Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 21, 1877, Page 13

Lo 4 Reply & mon 0! 4y Extraort gish Bi The Police Called In, fhe Sabbath- Beformed Church in France- Fegro Watch-Meeting at RELIGIOUS. - School sundlveeting at Farwell H Teachers’ all. ERRE = o Robert Collyer’s Ser- n Special Provi- dence. dinary Uproar in an En- tnalistic Church--- the Sonth. Laws in Foree in Massas clinsetts--- William Alrvin Bart- Jeti at Indianapolis. Notes The Sunday-: 000 well B ey There & After singing e Rer. Mr. the B 1 their infirmit 78E TEACHERS' MEETING. School Teachers’ meeting in Far- wasvery well attended, nearly 4l at 1 seat in were oly Spi and Personals at Home and ibroad---Church-Services To-Day. SUNDAY-SCHOOLS. the suditorum being occupied. 45 MADy Men &S Women present. «wIneed Thee evers hour,” Marsh led in prayer, asking that rit might be imparted to them to ies, and enable them to sce the traths which would bencfit each one, and be the most suitsble gnd valusble to present to the Sandsy-schools on the mOITOW. “The byma * Rest to the perishing, care for the 4ring,” was then sung. “The lesson was 1 Kings, xvi., 23-34,—* Omri i Abeb? It wasread Dy the Rev. Mr. Park- borst. “The choir ssng “ Yield not to temptation, for yielding s sin.” r. Parkhurst, after referring to the other les- the pr ;fm the ration came to rain. promine men &N d the one for to-day showed not only of the country chronologically, Lut 1y it progress in &} ; and it told them There were two ent characters present, or rather two bad d one bsd_woman, who was as bad us Dboth of them. These three seemed to have car- ried Jsrzel to the very depths of corruption and «in, unti] the wrath of God was revealed against bem, The first was & wise man. He not ouly Rad the dash of a Sherman, but the carcful plan- ing of a real statesman. His capital was ona hill, noted for itsstrength, beauty, and fertility. The looking it up and the purchase showed as it adroitness as be exhibited in the manage- ‘ment of his troops. Another remarkable feature of ks work was the folly “of his legislation concerming religion. Whilé wise as a military man, snd wise in choosing the strateme point Jor bis eapital, Omn framed iniquity by law, making laws for the support of idolatry, thus unéertaking to control and guide the people in do. Notwithstanding all this, be died in pear surrounded by wealth. The result of his ué Gowerer, was seen in his sou Abab, who was weak snd imbecile—the mere tool of a design- ingwoman. The substance of the historsy was tiat sin would grow and grow,—that a man who might be good and wize in cvervtning else, if e loved vice, and not God, would come to min. Alife of sin was sure to end in that way. Mr. Spencer sang, *“\We are marching to (apsan with banoer and sword.*” Mr. Sharkey remarked that it was said, * He did evil jo the sight of the Lord.™ ‘Lhe lesson toteach from that was that, no matter what their companions might say, the important thing was, What 15 it in the could not sin without ma Mr. Marsh thought thi wiit of the Lord? They ing others sin. should lay before the sehools the danger of making light of sins. So doing was only an openi A man in the sudience dze for many. id that to man Omri was the picture of a suceessful man. But that 1500t the view of (od. Any nation that re- fused to recogmize God would sooner or later be erush Another thought our sons and daugkters shonld seek only busbands and wives whowould lead them to God. Mr. Jacobs announced that Messrs. Whittle and Stebbins would Lold a service in the Taber- sacle at 4 0’clock this afternoon. He said that thevisitors reported that not une in six_people on the South Side Lad been reached by the Gos- ! meeting. Monday evening there would be 2 Deeting ot Plymouth Chrel of young men,—it ':5 hoped six or eizht would come from every Chureh,—10 organize 2 band of Yokefellows, in onlertoreach the young men on State, Dear- bom, and Twenty-second streets, and in that partof the city. ¥ozld meet in” the sam the work. Mr. Jacobs Tucsday, evening the ladies chureh to organize for said that the con- titions for 3r. Bliss’ children could be seat 1o their grandmother if it was thought best. E;:f‘l;:nzdxcunu Was then pronounced by Mr. COLLYER'S PHILOSOPHY. DIVINE INTERVENTION. 7o the Editor of The Tridunc. Berorm, Wie,, Jan. 17.—1 think the Monday TEISCYE s an fovalusble issue. 1f our church fetoopoor to engage s first-ciass minister we u 2lford nor 10 £o and be bored for an hour @ Suday with the hope that Monday will bring the eloguence of Swing and Collyer. The former has fieeome an essenticl element of your Ppe. Twas plad last Monday to be privilezed l!flnto_xud the warm and earnest words of that genil orator, Robert Collyer. 1t was with mingle] thoghts ;‘l{i brush away Robert i it e interest and curiosity I read his on Divine Providence. 1 expected new 10d found plenty. mfiumas! there it no zood without its evil. ¢ Tdmud, and Koram, and Zendavesta otz much gold, but to find it you piles of rubbish. ives to bury the barbarous 's.inbumen providences, when he ‘When Tigbes to show that God is at lcast 35 humane 3 ¥eqre tia o jmin Grlessness, w I¥ strenoth Lesven, T ihingery atlogst. tions, oret b o tro i bn:-m' ‘1}.' emand dcas are Raepied £5 arp l’f <trite in bis phidosopiny wii an ‘e shoald not let it pass without 2 public notie and e 8 godly, aud when he calls our atten- ediate physical wants and to man’s aud aud exclaim, ** God But when o preacher, carefully read and as readily obert Collyer’s, introduces 3 sweakens mai's darkens his spiritual 2 few partinz ques- For poison_slippeth in through the sc- n hy Hress, Mr. C, ;:él‘ilh all our noj ¥r.Q &, fiejs er Lo Jence with speciat n,. visions,” thered sions,” etc. b“:‘;f& according to ll\ll; “fndu:e.x at 2¢ of such 2 cut ere” be a Juture at the place of restor of SUITOW. out bis own future destiny. afree will 1o follow his own war. Wm:,fl““b" men die in a flood, or in 8 fir ¥ay crash, or on a death-bed, their 2 "E’:fi and not the open mouth. Now let us jaing of thoee who went down in that ter- © sl st Ashtabula, he remarks: ¢ 2bout " the life_into which £o many God urried. I "odand feel sure th Tantg g e tame 3d]r, I take would leave that to . . .« Hewould not take amean tastrophe to get a host of fgs huddled into hell.” Now, in this says we must learn to do sical ideas of ** Divine God, C., had nothing to that Liost of human beings, whether intoliell or into heaven. Now, if flands upon the latter vlatform, the flm One is strangel Mt?&l:lr_s, if th Y 0 tarves Kires him ly inconsistent. For, when all, man God 3 l!ftfld]' sealed w] e nocks Uthe when death _has knocked A2er door, and God cammot. modify the past, st BEln God dig it, but, G Toaumied into g U geats Loy Bt i e ey accept the record gnd judge accord- em late js guilt 1o A m'i:]y incon, i ‘essuess e Pintiny not not ¥ of Inade but from th % xents of life, ¥y bt éteng, Dy taking ooy ':“41)“!11.' the just results and ap- & 20 t0 a place or condition according ner deserts, cause the disaster; man 0d must accept the result. They some place, and God can onl¥ to their past deserte. Their up on the instant of e %ong series of the Mr. C. may be rsht B that God did not canse the disaster, Eistent to suppose that when hias produced it that God “mean advan- agun Mr. C. admits that however much Inzg g B2 Somplex i asin L€ admitg {tmost skill snd providence in ivilization, & there must be_sur- St which it {s not easy to provide.” that the perfetion of man’s b never Jositle. and thag aisasters will AZuinst foresight. This is a lesson THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY. JANUARY 21, 1877—SIXTEEN PAGES that we have learn that we are mmeegtb Lex%e;xlec%oe; haod Lol amid such_ disasters God has nos taser we w1C Jramed. We knew its possibility and e Shonia ave been prepared for it. - As e eanoh S the cause of a Qisuster on God 50 cay e e e ating a : od 50 can e not the ponsequence. A strange philosophy i Ut ;'fi'lllk“la‘l\\'uuld eSeuse the oneand wige t - “Therefore be ve also ready; for i i 9 ready ; tor in e on, lour as ye think not the Son’ of Man But now, from this ex; L 05| shtency Xk Colser g‘csgexg!g T i ehiny iy di (] olate. “But if I could be aware, as [ talk to you, th: very found'the tufinite elory it wouid e Eo g ol Y "l“‘gg:?:flgfi c;czreu’nhA:uin. speaking o Mr. Rogers, 20'S Worthy citi g e paid such a beautiful trivste, he cloms’ mn rl_‘l:ste c}xsrnnl words whicli must have fallen like £ i -Stones upon the sentient hearts of his poor relatives: tisuo grear comfort, I fear, to those who are very uedr to him, to think of hin in Eu.rnnl rest. They want to have him here, fud ousht tohave him, and would have Lim bere,” ete. This seems’to be strange walling for a Christian philosopher, a follower of the flfeet teachings of Jesus. How many of us lil‘nem" day out, our full threc_score and ten? Ve none of us had any broken columns, ix!ny uprooted treelings across our azhvrayf 4ve We seen no mother lose a babe reathing fta Jast upon her lapt Hasnever a waitiug de watzlied with bated breath the rolling eye and pallid lip of her lately betrothed! Has no child ever mourned the sudden death of its young mother! How many of us, indeed, go do\\in in an unlooked-for moment! In truth, these sudden deaths, not waiting for the rull end of our appointed time, have shortened more than half our average life, showing that living to the fullness of vur days is the exception, nog therule. “Man that {s born of soman is of few days; he cometh forth like a flower and is cut down; he flecth also as a shadow, and con- tinueth not.”’—Job, xxiv.: 1and 2. And against :x,:: nf’ur zrc:ur lrmrt[?ln xot tgcse sudden causes s most perfected plans hath v will have, auzht ':n‘xil.p ol sidathes ‘The new philosophy is then, according to Mr. Coliyer, that’ we sball not take consolation in the hopes ond promises ol the future. That when 2 friend drops off before Lis time, we must not try to ‘drink from the fountain of Christ’s comfort, but look about for some earthly improvidence or human sightlessness, and scold, and rant, and fret about that. Philes- ophy is general, not specific. If Mr. Collyers assertion applies to Ashtabuia and Brooklyn, it applies to every case of sudien death, whether sinzle or whol e. If Mr. Collyer's wile were driving down the avenue. and should unfortu- nateiy fall from the carriage as the borze ran away, and death should ensue, docs hie think his philosophy would avail him much? Whom could be blame in such a case? Andif the thought of Ler soul “dwelling in eternal rest would be to him “no_great comfort,” pray zell me whence his consolation, whence his prace? Obeying Collyer’s _philosophy, the -Apostles would have dropped upon_the’ grave of Jesus, aud eried and rent their clothing, ‘“and there would have Dbeen no help.” Christ's blessing, +Belold, I scnd the promise of My Father unto you,” and, “Lo! I am with you alway,” would bave given them “no _great "comfort# Elisha would have torn in ehreds the garment otEli?‘ and tossed them to the wind, and found *“no comfort” iu the promise of receiving “adouble portion of the spirit ” of the prophet. In hotin cases the leader had gone *before his time,” and, as Mr. Collyer would say, * the; wanted to have him here, and ought to havehad him, and would have had him,” cte. Cold phi- Josophy this, more fcy than the Stoles’! Chriat taught * Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall bz comforted.” ~Collyer would teach, #Confused are they that mourn for there is no comfort.” *Come unto Me all yethat are weary and heavy laden and I will give you rest.” Thus taught Christ the Founder of that Church in which Robert Collyer strives to teach to-day. Does Lie follow the Master? There is comfort in His promise; boundless, gladsome comfort, ¢’en to the bereft mother, aud the orpban chil- dren, and the mourning citizen. and cursed be that philosophy which would darken one ray of that cheering hope, or add one jot of ncedless sorrow to a troubled sonl. Christ and His sal- vation are our comfort, our joy, our hope, and let no modern Christian divine strive to bury that Christ beneath the sophisms of his cold philosophy. H. F. RITUALISM IN ENGLAXND. RIOTOUS PROCEEDINGS IN HATCHAM. The Scotsman of Jan. 1 has the following ar- ticle, which may be considered as giving the sequel to the Ritualistic scheme sct forth in an article printed in this paper last Sunday: Yesterday acenes took place at the morning ser- vice. both inside and immediately outride the Church of St. James, stcham, which probably. have noparallel in the annals of English Protestant worship in recent years. The hour fixed for the commencement of the service wae, s usual, 11 o-clock, but the church was filled at 10:20, and at 10:45 there was snch a rush of people through the doors that the passages op the centre nislen and 1hose atthe sides became completely blocked by men und women who could find no seats. Ouiside those who coald not_gain admission stood in aroups at_the top of the ‘road which leads to St James', wai g what appeared to be considered certain,—the orrival of the Bishop of Kachester Dr. Claughton). The crowd walted in vain. for the Bishop (who, it is stated, Das washed his hands of the whole' Hatcham con- cern,and places the onus of action apon Lord Pen- Zance) never appeared. In the church the service as commenced punciazily ab 11, the candles on the +*altar™ being Lighted. the 'vases filled with choice flowers, ziving a highly-decorative aspzct to \what wos the communion table. and the Viear, Mr. Tooth, robed in 2lb and while caasuble. with cloth of gold embroidery at the back, standing in front of the *altar’ resdy to commence the sery- ice. Atthe bottom of the church, close to the entrance-doors, was knot of young menand bors, Sho motnted Lhe forms, and at the very bezinning of the service muve very audible vent to their oppo- ition to the Ihtaalistic practices of Mr. Tooth. One of them commenced a verse af a comic _cong, bt was shemed Into silence by those around him. “The fallowinzcries were frecly indulged in: * Come in and see the pantomime. * ¢ Why don't ¥ou 2o to Tomes" *This is ot Protestant worship, 'efc.” At the berinning of the Nicene Creed, *I believe fn one God." a_voice exclaimed, *No, you dont. The Chuen-Wardens, Mesnrs. Croom and Plim ton, endeavored by persaasion 10 bring the distur ors 'to order, but 2 eterner remedy wwus required to Dreserve the decency of public worship in a church D iere the vast mjority of the conzrcsation wers 3t ome with the Vicar. - At theaceustomned stage in e Teervice, Mr. Tooth diveeted himself at e Vijtar* of Lis chasuble, and, preceded by & cross- boarer, went into the pulpit and preached a ser. . fn which, as-on Christmas Day, he dwelt Bpon the welf-restraint exercived by the Blessed Viedn Mary, and spoke also of that virtue prac- liced by St. Joscph, exhorting his hearere Lo take The leason to themaeives, 1ic expressed an opinion 1hat the Church of God liad a more glorious time in the future than she ever enjoyed in the pust. !Je urged npon themall tobe patient smong themselves in’ thelr spiritual diflicutiies, foF every day was bringing them freshlightand frech knowledze. The Viear was listened to almost without interruption, and Lié decp. sonorous voice was heard in cvery L of the charch. It was when he again put oit T frisable and resumed the service that o real e Gerious disturbance taok place. Far down in e churel, when the choir commenced singius o Christmas hymn 1o the well-known Roman Cathol- icalr of Adeste Fideles, the taue being that of the Tortugucse Mariners' lfymn, a scrious row ocenr. Ted, and from that time to the end of the service Thelower part of the church was tarned into 3 e gnrden, ~One peraon, dressed like a gentle- man, uttered nloud some offensive words. reeuecxci Il e service, and he was immediately selzed Sn istied toward a door. This guve rise to 9 ""5 Bots nmbrellas and sticks were flonrishod, an used effectively fupon the )mt;ds Z{ z‘.;:u:;fi"ur :J;'E sut-Ritualists: & R0e0 PO ot on their Late, &nd $ioa jamped upon the forn.», put on thelc late, fof Ja e ‘dofend themscives. Ladies fainted, prepard e bewm cartied 1o the sactisty. and in o afdst of a1l this riot lond voices ersing, ' N0 Pomery ™ and Go to Rome:” were heard above cneral din. e aiice Sergeant Xo. 22 Tt lenzin :fi;‘e%‘finq s 3 r time (0 1) r41 his presence put az end (o 1 o, Sonewed, e but wwhen Lele ewed, e g right sud leftwith sticks combatnts e were hopelossly crushcd. b ts of more than onc lady and the bead-ofRIRERIS Do fire a tall *gentlc- came to grief. gontle. M o the door, and, man oade % fourishiuz hie "wmbrelle, A ices 1f the law dom't put Joud 1 “He then left the chureli. All thie fione the e e conducted with. the usual coTIm W e Charch- Wardens, and agaln P A rpearance hod a pacifsing eflech bgt e B erica of o Fopersld iWhY toat you go 1o Rome? Came in, and (Re" pantomime.™ Matters were gebiing fee AN %o the enirance to the church, e e N thelr violent _conduct. raid in a loud Conlrd) ~Wardens and ejected, oy the _Chureh amd ejected, At Croom requesting the pelice_out et sing the rocess of the ejection o S devbre cut on face, from & T e amie of an Sl Coitund @ fets and snti-Rituo , and short fii‘;m‘.‘:m fMeounter was the result. The O ok a gentleman tempoury lull inside was ‘broken Ii:!y “‘!L Biekopr" 13 o lond voice. *+Where : ek 0 e o fallowed by groans for liis Lordelp. 2 e there wasa paiic among e CONERCET, o e ana, fainting condition xete AEHCT on, L Barch, hate were crushed, sticks ueet out of the <l 8 "again_the police apbeareh, OF O DeOr et really took no sctioy fn the BENC, e atime a relnforcement of 3 SergAny LT Yaozen Constables sevived. from the Depiford Fo- Etation, and their se lice SLti0R: the disordorly crowd outeldes Dac- ing e remaining pOTion o S1° . Cavtom of the e ¢ men o ¢ kic knhet&enqug:m” of the hout, when o_x‘x: 1:1’&2:‘ ‘if, ed In o lond tone that thie ¥as L tor oined, **Itis glared In & iee,” while amother rejoined, T rehip. " The! jons 3 g:sf: ?z:}:lc:;:nmosk levity, and with jokes and langhter at the solemn moment of what Ritualists call the **copseeration.™ The service, in which incense was copiously used, came 0 an end with the benediction, Iu " the chioft during service were the Rev. A. H.Mackonachie, the Rev. €. 4. Maxwell (8. Alban . 3. W. Bescoc (St Poter's, Lotdon Dolks), the Rev. Crouch, etc. & number of men Temainel in the ciirch close to the ecreen, znd feasing tunt mischief “was intended to be done to the **altar " decorations, the choristers formed 3 cordon ruund the altar for_its protecuou. The communicants were only three in number, L¥o ladies and onc gentleman—and except that both elements were administered, there appeared but very slight difference between the administration of the sacrument by Mr. Tooth and the celebration of the mars at a Roman Catholic pro-cathedral. At the clusc of the service. 8a the leading support- ers of Mr. Tooth passed from the. church to the viearage and back again, they were greeted with such cries as ** Body-guard of the traitor!™ ' Go overto Romé! " Mr. Mackonochie's appearance was the eizndl for a general uproar, and he would have been - bonnoted » by the. ciowd who were closiny on him had not the police formed a guard around him, and conducted him to a place of sufe. ‘Tooth came out Wwith hix attendants, cn two friends, groans, hisses, and shouts were rused against him. It i3 stated (ac- cording to & Central News telegram) that Mr. Tooth has organized a society of workingmen for the Drotection of public worship, who are ready to do Dis biddin he evening service was interrupted in 8 similar fashion, but fess violence was cmployed. -1 FRENCH PROTESTANTISM. THE CRISIS UNCHANGED. The correspondent of the London Times, tel- egraphing from Paris under date Dec. 27, 1870, says: The Parls press maintaina an unbroken silence on the latest, and, to all appearance, definitive, phase of the protracted crisis in the French Re- formed Church. Thix reticence can only be attrib- uted to_perfect indifference to the fortanes of French Protestantisin, or to the reluctance on the part of the fow newspapesa sympathizing with it 10 express either approval or disapproval of M. Du- faure's recent circular, This studied silence makes it the more mcumbent on me, after having cited the opiniun of those unfavorable to the circalar, to &"ate the views of those who regard it as the only satixfuctory solution of the problem which for more than four years has threatened to rend the Reformed Church in twain. I am assured by per- #ons professing an earnest desire of averting a dis- ruption that M. Dafaure’s circular, issued on_the eve of his retirement trom oftice, was the result of nine months’ anxious consideration of the ques- tion,and was prompted by an hcnorable desire to relieve his successor from the oblization of hastily deciding a matter which he would not have had time to investiente. Nobody, indeed. who knows M. Dufaure can suppose that his motives werc otherwise than upright. The tricnnial elections for half the members of the Presbyterisl Councils and Consistories were due at the end of the year. and the Extreme Orthodox party were anxious that these clections should be proceeded with, in order that the intzrnal government of the Church might suffer no intermption. The Mod- erate Liberals, however, were desirous of a slight anpnnfim-nL in order that both sections might iave time to reflect on the schemes of pacificatfon which had been brought forward. M. Dufaure €0 far deferred to these representstionsas to fix the clections about a month later than the normal pe- rlod, exnlaming, as has already been etated, that n longer postponement would drive the elections into Easter or still Jater date, nnwarrantably pro- longing the state of uncertmnty in which the Church was placed. It i true tnat appeals to the Council of State, a3 10 the validity of previous elections at which the Synodal conditions of 1572 hud been disrexarded, were still pending; but M. Dufaure felt that de- cision, wkateverit michtbe, cpuld only be the gizna] of a schism, wheress the spirit of concilia- tion dixplayed by the moderates on ecach side af- forded a fair prospect of compromise, if fresh clections put an end to the necessity of pro- :eedlnfiwim those appeals. He courulted, it is true, M. Mettetnl, an orthodox leader, on this point, but he also took the opinion of 2I. Larnac, a_ prominent member of the -Liberzl party, who, after consulting members of that sec- tion. approved the course M. Dufaure pro- poscd to take. Thedccree, it is irue, prescribed that the elactions should be held under the condi- tions laid down by the Synod of 1t but to huve prescribed clections irreepective of those condi- tions would have been to assume the invalidity of of the decisions of the Synod. This was the first asgembly of that kind ofiicially summoned by the State since the revocation of the Euict of Nantes, butnot the first Synod . actually held since that date, for during the times of persecution which preceded the great Eevolution there were Synods da Desert, ns these secret meetings were termed, and in 1888 there were two **oudicions™ synods, which pressed the then Government ty sunction the regular convocation of u Synod. M. Dufaure, alko. had understood from the _reso- lutions of the Conference of Nimes last July that the Liberals wore willing to waive their objections to the Synodal conditons of 1872. Aa to these conditions, 1t must not be supposed that they forma stringenttest of orthodosy. What they simply required would be for the electors— that 1310 say, attendants at the Church; for Na- olcon 111, though he refused to con introduced 'what is_practically unk into the parochial ognition of the Church _and their acceptance of Divinc truths as revealed inthe Oldand New Testaments. 'The wame Consistories, indeed, have required the elect- or's signuture to these stipulations, but others have been satisfied with u_verbal engagement, or with invitinz those wha dissented from It te with- draw, and with assuming that those who remained were duly qualifie s The real ovstacle to a reconciliation has not, in fact, been tnis lavtest, but the clerical test. which requires assent to the Aposttes’ Creed and other standards of the Church. ‘Now thia latest test the Moderate Orthodux party are willing to relux. They are disposed to be content with Thiy pruvis- jon, that the standards of the Church shall be read overto the condidate for ordination, und tuat he shall promise not to attack the doctrines thercin contained. It1s trne that the scheme of pacifica- tion drawn up at Paris early in the summer met with a hitch—the Orthodox Conference at Vizan Iast October declining 10 assent to 1t with the con- struction put upon it by the Liberal Conference ai Nimes; but 1 am informed that it s not to be re- garded as absolutely abandoned. Subsequent Orthodox Confercnces, morcover, —at Tiomen and Lille bave expressed a willingness fo ucree fo any formulary of ordination not conflicting’ with the general faith of the Church as enunciated in the Synodal Declara- tion of Faith of 1872. Another fmportunt cle- ment in the controversy is that this Deslaration hus no immutuble character. Adopted by one Synod, it can be rejected or modificd by another. 1 proof spat, a portion, at least, of the Liberals regard the Decrec for the clections as grounied on the prospects of conciliation expressiy desizned for it in M. Dufaure’s circalar. my atiention has been called to last Satnrday’s numbers of the Sa'sde I Eglise of Lyons and the Aliance Liberals of Goneva, Liberal orzuns, which warmly approve the measure. declares that it in- susurafesa new era, which promises pacification and consolidation. "It lays epecial stress on the remark wade in tie circular that the application of electoral cenditions is intrueted to the Con- _gistories, and that il the proofs of moder- ation _given on either side will great- Iy faciliste the convocation of the Synod; and it nrges that the cantlict is now removed from the platform of narrow and coid legality to that of good Will and menerous _confidence. 1t quotes’ alio a declaration of the Extreme Left, that if the clect- orsl condition ever became excentoire they would compiy with it. The Alliance likewize counsels the Liberals to accept the clectoral conditions us a matter of expediency. I ma assured, in short. that While the step taken by M. Dufanre is regarded with disfavor by extremicnen of both sides,” it is Tailed by the Moderates as likely to promote a set- tiement acceptable to the great bulk of the Churcn. 1In view of the silence of the French press and of the interest which the matter appears to_excite in Euzland, 1 have felt bound to put before you this statement, supplementing certain points open to ‘misconstriction. It will, of course, be necessary 10 await the closing of tha Eiectoral Register on the 31t of Jannary, and the holding of tne elec- tions in the following month, to ree whether this more hopeful view of the crisis will be justitied. P4 The ~form¢ A NEGRO WATCH MEETING. EXTRACTS FROM A CURIOUS SZRMON. The New York Sun has a long account of a negro watch meeting somewhere in the South, though it carefully omits to say where, and it contains a most extraordinary sermon, from which the following extracts arc made: Tlite)) youa little allezoric, or spcech by de fieger. Truth ond Lic started out for to tmbble, Dev stopped to drink at de ribber Jordan. wos thiriking no evil, but Lie Joll inand was drowned. Lie ot out, stole Trath's Boots, and incetin’ s colored pus<on \who was ruol- in' “ronnd whar he bad no business, entered into him and sot up his habitation. So Lie has lowed to awell along w1d colored foiks ever sence. [t's my bisness to pint out desc thingk to sense you of de tricks of de debble. Lic_den sowed his sceds among us colored folke, 1 axes yon, uin't dis a facr Don't de procuce correspond wid de sced? No matter how hongry you gits. if you has fuith, de Lord's gwine to fecd You. Dere wos Dannel, 3 man who was sot agin circus shows. De. clown Jetch him prayin' out der winder, and put him to starve in de lion's den. De angzel one duy met Pelzebub carrying soup to his farder. who wasa hoein® hie crap. Ebenexer come a ridin’ along on amule. He had been 1o town to buy some whis- Ly, Demule he secd de angel, and ~ he kicked up and knocked Ehenecer heels over head. and he drapt bis whisky-bottle, Belzebub he eeed de Yottle. and he picked it up, and pat it in his cost- tm pocket. You sce, he found if, and aat muke it hiesen. De anzel Kotched Belzehub by his wool on his head. and toted him off. jist a8 he wak, wid ‘his tin bucket of sonp and de bottle of whisky, and drapped him in de den where Dannel wos. Thebber heard dat Dannel got drunk, but Serip- ter tells us Noab, who was sby of wafer, kcpt & ‘bottle of Loosianner rum under his sed. Some colored preachers say Noah wos_de 'casion of we Dleck folks in éis wise: Nosh had ome gal child pamed Cane Anp, 2 sassy, dicsipated £al, who ivould steal her éudds's bottle when he wos aslecp and drivk hie mm. Jie kotch her one day tipsy and makin a epectacle of herself. De ole man cassed her good fashion till she turned right black fnde face. I don't ‘pend much on dat, kase it can't e proved Cane Ann's head got kinky. No, my 'pinion is colored folks is de most wonderful production .of uature—dey grotwed jis fo. I axes Who made dem? When was dey made, and whar? Nobody answers. Dese plints can't be proved by e Bible; dar's nofin in de Holy Writ about ne- groes, and dat clreamstance shows dey is nation zalisr to dere own notlops. an' T'se nebber seed one dat wosn't prond of his color. De 'postle scs to de “pietle. ** Know thyself.” T ‘terprets da ** Be l: reelers of de knowledge how y?u‘ee cau:" feally iradc in de flesh, ™ n have all secd de bllsters on do eycamore tree: dat circmnstance is a bery fnterestin’ fac In de Bible, Dere was ayery small colored man rser Deros, He kcptrnblic house, and king. - Ile beard one of de ‘ciples done borrowed a jinney and was comin' in great glory to preuch. Nigzer Demos thot if he could only get to s dat zood man de lumbeggar he car- ried in de emall of his back would cense. Hearin' folks a #houtin’ ke flung down his dish cloff and went ont to see de 'ciple, but by de casion of his stumnpy legs he couldn't see nuffin. A big syac- mIore Was growin' right beforo his cabin, so he shinned up dar and looked down at de 'ciple, who went ridin’ by and nebber. seed Niggerdemos, ' Poor Nigzerdemos did cry! e wasso hurted, his tears was so hot dey-blistered de bark wharever dey touched, One of dem tears hit de jinney on her backand hurt her so bad she kicked up. Dat “ciple den looked up and seed Niggerdemos and said, **Come down, poor fellow! Yl stop at your hotel and take a glass of your 'simmon beer.™ Niggerdemos was proud of de honor. Sycamores becn blistered ever sence. NOW, we must bu ourheads in de dust and pray long and fervently. hope my endeavors to give vom de true light to carry you frode next year will bring forth fruits, good, sound, healthy fraits, without jnsects, The Lord be wid you all. p MASSACHUSETTS SABBATH. LAWS AFFECTING ITS ODSERVANCE. The Boston Traveller. In reference to the observance of the Lord’s Day the Supreme Court has just rendered an important decision in the case of the Common- wealth, by complaint, vs. Gehrlog Has. The defendant was complained of in the Roxbury District Court in June last for keeping an open ghop on the Lord’s Day. The case went to the Superior Court and was tried at the September term, and the defendant was convicted upon the 18th of that month. Upon the 19th, Mr. George Senuett, the counsel for the defendent, filed exception, upon the ground that his client con- scientiously believed that the seventh day of the week ought to be observed as the Sabbath, that he so observed it, and disturbed no one. The Court ruled that this was no defense; that See. 1, Chap. 84, of the General Statutes, contained two classes of offenders, go fas as the ninth section- was concerned, viz.: first, those who kecp open a shop, ware- house, or workshop on the Lord’s Day, and, sccond, those dofng Iabor, business, or work, cte., on Sunday; and that Sec. 9 of the same chapter relieved only the second offense from punishment (i. e., doing business or work upon the Lord’s Day), and made the first of- fense (keeping open ‘shop for doing such busi- ness) absolute. The defendant acknowledged that he had committed this offense, and the jury was di- rected to find him guilty if the jurors believed that he kept an open ehop upon the Lord’s Day for the purpose of doing businesswith the public therein, whatever his™ conscientious scruples about the seventh day might be. To this ruling the counsel also excepted. The exceptions have now been overruled, and the following rescript has been sent down: 1. The inth scction, Chap. 84, of the Giencral Statutes does not permit one who conscien- siously observes the seventh day of the week as the Sabbath to keep open shop on the first day. 2. The Chap. §, General Statutes, is ot un- constitutional. Anabstract from the General Statutes follows: Chapter 81, Section 1. Whoever keeps open his shop, warchonse, or workhouse, or dues any man- ner of labor. husiness, or work, except Works of necessity and charity, or i present at any dancing or public diversion, show. or entertainment, or takes part in any sport, game, or play on the Lord's Day shall be punished by 2 fine not exceeding $10 forevery offense. SEc. 3. Whoever, keeping a house, shop, cellar, or place of public entertainment or refreshment, entertains therein on the Lord's Day any persons not heing travelers. strangers, or lodgers, or suffers such persons on such day to abide or remiin there- in, or in the yards, orchards, or flelds appertaining to'the same, drinking or spending their time 1dly or at play, etc., shall be punished by fine not ex- ceeding §5 for each pereon so entertained. Sec. 8, Whoever conscientiously believes that the seventh day of the week ought to be observed 48 the Saphath, and actually refrains fromn secular ousinees, travel, and labor on that day, shall not be linble to the penaliies of this chapter for perform- ing secnlar business, travel, or labor on the Lord's Day, or first day of the week; provided that he dis- turbs no other person, RELIGIOUS MISCELLANY. THE CHURCH IN GENERAL. At the recent consecration of the Bishop of Calcatta, in St. Paul's, London, all the prelates assumed the eastward position except the Arch- bishop of Canterbury. Sunday-school newspapers have become fash- ionable at the antipodes. Onc of these in China has 3,000 subscribers, twenty-five of whom are mandarins in the City of Nankin, and it is sup- posed that the paper is read by ity of that class. . = The English Catholic Directory for 1877 gives the number of priests in England and Wales at 1,823, an increase of 413 in the last ten years. There are now eighteen prelates. In Scotland the number of prelates has increased from 193 in 1867 to 260 in 1877. Of the 60,000 Chinese fn San Francisco, about 730 attend the evening mission schools. ‘Three hundred bave joined churches. Seven hundred are members of Christian societies and arc studying Christian doctrines. Nearly 1,000 reg- ularly attend Sunday-schools. The first Presbyterian church organized in Oregon was in 1846, with a handful of members. Now they have many churches, numberieg 2,043 members, 1,138 of whom arc Indians. The four members who composed the first church are still living and still members of the original clurch. The Roman Catholic Pecrs of the United Kingdom now number thirty-six, two of whom are,in Loly orders; there are also forty-cizht Roman Catholic Baronets, fifty Roman Catholic members of the House of Commons, and seven gomm?lC:lthoHe members of the Queen’s Privy ouncil. On the authority of the English Catholic Di- rectury for 1577 it Is stated thst the number of Catholic Patriarchs, Archbishops, and Bishops inthe world s 834, Of these 125 are in’ the British Em;{)ln:, iz.: thirteen in England, twen- ty-cight in Ireland, three in Scotland, forty-four in British colonics aud dependencics. The Legislature of the Tsland of Ceylon has refused, by a vote of teu tosix, to disestablish the Clrurch of England in that sland. _The pe- tition for disestablishment wss based on the facts that the members of the Church of En- gland number only 15,000, while there are 40,600 other Protestants, and 190,000 Catliolics. Mr. Spurgeon s in favor of usiog Saxon En- glish. Hesays: “I heard a story onccof a namber of sailors who were playing cards_up aloft, and had a lieht for the purpose. The Captain sent a Midsliipman to tell them to pat it out, and the Midshipman told thein to *Ex- tinguish that luminary.’ Butthe sailors did not understand him. Then the Captain called out, ‘ Douse that glim,’ and_out went the can- dle. T should not have said that, but I should have taken 2 middle_point, and said, ‘ Put out that candle, boys.” I'believe *hifalutin’ is too much used in the pulpit. We preachers should speak so that people could not misunderstand us even if they tried to do s0.” The Clurchman calls attention to a book of M. Paul Parfait, of Paris, entitled “L'Arsenal de 12 Devotion; Notes pour Servir a I'Historie des Suverstitions.” The book must be rather iuteresting if the following is a specimen: A gentleman of mature years was hopelessty ill, Fiven up oy the physiciang, in_fact, and without speech, motion, sizht. orsh it placed a photozaaph of Pius IX. upon his breast, said photograph having a lithogravhed fac-simile of the Pope’s autograph. In the coursc of a couple of hours the gentlemau awoke from his stupor, demanded food, atc two wings of a chicken, and demanded a third. to which, as was natmeal, the servant replied, ‘There arc but two in the animal.””” There is quitc a commotion among the ehurches of Brooklyn in reference ta the safety of church buildings aud easy means of exit. The oflicial inspections are timely. A majority of the churches in. the City of Church Debts have been built withcut any regard to the safety of the congregations. Most of the outgoing worshipers b crowd and jostle together in a single vestibule. Even some of tl which were supposed to be safe have been decided to be greatly lacking in means of exit. Camp- stouls ar¢ mow to be taken out of the aisles, and those who have hitberto occupied them must eitber sit on the floor or stand. This camp-stool nuisance has beea tolerated too long; its abatement is dictated by every consid- cration of prudence and commou sense. The Rev. Dr. Twing, in reply to an open let- ter from Bichop Huntiagton, says that an aver- age of five cents a week from the 230,000 com- municants, and from the same number of non- commaunicants, including clildren, making a to- tal number of 560,000 persons, wonld give an amgrezate of §1,455,000, which might be distrib- uted s follows: Domestic Missions, $300,000 per annum; Foreign Missions, $300,000; Home Misstons to Colored People, $100,000; Indian Missione, $100,000, cducation of young men for the minittry, $100,000; aged and infirm clerey 8 and widows and orplians of deceased clergyme: ,000; work among the Jews, s\u.oogfy wmg:' amoug the Germansand Scandivavians, $10,000; work in Mexico, $20,000; Bible and Prayer-Book i avrigs OF 10000 e oF S Tt ze o 0 each of the forty-onc dioceses, $410,000. St The New York Sabbath Committee have pub- lished an admirable tract on *Sunday Luwspnnd Sunday Liberty.” The special object of the tract 8 to show the design of * Sunday laws " in our American systemy of legislation, ~ it is not, as the Committee correctly states, to enforce or ¢¢compel the retigious observance of Sunday;?? but it is to secure ““to all, as far as possible, one day’s rest in seven,” and at the same time to ‘“protect the right of undisturbed worship” in respect to all who keep Sunday as a reigious and sacred day. The fifst day of the week is the day thus obscrved by the great majority of the people who religiously observe any day, and for this reason Sunday, rather than any other day of the seven, is selected by thelaw as the weekly rest-day.” The Richmond Dispatch gives the following informations _Number of > denominations 15 Richmond, both white and colored, including tge Roman Catholic, 12; number of churches, 525 number of church members, 26,840; net in- crease for the year in all, 1,333 members; numn- ber of teachers and puplls in Sundag-sthools, 13,972. The I st_body in the city is the Baptist (colored), which numbers 9,822 mem- bers; the Baptists (white) have 8,739 members. ‘The Methodists (white) bave the larmest num- ber of churches, namely, 10, and 2,728 church members. The Roman Cattiolic population of the city is given at 4,933 persons. In respect to Sunday-schools, those of the white Baptists are attended by 3,219 persons, those of the: colored Baptists by 2,653 persons, the Episcopalian schools by 2,166 persons, and the Methodist schools by 2,112 persons. 'The Episcopal Church has in Richmond 1,914 communicants. The Rev. Dr. Deems has made to the report- ors of the New York papers a statement in re- to Mys Beecher's remarks at the Plymouth “hurch, saying, among other things: 1 hap- pen to know that hymns were no new favorites of Cominodore Vanderbilt; that he was singing them and committing them to memory when Mr, Beecher was in his cradle. He has Jately repeated one long hymn which none of us had ever benrd, and which was copied by his wile under his repeated corrections. Recently the family came into possession of an old hymn-book in which we found the very hymn, and the ac- curacy of the Commodore’s memory scemed to us marvelous.. It wasa mistake in Mr. Beecher if he said that ¢ Cornelius Vanderbilt, as long as he could get about, never sang any hymns; but when he got crippled and could not do anything more, then he sang hymns.’ The second time I was ever in his ‘house he asked for singing, and while it was going forward I glanced at him and saw tears rolling ‘down his cheeks.” The Com- modore, Mr. Deems added, was a believes in Mr. Beecher's innocence through his troubles two years ago. PERSONAL. The Rev, P.T. Hully, of Barkhamsted, Conn., has resigned his charge and retired from the ministry, after an active service of forty-five years. The Rev. Dr. John Reilly Beard, a prominent. English Unitarlan preacher, has just died at the age of 76 years. Hetook a wann interest in various denominational enterprises, and wrote a number of books. Among his best-known works was a dictionary of the Bible. The Rev. H. A. Stimson, pastor of the Plym- outh Church, Miuneapolis, is, in length of settlement, the oldest pastor in Minuesota. e is now entering Lis eighth year. When he went | to Minneapolis the church numbered 240; now it is 460. They worshiped in a small frame edi- fice; now they have a large, clegant stonc and brick church, outside of Chicago the finest in the Northwest, built at a cost of 370,000, and all pad for. President Smith, of Dartmouth Colleze, has positively refused to reconsider his resignation. Among those named as his successor are the Rev. Samuel C. Bartlett, the Rev. Samuel G. Brown, Charles, A. Aiken, and the Rev. Will- jam J. Tucker. They arc all graduates of Dartmouth, and all are over 50 vears of age, except Mr. Tucker, who is only &7, He gradu- ated from Dartmouth in 1861, and is pastor of the Madison Square Church, New York City. He was formerly Principal of the Columbus (0.) High Schoo!, and his rapid rise is due to his extraordinary talents alone. WILLIAM ALVIN BARTLETT. ‘The Tndianapolis Journal of the 16th has the _following cditorial in refcrence to the late pas- tor of Plymouth Church: The Second Presbyterian Church was packed, every available £cat being taken. to hear the Rev. William Alvin Bartlett, on Sanday night, inclem- ent as the weather way, 'There is something very attractive abont Mr. Bortlett's evening lectures. hsmanner Is easy and graceful, and in both man- ner knd matter he appears utlerly inditferent to the ordinary conventionulity znd sseumed or actual wanctity commonly observed in the pulpit. His knowleédge of men and things is much more esten- sive than that ordinarily posseseed by ministers of even the high rank to which he belongs. He has traveled extensively, and has evidently gained ag much knowledre by obseryvation as by resdinz. He is not afraid of bein: lauzhed at for stop- ping on the_streetand gazing at a show-window or o sign. He 15 never abstracted or buried in thought when on the street o that lie fails to oo- serve and assimitate what fs going on around him. In bt Icctures Mr. Bartlett does not hesitate to ktep nside and punch & nose or_pull an ear if cure to him, and this _he does without any particu- lnr reference to the propriety of the digression o its connection with his subject. What the treat- ment of a text will be in the hands of an ordinary inister with & hizh veneration for the standards of the Church is generally easily anticipated. Not so with Mr. Bartlett. e repards the Confession of Faith and keeps within its precepts, but lets it alone vizorously. In this Lie caters to the modern sentiment of the Church and to the popular taste. Tle must be 8 man of wonderfui memory. He does not have even & note in the pulpit, and yet in his recent Thankegiving ermon be poured out a list of names and characters that no short-band report- cr not famillar with s least three langzuages could take. Mr. Bartlett's popularity in the pulpit ot this time appears to equal that of either Beecher or JcClnrg In theirday, Every pewin Ins church wus promptly taken ot the late letting, and there is a demand for at _lesst one-third more, ~The mem- bers of the congregution ure exceedingly kind, sur- rendering their seats fully one-haif “the time to outsiders, who press in and fill up the church and sing as Leartily ns if they were in full communion and paid fuil price. BREVITIES. & My friends,” said a minister, as a preface to his sermon, “let-us say a few words before we begin.” A good-looking young minister is making a comfortable living by the gale of the large as- sortment of mis-fit slippers hie received Christ- mas and New Year's. ‘Times arc awful hard, for a fajt. Even the old ladies who engineer the ministérs’ donation parties, and go early and stay late,jdon’t appear to fat up as well as they did last ydur. There is a mountain in Switzerlald that gives back a distinct ecno forty-nive times. But you must visit American churches at Christmas times for numerous and loud dechorations. Will Mr. Talmage make some comments on the remarkable fact that in twelve years there bave been 320 churches and only ten theatres burned in this country t—Xochester Chronicle. Detroit Frec Press: “That meteor last week is regarded by the Second Adventists as a sure sign that the beginning of the end has bezun, but they hold thieir cornge lots at the same old prices.” Tiwo friends were passing a church one even- ing, when a stroug sinell of burning leather pre- vaded the air- I wonder if that is the odor of sanctity,” smd one. *I think it must be,’” was: the quick reply, “for it smells of soles.” Burlington _ Hawkeye: Some enterprising church committees are packing away mreat avalanches of snow in its patural state. The {dea is to preserve it, and spriuke sugar onm it next summer and sell it for ice-cream at 25 cents a dish. Norwich Bulltin: At ooe of the churches the other day, the clergyman was preaching to the children on the unspeakable gift, and Anally asked them if they knew what it was, and alittle boy on the back seat jumped up and promptly replied, *a squirrel.” The census-taker of the Younz Men’s Chris- tian Association of Jersey Cliy re ort that there are * thirty-five saloons to each church in that city.” Wherenpon the Norristown Herald says: “Why achurca should have so many saloons we can’t understand. Weshould thinkien would saffice for the largest church in the city. Abad, bad boy, out on South Hill, was picked up by his ma the otucr night for some misdeed, and fanned with her slipper until he thought he was standing right in the way of a shoemaker’s shop caught in a cyclone. When he got away at last he was told to sit down and Jearn 2 verse in his Bible beforc he could have a bite of supper. And when he_ was called up to recite, he said, *The wicked’s tanned in slippery places.” A New York vaerant, locked ap in the Tombs, melted oll the -hardened wretches in the prison to tears by singing “ Angels goard my peacefal slumbers,” while the officers on duty listened at the key-hole and_gobbed.. Then when they let him out, won by his tender music, he stole 13 the Sergeant’s tobacco-pouch, picked a ronnds- n’s pocket, gathered in afew portable ar- es-about the oflice, and was picked up- half ‘an hour later, dead broke and roaring drunk. That was a scrupulous young lady in Boston who refused to mect her lover—Justus his name was—at home, because she beard her minister ‘say that Justus was always meeted out.—Com- mercial Advertiser. Splitting the Difference.—Minister Sporlem tously)—‘*James this_is a very dreadful thing! You have heard there: is one pound missing from the box!” James (the beadle, who is strongly suspected)—+Decd, sir, s0 they were tellin’ me.” ' Minister (solemnly)—* James, you and I alone had access to that’ box.” James—“It's Jjust as you say, sir; it must lie between us two! An’ the best way'll be, you to pay the half, and }:fl D;y the tither, an’ say na mair about it.— unch. CHURCH SERVICES. DR. M'CHESNEY. The following correspondence-between the Rer. S. McChesney, and several of his parishioners, with reference to repeating his sermon on the **Prodigal Son,"” will be read with interest: CmigAQo, Jon, 18.—The Rev. S. McChemes—Dearn Stn: Inview of the revival spirit prevalling In the city, Pfiflnltlfl 0 say that we belleve you could ac- complish great good by delivering your discourse on the *“Prodigal Son,” and we most respecifully request you to dosoat your earllest convenfence. Yours respect- tuly LansEY, CastrLE, DickExsox. HazzAEDy Sick, And others. CRioAGO, Ja. 19.~Vexsrs, Lalsen, Castle, Dicken- . Hazard, and others: _Yours of yes calling for my dlacolirse o tho. -+ Prodigal Sob. 13 hand. * I'shall he very happy to contribute 3. any w towand extending the work of revival fnour clty. T will ame next Sabbath cvenfug. Jan. 21, 83 2 Aiting oceasion for the discourse you have 80 kindly remem- Yours respect{ully 5. JICCHESNEY, tor Park Avenue M. E. Church, REFORMED EPISCOPAL. Bishop Fallows will hold services and preach in the Fourth Presbyterian Church, corner of Rush and Superior streets, at 4 p. m. —The Rev. William I Cooper will preach at Emmanuel Church, corner of Hanover and Twenty- cighth strects, in the morning. Subject: ‘“IsIt Well with Theet” The Rev. R. H. Booworth will preach in the evening. —The Rev. Dr. Cooper, of Immanuel Church, will preach for the Trinity Congregation of Engle- wood, at the Baptist Church, at 3:30 p. m. Sub- ject: ¢*How to Be a Christian.” —Mrs. Jenme F. Willing will preach in the morning, sudthe Rev. W.E. Williamson in the evening, at the Church of the Good Shepherd, cor- ner of Jones and Homan streets. —The Rev. M. D. Church will prenchin the morning, and the Rev. Dr. Cooper in the evening, at Immanuel Church, corner of Centre and Dayton streete, —The Rev. J. D. Cowan will preach at Grace Church, corner of Hoyne avenue and LeMoyne strect. Eveming subject: **Church Membership, " —Bishop Cheney will hold services and preach at the Coneregational Chiurch on Oskwood boulevard, ce Grove avenue, in the morning. A hool will be orgsnized at the close of the services. —Bishop Fallows will officiate morning and even- ing at St. Paul's Charch, corner of Washington and Ann strects. The Rev. Joseph B. North, the Assistunt Rector, will aid in the services. ic Rev. Dr. Cooper will preach in the Con- gregational Church, - Oakland boulevard, at 3 o'clock this afternoon, on **The Digaity of Our Immortality. ™ —The Rt. Rev. Bishop Cheneywill preach morn- ing and evening in Christ Church, corner of Mich- izan avenue and Twenty-fourth street. Evenin: praer-meoting fn lecture-room st 7 o'clock promp! EPISCOPAL. The Rev. W, H. Hopkins will officiate morning and cvening at St. John's Church, corner of Madi- son street and Ashland avenue. —The Rev. Henry G. Perry will officiate morn- ing and evening at All Saints' Church, corner of Carpenter and Illinois strects. —The Rev. Dr. Locke will officiate morning and evening at Grace Charch, in Wabash avenue, near Sixteenth street. —The Rev. W. F. Mornson will Yrench morning and evening in the Church of the Yoly Commun- ion. South Dearborn street, betwecen Twenty-ninth and Thirthieth etreets. —The Rt. Rev, Bishop W. E. McLaren will of- ficiate this morning in the Cathedral of §S. Peter and Paul, corner of West Washington and Peoria streets. The Rev. Canon J. I Knowles will preach in'the eveding. —The Rev, S. S.” Harrs, D.D., will officiate morning and ovening in St. James Church, corner of Cassznd Huoron streets. Celebration of holy communion at 8a. m. —The Rev, J. F. Renaud, of Dover, Canada, will preach this moraing in Trinity Church, corner of Twenty-sixth street and Michigan avenue. The Rey. L. Des Brisay will preach in the evening. —The Rev. J. Bredberg will preach morning and evening in St. Ansgarius Church, Sedgwick strect, near Chicaga avenue, -=The Rev, Arthur Ritchie will officiate morning and cvening in the Church of the Ascension, cor- ner of North LaSalle and Elm streets, IHoly com- munionat § a. m. —There will be services in St. Paal's Church, Hyde Park aveoue, between Forty-cighth and g inth streets, morning and evening. — . D. . Warren, D. D., will preach in St. Mark's Church, Cottage Grove avenue, corner of Thirty-sixth street, morninz and evening. —TheRev. Dr. G. F., Cushmun will officiate moruing and evening I St. Stephens Churcn, Johuson street, between Taylor and Twelfth. —The Rev Luother Pardee will preach morning ond evening in Calvary Charch, Warrea avenue, between Oakley streetand Western avenue. Com- manion gervice at 8a. m. —The Rev. T. N, Morrieon, Jr., will officiate morn- ing and evening at the Church of the Epiphany, on Throop strect, near Monroe. —The Rev. W. J. Petrie will preach morning and evening in the Charch of Our Savior, cormer of Lincoln and Belden uvenues. PRESBYTERIAN. The Rev. J. fl. Walker will preach at the Re- union Church, in West Fourteenth street, near Throoo, in the morning, and the Rev, Dr. Cham- berlnin, of the New England Churck, in the even- ing. "% The Rev. Charles L. Thompaon will preach at the Fifth Charch, on Indiana svenue near Thirtieth street. Evening subject: ¢ What Is Faith?™ —The Rev. James Maclaughlan will preach in the Scotch Church, corner of Sanzamon and Adams etrects. Morning subject: ** Bethesda. & Rov. Jacob Post will preach in Holland in the morning and in English in-the evening at the church corner of Noble and Erie streets. —The Rev. Dr. Gibson will preach at the Second Church, corner of Michigan avenue and Twentieth street. * In the eveniug e will commence a course of lecturcs on ** How to Usc the Bible.” e Rev. W. C.Young will preach morning and eveninz at the Fullerton Avenue Church. The newly-elected officera, Elders, and Deacons will be ingtalled_and ordsined in the mornmg. The Kev. J. M. Worrall, of Cosington, Ky., will begin keries of Gospel services Tuesday cvening. —The Rev. Henry T. Miller will preach morning and evening in the Sixih Church, cornerof Vin: cennes and Oak avennex. The Rev. E. N. Barrett will preach morning and evening in_the \estminster Church, corner of Peoria snd Jackson streets. Subject for morning: ‘‘The _Alienated Reconciled;” evening, **The Lord's Hand not Shortened. ™ = NIVERSALIST. The Rev, 0. F. Van Sisc will preach this morn- ing fn the (hurch of the Redeemer, corner of West Washingion and Sangamon strects. In the even- ing the Rev. Sumner Ellis will repeat by,request his recent sermon_on ** Spiritualiem.” —he ltev. 4. W. Hanson will preach this mor- ing in the Old School-House, Englewood. £ The Kev. Dr. Ryder will preach moming and cvening at St. Paul's Charch, “lichizan avenue, between Sixteenth and Eighteenth strcets. Morn ing subject, **The Doctrine of a Persona} Devil." Evening, ** The Fall of Adam.” UNITARIAN. The Rev. Trooke Herford will preach st the Charch of the Mesuiab. corner of Michigan avenuc and Twenty-third strcet. Subjects: Mornlng, ‘“She Ias Not Afraid of Soow"; evening, +Bishop Latimer, Martyr.” The Rev. J. T. Sunderland will preach at 11 o'clock a, m. and 7:45 p. m. in the Fourth Uni- tarian Chapel Hall, Cottage Grove avenue, near Thirty-seventh street, Morning rabject, ** What \we Get from Our Parents,” Evening, fonrth lec- ture In special course, sabject: **Jesus: Was He & ZThe Rev. J. T. Sunderland will preach at 3 o'clock this afternuon in the Old School-House, n- glewood. % ZThe Rev. E. P. Powell will preach this morn- ing in the Third Church, corner of Latiin and M- ro¢ strects. There will be no_evenlng service. "—The ftev. Robert Collyer will preach morning and evening in Unity Charch, corner of NorthDear- ‘born street and Walton place. LUTHERAN. The Rev. Edmund Delfour will presch morning and evening at the Charch of the Holy Trinity, cor- ner of Dearborn and Erie streets. TEW JCRUSALEM. 2 The Rer. Dr. Hibbard will preach in the New Church Hali, corner of Eighteenth street and Prui- rie svenne. At 3:30 p. m. the Rev. Dr. Hibbard will preach in the Temple, corner of Weat Washington. sireet and Ogden avenue. BAPTIST. The Rev. N. F. Ravlin will preach at the Free Charch, corner of Loomis and Jackson strects. Baptism at the close of the morniug service. Afr. Davia will eingz. —The Rev. . P. Allison will preach morning snd evening at the North-Star Churcl, corner of Division and Sedgwick streeta. —The Res. Dr. Burlingham, of St. Loufs, will resch morming and evening ot the University jace Church, corner of ithodes and Douglas avenses. R —The Rev. Dr. D. . Cheney will preach in the Fourth Church, corner of Washington and Paghna streets, morning and evening. Baptism after the close of the evening service, i —The Rev. Dr. W. W. Everts will presch morn- Ing and evening in the First Baptist Church, corner of Park avenue and Thirty-firet street. —The Rev. Dr. Galusha Anderson will preach morning and evening in the Second Charch, cor-. mer of Morgan and Monroe streets. Moraing sub- ject, **Make Me Thereof a Little Cuke First." Evening, ** Haiting Between Two Opinioas.” The Rev. J. W. Casiis will preach morning and evening in the Michizan Avenue Chusth, sbove Twenty-third Hoam s Hcm:fr_gel. Evening snbject, *‘The £ CONGREGATIONAL, y Prof. F. W. Fisk will preach in th i gnd Miay Fances \Willard will speak in the evens ng, at Plymonth Charch. oo Michigan avenae, be- tween Twenty-ffth and Twenty-sixth streets, Fordhe Rev. E. F. \Williams will preach at the orty-seventh Sireet Church at 10:43 8. m. oz o e, D. X, Vanderveer will preach mom. u‘?n,x!g: and Washington ey, (ke ot Axtland —The Res. George H. Peake will - ing and eveninz In the Leatitt Steaet: Ghanch cobe DEF of Weat Adums. - Evening subject: +*Choosing —The Rev. Dr. Goodwin will preach mornlng and evening'in the First Congregational Charche corner of West Washinston and Ann strects. At 2:45 p. n. the Rev. W. J. Erdman, pastor of the North-Skle Tabernacle, will deliver ‘the (hird of le Talks.” Subject: **Redemp- hia serfes of ++ tion; 1ts Succeasive Revelations.”™ The Chritians will pioss a8 3. - - rhe Christians will nicet at 3 p.m. o, 318 West Chleags avenne, T - ¢ Chapel, —The Kev. Z W. Shephard will presch morning and evening in the First Church, corner of Indlans avenne and Toentr-Ath street - —The Rev. A. J. ite will preach this mornis tn the Centra Chiurch, corner of Van. uren atrees and Campbell avenne. Subject: ** How Shall We Know that We Are the Children of God¥" METHODIST. The Rev. G. H. Adams will preach at the Cen- tenary Charch, on Monroe street. near Morzan, Evening subject: *‘Lessons from the Lifc of - ~There willbe a_pralse meeting in the Flest Cherch, comer of Washington and Clack streets ?p Ei:fi:“ m., conducted by Messrs, Parkhurst an —The Rev. 3. M. Parkhurst w First Charch morning and ,52.‘,x,,§.‘ Breach o e ~—The Rev. Dr.W. C. Willing, pastor, will preach. moralng and crening in the Longley Avenao er o . serviced after regulas ver e et Berival —The Rev. E. M. Boring wi a0 evening at ihe Dixon Sirves CHoa —The Rev. S. McClain will preach mornlng snd evening inthe Park Avenue Church, cornerof Ro- bey street. Ly special request he will deliver his lectnre on ** The Prodigal Son " in the evening. - —The Rev. Dr. Gorney will preach at St. Paal; Church, corner of Newberry avenue and Mazxwell strect. ' Subiects? Morning, **The:Grace af God™3 evening, **The Mercy of God.” ; ¥ —The Rev. John Atkinson will preach morning and evening n Grace Church, Comer of North La- Salle and White streets. Morning sobject: **The ?anlelx_{%n t():l Dé!‘r Sine to God and to Men"; even- ng, **The Condition of Departed e Death and the r‘t)e-nr‘fifuon.?' Losiaetne, _ —The Rev. Dr. Williamson will - ing and evening in the- Michigan Av:;::e%h'!nlg:fi. near Thirty-second streer. Motning and evenizg subject: **The Religion of the Home, " eventhe In Friniy. Chaseh Tcas smormiot sad rening in Trinity urch, In ave Twenty-fourth street. AR e pnd e Eer. B D, Sheppard will presch moming e ‘estern Avenne of Monroe street. €O cgtue MISCELLANEOUS. _Elder A.S. Calkins will preach in the Tabernacle, No. 91 South Green street, morning and evening. —The Rev. H. M. Panyter will preach mornin; and evening at Owsley's Hall, corner of Robey and o Sectanan Dible 3 —The Non-Sectanan Bible Meeting will be hel in Room 15, No. 128 Washington mgget.n 2:301‘ m. Subject: *‘Music in Worship." —The Disciples of Christ meet at No. 220 West Randolph etreet at 4 p. m. All re invited. —Xirs. Cora L. V. Richmond, trance speaker,’ il lecte befors the Fit Socicty of Spiritaalista in Grow's Hall, No. 517 West Madison street, morning and evening. Morning subject and sub- fect for a poem to be chosen by the sudience, vening: ‘*Further Experiences in Spirit Life,™ by Judge Edmonds. he Rev. Mr. Trusdell will preach in the chapel of the Washingtonian Home at3p m. CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK. “Thil dsEP.:ISCO‘P‘Ax:-E iphas —Third Sanday afier . —Cnnver!lgn D’f St. Pm?l.p s morning CATIOLIC, Jan. 21.~Third Sunduy after Epiphany; Ste Agnee, V. ML Jan, 22.—SS. Vincent and Anastasins, MM. Jan. 23.—Espousals of the B. V. M. and St. Joe seph; St. Emerentiana, V. 3. Jan. 24.—St. Timothy. B. M. Jan. 25.—Conversion of St. Paal the Apostle. \Tan. 26.—St. Polycarp, B. 3. Jan. 27.—St. John Chrysoatom, B. C. D. ————— IN MEMORIAM TO P. P. BLISS, (The following poem on the lamented P. P. Bliss ia respectfully mscribed to his fricnd in Racine, H. S. Durand, Esq.,—whose guest he waa duri stay in that city a year ago,—by J. T. Bruse, gregational minister, Milwaukee:} I heve walted for the magic Ot some bard of powscfal song, Who has gentus and affection To pour music on the throng, Kin'to those sweet strains that tonched ns From the harp we c'er shall miss, That went down in Ashtabula In the eoul of P. P. Bliss. SoT touch the harp so tender, Seeking melody from love To the zifted sonl that left us For those reulms of lizht above. Cruel was. the fate that struck thes And thy partner to the deep Of th' abyss of Asbtabala, That movod million eyes to weep. ‘We have shed onr tears of sorrow Q'er the sud catastrophe; But po hand has touched thy genius; Is it left aloue for me? Tatare's hund had gently molded All the elements so fine That in tendcr, #wectest music Flowed in that deep heart of thine, Climbed #o zentle to thy zenith, — ‘Then at poon of nfe took fight (er thy cold brow, Ashtabuls, *Mid the terrors of that mght. Shall we never hear the throbblngs Of that mighty soul again? Ay! 1seem to hear thee ponring Music on my sluggish pen, — “'Gospel-songs ™ dipped in the Savior's Dying love on Calvary, ‘As He poured 1116 1ife of besuty There {n agony for me. Could our teats but quench those fires, Rivera of them suon wonid flow To deter the harp that charmed ns With its heavenly music so! Artthon. loved one, like some Moses, B Buried out of sight by God. ‘That no human eye coald find thee, : T" wet with tears the sacred sod? - Would we, like the Jewish nation, Raise our Moscs from the grave, 3lakc ounscives to think thy muslc Did the sinner's conicicnce save? Art thou like the noble Ridley. Seattered (o four winds of liéaven, ‘That o nation now may claim thee To itself alone thus given? All the world have gentle known thes, Al have felt thy deepest love Beat in strains of holy masic, Kin to songs from Heaven sbove. Did thou go 80 young, Iike Jesus, In the bloom of mankiood's power, Tteaqy when the Mateter called thee, At Hin bidding in that houz? Grandly aid ye die together 1n terrific flames of fire: But then entered brighter chariota "Fo conduct to regions higher. Did the holy angels meet you 3 At the Jordan, 15 of yore, When Elijah took his exit . With them to th' eternal shore? Were they ready to receive you To thase ranks of holy song That do touch the harp that never Loiters with its music long? Did they bid you lead their choir In the masic-world of light? Could you, "mid the thrilling millions Fhat surrvand you all 80 b Was the contraat to your ap Wonderfu! indeed to thee, ' That you could forget us early 1o tuat bright etenuity? May! Methinks Isaw you winging {After the tirst s0ng) your flight Town to kiss your orphan chfidren 1In the depths of the asme might, Folding wings of snowy whiteness Jtound your darling little boys, . Kissing thei, though 0o one heard yom Making o'er thewa any nolse. Ye arc ministering upirits Sent in every darkesthour T0 throw round their gentle natures All yoar blisstel, loving power., Oh! ye were eo lovely living 1n that purity uof light, ¥ Stiining in a world of darkness %elulifnl |i§: .lx.lnj‘ in night! ¥ bat must be the joys that thrid you! What the mudic of lh’c Throne! o Does it mar your peace that loved oues v Are left in this world alone? | s We wilt Jove them tender, tender 3 Bear them on our prayers of faith, ‘fill on snowy wings ye fcich them Uver the dark “hades of Death: We will sing your songs, and tell them How you tonch keys of ihe heart, 'T'o unlock its hidden myst'ri B As those songs did through lmnt. i P'rhiaps in embryotic foldings There may be within their soul More than Moody's powers, or Saukey’s, § That may yet on millions roll! ¥ ' Hush, my harp, lest all thy sorrows Feich them from the other shore! - s String It now to join the anthem 5 With them both for evermore? oo . J.-T. Bavsk “Rome Sentinel: Busluess seems tobe gen~ erally reviving. A man went around at the;. aloons one day last week, trying to s thres' gflm,m for ten cents’ worsh of beb