Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 30, 1877, Page 11

A T g B — H acezrnranE, THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, DECEMBER 30, = - IBT7—SIXTEEN PAGES. n RELIGIOUS. &n Inside History of the Inquisi- tion=--Signor Urgos’ Work on the Subject. The Fate of Bishop Rese, of Detroit--- Clearing Up of an Ancient Mystery. views of Correspondents on the Existence of the Eternal Bottomless Pit. Progress of the Reform Movement Among the American Jews—Abrogation of 0ld Tenets, general News---Personal Notes---Per- verted Piety---Chureh -Serv- icss To-Day. * PAPAL ABSOLUTISM. TIHE FATE OF BISHOP RESE, OF DETROIT. In Tue Suspay Trisuxe of the 16th inst. there sppeared 2 communication copied from the Cteveland Leader, which contained an ex- tract from the American Watchman, caliing to mind some reminiscences of the Romau Inqui- sition, whicn prevailed from Pope Gregory’s time to 1849, when the Republic of Rome was deslared, which so soon after fell. The alln- gion to Bishop Cashur, of Cairo, who lad been found in the cells of the Holy Office, after an imprisonment of twenty-five years; 1o an aged monk who had been for twelve years buried in the horrible dungeon of the Franciscayy Convent of the Araccoli, and scveral other Bishops.awho Ead been discovered alive atter having endured the borrors and tortures of the Inquisition for years. The writer of the communication called attention to the fact thatthis proved that {hie powers of the Roman Church were absolute. If aoy priest or prelate in any country proved too liberal .in his religious teachings, as laia down by the canons of the Church, he could be summoned to Rome, and, once there, might be jmmured in a cell the balance of his life, and in- quiry sufled by aunouncing Lis deatii. In 1535 Bishop Rese, of the Diocescof Detroit, was ordered to Rome, 1o present himself before Pope Gregory and the Pupal Court, to answer a charge of hieresy, in kaving been too liberal in bis preaching of the doctrines of the Church. Bishop Kese went to Rome, as requested, and ©ld citizens of Detroit will remember that noth- Ing was ever heard from him afterwards, andno one ever knew certainly what becamne of him ultimately. In 1844 a letter appearcd in the press of the country caliiug the attenzion of our Government **to this lawest outrawe of the Jesuits,” as it was thus called by some of the papers of the time. The letter created a commiotion iu the Chureh, and some of its di pitaries denied that Bishop Rese was ever a citi zen of the United States, and that he had been Tetired to a monastery in Rome, where he final- Iy died. v Reeently a book has appearcd entitled « Thrilling Incidents in the Political Life of an Ttalian.”” by Francesco Urgos, an oflicer in the army of Garibaldl The volume itself is un- ‘pretending; its authioris vlind, and he states that he was made so by poison, becanse he had Ju his possession certain documents relating to the Jes nd their intrizues, which they thus obtained from him. This man Crgos now lives iu Chicago, and he garns a livinz by selling these books. lie was discovered by a TRIBUNE reporter at 741 Souih Halsted street, a aay or two azo, where lie lives in very humble circum- stances. Urgos” tele, ‘us related in bis b bears the impress of truth, “-because the facts are borne ¢ history. Urgos is 45 years old and & ma- tive of Nice. He is of an ancient an illustrious family. He himself §s well educated, and Jinguist, beine the master of sixor scven lan- guages. Thouzh blind, he has taught the mod- ern languares m some of the colleges 1 Micl an, and his plain and cleanly-kept rooms show that be and his wife appreciate the beauties and refinements of life, if they cannot revel 1 its wealth. The family oi Urgos in Italy are wealthy and aristocratic, but ther have di: owned him because he rebelled apainst Catholi- cism. 1fis mother wanted him to enter the priesthoud, which he refused to do, thouzh he studied the theslogy of the Catholic Church. Hecluims that all lis persecution has been on account of this, and that the Jesuits are the ones who Dave carried out gl the tortures to which be has been subjected His book is a marvel of adventure, and what ke gays of the Inquisition is_coroborated by otber writers. In his work he aliudes to having met those who were rescucd from tife Inquisition Efmr e Repuvlic was prodaimed in 1349, When Pope Pius fled, he did so under the in- structions of the Jesuits. He was liberal in his tendencics, and proposed to wdke certam re- forme in the Catholie Church_when bie was se- Jectedi to the Poutificate 1 1347, He left Rome in 1845, and confived himself in Fort Gueta, Naules, where bie st untid the Papal Govern- et over the Church States was restored. After the triumphal entrance into Rome and he declarution of the Republie, the first thing dune was to lovi mto the do ot the Inguisi- tion. The Court Chamber has been pictured time and time again, and the cruelties which were practiced under the auspices of the Chureh durine the power of the Inquisition find no v Jel in pistory. Woen the rooms Jere entered ey were fotnd as the Gourt had Jeft tiem. Undérneath were found rooms with newly-ulastered watls, The cells and prisons were scarched and 1n the catacombs were found the skeletons and remains of thousands who bai been torturcd to deathi. Of all the vietims fMirty were found ahve. Among these were £ Bishup_Resc, of Detrol aere Protestants, Greeks, and _Catholics. Fatiter Cashur, of Cairo, was a priest of the Greek Churea, and sowas a priest who belonged to South America, who bad been confined twelve n these horrible hell-holes. Some of the es were found with their arms lengthenced Their wrists were held ¢ bishops, one of whom was withont doubt it. Amouy the rescucd orps out_against the walls. by iron rings in the walls, and bad iron rings around _their necks ankies, fastened into the walls by chains. They were buried, some of them, to the neck o carth und quicklime. Some had beeome petritied, but all the horrors were there to speak Jowicr than words of toe crucities of the Jesu- jts during Pope Gregory’s reign. “The living victims foind had been buried to 1he neek in’ earth and limestone, in positions so that the could not move, Th d iron rings on t heir necks and aukled; whicl in the wall, aud had been ted and kept alive upon breud and water. How thev endured the torture seems almost beyond human compre- Liension. A Of the five Bishops, Bishop Rese, of Detroit, was no donbt one. A letter written in French. und vublished in 2 book now out of vrint, aud which the writer of this has in his possession, undoubtedly identifies Bishon Rese. The let- ters were originally written in Italisn, and translated into French and published in Switz- eriand in 1824, The author himself was two vears itmured in the cells of the Holv Dflice, and he fully recognizes Bishop Rese, and knew the cell where he was located. The anthor was a Jesuit priest, and because hie pro- ‘claimed azainst the atrocities practiced, osten- fibly for Christ's sake, hie was scatenced to be contined by the Inquisition. Mr. Urgos no doubt saw Bishop Rese, after e was rescued. I found bim in the house of an Italian in Rome, lying helpless upon a bed, unable to speak above a_whisper. He was ap- parently a loreiguer, and at that time wascalled ibe American Bishop. Mr. Urgos saw Bishop Casheur, and also the priest {rom South Ameri- and’ be remembers that Bishop Rese's body was covered with ulcers. Ilis head was bald on and around the back he had long 10] vom bair. His beard wis long and white, while his face was wan and meagre. He bore his suffering with a calm and deter- mined resiznation, and while Mr. Urgos was in Rome Bishop Rese became stronger. He says that a collection was taken up LY the people, sind those who were able of the rescued to ge swere sent home. Further questioping and information frum docuraents which THE TRIBUNE reporter has been permitted to peruse. Jeud to the belief that Bishop Rese died in 1850, near Luzerne, Bwitzerland, whitber he was tal Whiat be- came of the remains is not known. Thusa mysteryof thirty-nine years is solved at ot “The good _ prelate, after having endeavored to do_ his _ duts, was in 1633 summoned to Rome, where for eleven long and weary years he was immured in 2 dungeon, to endure the torturc of the Tnquisi- ton. and is finally rescued, 3 broken-down and helpless man, who dies in poverty, far away f1om those who Joved him, and iwho would cladly Lave given him shelter and a decent Durial. 2 Mr. Urgos gives craphically, but 85 Tained in his book, ount them here. as his own experience very his adventures are all con- it would be unfair to re- he is blind and makesa Iiving by the sale of his work. Those who de- sire to see him can find_ him at 741 South Hal- sted strect, and they will find im 2 very clever and learncd gentleman. AMERICAN JUDAISM. PROGZESS OF THE REFORM MOVEMENT. New York Tritune. The history of the growth of Reformed Juda- ism is the history of a nation. A number of Hebrews, mostly of Portuguese and Spanish descent, were among the first inhabitants of Manhattan Island. They had crossed the ocegn to avoid the terrors of the Inquisition, and in time the little band grew in afluence and strength. In the city records of 1660 the name o't“.ksicr Levy, a Jew, appears, and this is prob- ably the carliest mention made of that nation- ality in_this city. The Hebrews were at that time deprivea’ of religious liberty. In 5, however, they gathered courage, and petitioned the Governor forredress. The effort was unsuccessful, but before the end of the seventeenth century they had synagorues and toleration. The first Jewish buryine-ground in New York was dedicated about 1729, It was on a spot called Wolfert’s Meadows, above the marshes, and on the modern southérly corner of Uliver street and Chatham square. Noe Willey, of London, gave the land to his three sons, who were New York merchants, as a last- ing heritage for the Hebrews. But subsequent- Iv the Tradesman’s Bank and then the New Bowery violated the merchant’s wish, and now little is to be seen of tbe original site. In the same year the first minutes of an orgacized con- gregation are lound, although they refer to minutes with the date of 1700. _In 1729 a synagogue was built on the north side of the modern South William street, and was simply a wooden edifice neara mill. A spring in the viclnity was utilized for the cere- monies. Soon the membership increased, and atabernacle of stone was built, where for a hun- veart the New York Hebrews worshiped. The service was conducted in Hebrew, ns in aucient times. Straugers were admitted to see a cercmony at once curious and impressive. Elegant and expensive ornaments were dis- layed mside, and a lamp was constantly burn- ing in front of the ark, which was semi-circutar in form and highly finished. Since then the growth of the denomination has been rapid. Ot the Hebrew population in the United States, which is about 250,000, nearly a quarter—60, —live in this city, and 15,000 ‘in other portions of the State. Tu was recently suizestell that every Jewish congregation in the United States should com- pile a- Listory of its_origin and_growth, and many of the statistics have appearedin the Tribune. It was doue none too soon, for the warfare between the old and new ip the Jewich Churchis now far advauced, and only a few generations hence, many parts of theif ritual, which formerly seemed to possess the elements of immortality. will have been targotten Ly the Rabbis, or known only as matters of ceclesiasti- cal nistory. The tendency to reform is fo this direction. The religion inspired by the books of Moses, which the best scholarship and plety of the Church huve wrought into one- of the most remarkable systems the world hus ever seen, s to be chsneed. While the Jew lived apart from the world, be never dreamed of alterations. But many things iu the olu systewm are now cousidered by the re- formers inconvenient, uscless, and _even wrong. Little is doing in this direction in England aud France, but in Germany and in this country n bas been accomplished. In the largest cities of the Union, and especially in New Yorl are congresations’ who have abolished many points of the law, and whose services are ex- tremely simple. Theyare not critical as to whether an animal _was killed with one stroke of the knite, or whetber their food was pre- pared in the style of the faith or of Prof. Blot. But they maintain the use of Hebrew toa cestain extent in their ceremonies, and celcbrate the Day of Atonement, the Jewish New Year's day, and Saturday as the Sabbath. The German rabbis—the late Dr. Geiger. for exawmple, and Drs. Adler and Einhorn, of this city—have becn ‘prominent mosers in this reform. The regular services on the Sabbath were first the subject of criticism. Muny prayers were considered bulky and verbose, and by their faults wére destroy- ing the good impressions they might otherwise convey. When the Day of Atoncment was ob- served the elders were dressed in a white cotton dress, and administered the rites without food for a whole day and nizht. Thedead were buried With unseewly baste, and at the bedside of the dying no friend was permitted to remain, but the last offices were performed by strang- ers. The reformers wished to strike out refer- ences to the coming of the Messiah, which the orthodox vebemently opposed. The latter be- lieve in a literal appearance of Christ, while the former construc a figurative meauing from the text. The question of inspiration 1o regard to the O1d Testament has also been a bone of con- tention, the reformers claiming that the times have outsrown the teachings of an ancient day; that the Mosaic code was temporal in its nature, and not for all tine. in the fundamental prin- ciples of belief, us the Monotheistic doctrine, ihe hope of immortality and the teachings of the Ten Commandments, both orthodox and reformers stand, upon common ground. VMyer Stern, clerk of the ‘Tempie Emanu-El, enid to a Tribune reporter that the progressive Spirit of Judaiswm was rapidly_spreading among the orthodox churches. Thé Temple Emanu-El Dbad just received an order for 1,000 copies of its prayer-books, in Hebrew and Eoghsh, for congregations in varions parts of the United States. In many of the orthodox cuurches the ministers were so much revered by the younger members that no change was possible aul pres- eut. Where such relations did not exist be- tavoen teacher and pupil, conversion was easy and of comwon occurrence. Esery month hrought chcering tokens from many cburehes 1hat they had taken the new departure. PRO AND CON. YIEWS OF CORRESPONDENTS ON THE EXISTENCE oF HELL. To the Editor of The Tribune. Cnicaco, Dec. 20.~Having satisfied a portion of humanity that Genesis does not give a cor- reet account of the creation, we next proceed to overthrow the doctrine of a Hell. Next, we shall prove that there isno God. The fool hath already said in his heart there is nome. 1t Beecher should announce it next Sunday as s belief that there is mome, how the hats would swing in the air. It is snid e has concluded there is no Hell. He does not give us one word of Scripture backing. Must we take his opinton as superior to that of our own?. Men argue and talk sbout Bible teaching. They do not believe this, or that, but never fake the Book to see what it does teach. Mea will arcue all day, with persons who have never read the Bible, in remard to this or that doctrine. Col. Bob In- zersoll finds that Christianity is a failure. Bithop Simpson finds that it is not. Mr. Inger- soll finds that heathen nations have cach one book, superior b all otliers, and leaves us to fnfer that he believes them of just as much ae- count us our Bible. He must admit that no nations have made the progress without our Bible that those bave who follow its precepts. He is pl :ading for freedomn of thousht and free- dom of speech, claiming that Christiauity de- prives one of these. What country atfords more freedom than our own? Our missionaries have often been attack- ed in Lieathen lands for attemvting to introduce Christianity. 1f those heathen should come here to mtroduce their Bibie, does he imasine our people would try to murder them? Could Mr. Ingersoll speak 5o boldly in any other coun- try when deaouncing thefr relizion? Each agze furnishes a repctition of men. Earlier we had Voltaire and Paine; now wehave Ingersoll and others, who scc the overthrow of Christianity. They call it progression, but our later infi- dels bring no new_ideas. *No Hell " was the former theory, and this is the bone of conten- tion now. It will not do to attack the Bible as 2 whole, o they take it in_sections. Auvything Interfering with man’s desire is _called figurcs of speech. Hell is figurative. Heaven is not. Mr. Beecher has theadvantage of Mr. Ingersoll. The latter uses positive language: the former uts a double construction on his, which gives Rim u chanee to crawl out when cornered. He uses fizures of speech.” Since the War Satan has builc many churches and rented the costliest pews. He las hired the preachers, and taken the Church by the throat. He now says: Throw overboard tbat Puritanic doctrine of a Hell, aud give us smooth thil Some,_hdve compromised in re- ard to creation, and now he asks for more. §iauy have allowed that probably Adam was not ihe first map. It was only their opinion, though, for Genesis is still_there. So we find men who do not inwr{:m Scripture alike, but they o outside of the Bible to find an jnterpretation. Infidelity will tell you that science and the Bible do not urree. Weask by what law the Bible is Yo be twisted to scicuce? Some preachers tell ue they do azrec. Ask them about the crea- tion, and eveu they are willing to twist Gene- sis to make it agree. Highly educated men do 50, but whence cames their rizht so to do? This challenge to the Church to prove its doctrines 1l cause a shaking_up and cleansing, we pre- R ¥otice. that Moody and revivallsts, who are trying to save souls, have not yet stood up and given away the Church sud its teachings so easily. It comes frcm men who preach for the fun of it. PoRITANIC. 3 o the Editor of The Tribune, Cmicaco, Dec. 27.—In to-day’s TRIBUNE thereis an article headed, *Is Therea Hell?” 1know of mo better authority on this subject than Christ Himself. Hear what He says. Kead Matthew: * The rich man also_died and was buried; and in Hell [ Hades” If you like] be lifted up Lis eyes being in torment. . . . . and he eried and said, * Have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that be may dip the tips of hie finzer in water, and cool my tongue, for I am tormented in this flame.” Now observe, Christ in 1lis parables never uses mythical words or language, but_cnforeed His parables by allusions to solid, living, fucts or objects, as for instance, “* A certain man planted o vineyard.” * Behold a sower went forth to sow.” “A certaln man had two sons.” Things potent to the most simple minds. 1t seems plain cnougl, then, to the ordinary Bible-reader that there s ‘‘a wrath to come” a punishment for the im- penitent ‘as ‘well 25 a reward for the just, and between the two “there fs a great gulf fixed,”—Luke, xvi, 26. As to the charscter of Hell, or the duration of punish- ment, it scems idlc to speculate, as it is not revealed any more than is the exact location or nature of Heaven, 1t doth mnot yet appear what we shall be.”” If the apostle felt bound to make_this assertion, surclv we may not know. Would to God the Bible held any hove to the lost soul, even in the far ofl future, it would bring comiort to many a Christian heart. But I can- lind none. That hope cherished by some (I might ay by all), s0 far as L may be permitted to judge, is only founded on the de- sire that such may be the case. If, as is shown, #ere be such a place as llell (or fades), with torment and flame, surcly it isnot safe to run any risk about the iength of time one is to spend there, as we will all bave enough of tor- ments in this world without extending it oue iota beyond. Respectfuily vours, A WAYFARING MAx. A CANDIDATE'S VIEWS. At the examiuation ‘of the Rev. T. T. Munger, candidate for the pustorate of the Congrega- gational Church of North Adams, Mass., 1 long paper was read by bim, in which were expressed his views of futurepunishment. 1o this hesaid: «Jutterly reject the opinion that the great masses_of mankind are subjected to endless pains in the future world; the heathen, the ignorant. of Christian lands, the simply moral, who fall short of a technical standard, the u churchied masses, the common run of hrmanit; 1 have no belief in juflicted punishment, save as it comes through the laws inberent in our na- tureand couduct.” Mr. Munser propounded the theory that moral law works out its own penalty. After mucn discussion, the Council, of which ex-President Hopkins, of Willinms College, President Porter, of Yale, and Dr. Buckingham, of Springficid, were members, unanimously decided to install Mr. Munger. SPIRITUALISM. MINISTRATIONS, GROWTH, AND PROGRESS OF TIIE FIRST SOCIETY. To the Editor of The Tribune. CHICAGO, Dee. 25.—As the daily press con- tinually teems with matters concerning the so- called orthodox churches of the city, it occurred to the undersigned that a larze number of your readers might be interested to learn something of the Kirst Society of Spirltualists, who have been very conscrvative in the matter of * blow- ing their own horn,” and letting the world know what they are doing, and how they are prospering. They hold regular services every Sunday morning and evening at No. 517 West Madison street, in Grow’s IIall. This place of worship was last scagon remodeled and con- siderably improved, but is still inadequate to aceommodate comfortably the numbers in at- teudance, especially at the evening service. There has been of late quite a revival, so to speaks, among this people, und the Society now numbers between 400 and 500 members. The number in attendance is not only much greater than formerly, but is_of a much more intelli- gent class of people. This result Is mainly due to-tbe inspirations of Mrs. Cora L. V. Rich- mond, who is cmployed by the year as the re lar minister. As a trance-speaker she has no equal, to my knowledge, in Christendom. She is controlled by a band of advanced spirits, and is perfectly unconsclous when she speakis under that control. No oue not thus inspired could answer diticult questions with the fucility that she does, without a moment’s hesitation or Droparation, and always -in the most beautiful and appropriate language. It matters not how abstruse or hidden the subject (which has been commonly presented by persons in the audi- ence), her inspiration is ever ready aud equal to the emereency. Indeed, there is no question that mortal can frame which she will not answer immediately, and to the apparent satisfaction of her auditors. This answering of questions in this public manner is very like the method pursned by Jesus in teachini the veo- plein His day. He sat in the temple or syna- goues and answered the questions of those Who thronged tosee and hear Him. Had He spoken upon subjects with which His hearers had been familiar from their childhood, they would undoubtedly, like many of the so-called orthodox people of to-day, have gone to sleep under His preaching. It is needless to add that the worshipers in Grow’s Hall do not sleep under Mrs. Richmond’s ministrations. The ex- ercises are not only eminently religious, but the subjects of her discourses are often philosophic and scientific; and all are uniformly handled in a masterly manner, il one may judge from the use of tite bust possible languaze, the most Jorical reasouing, and _the purest_diction. In the langzu: of De Quincey, **Ier diction blazes up into sudden explosions of prophetic grandeur.” Again: Where else can mortals go to hear such invocations to the Infinite Father as full from lier lipsi—invocations breathing the most impassioned love for Him and all His ercatures invocations that inspire eévery devout soul present with the purest feelings Of worship, and Hiit one too 1ull for utterance. It is a matter of astonishment to us that the great value of these cminently worshipful exercises is not better Ynown and appreciated in a city of nearly halfa million souls; ard more especially since the price of admission is merely nominal. 'All subjects broaden and deepen under spirit- ual ministratious, aud subjects which are effect- ally closed by theological teachings are here thrown wide open for investigation. For in- stauce, any question coucerning the condition, employment, or oceupation after death, is here explained, bringing the spirit-world quite near, and bridzing over the dark river of death. I shall be pleased to learn that the First So- ciety will erc loug better improve their oppor- tanities; for under their present ministrations, in a better hall, in o more central Jocation, they would fuvite many who .are anxious to attend, and mans more who know uothing of their present locality. ERyEest. A DIVE AFTER TRUTH. To the Editor of The Tribunc. AunoRy, N. N., Dee. 25.—My article entitled @ A Dive After Truth,” which you published Dee. 2, and which, by some mistake, never reached me in print until Dec. 25, had first been sent by me in MS. to the Chicago Alliance, a Presbyterian paper, at the fnstance of a Pres- byterian clorgyman, who bad read it in MS. aud hiad expressed the opinion that it would be acceptable to that paper. How widelr he was mistaken the result has proven, for not only did the lliance cditor de- cline it (which he had a perfect right to do), but he acknowledged the reccipt of it, and re- plied to it in_quite a long editorial article con- troverting its views with no little asperity with- ont publishing them. This, it scems to me, he had no right to do; his business asan editor was simply to publish or reject what was sent to him, not to zive a partial synopsis of it, and then comment upon it adversely without per- mitting his readers to sct what it was. Aside from this fact, the editorial in the Alli- ance strikes me as being far from lucid, and not Worthy of a relizious newspaper of such high standing. It says among other things that 1 @overlook the fact that the possibilities of mis- ery and happiness lic in the character, and that in'a spiritual sphere there is no such thing as time and space, or cold and heat.” What, exactly, he means by a spiritual sphere 1 will not undertake to say, but if he means (as he seems) to say that in the future of human beings there is no such thing ascold or heat, what becomes of bis church’s doctrine that i the wicked shall be grievously tormented in hell fire without intermission, forever.” as taught iy its Confession of Faith, and fully ex- plained in its “ Larzer Catecliism,” probably for the tender minds of young children? And it there is to be 1o such thing as *time or space ”” hereatter what shall we believe of the greneral resurrcction of the dead? Where arc ten thousand miliions of human beis o0 and bad to be placed after being raised from the dead—if there is no such thinz as space in the hereafter? ft szems to me it would require a good desl of spaceto hold them. Is not this Western editor getting too meta- physical? Is he not putting a Iittle *“ too fine a. Po!nc % on things, as Micawber says? Is he not twise over-much ¥ The Altiance says, “we do not publish the gentleman’s article because the readers of the “Alfance have lonz ago looked upon the world from a higher standpoint.” This sounds ex- ceedingly well, but what does it mean? Where and what is that standpoint? Would it not Dhave been more candid and sensible if he nad said **we do not publish the gentleman’s article beeause we do not like it;” or, “because it con- flicts with the crecd of our Church, and_would subject us to a suspicion of heterodoxy 72 No space or time fu the future Iif orcold? What then? “Nothing butideas 1 Pose, and very few -of them. What tea are these? Do they, constitute that ‘‘Dbigher standpoint™ trom Wwhich the readers of the Alliance have lung looked down upun_less sub- limated mortals? P GENERAL NEWS. By particular request, the choir of the Church of the Atonement will to-day repeat the musical programue of Christmas Day. A new Catholic cathedral for Providence, R. L, has beendecided on. It wlil cost about $200,000, and may be began in 1873 For five years past the Catholic missionaries in China oud in India bave baptized 165,522 heathens, and of this oumber 11,600 were adults. St. Bartholomew’s Church, Montreal, the Rey. William McGuire, Rector, is the latest organized parish of the Reformed Episcopal Chureh. A French Huguenot congreeation, which for many years has met in the ave of Canterbury Cathedral in England, is about to join the Presbyterian Church. It receutly celebrated its 237th anniversary. _The First Conzregational Church of Osak, Fapan, nas petome self-supporting, raising now Ccheerfully $20a month, where last vear less than §5 2 month was given, and_the members are pleased to be able to rent with their own money a preaching place. The Chureh of the Redeemer nas recently chianged from congregational sinzing Lo & quar- tette choir, with Mr. John McCurdy, organist; Mrs. Williaw E. Foote, soprano; Miss Florence , contralto; Mr. E.. De Celle, tenor; Mr. William F. Brace, basso. The Rev. Dr. Forrester, of Newark, N. J., formerly of this city, suys: **To teach Chris auity in the ninetecnth ceutury fromw the West- minster Catech Ais_like carryil of Liverpool and New York in ve the pattern of Noal’s ark.” It is announced by Mr. Beecher’s paper, the Christian Union, that the recent sermon in which Calvinisin was ejected from Plymouth pulpit by Mr. Beecher was badly mangled b the reporters, and that a corrected version will appear in that paper next weck. New Haven is a_religious citv. For its 60,- 000 iubabitants it has 55 churches. 1he Coungremationallsts lead, with 15 churches; the Methodists have 13, the Episcopaiians 10. the Cutholics 7, the Baptists 6. the Jews 2, and the Lutherans and Universalists 1 each. The Boston Young Men's Christian Associa- tion has opened'a meeting for the car conduct- ors in an old skating-rink on Sunday mornings. The conductors pray with much earnestuess and sing with a vigor attaincd by loug vocal practice in_announcing the names of Boston streets. A curious complaint comes from the South to the Catholic_authorities. It is that the cotored converts hold fast until they come within reach of a Methodist camp-mecting. They then re- turn to their first love, aud the process of con- version to the Roman Catnolic Church must be done over azain. The civil power is now supreme over the eccle- siastical in the United States of Colombia. The Roman Catholic Church bas been disendowed, and must depend for its. support on voluntary contributions. - No priest may accept a_ charge without the approval of thie civil authbority. Four of the Bishops are in exile. The first Methodist newspaver was published in 1741, in London. The name ot it was =* The Weekly History; or, Au Account of the Most Remarkable Particulars Relatig to the Pres- ent Progress of the Gospel.” Its special cor- Tespondent was no less a- person than the Rev. George Whitefield, who was_advertised Lo sup- ply the paper with “fresh matter every week.” An Indianapolis minister has given a practical rebuke to those attendants at his church who care to hear the sermon only and skip the in- troductory services. On areccnf, Sunday he began his sermon immediately after the singing of the first hymn, and afterward announced that in the future there would be no regular order in the arrangement of the services, so that lete comers are Dot to count upon the sermon. Among the most successful ministers in the country is Dr. J. B. Shaw, of Roclester. Dur- ine the thirty-seven'years o his pastorate there hie has received o his churcn, on profession, 1,750; by letter, 1,004. The present member- ship 181,304, Nine of tnese are over S0 years of age, besides twenty who are between the ages'of 75 and 79. One hundred aud thirteen are over 60. Altogether a tolerably conserva- tive body. « Rounders " is the appropriate title given by one of our smartest [ashionable sextons to the well-dressed religious tramps who go from church to church “without contributing to any. In some of the stylish city churches these peo- ple make up a large percentage of the congre- gation. The sextons and ushers have a habit of spotting them, just as the police ¢pot pro- fessional thieves. ~ Many of these peripatetic pious folks might be labeled “ Known to the sextons.” 3 Louis Sircct, amember of the Society of Fricnds, living at the capital of Madagascar, has written to Enrland that slavery has not been abolished in that island, that *-the Prime Min- ister i8 a consummate hypocrite, and_that some of the imissionaries are his tools.” He states, alsv, that the Christian churches inall Mada- gascar are under the jurisdiction of the church within the palace,” and that the whoie organization is a State machine. This intelli- gence lins awakened a painful feeling nmong the supporters of the London Missionary So- ciety. In an address delivered before the Edinburg University Theological Socicty, Prot. Flint gave a discouraging account of the condition of theo- logical literature in Scotland. “ e said: ‘‘No weli-informed man will venture to deny that theological learning is*in an_extremnely un- worthy and unsatisfactory condition. For zen- erations not a single work of Europcan reputa- tion has been produced by the clergy of Scot- land. Theological science is in a withered and stunted condition among us. The system is wrons, and theological science refuses to grow on Scottish svil.” . A long correspondence between the Bishoo of London and Mr. Mackonochie, the iucumbent of St. Albans, hes been published. The Bishop asks Mr. Mackonochie to remove from his church & picture of the Virgin Mary and a_cru- cifix. He replies that he cannot do so. “The crucifix and picture,” he says, **have oceupied their present positions for about five years (I am not sure how much longer), and are deeply valued by the people, especially the poor, as standing witnesses for the two cardinal doc- trines of Christianity-—the Incarnation and the Atonement.” Upon being remonstrated with, hie persists in his refusal, and says he will take the consequences of an appeal to the courts. JONAIL IN THE WIIALE’'S BELLY. In Lawrence last Sunday Maj. Whittle sur- rised many ehurch-going people. by maintain- g that the story of Jonah must be accented as litesally true, and that, if that is to be rejected. the whole Bible mizht as well be iven up, since there is no intermediate stoppine-place. The Lawrence Eagle expresses its dissent, and says: @S0 conservative a paper as the Comgregation- alist lately freely admitted that the doc- trine of the verbal inspiration of the Scriptures i nmow gencrully abandoned by Christian people, and thut_tliey only main- tain that the Bible is inspired.in itSmoral teach- ings. It is not deuicd by theolvgians that there iy be_aud arc many positive errors in the book. The faith of the churchesis notin the immunity of the Bible from_error, but inits teachings that God loves rightcousness and hates sin, That is the core: of religion and of Christianity. There were rightcous men before there was any Bibie, and there are “righteous men to-day who revere the moral teachiugs of {liat book, but freely admit that i is not free from error. The predominant teaching of the Bible is that men ought to cease to do evil and learn to do well. Religion is good for men, be- cause it elevates' their moral character; but it does not tell them they shall believe in astron- oiny or geography. The Church once denied the Copernican theory of astronomy, but there are few Christians now who maintain. that denial. The difliculty of inducing meu to follow their Dbest lizht is_always ereat, and we trust there 1 not be adae d to this anacceptance of propo- ons that the lgaders of Christian thought are to be proper subjects for investigation.” PERSONALS. The Rev. Dr. Murdock, of New Haven, Conn., has reccived a call to Bolston Spa. The Rev. S. T. Boyd has savered his pastoral relations at Salem, O.; to accept a call in Falls City, Ia. The Rev. O. Compton, of Elmira. N. Y., bas seceded from the Methodists to embrace Pres- byterianism. 3 The Rev. H. G. Mendenhall bas retired from the pastorate of the Third Presbyterian Church in Fort Wayne. . The Rev. [saac M. See, the Newark (N. J.) he é}g 5] minister banned by both Presbyters an for letting women preach in his pulpit snd for | 1 L L dropping stiteh or two in his theology, refuses to leave the ministry so long as his congrega- tion want to Keep lim. R The First Presbyterian Church of Galena, T1L., has extended an unanimous call to the Rev. Lewis I Adams, Father Hyacinthe wishes to make his perma- nent residence in Paris, but the priestly influ- cence will not allow it. Dr. Azarish Eldridze has retired from the ministry to settie ou the broad paternal acres, near Yarmouth, Mass. ‘The Rev. W.S. Ralph, of Columbus, O., has been called te the Somerville, Mass., . Universal- ist Society, and accepted. The Rev, Wolcots. Calking decines the sal extende m by the Nortl yteriug o . . i Dyssbyberiin The Rev. C. H. Danicls was last week formal- 1y Installed vastor of the Vine Street Congrega- tional Church, Cincinuati. A hearty call has been extended to the Rev. J. K. Fowler, of Calegonis, N. Y., by the First Presbyterian Church of Rockford, 111 The Lev. W. E. Williamson. late of the Church of the Good Shepherd (Reformed Episcopal), of this city, bas been called to Digley, N. S. Bishop Fallows, of the Reformed Episcopal Chitreh, s now in Canada suceesstully angased In organizing congregations and churches of his devommation. . The Rev. Father Damen and bis band of Jesuit Fathers havé been giving a missionat St. Josepl’s Church, Jersey City, of which Mer. Robert Setos, . D, Protonofary Apostolic, is pastor. ‘The mission hasall alonz been attend- & in a manner and by such numbers that the Reverend Fathers are full of praise for the edi- fying appreciation which tne people of St foscph's have of the advantazes of the exer- cis Severul converts were received into the Church on Sunduy last, and emote them Mr. Paul Revere, a ereat grandson ana namesake of the one who'figured in the early part of the Revolution. ‘ . IIUMOBOUS HOMILIES. Dr. Synakle wants to know whether Job ever tricd to color a dollar-store¢ mecrschaum. Ten to one it used to take Eve three hours and a balf to pick out a leaf-green dress to suit her. ¥ When a St. Louis man hasbeen adjudged a bankrubt be is at once overwhelmed with sub- scription-lists for churches, ete. Christians in ‘that burg know when to tackle u feliow. « Papa,” asked a listle 6-ycar-old” daughter of an uptown physician, *¢ wasn’t Jacob a doctor?” + never heard that he was. Why$” *‘Because mamuma said the other day she didn’t thiok you® bad any of the patieuts of Job.” Sunset Cox has “prepaved o bill proviging for the withdrawal of 20-cent silver picees from cir- culation. The decply relizious nature of the member from New York adds strensth to the general belief that tbis bill is prepared in the interest of church contribution-plates. «Did I not give youa flogging the other day?” asked a schoolmaster of 2 trembling boy. ¢ sir,” answered the boy. *Well, what do the Scriptures say upon_tbe subject?” I don’t know, sir,” said the boy, * except it isin that passage which savs, *It’s more blessed to give than to receive.) A 5°year-old tot, who had always closed her prayers at nizht with “And God bhelp Koty to be a good girl,” opened ber eyes on that poiut one night in_green-apple time, and said, very decidedly, *Iain’t going to suy the rest, for I don't want to be a dood girl want to eat green apples and swallow emn.’ Spurgeon sayy he has often thought, when hearing certain preachers of high order speak- ing to&he_young, that they must have under- stood the Lord to say Fecd my cameleopards,” fnstead of “Feed my lambs,” for nothing but eiralles could rcach any spiritual food from the Tofty rack on which they place it. A veperable collector for a religious benevo- lent socicty failing to get any mouey from a Roman of benevolent means, intimated that the Roman could carry no wealth to Heaven. Heeven!” retortea the victim, “‘where all the missionary and tract and Dible society azents 201 Why, if a man went, there with five cents in bis pocket, they would worry “his life out in less than a weck.” 1t was in church, and the bright-eyed, restless little cherub would stand up on the seat aud spill the hymn-books and keep up an inciplent racket, while its mother frowned threateningly in the interest of good order. Cherub committedsome particularly lagraut outrage, when the scandal- ized mother suddenly poinied 2 threatcning fore-fineerat it, after the manner of a longz-suf- ferior mother under such circumstances, and the clierub, after the manper of cherubs under such circnmstances, just opencd its mouth, took that baleful finrer in, and shut down onit witha pressure thatmade that mother groanout in the swrong place, Oh!Ouch! Have mercy on us!” CHURCH SERVICES. METIHODIST. The Rev. W. F. Crafts preaches at Trinity Church. Momning subject: ‘*A Memory of the 01d Year as a Motto for the New.” Evening sub- ject: **The Sccret of a Happy New Year.” _The Rev. Dr. Thomns Meaches at Centenary Church morning and evening. _The Rev. Dr. McChesney preaches at the Mich- jgan Avenue Church in the moming, and Dr. Hitehcock in the evening. —Dr. Atkinson preaches at the Firet Church this morning, and the Rev. M. M. Parkhurstin the 3 evening. Lvening subject: ‘‘Our Relations to the Northwe: —The Rev. T. C. Clendenning will preach in Langley Avenne Churchat10:30 . m. on **Not Mad,” and in the evening on, **Is Hell a Reality$" —The Rev. S. H. Adams preaches morning and eveninz at Western Avenue Church. b Kev. E. M. Boring preaches morning and evening in Staté Street Church. A 5. Bell will conduct revival services fn Ous- ley Chopel, Harrison and Paolina streets, this O e Rev. T. . Marsh will preach in the Grant Place. Church. Morning eubject: ** Calamities and Their Compeusatione.” ~Eveping: **The Number of Our Days. ™ 2 U he Rev. W. F. Willing will preach in the Park Avenue Churchat10:30a. m., and Rey. S. vening subject: **The —The Rev. S. McCheeney will preach in the Michigan Avenne Church at 10::10 8. m. ZThe Rtcv. S. G. Lothrop will preach 1 the Wabash Avenuc Church at 11 8. m., and the Rev. A, W. Patten ut 7:30 0. m. PRESBTTERIAN. The Rev. John Abhott French will preach at the Fourth Church this evening. —The Rev. Jacob Post preachies at the Noble Street Church morning and evening. “Tne Rev. Charles L. Thompson will preach this morning and evenlng in the Fifth Church, I diana avenue and Thirticth street. Evening #al Sect: **Rich but Foolish.” % ’ —The Rev. Dr. Arthur Mitchell will preach this morning in the First Church, corner of Indiana avenue and Twenty-first stceet, at the nsual hour. '—The Rev. irof. F. L. Patton will preach in Jefferson Pack Church, corner of Throvp and ‘Adams streets, at 10:45 8. m. and 7:45 p. m. ‘The Rev. Walter Foreyth will preach in the Englewood Church, Sixty-third strect. morning andevening. Subjcct at the latter service: *‘Fu- ture Panishment.” i CThe Rev. E. N. Darrett will preach in the Westiinater Chiurch, corner of Jackson and Peoria strects, morninzand evening. fThe Itev. John M. Worrail will preach in the Eighth Church, corner of West Wasnington and Robey streets, ut L —The fer. Dr. (N. J.) College, 1 preach in the Second Church, corner of Michiean avenue_and®‘fwentisth stceet, i the morning, and the: Rev. J. Manco Gibson in the cvening " The Rev. Henry T. Miller will preach in ¢ho Sixth Church, corner of Oak and Vincennes enucs; morning subject: ** Ever the Same Jesus evening, lecture by the pastor. REFORMED EPISCOPAL. —The Rev. R. ii. Bosworth preaches at Grace Chureh, corner of Hoyne and Leoyne strcete, morning and evening, and at Englewood in the afternoo) _ L The Ttev. 3L D. Church officiates at St. John's Chuarch, ENis avenue ncar Thirty-seventh strect. 1In the morning the Christmas sermon and services wiil be repeated by request. e Fehea Y. 3. Huuntor will preach fn St. Paul's Reformed Episcopal Church, corner of West Wash fngton and Ann streets, at 10:45 2. m.. and 7:30 [T Bubic ++Selt-Consceration. ™ vening, ** Bible Tal e Biehop Cheney and the Rev. F. W, Adams will conduct the services, and Bishop FnIIO\vs will preach, at Christ’s Churcn this morning. Bishop Cheney preaches in tne evenivz. Subject: *Isa Busy Life Inconsistent with Religion®” CONGKEGATIONAL. The Rev. E. F. Willlams will preach at the Forty-seventh Street Church this moening. —The Rev. Charles Hall Everest vreaches &t Plymonth Church mornine and eveninz. ¥ ohe Rev. D. N. Vanderveer preaches at the Union Park Church morning and evenine. i he Bov. G. W. Macki€ wiil preach this morn- inz in South Park Avenue Church, corner Thirty- ird strect. £ T v G. 11, Peeko will preach morning and evening at Leasitt Strect Church. Piot. G. N. Boardman will o il mn%!j ‘morning Vi 7 at the New Enzlan: urcl “3;';-?}‘1?:\'.‘ Z. 8. Holbrook will preach morning and ovening in the Oakland Church. —The Rev. C. A Towle will preach in the Bethany Church, comer of Paalina and West Tiuron streets, at 10:43 8. m. and 7:30 p. m. Morning subject: **Systematic Giving 28 An Act of Worship™; evening: A praice service. 4 UNITARIAS. The Rev. Brooke Herford preachesat the Church of the Messiah. Morning rubject Was Shut.” Evening subject: Judgment.” —The Rev. R. L. Herbert, of Geneva. will preach in the Fonrth Church, corner of Prairie avenue and Tuirticth sireet, this: morning at 11 —Theé Rev. R. L. Herbert, of Geneva. will reach in the old school-house at Englewood at 8:30 this afternoon. = The Rev. Robert Collyer will preach in Unity Churel, corner of Dearborn asenue and Washing- ton place, morning and evening. —The Rev. T. B. Forbush preaches at the Third Church, Monroe ana Laflin stre £10:45 3. . on **The Guin of Man.” At p. m. Hiss S Frederika Perry will lecture on -*Shall We Heed sandra?" CHRISTIAN. Elder M. N. Lora will preach in the Central Church, corner of Van Burea street and Campbell avenue, in the morning. —The Itev. J. Carroll Stark will preach in the Farst Church, corner of Indinna avenue and Twen- ty-fifth street, morning and evenin; —A. J. White prenches morninz and evening.in the Central Church. 997 Van Buren street. . UNIVERSALIST The Rev. Sumner Ellis will preach at the Church of the Redeemer. E\;::nlng subject: **A Study of Religion in Poetry. —The Rey. W. H. Ryder; D. D., will preach morning and evening in St. Paul's Church, Michi- gan avenue. Morning subject: *‘The Strength nd Weakness of Universullsm.” * INDEPENDENT. The Rev. H. I Paynter preaches at Calvary Tabernacle, No. 320 Ogden avenue, this morning. Gozpel mecting 1n the eveni —Tle Rev. . 3. Erdman will preachin Chica- g0 Avenue Church, corner of LaSalle street, this ‘morning. and in the evening J. H. Cole and C. M. Morton will spenk. —The Rev. A. Yor will preach in the West Side Tabernacle morning and evening. A sermon to young men wiil be delivered in the morning. BAPTIST. The Rev. N. F. Raviin preaches at the West End Opera-Tlall. Evening sermon to young men. —The Rev. D. B. Ches will preach in the Fourth Churct. corner of Washington and Paulina streets, at 10:30 8. m. and 7:30p. m. Baptism in the evening. . Rev. R. De Baptiste will prl.‘m:h in the Church. urth avenue. near Taylor street, morning ond evining. .—The Kev. A.Owen will preach in the University Place Church, corner Doawlas place and Rhodes avenue, morning aud evening, The Rev. J. . Custis will preach 1n the Mich- igan Avenne Church, near Twenty-third strect, morning and evenins. —The Rev. C. Perren will preach in the Western Avenie Church, corner Warren avenue, morning and evening. The Rev. E. 0. Taylor will preach in the Cen- teal Church, Martine’s” Hall, Chicago avenue, be- tween Clark“and Dearborn’ streets, morning and ng. G —~Tho Rev. J. C. Haselhubn will preach in the First German Church, corner of Dickerdike and Hurun streets, morning and eventnz. —The Rev. W. W. Everts will preach in the First Chureb, corner of South Park avenue and Thirty- irst street, morning and evening. —The Rev. Mr. ilenry will preach in the Thirty- seventh Street Church, near Dearborn street, morn- ing and eveni _—The Rev. R. P. Allison will preach in the North Star Church, corner Division and Sedgwick streets, morning and evepin; “The Rev. C. E. Hewite will preach in the Cen- tennial Church, corner Lincoln and Jackson streets, morning and evening. —The Kev. L. G. Clark will preach in the South Church, corner Lock und Bonapurte streets, morn- ing and;evening. The Ry entry Street Church, corner Bjoomingdale road, morning and evening. ~—The Itev. Galusha Anderson, D.D., will preach in the Second Churen, Morzan and West Monroe ing eubject. **The Barren Fig- Squaring Accounts.” —The Rev. 1L A. Keichenbach will preach in the Nordish Tabernacle, corner of Noble and West Ohio strects, morning and eveninz. —The Rev. John Ongman will preach in the First Swedish Church, Oak street, near Sedgwick, morn- ing and evening, 1 =Services morning and evening in the Jfillard ‘Avenue Church, Lawndale. —The Rev. W. J. Kermott will preach in the Halsted Street Church, between Forty-firet and Forty-sccond streets, morningand eveni; —The Rev. C. Swift will preuch in Evangel Church, Rock Tsland car-shops, Dearborn. atrect, near Forty-seventh, morning and eveuing. “The Hev. H. M. Carr will preach 1n the Down- er's Grove Church at 1. m. and 7 p. m. —The Rev. C. 1I. Kimball will preach in the Englewood Church, Englewood _avenue, near Stewart avenue, morning and evening. ZThe Rev. A. Blackburn will preach in Oak Park Charch, at Temperance iall, morning and evening. —The Rev. C. C. Marston will preach in the Norwood Park Church 3111 a. m. a0d 7 p. m. —The Kev. H. L. Stetson will preachin Unity Church, Wilmeite, in the moming. —The Rev. L.'W. Olncy will preach at Hyde Park morning and evening. 5 EPISCOPAL. —Morning and evening service will be held in the Cathedral Free Church of SS. Peterand Paul, corner of Washinton and Peoria streets. The Rt.- Rev. W. E. McLiren, S. T. D:, Bishop. The Rev. J. H. Knowles, Priest in Charge. —The Rev. Samael S. liarris will ofliciate in St. James' Chareb, corner of Cass and Huron streets, ‘morning and evening. —The Itev. E. Suilivan will officizie in Trinity Church, corner of Twenty-sixth street and Sichi- gan avenue, morning and evening. —The Rev. Francis Mansiield will officiate 1n the Charch of the Atonement, corner of West Wash- ington and Robey streets, moring and evening. —The Rev. J. Bredbure will ofliciate in St. Ans- gariuy’ Church, Sedgwick street, near Chicago ave- Due, morning 4nd evenin: —The Rev. Clinton Locl Church, Wabash avenue, morning and evening. —The Rev. Stephen T Allen will oficiate in St. John's Church, corner of Washington street and Dgden avenue, morning snd evening. . ~_Morning und evening service in_ the Chazch of the Hily Communion, Dearborn iceet, near Thir- tieth. —TheRev. Arthur Ritchie will officiate in_the Church of the Atonement, corner of North LaSalle 4nd Elm streets, morning and evening, § —The Rev. Charles Stanley Lester will officiate in St. Paul’s Chuzch, Hyde Park avenue, between Forty-cighth and Forfy-ninth strects, -moraing and cvening. "~ The Rev. B. F. Fleetwood will officiate in St. Mark's Church, corner of Cottage Grove avenue and Thirty-sixth street, morainz and cvening. —The Eev. G. F. Cushman will officiate In St. Stephen’s Church, Johnson strect, between Taylor and Twelfth, morning and eveniniz. —The Rev. Luther Pardee will officiatein Calvary Chnrch, Warren avenue, between Oakley strect aud Western avenue, morning and evening. "The Rev. T. N. Morrison will oficiate in the Charch of the Epipbany, 'Throop strect, between Monroe and Adame, morning and eveninz. ZThe Rev. W. J. Petrie will officiite in the Charch of Qur Savior. cornerof Lincoln and Belden aventes. morning and evening. he Rev. Henry G. Perry wiil officiate in All Sainty’ Charch, corner of North Carpeater and West Olio strecte, morning and eveninz. ZMorniny services in the Good Shepherd Mis- sion, Lawndale. The Ker. F. N. Lueon, Kector. e will officiate in Grace near Sixteenth street, —Morning and evening services in Emmanuel Church, LaGrange. ‘The Rev. F. N. Luson, Rector. —The Ter. J. Steward Smith will officiate in $t. Mark's Church, Evanston, morning and even- ing. NEW JERUSALEM. The Rev. J. R. Hibbard at tse Temple, corner of Washington street and Ozden avenue, this after- noon. —The Rev. W. F. Pendleton preaches at the Chapel, corner of Clark and Menominee streets, this evenicg. LUTHERASN. The Rev. Edmund Belfour preachesat the Church of the Holy Trinity, corner of Dearborn avenue and Erie strects, morning and evening. MISCELLANEOUS. Elder McCalloch will preach at the Tabernacle, No. 91 South Green street. Evening subject: “Purkey in the Lignt of Prophecy.™ —The Rev. J. M. Caldwell preaches at the Wash- ingtonian Home this afternoon. ~The Progressive Lyceum meets at Grow's Hall 2t 12: 30 o'clock. ¢ non-sectarian Bible meeting will be held this afternoon at Room 23, corner of Franklin and Washingzton etreets. _Charles M. Morton and James H. Cole will speak ot Moody's Church this evening. Subject: “*The Dyiog Year.” 2 —The Kev. D. R. Mansfield preaches this morn- ing corner of May and Fulton streets, and Mrs. Mansfield in the evening. —The Rev. Dr. Ives will preach in the Burr Mission Chapel, No, 380 Third avenue, at11a.m. and 7:30 p. m. —The Itev. T. C. Clendenning will conauct the services at the Temperance Cotlce.Rooms, No.905 Cottage Grove avenue, at 4 p. m. —The Society of Friends will meet on Twenty- sixth street at 10:30 a. m. and 4:30p. m. \ mediams’ ond Spiritnalists' mecting wili be, held in the parlorsof Mr. Richardson, No 2 West Madison street, at 2p. m. Seats free. 'Z“Tho First Socicty of Spiritualists will meet in Grow's Hall, No. t 30:45 3. m. and 7:45 p.m. Mrs. Cora L. Richmond, trance speaker. will lecture. Morninz subject: ** Sclentific Aepects of Spirituulism, " by the spirit ** Phe n the cveninz the spirlt of the Rev. William Ellery Channing will eiftrance Sire. Richmond ang'discourse on **‘The Signs of he Times; the New Year of Religion.” ' The Disciples of Christ will meet at No. 220 West Randolph stréet at 4 p. m. ‘The Rev. Dr. Hipbard will preach at New Church Hal. Eizhtecoth sicet and Prairie avenue, at 11 ® % Rev. L. Pi Mercer will preach in Hershey Hall this morniog. Subject: -*The Year of Our Lord 1877.” CALENDARFOR THE WEEK. EPISCOPAL. Dec. 30—First Sunday after Christmas. Jan. 1—Circumision. CATHOLIC. Dec. 30—Sunday within tho Octave. Dec. 31—St. Sylvester, P. C. Jan. 1—Circumcision of Out Lord. Jan. 2—Octave of St. Stephen. Jan. 3—Getave of St. John, Abe. and Evang. Jan. 4—Octave of the Holy Innocents. Jan: 5—Vigil, of the Epiphany St Teleephones, JEWISH. B5~New Moon (Shebeth 1). Jan. ov. E. K. Cresscy will preach In_ the Cov- THE GAME OF CHESS CHESS DIRECTORY. Cricaco Cizss CLtB—Nos. 83 and 65 Wash- ington strect. Cutcaco Crzss AssoctaTios—Hansen & Welch's, 150 Dearvorn street, opposite TmugNE Building. Chess players meet daily At tho Trement. House (Exchange) and the Shenuan House (Basement). All communications intended for this department shoutd be addressed to TuE TRIBUNE, aud indorsed 4Chess,” TO CORRESPONDENTS. F: W Gu, city.—The contiunation is 2.Qto K 0. E. B., city.—The problem shall sppear in due senson. 0. §., city.—Yon are quite right in regard to Enizma No. 107. 3 C. A. P., city. —Enlema No. 108, as it stands, should be classed amonz the **worst.” The solu- tion, however, by 1..Qto BB 3 is a sccond.’ T. J. W., Loda, Il.—Rook azainst Knight ia v ; it *ometimes hap- pens, however, that the Knight is able to force a Bisnop aud Knight against singie Ring, i€ akillfully played, shonld win. ENIGMA NO. 109. BY MR G. Z. CARFENTER. White. Black. . Kiogat K 2 ofth King at Q fourth (%llel!n at Q sq Rouk ar K Kt ifth bt Houizat Q Kt itta ook a1 Q 1; stxth Bishop at Q fourth Bishop at i seventh Blsnop at Q Erelshth . Koightat R Kt sixth Kaight at & Kt ourth Enight at K fourth Pawn Tishop at Q s Pawn at Q Il fourth Pawnat § R fourth White to play and mate in three moves. PROBLEM NO.' 109. BY MR. L. A. VAN ESS, MILWACKEE, WIS. - Black. A 7 Z Tuiithih, e b p White to play and mate in two moves. SOLUTION TO PROBLEM NO. 107. 1.BwQR3 2BroRe2 3,.P 1o B4 mate 2.KEtoB4 3..B takes P mate *,# Correct ¢olution to Problem No. 107 received from W. H. Ovington, O. R. Benjamin, E. Barbe, J. M. Campbell, and E. R. B., aity. 20K moves SOLUTION TO ENIGMA NO. 107. A Diack White. R Interposes 1..K fakes P dls ch ‘R takes R mate Qo 20Kt takes Q mate #,* Correct solution to Enigma No. 107 received from W. H. Ovington, C. A. Perry, O. R. Benja- min, E. Barbe, C. W. Clark, O. Sonucnschien, and E. R. B., clty; Kt., Tumer, Ill.; H. L. S. and A, G. F., Litchfield, Minn. NOTES. The undersigned would like to play agame of chess by postal card with one of Tiz THIBUXE'S correspondents or contributors. Address J. Be Jobuston, Elkbart, Tnd. The contest at chess for $100, between Mesers. McKenzic, Delmar, and Teed, and Messrs. Mason, Brenzinger, and De_Vauz, which was commenced at the Cafe International ut 7:300'clock Saturday eveniug, the 2:2d in=t., ended at 1:2:45 p. . with the reauit of a draw ut the end of the forty-eizhth move. ‘The second game of the series vius 10 Bavo been played Wednesday. CHESS IN ENGLAND. Playedat Simpsox’s Chess Divan between M Boden and the Rev. 5. W. Earnshaw. [Two Kmights' Defense. | Fhite-Mir. Boden. . Binck_Mr. Eamsbaw s P ! §5E58EEE C?’;CE‘:?‘X?:?‘C ) et G o g T eescesarzsres E k374 134 w50 3 5 7 Drawn (a) This ingeniona thongh scldom vracticed! metnod of conducting the fwo Knights' defense, generally leads to positions both novel and - Inter- csting. (0) The best reply. Kt takes K, fuwill be easi- Iy understood, i aot ge 4, and the more specious continuation, B’ akes}. - aleo cnures to Llack’s zdvantag (c) 5 I Lo K B4 18 the normal move here. follow~ edipwith B to Kt 3, DQlo Q% Pto K R, and after some further piay the landbuch brings out a win for White; oot 1ostead of P o K& 3, Zuker~ tort, in the vify of London Jagazine. vropused 9 K to Q 2, which move ie considered (aml he mve o Bsq w KL weh* *~ yield llagk at least an even game. thenis), o 12 B 10 Q 2 seems (d) Somewhs. venturesome. more according to sounduess. (6) 1f 1 takes P, 16 B takes P'ch, K to B sq, 17 Q10Q 2, Kt takes B (best), 16 Kt takes Kt or K tikos B, aud Black is still a Pawn minaa with noth- ing to show for it Tt) Estremely well played, as also are the two following moves, the three forming ons excellent conception. (@ White has an inferlor position. e could ceridinly withdraw his Queen to Kt 2, bt the out- Took then would be very far from promising. () Here Black fails to make the best of Bls _« game. 52 Bto B5would have made his emincat Spponent's chances of avoiding defeat very dubions. 1f, then, 23 P takes R P, Kt P takes P, and i 23 Phakes Q P, BtoB4, 24 R takes R. K takes R, 25 P takes B P, Kt P takes P, snd Biack should Sin. However, 1 must admit that this line of play i3 by no means obrious. ) Biol 5 would still bave becn his best re- soutce-~in fact, almost as advantageous a4 upon the last move. Its merit {s now, too, more &p- purent.— esiminater Papers. MZMORIES. In the decp midnight I seem to hear Voices low as evening.lallaby— Fragrance-laden mem'ries wafted uear, Sweet as splcy gales {rom Araby. . In the gloaming of fair Summer’s night, “Neath the quict atara In Heaven's cxpanse, Minist'ring spirits from the realms of Light Softly then my list'ning soul entrance. Then Mem'ry fond, with magic finger olnting cver youthuard, wins my guze, Compellinz ead Thought ofs to linger "Round the halcyen scenes of other days. \ Live I then 'mid joys of olden time, Ere weft for me was web of Sorrows: Dream I, too, of Heaven's radiant clime, With all 1ts fair and glad to-morrows. Sweet mem'rics of my dearly-loved and lost Sreal near when fiushed Is morn with roseate nue; Those mem'nieacome when 1am tempest-10ss'd, Enabling me Life’s battle strong to do. 2 Such mem'ries come in every hour o life, Present 'mid all the scenes which ‘round me lie, Tn moments of sxeet rest o painfal strife, ‘Ervangels bright to lure my thoughts og bizh. Dzc. 170, CoxsTaxcE HEGBEET. Peaches Plucked on Christmas. Harrisyuro (Pa.) Telegraph, Discussing the baimy weather of this winter, a gentleman well known in H: busgz as one of our oldest and most successful business-men, pow located ou Third street, stated to us this morning that he plucked peaches ou a tree on his premises_on Caristmas Day, 1852, ana used them as part of the dessert for the dinner on the occasion. Gen. Cameron, if be reads this paragraph, will tecall the incident, s he ate portion of the fruit, and also examived the tree 90 the day referred to which contained ity This, as an inaident of past propitious winter weather, ‘has not often been surpassed in the fruit line in thislatitude, i 3