Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 26, 1876, Page 13

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY. NOVEMBER 20, 1876—SIXTEEN PAGES. RELIGIOUS. First Year of the Central o Church. How ic Has Prospered--Rent- ing Pews for the Next Twelvemonth. -Meeting of the Sunday- School Teachers at Far- well Hall, The Recent Session of the Epis«~ copal Church Congress. Hotes and Personals at Home and Abroad---Church-Services , To-Day. PROF. SWING AND THE CENTRAL CHURCE. A year has now elapsed since a few friends of Prof. Swing quietly and without any public flourish inaugurated 2 movement to organize on a self-supporting basis a Central Church, to which all the Professor’s admirers could come without great inconvenience, and in which all, sichand poor alike, could be accommodated witbont the oppressive tax which eo many of the nsively-managed churches asscss and at- xempt to collect of their congregation. It may ‘e well, not only as a matter of history but of example as well, to record the results of this ar’s experiment. The practical and sensible basis of the plan commended the enterprise from the very begin- ping to the confidence and support of all busi- pess-men. It was simply to first ascertain ex- actly the cost of supporting such & church as was proposed ; next to raise a guarantee fund, tobe drawn upon ounly in case of a deficit; then put the priceof seats at such a low rate that notone who could attend need remain away because of exorbitant pew-rentals; and then to fvite all, without regard to sect, social consid- eration, or any distinction, to join in the move- ment on a standing of perfect equality. . When they had once secured their scats they wereassured that it would not, asin so many oth- erchurch organizations, be simply the beginning ofaseries of demands for more money. No church debts were to be pad for expensive ‘buildings, no forced loans were to be made, no collectivns were to be taken up, no polite rob- bery under the gauzy veil of * church fairs’ and lotteries was to_be permitted,—in a word, whatever contributions were made should be wholly voluntary. Understanding this at the ontset, the public appreciation of the plan was shown in the large nuwber of scats sold on the day of the opening sale. Before the first service enough movey had been raised on this popularplsu to pay the entire expenses for the ot year. Instead of then speculating at the expense of the public, the managers of the enterprise very wisely said, * We have what money we require to pay our church expenses; we are not organ- ized " to make money, but to provide all who care to hear Prof. Swing ~preach ‘with an opportunity at the least possible cost to them; therefore, we will declare all the seats unsold free,’” and as a result the outside public, who vould not afford to pay even $5 per year for seats, or could not attend regularly, were acommodated to the number of fully 1,000 each Sunday with free sittings. #“But,” objected the fizeo]ozim! conservatives, who, having been wound up to run_on a given plan, could not get out of the methods approved by the usages of their grandfathers, ** this is all very well as far as payiug expenses are concern- ed, but mouey is not ~ the importavt. thing in a church; it is the prayer-meeting, the social life, the charitable socicties—these are what constitute the successlul elements of church life, and these can’t be provided without the old charch machinery—the sacred edifice, the pray- er-meeting room,” cte. With the same quiet, unostentatious methods sdopted in the first orranization of the Society, Lower Farwell Hall was engaged and occupted until the prayer-meetings grew so large that all could not be accommodated, and then the First Methodist Church suditorjum was taken, and 2ow the largest prayer-meeting in_Chicago is Deld every Wednesday night by Prof. Swing, acd the largest sociables—not so mewrely in name but in iact—are held under the auspices of the church society. Besides, a thorougzhly- euergetic charitable ‘society is at work, with the whole vity as its parish. These dre some ot the results of this experi- ment, and now the church is about to enter up- onjts gecond year, with _every dollar of jis ex- penses paid, and nearly $2,000 in its tremsury. A meeting of the Trustees of the church, who are all plain, practical business men, was held last week, and after reviewing the year's work It was determined that even a_more popular sale of prices for seats could be offered the public, and tle following plan was agreed 1pon and will be carried out in_connection with the vental of the seats the ensuing year. - On the first Monday (Dee.d) all who now hold tickets can have the privilege for one week. lor cecuring the same seats again for toe next year by teking their old tickets to Jausen, M- Clurg' & Co., No. 117 State strect, and getting %hnm exchanged for new tickets. After giving *he regular members,of the congregation this Spportunity, on or after Monday, Dec.’ 11, the Jale of seats will be thrown open to the public, and the following schedule of prices has boen agreed upon. While in one or two of the tew :P_mc\-st teats of the house they baye been Rightly advanced, they have by a scale of graded Prices been in portions of the theatre greauly feduced,—where, for instance, some of tie best Seats on the main.floor can now be had at $10, 2 rednetion of half on last year's prices. The Iollowing are the prices: FINST FLOOR. Two front rows in parquette, each. Anomestrows in parqueticy el ce uette, eac] L'wo front rows of ’3‘:2& circle, ex 0 next rows of dress circle, each. th row of dress circle, each. FLUST BALCONT. Two front rows, each 0 next rows, cach. TW0 next rows, each SECOND BALCONT. The front rows, 5, e After a certain time bes olapsed, suflicient to sllow those who desire to secure regular sittings, the seats will be withdrawn from sale, and all then Temaining unsold will be kept free for the transient ‘Yisitors und those who cannot ufford to pay even $5 for their seats. SUNDAY-SCHOOLS. TUE NOON MEETING. The Sunday-school teachers' meeting at Far- well Hall yesterday noon attracted a large crowd, and the exercises were of the usual ine teresting character. The Rev. Mr. Speacer led the einging in bis earnest and cultured mauner. The meeting opencd with the hymn, “Halle- Jujab, 'tisdone.” The Rev. Mr. Whitchead of- fered up a fervent prayer, and the Scripture reading was undertaken by the leader, Mr. B.F. Jacobs. . “Peter’s Vision,” Acts 10, 1-20, was the sub- Jectfor the day. In opening the discussion, Mr. Jacobs said this lesson had a great many Polnts of interest, but he would simply point outongor two of them. In teaching the les- som, ke would Iay out a little plan, and put a Imemorial at each end,—Cornelius’ memoriat at the first and Peter’s memorial at the last, and between the two he would bring in the visions of cach. Then, if he had time, he would spealk briey of the place, Cesarcs, and would afterwards say & little about Corne- lus, who was evidently an honorable Roman from his name, whick was significant of high place and position. Cornelius was a Te- ious man; he fearcd God, and the question o be solved was whether he was saved before eter went to him. He (AIr. J.) leancd to the Omnion that Peter went to Cornelius to con- vert him, but he bnd first been drawn out by od. The memorial of Cornelins was that his Pravers and alms went up before God; he gave away on earth and found them stored up on high. Next asto the Centurion’s vision. The angels only come to us to send us to some one to direct us to the way of life. 1If they ‘Were to have a vision they might be afraid; but if they looked at the word, which was clear 20d unmistable, they need not be ufraid. Tue ision of Peter was plain and simple; it opened the door of Heaven, and brought the Apostle 10 8 knowledge of the truth. It scemed to take avision to bring some of them to see that they shonld not call men common and unclesn. Those at the second meeting (Friday) had 8 vVision, or tucy could not have told each. 5 | such wonderful experiences. The memo- rial of Peter down to the _ latest generation was that he opened the door of grace to the Gentiles. There was room in Heaven for memorials. 1t was something to cury the Gospel to sinners, and thereby to se- cure a tablet in Heaven. He urged them to work for salvation for men, and 50 secure eter- nal life. A minister on the platform said there was nothing iu the lesson that impressed him so much as that relating to Peter himself; it show- cd that he necded o vision thrice repeated to convinee bim that the Gospel of Christ was to be proclaimed to the Gentiles. This should lead them with more earnestness 1o correct their predjudices and to enlarge their sympathies. Le Ivason had a remarkavle application to the great work now being done by Messrs. Moody and Sankey. They suw here that every concesv- able churacter, from the highest to the lowest, was being brought under the influcnce of the divine truth; and they should lift up their learts with confidance that there would shortly be an illustration ot the same divine beneficence and power in the reaching of all dasses of s0- dety in Chicago and the Northwest as was ob- tafted in Gospel times. - - Another brother pointed out that the lesson taught them that God laid hold of every little dreumstance in our lives to break down all obstacles in the way of our conversion. The Rev. Mr. Parkhurst thought’ we should learn from the lesson that God will teach His servants exactly what they ought to do. The Kev. Mr. Spencer siid visions were usefal in pointing out the word to men, but men were never saved entirely through their instrument- ality. ‘The lesson proved that God is all-secing, all-impartial, and almighty. A teacher said the chapter was a pinnacle, with the two words, “ For teachers,” written on the peak. Dr. Everts classified the lesson into two :wFirst, the interpretation and power of the key here given; and, second, the providen- tial union or mecting always of inquirers and teachers. Mr. Albro said Peter was going to do a work for which he was not _sufliciently anointed, and God interposed in this way to qualify him for the work. They should learn from this to re- cefve the truth in all its fullness. s Mr. Jacobs said they should find out before going to their scholars what they were going to say to them. They were going” with a pardon from God to sinoers, and cughit to realize the importance of this duty. ‘The meeting closed iu the usual manner. CHURCHMEN IN COUNCIL. THE EPISCOPAL CONGRESS IN BOSTON. ‘The third Church Congress of the Protestant Episcopal Church began its session in Boston, Nov. 14. The first topic, “The True Place of Art in Christianity,” was discussed in written papers by the Reyv. Dr. Osgood, of New York; Mr. H. C. Perkins, of Boston; and the Rev. Dr. Hopkins, of Plattsburg, N. Y. In the evening of the same day the Rev. Dr. John Cotton Smith, of New York, read an essay on “Forcien Missions Under Our Present Kuowledge of the Morals and Religion of Non-Christian Nations.” He was tollowed by the Rev. Dr. Jobn N. Gulleher, of New York; E. W. Clarke, Esq., lately from Japan; Dr. Isaac Jusr.‘gl:\ Schereschewski, Bishop-elect of ?‘hhu., and Bishop Medley, ot New Bruns- wick, - To open the second day’s session Dr. James DeKoven, of Wisconsin, read a paper on * The ‘Relation of the Protestant Episcopal Church to she Freedom of Religious Thought.” The Rey. IT. A. Washburn, of New York; the Rev. Will- imn Rudder, of Philadelphia, and J. C. Ropes; of Boston, discussed the questions set forth in Dr. DeKoven's paper. The discussion was_further participated in by the Rev. F. Courtenay, of St. Thomas’ Church, New York; the Rev. Julius H. Ward, of Massa- chusetts; the Rev. Mr. Almon, of i’orunud, N. B.; the Rev. Thurman Gallaudet, of New York; the Rev. Dr. Harwood, of New Haven: and the Rev. J. S. Schereschewsky, D. D. The topic of the evening session was ‘‘The Relation of Secular and Religious Education.” —Essays upon the suoject were read by Samuel Elliott, LE‘ D., Boston, and the Rev. Dr. H. A. Colt, 8t. Paul’s Academy, Concord, N. H., followed with remarks by Henry C. Alvord, Bostou; the Rev. John W. Kramer, New York; the Rev. F. Courtenay and the Rev. A. 8. Wordell, Central Diocese of Peunsylvania; the Rev. Dr. Boggs, New Jersey; the Kev.Dr. Hale,Chancellor of the University of Nova Scotia; aud Gov. Rice, of MMassachusetts. : Toe subject of the third day’s session was the @ Aforals of Politics.”” Essays upon the subject were read by the Rev. Edwin_Horwood, D. D., of New Haven; Chancellor J. V. L. Pruyn, Uni- versity of New York; Ex-Gov. Bullock, of Massa- chusetts;the Hon. Jumes Emott, New York; the Rev. Samuel Osgood, D. D., New York; the Rey, J.N. Galleher, D. D!, New York; the Rev. F. H. J. Brigstocke, New Brunswick; and the Re: Dr. Medley, Fredericktown, New Bruvswick. ‘The subject of discussion at the evening session was *Just libertyin the adaption of the service to the varied wants of the people.” The par- ticipants in the discussion were the Rev. D. H. Grier, of Providence; Jonachan Edgar, of New Jersey; the Right Rev. W. W. XNiles, D. D., Bishop of New Hampshire; the Right Rev. H. B. Whipple, D. D., Bishop of Miunesota; the Right Rev. Alexander C. Garrctt, Bishop of Northern Texas; the Rev. Dr. J. Cotton Smith, the Rev. T. M. Peters, D. D., and the Rev., C. C. Tiffany, of New York City. . The lust day’s session was opened by the @is- cussing of tbe question *The Prevention and Cure of Drunkenness.” Essays on this subject were read by John E. Tyler, M. D., of Massa- chusetts: H. A. Hartt, M. D., of :New York; and the Rev. R. Heber Newton, of New York. The closing session was gaven up to essays upon & Revival and Christian Nurture.” The essay- ists were the Rev. Richard Newton, D. D., of Philadelphia: the Rt.-Rev. Crosswell Doane, D. D., Bishop of Albany, and the speakers the Rev. ‘Arthur Brooks, of New York: Bishop Whipples ihe Rev. Mr. Benson, of Eneland; Russell Sturges, of Boston; the Ri-Rev. Dr. Lee, Bishop of Delaware. The attendance of both clergymen and laymen at the various sessions was larger than at aoy ‘previous gatherings of .the body, and un the oc- casion of the final exercises there was acon- ‘course of nearly 3,000 people assembled. The important mectings of the Protestaut Episcopal Cliurch bave rarely been held in Boston, but now it has been selueted not only for the Church Congress, but also for the great Tricnnial Gen- eral Convention, to be held in October, 1877, This great council of the Church, comprising nearly sity Bishops, beside priests and fay de i~ egates from this entire country, will be held for e second time only in = New England. The only session that bas taken place previously was iu New Haven, in 1811. ~ Boston has hardly ever been re- garded as an Episcopal centre. The great cities of Philadelphia, ith, its ninety churches; New York, with eighty; Brooklyp, with thirty-five, and Baltimore, with about thirty, have always receded Boston in Episcopal Church influence, Eut still ti2 growth of the Churcl, even in Bos- ton, the lust fifty years, has been large—{rom about four or_five Sarishus to nearly thirty—in $he *metropolitan district,” comprising Boston and toree or four adjoining cities and towns, such as Cambridge, Somerville, Brookline, ete. This Gongress had no legislative power what- ever; it was only beld for the free discussion of frreat subjects by men of divergent views and ‘elaborate essays, who were chosen for that pur- se. These discussions were new to Boston, and were listened to with much interest by churchmen and others. RELIGIOUS MISCELLANY. THE CHURCH IN GENERAL. The debts of thirty-one of the fine churches in New York City make a total of about $1,500,~ 000. Three colored men have been ordained preachers of the Lutheran Church in North Carolina. Jacob’s Well in Samaria is about to be cleared of rabbish and restored. .An English gentle- man furnishes the money. The Unitarians heve i06 churches in Hungafy, and use the Episcopal form of government. At their recent Synod they ordained nine young men. The Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions reports that its reeeipts from May to Nov. 1 were $19,000 less than for the same period last year. : . New Portland, Me., has au orgatizatfon known 28 the Auti-Profanity Guards, made up of men formerly adgicted to the use of profane lan- guaze. To-dayis Hospital Sundayin all the Episco- pal Churches of the city. Collections will be taken in them for the benefit of St. Luke’s Hos- pital. The Rev. Willlam Arthur, the distingnished English Wesleyan, in a paper read at a late ses- sion of the English Evangelical Allisuce at Soutbport, asserted that that there are now less Roman Catholics in England and America than when Pius IX. was made Pope. The new Tripity Church in Boston is regarded 2s one of the finest buildings in New England. A scrious attempt has been made to decorate the church with mural paiotings. The artists are finishing colossal cartoons of the figures of the prophets and evangelists, which will be transferred to the wall- in outline for their painting. A remarkable experiment is tried in making the ground-color of the roof-decorations a very dark green, almost black, while underthe central tower it is proposed to make it absolute- 1y black. The church will be ready for occupa- tion about Christmas. The New York City Mission, which 1s in great measure undenominational, has been in exist- ence fl‘f})y years. Its expenditure does not ex- cecd $50,000 annually. 1t employs thirty mis- sionaries, who visit cvery year 20,000 families, One hundred religious services are maintained g:x;v ]wcuk. The Society appeals to its friends clp. The Rey. Newman Hall’s church in London now numbers 2,000 communicants, and main- tains th.rteen Sunday-school, seventeen lodg- ing-houses, o Clristian-Instruction Socicty, aud bolds about furty services for the poor every week. The old Surry Chapel, Dr. Hn{ll's former '3’;'5{‘1531{-’5 sm“lc:’ is now I'L:‘aseti to the Primitive 3 ists. It was once the scene of the of the famous Rowland Hill 8 labors ‘The Trustees of the Southern Baptist Theo- logical Seminary, situated at Greenville, 8. C., expeet toremove that institution to Louisvilie, Ky., in September, 1878. The condition of the nrnpnsed change is that an endowment fund of $500,000 be raised for the semivary, $300,000 of the amount coming from Kentucky. The Bap- ;%;ltls&g Kcn?]mgy h:\vic nércndy secured $260,000, remainder of the fund, it is expect Wil e raised within two yearss | ® oot Looking at the outside of the Leavitt Strect Congregational Church, one would not imagine it the home of one of Chicago’s choice circles of Cristian workers. Its Aid Society Thursday evening gave an entertainment, at which the astor, a genial mnan, and every way fitted for his work, gave readings. One of them, Father Phil's appeal to his flock for money to repair his church, made the walls of the little edifice echo with mirth, and, strengthened the resolve of those present to'at least protect it, so that the rain should not run in rivers aown the pastor'’s or their own backs during service. The church-goers of Boston must be wonder- ing what queer things will be next be preached unto them. According to announcement in the dnfl{ismp_crs of that city, they have the privilege of listening to the pastor of St. Luke's He- formed Episcopal Church, who “will preach a sermon-in words of one syllable.” The an- nouncement adds that this will be “‘a theologi- cal curiosity,” which nobedy will dispute. If the reverend gentleman should take for his text the monosyllabic word “Fool,” and make lis sermon up of such words as ** Ba-be-bi-no-bum,’? the seekers after *theological curiosity™ could hardly fail to be gratified. The American Baptists began a mission fn Hamburg in 1834, From this bg;\il;n(ug large re- sults have been secured. There are now 22,504 members. The number of gl;uruhes i8110; as- socintiovs, 55 of tliese the Worthwestern num- bers 2.023 members; the Prussian, 12,649; the Middle and Southern, 2,5%4; the Danish, 2,006; the Russo-Turkish, 2174, Desides 438 menibers in South Airica. More than half of all the church members are in Prussia. Geographical- Iy distribnted, Northwestern Germany embraces 9,437 members; Prussis, 8,455; Middle and Southwestern Germany, 2,176; Holland, 135; Switzerlaud, 418; Denwmark, 2,005; Poland, 1,657 Russit 4,300; Turkey, 131; Africa, 458, Prof. Rohling, of the University of Prague, has written u book which he calls ¢ Antichrist and the-End of the World.” His conclusion is that Antichrist may be cxpected in the first de- cade of the coming century; he will be at first only a small princelet, but afterward Sultan of the Turks, reigning in Constantinople. He will subduc all the’ West, and at length make tho whole world tributary to him. - Cologne Cathe- dral will serve as one of his stables. ~ But prior to this there will be a general European war, folluwed by. “*several days of material dark- ness,” during which devils are to enter in and do their work as avengers by ‘strangling man; cnemies of the Church,” and this is succeede: by a period during which apostolic men are to %c forth, and 144,000 Jews to be converted. hen Antichrist wil appaar. In reference to the growth of the Roman Catholic Church in America, it is stated that a huudred years ago there were not more than tiwenty-five priests in the United States; in 1800 theére “were supposed to be forty; in 1830 the number had risen to 282, and in 1848 to 80. In ten years, from 1862 to 1872, the number of grricsts had more than doubled, Laving grown om 2,317 to 4,800. In 1875, according to the official statistics of the various dioceses, there were 5,074 priests, 1.273 ecclesiastical students, aud 6,523 churches, or chapels of the Roman Catholic rite within the territory of the Repub- lic. There werealso, inthesame year, thirty-three theological seminarics, sixty-tliree colleges, 557 academies and sclect schools, 1,645 ochial schools, 214 asylums, and nivety-six hospitals under the authurity and coutrol of the Roman Cutholic clergy of the United States. Sug- gestive s are thesw figures, the Church of Rome can point to others almost equally suggestive in English contemporary history, Thus, Insixteen vears. the number of Cathbolic chapels in Great Britain was more than doubled, there having been 570 in 1851, and 1,233 in 188 METHODIST MISSIONS. ‘The Missionary Committee of the Methodist Episcopal Church were in_session Nov. 16 in New York, and agreed that 525,000 be given to the work; that $100,000 estra be appropriated 1o pay off the debt. The appropriations for the coming year as against last were as follows: Field. Last year. Liberia . South A; Foochou, Chin: Kinkiany, Chis Pekin, Chi Germany Denmark Norwsy. Sweden. Arizona...... San Francisco. Tllinois and Mis Alinnesota ‘Wisconsin Californin h G Southwest German New Mesico. Alnbama, Delaware, colore Florida, colored Lexington, colored . PERSONAL. The Rev. E. P. Hammond, the evangelist, is holding a series of meetings in Philadelphia. A Reformed Episcopal Church is the place of meeting. The Rev. Nelson 8. Rulisford, of Bergen, Jer- sey City, has accepted a call to St. Paul’s Epis- copal Chureh, Cieveland, 0., and has entered on his pastoral work. The Rev. Eli Fay, of Taunton, Mass., has ac- cepted a call to the First Unitarian Church of Sheflield, England, formerly served by the Rev. Brooke Herford, of Chicago. The salary is £600 a year. 2 The Rev. Mr. Sunderland of the Fourth Uni- tarlan Soclety has returned from the East, where he has been spending a short vacation, and will occupy his own pulpit this morning at the usual hour. The three oldest Catholic priests in the United States arc Father Keenan, of Lancaster, Pa.; Father McElroy, the Jesuit, who was Chaplain in the United States Army during the War; and Father Dominick Young, the Dominican. The Rev. J. C. Gill, recently of the Louisville Conierence of the M. E. Church South, has been received into the M. . Chureli, and s becn recommended for adinission into the Kentucky Cuufercuce by the Greeuville District Conter- ence. The Rev. Edward Lewis, a young Polish Jew who professed Cobristiznity, “was “disowned by his parents, and afterwards cducated at the hinond College and admitted to the Baptist ministry, bas joined the Protestant Episcopal Caurch in St. Louis. The Rev. Lyman Chase, of Methuen, Mass., accepts a call to the. Union Square Baptist Church of San Frandsco. ‘This congregation desired a minister who could conscientiously in- vite Christians of other evangelical churches to the Lord's Supper, and Mr. Chase responds to that sentiment. g - The Rev. Dr. Burlingham, of StuLouis, has firmlv adbered to his resolution expreseed some little time sinve, whereby he placed his resigna- tion in the hands of his congregation. Tue matter came up for consideration during the past week and the Doctor declined to nullify his action. The resignation does not take etfect wuntil March, 1677. Brother Blauvelt, who was suspended by the Classis of Kingston for alleged hcterodoxy of theological views, as expressed in Seribner’s and other publications, has appealed to the General Synod. There will probably be alively and pro- tracted struggle over his case when it comes ap in May next. The trouble {s that there are a number of other ministers in the body just as heterodox as Blguvelt. They have not all had the chance for the public expressio views which he had. 3 RIS el SLIPS. A woman who was told that some tables in the Russian Department were made of malachite exclaimed: * My goodness! I thought Mala- chite was one of the prophets.” Andrews' Bazar: A thief explained to the Judge that he hadleft the premises “underan fm- pulse to righteousness.”” The testimony showed that he had been kicked by 2 man with a No. 12 boot. A wa tried to annoy a popular preacher by asking'him if the 1atted calf in the parable was 2 male or female, **Female, to be sure,” was the reply, *for { seethe malcin the flesh be- fore me.” * Philadelphia Bulletin: There is said to bea church in Berlin made entirely of paper. The idea is carried out by having Iittle pages to in- troduce visitors to the quire, while the preacher is known as the papier-masher of the pulp-it. Nothing like truthfulness in o vendor. Re- cently an itinerant bookseller called at a house in Pennsylvania, and, after showing several works unsuccessfully, said: * Here, sir, is a ltgmh':’.' First-rate book; full of uazyul informa- ion ! . “Boys, said the teacher, holdingup her right forefinger to make the scholars attentive, “what is Indian-meal composed of 7 And a little boyin the back seat, who wore patched trousers got up and said, * Please, ma’am, roast missionaries.” = DEYVOURED BY A MISSIONARY, * Of all kinds of boarders,” said Mr. Maguffin, “the most voracious is the theological student. What there may be In the studyjof theology to sharpen 4 man’s appetite I am unable to deter- mine, but iz is true, nevertheless, that the stu- dent of divinity is the most powerful of famive breeders. Thé young man reared in the city is apt to make a wretclied round of so-called dissi- pations, sleep in the close air of a small room, and come to the table with an appetite that is quickly satistied; the man of business feeds himself with the same purpose that an engineer replenishes the five under uis boiler, and stows his - provisions as he would toad a ship, with neatness and dispateh; the mun who is healthy enougn to be, under fayorable circumstances, o hearty eater, finds his food poorly cooked, and nmnvnmg-u!'7 served, and goes from the table early; but the theologicul student laupbs and taiks and eats, eats, eats. L’erhaps it isn’t the study of theulogy tiat improves his appetite; it muy be that pure oir, correct hab- its, and healthtul excreise bhave given him that blessed source of eujoyment; but whatever the cause, auter I bad seen him cat I was led regret- gully to disgredit as illogical the harrowiug tales that tound’ circulution 1n the Sunday-school books of our childhood concerning the eating uf the wissionary by the savages, aud subsequent events have contirmed my belief that those sto- ries are not grounded in fact. “Not. many years ago I lived in an excellent boarding-housé that sheltered about fiftcen embryo ministers, nearly all of whom had al- ready taken on something of the breadth and cowrtesy and kindhiness tuat should distinguish their noble calling, eud a jollier, bappier, more even-tempered band I never met. They dis- cussed theology with the zeal and clearness that is coexistent with youth, and they dis- cassed the provisions with a gusto that was ap- palling to tue landlady. It was fortunate for them that she was a religious woman; she pro- vided liberally; bug she aliways went to prayer mceting on tie duy that the butcber's bill was sent in.” At last tuere came from some far-off islund in the Southern seas a call for a mission- ary, and one of our young nien whose seminary duys were over bravely buckled ou his armor for the work. Thoughbts of approaching dc- parture for a distaut unknown land might dim 1iis eyes but not his appetite. At that lust dfn- ner he ate the bill of 1are from A to Z without a break save for duplicates of his favorite dishes, and then he packed _a carpet bag with provisions to carry abuard ship. From the time of his arrival in'the heathen country we re- cefved fronrhim monthly letters that were the adwiration of the boarding-house. Suddeuly his missives ceased. Week atter weekroiled by, and wonth after month, and suill no letter; au joy orer his zealous laboring in anarduous Aeld {znve way to grief and despundency; even the andlady, who, now that he aud his Tellowa were gone, was growing rich, shared the general de- pression, and wished that be was safcly back and she in debt again; and the whole boarding- louse settled gloomily into a conviction that Le bad been devoured Dy the savages. “]t was ut_this mournful juncture that the energetic and philosophic Magruder|came to the front with the suggestion that we write to the agent in the Sandivich Islands and get him to send the mussionary ship to see what had be- fullen our missing irfend. = The appeal was not in vain. Piling on sail the skipper laid his course for the equator. As he neared the island of his destination he descried through his tele- scope o lean and agile savage bounding franti~ cally down the mountain side, and cluse benind in liot pursuit was & portly wuite man. It was nip and tuck till they reached the beach, and there on level ground the leader made the better fime, and springing into 2 canve he paddled away as if for dear life, leaving the white man gnashing his teeth on the suore. Plying hia Paddle with the energy of desperation the sav- age made a bee-line 10r the ship, and clambering up her sides he fell upon the deck g;uph:g: Rliscionary eatce allec up but me—el ‘'Tyking n the situntion at a glance, theskip- per pmmpnl{ broke cargo and touk ashorea smail boat load of provisions; and, when the missionary bad eaten bis fill, the story of the de- populated island was quickly told: The store of provisions left with the missionary wus thought sufliient for bis wants until the ship should come again; but the ozone or sumething elsc in the stmosphers bad so extraordinarily develop- ed his appetite that hie ate up everything iong within the allotted time, and then he was com- pelled to decide whether he should let the sav- sgeseat him or catthe sayages himself; his decision, let us hope, resulted fu the survival of the tittest, tHe was tried afterward by the Missionary Board. The lome savage “whom _he had once cndeavored to eat swore point blank that the missionary bad in everyinstance converted his vietim before eating him, sud_on this testimony - the missionary was_aquitted; but ever after- sard the Bourd took cire that he should be as- signed td some station not far away from the general depot of supplies.” CHURCH SERVICES. LUTHERAN. The Rev. Edmund Beifour will preach moring and evening at the Church of the Holy Trinity, cor- ner of Dearborn and Erie streets, CHRISTIAN, The Christians will meet at 3 p. m. In the Chap- el. No. 318 West Chicago avenue. _The Rev. Z. W. Shepherd will preach morning and evening at the First Church, corner of Indiana avenue and Twenty-fifth street. —A. J. White will preach ut the Central Church, corner of Van Buren street and Campbell avenae, 8t10:45 5. m. NEW JERUSALEM. The Hon. T. A. Plants, of Ollo, Vice-President of the General Convention, will preach in the New Church Hall, corner of Eighteenth street and Prai- rie avenue, ut11a. m., and in the Teaiple, corner of Washington strcet and Ogden avenue, at 3:30 p. M. UNIVERSALIST. The Rey. Sumner Elhs will preach morning and evening ot the Church of the ltedeemer, corner Washington and Sungamon streets, Evening sub- ject: *-Bverlasting Funishment. —The Rev. Dr. Ryder will preachat St. Paul's Chureh, Michigan avenae and Sixteenth strect. In the evening wiil be given the last of 4 serics of Icctures to young men. Subject: ‘*The Young Man in Church or the Worship of Life.” UNITARIAN. The Rev. Brooke Herford will’ preach at the Church of the Measiah, corner Michigan avenue and Twenty-third strcet. In the evening he will lectare on **Ch anity as Christ Preached It,"— replying to criticisms on his recent lectures by Dr. Sullivan and others, i & '—The Kev. J. T. Sunderland will preach in the morning at the Fourth Church in Ellisavenue, near Thirty-seventh street. e Rtev. Kobert Collyer will preach in Tnity Church in the morning. —The Rev. E. P, Powell will preach at the Third Chureh, corner of Monroe and Laflinstreets. _Sub- jects: Morniug—++ A Scrmon for Tha ing Week." Evening—*Athunasius, the Creed-sufld- er.” CONGREGATIONAL. The Rev, B. F. Leavitt will preach at the Lin- coln Park Church, corner of Mobawk and Sophia streete, morning and evening. —The Rey. E. F. Williams will preach in the Forty-seventh Street Church in the morning, and in the Forty-fifth Street School-louse at 3 p. m. —The Rev. W. W. Patton will preach in the morning at Plymouth Church, on Mich.gan avenae, nearTwenty-gixth street. Lnion fervices in the evening with Christ'd Church at Piymouth. Bishop Cheney will preach. —The Rev. D. N, Vandeveer will preach morn- ing and evening at the Union Park Church, corner of Ashland uvenue and Washington street. —The Rev. L. T. Chamberlain will preachmorn- ing and evening at the New England Church, cor- ner of Delavan place and North Denrborn street. e Rev. George H. Deeke will preach in the morning at the Leavitt Street Church. ~Union services in the evening; preaching by the Rev. Mr. Sheppard. REFORWED EPISCOPAL. The Rev. Joseph L. Wilson will ofiiciate morn- in7 snd evening at St. Panl's Chureh, corner of Washfogton and eta, —The Rev. W. E. Wilhauson will preach morn- [ ing and evening at the Churchof the Good Shep- ‘herd, corner of Jones and Homan streete. —The Rev. R. 1I. Bosworth will preach morning and evening at Emmanuel Church, corner of Han- over and Twenty-eighth streets; and in_the after- noon for the Trinity Congregation, in the Baptist Church at Englewood. —Bishop Cheney will preach at the Old People’s Home, corner of Indiana avenue and Thirty-ninth Btreets, at 3p. m. —The Rev. J. D. Cowan will officiate at Grace Church, corner of Hoyne and Le Moyme streets. Evening subject: **A Revival of Religion.” -B{shor Cheney will preach in_ Christ Church, corner of Michigan avenne and Twenty-fourth street, in the morning. Union services with Ply- mouth Charch in the evening, Dearborn street, near Thirt eth. S —The Rev. S. 8. Harris will ofciate at St James' Church, corner of Cass sl Huron streets, mo.ning und evening. Holy communion at § a. . ME[HODIST. The Rev, Dr. Tiffany will_preach in the morning st Trinity Church, 1 Indiana avenue, near Twen- ty-fourth street, ~Subiect, **The Conversion of a Sinner.” In the evening he will preach at the Second Presbyterian Chusch. —The Rev. S. 1. Adams will preach morning and evening at the Centennary Chureh, in Monroe strect, near Morgan, —The Rev. Dr. Williamson will preach at the Tichigan Avénue Church in the morning. Subject, “iThe New Birth.” Union meeting in the evéning at the Firet Baptist Church. 3 —The Rev. S. McChesney will preach at the Pk Avenue Church, _Sacrament in the morning. Eve- ningsubject, *‘Revivals.” —7The Rev. John Atkinson will preach morning and evening at Grace Church. corner of LaSalle and White streets. —The Rev. R. W. Sheppard will preach in the morping at the Western Avenue Charch, corner of Monroerstreet. Subject; *The Sigmificance and Results of the Christian Convention.” Union ser- vices with the Leavitt Street Congregational Charelt in the evening. —The Rev. William C. Willing will preach ot the Langley Avenue Church. Subject, morning, “The Sure Word of Prophecy;” -cvening (union i *"The Opening of the Books. ™ —The Rev. A. W, Putten will preach moruing and evening at the Wabash Avenue Church, corner of Fourteenth street. PRESBYTERLAN. The Rey. H. H. Kellogg wili preach in the morn- ing at the Fourth Church, cornerof Rushund Superior streets. N0 eveninz service. —The Rev. James aclughlan will preach ‘morning and eveniug at the Scotch Church, corner of Sangamon and Adums streets. —Union services bave been arfanged for the nest four Sabbaths by the First and Sccond Churches, “Irinity Methodist, and Michigan Avenue Baptist. Dr. Tifiany will preach\in tie Second Charch this evoning. Subject: - Tie Name of Jesus,” Dr. Mitchell will preach mext Subbuth in Trinity Ohurch; Dr. Custis the following Subbath in the FirstChurch; and the Rev. Dr. Gibson will con- clude the series at the Michigen Avenue aptlst arch. s —The Rev. E.N. Barrett will preach at Westmin- ister Church. Subjects: Morniug, **Emotional Keligion;" evening, ** Lost Opportuniti —The Rev. Wilitam J. Harsoa will presch morn- ing and evening at Campbell Yark Ckapel. ZMr. Edward Dristol, cvangeist from New York, will preach fn the moriing atthe Sixth Church, corner of Vincennes anu Oak _avenues. Cmon services with Langley-Avenue Methodist Charch in the evening. —The kev. J. Monro Gibson will preach in the ‘morning at the Second Chureli, corner of Michigun avenue and Twentieth street. Union services m the evening. * —The ttev. A. B. Nicholson will preach in the morning at the Kighth Church, corner of Washins- ton and Robey streets. No eveninsservice. —1'he Rev. G. O. [iares will preach at the'Har- non-street’ Chapel in the morning andat tac Couuty Hospital ut 3p. m. —The Itev. Charles L. Thompson will preach in the worning at the Fifth Church, on Indiuna avenue near Thirtieth street. Lmion services at the First Buptist Church in the cvening. —The Rev. Jacob Post will preach in Holland in the morning and in Englisn in the evening at the Noble Street Church, corner of Erie strect. EPISCOPAL. The Rev, Dr. Locke will oiliciate morning and evening at Grace Church, Wabash avenue near Sixteenth street. . —The Rev. W. H. Hopking will oficiate morn- ing and evening at St. John's Church, on Ashland avenue, near Madison street. —The Rey, T. N. Morrison, Jr., will officiate morning and_ evening at the Charch of the Epiph- any, on Turoop strect, near Adams. —The Rev. Swnuei S. Hurris will oficiate morn- ing and eveningatSt. James Charch, corner of Cass and Huron streets. —The Rev. Dr. Cushman will officiate morning and evenmg at St. Stephen’s Church, on Johnson street, mear Tayior. —There will be the usual services at the Charch of the Ascensiun, corner of Elm and LaSalle streets. 1o}y Communion in the morning. —There will be morning prayer, germon, and Holy Communion at the Cathedrzl of SS. Peter and Paul, corner of Washington and Peoris streets. Evening prayer, but ng sermon. —The lev. Frencis Munsfield will officiate morn- ing and evening at the Church of the Atonement, corner of Waslunzton and Robey streets. —The Rev. Latoer Parlee wali otficiate morning and evening at Calvary Church, on Warren avenue, near Western avenue. Holy Communion at 8 3. m. —The Rev. D. ¥. Warrenwill ofliciate morning and evening at St. Mark's Charch, corner of Cot~ tage Grove avenae and Thirty-sixth strect. ZThe Rev. E. Sullivan will oficiate moraing and evening at Trinity Church, corper of Michigzan avenue snd Twenty-sisth street. —A. W. Mann, the lay missionary, will conduct a sign service for deaf 1nates in the Chapel of St urch gt 3 p. m. There will be the usual morning and evening services at the Church of the Holy Communion. —The Lies. George C. Street willofliciatg, morn- ing and evening. 2t All Sumnts’ Church, orner of Carpenter and Ohio strects. —Services will ne held in the Fourth Tnitarian Church, cornerof Prairie avenue and Thirtfeth street. The Rer. Mr. Freeman will otliciute in the moming, and the Rev. W. F. Morrison in the evening, A full attendance is requested for the purpose of organization. BAPTIST. The Kev. H, L. Stetson will preach in tbe morn- ing at the Winnetkn Church. —Subject: **The Difvine Agency in Conversion.” Prayer-meeting o the evening, : —The Rev. I, L. Stetson will preach in the eveningat the Wilmette Church. Subject: **The Worth of the Soul." —The Rev. T. E.Egbert will preach in the morn- ing, and the Rev. N. £. Wood in the evening, at the Centennial Church, corner of Lincoln snd Jack- son Btreets. —The Rey. N. E. Wood will preach in the morn- ing at the University Place Church, Douxlas ave- nue. Union services in the evening with the Lung- ley Avenae MetHodfst Church. “The Rev. J., D. Burr will ing at Immanuel Church, on Sophia. ~'The Rev. Willlam Ashmore, D.D., for twenty- six years & missionary in Ching, will preach in the Michizun Avenue Chareh in th¢ morning. ~The Rev. J. M. Whitehead, pastor of the North Star Church, corner of Division and Sedg- wick streets, will ¢nd a pustorate of slx years to- day. Prenching wurnin, and evening. - Me will take charge of the South Belvidere Church. —The ftev. N. F. Ravlin will preach morning and evening in the Free Church, corner of Looimis and Jackson streeta. —The Rev. J. W. Custis will preach in the morn- ingat the Michigan Avenne Church. Union rer- ‘vk:v_s at Second Presbyterian Church in the even- ng. —The Rey. D.B. Cheney will preach In the morning. and the Rev. George C. Lorimer, of Bos- ton, in the evening, at the Fourth Charch, corner of \Washington and Paulina_etree subject will be_**Baptistsand Religious Liberty. " “—The Rev. Galush Anderson will prench in the Second Church, corner of Morgan and Monroe streets. Subjects: Morning, ‘‘'The Greatest of Miracles St:l Wrought by Bellevers; evening. ““The Prodigal Son—he joines himself to a citi- zen of the fur country.” —The Rev. Dr. Thompeon will preach at the Tiion meeting to be held 1n the First Church this cvening. . reach in the morn- echard street, near ‘MISCELLANEOUS. Elder H. §. McCulloch will preach in the Ad- ventists® Chapel un Green street. Subjects: Morn- ing, **The Spint Knockings:” evemng, **Shaking of the Nations and Cominy of Christ.™ —The non-secturian_Bible-meeting will be held at No. 149 East Randoiph street at 2:20 p. m. iscussion, *‘The New Kingdom.” Al be- —A. W, Mann, the lay missionary, will holda sign-service. for ‘deaf mutes at the rooms of the Soclety, No. 89 East Mudison street, in the even- inz. A cordial invitation to attend is extended to 811 for whom these services are intended. —There will be Gospel meetings at Owsley's Hall, corner of Madison and Robey strects. The Rev. 15, AL Puynter will preach in the morning. Re cent converts will make addresses in the evening. "~ The \Women's Gospel Temperance meeting will Ve held in Moody's church, corner of LaSalle strect and Chicugo avenue, this eveuin[g. —The Disciples of Christ will meet at 229 West. Randolph strect at 4 p. m. —The Northern Illinois Associution of Spiritnal~ 1sta will meet_moruiny, nftermoun, and evening at Grow's Hall, No. 517 West Madison street. Emi~ nent speakers will be present. ‘—A Friends' meetinz will be held in Room 20, Methodist Church Block, at11a. m. All are jn- vited. CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK. 5 EPISCOPAL. ' Noy$28—Twenty-fourth Sunday after Trinity. XNov. t. Andrew. 3 CATHOLIC. “Twenty-fifth and lust Sunday after Pen- XNov. 28—Feria. Aov. 28—Vigil of St. Andrew; St. Saturninus, 3L, Nov. 308t Andrew, Apustle. Dec. 1—Veria. Dec. 2—St. Bibiana, V. M. ———— ‘Who's President. Chatianooya Commercial. Some people get so impa’icat about the elee- tion that lgey just can’t wait, as they think. One fellow in Curinth, Miss., worked up to the point of desperstion. tclegraphed the Louis- ville Courier~Journal as follows: “Who is President?” The reaponse was prompt, and for once truth- ful, though it came from a Demovratic source. It was as 1ollow : *Ulysses 8. Grant.” Thisk of paying $2.50 for that information. The latter's"| BOSTON GOSSIP. John Weiss, the Fashionable Lec= turer of the * Hub,” and His Peculiar Voice. His New Book, “ Wit, Humor, and Shakspeare "---His Views on ‘Women. “For Unadulterated Mischief Commend Us to the Blonde Women.” An Interesting Beview of Onme of the Most Notable Books of the Year. Spectal Correspondence of The Tribune. Bostoy, Nov. 23.—A few years 8go, When Jobn Weiss first began to lecture in Boston, after giving up, perforce, his church, because, as somebody said, he was too much of a believ- erin truth for the unbelieving church, he was listened to by small but cultivated audiences, which of course did not psy as a matter of money remuneration. As time went on these andiences increased slowly but decidedly. The increase seemed to be due to a growing curiosi- ty to hear the startling things that rumor re- peated from Mr. Weiss' ups, with, of course, no diminution of the startling quality by such rep- etition. The curious quality of his volce—athin yet singularly-penetrating tone which seemed to get beyond the owner's management the moment he became in the lcast warmed by his subject—gave added oddity to his startling figures and similes. “I do so admire Mr. Weiss,” said a fine lady once. When asked the reason for this admiration her reply was signifi- cant: *‘Oh, he frightens me 50 b{ his queer ex- pressions.” The meauning of all this is, that Mr. Weiss' originality, both in thought and the expresgion of it, was making itself fcit, and at last becoming in a way * fashiorable.” That is, that it was beeoming * the thing” in the highly- cultured circles of Bouston to listen to these lectures, which people found at Iast were not theological heresies, “not those dreadful radical tuings, you know,” but literary productions of the most orthouox kind,—that is, of the most cultivating and instroctive kiud, which is tie virtue of virtues in this community. And thus safely lsunched as a purely literary e:sayist, it was delightful to be “startlea™ by new and original—in short, very unorthodox— ‘ways of luoking at these old literary subjects. But there are some persons who “have never found that Mr. Weiss’ great pecal- iarity of voice und of manper added to the " charm of his words, but instead that it decracted from it by confusing the sense of harmony, and thereby distracting the atten- tion from the matter to the manuer. To these persons his new book, just published by Roberts Brothers, will come almost as a réyelation of 2 new author. Iconfess myself to being one of these persons. For six years or more I have listened at not infrequent intervals to Mr. Weiss at the Radical Club, where Le was often essayist and almost always ome of the debaters. The subjects were often purely literary, and of ~ wide scope, when of the philosophical or theological order, but, though I have been pierced at times with 2 striking expression or figure, I have never been able to get a complete and satisfac- tory understending or enjoyment of Mr. Welss. When the othes day 1 opened tiis fresh book of his, with the fine title o1 * Wit, Humor, and Shakspeare,” I felt that I had made absolute- IY, a new acquaintance, and I saw presently that T had been ungble to receive all this lucid thought, because the manner had been g0 be- wildering. And perhaps, too, the author’s own caretulngss waen preparing for publication may have had something to do With a quicker under- standing. For he is THE TERROR OF PUBLISHERS by his constant habit of rewriting or expurgat~ ing here and there, as the proor comes under hisS eritical eye, and he sees himself something as others see him. But the fact that the book is a greater success than any of the lectures proves something in favor of my theory of manner as agaiost matter. When, however, I read the essays which treat specially of women in this pouk, I am puzzied to account for the alnost universal aduuration which women have awarded to the essayist as a lecturer Yor the admiration has been a keynote of ac- ceptance all _through. Mr., Weiss’ navocacy of the Womaa-Suffrage cause may readily accgunt for the admiration ur scceptance of this class, but this does not reack toe socety women who aspire to culture, and who like Mr. \Veiss’ startiing sentences, because they are therevy “{rightened ”’ into wore vivid thought. All this latter class are invariably a little touchy at criticism which does not give them the I half ot all the virtues and wedtal qualifications in the universe. And Mr. Weiss does not do_thls. Toke, for instance, the essay entitled Wumen and Men.” Thoughhis delicate defer- ence i3 shown even in the title by the old cour- tesy of place aux dames, he does not flinch from saying that woman is deficient in humor, and gues 0D to say one of the truest things that ever been put on paper, in the following: “ Women are not good readers of any kind of plays. The movement and lapse of events in a novel are more congenial to their secluded life. And I venture to impute to the average woman a thinly-running vein of humor as the reason ‘why shie finds stch difficulty in admiring Shak- speare. Many of the finest —women can never conguer their repugpance. There seems to be in it something of impatience at the dramatic intervals, and the movement of incessant colloguy, something of an equanimity of passfon, something of fright at the broad and powerful statement which flinehes at nothing; blabs dreadfully of Julict's clandestine feeling; keeps Helena in contented earshot of Purolles, amd lets Ler devise an in- delicate solution of thie plot; shows the sweet Marianna of the moated grange ready to bel) on another play with same alacrity, au leaves Nuture everywhere, in the most passivn- ate or vulgar phases, to her absolute sipeerity, and concedes to her the freedom of the dictiopary.” And then, again: *Butn sovial and public transactions the average woman can be the bittcrest partisan, and the most reckless_defler of justice; it is when her “sentiment is involved her pride is burt, a s cific interest of house or person threatened, her cotism irritated. With men partisanship is fte result of complex motives; with women ft is a mixed aboriginal passion. Bosom friends never know two sides to a quarrel. The woman who is implicated is sure, when she makes her stutementto female intimates, of anzbsoluteand abject belief in ber trutufulness. They will noc take the trouble to learn, oreven care to inquire after, the pusition of the other party. If it bea man, ke will be perfectly couscious of this 1maneuvre of nature without taking much pains tosctup a counter-maneuvre Orto create o party of his own. Manifold occupations s\:flply a salutary rebulse of pettiness, and help to drive the matter from his mind. If ft be a woman, much time and feminine re- source will be lavished in self-exon- cration. She will go to aod tro, in & vigorous canvass of society, to create a plan and clothe it in the plaid of her sprightly confi- dences. Its bucklers coldly gleam in every as- semnbly,” 1In tuis, of course, he speaks of the average woman, and thus every individual woman can interest herself in the exceptional superior list if she is 0 minded. But the ** average woman ™ here plainly includes most women. It is a mat- terot sexand education. But Mr. Weissis generous enough in appreciation, and allows all the virtues of mind or heart that any reasonable woman ought to claim. Yet the fact that hedoes limit her, and does class her and connect her with the unreasonable, as under the influ~ ence of emotions, on occasions, rather than judgment, makes the other fact of the feminine eatliusiasin very curious. In Lis statement that women find Shukspeare unreadable from the company to whith the great dramatist intro- duces them—that they tind him coarse, etc.— there is great truth. 1n this very essuy of “WOMEN AND MEN,” he declares the reason more fully in the wider life that men have led from. be- gioning of the world. “Man,” he says, ¥ was turned Ivose fu the pasture to feed at ran- dom upon all the plants that drew nutritious ana puisonous saps: stramuniom and clover indiscriminately cropped;; but Heaven gave to its wild creatures tongh stomachsto begin with. They elfect a compromise with such com- placency that Literature 18 charmed 10 celebrate 1t, and the dew of humor condenses beneath a loug-suffening sky. A powerful and haopy di- gustion does not prefer the noxious weeds; but it has learned Low to account for them, and to measure their effects.” When we con- sider that euch men a5 Emerson and ‘Whittier, whose natares are of the most refined and fastidious, and .who lead almost cloistered lives of purity, are both of them most ardent admirers of mmkspeare, we must see thatre- finement and aelicecy abstractly do not in the least fnterfere with the taste fonand apprecia- tion of Shat '%cnm, but that it must be a matter of sex as Mr. Weiss says, of sex and its trainiog, where the “powerful and bappy digestion™ comes in to dispuse of the “noxlous weeds.” I “One of tho first buoks that I ever readd 13 said Mr. Whittier to me once, * Was Shaks- peare. I found an old copy of the plays when 1 was a boy, and I nsed to sm: ,le{’l off in m; pocket when I went to the flelds to work, ani read it at stolen intervals.” This is pretty good evidence of the real love which isn’t alfected by other people’s opinions. Think of this demaure Jittle Quaker sixty years agosmuggling Shakspeare into his pocket and brain in the co'\i!:lflelds of Haverhill T6wE ere are a rood many peonle who will be de- lighted with §° . Weiss’ treatment and srzu- ment against the Bacon theory of Shakspy'..- plays. It is impossible to do justicc ‘ essay by quotation, bat it is 2 very stray ward routing of the ¢Bacon craze,” as it been termed. BLONDE WOMEN. In “Blonde Women,” the fair-halred . find themselves enjoynz 8 monopuly of Wicaed craft, to which muny of them will be recon- cile on account of the superior wit and power which it involves over their durker s.sters. *“For downrizht, unadulterated mischief, let us be commended to the blonde women of the Indo-Germanic races,” says Mr. Weiss. As this ruthless critic of the golden-haired ores§s hiw- self of the opposite shiades, he perbaps, by the force of the attraction of opposites, has had oc caston to judge this mischief on something more than abstract grounds. At any rate, he speaks mlingl{, and though With evident admiration of the blonde, he has got her ticketed ** danger- ous,” and thus has done his duty by his broth- ers. In the tirst essay of the book, ‘‘The Cause of Laughter,” there are mot only inimitable little illustrations, but the most dis- criminating touches of critical acumen and np- preciation. Of the illustrations, one of the best, though s little nanghbty orthodoxly, is exquisite in its way, not the less so to Bostonians that the author of it is so well known. “On the strength,” says Mr. Weiss, “of Laarence Sterne’s assertion that * God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb,’a Boston wit, indipg himself in the powerful blast which sweep3 across the Common and makes & tunnel of Winter street, remarked that he wished there wasa shomn lamb tied ot the head of that street.” ‘The perpetrator of this isLls I have stated, well known in Boston. He is also spoken of by Curtis in *“Lotus Eating,” I think, as Mot Notelpa; and if the reader will take the trouble to read this curious name backward, he wll dis- cover by what innocent ruse our wits can mas- quersde in Mr, Curtls’ hands. ‘ HENRY CLAPP, whom Mr. Weiss quoted as inverting Shakes. peares’ famous sentence when speaking of a bore, * He is not for a time, but for ull uay,” Is probably the Clapp who showed such remark- able wit and humor in the editing of the old New York Saturday Keview. He wos u Bolie- mian of those days and fashion, and dicd o year or two age, im New York, a sad failure in every way. He was always spoken of as 2 man of unusual brillizucy, whose Labits of sell-indulzence runed a must prom- ising career. Mr. Weiss seems to have grurnered upin Lls nemory some of his finest tlashes of modern wit and hwmnor in his essay, and, as he proceeds to the Shaksperéan analysis of i vidual characters, w how keen his is for these qualities. Taken ultogether, this book isthe most notable of the year. To the stn- dent and lover of Shakspeare,—that is, to the happy masculive digestion,—the buok will be welcomed, and by the limited sisterhuod It maust, if for no other resson, be valuable s a guide to what she doesn’t know. b & ———— SAMMY AND REFORM. [MistER Eporron: This yer is a posm ontwo the sitooashun, wich i rit outen mi own hed, dcln kawld to woo’ it Li mi konstityoonts, hoo air 3 runnin of me fur the Legislatur for this deestrik: 2an)t yol jes pat fan the pints un stops, 48 Y00 €00 YOOE Fitin, thale be better red by them (gnaut mud- sils of the North hoo it 2z us with Linkin.} POLM. Yes, mi frens, thetime is knmmin, Inn this Sentenyell yeer, ‘Wich puts our **samwy and Reform® Intwo the White-llons cheer. Showt the tideins two the peepel Until te wellxins ring; Qur war-kri, *-Sammy snd Reform!™ That's wat we vout an stng. I mind the time, Inn sickste-won, Wen fust tie War broak owt, Them blastid trayt.rs inn the North Was fust two howl an showt: “¢Free the niggers! hanz the Rebblest . Long waiv the Stripes an Starat An deth toolum hoo strikes our fiag Ta the Rebble stars un baral” We fit them Northern hords fore yeers, Cntil our kruft was sinkin, ‘And thaue put inn the sekund time bt traytut, old Abe Linsia. We then sircendered fur a wile, Weil-noin tuat tuc outtel Wood next be fit inn Kungress, whace ‘Weed maik em bouns an ruttel: Weed send our boys to Weshington Two muik the laws an liygers; Hav awl our kjames an war-tacks pald, An then git back our niggers. Foo bet wee'd mufk them mud-mls bulap Around the nashun's bitlden, Untd thade gladlie jine var war- Kry, of Reform an Tilden. ‘That's wot we aed in sicksti-fiv, n braiv Bob Lee sirrenderd; ‘Well notn that the feelins whick The Yanky war engenderd Wood never dl till weed wipt owt Inn blud oar many fallyurs ‘Them Yankys forst us fntoe with Thare armls an thare sailyurs. An now the time is kum, mi frens, Wen weel maik them remember ‘That, as tha fit us inn the field, Weel fite them in November:: ‘That, s tha likt us, weel lik them, And taik the **low:es an hotny,” Git niggers, war-acks, and our klames, Fur wesrs ';bm‘ill o' mancy. :"& ¥ oors fur the white, JExDXE. Dozzs Pamsn, La., Nov. 7, 1876, TWILIGHT. The twilight falls; tbe darkpess slowly gathers Over the naked flelds and woodlands brown ; ‘Tke new moon hangs on high her silver crescent; ‘And one pale star from out the blue jooks down. 1 sit alone amid the deepening shadows, — Sit silent, motionless, with 1dle hands, — And let sweet Fancy bear me where it listeth, Unbitted, gaied by no bridle-baads. 1t takes me rot to lands where wondrous story _Hay peoplud crag and glen with legends old: Nor yet to gorgeous scenes of pump and glory, Where worldly pride parades its gems und gold. ALl these aro poor beside the land Eiysisa ‘Whose felds 1 enter and whose soil I tread; For here 13 sativfied my otmost longing,— Here are no tesrs, and herc 20 hope lies dead. A full and brimmMg cup, erstoniy tastes Pours me rich nectar from its rim of gold: 1 drink, and drink again, with thirst onsated, Such dranghts of joy a8 words have never told. Rivers of sweetness flow with tides unfailing, Rolling their floods about me where I staxd, — Such largess, such full upulence of blewsing, Comes to me hither, in this **No-Man's Lind.® Here my full soal forgets the pain of longing; S Rva nb want that la ot satisfied. - E" Then chide me not that, for one bllsafal moment, 1 sit here idle ut the eventide. But the night deepens; thicker growathe darkness,” And myriads of staru shine overhead. Again the sober Yoice of Duty cail me; "The lampa are hyhted—und the vision fled. Evozy P. Atuestox —_——— MAY GOD SAVE OUR NATION. ‘We're watching every avenae, And every rolling tide, With muxcie, nerve, and mnew Intensely tensified. Our pulse 18 beuting wildly, Earth's great ear hark'niag nigh, ‘While we ure gazing sadly At th' dark and threat'ning sky. Let saints fulfll their mission, As Heaven gives them power, ‘That God may guide our nativa . In th' stern and trying hour; That He may give the victory, In mercy. Dot fn wrath, And save our bleeding country From anarchy sud desth. ‘We ask that no ln?nll(:e ‘Shall mark oar leaders® road; ‘That envy, hate, and malice May learn the Gonpel-code. Great God of all that's glorions In heaven, and earth, and eky, Oh! make the Right victorious, And guard it with Thineeye. Mai. J. P. Hous A MEMORY. To 0. M. W. 1 am looking st your picture, ‘And my thoughts are backward cast To the tenderness that slambers In *he silence of the past,— TTo the days replete with gladness, To the nights when Love and thee Held my beart in blisvfal bondage,— ‘Wrought Hope's fairest areams for me. 1am looking at your ** shadow,™ And the dream of dreams once mine ‘With its old-time glory mocks me In the pictured eyes of thine; And sad recollection bringeth Words of hone breathed faint and low, Tpward from the buried moments vhen we loved—long, long ago. Nov. 17, Faxox,