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10 THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY. JUNE 9; 1878—SIXTEEN PAGES. depravity is well nigh confined to men. You are of delecates, Evening—8. Occasional Sermon, RELIGIOUS. Cardinal McCloskey’s Re- ception on His Return from Rome. How Leo XIIL Looks and Talks in Contrast to Pio Nono. Genoa’s Archbishop’s Appeal for the Beatification of Columbus. The United Scotch- Presbyterian Chureh Wresiling with the Subordinats Standards, General Notes --- Personals-- Saintly Smiles---Serv- ices To-Day. CARDINAL M’CLOSKY. A GRAND RECEPTION ON HIS RETURN FROM ROME. New York Tribune, May 39, A formal recention was given to Cardinal Me- Closkey in St. Patrick’s Cathedral yesterday, to congratulate him on his safe return from Rome. Allthe streets adjacent to the charch were packed with people. Inside the edifice standing- room only could be obtained an bour before the services began. Among those in pews were - Mayor Ely. Charles O*Conor, Thurlow Weed, Shenil Reilty, President Roberts, of the Board of Aldermen, Gen. Sickles, Judge Joseph F. Daly, Emigration-Commissioner Lyncl, Con- roller Kelly, Mr. and Mrs. Hicks-Lord, Presi- nt Wood, of the Board of Education, Com- missioner Thomas 8. Brennan, William and John Q'Brien, John Farler, Jeremian Devlin, and Ex- cise Commissioner Morrison. The arranyements were under thecharge of the St. Vincent de Paul Sodiety. A long line of priests, numbering nearly 300, entered fram Mot strect, followed by the Car- dinal in bis fuil robes. “Behold the Great ‘Pricst ? was sung by the choir, sclected from ali the churches fn the city. Following the Cardi- nal were seven Bishops, dressed in their full Enpiscopal robes. 'They were Bishops Corrigan of Newark, Wadbhams of Ogdensburs, MeNier- waw of Albany, Ryaw of Ruffalo, McQuade of Rochester, Loughlin of Brookivn, and Conror. Among the priests were Vicar-Generals Quinn and Preston, and Fathers Heeker, McDowell, Lyncl, Schweninger, Foley, the Cardial’s Sec- retary. and the pastors of nearly ail the church- esin the city. Fathers Riordan, of St. Ber- nard’s, and Kean, of the Cetiedral, were chant~ Father Kearney was Master of Ceremonies. Vicar-General Quinn made an _address in be- haif of the dlergy, welcoming the Cardinal. In tbe course of his remarks he said: You erected a new euccessor of St. Peter, who «ill we know sustain with Srmness and dignity the sublime rusta confided to the Vicar of Clirist. Yoar visit to the centre of Christian tnity and the chair of infallible truth cannot_bave failed fo re- fresh your own soul. _ You have drawn & new i £piration from the uafailing source of Catholic Dight. and faith, and sacrifice. In_your intimate chnverse with the Holy Father and in the illumi- vation of Lis presence we trust you nave seen an suzurs of betier days aud the foundation of a good hope that the Supreme Pontif may regain his rizhttul temporal power, for until this bo ac- Complished w2 sco no promise for ihe peace of ne1:0n8 nor the _conversion of eociety from the Derniclons errors of our day. The restoration of he Vicar of Chrict 10 all his great riznts is neces- rary for the safety of the Chnstizn community, nd will be the dewn of 2 new era of justice and huror amone men. Jobm McKeon read an_address for the laity. He referred to the Cardinal’s hurried visit fo me, and to his leaviug the American Catho- crerwhelmed with grief at the loss of Pius i in America. he said, felt <pecially honored that the first American Car- dinal was summoned 10 assist in the election. They followed his movewments closely, and re- eretted to learn that e was not present in time. to vote. The uews was received with much eat- jsfaction that he had been given his Cardinal’s hat. A cordial welcome was now tendered him by the lsit - The Cardinal then_rose on_his throne and faced the people. His face Jooks more ruday than when he started on Lis journcy, and be hias the appearance of being much improved in health, Heinade a long address, and spoke with much fecling at times, deliverg earnest warning to his bearers. He said in par Very reverend fatkers, reverend cle toved children: If itis'a pleasare 10 you toas- sembic here this day in order o offer yoar con- gratulations on my safe return from Rome, nermit Tme to assare you that to me it ix a tenfold pleasure 10 reciprocate in meeting yow 1am very giad to finG myself once more surrounded by iy beloved and devoted clerzy and faithful cluldren of the Chuorch, and 10 be honored at the same time by the prescace of the suramns of my province, who Jotn with you on this occasion. am delighted to stand here on this accustomed soot. and to behold Defore me so_many. and to hear from the lips of their chosen oncs 50 many kind words of welcome., md still mose to hear the espressions of Catholie ith and loyaly each es hase been uttered ia my oresence. Wit is even more precious to me is to e allowed before this altsr fo offer 2 heartelt Tribute of thanks to Iiim, the iver of nll good, for the tender mercies e has ehown to me {n my journey. and in bringing me dack in safely tomy clierished home. You have placed me under s debt of gratitude 100 hicavy ever to forget. ‘This hearty reception, indicative of your fiial attachment, fills me with ‘emotions which no words of mine can adeguately convey to you, They inspire me with now conrage and fresh confidence, and with 3 strong resalution Yor renewed effozts. They cheer and console me. ara 611 my whole bemg with a stronzer fortitude to Dear the burdens of anxicty and care which ncces- garily rest on the shoulders of one holding so rc- rponsible a position as mne. But I wish ou not to snppose for one moment that T do not thorouzh- 1y understand this epontancous outburst of your affection. I would not have you misinterpret me or misunderstand the trac meaninz of the words epoken here to-day in_behalf of the clersy and Jaity. 1sm fully dware that whatever honor there 3s for me, as yonr Archbishop, or as the rst Amer- jean Cardigal, it is only secondary to_that hanor which vou giveto the new Pope, onr Holy Father YLeo X111, from shose presence 1 have just re- turned, and from whom I come to give you his Beartfolt blessing. I amw sure that the wish upper- Tost in your hiearts i to hear from me words con- cerning Liim, the successor of the greatand Tius IN., the clief pastor of the Cliurch and the Vicar of Christ on carth, Of bim you would have me speak, 1 know. 11 hias becn truly said by those who have previ- ously addrezced yon to-day that when I departed from these shorés in_obedience to the summpns from Ttome. 11est you a1l overshelmed with grief over the loss which the Catbolic Chnrch and the whole world eustained by the death of PiusIX. Never was there in the lone line of Popes since the days of the great §t. Peter one whose death was a greater calamity. of Wwho was more truly in the carts of the beople than Pivs IX. Especially was thie true of America. e teomed constautly in our presence. and we sppeared daily to bear his voice. Day after duy his words came {0 us 0 if on Wiugs: DOW encouraging puzrims, who came from 1or distant lands 10 sympathize Wit him 1o ihe troubles which surrounded the Chnrch: now give iniz wordy of warning Anu . cncouratement b oLy flack, aud azain protesting azainst ihe injnstices %0 tu oty Seo and the Universal Chiireh: aiwsss n w ority iureh aluss fl:\l\’\fi!l a;:fi‘ ‘}“’e“i # ’; dy‘:i speaking with ten- Vhen left this eity preacat af, fhe assembling of ihe Seflons or dinals. Yu well remember that at the momant before the Conclave opened the sorld was Gljed with anxicty, and fear, and eloomy forebodin, The death of Piun IX., It wag acsorieq, “wobid Dut an end 10 the Papscy.—the lact Pope had. o, elecied ond the last Pope had died. it you &2id tat 7o Conclave would assembie in the Vatt: n. Then we wer T Vati- Emonz the Cardimale in e Lar vy es that exisied College of Cardinals assembled. o obros Tope, not a breuth of oppositi De had boen clected. K cing. Crowds of wor. oS peceized : received Papai beacliciion,* °* {He Occasion of his st s was on Thuraday, ineT arrived fa Kome. On Aol So02r 1y hour, 1 Was prosented oy ns o feceived me standing, with ajs 0¥ PoDe, tholics in his blessing, bless vou and il the gieins: itics, ana tho - oy from the al) B §four conat i lness'ot my hcart. " 116 hen oncs Soon after came the day of co b tiars was placed on s Bead. 12 yas mor s o le than it is to-day. ceremony, but took place ina private chanet of the Vatican. Although private, it was all the more solemn. “Then exme the firat Consistory, for which_be invited me to wait, in_order to receive from bim the Cardinal's hat, which Ihad not the opportunity to receive from his predecessor. e apnin_ blessed me, and sked me 10 convey that biessing to his peoble in America. That blessing T will give you in a more ¢olemn manner at the feast of Pentocost. About bis policy and what he is gotng to do, you know quite 8 much as T do. In his allocution and Encelical he has manifested the feelings of his ‘heart. Read his Encyclical. Tt sbonld be read by every good Catholic and every good citizen. It teli yon of the times when he entered upon bis hizh ofice, the sad condition of society. the etate of uncertainty exieting everywhere, liow we are labor- ing in dirkness, 10 _one knowing what the next day will bring forth. In the midst of these trials, he prays that God will continae to look down upon the Church und continue to bless it. The way in which lie was chosen shows that the Holy Ghost was present and God's finger guided the election. It j« the fulfillment of the promisc to the Apostles that the Holy Ghost will be with the Church dur- ingall days. Letus listen, then, 10 the warninz of the Holy Father. Let uslisten always 1o hiy words with reverence, and do all we cau in accord- ance with our positions 83 members of the Church. Let us stand femly, as if one man, to battle azainst infidelity, Socialism, and 'other crrors which are undermining sl society, These errors are a vrealcalamity, Al- thongh we have not the same evidences of Social #:10 3nd revolution among us 88 exist abroad. yef the eigue of the times ure threatening. They ara breaking out even on this side of the ocean. Be true to your Churcb, he trae to ber teachings. Scc that your children réceive a sound Catholic educa- tion. Withont religion eociety falls and Govern- ments cannot stand. Let us keep free {rom the dangers of the time Allow me once more to return my heartfelt thauks for all you have sald and manifested on this occasion. I preseut my thanks to the r end Bishops who bave come o far 1o join with you. Itendermy thanks tomy Vicars-General, and to my elerzy, who bave aided me so much in completing my great liope—the new Cathedral. 1 invoke upon you all God's holy blesstug. A Te Deum, by Hadyn, was then sung by the chorus of 150 volees. After this, ali knelt down, and the Cardinal gave his blessing, stand- ing before bfs throne, wearing his mitre, and holding the crosfer in his tand. POPE LEO XIII. HOW IE LOOKS AND TALES, IN CONTRAST TO . PIUSIX. “The Rome correspondent of the Boston Pilot, P. L, Connelian, gives the follow- ing graphic description of Pope Leo XIIL, as he appesred during the audience of the Irish Colleze May .2: At a quarter to 1 the door lending to the Pontifical apartments was opened, and shortly after cight noble guards, with high helmets, blue coats and old belts, and drawn swords, entered the hall, and Immedintely following them came the Sovercizn Puuntiff in white soutane, and white silk colette, or little skull cap, sccom- panicd by Mgr. Macehi, and another Chamber- lain who carricd the Pontifl’s wide-brimmed red liat and scariet cloak. His pace was very rapid, as he walked from the door of the ball to the throue; bis step was quick and short. He is thin, even tomeagreness, and tall. The fingers of his hands are almost tlesh- less, and the whole figure, and the outlines of the face, ascetic to a degree. He is, in appear- aace, not unlike whet Cardinal Manning wasa few years azo, whea his activity was greater As he sits listening tothe lengthy address read to bim by Cardial Cullen, bis right hand, tremulous with perv- ousness, and his fingers shake, and one might say fum- ble, from very nervoustess, around the buttons. Asthe address continues he looks from the Cardinal to the crowd assembled before him, aud back again to the Cardinal, in a quick, nervous way. ceed, during which he grasps the arms of the throne tightly with his though to keep himself still. Then bis begin to tremble as if witha nervous force over which he has no control. fat and chubby, breaks in ou the Cardinal’s Teading with what might be regarded as a re- monstrating cry, and the Pontifl turns to Mar. Maccehi and smilingiy addres menticg cn the interruption, at length concluded; Mgr. Kirby presents the gifts—£1,000 sterling, 500 belng contributed from the Diocese of Lismore, throush the Bishop, Dr. Conaty, and the remainder con- - tributed here. The Pontiff rises suddenly to his feet, and—rare event—addresses a discourse to the Cardinal. His voice iy very impressive, and what be says scems tobo_the immediate thoughts arising In_ bis hieart. You would say employed n buttoning Kis soutane, A few minutes of stillness suc- nervous hands, us inces A little cnild, him, as if com- The Cardinai has he ‘was thioking aloud. His tone s somewhat nasal, Dut clear aud ringing; not robust and round, like that of Pius IX,, but thrilling and penetratice, very like to Cardinal stronger. aithough he was educated here, he Las, from his long residence in Peragie, aud much intercourse with tne Perumians, acquired the accent of Perugia. His scntences are generally long, snd you are forced to admire how happily he Keeps the master-thought that runs through what he Manning’s, except that it is ‘His accent is not at all Roman; and, says covstantly in view. . . . . The people now gather closer around the throne;, The pre- sentation of each vne to his lloliness now be- gins, the ladies being, of course, presented first. The little chubby child who interrupted the ad- dress is brought before the Pontiff, at whom he stares with a half-frichtencd, balf-wondering look in his large blue eyes. The Holy Father affectivnately places his” bands upon the child’s head, aund, after blessing bim in the most gracious manner, the little fellow is carried away as surprised and dazed-looking as ever. Here is Father Mullooly, of 8t. Clenent’s, just before wme, and when the Pope hears his name be most kindly savs: ** We are most happy to sce Father Mullooly, of St. Clement’s, of whom we have heard so many praises and encomiums.” Here it was that I was best ewabled 10 sec his countenance. A _ noble bead, crowned with snow-white bair, a high, wide forehead, not smooth and shining, but. rough with bumps which would delight the heart of a phrenologist; evebrows bushy and overbanging; deep-set, kindly, and keenly intel Jigent eyes; a laree, very large nose, thin and fine; a wide mouth, which lends itself most readily to a very attractive smile, deep, strairht lines “boundiog it, and a’ good, clear, vointed cliin, witn well-defibed, firm jaw, constitute the principal features that you become aware of in looking at the countenance, expressive ln the Thighest degree, of Leo S1IL As you approsch bim, and kiss the embroidered cross upon his slipper, and the ring, almost slipping from his bony finger, a kindly interest lights uo his eyes as be hears who you are, what your occupation i, and how long you have been in Rorve. 5 Unlike Pius IX.in person, he is no less unlike Lim in many other respects. Pius IX. was an orator by nature, and was _probably the most paturally eloquent speaker of his day; Leo XIII. is more of a writer and lIess of an orator; appeals less to the emotions and more to the intellect. Pius IX. was distinzuished for his thorough good nature and_genuine kind-heart- edness; Leo XIIL is remarkable for his kindly and courteous manners, his gracious speec! and the affectionate interest he takes in tho: with whom ho comes in contact. CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS. WIS PROPOSED BEATIFICATION. 7o she Editor of the Courier-Journal. New HAVEN, Ky.,, May 27.—Presuming that the following letter, addressed by the Arch- bishop of Geuoato the Iate Pins IX., ia refer- cnce to the beatifieation of the itlustrious aod mmortal discoverer of America, will be fater- csting to the readers of the Courier-Journal, Iplaceit m an Engtish dress at their service. The original is found in Z'dmbassadeur de Diew et le Pape Pie [X. of Count Do Lorgucs, the Postulator of the Beatification. G J. J. Banny, M. D. 2rver HoLY FATHER: Knowing that a Prince of tho Church and some of my confreres in the Epis- Gppate Bave aiready expressed to Your Hohness e{ lesire of seeing introduced before the Congre- Eqtion of Rites the cauce of the beatification of the g{g:x !lxg O‘]“ns'"wu! Christophier Colambus, 10 i ;r; ‘;Q {) \\'t.)rhl owes 1he glory of the discov- % Ofilhe News inmy quality of Archibishop of oy rjocese which has ziven birth to that weod Ihe enme desire, both inmy own nam nad L Lo, of the cleray anl faithrul of my digeny 02 1@ 3t ben one s read the history of fhe glorlous Genoese navigator, writte, b order of yaur loliness by the piaceacd o And Conat Roseelly de Lorucs, ony es, 24 loarne Tecornizing in him & divine election, o providen- tal miesion, a motive und an object eminentl; sublime and holy, the pracuce of the Christi: o virinios carried 1b herofsii;. and a the GLria of the New World, which bas doubled ‘the aren ny’ the field in which the propazators ana preachers of the Gospel labor, a fruitful work for the ex- tension of the rein of our Lord Jesus Christ. ‘The private and pablic life of Chnistopher Co- Tumbus presents siich an engemble of the massclony and the eupernstural, and shines with such char- acters of sanctity, that admiration for the. grest man becomes converted into vencration fof the an":hx:fllplb of Christ and the devoted son of the mce the year 1854, befors the pul i the History of Columbue, in a ascg}x‘rfim;rg.' ""Knttfid 2t Genoa on a solemn occasion, in ‘Ml!i]nte of the King, surrounded with his august” R R T S S n ople, 1 already s yith glory ad habuitess the SRy ot Eh{,‘-’,}'“ il sad evavgelical mission’ of tng ill, Moet Holy Father, Ido not conceal mrself the dlficalties prosented by the. o n} Christopher Columbus, —who was successiveiy en- courazcd and bleesed By three Popes, and of whom vour Iloliness jtself, in a brief, praised the evan- Felical heart. the indefatlgable zeal, and the provi- dential character,—on nccount of the esizency conforming 1o the ralus laid down by Pone liene- diet X1V, ; but Christophtr Columbus haying passed almost Lis whole lifo on sca, hiy zrand work, the Pavacy itself having once treated it exceptionally, 1 bescech yonr floiiness to be pieased to use your soverelzn authority in introducing this csuse by way of exception. 1t woald, Most Holv Father, be sn increase of glozy for your Holinesa. u happiness for the faith- ful of thi§ diocese. and for sl mariners, to whom it would then give a glorious patron and an nd- mirable model, who is yet wantng to them, and the need of whomw they feel, if onc dsy they could 1mvoke as bicssed this grand navigator, this hetoic Christian, who ix reganled with a just itle as one of the most majestic ersonazes of the history of The world, and s the first upostle of America. Fuil of pinacid hope, 1 pray your Hloliness 10 ac- cept the homnge and profound veneration witly which I have the houor to be, Mot tioly Father, your very humble and most devoted und obedient son, new, Archbishop of Genou. PRESBYTERIANISM. THE UNITED CHURCH OF SCOTLAND, The Interior. The Scottish Reformer and Weekly Review of May 18 comes to us with reports of an ani- mated and exciting discussion which had just taken olace in Edinburg at the meeting of the Synod of the United Presbyterian Church. The Synod is, the Supreme Court of the United Presbyterians in Scotland, having under itscare 25 Presbyteries, 520 congregations, and 564 ministers. Though not so laryre a body as the General Assembly of the Free Church, it is yet one of great weight and influence, having in its counection many prominent vreachers and the- ological professors, equal to any in Scotland. The tople of debate which so deeply interest- ea the Synod was the report of an able com- mittec which had been appointed to take into consideration the propriety of revising, or mod- itying in_some degree, what they call the Sub- ordinate Standards of the Church—that is, the Westminster Confession of Haith aud_Cate- chisms. The report was presented by Prinei- pal Harper, and sustained in an eloquent speech by Prof. ' Cairns, the comvener of __the Committee; after which Drs. James apd’ Jo- seph Brown, Dr. Andrew ‘Thompson, Dr. Frew, Dr. Marshall, Dr. Davidson, Mr. David Macrae, Mr. Orr, aud others, took part in the debate. There wasa wide diversity of senti- ment and some sharp conilict of views among the speakers, who ali scemed to feel the solemn eravity of the occasion. All appeared to share the fecling expressed by Prof. Cairns, who said, he “spoke under a sensc of deep responsibility in view of the fact that the Synod was taking tbe tirst great step to review the doctrinal sym- bols adopted by the Westminster Assembly of Divines in 1643.7 The principal points taken into review by the Comumittee, and discussed in the several snecches, were the - teachings of the Confession on the subject of the civil magistrate, the suf- ficiency and free offer of the atonement, the doctrine of election, and the divive decrees, and salvability of the heathen. On the first of these points there was a general agreement that the language of the Book needed some change, asmuch as the unanimous voice of the whole Church represented by the Synod was against ecclesiastical “establishments. This point was happily settled for our American Church sl most a hundred years ago by the fathers of 1775, who left much of that chapter out, and chunged the rest to suit our republican ideas. On'ail the other points the position of the overwhelming majority of the Synod was un- mistabably conservative. showing an unshaken attachinent to the old Standards, and a deter- minatfon Lo leave them intact. Prof. Cairnsand Principal Hurper evidently expressed the en- cral opinion of the body when they stated that, while there were some minor defects of stats wment, and some need of such revision as would lead to a better explanation and reconcilement of one doctrine with aunother, still the result of the whole investization was, that *the great :system of truth held in common by all the evangelical churches remained untouched and unimpaired.” Prof. Cairns eaid: *“They did Dot propose even so much as an admission that the points commented unon were supposed to teach anvthivg that nceded explanation or qualification. In the Committec there were shades of difference oz to whether the Stana- ards might be supposed to teach error; but that ‘was 1ot generally the feeling of the Comuit- tee. There was nothing, therefore, in the nature of repeal, or abrogation, or recall of any- thing in the Standards, but an addivg of that which they trusted would explain and free them from difliculty.” Mr. Dayid Macrae and a few others earnestly demanded a more thorough and radical revision, maintaining that soiie of the doctrines of the Confession were irreconcilable with others, as well as with reason and the colightenient of the age. But this class of speakers were in a meagre minority whenever it came to a vote. The aiscussion was not ended at the last ac- counts, and the Synod was still considering whether to send the naoer of the Committee down to the Presbyteries for their approval, or to adopt some more definite action in an inde- pendent statement of doctrine. VOSBURGH WELCOMED BACK TO IS CHURCH—MRS. VOS- BURGH ONE OF THE AUDIENCE. Netc York ‘Tanes, June 3. Whea the organ over the chancel in the Rev. George B. Vosburgh’s church, on Madison avenue, Jersey City Heights, struck up the vol- untary which opened the service last cvening, the building was crowded. Mrs. Vosburgh, the pastor's wife, sat in a pew near the middle of the church, with Mrs. Vosburah, tho pastor’s mother, on one side, and Mr. Frank Sickles, her brother, on the other side. Miss Ida Vosburgh occupied a seat buta few fect removed from the Platform on which her brother stood. Scattered in other parts of the chureh were the Ilon. Charles H. Winfieid, one of the counsel who defended Mr. Vosburghj United States Commissioner William Muirhead and J. Fiavel McGee, law partuers of ex-Gov. Bedle, who was absent. £ix-Mayor Seidler and one or two other prominent members of the church were coaspicuous by their abseuces When the hymn, ** My God, Thy boundless love fpraise,” had been sung by the choir, Mr. Vos- burzh led in prayer, and then the congregation sang, **Jesus, lover of my soul.” Mr. Vosburgb preached from Revelation, vif., 14, in_which be found a text for 2 sermon on “Soffering.” He read from a manuscript in o thin, sbarp voice ,at the commencement, but soon laid it aside to make arefercnce to his own recent sufferings: “1 think,” he said, lowering bis voice to 3 tone of pathietic teuderness, as he took his stand by tho side of his pulpit, “I"thik that I{am qualificd by ex- perience to speak to those here to-nizht about trouble. There are those here to-nizht whose hairs are blanched by ege. They have expe- rienced mapy things which I have not experi- enced. Butl think that no heart knows the meaning of the word trouble more fully than e who is addressing you now. From thut dark Sabbath morning of the 24th of February, when Mavor Scidler geutly broke to me the foul sus- picion that kad been breathed against me, down to7 o'clock last evemng, when in the Court- House yonder, I heard the words—the welcome iwords %hich £ never can forwet, * Not guilty.! ¥ The clappivg of hands in all parts of the nouse_interrupted the pastor, and he, bowing, gaid: “1 acce{!t the applause, not._in bebalf of wyself,sbut in behalf of the chureh,” and then resumed: “From that day wien the gloom crossed my path for. many lous months & walked in darkness. The beavens were clouded. The daily hopes which had in- spired e from boyhood seemed veiled in black- est night. The waters throuzh which I passed were dark and chill aud high; and-I could only bow in submission to the Supremest Will, and say: ¢ God of my childbood, care for me now.’ ‘That baptism of sorrow has prepared me, not only to lilustrate this_test. bur, [ hope, to be a better man, and may God keeo me to that.” In conclusion, hie said there were one or two things to be lcarned from the history of the past weck. It bad tanght him greater confidengd in his fel- Jow-men. 1t had brought twonames to his heart that werc as sweet to his ear as any name. They were of the counsel swho had borne bim up in all his afilictions, for’ whom he had not a liking merely, but that love born of confidence and true friendship. It had taucht him that a lawyer can be o Christian gentleman. He closed by saying that the trial had permanently injur- ed his whole nervous system. A FREE CHURCH. JOSEPH COOK’S LECTURE. To the Editor of The Trivune. Cmicaco, June 8.—On one point the Rey. Joseph Cook bas certainly strack a chord that must continue to vibrate till a complete revo- ‘lution shell have been effected in the status of the Chureh s now organized. It s true that the great strife is between. Jabor and capital, :z:id Itis equally 1.;1!: that the Church has been, 13 Low, arrayed o) Capif or thewealihy lhssca, ngues the gt ggee::}l::fhaermotuge with' the declaration of the '-hf G]gsnu. i:lgrcacl)‘:::flt'l"lmty that *tq the poor m Europe it is a union )| T State: 10 America 1 15 5 10w of (h e, and the arlstocracy of wealth. And when the 1 poor emigrany comes from the Ola World, seek- ing a home and an _gsylum from oppression in the New, in regard to church privileces he finds his condition very little, if at all, improved. What if one of these honest but poor Inboring class just Janded on our shores, with his wife and child clad in_their homely plebeian gurb should.enter on 4 -Sabbath one of our fashionable city dhurches, he would find the pews under Jock and key, and ho would stand waiting tili the holders of the pews were seated, and then, after the Liour for the service has ar- rived i€ there should bea vacant scat left, an usher would fnvite him to that seat. But it there should not be a vacant sest he would have to stand during the whole scrvice or 2o brek the wuy he came. Can it be that the ercat Head of the Church will smile on a church that is man- aaed after this faskion? The writer remembers that, a few years azo, be went just one Sabbath to hear that famous preacher, Henry W. Deecher. But, thouzh he went in time, he coula noy get a seat. The pews were lacked, and thie owners had to be accommadated first. But, when all were accommodated, there were no vaeancles lelt, and he with ottier strangers had to stand during the sery] But look at Plymouth Church and its pastor mow! God will uot smile onuny church where the Gospel Is not free, nor on a church where the poor arc crowded out by the rich. If any popular pastor thinks it possible, Iet im try the cxperiment. gn the Scrintures the poor are ealled God’s heritage. If there is aplace on earth where toe rich and poor should appear on a level, it {s in the house of God. But how can they appear on a fevel there when the poor are virtually excluded from thesanctu- ary? They are excluded by the fact that the seats.are put up and sold to the highest bid- ders, and ut prices, too, tbat render it impossible for. the lower classes, who depend on their daily wages, and can hardly obtain bread Tor their starving families, to_obtain sittings. But even if the seats were all free, the poorer classes would not fce] at home in these churches. Everything in them betokens splendor, wealth, aristocracy,— the preacher in tinest broadcloth, and perhaps a sparkling ring on his finger, proclaiming the simple Gospel with rhetorical flourishes and in learned pbrases; the musle msde by 8 grand orzan and a_quartette of hired singerss the worshipers themselyes sitting oun soft-cush- foued pews arrayed in their hest; every female worshiper displaying the Ia shions im- ported from Paris, and adoroed with all sorts of jewelry, dlamonds, gold chains, gold ear-rings. ete, ete. 1f an inhabitant of some distant planet shouid visit our globe, not kaving zuy knowledze of the state of things here, and should enter one of four aristocratic churches, he could hardly imagine that therc is any such thing s want or poversy existing among the Inhabitauts of this world.” IIe could not form thia idea trom any- thing that he wourd see fn the chureh. It is no wonder that so many of the lower and unequ- cated classes think Christianity is a sbam and a pretense. ‘This state of things has got to be ravolution- ized. A geutleman recently struck a key-note swhen he donated §60,000 to free a church from debt, in the City of Brooklyn, on the condition that henceforth it should be a free church. Let this examnple be followed everswhere. Mr. Cook happily quoted the example of Dr. Chalers in Edinburg, as an cffective means to ut down Communism, 1f all the pastors in hicago, and all the rest of the pretended fol- lowers of Jesus, should do lHkewise, Commu- nism cauld not exist twelve months in Chicazo, nor in any other city Viaton. PITTSBURG. TWO PRESBYTERIAN PASTORS. Spectal Correspondence of The Tribune. PiTrspuRe, Pa., June 6.—Polities having quieted down, the religious element is biddiog for a share of public actention. About thetime of the breaking out of the War of the Rebeil- ion, the Rev. Wiliiam 8. Plumer, D. D., was pastor of the Central Presbyterian Church of Allezheuny City. It was the practice, in thoso days of trial and peril, for all loyal ministers to offer public prayers in their ministrations for the Divine blessing to rest uporn our rulers, that they might have wisdom to so direct public af- faira us to frustrate the _attempts which bad wmen were making to overthrow the Government. Dr. Plumer being 4 Southern man, with Southern principles, refused to do this. Ile prayed simply for *our rulers,” which tne conzrezation thought was too ambiguous, as he micht tean Lincoln, or Jelf Davis, or any one else. The consequence was, that Dr. Plumer was invited to *step down and out,” which he promptly did, remoy- ing to Columbis, 8. C., where he’ has since re- sided. A few weeks ago he returned to this city on a visit. and also to altend the sessions of the byterian General Asscmbly,~preaching oc- ouclorially, slnce then, to his old congrega- tion, with his accustomed power and eloquence. This morning, a congregatioval meeting of the Central Church was held, and & unauimous call was extended to Dr. Plumer to resume his pastoral relations with the church, which were so abruptly broken off nearly scventeen years ago; and it is believed *he ‘will accept.” The Reverend Doctor is well advanced in vears, but retains much of his original vigor. He is considercd one of the ablest ninistersin the Presbyterian denomination. For the past three or four months, and up un- til last week, the Rev. Dr. Leonard Woolsey Bugon, son of the emiveut Dr. Bacon of Boston, had been preaching ou ‘‘Probation,” in the Second Presbyterian Chureb, in this city. Heisa small man, of nervous temperameat, sharp 2s a steel-trap, and has cpinions on all subjects, which ho is not slow to express. He had only been here two or three irecks when he miidly bounced the Murphy temperance movement. This was not relished by bis staid congregation, but they said nothing sbout it, thiuking it was prombl{ a New-Eneland crotehet which be had Dbrought with bim, or pessibly attributed it to a desiro to obtnin mnotaricty. Matters moved u\unfi tolerubly smoothly betwecu Mr, Bacon and his flock until the meeting of the General Assembly, when, at the unveiling of a tablet in the Second Church, tommemorative of the unlon of the Oldand New Schools of Presbyteri- anism, 1 1863, he expressed scntiments in re- gard to Presbyterian dcctrine and polity which some of the influeutial members of his congre- gation considered hetcrodox, and he was given to understand that 2 repetition of them wonld not ho tolerated. This greatly offended the high-spirited pastor, and, without givioe public, or perhaps any,d notie of his intentious, he last Mouday stuffed -his 'carpet-bag) and took the train for New Ilaven, whence he sent woid by postal-card that ““The address of the Rev. Leonard Woolsey Bacon has been changed from Pittsbure to New Haven.” The suddendeparture 0t the Doctor created some surprisein Presbyterian cireles, but nothiug special cane of it, und the vacant pulpit will be supplied by some onc who has not Iearned Lis moralis and theology at _the fect of Parker or Emerson. T. J. Housk. GENERAL NOTES. Plymouth Congrezitional Church, Philadel- plila, has beca sold totue Presbyterians. The Holy See has changed the Cathedral Church of the Dioces? of Vincennes, Ind., to Indianapolis, in the ssme State, The Strabane Presbytery, Ircland, has found the congreszation of Newtown Stewart guilsy of sthe sin of contumacy in consequence of its use of unfermented wineiu the Lord's Supper.” The Society of the Holy Cross, which has borne all the odium sttached to the publication of the *‘Manual of Private Confesglon,” nas decided not to make any changes inits orzan- fzation. There have been a large number of secessions from it. The Christian Intelligencer makes a very inter- estine and sugzestive” announcement. It tells us that, ““aroused by the progress_of Christinn missfons, the Buddbist priests of Japau are col- Iecting money to send missionaries of their 1e- spective beliefs to other lands.” 'The Congrezational Publishing Society, w louse is iu%osluu, bas bad o pfispemié J!'eoas: The sales have amounted 1o $63,114; the ex- nenses were $12,628, which is one-third loss than the average expenses for ten previous years. There has beer no loss or shrinkage of enevolent funds. #The Convention at Dayton, O., of disaffected ministers una members of the Church of the United Brethren in Christ, before adjournment resolved to hold another convention in 1880, It adopted resolutions in favor of lay delega- tion, and of pro rata representation in the Gen- eral Conference, and in condemnation of the Anti-Scerecy law as unconstitutional. Its repeal was ealled for. Organic union with the Evan- gelical Association was favored. Mr. Atkingon, an American missionary, and Mr. Murakami, 3 _native pastor, izl ] ately in Shikoku, an' {sland of Japan, preaching the Gospel. They had, through the’ assistance of Mr. Ttagaki, an ex-Minister of the Government, who has’ great fufluence among the people, and is interested fn Chistianity, an sudience of 500 on the first duy, 700 on the second, and ¥,000 on the third. This is the largest number of Japan- e&:’l zco whom any missionary has preaclied at onc The Congregationalist last week devotes more than a page to letters trom pastors all thrnu?zh New England on the “one-service” plan of worship on Sunday. All the letters agree that the plan hes everywhere succeeded. Some min- isters naively put it that “ not ten persons In the congreeation would now vote to bave tiwe sermons.” Others give other reasons—one cffective one being that there is much more time for useful neizhborhood preaching, better Sunday-school effort, etc. 1t is the unanimous opinion that afternoon sermons are not the best use to give Sunday afternoons to. The question has been raised whether or not missionary work Is favorable to longevity. A correzpondent of the Ezaminer und Chronicle grives a list of nineteen missionarles to hesthen countries, most of whom lived to advanced aze, Carey dicd at 72, after a service of forl years; Wade at 74, aiter a service of forty years; Judson at (2, after a serviee ol forty- oue years; and Gulick at 80, after a service of fifty” years. Dr. Gulick spent forty-seven years in the Sandwick Islands and three in Japan. and the whole nelf-centurs never visited the United States, This correspondent, who writes from Siam, is of opinion_that a Imissionary iife, even in Burmah and Stam, nzed not necessarily be short. The Province thus explains the “Tulchaa Bishop™: In Scotland, at one time, when the Bistoprics were vacant, the King was anzious o scize upen their cevonucs. In order 10 ao €o_he was obhized to put pretended Bishops into the Seca. sud by this weans to draw the money. Inthe barpysrdsin Scotland, wher. the calves’ had bexn taken from their milky mothers, It was usual, ac milking fime, 10 place Léfore the cows an jmaga of a calf stuffed with atraw. and o the deceived caws rave down their milk, ‘Chis image was called a Tuichan, aud the same nome was appiied to the Kinw's pre- tended Biehops. So now, when any one sete up to Dbp o #ispop, 0 that the ‘peaple may more readily give their money. he 15 not inantly saia to belony fo the Tulchan line. Inour duy the Tulchans are Inrgely on the incrense, and may 2oon come to out- number the cowa. Recently, when a resolution to condemna Y Retreat,” held by fifteen ministers of the Church of Iretand, came uefore the General Synod, the Archbistop of Dublin said he would take upon himself the entire responsibility of iving his sanction to the holding of the recent retreat. He had done so under a wrong impres- sion, and woulil grant no_such permission in futore. He bad heard, with great pain. of the practice of auricular confessfon on that ‘ocea- sion. This explanation had a pacificatory elfect on the Synod. There was adiscussion overa motjon to appohfi a committee to consider how the objections of members and ‘ministers to the word ' regenerate ¥ in the baptismal s could be removed, The motion was lost, G0 clerezymen voting for it and 103 against it, the 1ay vote being 125 10 83, MACKONOCHIE. Lord Penzance has s ander Maclkonochie, of St. Albans, Holborn, to suspension from the benefice and priesthond for three years, He has been warned repeatedly by the Court of Arches that e wus violating the Public Worship act, but the extreme ritualistic ices bave been continued in defiance of ec- clesiastical law, On Mav 19 the celebrant was clothed in white vestments, which included the alb, the chasuble, stole, maniple, and berretta. In the centre of the back of thecnbasuble was beautifullv worked in silk a representation of the crucifixion. Two lighted and ten unlichted cauales were ou the altar, the back of which was completely covered with vases of very beautitul flowers, and in front of which there hung, sus- pended from the roof, seven lighted Iaaps. The service, had the Latin instead of the Engiish Ianzuare been used inits celebratiou, might have been easily mistaken for the mass of the Roman Church. Even at the elevation of the sacramental clements the ' conaregation were reminded of the solemn moment by the tolling of the great bell of the church. Previous to the sermon prayers were asked for the repose of a departed soul, and a good many Roman missals werg in use among the conzrewati The Dean of Westminister aitended this service, as a spectator, taking his seat a few rows from the chancel Tail, oppasite a painting of the Virein and Child, in front of which were unlighted candles and vases of flowers, while underneath was the crucifix which was reeently condemned by the Archdeacon of London. IRISTIAN UNITY. A very significant meeting of clerey and laity of the Anglican Church was held in Oxford on May 15, for the purpose of securing the co-oper- ativn of Roman Catholic prelates and priests in promoting the unity of Christendom: The Bishop ol Bombay presided, and there were on the platform several Roman Catholic priests. ‘The Chairman said, that when they spoke of the reunion of Christendom they elearly impiied that there were at least two boulies to be reunit- ed. and that the two bodics were in 50 far co-or- dinate as that thelc union did not mexn_simply the absorption by one of them of all the rest. The Rev. I R. Bramley moved the first resolu- tion: *That the advance of the Infidel move- mensthroushont Europe, snd the actmal or tureatened dissoiution of the relations of Churen and State, constitute a fresh call on all sincere believers to_pray amd lubor earnestly for the reunion of Clri s, in one faith and oue fold.” Canon Ridgway seconded the reso- lution, and said that there had been during the last thirty years a revival throughout the whole of Europe of increased. spiritual life and vigor, and it had been found that there was wot so great a vital difference between the tenets of the ciurches as was 'ouce supposed. The resolution was carried. Mr. moved * That the accession of Pope Leo XIT aud the reawakening life of Eastern Christiani- ty aflorded at the present moment special gronnd for rencwed energy and hope.” The Rev. George Nuree said he was couvinced Car- ainal Manning and other theolozians would be lad to meet there from the Anglican Commu- nion and discuss a possible basis of reunion. The Rev. I. N. Oxenham proposed ** That the ultimate aim and solution of the Oxford move- ment of 1843 must be sought in the restoration of the corporate union of Christendom,” and said he looked with hope tothe new Pope to belp bring about the union which they sought. TUE KEV. . M. PATNTER. Tne Brussels (Ont.) Plast of the 3lst ult., speaking of the Rev. I1. M. Paynter's labors at several points in the Dominion, says: The Rev. I M. Paynter, of Chicago, whose evangelistic labors 1n London, Ailsa Crafz, Mitch- oll, Goderich, and Teeswater, have been' greatly Dlessed in the comforting of sefnts and the conver- siou of slnuers, began his labors in Brussels on Thuraay last. 'The plan adopted by Mr. Paynter so far here is to hoid a- Bible-reading in the after- noon, and to preach n the evening in elther of the Presbytertan chnrches, both cangrezations having ubited in the ‘work. ‘A dcep interest Lus Leen mamfested by many of these meetings, and much good must result from them. Mr. Paynter is a ready spesker, and appears (o have a cloar and full knowledgze of the Scripturcs. 1is illustrations ure simple and characteristic, and his whole manner carnest and natoral. Last Lord's-Day evening he preached to a union congrezation” in Melvilie Church on the **Blood.” "The discourse was grund one. In the afternoon he addressed the children of both Sunday-schools in the same place, and kept their attention during_his *-sermon.™ Already the good elfects of Mr. Parnter's labors can be observed n the revivication of saints, and we will be surprised if next weck doca not witness a great work omong the unconverted who listen to the preaching. CLERICAL IMPERTINENCE. TheLondon Graphic says thatat arecent meet- ing of the Lower, House of Convocation, a pe- tition from the Rev. Charles Guteh, incumbent of St. Cyprian’s Church, Marylebone, nsking Convocation to take the subject of the marriage between the Earl of Roscbery and Miss Roths- child * into cerious consideration ” and to deal with it in the manper ** m conducive to the Thonor of our Lord Jesus Christ and the disci- pline of the Church and the interests of true religion, was presented.” The petition set forth: 1. That two persons, one of them n Jewess, were martied oy civil contract before the Superintenent strar of St. George's, lanover square, 20t of March fast, ey ol e That subsequently, on the same day, these w0 persons. being married, presented the at Christ Church, Mavtair, for the solemnizing of their union with the marriage services of the Cburch of England. 4. That a pricst of thisdiocese did then and t! read the church service with them, and did thi fore, according 1o that service, bless them in the name of the Fater, of the Son, and of the Holy host. +. That this use of the service for one who is an mnbelfever in the Christian religion is » plain pro- fanation of holy things, and a grent scandal in the eyes ol your petitionerand of many other Chris- s, 5. That this ceremony was performed under the sanction of = license which was issncd from the Bishop’s registry, and _carried the Episcopal seal, and styled the vo persons -our boloved i 6. That such gervice was not merely necdless in the case of two persons alrendy joined by civil con- tract, but might have been withheld at the discre- tion of the Bishop, or bis Registrur, acting under instraction. SEXES IN TOE OTHER WORLD. Mary Ellen Chase writes to the N Sun as follows: ‘Women outnumber men three to one in Heaven, and In the same proportion men outnumber women 1n Hell. 1do notsay this as an idle boas: (Iam woman), but simply present the facts that every Chnistian must accent on cxamination. Possibly, Mr. Editor, you have not considered this subject, and your readers, at o glunce, may carclessly laugh. However. plesse look at it seriously, Go intg any of the churches during service, and you will find that, on on averaze, two-thirds of the worshipera are women. The roils of membership 35111 show sbout the same proportion of the sexcs. Now, admitting that the Jine dividing charch mem- bers from non-members docs not exactly divide the ood from the bad, still the conclusion 18 sound that in general the members will go to Heaven, and the non-memberséwill go to Hell. This is a fair deduction, —an orthodox deduction. Sinfal mem- bers of churches are comparatively Tess; 8o are Christiaus who do not belong to churches. Both clnsses combined wonld not alter the calculation appreciably. Even if you pat the question on o basis of morality {which cannot properly be done, seclng that there is no salvatfon through morality alone), the result of candid reasoning 1s the same. 1In works of charity, women equally outnumber !'men.” Women in the moin lIead pure :lives, and e w York bound to belfeve, therefore, thatabout two-thirds of all the beings brought together in cternal bliss will be of my ses. Women should aronse themselves to do what they may_for the conversion uf men to Chris- tianity. - Picase do no: construe this &5 A seifsh appeal, srising from an carthiy dread of unhappily dlsproporticnate yatherfngs of the seses. Isimply seck to bring wicked meu fo repentance. PERSONALS. The Rey. Geerze W. Morrfll bas resigned the Rectorship of the Episcopat Church at Joltez. Father Damen, 3. J., formeriy cf this city, has been holding revival services in Sing-Sing Prison. The Rev. M. 8. Croswell, of Califorpis, has sccepted a call to t=e Congregational Charch st Ambor, 1il. President Haygood. of Emory College, bas accepted the oditorshin ef the Wesleyan Chris- tian Advocate. The Rev. Edward A, Perry, of Milford, Mass., has accepted the cali of the Untversahist Chuzeh at Quiney, 1. The Rev. W. E. Ktmball, of Utlea, N. Y., has taken charge ot the Presbvterian Church st Freeport, N. Y. The Kev. Thomas K. Coleman has become the stated minister of St. John's Episcopal Church in this city The Rev. J. L. Phillips, of Lockport. has taken temporary charge of Christ (Episcopal) Church, Soringfleld. ‘The Rev. E. B. Mason, of Indianapolis, has accepted a call to the Jefferson Avenue Presby- terian Chureli of Detroit. The Bishop of Durham. Enc., recelves about $40,000 2 year from his Biskopric and spends more than that in charity. The derree of D. D. has been conferred b the Coflece of California on-the Rev. A. J. Frost, formerly of this «ity. ‘The Rev. John I1. Moore, of Warren, Mass., has heen jnvited to become pastor ot the Uni- verzalist Church at Newark, N. J. Bishop A. Cleveiand Coxe, of Western New York, has sailed for Europe to attend the Epis- copal Contercnce at Lambeth in July. The colored Buptist Association of Virginia, at thetr annual meeting at Portsmouth, beld recently, resolved to send the Rev. Solomon Cosby 1o Africa as their missionar op Colenso will attend the. Pan-Anglican Synod, wkich meets at Lambeth. July 2. He has been inviied by the Archbishop of Canter- bury, aud has accepted the invitation. The extled Bishop of Geneva, Mezr. Mermil- Tod. to whom Leo XIII. bad sent his Apostolic Benediction, has been invited by Cardinai Bar- ;{ulinL in the vame of His Holiness, to go to ome. Wesley Childs, a colored brother sionally tacks Mondy to his name, is unced in ghe Stapdard as a iraud. He ated in Pontiac, and was much given to the lusts of the flesh in all questidnable shapes. Mr. F. F. Browne, who has been in charze of the literary department of the Alliance for the past year, has withdrawn, aud will devote his tume to eeneral fiterary work. This withdrawal virtnally took effect several weeks ago, but has not been announced before. The latest triumph of temporal over spiritual things is recorded in the case of the Arch- duchess Maria Christing, the head of the Royal Abbey of Prague. who has resigned her position in order to be betrotied to the Archduke Louis Yictor, tho yomngest brother of the Emperor of Austria. The Rev. Georze W. Palmer died suddenly at Polk City, la., Sabbath morning, May %. - He had gone there tospend the Sabbath, and would probably have been catled to the vastorate of the church wnere he had before labored for five vears. He had just closed his work at Carroll, is ministry havinz run through twenty-eight years, thirtecu in fIowa and fifteen in Qhio. ‘The Independent pays the following handsome compliment to a well-known Chicago clerey- ma No morc falthful cnd active scrvant of_the churches Liae been in the field than the Rev. J. E. Roy, who was for vears anrowa Chicizo corre- sponden: and who for sistoen and s half years bad charge of {t:e American fome Missionary Society's 11¢ Dow nccepts the invi onary Association to undertake t of Field Superintendent for th his headquarters and home in At- The man who has been efficient 1n or Lty Conzregational Churches in Tilinoi 40" hag himself dedicated firty-ve honses of worship in that State, besides gathering a dozen churches and dedicating ffteen honses of worshin in the further West, 13 not hikely to be sn inactive Superitaudent. We trast that he will Bave the cordial support of the churches, on whose beneficence the Association depends. ANNOUNCEMENTS. work in Himois. the American ) The rezular monthly meeting of the Woman's Baptist Home Mission Ugion, which was post- ‘poned for two weeks, will be held at the Fourth Coureh on Tuesday, June 11, at half-past 2 p. m. Gentlemen are fnvited to tea, which will be followed by a social re-unlon. The Woman’s Christian Temperance Union holds daily gospel meeting in Lower Farwell Hall at 3p. m. _The leaders for this week are: Mouday, Mrs. 8. D. Judkins; Tuesday, Mrs, AP, Telly; Wedndsday, Mrs. C. F. Clenden- ning; Thureday, Mrs. C. B. Alton; Fridag, Mrs, W. J. Keriott; Saturday, Miss Lucia Kimbal. The Sunday-schools of St. James' Church, corner of Cassand Huron streets, will hold a speefal service this afternoon at 4 o’clock, when oferings of mouey and flowers will be received for St. Luke’s Hospital. The serviee is called “The Children’s Hospltal-Suaday.” The Re Dr. Locke, the President of St. Luke’s Hospital, will deliver an address. This_being “Children’s Day” among the Methodist Episcopalians, Trinity Church has prepared an elaborate programme for its ob- servance. The church will_ be decorated with flcwers, plants, aquaria, and cages containing einging birds. The anniversary_hymn for the oceaslon was camposed by Mr. L. F. Lindsay, the Superintendent of the Sunday-school. The services will be conducted by the Rev. W. F. Crafts, pastor of the church. A National Temperance Consention, with. special days for the Red Ribbon and. other clubs, Woman’s Christion Temperance Unfon, the I. O. of G. T.. will be held at Lake Dluff, commencing July 9 and continuing till the 15th. The Sundas-School Assembly and Bible Conference will begin July 17, continuing till the %5th. The camp moeting, under the supervision of Elder Willing, will commence July 31, sud remain in session tll Aug. 7. The forty-second anniversary of the Chlcago Baptist Aesociation will be keld a¢ Elzin, com- meneing ‘fuesday alternoon. Followingis the programme: Sunday-school work. — Tuesday—2. p.3 m.— 1, Devotlonal. 2. Wordsof welcome. 3. Letters and regorts from schools. 3:30 p. m., Bible-class teaching, opened by Willlam Lawrence, . of Chi- cago. 4 p. ., Intermediate classos, From Suverintendent’s 'standpoint, by Brother E. §. Osgood, of Austin, From tescher's standpoint, Mrs. A. 3L Bacon, Dundee. 4:30 p. m., Infant classee, Tgt.ldny Etening—7. 2. Sunday-school esercise, conducted by Mrs. Stevens. ~ 2. Address: '<Relation of Sunday: schiool to Chiureb.” 4. Sunday-school exercise, conducted by Mrs. Baldwin. 3. Address: -*How to lold Our Older Scholars.” 6. Sunday-schaol exercise, fod by Mrs. Farnham. Weanesday Morning—8:50. —1. Devotional. 2. Address: <'The Devclopment of Denevolend in Our Schools.” Rev. E. P. Savage. 3. Free Con- ference and business. " Adjournment at 9:15. lo:0-1 ’:}nnu:\loucrmon.( ¥ the Rev. C. E. ewitt, D.D. 2. Organization. 3. 5 Lgwitt, D¢ on. 3. Letter of El Wedneaday Afternoon—2 o'clock. Devotional. . Teading of letter: #dnesday Erening—~7:30. Doctninal sermon by th;y{lev‘ ursday Morainy 24 Miscollancoud busincas, - 83300 Simmieriol - ucation. 2. Foreign Missions. ~ 3. State Mjs- 4. Bible and Prblication Society. 10:4 fon. Question: ‘‘What means can be used to secure the active service of every church member?” Opened by the Rev, S. Daker. Jr. 11:15. Woman's Baptist Foreign Mission Society. Thursday Arteraoon—2:00. Reminiscences of early lilinois_Baptist history. 3:30. Final ad- Jjournment. Fer Committees of Arrangement. ‘The thirts-cizhth annual session of the Fox River Association of Universalists will be held at Sheridan, Lasalle County, on the 12th and {3thinst. Following is the programine: Zuesday Etening—8. Sermon by the Rey. II. Slade, of El subject, **Uni ism the Hil Lt ject, *‘Universalism the ednesday Morning—9:30. Conference ing, conducted by Mr. Delos Robnson. of Sher dzm('Li subject, **Practical Christianity.” 10:30. Reading of minutes of Inst session; appointment of committecs; report of Secrtary and Treasurer. 11. Discussion—*"How Can We Lest Incalcate Temperance Principles in Charch and Sunday. school Wark?" led by the Itev. J. Strambof Marccilles, and tho Rev. Mrs. Sophia Gibb of Sheridan.” Afternoon—L:45. Conncil Meela—As- seciation budiness. 2:15. Discasaion—+*The Place of Emotion in Christion Character,” led by the Rev. T. N. Glover of Dowsglac, dich., the Rev. Miss A, J. Chapin of Aurors, and the Rev. L. G. Powers of Osk Park. 3:30. Address by Prof. S. W. Straub, of Chicago; subject, **Our Sunday-school Music.” 4. Discussion—:What é:;s;cgl:“}:xmczeq of l?;l’nxnn;-lr‘ C!Asgfil in Bearing Expensea?™ with 3 lcading address by Mr. Fred 0. “xgm of Aurors, followed by mzu.nu . Opening exercises. the Rev. Sumner Ellis, paztor of the Charey s 0T Redeemer, Chicazo; subject, »*Ths porct Of the Spalis. :o . Elenents of Thursday Morning—8:30. Conferenc : corducted by Me. 5. . Swan, of Chirsge o Soct, ++Tae Tieins derived. Trom Religiabo pfld- cises,” 9:30. Election of oflicers: - pusjacatts the Council. 0:43. Discussion. AR of the Evolniicn ‘Theory to Christianity; ™ e 08 tkg Rev, A. H. Laing. ‘of Earl; the Rev. sun . of Cicazo’ and Mr. Chirles Cappentlet Dewher's Grove. '11:00. Repons fromy ot 9 ana Sunday-schoola. (13 13 expected that quat? this hour fu! £ts Will be received fropm b3 church snd Sundav-school, whether gopyctth atherwise, within tlie jurisdiction af the Aaee niony. | Afternoon—1:45, Address by braf ot HOITAN, of Suzar Grove: auhjact, v gfajel 0k eptration; Tta Place 1 the Suaday-schogtin o Jowed by the Rev. T. N. Glover. Mr. J. 11, k0" Trof. . W. Straubd, Jubn C. Mherwin, g Rev. Dr. kydes, Frank E. Johnson, Sirs. g, ¢ Mazsh, the Rev.' §. F. Gibd, Mre. Pierce fial” eneral discussion un the po 800 ofpers, In b wethods of Sunday-school work. 3. l!Afil"‘ iress by the Kev. Miss Auzasta J- Chesicnt subject, **The Bible 1n Popalay g o foilowed by the ftev. I, Yo g..,kfl““‘ Dyxon, snd tne Kev. H. Slade, of Eisip. gyl Coamunion service—Sermon by the ey, 4 & La of Earl. Unfinished as ace ok recus business, 8:00. Lec?gxem{s‘“?;' Kes. W. M. Ttvder, D.'D., pustor of St. Jagy Church, Chicago: subject *t AL {oward" Bachariemer oo Are We Diifing Th a 23 Mx. C. ?. EIULLETL‘- ¢ leaders and topics for the noon- ings next wek are as ollon oy mect- Monday, the Rev. . Nortiz— Wy Docs for Belicvers.’ Phat Corty. LDT;’x'cgduy, William W. Fisk—Seek Yo gy Go\‘\i.c;('lucsday. C. B. Beach—"Tha Temple o N‘ggl’x,r,sdly, A. L. Stimson—+ Where Are th, Friday, J. B. Walker—“Gospel e pel Temper. Sunday-school teachers? meeting, F. Grafts, b e B Requests for prayer may be seot, the mecting, to Georee, Quinan, Sermens 12 Devotional Committee, No. 130 Madison strees, W- 0. Lattimore wil lead the Gospel en: perance meeting this evening at § o' i Lower Faruell Tall ; ol The Rev. George Mueller, of Bristol, Eney will be in Gur ¢ty on Sunday. Jne § ooy preach at the First Congra the morning and in the Chicaao Clureh (Moody's) in the eveaing: o also preach in Farwell Tall on the fo Sonday and Tuesday at3 . . ug tn the X ond Presbyterian Chiurch on W ednescay, Iy 12,2t § p. m. nERAT, i SAINTLY SMILES. Samson was an eminent tragedian in bis day, and in his last act brouzht down the house, The phonograph is destined to do away wity jealousy in the church choir, by abolishisg . ke choir. The Graphic believes the umbrella was fy. vented during David’s reign. It was success. fully used as a parry-Saul, Tae temoerance editor of the adependent wae much taken back the other morning on boariny that the intellizent compositor made the line iy a favorite hymn read * I praise the atill,” ‘When the astronomer comes along, Brudder Jasper exclaims, * If de earth beaa’t roun’, hoy de anjils stan” “pon de foab cawnersi™ Az then he smiles contemptuously and winks one eye in a slow #nd eloauent manner. ¥ *Whisky is your ereatest enemy,” said a mi ister to Deacon Jopes. *“But" saiq .ln‘:z: *‘don’t the Bible say, Mr. Preacher, that we 22 to love our enemies? ™ ¢+ Oi, yes, Deacon Jooss: but it don’t say we are to swallow them.” Now that the phonograoh makes it possible for sounds £0 be canned_the ame as bee!, misz, lobsters, fruit, etc., missionary sermons caz by bottled and gent to the South Sea Islands, resd; for the table, instead of the missionary himsell Alittle boy, on_returning home from charch, was asked by his mother to wive the text. After a thoughtful pause, the little fellow re- plied: “Idont't bardly remember, butit was something about a hawk between two plrons,” The text was, ““\Why hait ye betweed two opinions 7. Conspicuous by its absence: Crafty Ritualist (to Influential church warden, who fas heard complaints about the new reading-desk—which Bas a cross cut out of the front,—and has come tosee ahoutit): * Cross, my dear sic? Why, you see, not only is there no eross on it, but 0z has actually been taken away.” A minister of a Hizhland chureh, after preack- ing a tecious sermon on happiness, during which he enumerated the various classes of happyper- sons, asked one of his elders what he thouzht of thie discourse. ** You omitted oue laree class of the happy,” replied tue elder, * and thati they who escape your sermon.” ‘When Samson sallicd forth to smite The foes that zathered round bim, His Kinz spoe out, pale with aifrighs, **Think you that you csn pound 'em?" He paused 3 moment—tiought it o'er, And quicsly-said, ** I can, He then gave them a jack-male’s jaw, ‘Which proved a ** big bone-answer.™ A late minister of Peebies had been disconrs- ing onthe sin of falsehood, had portrayed ths unhallowed consequence of indulzinz in the practice. A smmil trader fn the place whos consclence had jieen for the moment aroused, exclaimed to a nelzhbor on going home, *Tha minister needna hae been sac hard, for there's plenty leers i Peebles beside me! " ‘The only cquivalent in the Japanese lango for the Enelish word baptism or immersion soakinz. A ludicrous illustration of its appli- catfon is the following from the Bapuist travs- lation of the Bible into Japanese, which greatly astonished the Japs: ‘“In those days come John the soaker, preaching the soaking of re peatance. Repent, and be soaked every oze of you'! w Sadie R.,a little 8-year-old child, attended church for the first time on an_Easter oceasion in the Protestant Episcopal Church. She s very still, and sas the procession of children march into the church with flowers in tk!'i hands, all singing, *Onward, Caristian Soidier A few weeks later this little miss made ber second visit to the church, and this time to the Presbyterians, wherc she cntered at the headof the family, and marched down the aisle, lond&i singing, Onward, Christlan Soldier!” to Lt astonishment- of the congreeation and utter consternation of the parents. “The Rev. Plato Johnson _recently addresced 3 congregation on the question of revirals and Informed his dusky hearers that, “ One tin® wants to bring to yer uotiss, in_my perizris tions I hab *bsarved dat while dar's lots of bea roosts fn dfs yer neizhborhood, der’s mitey fe? chick’ns onzo ’em. Now, ef by dis timé nef veur dar’s more” cliick’ns dan dar {3 now, an” ¢ Qose chick'ns dow’s bave to_roost 50 high 83 dey do now, I shall ’ctude dat dis preseot "vival a3 a big success. But ex I Lear de same D0iseS after nitefall dat I heerd lass pilg, jess d‘" tho’ some chick’n was in trubble, 1 el dat de’vival didn’t go fur putl.” CHURCH SERVICES. EPISCOPAL. Cathedral Free Church, SS. Peter and Paal, cor- ner of West Washington and Peoria strects. The Right Rev. W. E. Mclares, 5. T. D., Blbo% the Rev. J. I1. Knowles, Priest in charge. (b ral Morning Prayer and celebration of the ol Commanion at 10:30 &. m., and Choral Evenio Prayerat 7:30 p. m. g —The Rev. Samuel S. Harris will offciateia & James' Chureh, corner of Cass and Huron #irectis ¢20:45 5. m. 30d 8 p. m. Commanionat § &2~ —The Rev. E. Sullivan witl offciate i Tan;’- Church, corger of Twenty-sisth strcct and Wb fan avenne, at 10:45 8. m. ana 7:45p. B munion at 12 m. B % —The Rev. Francis Mansfeld will oficste 1 the Church of the Atonement, comer of W Washinzton and Robey etreets, at10:¢0 3.0 7:30p. m. ) & —The Rev. J. Bredbarg will offciste !:I % Ansgarins’ Church, Sedgwick streer, near ChIGt& avenuc, 0t10:30a. m.and THOR D —The Rev. Clinton Locke will offciste 12 8258 Church, Wabash avenue, near Stxteeathsir aclla. m. and8o. m.. CommanloastSa. B ~The Kev. Thomas K. Colemsn will o£Cit% 1 St. Johw's Church, corner of Washingion Jre aud Ouden avenue, at 10:45 3. m. and 7:0 7 —YNo service to-day at the Charch Commanion. 3 ~—The Ilev. Charles Stanley Lester will &fl;_l'l:; in St. Paul's Church. Tiyde Pack avenue, JESe " Fosty-clebth and Forty-ninth streets, at 103 . e Tter. B. F. Fleotwood will oficiste 2S5, Maris's Church. Cottage Grove avenue, COMer 1 Thirty-sizth street, at 10:30 2. 1. and 7:30 02 2 —The Rev. G. F, Cashman will offciate 18 Stephen’s Chinrch, Johuson street, between and Twelfth, 2610:30 8. m. and 7:30p. 1\ ) —The Rev, Luther Pardee willomiciate in CY 3 Charch, Warren avenue, between Oakley slieet i Western avenue, at 10:303. m. snd TA0 R Celebration of tho Holy Communion at 10 3. fo e Church of the Epiphsny, tween onroe and ipld:m:siz 2t 10:30 8. m. 3¢ 7:300. m, Communion al L e The Fev. W. J. Petrie will oficiate In Charch of One savior, ct:!mernlal Ligxcam and Beldes avenues, at 11 8. m. and 7:30 p. m- All —Tho'Rev. H. G. Perry will oficiate 2 Sants' Churcb, -corner ;g] ggrpc‘:;l-er and 0B siceets, at20:45 8. m. and 7:45 in the —The Rev. Arthur Ritcbie will officiate Chareh of the Ascension, North LaSalle aad Bz