Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 13, 1877, Page 9

oo * et -~ RELIGIOUS. The New Rabbi of the B’nai Sholem Congrega= tion. ’ Prominent Boston Ministers—Dr. Manning, Phillips Brooks, Edward Everett Hale, case of ! . Presbyterian Minister on the Trinity. : Geperal Presbyterian Council in Edin- ‘burg--Subjects which Will Be & Considered. e of Young Jo Smith’s Church of the Latter-Day Saints. Notes and Personals at Home and Abroad—Church Services To-Day. B'NAI SHOLEM. KSTALLATION OF THE NEW PASTOR. The Rev. H. Garsoni, the nevwly—chosen pastor of the B'oal Sholem congregation, preached his Srstaeraca yestendsy at the church on Michigan nesr Fifteenth street. After the usual devotional exercises Dr. Garsoni sald that he had 1o 1ake into consideration several circumstances in s text. ‘There were of course many who wonld like to hear what their new Pife bad to sy, and which way he intended to Jadthem. Then they had been called upon to aourn the Toss of their friend and brother Jacob ‘Peisr, who fiad been 50 suddenly called away. Tpere wasa leséon to be drawn from this sad evest, and many might wish himn to touch npon it. Seeing the vacant chair, many might say What was e ase of a man trying to do good to his fellow- wastobe the cnd of allf Moses led 1tk people to the borders of Canaan, bat God's sord came to him, **Here shalt thou remain," asd be mever reached his beloved land. Mr. Pelser sdstriven to build up the conerezation and was avenue, it alled away just as its success secmed certain. fhere were many others in the congregation, the frends of the boy whom they had confirmed in the iith of bis forefathers, and they might” wish that scmething shonld be said as to the responsibilities ‘Then they had in their pidst young men and women about to enter on arrisge All of ese suhjects pressed for mention, but time woald which awaited the young. with all it= cares and new doties. 3ot permit of many of them being taken up. e wonld take for his text one verve, the fifth of te st chapter of Genesis, ** It was evening, it vui moming, one_day."” The evening was first, came mext; first the shadow, then tne en's minds must emerge from 'darkness o the light of wisdom, and the boy who iad been to learn the importance of the From darkness into light was theteaching of Judaism; it was not a gloomy re- por did it shot out progress. Some churches 4ll things looking toward the improvement od greater wisdom of mic, and remained in dark- They turned the house of wor- itipinto 2 den of superstition, and people went to #orstsyed away from it as their convenience or interest Was gerved. Where belief wen: out, men like the prayer-mills of prayers inscribed on ket conirmed must vords he had zeasll the time. became mere machine: th Esstern pation which ha teir wheels, and these the worshipers turned s nndly or slowlys s they chose. = Semetimes despondency would overwhelm a 1, troubles havingovertaken him, and be wonld sk inditterness of spirit, ** Is there s God, or s there np guidance for man on earth?™ Bat this Men werebut stoms of creation, and above them all If one said feeling arose only from a state of darknese. wut the Creator who made all things. *‘thereis no God. ™" because he was left to suffer, whowas he, that he shonld take himself as rep- resenting all men? Isolated cases of .imdividual safering formed no argument against the doctrine of an_overruting Providence. Man conld not bide Limselt from Providence any more than he could {rom the air he breathes. A’ the inspired Psalm- istemd, **1f1ascend 1nto heaven God is there. if 1 go down into the grave He is there. If I take the wings of the morning and fly away to the nitermost places of the earth God ie there, and who ehall escape from Him?” It was the duty of every man 1o 8o act that his individuality should have a2 pood effect on bis neigaborsand others around nim. ‘Ihus he becomes truly zreat, traly a son of God. Aselfich idea that because one must some time die nothing was of avail. was an 1dea to be discounte- nanced byall. As fathers, eons, and husbands, + let them learn their importance in theee conditions of life and their dotics. As business men lev them strive to €0 conduct thewmselves a3 to make therr infinerce more potent for good. The evening of the text meant the day of evil The morLing, that when good had been dote. - Az men let them all try to raise themselves sbove indivicualities. and “journey on from kness into light. Dufkmess had for long, long years n:l?n:d in the Thouse of God sad the temples of is people. Darkness in thetr miGst on account of superstition and exclu- siveness; darkmess all around them on account of ill-restment and persecntion. The best inten- tons of the Jews mp§ been turned into mockery and by-words, but that day Liad at last gone by, Toemations by whom they were surrounded had leamt 16 respect the Jews, and on their part they away their exclusive notions and be not Ar min- Iszer of that conerezation he hoped that they would a:(mm darkness into light. This was the truc for the brofsed heart. God said if men would must 4 #tnaid tolet the light ehine npon them. 10 Him they shonid find peace in Him. BOSTON MINISTERS. SKETCHES OF PROMINENT DIVINES, Speclal of The Tribune. Bostos, May 9. —Dr. Maning is the pastor of the “0Md Sonth Church,” which, on account of bistrical ansociations, stands at the head of Bos- ton churches, He is about 58 yearsold, tall, spare, ¥ dde-whiskers,- and will stand well as a frpleal representative of the vigorous and clear- New England ministry. He has a clear tiyle that occasionally becomes warm and glowing, llhmnna.;l: verfect specimen of palpit elo- Soence, bla edlogy on Henry Wilson. His mode Loequal in that respact among the Boston clergy, 28, they who wish to be fed with :nvigsnfl o Deed never go away from the ** Ol ¥ fimished when Dr. sanning preaches. the warmth of manner which comes from a u““m'T t;l:lflque and a rapid pulse, he wonld stand Ime® N&nlu esteem a8 the highest in our would eere bie health equal to his intellect, none beart, ¢ COmplain of his coldness and lack of Intheology e fa 1 c. an " roadly e listic, and while dffe Liberals™ woold not think of calling him a ta( S Culvinlet.” none would_dare imsiuuate tothe prg 30t hold to the nspirstion of the Bible, Avinity of Christ, and to the necessity of Mkm"“.m.,“ in the foll orthodox acceptation of i Itis ot t be wondered at that he "‘-hdm:hmdan the **0ld_ South, " on Wash- &"‘C‘"flw cet, and build 2 new **Old South™ on -Bay lands. Fer the old locality was i ““dlu:flllgd for the needs of the Society, of inanotner part of the city, The wants ™ 2nd the curious could be better met by. more hagzid I8 that vicinity there are already Shurches enough with pulpita tiled with g:';-'fsm:h‘ € intense and high-pressure style. builg, ¥ 2nd almost too magnificent “dwmdmg‘ Le mivisters most, ratiafactori Btaang oy 10 8 larce congrezation’ of the soiid. o ':[men of Boston, and is doing on amount i Soprd benever could have qone had the lt oy u;"{ o0 Washington street ncver been wieage, ¢ New Old South " on Commontweaith P FHILIPS BROOKS u,,_“‘g:h‘*:dl: the most popular minister in Bos- Curch 7 1 2¢, minister of Lhe largest Eplscopal he s yongand. In Lis poyeical propor- turg gy DPIY immense. e looks 2 if he thogg g3, pge Beale at 250 or 300 pounds. He is the Towsy '$ 2 smoothly-shaven face, and before e bl o8 Of it bad taken on o much adi- Tothug of i 2ead bore 3 marvelous rescmblance wd1nt, younger Augustus, He & unmar- tions orum“ days was the victim of the per- ‘she 030Y 20 infatuated widow who was )‘hfiz for his Jove. But he has ot mocum| ¢ 18 2 great favorite among -;:"f,’%'a',“ Christians of 21l denomipations, Sor thy uu.m spinitunlity of his preaching, s interpe oty Cf his epirit, 1s evinced fi - As tioamve with ministers and laity of other i Y:li: g::ogp::‘ d:l“;l.d‘egnlenden Inh ,\'ev‘: ‘ cof urch, his churc r ;:‘?1'.“ lancrease, znd when the new build- g uttersoe n the city. Ile has a rapidity Same fornpic WRICD 18 ustonléhing. 1t requircs G 11:“’“““‘{!:"-5 it not 1o Joss & deal a reats, e prayers as if prayer B serrice 1.2}, 284 by the pathos and glow of all by 45708 b has tho nudience ready to stars with & begtuning of the sermon. Neltner Ve to be warmed to the pever indulzes in sky-rocket 7. Manning, he reads his mann- nm:‘filnnln: to the end. In these Slien 1 gy rata WOPdS, words, wnere there is o ::l‘flholnlgrrlllxlul wheat, it is re- . carefully-nurtured utter- 4 uch menon the bighest topics of thonght. 5&%‘"‘“ EVERETT HALE s minister of Boston. Go to his if 1 ] LEEFE i snrE g # He £ g Rank Heresy===A subjects is full and exhaustive, He has ‘THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY. MAY (13, 1877—SIXTEEN PAGES. - church of a pleasant Sunday morning yoa will find yourself among more of gthe * T Forlion tpaa n all the other congregations put together. You will find there the greaiest ageregate of the rich and the uoted. You will xce more beautiful women than in’ any other church. They are the inheritors of a beauty which neither they nor their ancestors have had poverty to _blight nor excessive 10il to prematurely exhanst. The children of cul- tivated men and women, caltivated from infancy themselves mget carefully, breathing the sir of cul. ture all their days, their conntenunces have a look that you cannot find_ elsewhere on the continent, They are massed together to suchan extent that each hefghtens the other, like the foliage plants of the Pablic Garden. And then there s the choicest mausic of the city to charm the ear, and Edward Everett Hale o stand ns it capital on such a column. He is o tall, gaunt mon of nearly 60, o descendant of one of the old families of Dorches- ter. He has a strong resonant and rotund utter- ance, and every Sunday morning will give you a charminsly. graceful casay on some moral theme, ‘which accusionally #oes deeper down and becomes religious, or sometimes has shot through it some arch satire on the evangelicals, with no bitterncss anywhere. Intheafternoon you find a smaller congregation, hear a ten-minutes' extempore talk, and listen to 'the maemificent organ-playing &nd singing. 1 sll of Bdward Bverett llale went inio the palpit, you would not think there was vory much, but, ‘when you hear him, you think of the zealous philanthropist, the brilliant writer, and the genial friend. You think of **The Man With- out a Country," and that best of Sunday-school books, **In liis Name ™; you think of Chsnuing and of Harvard College, and of the Atlantic Afonthly, and the Boston Library, and the Athenzum, and of all that has been growing up in Boston for three gencratiops, fostered and cherish- ed by the men and women whom ke 80 fully repre- sents. JOSEPH COOK ismota settled minister. He has lived in Boston for & fow years past, and preached wherever he was wanted. He has rooms near the Athenzum which, with its_splendid library, is bis workshop. He is BBOUL45 vears old, abovéthe medium size, with & large iead, o florid complexion, and_ slightly yel- lowish whiskers and no mustache. ate of Phillios Academy, Andover, Harvard Col- lege, and Andover Theological Scminarys and in addition 1o this he hus spent years in Gerinuny and inteuvel through Europs. ~As faras sbibly to gfl}!gh: with the most abstrnse metaphysico-ma- terial subjects of the day, there wnota manin America Lis superior. 'The good people of Boston were slow to acknowledge his extrsordinary worth. They only noticed his peculiarities and called him crazy. It was not until the ministers of this yicin- ity began to flock to hear him, as he conductéd the noon prayer-meeting of the Young Men's Christian Associotion, ond 1o speak of his leammng, inelght, snd trenchant criticism, that they venturcd o say that there was something in Lim after all. ut it was not until Ralph Waldo Emerson, who heard him lecture on **Tue Decline of Infidelity,” had spoken in unqualificd terms of bis genius,” d1d they venture to maintain that Jo- seph Cookl was more than un_ondinary mortal, and acknowledge their willinguess to accept of him as 1he best expounder and champion of modern ortlio- doxy that New England has had for half a century. Hlis criticisms, every Monday before his lecture, on the great eveats of the ana_their real and probable relation® to the Kingdom of God, are rilliant and profound coudensations of sabtle thought. I do not know that Coloridge in his day could hive done better or so well. NEPONSET. HOERESY. THE TRIAL OF THE REV. JOHN MILLER, of Princeton, by the New Jersey Presbytery, on charges of heresy, calminated in a verdict of guilty last week. The Rev. Dr. Duffield summed up for the prosecution, and the Rev. Dr. Aott, of the Committee, charged Mr. Miller with hiding away ‘his God and Savior. ‘¢ The Rev. Mr. Miller, with his hands full of mang uscripts, aroee to speak in his own defense. He eaid that he had written uothing in his book which be would be willing to blot from its pages. In re- ard to his views about the soul, he thonght he had made 1o vital error in suying that the soul had no life between the death of the body and the resur- | rection day. He believed that the soul died with the body. - A man dies and he has no coneciousness until he staunds beforc the Great Eternal God. Thousands of years—ages—may elapse between death and the judzment; but to the person who dies it s lke n flash. 1t is death, and ina seeming instant the judgment. This doctrine does not de- stroy the trie principles of the Presbyterian faith, Mr. Miller thoughtthe Presbytery hud no right to punish him for his belief on "this subject. While Cnrist was a man, and had Adam’s nature, he also had 2 divine nature. He was a God-man. _Is this teaching a vital error in the sight of the Presby- ters? The speaker continu Now in regard to the Trinity—my refutation of the idea that there are three individual Gods. Have I made a vital error in representing God as the Great Ope? If what T have written 18 to be termed heresy, I ehall gtand firm to my so-called heresy." The defense bere rested. ‘At several points in the Rev. Dr.,Miller's re- marks groans from grieved brethren were heard {rom different parts of theassemblage. The Prince- ton College students manifested their sympathy with Mr. Miller oy applanding. The roll was then called, to allow every member of the Presbytery an opportunity tu briefly express his viows. The Rev, Dr. Nassau said: ‘‘The charzes :Ifillnst the accused clergyman are amply sus- ned. " The Rev, Dr. Atwater—The denial of the Trinity i2 greatly aggravated by Dr. Miller's explicitness of statements. : ‘The ReV. Dr. Sneldon —Important doctrines have been assailed and denied. The Rev. Dr. Holl—The Rev. Mr. Miller has convicted himself. The Rev. Mr. Iloyt—The accused preacher has gone contrary to the Scriptares. he Rev. Mr. Nichols—The charges are fully sustained, especially the error about the Trinit; Mr. Hezeman, an Elder, 8 lawyer of Princcton, saia that in his view Mr. Miller had not committed a vital offensc; but still he had erred. 3lr. Hege- mau continned: *‘I agrce with the Rev. Mr. Miller's ideas about the Trnity.” [Sensation among the wmembers of the Pmsbfl'(er}: Ar, Hegéman shocked the arsemblage by eaving that God, as one divine personage, could excrcise the faculties attributed by orthodoxy to the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, just the same as onc man might attend to all the duties of a President, cashier, and teller of & bank. It docsn't always require three persons to run a bank. ne of the clergymen tried to stop Mr. Hege- man's remarks, but the Moderutor enid: *‘Go on.” Mr, Hegeman, however, sat down. Most of the clergymen, when their names were called, excused themseives from expressing opin- fons. The vote was then taken on the question of sus- taining the charze that Mr. Miller had taught that the eoul was not jmmortsl. Al voted aye except those who were excused from voting. Thst Mr, Miller had taught that Christ wasa child of Adam, the vote was unasnimously in the sfirmative. The charge thst the Trinity had been denied was sustained. Then 2 vote was taken on the coflective charge that Mr. Miller had ** publicly denied and assailed importaxt doctrines of the confessions of faith and the catechisms of the Church.™ The vote was unanimously sfirmative. % ‘The Moderator said: ** All of the charges and specifications being sustained. it is now in order to decide whether Mr. Miller be censured, suspended, or expeiled.” It was moved that Mr. Miller be suspended from the minlstry until such time a8 he shall renounce his errors,.and give bissolemn promise lo cease promulgating his falee teachings. The motion was adopted unanimously. Mr. Miller stood upand folded hizarms and bowed his head. while the Moaerator formaliy rononnced the sentence of suspension. Then the gIvdunlor prayed as follows: 0, Lord God, Most 1figh, we are liable to err, and we need Thy guidance. We pray Thee to make Lrother Miller see the errorsinto which he has falien. and that he may return to the true doctrines. Pardon him, God, for all that he has done wrong, sud we ask Thee in the name of Jesus Christ to bless him and save him in Thy Kingdom. Amen. There were responses of amens from the as- semblage. Some of the ladics and clergymen pres- ent shed tears. AMr. Miller announces his intention of carrying his case on appeal to the Synod of New Jerscy. PRESBYTERIANISM. THE GENERAL COUNCIL, AT EDINBURG, NEXT JULY. X XNaw York Tribune. . There will be a large delegation from the United States to the General Presbyterian Councl, which will be held in Edinburg in July. Delegates will be entertained in private families and at hotels, and ontherr arrival at Edingburg will report them- selves at Philp's Cockburn liotel. Some will make the voyage in May, 5038 to protit ‘by a few weeks' sojourn in Great Drituin o on the Continent before the meeting of the Council. The programme of Dbusiness to come before the Council is divided among seven days, with epecial service for the in- terving Sunday. The following is the order, al- though other meetings may be arranged for the Bccflfid week in July, in Edinbarg or elsewhere: y {zation. ing sermon in the morning; in the even- oS le e g o0 States and the colonfes. l?fl"“&eflfl'fl subject, °*Princitles of Presbyte- rianism:” specinl subjecis, ** Harmooy _of Reformed Confessions l:d "Ihs?fi‘:?):‘;"‘"m In’ Relatfon to the “J.I‘l’lv ...S;G'gnenl subject, ** Home ‘Work of the Pres- byterian Church:™ special subjects, *° ljn.-scmuz and the Tnlnm$ uf Preacle “*'The Eldership: Its “Theory lind l{‘?'{f:}; lng *The Reformed Church of S Ctl i o porsten Mistgn:, ane. s, ¢ jonary U1 e l‘.‘lllqlublic“ Chmcleruu&:of IFYGD)'(EHIII Alfasiona, and ** Co-operstion In Missions.™ July 7.—Mornin| mcufln’ cnly, the subjects belog arhuiadipeclui s o, Yrie Uit et AD [ow ee! ¥ e, :?l;l{;lnb&:fn‘ Helpa,™ **The Christian Training of the Young.”. ) —. ress ristian workers: morning and e Tl scrvaons. b the. evealng: ‘Evangellstic meeting 1o the Queen’s Park. e T oming ecas; S sopn sy, lmmmé.e;m;trgl **Col] . and Popular Religlous 4 o500, Hen: poriage ure, - **Soclal Evils, Intemperance, Sensuality, st Dwellings. Afternoon: Clowns exerciscs: Evening: Addresses on * Practical Objects of tue Alli* ance." Valedictory sddresses. d 1t is ekpected that the ten Genperal Presbyterian Assemblies of this country will be represented. The General Assembly (Northern) is cntitled to fores Aelegates. who have been appointed a8 fol- lowa: % he Rev. Drs. Willlam Adams. New e pattarson, Chicagos Howard Crosty: Rk S e M R S e ‘Beatty. Steubensvilie. O.¢ 4 by Sorees Slimael 3. Campbeli, Rocheiiers Joun Hall, Irenieus Prime, Philip Schaf?, and Cyrus, ew York: Lyman Jl. Atwater, Princeton, X, J. ry J. Van Dyke‘ Brooklyn: Ellas K. Beadle, ane William Blsckwood. Philadeiphia; Willlam M. Thom; son, Belrut. Syrla; William E. Moore, Columbn. 0. % Allegheny, e et ra \Fhtiam . Taerts, Kuzabeth X 1. 8 od| uis, Baltimore; W Bacie s, e, e Lol o Franieh P cago, 1), Jami 5 Eiders—Willlam E. Dodge. Willlain A. Booth, Asron . Belknap, and Cornellus B. Agnew, D., of New ork; Prof. Edward North, Clinton, N. Y.: Prof. Eaton, Brooklyn; George Junkin, Phllndcl(flll Jobn T. Nixon, Trenton, N..J.: Heary W. Willlams, Well barnk Pa.; Jacob S. Farrand, “Detrolt, Mich.: Chauncy N. Old. Columbus, O.; Rmerson E. White, Lafayette, Ind.; Thomas 7. Alexander, Loulsville, K cani l'nkl!bsfi Louts, Mo. Comegys, Philadeiphis; Amzi Dodd, Bioomfecld, N.'J.; W. D. Negley, %Imhnrg, Pa. ‘The following delegates have been designated to representthe General Assembly (South) Alabama—The Rev. G, II. W. Petrie, D ‘Webb. Arkansas—The Rev. T. R. Weleh, D. o R. Hsmpton. Georgia—The Rev. Donald Frazer, Gen. A. J. Hanscl. Eentucky—The Rev. Stoart Roblnson, D. D.; Joseph A. Mitchell. Memphis—The R Rice, D. D.: Col. J. W. Ul!‘)’v. Misslssipp B. M. Palmer, D. D.; W. 1. Lyman, Missouri—’ Rev. R. G. Brank, loh tliips. Nashville —The Rev. J. H. Brysol Dr. D. Gordon. North Carolina~The lev. J. R. Wilson, D. Judge David Schong South Carolina—The Re: . B. Adger, S n . 'M. D. ioge, D. D.; Col. J. T. Prest At lll'fle—.hldg; Robert Ould, Richmond, Va.: Judge B. M. Estes, em[:hla. ‘Tean, ; the Rev. B. -Smith, D. D.. Va.; the Kev. Allen Wright, Chioc- The Reformed (Dutch) Presbyterian Assembly has appointed the following Delegates: Clergymen—The Rev. Dr. Peltz, New Paltz, X. Y. the Rev. Dr. Ormisto New York Cl the Rev. Di Ingllg, Brooklyn; the Rey, Dr. Willlam; Holmes, Hud- n. N. Y. ; the Rev. Dr. Scudder, Brooklyn. Elc Williamy AL Bogardus snd}S. B. Schieffelin, Kew York. - METHODISTICAL. GARRETT BIBLICAL INSTITUTE. Daring this weck the auniversary exercises of the Garrett Biblical Institute and the Pastors' Theo- Jogical Union will occur in Evanston. _The follow- ing is the full programme of the exercises: Sunday, May 13—The annusl sermon, by F.D.Hemen- :30 p. m.—Exercises of the Mtaslonary As- eck Hall. a._m and 3 p. m., examination of +3p. m., and 7,30 . 1m., Theologlcal ‘Wednesday—8 . m., examination of classes; 108, m, 2 p.m., Theological Unfon: $p. m., meeting of trustecs anu Visitors at Teck fall; 7:30 pi.. scudents’ ove feast. Thursday—9 a. m. sud 2 p. m., Theological Unton; 7:30 . mi., address to graduating class, by the Rev. W. X Ninde,'D. D., followed by awarding of degrees and ipiomas The following papers will be read May 16 and 17 before the Theological Union: 1. *‘The Respective Bearings of Faith in Godand Christ,” Roox, D. vanston. 2. *“The True Value of Biblical’ Diction,” John Toucher, D. D.. Marsisville. Ind. \ 3. ** Obllgations of ‘Theology to,Sclence,” Alexander urns, D. D, Indlanols. Ta. 4 pihe Listoral [ded and Its Expresslon fn Moth- odist Economy,” F. D. Hemenway, D. 1., Evanston. 5. **The Passvit ature,” J. B. of the Divine orth, D. D., Evanston. Liow to Make Soctal Mcetings o Success,” S. Mc- Chesney, A. 3., Chicago. T Fiue ivine Goveriment,” M. Raymond, D. D in < 8. ton. 152 Distinct Onder of Evanzellsts 3 Need of the a . A Spencer, D.D., Chloago, 1% x:m:u.mu—y Reading from tue Bible," Prof. B. .. Cumnock. - 10, ** I3 Perpetual Sin Conststent with Omnipotent Goodnesn? "' J. @. Rigby, . D.. Sabula, 1a. 1L ** Elocutiduary” ltéading from thé Hymn-Book," umuock, A, M. Hymn Permanent and Transient,” A. Edwards, Chicago. intluence of the Parsonage,” J. H. McCarty,D. w Orleans. : 4,.ETOresy of Doctrine tn the OId Testameat, " S. B, Adsma D D., Chicago. 5. ')‘lo;]frncl;lllm of the S8abbath Question,” T. P. . AL, Chicago. ) 16. **The Hivle Doctrine of the Second Coming of Curist,” W. X. Ninde, D. D. ., D. D., Detro! 17, ™ The Typlcal Lancuage of the Scriptures,” fL. Banbister, D. ., Evanston. 18, Question Drawer. LATTER-DAY SAINTS. THE THIRD ANNUAL CONFEKENCE of the Church of Jesus Christ ovened at Plano, 1., Friday, April 6, and concluded its business Thursday, April12. President Joseph Smith oc- cupied the chair, with President William W. Blair as his assistant. Elder Henry A. Stebbins was chosen Secretary of the Conference, and Elder John Scott as Clerk. Upon opening the exerciccs, President Smith spoke of the organization whose leaders claimed to be appointed of God, one the organization of Ttah, and the other the Reorgenization over which he was then presiding. The execution of John D. Lee, or rather the crime for which he was execut- ed, had been charged by the world 88 a crime of the Church. DButthe world must recoguize the difference between the Utah Church and the Reor- ganization, and the latter mnst stand boldly for- ward and proclaim the trath and the facts of the difference fairly and squarely, and not be afrald to meet the issue. - : The Recorder reported upon the condition of the districts officially sent in. Of the 11 branches oryunized 1o Fugland aud Seot land 7are In Birmioghsm District, and also 222 of members, For the {ntercst of the this country I give the number reportod althouzl, in some cases, the nuinber difiers from the Church Kecord. as seen by the Recorder's Report: Bir- minicham, 69; London, 45: Huniey, 37: Clay Cross, 25 Stafford: B; Farnworthi, 17: Shettfeld, i8; Mauchester, 20; Plymouth, 13; Portsmot enston (Scotland, 15: Walsall, 18; Glas, R igttam, 3; Lelce: wer, 1; Liverpool, 2; Leamington, 1; feld, F loss and galn, sec Ilsts of Increase reported by districts. The Birmiogham District i3 reported as In 7air condl- tion, considerably Improved over the previous®year, and s good feeliue smong the Saivts, and the breitiren have labored fn harmony. g le::s for meetings prevents dolng much public preach- ng, but {n summer out-door preaching 1s_had. On the 876 was & successful whole, they think that the ‘{ur 1 onc for the caus: fn England. No statistics were furnished as to the progress in the United States, merely general reports from scctions showing a satisfactory state of affairs in most of the parishes, and promising results from miesionary libors. The report of the branches as they stand on the Caurch Record, showed a total in 316 branches of o membership of 10,285, —a gain of 752 over last year. More detailed reports were received from bretbren representing varlous dis- tricts, upon the influence of the Church and its gradudl cxtensfon, as opportunities for sowing the seeds of truth increase. ‘A committee was appointed to took into the af- fairs of the Canadn Mission, and reconcile the dif- ferences as to a guestion of authority raised by that Mission. ‘The financial report of the Board of Publication showed the Teceipts to be $5,350.50, and the ex- penses 85,203, 82, leaving n balance of $80.77; the total resources to be $15, 682, 93, and total liabili- ties $3,790.65, leaving & balunce of resources $11,802.24, On motioa, » resolution was ndopted after o lengthy discussion instructing the Dishop to pay oves allmoneys in his bands for the Gtah Chapel tb the present Luilding Commitiee. It appears thut Elders George Cleveland, Robert Davis, George Shaw, John Shippy, and two otbers called'a conference of the Kent and Elgin Districts, in spite of the President's instructions to the con* trary. Forthis theirlicenses had been revoked, but, on motion, they were restored to all but John Shippy, Who was stated to have been the 1ing- leader in the difliculty.- The financial report of the Bishcp disclosed an expenditure of $1,422.23, and receipts of $1,- 818.78, leaving & balance due him of $103.45. For account of the Utah Chupel Fund he had re- ceived and paid over to the Building Committee 121.11; and for account of the Danish Mission Fund, 510.10; and for account of the Welsh Mis- kion Fund he Iad on hand $22. After devotional exercises the Conference adjourned. MOODY’S WORK IN BOSTON. ADDITION TO CHURCH MEMBERSHIP ON COMMU- NION SUNDAY. . Special Disvatch to the New York World. Bostos, May 9.—The close of the revival meet- ings over which Mr. Moody presided so long and so successfully 1n this city bas given an opportanity for those g0 disposed to calmly and dispassionately judge of the real effect this eerics of monster gath- crings has had upon the community. Moody's extremely literal interpretation of all Gos- pel teachings has brought upon him the meas- ured contempt of many cultured ministers and lsymen hos long been manifest; but how deep the 1mpression und of what na- ture the influence he has exerted upon the ‘masses who filled the Tabernacle night after night for three montns, has for the most part beena mat- ter of specalation merely. The inquiry meetings were well attended: the organized bands of Chris- tian workers were faithful to their duties in season and ont of season, and it only remained to be seen what fruit the seed so diligently sown was to bring forth. Last Sunday was the occasion for the May commaunion service in the Evangelical churches, and the reports recelved from the societies in the eustern part of the State and from those portions of the adjoining commonwealths which come under the influeuce of the revival here show that 932 per- sons werc then taken_into church membership on profession of falth, 179 by letter, and about fifty on probation. ' This would seem to indicatea deep- er impression as a result of Mr. Moody's preachiug tnan most Bostoniaus have given him credit for. The interest among business_men, which began 1o manifest itself In & marked degree about 3 month ago, still continues, There are daily noon meet- ings at several central points, and the representa- tives of the different trudes have their common rendezvous. XMr. Sankey, who, by the way, has taken 3 summer cottage at Cohasset, is a fréquent visitorat one or another of these ussemblies, and a little wave of admirers swells _the attendance at whatever mecting he visits. Evening eervices in halfa dozen churches are held thronghout the week, bat in no case does the regularly settled mia- ister aucceed in filling Lis house. Thiercis a good tarn out, but no rush. Mr. Moody will return from his home in the westzrn part of the State in about a week, and then a brief scason of renewed busi- ness aclivity may be expected. THE CHURCH IN GENERAL. The Quarter Centennial session of the Western Unitarian Conference will be held at Toledo May 15, 16, 17, and 18. Last Sunday sixteen persons united with Plym- onth Congregational Charch, in this city, on pro- fession, and sixteen by letter. At the dedication of St. Agnes® Church, New York (Roman Catholic), 1ast Sundsy, the interor of the cdifice was a wilderness of flowers and ‘That Mr. - lights. A large number of priests to degdlc:nary services, . and ~ Cardinal blessed the charch. The Baptist Tabernacle bas been Femoved to 202 Wabash avenue, where services will hereafter ‘e held under the charge of B. F. Jacobs. The First Congregational Charch received last Sundny twenty-one new members,—fonrtcen on profession, aud seven Dy letter. The membershin 18 10w 1, 204. The_Sixth Presbyterian Church, of which the Rev. Heary T. Miller is pastor, received twenty- five new membera last Sunday. This makes 24 doring this year. There are 3,509 Congreeational churches, with 350,658 members in the United States. and'3, 333 ministers. In 1876, 20,884 were added on profes- sion of faith and 12,400 by letter. The longest pastorate was that of Dr. Leonard Withington, which was sixty-one years. At the thirty-third anmversary of the Protest- ant Episcopal Charch Mission for Seamen, held in New York last Sunday night, the Board of Man- patin the cCloskey agement reported that they had supported threc . stations and three missionaries on the churches would contribute. At thesixty-firstanniversary of the American Bible Society, held atSt. Paul's M. E. Church, Fourth avenue and Twenty-second strect, New York City, 1ast Sunday evening, the Rev. Dr. Taglor, of the Brouaway Tabernacle, delivered the annual ser- mon. The report showed that the Bivle issues of tne Society in sixty-one yearsamountedto 32,- 774,388 copics. Speaking of the rmored proposcd erection of a Buddhist Temple on Fifth avenue, Now York, the Reformer and Jewish Times remarks: **It wonld Bot be surprising If Alr. Wong Chin Foo shonld have more success in preaching Buddhism here than American misslonaries have had in prenching Christianity in China; for we learn that one of these located in Wachi, one of the wealthiest and mosl important citiea 'in the Empire. after five years' Iabor and ot an expense of $45,000, succeed- a in sccuring only three converts. During the last twelve months the American Fe- male Guardian Socicty aud llome for the Friend. less, & New York Institution, has sheltored 1,018 inmates,—400 adults and 009 chidren, There were 21,429 persons aided, and the number of appli- cants was 15,033, The home hias in charge eleven industrial schools, in which the names of 6,476 children have been registered. Among those chil- dren and the families they represent 13,000 gar- ments were distributed besldes an eqnal proportion of other wearing apparel; and 15,000 loaves of bread have been Qisposed of for the daily luncis, ‘The Committee appointed about a year ago by the Protestant Episcopal Council of ‘the nfi;m.g of Virginia, to_consider the formation of a separate Diocese of West Virginia, met in Richmond on April 24. Resolutions passed by the Convocation, beld at Parkersburg, West Virginia, on April 18, requesting the division, were' read. Thesé resolu- tions asked that in mkln{lhelaplmflon the coun- ties of Jeflerson and Berkely be aaded to those of West Virginia in order to secure the support of a Bishop. - After some discussion the Committce unanimously agreed upon the expediency of grant- ing this request when formally presented to the Council. Nextwas taken up a proposal to divide the see of Old Virginia_itself, the line of separa- tion being the James River. The majority of the Committee were 1n favor of this subdivision, the vote standing 6 to 4. A minority protest will, ‘however, be presented to the Council. A MISSION. In the carly part of June, beginning probably on the it Sunday in the month, it 18 proposed to bold a Mission in the Church of the Ascension. on the North Side. The Rev. Messrs, Hall and Mor- timer, of the order of Evangelist Fathers at Bos- ton, will conductit. The blessing which has at- tended thelir labors elsewhere gives zood augury for the success of the proposed spiritual cnterprise in thiscity, THE ‘‘ INTERIOR'S"’ HEAVEN. The Interior hos now an opportunity to_indorse Brother Talmage's last dratt upon eymp. n‘y. ‘Meaven, beautiful heaven,” be sald, **where our 'fricnds nre, and where they can take 00 census; whers the gallerics rise tfer on tier and are crowded ith quadrillions of quadrillions -)mulniilllofl!. ‘There are great boulevards fllled with chariots, but there Is no plumea hearse rattling over that pavement, for there they are never sick and never dic, Take up your march for heaven ! ‘The Solrit and the Bridesay, Come—dlifance. Very good The Inferlor embraces tho op- portanity. - We take 1o sublimated moonshine_in our theology, philosophy, or anticipations, - We Velieve that 'heaven is & world of Liomos, Infinitely enduring,—in some sense a substantial world, re- plete with all natural beauty, sablimity, and ma- terinl splendor, and that we shall tread these **boulevards 'with] as real an impact as_that given 10 walking the streets of Chicago, Adumit- ting the necessity of metaphor in the Scriptural descriptions, we do not thierefore relegate them to the unrealities of dreamland.—Interior. PERSONAL. ‘The Rev. E. E. Hewitt, of Minneapolis, has accepted a call from the Centennial Baptist Church. ‘The Rev. J. H. Trowbridge will continne to sup- ply the pulpit of the Presbyterian Charch at River- side. e The Rev. Carlos Martyn has been installed pas- forof the Thirty-fourth Street (N¢W York) Re- formed Church. The Rev. David Clark was formally installed in bls mew pastorate at the Austin Presbyterian Church on Friday evening. Blshop Smith, of Kentucky, Presiding Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church, has taken up his residence in New York City. The African Methodist Episcopal Church has Just sent ont its firat missionary, Mr. Mosscll, who, with his wife, has gone to Hayti. The Rev. DF. Cote, a Baptist clergyman, who was the first American missionary to Kome after the unification of italy, has just died. The Rev. Edward Woolsey Bacon was recentl. installed as pastor of the First Congrepational Church in Norwich, Conn., the Rev. Leonard Bacon preaching the sermon. The Rev. Samuel Duffield, who bas been sup- Q]y(ng the Central Preabyterian Church at Auburn, N.Y., for_the past six months, has recently re- ceived a call to become its pastor. ‘The Rev, Dr. Tiffany, who recently left Chicago for his new pastorate in New York, was given a reception last Thursday evening, at which Dr. G. 1. Fowler and others delivered addresses of wel- come. The Western Avenne Baptist Church, which has been for some time without a_scttled pastor, has called the Rev. Christopher Perren, of St. Cath- arinee, Canada, to the position, and he will begin his labors here early in June. The Rev. C, L, Fischer bas m:ccp'.e& the rector- ship of the St. Paul's Charch, Chillicothe, O., the Rev. J. W. Dunn that of Calvary Church, Se- dalia, Mo., and the Rev. M. V. Averlll that of St. James' Charch, Manitowoe, Wis. At the annual meeting of the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions, hield in New York recently, the deaths of the Rev. Dr. Warren, of the Tarruk- babad Mission, Indig, snd the Kev. Simebn H. Calboun, of Obeth, Syria, were snnoanced. The Rev. D. J.Burrell, formerly psstor of West- minster Church, Chicago. has accepted the call to the Second Presbyterian Church of Dubuque, and is to be installed May 27. The installation services are to be conducted by the Rev. W. M. Black- burn, D. D., and the Rev. Messrs. “Hodge and Conkey. The Rev, Dr. Lovick Pierce, the patriarch of the Southern Methodist Churcn, Issues an address to his denomination on his 93d birthday. On that occasion he held a family reunfon, forty being present. * He nas inall seventy-two dcscendants, thirty-two of whom were'absent. One of hissons is & Bishop who is well advanced in years. CHURCH SERVICES. BAPTIST. The Rev. E. K. Cressey preaches at Coventry Street Church, near North Chicago Rolling Aills, morning and evening. —The Rev. D. S. McEwan preaches morning and evening at the Thirty-seventh Street Church. —Prof. T. J. Morgan will preachat Englewood 2t10:30 2. m. i —The Rev. N. E. Wood will preach morning and evening at Centennial Baptist Church, corner of Lincoln and Jackson streets. —The Rev. Arthar Swazey will preach at the Free Church, corner of Jackson and Loomis streets, at10:45a. m. Evening services at 8 o'clock. —The Rev. J. W. Custis preaches at Michigan Avenne Baptist Church, near Twenty-third street, at 11 a. m. ana 7:45 p. m. Subjects: “‘The Smitten Rock,” and **Faotare Punish- ment." ~The Rev. Galusha Anderson, D. D., will preach at the Second Church, corner of Morgan and Monroe streets, in the morning, and the Rer. D. 1. Cooley, of Canton, in the evening. —The Rev. D. B. Cheney, D. D., preaches at the Fourth Charch, corner of Washingion and Paulina strects, at10:30 8. m. and 7:45 —The Rev. W.W. Everts, D, D., preachesat the First Church, South Park avenue, at 11 a. m. and 7:30p. m. —J. B. Stillson, Esq., will give a Bible-reading and address at the Twenty-afth Street Baptist Church at 10:45 a: and 73 ‘) m. —The Rev. W. J. Kennott will preach morning and evening at Halsted Street Baptist Church. " CHRISTIAN. A.-J. ‘White will preach at the Central Church. corner Van Buren street and Campbell avenue, at 10:453. m. . —Services will be held in the First Church, corner of Indiana avenue and Twenty-fifth street. CONGREGATIONAL. - Prof. Fisk will preach at the First Church, corner of Ann and Washington strects, morning and evening. —The Rev. C. A, Towle preaches morning and evening at Bethany Church, cornerof Panlins and Huron streets, —The Rev. Charles Hall Everest preaches at Plymouth Church worning and evenlng. Z'The Rev. G. 1. Peeke will preach at Leavitt- Street Church in the morning upon ** Constitution- al Hindrances l-n'sfpirlnullly. " and in the evening will exchange with the Rev. Mr. Holbrook, of Oakland. —The Rev. Truman M. Post, D. D., of St. Lonis, preaches at the New England Church in the morning, and the Rev. John P. Taylor, of Massa- chusel, in the evening. —I 'Bav. G. W. Mackio will preach in the 10, 000—all South-Park Avenue Independent Church, ’l‘hmT '"fi“’ “f;'“R_L "l‘\;‘l’d“] I‘;n wrch, corner of Zhe ltev, 4, K. Knodell presches at . Strcet Church warning and evening. Ginten ZThe Rev. Z. §. Holbrook will condact & chil- dren's sorvice st Oakland Church fn the Toming. and the Rev. Gearge IL. Pecke will breach 1a. 1he evening., ¥ A ““The Rev. D. N. Vandeveer preaches morning and cvenlng at Union-Park Chareh, on. *+ Christs Divinity. " EPISCOPAL. The Rev. T. N. Morrison preaches at Christ Church morning and evening. —The Rev. Jumes Carmichael, of Montreal, will reach at Trinity Church in the morning, and the ev. E. Sullivan in the evening. —The Rev. J. H. Knowles will officiate morning and evening at the free church of SS. Peter and Paunl, corner of Washinzton and Peoria streets. —The Rev. 8. S. Harris, D.D., will preach at St. James' Church morning and evening. —The Rev. Francis Lester preachés morning and evening at the Church of the Atonement, corner of ‘West Washington and Robey stroets. —The Rev. Clinton Locke, D. D., will preach at Grace Church In the morning, and the Rev. Richard ard,. U..S. .N., in the evening, —The Rev. W. H. HoPklnl oreaches morning and eventng at St. John's Church, Ashland ave- nue, —Tne Rev. Charles 8. Lester preaches at St. P;’l:l;! Church, Hyde Park avenne, morning and evening. —The Rev. H. C. Kinney will officiate at St. Mark's Church, Cottage Grove avenue, at10:30 a. m.and 7:30 p. m. —The Rev. G. F. Cushman, D. D,, preaches morningand evening at St. Stephen’s Church. —The Rev. Luther Pardee preaches ut Calvary Chaurch, Warren avenue, morning and evening. —The Rev. T.°XN. Morrison preaches morning and evening at the Chareh of the Epiphany, Throop ~The Rev. W. J. Petrle will preach at the Church of Our Savior morning and c‘v’mning,l —The Rev. Henry G. Perry, D. yreaches mormning and evening at All Saint's Church, corner of North Carpenter and West Ohio streets, —The Rev. F. N. Luron preaches mording and evening at Emanuel Chureh, LaGrange. —The Rev. J. Stewart Smith preaches morning and evening at St. Mark's Church, Evanston. —The Rev. W. T. Morrison will oficiate at the Church of the Holy Communion, Dearborn street, between Twenty-ninth and Thirtieth strcets, at 10:45 0. m. and 7:30 p. m. LUTHERAR. . ‘The Rev. Edmund Belfour preaches at the En- glish Church, corner of Dearborn and Erie strects, morning and cvening. METHODIST. The Rev. M. M. Parkhurst preaches at the First Church morning and evening. Morning supject: **Elol Lama Sabacthani.’> Evening subject: ¢*America'a Greatest Nee —The Rev. S. McChesney preaches morning and evening at the Park Avenue Church. i —The Rev. W. F. Crafts will g;u:h at Trinity Church morning and evening. orning subject: ‘*Building " o Character.” Evening subject: ++Christ 1n All the Scriptures. " ~—The Rev. &, II. Adams preaches at Centenary Church morning and evening. —Thne Rev. E. M. BOH;IF ]%renches morning znd evening at Dixon Street . E. Church, * —The Rev. Jobn Williamson will preach at Michigan Avenue M. E. Churchat 5 p. m., on **How to Behave at Church. ™ —The Rev. George Chase preaches morning and evening ot the Wikter Street Chiurch. corasr of Forty-ffth street. —The Rev. W, C. Willing, D. D., will preach at the Lungley Avenne M. K. Charch. 'corner Thirty- ninth strect, ot 10:30 4. m. and 7:30 p. m. —The-Rev. Isaac Crooks, of Jacksonville, TII., will preach at Grace Church at 10:30 a, m.; the Rev. John Atkinson preaches in the cvening. NEW JERUSALEM. The Rev. Dr. Hibbard preaches at New Church Tall, corner of Exghteentn stroet_and Prairic ave- noe, this morning, and at the Temiple, corner of Washington street and Ogden avenue, this after- noon. . —The Rev. L. P. Mercer preaches at_Hershey Music Tl this morning. Subject: o Tho Sen and Its World: What the Biblc Says of It.” PRESBYTERIAN. _The Rev. Jacob Post will preach at the corner of Noble and Erle streets—in Dutch in the morning 20d In English in the evening. —The Iev. J. Abbott French will preachat the Fourth Church morning and evening. —The Rev. James Maclaughlin preaches at the Scotch Church, corner of Sangamon and Adams strects, morning and evening. —The Rev. Henry T. Miiler preaches at the Sixth Charch at 11 4. m; and 7:30 p. m. Subjects, i Temperance ™ aod ‘Lectufe’ on the Para® Jes. ** - —The Rev. Charles L. Thompson will preach morning and evening at the Fifth Church, Indiana avenue and Thirtieth street. —The Rev. S. G. Wishard will preach morning and eveningat the Eighth Church, corner Wash: ington and Ro bey streets. —Prof. F. L. Patton, D. D.. will preach in Jefferson Park Charch morning and cvening, : —The Rev. J. Monro Gibson, D. D., preaches morning and evening at the Second Church. —The Rev. E. N. Barnes preaches morning and evening at Westminster Church, Jeckson and Peoria Btrects. REFORVED EPISCOPAL. Prof. T. W. Hopkins preaches at’ Christ Church this morning, and the Rev. M. D. Charch tuis evening. —The Rev. R. TI, Bosworth preaches at Emanuel Church, corner of Hanover and Twenty-eighth - streets, morning and evening. —The Rev. Kt. L. Bosworth preaches at Trinity . Charch, Englewood, at Rev. H. A. Millard preaches at Grace Church, corner of Hosme avenue and LeMoyne street, this morning. The Rev. J. D.Cowan in the evening. B 4 —The Rev. J. D. Cowan preaches at Grace Church this morning. No evening service. —There will be the usual service at Immanuel Church, corner of Centre and Dayton strects, morning and evening. —The Rev. Dr. latfield preaches morning and eveningat St. Paul's Church, corner of Ann and Washington streets. —The Rector will officiate at St. John's Church, Ellis avenue, near Thirty-seventh street, a2 10:45 o, m. and 3:30 p. m. : < UNIVERSALIST. The Rev. Sumner Ellis preaches at the Charch of the Reedeemer, corner of Washington aid Sanga- ‘mon streets, morning and evening. ~The Rev. Dr. fyder preaches morning and evening at St. Paal's Church, Michigan avenne. USITARIAN. The Rev. E. P. Powell will preach the Third Church, corner Monroe and Laflin streets,” at 10:30 a.m, babject **Work is Worship.” —The Rev. Robert Collyer will preach at Unity Charch fn the morning and the Rey. Brooke Here: ford in the evening. v —The Rev. J. T. Sunderland will preach in the old school-house at Englewood at 3p. m. Sub- ject: **Forcgleams of immortality. ™ —The Rev. Brooke Herford will preach at the Church of the Messizh in the morning, aud’ the Rev. Robert Collyer in the evening. The Rev. J. T. Sunderland preaches at the Fourth Church, Prairie ovenue, near Thirtieth street, at 11a. m. MISCELLANEOUS. + A unifon meeting of Adventists will be held morning and evening at, No. 221 West Madison street. Elders Shaw and Stevenson will ofliciate. — A non-sectarian Bible-mee! will be held at No. 126 Washington street at 2:30 o'clock. Snb- ject of discussion: *‘The Man, Christ Jesys. Praise-mecting will be held at Union Chapel, -’07 South Desplaines street, this evening. Judge S. Logton will preach at No, 91 Sonth, Green street morning and evening. 2 —The Rev. H. M. Paynter will preach at Calvary Tabernacle, No. 320 Ogden avenue, this morning. Subject: **Christian Finance.” —The Progressive Lycenm of Chicago will meet 2t 12:30 p. m., in Grow's Hallp’ No. 517 West Madison strect. 2 Friends will hold & meeting on Twenty-gixth street at 10:30 a. ‘m., and in Room 4, No. 71 Randolph street, at 5 p.'m, —Disciples of Christ mect at No. 220 West Ran- dolph street at 4 p. m, —A service for_deaf-mutes will be conducted by, the Rev. A. W. Mann in the chapel of St. Jamey' Church, cormerof Cass and Huron streets, at3 . m. P The Trine Immersion Advent ists mect at No. 358 Milwaukee avenne, morning and evening.. —The Rev. M. R. Miller will lecture in the Firat Baptist Church this evening on **The Jews." —Mrs, Cora L. V. Richmond will lectare in | Grow's Opera-Hall o 10:45 . m., and 7:45 p. m. —A gospel temperance meeting will be held this evening at No. 221 West Madisonstreet. CALENDAR FOR THE WEEEK. EPISCOPAL. May 13—Sunday after Astension. CATHOLIC. A May 13—Sunday within the Octave of the Ascen- sion. i 2ay 14-0f the Octave. /ay 15—0f the Octave. 3fay 16—St. Ubaldus, B. C. ay 15—Octave of tie Agcension. Hay 1 cnantins, M. Gy 10—Vigil of Pentecost; St. Padentiana, V. et THE PASSING BELL. tom {n olden times to ring or toll a bell at (1 Bowe of QEPAFLire. t0 ODLALR prayces foF e pRasing soul. The custom Iy now obsolete, except in & few of the rural districts of England. eard ye the sound of parting knell? e reloased'is tne passing bell: Some pilgrim, weary, laden. sore, Tias gained at last the shining shore. Some wayworn traveler rests at last, All labors o'er, all tronbles past: The soul-bel} tolls the spirit's flight To mausions ever fair and bright. 2 mald in bloom of years, fififim joy, is called 'midst tears; A rosy child, or withered age, Death's angel writes on sacred page. leased who In the Lord do die: gh?’u‘l is the life beyond the sky— Immortal joys, eternal rest, A fadeless crown, forever blest. 1t echoea still, the passing bell— 11s solemn tones the breezes swell: Afan's but & shadow, it scems to say, Or o flower that withereth in a day. ‘Thos generations come and g0 Life's but an ever-fleeting ebow; To-day our couree 18 scarce besuz, Ere soul-bell tolla 4 race that's run. . Mowaysxx, Wis, E B 3 The Unitariah Corrective Medicine for the Orthodox Calomel. Edward Rrerett Hale Defines the Position of Lib- eral Christians=-Is It an Unconscions Satiret COonventional Shams in Opinion—Guess Again—A Model for Americans, From Our Own Correspondent. Bostox, My 8.—The Music Hall Unitarian course of lectures, which has just commenced, has o wide sugzestiveness at this time. Persons like Mr. Joseph Cook and our fricnds of the Taber- nacle are very confident that thev know all abont the whys and wherefores of this course. It isa direct result, they are certain, of thelr lsbors. It is the aronscd spirit of thesc godless misbelicvers, aroused by their ministrations. An aroused and uneasy spirit which is endeavoring to make itself heard. I suppose: there is nobody who will deny the 1irst proposition, —that the lectures are the re- galt, or to put it more truly, in consequence, of the revival and the Rev. Joseph's. assaults, for after patieat following, I can classify Mr. Cook's pon- derons sledge-hammer discourses In no other manner. They were assaulls upon somebody or somcthing. from beginning to end, and a5 a very clever and caltivated man sald, **He is 2 most Ingenious borrower of his enemy's weapons,” which meant that Mr. Cook has constantly made usc of the scientists’ terms, and employed their forces to suit his own purposes. The scientiats, if they think at all upon the mat- ter. must feel a good deal as the big, burly fellow did whose wife in moments of temper had a little habit of fiying at him with belligerent blows: 1T PLEASES HER, AND 1T DON'T HURT ME.” A number of people here at the start of Mr. Cook’s courec of Monday lectures, thoogh not ex- actly in his key, had a feeling that he might be about to do the good work of meeting the scientific shadow of donbt, with an equal strength of thought on the side of faith. and a clear and dis- passionate argument which should not descend to assault. But the result proves how mistaken were these persons. Mr. Cook was mot of this kind of strength. He was of the usual sort of ** Bible- bangers™ after all, with the same set of orthodox arzuments with borrowed handles to them. Mr. Hale’s lecture on last Sgnday evening in the TUnitarian conrse contained certain answers to cer- tain questions, which also answersana defines botk question and reason for the Unitarian course as directly following these sensational and revival meetings, even more plainly than did Mr. James Frecman’ Clarke's opening disconrse the Sunday previona. Mr. Hale's eubject was ** Salvation De- fined.” And In opening he stated that he had been requested to answer the question: **What is it to be saved by Christz™ In the first piace he gave the original meaning of the word Jesus. . It meant the same as Joshua, and Joshua was honor- ed and held in remembrance because he eaved the Jewish nation from it And the record of the New Testament: ** Thou shalt call His name Jesus, for He shall save His people from theirsins. " And thus, in the Greek, and Roman, and other translations the wora Jesus came to mean **The Savigr.” By consnt use in o pecallar sease, ‘words often lost their original meaning, and thus it was with thus word Savior. If 5 A DOZEN DIFFERENT PERSONS taken at random were to be azked what Jesus came- 1o save people from there - would probably be four or five diffierent answers given. And the particular danger of orthodoxy—and by onhodnxs Mr. Hale said that he meant any scct that bound itself by written statement—was that the wond becomes an idol, and the orizinal meaning dics outof it. And it is the beaaty of liberlism that it is not thus bound. 1ts verymotto is, *‘The letter Killeth, bat the !g.iri! giveth life.” And it aims always to keep words to their real mesning, or if it discov- ered that a word has become an idol to trample it into the dust. . To be saved then meant to be ifted out of our degradation and misery. When Jesus died our Saxon ancestors were. in a state of savage existence hardly above the level of the brates. Eighteen centuries of Christianity have brought their descendants into the moral, intellectual, and spiritual condition which we se¢ now i England. North Germany, and this country. A man is saved ‘when he is brought into a condition where his man- liness shows itsclf. “In the darkest time of the dark azes the word ealvation came to be used and is used at this day in a mechanical and unnataoral way. It signified sn artificial* arrangement by which therc seemed tobe an ement made on the part-of Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, that by a device,—namely tha A RANSOM, mankind should be saved from the consequences of their sin. Mr. Cook declares that therc was no substitation for ein in this, and tnat the word sub- stitution must not be used. But those cminent theologians Mr. Boyd and Dr. Chalmers say that substitution is the right word. Against all this medieval artificial meaning attached to the word salvation, the lecture upgasofl its simple orizinal meaning. that salvation 1s_eflected when a man fs 80 lifted up in his moral and spiritnal being that punishment becomes unnecessary. Again, the condition of being saved was defined as a condition . of identity of feeling with God, and the essential = characteristics of the Christian _character, _ faith, hope, and and love, with a practical cffort in the faorther- ance of God's kingdom in this world. This makes 8 pretty broad grouud of ditference between the MOODY-AND-SANKEY AND COOK : doctrines, and shows plainly enongh that the’ lib- eral Christians have instituted this course of lec- tures as a corrective medicine after a violent course of orthodox calomel! Freeman Clarke, who is the most placabie of men, full of good will towards ey- erybody, in his opening discourse eaid very decid- edly that the fallacy of theclaim of behef in trne doctrine a¢ being an indispensable element of the Christian character was shown when Jesus said, +*Whosoever heareth these sayings of Mine and doeth them, I will liken unto o wise man who built his house upon a rock.” Hedid not_declare that whosoever believeth in those doctrines of the Trinity. and of total depravity, and eternal punishment, I will liken to one who built his houte upon a rock. Air.*Clarke also alluded to Mr. Moody's declaration that if the doctrine of substitation was not in the Bible he should ccase to have any inter- est in the book, and Mr. Cook’s comnter-assertion that no man of scnse pretends to believe in the doctrine of substitution in these days. 1 think TOE VERY DROLLEST BIT OP ESTIRELY UNCON- BCIOUS SATIRE ivhich ever came to my knowledge was the following in connection with the = Tabernacle meetings. There has been an exhibition at Brain- ard's galiery here of the picture that the Centennial Committee at first demed admission to the Phila- delphia Exposition, on the grounds of its immor- ality—a very just judgment. which was weakly Wltzdmwn or overborne later. The picture is More's *-Dancing Girl of the Alhambra.” As coloring and drawing it may deserve the medal it got; but 28 & composition atierly and entirely sen- sual, lacking a single noble clement, and displaying the worst features of human nature, it deserves annihilation. Itis nnlirneceulry to say that it is one of those partially undraped figures which are out. of all purenatural reason. ~And when we take into consideration > i THE HATEFUL FACE OF THE TURK OR MOOR who reclines at s little distance, )nzll{lphymx up- on a zithern or other Eastern musical instrument, it is easy to be seen what the sentiment of compo- sition {s. It is funny, or would be, if it were not #0 pmnful, to see what conventional shams half the people of this world are. ¥For where there has been one who has been. able: to honest and clear jndgment upon this piztare for_its essential points of composition, there have been 2 hundred who have tried to look through the apectacles of high art, becanse they thousht it was ‘‘the thing™ to do, and because they were afraid they might be thought gauche and Tuncoltivated if they looked with the eyes of true nature upon it and de- nounced it. These people, nice good girls some of them. have held forth with a labored air of sereni- ty upon the wonderful effects of coloring, etc.,: etc. One of them tried to draw a little moral Jes- son in a relizious newspaper on the subject of the pictare by pointing to the effect of Christianity upon woman in our and other Christian_countries. Cfiomllmlty bas elevated our women beyond and above all this! It is only in such heathen lands as is here portraved that women are debased like this girl of the Alhambra; 2nd 80 on. A PIECE OF MORALIZING THAT WON'T DO ‘when we coneder the altogether worse conaition. of such women in 8o-called civilized and Christian countries. Well, ta come to the point of the un- conscioussatire. Some time ago the exhibitor of this pictare, in view of s success,—for it has had 2 long season of many weeks,—conceived the brilliant idea of giving n day of this success— that is, the prodts of it—fo the ernacle fund! 1 am told on good suthority that this plan was en- tirely in earnest and in good faith, which of conrse makes it all the fannier. Why it wasn't carried out I don't know. I have a suspicion, however, thata fflendl{ neighbor of the exhibitor saw it in a different light, and dissuaded him from his under- taking, Whether the exhibitor underneath all his *‘good faith ™ had a little ides of what the old Scotch woman calls **the pernicity” of his pict- ure, and thought that 8 d.l{ of his profita given to the Tabernacle would be like - 50 much holy water sprinkled upon ungodliness, or whether, deeper still, he had a sly sense of the grim humor of tha l]fl‘;lg, is, I think, clearly in the conundrum line, an 7 S apecaiation spoat the lust of the There Is some speculation about the las No-Name Serles. tho movel called ** A Modern Mephistopbeles,* though everybody winds —up thelr speculations with the decieion that the anthor can be no other than theauthor of **Amber Gods —Mrs. Spofford. As Iam very sare that Mra. Spolford had nothfag to do with it, 1 want to ask the Western readers 10 try. in thelr guesses. The plot, what there is of it, is detidedly like some of Mra. Spofford's, 8o also is the treatment; bat, fall of Fich damask coloring as it is, it lacks Alrs. Spofford's Amber Goddess tints, and the essers may try agmin before they hit it It ary Jomea! *+ American” was publizhed in some 'Name Series, I don't think there are ten per- sons who would blunder at the author. And this fsafterall a great tribate to on author's style. He enas up his last novel of his even more disagreen- bly than any previous one, for mobody seems it of the sacrifice of the Sonas * satisfied or pleased, unless it may be the atrocions little Mademoiselle Nioche. But standing out from all the stage machinery of Mr. James man- ner there is ONE VEEY NOBLE PIGURE,— the hero Newman. He is an ideal American despite the author's idea that he is o true'type, but none the less is he a noble character which any American wonld do well to take for his model in 8l things. The portrayal of some of the other characters Igyery good—notably old Madame de Bellegarde. ~And altogether this book is by far the best of Mr. James’ books, slthough it has that icy composare which chills all his efforts. THE GAME OF CHESS CIHESS DIRECTORY. Caicaco Cress Crun—Nos. 63 and 65 Wash- ington strect. Cnicaco CoEss AssocratioN— Henrici's Cafe, 174 East Madison-st. : Chess players meet daily at the Tremont Houmse (Exchange) and the Sherman House (Basement). All communications intended forthis department should be addressed to Tirz TRIBUNE, and indorsed ¢4Chess.® . _TO CORRESPONDENTS. “‘E. A, 'L.," Toledo, 0.—Sce answer to E.C.R. *4C. A. P.," city.—Problem received, and very ‘welcome. CH, C. P, L _ thig renrved ovip e Rotky Ak=Thank you for *:R. C. 5.," Oswego, N. Y.—We rather incline to No.1 as the best of the threc versions, and have placed it on file. tA. B.." Princeton, TL—Tour problem was mislaid. It is fair for & first :m:mpt?hnt not up t publication mark. Tey agein. 0o VL AMalcom, Ia.—The conditions, in fall, O{IlEliflgmsD."la are: ‘\;hue (with the move) to play in such a manger as to compel Black to check- Tuate the White King in three mven. 0 C1oc *‘F. B.," Lemont, Ill. —Any person can become a member of the C. C. A., wh’elv!:er a resident of the city or not. Problem No. 73 is quite sound, forif BL-1..K takes either Kt, mate follows in- stanter. #,* Correct solution to Enigma No. 74 received from W. H. Ovington. C. A. Perry, E. S. Watts, E. Barbé, C. W. Clark, E. A. Swarth, 0. R. Be amin, and E. R. B.. ¢ity; Chess Club, Keitha- urg, ; **E. C. R. " city. —The best and most thorongh work on chess is undoubtedly the German ** Hanq buch.” In English, Staunton’s *Chess-Pl Handbook " and Wormald's ** Chess Openings™ are both excellent treatises on the game; proba-ly the latter is preferable as, though not so exhaustive as the former, it contains later analyses of many of the openingy. It may be ordered through any bookseller. *#,# Correct solation to Problem No. 74 recelved from W. H. Ovington, J. H. Campbell, C. A. Perry, T. A Wainwright. E. B; C. W. Clark, J. Winship, W. Sivarth, 0. K. Benjamin, and H. C. P, «+ Tarner. Iil. ; L. Kuttoer, Des Moines, Ia.; J. A. Greenhill, Clinton, I3.; L. G. E. and F. A. Martin, Joliet, TIL ; T. Sheardownand J.E. Robinson, Winona, Minn. ; F. B., Lemont, Il ENIGMA NO. 76. ‘We are indebted to Mr. H. C. P., of Little Rock, Ark., for a copy of the following fine problem, us well as for that other beanty, Enigma No. 74. Mr. P. says, **Inelther know the name of the author or whether it has ever pecn published.” Itis like- Iylto prove a troublesome customer to most of our solvers: B ‘White to play and mate in three moves. * PROBLEM NO. 76. BY MB. 0. B. EENJAMIN, CHICAGO. BB _EiE W oEmE Z 0 E ‘ /é% | | ,% %/”I% sy \? 5B : BB B RN ¥ AE 7 u Yiczittd. ‘White. White to play and mate in three moves. SOLUTION TO PROBLEM NO. 74. White. Binck. WKS 1..Any move Mates accordingly. SOLUTION TO ENIGMA NO. 74. 1L.BwERe Pies Kt " e I TE1H 'l R takes K¢ 3. Bmates CHESS IN CHICAGO. The handicap tournament inaugurated by the Chees Association s now fairly ander way, play having commenced lnst Tuesday. Seventeen mem- bers entered, viz.: Six In the first-class, four In the second, and seven In the thind. ~About thir- t¥ games have been playea so far, butas it is too early to foreshadow the result we defer the publi- cation of the acore until next week. It s the mbst notable event which hus occurred in chess circles in this tity since the Congress of 1874, and Is ex- citing much interest among chess-players genmer- | The following game was played in the tonmey last Wednesdny. Mr. Arensberz gives the odds « of Pawn and two moves to Mr. Edwards. (Remore Black King's Bishop's Pawn.) wlhllle_T‘l,ll%‘Enwuns- Bllu:k—)ln. ARENSBELG. PtoQ4 Q Ptok5(a) 3 KBtoRtS B PioK B4 (c) © 1al KBPtakes Ko | takes B PLoK 6 (d) Ll K ‘ quqnq Ptakes QP BPtakes P o Rt Rt ey Reten B2 oK Kr3 | 5 R0Q2 Kht2 ' Castles 2o B g K to Ktsq BtoQs E10QBq les Kttok B KB4 KRtoKea wQB4 FloQRs RwQR BrodB3 t takes B e o Res cn K2 ¢ toKz wEtTen (a) Bto Q3 is considcred more attacking, but this has its merite. (b) Pto Q R 31was the correct play. The move made shoald have cost the game. (<) White could bave won 3 pieoe here byS..P to X 6, 5..B takes P, U..Pto Q5, etc. If the B, inetéad of taking Pawn, retires home, then fol lows Q to K B 3, etc. White might still retain the Pawn, with the takes P. (d) better game, by CHESS BY CORRESPONDENCE. Played inthe International Correspondence Tonre nament between Dr. R. L. C. White, Lebanon, Tenn., and Mr. F. W. Jones, Belleville, Ont. . PIULIDOR'S DEPEXSE. ‘White—DE. Witz Black—3z. Joxxs. 1.Blok4 1Pt K 2. Kt KBS 3 Pt0Q 8. QB4 o S Caatles (KR) and 11..F to B 4 i I 0..Castles 4 s wrually 1 e bere. Tt iagenerally sironger for the at- Tack in tnis opening to Castlé on the Queen's side. ) Whiters game is. to be preferred after this move. 12..Kt to Kt 5 wonld have been better. (c) Black'a pleces are inawkward places, and this move does not improve his game. The King's Rook stood better where it was, (d) Black has eucceeded [n maing his came a . little worse at each move, ever since Dr. White de- parted from the books. (€) A somewhat sudden and early resignation. 19..Kto Rag was his best continuation, but White's exta pawn should win.—Brounton's Chess Jour- n ——— ‘The Very Reason. A Frenchman named Autram died, a few weeks g0, leaving an immense fortune. Although a very pleasant gentleman to talk to, he was consid- ered rather stingy. _Alfred de Mosset, when quite unknown, had met him, two or three times, at Madame George Sand's, and was, one day, 80 Tup that he ventured to ask him for the Joan of a **logia.” *‘Iam lu.rprlud ihat you should ask me for such a favor, said Antram; **1scarcely know you." *‘My dear sir," replied the author of the Caprice. Who was over head and ears in aebt, *‘that's the very reason; for those who do, would not, 1am afraid, lend me a sou.™