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

R WA RELIGIOUS. The Sixth Paper of the Series on “What Is Truth?” The Special Subject Considered Ts the Second Coming of Christ, Sunday-School Teachers’ Meeting at Far- well Hall-Miss Smiley’s Bible- Reading. A Resume of Certain Alleged - Modern Miracles==-Objec- tions Thereto. The Work which the Woman's Chris- tian Association Is Seeking to Accomplish. Notes and Personals at Home and Abroad---Church Services To-Day. WHAT IS TRUTH ? SIXTH PAPER—TIE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST. o the Editor of The Tribune. CricaGo, March 9.—* Now is the time of the Second Coming of the Lord, foretold in Matt. xxiv., and tke establishment of the New Church signified by the New Jerusalem in Rev. xxi., and this Second Comingis not a visible appearance on " earth, but a new disclosure of Divine Truth, and the promulgation of - true Christian Doctrine, eflected by means of the Lord’s servant, Eman- el Swedenborg, whowas specially instructed in this Doctrine, and commissioned to publishit to the world.” Thus reads the fourth in the series of the Doc- trines of the New Church. . The science of cor- respondences between spiritual things and natural things is the key which opes the literal sense of the Word, and discloses within it the internal or spiritual seose. All the Books of the Word were written in this symbolical language. The knowledge of this * science was well understood in ancient times, but was gradually lost, until made known by the Lord to Swedenborg, who, in accordance therewith, wrote and published the true mean- ing of God’s Word. The Christian Church, re- garding the Word only in the sense of the let- ter, has been and still is looking forthe }:crsonnl appearance of Christ in the. clouds of earth, some going so far as to predict the day when He will come and put an end to all eerthly things. Brother Moody, together with the greater num- ber of literalists, think the ume is not far off, bug do not attempt to specify the day or year. This expectation is founded on certain passages of Scripture, such as our Lord’s words in Matt. Ixiv., 2940: * Immediately after the tribula- -tion of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from neaven, and the powers of the heavens sbiwil be shaken; and then shall appear the sign of the Son of Man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glors.” These wonds appear to speak of the destruction of the universe, but when we read Verse 34, we must sce that our Lord dia not intend it to be so understood: *Verily, Isay unto you this gen- eratior: shall not pass till afl these things be 1ulfilled.” In another place our Lord speaks in an equally emphatic and instructive®manner, ehowing that it was spiritual change He meant. “For tue Son of Man shall come in the glory of His Father, with His angels; and then He shall reward every man according to his works. Verily I sav unto you there be some standing Lere which shall not taste of death till they see the Son of Man coming in His Kingdom.” . “This coming was_effected, when, after the Day of Pentecost, His epiritual Kingdom -was begun, and men were received into 1t or rejected, according to their previous lives; they who had done good, coming forth to the resurrection of life; they Who had done evil, to the resurrec tion of condemnation or judgment.”’—Jobn, v., ** The destruction of the universe is only a bol, in Scripture, of the demolition of a per- verted and corrupt Churd ; and the formation of new heavens and anesw carth are figurative terms which regnésent the formation of religion anew, so that the Church, the spiritust heavens, and the earth, or the society growing out of the Churel, are the embodiments afresh of love to God, and love to man.” One of the passages from which Second Ad- ventists draw the conclusion that the world will be destroyed by fire is found in 1. Peter, il., 10-12. ““But the day of the Lord will come as - athief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with o great noise, and the ele- ments shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also, and the works that are therein shall be burnedup. . . . Looking for, and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens, being on fire, hall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat.” Peter himself interpreted_the equally impres- sive words of the prophet Joel, as being fizura- tive of the convulsions attendant upon the de- struction of Judatsm, and the introduction of Christianity. “‘Joel prophesied and said: ‘And it shall cometo pass afterward, that I will pour. out my Spirit upon all flesh; and your svns and your danghters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, yoir voung men shall see visfons. . . . AndI will show wonders in the heavens, and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke. The sun shall be turned into darknees, and the moon into blood, before the great_and the terrible day of the Lord eome.’ —Joel, i, 23, 30, 31. “Here there ere commotions predicted quite 25 suriking as those described by Peter in his second epistle.” “Let us turn now to the language of Peter on the day of Pentecost. The agitation and ex- citement of the multitude of new disciples who ‘hailed the glad tidines of the new religion were attribated by their enemics to_inebriations but Peter s up und said: ‘ Ye men of Judea, and all ye that dwell at Jerosalem, be this known unto you, and hearken to my words; for these are not drunken, 8s ye Suppose, seeing it s but the third hour of the'day. But thisisthat which was spoken by the Prophet Joel:’ and then he recited the prophecy given above.” “The sun of God’s love had been turned into -darkness, the moon of faith had been turned into bloody violence, and the fire of hate had been burning fiercely enough in the souls of fanatical persecutors, but nature went on 35 -peacefully 25 before.” Peter knew those words ported only spiritual changes. Whenhe used similar words, would he not use them to mean, the same things?"” When l;mguu%'e of the same kind is used by the Apostles, and in the Bookof Revelation, as towhat would again take place, it canonly justlybeinterpreted inthesame manner Tn Christianity, it is propliested, s corruption of -religion would take place. , the com- mandments of God would be made of none ef- fect by man’s tradition. , the sun would * be darkened, the moon not “give her licht, the stars wonld fall from heaven, and the powersof the heavens would be shaken; bm,,éxgnln, He who is the Son of Man, and God of Heaven, in s own giorr, and the glory of the Father—for He is both Father and Son—the King of Kings aud Lord of Lords, would come down and re- store all things by first Yestoring the knowledee and Jove of Himself os “God over all; bl Tor ever.”—Romans, ix., 5. & * Another class of passages in the Bible speak of thelatter davsasa timeof restoration, of universal light, love, purity, and ¢, all flow- ing from a true knowledge of God in Christ, the Fatherin theSon. Buthow could such paseages ever be fulfilled if the universe were to be burnt and pass away leaving not a wreek behind?” , . “The earthly meaning of the Word 1s full of dlouds to the unlearned in divine truths. When, however, the eyes of ‘the understanding are opened, these clouds, like those in Raphael’s grand picture of San Sisto, are full of angel {aces, or, rather, they arestreams of divine light from the Lord.” Wé see Jesus refiected_every- ~where. He is our Adam, our Moses, our Joshua, our David, our Solomon, our all in all. He comes to us in the clouds of heaven, and evgz evecan sec Him. The Word s full of G "11':: \;:ord in its highest wisdom is God."— m, 1., 1. *1n the propliet_Zechariah, we read: ‘And the Lord shnll%:e King o\‘::x’su the earth; in ‘that day shall there be one Lord, and His name . Ope'—xiv., 9. The New Testament _is equally explicit. *The time cometh when I shall no more spesk to you in parabies, but I shall shew. - You plainly of the Father./—John, x¥1.,25. That time has now come. We now see that though He has been with us a Joving Savior, we have Dot properly known Him; we have only seen His dimly, but now we see He is the Everiast- et dog Father, and the Prince of Peace. Eerm said to every one of us, as He sald to Philip, *Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known Me, Philip? “He that hath seen Me hath seen the Father. How sayest thou then, Shew us the Father?—John, xiv., 9. The seventh angel hus sounded, and there are ereat voices in Heaven, saying: ‘The Kingdoms of this world have become -the Kingdoms of our Lord, and ot His Christ, and He, Lord and Christ In ong divine P n, shall reien forever and ever.’—Rev., xi,, 18. This is His second coming.” ** In Christianity, as it has been for hundreds of years, Jesus has been worehiped as still the Babe of Bethlehem, or as Christupon the cross, although these were only temporary accommo- dations of His love when He stooped to save. He glorified His humanity, and rose {rom the grave,and ascended above all the heavens, Con- queror of death and hell, Kingof Glory, having all power [n heaven and earth—from tlie sun of heaven filling all things with His spirit. 5 *“ Have you received- Him thus as the Father in the Son (Jobu, xiv., 15), God in_Christ re- conciling the world unto Himself (IL Cor., v., 19), or have you only been thinkmng of Him as a suffering Savior, separate from God, who paid toanother God a debtof penalties owing byyou? Let Him enter your heart by faith and love as the only wise God, our Savior (Jude, 25), who forgives you for His own sake (Isa., xliii., 25), who'loves you infinitely and freely, and who will change the vile body of the carnal part of your soul into the likeness of Hisgloriousbody, according to the working whereby He is able to subdue all thi to Himsclf (Phil., iii;21). Thus let the Lord Jesus come into your heart as the Everlasting Father, as well as the Prince of Peace, as Lord of All, the All in All, the whole Trinity of the Godhead in One, and it will be His second coming to you.*’ “In the grander dispensation of the second coming religion is to become absolutely a law of lMfe. While God has been thought of as an angry Being out of Christ, religion has been re- garded as a thing of gloom; denials of reason- able and vproper dutles and enjoyments have been resorted to, under the persuasion that these sell-inflicted sorrows will be agreeable to the stern Deity buman imaginations bave in- vented. When, bowever,” we have come to Jesus, the God of love, we sce that all He re- quires of us is a life- of love, by suffusing every act with true wisdom and holy motives, ground- ed in love to God and man.” “Wecan doall things through Christ that strengtheneth us.” Phil., iv., 18. “The yoke of the 8avior is casy, and His burden is light.” Matt. xi., 30. His burden is easy, for it Is only “tdoing justly, loving mercy, and walking Bumbiy with Him, our God.” ~ Micab, vi., 8. ‘The Lord is coming to sanctify the central work of domestic life, and imbue with His spirit of love and wisdom the sacred tiesof marriage. He is coming .to purify gov- ernments. He is coming to make commerce the friendly intercourse of mutual blessines. He is coming to ecnnoble and dignify labor, which is the use of man’s God-given faculties, and which diffuse over the earth the myriad beauties and blessings which sustain, enrich, and decorate the world.” Finally. the Lord Jesus, as the Resurrection and the Life, in His spiritusl coming to the soul, takes away the fearof death. There is no death to him who las conquered sin. His remoyal irom earth is a departure to o higher life and a more perfect home. ‘ He who Keepeth my say- ings,"" gaid_toc_Redeemer, “shall never sce death.”—John, vili., 51. “* Whosoever Jiveth and believeth in Me shall never die.”—Joln, xi., 26. He who is trained for heaven, has already heaven in himself. He goes to heaven, becausce heaven has come to him. Away, then, with those carnal dreams of a great parade in the outward sky. Nooutward trumpeters are-wanted to make a clamor in the clouds. What we nced is the *‘stitl small voice” of the Savior God within, that comes like a dew from heaven to refresh and fertilize the wilderness of unregencrate souls, and make them blossom like the rose. ** The Kingdom of God cometh not with observation” (outward show). * Neither shall they say, Lo here, or Lo there! for tle Kingdomof God is within you.”— Luke, xvii., 20-21. There is nothing wanting to the Lord’s sec- ond coming, with all its splendor and happi- ness, but the leartfelt embrace of His Diyine will 1n all things. Come into His Kinexdom. 4 The Spirit and the bride say, Come. -And let him that heareth say, Come. ~And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take of the water of life, freely. Even so, Come, Lord Jesus.”* Lavaax. *The Rev. Dr. Basley. . i SUNDAY-SCHOOLS. MEETING OP THE TEACHERS. . The Sunday-school teachers’ meeting in Far- well Hall at noon yesterday was well attended. After singing a hymn, Mr. M. C. Hazard led in prayer, asking that they might get light from the lesson, and good which won!d last for a long time, and that it might be taucht effectually on the morrow. * "tIlove to think of the heavenly laud” was sung. 2 The lesson,. L. Kings, 2, 1-12 (Elijal’s trans- lation), was read responsively. Mr. Hazard said be hesitated about taking up 80 simple and beautiful astory for fear of mar- ring it. They should not cover up its beauty. He suggested as an outline, first, the prophet departed; second, the persistent disciple; third, the waters divided; fourth, the wise dedsion; and, fifth, the sudden departure. = All the facts could be grouped underthose heads. The most ‘useful carcer must have its close: the longest Jjourney must have an end. God’s time was the best time.. It wasa good thing not to know the day or hour, because we might look forward to it with too much pride or too much fear. Elijah’s taking away was as remarkable as his coming. He presented himself suddenly to Ahab. There was a faith- ful follower with him upon his last journey. ‘Various reasons were given why he asked Elisha to stiy behind. The speaker thought the most probable was that Elijah desired to test his tem- per, and see whether the man who should sue- ceed him was worthy to be his successor or not. 1t nowhere appeared in the record that Elisha had any idea that he could obtain a blessing. His experience taught us we should not tarry at Gilgal when the blessing was beyond the Jor- dan. What a wonderful privilege Elisba had! He could have bad a great many things, but he asked for the greatest of all, a_double portion of Elijah’s spirit—a double of the portion whick rested upon him. He had long coveted it. We should covet earmestly the best pifts—desire spiritual gifts. As the two were traveling along the chariot of fire separated them. * If thou see Me,"” was the injunction; and nothing could lure Elisha’s attention from the prophet. We should keep our eyes fixed on Christ, and we would receive a double portica of the spirit. The textscemed to imply that he was carried bodlly up into heaven. Be that ss itmight, the greater fact was that he was carried up into leaven. The speaker had thought how much better was the Christian’s death, for when he came to the ‘Jordan, and walked over dry-shod, be found not a chariot of fire, but the Lord Himself, waiting for him. “ Give me the wings of faith to rise,” was sung, .:Egcnfieman in the audience said that Elijah was followed by friends when fn prosperity, but in adversity they forsook him. We should do like Elisha, follow our friends during the whole journey, and try to ao what we could for them while living. The Word of God should be riveted into the heart. Then it would remain; otherwise not. R ‘Anotner remarked that when God was about to do any great thing He made it known. Translation migat be nearer than they expected; .but God would tell them when it came. Another said we should love the Lord Jesus Christ. He was onr best foiend. If the whole world looked dark, He did not. The Holy Ghost would enable us to fight against the enemy. Mr. Main said attention should be called to Christ’s taking up. The Holy Ghost which He sent from Heaven, and which would be given to every one, was of far ercater value than the mantle which fell from Elfjah and came to isha. Apother said they should give the children such counsel as they would not. regret to give if they knew that to-doy they were to meet their classes for the last time. - ‘Another thought it should beimpressed on the little onmes that no matter who they were or where they lived, all would see agreater ight than Elisha saw. . Covert said no great_conversion followed in Israel from Elijah’s work, but he obeyed to the last, and the fruit was seen in after genera- tions. - So it might be with their work. God took His own time for bringing forth fruits from their planting. 5 Q Mr.pH mm:rked {}Ihn‘thujal; dl‘d notcnu.ks much of the mantle, using it simply to get over Jordan, and that wab the fast, heard of It. And in his death he accomplished more than inall his lite. ¥ Aa{mn was then sung, and the teachers dis- ez THE WOMEN. ‘WORK OF THEIR CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION. v the Editor of The Tribune. CHICAGO, March 9.—The organization of 3 ‘Woman’s Christian Association in this city, and the work which this newly-formed Society pro- poses to do, have elicited & deep-and widespread THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY., MARCH 11, 1877-SIXTEEN PAGES. sympathy both from the press and the people; yet it may not be amiss to call attention to two or three special schemes of benevolence which the ladies have now on hand, and which deserve the heartiest commendation. Accordiig ta Article 1. of the constitution, “The object of this Soclety shall be to promotc the moral, re- ligious, intcllectual, and temporal welfare of women, especially women who are dependent upon their own exertions for support.” Itis to the work bearing more directly upon the tem- voral welfare of women that the writer desire to call attention; for it is pretty generally agreed among our wisest philanthropists that the body must be taken care of first before the soul is in the right condition to receive spiritual treat- ment. Before we talk to menabout getting religion, we must see that they have a chance of procuring their daily bread; and, before pointing to the glories of the life to come, we should as- sist them to reap some of the advantages of the life that now is. ThusIcount the work of practical assistance toward those who are will- ing to help themsclves as the best sign of the suaccess of the W. C. A, First, therc is the Woman’s Employment Bu- reau, located in Farwell Hall. Here all kinds and classes of working-women assemble, from the school-teacher to the seamstress and cook; and here, thanks to the excellent supervision and management of this department, a large number find employment and ‘comfortable homes, According to the official report for February, 137 women were provided with means of subsistence.. Of courze the places and labor thus found do not always prove permanent; but o large majority of ‘the cases provided for rove worthy ‘the pains taken in their Echnl(. and the work accomplished serves a double purpose by accommodating two classes. That large class of half-distracted’ women who spend )n:fi their time in moaning_over the in- efliciency of all servantdom would do well to consult “the Woman's Employment ~ Bureau, where the lady in charge seems to have a pretty general knowledge of the gualifications of her numerous proteges, many of whom she keeps under her watchful cye after they have left her care. Another enterprise- undertaken by the W. C. A. is the establishment of a working-girl's home, which will be in reality a cheap boarding- house, possessing thosc homelike advantages which all boarding-houseés advertice, but few realize. It is proposed to remt one or two houses for this purpose, and to fill the rooms as fost as %ossible with * good, moral, Christian girls.” The object is, perhaps, not unworthy, though it can hardly be regarded as other thin mistaken zeal which looks upon the establish- ment of this house as the most important work these philanthropic women have in hand. Chicago must count her workine-girls by the {fhousand, and _yet the ‘Home' is not. expected to accommo- date more than fifty or sixty. Even if it were not so, and the ladies had ‘at their disposal a large enough fund to build a Stewart-like man- sion, larze enough to accommodate its hun- dreds, even_then the enterprise would be of doubtful value. That is a poor solution to any social problem touching on the disposal of the different classes ol society, which coucludes that these classes are better kept apart. Work- ing-girls, because they are worKing-girls, should not therefore be gently constrained by the Lady Bountifuls of soclety to live always by them- selves, and bring their entire lives' within the narrow compass of the occupations they have chosen. In a highly-inteflectual and aristocratic city the experiment was once tried of fitting up a room where the working-women might, at certain - intervals, mect their sisters of leisure who amiably proposed to lighten their lot by reading poetry to them. The room was put in order, I believe,but the experiment was nota suc- cess, forthe working-women very properly declin- ed beingread to, even from thepoets. No person of self respect will submit to be looked upon in no other light than that of the profession or trade he has chosen. In polite society it-is very justly regarded 18 a breach of good manuers to “talk shop.” Lawyer and client drop their business stations if they happen to mect at an evening party. A pbysician does not prescribe his remedies, nor a merchant advertise his wares at a_dinner-reception. All reformatory measures should be in the direction of abolish- ing class-distinctions. The cstablisbment of such _institutions as the Workingwom- en’s Home, . though prompted by the most generous wotives, tends unfotunately in just the opposite dircction. The prevailing fecling: with regard to all such institu- tions must be, though perhaps not couscious- ly acknowledged, that the soclal status of the inmates is forever fixed. As Prof. Gunaing said of the irremediable laws which control race-development, *‘the negro shall be a negro still, the Australian an Aus- tralian still: *' €0 the incvitable drift of all phil- enthropic measures, which aitn to benefit classes rather than individuals, is to keep the working- woman a working-woman stiil, the sbop-girl a slmn»glrl still. = The Association is doinz no better nor more lasting work than that conuected with the dis- pensary for women and children. Here frec medical treatment s given to those who have not the means at their command to pay for it. The list of attendant physicians is made up of the best lady-practitiouers in the city, while the counseling physicians are chosen from among the most eminént men of the profession. The dispensary, located in Paciic Block, corner of Clark and Van Buren streets, 1s open every after- noon from 1:30 to 4 o’clock. ‘The best part of the altogether good work wlhich the Dispensary Committee has in contemplation is the _ system of domestic hospital work it purposes to inaugu- rate. This is nothing more nor less than pro- viding homes in poor, but respectable families, not unwitling to eke out a scanty fucome, for those unfortunate girls who flock to the city to hide themselves until the time of their trial and shame be prssed; and who are so frequently doomed to become the vietims of the most vile practices, or condemned to spend their days in the public exposure of our county and other hospitats. What such unfortunates need more than anything clse is a quict refuge, and this areat boon the W. C. A. means to give them. True reform works xquie‘:tly and unostenta- tiously. It needs no glaning sign-boardstowork its progress. Only in the slow, steady uplifting of individual men and women can it accomplisi decp and lasting results, The W. C. A. is do- ing good work all around: but the tenderest chiarity is that which screens a guilty soul until it has had time to recover strength :uxg I:om‘:‘xgc. MIRACLES. - A CORRESPOSDENT WHO CANNOT BELIEVE IN THEM. To the Editor of The Tribune. Cm1caco, March 9.—I feel ns if the subject of “Miracles”? had been pretty fully discussed of late. But as theletter of Dr. Mitehell of the 21st ult. plaivly indicates, he has not been a little ‘perplexed to extricate himself from the dilemma In which he had placed himself, by gis- ing publicity to a foolish woman’s statement of what she claimed to be amiracle, or the same thing—a Divine interposition of sudden transi- tion from an incurable disease of long standing to perfect health. Let mecomfort the good brother with this consolation (as misery likes company) that he Is not the only one who, as a “light set.on a hill,”” has made such grievous mistakes. Have you read the book entitled *‘ Prayer and Its Remarkable An- swers,” by Dr. W. W. Patton, of this eity? If not, I will give vou the benefit of a few extracts from it. On page 225 you'will find a condenscd account taken from a pamphlet entitled Werc They Miracles? Mr. Ellen Clark is the wife of the Rev. Moses Sherman, who, in August, 1873, was in the third year of his pastorate in the Methodist Episcopal Church of Piermont, N. H. Mrz. 8., when a git, twice fell and badly injured her left knee, so that it became partly stiff, and was pronounced incurable by the phy- sician. Subsequently she strained herself so as to bring on serious female discases. - Twice she fcll down stairs or a stair-case, striking her backbone, nearly paralyzing the spinal cord, and causing serious and permanent spinal dis- ease. In September, 1872, she took to her bed, ‘where she lay belpless, except when lifted from “it, till Aug. 27, 1873. She could mpot walk a step or stand, norcould she well sit up a short time without great distress. Medical skill proved unavailing; during the last two or three- wecks it required two persons to move ber. She had come to think that her lot was to be a bed- ridden, suffering invalid. =~ At that -date just named, she was leit alone in ber room for the night [Mre. Robinson also was alone], and Jlay awake revolving varfous sore trials, and wasled to commit them by faith to Jesus, and feel per- fect rest of soul. ~ She made & refewed cou- secration of her afl to God, when a achghtful consciousness of acceptance came over her. She then felt a special presence of Jesus, and what some would call a dream, and others a vision,, came to her. What followed is given in her own' words, sbridged, which certainly record & stranze rence: “Then "I became conscious of a movement of the Presence, and it seemed to be filling the room more and more. From the foot of the bed the Presence whisper- ed, ‘Believe thou that Tam able to do taisy This was repeated many times, while I lay there and reasoned the matter all over. . The power toyieldand believe wes given, and I said, 1o -fused aid, walked back and “Lord, I believe; help thou my uubelief.’ A# once the Presence scemed to press up to me over the foot of the bed and whispered to me the words, and He breathied on them and said, ¢Receive ye the Holy Ghost,’ and they were ac- compenicd by a warm breathing upon my face. ‘This was repeated several times. Each new pul- sation of the Holf' breath fln\vcddccperthmngh my body, und as {t went all pain ceased. After alittle time I was told by a wh!almr from the Presence [‘Presence’ is an appellation always used by Spiritualists] to raise my left arm, the worst one, to my head; before I'was not able.to raise either arm without the 2id of the other, but now I raised this easily and without pain. Then I w told to raise the other, which I did with cqual case. Then turn over; at once I came over like a cork in water. Then to ring the bell; 1 didso, and my husband came in_ but half awake, aud lit the candle. Isaid, ‘There isa strange influence in the room; the Savioris here at work upon me,’ when the words were inwardly spoken with great emphasis, ¢ That the people may know that the Son of Man hath power on-earth still to forgive sin, rise upand Walk.’ - At once I, who had been bedridden and incapable of stepping a step for months, threw off the clothes with my left arm, sprang out of bed upon my feet, and started to walk across the room. Her husband first thonght she was crazed, and he_sprang to help her, but she re- forth across the room, and insisted Jesus had healed her. He called up his son of 12 years, and a woman in the house, and they rejoiced together from 1 to 3 o'clock, when all retired. In the morning her son’ came in, tofind whether it was real ora dream, when she sat up on the side of the bed, })lcked up and drew on her stockings, which she had not been able to do for more than one year, and lifted the left foot upon the other Knce, and found it wholly restored. From that time all her troubles—neuralgia, sick -headache, lack of appetite, dyspepsia, costiveness, femi- nine difficulties, lddney diseases, etc.—entirely Ieft her.” On page 187 Dr. Patton gives an account of Mrs. Jane Pithy, of this city, who fs disabled by palsy, and lias received all her ‘supplics by prayer, and day by day ever since each want has been met. Each needed article was asked for by name, until her hired girl [she could well aifofd to keep half a dozen], a Roman Catholic, was astounded at the constant answers given. One morning, as Mrs. Pithy was rising from her knees at family worship,* the girl burst oat, “You have forgotten to pray for coal, and we are cotirely out.” So as she stood, she added a petition for the coal. About an hour after- wards the bell nm%. She went to the door, and there wus u load of coal. She opened the kitchen door and quictly said, ¢ The coal has come,” when the girl clapped her hands tozcther and with an exclamation of astonishment leaped from the floor. The coal was sent bya Mr. Shufeldt, who knew nothing of her want, and who neyer sent anything before, nor ever since. [It was fortunate in his indiscrisinate chari- ties he did not send it to Robert Law or back to Neweastle. On page 216 the_author says: * A letter now before me from 8. A. Devinuee, of . Reedsbury, Wis., communicates a series of facts as follows: ¢ A Mr. H—, a man mighty in the Scriptures and in prayer, said to Mr. D., “At one time while in Baraboo we were reduced- to Frclt straits for food. I said to my wife, ‘Weare shut up to God, and must carry our wants to Him inspecial prayer.” We did so. About two hours afterwards I sent my sou to the Post- Oflice, and he returned with a letter from En- glana. I opened it and found a five pound note ($25) inclosed. [It had traveled over 2,000 miles per Thourl’” On page 209 the author gives authority for the restoration at different times of two pen- knives, and also of a lost rubber shoe, as the di- rect result of prayer. [T have frequently found my lost spectacles on niy nose, and had not prayed much cither.] He says on page 211: % The poor who need employment or a specific sapply, 23, a hat, a coat, or a pair of_ shoes, should tell the fuct to their Heavenly Father; they would receive many gifts by so _doing.” But enough of recitations from "Dr. Patton’s book ot 403 pages, which is filled with delinea- tions of direct answers to prayer for temporal supplies and truly remarkable answers for phys- ical healing, such -as heart diseases, paralysis, cancers, and consumnption in the very last stages, with night-sweats, fect swollen, and diarrhea, which were no barrier to a sudden, transition to perfect heglth,—ull authenticated by many cler- gymen in different parts of the cmmtrg, as well a8 being indorsed and rccommended by other clergymen and some of the religious newspapers of the day. But amongz the co-workers and believers in “modern miracles™ [ would like to add the testimony of Elder McCuIlom;h‘ who preached on miracles in the Advent Church (No. 91 Green street, this city), last Sabbath evening, and of the many proofs he gave of ‘“‘modern miracles.” I will only give,in a condensed statement, two instances. One was of a lady preacher ' who lived in -the western part of Massachusetts, who consulted b writing with seven of the best physi cians in the City of New -York, all of whom told her she was in the last stages of consump- tion and it was not possible for her to live but a very short time. She tinally concluded to throw away all her medicines and put her entire trust in God and ask Ifim to neal her. She called in Mr. McCullough's brother, and another gentle- man, and they therewrestled with God iu prayer, and before they were “done speaking™ she felt a conciousness of heing healed, and the next Sabbath she walked six miles and preached, and from that time forth was as well as ever. The other case was that of the Elder's wife. She was nigh unto death, given up by the physician and all her friends. In a smothered whisper she said to lier busband she desired to have two Methodist ministers sent for, who were attend- Ing a camp-meeting not far away, to_come and vray withher; he sent for them. When the; commenced praying her pulse was 160, and it ran down while they were praying to sixty, and it was with ereat ditliculty her husband could keep her in bed. She was wholly restored. Dr. Mitchell no donbt had an ardent desire to incite_in his bearers unlimited reliance on God that He at this time would deign to do anything His children desired of Him, and henee told the story of Mrs. Robinson by way of encourage- ment, but he should have r¢membered that only a short time before Brother Moody bad told for the same reason the result of the co-operation of those sssembled with him in prayer for the restoration of his own daughter, and that when they were through raying he took out Lis watch and felt of his Enu"mcr‘s pulse and found she was much bet- ter, but the next day she was much worse, and continued so for a long time. He never after gave any testimonies of that kind, and it is not probable that Dr. Mitchell will either, and I am sorry he could not have, after balf-way apolo- ing, excusing, and coufessing, let the case rest there, but ke must ada in closing his letter .| that, It is not to be forgotten, however, that if -the Creator_chooses He can suspend a law of Nature.” The boy was wiser than he who ac- knowledged to his mother that all things were possible with God, but added God * never could make a 2-year-old calf ina minute.”” All the difference there is between the case Dr. Mitchell reported and_ those of Dr. Patton and others is, that the’ keen - dissecting-knife of the reporter got hold ot his subject, and made bare thie deception which, of course, would be the fate of all other cases, if opportunity presented ftsell. Only one more turn of the wheel brings you to the dogmas of the “latter day saints,’ other- wise called Second Adventist, they who believe in a_premillinneum Christ, whose theory is .founded on such texts of Scrinture as * Behold 1 come quickly,” uttered by Christ nearly nine- teen hundred vears ago. Among the advocates of this fanatical dogma within my day (to say nothing about those who have figured in ancient history), the first is Joc Smith, the founder of the Mormon faith. His own account runs thus: He says on Sept. 21, 1823, it seemed to him as though the ‘house was filled with consuming fire. In a moment a personage stood before _him, with a countenance like lightuing, and vis- ible to the extremitics of che , who pro- claimed himself to be an angel of God. “He told me my sins were forgiven and iny prayer ‘beard’; that the covenant which God madu with ancient Israel was at hand to be fultilled; that the preparations for the second coming of the Messlan were speedily to commence.” William Miller fised the time in 1848, Dr. John Cum- mings in_1866, Mr. Thurman, in April, 1875, Moody and Whittle, now supported by rs. E. P. Goodywin, who has reada paper before the minister's meetine to that effect, and the Doctor himself, who is feeling of the public pulse, pri- vately believes the doctrine, has already pro- nounced two passages of Scripture supporting the theory, and may yet be found among its ad- vocates, it Christ does not make His second ap- pearing too soon. All reason from the same standpoint, quoting the same text of Scripture in proof, from the Mormon Joe Smith down to Moody, the evangelist, in order to excite an unnatural compliance in a belief, 2s Beecher (good authority) termed it, the other day in Minneapolis, ‘“As if Christ were a kind of hook on which man hung him- self as one does a coat.” A sentimentality that would derive comfort from any of the above dogmas. would of course see virtue in a daily presentation of 200 or more promiscuous requests for prayer, of which the 1ollowing real or imaginary are about as reason- able as those read by Dr. Dave, and God would be just as likely to grant their requests. A man in China with Ole Hansen, and Hans Ole- son in Norway, desire more light; seven. sons- in-law_and fourteen -mothers-in-law reconciliation; an unmarried daughter believes all things are possible with God, but desires more possibilities; Brizham Young is anxious— t0 become as wise as Solomon. And we are retrograding so rapidly it will oniy take one more turn of the wheel back- wards to bring us 1o the old plantation days, when the only means made use of to enlighten the negro’s mind was to place him in a ring on the floor. clasp hands, and commence to dance to the time of some wild melody, filled with pathos and sung with great power and then lowered to a whispering voice, and sung softly. 1f the subject has sufficient physical streogth io hold out to the end be usually gets the power. (This process mey “ interestaPatton,but hardly convert o Unitarian ). With us in order that we may know he has received the power, if he will only consent to be trotted out, and * confess,’” the greater will be his crown, the nearer he can approximate a Sitting Bull, in his atrocities and the more likely will our wives and daughters court his society ‘*than if he had | always lived - an upright, virtuous, consistent life. " And this js ageressive religion. But I, for one, rather than accept any of the above dogz- mas, theories, briefs, or practices (be it *“Re- markable answers to prayer,”’ *“special revela- tions,” “ miraculous evidences,” * supernatural agencles” of any kind, or doctrine of the ‘personal coming of Cl.lr[!t”); would prefer to “step down and out,” and walk in the broad sunlight of natures God, * He who inhabiteth eternity,” and *“who is everywhere,”” and worship Him and Him only “with whom there fs no variableness or shadow of turning,” and maintsin my manhood, though vou call mea backslider, skeptic, athe- ist, deist, or what not—anything but a fool— even if I am singed a little, Cuicaco. MOODY AND SAVAGE. TOUNG MEN FOR WAR. The Alliance. So thinks Brother Savage, of Boston, and he ‘wars upon Brother Moody from Sunday to Sun- day; r. Savage is an able man, and will make up as strong a case against the Moody and San- key.work as could any other Boston man, how- ever great Boston may be. And no one will question’ the right of any clergyman to think his thought and to speak his speech. The land was founded upon this free-speech ides, and out of this free speech has come many a new truth, bright for service in the world's field. While we thus confess the right- of Brother Savage in Boston, or Brother Herford in Chi- cago, yet it does seem that the course of Free- man Clarke and Phillips Brooks promises more of the useful. Let Mr. Moody gather in all the souls he cau, for if he helps build up in many hearts a new daily life it will pot matter mach hat he teaches as to the precise method of salvation. Neither Moody nor Savage knows Jjust how a soul may be “saved, nor just what saved from or saved to, but that men may be in- duced to turn from sin to hanor, and a” higher plane of zonduct, must be_perfectly obvious to both Moody and Savage. Let the transforma- tion come by all means possible, and then let the debate about the “how ”” go on forever ana ever. Menneed reform now, but they nced doctrine only so far and 50 fast as we have any on hand to spare. A philosopher, coming to the banks of a river in which was a drowning boy, began to philoso- phize with the youth about’ the value of care, and -about the modes of escape, when one is fooling around deep water. The boy cried out: **Save me, and afterward teach me.” This was tne gencral feeling out West, about Mbody and the bad boys and men. Let him save all he can, and then lét the philosophers come in and teach them how the event took place, or might, could, would, or should come to pass. ‘That Mr. Moody has some rough implements, * hooks, and grappling-tongs, for dragging up drowning folks, we will admit. Weshould love to see an apparatus that would save more per- sons, and more rationally, but the better appa- rutus is so scarce and there arc so many in -the dcep water that we cannot put say: * Go on. Moody, and save in and about Boston all the bad fol ou can.” Whenfthey are well out un the bunks then let Brother Savage teach them low to keep out of danger and how to keep their children out of the same troudle. Savage and Aloody are both needed in Boston. BIBLE-READINGS. MISS SARAN F. SMILEY, & a well-known Bible-reader, and formerly a mis- sionary for the Friends in the Orkney Islands, delivered onc of her characteristic addresses yesterday afternoon in the lecture-room of the First Congregational Church, corner of Annand Washington strects, beforea larze audience, composed mainly of ladies. She is a very earn- est and fluent speaker, and kept the close at- tention of her hearers for an hour and aquarter. Her face wears a very pleasaot aud mild expres- sion, and during ber remarks borean almost eon- stantsmile. Shetook lorhcrsllbj]ect“Assumncc," and addressed herself particularly to doubtinz and undecided Christians. From bner own ex- perience as a doubting Christian, and one who had not understood ner fully realized her rela- tions with God, she brought strong arpument to bear upon her listeners, and illustrated how she bad overcome the obstacles in her way by receiv- ing the Savior. It wus then that she realized that she was a child of the Lord; and the light flashed ugon her mind suddenly, and, to her, bapplly. Various passagesof the New Testa- ment, in_St. John, and the Epistles to the ‘Romans, Corinthians, ete., were quoted to con- vince her hearers that if they would be true Christians they must first receive the Savior, and then endeavor to foHow Him. Illustra- tions, drawn from actual individual experience, were brought to bear in support of her argu- ment, and they secmed to have great weizht with the auditors, for at the clos¢ of the ad- dress they all arose in answer to the speaker’s request that all who would reccive Christ should manifest it in that'manner. The Rev. Dr. Goodwin introduced the lady, and announced that she would conduet the Bible-class of his church this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, and deliver an address in the evening before the congregation. Miss Smiley will continue her readings in this city for some time, giving .one at Bishop Fal- lows' church and another at the Rev. Dr. Gib- son’s. THE CHURCH IN GENERAL. Messrs. Moody and Sankey have been invited to hold services in Hartford, Conn., after they leave Boston. Mr. Clough, a Baptist missionary in the On- gole district of the Teloogoo Mission, India, has baptized more than 300 converts since last July. The Evangelical Ministerial Association of Cincinnati is” endeavoring to persuade Joseph Cook to deliver a series of lectures on evolu- tion. The death is announced of the Rev. Dr. Wellons, the most prominent minister of the Southern Christian denomination. Dr. Wellans was the editor of the Christian Sun. In addition to the sentence of two yearsand ‘a half of imprisonment aud a fine of 300 marks, the Prussian court which tried Cardiual Ledo- chowski found him zuilty of high treason. The Cardinal is in Rome. An attempt Is belog made to get the Rev. Dr. 7 acquitted the wife of the crimes alleged aguinst her. ‘The report to the Couference states that ‘“‘divorce in Liberis, as a fashion, changes every season, without any regard to God’s holy law.” ‘The Conference reports 2,444 members and pro- bationers, of whom 1,950 are Americo-Liberians, the others being natives. The number of churches is forty-three. The Bishop. ordained four Elders and ten deacons. The Philadelphin Presbyterian of last week was not rlmcd withalecture which Col. Robert. Ingersoll rave in that city lately. ** One would infer that the thinking apparatus of this savan, {from the effusion, was made up from phosphates and deviltry. Materialistic, animalistié, atheistic, and nibilistic are terms whick would probably include most of the eccentricities of this noted reformer.” Speaking of the revival-meetings In Boston the Christiun Register says: * Ouc of the new features scems to us very objectionable. - We mean the ‘ Boys’ Inguiry-Meetings.” On Tues- day evening about 150 boys, ranging from 10 to 16 years of age, were collected at” an hour when the younger lads ought to have been asleep, in- stead of heating their brains with exciting if not alarming thoughts.” The clergy of the Reformed Episcopal Chus of Chicagto il meet in the Baphst Ghare, Ea: glewood, to-morrow cvening at 8 o’clock for the Eurpese of holding the fourth fn the series of enten services which are being held injthe dif- ferent churches throughont Cook County every Monday cvening. Intercsting addresses will be delivered by Bishop Cheney and others of the clergy. The citizens of Englewood and vicinity are cordially invited to attend. At the North Indin Methodist Conference, held at Moradabad Jan. 8-9, Bishop Andrews presiding, there were reported l‘&\fi members, 57 probatiouers, 22 churches, valued at $43,5003 85 parsonages, valued at $64,044; 133 Sunday- schools, with 6,500 scholars; and 200 day-schools, with 8,000 scholars. Twenty-seven preachers were stationed. The Methodists have also dedi- cated a new church in Calcutta which cost 327, 'P%l ‘The money for it wasmostly raised in ndia. * The Pope has lately given the clerical electors -in Italy permission to vote, “ provided they pro- test inopen day Lefore men that they will re- main faitbful to the law of God and of the Churcl.” This Is an important concession, as litherto voting has always been forbidden. e Bishops have also been permitted by the Office of the Inquisition to apply for the recognition of their authority by the Government. The Vatican forbade their doing so, but it bas found the struggle so inconvenient that it has conclud- ed to toferate an evil which it cannot avold. The Supreme Court of the Dominion of Can- ada has just decided that the influence of the clergy, when actively exercised in a political canvass, * by intimidation, threat of excom- munication, or ‘other moral force,” isan en- croachment on civil rights and vitiates the election. The case was a contest for a seat in the Dominion Commons, Tromblay claiming that the Roman Catholic priests had worked in favor of Langevin. Langevin, who has been a Cabinet_Minister, is unseated. The decision was rendered by Justice Richic in English and Justice Taschereau in French, the latter being a brother of the Archbishop of Quebee.’ ‘The Congregational Quarterly delayed its issue for January in order to complete its singularly full and aceurate statistics of the strength of the denomination which it represents, The following is a .summary of tnese siatistics: Number of Congregational churches in the United States, 3,505 churches with settled pastors, 930; churches with acting pastors, 1,% inisters, 8.333; ministers not in pastoral work, $59; licentiates, 244; church membership, males, 116,240; church membership, ‘ absent,” 45,033; additions by profession, 1873, 20,844; ex-communicants, 1875, 1,0:8; adult baptisms, 10,466; infant baptisms, 5,333: Sabbath-school membership, 415,092; benevolent contributions of 2,635 churclics reporting, $1,278,252.10; home expenditures of 1,548 churches reporting, $2,- 584,160.28; churehes formed during the statisti- cal year, 1875’8, 123; churches dropped during the” statisticl year, 1575-'6, 52; net fain of church members for the statistical year, 1875-'6 12,3455 net zain of Sabbath-schools for the sta- tistical year, 1875-'6, 13,254; increase of benevo lent contributions' for the statistical year, 1875-'6, $87,237.71. There was a singular scene at St. James' Church, Hatcham, on the Sunday following Mr. Tooth’s release from Horsemonger-lane Jail. ‘The Church was filled. the Ritualists apparently numbering about 800 and the anti-Ritualists about 700. The images and other decorations hiad all been removed from the super-altar, and, excepting two brass candlesticks, there were no decorations on the commuuion table.. The orgun still remained barricaded up, and the old choir were ubsent, but a new choir and a_harmonium placed in the chancel supg}le{l their places. When Mr. Dale, who fs Mr. Tooth's successor, read the openiniz exhortatlon the new congrega: tion rose, while on the other hand the Ritualists, who had previously been standing, sat down. ‘When the anti-Ritualists knelt to join in the aprointed confession the Ritualists rose to their feet. When the anti-Ritualists stood up to join inthe Gloria Patri the Ritualists in a body sat down. As the anti-Ritualists stood tosing the Venite all the Ritualists went down on their knees, and so remained till the singing was over. During the singing of the100th Psalm, revious to the communion service, the Ritual- ists left the church. For the reading of the Litany the minister had had the fal-stool placed outside thechancel, so that he could face toward the cast.” Onc of the new Church Wardens had turned it around, o that the vicar would bave to facc the people, with his back to the east. ‘The minister refused to have it in that position, ana before he began the Litany had it turned around. The new vicar, in the course of his sermou, rebuked the Church Warden forre- versing the fal-stool and the Ritualists for their {rreligious conduct. “ We have scen,” he said, “these persons inthe presence of that Giod who awelleth in the heaveus, in order Logratify some private pique, think it fit to sit down when others stand up and kneel when they ought to Lorimer to £o to St. Louis and take the pulpit ‘made vacant by the resignation of the Rev. Dr. Barlinzham. Dr. Lorimer recently refused a $10,000 call to New York. The death is announced of the Rerv, Sir Henry William _Baker, the originator and_principal editor of the **Hymns Ancient and Modern,” one of the most popular collections of recent date among English churchmen. The Chureh Times, orzan of the Ritualists, states that *a Church League for the separa- tion of Church and State has been formed in Loudon, with a provisional committee of some taenty of the clergyin different districts of the coantry.” “The next International Convention of Young Men's Christian Assoviations will be held on Wednesday, June 6, at Louisville, Ky., mstead of St. Louis, asoriginally intcnded. The St. Louis Asseciation found jt tmpracticable to make suit- able arrangements for the entertainment of the delegates. The question of dividing the present Protest- ant Episcopal Diocese of Maryland in two will be broneht before the Diotesan Convention vhich mcets at Baltimore in May. The pro- posed new diocese will contain Wasbington, the District of Columbisa, und the adjoining counties of Maryland. . The Church of Rome is laboring most earnest- 1y to zet control of the negroes of the-Sonth. “They have already sent Into varlous Southern States a strong body of pricsts, and we are in- formed they now have nearly, if not quite, one hundred young colored men in the Propaganda at Rome; preparing for the priesthood. The Rev. E. P. Parker, in this week’s Christian Tnlon, makes tho siartling suggestion that the notices of lectures, entertaiuments, and meet- ings, which nearly every preacher has to read before the Sunday-morning sermon, be here- aftersung or chaated by the choir. If they mnet be a part of the service Mr. Parker thinks that they onght to be made as catertaining as les 4 The Methodist Conference in Liberia held its anonal meeting in December last. —Sixteen Dreachers were present, and Bishop Haven pre- sided. The Conference one of its members from the ministry for marrying o sec- ond time on the rround of divorce granted by thecourts, when the ecelesinstical investigation have stood.”” There were only eizht policemen on duty. The church, at the close of tbe com- munion, at which the ministers were the only communicants, was quietly cleared. # THE REV. MR. HOLBROOK. The Rev. Z.S. Holbrook, of the Qakland Church, Chicago, has been preaching a series of seven sermons on doctrinal and practical sub- jects at the Congregational Church, Morrison, 1o large and attentive congregations. At the last service of the series, Tuesday evening, the following resolution was proposed by Prof. 3L R. Kelly and seconded by Prof. Burr, and ear- ried unanimously: ° In view of the very valuable services rendered to this church and congregation by the Rev. Z. S. iolbrook, in the course of germons which he delivered in this place; therefore, Retolved, That our hearty thauks be tendered to Mr. Holbrook for his elmlnenl and logical dis- courses, and to his church in Chicago for cheerfal- Iy consenting to his stay with us go long for oar in- tellectual and spiritunl good. CHURCH SERVICES. e s EPISCOPAL. Dauring the season of Lent a Litany service will be held every day at 12:10 at No. 50 Madison street, two doors east of State street, under the direction of the Bishop of the Diocese, aesisted by the resident clerzy. The officiating clerzy for the coming week will be: Monday, the Rev. L. Des Brisay; Tuesday, the Rev. C. B. Stout; Wednes- day, the Rev. Henry G. Perry; Thursday, the Rev. Luther Pardee; Friday, the Rev. J. H. Knowles; Saturday, the Rev. Clinton Locke, D. D. —The Rev. W. H. Hopkins will ofticiate at 10:30 a.m. and 7:30 p. m. in St. John's Church, on Ashland avenue, near Madison street. —There will be a choral morning prayer and cel- ebration of the Communlon at 10:30 a. m. in the Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul, corner of Wash- ington and Peocia strects. $. Harris will officiate at 10:45 . m. inSt. James’ Church, corner of Cass and Huron streets. —The Rev. B. Sallivan will officiate at 10:45 a. m. sad 7:30p. m. In Trinity Church, corner of Twenty-gixth stieet and Michigan avenue. Com- munton at 9:30 5. m. Evening subject: ** The Senl, and How to Save It.” —The Rev. Francis Mansfield will officiate at 10:30 . m. and 7:30 p. m. in the Church of the Atonement, comer of Washington and Robey Bireets. . —The Rey. J. Bredberg will oficiate at 10:30 a. m. aod 7:30 p. m. in the St. Ansgarins Church, on Sedewick street, near Chicago avenue. —The Rev. Clinton Locke will officiate at 11 . m.and 7:30 p.m. in Grace Church, on Wabash avenue, pear Sixteenth strect. —The Kev.Charlea F. Case, of All Saints’ Chnreh, . Glifton, Eng. will preach morning nd evening the Church of the Ascension, corner of North La Salle and Elm streets, Bishop McLaren will hold & comtrmation service at 3 p. m, —The Rev. D. F. Warren will officiate at10:20 2. m. and p. m. in St. Mark’s Church. corner of cam%fowve avenue and Thirty-sixth street. ~The Rev. G. F. Cushman will officiate at 10:30 2. m. 20d 7:30 p. m. in St. Stephen's Church. on Johnson street, between Taylor and Twellth streete. —The Rev. S. J. French wiil officiate morning and evening in Caivary Cburch. on Warren avenue, between Oakley streei and Western avenue. —The Rev. T. N. Morrison wiil officiate at 10:30 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. at the Church of the Epiph- any, on Throop street, between Monroe and Adams streets. —The Jtev. W. J.Petrie will officiate at 11 2. m. and 7:30 p. m, in the Cburch of Our Savior, corner of 14ncoln and Belden avenues. e Kev. H. G. Perry will officiate at 10:45a. m. and 7:45 p. m. in All Saints’ Church, corner of North Carpenter and West Ohio streeta. —The Rer. F. N. Luson will officiate at 10:30 a. m. at the Good Sheoherd Missfon. Lawndale. & . —The Rev. F. N. Luson will offclate 2t 10:303. 1‘1_:. and 7:30 p. m. in Emmanuel Church, La range. e Rev. J. Stewart Smith will officiate at 2. m.and 7:30 p. m. in St. Mark's Church, * Evanston. —Taere will be morning and evening services in - the Church of the Holy Communion, on Dearborn street, near Thirtieth. " The Rev. W. F. Morrison will officiate in the evening. 2 —There will be morningand evening services in St. Panls Church, Hyde Park avenue, between - Forty-eighth and Forty-ninth streets. REFORMED EPISCOPAL. Bishop Fallows will preach in St. Fanl's Church, corner of Washington and Ann streets, in the moruing on *'Thy Kingdom Come,™ and in the * eveningon ‘*Thy (Will Ee Done.” —The Rev. A. K. Bates will preach at 3:30 p.m.. at the Congregational Charch vn Oskwood boule- vard. near Cottage Grove avenuc. —The Rev. W. E. Williamson will preach mora- ing and evening in the Church of the Good Shep- ' herd. corner of Jones and Homan streets. e Rev. R. H. Bosworth will preachat3 p. m. in St. Mark’s Charch, South Chicago. —The Rev. AL D. Charch will preach in Grace Churcn, corner of Hoyne avenuc and Le Moym atreet, in the morning, and the Rev. J. D. Cowat will preach in the EvtnlnF. s —The Rey. W. E. Williamson will preach at 3:30 . m. in Trinity Church, Englewood. —The Rev. R. H. Bosworth will preach morning and evening in Emmannel Church, cornerof Hano- ver and Twenty-elghth streets. 'he Rev. Dr. Cooper will preach morning and evening in Immanuel Church, corner of Centre and. Daylon streets.’ .—Blaho'p Cheney will preach in Christ Charch, corner of Michigan avenne and Twenty-fourth street, morning and evening. —The Rev. J. B. North will preach in the lectnre-room of tho Fonrth Presbyterian Church, corner of Rush and Superior streets, at 4 p. m. BAPTIST. The Rev. J. B. Jackson, D. D., will préach in Talversity Place Church, "corner of Douglas dlace and Rhodes avenue, ati1a. m., and the Rev. J. ‘Patterson will preach at 7:30 p. m. —The Rev. N. F. Ravlin will preach momning and evening in the Bree Church, corner of Loomis T Rev. . B. Cheney. will preac —The, . Cheney h at 10:30 8. m. and 7:30 p. m. 1n the Fonrthy Baptiss Charch, corner of Washington and Paulina streets. —The Rev. Dr. Gatusha Anderson will preach ‘moning and evening in the Second Church, eorner of Monroe and Morgan streets. Baptizm'at close of evening sermon. : o Te Kev. J. W. Custls will preach at 11 a. m. n the Mict enue Church, near - e nm Black] : mein o —The Rev. Alex burn will preach in the 0ak Park Church at 10:30 a m. and 7:30 Morning subject: ** Foreign Missio subject? ** Perseverance of the Sainta. —The Rev. Alex Blackburn will preach at Mel- rose at4 p. m. —The Kev. W. J. Kermott will preach at 11 a. m. and 7:30 Isted Street Church. The Rev. i preachat110. m. and 6:30 p. m. in the North Star Church, corner of Division and Sedgwick streets. —The Rev. W. W. Everts will preach at 11 a.m. in the Firse Church, cornerof Sonth Park svenue ;féf.mf -fln;téu:a!. In Lfl: ;,\;en]ng the Rev, F. pell, of Evanston, w conrse on **The Baptists in Relation 10 Revivals.” % METHODIST. The Rev. Dr. L. Hitchcock will preach at1l 2. m, in the Wabash avenne Church, corner of Fourteenth street. Evening service as usual. —The Rev. Dr. W. C. Willing will preach in the Langley Avenue Church, corner of fmgle,v ave- nuc and Thirty-ninth street, at 10:30 a. m., on **The Vine and Branches,” and at 7:30 p. m. on **The New Birth.™ i —The Rev. Dr. Baylis, of Indianspolls, will preach at 10:45 a. m. in Trinity Church, on In- diana avenne, near Twenty-fourth street, and the Rév. Dr. Tiffany will preach at 7:30 on *‘Mar- riage. ™. The services are to be of unusual interest, a9 it Is the anniversary of dedication. ~—The Rev. Dr. Williamson will preach at 10:30 2. m. and 7:30!’!:. m. in the Michigan Avenue Church, near Thirty-second street. Morning s: Ject: *‘The Secret of Succeesful Christiam Work.” —Tne Rev, 8. II. Adams will preach in the Cen- tenary Charch, on Monroe street, near Morgan, in the morning, on **Christian Fari(;(ne!s," and in th¥ eveningon *‘Lessons fromthe Life of Sam- o _—Tke Rev. John Atkinson will preack in Grace Church, on North LaSalle strect, in the morning, on ‘*Morning Prayers,” and in the evening on **Satan and his A%el!. g ‘—The Rev, J.McChesney will preach at 10:30 o, m. and 7:30 p. m. iuthe Park Avenue Church. E"nmg subject: **The Eveningof Life, or Old ge." TNTTARIAN. The Rev. Robert Collver will presch moming and evening at Unity Church. Morning subject: **Truth and Freedom. " —The Rev. Brooke Herford will preach at the Third Church, corner of Monroe and Lafiinstrects, 8010:30 3. m. —The Rev. E. P. Powell will preach in the morn- ing 8% the Church of the Mesaiah, corner of Michi~ n avenue and Twenty-third streets. In theeven- [ng the Rev. Brooke: Herford will give the second of his lectures on** Thoughts from [talian Travel.' Subject: ‘¢St. Paul at Rome, and the Effect on His Mind.” ¥ —dirs. J. T. Sunderland will -lectare in the old rick school-honse at Englewood at 3 p. m. - —Mra. Sunderiand will preach at the Fourth Cottage Grove avemne, at 11 Church, No. 780 2. m. TNIVERSALIST. The Rev. Dr. Ryder will preach in the morning in St. Paul's Charch, on Michigan avenue, between Slxteenth and Eightcenth streets. —The Rev. Sumner Ellis will preach this morn- ing in the Charch of the Redeemer, corner Wash- ington and Sangamon streets. —The Rev. J. W. Hanson will preach in the old school-bouse at Englewood at 10:453. m. Text: ++ e that believeth aud is baptized shall be saved, ‘bat that he that believeth not shsll be damned.”— Luke, xvi., 16. 3 PRESBYTERIAN. The Rey. J. Monro Gibson will preach morning and evening in the Second Church, corner of Mich- igan avenuc and Twentieth street. Evening sub- ject; *‘The Acts of the Apostles.” —Maj. D. W. Wkittle will preach at 10:30 a. m. In the Fifth Church, corner of Indiana avenue and Thirtieth atreet, and the Rev. Thomas Doggett will preach at 7:30 p. m. —The Rev. James Maclaughlan will preach in the Scotch Church, corner of Sai on and Ad- ams streets, merning and evening. Morning sub- Jject: ** The Widow's Son of Nain." ¥ e Rev. J. H. Walker will preach at 10:30 8. m., in the Reunion Church on West Fourteenth etrect. Inthe evening Mr. Latimer will conduct 2 Gospel Temperance meetinz. —Prof. F. L. Patton will preach morning and eveningat the Jefferson Park Church, cormer of Throop and Adams streets. ~The Rey. W. C. Young will preach in the Fal- lerton Avenue Church at 10:30 a. m. and 7:30 p. thenlng subject: *‘The Sins of the Patri- archs.” ‘The Rev. J. W. Bain will preach morning and evening at the United Church, corner of Monroe and Paulina streets. CONGREGATIONAL. D. N. Vandeveer will preach at 10:30 . m. in the Union Park Church. r. Williams will preach in the ‘morning at the Leavit Street Church, cornerof Ad- ams atreet. and in the evening the Rev: George H. genke will preach on **Youth, Its Sources of trength.” “—The Rev. Charles Hall Everest will preach as 10:30 3. m. and 7:30 p. m. ia Plymoath Charch, on Michizan avenue, between Twenty-ffth andy Twenty-sixth streets. —The Rev. Dr. Goodwin will preach at 10:30 a. m. in the First Charch, corner of Washi o and Ann streets. Miss Sarah F. Smiley will T3 Bible lectare at 2:30 p. m., and will conduct the Gospel services at 7:30 p. m. LUTHERAN. The Rev. Edmund Beifour will hold services 11 2. m. and 7:30 p. m. in the Church of the Hol, Ttxxlnlt_v. corner of North Dearborn and Bflz streets. The Rev. G. T. Carpenter, of Oskal c Rev. G.T. nter, o Is., W1 Bresch Woralng. ok evening xncfi:‘mm’; Chareh, corner of Indiana avenneand Twenty-te: stree —There will be services mo and evening at the Mission Hall, corner of Wr:::gw:me:ld De:- plainea streeta. A. J. White will preach in the morning at the Central Church, corner of Von Buren street and Campbell avente. Subject: ‘- Was Jesus ainless, . and does ot bis sinlessaess fnsolve ine guilt of aft world™ MISCELLANEOUS. ¥rs. Cora L. V. Richmond will lecture in Grow'’s Hall, No. 517 West Madison street, st 10:45 s. m.and 7:45 p. m. Evening subject: **The transition of souls, “incinding Metempsychoals or the theoryof Transmigration, as taught by Plato and Pythagoras, and the true theory concerning the Soui's profresa {rom " one state of being o an- = —The Rev. E. N. Barrett leads the West Side Roon prayer.meeting at No. 221 West Madison streef. —The Rev. W. H. Ryder will preach In the ch:gfi: of the Washingtonlan Home at3 p. m. —The Rey. 1L M. Paynter will preach at 10:30 a. m. in Calvary Tabernacle, No. 320 Ogden ave- noe, 03 _** A Noble Blography in Half a Verse.” —G. K. Nellis will lecture at the hall No. 126 East Washinzton street, £10:30 8. m., on_** Be- view of the Theory of Dr: Thomss R z the Two Witnessea; ""and at 2 p. m. on ** What is the Blood that Purchases, Cleanses from Sim, and Gives Life?" —The Rev. Dr. Hibbard will preach at the New Church Hall, comer of Eighteentn street and Prairfe_avenue, at 11 a. m., and at the Temple. corner of Weat Washington street and Ogden ave- e, 8t 3:30 p. m. Elder Shaw wiil preach in the Green Street Tabernacle in the morping, and Mrs. Shaw will conduct the gospel-meeting in the evening. —Di-ciples of Christ mect at No. 220 Weat Ran- dolph streetat 4 p. m. ; CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK. BPISCOPAL. arch 11—~Fourth Sunday in Lent. Aarch 12—Twenty-third day of Lent. arth day of Leot. fth day of Lent.- March 15—Twenty-sixth day of Lent. arch 16—Twenty-seventh day of Lent. March 17—Twenty-eighth day of Leaz. CATHOLIC. March 11—Fourth Sunday in Lent. Merch 12—St. Gregory L, P. C. D. Frances of Rome, W. (from March Merch m-§1. arch 14—Feria. S Morch 15—Feria. - arch 16—Most Precious Blood of Crur Les. . March 17—St. Patrick, B, C..