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THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY. .MARCH: )7 1878-IXTEE1‘} PAGES. RELIGIOTUS. Catherine Beecher on the Eternal Punishment Question. A Beply to Prof. Boise’s Re- cent Paper on Anni- i hilation, How the New Pope Obtained His Name--A Change of Pol- icy Outlined. 4 Philadelphia Congregation Get~ ting Ready to Go Alive to Heaven, i ‘General Notes--Personals-=Pious g Humor--Services To-Day. ETERNAL PUNISHMENT. LETTER FROM CATHERINE E. BEECHOER. BrookLys, Feh. 23,15i8.—To the Editor of ¢ Now York Tribune: The subject of eternal shment now discussed in both secular and ¥ iious papers s all dependent on a theolog- jul theory as to what constitutes a perfect riod and now it orizinates. There are two o5 on this question, which arc named Cal- Yigistic and anti-Calvinistic. -Both bold that a ondis perfect when it knows what is best for siconcerned (and s0 Tight), and also has a con- trolling purpose to act right in all cases, and wes never failing . judement or choice. Tpe Calvinist holds that God created such pinds in the case of the holy angels and Jdsm. The anti-Calvinist holds that it is im- ible for God to create such a mind, inasmuch gs perfect knowledze snd choice cannot be ceated in finite beings, but must come by ex- jence and training. Rizht choice is choosing what is best for all concerned for both time and etermity, and as pone._but God ean know this, choostng to obey God’s laws and doing right mean the same. ‘Sin is trausgression of 1aw,” either natural or revealed, and the infant (ennot help from sioning any more than * the eparks ¥ can belp from “fiying upward.” And £0 21l are born with a sinful_nature, but as per- foct 35 God csu make it. The Calvinist holds that, though God could have created every in- fant mind Doly, as he did the holy augels and Adam, for some mysterious reason Adam, by one act of disobedience, became totally depraved i patore, aud _transmitted this to all infants. And so total is this depravity that no child can 1eel or act vight till God partially, but not whol- Iy, recreates the depraved nature. The anti- Calvinist boids that God creates every infant 1 His own image as to constitutional powers, some of higher aod some of lower grades, and with di- verse combinations of mertal faculties, all good in natare and wrong only by eXxcess or misuse. The Calvinist holds that all’ mot recreated by God will go to eternal misery, and that there is o certain method of gaining this recreation, as all depenas on clection and_ sovereignty. The apti-Catvinist holds that a child is saved by ed- aeation and Divine aid given to all who £ ity . tuatidisle is_but the beginniog or infaot school, that God 20d goud beiugs “coutinue it ull the éay of judgment, when "the righteous #nd the wicked will be placed in separate worlds sud exverience only the natural results of obed- icnce and disobedience to God’slaws. On this Tiew, the uumber saved depencs on the labors and sazrifices of Clrist’s true followers, whoare 1be cducators of the race, from Noali, Abraham, sodthe apustles to this day. The Calvinist Tolds that death ends probation, aod then all the nregeverate o to Hell, and forever live in Jiseral fire and briwstone, or in equal torments of wind. = "The sollowing views are now current in our fecular papers as the Calvinistic teachings on eternal punishment: Angustine, who origi- pated the Calvinistic system, taught that tue toadies of the dawned, among whom are unbap- tized infants, will burn in everlasting fire. In larter's **Saint’s Rest,” aiven tome when I was vainly trying to love God, it is written that the torments of sinners will be universal. The Tiguid fire will prey on every part, the eyes will Le tortured with sights of horrur, the ears with Lowls and curses of companions in torment. their emell witu fumes of brunstone, and no drop of water shall cool their tongae, Do respite relieve their agouies. President Edwards, v a work given me to lead me to love God, eays the saints in slory will see the sui- ferugs of the camped with no griel, but rather with_rejoicing. They will not be sorry for them, but will be excited to joyful psise. Dr. Einmons, whose vreaching I heard when sorrowing for a friend supposed to Lave died unregenerate, taught that the happiness of “the clect ™ 1n Heaven will in part consist in watcbmg the torments of the damned, and awong them will e their own children and dearest friends; and yet they will sing Hallcln- fab, praise the Lord. ~My_futher’s friend, Dr. Gardiuer Spring, of New York, said that ‘when an angry God undertakes to punish He will con- Tinee the universe that He dues not give Hium- ¢elf in vain. 1t will be glorious when He who bung ou Calvary shall cast those who bave trodden His blood under their fect into a fur- Lace of fire, where shall be weeping and wailing aud ruashing of teeth, My fater’s friend, Dr. Nebemiah Adawms, of Bostou, saysit 1s to be feared that the forty-two children who mocked Eiishaare now in hell, President Edwards. in his termon *¢Sinners in the bunds of an anery God,” says * you cannot stand an- instant before an inuriated tiger; what, then, will you do when God rushes sgainst you in all His wrathi” Kpurgeon, of England, says “at tne day of judgment thon wilt haveiwin hells; thy soul sweatng drops of blood and thy body suilused with agony.” Dr. Talmage, of Brooklyn, paints the miseries of Hell in similar language. The Methodist Christian Advocate represents that this denomination, on yearly average, givesonly 34 cents for each person o save 700,000,000 brothers and sisters from wading chin deep tbrough the torments of eternal death, The Viograpber of President Edwards says that when preaching on the dangers of Hell, at times, the whole coneregation arose, smitiog their breasts, weeping aud groaning. My father rejected the {dea of literal firc and brimstone tormeuts, but Tonce heard him in Cincinnati describe the miseries of the wicked shut up together with all their horrid passions, and 1 should have been affccted as were the bearers of President Ed- wards, bad 1 not escaped by leaving the church, 15 did wny sister, Mrs. Stow 1 was cducated in the Calvinistic system, and lived many yvears in constant fear lest mysell 20d most of those dearest to e were destined tosucn a terrible doom as herein described. 1o aperiod of great distress from such fears I took tharze of some of the finest minds I ever met, wd with them studied and _discussed Stewart’s Mental Philosophy, by which 1 learned to detect d apply the principles of reason or common tewse. ‘The result wasa text-book in whi aintained that by a process of reasoning with- it revelation we could prove the doctrines e set forth as anti-Calvinistic. As Ihad Rever met 6uch an arzument, nor could hear of ote, I privately sent this work to toe leading eologians of the chief Calvinistic sects, asking Tohave the book returned with criticism and tounsel. - The criticisms thus gained were some 0l them very complimentary and someof them Baulting, ail on supposition that the author a gentleman. But in not a single case ¥35 20 attempt made to show auy fallacy in the Lzumnent. The same argument was then oub- lished i another form. In the introduction I feve some of my personal experiences by the advice of a critical and fastidious gentleman, t ‘¥ho gaid it would do more good than all of TJ‘: i e et e T M NN LA 2 5 Tguments. This work was widely review Mieties with complimentary and sometimes With fnsulting remarks. But, in not asingle se was there an attempt 10 controvert the ar- fuments. 1then published an appeal, dedicat- fne it to the cditors of the secular press, in Xhich I maintained that the Calvinistic system {85 contrary to tne Bible as it is to reason and ommon sense. ‘This alsowas both courteously 2ud severely criticised, but no_attempt was Dade to meet the arguments. In some cases e reason assigoed was that they had long H ;50 been shown to be nothing or worse; but Wwas never told when or where. But my er and my brother Henry couceded that the g!;\lmms were unanswerable. ~Dr. Tarlor, nfessor of Theology in Yale College, wrote ’gu “I have never supposed that man has s ‘fvmed nature in any sense, Or & cOrrupt na- x";‘:lobe chauged; but that in_nature be is ¢ God.” 1 privately appealed for help to %teral personal friends who were editors. From e editing the Judependent, 1 learned that % would mot open their columns to 3 tsychological and theologieal ~discussion” Methis, Even the honorable, fearless, sad benevolent Horace Greele; wrote as his excuse ihu‘}le had promised his grnmdox {riends that :m hlvmulzl not needlessly introduce heresy i 8 paper, and the greatest of all heresies codmmon sense.” Leading publishers as well :? e i):urs stated that theologians, in whatever “!e they differed, were united in the determina- u lon that tliis discussion should not be permit- b And 50 in every denomination cvery in- uence was used to prevent the sale of thesg m;‘l’xrs. also any succeeding work. many years I have been with family con- nections or intimate friends who are countyed as skeptics and scientists, and have had these ques- Ho‘gs proposed which I know not how to answer: Cuupr own brothers now are connected with o vinistic churches, or those so regarded by he common people. They and_leading theolo- giacs have réad your works, and are able to cor- rect your definitions or show the fallacy of your nrghnlnmnts if they find any; is it mauly or hon- ;am e to take the coursc of apparently coward- !y or contemptible silence? Your claim is that t is your special mission to illustrate the grand truth that common Ecnse, without unusual tal- cntés or learning, united with the desire to learn and obey the truth, is all that is needed to un- derstand the Bible correctly, 50 as to gain cter- nal blessedness. Yet you stand aloue in this wise and solemn mission. The Calvinistic sys- gzm is more absurd and cruel than many of the agan or Mohammedan tenets, and lLow_can theologians, after such an cxposure, redecm themselves from the pity and contempt of all honorable minds who understand the case?? I ask my friends to furnish me a reply. C.E. B, ANNIHOILATION. A CRITICISM OF PROF. BOISE'S PAFPER. To the Editor of The Tribune. Cmicaco, March 15.—Prof. Boise, inhis elabo- rate paper on annihilation, read before the Bap- tist ministers’ meeting, last Monday, has mace a false issue in reference to the faith of those who believe that the penalty of God’s law is cverlasting destruction instead of endless tor- ments. They do not believe in the annibilation of 2 particle of matter iu the sensc of its reduc- tion to nothing. They never use the word un- nihilate; first, because it is not in the Bibie; and, sccond, because it would be misconstrued. It is used by our opponents opprobriously. Noth- ing is ever gained by misrepresentation. I doubt whether thereis a word in the Hebrew or Greek Seriptures which teaches the creation of anything from nothing, or its reduction to nothing. We use the word destruction to de- uote the destruction of specific forms to which specific names are given, while the same amount. of matter cxists in other forms. Thus, to de- stroy a tree, or man, is simply to destroy those configurations by which they are distinguished from other external forms knmown by other names, but not to destroy the material of which they are composed. Where the original word means **loss'” it does not mean annihilation. The issue in thesc illustrations turns upon the thing lost, whether happiness or misery, life or death, It is one thing for a shepherd to lose his sheep, and quite another for his sheep to loseits life. Is there no difference between o parent losing his child and the child losing its life? Mr. Koss lost his little boy Charley years ago, and yet he may be living to-day. The first death is the loss of tbe first life. ‘The secoud death will be the loss of the second life. Paul said that **Christ died according to the Seriptures.” Christ, reterriug to His death, said “Tue good sheplerd giveth bis life for the sheep.” Again Christ said ** He that will save his lite shall lose it, and he that will lose his life for My sake shall find it; for what is a man profited if he should gain the whole world and Tose his own life; or what will hie give in ex- change for bis life?” Itislife in the premise, and must be life in the conclusion. It is the same Greek word in both. Thus, life is the thing lost or gained. If deatn meaus endless misery, then Corist and all the saints who have died are suffering endless isery. Whatever difinition we give the word death which express- ed the nature of the peualty aflived to Goa's tirst law, we must extend that getinition to all His posterity; “For, by the trausgression of one wan, &in entered into the world, and _death Dy sin, 50 death passed upon alt men.” This is Paul’s commentary upon the orizinal pepalty. All, irrespective of character, have and wul suffer the same death Adam died. From the first death the Bible teacnes a resurrection, but frow the second it teaches no hope of resurrec- tion. The whole issue in this investization must turn upon the nature ot man. If man is jmmortal, then the final issue must be endless happiness or misery,—not eternal life or eternal death. that part cannot be included in a plan which of- ters eternal life as the reward of opedienc if the whole man is mortal, and must die, then a plan which promises to intelligent, responsible man from the grave and If any part of man does not die, ihen But raise the 1o give b eternal e if obedient, or resolve him back into his original elewents, is perlectly adapted to man’s pature and_condition. Wao ‘an Tor one moment_believe that if Adam bad obeyed the law of God that his soul would have beod separated from his body and trauslated to leaven, leaving his body to molder back to dust! Hewas not driven trom the garden to prevent his soul from dying and going to Hell torments, but to prevent his living forever any- where, in Heaven, earth, or Heil. If it had ever Deen God's plan to have inaucurated the mon- strous systewm of endless 1nisery, the time and place where the firstsin _had Deen committed, aud the tirst sinner developed, would scem to have been the most opportune; and especially as Adam was the great representative sioner, and God’s dealings with _him would establish a precedent by which he will be governed in the trial and cxecution of all subsequent sinners. But that this wasno part of His immutable plan, is evident from the fact that no sooner had Adam transgressed the law of God than his Creator and Judwe excluded bim from the gar- den and cut off the ouly means of cternal life which hed been placed within his reach. He was driven from the garden and all se- cess to the tree of life guarded, “lest he should eat and live tor- ever.” Why this precaution to prevent Adum srom livig forever, if L was imaiortal and could mot die! When the responsibility de- volves upon the Judge to denounce the pen- alty of the law agaiust the criminal, he should either use the precise lauguaze With which said penalty is clothed, or languaze of the same im- port. In cituer case the Judge explains Llis un- derstanding of the nature of the penalty. ln reference to Adam’s trial and exccution, his Judge is his Creator, and the autbor of the law by which he is tried, aud must understand the exact sease in which He uscd the word death. Addressing the lutelligent criminal, He told him ihat because be had eaten of thetree of which He commanded bim, saying: “Thou shalt nog cat of it. Dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.’'—Gen., iil., 17-19. God being the ex- positor of His own law, death would uncreate or remand Adam back to bis original elements. The reason given why he should return to dust was the 1act that he had been made of dust. 1L this language does not teach thut the intelligent respousible criminal was made of dust, and thut doath would resolve him baclk to dust, then uo language could have been used to couvey such an ides to the wind of man. 1 will now present 2 summary of evidence to show that the whole Bible may be harmonized with the foregoing. Wiat sbail the end of the ungodly be! 1 Tuey shall die. Moses called upon the assembled millions of Isracl to witness that he had set “ before them life and deatn.™ Deut., xxx., 15. Sulomon says, ‘‘He that bateth reproof shall die.” Prov., Xv., 10. The great God says, «He that despiseth My ways shall die.”” Prov., Xix., 16. Jeremiah savs, wyi have set before you the way of life and the way of qeath.” Jer., xxi., 8. Ezckicl suys, <Tle soul that sinneth it shall die.” Ezek., xvili., 20. Paul says, * The wages of sin is death.” Rom., vi., 23. James says, ** Sin when finished bringeth forthdeath.” James, i.,15. Jobn, speaking of the 1ast installment of sinncrs and their inal penal- ty, says that they sighall be cast into the lake of fire which is the second death.” Rer., xx.,18. Fire can only ve called death because it pro- duces death. Fire has been the first death of millions of martyrs, and it will be the second Jeath of millions who martyred these saints, Prof. Boise to the contrary notwithstanding. The first death killed the first sinuer, the second death wilt kill 8ll who follow his example in willfully trangessing the law of G = 3, They shall perish. The word perish sig- nifies to die, to decay, to waste away, to be de- stroyed, to come toan end. We read concern- ing Balsam, * And when he looketh on Amalek he took up this parable and said, Amalek was Bt but his latter cnd shali be {liat be perish forever.” Num., xxiv., 20. Moses, in his re- hearsal of the law, says, *‘And it shall be if thou doat all forget the Lord thy God, and walk after other gods, and serye them, and worship them, I testify against {ID‘I this day that ye snall surely perish.”” Deut., viid., 1& Again we read, ‘“So let all thine tnemies perish, O Lord: but let them that toye Him be as the sun when he poeth forth in his might.” Judges, V., 31, We read in Job, iv.. 9, ** By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they con- sumed.” David exclaims, ** But the wicked Shail perish, 1ud th# enemies of the Lord shall e as the fat of lambs; they shall consume; into smokte shall they consume away.” Ps., xxxvil, 0. Referring tothe unsodly, Isaish says, * They shall be as nothing; and they that stnve against Thee shall perish.”_Isa., xii., 11. Referring to those whose blood Pilate had mingled with his Eaerifices, and those upon whom the Tower of &jloam had {falien, crushing them to atoms. Christ said, * Except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.” Luke, xiii, 1-5. Paul ex- clnims, in his discourse at Antioch, ‘‘Behold, ye despisers, and wonder and perish.” Acts, xiil., 41, Christ smd to Nicodemus, “For God so loved the world that He gave His only-begotten Son, that whosoever belicveth on Him should not. perish, but have everlastine life.”” John, iit., 16, Thus, perishing will be the direst_anti thesis of eternal life, and therefore eternalalso. Peter, when speaking of willful sinners, says, “ But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of things they understand not, and shall utterly perish in their own corruption.” 1L Peter, ii,, 12. If the Professor, or any otber advocates of endiesstor- ment, wish to know how brute hearts perish, I would respectfully refer them to the history of the swine that rushed into the sea snd perisbed. 8. They shall be destroyed. The word destroy siznifies to bring to naught, to kill, to extir- pate. Referring to willful sinoers, David says, WGod shall likewise destroy them forever, . «_._androot them out of the landof the liv- fng.” Ps.,ii.,5. According to David, theendof the wicked is destruction. **Until 1 went into the sanctuary of God, then understood I their end. Surely thou didst st them in slippery places, Thou castest_them down into destruction.” Psl., xxiil. 17, 10. Solumon says, ‘*Ile that walketh with wise men shall be wise, but a com- g(l)lnlon of fools shall be destroyed.” Prov., Xiil., 20. Christ presents the final destination of the righteous and the wicked. He says, “Broadis the way that leadeth to destruction, and narrow is the way which leadeth unto life.” Matt., 13,14, Hedoes not say, broad is the way that lcadeth to endless misery, but destruction. Paul tells us what the cod of the ungodly shall be, whose end is destruction (Phi. iil., 1), not cternal torment. Referring to the ungodly, Paul says, ** And when they shall ery Peace an safety, then sudden destruction cometh upon then, and theyshall not escape.” 1 Thess., ¥., 3, Arain, this great espositor of the coustitu- tion of Christ explains the nature and duration of the final punishment of the disobedient. Ile says, *When the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from Heaven with His mighty angcls, in flamiog fire, taking vengeance on those that ackuowl- cdgenot (Diaglait translation) aud obey not the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ; who shull be punished with everlasting destruction.” 1. Thess., 1., 7, 5 9. Where can the wicked exist ‘when punished Wwith everlasting destruction? In the siguificant language of Obadinh: *They shall bé s thoush they bad not been.” Ob., 16. Or as represented by Malachi, nd the day that cometh shall burn themn up, saith the Lord of hosts, that it shall Jeave them neither root nor branch.” Mal., iv., 1. 4. They suall be devoured. The word de- vour siguifies to cat up—total consumption. When applied to icked it always mcans death. ‘here went out a fire from the Lordand devoured them.” Lev., X, 2. This fire literally destroyed them. Addressinz Tsracl, Jeremiah says, “Your own sword hath devoured vour prophets like a destroying lion.” Jer., ii, 5. How dolions devour{ By pre- serving their victim’s life! Jobm, when re- ferring to Christ, says, “* Whose fane is in his hand, and he will thoroughly purge his floor, and gather the wheat futo his garuer; but will burn up the chaff with an unquenchable fire.”? Matt., iii., 2. ‘Thus. an unquenchable fire will Durn the wicked, and not preserve them alive cternally to suffer torture. Paul says, *For if wesin willfully after that e have received the knowledize of “the truth, there remmmneth no more sacrifice for sins, but a certain fearful Jooking for of judgment and fiery_iudignation swhich sball devour the adversaries.” Heb., X., 95, 97, Referring to the great army of Gog and Magog, at the end of the thousand years, John says, “And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the snints about, and the beloved city; and fire came down from God out of Heaven ana devoured them,” Rev., xx., 9. How much of that army will be left after fire shall have devoured them? Just about as much as was left of the people of Sodom after fire from Heaven had devoured them. We do not cust combustible material into the fire to preserve it, but to destroy it. 5. They shall be consumed. The Bible de- fines the word consume vetter than any lexicon. Moses, referring to the eoemics of God, Euys, i~ And in the greatness of Thine excellency Thou hast overthrown them that rose up against Thee: Thou sentest Torth Thy wruth which consumed them as stubble.” Ex., xv. 7. We all understand how fire consumes stubble. Again, we read, * Whosoever cometh anything pear the tabernacle of the Lord shall die; shall be cousumed with dying,” Num., Xvil, 18, Ac- cording to the foregoing, to be consumed, is to die, or_rather death is the result. Thus we read, “And the children of Isreal spake unto Moses saying, ‘“Behold we die, we perish, we all perish,” verse 12. Speaking of the encmies of the Lord David says, *But the wicked shall perish, and the enetnies of the Lord sball be as the fat of the lambs; they shall consume: into smoke shall they consume away.” Ps., Xxxvil., 20. lsaish says, “They that forsake the Lord shall be consumed.” Tsa., k., 25. The Prophet uses the word consume in tlie same sense whea speaking of devouring stubble und chafl with fire. 1e says, “ Taercfore as the fire devoureth stubble and toe flame cousumeth chafl, so their root shall be as_rottenness, and their biossom shall goup as dust; because they have cast away tae law of the Lord of hosts, and despise the;word of the Holy One of Isracl.” Isa, v., 24." In the following verse the word consume is used in the sawme sense in recerence to man and beast. “1 will utterly consume from off the land, saith the Lord, I will consume man aud beast—and I will cutoff man.” Zeph, i., 2. 6. They are represented as being burned up. All the figures representing the punishment of the wicked convey the idea of death, consump- tion, destruction, ete. 1t all the literal lan- gruage expressive of the nature of the peualty of Gods law can be figured away, or must give place to parables and fizures, who csn under- stand the teachings of the Bible¢ J. M. STEPHENSON, THE NEW POPE. HOW THE NAME OF LEO CAME TO DE CHOSEN —A CHANGE OF POLICT. Correspondence Pall Mall Guzette. RouxE, Feb. 2L.—The rapidity with which operations were carried on in the Conclaye fs chicfly due to Cardinal Bilio, who, after the second serutiny, asked permission to speak. At the first scrutiny the votes had been very much scattered; atthe second Cardinal Peccl obtained 85, Cardinal Franchi 9, Cardinal Bilio 11, Car- dingl Manning 2. Cardinal Bilio then addressed his colleagues: “A higher power,” he said, “las decided Into whose hands the Church should be intrusted; if I have any influence in this assembly I would beg all my friends to con- centrate their votes upon the individual thus designated by Providence.” They must have acceded to his request, as at the next scrutiny preciscly 11 votes were added Lo the 35, eiving We rea the necessary majority of two-thirds to Cardingl Pecel. Nothing - had been previously decided as to the public announcement being made from within or with- out the Church. After the lowering of the can- opies over the seats of all the Caruinals, with the exception of the newly elect, Mgr. Lasagui, advancing and prostratine himself before the new Pontlff, demanded whence the prociamation should be wade. ** What do yousay?” said the Pope-clect. * Santita, I can Zive no opiuion.” “Tnen,” said the new Pope, *let precedent de- cide. &et it be from the outer balcony on the iazza. Mgr. Lasamol, pro-Secretary of State during the Conclaye, had alrcady srisen to dispatch Tomasso_Tosi, Captain of the Conclaye, with the official anuouncement to the Marshal, Prince Chigi, that the Conclave would be opened at 4 p. m., snd that the Marshal would be the first admitted to kiss the sscred foot, when it occurred to him that the title by which the new Pope was to be proclaimed was yet unknown. 1y what name,” ne asked, ** docg vour Holiness choose to be made kunown?? *¥ho is the pa- tron saint of to-day?’ -‘St.Leo.” “Then an- pounce meas Leo XIIL” Mgr. Lasagni was not prepared for the disappeintment that now awaited him. It has been customary for the new Pope to prociaim the acting Secretary of State (2lways a Monsizuor) Cardinal at the ino- ment he presents his Holiness with the white calotta; by placing_his own red calotta on the Secretary’s head. But when Lasagni proffered the white skull cap lus Holiness put bis own red one into his pocket! This abstention is in- dicative of the new Pope’s policy. He has con- firmed Cardinal Simeoui as Secretary of State, owing to the latler’s cordial relations with for- eirn Powers: butit is his intention to makea general clearauce of the functionaries of the Iate Pope. The Almoner will be the first to go, and Gen. Kaunzler, Generalissimo of the late Papal army, who has hitherto resided in 2 mag- niticent suite of roomsin the Vatican, is also to retire on his pension. From the time of the Pope’s death the Cam- erlengo, quite aware of the abuses that have been goine oo in the Vatican, had been calling tne heads of the respective departments to ac- count. * How many horses have you in the stablesi” he asked, in his cart, prompt manner, of the Master of the Horses, Marchese Serlupl. % Really, your Eminence, [ caunot undertake to say.” * \What? is it possible, and you the Mas- ter of the Horse! Within twenty-four hours I expect o complete inventory; the stables and coach houses in perfect order.” This explains tbe furbishing up of the State carriages, the oilinz of thewheels, ete., which gaverise to the rumor that the Pope and Cardinals would proceed immediately after the election to take Posscasion of St. John Lateran. With regard fo the rest of the officials his Holiness has merely said, * For eirht_days everything will emai In its present condition, _We will decide meanwhile as to the future.”” The trepidation of every person concerned may. well be imagin- ed. AT THE VATICAN. Pope Leo XTII. has not yet once quitted the Vatican. No orders have been given for prepa- rations at Castelgandolo. The Cardinals, who oppose the slightest deviation from the policy hitherto pursued, disapprove theidea of the Pope ofliciatine in St. Peter’s. - Cardinal McCloskey, when presenting his homage to Pope Leo XIIL, said Le had no reason tg deplore the latencss of his arrival in Rome, since the Sacred College had made s0 ex- cellent a choice. ' THE APOSTOLIC. GETTING READY.TO DE TAKEN ALIVE TO HEAVEN, LIKE ENOCI AND ELUAIL. Pulladelohia Times. Within the Jast week there has been formed in this city the nucleus of ‘a religion whose dis- tinguishing pointof doctrine is that * the coming and kingdom of Christ” is cluse at hand. This is a branch, new in Philadelohia, of the sect known as tne **Catholfe' Apostolic Chureh,” which was founded sbout forty years ago fu Scotland. ‘The denomination has seven churches in Londom, three in Connceticut, one in Boston, one in_New York City, and one in Potsdam, N. Y. The movement which led to the establishment of the branch in this city was inaugurated on Sunday, the 3d inst., by tke Rev. W. . Andrews, of Connecticut, with whom is associated tbe Rev. C. A. G. Brigham, of the same State. Mr. Andrews, formerly min- ister of a Congregational chureh in Connecti- cut, has_held Iis present faith ever since Lis coilege-days. His fourth scrmon here was de- Tivered yesterday afternoon, to an audience of several hundred persons, in the hall of the Phil- adelphia City Institute, Eightcenth aud Chest- nut streets, where all his meetings have been held, and where it is the intcntion of the new branch to worship untilit will have grown strong cnough to erect u church-building. The liturgy of the *Catholic Apostolic Church bears more resemblance to the Episco- pal than to that of any other denomination. It calls for the celebration of the Eucharist every Sunday morning, and of the communion every morning, service of prayer moruing anid even- ing, and the observauce of Christmas, Easter, the Circumeision, All Saints’ Day, and Good Fri- day. The members, whilercjecting the doctrine of “transubstantiation,” believe that Christ is “mystically nod inexplicably ” present in the Eucharist. The Church teaches also that con- fession—public or private—of sin to the minis- ter is ood for the soul, but ‘does not make it oblizatory. Every congrezation has a Bisliop. It is part of the faith that prophets of God and apostles of Christ bave arisen of late years and are now speaking, just 2s did_Jeremias or Tsaiab and Peter or Paul of old. The belicvers Cxpect a union of all Christians in one faith, one Daptism, and one Church to be effected about the time of Christ’s coming, and hold that they are under the same obligations to adopt the “cere- imonial prescribed by their ministers as were the Christians of old to follow that laid down by Paul and his apostles. . In his sermon, yesterday, Mr. Andrews, hav- ing called attention to the present wicked and troubled state of the world as being just what prophieey and revelation had pointed out as the immediate foreranner of the sccond voming of Christ, cited numerous.passages of the Bibic in support of the faith that was in bim. Among his references werc verses from the first chapter of Isaiah, wherein the prophet speaks under the figures of Judah and Jerusalem. From Joel the preacher quoted: ‘And it shall come to pass afterward that T will pour oat my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men s!xm’le dream dreams, your young men shall see visions, . . . Znd | will show wonders in the heavens and in the carth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke. “The son shall be turned into darkness and the ‘moon into blood before the great und the terrible day of the Lord come. And ic sall come to pass that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shait be delivered; for in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliv- and in the remnant erance, as the Lora hath said, whom the Lord shall call. “Fhis prophecy, said the preacher, began to be fulfilled in the coming of the Holy Spirit, before the downfall of Jerusalem. That downfall was only a type of the more awful juagment which is to fall upon the world at the second coming of Christ. To prepare for death is not enough, he said, for, as we know not the hour of the coming, we should get ready to be_translated alive to Heaven, as were Enoth and Elijah. GENERAL NOTES. The second revision of the New Testament has reached the middle of Romans xi. Although there are 5,350 Catholle sailors in the British navy, there is not one Catholic chaplain on board her Majests’s ships. “The heart of the Pope bas been deposited in the crypt of St. Peter’s. The custom of placine itin the Church at the Acqual'revi has been dis- pensed with, on the ground that the usual cere- monial is impossible in the present condition of Rome. The claim of the Southern Methodist Church on the United States Government for §450,000 indemnicy for the occupation of its publishing house in Nashville during the War has been cut dosn to $150,000 by the Senate Comumittee on Claims, which has agreed toreport & bill for this amount. The Anglican Bishops have been considering, it is said, ana are somewhat alarmed about, the spread of the Free Church movement in En- gland, a denomination allied to the Reformed Emiscopal Church in this country. The result of the sceret_ deliberations of the Bishops has not been made known. figh ritual is on the increase in London. Thirty-nine churches now celebrate the daily communion, against 11 last year; 340 have surpliced choirs, araiust 114; 35 have eucharistic vestments, against_11; 39’ display candles on the aitar, and since 1867 the use of incense has been extended from 3 churches to 16. The Rey. Joscph Cook, in_one of his recent Mounday lectures, said: “I can godownto a certain hall here in Boston, and on a few ocea- sious find exercises going on with which Sodom would have had decp sympathy.” This state- ‘ment was grected with applause, which speals well for the wsthetical culture of Boston. Services have now been held in the Hartford Rink for ninc wecks without any_abatement in the interest of the people. Mr. Pentecost, who suceeeded Mr. Moody us preacher and manager, will continuc In charze until the end of this month. Many new members have already been received by the churches of the vity. Mr. Moody is announced to begin to-morrow a two-weeks' serfos of mectings in the Boston Tabernacle. from Boston he zoes to New Haven. The Rey. P. 0. Oakey presents facts intended to show that the oldést existing’ Presbyterian churen in the United States is that at Jamaiea, L. 1. This honor_has becu beretofore claimed for the church at Rehoboth, Md. Presbyterian worship was established in Jawaica as carly as 1662. * December ye 20th, 1662, o committce ‘Wwasappointed * to muke yerate forye minister’s house, and transporting ye mivister.” From this rgm the Jawmaica church has a distinct revord. : The Baltimore M. E. Conference at its recent session adopted a protest acainst the proposed approvriation by the City Council of $32,000 to the St. Mary’s Industrial Institute for Boys. They object to it, ou the ground that the In- stitute i5 a scetarisn _institution, under the au- thority of the Aruhhlshur of Baltimore, and Rowan Catholfe worsbip is conducted, to the exclusion of any other, and the act would be the creation und partial ecndowment of a State ehurch. Prof. Austio Phelps states that the common assertion thut * the sons of Christian fathers are zeerally worse than others,” 15 disproved by statisties. IHe gives the following facts: “In a certain New England town of some thousands of people therecords of the Clristian familics were once examined thoroughly to test this question. The proportion of the children of such families who became religious wen and women, as related to those who did not, was more than five to one.” The Methodist Bishops urge it as a duty of the ministry of their chureh to * proclaim witn it3 utmost ‘energy that the law of holiness in the New Testament is a law of holiness for men under all conditions and under all circamstan- ces of life. Many of the religious guides and teachers of the people address themselyes too little to the conseicnce and aim at other euds than the formati on of character in ‘the princi- ples of Christian righteousness; therefore the fand is daily bumiliated by financial crimes, trauds, defulcations, and betrayals in its trusted citizens.” - Dr. William ML Taylor expresses the opinion in the Christign at VWork that topieal preach- inz is responsible for the shot pastor- ates which are now so common in the United States, He reasons out;the pro- cess thus: * When one invariably tskes sep- arate texts, the probability is tbat these will all run in the same_direction and sound one note. Every preacher has his idiosyacrasies, and these Sill come out in s sclection of bis themes, 80 that in a very short time he will preacs himsclf out. Hewill ring the changes on a few topics, until after a time the people will grow weary both of him and of them.” " The young people of the Chicago Presbytery, RS5ist by‘ flzme of the elder ladigs, are pre- o paring for a Young Peopie's Missionary Jubilee, which is to be beld in the First Presbyterian Church of this city on Friday, March 22. A missionary meeting to be held at 8 p. m. will be addressed by Miss Hanford, who has recently returned from a visit to Syriz, and tea will be served from 5to7. An entertainment will be given in the evening, of which the chief features will be music and representations of Oriental life by eroupings of children in costume; and it is hoped that this effort to increase the intercst of the young people in the cause of foreign mis- sions will meet with a general response. Au Anti-Catholic secret organization, known as the Order of the American Union, bas re- cently been in session in New Orleans and has adopted a plattorm of principles, which its members throughout the country will endeavor to have incorporated in the platform of the Re- publican National and State Couventions. They demand constitutional amendments as follows: Korbidding appropriation of money for the benetit, directly or indirectly, of any institu- tions_under sectarian control; forbidding na- tional legislation for the benefit of any one re- Tigious seet ; requirine ail churches to be held by trustees: demanding an educational test for suffrage; requiring all church property to be taxed; favoring compulsory education; de- manding a national free school system; prohib- iting ecclesiastical interference in civil affairs. PAPAL OVERTURES TO THE CHURCE OF EN- GLAND. 3L, D. Conwcay's Londun Letterto Cincinnati Com- mercial, Father Nugee has just. wade a tender appeal to the Church of England on the solemu oc- casion of the Pope’s death. - This eminent Lon- don priest was @ personal friend of the late Pope, and he softens the matter of infallibility. No one could talk with Pius IX., he says, but must bave felt that it was not to a human but a divine infallibility that he looked. The late Pope venrned for the reunion - of the English aud Romau Churches. On one oceasion. when Father Nugee was talking to him on this subject, the¢ Pope, taking the priest’s left hand over his (Nugce’s) shoulder, and joining 1t to his (Pius’s) sight hand on his (the Pope’s) breast, sald with charactenistic en- Grgy, 1 give you my frec aud hearty concur- rence.” Archbishop “Manoiug also, Father Nugee declares, fecls the same way, and * would ‘make any sacrifice for the upity éxcept that of Christian love.” Father Nugee says the Cardi- nal said to nim, **You know how [ dilfered from my predecessor, Cardinal Wiscman, on the subject of corporate reunion. I now admit that the circumstances have altered, and this £ will say: if any well-digested system of re- union, backed by 2 body of English cleray, is submitted to me, so far from upposing it, I assure you I will promote it to the utmost of my power.? Fatber Nugee expresses the firm hope that Cardinal Manuing may prove the Divine iostru- {l‘mm!ar the unification of the Church in the Vest. PERSONAL. Archbistop MacHale, of Tuam, Iretand, was inducted into the Episcopacy, Juue 5, 1825. The Rt.-Rev. D. S. Tuttle, Missionary Bishop of Montana and Utah, s visiting Cincinnati. A church is about to be erected at Olney, ‘England, as a memorial to the poet Cowper. It will cost $10,000. The Rey. T. W. Barry, of Antwern, N. Y., has accepted the Rectorship of St. Paul’s Church, Leavenworth, Kan. ‘The councction of Prof. B. Maimon with the Baptist Union Theological Seminary at Morgan Park has been terminated. The Rev. J. Pinkney Hammond, D. D., has aceepted the Rectorshid of the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, near Baltimore. Bishop Potter, of New_York, has been in- vited toact as onc of the Vice-Presidents of the next Auglican Church Congress, which meets at Sheffield. Mr. Tooth; the recalcitrant Ritualistic Rector who had the entire Anglican Church by the cars, Las been at jewsth extracted from his little church at Hatcham. s Bishop Merrill, of the Methodist Chureh. who bas just returned from Mexico, will address the winisters’ meeting at the M. E. Churen Block 10-morrow morning. The Rev. Narayan Sheshadri, a converted Hindoo, is_making arrangements to receive at Indapoor 150 orphans bereaved of their parents Dy the fearful Indian famine. The Rev. W.-.-Eramum;former pastor of Mr. Moody’s Church in this city, is now giving & series of Bible readings inthechurch of the Rev. Stephen H. Tyng, New York. Mrs. Margaret Van Cott began revival serv- fces in Buffalo Sunday. In her opening prayer she besought that_the lips of *that infamous blasphemer, Bob Tngersoll, might this night be made dumb and speechless,” and that he might be converted. The death is sonounced of John Stuart, of Manchester, Eng., a brother of George L. Stuart, of Philadelphia. 'Mr. John Stuart was one of the most active Presbyterians of Manchester, where he founded two churches, building one entirely at his own expense. A pew Colonial Bisho, the Rev. W. B. Bons- ficld, late Vicar of Andover, has just been con- secrated at London. His Episcopate comprises; the Transvaal territory in South Africa, just annexed to the British dominions, and bis title is to be Bishop of Pretoria, after the Capital of the country. The Rev. Bartholomew Otheman, about S2 years of age, has probably preached longer than any other clergyman in Massachusetts. He be- jones to the Methodist Episcooal Church, and is 2 member of the New Eneland Couference. He united with this Conference in 1814, sixty- four years ago, and has preached every year since, and nearly cvery Sunday, and s preaching still, asually twice on Sunday, beside riding or walking some miles to his place of meeting. His bealth is good, he has just married a second wife, and he seems asiyoung, sprightly, and hopctul as ever. He has_occupled important positions in the church, filling the largest ap- pointments, aud has been Presiding Elder a Jarge number of years. At present he resides in Duxbury, Mass. He was the father-in-law of the late Dr. Abel Stevens, the distinguished historian of the Methodist Episcopal Church. PIOUS HUMOR. The prediction that the new Pope would not be an Ohio man would seem to Lave been veri- fied.— Worcester Press. A negro teamster in Nashville declares that he must either give up driving mules or with- draw from the church, the two positions being incompatible. 4 C-04-0-r-5," sald n Sunday-school boy, slow- Iy spelling it out, “coat of many collars—why id it bave so many collars, teacher? So they could lift him out of the well easy?” When a certain minister referred, in the midst of an cloquent discourse, to the nave in the church, three gentlemen offered their pews for sale, on the ground that he was becoming tqp personal. A news item says that an English traveler in the Holy Land has discovered Jacob’s well. We are delizhted to hear it. There hasbeen a rumor afloat for some time that Jacob’ was dead.—Oil City Derrick. « Mother, does God see eyerything that’s done?” asked a little one. ‘¢ Yes, dear, every- thing,” was the reply: * but why do you ask?” 4 Beeause,” said the artless child, ™ “ I think that, to say the very least of it, it is very Incon- venient.” Intelligent freshman, Harvard College: * Who swas the wisestman? _Aw! what cryer given us? Szmson, he wus; for he bed more braius in bis sleeves than the otber college. He pulled in ther race, didn’t he? An’ he pulled heavy, o’ dou’t you torgit it.” A clergvman was preparing his scrmon for Sunday, stopping occasionally to review what he bad vritten and to crase that which he was disposed to dispprove, when he was accosted by bis Jittle son: _* Father, does God tell you what to preach?’ ¢ Certainly, myv eclild.” W Theu what makes you scratch it out?” A Fifeshire man took his child to the minister to be baptized, who asked him: * Are you pre- pared for so solemn and important an_ocea- sion?” « Prepared!” he cchoed, with some in- dignation. 1 baea firlot @’ bannock baking, fwo hams, an’ o gallon o' the best Highland whisky; and I wad like to ken what better preparations ye expeck frae 8 man in my condi- tion of life?"” While a prisoner_was being scarched at a police-station he” suddenly blurted .out: “I'll never believe in old sayings azain!” “What's wrong with old sayinzs?” asked the Captain. w\Why there’s one tlat says, *Heaven helps them that helps themselves.” I helped myself to o pair of pants, and now wheream 1? Where jsHeaven? Whereisthehelptogetout o this?? They coulda’t tell him. Of o certain Eastern ex-Governor a pleasant story is related. Once upona time he visited {Vomester, and called on an scquaintance who owned many fine picturés. The ex-governor went sbout the room examining these until he came to the painting of the *Madonna® haog- fog nbove the mantel. He peered up through his eycgless. -*And who—er—is—this{"” he asked. at,”” s acquaintance,” “is a *Madonpa.’” “ARh!" said the ex-Governor, Dblandly, “is she a Worcester lady?"” Ajttle Sacramento girl, who during the past few days has heard so much about floods and Ievees that her little head was getting puzzled, listened earnestly at the table to theremarks of her parcnts about the recent heavy rain, during which some allusion was made to the **fioods of t);edliunvunx." ;Pa,’;;h: exclaimed, as a look of dismay passed over her countenance, ** P the levee busted up there, toot " s A little boy who went to church was told to remember the text, which was: “ Why stand ye here all toe day lle? Go into my vineyard and work, and whatsoever is right, that L “will pay thee.” Johany came home ana was nsked to repeat the text. He thought it over for awbile, and then cricd out, “ What do you stand round here doing nuffin’ for? _Go into my barn- vard and 20 to work, and I'll make it all right with you" * 0 A colored preacherin Florida thus held forth : ¢ My brudring, the Israelites went over the Red Sea on the ice. - They ot over all safe; and dat’s de reason why Moses sung de souz ob praise. 1n de morning, when de sun was up, hot, Pha- raoh and de *Gyptians come wid deir great lum- bering chariots of iron. Dey broke through de ice, and all wenttode bottom ob de sea.’” Stop dere!” exclaimed a’hearer. ** 1 want to ask o question. “I've reau ccography, and Euypt’s a hiot country. It's under de tropics, it’s near the ’quator, and dete ain’t no_ice dere. How could dey go over on de ice, an’ dere no fce dere?” To which the preacher responded: “T'm glad you asked that question. Now I can *splain. That comes of reading m'ography in- stead of the Bible. My brudring, when de chil- 1en of Israel go over de RedSea,dat wasaoreat, great while azo: before Jdere was any g'ozraphy, Before dere was any tropics, before derc was any 'quator. Dat’s’de reason dere was ice, my brudring.” CHURCH SERVICES. BAPTIST. The Rev. N. F. Ravlin will preach morning and evening inthe West End Opera-House, No. 431 West Madiscn street. The Rev. W. W. Everta will preach in the First Charch, corner of Sonth Park aveuue and Thirty- first street, at11a. m. and7:30 p. m. —B. F. Jacobs will preach in the evening at the Baptist Tabernacle, Nos. 802 and 30+ Wabash avenue. —The Rev. J. W. Custis will preach in the Mich- igan Avenue Church, near Twenty-third street, ot 10:30 3. m. —The Rev. R. De Baptiste will preach in the Otivet Chiurch, Fourth avenue, near Tuylor street, at1la. m. and 7:45 0. m, The Rev. A. Owen will preach In University Place Churcli, corner of Rhodes avenue and Doug- 1as place, at 11 2. m. and 7:30 p. m. —The Rev. L. G. Clarke will preach in the South Church, corier of Locke and Lonaparie screels, at m. e Rev, J. A. Henry will preach in the Dear- born Strect Churchi, corner of Thirty-sixth street, 8t 10:30 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. ‘—The Rev. Galusha Anderson will preach in the Second Church, corner of Morgan and Monroe surcgts, at 10:30 . m, and 7:30 p. . —The Rev. D. B. Cheney will preach in the evening at the Fourth Church, corning of Wash- ington and Paulina streets. Subject: **The Dog- mas of Itevenled Religion.” The Rev. E. B. Hul- bert will preach in the morning. —The Rev. C. Perren will preach in the Western Avenue Church, corner of Warren avenue, at 10:30 2. m. and 7:30 p. m. . —The Rev. E. K. Cressy will preach in the Cov- entry Street Church, corner of Bloomingdale road, ¢10:30 8. m. und 7340 p. m. —The Rev. C. E. Hewitt will preach in the Cen- tennial Church, corner of Lincoln and Jackson streets, 81 10:30 8. m. and 7:30 p. m. '—The Rey. R. P.Allison will preach in the North Star Church, corner of Division snd Sedgwick streets, at 10:45 a. m, and 7:30 p. m. " '—The Rev. E. 0. Taylor will preach in the Cen- tral Church, Martine's Hall, Chicago avenue, in the morning, and Deacon L. A. Willard will speak in the evening. ¥ —The Rev. H. A. Reichenbach will preach in the Nordish Tabernacle, corner of Noble and West. Obio streets, at 10:30 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. —The Rev. John Ongman will preach in the First Swedish Church, Oak street, near Sedgwick, 2£10:30 3. m. £0d 7:80 p. m. ‘—The Rev. W. J. Kermott will preach in the Talsted Street Church, between Forty-first and Forty-second streets, at 11 4. m. and 7:30 p. m. —Millard Lvenue Church, Lawndasle. Services at 0 8. m. and 7:30 p. m. he Rev. R. C. Swift will preach in Evangel Charch, Rock Ialand car-shops, Dearborn street, near Forty-seventh, at 10:43 3.’ m. and 7:30 p. m. —The Kev. H. M. Carr will preach in Downer's Grove Charchat 11'a, m. and 7 p. m. —The Rev. C. H. Kimball will preach in Engle- wood Church, Englewood avenue, near Stewart, at 11:30 a. m. and 7:80 p. m. —The Rev. ¥. L. Chl-?oe“ will preachin the First Evanston Church at 10:30 2. m. and 7:30 p. m. —The Rev. H. L. Stetson will preach in the Lake-Shore Charch, Winnetka, at 10:30 8. m. —The Rev K. Wheeler will preach in Austin Church at 10:433. . and 7:45 p. m. ~The Rev. A. DBlackborn will preach in Oak Park Church, Temperance Hall, at 10:30 a. m. . m. The Rev. C. C. Marston will preach in Nor- wood Park Church at 11 2. m. and 7 p. m. —The Rev. F. L. Chapell. of Evanston, will preach in the evening at Unity Charch, Wilmette. PRESBYTERIAN. The Rev. E, N. Barrett will preach in Westmin- ster Church, Jackson and Peoria streets. Morning subject: ‘*Worship;” evening sabject: **Mary and Martha.” “The Rev. James Maclaughlan will preach in the Scotch Church, Sanzamon and Adams streets, this morning. —The Rev. Jacob Post will preach in the He d Church this morning in Duteh, andin the evening in English. —The Rev. J. Monro Gibson will preach this morning and evening in the Second Church, corner of Michigan avenue and Twenticth street. —There will be servicea this morning, and Prof. Fiske will preach this evening, in the Fifth Church, corner of Indiana avenue snd Thirtieth strect. —The Rev. Henry T. Miller will preach this morning and evening in tne Sixth Church, corner of Vincennes and Oak avenues. Moring aubject, *‘Fighing in Deep Water.™" —The Kev. Arthur Mitchell will preach in the First Charch, corner of Indiana avenne and Twen- ty-first stzeet, 3t 20:30 8. m. '—The Rey. W. M. Blackburn will preach this morning and evening in the Eighth Charch, corner of West Wasnington and Robey streeta. METHODIST. The Rev. M. M. Parkourst will preach at the First Church. _Morning subject: **Save the Boys and Girls.” Evening:' ‘‘Assurance.” —The Rev. S. McChesney preaches at the Park Avenue Church. Evemng subject: **Love and Wrath.” —The Rev. Dr. Thomas preaches at Centenary Church, morning and evening. —The Rev. W. F. Cmafts preaches at Trinity Church this morning, and the Rev. Dr. Hatfield in the cvening. —The Rev, Dr. Williamson preaches at Michigan Avenue Church, near Thirty-second street. Evening subject: ¢ Woman as a Reformer. —The Rev. E. M. Boring preaches at the State Street Church this morning. —The Rev. A. M. Potter will preach this morn- ing and cvening in the Wabash Avenue Church, corner of Wabash avenue and Fourteenth street. Bishop Merrill will preach this morning, and the Rev. John Atkinson this cvening, inGrace Church, corner of North lle and White streets. - Evening subject: ** Departed Spiriss and Spiritualism.” '—The Rev. George Chase will preach at the win- terStreet M. E. Church, morning and evening. Sugjccl of evening discourse: ** Lot’s Escape from Sodom.™ CONGREGATIONAL. The Rev. E. F. Willlams will preach in the Forty-seventh Street Church at 10:452. m. T ev. C. 1. Everest will preach o Plym, onth Church, Michigan avenae, this morning, and Mrs. Moscs Smith, President of the ‘Women's Board of Interior Missions, will epeak in the evening. "Ihe Rev. Arthar Little will preach this mora- ing aud evening In the New England Chucch, cor- ner of Dearborn avenae and Delaware Klnc:. —The Rev, C. F. Clapp will preach tis morning and evening in Bethany Church, corner of Paulina. and West Huron streeta. "“Phe Rev. Z. S. Holbrook will preach in the charch on the boulevard (formerly the Oakland Congregational) this morning on **Character,” and this evening on **Zesl.™ REFORMED EPISCOPAL. The Rev. M. D. Church will preach fn St. John's Church, Ellis avenue, morning and even- ing. Morning subject, **Lent; Its Origin and Import.” Bishop Cheney will preach in St Paul's Church, West Washington and Ann_streets, this morning. In the evening the Rev. W. J. Hanter will preach on ** Paul's ldea of Loss and Gain.” Zrfbe Rev. W. J. Hunter will preach this morn. ing, and Bisbop Cheney this evening, in Christ Charch, corner of Michigan avenue and Twenty- fourth street. Eunln[l: subject: **A Question that Neeas Answering.” INDEPENDENT. 3r. C. M. Morton will preach this morning in the Chicago Avenue Church, corner of Lasalle street. Mr. John E, Morris will preach this_morning and evening in Temperance Liall, ' No, 213 West Madison sureet. Evening subject: +*She Loved ach.™ ZThe Rev. A. Youxer will preach this moruing and evening in the West Side Tabernacle, corner of Morgan and Indiana streets. M. Georgs W. Sharp will preach in Burr n Chapel, No. 389 Third avenue, at 11 a.m. b and 7:30 p. m. UNITARIAN, Tne Rer. Drooke Herford will preach in the Church of the Messiah, Michizan avenue and Twenty-third street. Morning subject: **The Intellectusl Power of Christ”; evening sabject: ** Thes cast four anchors out of tne stern and waited for the day.” 4 —The Rev. Robert Collyer will preach this morn- 102 and evening in Unity Church, corner of Dear- ‘born avenue and Walton place. —The Rev. T. B. Forbush will presch in the Third Church, corner of Monroe and Laflin streeta, 8t 10:45 a. m. Savject: *‘The Correspondent Limitattons of Religion and Sclence.™ The Rev. J.T. Sunderiand preaches this morn- inzat the Fourth Church, Praine avenue, mear Thirtieth atree! “*Wh; X Tomenm t on ‘*Why We Do eep —The Rev. J. T. Sunderiand will preach at Ev?;nslon lnlfnéon ll)hllua! 7:306931114. ]Snb]:ct: ¢ Keeping Lent.” Dr. Marsh and Mr. Coltins, of Chicago, will sing. - ot 'UNIVERSALIST. » The Rev. Sumner Ellis will_preach morning and evening in the Church of the Redeemer.. 7 —The Rev. Dr. Ryder will preach this morning and evening in St. Paul's Church, Michizxnavenue, between Sixteenth and Eighteenth streets. NEW JERUSALEM. . The Rev. W. F. Pendleton will preach at the Temple, Washington streetand Ogden avenae, at 3p.m., andat New Church Chapel, Clark and Menominee streets, at 8 p. m. —The Rev. O. L. Barler will preach in New bmirlcn ‘Hall, Eighteenth street and Prairie avenue, at1la. m. —Ihe Rev. L. P. Mercer will preach in Hershey Hall this morning on **The Word Made Flesh and Jesus Christ Glorified.” LUTHERAN. The Rev. Edmand Belfour will preach morning 20d evening in Holy Trinity Chuzch, Dearoorn av= caue and Erie street. CHRISTTAN. There will be services in the First Church, Tndi- ana avenue and Twenty-fifth strect, this morn- mg. ‘e Rev. A. J. White will preach morning and evening atthe Central Church, Western avenue, near Cangress street. —~There will be services in the morning at the Central Christian Church, Campbell Hali, comer of Van Buren street and Campbell avenue. EPISCOPAL. —The Rev. John W, Phillips, of Lockport, Til., will preach ‘morning ‘and evening at St. Joha', comer Ogden avenne and Washington strect. Morning scrvice at 10:45; evening service at 7:30. - TP ‘KfE!LLANEVUS‘ e Progressive Lyccam mee Y 3 nal 3R hy . ts at Graw's Opers —A meetinz of the Free Thinxers and Spiritnal- fots w7l o BELQ. ot 0. 530, W sot “Madiann sirect at 3 o'clock. —The Rev. C. E. Hewitt presches at the Wash- ingtonisn Home this afternoon. =3irs, ML S. Mansficld preaches at the church corner of May and Fulton streets. —Elder Burr preaches at the Tabernacle, No. 91 South Green street, morning and evening. —The Disciples of Christ meet at No. 229 West Randolph strect at 4 p, m. —The RehygiousSpiritualistic Free-Lovers’ meet- ing will be held in the parlors of Mrs. Richardsoc, third floor of No. 239 West Madison street, at 3 p. m. —A mediums’ and Spiritualists’ meeting will be held in Temperance Hall, No. 112 West Washing- ton street, at 3 p. m. —Gospel Temperance meeting this_afternoon from 4 10 5 o'clock in Carr's Hall, No. 759 Cott Grove avenne. —Tae Rev. C. E. Hewitt will preach at 3p, m. in the chapel of the Washingtonian liome. Tem- Derance experience meeting in the evening. —herc will be a Gospel temperance meeting, under the aaspices of the Lincoin Park Red Rib- bon Reform Club, at the Fullerton Avenue Presby- terien Church, thfs cvening at 7:30. Addreases will be given by the pastorsof the several churches in the vicimty. Al are invited. £ —The Rev. James Eastwood, of Boston. will preach for the Christian Union Societyat Tillot- son’s Hall, 3:30 p. m. —The_First Socicty of Sviritualists meet in Grow's Hall, No.517 \West Madison street,at 10:43 a. m. and 7:45 p. m. Mirs. Cora L. V. Richmond, trance speaker. In the morning fhe spiritof the Iev. William Ellery Channing will deliver a dis- course upon *‘Some of the Possibilities of the Soul s Revealed_by Spiritualism.” In the even- ing the spirit of Robert Dale Owen will discourse on the**Schools of the Future: How are the Child- dren to be Tanght?" —The Rev. Arthur Mitchell, of the First Presby- terian Church. will preach at 7:40 p. m. at the Railroad Chapel, State and Fourteenth streets. CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK. EPISCOPAL. Mareh 17—Second Sunday in Lent. Aarch 18— Eleventh day of Leat. arch 19—Twelfth day of Lent. March 20—Thirteenth day of Lent. arch 21—Fourteenth day of Lent. ar, Fiftcenth day of Lent. March 23—Sixteenth day of Lent. CATHOLIC. March 17—Second Sunday In Lent. March 18—t Gabriel, Archangel. March 19—St._Joseph, C., Spouse of the B. V. ir., and Patron of tne Universal Charch, March 20—St. Patrick, B. C., Apostle of Ireland {from March 17). March 21—St. Benedict, Atb. Afarch 22—The Holy Lance und Nails. March 23—Feria. HEAVEN AND HELL. 'As represented in the tPrologue tu_**Victor," @ Dra- L 5 ‘matic Fuem by l'i,.mft Uirteh.) PROLOGUE IN HEAVEN. The Lord, Raphael, Chorus of Angels. The Lord—Hail! bemngsof eternal light and love, Who dwell e’er blest within these’realms above; Asscmble ye aboat Jehovah's throne, Whose will throughout ali worlds is faw alonet And let him chosen by that changetess Wil ‘A mission to the distant Earth falfill; There guide to truth & young, jmmortal soul, From Harth's dark eloom to Heaven's eternal goal. There, far below these mansions iu the sxies, A soul i3 born, who may at length arise To these brizht courts of endless peace and light, Where comes no trouble, nor the shades of night} Where inharmenious sounds are never known; ‘Where nothing mars the glories of God'a throne, Whence great Jehorah speaks Ilis wise commands, Surrounding which the glorious raiubow staads, And thanders roll afar, and lightnings play, And Nature’s wonders blend in bright array. Raphael, the true, it seemeth best to ask To take this mission, and perform the task. “The banner o the Cfoss on high unfarl— Throw open wide the heav'nly gates of pearl, So he can swift acscend through boundlesa space, Bearer to Earth of God's eternal grace. Raphact—Yourgolden barpsawake, right angel- choir; Let heavenly music now our sonls mspire; Let fond remembrances our love recall, ‘As gathered "round this central pornt of all. Though absent on my mission far away, My thoushts with you shall here the meanwhils 8 tay. ‘No painful partings we aaticipate, On adverse fortune never meditate. Swift, from bright Alcyon, Ul wing my fiight; The Pleindes will diminish in my aight; Within the north, like blazing stars, they'll shine, Forth-flashing glories of the Power Divine; While in the south there beams with grand display Majeatic Sun that cives to Earth its day; The planets all in orbits vast he lights, As well as their dark circling satellites. PROLOGUE IN HELL. A,w!lyzm, Aammon, and Evil Spivits. 4pol fyon—Angels of darkaess, ye who God pro- ane, Who wander hopeless throngh my vast domain, E'er haunted by the phantoms of the past— "T'he sins which Earth about your soals has cast— Haste and axsemble "round my lofty throne, ‘And hear my will, that governs here alone: This day upon the Earih, ‘twixt Heav'n and Hell, Where once ye dwelt, and ever served me weil, A man—an intellect—has just been born Whose service on the Earth we sbould not scorn. Him In the charge of one of you L'll glve, There to be tangnt, while be on £arth shall live; And, it ye fail my Sovereign will to do, My subtile wiles sball find their way into }1is human heart, o'erwhelnung him with wo, _Ana all his hopes forever overtbrow. Thoa, despised on Earth, who didst agree, For thirty pleces of their silver coin, ‘The cruel enemies of Christ to join, And Him betrayed with kiss, on bending knee, S0 I conld bind Him for the bloody tree, ‘And vanquish Him who once o'ercame my host, 1In Heaven's hizh coart, when 1 its glories lost: Jis sirit still on Earta dirccta mankind— Aly kingdom there to hold 'tis hard, I find. 3fammon, come thou! take now this tasi of deathg 11 clothe thy spirit in & comely sheath. 3hen thou Gost ply thine arts on yonder Earth, Weave llhg-n thy nets from Eartl’s perfdious mirtl Afammon—From Grafllas, in sign the most ze- mote, From Taurus bold, where Alcyon I note., Now through the dark abyss of space I'll haste— llemcmbenflgd;veau my pml&nfll?mnflfig the waste, The vast and dreary voyage m: ‘When last to E.mf:’ m:fl orb my wission latd. HYACINTH. In the body-balb buried low, and hid ‘From the glint of human eye, and sun, Like o lifeless corse 'neath 8 cofin-lid, TLonging to rise, with freedom won, Lics the Hyacinth, awniting birth Frum 8 dormant state, which is as death, il Natare's Christ comes on the earth, *'And resusgecty it with living breath. As s vagae, dim hint of & day to come, 1n time now looms, from the dark, dank mold, Atip of creen, striving. atow and duub, With feeble force its powers to unfold; And soon on the surface spread vernal arms, That embrace the air, and caress the light, Till the centre stalk feels life's fond charms, "‘And rises in majeatic might. Then a clnster of stars shoot into view, Petaled Pleiades to zem the ground, And lend their sheen of tender bue To {llume the varied scene azonnd; ‘Whilst the eyes and lips of the budding head The smiles and breath of love give [ree, On the air the wealth of is soul to shed, To live in the mina eternally. Thus the poet's soul, funate and cold, Awaits the call of Ratare's God To barst from 1ts gyves of human mold, ‘And peer above the insensate sod. First, looming up, une strugzlng thought Finds expression, as the hint of greea; Then his mind, with ardent feelings fraaght, “Aspires to reach to Heaven serene. Soon hia fancies teem to 8 budding head, "And crown bis brain. as a group of atars, Their lustze race around to she "To charm the sense in rhythmic bara; While his thonghts, like arins, stretch wide apart, ‘Tho sum of 1ove and life to embrace, And bis ligs and tongue give voics Lo Hia heact 80. t time canaot edsce. o) 4 . Marcony TATLOR.