Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 11, 1877, Page 13

| 'HE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: ‘SUNDAY. FEBRUARY 11, 1877—SIXTEEN PAGES. 1B ~RELIGIOUS. SN eofln‘{ Paper on the Subject E oiaW]mt Is Truth ?’ i R o sition of sthe Doctrines b of Emanuel Swedenborg. b —— i Wy Meeting of the Sunday- grhool Teachers at Far- well Hall. - S e - : jor * Takes a Jubilant W“‘.:‘tvu;grmaody’s Work at Boston. . i 5 ilosophizes on the Moral R i Glas _ [ foral Surgery as Exemplifled in S:F,“flle Caso of Mr. Moody. ‘, e snd Personmals at Home and nxnad*‘ck“"’h Services To-Day- b WHAT IS TRUTH? SECOND PAFEE. Jo the Editor of The Tribune. 60, Feb- 9,—Assuming that therc are esders of THE TriscyE who will be fo- st e more fully the auewer b ibe New Dispensation gives to the above <int, | pmposb,in a serles of articles, to e Jeadive doctrines of the Netw s made known by the Lord from- His Feitotbe Dluminated mind of Swedenborg, i pabliched bY him to the world. Toelimits of 3 pewspaper article prevent so L1 dogdstion of cach doctrine as may be Tbe confirmations from Scripture B;anst be greatly condensed, but it is b will be suflicient to stimnulate every ol rath 1O examine them more at large bk of Swedenborg and the coliateral s of the New Church. And, as my aim Eeoio araw autention 0 these most im- St eerly doctrines, T <ball make no st oriivalits, but shall make free use 3 e mage of others who have written on e spe themes, whenever it s found to ex- Fsmflmsmbe conveyed better than my % e trief tatement of the leading doc- izeeof the New Charch, in the previous article il Sunday’s TRIBUNE, the doctrine first in e geries, and first in importance, is thus ex- Godls one tn essence and _in 'Ferson,gm ~hom o i3 Gistmes 2nd essentinl Trinity, “called in Bewcrdthe Fsther, Som, 2ad lloly Spint, and ¢ Lord Jesus Chnstis his God and the only e onject of worship, ‘The sacred Scriptures constantly insist i the Dot positive laugmace, on the unity of the < | e Being, and never hint at His dwelling in zere percons than one. In the Decalogue the Dnipe Legislator declares, as a necessary pre- Iioary tothe whole, - Thou ehalt buve no we gods before me” (Es., ¥x., 3): And in it sublime condensation ot the substance of gewhole law given by Moses 1n Deuteronomy, srdrepested by Jesus fn the Gospel, the duty o love 10 God s prefaced by tins strict declara- 3 ol Biswity: “Hear, 0 Jsracl, the Lord ¥ mrGodi one Lord® (Deiit, vicy 4; Mark, xii % Amongst many other express declarations tte Divine Unity m the Senaptures, it_will be whident to mention the followinz: + There is at:good but One, that is God™_(Matt., ix. T “Opeis your Father which is in Heaven” (2. xiif, 9). ~ “There is none other God, but Ooe* (1. Cor. will, 4). #God s Oue™ (Gal., E.i)t “There is one_God, and there is noae wher but Te™ (Mark, xii., 32). I am Jehovah, i there is none elec? (2., xiv., 5). “In that % dyrJebovah enall be King over all the earths in % tatdav there shall be one Jehovab, and His 1 eme Goe” (Zech., Xiv., 9). . : kk’?nlsmmm aloue that -lv]e can flndfa;:y f wtain information respecting the nature of the 3 Divine Betne. and the mode of His manifesting Tinself to His ereatures ;- and here we find that God head, A assertthe dninity of Jesus Christ. Thus Isaiah aunounces #2 Biekirth: Unto us a Christ s born, unto us 454 1500 is given: aud the sovernment shall be 4 won His shoulder; and His name siall be call- 74 o Wonderful, Counselor, the Mighty God, the Ivulasting Father, the Prince of Peace®? (15, 1116)-“ Jotn begins his Guspel by declaring: £, “Tu the beginning was the Word. and the 5 Wod was with God, and the Word was God 7’3 od this Word, he preseotly informs us, was wat “was made flesh.” How does this e Divine Being snnounce Himself, after His Emification, o complete union with the Fath- {othic sawe apostle in his vision in the Isle of 53 hitmost I am Atpha and Omega, the Begiu- 3 %60 a0d the Ending, saith the Lord, who i., 3 ith t to His humanity as 8 divinitr, i j v i of gl the auzlic i s O otk ous 1ibe doctrine of the' sole divinity of i‘ifi Christ s alilic free from the- objections ! Teason urzes against the tri-personal sys- xuu, aud from the contrariety toSeripture which SIE‘D apparent in the Unitarian scheme, and Wi 2 h what- delight should it be reccived as the flnj view of divine truth capable of relieving ll,l, mind from all perplexity! It removes all obscurity, all room for doubt, and presents us ;ith an_object of worship on which the un- erstanding can fix itself, and which the heart cap embrace with all its best affections. i beu:% thus clear that the Father is not a istinet Person from the Son, nor the Son from lslm Father, it will readily be seea that the Holy T)Inl. cannot be a Person_distinet Irom either. The passage in Jobn, xx., 22, where, when Jesus wus giving their commission to His desciples, RHe‘ breathed on them, and saith unto them, ceeive ye the Holy Ghost,” affordsall the dem: oustration that can be desired - azainst the sepa- rate Y)crsuna]ity of the Holy Spirit. Could a Di- vine Perenn be infused into the persons of the disciples by breathing¢ How evident it is, from thie siznificant. action of the Lord, Lhat the Holy § ‘\‘;n. :; d\ :D‘I.J:l:c ulb di:‘ir&e life pmfi‘tcding‘ from N niering by influx into the he: munds of Mis faitirful people! i gl The view then of the Divine Trinity which clears the subjuct from all perplexity i5 brictly this: By the Father, when mentioned in Serip: ture, is not_meant a God distinet from Jesus Christ, but Iis inmost principle of divine life, answering (to compare things jafinite with things finite) to the soul in man. By the Sonis not meant a Divine Being eparate from the Father, but the manifested form of the Divine Esseuce, answering to the body i man. And by the Holy Spirit s uot incaut a Divine Person distinet from both, but the operating life or fo- fluence of the Divine Essence and Divine Form in union, answering to the operating faculty in man, or the influence which he exercisas upon persons and things within his sphere of action. Thus the whole Divine Trinity centres in the one undivided person of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the Fatner, Son. and Holr Sorit no more form three Divine Persons thansoul, body, and oper- ation, fo cach of us, form threc persons. As God made man in His own image and likeness, the finite trinity in man_must be an image and like- ness of the Infinite Trinity in God. It thus dearly appears that if we would have cternal life we must come unto the Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ, for “ He hath the words of ct;cmfll life.” He Himself declares, *1am the Resurrection and the Lite; he that believeth in Me, though he were dead. yet shall he tive: and e that_believeth in Me ‘suall never die” (John, xi., 26). Let us then o to the Lord Jesas Cirist, the manifested Jehovah; let us with deep roverence and humflity seek divine instruc- tion-irom Him in Mis Word, aud implore His divine guidance in all we thiuk, will, or doj let us yield our hearts and hands to His service, and devote all our powers to Him, who is alone worthy to receive glory, honor, might, majesty, and domivion, for everand ever. Then shatl we realize the cxultation of the fuitnful, as de- scribed by the prophet, when he exclnims, and it stall be said in that day, So this is our God! we have wated for Him, we will be glad and rejoice in His salvation * (Isa., Xxv., 9). Larmyiax. B3'¥lo was, and who is 10 come, the Almighty fler 1.6 He here assumes 10 uimselrv.h{ B{,fllbsn_ntg names and attributes of Deity. Now, if it isan undeniable truth that God is A 2% andit it is equally certain that. -Christ is §0, the conclusion_jsthat He is God alone, ,;lwhm 38 the conclusion_ s, lest man should k K\o artive at it. God, in His Word, has drawn for bim. The Lord Jesus Christ bias always e acknowledged as the Bridezroom and fostand of His Church and the Redecer of e }:flnk: but_the prophet lsaiah (or rather ¢ Lond by bim), sddressing the Church, pro- o) Thy Maker is thy Husband, Jehovah 1o, nsols {s Tlis name, and 1by Redecmer is the i Ouoof Iemmel: the Gou Of the whole carth ll He be called * (Isa., liv., 3); whenee it is A thatthe Redeemer, Jesus, is the mreat Wzla érh! Maker u::idk God of ail t.ht’t; carth. passaeres, alike testifying the glori- fi?fi n":f the C”‘“flf a;)d Reu:cm‘;:tnfic the 2 ivine Being, and, of course, 1] o in- ¥hom both characters are united is the only i T may p¢ adduced from the prophets. Thus 5 2 w:]-\h saysagain by Isafah: **There is no - e beside Meza just tiod and a Savior. s vonc beside Me.~ Look unto Me and be 8 1 mved, all the ends of the e earth, tor I am ) ‘zlg.d,md there is none else” (Isa., Xiv- 22 22 To Tam Jehorah thy God. the Holy One of 5wy, w;r!imfi; (Isa., sliik., 3). “5, even I Cersei. ides Metnere s Do vamj ox e 20d many other passages which lack of g im m‘:fll: prevents quoting, demoustrate by iembst conclusive evidence that Jehovah aud e e one aud the same Divine person—ihc " 2ad only true God. ; Tupo iy 28 o person of Jesus and the ey be inferred from a great number of sy b s o the Evangelists, but in the follow- fl-“m;;xnmsfly etated: ~Iand my Fatber P mm(luhn, x,30). ¢ He thatseeth Me i Ahat 'seat Me » (sil,, 43). © Jesue =~ unto him, I am the way, and the truth, s e. No man cometh unto the Father 3.4"-"{(0.., xiv., 6). This is a plzin dec- . T0 one can have npy commubica- 3 %""&h the Father (or Divine eravoce), except the f proaching Him as dwelling in the Son (or e Humanity): but to male it stil elearer, Divine Epeaker adds: * 1f yo had_ known B lm“ ¢hould have known my Father also; and nh,,l‘u"fl, :l‘eflg_ se know ifim, and have scen m el 7). e oerer, as this assertion i, the dis- w: Trsent @100 many of their successors at the 4 th!. did not” readily receive it. but still Gqana an idea of a Divine Beigz out of and Ty o from Jesus; wherefore tPhilip saith - i@, Lord, show us the Father, and it ‘fi“’ us? (Ver.5). Butinastyle that im- 7% Teproof for their dullness of apprehcusion STNDAY-SCHOOL TEACHERS. THE PARWELL HALL NEETING. | The.mtendencoat the Sandyyaschool teach- ers’ meeting at. Farwell Hail yesterdsy noon was large, and the proceedings were of the usual interesting character. Dr. R. C.. Biackall was the leader, and the Rev. Mr. Spencer con-- ducted the singing. The meeting opened with the hymn, ¢ Halle- Iujoh, ’tis done.” The Rev. M. M. Parkhurst followed with prayer. Dr. Blackall then introduced the subject, ¢Elijah and the Prophets. of Baal.” "T. Kings, xvili., 19-29. 1le said the King and the prophict had changed places. He who was the King in name liad become the subject, and Elijsh was exalted. They might conzratulate themselves on the wisdom of the Lesson Committee, which had split up this subject into two parts; the whole was tov much for onc day’s study, and it would be well to think a week over the first part. before taking up the srand facts embraced in the second. Ile sugmested that the lesson should be di vided into three parts: First, the opening verses under the ltead of the gatherinz of the people. No time need be spenton geography; they did not know where the precise Iocation of the events record- ed was. It was enough to say that it occurred somewhere on Mount Carmel. There were turee classes of prophets named. The word < prophet ™ was used as indicating @ teacher. Tle sccond division of the lesson might include verses 21 and 24, and might be called Elijah’s challenze to the prophets of Baal. 1t also in- Cluded his appeal 1o the peopie, which was of Imore covsequence Lo them than the challenge, Dbecause it was the _central and pivot- al point of the lesson. b was na nunority as far as man was concerned, but he had the Lord on bis eide, and, therefore, had a “predominance of strength. The prophet wanted & fair test of the power of the different Gods, hence the wminuteness of the conditions jsted upon. The speaker did not question shelict of some people in God, but that disbelief did not alter the fact of His existence. e bad no doubt that gome of the prophets be- Jieved in Baal, and therefore cricd out for his in- .cssion, believing that the god would an- When it was cvident that their prayer not be answered Elijah made his sarcas- tic allusions to the impoteney of their zod. >He (Dr. B.) did not know how far it was well to fol- low the prophet’s sarcasm. There _might be times when it would be justitiable, but on the whle it was better niot to cmploy {annts of this description. The questions pre- gented by the lesson were how far, they could iz the searching guery of Elijuh: “How long will ve halt between tywo opinions,” and the ut- ter insutliciency of any but Jehovah 1o auswer prayer 4 it A man, who mistook the object of the meet- ing. and told toe audience the glorious work Jesus was doing in the Northwest. e wound uy by asking the young mnen present whether Uhey were on“the Toad to Heaven, or whether thev still stuck to their beer and wine. The Hev. Mr. Parkhurst said the word halt pad a very.apt meaning as used by tue prophet. “The illustration back of the English was 3 bird hopping from one branch to snother. They Swanted to jmpress on their scholars the great unhappiness caused by besitaney. A person buried In sin bad far more Dappinezs than 2 doubting Christian. X brother remarked on the significance of the 7,000 who kept their moutbs closed. If the devil could riot prevent men from becoming Chris- Hians, his next move was to kesp their ‘mouths Hiheod. Evervthing that was done fn the lesson was to jmpress the people that they had de- parted from the worship of the true God. I ey could ouly go out »s Elijah and confess Christ in this giu-cursed world. God wowld bless their efforts o the salvation of souls. The Rev. Mr. Fletcher would tuke a bird’s-ere view of tne wholechapter, 2nd epcnd a great deal of time in explaini lie wonderful miracle re- corded in the next lesson. He wonld then azk the scholars if it was more wonderful for God to convert 2 soul than to create a world. The voung man who came cussin; and swearing into B tidy, and wanted to curse God as having Ao e hothing for hin, was u greater miracle then tmis. This youns man wae struggling st the light—that was tne key of 1ke whole matter. He, howerver, was converted in.afew days, and Was now Iaboring effectually in the ’s vineyard: Lo sD".‘ ‘vSJaqus would call the attention of {he scliolars to the fact that no answer was ever received from a false zod, no matter how or by whom he might be invoked. The next thing he Wouid do would_ b to_go througli the answers by firc recorded in the Scripture, and point out What a fearful thing it was to receive such an Nnewer if they were ou the right side. The Rev. Mr. Spencer said two classes of per- sons were aimed at in the lesson. First, the procrastinating siuner, who- was convineed, and Dot would not obeys and the other the non- 3O mgttal Christian. ‘There s no greater danger in the world than that whichi encourased Young converts in_concealing the fact of their salvation. They wanted more of Elijuh’s out- m:'it;mm“h’ him, Have I been €o long ‘nrmm,,f",‘ye ana yet hast thou mot knowii ] f e that luth eccn Me bath scon “ the A ow sayest thou then, OW Us t};m:en" Fer.9). Itis impossible to ¢on; iamore decided terms the error of those Yok they can find any real object of thow Ip_out of and separate from Jesuss or to af gaore clearly that in Him resides thswhole ngg-‘:;, and that oulé)fdflxm nothing of 1 or apprehended. ;Dultitade of passaces micht pe quoted e Epistles and the Revelations contion- great eentral truth; there are also some “lebcs 0 which the Divinie Delug s spokeu of all g Waich imply duslity or triplicitys in . Qulipy instances we are not to understand 3 ,Mwmmlmv of persons, but"of essential Zether es in the Divine Nature constituting to- \Rether one Person. i ¥e ind, from an attentionto the old und :d,m"f_hmms in a1l their parts, that Jesos is Mflmt He and the Father are Une, rinuch that whoso sceth the Son secth the n.,..uv]“utue is over all, God blessed for- Thingott He fs the Creator and Sustainer of all by and for Himseli; that He is God man- the flesh; that Heis the First and the 45 . i g = g g " [ g kel ristisnity io this world. ng‘f:e“rcnh ' more remarks- from the leader, he mecting closed- 3100DY IN BOSTON. HOW HE ATTACKED THE ISM3. The Interior. 1f there isFone charge Bostenians more vig- orously resest than aoy other, it is that they arcnot pecatiar. . The nature or tendency of the Ism is of o great concernt {o-them, so only it beconceded. Mr- Moody therefore plunged straieht into- the midéle: of flgc.homct’s nest when in his opening words he denicd Boston pe- culisrity, "and offensively lumped t}lcm with other people, and declared Boston sinners had the “same old natare ™ which all sinners had. Till he came to this sentence we.are told bewas rezarded with mild and complacm?t gurlosu_v, ‘put, that shot put. an _end to the indifference. We imagine astonishment wak the prevailing fecling, that ope who “lurs the ings ™. should “have the audacity to deny the third epecial cat~ egory which the ¢ Hub? reserves for itself. Salnts, sinners, and Bostonians has to them so Jong been the classification of humanity, that *to seca man -with one daring blow strike out the third class, was stazgering beyond anything over delivered tou Boston audience.. With no words of conciliation for the * pcculinr people,” with emphatic assertion that between them and other sinners there is no difference, Mr. Moody aflirmed that * Godjeould shake Bos- 1on as easily as a mother shakes her child. Then touching the skepticism of that city, he ap- proached it not witn kid gloves of dainty ac- knowledmments, not with any consciousness of its claims or any words apologetic for during to confront, it. he mentioned it only to say infidel- ity in B n was no obstacie to God. In the very midst of their pride and their ‘philosophy, e planted the Yoctrine of depravity common to all, and the power of God sutficient for all. The gkepticlsm of that city of learning and culture is met in a novel wa) timents Ehey have been aceustomed to—and patronizingly wait for them—dcference they are used to, and treat it with freezing politencss—but to be thus bluatly confronted; with God, and to have His presence end the controversy, to be set down among common sinpers, andto be told their only hope isin a cry for mercy—was & measure of_audacity for which philosophy had no reply. Perhaps the richest cstimate as to Mr. Moouv’s cffect on Boston is by an actute mn'cslmndenr. of Tue TRIBUNE of thiscity. He sags “neither Mr. Hale or Phillips Brook nor any other nan of experience and culture expects that Messrs. Moody dnd Sankey will touch the pure- 1y philosophic minds—thdt is, the cultivated. adicals.” And then, by way of reading the cvangeifst a lecture on philosophy, be adds: %AVith the common _ misunderstanding of his type of mind, Mr. Moody makes the mistake of classing all the minds, which, led by ecientific or philosophical ~research, deny nothing, while they refuse auj absolute belicf of any creed, with the positive nubelievers. The positive unbelieveris not of the philosophical order of minds, as a more careful acquaintance with them would very clearly ehow.” This amusing distinction between doubt and disbe- lief illustrates the atiitude of the New England Athens. Mr. Moody’s offense is that he classes the poised doubter Wth the committed infidel. How in vain such fair distinctions to an obtuse nind that sees no farther into the philosophy of the thing the lizht of an old preacher's word will show the way. “He that believeth shall be saved; he that believeth not shall be damned.” Let the eritics give it up. Sad as _may be the confession, the analysis of forms of donbt to a mau who clumnsily gus the cultured doubter who denies nothing, and the blatant inildel to the eame category of sin and destruction, is really casting pearls before swinc. And then the mistake, we are assured, is common with all that class of minds. Itis very common. with all who believe: that uegative and positive skepticism are alike without hope, and- that from a state ot mental hostility or oueof mental balance nloof equally from from faith and in- fidelity, there is only onc salvation, and that 15 positive tnith in Jesus Christ. Since the day when au obscure man &tood on Mars' IIill, waiting till the clamor of * What will this babbler say$” had subsided, and then to stoical doubters on .ome side, who were too proud to deny anything, and to the Epicurean atheists, too proud to belfeve anything. on the other, preached Jesus and the resurrection, we think of no finer picture of the coutrasts of faith an‘t doubt thun Boston now presents. May thie result be even more glorious. ~ There will be many who wiil mock. There will, as at Athens, be the patrons of scholarly curiosity, who will want 4o hear of it azain to salve the problem Irom & critical standpoint. There will also, we ‘doubt not, be many a Dionysius and Damarig “'l:g will belicve unto the salvatiou of their souls. d SWING UNDER BLUE GLASS. IS MEDITATIONS AND CONCLUSIONS. The Allfunce, TWell, here we sit comfortable enough, and, for all we know, bealtk is pouring into our mortal frame at such a rate_ that death may be kept back a hundred years. Aswhite lizht possesses a marvelous power, and carries all the vegetableand animal kingdom in its infinite arms, painting the roses, sud the peaches, and the wrass, and the cheek of the maiden, and the soldier, from Greenland to Spain, even so may blue light possess an unspeakable virtue, aud be able to check, obliterate, and sink to oblivion disease and weakpess, and even melaucholy iteelf, and make death a very remote contingen- ¢5. Whokuows? But if blue glass comes at all into this suffering world, it will of course be met with derision. The crowd which lauzhed until it nearly dicd over the first steamboat, and which mocked at the idea that a railway could compet¢ witly a canal, and- that a city ‘could be liehted with as, and that men could send mes- sazes to cach other by lightning, is not dead yet, nor done laughing; and when a pale suf- Terer hangs up the blue strips that same crowd, with its eternal grin, will comne along and point up to the windowand gigele. Hence. one should experiment coutiously, and. if possible, put up is cerulean flint in the ceiling of his attic, and experiment away from the maze of the skeptical aad the laugh of the profunc. Under the influence ot vain and toolish scruting the soul would feel so uncomfortably that what the blue light mizht be doing without the body, ihe mental unmrest within mizht be undoing. The benevoleut azure tight should fall upon a body in which dozes a peacetul soul. ~As time, years, or generations pass away, the glass in de- ate ¢can emerze from seclnsion, and’ then one cau sit, under it in peace; and in that day each faumortal being on earth Will carry, in summer- time, 2 blue umbrelln with a blue pune in its. Zenith, that this colored Tay may emite the nose or face as each walka® Conclusion Firet—For the .present let the ex- periments be conducted away from the “public vulzar observation. . A physician of great care and refiection has just, sibmitted another reason for modesty in 1he use of this translucent medium. It is this: Perhaps the mental and physical growth sceured in this new style will not be of a good quality. A lady who hiad_caten grapes fram the hot- bouscof Gen. Pleasonton declared them to be jmmensely larze, but not atall sweet. Man Is us agrape. llcnee, If_one must lose in quality what, lie ains in appetite or duration, let one stand by quality and sit under the old-fashioned glass. Who wishes to expose himself to an in- fluence that will wake him flourish wremendous- Iy for wwhile, but which will maie his friends put lini down at last us ad_insipid old pulp One would better die a year or 4wo short of fourscore tha to live » Kind of jelly-fish life. Conclusion Second—One should call his fricnds 10 once in tvo weeks and demund of them a candid opinion about the quality of new r%mmnmm one is thus drawing down from the skies. "A novelist has called, e says that girls which gusli most do uot love Topz. = Love me Jittle, love me long.” He fears that health bullt up under bluc glass will all o to the middle of next week sooner thia health built up by walk and work in the white atmosphere. He eays: RBeware of the irl that piles on adjectives. She is blue glass. The reserved wirl will wear longer. ~A liberal clereyman_hos” come up into the attic. He fears that health sained under. blue qass will prove like the religion gottenat a Rloody mecting, # come-easy-go-easy kind of thing. He declares he has known someof these couverts {0 do up all their praying in thirty days and then cheat the washwoman or move away from the confiding grocer with the usual financial good-by. He prefers Chris- tians who have sat under thecommion slow glass of the olden period. While these reflections were takine place, we sat long cnough for once. We feared overdoing ihe iifog. ~We remem- bered the preacher who prayed for rein and overdid the work, much to the indignation of his deacon who lived in low ground. i Conclusion Third—Let us invest slowlv'in blue gluss. Leb the poor bur flour, and meat, and . dlothes, for these are certainly zood -for health; and. lct the rich, who have a few spare dollars, worl out this problem for us all. Mezn- while, Nature's old-fashioned white light is an awiul good thing and amaziugly cheap. SUPERNATURAL SGRGERY. THT: MIRACLE TO MOODY’S LLG. The Cinclnnati Commercial has evolved the following story, which it tells with skepticism and an illy-concealed wink qnd grin, which shows how much Moody will be needed in the Greasy City—after the packing season: 1t is stated In the ‘mewspapers that Mr. Moody, the. evaugelist, does not concur with most theolo- ginns in the belief that miracles ceased with the Spostolic age, and that hie has the most convincing Teaeon for diragreeing with them in his own pur- Fonal cxperience. The naturc of this experience he reloted in une of his Chicago addresses, nccord- jug to the newspaper from which we derive our in-, formation. According to this version, abont the time he bezan Lis cvangelical Iabore, be was an- noyed by the inequality of s legs. One was ehoreer titan the other. 'This guve him a haltinz gnit, which he wonid not have minded had it not been that in standing so much on_ his fect, and Wth hls avoircupots reeting 2o unfairly upon one of hie supports, he was esceedingly - wearied and fometimes suffercd great pain. He'had not the pemaverance of St. Simon_Stylites, who, mounted o alofty pedestal; stood voluniarily upon one le 20 long that the -other withered, snd he goine what he_sought—the reputation of the ‘greatest Ssint of bis tme. o Ar. Moody had 10 ambition of that sort. Te wanted to be about his Master's businees of eaving. souls, and this inequality of legs interfered with his parpose. So, one_night, the story funs, he ‘made the unfair distribution of his members the burden of his complaint—carryine his case, in point of fact, to the Supreme Lantty and laging the facts Defore the Lord for imnfediate consideration. Ihis _statement of his case, a< ziven i his_own words, according to our informant, was simple enough, End it wos stmaightforward und manly. ~Before getting Ito bed he said: **Well, Lord. I can Stand this, bat if you want me to 6o your work you st give me. two zood legs to_do'it withi™ and- withont more ado he crept under the blankets. When he swoke in the morning be found the ine- quality zone; his legs were cven, and hebad to Consult & shoemaker to have Lis boots altggad to suit the change of conditions. ‘Now—nand nesuming that this statement is trae, as avouched by the newspapers—one cannot but f1dmire its trugting simplicity nnd_reasonableness. 3t wae, 20 to speak. bringing the Lord to terms at once. "IfMr. Moody had a mission—and it is now generally conceded that he hid—and wag to do a feal rervice, ot only to perishingsoals, but to the Supreme Being, who, We ure tauzht, desires noth- int 80 much a3 recouclliation with 'His oflending aud wicked children, it can hardly be thought to be an unrcasonablo thing on the part of Mr. Moody to fsk thathe bc physically qualified, as he was morally snd mentally_endowed, for the work be- Tore him." Hence the supersatural surgery by .which two, nnequal things were made equal Lo ench other, The case of Jonah -when - dispatched fo Nineveh to warn the people of fmpendini destruction was , totully diflerent. Jonait fad miscivings ns 'to the success of hix mis- wion, and_ possibly feared for bis personal eafely. Bat even Jomah was made fhe sibject of one of the most marvelous miracles recorded in Holy Writ. _ Whon he attempted 10 es- ape froin the work set before him, & great com- motion of the elements arose. agaiust swhich the Faflors strugiicd vainly. They rizhtly muessed that he was the_cause of the disturbance, and pitched him overbonrd, when a great whale, pro- Tided for the accasion, eaved him from u_watery Zrave. Jonah ld Lime to_consider his situation Tunder the protecting: ribs of the whale, and duly Tepented, \wherenpoi he was cast upon dry land, and went about his businees. 1lc had then.no Miore piisgivings'of his success as a preacher than 1148 Mr. Moody. The zreat dillerence between the 1wo cases 1svapparent ot a glance. Jonsh was nysically and otherwise qualified, Lut wsnted aith. Moody was physisally disqunlifled, theouzh 10 fault of Iin own, but neither lacked faith nor Willingness to work. Hence we was in . position to dictate terms. . RELIGIOUS MISCELLANY. TIIE CHURCH 1§ GENERAL. . A 2ood Scotchman has ‘counted the promises in the Bible and linds the number 1o be 30,000, any ono of which is a heritage worth possessing, but all may be ours. Last Sunday Bishop Fallows received into St. Paul’s (Reformed) Episcopal Church. thirty- three persons. Most of these came from the Protestunt Episcopal Church. There is another large class ready for receptiou. ¢ Watchi-night " services, alter the Methodist pattern, have been adopted by the Anglican churches iu London kmown as * advanced.” AIr. Spurgeon also held a watch meeting in his tabernacle on New-Year's Eve. It was attended by a great crowd. The Sccretary of the Presbyterian Board of Relief for Disabled Ministers states that the poverty of many of the fumilies aided by the Board Isso extreme that they gge obliged to anticipate their appropriationsin order to ob- tain the bare necessaries of life.” X Tweuly-two persons were nmmma to full membership io the Fourth Unitarfth Church on Sunday last. This little society, of which the Rev. J. T. Sunderland is pastor, has grown won- derfully since their removal to the new quar- ters at No. 789 Cottage Grove avenue. ‘Bishop Andrews is to preside at the aunual meeting of the preachers of the Mcthodist Epis- copal Mission Churches in Italy, to be held in Rome, commeneing March 7. Fifty persons were on Christmas received into full connections at glc % Military " Methodist Episcopal Church at ome. The . Congregational Charch has sisty-four astors in the State of Vermont—one less than t vear. During the year six have becy in- stalled and_seven dismissed. The longest sct- tled acting pastor in the State I8 the Rev. C. B, Drake, who has entered on the forticth year of his pastorate at Royalton. Dr. Blackall has_been. ¢ogazed in collectinx and eollating the Baptist statisties of Illinvis for the ust of the General Association. e hus made pretty thorough work of it, and gives, as the figures of the denomination, 40 associations, 884 churches, 61,166 members. He tells us tlmt,ngt thiese there are 35,324 males and 24,842 temales. Mrs. Cady Stanton relates how she with other Tadies educated a young man for the Presbyte- rian ministry, bad given Lim & new suit, a bea- ver hat, and all the cteeteras pertaining to the ministerial gurb, and, of course, were all agoz to hear their protege preach. Imagine their dismay and disgust when the younz man an- nounced the text: *Let your women keep si- lence in the churches, for - it is not permitted unto them to speak.” = A branch of the English Church Union having adopted a regolution in relation to the case of Mr. Tooth, .in which it is declared that any fentence of fubibition pronounced by any court itting under the Public Worship Regulation is_* gpiritually null and void,” and that any minister _disregarding inhibition will be sustaivedby the Church Cnion, Bishop - Words- worth has written a letter disupproving of such position. He contends that the authority of the Crown over all clergymen of the State Chureh is unquestionable. A lady giving an account of Sunday-schools in New York s that Mrs. Isabella Graham started the first modern Sunday-setiool in New York City at ** Greenwich,” and.soon all the denominations bad their own. Theywere called chiureh sehools, and were not, strictly speaking; Sunday-schools. She_thinks that the pupils were at first chicfly orphans of thc Revolution- ary. War, and werc cducated by the various chiurches, and had their own catechisms and church forms, observed some unilormity of dress, and were counted charity scholars. Jerusalem contains about 8,000 or 6,000 Jews; there are more in North Africa than in Judea.” In Italy and Spain there are very few. In Great Britain they are in the proportion of one in 1,000; in France, four in 1,000: in Switzerland there are 7,000: in Germany, including Alsuce, Lorraine, and the Polish provinces. 512,003 in ‘Austria, 1.376,000, one-third of them occupying Gallicia, of whose population they will be a ma- jority before long,"at the present rate of jn- trease; in Russia there arc 1,820,100; in the old Kingdom of Poland Jews ure 18 per vent of the popiilation, and are over 35 per cent in Warsaw. The extent to which the practice of helping oung candidates for the ministry with money L regarded as an open question is'shown in the publication by the_Evangelical Educational So- Tiety (Protestant Episcopal) of a pamphlet in shich are two essays, taking opposing views. “Thr: question is thus stated: “Does it tend to destroy the manliness of the ministryto extend ceuniary uid to candidates for Holy Orders!” };he Rev. Dr. Washburn, of New. York, arzuea the affirmative; the Rev. lsacc Gibon the nega- tive. Of thesc essays, the Clorrch Journal says that “each writer has presented all the argu- ments on his side.” The Rev. C. D. Helmer's new charge, the Tompkins Avenue Congresational Church of Brooklyn, is reported to be in a prosperous con- dition. The annual report recently made estab- Yisbed the fact that, aiter six months spent in searching for a pastor, eight months spent in discovering and remedying tho fuherent defects in the church auditorium, and, four months of practical work (all being attended by heavy expense),” the society had grown Jargely in membership, the Sabbath-school bad grown to be one of the larzest and most flourishing in the ity, and the clurch commences tLe current Veat entircly frec from debt and with an fucome that the Trustees contidently expect will meet the current expenses of the ensuing year. It is also stated that Mr. Helmer has voluntanly re- duced his sakiry $2,000. 2 Tt has been frequently asserted that the Poly- nesians are slowly dying out. The Rev. Dr. Inglis, of the New Hebrides Presbyterian Mis- sion, reporting on the death-rate in Aneityum, says for seven yearsthe ‘populationof that island has been decreasing. In the first’ balf of 1516 the deaths and_births were equal. Insome of the other islands of the group the peopio are slowly increasing, and_ D Inglis believes that, under the influence of Christianity, this will soon be the case in Ancityum. The people of this island are distinguished for tueir devotional cheracter, says Dr. Inglis. -* It is far casicr to get them to pray. sing hymus, hear sermons, and read the iptures than to be truthful, honest, chaste, and_unsclfish.” They sre very liberal. ‘They contributed last yearabout £2,000 orth of arrowroot, and they cheerfally pay $1 for a copy of the New Testament. - Prot. Morris, of Cincinnati, says in_regard to the meeting of the Presbyterian Alliance at Edinburg this yeay, that the Special Committce of the Northern General Asseinbly has selected several prominent ministers and ‘elders as dele- ‘rates to the Allianice, who will prepare papers to e read before the Alliance. The whole number of delegates from the Presbyterian bodies in the United States and Canada will be nearly 100. Dr. Blakie, of Edinburg, eaid recently that the ‘prospect of -a ‘large attencance of delegates is . "“From the Cape of Good Hope Le had Teceived 2 communication that the Dutch Re- formed Church had appointed a worthy rcpre- sentative.. On the Continent there was great interest in the movement. There was good reason to think that Prof. J. J. Van Oosterzee, D. D., of Utrecht, oneof the ablest theologians- in Hotland, would come. - Prof. Godet.gy. D.y of Neuchatel, one of the most able French-writ- ing divines of the present day, was expected; and hie thought it was likely that Dr. de Pres- gense, of Paris, would ‘ulso ‘come. There was some difitculty about Germany, as the Protest- ant churches’ there could not be enrolled under the title Reformed Presbyterian Churches; but a proposal was 8t present. under consideration whereby they might send associates who -might take part in the mectings, although' they were not formally memnbers. iu the same way rep- resentatives might be sent by other churcbes 1n Great Britain so that the" interest might be ENTRAL CHURCH PRAYER-MEETING. The Central Church have just.made another at indicates -their desire to meet the ‘demands of their -congregation. They leted arrangements for renting Hall for_their Wednesday evening ugs, which will provide Them with odious, central, and _convenient ¢ enjoyed. These among the most largely attended of auy ever beld in Chicago, and this new arraugement will still further add to their interest and power. Being directly across the street Theatre, where their Sunday it will be more convenient for their communion gervice than the Methodist Church Block, where these services have been heretofore held. L. FQOTH DECLARED INX CONTEMPT. * ‘The London papers of Monday, Jan. 15, con- tain the declsion of Lord Penzance against the Rev. Arthur Tooth, Rector of . St. James’ as well as reports of an out- ¢h, and of the quarters than they have befor iyer-meeting: nteresting and s have been t from McVicker’s services are held, Church, Hatcham, door meeting held near the chur services on Sunday, the 14th inst. the, Dean of the Arches (Lord Penzance) held & court in the public library of Lambeth Palace. Q.-C., and Mr. Benjamin Sh peared for the promoters of the suit azainst . Tooth. The reverend gentleman was ot :sented, nor did_he deign to put in an ap- Lord Penzance, alter hearing argu- ment, gave a lengthy decision. in which he pro- nounced Mr. Tooth contumacious, and in con- tempt for disobeying the fnjunction ssucd by the court, and directed the judgment to be si niied to the Coart of Chancery, with a view his imprisonment. The decision concluded as Dr. Stephens, r. Tooth, therefore, denies the authority of the in the Kingdom who, subject toreview and fflmfl nl; onsequently, regare he. Jndgments and only existing courts o appeal, have any power rocecdings, and 1 cannot, ¢ is claim o immunity from ders of thisConry 28 anything ghort of a claim to be himself the judge of the ritual which toe ruyer-book has prescribed. ng that I know of to preven further apptoach to the ritual Church of Rome, if he can persunde himself that oze of the prayer-book admits of it. d to the supoosed libels on the Court, to Steplicns has referred, the Court would, 1 think, be hyperentical if it saw in anythinz that he said'a libel noon it. A court ehonld not be over zealous in vindicating itself against improper lan- guuge or unjust charges. all courts Jies in the xenet If o, there is noth- t him from a still of the unreformed The true protection of ral estimation and respect in which they arc held, and that estimation fe not, 1 think, imperiled by anything which has fallen from M. Toota. 1 have 6nly toadd thst Mr. Tooth muet pay‘the costs of this application. MKS. VAN COTT'S 600. The Widow Van Cott has closed her remarka- ble series of revival meetings in the West Thir- ticth street Methodist™ meeting-house, New York. Fifteen hundred persons found sitting and_standing room in the church, and at least 2,000 were unable to gain admission at the last A squad of police officers kept the ople in order. In opening the ser- ev. Dr. Corey, the pastor of the church, sald that theatre managers had offered the widow Van Cott $500 & week to go on the stage, but that she had indignantly declined all The widow told the story about the rich man Gathering her skirts in her hand dizsdainfully the rich man passed by Lazarug, the poor beggur, who was at ate waiting for the crumbs from the table. he iliustrated the rick man enjoying his sumptuous dinncr, aud puffed out her clieaks to show the effect that good living had npon him. She said: *“But the time came for the rich man to die, and he went to the placc of torment.” Mrs. Van Cott illustrated the deatn strugelos of Lazarus, and then shc sh the anpels took Luzarus in their arms and car- ried him to Tieaven. She stooped and made a Lazarus_from the ground, Tn visid language she King down from Heaven stie showed how gesture as of raising 2nd bearing hi_away. described the beggar lool into Hell, and sceing the rich man begging for water to cool his parched tongue. At the close of her sermon an ol bym was sung, und an invitation Was tiie anxious ones to go to the went, forward that” there w. them around the altar railine. converts made by M as_not room for The number of Van_Cott's vreaching was incressed to nearly 600. Many of the von- verts were taken into the Cburch on In addition to the mecting hel church prover, Teld In the vestry, overlow meeting was and_Mrs.. Van Cott divided her attentign beiween the two meetings. a coileetion, 3500 was preseated Cott as a reward for her *labors in the Lord’s” PERSONAL. The health of Bishop Whittingham, of Mary- land, is measurably Jmproving. * The Res. C. C. Penick, Bishop-elect (Protest- ant Episcopal) of - Cape Palmas. Afriea, will be conscerated at Alexandria, Va., Feb. 13. The Rev. Mr. Chichester, the newly-called pastor of the Eighth Presbyterian Church, is expected to oceupy that pulpit one week from Archbishop Blanchet, of Oregon, is the oldest Catholic pricst m the United States, being now over 80 years of age, but still active in ccclesias- The Third Presbyterfan Church of has extended a unanimous call to the Rev. Samuel H. Kellogg, formerly amissionary at Allababad, India. 1 The Rev. Charles William Turoer has re- elgned the charge of St. John's, Long Island and besun work as Rector of St. Mat- Bishop of the Reformed Men- i3 dead. He wasa native of Penneylvuniz and son-ficlaw of Bisho] fouuder of this branch of the Mepuon! ‘Alexis Caswell, who recently died at idence, at_the aze of S Brown University from resident of the institution - Danicl Masser, nonite Church, his residence in Provid years, was u Profe: 1325 fo 1564, and P Trom 1865 to 1872. Cardinal_Mezzofao| Father Bollig. ti has met his equal in y appointed to the office (jan of the Vatican Basilica, at Rome, who is said to be able to converse fn fifty-two longuages. ames B. Stmmons, D. D., has been District Secretary of the 1 have especial ary U , aud wil sionary Union, aud wil T aiten, and Phila- the Citics of New York, delphis, with their suburbs. Samuel Earo, of Grand Rapids, o charge of St. Andrew on.Aoril § prox. Mr. Earp very d being made Bishop of the f Michigan when the old Mich., will taks N. Y. Darrowly escape Western Diocese of diocese was divided Mrs. Duburst Baltimore in the Met nttracting large audiences. is laboring as an evangelist in ethoaist Protestant churches, The Methodist, de- vs: “Ascrows flock 1 "Baltimore Methodists ton cornfield, emoti 5t & services and follow after Turry to witness novel imported evangelists. A writer in the Sunday- seribes the appe: founder of the extel Down, near the C and tall, full six fect high, soldier under his 7 Black frock coat, close to his white crava slightly tinged with is very noticeable, a1 School Times thus de- eorge Muller, the usive ofphanagesat, he stands crect as & Ile wears a loug, and a black vest t. His black hair is but His Germsn accent s ministerial tone in d gs his ministerial costume.” i Piymouth Brethren.” cak of the Pope as fectly well, except rucd with the Christmas Fear receptions. His Holi- an amusing and humble It was & most speaking s marke Mr. Maller belongstothe Some of the journals Ep! suffering in health; that he is a little fat ccremonluslmél i\’ e\wi- ss b ost_lately e anton,hi hug’n Dbiack eat. ent apimal. Evel gelf in the ante-room at t! stood quietly at th of attendants. cat entered first and ann jumped, up into a d sat there during, d well-bred mauner. the Pope alwiys 1f on a plate, and then the cat walked out ade his sppearance " corner of Li: e hour of dinner, of the little company When the door was opened ounced the soup. He chiair heside his Holi- the dinner in a most After the meal preparcd Pussy’s ve it to him'to the room, and ntil next day’s din- BREVITIES. Bulletin: The infantry of the Charch Militant—The Sund: A fashionable London «§t. Pagl remarks, and preacher recently sald: I partially agree with Rome Sentinel: Ove of our citizens Who was trying to- travel by rail & blockade, says that when hé uring a recenp SUOW first started out he depended a good deal on his railway guide, but alter a couple of days’ experience he traded it off for a praser-book. B Those memorial windows in the horsecars that make a Christian young man ride down- town with an apparently bright-purple nose, arc very trying. ) Frec Press: There are over three thousand gods in the Japanese calendar, and every good: Christian in Japan. must be able to repeat them all from memory. In this country the main thing asked of a'good man is his pew-rent. Little Mise—Papa, I can eat a piece more cur- rant tart, please - Papa—No, my child; I have already sald that you have had suflicient. Lit- tle Miss—Well, papa, then why do we so often sing that favorite hymn of yours, where it says, t:i'o::ed me till I wantnomore™”? She had the A Sunday-schpol teacher was reading with her class on the taxation of tne Roman Empire, in Luke, when asweet little girl asked cazerly: “Did all go-to be taxedr” “Yes, all.” &I thought,” said the child, “some of them moved away.” The little one jsa daughter of oue of our Assessors.—Boston Traveller. " The egsiest disposition of all responsibllity for’ an accident that might have been prevented Is to recogrnize “the hand of Providence™ in it. When 2 man who teaches that doctrine falls over an ash-barrel and frescoes his physioznoms, . t is pleasantto stand avonnd and cacer him with allusions to the hand of Providence. 7 . An old-fashioned minister was - preaching in a tight, unventilated church, in which by some means a window was left partly open. A good dcacon during the sermon closed - it. The min- - ister stopped, nm]l turning to the deacon, said in solemn tones: * If I were preachiug ina jug 1 believe you would put the cork fn.” - Norwich Bulletin : People are feeling a rrood deal more tenderly towards Adam just mow. The fact that be fell, and fell badly, has led to the belief that they must have had a city gov- croment in Eden, and an ordinance directing that the ice should be_removed frum the side- walks, and that the other residents never paid any aftention to it. A few evenings since a gentleman was passing thirough Picasant street, Newburyport, Muss., and, observing one boy pounding another, inter- fered and inquired what it was for. He was in- Jormed by the larger boy that he was licking his companfon for swearing. * But_dom't you swear? * inquired the gentleman. “No, sir. I am a C,;xfl:!. an, and I i teaching him not to swear.? . It was at o xnrty the other evening. There wasa lull in the conversation, which made the Thost, who was inexperienced in party matters, somewhat nervous. With a view to relief he asked a mournful looking man,who was set ‘like a & ing-box in one corner, it e was merried. “No; I am a bachelor,” stifily replicd the sombre man, ‘“Ah!* observed the host, warm- ing up with the subject, ““lLow long have you been a bachelor?” Therc was znother lull in the conversation.—Danbury News. A well-known clergyman, wio reached in a village in Massachusetts, found his hearers di= minithing day by dav, and consulted an old Scotely scafaring man, who could ot boast of much religion, but who &tuck by the ship, why the people would not come to church.’ **1 can- na exactly tell, mon; ye preached on soring and autumn most teautiful discourses, and ye im- roved the great accident and loss of life on the Sound; ve might try them with something out of the Bible, and, beinz. fresh, maybe it would hold them another Sunday or two!?’ There is a story told of two Scotch lads who kmevw little of gunnery and natural ‘history, but were familiar with King James’ e and With the winged heads that pass for chefubs in puint- ing and seulpturc. Golog out a-gunning to- gether, one of them shot 3 bird ‘und the other ran to sceure the trophy. _Coming near where it had fullen, ke found a white owl'so sprawled in the grass as to prescut to his view only ahead with staring ores 4ind a pair of wings aitached. Instantly he shouted in dismay: * We'rein for it now, Jock; we've shot a chierubim I”? Boston Globe: The resolution in reiard to re- porters passed av the last meeting of the: Buston ministers reminds us of the occasion when a di- vine preached an elouent scrmon closing with the following quotation: s 0. come, thou goddess fair nnd free, 1n heaven ycleped Euphrosyne. He was somewhat irritated the next morning when he read in a local paper that he had said, 0 come, thou goddess fair and free; in heav- en she crept and froze her knee.” Rome Sentinel: Ile was a small boy, the son of a railroad man, and_ he had sat up nearly all Saturday night with his mother and a kerosenc Jamp, waiting the return of the head of the family. So he gotto sleep at_ Sabbath-school, and when the Superintendent read, And while the Ismp holds ont to barn, The vilest sinner may return, he roused himself sufliciently to remark: *No, [ he can’t, ’cause he is snowed-in beyond Canasto- ta.” At o military hospital: A Sergeant, one of the old mustaches, is_dying, and the Chaplain has been called in to administer the lust consola- tion of religion. Ic arrives somewhat too Jate, for the dyin: has swooned and caunot be revived. - “Give me my drum!? exclaims a drummer whom a broken leg Dad contined to the adjacent bed; *give me my drum and Il fetch bim buck.” He beats a lusty charge, the dying man flushes, opens his_cye: him- sif.” #Pitch in now, lively,” exclaims the drutnmer, and, laging down hig_sticks, watches the good Chaplain critically. The zood Chap- luin is unhappily a tritle long-winded, and be- fore heis half way throuzh the dyinz maa begins 1o fail. % Look out, now,” cries the drumiaer; the's going., Just you give him your henedic- Lion and go whers the worm dicth not and 'tbe fire is not quenched.* Lively, there?’—Paris Paper. CHURCE SERVICES. EPISCOPAL. The Right Rev. W. E. McLaren, S.T. D.Bishop, and the Rev. J. H. Enowles, priest in charge, officiate to-day in the Cathearal of SS. Peter and Piul. Choral morning-prayer and Holy Com- ‘manion at 10:30 2. . it —The Rev. S. S. Harris, Rector, vfficiates fo- dny in St.James’ Church, comerof Cass and Huron streets. Services at 10:45 a. m. sod 7:45 P m. Holy Communion st 8 0. m. " “fhe Rev. E. Sullivan, S. T. D., Rector, and the Rev. L. Des Brisay, aseistant minister, officiate to-day in Trinity Chnrelh. corner of Twenty-sixth street and Michizan avenue. Services at 10:45 a. | m. and 7:30 p. m. Evening scrmon on ‘‘The Whole Family'ln Heaven and Earth.” —The Rev. Francis Mansficld, Rector, officiates at 10:30 . m, in the Charch of the Atoncment, corner of West Washington and Robey streets. —The Rev. . Bredberg, Reetor, officiates st 10:30 &. m. and 7:30 p. . in St. Anscorins Church, on Sedgwick street, near Chicago avenuc. “The Rev. Clinton Locke, D. D.. Rector, offi- clates at 10:45 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. fn Grace Church, .on Wabash avenue, near Sixtecnth street. —The Rov. W. 1i. Hapkins, Rector, officiates at 20:30 2. m. and 7:30 p. m. in St. John's Church, on Ashland avenue, near Madison street. —Services will be held at 10:30 a. m. and 7:30 . m. in the Church of the Holy Communion, on South Dearborn, near Thirtieth etreet. —The Rev. Arthur Ritchie, Rector, ofiiciates. to- day inthe Church of the Ascension, corner of North Lasalleand Elm strcets. Mornine-prayer and sermon gt 10:45 8. m. Sunday-school ves- pera at 3:30p. m. Choral evening prayer and Formion 2t 7:33 p. m. Holy commanionat 8 2. m. e e wali bo neld_ it 10:30 2. m. and 7 . m. 1 St. Paul's Charch, Hyde Park. _“The Rev. D. F. Warren, Rector, officiates at 107300, m. and 7:30 p. m. in St. Mark’s Church, , on Cottage Grove avenue, near Thirty-sixth street. ‘The Rev. G. F. Cushman, D. D., Rector, offi-- ciatesat 10:30 o. m. and 7:30 p. m. in St Stephen's Church, on Johoson street, petween Taylor and Trelfth street2. —The Rev. Luther Pardee, Rector. officiates at 10:30 5. m. and 7:30 p. . in Calvary Courch, on Warren avenue, between Oakley street and West-! ornayenune. Holy communion at8a. m. o ke Hev. T. N. Morrison, Jr., Rector, of- ficiates at 10:30 . m, and 7:30 p. m. in the Church of the Epiphany, on Throop strect, between Mon- roe and Adams. =y " The Rev. W. J. Petrie, Rector, officiates 2t 11 g. m. and 7:30 ‘) m. in the Church of Our Savior, ncoln and Belden avenues. * "“The Rev. Henry G. Perry, Rector, officiates at 10:45a. m. and 7:45 p. m. in All Saints’ Church, ‘corner of North Carpeater and West Ohjo streets. —The Rev. F. N. Luson, Rector. officiateaat 10:30 this morning in the Good Shepherd Misston, Lawndale. e ‘—Thc Rev. F. N. Luson officiates this evening 30 in Emmannel Charch, LaGrange. he Rev. J. Stewart Smith, Rector, officlates at 10:30 a. m. and 7:30-p. m. in St. Mark's Church, Evaniton. SOy . —The Rev. W. F. Morrison officiates at the ‘Charch of the Holy Commanion, South Dearborn etrect, between Twenty-ninth and Thirtieth, at 10245 0. m, and 7:30 p. .. - REPORMED DBPISCOPAL. ‘Bishop Fallows will preach in the lecture-room of the Fourth Presbyterian Church, corner of Rush and Saperior strects, at1p. m. . P The Rev. Dr. Cooper will preach at Trinity Chach. Englewood, 813:30 p. m. 2 Bishon Chency will preachat the Congregatior a1 Church on Oskwood - bonlevard, near Cottage- Grove avenae, 813:30 p. m. 5 e Rev. M. D. Church_will preach at Em- ‘manne] Chaicp, comer of_ Hanover and Twenty: cighth streets. in the morning, and the Rev. R. 15 1 tho evening. Bos o I e e Bosworth will preach at Im- manuel Church, Centre snd Daston streets, in the ‘morninz, and Dr. Cogper in the evening on - ** e Gioms and the stay Rame. o 0" The —T'hc Kev. W. E. Williamson will preach ‘at St. Mark’s Church. South Chicago, at 3 p. m. —The Rev. W, E. Williamison will preschatthe ' .Church of the Good Shepherd, corner of Jones and Homan streets, at 11:30 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. —Bi: Fallows will preach at St Panl% Charch, cornerof Washinzton and Ann sireets, morninz and evening.. Subjects—dorning,. **The Love of Christ Constraineth Us;” evening: **The ]}}:fii“)’q}mn‘ of the Years that the Locnst Hatt —Tie Rev. J. D. Cowan will preach at Grace Church,.corner of Hoyne avenuc and LeMoyns street, morning and crening. —Bishinp Cheney will .preach at Christ Church, corner of Michizan avenue and Twenty-fourth street, morning and evening. - N —Bishop Fallows will preach at 43. m. in the lecture-room of the Fourth Presbyterisn Church, eornee of Rush and Saperior streets. TNITARIAN. The Rev. Brooke Herford swill preach atthe Church of the Messish, corner of Michigan avene and Twenty-third. sfreet. Subjecta:’ Morning, **The Salvation of the Body™: cvening, ‘*Tht Workof George Fox, Founder of* the Society of Friends," e Rev. . Brooke Herford will preach at the 1 of the Washinetonian Lome at 3 p. 0. —The Re. E. P. Powell, pastor. will preach this moming at 10:30. v'cluck in_the Third Chureh, comner of Laflin and Monrae streets, on the **Im- ‘probability and Uselcasnessof Miracles.” Nocven- ing sflmf{’" o -~The Rey. J. T. Sanderland. pastor, will preack il m.and B fo day 1 the Foarts lnnrch, Lottazo Groveavenue, near Thirty-sevent« slreet. " Moming enbject: **The Slaughter of tas Where Lics the Responsibility?” . Even- “Salvation: In What Sease Is Jesne —The Rev. Robert Collyer will preach at Unity Charch, Dearborn stree Falke gl Ohgen, Destbor tand Walton place, morn- T Rev, X, . BoATTSE % ev. N. P. Raviin wiil preach and ¥r. Da. 15 Wl 3 8% the Fren. Churoh e Yosoahs and Jackson sreets, morning and evening. ouThe Rez. Kobert P. Allicon will preach at the b urch, corner of Sed g fon strects, at 10:45 3. m. and lmy‘fflnd ey —The Rev. Lemucl Moss, D. D., will preach at 10:30 this morning on ** Baptists in Americs " fa the Fourth Church, corner of Washington and Panlina streets.” Evening sermon hy the pastor. Baptsm will follow the evening ecvice. —The Bev, R. De Baptist will preach this morn- ingat 11 o'clock and_this evening at 7:30 In Olivel Charch, onSouth Dearborn street, near Polk street. After morning eervice baptisin will be adminis- tered to twenty souls, azed from 8 to 87 years. —The Rev. A. J. ‘will preach at the Uni." vensity Place Chnrck, corner Donglsa place and Rhodée avenne, £t 11 1. m. and 7230 p. m. —The Rev. Galusha Anderson will ‘preach at the Second Chureh, corner Morgan and Monroe strects, morning and evening. : —The Rev. Dr. W. W. Everts will preach 2t the First Church, corner South Park svenue and Thirty-first strect, at11a. m., and the Rev. Dr. Moss at 7:50 p. m. v, W. J. Kennocott will preach at the Michigan _Avenue Charch, near Twenty-third street, at 11 8. m. UNIVERSALIST. - . The Rev. Sumner Eilis will preach at the Churek of the Redeemer, cormer of Washington and San- gamon streets, “in the morning on the ** Bible Argument of Tmmortality. 2 - ZThe Rev. J. W. Hanton, of the New Corenant, will preach this morningin the old school-honse a¢ Englewood upon +*\What the_ Bible Teaches Con- cerning Universal Salvation.” The Rev. J. T. Sunderland, of the Four:h Unitarian Charch, preaches at 3 p. m. on **The Bivle. What T Tt —The Rev. Dr. Ryder will preach morning and evening in St. Paul's Church, Michigan avenae, between Sixtéenth and Eighteenth streets. = Even- ing subject: *What Mast I Do to Be Saved?” METHODIST. b4 The Rev. A. W. Patten, of Wabash Avenoe Chureb, will conductservices at Flood's Hall, Hyde Park, at3p. . - —The Rev. M. JL. Parkhurst will preach at the Michigan Avenue Chureh, between Thirty-ascond and Thirty-third _streets. _Subjects: Morning: “.The Spitit of Christisnity'; evening, **Tha Successors of Pontius Pilate.” —The Rev. A. J. Jutkine will preach at Wabash Avonue Church, Fourteenth street, ot 11 8. m., and the Tev. A, W. Patten 3t 7:80 p. m. - —The Rev. J. J. Tobias will preach st Simpeon's Church. Bonfield street, near Archer avenue, - morning and eveninz. “The Rev. Mr. Gurney will preach at St.Paal's Charch, corner of Maxwell street and Newberry avenue, morning and evening. ; 2 Zifhe Rev. John Atkinson, pastor, will preach in Grace Church, comer of North LaSulie and White streets, thie morning, on *! The Captain of Our Salvation Made ‘Perfect Thronzh Saflering,™ and in the evening, on **Some Questions Abont Teayen.” - : “The Rev. R. D. Sheppard, pastor, will preach both morninzAnd_ evening in the Western Avennd Church. Evening subject: **The Scarlet Scourgs and Its Remeds. ™ . “The Itev. Dr. Trusdell will preach in the “Michigan. Avenue Church, _near 'Thirty-second strcet. this morning az 10:45 o'clock. Evening sermon at 7:30 by the Rev. A. . Jutkins. A “The Rev. Dr. Tifiady will preach at 10:45 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. In Trinity Church, on Indiang avenue, near Twenty-fourth strees. 2 “'The Rev. §. H. Adams will preach at Cents- | corner of N nary Church, donrye strect, near Adams, morning and evening. - 2 “The kev. W. C. Willing_ will preach at_tha Langley Avenue Church, at 10:30 a. m.%and, 7 P Mfhe Rev. §. McCheeney will presch at tha Park Avenue Church, corner Robey street, at 10:30 8. m., and lectare at 7:30 g. M- CONGREGATIONAL. The Rev. <. A Towle will preach, at Bethany Chureh, corner of Paulina and Huron streets, morningand eyening. o ° 2 The Rev. Mr. Stimson? 6f inneapolls, wilt preach at Plymouth Church, Michian avenue, be- tween Twenty-fifth -and Twenty-sixth streets, morning and €vening. . 2Tuc liev. G. 1o Peake, pastor, will preach morning and evening in the Leavitt Strect Church. Evening subject: ** Vocations.™ T The Rev. E. F. Williams will preach at 10:45 2 . in the Forty-seventh Street Church. "ZFhe ltev. Dr. Goodwin will preach at 10:30 this morning in the First Church. corner of West Washinzton and Ann strecte. At 2:30 p. m. the Rev. . d. Erdman will deliver the sixth of his serica ot Bible lectnres. Snbject: ‘*Tha Natural Order of the Study Gospel scrvices at i ‘ The Kev. J. H. Walker will preach at the Re- union Church, Fourteenth street, near Throop, morning and evening, . —The Itev. Jucob Post will preach at the church, Noble and West Erie street, at 10 a. w. in the Datchand at 7:30 in the English lancuage. —The Rev. C. L. Thompson, pastor, will presch 4t10:30 0. m, and 7:30p. m. in the Fifth Church, corner of Indiana avenne and Thirtieth street. —The Rev. H. T. Miller, pastor, will nreach aé 11 m. in the Sixth Charch, corner Vincennes and Ouk avennes, on **A Wise Dolng.” In the evening will be zven the second of u series of lectures on the parables. —The Rev. E. N. Barrett will preach at West- corner of Peoris and Jackson a. m.. on the **Hidden Life," . on **Goodly Pearle.™ LUTHERAN. - 5 The Rev. Edmund Belfonr will_preach at the Church of the Holy Trinity, corner North Dearborn and Erie strects, at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. B NEW JERUSALEM. The Rev. Dr. Hubbard will preach at the New Charch Hall, corner of Eighteenth street and Prai- rie avenue, at 11 a. m., and at the Temple, corner of Washington street and Ogden avenue, at3:30 p. m. ‘minster Chnrch, streets, at 10 and 8t 7:30 p. CHRISTIAN. - TheRev. Z. W. Shepherd will preach morning and eveninz_at the First Church, corner Indiana avenue and Twenty-ffth strect. “Thie Itev. A. J. White will prench at the Cen- tral Chureh, corner Van Buren street and Camp- vell avenae, at 10:45 &. m. MISCELLANEOUS. ‘Eider H. G. McCulloch will preach atthe Taber- nacle. o, 91 South Green, strect, morning sud evenmg. Morning sabject: ** That Blessed Hope.” “Z'Ihe aubject of the lecture and diecussion at the Non-Sectarian Bible meeting, No. 126 East Wasb- ington strect, at 2 p. m., will be ** The Death of Christa Necessity. “The Disciples of Christ meot for worship at 4 p. . at No. 229 West Randolph street. : A Friends meeting will be held at 10:30_ this morning on Twenty-sixth street, between Indisna and Prairie ovenues. _Scripturc_meeting at tho same placcut 5 p. m. Benjamin Frankland will be present. % P ZMrs, Cora L. V. Richmond, tranco spesker, will lectnre before the First Socléty of Spiritualists in Grow's Hall, No. 517 West Madison street, at 10:42a.1m.20d7:43p.m. The morning subject and. a subject for n poem to be chosen by ihe zudicace. Evening subject: ** Relation of Spiritaalism to Freemasonry and Other Iindred Orders. The His- torical Rise and Prozreas of Frecmasonry.” Ser- vices will close with an mprompta poem. —There will be a Gospel temperance meeting at the Sixth Presbyterian Charch, corner Vincennes ° and Oak avendes, at 7:30 p. m. Addresscs Capt. Syme, W. K. Hubbs, and others, “LThe Rev. John Doran wiil preach in the even- ing at the Northwest Chapel, cornes Milwankee and Westcrn avenues. p A service for deaf-mates will be condacted in the chapel of the St. James Epiecopal Church, corner of Cass and Huron streets, this afternoon at3o'clock. The Rev. A. W. ann, recently or- dained to- e Dinconate by Bishop Bedell, ac Cleveland, O., will officiute I the elzn Lin The Rev. Mr. dann i3 himaelf deaf and 1 t second one of his class baving reccived holy orders wince the fonndation of the Christian Church. He in engazed in church work fn the large Western cities. und those directly interested In its success are the adult graduatcs Of the many State instita- tions for the deaf. A similar service will be held in the Deaf Mute Soclety rooms at 7:30 p. . '—Elder C. W, Russell will preach in the Chrla- tian” Slissfor: Hall, corner Wasbinzton ana Des- ‘plaines streets, at 10:30 a. m. and 7:30 p. W CALENDAR FOR.THE WEEK. Feb. 11 Quinguascitin 928057, . 11-Quinguazesima Sandsy. Feb. lé—xuh-\\‘ednudny. Feb. 15—Second day of Lent. Feb, 16—Third day of Lent. Feb. 15—Fourth day of Lent. CATHOLIC- % Feb. 11—Quinquagesims Lundsy. : Fev. 125t Raymond of Pennaforth, C. (f Feb. 13-Ferla, - s Feb. 14—Asn-Wednesday nnlnfio( pore ffi:figmmm'““ 1 Our Lords ed.1’ 0] of Our. Feb. 17—Feria, of Divine Truth.” - p- TR ¥