Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 7, 1878, Page 9

Reminiscences THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY. APRIL 7, 1878—SIXTEEN PAGES. RELIGIOUS. of Lorenzo Dow, the Connecticut Revivalist. Some of His Eccentricities and Vagaries==-A Famous Lawsuit. Criticism on a Recent Sermon by Prof. Swing on “‘God Every- where.” General Notes--- Personals --~ Saintly Squibs---Services To-Day. LORENZO DOW. YAGARIES OF THE ~GREAT CONNECTICUT PREACHER. Correspondence New York Sun, ‘Nonwici, Conn., March 23.—The recent in- vestization into ** Hell ™ by the New Yorx cler- cn bLas awakened lively cchoes in the churches of Eastern Connecticut. * Hell had Jong been partially dormant bere, or surren- Jered its claim as a topic of ministerial discus- sion to temperauce, politics, and poverty. The grift of public opinion at length impeiled the clergy to declare their position. Some pastors pave met the lssue square,.with caudor and firmpess; but the majority have handled the gabject in a menteel and tender-fingered man- per. The sledge-hammerarmed * Thunderers™ of revivalism that Connecticut once sent forth to preach “Hell a disbolical reality,” are re- memberea by many silver-haired veterans of the Chureh, who regretfuily compare their brave Jeeds with theweak artillery fire of laterpreach- 'Coming from an exciting evening meeting re- sently, a white-headed, rugged-faced old man Lroke forth: “Itell you this business is all nonsense. There’s no sense into it. Just look et the meetings. Hain’tany ot ‘em half full. Call thiz revival? Why. it looks more like the fancral of a poor relation. Nobody takes no in- terest, and why? ’Cause nobody knows what they're talking about. They believe in Hell, and then agin th=y don't. They've rizged up five or six different kinds of Hell, and every one on’em has a different kind of temperature. The Methodist Hell is stiil pretty tolerably warm, but as ye zo down along ther keep growing cooler and cooler, till finally ye get ter weather that is 3 2ood deal more comfortable than’tis here ia doz days. Inmy day it used to mean R somethin’. You could understan’ one of them preachers. It was come or be damned, an’ there was no hangin’ roun’ church doors cvenings, but every seat wes rannin’ over full, and swners hangin’ onter the pulpit. They was summat interested to know whar they wasgoin’. It was one thing or i'other; no half way work. Hell then meant live coals, and a live Devil, and things lively ginerallv.”” Of Lorenzo Dow, the **Peter the Hermit” of American revivalism, the itinerant preacher, whose name was a familiar word in every State 00 almost every county of the Upion, the old man recalled many reminiscences that have never before_been published. Dow was born only a few miles from Norwich, and the house in which he lived while he was not assailing the “hordes of the Devil ™ in other States is still standing. His eccentricities, his vigorous, ag- pressive scrmons, his_dry witticisms and pe- Culiar habits, are vividiy remembered in hi neignborbood. His stranze grotesquencss ex- ated curiosity wherever he went, and his entry into a village was usually heralded by a score or more of youngsters, who preceded him cry- wgthe news: *Here comes Old Dow.” He chose the oddest and seenungly most iveligible places for his mectings, which were usually beld in the open ur. A mammioth stnmp in a nook on the verge of a forest, an juverted barrel uader the boughs of an apple orchard, or a rude platform of rough boards at a country aossroads were the pulpits that he liked best twoccupy. He never lacked an audience, for the announcement that ** Old Dow * was going to**bold forth ™ st a certain place, probubiy six months or & year from aate, never 1ailed to call forth the couutrs people, from far and wiae, at the appointed time. Dow never broke an en- fuwement, thougn some’ of his aopointments were made several years in _advaoce and in_ dis- ot of the couotry. This strict faithful- 1s5s of the preacher secured the imiplicit conti- dence of the people. Once. it is_said, be ap- panted 4 meeting for @ certain day and hour 20l plage, Lvo years in advance, in s rude vil- lgein Virginia. At the designated time and place the people gathered aud contidently ewsited his arrival. * At the expiration of the appointed bour, a thin, grizzled old man, with loog white beard and dressed in & shabby black suit and torn straw hat, tha, flapped i1s broken brim in his face, drove leisurely up to the gath- ering. It was Dow, punctual to a momeunt. He slighted. passed through the throng without a word, mounted the platform, and announced that, **by the grace of God, the meeting would 10w be beguo.” One morving recently 1 visited the old home of the famous preacher. Itisin acleft of the fulls in the northwestern part of the Town of Montville—a low, rambling, two-story country farm-liouse, upholding a corpulent stone chim- ney, and thrusting out iuto the stony, sterile pasture-land acquisitive ells and avgles. Tall §fcamores on the northern green sweep the mossy roof with their mottled boughs. The toutbern windows look out on the dimpled sur- face of Oxboro Lake, not forty rods away. A tapacious barn, with expensive outnouses, on a #welling knoll near by, completes the home- stead. Between the house and barn runs north- ward the open turnpike, which descends first into the baunted depths of * Witch Woods,” then trails away over the lonely bills to Colenes- ter Village. The old house 15 oceupied by rela- tives of Dow (by marriage), who came “to live with his widow a short time before bier death, a few years azo. Dow was twice married; but he died without children. I don't suppose,” said my informant, *““that there’s a_promineut spot round bere that the old man has uot preachied and praved on more than balf a dozen times. This is the right kind of acountry,” the speaker coatinmed, cynically. with 2 sweep of the band toward its stony fields 2ud pastures, thatchea with briers and bayberry tushes, “to produce a religion hard enougn to suitsoyboay. No wonder that the preachers were tough. No nonsense about ’em. There's material enough lying round loose here to turn out a hel! without any great strain oo the im- arination. The old maw got his relimon and bis mission to ;rcnc}.\ direct from here and from God. He didn’t belonz to no denomination, butset out on his own nook. He didn't take DO pay, but went about as the Apostles did, wherever the spirtt called him. Lord, how he toeail into preachers that zot saigries! He bad ideas of his own, and was indepcfideat of every cne and every thing—'specially fashivn.” He always wore his beard long when eversbody clse shaved theirs off, aud be wore an old straw hat, summer and winter, with the brim half toreoff. He was particalar to wear it in winter, Everybody weut {]u h,a\r Lim, and when it was kuown that *Old LOW ' was going to preach all the other mect- Iugs were deserted. The boys sometimes put Ip jobs on him, though. I recollect once that 't Was to preach iu an orchard, aud a big crowd Eatbered to hear him. Well, just before the xhxceunz began the fellows ot Lim a great hogs- [fld to stand on, aud filled it about two-thirds lHJI of water. They vut inthe head rather loosely, and waited ior fun. Dow mounted on '{Elm-n:l1 Zave our bis text, got fired up, and ‘:lf praucing and thumping round on that bar- head fn lively style, and suddenly in she “flflw eplash, slush, boards, Dow, straw hat and o The water was about up to his neck, and ¢ serambled out, dripping atl over. Jerusalem, 0% the people Jauzbed, aud how Dow—vell, ¢ went right on preaching on the ground, but wflél& be bnauh comme‘?ccd on giacey °Fy ice, but he wound up ou heil-fire 2 eternal damnation. P o® D%’;o‘éfl: auecdote, illustrating the ready wit ot !‘e]l'“c“ known, but it is a fact, and is b telling azun. The old man was lodging s Dight with 2 certain minister, whose pul~ fir)e '_rras o occupy on the following dav (Sun- &fnsv.‘m dergyman, with a view of gerting Teamrof Dot progosed that the lattershould e fom a text that skould not beannounced T until thie momeut before he was to speak. ’ m"‘g:med the proposal, and the next day, as g ered the puipit, the elersyman hauded Bl SUP Of paper beaning these words: *And oy saddled is ass.’ Dow stepped Lo the P u::d gaid: ¢ My friends, I am to spesk to ,mhkxm,imlm tie text: And Balaam sud- g”cm““- And Bulaam saddled his ass.? ey m‘ed in a Joud voice, looking gravely hfindg’ s audience. *Balaam, I take it, my e continued, in a_slow, solemn style. Your mimster; his salary is bis sad- ult:a congregation s his ass.’ #ame point is another story: One cold, blustering day Dow was driving in his S]e[%.h along a_ narrow country road that was banked high with snow. He encountered a man who was driving in the. opposite direction. ‘There was only one path, and that in the centre of the road; obeor the other must turn out. Dow took iu the situation at arlance, and rising erect in his seat, whip 1 hund and with threat- ening visage and manner, called out sternl} *Turn out, turn out, 1 say, or I'll serve youas [ did a2 man just back here.” The stranger, over- awed, nervously obeyed, and wallowed through the deep snow on the roadside till be could re- gain the path. Then he turned toward the retir- ing figure, and asked somewhat‘angnly: *Well, Low did vou serve that other man? ¢ Why,’ Dow replied composedly, *he wouldn’t turn out for me, so { turned out for him.’ “ One of the funniest incidents in Dow’s life, and which I.shall never forget, was the suit against him 1n which two mill-owners charzed that he had illegally applied water privileges. The outlet of Oxoboxo pond fs a novle stream, that tumbles over a rocky bed for several miles, until it empties into the Thames River, a few miles above New London. Along its banks are many of the most flourishing mill propertics 1a the country. Well, Dow took it into his head that he wanted a mill at the point where the brook poured out of the pond, and also a larger reservoir than was provided by the old dam. Hence heraisea and extended the dam several feet. The mill-owners below complained that the addition to the duma 1nterfered with their water supply, and threatened to prosecute. Dow coolly told them to groahend and prosccute, declaring that bhe bheld his title to the mill site direet from the great Indian Chief who formerly owned the country. ile went on grinding in his mill, and at leneth suit was instituted against him, fn the Norwich Court, to recover 32,000 aud costs. The was de- cided against him, and an appeal was taken to the Superior Court. Dow watched the proceed- ing closely and eritically, aud when he learued that the decision of;the hicher Court was hostie to him he strode hastily out ot the court-rovm without a word. He sprang into bis wazon and drove bome like mad. Without waitiog to fasten his borse be called to his men and burried down to the dam. _Pointing to the flood-zates be cried in bis sbrill, treble topes, - ¢ Throw ‘e all open, boys. ‘They w- “t-e-r, and they shall have If it is wrong to bold the water, 1t s right to let it go.! A delugiug rain- storm had prevailed for several days, and all the streams were swollen to twice their -ordivary size. As the gates went up the pond went out witn 8 whoop and a rush. The whole country along the stream was overflowed, and about every dam between bis mill and ‘the Thames River was swept clean. ‘1 rruess they’ll have waterenough now,” said Dow, with imperturbable face, as be looked at the sweeping torrent. “cIn one of his pilgrimages through the back- woods of Pennsylviuia, Dow eutered a rude settlement on the outskirts of civilization. He was to preach in the village churchi in the even- ing. The man in whose Louse he was to tarry over night had recently lost an ax by theft. The loss of such an implement was too serious in those days to be borne resiguedly, aud the farmer bitterly bemoaned his misfortuue to Dow, representing the difliculties ol obtaining anew tool. *Just keep quiet,’ said the preacher, mysteriously, and with 8 contident manner, “and LIl zel your ax tor you.’ “QOn toe way to the chureh in the cvening Dow stooped duwn by the roadside, picked up 1wo large, round stones, and placed tuem i bis pociet. e quietly entered the pulpit and waited until the congregation had assembled, and the deep silence preceding the opening of Sservice reigned in the house. Then, advancing o the pulpft edge, with a stone in cach hand, he cried ina loud, commandivg voice: *My irend (calling him by name) has lost & valugble ax. It was stolen from him. The eye of God is in every place. 1sce the thief before me in the audience, and I am about to hurl this stone (poising the missile in the gir) at his head.” He accompanied his words with a quick, emphatic esture, and a stout-built, rouwny wman 1 the centre of the throng dodged bis head instautly one side to escape tue expeeted shot. ‘There's your thief,” Dow shoute1 to bis triend, pointing 1o the man; ‘o and get your ax. “Dow carried on bis journeys a medicine that was called ‘Dow’s physic.” It was an excellent remedy tor 8 number of complaints, aud the old map sold it as he traveled, thereby realizing sutlicient profit to meet the trithng expenses of his percerinations. “He died »n Alexandria, Va., at a ripe age, of the eifects of exposure in the discharge of his ministerial duties.” A PERSONAL GOD. REPLY TO A RECENT SERMON BY PROF. SWING. RocueLLe, Iil, Avril 1.—Prof. Swing is o great thiuker and acute reasoner, yet often very Inconsistent. Iu his last sérmon, “God is Everywhere,” he bas taken anuther very bold step outside of old Tneology. , Paradoxical as it may seem, while be attempts to establisa that God is everywhere, I insist that he has estab- lished clearly that God is nowhere, and that he proves himseif au absolute atheist. Let us reason like men, talk plainly, avold all mystic pbrases, and deal ouly with facts. All we kuow of the Deity worshiped through- out Christian lands, we obtain from the Bible. ‘This is our only source of evidence upon which ail beliefir God is based. The- definitions of ‘Webster, ** The Supreme Being; the Eternal and Infimte Spirit; the Creator aud Sovereizn of the Umverse,” are - only authori- tative. i in perfect harmony with tne Diviue character as recorded i the Bible. Any idea of God coming iu conflict with the Bible idea is no idea of at ail, but un idea of something catirely diffierent. ‘U'he character of God, thercfore, if He exists at all, is preasely what the Bible now says He s, and just as the Bible for 6,000 years bas described Him. The “awakened reason ” Prof. Swingr speaks about caunot change or reform the Bible. ** Awak- ened reason’ must uceept its history and its records as authentic, or join the hosts of wfi- eform the Word of God! What would be thie result? We would have gods sccording to Becchier, Thomas, and Swing; aud behoid! where would your authority, infallibility, and your influence as a Christian Church o to? No! These reeords cannot be changed; they are av- solute in their testiwony upou this their 1most vital point. The ecxistence of a personal God wlich they teach so conclusively must be au- thonitative, or the whole bouk becomes a myth. The truth of this_assertion the whole Chris- tian world will admit. While the personality of God might not be entirely comurehensive, yet faith has even come to the rescue, and the God of the Bible has been cherisbed dearly in the hearts of the billions, who have died in tois faith, and the muuy toat are now living, who all look upon Him asthe only true “living God.” But all gods, the gods of the heathen and the gods of the canumbal, have had -outline, form, and shape, and the universality of the theistical belief is adianced througnout the world as the greatest proof of the existence of a personal God. Books ana tracts are filled witk the evi- dences that all nationsand tribes alike have had such a belief, Hence the terms **He,” ¢ Him,” W Creator,” “Thou,” “*Being,” *Father,” etc., all of which convey direct ideas of form, out- line, limit; the same as his attributes on char- acter, * Wisdom,” “Love,” ete., necessitate organism of a mental, or rather a physical na- ture, similar to man If, thercfore, God is nov a person, has mo form, no identity or spezial existence, contrary to all the teachings of the Bible and every pulpit in the laud, then the Bible is faise, the universality of this belief is no proof in 1ts favor, Christianityis a 1arce, and all the teachings of the Christian puloits are wrong—except Prof. Swings, 1f, on the otber hand, God is a person as distinctiy “revealed” in the Bible, and as aceepted throughout the Christian world, then the Bible is true and Prof Swing is an—Athcist. The language and the spirit of the Bible in regard to 1ts most important *‘revelation” can be misconstrued only by a great amount of trickery and sophistry. Its languuge in regard to God and creation is plain aud distinct, and to-day, even to the most *awakened reason,’ means exactly what it did 6,000 years ago, the reverend gentleman to the contrary notwith- standing. 1t teaches toat about thattime, “ God createa [out of nothing] the Heavens and the Earth.” It describes God as a person outside and supernaturallyindependent of the universe, and not that the latter is infinite and eternal, and that its *‘essences? or_‘*forces are G 1t further teaches, in the Professor’s owe Jan- guaze: “The earth to be flat and statiopary, then heaven was above it and hell beneath . . . the earth was the chief feature of the universe. The san went daily round. The mdon cheered up its nights. The stars were a buridred miles Lligh aud were only pearls sct in earth’s cetling. . . . KEarthwasthen the great work and es: ‘beclal residence of the Creator,” etc.,ete. And this (wili the Professor please remembert)ic teaches to-day! . The question now arises, What right have we to discard the antediluvian Bible doctrine as ridiculous and unworthy of belief, and adopt a modern or scientific faith, entirely contrary to its teachings, believe in matter, force, and essence as the all in all of 'the Universe, and io notbing uutside of 1L, just as the Materialist and Atneist; and yet stand boldly before an enligutened world, and call this® force, this essence, *God "¢ T repeat, What righthas Prof. Swing to clothe this radical materialistic idea with the ancient and very inappropriate name of *God”? Why cause such contusion of understanding and con- glomeration of ideas? Have not Humboldt, Voitaire, D’Holbach, Soencer, Tyndall, Buech- per, Ingersoll, anc other philosophers found words sufliciently adequate to express thelr full meaning in talking of the forces and essences of matter without stealing (what else can I call -a Methodist minister, O'Kelly. lfliiun term from tbe Bible, held -sacred by ‘millions as something greater, superior toan all else in the universe? X But, admittioz our right to clothe a material force, or, as Webster says, ‘‘that which consti- tutes the particular nature of a being or a sub- stance,” with the term ** God,” let us see: ‘what becomes of the godlike attributes. Prof. Swing says: *God is not the quality of being which the human mind formulates [from the Biblel, and hence needs no Olympus or Jerusalem [or Heaven he should have added to be candl { “God is an undefinable essence, which fills all space, [if * essence,” would the Bible call it “Gou ] and s here,and therty and every. where. He [can an ‘‘essence” be properly deuomioated as_* Hle’'i—but the Professor is badly entangled] is coextensive with matter, just s man’s mind possesses and moves bis frame.”? In what does this definition of a so-called “God™ differ from the ** force " of the Materi- alist and the.* essence ! of the Atheist? Ifit1s coextensive With matter and coexists with mat- ter, and could not exist without it, or independ- ent of it, it certainiy could much less have cre- ated it, Then, it being conceded that matter could uot ever bave been created, the God or Creator-like attributes of this *‘essence™ van- ish at once, Matter and this “essence” then beine simply slf-existent and eterual, God nee- essarily becomes a myth, and if the' reverend gentleman, in his wisdom, has arrived at this conclusion, he should candidlv say so, not presume to call white black, aud cling 10 the theological term = (when e has scorned the existence of the personality alone entitled to it) like a drowning man to & straw, simply to retain his position in the pul- pit. But conceding for the sake of arzument that even this essence may be termed * God,” where is there a single “ Divine ” quality in any of the essences of uature? Can we fmagine omnipo- tence, love, ete., to exist in_ this esseuce, which “fills all space,” and which the reverend gen- tleman calls **God » and to which he addresses his prayers? Can tnis essence sec, hear, and answer the urgent solicitations of Prof. Swing iu bebulf of sutfering and **siuful” humanity ! Can it hear, where there arc no ears! Can it see without eyes? Can it reason without an or- ranism, a forin, or a brain? Can it! If so, where id Lie ubtain this profouud revelation, withheld from all the rest of the world? e insist upon an answer. Will the Professor be kind enough to detine more explicitly the Divaiuc—llfle qualities of his newly-discovered God! Tosum up: The orlzinal Bible account of the creation defines the Creator of the Universe asa person or *Beiug,” and this Beivr was named * God.” Any beliei antagonistic with this, or discarding the personality of God, is Atbeism. This name belongs to the ancient Bible God, and no power in the Universe cau consistently invent or discover a substitute and Tetain, in the legst, the resemblance of the origiual Deity. Within the pares of tho Bible alone is to be found the only correct and suthentic portrait of God, aud” Prof. Swing migit as well present to his bearers a portrait of Bismarck and call it the Pope, as Lo present the nature of *‘essence’ and cal it ** God.” All “reform” or wodern notious of Gog are not idess of God at all. but something entirely ditferent, and must be called by some other name. Yours for consistency, 2 0170 WETTSTEIN. GENERAL NOTES. During the last ten years the Italian Govern- ment has contiscated and sold §108,000,000 of church property. In Newark, N. J., there arc ten Baptist churches, with an aggrerate debt of about $70,- 000. A united effort is to be made to raise the amount. The Suuday pews-seekers of Hartford must get their papers beiore church-time, as the sale of newspapers on the streets is probibited after 10 o’clock. The statistics of the Congregational Church o _this country report that m 1538 there were 47 churches with installed pastors. Twenty years have reduced the number to 893. Herr Juda Czerny, s aistinguished Hebrew and explorer, inclines to the opinion that he nas discovered the whereabouts of the ten lost tribes of lsrael in tue Caucasus. Others think diferently, howerver. The Standard in its last issue, says: * Lager beer exposed to the air, becomes in twenty-tour hours, or less, a putrid, noxious.swill, Which swine refuse to touch; for the writer of this has tried the experiwent.” The Catbolic Union of Ireland has arranged for un aggrezate meeting of Roman Catholics to be held in Dublin onan early day to pro- wounce in favor of denominational cducation in Irelaud, and to urge the British Parliament to concede the demands of the Catholic bierarchy. The Congregational Church at Newmarket, N. H., celebrated s semi-centennial March 24, the pastor, the Rev. Isaac C. White, preaching a ) toric sermon in the forenoon, and the Rev. E. C. Cozgswell, & former pastor, preaching ip the afteruoon. Letters were read from four other tormer pastors. The General Eldership or Conference of the Church of God is anpounced to meet et Syra- cuse, Ind., May 20. The Church of God is a German Baptist orvanization, composed largely of well-to-do farmers. 1ts greatest strencth lies in Pennsylvania. It has thirteen aunnual Elderships or ~Conferences in thé North and West. Lord Penzance. sitting this time as Dean of the Court of Arches, and not as Judge of the new court created by the Public Worship act, has pronounced judgment of suspension against the Rev. John Edwards, of Prestbury, England, for refusal 1o remove s metal crueitix from a shell over the altar, and to lay aside certain vestments. After Mr. Moody arrived in New Haven last Saturdsy be was about to enter ‘his carriage at the station, when the hackney drivers stand- ing about sang, *I'm glad salvation's tree.” Mr. Moody’s attention was thus attracted, and he said: ‘Do you mean it, boys!* and some one replying, “ Yes, sir!™ thc evangelist added in his heartfelt manver, “God bless you all.” The Rev. Alex McFarlane. pastor of the Han- son Piace Baptist Church, Brooklyn, has ereat faith in Beecher, and *thinks bim more regally endowed with patural talent than any other man in the Christian pulpit.” We quote from a report of bis words in the New York Tribune, and our only comment fs: If Mr. McFarlane’s comparative’ estimate is true, we_are sorry for the Cbristian ministry !—Standard. Negotiations are in grogress for n union of the Methodist Protestant aud Southern Chris- tian denominations. The Christian denomina- tion was founded at the close of last century by It Is now di- vided into two wings, the: Northern and South- ern. The latter has less than half a hundred ministers, and will probably soon break up if it does not uuite with some larger body. The Tablet publishes statistics from which it appears that in 1828 the number of priests in all Scotland was fifty. Now there are 256. In1828 there were forty-five chapels and stations, now there are 252. Tu 1828 no *“religions houses 3 Dow twenty-two houses of “religious women and thirtcen of men. In 1823 no Catholic schools; now 174, beside eleven other insti- tutes. In 1828 the Catholic population was 80,0005 now it is more than 360,000, It is estimated that there are now over 300,000 mnative Christians in Hither India. Of the mis- sionary efforts in that country Sir Bartle Frere, Governor of Bombay, says: 1 1 speak simply as 1o mattets of exper] observation, 4 7ot of opimion, Juet'ss o ot prefect might have reported to Trajun or the Anto- nines; 4nd 1 assure yon that whatever you may be told to the contrary, the teaching of zhrlauuniu among 160,000,000 of civilized, industrious Iiin- doos and Mohammedans in India, is affecting changes, moral, social, and political, which for extent and rapidity of eflect are far more extraor- ainary than anything you or your fathers have witnessed in modern Earope. The Rev. Mr. Scribner, a Rhode Island Baptist minister, rushes things when he baptizes con- verts. He gald at the ministers’ meeting in Providence the other day that he had baptized as many as twenty-cizht persons in stxteen minutes, and that none of them suflered any inconvenience. The day was cold, and the bap- tistry was a pond. No wonder he wanted to et through in a hurry. Deacons stood on the shore with shawls, cloaks, aud other wraps to throw over the drioping converts as they emerged from the pond and clamored up the bank. It was the boast of all concerned in the ceremony that nobody caucht cold. Tne Official Board of Trinity Methodist Church, Rictmond, Va., has adopted a_petition to the General Louference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, which meets in May, askiug that the limitation to the pastoral term be removed, so 3 minister can be appointed an- nually to the same charge as long as the ap- poiutment is mutually desired. Tue petition says: - Experience has taught us that the near- er we approach the settled pastorate and still retain the {tinerant system the more we will lease God and accomplish the advantages of oth. . . . Our pastors are changed so often as to be comparative strangers to tne ma- jor.ty of our mewbers, and new converts some- times assizu this reason for not joining a Methodist coure] An experiment has been ‘tried in Upper Grimsby, England, by the Rev. J. Fordyce, M. A,, with a view of reaching non-churchgoers, A hall was hired and lectures on semi-relizious 'topics announced. At last reports cleven had been delivered, as follows: * Religion and Mo- rality,” * Wili_God Condemn a Man_for His Opinions?” ¢ Political Morality,” ‘ Misrcpre- sentations of Christianity,” Divisions Among Christians,” ¢ Non-Church-Going,” ** Morality. in Legislation,” * The Opium Traffie,” ** The Drink Question,” * Theories of the Church ana State,” and * Jesus Christ and the Common. People.” * So_far the effort has been entirely successful. The hall has been nearly filled every Sunday, and many, who go to no place of worship have been amoug the wost attentive hearers. The meetings are opened with prayer, and questions (in writing) are allowed on the subjects discussed. A certain picce of church property is for sale in London, which from the advertisement scems to be eligible for almost_any use, sacred or pro- fane. It may be occupled ds a church if so de- sired, but would do equally well as **a first- class theatre,” or a “riding-scnool,” or a “ hotel,® or a * coach-building establishment.” If taken for religious purposes tke.zood-will of the preseut enterprise, comprising a *fine sweet-toned organ,” * new pews,” *“ cushions,” ¢ chassocks,” * books,” and a * respectable and increasing congregation,” will be chcer[ullr thrown in. Morc than this, the *“ entire staff of the concern express a willingness o remain, but whetbier as pew openers, or theatrical su- pernumeraries, or coach-builders, they do uot specity. ‘Che information is added in larze cap- itals that ** there are extensive vaults which can be made ayailable for any purpose.’ THE BIRMINGIAM RIOTS. ‘The Rev. Brooke fIerford, of this city, has recently published a work entitled * The Story of Religion in England,” in which prominence is given to the almost forgotien lflrminmmm riot of 1791, when the residence of Dr. Joseph Priestly, the celebrated discoverér of oxygen, then a dissenting preacher, was iuvaded by the mob. Mr. Herford charges that *‘a great mob excited by the elergy and. hounded on by the Migh-Church wmagistrates and seutry, burnt Priestly's mecting-house, and then destroyed his home, with other houses of some of his leading friends.” Tbis statement is severely criticized by the Birmingham Gazette of the 3lst ult., which savs: Such 1 story would have been better untold, for it will not bear invesuigation. The conduct of our townsmen, Who at a pablic meeting after the riots voted s piece of plate, vatue 100 guineas, to each of the Magistrates in recognition of their services, gvesthe lie to the slander agminst them. 7That ugainst the clergy ¢ soom refuted also.. They exerted themsclves, in some cases at the risk of thelr lives, to quell the riot and to avert its mia- chief; and they opened thelr houses to distressed Dissentersand nfforded them protection and hospi- tality. Who were the clergymen who excited the mob? The qucxtion has been asked before, and has never been answered. Some Liroted Dissent- g mioisters ot llackney. once tried to trump .up o tale that the Itector of St. Martin's *hud presented the mob with ten guineas to pull Mr. Taylor's house down,” but that honest Dissenter promotly contradicteu the tuorication. What tne clergy did ana dared in resistance to the wob was recorded in these columns when lsst the subject was obtruded on public noticy by the unveiling of the statue of Priestley. on which occasion ulso Priestley bim- welf was unveiled in 2 manner which perhaps Mr. 1lerford has not forgotten. e hus not given the names of the offending clergy, simply because their names cannot be griven, 83 the whole charge uainst them is 4 wicked invention which ouvnt ot to have been repeated eved in a story. The fact, however, will not be forsolten that on the memorable_evenitg of the ldta of July, 1701, when the Dissenting gentry had gone home (o taeir comfortable ¥uourbin mansions In easy carclessness of the rnot which their indecent conduct in the town had raived behind thew, the much-ubused clergy cawe forth and strove ot the lnzard of their lives to quell the dis- turbance. And while Dr. Priestley ate his sunper comfortably and made ready for his usual game of one of the clergy who were 50 und muligned by him was dra; 2 u fire engine to save Priestley's chapel,” despite_the threats and curses of 4 violent mob. The cfforts of the clergy to save poor Pricstley and to miti- gate the mischief which be had caused seem to have intlamed yet further his spite againet them, and to the day of his death he cherished, and rought to transmit to the succeeding geueration, o spirit of malignant hostility agninst a eluss of men whose onl al otfense had been that they failed to bow down before hus dictatorial vanity, and v tured to think for themselves on political and re- ligious questions. PERSONAL. It is announced that the Rev. G. W. Gardner, D. D., retires from the pastorate of the First Baptist Chureh, Cleveland. George W. Morgan, the well-kuown organist, has ceased to play in Talmage’s Tabernacle. Cause—reduction ol salary. The Rev. d. R. Herrick, D. D., has resigned the pastorate of the Fiyst Cougregational Church at South Hadley, Mass. "~ 7~ 7 77 Dr. Charles E. Robinson, pastor of the Second Presbyterian Chureh, Troy, N. Y., has ac- cepted acail to the First Presbyterian Cburch of Rochester. The Rev. Lovick Pierce, D. D., of the M. E. Church South, bas just celebrated his 9ith birthday. He is father of Bishop Pierce of the same Church. The Rev. Dr. Goodwin, pastor of the First' Congregational Church of this city, has zoue to Texas for a three weeks' trip. He is accom- paied by his wite. It is understood that the Lyman Beecher lectures before the Yale Divinity School will be delivered next year by Bishop Simpson, of the Methodist Episcopal Chureh. The Rev. Eben Halley bas resigned the pas- torate of the Seventh Street Congregational Church, Cincinnati. He has received a call from a church at Bioghamton, N. Y. Speaker Samuel J. Randall goes to a Presby- terian church in Washington. His wife and daurbters are members. His fatber was for many years an ¢lder in 2 prominent church in Philadelphia. The Rev. C. R. Henderson, a graduate of the Baptist Theological Seminary ol this city. has resigoed his pastorate at Terre Haute, He dis- sented from the Baptist formula concerning rIuture punishment. The Rev. Henry Varley’s visit to Australia has resulted in a more extended and fruitful revivat than was ever exoerienced there. Some thousands in Melbourne and its suburbs bave protessed faith in Christ. ‘The Rev. C. N. Pond has resigned his pastoral charge in Wauscon, O., to enter upou cditorial and Bible work in comnection with David C. Cook’s publications in this city. The resigna- tion 1s to take effect April 10. Father Malone, pastor of 8S. Peter and Paul Chureh, Brookiyn, E. D., and one of the most faithful and outspoken Catholic priests in the city, denounced last Sunday the celebration of St. Patrick’s Day by street parades. The death is announced of the Rev. John M. Dickey, D, D., a Presbyterian divine of Phila- delphia. He was known as a founder and for 2 long time the head of the college at Oxford, Pa., for the education of colored wmen. The Rev. Dr. Watts, of the General Assem- bly’s Collee, Belfast, Ircland, has been called 10 the Presidency of Theological Hall, Mel- bourne, Australis. Dr. Watts was graduated at Princeton, and was several years a pastor in Philadelphia. ‘The Rev. Henry Wilson, pastor of the Con- gregational Cburch at Wyanet, IlL., was mar- ried last week to Miss Clara Sears, of Amboy, the ceremony being performed iv the church by tbe Rev. J. M. Lau Bach, assisted by the Rev.: Dr. Ives, unclc of the bride. The Rev. R. Mcmdllh“ pastor of the Asylam Street M. E. Church of Hartford, has decided to enter the Congresational ministry, aceepting the pastorate of the East Harttord Church, with which the late Rev. Dr. Samuel Spring was as- sociated for nearly fifty vears. The Rev. James Martinean, of England, who is almost an octogeuanan, has been invited to deliver the annual address before the American Unitariau Association at Boston, May 23. If he declines on account of age, the Rev. Brooke Herford, of Chicago, will fill his place. The death of the Rer. 8. Sweetser, of Wor- cester, Mass., is announced. ‘He was a graduate of Harvard, and of Andover in 18347 was or- dained to the ministry at Gardiner, Me.: where he remained tiwo years, goine thence to the Cen- tral Church, Worcester, of which ke had ever since been the pastor. ‘The Rev. John B. Pinney, LL. D., sailed on Wednesday, March 27, from New York. in the bark Mary E. Thayer, for. Monrova, Liberia, to become President of the Libris College. This is his seventh visit to Africa. The Rer. N. Y. Bovarda went on the same vessel to act 15 3 Methodist missionary at Bopora, in the Mao- dingo country, beyond Liberia. The Rev. George Ilarmon, a superannuated minister of the Central New York Methodist Conference, died recently at Camillus. He re- tired from the active work of the ministry thir- ty-one years ago, alter a service of forty-two years, aud aiter the death of Father Boelim he Wwas known as the oldest Methodist minister in the world. ‘He died at the age of 96. The Rev. W. T. Meloy, recently of Cadiz. O., baving m.-ceste«! the call excended to him by the First United' Presbyterian Church of this city, has arrived, and will commence his labor amons this people to-day. Mr. Meloy 1s-a voung man of unusual promise in his calling, being 2 most thorough schiolar, a_vatural orator, a deep thinker, and a sympathetic friend. He has been preaching to one congregation in Cadiz for twalve years, and leaves there with the hearty 00d wishes and sincere reerets of every mem- ber of the community. He comes et th o fiaze inthe same biessed work, but in a much roader field, and it is to be hoped that not only .the people of his own churel, but that the pas- torsof this elte‘, will make special effort to know him and bid bim warm welcome. : The Rev. B. S. Taylor, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Sandlake, N. Y., instead of preaching a sermon fast Sunday, made this an- nouncement: “The Board of Trustees have not paid my salary, have taken no notice of my de- mands, circulated no subscription paper, nor nade any other cffort to fuifill their obligations tome. 1am badly involved in debt, and do not propose to continue preaching for nothine. I therefore declure the palpit vacaut until God in His mercy can send you a minister who cau live on nklr’::mi wear buckskin breeches of his own ‘make. SAINTLY SQUIBS. What,children! playing soldiers on Sunday #* *Yes, mamma; but we are singing * Onward, Christian soldier.? In the Chicagzo clevators they keep men to mend the rips in grain bags, and notwith- standing the revival wave, these miscreants go on sewing tears among the wheat.—Lowell Courier. A woman, returning {rom church recently, de- clared that * when she saw the shawlson those Smiths, and then thought of the things her own poor girls had to wear, if it wasn’t for the con- solation of religion, she didn’t know what she should ao.” The clever wits of Gascony vie with one an- other in the freedom of.tacir relizious opinfons. Said one, “I have been a Free-Thinker for twelve years.” **And I for ten,””. said another. “ And I” cried a thirg, “was already o Free- ‘1hioker—before I thought.”—Figaro. At an evening prayer-meeting of the ortho- dox brethren in a town near Springfield, Mass., the subject of attending theatres was brouzht up.. One good and zealous brother said that he *aidn’t approve of guing to theatres, although he had been to the drama when in New York, and that if they had no worse play than the one he saw he thought there was o harm in it be eaid he ‘‘believed they called it the *Black Crook.” " The Rev. Dr. John M. Mason preaclied in Washineton before President Madison and the clite of that city. A Kentucky clergvman was present. In that day the rough_old version of ouse’s Psalms was used. The New York miv- ister, meetiog the Kentuckian, asked him how e liked the discourse. *Grand, sir, beyoud anythiog L ever vxpect to hear aeain. ' And, as to the musie, I never knew before why Sanl hunted so Lard to kill David, the Psalmist.” Married, at Virginia, Nev., Jan. 4, Ah Wan, Esq., to Miss Nan Wing, by the Rev. (or irrev.) Faul McGrath. as follows: *Ah Wan, you likee this one piccee woman much good?” * You bet™ “ Nan Wing, you likee this one piecec man way up good ¥ " Me likee this piecce.” At Wan, you uvever catchee no more woman but this one piccee. D’yve moind that?’ * No more catehee.”” . ** Nan Wing, you catchee no more man but Ab Wan. “Diye undershtaud that?” *All lighice.” **Then in the name ot the Alsni_hzy I callee you all samee one plecee meat.” A certain chaplain during the last War appro- priated to his use a horse—hisown baving wiven out. The act, for some resson or other, dis- pleased the Quariermaster, who was disposed to regard it us stealivg. In justification the chap- 1ain quoted the example of our Savi propriated to His own use another “That’s not a parallel case,” re Quartermaster. ** In the first place you arenot, the Lord Jesus Christ. 1 the second place you are not traveling towards Jerusalem, and in'the third place that horse is not an ass. Please dis- mount.” A well-known Oxford man, who was at the same time fellow of bis coliege and head master of a prosperous grammar school, was once de- tested by oo old_ pupil skating on a Sunday atternoon. * I think, Doctor,” was the not un- natural observation, ** you once flogzed me for boating on a Sunday.” ~ * Yes, my dear boy,” was the reply: “and I did quite right. If a man really likes boating, one day to him is the same as another. Skatiug is entirely different. It may freeze hard on the Saturday night and then thaw again before daybreak on londay morning."” When Dr. Pond, of Baggor, was a young man, he was very fond' of music, and especially of that of the'violin. It was a very unclerical in- struwent; but he kept_quiet about it, and en- Jjoyed undisturbed comfort for a long time. At Tast, however, a grave spinstér, who thought that true reiigion is aliiaye kept ina vinegar cruet, was passing the bouse and heard the iustrument. Sbe raised ber bands borror, and then 'rushed to the ncarest u’s house to tell the awful story that the minister had dle. A committe¢ was ap- pointed to visit the doctor aud reprimand him for his daring sin. He.heard them all throush, aud then said in bis grull tones, A fiddle! Do vou think I have ot so low that I would play on a fiddle?” Then calling out at the top of his voice he said, ** Enoch, bring down that new cremona.”’ Enoch heard, sud soon en- cered the awful prescnce with his treasure. “Now, then, play *Old Hundred,” and show these people that we don’c keep a ‘fiddle” in the bouse.” Enoch plied the bow, and the in- strument squeaked in long drawn tones the familiar votes. The Committee were perfectly satistled, and went away with tie fecling thut, while it Was a heinous sin to own a fiddie that played dance music, it was quite anotber thing to have a cremoua which played * Old Hundred,” and so one church scandal was hushed. A rose by any other name. CHURCH SERVICES. METHODIST. The Rev. W. F. Crafts preaches at Trinity Church. Evening subject: *‘Three Kinds of ‘Weighing." . —The Rev. A. Gurney preaches at St. Panl's Charch, Maxwell street, west of Halsted street. Moruing subject: **The Body 3 Dlessing to the Soul.™ Evening: **The Accepted Time. —The Rev. S. McChesuey preaches at the Park Avenue Churchas usual. —The Eev. M. M. Parkhurst preaches at the First Church this eveninge. Subject: *‘Bread.” The Rev. Dr.. Williamson will preach at the Michigan Avenue Church. Morming subject: “« Eternity.” Evening: *“The Attributes of God." _Dr. Thomas preaches at Centenary Charch this evening. Communion service in the morning. rs. J. F. Willing preaches at the corner of Tarrison and Paolina streets this morning. Sub- ject: **The Model Church.” .The Rev. Charles Morton preachies in the cvening ZThe flev. E. M. Boring preaches at the State Street Church this morning, and the Rev. IL T. Glendenning_this evenine. _The Rev. A. W. Patten will preach in the Wabash Avenue Church, corner of Fouricenth strect, at11a. m. g —The Rev. George Chase will preach in the Win- ter Street Church morning and evening. Subject in the evening: **‘'he Moral Young Man. —The Rev. John Atkinson will preach in Grace Charch, cornerof North LaSalleand White streets, at 10:00 ». m. und 7:0 p. m. Evening subject: “*Orthodosy and Heterodoxy. —The Rev. T. C. Clendenning will preach in the Langley Avenue Churcn, corner of Thirty- ninth street, at 10:30 a. m. Subject: ‘*Grace Abounding.” The Rey. il C. Clendenning, of Whiteside Connty, at 7:30 CONGREGATIONAL. The Rev. E. F. Williams will preach at the Forty-seventh Street Chareh this morning ZTne Rev. D. N. Vanderveer preaches at the Tnion Park Church. Morning subject, **Resur- rection of the Body.” Evening: **Lifting of Peter by Satan.” = —The Itev. Arthur Little will preach in the New Englund Charch, cogaer of Dearborn avenue and Delaware place, morning and evening. ZThe Rev. J. E. Koy will preaca in the First Congregational Church. corner of West Washing- ton and Ann strects, in the morning, and F. Rockwell will condnct a Gospel meeting in evening. 3 ““The Rev. Charles Ifall Everest will preach at Plymonth Church, Michigs between Tvwenty-fifth and Tywenty: c 0 a. 1. and 7:30 p. . m. Evening subject tion as an Element of Success.” —The C. A. Towle wiil preach in the Bethany Church. corner of Paulina and West Huron streets, 8t 10:45 8. m., ond the Reve. C. F. Clavp and A W. Safford, evangelists, will conduct the services 30 p. m. the BAPTIST. The Rev. N. F. Ravlin preaches in the West- End Opera-House. Evening subject: **The Churches in this City_as They Exist the Main Pil- lar of Support to the Rum Traffic. " The lev. J. B. Jackson preaches at the Hyde Park Church this mornine. The Rev. W. W. Everte preaches this morn- ing at the First Church, corner of Soath Park ate- nue and Thirty-first strect. In the evening the Tev. Gulusha Anderson, President of the Chicazo University, will preach on **Higher Education, and the Claims of the University of Chicago. "“The Rev. Galusha Anderson preaclies this morning at the Sccond Church, corner of Morzan and Mogroe streets. In the eveninz the Kev. Dr. Fverts will preach on *The Grest Temperance Movement—The Philosophy and Power of the e Rev. D. B. Clieney will preach thic morn- ingat the Fourth Church, corner of Washington and Paulina_etrcets, the aonusl sermon for the 1 Union. Tn—n—gll.a'g.cjhtob! will preach in the evening at the Baptist Tabernacle, Noe. 302 and 30& Wabash avenne. — Rev. J. W. Custis will preach in the Mich- smTi‘fimL Church, near Twenty-third street, at, 10330 8. T R. De Baptiste will preach In the 9 Olivet l?buren,dE:Durlh avenue, near Taylor street, o at1la. m. and 7:45 0. m, U—'Fhe Rev. A. Owen, D. D., will preach in the niversity Place Church, corner of Douglas place and Rhodes a\‘cnlle.‘ntLIX n.l m. and 7:30 p. m. 5% V. 3. Clarke will preach in the Sonth _‘_U!luuorch,nt;flmer of Locke and Bgnnp:me streets, at —The Rev. J. A. born Street Church, 8t10:30 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. g & —-‘Tlfe Rev. Dr. Lorrimer will presch in the Second Church, corner of Morgan and Monroe streets, at10:30 2. m. and 7:30 p. m. | —The Rev. C. Perren will preach in the Western Avenue Church, coruer of Warren avenue at 10:30 8. m., and the'Rev. R. P. Allison in the evenine. ‘The Rev. E. K. Cresay will preach in the Cov- ‘c‘:lklrv str:cr;:)hnrab. ngne( of Bloowingdale road, :30 8. m. and 7:30 p. m. ject, at G%lé B;nm%&!gl&(}mte‘f" Morning subject, —The Rev. C. E. Hewitt will preach in ti - tennial Church.. corner of Llnl::aln and lxxcfifgn streets, at 10:30 2. m., and in the evening Sun- :i!lv-schon_l address by the Rev. Dr. C. R. Black- —The Rer. R.P. Allison will preach in the North. Star Church, corner of Division and Sedawick strects, at 10:45 4. m.'and the Rev. C. Perren at . m. ‘The Kev. E. 0. Taylor will preach 1n the Cen- tral Church, Martine’s Hall, Chicago avenne, at 10:45 2. m. and 7:30 p. m. b The Rev.J. C. elhohn will preach in the First German Church, corner of Bikerdike and Huron streets, at 10:30 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. —The Rev. H. A Reichenbach will preach in the ordish Tabernacle, corner of Noble and West Ohio streets, at 10:30 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. —The Rev. Jobn Ongman will preach in the First Swedish Church, Oak street, near Sedgwick, 4010:30 3, m. and 7:30 p. m. —The Rev. W, J. Kermott will preach in the Halsted Strect Church, between Forty-first and Forty-second streets, 8t11 3. m. and 7:30 p. m. REFORMED EPISCOPAL. —The Rev. M. D.Charch preaches at St. John's Church, Ellis avenue. near Thirty-seventh strect. - —Bishop Cheney preaches at Christ Church. Morning subject: **How to Work Ont Our Own & vation.™ Evenin; A Purchase of Real Estate.” —The Kev. R. H. Bosworth dp\‘r.':lcm:s at Grace Chureh, corner of Hoyne and Le Moyne streets, morning and evening. —The Rev. R. H. Bosworth preaches at Engle- wood ut 3:30 o'clock. ~The Rev. W. J. Hunter preaches at St. Panl's Chorch. Morning subject: **Spiritual Masonry." Eveninz:'**Newspipers. ™ —Tne Rev. F. W. Adams will preach in Imman- nel Charch, corner of Centre and Duytonstreets, in the morning, and the Itev. F. B. Currens in tne eveplog. Henry will preach in the Dear- orner of Thirty-sixth strect, UNITARIAN. Tne Rev. Brooke Herford preaches at the Church of the Messiah, Morning subject:"** Chris- tianity with a But in It.” Evening: **A Common- Sense View of the Bible.” —The Rev. C. W. Wendte preachesat the Fourth Church this morning, and at Tillotson's glewood, in the afternoon. Subject: Saints and the New.” fhe Kev, T. B. Forbush will preach in the Third Church, corner of West Monroe and Laflin streets, at 10:45 a. m., and Col. Augustus Jacob- son will lecture at 8 v, in. on **Cash.” -, —The Rev. Roberi Collyer will preach at Unity Church, corner Dearborn avenue snd Walton place, morning and evening. EPISCOPAL. The Rev. Canon Knowles oflictatesat the Cathe- dral of SS. Peter und Paul morning and cvening. —The Rev. 8. S. Iiareis preaches at St. James Chureh, corner of Cassand Iuron streets, morn- tog and evening, ZThe Rev. Dr. Sullivan preaches at Trinity Churen this morning. Bishop McLaren preaches in the evening and administers the nite of confirma- tion, ¢ —The Rev. Francis Maunsfield preaches at the Church of the Atonement, corner of Washington ana Kobey streets, morning and evening. —The Clinton Locke preaches at Grace Church morning and evewng. Morning sermon to young men. —7The usual services at the Church of the Holy Communion. Dearborn street, near Thirticth. . —The Re rthur Ritehie preaches at the Church of the Ascension. curner of LaSalle and Elm streets, morning and evening. —The Rev. Charles Swuley Lester preaches at st. Paul's Church, Hyde Park ovenue, between Forty-eighth and Forty-ninth streets. —Bishop McLaren preaches at St. Mark’s Church, Cottage Groveayenue. this morning, and also ad- ministers the rite of confirmation. = The Rev. 5. F. Fleetwood preaches in the evening, —The Rev. Dr. Cushman preaches at St. Stephen's Church. 'Fhe Rev. Luther Pardec preaches at Calvary Church, Warren, near \estern avenue, morning snd evening. “The Rev. T. N. Morticon, Jr., preaches at the Church of the Epiphany, Throop'street, morning ‘W. J. Petric preaches at the Charch of Oux Savior, corner of Lincoln and Belden ave- nues, morning and evening. —The Rev. Il G. Perry preaches at All Sants’ Church, corner of Carpenter and Obio _sireets, morning und evening.. - [z . PRESBYTERIAN. The Rev. J. C. Fletcher, of Naples, Italy, is to preach in the Presbyterian Church, HydePark, this mornivg, —T1he ev. W. T. Meloy, the new pastor, will preach in the First-United Churchy-corer-of-West Monroe and Panlina etreets, at 10:30 a. m. and T3 p. m. ‘—Prof. George L. Raymond. of Williams Col- lege, wiil preach in the Second Church, corner of Michigan nvenue_and 'Twentieth strcet, in the morning, and the Rev. Mr. Fletcher, on mission work in Brazil, in the evening. INDEPENDENT. Joun E. Morris will preach in Temperance Hall, h est Madison street, mornnz and _even- ing. ~ Subject a1 the latter service: **The Necessi- ty of a Mediator.” —Mr. George W, Sharp will preach in Burr 3is- sion Chapel, No. 389 Third avenue, at 11 . in. and 7:30 p. m., , —The Rev. A. Youker will preach in the West Side Tabernacle, corner of Morgan and Indiana streets, morning and evening. CHRISTIAN. There will be services in the First Church. cor- ner of Indiana avenue und Twenty-firth street. Sanday-school at 9:30 a. m. ‘—Charles Christian will preach in the Central Christian Church (Campbelt Hall), corner of Van Buren street aad Campoell avenue, at 10:45a. m. UNIVERSALIST. ‘The Rev. Dr. Ryder will preach in St. Panl’s Church, Michizan avenne, between Sixteenth and Eighteenth streets, morning and eveming. Even- ing subjcct: **Col. Rabert Ingersoll and the Rev. Joseph Cook.” —The Rev. Sumner Eilis preaches at the Charch Vesper scrvice in of the Redeemer this morning. the evening. v NEW JERUSALEM. The Rev. O. L. Darler preaches at New Charch Hall, corner of Eichteenth street und Prairie av- cnne, this morning. Subject: **Doctrine of the Sacred Seriotur —The Rev. . I, Pendleton will preach corner of North Clark and Menomonee streets at 10:30 4. m.. aud corner of West Washington street and Ogden avenue at 3:30 p. m. LUTHERA. The® Rev. Edmund Belfour preaches at the Church of the Holy Trinity. corner of Dearborn avenue and Eric street, morning and evening. MISCELLANEOUS. The Rev. C. T. Stoat preaches at St. Johm's Church, comer of Ogden avenue and Washington Etreet. ZThe Rev. D. R. Mansfield preaches corner of May and_Fulton strects thix morning, and M. Mansiield this evening. —The Itev. Arthur Mitchell preaches at Railroad Chapel this evening. The Progressive Lycenm meets at Grow's Hall at 12:30. —The Rev. C. G. Truesdell preaches at Zion No. 14 Union etrect, this morning. The Tev, Neely Jackson preachos this evemnz. —The Rev. C. M. Morton preaches at the Chica- go-Avenue Church this morning, and Mrs. Jennte F. Willing this evening. R Elder Mathewson preaches at Green Street Tabernacle morning and evening. 3 —There will be a_Gosoel Temperance service from 4 to 5 o'clock this afterncon at Carr's Hall, No. 789 Cottage Grove avenue. 3 2 A medinmy' and_Spiritualists’ meeting wiil be held in Temperance Hall, No. 112 West Washing- ton street, at 3 p. m. - —The Discliples of Christ will meetat 4 p. m, at vo. 229 West Randolph atreet. —The First Socicty of Splritual meets at No. 517 West Madison street. Services at 10:45 2. m. and 7:45p. m. Mrs. Cora L. V. Richmond. trance-speuker. Inthe morning the Spirit Phoeni will control and discourse apon the epiritual af mosphere. In the evening the Spurit William El- Jery Channing will discourse upon *‘Heaven and Hell: What Spiritnalism Teaches Concerning Them."” Services close with an impromptu pocm. —++1s Man Immortal ¥ is the text for the meet- ing at No. 213 West Madison street at 2:50 p. m. A'preacher forsect and a representative for every ty will be present. o }!\TIr‘ Charles Russell will preach in the Evan- elical Union Mission, No. 1256 West Van Buren Eirect, at 10343 a. m., and Mr. I R. Clissold at 7:30 p. m. = "_'The Rev. C. W. Wendte, of Cincingati, will preach for the Christinn Umion Society at Tillot- Fon's Iiall, Englewood, at 3 p. m. ZThe Rev. W. . Huoter will preach in the Cnapel of the Washingtonian Home at 3 p. m. —g'hn Rev. A. J. White will hold morning and evening services at the Christiun Charchon West- ern avenae, near Congress street. CALENDAR ¥OR THE WEEEK. EI'ISC?‘PAL April 7—Fifth Sanday in Leot. 4brit &—Twenty-ninth Day of Lent. Zpril 9—Thirticth Day of Lent. Zipril 10—Tairty-first Day of Lent. 4pril 11— Thirty-second Day of Lent, Ziprit 12—Thirty-third Day of Lent. Z4prit 13—Thirty-fourth Day of Lent. CATHOLIC. April 7—Passion Sunday. Zipril $—Feria. April 9—Ferin. Zpril 10—Ferin. April 118t Leo, P. C. D, April 12—Seven Dolors of the B. V. M. 4prit 13—5t. Hermenegild, e ——— Distress in Germauvy. The United States Consul at Nuremberg de- scribes the distress which prevails in the spin- ning and weaving districts known as the Voigt- land, owing to the continucd depression of trade. Most of thefactories are closed, and the weavers and their familles are subsisting on past earnings, and glad to get 15 to 25 cents per day for bard work, without board. In Nurem- A better wages. burg wages are higher, although but few can find employment, and the prostration of busi- ness seems ta be increasing. _ The beer-houses, of which there is one to every nine” households in Nuremberg, are filled with idle laborers.” The fallinz off in American and Orental trade, isregarded as a causc of the depression. There are thousands of suffering German-Arericans wandering about Germany in search of employ- ment and the means of returning * home ™ to the United States, which they lett in search of ‘The Consulates are overwhelm- ed with appeals for aid. When sick there is no provision for these wanderers. The hospitals are local charitics for the benefit of the residents of the severaltowns. Oceasionally the Bavarian Government pays the expenses of those who are shown to be absolutely destitute. The Con- sulates are powerless to assist theso unfortu- nate creatures. THE GAME OF DRAUGHTS, Communications intended for Tz DEATGHT EniTox should be addressed to 0. D. ORVIS, P.-0. Box 215, Chleago, 111 For Publisher's price-1ist of standard works on the EBawe, address the Dranght Editor. CHMECKER-PLAYERS' DIRECTORT. 50 Dearborn street. White. o BB Black m'\':‘:c\-ke'mu draw. POSITION NO. 60. By CuavLrs BavesAY, Grand Laptds. Micb, Blask men un 4, 8, 11, Kin; 9, 30. White men on1d, 22, 24, Kingd 14, 20. White to move and win. TO CORRESPONDESTS. Wil i1, Johnson—Quite corract. U. C. East—Duly malled to your address. J. 0. Falrchild—All properly attended to. 7. T. R. Humphrey—Price-list malled as directed. 1. B, Hall—Problem on flle. (%) Price-list mafled. Michacl Larken—Request attended to on the Sth s, 1. J. Cook—The work 1s oni) ol 3 Cool oniy furnished to regular A. S. Chapman: will watisfy you. oubllshed, Spayth's American Draught Player (2) Anderson’s third edition not yet CRECKEL CHATTER. 3r. W. J. Gladey. of Detroit. has recently shown considerable skill{h playing Windfold mamen. Our forelgn cxchanzes announce the completion of the annual arauchts tuurnament of the Tuisli Park la- stltute, in which thirty members participated. and Mr. David Devon wou the first prize. The Chicago Athenzum has remored to the new especlaily agapted to Its nse at Nos. 4, 48 50. earborn street. where draught playens will ind ards and niuch better accommodatlons for prac- tice than at the oll quarters on Washington strecs. Every player who intenas to frequent the Athenieum should procure a membership-ticket.—oniy $1a year. SOLUTION TO PEOBLEXN NO. 50, o1 Frank Greeoloe. EIven White 3 3-8 wins. 8 26-31 1916 9 Walte -7 29-25 28-19 4 GAME NO. 139—CROSS. Between Mr. Keith. of Grundy Ceatre, aod David Miljar. of Hodand, Lu. Keith s move. 1 9-13 18 7-10 20 o 13- % |i-m 1612 § 1 GAME NO. 190—GLASGOW. Plaged at ironton, U.. between Jir. Fred Johnson and Miss Alee Moxley, iz Moxley's move. 1-15 i0-24 16-11 219 2 (] 914 (b) 0-17 1 (s better. 1t looks sound for a Blackdr W $4a pretty ending. F.J. AN ean e, Cordiana Experimental play hetween Mr. Cortland AlSnBpole B4 Dr: W. 3. Purcel,of Terre Cantributed by Mr. Bail. =15 =8 1 10-19 Ball, of In- Haute, Ind. 16-19 (1) Zi—16 27 A1l Drawn. ats_game No. 140, Cicveland Amateur 2623, 19—26, 30—, 26—213, 23—19, 610, Dlack wins. £ - Hefter says: ** This game, with the cx- ception of the (ransposizion of a few moves, Is the same. as’the . 1. Macindoc's game, onpake 6. Bristel DrausnPlayer. Vol 1o o o The S8, LDy unclt ¢ ast. i3 the same as e on ot ) Yol. 1. Reld plays o278 lay on paze 12 of B. D. P For 1015 at the eieventh move, making aa € draw."—ED. THE COMMON MYSTERY. Tell me, what is that within us Which we mostly call the mind? What is that which gives cxistcuca Joy or wo of every Kind? What iy that which now s zi=d. Yet another moment sad? Tell me, for T wonder deeply, What is that which moves the arm; What it 13 which sieeps and wakeus, Often leels intense thechariu Glowing in the forms of Art, Or replete "tween heast and heart. In cach frame there {5 o storehonse Which containcth countless things; There. in svoth, is life transacted, Every sight is reeu, and nings Every sound 1s cves ard, Whether msic, noise, or bird. Yet this magazine so mighty Never yet by nun was seen; " Still be kuows that something in him Holdeth more than he can glesn. So the things ne’er cease 10 20 Down tnoss deptha 50 end tiat know. Tet, thongh moved to call It storchounse, Pondering all it will contatn, We might call it bird of passage Flying over boundless msiu, Specked with isles of every surt, In whose climate it may sport. Nay, it is a strange magician Moving ‘monz the flesh and bones— For it gives he eve its xeeinz, ives the ear its tones. s its corious coom, Stlent is the place with gloom. Stop! what name unto this heing May we give? Thouzh diling cach, Ever doth 1t hint another, Which again it will oatresch. It wil ever seem to me ' Greatest of ull mysters. Who, thoagh versed in sterncst logic, ‘Can this wonder well define? It 16, 1n so0th, ' endeavor ‘This to do in song of mine. *Tis not least of curions things, Sure, 10 sin of that Which #ings/ AMancu 7, 1378, B. R. Botxizr,