Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 25, 1877, Page 9

El H THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY. NOVEMBER 95, 1877—STXTEEN PAGES, 9\\ — RELIGIOUS. The Extraordinary Advance of Catholicism in England. An Interesting Interview with Mgr. Capel, the “Catesby ” of “Lothair.” is Hearty Contempt for Ritual- ism as the Shadow Witkount {he Substance. The Appropriations for and Work of the Methodist Missions the Coming Year. Notes from the Church at Home and Abroad--Dubious Divinity --Services To-Day. ENGLISH CATHOLICISM. AR INTERESTING INTEFVIEW WITH MGR. CAPEL. “andon Correspondence New York World. 1t is not possible for any man to travel much ghont England in the prescat day without no- ticing the .numper O new churches, schools, ‘monasterics, and.- convents which the Cathclics Lave built. A dozen years or s0 ago they had comparatively few vlaces of worship in En- Fland, and still fewer places of education. Now, go where you will, you soon come into contact with unmistakable signs of their progress. 1 your attention is attracted in any town by a charch of more than ordinary beauty the chanees are that vou will find it has beenerected y the Roman Catholics. The social ban which once attached to members of that Church has disappearcd 8s entirely as their poltical disa- bilities. A Protestant does not object 1o his son marrying 2 Roman Catholic lady, nor does aman lose his office or appointment, or_suffer jnany way in his career, by joining the Romish Church. Iremember the time when it was all yery different. - More than one personal friend of my ownlas had his prospects completely yuined by embracing the Catholic religion. The ‘hane which has taken place in the tone of public fecling, especially among the “‘upper elasses, " onthis subject, would not be credited Yy any man who kuew Englandtwelve or fifteen years 220 and has never visited it since. 1t struck me that many of your readers swould e interested to learn what are the opinions which are entertained by onc of the most emi- pent and influential of all the Catholic Jeaders of the day on this important subject—for I need not point out that it is important in both a zo- ¢ial ‘and polittcal seuse. I, therefore, by the Xindness of a friend of mine, abtained an intro- ‘dnctiou to Mer. Capel, of the pro-Cathedral at Kensinzton,—the most popular, persuasive, and successful foman Catholic in Enxrland. Insay- ing this, Tam not forzetting Dr. Ncwman or Cerdinal Manning, both Zreat men, oue of them (Newman) girted with a hiich and rare order of genins. But although Dr. Newman may at- tract the Jearned, and Manning win over the sustere, Capel exercises a sort of charm over ‘veople of all azes and degress of life—hc is peither a recluse nor a bizoted ascctic, but a mial and kindly man of the world, while at ihe same time a devoted priest. You may re- moember that he is one of the characters intro- dueed into ** Lothair,” wiiere be figures as Mgr. Catesby, although in one chapter, ¢itber by a slip of the pen or by desitm. Mr. Disraeli used hisreal name and called him Mgr. Capel. At 1his moment he is_certainly the most popular priest in London. Iis portrait may be scen in almost every shop-window where photographs are sold, and among the large audicnces which gather to Liear him preach therc_are almno ‘many Protestants as Cathalics. T doubt wheth- er auy living man has made §0 many converts 10 his chureh. Irequested my fricnd to explain to the Mon- gignore precisely why Iwished to sce him— namely, to obtain from him his opinions as to the promress of English Catholicism and its prospects generally, in order that I iaht lay them before the readers of the New York World. A very obligiug and_ready asseut was made 10 1his proposition, and an interview appointed at Dr. Capel's house. 1 found him most free and communicative, shrinking no question 1 put to Dim, but meeting me with the ureatest candor, and onls once when 1 happencd Lo touch, hall accidestally, purely relimious side of the question, showing the lcast disposition to adopt anv rve. On the point reterred to, be said: 4 Thatisacoutroversial topie. Lwillnotenterinto & controversy With You now, beeause we have met for another purpose. But 1 will meet vou arain whenever you like, and arwue the matter out with you.” L saiil what I felt, that neither then norat any other tine could I desire to open a controversy with him, for the simple reason that [ was certain to be siznally defeate: Indecd, it would require no litile study. kil s rosource 10 meet Mgr. Capel i the ficld of arrument, 35 Canon Liddon, of St. Paul’s Ca- thedral, found out to his discomilture some time & ago. My belief is,” he gaid, when we got to the actual subject of our conversation. ¢ that Cath- olics are not. rulatively more numerous in Ea- rland now Lhan ther were some years ago. In some places we have gained, in others we have Jost. Take Kensington as an illustration. We bave 1,200 Catholics fewer here now than we had a fow years back This much surprised me, for Kensington is the distrct where Monsiemore himsell labors, and where I should have espected to find great eSE. “The reason of this decling,” lic went on, s that Albert Grant removed a whole colony of poor_Irish, numbering over 1,200, and they went to live elsewhere. We, thercfore. show a smaller Catholic population than formerly. But there are other places where we have, so to speak, created a new population. When I was ahoy I went to school at St. Leonard'si(in Sus- gex). 1 well remember one day comivz down the street when a niob ol twenty or thirty bovs setupon me with crics of ¢Iere comes the Fope Presentiy they began throwing stones at me. My father hod always = taught me to meet danger and not T away from i, so _presently I turned around and faced ~ the little crowd, and said tothem: ‘1 cannot fight tiwenty - or thirty all at once, butif Lama Popelw 1 firht any one of you who chooses to step out.’ Upon this they gave a loud cheer, and went their way and | went mine. A few years azol led a larige party of Catholicpilgrinis from that very town, and iled from New Haven (an sdivining port) with the Papal flag at_the prow ana the Union Jack at the helm.” When 1 re- called what had Lappened there when I was 2 boy, and the ajtered state of feelyr that had £10% D up since. 1 fairly broke down. It is more than one could have dared to hope for.” “11 is among the educated and wealthy class- €5, 3s it scems to me,” said I, “‘that youare making the greatest advances.” A “No doubt about it. We are winning over the government men of the country, the meu of tought and influence. In my opigion, howeser, We are not showin much progress among what Tealthe middle classes. And yet, it Catholi ¢ism 6 0 rest on a sure footing in this country, Wemust have a middie class. 1 donot see how We can get on without it “Is the Ritualistic party in the Anglican urch acting f_some degree 2s 8 traiuing #chool for your relizion *It caugot lail to do that, although I havea hearty contempt for the Ritualiste, Some of them perliaps are sincere in their belief that they arc but reviving usages and jorms of their oWn church, but the majority must know beteer. Thev are weil aware that they are bt imitating 5 faras they dare the Roman service, and their Liearts are with the Pope—but theyare reluctant 10 relinguish their positious, and. therefore, &till call themselves Protestants. * What am 1 10do with 1nv wife and family.’ some of them will ask; and, indeed. it isior them a very serious question, The effect of their present course is_undoubtedly to turn people to my church. The ripe fruit is constantly falling into ourlap. How ean any ratioual man fail to pre- fer Catholicist to Ritualism—the religion itself 0 a mere imitation of it? “1 want you, liowerer, 1o observe that where We are specially strengtiening ourscives in this country is in our educational appliances, Our schools for mirls arc now by Tar the bestin land. 1( anybody wished to sce in exercise the finest educational machinery in the world [ should unhesitatingly take him to these schools. Their merit Is recornized by all sects alike. Nothing Jike them was ever secn in Engiand betore.~ Recollect, too, that we by mo means study the rich alone. We look after the poor more carefully than you Protestants. Asan illustration, let me teil you of alittle work i wh h‘_lI ave t:dl:cn nacie mh AlEpern en have I noticed how readily help is e tended to the children of the vicious gml il praved. But if apour woman keeps her houss ciean, ‘:md makes her children tidy, everybody says: ‘On, she needs no belp.’ Sheand her husbaad do not squander thelr little carnings in gin; therefore it is not_necessary to do any- thing for their chilaren. This has always seem- ed to me very upjust. Ido mnot see why a pre- miwm should be placed upon drunkenmess. 1 thercfore decided to open aschool for the chil- dren of the most frugal and well-conducted among the voorest of the poor Irish—such children as would inevitably become inere waifs and strays of the streets. ~After atime I saw that that the day would come when the children must pass from us, and beset to earn a hivmg without help or wruidance. 1 therefore estab- lished in connectiun with the school a place wihere the girls might be trained as domestic servants—some as housemaids, some to wait at L-hu table, and others of the more intelligent kind to gro out as lady’s maids. A kind-hearted lady has given us great assistance, and 1 can assure you that the servauts we turn out are far a'hm'e the average. They know how to do their work properly. When they go out to service they return us 2 little of their savings in return for'the money they have cost us—but, of course, 1 could not o on with even this limited experi- me 1n‘l»mh«m help.” he pro-Catl i i ieve,” AL by hedral is not rich, I believe,’ “1tis not,” he replied, “and to my oflice there is no income attached. These schools are in upon'hoth m%‘ time and means. One is iced to write a little in order to cke out on one's income. But1do not think you would persuade these poor grirls who have béen trained by us that the Roman Catholic religion has done them harm.” “1t is this kind of se.f-denying labor,” said I, “combined with the solid “ground which you offer toall men of a devotional temperamént, that is making for your church s0 many new foliowers.” “The truth is,” e _said, “that we are living atacritical period. Two forces are now dividing England between them—Catholicism and In- fidelity or Free-Thinking; in other words, pure beliet and the absence of all belief. These are the antagonistic forces, for Protestantism as a povwer is deard. Ispeak of it o far as resards the Anglican Church, for undoubtedly Method- ism is a power st For the most part, however, the intelligent men of the day _are becoming eitner Free-Thinkers or Roman_Catholics,—chictly, T believe, Free- ‘Thinks Tt seems to me that more o to that extreme than to theother. I forescea great struggle in Europe Letween these forces, a struwgle which will involve vast consequenc:s for Empires as well as tor religions. qlu that contest [ expect to see Amecrica play a great part; whatever may be her disposition, she can- not fail to esert a tremendous intluence. Hence it is that, il you had not come here to-day to ask me what 1 thousht of Roman Catholic progress in England, I should have liked to ask you what you thought of it in the United States. 1t is a wonderful thing to me that they are building the second finest cathedral in the New World in New York, and that a Protestant should be the architect of it.” “If Catholicisin is making progress in New York,” said 1, *it is greatly owing to the un- failine tact which has been eXercised on many trying occasions by Cardinal McCloskey.” S0 T believe,” said the Monsignore; “and T Know that heisa man of very areat ability. The Americans, too, are a generous people, and 1 have no doubt that many Protestants besides the architect have given hetp toward building that cathedral in Fifth avenue.” 1 know of some who have done so.™ Jook with great interest on what we are do- mg in America. There is not a question of re- gaining ground once' held and lost—always a difficnlt task. That is what is before us here. Some people tnink that England is on the eve of a great conversion. Idomot. What we win We shall win by slow degrees. But, although 110t 50 saneuine as some of my_friends, I have nofear of the ultimate result. ~The Papacy has gone through much areater troubles than those Which surround it now. and it has survived tEem all. You are i Protestant, and cannot, perhans. understand the fecling which leads me to be as certain of our ultimate triumph over our antaz- ouists as 1 am that we two are now talking to- zether. 1 do not underrate our cuemies, but £ think of the promises which we have from the Blessed Fouuder of our reifgion, and 1 Kuow that they will be fulfilled.” Ris countenance was full of solemnity and devotion, his manner was carnest and im- ive, and as lie spoke of his Master e made a s I thought of his m: years of self-sac e labor. of his work among the poor, of his efforts to do something foward reducing, even by a little, the vast sum of human ignorance and sorrow. I am a Protestant, as he said, but I should have to be a very bizoted one if 1 could not respect, and even reverence, the spirit which leads a man to give up the best part of bis life for others. 47 wish,” Isaid. as I shook bis hand at part- ing, * that I could do justice to what vou buve said to me in the lettér which I shall write to New York.” “ You can at least,” replied he with a smile, « assure your Awmerican friends that there is no ereater admirer of their national character than {'am, and no one who looks forward witligreat- er confidence in their future destiny.” METHODIST MISSIONS. APPROPRIATIONS AND WORK FOR THE COMING TEAR. New York Times, 03, 20, The concluding on of the General Mis- sionary Committee of the Methodist Episco- pal Church was called to order at 2 o'clock yvesterday atterndon. Bistiop Peck presided, and the Rev. Mr. Abbott. of New York, con- ducted the devotional exertises. The Com- mittee, consisting of the gencral representa- tive of each conference district, appointed to fix the amouut of missionary money to be raised by cach conference during the comi year, presented their report as follows: $ 50 Southern G i west C Ce: Cen Cen Colorado. Central Tenn Gotumbia 1t Several changes were made in the report, re- Jueing the amount apportioned to some of the conferences, aud increasing it in regard o oth- ere. On motion of Bishon Andrews, the amount apportioned to Upper Towa was increased from 5,000 to $8,500, au the amount apportioned to Towa was reduced from S50 o $8,000. On motion of Bishop Harris, the amount asked for P Liberi was increased from £30 to 3102, “Afver a Jon debate the amount, apporiioned Lo Teorria was fixed at 5250, aud to Aiabuna ac S ed for from Central Iilinois ng it $12,09 1h;: ap- ortionment to St. Lovis was jucreased trom 3.000 to 33,5 St. Louis Cou- 000 to 33,500, and that to the St B0 L0 N nsed from SLEOY o 2000, to Sweden was redaced LS50 to 51,400, and that to In Lo 10 3354, The ehanzes, howeser, did not t “T'he report as amended alter the grand totals from the Coumimittee an- was adopted. Thishop Andrews, . Jointed 10 examine the present condition of the oard of Manazers Wit reference to attend- ance, vacancics, Cle, Diesent A the report of ihe 'Committee, with a resolution that thos f the Board of Mauagers who the mectings of members ether to attend fallaqaliipes ot sood and sutlicient M sence, bo requested 1o 9 foard for oue vear, W osal of the Board. for Lhiur ! Sr resiznations at the dis 0 eport was adopted. On mation of Isishop PR 0 Sras instructed to inform f the action of the Com- as incre: 1 Th v Harris, the Sccrctary delinquent memuers o m;‘)‘:‘;‘o\rlcr presented reamble and resolu- D e upon Presiding Elders the use of :ll?n u‘:sihlc diligence and encrgy, in their sev- ern{) arges, in forwarding the Iissionary zeal ereand people, cspecially in the matter aising mouney in aid of the cause. They were w’f{" ncc’f‘fev. Dr. Clark, ot Boston, from the Com- mittee to whom was referred the subject of es- tablishing a missionary magazine, reported that the Committee had ascertained upon investiga- tion that 10,000 copies of a masazine of forty- eight pawes could be published at a cost of about 8,000 per annum, aud they were ot opin- fon that a Tist of 8,000 mizht casily be obtained at §1 each, making 8,000, besides which eight v miaht be devoted to advertisements, thus adding something to the income. Appended to the report was a_resolution asking the Bistiops and Sceretaries to bring the subject before the uext General Conference, and ask that a com- mittee be appointed to receive subseriptions to the proposed magazine on the spot. aud for- ward them to the General Committee, and that as soon as 7,000 subseribers were obtained the magazine shonld be established. There was 4 petition, numerously signed prominent . Methodists in. Boston, urging the establishment of the magazine. Bishop Haven was-in-favor of the project, but was op- posed to the plan proposed. Ile was in favor of referring the matter to the Board, with the un- erstanding that the magazine should be estab- lished, proviving it could be done without in- _carring extra expeuse for a man to edit it. Dr. Hitcheoek thought the denominational papers ulready in existence were sufficient for all the wants of the Church, and much more valuableas a means of dissemmating information than thie proposed magazine would be. Dr. Curry spoke of the great mistake which had been made by a wreat many people in uccusing the Methodist Chureh with aputhy in inissionary matters. Bishop Ames followed in the same strain. The Methodist Chureh, he said, raised more money for missionary purposes, paid their preachers better salaries, and had raised up a better class of Iny members, in comparison With her hum- be: than_any other church in the land. They Dbad done nobly, and he felt jike' thanking God and taking courage when lie remembered the fact that the time nad been during his remembranee when there was not n Conference west of Cincinnati which raised more than 325 for MISSiONATy DUrposes. Look over the list and see what they are doing to-day,and it will dispel the notfon that the Chureh is apathetie. Dr. Clark supported his report in a strong soeech. 'The result was that the whole marter was referred to the considera- tion of the Board of Managers, with power to act. i Tr. Clark, from the Committee appointed to recommend some action in regard to the com- plaints which had been made that ce in mis- sionaries had been in the babit, whil support from the funds of the Missionas oLy, of leaving their work for the purpose of en- fraviug in other enterprises, suck as land specu- Jations, ctc., offered a resolution that such min- isters be informed that hereafter the General Committee would refuse to approvriate money for the benefit of any minister who did not give all his time andattention to his legitimate du- ties. Bishop Ames moved to amend by instruct- ing Bishops not 1o recogmize any appropriations lhereafzer to ministers of the class under con- sideration. The amendment prevailed, aud the resolution, as amended, was adopted. The Culmmitt cé then adjourncd. Th is 3675, as the limi ), instead of 365,000, which was fixed oreed upon at the outset. Of this amount 3 o7 woes to forelgn misstons, cluding exchange at 15 per cent instead of 20 cr cent, as last year; S$14,000 goes to missions {n the ‘Trrritorics of the United States; 313,000 to the Scandinavian missions; $32,050 to the German _issions; $10,500 to the Chinese mis- sionss 23,330 to the Indian - missions; F143,000 %o the Enclish-speakmg missions; $120.000 to the liquidation of the debt, and the balance to pay the miscellancous expenses of the Society. UNBELIEF. 1T3 MAGNANIMITY FROM 0 RATIONALIST STAND- rOIN’ From the London Spectator. Noe. 3. In the papers which Mr. Frederic Harrison has contributed to the Ninefemth Centuryon «The Soul ana Futare Life,” and in hisreplyto the mauy criticisms whom those papers drew down upon him, there is visible predisely the same state of mind which is so curiously illus- trated in Ilarrict Martinesu’s * Autobiogra- pliy,"—the state of mind, we mean, which Miss Cobbe, in her striking contribution to the Zheo- logical Review of this month, happily terms one of *magnanimous atheism.” Any one who has <een a shrunken and withered apple apparently revive under the exhausted receiver of the air- pump. may perhaps have some notion, derived from that analogy, of the reasen of this swelling of the heartina sort of triumphant reliel at the imaginary evanescence of the. religious in- fluences under the pressure of which it had lived. The apole swellsout becaase the at- mospheric pressurc on the outside is removed, and the confined air in it consequently expands 1ill it seems as sound and plump as'it was while allits juices were rich and full. And so, we take it, the elation of mind which Harrjgt Mar- tincau so vividly describes. the gratulation wherewith she looked up to the midnight stars, and thought within herself that the creeds of her youth were a system of illusious which she and Mr. Atkinson had coutrived to throw off, was due to the cessation of the pressure of that sense of constant obligation and claim under which she had formerly been living, and its ex- change for the convietion that instead of trying to uterpret. painfully the demands of another and higher spirit upon her own, all she had to Jo was to give free vent to her own aspirations, and follow the fmpulses of her -own thougit. * When,” wrote Miss Martineau, 4 in the evenings of that spring, I went out (as I always do when in health) to meet the midnight on ny terrace, or in bad weather in the porch, and saw and felt what 1 always do see and feel there at that hour, what did it matter whether people who were nothing to me had smiled er Trowned when I passed them iu the village in the morning? When I experienced the still new jov of feeling myzcli to be a portion of the uni- Vers, resung on the seearity of its eyerlasting Jaws, certain that its Cause was wholly out ol the sphere of human autributes, and that the spevial destination of my ce isinfinitely nobler J’mn the hivhest prepared under a scheme of e moral guvernment, how could it matter o me that the a nts of a decaying mythol- oy (the Christian_following the hdath as. the heathen followed the barbari fetish) were fiercely clinging to their Mun- God, their scheme of salvation, their reward and punishnient, their essential pay-system, a5 ordered by their mythology¢ . . . . To the divi cmancipated, it is i small matter that those who |- Femain imprisoned are shocked at the daring which oes forth into the sunshine and uuder he stars to study and enjoy, without leave asked, or the fear of penalty.”” * How like the breath of relief with which Miss Mart:neau ob- gorves thas the displeasure or pleasure of her netehbors is notking to her, is that with which sbe remarks that 10 go and *‘meet the mid- nizht ™ was delightful Lo ber after supposing as ppose, that at sueh times she a spirit who conducting a ul prom- cordig to their work: cpressly says, the fecling that * the midnight " she went to meet, thougit resting on ** the sceurity of everlasting laws,” a5 entirely * out of the sphiere of human attri- Dites,” entirely unrelated to the Man-God of Christian worship, which filled her with this sehso of elation. In_precisely the same tone, Mlr. Frederie rison expounds his ¢ religion of humanity,” and torows off ull the belief of the theolos as constructed out of * dithy- yambic hypothescs and evasive tropes.” There is in all the P vists a note of scornful tri- tnnph as they clear their souls of what Lhey call the superstitions of azes, and exhort us to be content with. worshiping the providence Whieh the race of man exercises over indi- Al men, and with auticipating the ©* posthu- s activitics ” whieh are to be the somewhat worthless, but the only. conceivable, equivalents Tor mnortal growth. - In all the soliloquics and 2}l the bomilics to whick the P s give ut- of relief, so well de- ” fi'fact the air which Miss Cobb seribes as the air of ma 3 ‘were Going something rather gran and risingg e heir own estimation, as - they cast o ihe winds the old faiths. Yei Miss Martinenu, as Miss Cobbe reminds us, as almost dismayed when she thought of the pain shich her beliel in personal annibila- N sould carry to the heart of some friends of hers who were widows, and who lived in the hope: not only of a futare life o God, but of a future rounion with the objects of their warmc castitly love, and whom she feared it might even devrive of reason to ha it e taken away from them. Yet with all this dismay, she speaks of her new disbelief as a potent remedy for buman ills which it would be scltish in her to keep to herself. “My com- Tade and I both care for our kind, and e could not see them sulfering as we had suflered with- vut imparting to them our consolation and our oy, Maving found, as my friend said, a spring I the desert, should we sce the multitude Wandering 1m desolation and not show them our refreshment?” Whercupon Miss Cobbe re- marks, “Would it not have been a more aporo- priate simile to say, ‘Having found that the promiscd land was a mirage, we bastened back Josfully to bring the interesting tidings to our iriends in the wilderness, some »f whom we, ected would o mad when they received our intelligence, to which, from their areat respecet for us, we knew they would attach the utmost importance. By some strange for- tuity, however, shey did 1ot quite believe our t totalamount of money appropriated | rt, and went on_their way as before, under the pillar of clond??” Yet it is evident that while, on the one hand, the Positivists arc con- scious that they are trying to remove a faith in which the huinan spirit profoundly rests, they do really feel, on_the other hand, asif those who can share their point of view were throw- Hheroft a weight of care, and growing trecr and nobler and more dignified beings in so doing,—as if in_fact, to mse Miss Mar- tineaw’s phrase, going ** to mect the midnizght 7 were au infinitely freer and less humiliating act of mind than going to meet God. They move more easily when they imagine thewselves Imerely under the midnight than they could under the eye of Divinerightcousness, and they become higher beings in their own estimation, just as the apple blooms _out again underthe exhausted receiver. Mr. Harrison, indeed, ex- prosely finds fault with the Christian order of thought for thinking so poorly of man as he is. lle speaks of the view of their own lives taken by men who hold that much of what they I e done will result in ‘‘rosthumous activi- s of a very unsatisfactory kind, and a great proportion of their past in posthumous ac- tivities that are simply morally indiffer- ent, Dbeing neither bad nor ~good, as mere pessimists, and adds, ¢ Pessimism as 10 the cssential dimmity of man, and the steady development of his race, is one .of the surest marks of the encrvating influence of this dream of a celestial glory.” In other words, to Mr. Iarrison, as_certainly to Miss Martincau, all humiliation i8 _pessimism,—even though it touches in no way theessential digni- tyof man, but rather only the unsuccessful at- tempts of the individual ego to reach that es- gential diznity of man. As the belief in God modities, the satisfaction with ourselves as we are, grows, and we begin to be quite surc that thie' vast majority of all onr “posthumous ac: tivities” will go to increasc the store of testi- mony accumulating to all future ages of “the essential dignity of man.”! “As certaiuly as the failure to recogmize the at- traction of the sun led our forefathers into all sorts of exaggerations of the stability of the earth, the failure to recognize the divine love and righteousness will lead those who miss them to exacwerate the worth and value of humzn loye and riehteousness. It is the weight of ourdibt and obligations which makes us sce What poor creatures, except turough the divine help, we really are. Remove the sense of the: higher obligations, and we grow inevitably in our own estimation, just as the withered apple revives when the air ceases to press upon it. Indeed, the real issue between the Positivist and the Christian 1mighe fairly well be summed-up in the one question whether humility bea morbid and misleading quality, or the very truth and core of all real self-know edge. -1f the former, the Positivists are right; if the latter, the Christians. But what shall be the test? Why surely the expericnee of the Imsr. affords us test cnough. Mr. Hatrison says u effcet that the tendency to ‘think lizhtly of man as he is is the result—and we agree with Bin—of man’s “ dreamn of celestial glory.” Well, but what has been the moral fruit of “that stoic self-estimation and magnanimity which is now aeain lifting up its head, as sompared with the attitude of moral humiliation which Mr. Harri- son calls “pessimism”? Whence have the great beueticient mioral agencles of the world sprung? From the optimism of sclf- tistied Muma dignity, or from the pessimism—if o it is to be called—of the ages "of humility? Sure- 1y all that is morally reat in man, from the greater works of charity to the greater tri- Umphs of the spirit ot truth, have sprung out of that spirit of humility whichlasascribed allits achievements to the power of God, and has found the confidence necessury Tor effecting even the greatest, revolutions in human_society oaty because it believed itsell to be dmven on by Him. 'The grand, picturesque magnanimity of Lhe. Stoie school has done nothing tor human- ity, compared with the spirit of Christian hamiliation: and, tested by the pastat least, the equantmity or magnanimity ‘which scems to Spring from doubt will be batren indeed, coru- pared with the self-depreciation, or even, if you Please tocall it so, self-disgust, springing out of the knowledge of 2 diviner Presence and a mightier Will. GENERAL NOTES. The Jubilee Singers of Fisk University are now giving concerts in Germany. They have raised in the six years they have been singing about $150,000. A Methodist church in'Knoxville, Tenn., bears the remarkable name of “The Parson Brownlow Church.” Tis friends have lately Dbeen raising money for its somewhat exbausted treasury. Thie Mayor of a small town in the Province of Joen, Spain, having tried to procure the baotism in the Koman Catholic faith of children of Prot- cstaut. parents, a royal order has been issued reprimanding him. 4 The religious societies have had very good reccipts the past year, notwithstanding thedull- ness of business. Fifty-one Bible, missionary, and educational societies roport aggregate re- ceipts of $8,012,130. Ainisters who use tobaceo will Lereafter have a poor chance among the United Brethren. The Miami Conference of that body has passed a Tesolution to the effect that 1o tobacco-using clergyman will be aamitted to fellowship. A new scet has been orpanized at Allesheny, Pa., called the Body of Believers. The Be- Jievers believe not in the Trinity, but in Jesus, in whose nane alone they baptize. ‘They believe that the soul sleeps after death until Christ” second comi when saints shall be clothed with immortality. One hundred and six churches, chapels, aud missions in San Francisco give one place of wor- ship to every 3,000 people, exclusive of *‘the Strangers within the gates,” and services are conducted in French, Spanish, Russian, Scandi- havian, Italian, German, Hebrew, Welsh, En- glish, and Chinesc. The Roman Catholicnewspapers of the United States, of which therc are between thirty and Torty, propose to cstabiish a Catholic Associated Press, with the object of combining the Church pross azainst all forms of error and of opoo- sition to Cathiolicism, and to ¢ Itivate a better acquaintance between Catholic journalists. At a recent. installation service in Buffalo it became the duty of the Rey. Mr. Calkins to say some exceedingly plain things to the conure- ion, among which 1 “There arc thrce tions of miniéters: piety, fidelity, and riy. The first Lwo We must obtain from ova by prayer; but we mav trust the stin- po! the giness of the churcbes for the last.” The Jewish ministers of Philadelphia. at o ers meeting recently, resolved that * the mini of Philadelphia, secing the necessity of hic fustruction in the Hebrew lanzuage,—such translation_of the Bible, gramm: mentar Biblical and Jewish history, Mishna, Talmud. cte.,—are willing to place théir services gratuitously at the disposal of their corcligion- n The Rev, Arthur Mursell. a_prominent Bap- tist minister of England, who is about to visit this country, has written a letter which attracts considerabic attention in England, proposing the union of the Baptists and thc fndependents. To bring t! out he sugrested that the Con- gregationalists aaree to abandon infant bantism, fud the Baptists recogn vinkling oraffusion 4s baptism. 1le thinks the Baptis Someof the dogmatic leaders, would be willing to do this. A Diet, or Coneress of the Lutheran Chureh, to discuss subjeets of imporiatce to that boily, is announced to be held in St. Matthew's Churel, Philadelphia, Dee. 27. It is expected that papers will be read by Drs..J., G. Morris and C. A. Stork, of Baltimore; Dr. Se nd Prof. Krauth, of Philadelphia; I Brown _apd Jacobs, of Gettysburgs; and the Rev. Dr. Wede- kind, of New All Lutherans, of what- ever synodical connection, arcinvited by the managers to take part in the proccedings. Bishop Haven was askéd what he thousht would be the refigious cifect of Stanler’s Afri- can explorations. The Bishop, s iswell-xnown, has traveled extensively in Africa and is thoroughly familiar with the progress ol the ission there. e replied that e was reading Stanley’s letters with great interest, and he had no doubt that the discoverics on the Congo would lead to the spread or Christian missions into the interior from that dircetion. The Pres- byterians already have a mission at the mouth of theriver. ‘The Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church amended the canon probining the cler- gy from solemnizing the marriaze of any” di- vorced person by u clause forbidding them to administer_the Holy Communion to persons who should contract such forbidden marriages. As the law now stands, not only are the ciergy prolubited from marrying parties, one of whom has a divorced husband or wife living, but they are not allowed to admit any persons to bap- tisin, contirmation, or the Holy Communion, who shall marry & second time during the life of a divorced husband or vife. The Presbyterian Chbarch of England now consists of 255 congregations, divided into ten Presbyterics. Nearly one-ball of the 255 church buildings are frechold, and the insurances on the same amount to $2,500,000. The debts upon churches and manses amount in_all to $500,000, fally 40 per cent of which is on the charches in tine London Presbytery. These buildinus have together 106,774 sittings, of which 51,353 arc leu or appropriated. Several cougregutions have adopted the system of notletting sittings. The government of the Church is futrusted to 1,208 g elders, 404 deacons, and 1,566 managers. The membership of the Churd consiate of 43,434 cominunicants. Up at Eastport, Me., last weck the Methodist minister, the Rev. Mr. Handy, in his sermon animadverted severely upon the proceedings at a picaic supper, allezing tnat liquors were taken iuto the hall, and that several members of the Reform Club zot intoxicated. In the course of his remarks he styled the ladies who managed the supper *cca-sernents” and ‘devil-fish.” The ladics, in a published card, deny the allega- tions and censure him for his *bad taste.” TILE CENTRAL CHURCH SITTINGS. 8 At a meeting of the Trustees of the Central Church the following schedule of prices for the year 1878 was adopted: First_floor—Two front rows in e & 1l the balance of parguette, é’i&’»&“&éifi&%‘l dress circle, $22; third row in dress circle, fourth, fifth, and sixtn rows in dress circle, iret babsony o front rows, SI cach; third clcony—"Twi nt rows, $12 each; thil and fourth rows, $10; fifth, sixth, undc !uv‘e’:l{h rows, §8; two buck rows, 5. On the first Monday in December, all who hold sittings can have the privileze during that one week of securing them again, by taking their old tickets to the store of Jansen, McClurz & Co., 117 State street, where the new tickets will be for sale. After the Sth of December the sale will be open to the public at same place. - - THE AUTHORITY OF TEXTS. Tn tne Elitor of the London Spectator. ST. LUKE’S VICARAGE, NUTFORD PLACE.—SIR: I conceive that there is a text whieh is itself an authority against the arbitrary authority of texts. The * Word of Prophecy ™ is treated by St. Peter as belonging to a transition state. It 15 well to take heed to it, as to *“a light that shineth in a dark place” (IL Peter, i, 19). but only until it is superseded by sometbing bright- er,—*“until the day dawn, and the day-star arise ur hearts.” What is that buv saymng that the written Word must eventually * commend itself to the conscience,” and is but of passing validity until so confirmed? or, as Mrs. Browning says in “ Aurora Leigh,”— We all must read, you see, before we live, Till slowly the inéifable light comes up, And, as it deepens, drowns the written word? 1 am, &ir, ete., 8. H. ALFoRD. PERSONALS. The Rev. A. B. Earle, the evangelist, is now preaching in Rockville, Conn. The Rev. R. A. McKinley, of Cardington, O., has accepted an enthusiastic call from the Pres- byterian Church of Bedford, Ia The Rev. L. Fave Walker, pastor of the Ninth Church, Indianapolis, has received a call to the College Hill Church, Cincinnati. The Rev. W. M. Lawrence, of Spring Garden Chureh, Philadelphia, is called to the Piigrim Baptist Church, ‘Thirty-third street, New York. ‘The Rev. George I. Cait, pastor of the Pres- byterian churen at Collinsville, IIl., died on the lif'lh inst. 1le was greatly beloved by his peo- ple. The Rev. T. A. Eaglieson, a well-known_pro- fessor at Worcester College, Oxford, Ene., was recently regeived into the Roman Cutholic Church. The Rev. E. P. Heberton, of Columbus, O., hae asccepted the call to the Presbyterian Church at Decrfield, N. J., and commenced his labors there. The Rev. P. A. Stanton, of Philadelphia, Pro- vincial of the Augustine Order in the Bnhcd States, has been made a Doctor and Master in Sacred Theology. The Rev. Dr. Bridgman, of Albany, N. Y.,ha declined a call to the Madison Avenue Bapti: Chure of New York City, although offered a salary of $15,000. ‘The Rev. Howard A. Hanaford, eon of the Rev. Phabe Hanaford, of New Jersey, haswith- drawn from the Universalists to join " the Con- gregational ministry. The death is announced from England of the Rev. James Parsons, for fifty yerrs the pastor ol lhe‘})findpal Congregational Church of Yorlk, and & distiuguished preacher. The magnetic presence of Mr. Edward Kim- ball, of this city, at the Presbyterian Memorial Chureh in New York last Sunday induced the members to subscribe $57,652 towards paying its indebtedne: The Rev. M. W. Hamma, D. D., has resigned the pastorate of the English Lutheran Church in Springfield. Mass., which he held for nine years. The cause of his resiguation is a call to Brooklyn, N- Y. The Rev. Dr. A. A, Hodge, son of Dr. Charles Hodge, has been installed as successor of his father in the Chair of Systematic Theology at Princeton. e was recently a Professor in the Western Theologicat Seminary at Allegheny. The two Eng Methodist. missionaries of Northern China, the Rev. Messrs. Hall and Tlodge, have been seized with the famine fever, 10w <0 presalent in that scetion of China. Sev- eral students under tbeir carc have also the fever. Friends of the Rev. Andrew J. Scott, of the Oak Park Methodist, will be pleased to learn that e has arrived safely abroad, and that his Tealtia is vastlyimproved by bis trip. He is now in " Paris, but will probably winter in Izaly or London. ‘The death is announced of the Rev. Dr. Man- sey, one of the most eloguent preachers of the Sauthesn Methodist Church, at Jonesborough, Tenn., Oct. 23, He had been stationed in Orleans, and was traveling through Tenuessee for his health. The Rev. Samuel Cutler, of Boston, Mass., has written a letter to Bishop Paddock, an- nouncing his resignation us a presbyter of- the Protestant Episcoprl Church. Mr. Cutler with- \Iraws on account of the growth and prevalence of High Church principles. Philip Phillips, the singer, begins his revival work 4t Trinity M. E. Church, at the Sunday moerning service, conducts - the whole cvenini servicc asa Song sermon, aud will essist the | pastor fn_revival meetings for some days to come, smging every night except Saturday. Dr. David Buel Knickerbocker, the Protest- ant Episcopal Bishop-clect of Arizona, is a son ue late Judge Knickerbocker, of Schagti- ® “Hi¢ was born at Schagticoke, in " was eradnated from Trinity College in ' and at the General Theological Seminary n 1856. Ilis cntire ministerial life has been spent at Minneapolis. DUBIOUS DIVINITY. - A colored preacher in Alabama put his foot on excossive bribery at clections, and crashed it. ©Dis tinz,” he says, “ob getting 5100 for a vote is all wrong; 310 is as much as it’s worf.” «t Say. missus, won't you come and teach us? We're going to bounce our teacher; he's too slow.” Thus did some Brooklyn Sunday-school scholars request a lady to take charge of them. A crazy man with ahatchet recently went through a Trappist monastery and cleaned out. the entive cstablishment. The inmates didn’t faney that kiod of a chip-monk.—Commerciat Adeertier. Faith is sometimes personified as a drenched female clinging to 2 sea-w ashed rock; but abet- ter personification would be a bald-headed man buying a Lottle of patent hair-restorer.— Hor- cester Press. A Iittle girl whose papa was recently under the influcnce of Moody and _Saoker, wanted a sccond tart at supper, 3 d was refused it. T Papa, she said abraptly, “why do you sing ¢ Feed me till I want no more}’ ™ She ot the tart. & You can't always judze by appearances. The voung fiend in Imman form who recently 1 the watermelons at a Sunday-school pie- htoved to. be tle same boy who sang “On- sward, Christian Soldiers,” with the greatest warmth and fervor. The Mimsterial Association of Burlington is going to ss the question whether there is auything in the acts and_character of St. Paul to justify tne belief that if he had ever managed Soehurel fair he would have charsed 65 cents for a quart of hot water and a cove O yster. “Yon have often,” said the clerzyman, & heard the brethren say ¢ men! amen! 7 while NG was praving. What did they mean? If any one knoews, let him hold up his hand.” Up juinped a little fellow, so eager to ansier as not 10 wait for recognition, “Iknow!” he called out. * It means burry up and zet through.”” There was an andible smile. : British tar is, as a rule, a staunch sup- p!gil.:z.;' ot the Established Church, and bas a Jofty contempt for dissenters, which occasional- Iv shows itself in rather an amu ing way. For B thple, on oard one of the ships of tht Chan- S leet, not long since, one of the petty officers s tullinz of th+ men for church_ou Sundar, and this is the way b2 gave the mot d’ordre: ‘WReg'lars, stand fwhercyou bar; fancy religions, fall hout.” CHURCH SERVICES. BAPTIST The Rev. Robert P. Allison will preach morning and cvening in the North Star Church, corner of Sedgwick and Division streets. Morning subject: “+Pan's Words of Cheer in the Storm.” —The{Rev. N. F. Ravlin willpreach morning and evening to the Free Charch, in the West Ead Opera House, on Madison street, between Throop and Elizabethstreets. Eveninzaubjeet: ** Preach- inz in 8 Theatre; or, My Puipit on the Stage." _ —The Rev. D. B. Cheney will preach this morn- ingand evening in the Fourth Church, corner of West Washington and Panlina streets. Morning subject: ‘-The Model of a New Testament Church.” Evening subject: ‘‘Jomah in Nine- veh." —The Rev.- W. W. Everts will preach this morning and evening in the First Church, corner of Soath Park avenue and Thirty-fisst strect. —The Rev. A. Owen will preach this morning and evening in the University Place Chureh, cor- ner of Douglas and Rhodes avenues. —The Rev. E. K. Cressey wilt preach in Coven- try Cnurch, corner of Coventry and Bloomingdale atreets, in the morning. In the evening the second of a geries of discourses will be delivered. Sub- ject: **Cwmsarea and the Herods.” —The Rev. J. W. Curtig, D. D., will preach at 10:303. m., in the Michigan Avenue Church, near Twenty-third street. —The Rev. E. 0. Taylor will preach morning and evening at the Central Church, Martine's Iall, Chicazo avenue. Morning sudject: “*The Lost Ax Head.,™ Evening aufijcc:: ** Responsibility for Opinions.™ CHRISTIA: Elder John W. Owen will preach in the morning to the Central Church in Camphell Hall, corner of Van Buren street and Campbell avenue. —>r. A. J. White will preach this morning and evening in the Central Church, No. 997 West Van Buren street. CONGREGATIONAL. The Rev. Charled all Everest will preach at 10:30 8. m. and 7:30 p. m. in Plymonth Church, on Michigan avenue between Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth streets. = —The Rev. E. F. Williams will preach at 10:45 a. m, in the Forty-seventh Street Church. —The Rev. George II. Pecke will pfeach this morning and cvening inthe Leavitt Strees Church, Morning subject: - The Iteal Things of Life.” Evening subject: **Why Should We Believe in Prayert” —The Rev. D. N, Vanderveer will preach this morniug and evening in the Union Park Church. cornerof West Washington street and Ashiznd avenne. —The Rev. Arthur Swazey, D. D., will preach at the Oakiand Church this morning, and the Rev. Z. §. HNolbrook in the evening. The Rev. C. A. Tomle will preach in Iiethany Church. corner of Paulina and West Huroa streets, motning and cvening. Evenine subject: ** A Question of Interest to Young Men." Seats free. EPISCOPAL. Tnere will be the unsnel moming and evening services at the Cathedral Free Church, S8, Peter and Paul, corner of West Washinston and Peoria streets, —The Rt.-Rev.W. E. McLaren,D. D. Tllinois, will admi; er the rite of ordi morning 1 Trinity Churcl aveuue and Twent) ) street. mon by the Re ullivan. —The Rev. Sam S, Harris will preach this morning, and at 4:20 o'clock this afternoon. in St. James' Church, corner of Cass und Huron st . —The Rev. Francia Mansticld will preach morninz and evening in the Church of the Atone- u:v.-nt. Corner of West Washington and . Robey stre —The Rev. J. Bredberg will preach thie morninz and etening in St. Anszarius’ Chureh, Sedgwick Chicazo avenue. —The Rtev. Clinton Locke will preach thix morn- ing and evening in Grace Charch, Waba<h avenue. near Sizteenth street. —The Rev. Stephen J. Allen witl officiate this morning and evening in St. Juhw's Chureh, Ashland avenue, near Maglison strect.” —There will be the.nsual worning and evening services at the Church of the Holy Communion, South Dearhorn etreet, near Thirtieth. —'Fhe Rev. Arthur Ritchie will preach this morn- ingand evening in_the Church of the corner of Norta LaSalle aud Erie stree: —The Kev. Charies Stanley Lester will preach this. morning and evening in St. Paul's Church, Jliyde Park nvenne, between Foriy-eichth and Forty-ninth strecty. —fihe Rev. R. F. Fleetwood will preach this morning and evening in St. Mark's Church, cor- ner of Cottage Grove -avenue and Thirty-sisth streete. —Tne Rev. G. F. Cushman wiil preach this morning and evening In St. Stephen’s Chnrch. Johnson street, between Taylor snd Twelfih streets. '—The Rev. Luther Pardee will preach this moza- ingand evemmy in Calvary Church, Warren av- catie, between Oakley street and Western av- enue. —The Rey. T. N. Morrison will rprench this morning and evening in the Church of the Epiph- any, Throop street, between Mobroe and dor: gam. £ —The Rev. W. J. Petrie will preach this morn-. ing and evening in the Church of Our Savior, cor- ner of Linculn and Lelden avenue: —The Rey. Henry G. Perry will preach this morning and evening in Al Saints’ Church, corner of North Carpenter and West Ohio streats. There will be the usual servicesat the Good Shep- ‘erd Mission, Lawndale. —The Rev. F. N. Lu<on wili preach this morn- ing and evening in Emmannel Charch, Le Granse. ZThe Rev. 4. Stewart_Smith will preach tnls morning and evening in St. Mark's Charch, Evans- ton. FRIENDS. There will be 8 Gospel temperance service atthe Friencs’ meeting-lonse, Twenty-sixth etreet. be- tween Indiana snd Prairie avenues. LUTHERAN. The Rev. Edmnnd Eelfoar will preach ar11 a.m. and 7:30 p. m. in the Cnarch of the Iloly Trinity, corner Dearborn avenue and Erie strect. METHODIST. The Rev. George Chase will preach at 11 s.m. an p.m. in the charch corner of Winter and Forty-fourth _streets ring_subjece: **The Troe snd False Iicli ™ “Evening subject: “*The Great Testing Day. —The Rev. Dr. Gurney will preach morning and evening in St Paul's Church, comer Mawell street and Newberry avenue. The Rev. W. i Crafts will preach at 10:45 a.m. in Trinity Church, on Indiana avenue, near "Twenty-fourth street. Philip Poillips will con- duct tiie music. At 7:30 p.in. song sermon, an intereeting msical service, by Philip Pmllips. —Th Dr. Thomas will preach shis morning and evening in Centenary Church, 3ontoe street, near Morgan. —The stev. . morning and cveninz in the Michigin Dr. Willlamson_will preach this venae Church, Mormmg subject, *MHow to Get Lich in gud's Way.” Evening subject, **The Gift of est.” ~“The Rev. M. M. Parkhurst will preach this morning and eveningin the First Churcl, corner of Clark and Washington strects. Mor: ub- ect, . *+Thankegivinz.” Evening ect, ¥ heat and Tarcs, " with samples from Syri he Rev. . McChesney will preach thls morn= ing and evening in the Park Avenme Church, cor- erof Pack avenne and Robey strects. Morning fiecourae before the students of Rush Medical Col- Iege. %rhe Rev. T. C. Clendenning will vreach this morning and evcning in_the Langley Avenne Chiurch, corner of Thirty-nintl street. H0he Rev. T, P. Marsh witl preach this morning and evenine in Grant Place Charcl, corner of Lar- Fabeo strect. Evening sabject, +*The Conviction of the Holy Ghost. 3 “The Rev. S. 1L Adams will preach this morn- ing nd evening in the Western Avenue Church. o Rev. E. M. Boring wil preach in the Dixon Street Church in the morning, upen the sbject: **The Ministry of Angels.™ The Rev. S5 %an, of Jotiet. will preach in the evening. PRESBYTERIAN. The Rey. Jacob Post will preach in Holland at 10 4. m. and in Englizh o p..m. in Noble Street Church, corner West e and Noble strects. B e Rov. James Maclanghlan will preach morn- ing and evening in the Scutch Church. coruer of amon and Adams streets. Morning subject: mon, the Rock. " s Sihe 'Rev. Arthur Mitchell, D. D., will preach 2070+40 8. m. in the Firet Church, corner of Indi- ana avenne and Twenty-irst street. e Rev. J. Munro Gihion will preach this smornin and evening in the Second Charch, corner of Michigan avenue ana T h street. ZFhe Rev. John Abbott Frenc will preach this rmorning and evening in the Fourth Church, ~cor- ner Rush and Superior streets. “ Phe Rev. Charles L. Thompson will preach (his moming and evening in the Fifth Cburch, corner Iudiuna aveune and Twenticth street. Evening subject, ** Moses.” ¢ Ythe Itev. flenry T. Miller will preach this morning and evening in the Sixth Church, corner of Vincennes and Oak avenues . e itev. J.3L. Worrall will preach morning and eveninz in the th Church. corner of \West \Washington and Robey strcet The Rev. E. N. Barrctt,wili preach this morn- ine and cvening in the Westminster Church, corner of Peoria_and _Jackeon streels. Morning Subject, **Our Inberitance.” Evening subject; **Character.™ ZProf. Francis L. Patton; D. D., will preach in Jeiferson Park Choreb, corner Throop and Adams Streots, at 10:45 this morning and a7 the evening. ~The Rev. W. C. Young will preachin the ’X‘_‘ulé lerton Avenae Church at 10:30 a. m., and at 7= p. m. REFORMED EPISCOPAL. Services at 10:30 4. m. and 7:30 p. m. in-the Church of the Good Shepherd, cormer of Jones and Homan streeis, " Sietion Cheney will preach at 10:45 a. m. and 30 b, m. in Christ Charct, corner Micnigan ave- nite and Tienty-fourth streets. Morming subject: N Thirsting for God." Eveninz subject: *Thy Servant Was Bogy llere aml There.” ¥The Rev. F. W.Adams witl preach in the even- ing at Emmansel Church, corner Twenty-eizhth ani Hanover streets. Sersices will also be held fn the morning. —The }h:j M. D. Church will preachat 1 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. in St. Johu's Church, on Gakwood avenue near Cottage Grove avenue. 2 he Rev. k. 1. Bosworth will preach at 1 a m. and 7:30 p. m.- m Grace Church, comer 1ioyne and Le Moyne streets. Evening subject: * on Indispensable Blessine,” . ~The Rev. R. 1. Bosworth will preach at 2:30 m. in Trinity v, Church, Englewood. Subject: * Tempe: t Tossed. ™ _The Rev. W. J. Hanter will preach this morn- ng, 1o St. Pagl'a Church, corner of Morning sab- inzond cvening, Weat Washington and Ann strects. jects, **Saicide.” Evening subject, **The Prodi- zal Home Again.” - —The Rev. P. F. Phelps will preach in Imman- -aal Church, corner of Dayton and Centre etreets, this morniag at 10:30 o'clock. Services a3 usaal in the evening. SFRITUALISTS. Cora L. L. Richmoud will lecture this itaalists, s, irs, et morning beforg the Pirst Society.of No. 517 West Madison street, and in the evening rv. Richmond will be entranced by the spint of Emanuel Swedenborz and discourse on Spiritual- ism and the New Dispenaation. : A meeting of mediums and Spiritnahsts will Le held this afternoon at 2 o'clock, in the rlors of Miss Edith Harvy, No. 239 West Macison street. ) SWEDENBORGIAN. The Rev. L. P. Mercer_will preach this morning in Hershey Hall, . 83 East Madison street. Sub- Ject, Tom Whom Is Man Redeemed ‘ v . The Rev. 3. T. Sunderland_will preachat11a. m. wn the Fonrth Charch, on Prairie ayenue, near Thirtieth street. Subject: **Prof. Swing's lass Sunday's sermon on_* A Lroad Faith."™ "ZThe Rev. J, T. Sunderland will preach in Jen- nines' Hall Evanston, at 7:30 D, m. Subject: “*The True Doctrine of * Salvation by the Blood,* or the Power of Heredity. ™ " —The Rev. Robert Coliyerwill preach this morr- ing and evening in Cnity Charch, cormer of Deai- born avenue aud Wakon place. —The Kev. T. B. Forbush will preach this morn- fne in the Third Charch, come? of Monroe and Latlin streets. Subject: ** Unitansn Principies and Ideas.” UNIVERSALIST. The Rev. Dr. Ryder will preach this morning and eveni: t St. Paul's Church, Michigan avenue, near Sisteenth street. —Thne Rev. Miss Mary A, Straub will preach this morninz m_the Third Church, corner Indiana avenue and Thirts-first street. —The Lev. Sumner Ellis will preach in the Church of the Redeemer. corner of Washington and Sangamon streefs. morning and evennz. Evening subject: -+ Baitie of the Churches with Calvin and Balion.” MISCELLANEOGS. The Rev. 1L M. Paynter will preach at 10:50 8. m. and 720 p. . in Calvary Taternacle, No. 320 Ogden avenue. “The Lev. D. R. Mansfield will preach in the morning 1n the chutch corner of May and Falion strcets. - Mrs. M. 5. Mansteld will preach in the evening. —The Rev. W.J. Erdman will preach in the morn- ingin Moody's church, corner of Chicago avenze and LaSalle street. and Charles M. Morton will epeak in the evenius non-sectarians will meet at 23 Nevada Biock, corner Frankhin and Wastinston strects. —The Dicciples_of Christ will meet at o'clock t No. 220 West Randolph street Dr. Ives witl preach this morni the Burs Miission Chapel, No. —The and evenin: Third avenuc. N —The Rt. R :nldiag, Catholic Rishop of Peoria, will del ccture this cvepinz ** Christianity and the Church, ™ in the Chu: the iloly Fi vand \West Twelfth st The lecture is under the auspices of the St cent de Punl Society, and 1ta proceeds will bo applied t0 the reiief of the needy poor of the Holy aris ciy of Friends will meetas usaal on xth street at 10:30. Benjamin Frank- ent. —Cider H. t. McCulloch il preach in the Second Adventist Tabernacie, No. 91 South Green Ch.’l‘rln will preach 1n the al : n. m. will speak in the Moody 0 o'clock old schocl-house, Enl Morton CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK, EPISCOPAL. . 25— Twenty-sixth Sunday after Trinity. 0—St. Andrew. CATHOLIC. 5—Twenty-seventh amd_Last_Surday after ccost; St. Catbering, V. 3L Ceter, B. M. - $—Feria. ) Vigil of St. Andrew: St. Saturninus, M. 30—SL Andrew, Ap. 1—Oflice of the Immaculate Conception. JEWISH. 1—Featival of Dedication {Kislev 25). L N LOLA. Soft and low on the breezes of Even. A sadd'nme wal floats up to Heave: Ty borne on the air, as the perfumed sich The nizhi-ftowers breathe ere they droop and die; 1t lingers soft, us the notes that float Froni some iy warbler's sweiling throat— Though the barb lies deep neath his trembling win, And Wis qaivering heart-palse fail, he'll sing. Alas for the hearts that breathe the wail— For the sichs trembling forth on the perfumed eale— For the brows still lifted amid the strife, The wmult. the shock, of heartlcss lifel A wail for those—for the brizht hopes faded— For the ulad smiles dimmed—for the life o'er- shaded By the chilling wing of the Archer grim Who waketh for young heart a reqaiem! Ales! slas! that Sorrow hath reign O'er the hearts of all. Never azuin I the snn's «lnd 1i3ht may 1 sce the brow cclipse o'crshadoweth iny spirit nOW. She slnmbers low, her pure cves dim, While onr hearts aze wailinz her requicm. Low in the cold embrace of the tomb Ties the beautiul form in its moléering bloom. The morn and the eve shall come and go, Bat bring no star for our nizht of While we brood. with the quict of deep despair, Orer the soft. light touch of our darlinz's hairs Whils we dream of the youth and & “Neath the heavy earth und tise coflin- And stast to hicar. a3 a low refrain, The echioed wrics of her lauzh again. Weep not for the dead—the Aappy dead— Though the sod lice dark o'er the dear onc'a head; Thot. ayw the light of her cyes fade away, ike the sadd'ninz lignt of the xtar's pale riy hen the mor hath come; thoagh ye're weeping now Orer the vanished light of her youns, glad brow: Weep not for your lost—hers i3 bliss above The carthly sfar of Hope or Love. ¢ softly eleeps in slumber blest: od giveth Ilis beloved rest, And s t¥pe of ilis mercy is found in the Spring ‘That f{n_m -+death unto life™ the young fowers rinz. : They ;:-m bloom in their beauty above her white oW She is sin@ng the songs of the justified now, Verifying—nure heari—what the poet hath anng: "I'he pure and the fair, **whom the 3 love, dlo youns.” Mace Ciriéaco, WHEN WE STAND BEFORE GOD, OVERTHERE The time will soon come when we shall be called To stand in the presence of One Who has known all our thonghts, Who has witnessed cach deed That we in our bricf lives have done. 1¢ we for the Rizht have been steadfast and strong Always ready to do and to dure; 1t faitnful and just, we shall find our reward When we stand before God, over there. o. 16, 1877 1f we gan atand fiem i the prosence of Lim, With n rerord of sood deeés alone, Every page undedled by a blemish or blot, o sins 1o rearet or atone; 1f our jives kave been free from debasing destres, We never need doubt or despair, For our deeds upon Earth will establish our fate When we stand vefore God, over there. 1f we have neglected the brother whose aid, When we were in sorrow and need, Sustained us, but left him to suffer alone, Withont a kind word or & deed; 1t we have forzotten the loyalty duc To oar father and mother, Whose care Protected oar childhood, these sins will_be known When we stand veforc God, over there. 1 the wealth He bas sent has been held as a trust ‘To aid the deserving and poor, To succor the lowly, the weary and worn, The bezgar that asked at our door; If we huve nscd it as only o means to an'end, And that end the protection and care Of Earth’s sorrow-bruised sons, we sbull find oue rewa: i When we stand before God. over there. But let us thank Him for whatever he sexdy, For He 14 far-veeing and wise, And ou sadiest misfortunes may prove in the end His blessings or gifts in dizpuse. Throngh good and through evil, through sorrow and jor, Dnnbz‘no; His great goodness and care; 1f faithful on carth, we shall find our reward ‘When we stand before God, over there. GnasT P. RosiNsoX. ———— A THANKSGIVING-HYMN. Thankfally, gratefully, come we to Thee; Tearfally, lowlily, bend we the knce. Father of Mercies, to Thee we draw nighs Turn not away from us—hark to our cry. When we have doubted Thee, put Thee (o shame, Almost forgotten to whisper Thy name, Then hath the splendor and strenzth of Thy love Flown to us, swift a3 the ilight'of the dove. Loftily throned o'cr the rray doubts of years, Kadiant in glory the Savior appeans, Hiolding the scepire of Mzrcy and Grace— ‘Godbead and Manhood bient sweet in Ills faces Thaaks then we give, but it is ot cnongh: Sure at Thy hatds se will meet no rebuff, Love, adoration, we offer to The "Phanks for the Graco that THo! ELIA WILSON. — Cheap, Consldering. San AAntonfo Herald. There is a great deal of fire-wood £old on the lazas which grew oo land the owners of whici were not consulted by the gentleman who lus the wood for sale; an llustration of which fu- lows: wHow much for that load of wood?” asks u would-be purchaser. i “ pive doilars.” replied the would-be seller. «Too much!” «No, it aint,—not_when you have to risk olng out of the world with eighteen buckshot you, if the owner of the land happens in on .. you while you are cutting it.””