Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 14, 1877, Page 9

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY. JANUARY 14, 1877—SIXTEEN. PAGES 9 & RELIGIOUS. An Open Letter from Dr. Ryder to D. L. Moody. A Frank and Free Criticism of the Evangelist’s ¥ Work. Certain Points in Which the Doctor Thinks Him in Error. Sunday-School Teachers’ Meeting at Far- well Hall. An Extreme Ritualistic Serv- jce in an English Church. The Order of Inhibition of the Archbishop Serenely Defied. Henry Ward Beecher's' Comparison of Commodore Vanderbilt and P, P, Bliss. A Jewish Estimate of Daniel De~- ronda==-The Last Words of . Christ. Notes and Personals at Home and Abroad---Church Services - To-Day. RYDER TO MOODY. . AN OPEN LITTER. foody, Esg.—Mr DEar Brotner: It is well known to some who arc associated with you in your Guspel-meetings that you have had Sery larzely my sympathies in your religious work from thevery first. And when I learned {lut you were o begin a scries of services in this city, Ididnot Lesitateto say that Iwas ¢lad you were coming, and that I wished you Success. Even when subsequently it became ap- perent that a portion of the Christian communi- 1y was to be shut out from active participation in these meetings, and that these mectings were o be ** union”” only so far as they included the eocalled * evangelical ” denomina- tions, 1 did mot withdraw mv interest in them, nor cease to hope that they might be produciive of much good. However I might : wom your gencral policy, I was deter- “ mined i ¢ there should be no uncharitableness i anytis..c I might do or say in reference to vour work, and o orzanized hindrance to it on the part of those differing from you, s0 far as my example and advice mizht o, The series of meetings under your direction in this city is now avout terminating, avd you aré soon to leave this * locality to commence a similar work in Boston. Asan “outside porter.”” one who has kmown comething of you duriue the most of hie seven- idence in this citv, and who sin- rated servant: thoaght it possible 1hat su unreserved state- ‘ment of the impression which your Gospel meet- ines bave mace upon my mind might be of service to the cause of religion, possibly of ben- efit to you, as well as just to myself. Of your eetings, regurded merely as assem- ‘blages of the people. but littlenced be said. The newspapers have toid the story, and told it well. umerically, the meetings have been a great Success, and it must have made your heart glow many o time to lovk into the faves of sucha wultitude of people. Asa talker, your suecess has been almost as pronounced as_vour audicuces. Your sermons and addresses liave been always forcible, gener- ally inter and frequently admirable. Few 1n the same space of time, could say as much without uttering more injudiciovs and foolsh things. Of the permsnent results of - your labors this is not the time to express an opiuion. Many have been couverted; more bave been convicted; more &till encouraged tolead a better life. For every soul won to Christ, or that has received even encouragement 1o walk in the right way, I aw personally thankfal. And now, my brother, with the same frank- nessthat 1’ Liave commended vour tidelity and recoznized your usefulness, I shall proceed to Fpecify certain phases of your work from which Tam compelled to dissent, and which [ believe &re needless obstacles in ihe way of your use- faliness, Your Gospel mectings bave doane good, but they have also dome harm. — The influcace” bas not been all ome Wway. Mooy persons have been helped, but some have been hindered; while others have lad their faces turned away altogether from religious thines. 1 grant you no plan is per- fect, avd the best of schemnes may operate un- favorably in some directions; but if tne excep- tious to the ntility of the rule arc numerous, 1be presumption is that the ruleis at fault. A L:bn of work that will save a thousand of the umbler members of so.dety, and disaffect an bupired of the more thoughtful, ruling dasscs, is certainly open to criticisms for, in the cnd, the hundred will influence more than the thou- ;fi% and thus largely counteract the good ¥ brother, you have been very free to ex- sour opinion of other people’s beliefs and mcthods of work. Acting on the rule by which are governed, I shall witiout hesi- laney epecify three particulars made promine: in your mectings in this city, which I think ?:1«: ;u objection, and have lesscned your use- ass. First— believe you made a mistake in plan- ning your mectings by excluding the so-called non-evaurelical sexts irom oflicial participation inthem. Hud the call o ormanize these weet- Ings been cxtended to il - Christian churches willing to co-operate in @ sc- Ties of Gospel mectings _ under Your leadership, you woula have sccured a much ef support, won the favor by yourcatholicity of & constituency which vour s ian position fomewhat alienated, and presented to the com- munity a united and co-operating Christian Church that. would bave heen an honor to the Chnsnlvn ‘profession, and the herald of a better time. Such a spectacle would have touched the hearts of huadreds whom you now can never reach. Therevival bas been sucressful; hut it might have been more successful and more ely useful, L me suggest to vou, my brother, that in commene:) cr mectings in Boston you widen Four invitation to the churches so as to include em all. , With no propriety can you ignore, in Four relizious work in that_city. such men as {he Rer. Eqward Everett Hale, Dr. Alonzo 4 liner, the Rev. Dr. Wore ete.,—men of ong devotion to the cause of Christ, and of con- $pictous prominence in almost every branch of Teform. 1, on aceount of any peculiar ideas of ours, vou cannet work with such men as they, With what propriety can you tall about a union of alf CI jans, while "you thus deliberately and purposely excludefrom o participation i your Gospel-meetmes a very large and promi- :;;‘l vortion ot the best, Christian life in Bos- Second—The second critizism I make upon E‘I‘Imr labors here is your persistent cfforts to OW the worthle s of morality as an ele- ment in the soul’s salvation. And you cm- x:.‘m:emsflu so repeatedly, and so emphat- ly declare that man cen do nothing what- in'.r toward saving himself, and that the more ‘e tries to do so the farther he is from the re- sult, that you seem to me ot only to under- x?:u tife value of morality as a factor in human e, but actually disconraze effort to obtain it. ‘WY parpose is clear enough. You wish o, bave “jt appear that - Christ st s dmat one” drop of His ‘sacrificial Dlood will save the soul from the companion- s ipof devils, and that nothing else will. But b2 your zeal 1o do that you are led into certain slnous errore. You mate the blood of Christ o6t literally a fetish. You talk about the cral blood of the Lord, forgetting for tae tinie, s it would scens, that His blod 18 not now obtaiualye; and that even could there is u it, as literal blood, no moral virtue whatever. It is tic grace of God con- sciously accepted into the soul of the believer that saves, und it is for this graze of God thet the blvod of the crucified Savlor stands. he uced of the world is not the eppro- priation of the litersl blood of Christ, but the application of the ¢ of God. Nor dolin this statement lug::;t way undervalue the erandenr of the death of Christ, or lessen the cfficacy of His sacrifice on Calvary. Your views of substituted rightousness are exceptional in the Christian Courch of today. Such men as the saintly Robertson of England, and the now lamented Horace Bushnell of this country, have led no small portion of the eo-called orthodox divines, both in Europe and America, to reject the_dogma that rult is transmissible. Al this critiism and denial you utterly ignore. You tald as if to reject your interpretation of the Bible is to be damned; - as if error in beltef isa sin; and as if only infidels and irreligious peo- vl differed from Fou. " But perhaps you point to the results of your labors™ and “say, **This method of preaching saves people. ~ No other theory hss in 1t 50 much eflicicney in this respect-” Is this so? My brother, that which liberates to-day may en- slave to-morrow. A false theory may effect Prcscnt encouraging results, but'lf the theory s incorrect, it may 1n the ¢pd work far more barm than zood. You do not recommend im- age-worship among Pagans on the ground that they can best be reached in that wayi The trinkets and relics of Romantsts are helpful to many devout Catholics, but do you encourage the use of them? Would you favor the sale of indulgences by some enthusiastic Tetzel, though be might feel that he was serving the Church of God thercby? My brother, there is no substitute for personal character, and, as true as you live, the Bible puts the emohasis upon the state of the heart, and not upon the blood of Christ. Furthermore, your teaching not only discour- ages muorality, but is_virtually at issue with modern civilization. _For, if tlie chief work of this life is salvatiofi from hell, and educated people cannot be made to see their peril, then what better can we do with our schoolhouses than to close them, and with our cities than to burn them? The same error appears in what you say about wealth and worldly possessions generally. You discouraze the accumulation of property. In this you are in the wronz, A competence is desirable. Poverty is not to be preferred. Why, 1y brother, who would build the Tabernacles you occupy, and pay the bills for occupy ihem, if all were poor alike, The evil is nof fhe Inorey, but in the wrong use of What we call business, ~ is just roper and just as ncedful as it. as relirion. ‘he purpose of the Church should mot_be to discoursge either the one or the other, but to unite the two. A character that is all’ piety is a perversion as much as one that is all business. The complete man is “not slothful in busi- . while at the same time he is *fervent in Of like tenor arc some_of your observations under the head of faith. “Your sermon on Danicl s an example of what I mean. You en- courage your converts to hope that, if they trust implicitly in Christ, He will care for them. If wehud Danicl’s faith, we, 0o, mizht venture into the lions den without fear of harm. Is this teaching truc to life, my brother? Are the righteous saved from physical injury,—from sikness, and from sudden dcathi Had the moml quality of the passcogers on the train thai broke through the bridge as Ashtabula anything to do with the dis; Did fire. or frost, spare the body of et singer whose death all good people deplorc¢ You do harm to the cause of relizion when you set up these extravagent clalms 1or it. Peoplé, especially young pe taught to rely upoa themselve ready tuo many drones in the hive of the Church of Crrist ready to live upon the industry of others. It is simply a fact, that the reward of a Christian life is not bread and meat, but peace aad jov In the Holy Ghost. Fhird—There is one other point on which I wish to say g word. It is the narrowness of your theolozy. You insist that no one can be saved except by appropriating to himeselt the Tuerits of Christ, and taat the substitutional or transferred rizhteousness must be aceepted by the sinuer previous to the death of the body. All who die without this sanctification ore lost, and can never see God. And yet you talk clo- quently about the sufficiency” of “Christ, and ‘probably the best sermon you have preaclied in ty is on the Love of God. ¥ Urother, let us make a few figures. There are_now on this carth, according to recent data, 1,423,917,000 huwan beings. These are distrib- uted as ollows: Earope A Africa Australia and Polynesia.. America .......... Of this billion and one half, how many think sou will e saved, according to your theory Asia with her 8§24.000,000 must be thrown out almost wholly. Africa inuch the same. Polynesia and Austria would hardiy furnish enough for a Tabernacle audience. nd as to Europe and Amcrica, while the case is more hopeful, the proportion of those who could be saved according to your rigid test is very small Remember, as’ you plirase it, it is not char- acter, uor honesty of purpose, nor doing the best one knows, that saves, but the actual appropriation of the sinner of the bloud of Christ with the conscious ac- ceptance “of the imputed righteousness which he possesses. How many_think you, in Europe and America. have combiied with these. condi- tions! Take the saved on these terms, even in this very city, or in any other larze commuity, as a basis, and you will have to fizure very liber- ally to make more than 40,000,003, —the present popalation of the United States. Forty millions out of one billion and about four hundred and twenty-four millions! My brother, ponder these figures. In view of them, who rules this universe, God or the devil! Is this the pest ‘flm: the grace of God can do for nmankind? You say, “That only shows that human nature is a faiiure, not that the race of God §s.”” But are you right in this? If the grace of God save only one small fraction of the integer of the race, what is it but @ failure? God created man and fashioned him as He chose, and from the beginning He has controlled every other element that euters into this question of suivation: and if now it is made to appear that He has lost the control of 21l but a mere remnant of His great family, and that devils have risen up and wrested the sceptre both from Him and the Son of His love, whom Ile eent to redeem the world, T respectfully sub- mit_on this showing that the government of God it a failure, and that Hell and the rulers of it, and not Heaven aud its rulers, have gained the victory. Rut the government of God s not a failure. Fuman nature is nota failure. The world is Dot getting worse. You arc in the wrong when you say 60. You employ the cant pirascology of the Church, my brother, when you talk 1n that way. History is against you. In truedvil- ization the fnhabifants of this earth were never so far advanced asnow. God rales. He fills all the space in all His universe. The Devil you £peak of, who disputes the throne with Him, is amyth. Our blessed Lord recognized no such devil os that; and the devil of which Paul speaks te says Christ has destroyed. 0, my brother, millions of human €ouls re- joice in a better bope than this which you preach. - How dare you ghut the zates of Heaven against_uncounted millions of all the human Ta But if you must, how can you preach the Tove of God and the triumph of the Cross! Future punishment 1s the doctrine of the Yow Testament: but not endless punishment. You warn jeople against Hell; the Bible puts, the emphasis upon sin. You ‘teach that Christ . dicd to reconcle God to man; the Dible teaches that Christ died to reconcile man to & And this lust doctrine is the key of the New Testament. Christ died 1o save sinners—to reconcile man to God, not God to man. 7This. I repeat, is the key to the New Testament. ** God was in Clirist reconcil- ing the world unto Iimself.? The mzstery of 112 Qeath of Christ can be unlocked ol by this key. “Thus interpreting the mission of our Lord, all earth and Heaven are_open to thc repentant Soml. The sate of opportunity is never shut. My brotkcr, you have been to Europe. 1 do not remember wheiher you were ever in Rome. If you have, vou_have ‘doubtless seen in the Museum of the Vatican certam bits of stone taken from the catacombs of that city, in which terranean retreats many of the followers of st rsecutions 1 found shelter during the g’fu;lr;:rmxrisflnns under Nero and others. In fhese catacombs, as you know, many of the be- lievers Giud, and tbere they found sepulchre. If You went fnto _one of these catacombs, you Joubtless looked with interest. aud aimost with wonder, upon the stonc recesses in which the lifeless bodies ~of the faithful svere placed. ‘The bits of stone which you saw Imbedded in the walls of the Museum once formed a part of the external covering to these excesces. Looking at these fragments, you doubtless saw certain rude inscriptions upon them, such &s were made by unskilled hands, S24 for purposes of faith alone. Do yor know, Brother Moody, that thertisno sorrow in any of these rude devices, that erery mscrlgnon faken from the Catacombs of Bome, mace b_;' Hhess early Christians, is 1ull of faith and trust e Sat led to Delieve that carly Christians did not envouraze art in connection with their wor- Ship. Thes were led tore on ant of its promine! = %nx?:cennin sngbols scem to have I:n:‘e_u pz-_mom- Ted. Some of these sre very suzZestive. ne is that of o shepherd searching for his sheep. Anotler, that of a shepherd returning with the Jost sheep found—bearing it upon _his shoulder. Just as ;Ec now famous hymn sung by Mr. Sankey expresses the thought— +Rejoice! I have found my sheep!™” And the Angels echoed around the throne, TRejoice, for the Lord brings back His own. Yes; loet, but found; astray, but coming back. That is the theology of the New Testament, and that, too, the flfustration of it by the hands of those who come the nearest to the. compan- ions of Christ Himself. Any teaching which makes the love of God little more than a pleasant theory, and Hisanzer the one awful fact which humanity has every- where to confront; which shuts cut_from the heavenly -liome ninety-nine-ouc-undredths of all the human race living or who have ever lived; which is so offensive to all sense of jus- tice 'that no ssme person can pray that it may true; _any such theory urged 8s you have urged it, while it does ood to some, you may b certain works serjous harm to others, causing not a few tosay, “f that is the Gospel of Christ, I wish nothing to do with it, for it is'not true.” Of that kind of theology many already have more than_they can bear. In themselves, and through others, they have felt. the evil inflnence of it.~ God to them is now no longer a tyrant; no longeran inexorable judge; buta loving, tender, sympathizing Father. Religion is to them a5 dnily food; medicine no more. They loveitas they love the lizht of the sun; and they rejoice i it -as the greatest human good. In ali this I am not unmindful of the justice of God. Sin is the one awful fact in our humaa Xife. Itis not casy to undervalue thc danger of it, and no conception of the Fatherly care nust be permitted to shut from our view the certain- ty of punishment. God is no respecter of per- sons. For every sin we commit we must be punished, either in this world or the next, and neither wealth nor poverty can shield us from the just consequences of our deeds. ‘Though the ‘wicked join hand in hand, they shall not go unpunished.” - Be not deceived: God is not mocked, for whatsoever a_man sowcth that shall he also reap.” Every step away from God is 50 far away from our best good, which sooner or later we must retrace. The consequences of our conduct go with us into the future life. For every sin committed the punishment is certain. Future punishment, as I haye already sald, is 2 doctrine of the Bible; bub' eudless punishment is not. 1 plead for the finalsalvation of all human souls, upon the assurance that at some time, in the agzes to come, the lost wanderer shall have repented of bis wrung; the ‘‘lost sheep ' shall have been found; the justice of God in the pun- ishment of sin vindicated; and a1l souls become obedient to the Lord who shed His blood for us. My brother, the world is wide. God works by many methods. You are uscful in His hands. 1 'pray that vou may continue to be so. Cousid- er what is here written. Love for the truth, and for the best good of all, dictates 1t You seck to revive a theolozy that is Emuticfl]y out- grown, and vou wish to put the thought. of the Thurch back fitty years that it may aceept it. I cay, let us go forward. There isa better wav. The world is wiser. Princeton is nearer rizht than Andover. But while we differ, let ns dif- fer inlove. The cross of Christ is as dear to me as it 1sto you. Yhemusicof ourlamented brother in Christ{ moves my feclings as decoly as it docs yours. For religions indifference, 1 have no sympathy. The fable of the dog in the mangeris cxemplified by too-many’ nominal Christians; I hope Lam not_disposed to repeat that folly. I prav for Chbristian union in the trucst sense of the term—for the union of all who nu'cg_t Christ as their suflicient Savior, and the New Testament as authoritative in doctrine and practice. For this union I am ready to work, and willing to wait. I had hoped to sce it in this great eity of the North- west, in connection with your meet- ings. But ‘I -have® been disappoiuted. In Christian courtesy and neighborly ood will this union of all the churches on the basis of losalty to Christ is realized noyw. But you have chosen to work upon a stctarian basis, and not upon this broader ground of brotherly feliow- ship. Beitso. The responsibilityis yours and not mine. Time moves on. A few years more, and all these differences of belief will be ended with those now living. We shall sec our blessed Lord as He is. and ourselves know as we are fmown. Until then, may we both be guided by the unerring wisdom of God, and exemplify in our daily lives the religion we profess. Very truly yours, W. H. Rypee, Pastor St. Paul’s Universalist Church. SUNDAY-SCHOOLS. NOON MEETING OF THE PREACHERS. The Sunday-school teachers' meeting at Far- well Hall yesterday noon was well attended, and the proceedings were of an interesting char- acter. The lesson was *‘The sin of Jeroboam,™ 1 Kings, xii., 25-83. In opening the discussion the leader, the Rev. John Williamson, said it was a good plan to read the record over once so that the lesson to be drawn therefrom might be apparent to the scholars. Shechem was undoubtedly rebuilt by Jeroboam, as it was previously referred to in Holy Writ. God had commanded the Israelites to go up toJerusalem to sacrifice, but Jero- boam thought that,except there was an ccclesias- tical separation,the peoplewould return to Reho- ‘boam. In order to avoid such a result, the King ‘made two calves of gold, and bade the people worship them, telliog them it was too much for them to go up toJerusalem, and that those were the gods which brought them out of the laud of Egypt. The other prominent in- cidents of the chapter were pointed out, and the speaker then proceeded to say that the first lesson to be drawn was not to reason in our own hearts, but to look for divine direction. By reasoning for ourselves we would fail just as signally 8s did Jeroboam. Again we should Iearn there was Do sure strength but in God. If e built up a Shechem, orinother words rebuilt aay devices of our 0w, it would not_avail us. Third, we should beware of idolatry, and feel the awful responsibility of enticing innocent cople into_guilt. Jeroboam took eversthing to his own hands, and assumed a of the Almighty. From tbis we shouldlearn Yo avoid worshiping self and to obey implicitly the divine laws. Then there was anawful issue %0 a life of sin. God gave us up, and if there was not_perdition Be - could not concelve T ition could be. The human soul -had continually cried for an incarnation of its deity. God had responded to this cry, and became in- carnate in the form of Jesus. 3 The man from Omaba, notwithstanding the injunction of the leader to speak to the Jesson, made a few remarks in regard to his spiritual experience. He apolonized for his oration by Stating that he did uot expect o see them again, and he wished their pravers to help Lim Into the everlasting kingdom. A brother_said the principal thought in the lesson was obedience to God on the onc hand, and_worldly policy on the other. Jeroboam chose the latter, and hence his punishment.. ‘Another brother thought they could see from the chapter that the human heart was {full of the thoughts of sin. There was an inevitable law about sin,—that it would bring death. ’A teacher in the audience saf the tendency of the times of the lesson was towards liberalism. There was a neglect of God’s word,—a neglect of the means which God had appointed and provided for the government of the Kingdom. it suzgested to him_the many occasions on which_Christ impressed His disciples with the Tecessity of obeying the commands of God. It Would bea great benediction to the teachers and the Church il they honestly applied_the twenty-fourth verse of the first chapter of John as a test to themselves. "Another brother was greatly impreseed with the. opportunities God has given Jeroboam. Had he remained truc, his Kingdom might have remained intact and prosperous until the time of Christ. sy Mr. B. F. Jacobs would teach thé progress of the backslider from the lesson. Jero- beam sought to set up a visible sym- bol of an invisible God. Now _there +was no such thing as representing God. Every- thing that came between us and God was bit the deception of the devil, and the fruit of our own desires., The backslider had no resource Jeft but to worship himself,—a result to which infidelity always Ied. This was a solemn lesson, - ‘and on which, if properly applied, would deeo- Iy impress thelr scholars. - Dr. Goodwin said the whole trouble grew out of the fact that Jeroboam took counsel of his own heart. and not of God. No one could e Gure or obtain eternal happiness unless he took counsel of the simplc truth of the Word. steadfast adherence to the truths of the Bible wonid bring us safely over all troubles—includ- iner the Presidential one, . "A brother said the trouble_spoken of fn the lesson was not because of Jeroboam’s not ad- hering to the word of God, but his not adher- ing to the service which the Lord had instituted. "The meeting closed with the benediction. RITUALISM IN ENGLAND. THE COURT OF CANTERBURT DEFIED. The London correspondent of the Manchester Framiner and Times writes as follows, uoder date of Dec. 18: A crisis has ot length been reached in the history of the eo-called Ritualistic school with- in the Church of England, for thongh the gentence of inhibition pronounced by Lord Penzance against the Rev. Artbur Tooth,” Vicar of St. James', Hatcham, was formally eerved on Saturday, and as duly afiixed to the charch door, yet Testerdsy was the docament not only torn down from the out- rerogative * side of the building, but it was abselutely and et tirely st atdefiance within. Intaking thiscourse, Alr, Tooth has departed frsm the precedent of St Alban’s, Holborn, and St. Vedast's. Foster lane, for in theee caxes AMr. Mackunochie and Mr. Dale yiclded at once, and absented themselves from their churchesafter their inhibition, whereas the Vicar of Hatcham has, it 18 no secret, detcrmined to test In his own person the powers of the Judge 2nd of the much-abused Public Worship Regulation act. The church _yesterday morning was crowded to its utmost capacity, for notonly had the regular congrezation assxmoled infull force, buta contin- geut had been contributed by severaiof the leadinz itualistic churches of the metropolis, and notably Dby St. Peter's, London Docks. and St Alban’s, liolboru. Among the clergy the Vicars of these churches, Father Lowder and Father Mackonochi were presentto testify theic eympathy with Mir. ‘Tooth, and some_of the leading laymen of their congrogations were also in the church. 1t was, in fact, anticipated by many of the people that the Bishop of Rochester, following the example of the Bishop of London in thé St. Vedast case, wonld have come down to conduct the services, in which caso 8 sceno would inevitably have ensued; and as some: stalwart_representatives of the Churchof England Workingmen's Soclety had arrived, re- solved to defend the faith, asthey subscquently uflirmed, 1t is perhaps _as well for the credit of the Church of England thut the Tishop did not put in an oppearance. Practically, however, Dr. Diaughton is no longer Bishop of Rochester, and he will provably leave it to his successor or to the ‘Archibisbop of Canterbury to deal with the case. e this us it may, no inferference was attempted yesterdny, and Mr. Tooth was left to follow his own devicee, his protest azainst the authority of Lord Penzance appearing on the doors in the place Where his Lordship'sinhibition of the contumaciou: ccclesinstic onght 1o have been. : ““atina " over, the *‘high celebration” com- menced, and despite the gloom of.the semi-peni- 1ential Season of Advent, towhom the Vicaralluded in his sermon, the sacrarinm presented asuficiently ornate appearance. On one of the ledzeaabore the <taltar,” which was vested in appropriate colors, ywere the six candles, duly lighted, the two *‘altar lights" not belng lit. On- & higher ledge, ap- parently forming part of the reredos, stood out the Phacs of five angels, with blue bodles and golden 25, and in front of the central figure wasa large “The walls of the sacrarinm were effectively draped; and_when an apparent stranger 1o the building and its services came up and asked the writer o this notice whether it was really an Fn- olish church, the question was by no means unmatgral, the adjuncts of the Latm ritual Dbeing_ so fully supplied. Mr. Tooth *cele- brated " without s the nid of his brotuer clergy, although scveral tvere present in the chancel, per- haps owing to a desire not to_involve them in any ibility for hisacts. He read the Epistle th his back to the people, and read the Gospel turned slightly toward them; and it may be noted as o **usc* adopted in but few churches that The people remained knecling during the readingof the Epistle, The **celebrant™ word a vialut vest- ment, on which, at the intersection of the arms of the cross on the back, there appeared to be 3 zold plate or embroidercd design of considerable size. Ditring the collection of the offertory a hymn was sung, and meanwhile the incense wad prepared and the celebran proceeded to_cepse the altar and the sacred vessels, bin vestment being beld up by an attendant. The celebrant was next censed by the thurifer, a boy vested in scarlet cassock and aib, with ecarlet @urdle and- skullcap: and afier this V. censing of persons and things™ had been accom- plished, in direct contravention of the law, the process of filling the _chancel with the fumes was carried forward, the tharifer standing on the south Side of the altar and gwinging the incense to and fro until a fog scemed to envelop celebrant and hix asslstants The eervices then proceeded, and Mr. Tooth, 1n prononncine the absolution., deliberntely made the sign of the crossinthe air towards the people. While he_was eaying the **comforiable words'™ two of the boys, presumably acolytes, vested in crimson cassocks, alby, and girdles, cume before Jum and bowed, and left the chancel, returning shortly after with two lizhted candles us tall a3 themsclves, which they helit as they knelt bebind him. When the **Sanctus’ wascommenced they raised the candles above their hieads, and at the or Sanctus ™" the boys stood still elevating the candles whiie the bell of the church was rung. This ceremony was repeated with slight variations at the consecration pruyer. At this, the most olemn moment of the gecvice, the celcbrant's vestment was raised at the back, the candles were lifted high above the boys' heads, the church bell was rung, andthe incense was freely used, until, when the riest consecrated the wine, he elevated the cup ns Pich as his arms would reach abose nis head, and thus the act both of ritual and defiance was com- plete. During the singing of the **Agnus Dei” Mr. Tooth made a varicty of genuflexions, and the “cene was one which proved conclusively how com- pletely it has been possible, little by little, Lo change the aspect of an English charch antil one is hardly able to_ distinguish it from a sanctuary of the Church of Rome. Any attempt to comply with the rabric, which requites that **there shall be no celebration of the Lord's Supper, exceptthere be a convenient num- ber to communicate with the priest according to his discretion, " was obvionsly foreizn to the inten- tion of the celcbrant. When hie had. received the sacrament himeelf he turned partly round and pansed, perhaps for on instants"but, although a :raf immediately moved from her seat at the west end, and nearly reached the top of the nose. in- win cros: tonding to go up to the altar, he did not wait for Ler, bat procecded immediately with the Lord’s Prayer. Thus not only was there no communicant at the service except the cejebrant, put an intend- ‘ing communlicant was deliberately prevented from appronching the ltar, a proceeding probably sel- dom witnessed in the National Church. The scrvice was then brought to a close. and 80 quickly was it condneted that, inclnding the sermon, it only oc- cupied abont an hour and 2 guarter. 1n his sermon, Mr. Tooth made* several allnsions to **the crisls, " nnd glorifled St. John the Buptist asthe representative of the virtue of suil which the preacher was careful to show must not be confonnded with penitence for sin, or as a mere remedy for sin, bt mnst be regarded s a separate and distinct power in the economy of the incarna- tion. The Catholic Church of the present day was, reacher_argucd, called, like St. Jolin the Baptist, toa life of suflering, and be expressed his conlction that she would have strenath to fight in thc condlict which to evidently awaits her, n conflict not only with Protestantism, but with infidelity. Mr. Tooth asked his people not to ex- hibit confempt toward those who differed from them; and, for imsclf, he arzued that he was not guilty of any deflance of anthority. but simpty \was doing hiaduty. ** When an unboly inluence, 2n unhallowed thing, is brought to bear upon a pricet for doing that which he” lias_ done for years, would you,” safd Mr. Tooth, *‘call it defiance if he resisted? 1call it doing his duty:" and with these words he abruptly closed his discourse, The service over, 2 psaim_chanted, followed by the *+O Sacrum Convivium, the celebrant mean- while standing befor the altar, with the thnrifer and candle-bearers behind him, forming a not in- effective tableaux. When they turned to leave the chancel the organist commenced & voluntary; but fhe congrezation were evidently determined not ta e dizappointed of anopportunity of givinz vent ty their feclings, and inlusty fashion they commenced singing, or rather shoutinz, ‘‘Faith of our futhers.” With this the proceedings closed; but even then the people seemed loth to leave the church, and they congregated ontside until Mr. Taoth and his friends passed through the wrarden to ihe vicarace, There wereseveral policemen on the spot in anticipation of a disturbunce, bt the crowd 4 away quietly, some workingmen asking *- wheare old Rochester was "¢ and bestowing sonic- what ancomplimentary cpithets upon his Lordshin Tor what they termed his part in the proceedings in pssenting to the oripnal prosecntion, An impres- sion scemed to prevail among the better- ‘members of the congregation that as Dr. Clanghton is to be transiated to the scc of St. Alban's the robability is that Archbishop Tait will interfere Eufam another Sunday comes round. At present the parish §s lezally without an incumbent, as Nr. Tooth J& inhibited and no one has been nominated to take his place. THAE TEXT OF THE INHIBITION. ndon Iimes. The following is the text of the inhibition as served npon the Vicar: *-James Plaisted, Baron Ponzance, Judge of the Provincial Court of Can- terbary, toall and single literate persons in and throughiout the said Province srecting: Whereas, in the matter of a represcntation made in pureu- ance of a Pablic Worship Regulation act, 1874, in which the Rev. Arthur Tooth, Clerk, Vicar of St. James', Hatcham, in the diocese of Rochester. the person comblained of, a monition was issued by us, and duly gerved on the eaid Ar- eaid thar Tooth, cominanding him to abstain from certain practices. and to remove the second sltar; and, whereas, it hus bcen made to appear before ns that the said Arthur Tooth hath failed to pay dne obedience to the said monition, wedo. therefore, hereby order that for such, his disobedience, b, the aid Arthur Tooth, ve inkibited for the term of three months from the time of the publication of this inhibition, ond thereafter until the same shall have relaxed, from perforning said sersice of the Chnzch, or otherwise exercising the care of sonls within the eaid diocese, and ‘e hereby do com- mand that you, or some of you, do. on Sunday next, or on” the, Sunday nest after the receipt by you of these presents, previous to the commence- ent of divine service 1n the Parish Charch of St. James', Hatcham, aforesaid, by aflixing thesc Presents on the sald church,'and leaving thercon afixed a true copy hereof. notify to him. and to all others whom it may concern, that he, the said ‘Arthur Tooth, is inhibited as aforesaid from per- forming any service of the Church or otherwise ex- ercising th cure of souls within the said diocese, and herein fail not.” DANIEL DERONDA. A JEWISH ESTIMATE OF THE WORK. Dr. Hérmann Adler, preacher of the Bayswater Srnagogue, delivered 3 lecture on * Danicl Deronda ™ to the Jewish Workingmen's Club, Aldeate, England. Mr. H. Guedsila was in the chair. Dr. Adler said that the latest work of Georze Elfot contains the most faithful exposi- tion of Judsism and the Jewis character which Bas ever been published in this country by any onenot an Israclite. A sad and humiliating beok could be written on the treatment of Jews in literatare; but against the calumnious mis- representations, of which there were many ola and recent examples. might be sct the character of Rebecca in Sir Walter Scott’s * Iranhoe,” or the passage in which the present Prime Min- ister proved that he was proud of the Hebrew ‘blood which flows in his veins. Dickens had in his last completed tale represented the He- brew Riah as the quintessence of all virtues; but they did not want exaggeration—they only asked for justice and trutb. .Such a truth- fol description of seversl types of Jewish character they found in’ Daniel Deronds. Da el Deronda himself scemed desizned by the author to lay stress upon the pecullarity of Judaism in that its professors are not bound to- Eeuxcr merely by the tie of a common religion, ut that they have another tie almost as strong —that of common descent. Mordecni, an as- sistant in a second-hand_book-shop. a vendor of watclies, but a Sort of Spinoza, o poet and phi- losopher, into whose mouth someof the finest " reflections contained in the work were put, re- minded them of the fact that some of the most learncd Jews, from the Rabbis of the Talmud down to Moses Mendelssohn, had been follow- ers of handicrafis ortrades. his man had com- letelv seized the lofty spiritual character of his relizion and the great fature in store for it. He did not think the purification of Judaism meant the throwing-off of all its distinctive rites and observances. He looked forward to the MHoly Land_ becoming an - orgapic centre for the Jews dispersed over the whole worla—to a new Jewish polity like the old, a republic with equality of protection, so that the outraged Jew might have a defense in the court - of* nations. as’ the outraged En- glishman or American. And when he had ceased the speech in which he expressed these aspira- tions to the members of the Philosophers’ Club, so solemn was the effect produced that no one ventured. to resume the discussion. It was as though they had come to hear the blow- ing of the scholar, the trumpet which is sound- cod on the New Yecar and on the day of Repent- ance. The author must have read’ very exten- sively on the subject of Jewish life and prayer, put ‘that would not wholly account for the fidelity of her desriptions.” We must also as- cribe it to that power of devination which made Schiller give the most vivid description of the Lake of Luzerne, though he had never visited Switzerland. Names and allusions often Dbe- speak lier familiarity with ancient customs and little-studied literature. When Dr. Adler had read a few pages of the book, and met with the name Klesmer, he said to himself, “The author of this book is deeply read inJewish folk- Jore.”” The name Klesmer, compounded of two Hebrew words, was given 1o the musicians who used formerly to play at Jewish weddings. No apter surname could be adopted to denote the Hebrew extraction of the. clever Bohemian or Polish musician of the style of Rubinstein. ‘There are passages in the book in which we may fancy that n Polish Magid is expounding a diffi- cult Hagada. ** A Rabbi said, * The Omnipres- ent is occupled in making marringes.’” Was not that nonsenseor blasphemy? Noj “ the levity of the saying lies in the ear of him who hears it. By marriages the speaker meant all the wondrous combinations of the universe whose jssue makes our mood and evil.” Many theo- ries had been started to explain how it was that George Eliot wrote the Jewish episode of her book. Dr. Adler was of opinion that she was indueed to take ber deep interest in Juda- ism by the fact that she, in common with cvery profound thinker, could not fail to become in- terested in a faith which, as she herself stated, has penetrated the thinking half of the world and_molded the forms of the world’s religions. ‘And the central flzurc of the great work thus inspired—a book which was certainly an English classic—was a person like themselves, a Jewish workingman. Thelecture was frequently inter- rupted by applause, and_at the end a vote of thanks was carried by acclamation. VANDERBILT AND BLISS. BEECHER’S OPINION OF THEM. The Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, at his meeting of Jan. 5, took occasion to comment on the loss of Messrs. Vanderbitt and Bliss. The following abstract of his remarks is from the New York Herald: Althongh there is a scale upon which we can measare men, it 13 not altogether clear and dis- tinct, yet. in o general way, we may say that, among useful men, those are lowest who work up- on maiter. Itis honest, it s respectable to be a husbandman, a mechanic. a seafaring man—to be a merchant, & banker, orany of these hizher forms b which molded matter becomes property. AIl these are uscful, and_directly ana_indirectly they contribute to the hapniness of men, yet these stand Jowest. Next come those who work mpon the mind directly. The materiol is nobler, the end sought is grander, Of these I think they stand Jowést who work merely upon ideas—mere think- ers, discoverers of truth, scientlsts, and the whole £chool of philosophers that come' out of these. ‘Fhey stand_higher than the artificer, but lowest of those who produce impressions ‘on human mind. **Kuowledze puffeth up,” saith the apostle, ond 1 think o Jaree view of the process of things in gl time would go far toward ratifying this judgment. To touch a man's understunding 18 to touck an important part, but not the most important. The thinga that are to endure are faith, hope, and love: the others are Telative to pass away. The very best knowledge, the most clear truth' that was ever wronght oat, judged by the standpoint of God's trath, is very imperfect and impure, Nest come the men who devclop the imegination at all points, and highest come those who develop disnosition, who mold the hearts of men to nobler thinga. . Cornclins Vanderbilt dicd yesterday, one of the most remarkablé men that New Yotk over pro- duced,—one of the clearest heads, one who had the artof | turning thoughts into things, a man who took few backwurd steps. lic bezan carly, and ient on step by step till he reached an cxtraordi- nary age of activity, with his understanding clear to the last. Te is & man who has done a zreat deal of good, & man who in his rank deserves the honor of that rank. Looking at his commercial life, fow have equaled, none have curpassed him, but there itstops. Itis trae he guve a church; it is true that in his Iater years ke endowed a university. ‘Within a few days another man _died, ot sur- rounded by friends and physicians and nurses: not with hi¢ name mentioned from day to day in the papers, and the thermometer of his life recorded as In the Weather Department; lie died & death of most unatterable horror, for in that plunze throngh the broken bridge at Asiitabula it scems as_though all the gurzons came together. Whatever coula be done by braising, and burnlng, and drowning was done, and there 3r. Blis died, a man whose whole Jife was devoted to._softening and ennobling the hearis of men. 1 don’t think his hymns will Jast tike Watts' and Wes] and yet they bave been o power in this land. The hymns written by 3. Bliss have been u silent infinence, gentle as the rain of summer, and they have moved thousands and tens of thousands of tender roots to_pring up in the hearts of men. Hercisa man almost “un- nown, excopt as 3 *tawect singor in Ismel.” He Deld no such placéas Vanderbilt, and it {snot right %o compare the two, except to say that it seems to me Mr. Bliss has done a far grander work, he has opened the door for sonls. he hss cansed love 10 blossom, he has brought something of the spirit of heaven down to carth, be hus been 2 tougue of the Lord. It isa noble life. Itisall Tolly for us to say wé can do nothing, becanse we cannot follow the exact plan of some such life. Tt is given to ns all (o do sume of that work. A noble work in life IS open to evers one, in some direction. ‘After Mr. Beecher finished speaking he gave an opportanity. as usual, forany one who wished to Dinke remarks, and Brother Lyman Abbott rose and <aid he had @ conversation last evening (Thureday) with Dr._Deems, i which Dr. Deems’told him of roilt's likinz for the Piigrim's Progress and a3 also for the sing- Ing of soveral more by his wife, and Lrother Ab- bott scemed to think r. Beechier did not do Van- derbilt justice ax regards spiritual things, {Yes, " suid Mr. Beecher. **1 am glad he liked the hymne, but If he had sunz them thirty sears g0 it would have made great difference. He did ot sing hymns as long as he could getabout. We don't want to give God the faz end of our lives. 1f our God deserves anythiz He deserves every- thing. _Life is not long cnougu nor strong enongh to give Bonor to Him who died for us.™ CORRESPONDENCE. GETHSEMANE. 7o the Editor of The Tribune. Cmcaco, Jan. 12.—The question asked in your issue of the 12th inst., “Would not the Tmpression be gained by the word ¢f Christ when He prayed to God just before His cruci- fixion, * If it be possible, ete.,’ that He was not as pleased to dic as Is claimed?” is clearly an- swered fo Scripture. The writer says: “Tt fs not cfear that Christ alluded chiefiy to His ap- proaching death.” It is clear, however, that he did not allnde to His crucifixion, and that He did allude directly, ond only, to Gethsemane. In Psatm, xl., 6-10: * Lo, I come.” “I de- light to do Thy will, O my God.” Also in He- brews, xil., 2 (quoted by the writer of the 13th inst.), the Holy Spirit says for the joy that was set before Him, endured the cross.” The cross was the oaly way for Christ to accomplish the one work for which He came into the world. e © delighted ” in that work. Tt was His one great “joy.” In Marl, viil., 33, we find that &os suggeation of an evasion of, or shrinking from, the cross, or any © suffering,” was a suz- gostion of *Satan's,” and * savored mot the things that be of God.” What, then, did Christ pray for when He ask- ed, “Let this cup pass from Me”? This wasthe final struggle 2galnst Satan. He “fearcd” be- ing overcome there in the garden. If Hedied there, He- would never comg to His cross, and so His mission be a tailure. Sce Hebrews, v., 7. The Holy Spirit says, ** In the days of His flesh, when He offered up pragers and supplications, with stropg crying and tears, unto Him that was able to save Him from death, and was heard in that He feared.” _If He proved for de- liverauce irom the cross, He was not “heard.” But He *was heard and delivered,” and (a5 the writer in yourissue of the 1th inst. says), Luke, , 43, **There appeared an angel unto Him Trom Heaven, strengthening Him.” In tbe next verse we find Him, uoder the added strength, encouraged, and struggling with (it would scem) a last mizhty eifort. And He Conquers Satan, and from that lour is calm and peaceful under all insults ofie{m}AHm’:, even to the cross, woich was, 1ndeed His “joy,” for by it came redemption to His people. * LOGAN COUNTY BIDLE SOCIETT. Special Correspondence of The Tribune. Liscows, 1l., Jan. 12.—The fiftieth anniver- sary of the Logan Courty Bible Society was held in this city last Sahbath evening. Most of the churches of the city suspended the usnal even- ing services for this occasion. Fiitv years ago the work of Bible-dissemina- tion among destltute familles was inaugurated in this part of the State, by the American Bible Society; and several times during this period a thorough canvass of the feld has been eifected. The Rev. Dr. T. C. Hartshorn, once, and for many years, an_agent of the American Bible Society in the Northwest, addresscd the Society at this meeting, after which officers for_the ensulng. year were elected, consisting of Prof. D. M. Harris, President; L. Simé, Secretary; and J. H. Donley, Treasurer. RELIGIOUS MISCELLANY. THE CHURCH IN GENERAL. The old maxim *Cleanliness is next to god- liness™ was not put into its present compact form by John Wesley, nor by the Apostle Paul, asamember of the British Parliament lately stated, but is'found in one of the old Rabbinicai books, and is therefore of Hebrew origin. The Episcopalians of Cincinnati have estab- lished a ** Biblical Institute and School of the Evangelists,” under whose auspices a course of daily free lectures is to be given, the subjects including all the points necessary to a thorough theolozical training. The leading Episcopal clergymen in the city are the lecturers. . In January ‘an important change will take place in the method of eupporting _the Method- ist Episcopal Bishops. For vears thev were sup- ported out of the pruceeds of the Book Con- cern; from 1872 to 1870 partly from contribu- tion. After January: 1877, the Book Concern will not puy any moncy beyond their traveling expenses. The Archbishop of York is a very earnest tem- rance reformer. The Church® of Englacd Temperance Soclety is extending its branches throughout Eneland. A public house—the Rose aud the Crown—has been opened in Lon- don, in which no spirits will besold. Good din- ners, soups, and coffee are to be provided st a low charge. 7 At the clection in London for members of the AMetropolitan School Board, the Liberal or.Un- denominational party securcd thirty scats out of fity. The Liberal majoritics were large; Sir Charles Reed’s was 5,000. This defeat of the Church party is believed to assure the as- cendency of the School Board system, as far fas London is concerned. Francis Xavier has perfected the arrange- ments for a La Trappe monastery, three miles from Batfalo, for this most severe order, who sleep upon the floor, eat_only bread and vege- tables, worship at midnight, diz their own eraves, and observe perpetual silence The brethren are sclected from Turkcy, Ircland, France, and Belgium. The Coneregationalist Church have just pub- lished their Clorical Tables for 1870. Durinz the year there were 178 ordinations, against 190 last year: 102 dismissions, aainst 101 last year; sixty-nine deaths, amainst sixty: seventy-nine churches organized, arainst cighty-five lst year. The average age of those who have died isa lit- tle more than fifty-eight years, against sixty- four last year. A lay brother m a Benedictine convent recent- 1y brought suit in 2 Dublin court for $1,500 for Work done by him during his stay in the con- vent. He had been dismissedas having no * yo- cation,” and he contended that in case of dis- missal the convent had agreed to pay him for his services, The defense was that he was un- cleanly in his habits and had a voracious appe- tite, cating.on one oceasion five pounds of mut- ton chops. The Judee said the lssae was one of veracity. not voracity. The jury found for the defendart. % The American Missionary states that when the Rer. Dr. George Whipple, late Secretary of the American Missionary Association, first"cntered upon the duties of his .ofiice, *he was accus- tomed to write. often continulug bis work till 1 or 2 o'clock at night; then, wrapplag himself in a blanket, hie would Sleep on the table till $or 5 o'clock iu the morning. and then spring from it to resume bis writing.” _His salary at this time was a mere pittance. Under the care of Dr. Whipple_the American Missionary Association grew to large resources. Bishops Fallows and Cheney have been. hold- ing Reformed Episcopal services fora few weeks past on the North Side Sunday aftcrnoons with an encouraging attendance. Bat the hall where hitherto they have met was found to Le so cold as to scriously interfere with the comfort of the worshipers. ‘They have, thercfure, secured for Sunday, the 14th, and probably therealter, thy lecture-room of the Fourth Presbyterian Churel, on the corner of Rush ana Superior strects, which is a pleasant and well-warmed place. Bishop Cheney expects to preach there at 4 o’clock Sunday. A meeting of prominent clergymen in London +was recently held on the subiect of the conver- sion of theJews. Bishop Claughton presided. Tne ditfcultics and discouragewents met in win- ning Jews to Christianity were welt ngon‘ One speaker thought that many of those who under- took the work were not qualifed for it. They did not understand the Jewish character, and could not meet the arguments advanced by the was appointed to confer with the existing socicties for the conversion of the Jews, with a view to their unification and to gaining for them increased sympathy and sup- port. The oldest church in New Enzland is the TUnitarian meeting-house in Hingham, Mass. On New-Year's Eve there was an interesting service in this old building, which is described by a cor- respondent of the Christian fegister of Boston: “The old choir (disbanded only in 1863) were -eatly recalled. They came with flute, clarinet, ass-viol, and double bass. One man had played the flute’ in that house of worship thirty-six years; another had handled the bass viol there Zor over forty years. Some of the old leaders were present, and by theaddition of some new material the chorus’ was made stronger_ than ever. To me the scene and service were very im- pressive, as Tam sure they Were 10 the large congregation assembled. Al thisin the oldest meeting-house of New England; in the house where Dr. Gay once occupicd the pulpit, whd) according to Sprague’s * Anmals of the Unita- rian Pulpit in America,’ was a preacher of the early libral faith—the first Unitarian minister. All this hard by a cemetery where lic honored dt:al&}s. \ri,th tombstones bearing date from 1672 to 1376.” A New York journal gives a general review of relifious progréss for the year 157, which shows, 80 far as external evidences go. that the cause of Christianity has not gone backward during the last twelvemonth. The denominational memberships in this country have materially in- creased inall dircetions, which is the result of the persistent and_organized revivals all over the country. The Methodisi Episcopal Church increased its gain from 17,000 in 1575 to 33,000. The Northern Presbyterian Church reports a 0 of 20,000. The Protestant Episcopal Church E:?s increased the number of its communicants by neariv 24,000, and the Lutherans report o ain of 67,000, partly through revivals and part- 1y through German immigration. The Northern and Southern Methodist Churches have been re- Tnited atteran estrangement of thirty years, and other wounds of long standing in other de- nominations have been healed. This is = zood domestic record; but the missionary labors of American churches in distant lands have borne fruit In gratifying numerical abundance. Even in Turkey, in_spite of untoward conditions, the cause has prospered and the Gospel bLas been spread. The trial of the Rev. Isaac M. See, accused of allowing women to preach in bis church, was concluded Jan. 3 in the Second Presbyte- rian Church of Newark. After all the Elders had spoken, a_vote was taken, and it resulted in nineteen delezates sustaining the charge of disnbedience to_a Divine mandate, and twelve not sustaining it. Of the former two refusea 1o vote, and their names were, therefore, placed in the affirmative list, as was one Wwho. voted to sustain the charges in part. A committee of six was appornted to drai up a minute express- ing the seasc of the Presbytery on the result of the proceedings, and, after an” absence of three hours, they reported tnat, while the Presby- tery disclaimed all notion of wndemnigf Mr. See as guilty of willfully and conscionsly disobeying the Divine order, it set considered Tis action irregular, unwise, and contrary to the opinfons and views orainarily beld by the Church: and assuch conduct might opentlie way 1o disorder and mischief, Brother Sce was affec- tionately admonisbed to refrain from it in the futre. The Presbytery felt constrained, far- ther, to_take notice of the remarks made by Brother Sec in his defense, with reference to his personal and conscious direction by the Holy §irit, which views might easily lead, a5 they hadled in times past, to the subordination of the Scriptures to purcly human opinions and impulses. The Presbrtery could not but ad- monish the brother that such views contained the germs of destructive errors. Brother See said he felt it his duty to zive motice that he intended to appeal from the decision of the Presbyters, and chose for his counsel Dr. J. H. Mellvaing and Dr. Haley to represent him be- fore the Synod, which will meet io Newark next November. TXTFER3ALISTS. The Universalizts of this city willhold a serfes of missiol and educational meetings in this city this week. The following is the order of mectings: Tuesday, 10 o'clock, a. m.—Conference and Prayer, leaby the Rev. 3. Crosley, of Indiana; P fock, p. m.—Discussion of Christian Work, by e Rev. Dr. Barry of Wisconsin. Evening—Eda- cational meetinz, addresses by Preeide: TLombars Uaiversity, and the Rev. g Wednesday, 10 o'clock, 3. m.—Mm!sters' meet- ing; 2 o'clock, p. m.—A Consideration of our Duty as Universalists, Ly the Rev. Charles Fluhrer, of Michigan, and others. Eveninz—Western Boand of M‘l;:lnn!, the Rev. Dr. Cantwell, of Ohio, and others. All of the above meetings will be held in St. Paul’s Church, with the exception of that on ‘Tuesday evening, which will be held inthe Churchof the Redeemer. BLOOMINGTON. ial to The Tridune. BrooxmxGTo¥, IlL, Jan. 13.—The Rev. A. J. Hobbs, pastor of the Christian Church, Bloom- ington, will begin a series of revival-meetings (g ;\ormalltrrmnrrnw‘.i IH& is known as one of the most eloquent and logical preachers of th Chyistion Chuzch. s e e Second Presbyterian Church, Blooming- tn, T becy coloaid to & seating pacity o6 700, and thoroughly repaired and decorated, and to-morrow will again be occupied by its large and fashionable congregation. The totsi cost of the work is about §5,000. The Rev. J. W. Dinsmore, its pastor, will conduct special serv- ices morning and evening. ¥ - PERSONAL. The Rev. Dr. Morley Puonshon, of England, bas been obliged to give up presching for the present on account of illness. The Rev. C. W. Mossell goes, in February next, as a missionary of the African Methodist Episcopal Church of this country to Hagtl. * Lord Plunkett has heen conscerated Bishop ot Meath, Ircland. Ilis elevation to the Epis- copat beneh is not regarded with favor by High Chaurch men. In the carly part of December the oldest cler- gymenin England died. This was the ReyJ. Pratt, u;‘ thchsblte Church, who was aged 95 vears. For the lst sixty-ive vears he ha The living of Paston, acur Fecorboroneh o The Baptist organ in Doston, the Watch which has undergone so raany changes recentiy, passes now_under entirely new editorial man- agement. Dr. John W. Olmstead, who has been coniieeted with the pager sinew 1536, retires,and Dr. L. Smith;_formerly of the Examiner and Chronicle, ot New York, succeeds him. The Ecclesiustical Court 2t Berlin has fous Bishop Brinkman, of Muaster, and his Vk';!\.‘.\E General, Dr. Giese, guilty of the embezzlement. from the Sec of money and other property to the value of $25,000. The sentences are, for the Bishop penal imprisonment for four years, and for the Vicar-General the same punishment for gi‘;f years. Neither of the condemned is in Prus- At a meeting of the Presbytery of New Yor] hebdt on Momday lnsts the. Ber. T, Devan was received as a member. John E. Parsons, George D. Lord, and Theodore Gilmaa, - Commissioncrs from the Brick Chureb, presented a call to Mr. Devan, which e’ accepted,. and arrangements were made for bis installation on Tuesaay even- ing, Jan. 16, at 7:30 o'clock. The Rev. Dr. Ad- ams s to preach the sermon on the oceasion, and Drs. Shedd and Murrayare to take. other parts of the service. Among the persons widely known in_the es- clesiustical world who bave died during the year may be named Dr. Stearns, - President of Am- herst College; Dr. Bushnell ; Bishop Cummins, of the Reformed Episcopal Church; Bishop Janes, of the Methodist Episcofinl Church; Dr. J. P. Durbin, long the Methoslist Episcopal Missionary Secretary; 5rs. Lucy G. Tharston, one of the original missionaries to the Sandwich Islands; Dr. Calboun, long missionary in Syria; Cardinal Antonelli, the Pope's Secretary of State; and Cardinal Patrizi, the Dean Lg? the College of Cardinals. % Cardinal Simeoni, who_succeeds Cardinal As tonelli as Sceretary of State to the Holy See, does not appear likély, (rom his previous career, to eclipse the fame of his predecessor. Start- ing in life as tutor in the Colunna family, he was an early friend of Pius IX., whom, while et a Bishop residicg in his Diocese, e kept well informed in Rowman affairs, and when his friend was clected Pope he received his reward in the appointment of Secretary to the Roman Univer- sity. Thence, on the recommendation of Cardi- nal Patrizl he was promoted to the head of the Apollinare College, and subsequently sent o pain on a mission to Queen Liabella. On his rétarn he was nominated Secretars toa Commis- sion for the revision of the Eastern liturgy, 2nd thouh little Yfim'_.:rcss was made on the subject in kand, it sufficed to procure him the Secre- taryship of the Propasanda, an office which in- sures the holder his Cardinal’s hat. In 156 he was sent a sccond time to Spain 23 Nuncio to King Alphonso, and, by his publication of a let- ter from Rome, which was only intended for tho TRoyal ear, ncarly produced a rupture ; between the two courts. ~ ile had only recently received his Cardinal’s hat when Antonelli died, and he was summoned to take his place,a call he obeyed only “out of the obedience due to the Holy Father,” as he wrotc himself. He is said to be » man of austere and ascetic habits, inthis, 100, offering a striking contrast to his predeces- sor.—Pall Tfall Gaztte. WAIF AND STRAY. ‘The Rochester Democrat remarks that ““itisnot inspiring to hear the man against the lamp- post remark, *Peace 'nearth—g'will to men— whoop!? ”? Now they arc fizhting over the woman- preacher question azain. As if Aaron was any better than Tur in the priesthood.—Philadelphia Bullctin. The great question of the prescnt is whether it is better to carry two pounds of dried apples or a bar of 10-cent soap to the annual donation at the minister’s house.— Rome Seutinel. A Lucas County clergyman died last week in the County Poor-House. Last November he was. ul a well-to-do, happy man, with 3 home of his™" own and money in the bank, but they got up five donation partics on him in the month of November, and the racket laid bim out.—Hawk~ eye. Rochester Democrat : ‘The young women of New York congregation are invited to bring to a church-fair cakes of their own baking, and we have the most positive assurance that the object is not to kill the patrons of the institution. But it is a curious proposition. A little girl acked her mother: What kind of a bear is a consecrated cross-eyed bear?”” The mother replicd that she had never heard of such an animal. The child' insisted that they sanz about ft at the Sunday-school. * No,* said the mother. ** It is * A Consccrated Cross T Bear.’*” Rector (just returned from a tour through Palestine)—Now, for instance, take the Valley of the Jordans it is really most interesting; in fact, I—Churchwarden Clodcrush (who bas al- ready stood about hall an hour's scientific de- seription of the tour)—Ah! it mun be all vara wonderful: and pray how might tonnups be a- lookin’ i’ them parts, sir? Narwich Bulletin : Sclence has its triumphs, but we believe it has never yet satisfactorily ne- counted for the existence of the middle-aged woman who attends all the donatfon parties with apresent of a flanucl pen-wiper, and eats &4 worth of food at supper, and subsequently leans up against the wall with her eyes shut and sings, ' Nearer, My God, to Thee. A Paterson Christian refused an opportunity while out slelgh-riding to put his arm around another man’s wife, for fear that the Lord would paralsze. the offending member.” “In Brooklyn,” frankly says the Argus, * such cases of paralysis never occur, and some suppose it is because there arc 50 many provocations that the Lord doesn’t know where to begin."” The old husband was_taken sick, and was be- lieved near his end. The old spouse came to his bedside, and, nfter carefully examiniog his condition, exclauned: * Wy, daddy, your fect are cold, and vour hands aré ¢old, and Your nose fscoldi” *Wa'al, let umbe cold!® Wy, daddy, youre goln< to die!” " Wo'al, I guess 1 know wot I'm "bout.” “W‘y, daddy, wot's to become of me, if you die!” “I dunnoand don't care. Wat I want to know is, wat's to be- come of me!”” The Boston Transcript says: The Superin- tendent of onc of the Sunday-schools in a neighboring town was addressing the children on a recent occasiun_concerning the coming Christmas festivai, aod asked all the children who desired a Christmas-tree to hold up their hands. The display of haads seemed to xfix:— eral, but a little 4-year-older did not raise his. On being asked why he did not he replied, in a melancholy tone, *I don’t want any wmore mugs; 1 got two fast year.”” A young man of West Hill, who had passed throgh twenty revival meetings without expe- riencing a serious thought, went out last even- ing to call on a young lady whose fathet cnter- ned objections n.n?mz im, and he had not been in the house ten minutes before the old gentleman came in, and all the way to the front door, the steps, and across the lawn, and out of the gate, and a long ways down the street, that younz man's mind dweli with solemn excite- mentupon the dreadful realitiesand possibilicies of the footure.—Hawkeye. Sam and Ben were two 1ndians, both uncom- monly fond of cider. The missionary had a bac- rel of fiue cider, and he_liked to hold religious converse with Ben and Sam. One day Ben said to Sam: * Why d¢ to the minister’s 8o y do you go s often(” “To talk,” was the reply. .