Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 24, 1877, Page 9

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, JUNE 24, 1877—SIXTEEN PAGES. — e ——— e e been formed within the pals of the Amerfcan El‘lncnpnl Church, and is paralieled alone hy that of aimilar alsterhonds in Ureat Britain. The orlz- inal founders of the Order and those who have since been adinitted as professing memnbers, conatitute a chapter which has entire control of the govarnment and discipline of the socicty. The chapter at the timo of its foundation clect- RELIGIOUS. The Piety of the Statesmen who Imaugurated Our First President, the head of the Order wntil her death, Her will is Jaw in matters of discipline, and silent, un- uestloning obcdience is readily accorded to her decisions, “The Order has n conatitution amd code of regnlations, to whose provisions all who enter the “siaterlioud aro solemnly pledeed to American Clofster Life--The Sis- eaa] conform. Chastity, poverty, anid ohedience age tors of Saint M“w Their l:: three mmlmne’n'l‘nl nrlr}'r'mlr-, as |‘n Ltl::: coli- Charitics. stitutions of the monastic orders. Tha sister- hood are vowed to_ undertake any charitable work which the Church recognizes ns permissible to women, and at the willof the Mother Superlor each is assigned to the sphcre of duty to which she I8 thought best qualificd to illl. Somo have a special talent as teachcrs, others as r the alck; some visit and teach in tho il to some the guardianship of fallen ‘women whoscek toleadabetter lifels intrusted, For all some work is found, and_those even to whotn the humbler houschold affairs arc allot- ted perform what ls J:Iven thent to do with cheerfulness. Thelr devotion to duty has been so aingle-minded and faithful that it Is not to boe wondered at that thelr sachools have pros- Eercd,,nm\ thelr hospital and prison-work has cen crowned with unusual success, The little children In 8t. Mary's Free Itospital know how gentle s the volce and low tender s the touch of Bister of 8t, Mary, and hundreds (n thy nitentiarics and workhouscs on Blackwell's Y:qul are grateful for the kindly ministrations of their “constant visitor, Bister Amelin, The npgllcanu who are carcd for nt Trinlty lIofirmary -and the suffering fam- {lfes in the neighborhood speak fu the strongest terms of the untiring devotion and charity of the Sisters In charge. Perhaps, however, the most exacting and difficalt trust which has been undertaken by them {8 the manngement of the House of Mercy. - Nine hundred aud three per- sons hiave been sdmitted luto the house since the Slsters took charge, and it now lias a larger nuinber of fnmates thau ever. The Chaplui of the Louse saysin his report: “The care and anxlety devolved upon the 8lsters in the man- agement of the institution cannot be_adequate- 1y described jn words, nor would a call and in- spection of the houscgtell the whole story. One st restde ju the midss of tho work for days fiiorder to hein a positlon to appreclate_ti 1life which the Blsters are compelied to lead, ‘This they do cheerfully and with Euml courage, not as a spnsmotic effort. but holding ou from Fiftieth Anniversary of the Episco~ pate of the Prigoner in the- Vatioan, Scenes and Tneidents at ihe Consecration of ho Church of St. Peter in Chains. ’ General Notes on Church Matters at Home and Abroad. Pious Jokes for the Unregenerate-— Church Services To-Day. POLITICAL MIMISTORY. THX NOBLE AND DIGNIPIED TIRTY o¥ MTHR PATIIERS OF TUR REPUBLIC." ‘The following account of the religlous aspect of the innugural ceremonica attending tho tirat 1nstallation of Washington as President of the Unlted States Is compiled from the procecdings of Congress, and will be found of ntcrest to o large class of readers, It shows, botter than any mere deseription could do, tho gencral prevalence of religions {deas at the time of the Revolution, including a recognition of God ns the ‘‘Governor of Natlons,” pulllog down one and sctting up another through tho opers- tlons of His providence, Tho stately utter- ances of tho high functionaries of the new Na- tfonal Uovernment are full of zratitude for the past and of faith for the futurc. The piety they utter 13 the plety of victorious warriors and statesmen, deeply nssured that the fustice of thelr cause has recelved the approval of 4 the Great Arbiter of tho Universe.” Butlet them -fiumk for themaclves., On Thursday, April 80, 1789, after taking the oath of offlce, oorgo Washington addreased the Scnate and Houso of Iiepresentatives as follows: 1t svould be pecullarly improper to omit in thle, my first oflieral act, any “fervent supplications to 1liat Almighty Deing who rules over the universe; Wwio prosides In (he conncils of nations, and whosd providential alds can supply overy human defect, 1hat His bonedictlon may conscerato, to the liber- ties and happiness of the pauole of the United Btates, & government, instituted by themdclves, and may cnable overy Iustrument ¢moloyed in ita ndminiatration to_executo with success tho fanc- tious allotted to his charge, In tendering this homage to the great Author of evory public and privato good, I asure mysclf that 1t cxprosess your ¥entiments not less than_ my own, nor those of my fellow-citizens at largo lean than oither. No peo- blecanbe baund to acknowledge and adoro the Tuvlsible hand which cunducta the affalrs of men nore than the prople of the United States. Every slep by which thoy linve advanced to tho Ebaractor of an ndependent natlon scems to have been dls- tingulahed by some token of Providential agency, nnd, in the Lutportant ruvolutfun juat accomolishe in tho systenms of tholr united Uovernment, tho tranquil deliborations and mllmln?’ consent pf so many distinct communities, from whilch tia dvent has roswjted, cannot be compared with {hie moand by whiclfmost Govarnmenty have been catablisheld swithout soma return of plous gratitudo, alung with an humble anticipation” of tuu futara blessings which the past sceiny to prosage. ‘The President, the Vice-Presldent, tha Sen- ate, aod the House of Representatives then pro- ceeded to 8t Paul's Chapel, whore Diving serv- fce wias perfurmed by the Cnaplain of Con- ress, Un tho 7tls of May the Committeo of tho Sen- ate reported an anawer -to tho D'resldent’s apeechy which was aceepted, and tho Vice-Pres- 1Wont, John Adams, dircctod to aillx his signu- ture fo tho address, 7 After thanking the Presidont for his excellent epeceh, the addreas proceeds as followss When we contomplste tha colncidence of clrs comstunces and the wonderful combination of cauees which gradunlly prepured the poople of this country for [udependonce; when wo contemplate tho risc, progreas, and torminatiun of the Iats War, whicii gave them'a naine amoiyg the natlons of the curth, wo are, with you, unavoldably led to ac- knowludge and adoro the Orent Arblter of the Uni- vorse, by whom empires riso aud fall, A reviow of tho muny sizual instances of Divine Intorposition or of this country clnime our most plous grate ftude, and permit us, wir, to obsorve that, amang tho preat events which have led to the formation and establishment of 8 Foderal Government, wo csteatn your acceptance of tho offico of Iresident as one of tha most jiropitions and ymportant. "The address of the House, In answer to the Presldent’s gpeech, asreported by Mr, Madison, on the fith of May, and accepted, was in part os follows: We feel, with yon, the stronzest obligations to adore tha Invislble i{and which has led the Ameri~ can peoplo theough so many didicultics; to chorish & canselous reponaibilty fur ths doutiny of ropub. ean itherty; and 1o aevk the only sure means of wreworving and recommending tie preclous do- pouit, ina system of legiwlatlon, fonndod on the principles of an honest lmllcy, and directod oy the wplrit of u difusive patrivtism, In reply to tho uddress of the House, Wash- fngton spoke as follows: 1 fecl that mny past endeavors In the servico of my country are far overpaid by its goodness, and [ feae much thut my futurs ones may not fultll your Kind nnticipation. Al it [ can” promide Is, that they will be invurlably directod by an honest and un ardent scali of this ruiource wy heart assures me. Yo all boyond, 1 ruly on tho wislotn ad patriotivm of thows with whom 1 om to co-operats, anaa continuance of the blessings of lcaven on 1wy buloved country, On Monday, May 18, tho Scpate walted on tha President, 4t lis own louse, evording to order, when the Vice-President, in the uamo of the Bonate, presented tho address, to which the Fresident mado roply"tn part as follows: 1 now feal myeelt Inexpressibly happy in s be- Vet that Heaven, which has done so much for an ufant natlon, will not withdraw ite providential Influcnce befors our political felicity shall have been cowpleted: and In s conviction that tho Sen- stowill at sl timee co-operato fn overy meavura, wlilch may tend ta promatathe wolfare of thi federated” ropublic, ‘Ihus, asupparted by Leustin the Gireal Arbiter of thy Unlvorss, by tho collactive wisdom of the Unlon, and Im. b orlug the Divine banediction in ovy jolnt exer- lons tn tae service of our country, I feadlly en. tuge with you in the srduous but pleasing task of allempting to mfkn a uation bappy. Previous to! thelr adjournment, the two Housea appointed a folot ‘committea to walt on il Presiaent— ‘To reouest that he would recommend to the peo. ploof the United Btatew aday of public thauks- :iving and prayor, to bo observed by scknowleda- ng with prestful hearts the many and signal {avors of Alwighty God, cepecially "by affording thew tho opportunity pesceably fo esta #itution of governmeat for (ueIF safety eed. This sccms Lo ba the origin of the * Thanks- Fiving-Day * which become a natfonal cus- tom,—a kind of politital Christmas,—celebrated &6 500U a3 convenlent after the harvest of tho year bas been gathered, C.G, B, BAINT MARY BSISTERS. THA MOBT INFLUENTIAL OF AMEAICAN RPISCO- FAL GRDERS, * New York fForid. From the deck of a river-voat, as it steams past Peekakill, the pointed gables and square turret of m pretty couutry-houso can bo seen rlalng aboye the trees on the bighlduds to the south of the city, Tho *Jlouse on the Hill,"’ as It is commonly called, fs 8t. Gabrlel's Bchool, 80d the central establishment under the charge of tbe Bisters of Bt. Mary, an order the origin aud progress of which make an Interesting clapter fa the religlous bistory of this country, Fourtcen years ago four Sisters of tho Holy Communion, who had been liviog for some timo 1he life of religleuses {n this city, foit that it was desirable for them to sever their counectlon With that Order, sud to undertake the charge of the House of AMercy on West Eighty-sixth Strect, au asylum for the. reception and refor- year to year ns a privileze to serve in tho bard bonduge with vigor for Chrlst's rake. " Besidca the rchools, the hospital, the Infirma- ry, and the asylum which are under thelr charzo In Now York, the 8isterhood established in 1873 an {nstitution known ns 8t. Mary's School in Memphis, Tonn. Likq all the schools whicharg founded by them, ‘the Memphls 8chool ‘Is at once an educational seminary ond a home for the Blsterhood, To make the last sccure is thelr flest object, and thelr house In Memphis s re- arded by them as n centre Lo which tho charl- able charges whicl they purpose undertaking {n the neignborhood will by necessarily attach- ed, They have already nssumed tho manage. ment of the large Orphan Asylum in the city by invitation of the Trustees, and they arc coi- templating a furthior extension of thelr charita- ble work {n a short time. They proposc to found, {n the courso of the nest few years, o homo of thelr Order In one of the leading citles of the West, and thus obtaln a foothold n tho threo great acctlons of the conntrd'. Apart, however, from what thie Order has dono or intenus to do, nspecial interest attachea to thclr natural lves, These black-robed Slaters who pass through the crowded streets on thelr errands of charity and mercy are women of re- fingment and culture, many of whom aro still, oungand personally pitractive, . What motives havo_led them togive up somuch that the worlds holda dear and_clioosc tho colorleas life of o rellyienss nnd the cross of a 8ister of Mercy 1 ecret than which none are more- sacredly guarded. Many of these who aro recelved as postulants by the mistress of the novices have sadder aud graver foces than is natural for girls 80 young, but the traccs of sndncss, ns n rule, It 18 sald, do not endure, butare replaced by a unl- formly clicerfal gravity, The strictly convent 1o of one novice ur Slsicr will scrve ns atypd of tllgollvca of all. i Sidenit 1 mic yeurs ago a young lady of unusunl beauty find culture applied to the Mother Supe- rior to be ndmitted 03 o novice. Bhe belonred toa woalthy Southorn famlly, nud had been born and partly educated fn ancof the Southern Statea. . To coinplete her edueation she haid Mived for somo years In o Northern cltyy and during her resldonce In the North hag become strongly desirons of joluing tho Satcrhood of 8t. Marv, f[ler paronts were Unitarians and decided)y disapproved the daughter's plan, It is a rule’of tho disterhood to admit none, ns novices without the consent of their parents. The young lady continucd, however, sa unxlous to enter the novitlaty that Ler parcnis at last ylelded to her representations and cutreaties, and aho wae received ns o postulant, as the navice Is termed durlng the first six mouths of her trial, On entering the house. whers thoso fn -tralning for tho Bisterliood are re- quired to e, sho was placed under tho chorge of a Blater ealled tho mistress of the novices, 8he put on the black dresa, which nll novices wear, und which 3 lika that worn by the Blaters themsolves, There is no gindla about the walst, such as the Slsters wear, however, and tho broad white collur about the neck is dilferently cus. A plain cross hangs by a black cord upon the breast, ond a white cap, slightly different from that of the Slsters, covers tho whole head and neck, cxcept tho face. Atd o'clock In the morning the novieo rlscs and the oflica of £°rlme I sald at 6:80. AL 7 o'clock thy colgbration of the holy cominunion takes “Ylau and tho novices breakfast ab 8. From 8530 thl § the time Is dovoted to rellgious meditation, and from tho hour of rising no words must he spoken, excopt on the most fmpcrative busincss, At 0 o'vlock the working hours, na they aro called, begin, The novice is tnstructed fn all the usual houschold carcs, excoptitiu mnost luboriovs, audsheisrequired to performcertaln fixed dutlos each day. Instruction i also given by the mls- tresa of the noviees, who has almost tho sole charge of then, upon rolizious subjects, and norgion of the thne fs devoted to the study of he bovks of the Church. At 13 o'clock the novlces say Bext, and then lunch Is served, After lunch thoy are requircd to work thig o'clock, when they suy the None. From 13 tl| 8 they aro slient, and theso threo hours are wo set apart in mémory of the thres lLours durlng which the Bavior sufteted upon the cross. After thu None, work aeain bogzins and continues untll 5;00, when vespers arc sald, ‘Tho novices -ting at 0,and haves * recreation hour? after dinner, At K:80 they sav Compline, after which como meditation and Lauds at 0 o'clock. = At that hour the novices retire, and on the commence- ment of uext day rise and go through oxactly thy same routine. Atter8:30 at night no word must be spoken till 8:80 on the next morning, ‘This routine maks up the )ife of & novice for tivo years at lcaat, and the time Is frequently extended nd even to five years. No waoman enters the novitiate until she'is 18 years old, and none becomes & Bister of Bt. Mary un- til shols 23. Tho discipline of thess ycars of telal {s confessedly sovere. If the trials and re- guirements ara not checrfutly sustained and ulfliled, shio can no Jonger remain us & novice, A number bave entered the uovitlate with en: thusiasm but never flnished It At the end of her novitiate, the young lady whaoso story has beon sketched, came bofore the Chapter of the 8lsterhood. She was adinjtted to thy Order b{l vote of the Chapter, two-thirds of whom must give their assent. On being re- ceived as a Blster, her novice’s dress was changed for ths umiform apparel of the Order, and, instcadfof & plain cross, sho wore frow that e cne upon which silver liics wero engraven, ‘Thelife of & Bister of 8t. Mary s Nko that of a noyice, oxcept that during the working hours tho Bisters go_out more freel smon® the people who need thelr C novice rarely, 1f ever, leaves the houso except for exercise In the grouuds. TheBusters receive visitors at certain hours, but the novices live lke nuns In & convent, For a time the particu- lar Bister who has been spoken of remalued in New York, living at the Behool of Bt Mary, in the city, snd teaching with more thaWcommon success. In 1873 she went to Memphis, Tenn., and took the pasition of Bister Supurior of the large achool which was touml%h:r by the Order in that year, Her Southcrn birth and singular attractivencss of manner asatsted her ellirts at the start, and tho skill with which the school has been conducted has now fnsurcd its suc- coss, At present thero aro twenty-four Ststers of 8t. Mary aud fiiteen novices. " Of tho novives thirteen are unmarried women, mostly young, aud nooe older thon 40, buyond which sge nu one is reccived Into the sisterhood. Two of the uovices sre widows, and the husband of one was an army officer of distivetion. Applications are {requegtly made for admission to the novitiate, but some’ applicants are vot judged it by the Alothyr Buperior, aud otbers aro prevented from cutering by the oblection of thelr parcots, Of the latier closs is a wlunx lady of marked beauty and refluement, Living iu Philadelphia, wmation of destitute wugmen. A year later an« | who bas declined several offers of marriagu In other assoclate fn their work was recelved, and | hier desira to Nve as s religleuss with the thebome known as the Bhelterlng Arins waa | Sisters. The wnle of obedlence is sbsolute. At the will of the Mother Buperior the Sliters are ready to go wherever they are sent, and to undertsko whatever work is assigned thew. If s forelgu mission should bu jutrusted to them, as secms not lmprobable, they would go to Chiva with the same unhesi- tating obedicuce with'which they changs from ity to dty in the United Beates lntent uulg upon the fatthiul dlschprge of ¢ Yuws whicl founded. In 1805 they obtained & charter of fn- curporation as the 8laters of 8. Mary, and wero forwally recoguized by the Bishop of thejDio- 5 <. ) No rellgious ordes In the United States, out- aldo of the Romau Cathollc body, is at preseut 0 widely kuown aud fufiuential ‘as this Sister- Lood. “fhelr orgaujzation s by far the mosy Wuwplets and ateictly dedaod of svy that bave ed ¢ Mother Superfor, who will continue to bag) they took when they becamo members of tho Order of 8t. Mary, 01 Lha schools under their charge the Jargest 1 8. Mary's School, on East Forty-sixth street, near Fifth avenue, There arc eleven other teachers besides the Bisters fn charge, and the schioo! is conducted In much the saine inanner as the other schools of this city of the samo class, Ii fs oncof the best known and ;most stucceasful in the city, and parents whose re- liglons hellels are whfily digalinllar do not hes- itate to place thelr children under the charge of the Sisters. The Bishop of the dlocese is tho visitor of the school, and Inatruction in the church history and catechism forms part of the coursa, ‘There Is no attempt, however, further than this, to lnflucnce the religions vicws of the scholars, TIE PAPAL JUBILEE. THUN FIFTIRTH ANNINERSAKY OF TIE BFISCO- FATZ OF 1O NONO. Corresmondence of Ne London Times, Rodz, May 22.—Although the pilgrims have been coming and golng dally by hundreds sinco Lhe 20th of April, when those from Savoy ar- rived, the apeclal ceremonles In honor of the Popa's Eplscopal Jubilee anly commenced on Bunday, the eve, and on yesterday, tho annf- veraary of the day when the priest, John Mas- tal, afterwards to hecome Pope Plus (X, was % preconized a Blshop. They are to terminate on the 34 of June with the anuviversary of that day when he was conscerated in the church bearfog the title some+ Jook upon as prophetic of his assumed conditlon—S8t, Peter jn Chains. For the greater deco- tum of that Basflica a splendid * Confession " fu front of the igh altar, like that constructed b{ the present Tupe in the Basillea of Santa Maria Maggiore, was comtmenced about a year :fn‘ that, at the altar within {t, the celobrated ialns with which it Is sald 8t, Petor was bound might be reverenced, s the relics of the Apos- tles 8t. Peter and 8t. Paul aro fn the *Confes- slon ¥ of the great Baslliea on the Vatlean, adorncd with ever-burning lamps, fea with oil from the Mount of Olives, AL the same time, also, it was decided to reconstruct tho hl‘:h altar Itsclf uoon n * nobler plan,”* and while theso works were {n progress, therellcs of the * Seven Maceabees,” known to have beon deposited In tha church. were dlscovered and verlfied, and for them a third nltar pceame necessary, It was with_tlLo consccration of tlicso threo .altars on Bundny morning that the religious celebrations connected with PusIX.'s Eplscopal Jubllee commenced, and to it all the pilgrims in Romo crowded. The Interfor of the church was decorated with that uncqualed skill tho ecelesinstical nrhulateun in Rome alone pos- sesg, and that to a degree which almost ralscs the arrangement of church hangines to the dig- nityof a fine art. Down the Sutings of the Corinthian columns which divide the alsles from the nave were hung broad ribends of cloth of old, ‘The same materinl was employed upon he bases, and upon the featurcs” of the arches above, to an extent few could have dared to .use without knowing how to balance its cffect by the color of the hangings between thie columns, and the velyet and silk vancliog above arranged like a wall |nlafd with tusto-aniico and other marblcs, Perhaps the cf- Tect would have been gaudy with tha full glare of day npon it, but 1it up with the roft light of hundreds of wax candles In chandolicrs festooned from the cefling, it had all the beauty one inay supposc to havo belonged to the Golden Houso whose ruins lic close beneath, Tho ceremnon, of consccration was performed by Curdinal Blmconl, assisted by the Canons and Regulars of the Arch Confraternity, to whom the carc of thechalns {s conflded; and while this was golng forward at tho high altar and those beneath, masses were being celebrated at all tho others, sxcepting onc where the crowd was denser than before any, and continually chang- ing. On golng closer T saw that to the Tnside of o handaomne casket lined with erimson velvet, was attnched one end of an Iron chain of flat 1ink, each about two Inclies in length, and alto- gother about -two ysrda long, whils the other cud waa held by a priest, who kept rapidi; prossing the last link to the lips and forcheads of the people as they came up, knelt down, and ave way to others in continued succeasfon. As I stood watching this, the Cardinal, attended by all tho elergy, caine L processlon down the nave and through thecrowdto the altar on theright of the door, und returncd with four men bearing on their shoulders n velvet stand on which was o large urn-like vase, and great wax torchics blaz- fne around {t. It contained, 1 was told, the relles of the Maceabees, and they were being conveyed to thelr resting-placo fu the new altar which” bad been prepared for them, Tho % Chans” wers removed to their altar at the later service in the aiternoon, Graud as tho ceremany way, and splendidly ns the Basilica was decorated, there was nothing sufliclently distinet fromn other ecclesjastival eants to mark it as connected eithor with he living Pope or tha pllgrims who tinve come to visit him; but outelde the church the scens bad {ts speclal charscterstics, dif- ferent from suything that las been be- held In Rome within the memory of mun, ‘Thoso who have been bere will remem- ber that in front of tha Church of 8¢, Pictro in Vinculls thorels a kind of open vestlbule, an arcade—the vue remaining side, o fact, of the anclent atriuin—closed in with lron railings, Tinagluo thls vestibule and the extenslve plat- form before ft well fllied with people, and turned lnto s funcy falr for the salc ol ‘u‘]mw of duvotlon of asuch {ntinite varicty and in. renuity of contrivance that a stmiple list would fill a column. Hach opening between the plers wid a separato stoll, aud upon the rallivgs the artlles wers bupng and sct forth advan- tageously to attract the pligrims, Within the arcade were other stalls improvised upon the stone beneh extending along tho facade wall of tho chureh, and at thu end a large tablo devoted exclusively to the snls of nuiinfature coples of the chafus of Petor in steel, tu silver, und fu silver-gilt heaped up in plics upon ity and a very busy trade the wman who kopt it scemed to drive, But the sellers were not cuntent o ait by thelr wares and serve such customers ns came up; each had is or her as- alstant buay nnyour the crowd, Certainly they were not fair hulies, perhaps of high degree, as at u fashlonable bazaar, but they performod ox- actly the samo ofllee,—only Jnu wero not asked to rallle for auytbing or dip your hands in lucky-tugs. Jlerowua a youny urchin with baro feet nud & pair of Jaughlig black oyes like dia- monds, holding up befors you = little brouze model of Bt. Poter on bis throne, * Cinque francAt” There was anotlier with mintaturu busts of the Pope threo or four fuches in h-;lfiln, crying Vel Santo Padre molto_somigllante U Sunte Papre; voule comn- prare?" Women with thelr arins covered with rosarles, men with sets of photographs bound together, all the principal baildiugs of Ilome, fur tweaty sous, and & number of other things, wended thelr way ln and out amonz the crowd, and wers dolng cridently o goxd bualness, One man had s packet ot q\xulum\phl for which he fouud a rapid sale, It wasanew pleture,—at one side was the Pontifical throne ralsed high 8, abave it tha dome, sky, In letters of light forining an arch, the word ‘*jofsliibllity,” On tho groun the fuot of tho steps kncels the hion luoking up to 8t, Peter, who, from heaven exiends the keys to him, Tebind Bt. Peter aru a sumber of saints, and he voluts aloft with his Jelt hand to o #izgare of the Lin- maculats Conception. ' By the sido uf the Popo Mnmhubu{ sngel with bis itre snd crozier, ond befurs Bim ars grouped thres others, one with the tiara and tripla cross, another with the chalive anu wafers u?«m it, and & third \mluunu t0 & tablet beariug the word * Syllubus,” and in the backeround s St. Peter's, with the words “Vatican (Ecumenlcal Councy,” placed rain- boy fashion around the dome. Yesterday morning st Bt. Peter's Canlinal Borromeo * pontlticated” In place of his Holi- nuss, colebrating st the high altar, which fs ex- clullvellv, reserved to tho Pope, or one who by speciul Bull, as fo this instance, dircetly rupm- sunts him. Some cxpected it everything would be prepared and arranged na at thosc great Funetfons of the |;| that the Pontitical throne would bo placed In the accustomed spot, but would be tenanticss. They were, however, ulny»pulmcd. no specisl srrangements were «made, the Papal choir ¢id not siue, nor at tho Elcvation wers the sliver trumpets sounded in the dome, The tuusie, Bevertheless, was very fine; it was given by a double choir, accom- panjed by tbe twe greal movable ongans, vne pluced oi each side of the tribune, with sup- plemental stringed fustrumeunts. Thers were uo places sct alnrl for the diplomatic caros or distingulshed strangers, No other Curdinsls were present; In fact, it was nothing more thay the ondluary high wass, with the Cardinal Archpriest celebrating at the hign altar fustead of atone of the others. The at- tendauce also was by wo meaus large,—that Is tu say for 8t. Peter’s,—but it must by remem- bered that great us is the vumber of pllgrims who have come, the Vatican has very judicious- 1y asranged that thelr arsival shall be'scattered over a period of six weeks, that as hundreds come other bund; ehall leave, snd, there- fore, the number Io Rome at any one timo has never been ao great as might have been suppos- ed, or borne nn{ proportion to the total. " At the To Deuw fu the evenlng, Lowever, there were, at least, sowne ten thousand persous pres- ilnn‘.l'hbu:‘: of courso the majurity of those wery —— ROCKFORD, BAPTIST SUNDAY-SCHOOL INSTITUTS. Special Corniapondence of The Trivuse. ROCK2ORD, 11I,, June 2.—Tho Baptist Sune day-8chool lustituts convened at the State Etrect Church, Lust Tucsdsy afiernoon, and beld over until, Wednesday forencon, when the Rock River Baptlst Associatim commenced thelr regular annnal sessfon {n $he same church. On Tucsday the seastonopened with a prayer and praise meeting., Therd followed the enroll- ment and election of «filcers. After some words of welcome hy the local preachers, the Rev. J. M. Whitchend delivered an addrens on “Jerun the Truth.” At 4 o'clock, the Rev, A B. White, of Marengo, epoke on *The Holy Bpirlt, the Teaclier's Guide and Helper.” The Rev. Charles T. Rowe, of Belvidere, gaves speci- nen Sunday-school lesson.. A praise and prom- lse mecting In the evenfng was well conducted by Mr. L. A. Trowbrideze. Then followed oncof the best addresscs of the scsslon: “The Con- ditfons of Successful Sundav-8chool Teaching,” by the Rev, Galusha Anderson, D. D, Dr. An- deraon advocated tralning-achoola for teachers, and deprecated the attempt to make every parl of Scripture teach Jesus Christ, fHe very ecnsibly advocated a thorough reform in Bun- day-sclivol rooms. On Wednesday lnarnlnz vorbal reports of Bunday-schools wers hear from Buperintendenta; and at 10 o'clock the Bunday-8chool Convention najourned, sud the ROCK RIVRIL NAITIST. ASSOCIATION convened, with Jud%gl Latrrence, of Helvidere, v Moderator. This was tho Thirty: seventh annual meeting of the Aa- soclation, and the thirty-sixth that has been presided over by FElder Lawrence. Among the lnnmlueul gentlemen from abroad were Dr. C, . Blackall, of Chicawo, Agent of the Amneriean Baptist Publishing Socleyy Dr. L. flabar, Agent of the State Conventfon; F. Tol- nan, represcuting the Ladies’ Mlission Unlon; Dr. d. Yope, representing Home Misalons; Dr. Uoodspeed, of the Haptist, Thooluzical Sewf- nary; I P Bavage, ). D.,of Beloit; the Rev, D. I, “Gunn, La Grange, IIL; F, I. ilanna, of Clear Lake; O, B, Stone, of Dloomington; 8. Spencer, of Chicago. 4 ANNUAL nebonrs, ‘The annual reports showed that there were ten churches In the Assoéiation. During the Eur they had added 130 memnbers,~7 by aptism, 44 by letter, and 5 by experience, and 8 belnge restored to membership, In the same time 120 had been dismissed,—73 by letter. 12 erased, 24 excluded, and 20 by death, The whole number In the Association 1s 1,774, The Treasurer’s report shows the following contributlons during the year: church during the sammer, after the last Sun- day o June, and the church will protably have 1o be cloned for roma necessary repaira the Jast two Sundaya in July. Bunday “mo:ining service through the summer, 11 & m. The Sunday- school 16 elosed until Sept. 1 The Metodist denomination sustafns its rep- utatlon for extensive work by arranging to use the pastors at the camp-tneeilng, and, with few exceptions, most of the Methodist preachers of Chicago nnd vicinity will workat the Lake Blufl gmnndn a portioit of the summner. Elder nitking, however, will remain at his post during tha season. GENERAT NOTES. . The Rew. If, A. Irving, formerly a Roman Cathiolic pricat, but now a Baptist preacher, Is lecturing fn Novs Scotia against Popery, The Rev. D. 8. . Buckingham, of 8pring- fiell, Mass., completed the thirticth year of his |, Dastorate of the South Congregational Church of that city o few duys ago. The First Reformed Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia was organized in 1708, and has had Lut two pastors, thelate Rev, Dr, 8. B, Wylle, and nis son, the Rev. De. T, W, J. Wylle, the present pastor, Philip Phfllips, the * Binging Pllerim, who has been nearly all over the worl, will return to this country In a few weeks, He expects to be at the great Bunday-School Assembly at Chautauqua,in August, The appeal made to save the Soutbern Meth- odist Publishiog Jfousc from financial distress has been 8o far successful that hopes of entire relief are entertalned. Of the §&,000 needed, onc-third has been raised. ‘The Rev, Dr, David Arnot, a prominent Dres- byterian_ minister of Edinbure, Scotland, fs dead, ot the aze of 73. e waa nomething of o poct, as well a8 an cloquent preacher, and worked at paintivg and sculpture, The American missionaries wiioso statians arcin Asfatic Turkey have determined to re- maln, although they will remove thelr families to Trebizond” for safety, Theee arc mlasjona- rica at Erzerum, Ilarport, Van, and Bitlls, The Methodist Eptacopal Church has but ono regularly orzanized eamp-meeting fn Kenticky —that s, Ruergles’ Camp Giround, In the Cov- o Renevoleat home 1 8 788,53 | Inztonand Maryaville District. The fourth Furelen mienlons 1,167.32 | camp-meeting on theso grounds will begin Au- For Pablishing 8 102,48 | gust 15, and continus perliaps over two Bun- Ministera® cducation. 230,00 | days. Other objects..e,vere 404,85 One of the leading Wilmington M. E. Church- es s just now feaffully convuleed In vonse. gaence of somnc strangd doctrinal uttcrances rom their pastor on o recent Sabbath evening, the 8a fnst. Heretic views of Christ's sccond coming are followed by a denlal of the soul’s conscious existence in the Joteryal of death and the resurrection. The adoption by the Bynod of the Irish Enlscopal Church 6f the revised prayer-book Is clalmed by the [izh Church party ot to ben very serious defeat to themn, Canon Smith, of Dublin, says the doctriue of the real preactice, baptismal regencrutlon, and priestly sbsolution arc all covered and granted Ly the formularies of the revisfon, and that separation will not be st all necessary, Today the ninetv-fourth annual commence- ment oxerelscs of Dickinson College will begin and continue until June 24, when tho com- mencement proper will take place. ‘This morn- iz the Rev, Jubn F. Hurst, D, D., will preach the serinan before the Boclety of Tieligious In- quiry, and (n the evening the Preaifent will preach the Bacealaureate sermon, On the suce- ceeding days tho usual sucecssion of excroises will b held, The Calcutta organ of one of the Hindoo ro- Tigions thus puts up Its prayer {u. reference to the war in Turke; The battlo-cry has becn heard, O God, and fos- tile nations have already confronted each ather, #nd begnn the fierce work of destraction and bloods sbed. “Who will arrest the ev(lt Who can? Al- mighty Giod, Thou alone canst humble nations to the dust snd dlssuade thewm from hloody d cedu. We bumbly look np to Thee and pray that hostlls- tles may cease and pesce may provail once moro In pe. The Rev. Mr. ilaldeman, of the Delaware Avenue Baptist Chuich, Wilmington, recently preachied a sennon to the reformed men of the: city, I which he took rdicsl ground against the entire temperance movemcut. e helleves God will mxi'lmeram all entitled tosalvation, in which casa reformation must follow. - At the close of this remarkable dlscourse the reformed men re- paired to their tent and passed resolutions con- demning said sermon, and cxhorting those present to atand tirm, It was stated at the Lutheran Baptist Con- vention, whoich met in New' Orleans receutly, that the Catholles were making rapid - prozress In winning converts amoung the colored people. In the soitthern tier of countlen in Loufslans, it was u|dI there were 100 Catholle missionaries i Totaliisscornssrarses erveneeransnnes.$2,703,08 The total home expenses for tho year ammount- ed to 811,343,549, Eight Sunday-schools reported, There are fn the Assoclation 108 teachers snd 11,239 acholars; averago attendance, 9,01, Number of volumes in llbrarics, 2,153, Sunday-school contributions during tho year, $032,20, THE PROCEEDINGS, Durloe the sesslons of yesterday and to-day the most §mportant features, beside the regular routine work, was the address of tho Hey. James Scofield, of VPopo County, Mlssourd, who is a veteran misslonary In_the Ozark Mountain regions. The Rev. J. 8. Mable read o report for Sunday-achool meetings. C. F. Tol- man addressed ihe Convention on beball of homeo missions, Miss Jobauns P. Moore—n missionary from the South, who 18 dolng n 2ood work among the colored people—made a favor- able report, 8he had organized Sundsy-schools in Loufstana. i Wedyesday afternoon the ladles took charge of the mecting. Miss Patrick, of Marengo, read an Intercating essay on Missfon-Work in the Tellezoo Country, fu the cast of Ilindustan, Papers were read by Mrs, Charles Morse, Mes. O. B, 8tone, and Mre, C. R. Blackall, Last cveming the Itev. A. B. White, of Ma- renyo, 1., preacned an eloquent sermon. This morning was wholly occupled by the reading of reports amd the transaction of other routine busineft. At noon the Convention adjourned to meet next year at Bejvidere. Mr. H. L. ‘Tupper, of Rockford, was re-elected Clerk of the Assoctation for the coming yeat. THR ADVENTISTS, The 8even-Duy Adventista are. holding inter- eatlng incotinga In this eity, ‘l'lm{ have a large tent erected on a vacant ot on tho corner of Court ond_Mulberry streets, This tent will hold from 800 to 1,000 persuns, It ia sixty feet in diameter, and_thoroughly waterproof.” The main fnetors in theso meetligs are the Kev. R. F. Andrews, of Gllman, 1111 the Rev, @. W, Coicord, of Kterliug: and tho Rev. Charlcs E, Bacon, of Rockford. The mcetings have lasted all the week, and will continue as loug as pub- He Interest docs not abate, ¥ Thiceo Advontists wiil giveno definite time for the voming of Christ, but tho Rev. My, Andrewsinforined your correspondent to-day that he belleved tho Im:o- ent condition of offalrs In Edrupe. snd Asfa is pry| tory to the fulfiliment ot the prophecles n Davlel and Rovelatlons. On being futerro- ated, he sald that tho noted Miller was correct n several polnts; and procceded, by | smoog the fecdmen, and, since tho close of tho tho aid of "several. charts which “were | War, 30,000 colored vuplu had been recelved in banging oo the wall, to expound | the Catholie Church,—a greater number than tho vasis of the Adventist doctrine, Ilo furthor- more safd that his people did not belfeve fn handing over thelr souls to the pafe-keeping of tho ministers, while their bodies were deposited with the doctors, The Adventists attended alike to body and soul, and their wriests aliko administered to the physicaland sphiftual wants of the flock, Ono comnenduble feature in the Adventist doctring fs, that thoy.do not preach oo long, lmiting thelr eveninxy ncctings to one hour; aud the nfimuzflu time for tlcir meet- ings Bunday {a three hours, Last pight the Rev, G, W, Coleon! grave his views on the doc- trine of the temporal Millenium and the world's conversion. bad been gathered futo all the Protestant Churches in the Stato tn the same perlod, Bishop Clark of Riode Island states that the foltowing will be the toics considered by the Pan-Anglican Council which meets at Lambeth, “July, 1878: (1) The unity of tha scveral branch- cs of the Anuglican Church; (8) the establish- ment of courts of arbitrations (8) the relation of Misslonary Blshops of differone branches of the Church in forelzn countries; (4) tho eatab- Mshment of chaplaiudes on tho Continent ot Europe and clxewhere; (5) the special forins of modern infidelity, and how they arc to be et} (u) the Kuncnl tnterests of the several branches of the Anglican communlon. "The changes made in th prayer-book of the TIrish (Discstablished) Church, when ali are tak- en together, are very considerable, They are thus deacribed: The ornaments Rubrie are remaved entirely, and the yestnents are detee- mined by a speclal cauon. The position of the mintater in celebrating the Holy Communiun is olso sottled. Tho public use of the Athanastan Creed Is discontinued. The absolution Is emitted in the visitation of the sfck. ‘Tho words of cer- tahuty I tho burial service are replaced by ‘words of hope. Certaln possages In the marriage service are omlitted, A uestion and auswer have been Inserted in tho catechism, explanatory, fu the Protestant scnse, of the mauner fn which Christ’s body Is recelved fn the sacrament, The, proface con- talns a protest ncninst cucharlstic: worship of Chrlst, or of his body and blood, under the cle- ments, It afllrms liberty as regards the inter- pretation of the baptismal srrvice, and protest: aralust Aurlcular Sucramoentul ~ Confessfon,” The statutes to lezalize the reviston will o Into effcet Juno 80, 187N Iu the House of Blshiops, the Primate, tho Archbishop of Dublin, and the Bishops of Down and Derry, voted against ro- viston, They wera outvotcd by a majority of one. DIAIOL M'LAREN, The Rt Rev, W. E. McLaren, D. D,, Bishop of tho Eniscopul Dioceso of Lifinofs, made hia annual visitation to the cougregution of Em- wanuel Church, this city, last Mouday night. Services wereheld ot 7:80 'elock p. i, In the chureh, at which .a large congregation was preaent. Thu Bishop preuched a sermon on the Power of Falth; and after the sermon contirmed and addressed & closs of eleyen persons that wero prescnted by the Kector, TIIE VACATION TIME, WIUERE THE PASTONS WILL ENJOY THUEIR 8UM- MER MOLIDAYS. The Rev. R. D.Bheppard, of tho Western Avenue Church, will visit Miunchota {n August, Elder Boring haa had his vacation, having ro- cently returned from Texas, Ho will take part at Lako Blutf, ana probubly visit Onlo late in the serson. The Rev, M. M, Parkhurst will remain at his post fu tho First M. E. Church, and also work at Lake Bluff for o while, although it has been rumored that ho may go abroad, The Rov. John Willlamson wili visit Newport In August, The Rev. W, C, Willing, of the Langley Ave- wue Church, will take his vacation in July, al- though he hias not yet deckled where he will go, The Rev. A, J, Beott, of Oak Park, wiil visit Kansas and Colorsdo In Auruxl; Tho Rev, J, J. Tobins will leave fn July, and visit various localities. ¥ The liev. A, Guruoy has never had a vacation. e would cujoy one, but will not go unluss he sl flud some onu to Bl his pluce, Should be aucceed bo will vislt {u the State of New York. Tho ev, 3. €, Wire, of Auptdn, will vialt fricnds throughout the country il Jular. The Iev, C. Trieder, of the Becond Norwe- glan Church, 1s now in Minnesota, Tho Rev. G, Il, Evereat. ot the Plymonth Cone gregatioual Church, will bo absent Trom the Ist. PIOUS JOKES, Not complimentary to the Pilgrims—the an- nouncesnent that 65,000,000 lres have been re- ceived at the Vatlcan—New York Conunerclal Advertlser, A negro Mcthodist's idea of minfsterial quall- fication: ** De new preacher fs mo' learut den Mlistuli Boles was; but Lor' bless you, salit he ain't got do dolesul sound liko Mistuli Boles heds No, indecdy 1" The Orientals are very trusting to each other. Aro you not afruid to o away from your shop withiout locking It 1 a traveler asked an Egyp- tia up the river. *Ob, no auswered the of July untll the 1st of September, Much of | man coolly, Wthero fa not s Christlan within tho thne will 'be spent fu the * Adfrondack | threo miles woods,!! whero he has hunted and lshied for | Professor of Chemlstry—* Bupposo you were Several reasons. called to a paticut who had swallowed o heavy The Ltev. L. 'T. Chamberlin, of the New En- land Congregstlonal Chureh, will leave July 3 or West Broukileld, Mass, This pleasant New Eogland villags is howw of bis wother, and he will thern meet cx-Gov. Chamberhin, bis brother, and otber fricnds, le will bo absent seyen weeks. “Fhe Rov. D. N, Vanderyeer, of the Unlon Park doso of oxalie acld, what would you adininis- teri” K, ‘wlm s preparing for lhe minlstry, and whoonly takes chemlstry because it ts oblig- story)—*'§ would admiuisfer the eacrament." An American amxiermrm recently nttend- eda m:unuunt' it by Pio Notia at the Val ‘The holy father approached him uud sald: you a Catholic or y S 'ro” Americay, Aro Congregatioual Church, will' depart “about the | % You'ro' America u u Ci . Protestant! “loly father,” peplied the fl:‘:d:tfl 'll::“hyx'u.(::-ln:lyp:‘;i:'\lxu n:l‘lfl'::l;;::al;‘:t;x‘z‘- seribe. L am - neithier § Catholid nos & Protests s & Journalist,’? His Holiness laughed ily, and moved ou to somo ono else, % The hymns which are to be sung on thls mouraful occaslon,” sald o parson who was about to conduct a funeral service, * arv soms which were sclected by tho corpse himseltf for tbe purpuse.'t A prave-like smile played around tho lips of some of the auditors, aud they suetned to thiuk, as the bymus were given out, that * the corpss ' had, for a corpse, shown ex- ceedingly wise discrimination In lection, A promisiug Boston youth of five suminers, being ubout Lo retirs fur the evening, wus asked by hfi mothiei Lueel by ber side aud pepeat the Lord’s Prayer, Thelittls chn[‘r. whose wind waa ovldently {otent on the beauties of the va- tlonal game, having reached the widdle of the prayer, paused, lovked into his mother’s fuce Au\l) cxclalwed, * Billy Brown s u boss abort atop,!’ and proceeded with his devotlons ss {8 uothiug uousual bad transpired. Dr. Louls, of New Orleans, who Is something of a wag, called on 4 colured ' Baptist miulstery aud propounded 8 fow puzzlug questions. *Why s it," eaid be, ** that vou ure not able to do the winicles that the Apoaties didl The she-Hudson. Prof, Swing will spend | bis vacation at Ox- rd, O ‘"’nw Rev. E. P. Wells, of tho Forty-second Btreet Presbyterian Church, will remafu at bome and Récp open church during the sum- suer, The Rev, John Abbott French, of the Fourth Presbyterian Churcl, will begin his vacation sbout tho intddle of Jaly, snd spend the thno st Qougue, Long 1slsnd, ur Newport, or partly iu both places. Tlmplwv. Glen Wood will take a trip In July to Bouthern [lliuols, and will spend August in tho beautiful suburb of Mil llwaukee, The Rev. Rubert Collyer will, go with his family about the midulual July to Palmyry, Wis., and remalu, of all b5 well uutil early in Beptember. 'hw Rev. J. T, Sunderland's vacation will be- gin the sccond Sunday in July, snd continue until the 1st of September. Ho expocts to de- vote most of bis tlwe to making butanlcu) ex- curslous juto varlous parts of M| an, Indiaua, 1llinols, and Wiscousin. Dr, Locke goes to Rl turniog for Bunday, Jul) o e k0 o3 e ) aoeek, pe s htwr o 1 tor the 17Lh, b L ot Guoevs Lake, | were protected agalust all poisons aud all kiue WAL Mo S coend e 1 Ciovitund ARt | of perls.- Howl 16 you aso ot protoctod oW guwite Thers willbe Do cicisig wrtwo W bis | i the same way P! “Ths colosed Lrothor 5o~ sponded promptly, *Don't know abont that, | vigye o5s LR Jactor Fopea s, Ta taken a mu:hl;' e et an e e oy, TeTL08 subfects ' sight of : " UNIVERSALIST, - ‘Tho Rev, T, Steaah will preach this morning n -3 the hallaf the Third Chnreh, corner of Indiana g« nn:h and Thirty-Reet street. B, W. Straab will strong madicine from you, Doctor, sad “ullvoyel.fi o * At a recent meeting in which there was much reliious Interest, an old man gave expression arge of the misslon. - b 10 his joy by shouting, and continued it until it he Itev, Dr. 3 an” to Zlurrn t the nervices, Brother II. | fn St. r.".!r."'cz'.fi’ifif "m: u'.':-'.f".?é!.'n’a’.““.‘.'&i sald to Brother W., “ (o and stop that old | Kigbteenth atzcet. Vesper service in the evening. man’s nolse.” e went to him and spoke a few | —The Itev. J."W. Hinde, of Ok Park, will worda and the shouting’ man at once became :]ulal. Brother I nsked Brother W., ¢*What id you say to the old wnan that guieted Wm so promptiyf" Brothier W, rcnlh:d; ] pakod him for a dollar for forelgn missions.” - ‘The Rev. Dr, McLeod relates In his journal that lie once recelved from two intending com- munlcants the following repliesto the following questions: };Iho led tho children of Terael out.of Egypt?! —Eve. Who was Bre?—The mother of God. What acath did Christ die? [After a long time came the answer]—1fe war hanced on a tree, What dld they do with the body?—Lald it in & manzer, Wit did Chrlst do for sinners?~Gave hir sun, Do you know of any wonderful works that Chirist did?—>3fage the world in six days. Any othera’~Baricd Martha, Mary, and Laza- rae, What became of them nfterwards?—Angels took them to Abraham's bosom. Whatliad Chrlet to do with that?—Tla took Abra- Who tas cml-n—r{,e THoly Spirit, 0. Are you a siuner?—No. and do yon love God perfect- preach this morning in e Chnrch of the Re- desmer, rarner nf " Washington and Sangamon , i strects. NEYV JRRUSALEM, : ‘The Rev. L. P, Mercer will preach thfs morning ' in the tnion Swedenborgian Chnrch, Tershey Munie Iall, B3 Madisan street. Bubject: *Chriat’s Firat and Second Advent. ™ ~—The Jey, Dr. Ilibbard will preach this morn- Ing In tho New Chdrch Hall, eorner of Eighteenth strect and Praftle avenne, and ati:10 o'clack thig afternoon 1o the Temple, corner of West Wasbings ton rtreet amil_ Ogden -avenune. Snbject for both ;;:lmzes: **Who s Jesus? and How toCome to * . o . ~The Rev, James Maclanghian will preach this morning and eveding In the Scotch Church, corner of Sangainon ond Adama atreels, . —The tev, Chatles Thompson will preach in tho Fifth Church, Indiana avenoe and Thirtieth street, in the forencon on **The Ileanty of Hollness,™ and in tho evening on **Temperance, ™ LUTIERAN. & ‘The Rev. Bdmund Belfour will presch moratog and evening in the Church of the Holy Trinity, corner of North Dearborn and Erio strects, CIRISTIAN. The Rev, A, J. White will preach morning and evening tn the Central Church, corner of Van fiue - ren atreet and Campbel] avenue: Mornlog subject. *“The Church: " evening: *‘Sinand Balvation.* ~'The Rev, J. T. Toof will preach marniog and eveninz in the Firat Charch, Indiana avenos sod Twenty-ffth strect, MUCELLANENUS, - ‘The Rev, Robert D. 8heppard will presch in the - chapel of the Washinglonlan Ilome at3 o'clack- this afternoon, Temperance cxperience-meeting at 8 o'cinck thin evening, £ ~—indge Layton will preach this moraing and A evenlng In the Christian Union Mlssion, Taber- ) nacle, 01 South Green sireet. —~Dieciples of Christ meet at No. 22 West Ran- dolph strect at 4 Yn m. P —I’reaching in Burr Misslon Chapelat 11 e, m. ana 7245y, i, —The Did you never 1yt=Yees L CHURCH SERVICES. PHEBRYTENIAR. ‘The Rev. Jacob Post will preach this morning in (lic Halland Janguaye in the church corner of No- ble and Erie streets, snd Iu the evening In En- glist. —The Rev. J. Manro Gibson, D, D., willpresch at the Second Church, Michlgan avenuc and Twene ticth street, morning and evening. —The ftev, J 1. Walker will preach Inthe Re- union Church, West Fourteenth sireet, near Thtoop, this morning and evening. ~The Hev, A, E. Kittredge will preach at Fule lerton Avenue Church this morning, and in the evening the Rov. W. C. Younz will preach on **Temperance: Ita Evils and Cure.* ~Tie Rev, 1L T, Miller will preach In the Sisth Church, Vincesneaand Oak avenues, atlla. m. on “The Bundle of Myrrh," and In the evenfng on *!The Pirables," ~Tne Itey. J. M. Wormll, D. D,, wilf preach morning and ‘evening In the Eighth Church, Weat Waahington and Robey strecta, —=The itey. 1l H. Kellogg will preach at 10:50 &, m. and 7:30 p. m. at the * Westminater Church, CONGREGATIONAL. The Rev. N. Vanderrecr will_preach this morning and evening In the Union Park Church. Moarninz aubjrets * Heart™; evealng: ** Burrowing Trouble, ** ~The Hev. F. Willlama will preach this morntug in the Forty-Seventh Chueeh, ~The Kev. Z, 8. llolhrook will preach thin morning In the Oakland Church, Oakwoud Boule- Morning t “Thu Cruclfizion™; cveninu; **Jace dder, —The Tley. Charles Hall Evereat will preach this moraing and eveulny in Piymouth Church, Mich fean avenue, between Twenty-fth and Twenty- slxth strects. 11. M. Paynter will coniincta com- . munion ervico in Cafvary Tabernacie, No. 820 ~ ' Ogden avennc, near larrigon sircet, thls morn-, | {n, and will preach in the evenlog on ** The Ela- i ments af Buccensful Yerrice, " k —Rliler W, A, Shaw will presch to the Advent. inta tils morning on **'Tho Trath, the Light, and /. the Way ™ fu thc hall st No, 221 West Madisan atrent. —Men. Cora L. V. Richmond will apeak beforo . tho First Sociely of Spiritualista at Occldental Iall, Madinon strect, noar hizabell, ot 10:45m,m, int 40 p. m, Z "Zifhe tion acctazian Mible meeting will be held. A n tonm 23, Yo, 100 Franklin street, cornorof | Washington, at baif-past 2 o'clock this afternoon. ; Sabject fordiectnsions ** Faith," e —Sunday.school oxerclecs will be hétd 0t 2:80p, 1 m. st Hopa Sisslon. No, 885 Milwankee svenuo. . —The Saclety of Friends meet at 10:10 8. m, an it Twenty-slsth atrcet, between [ndinnn and Pralda avenues. and LG p, m. at No, 71 Randoiph etreet, hod H CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK. % EPISCOPAL, . June 24—Fourth Sunday after Trinity; Natlvity of - 8t. John tho Baptist, June 20-8t, Peter, 1 CATHOLIC, June 24=Fifih Runday after Pentecost; Natlvity of 8t. John Baptlst, . June 25—5t. Willlani, Abhot, June 26—48, Jolin and Paul, ML Juune 37—0( tha Uctave, June 28—8t. Ircueus, B, M.; Vigil of 83, Peter and Faul, June 2085, Peter and Panl, Apostles, iy June 30—Commemorastion of pr.-i'lul. ’ JEWISIL, Juns 28—Fast of Tamuz (Tamuz 17). ———— NATURE, DAPTIT. The Ttev. Robert I, Allison will preach thia morning and evening in the North Biar Church, carner of Divlsion and Fediwick strects. —The Hev, Gnluena Anderson, D. D,, will Kln_-nch murnlug and evening at the Socund Cliurch, onruc and Murman streets, —The Rev, Austin Glbd will preach this moming in Immanuel Church, Halsted, coruer of Bophis street. “—The Rev. . B. Chency, D. ., will preach ‘morning and eveniug at the Fourth Chareb, Paull- na_and Washingoo strects. Kvenlng subject: *+The Jewish Tabernacle, " ~The ftev, W, W. Everta will preach st th First Church, South Park syenuo snd Thirty-fest rireut. this morning, and Frof. K. Wahl in the evenlng, "“'Fie Rev. R, 3. Lanerldze, of Genosco, whi reach thisevening in the South Church, corner of cke airect and Archer avenow, ‘The mind of him ou seif intent, | ‘Ta Natura's aspect o'er is bilnd ; o Iler tovetlcst caarms, tu beauty blent; . And in enchanting forms ootlined, Fall on his sizhit unblessed, . Nor quicken fn a single veln 1l g o 0' I & wl ) 1 ples B340 e m. upan the. -+ The Deromn of Fire, Of Butting plossdry fluin repos, b In hls unyiclding breast. Rat him whose ee In loving ight Diwells on each change to Nature lent, Whoso mind Interprets with delieht Esch varying form on which 'tis bent, All scenes exhilarate. in the ll:l:m:nn'menua Church, wear Twenty-third stree! ~The Rev. C. E. Hewltt, D, D., will preach moming and evening in the Centennlal Church. ackvon and Lincoln streets. Morning A Command and a Ynestion Reapecting bligation"; evening: *‘Paul's Deter- a] A The commonest place that boars & traca : mination, Of Nature's unsurpassing art, i METHODINT, In native huo and native grace, The Rev. 8, McCherncy will preach morntng and 01t flls the sympathelic heart ! evening In the Park Avenue Church, cormer of With Juys [nvigorate, E Ttubey steeet. ~The Rev. W, C. Willing, D. D., will preach at ley Aventne M, E, Churchat 10:30 8. m. and .\ . . lie Rev. Dr. Willlamson whll nreach this marn. ingand cvening in the Michigan Avenue Church, near Thirty-sccond strect. Morningsubject: **Thuo Jews and Thelr Reliplous Creed ovening: **The Husband,™ belng the first of & series of ol sermons on Christisn homes, * —Tho Rev. A.J, Scott will preach this mrnll'lj. and the liev, A, Qurney in the wvening, in the Centenary Church, Monrue street, near Morgan. —The Rev. John Atkinson will preach at Gracs (‘,h‘llxz‘:h, LaSallo and White streets, at 10:30 a. ni, and K p, m. e Hlev. W. F. Crafts will preach morning and evening in Trinlty Chorch, Indlans aveaue, near Twenty-fourth sireet. —Toe lluv. Georpe Chase will preach at tho Winter Streot Church at11 &, 1. on **Tenipur- ance, " and ju the evening will couduct a Gospel tomperance meeting, Dame Nature's moods can please at will—, o Her wmiles of aunshine, brig! d L Her aweet, refrealing tears till The gragder fary of thic 8l0: With anaty, lowering akios. ‘There is deliuht in all her ways, . Nor timo nor place ean Lreak the chaln That Lolda Man In Its tanzlcd maze, Whily easons rall In endless traln, And Timo on fieet wing flies. The scorned wayfaring dandelion 1iided ln the grase’ meshy sheen, And Spriugtinie’s brightest hues comblne The pulden yellow and the green, : To deck the prairics lows . Yet o'en this huwble devoico That walts on Hpring's falr sway, By Fate's unknown lhrmfll strange decres, Bome swect cunnecting link at play, Can make thy bosom gluw, —The itev. 13, 1), Sheppard, pastor, will preach Tho epirit that pervades this flower a1 10:50 8. m. and 7:W v, m. &t the Westorn Ave- In all e sweet humilily, , nue Clinrch, corner of Monroo street., Is trom the eamnc life-giving Power, —Tho Rev. A, W. Patten, pastor, will preach at The source of Earth's vitslity, 11 a. m. ani P. uh. at tho Wabash Avonue And Nature's ruling law: Churcl, corner of Fourteenth street. No nobler lifeblood e'vr can flow EPISCOPAL The Rev, W, IL Hopkine will officiate this morn- Ing sl evenlug in St John's Church, Ashlund sve- nue, near Madizon strvet, 'Tho Itev, W, F. Murrson will preach morning and evenlng at the Churcb of the Holy Comuanlon, Deathorn street, near Twcmrnlmn. ~=The RRav. A, W, Flske will oficiate this mom- Ine fn tirace Church, Minsdale. Sobject: **ldeul~ 1sm und the Hible, —The IiL. «ltuy, Bishop McLsren officiates to-dsy in the Uathedml of 85, Peter and Faul, corner of West \\'uhln&wn and Peorlastreets, Choral oioru- ing prayer and 1oly Comuiuniun ut 10310 8. i, —Tho Rov, 8. 8. 'llarry, Rector, willvtticlate to- day wt Bt Jamea' Church, curner Cuss nnd Huron strects, Bervices at 10346 &, m. snd 7:45 p. m. llnl{_l.‘omnummn at #a. 1n, —The Kuv. K. Sollivau, Bector, officinten at 10:45 &, m, and 7.43 p, ni, Tris carser of Twenty-sizth avenuo. Tloly Communlon at 1:70 o . —The Rev. Francls Mansfleld, Itector, officiates at 10:U0 a, m. sud 7%30y. i, at the Charch of the Atuncment, corner of Weat Washington and Tobry strects, —Tho Hev, J, Dredbarg, Rector, will officiate Bt 10:30 8, mi, #nd 7:30 Do m. in Bt Angarius Church, Sedgwick strect, near Chicago svenno, ==The ey, Fraunk O, Oshorn, of Atchlson, Kan, . will viticiate morning and evening at (irsce Church, nue near Blxteenth atreet. g Itev, Arthor Kitchle, Ttector, will ofiiciate his evening at the Church of the Ascenslon, cor- ner of Norih LaSalle and Elui streeta, Holy Com- munion at 11a. . it oftie —The lov, Charles 8, ciatoat1l e, u. aud s p. m, a4 BL. Paulls Church liydo Vark " aveuue, betwisa Forty-elgiin and Forty-nin 3 O Fhere will ba services at 10:30 8. m, aud 8 p. m. at Bt Mark’s Church, corner Cottage Grove avue nuo and Thirty-wixth street, —The Hex. G, ¥, Cashman, D. D., Rector, of- clates at 10:30 8. m, and 7:30 B m. st St Sto- phen's Charch, Johason street, between Taylar and Twelfth streets, —The lev. Luther Fardeo, Nlcctor, officiates morulng avd eveoiug In L‘llnrvuhnmh. Warren avenue, boween Uskley and Westorn avuuues, Uoly communion al N &. m. I, N.Morrisun, Jr,, Rectar,ofMciates m, snd 7:50 p, w, &t the Charch of the ou Turoop etrvet, between Monroe and damie, —'The Rev. 4, . Petrle, Rector, oficlates at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m, 8t the h of Qur Savior, comer of Lincoln aud Belden svenucs, —The Kev. lienry G, Perry, Hoctor, oMclates at 10:45 n. i, and 7:4h 3¢ ANl Saluts' Church, corner of North Carpentcr and West Oblo strects, —Thero will bo services 8¢ 10:30 . m, at the Good Bhephord Misiun, Lawndale, 2%%p tov. N, . Luson. lsceor, ofictates to-da at 10:50a, . and 7:90 p. m. st Emmssud Choreb, Latrange. ~Tho Rev, d, ”; art Smith, rector, officiates m. sad 7:30 p, m, at St Mark's wton, Holy Communion st ¥ s, m. LEVOUMED EISCOFAL. The Rey, W. B, Wiliamwon, of the Cburch of the Uuud Shephezd, will preach this morning in Gracu Church, comer of fluyne and LeMoyne The Rev, J, D, Cowan will preach futhe . o 11, -Rev, Wabop Cheney witl presch tils woriug and. wvenime i Chelat Churct, Alichizen avente and Twenly-fourth street. ~—Childreo's day ezcr of the Fuimanuel Charch Bunday-schoal, coruor. of lianover sud Whero lovetior outwardness sppears, From things like theve, howerer low, God rpeak-[':nd Man, through cndicss years, Can Insplration draw, t Euzangry D, B, i s LAKE MICHIGAN, O Michigan] fair lake, whose waves ' Oftimes dash moautaln-hien, b} ‘Wheu Wintar-wind s wildly raves— | ‘Then pioet the sca od aky, O Michigant whose waters calm e S 'o pertul soul 7! “P:.“ daily carea aro dunc. Fatr Michigan! whoso waters lie Tn beaaty all acreas, Bow charmiug to the passer-by Thy luvely bucs U seen ! O Michigan! In ealm or storm, Thy beauty still must chanin} Tl:{ varied ligts and vhadew still form ur fuare, or foats divari, Falr lake! thy waves must fall, muss risd Aund billowy mountaius maket Nu one thy loveliness dontos, O Michigan, falr lakst Falr Iake! what wondrous tales untold Do thy bright waters keep| ‘What wonders 'neath thy bovom coldl Wihist hurvests thou dost reap! O Michigan! in dars of eld Here tawny Nuturo rov'd, Aud solemn Chiofs thelr councils held, Qr softer passions wiov'd. Fair Michizan! thy szndy heach Hath witnessed lovern” stratu Herg dusky maid snd warrior ca Bang Love's most sweet refraia, The storicd wouders of thy past 12l Just L dimness pows m:‘: r.-;cr bfilfil:l,{‘x;l llfllul ru"kxhl ud ana! o all throu E Coxatancs fTzsene, Tester, Rector, — e *! WHAT EVERYBODY SAYS MUST BE TRUE." “Tue Incontrovertible testimony offered by those who have uscd Dr. Picreo's Favorite Proe scription tuauved the Doctor to scll 1t undera positlve guarsatec, Many tadies baye refrafued from uslugg 1t on sccount of a generul fecling of prejudice sgalost advertised medlcines. Let o sk a question: Are you prejudiced sguinst sowing-nachines becauss you have scen them advertised ) or can you doubt tho ine genuity snd skill required {n thelr Inveotiont - Acaly, woyld you refuse to fnsure your house becauss the company advertised that it had puid willions fa lusses, and yet had a capltal of suveral milllons? Do such advertisemcents shaky your cuafidence, and creats projudicest Then why refuse to credit tho testimony of thoss who hiays found the Favorite Prescrip- tion to Ls all that is claimed for it in over- Twenty-el ? street, fl" tako ;lnlunu‘ :Iv. h..n: comiug those muwnu ‘pe-:ulI:: mgnnr;:xl k Il 3 wers, nd shorf hareh, aud perl SaArcascs wil logsh tho featnre of 500 dceaslon. . | WY subiuis b0 tho use o perkaps caustic treatment, thus aggravating your malady, when relief is guaravteed, apd a post- tive, perfect, aud permsuent curo has been effected in thousands of cuses? . Wauasu Sramion, 1), Oct. 3ith, 1876, R. V. Piguc, M. D, Buffalo, N. Y. v Dear Sir—Allow me to estend my most . sincere thavks tu you for the great bepefit my ‘wife has received from the use ol your Favorito Prescription. Bbo sulfcred alost lntolerably before using your medicioe, sod [ bad tried the skill ot scveral plysiclans, but to no purpose. Finally, I thought I would give the Favorito Preacription p trial, and she is pow sound sad . well cfully yours, i Vu'!sm . D. A BUNTER \ - a7, —Tho ftev, Hr. Cooper will prench this moralng snd evenlug In lmayuel Church, corner of [Centro sud Ontario streels. Evening subject: ™ **The Dark Mountalns, —'Thu ltev. 3. D. Church will preach thls morn- tog end eveniug ut 5. Jolin's Cburch, Kllls svenus, near Thirty-seventh street. UNITARIAN, The Rev, Brooko Hervford will preach thie wmorn- ing In the Church of the Messiali, curuer of Michi- ga aveuuo snd Twenty-third siroot. —Tle Hev, F. B, Forbusb will presch at tbe Tobird Courch, Monros and Lafin stsects, this muruing. Subject: ** The Sower," ~Thv ltev. J. ‘F', Sunderiand whl ilnuh i tho urch, Pratrlo svenue. near Thlrtieth atree! . 3 10 the Old School- Hoose st Englow: 30 p. in., and st No, 002 Coltage Grove ave- o Mk —The llev. Bobert Collyer presches this mornlug 293 ovenlug 1a Unisy Chisch — Moralag subjests