Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 5, 1877, Page 7

a; ‘The ] i i i i i RIS THE CHICAGO 'TRIBUNE: MONDAY: MARCH- 5, 1877 RELIGIOUS. Church, the Mirror of God's Wisdom=-=-Sermon by Prof.. Swing. 1¢ Sarnasses All Other Organizations in Its Devotion to the Outside World. .Revival Fruits, Unless Gathered into the Church, Become Valueless. Tosugural Sermon of the New Pastor of the Plymouth Congregation. qgsbernacle Services Conducted by Messrs. Whittle and MecGranahan, THE COURCH. SERMON BY PROF. SWING. . Prof. Swing preached yesterday morning wt 4he Central Church. taking as his text: Might be knosen through the Church the manifold wisdom of God. —Eph., i, ‘Tue word * manifold " is a feeble translation of the Greek word used by St, Paul. The En- glish translators were perhaps 5o practical and theological that they overlooked the poetic quality of the Apostle, and thought of him as aplain, didactic teacher. The Greck Htcrature, trom which Paul had drank deeply, was or- mmented highly with imagery, and hence ol students and lovers of that literature sust have caught something of fts splrit. The word which Paul used here to describe God's wisdom is the word which the great Euripides, and the lesser poct Eubulus, used 400 years before to deseribe the carth, the sy, the ses, in their variations of effect. 3oy colored,” “much variegated,” are the tetter rendering. The text would then indicate thst through the Church were to be made Jmown to the world the many-colored wisdom of God. Bpeaking of this verse, Dean Alford eays: “The wisdom of God is all one in sublime unity of purpose and trath,but, . . . Is variously partioned ont to each finite race and finite ca- pacity of individuals.—so thattthe Church is a mirror of God’s wisdom,—chromatic with the rainbow colors of that light which in- itself is one and undivided.” From such @ text you will readily perceive that the theme of the hour will be the Christian Church, the philosophy of amy such organiza- tion. Along ‘with all the institutions of sodcty , ity forings op Trom the naturc and nced of man. After scienee has mathered up all the truths and semi-truths it can, we find there remains much «of the many-colored wisdom which may not fall tothe lot of science. After political students from Lycurgus to Jeflerson have culled what they cani fromn this variegated field, much re- mafns that cannot be plaved in their catezorles. After ull comon literatore has extracted its beauties and sweets from this infinite field, thereremain vet truths and dutics which belong 10t to the verse of the poct or the creations of e romancist or dramatist. The maay- sded truth of God reaches on and. on, foviting other inquiries. to arise #ad other institutions to spring up. Man is grester than natural scicoce, for man’s prever cannos be classified under any of the ot tabulations of Cuvier or Linna‘us. Man {s greater than politics, for after_ the State bas £2d and doue for him all it can do_or say, man weeps, and sins, and repeats, and fears, and Man is grester than common literature, after all hi ploits, his home, his friend- Tiis love, his meditations have been gath- 1e Homers and Shakspeares, he dies into an_unsecn land whitser no fenins can follow. Heace the Church eprings ap to pour its mind and soul uvon that part of the many-shaped wisdom of the Creator which otier forms of thouzit must pass by. and of which, indeed, there sre uuworthy guardiaus by reasun of a divided heart. 1t would be & mistake should you suppose that the Charch finds its explanation in sin, and i the necd of ealvation; for if ‘thc saints in Eeaven are without a church and without a wor- ship one woald almost prefer to be a citizen of 2 sinfol world where he could find in sotae nours a chapel of the Infinite One. In- de=d.the Church of earth must be only a shadow of what is called the Church Triumphant. But 1he carthly Church bes its own peculiar truths. Tle of man, his Savior, his_penitence, his conversion, his sanctification, his death, his resurrection. are a few of the ideas which make e Charch of time a pe:uliar institution, hav- ing perhaps no exact parallel in another liie x0r upon any other star. > If, then, the Church is sn institution which makes known to the world the many-colored whdom of God, it will not be probable that it will be remanded back by the Almighty to any one form, such as that secup and loved by tbe Catliolics, or by the Episcopnlians, or by the Calvinists, but 1t is almost certain that that will dwaye be a Church through which there sl flow to mankind the essential parts of the manifold truth. The wisdom of God is €0 many-sided that no one can grasp the wLole of it, and no Church ean seize the whol icty and unity in its arms aud ¢ ce me, | am carrying all the Almighty’s ‘That sateway throuzh which therc is fowing outward toward humanity the leading ideas of Jesus Christ 2ud iis Apostles must be coatessed to be a Church of the Blessed Savior.. HKence, if a group of exiles in a lonely land, or tome shipwrecked mariners landing upon a wild island, should iorm themselves into a band tor prayer, and song, and remark, there would be a Church spring up in 8 day as_perfect in the sight of Heaven as thoush a Presbytery had delezated a score of ordamed men to oruanize the Little House of God, or as thouzh & ipload of miflsh hal bs:\iled dtmmlv;vr aTying many bright robes an the benedictions of Bishop or Pope. An institu- lion never reposes upcn small ideas, but upon Luge enes. The inst:tutionsof science, of gov- emment, of art, never rest upon aword or a by- liw, but upon a few truths so vast and so esscn- lalthat they overshadow minute particulars. That institution which we call the United States amounced at first only these three ideas,—Iife v, and the pursuit of happiness; and in thesethree truths there stilllives and moves the most of jts being. Away from these, its wisdom is 30 many-colored that cach State has its own quality of form 2nd life. It is one in its essen- tisls, many in expressed forms and rights. Its furty States speak like torty_different persons, Do two voices alike, or look down upon us like {onty faces of friends. Itmust be that the Church follows its great and will spring up wherever the Bible or mind carries the seeds of its great truths. The methods of Romanism and Eviscopacy and the more: literal scets are beautiful and useful, for-these give the new treeof their planting m;hm:d of the t:m!l;]er—:fl a‘ud o[dt.hfl m‘th p and sympathy, the rain of speedy growth, I theso are noy casuntia and € bieseed Cliureh 3y spring up wherever any hearts combine and Set up an altar which is kept well sprinkled ¥ith Christ’s blood. b After the celebrated mutiny of the Bounty, mong the awlul murderers of that crew there ¥a5 one man who had a Testament in his pocket and the loveof Christ in his heart,and from that man and that volume there sprang up a Church mong savages, and a lonely island seized by Dutincers and pirates soon began to send up iy to Heaven the hymns and prayers of re- ion. Many-sided indeed is the wisdom of God. After the Catholic has turned it about, as he ¥ill, and has said, “Here it is!? the Protestant Day come and view the marvelous truth, and Dy see things not scen by the Romanist, and ey say, * Lo here is the Church!” Both par- Ues are right and wrong. God's wisdom is ke ocean, for sail over it as one’s ship may will be waters which were never marked ,one’s_keel, and lights of sun or mooun -or tric which the cye never ‘saw. Hence let us tecape from or never fall into the idea that the Ghurch is moving across the world under any x vame or under the guidance of an¥ fusen men. It §s go vast that it is fqual to ail men of all times, and all the de- Tuninations together make up the Church J%t 85 Inagusces and thinkers are melted to- Paber to fonn literature. A Protestant or & LQthlic s only o branch broken froma forest 3 stand countless trees of mighty or Irief apes, of varving folisge. Christ is the leader of many clhurciies as God is the Creator ® many worlds. Church cannot well exist in one heart c, but it must for the most part be express- 4 compact orgapnization. A heart may be faved without any help of any organizations, t the fate of the worid caunot be left to $ch an individualized religion. if the human .sourht God or a Savior 2s naturally * powerfully as it secks food, or‘drink, for, the th of hteousness Jdeft to mepa suenuumlzg action of . -But the facts in_the case are differ- with the utmost diffculty mau moyes highest spiritnal good. A bundred voices allure him aud urge him to follow the rath of vice, or dishonesty, or cruclty, or van- ity, or reckless ambition. “Toward pleasure and gain. and toward a multitude of ubjects, we all run naturally like ckildren toward a band of muslc,’hnt toward the fine of religion we must all beled, Heuce the Bible uever says, ** Come to riches,” or “Come unto fame 2nd glory of ambitlon,” or “Come to power in_staté or church,” for man needs Little persuasion thith- erward, but says, “Come untome all ye that labor and are heavy laden.” Su deej-scated was uaw's rcluctance to a life of piety that Christ wept over a hecdless city tears which we now sce fall upon all the world. Al fu this house who have found any Christianity must have been led thither by rome hand reaching out and gently leading if. ‘The plain of Christ is too high for us. A]’.”;fln poet discovered that to go down. were easy, but to climbup and revisit the stars, that was the 1ask difficult for humanity. Up to the rock higher than man he must be carried by wings other than his own. That organization called the Church is greatly the combining of good, Clirist-like hearts into an effort that wakes up the surrounding multitude, and shall ever repeat. to them the pleadings of the Son of Man. Asan army is often summoned, either by old Greece 10 hurl back the destroyer Xerxes, or by En- gland and Europe tocheck thiehero of Austerl, themanof destiny, so the Church is an army o God’s children called in from every state and hamlct to move against a foe mighter than any General of ancient or modern name. But tiere is this difference: the army of the Lord . carrics no flashing bayonet or thirst}' sword, but it car- ries a preat white banner of love, and instead of flinging iron death ot its encmies it chants to them c¢verywhere the promise and free offer of eternal life. It is not possible that Christianity or any form of rightcousness would ever mold society were there no orzanized effort to beach its truths and persunde the heart to accept them. Other in- stitutes, like literature and the arts and liberty, couid progress better, for these the soul natu- Tally loves, and would at Jast, as by instinct, come upon them; but as for religion, man jour- neys away from it rather than toward it, and nceds all the holy voices of tinie and eternity to (fl'%cut,h“(}ome Dack, come back!™ ut besides the relation of the Church to 1hose without its pale, it sustains valuable rela- tious to those in whose souls the divine flame has been kindled. To join the Church is a com- mitment of self toa path, and hence the act Thelps the will and the heart in all subscquent days and years. Furnishing at once religious occupation for the new convert, it prevents his soul from becoming that empty house into which, after a bad spirit had been cast out, seven other spirits entered and settled down in its vacant rooms. A-Church of any name, if it holds the cardinal Christian ideas. will betoa religious heart what a noble profession is to a mon of gifted and active brain,—the channel of his new life, aud the impulse of to-duy and to- morrow. Take away from the lawyer, or statesman, or editor, or Yhyslclnn, his large profession, and eet him aside to jdlcness or to an aimless carcer, and you have ruined utterly a noble mind. The powers of vhe brain must have a chanvel along which it can pour all its waters, clear and laugn- ing or deep. Hence all noble minds born into this world must hasten to find a path, and there all their kinds of flowers will spring up, and there they can run without wearincss, and walk aud not faint. . s Thus the Church, be its name Baptist, or Methodist, or Episcopal, becomes the chanuel into whichi the religious spirit may pour all its buried riches of thought or sentiment, and, they give back power to the eiver, and then pass onward to bless the broad family of man. The Church blesses those within and those without, as the rose blesses first the hand that rears it, and then pives its fragrance to the roaming winds. If the philosophy of the Church be true, then meetings of revival and unorganized services, however largely they may be attended and how- ever many names may be enrolled as those of persons converted, cannot, for a inoment, super- sede the organized forms of worship; for, aiter the powerful revivalists have passed away, tak- ing them their grand sony and eXciting discourse, the converted soul will be Jike 2 Crusoc on his island, unlessit hasten td fling it- self Into some Church whose soug, and service, and duties, aud cheer, aud Jove run through the whote vear, and through all the years oi life. It is not a glutton's feast which man needs, but Gaily bread. Indeed, thuse revival meetings, so pooilar in our day, will become a great evil should they ever conceal from the public, or from conveited men, the intrinsic tratli of the temples where God_and Christ arc worshiped, more calmly, indeed, but in a power and beauty which 8ow like a pereonial spring. Iftheitinerant Tevival can arouse the orzanized Church 1o new activity and can abolish scctarian ideas, then it can bé a full partner in relizions work, but, should it rob the Church of public supvort and love, it would uo longer ru;sess any good that could atone for this evil. The theory of the great commotions chould be that all the mew life among saints and siuners should be gath- ered up by the churches, to be fashioned into good shape and to be held ever ready for the wants of society. As the greatrainstorm i moanteins is gathered up by a thousand streams, and by there Lorue to rivers which flcw for waterine a natfon, and_for bearing its commeree, 50 all the Moudy or Whitfield storms in the mountains must be gathered up at last in the channels of the Church, or there will be 1o cominerce of religion and no fields rich in annual harvest. Let us not complain that the Church is un- able to couvert all the world or all of its speclal nation or city. Whileit could and should do more than it achieves, vet it surpusses all other institutes in its devotion to the outside world. Inventions, and the arts, and litera- ture run outward ouly when profit invites. Tie railways reach out towanl the mountains, toward the savages in Montana or in India, 1ot {rom a desire to Teform men, but because trade invites. The railway, like the rainbow, runs and bends towsrd 4 pot of gold. There isno cffort made by the urts to carry them- gelves to the Patagonians and Hotientots, They follow civilization, and never dream of going before it to create it out of the wilder- ness and _the war-wioop. The literature of 1he world lingers around its gereat libraries in the ix or ten mizhty centres, and makes no ef- fort to plant itself in the Chinese or Hindoos. The first and greatest instinet of man is to take care of himself. And well may i nourish such an instinct, for, after all _the fime aad care pos- sible have been, bestowed npon self, man bas even then too little vducation, too little taste, too little generai culture. Few of us have time toteach others, few of us have any books, or statues, or pictures, to give away. [t requires all of life to make sclf, aud then self is a poor picce of workmanship after all. This should be remembered when we blame the Church for not converting all the outside multitude, for man everywhere is a being of wants so many and o iufinite that his own Tome, or soul, consumes all his days and years. “This being so, mark_now the peculiarity of the Chureli. Whileit does mot reform the world, and accomplishes too little good, yet, most of all institutions, it does break out beyond self and invade the sarrounding country. The arts, fine and domestiv, push outward only as money tempts and rewards. The railways reaching out into India are built for mathering up riches and for transporting the Queen’s troops. The Church moves to the sound, not of money, but of love. Of sll institutions it most. Dreaks away from_self and beholds humanity. The great human institutes, from art to liberty, attend civilization, but Christianity Funs before 1. Before any art, or law, or liberty went to Greenland it was there, and it landed on the Fecjee Islands when the natives were cannibals. Tt touched the Sandwich Islands, and aftera fifty-vear struegle it opened their mates m'erex;]y scicnce and art. It has preceded the painter an {he statesman, the written constitution and the pewspaper, the home with flowers on the outside aud a plano within. In the abstract the Church has not aone enough; but, compared with other human institutes. its pathway has been'glorious, For such a unique and splendid carcer there may be found ample cause. Look inside of all the world’s industry, and what do you scet The image of gain for sclf. Lookinto all the fine arte, and what do you scc? Taste and the happi- ness of self. Look into theiustitutes of politics, and what image is there! Ouly one’s country. The liberty of Americadoes not teach Mexico or Cuba. It was angry passions which madeit reach the slave. But pause now by the Church, and lo! within it, held in its erystal depths, is the fmuge of Jesus Christ, the _infinite and restless love! igion is the only organism that carries 3\!3{1:&: such a soul. y’l'ncrgfnblc of Enceladus is realized ana here transformed. The Latin storv relates that that human goalay within and under Etna, and timt when he turned ali Trin- acria trembled and the molten flood poured over and down the mountain sides. Under the Chris- tian Church lies -the figure of & God-Man in whom and of whom there was mno fable, and, morving in the agony of the Cross orin the jov ot resurrcction. the surrounding world feels the mighty outreachings of the wonuded bands, and adown the boly mountainside flow streams of healing and of love. in iLe heart of no other human ibstitution lics there such sn omnipotent power.. In science you may find truthor speculation; in art, besdty; In political science, utility; but in 1his religion lies Love, dying for a world. The whole aic {3 full of pleadings and invitations, and above manger, and cross, and tomb may be scen thic words of the prophet-all fuifilied: .« have Bred thee with an everlastinalove. Until what are uilncd the fiflmglol;l]e‘:“.\;‘su (: form Miterature, the press, the school {fi‘e inventions, can find within their spirits such an inspiration and example as Jesus Christ, they will compete {n vain with the Christiad Church as friends of humanity. Aud yet the Church'fs making comparatively bat little use of its inherent potency.. Beive the fia\mwuy by which the many-colored glory might low to man. and encony; him, it should be careful to let nothing but manifold wisdom pass through. No narrowness, no littleness, no re- fined specalation, no bottomless theories, should: be sliot out upon the faccs of men as being col- ored streums of light from the. Tnrone; but rcpentance, faith, rieliteousness, charity, peace, hope, all coming by and through Christ,. these -should be, the . mueb-varie- gated” wisdom woithy fo pass outward to man as coming from a God. There is a differ- ence never to be forgotten between many-color- ed glory and many-colored folly. When the Church shall become a grateway by which not” man with his refined subtleties and intermina- ble debates shall pass out to the multitude car- rying ideas little and worthless, but by which Christ, in all the breadth of is love and doc- trine, shall sweep duwnward like & flood of sun- light, then will the Church be a_power which shall mold men and nations, shall color all men, and even death, with its rich hues. Who should join the Church? All in whose bosoms dwell asincere love for this Christ. “Lovest thou Me?” The Church is the mar- shaling of all those who can say, **Yes, Lord.” These are grouped into an army to repel Satan, to sct free those in chains, and to stand orgunized for all .work, all charity, all hope. What Church? Almost as well ask by what lake or stream must I buitd my house. What flowers shall Iplant? What trees shall cast for me the coolest shade? Whither the heart and mind turn, go thou. Asthe emi- grants from the Old World sail westward, all to seck homes sud liberty, but sail some for the *‘stas or grass™ and some_far around for the *golden gate,” but having in heart one Jofty purpose, so go ye into the Church tnat most -]Pws mind and spirit, being well assured ouly of” this, that Christ, and righteousness, aud Heaven be the soul’s daily and nightly in- spiration. PERFECT MANHOOD. INAUGURAL SERMON OF THE REV. C. Il EVEREST. The Rev. Charles Hall Everesi, who was re- cently called to the pastorate of Plymouth Church, preached his inangural sermon yester- day morning in the presence of a very large congregation. He is a fluent, ea® speaker, not at all affected in his manner, and indulges in gestures only when they are pertinent. The impression he made was very favorable, snd 1t is predicted that he will acquire a popularity, when the people of Chicago come to know him, equal to that of any other minister in the city, His text was: And he gave some. aposties; and some, prophets: and some, cvangelists: and some, pastors an teachers: for the perfecting of the Saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ; till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God. unto' o perfect mau, unto the mcasure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.—Zphesians, iv., 11-13. No stronger evidence, he safd, could be given of the radical change that had taken place in the Apostle Paul than thesc broad and aspiripg views that he constantly expressed. He had belonged to cne of the most narrow and bigoted sects on carth,—a sect that betieved °t fully un- derstood the meaning of theword * perfection,” —that it had reached the utinost limit of human attainment: but yet a sect so narrow, so much drawn within itsclf, that, in this_great world, created for generous purposes, it left nothing butemptiness so Yar as the Pharisces were con- cerned. When dhis man, thus disciplived and trained, came through such a preparatory course as that,—came into the liberty of the Gospel,— he became a new creature, and had au {ufinitely higher ideal to measure by, 8s that we no longer saw the man who rat at the feet of Gamalel. but discovered only the great discinle who sat_at the feet of Christ, and learned of Him. All his views broadened so that he took in not only the whole of life, but the expanded nature of man. One who was learned only in the things of the world, thouzh his views misht be very clear and distinct, tound, w were brought down to the thiugs that were e3 ternal, that they were the mere framework of lite. That was all there was of livinz to him. But the man that had learned the deeper meaning of life looked upon its outward phase as & langnaze, as o kind of dialect through which b could express the higher aud holier sentiments of the soul. When a man took this higher conception of life, he began, like the Apostle. to understand that it was a better thing to live—that he was gotng toward something that was very much higher and nobler then ever appeared to himn before. The enlarwed view of the capabilities ofsthe soul brousht a correspuiding appreciation of the need of time for their development. This could not be gnined in a moment. * Till we come,” said Paul. Time was required to bring furth the perfection and largeness that inhered in one who was_to represent Jesus Christ. Paul looked to the distant future for the full disclosure of a pericct manhvod. He did not expeet to find it in Jerusalem, or in his time. And this made him_very patient with the im- perfections of the D les, and lenient toward them in their weakn Saul of Tarsus was a very different man fre Paul th ostle. As Saul, hie was very impaticnt, aud persecuted thosé who renounced Judaisi. As Paul, he came to those who were crippled in faith, who had very little of “stature,” and ministered to them and said, * Be patient. it will come by and by unto the stature of the fallness of perfect nian in Christ Jesus.” There was 1uplied in the declaration an order- Iy suceession’ m the revelation of Christian traits. The condition of the world would have much_to do in determining what qualities should lead. It would require them ail when o man should stand perfeet; but which shoald take precedence was to_be decided very mnuch by the place, time, and circumstances under which we lived. because that would be called out which was most nceded. The stalwart traits were needed in Paul’s time; the delicate, sensi- tive ones were in avevance. The pertect man- hood and the refinenients of cuiture came afrer them. Tie Apostle kmew these finer tmits wonld come one by one, and therrfore was hope- ful. If in that we had gnined the standard from which the inspired man cmerred into the glo- rious maturity of Christian manhood, we were repared to enter into his conception of the ob- Jjeet of all Christian cffort and the good toward Which it presscd. The work of every Chiristian was to present a typical man before men,—to present a man who breathed the spirit of Christ and manifested the traits of His character. The critical it say, If that was the object of the Gospel. it was a failure. They might gather from the churches the most absurd specimens and say: *Mere—typical men—types that pro- fess grodliness but practice deviltry.” It ‘was true such specimens could be gatliered, but it could not be denied that the general standard of true manhood was higher to-day than it was ever before—that men were weighed diflerently —that 2 man must be more of aman in these later days to_stand where he stood a hundred years azo. The things taucht in _the Gospel Were more manifest now. Mauhood in general had bLeen lifted up and character exalted. Progress had been slow—man was very far from pertection; yet when that was the end, every step toward it was full of hopeand full of mean- ing. Adinit that very little hnd been gained; it there had been a gain, thetime was coming when man would stand in the fullness of stature of a perfect man in Christ Jesus. If rightly understood, in the vision of the perfect man that rose before the Apostle there was® fulness and symmetry that included the spiritual, the mental, and the physical; nothing but’ the trinity in unity—the perfect man in every part would fill his vision. Therc must be in tie character which the Christian should present such a sensitive moral nature that every thought and wish of Christ ehiould find quick response. The divine will was made known to us ouly through stern command or through discipline. We did not understand that God was speaking until the heart was almost broken; and then ‘weobeyed Him. When wnan should come to the {fulluess of his stature his moral nature would cateh the wish of Christ as the eyes catch the colors passing before them; and every divine wish would find its quick reply. Around the spiritual nature thus inherent in life would ther the brilliant retinue of faculties, rejoic- ing in their power to understand the knowledze and to perform the duties that were assigmeil. Nothing showed the degradation of sin” more than the degradation of the mind. A ‘human mind debauched by sin was the most ter- rible spectacle we could understand. When the erfect day should come the mind would bhave its full powers,—would be able to explore the whole realm of nature,—would know even as also it was known. Could we doubt that such a mind would inhabit anything clse than a fault- less body? We abused the body now,—marred and deseerated the temple that ‘was meaut for the Holy Ghost. How powerful was the physi- cal over the ruental an: syfitunll The time would come when there wduld be barmony— when there would be no breaking out of the body against the mind. It was that such a {auitless result should come that the apostie ured on the administration of the Gospel. If ‘we adopted its teachings and practiced them, they would enable us to 2o on uninterruptedly toward the perfect man in Christ Jesus. Ta conclusion, he had come to preach a gospel Y at meant just that—a gospel that wasnot 1+ erowed down simply to the spiritual man, but a gospel that meant & cet man, in which they shonld be strong and stalwart, because rep- resenting Christ; not a zospel that tanght the buman intellect alone, but a gospel that made | thiem sensitive na —i SOspel wou:d make them s ook suos In Clirist Jesag. . 0 Trom et THE REVIVATL.. WHITTLE AND M'GRANANAN AT “THE TABER- % . NACLE. The first-of the series of Sunday-afternoon meetings at the Tabernacle, conducted by Messrs. Whittle and McGranahan, was hela yes- terday afternoon at # o'clock. 'The bullding was comfortably well filled, and something of the old spirit of interest and even enthusiasm that characterized the Moody meetings scemed to animate the audience- 3 The ecxercises opened With the singing of “The Great Physician mow is near,” ¢« The home oyor there,” aud Precious promise,’ after which the Rev. Mr. Savage led in prayer for God’s still larger and greater blessings on the work of saving souls: The audience then sang, “The sweet by and by,” and Maj. Whittle read from the fifty-fifeh chapter of Isafah,—that glorious invitation to sinners to turn nuto the Lord. After making the announcements for the coming week, Maj. Whittle said he was glad to getback to Chicago, He had found no place in which he liked to preach the Gospel as well asin’ Chicago, where he was surrounded by so many kind, sympa- thetic workers in Christ’s vineyard. There was no reason why the work should stop. It had gone onithout a break since last October, and he trusted that Christians would not grow lax in their efforts, but would continue to bring in* the unconverted to the meetings. Then they would see the fruit of their lubors. Mr. McGranshan’s quartette rendered with very ood cffcet the song, *Give me the wings of iaith,” after which tho acdience joined in the familiar “ Hold the Fort,”” and Maj. Whit- tle made a short, férvent prayer for God’s bless- ing upon the services. He also prayed for Pres- ident Hayes, that he might be §u{(h::! by God’s spirit in fhese trying times, and that he might be given wisdom from above. - Maj. Whittle then read from the ifth chapter of Matthew, beginning with the twenty-fourth verse, the account of the woman who' had an issue of Llooil, and who was made whole by touching’ the hem ot Christ's garment. Maj. Whittle said: 1 j There are four things for us in this story. It - illustrates to us what sin is, What erace is, what faith is, what confession is, and it illustrates to s just where « ach ono of thesc things comes In, in our turning to God. ~ We have got to come in Jjnst that order. Noman or woman will turn to Christ till he or she knows what sin_is, and you have got to know it in the way God puts it in His Word. When we accept the testimony of God's Word as to sin, then we want a Sa- vior, and when we feel the awful nature of sin we will be anxious about a Savior. This woman woutd not turn to Christ at first. -She thought there was some other remedy. She had read in Leviticus tnat there was u prospect, after a cer- tain number of days, that the disease might be lhealed. But the day was past, and she was not healed. - During those days she wouldn’t have turned to Christ, because sho didn’t realize how desperate her disense was,— Tiow incurable, hoyw painful it was. _She had to Thave a long experience to teach her these things. It had to run on for twelve years, and she had to be brought to the end of herself before she would come to the Savior. Itisso with many u man and woman In a general way they are willine to admit thev are sinners, but when it comes to God’s word which Jeclarcs that they are lost and on their. way to hell, under the wrath of God, and condemned al- ready, and that there is no_hope ‘for them cx- cept in Christ, they don’t belicve it, and tlicy must experience this before: they come to Christ. ‘The Holy Spirit that wrote the Bible knew better ~ thau you. . or what the heart is, when He eays it is de- ceitful above all things and desperately wicked, and that we are all under condemnation, dead in trespasses and in sin. I you would believe His Word us azainst your feslings and your philosophy, then ieave your own_ effurts alone and come to Christ right away.. May God grant to-day to many to do it. < The disease of this woman .{llustrates what sinis. Her’s wasan noulean and detiled dis- case. She hadto be turned ot of the syna- rogue, and_she couldn’t rcmain in her own amily. Soit is with tbesinful heart, out of which provded fornication, wurder, hatved, envyings. Sugh is the heart of man by nat The fruit may be kept down, but bv natarg that is what it is. We rcad in the secon ter of Revela- tion that the end of thit~ Is, that. those that have it_are separated from God, and none shall enter in through tie gates into the city but they that have washed their robes and made thens white in the blood of the Lamb. Again, it wasa desperate disense, She had tried to get it cured. At first she had not much suxiety, like the man who is toid by his friends that he has consumption. But as Liedon’t yield to treatment and grows worse, he becomes more anxions, und he finds he has a desperate diseuse. Perhaps some of you have an appetite you can’t control. It isa desperate discase that bas the sway over you, as vou will find when it grows worse. So With this woman. Sherealized, when her mieans were exbavsted aud the physici failed, that it was a desperate disease—] by man. The disease had to be reached from within. You must reach her whole nature, and God alone could do that, He only can reach the spirit, the whole soul. Mauw’s remedics are all unavailing to cure sin, as the the woman found them unavailing to cure her. Again. her disease was made worse by man’s treatmeut. The more moucy sho paid out the worse she ot. She suffered ~ many things, spent all she had, and was nothing bet- ter, but rather grew worse. Pour woman! It s bad cnouzh. to spend all when you get well, but to go through Ooperation _after operation, and then gt worse, how sad_a picture! What a contrast with what Jesus dia ber! He just took her aud healed her inmediately. I remember how sorry I used to feelin the ariny for the bovs who Dbad gangrene,—that green substance that had o be cut mway from the amputated limb, and I have seen a men suffer cight or ten operations and then tie grene had to be cut away time after time. This is just an illustration of a man i ure himself of sin. The Jranerene is em and bas to be eradicated. There’s 10 use in going at it from the outside. Many of these boys died under the hands of “the pbasicians. This is the reason you grow worse when you keep away {rom Christ. If you won’t come, it is because you haven’t a humble heart. You are unwiling to give up your own will, and cvery moment you su&' away simply makes' you moré proud. ou are trusting vour morality, your religiousness, it 1ifts you uv in pride. “God de clares in the sixth l.'h‘l:gmr of Proverbs that there are seven things which He hates, and pride is the first, and the man or woman here to-day who is unwilling to come to the Savior has got that sin of pride. The next point illustrates grace, and the Lord Jesus has grace to save the vilest siuner in Chi- cago if he will only take the place of 2. sinnery— 0 to the other ’h{slcl:m and apply to Him. 'bis woman had neglected Christ, but no mat- ter what your treatmont of God has been, if we come to our senses and realize that we_are lost sinvers, He will receive us. Not a doctor in Chicagzo but would have said: “I will cure vou, but you have been neglecting me, and have Zot no money, and now yott come to me 2 beg- gar, and it is & great thing I am going to do for vou.” How beautiful thic character of the dear Lord Jesus! e never reproazhed any one that staid away, but He was so glad to lhave them come. The next thing is faith. Men say they can’t have faith in tae Lord Jesus Christ. I saw an illustration of faith two years axo oyer on ‘the Court-House Square. A long-haired wan was golng around Chicago with his wonderful cures, At nfght he would go to the Court-House Square and gét the people to show him their tonzues, and he had a remedy for every kind of discase, and it was ail in the same bottle. He would fn- vite people to come and hold out their tongues. and then he put his remedy on their tongues and made them believe he had cured them. [Smiles.] It ain’t that we lack faith. We have faith and belicve enough, and we_will believe Lumbag, spirit-rappings, and anything af everything but this blessed Bible, this blessed Chirist, this personal God revealed to us here in the Bible. -“The first thing we_hear of this woman is that she had heard of Jesus, and faith cometh by hearing and by report, and report by the Word of God.. I knew a man in Duobaque who had been 2 member of an infidel assocla- tion until he found the Savior, and his prayer was when he askea for peace: * *‘Lord, if you will give me peace and take away this load of sin, 1l do anything you tell me to.” And the first thing he had to do was to go to his com- panions, and it was a hard strucgle. But the first man he saw was 4 doctor, who was ready to sec him, and who said, ' **John, is it a real thing?” And he said it was, and that he wouldn't be there talking to him if it wasn'ta real thinz. And that friend was finally con- verted to Jesus. So with this woman, who had b of Jesus and his wonderful cures, and of his curinz people without moner, just for the glory of Eod "0 sho was led 1o v fait She “belioved that Jesns could heal her, that He would do it for notbing, and she came to Him. That Blessed Onc knew she was com- ing.. He knew who touched Him, and I believe He walked slower and slower to encourage her, and to give her time to E“:.ff to Him. But she had to press on over obstacles in her way, and there never was & time In the history of man .or woman when, there -wasn’t some mountain of diffienlty in the way that had to be crossed. It-, ing her I continucd the recor is against your own inclin: but’ and pressed on to where Jesus was. It was neeegsury for her to touch Him, and this she did, and as she came “nearer and at Jast reached Hiwm she fell down, and reached out that thin, trombling hand, and Iaid it upon the garment, and straightway she felt within herself that she was whole of that plague. The mo- ment she touched Him~ she pgot what she came for. Sha helioved it, and she got it. 1If you believe this record—that Jusus died for sinners—and if you believe -He dicd for you, and hus got the power to save you and forgive g}ur sing; and if you gre willing to come to im and ask Him to do it‘ryou will then re- ccive by faith what you come for. See the dif- ference in this woman’s touch and the touch of those around her. It is all the difference be- tween a true child of God anda nominal church- member. She touched Jesus with a definite purpose. That wus faith—the fcrsnnll ap- propriation of so much of Jesus’ power for ‘herself. A great many say _ they believe ju Christ. They believe about Him,— that He came into the world, suffered and died onthe cross, and was the Son of God. You mn{ believe all of that and still be lost. £ must believe He died for me; that He was ab atone- ment for me; that He gave Himself for me; and that I, a sinner, must take Him for my Savior. Maj. Whittle then spoke of the woman’s con- fession of what she had douc, and urged upon his hearers the duty of confessing their Savior by their testimony, by their works, by sitting at the communion-tablé with the Lord. In con- clusion ho told two very touching stories exhib- iting the power of faith, and called upon Mr. Mctiranaban to sinfi a new song, *“The Great Ph ’slchnhls passing. ter the song and & closing prayer by Maj. ‘Whittle, the services were ovcr;s J L ———— “HELEN’S BABIES.” An Interview with tho Parents of *Budge’ and “Toddle "~How 3Ir. Habberton Came to Write the Greatest Literary Sensation of the Period—Mr. Habberton's Estimate of the Average Publishing-House “Reader "~ “The Sequel to Ilelen’s Babics.” dpecial Correspondence of The Tribune, " New York, March 2.—Pcrhaps no phrase has been so commonly used in the literary world, no question more generally asked, than “ Who in the world are ‘Helen’s Babies?’” Many a copy of the book has been sold from the simple cu- riosity created by the tantalizing title. Thé ap- petite for this knowledge being satisfied, the reader of the book then becomes intensely anx- ious to know who the author was. The- stories that were printed were very amusing to the author, and the amount of information received about his little book came with the delicious aroma of constant surprise. As I hiappened to know that there was an immense amount of trash sccumulating about the book, its writer, his wife, and children, I called at his house to- day for the purpose of getting the golden grains ol truth about the greatest sensation in the lit- erary world for years. ‘ Standing onthe heights of Brooklyn, out- looking on New York and its embracing waters, is o spacous vine-tlad house, occupied and owned by & -wonderfully enerzetic Eastern woman, Mrs. Grannis: Some three years ago she felt it her: duty to start a weckly paper, advo- cating the union of churches—she does so.- It is still going on, has a large list of contributors (she pays nothing - for her copy). She has just spirit enough to keep at it till she dies; but the Church Union will fail fu its object. Itis the size of Beecher’s Christian Union. John Habberton, parent of ** Helen’s Babies,” —book and babies both,—has the eecond flocr of thiz house. henIwas usbered into his parlor I found” Mrs. Habberton, who said Mr. Iabberton would Dbe home in a few mimites. *We have read a great.many funny things, pro- vokiug things, stupid- things, and kind things about my husoand’s ‘Helen’s Babics,” and the amount of yingenuity that has been wasted by some writers would be invaluable to them ip. original work. Why, some of ticm have gone 5O Tar as to say that I was won bg my husbana in that supremely ridiculous fashion. Why, a woman who would be won in that fashionwould be a goosie—but, good gracious, Mr. Hsbberton mever could write about love. Ah! herc he comes.” Mrs. Habberton turned to her husband and said: *Juck, this wentleman wishea to koow hb%.anl‘y’mlg and accyrate aceount of ¢ Helen’s Mr. Habberton motfoned me toa seat, and talked to me after this fashion: ‘- Well, you want to know all ubout ¢ Helen’s Babies.” Now, i1 you will let me just talk ahead I will tell. you what I think 1 Enow about that book, for I'am rapidly coming to. the conclusion that 1am all wrong in my knowledze. Some hundreds of writers have such an absolute fuud of information about it, radically different from mine, that I hesitate about putting forward my solitary opinion acainst theirs. However, Twill do what Rfl's Dombey_ didw’t do,—I will ‘make an effort. 1 look upon ‘Helen’s Babies® as a literary waif, which went into the world without a soul to ackuowledze it and suddenty wakened up one day with greatness thrust upon it. Its origin s simply as follows: Some time ago my wife bad a prolonged fllness. You kuow how colorless the hours are in a sick-room,—so_on2 rainy day my two children being ket bome from school, conimenced to give s one of those freyaent unsoliciied perlormances of private nursery theatricals that parents never Lire of. Struck with the humor of their semi-theolor- jeal, semi-wicked remarks, for you know ¢ fool- ishness is bound up in the heart of a child,’ and they are all a mixture of the saint and the imp, 1 seized some paper and rapidly wrote off some of these l}ualnl sne‘inzs and pranks. It delight- cd my wile, and for the pure purpose of amus- from duy to day fora few hours. As the manuscript increased 1 saw the opportunity of turning it to some lit- tle acrount perhaps; so, to put it into readable shape, 1 composed an_introduction and an end- inz. [ was just ten days at it Inall. Itisno more a story of my buys_than of yours. And the hundreds of letters I have received saying ¢That is just what my boys do’ tells the simple secret of its enormous sale; it puts into print the actual delightful cxpcrleuces of innumera- ble families, and ‘Budge’ ana ‘Toddie’ charmed them all because they were their *Budge’ and ¢Toddie.” So I beg you will just dismiss the idea that all the romantic narrative of the book is anything but pure imagination.” g 1 here asked Mr. Habberton if he had heard the book had been attributed to other authors. “Qh, yes,” he continued, “among others to my wile, One paper traced her genealogy back to the Revolution, indeed, across to England before the scttlement of this country. We were both very grateful for the information. To be sure it was all wrong for a century back, but then the rest we did not know anything about ourselves; and that part we cannot contradict. Now the fact is, if my wife had only béen well enough to have bad ‘s hand in it”the author could have taken more pride in it. Itwould not have been without form, and alinost void_of re- spectable connection of narrative. indeed, I read the proof in sections, and never saw_the book complete until it was issued for sale. Now, Tdo not want you to think that I am specially proud of the success of a book that I say was 50 carclessly treated. It would be a con- ccited. unmanly —boast. had no idea the book would run over 3,000 coples sale. [ never intended to own it, and threw it upon the occan of literature expecting it to live a day in the sunshine and theo gointo oblivion. Indeed, so far was the idea from my mind that it would be more than * painted ship upon a painted occan,” that I eutirely forgot to change the family names in it, and 'it was this crazy omission that eventually betrayed the authorship. Although I would ‘not be so fool- ish as to say I am not more than gratified from a pure personal sense of pride at the wide cireu- Jabion of ¢ Helen’s Babies,” 1 tell you frankly that there is a much stronger feeling I have about it.- The success Is o tremendous blow at literary readers (who pasa upon MSS. for pub- Jishers) in general,and an unexpected support of my own judgment 8sa reviewer. I recollect some years ago picking up in the editorial rooms of a pul llsElnz house the MSS. of an author which was indorsed ‘Rejected? by two of the most eminent readers and finished schol- ars of theday. For what reason? ‘The work is entirely without shape ’ was the flat. Readi a few s I was struck with the vigor of the style, the brightness of its fancy, and the absolate fidelity to real life in the sketehing of character. [ put it in my pocket, took it home, and read it tirough. Why, the book was all soul. The learned reviewers were right In their verdict. ‘There wasno shape in the book,—but that was but the silver side of the sl leld‘i nad they ridden around they wouk have scen the other side glittering” gold. I took it back to the publishers, and told them to rint the book. 'Fhey langhed, and put their gngers on the seal of my distinguished co-real- ers. Istill persisted. They gfluwd the book. It had » large sale, mach to the publishers’ sur- prise, and they have printed since several others by the same aathor. Now, Iam nut glorifying my own judgment over these other gentlemen; T am simply insisting that_the reading mind is like the cye,—it longs for bold ontllna spirited action. and, above all, true, honest, deep feel- ing. The shape of &-book is like its cover,—it only holds the contents.” - T here asked Mr. Habberton when his sequel to_“Helen'sBabies ™ was to appear. - Hereplied: “It fs almost-finished. I was obliged to-put it eside for some little - time, al- diciled b o mome s ?v‘&m:m dm;:;‘b: 1 thongh -weeks -azo it ‘only needed the closing chapters,, But my contract compels me to com- plete itpromptly. -Nuw, I think I have talked to you,” . continucd, Mr. Habberton, * quitc enough .about my book. -I particnlarly desire you to state, il vou write anything about the Opinions I have expressed, that ‘Helen's Babies’ was not a_history of my family in any scose. and tnag the quaint sayings the babics used from d:{ to -!A{ bear but'the relation to the work itsell that the blockiug out of a can- vas bears to the fln!shed‘yictum. And now I must bid you- . *¢Good day, &ir,” I replied, and withdrew. It is very plain to me that Mr. Habberton is paioed by the ill-natured remarks tnat are being made about his issuing the ‘‘Scquel to Helen's Bables,” when Jittle Toddie has been dead only a fow weeks, and I think it only just to him :3:’;}; sehouh'!: b: n:‘rllmlmced that I'saw myself greement eutered into by Mr. Habbeérton to furnish- this book before Toddic was taken ;‘:xi(; nz‘:le]l:r?hfx !w:t.ltl';a :;ltlmr has stated that inting hi ivate famil; this book, cflunhdwlthp the above 'xlmhh‘eo?\\:: ness obligation, ougbt to silence all such ungen- erous remarks. The loss of the.child has been aterrible blow to_him. I knew him well, and he was a boy of wonderful promise. 1 hoj this information will hush all such cruel criti- clsm. CrriL. ————— THE DOCTORS. Further Criticlsm of Senator ;’o!lyn'l Medl- cal Bill—Two New Plans Submitted. 20 tne Editor of The Tritune. Pexmx, I, March 3.—As you have given some space to the discussion of the Meaical bill introduced in the Legislature by Senator Joslyn, I hope you will permit me to say something in contradistinction to the views of your city phy- sicians. I should say, in the first place, that any act which did not tend to the elevation of pro- fessional knowledge and standing was worse than useless; nay, would tend to degrade, by showing the world that such was the best and most matured thought of the professors and public of this State, in an effort to produce physicians of greater knowledge and skill, and, with such a ridiculous fauz pas as the Joslyn bill, we should only be the laughing-stock of more intelligent communlties. Althoueh I am a graduate myself, I deny that the possession of a diploma is conclusive evidence of 2 physiclan’s qualifications.. These, mnfor- tunately, are too easily obtained In many quarters, and it is high time some authority superior to these colleges cxisted which ghall determine the degree and extent in which 8 medical man may be qualified. I would above all that every physician be in possession of a certain amount of professional knowledge, and where said knowledge had been obtained I ehouldn’t care. We know, of conrse, that usu- ally it would be obtaincd in medical institutions. Thic idea obtained by your reporter from a phy- sicia® of your city, that colleges should be au- thorized to graut diplomas to practitigners of good repute who had been practicind seven years, is if anything more absurd than the other, Every one knows that many can be found who, having been in practice twenty-five years, are utterly incompetent to practice medi- cine; and the idea of glossing. this ignorance with a diploma, and baviog no higher test than that, is .nmot ome whit bet ter than selling diplomas. Another thi seems to me, to be true, ant that is that 2 man who may be qualified to prac- tice medicine to-day may be utterly. incompe- tent to do so ten years hence. Why this is so is becanse the vast majority of them think they have no more studymng or investigating to do after their graduation. If you want some in- formation on this point interview some of the traveling agents of the large publishing houses of medical works. My conception of the truth, however unpleasant it may be to utter it, com- pels me to say that I do not believe a majority of the physicians of this State, for instance, really care to have the qualification standard of ihe profession much morc elevated .than it is. Why tbis is so Lean attribute to one reason, principally, viz.: That too many -fcel their in- mmre!ancy to stand a just and yet strict exam- inatiou into their professional knowledge. Of course, the rivalry of the schools has some- thing to do with the preveotion of a proper low being passed, and yet it seems to me enough educated men'in the different schools could be found who. would be willing to drop their prejudices against each other so faras to enable them to securea law which should insure all-opponents: and friends, .to.have a greater knowledge of toeir profession. Weshould bear Tess talic about quacks then, as applicd by allo- path to bomeopath or vice versa. because all would know that whoever has passed the exam- ination must have knowledge enough to make the use of quack lmm%hcnblc tothem. Anoyel yet just feature of the plan I will soon dis- tlose is the erading of physicians into two or three grades, naminz the "branches of medical sclence in which they are qualified in the license or certificate awarded them by the State Board. Can_the people discover the qualitications of medical men without this examioation, in re- fzard to thelr qualifications to treat certain dis- eases, any more than they can those of school-teachiers? If it is fair for teachers to be graded, would it not be for doctorst Men have been sent to Joliet who have been found guilfy of gross malpractice, never having had any medical education whatever; bat who will say how much more guilty they are than those holding a diploma and who vet accent the responsibility of treativg a disvasa of which they know pext to nothing, and where death or lvss of aa important member ensues? The Plan I bave already advocated and brought to the notice of the profession (thonzh it received no attention whatever) is as follows: A Board of Examiners consisting of seven members, four allopaths, two homeopaths, and one eclectic, to be appointed by the Governor with the consent of the Serate, upon the recommendation of the several medical societies of these schools in the State. I would urge strongly the pradation .scheme, and have the standard for a first-class certiticate s0 high as to muke it somethinz worth strivinz for by every capable and ambi- tious physician, and to_comprise o fair knowl- edge of the following departments: Anatomy, physiology, hygiene, chemistry, sargery, ob- stetrics, patholugy,-and diacmosis, a certain knowledge to be agreed upon of materia medica and toxicology, medical jurispradence, histol- owy, diseases of the brain and nervous system, diseases of the eye and ear, and discases of larynx, use of larynzoscope, ete. The branches for second “grade to be anat- physiology, hygicne, chemistry, sur- gery, obstetrics, pathology and diagnosis, materia medica ~ and_toxicoloey, and medical jurisprudence. The requirements for the third-class certificates to be anatomy, physi- ology, hygiene, obstetrics, materin medica, and toxicology, pathology, and diagmosis. ‘Then the people could see what we were qualified to do, and would not have to ascertain by experi- ment, for I would requirethe certificate to be open to the public in the office of the doctor. 1 would also require o new examination every ten years, which would make one keep pace with his profession. I submitted tbis plan to the Iilinois State Homeopathic Medical ety last year, and arged the appointment of a com- mittee to confer with the Allopathic Siate So- ciety to sce if some such plan could not be agreed upon, and at least started, and can only say that the truth comgels me to state that no notice was taken of it whatever. Ialso sent some fifty or sixty copies to the most prominent physicians of the allopathic school, and not one nan ever intimated his approval of this or any similar scheme. Iam quite sure that Iam not one of the rule or ruin kind,—my plan or nane; give us any plan that will elevate the profes- sion, but don’t tamper with it unless it be one producing that resuls. Whether there is any- thing unfair or which would not tend to clevate the profession in the eyes of all intellizgent peo- ple in this plan, I now submit to the laity for their decision. J. BuusTeaD, M. D. To the Editor of The Tridune. Mississiper Bangs, March 8.—Like many oth- ers, 1 have been exceedingly interested and somewhat amused by the discussions of Senator Joslyn’s bill for bulldozing & portion of the medical fraternity, as they have appeared in your valuable paper. The questions involved—the- righti and the well-being of the people—are most grave. Un- doubtedly it is the duty of every citizen of our more than ordinarily intelligent State to see that he has the best safeguards around his **in- alienable rights.” *All that 2 man hath will he give for his life.” But we Americans gener- ally prize our right of liberty even above life. And in this medical imbroglio we see that the doctors have not lost any of their reputa- tion for disagreeing, but have got to pulling hair and teling some awful truths on themseclves! So flerce is this strife waxing, that I should -not wonder it some of them wax it into each other rather unsclentifi- cully yet, and just now, it being a cold snap of ‘weather, it would not hurt some of the lazy ounes to get a little extra mornings, if only to re- mind them how their mothers ated to slipper them when they got too big for therr store-cov- 'ezrol:)lgn. But this can be carrfed too far for the of the pcople, who are the greatest sufer- ers in 2] wars got up for the benefit of the few; and every philanthropist, intelligently posted in these mi lezal ,strifes as they occurred decades since in some of the Eastern States, will omy, deprecate the consequenses Were 1iu the Senate, I would offer as a_substitute for Senator J.3 bill something like the followine: Resolred,’ That every medical prag 1 . State of Tlinoks b and heroby 15" requiren oo 'e monthly renozt with the County Clerk, in which he slsll stuta under oath the numscr of patients he shall have treated in the month last past, with the age and scx of eachi, the names of sluues. and the number of deaths: which report stall be a part of the records of s3'd ofice, and a_copy be pub- lished at least once in one of the papers of the city or county. This would give the people a favorsble oppor- tunity to watch and test the skill of each %pr:e- titioner without abridging the rights of cither, and cover the case so far as the most intereste parties are concerned. Any other legislation it seems to me would be superfluous, and really of a class character. It should be with the dovtors a5 with others who live by, their labor. “Who is'the most skiiled? Who has the best success in the sick-room? Whose kindly solicitade and heaven-blest ministrations have been most sue- cessful in kezpingh the destroying angel from Tobbing the household of its dear ones? Not who has a * certificate to kill or cure by law." A certificate, however exquisitely wrought on the finest veilum, does not give skill, and the people who suffor and. pay know it. -Let the case ien out of the hands of the ring men and jobbers of parchment and given to the peo- ple.” Ours Is not a Gulf State where the masses are ignoraut and stupid dolts, ‘governed and domineered by the few professionals gnd lord- }lnz:: but a State full of, and_governed by, a ree, enterprising, educated, and shrewd peon!e, Wwho feel that tney know how to transact their Own vrivate business. GALEN. Plu;ky American Colonlsts. uenos Ayres Stande Mr.. Moore, of the Ameflcn’:"colony of San XHvlt‘:l'. has flium given the Indians a touch of the *grit" inhis charucter. -The savages stele fifty cows from his son: he immediately as- sembled eleven men and a recently-rescued captive as 2 guide. Thev rode seventy leagues into the heart of the Chaco before coming ap ooy, New and Orfginal Musle, with the maruders. A fight ensued, an cows were reteken. The Cacique flcd: lzrg‘llnéh : French boy, a captive, with his lance to keep. up with him;"abullet fired with marvelous aim by one of the colonists rolled the sasage dead from his horse, and the boy was free. Suddenly eighty Inaians of anather tribe fell on the little band, which met the attack in two divisions. Fourteen Tndians were sent to the happy hunt- ing-grounds in five minutes. ‘The rest fled, and the erofe little_party retarned to San Xavler. - AMUSEMENTS. UAVERLY’S THEATRE. - MAGUIRE & HAVERLY.. WMTE EEAPAR Engagement of the EVANGELINE COMBINATION. TO-NIGHT, the Grand Spectacalar P.ru-l\'l:lm_:. and Marches. Evi hi; it Prices.—Pirquetta and Yarasetie Cirele, Bi-oor Hal- cany. 75 cents: Famlly Clrcie. 50 centa. 2 DATINEES WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY. McVICKER’S THEATRE. LEMONS! LEMONS! The Latest Comedy Sensation, LEMONS! LEMONS! Every Evening until farther notice and Saturday _ Matinee. COLISEEM. Every Evening, ANOTHER COMPLETE CHANGE. James and Katie Edwnards, Sketch Artiata. The Homers, in Irish Sketches. 'The Three Crawfords, Song and Dunce Artiats. Dick Rowe, Contortion- fat. " Belle Celeste and C, C. Mathews, Trapeze. rd and fast week of Den Thompson as Josh Whitcomb. Afternoon at 2:30, Evening at 8. ADELPHI THEATRE, Commencing to-night,| To-Night the LAUGH- one weel only of Mr.and ING DUTCU)L-\.\'.JQ'\YI‘I- Mrs. JULIAN KENT in ny Allen. Erba Robeson, their Border Drama, glfl. tfl:r;y. fi';;n 8i- elle, 'amily, Johu WILD BILL, |ang sy Gannon Gusele King of .the Border Men+ YcCain, Dick Gorman;. Aterrific Bear Fight. 'and Haley and Weaver. Miatinces Wednesday and Setarday. - =" S PIPE CUTTER. T The Acme Pipe Cutter. Cuts Wrought Tron, Brass, and Copper Pipes, Boiler Tubes, Round Iron, Shafting, etc. Makeh Clean Cut, no Burring. Solid Cast Steel throughout. Send for Circular to PANCOAST & MAULE, 227 Pear-st., Philadelpha. MISCELLANEOUS.. Yellowstone River Transportation. O:FicE Citzy QUARTERMASTER, DEPARFNEYT OF DAKOTA. St. Pace. Mitu., Sarch 1, 1877. The Quartermaster's Depariment wiil require Water Truneporintlun Juring thi Duating scasum of this year 1.0 Dismarck and Vore A. - Liacoln. and. fron Fort Buford. for about 8,006 wis of Mihiary Subpiies, 10 Posta.af or near the Tonzue and Little I, Hor Rivers. Uwnis of stcamer of lght drauzh -ud grost power, aud Ollerwise enltable f0r Serviee in thowe rivers, are uested to submit 1o the underslgned on or befors the 13th nst.. offers for the whole. or 6 portion of sud work, gI¥ing the rate per 100 pounds per 1443 milles, As 3 pori‘0a of sald freight will be deitvercd th the carrlers at Rismarck, D. T.. bidders wlll xive rates for the Missouri :iver pir:ion Of the scrvice, separate from tbat for the Yellowstune, . B. C. CARD, Chief Quartermaster. T. 8. Cavalry Horses Wanted. OFFICE OF THE DEPOT QUARTERMASTER. ) o7, turr._§ The undersigned will purchas:”at the Dexter Purk -Track, on Tuesdays, ‘Thursdays, and Saturdays. commencing March 1, 1877, from 11 ¢'closk 8. m. 10 1 B, I Qne naudred aid chifey (i90) Cavalry Horsés for % colors. sound tn all . S. Army. The horses must be of das] Heulars, qulck and active, close coupled, well broken, ¢ in full desh, from 15 to 5% hands higli, from 508 Jearsold, asd adapied in every way to the esvairy sery- ¥ horse will be accepted anlesa fully ap to the stand- ard, AS. M. MOORE, Major and Quartermaster . S. A. HASTER GOMMISSIONER SATE. Valuable stolling MU Property and Machinery. known s the Licking Iron Works. Heretofore owned and operated by the Phillipa and Jordsn Iron Company. ith all the real estate and machinery, will offered for sale at the Court-House door, Covingion, Ky., o the highest bidder, at pusll suction, on Thurs- day. Geh of April next, at10o'clocka. m., on 8 credit of six, twelve, and elghteen months. 5 These works arc located in Covington. Ky.. upo Lieking River, and arc among the best af most gonvenlently located, aad thoroughly ousfitted in the e, ‘iné premises are amole, with harf 2 e Desk Taciiles Tor the Feckipt SFraw mniontel, and R Bachiiery o espectslly adapted to the he mac] o - facanre. of Sheet. Doner. Bar, Hoop, B Anigte. T Sush and Corfupated Tron, Itfvetk, snd. Boat Splicen Fiah Plates and’ Chaina, aid is the best o¢ ftakind. I¢ 18 all in good cracr and ready for immediate The purchaser or purchasers will be required to execate bond or bonds, with spproved secarity or securities, bearing legal interest from day of sale, Sccoraing to law.-for the purchase moncy. Bldders Wil be prepared to comply promply. with ficse terms. (ERANK P. HELM, Masicr Co oner, Coving- e TOETLED GERMIAN SOAP. WHEN BUYING SOAF —ASK POR— PROCTER & GAMBLE'S Mottled Cerman. There is None Better, OB MORE EOONOMIOAL FOR PAMILY USE' FINANCIAL. W20, $50. 8100. $200. $300. EX. FROTHINGHAM & CO., Bankers and No. 12 Wall-st., New York, make for cus- tomers deafrabie [nvestments of or. amounts 1instocks 0 3 legitimate charscter, which frequ:ntiy pay from flve to twenty times the smount invested every thirty days. ltolisvle Stock Privilezes negotlats: Sa et on aopenlt oF 3 40 3 B cent. - Cirelaraa] Weekly Heports sent free. vee WINTEE RESORTS. WINTER RESORT. JHE BOYAL VICTORLA HOTEL. Namss, Babsma Isiands. For: Fmation apply JAMES LIDUELWOOD & CO. roadway, New Yorc | SCALES: - ~ 111 & 113 Lake St., Chicago.™ . Bezireful tobuyonly the Geanine. ~ oF, K1L¥DS. IREANRS. MORSE & CC. £