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— a ‘THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, AUGUST 12, 1877—SIXTEEN PAGES, RELIGIOUS. Shall All the Human Race Enjoy a Future Life? The Negative Side Supported by Biblical Quotations—Views of a Millerite, An Episcopal View of the Recent Pan-Presbyte- rian Council. The Results of the Conven- tion as Estimated by Prof. McCosh. How Methodist Polity Affects the Relations Between Church and Pastor. ‘whe Bible as a Political Econo- mist---The Mutual Duties of Labor and Capital. Pious Smiles for the Unregenerate--- Personal Notes---Services To-Day. THE FUTURE LIFE. | JHB NEGATIVE SUPPORTED BY THE BIBLE. To the Editor of The Tribune, Curcaco, Aug. 6.—In last Sunday’s ¢Trm- use appenred two articles from the London Byectator, neaded: “Shall all the human race ‘enjoy a future life?”—one in the negative and the other in the affirmative. A subject so deeply {nteresticg and of so great an impor- tance tothe human racé demands all the light that can possibly be thrown upon it to dispel its mystery. Lask, therefore, the favor of a small space, not to venture my own opinion, but to show by some few Scripture passages that the Bible supports much more the negative than the affirmative side; and the assertion, therefore, that there was not the least trace of sanction in Bevelation for the extinction of life was not in accordance with the fact. But, before I give the Scripture passages, it secms to me necessary to give a word of explunation. The word eternal life, or immortality, is used in the Bible only in reference to the soul or whole man,— body, soul, and spirit,—while in common life it is used indiscriminately for the body 2nd soul, both being looked upon as only one life, where- as there is the physical life of the body, and tbe moral life of the soul, an the spiritual life of the spirit. Bat everything in the Bible relates to the moral Jife of the soul, the body being a second- consideration. In no instance is it asserted In the Bible that eternal life or immortality be- longs indiscriminately to all, but only to those who bave by @ new birth receiveda new spiritual power, viz.: the Holy Ghost, who is the earnest prgerminal power ot eternal life. It begins, therefore, already here in this life. The grain, teed, or acorn that is dead may have still the same outside appearanec, while yet it Jazks the vital power, and, thouchit were buried into the earth, it could not possibly rise into a new life. because it Jacked this quickening power. The wicked or unregenerate are always declared to be dend,—dead in tresspasses and sins, cven in fe, while they fully enjoy the blessings of avigorous physical life. This death, theretore, canhave reference only to the soul, and i possible, yet very doubtful, when ‘the Bible ‘peaks of the eternal death of the wicked, that fi may mean only the death of the soul; yet there ure many and grave reasons to make this vrr doubtful. T will now proceed to give some v. ike most positive and direct passages in sup- port of tke negative side. Job evidently was acitated with the same thoughts, for We find him ask the momentous qortion in the fourteeoth chapter, tour- teeuth verse: “If a man die, shall be live again?? and in xxiv, 19 ‘be acswers this question in regard to the vickod, saying: ‘Drought and heat consume the enow-water, so doeth the grave those which bare sinned. The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed swectly on him.’ Isaish, xxvi., 14: © They are dead, they shall not live; they are deceased, they shall not rise; ‘therefore thou hast visited and destroyed them, and made all their memory to perish.” Peslms, xlix., 20: ‘* Man that is in honor and puderetaneth not, is like the beast that per- Proverbs: “ The candle of the wicked shall be pat out.”? ° Passates whercin it is indirectly asserted: Psalms, xlix., 8, 9: “For the redemption of soul ig precious, and it cesses forever. That he should stili live forever and not see cor- tuption.” Here the redemption of the soul— tot the bouy—insures incorruptibility; but if allive, then there is no meaning in the ‘ re- demption of the soul.” The redemption of {the Joul is equivalent to having received the quick- suing power or life. Peslms, xlix., 15: * But God will redeem my youl from the power of the grave, for He shall. receive me.” What power can the grave pos- | sess ifall shall live in, and why redeem souls A none are retainea by the grave? Hosea, xiii, 14: «] yill-ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death; O death! I will be thy plagues; O frave! I will be thy destruction.” a xxy., 8: “He will swallow up death in sictory.”? « Ezekiel, xxxvii., 12: “* Therefore prophesy and ay unto them: Thus saith the Lord God: Be- hold, O my people; I will open your graves, and fause you to come up out of your graves. And shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live.” dsaigh, xxxviil., 17,18: “Behold, for peace I had great bitteruess; but ‘hou hast in love to ay soul delivered {t from the pit of corruption; for Thou hast cast all my sins behind Thy back. ‘or the yrave cannot praise Thee, death cannot celebrate Thee; they that go down into the pit cannot hupe for Thy truth.” L Corinthians, xi., 8: “For the preaching of the cross is to them ‘that perish foolishness, but Hee which ore saved it 1s the power of Homans, vi., 5: ‘For if we have been planted together in the likeness of His Tonrist's) death, Se shall be also in the likeness of His resurrec- tion.” Shall those who have not been planted ‘ha the likeness of Jesus’ death nevertheless par- of the likencss of His resurrection? Hebrews. v., 7: “ Who [Christ] in the days of fiesh, when He had offered up prayers and ‘plications, with strong crying and tears, unto that was able to save- Him [Christ] from ‘death, and was'heard in that he feared.”? What death dil the Lord Jesus Christ so eamestly pray to be saved from? Was it to be faved from the death of the body on the cross! ly not; for He was not saved from that, 4nd it could therefore not be asserted that He Ys heard if it concerned the physical death of ire body. tt was the death of the soul, the de- rerance from the power of the grave; the vic- tory over death for which He prayed with strong ‘Sing and tears, and was heard. So we read in fia i, 24: “Whom God has raised up, hay- ing loosed the pains of death; because it was Fe sible that He should beholden by it. AT David speaketh concerning Him, I fore- saw the Lord always before my face; for He is 90 my right hand, that I should not be moved. Therefore did my heart rejoice and my tongue Abad glad; moreover, also, my flesh shail rest in ih be, because Thou wilt not leave my soul in ell (prave), neither wilt thou suffer thy Holy PR fe to see corruption.” So far David. Now fon eaith to the Jews: ‘Men and brethren, fei me freely speak to you of the patriarch any that he is now both dead and buried, his sepuichre is with us this day. ae herefore being a prophet, and knowing that fon had sworn with an oath’ to him, that of the ine his loins according to the flesh He would thie ‘up Christ to sit on His throne; He seeing C selore, spol e of the resurrection of Jesus se that His soul was not left in hell (grave}, Goa is flesh afd see corruption. This Jesus paihath raised up, whereof we are all wit- esses.” Acts, xiii, 80: “For David, after he had Taped his own reneration. by the will of God ‘0a sleep, and was laid unto his fathers and ii, 11: ‘ And if the Spirit o! thet raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in that Christ. from the body is to be anickened by the indwelling spirit | hopes of t p } Oak this heir ever opening the one on Ashland | Iste rather than repress. Beyond, there | large orphan asylums, an . of God, how ean it be quickened, or raized in aventio: Spee: . | is only advantage to be anticipated. ‘The ideas | lishine business; several charity. Seo ae Cheer Tenorted hat-the ‘best, talent of the Pee Bag aaa ta eat TE em cout Intaelity can ‘o-Day," a evening on **The Cure," corruptible from the grave, if the spirit of God does not dwell in us? I. Corinthigns, xv., 50: “vow Isay, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither shall corruption inherit incor- TU aoe latians, vL, §: ‘‘For whatsoever 2 man sowcth, that shall he also reap. jFor he thet soweth to his flesh, shall of the ficsh also reap corruption. But he that soweth to the spirit of the spirit shall also reap life everlasting.” , Job, xiv., 11, 12: “So man lieth down and riscth not till the beayens be no more; they shall not awake, nor be raiscd out of their cep. These and many more passages all indicate plainly the resurrection and future life of only 4 certain portion and class of the human race. These assaxes would haye no meaning at all if all alike shall enjoy 1uture life and existence. Eternal life is the giit of God, death is an out- growth of sin; eternal life can be obtained only on certain conditions; but if all alike be par- takers of it, then revelation, the preaching of the Gospel, the exhortation to live not only in view of this but of an eternal existence, are all alike vain and foolish. Let us eat and drink snd De pImeTEY, for thongh we may a die to- , yet we 1 nevertheless gain ereafter. oleae at Ye Fe In the article for the affirmative several ques- tions were asked, which seems to demand an answer. The first is implied in these words: ‘As far as we know and understand God’s laws, there is no sign in them that badness in this sense leads to extinction of a personality more than goodness itself.” To answer this it is necessary to inquire what law is for. The an- swer no doubt would be almost universally—to preserve order; or, in other words, to promote tbe happiness and well-heing of every one under the laws. - What do human governments with un incorrigible breaker ot the laws? They cither take away his free agency or liberty, because he does not know how to use it’ properly: or else they take his life, and s0 remove entirely the cause of disturbance and destroyer of order and happiness. Here we can plainly sce that the laws do not really exist for the extinction of life, but rather for the preservation of life; vet nevertheless the life which is the cause of dan- ger to other lives must be extinguished by the jaw; ifthe law shall be the preserver of the lives of the orderly and -good. We find, then, that the bad, through theirdisregard of the laws of order and’ government, piace themselves in antagonism to the laws, and so make the laws to become their enemies and destroyers while they should be their benefactors and pre- servers. Thus the wrath of the laws or govern- ment is precipitated upon the evil-doer. Is it, then, to be supposed that the laws of God shail act less efliciently than those of men? Shall the bad place himself in antagonism-to the laws of God, and therefore to God, and carelessly and wickedly disregard and violate them without their vengeance to overtake them at last? God does not desire the death of the wicked, in proof of which listen to the tender and pathetic plead- ings of God in revelation, it by any means He may induce them to forsake cvi “Tarn ye! turn ye!” He saith, “from your cyil way, O house of Israel, for why will ye die?” Does this sound as if God took pleasure in the death of the sinner? But what can God do to prevent it, without destroying good government and His own laws and suffer all to go to wreck and rain, or what can He do that He has not done, except deny and resign His own nature and character? ‘The other question is this: ‘I am not arguing, of course, that God may not if tfe please de- stroy the evil soul, but the whole question is whether there be any sort of reason, natural, analogical. or revealed, for thinking that He does 0 please.” This question is already contained and answered in the former. i. F. Stonzcorner. VIEWS OF A MILLERITE. To the Editor of ‘The Tribune. Cmicaco, Aug. 10.—In looking over your edi- torial on the “Ultimate America,” by the Rev. Joseph Cook. you say it leaves out of account the Millerite theories of universal destruction, and postpones the advent of the millennium. tit ouly a theory of the learned gentle- b 1. man. vt. You greatly err in not knowing the doc- trines (or Scripture) of the Advent. It is only the orthodox Christian who barns np the earth and returns it back to nothing, and be at death flits away beyond time and space, and knows more after death than before. the orthodox Christian only puts on along face, pays well for a church-sitting, and gives a good amount tu some charitable. institution, Where his name will get into THz Soxpay Tribune, then the good sisters will hold up both hands, aud with upraised eyes preathe forth prayers of his great yoodness. He is a good church-member and sound on the goose, and assoon as death has him iu his grasp he is ticketed by his friends with immortality, and bound straight for Heaven to sing songs and to stand up, with a robe clean and white, before the great white thronc,and to know more thau he did in this Life, when be was talking about Christian duty, and at the same time grinding out the last farthicg of some povr workingman ur woman because the Jaw was on his side. This is your orthodox Christian. But the poor heretic of a Millerite who darcs to believe Deity. and take His word for truth; who believes that this earth will continue ages upon ages, and one dispensation will follow auother into the great be- yond, aud that mau knows uot anything after death, but believes Deity is faithful and true, ‘and that he shail live aguin in the resurrection, is cast out of the pale of Christianity, and is considered worse than au infidel. Andit is with great sound sense the article from the London Spectator treats upon this subject. The grand. question then is: Ifa mandie, shall he live again? Job answers the question: ‘For I know my Redeemer liveth,” aud He shall stand at the latter day upon the earth. After I shall awake, though this body be destroyed, yet out foere, comes inthe great scicntitic problem of ‘ature life and the power of Deity] of my flesh shall 1 see Deity, whom I shall sce for myself and maine eyes shall beltold, and not a stranger. My yeins within me are consumed with carnest de- sire for that day.” Again; Johnsays: “ And bast made us unto our Deity kings and pricsts, and we shall reign on the earth.” Your Lon- don Spectator says: *t There is a heresy subtler than Mr. Harrison's, and it may be more dan- gerous, which at present greatly attracts a few and by and by will attract thousands, who, nev- ertheless, are not. willing to place themselves entirely outside the Christian pale. It attracts me, I confess, very strongly, and, though as yet it ig not fairly entitled to be called a faith, but only a working hy othesis, a theory that ex- plains much if not all of the perplexing prob- Jems of existence, perhaps { may be permitted to state it tor the sake of convenience. I hold, then, as a hypothesis: That some men, possi- bly very many men, a.large proportion, live again, but that all men do not; that the poten- tuality of continued existence which we call soul is not an inherent quality or attribute of the hu- man race, but an acquired or given quality of some portion of it only.’? aa Yourseif as well as the above strikes at the foundation of some of the grandest of Bible truths, which, if thoroughly understood or honestly preached, would revolutiovize the Church. First, that the earth shall endure for- ever is the word ot Deity, therefore is in unison with your idea as to time; but that the present order of socicty (or the world) will not continue to exist as it pow is; that man has not inherent immortality and is mortal, and that this lifeand the death which follows are temporal and not corporal; that man shall live again upon the earth, and not in heaven or hell at death; that Christ with clouds of resurrected ones will come and rule the nations of the carth and bring them into subjection; when the last enemy, which is death, is destroyed, then will He (Christ) be sub- ject to Deity, that He (Deity) micht be all in all; that things will continue to go along pretty much as they now go; that one great upheaval of society after another will take place, one new invention after another will continue, until all is brought into subjection to the coming King. Then shall be fulfilled that be: iful prayer? ‘thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on the earth as in Heaven.” C. H. Apas, WEST-SIDE CHRISTIANS. PARE-AVENUE M. E. CHURCH. To the Editor of The Tribune. Curcaco, Aug. 10.—To perhaps a greater de- gree has Park-Avenue M,. E. Church, through the columns of the daily papers, been gratuit- ously advertised than any other of our numer- ous West-Side ‘churches, and frequently have notices appeared of the near probability of their purchasing for their uses the beautiful structure of St. John’s, on Ashland avenue. Yet now, when that edifice has been sold, we ask Where are the Park-Avenue Church people? Were the notices heretofore given mercly the lias ae poastings of prosperity (where no oo eed) calculated to ‘ive unto the uublic a false impression, and lead them to be- Fieve ‘that a change of ministers had produced a change for the better in the financial as wellas the numerical standing of the institution? This ‘nt thirst on the part of some of our cler- pe we fear, leads Prem ‘at times too far out ‘On the brink of Truth’s pathway, and at times Jeads to discoloration to such an extent that the primitive colorings are lost in the many added rivards. * alterna expect to hear of Mr. McChesney purchasing this for his flock (after somany press notices), but when we remember that they too havea similar ornament on their property to that which caused the loss to ood folks of the g St. Jobn’s, and that the interest is now as much Ss they eau bear, we fear there are but faint Business men are compelled to cut down ssl aries that they ae be able to make both ends meet, and yet we have failed to hear of a cler- Erman, po matter how large his income, even inting his approval of a reduction in his wages, while they were peariy all loud in their con- demmations (from their pulpits) of the late strikers, who sought only enough to keep their families from starving and pay their tithes to these already overpaid and overrated pastors. 1f the suggestion is worth considering, would not many of our. church-people become more cheerful givers dia they but realize the im- portant fact that their pastor appreciated their struggles for existence on reduced salaries; and shared their lot in a r¢duction of his ay D. i . De CHURCH DEBTS. OAKLAND CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. F, To the Edttor of The Tribune. Cnicago, Aug. 10.—For all the crime that cer has been, there was a cause, tho’ oft un- seen.” And so there was a cause for some of the statements made by the first man, who laid his ax at the root of this great cause of conten- tion: but the hand was not seen and the motive not apparent, but I fear there was a contraband in the fence that ought to be extricated for hu- manity’s sake, | I was speaking with one of the officers of the Forty-seyenth Street Congregational Society a few days ago upon the subject of their church debt, and comparing it with that of ours, in. pro- portion to the value of the property covered by the mortgages, and he took occasion to say that there was a great mistake in putting their church property down as mortgaged for $6,000, for the most it ever was mortgaged for ‘was $3,500, and that bad been reduced. in the course of qur conversation the fact was brought to light that the Oakland Congrega- tional Church was left entirely out of the list. ‘This I had then not noticed, and this fgct rather exposed the hand of the one who took his little hatchet and made such havoc with church prop- erty. Since then I have made some inquiries about this branch of Zion and her, financial standing, and I find it no better than her other wayward sisters in this direction. If I mistake not, she has a mortgage of some $13,000 on her real estate, besides many unsecured Iabilities amounting in the aggregate to some $5, more, among which are back iuterest (about $2,000), repairs, former pastors’ salaries, organ, fuel, etc. Now, Mr. Editor, I do not bring these facts up for any other-purpose than that all of the churches may be compelled to bear their part in this raid, and that the unseen hand may be made manifest, for think it was pur- posely hid from the gaze of the world, SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS. INDIANA STATE CAMP-MEETING. _ Spectal Correspondence of The Tribune. Korono, Ind., Aug. 10.—The State camp- meeting of the Seventh-Day Adventists began here yesterday, with every prospect of a rous- ing success. There are twenty-five tents pitch- ed, and more tocome. This denomination be- gan in 1845, and since that date has scattered its preachers and publications from Maine to California. Similar meetings will be held this season in sixteen States. The Seventh-Day Adventists teach that the prophecies are almost fulfilled and fast com- leting, the second personal coming of hrist as near at band, as shown from the prophecies and the signs of the times, the sleep of the dead until the resurrection, the destruc- tion of the wicked in the lake of fire, which is the second death (Rev., xxi., 8), the restoration of the carth after having been purified by fire, the Bioding foree of tac Ten Commandments, and therefore the keeping ot the seventh day, or Saturday, by Christians, the disuse of. tobac- co and all unhealthy articles of food and drink, as pork, strong coffee, etc. They publish seven papers, and about 100 different ees pas phiets, etc., at Battle Creek, Mich., Oakland, Cal., and Basle, Switzerland. PAN-PRESBYTERIANISM. UOW 3T IS VIEWED FROM AN EPISCOPAL STANDPOINT. London Spectator, July 21. ‘The Council of Presbyterians from all parts ofthe world, which bas held session in Edin- burg for the best part of a fortnight, has now closed its sittings, and it fs well worth while for English Churchmen to strive as they may after an understanding of its doings and pretensions. ‘True, the positive amount of what was trans- acted stands in an inverse ratio to the arrogance of the claim which was advanced. There was an infinitude of talk, such as scems to be an iney- irable concomitant of all such gatherings, though the outcome of-mensurable work was slight. Trumpets were blown loudly, and with lusty breath, but it is more than questionable whether many Jerichos were shaken by the sound. Yet it would be 2 mistake to depreciate the signitl- cauce of the assembly, or wholly to condemn its assertion of place and prerogative. That asser- tion was sufliciently high, but it is not sll un- real. Along with a good deal of empty brag- ging and vainglorious parade, there was im- pressive demonstration of substantial unity aud Jiving foree. ‘Three hundred and thirty-three delegates, commissioned from forty-nine separate churebes, met in conference. Of old time, a mystic sig- nificance would certainly have been attributed ta,theze peculiar numbers, but they were reached accidentally.. Some churches, whose representa- tives would have been admissible, sent noxe. ‘Tuose who sent, did so in accordance with the rule that 2 clergyman and alay elder should de returned for every 100 congregations. Of the persons deputed several did not appear, but still it was atruly suggestive convention. Its mem- vers came from all ends of the earth. The United States was very strovgly represented. Not one of the British Colonies was without. its delegate. Of European nationalities only Rus- siaand Turkey lacked some one to speak for them. The assemblage had a veritable wcumen- ical character, and the exhibition made of the cosmopolitanism that belongs to Presbyteri- anism, of its capacity for maintaining a vic- orous life under the most diverse aud trying conditions, was very striking, It was fit’ the meeting should be heldin “the gray. metropolis of the North.” The American and Coionial churches are all of Scoto-Irish descent; and even as Carthage loved Tyre because from it the founders of Carthage came, as many of the early churches cherished a-warm affection for the mother church of Jerusalem, so it was mect that the far-seattered childcen of Knox should assemble in the city that was his home and the cradle of their testimony. To astranger edu- cated io the idea that a Presbyterian and a dis- putant are interchangeable terms, but the chief business of every Presbyterian votary is to cultivate the babit ot profitless jangling, that the sarcasma launched by Samuel Butler more than 200 years ago, which described the whole sect as being— **That valiant crew Of stubborn saints, whom all men grant To be the true Church militant,” is trae, no spectacle could be more astonishing than the unanimity, the deference, the mutual respect which were shown. Perhaps these amiable and engaging qualities were too care- fully and too ostentatiously displayed. Sober onlookers certainly have that conviction. There was shown a nervous dread of anything that might arouse feeling or promote*con- troversy, which spoke ill as to the strength of those bonds which unite the alliance and its chances of future usefulness. By its Constitu- tion it is necessarily made advisory and de- Hiberative, no authoritative character being claimed or assigned to it; but how can any Council advise to any good purpose when care js taken.to keep from its notice every subject upon which diversity of opinion prevails? So tar, this great conclave shrank trom all specific duty, save the Jahor of ‘imarking time.” ‘That, however, may prove a useful exercise. Its performance, ta this case, causes both dis- appointment and good hope. It is to be d= plored that the narrowest and hardest opinions, such as most people haye learned to took upon as extreme, had an unquestionable ascendancy. The foreign delegates, notably those from the United States, propounded views as to the jus divinum of the Presbyterian order, and the most repulsive tenet of the Calvinistic system (tenets of which Calvin himself is guiltless). that must have thrilled with a feeling of pain men of cult- ure and liberality like Principal Tulloch, Prof. Flint, Dr. Dykes, and others. Yet, on the other side, there was much to admire and to applaud, and especially the capacity for overleaping national or territorial boundaries. ‘The his- tory of Presbyterianism has on its record the tale of many noble deeds, and it is well that those who adhere to it, without dropping their own specialties or losing: their integrity, should Jearn ‘to look beyond their own borders, both for stimulus and for improved modes ot cult- uresnd warfare, On the round of mere doz- ms there is little to be said. The bund which has been formed professes to rest not only on the acceptance of the Presbyterian polity ia church administration, but on a consensus of all the reformed symbo!s,—which consensus, how- ever, has yet to be formulated. . Ii the attempt should be made in earnest, nothing will come of it save what would afford common. ground for the Anglican Pearson, the Lutheran Dorner, and the Jesuit Petau. In this regard it is man- ifest that a spirit of comprehensiveness and lib- erality is growing, which the somewhat fanat- ical outburst at this Council will stimu- and aspirations that have possessed some men will necessarily fail. Tne dream of an organic unity among all the Presbytcrian churches of the world isa dream, and nothing more. But in the department of missionary labor it may be expected that means will be provided for seeing that all unseemly and injurious rivalry among churches of the same depominations shall cease; that instead of thwarting. each other’s efforts, or overlapping the territory any one may have chosen, there shall be mutual coucert and help. Farther, it is not too mach to suppose that the display which has talsen place may have the cf- fect not only of concebtrating opinion and cf- fort so far, but also of recruiting strength; and no one who. understands that marvelous power of concentrated action which resides inthe Presbyterian system, its capabilitics of ‘dcliberative and executive rule, the style in which it unites freedom of priyate judgment with the benetit of a vigorous church order, will regret such a probability. No man has studied the problem of ecclesiastical powers and rela- tions with so much painstaking and insight as Dr. Dorner, of Berlin (with extracts of whose writings Arendcacon Hare was wont to crowd the notes to his charges); and he, in apologizing for absence from the gathering, wrote: “The Presbyterian churches represent the muscular system in the great boay of Evangelical Christ- endom,—the principle of powerful motive and initiative.” ‘This witness is, to a certain extent, true. DR. M’COSH’S RESUME. Fresident McCosh, under date of July 21, writes to the New York World, as follows: The representatives from the twenty-five coun- triea and the forty-nine cburches went away with their hearts warmed, and anxiously inquiring how they might carry out the plans of good which had been suggested at the meetings, All felt it to be a rivilege to meet and to hold fellowship with ‘hristians from so many and such widely diiferent countries. is ‘These brief unions will be the beginnings of closer and more lasting unions. Itisto be hoped that in a few years, when the exclusive privileges of the Established Church have been withdrawn, there will be 2 union of the best in the three large Churches of Scotland,—the Charch of Scotlan the Free Church of Scotland, and the United Presbyterian Church,—and allied with these tne Presbyterian Church of England. ‘Many were pleased to eee the Southern Church of the United States represented and so ably rep- resented by Dr. Stuart Robinson, Dr. Hoge, and others. ‘That Church has now got out of the ‘state of isolation in which it has been for 2 number of years. We are not yet within sight of an organic ‘union between North and South; but-it is certain that the Northern and Southern brethren who met in go brotherly a spirit in Edinburg cannot wnte or speak bitter words against each other in Amer- ea. ‘The whole tone of the Conference was in favor of the old ortnodoxy, fhat is tne doctrines of the Reformotion and of Paul... Principal Campbell, ot ‘Aberdeen, did utter a few sentences looking towards changes, but he met with noreeponse, aud Principal Tulloch, of St. Andrews, who ls decided- ly Broad Church, scarcely opened his mouth, It is believed that some of the Free Church profese- ord ure uttering somewhat uncertain sounds. It is cee arted that the tone of the Presbyterian Alliance will help to restrain them. If it does not the great body of the Scotch people will speak ont unmis- takably. It is perhaps asign of the times that there will be three students from Scotland at the Princeton Theological Seminary next winter. If this is not attended to there may be more next year, and ‘‘this," saida leader of the orthodox party tome, ‘will bring these conceited men to their senses.” ‘Many a missfonarr has gone back to his distant ephere with his spirit refreshed and his courage strengthened, feeling that he has a great power be- hind fo sustain nim, and that bis cause is sure to revail. ‘The weak churches on the Continent of ‘urope, laboring in the midst of Popery and infl- delity, have been bronght into closer connection with the etrong churches in Great Britain and America, and feel that they will now meet with ad- ditional support. ‘The coloniul churches of Great Britain have been made to fee! that they have se- cured a stronger claim on all the mother churches. Tt was not the object of the Alliance to engage in airect practical action, say to ect up new mission stations. All this can be more effectually done by the individual churches. The Council have wisely abetained from interfering with the proper action of any of the churches, and has thus nvoided a mistake into which it’ mfgbt have readily fallen. By purauing this coarse it has been exposed to the scolts of the Scotsman and two or three other Brit- ab papers which did not wish it to succeed. But it has thereby secured the approbation of all who wished it to prosper. If not undertaking practical Work itself, twill greatly etimalate all yorts of evangelical work among the scattered churches which it represents. METHODIST POLITY. HOW IT AFPECTS THE RELATIONS BETWEEN PASTOR AND CHURCH. Accorrespondent of the Independent, writing on Methodist Church polity, says: {tis currently reported and believed that the most popular Methodist preacher at that time in | Chicago, Dr. Hi. W. ‘fhomas, waya year azo scnt tomamall town, because the elder on thé Chicago Atstrict did not like him, Nor is it easy otherwise to account for such an act of {clo-de-ge as for the church authorities to send their best pulpit talent out of the large city. In the small town the reacher proved as successful as in the large one, Raving been Ustened to by overflowing congrera- tions, and his reassignment requested, it is sxid, by a petition signed by thousands. He was a cordingly resasizmed, against his own wishes aud against the petition of twenty-four members out of twenty-seven of the official board of the largest Methodist church in the City of Chicago. Now, consider the relation of the individual Chicago chureh to this transaction. Here we have membership of over one thousand. Tkey have built a church and bought 2 parvonuze, at a cost of abont $120,000, ull of which “ig paid ex- cept $15,000, and support the Gospel to the tune of about $15,000a year. Forsix years the con- yromutions at preaching service averaged fully 800, and for two years over 1,000, morning and evening, the year round. One year ago a preacher from asmail country town was assigned to this congregation, which felt off to an average of about 500 during the first quarter, to about 450 the sec- ond quarter, and to about $50 the fourth quarter of the year. In view of this, the oflicial Board presented a petition, elgned by twenty-tws out of ‘twenty-seven, asking to be left **to‘ce supplied,” leaving them free to hire a preacher such us they wanted. In the face of this the preacher was re- assigned. ere, it will be obeerved, was a. want of harmony. ltay mention, incidentally, that delegations of laymien waited on the Bishop with opposite designs. One of them assured him that aite-tenchs of the chureh wanted the pastor re- assimed: the other that eight-tenths desired hiare- moval. Here were seventeen-tenths represented, when, in point of fact, I suppoge less than a nun- dred members bad ever been spoken to on the aub- ject by either party. The. Bishop, of course, Weighed the petitions and gave verdict to the nine- tenths, rather than to the cight. In_truth, it is easy 16 see that the division of the official Board in this case represented the mind of the congrega- tion. For the Board was intent on ‘*success.” 'The verdict of the congregation was to have been found in their percentage of attendance. CAPITAL AND LABOR. WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS ABOUT THEM. ‘New York Witness. The Bible docs not teach political economy in a technical way, but frequently refers to the mutual duties of employers and laborers. Thus it presents the principle: “The laborer is worthy of his hire,” (see Matt. x., 10; Luke x., 7; and 1 Tim. v., 15), and it charges masters to give to their servants “that which is just and equal.” (Col. iv., 4: compare Eph vi., 9.) It repeatedly asserts or intimates that wares should be pald promptly (Lev. xix., 13; Deut. xxiv., 15, 15; Jer. xxii., 18; Mal. iii., 5; Jas. v., 4), and represents aselfish change of wages as- unjust. (Gen. xxxi., 7, 41.) On the other hand, it teaches that men must work for their support (2 Thess. ifi., 10-12); and should be, in ordinary cases, contented with the wages they receive (Luke ili. 14), and should “render hearty, conscientious service to their em- ployers (Col. iil., 22; 1 Tim. vi., 1, 2; Tit. ti., 9, 10); promoting the interests of those who tur- nish Capital, a8 for as possible (Luke xix., 22, 2%). te teaches further that these two classes in society are to act toward each other with not only this fairness, but also consideration. Masters are not to ruleover their. servants with rigor (Lev. xxv., 43; compare Ex. i, 13; and Eph. vi, 9), butare to grant them all proper privileges, especially as much rest as is possible on the Sabbath (Deut. v., 14, 15). It presents the pleasant pictures of the cor- diality existing between Boaz and his servants (Ruth ic, 4), and the fondness of the centurion of Capernaum for bis servant (Luke vii.. 2), thus reminding us of the kindness and sympa- thy which employers should feel and manifest. 't suggests that they ought to give respectful attention to the complaints of their employes (Job xxvi., 13, 14), and yet that they, have the privilege of rejecting ‘unworthy servants and selecting good ones (Pealms ci., 6,7). It also requires servants to manifest patience, even under tryiug treatment (I. Peter it., 18-23). It indicates that the mutual obligations of these classes will not be fully met, save as “both are actuated by true piety (Epb. vi., 5-9; Col. iii., 22, iy., 1); aud that the blessing of God at- tends faithtuiness to these obligations (Gen. xsxix., 1-3; Deut. xv., 13) GENERAL NOTES. An impressive service in memory of the late P. P. Biiss was held recently in Mr. Guest's Chapel, at Aiflton-on-Thames, in England. Three booksellers in Glasgow have been fined each $10, with an alternative of fourteen days’ imprisonment, for seliing an expose- of “ The Priest in Al 2 ‘Mr. Muller, the Bristol, Eng., philanthropist, who is expected shortly to visit the United States, has by faith and prayer obtained ade- onate means to erect and sustain a numberof some missions to the heathen, “He ne in debt for any of his enterprises. pighices The cichth annual Convention of tne Yor Men’s Christian Association of Indiana will be peu: ab Andlannuolls, Aue. 16-19. ~ The State unday-School Convention of G held ay Athens, Aug. 24-26. Soret raps A stained-elass window has just been erev in Christ Church, Houston, ‘yeas. in mations of the first Protestant Episcopal Bishop of Texas, the late Rev. Dr. George \V."Freeman. The window represents the Last Supper. Unter the nee: ConsHiation of Pennsylvania a tax has been imposed on the unfinished Cath- olfe Catliedral at round that "i is not an actual place of worship.” The case is in the courts, and will be decided in September. Col. Rawlinson, the Assyrian explo: exhumed the diary of Ni ebuchadnecent, eld that monarch gives an account of his grazing proclivities. . He was suffering from a delirium produced by illness, and fancied he was an ox in pasture. The Rey. George W. Cox, an Ensglisn clergy- man, is the latest iconoclast. He suggestss that the stories of the youth of Jose! and David are substantially identical, and that both belong to the same cycle of iolx-lore of which “Cinder- ella” is a familiar example. The oldest and the youngest of the Presby- terian Churches represented in the Pan-Presby- terian Council at Edinburg were both of Eurove. The Waldensian Church of Italy has a history of seven centuries, and the Church of Spain numbers less than as many years. Capeleini, the Evangelist, who had charge of the American - Methodist Episcopal Military Church at Rome, Lealy, has transferred his ser- vices and converts to the British Wesleyans, who also have a mission in Rome, and American Methodists are asking, What does it mean? TheEnglish Presbyterians propose to put up two churches at Oxford and Cambridge, to cost not less than £25,000. ‘ne Scotch ciurches are asked to helponthe ground that Scotch Presbyterian students are found in the two Universities. _ There is also a suggestion of the erection of a Presbyterian College at Oxford. Few persons know that there is such a church as the Congregational Methodist Church in this country. There is sucn an organization, how- ever, and it fs said to haye 10,000 members. A newspaper is published in its interest at- Cave Spring, Ga. The doctrines and usages of this chureh are Methodist; its polity is Congrega- tional, under a General Conference, which pre- scribes uniform rules for the whole body. The Primitive Methodist Conference of Ire- land yas held at Dublin during the first part of July? The Rev. James Griffin, D. D., was elect- ed President. The income of the “Missionary Society was reported at £3,150. After a lonz discussion upon the proposed union with the Irish Wesleyans, the report of the Committee in tavor of the Union was adopted by an almost unanimous vote. The formal act of union will probably take place in June, 1878. Two missionaries, the Rev. S. G. Beveridge and the Rev. 8. Rogers, of the London Misston- ary Society, and their families, were returning home from Madagascar. on the steamer Cas mere of the British-India Steam Navigation Company, which was recently wrecked off Cape Guardafui, on the coast of Africa. Of these two families, numbering in all nine persons, only three escaped, namely: Mir. Roxers aud one child of each family.” Alike calamity has not befallen the Society for a great many years. ‘The Western Commission of the American Bible Union has accepted a cordial invitation to hold a conventien with the Baptist Church of Elgin, Ill., commencing on Friday, Aug. 17, at 2:30 o'clock p. m., and continuing till “Sabbath evening. No time will be consumed in ap- pelntinx eommitters, passing resolations, lear, g reports, ctc. It will be the purpose of the Commission so fo employ the time that not only the Bible cause will receive new inspira- tion, but that the cause of experimenting re- ligion shall be advanced. ‘The British Evangelical Alliance gave a recep- tion upon Saturday afternoon, July 14, to the delegates to the Pan-Presbyterian Council from the United States, Canada, and other countries. The Earl of Shaftsbury presided, aud made a short address of welcome. Sir Charles Reed and several otter Englishmen also spoke. Among the delegates from this country who replied were the Rey. Dr. Plumer, the Rev. Dr. Stuart Robinson, the Rev. Drs. Ormiston and Patton, and the Hon. H. W. Williams. About filty foreign delegates were present. Prof. Swing does not believein boys furtively playing cards in the barn. He thinks that should the parents put up a card-table in the rinwi com- panions of his sons, and then and there be one of the party, and should the said father or fath- ers laugh heartily over the sudden denouements of the “whist,”? these parental guardians would. not be called “yuvernor” nor the ‘old man’? any more, but would be loved as companions in happiness, and be called ‘‘father.”” Each home should have its own games as regularly a3 its tood or sleep. A Jewish organization has been formed in Philadelphia cntitled, Tue Union ot American Hebrew Congregations,” the object of which is to promote the education of American Jews. ‘Apropos of this organization are the following historical facts: ‘The oldest Jewish congrega- tion in this country is that of tne Shearith tsracl Synagogue, of New York, beinit prior to 10S!; next, Shaary Shomayim, of Lancaster, Pa., prior to 1776; next, Rodef Shalom, of Philace!- phia, 1780; Beth Elobim, of Charleston, S.C., 3789; Michve Israel, of, Savannah, Ga., 1790; and then Beth Shalom, of Richmond, Va., 1791. The Geneva organ of the Swiss Old Catholics says: “The Papists, in many communes of the Canton of Geneva, made up their minds, under the inspiration of their priests, to put their Catholic fellow-citizens under interdict. These practices, quite of the Middle Ages, at tirst ereated astonishment. The anachronisin seemed so likea aisagreeatte pleasautry that people waited to see how things would turn out. But recognizing that it was part of a Saliperaie plan, the authorities determined to interfere. Some shoopkeepers of Choulex, who persisted in re- fasing to sell milk to the liberals, have been condemned by the court to a fine of 50 francs.” ‘Acorrespondent sums up the results of the Pan-Presbvterian Council, at Edinburg, as fol- lows: “First, it has given new strength anda clear expression. to the spiritual unity of the Church, as distinguished from mere external and organic unification. Second, it has shown the substantial agreement of all the branches of the great Presbyterian family in doctrine and polity. In the presence of those great founda- Yion principles which all held with equal tenacity and fevotion, the minor poiats of separation divindled to insignificance, and every one could say to his brethren, ‘We agree a thousandfold better than we differ.’ Third, and chief, it has helped inthe development and application of the vital forces of the Presbyterian Church for the extension of the Kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ.” The omission of the imposition of hands in the-recent ordination of the Rev. O. P. Gifford (Baptist), of Pittstield, Mass., has led to a very animated discussion of the essentials of ordina- tion by Baptist ministers and uewspapers. Dr. Strong, President of Rochester Theological Seminary, has published a letter explaining his ‘osition, At the Boston Baptist Preachers? Wfeeting, on last Monday, a paper was read by the Rev. Dr. Hovey, President of Newton Theological Institution, on “the grounds, meaning, and relative importance of the laying on of bands in the ordination scrvicc.” He took the position that while the decision of a properly-constituted council is’ the essential matter, yet “by rejecting the imposition of hands one rejects an important public act, which represents a part of the order of Christ's King- dom.” The Chicago District Camp-Mceting will be held at the old grounds at Desplaines, com- mencing on the 234 inst. and continuing eight days. Tents can be hired for the meeting— with floors at $7; without, $5. Boarding, with or without lodging, can be obtained on the ground. Trains leaving Chicago at 9:30 3:30 p. m., 4:45 p. m., 5:40 p. m., and 6:25 p.m., ‘on the Wisconsin Division of the Northwestern Railway will stop at the Desplaines Camp- Mecting pviatform; and the trains that leave Desplaines at 5:40 a. m., 6:40 a. n., 8:55 0. m., 9:52.02. m.. 3:05 p. m., and 6:30 p. m. will stop at the platform coming soath. The Sunday train from Chicago will leave Chicago at 9:00 a. m., Sunday, Aug. 26, and will leave the platform for Chicago at 5:45 p.m. The train on Sunday from Wooastock will leave at $:40a. m., and will leave the platform to return at 6:00 p.m. DESPLAINES CAMP-MEETING. As the time approaches for the annual camp- meeting of the Chicago District, the in- terest increases, and all indications point to a large and successful gathering. A number of families owning cottages are already in the grove, which, as is well known, possesses many of the advantages ofa delightful summer retreat, Last Thursday the ‘Trustees of the Association met in this city to reveive reports from the different committees appointed at a previous meeting, and to make such further arrangements a3 might be found nogessary. ‘Mr. J. E. Kennicott, Snperintendert of Grounds, reported that the lawn had: been put in the best possible shape, the grass mown, and all rubbish and underbrush removed, that on atanaett supply of good water would beprovid- an that the necessary work for elevatingthe |" platform at the station would be done at “gnee. ‘The Rev. Dr. Boring. Snoerintendent of the rie, on the ground that * it” whi —The Hex. ZS. Holbroak will Church would be present, and the supply of Good speakers be all that could be desired. Among others,the Rev. Mr. Bartine, of New Jersey, had been written to, and might be ex- pected .to be present. Mrs. Willing, Mrs. La- thrope, and the Rev. J. H. Colvin had been in- vited, and would doubtless attend. Excelfent music had been provided, and the arrangements in this regard were such that the musical part of the exercises will add much tothe ordinary interest of the meeting. During the week, a portion of one day will be devoted to a mecting ‘of the Ladies’ Foreign Missionary Society, the proceedings of which will be of an intensely interesting character. ‘The Committee on Railroads reported that the railroad officials objected to fixing the fare at $1 for the trip from Chicago and return. The Commitee were Snstructed to exercise their mn and make such arran; deemed advisable. esate ee The arrangements for shelter to such as de- sire to remain over night and have no cottage of their cwn are of the most ample character. Good board, with or without lodging, may be jab ane tents can be p rented by application to nicoti nD County, cee bs plate Heleté, Ook: Sunday trains will leave Chicago Sunday, the 2ath inst. abd a 1D. and ‘Wooilstock. ‘at 8:30 .m. ‘The meeting w! ‘Thursda) the 33d of August. =") Commence thursday; PIOUS SMILES. A little Philadelphia girl: “Bless papa and mamma, and oh! please don’tlet the baby squall to-night. Amen.’ A Kentucky judge has very kindly consented to postpone a hanging’a couple of weeks, in order that it may add to the pleasant and at- tractive features of a Sunday-school picnic. A small child being asked by a Sunday-school teacher, ‘* What did the Israelites do after they had crossed the Red Sea?” answered, ‘I don’t know, ma’am, but I guessed they dried them- selyes.?? \ It is very, very sad when on absent-minded young man is asked at a church festival what he'll have, and answers: “Beer.” But it’s Just as bad wher he triesto suck up his ice- cream with a straw. A young mother in this city, explaining christ- ening to her 5-year-old boy, told him that when he was christened he “would be one of God’s Hittle lambs.” “ And will I nave hind legs and baa?” eagerly asked the boy. A business man wished Sunday would come twice a week, so he could attend church aftener. He takes in so many bogus 10-cent pieces in six days that his conscience will not permit him to put them all in the ‘contribution-box during one Sunday. The Philadelphia Bulletin says: “Col. Robert Ingersoll, while in California last month, had his faith fn the story of David and Goliah much refreshed by the spectacle of a man weighing 350 pounds hotly pursued by an exasperated bumble-bee.” Ata Sunday-school a teacher asked a little boy if be knew what the expression “sowing tares” meant. *Courth I do,” said he, pulling a part of his trousers around in front, “there's a tear my ma sowed; 1 teared it when I was sliding down hil”? His Reverence (time, Sunday morning): “Tim, you don’t mane to say your master is going to work the poor baste to-day?” Tim: ® Qh, no, yur riverence! Yir see, he’s been hard to work ail the week, so the master thought ‘he'd take bim out to-day for a bit of a holiday!” An old colored preacher was lecturing a youth of his fold about the sin of dancing, when the latter protested that the Biple plainly said, “there isa time to dance.” “Yes, dar am a time to dance,” said the dark divine, ‘and dat’s when a boy gits a whippin’ for gine to a bail.” Inthe royal Academy, London, this year is an admired illustration of & somewhat ancient event, in which a waste of waters, a dove, anda piece of timber are the principal features. This remark of a lady bystander concerning it was overheard: *“*How I dislike these perplexing pictures, in which one never knows what is In- tended. A pigeon in a tree by the seaside sug- gests absolutely nothing.” A Maine parson, who announced from his pulpit that a circus was about to visit tne town, and that if any of his flock should attend he would gladly give them a letter of dismibsion, was somewhat mollified-in his wrath when a bright and bold little Sunday-school scholar of 8 presented himself at the pulpit at the close of the. service-with,.‘Please, sir, will you give me the ticket to the circus that you promised?” A correspondent tells of the following prayer which was made by an Jowa preacher prior to the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska bill in 1854: “*O, Lord! you know, or if you don’t you ought to know, that this evil Congress is diving. to us solid chunks of iniquity in the shape of the Kansus-Nebraska bill, and I now tell you that unless you put a stop to this thing I am not responsible fér the consequences.” PERSONAL. Prof. Hemenway, of Evanston, will resume his labors as stated preacher, atter his vacation, next Sabbath. ‘The Rey. Dr. Thomas and family, of Aurora, have gone fora trip around the lakes and down the St. Lawrence. The Rev. Henry Shaw, for many years a mem- ber of the Northwest Indiana Conference, has abandoned preaching and gone to tailoring. Dr. J. B. Wentworth, of the Methodist Church at Evanston, has anuounced to the officers of his church his intention to return to the Gene- see Conference. Mrs. Emity Huatington Miller is attending the Sunday-Senool Assembly st CHautauqua Lake, New York, where she delivers a course of six lectures to mothers. # ‘The Rey. Robert Collyer delivered the open- ing sermon at the. twenty-second session of the Wisconsin Conference of the Unitarian and In- dependent Societies at Barsvoo and Devil’s Lake, commencing Aug. 9, and lasting four days. ‘The Rev. Z. 8. Holbrook, of the Oakland Con- gregatioual Cuurehy will into the lecture tie! id the coming season, With four new lectures, tities are: “ Wit aod Humor,” “ David Swing,” * Capital and Labor,” and “ Mfinisters and Churches.” Prof, Bartlett, recently of the Chicago Theo- logical Seminary, left. the city Tuesday evening with his family for future home in New Hampshire, where he will enter upon bis new field as President of Dartmouth College. On his way Le is to deliver the Centeunial ad- dress at Bennington, Vt., on the 16th inst. Last week the New England Congregational Chureh took action on the letter of resignation of the Rey. L. T. Chamberlain, and appointed a committee to uuite with him in calling a council for nis dismission. The council will meet Aug. 17, and Mr. Chamberlain is expected to pre: his farewell sermon on Sunday, the 19th inst. The Rey. J. R. Hibbard’s ation as pastor of the Chicago ‘Society of the New Jerusalem, which was offered several weeks ago, has been accepted a the Executive. Committee of the Society. -- Hibbard will devote his entire time to the duties of his office, that of General Superintendent of the work of church extension. CHURCH SERVICES. BAPTIST. ;¢ The Rev, N. F. Ravlin will prdach morning and evening in the Free Church, corner of Loomis and Jackson streets. Evening subject: ‘‘The Harvest of 1877." * “The Rev. T. J. Morgan will preach at the Fourth Church, Washington and Panlina streets, at10:30 a. m. —The Rev. Alexander Blackburn will preach at Oak Park Church at 10:30. m, and 7:45 p. m.. and at Mont Clare at 4p. m. —The Rev. Dr. Northrap will preach in the Michigan Avenue Chorch, near ‘Twenty-third street, at1la, m, —The Rev. L. J. Hantley will preach at the Im- manuel Church, near corner of Orchard and Sophia streets, at 10:45 0, m. ‘—The Rev. EB. O, ‘Taylor will preach morning and evening in the Second Church, corner of Mon- roe and Morgan streets. —The Rev. A. Owen, D. D., will preach in Tai- versity Place Church, corner of Douglas and Rhodes avenues, at is. m, and 7:45 p. m. —The Rev. W. W. Everts, D. D., will preach in the First Church, comer of Thirty-first street and South Park avenue, at 11a, m. and 7:45 p. m. —The Rev. Leo. W. Woodraff, of Elgin, will reach at the Coventry Street Charch, near the North Rolling Mills, this morning and evs , “rhe Iter. C. E: Hewitt, D-D., preaches this morning and evening st the Centennial Church, corner of Loomis and Jackson streets. CHRISTIAN. A. J. White will presch at the Central Charch, ‘Campbell avenue, morning ‘Van Buren street and and evening. —The Bev. J. T. Toof will preach morning and evening in the First Church, corner of Indiana av- ence and Twenty-fifth strect.. RE rc roe ‘There no Sunday services in Plymouth Church until Sept. 2. = A upreach m. the * —The Rev..C. A. Towle will preach in Be: Chureb, corner of Paulina and West Huron sireets, morning and,evening.. Morning subject, ** House- hold Worship.” Evening subject, ** Character the Supreme Interest of Man.” —The Rev. L. O. Brastow, of Burlington, Vt., . will preach this morning and: evening at the First Church, corner of Washington and Ann streets. —The Rev. Washington Gladden, of Sprinsfele, will preach this morning und evening at the Unioz Park Church. : LUTHERAN. ‘The Rev. Edmund Belfour will preach in the En- lish Church of the Holy Trinity, corner of Dear- pore ravens and Erie street, this morning at 11 METHODIST. ‘The Rev. DeLoss -M. Tompkins will preach this morning and evening in the Iavenswood Church. Morning subject, ‘* Learning of Christ; evening, ‘* Blessings as Rain.* —The Rev. W. A. Spencer will preach morning and evening at the First Church, Clark and Wash- ington streets, —The Rev. J. H. Rhea, D. D., will preach at Michigan Avenue Church,, near Thirty-second street, this morning, and the Rev. M. D. Gillett in the evening. —The Rev. John Atkingon will preach in Grace Church, corner of North LaSalle and White streets, morning and evening. ~Bishop Harris, of New York, will preach in Trinity Church, Indiana avenue near Twenty~ fourth atreet, at10:450.m., and the Rev. Dr. Barnes at 8 p.m. —The Rev. W. W. Hicks will preach in the Park Avenue Church at 10:30 a.m. and at 7:45 p.m. he Rev. R.M. Barnes, of Springticid, Ih... reach in the Dixon’ Street Church in the ng, and ie eee E. N. Boring in the evening. eit .D., of Atlanta. Ga. . Faller, m. in Centenary C! the Nev. S. Adams Ittheerenings re oo —The Rev. A. W. Patten will preach In the Wabash Avenue Church at 11 2.m, and 8 p.m. —The Rev. George Chase will preach in the Win- terStreet Cuareh, comer of Forty-ffth street. at a.m. andSv.'m. Morning subject: ** Chri Shilling the Tempest. rene utsert ‘ —The Rev. RD. Shepard will preach in the Western Avenue Church corner of Monroe street, at10:30a. m. Missionary concert in the evening. PRESBYTERIAN. The Rev. E. P. Wells will preach this morning in the Forty-first Street Church, corner of rie avenue, on ‘+The Demonizcal Possession and Spiritualism. —The Rey. dames Maclanghlan will preach morning and evening at the Scotch Church, Sanga- mon and Adams streets. —The Itev. J. K, Fowler will preach in the Sixth Church, corner of Vincennes and Oak avenues, morning and evening. Morning. subject Works, but Faith.” “Evening subject: ing Memorials."” =The Rev. E.'P, Parlgr, of Hartford, Conn., will preach in the Second Charch. corner of Michl- gan avenue and ‘fwentieth street, ot 10:35 a m. and 7:45 p. m. —tThere will be no services in the Fourth Chureh ‘until the first Sunday mn September. —The Rev. Dr. J. ML. Morrall will preach in the Eighth Charch, corner of Washington and obey atreeta, at 10:5C a, m. aad 7:45 p. m. —The Rev. E. N. Barrett will preach in West- minster Charch, corner of Jackson and Peoria streets, at 10:30. m. No eveninz service. —The Kev. Duvill Clark will preach in the Austin Church morning and evening. Morning subject: eign Debts.” Evening eudject: ** The will ent."” ‘Services at Central Park at 3 p. m. --The Rev, Peter Starher, D. D., of Saratoga, will preach in the First Church at 10:0 a.m. —The Rev. F. W. Fiske preaches this morning at the Fifth Church, corner of Indiana avenue and Thirtieth street. No evening service. —After regular service at 10 a.m. at the Fullerton Avenue Church, new members will be admitted to the sacrament of the Lord's Supper, dispensed by the pastor. No evening service. EPISCOPAL. The Rt.-Kev. W. E. BcLaren will preach in the Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paal, corner of West Washington and Peona streets, at 10:302. m. Choral evening prayer at 7:30 p. m, . —The Rev. Samuel S. Harris, D. D., will preact in St. James’ Church, corner of Cass and furoa streets, 10:45 a. m. Celebration of the Holy Com- munion at 8 4. D.. —The Kev. A. W. Mann will conduct services for deaf mutes inthe chapel of St. James’ Church at 10:30 a. m. and 3p. m. i —The Rev. W. S. Spelrs, of the Diocese of Ni- agara, will preach in Trinity Coorch, comer of Twenty slsthatreet and Michigan avenue, af 10:35 am. '—The Rev. Francis Mansfield will preach in the Church of the Atonement, Washington and Robey Btreets, at 10:30 a. m. and 7:39 p. m. —The Kev. J. Bredberg will preach’ in St. Ans- garius’ Church, Sedgwick street near Chicago avenue, at 10:00. m. and 7: —The Rev. Clinton Locke, Grace Church, Wabash avenue street, at la. m. and Sp. m. —The Rev. R. B. Claxton, D. D., of the Divinl- School, West Philadelphia, will preuch in St. John's Church, Ashland avenue south of Madison” street, atlOH5a.m. ‘—The Rev. Arthar Ritchie will preach in the Church of the Ascension, corner of North LaSalle and Elm streets, st 112m. Holy Communion at 8a. m. —The Rev. Charles S. Lester will preach in St. Paul's Church, Hyde Park avenue, between Forty- za and Forty-ninth streets, at lla. m. and at Dein. =the Rev. B. F. Fleetwood will preach in St. Mark's Church, Cottage Grove avenue, corner of Phirty-sixth street, at 10:30 a. mand 8p. m. ~The Rev. G. F. Cushman, D.D., will preach in St. Stephen’s Charch, Jotnson street between Taylor and Twelfth, at 10:30 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. —The Rev. Luther Pardee will preach in Calvary Church, Warren avenue between Oakley street and Western avenue, at 10:30a. m. and p.m. Communion at 8 a. m. “The Rev. £. R. Haft will preach at the Church of the Epiphany. ‘Throop etreet between At and Monroe, at 10:30 a. m. and 7:45 p. m. —The Rev. Dr. . Hume will preach in the Charch of Our Savior, corner of Lincoln and Lelaea. avennes, atlla. m —The Rev. Henry G. Perry will preach in All- ints’ Church, corner of North Carpenter and West Objo streeta, at 10:45 a. m. and 7:46 p. m. <The Rev. F. N. Luson will preach at the Good Shepherd Mission, Lawndale, af 10:40 a.m. The Rev. J.-Stewart Smith will preach in St. ‘Mark's Church, Evanston, at 10:30 a. i. —The- Rev. W. F. Morrivon will preach in the Charch of the Holy Communion, South Dearborn street between Twenty-ninth sad Thirtleth, at 10:45 0. m. and 7:30 p. m. REFORMED EPISCOPAL. ‘The Rev. I. H. Bosworth will preach this morn- ing and evening in Emanel Church, comer of Hanover and Thirty-cighth streets. He will ulso preach nt £ o'clock this afternoon in ‘Trinity Church, Englewood. ~The Rev. Dr. Hunter will preach in St, Pant's Chureh, Washington and Ann streets, at, 10:45 a, m. and 7:45 p. m. Morning subject: ** Bian’s Great Request: Christ's Great Response.” Even- ing subject: ‘Samuel, His Life and Its Lessons.” Sethe tev. J. D, Cowan will preach in Grace Charch, corner of Hoyne avenue and LeMoyne streets, at 10:45 a. m. and 7:45 . m. <The Rey. J. D, Wilson, of Peoria, will preach in Christ Chureh, Michigan uvenue and Twenty- fourth street, thls morning. —The Rev. M. D. Church will preach in St. John's Church at 10:45 8. m. ‘The Kev. Joseph D. Wilson, of Peoria, will preach at 7:45 p. m. SWEDENBORGIAN. ‘The Rev. L. P. Mercer will preach in Hershey Hall, No. 04 Madison street, at 10:45 a. m on **Canditions of Success in Religions Life.” UNIVERSALIST. ‘The Rey. J. Straub will preach in the hall of the Third Chureh, Indiana avenue and Thirty-first streetat 10:45 8. m., on The Relation of the Charch and Science. ”* MISCELLANEOUS. ‘Indge Layton will preach morning and evening at the Tabernacle, 91 South Green street. Charles M. Morton will speak at- the’ Clark Street, Gospel lssion, near Van Baren street, this event ed verthe Rev, H, 3. Paynter will preach in Cal ‘Tabernacle, 320 Ogden avenue, at 10:30 a. m. a ab8 p.m. “Momming eupject: **The ‘Resurrection; Its Historical Certainty.” seein T, Darr will preach for the Adventists at No. 221 West Madison street morning and even- ing. 73 pe. P. W. Stevens wit’speak before the Spir- Inala at Grow's Hall, S17 West Madison street, morning and evening. orrhe non-sectarian Bible-meeting will be held in Koom 23 Nevada Block, corner Franklin and ‘Washington streets, at 2:30 p. m. = othe Disciples of Christ. will meet at No. 229 West Randolph street, at p.m, All are Invited rho feel inclined to worship: le witthe Kev. E. 0. Taylor will presch in Mar- tine’s lial, on Chicago avenue, between Clark and Dearborn streets, at $:30 P. m “Charles SM. Morton, Evangelist, will speak at the Clark street gospel meeting, No. 302 Clark street, this evening. The Society of Friends will hold o meeting on Twenty-sixth strect at 10:30, m., and at No. 71 Randolph street at 5 p.m : CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK. EPISCOPAL. Aug. 12~Eleventh Sunday after Trinity. CATHOLIC. ae 12—Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost; st re, Ve Aug. 13—Of the Octave. 4a. 14—Of the Octave; Vigil of the Assump lon. ‘Aug. 15—Assumption of the B. V. M- ‘Aug. 16—St. Hyacinthe, C. “aug. 47—Octave of St. Laurence. “Aug. 18—Of the Octave of the Assumption, St Agapites, M. : FOUNTAINE QUE BOILLE. Boille, besutifal stream! Fomnicti Jercet as 8 mudsommer-dreat— Soft as the sound from Aolisn strings ‘Ranned by the breeze of 3 ‘Nymph’ fairy wings. Pe Will preach f .W ch in near Sixteenth th ‘Throagh the pines that over thy eryets] tide bend, + f the wind with thy murmuring blend, ‘The sles thy strains taroagh the mountains pro- Fountains que Boille, sweet is thy song!” Boille, besutifal stream! Fownlein’ Uwunderer’s heart is thy theme: Wo tam with a eigh from th ‘murmuring shore, ‘wa msy meet never ° As wo part .