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THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 1877—-SIXTEEN PAGES ELIGIOUS. An Exhaustive Summary of the Mormon Theol- ogy. Brief Sketch: of John Taylor, the Successor to Brig- ham Young. First Presidency. Only about one in five of the married men in Utah have more than one wife. A. L. CuETLAIN. BRIGHAM'S SUCCESSOR. Gucinnati Gazette. John Taylor, Senior Apostle of the Mormon Church, anu by virtue thereof President of the quorum of Twelve Apostles, now occupies noiinally the same position Brigham Young did for three years after Joseph Smith’s death. He is not “Vresident of the Church,” as might be inferred from yesterday’s telecrams, but merely presiding member of the Twelve, in whom the government is for the present vested. While this position nominally confers very little more power than that of any other Apostle, xe in practice an ambitious man might make imself virtual director of the Mormon people. This is what Brigham: aid withina year after Joe Smith’s death, having excluded all ot Smith’s brothers and intimates from any The Prayer Test as Worked Out by an English Philan- thropist. A Visit to.a Quaker Settlement—- Their Peculiar Forms of Worship. Another Phase of Second-Advent- ism---The Catholic Apos-= tolic Church. General Notes---Inspired Humor we-Services To-Day. THE MORMONS. A SUMMARY OF THEIR THEOLOGY. To the Editor of The Trivune. Cmcaco, Sept. 14.—Since the death of Brig- ham Young, who for nearly thirty years was the head of the Mormon Church in Utah, the atten- tion of the country. has been directed anew to the singular people whom he led, whose religion jas always been an cnigms, aud whose future is now the subject of much speculation. Several years ago, when a resident of Utah, I devoted my leisure hours for a year or more to the study of the theology—if theology it can pe called—of the Church of the Latter-Day Saints. Itscrced has never been formulated, snd fewof the “Gentile” world have ever Jmown all of its peculiar tenets and teachings. From a careful study of Pratt’s ‘Key to Theol- cosy, “Celestial Marriage, and ‘ Material- isin” “The Doctrines and Covenant,” “The Book of Mormon,” and a balf-score of other works of that character, the following epitome ofits creed came as the result. It has never been published before, and J feel sure it will in~ terest your numerous readers. [ will remark here that on minor points of be Jiefthe “lights”? of the Church have never been in full accord, and it is well known that the Joseph Smith branch of the Church bas never indorsed the doctrine of the plurality of wives, nor of celestial marriaze. The Mormons, or Latter-Day Saints, believe and teacb— 1. That God is a Person, with the form of a man. He walks with His icct, He sees with His eyes, ete. “2. Jesus Christ is the first-born Son of God, a perfect and sinless Man, but not equal to the Father in power or glory. 3. The Holy Ghost is a Person, possessed of the Spirit of God the Father. 4. Men is not created by God, but has existed from all eternity, and will exist through all cter- nity—in other words, they believe in the pre- existence of man. All men born into this world are spirits from some other sphere, sent into this world to tabernacle for a season. 3, Man is not born in sin, and is not accounta- ble for offenses other than his own. 6. This earth is only ouc of the many colonics of embodied spirits J ms 7. God. the ‘Father was married myriads of years ago. and all beiugsin the universe are His natural offsoring by His numerous wives. & There are four orders of spirits or beings, viz: (1) Gods,—immortal spirits, perfect “in organization of souland body, being the final stateof men who have lived on carth in a stateof perfect obedicnee tolaw, (2-) Angels,~immortal beings who haye lived on carth in imperfect + obedience to law. Men,—immortal beings . in whom a living soul is united to 21h bodr. (4) Spirits,—immortal beings ‘still waiting to tabernacle in the flesh. . 1 They are materialists. Nothing in the wniverse is immaterial, aud mind and spirit are material, etc. by 10. Men, being a race of gods, are eligible by marriage for celestial thrones. Their wives and children will reiga with them and share their exaltation and glory. : ll. Polygamy, or plurality of wives, is ordain- ed of Goa! yy revelation. Some are married for time and some for cternity.. All who are thus united in marriage by the visible heaa of the Church, the rightful successor of Joseph Smith, are married for time and for eternity. These will be in Heaven as.ou _carth, and procreation wil goon forever. All who are not thus mar- Tied may be saved, but only to occupy interior positions in Heaven, and are forever to be the servants of those who inherit thrones and King- loms. 12. Jesus Christ was married when on carth to Mary Magdalen, to Marv, and to Martha ber sister, a.d possibly to other women. 13. The Latter-Day Saints scal unto them- selves wives for eternity. Women so sealed are Rot wives in the ordinary-meaning oi the word. Unmarried women, who have been dead for years, may be scaled to the living faithful by proxy. Women so scaled will, in eternity, share the glory of their husbands. sli. Jesus Christ is the first-born Son of the ‘ather by His first wite, and is, therefore, His Bas, and also the eldcst Brother of the human it Iv. ‘15. The immortal part or spirit of all who die in this world goes into prison, i. e., into. an fotermediate place, there to abide until the day of judement.. The true Gospel as it is b d andtaurht by the Church of the Latter-Day Saints will be préclaimed by angels to all the spirits in prison. .As many as believe that Gos- pel will be saved, and all Who reject. it will be eternally damneil. 16. In these last days God comes in direct contact with the truc believers, and reveals His will to them by the word of His own mouth, or by that of an angel. The Bible, God's revcaled Will to man, is not deemed suflicient—hence the necessity that He should make known His and pleasure to His chosen peuple as in the days of old. : i. Miracles are wrought now asin the days of Christ and His Apostles. The sick are healed, the blind are made to see, the deaf to bear, by the power of God through His people, by the laying on of hands, anointing with oil, prayer, etc. “God in these last days bestows on His . Chosen people, in accordance with the promises, His Holy Spirit in a special manner, and many receive the gift of topgues, of prophesy, ete. 1S. Jesus Christ is to appear at the end of time. He will take up His abode in the temple how buildiug at Salt Lake City, and from that B:cred place will rule over all nations aod peoples who have accepted . the true Gospel. All others, i. e.. Parans, apostate Christians. 50 + called, and all the incorrigibly wicked, will be Utterly destrored. 19. This earth, purified at the end of time, Will be the new earth. The New Jerusalem will be in India, where all the believing Jews will be fathered torether. All who accept the new £ospel among the Gentiles will be zathered to- ity and the re- w Jerusalem in Zion, i. ¢., Salt Lake Ci fion about it, which will be the N of the Gentile world. a 20. The holy priesthood has the keys of Heaven in its ing: whomsoever it looses in farth will be loosed in Heaven, etc. Brigham ‘oung, as the rightful successor of Joseph Smuh, the seer and ptophet, was of that priest- ‘he Mormons in Utah and Arizona number Hearly 120,00). Over one-half, and some claim nearly two-thirds, are foreiners, who have beer ken to agreat extent from the poorer classes of Great Britain, Norway, Sweden. and Den- mark, and_assisted in their emigration to Utab by the “Perpetual Emurating Fund” of the Church. They claim nearly 100,000 converts in other lands. Brithamn Young was the First President, and, with his two Councillors or asso- ciates, comprised the First Presidency uf the Church of the Latter-Day Saints. There are tWelve apostles chosen for lite, and a Jarze BUmber of Hieh Priests, Eiders, and Bishi The officers of the Church rank as follo irst, Apostles; second, High Priests; third, Elders: fourth, Bishops: fifth. Deacons; sixth, Teachers. The first three named belong to the Grder of Meichesidec, or High Priesthood, and the rest to the Aaronic Order. There are uearly 1,00) members (mostly Elders) in various parts of this country ana in Europe and Asia enzazed in missionary work and proselyting. These men are selected and sent out by the First Pres- idency fora term of three years, and receive no ay. Polygamy is practiced by nearly all lead- ing Mormone in U1 ‘No such marriage is ‘ever contracted without the approral of the y sthe nob; Richards escaped unhurt, and T: share in the government; but it was not till late in 1847 that» Brigham was, by a full yote of the Church, chosen to all the honors and titles of the dead Prophet. If Taylor has the ability, he may, by dearees, centre all Row er in himself, and follow the ex- ample of Brizbam; but it is not to be under- stuod that he is now the successor. This action of the Church does, howeyer, settle the ease as against the sons of Brigham, Neither of thein obu Taylor isa native of Canada, of English blood, aud now at least: 65 "years old, but very vigorous and well preserved. He was among the carly converts, and, with his wite Leonora, passed throuzh most’ of the tribula- tions of the Church, When Joseph and Hyrum Smith were arrested for destroying the Expositor newspaper oflice, in. Nauvoo, Taylor and Willard Richards, ‘another Apostle, went ivith them to jail at Carthage. When the mob fired into the room, Taylor stood at. the door kuocking down the guns with his cane, and in the contest was shot with four balls.” When Hyrum Smith fel} dead,. Joseph attempted to leap from the window, was shot in the attempt, and fell on the outside. Atthis the mob ran around the building, and in the metce Riebards carried Taylor. to another room and covered him with bed-clothes, expecting himself to be killed. But the death of the Smiths satisfied lor recovered after a long illness. He still carries two balls in his body, another passed entirely through him, und the fourth struck an old * ball’s-cye2? watch in his vest pocket, stop- ping the hafis at 5 o'clock and 16 minutes p. m., which is marked by the Saints as the “-sol- emn hour,”—that is, of the Provhet’s death. Taylor afterward became very successful as a missionary, and is the wealthiest of the Apus- tles. He’ is, however, probably the bitterest enemy of the United States in the whule quo- rum. [1 tnost of the discussions with the Gen- tile world, he has conducted the constitutional and legal lines of the Mormon defense. He had three polygamous wives many Ts aco, but his legal wife, Leonora, divd in 7889. 'The laws passed by the Utah Legislature have mostly been put in shape by him, as he has some legal talent, and us a writer he is second only to Or- son Pratt. His abilitivs are of a totally differ- ent order from Brigham’s, but, all things con- sidered, he is probably the best man the Mor- mons could select if they ever choose a successor. THE PRAYER TEST. HOW AN ENGLISH PIlILANTMROPIST CARRIED ON HIS CHARITABLE WORK, RELYING oN PRAYER TO SUPPLY THE MEANS. New York Tribune, 4th, The story of a successful trust upon prayer alone to procure the money needed to live and carry on a charitable object was told last even- ing by the Nev. George Muller, at Dr. Buding- ton’s Church, in Brooklyn.- Every pew was filled. The livelicst interest was manifested while the English philanthropist told his story. In front of the speaker sat Mrs. Muller an old lady, whose pleasant face and child-like ex- pression of countenance characterized her as a fitting companion to a husband so strong in the faith. She was absorbed in the address, and often reflected her husband's carnestness of manner. When he said that after receiving the needed funds in answer to prayer, the orphans failed to appear because he hadn's prayed for them, she burst into a merry little laugh, while the audience broke out in a substantial smile. ‘Mr. Muller speaks with an’ energy that does Dot often accompany seventy-two years, al- tnough he does noi descend to ranting. He tall, of soldierly bearing, and his gray hair is well brushed back froma high forehead. Dis elocution is strongly marked witha German ac cent, but he speaks with the earnestness of thorough conviction. He is a native of Krop- penstadt, Pru: Was graduated at Haile, and went to England ‘in 1829, In 1830 he became a pastor of a small independent chapel at Te’ mouth. ive any salary, be He soon retused to receiv ff that God would provide for all finan- cial necessitics in direct answer to prayer. This theory he curried out in 1832, when a pastor at Bristol, and his only salary consisted of voluntary contributions, and at the close of 1833 four schools were under. his control. He soon enlarged the scope of his benevolent enterprises and, after hiriug a house for an orphanage in 1836, by June, 1337, over $5,000 had been volun- tarily ‘contributed. The orphans quiet it creased in numbers, and in ISi5 he besa pray for $50,000, with which to crect a larze building and ineet current expenses. Gifts be- gan to appear in December, when $5,000 cai in, and in the followin July 310,250. By J: nary, 184%, about $45,000, in’ addition to. what Was necessary for current expeuses, had been received, and in 1850 his annual-reecipts reached in-alf $40.000, which, Mr. Muller said, came with- out solicitation in answer to prayer. He kept on prayins, and in January, 1851, he received Seah} in tsi 500, aud in 1853, $65,500. He also received. during the end- ing May, 1870, $189,375, with wii aries and 122 schools were cupportes 2,961 orphans maintained, and 47,413 Bibles tributed. From Oetoliit 15H, to. > received, in all, $3,95 33,500 children were KM) Bibles dis- tributed, 50,000,000 trac ty 4.303 or- phans and 190 missionaries supported. The tive orphan houses are vested in a Board of Trust but they have no endowments M theory is that money will be fo Heedes. Me is now pastor of a churc membership of 90). “Mter the rendering of ‘‘Jesus, Lover of My Soul,” by the choir, and reading of Scripture Dr. Budington, Mr. Muller spoke, in substance, as follows: Tam notin the habit of speaking thus pub- licly of the stitution of which I am the found- er, except when I am particularly requested to do 50, lest it be supposed that Iam traveling in order to put the institution before the publ ‘This is not why I came among the dear Chi tian friends in the United States, but simply so that, in my feeble wa wht seck to benefit young believers in the Lord w h tue experience Which 1 have had during the Jast fifteen years in His service. {was brought up to be a clergy- man, and after studying at a theological insti- tute. I finally made up my mind to go to En- gland and came first. to Plymouth. I labored there for two and a half years, and accepted a call from Bristol. Afteratime it secmed best for various reasons that I sould have no sal- ary, but should Icave the matter entirely in the hands of the Lord. So I said to the church in October, 18%), that J no longer expected a stated salary, but Id Jeave it to their love to supply me voluntarily, just as they pleased to Thave been going ‘ou now for forty. ee when with a. even do. £ 3 is years, simply dependent on the Lord ‘for my evessities, both as pastor of the churcl: and Director of the institution, to which f have iven the greater part of my time. But while Peay this, it might be supposed that Ehad not the least income whatever. If any one_sup- poses I have been a loser and a sufferer. he will be cntircly mistaken, for the Lord graciously supplicd ine with all { have necded, and, generally epeak- ing, I had abundance; and assistance came, not only from Engjand, but cven trom Scot- land, Ireland, Canada, and the United States itself, and from New York. so that in ull parts of the world the Lord has touched the hearts of His people to supply any temporal necessities. So sometimes [ have been without any money whatever: gencrally I have had abandance, but sometimes nothing.—not only all monev gone, but a few times all provisions gone. and then. in childlike simplicity. I fei! on my Ences and asked the Lord to supply me, and often, in the very moment of prayer. there was 2 jock at the door, and there was some one with relief. This was uot once or twice, but many, many times that the Lord proved that though Elijah is dead the God of Elijah is still living, apd that im the nineteenth century He is as ready to answer the prayer of His children as ears azo. be ae Ae ee iermay mind, when God answered my prayer in this way, that I might provide for the Frany neglected orphan children by trusting in enceded money. Is 18341] founded ee ban sesh Its beginning was almost The principles ou the orphan asylum. ins iticant, fut good. which it was founded were: That. the God should alone be its patron; and would never go into debt, but patiently wait on God to ply the means for caring for thes} children. Sot prased tor help. The expense now for one day is as greay as the expense of the whole first year oi the institution. We re~ quire now on. ar ayeraze about $020 a day, or $225,000 2 year. At the beginning I established only one school for poor children, relying onGodtor money. Izwas sustained. A few weeks later two moreschools, and at the end of the frst year six weekly schools were ir ex- istence, supported by falth in the living God. ‘The first year we started our orphan home, we had ninet orphans and ten helpers, and then L wag taken Sil. I had to leave the institu- tion in the hands of Gou. Although the funds ran low, after a while larce sums were given. We had also a large Sunday-school and an adult school, and, circulated many books and tracts. The orphan home was added eighteen months Iater,-I prayed one day for more means, and before half an hourhad passed a Iet- ter arrived containing I prayed for a house for the orphan institution and $500, andI soon reccived $500, and other gifts in larger and smaller amounts for three months. I was en- abled to rent and furnish a house, and was ready to open it for the reception of ‘thirty or- phans. Iwaited two hours, but they did not come.: At last, 1 remembered I had not prayed forthem. 1 did so, and they soon arrived. Once agsin I] Jay on the floor in prayer for orphans for three hours. Since then’ about 16,000 orphans have ‘epplied. 1 had two build- ings for boys and girls, and I prayed for ability to build a third, But I was taken itl, and the gifts were consumed by expenses. Only $100 remained. I gave myscif to prayer, and soon large amounts came in, and we had more toan abundance, TOE SHAKERS. THEIR PECULIAR FORMS OF WORSHIP. Correspondence Detroit Post. PirrsFieip, Mass., Sept. 2.—Though I was brought up in New England, not fifty miles from some of their settlements, my only idea of these peculiar people [Shakers] was that they made an unpleasant apple-sauce, tasting of cider and brown sugar; that they wore hideous and ungainly garments, and that Cupid and Hymen claimed uo share of their devotions. This being our last Sunday in Berkshire, our host proposed we should drive to Levanon and witness their strange worship. Behold us then mounted in alight wagon with a pair of horses that trotted up the steep hills with a cheerful serenity which would astonish our Western steeds. The air was bright and crisp like our Octo- ber, and the whole distance onc lovely panorama of wooded hille, greén valleys, clear mountain streams, smiling villages, bits of forest road, and all the charming variety which, to those who have seen it, is comprised in the name of Berkshire County. Only too quickly were those eight miles “done,” and I think the drive would have enabled me to listen patiently to ouc of —'s long sermons. Fortunately no such trial was in store for us. I must not for- get to mention that the moment we crossed the vorders of Shakerdom the signs of material ity were abundant. New England is generally thought a thrifty land, but- nowhere else did we see stone walls so solid, barns so large, paint so fresh, orchards so fruitful, and “Chard times ”? 50 far away. Probably the time we foolistly fritter away upon: courtship and marriage is by them devoted to general repairs. There is certainly something pleasant to the casual mind when driving down into one of these snug: valleys. No sign of poverty or crime is visible, not even shiftlessness, nothing but perfect order and spotless neatness. ‘Phe church was a large building with round- ed roof, unmarked by a spire, but distinguished. by thelong lines of carriages, bugsies, and stage-coaches standing in front, which had brought world’s people like ourselyes from miles around. There were two doors, and we ladies meckly entered the women’s side and tvok our seats upon benches among the 200 or 300. spectators. The service had already com- menced, and this is what we saw: A large hall with a pulished hard-wood floor, white-washed walls relieved by wood-work and window-casings of light blue. In the centre of the room stoud. acircle of about thirty men and women, who sang hymns ina sonorous and inspiring man- ner, that reminded me of a camp-meeting. sound them marched two long processions, they waved their hands constantly from the eeu tre; outward, in asortof rythinic accordance with the music, and their steps had a bounding movement, which was the only approach I saw to the so-called dancing. The two lines of — imoving forms passed and repassed each other ina winding tigure which was not ungraceful. Ht reminded me of a vouthful game called “Threading the Needle.” The slight inclina- tion to laugh which I felt.upou entesii away almost instantly, and was suc a sert of weird fascination as I watched them. At the end of each hymn_ they became motiot less as statues, until the leader of the choir se- lected and pitched the next tune, when the singing, the waving of hands, and the mystic figures were resumed. But Lhave forgotten, what it is strange a woman should forget, their clothes. For the mer, I ean only say that. they bore a general resemblance to the carly style of wood-cuts whirh ornamented the “ Kollo Books” and the New England Primer, but as I am more familiar with feminine garments I will venture to be more explicit. Allow me te premise that none of these women resembled Mr. Mantilivi’s Countess, with the ‘dem fine outline,” but rather the unfortunate Duchess who had no“ out- line at all.” Imagine agrey skirt of some woolen. material, scant and short, guiltless of gores or crinoline, attached to a very short waist; over the shoulders a sinall, three-cornered white shuwl, the hair strained tightly back from the face and covered with a stiff, white cap. Venus herself nid be a dowdy. in such a dress, and, alas, the Sisters were not Venuses! How thank- ful I felt as I looked at them for the resources of fashion, for the French corsets, and false hair, the ribbons, laces, and silks, aud all the cunning devices that concex! our defects or heighten our beauties. It struck me, too, asa singular faci that all the Shakers were thin,— most of them attenuated, and I sought in vain for a philosophical explanation; food was abun- dant; anxiety could have no existence in those placid } the ordinary hopes and fears of hu- manity nave no place in-a routine 25 monotonous as the cloister. Why, then, were they not tat and comfortable? I also noticed in their faces that absence of all expression, that fen ness, 80 to speak, always observabic in those whose fate is fixed, whether in the prison-cell, behind the convent grille,” or in this yoluntsry separation from the grand drama of human life. Oh! how far preferable the losses and sains, the joys and sorrows of our ordinary cxistence than this dead level of material prosperity. or seven hyinns had been sung, the ranks divided, leay- ing the sisters on one side and the brethren on the other, profanely suggesting an old-fashioned * contra dance,” but I felt rebuked tor the Jevliy of my thought, when suddenly all savk on their knees in silent praver. It is a strange fact that no act of worship anywhere is so solemn as this, uo spoken words so cloquent, no gorgeous ceremonial so effective, and the hush that falls upon a Catholic cathedral at the elevation of the Host is not inore impressive than was the unbroken silence of that plain Shaker ‘mecting-house,” with the rows of motionless figures knecling upon the bare floor. ‘This act of devotion accomplished they rose and bruught forward benches, then sexting them- selves, spread their clean handkercinefs care- fully over their knees, and with folded arms prepared to listen to the sermon. Atall man with jet black hair and beard, and fs certain rude eloquence of manner, com~- eneed an address Which ought to baye had for ii, ve ii, Of course familiar with uotation. 1 of Brother Thomas’ dissourse, but in substance he stated that they beli in three things, peace. purity Prosperity; that they abhor- red three other things, war, want, and wedlock! He said “we are the practical philosophers who are solving by our lives the social probiems of the ave. The quarret between labor and capital, the great questions of crime and panperism, haye uo terrors for us. We have no jails, no poor-houses, uo divorces, no unwelcoine chil- dren; neither millionaires nor begears exist among us.” For half an ‘hour he continued in astrain of self-laudation, mingied with severe criticism of all-outside his own community. I wondered inwardly what need any of them felt of divine assistance, as tuey scemed so wholly satisfied with their own achievements. ‘todo the man Justice he made astrong plea fora wholly unnatural mode of life, supported by texts of Scripture twisted from their real meaning as adroitly as if he had been trained a Jesuit in the Roman propaganda. Then we were dismissed, and as the world’s people Issued gaily forth, and with much chat- ting and laughing climbed into the high“wagons and stage-coaches, and drove merrily homeward, two solemn lines of Shakers filed silently down the walks and entered the square, substantial, but rovless-looking houses of their so-called “families.” CATHOLIC APOSTOLIC. ANOTHER PHASE OF SECOND ADVENTISM. New York Sun, Comparatirciy few persons. probably, in look- ing over the New York City Directory, have no- liced under the head uf * miscellaneous” in the list of churches the following: Catholic Apostolic. 125 W. 16th: Davia M. Fackler, Angel in charge, b. 216 W. 25th. This Catholic Apostolie Church-is the only full church in the United States representing the religious denomination with which the name of the celebrated Edward Irving is indissolubly connected. There are congrezutions in Boston, ‘Mass., Hartford, Enfield, and Waterbury, Conn., and Potsdam, N. Y., the latter being tne oldest inthe Union; but on account of their smallness in numbers they are under the gencral super- vision of the Ange! of the church in New York. ‘The members of this Church believe in the im- mediate personal return of Christ to earth. In this pelief they exhibit no fanaticism,.and are not troubled by portents, although their faith is based or miraculous manifestations, The church in West Sixteenth street isa small, plain, brick building, painted brown. It is pleasantly shaded in front by tall trees stand- ing at the edge of the curb-stone, and on either side lofty dwelling houses tower above its un- aspiring roof. When 8 reporter of the Sun entered this building yesterday there were about. 100 men and women Standing in the plain wooden pews, soberly and earnestly engaged in singing 2 hymn, Asmal! organ in one corner ofthe room was played, and a dozen men in white robes stood on a low ‘platform before a marble altar at the opposite end of the room. A long service of prayers, responses, andhymns, bearing a general resemblance to the Roman Catholic, and also to the Episcopal Church services, were gone through with. Once the officiating priests retired and changed their robes, the Angel wearing one somewhat‘ richer fn appearance than those of the others. A cen- ser With burning incense, which filled the room with aheayy, pleasing odor, hung before the altar. The Angel selected one of the priests, and leading him before the altar, where he knecled, blessed him. The priest then advanced. towards the audience and read a short sermon or “homily.” This contained nothing that would have inforined a stravger as to the peculiar be- lief of the worshipers. More prayers and re- sponses followed. ‘The Angel swung. the in- cense before the altar, and afterward took from the altar consecrated bread and wine, and ad- ministered it first to the priests and afterward to the people, who weut forward and kueeled while receiving it. . ‘This was the regular eucharistic service of tne Catnolie Apostolic Church. After it was over the reporter was presented to the Angel, the Rev. Mr. Fackler, su ‘elderly, pleasant-looking sentieman, who’ Féfetred him to Sfr. Riutoul, one of the elders, for information. “ We entirely repudiate the name of §Irving- ites,?” said Mr. Rintoul. ‘ We don’s ackno edge Irving at all-as the foucder of our Churc! That originate) -in miraculous manifestatio whieh took place in Scotland in 1832. Mr. Irving was then preaching in London as a minister of the Seotch Church, *“The' miraculous manifesta- tions atterward appeared in London, and Mr. Irving protected members of his congregation who believed, und believed himself. Being a man of wonderful eloquence, a great orator, whom Cabinet Ministers uud all the great people liked to hear, his name was sometimes given to the movement, but the Church was not in any way founded by him, and it took its form from thé divine power alone.” “What is your belief?” “Our faith, tu brief, is just this: We are be- lievers in the personal coming of the Lord;-we believe that the time is at hand when fle shall come to reign on the carth for a thousand years; we believe in doing. a_work of preparation for that coming, and this Church is that work.” + Were nut twelve apostles appointed over the Church in England??? “ Don’t say appointed. They were called mi- raculously.’? Do you know their names?” “Yes;-Cardale, Drummond, M. P.,. Henry Pereival, Sitwell, Armstrong, Carlisle, Dow Woodhouse, Kingchurch, Tudor, MeKenzie, and Dalton.” “Are they not nearly all dead?” “All but two, Woodhouse and Armstrong. They both live at Albury, near London.” “At an advanced agef? “Both are. over 70.” “Ts it the belief of your Church that the ad- yent of Christ wil! immedistely follow the death of the last of the apostles?” “J don’t say that. Wedon’t know. We ex- pect It at any time. Ten of the twelve sredead, and none has beencalled to fill their places. But we don’t know when the Lord will come; only we expect it at any time.” “Do you fix any date for it?” “No? “« Might it not bea thousand years yet?” “Qh, no. We hope to live ourselves to see Him; that is all Lean say, It Is said that there will be distress of nations and dreadful judz- ments, and in the darkest time of all Christ will come. We believe in the restoration of the Jews to Jerusalem, and that they will then become the most effective ministers of Christianity to all the world that have ever existed.” “ You don’t believe that the world will be de- stroved!?? “No, we don’t believe that it will be destroy- id. * Are you making any special preparation in putting aside alt worldly matters for the com- ing of Christ?” “No. Webelicve in human institutions. Wo believe in being Ioyal to the Government. We believe in paying taxes. If the Lord is coming to-morrow, he couldn’t find me better employed thav in doing my business. In all things we pretend to be nothing more than ordinary men. But we don’t belicve in the gradual spread of the truth. It will’allcome with Christ.” “ Are the members of this Church generally of the well educated and wealthy classes, or other~ wise!" Spe “They are of all classes. In England the Duke and Dutchess of Northumberland are among our members, and on the other hand we have the poorest Jaborers.”” “How is the Church supported?” “gy tithes and offerings. You probably notived in the enurch here two boxes, one nark- ed ‘Tithes’ and the other ‘ Offerings!” . “Yes, . What do you mean by ‘tithes?”? “« Why; the tenth’part of one’s income. That aman is expected to give. Of course, it is left to his conscience to be honest in giving it. The offerings are generally used to support the church in temporal matters.” “What is done with the tithe money?” “It is used by the apostles as they think fit for the benefit of the Church. We uever inquire. into their actions.” * Do you also believe in miraculous cures?”” “Yes. Whenever onc of our members is sick, the Angel and ellers are sent for, and they zo tohis bedside with the consecrated emblems which are kept in the altar; and often good re- sults follow.”? + You also believe iv the gift of prophecy?” “Wedo, Inthe Church there are the ‘apos- tles, aud then prophets, evangelists. and pas- tors. Anybody may prophecy to whom the mi raculous voice comes. It is often done at our meetings. Whatever is said in prophecy is taken down and handed to the Angel. These utterances are sent to the two spostles now living. Every year the apostles select certain words from the utterances sent to them, and send them around to the churches to be read there.!” +t Would yon be williag to let me know what words hay sent this year, for instance, or what prophetic utterances have been made in the church here?” “No, We would not be wiliing to have them used for publication. I do not question your intention; but, you see, we believe these things, and we would not like to see them used by readers as subjects of ridicule.” “How many members has the church in New York?” “ Over a bundred.” “Ts Angel the regular title by which Mr. Fackfer is spoken off” “Yes, Angel or Bishop. The two names are synonymous in meaning. Every full church has its Angel.”? “When was the Catholic Church established in this country?” “ft was carried to Canada by evangelists about 1835 or 1836, I think. ‘There are churches at Ottawa, Toronto, Kingston, and. Prince Al- bert. From Canada it went to Potsdam, N. Y., that being-nearthe border. It was brought to New_York in 1848 under evanectists.”” “ Besides the Angel, Mr. F; ler, are there auy others Specially set apart for the work here?! ‘ «Yes; Mr. Musgrave, who was formerly an Episcopit minister, is’ set apart here as an elder.” e How is the work of the erancetists carried “The Revs, W. W. Andrews, Angel, and John 8. Davenport, Angel, both of Connecticut, have charge ot the evangelists. and they are most of the time away from home at, their work. The evangelists preach whenever they can zeta place. Sometimes they hire a hall and advertise. Sometimes they preach ina church, if its minister will permit them to. They will preach in any pulpit that fs offered to them, and m any place where they can get hearers.” “How many members has the Church in the Unitod States!” “don't know exactly. red, probably.* “] believe that you are very tolerant in your i f other sects.”” weacknowledgeall Christians as our brethren,—Roman Catholics, Ispiscopalians, Presbyterians, Methodists, and all. We don’t say that they will not receive salvation. That is not the only object of Christianity.” “What other object has it?? “Preparation for the government of the Church after Christ has come to reign over it.” GENERAL NOTES.. Three or four hun- vi The Provincial Synod of the Canadian Episco- pal Church was held in Montreal, beginning Sept. 12. Among the Committee reports was one on intercommunion with the Church in the United States. i Three prominent gentlemen of Pittsburg, through their counsel, have filed bill in equity against the Rev. M. W. Dallas and a number of the members of the Ames Methodist Church for introducing an organ to assist in the music. contrary to the charter of the Church, which Provides that there shall be congregatiynal sine- ing in the services, and that no instrument shall be used. If the Northern and Southern Presbyterian Churches were united the sum total of mem- bers would be 670.121, In 1861, when they parted, the total number of members. in the united body was 300,814. - Abeqnest of $61,000 has been left by W. L. J. Kederlen to the Protestant Episcopal Hos- pital of Philadelphia for the benefit of sick and destitute natives of the Kingdom of Wurtem- berg, and, next to them, other natives of Ger- many. The Presbyterians in Texas have been hold- ing their first camp-meeting at Hog Island, in Falls County. The Kev. Dr..B. M. Palmer, of New Orleans, preached the opening sermon. The meeting continued through several days, and as many as 3,000 were present at the Sab- bath services. The eighteenth annual report of the Executive Board of the United Hebrew Relief Association, has beeu received. It gives in detail the history of the Society's charitable work for the year. ‘The total receipts were $6,164.75. The organiz- ation is in a flourishing condition, and every year adds to its capacity for doing good. At the late session of the British Wesleyan Conference three young ministers resigned for the reason that they no longer believed in the doctrine of eternal punishment, as taught in Mr. Wesley’s sermons. A plea in their behalf that they might ve permitted to hold their. places in the Conference was made, but not en- tertained. ‘The Pacific Coast Methodists make considcr- able complaint pecause no one of the Bishops will reside among them, as ordered by the Gen- eral Conference. None of the present Bishops are willing to make the sacritice, but at the next General Conference a Pacific coust man might be chosen as Bishop, aud the difliculty obviated in this way. The annual -camp-mecting of the Seventh- Day Adventists of Michizan is te be held at Lansing this year, commencing Sept. 18, and continuing until Oct. 1. A canvas pavilion S80x120 fect, and. capable of accommodating 5,000 persons, will. be on the ground and over 120 family tents. 1t will probably be the largest gathering of this people ever held. The Baptists in the North Division are invited to attend a mecting to be held to-day at Mar- tine’s Hall on Chicago avenue, near Clark street, at4:30 p. m. The facts connected with the propusition to cousolidate Baptist interests in that part of the city and the final decision con- cerning the same will then be given. The meet- ing will be addressed by several of the promi- nent city pastors. All friends of the movement are invited. In Ohio, 115 Congregational churches out of 160, which have a minister at all, have changed ministers since 1873; moreover, only ten of the 160 have the same minister that they had ten yearsago. Three. of these ten are served by oue mau,—s home missionary down in Wash- ington County, whose silary is less than $300 a year. Next to Meriam, of Randolph, who has been there since 1824, the senior pastorate is that of blind Horace Buehuell, of Cincinnati. who has ministered to the Storrs church ‘for forty-six years. ‘The Fourth Annual Convention of the ‘Woman's National Christian Temperance Union will be held in Chicago, Oct. 24, 25, 26, 27. Dele- gates are expected from more than thirty States. The Chairman of the Committee of Arrange- ments for the Convention is Mrs. A. P. Kelley, 116 Calument aveune, Chicago, to whom dele- gates should write, giving their names and ad- dresses, upon- which they will receive a card bearing the name and address of ladies who will entertain them through the Convention. Mrs. Kelley will reply to any question which dele- gatesor others interested in the Convention may desire to ask. * GERMAN DEACONESSES. Acorrespondent for 1 London paper writes concerning the celebrated Kaiserswerth Insti- tute of German Dezconesses, near Dusseldorf, in Rhenish Prussia: ‘On March Lof the pres- ent year there were belonging to the Institate 430 Deaconesses, 118 probationary sisters, or novices, and twelve pupils on preliminary trial. Three Deaconesses, who are still in the active discharge of their dutics, eclebrated their twen- ty-fifth year of membership at Whitsuntide, 1876. During the forty years of the existence of the Institute 940 persons have been admitted to the full rank and privilege of Deacon- esses. Only nincty-two have died in the mem- bership of the Institute, while 418 have quit- ted it onvarious grounds. Of these latter,seventy leftin order to take care of their parents, who lad become incapacitated for maintaining them- selves; 129 left to be married; and when the other central establishment of Bethany was be- ing founded at Berlin, seven sisters migrated from Kaiserswerth to assist in the organization of the new house. Of the 430 Deaconesses at present belonging to the Kaiserswerth commun- ity, 137 haye been members for less than five years, 122 between five aud ten years, eighty-five between ten and fifteen, thirty-four betiveen fil-, teen and twenty, thirty-three between twenty and twenty-five, ten between twenty-five and thirty, and nine have been members for more than thirty years. It is clear that the avoca- tions of the” sisterhood are not incompatible with health. It is also to observeil that they do not involve any clositered withdrawal from the course of ordinary life, nor renunciation of all interest in its affairs; on the contrary, the sisters keep themselves in close contact with the daily pursuits and cares of the people among whom they live. The sisterhood give their services in 55 hospitals for the sick, 2L Orphanges and refuges for the poor, 40 cqn- munes,—i. e., as parochial visitors of the sick and poa,—IS$ schools and training cstablish- ments, 24 infant schools, 6 servants’ training in stitutions, 2 asylums, 20 Sunday-schools, and schools for needlework and similar handiwork, |- 4lodgzing-houses for single workwomen. The number of persons directly benctited by the, services of the sisters is set down at £0,000.” ASRABLITISH CHRONOLOGY. The Jewish papers of last week devote much of their space to a review of the events of Jew- ish interest which have happened during the ast year. Thescinclude the death of Baron Hiitseh, Dr. Wurzburger, Baroness de Roth- schild, Rabbi Vivanti, Solomon Mosenthat, Rabbi Daniow, Johann Jacuby, Albert Kohn, Simon Deutsch, Edward Cohen, and the Rev. J. d, Lyons. They include also the consecration of adozen new synagecues and temples; the destruction by fire of seventy-two houses in the Jewish quarter of Horodenka, Galicia, and of the entire Town of Kupescocb. Poland, inbabit- ed exclusively by Jews; the admission of Jews as members of the Facuity of the Bntrersity of Bavaria, and the election of the Rey. Prof. Marks as Dean of the University Gollens of London; the gift by the heirs of Baron A. Koth- schild of 150,000 florins to the poor of Vienna; the appointment of Counselor Elstetter as Minister of Finance of the Duchy of Baden; the opening of the first Jewish synagogue in’ Bra- zil; the unveiling of Ezekiel’s statue of Relig- ious Liberty at Philadelphia: the appointment of Leopold Kompert as Minister of Education at. Vienna; the decoration of Auerbach, Kabbi Bloch, Franki, and Lazarus with German orders of nobility; the appointment of Julius Blum as Ezyptian Minister of Finance; the election of ; Rosenthal as Burgomaster of Cologne, and the election of Mr. Abrams as Mayor. of Taun- ton Mass. The establishment of the Society for Ethical Culture may also be jncluded, goxether with the Hilton-Scligman ti pag alos the leading events of Jewish inte PERSONALS. . The Rev. Dr. Dandy, of Elgin, has returned from his vacation at the East. The Rev. Dr. Ryder attended the Universalist State Convention at Morrison during the week. Prof. Fisk will sunply the pulpit of the New England Congregational Church during the re- mainder of this month. Py Father Gavazzi, of the Free Church of italy, is preaching in Ireland and taking up collections for the Evangelical College in Rome. The Rey. C. H. Fraser, of South Bay City, Mich., is about to leave the Baptist ministry to enter that of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Father Tom Burke. 0. P., has again suffered the effects of his great exertions ‘to advance re- ligion and is once more invalided—only tem- porarily, however. : Prof, $.°C. Derby, who has been acting Presi- dent of Antioch College, at Yellow Springs, 0., for seteral years, has been chosen President by the Board of Trustees. i The Rev. Robert D. Shepard, pastor of the Western Avenue Methodist. Church, preached in Hedding Church, Jersey City, last Sunday, previous to his sailing tor Europe. Mr. Robert Weidensali, Visiting Agent of the International Young Men’s Christian Associa- tion, will attend the’ conyentions to be held in Wisconsin and Minnesota this fall. Prof. William _M. Barbour preached his fare- well sermon in Bangor, Me., last Sunday, pre- paratory to assuming the duties of the Chitten- den Professorship of Divinity at Yale College. ‘A few mornings since a large ‘assemblage met in the Brooklyn Tabernacle to greet the dis- tinguished philantrophist George Muller, of England. The audience was very enthusiastic. The death is announced ofthe Rev. Charles E. Preston, 2 mission: of the Presbyterian Board, at Hong Kong, China- Mr. Preston was a eraiuate of Pringeton. and bad labored at ® of the world, ayear hence. formed Episcopal the 20th for is At the earnest solicitation of his relatives, he expects to remain several years in Great Britain. Episcopal Church, in 1842, and was a. Canton nearly twenty-four years. He was con- sidered to be’one of the most fluent of mission- ary preachers in the use of the Cantonese inet. Bishop Wiley, of the Methodist Episcopal Church, has sailéd from San Francisco for China. He will visit the Methodist missions in all parts except Liberia, before his return - The Rey. John Moore, late of Philadelphia, has been elected Professor of Belles Lettres and Evidences of Christianity in the Galesville Uni- Yersity, Wisconsin, and has also received a call to the Presbyterian Church at Galesyille. The Rev. J. D. Cowan, Rector of Grace Re- Church, leaves New York on home in the north of Ireland. The Rev. T. M. Cunningham, D. D., of San Francisco, California, is now in the East, com- pleting work already commenced in the endow- ment of the Theological Seminary of the Pacific Coast. His family’ have been spending the summer at Rockford, Hl The Rev. W. H. Hilliard, of the Methodist South, has been appointed Ge was Minister to Belgium member of Congress from for eight years, from 1S19- federate Congress during the Minister to Brazil. Montgomery, 4 “41, and of the Rebellion. Mr. Moody appears in excellent health, al- though he states he is suffering frequently at present from headaches. He is quite a3 stout as ever, and close inspection shows a few scat- tering gray hairs in hishead. lis plan for the Winter is to spread his efforts over the six New England States, Mr, Whittle and Mr. Sankey, perhaps, helping him to cover the field. _ INSPIRED HUMOR. There hasn’t really been very much prophet in the whaling business since Jonah dict. “Was Paul homely?” asks a writer in this week's Independent.. Come now, this S'ain’t a proper question to ask.’ Ee Lady (with catalogue)—'No. 53, ‘Eve Tempted.’ Gentleman (desirous to know the painter’s came)— Who by?” Lady (shocked at hjs Ignorance)— Why, -by the devil, of course.” 2 “Ttry to preach the milk of the word,” re- pligd.a city clergyman to a parishioner who re- monstratel that his sermons were too long. “Yes,” remarked the other, “but around here what we want is condensed milk.” When the Rev. Mr. Sauguire asserted, last Sabbath, that itis even possible that Brigham Young fias gone to Heaven, one of the deacons, who is a- widower, immediately yelled: “{ ob- ject—I’ve got a wife there! "—Delroit Post. The religious season, says the New York 3fail of Monday, opened yesterday in the city churches. Some of the pastors had a pleasant odor of new-fiuwn hay, and some had the hay fever. Butall were gladly welcomed by their neglected flocks. ‘The Baron Kothschild, of Paris, has just paid $800,000 for a picture, when he might subscribe for the Christian at Work, only 33, and get two chromos that would make him thiuk of eternity and afuture state, and scare the hair off his head every time be woke up in the night.—Bur- lington Hawkeye. Last Sundays preacher in New York State preached on the attempted murder of Joseph by his brethren. “This shows to what lengths “humanitarianism ” on the Indian question has gone in the Eastern States. But as Gen. How- ard’s attempts to murder Joseph haven't hurt Joseph much, so far, it would be Christian char- iy to forgive Geo. Howard and his men,—Detroit ‘ost. A Bangor (Me.) man attended a camp-meet- ing, and on his return was telling of the good time he enjoyed.. A serious-faved man asked, “Were there any converts!” He stopped a moment, and said: “Well, I swear, I forgot to ask. But the baked beans were bully, and the sailing and rowine were divine, and there were some of the handsomest girls there that I ever saw.” Agentleman gave a party in honor of a dis- tinguished missionary lately returned from his field of work. The ladies appeared with very decoliete dresses, and asthe host feared the style might shock his reverence, he apologized to him for it, saying that fashion demanded it. Oh, Idon’t mind it at.all,”” replied the mis- siovary; “+1 have been ten years among the sav- ages.7 | . . Deacon Rathfel asked his family physician last week: “Doctor, you have bad such an extended experience at death-beds, and have seen so many. people ga hence, that [would like to sak you what class are most resigned and die the hap- piest?” ‘The aged man cleared his throat and said: ‘Well, deacon, { havé not seen so very many deaths, but, so far a3 Ihave been able to Jearn, the people who die the happiest are those who are hung.” A good old lady in this State once attended the funeral of a man who had made a little hell of the neighborhood forty years. In the very ranks of the villagers who were present more been cut and hacked and thau twents n icked any vd by hitn, and his own skin was compl ooed with scars. But did this good old Ini fake any unpleasantremarks? Nota bit‘of it. She was a Christian woman, and 50: she ssid as she looked down into the cofliy,. Well, anyhow, he makes areal quiet sort of a corpse! °— Portland Argus. When a railway was opened in Virginia on a cértain occasion, a Bishop was called upon to make the prayer. Nothing in any prayer-book, jor in his usual private devotions, would exactly “applicate” the occasion. So he wrote out a ‘prayer, and read it from the manuscript. This performance greatly astonished some of the ne- groves wao hovered on the outskirts of the crowd. “Pomp,” said one of the ebonies, “what does you tink of dat?” ‘I tinks,” re- plied Pomp, “dat dis is de fust time dat de Lord was ebber written to on de subject ob railroads.” ‘The following are two stanzas of a song which is very popular among the colored worshipers of North Carolina, and which is often sung at re- vials: Ishake de dus’ off ob my fect, Ant walk barefoot on the golden street, I know my bide's chuck full of sin, But I know old Pete will Jet me in. cnonts. Den rise up, children, in 9 crowd, An’ shout sn’ sing to the angels loud; ‘An’ fix your eyes on the lun’ ob rest, Kase hell am hot as a hornet’s nest ‘That was aclever povtical mot which Punch perpetrated upon the preacher's toss of his traveling-bay, and the colloquy with his friend: ‘+ Dye lost my portinantean !” ** YP pity your grief!” ++ All my serinons were in it **1 pity the thief!" Some clerical plagiarist in London, who as- sumes to be as frank as he is free, has retorted upon Junch in the following unblushing quat- ‘The thief who stole my sermons, ‘On which 1 set such store, May safely give thein back to me, Since they were stole before. A correspondent, speaking of the recent Presi- dential trip through New Ragland, gives the- Baptist Weekly the following: While the party were amung the White Hills they stopped ata place Where: there was a Methodist csnp-ueet- ing, and, as the story goes, the Cabinet were discussing the matter as to who should speak, what should be ssid, etc., and, as they were at a Joss to understand the fine points of “Methodist fellowship, they called in Col. George W. Hook- er, of Brattiebaro, who had been Gen. Devens’ Adjutant-General, and who was known throuch the army for his ready wit on ull occasious, and inquired of him 1m relation to the best way to et out of it. Finally Mr. Evarts said: “| What Fenemination are youcontected with?” Hooker replied at once: ‘ Constitutionally Lam a Con- regationalist, but I pay my -moncy inte the Gniversalista.” “Ah.” said Evarts, & that will never do; you shouldn't pay a premium where there are n0 losses!” SERVICES TO-DAY. CONGREGATIONAL. The Rev. Z. 8. Holbrook will preach morning and evening at the Oakland Chureb. Evening sab- ject: ‘* When tne south wind biew softly by re- aac Rev. Charles Hall Evereat will preach at 40:30 a, m, and 7:45 p. m. in Plymonth Charch, Michigan avenne, between Twenty-fifth and Twen- ros: ets. Tee ae p, N.Vanderveer will preach at 10:30, a.m and 7:45 p.m. in the Union Park Charch, ‘SGeot Washington etreet and Ashland avenue, the Rev. G. Hl. Peeke wili preach morntng and evening at the Leavitt Street Church. : veithe Rev. G. W. Mackie will preach at 11 a.m, inthe South Park Avenue. Independent Church, comer of Thirty-third etreet. nrithe Rev. Mr. Floyd will preach in the morn- ingand the Rev. C. A. Towle in the evening st the Bethany Church, corner of Panlina and West Uuron |. atreets. PRESBYTERIAN. The Rev. J. H. Walker will preach morning and evening in the Reunion Church. —The Rev. J. H. Hewitt, of Lake Forest, will preach this morning in the Fourth Church, Rush. and Superior streets. —The Rey. James Maclanghlan will preach morning and evening in the Scotch Church,. Adams. Bad Sangacson| areca i —The Rev. E. N. Barrett will preach m andevening in Westminster Charchs Teer ny Peothe ey, P. L, Patton will 10 —The Rev. F. ‘atton each at 10:45 a. me. and 7:45 p. m. in the Jellerebn Park Charch. ~The Rev. Charles L. Thompson will. preach morning and evening in the Fifth Church, Indiana avenue and Thirt{cth strcot. —The Rev. J. Monro Gibson will preach at 10:30 a.m, and7:45 p. m, in the Second Church, cor- ner of Michigan avenue and Twentleth street. +The Rev. R. W. Patterson, D. D,, will preach at10:30.a, m. in the First Church. ~The Rev. J. M. Worrall will preach at 10:30 a, m. and 7:45 p. m. in the Eightn Church, corner of West Washington and Robey streets. —The Rev, William S. Falton. of Pittsburg, will preach morning and evening in the United Presby- terian Church, corner of Monroe and Panlna streets. i 2 UNITARIAN. The Rev. Brooke Herford will preach this morn- ing at 10:45. m. m the Church of the Messish, corner Michigan avenue and Twenty-third street. ‘No evening service. - -— The Kev. Robert Collyer will lecture on Nebuchadnezzar at the West End Opera-House this evening. —The Rev. Robert Collyer will morning at Unity Church. No event __ _. UNIVERSALIST. ‘The Rev. J. Straub will preach in the hall of tha ‘Third Church, southeast comer of Indiana avenue and Thirty-frst strect, at 10:45 a.m. —The Rev. Dr. Ryder will preach morning and evening in St. Paul's Church, Michigan avenue near Eighteenth street. —The Rev. Sumner Ellis will preach this morn- ing in the Church of the Redeemer, corner of San- gamon and Washington streets.” SWEDENBORQIAN. ‘The Rev, L. P. Mercer will preach at 10:45 a.m. in the Union Church, Hershey Music-Hall, No, 33 Madison street. —The Rev. F, W. Pendleton will preach at 11 a. mm. in the Temple, corner of West Waahington street and Ogden avenue. —Services at New Church Hall, corner of Eight- eerth street and Prairie avenue, at lla, m. —Linco Park New. Church Chapel, corner of Sundsy- proach in the ing service. North Clark snd Menomonee streets. school at 10 a. m. i LUTHERAN. The Rev. Edmand Belfour will preach at 11 a, m, and 7:30 p, m. in the Chorch of the Holy ‘Trinity, corner of Dearborn avenne and Eriostreet. CHRISTIAN. The Rev. J. 'T. Toot will preach morning and evening in the First Church, corner of Indiana _ avenue and Twenty-fifth street. 5 METHODIST. Mrs. Jennie F. Willing will presch at 11 4. m., and the Rev. A. W: Patten at 7:30 p. m., in the Wabash Avenue Church, —The Rev. W. F. Crafts will preach at 10:45 a. m. and 7:45 p. m. in Trinity Charch, Indsana avenue near Twenty-fourth street. —The Rev. Dr. Williamson will preach at 1030 a. m,and 7:30 p.m. in the Michigan Avenne Chuch near Thirty-second-st, —The Itev. A. Gurney, D. D., will preach mom- ing and evening in St. Paul's Church. ~The Rev. S. McChesney will preach {morning and evening in Park Avenne Church. ~The Rev. J. J. Tobias will preach mornin; and evening im Simpson M. E. Church, Bonfel street. ~The Rev. S. H, Adams will presch moming and evening in Centenary Church. ‘ —The Rev. W. A. Spencer will preach morning and evening in the First Charch. ~The Rev. Jobn Atkinson will preach moming and evening in Grace Church, corner of North LaSalle and White strects. ~The Kev. W._F. Stewart will preach in the morning and the Rev. J. A. Caldwell in the evan— ing in the Western Avenue Church, corner of Monroe strect. —The Rev, W. C. Willing will preach st 10:30 a. m: and 7:30 p. m. in the Langley Avence Church. ~The Rev. Joseph Eames will preach at 122, m. “and 7:30 p. m. in the Winter Street Chareb, corner of Forty-fifth street. ~—The Rev. T. P. Marsh will preach morning and evening in the Grant Place Church, ; —Mise FE. Townley will conduct services to-day in the Oak Park Church. BAPTIST. The Rev. N. F. Ravlin will preacn morning and evening at the Free Church, corner of Loomis and Jackson strects. ~The Rev. Robert P. Allison will preach ot 20:45 a. m. and 7:45 p. m. in the North Star Church, gorner of Division and Sedgwick streets. —The Rev. E. 0. Taylor will preach in the Im- manuel Church at 10:40 4. m. —The Rev. Galasha Anderson will preach at 10:30 5 p.m. in the Second Church, cor- n and Monroe streets, —The Rev. G. W. Northrap will preach In the morning and the Rev. D. B. Cheney in the even- ingat the Fourth Church, coruerof Washington and Paulina atreets. —The Rev. W. W. Everts will prevch at 11 a. m. and 7:45 p. m. in the F.rst Church, corner of Pari avenue and Thirty-first street. —There will be preaching st7:30 p.m. inthe Thirty-seventh Street Church, near the corner of Dearborn and Thirty-seventh strects. —The Rey, C. Perren will preach morning and evening in the Western Avenue Church. —The Rev. C. E. Hewitt will preach morning and eveningin the Centennial Charch, corner of ‘West Jackson and Lincoln streets. REFORMED EPISCOPAL. t Prof. Charles Elliott, D. D., will preach. at Grace Church, Hoyne and LeMoyne streets. morning, and the Rev. J. D, Cowan in the even- ing. - —The Rev... M.D. Church will preach morning and evening in St. John's Church. —The Rev. R.°H. Bosworth presches in the Jones. and Homans Charch of-tho Good Shepherd, sige i , and at Trinhy? streets, morning and even: Church, Englewood, at4 p. m. —The Rev. W. E. Wilhamson will preach mora- ing and evening in Emmenue! Church, Hanover and Twenty-eighth strects. —The Rev. Dr. Hunter will preach at 10:45 a, m. and 7:45 p. m. at St. Paul's Church, corner of ‘West Washington and Ann sueets. —The Rev. Bishov Cheney will preach morning - and evening in Christ Charch, corner of Michigan ! avenue and Twenty-fourth street. MISCELLANEOUS. Elder D. Rt. and Mrs. Manatield will preach morning and evening at the corner of May and Fulton streets. —Non-Sectarian Bible meeting at Room No. 23 Nevada Block, southwest corner of Franklin sud Washington streets, at ‘3p. m. —The Rev. W. J. Erdman vreicheg morning and. evening in Chicago Avenue Independent Church. —The Rev. S. M. Davis, of Irving Park, will reach morning and evening inthe chapel of the Vashingtonian Home. —The Rev. Miss A. Chapin will preach this morning in the old School-House of Englewood. —Disciples of Christ meet at 3 p.m. at 229 Weat ! Randolph street. : —The Firat Society of Spiritaalista, 517 West Madison street, 10:45 a. m. and 7:45 'p. m. Ad- dresses by Mrs. Cora L. V. Richmond. EPISCOPAL. Bishop McLaren will officiate this morning and evening in the Cathedral uf SS. Peter and Paal, corner of Weet Washington and Peoria streets. —The Rev. Samuel S. Harris will officiate this morning and evening in St. James’ Church, cornew, of Cass and Huron streets. 1 —The Rev. E. Sullivan will officiate this morn- + ing and evening in Trinity Churah, corner ot ‘Twenty-sixten street and Michigan avenue. —The Rey. Francis Mansfield will preach thia ~ morning and evening tn the Church af the Atone- ment, corner of West Washington and Robey streets, —The Rev. J. Bredbarg will preach this mornis and evening Jf St. Ansgarias’ Church, Sedgwic! street near Chicago avenue. —The Kev. Clinton Locke will preach this morn- ing, and the Rev. J.C. Talbot, Bishop of Indiana, this evening, in Grace Church, Wabash avenuo near Sixteenth street. —The Rev. W. C. Hopkins, of Aurora, will preach this morning in St. John’s Charch, Ashland avenue neat Madison street. —There will be morning and evening services at the Church of the Holy Communion, Dearborn street near 'Thartieth. = —The Rey. Arthur Ritchie will officiate this morning and evening m the Church of the Ascen- sion, corner of North LaSalle and Elm streets. —The Rev. Charles S. Lester will preach this . morning and evening tn St. Paal’s Church, Hyde Park avenne, between Forty-eighth and Forty- ninth streets. —The Rey. B. F. Fleetwood will preach this morning and evening in St, Mark's Charch, corner of Cottaze Grove avenne and Thirty-sixth street. —The Rev. G. F. Cashman wilt preach this morning and evening in St. Stephen's Church, Sohhson street, between Taylor and Twelfth. —The Key. Luther Pardee will preach this morning and evening in Calvary Church, Warren avenue, between Oakley etrcct and Western aveitye Rey. T. N. Morrison will preach this maming and evening in the Charch of the Epipliany, Throop street, between Monroe and 103. Adem: nev, W. J. Petrie will preach this morn- ing and evening in the Church of Our Savior, cor- ner of Lincoln and Belden avenues. “The Kev. Henry G. Perry will preach this morning aod evening in All Sainte’ Chireb, cor- ner of Morth Carpenter and West Ohio streets. _ —There will be the usual morning services at the Good Shepherd, Musson. Lawndale. —The Kev. F. N._ Loson will preach this morn- ing and evening ta Emmanael Charch, La Grange. —The Rev. J. Stewart Smith will preach this morning and evening in St. Mark's Church, Evan- stop. —The Rev. H. M. Paynter, pastor of Calvary ‘Tabernacle, 380 Ogden avenue. near Harrivon street, has returned from vacation, and wiil preach at 10:30a. m. and 7:45 p.m. Seatafrce. Allare cordially welome. CALENDAR FOR THE WEEE. EPiscuraL. Sept. 16Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity. ‘Sept, 19—Ember-Day. Sept. 21—St. Matthew; Ember-Day- ‘Sept, 22—Emiber-Day. es sii senday after Pentecost; te 1 ‘eventecnth Sunda: + Serle 1e even Delors of the B. V. M3 58. Ba R Dhemia and others, MM. é Sept. 17—The Stigmata of St. Francis of Assisi. ‘Sept. 18—St. Joseph of Cupertino. C. Sept: 10-88. “Sanuarius and Comp.y M-4 5 En- ‘Day. Sept. 20-SS. Eustace and.Comp., MM.; Vigit of St. Matthew. i Sept. et Matthew, Ap. and Brang.; Ember- ar. it. 22—St. Thomas of Villanova, B. C.;_ SS. Sept, Sf uritiusand Comp.,atst.; Ember-Day. JEWISH. it. 17-—Fast of Atonement (Tishri 10). SRE Bo pestivad of Tabernacles (Tishsi 15). ,