallow em.? New York Commercial; Two Episcopal cler- ymen were in the prayer desk, yesterday, and one of them, uncertain whether to read the praver for Congress or not, asked of the other, “Has Congress adjourned?” *No, and it never will,”” was the hasty but truthful reply. The prayer was read. The late Dr, —= did not satisfy by his preach- ine the Calvi portion of his flock. ** Why, sir,” said_they, “we think ve dinga tell us enough about renouncing our ain righteous- ness.” “ Renouncing your ain righteousness!” votiferated the astonpished doctor, “‘I never saw any ye had to renonnce!"” Bailey, of the Danbury News, relates this: Col. was standing in the square at Bethel, the other day, when he spied a farmer who some weeks ago had sold Kim aloadof very “crooked hay. The party in question isan active professor of relizion, and a most zealous worker for his own pocket. The man’s profes- sion and practice being in such marked contrast, caused the Colonel to eye him witha dislike. When he came up the Colonel charged him with deception in the matter of the hfy. The skin- fint stoutly denfed the charge. Phe Colonel drew himself up to full height znd disdainfully observed: “I am a soldier, sir, not a liar!"” “So am I a soldier,” whined the promoter of “erooked * hay. “ You!” ejaculated the Colonel, ina tone of disgust. ** What kind of a soldier are you?” “'I'm 2 soldier of the Cross,” said the skin- | flim,r\v‘lth a detestable flourish of the hand. ““That may be,” said the Colonel, dryl{, “but you”vla been on a furlough ever since I kmew you. Elder Stark and his worthy wife were the hnppg parents of nine children,—girls and boys, —and 2 riproarious set they were. Day and night they made things lively around the old hearthstoge, for even the darkness falled en- tirely to quell their turbulent spirits, for by the time the older ones had quicted down to sleep the younger scions would begin to stir. But at the “table, while the blessing was being asked, absolute quict and attention were strenuously insisted upon. Hapening in to dinner one day (for the Elder’s hospitality was as large ashis family was_numerous), I watched with interest the marshaling of these fractious elements about the table. ° One after another was cuffed, chid- ed, or rebuked by the worthy dame, while the Elder sat with hands meekly folded, watching eagerly for the first sign of a calm. At length, when a_momentary lull scttled down upon the expectant circle, the mother gave the table a smart rap with her knuckles, and shouted, “ Quick, quick, pa! mow is your time;” and grace was said. Mr. Peduncle went ont to milk the other day. Now, if there is one thing Mr. Peduncle Sl'idcs himself upon, it is his perfest command of a" cow. With his bucket on the ground, he milks with both bands, and sings meanwhile, oe- casionally bestowing a word of warning upon, the cow if she whisks her tail at him or tries to scratch ber back with her hind foot. On this oceasion he had nearly finished and was singing cheerfully: My soul (0 now!) be on thy guard, (What in the Egyptian sand-hills ails this cow?) Ten thousand (thunder and borax; stand still!) foes arise '— And as Mr. Peduncle raised himself up from the barn floor and wiped the milk out of hisears and nose, he saw up in the loft the wife of his bosom with a lonz switch in ber hand, with which she had been tickling the gentle animal’s nose, and she said in an awiul voice: “Oliver Peduncle, I reckon you’ll wrap your old tobaceo-box in my handkerchief again, next Sunday, won’t yel—~and have me take it to church and sling it out on the floor—hey When Le milks now, Mr. Peduncle siugs very softly, indecd, and keeps one eye on the loft. Xew York Erpress. Some years azo, beieg in Philadelphia, John Cockerill, of Obio, reccived an introduction to a promincut divine' of that city. The reverend gentleman iuvited Johu to attend his church on a certain Sunday, which invitation was accepted. “They entered the sacred edifice together. It was one of the first churches in the city, and'its members were fashionable and aristocratic in the extreme. The minister put Johu in an claborately furnished pew, well to the front. John nestied comfortably down into one corner of the same, and looked aboutas interestingand contented 35 u toad under a cabbage-leal. After awhile the owner of the pew arrived, and at once gave signs of intense disgust and indignation at the presence of the interloper. He luoked at John, looked at the pew, scowled magniticently, and finally, after fumbling through his pockets some time, drew forth a card and wrote on itwith a {nencfl, “'This is my seat, sir aud, with an air of the loftiest contempt, tossed it over to John. The latter took it up, read it with lamb-like ‘meekness peculiar to himself, and then, with the most._delightful coolness, wrote in reply: ' o deyilish good seat! What rent do you pay P and tossed the card back 1o its owner. 'he latter took it, Jooked at it with the most profound sstonishmeut a minute or two, aud then a broad grin overspread his countenance. He evidently enjoyed the sublime brass and coolness of his mew acquaintance, and when service was over Le approached Jobu, apolo- gized for his rudeness, invited him to his house, gave him the best he had, and treated him with the utmost respect and consideration during his sojourn in the city. CHURCH SERVICES. PRESBYTERIAN. The Rev. Dr. Webb, of Boston, will preach in the Fourth Church, corner of Kush and Superior streets, both morning and evening. . —The Rev. David J. Burrell, pastor of the Weat- minster Church, will preach both morning and evening. Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper at the morning service. - —The Rev. James Maclaughlan will preach st the Scotch Church, comner Sangamon and Adsms streets, morning and evening. —Services will be held both moming aud evening at the charch comner of Noble and Erie streets. —There will be preaching at the United Church Dboth morning snd evening by the Rev. Lee, of New York. —The Rev, J, H, Walker will preach at the Re- snion Chusch, on West Fourteenth strect, morn- ing and evening. Morning subject: *Advantages of s Religious Life.” amuel W. Duffeld will preach at m. 4nd 7:45 p. m. in the Eighth Church, corner Washington and Robey streeta. —The Rey. Charics L. Thompson will preach morning and evening In_the Fifth Church, corner Indiana svenue and Thirtieth utreet. ' Evening uabject: **Liberalism and Narrowness. " 5 —The Rev. R. W. Patterion will preach in the morning in the Second Church, corner Michizan avenue and Twentieth street. N evening vervi —The Rev. Henry T. Miller_will preach at 10: & m. and 7:45p. m. in_the Sixth Church, corner Vincennes and Osk avenues. Communion ser- vice in the moruing. ~The Rev David ffarris will preach at 10:30 a. m.and 7:30p. m. in the Welsh Churcli, corner Sunzumon and Monroe streets. Communion ser- vice In the evening. ¢ Rev. \I. Waller will preach in Campbell Park Chapel in'the morning. BAPTIST. The Rev. N. F. Ravlia will preach at the corner of Loomis and Jackson treets moraing snd _even- ing. Morning subect: **Intemperance.” Even- ing enbject: **The License System. ™ =The Rev. R. P. Allison will preach this even- ing at the South Chusch, corner of Lock sad Bona- parte streets. ~The Rev. W, . Ererta will preactiat 112 33 2nd 7345 p. . In the First Church, corner Sout Park avenue and Thirty-fest streer. Funeral ser- vice of-the late Jirah D, Cole, Jr.. in the moming. he Rey. Robert P. Allison will preach in the ‘morning in North Star Churck, corner Division and Sedgwick streets. The Rev. J. M. Whitehead will ‘presch in the same church in the evening. —The Rev. N. E. Wood will preach at 10:30a. m. in the Centennial Church, comer Lincoln aud Jickson streets. No evening service. —The Rev. J. B. Jackson will preach at 11 . m. in University Piace Church, corer Douglas place and Khodes avenue; the sermon will be followed by the Communion,’ At2p. m. the Rev. E.C. Mitchell will preach the faneral sermon of Bertha Whittler, wif¢ of Dr. J. S. Bloomington. —The Rev. D. B. Cheney will preach 2t 10:30 a. m. ond 7330 p. m. in the Fourth Church, corner Whehington snd Paulina streets. Morningsubject: 4+ Willing Workers.™ —The Iev, Galusha Anderson will preach morn- ingand evening in the Second Church, corner Mor- gun and Monroe streets. o —The Rev. J. D. Bure will preach st 10:45 8. m. ia Immonuel Charch, No. 290 Orcliard street. EPISCOPAL. Services will be held morning aml evening by the Rev. Samuel S, Harris, at St James' Church, cor- ner of Cass and Harrison streets. —The Rev. B. A. Rodgers will preach in the morningat the Church of the Epiphany, en‘Thraop street, between Monroe and Adams. ; —The Rev. Dr. Cusbinan will preach at Sti Steplien's Charch, on Jobnson street, both morn- ing 3nd evening. 4 z —The Rev. Francla Mansfield will oficlate mora- ing and evening at the Church of the Atonement, corner West Washington and Robey streets. —The Rev. G. W. Morrill will omiciate at 10:43 3. m. and 7:45 p. m. in the Church of the Holy Commaunion, Dearborn street, between Tiwenty- ninth and Thirticth. METHODIST. Preaching moming and_evening st the Free Church, corner of May and Fulton streets. 'Mora- ing subject * ** The Mission of the Son of Man.” Evening vubject: **Purity of Heart.” - —Centenary Church. Morning, sscrament of the Lord's Supper. No sermon. Evening service by theRov. 1. §. Adams, pastor. —The Rev. N. H.' Axtell will preach morning and eveniog in Park Avenue Church, corner Park avenue and Robey street, Morningsubject: *' Be- bavior in Christ's City." Eveniog subject: *In- temperance. 4 Zhhe Riev. John Atkinson will preach n Grace Charch, corner LaSalle and White streets, ot 8 p. m. Subject: ‘“The Centennial Political Cam- paign.” The Rev. Mr. Shorey, of Canada, will preach at 10:30 . ‘m. 1n the 3ame charch. —The Rev.Dr. Tiffany will preach at 10:45 a. m. and 7:30 p. m." o Trinity Church, Indiana avenne, near Twenty-fourth street: holy commun- ion will be administered in the evening. —The Rev. R. D. Sheppard will administer the Sacrament and receive probationers at 10:30 &. m. in the Western Avenue Church, corner Western avenue and Monroe street, Temperance sermon At 7:30 p. m. “rhe'Rev. M. M. Parkhorst will preach at 10:45 . in Michigan Avenue Church, on ]élc'l:’lgu‘n avenue, near Thirty-eecond sireet Subject: Wy Will Men Driok, and W ill Stop Them# Special evening cervices. —The Rev, K. S. Cantine will preach morning and evening in Fuiton Street Charch, cormer o Fulton street and Artesion avenue. Morning sub- ject: *'Gospel Righteonsness.™ Evening subject: What Shail I Do with Jes: REFORMED EPISCOPAL. i3 There will be preaching both morning and even- ing at the Church of the Good Shepherd, corner of Jones and_Homan streets, Confirmation services will be lield a¢ 3 o'clock by Bishop Cheney. —The Rev. R. H. Bosworth preaches both morn- fog and evening at Emanuel Church, corner of Hanover agd Twenty-eighth streets. —Bishop Fallows will preach morning and even- ing l-s‘.% s Church, corner of Washington aad Ann streets. Alsoat the Baptist Charch, Engle- wood, at 3:30. fohe Rev. W. F. Mappinwill presch In the Wicker Park Church, on Hoyne avenue, at 7:30. Bishop Cheney will preach in Christ's Church, comer of Michifan avenue and Twenty-fourth street, both moming and evening. Morning sub- Jes The Lor Sapper s Type of Heaven.” Evening subje 1i Trembling for the Ark. " CONGREGATIONAL. The Rev. William Alvin Bartlett resumes his I ors at Plynonth Church to-day, and will pr moming aud evening. —The Rev. Z. S. Holbrook preaches at the Oak- 1and Charch morning and evening. —The Rev. L. T. Chamberlain wiil preach morning and evening in New England Church, corner Dela- ware plac: and North Dearborn streek. Sacra- mestal secvice in the morning. —The Rev. George . Lynch will preach at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p.m. in Central Church, on Third ave- enne, between Harrison and Van Buren strcets, —The Rev. James T. Hyde will preach morning and evening in Lincoln Park Chureh, corner Sophia and Mohawk atreets, —The Rev. J. W. Richards will preach morning and eveningfn fthe Forty-seventh Strect Church, Eenwood, —The Kev. D. N. Vanderveerwill preach at 7:43 p. m. in Union Park Charch, corner of Asbland avenue and:Washington street. Communion ser- vicest 10:30s. m. TUNITARIAN. ‘The Rev. Dr. Brooke Herford will preach morn- ing and evening at the Charch of the Messiah, cor- ner of Michiganavenue and Twenty-third street. —The Rev. J. T. Sutherland wiil hold morning services at the Fourth Charch, corner of Prairio avenue and Thirtieth street. 'Subject: ** ATrue Life & Life of Service.” 3 —The Rev. Robert Collyer will presch at Unity Charch. UNIVERSALIST. No services in St. Paul's Church to-day. —The Rev. J. Straub will preachat knglewood atlla. m. ~—3Miss Florence Eollock will preachat 112, m. to the Third Church ,in the hall sontheast corner of Indiana avenne and Thirty-first street. ~—The Charch of the Kedeemer (Secand Univer- galist), corner of Washington and Sangamon streets, will be reopened by Special services this morning for public worship, having been closed » couple of munths for extensive repairs and i provements. Inthe evening the Rev, Sumuer Ell will be installed as pastur of the Soclety. ~Sermon Dy the Rev. J. W. Tuttle, of Minneapol iog morning and evening by the choir of St. Paul's Universalist Church. CHRISTIAN. The Rev. L. R. Gauit, of Paw Paw, Mich., will preach niorning and evening in the First Chorch, corner Indiana avenue and Twenty-fith street. PRIENDS. Benjanin Frankland will be in attendance on the Eviends meoting st 10:30 3. m,. on Twenty-sixth street, between Indiana and Prairie avenues. NEW CHURCIL ‘The Rev. Dr. Hibbard will preach at the New Church Hall, corner of Prairic avenue and Eight- centh strect, this morning, and at_the Temple, cormer of Washington street and Ogden avenue, this afternoon. LCTHERAN. - The Rev. Edmund Belfour will preach st the English Lathern Church, corner of Dearbora and Erie streets, morning and evening. MISCCLLANEQUS. The Rev. Donald Fletcaer will preach atthe State Street Church bath orning and evening. Morn- ing subject: **Times of Kevival." Evening sub- ject: **God Amung the Stars. —H. P. Fairdeld vill lectare before the First So- clety of Spirigualists, at Grow's Opera-Hall, morn- ) ing and evening. ZElder H. G, McCulloch will preach morning and evenin: . 91 South Green street. Christ will meet at No. 229 West 2 at N —Dlsciples of Randolph strect at 4 p, m. —G. 0. Lurnes will preach st 3:30 in_Harrison- Street Chapel, corner Harrison and Paulina atzee also at 11 u. w. in the Swedisn Church, Norh Frunklin street. —The Progressive Lyceum meets at Grow's Opers- Hall at 2:30. —Elder . V. Reed will preach at 10:30 2. m, and 8 p. m. {n the church corner Warren avenus and Robey strect. Morningsubject: **The Coming King:_Attornoon subje The Gift of God. —D. W. Whittle will preach in the morning in the Tabernavie Church corner North Morgan and West Indiuna strects. i CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK, EPISCOPAL. Sept. 3—Twelfth Sunday after Trinity. CATHOLIC. 3—Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost. 4—Feria. 5—sSt. Lawrence Justinian, B. C. Feris. —Office of the Blessed Sacrament. §—ativily of the L. V, M.; St. Adian, . 90t the Getave of the Nafisis @orgo- nius, M. L — COME HOME, MY SOUL. Come home, my soul, my wounded mate; Let's fice the cold world's frownizg bate; Ve'll seck the wtill, dark solitude, 1 Adown the path, through sileat wood, With tears and sighs, and sadly brood O'er stubborn fate. 3 St We'll walk the dark wood patha along, And listen to the wild bird's song; We'll pluck bright towers that sadly And weave a wreath, a smiling group, ‘As emblem of a ling'ring hope, Deferred too long. Perhaps some thought, some inward power, Some faded leaf, or drooping flower, 3ay rouse the hopes of other years, * ‘And dall the sting of poignant fears; And Hope may emile through burning In some sad hour. My fainting soul, my wounded mats, Your dol's found, sles! (o0 Tate: Come, then, and vadly roam with ze, Along the rock-boand, rolling sea; The wild, mad warves may yet for thon Soxte joy create. At gray twilight, with thee I'll Where billows break, and white sea-fosm Rollg 0’er the sands.” Whero breakecs isalr %he ln;lwmg;nckfin‘nd madly dash the beach, with angry crash, PO Werll malke our homs. We'll sit upon the wave-washed shote, Aoalten tothe deup, dullrars Vo ‘e'll watch the white s’ playful m As, skimming o’er the Illng flood, They touch the wave where oft we've stoad, In dreams, before. Perhap by-gone mem'ry sweet. Will here our decp, sad longings greet, And mingle in onr wild delight, Where rolling nea and pale moonl Weave streams of gold and amber Heneath our feet. Here then, my soul. my wounded mate, Aws ly frow frowns and worldly kate, We'll wander by the durk sea-shore, Indulge nursnul sad grief no more, Forgetting idols found before, Alas! too lat . B Pamsoxs. ———— THE MOUSE, T'm enly apoor little mouse, ma'am! Tlive {n the wall f your bouse. ma'sm! With a fragment of cheese, and a very few pess, T'was having a little carouse, ma'am} No mischief st all I intend, ma'am! 1 hope you will act a8 my friend, ma'am!t 1f my life you shonld take, msny bearts & would brea, And the trouble woald be withont end, ma'sm} My wife lives in there in the crack, ma'am1 Shes waiting for me to come back, ma'amb She hoped I might find 2 bit of & rind, For the children their dinner do lack, ma'am{ “Tinhard, living shere in tbe wall, ma'am} For plaster and morter will pall, ma'am1 On the winds of the young, and when specially hang- Ry, npon their poor father they'l fall, ms'sm? 1 neverwas given to strife, ma‘am! (Don't lovk ot that terrible koffe, ma'sm®) “Fhe nolse overhead that distarbs yon in bed, *Tis the rats, I will ventare my life, ma'am! Tn your eyes I see mercy, I'm sure, ma'sm! Ob; therc's no need to open the door. ma'sm! rm nl‘i,g ‘l(hmugh the crack, and I'l never camn oy ©Oh, I'll NEVER come back any more, ma'am] RN it e How to Prevent Sea-Sickness. An English scientific journal gives the follows. ing mode for preventing sea-sickness, sent. h&; correspondent: ** Many years 2go I bad quently to cross the Irish Channel, and was jo- variably sick, if there was the least motion fn the water. Once when it was very rough aad the wind blowing burricane, in some unao- countable way I hit Juckily on an expedient ‘which, for me at least, is an effectual prevent- ive, and should like it’ to be tried by others. For what reason I caanot say, but I made my sespiration colucide ounctually with the hesye and fall of the vessel; as she rose I in-spired slow’lz:nd regularly, and as ghe fell I ex-pired, and eflect was o completely successful that Iseveral times fell aslecp. But each time (f suppose because the breathing was no longer synchronous with the vessel’s movementas) [ was awakened by sensations of sickness, which two inspirations and expirations, as sbove described, immediately dispelled, and completed & vur{ rough voyage with eomparative comfort. have sailed since, though not on a very rough sea, and have been able to walk the deck and enjoy the voyage. My fnference s thal sea- sickness is caused by the heavings and falls of the vessel crossing the motions and operations of the diapl , which anseasonably presses on the upper stomach and liver, and 30 disor- ders their functions.” e ————— The melancholy days bave come when ibe merry, busy little fy, chilled by the morning air, crawls under the upper crust of the :Eplr pie, and’ i;;m g'a the“l\lli;: pastry with the gleam of his i whea yon tasm bk m.mu-pdnfinhflmh ngm