Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 11, 1878, Page 9

SUNDAY. AUGUST 11, 1878~SIXTEEN PAGES. 9 - RULIGIOUS. The Untruthful Character of Cheap Sunday-School Books. . Sentimental Stories sld;l{ont the Good and Bad Little Boys. i Colored Camp-Meeting at Greenville, N. J.---Songs and Dances. Qyin Worried Over a Recently- Opened Temperance Billiard~ Saloon, * ' The Drawbacks in China Ageinst the Spread of Christianity. General Notes, Pious Humor, Per- somals, Services To- Day. SUNDAY-SCHOOL STORIES. TUE GOGD LOY, ETC. A writerin Maemillan’s Maga=ine for Ausmust o0 intercsting account of the Sunday- £ ol brars books of the preseut day, and fods matter for regret that more care is not {sken i buyine books for childres, and that Ihecheap lterature for the youne is so vastly pfeior i quality t0 that provided at a higher Hesays: e will now, in hooes of inducing at least some of our readers to Jook into the matter for themseles, aud fo cease distributing pooks of hich they know nothive, make a few remarks cs, 208 give 3 few extracts trom, some of these ories. Let us look first at theolots. There is {iis sweeping objection to almost ail of them: the good boy is liberally rewarded by praise, prosents, sod prosoerity, gencrally before sun- gt while the bad boy is ‘mutilation, or some awful jaassbortaperiod. Surely such teaching as {his must be condemued, if on no other grounds thanits éxtreme untruthfulaess. «<Qpe matier, indeed, fs always considered by those who buy story-books for the poor: they must be perfectly *safe’; there must be noth- jngin them to *set the parish in a flame.’ That they must inculeate the precise shade of ‘frious teaching current in the place. The pristioners of the Low Chureh cleriyman mast not be scandalized by reading that *Sister Olive bad sat up all night at her embroidery- frame in onder that the new crimson bookmurk: s amd stoles shouic be ready for St. Peter’s Dar’; mor must the flock of the ritualistic corate be informed that ‘The truly Christian «hld; Ebenezer Jones, repeated the Thanksgiv- g reverentially after the minister.’ «Has any ace ever had 2 packet from London ithont finding in it several versions of that mast obnoxious tale concerning the pious child of adranken father, sho reciaims lus parent, ether oy praying aloud for him, or by making writtingly some remark which * pierces him to * the heart? just at the moment when he is stand- fag unobserved behind thie door? “This appears 1o us to inculeate the worst yosible moral. Cau anything be so undesira- Bie as 1o accustom dren to regard their dders 28 subjects for their soiritusl ministra- tans, snd must ot a child’s siugle-mindeaue: bentterly destruyea by leading it to expect that 1be snswer fo its praver will come through the Impresston_ produced by its own superior nudtite? Take, for example, a leatiet called . *Will Father be a Goat, Mothier?’ lu it James Ritlog's son, a boy of 4, listens 1o his mother mading Mattbew, “xxv., after which, just as James bas arrived, half drunk, at toe usual Y of couccalment beaind the door, ° the - dear attentive etid / raises bis head, and gaz- foein bis mother’s face with irrepressible ©in- terest’ (what a word) asks, - Will father bea roat, then, mother?® “James Stirling was an- Terently eratificd at beingr looked oo as an in- terssting case by his son: afew days after he 100k the pledee, and became a ¢ Christian phi- pist iu bumble Jife.’ “The dremat's personeTequired for these tales are but few: First, The Kind Clereymaus; weond, Parents or Guardiaos: third, Hero or Heroine: fourth, His or Her Friend; fifth, Cot- tigeVisitor. In the publications of the Re- Tract, Society the clergyman is co fpicnous chiefly by his absence, being kept very much in the backevound, and bis place is sup- pledby an azed cottazer of either sex. fn ‘0id Humphrey's Bundle of Stories? there is 10ld cottawer named Joel Stokes who: goes bont ssking every person whom he meets one question, - lTow do you get onf a remark which, a5 the book proudly observes. *may be Aplied to all, and truly we grow weary cnough oltts repe ition betore” Stokes’ walking powcrs re exhausted. and be returns to his hearth ana Tome. He first wends his way to the smithy and asks the blacksmith, ¢ How do you get on? Notbury, the smith, replics that be *gets on Dretty well av the an'vil,’ and Jocl departs, re- .1indiog bim thas it §s_ ¢ all very well to be a first-rele workmau,’ but that he must also re- mewber to * fear the Lord.” e next accosts little Martha Baltiss, und inquires how * sbe feis oo and exhorts her to remember e text, -Love one snother.’ He @ben calls st Master Stallert’s, the Touemason, and addresses his usual auestion. Master Stallert is vexed at thetime, having just wade 3 mistake and cut 2 wrong letter on a tombetone, Joel assures him that the oreatest mistake he could make would be to - mistake the ¥ay to heaveny? and after this assertion, which, bowever trie, does not scetn to have been tuch tothe boint at the mowent, procecds to Mrs Wino's, and inquires Low she “zets on¥ Mrs. Wion, who is ofd and rheumatic, states that she fsvy il, and bas Littie hope of ever beiug bet- ter; €0 bestowing a parcel of tea, and advising 1 go for comfort to the *widow’s refuge. tecver blessed Word or God,” he leaves the fottaze, and mects Mr. Dobos joggiv along on Lispony. +Well, Mr. Dobbs, Low do you get 0t uesays, The zarmer speaks of bad weath- & and the harvest; aud Joel recommends him tobear in mind that *there is @ harvest of an- fiber sort near at hand, in which God witl zather s sheaves into bis Heavenly garner.’ His next Jicin 15 the mole-catcher: - How do you get Qe asks Stokes. “There Is vermin cnough,’ Teplies Morris: *but then 1 et very little money fwrit Modcstly likeuing himself and his friend Yo vermin, S10kes observes that it becomes both them 10 take care that “the priuce of dark- ces does not set, his_traps for them.” A8 a0 example of another tiresome_person Tofsalwars poiutinz a moral, take Helen’s {ather i * The Eshdale Herdboy.! His daugher Asks an fntelligent quustion, theredy sugcesting bl allother young people are not cquall T yfobe says: ¢ Mauy children are so foolish - be ashamied to Tet those they converse Sover that thes do uot comiprenend every- o % hat s said fo them, by which means they 0 imbibe erroncons jdeas, amd perhsps re- W in irmorance on wmany essential subjects 0, by questioning their fricuds, they might @y bave obtained correct jpformation.” i Nor have futhers 3 monopoly of such pedan- m pixisiness as 10 throw the sympathies of ¢ reader on the wrone side. Who can do ar 5 than fecl for the perseeutors of Rich 10 4Try Amain,” when we see him thus ad- ios g bis schooimaster, who had beeu reci Exlourieen very anll lines of Sylvester’s v the er! <] inust trouble you to allow me to PF those yerses when we et home. as I shall over look upon a epider again without very “.;lhl interest and delight.’ ™ R ¥mter closes by saving : uadere i 3 crying want of wholesome liter- tore adapted to the rising geperation of Lhe Forking population. Who will supply it! We 1opeal 10 those who liave time and abilities snd aepen of the ready writer; and to them we fo3- Thiak it not bengath vou {0 compose books {or Door ehildren. The t D0 easy task, nor is1t one on whict your talent would be thrown AWay. 1t has beea lons enough in the hands of ile thorouglly incompctent persons to which it 1 a1 present, almost wholly abandoned. TI_EO 40 your peng, and let the test of what you write % whether you would venture to read it to A Yoy from one of our Jarre public schools, or 3 gloutof a carefully-managed schoolroom, 00 spectators, nearly all in the stand soon joiued. As tim: it droned out, Mr. fell gu his knees and began to pray. Sometimes anoiher. did nothiug but laugh and offer remarks which were auyihing but appreciative or compliment- ary. 01 for be sure if they would make fun of your work. it i ol Fork. it is no more fit for the village child thau ATRICAN ZION. TRE GREENVILLE CAMP-MEETING. New York World, Aug. 5. The last camp-meeting—or “ grove-mecting,” asthe colored people very properly call it—of the African Zion Mechodist Episcopal Church waslicld at Greenville, N. J., vesterday, The soot where the zood people of Zion Church set up their Ebenezer this year was. on the top of 2 small but kizh knoll in the middle of a large, delightful grove just back of the Village of Greenville. The horse-cars from Jersey City Fun right fnto the grove and land their passen: Zersin the cool shade of tne ok and maple trees. Yesterday afternoon Bishop Moore, of Jersey City, walked up into the little coop-like stand which stands half-way down the side of the knoll and bezanto preach to the people Who occupied the tiers of sexts rising before bim and spreadinz outlike o fan until they reached 2b‘e top of theknoll. The good Bishop bad ls!rl his ample umbreila aud able walking stick ina safe place, deposited his black hat onadry plank sana adjusted his irou-clad spec- tacles. The burden of Lis talk was full salva- tiou, or eanctitication. As one of the colored brethren said, ‘It was a oreat subject, but he done it justice.” The Bishop did not finish his germon, however, for the rain began to fall, and the congregation became so uneasy that he suddenly came to a close, promisme 1o resume iu the evening, Providence permitting. After the rain bad slackeved a little it was decided to bold 4 soug and praver meetiug. es the rezular speskers and Siogers thero Were not many colored people present, but the white people gathered in crowds. The prayer and song mecting begau with song. Bishop Moore, Brother Jones,’ of Bsltimore, Brother Oliver. of Jersey City, and Brotuer Dyson, of Bergen City, and a ‘white brother—Mr. Van Buskirk,—were in_the stand, besides ss muny colored sters. They completely filled the little six-by-ten box. Betore them stood about i all of them white. The Tain bezan to fall heavily again, but Lhe specta- 1ors sheltered themselves us well as they could underthe trees. The attraction was too great o allow any ol them to leave. The perforumers in the stand were well protected Iy a board roof. Tobeain the exercises, one of the broth- ers struck up oue of tuwse monotonus, drouiy; never-endivg vegro hymus or songs, in which i went on and more_enthusiastic, and s of indeseribable aaties. Al me by racking to and Iro and some by stamping their teet.” When the excitement was at the. highest pitel the sis- ot up and skipyed up and down the stand, sticulating aud sirating. They shouted until they might have been Leard on Spake Hill, anz then sat down exhausted in « corner of the thiey became oy thel began u seri marked time us the; stand. One of the breturen always shiowed his sreatest ardor by first jumping up aud shaking his ticad like & terrier with a rat, and then but- ung the boards at the front of the stund until the nails pearly gave way. nogotonous song had finally Van Buskirk, the white brother, All the other brotbers and sisters in the stand followed When the loa: the example of kuceling, aud juterjected re- marks ou the prayer. Brother Vaun Buskirk rose quite exhausted, and then the singing was resumed io the usial bap-hazard way, sometimes one leaaing and The crowds of spectators “Fite burden of tis song was as follow if 1 had kept my armor bright. De Lad ae wiil provide. I might biave walked wid de Lod on de right, e Lod e wiil provide. If I ener et ou de oder shoah, De Lod He will provide. Treber will come vack no moab, e Lod He will provide. Jobn, he keen de angel bright, De Lod e will provide, A noldin’ seven siars on de right, De Lod He will provide. De Lod formv’ an’ took me in, De Lod e will provide. But heab 1 s gone a-<innin’ agin, De Lod He will provide. De Lod sot me to wateu de sheep, De Lod He will provide. A 211 night long dat watch T'l keep, De Lod He will provide. While they were singing this, one of the colored sisters zot up and went dancing around the stand and shakiug hands with ali the joyful company. down the kuoll to unnounce to the speakers and singers that it was time for supper, put her lips very close to the cheek of Brother Dyson white some white disturber of the peace imitated the sound of & mizhty kiss. Inugned ana offered their own conunents on the performance. A larae, corpulent sister, who came svering that welcome news, at which The other spectators ‘The brothers and sisters did not sing very long after it was found out that supper was waicing. They descended the stand and ascend- ed the Ml with agility, but when they got to the top, where the fittle tent ‘Was pitched, they found it filled with buld, inquisitive white per- sons. most of them being youns men with their “airls” from the surrounding country. One younz mau, who bavpencd to stand in the way of un able-bodied colored sister, was asked to stand aside, which he retused to do. That youns mau’s coat w: ripyed down the middle Zeam ot the back, so that he went about like a Bergen Hill Zo0se with two broken wings. “T11 let yo know, I'll tell yo yo can’t insult me in heal” said thic sister. 1 digu’t lnsult you,” said the white hood- Tut m. . +Didn’t, hey?” said thecolored exhorter. “Didn’t yo say yodidu’t care nuffin’ for me? Gone you, you ain't no gel’'man, and you knows ¥ou ain’t. The disabled young man was about to con- tinue the discussion, but the stalwart Brother Oliver havine arrived, stood up aud tcaned on the opposite side of thie supper-table and ad- dressed the younz man “Look heab. Listen tome, Isay. Do you heah me speakin’ to you. You man, I'm speakin’ something to yu. No you neak me, don’t you. Weil, 1 €ay, not another wu'd, an® jest_git right out o’ beah sud dou’t let me see nuffin’ of yo 10 more.” ‘The rood brother then paused, but didn’t change Lis attitude, nor take his eyes off the young man, who decided to follow his colored brother’s advice. “Them’s nothin’ but gossums,” said Brother Dyson. “What is a gossumi” asked the World re- porter of Mr. Dyson afterwards. “f dunno myselr,” smid lie, ¥but it’s the worst word I krows of, aud that's what those friv’lous white youuog men is.” OBERLIN. THAT BILLIAKD-SALOOS. Cincinnati Gasette, dug. 2. Oberlin is peculiarly a college town. lts ten or twelve hundred students are its cnief social and material interest. The - collepe was found- ed on strict rules of morals aud manoers, and its influence has kept ibe town free from the usual demoralizing instrumentalities. Whether by positive rule, or by the force of precept and example, the students are kept from the use of tobacco. Inthe principal colleges East there scems to be a Laskion which drags the verdant students into this vasty habit. There is very little tobacco old in the Town of Oberlin. The inhabitants have succceded in preventing the sule of spirits or beer. Of course this could not be without a moral atinosphere, which frowned down these things, and made them disreputable. [t may seem very Puritanic to the careless, but ane would suppose that there are parents who prefer to send their sons to a college where they are apart from contact with the vices thau 1o one where these arc the collexe fashion. ‘The Ober- Jin people have thwarted cfforts to sex up the sale of that insidious alcoholic drink, beer. Lately the cnemy has approached in the insid- jous Torm of a billiard-saloon, with such tem- perance drinks as lemonade and vop. ' Regarding this as an entering wedee, the in- halitants have Urouxht their predentive means 10 b Atfirsz they entered the place in larze number, in the mapner of the crusuders; but upon th resistance of the proprietor they with- drew and estavlistied a vigilance siere by settil two wowen sentinels before it. to take down the uames of thosewho euter. These are re- sieved o regular times, and so the watch is Kept up. & The indifferent and thoughtl will say this is 100 rigid. and that bilhards sre mild and iv- nocent. But soare loitering, lounzing, and loafing innaceut. Therc can bardly be a more fnane spending of time than in billiards. There is nothmg either mental or muscularinit. It i3 a place for loitering in a mental vacuitys and the practice of buying drinks, which it directiy encourages, is noi likely to stop at lemonade and pop. The boy who ucquires a meed of billiards has got an expersive habit that will spend money which would buy him that which would Le an improvement and a credit to him. Insuchaplace as Oberlin there isnoclass that wants billiards. The setting up of a sa- Joon for billiards is an attempt to_create the want of it. It is an innovation, and the Ober- lin people properly regard it as the head of the camel which, if admitted. his whole body will follow. Oberlin is as different {rom Cincinnati 28 a Sunday-school pleaic is from a 25-cent dance 2t a beer-ball, and it has a rizht to en- force probibitions which would be vain he and we hope that its defense agninst tho asre, ive billiard-saloon will force that concern to capitulate. s CBRISTIANITY IN CHINA. Hong Kong Daity Press. That the animosity which hes always been en- tertained by the literate class in China against Christianity still exists in all its force and bit- terness is abundantly evident from the demon- strations made against it every now sud azain. Wherever an attempt is made by the mis aries to break fresh grounds there they are sure to be confronted with the stereotyped stories of atrocities which the cunpiug literati bave coined to rouse the prejudice of the ignoraut people. The latest demonstration against Christianity has been made nt Kiahing, » city of Chekiang Province. Placards have, it is stated, been vosted up in all dircetions in this city denouncing the foreign religion in true Chinese style. After attributing the tail-cut- tng scare of last year to the Christfaus, this precious document roes ou to say, speaking of the forelgn religion: “On submitting to that . refigion it is necessary first to eat certain medi- cine, and thien all the ancestral tablets, kitchen are utterly destroyed, while the newly-marricd wives are corrupted by the heads of the religion, When death has taken vlace and the remaius are being encoflined, the relations are not allowed to be alongside, aud it is deciured hat the eyes are scooped_ out in order to make kind ol medicine,” = We might well ufford to smile at the childish absurdities contamned in such effusions but for the serious cousequences vhicih too often follow their publication. The libelous statement is-artfully contrived to ap- peal to the anery passions of the mov. The Chivese hold their ancestral tablets in the deepest veneration, and the ilea of destroying them is of itsell quite sufticient to rousc their resentment. Then it is set forth that the bodies of those wito die in the Christian faith are nor- ribly mutilated, an idea most repugnaut 1o the Chinese mind. Consequeuntly, false and trans- purently ridiculous as such aceuzations seem to the foreigner, they arc calculated to stir up a tanatical Chinése_mob mto a dangerous mood. The occasion of this outburst of fanatical pre- judice in Kiahingappeurs to be, from the placard itself, that some iesor their native teachers from Ningpo bave been endvavoring 10 rent premises for the purpose of establis ing 2 mission in the city. The Jocal auphori- ties ure opeuly declared to be *¢unwilling to wove i the matter,” and their indisposition 1o interfere has evidemly caueed considerable irritation among the litcrati, who are ready to 0 to almost auy lengths to keep the intruders out. “We may uot, indeed, beat them,” they say; “but we must pull down thelr houses and eternally root aut the very foundations, or, if any have rented an emvty piece of ground to the forcigners, we must at once raisea bigh mound unt - tro spot, so as to fil the place and show no forgiveness in the matter.” It is to ve regretted that the authorities in China will not tulke the troutle to contradict these false storie: They ought to know that they are mot ou slanderous, but also provocative of outrumes teud to perpetuate ill-feeling azainst cizners and render amicable intercourse betwe the former and the natives extremely precarious. Itis coustantly asserted that the missionaries are a fruitful source of discord in Chiny, but,as the treaties provide that Christianity may be taught in the Empire. it is the duty of the na- tive authorities just as much to see that vo false statements caleulated to cause violence aud hos- tility are placarded about the cities and towns asto protect the missionarics from actual us- eault. Almost all the outrages on missionaries and their converts have beeu directly caused by this systewn of postiug libclous aud infiztnma- tory placards arainst the Christians in the streets of the various towns where they have occurred. THE BIBLE. WHAT SHALL WE DO WITH 1T o the Edltor of The Tribuns. Cu1cAG, Aug. 4.—The Bishop of Gloucester avd Bristol says: * With all their faults, men are now certainly sccking for, truth.” I sin- cerely trust that this is true of ourselves, and that we are possessed of *‘an uoflinching and uncompromising loyalty to truth.” Before me now lics s -volume consisting of sixty-six books by differcut authors, The ques. tion presents itself, What ehall we do with this volume? But why should we ask such a question? “Believers arc not sccking the truth, they are enjoying it?” (Liddou). It therefore becomes us Lo submit to the authority of the Church, or rather of God, sioce, us we are told, thisis the word of God. Christlich (Moderu Doubt and Christian Belief) . “lays down the neeessity of the submission of finite reason to the infimte.” We would do thisin o reverent and joyful spirit. But when we ssk Christlicb how we are to do it, he answers: ~The only true view Is that which subordinates reason to revelation.” Where then is this *revelation’? that we may submit? Weare by him assured it is ‘‘the divine revelation coutained in Scripture.” We further question and ask: How are we to kuow that this Scripture is the “Divinc revelation® ¢ Mark the answer: * Not, First understand, and then accept, is the maxim to be adopted in secking rcligious truth, but, First submit and ae- cept the truth, then vou will be able to obtain a thorough intellectual knowledge of it.” *‘Let reasou endeavor to bring lizht into this ob- &CuTity as far as possible, not, boweyer, in a merely intellectual wav, but first of all in that which revelation itself indicates as indispensa- Dble~—the way of moral action and obedicnce.” This is a beautiful method. Light is to be brought in, 50 as to judze of the truth of a cer- tain thing; but bafore we bring in the lizht we are 1o accept the thing as true. This accept- auce s the light; the thing is true. Icannot bring mysclf to sce the justice of this method. 1 cannot thus close my eves. 1 cannot drag my reasun to this bar and make it bend whether it will or not. Since then I canaccept neither canon Liddon’s idea nor that of Christlicb, 1 therefore question. ‘As we look upon this volume, we_jmagine we read _on one of its biank leaves fdcts which, outside of itsclf, make it a treasure tous. We may read there ot the heroism it has kindled, the cousolation it bas eiven, the hope it has in- spired. 1t comes to us crowned with reverence of the past, stained with the tears of the saints, und as the sreatest child born to the religious seutiment of man. Must we not, therefore, as the Church commands, accept it as tue * Word of God, and. the sole rule of faith aud practice’2 Not so, tor othier facts present themscives. We rever- ence the Bible. * But true reverence does pot sist fu declaring a_subject, because 1t is Gear 10 us, Lo be unfit for free and hoest inquiry 7 {Muller). We believe the Bible to be the cst of the sacred books. but we caunot beliceve ic be the only one. We cannot think that iv contains all the truth there s in God, or that He has revealed und concealed Himself betweentne covers of even as great a book as the Biby But what 1s the Bible! Why, the sixty-six bools contained fi: the so-catied trausfation of King Jumes. Not so hasty: for we ‘must here stop aud think uver a few facts before we accept this answer. And these facts will aid usin answering the other q‘uesfiun, “What shall we do with the Bible: ™ We have, then, no manu- seripof the New Testameut (for I confine my- self to it) of earlier d than the fourth ven- tury; so that we are not only asked to believe that Goi inspired the writers of this volume, but that He preserved the text pure for over 200 years. But we know well that the text of the carliest mauuscript is far from pure, for ‘Tischen- dorf himsel( belicves he sees iu the Sinai mavu- £cript revisions and so-called corrections by a Iater hand. Soyou seeour faithat the very outset 1 heavily taxed. Again, some of these manuscripts contain books which the Church does not nuw recogmze as canonical, but which were evidently received by some of the ancient churches; thus the Sinaitic manuscript contains the “E| ¢ nabas * and part. of the ** Shepherd of fler- mas *'; the Vatican manuscript bas the * Epistle” of Clement to the Corinthians,” so bas also the Alexandrioe manuscript. Who, thercfore, is to say which are and which are not canonical! The fathers who sat in council when the canon was settled? But were they, too, inspired¢ The Ruman Catholic Church Wwould answer, Yes. ff we could believe it we then might submit. But the Protestant Church answers, No. Then why submit our judgment to theirs? But I pass on to uotice that the ‘‘ Apostolic fathers’* seem to_have kmown nothing of the evistles of Jude, II. Peter, II. and I11. John, I. aud II. Thessalonfans, Colossians, Titus, and Pnilemon, while the other epistles ‘“are not quoted with the formulas which preface cita- tions from the Old Testament 7 (Westcott). Some ol the most ancient *‘versions™ omit books which are found in our Bivle. Thus the Peshito (the Syriac n) owits IL. Peter, II. and IfI. Jobn, Jude, and Revelation; the old Latin ver- sion seems to bave wanted Hebrews and James. We arec uot certain to whom the ¢ Epistle to the Ephesians " was addressed; in fact, Couybeare and_Howson substitate in the text the word * Laodicea” for that of ‘¢ Ephesus,” and call the Epistle the ** Epistle to the Ephesians, so-called.” Thus you see ‘ THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: /‘——.\__—_—___?_____— : grave doubts hang over 1o less than thirteen of our New Testament books. Can-we belp ask- ing the question, What art we fo do witn the Bible? It is for us to bow inreverence, 1o ¢ first submit and accept the truth ” (Christlieb)t Our hearts may be perverse; itmay be the evil withfu as that prompts us to_question, for in spite of ourscives questions do arise, - and this the more so since these Very questions are founded on iutense desire for truth and deep reverence and love for the One in whom the New ‘Testament centres—Jesus. We cannot, therefore, but ask, Whence these biozranhies of Jesus, and how much truth is.in_them? The first of these now intdérests us: Woence these biographics? Why, that is simple. They are from Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. But 1t is not so simple. e must not fmegiue that we have the mapuscripts of these authors, or that we are absolutely certain that we haye ex- act copies of these manuscriots, or that these wen everwrote biographiesof Jesus, It is evident that some one did, aud_ that the acts are in the wuin true. 1f, © Lowever, We mnow grunt that these apostles are the autbors, we are forthwith met by another- difficalty. It is this: there is such au agreement (while there is a ditference) in the firsy tiree biograplies, that it is necessary to expla its origin. By some we are (ofl that” this miay be ex: plained by supposing **thut thé later writers (Mark ana Luke) uscd the writings of the former (Matthew).” If this be true, then Mat- thew only was inspired. Others * supposed that there was an original narrative of the life of Clrist—an origioal gospel ™ (Eichhorn und Bp. Marsh). If so the writer of the *original yrospel” was inspired, and not the writers of the present gospels. These Lypotheses ure re- jected by both the ortbodox (arrow) and the liberal (Norton) sides. “The remaining hypothesis is:that of oral tradition cmauativg from thé apostles them- seves, and maintained in its purity daring their Hyes by their personal presence and teachiug.” Let those whose faith can carry this weight do sv. -1 fall beneath fhe burden. 1f, however, it be true, tben the peovle and all the npostles were inspired to keep the tradition pure, and not ouly those who reduced it to writing. But I ask, Where is the need at all of nspiration (in_the orthodox sense) to recorid what the'men, if they were aposties, saw with their own eves? I haveso faronly viewed from an outside standpoint. Tmay some time take a view in- side tue volune and gather from it hints in unswer to the question, Wnat shall we do with the Bible! At present I canuot aceapt it as the “Word of God, and the sole rule of faith und practice,” 1 can, do, and must aceept it 38 n record . miving the history of the Jews, un account of their re- ligion, the biography, in the maiv, of the world’s swreatest relizious Jeader,—Jusus,—aud the his- tory of the rise of the worlds purest refigion. I remember that for every erain of sheat there is much chatf and straw, that for cvery flower there are many branches and Jeaves. In this New ‘testament tlhereis much of the finest wheat, iv it are someof the most beautiful flowers that the mind has put forth, and here is some of the purest truth. IL is ours to_gather 118 wheat,to cull its flowers,and to tay Liold upon its truth. And this is what we will do with the Bible. GERMAN, GENERAL NOTES. In Michigan there are 224 Coneregational churches, with 8 memberskip of 16,911,~a gain of 1,539 over 187. A convention of Free Thinkers wiil be held at Watkins, N, Y., Aue. 2:-6. Fred Douglass aud the Hon. Elizur Wright are among the speakers who have promised to be present. The iargest churct organization in Atlanta, Gu., is the First Baptist Church (colored), the Rev. F. Quarles pastor, with 2 membershio of 1,450. One of the white churches has 500 mem- bers, another about 400, and so down. Fifteen out of the forty churches are Baptist. The col- ored Baptists of Georgia bave bought the land and are about to establisk a college of a hizh grade in Atlanta. A missionary Conference is to be held in New York during the second week of October under the direction of s special Committee of the Board of Managers of the Domestic and For- eign Missionary Society of the Protestant Epis- copal Church. The Committee suggests that the local clerey and faity arravge for the hold- ing of meetings in Boston, Philadelphia, Balti- more, and other places during the same month. The Methodist mission in Mexico reports twenty male and female missionaries, and in all ninety-seven agents. ‘There are 23 members and 394 probationers, and the averuge attend- ance on public worship is 1,242, In the day sthools there are 829 scholars, aud in. the' Sab- bath-schools 560 scholars. There gre three churches uud sixteen preaching-halls, and the mission press issucs over $01,000 pages ancual- 1y, The value of the property in posscssion of the mission is $78,590. The fifth anoual Church Congress of the Protestaut Episcopal Church inthis couniry will be held in Pike's Operd-House, Cincinnati, Oct. 15t0 18. The Assistant Bishop of Ken- tucky will deliver the opening address. The topics announced for discussion are “The In- terpretation of the Bible in Relation to the Pres- ent Condition of Learning and Science,” “ The Novel in Its Influence upon Modern Life,” * The New Testament Doctriue of Absolution,” «q he Sunday Question.” Mutual Relations of Labor and Capital,” and “ Christ in the Per- sonat Life.” A rich Bishop in Australia isabout to give the bulk of his fortune to his diocese. Dr. Tynell, of the Diocese of Newcastle, is a bachelor of 70, aud has announced his purpose to bequeath $1,600.000 for charitable uses. 1le will devote §150,000 to the Bishopric, 350,000 to fncrease the incomes of archdeacons and canons, 5300~ . 000 for clerical stipends. 850,000 for superapnu- ated clerzymen, $25,000 for sick clergymen, $125,000 for an additional supply of clergy, and 200,000 for education. This vast fortune has been accumulated in sheep and wool raising. Bisnop Tynell has been in - Australia over thirty years. Dr. Edwin F. Hatfield has issued fn_advance of the publicaticn of the minutes of the Pres- byterian General Assembly, the statistics of the Church for 1878, They show thirty-seven Svnods, 178 Presbyteries, 636 candidates, 331 licentiates, 4,907 ministers, 239 iustulations, 201 pastoral dissolutions, , 82,217 members added on ' examination, 21,683 mem- bers added by certificate, 567,855 communicants, 599,582 mem bers of Sunday-schools. Siuce 1374 the total of communicants has been: 1574, 495,634 ; 1875, 506,034; 1576, 535,210; 1877, 55 6743 1878, 567,555 The contributions in 150 for all_purposes were $5,281,956; in 1872 they were $10,036,5%. Most of this decrease is in the item of current congregational expenses. Matthew Hale writes from New York to the Boston Journal ; Sometimes we have a little of this sharp practice in religion. A young mav has been preaching pere with some accenlunce. 1le is a student from Spur- geon's College. He wascalied ata salary of 31,500, Swall as the pay was it was accepted, dud arrange- 1nents made for g seitiement. Before the day came au oflicial calied on the young man and saia: **We bavea tloating debt of $300. We shall have 1o take that ont of your salary, and yon_must live the frst year on S1.300. You must not eay anytbing about it, for it will maketrouble.” Tne younz man went direcily to an emnens minister. The pastor said: hiat 2 8 trick, youne man, after the order of ew York ring. ‘The church will be charged 0, and the ‘Ifustecs will put the surplus in their pocket. | would have nothing to do with the concern.” To the astonishment of the people the call hangs fire. ‘T'he relations of penitent and corfessor have been brought before the English Ritualists in a startling form “at the Staffordshire Summer Assizes. The plaintiff, Mr. White, was the father of a youns woman who was confined of a ¢hild of which, it was alleged, the Rev. Mr. Wil- lett, the Vicar of the parish of West Bromwich. and the girl’s confessor, was the fatner, Various proceedings bave from time to time being insti- tuted to make the defendant linble, and the feeling throurhout the county has been one of stronz partisanship. 1t was alleged that the Yicar, s confessor, bad exercised almost uplin- ited nfiuence upon the ofaintifls daugbter, and that be put mauv questions to her of an im- vroper character, sugzested by the * Priest in lution,’ he being a member of the Society of the Holy Cross. From July, 1576, with the ex- ception of 4 confessional two days afterward to which she had cone, tbe Vicar: saw, heard, or inquired nothing about her until the end of November, when sie called at bis house, with 10 sisters, aud made certumn accusitions against him. Mr. Willett indiznantly denied the accugation, und they feft the Louse. Alter the birth of the child, the mother and ber fain- 1ly, attcnded by a concourse of S0 people. went to the defendant’s church to have the little one christeued, and gave the names Frederick Wil- 1ett White, the two former being those of the defendant. - He, on the plea thut the numes ‘were only given to ‘insult aod aanoy bim, re- fused to christen the child by them, and used those of the cirl’s father. The woman positive- iy aflirmed the charge o the Witness-box, and gave the most circumstantial evidence, which, upon cross-examination, she Was utterly unable 10 substantiate. The jury expressed their unani- mous opinion that there Was BO case amainst the defendant, and gave a verdict 1n bis favor. ILLINOIS STATE CONVENTIO! ‘The lllinois State Convention of Univer- salists will hold its session for 1378 at iPeoria, on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, Sept. 10, 11, 12. " The parishes in fellowship are each entitled to three lay delegates, who must be % provided with the Secretary. Programme as follows: properly written certificates to molonday evenlng~Tntraductory service. Ser- . Lo gluesdaya. m., 10 to12—Opening of Conven- Tdesday p. m., 2 to 3—Convention business. 3 to +:30—Consideration of Sunday-school work. Huesuay evening ~Sermon. cdnesday 4. m.. 8 to D—Conference. 0 te 10:30—Convention business. 1 .S()——Oncc:shml? it‘s,rmon, by the Rev. G. 8. Weaver, D. D., Gales- i ) o Universalists suficiently appreciate and endeavor to muivtaln the standing of their Chrch amony Christian_denominations® Rerarks by the Rev. ¥.8.Sage, LL.D.. Sreamore. and tne Rev. D, P. Buny, Decatur, followed by others whoiwish to £peck. ; Wedaesday evening—Sormon. Thursday a. m.. §to 0—Conference: 9 to 10— Convention business: 10 10 2—Theme: **Ars the aoctrines of our Church suflicientiy tunghl to onr ¢hildrens Remarks by the Rev. H. V. Chase, Dison, aud tue Rev. B.N. Wiles, Macomb, fol- Towed by other. harsday p.m 40 to 2:30—Kelizious themes; 0—~Coniinunion service; £ to 5—Unfinished bus- irces. “Adjournment. Thursday evening—Sermon, PERSONALS. The Rev. Dr. Terhune und his wife, *“Marion Harland,” are about to sail for Europe. The Rev. Dr. Miner, of Boston, is temporarily filling the pulpit of Dr. Tuttle in St. Paul. The Rev. Lemucl Willis, one of the oldest Universalist divines in the country, died on the 23d ult. at Waroer, N. H. The - Dr. W. W. Everts will to-day cele- brate the twentieth anniversary of bis istalla- tion as pastor of the Kirst Baptist Church. The Rev. Dr. Alex Burns, of Simpson Cen- tenary College, Towa, has accepted the Princi- palship of the Wesleyan Female College, Ham- ilton, Can. The mysterious gitt of $25,000 to Andover Theological Seminary came, it has been discov- ered, from Henrv Winkley, a wealthy retired business man of Philadelphia, 5 The Philadelpbia friends of the late Rev. Al- bert Barnes, the Bible commentator, intend to crect a magniticent stained-glass window to his mewory in the Waluut Street Presbyterian Church in tha city. The Rev. E. F. Williams, pastor of the Forty-scventh Street Congregationul Ckureh, Deiniz absent on his summer vacation, services in the church are discontinued uutil the paster’s return early 1 September. The death is announced of the Rey. Samuct Cram Juckson, D. D., at Andover, Mass. He was born 1n_Dorset. Vi, in 1803, sraduated from Middlebury Colleze in 1821, and from Au- dover Theological Seminary in18%6. His twenty- to vearsiu the pastoric were spent ju An- over. It Las been decided that Moody shall spend next fall and winter in Bultimore, preaching on the Sabbath and once or twice in the week, un- der the auspices of the Young Men’s Christian Association of that city. He will give more at- tention to study and the education of his ¢ dren than heretofore. The Rev. 8. D. Headlam, who was removed from a curacy by the Dishop of London for vreaching a sermon in favor of theatres, has received o teetimonial of 500 sovereigns and an illuminated address. The Rev. A. H. Stanton and A. Headlam were amonz the speakers on the occasion of the presentation. Mr. Spurgeon is illazain. Hischurch is, how- ever, cugaged in preparing to celebrate the com- piction of the twenty-fiith year of bis pastorate. It is vroposed to raise $15,000 us a testimonial. Mr. Spurzeon declines to accept this movey for himseif, but wishes it to be applied to the en- dowment of the aimshouses now supported by the church. % 3 Tue Rev. Dr. Mitcbell, of the First Church, will not take his trip West, us was his intention. He is detained on account of the severe iliuess ol one or two of his pariskioners. The Doctor was to have accompaunied Mr. Ensign, the Sab- bath-scnool worker, aud with him conduct reli- grious micetings along the line of some of the ‘Western railwaye. # OFF-COLOR PIETY. “What is conscience?” asked a school-master of hisclass. “Aninwvard wmonitor,” replied a brigtt little fellow. * And what's a monitor?” **One of the iron-clads.” “I wisk you bad been Eve," said an urchio to astingy aunt, proverbial for her meanness. “Why sol” * Because,” gaid he, “von would have eaten all the applc instead of dividing it.” Norwich Bulletin: A prodent lady apolied to a {ree-Bible distributor the other day for a large copy. She said it was handy to press flowers in, aud it made a nice ornament for the centre- table. It is very distressing to a summer congrega- tion to sce the minister, in the most cloguent aud impassioued passaze of bis sermou, Zesture with ouc hand and fight fiies with the other.— Burdette. Me was almost undressed when his father cauzht him, but the defense was convincing: 1 don’t waut 0 £0 in swimming with em; I only wanted to sec the bad littic bovs who o in swimming on Sunday getdrowned.” An English boy was beating a donkey unmer- cifully, when the minister.of that parish, com- ing up, censured him for his crueity. The boy resentfully retorted: <“I'm sure you necdna care; it's nane of your congrezation.” 1t would make a stonc image turn green with envy to observe the cxpression of profound sb- straction thut settles down on the face of u worshiper when the contribution basket gets within about three pews of him.— Burdette. Alittle boy ran away from home, and, while enjoying himsel in forbidden fields, o thunder- starm came up, and it begav to bail. His guilty conscience needed no accuser. Runoing home, he burst into the presence of his astonished wamma, cxclaiming breathlessly: **Ma, ma, God’s frowing stones at me!?” « I never knew whether to consider s & joke or a fact the story of the child who, being asked whether he had been baptized, said, ¢ Yes, but it didn’t take!” I cannow easily believeit, hav- ing actually heard a livtie boy seriousiy ask the following question: * Mother, what does being baptized keep you from taking #'— The Index, “Ophelin” writes to ask if Sacred History mentions card-play Certainly, my dear girl. Moses “led” for the children of Ismel; ana, wiieu the Jatter got to Jordan, they * padeed.” Solomon ‘‘ordered up” the Temple, Balaam “held a jac and the seven priests before Jericho took the city by “playivg their seven trumps.” Over the door of one of the Eric passenger cars is a pieture, supposed to illustrate the scone when Jesus preached to the multitudes on_the shores of Galilce, Himselt standing i a buat near the shore. A little girl looked at it the other day. At first it puzzled her, but finally 1 happy smile broke over Ler face and she said to her father. ** I know what that picture is; 1t is Columbus discovering America.” Bishop Whittaker (Protestant Eplscopal), of the Diocese of Nevadi, has been giving the Ne- vada newepADers some queer stories of his ex- erience i 'vbo and Ward. At Tybo he could get no bitilcing 10 preach in but a zambling-house, and in response to the Litany, instead of * Amen,” an excited listener, with bis rantaloons stuffed into his boots, cried “Keno.’ At Ward o borse-race had been announcea for the after- noon, but ac the Bishop’s earnest request the racing was postponed till the religious services were over. - The whole congregation went from the church to the ruce-track as s00n as the ser- mon was finished. A beretofore temperate and respectable citi- zen last evening attracted considerable attention by charging around the saloons and drinking furiously. When he bumped up against the Gazelte reporier be (uot the reporter) was roai fog druuk. “Hooray f'r er scarlet wowman, exclaimed the shaweless man. “The what! asked the shocked reporter. *Er time an’ time, an’ balf a time an’ (’ic) er two-horned beast an er whole layout in Dan’f an’ er Rev'lations.” Thea the zentleman managed to explain that hie had been attendine the Second Advent meet- Ings, and bad become comverted. “ World's comin’ to nend ("ic), young {'ler,” explained the convert, “au’ danmer man ’at won't go in £t £oo’ time unner 'ow circumstances. Less-taker- drink.”—feno Gazetle, A chiurch fn Wisconsin, finding its Gnances in that _dcplorable conaition bordering on_fasol- vency, and seeing Lhe vanity of such eartinly ex- pectations as are bullt on the delusive hobe of realizing from collections, decidea to adopt the ‘*hoss ruce,” not exactly as u means of grace, but as the most feasible plan for rathering lucre wherewitn to pay debts and defray inzidental expenses. A dozen nags were entered, and peo- vle turced out en masse, and the gate-money ‘was enough to make a noble contribution to the treasury of the Lord. In short,the scheme was a pronounced success financially, but it disrupt- ed thecburch. Des Hives got angry because ‘his horse was beaten by Dea Hail’s mare. The pastor, who acted asoneof the judges, took sides with Dea Hall and the mare; the quarrel u recent tour through the towns of sread, untit the parson wandered . forth seek- ingr o new ¥ineyand; and the voice of praer and Praise was hushed {u the sanctoary. CHURCH SERVICES. BAPTIST. The Rev. W. W, Everts will give 3 discourse commemorative of the twenticth: anniversary of his pastorate at 11 a. m. 1 the First Church, cormer of Thirty-first street and South Park avenne. Evening services at 8 o'clock. —The Rev. J. W, Custis will preach in the Michigan Avenue Chureh, near Twenty-third street, at 10:30a. m. —The Rev. R. De Baptiste will preach morntug and evenlng in Olivet Church, Fourth avenue. E. K. Cressy will preach in the Coventry Stroey Churcin. corner of Bloomington road, 2t10:30 2. m. aud 7:30 p. m. —The Rev. A. Owea will preach: in the Unive ty Place Church, coruer of Do X avesne, 4t 10:30 2. w. and —The Rev. W. H. Robinsou, of Auburn. . X.. will preach in the Seeond Chorch¢comer of Morzan anu Monroe streets, mormue and evening. —Fourth Ci cornet of Washington and Paulina stre ervices in the mor —The Rev. d, A, Henry will preach morningand erening in Dearoora Chureh, on Thirty-sista street.. —The Rev. C. Perren Avenue Church mornmg snd eveninz. ~The Rev, C. E. lewut will preach morning and evening ut Centenntal Church, Lincoln and Jack- som stree —TheRev. R. P. Allison will preach in the mornivg in North Star Chureh. Division and Sedawick streets, and the Rev. L. T. Busk 1n the evening. Baptitra at the close of the latter serv- e —The Res. E. O. Tavlor will preach morning and evening in Central Church, 200 Orchara streot. Rev. W. J. Kermott will preach mornini n Haisted Street Clusren, Rev. Lewis Ruymond will preach fu the South Chureh. comer of Locke and bomaparte sirects. at 11a, m. and 7:43 p. . ~The Rev. N. F. Raviin preaches at No. 3S1 Went Madison street. Evening subject: *The Huwmiliation, - Sufferiog, and Death of Jesus hirist,™ il preach in Western EPISCOPAL. Cathedral Froe Churcis S5, Peter und Paul. cor- ner of West Washington and Peoria streets, Toe Rt.-Rev. W. E. McLaren, Sishop. The Rev. J. H. Knowles, priest in charze. Choral moru praser and celetration of the “Holy Communion at 0:30 a. m. P m. The Rev. Sumuel S. Uarris will ofiiciate morn- ing and evening at St Jumes’ Church, corner of Cuzs and Huron strects, ' Communion at 8 2. m. ~The Kev. M. C. Dolten will_oficiate in_ the moming at irinity Church, corner of Twenty- sixth sireer and Michigan aveune. —The Kev. Francis Mausiield will officiate morn- 1ng and e vening ut the Church of the Atonement, corner of W astinton and Rooey structs, —1he Liev. J. Bredberg will_ officiate morning aud cvening at St Anssaries’ Church, un Sedg- wick street, near Chicago avenue. ~~The Rev. Clinton Locke will ofiiciate in the morning at Grace Church, on Wabash avenue, near Sixteenth street. Commgnion at8 n. m, ~—The Kev. Thomas K. Colemas will oficiate morning and evenfag at St. John's Charch, corner of Waushington street and Ogden avenue. —The Rev. Arthur Ritchie wili ofiiciate morning and eveniue at tne Church of the Ascension, cor- ner of LaSalie and Elm streets —The Rer. C. . Lester will ofiiciate morning and evening ag St. Paul’s Church, Kyde Park. The Rev. B. F. Fleetwood wiil afliciate morn- i ind cvening at SL. Mark’s Clurch, corner of Cuttage Grove avenue aind Thirty-sisth strect. —The Rev. G. F. Cushmau will officiate mora- 1ng and evening at St. Stephen's Church, Johnson street, near Taylor. —The Kev. Luther Pardee wil officiate morning and ebepineat Calvars Church, Warre strect, Comumunion at7:43 T.N. Morrison, Jr.. ‘morniyz and evening at the Chiurch of the Epiph~ uny, Throop street, vear Monroc. —'The Rev. W. J. Petrie will omeiate morning and evenmgat the Churcn of Our Savior, corner of Lincoln and Belden avenues, —The congrewation of Al Sunts’ Chureh will worship morning and evening ut the Cathedral, cor- ner of West Washington and Peoriu streets. PRESBYTERIAN. The Rev. W. T. Meloy will preach in the Tnited Presbyterian Church. corner of Monroe and. Paulina streets, morning an L. he Rev. D. N. Vanderveer will preach in the Fifth Churcb at 1 m., und Miss Jessie Fre- inont Bartleit will assist in the musical part of the service. —The Rev. Arthur Swazey will preach at 10:45 . m. in the Forty-first Street Church, comner of Prairic avenue. The Res. Arthur Mitchell will preach in the First Church. corner of Indiane avenue and Twen- irst street, in the morning, and in the Raflrond Chapel, State street. south of Fourteenth, in the cveuing. —The Rev. E. N. Barrett will preach in West- minster Chutchi. corner of Jacsson and Peoriz streets, 011045 ». m. Subject: **Worry; Ity Folly ana Sin. " 5 2 i Tiev, F. L. Patton will preach in the Jef- ferson Park Church, morning and evenin Thi Rev. Dr. Rutherford, of St. Lonis, will preach i the Third Charch, corner of Ashland aud Ogden ayennes. morning and evening. “The Rev. Mr. Wells, of Hon:real, will preach in the Fourth Church, corner of Ruxh and Superior streets, in the moriie, METHODIST. The Rev. S, McChesuey preaches at the Park- Avenue Church, morning and evening. —There will be preaching at Emmanuel Charch, corner of Harrison and Paulins streets, moraing and evening k] —Dr. Williamson preaches at_the Michigan- Avenue Church this mornin; Subject: **The Bible Must Be ‘true.” Vesmer services in the evening. p —fhe Rev. L. Mereditl will preach at 10:90 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. in the Lavgiey-Avenue Church, corner of Thirty-uinth street —The Hev.Dr. D. W. Bartine will preach in the Centenary Church. on Jonrac street near Mor- gan, moming and evening. 5 Biehop Merrill will preach in Trinity Church, Indiana avenue, neac Tywenty-fourth siceet. in the morniug, and the Rev. Jobn Atkinson in thie even- ivg. Choral evening praver ot fbe Rev. W. E. Mears will preach in the Jackson Street Church at S p. m. E “The Rev. T. C. Matiacs will preach in the Weatern Avenue Chiurcn, corner of Jlonroc street. in the morning, and the Rev. Dr. Jewett, of Free- port, 1ll., in the evening. 4 Zrhe Rtev. Dr. Jewett will presch mn the First Churcb. corner of Clark und Washingto strects, in the mornin, and the Rev. 3. M. Parkhurst in the evening. —The Rev. T. C. Matlack preaches this morning and the Rev. §. A. W. Jewett, of Freeport, this evening at the Western Avenue Chureb, coraer of Western avenue and Monroe street. REFORMED EPISCOI'AL. The Rev. F. M. Adams preaches at Christ Courch thié evepin 3 ZGen, Buckingham wili conduct the morning service 4t Tmumanuel Church, corner of Centre and Dayton sireets. The pastor preaches in the even- he Rev. §. E. Wishard will preach at St. n's Charch this woruing —The Rey. P. B. Morzn Cburchb. Morning subject: li l‘_‘1~ lhciS}I{)-Cntlvd Exper ion the Relizion of Reacon?! —Mr. R. {i.Burke wil} preach in Grace Church. corner of Hoyue sud LeMoyne streets, at 10:45 a. m., on ‘*Cornin Egyot; How it "“5}' Be Ob- tained,” and &t 7:45 p. m. on ** Excused. CONGHEGATIONAL. —The Rev. Dr. Stevenson, of Montreal, will preach morning and evening at the First Church. —The Rev. W, F. Day, of Michizan. wili preach at the Leavitt Street Church morning and eveniz, —The Rev. A. A, Ellsworth, of Galesbuss reaches at Plymouth Church, morning und even- ZThe Rev. G, H. Webster, of Ohio, preaches at the Union Park Charch, morning and evening. CHRISTIAN. ElderC. F. Mortimer will preach in the Second (formerly Centrai) Church, Campocil Hali, corner of Van Buren street and Campreil avenoe, ot 10:45 2. w, Sabject: **The Church of Canst.” —At the Western Avenue Courch. rnear Congress street, there will be preaching in the morning by the Rev. Dr. Grabam. Noevening service. —There will be recular morning services at the First Chureh, corner of Indiana svenue and Trwen- ty-fifib etreel. The Rev. O. A. Barzess 15 in the city, and in expected to prexch if his heaith will permit. reaches at'St. Panl's **Judas lscariot.” mental Relix: TNIVERSALIST. St. Panl's Charch, Michitan avenue, between Sixteenth and Exghtéenth streets. Services, con- sisting of vesper and Bible exercises, will be neid cvery Sapbath during vacation, at 3 p. m, UNITARIA. The Rev. J. T. Sunderiand will preachat ths 0Oskwooc Church, Oukwood boulevard, at § p. m. Sabject: ** Rea: Intidelity.” NEW JERUSALEM. The Rev. L. P. Mercer will preach for the Union Swedcnoorgian_Church in Hershey Hall, at11 2. m. Subject: ‘*Prayer: its Nature and Tse.” INDEPANDENT. ) Mr. 1. F. Birge will conduct the services at Taivn Chapel, No. 97 South Desplaines street, at T3 p. m. “3% Gioree P. Coshead will preach fn Burr Migsion Chapel, No. 389 Third street, 0t 10:30 a. m., a0d Mr. A! P, [femingway 8t 7:45 p, m. ‘MISCELLANEOGS. The Rev. John E. Morris Dreaches at the corner of Fulton andMay strects, morning and cyening. —The Rev. C. Perrin reaches at the Washing- toniau Home at 3 o'clock. —Dr. Shaw preaches af the Green Street Taber- nacle morning and evening. —3 medinmy’ and Spiritualists’ meeting will be held at 3 p. m. in the oftice of Dr. Wiggin, No.406 West Macieon stre & —Disciples of Christ will meet 8¢ No. 220 West Randolph strestat 4 p. . CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK. g EPISCOPAL. Ane. 11-Eighth Sundsy after Trinily. Aug 16~—Fast. CATHOLIC. Aug. 11—Xtath Sunday after Pentecost. Aug. 12—5t. Clare, V. Anz. 13-0f the Octave of St. Lawrence; SS. Hippoiytus and Cassian, MM. Aug. 14-0f the Octave; Vigil of ihe Assump- « tion, —Fast; St @Ensebius, C. Aug. 15—Assamption of the B. V. 3L,~Holy- day of Obligation. Aug. 16—St. Hyacinth, C. Ang. 17—0ctave of St. Lawrence. +§n your so! THE GAME OF CHESS All communleations fc siironcd o TS Forna ki fefarment fhonid be ) g CHESS DIRECTORY. léfi:z.\:o (énm Croa—No. 50 Dearborn street. AGO CITXss AsSSocTATION—H Welch's 0. 150 Dearbora screct. Gpposie Taimewk Buldln ™ | Cliess-players meo; dally a3 the Tremont Honse (Ex- change), ~herman Honse (1) Staditon'sirect, coract of Elizmpern,” 0 S Wik TO CORRESPONDENTS. 75 o solution you mentlon was noticed fa R. M. C.—The problem we think 18 hough thefe are fome * Batea: Dresdi emon e e Lo . Have fled i tor pabiications T 0 ENIGMA No. 141, Prom the Chest-Plavers' Chromicle. BY XIs8 L. M. JoN: White, Bilack. Kiog at Q Kt square Rlngatqeipnn ook at K seventh Rook at K efghth Hishopac K I: fifth Bishop at K seventh Rishop at @ tch. Fawn at Queventh Pawn at § B fourth White 10 play and mate In two moves. Kulghsat Q third I PROBLEM NO. 141. BY ME. FEANK WOOD, ST. PAUL, XINX, White. White to play and mate fn three moves, 5{",“[0.\' TO PROBLEM X0. 138, QuiE ; 1.an} meie CorFect sulution 1s roblem No. 1 recetvad from it ety Gl donson: Gomeioms 29 g b 125 Ebliots, Burivitic, 10 SOLUTION TO ENIGMA X0. 130 Blaci [y 1] ‘PorKtakesqQ ¥ mates accordin l S ey QoK 3.03ates accordtogly Q1o K Bsqeh G mate to Enlzma No. 139 recelvad from Correct solntic 0.k, Benjamin, J. H. CampLell, and E. Bazoe, ety | 1t L.PloKts oves o 3r. Sldner Herzborg bt commenced a chess column In'the Pontiac (1IL.) femocrut. The aanual Conzress of thie British Countles Chess Assoclation opened at King's Collexe, Loudon, July 29, Mr. William Coates, Cheltentam, Frgiand, fs the author of the seventered In (he American Assbclation Tourney under the notio, *Che Sara. sars,” wbich 100K fourth prize. Mr. Freen, of Washington, ‘has resfned s game in 5 Interustional Correspodence Tonrney (o his oppo- t. M. Mouck, of Dubiin, ou the SOt move. The ¥COTE i now even . The Uartford Globe Correspondence Prize Tournay 08 termiuated with the followlng result: Mr. W. J. Berry, At prize, 13 ames won, 1 lost: Mr. Fugena climsr, sceond prize, 12ty games won, 13 jost: Mr, L. Atkinson, third prize; 7 sames won. 5 lest. The urth prize lfes between Mesars. Worm und Shields. PROPOSED NATIONAL CHALLENGE TROPHY. A plan hias been proposed for a eraud playing tourna- racnt foran American Chainplonshis Challénze Trophy. which it Ia thought by navy Would be the weans of creatiog an endfesy amount of Ietereating Diny, with- ot the ustal ditficulty of ralslne funds, and’ wonld give all playersa falr cnance to solve the presentun- satisfactory question of superlorits. The ldea is, we understand. to make {¢a ational affalr and get every player (o add hfs namie 1o.the Iist 3ud dogate soma smali sumn, sotiat all will be (nterested ahd haven voice 1 the urranzement, and the orogramme and piace of meettoz be detormined by a falr malorizy vote. the evens of Sucil onmey beinz held it 1s probabie that the winner of the trophy will be requlred to hold [t at Jeass, two years sgalnec all comers before it be- comes hus exchislve prowerty. The troposition we con- sider_an excelicat one. _Gur Datfonal tournaments arc +*tov few and far between,” and so litle interest stems fo be.taken in them now that the two most prominent plavers of the country did not even enter the fast one held. The conseqticacs, xas that. outside of une or [wo citfes, but little interest was Tuanifested 1n the tgarney: che result sectled nothing o rar a8 the chawmpionsiip was concerned. Th binn proposed abos secimy® fearlole metholl of doing Sway with this apa- thy. The Winnet In the (ournament will hold the cham- fonship emble, atd must defend {t: there wiil be no 2ck of ezraest. adeavor oa the part of others 10 se- quire It. THE PARIS CHESS CONGRESS. The great cliess contest at Patis has resulted fn 2 tie between 11, Zukertort, of Londoo, and Herr 5. Wiaawer, of St. Petersnure, encli having scored 1845 out of & posstbla =t The tuird prize goe to Mr. . H. Tlackburne, of Lotdon. who hax scored 14%. 3fr. . E. Bilrd, Lotdon. and Capt. Mackenzie, tle with I3 for tiie pext, wiifle Prof. Anderssen, of Breaian Universi- ty. takes stxth with 3 total of 12k, The result of the playing of of the tes has not ye: cometo hand. ‘e RIVE the fina’ seure Tu the above table, 1 slgaifies 3 win, Oa loss, a0d % & draw. Tlay commenced 188 Junes terminated 24tk oly. 9% tottowtag: cadle shows the result of the piay be- tween the slx prize-takers: Rauzs. E H Zuxertort . e l St lgl a : l\ndEmE:- -0"! g 11] oof M), S GAMES IN THE PARIS TOURNAMENT. First game batween Mr. Mason and Capt. Mackehzl played {n the niath round on the 15th of July: & FRENCH GAXY. White-Capt Mackenzie. | LPwk4 A Kt1aR 2 9.1 taces It e e ) {a)"A beandiful termination. Played In the round between Memrs. Auderssen and Bird, June 28. SICILIAN DErENSE, . White3r. Bird. Lisck—3r. Anderssen. 1..P10K 4 ProgB1 Proh3 Py SR5E Getco! Haog e §83355] FEELO, £, 3 to k& tto K wBs ©0qi iakes Kt P Pilier Bt R Bag takes B sages s RS (ke KBP ke e o Kt takes QEL P Wis WK 1o B3 1oRr7en ks takes Kt £ WK Ko R takes Kt wWKS 2/ [Quakes P Kestgns. Wanted to Keep What He Pald For, $Vieginia Nev. Enterprice. A man yesterday morning came into oneor - ourdrug stores and ashed for 25 cents’ worth of an emetic. After receiving bis dose the customer innocently sald to the clerk who had wafted upon him’: *¢ If I take this in beer do you think I will be able to keep it down?"’