Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 5, 1879, Page 9

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE SUNDAY. JANUARY 5, 1879—SIXTEEN PAGES RELIGIOUS. |srael’s Destiny OV\‘Yres. Its Birth to American In- dependence. A Philadelphia Sect ‘Declinies Citizenship and Refuses Allegiance, canse There Is No Recognition of God in the Con- stitution. Bel ot Is Atheism ? ‘What Great Atheists Have : Beliéved. Igian Traffic in Masses for Dead---A Conilict with the State. General Notes, Personals, Sunday Smiles, Services To-Day. ISRAEL’S DESTINY. < 07 TARBI LILIENTHAL, OF CINGINNATL “’:‘::mnz Jecture of Prof. Adler, of New York, oo the «Destiny of the Jewish Race,” in b hesied its speedy death, has at- rhich be prop d :::ngd a good desl of attention on the part of xh: ‘Hebrews in all our large cities. The Cin- 4 Commercial a few days ago interviewed ;::;; lLf\lem.h:fl. one of the most profound Jew- job schotars in the conotrs. Foilowing are his “5" Sur Christisn bretbren,— call them em- yphatically my ‘brethren,—whether ciergy og lay, $ave not the least correct idea about madern Jodaism. Al that they koow about Jews and Judaism is what they read in the New Testa- Sunday-schools: There ment or bear in_ their S 1lie story abont the crucifinion, the hardhearted- ness and blindoess of the Jews, is repeated time god again, and every living Jew is beld respon- e for the events which bappened nearly The Bel the ibll 200 sears so. - A Jew with modern jdess, a Judsism with progressive nqa not fit in reformatory tendencies, does the system of Christian theology. The ¢ Wan- dering Jew,” the accursed Jew; the poor ont- casts, who wait for a miraculons redemption,— his is the picture which answers the doctrines ofthe Church. Hence modern Judaism is either fenored or misrepresented as an apostacy: the teaching of the uldvmcirines is continued, in spite of the open contradition which our present. neg and every living J¢ in the civilized parts of the world present to s unbiased aod impar- tial observer. oy X * No, wy desr sir, modern Judaism mourns over that deplurable event not_less’ than any other creed. Bug which Church is”irce from similar errors? Which ope of them canlift their hands and say: I wash my hands in inno- cence? Letusuot search the glocmy records oi bistory: let us rather say with our poet: Let the dead past bury its dead; and may the tears ot the angels in Heaven wipe awar the bloody stains which defile the holy mantlc of every re- ligic i ~ Y ¢s, sir, if Prof. Adler would have said *old Judaism is on the point of desto,” he would have gtated the fact. toe truth. ‘The old ceremonies, tbeoid petrifed potions have given way, and reform, 3 thorough reform, is the watchword of mod: ro Judaism; and while it keeps pace with the prozressive ideas of our age it is not only «ntitled to life, but a brilliat, hopeful futnre is m store for it. e ++1 d6 ot wish to detain you with theolozy: but let me state in: a few words the essence of the doctrines of modern Judaism:™ First, there is but one God, the merciful Father'of all His puman children, and. hence we -teach the com- won Fatherhood of God, and the common broth- erbood of men. Second, we believe in a future life, but say *The secret thinas belong to _the Lord of God, and proudiy assert that nobody is lost, as theolorians say, on sccount of his creed. God looks only to the moral worth of men; aud, third, the supreme command of the Bible and every religion is *Love thy fellow-man like thyself, withont eistinction of race or creed.” *Such principles are compatible with every ‘progress of any ape; and when ‘Mohammed once called the Jews ‘the people of tne book,” ‘we now chapze this sentence and call the Bible 1he book of the A:enple. - We_believe .that the Jetter killepti and the spint reviveth, and the dead Ietter'has to give;way before the better Jnowledee of 8 more advanced age. If we all would love less theolozy mud more religion, lllxcq I may begin to belieye in the coming mil- ium., * So much for the religions part of Prof. Ad- Jer'sdeath prophecy. 1 canuot sec any sizos of 8pproaching death, bat symptoms of a sound constitution, promising along life, adorned with tnlth, love, toleration, and enlightenment. _+ Let us now turn to the social and political :Lde _of the Professor’s prophecy; though, I ink, there Lis views will coincide with mine, jsmfll :fi% werg ielxtended more against the on. Still, w 1 i It u; n.-neiw e S, e are at this Interview, ** A new Iife, both socialv and politically, has begua for the Jows with the “Américan Declara: x.n;:“nf Independence. As it was the death- :A for all sérféom and autocratic oppres: ion, hahme grect it as the morning chimes of Jewish mzny. From that glorions day dates our de- h;nlntw allover the elobe. The Church, with z-»ra u;.uleze curses aud theories, was silenced, ‘:,Ml e] mo.ern State, discarding setarian doe- n-s-;& ocked only 10 the worth of the citizens xgn w';u. their innaterizhts and privileges. this Io.u o not L'nowv, sir, bow sincerely we love e ;ounkry. We consider it our promised 'umfn_“ Tevere the immiortals of 1776 as our e rfi flr:‘fleiesm:?r'n God hlnsshAmerlcn and the b = er and named on every B’(;L'ASXDD.“ 2 emc[oreermo&s‘ En A!l:i here, on this virgin soil of buman lib- uw);'cn'e J,nw bas proved that Le fears no ap- o mIz death, that be is no Egyptian mum- 'l’usull “L'u of useful life and hopeful activity. ey m:t:n ouly to ourown\West, and there you kel n:‘gmla proof of the vitality of mod- n’;fi“_i ;_finllh: Jewish temples erected in Cin- 21 bonor h 2y are an ornament to the city and ks, 8% oo their votarics. Look at our hospi- Al :fllehn-f Associations, at our Orphan Thore are! | of them liberally supported—and e l':irer ten in tie country. I cannot see Tove, “d!' h‘!"‘-‘lr or sizn of death; all is Jife, and rong the Go to the Subuc schools; who their teagt o 00mS? Our Jewish children, and They maky IS are satisfied with tue or 85 e stam, l:‘;5!1\_!111 iheir woral conduct. We are they fou riends of the public schiools, because oy aoser 1¢e thonshe and a brotherly assoia- Ronjameng the souus oues ot all erecds and de- beliere 1o ni'n Lgre s life in liberty, and we “Lookat ticisate in this life and thislioerty! sign of g our merchants. Do you notice there 0t op Dproaching death and decay? I think Uk it ‘;“: Pbeupic suppose there is €ven too Beskne fL them. But look at them. The honses fn ¢ ‘:zum_lcd the 1most prominent Jewish 'id meq ls city. who are counted among the from the nl:i“ the community, have come over ve been “f’"nirj poor and destitute; they acd only by ome journeymen and mechanics, 3 ooy 3. Bdostry, perseverance, enterprise, siton poorY they raised themselves to the po- wnmbm{dfl?wprcnuy- They bave everywhere 115 of our egiy eir humble share_to the prosper- Ting, byt o es. Indeed, taey are not U ey JoACe aWakeand full of life. With “Donot I}‘dusm will not gieoat! Eoddy qenorre e With-brageing. T hate all €Tery crongs g 200 tiiere are black sheep in thisrgre, 3y, 0 FACC Makes an exception from Pint ngt 4y, Gt what I want to assert is the Lt 5} Jeper L we wish to be better than others, T gy sy, 000 25 the nexi-door neizhoor. Rove magy e mniversally recognized, will re- By g ot g reiudice which s still larking in aud you . Ecnte U Kuow it, sir, that the view pre- e lere s wlso precented in Europe. Thiere Prominen 0¥ il Which Jews do not occupy & Tanmens jo 00 there s no scientific de- €Qivent. ot ':rlur.h Jewish Professors are not i), iy peorefts there is no legislative as- active pe a Jewish members do not take uence g T4 there is no paper of some in- 9 1ot giromarope, it which the Jewlsh writers g g ate liveriy, nigh, and toleration; Hodery Je§° facts are living” proofsthat the Heciate the gl 0dern Judsisin fully ap- e, ang o Soirit and the task of the modern }_’“’"‘“U“z ‘Ef“‘l’\“\'hcre a mostaciive part in ngg o best and holicst interest of the X0, sir, Prof. Aduer is wrong; we do not | REFUSING CITIZENSHIP BECATUS ueed the services of the und er he bas sum- moned. Jew and Judaism are enjoying excel- lent healtl: and a constitution waich promises us 2 loug life and a futare of golden harvests.” CHURCH AND STATE. oF A ‘‘@oD- LESS CONSTITCTION.” Philadelvhia Record. .There are abcut one thousand individuals in Philadelphia, more or less, who upon religious principle refuse to exercise that franchise which is their right as citizens of the United States. They hold to the idea that™ this country lives under a godless constitution, and that, there- fore, it is wrong for them to vote, serve as jurors, or'act in any official capacity under the civil government. Those who hold these views are members of a section of the Reformed Pres- byterian Church, which, in order to distinguish it from other branches, is known as tbe Synod of the Reéformed Presbyterian Chureh. The Reformed Presbyterians ebraced fu the “3Synod * are descendants of the Covenanters ot Scotland. For eight years previous to 1688 the Covenanters fought for the recognition of the Presbyterian Church as the established Church of Scotland. The war ended in what is historically known as the “ Revolution settlo- ment.”? This agresment proved unsatisfactory to many of the reformers, and in 1700 they sought liberty of conscience by cmigratinz to this country. Here they established the *‘Re- formed Presbyterian Churel,” which grew and prospered. ) Nothing occurred to mar their progress until 1789, when thie Constitution of the United - Stazes was adoptea. From' this document the Presbyterian Covenanters found themselves compelled to dissent. They declared that it contained no acknowledgment of the being or authority of God, no recognition of the Chris- tian religion; that it professed mo submission to the Kingdom of Messiah; that it.gave sup- port to the enemies of Christ, aud admitted to its honors and emoluments Jews, Mahomedans, Deists, and Atheists; and that, thercfore, it was inconsistent and fwpious. Thercfore, it was resolved that no member of the church should swear allexiance to the Goverment, serve on juries, give their votes for legislators or other oflicers, or serve in any oflice which implied an approbation of the Constitution. “These resolutions were faitbfully adhcred to for several years. ‘Then came the war of 1812, ‘The church was contivually bring added to by new arrivals from the old country, and these during the war time were liable, espeefally “in the cities of the seaboard, to the inconvenicuce of being treated as alien cnemies. To obviate this staté of affairs, the Geoeral Synod adopred an oantit to be'administered tothe newly-arriving Dbrethren, by wl they abjured all foreizn al- leginnce and declared - their opinion that the Uuited States were sovereign aund independent of all other nations, and also pledzing them- selves to support the integrity of tne Union by every means in their power. The adoption of this oath by the Genersl Synod was a virtual canceilation of the primary 1eature of their previous declaratiod, at least so thourht no inconsiderable portion of the clergy and lgitv, and they-lost no time in loudly ex- pressing their opinion. Tbisled to a wrangle in the church. Some of the ministers and laymen suddenly came to the conclusion. that the revious _declaration was all wrong, and that Relurmed Presbyterians had as much rieht to exercise ‘the privileges of citizens as-had any other sect. The troubles culminated in a meet- ingz of the General Synod on Aug. 7,1833. at the church then at Eleventh street and Marble alley. A disorderly mecting ended in & split, the anti-Constitution people leaving the edifice. Subsequently they formed themsclves into a chureh of their own under the cognomen of the ¢ Syned.” while their oboonents retained the pame of the General Synod. This division, in spite of several attemots at pacification, bas ever since been matntained. Since its secession the *“Synod™ Church has not changed its opinions in any oue particular. None of its members trom abroad become paturalized citizens, and those born Americans take no part in public affairs. That their fecl- ings are as of old is shown iu the views of one of theirleading clergymen, the Rev. Samuel O. Wrylie, D. D., who said yesterday: We bélieve that civil zovernment is an ordinance of God, and consequently should be set up and admin- istered in conformity with the Divine law ds revealed in toe. Holy Scriptures. We resard t.lu.;_ wrémn Ugi:‘synguzigcx;{ of :he ;I,ni%cu ’g;sms a5 fundamentd cfetive fn “that~jt-ionores the being’ of God, the " Christian religion, ‘and the authority of jesvs Christ as the Supreme ruler of nations. As the -treaty of Tripoli ad- mits, *the Government of the United States is not in any sense founded on the Christian religion, it has ic itself no character of enmity against the laws and relizion of the Moslems,’ therefore we occupy a position of political: dis- sent irom the Government, and do not vote, act on juries, or perform any other act voluntarily which would involve a sceming approval of the political system as at present constituted.” These doctrin®s are rigidly adhered to by the sect. During the late Wur none of those who entered the army took the outh of allegiance. Shortly ufter the first signal of vietory of the North, the church in this city sent a misslonary South to labor among the blacks. The General in whose district he was located required hini to take the oath of alleziance. Upon refusing he was at once ordered to leave the neighborhood. Fhe Church placed the facts befure Secretary Stanton, who instructed them to draw up an osth to suit themsclves. This was done; the missionary took it, and the: Secretary issued or- ders to the Geoeral to admit him to the district, About this time Dr. Wylie scveral times visite President Lincoin to induce himn to advocate an alteration in the Constitution to meet the views of theSynod, but bis missions were fruitless. ln 1872 several members were desirous ol availing, themselves of the advantages of the Homestead' law. But the oatb of allegiance stood in the way. They communicated with Sceretary of the Interdior Delano, who replied: “ I nced hardly assure you that, if my sense of official duty will permit, it will fford me great pleas- ure to remove any difliculties in the way of se tling on the public lands by a people so distin- guished for their moral worth aad detotion to freedom and lutnanity as the Covenanters nave ever been.” Subsequently the Secretary found that his sense of oflicial daty would not permit, aud, as the would-be settlers coulin’t take the oati, they didn’t get the much-coveted land. So far tte objections entertained by the sect toward serving on juries has not brought them into conflict. witn~ the Philadelphia courts. A few days azo, however, in the New York Marine Court, a Mr. Rovert Stevenson, who bad been summoned to serve as a juror, presented to Judge Acker a petition praying to be excused from serving, on the ground that in so doing be Tiolated lis religious convictions, waich he set forth at considerable length. WHAT IS ATHEISM? MAX MULLER IN THE *'CONTEMPORARY BE- view.” 1f we look through the history of religion, we shall find that many have been catled Atbeists, not because they denied that there existed any- thing beyond the visible and thefinite, nor be- cause they declured that the world, such as it was, could be explained without an author, without 2 God, but often beeause they differel from the traditional conception of the Deity pievalent at the time, and because they were yearning after o higher and purer conception of God than what they bad learnt in their child- Liood. ; : 1In the eyes of the Brahmins, Buddha was an Atbeist. Now, some of the Buddhist schools of philosophy were certainly atheistical, but whetber Gautam Sakyamuni, the Buddha, was Dimself an Athelst, is at lenst doubtful, and Dis denial of the popular Devas would certainly not make him so. In the eyes of his Athepian judzes, Socrates +as an_Atheist; yet be did not even deny the gods o'fGrcece, but simply ciaimed the right to beliéve in something Lizber snd more traly divine than Hephaistors and Aphrodite. TIn the eyes of the Jews, whoever called him- self tke son of God was a blasphemer, and who- ever worshiped the God of his fathers after that new way was an leretic. The very name for the Christians among Grecks and Romaus was Atheists. Nor has the same abuse of language ceased altogether among the Clristians themselves. 1o the eyes of Athanasius the Arians werfe “ devils, adtichriste, maniacs, Jews, polytheists, athe’sis, dogs, wolves, hons. hares. chameleons, hiydras, ecls, cottlefish, gnats, beetles, leeches;” and we need not wonaer if Arios did not take a much more charitable view of the Atbanasians. Yet both Athanasius and Arias were only striv- fug to realize the highest ideal of Deity, each in Dis own way,—Arius fearing that Gentile, Athan- asius that Jewish errors might detract from its truth and majesty. Nay, even in later times, the same thought- Jessuess of expression bas coutinued in theolog- jeal warfare. Inthe sixteenth century. Serve- tus called Calvin a Trinitarian and “Atheist, ywhile Calvin considered Servetns worthy of the stake (1533) because his view of the Deity du- fered from bLis owa. In tke next century, Vanini was condemned to have his toogue torn out, and to be burot alive (1619 A, D.), because, Lis own judge de- B clared, though many con: areh only, he condemned him as an Atheist. Some recent writers, who ought to bave known better, have joined in Grammont’s condemna- tion of Vanini; and it is but right, thercfore, L!n‘:. we should hear what that Atheist said of od, “You ask me what God is,” he writes. “IfI knew it, 1 should be God, for no one knows God, vxcept God Himselt, Though wemay ina certain way discover Him in His works, like the sun through the clouds; yet we should not com- prebend Him berter by that meuans. Let us say, bowever, that He is'the greatest good, the first Being, the whole, just, compassionate, | blessed, calin} the creator, prescrver, nioderat- or, omniscicnt, omnipotent; the father, king, lord, rewarder, ruler; the beginaing, the end, the middle, eternai; the author, life-giver, ob- server, the artificer. providence, the bcnefactor. He alone is all in all.” Y The man who wrote this was burnt as an Atheist. As late as 1696 the Parliament at Edinburg passed an act ** against the Atheistical opiniors of the Delsts.” Andeven when Atheists could no longer be burnt, men such as Spinoza and Archbishop Tillotson, in the .seventeenth century, were both branded as Atheists. Nor is the eighteenth century quite free from similar blots, many wmen baving then been called Athe- gcsd not because they denied the exisrence of a od, of the Godhead from what seemed to them hu- man exaggeration and human error. In our own time men have lcarnt too well what Atbeism does mean . to use the word lizht- 1y and. thoughtlessly. . Yet it is well that who- ever dares to be honest towards himsell and towards others, be” he layman or cergyman, should always remember what men they were who, before him, were calléd blasphemers, here- ics, or atheists. There are momeats in our lives when those who seek most carnestly for God think they are forsaken of God; when they hordly venture to ask-themselves, Do I then be- lieve in Gog, or do Tnot{ - Let them not despair. nod let us not judge barshly of them; thelr despair may be better than many creeds. Let me quote,in conclusion, the words of a ereat diviae, lately deceased, whose honestvand picty have never been questioned. ** @od,” he says, ‘‘is a great word, He who feels and un- derstands that will judge more mildly and more justly of those who confess that they dare not say that they believe in God.” [ MASSES FOR THE DEAD. A CURIOUS DISPUIE IN BELGIUN, A curious dispute is raging in Belgium, echoes of which come from France and ltaly. Refer- ring to = larpe bequest made to the cure of a Belgian parigh io order that he might say a cer- tain number of masses for the testator’s soul, M. Bara, the Minister of Justice, anvounced in the Chamber of Represcotatives that be had taken measures to have the will quashed, and Bad also issued 2 circular to the Bishops, calling their attention to the law of 1801-2, to rezulate the tariff of masses. Napolcon, to prevent the acquisition of property by the Church, enacted that the price of a mass should be 30 sous, and that a cure should only be allowed to accept ‘payment for as many masses a5 he 'could rea- sonably be expected to say,—305 in a year. T case a testator bequeathed to a cure more mon- ey than was' coough to pay for 365 masses, the surplus was to be put at -the dis- posal of the Miister of Public Works, who might employ part tor the good of the church in the testator’s parish, and tbe remainder ac- cording to his_discretion. The pious evaded this law * by making gifts to the clergy during their lifetime, or directing their heirs to have s0 many masses said for them, and gradually the law has fallen into dssuetude, people not caring to inquire whether or not priests took pay for more masses than they could periorm o long as the lezacies were not conspicnously big. A curious state of thinzs has resulted. In France, it is said that at Jeast a hundred times more masses are paid for than the entire clergy of the country could celebrate. A priest must only offer up une mass a day— except on certain hizh festivals like Christmas and Easter, wbea he may perform two; so even in the largest city churches, where more than a dozen wvicaires, or curates, are employed, and where there -are a good number of side chapels, twenty masses are the pgreatest number that can be said in one day. What becomes, then, of the money of pious testators and dutiful Leirs? The clergy of the large cities give half of the money they receive to a ** mass sgent,” whbo gives them assurance that the masses required shall be said in the country, then contracts with rural pri twenty, fifty, or a hundred mnasses, retdining a Tiberal commission for his trouble.. One o€ thiese acents at Paris is declared by M. Bara to have cleared 86,000 francs in three mouths, having masses said by four priests at five sous each, though it is often contended that the rural ec- clesiastics, having hazy ideas of arithmetic, con- tract to say more masses thau they can passibly celebrate. Cardinal Decbamps and the other Bel- gian prelates accuse the Ministry of malicious meddling with the small perquisites of the Church, but the ministers discfaim any inten- tion of preventing the clery from receiving pay for the work which they can do, and say that il the Beigian Bishops think thai 80 sous is too swall u tarifl they will favorably consider any proposition for raising it. B GENERAL NOTES. The Protestant Church authoritfes of Gotha, Germany, have prepared a ritual to be used at cremations. g The quarterly meeting of the Chicago Presby- tery will be held Jan. 13, at 10:30 5. m., in the ministers’ room, McCormick Building. Scientitic Boston now sings its hymns at prayer-meetings not out of hvmo-books, but from hymn-screens, whercon they are projected by means of a stereopuicon. The Reformed Episcopalians have purcbased a Protestiht Episcopal Church building at Sf. Helena, 8. C.—= large building, but iv 2 village which was almost entirely broken up duriug the War. . ‘This evening Prof. Patton, pastor of Jefferson Park Church, will deliver the first of a series of twelve Sabbath evening discourseson the promi- nent doctrinal and other religious guestions of the day. - The Cburch of the Mcssiah (Unitarian), on the corner of Park avenue and Thirty-fourth street, New York, is in financial distress. and the Trus- tees are trying to derive the means to Itft mort- gages now due for §123,000. ‘The military laws of the Kinedom of Prussia do not exempt. the clergy from taking up arms and from joining the military ranks. Recently 8 marricd pastor was compelled to take a uni- form and join o company of *‘Jaegers™ as a private. At-the Western Avenue M. K. Church, corner of Monroe street. was inaucuratea on New- Year’s Eve a scries of revival services, which will continue every night during this morth. The church is in an_unusually prosperous con- dition, both spiritually and financially. B The members of the Vermont Legislature hold a prayer-meeting every mornivg, and they said to be not only well attended, but full of 1 and interest. The meetivgs are held in the Jarze Agricultural Committee room, and a cor- dial welcome is extended toall. Ausome of the meetings more than one hundred are pres- ent. It was about two years ago that Dr. Leonard V. Bacon wrote from Geneva, Switzerland, pre- dicting the failure of the Old Catholic move- ment in Europe. He now writes a letter to the Christ'an Union stating that the collapse of the movement. is already visible all over Europe; and that * it will be manifest and complete in about _twelve ~months, extraordinaries ex- cepted.” On the 10th of Juouary the Rev. George F. Pentecost and Mr. George E. Stebbine will com- mence a series of revival meetings at the First Congregational Church i this city.- After the West Side meetings are closed. Messrs, Pente- cost apd Stebbios will hold meetings on the North and South Sides, if the pastors aenerally desire it. Mr. Pentecost was formerly pastor ot the Warren Avenuc Baptist Cburch of Boston. || The Rev. Lyman C. Gray, in this weck’s In- terior, demands a chanize 1n the Sabbath services, and says: - Omit all «ated services on Subbath eveniug. Take the igst hour before the usual tea-time for Sabbath-school.. Use the afternoun in tbe family vefore Sabbath-scbiool as the stated appointment for religious Instruction, includine: preparation for Sabbath-school. ~Require the attendance of varents and children bhoth at morning _preaching and afternoon Sabbath- school. Hold Sabbath evening open for occa- sivnal meetings in. which the church ina body cannot be required to participate.” It baving been allezed that the American re- visers of the Bible are given to sectarian bicke, jnes in their work, Prof. Ezra Abbot, the only Unitarian among them, says: i The air of the revision rooni has mever yet veen fouled with the Emoke of sectarian strife. 1 be- lieve there wae nevera company of scholars en- gared in such a work in whica there haa been o Alore conscientious endesvor on the part of each member to decide all questions of resding and ren- denng boneutly, 1n_ simple accordance with es- {ablished principies of criuicism and interpretation, <without regard 10 any supposed doginatic interest. © 1In the eacred work to which they have been cailed They bave feit. 1 believe, that any lower aim than the giple endeavor to ascertain and expreas tha but becauge they wisned to purify the idea . meaning was otterly genuine text and the re Forthy, -+not walking in craftincss, nor handling the Word of God deceitfully, but by manifestation of the truth commending ticmselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of Goil. The Boston Watclman laments that so many anqualified candidates are admitted to the min- istry, and rewarks: - While charlatans were beinzdriven ont of the legal profession, and quacks were being barred ont of the medical profession, 2 pefEon could jump into the ministry on a hulf-honr's examination and & kasty ordination, witt scarcely an investization of bis character and qualincatious. But menset np for preachers, dare to handle things divine. mix theo- logical nostrums for immortal 2ouls, and hardiy a ‘uestion is askea about their qealications, There is no tri ‘unal to decide upon their” fitness. * There is no court to try them for sviritual malpractice. An frrespons:ble councl) hasuly rdaing them, and sends them into a world full of hving deatl. to try cxpernnents on beinus oound to the judzment-seut of Curist, We have no Kishop' 10 put his foot down. We [Baphisis] Lave 1o court try such cases, We bad better have a’ Preshytery or an Episcopacy rather than be the deftnseless prey of certain clusses of men that 0 prowling about among independent churches of all ¢enominations seeking what they may devour. v PERSONATLS.. - 0. 0. Howard bas taken to writing Sun- Ge | day-school books. ts to say tem, The Rev. Clément Bailhache, Secretary of the Baptist Mission Board, is dving of cancer.’ Vice-President Wheeler recently contributed $1,000 to the Presbyterian Board of Missions. The Rev. 4. Wilkins, of Brighion, England, and a promincns member of the Evangelical Al- lauce, is dead. . The Rev. J. L. Russell, of Philadelphia, has declined ucall to the Avondale Presbyterian Church, in Ciocinnati. o The Rev. W. Impey, for forty ‘years a South Africa missionary, bas recently taken orders in the Church of Evgland. v A son of Siiting Bull, Samuel : Ptesanwicasa, has been converted by an Episcopal missionary at the Cheyenne Agency. i The Rev. Georze® C. Hall, lste of the Re- formed Dutch Church at Danville, Pa., has be- come an Episcopal minister. y Decan Ntauley has decided to erect a memorial to Livingstone, the African missionary ex- plorer, in Westmioster Abbey. The Rev. J. E. Rankin, D. D., of Washington, has been called to ‘a Presbyterian Church in Baltimore, at & salary of $5,600. [ At a recent reception at the Vatican, Leo X111 wore a pair of moceasins made by-.an In- dian convert living near Portland; Me. The Rev. E. B. Tuttle, U. S. A, Chaplain, for~ merly ot this city, bas returned from an_ex- tended European . tour, .and is imow in New York. 2 The Rev. W. J. Kermot#8has ‘resigned the pastorate of the Halsted Baptist Church in this city, He will devote some titne to evaugelizing in Southwestern Wisconsin. - Bishop Spalding. of Colorado (Episcopal), has consénted Lo exercise temporary and provi- sional _oversicht of the Missionary - Bishopric of New Mexico and Arizopa, now without a Bishop. = : . Archbishop Purcell, it is stated, was stoutly opposed to the doctrine of..Papal. infallibility, and only gave in. his adhesion when he discov- ered that the great majority of: the: Bishops favored it. oo " The Rev. Thomas Aitken, pastor'of the First and_Sceond . Presbyterian. Churches in Sparta, N.Y., though now in his SOtk year, is still preachioe every. Sabbath. Of- late'years he has been subject to turns of faintinerRecently he was taken _with one in the pulpif; of unusual severity. He was carried out of itand minister- ed to. For some time it wos thopght his labors were ended, but after a while Le“revived and said: *I must go on with what I:was saying,” which he did, conducting the sérvige to its close.- His people bave proposed to release hin from the alternoou service at the Second-Church dur- ing the winter, but be is relucmt to accept their kindness. It Is nearl> forty years siuce he bewan to serve themsand his_hedst'is so deeply in Lis work that he is loth to discoptinue it. SUNDAY SMIGES. " The Oil City Derrick nominates:Talmage for A Koond of Smut. : Tt is ‘riot recGrdéd ‘hethes i hero of, th ver tarred, but many #nan has feath- al. . - “My dear bruddern, T feel ’s1t:I could talk more good in flyc minutes dan“I'could do good in a year.”—Rev. Jusper. ‘When every writer who knows anything about - whales asserts that one of the fish can’t swallow a wood-sized apple, it can be realized what a dwarf Jonah was. The New York Ezpress speaks in hizh terms of Toplady’s *Sock of Ajax.” It is ducto the compositor to say that it was oot his fault, but the faalt of the rum. Talmage says he belonged to four clubs. We knew g man to wnom four clubs belonzed. The other man raked in the pot, as a bobtail Aush don’t count.— Zoledo Commercial. The Washington Capital was .evidently driven to extremities when it said, ** A foot should be waked up at once, because the.sole that slum- bereth is in danger of finding torment at the last.”? : London laughs at this: *The name ¢ William’ can lay claim to 2 most remote antiquity if without improprietv we may imagine Cain ask- ing his brotuer, * How are you this morning, eh, Bfi (ki The young man who took up the collection In chureh the other Sanday, when pothing but five- cent picces were forthcoming, remuarked that it was a meat bit of nickel-plating.—New Haven Reyister. One of the most delicate bits of humor in the Bible is Hosea’s description of Eplraim as “a cake not turned.” The prophet didn’t want to hurt Ephraim’s feelings by calling him ‘‘half- baked.’—New Faven feqster. ] wonder, uncle,” said a little girl, **if men will ever yet live to be 500 or 1,000 years old?” 4 No, my child,” responded the old map, * that was tried once, and the race grew so bad that the world had to be drowned.” Hereilsa gem from a recent Sunday-school Iyric: 1 Jove to aee my toscher's emile, . 1love my classmutes 10o; + " Ilove tolearn mv lessons while 1 ve nothing clse to do. The “Mill River is higher than ever known, pot excepting the mreat flool.” says the tele- graph man at Northampnton, Mass. Are we to understand that the oldest iuhabitant of Nortb- amption was a contemporary of Noab!—~Fort- land (Me.) Press. . Boyhood is candid, and middle-aze, though it may think the same things, is reticent. * What part,” asked a Sundav-school teacher, * of “The Burial of Sir John Moore’ do you like best?” e was thoughtful for a moment, and thep replied: *4 Few and short were the pray- ers we said.”" An ola colored predcher in Atlanta, Ga., was Jecturing a youth of his fold sbout the sin of dancing, when the latter protested that the Bible plainly said: * Therc’s a time to dance.” “Yes; daram atime to dance,” ‘said the dark divine *aad it’s when & boy gets a whippin’ for gwine to a bail.” A teacher asked one of her class what was the first line of the picce of poetry which described Damel’s fecliugs on being cast into the tion’s den.. The youngster was posed. The teacher said: *Come, come,” sharoly. Thereat the oy exclaimed, burriedly: I know, miss; it was * Good-bye, sweetneart, 2ood-bye.’”” Scene: Four examiners sitting on the body of one more unfortunate at the divinity schools. Innovent of soything Scriptural washe. “Is there no text in the whole Bible,” said ooe, m grim despair, ** that you can tell us?!? A light beamed in the young man’s eye. * Yes,” he said, with a steady gaze, ** I do rememberone: 1 looked up and saw four great beasts.” ** That young man was plowed. CHURCH SERVICES. PRESBYTERLAN. Prof. George L. Raymond will preach in the Fafth Church, corner of Indinna avenue and Thir- ueth street, at 10:30 2i m. and 7:30 p. m. —The Rev. Arthur Mitcaell, D. D., preaches in the First Charch, corner of Indiana avenne and Trwenty-first street, at 10:30 2. m. —The Rev. J. Munro Gibson will preach. morn- ing and evening, at the Second Church, coroer. of Michigan avenae and Twenticth street. Comman- ion with morning service. : —The Rev. A. E. Kittredge will administer the Sacrament this morning, &t 10:30, at the Third Churen, corner of Ashland 2nd Ogden avennes, and will presch at 7:30 p. m. upon *‘A Hapoy New Year,” Former membersof thecharchare invited to the Communion. & ~Thbe Rev. J. Abbott French will preach at 1045 o.-m. and 7:45 0. m.. at the Foarth Church, corner of Rush and Soperior strects. —~The Rev. Henry 7. HMiller will preach at atthe Sixth Church. corner of Oak and Vincennes avenues. —The TRev. J. M. Worrall will preach at 10:30 8. m. and 7:30 p. m., atthe Eizhth Church, cor- ner,of West Washington and Robey streets. —~The Rev. E. N. Barreit preaches at10:30 a. m. and '7:30 p. m. at Westminster Church, cornerof Jackson and Peoria streets. Morning subject: **The Rebailding of the Temple.” —The Rev. James McLanghlan will preach morzing and evening at the Scofch Church. —rfrol. F. L. Patton will preach at 10:30 2 m. and 7:0 p. m. at the Jefferson Park Church, corner of West Adams and Throop streets.’ . In the cvening will be given the first of o scries of twelve Sabbath evening discourses upon the prominent docsrinal and otber religivus ques- tions of the day. Subject: **Recent Phages of the Theistic Controversy,™ —The Ktev. Arthur Swazey will preach at 10:45 4. m. at the Forty-first Street Church, corner of Prafrle avenue. ) CONGREGATIONAL. The Rev. E. I\ Willams will preach in the &(L:-zy-nun street school-house, morning and even- he Rev. George H. Peeke will preach at 10:30 2. m. and 7:30 p. m. al the Leavitt Street Church. * —Dr. Henry L. Porter, a son of the Rev. Jere- mish Porter, for scven years missionary to Tient- sin. China, 'will speak at Lincolu Park Church, coruer of Sophia and Mohawk streets, at 7:30 p. w. e will zive some account of the missionary work in that land, of the terrible fawine,—of which he was an eye-wituess and-distributor of supplies,—and also some remarkable inellizence Teceived simce his return, ~The Rev. E. P. Goodwin will preach_at 10:30 &, m. and 7:30 p. m. n¢ tbe First Church, corner West Washinzton and Ann streets. -—The Rev. Dr. Nortarup will preach at 10:30 2. m. and 7:30 p. m. at the Tnion Paric Church, —The ltev. C. A. Towle will preact a 1045 a. m. and 7:30p. m, at Bethany Church, corner of West Huron and Vaulina streets. Keception of new members und observance of communion with the morning service. . —Prof. G. 1L Boardmen will preach at Piymonth Church, Michizan avenuc, between Twenty-fiftn and Twenty-sixth streets. at 10:30 a. m. dnd 7:30 p. m. Communion after morning service. . : DAPTIST. The Rey. Galusha Anderson will preach at 10:30 2. m. and 7:30 p. m. ut the Sccoad Chureh, corner of West Aonroc and Morgan etreets. —The Rev.W. W, Everts wil! preuch in the First Church, corner of South Park avenue and Thirty- first street, at 11 2. m. and 7:30 p. m. —The Rev. J. W. Custus will preach in the Michi- ;nnflk\'cu“e Church, near Twenty-third street, at 03, . e ftev. R. DeDaptiste will preach in Olivet Church, Fourth avenue, near Taylor street, at1l a. m. and 7:45 p. m. N —The Rev. A. Owen will preach in Universi- ty Place Church, coruer of Douglas place and Ithodes avenue, at 10:30a, m. and 7:30 p. m. —The Rev. E. 0. Taylor will preacl in'the Cen- tral Chureh, No. 280 Orcnard street, at 10:45 a. m.and 7:0p. m. - ) —The Rev. J. Q. A. lenry will preach in the Dearborn Street Church, corner of Thirty-sixth strect, at 1 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. —The Kev. E..B. Hulbert will preach in the Fourth Church. corner of Washington and Paulina streets, at 10:30 2. m. and 7:20 p. m. —The Rev. C. Perren- will preach in Western Avenue Church, corner of Warren avenue, at 10:30 &, m., and 7:30 p. m. ’ '‘he Rev. K. Cressy will preach in the Covenry. Street Chuich, corner of Bloomingdale road, at10:30 3. m. and 7:30 p. m. —The RRev. C. E. Hewitt will preach in the Cen- tennial Cnurch, corner of Lincoln and Jackson streets, at10:30 2. m, and 7:30 p. m. . —The Rev. R. P. Allison will preach in the North Star Church, corner of Division and Sedg- wick streets, at-1( 2, w. and 7:30 p. m. ~The Kev. J. Weddell will preschat 11 2, m. at the South Church, corner of Lake and Bona- pie streots. —~The Rev. Meyer will preach in the First German Church. corner of Bickerdike and Huron streets, 2t 10:30 2. m, and 7:30 p. m. —The Rev. J. B. Smith will preach in the Firat Norwegian Church, corner of West Obio and Noble strects, at 10:30 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. —The Rev. John Ongman will preach in tae First Swedish Church, Oak street, mear Sedgwick, at 10:30 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. wift will preach at 10:45 2. —The Rev. C. m, and 7:40 p. m. at Evangel Church (Rock Island car-shops), Dearborn, near Forty-seventh strect. ‘here will be servicesat 7:30 p. m. at. the Tabernacle, Nos. 502 and 304 Wabash avenne. Sunday-school at 2:30 p. m. Mr. B. F. Jacobs, Superintendent, —The Rev. W. J. Kermott will preach at 11 a. 'm. and 7:30 p. m. at the Halsted Street Church, etween Forty-first and Forty-second streets. —The Kev. J. Wedaell will preach-at 7:30 p. m. at the Twenty-fifth Street Church, near Wentwort] avenme.. . R METIODIST- The Rev. Dr. Thowns will preach in the evening at the Centenary Cnurch, and the Hutchinson Fam~ ily will sing. Sacrament in the morning. _Service syery evening except Satarday during the Week of rayer, . ;S i 3 : —The Rey. M. M. Parkhurst will preach in.the First Church, corner of Washington and Clark streets, in the morni) and Chaplain McCabe in the evening. - —\Western Avenne Church, strect,. . Love feastat 9:50 per at 10:80. The- Rev. preach 1n the evening. . . —The: Rev. S.-McChesney will _preach in Park Avenue Church at 10:30 a. m. and 7:3 The Rev. E. M. Boring will pr State Street Churea morning and cvening. —The kev. R. D. Shcpévzfll will preach morning and evening at Grace Church, corder North La- Salle and White streets. —The Rev. Dr. Willizmeon will presch in the Michigan Avenue Church, near Thirty-second stregt. at 10:30 2. m. and 7:30 p. m. Morning subject: **Some New-Year's'-Resolations that Can Be Kept.” ¢ —Mrs. J. F. Willing will preach at 10:30 3. m.- and 7.50 p. m. at Emmanuel Chareb, corner Weat Harrison and l'anlina streets. . H. Agams will preach morning and evening ut the Ada Street Churca, vetween Lake an Fuiton streets. Lord's Supper with morning service, . & .—xne Rev. A. W. Patten will preachat 11 2. m. and 7:30 p. m. at the Wahash Avenue Chureh. —The Kev, F. E. Cleveland will preach morning and evening at the Grant Place Churcn. 3 —The Kev. W. If. Holmes w1l! preach at 10:30 a. m. 7:30 p. m. at the Fulton Strcet Charch, corner Artesian avente, —Tae Rev. T. P. Marsh will preach at 10:30a. m. and 7330 p. m. at St. Paul's Church, Maxwell street near Halsted strect. ZThe Rev. T. C. Clendening, pastor of the Langley Avenue Church, corner of Langley avenue aud Thirty-ninth street, will preach at 10:30 2. m. and 7:30 p. m. Algming subject: *\ho is On' tne Lord's Side.” Everingsubject: **The Parting of the Way.” . EPISCOPAL. The Rev. Samacl . Harns will officiate 2t 10:45 a: m. and 7:30 p. m. ot §t. James® Church, corner Cass anc Huron streets. Holy Commuuion at 12 i. The Rev. E. Sullivan will ofiiciate at Trmity Chureh, corner. of ‘wenty-sixth street and Michi- gan avenne, at 10:450. m, snd 7:30 p.m. Holy Communiod az 12 m. 2 Cuthedral of SS. Peter and raul. corner of West \ashinzton and Peorta streets. The Ht.-Rev. W, E. McLaren, S. T. D., Bisaop. The Rev. 1. Knowics, priest in charge. Mornius prayer and celebration of the Holy munion At 3 1. m. and 30:70 3. m. Chorai Evening Pray e wev. J. Bredberg preachos at St. Ansgu- Yius' Church, Sedzzwick strect, near Chicago ave- e, ‘at 10:0's. . and 7:30 p. m. “*Tne Rev. Citnton Locke. . D.. preaches at Grace Church, Wabash tvenue, near bixteenth steeet, at 11 a. m. ana 7:30 m. Celebration of the holy communion at 12 a, m. The Kev. .Arthur Ritchic preaches at the Church of the Ascension. corner of LaSalie and Elm streets, at 11 a. 1. and 7:30 p. m. ‘The Jiev. L. F. Fleetwood preiches at St.. Mark's Charch. coruer of Cottage Grove avenue ¥ xth street, at 10:30 8. m. sna 7:30 8. ., and Lofd"s Sup- J. 36, Caldwell will The Rev. G. F. Cushman, D. D.. preaches at el St. Stephen's Chiarch, Jobnson strect, b Taylor and Twel(th, a8 10:50 3. m. and 7550 p. . at Calvary “YPhe Itev. Jatner Pardee preaches Church, Warren avenue, hetween Oakley street and V' 30 1. m. and 7:30 p, . . Morricon prenches at the Church of the Epinhany, Throop street, between Monroe and Adams, at 10:30 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. —The ltev. J. W. Petrie preaches at the Church of Our Savior, corner of Lincoln and Belden ave- nues, atr 11 a. m. and 7:30 p.m. —The Rev. Charles Stanley Lester preaches at §t. Paul's Churcn, Hyde Parkavenne, between Forty-niuth and Fiftieth streets, atlia. m. and 7:30p. m. ’ The Rev. H.G. Perry will officiate morning and evening ot St. Andrew’s Cnurch, corner Washing- ton and Robey strects. - REFORMED EPISCOPAL. The Rev. F. W. Adams will preach in St Mattnew's Chureh, cornerof North Ciark and Centre Btrects. Subject: **The llidden Paths of Lifes or Thoughts for tne New Year.” Communion will be ministered. B y nd—-'l‘he 1. -Rev. Bishop Cheney will administer the rite of contirmation, whick will be followed hy the Lord's Supper, in Christ Church. Michigan ave- nme and Twenty-fourth street. at 10:45 a. 1. It 18 especially desired that all inembers of thia Fhurch be present at this New Year's Communion. Tishop Cheney will preach in the evening on **4 valse Balance-Sheet.” 5 —The Rev. R. H. Bosworth will-preach' 2 New Year's sermon and conduct communion service at 5 2, m. in 'lillnu(m‘s Hall, Englewood. The Itev. H. M. Collisson will preach at 10:30 a. m. at St. Paol's Charch, corner West Waghing- ton and Carpenter etrects. Subject: °*Christisn Union." ‘Eveninz sermon at 7:30 on ** Work Ont Your Own Salvation.™ —The ltev. M. D. Charch will preach in St. John's Church, Ellis avenne, near Thirty-seventh street. at 10. a.m.. when communion will be administered, and at 7:45 p. m. —Ar. R il Burke will pteach at 10:45 a.m, 2nd 7:30 p. atreeta, and LeMoyne > UNITARIAN. The Rev. Brooke Rerford will preach in the Third Church, corner of Monroe and Lafiin atre: at3:30 p. m.. and at the usual hours at the Chu of the Messiah, corner of Michigan avenge and f'wenty-thirg street. 3orning suoject: ** Hope.™ Evening: - **Makiug Friends ot the 3ammon of Unrighieousness. ™ ‘—The Rev. Iobert Collyer svill preach to-day at Uaity Church, corner of Dearborn aveuue and Walton piace. Morning subject: *-Our New De- partures.” Evening topic:” ¢*'The Treasares of he Snow.” —_The Rev. James Kay Anplebee will preachat 11 a. m. at the Fourth Chorch. comer Praine aveoue and Thirtieth streel. In the evening Mr. er_of_Monroe, Applebee lectures at I ron's Cain; a Mystery. .~ UNIVERSALIST. : - The Rev. Sumaner Ellis will vreach in the Charch af the Redeemer. comer of West Washington and Sangamon streets, n the morning, a sermon .10 younz men on **Some of the Safcruards of Life.” Sabath-school concert in the eveniaz, —The Rev. Dr. Ryder will officiate this at St. Pact's Chiurch, Michizan avence bermins Sixteenth and Eighteenth strects. Iu the eveniug Mrs, Lanra 1. Tisdale wilt spesic abont **The 1N~ nois Indnstnal School for Girls. 5 CUIISTIAN." . The Rev. W. D. Owen will preach in the charch corner ‘of South Purk avenus and Tnirty-thard street, morning and evening. —Eider M. N. Lord will preach this morning st the Second Church, corner West Van Buren street and Campbell avenue. —''he Itev. J. V. Barnett will preach at 10:45 a. 0. and 7:30 p. m. at the charch corner of Weat Congrees strect and Western avenue. NEW JERUSALESL The Rev. L. P, Mercer will preach at 11 a, m. at Hershey Music Hall. _Swoject: ‘e’ Sin Against the Holy Ghost.™ No evening service. LUTHERAN. The Rev. Edmund Belfour. will preacn in the English Evangelical Charch, corner of Dearborn avenue and Erie stgeet. at 11 8. m. INDEPENDENT. The Rev. N. F. Ravlin will preach at No. 381 West Madison street at the asual hours of service. Evening subject: -*The Unity of Christ’s Church Under the Similitude of a Body. —Eller Raymond will preach at 11 a.m.and 7:45 p. m. at Burr Mission Chapel, No. 389 Third avenne. 3 —There will be 2 communion service this morn- ing and prexching this evening at Moody's Church, corner North Lavalle street and Cnicago avenue. —There will_be services this morning at Union. Chapel, No. U7 Green strect, led by Mr. Mather. Eveuinis_services conducted’ by Mr. J. W. Llvyd, the converted atheiet. . MISCELLANEOUS. Libérals will meet iuthe hall at No. 213 West Madison_street at p.m. The topic for dis- cussionis: **Woman: Shall She liave Co-relauve Rights with Usr" Liretspeaker chosen, Scals tree. —The Rev. A. Manroe will preach in the Union Taberpacle, cornerof Asnland avenue and Twenty- second street, at 1 n. m. and 7330 p. m. —The Woman's Chnstian Temperance Union nolds tonscrration meetinzs for ladies at :2:30 p. m. and Gospei meetings at 3 p. m., daily, ii Luwer Farwell Hall, No. 150 Madison street. Leaders for next week: Monday., Mrs. L. A. Havans Tuesday, Mrs. . B. Carse: Wednesday, Mrs. C. Clendenning; Thursday, Mrs. C. B. Alton; Fri- day, Mrs. W. J. Kermott; Saturday, Mrs. L. W. Milier, —Deacon L. A. Willard, the business mau, 'f“u in the chapel of the Washingtonian Lowe a ey's Theatre uyon ** B m. -Dr. Mathewson will preach .to the Advent, Christians in Green Street Tabernaclo (No. 91) at m. - —The Disciples of Christ will meetat No.. West Randolph streetat 4 p. m. —Tne First Society of Spiritualists will meet at 10:45 a. m. and 7345 - M., ot the church corner of West Monrve and Latlin streets. : —The Rev. Mlr. Jneksun will preach at 11 e, m. and 7:50 p. m. at the Second Iree-Will Charch, No. 13 Socta Halsted street. . CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK, EPISCOPAL. i Jan. 5-Second Sunday after Chria Jan. 6—Epiphany. G 3 ‘ast, an. 10—F 2 CATHOLIC. Jan. S—Eeéor_nfl Sanday after Christmas; Vigli of W iphany. Jan. G—Epipliany of Our Lord. Jan. 7—Of the Uctave. Jan. 8—Of the Octave, Juu. 6—Of the Octave, Jan. 10—0f the Octave. Jun, 11-OF tne Octave, ——— STINULANTS. Varlous Methods of Stimalatinz Tsea by Notable Men. Conteraporary Rewew. It seems probable that the circulation in the brain alone may be increased, and mental pro- cesses quickened, by reflex action from the skin. There are two nerves, known as the fitth pair, which are distributed to the skin of tbe heud, and the mucous membrane of the eyes. nose, aod mouth. These nerves are closely convected with the heart aud vessels, aud by stimulating their branches the' circulation may be greatly increased, as in the ease of Taintiug just alluded to. It is a curious fact that pcople of all nations are accustomed, when in any. difficuity, to stimulate; one _or another branch of - the . fifth nerve, and quicken thewr mental- processes: Thus, some pursons, when puzzled, acratch their heads; others rub their foreheads, and others stroke or pull their beards, thus stimulating the occipital, frontal, or mental branches of those nerves. Many Ger- mans, when thinking, have a habjt. of striking ir fingers against theirnoses, and thus stimnu: ‘lating thie “nasal ‘ cutaneorsbrum “ this country some peoplestimulate the branches distributed to the mucous membrane of the nose by -taking snuff. The late Lord Derby, when translating Homer, was accustomed to cat braadied cherries. © One man will eat figs ‘while composing a leading article, another will suck chocolate creaws, . sowe Wil smoke cirarcttes, and _others will sip brandy and . water. By these mesns they stimulate the liogual and buccal branches of the fifth nerve, and. thus reflexly excite their bras. Alcohol appears to excite'the eircula- tioa through the brain reflexly from the mouth, and to stimulate the heart rcngxl[y; Trom the stomach, even before it is absorbed into the blood. Shortly after it has been swallowed, However, it is absorbed from the stomach, and passes with the blood to the heart, to the braia, and to the otner parts of the nervous system, upon which it then beginstoact directly, Under its iniluence the heart beats more quickly, the blood circulates wore freely, and thus the func- tional power of the various organs iu the body is increased, so that the brain may think more _rapidly, the ..muscles act more powerfully, ~aod ' the stomach digest mare essily. But, with this exception,. the effect of alcohol upon the nervous system may be described as one of progressive pural sis.. The high centres suffer first, and the jud meat is probavly tbe first quality to be im- paired. One of the most esteemed novelists of the present day informs me that, althoush he can take a great deal of Wine without its having any apparént effect on him, yer a single ¢rass oL sherry is enoungh to take the fine cdge ofl his intellect. -Heis able to write easily and Quently in the eveniog, after taking dinner and drink- ing wine, but what he then writes will not bear is own criticism next morniug; althoueh, cuci- ously enougb, it may sccm to bun excellentat the time of writiug. As the eficet of alcohol pro- gresses, judgment becomes etill further im- paired, although the other faculties of the miod may remain, not only undiminished by the direct action of the alechol up- on the brain, -but grearly increased by the zeneral excitement of the circulation. ‘The .imagioation way thus be more wivid than usual, and the emotions more lively, and both, beiug more or less liverated from the control of the judgmment, manitess themselves Ja sparkling wit, or withering iovective. Sheri- dan is said to have delivered his greatest speech under the influence of two bottles of champagne. which he’had swallowed at a sin- gle draught; and in persons of over-cautious temperament and tvo reserved manoers, the removal of the cxcessive restraint under whicn toey habitually act renders them tor the tune more sociable and aereeable. By and by, how- ever, the other parts of the neryous system are successively weakened; the tongue stammers, . at Grace Church, corner of Hoyne the vision becomes double, the legs fail, and the man falls insensible. It 1s evideot then that ouly the first stages of alcobolic action are at all bencticial, the latter stages being us clearly fn- Jjurious, - ———— A PRAYER, Pather, *neath Thy eniding care ‘Al events are passing here; Ever since Creat:on's birth. All the changing scenes of Earth Tlave o paroose known to Thee. We are children, wand'nng, lost, On the ocean tempest-tost: Tnou tne mighty waters ford— Thion art guiding all on board " To Thy home across the sea. Jesus. come from Thine abodel Come agun and show the road! All the flock have cone astray, ©On the mountains far awsay. From Thy sayings. in the storm, Led by wolves to rob the least, Without garments for tne feast. Proud 'and stubborn as of old, Storms are beating on the fold: Come and keep the flock from harm. - - Holy Spirit, grieved away, Wilt Thou never come fo stay? * On our substance is the stan Of the robsbers’ stolea gain, And our hearts arc hard und cold. _Father, sendaguio Thy Son. That Thy will on Eartn be done: ine the work—we have no power— . We are looking ev'sy Lour For the Shepherd of the fold. . WesT GROVE, Ia. 2 L —— A Stone in a Horse’s Jaw. Tirginin City (Neb.) Enterorise. For aloh Hime a Inmp has been observable in the.side of the jaw of a horse belouging to Superintendent Osbiston, of tbe Gould & Curry and Best & Belcher mincs. Yesterday a vet erinary sureon * made ‘an inusion, and, to his astonishment, brought to licht a hard and smooth stone, abont two incles long and one ioch in diameter. The stonc was of a yellowish white color, and appareutly as bard as marble. In order to make surc as io the pature of the stome. Mr. Osbiston took it toa jewelry store ana had 1t sawed o twolepgthwise. When it o i ol (TR RERIPTO M SIS s N SRS o t there was seen its centre what bad was ' once undoubtedly been a grain of barley, half of which was visible in each piece of the stove, the grain looking as'though petrified. Around this nucleus the stone bad formed in .reguiar lavers or growths, the rings of which were dis- tinctly to be traced. The material of which the: stone was formed appeared to be the same as is found in the incrustations on the tubes of boil- ers. Itis thougnt that the grain of barley bler&c«l the skin of the horse’s mouth add im- bedded itscil in the tlesh; and that the saliva then deposited upun it liiny matter. The stous is as bard as marble, and the annular markings are very distinct. " THE GAME OF DRAUGHTS. Commaualcationstntanded for Tz DRATGHT EDITOR shonld be addressed to O.. D. ORVIS, P.-O. Boxais, Cnleago, 111, For fubltsher's price-lst of standard works on ths game, address the Dracgnt Edltor. CHETKER-FLATERS' DIRECTORT. Atgonsum, No. 50 Deargorn street. . | T2:BISR OrFvicE, CHICANO, Jag. 5, 1872, PLUBLESL No. By E. H. Bevaxt, Waverly, Is. - Black. - }/{"’ 25444 s W Ly '///éw%%/ el eVe 3/% 7@/%{?”%; i i i i e v {/’; 7 1 L Uik, i 7 Wiitte. ‘White to 'move and win. POSITION NO. 99. End-game between Messrs. Noble and Orvis. Hiackumeoun 1. 6. 7. 10, ; Waitie wou vy 13, 18, 2! White to TO CORRESPONDENTS. J. D.—Yonr contribations are all right. W. B. Fonviile—~Thanks for the courtesy. . Otts Joues—W1ll attend to It tn pext tswue. Wiliam Durie—The paper dues not come to our box. 1. J. (liekey—Your kind contributiens are di precluted. Ry Ape Jumes Thompson—Thanks for your kind subscription to tuis column. (2) We have oo time to play corre. spoudeuce gawes ut present, buc will hand your name 10 yowe une who will accommodate You. () Yourso- lution Is quite right. CHECKER CHATTER. The Dempster-Davie match in New York hes been Postpuned until after the tournament. The Busby-Davis match stood. at last advices, Bus- by, 14; Davis, 6; and alxicen games drawn. g Mr. ¥. N. Johnson. one of the leading draught-play- €rs of tiia city, {3 at present in Philadciphia on bsiness and plensure, Barker Brothiers, will shortly has occup! ‘e und win. The Spertator says the present 3 new Look on the game, which has thelr carcful autention for the past two years. Mr. Georze L. Beach, reported to be ove of the struugest players of Toledu, U, Was In town last week on businest.” We believe hs did not measure nls strenzth with any of our local experta. When 0ld Probabliftles sends Mercury on &a explor- ing expedition soine 20 dez. or more helow zcro thers 13 cutufort for the uverake checker-player In the reflec- tion it his favoritc game Is Dot &0 out-of-doors =mnsement. Mr. A. J. Dunlap, draught editor of the Turf. Fleld, ana Form, Mos lagugurated a iournament among the leading players of New York City, offering & prize of & 520 goid-picce to the winner of ihe wmost games played in a series of pames, zzinc ** Cafe Logeliag, * 49 Bow- ery, beginning early In January. 2nd subject to the fol- Towloz rales: ' *Six games muss oo plaged, betweea each dnd every player, Play to terminate Saturday, Feb. 15. a2 10D, i, The piayer having won tho most jzames secures the prize. All games muit be taken down by each player, and becomes the property of the cditor.” Several players have entered thelr names, and, alively time Islooked for. It Is expecied thatthis con- test will, fan measure, determine ho Is champion of New York City. 5 One of our, Esstern exchanres Intends to'zdopt Mesars. Johu Walker and J. Robertson's abbrevisted method in puhlishing gaties and solutions. The object 14 o save labor aud fpace 'y” OmIRNg 'to record the **takes,” or.capturiug moves. ‘The dazd — is ‘msed ofter a move to denote that an_exclan, In support of the system It Is cirimed that about one- oucthh of the Iabor can be avoided. The plag ls by no Iicacs o new ou, (¢ having been employed for years by many players in recording games for private nse, for. wrEich olone ¢ can be recommended. TILE TEISUNE (8 of the opinion that It will neser become in general use, or populor amone the Freat niass of, players. In szt a1 players will Le able to undersiand tha res, Which will te-likely to reader tha raaer th: 08d- ——— . SOLUTIONS. . SOLTTION TO PROBLEN NO. 98. Between Messrs. Scott and Saaders. 3 i 14— = Black -2z wing. 1916 [ Black 14— wins, 14 SOLUTION TO POSITX Between Messra. o—14 ) 30-:3 GAME Played at Henry, I 1L betw Clark Swift, of Whitfleld, Til. Swift's move. 11-15 6-15 13 1910 Lo g-z2 . | 16-19 26—11 - | 2318 9—14 | 12-19 20-11 | 23-2¢ | Drawn. GAME NO. SINGLE CORNER. 306 =, d W. Carler’s move. & =11 18— —29 1518 025 Plag {n Quincy, 1il., between Mr. C. Camer g b ; 1-15 GAME XO. 397-DYKE, - . Seventeenth game of the Davie-DeCon match, 3% Erookiyn. N. ¥ Davie's mov - GAME XO. 208-LAIRD AND LADY. By L. 3. Mickey, Dubnque: la. a 15-11 14—10 (1) Zi—1» 2619 | 2125 10—7 [is-18 =13 ’ Drawn, 10— 2 1510 15-11 113 < 2z ()] z3-28 White wios, White wine. 31—27. 19 21-14 22—18 H—1u 26-19 10-a € = , 7 ) b 7 15— 8 (a) This move I3 claimed to be (0 S Hart la s Pixyed 1—6 at this poiat. 1 think ) & Mart Ia Twrf played 1-g at this potat; 'l'p(—-IB will draw mfly.vlhal abowlog m“p%—d isnot » A Toger. . ()’ Any other move would lose for black. (2) Unly move to draw. 3 . 3. (%3 Qur able contributor writes tbat here s whers ha expected (6 Wit 1ic {s evideatly not awareof e facs that 20— ug this powtand White e aloser. Drummond plays 2 » $hua proying 2—6 2k 171 MOYe o s & [oser aflor Dravaur