Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 2, 1877, Page 10

' | i THE CHlCAéO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY., DECEMBER 2, 1877—SIXTEEN PAGES of Septembe: health from going. He served several churches | ing and evening in the Leavitt Street Church. Ing and evening In Gaity Ch sleep, amd digest well, and lelsurcly o on ss e xile of conduct ‘aad relicion, 058, | ot the Faciiobesch, o diie 10t of Bop in the pastorate Tor abonut tventy vears. Ie | Lyeniug eunjects ~+Why Do 1 Believe 1n Sira: | heg sdrcaine 0 nity Chutch, commer of Dee, m aCbelictund tinstd ‘ was n thorouzh scholar, aud did a great amount, | S e Rov. By Pordn oot preach of ~ life? . tnem ] RELIGIOUS. A Dive After That Truth which Is Supposed to Lie at the Bot- tom' of a Well The Doctrine of Infinite Sin and Eternal Punish- ment Critically Examined. More Honesty and Less Dogma Needed on the Question of Moral Reform. How the Pope Sat Down on the Weakening Ultramontane, Father Cenci. General Notes at Home and Abroad— Personals—Dubious Piety-— Services To-Day. A DIVE AFTER TRUTIH. ‘TRUTH LIES AT THE BOTTOM OF A WELL.” The doctrine of cternal punishment is to-day meeting with Yery many opponcnts even among people who have usually been cousidered strictly orthodox, and 1 propose to show (aside from any argument deducible from the Bible aeainst it) that the doctrine is necessarily illogical and adumits of casy retusation. Its advocates and believers claim that sinvers deserve everlasting punishment, and that there~ fore God's justice requires its infliction; but if sinners do deserve it, thea this conclusion fol- lows, viz.: Iiis impossible that they should ever ret their deserts. “Why impossible?” Tam asked. Tinpossible, in the very nature of things, for when the lost soul shali have suffered throuzh more centuries than there are atoms of matter in the whole material universe, includiug ail saus and systems and nebute, and when, haviog finished this immessurable term, it begins awain, and ocs throuzh it again and the third tinme, 5o on to the hundredth, and thousandth, 2ud dillionth time, what then! ‘*Tte Lord, tke Lord God, just and true, merciful and grazious.” ismot yet satisfied or appeased, and i sinuer has not yet received his deserts. A0d however long the period may be, it is ut- terly impossible that it should ever be so pro- tracted as to constitute a millionth part of eteroity. Consequently if man deserves eternal punishment he never can, by auv possiblity, re- ccive 2 milliouth part of his deserts. Examinc | this_proposition _cnitically and seg if it is not strictly true. Deity has allowed on this theory many thousands of millions of human Leingé, creatures of Mis band, to run up < score of iniquity so oreat, a debt so vast,that a millionth part of it never can be punished. Never cun be punished. For whateser point in eternity the sudlering sinner may reach, he never can by any possibility_wet a millionth part of the way_ throuzn. ~Thus tie absurd theory of the infinite uilt of man; would leave Deity toiled and His justice forever unappeased. What horrible creatures mortals must be it they are so foul and.black with sin. so degraded corrupt that all the penal fines of the pit can never purge away a millionth part of their goilt! Wby has the Almizhty suifered sucl uce of diabolical mensters to continue on th carthf Why has He given them the sunshin and the rain and _made their habitations glori ous, and surrounded them with all the bouati- fu} belougings of Hislang? Nay, whi is He continuing to create them to- day and - sending them into this Jower world, the pictures of innocence and infantile lovelic ness, and more resemblings the seraphs that sur- surround His throne than the fiends which the most of them must hereafter become, if this teaching is true? The general belief which this doctrioe has so Jog obtained s not a weighty arzument in its favor, for we know that the now abhorred doc- trine of infunt damnation was also once exten- sively believed. Old-fushioned Calvinists held out no hope for children, even an hour old, ex- cept elect wfants, and “azonized parents were taught that these dear innocents, without taste of life, were burried into hell, therc amids raging flames forever to expiate the sin of Adam! 1 uiave not a deudt that there will be readers of these lincs who do not know and wiil no: casily credit the story that such a doctrine was once widely taught and widely sccepted by seusible and guod meu and wouien. Mothers, too! Well, this horrible phantesmagoria has passed away; the belief in material firc, even for aduits, has been practically repudiated; but its advo. cates still muj nd on some kind ol endless meatal agony wl as 1 once heard an Episco- pal clergvman (prob pudor!) say, will be stiil Worse than Teal fire, be-ause the type is abways worse then the thing typified! He has wone to iz avcouut :ow, poor inan. 1 hope he has at- tained to juster Views of his Creator. Do you believe that man's guilt is infinite? Look at youder sportive lad who has attained he aze of moral responsibility, and yet who is many vears short of manhood. He i3 affectior ate,” kind, senerous, humane, the idol, pe Laps. of ‘too-mdulgent parents, but Le is impulsive and passionate at times, lacks self-denial and sclf-control, and yields, again and agzin, to some of those” many temptations to sin which veculiarly beset the younz. He is cutoff suddenly without time for Tepentance, and a train of weedinz, heart-broken mourners follow him to the gre: Then look: at that youns, beautiful by frivo- lous mrl, who.at u similarage, in the fuil pursuit o the alluring oys of this world, is suddenty taken out of if. " She has been a lovinz but not quite obedient daughters a kiud but wayward 1riend;; no open sin can be laid to her charge, but she has sipped whera she could at Life's boneyed fouuts aud las thought of littly be- yond. N > hutterfiies of with muilt that all etemmiity is required to punish them? That they come short of eternal life may be true, and it1s terrible enough to fear that they may not *enter into the rést ¥ of the peovle of God, and that they may be stricken forever from cxistence. But if they have, as St. Paul s *-Judzed themselves unweorthy of cternal ife, &ball we, therefore. believe thut the Almighty Father will keep them in existence forever, for 1he sole purpose of punishing them forgver | But let me ack, is there angsuch thingas a real practical beliel in. this terrifying doctrine of everlasung punishment! Do %Enriszxuns en_the most earnest of them, act as if they velleved it? Do clergymen, even those of the wermest school, ace a3 if they believed ft? | arould not 84y or hint & word against the clergy. They are usually good and cultivated men y constitute the higl.est ornaments of socie- ty: and, bad as this wicked worldis, itwould be Jwmcasurably worse but for them. But if this awful teaching is true, it more than halt the buman race is destined 1o enaless woe: if they are even now golnz down into the gulf of Ppertition at the rate of more than fifty thou- saud souls a day, surely there s nothing ¢lecin tue world Worth a_moment's considers: l!‘lg:% ::\-y tnlxlumv, erical or lay, excepting ¢ them, cvel el 0 s heven a few of them, from Nay, 1o eave one soul would be well w the combined efforis of all mankind fas & WL lifetime; for if ouly one individual of our. e Jrere to underzro eternal punishuent and alf the Test of mankind were to sufler only for the comparatively wrifing ienn of ten” hundred tbousand billions of centuries, the 28eTerate duration or l their cutlerings would Stil ne 1y less than a millionth part of ou‘:‘mmr’ ‘fl:x'flth{musl endure. AL e gladiy af there could be joy amon: Tost), eladly’ wouid he embrace lfn‘eyoppanii}il:je- of comiuting bis doom by serving out, sepas. ately the terms of all the others, so that Le could be free at Jast, fre¢ to sink Into - umothivgness, aud thus to escape the waith ‘of ‘his merciful Father ~ in caven. But on the orthodox theors (let us ot fail 10 be orthodox?) he could have no such privilege as that. No! no! A thousand billions of times all that would not bring him a thow. sand billionth part *of the way through eter. mty. Yet to this unending woe we are told that not one but ail impenitent sinners are inevitably doomed. Now, I ask is not this a most reaso; able doctrine! Is it not the perfection of gon? It does mot require for its support any very strongor very lnud texts of Scripture, docs it? A few vamue and disputed vorscs translated from the Greek and Hebrew will an- swer very well, will they not? I baveasked if derzymen of any denomina- tlon who teach this fearful doetrine oct as if they believedit. Do mot they usually ess, and (sion, but testi joy all the good things id you cver see one of . ti in astale of chronic terror on this subj Did not the eloquent and amiable Spurieon (he is 3,000 miles oil, and we may venture to be 2 little pergonal with him), did he not, after tell- ing that vast crowd of London sinners that “in 1y like that we have on earth their would lie, asbestos-like, forcver uncon- cumed, while the' devil should foraver play his diaholical tune of Hell’s Unutterable Lament, —aid_Le not probably go home with an unii- paired_appetite, and it down, anctuons. and tranquil, to a good dinner of roast beel and plum pudding? And that, too, while his frightencd hearers, many of them homeless and hungry, Gid Dot Know where they were to get their dinners, and bad the pangs of famiue ag- pravated by the dread of an everlasting - roast- iug? Do not ministers of the Gospel of all'denomi- nations daily associate with unrepentant. sin- ners in all the walks of life without ever or scareely ever (except from the pulpitin_a pro- fessional way) warning them of their danger? Do they ever take o man aside and shudder- ingly assure him thet he is tottering on the brink of an abyss of infinite woe, and that if he takes a fatal plunge his wail will come up from its awful depths torever and forever! No! the clerryman who ehould habitually do this would be considered a-fanatic, if not a lunatic; practically be does not act in the spirit of his professed creed, neither do the lay saints towhom he preaches. The best of them cau pursue their secular business zealously six davs in the week, and they can chaffer about the price of dry goods or uther commodities with an unsaved man without stopping to warn him of his mfuite danger. Tow can such beople, entertatning such be- Tief, how can they waste the intinitely precious moments in earning a few paltry dollars? Should we not rather expect to hear them say to their customers across the counter: * Well, my fricud, the price of these goods is of no consequence! Take them at vour own valuation! Take them as a free gift—only come with me to church and save vour souls. Do not delay! Heaven stands onen above us! Hell yawns bencath us,~an endless hell,—come and Jearn bow to escane it 1" ¢ Would hot this be reasonable? Yes, perfectly reasonable and perfeetly right for the believers in this creed: it would reflest honorupon them: nay, it would be Godlike in them. and it would be utterly inexcusavle fn them not todo iz, or todo anvthing less than this. T ask, then, is re auy evideuce of auy real practical belief in docirine—a belief, [ mean, producing com- Have not the instincts of i mensurate resuit. common sens¢ triumpbed over the irrational dogma of the schools? P.H M. THE PAPAL POLICY. A JESCIT “SAT DOWN ON" BY THE PCPE—NO RECONCILIATION WITH VICTOR EMANUEL. ZLondon Times. An incident bas oceurred in Ttaly which has caused a good deal of sensation and shows that there s more or less of what our politicians call “weakening” among the estreme Ultra- wontanes. Father Cenci, a Jesuit of considera- bie distinction, over fifty years.a member of the order in zood standing and a preacher of some renow, in a preface to a volume of his ‘sermons published in 1873 took up the idea, first2put for- ward in 1861 by Monsignor Liverani, that the Pope sbould in some manner reconcile bim- self with the Kinzdom of Italy. Iis remarks caused considerable disgust at the Vatican, which was made known to him He thew, by way .of defending himeelf, wrote a memorr in June, 1375, addresse ed to the Pope, aud setting forth his planm full. No notice appears to. bave beeu taken of it at the time, but by some indiseretion part of it ot into print, and this caused tue Pope to dircet the General of the Order to expel Father Ceuci, ivh was accordingly done. Then there wes & chuckie among the Italian Liberals, and then the Usscreatore Romuno denied that he had been expelled, and then the Father Mimsell pub- ished a decl i ation ackuowledging his expul- 1g to the re uudzuf his in- tentions aud his entire submission fto the au- thonty ot lis ecciesivstical supdgiors, and solemuly requesting the zewspapers Yo take no further notice of him. ‘Tire memoir to the Pope has now been pub- lished in ertenso, aud is a verv curious and in- teresting document. but could hardly be sur- vassed in najvete. The writer savs that nobody who has spoken or writtea to him about the views cnunciated in his preface, ana which first gave ofcuse, has sttemoted to deny their truth- fulness; that the restoration of the temporal power as it stood before 1570 is an impossibility ~—the political and moral condition of Europe forbids it. and forbids it more and more; that the attewpt 1o raiscit to the dignity of a dozma is tull of misfortune for the Church and Iialy; that the separation of earnest Catholics from the political life of Italy leaves a Christian na- tionat the merey ot Atheists, and causes the Ttatian Liberals to regard the Church ss a deadly enemy, whose destru ? is necessary to their own safety, al forees the Italian Govermment iuto alliance with heretical Germany, and the herctical Slavs of Eastern Europe, to the sreat, danger of the Laun race and faith. As no change is to Le looked for from the polics of combat, he pro- poses that the Pope sbould aceept Italy as it is and prouounce Victor Emanuel the lewitimate Kivg, in return for the acknowledzmeut of bimsel( as a kind of Suzeraiv of all [ialy, and for proper provision tor bis residence in Kome. Victor Emanuel would then dissolve the Cham- bers, and choose a new ** Christiau miistry,” which would fill the oflices with persons favor- able to the new yolicy, which a Christian ~press would explain to the country. All being ready, a general clection would be -ordered, and “the “Goverument “would use all the means at its di L, including the priests and Bizhops, tojsecure & * large Christian majority,” which_ the fatlier has no doubr it could do. and the Cburch and State would live happily ever after. The paper is very powerful as an argzu- nient acaiusy tae present policy of the Vatican, but the construetive part of it1s causing a good deal of antusementamonz the mundane politi- cians, It shows, however, that the idea of sur- render on some terms is growing among the more rational clereyv. As regards the future of this idea, it is worthy of notice that the Roman correspondent of the London Zimes, in describ- g the Cardinals who will;probably weirh most in the election of the next Pope—eighit in all— sets down all but one as men of either liberal, compromising tendencies or careless Gallios. MORAL REFORM. MORE HONESTY AND LEsS DOGMA NEEDED. To the Editor of the Nuston. Traca, Y., Nov. 80.—Sir: The recent article of the Nation on ** The Church as an Aid to Good Conduct.” iu which reference js Imade to the number of culprits in the late cases of fraud and defaleation who were professing Christians, and the question asked why religion - does not act more pow erfully as o rule of con- duct, is interesting as a recoguition of some of the facts of the cisc and as the. openivg of a subject which verv much needs discussion; but the answer it gives—that it is because people have lost faith in the fall, the atonement, the resurrection, the superngtural authority of Jesus Christ, and generally in the dogmatic part of Christianity, snd because they do not believe with the assurance they once did in a future state of purishment where they will be damued for sin—is it not based on a very par- tial view of the facts? If this reason were the true one, then manffestly those parts of the Church and those nations and ages of the world which have believed, and do believe, in these doctrines the most wplicitly ought to be the ones which are the most upright and moral, while those which huve relaxed from them the farthest ougnt to show the largest amount of unrightcousness and immoral Such, how- ever, is noturiously not the case. Who will speak of the Middle Ages, those. fimes of jh most rigid and_unquestioned dogmatic the. ology, as beinr pre-cminently the times whea the pnnciples of the Gospel were made the rule of life? What are we to say of the fact that the Rowan Catholic Church, the place where the fall, the atonement, the resur- rection, the supernatural authority of Jesus Christ, and the damnation of the wicked are tausht and believed more faithiully than sny~ where else. is the one which furnishés our State prisons and our isunts of viceand ignorance witha large part of all their fumates? Isic among the brizends of Italy, and to those na- tioas of Southiern Europe that accept all these doctrines of the old conservative _ortbodoxy, axd scores of otlers like them, without a ques- tiop, that the world turns for its shining eXat- oles of honesty and morality? What'is the bearing of the Iact that those five cases of lapse it wron which of late have startied the com- upity were all members, not of heretical but k:x standard evanzelical churches, having at lubngn €omie faich in dozmatic Christianity? And, on theother hand, the Unitarians, the Universallscs tlie {ree religionists, und the professed inddele" are they indecd the ones, thourh doubtlcss :zg.lémé some olIl\:lnl'nngs at t'l&c sbrines of vice, ave nourished an andne ehgats und vilainad e ithout tryinz to estimate all the religion does not act more uowu[nlfi-a:c: fu'ifi of conduct, s NOL a Yery conspicucus one the very stress which the Cluirch has laid on dog- matic Caristianity, aud_especially the wide sep. aration it Lias made between morality and plety, practical goodness aud thesalvation of th3 sol, rel syste ‘There can be no guestion s to the reality of thisseparation. Itfisnotoriousthat with thegreat majorfty of teachers, alike in the Protestant and Roman Catbolic’ Churches, the emphasis of preachingzis Juid now, and has been lor ages; on the dogmatic and pictistic elementsof re- ligion rather than on the moral and practival— on faith and fecling and not on ceeds and prin- ciples. Whatis the grand object of ail those “plens of salvation ” which constitute so large a part of the popular theology, what cspeciaily of this very doctrine of the atonement on which such enormous emphasis is laid, but to find out some other way in which s person can escape from the penaity of his sins than by that of his own life and conduct? Nine-tenths of the pulvits of Christendom have been ' occupied for ages, aroc occupled toduy, in showing that personal merit has uothing to do with salvation, but that 1t was all wrought out for the believer 1,500 yeurs ago threugh the merits of Jesus Christ. Even with those preaci- ces who recognize in some desrce the impor- tance of the moral element of Christianfty, and wmake it a promineat part of their preach as, of course, thousauds do—it is not an equal factor of relizion, zood in its own nature, not as a quality whick of itsclf and independent of faith in Christ will ever help in the salvation of the soul, but only as an offshoot of piety, aud dependent for all its value on 1ts being doné out of Jove to Gor. To be a good citizen and an up- right and honest man, never to bavesold a vote, or watered the stock of g railroad, or cheated the fatueriess ond the widow through savings-bank or an insurance comnp: ver to bave putone’s hand wrongfully United Sattes ‘Treasury, all these are repre- sented as utterly worthiess, from the religious point of view. as compared with one drop of the atoumeg blood of Jesus Christ. The hizhest virtues of the natural beart, honesty, fide aud personal goodness, all - those of which Dave to-day so much need in_sotiety, in trade, in government, in the Church itself, have been stizmatized over and over azain as only © the tilthy rags of our own rightcousness.”” Giet a new heart, plant within you new principles of "life, (i1l your soul with love to Christ aud faith in His blood—this the Church bas sald is the true way of getting good morality, this the thing, and the only thing, which is needed to control and perfect the conduct. And while the traitor, the cheat, and the murderer, spend- ing their whole lives in sin and then using some word of faith at the last gasp, have been represented as going directly to the peace and joy of Heaven, the man who for seventy vears bas been a good neighbor and upright citizen, but has bad’ no such technical relizious cxperience, is spoken of ns eternally damned, or, at best, as baving in bis death 10 Lope! Now could it be otherwise than that such teaching should result sooner or later in break- inz down the power of religion as a rule of life, and bringing into the Church and into the worlda great flood of immorality? If good morals and good works are of no more value in salvation than £ood muscles and good health, as theworld has been repeatedly told; if the soul is to _be saved wholly by the merits of Christ und not atall by itsown, as the pulpit for ages has Dbeen proclaiving; if piety will produce evervihing, including honesty, and honesty nothing nt all, not even - itself, Gen it §s almost fnevitable that toe moral ele- ion should be negiected. Men will ulways raise that in spiritual, the same as in material things, which will am them the most good in the markets to which it is to be sent, whethier of heaven or carth, leaving that which is uncalled for, no matter how precious it may be in ftself, unsouzht and undone. It is this very thing which bas happened in the Church. [t ias planted to thefspirits alone, planted only one kind of sced, and now it won- ders that it does uot et two kinds of fruit, worality and piety; wonders that its reliiou dogs not act more powerfully on. the conducs and thelite; nas toturu aside, like the Episcopal Couvenzfon the vther day in “Buston,: from its work of stopping sin in theworld—wiiut a sutire on its methodsi—~and ask anxiously how it can stop it amoug its owu membe It is a repeti- tion of the vers thing that was charged of old awainst the Pharisces—making the law of God mient of relig of righteousness p ¥ verance of a dogmatic cre are some errors, the same as some truths, whose seea iL takes the ages to ripen. And the slurs that holy men for centuries have been uttering against morality and our own peronal righteousness—how eanire help putting the two things tozefher? arc they not in the strictest wanuer cauge and effecti—are now producing, not ouly in_the world but in the Church, tieir legitimate fruit of dishoucsty, fraud, and cor- ruption. nd the remedy, the means. by which the Church can makereligion act more powerfully as 2 rule of conduct: it Is eimply ta begin where it left off azes and bring up -the moral cle- ment of reliwion side by side with the spiritual. Not one word is to be $2id against piety itscif. There is uo possivle danger of the world having too much of it. The cmphasis laid upon it never for one moment has been tooereat. The only trouble is in havinz been emphasized at the expense of morality und in men’s tryving to make it do the work of two separate thiugs. 1t is contrary to the Bible, contrars to reuson, contrary to tie whole analozy of ‘naturc, 1o eupposé that one can plant to the spiritual faculties and reap a moral fruil. God has iiven to every seed fts own body; whatsoever 2 man soweth taat also shall be reap. Thes are the two great untrespassable laws alike of the world and the soul. The Charch might as weil evbect grag.es to zrow off of thistles, or corn aud wheat off of rose-bushes, as that non- estyand uprightness will come of giety and Tove. Both 2rc good in their places, both lielp- ful to each other, when they once are started. But if the Churcy wauts bo: ) the only sene sible way is to plaut both kinds_of seed- to the moral nature, houor and respect it, the smme a5 it has to that of the spint. It is time we ot rid of the uld slur almut * preacn~ ing mere morality ' time that we were done crificing the grandest interests of society y on e altar of an artificial doy- with & were doze With hearmng men in like_Froude te: that all their lives a Christian land !.hr‘)' have never I one sermon on the simple duty of huadsty. Soudncss, tefrthisabricty, ess—that is the only God-ordained way in which’we eau have honest, £ood, true, sober, and righteous men. And Wheu the Church does this with the same en- thusiasm and earnestness that it has used so long fn preachiug plety, tuen, aud not till theu, it make religion uct powerfully as o rule of conduet. inculcation of hottes| und personal righte THE FAR WEST. RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE FROM IDATIO, ORE- GON, AND WASHINGTON TERRITORY. The Presbvteriaus seem to be taking the lead in the establishment of new charelies in the Western Territories. Thisis due lurgely to the able Seeretary of the Home Mission Board, the Rev. Dr. Kendall. und to the indefutigable ex- ertions of the local assistant, the Rev. Sheldon Jackson, D. D., of Denver. In- bis trip from Denver to Portland, Oregon, Dr. Jackson thus speaks of the Hon. Mason Brayman, well known in this city: BOISE CITY. ‘We were pleased to find the Hlon. Mason Bray- man. Governor of Idaho Territory, and his estimas ble wife, ‘active Christians. They are connected yjih the Daptist Cliurch ut Boise Gitr. The lion. . E. Hollister, Chief Justice of the Territory, aud iz wife, are Coneregationalisis. Mr. Jona Schefler was & Ruting Llder in Michigan. ~ Mrs. Dr. Smith, Mrs. Curtis, Mrs. Stont, and other lidies had been members of Présbyterian and Congregas tional Churchex. These had kept up a union & bath-gehaol, the largest in the place. The Episco- palians und Wethodist denominations have good Bouses of worsbio and congregutions. Yenta ago both the Congreationalists und Daptists come menced mission enterprises. and the Bantists erected 8 small cbupel, but Loth enterprises fajlod, their ormnizations dicbanded, and ministers with- drew. Through the courtery of the Rev. Ar. Simpson, minister in charge, I racured the wss of the Methodist Church, nd, ‘on Sabvatl, July 15, held the firet Presbyterian seryice, i1 of the Presbyterian Church in B followiug day severnl families were visited and ar- rangemeits inade for a minister. Among otliore, & Yery plencant call was made on the Han, Wiliiam B. Morris, a zentleman of much culture and great enthusiaem In the development of the resources of the country. S Wall ‘i‘_ Tha i W{,{LLA‘WALLA‘ alla Walla is a beautifal and growing village of 8bout 5,000 pupulation. Here I met the meron! - Condit, one of tbe tive eficient young men that cre sent ‘out 1aStepring by the Board of Home Missions to Orezon. Whercver I visited] fonnd these young men pising pood satisfaction, and the earnest wish often expressed thut the Bosrd woull gend out more of the same kind. Al Conait, T. W. McCoy, J. B. Doualdson, Thomsas 3. and Robert Boyd are & valuable scquisition to the Synud of the Columbia. Mr. Condit has gathered apoodly number of Presbyterians togetiior, who were rejoicing ot the prospect of again enjoying the privileges of the 0ld church. 1ic has mucs one to take charge: of the inferest at Boise City. with the ontiving mining towns of Idabo and Stiver City. And his place ot Walla Walla has veen filled by e Rev. Mr. Boyd. EARXN OREGON MINISTERS, It wasa great pleasare and privilese to meet with the Precoyterian_minister at Eugenc. the Rev. E. R. Geary, D. D., who camé o Uregon twenty-eix years' azo, as'a Home Missionsry. and took part. "with the Rev. Lewis Thompeon and the Rev. Robert Rove, in the organization of the the beginning e City. The Presbstery of Oregon, at Lafayotte, b iy o S yette, on the 10th e Rev. Lowis Thompeon crossed the plains in 1948, and ‘was the frat Presbytorian minister 13 preach in Orcgon to_the white popnlation. He organized the first Presbyrerian’ church In the house of Willism H. Gray, on Clatsop pluins, ALBANY. - © We found the church at Albany worshiping {n the_Congregational Church, while prepuring to huild n home of toeir own. At this puintisa Pres- Dyterian Educational Institution that descrves and ehould reccive the libersl pecuniury assistance of Eaetern Clristians. We were disidpointed in not meeting the Rev. Mr. Stratton. who hzd not yct returned from an Lastern visitin the interest of the achool and churc! . CORVALLRES. At Corvalles we were pleased to make the ac- quuintance of the Rev. 11, . Dunning. one of the zood men seut out by Aupurn, We also met the tev. Messra. Hon: impson, who in carly days did good service in the Presbylery. This charch for two years ias enjoyed the lubord of the suintly Ricbard Wylie, our former Subbuth-school echolar at Princeton, ' A Sabbath was spent with our uld fricnd, the fiev. 11, P. Peck, at Salem, the capital of the Stato. All these,-and 1 belfeve every other church in the Synod, ‘owe their existence to H{ome, Miysions, It isnot stronge, tnen, that the ladies of the Syhud are organizing for Home Missions i order to re- pay 0 the regions beyonu the debt of love to the Board that asslsted them. TORTLAND. The_leeding Presbyienun Church. howerer, in the Northwest, is the one at Portland, and its helping hand has been extended to all part3 of Ore- zon and Warhington, Ite pastor, the Rev. A. L. Lindsicy, D. ., came to Oregon fn July, 1828, With a rare combination of preaching power, pas- toral skill, and executive ability, e beeame ut once the recomnized Jeader of olir hosts in the Northwest. and has continued to be first and fore- mast 0 every movcment towards the extension of our Presbyterian Zion. To him lergely is due the measures that expanded o Presbytery intoa Synod. PUGET'S SOUND. Presbyterlan congregations are gathering at Steilacoom, Tacomn, and Seattle: ull of which places ure passed in the meht. On our retura, however, we had the pleasire of worshiping wizli the Seattle Church in their pleasant new bullding. The Rev. D W. McAfec hus » large attentance, cspecially at the morning service. Scattle is gro inz rapidly, throusn the development of the coal- in the vicinity, to which the Northern Pacuic have built a branch’ railwuy. Tacomn i8 promi- nent und growing as the wéstern terminus of the Northern Tecific” Raflway. The fnterests of the whole country would be greatly promoted by th carly complefion of that rond. We al<o passed in the night the Home Mission Church of 100 mem- bers amonz the Puyalinp _ Indians, under charze of the -~ Kev. M. G, Manp, There i3 oreat relicions interest in the entire reservation of 700 Indians. During the forenvon we left. the Snohomish cliureh off to the cast, ax our steamer bore in to Port Townsend. We however heard a good report of the Rev. T. W. McCoy aud hia labors ut Snohomish. where the Presbyterians had just crected 1 zood clinreh build- inz and crowned it with a bell; also of the Ktev, Georee Whitworth ut Seattle and viciuity. Mr. Whitworth i3 a ploncer on the Sound, having taken art in the organization of the first Presbytery of Puget Sound in 1638, We wonld advise good minteters of small fami- lies, wishing to change their field of labor. (o write to the Rev. A. L. Lindsley, D. .. Portiana, Ore., orto the Tev. John k. Thompson, Presby- terian Missionary, Olympia, W. . GENERAL NOTES. There are upwards of 70,000 Sunday-schools in the United States, with about 6,000,000 scholars. The new synagogne on the corner of Wrizht and Harrison streets will be dedieated at 2 p. n. to-day. . ‘The Christian World, of London, savs that “Presbyteriaus in England, with o fow excep- tions, favor o revision of the Confession of Faith.” 1t is said that Connecticut Congregationalists are in favor of merging small colored cinurches which are poorly supported witis nelghboring white churches. A Congregationai Council will be held in Plymouth Church Tucsday afternoons aud in the evening the Rev. Charles Ilale Everest will be formally installed pastor of the church. The number of autuma ordivations in the Church of England is 222 Of this number 1 were ordaiued deacons and §9 pries The lureest number in any one diocese was 3i—in Oxford. ‘The Rev. M. M. Parkhurst will deliver the third of the Sabbath Evening Li res on the Paravles this evening in the Clark Street Meth- odist Church. Subject: “The Rich Mau and Lazarus.” According to the Erangelist, more than 43,000 were added last year to the Presbyterian Chureh inthe North. Sixteen churehes received more than 100 members each. “Four of these were Chicazo churches. & The City Road Chapel founded by John W , of London, which was V' elebrates its centen- nial anniversury Nov. 1, 1875, Efforts will be mude during the vear to vlear off a debt of £2,500 still remaiviui ugon it. The sale of cburch livings in Eneland is tracting the attention of Diocesan Conferences. One Conference, that of Exeter, has adopted a resalution, declaring “that the interests of the Church dewand « change in the laws affecting Church patrorage. 3 There is a Drospeet of another church trizi. The Rev. Mr. Watlace, of Teaquair, Scotland, recentiy announced to his congregation that ho saw po reason why the hours of the Subbaih should not be ewployed, iu case of need, forthe ingzathering of the fruits of the carth, cspecially as the barvest was late and the injury done to the crops great. While the Catholics were talking about the purchase ,of “Erskine’s Leasne,” 25,000 awres of chwice 1 i otpe Coun- ty, Texas, s Methodist colony from’ Wilkes barre, Pa., and Elmira, N. Y.. stepped m ang bought it for $50,000. The Catholies are now very sad about it. The situation is a beautiful ;me for a colony and for cducational institu- 1015, The Church Journal expresses the opinion that the churches are becommg weary of un- scttled opinion in mivisters. It says: The practival luity are coming to the conclusion that 1t is not their mission to be the meterial tor the experiments of unfledeed theolo: The re- sult is a growing disposition to look for men who have come to fixed con.Jusions, and who are not coing to put the. minds of men in a strain-of discovering swhich are true, the no- tions of the active-minded young Rector this yeur or his notions Jast.” The complaint is made that in some well- known coliezes Jews are exeluded from secreb societies. Columbia is referred to partfenlard, 2s au ivstitution from which many Jews have been zraduated with Lich honors, notwith- standing which no Jew is aliowed to bevome a member of any oue of the seven socictios in the coflege. Tn thic words of the article mentioned, “The door is shut against the Jew. 1le has no right to take part in the social meoti of i hssinates. e 1§ branded, in their with the indelible scarlet letter, and the finger of scorn is pointed at him,” = The Cousistory at Rome hias just canonized the sceond American saint. Up ‘to the present year, Suint Rose, of Lima, has been the only dent of this continent that enjoyed canon. The present recipient, of 1iics 2 is to be known as Mary of the fucarnation. s nota native of Aineriea, althor her life spent and all ot her zood deeds done here. Marie Guyart, now Saint Mary of the Incarnation. was a native of France, iho came over to Quebee in the earliest days of its settlement. Asa nun, she wrought those zood works among the Indiuns of Canada and North- ern New York for which she was canonized a few days ago. _St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church of New York City, Dr. 0. U. Tiflany, pastor, is the strougest and_most wealthy churdh in the New York Conterence, and- yet the Conference never meets there. The membership vumbers G0 and the Sabbath-school 321 scholars and teach- ers, The church property is valued at $:3,000, and the beuevolent contrivutions of the ot Y last year amounted to $1L787.50. At the re- ception tothe Missionary Committecand Bishops. afew evenings ago, Dr. Tiffany pleased the chured for an advance “all along the Jine” of benevolent collections. It is now the banner charch of the denomination inthe Urited States in misstonary contributions. PERSONALS. The Rev. Thomas Winn, of Heory, 1L, is about to sall for Japan, in the interest of Pres- byterian missions. The Rev. Dr. Wolcott Calking, of Buffalo, has received 2 unanimous call from the First Presbyterian Church of Ithaca, N. Y. The Rev. J.'S. Shipman, of Lexingion, K. has resigned his charge there to accept the R torship of Christ Church, New York, and 35,000 per annum. The Rev. F. W, March, missionary of the Presbyterian Bonrd in Mount Lebanan, Syria, hag arrived in this country ou a short visit. He is the son of the Rey. Dr. Daniel March, of Phil- adelphta. The Rev. G. E. Wilson bas accepted a call to the church at North Adams. e has been a station agent on_ the Luke Shore & Michiran Southern Rallroad, but proposes now to devote himsel! entirely to the ministry. The Rev. Jobn A. Vinton died recently at Winchester, Mass., where he had resided for ecveral vears past. He was a native of Boston, studied at Dartmouth and Andover, and at one time offered himself to the American Board as a missionary, but was prevented by his feehle of literary work, among which were seven memorial volumes, some of them requiring great labor aud research. Rabbi Hirsch Guttman, who died recently at Gross-Strelitz, at the age of 108, was five years ago pensioned by his congregation with the princely stipend of eight thalers a month. The rabbi had uot caten meat since he reached the age of 60, The Rev. A. T. Bledsoe. of Alexandria, Va., for many years the editor and publisher of the Southern Quarterly Review (Methodist), has been stricken with paralysis, = His illness was an- nounced in the Virginia Conference last week, and prayer offered for his recovery. The Rev. E. R. Nugent has, on account of {ll- health, ziven up_the charge of the Upper In- Qiana Churel, m-shymf of Vincennes, and Ias removed to Huinboldt, Neb., and taken charge of the churehesof Humboldt and Salem, on the Atehinson & Nebraska Railroad. The Rev. L. W. Munhall,® of Indianapolis, Ind., is carrying on a two-weeks’ series of meet* inge'nt the Tubernacle, Boston. The Rev. W. & Rainsford, of London. will succeed him. This is in aceordance with the arrangements made by the Taberna.le Committee who have the worls at that plaze in charge. The Rev. W. B. Miuton, of Anna, Mieh., has aceepted an fuvitation to supply the palpit of the Presbyterian Church at Marshall, during the illuess of the pastor, the Rev. William C. Rice. Mr. Rice is now at Dr. Strong’s Institute, Sara- toua, N. Y. He hopes to be able to resume bis Tabors at the vnd of six months. i “The Rey. Edwsrd Craiz Stuart, of Trinity Coliege, Dublin, kas been nominated for Bishop of W. New Zealand, by the Synod of the Imissionary of the Church Missionary Society in India, and went to New Zealand in 1576 toussist in trafuing Maort candidates for holy orders, The American Boara has appointed Mr. Otls Cary, Jr., of Fuxboro, Mass., as 4 missionury to Jabor In the Japan Mission, and he was of- dained in'that town Nov. 15, the services being full of interest, the fact that Mr. Cary Is the first forelen missionary ever seot out from Fox. boro’ adding much to the impressiveness of the uecasion. The Rev. 8. L. B. Speare has retired from the Chaplainey of the Massachusetts State Prison. n 4 o 1t, the Congregationalist says: #MIe hias had a hurd contest there in malutain- ing what hie and many others believe to be right in matters growing out of a new law allowing Roman Catholie worship in the prison, and it would have been greatly promotive of his com- fort to have left the pusition months ago; but he felt eatled upon to hold on till actually re- moved. Now that this has been doue, some church has thie opportunity to sceure in him an excellent mivister and pastor.” The Rev. Jonathan Edwards Woodbridge died at Hartford on the 17th fnst., awed 75° years. Lis motker was adauzhter of Jonathan Ed- wards. He studied for the ministry at Prince- ton Seminary in the class of 1835, nud{w ached for soveral Presbyterian churches in Virzinia and was atterwards pastor of the Union Church, Worcester, Mass,, znd_also of the churchat Ware. 1840 Le beecame one of the editors of the S'uritan Lecorder, which oflice he Silled un- il 1853, After this he was ai the head of o boys’ school in Auburddale, Mass,, where his rewains were brought lor intermeat. PETTY PIETIES. for may ¢ Husband,” said the wife of a young clergy- man, *‘read me onc of yoursermons. I feel dreadfully wakeful to-night, and I wish to sleep.” The man who charzed David with extraya- ance for singing * The trees of the fleld shall clp their hands,” forgot tuat there are such things as palm trees. A Massachusetts Irishman has his honest doubts on the uppermost theological question. s wife died recently, aud weeting a friend on the street be said, despoodingly, *Well, the old w an s zone” "¢ Where!? asked his iz fricnd, who had not heard of her N dou’t know, but she1s dead any- how,"” eaid Patrick. A Glasgow clergvman, who is much addicted to snuff-taking, was on a recent Sunday about to read from his pulpit the fourth section of the 110th Psalm, which bewins, * My soul cleaveth anto the dust.” After announting the passare he panscd u moment, took from s pocket his snull-box, and from the box with thumb and finger & generons pinch, which he put into his nostrils. ‘Then he proceeded with the psalm, and when he said, “ My soul eleaveth unto the dust,” the congregation were powerless to re- strain their mirth.”? They were two nice old ladies in ood and regular standing in the orthodox Church. They prided themselves on the doctrines of the fathers, and they were talking of the current topic of the Indian Orchard council. Coming down to the main topic, one says: “About this eterual punishment—how lony do you *spose it really lasts&? “ Well,” said the other, “a long while—at least 1,000 vears, I “A thousand vears,” reflectively ro- 1, that’s a good deal is told at the expense of a well- field church member who bad an arnest brother Clirlstian visiting bim the other ‘The tatter is not so demonstrative in his fous fervor as his host, and being nsked the rst morning of his visit to lead the " family de- ons he an an earnest appeal to the throne mily kneeled around. The ] fazeted around on knens for a minute or two, and finally shout- . **Stop him, mother; stop him. fle don’t know nothing how to pray. Let father show him.” The letter “h? is sometimes the cause of Indicrous misunderstandi An Englishman wis once_givingu very pleasant talk to a Sun out what he called “ the hacks of Apostles,” whereuvon some of the scholars ted that the Apostles went from place to n their own private conveyauces. They could not be as noor as they are reoresented or they would mever have Leen able to kecp “lhacks.” v was all scttled, however, wheb one inquisitiv: v ster @ if the “hacks of the Apostles™ were anything like the * four- it nds” which once in a while parade on th avenue. Boston is not uncol clous of its own egotism amd_sense of superiority. nud even sees the fun o ft. Mr. R. ii. Dana, Jr. told the tollowing “litile story " at a dinner party not long ago: v retiring, when one of the epped up and expressed ro- gret that they could not ofer him more attract- ive preaching. Mr. Dana remarked politely that it was very good, buving, iu fact, scen nothing specially ami But the colored brother insist- e on apolovizing, Not much in de way ob preachin’, sir—only o New York man 1 ? CUURCH SERVICES. BAPTIST. The Rev, E. 0. Taylor preaches at the Central Church, Chicago avenue, between Clark and Dear- born streets. Evening subject: *+The First Say- ing of Chirist on the Cros: ~The Rev. N, F. Ravlinipreaches at the West End Opera-Hlonse. Evening subject: **The Ha. manity of Christianity. " —The Rev. Galusha Anderson preaches ot the Second Church. Mosning subject: **The Scourg- ing of Christ.” Evening: **The Healing of the Paralytic.” —The Rev. Dr. Ies will preach in the evening at the church in Wilmette, ~The Rev. W. W. Everts will preach thig morn- ing and evening in the First Churen, corner Soutl Park avenue and Thirty-first street. Evening sub- ject: **Science and the Bible; the Supreme Ruler aMoral Governor." —The Rev. D. B. Cheney will preach this morn- irgzand evening in the Fourth Church, corner of West Washington and Paulina streets. Evening subject: **Daniel in Babylon, " —The Rev. J. W. Custis will preach thls morn- ing in the Michizan Avenue Charch, nue, near Twenty-third etreet, —The Rev. E. K. Crevey will preach this morn. ing and evening in the Loventry Street Chburch, corner of Coventry snd Bloviningdale strecty, The evening discourse will be the third of o suries on 3 trip around the Mediterrancan, and. iy by entitled ** Alexanaria and ier Groat Aan, Dr, A. M. Collina will phéach this af r A ca evening i ihe First Church, cornseof Tonrm 22 o Wil b0 It sirvices fa the onten] = e 'S ie Central Clurch, Campbell Hall, i Sireet Sad Campoell avaingo ™" Of Van Baren The Ter. E. F. \Williawes poosans seventh Streef Charen :hlis?égfnsf S HioTocty- ~The Rev. Charles Hull Eve tweniy Gk anniversaty sermen ‘o) PRyich (B Charch. Michiran avenue, mear Twenty sioin street, this moraing. Congregationsl reqsiar ie the evening. Vanderveer will preach this —T‘he Ih:\'(i D. Ni morning and eveninz In the Unio 3 Ex‘e’ln'anlsxub;nc!;: ;‘).‘galhefl Hel:fl?“k Chinseh. —The Rev. Prof. G, oardman wil this morning and evening in the A{&e‘\; “Eg;?:g: Church, corner of Dearborn avenne and Delsware placo. ~The Rov. George M. Peake will preach morn- —The Rev. G. W. Mackic wilt preach this morn- ing in the South Park Avenue Church, corner of Thirty-third strect. —The Rev. Burk F. Leavitt will preach this morning, and tae Rev. C. A. Towle this evening, in Bethany Church, corner of Paulina and Huron streets. FRIENDS. The Saclety of Frien:s will meet this morningin the Friends”Meeting-House, ‘Twenty-sixth street, between Indiana and Pralric avenues. METHODIST. The Rev. W. C, Wililng, P. E., preaches at the Winter Street Church, corner of Forty-fourth street, this morning, and the Rev. George Chase in the evening. —The Rev. Dr. Thomas preaches at Centenary Chaurch, morningand evening. —The Rtev. S.McChesney preaches at the Park Avenuc Church. ~Evening eabject: **The Moral Young Man,” —trace Church will be dedicated to-day. The Rev. Dr. Tifany preaches ut 10:40; the Rev. Dr. D. W, Bartineut 3 o p. m., und the Rev. Dr. C. E. Felton In the eventng. ' The following Reverends will take Imrl in the other exercises? John Atkinson, Luke Ilitchcocts, Arthur Edwards, 8. G. Latirop, 1. Whitehcad, A. Guroey, S. icChesney, . W. Thomus, T. P. Marsh, A, W, tten, E. M, Doring, M. M. Parkburst, W. C. Willing, and C. G. Trusdel), —The Ttev. A. W. Patten will preach in the moruing, aud the Kev. W. C. Willing in the evon- ing, at the Wabash Avenue Church. —The Rev. W. H, Hoimes will preach at the Fulton Street Church, corner of Artesiun avenue. Subjects: Moming, "*Giviag Thanks"';.cvening, **A Suvior for the Lost. ™ The Kev. W, F. Crafts and Philip Phillips will conduct. Gospel meetings at Trinity Church, on Indiana avenue, near Tiwenty-fourth strect. —TThere will be communion and a_reception of members at_the Michigan Avenne Caurch in the morning. Dr. Rea will lecture in tae evening on **Ingersoll’s Goas. —The Rev. S. ). Adama_ will reach this morn- ingand evening in the Western Avenue Church. Morning enbject: ** Entire Consecration.” Even- ing smbject: **The Shipwreck a Melita. —The Kiev. T. C. Clendenning will preach this morning and_evenine in the Langley Avenue Church.” Morning subject: ** Effectual Prayer.” Evening subject: ** The Sinner's Refugs. " —The [ev. ¥, P, Marsh will preach” tbis morn- ine and evening in Grant. Place Church, corner of Grant vlace and Lurrabe street. —The Lev M. Parkhurst will preach this morning and evening n the First Church, corner of Clurk and Washington streets. Evening sub- jeet: ** Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarue. —The Rev. F. M. Bristol will_preach morning and evening 1n the Englewood Church, Evening subject: ‘“Temperance g MISCELLANEOUS, The Rev. D. Fletcher preachics his farewell ser- mon at Railrond Chapel this evening. 7The Progressive Lyceum meets at Grow's Iall at12:30, —Toe Non-Sectarians will meet at Room 23 Ne- vadu Block at 2:30 o'clock. —The Rev. E. N. Barrctt preaches at the Wash- ingtonian tHome at 3 o'clock. —The Rev. D. . Maneiield preaches at the cor- ner of May and Fuiten streets' this morning, and Mre. Mansfield this evenin: —Elder MeCulloch preaches to the Adventists at No. 91 South Green strect moruinz and eveninz, —The Rev. W, J. Erdman preaches at Moods” Charch, corner of Chicazo avenne and LaSaife street, 'this morning, and Mr. C. M. Morton this evening. —f'ne Rev. . M. Paynter preaches ut Calvary Tabernacle, No.” 390 Ogden avenue, morning and evening. —The Rev, ., Youker will preach at the West Side “Tabernacie, fcorner of Morgen and Indiaua streets. Morning subject: * Peier the Rock. ™ —The Rev. Dr. 1ves will preach thismorning and the, Kev. Mr. Madde this eveniug at Burr Mission Chappel, No 389 Third asenue. —The Disciples of Chriet will meet at No. 229 Weat Iandolph strect at 4 o'clock this afterncon —The Rev. A. W. Mann will conduct a service for deaf mutes in the Chapel of St. James® Chereb, corner of Cass and Huron streets, ut 10:30 o'clock this morning and at 3 o’clock this afternoo: —Charles M. Morton will #penk this evening in Mr. Moody's church, corner of Chicago avenue snd LaSalle strect. NEW JERTUSALEM. The Rev. L. F. Mercer preaches at Horshey Mu- sic Hall this morning. Subject **Redeemed: from Whom?™ —The Kev. . F. Pendleton will preach at 2 p. m. in the Temple, corner of Washington strect and Ozden avenue. e Ltev. W. F. Pendleton will lecture in the evening at the chapel coruer of Clurk and Menom:- Dee streets, - PRESBYTERIAN. The Rev. Charles L. Thompson preaches at the Fifth Church morning and evening. Evening suo- Jeet: *sSaul the King." 'he Rev. Jacob Post aches morning and inzat the Noble Street Church. he Kev. J.N. Freeman, of Lockport. N. Y., preaches ut the Fourth Church this morning, The pastor preaches In the evening. ~—Prof. ¥. L. Patton will preach this morning and even n the Jefferson Pack Charch, coruer of Throop and Adams streets. —The Rev. J. Munro Gibson will preach this morning and evening in the Second Churen, corner of Miichigan avente and Tweaticth street. —The Rev. Henry 'T. Miller will preach this morning snd evening in the Sixth Church, corner of Vincennes and Ouk avenues. Morning subject: ** A Traveler ut the Door. ™ —The Rev. E. Barrett will preach this morn- in¢ and evening in Westminster Church, corner of Jackson and Peoria streets, i ji **Temperances™ evening subjeet, **Confe n. ~—The Rev, J.'M. Worrall will preaca this morn- ing snd cvening in the Eichth Church, corner of W ington and Robey strects. 2 Kev. James Muclausilon will preach in the Scoteh Chureh, cornerof Sungumon and Adams streets, worning and evening. EPISCOPAL. ‘There will be morning and_evening services in the Catbedral of S8, Peterand Paul, corner of West The Rr. Rev. W. a Knowles, . _Choral morning prayer und cele- {oly Communion at 10:30; chorul r at 730, S. 8. Harris will officiate in the St. James Chureh, corner of Cass a; = v. E. Sulivvan will ofliciate in Trini Church, corier Of Twents-sitn strert and Michi. veaug. morning and evening. Celebration of ¢ CommuDion ut noon. —Tne Rev. Francis Mansfield will officiate in the Churel of the Atouieuient, Corner of West Wash- ingegn aud Robey strcets, murning and evening. —The Kev. J. Bredburd will odiciate in St Ags- garios’ Church, Sedzwicl strect, near Chicago ar- enng, Dorning and evening. —The R nton Locke will ofiiciate in Grace Church, Wavash avenue near Sixteenth stroer. mosning and evenifig. Celebration of the Ioly Commurion at noon. ' —The Licv. Stepben T. Allen will officiate in St. John's Charch, corner of Washington streec and Odenavenue, fn_the morning, and sthe (Rt Rev. W. E. McLarén n the everng, —Services wilt b¢ hield, mominz and evening, fn the Charch of the Holy Communion, Dearborn stzeet near Thirticth. : —Tbe Rev. Arthur Ritchie will oficiate in the Chureh of the Ascension, coruer of Lasuile and Elm strects, morning and. evening. 1loly Com- mupion at 8'a, m. Charles Stanley Lester will ofiiciate aul's Chureh, Tyde Pirk avenue, between 2hth and Forry-ninth streets, morning and F. Fleetwood will oficiate in_St. Mark’s Church, Cottnge Grove avenue corner Thir- ixth street, morning and evening, he Rev, G. F. Cushman will ofilciate in St Stephen's Church. Johnson strect, between Tayior and Twelfth, morning und evening, —The iev. Luther Pardee will officiate in Cal- sar; aveaue, hetween Oakley #tréet and Western avenue, morning and evening, ol comnunion at 11330 5. m. % —The Rev. T. X. Morrison, Jr., will offeiate § the Charch of thé “Epiphan, Throop strest. pe- tween Monroe and Adams, morning aud evening. —The Rev. W. J. Petric will oficiate in the Church of Qur Suvior, corner of Lincoln and el den uvenues, morniug and evening. i Tte Rev. Henre G. Derry will oflciate a1l N , Corer of North Carpenter n West Ol strettaginorming and evenmes o o ervice at 2. m. in tae Good § Mission at Lawndale, et chehent —The Rev. F. X. Luson will officiate in Em- manuel Church, L Granze, morning ang crenprs —The Rev. J. Stuart Shuth will officiate i Sr, Marl’s Church, Evanston, morning and svening. it Communion at noon’ 5 unday-school at 240 p, m. in Hope 3t 885 Milwaukee avenaue, b8; Hitelons Services at 4 p. m. anda Sundag-school at 3 p. m. in St. Luke's Mission, corner Taylor straet z?zd Western avenue. » REFORMED EPISCOPAL. The Rev. R. I. Burke preaches in the morn and the Tev. K. 1. Bostvorth in the evonms ny Grags Church, cormer of Hoyne and Le Moyne gtreets. The latter also preaches at Englewood iy —The Itev, W. J. Funter will preach at St. Panl haven, evrter of \Wachiniton :;md AR S vening subject, ** The Angr) rother, - of the series on the Prodizal on. the last —The Rev. R. 1. Bosworth will preach this morning and evering in Immanuel Chatey caris of L;gu?(m‘erfixe -gud Dayton strecr. 3 —The iev. M. D, Charch will preach this morn. mz and evening n St. Juia's Chugen Ly Bear Im‘rlq-‘fevenrglureet. Skl gnmnnge ~Tke third monthiy service of song wili be held in St. John's Cuare, Eills avenmes s seventh street, at7:30 p. m, oo Rear Thisty- Mes. Cor L. V. faeneion: . Co « V. Iichmond will lectn: orning before the Fieet Soecty of Spiritaatists 1y v*s Hall, No. 517 Weat s , Sl L est Madison sirect. Tn the entrunce Mrs. Richmond, and mive the saore of the docirine of corresponde substunces in spirit ife. o -oc* A0d atace of —-A inceting of medims and Spiritaalists will be —The Rev. B. the afternoon, beldat 2 o'clock this afternoon - Miss Edith Hurry, No. 239 West l!l«fi:o:‘;{l:;al.nl Tho Rec. 7, 7, DUTARIAN, ev. J. T. Fouth Oharth, underland preaches at the ; comer of Prairi Thirtieth strect. this morning. - Subjects & Jear e tiful Lives that Nooody ‘Thinks Abuat," Fnrguunhes at Jennings' Hall, Evnmmn.‘,\ u‘z"fi{e even- —The Rev. Brooke Herford preaches ar & Church of the Messiah, Morning subject: i ism and Christianity.” Evening subject: *¢ Jlore Recent Hymns ana. Hymn\\':i‘:ei:f" Wlfl':nif lustrations by the choir. —TheRev. Robert Collyer will preach this morn- his mom. ) comer of M, Subject. *~Thanksgivpe e 24 stz Schuolhonse inzintoe Third Church, 4 xlfxghs(raela. e Rev. J. T. Sunderland wili o'clock this’ afternoun in the Old Sehoon Englewood. ¢ TNIVERSALIST. —The Rev. Sumaer Ellis of the Redecme y EPISCOPAL, Firat Sunday 10 Advent, CATHOLIC. 2—Fitst Sunday in Adveat, b= Feancis Xuvier, C- St. Peter Ciieysolugus, B, €, D, Barhara, 131 0 B G D s . 5—St. Bib M. (from Dec. 2); g, G—St. Nichoias of Myra, B, C. 7—St. Ambrose, B, . $—~Immaculate Concetion of the B, aEwsHL 7—New Moon (Teveth 1), THE GAME OF DRAUGHTS, Communications intended for this Deparrmeqs ahounld be addressed to Tue TRIsUNE, and indorseq **Checkers.™ CUHECRER-PLATERS® DIRECTORY. Atbeawum, Nos. 63 aad 33 Wt hington street, . PROBLEM N0, 42, Oceurred in the Brumeel-Owens match, Black. V.u it 777 ; ‘it ,,,, i White (Owens) to move and win. POSITION NO. 42, By Cranwie Herrer, Chicago. Black menon, 4, 5 7, 10, 14, 15, 18, Kmg on 31\\'11!!0 men on 12, 13, 17, 24 , 23, 24, 26, o $ ‘White to move and win. 3 TO CORRESPONDENTS, J. D., Cuty—Solation corract. Fred Johnson—Particulars by mail. Dr. Purcell—Thanks for the information. John Noll—Book duly mailed to your address. i J. D. Gilchrist—Wos the explanation satisfees o X. C. Jackson—Book and psper mailed. Havs wriften. C. E. Campbell—Solutions and problem received, Will examine. J. O. Fairchild—If yon want that copy now will obtzin oae for you. 1I. D. Lyman—Tke problem will fiad 2 welcome place in this coluran. B C. C. Cooper—Y¥e shall be pleased to use your problem in tais column. Jordon—The solution to yonr little Dproblum is published in all the books on the game as the *dlrst positicn.” C. A. Chester—Probiem accepted. We can only ublish pact of vour solution, asthe **second po- sitton™ fs familiar to all good pisyers, Mr. C. Hefter writes that **In_the Will-o'-thes :p Game No. 132, by Prof. Fitzpatrick, at te fourteenth move of Var. 11, for 2731, play 13- 17, 21-14, 10—17. D g CHECKER ITEMS, it Department 15 discontinued in the The Dra Chicago Fi Wrllie was riving exbibitions of his skil! in the scicnce of draughts to the Berwick blayeraat las advices. Tae proposed match for the Canadian champions ship between Mesars. Dykes and Lubadie is ata standsstill.” In the Harward-Symonds match at Newark, N the scorc at last advices stood: Hayward, 113 ymonds, $; drawn, 7 games, The new monthly mazazine, to be published at Bristol, J. A. Kear, 13 to be called int-Player. ™ The Seventh Annual Draught Tournament in connection with the Glasow” (Scotland) Central Club is in progress, and promises 1o be a great suc~ cese. Owiagto illness of the drnuzht_editor, the last number of the Zwrf, Field and Farm, makes 1 appezance without its miost refued department~ ruugats. umfiel match at Terre Haute, Ind., st weei m favor of the former, oy the following close score: Owens, 10; Bramtel, 17; drawn, 14. “Total, 50 games. The Pielan’s Checker Player for Jane to Novem- ber is actualls before us. It has been 8o many months since we huve had tha pleasure of seeingd fre=h zumber of this pubdlication that Wwe reaily can~ not refrain from bestowing upon it 4 grataitons notice. Mr. C. Hefter, the Chicazo boy player, Insuzu~ rated a new departure Jast week by muking a dying t to Detrott, Mich., just to see how thoss Wolverines ™ skate the pieces over the board, He regrets that he ¢'d ot encounter an champion, Mr. L. B. Cook. He ral amatenrs, however, making the fol- lowing score Goodman. .. Buoth. SOLUTION SOLTTION TO I'ROBLEX N0, 41. T T T} 3125 13-2 Kimbail goed GAME X0. 13t-CROS! Played in Detroit, Oct. 18, betwee Editor and Me~L. . Cook, of Detroit. Editor's move. he Dranght oak Foilgned. 5. —OLD FOURTEENTH. GAME NO. 11 between - Messrs. Played. at Brainerd Minm,, Trunx and Willurd. Wiliard's Movy -9 NOTES BY NR. TRUAX. . . (2) Si?mc 9f the journals say this loscs, but I fail o see it. (b} This loses, but 23—-19 will draw. (€) 3—10 wins'at this point. ———— CHATEAU EN ESPAGNE. Along the rosy vista of the Future rise, Tow'ring old-frettea to the Hope-fushed skles, Frail structures, born of Fancy's magic wand, OF grace too niry for rude mortal's hand: Ambition's tarrets, crowned with cloads of Fame, Lit by the lurid giare of Glory's flame: Love's feacile walls, by blissful halos kist, Encircled by deep-purpling clouds of mist; : Fortune's fair fanes, most preciously bedight With jewels aparkling in cffulgence bright: LSm:cc rest for wanderers And white-arched Peace, with joyonsness aglow~ o'er Life’s peth of wo. G, B, SPRAGUR. f e