Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 1, 1877, Page 9

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY. JULY 1, 1877— IXTEEN PAGES 9 RELIGIOUS. The Camp-Meeting Season at Lake Bluff Next . Month. What Has Been Done by Churches and Others to Beautify the Place. ~ One Week to Be Devoted to the Sessions of the Temper- ance Association. A New Plan for Conducting the Finances of Religious Edifices, Celebratiof of the Five Hundredth An- niversary of {ke Papal Bull - égainst Wyeliffe. ~ Sensational Religious Advertising in England---The Halle~ lujah Bank. % General Church News from at Home f and Abroad—Pious Jokes. . LAKE BLUFF. 4 TOE JULY MEETINGS. %0n ihe 10th of this month the camp-meeting scason of 1ST7 will be formally inaugurated at the Lake Binfl camp-grounds, some thirty miles north of Ciiicazo, ¥o iess tuan three ineetings - bave been arranced, and thev will follow on continuously for a month. First on the ) the Temperance camp-mecting, under the ing: mediate superintendence oi Dr. H. A. Reynolds, the founder of thetamous *Red-Ribbon * move- medt, which has spread so largely throughout the Northwest. This lasts from the 10:h to the 5th,"and on the T7th the Sunday-SchoolAsser- ; biy will begin its sessivns, which will be con- ducted bythe Rev. J. H. Vineent, D. D., xnd will continue until July 27. On Au. 1, the regular camp-meeting will commence under charge vf Présiding Elder Jutkins, A sub-pastor’s con- ventiou will be held at the same time, aud the meetings will cdose Aug. 10. The Lake Biuff Camp-Meeting Association of the M. E. Church was formed in 1574 by & number of promineat Methodist clergymen and Iaymen, who bad ‘become fmpressed with the belief that the Northwest siood in meed of o summer resort similar in character to Martha's \ Vineyard and Ocean Grove. Accordingly. meet~ ings were held, & committee on location ap- pointed, aud articles of associstiou drawneup. It was wisely defermined that the fnstitu- L tion should be in no -sénse = sectarian v one, sud this determination® has - been reafirmed « by the marazement more than:once or twice. The government of the Association was vested in 2 Board of Manauers, aotto be less than nind nor more than twenty-onc in number, and from these the executive oifiecrs were chosen. It was stated at the outset rhat tuere was no intention to allow u tieplan todezenerate juto a mere mones- B making suhéme, and Lais declaration has been, and doubtigss will be, strictly lived up to. ¢ " In purchince of the object for which they were apwointed the Committee, afterathorouch examiuation of the lake shore, sclected 3 tract 7 of 11l adfes some two miles north of Lake Forest, and haviug an eastern froutare of 1,011 Teet on Lake Micliigan, and an _equal western frontage on~the Milwaukee Division of the Chicagzo & Ncrtbwestern Railroad, thie.depth heing wbout one mile. * The land was surveyed 7 sod platted, ‘snd work bewan. Roads were laid out, bridges crected, the underbrush cear- + e, and an otlice, hotel, amd some other perma- ! nent huildings, erected. The Railroad Company were induced to lay & track from the main liue into the ieart of the grounds, the Association dofup the necessary arading and f'1ing, and the work was gotten well uuder way by the spring ot 15 Lastveara praircted campneeting was held, iv which tLousands of persons par- a tiipated, and it is anticipated that the number of visitors this year will be greatly increased. The aitn of the Association being to create “ were inade to induce the churches to take up and private _citizens to erect per- manent buildibgs for summer —occupancy. & Wuch success was met with dast year 2 this dircetion, apd & visit to the grounds last week ehowed butlding operations to be golng on ina lively monaer. O the principal thorouzh- farc, Prospect avenue, which runs east and west, and'on which the hotel sud office are situatea, « Mr. Sclomon Thatcher, of Thatcher Park, bis rother, the Rev. Watson Tnatcher, and’ Mr. Williaw Deering, of Lvanston, are_erccting 200d two-story bulléings, at 3 cot of over §1,000 each. Near-by a very larre. two-story building .15 Leing built for ihe accommodation of the familice of five prominent Methodists, Messrs: Jutkin, Scranton, Horton, Hobos, avd Bush, Wha intend o share its occupancy during the coming sumymer. "l rtuawu Of the ground is extremely favorable. It is heavily tinbered, and water is plenty. Last vear tie supplyywas drawn from several wells of moderate eEL\I. but within the past few mouths considerablc ‘work bLas been done in order to utilize a spring, the product of + whichisabout 1,00 gallons per day. An ele- ment of romance is 3dded to the grounds bya Tavine of abont thrve-yuarters of a mile in Iength, and varying fu depth fram twenty to T10iect. The biuffs on the shore which give nsme to the prounds rise abruptly to a height of 110 feet. affording 2 solendid view of Lake 3Michigan. ~ The castern twenty acres are reserved 10 perpetuity for 2 public park, and the ravine, with forty feet ou eacdi side, is also retained iu the hands of the Association, The land js held In trust by ihe Bishop, W, L. Hairis, William Deering, and Sulomon’ Thateber, Jr., and any surplus funds remaining above what' is needed for ex- penses and pecessary unproveinents, are todbe devoted strictly to church purposes. The des- iguated benidciaries are the fund for super- &nuated preachgrs of the Rock fiver, Wiscon- &in, and Towa Couferences, and the Executive Comwmittee of the Northwestern University to 2id indigent studerts preparing for the Metho- dist ministry. So farthe beavy preliminary ex- Dees hiave sbout alsorbed the receipts, but it believed that valuable aid will be rendered to these societies as the grounds grow in fayor. The wain comping-ground is situatcd about the centre of the_property, only u few minutes’ walk from tiwe railroad, which sKirtsits southern line. The Tabernacle, & large tent in Which the services are Lield, stands here, and at a uniform distance of 213 feet from itis the first line of euts, those erected Ly the different churches. ‘The foliowing, amonz others, own lots in this cirdle: -Centenars M.-E. Cturch, Trinity, State Etreet, Grace, Wgbash Avenue, Clark Street, . Western Avenue, Park Avenue, Michigan Ave- * nue, Evanston, Oak Park, Wilmette, Waukegan, Libertvville, Rogers Park, and Svcamore. Be- Lind these is a second line of tents erected by private families. S far the churches have made little prepara- tion, but a few days will suffice to put a very different appearance on the work. The piat- forms, sides, and poles of nearly all the church- 2ents are all fn place, and the mere Tigging up of the canvas will take but a few hours, Next week the outsiders will begin to fiock in, and the zround will soun_be white with thesc tem- porary habitations. Several are now in treaty for 1ots on which to erect permanent residences, and it is expected that some of the other churches will slso join in. Lots can be leased &s; lung terms at very méderate figures by those - hing to build- o The programme of the N. C. T. C. M. Assock- ation is as follows: Mrs. S. 1. 3L Henry, Rock- ‘emperance Work. Mre. L. S. Chicago, the work of the Womsn's Curistisn Temperance Union. W ednesduy, July 11.—Chiidren’s Mass Temper: ance Meeting, conducted by Mr. Albert Lave, Chi* cago. Thursday, July 12.—Prof. Georze E. Foster, Brunswick Caiversity, New Branswick, Intem- Derance versus the Elements of Nataral Life. Mra. Mary T, Latarape, Jackson, Mich., Tne Michigan Cazapare. = Friday, July 13.—0. A. Willard, Evanston, Tll., Religion the Unly True Reforuiation. = — Saturday, July 14.—Reports from Reform Clubs In Michizaa, orsenized by Dr. H. A. Reyaolds, Davgor, Tm:'e. Mgntion v Sunday, Je Gosy mperance meetin; ~_Imx eeing. Eveningsddress by Misa Francas something which sbould live, strenuous efforts” Willard, ** 4 ’L'hu.@' ‘The Master Has Come and Callcth Gen. Neal Dow, Francls Murphy, Marshall Swartswelder, of Bittsbarg, C. . Sawyors Boaf. George ‘E. Foster, New_ Brunswick, Mrs. J. M. Geddess, und Mrs. B. B. Hudson, Michigan, Mrs. 8. M. I. Heory, of Rockford, Miss Frances E. Willard, Gov. Connor, and ex-Govs. Perhain and Dugley, of Maine, and mauy other well- known champions of the cause of temperance, will participate inthe exercises. At the mecting of the Sunday-school Assem- bly, schools of every evanaclical denomination fromn every section of the West and Northwest will be reprcsented. The Assembly will be under the charge of a Commitiec of Manage. ment consisting of Mr. T. W. Harvey, Presidents John E. Miller, Secretary and Treasurer; the Rer. M. M. Parkhurst, and George P. Jones, The Department of Instruction includes Rev. J.H. Vinuu:m, Dngii of \Nemex?rk, Conductor; ¢ , editor National Sunday-Schoot Teacher, and. Rev. S. Gilbert, editor of the 44- luTm, mlsmn{tf.fl a fie corps of lecturers and instructors includes the Kev. Joseph_Cook, Buston; the Rev. C. T. Deems, editor of Sunday Aaga-iue, New York: Georze A. Peltz, editor Sunday-School Times, Philadelphis; B. F. Jacobs, editor of Jnferna- tional Sunday-School Aonthily, Chicazo; Prof. W. F. Sherwin, Musical Director; the Rev. C. R. Fowler, editor Christian Adwcate, New York; the Rev. J.. M. Buckley, D. D., Nety Yorks the Rev. Jesse Lyman Hurlbut, Puaiofield, N. J.; the Rev. J. Ostrander, Oriental Lecturer; Frank Beard, Blackboard Artist, New York: the Rev. W. ¥. Cralts, Chicaro; the Rev. C. N. Sims, . D. Brookiyns the fov. . Hemer: way, D., Prolessor in Guarrett Biblical _ Institute; B G. Gillette, LL.D., Jacksouville, IlL; the Re J Williaingon, M. D., Chicago; the Rev. S. A, W. Jewett, D. D., Freeport, 11l.; Edward Fggles- D. D., Brooklyu. Y.; Bishop Merri iH, aer, the Rev. Dr.’ Gibson, the Reve N D.D.. Chitago; the Kev. H. W. Thomas, D.D., Aurora: Mrs. Emily Huuting- tou Milier, Mrs. W, F. Craits. Mrs. R. F. Queal, Mrs. Jennie F. Willing, und others whose names caunot now be definitely promised. The course of instru.tivn will consist of the first thirteen lessous of the Chautauqua serics, and a old medal to be known as the * Thatcher prize " has been offered by Mr. Solomon Thatch- er, 10 be awarded to the person who ehall pass the best examination on the lessous of the course. During the Sunday-School Assembly, an admission Ice of 25 ceuts per day, or $1 for 1he seasot, Will be charged, as &t Chautauqua aud the Thousand Islands. ‘At the camp-mecting proper, commencing Wednesday, Aug. 1, there are’ expceted, in ad- dition to the leading Methodist ministers of th city, Bishops Harris and Merrill; Dr. W.G. Miller, Mihw: . M. Steele, Appleton Dr. W. H. Aduwms, Bloomington: Dr. Charles 1. Fowler, ahd many others. - A prominent feature of the meeting will be the Class-Leaders’ or Sub-Pastors’ Conveution, which will bave a session each week day of the mecting at 9 a. m., lastinz an hour, The topics to be discussed are the lollo WWednesday, Aug. 1.—Towic—1._ **The Sub-Pas- torate: It anction, Its Nature, and Dutice, ernit, Tlours ** The Snb-Pastorate: Its 5, O. 1L Tiffany, D. D. ““The Dutics of tne Preach- Fowler, D.'D. Saturday.~Topic—. ** Qualifications of Sub- Fastore. and Coarse of Study for Them. o} “The Class-Meeting: Its T".esday. ~Topie—6. ** Methode of Successfal Class-Leaders. ™ F. D. Hemmenway, D, D. TWednesday. —Topic—7. **The Leaders' Meet- ing," W. G. Miller. D. D. . Thursday. —Topic—§. ** Can the Sunday-School Supply the Place of the Clase-Meeting?™ In order to accommodate visitors two trains B day will arrive at aud depart from the Lake 1uff depot, and five resular trains cach way per dav will stop at thie piatform o the main line, just outside the rounds, and three-fourths of a mile from the Tabernacle. Passengers will also be carried at reduced rates over all the divisions of the Northwestern Kailroad. and other lead- ing lines ceutering in the ct; have dedared their intention of iSsuing excursion tickets from different points at one and_one-fifth fare for the round trip. The Lotel, which is of ereat size, snd contafos a_dining-room capable of seating 300 persous, will furnish meals at $1_per day, and lodging at 30 cents per night, and will also £ 4 redtamant oe Tunchi-room on tue Enropean plao. CHURCHI FINANCES. HOW TO MANAGE THEM. To the Editor of The Tribune. CricAGo, June 20.—From the recently pub- lished statement of the immense indebteduess of various- churches, it will be seen that the system of pew-renting asat present arrangel fails to place the finances of our churches ona satisfactory basis. Thercfore I would suggest that the system be somewhat modified. That is, to so equalize the expenses of Divine wor- ship that all who share in its blessings shall pay in full, but no more than in full. That when a resular worshiper, either from necessity or choice, shall absent himsel{ from God’s house, e shall not be called uponto pay during such absence. ‘This will encourage pew-renting and increase the number of renters. Then take measures to fusure the collection of equal amounts from all outsiders who may scek the ‘beaefits of worship in our churches. To this end let the number of persovs in the family of each renter be kuown, and then let the amount of vhe rental for each person be estimated per Sundsy or per service. Then .when one or more of the family are absent, that amousnt sball be ceducted from the yearly rental. For why should 2 father pay for his whole fanily when they are not all present any more than when they visit Barnum's? Then when non-renters come in it will be kuown from the before-meutioned estimate what the value of each seat is per service, and the same ean be made known to such outsider, and while, of course. as at present, the worship is theoreti- cally free to all, and all are invited to come that Gotf‘s house may be filled, vet this little notice will give all_snch, whethier nou-reuting mem- bers of the church, or auy who like Bunyan’s Pilgrim would fiee from the City of Destruc- tion, that churck matters are fo be conducted oo business principles: not.as quacks advertise, 'No cure, no pay,” but Fay ps You g0,” an they can govern themselves accOrdingly. Ministers must be paid, far they are as studi- ous and.Jaborious, and strive to be as cutertain- ing, in 8 degree, as actors. In fuet, it is re- quired of ministers that they by their talent and tact, or other attractiveness, shall il the pews with paying occupants. This compels an improvement in preaching, by chanizing it more into the character of an cntertainment. Aud surely, as **ambassadors for Christ,” their mes- sage 18 of more Intercst than anything from Shakspeare. It may be urged tuat these suegestions make no provision for mon-paying worshipers. Well, it makes just as much provision for such’as under the present crude and unequal arrange- ment. And then for such there are mission chusches, aud Gospel teats, and Young Men's Christian Associations, to which they can re- sort. It not for non-renters, who are they fort Perhaps, however, before procceding further fn this direction, it may be well for the churches to concert measures for abolishing pew-renting altogerher. Possibly it mav be more pleasing $o0 God and improve_ the spiritual condition of our churches, and add to the power and useful- ness of the ministry, and_place church finances ou's better basis, to bavs free houses of \;?rillup. JOHN WYCLIFFE. FIVE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF TOE PA- PAL BULL AGAINST IIN. ~On Sunday, June 10, the 500th anniversary of the Pope’s condemnation of John Wycliffe, the first English translator of the Bible, was ob- served in hearly all the Anglican churches in London, England, and on the following evening 2 grand commemoration méeting was beld in Exeter Hall. Tue Earl of Shaftesbury was ex- pected to have presided, but illness pre- vented. The chair was sccordinely . taken by the Rt-Rey. Bishop Plunket. After praser and the readingof the 113th Psaim, ihe Chair said that the object of the meet- ing was.of s two-fold character,—frst, to do homage to the memory of John Wycliffe; and, secondlv, to make nsc of such commemoration for the purpose of bringing together in holy bonds of brotberly friendship Christians of dif- ferent denominations. If ever there was an oc- cacion for the meeting together for the purpose of exchanging Christian thoughts it was whea they met to honor the memory of ope who raised himself like some great lighthouse high sbove the eoufilcting waves of their ‘modern con- troversies. As Protestants they could all join togetherin paying tribute to that high sad no- Dble-minded man, John Wycliffe. England owed ber Christianity to Irish missions. For 700 years the Irish Church was independent of the See of Kome, and even in that Very centiry when Wyliffe stood forth in tue canse of independ: ente the Irish mative chiefs were remanstrat: ing agatost Papal usurpation. He I:)ellznd‘trlll:h in the future ¢f the Church of Christ the Chareh would play an important part, aud that ot the least.in the question of Christian unity. Tt was imuossibls to lmu:-hlfi al fl.\dr various \ /_—-.»‘_WH Christian cammunfons could be welded toget er in one homogeneous whole, butif this be pos- sible they should try and secure for some Chrls- tians that which they must describe 45 chain, consisting of separate and upited links. LI that were 80, it was important that not one of the links should be missing. He believed that the Church of Ircland must be in the future . such a link. It Dhad passed through a very fiery ordeal, which, he trusted, bad not tarnished itsfair fame, While on the one band, it had preserved its Episcopal character, on the other It had borne witness still of that evangelical truth which it had slways upheld; therefore it would have 8 hand to kold out to non-Episcopal bodies. It they had to protest against error let it be acainst principles, not against men, even foprotestinzaainst men. He asked them to bear in mind that toleration should be a necessity of Protestantism, for who should be so tolerant of the opinions of others a5 those who bad inscribed upon their bapners the right of private judgment for themselves? They Were brought together to do homaze to the memory of 8 great man—of & map who was a Reformer before the Reformers, o Protestant before the Protestants, an Old Catholic before the Old Catholics, 3 translator before those to whom thattitie was nsually given, a writeranda collector of tracts before the Tract Society had a ““Jocal habitation and o name.”” Wycliffe was aman of great futeliectunl power, of statesmar- like wisdomn, of great and varied learning, of dauntless courage, of true plety, and, above all, a self-sacrificing, earnest follower of the Great Master. ‘They had not come there in any party spirit or thatof hero worship, but because thev believed In trying to advance the cause of uaity they were earryiog out that obfect which must be dearest o the blessed Savior's heart. Let them go forward In such a spirit, and he wwas sure that God would give them abundsat blessing At the close of the Bishon’s address, the Rev. Dr. Cather made a statement explanatory of the share taicen by thc socicty be represented in the promotiou of the commemoration. He cited an opinion be had beard Mr. John Bright express, tbat Wycliffe was the greatest map Eneland ever oroduced. Dr. Cather concluded his Ienxthy statement by telling how the Pope, on the 11¢h of June, 1377, enrazed at Wyclifle’s es- cape, on the 19th of February next before, from he clutches of the first London Episcopal Con- e befure which Le was cited, fulminated tive bulls of condemnation against, the Reformer, addressed respectively to the King, the Parlia: meut, the Primate, te Bistop of London, aud the University of Oxford. Bat Wyclife, be added, outlised the storm seven vears, and died peaceably n Christ at Lutterworth. Canon Farrar then moved the following reso- Jution: That this meeting derires most devoutly to re- cord, on this, the 500th anniversary of Joha Wy- cliffe’s conilemnation by the Pope in five bulls, ad. cressed to the Kine, Parliament, University, Pri- wate, and the Bishop of London, on the 11th of June, 1377, its exalting thanksgiviog to Almighty God for the heroic, sublime, and unparalieled ls- bors of this one furemast scholar. patriot, divine, statesman, and philaathropist, which he continued for thirty years, almost single-handed, sgainst ull odds, till his peacefol death at his rectory in_Lat- terworth, in 1381, have resuited, under tiie Divine blessing, in (1) the establishment of vur national - | dependence: (2) the Teatoration of our Primifive Faith: () the_transiation of our Englieh Bibies (4) the formation of our liberties: (3) the forn tion of our fanguaze; (6) the creation of our lit: erature and science: (71 and the consequent and cver-increasing greatness of the Driush Empire and of the Enalish people, and cails upon the na- tion toglorify God in fs honared servaut. Canon Farrar said they owed a decp debt of gratitude to Wycliffe for three immense services which be had rendered to the Christian Church, First, for his repudiation of tne doctrine of Transubstantistion at & time whea it was gen- erally held in its grossest and crudest form, wheu the Host was carried about the streets in pompous processionandabjectly worshiped, when if a crumb of the sacred wafer fell tothe ground, or a drop of sacred wine was spilled, 85 once bappencd when Pope Euzenius was carrying the chalice, & ery of horror was raised throuzhout Curistendom ss though the worst kind of blood- shed had been perpetrated, aure to bring down the vengeance of fleaven. Again, the great Reformer had earned their gratitude for having laidthe ax to the root of sacerdotalism—that dogma of u mediating human priestlicod which was the basis of Roman tyranny. To show to what blasphemous leuzths the sacerdotal spirit ight g0, i gpoke of e Queen of Spain’s con- or, who aske st the man who caniied his God in bis bands, and at whose feet his Queen crouched like o hound every day. ‘The keystone of vital Chris- tianity was the responsibility of the individual soul to God, and every clerzry was doomed to. miore or less speedy extinction which pretended 1o be anything more than theflower of Christian living in ' Christian land. The last service ren- dered by Wydliffe to Christendom was _his earn- est testimouy against_ Auricular Confession, oo the ground of his areat doctrine that the Gospel itself was a enflident guide to_every Christian soul. He set his facc like a flint agalnst the spirit of those who would dabble and traflic in the seerets of _that wondrous microcosin, the human beart, which ought to be knows to the individual Leart only and to its God. Wyliffe, morcover, in preaching these great reforms was the first to think of appealing to the Jaity, to the Christian people ~them- vs. Just us when in thc fourth cen- tury court and clergy Arianized Athanasius, with the people’s Lelp, won the baitle of the faith; just as when Luther, throwing himself on the people, beat a bigoled Emperor and an infidel Pope; so Wrdlifle made the laity bis propagauda, and by mieans of bis Lollards and % poor preachers " supported the power of the Soinour own days, with truth and frecdom and an open press on the Protestant side, the sacerdotal spirit would be as power- less to prevent their trinmph as a clond of sum- mer insects would be to stop with their flicker- ing wings the wholesome breathing of the wind. The Rev. Dr. Angus seconded the resolution in o speech which was repeatcaly and loudiy cheered, ‘The Rev. Artbur Mursell then moved— That this meeting welcomes and app.oves the enggestion that the best pussible commemoration of John Wychile would be the 2dopti effectual means 1o compiete hiv & arousing the masses of our countrymen to th Tight appreciation and due use of - their biessed birthrivhit, a free Gospel, an_open Isible, and the right (o form and express their national and Chris- tian convictions, apd heartily recommends that for this purpave, 28 the first step, pablic mectingy, with preparatory sermons i all Protestant churches, be held in the Zreat centres throughont the Kinglom. Tn speaking to it, he reminded the sudience, amid loud cheering, that the day of their meet- ing was not only the 500th anniversary of Wy- cliffe's_condemnation, but the seventh of the loss of his temporal power by Pins IX. Dr. Cather seconded this resolution, which was Eupported by the.Rev. Newman Hall, and carried, and the proceedings terminated. RELIGIOUS APPEALS. THE SENSATIONAL KIND IN SOBER ENGLAND. London Truth of June 7 publishes the fol- jowing communication, showing the way the Gospel is spread and sinners reclaimed in some of the country towns fa England: 1wae a few weeks ago in the good town of Lei- cester. The annual fair was being held. Having some spare time on hand, I strofled amony the booths. A bill-poster attracted my uttention, coy- ering every avaifable wpace, and a **100 per cent,™ 1o large characters, induced me 1o read the bill. Tt was as_follows, in the conventional larze, small, and oroamental tyes: *UHALLELCIAK BANKING CONPANT, 100 ver cent. Mark x. 29. 30. The Christmas Mission ranch Bank. General Manager, William Booth [address]. Nest Sunday, May 13, 1877, G. S. Railton, the London Secretary, and others, will give instruce tions 08 to deposits, security, intercst. &e., in the Salvation Warchouse, at11a. m.." &c. Tiie orizinality of the ides stod by this poster induccd me to make inquirics of the bill- poster, which resulted in my obtsining from bim 1wo other posters, which | venture to copy here: * Cugar Triet The Christmas Mission Hallelujah Railway Tsone of ‘the shoricat. quickest, and best routes rom the Deepest depths of Crime to th ; e ‘Highest heights of Glory. New Booking Office in the Salvation Warehoase, Foundry lane, Relgrave Gate. Leicester. On Sugday, April &, 1877, Speciol Train: Start at 118, m. and 6:30 G. Benfeld, The converte® engine-driver 'from the Midland ailway, with,” &c., &c. \* The Hallelujati Railway guards will jnstroct paszengera the way to obtain throngh tickets with- out money and without price. Reader. this may be your Jast train; book through 204 book Tow. General Manager, Rev. V. B The Wind Placard *is ay follows: p. m. oot i Salvation Warehouse (eame address], on Sunday, February 18. 1877, The Christian Mission. under the super- intendence of the Rev. W. Booth, beg 1o announce thatthe _abore place willbe opened (D. Vo) for God and Souls. ABand of Bold, Brave Dare-Desils will mect on ——, a1 —, form' 8 procession, and convere s ‘Public Love Feast < In the Warehouse at 8:30. - ¢, 7. Sharman and 8 number of Lelcester friends, ‘With the converted blasphemers, Jiars, thieves. in- Sdels, clowns, sweeps, fddlers. shoemakers, cheap- Jacks'and men and women of all sorts that Nas been anatched ss brands from the burning, will testify for Jesus. 'W. Booth, the great theatre er and founder he misuic ‘will preach, " O Fhese. posiors, crborge from & so-called Even- gelical Hmflll of self-constituted teachers of the llfl'la{‘lpeed to heaven. fad thele enersies to pre- i ple for sending souls Ritee miisionaries direct ed th courlter how Le dared re- vent a most powerful opposition, probably me aiteactive, in the performance of sirolling actors. ORGANIC UNION. REMOVE THE STCMBLING BLOCES. ‘The Rev. Howard Crosby, D.D., in a recent article fn the Church Udon, makes an eloquent plea for the union of all Prolestant denomina- tions. He eays: ‘That which scems to us so plainly inculeated in Scripture—that the Church of (30d should not be divided into independent ecelesiastical states, Is tausht a posteriorl by the melancholy results of such divisions in point of fact. Jeal- ousics, rivalries, antagonisms, mutdal weaken- ing,—these are some 0f the common phases of Christian denominations before the world. Good men try to reduce all this to a mintmum, but still the froitful cause exists. Unidu mectings are spasmodic efforts after a better order of things, but they are v difficult to sustain. Unian societies for Christian work are very apt to gie out in favor of the denominational socie- ties. The Bible Society and the Young Men's Christion Assoclation are almost all thut are Ieft to us of united Christian_cotérprise. All through our country the sud and shameful sizht is witnessed of two or three different Christiun orzanizations in one village, each looking on the other as strange or foreign, and ail being united only Inone_thing,—in weakening Christian ia- Hlucnce, whether personal or pecuniary, in the place and community. i In the New Testament day, the| Church was one in its oranie structure, and yet the struct- ure itself was loose and casy, if, we may use such terms. There was no supersbundance of ecclesiasticity. The Apostles went/about from Tocal church to focal charch, Keepiug them in harmony and affectionate correspondence with cach otbier, and that_by attention to their spir- itual growth rather thau by un ceclesiastical ina- chinery, and by the repcated incujeation of the centra) Goctrines of the cross rather than by the magnifieation of minor truths. = | Chrristlan orzanie union must come about by 80 broadening the subscription!necessary to church membership aud_chureh winistry as to &llow all the formsand views new held by evan- gelical Christians to be includéd in the one Church, _ ‘The _ Episcopal, . Congregational, Presbyterian, Reformed, = Methodist, -an Baptist bodics could all be one. allowing indi- vidual wen, ministers, and churclics to_cherish any of the views and wavs they now hold under. a pure evangelical character. “The ouly obstacle to sucha union would be the_externalism of Baptist close commmunion and Episcopal apos- tolic succession. For our part, we believe that all Coristians should hasten to take the stum- bling-Blacks out of the way, magnifyiug the es- sentials of the cross,and toldix the differen- tials as personal views consistent with perfect Curistian organic union. _This thing is largely done already within the pale of spectil denowi- nations. Among us Presbyterians there are various shadcs of opinion on imputation, elec- tfon, cte., but we find Do necessity in_these dgiffcrences for divisions into separate bodics. On the contrary, we who have becn separate are determined to come together iu one body, and Dave bogun the good work in the Unitea States and in Capada, PERSONAL. The following items concerning the summer vacation of the city pustors were compiled by the Alliance: The Rev. Mr. Whecler goes to Colorado for & summering tour. ‘The Rev. Sumner Ellis will spend his vacation at the seashore in Massachusetts. The Rev. E. N. Packard, of Evanston, gocs i Brunswick, Me., to spend his vacation. The Rev. J. H. Knowles, Canon of the Cathe- dral, has goue to New York for two months. ‘The Rev. Mr. Leavitt, of the Lincoln Park Chure, expects to spend bis vacation on Mount Deseret Island, Me. The Rev. G. H. Peeke, pastor of the Leavitt Strect Congrezational Church, will spend his vacation at Jersey City and Saratoga Springs. Prof. Egar, of Nashotak College, a preacher of well-known ability, will fill the pulpit of Trinity AL E. Church during the vdcation of the pastor. The Rev. Christopher Perren, formerly of St. Catherines, Cauada, was formalily installed as ustor of the Western Avenus Baptist Church, wesday evening. Thie Rev. Arthur Brooks, Rector of the Church of the Incarpation, New York City, formerly Rector of the St. James Church of this city, is 3 guest of the Hou. ML D, Ogden. The Rev. Brooke Herford, pastor of the Chureh of the Messiab, Ioaves the ity early noxt week for New Mexico, whers he will spend his summer vacation with'Lis two sons, who havea small sheep-ranch there. Dr. Sullisan, of Trinity Charch, will leave the city for bis vacation July 6. e will visit Can- ada, the White Mountaius, the country-seat of Mr.'J. W. Doane, in Counécticut, and probably the Lower St. Lawrence in the nelghborhood of the far-famed Saguenay. - - The Rev. J. O. Peck, of Baltimore, will take This vacation about the 1st of Julg, and will visit Chieago and Evanston snd then' return to the Fast. Ho will probably visit_Europe during 1878 if the Turko-Russfan war removes all the blockades from Palestine. The Rev. Ruln Thomas, of Brookline, Mass. is expected to occupy the pulpit oft the Third Tresbyterian Church the third and fourth Sab- batls of July. He is said to be an unusually st- tructive preacher, and timorous _individuals e eatertaln 2o fears {rom the slguificance of is name. The Rev. J. E. Roy, Coneregntional Home Missionury, Who has been absent for the past year, owing to the terrible accident. which he et while traveling, returned on (Vednesday, and has resumed his dutles. His return will be heartily welcomed by his many friends through- out the entire Northwest, and the Congreg: tional cause which has fele his shsence will vn- doubtedly show the effect of his return to vigorous work. GENERAL NEWS. The Protestant Episcopal Bishop of {ndiana has eiven up half of his salary for the coming ear In consequence of the financial embarrass- ments. In the Congregational Club in Worcester, Mass., Unitarian and Uoiversallst ministers joln in the discussions with their orthodox brethren; and nobody has been hurt—yet. An Old Catholic priest was married May 27 in the Old Catholic Church at Breslau. The offi- clating pricst dwelt in his sermon on the im~ horl.;n-nce of this step for the Old Cathoiic move~ men The Rev. Mr. Comneille, formerly Rector of All Suints’ (P. E.) Chureh, New York, bas joined ihe Cattglic Church, and last Sunday was con- firmed, along with 633 others, by Cardinal Mc- Closkey. They tell a story of an Advent preacher named Hari, in Missourf, who shaved his head 80 as tolook like Elfjah. No one lnows what he looks Jike now. for his: congregation expellea him, and he has departed for other regions. The Society of Fricnds fo England have had a net. increase during the sexr of 13 members, and claim that the suatistics of their body of Izte years show that It has_fully overcome the tendency toward a uecline it solong manifested, ana is now increasing. The Rer. Flavius Josephus Cool, popularly Jmown as plain * Joseph Cook, the Boston Mon- day Lecturer,” being tired of Boston Unita- rianizm, has espoused the most popular form of Dualtsm, snd was to have boen married yester- day 10 a Iady of Fair Haven, Conn. A programme is being circulated in Ttalv for the organization of & new crusade for the deliv- erance of the Pope and to war n‘pon secret sock- etics. Itfs called the Militia of Jesus Christ, und proposes, since arms are not Poflslblfl at this moment for the revindication of the rights of the Boly See. to fight “ by prayer, by word, and by waiting,” for the accomplishment of its pur- poses. Canon Wilberforce spoke his mind st s temperance meating ta London the other day. He said, concerning the regulation of the liquor trafic: ' * People talk about regulating it; they micht as well talk about regulating a tooth- ache, instead of haviug the tooth out.” But the Canon forgets that the liquor traffic has taken o deeper bold of soclety than any big back molars can take of aching jaws. ‘At the Trinity ordinations (Roman Catholic) recently held in Rome the following students of the American_College were promoted to the riesthood: Diocese of Brooklyn, the Rev. ugene Donnelly; Diocese of New York, the Rev. Francis H. Wall, the Rev. Edward J. Con- roy, the Rey. Charles F. Peyton; Diocese of Philadelphia, the Rev. Joseph F. O'Keefe; Diotess of Richmond, the Rev: Deais J. 0'Cont nell. “The Baptist Standard is glad to see attention directed to “ the mischiefs llkel{lm grow out of 20 unlimited development of Moodyism.” It alludes to wllil;'.l it l:!ln ‘; the lclfi;ud ’Dmmpouln o’: that evan, worl jarge citles, frol ton to Chicago, shall bem-gnued and guided by Mr. Moody and his associates, and says that men like Drs, Porter and Bacon, in New Haven, have shown the “shallowness and unscriptural- ess* of Mr. Moody's The Standard PN further remarks that it s time the idea s rid of *“ that the world is to be converted el?; tabernacles and revival machinery, and puffing and advertising.” It mndndesr{u sugeesting that when the zentlemen named arc through Tt Mr. Moady, they take Mr. Joseph Cook fu A Sacramento man, who 1s an anbellever tn Spiritualistod ana set associated with a large cir- cle of Spiritualists, played n pleasant prank on them. He absented himself, and caused notice to be eiven that he wos dead.’ Then the ' Splrit- ualists read in their meetings every week for a nionth or £wo communications frorh this depart- ed brother; but one evening, much to their dis- gust, be walked inand took a seat while they werc holding a seance. The Rev. Johu Flanegan, a deacon’ of the Protestant Episcopal Chrch in the Diocese of Indiana, having left the ministry ot that Churcb, has been formally deposed by the Bishop. The Rev. E. H. Harlin having also left the ministr. of that Church. in the Diocese of lowa. an jofned the “ Irvingites,” has also been duposed by the Bishop of that Diocese. The Rev. Alon- 20 M. May, baving secularized himself, has also been deposed by Bishop Perry. Mr. Harlin had* not been actively engaged in the ministry sloce i1 The decline and decay of Universalism has at 1ast been observed by its own doctors, Who pre- scribe a remedy by creating a ¢ Bishop "—some man dothed with the convention’s suthority in every Statc who shall see that tie pulpits of the denomination are supplied with As it is now when one man goes away the peo- Dle wait_paticatly till another geis along, but they make o effort to find bim, aud il his moiug is delayed they disband or drop off to otmer pastures and folds. But multiply the Bishops and the work is done. The Rev. B. F. Fleetwood, who for almost five years has filled the Rectorate of St. Panl's Chureh, Marquette, has accepted the call re- atly ‘tendered to him by the parishioners of St. Marks of this city, aud will' assame the po- sitlon as Reetor to-day. _Several years 220 he officiated as assistant tothe Rev. "Dr. Rylance, thea Rector of St. James Church on the North Side. Iifs many friends wili woicome him to the extended tield of Jabor which be will find fn admimistering to the spiritual wants of St. Marl’s, which is one of the most important in the diocese. The lute change in the French Ministry sets the Reformed Church of France all adrift agaln. Previous to the change, the Liberals were negotiating with the Minister of Public Worship for the divisien of the Consistory of Paris, but the Orthodox party opposed it stren- wously, showing the Minisier that the proposi- tion liad been rejected ten years azo, anc bad also been yoted down bv ‘the Synod in 1872 With a pérmanent Ministry it might be possibic to convene the Svnod again, but, until Govern- mental affairs are i a sctuled condition, the traubles of the Chiurch cannot be remtoved. ‘The Union_ City (Ind.) Fagle sharply prods a ‘preacher of thut burg in this way: : 1t was & most egregious perversion of Scriptare history in the Rew. J. W. Lowee last Sundav to take ane of Solomon's most llbidinous ditties, com- posed daring his_apostucy from GGod, 2nd whiiie he was rloting in volupruous livinz, waolly iven up to wine gud women, and ¥ubntitute che pure and holy Jesus for one of his 700 prostitutes. The text, *-1am the rose of Sharon and the ity of sne valle’ , as the apple tree among the thorns so is my beioved among the dauzhters,” has no more reference o Jesus Christ than has the superior liceutious rantings of Byron in his Don Juun, s the contexcelearly domonstrutes. The custom of pros- tituting the plain meaning of Scriptuce to the pur- Jioses of convenient sermonizing is & most deplor- able error among & majority of minlsters. who cos sult rather the views of commentators und fanci- ful poctic authors than the plaln unciouded words of Scriptures, The United Presbyterian Assembly of Scot- land necatived the propusals to modify the Westminster Confession of Faith. lu tbe Church Assembly very decided action was taken in the case of Prof. Smith, of the Free Church College of Aberdeen. The case i3 this: Prof. Smith, who is & member of the English Bible Revision Committee, has written for the new edition of the *Entyclopedia Britaonica’ an article on the Bible, {n which be is alieged to have given expression to very loose views of the Inspiration of the historical books. The matter us referred to the Presbytery of Abordeen, but 07 action was taken. Dr. Wilson offered in the Assembly 2 resolution declaring that the article In question “contains statenients of a dangerous tendency,” and suspending Prof. Smith as a teacher of theology uatil the case is investigated. Al efforts to_modify the resolu- tion failed, and, after & spirited debate, it was carried by a vote of 491 to 113. The_ corner-stone_of the Stewart Memorial Church, st Garden City, Long Istand, which will be wsed when completed as the cathedral for the Diocese of Long Islaud, was laid on Thursday last. Thecburch in its general features is in following with the-decoratéd Gothic, though so many departures have been made’ from’ the canuns of Gothic art, 80 many modernisms and personal peculiarities of the designers haye been introduced, that the structure will nearly be Gothic only in_that general way. ‘The plan is cruciforns, with @ slugle tower and spire over the front entrance.” The extreme length of the building will be but 150 feet and the width across transepts ‘aud tranopt porches nincty- six fect. The spire will be 197 fect high, the mpave roof seventi-onc, and the apex of the nove ceiling fiftv-three feet. The nave is twenty-four fect wide aud the aisles twelve feet each. The transepts will project but twelve feet from the face of the aisle wall and {n width will be forty-cight feet.” The chan- Cel is twenty-four feet wide by twenty feet decp and has nine faces. At the rear angles of the nave and transepts octazonal rooms will be pro- vided, about sixteen feet in diameter, for organ and robing rooms. The spire, with crocketed ribs and serics of gable windows, will rest in an iron shoc-plate at this point and rise 129 feet higher, fnishing with fleuron and vane. In the belfry it is intended to pluce the set of thirtecn bells, weighing 1 all about 20,000 pounds, which occupied & position at the top uf Machinery Hall at the Philadelphin Exposition lust year. PIOUS JOKES.' A Connecticut preachier says that & 200d con- gregation will praise the music, the choir, the ventilation, and the_civilitics of the usher, but a5 to the scrmon, *Well, t duano.” On Sunday, av baptism iu a Baptist church ot far from Boston, when a somewhat agitated candidate was struggling in the tank, a small boy in the gallery began humming * Pull for the Shore” loud emough to be heard by all present. 5 3y son,” said & mother to a little boy 4 vears oid, % whom above all others will you wish to see when You pass into the spirit world ! 4 Golish " shouted the child, with a_jogos ticipation; *unless,” he quickly added, * there's » bigger feller there.” Ministers should remember that the weather {5 grow'ng very warm, and the same congreg- tion which sits detighted through two and ofie: Talf hours of a five-nct vomedy can’t possiuly cndure more than twenty-five minuics of sers mon and a three-minute praygr. Thereis alimit even to human endurance. A country debating club s on the eve of bmktuptu‘)l':ymd The only cause give is that ths members couldn't decide the momentous ques- tion: \Will, or will not. a cowmon signer who Tiberally - patropizes strawoerry and itc-cream festivals, for the beuefit of the church, be tarown ont by the Returning Board above, or will be be counted in?” The only equlvalent in the Japanese language for the English word baptism or immerston is . A luiicrous illuscration of its appli- cation 1s the following from the Baptist traus- lation of the Bible into the Japanese, which that a0d orthiodox, the Alliance. 5358 greatly aston- shed the Japs: “In those days came John, Lie soaker, preachinz the soaking of repentence. Repent and oe soaked, every one of you.” A Scoteh minlster was oace busy catechising Jiis yount parishioucrs before the congregation, when hie put the ususl first question to 8 stout girl whose father ket a pablic house: ¢ What §5 your name?” No reply. The qucstion bav- ink been repeated, the girl replicd: * Nune o’ ver fan, Mr. Mimster; ve ken my name weel eneuch. D'ye o say When ye come to our house on & night, ¢ Bet, bring e some ale? young man whose habits had a degree of veiso&ly 15 them, which was.ominous, but who was averse to Jabor_of any kind, conceived a strug affection for the sayings of Solomon, and for & peculiar reason. _His aunt farzave bim his Jittle mishaps, while ns uncle sternly reproved him. The feminine purse strings were casily untied, while those of the masculine relutive had 2 Gordian knot. -He insisted that if e had ead the Scriptures more be would bave uad tnore money, because the Proverbs told him never togo to his uncle, while they said die- tinctly, “Go to tne ant, thou slugzaru.” 'He inaists that Solomon know a great deal of hu- men natare. g A you naker who was eagerly winning his w;y{nw: Smeuuons of a High Church Epis- copalian lady was favited .:J her to attend relig- jous service. He exhibited only & lively cari- ‘osity at first, but when the whole congrezy tion pers{sud in" repesting the wonls, *Lord be mereiful to us, miserable sinners,’” his bearing s one of surprise, probably at the frank con- fession, bat It soon_became one of indignation and denial when his ioamerats, with a loud, jed hersell among the miser- clear volce, includ: heflE'- e chi because mufi Der in exactly that hght. When usked afterward how he was pleased, his ‘reply wasvery naive: *Inever thought youwere such a dreadful creature as yon confessed your- church an o fn that dreadfal way.” s The children of & clerzymans family in Aber- deen wera making themselves happy propound- ing_conundrums. Finally one of them said, £ Who was the meekest woman?” The clergy- man seemed struck with a fresh thouwnt, and replled quickly, * We dou't. read of any.” But madam made berself even with him when she rejolned, with quite as much quickness: “ Well, we read of ovly one such man, and {rom the fuss tnat’s made about im it's plain they're scarce.” CHURCH SERVICES. BAPTIST. The Rev. Mr. Hewitt preaches at the Chapel of the Washiogtonian Home this afterncon. —The Rev. N. F. Ravlin preaches morning and evening at the Free Church. —The Rev. R. P. Allison preaches at the North Star Church morning and evening. —The Rev. D. B. Cheney, D. D., preaches ‘morning and evening at the South Church, corner of Washington and Paulina streets. —The Rev. W. J. Kermott will preach morning and evening in the Halsted Street Chnrch. —The Rev. Anstin Gibb will preach this morning in the Immanucl Charch, 990 Orchard street, near the corner of Sophia. —The Rev. Dr. C. E. Hewitt will preach morn- ingand evening in the Centeanis) Church, corner of Jackson and Lincoln street. Morniug subject, **Paul st Paphos™; evening, **Faulat Damaa- cus. —TheRev. W. W. Everts, D. D., preaches . Custis will presch in the hurch, near Twenty-third street, at11a. m. —The Rev. W. W, Everts will preach morning and eveaing ot the First Church, corner of South Park avenue and Thirty-frst sticel. At the Iatter Fervice a sermon whll be delivered, at the request of tne \Woman's Temperance Committee, on **The Sanduy Law and Closing of Saloons.” Baptism at the close, The Rev. Galusha Anderson will preach morn- inzand evening at the Second Church, corner of Morzen and Monroe streets. CHRISTIAN. A. 3. White will preach in the Central Charch, Van Baren street and Campbell avente, morning and evening. —The Rev. J. F. Toof preaches morning and evening in the First Church, Indisna avemne and Twenty-Aith strect. CONGREGATIONAL. The Rev. L. N. Vandeeveer preachies at Umon Park Church morning and evening. —The Rev. Charles Hlall Everett preaches morn- ing and evening at Plymonth Church. Eveaing subject: **Our National Anniversary, —The Rev. Z, 8. Holufook preaches at Oakiand Charch this moy Sunday-school concert in ¢ Rev. E. F. Willlams will preach at the Forts-sesenth Street Chapel this morning. —The ev. C. A. Towle prenches at Bethany Chureh, cofner of Paulin and Huton streets, morring and evening. —The Kev. G. I. Pecke preaches morntug and evenung in the Leavitt Street Church. LUTHERAN. The Rev. E. Belfour will preach at the Charch of the Holy Trinity, cornet of Desrborn avenue and Erie street, morning and evening. MBTHODIST. i The Rev. Dr. Williamson will preach at the Michigan Aveniie Chiurch momning and evening. Moraing subject: ** Patriotic, (n View of What Century Hax Wrought. "Eveniug subject: **Tho Wife,’ —The rev. W. F. Crofis prescnes at Trinity Chureh this morning, Indisns avenue, near Twen- ty-fousth street. —Tie Rev. S. McChesney will presch at the Park Avenue Charch morning and evening. —The Rev. A. W. Pattef preaches morning and eveniug at the Wabash Avenne Church, —There will be preaching at the State Street Church, comer of Forty-seveath street, morning and evening. —The Kev. W. C. Willing, D. D., preaches at Langley Avenae Church at 10:30 +.’ m. and 7:30 o m. —The Rev. John Atkineon preaches morning and E{wlng st Grace Church, North LaSalle and White streets. —The Rev. George Chase will preach morning and evening in the Winter Street Church, corner of Forth-fifth street. —The Rev. E. M. Boring presches morning and evenice in Dixon Street Church. Morning subject: **Tb={ wcond Advent of Christ." —Ths . M. Aver will preach in Flood's de Park, at1la. m. snd 7:45p. m. R.'D. Sheppani will preach at the nuc Charch, corner of Monroe street. Daptlsm “in the eveningz. Evening subject: ““Ahoughts for Independence. " EPISCOPAL. ing. The Rev. W. ‘F. Morrison will officiate at the Chureh of the Holy Communion, Dearborn street, near Thirtieth street, morning and evening. —There will be the neusl morning and evening services at the Cathedral of §3, Peter and Paul, corner of West Wushington and Peoria streets. Bishop McLaren will oficiate, —The Rev. Samuel 8. Harris will offieiate morn- ing and evening at St. James' Chaurch, corner of Caasand Huron streets. Holy communion at12 o _The Rey. E. Sullivan will officiate niorning and evening at Trinity Church. comer of Tweuty-sixta street nd Michican svenue. Holy commauion at :30 0. m. The Rev. Francis Mansfleld wil! officiate morn- fng and evening at the Chazch of the Atonement, corner of Washington and Robey strects. —The Rev. J. Bredberg will officfate, morning and cvening, at St. Ansgarius’ Church, in Seugwick street, near C) icn%o avenue. _-The Rt. -Rev. Samuel A, McCoskey, Bishop of Sichigan, will preach in ihe morning at Grace Church, in Wabash avenue. near Sixjeenth atreet. Holy Communion at 12 m. “Tbe Rev. W. H. Hopkins will officiate, morn- ingond evening, 8t St. John's Church, Ashland avenue, near Madison strect. ~_Th¢ Rev. B. F. Flectwood will officlate morn- Tne and evening at’St. Mark's Church, corner of Cottage Grove avenue and Tweaty-sixth strect. ZThe Rev. G. ¥. Cushmsn will officiate morn- ingand evening at St. Stephen’s Charch, on John. B0 street, between Taytor and Twellth. “The Rev Luther Pardee will officiate morning 47and evening at Calvary Church, on Warren avenue, betweon Dakley wireet and Weutern avenae. Holy Communion at 11:30 . w. iTbere wili be services moming and evening at the Chrch of the Holy Commenion, on Dearborn stfeet. near Thirticth. ZThic Rev. Arthar Ritchie will officiate morning fand evening at the Church of the Ascension, cor- mer of Lasslle and Zimsireets, - boly Commiumon at8a. m. L+ —The Rev. Chatles . Lestec will officiate morn- inz and evening at St Paul's Church, Hyde Parc avonue, between Forty-eighth and Forty-ninth Etreets. "The Rev. T. N. Morrison, Jr., will officiate morning and_evening at the Church of the Epipnany, on Throop street, between Mouroe and Adains streets. ZTbe fev. . J. Petrie will oficiate morning and eveaing at the Church of Our Savior, corner of Lingoin und Lielden avenues. ho Tiev llenty G. Peery will officlate morning :ins st All saints’ Charch, corner of Car- i *hin streets. re will be servicesatthe Good Shepherd AMissica. Lawndale, fn the moming. —The Rev. F. K. Luson will officiate moruing and evening at Emmannel Chuzch. LaGrango. ZTne Rev. J. Stewart Smith will oficiate morn- inzand cvening atSt. Mark's Church, Evanston. Holy Communion at 8 8. m. FPRESBYTERIAN. The Rev. 3. M. Worrall preaces at the Eighth Church morning and evening. 3 ZThere will be preaching at the First Tnited Church this morning, corner of Monroe and rau- Vion streets. ZThe Rev. James Maclangblon presches st the Firsi Scotch Church morning and eveniug. ZThe Rev. Charles L. Thombson will preach at the Fifth Charch this morning. Floral "and bsp- tismal service in the afternoon at 4 o'clock, e Rev. Dr. W. M. Bisckbarn will bolda communion service this -morning in the First Church, corner of Indluna avenae and Twenty- Sret strect, ““The Rev. J. 11 Burnard will preach this morn- in the Jefferson Park Chuzch, corner of Adams and Throop streets. N “The Rev. J. Monro Gibson, D. D., preachesat the Second Church mornins and evening. "~ The Rev, John Abbot French preaches mors- ing and evening at the. Fourth Charch, corner of Kush and Superior streets. ‘The Rev. 1L. T, Miller presches momning and cvening at the Sixth Church, Vincennes and Oak avennes. **"Tho Rev. _E. N. Barectt preaches at Westmin- ‘ster Crarch, Sackson snd Peoris etreets, in the momiog on *‘Liberty,” aud in the evening on Faco Answering to Face.” —The Rew: Arthor Swazey, D. D, will vreach at the Fullerton Avenug Church {5 the moming. No evening service. - REFORMED EPI3COPAL. Bishop Cheney will preach at Christ's Charch poming nd evening. , Moraing subject: -~ Tho Floguence of the Blood;” evenfng subfect: **A Hiumble Man's Boastinz. b The Rev. Dr. Cooper will preach at Grace Charch, corner of Hoyne and LeMoyne streets, in foe morning, and the Rev. J, D. Cowan in the vening. . CS%RE Rev. J. D. Comsn will preach at Tm- menuel Church, comer of Centrs and Dayton streets, In the morning, snd the Rev. Dr. Cooper 1o the evenin e Beved, Varty preaches fn the” morning _and the Rev. J.'H. Borworth in the evening at Emmague) Eltiin, comer of Hasorer tad Twea- 1) ighth streets. Y S he Rev M, D. Church presches morning and greviog at St Jobia Charchy cornec of Ellis ave- ue an “seventh stroet. B e Hev. W, . Hunter, D. D., presches morning and evening at St. Panl's Charch, Wash- Ington and Ann strests. . O ir i pieach at the Church The Rev. Sumner of the Redeemer,comet of ‘Waahingten snd Sanga: streats, this m rhe R Dr. liyder will nreachs at 8 Church, Michiganavenue, moran e saprices i ha evening. Tha Rov. 7. T. Sunderisnd will preseh. Church this morning, and at No.903 Cottaze Grove avenne this evening.” No further sefvices until first Sundav in Septetatier. —The Rev. Brooke Ierford will preach at the Church of the Messiah this morryny, and at ihe ol Schooi-House in Enzlewood at s p. m. “;;1('2; Rer.] h_z‘benhlfaflsl:er presclics motulag £ad at Unity Church. and at . . b Thind Coareb, Momroe o Laun streeta. s = sw:uzxnounusil The Rev. L. P. Mezces will preden this morning in the Union Charch. Hershey Music Hall. on ** The Efficacy of Praser.” _ —The Rev. D, Hibd; i1l prekch this morning enth s:reet and Prairia venue. Wemple, Foruer of West Washington strect und Ogden afenue, at 3:30 i the afternoon. MISCELLANEOUS| ‘The Rev. H. M. Pagnter preaches morning and evening at No, 320 Ogden avenue| Calvary Taber- naz| | —Services will be_held in Burf Mission Chapel, ‘Third asenae, near Fourtcenth stecer, ot 11a. m. a0d 7:45 p. m. —The Progressive Lrceam wil) meet in Occl- dental Hall, West Madison near | Elizubeth strect, 2t 12:30 p. m. | l-iln{“n- will meet in o No. 2290 West Baudolpt srectatdpw, | udge Layion preackes morhing and_cvening at the Chrstian Caion Missidn, o, 91 Socts Green streat. 1 —The Sotlety of Friends will !xJ.\m u méeting morning on Twenty-sixth street] drtween In aud Prairic avenues, and in_thelafternoon at No 71 Randolph xtreet. at 5 o'vlock ~—The Trine immersion Adventists meet to-ds: 8¢ 358 Milwaukee avenue. morn{ns and evening. CALENDAR FOR MIE WEEK EPICOPAL, July 1—-Fifth Sunday after Teinity, . caTnOLIC, July 1-Fifth Sunday aiter B{ntecost. July 2—Visitation of the B. T, M. July 3—St. Leo, P. C. July 4 -Of the Octave. July 3—-01 the Oct: Tidy 8-Octave of S8. Teter {ud Pan. JulyT—St. Marraret, Queels of Scotland, W. (from June 10)." THE GAME OF CHESS CTIESS DIRECTORY. Ciitcsco Cuess CLoz~Nos| 63 and 63 Wash- ington street. Cutcavo Cuess Assoctatis— Ilearici's Cafe, 174 East Madison-st. Chesy players meet daily at the Tremont House (Exchange) and the Shesman Jouse (Bascment). All commsunications intenddd forthis department. should be addressed to Tiwx TnrsE, aad indorsed *4Chess." | 4 e TO cumu-:sm:’ DEX ., Princeton, [{l.—The new version attention. I *“W. D. M.." city. —The jpioblem Ia very wels come, and glad to haar from{yon asale. . —Your folutions to Problem ed too late. city.—No. 1 is oo simple, and No. & bas 06 solation in 4 if Black plays 2.. Kt to' B. 6. #3# Correct solution (o Esigma No. 81 receivet from C. A. Perry, O. i Benjamin, E. Barbe, E. A. Swarth, sud E! R. B, city. Correct solution to Priblam No. 51 received from W. i. Ovington, C. A. Per:y, O. R. Uenja- min, J. . Campbell, larbe.” E. A. Swarth, A, Berzman. city; I. Kottner, DesMoines, L., Turer, Til i ENIGMA Nu. 82, (Firat Prize Three move Problem in the Centen- nial Tournament. ) Black. ; Kingatgre | Quenatky ! RoozstQLisq | Pawaat § Kia | White 10 play and mate in three moves. White. White to play andmate in three moves. SOLUTION TO PROBLEM NO. 81 I ppe .Q mates PROBLEM No. 82, lutions not intended, commencing with Q 10/ £ and R to B 4. ing the addreys of our fuir contributor, the futios: ing cmendation has buen ventured upon without ber assistance, but will, we think, be found to aa- swer the parpose: | WaiTe~King at K B sq: Queen at K 8; Rook at Q¢ 4; Knightat Q Bhi; Pawiat K 63, Brack—Ring 4 Book ot QJt2: Rook st QBS; Puwnat K B3; Pawn agq Kt 3: Pawn at QR S. White 1o play aud mate In four moves. 1t will be seen that the entire bosition, with the exception of the Black Rookat K2 has béen mov one square to the right, and a Black Rook and. Pawn added. As batlvery few of our solvers have it upon the true wofation. perhaps it will repay them to give It auothyr trial. + g CHESS/IN CIICAGO. Played in the Cheds Congress of 1874 between Messrs. Perrla aud Fider IRRE 2 White—Mz. F. Pxsely 1.E0EBY | SrENING. Bisck~M. . B Rioxe WUBE BEEST EEET T5ce Lol et gognags BE35E £5che 1 LR S5E8E nau“ we, 5 A3 T il Ty slmont ity, as White's ) is almost a necesity, as e e o 4 and cramped 10 84 ucomfort- able deZXee % nto my parlor.” cte. Black over- (b) caalt of tbis move. e e Ko ls Intecating. The forces ara equal, bat Black's zame, by his lsst hasty move, 1s hopelessly paralyzed. Californla Vegetution, Late (val) Bultetin. John 0. Kham w0 Thves T, and 3 hatt miles sontawest of town, broughit to our oitic Jast Thursdayspecimens of bunch grasss which grow on Lis farm, tae tallest one of which was Dearly six feet in fength, and ihe sliortest two ‘also brougnt us a speciuun of alfalla, {:?wuho ‘which msasured iwo and 3 ball Seet, 20d 2 stalk of native clover two fect in length. A few of timothy grass meas- twency-seven inches in 16 An lo-, nous plant of the fenus car was shown e It {8 known as po,” or 1o, make ot hav-