Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 27, 1877, Page 9

CEERT LY RULFEST T o . 10 mpgery BRELIGIOQUS. mary of the General sun:xsse}r’nbly‘s Proceed- ings. What Prof. Swing Has to Say of the Honorable Body. ominent Boston Ministers Pr”_Drg, Lorrimer, Webb, and Murray. Willard’s Work in Boston e Porter on Moody. —Prof. 41k with an 014 Dominican—Fifticeth Anmiversary of fhe Pope’s Episcopate. and Personals at Home Abroad=-=-Church Ser- vices To-Day. ’ Notes and THE PRESBYTERIANS. 7IF GENEEAL ASSEMDBLY IN DRIRF. The General Assembly met at 9 a. m. yester- &, wod, after devotional exercises, the Rev. D Glover presented & paper With respect to e ermanence of the pastoral relation, which get forth that tbe Assembly as a body disap- of frequent changes of pastors. The psper Was adopted, and Modcrator Eels fhen reminded the Assembly that they bada desl of business before them, and reauest- Fhem to abstain from unuecessary debate. Ir. Van Dyke presented the reportof the (amittee on Bills and Orertures in relation to 1be Presbyterian Historical Society, recommend- fothar thereport of the Society be adopted, ko 8 serics of resolutions asking pastors to wod on histories of their respective churches, 4 wotake upcollectivns for u library eudow- rent fund where such has not already been “The report was concurred fn. e ttéraf anoverture from the Pres- . ey of Kiogston asking the Assembly to ontinuzuce of wtition Congress for the Sbbath mails, the ssme Cowmittee recom- mndg mo present action, and the with regard to wis taken o e from the Presbytery of West. rinsser, Pa., in relation to achanse in the mode delecting Secretanes of tne various Church Rands. In each case the recominendations : nenrred in. “ameponse to several memorials from differ- i Prosbyteries, in regard to the use of fer- zented wine at the communion table, the Con- zttee reported, recommending that the control £ this matter be left to the Sessions of the sev- =il diurches. they being recommended to pro- are the purest wine obtaipable. A debate sliowed on the the Rev. Mr. Davies’ presenta- “am of an amendment providing that non- tuholic wine alope_should be used. Finally, teamendment, as also various substitutes io- g the words “*fruit of the ving * pure gieaf the grape,”’ and the like, iustead of e, were voted down and the report was T Rer. Ur. Humphrey then presented the matof the Special Commitree on Chinese Emngelization, which was received and placed Bmthe docket. Dder Woud offered a resolution ealling up & question of reduced rej ntation, which wxcuried, and the Clerk read the report of * tx Committee on that subject, which has al- mdy been published. Rev. Mr. Hickok obtained leave to read of the Judidal Commission on the Church case reversing the decision _of tie 3mad and Presbytery of Philadelphia. The l:%flm received and placed on the docket. ¢ report of the Committee on Freedinen wismade the epecial order for 3 p. m. Mouday, wd thereport of the Committee on Reduced Lepresentation came up for- discussion. s soweskst protracted, cowsiderable op- ositlon to the report being developed, and at clock the Assembly adjourned -until Mon- 92 m, no conclusion having been 7 < BE NOON PRAYER-MEETING. A sumber of the delegates to the General As- sembly remained after the body had adjourned :nd ok part in the noun meecting. After Wt afriend we Ive in Jesus™ had been 4 e, the Rev. William Greenough led in pray- @ The lesson of the day, from Second Ao, chap, Y., was read by Mr. Walker and the sudience fn alternate verses. I need Thee frerv hoar ¥ was next sung, and_ Elder James £ Corle, of Philadelphia, opened the discus 8, i uch it could be called, ou the lesson. M. Cosle said that in the East they looked D 20 as their leader in Sabbath-school surk,and fe felt some diflidence in stauding Ttalostruct where be was more fitted for a leamer, Afgor reviewing the lesson, which re- 1 19 the last interview of Joash. King of ml-fll. with the prophet Elisha, he counseled present 1o be carnest in their vak. The King struck the arrows on the gmnd fu_obedience to the dircction of the. it he struck faintly, and lost his Evpmuun_v, Let them not faint fu the oy work, but go on laboring for the glory of Aveneof “He leadeth me ™ having been ‘%!fl:m‘:eunz was then thrown open for 8] Ies. Efidmuma that the great lessons to be e Irom the verses read was that, Clristians m:uflrd.e with power and strike often. They fee) u‘?‘G‘o;.h“ they did for God was of the Ser of vhflf“ h! 'tis done” followed, after - 5. K. Jacobs said one lesson was that oy g;ofl 3 ll'ilaomh they somctimes li\;ie‘d o e, the must e H3¢ time. He fid a yvcry distinct Fandn of the death of his first o G:flmnl teacher. But though teachers e ived, ana this was the second point to ety on the scholare. The third was that G e Those hands were strengthened by %‘g‘;’:‘fig o E‘l’l Fork. Auother was that h:‘f“‘firhmd;‘ e arrows which God put T love Erda.goh 10 tell the story " was sung, and & 00} mer sfiliduflm he mx;s}gl‘qrfid w e wer ol 1sha g8l Ellsha dead. | The chief thoughit Beloel ;ovowcr derived by keeping close to The Boy W25 slain. - Mr. Lewis hod derived ereat en- 1 dar. gifim four words in the lesson of w"k"‘;!osed 3 be called -attention, and Mr. te e discussion by impressing on ingy e nil:fu to lose an“®pportunity of "‘“Bnyu_ Seasor, and the meeting closed TR SKISG'S YiEw OF THE SITUATION. The F— The Altiance. e € court of the Presbyterians is Sision Assembly, and that court has been &hsb“;? since tne 17th inst. The meet~ Sl e s far free from any business of ety L In many former years the slave “!qmu'm the Church union project turnished ’Mt“:‘u ©f debate and excitement. Taygeg TEe disturbing causes having been g Izrure National Rebellion and by the ey e Old and New School parties, the 'Mmi of to-day finds jtseif without any rea- tingy {tmeum commoation. While peace is Rey, 9118 0ot the soil which grows great Tty oo 28 10 matter of great moment was helore this Couvention Infigonced he e sall over the country, and made By SO Btand back and give the young- Lieegy e to go up 1o the Assembly. The Iy s, hy ey 2 NENCE, Tull of new names,—names Tukg r 0% fam i yet o be won, and whose Sty ‘!.:l inthe future. But yet the pro- reas each day praced with o border of the o> There is a fringe of fame all o outer edpe of the living_garment. i mmay see the Dr. West, of Cincinnati, e, mmme in from *he ivar against Mr. 2 noy o ¥ho, after the Roman' custom, Iy i called after the district which he ‘;l"’bd- Atall events he is bere of 13 10 other Gencrals of hisschool 4 hfl'-':t campaien, and for aucht any Il!h]o«.f' and Gen. Patton and Gen. Van u hmn.““' Out 3 new campaign for the “;fl s a kind of tassel fastened on to ik the General bly. He has great work, Le has caught his quota $stof 23085 settled down to reposein the fi"“‘ Diseori€ aud admiring fellow-theo- L wigy ¢ - 2ud good works' ave covered Riire, ' 210m of beniguity not at all re- { Jear of freedow from' editorial 11 i £ 2 174 - THE. CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY. MAY 27, 187/—SIXTEEN PAGES = | bona erior nge in the cell of the Jns 1 allto a fractional smile, and this smfifi,"fi?&“fig oy e akgox_uclousness of zood works and to the wacening infuence ‘of ill-bealth, has miven th 5&& mfis:;ixwrs J coulitenance ag calm as that er Servet, l l\lsAEmpim. ervetus had 8avery heayy trimming to this i mnvenllon. Dr. Patterson 5\;\:3)-5 to nnrsl;;::u:: mekmxrgin. He lacks the definite purpose that makes s Patton a;[a West. He isneither s here- é nor a sceker of heretics, but he ig a large, Grong forw of & man, almost a physical mant: ne cannot see him without envying him his di- Eestive power and his probuble gweetness of o3 around the lobby stand these notor! thcolo]gjul mortals, interested all of thznllo}x: something which is best known to the brain of lcm:h. but which is in o general way closely re- ated to the further sauctifying of the n'\'if‘l’ll:[l world and to the couversion of foreion londs. ‘The new men who make up the working force of the present Assembly will do well to study patiently the ways of such Lody, and thus be Fetting “ready for a bir busincss which the future is Lringing rapidly along, Not many Assemblies will couvene as this one has cou- Yened, with o great matter of business on hand. ‘In a year or two some young man will arise and move that “This Assembly do lere and now lay upon the shelf certain ol formulas called the Confession of Faith," The men who will move aud second such a motion are not only now living, but they arc almost writing their speeches. In that day there will be no policeman peeded to keep the dergy from chatting with the ladies and with each other lr'{ the back seats, for the business of the hour will make all seck front seats, and will create its own deep attention. Asa progress of thought came and thirew out the slaveholding theolo: und as a further progress came and threw d. the wicked nonsense called Old and New School- ism, so onward Is commg an-intellectual and Spiritual movement whicl will sweep away from the Presbyterian Church that book called “The Westminster Confession,” Christianity will grandly takethe place of ideus, shawetul, or false, or uscless. The uprising in Scotland shows that this com- batis not only certain, but §s near. And the young men whose minds haterepose, and whose bearts are sick of having men damned for God’s Dleusure’. Wwill nake the day of debate hurry along. Their fathers all had big works to do, and they are saying, * What shall be our task " L. the overttrow of the old Calvinistic theol- ouy, and in the enthrouing of desus Christ, they will find a work that will make of them great men, and of their church a great church, BOSTON MINISTERS. DIt LORRIMER, To the Edltor of The Tridune. Bosroy, May 25.—~The Tremont Temple Bap- tist Church isa place where the people like to £0- Its large and cheerful audicnce-room, seat- ing 2,500 comfortably; its many doors of cn- tranee and egress, giving the idea of safety m case of an alarm; e organ at the rear of the platform, 50 that the comgresation can sce as well as hear the playing; its fine acoustic prop- erties, which prevent any fatigue in listening s its central loeation at the terminus of the various lines of street-railways,—allcombine to bring the puople here, whatever may be the weather or whoever may be the preacher. As the Baptists bave the good qualityof stick- ing together like bees around their queen (umt- ©d by water-cement), they are never found wan- derlng on Sunday from their own chureh-home, 60 they are sure to goto the Tremont Temple aud bring their friends along. But now that Dr. Lorrimer is th pastor, something more than denominational spirit or the Yankes habit of guing to church leads suen crowds twice a day Into” the spacious building, They like to breathe the air, going aud coming, for more than one-half of those men and women are shut up in shops awd manufactorics all tie week. They like to see each others' faces and dresses. They like to sing the stirring, tamiliar hymas that with the music are handed to all as they com They like the attention they receive. Tiey like the feeling of excite- ment that & crowded church calls up, and they Jiketo hear that tall, slender, black-haired, black-mustached. good-looking man of 40, with a lare head and a long neck; who announces the text, then steps out from behiud a low pul- pit and a stand of fowers, and ks to and fro upow e platform pourine forth u stream of earnest words upon some important Scriptural thewe. This man is Dr. Lorrim Iu his early days the Doctor used to appear before another audience, or, if it was the same, as it might Liuve been, it wis_on another day, For before he was a preachier be was a1 actor, and aimed to please rather than to instruct and persuade. He could not have been trained in the school of Joseph Jefiersonand Edwin Booth, for his manner lacks their chasm of repose and impli, He must have studied in the school 3t, where muscular vigor and vocifera- tion are of ubsolute importance. Had yonnever had a hint of his earlier life your first impression undoubtedly would be that” this man had trod the tragic stave. Ilis pustures, guit, voice, all declare” it. Haubit bas now become second nature, and in total unconscivusness of “these unnatural theatri the good Doctor walks plat: form, vociferatiug aud gesticulating in a most impassioned way. lu early cays he probably was wont ‘£ tear a passion to tatters and tosplit the ears of the groundliy, does it still, and why may e nott It is too true that many who go to_chiurel 1 thereby, can be moved only l? dumb show and noise.” Thie 5 “aricve,” but the judicious adly in the miuority. Tbe majarity will the day un- til by long educition they have learned to believe that there is moré inthe still small ice thaa in the thuuder and the earthquale. Untilthen the bestpreschers may be condemned to small audiences and obscure lives. Dr. Lorrimer is thorvughly in carnest as a Christian man, His new profession has been chosen with Il his beart. Ilis mind dwells upon the strong and striking subjects of the Bible. Hem wost careful and thorough preparatiou for the pulpit, and having once Lid out his train of thought he marches on until his discourse is ended. 1is miuistry hias been very successful. The officers of the churcn have given him their full confidence and they work togetber in the greatest harmony. DL. WEBE, is the oldest of the prominent Congregational ministers who are in active servic He 13 not far from 69, and with lis large frame, his ruddy complesion, and assurauce of unusual physical vigor, bids fair to do much good work for ten vears to come. His church is at tie south end, 'Tremont street. about two miles from Fancuil Hall. 1t is a laree aud commoilious structure, built by wise men who believed that a church edifice need not be costly in order to meet the demands of a large aud intelligent Christian goviety. There is uu heavy mortzage to weigh down " their spirits, and to crush the life_out of their minister. But just the reverse. It is the most cheerful Congregrational place of worshin in Boston, and Dr. Webb is oue of the happiest appearing man who preach the rood tidings. He bhes passcd through deep aflliction in the recent luss of members in bis family, but has ouly been made more ready to sympathize with those in trouble. althouzh before his heart was al- ways touched at others’ gricfs and his lx;.it ogi» e v ces of Christian kindness ready bestowed. He s most cmphatically a Christian _ pastor. His fine reading of hymas and theSeriptures, histendernessof spirit in the pulpit, all evince in a more than ordinary degeree au affcetion for his audience aud alonz- ing desire that all who need light, and sympa- thy, and_compassion may find it in the true source of mercy and love. He is unlike thema- jority of our Congregational minis in this. Many cxcel him in clearncss of vision and in strenetn of statement aud vividness of style, but not in entire conviction of the suitableness of the Guspel to clevate, cheer, and bless. His congreaation is of the iutelligent, weil-educated, middic order, who live on what their uwn hands and brains provide, and not on what their fath- ers bave left them. The singing is of a subdued and -reverent style, with “ no winding bout of linked sweetness long drawn out,” but is in Keeping with the quict place, the carnest minis- ter, aud the day of peace. ; e sat !fw,:m‘l“ explained why never been satisfactorily 3 l\e{)tp]ll:s do not say, “the Rev. Mr. Murray.?? Some speak of him as ‘Adirondack Murray Some rude and familiar fellows do not hesitate to take the initials of his name, and, thinkiug of Lis equine propensitics, fill up the blank with the words * Wild Horse Murray.” But almost all, be they his likers or dislikers, call hm{ always “Murray,” without the bandle of any conventional prefix. Yet none shink of dis- crediting his intellectual power or Lis capacity of vizorous and_commanding oratory. Mr. Murray came to Boston sume ten years ago as the successor of Dr. Stone in the Park Strect Church, a place dear to othodox Congregation- alists as the church where many of their grc'atcsb ‘men, like Dr. Griffin, Dr. Becker, Dr. Dwight, Dr. Park, and_ s galaxy of others, have shown out fuli-orbed in their pulpit splendor. At once his hizh order of intellect and specch were acknowledged, butit was soon found out that his idcas of ministerial duty were not in harmony with those of the most infuential members n'f this time-honored church. It was soon discov- ered, too, that he was-not §0 Warm a sylupa- thizer with the great Evangelical umv‘:l.muu‘e‘i and men of the day, a5 was to be utgecud an: demanded of one who occupicd the {fh posi- tion of the leader of s church which Lud always been the most zealous champion of New En- gland Orthodoxy, and the foremost supporter Ceased to trouble- of all the great Christian schemes. He did not live as they wished bim to. -He had his room in the churcli, ate in the restaurants most of tle week, and after bis afteracon Sunday sermon ‘Wwas preached tovk the cars for a dear ‘]’mt in, aren, saw - Conneeticut, where were his wife, his chil aud his thoroughtreds. ~Tuesday morning him in his Park Street study, and pleasant’ afternoons ‘scarcely -failed to sce him on the mill-dam behind a hig h-stepping horse with long” and rapid strides. This was almost too much for the Park street people, and we do not won- deratit. And when they * labored * with him, and had no satisfactory response, save the calm smile and the tiwinkle of his eye, they gave him up, vet with much sailness, for the good men of thatold Society have always. loved their minis- ters, and wanted - to - give -them their cordial fellowship in all places and “at all times. Mr. Murray resigned. -A Jarge number of his ad-" mirers'went with him. There werc cnough men and women of wealth and culture, of like sym- pathics, to form a 11ew and strong Soclety, with Lim as head. It was douc within a year. Music all was hired for zhe Sunday services, and all was arrapg.:d to make them attractive and to bring in this people. It needed but the sanouncement tha t Music Hall was to be opened on Sundsy mornings, that s chorus of 300 voices was to sing, and that Mr. afnrray was to preach, to have the hall steadily filled, with scarce a vacant sect. Money was ‘net wanting, Men who scldom went to church were very ready to help on suchamovement. People {rom twenty miles round were glad of the op- portunity to come in and * assist,” as the Freuch £ay, aod so the ship was launched and bas safled proudly on under 1ts strong tommander. Mr. Murray is about 45, full six feet high, weighs at least 200), and looxs Tike an athlete in verfect training. .His hair Is _dark brown, his mustache is Tour, :ind his cormplexion is bronzed by daily exposure to the sun und wind. s ¥ uir of dignity and self-porssession gain your favor before’ he speaks. 1lis quict self-assur- ance you recognize as a slgn of power. His texts are mottoes rather than subjects; some- times they are chosely consected with his ser- 1mons, sometjmes not.~ His tone of voice bas in it that slight accert. of comzaand which keeps the attention of the hearers, but which would excite their opposition were it a little stronger. Iis themes are always impor- taut, and the stroms, clear, and sometimes beuu- tiful treatment of them 'hasa decided charm. UI coursc, there are a few exp resstonsiu every sermou which cut into. the on linary orthodox opinions with a sharp edge, yet at is seldom that the old beliefs are outraged. Imlecd, Mr. Mur- ray ealls himself an Old School zaan in his The- vlosy! But this, perhaps, was suid in a Plck- wickian sense. 1t is hardly bonae_ out by his Icctures on “Deacons” and on *“Buddhism.” At any rate, his position is anomalous, and could not be maintained in any city except. in one leav- ened with the spirit of free thought and speech ou every subject man can consider. Helsa pure product of New England. Az ‘present be has t00 nany frons fn the fire. His Stunduy scr- mons and weekly lecture, and bis liorses on Portland street, would be cnough fer any man, but add to that his stock farm in Connceticut. his paper, the Golden fule, sud the uovel he is Wwritiug, something must suffer, and most lik it will e his sermons. This is t00 bad, but hi *“maun gang his ain git.” - At present. with bi; oratory, which resembles that of Wendell Phillips more than thet of any other man, and with the long musical service which is the liturey in that chureh of a new order, the 1 lusic-1all Soriety draws to its Sunday meeting 5 thousands of eiti- zeus and strangers who delig bt in the fasclna- tions of speech and song. NEPONSET. FRANCES WELLARD. EL WORK IN 1t OSTON. To the Editor af Th = Tribune. BosToN, May H.—Miss Willard’s work, in connection with the revival, though as varicd as that of Mr. Moody himself, .may be in the main classified under three hew Is, viz.: The daily prayer-mneeting, the Saturday afternoon meet- ings for young women, aud "the Sunday evening meetings. The daily meeting for women, a half-hour one, was held at first in Berkley Street Church, in close proximity to the Tabernacle, and as supplementary to the noon-uieeting held there. ‘When the Tabernacle noon-meeting was carded permanently down-town to “Tremont Temple, its adjuuct, the woman's meeting, moved with it to Park Strect Church, nearly opposite, taking to itself ar once larger quarters aud more time, its eossions thereafter coutinuing one howr. After preliminary devo- tioual exerciscs, which Included 2 constantly, lengihening list of requests for prayers, Miss Wiliard gave a bal&-hour talk. A series of talks siven from day to day In sezular sequence, one growing out of avother. while the subjects considered were such as go to the upbuilding of Christian charscter aud the quickening of Chris- taiu virtues. Miss Willard’s 1oble friend, Miss son, was liere, as in all tke-other micetings, -y useful, taking the entire. charge of the Requests for prayers were received from Maine to Catifornia, and literally number- cd thousands. Each meeting was followed by a second conversational ore, and many tried and tempted souls, whose ds were darkened with a multitude of comnsels, or whose hcerts were overcharzed with grief, look buck to the Park Street Church meetings as the place where, like Christian, they rolled off their burden. Around the ‘Thursdays of the last $, Which were sct apart us temperance days, there elustered a specinl and tender interest. The attendance V7as a constantly increasing one, until at last the large church, with its enpacious galleries, was inzutfciennt to contain all who sought admittance. The Saturday afternoon meetings were begun in response to ‘a request for the same from the teachers and pupils of the public schools who could not attend the other daily meetings. They were held in churches in different parts of the city, and were largely attended. Miss Willard is particalarly adapted to reaching the youug, and nowhere ar¢ her rare powers of heart and mind more apparent than in rousing their dormant enthusiastn,—sn enthusiasm that only needs to be roused and set to work, in order to do that work cfliciently. At Miss Willard’s lust service, beld in Brom- ficld Street Church, standing-roomn was ata vremium, while the thougleful, earnest atten- tion of the audience was sowething remarkable cven for Boston in these days. In reply to the oft-repeated question fnt to her by her young friends of *“What can I do#? Miss Willard suc- cinetly summarized her theme of * Christian Work for Younzg Women,” as she said, * First, £o tu the Word aud get your weapons burn- ished, then use them; second, form n hubit of speaking Ireely for Christ as by hearing the Word entereth in; third, give your testi mony in the young peoples mecting, transfer the ready flucncy so common in your mother’s parlor to the chureh, which is the Lord’s parlor; }uurth, formn temperance societies in the Sab- bath-school. so that the boys and girls who run the gauntlet of fifty rum-shops to reach that Sabbath-school may be warned and instructed in timeto save them from the familiar vice of intemperauce; fifth, orgamize industrial schools, teach in them cleanliness and the practical matters that _pertain to daily = living; develop the love of the Deautiful in- berent in child-nature, and give instruc- tion in the Scriptures; slxtn, an active member of a Home and Foreign Missionary So- ciety. Such socetics are conspicuous for the absence of the faces of young girls. As an in- tercst in missions vever comes from considering them in the gross, take up the subject in detail. HAving doue these things, your lives will be re- deemed from aimless reverie and self-reproach, the unsatisfactory result of misemployed and unemployed time.” g Practical, familiar duties, clearly - set forth, were these, which each one saw at 2 glance she could have doue before, and many staidafter the meeting to say they would do now. Perhups the most interesting of all the meet- ings conducted by Miss Willard bave been the Sunday evening mdetings, held in Clarendon Street Church. It was always a preaching serv- ice, and Miss Willard was liere inteliectually at her best. It was a rare sight at first to sce men in the conpregation, but at last their number was not small. The church, a beautiful one, is in strong contrast to the plain taberuacle just beyond, and the wsthetic element in woman's nature was plaioly discernible in the preliminary services, os cultivated voices led the service of song and rendered solos, and young ladics trained in the school of oratory read the Scriptures. The theme of Miss Wil- lurd’s discourse was once, **Hear not many masters,” again ** What thiok ye of Christ1” and stillanother time, ** The Master is come and calleth for thee.” c(\'ilhom asbred of manus script before her, the fair young preacher stood quietly and brought to bear in cumulative force all the arguments her well-trained reason sug- wested, all the wealth of illustration her vi imagination pictured, all the pathos her quick! responsive sympathetic nature afforded, until her cloquence and fervor strangely moved the at- first placidly upturned faces of her sudience. Miss Willard has fmproved in direct und forcible presentation of truth and in simplicity of style since she Legan her labors in Boston. As the women went out in sober. serious turongs from these services, a crowd of anxious men from the Tabernacle surged into this same church where Mr. Moody’s inquiry-meectings were heid, Miss Willard’s subject at her last meeting ¥as * Methods of Bible Study.” The readers of Toe TRIBUNE may be glad to know the list of books she recommended to her bearers. For Bibles she placed * First Bagste second Spottiswoode & Eyre, third, the Teacher’s Bible.” The Rev. Mr. Parsons, one of the finest Bible scholars in Boston, aud teacher of the Runday-school teachers In o Saturday afternoon class, prefers the -Spottiswooae & £yre to that of Bagster, as baving more references, The price of the two is about the same, from $11 to $18. Concordances wereé recommended after onc year of Bible study without them, and in the followinz order: *Cruden’s unabridged— note the unabridged. A Concise Dictionary- of the Bible, the precise -one that has 1,039 pp. stands mext in dcsh-anmg to Cru- den. Hudson’s Greek sud English Con- cordance gives fine shades o mmning. Tischendorf’s New Testament forEnglish Read- ers, Mackintosh’s Notes: (4 vols.),” especiall: the one on Leviticus, and a Bible Text-Book published by the American Tract Society.” For marking the Bible, **Mrs. Menzie's Pam- hlet” was said to be the best guide. Miss Wiara wiso suggested as helpful in religious work “Stevenson’s Working and Preaching,” and “Christ in the Old Testament,” published by Bagster, London, the latter not much knowu in this country,-but deserving of a wide circulation us “it has references collated. As the tide 1s turning in favor of comnmenta- ries, and pleas are appeariog - in the relizious press for their more extended use; it may be well toaad the carefally-prepared list of the Sunday-School Times reccutly published. It gives * The Schafl-Longe Commentary " (twen- ty-four Volumus? as the Tullest of modern com- ‘mentaries, but signilicantly adds that it {s rath- er a library than an ordinary set of books, cost- ing about $100." It says: ‘The Speakers’ Commentary, now being “published (eight vol- umes), retails for $3 per volume, and is ex- cellent;”” then quotes Mr. Spurgeon’s testimony in favor of Jamicson, Faussett & Brown, o5 “the best commentary on the whole Biole for the average student.”” There are various cdl- tions, costing rcsPcL‘fl\'cl_\'. $7.50, §15, and $§30. Van Doren'’s * Suggestive Commentary on Romans ' is mentfoned from anotner source as being very rich and valuable. In this connec- tion Tt is itting to quote the Boston oracle, the Rev. Mr. Cook, who recommended recently to his cultivated Tremont Temple sudience, for devotional reading, especially six books, viz.: & Jeremy Taylor’s Holy Living and fivlng. Thomas o Kempis’ Imitation ot Christ, Bui- yan, both Piigrims’ Prozress and Holy War, With Macaulay’s essay upou Bunyan as”a pre- face, Puscal’s Thourhts upon Religion, Bush- pell's Sermons for the New Life, and BlshoP Huntington’s Christian Belleving and Living,” Miss Willard’s temperance work, both in this city and in New England, has been productive of great good. She bad been here but o fow days when she stood in the State House before the Legislature assembled to plead for legal enactnent on this great aud grave question. A few days thereafter ‘remout Temple, beautifully adorned with flowers, wituessed an onsct ubon the grim mon- ster, under the auspices of the Woman’s Tem- perance Union, aud Miss Willard was the chief speaker. To many a town in New England has she griven her strength and - zeal in behalf of a cause so dear to her. The Tubernacle has again and again re-echoed her words in behalf of temperance, tite most notable occasion being at the time of the T ni}emuce Counvention, when surrounded by Jonn 8. Gough, the Hon. William Daodge of New York, Messrs. Wannamaker and Stuart of I’hlludeluhi:l] Dr. Cuyler of Brooklyn, and a host of lesser lights, she thrilled all with her fervent plea for *our el- en.’? She is about to take leave of Ber Boston field and begin a temperance trip through Rhode Island and Connecticut, return- ing to give, June 10, the Commeacement nd- dress at Prof. Bragdow's Seminary at Auburn- dale. ‘Then, turning her back upon her numer- ous invitations, including Wellesley, Vassar, and oue to supply Edward Eggleston’s pulpit while De spends bis summer vacation in Europe, she sets her face westward,toward the city she often speaks of as * Dear Chicago,” and her Evanston home, carrying with her the love and admira- tion of the thousands in Boston who have heard Lier and whom she has wonderfully hclmu].B MOODY’S WORK. ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT PORTER. The following is an abstract of an address at the anpual anniversary of the Yale Divinity Schiool last Thursday week, in which President Porter spoke of the work of Mr. Moody: “From the beginning Mr. Moody and his work have attracted very warm end earnest in- terest and prozound sf-mmthy. Before he came here from England { preaclied a sermon in the college chapel iu which I expressed my warmest sympathy with him. I believe this was the sermon preached in this country on the subject. A year or so afterward an agent of the Young Men'’s Christian Association reported me in a religions newspaper as having expressed myselt as opposed to Mr. Moody’s coming here. There are some aspects of his work which are not altogether salutery. Some of the men con- neeted With it are not o wise nor so tharmless as Mr. Moody. It isa work coonected with which are certain things whichshould be consid- ered. Tt is not to be_praised by wholesale, not to be connected with withouy thought and eriti- cism. A man who has knownrMr. Moody for nany years told me his power Is the Holy Glost working through him. He began to do good ina mmost earnest and simple-hearted way by saving 1he outcasts within his reach. He cumployed all the instrumentalities which in his ignorance and jlliteracy he could make men Christians. God led bim upstep by step, opening a wider field, The same way is open to any of us. Besin step by step syith tlie work inour reach with the stness of Christian faith and the simplicity Christian foding. ’ “We can’t lesp into the work by imitating Mr. Moody’s methyds. Auy one who tries will be disappointed, and onght to be. His power lies in the carnestness and simplicity of his Taith, his ardent love for the souls of men, and, above all, i1 bis belief that the Gospel when preached'in simplicity and power will be suc- cessful. He has extraordinary common sense awd power to orgavize and combine. Much of his success is due to his use of the aid of skill- ful laymen, a large body of whom bis spirit ani- mates. Without such assistance in New: Haven he would probably fail. As in Boston, he in- fuses into the laymen 2 couraze, and loyalty, and sense of responsibility which they never had before, and it remaius after he goes. “I don't by:lieve all his conceptions of the Gospel, nor the truth of some of his illustra- tions. 'I disbelieve in_a_great many of his interpretations of Seripture. In some of them there are clements ot fa- naticism. I fear that younger fol- lowers of him will a© immense mischief if they feel no need of under standing the Gospel—that a dreadful reaction in the Kinzdom of God witl occur. It don’t follow because he is successful that his expositions a.7d interpretations of Scripture are true; and i we conceal this fact weare untrne to our tnist. Iam not called upon to believe in his seco ud coming df Christ. Tgls belief tends to bring buick the spirit of Ju- daism. Ifeel bound asa m inister ot Christ to pronounce this conceotion 0,” the Kingdom of Chrrist to be most dishonorab le to that King- dom and Injurious to its interes ts. We are not bound to accept these beliefs altytough we stand shoulder to shoutder with Mr. Nloody, and are honored to_labor with him. The study of the Scriptures is not to be abanionea because of the success of these movements, buré all should be warned that, unless the carnest stezdy of the Scriptures accompanics this work of zeal and ardor, there inay come a serlous reaction of fanaticism, charlatanism, and foily.” SIXTY YEARS A PRIEST. A TALE WITH THE OLDEST DOM.INICAN MONK IN THE UNITED STATES. New York World. 3 In the Dominican Monastery ‘in Sixty-sixth street, near Lexington avenue, is-sojourning for the present the oldest member of the Order on this Coutincut, the Rev. Nicholas Dominic Young, who was born on the 11th of June, 1793, near the mouth of the Piscataway Biver, Prince George County, Maryland.” A World reporter found bim sitting at a win- dow overlooking the flower garden i front of the monastery, reading a paper and smoking a cigar, seemingly as hale and hearty ns one half his age. He1s somewhat bent, bowever, and complains of slight pains in his bones: He is short of stature and not lacking in flesh. "His complexion is florid and healthy. His hair is scant and snowy white, and his eyes are gray, though somewhat dim. € Ah,” said Le, rising and offering his hand, “Iam gladto see you. Sprivg and winter shaking hands,” he added with -a lusty laugh. Sit down by boy, sit down, and let’s hear what you've got to say.” s * Why, what do folks care for an old weather- beaten priest’s story?” he asked- when the re- porter’s errand was explained. * You want to know about my ancestors? My great grand- father (an Englishman) was o Judge, and was sent out here'in _that capacicy. ¢ became & couvert to Catholicism, and of course bad to give up his job, as thesaying is. England didn’t allow Catholics to hold office in those days. -He bought a tract of land which is now covered by a great part of Washington City. Well, he di as in all Ukelihood 1shallin the mext thirty years, and the farm, which had the finest man- 5ion in that part of the country on it, went to my granddad, Notley Young. He was born on it. When Gen. Washington came tolay out the City of Washiagton my granddad gave uj his farm, and the whole of South Washington patt of it. The General stopped with the old gentleman daring that time, and provided that Notley Young’s mansion should not be torn down till after his death; and there it stood nghtin the middle of 4 street until he dieds My father, Nicholas Young, the Fenwicks, who were of the colony that came over and founded Maryland. Through her he inherited the farm in Prince George County, where I was born. It was right aeross from Mount Vernon, where Washington lived. Many a time my father took us out of a morning in the garden to look through a Bpy- glass at the General pacing up and down on the veranda in front of his house. Hehad a_habit of walking this way cvery morning with bis bands behind his back. One day when I was aoout 8 years old there was to be a militia }amde 1ot far from our house, and Gen. Wash- ngton was to be there to review the militie. I, with a lot of other young shavers, went to the show to zet some gingerbread more than any- thing clse. However, the'Genoral was there. He rode o big white_horse, but what took us boys most was his big cocked bat. I remember married one of Lord Baltimore “able head. On Monday last, the 21st instant, . everybody was pointing out the General to everybody else: He was o great broad-shoul- dered man, and I’d know him now perfectly if I were to sec him iy the en out there, he made such an impression on my mind. thought he was the greatest man ever lived; dido’t know why or wherefore, only that he whipped the British. I suppose there are very few nowadays can say wlu\t% EaY. ** You must have scen all the public men since Washinzton’s Presidency.” : “ Yes, I have scen every President we ever had. I have seen Jefferson ride around the race- track fn Washington as well s any sportsman. 1 saw Madison and Monroe do the same. Henry Clmzrl \::ue?’ to visit my father. My, my! they're cad. * How came you to be o monk, father?” ask- ed the reporter, d ‘ My uncle, Edward Dominic Fenwick, who was afterwards Bishop of Cincinnati, L:rns a Dominiean monk ir. the English_monastery at Bornheim, Belgium. When the French, during the French wars, took the place they burned the monastery and took my uncle prisoner. He calied their attention to the fact that he was an American citizen, and they let him go. Well, by advice of Luke Concannon, who was conse. crated in Rome the first Bishop of New York, but who never reached here, my nucle, with Fathers Wilson, Ancier, and (§nit. came to this country to cstablish the Order. Having wealth, my uncle purchased a tract of land near Spring- ficld, Washington County, Ky. - There is where our mother bhouse, St. Rose’s, is now. In 1805 that place was established, and having added a college to it, I was sent there to be edu=, cated. Father Wilson was the Superior. In 1803 they established a novitiate, und I, with Sam Moutgomery and_auother Montgomery, and Willett and Miles, and another, ent: the Grder, 5o that I have been nearly BLventy years a Dominfean friar. Al my chams are” deud; Miles became the first Bishop of Nashville, Tenn. I was ordained a priest on the 18th of December, 1817, so that I am nearly sixty years apricst. 1 oughtto be quite good by this tiine, don’t you think so?” “What were your labors 'was the next inquiry. “Uncle Fenwick' and myself were sent into the State of Ohio where W' took possession of 4 farm given us iu Perry County. We worked like beavers, and_pretty soon saw some results. In1819 1 established tlic first Catholic church in toe City of Cincinnatl. ‘Fhere were no ril- roads in those days, and T have ridden about on horseback the circumference of the carth two or three times, I reckon. I used to think nothing of riding from our Convent of St. Joseph to Colurubus, fifty miles, of a nigt, through woods and swamips, to visit the sick, I tell you, my boy, therc wasn’t any fun in being a'priest in those days, but I liked it.” “ Did you spena all your time in Ohi “ O no; I founded the first church in Wash- fogton, my boy, and built 1t right where my andfather’s barn used to stand. 1t is the finest specimen of Gothic work in this countrf,— the Church of St. Dominie.” “ How long have you_been a smoker?” “ Well, ever since I became a priest. My uncle was a smoker, and_when we were thrown together in the wilds of Ohio we found smoki of great service on the road, particularly at night. It solaces me. I could not do without smoking.” Father Young came to New York in 152, when there were but two Catholic churches in the city, to ask for help for the frontiersmen of the Catholic faith. e goes about from onc in- stitution to another of his Order and is always a welcome visitor. He will return to Perry Coun- ty, Ohio, in a few days. PAPAL ANNIVERSARY. FIFTEENTH ANNIVERSARY OF TIIE EPISCOPATE OF PIUS IX.—IT$ CELEDRATIOS AT LOME AND ABROAD. in those carly days,” New Tork Herald. The fiftieth anniversary of the elevation tothe eplscopacy of Pope Pius IX. will be celcbrated all over the Catholic world with special cere- enough to celebrate such an cvent. The age at which priests became eligible to the episcopacy Leing 85years, such an occurrence would require an age of at least 85 years, a period much be- yond that usually allotted to the life of man. This, taken in connection with the great dignity of Pius IX. in his character of Pope, and the fact of his having ruled longer thau any of his predecessors, make the present oceasion onc of unusual significance, which pious Catholics all over the world have recognized by sending to Rome dclegations 7with addresses and gifts of wmoney to be presented to their Holy Father. Giovanoi Maria Mastai Ferretti was boro May 13, 1792. His thoughts soon turned toward the Chureh, for at an early age he began his cdu- cation for the priesthood. He was ordaincd priest in 1819. His early life was full of scenes of dramatic interest and wild adventure. He was sent on an expedition to South America, during which he was thrown into prison, nar rowly” escaped shipwreck near the coast of Africa, and bad many adventurces in the New ‘World. He is the only Pope who has set foot on American soil. After remaining six vears on this side of the Atlantic he returned to Rome and was appointed Canon of the Santa Maria Hospital. He was remarkable for his great charity to the poor and unfortunate classes of Rome, but possessed in a no less dearee shrewd financial ability and rare exccutive talent. The combination of these qualities soon made him amarked man among the Roman dergy, and opencd the way for his rapid advance- ment. On May 21, 1827, he was appointed Archbishop " of Spoleto,’ and on June 3 was_consecrated: In 180 be was appointed Cardinal. On_ the dcath of Pope Grezory XVL, fn 1846, Dhe was_clected Pobe on the Tourth ballot by the College of Cardinals, re- ceiving thirty-six votes ont of fifty-four. His election was immediatcly made unanfinous, and three days later he was “installed in the Pon- titicate. ~ His reign, thouzh much disturbed by the many revolutions that have swept over Europe, and by th> loss of his semporal power, has been one of the most remarkable of all the Popes. The declaration of the dogmas of the Immaculate Conception_and of the infallibility of the Pope in material foith'and morals bas drawn the attention of the whole Christian world, and the promulgation of thelatter dogma feave rise to the Old Catholic movement in Ger- many and Switzerland. The anniversary festivitics besan in Rome yesterday, and will continue until June3. Del- egations from nearly every nation of the Chris- tian world will be received by the Holy Father. These numerous receptions are the causes of { &he long extended period which the celebration of the anniversary will cover. In this city there will be no unusual ceremonies in honor ‘of the event, but a plenary indulgenee has been grant- ed by the Pope to all who will receive the sacra- ments on the 34 of June. The following is a copy of the brief promulzating this indulrence, which bas just been received, and will be read at all the masses in all the Catholic churches to~ day: ';u all the faithtal in Christ to whose natice the p.resent letter may come, health and apoetolic bene- Biction. Since tho Young Men's Ctholic Society or 1 taly, besides the many other remarkuble zcts of 1 ety which, in comnon with most other Chris- tians ,who arc ammated with the same spirit, they never ¢ £asc to perform in behalf of the common Tathers o 'f the Catholic world, in their desire to give testh, 200y of their love for ns and of their ratitade t, > God for having by His providential as- Eistance lefu US at our udvanced age in full posses- sion of onr n.-ental and corporal facalities, despite the trying ord, *818 through which we have'to pass, has resolved up 0N the eolemn celebration, or the 3d of Junc next, God willing, of the fifticth anni- Versary of our cie vation to the episcopal [dignity, and earnestls hopy *# that this event may condute %o the welfate and ) *rosperity of the Christian peo- ple, we, intent in o I Pious chasity, on increasing the piety of the fait Mul and contributing to the salvation of souls by 1 neans of the celestial treas- ures of the Church, a,7d, desiring to gmtify the plous wishes of fhis Society, do, confiding in the mercy of God Alm ighty and the authority of the blesscd " Apostles St FPeter and banl, mercifally geant in_ the Lo I to cach and all of the foithfol in Christ of both ee. €3 Who S, onthesd of June of this year, assists ¢ the holy !u'cmflc?o the mass in any church or san "ed oratory.w :e\eg. and, having confessed their & In8 in the true senti- ments of sarrow, shall rec e Lhe H&‘% ?gfl'fl':fl?: fer up their pious p1 ‘ayers 20 b Soraion of sinners, prop sgation of the Catholic Inith, and the peace and trinmph Of the rv;nn Charch, a plenary indulge,3ce, With £.7¢ ;Emus 01; of all their sins, which cia aprllea g wey o sultrage to the souis of the faithiui in Oy, st who have departed this life i union of ehariy,” ith God, Wealso wish that tvanscripta or prh. 4 copies of the present letter, rugned by the hand . any Notary Pablic whomsoever and ‘marked with the seal of any person investe' with the ecclegias- tical dignity, shall carry the s:tme weight and an- thority a8 if this present letter were produced or shown. Given st Rome, nesr. St. Peter’s, un(ler. the ring of the fisherman, this 27th doy of Feib- mony. It is unprecedented in the annals of the Catholic Church that a Bishop should live long ruary, 1877, in the thirty-first year of our Pon- tificate. Pno D. Canv. Asqur¥o. D. Jaconisy, Subt. From TE EOPE'S. JUBmEE. 0 rom the Boston Journal, May 24. The Catholic ‘Church i3 in the midst of & Period of rejoicing and of homage to its vener- occurred the fiftieth anniversary of the archi- episcopate. of Pope . Pins _the Ninth, but the celebration of the event is to take place on the 8d of June, exactly midway between the true anniversary and the 17thof June, which day will complete thirty-one years of the present Pountificate. An eplscogm.e of half a century, though there. must: have been many such in the eighteen and o half centuries since met ghurgh was - foy is yet so0..rare s to deserve commemoration, especially when the Prelate fs also the head of thgechmych. and as such has had a longer reign than any of his predecessors. _Morcover, while even the strong- est anti-Catholics in all lands cheerfully admit the loveliness of the Pope’s private cliaracter and disposition, and his_title to respect and ad- miration in .all - but that which concerus his ceclesiastical rule, it is not._strange thot by men- and women - who acknowledge his autnority he s regarded ' with a fecling - little shiort of idolatrous devotion, or that s interast- ing an occasion should be seized upon as one for renewing. their expressions.of love and alle- giance to him, This is not the time for reviewing at length tha gxtraordiuary events In the lifc of the Pope. That mpy well be postponed untii that long. life, now necessarily near its end, shall have closed. - His carcer has been one of strange con- trasts and contradictions. We say it in no dis- respectful spirit. In private the mildest and most lovable of men, he has been in what con- cerns the Church the most implacable and ag- gressive. The wide difference between the i eral tendencies he showed in the first year of Lis reign, and the reactionary policy adopted on his return to Rome, and ever_since adhared to, is easily explained, but the fact must be ad- mitted. In mno Txur!er-cnnmry since the foundation of the Church has there been so great an addition to the Pope’s spiritual power—so great, indeed, that nothing is left to be added to it—ns in the last tiventy-five years; and the same period has secn the last vestige of temporal g,uwer stripped from the Papacy, ~ Whether Pope Pins has _really strengthened the position of the Catholic Church in the world, or whether he bas introduced into it clements of totul weakness, must be left for time to show, To the devout Catholic, it is im- possible that he should have erred, and the Church can neyer be its own ¢nemy. Whatever happens, the Church must stand. “The gates of bell shall mot prevail against it. Observers from without have less faith. They foresee a coming conflict between the authority of secu- la¥povernments and that of the spiritual father of a Church which claims the finst allegiance of all mankind. . If the end of tha contlict should be as they anticipate, the result must be most disastrous to the Chiurch itself. THE COURCH IN GENERAL. The number of Christians in China is increas- ing sixfold every ten years. The Congregationalists fizure up 3,646 addi- tions to their churches during May. The Rev. Dr. Jeffers has resioned the pastor- ate of the Euclid Avenue Presbyterian Church, Cleveland. Hinsdale will organize 2 Bible class-this after- noon at 4 o’clock, in the basement of the Bap- tist Churel, with Judge Joel Tifany as teacher. Archbishop Blanchett, of Orezon, is the oldest Catholic pretate fn the United States, being now over 80 years of agc, but still active in ceclesias- tical duties. In order to ralse means for liquidating tne debt of the Methodist Episcopal Board of Mis- &lons, the Secrctaries, the Rev. Drs. Dashiell and fixcéu“ have organized a six weeks' campaign in Vest. The British and Foreign Bible Society received last year from gilts, sales, ete., £206,903 175 7d; spent £212,408 125 11d, with further engage- meuts to the extent of £125,192 3s 64, and issued 2,670,742 conies of the Seriptares. The twenty-ninth year of the settlement of the Rev. Dr. Miner over the Second Universalist Church was celebrated jn Boston a_few days ago. - During his term of service Dr. Miner has attended 1,343 funerals, and married 2,375 couples. The Rey. Joseph Cook has been cng%wed to deliver anotherseries of lectares in the Tremont Temple, Boston, beginning nest October. The series already delivered commanded immense audiences, and atvracted persons of the highest socinl and literary culture. Mr. Cook is a close reasoner and a brilliant pulpit orator. In the Presbyterian Church of the United States thero are 4,741 ministers; of these, 3,010 are enzaged fu strictly pastoral work; 358 arc evaneelists. preaching as thev find opportunity; 402 have retired from the active duty of the winistry; and 330 are without charze, while the remaining 631 are engaged as professors, ch?lpluiltls, superiutendents, agents, secretaries, and editors. " Bishop Paddock, Protestant Episcopal, of Massachusetts, during the last year confirmed 1,27 persons, laid 4 corer-stones, consecrated 6 churches, and held 5 ardinations. The diocese has now 147 ministers. The missionary offer- ings of 104 parishes and missions amounted to $9,964.74. During the meeting of the Conven- tion $13,000 were raised to pay off the debt of the Diocesan Board of Missions. A %‘ro\\‘inz restiveness of Methodist ministers andd hes under the operation of the jtiner- aut system is very perceptible A Boston churcl, failing to obtain, at the present session of the Conference, 2 minister much desired, re- fused to Oficu its doors to the pastor appointed by the Bishop. At an interview of the mem- bers of the church with the Bishop, there was vivilrv little appearauce of concession on cither side. Among the graduates of thé Auburn Theo- logical Seminary at the recent commencement was Moses Aaron Hophins, the first colored student who bas completed the course of study. He is a graduate of Lincoln University, and ten Jears ago could neither read nor write.' His rraduating nddress was on “The Problem of lace Reconcilistion in the South.” Mr. Hop- kins groes to North Curolins, where he will en- gage in preaching. The Society for the Propaeation of the Gos- pel, the older and larger missionary society of the Church_of Englaud, has, according to. its Inst report, 62 colonial and missionary Bishop- rics, in 42 of which 533 missionaries were em- ployed last year. Fifty-one of the clergy in In- dia are native Hindoos, and 67 women teachers are engaged in the spectal work for women in India, Burmah, Japau, Atrica, and Madagascar. The income of the Society last year amounted to £136,906.16, the largest sum ever received in one year. The question of Sabbath observance has been taken up by the church authorities of Prussia. The Supreme Church Council has requested the District Synods to debate and rcport to the Proviucial Synods on the following points: “The causes of the prevailing Sundsy desecra- tion, and its effects upon the moral, social, and religious life of the peuple; the means that should be adopted to insure the proper hallow- ing of the Lord’s day, and the eXtent to which preaching, pamphlets, or jectures should be em- ployed to this end.” A mecting of Episcopal Church members was held at Boston, Thursday week, to further considcr the proposal of Dr. Schererschewsky, the Bishop-clect of China, to cstablish a col- lege at Pekin. The sum of $100,000 is necded for the work, and £35,000have dr&dé been snb- scribed. The balance is to be r: in 130 shares of 500 cach. -The Rev. Phillips Broaks made an address indorsing the project, and was followed by the Bishop, Richard H. Dana, Jr., and the Rev. Drs. Newton and Vinton. It i3 thoutrht a large provortion of the balance want- ed will be raised at Boston. The sevengy-fourth anniversa.y of the Wes- leyan Missionary Society was held {n London, April 30. Tne Society received during last year £146,231 2¢ 1d, and paid out £164.195 55 5d. It Das under its_direct control in Europe, India, and Ceylon, West and South Africa, and the ‘West Indies, 325 principal stations, 2, chapels and preaching places, 380 missionaries and as- sistant missionarics, ‘8,657 other agents, 81,706 full members, 10,000 persons on trial for mem- bership, 70,950 scholars in Sunday and diiy schools, and three printing establishments. [t has built up flourishing church organizations in Canada and Australia, which hayve been put on a substan*ial independent footing. I'he Aus- tralian Church has charze of the churcnes in the Fiji and Frlcnd‘la Islands, and of the missions in Polynesia. ithy the figuresof thesechurches added, the Society makes a total exhibit of 675 principal stations, 6,262 preaching places, 829 missionaries, 23,343 other agents, 139,917 full members, 18,047 probationers, 148,779 scholars, and five printing presscs. Ncw missions have been established recently in New Guinea and some of the nelghboring Islands, now for the first time visited by missionaries. These are manned by the Fijian converts. CHURCH SERVICES. BAPTIST. The Rev. Charles A. Briggs, D. D., will preach at the First Caurch, corner of South Park avenne nd Thirty-first street, this morning, and the Rev.. ‘Wiiliam O. Campbell in the evening. ~/Tne Rev. IL T. Hickok, D, 1., preaches this - morning at the Fonrth Charch, and the pastor in evening. —The Rev. N. F. Ravlin will preach as usual at the Free Church, corner of Loomis and Jackson streeta. —The Rev. John C. Caldwell will preach at the Michigan Avenue Church in the forenoon, and the Rev. Charles D. Shaw in the evening. —The Rev. J. Reid, D. D., of Eentucky, preaches this morning at University Place Church, corner of Douglas place and Rhodes ;avenue, and -, . the Rev. Dr. Coan in the evening. —The Rev. R. S. Eggleston Gaines, of New York, will preach this evening in the North Star Church, corner of Divislon and Sedgwick. streets, and the Rev. Willlam A. Fleming, of Grand Rapids, in the evening. —The Rev. Dr. Galusha Anderson will preach morning and evening in the Second Church, corner of Morgan and Monroe streets, Morning snbject, yorbe;, Sleeping Jonah; ™ evening, **Cnder the --The Rev. Dr. C. E. Hewitt will preach morn- ing and evening in the Centennial Church, carner of Lincoln and Jackson streets. —Elder L. Ravmond preaches at Hyde Park Bap- tist Church 8t 10:45 a. m. and 7:45 p. m. CHRISTIAN. The Rev. W. L. Germain, of Suilivan, 0L, will preach morning and evening in the First Church, comner of Indiana avenne and Twenty-8fth street. —A. J. White will preach 1n the Central Charch, corner of Campoell avenue and Van Buren stzeet, morning and evening. CONGREGATIONAL. The Rev. E. F. Williams will preach in the For- ty-seventh Street Church at 10:45 this morning. TLe Rev. Howard Kingsbury, of Newark, O., ill preach this morning in the First Church, ¢ ner of Washington and Annstrects. The Rev. Albert Erdman, of Morristown, N. Y., will preach in the evening. 3 —The Rev. Charles Fiall Evérest will preach morning and evening in Plymoath Church, Michi- gin_ avenue, between Twenty-ffth and Twenty- sixth streets. 4 P The Kev. W. A. Lloyd Porter will preach_ this momln‘L;; in the Ravenswood. Church. The Rev. ‘L. F. Wallace, of Bogota, S. A., will preach in the evening. —The Rev. Ben E. S. Ely will preach in_the Calvary Tabernacle in the morning, dnd the Rev. J.D. Jones in the evening. —The Rev. George M. -Webber, D. D,, will preach in the Uniow Iark Charch in the morning, and the Rev. John Peacock in the cvening: —The Rev, Jacob Belleville, D. D., wiil preach this moming in the New Engiand Church, corner of Dearborn avenue and Delavan place. The Rev. Dr. A. J. Upson will preach inihe evening, * —The Rev. George II. Peake will preach this morning in the Leavitt Strect Church, corner of Adams.” The Kev. C. H. Wheeler, ' for twenty years a missionary at Harpoot, will review the mis- slonary work in the evening. i —The Rev. Jobn Dixon will preach this morning in Bethany Church. corner of Puulina snd West Harrison street. The Rev. Johu K. Lewis will ‘preach in the eveninz. s —The Rev. Dr. George C. Cartiss wil preach in the Central Church, McVicker's Theatre, —The Rev. S. E. Wishard will preach this morn- ingin the Chicago Avenue Church, corner of La Salle strect. The Rev. Leland M. Gilleland will preach in the cvening. —The Rev. Z. S. Holbrook will preach morning and evening in'the Oakland Charch, Oakwood Toulevard, near Cottage Grove ave i subject, **Temptation:™ evenini, —The Rev. Georgo N. Webber, D, D., preach at Union Park Church in the forenoon, -the Kev. John Peacock in the evening. . EPISCOPAL. Bishop McLaren and the Ker. Canon Knowles will ofliciate “at the Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul, morning and evening. At9:30 2. m. the or- dination services will be held. —The Rev. Samucl S, Harris, D. D., will preach at St. James* Church, corner’ of Cass and Huron streets. —The Rev. E. Sullivan will Church, Twenty-sixth stret and #£10:45 n. m, and 7:45p. m. Morning subject: **Practical Cses of the Doctrine of the Trinity. " —The Rev. Francis Mansfield will_preach a¢ the Charch of the Atonement, West Washinzton and TRobey streets, at 10:30 4. m. and 7:30°p. m. —The Rev. Clinton Locke, D. D., preaches at Grace Church at 11 2. m. and 8 p. m.. —The Rev. W. II. Hopkins wil officiate at St. Jobn's Charch, Ashland avenue, morning and evening. —The Rev. Arthur Ritchic preaches morning and evening at the Church of the Ascension, corner of Elm and LaSalle strects. 4 —The Rev. Charles S. Lester will preach at St Panl's Church, Hyde Park avenue, morning and evening, - —The Rev. H. C. Kinney witl officiate at St. Mark’s Church, Cottage Grove avenue, morning and evening. —The Rev. G. T. Cashman, D.-D., will preach at §t, Stephen's Church morning and evening. —The Rev. Luther Pardee preaches at Calvary Charck, Warren avenne. at 10:%0 o m. and 8 P “Fhe Rev. T. . 3orrison will oreach morataz * and evenlng at itie Church of the Epiphany, Throop street. ] —The Rev. Teary G. Perry preaches at All , Saints’ Church, North Carpenter street, morning ~ and evening. —The Rev. T. W, Morrison, D.D., will officlate ' in Christ Episcopal Church, Oak Park, at 10:45 2. m. —The Rev. W. F. Tarrison will officiate morn- inz and evening in the Church of the Holy Com- munlon. South” Dearborn, between Twenty-ninth and Thirtieth strects. : —The Rov. F. N. Luson officiates at Emmanael Charch, La Grange, morning and evening. —The Rev. W. J. Petrie preaches morning and eveninz at the *Church of Our Savior, Lincoln and Belden avenucs. —The Rev. J. Stewart Smith_preaches at St. ‘Mark's Church, Evanston, 8t10:30 2. . and 7:30 . m.. will and preach at Trinity fichigun avenae, LUTHERAN. The Rev. Edmund Lelfour will preach in the Church of the Holy Trinity at 11 s, m. METHODIST. The Rev. W, F: Crofus will preach momning. and evening in Trinity Church, Indiana avenue. near Twenty-fourth street. Morning subject, **The Gospel in Symbols and Colors”; evening, ** Peter the Rock.' —The Rev. J. G. Reaser, D. D., of St. Louis, will preach at the Michigan Avenue M. E. Church at 7:45 5. m. —The Rev: George S. Chambers will preach this morning in the Wxbash Avenue Church, corner of Fourteenth strcet. The Rev. William' McKibbin will ?mnch In tne evening. . —The Rev. J. Edson Rockwell, D. D., of Brook- Iyn, N. Y., will preach in the First Church, corner of Clark and Washington_strects, this morning. The Rev. M. M. Parkharst will preach in tho evening, Praise meeting this moming at 10 § o'clock. —The Rev. W. IT. James will preach this morning in the Michizan Avenue Charch. The Rev. J. C. Caldwell will preach in the evening. —The Rev. . E. Butter will preach this morn- ingin the Park Avenue Church. The Rev. Mat- thiéw B. Lowerle will ofliciate in the evening. —The Rev. E. M. Boripg will_preach morning and evening in the Dixon-Street Charcl. . —The Rev. Dr. B. G. Riley will preach this morning in the Halsted-Street Church. ~ The Rev. T. B, Stevens will preach in the evening. —The Rev. Almon P. Hewitt will preach this mornmg in_the Ada-Street Church. - The Rev. J. T. Kelly will preach in the evening. —The Rev. J. R. Boyd will preach at Langley- Aveoue M. E. Church In the morming, and the Rey. William N. Page in the evening. The Rev. W. W. Calmery, D, D.. wil preach at St. Paul's Church in the morning, and the Rev. Thomas K. Ensterday fn the evening. —The Rev. Thomas McCauley will breach at Cen- tenary Church in the morning, and the Rev. Thom- 28 . Weed in the evening. —The Rev. R. D, Sheppard will preach morning and evening in the Western Avenuc Church, corner of Monroe ~treet. Morning snbject, **The Con- version of Zachens.” Evening, ‘*The Grace of Gratitade.” —The Itev. Mr. Kelly, of Washington, D. C., will preach this morning, and the Rev. William A - Fleming this evening, in Grace M. E. Church, cor- e of North LaSalle and White streets. —The Rev. Howard W. Stratton will greach this morninz, and the Itev, A. T. Bell this ¢vening, in State Street Charch, corner of Forty-seventh Btreet. . . —The Rev. Joha Mitchell will preach this morn- ing, and the Rev. John S. McClurg this evening, in Grant Place Church, cormerof Grant place and Larrubee street. PRESBYTERIAN. ‘The Rev. James Eells will gm:lch this mornin In the First Church, corner of Indiana avenue an Twenty-first strect. At p. m. & meeting will be held af the same place in bebalf of the work among the Germane, presided over by the Rev. Charles E. Knox. The following gentlemen will deliver nddresses: The Rev. D. W. Poor, the Rev. Georse C. Scibert, the Rev. Charles A. Driggs, and the Rev. Jacob Cozett. ~The Rev. Anson J. Upson will preach this ‘morning, and the Rev. F. H. Marling this evening. In the Sccond Church, corner of Michigan avenus and Twenticth-street. _ ~The Rev. Lawrence M. Colfelt will preach this morning in the Third Chbarch, corner of West Washinaton and Carpenterstrects, A meeting will e beld in the evening in behalf of Home Missions,. at which the Rev. Cyrus Dickson will deliver the address of the evening. —The Rev. A. Erdman will preach this morning. end the Rev. James Eells this cvemng, In the Foarth: Church, corner of Rush and” Superior streets. ~The Rev. Dr, Torrey will preach this morni and the Rev. Henry J. Van Dyke this eyeaing, in the Fifth Church, “corner of Indisna avenue and Thirtieth street. —The Rev. F. A. Horton will preach this morn. 10g, and the Rev. S, P. Sprecher in the evening, in the Sixth Church, cormer of Vincennes and Oak avenaes, 5 —The Rev. Henry J. Vari Dyke will preach this morning, and the Kev. William A. Holliday this evening, in the Jeferayn Park Church. . ~The Rev. William McKibbeen will preach this morning, and the Rev. Lawrence M. Colfelt this evening, in the Reunion Church, West Fonrtcenth street, near Throop streef. 2 . —“ed“:l:. l;i‘C, %’h ns will reafl:fllhlsmom- ing, an e Rev. Dr. West this evening, in the Full_i.::ol;‘.i\‘esnec(,‘hnmb‘.“ “ 5 —The Rev, Dr. Coan will preach this morning in the Eighth Chorch, wm:l’vol West Washington e Hov: Wit ~The Rev. m Greenough will preach this morning, and the Rev. J. Allen Yaxwell this even- ing, in the Westminster Church, corner of West .ln;k_‘g:n rx;ml 17;03; ]axmeu. e ~The Rey. F. V. Barnam w reach this morn- ing in the Forty-first Street Chnrgh. ~The Rev. Thomas: H. Skinner will preach this moring, and the Kev, Andrew Brydic this even-