Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 27, 1878, Page 9

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY. OCTOBER 27, 1878—SIXTEEN PAGES' i RELIGIOUS. hanges in the New Testament Contemplated by the Eible - Revision Committee. tien of {he Storv of ke Woman (anghi. in Adultery, and the Heavenly-Witness Text. Rejec How the Errors Crept into the Manuscripts Used by the Translators of 1611. (Canadian Miracles at the Shrine of St. Aune During the Recent Pil- grimage. Hedging Up the Way---Dr. Thomas’ Objections to All Theological Barriers. General Notes=--=Straw - Colored Piety---Personals-=-Services To-Day. BIBLICAL REVISION. Wyif. EraAbdol, D.D.. LL.D., in the Sunday-Schoot Torld. The matuscripts of the New Testament, like those of all other aucicnt writings, differ from one another in some readings of cunsiderable in- terest and importance, and in a multitude of unimportant particulars, such as the spelling of certain words, the order of the words, the addi- tion or omission of particles not affecting, or only slightly affecting, the scnse; the insertion of words that would otherwise be understood; 1he substitution of a word or phrase for another grzonymous with it: the use of different tenses of the same verb, or different cases of the same poun, where the variation is immaterial; and otner poiats of no more consequence. The va- rioas readings which are comparatively impor- v as affecting the scose comsist for the riost part: (1) of the substitution of one word for apother that closely resembles it in spelling ) the omission of a clause or longer passage from homaotcleuton, that is, e fact that it cnds with the same word or the game series of syllables as the one preceding it3 snd (3) the addition to the text of words which vere originally written asa marginal note or ploss, or _are supplicd from a parallel passage. Ancient scribes, !ike modern printers, when very mowing. have often made mistakes while they b they were correcting them; but there islittle or mo ground for belicvipe that the text of the New Testament has suffefed in any place {rom willful corruption. Twll now mve as full an account as is possi- blewitkin moilerate limits of the more impor- tast and remarkable various readings, that erery one way sec for himself to how much ther amouat. The longer passages of which the cenuineness X mare or lessquestionable are: For thine i< the kinsdom, and tho powar, and the glorr, forever. Amen.—~Matt., vi., 1. When it i evening ye sas it will be fair weatner, foz the sky is red: Acd in the morning, it will be fine weather to- day, for the eky is red and lowering. Oh ye hypo- cites . ve can discern the face of the sky, botcan Jepot discern the sigosof the times?—Matt., Xvi., Towbelt this kind goeth ami fasng.—Matt., For the Son of Man is come to save that which 1s Tot—Nett., xvil Sothe last shall be first and the first last; for T e called, but few chosen.—Matt., XX., not out but by prayer 2L And whosoever shall fall on this stone ehall be trokeas but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will gmd Lim to nowder. —Matt. , xxi., 44. o unta you, Scribes and Pharieces, hynocrites far ye compass sea and land to make one progelyte: 2ad. when'he 15 made, ye make im twofold more {aechild of Hell than 'Yourselves.—Matt... xil.. . . . that it might be folfilled which was £poken by the prophet. They parted my garments smong them, and upon my vesture did they cast Tots.~ » xxvil., 35, . . . Verily, Ieay unto you, it shall be more tolerable for Xodom and Gomorrah in the day of Judgment than Jor that city, —3lark, vi.. 11 1 any mau have cars to hear, let him hear.— Mark, it 1 Where their worm dieth not and the fire is nol quenched. —Mark, ix., 44. And also the same words in the 40th verse. B, if you do mot_forzive, neither will your Father, which 18 in Heaven, forgive your tres- vasees,—Mark, xi., 26. Aad the Scripture was falfilled, which enth: And he was numbered with the transgressors. — Mark, xv., 28 Now, when Jesus wasrisen early, the first day of toe weex, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene. —ont of whom he had cast geven devils. And she went aed told them that had been with b, a¢ ther mohmed and wept. 3 d they, when they had heard that Te was ve. aud 5ad been secn of her. believed not. r dter thet He apneared in another form unto two of Uiem se they walked and went into the countey. And they went and told it unto the residue; meitaer oelieved they them. ea erwart He appeared unto the eleven as they fol % eal. aud uporaided thom with their unbe- e fnd herdoess of heart, lucanse they believed Aagemwhich had seen Ilim afier He was risen. Wt aig faid unto them. Go ye into all the fiaiud preach the Gospel to every creature. bt o3t believeth and ix baptized shall be saved; ut be st believeth not shall be domned. T My nagy Sgme elall follo them toat beliove: 4 wi;h e mnmct);.m.l ont devils; they snall Ay shall take up serpents; and if they drink pay u;:;ny thine, it shall not hurt tirem; they shall { ende 00 the sick and they hall recover. b, afterthe Lond hud spoken nnto them St hand oy SoP 1at0 Heaven, and sat on the A 2 Tth and preached eve: e Lurd working with Theh gnd sttt ;‘u! with signs following, Amen,—Mark Xvi., .x(i_m' vé arand $3id, Ye know not what manner of For the Son of Man is not ¢ . T, bt to Save e 104 O o destroy men'e Two men shall be in the field: the one o . taken ana the other lcn.—x.ufi': A 5. shallbe And there 2 a,mmmm:’,’g?fl;i“,,.fl_{ angel unto him from ~obd bene m an agony he prayed <1ly: 300 bistweat was 35 11 were Sreat drope of. blood $40wn 1o the ground. —Luke, xxil.. 43-14. ty he mo at ’:bc feast.—Lake, xxiiif).t {?}eue one unto them 0ens3id Jesus, Father forgive them, for they Know not what (i g ey do. A v e - ent and cast lnL‘.y—Luke:\ 2‘;&??‘“”?“‘“ s Toenarose Per er. and ran unt Ik It nto the gepulchre. hd‘;l:u’::!?cdo\\'n Ee ocheid the Iinen clotacs taid s mxl" \“g; :nd depusted, wondennz m him- b * which wwas come 10 pass. —Luke, 3V, And when he 1y s ad thos spoker d thes Vs anis and b Teer —Like: Sz 00 o2 ,c + Waiting for the et e F " e movinz of the water. tue poop A€l Went down at a certain €cason imto ool and troudied the water: whesoever 4e troubling of the wsler stepped in Wi mfl;v‘: :ihcle of whatsoever disease he had.—Job 2 vif- 24 gvery man weat unto hisown house, —Joba, Jome wentnits ? the Mount of Olives: teadd eatly in the wormiug He came as tenle, and 2l tae people came unto 1 Aot 200 tauent them. 2 womthe Scribes und Pharisecs brocght anto Him 1 the akcn im adaltery' and wher they had et <XUEY £3% unto Him, M ;i o thenn adultery, in o !ar;x:;.‘ 'fl:is woman Wwa: ehpory Jlosce 1n the Taw commanded gs that such ¢ Ug ftoned: but what sayest thon® e 1o LCF #3id, temptinz bim, that they might ™ a,.gfi_“;;rl‘};;n. Buz Jesas stooped down :Lil{d hex l%m,n et wrote un the ground 2 though He when ther continued asking him, He lifted- hime, S ed asking him, He lifte b bimself and enid unto them, He that s witnout irto the and He L $iAmong rou, jet nim £ret cast a stone at her 0o, d..'z:nn Ne stooped downand wrote on the they which heard it, bel i 1 i ng convicted b; e o conscience, went”ont one by one, be- Enain ttho eldest, even anto the Tast; and Jeeus \as fleft aloue and ‘the woman standing in the When Jesus bad lifted o T ed np himself. and eaw none but the woman, He said unto Ler. Woman, where are those thune'accusers? hath 1o man contemned She safd, N . No man, Lord. more. And Jesus eald unto erttier do I cozdemn thees i ior do T eozdemn tuee; go, and sia mo And there are also manv other thi ings which Jee tilld, the which, if thev should be “'fll%eln cv’cg' n:?-’ Lhapuose that even the world itself conld not con- T Llie books that ¥hould be written. —John, xxi And Philip eaid, if thou believest with all thi " ‘. a heart. thou mayest. And he answered and s, L butfese that “Jesus Christis the Son of God.— ; % it It ishard for theoto kick against the And he trembling and_astonished eaid: Lord what wilt thon have me 2 Cord said Notwithstandk i i il Acts r.g_ an:-}.il: pleased Silas to-abide there - And would have judged according to onr law, But tiie chief Captain Lysins came upon us and with great violes 3 vi Eani nce took him away out of our Couimanding his accusers to come uuto thee: .~Acts, xxIv., 08, And svhen he had said these worde, the Jews d Ppatted,and hau great reazoning atnox ves, partedand b g £ aimone themselves, But af it be of worke, then is it no otherwise work 15 no more work.— more grace; Rom., xi., G. The gracc of onr Lord J an, Aien, o Rom. x:’? 1‘.$~:.m Christ be with you . . . in llcaven, the Father, the Wor e Toly Ghost: amd those thrce ke oper " And there are three that beac witness in earth, —L Jotm, v., 7-5. Of questions relating to particular words or phrases, the following are some of -the more in- teresting aud important. The old reading to be dropved is inclosed in parenthesis ( ); the new, Lo take its place, in brackets | 1z And ITe knew her not till she nad brought forth (her first born) [a] son; and He called 1iis pame Jesus.—Matt., 1. Take heed that ye do not yonr (alms) [righteous- mess] beforemen. o . .—Matl., Vi, 1. But wisdom fe justified of her Mate, 2 19.] (children) ne came and said unto Him (Goo Master) | **Good Teacher™ or **7 :lcher"]“\;rhn‘: good thing shall I 2o that I may have cternul lifer And fle aid unto hum why (callest thou e cood) [askest thou ile concerming what is zood] there is none good but God: . . :—Matw, xix., 16-17. Agit is writtcn (in the prophets) [in Isaiah the prophet] behold I send my messenger. . . . . —Mark, 1. Jesussaid unio him, if thon canst (believe) all thinga are possible Lo bim that behieverh.—Mark, ix., 23. Glory 10 God in the highest, aad on earth peace (good “will toward -men) [among men of good wilt].—Luke, i1, 14. And He preached in the synagogues of (Galilee [udieal —Luke, ivy 44 {altleny . . . Whichof youshall have (anass or an ox) |a fon or_an ox] fallen mioa mt. . . . —Luke, Xiv., 5. No, nor yet Herod: for (I sent yon to Him) [He sent Ham back tous] . . .—Luke, xxiir., 15. Ana it came to pass, while Tle bieseed them, He was parted from thein (and carriedup into Heaven). xxiv., 5L No man hath scen God at any time; the only be- gotten (Son) [God] which is mn the bosom of the Father, He bath declared Him.—Joha, 1., 18, And no man_hath ascended up fo Heaven but He tant came down from [leaven, cven the Son of Man (which is 1 Heaven).—John, iif.. 13. Go ye up unto this feast: I 2o not (up yet) uato this fessr, for my time is not yetfull come.—John, viL., 8. If_ye shall ask [of me] anything 1n my name, 1 will do it.—John, xiv., 14, And some of them were men of Cypros and Cyrene, which when they were come to Antioch, spoke unto the (Grecians) [Hellemsts], preaching e Lord Jesus. —Acts, Xi., 20. Afier they were come to Mysia. they essayed to 20 into Bethynia; but the Spirit [of Jesus] suffered them not.—Acts., xvi., 7. Take heed therefore unto_yoursclves and to ail the flock over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overscers, to feed the Church of (God) |the Lord] which he hath purchased witi his own blood. —Acts, X, 28. . . . forwe shall all standbefore the judg- ment seat of (Christ) [God]. Neither let us tempt (Christ) {the Lord). . . . ~1L Cor., x., 9. And thongh I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and thongh I mve my body (to be burned) [wbat I may glory] and have not charity, it prof- iteth me nothing.—1. Cor., xiii., J. The first man is of the earth, earthy; the second man is (the Lord) fromTeaven.—1. Cor., xv., 47. . . . which trom the beginning of the world nath ben hid in Goa, who created all things (by Jesus Christ).—Eph., ili., 9. For the frait of the (Spirit) {lizht] is in all good- ness, snd righteousness, and trutb.—Eph., v., 9. . . . tothe acknowledzment of the mystery of God TChrist]. . . .—Col. 2 And without controversy, zreat is the mystery of : (God) [He who] was manifest in the fesh. . . .—LTim., iif., 16. But sanctify the Lord (God) [Christ] in your hearts, . . .—L Peter, iii., 15. To the only (wise God our Savior) [God our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lora] be slory, majesty, dominion, ond power, both now .and ever. Amen.—Jude, Xxv. Iam Alpha and Omeea, the bezinning snd the end, eaith tho Lord {Gud] . . .—Kev., 1., Blessed are they that (do His commandments) [wash their robes}, that they may havé right to the tree of life . . .—Rev..’xsni., 14, The number of the various readings, which have becn collected trom more that 500 manu- seripts, more than a dozen ancient versious, and from the quotations in the writings of more than a hundred Christian fathers, only attests the exuberance of our critical resources, which epable us now to seitle the true text of the New Testament with a confidence and pre- cision which are wholly unattainable in the case of the text of any Greck or Latin classical au- thor. 1 say, cuabl e us now to do this; for in the time of our translators of 1611 only a small fraction of our present critical helps was avail- able. The principal editions of the Greek Testament which influcuced, directly or indircetiy. the text of the common version are those of Erasmus, five in number (1516-35); Robert Stephens (£s- tienne, Stephanus), of Paris and Geneva, four editions (1546-31); Beza, four cditions in folio 565-'98), aud five smailer editions (1565-16041 and the Complutensian Polyelot (1514, pub- Jished in 1522). Without entering into minute details, it is enough to say that all these edi- tions were founded on a small number of infe- rior and comparatively modern manuscripts, very imperfectly collated; and that they con- sequently contain a multitude of errors, which a omparison with older and better ' copies has since cnabled us to discover and correct. 1t is true that Erasmus had onc valuable manu- script of the Gospels, and Steplicus two ‘D and 1); Beza had also D of the Gospels and Acts, and D (the Clermont MS.) of the Pauline Epis- ties: but they made scarcely any use of them. ‘I'he text of the common version appears to aeree more nearly with that of the jatter cdi- fions of Beza than with any other; but Beza followed very closely Robert Stephens? edition of 1530, and Stephens's azain_ was little more a reprnt of the fourch edition of Erasmus Erasmus used as the basis of his texs an interior MS. of the fiteenth century, except. i the Revelation, where he had only i inaceu- rate transcript of the mutilated M3. (wauting the last six verses), of little value, the real ana supposed detects of which he supplied by trans- lating trom the Latin Vulgate into Greek. Be- Sded this, e had in ail, for his later editions, three MsS, of the Gospels, ang four of the Acts and Episties; the iext of the Aldine “cdition of 1318, and of the Conf- lutensian Polyglot. ~In select pnssnrrvea L» had also . collations of some other manuseripts. The result of the whole is, that ina considerable number of cases, not, to be sure, of great_importance, the reading of the common_English version 15 supported by no Ynown Greek mapuscript whatever, but rests on an error of Erasmus or Beza (e. go, Acts, ix., 3, 6; Romans, vil., !.;i; l’ol’,e;vq,“.ixi 20: Revela- Tort. i, 3, 20,243 Qi o xvil, 3, 167 xviil., 2, ete. ] o iiMetosay thatin morethan a thousand in- stances fidelity to the tru¢ text now ucce_rlnlpud requires a change in the common version. though In most cases tne change would be ciight. Bat. granting that not many of the changes required ¢an be calied tmportant. in Kgc case of wrtings “so _precious as those of the w Testament every oue must feel a stronx de- Zire tohave the text freed as faras possible from Jater accretions, and restored to the primitive ¥. nu&ti ‘manuscript materials for the correction of the text are far superior, both 18 _potnt. ql pumber and antiquity, to those which we pos- Setsin the case of any ancien: Greek classical author, with the exception, as regards antiqui- tr. of alew frazments, as those of Philodemus, preserved in the Herculanean papyri. The cases are very few in which any MSS. of Greek Classical authors have been Tound older than the ninth or tenth century The oldest manu- script of Eschylus and_Sophocles, that from which all the others are believed to have been copied, dircetly or indirectly, is of the tenth or Cieventh century; the oldest mavuseript of Euripdes is of toeitwelfth. For the New Tes- “ment, on the other hand, we have manuscripts —L more or less complete, written in uncial or cap- ital letters, and ranging frowm the fourth to the tenth century, of the Gospels 23, besides 29 small fragments; of the Acts and Catholic Enpistles 10, besides 6 small fragments: of the Pauline Epistles 11, besides 9 small fragments: and of the Revelation 5. All of these have been most thoroughly collated, and the text of the most important of them bas been pub- lished, One of these manuscripts, the Sinaitic, containing -the whole of ‘the New Testament, and another, the Vatican (B), containing 1ouca the larmer part of it, re written as early probably, as the middle of the fourth centurys two others, the Alexandrine (A) and the Epbracm (C), belong to about the miadle of the fifti; of which date are-two more (Q and T), containing considerable portions of the Gospels. A very remarkable manuscript of the Gospels and Acts, the Cambridge manu~ script or Codez Bezr, belongs to the sixth cen- tury, as do E of the Acts and D of the Pauline Epistles, nlso N, P, R, Z of the Gospels and 1L of the Epistles (frazmentary). I pass by a number of small but valuable fragments of the fitth and sixth ceuturics. As to the cursive MSS., ranging from the tenth century to the sixteenth, we have of the Gospels more than 600, of the Acts over 200, of the Pauline Epistles nearly 800, of the Revelation more thau 100, not reckoning the Leetionaris or MSS. con- tajuing_the lessons from the Gospels, Acts, and Epistles read in the strvice of the church, of which there are more than 400. Of these cursive MSS. it is true that the great majority arc of comparativoly small value; andmany have been imper fectly collated or only inspected. Some twenty or thirty ot thein, owever, are of exceptional value—a few of very great value—for their agreement with the most ancient authorities. But thisis only a part of ourcritical mate- risls. The translations of the New Testament, madeat an carly date for the benefit of Chris- tian converts izmorant of Greck. and the very numerous guotat-ons by a scries of writers from the second century onwards, represent the text current fn widely separated remions of the Chrristian world, and are often of the hizhest importance in determining questions of reading. Many of these nuthoritivs £o back to a date one or two centuries earlier than our oldest JSS. Of the ancieut versions, the Old Latin and the Curetonian Syrinc belong to thesecond century; the two Egyptian versions, the Coptic or Mem- phitic and the Sahidic or Themi“} probably to the earlicr part of the third; the Peshito Syriac 1 its present form perhaps to the beinning of the fourth; in_ the latter part of the same cen- tury we have the Gothic and the Latin Vulzate, and perhaps the Eihiopic; in the fifth century the Armenian and the Jernsalem Syrine; and in the sixth the Pniloxenian Syriae, revised by Thomas of Harkel, A. D. 616, to say nothing of several later versions. Since the beginning of the present century thoroughiy critical editions of the Greek Testa- ment have been published by such scholars as Griesbach, Lachmaun, Tischendorf, aud Tre- aclles, in which the rich materials collected by gencrations of scholars have been used for the improvement of the text; we have learned how to estimate the comparative value of suthori- ties; the principles of textual criticism have been in o good measure settled; the more im- vortant questions in reeard to the text have been discussed, and there bas been a steadily growing agrecment of the ablest critics in regard to theul. f CANADIAN MIRACLES. THE BLIND, THE HALT, AND THE MAIMED CURED STANTLY BY PAITH. Correspondence New Yerk World. QuEBEC, Oct. 9.—The pilgrimage season at the srine of Ste. Anne is over. The election campaign kept many of the faithiul at home, nevertheless 20,000 devotees have visited the shrive and many miracles are reported. Of those that have been formally attested one of the most extraordinary is the cure of Emilie Planondon, daughter of M. J. B. Planondon, of St. Sauveur. Emilie, a girl of 14, began her devotions in the chapel where the precious relic of the saint is treasured, at the foot of the hill lookinz across the river, on the 1Sth of August. About a year azo an ab- scess that defied medieal skill “broke out i her foot. At first she feit a stinging pain; then her foot began to swell, and at length a terrible sore opened and the bones came away in small picces. 1n the begioning of -August the doctor gave her up, and the pricst administered the last sacrament. She lay for some days apparently at the point of death, but rallied on the 9th, and entreated her father and mother to take her on a plgrimage to Ste. ‘Aunc. They granted her request, and-on the 13th, as stated. she paid the first visit to the shrine. She was carried into thechurch by her parents and placed in front of the high altar. She jcould not knecl, but supported hersell while she prayed with her crutches. Over a hun- dred pilerims were in the chapel, and after the Rosary they all joined in the canticum of Ste. Aunne. They were singing the first verse, Gloricuse Ste. Anne, Dalgnez prier pour nous, ‘Afin qu'un jour nos ames Au cicl ¥oient avec vous, when suddenly Emilic dropped her crutches, and, to her amazement, stood erect, and found Lhat every trace of the abscess had disappeared, not even a scar remaining. The doctors who had secu her a few days before weréSummoned. They cxamined the cure and pronounced it miraculous, and the witnesses of ‘the miracle duly attested it. Emilie is at this moment pre- paring to cnter the Sodality of the Blessed Vargin, in the Parish of Ste. Anne, having re- sotved o devote herself to the service of God. She can be seen in the chapel every day, and hundreds have heard from her lips her marvel- ous story. On the 11th July the young people of thecon- gregation of the ioly Virgin of St. Sauveur made their aunual pilgrimaze to_the shring un der the charge of the Oblate Fathers. They numbered 400. Just as they reached the ehapel they met several hundred pilurims from the Parish of Cape St. Ienace cominz out. Two of the St. [gnace piigrims, however, had remained, —an old mav numed Forget and his wife, the Jatter suffering from spinal disease. The St. Szuveur pilgrims filed into the ¢hurch and be- gan their devotions. Tney noticed the old couple praying devoutly at the altar steps. By and by the priest, Fathér Sirois, of St. Ignace, mounted the pulpit and exhorted the worshipers to persevere zealously in - their suppheations. While he was speaking Mme. Forzet rose from the couch on waich she lay, and, holding up her band, cried out, * O, blessed is Ste. Anne! Fa- ther, Iam cured.” Father Sirois stepped down and approached hier, but she walkea forward with a firm step and met him. Al present saw the miracle, and, amid the joyful tears of the pilgrims, the choir sang the * Magnificat,” and at the close Mine. Forgal was ¢scorted home by the coneregution. On the Tith ult. Father Blais, the cureof the Parish of St. Raymoud, with several of bhis parishioners, brouzht to' the shrine a woman named Pilon, the wite of a blacksmith. She had been attacked with typhoid fever, which left ber completely blind. The doctors said the optic. nerve was paralyzed, and that her blindiess was incurable. Ou being told this the sufferer im- plored the Almighty, if it was bis will, to take her out of the world. for she had four young children and her busband was a poor man, and she knew that she would be a burdea upon him. The priest souzht to comlort her, but for a time she was inconsolable. At lenzth he induced her to commit herself into the.hanls of God amd bear her dreadful aflliction with resiznation and humility. When her mind had become sct- tled, he called ber neighbors and asked them to Join'him in a pilgrimage with Mme. Pilon. ~ On their arrival at the chapel Father Blais jnstruct- ed ler to say, “ Lord, restore my sight for the sake of my children/and my husband,” and Lo sing immediately after this the hymn of Ste. Anne which every French-Cavadian child ‘is taught: * O tendre Mere, Ste. Anne, en ce beau jour; Notre priere - Reclame ton amour, etc. She obeyed his instructions to the letter, and prayed and sang with much devotion. Towards evening she grew faint, for she had been fasting that she might approach the Eucharist, and the neighbors took hold of her arm to lead-her out of the chapel. As they passed a statue_of Ste. ‘Anne en the middle altar, she said: ** Would to God, my friends, that 1 could see.” She had searcely utterced the words when she stopped and exclaimed: “Tam cured! I am cured!” and, throwing berself at the foot ot the altar, ‘returned thanks to the saint,—the priest and nelgnbors, and over fifty other aevotees, joining in bier thanksgivine. On the 1st Instant, during a flerce_ gale, two Gshermen nomed Lemay and O'Connor, of Cane St. lznace, were driven down the river in their sinack, which dragged its anchor, and the villagers standing "on the shore were powerless to save them. This was shortly before 6 p. m., and darkoess soon hid the drifting boat. The villagers spent the night on the shore praying to St. Anne, the patroness of mariucrs, and the moruing found them still engaged in the pious work. 9 2. m. the two tishermen entered tue village on foot, and were: hailed as men from the erave. They related thatat 10 p. m., while they were drivinz down before the tem- pest, unable to steer the craft and expecting to be swamped every mowent, they saw a light ahead. At first they took it to be that of an_ inbound steamship, and saw with horror that it was bearing down upon them rapidly. All at once, however, it lit up their boat and the mg‘r{ waters, and they knew it was a supernatura light. lnan instant thegale abated, and though they did not touch the rudder the boat turned sharply out of mid-channel and rau intoitie ancborae of Ste. Aune de Temolzneee, nearly twenty leagues from Cape St. Ignace.” They had barely made the craft secure wuen thestorm arain set in with fearful vivlence. The two men, with the viliagers, at once shade a pilgrim- age to the shrine of the saint and returned thaoks for their great deliverance. These are perhaps the st striking of the mauy miracles reported this season. The fame of the shrine has gone out through the couti- nent, and where none but French Capadiaos and Indidns used to worship there are now scen during the summer scores of Catholics from the Uuited States, many coming from New Orleans and Baltimore, and even from the Pacifie coast. HEDGING UP THE WAY. DR. THOMAS IN ‘“ THE ALLIANCE.” If there be any one thing pluiner than another in the Scripturés, it is this: That God is no re- specter of persons, that e loves all mankind, and gave flis Son that all might have life, and that He desires thac all should come unto the knowledge of the truthand besaved. Andit would seem that all who work in -the Kingaom of God should be inspired with this same bread, generous feeling and purpose, and should work for this one great cnd. And it would seem that the object of all should be, not to makethe ways of religion dark and diflicult, but so far as possible to make them plain and easy; and not to put about religion needless limitations and restrictions that tend by their exclusivencss to shut out very many worthy and sincere people, but rather to open wide the beautiful pates and weicome all who want to leave their sins behind aud lend a good life. It may be that the Christion Churches gener- alty think that they arc doing this, and would feel gricved at the intimation even that they arcin any way hindering souls from entering the Kingdom of God. And yet it is to be feared that, however sincere, and it may be uncon- sciously to themselves, they are often doing this very thing. Our Savior charged the Pharisess with making void the commandments of God by thelr traditions; He charged them with putting grievous ceremonial forms and burdens upon the people, and toid them that they would neither enter the Kingdom of God themsclves nor let others enter. It is certainly not our purpose to bring any such sweeping charge as this agaiust the Christian’ Churches of this day; and yet it may be well to ask if, in tueir zeal for forms sod creeds, they are not sometimes putting upon‘the sonls of mea burdens that God has not put there, and thereby shutting out from their communion many who woutd gladly come in. Look at this subject in the one matter of creeds and confessions of faith; to which the le are expected, and often required, to sub- ibe 85 a condition of admission to member- ship in the churches and to the privileze of the sacraments; aud in_some cases these are in- sisted upon as a condition to salvati Not to mention the Roman Catnolic Church, which, through her creeds and sacraments, claims a monopoly of_salvation, look at the re- quirements of the Church of England. That Chureh carries as the expression of her faith both the Athauasian and -the Nicene creeds. The Athauasian creed opens Wwith thiese well- known words: * Whosoever will be saved, be- fore all things it is necessary that he hold the Catholic faith; which faith, except évery one do keep whole and undefiled, without doubt he shall perish everlastingly.” ‘Then fol- lows u long scries of the most critical and abstruse_statements concerning the unity of God, the Trinity, the Incarnation, ete., and then closes by saying that is is the Catholic fuith, which except a man believe faithtully, he cannot be saved.” Can any one imagine Jesus Christ putting any such difficultics in the way of souls as these! He uttered the simple words: “Come unto me all ye that labor and are heayy laden; take my yoke upon you and learn of me, for 1 am meek and Jowly in heart, and ye shall find rest unto your souls.” Itisonly just to say that the Protestant Episcopal Church in its Convention in 1730 re- jected the Athanasian creed, retaining only the Nicene, which is, perhaps, less complex in its doctrinal statements, aud bas uot the severe opening and closing paragrapns of the Athana- sian, as quoted above: but cventhigsaysof those who differ from its statemeuts: “Sucn persons doth the Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church auathematize.” ‘The other Protestant churches are 'stitl more Iiberal; and yet each onc of these called ortho- dox hus quite an extended and formal creed, guarding the entrance way to its communion. The Baptist Church makes fmmersion a con- dition to the Lord’s Supper. The Presbyterians hold up the * Kive Points,” dark.and bard as they are, as the accepted iuterpretationof the Scripture teaching concerning Gol“dnd man. And even the more liberal Methodists who from the first and for 2 hundred years or tnore made only this condition of admission into its so- cieties, ‘A desirc to flec from the wrath to come, and to besaved from their sins,” bave gone on and added as g condition of member- ghip a belief in the articles of religion as set forth in that church. “Now all, I suppose, are rcady to admit that religion rests upon great Lruths or facts of God and man, and that the Bible is the only sufticient rule, both of faith and practice,’and that the church must teach this trath. But is there not a way of teaching it that is less exclusive, and that allows a larzer degree of personal liberty in matters where there is so much difficulty in their exact statement and such a wide difference of opiniun? Should we not bg content if men believe in the Bible and in Jesus Clirist and are trying to lead good lives, and not trouble them with belicfs 85 to_so many things about the Bible, and about Jesus Christ? Should not the one great aim be to lead all mea to a good life, and to peace and rest in God?! And is there not danger of nhedging up the way to this by too many formal conditions to membership in the churches? The deeper question, even, might be asked, whether churches have a moral rizht to make such con- ditions. At Aurora, a very intellizent and siu- cere young Iady who had” been' six months on probation in the Methodist Church, and who had been well plied with srgumeuts from the Baptists on immersion, and {rom the Presbyte- riaue on clection. and the Universalists on’the final salvation of all, said to me: “I should be glad to come into full membership in your church on the simple desire to be a Christian. 1 believe in Jesus Christ, and want to follow Him, but | caw’t say”’—she was a_scholar, and a very thoughtful lady—** whether I believe the Articles of Faith or not.” I could not take her; and never did L feel the severity of the condi- tions to membership imposed by my own church more than_in that moment, and never did I question their propricty, or the right to impose such conditions, more than at that moment. DR. TOOMAS’> CASE. PROF. SWING IN “THE ALLIANCE.” Year by year and month by month, Dr. Thom- as, of this city, approachies a divorce from the Methodist Church. The incompatibility of tem- per which became manifest a few years ago, only increases as the days pass, and the house which once was large cnough for two will soun be found inadequate for more than one, and the good Doctor will be compelled toleave the part- ner of his youth. ‘Even‘should he be in essen- tial accord with the Methodist Church, yet he will never again scem so to that body, nor feel himself to be a brother belovead. ‘The action of his Confercuce is one.of those amazing things which come along at times even in the full blaze of this big century. That the Bishop should have asked the whole Conference to rise if they felt that Dr. Thomas was injuring the cause of Christ was a most astounding piece of cruelty, and that the Conference should all have arisen was a clunax of inexpressible rash- ness and unkinaness. Is the character ofa brother so cheap that men will rise up at a mo- ment’s notice and condemn? Can_Christiun men vote on such & question just as they would vote on taking a recess! The Conference to which Dr. Thomas belongs cau do so. No won- der on hearing the noise of the rising and on seclng _that all were on their fect, the tender- hearted Thomas burst into tears! He might well have wept that a boay of the followers of Christ could have been so swift to condemn. The entire Confcrence should have retained their seats and have requested the Bishop not to compel them to condemn in thirty seconds the preaching of ten years and a most spotless character. Lt would seem that even shionlcd Dr. Tnomas not desire any broader mental liberty than Methodism unght alford, he wouid at lcast desire to be associated with men who should combine with orthodoxy a fair share of bumanity. 4 i Whatever may be the views of this man, con- demoed without a trial, his labors and charac- ter were entitled to respect. He bas been asked to pray for and with gamblers, when by some strange freak of nature no such invitatiou was extended to the men who feel that the ministry of the brother nasbeen so harmful. His courch ha sbeen thronged with persouswho have learned from Dr. Thomas what they had neyer learned from the whole Rock River Conference—a habit of church-coing and the true and good m Christian doctrine. Other preachers had taught indced these truths, but they had taught them to their own people and not to the men of the saloons. If the life and works of a man are of any value in the Christian system, it would have been wise in the Conference to have paused awhile before affirming their belief that. the ministry of that brother was an [njuryto the cause of relicion. Even bad-that”body been, ready to confess that his teachings were in con- flict with their Book of Discipline it might have left to God. or at least to more deliberate re- flection, the condemuation of o life-long toil amone those not reached by the regular pulpit eloquence. Fron the New Cnvenant. The Rouk River Conference has seemed to rebute Dr. Thomas, and yet it rather hangs fire. It blames him for expyessing his doubts, but says, If he will keep thein to hunself, no matter, In oihier words, if_he will be a hypocrite e will bea good Methodist, but if he is_ frank and boniest he must be dealt with! Is pot Dr. Thomas a little too anxious to be consiucred a good Methodist? - If a man love father, or mother, or sister, or brother, or even the Meth- odist. Churcb, more thun he loves Christ, he is not worthy of him. No man can be faithful to 3;; truth who makes ita secondary considera- GENERAL NOTES. The Protestauts of America and Great Brit- afn contribute 36,000,000 annually to foreign missions. ‘The Tnterior is opposed to the excision of the story of the woman caught in adultery by the New Testament revisers. A Sunday-school was founded in Hambure, Germany, as early as 1789, bat in 1862 in all the States now composing the German Empire there were only thirty-two schools. At present it is estimated that there ure 1,500, with a membership of more than 100,000. Dr. Prime, one of the editors of the New York Observer, during his late trip around the world had the opportunity of secing the work of mis- sionaries; he bears testimony that he has a hi%m:r cstimate of the work, avility, learning, and devotion of missionarics than ever before. The Jews first settled in America about the year 1650. From that time until the beginning of the preseut century only six congrezations nad been established.” At present it is estimated that there are at Jeast 800 congregations and be- tireen 250,000 sud 800,000 Jews in the Ubitea States nlone. The Jackson Street Methodist Episcopal Church will be dedicated to-day. Dr. Willing will preach in the morning. In” the afternoon the Sunday-school will be addressed by Mrs. Willing, after_which Dr. Willing will dedicate the church. The Rev. A. Youker will preach in the evening. A chime of bells and & tower-clock have been placed in the Coneregational Church at Norfolk, Conn., by one of its members, the Hon. Robbins Battell. " “Che clock not _only strikes the hour, but cach quarter-hour, and-upon different dells, which accord so asto produce a sucvession of sweet sounds. The Vatican, much fncensed at the frequent revolutions In South America, has decided to increase the Cathoiic Propaganda and the num- ber of Bishops fu the South American Statcs, with a view of bringing rcligious inlluence to bear effectively on the people and render them more obedient to the law. The Anglican Archbishop of York, Encland, in opening the Church Congress recently Leld in Sheflield, sa:d that the * true questions of the hour are not those which belont to the in- side of theology, so to speak, but to the thresh- oid,—as whether there be any soul, any future life, any sin, any nced of redémption, any Re- deemer, any God.” The Rev. James Kay Applebee will lécture this evemng in Hooles’s Tocatre on * Our Girls, und Iiow They May Become Good Wom- en.” Mr. Applebce bhas perfected arrange- ments for giving a course of twenty-six lectures &g‘umlny eveniys) during the winter months. The prosramme is an exbaustive oue, and bas for its subjecis the pocts, dramatists, story- l_flh:rs. moralists, and statesmen of modern times. The Universalists of New Humpshire, at their recent Convention, unanimously resolved that “this Convention disapproves and condemns the use of tobaceo by any of our ministers as a habit inconsisteut with the purity and tem- perance of the Gospel, which every - minister is callea upon to proclaim and practicey and that no one should be ordained a minister of this Gospel of purity and temperance whois addict- ed to this habit.” The London ¥World says that in the upper cir- cles of English Catholicism a * whip” is being made. A noble. _\I:mtuis is going to surprise his coreliztonists by the generosity of his ift, and the Premicr Duke wiil, 1 bear, denosit bis present personally at the Vatican. There is lit- tie likelinood of Papal bankruptey, for I learn that an American prelate lias written to Rome *ta say thats{f neceSary; the 8.000,000 of Catho- lics in the States will give his Holiness all the money nesded. ‘The New York Sun relates that, at a recent meeting of the American Temperance Union, the Rev. G. H. Corey said that he did not be- lieve oreat success would be achieved in tem- perance reform until clergymen took the mat- ter in hang, and made temperance paré of their creeds. President Mundy said that many of the churehics winked at_intemperanee, and that he watched the Rev. Dr. Tyng, Jr.’s church a few Sundays ago, and saw one of the ushers, after service, o for o pitcher of beer. * Now what can you espeet when such things are done by church people?” asked Mr. Mundy. The Y. M. C. A. Railroad Committec of this city have accepted the proposition of one of théir members, Mr. Marvin _Hughitt, General Manager of the Chicazo & Nortuwestern Rail- road, to furnish them with "beautiful rooms on ‘Union, uear Kinzie street, to be used as a read- ing-room, bach-rooms, ete.,, for the railroad men. 7The Chicazo & Northwestern Railroad will also employ & man to take charge of the rooms. Mr. E. G. Ingersoll, Railroad Seeretary of the Y. M. A. International Committee, bas been assisting in the work here during the past weck, snd will be present at the opening of the new rooms, at which time a_general meet- ing of railroad men will be held. Due notice will be given ot the opening. There will be Bible readings in Farwell Hall every Sunday at 4:50 p. m., closing pmmlp}tly at 5:30, under the anspices of the Y. M. Al conducted_ by the Rev. J. M. Gibson, pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church. Free to all. Song-service at 4 o’clock, for half an hour be- fore the Bible-readings, led by the Bliss Choir. The following course of studies is prooosed: The Fonndation Bible: Introductory. The Genesis, the Generatiuns of the eavens ana the Earth, of Adam and Noah; the Chosen Fam- ily, —Genesie. The Chosen Nation, the Exodus, the Law, the Tanernac xodus, The Offerings, the Pricsts, Clean and Unclean, the Feasts,.—Leviticue. ‘The Camp, the Juurney, the Wandering, Border Land. —Numbers. = nd.— ‘The Second Law, the Early Gospel, the Denteronomy, The Presbyierian Synod of Ching, at its re- cent meeting, considered the question, Is it right or wrong for the women of China to com- press their feet in order to render them per- manently small? A pative pastor moved, Whereas, foot-binding is contrary to the spirit of the Gospel, we cxbort the churches witnin the bounds of tie Synod to use their influence todo away with this evil practice.” Then we are told that Mr. Zia, one of the oldest native pastors, in scconding the motion, remarked that the practice was *‘sinful, because small teet are much samired by the opposite ex, aud it is placing a temptation in their way.” — Alter sev- eral hours' debate the resolution was carried. Finolly, o native elder, ina telling speech, said | that binding the feet was not the only thing of the Kind to which cxeeption might be taken. Cutting the hair, shaving the bead, piercing the ears, compressing the waist, might, he pointed out. be put in the same category. The Rev. Dr. Newman, of New York, recently preached on the question: “Is There a Here- after?” Alter expressing his disapproval and saying that scientists devoted too much time to the study of physicz, he announced his belief that thé capabilities of mankind will be the same after death as in life; that the individuali- ty of the race shall live forever, and that after the resurrection_the soul will beclothed with humanity. AsGod has_implanted in our souls a desire for everlasting life, He bas provided a corollary—a place to live in after death. Sweet is existence, said Dr. Newman. *Ii there were a choice between cternal life and annibilation, no one living would refuse tne former. Idon’t believe there will be a life of unmitigated misery ip hell. The desire to live mitizates the tor- ments of the devils. This body may crumble into dust, but iu the hereafter we snall have @ new body—shall be clothed with immupity and shall recog nize cach other in Heaven.!” An ioteresting Epglish ‘“booklet,” entitled wHints to Penitents,” recommends female Rit- ualists tocarrs about books and pencils, 50 a3 to be able to jot down their sins. Penitents are adjured to talk as little about confession as pos- sible. Says the book: “Without confession being held- in absolute secresy, no one need know if any one has been to zonfession or not.” Appointments for confession should always be kept, and punctually. Married women are those who *should most seek help against temptations, since of late years to tempt mar- ried women scems to have become a recoznized method of employiog their time and talents on he part of many men, and because the author cannot doubt that much of the rage against con- fession is the result of angeron the partof some from whom their intended victims were saved by seeking the helo of a priest.” Penitents are not to smoke, must do witnout sugar, butter, and _confectionery, and_with “less of strong drioks:?” thev must neither o to balls nor tae theatre, and if they have been ver, very naush- ty #irls they musi kneel and touch their fore- hicads to the earth, or lie face downwards on the floor, with the arms extended as a cruss. THE TWO KOIERTS. 2 New Sork itmes. I:he Rev. Robert. Laird Colicr, who has re- cently resirned his pulpit in Boston, with the” frtent to remain in England, where he hos been traveling for nis health for sume time, has fre- quently been confounded with the Rev. Robert Collyer. Thoroughly different as the tivo men are in appearance, mind, disposition, and man- ner, an extraordinary number of similar facts, it is alleged, has served to conuect them in the public mind. Some years since Robert Laird had a churen in Chicazo. and bott: he and Robert Collyer, in additiun to bearing the same nawe, (with a Varied spelling). had emuraced Method- ism at the ontset of their theologic career; both lmd.l later, accepted Unitarianism; both were public lecturers: both bad settled in the same of Hlinois, aud both had charge of Unita- rian congregations, and to complete the analo- 2y they were not far from the same age. Itfs very farc that so many cvincidences can be “found; and when the radical divergence of the men, except, perbaps,: iv . their -creed, is consiaered, there is something comical in the whole thing. They were incessantly getting involved, and were receiving one another’s let- tersin_ Chicago, and were mistaken one for the other by the press and the public, to their ex- treme mutual annoyance. They had very few friends fn common: the admirers and likers of Robert seldon: being those of Robert Laird. ft must be a great convemence and comfort to Robert Collver that tne other Dromiv has not only left Chicago. but has put Lbe sea be- tween them and the recurrence of such blun- Many of these were very droll, and would furnish material for a capital” comedy or even 2 roaring farce. There are, we suspect, scarcely two men alive who, with 50 many superficial puints of resemblance, are in face, tigure, un- derstanding, temperament, and character .50 totally dissimilar. PERSONALS. The Rev. 8. V. McKee has accepted a call to the Presbyterian Cluirch at Misbawaka, Ind. Rabbi Geiger, one of the most distinguished Talmudists of Germany, died recentlyat Frank- fort. The Rev. J. T. Waller has been compelled to discontinue Protestaut lectures in the City of Limerick by mobs. Among the deaths from yellow fever is that of the Rev. Duncan Green, son of the Prot- estant Episcopal Bisbop ol Mississippi. It is a notable tribute to the popularity ol Canon Farrar’s ** Life of Christ ” thut it has }-uachcd its thirty-fifth editionin the two-volume orm. E The Rev. Dr. Burns, orincipal of the Wesleyan Female Coileze of Hamilton, Onario, has de- clined a pressing call to become pastor of (frace M. E. Church of this city. The Rev. Heary Bloch, until recently the offi- ciating minfster of Peoria, 11, has been elected to !l the vacancey in_the pulpit of the Congre- gation Emanuel of Denver, Col. The Rev. Isaac M. See, o Presoyterian min- ister of Newark, N. J., having been accused of embracing the " doctrines of Swedenborg, has surprised his friends by resigning. ‘The Rev. A. G. Rogers, pastor of tiae Presby- terian church at Lexington avenue and Eighty sixth street, New York, hos resizned to accept & call from tine Harlem Universalist Church. The Rey. A. Hamilton has seceded from the Reformed Episcopal Church, and joioed the Methodists. He has been admiited to the Cin- cinnati Conference and been ordained 2o Elaer. ‘The Foreign Secretary of the Baptist Mission- ary Upion, the Rev. Dr. Murdock, sailed for. Europe on Saturday last toatiend the ereat misi:(sm:u')' council which is to be beld in a few weeks. The Rev. Archer Clive, Prcbemhr;'-‘ of Here- ford, who died recently, was one of the few sur- vivors of those imprisoned by the first Napolcon in the Castle of Verdun, Mr. Clive being only 3 years old at the time. The Rev. Thomas Greene, LL. D., Rector of Wellington-Square Churel, Toronto, Carada, is dead. He was_one of the oldest clergymen in Western Ontario. Jle gradaate of Frinity College, Dublin, and aifived 1 Canada in 1532. The Rev. John Duomore Lang, D. D., the first scttled minister of the Presbyterian faith in New South Wales, is dead. 'He did more than any other man, - perbaps, to induce emi- gration” to this colony of good, industrious Tmen, and to raise the moral status of the early colonists. The Rev. J./B. Guiliver, D. D., several years ago pastor of the New England Church in this city, afterwards President of Knox Colleze. and for several years past_pastor of the First Pres- byterian Church in Binzhamton, N. Y., asbean appointed to n_Professorship in the Andover Theological Seminary. Itis said that the Second Unitarian Church of Boston are chacrined at the resignation of the Rev. Laird Collier, while traveling abroad. They baa exerted themselves to make his pastorate a pleasant one, -paving, by great cffort, the $50,- 000 with which the Church was incumbered. It. is understood that he is about to be married again, and accept an apoolntment i England. Four vencrable Methodist ministers died during the past_few days. The Rev. Henry Burton, of the New York East Conference, at Middletown. Coun., aged 51, and for more than half & century in the ministry. The Rev. G. W. Cooper, of_the Baltimore Conference at West- minster, Md., in_the sixtcenth year of his mio- istry, and the Rev. John Ryerson, of the Metho- dist Church of Cauada. ut Simeoe, fifty-cizht years {o the ministry, and the oldest minister in Canada. Father Corson, of thesame Church, nearly as old, died at Brantford. STRAW-COLORED PIETY. A mark was set upon Cain; but the umbrella was, for some inscrutable reason, lelt unpro- tected.—DBoston Transcript. Coal oil is no revivalist, but it converts fifty women into augels where the ministers convert one.—DPhiladelphia Chronicle-Hera'd. 1t is now zenerally urged in extenuation of . Ananias’ offense that he was raised with no oth- er playmates than a couple of gas-metres.— Burdette. So many murderers about to behanged *hope to meet us all in Heaven ” that we have about concluded to start for the other place.—~Neao Haven Register. The first thing some women will do when they et to Heaven will be to look and see if their Wings are cut bias, while the wings or other angels arc gored.— Aevkuk Constitution. The spirit of emulation in funera's is in strict obedicnce to public sentiment. Comingr from the buriai of a friend, a Danbury younz woman said to her mother: “Did you ever see such a cheap-looking corpse"—~Danbury News. A Sunday-schonl pupil of tender age being asked how be liked the wentleman who had ad- dressed the school, replied: * He was a funny man. He told about the bandwriting on the wall, and said it was, ¢ Minnie, Minnic, tickle the parson.’ " A Nebraska minister preached an hour and three-quarterslast Sunday, and by that time the pews were about emptied. and, as'the lust wor- shiper coliared his hat aud slid out, the dis- Fusted preacher asked the choir to siog “ Noth- ing but Leaves.” At a recent Sunday-school concert the super- intendent was talkinz about idols, when, to ascertain whether the cnildren were understand- ing what he was saving, he asked: * Children, what is an idol?” - **Being lazv,” was the loud and quick response of ove of the members of the juvenile class. The Sunday-school scholar may still nnceas- inglv toil on with the problems in bis catechism, and yet limpon the answer to the first question; but Zive him a fair chance at oue sessionof 2 circus, and’ if he can’t sing the choruses of all the clown's songs and whistle the air to the first part, he is not American bred.—#uiton Times. 1t was a well-deserved criticism, and ome which would not he wholly out of place in some churches nowadays. A friend was supplying the pulpit of Dr. Chalmers. Hundreds rose to go out. The clergyman hesitated a moment before giving out the hymao, aod then said: @\ will not begin public worship until the chaff blows off.” There may be no more edifying and ennobling sight than to gee 3 lady have a tussle with ber best dress on Sunday morning, after the church bells begin to ring, and she finds, ot the last moment, it malignantiy refuses to hang richt behind. ~ Angels couldn’t use theil tears to bet- ter advantage than at sucha time—so we've been told.—Rochester Ezpress. : Atthe Methodist ** Expericnce Meeting ™ our attention was drawn to onc old farmer who ap- peared to be very happy under the pressure of his convictions. ~ When bis as follows: * Friends, perhaps there alr some here that don’t know me very well. My pame is Mr. B—; I live over in the Town of X— close agin thefar yon timber, buc now I've turn came be spoke;: come here to live because I want to be mear folks, Ikem to this country in 1833, and I hadn’t nothin’ but my Lands, but by bard work and the grace of God ['ve become quite rich.’ He then sat down. CHURCH SERVICES. PRESBYTERIAN. church corner of Forty-first strcet and Prairie avenue 2t 10345 3. m. and 7:30 p. m. —The Rev. S. Redernswill preach in the Rolland. Church. corner of Nobic and Erie streete, at 10 a. m. in Holland and at 7:30 p. m. in English. —The Rev. \. P. Folsom will preaca this morn- ing at the Reunion Church. West Fonrteenth strect mear Throop. Mr. W. B. Jacobs will preach in the evening. -The Rev. Arthor Mitchell preaches this morn- £ at the First Church, corner Indiana avenue and Twenty-first street, and'this eveniag at Railroad Chapel, No. 715 State street. —The Rev. J. Munro Gibson will preach mom- iz and evening 4t the Secona Church, corner of Michigan avenue and Twentieth street, —The Rev. J. Abbott French will preach as 10:45 8. m. and 7:45 p. m. at the Fourth Charch, corner Rush and Superior streets. —The Rev.J. 1. Walker, of Reuntion Church. will preach morning and evening at the Fifth Charch, Indiana avenue and Thirtieth street. —Prof. F. L. I'atton will preach at 10:30and 7: 3¢ at the Jefferson Park Church, cormer of Adams and Throop streets. —The Rtev. Jamea Maclaughin will preach morn- ingand evening at the Scoteh Churet, corner San- smmon and Adams streets, 2 —The Lev. 1L K. Miller will preach at 10:30 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. at the Sixth Charch, corner Yincennes and Vak avenues. . —The Rev. E. A. -Barrett will preach at West- minster Church, corner Jackson and Peorix streets, ut10:30 and 7:30. Morning subject: **Are Our Congrevations Falling OIL? 1f So, Why, and What 1s the Remeay?” CONGREGATIONAL. ‘The Rev. Charles Hall Everest will preach in Plymoutit Church, Michizan avenue,- between Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth streets, at10:30 a. . end 7530 p. m. ~The Kev. W. W. Batton, Presicent of Howard Cniversity, Wasbington, D. C., wil] preach this morntng ut the First Curch (of which he was for- merly pastor), corner. West Washinzton and Ann streets. Eveningsermon by the pastor, the Rev, Dr. E. P, Goodwiu. G —The Rev. E. F. Wiiliams will preach in the For- ty-seventh Street Chureh at 10:45 8. m: —The Rev. Richurd Edwards. of Princeton, 1L w1l preach morning and evening at the Union Park Church, ~The Rev. Arthur Little presches evening at the New England Church, ~—The Rev. E. F. Williams will preach this evening at the Oakland Chareh. . . 3 'he Kev. G. II. Pecke will lectare this evening at the Leavitt Strect Church upon: **The Extent. and Order of the Created.” ¥ —The Itev. Evarts Kent, of Michigan City, will preach mornil ind cvening at Bethany Charch, corner of Panhina and West Haoron streets, Rev. B. F. Leavitt will preachat 10:45 an 0 at the Lincoln Park Church, corner Mo- hawk and Sophia etreets. ’ < BAPTIST. The Rev. G. L. Wreon will preach in_the First Church, corner South Park avenue and Thirty-frst streer. at 11a. m. and 7:30 p. m. y v. J. W. Custis will preach in the 0 Ayenue Charch, near Twenty-tnira street, 10:30 2. m._and 7:45 p. m. —The Rev. R. De Laptiste will preach in Olivet Churcn. Fourth avenne, near Taylor street, at11 a. m. and 7:45 p. m. ~The Itev. A. Owen will preach in Universi- ty Place Church, corncr of Dougins pluce and Ribodes avenne, at10:302. m. and 7:45 p.m. —The Rev. Lewis Ruymond will preach in the Soutl Church, corner of Locke and Bonaparte streets, at1la. m. and 7:43p. . —The Rev. J. A. Henry will preach in the Dear- ‘bornStreet Church, corner of Thirty-sixth street, £ 1030 2. m. and 7:30 p. m. e Rev.John Peddie will preact: in the Second Church, coraer of Morganand West Monroc streets, 4t 10:30 2, m. and 7:45 p. m, —Tne Hev, E. B. Hulbert. pastor, will preacn in tre Fourth "Charch, corner of Washington and Paalina streets, at 10:30 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. —Tbe Itev, C. Perren will preach in Western Avenue Church, coruer of Warren avenue, at 10:30 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. —The Rev. E. K. Cressy wii preach in she Coventry Street Chatich, corner of DloomingGale road, 2t 10:30 a. ‘m. an p. m. wilgpreach in the Cen- ‘moring and —The Rey. C. E. Hewi tennial Cnurch, corner of Lincoln and Jacksun streets, as 10:30a. m. and 7:45 p. m. —The Rey. . P. Allison, pastor, will preach in the North Star Church, corver of Division and Sedzwick strects, at I . m. and 7:30 p. m. —The Rev. J. T. Morgsn, D. D., will preachin the Central Church, No. 290 Orchard street, near Sophua, at 10:45 3. m. and 7:30 p. m. —The Rev. J. C. Husethuhn will preach in the First German Church, corner of Bickeraike and. Haron stree:s, at 10:30a. m. and 7:30 p. m. -—The Rev. L. G. -Clarke will preach in the Twenty-fifth Street Church, near Wentworth ave- nue, at7:30 p. m. —The Rev. . W. Everts, D. D., will preach at 11 a. 0. nnd 7:30 p. m.at the Firat Church, cor- mer Somsh Park avenme and Thirty-firat strect. subject: **The Prohibitory Temperance Law; Its Necessity and Promise. 'he Rev. N. F. Ravlin will preach at No. 381 ‘West Madison street, morning and evening. Even- ing snbject: **The Midnizht Cry.” METTIODIST- The Rev. Dr. Williamson will preach in the Michigan Avenne Church, near ‘Thirty-second strect, a5 1020 5. m.and 7:30 p.m. Morning sub- ject: *+\hat a Prencher Shoald Preach.” - Even- Gouspel in Genesis.” —The Rev. J. M. Caldwell will preach morning and evening in the Western Aveauc Church, corner of Monroc stzeet, morning and evening. ~—The Rev. Dr. Thomas will preach 1n Centenary Church,, Monroe streer, near organ, at 10:30 a. m, The Itev. J. C. Hartzell. of New Orleans,, wilt preach at 7:30 p, m. Subject: *‘Christian Labor in the Southern States.” —The Rev. E. M. Boring will preach in the Stato Steeet Church morning and evening. —The Rev. S. McChesney will preach morning and evening at tue Park Avenue Church. In the evenlng he will by special request repeat his ser- mon, **The Prodizal Son.” —The Rev. Robert D. Shepherd, pastor, preaches ‘morning and evening at Grace Church, corner of North LaSalle and White streets. Eveninggabject: “+Lifc's Indian Summer. . The Rev. C. F. Clapp and Mr. A. W. Safford will preach and sing the Gospel at Langley Avenne Church, comer of Thirty-ninth street, at10:30 a. 30 p. m. ‘e Rev. A. W. Patten will preachat1land" 7:30 at the Wabash Avenue Church. —The Rev. S. 1L Adams will preach morning and evening at the Ada Street Church. —The Rev. J. H. Vincent, D. D., of New York, preaches at 10:45 at Trinity Church, Indiana avenue, near Twenty-foarth street. Evenmg sermon by the pastor, the Rev. W. . Crafts. —The Jackson Street Church, corner of Oglesby street, wili be dedicated to-uay. There will be a sermon at 10:50 by Dr. . C. Willing and a ser- mon at 7:30 by tne Rev. A. Youker. Sabbath- school excrcises at 2:30, followed by the services of dedication, conducted by Dr. Willing. EPISCOPAL. Cathedral Free Church S3. Peter and Paal, cor- ner of West Washington and Peorma streets.” The Re-Rev. W. E jlclaten, Bisop, The Rev. .J." 11. Knowles, pricst in charge. Choral morning prayer and celebration of the “Holy Communion a& 10:30 8. 1., Choral evening prayer at 7:50 p.m. —The Rev. Samuel S. Harris will officiate in St. James’ Church, corner of Cass and furon streets, at10:45 a. m. and 7:30 p.m. Holy Communion at8 a.m, _The Rev. E._Sullivan will officiate in Trinity Church, corner of Twenty-sixth street and Michi~ #an_avence, at10:43 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. —The Rev. Francis Mansfield, Rector, will officiate in the Church of the Atoncment and 5¢. John's con- solidated, corerof Weat Washington and Robey streets, at 10:30 8. m. and 7:30 p. m. —The icv. . Bredvers will oticiate in St. Ansgarius’ Church, Sedswick street. near Chicago near Sixteenth street, at I1a. m., and the Rev. E. Sullivan at 7:10 0" m. —The Rev. Arthur Ritchie will ‘oficiate in’ the Charch of the Ascension. corner of LaSalie and Eim siceets, ot 108, m. a2 7:30 p.m. The Rev. B. F. Fleetwova «i' oftie L, 14 8t Mark's Church, corner of Cotluge Grove avenue and Thirty-sisth street, t 10330 8. m. and 7:30 . m. . £ The Rev: G. F. Cushman will officiate in St Stephen's Church, Johnson street, near Taylor, at 20:30 8. m. and 7:30 p. M. i The Rev. Luther Pardee will officfute in Calvary Church, Warren avenae, between Oakley streetand: Western avenue, at 10:30 8. m. and 7:45 p. m. —The Rev. T.N. Morrfson, Jr.. will officiats, in the Church of the Epipbany, Throop strect, be- tween Monroe and Adame, at 10:30 a. m. 20d 7:30 . . » —The Rev. W. J. Petrie will officiate in the Church of Oar Savior, corner of Lincolnand Beldcn ave- nues. at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. —The Hev. Hozh Miller “Yhompson, of New Or- teans, will officiate at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. at St. Paul's Church, Hyde Park avenue, between Forty-nioth and Fiftieth streets. —Tne Itev. A. F. Sharoe will ofilciate at 10:30 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. at Christ Church, Uak Park. " REFORMED EPI5COPAL. Bishop Cheney wilt preach n Christ Church,. corner of Michigan avenue and Twenty-fourth street, at 10245 a. m. and 7:45 p. m.: Slorning subject: **One Work, and llow to Do It Evenm:: *+Jf Not a Revelation, What Then?" Seats frec at might. . ‘—The Rey. M.D. Charch will preach in St. John's Chnrch, Ellis avenue, near Thirty-seventh .atreet, ot 10:45 2. m. and . m. Evening sabject: **A Lesson from tbe Lives of Two Brotbers.” ~—The Rev. R. I{. Bosworth will preach in Trin- ity Church, Englewood, Tillotson's Hall, morning and eyemng. , —The Rev.d. B. Fitzpatrick, of Jacksonville, Fla.. will preach 1n St. Panl's Church, corner of West Washinzton snd Carpenter streets, at10:30 4. m. aod 7:30 p. m._Mornia; ect: ** Chniaz, the Great Teacher.™ Evenin; ‘The Atonement: Its-Nature, Necessity, and Ifesults.” —The Rev. F. W. Adams will preach in St. Mat- thew's Charch, corner of North Clark and Centre :The Lev. Arthur Swazey will preach in the sireets, at 11 a.m. Subject: **Christian Com-' . - muntam.” "o service at night. & : —Alr. R. H. Burke will preach at 10:45 a.m. and 7:30 p. m. at Grace Church, corner of Hoyne znd Le Moyne streets. -Morning subject: **Work." UNITARIAN. . The Bev. James K3y Appledse i) pieas o by