Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 31, 1876, Page 13

RELIGIOUS.. ¢ gynday - School _ Teachers’ ] _'Meeting at Farwell Hall. Rev. Brooke Herford’s i Criticisms. Reasons’ Why the Revival Will Not and Shkould Not Die Out. wfion of the Pilgrimage .. to Mecca by a Par- ticipant. ; Tnal of the Bev. Mr. Graves on - (harges of Schism, Com- . tumacy, and Fraud, Notes and Personals at Home . and Abroad=--Church Serv= ) ices To=Day. SUNDAY-SCHOOL TEACHERS. % ' MEETING AT FARWELL HALL. . The seular weekly meeting of Sunday-school wis held in Farwell Hall yesterday wom. The attendance was scarcely upto the nge. Mr. B. F. Jacobs conducted the serv- 2 ‘There was no set topic, and the time was . oupicd with a review of the work of the past , Mistening to reports of progress, and e offerinig up of prayer for a blessing on next 5 work. . In opening the discussion Mr, Jacobssaid they rould not do better at the ciose of this year than iksalook at the Apostle Panlas a teacher. Pulwes s bard and consistent worker fo the Msster's service; he served Christ with “all bty of mind,” and With “mapy tears.” Hehsd temptations again and again, and that Bt ought to comfort young converts and teach- es They should remember that those who wwed in tears often reaped in foy. Paul was apublic teacher, but he also visited his scholars; * e kmew the value of personal intercourse, and moch of his succeds was to be traced to that anee. This bouse-to-house work which Paul should be copléd-in Chicago; public {arhing 8id not fulfill all that Was-required of . tiem. Msny souls were allowed to revert back wthelr wickedncss simply because no one talked twthem personally. liere were three holds ileh were esce! to successful ntislly necessary teachers. Firet, “hold on.” They had laid thefr kands to this work, and they should ““hold on.” It their grip )\:-d‘bégn Io«;teennd éor &ne mome.n{t during the year, tizhten it now by the power of 6ol .\'flty,e‘fimld in,”’—hold in'their l!l)lourmub ngs, complaints, and the sorrows they should 20t tell to others. Third, “hold out,”—~run the * me:clear through, 60 that, despite of discour- wements, they might finish their course with Mm. John V. Farwell prayed that the teachers bave increased power with their classes {during the incoming year. * Agentlemsa in the sudience requested the ?’m of the mecting for the farmers of the arthwest; there was great destitution, profan- {5, and Sabbath-breaking among them. ‘A brother on the platiorm stated tbat to-day fiey wonld receive fifty members into the Chi- ! ago-Avenue Church from the Sunday-school. Tue results of the revival had been beyond their Sy 1 af, Farwel id the young people’s prayer- meeling in connection w{:\‘x thep%nnflny—schoc’l - atLake Forest had received a small shower, which had extended into the church. This, with wher similar circumstances, showed that the ¥3ayto the hearts of the older people was 1lrongh those of the little ones. He urged that 1etchcrs should make their own souls safe, and 1ien they would be better able to convey the grace to their scholars. Brother Bell said in Oak Park Bunday-school there were only 8 dozen UDCODVE children @t of an average attendance of seventy or i eighty. They expected that the whole schiool ¢ would be under the influence of Christ in an- ‘3" gtherdveelk. : 4 brother thought one mistake they made as ! Etbbath-school workers -was in mot baving exouzh of the devotional elemert in their meet figs.” He suggested that nexr week, when the Enfls stiiools are closed, afternoon meetings of 1y-school scholars should be held. - At the invitation of a teacher, prayer was offered up for another teacher who hed_just re- saived newe that his mother and two brothers _¥ere burned in the Brooklyn Theatre, and was +* “In deep afifiction. Mr. Jacobs remarked that they neededa tender mmpathy with those in sorrow; nothing was 1 -Juraga to their work thst touched humanity. -Referring to the terrible railroad disaster, he -3 84 they expected Brother Biiss on that train, 2 they were waiting aud hoping for a tele- gz, The thought suggested by thisand other 3 Temible calamities was, What would they do 4 - without God? It was no wonder that men grew ‘¥ildand crazy under those things if they thought ey had no Savior. Christ, however, helped s 20 bear those troublics, and he urged every o0e to sceept Him as their Savior. :Tbe meeting as brought to a close with the i 2 PROF. SWING : _ AXD THE REV. RROOKE HERFORD. The last number of the Alliance contains the Tollowing reply by Prof. Swing to some eriticlsms -l the Rev. Brooke Herford made in & sermon ‘ublished in Monday’s TRIBUNE: Our first comment_ought to be npon the tone of oal allusions. Itjsa litle eurprising L2t M. Herford should have -bronght all the way ¢ Trom England a literary style that permits him to ke an argument out of Mr. Swing's ‘‘tome of geatle philosophic superiority.” Looking to the Zolher coantey for our standards of good wntiz #:d fermonizing, it might Injure wWestern taste sboald e learn to answer 3 man's statements by flmy}: finginga little mud at the man. We shait 20y, therefore, make the philozophic msuner of Az Yerford, orthe fact that he cnjoys the advan- Ugeof having gotren outof *‘short clothes” of Jouth and Into the garments of menhood, & part of Wemerterof the arzument, but shall confine our Temariss to those things of public interest, things 9 more mowent then our Weskness or Mr. Her- Tord's strenth, B:“‘flmply ' mistake of judgment when 3r. Hlord savs that the hundreds of clergymen who telat Mr. Moody are thereby aiding znd espousing Li# notiops about the details of the Bitle. It ey be Mr. 3oody believes the univesse was made Sof nothinz 6,000 vears azo, but that private of his is absolutely withont interest to any o more vitiatés his work of reform than le sermons of Penelan or Maceillon are ruined by Lelrbelief in bliuking Madounas and an iufallible We all love Cetholic scholars notwithstand~ the presence of foolisk beliefs in their intel- £ . Moody came 2s 3 holder of the Chris- 2 tdes of reforin, regeneration. and 38 such a re- be merited the Belp of all the clergy. Men It Letween two opinions. Men Who me {emperate remsin dropkards, men remsin wicked who should become est and vious, Moody comes as @ o5 10 these sleeping wills, and helps many utands to cross the boundary between the bad e 20od countrice. _'The man who will arouse g minds, be he Father Jathew, or White- of Spurgeon, or Moogdy. and make them de- St once 10 Jeave the sinfal path and walk in teous path, invites sympatby and sssist- that very eround. and not because of any : tey or perfection of hie whole philosophy. ok Berford thinks we declined a great opportunity 3 h‘h&‘nhfl\'e shown how dresatal 1t 13 fo be- “of Ve the whole Bible from first to Jast; thatinstead i g Mr. Moody, we ehonld have armigned . poor accepting the 109th Paalm: we shonld have £ out to-him what a bud old Lymn tbat Dot have paesed by such 3 golden yeurn When Prof. Pstton came slong a _few E 2201 the characte: of u theologinn, aud s thned the beauty and value of that Pealm, we did o 2280l hig evstem and his special jdea. That thehour for a review of all such theological 3 munu: but when Mr. Moody comes along not pperd heological systom ot lore, but simply to iy detd sluners and dead Christians, simply “’kflm men tu choose between vice and virtue, Tty Berford wili excuse the plsinness, wewillsay 3 arraien the evengelist for his supposed ¥ Shout ihie old bloody wars, or the Jmpreca. = me, would scem ridiculons. When we : ""hlnrliu:mfinxflew themes we shall challenge or or Dr. Sollivan—some man ¥hoce studies und tastos might scb it forth 883 champion of such ideas; but whew men of the y school come along. with bis moderation of 2pel of reforniation, we can assure Eroher Herford that we guall 1her, a now, tand it R, 00t fn- the Tabernacle and one ogle Central Church. Should Prof. Patton w-orthodax tescher open up in the & achosl of thealogy, we showld ;] q Herr: £ 11 72 o than those who read the Imitation are c z:&bhel{elln the monastic views of a st’fl;flf‘%fl; hb'é e girdle of thorns. It is o wonder thatsucha ralist a2 Mr. Herford should fail to wark the tinetion between helping aloeg the public work of & man, and indarsing the whole mass of opin- it:;\:k;:.hich may Me 1n the brain of the public THE GREAT REVIVAL. . WILL IT ENDURE] To the Editor of The Tridune. Cricaco, Dee. 20.—It scems to me that a caudid investigation of revival influences will show that there is pothing new or wonderful nb?ut them. People seem to think that great things are being done when Brother Moody, with all the Chicagro ministers at his back, con- verts 100 soulsin one day. Why, that is nothing to the grest revival 1,800 years ago, when Peter’s preaching converted 3,000 in one day! I wish that those persons who are fairly holding their breath till Mr. Moody Jeaves wonld take their Bibles (or borrow one) and read the second chapter of Acts, and then see if theycan quench the spirit by smoking, drinking, theatre-going, etc. A lttle reflection sfter reading this chap- ter might bring them to see the folly of trying to smother out this revival fire. The same Jesus that spoke from the mouth of Peter or his co-laborers is breathing forth words of love and comfort from the lips of a mighty host of consecrated souls. - When men say that this tidal-wave of religion ‘will subside &5 soon as Brothers Moody and San- key leave, you may be sure every time that the wish js fatlicr to the thought. The next thing these croakers do is to set about trring to bring back those days of worldliness in the Church and general deviltry which prevailed until the pres- eut seasor,—such a state ot society that pious parents felt if their sons came to Chicago they were as surely lost as if they were already in the bottomless pit. When a right smart young man who would Lea blessing to sodiety ora great addition to the business part of ‘the tity talked of coming here before the revival, what oe- curred! Why, his friends all stood aghast in terror at the r{ idea, drd every true Iriendhe kad, {rom the minister down, united in begaing, and'imploring him not t» take the fatal step, Hundrads and thousands of noble, talented young men have been turned away from this city oa account of its fearful reputation for ini- quity. Now, mark the change since the revival. We )tzl!ve bcerl:, bl:sscd ;ul.%n n‘si% from thousands of ¢ very best people from Ohio, Indiana, Min~ nesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan. Parents have sent their children here, often ata great sacri- tice, in order that a revival blessing might come into their lives. ‘Then, sgain, many thousands of dollarshave cote iuto the hands of merchants, landlords, aud eating-houses. Movey spent-by those who came to the revival,every dollar of it, has been a blessing to the whole city, because it helped to encourage and build up those institutions, which are a real benefit and credit to the city. At the same time, it hadtbeeffect to dishearten and discourage men engaged in the business of ruining their fellow-beings by gambling, drink- ing, and & Qown-the-hill-to-the-devil sort of life generally. If 1was in any branch of that sort of business, I would close out for ten cents on the dollar rather than take the chances that lie ahead of traffickers in the downfall of their fellow-beings. Their property will soon be on par with a Southerner’s ¢ bl of sals” for o %ood likely field-hand or ebony cook. Those F. . V.s felt themselves secure in their rights of property, because protected by law, just as the saloon-keeper now waves his nse in triumph in the face of this religious awakening, O dear, it just makes my blood boil when T see an sttempt made to do awn{;m.h or put out any of these influences which have brought such Erent comfort and joy to so many tnousand carts, mot only in ‘the City of Chicago, but throughout the length and breadth of the land. ‘When I think over what used 1o be ssid about Chicago and then see the change, all on account of the Tabernacle meetings, I feel just like golng down on my knees and praying that God will send us 8 man who can_couvert §.000 in one day as Peter of old did.” Why, only think of it1 Chicago used to be considered the plague spot of earth. A youung man visiting in the country would have t0 keep dark about where he came from i he wished to roingood society. Mothers would =28 soon think of shutting their daughters in a cage of byenas as to allow the attentions of 8 “Chicago gentleman.” ‘Well I dowishI could say, do, or write some- thing thet would stop this infernal attempt to destroy the effects of this glurious season’swork for God and humanity. And I koow that every one who says **It will soon blow over,” wishes, down deep iu his heart, that_he commanded a ‘hurricane strong enaugh to destroy evers land- mark made in this city by the holy, God-fearing men who have defled all bell in their endeavors t0 save lost souls. In pursuing their labor of Jove to suve Chicago from everlasting infamy, they have had showered down on their heads sl thr flery darts of Satan, "ezdwmncd arrow dipped in the gall ‘of falsehood and malicious persecation. 1t I cen do but Httle in the way of staying up the hands of these servants of Christ, that little shall “ be done heartily as unto tne Lord.” Tt is actuated by pride and love for our city, as well as love for the souls perishing at every turn, I can at least do as 2 woman &l during our late War, when the Rebel army was murd.fing% by her honse. Slfe seized the poker, and st in a threstenmg:attitude at the door. The %0ld man* sat quletly in the chimpey-corner smoking his pipe. *Well, mother,” said he, yrhat good do you expeet to do?? “Iintend to show which eide I’m on,” she replied, with & withering look of scorn at her liege lord, who evidently intended to pass himself off as on the side of those who came slong the road Jast. I glory in the old woman's spunk. PETRE PELTON. PILGRIMAGE TO MECCA. A RELATION BY A PARTICIPATOR. The following letter is by a special corre- spndent of the London Z¥mes, snd {s dated Cairo, Nov. 18: On_Mondsy Isst (Nov. 13,—Showal 27, 1203, 2. h.) occurred what may be called the real start of the Eryptian Pilgrim carayan from Birket-el Hadj (**Lake of the Pilgrims™), a _spot sbout elevea sailesnorth. of Caifo. According to_custom, the rocession throungh the streets of Cairo of the Kisweh (& covering of cmbroidered brocade for the Kasba of Mecca) sud of the Mahmal (the richly decorated royal sud now sacred *taktara- wan, ™ or pulanguin) were made previously. The procession of the Mahmai s of late years been shorn of much of its pomp and parade. It par- takes somewhat of the character of & Lord Mayor's ehow. It is preceded by a long military escort of infantry = 8nd lancers, and i» composed less ~of pilgrims than of numerons dervish guilds, bearing the emblems of their trades and scets. 1t has been fully described 1n the 7imes on former occasions, and in the pages of Lane's **Egyptions”; while an excellentaccount of the very similar_proceszion of the Mahmal of Damsscus is given by Mrs. Barton in her **Inner Life of Syrla.” On this oceasion most of the der- Viches, who 2dd 80 much to the noise 6nd quaint- mesy of the spectacle, were sent round by the desert 10 join the Mshinal beyond the city walls, This was to avold all possibility of any fanatical demon- stration. though in reality there was 50 cause for alarm, shd your correspondent, in alluding lately Lo this subject, wae perfectly correct Ig statinzthat foars of any Mohammedan rising hete are utierly gronndless. Writers who have alluded in_genera) terms to Muesuimag resticssness in North Africa would find it aiflicalt 10 prove its manifestation or cxistence ns far 33 Egpt s concermed Any rumors on the subject that may have gained car- rency here are but the echo of some idle harem possip. or the unheeded Neg}msnuflon of some Giscontented modern saint. This pageant of the Mahmal was one of the customs objecied to by. Saoud the Wahaby, who, in his letter (o Sultan Se- 1im, wrote as follows: d that 1n the ensufng years you will give orders o tn of Shan [Daascus) and Masr [LEyoL) not to' Rccom| jed with the Mahmal, trompets, and into cea and Medina. For w Re- ay the blessing of God be Ve $och day ot Mobarrem (M23, 1805 Once, and once only, wis the Mahwmal conveyed by rail to Suez, snd by steamer to Jedda, his was'in the reign, and by the orders. of the eccen- tric and whimsical Said Pasha. Well might the Egyptiane belicve, as many of them aid, thut noth- ing Peu than the end of the world could follow 8o portentous an {nnovation. Arrived ontside the city walls, the Mahmal re- mains the greater pust of three days in the direc- tion of the military station of Abbassieh, in the northern oatskirts of Cairo, Here are pitched, for some time poust, onthe edge of the desert, the tents of the Bashi-Buzouks, who form the annual® guard of the caravan. ‘There are in Egyptabout 400 permanently reefdent Bashi-Bizouks, now cuiefly Asfatice, Whereas in Mohammed Alf's time, *hen they were more mumerons, they were chiefly Albamans, They are scattered” thionghout the Qifferentprovinces, and at the spproach of the senson of pilerimage they promptly obey the sum- Tons to assemble at Cairo, that o number may be elected. euticient forthe protection of the Holy Kisweh, the Mahmal, the pilgrims, an r mfl\'lng.txennrj'- In the nei?h!mrnmd of Abbas- sich, therefore, for several weeks before the start of the pilgrims, may be seen the typical - kin all his pictoresqueness of cos- Jomnt BuzanL?n » flnl%fivfluonku in tume. The employment of Ezypt has lately been considerable, Hhuhive has deemed it expedient to enge, Iasgely In expeditions, such as thatto Darfour, Where the dash of these frregulars, strikes anwonted terror, and where it fa_considered a sud the them [Egyptian, proverbially {ll-adapted for foreign serv- jce, often essily succambs. From Abbllg:}g:‘ Mahmal is moved to Bukat-el-Hadl asd time all stragglers have sssembled to fol y Start goross the desert, which loalwase dats on the Tho **Lake of the Pilgrims” oxlsts but fn o name, for its waters have Qissppoared aa tomelers 1y as has the **Fountain af the Sun" from tho site ofHeliopoils, whose solitary obelisk and ruined brick walls are passed haif-way botween Cairo and Birket. It fs the point where the valley, clothed With ‘palm and lndian corn, tonchas the Broken, sterile desert. Lake after lake may, in- deed, beseen. not within the margin of the livuri- ant valley, bit where, a3 you look eastward, the fantastic Creations of the mirage attempt to cheat the unaccustomed eye. The visitar to Caire Who does not abject to the distance will do well to Hide out to Birket on the 27(h Snowal The scene at the encampment is full of interest during the hours that precede the start, snd the spactacle of the actunl start along the desert solitudo Is in- finitwly more impressive than th progross of the Kisweh and the Mahmal throngh. thie crowded etreets of the city. If the traveler be anything of sn artfat, here wre endloss groups and forms ihat may 6ll sketchhook. Here, too, the scena will suggest more vividly the visions of bygone pligrim- ages of Kbalifs nd’ Sultans, the pomp ang. splen- dor of which Live been mrrayed upon this very spot. Forinstance, **the equipage of ono Suitan of Egypt consisted of 500 camels for thetransport solely of sweetmeais and- contectlonery, 280 for pomésmanates, alwonds, and other frulis, hesides aving MA‘ traveling Jarder provided with 1,000 geese and 3,000 fowls," Stmilar were the lusuries of other Sultans, such as Suliman (718 A. D.), whose wardrobe alone employed 900 camels, and Haroun el-Rasbia, who performed the Hadj mne times, and who, on_one_occasion, completed the Journey from Bagdad to - Meces, with his wife, on foot, fine carpets being spread daily along the rond. - About noon the gan 1 fired which gives the signal for the atart, or rather for mounting drome- dary, ass, or steed, and promouncing the last adien. Another hour is spent hefore the pligtim train moves elowly forward the range of the Mokattam Hills, farewell for many g day to the charms an: fleshipots of Egypt. - The nenal order of march was obaserved. Fifst rode the ** Delil,” or chicf guide of the pilgrims; then a body of rreguizr soldiers, the camela bearing the Kisweh and the Mahmal, the attendant richly caparisoned camels, some bearing drummers; the ** Katib Surra " (Treasurer and Paymaster), Mohammed Effendl Mobammed: the **Sheilch ¢l Gamel," 50 often described (that alt-naked, burly, ahd now indispensible per. sonage, whose only function s to roll his bead and 100k happy) ; the main body of the Hadj, including the ** taktarawans, " or litters of a fow femals pllgrims, the chicf of which was occupled by the wife of one Jafir Agha, of Cairo. Lastof all rode 4 personase who goca by the name of ** Abou- Heloweh ™ (Father of Sweets), Whose duty it is to bring up the resr, and who bears a rod of ottice, wherewith to arouse those that sleep too decply at the hour of decampment. He if a man of eloquence und great popularity, whose picty and boesed wards have, 1o Goubt, gained fof ik the positfon and title which ke enjoys. - This year the pilgrim guard was mounted exclusively on camels, the renson of couree being that the discase (which, unfortunately, bas not yetdisappeared) has swept off far too many horses to sdmit of the requisite number being spared. * In fact, there was scarcely o borse to be scen basides that of the **Saugar,” or chief ofticer of the Jiashi-Bazouks. Donkeys kro emoloycit8s wellus camels, generally by thost who cannot afford the expente of the Int- ter, Conspicaous omong them was & sure-footed Jittle animal that hae twice borne his master to the sacred 20}l of Mecca, and returned fn eafety to his native Masr, where, in consideration of his achievements, he s excused, like the camel that bears the Mohmal, from ail other service. No persons of distinction of either sex were pmong the number of Egyption pilrims; but it 1a sai that the mother of the Khedive purposes shortly o undertake the now ot formidable hardsbips of e Hadj. ‘Among the pllgrims recently distributed in the khans of Cairo iy oneof the now istorical Bashi- Mazouks, who lately arrived from the districts of bloodshed and pillage, and who has doubtiess been an object of fnterest’ to many beyond the circle of his fellow-lodgers in the **OKaleh.” Ic has cortainly becn a great anthority on the tem question _lnwmany o4 ocafe the Arab quarter. Wounded fn places, but mot severcly, he quitted the scemes of +lawfal brigadsge ™ frith the sum of £200, realized from hix share in the plilage of one orscveral of the plaadersd villages, Leavins halt of this kum with his family, he crossed wit remainder to Egypt, tojoin the motley ranke of Moslems from ali parts who combine a visit to the landof prramids with tue rellzious datles and meclia of apligeimoge. - This fourses comploted, his intention was to follow agein the Standard of the Faithful with all the new-born fervor of a Badji, hoping 10 tread once more, with equl suc- cesy, the path which has enabled htm 80 rapidly to provide for bl eternal as well 88 for bis present welfare, The inamal ‘returns to Colro on the second menth, Safr, about three months and a half from the present time. TRIAL FOR SCHISM. A NEW WAY OF RUNNING A OHURCH. From the Baulmore Gazette. The commission appointed by the Maryland Lutheran 8ynod to try the Rev. Uriel Graves, on charges of schism, contumacy, and fraud, re- assembled yesterday, the Rev. Prof. Bergstresser in the chair, * The first witness was J. A. Swingley: “In the spring of 1876 Graves showed him s constitation for 8 new church. Each member ‘was to be pure in heart and contribute 10cents a week. Witness told him m oney was scarce and times'hard, and he had better wait. Graves said he wanted a church for 1,000 me mbers, near the linc of all the cars. The pure-in-heart part of the constitition, witness™ told Graves, was very good if he could get it; but did not think he could get the 10 cents per weel.” W. T. Bishop testified: 4 Mr. Graves sald on one occasion: ‘The time ‘a5 shout come when the church must decide between me and other partfes; some one must ‘be boss; if [ have s majority I shall be boss; and if T am boss these parties must. get out; if JIam put out the garret window I whl ran around and come in the cellar door; if I. find the majority of the church members don’t want me, I will give them no farther trouble.” ** The Rev. Uriel Graves was called by the prosecution: « Admitted baving formed = secret society within the church. Its title was ¢ The Sons of the Temple of the Triune God.’! Its object was 1 to keep the young wen of ‘the church within the i church. . Was not willing to reveal the secrets of the society, but wonld do so to the Committee 1f they would sign the pledge book. Preached on three occasions in Raine’s Hull because asked 10 do s0.? R. N. Polk testified: - “Graves came to my house ‘almost suffo- cated with grief,’ and said he would be com- pelled to resign on account of the bickerings in the church. The congregation increased nearly 300 during Mr. Graves’ administration. Before ‘his coming we were like stray eheep.” Williom A. Wisong testificd: + When Graves took charge of the Third Lu- theran Church there were many rumots afloat derogatory. to him. A matier relating to money was not settled satisfactorfly. Graves promises_were not fulfilled. He said from the pulpit during a sermon: ‘Some people arc so mean that they would lick the mo- lasses from the lipsof a dead nigger baby.’ This drove thirty people from the church. This occurred on a Sabbath night. He uscd ‘expressions about striking his grand- mother or aunt over the shins. Une-fourth of his sermons were preached against copy-book and bread-and-buiter preachers. “Groves told me a_certain lady_had turned up her nose at him. Headded: *Iam gs stiff as she isstout; she don’t speak to me nor I to her; this makes us evenl? One evening in the pulpit, preaching of the rest in eaven, he sank back into the cushioned chsir in ' the pulpit, sad, rising, re- sumed his sermon. I told him it was sensa- tional, and spoke to him about it. Graves’ gal- ary was paid weekly, and was increased during fhie time he was pastor; he was louded by the press in o peculiar manner. Hethycatenedatone thuoe to give the ministers at the Synod such a scouring that they would never forget it the longest_ day they lived. Witness safd to Mr. Gorsuch: ¢ Tommy, for Christ’s sake don’t let Graves preach a'scrmon against the ministers; they will be down on us worse than ever.’ Wit- ness did pot like Graves becanse he did not do Bis business in & business-like way. Graves made use of an expression in the pulplt which the witness declined to mention in- public, but would tell the Committce privately; it was a Seriptural quotation. At the Academy of Mu- sic, at an entertainment given by the church, Graves appearcd in 8 drama entitled * The Cru- - cifixion of Christ;’ his performancewas such that & prominent gentleman in a box with me gald: * This beats anything I ever saw ou the stage.’ Some of the young men held Graves keep him from rushing on the stage too ickb?’ quick; . 3L, Cowles testified: “h“ls amember of the Council of the Third Lutberan Church, andhas heard Mr. Graves make use of slang expressions in the ‘pulpit. He admonished bim for doing so. Graves said if a certain expression which he had made use of hud shocked witness he would never make use of {t again. Graves wonld use such phrases as ‘That’s too thin,’ and ‘You can't rub that out.” " Thomas Gorsuch testified: B i Hgs heard Graves say in the pulpif 1‘1’11 make daylight shine through them’; 11 go for them.’ ~Graves also said: *There is onc Xind of religion that they grunt, and groan, and moan like they hed lost thefr great-grandmother, orhad apainin their stomachs. If he got to Heaven, aod that class of people ot there, he wanted to goon the other side.’ ‘Hegotso bappy sometimes that it made his tecth &{ugle. Witness adyised him to see a dentist. =Witness er and Ohers, up; P4y o CoupelL? Bome of them bad hal toward ‘biadin; THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: S UNDAY. DECEMBER of him. O now koow it.* Mr. Hippy testified: 2 ** Graves said in & sermon: *God made Eve a hlemmcf l‘ofr man; bext?;-n sn‘g help eat.! He alao spoke of a man craw) a holz and pull- ing luvthe ole after him.” S 2 The Rey. Dr. J. G. Morris testificd: *¢ Heard Graves’ peroration at the Academy of Music, and it was s noving and feeling ren- ditivn. ‘The impersoration was rather theatri- cal. The house was crowded at the time, and at a certain time whole beaches full of people got up and Jeft the Academy. In the majority of thesc cases, criticisms come from uncultivat- ed people. Did not admire Mr. Graves' rendi- tion at the Acadeny, and does ot consider the - &c\'umuon given proper for a minister of the ospel to give at an entertainmant of the kind. Witness’ objcctions to_Mr, Gmves' rendition were on account of its deficiences of a lite) ;:Jhnrn‘t‘:tcr-, he entertained no religious objec- on. : Prof. Hart, teacher of elocution, testified: “Was present at the Acadeny when Graves 5ave his elocutionary represmtation. of the ross of Christ. Considered Graves’ effort 2 magnificent piece of elocution. Witness would have done it in the sameway, The composition was very fine. Cousidered it a fine a rendition of any matter as he ever heard.' m’flho Rev. Uriel Graves testifed in his own: be- ‘“Admits using some of th: slang phrases given in evidence. Admits ushz the c-_grpgesslnn of ‘going into o hole,’ but in this sense he was speakicg of those who were jadly beaten, de- feated, and chagrined. These lind of people, he thought, should crawl into a_Ivle nm\p 'Dn?l itin after them. Denied, before Gol and man, on his solemn oath, that he ever wed the expres- sinn, getting into heaven jy. ‘the parl of 'their ' toenalls’ None: of the B timore ministry . had evir . given him advice t6 relinguishing o certai style of preach- {ng. In regard to his saying Je would * scour the Lutheran Synod at Graftw,’ he had been accused of not entertaining thu true Lutheran religion, and said it be prezhed before the Synod he wonld convince themto the contrary. Witness did not consider that e spirit of the Lord was in a man one minute and out of him the next.” On Friday, the fourth charge, “ evasfon of his pecuniary obligatione and cquivocation in regardito the same,”’ Was taken tp. The proge- cution’ offered in evidence's’ leter written by Graves to the Third Lutheran Church, dated Aug. 9, 1872, which ackuowleded the receipt of certain_moneys belonging to tie benevolent funds of the church, which toe clirch never re- ceived also, & check for $150, drawm by Graveain favor of the Church, which hadben dishonored. A teclinical objection by the defeise was over- ruled. Graves explained: The ueck had been mislaid for over two years. . Memwhile he bad become financlally embarrassed md_unable to pay. A motlon was made for my adjournmeut to give the defense 'time to frnurc witnesses. The Commission, after consaltaton, decided to edjourn, !ubrh:el to the cal of tie’ Chalrman, and the session was closed with jyrayer. The Rev. Dr. Barclay put on his hat, ard "exclaimed excitedly that a letter belonging to the Rev, Mr. Graves had been purloined. - The Rev. Graves said, “ Here it is,” holdng ft up, The Rey. Mr. Owen sald to the Re. Mr. “Barclay, “Could you mnot have dong shat in & more private ‘mapner? The Re. Dr. Barday apswered, *No, sir, I could not” and abrngil; leit the room. - It 3 not believa that the trh& will ever be resumed. RELIGIOUS MISCILLANY. b THE CHURCH IN GEERAL. The New Testament Comauy of English Revisers are now at work upn the Eplstte of Titus. i The Congregational ststlsts of Matne for 187 report 175 minlsters, fort:two of whom are without charge. In St. Louis the Second, Thd, Fourth, Park Avenue and Bernard Strect Batist Churches are without pastors. Probably thleading cause of these yacancies s the financinembarrassments of the times. Five bundred and sixty psons have been confirmed this yearin the Circh of the Holy ty, of which the Rev. Steren H, Tyng, Jr., «tor. The last confirmatis, which has just been held, numbered 121 persca. Four Roman Catholic missharics were sent this autumn to this country Hm the American Cuuu%e at Louvain, Beigiun Two of them were designated for the Dioce of Alton, one for the ‘Diocese of Newark,nd one for the Diocese of Builalo. The New York Herald ssys it twenty years ag0 there were fourteen Evaelical churches .within a radiue of an eighth oa mile from the Astor Library. The territoryontained at that time some ot the best houscsnd homes of the ¢ity, and was the centre of fhion as weil as of population. That region . now the centre of & vast busiuess, and I ouly of those charcheg remain. a ‘The Almanac of the Prostant Episcopal Chureh, just published, exhils the folowing statistics: Bishops, 59; Bishopelect, 2; prica ts and deacons, 3,171; baptismd031; confirms- tions, 26,761 ; communicants, 3,534; marriages, 8,494; burials, 20,0937 ordinans, priests, 901 descons, 1155 candidates forrders, 331: Sun- day-school teachers, 20,429; Liolars, 245,397; coutributions, $6,599,927; cley deceased, 57} deposed, 1. At » recent meeting of the lston Committee of Fifty, chuficd with the prarations for the meetings of Messra. M ly nd Sankey, the enlargement of the platform ' the Tabernacle to accommodateé_more singe was dircussed. The Building Committee norted that the buflflX:g wnul‘d be ready for f:nanng by .llng; 14, committee was sppate homes for the Evangelists a1 their mnm while in Boston. PERSONAL. 31, 1876—SIXTEEN PAGES With the ark after the land came again?” "lc was left on Mount Ardgav.,’ ‘was’ zh:'x'enlr; Oh, rejoined Johnny, ‘Ishonld ‘think Nosh ;lc'o’ "d have wanted to make a burnt sacrifice of A little boy in Springfield, Mass., after his customars evemmipmyer, 2 night or two ago, continged, “and bless mamma and Jenny and Uncle Benuy,” adding, after a'moment’s pause, ]lilil‘:-ig,xyhmwry remark, ‘“his name is Hop- Elder sister (wishing to show off her small brotber's accomplishments)—* Now, Jack, who was the first mand” Jack—% Adam ! Eld_er, sister—“Quite right! And where dld he ‘lll;g‘!l't m;hen;l;h(.who bg}x nat‘laxns of bis own ¢ paradise)—t ADout ag.) ly paradise)—*In the Z’logical A certatn walter recently left the Atheneum Club to enter the Army and Navy, and, being a grave person, as became his origin, he was at once assured by. his new comradesthat he would never be abie to stay in bis new place. ‘*Be- cause,” safd fllei‘ ““we have such a rowdy set of members.” “Lord bless yon,” sald he, ““you sgk;:‘\ll‘!)dnsg:wm th%;hAtfie‘mehmd Desr tiem ear. . When their chops isn’ right their langwidge is hawful.” el Rome Sentinel: He was only an inguisitive "Michigan Avenge Cherch, near ‘Thirty-second street, 8t 10:45 a. m. on ‘‘An estimate of Mr. - Moody and Hia Work in Chicago.™ Watch services in the evening. ~—The Rev. S. McChesney wilt preach at 10:30 3. m. in the Park Avenue Charch, the Sandsy-school #cholars doing the singing. Wateh service in tho eveg}:g,l{om?e;clxg 218 0'clocs. —The Rev. Joha Atkinson will preach at Grace Charch, corner LeSalle and White streets, at 10:30 8. m.. watch meeting commencing at 8 . m. _The Rev. A. W, Patton will preach at the Wa- bash Avenne Church, corner Fourteenth street, st 1la. m, and 7 p. m, —The Rev. R. D. Sheppard will preach at Weat- ern Avenue Charch, corner Monroe street, at 10:452. m. Watch meetingat9 r m, —~The Rev. Dr. Witliam C. Willing will preach at_the Langley Avenue Church at 10:30 8. m.and 7:30 p.m, Watch meeting at 10 p. m., and sermon by Mrs. Willing. ~The Rev. A. Gurney will presch at St. Panl's Church, corger Maxwell street and Newberry avenue, in_the morning on the *‘Unfinished Work,™ and inthe eveningon ¢‘Nothing but Leavea.”" Watch meeting at 8. ~—The Rev. Dr. Tiffany wil preach at Trind Charch, corner Wabash avenne and Twenty-fours] street, 8t 10:45a. m. and 8 p, m. Watch meeting after evening service. —The Rev. E. M. Boring will preach at the Dicksox Street Church at 10:30 8. m. Watch ser- vices commence at 9:30 p, m. , UNIVERSALIST- bog, and . he said: “Ma, will all the heathen fln;n up when it comes resurrection times?? Yes, my son,” ¢ Aud them missionaries; will those turn upi” _*“ Certainly, my son.” “Well, when them caonibal heathen what's been feedin® on missionaries gets resurrected, snd them missionaries what’s been eat comes around and wants to get resurrected, things Is goin’ to be worse mixed than the Presidential election, hey, ma?” It is time you were in bed, my son." The pareons of New England {n anclent days * Morning subject: *‘The Ending ot the Year.” "Charch of the Atonement, corner West Washing- Dr. Van Dyke, of BrooklyrModerator of the Jast Gemerul Assembly of he Presbyterian Church, is 50 opposed to lay reaching that he would not allow an unordat:d man to preach, and would admit of no exptions, not even Moody himself. y Dr. T. L. Cuyler has lost ory two Sundays by sickness in the thirty years ohls pastorate. He attribvtes his uniform goahealth to the ob- servance of three rules: Fst, take abundant sleep; second, use no stimunts; third, never touch & sermon on Saturday ght. The Rev. John 8. C. Abbot who s dally ex- pecting death at Fair HaverConn., still has & clear and active mind, and bues himslf in dic- tating articles for_the prew: He is also dic- m;n‘é 8 serfes of chapters ofpersonal reminis- cences, to be published after is death. The Rev. A. MacFarlane of Port Hurom, Mich., who has nceepted a edl to the pastorate of the Hanson Place BaptistChurch of Brook- Iyn, will be installed Jan. 4,)n which occasion the Rev. Dr. Armitage, the. Av. Dr. Sarles, the Rev. Dr. Henson, of Philaielhia; the Rev. Dr. Thormas, the Rey. Dr. Pattonand the Xev. Dr. Reed wiil participate. The Rey, Bartholomew Othman, of the New Englund Methodist Conferene, became an itin- | eraat ureacher in 1814, and iselieved to be the only one of the eighty-thre{ who united with the travelipgr winistry_in th United States of that vear, now living.” He is80 years of age, aud preaches every Suunday—ceasionally three times on the same day—bslides attendiog to other ministarlal work. He ks preached every year since be united with the Jonference, sixty- two sears ago. The Rev, James H. Eccleson, D. D.. bas re- signed the Protestant Episcopi Church of Our Savior, West Phiadeipliia, tf accept a call to Trinity Church, X ewu{',!n tte djocese of North- ern ¢:w.Jersey. Dr. Eccleson was invited to take charge of this parish b:iote the Rev. Wil- jam Wilberforee Newton, the late Rector, who ‘has now gone to_St. Paul’s, Boston. The pas- tor-clect of Trinity, after a month’s vacation, will enter upon his duties on tte 1st of January, 187. The mame of the Rev.Mr. Farr, son of the Tate John Farr, of Philadelphis, is mention- ed as Dr. Eccleston’s successor, BREVITIES. They had woad-sawyers as long g0 as the Roman oceupation of Judea. Because, breth- ren, if somebody didn’t saw and split the wood, ‘how could Pontius Pilate}—Burlington Hawkeye. Rome -Sentinel: Buckwheat cakes and fried sausages result in billiousness or religions re- vivals, according fo the influence which the doctor or ininister possesses in the community. Boston Globe: The people who walked home from church yesterday were not weeping be- eause of their pastors’ eloguence, but because the wind was so cold. This explanstion 13 due to the pastors. Baltfmore Gazelts: Now is the scason of the year when the man with abml&nfix:; !m:. ?;zl;(!d: z the slippery gutter Ezl? m; ‘31252; that thgx?lumad to swear when be was a small boy. e w, T tells the following story: - Knl?ttgf g;;-’,wfl?er lll.ir'.nz at his own request thetwentieth the hhm of the floodla:r Perhngu 5\’1‘3 gmh o Wwere quaint, hearty, and outspoken personages. The Christian Unioy saya of the- Nev: Dbt that a request for prayers for rain was most infelicitously handad up to him during service, to bis great disgust. »The fool," he said, *¢ who wants me to pray for rafn ought to know there will be 1o rain till the moon changes.” -The Doctor held a missionary service that very evenlnE in a school-house, ‘some miles away from home. Therc came on a tremendous thunderstorm, end the venerable pastor lost his chaise and sermon in a swollen brook, to the great delizht of the man who sent the note. In those times it was the fashion, when the min- ister called, for the parishioners to offer him a glass of wine or something stronrer, and it was uuurt_eifi on the parson’s part to accept the hospitality, After a day of calls, when there bad been a great deal of courtesy on both sides, Parson 8. found bimsel! in his oivn yard at even- ing with a pig In his wagon. There was a well withthe ordinary square wooden curb also in the yard. Parson 8, proceeded to pen his pig, when flzgu kitchen window flew up, aud Mrs. S, in & 8l hrill, lnihten:dvo cried out, “Og, Mr. 8.1 Mr. 8.1 what are you doing?” I am putting gny pig into the pen, my dear.” ¢ Oh no, Mr. .y you are putting the pig into the weil!” CHURCH SERVICES. EPISCOPAL. The Rev. W. H. Hopkins will preach at St. John's Church, Ashiand avenue, mnear Madison strect, 8t 10:30 8. m. and7:30 p. m. —The Rev. Dr. Cushman will preach at §t. Stophen's Church, Johuson, between Taylor and Twelfth streets, at 10:30 o m. and 7:30 p. m. —The Rev. Dr. Locke will preach at Grace Church, Wabash avenue, between Fourtceath and Sixteenth streets, at 11 o. m. and 7:20 p. m. Part of the Christmas musle will be repeated. —The Rev. Francls Mansfleld will preach at the ton and Robey streets,at 10:30 . m. and 7:30 p,m, —The Rev. N. Morrison, Jr., will preach at the Church of the Epiphany, Throop, between Monroe 81d Adems streets, at 10:30 5. m. 50d7:30 . m, —The Rev. Heary G. Perry will preach morning and evening at All Saints’ Church, corner North Carpenter'and Weat Ohfo streets. —The Rev. W. F. Morrison will preach at the Chareh of the Holy Communion, South Dearborn, between Twenty-ninth and Thirtieth streets, at 10:45 8. m, and 7:30 p. m. —The Rev. Dr. D, F. Warren will preach at St. Mark's Church, Cotlage Grove svenue and Thirty- sisth street, at 10:30 8. m. and 7:30 p. m. —The Rev. E. Sullivan will preach at Trinity Church, Twenty-sixthstreet and Michigan avenue, 8t10:45 2. m. ~Watch-meeting at 11 p. m. —The Rev. Lather Parace will preach at Calvary Church, Wurren avenue, between Oakley street and Western avenue, ot 10:90 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. —The Rev. Dr.Thomas Richey will preach ot the Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paal. corner Washing- ton and Peorin streets, at 10:30 a. m., and the Rev. William J. O'Brien will preach at 7:30 p.m. REFORMED EPISCOPAL. The Rev. Dr. Fallows will preach atSt. Ponl's Ghureh, comer Woshington and Aun streets, at :30 4. m. and 7:40 p. m. Evening subject: H0iThe 1d vnd the New Joapsy VEMRE sublec —The Rev, D. W. H. Cooper will preach st the Church of the ‘Good Shepherd, corner Jones and Homan streete, 4£10:30 1. ., ond the Rev. W. . Whitiama will preach at 7:30 p. m. —The Hev. W. E. Willizms wiil preach at St. AMark’s Chureh, South Chicazo, at3p. m. ~The Rev: Dr. Cooper will preach at Immanuel Churet, corner Centre und Dayion strects, in the saur o te. Pona GIOry of the Chureh, ™ 1o the aiternoon at 5 o'elock 1 L In the ulternoon at 5 o ¢Tock bishop Fallows will of the gfig:}egflwfln}‘“ e o also enf O Rev. &. D.Cowan will preach st Grace Church, corner Hoyne avenue and Lemognestreets, morning and evening. ~The Rev. Dr. Fallows will preach at the Con- :’{n’}:nn Church, on Oakwood boulevard, near ttage Grove avenne. ot 3 p. m. —The Rey, J. Varty will preach morning and evening 8t Emmanue] Church, Hanover and Twen- - h streets, “—jl \ll:: R:\fii‘-; ‘H. Bosworth will preach to the Engle- Trinity congregation at ihe Baptist Church, viood, 8t 3:30 p. m. CONGREGATIONAL. The Rev. D. N. Vanderveer will preach at the Unlon Fark Charch, corner of Oakland avenue and Washington street, 5t "10:30 2. m. and 7:30 p. m. Evenlng aublect: **Some Reasons ‘Why Oar Young & Not Converted. ™ e he Rov. Arthur Little, of Fond du Lac, will proach at Plymouth Chureh, Michigan avenue, be- tween ’l'wemy-dm‘ls apd Twenty-sixth streets, 8t :30 3, m. and 7:30 D, m. B e busike Losvitt will preach morning and evenine at Lincoln Park Church, corner Mo- wk and Sophia streete. e Rev E, ¥. Williams will presch at the Forty-sevenih Street Church, Kenwood, at10:45 B T e Rov, L, T, Chamberlain will preach ot tho New England Churck, corner Dearborn avenue aad Deluware strect, morning and evening. S iThe Rev. George H. Peake will ‘preach ot the Leavitt Street. Chuteh, corner West Adams, in the morming on **Discrimination Between' Man's Spirit sad God's Spiric in Salvation,” ynd in the evening on ** Retroxpection. ™ { ' o e onghion will_preach morn e Rev. James McLoughlsn 5 I e in at the_Scotch Church: cormer San- gamon_and A m.sua'!ree!.s. Evening subject: ““The Loper's Secre! e - Box. Charles Thompson will preach at the Fifth Church, Indisna avenue and Thirtieth steeet, st 10:30 . m. and 7:30 p. m. Moming Subjedt: ¢ Dutics of Charch Membership. —The Rev. John Abbot krench, of Morristown, N. 7. will preach at the Fourth Charch, corner Rush and Buperior streets, at 10:45 &. m. and T B Tonry T, Miller will preach at the Sixth Chareh, corner Vincennes and Gal aventes atils. m, and 7:30p. m. Momingsubject: ** st Question for the Year.” In the evening a sermon to young men. T Tie Rov. E. N. liarrete will presch at West- minstes - Charet, gomer Jsckion aad Peoria eets, morning ind evening, e e Rrof. ¥ L. Patton will preach at Jeferson Park: Church, corner Adsma and Throop, morning and evening. TRITARIAX. The Rev. J, T. Sunderland will preach at the Fourth Church, Chapel Hall, 789 Cottaze Grove Ve rty-seventh street, at 11a.m. fnard '5n°.‘§:.m§io’mlng snb]etn: “Making the e Evening subject: ‘:Faith and r the Debt that Religion Owes to the L ors. The Rev. E. P. Powell will preach at the Third Chuick, corner Monroe and Laflin streets, at. 10:30 2. m., on ‘- Education the On}f ‘Hope. Phe Rev. . T. Sunderiand will preach at the 0ld School-Houee, Englewood, at '3 p. m., on +¢The Life That Now 1s." ~—The Rev. Robert Collyer will Church, corner :l\'llton place an morning and evening. 'nn: al!c\'.!'Bmokc Hes{orfl will presch at the Charch of the Messiah, Michigan avenue and 5 0. m. and 7:45 p. ;!el:h at Unity Dearborn ave- -third ‘streets, at P e vaing subject: +Thankful Dissppoint: ment.” . Evening subfect: **The Persecatlon of Sioners as Well a8 of Saints.” N, ¥ Faviin Wil preach and Mr. e Rev, -N. F: Raslin ‘vl . P R iy morning and svening:at the Fres Charch, corner Loomis and Jackeon streets. 2% The Kev. Dr. Galushs Anderson will preach at the Second Chureh, corer Montoe snd Morgan streets, in the morning on **The True Attitnde of Coriatiine Towarde Amusements s and in the = i Year s e O s, W . Everts will preach at the First Charch, comer Soath Patk: sveuye and Thir- % o 1 . AN . M. R ;{::.“ 'D‘r‘.lD.a;s‘mcm:ne Will preachat the Fourth Church, corner Washington and Paulina Btreets, 0610330 2. m. and 7:45 p. m. Momin subje “How to Labor for the Conversion ol Soul e Rev. De. Willlam Hoyne will presch at the University Pluce Cl;\;rch. m;fi‘-}’gfl pllmvho! and noee o 11 5. m. AD 7180 p. T m:%iazge: 5. :V’z. ‘Custis will preach at the Mich- i *hurch, near Twenty-third street, at 1 Lflfifitfiw\:’ m. Eveningsugjcct: **Saul Callin; for Samuel.” Watch meeting commencing P m. i. B Abass will preach at Centenary 2 . 8. ams preaca at Ces ch’x:ihn,gome, ‘near Morgan street, morningand s. T ev Dt Willfsmson Wil preach st the associate’ minister- St e oinister-eleg. ‘The Rev. Dr. Ryder will preach at the Church of the Redecmer, corner Washington and Sangamon streets, in the morning, 2na the Rev. Sumper Ellis will preach in the evening on **The Happy Home.” The Roy. Edmnnd Boptont il h st th e Rev, D clfour w! reach at the Church of the Holy Trinity, corner Dearborn and Erle street, at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. A MISCELLANEOUS. Elder H. G. McCalloch will preach at the Taber- nacle, No. 81 Sonth Green street, morning ‘and evenirg. —The Rev. H. M. Paynter will preach the Gospel at Owsley's Hull, corer. Hobey and Magison stzeetn 801030 & m and T80 p. me non-sectarian i o, 148 Roxiiotoh Biregt 2t 3 p. o T be Reld 2t —Mesera. Moody and Sankey will condact the geu:xvi:r;l Illlhse C‘I’I‘l‘ugn Avl;nns ghlltl:l\. corner Ls e street, ra rved menhbienpnulflnfo:syu.::m b e —Miss Frances E. Willard will lecture on tem- perance at the Oukiand Congregational Charch in. the evening. —The Rev. Lewis Raymond, evangeliet; will reach af the Centennial Baptiat, Chureh, cormer of Incoln and Jacksop streets, at 10:30 2. m. sl Cora L V. (Tappmm) Kichmond, will lecture for the First Sociely of Spiritualists in Graw's Hall, No. 517 West Madisun stree! 10:65 8. m. and 7:45 p. m. Morning sabject chosen by the anaience. Evening subject: A Sermon for the New Year by Theodore Parker." —The Rev. A, Youker will preach morning and evening at thie Weat Side Tabernacle Chusch, cor- 2 D acipics of Chilss mets a4 o, 229 West Ran. —Disciples of st meet at No. ‘est - dolph strect at 4 p. m, CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK. EPISCOPAL. Dec. 81—Sunday after Christmas. Jan. “1—Circumcision. Jan, 6—Epiphany. CATHOLIC. Dec. 31—St. Sylvester, P. C. Jan_ “1—Circumcision'of Ont Lord. Jan,” 2—Octave of St. Stephen. Jan 3—Qctave of St. John, Ap. and Evang. Jan. 4—Octave of Holy Ionocents, . Jasi. 5—Vigil of the Epipbany; St. Telesphonus, Jan, 6—Epiphany of Our Lord. THE DYING VOLUNTEER. Bepeath the tread of harried feet The dying soldier Jay, T4} pitying comrudes ralsed him up And bore bim from the tray. e dews of death were guthering fast Upon the boyish Brows - - The *“silver chord™ was loogened~— The **bowl™ was breaking now. Tryiagtorise, e wildly cried, “Come, et's give a shout; “This Graél war 8 Over, " We nll are mustered out. 1 8hail uot wait for papers, For passport or *back pay'; Good-by to army-rations,— 1 start for honie to-day. * And yet T'm kind of dizzy. Did some one call me? Hark! Boys, pat aside that canvas— # What makes the teat so dark? Hal did my ears decaive me, Or was not that 5 gun? I thought the fight was over, ~ X thought the victory won. ¢ Don't think that T forget yan, Though we've inished onr campaizn, Aad, 1 ncle Som should need us, re’ll all enlist again. 1t was hard fo lose oar Cap 1 Canght him when b fell; '] see olks when I get home, — We knew each other win_. 5 +*Oh! home is very pleasant: Iniff my nativé air— I hear the mill-dam rushing— zr\VA must h; almost there. a ere, comrade, give your ahe by ; m?ffi.’g.;f‘éug.n‘e; e must fetch heavy breath ar Before L climb (A2 aie. - 10 $41 am somewhat spent, old fellow, Wi getting up thes s O ut my foithful girl expects me—~ _ Sho i8 waitinz for me st 1 seé ber ontstretched hands; Look, boys, you ail can see her— At the garden-gate she stands, *and pretty Belle, T wondler it she can be there tooY Oh, yes! I'm almost certain: Dear girl, I kuow you're true. Are you waiting for mac, dearest, At the well-inown trysting-place? _, When I come, shall I be welcomed By your ever-winsome face? : 440 father, mother, slsters, And pretty Belle & trae, - You've ali rushed out to meet me, The returning *Boy in Bluel' ™ He threw his arms up wildly— T come, I come” e gald. ‘i wonrnful comrodes turned away; The Volnnteer was de g Racrz, Wik W. H. Lomd, . e ———— CHIMES OF THE OLD AND NEW YEAR, Ho, ye wardens of the bells, Laok ye what the hour tellal Toll ye now, Toll ye weli, Toll ye Low y “The 1d Year folt ’ ol ye for 6 great sonl Iyiag Frons on Time's gaunt boom, d5i5z. Strong he came, and weak he goethy - Eife e reaped, and death he soweth; Fope he brougiit, and wo he leaveth; Faith e pledged, ond love bereaveth; Penco be songht, snd strife he ziveth; Plenty came, but want still lveth; Mcrcy sowed, bat sin he reapeth. ol ye, while the world it weepetht Toll ye now, Toll ye well, Toll ye how The Old Year feli! Ho, ye wardens:of the bells, Took ye what the hour tellaf Ho, ye wardens of the bells, Too yo what the nour t21ls Ring ye lonz, | Ringyeloud, Ring ye strong 0Of a New Yeor prond! ¢ Ringye for the bold young fellow Frest from orning's bosom mellow, With smile that knows no sorrowing, With & beart no troable boi "3 With & purpose e'er undaunted; With a welcome firmly planted ‘For the trust that's sull unplighted, For the friendskip unrequited, For the charity unspokes, For the hope that's still unbroken, For the passions yet combated. For the want and misery sated, ‘For the hearts that love {s thrillin e e itk awectnesa Allisg, For the hand its bounty giving, For the lives of nobler living, For the good from wrongs denounced, For the th;‘ lrluug are pmfio;;‘nd, For the truth of topgue an¢ s . Poace on earth, zood-will toward men) Ring ye Jong, Ringye lon ing the song O the New Yesr prond Ho, ye wardens of the bells, Ring t the hour tells! e what the bou st e Tracked for Thirty Years. ) . New York Sun. A week 2go Redmond F. Kelly died, s pauper, {n the Kings County Almshouse, and was buri in Potter’s Field. Fiyiog from Ireland atthe ‘aze of 21, to escape arrest for perpetration 'of a crime that created the greatest excitement, he sought saicty from the English detectives in this city. Tracked to his hiding-place, he has- teued to the mines in Pennsylvanis. Here he remained s short time, the officers having .5:” discovered his whereabouts. From that time i1l within 8 iew years—for over thirty years— Te was chased all over the country. Soon after taking up his sabode in the Fourteenth Ward of Wm{flnjms\mrgh Kelly was wu:‘; ed to go to the poor-house. g‘i!swflego t0ld by his friends, Kelly was the ‘man who shot thé agent Bell in County Cavan. “We were all together,” said one of them yes- terday, au ex-Ribbonman, * preparing to draw Jots to do the work. Word bad come to us in Tyrope {from Cavan. Kelly was one of the num- ‘ber, 8 pale, stout, haudy boy, scarcely 21 years ol As the slips of paper were about to be daswn, he steps out and says, ‘I'll do the job if you le will see to getting me out of fE‘ wwgm young aud- can take = 2 chances.” Of he started, and the first thing we knew Bell was shot dead in his wagon as he was driviog bome from church. The whole country was in an ‘l‘fsm' Eelly, as he told me after shooting man, dropped the pistol in the road and r\x}m]y walked away. He cameto this country followed by detectives. There Is not & person who was in the United Kingdom at that ilmebut knew of the shootiug; but no one knewl who committed the act except *party men.’ Now that he s safe, srire it js no_harmi. Agood man, obe who sacrificed his life to avenge the wrong doue his country-people by the tyrant Bell, has passed away with Redmond F. Kelly.” The agent Bell wasthe most hated nan that ever evicted a widow or tore the thatch 1rom the roof of a small tenant. THE GAME OF CHESS Cazss Dinzcrorr.~Chicago Chess Clab, Nos. €3 &nd- 65 Washington strect; open from9a.m. 10 10p. m. Chess players mect daily g:::)a (Exchange) and the Sllernl:;n“}:g:l?(efing All communications intended fc is artme SRS RIS R o erment TO CORRESPONDENTS. ©E. A, 8."~Enigma No. 56 is correct. W, H. M."—1t shonld have read * E8» . Correct solution to Problem No. 55 receiv from W. M. Ovington, W. M. Adame, D, H. Kin- kend, E. S, Watth, oA, MeDall, B Dettigit ¥ Wehner, E. A. Swarth, J, W. Price, C. Dreler, Sed EILE.. ity C. rodie, Austio, L B €1 wezo, N. it., Turner, IL; J. E. Robinson, Winons, Minn. N T Correct golution to Enigma No. 55 received from . H. Ovington, E. 5. Watts, E. Darbe, E. A. Swarth, C. Dreler, and D, H. Kinkead, city: R. C. Scott, Oawego, N. C. Brodie, Austin, DL ENIGMA N -Rto BY DR, E. A. SCHMITT. g ek ookt kg Black. Kingat£Be Tcokat 02 Habonsta ria o Faedatitits * PROBLEM NO. 57. BY MR . B, WORMALD. - Black. ¥ i a “ B B White. ‘White to plsy and mate fn three moves. SOLUTION TO PROBLEM NO. 55. White. 1..BtoK R8 toKKeT wQB7dlsch mates . This fs the solution intended. Sevérsl corres~ pondents, however, poiut out others **too numer- ous to mention.™ SOLUTION T0 ENIGMA X0. 55. - White. 1..Rto K5 2] Nistes Black. P moves T0KL7 moves Biack. 1..Any mave CHESS BY'CORRESPONDENCE. Played by correspondence between Messra. W. A. Shinizman, of Grand Rapids, Mich., and L. A-Bez- tolette, of Wilminston, Del ZYAXS aa¥EIT. WRlLe=ME. SnIFAY. SESERS, 2 it 1 £ % 53 77 G7E 53 7638, £32 u e =5EdECS ;E‘-cxgg B e sE o O -] L < ERRrCH R £ i 24 “White ancounced mate In three mores. (a) Et tukes Kt s the correct 0¥e. 1ol {8 Bt take By 25..5 takes KL T Curiously overlooking the threatened mate * CHESS IN NEW YORK. FRENCH DEFENSE. x. Bigck~A(. Masox, k] l‘l:i‘}" iy ! 1L.EWE3 PtoQ4 2.P10Q4 PioBS PtoGB4 B0 K88 P takes B B takes P BiioQBs EKtWwEB Kito B3 (). T Ewes Bk 2 Pl PBL 2.QKi02 Castles 10. B 10K BS. BtoQ2 -9k B0 12-BtoB2(9) K¢ takes i 15 K¢ takes Ko BtoB4 fiflllaflx gths_ w0Q3 . takes Kt Kt taked B KttoB2 PtoKBAQ@ LT 0K B2 Groh2 Swflxu 19 Fro KKts PloK:5 " | 20 Kr10Qsq Lo R4 ZPoQES PtoR5 ZKRwB3I QtoB1(e) W2 Kto2 KEtwB3 GtoB2 KE takes Kt 2511 takes Kt BoKes, 7 Rt Q2 ‘Brakes B ekés B PloQ5 () N QtoRtsch 0 KtKS ¥ takes P PtoR3 - nge! kg wiK B HGloR2 B takes P ‘S takes P ke LBk 36, K P takes R KtoB4 w. QK Ro03 Wgtohs KtoKt3 IRk - w054 fgunKiien toKts I 45..PwB5 ch toKL2 46..PoBech takes P 47..Ptakes R ch 437K takes P 4l RtoRER forces. uld proceed here with 6 P to B 3. gl) E;‘::k:rfl limg‘ Why not 12 P to K Kt 47 to's position {s not of a nature to allow him to itil me. B essacy to prevent 17 Kt to Kt 4 and 18 Kt K 5. - i way the last chance of an sttack e b caried on with 53 F takes P, 2 PMEIKP. 24;1338. 24RtoKt2, 25Kt twB3, and 26 Kt to. A well-timed sacrifice of 3 ywn which bl‘!?kl up White's game completely. — Westminster Papers. KNOW YE TIME IS FLEETING 7 Kaow ye Time Is fieeting. ~ ‘Fleciing switt and fast? ‘Ere to-morrow’s greeting, “Night Is on snd past. Buay, ever busy, Moving here and there, Time is eser onwsd, — Time is everywhere. Enow ye Time Is fecting? Know ye bow it Hes? Enow 3¢ of ita keeping Ever-watchfal eyes On oar every action, Thooght So, Too. Detrors Free Press, As a citizes was driving up Jefferson avenue in a cutter yesterday, kecping’ to the flzm‘u the law directs, he encountercd & man corzing down with a similar rig. The latter wouldu't turn_ont, “‘éh pmsemllg‘ ots‘hewhnr;fs came to & d-still, with noses al uching. F “fl‘\\:;‘y don’t you turn outi’ shouted the man golng up. The other stood up in his sleigh with unsteady motion, looked nggr and left, and thickly en- R hieh ome of_you fs bollestog st met #Which onet &hy ‘there is only one of me1” «Zhat s0! Looks to me zif there was two ‘horses 'ad two cozzers right ahead.” T guess you are drupk.”” said the man gofng ap, &s he pulled clear of the track to get by. ] zhink so. 1 cansee fourteen strect-cars down there, plain’s day, though I know they never’low over ten to gut oo to one switch at once. ‘Want to drive zhis harse down towa Iz i3 | =