Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 24, 1879, Page 9

‘SHE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY. AUGUST 24, 1879--SIXTEEN PAGES . 9 The Three Great Jewish Sects in the Time of Our Saviour. Who and What Were the Sadducees, Pharisees, and Scribes. : 960th Anniversary of the First Puritan Church in New Burland Liturgy and Doctrine of Pere Hyaciuthe’s Gallican Church. Biographical Sketch of Newman Hall, the Famous English Preacher. General Church _ Notes---Personals--- Sunday Bon-Bons—-Services i To-Day. TNE JEWISH SECTS. ‘WHO ASD WHAT WERE THE SADDUCEES, PHARI- SBES, AND SCRIBES. Ciurch Quarterly Renew. Although all Jews united in external obsery- ances, they Wére divided into sects differing on many important questions. Josephus speaks ot the Sadducces, Pharisces, and Essenes as exist= ing in his day, but of the last the Talmud makes nomention. But it mentions the Scribes, who areso often spoken of in the New Testament. There is modern opinion that the Sadducees axisted as a sect trom a much more remote period than is generally supposed. Geiger held that they were a sacerdotal conservative party Fhich derived its name from Zadok, who anointed King Solomon: Ata later period, Ezekiel (ch. xliv., 10-15) speaks of tio classes of Levites, of which ove was not to bepermittedto minister fn the ranctuary as a punishment for itsapostasy. The other, the priests, the Le- rites, the sons of Zadok, having continued faith~ fu) when the people went astray, were to be re- tained in the exercise of their functions in the temple. ' In the synoptical Gospels, ‘the Saddu- cees appear in alliance with the Pharisees, notwithstanding the bitter enmity between them, but in the fourth they are not men- tioned, the combination bring chief priests and Pharisees’ ohn vit, 22, 43; xi., 4757). In the Acts (cb. v., 17) weread, “thé high priest ‘arose, and all that were with him, being of the eect of the Sadducees.” From these passages ‘tis plain that Zadock wasa priest in the age of Solomon, that his descendacts were priests at ‘the time of the captivity and afterwards, and ‘that they were asacerdotal party at the Chris- tian era, but there is difficulty in identifying them with the Sadducces, since no place in the literature of the Jews subsequent to the exile Bpeaks of them as belonging to the sect, or as having given their name to it. Had the desiz- nation been in common use from early times, it 18 scarcely credible that there should pot have been come traces of it in Jewish records. Of the writings of the Sadducees none have survived, but. it has been vovjectured. that the apocrrpbal book Ecclesiasticus contains their theological and sacerdotal principics.-.In_ the Ghemara, in the treatise on the Sarhedrim, the books of the Sadducees and the work of the.son of Sirach are classified together, and prohibited. Whether they reccived all the canonical script- ‘ores of the Old Testament has long been, a ques: tion. 1n the controversy in the New Testament about the resurrection, Christ. quoted against them a passace from the Pentateuch, whence it has been inferred that they rejected the rest of the Bible. The truth secms.to have been that they acknowledged the five books of Moses as of higher authority than the others, in common with most of the Jews, while not denying the canonicity of the latter, although in their opic- jon. they occupied an inferior place. The Phari- secs pronounced them heretics, and doubted whether they would not be excluded from the diessings of the world to come, ‘Their influence ‘was limited’ to the wealthy and upper classes, and over the bulk of the nation their opinions never tad say hold. When Jerusalem was de- stroyed, their power as a sacerdotal oligarchy came to an cud, and thenceforward the name Was descriptive of @ person who failed to come up to the Pharisaic standard of orthodoxy. : The Sadducees, while rejecting tradition, adopted usages which the Pharisees said were iounded upon it. Like them they wore pby- lacteries, bat in a fashion which their opponents Pronounced to be cvidence of. their heretical opiuions: Sven in the temple servieg some of the priests mipistered “‘sfrer the way of the Sad- dacees,” and in-a manner inconsistent with the usnal practice. The treatise on’ the day of the Monement relates the precautions of: the Pharisees to prevent the high priest from falling dato Sedducean error. “The elders of the Great Sanhedrim delivered him to the priesthood, who ‘brought him to the upper chamber of the house Abuisaz, aud they administered to him the oath, and they left him and departed, and they said to him, ‘My Lord Hieh Priest, we are am- abastadors of the Great Sanhedrim; we adjure ‘thee by Him whose name dwells in this ‘house, “tha thou wilt mot change aught of all which we have. said to thee.’ He Went apart and wept. They went. vand wept.” The oath was intended to bind him to bura the incense within the vail (Lev.. xvi, 12, 13), in opposition to the view of Ssdducees, that it should be put upon the cons in the censer without, and carried smok- ‘tng into the most holy place. The weeping of abe elders arose from the thourbt that such an oath’ should be necessary. At the end of the treatise on the feast-offering, it is said thatall the vessels in the sanctuary required baptism, except the goldtn and brazen altars, ‘Which were “as earth.” This was a tradition of the Pharasees, who, when they were baptiz- ing the candlestick, brought upon themselves the ridienle of their opponents, who mocked em'asif they were baptizing the sun. ‘Ihe &adducces agreed with their adversaries only as foceremonies, their practice resting upon the Ietter of the law, explained so as to meet their o¥n views, but often doing violence tothe plain Meaning of the text. In these cases the Pbari- Sesrelicd apon tradition, without pretending oderive any authority from Scriptare. Oi the Jewish secta the Pharisees were the Most powerful and important. Principles had an Jong at work in the nation, which ultimate: ¥ assumed form and shape in their distinguish- Peculiarities. In the time of Ezra and Ne- lemlah every possible precaution was taken to i ‘oclate the Jews from the Samaritans, Moab- tes, and other nations, to prevent contamina- Hon from their evil customs. From the same Motive, some Israclites, pretending to suverior ines, endeavored, as far as possible, to sepa- Fite themselves from others, as if they were Drofaue; and unfit for indiscriminate fellowship. €0ce arose, in the course of time, the Phari- ees or Separatists, who, in respect to certain abservences, stood aloof from their fellow-men. ef did not withdraw from association with others at pabliz worsbio in the syDazorues, nor they botd aloof from the Sanbedrims, where ‘J occupied seats alonz with the Sadducees, Sor @id they shun ordinary society, because ey freqtented the honses of their neighbors, and Were desirous of making proselytes. Their ‘usivencss consisted in other particulars. angiting at a greater sanctity, they sought to Infiaence tueir countrymen by adopting a rule of conduct higher than that laid down in the dew. The Misha is mainly a collection of Phar- falc traditions, regulating almost every act of and ecclesiastical iife, whereby the burden Fy minute precepts became so heavy that com- Bilance with tem beeame fmpossible. . ‘The pee and the oral law were held to have been the of divine origin, but, in the course of time, latter came to have the greater weight at- fached to it. Moses received the. oral law ‘om Sinai, and delivered it to Joshua, and- csbua dclivered it to the elders, and € elders to the Prophets, and the prophets to tro eof the erest synagogue.” %* We have 0 laws,” said Shammat to a proselyte, “ the ritten and the oral.” That which was given * Word of mouch was held to be the more pre- s, because it waa said, “ After the tenor of ‘© Words, I have made 2 coveanant with thee qd mith Israel (Ex., xxriv., 27). - “* The writ- fu /a¥-is narrow, but the traditional. is longer the earth, and broader than the sea.” ‘Phe 8 were of two classes. The: for- jesiading the unwritten law, was osed to have been given to Moses at and to have been transmitted by him to -ehemics. ‘| ordinary man defiled the Pharisees,’ but the -] cited thefr prayers with the same end in View, Reagrations, The latter were the | several of whom took part in the services, and in August, 1829, a second century discourse was de- liverea by the Rey. Charles W. Upham, then the Popular junior minister of the Society, but now best known: by bis exhaustive’history of the witchcraft delusion, and bis not less admirable fe of Timothy “Pickering. On cach octasion the preacher: fool for his text the first. seven yerses of the seventy-elght Psalm ; the same pas- euges of Scripture ‘were read, and the ‘same Psalms were sung. * ens Asndicott landed at Salem in September, 1628, and fn the following April the company in Lop- don addressed to him a letter which can scarcely be quoted too often as an’ authoritative declara- Blosses, commentaries, and, expositions of it which bad accumulated from time to time, but these were deemed by some to be of inferior importance. In other words, the Mishna, with the Ghemara. is the embodiment of tne oral law. Other rabbis said that the Bible was like water, the Mishna like wine, and the Ghemara like spiced tinue, : Tradition being thus clevated, the Pharisecs easily found authority for drawing a broad line of distinction between themselves and others. They supposed that such separation tended to pours the body from evil works, that the loliness of the body contributed to ward off evil affections from the soul, und that the sanc- tity of the soul produced likeness to God. Adopting a ‘Sore’ austere discipline, to keep up the appearance of righteousness, they adopted corresponding observances. Fre- | tion of the a purpores with which the Massachu- quent fastings, long . vrayel ablu- f sé ene Hlons, © wearing “of “Guiravaeane 'phyincra, | eetts Colony was planted. ‘For that the proo- agating of the Gospel,” they wrote, “is the thing we do profess above allto be our aim in settling this plantation, we have been careful to make-plentifal provision of godly ministers, by whose faithful preaching, godly conversation, and exemplary - life, we trust not only those of our own nation wilt be built up in the knowledge of God, but also the Indians may, in God’s ap- have ons more good work to perform,” those | pointed time, be reduced to the obedience of the who kpocked their heads against walls to avoid | Gospel of Christ.” The ships. arrived the sight of women, those who wrapped their | at Bote in the latter part of June, hands in their garments to avoid touching | bringing four ~ ministers,—Samuel _ Skel- others lest they might be defiled, those who | ton, Francis Higginson, Francis. Bright, asked to behold some duty which they. mint | and Raloh Smith. ‘Skelton had been the triend perform, meaning that they had neglected none, | and religious teacher of Endicott in England; and those who were Pharisees because they pro- | Higginson, who died in 1630 at the age of 43, is fessea religion from motives of terror. ‘The | descrived as ‘a graye man of worthy com- Jast class, and the only one deserving of av- | mendations”; of Bright; who had beon under ries and fringes, and scrupulous punctilious- ness about the payment of tithes, while outward proofs of religiousross fatled to prevent the hy- Docrisy of the sect from being discerned and commented upon, or to hinder it from being subdivided into separate parties. ‘The Talmud speaks of seven classes of Pharisees. There Were those who served God: trom selfishness, those who said, “Just wait awhile for me, £ robation, were those who served ‘God | Davenport's instruction, und returned to En- rom Jove. All alike hated and denounced | ptind atter a short residence here; wo know + Saddocecs, Notwithstanding’ their | little; and Smith became the first miviater at Plymouth. Skelton ‘and Higginson were the first pastor and the first teacher of the church at Salem. : Of the ceremonies connected with their elec- tion and ordination we fortunately possess 2 contemporaneons account in a letter written by Charles Gott, ous of the first Deacons of tne church, to Gor. Bradford, of Plymouth. From ‘it we learn that, shortly:after the arrival of the newcomers, Endicott ‘set apart July 20, old atyle, which corresponds with July 30, new btvle, as aday of solemn humiliation for the choice of a pastor und ‘teacher. The mornin: waa spent in praise and teaching, and the afte: noon was devoted ‘to the election. First, the ministers ayo their views on the twofold call. -to-- the ministrr, —the inward calling which the man himself feels to take up the work, and the outward calling by vices and hypocrisy, their influence with the peovle was creat. Unlike their rivals, they could count upon the support of public opinion. Although despismg other men, and refasing to eat with them, which was tne very essence of Pharisaism, they managed their conduct in such a Way as uot to forfeit their respect, or raise up “Treading on the garments of ao exclusiveness which this implied did not. alfen- ‘ate the'good will of the multitude. They re- and a considerable portion of every day was de- yoted to relizious exercises. ‘The pious of ancient days used to pause an hour before they began to pray, that they might direct their hearts to-God,” and one hour after, so that if one were spent in prayer -three times a day, they ostensibly consumed nine in-devotion an meditation, “The Pharisees said that: long | the tree choice of the people. Then the little prayers made along life. - company, belng satisfied’on these points, pro- ‘he Pharisees separated themselves from | ceeded at once to a choice by ballot, and to the ordination of the two ministers whom they had elected, which, Mr. Gott writes, ‘was after this manner: Every dt momber wrote ina note his name whom tho Lord moved bim to think was fit for a pastor, aud so likewise whom they would have foro teacher; so the most voice was for Mr, Skelton tobe pastor and Mr. Higgin- son to be teacher; and, they accepting the choice, Mr, Higginson, with three or four’ more of the gravest members of the church, laid their hands ou Mr. Skelton, using prayer therewith. This being done, then there was imposition of hands on Mr. Higginson.” Waving thus chosen and ordained their ministers, the people proceeded to the choice of Elders and Dsacons,—the firat to assist the ministers ia the government of the church, and the latter to receive and faithfully distribute the contributions of the bretkren. ‘The covenant, which was drawn up previously to the organization of the church, which ‘was in the simplest and most comprehensive form;:and there is reason to beliove that it consisted of only a single sentence. 1t would have been im- possible to trame a broader church platform than that which the. founders of the Massa- ehusetts Colony deemed sufficient: “ Wecovenant with the Lord. andone with another, and we do bind ourselves, in the pres- euce of God, tu walk together in all His ways, aceording as We is pleased to reveal himself un- to us, in His blessed word of truth.” Six years afterward, during the ministry of: Hugh Peter, and with the fresh recollection of their troubles from the impetuosity snd unbalanced judgment of Roger Williams on their miuds, the Church thought it expedient: to rencw their covenant. Accordingly, a now covenant was drawn. up, re- hearsing at the outset “that church covenant we found this church bound unto at their first be- ginning,” und. adding nine new clauses, each having sole reference to the ordinary walk in life of the church members, without the slight- est refercace to any theological dogma. , it seems ever to have occurred to these men io require assent to any crced as a condition of church fellowship, and it was not until 2 much later period that that custom was introduced. ‘There is, indeed,.no inquiry in the history of Massachusetts more tateresting than that, which traces the gradual tightening of the ecelesinstic- al bonds, uutil the increased hardness of the erecds led to, the disruption of the great Con- gregationalist body. When that separation oc- currea, the first church in, Salem, as well as the first church at Plymouth und the first church in Boston, ranged itself on the side of the -liberal party. s We have said thut the church at Salem was the first formed on this side of the ocean; but it should not be forgotten that the churen at Ply- mouth isan older. organization. That church existed as a regular organized church in Holland; and when the Pilerims came over it was with the expectation that Robinson, their pastor, and most of the brethcren who had remained bebiud would follow at the carliest opportunity. This expectation was disappointed; butit had been distinctly understood from the first that each of the two parts of the church was to be sccountea an independent churcb, and the cburch of Ply- mouth existed as such from the beginning of the Colony. ‘Though the Pilgrims were sepa- ratists from the Church of England, and the founders of the Massachusetts Colony were not, it is interesting toremark that the Plymouth Church covenant was scarcely less _comprehen- sive in its terms thau was the Salem covenant, and the most friendly relations existed between the two churches. 5: it is a pleasing duty to repeat from time to time the story of the founders of the Plymouth and Massachusetts Colonies, und to vindicate their just fame from the groundless aspersions sometimes cast on them by writers who neglect the original sources of infurmation, and con- found broad distinctions of time and place. The first church in Salem, not less than tbe first church in Plymouth, has reason vo be proud of its founders; and we doubt not that full justice will be done to their memories ia the anniver- sary services. * 5 FATHER AYACINTHE, LITURGY AND DOCTRINE OF THE GALLIC OBURCH, The Rev. Sylvester F. Scoyet, writing to the Interior from Paris underdateof July 26,tarnish- esa very interesting account of an evening spent with Pere Hyacinthe. After describing those present, who were mostly Englieh. and largely interested in the Pere’s work, Mr. Scovel gives the following account of the Church and its doctrine: ‘The Charch has now a provisional liturgy from which its ideas of worship mav be learned. M. Loyson has well said, “Public conferences, more or less obilosophic or polemic, will not answer for the work we have undertaken. We uced inaddition, and above ail, a liturgic worship and an evangetical preaching... We desire to re- establish the sooncst. possible the usage of the ancient Gallican liturgies adapted to-our actual wants, The power ofa Church is. nos only in the symbol of its faith, but in its book of prayer.”. The Cathohe liturey is beld in the preface to the book-before, not to be a thing of ‘archeology, but of life:and: having with its im- mutable element an. esseatially Valuable one, and daily experience must decide as to what an- swetd the needa of Ou: souls. “The principal duty of a Church is not towerd man, but toward God. It has a mission to preach, but still move to adore.” The Scriptures are.read iu sections from Old and New Testaments at every service. After service there is extempore prayer. Fam- ily prayer and home-reading are enjoyed at the opening and closing of the day. ‘1 ‘wish your space would allow ine to translate the two pre- cious pages on that thee. What now of the doctrine? "Ia general, I answer, it’ is meant to be primitive. This 13 shown in the single phrase about organization, on a ‘base larger und older than the Councti of Trent.” In particalar, 1.;'Che mass is re- tained... The ‘ host is clevated and worshiped,” but.a-note of great sisnificance reads, “It is important to remark that the adoration. which takes place ‘after .the consecration . is not ad- dressed to bread and -wine, ‘but to Jesus Christ, rendered from that time mysteriously and really present in the sacrament.” Yet the formula for communion of the priest is, “* May the body of our Lora Jesus Christ keep my coul unto life eternal. Amen.” And-the prayer that follows begs that “ My body which 1 have received und Thy blood which I baye drank may [I would rather not translate itj—sattachent a mes en- trailles ; and cause that after having been nour- ished by sacraments so pure and holy there may remain in me no stain ot: sin.” - The movement is weighted with the mass, but the whole serv- ice of iv is filled with the highest sentiments of devotion, and go replete with Scripture, and all io the vernacular, that one, might but for the contradiction in terms call it a Protestant mass. 2. The formula of baptism is not given, so that one cannot judge concerning baptismal regenera- tion; but this would be the naturat inference from the words concerning ‘ Baptisin of infants in danger of death.” ‘There is, we doubt not, for infante,dying without baptism a secret everything unclean, of likely to produce dcilie- ment. They not only ‘held aloof’ from other men, and refusea to eat or drink with them, but they aleo took strict precautions against taking unclean food, and against sitting down to meals when ina state of impurity. This was the great mystery of the sect, and when carried out prop- erly was one of the most important means of obtaining the favor of heaven. “Whosoever bas his seat ic the land of Israel, and eateth his common food in cleanness, and speaks the holy language, and recites tis phylacteries: morning and evening. let him be confident that he shall obtain the life'of the world to come.” Between meats prohibited and unclean a distinction was drawn. The former, such as fat, blood, and ani- meals forbidden in the jaw, might not be eaten atall, but the fatter, althourh they might be lawfully eaten, were rendered unclean by some articular cause. They- were lawiul to e eaten because ttiey were permitted by. the law of God, but they were unlawful because forbidden by the pre- cepts of the Pasrlsees. Clean food was ren- dered unclean by defiled hands, ond the hands were defiled by unclean meats. Thus it became a matter of special obligation with the Phart- saes to seo that, as far as possible, the meat to be eaten was free from impurity. and, as they could not be always certain of this, to take pre- cautions that it should not be rendered unclean by their hands. Hence arose the washing of them, both when they knew and when they did not know that. they were uiiclean. The cere- monial washing of bands was attributed to a tradition of the Scribes, and was cousidered of so much importance that.an audacious rabbi, who mede light of it, was excommunicated by the Sanhedrim in the interests of the Pharisees, and‘after bla death a great stone was laid upon his body. The whole subject of ‘this mystery is discussed in detail in the Talmudic treatise “On Hands,” thé reading ‘of which Ligatfoot with. some truth pronounced to be both “toilsome and nauseous,” und ia that eatiled The Feast- Offering,” both containing ‘precepts und dis- tinction wholiy impossible’ to be observed in the practice of ordinaty.life,. The Scribes were’ originally a literary class, whose business was to: transcribe: the sacred text according to rules which are preserved in the Ghemara. 'They.are called in the treatise on the-fathers men of-the creat synagozue, who flourished from the return from the - captivity till Grasco-Syrian persecutions, about B. C. 220, but were afterwards known’ as “the scribes.” Their maxim was, “Be deliberate in judgment, raise up. many disciples, and makeafence for the law.” This they did by laying down rutes intended to promote its better. observance, not, however, always consisteut’ with each other. They counted the words and letters of the He- brew text to preserve it from interpolation. ‘They wrote out the phylactery sentences, the mezuza, or passages of Scripture at- tached: to door-posts, bills of contract and divorce, and other documents, and by decrees they came to be recognized as legal practitioners Hence in the New Testament hey are called lawyers and doctors of the law. Lightfoot, but apvarently without sufficient’ authority, says that the scribes, as such, were those who occupied themselves mainly with the Mikra or written law.’ The lawyers were students of the Mishna, who acted as assessors to the Sanhed- rim, but without the rizht ot voting. The doc- tors of the law were exdounders of the Ghemara, and occasionally members of the’jadicial body. As public teachers, the Scribes explained Script- ure “according to the traditions, of which they professed themselves ‘to’ be the euardians, teaching the youth in the -schools, aud preach- ing in the synagogues. They oceupied seats in the Sanhedrims, and in their.judical capacity they applied the oral’ law to.the cases which came before then. ‘ ? Their autherity was great, and to. their opin- ions mach'weight was attached. It was their interest to maintain the authority of tradition, because their existence a3 a distinct class de- pended largely upon it. Yet, as exoounded by them, tradition came -to be viewed as superior even to Scripture itself. ‘The words of the Scribes are akin to the words of the law, and more beloved than the words of the law, for (Cant., i.; 2) *Thy loveis betterthan mine’; that is, of the law.” “The words of the Scribes are lovely, above the words of the law, for the words of the law are weighty and light, but the words of the Scribes are all weighty.” “The burden in the words of the Scribes is greater than the burden in the words of -thelaw. He who said, ‘There are no pbylacteries, 0 as to transeress the words of the law, he is free; he who said, There are five frontlets, so as’ to udd to the words of the Scribes, be is guilty.” Precautions were also taken bys them to secure their individual. importance. If. two men were eating tozcther, each, if both were Scribes, was bound to return thanks for bun- self; but, if one were an. ignorant person, the thavkspiving of the other was to be deemed sufficient for bota. The Scribes taucht also that a Wise man.was to be respected above men of every other class, and even more then a King. Not content with theory, they sought by an outward: sbow of religion’-to ‘sttract to them- selves public applause, joining with the Phari- sees in‘ lone and ostentatious prayers. While both devoured widows’ houses for their own agerandizement, they brought slike upon them- selves the denunciations of Jesus for their byvoerisy 2nd avarice (Matt., xxii). They sougnt to make proselytes, with a further view to their personal advantage, and not from dis- interested motives, but with the Jews proselytes were held in little esteem, and sot cven the in- fluence of the Scribes could remove the preju- dice against them. ‘The rabbfs taught that they hindered the coming of the Messiabyand that they were a3 a scab !n-Isracl, becaase they were ignorant of the Iaw, because they were sup- posed to be revengeful, and because they tempted the Jews to imitate their customs. ENDICOTT’S:OHURCH. TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF “THE FIRST PURITAN. CHURCH IN. NEW EN- @LaND. . Sra Ria : Boston Advertiser, “ The 250th anniversary of the organization of the first Protestant church formed in America will bs the occasion of appropriate observances at Salem to-day. With the exception of the landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth, in Decem- ber, 1620, and of Endicott and his company at Salem, in September, 1623, there is no other in- cident in the early history of the colonization of New England of so great interest and impor- tance as the formation of the. first churcn on this side of the ocean. Itinsures the perma- nence and steady growth of ‘the infant settle- merit in Massachusetts, and it prepared the way for the coming over of \Vinthrop with the colony charter a little less thao s year -afterward. ‘Twice, at Jeast, the Salem church has hondred the memory of the fathers by special commem- orative services. In August, 1729,.a eentury lecture was delivered by the Rev. Samuel Fisk, | economy of salvation. However, having’ not ‘at that time minister of the church, on which | been joined by the grace of this sacrament, the ‘Occasion thirteen. ministers’ were present, | first and and mostnecessary ofall, to the myatic- al body of Jesus Christ, which is the Church, they remain deprived of the particular glory promised to Christians, and that constitutes, in a view of faitn, a great calamity.” On tals ac- count aby one is permitted to baptizein a crisis, 3, In the preface to the “ form of found words ”” to be taught to children it is urged that they be taught to make the siga of the cross morning, evening, and at meals, from the time they begin to stammer, with: the answer, “In the name of the Father, the Sou, and the Holy Spirit. -Amen.” “A'few questions on God, the ‘Trinity, and the purpose of Christ’s coming to the world, are followed by’ the command to teach the Aposties’-Creed, the Lord's Praver, and the Hail Mary... 4. What.the position of the Church is to be'concerning.the : Virgin’ Mary is not quite clear. She is honored in one of the prayers, first and distinct from the apostles and martyrs who follow. in the, Ava Maria, to_be taught ‘to’ the children! it is written, “Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us, poor sinuers, now::and at the hour ofour death, Amen.” Yet this formula is no- where used in the public service, and there is no image of the Virgie in the Church. 5. Prayer for the dead is‘ encouraged, and this would seem to be on the basis of purgatory, though that is not mentioned. . God is. besought to re- member who sleep the sleep. of peace,” und togive them tue place of ‘ vefraichessement” (whatever that may mean in this connection), ‘swith light and peace.” ‘6. Eternity. of pun: isbment for the finally impenitent is clearly rec- oguized. 7 The doctrine concerning Scripture begins with the noble passage from 2 Peter, i., 19-21, cives the full canon, rejects the Apocry- pha, quoting Jerome as’ authority, and makes no mention of tradition. | ‘The happiest possible quotation is made. at the close of the whole book, of the 22d of ievelation, closing with the great invitation, 8 The Ten Commandments are not only given and used ‘in the pyblic serv- fee, but Christ's own summary is added, and the counsel given, * We should examine our- selves frequently and seriously concerning each one of these Ten Commandments, according to which we shall be judged after our death. ‘his examination should’ be made avove all each evening before retiring, and when we are in- tending to approach the sacraments.” ‘The movement cannot but do good to soclety in general, because it aims at the ‘purest moral- ity, and this applied with authority und power to every relation of life, social and civil. “How can France remain Catholic und cease to bo Ko- man?” is the question it seeks to answer, by proposing a reformed Catholicism as the point ofrest. Tobe sure, the general moral and social teaching of Romanism bas been bigh, as witness the letters of the present Popa when sn. Arch- bishop, and the: last. Lenten pastoral of the Bishop of Paris. But with the syllabus and in- fallibility to carry, such things go but a little way.’ This light may penetrate farther. And there bas never risen a man in any church who seemed more thoroughly to comprehend and more powerfally to present the necessity and power of the Gospel as a social force, With regard ‘to: the probaple future of this Gallican Church it may be confidently said that it'will not be the failure some haye already pro- nounced it, nor the. fellow of Luther’s work, Itis only a reformation of discipline, and not, now at least, of doctrine. But it faces 36,000,- 00 of Catholics, among whom are many unsat- isfied, even in France, where it is counted folly to take religion seriously. It has in Switzerland and Germany affiliations which will twist their filaments with this into a tureefold Ichord. It answers a. teal want but not a popular waut, and will, therefore, be likely to grow “surely though slowly. It has elements of success in its declared principles. Feeling outside the Church is strongly anti-Papal. Election of Bishops is a recognition in the Church of the democracy which prevails in the nation. It ap- peals to liberty, which isa magic word. It makes great use of the Scriptares. Its languaze is “Come to Christ.” Were it not for the pro- found indifference to all religion, which is char- acteristic of so large’ a portion of the popula- tion, one might anticipate some striking and immediate display of power. NEWMAN HALL. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETOH OF THE CELEBRATED PREACHER. ~ asd Patladelphia Telegraph. The Rey. Newman Hall, whose unpleasant domestic arrangements are just now occupying alarge share of attention on both sides of the Atlantic, is ason of the late John Vine Hall, the author of a well-known tract, “The Sin- ner’s Friend,” and was torn in 1816. His broth- er, Capt. J. V. Hall, was commander of the steamship Great Eastern for a short time after the drowning of Uapt. Harrison at Southamp- ton in 1861. The Rev. Newman Hall was edu- cated at Totteridge and at Heighbury Colleze, and graduatea B. A. atthe London University. In 1855 he took the desgee_ of LL. B., and won the law scholarship. He was appointed preach- er of the Albion Congregational Church at Hull in 1832, a position which he retained until 4854, when he accepted the pastorate of Rowland, Hill’s Chapel, London. in 1850 he opposed the - popular cry against “Papal ageression,” in whieh action he stood. almost. alone among his co-religionists. Dnring the Civil War in this country be was an carnest friend of the North, and a champion of the cause of emancipation. When the War was over, Mr, Hall made a visit to this country, with a view of allaying the bitter feeling against Great Britain which bad been aroused by the course of that country during the struggle. During his sojourn in this country he preached frequently in all the leading cities, and attracted vast througs of people wherever he went.- In this city he delivered four sermons in a single day. His style asa pulpit orator proved to be matchless in its simplicity, directness, and force. In 1873 Mr. Hall made another visit to the United States, but without creating as great a sensation as on the first visit. Mr. Hall is the author of numerous relizious tracts, which haye baa. an almost unprecedented circula; tion, ‘the most popular of these was entitled “Come to Jesus.” More than 1,500,000 capies oft it have been printed in England alone, and it bas been translated into thirty languazes. He has also written en argumentative treatise on sacrifice, and several. small works on total ab- atinence, of which he has been an earnest advo- cate during a quarter of acentury. ‘Ihe eleva- tion of the masses in his country has been ap object of his practical solicitude for many years, and he has ia various ways labored to promote it. He opened his chapel for weekly lectures on secular subjects, and was thus instrumental ia improving .the morals as well as the minds of many people in his neizhvorhood. He was unanimously elected Chairman of the Congre- gational Union tn 1866. Though a “Dissenter,” he is an advocate of liturgies, and the Anglican service, with slight alterations, ig used at bis chapel. His quarrel with his wife has occu- pied the attention of the’ courts off and on for, five or six years past. In May, 1874, he withdrew the petition whieh. he had filed for a dissolution of his marriage, the Judge in the Divorce Court re- marking’ at the time that its withdrawal must be taken to mean’ that the charges broucht against Mrs. Hall and Richardson, the stable- keeper, were without foundation. It turns out, however, that tbe cbartes were only too well founded, and that Mr. Hall’s reason for with- drawing’ them five years‘ago was tic fear that his suit for a divorce would proye an obstacte to his:efforts to raise funds for building his new. chapel and the ‘Lincoln Memorial Tower.” . ‘This latter project grew out of Mr. Hall's advocacy or the Union cause’ during our Civil War. During that period many larze and enthusiastic meetings Were held in South London to express sympathy ‘with the cause of Union and emancipation, They were chiefly held in | Surrey’ Chapel under the Presidency of Mr. Hall, und at the close .of the War some American citizens, suggested that adjoining his new. charch, at the junction of Westminster and Kensington roads, which was to take the place of the tamous-old Surrev Chapel, a tower should be erected by Americans as a testimony to the sympathy expressed for them in their struggle with the Slaycholders’ Rebellion. This monu- ment, which Was completed about four years ago, atacost of about $30,000, consists of a tower and spire exceeding 200 feet in hight. The walls are of’ great thickness, and the material Kentish. rag, with Portland dressings, ‘The Stars and ‘Stripes are inwrought in_the stone,- aud the British Lion und American Eagle adorn the angles of the tower. The tower is made useful “by tio large chambers, desiznated “Washington? aid “Wilberforce,” which aro. used as ¢lass-rooms for the iastruction of senior boys. Erected on d véry commanding site, at the junction of the Kensington and Westtain: ster roads, the Memorial Tower is a conspicuous object all along the Thames Embankment, from: Westminster Briige, and from all parts of South London. i = —_~———.. : DESPLAINES, YESTERDAY'S SERVICES AT THE CAMP-MEETING, Fair weather and good accommodations, added to the natural dejghts of the camp- grounds, have combined to make-the meeting at Desplaiues thus’ far a-guccess. The at- tendance, the’ zeal of the laborers, and the success which they bare achieved has been con- tinually increasing, and it is expected that it will culminate, for this week at least, in one grand effortto be made to-day: On previous sys all the’ mectings have been announced din the regular tabernacle gatherings; but there was 10 Yesterday announcing them. labors with the unconverted. to-day, The usual eaaly-morning: ‘prayor mectings were followed at 8 o’clock yesterday by the be- Hevers’ meeting In the tabernacle. ‘The morning sermon was preached fn the tabernacle at 10 o'clock, by the Rey. A. H. Mil- ler, from Matthqw, xxll., 37: . Jesus said unto him, thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, with all thy soni, and with all thy mind, And, also, 1 Jonn, tv., 18.: : There is no fear in love, but perfect love casteth out fear; because fear has torment. He that fear- It is therefore love eth js not made perfect in love. Love is the fulfilling of the law. elevating {in {ts maturc, and it ia that- God commanded us - to that we might be but God and all men. to sutfer for those whom we-love. This love, which is the fulfilling of the law, is inconsistent with any ain. Love implies a consecration, o : ‘We must not reserve to ourselves the exercise of any sin, but a complete surrender to God,—a readiness for giving of one’s scif to God. any work He hus for us to do. | We may say “Twill lov off this bad habit and that sin, an in a little time J will become 2 Uhrietian” ; but this is not consecration. Moreover, we must all be sanctified. but. it cannot be done without our consent. God’s love flows toward us as a stream of water naturally flows downward. The flow of love is necessary to sauctifiction. We must bave confidence in order to pertect love. will. If we hesitate never once todo His command- ments we have the love of the will. Peter's declaration, ‘‘Thoa knowest that Llove Thee,” was an expression of emotionallove; put when Jesus commanded him, ‘Feed My fambs,” He ft was God’s design also to deliver us out of the hands of serve fear .all the days of our lives. A fearful and enforcea service {s not de- sired and will not be accepted. God's will, done ‘The fear of the opinions of men should notin the least keep us from the service of the Lord. ‘The ab- ject fear of calamity has no place in the heart of the true Christian. The flight of the terror- stricken inhabitants of Memphis shows that God was testing the Jove of bis wili. our enemies, that we might Aim without because of a loving heart, is heaven. is not there. The Rey. A. Youker then made a short sopli- cation of whe sermon, and inaugurated e very enthusiastic meeting, which continued nntil the dinner hour,. At.1:30 p. m. three meetings were held. In the Evanston tent, Mrs. M. M. Conwell led a ‘‘mothers’ meeting,” at which the in- fluence of the mother for good or ill was. discussed. The Rev. J. M. Cald- well leda prayer-meeting in Maxwell Street Chapel, to which especially his own parishion- ers were invited, thathe might pratse with them before he went to his Sabbath labors. ‘The reg- ular children’s meeting was.also held in the tabernacle tent. A large audience gathered in the tabernacle at 3p. w. to listen toa sermon by tne Rev. F, D. Hemenway, D. D.,. of Evanston, who spoke trom the words found in] John, ii, 1: If any man sin, we have an advocate. After the sermon an experience meeting was ‘beld, and from that time until the time for the evening services, with but a slight intermis- sion for supper, the sound of prayer aad song could be heard in almost every part of the en- compment. ‘The evening services in the tabernacle were under the leadership of the Chicago Praying Band, and were prolonred fer into the night. ‘The interest manifested was very great, and the number that came forward exceeded that of ‘any other evening. GENERAL NOTES. “Sweden has 271 Baptist churches, but only 106 haye places of worship. The Boston Methodist churches hays an ag- gregate indebtedness of about $400,000. , Great Britain has eicht cocieties for evangeliz- ing the Jews, and none of them ever made as much fuss as Corbin or Hilton. The colored Presbyterians of New Orleans have recently organized a society to be known as the Berean Presbyterian Church. ” A New Jersey village has a pastor who rode horseback all the way from New Orleans to ac- cept the call.. His average speed was thirty- five miles a day. ‘The Advance plumes itsclf on the fact. that several gentlemen prominently connected with the Northern Pacific Railroad are Congregation- alists, aud then adda, ‘We are not aisposed to make too much” of it, Lapsarianism, with the prefixes sub, supra, and infra, is vexing the soul of the good Pres- byteriang since the Rev. Mr. Alcott was dropped by the Presbytery of Wooster, 0. ig stirred the more it seems te be mixed. The Lutheran Seminary, established in this city one year ago, will reopen Tuesday, Sept. 2. with an addition of a number of new students. ‘The Rev. J. Z. Torgerson, No. 183 Peoria street, will receive further applications for admission. ©The Tavernacle of the Coming Lord” is the name of a net sect just arisen in ‘Texas. Those who remember Gen. Sheridan’s description of the country will very much wonder what they want with a new religious denomination. The Jead- ing spirit is called Good-Nigbt. Simpson College at Ingianola, Ia., is about to close, and probably one or more of tne other colleges under the patronage of the Methodists in that State willdo the same to insure the establishment of a first-class institution at Des ‘Moines, as is proposed and in process of accom- plisument. ‘The sixth aunual Conference of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union will be held at Decatur Oct. 1-3. An elaborate procramme of exercises has been provided. A full delegate attendance is requested. Fall particalara can be obtained by addressing either Mrs. P. B. Sparks, Decatur, Ill, or Mary H. Villars, Cor- responding Seerctary, Chicago. Robert College, sa American missionary tn- stitution in Constantinople, has graduated a large class. Ten young men delivered orations in English, French, Turkish, and Bulgarian. President Washburne stated that, despite the disturbed condition of the country the past two or three years, the college had a larger number of students than-ia previous years. The Rev. Dr. Hotchkiss. was pastor of the Congregational Church at Sayorook, Conn., for sixty years. After he had preached there tifty- six years, he paid a visit to the infant city of Rochester, aud was invited to preach in the “Rizst Church.” So delizhted wore the people with the vizor.of his discourse, that they sent on to him the offer of a formal call! Accarding to the Annuaire Catholique for 1870, which bas just been published, there were on the ist of July 1,141 Bishops and Archbishops in the Roman’ Catholic Churcb. The senior of these prelates is Archbishop MacHale, of Taam, in Ireland, who was appointed by Leo XL. on the 8th ot March, 1825. these dignitaries sixty-one were named by Gregory XVI, 993 by Pius IX., and eighty-two by Leo 5 . The final decision of the German Government on the religious questions at issue with the Vat- ican has been coninanicated to the latver.. It is that all of the exiled clergy iho ask permission will be allowed to return to Germany; the May laws will -be tacitly suspended, provided the clergy obey the common law; and all fresh nominations are to be submitted to the Govern- ment. .The Pope is satisfied with these terms. The Society of: Friends at their annual mect- ing, recently held in London, England, passed a resolution protesting agaiust the flagrant viola- tion of.the Divine Jaw involved in the agressive ywar undertaken against the Zulu people, and pleading earnestly that no sentiment. of so- called nationai- honor, or the’necessity of matn- taining the prestige of the nation, or the need of avenging-. the ‘losses sustained, may stand in the way ofa sbeedy aud mercifal termination of the war. * F : ‘the basement of thé uew and beautiful Church of the Nativity (R. C.), at the corner of Halsted and Thirty-seventh streets, will be dedicated this morniug at 10:30 o’clock by the Very Rev. Dr. McMutlen, Administrator of the, Diocese. Father Dunne wili preach the sermon. The charch choir, assisted by several volunteers, will sing Mozart's Twelfth Mass. In the evening at 7:30 o'clock Father Coueblin, will deliver a sermon: sabject: “Are All Preachers Sent by Christ?” . ‘The American: Presbyterian Church now has 574,486 communicants, a gain for the year of 6,631; 83 Synods~and 179 Presbyteries; 4,937 ministers, again.of 86, against 100 in the pre- vions year; 5,415 churches,a gain of 146; and 614,744 children in Sunday-schools. There were only 137 licensures fast year, the smallest num- ber in six years. ere are 614 candidates, less by 153 than in 1874; and 306. licentiates, or two more than in'1875 and 25 less than in 1673, The possibility of From early morning till far into the nicht-meetinzs were being. constantly held in some of the.cottages or church tents, Christians everywhere.were persistent in their In addition to other services, the Scandinavian and Norwegian chapels were opened and all things prepared for Him, suflicient- 1 elevaied in spirit to commune with him. he command is made to all to love, not. self, Such a love is desirous Consecration is our work, but sanctification is wholly :the work of God; Per- fect love is manifest in the emotions und in the We crv emotionally, “I loye God with all my heart’? But the test of our love is thus made: “If yelove Me,keep My commandments.” The more it Joss of ministers by death was 97, the same num- ber as in 1877; 58 were received, and 17 were ismuissed. “The total of cantributions was $8,259,993, which’ dues not show a. very great fallitie offtrom the previous three years. Of she: whale sum, $6,811, ae pare ised for gouges: arposes $390, 5 for hor ~ 563 for foreign missions any en One-half of the Néw Testam: ent has been translated into the Corean language by the Rev. John Ross, a Presbvterian missiouary, so at ere foug a new version of the Scriptures Will be added to the 250 already extant. His hoa broduced under ercat difficulties; has e en found intelligible py ail stray-Coreans that have visited -his “missionary station in Man- ebooria. The language is phonetic and so easily acquired that and write ire 2° Satire adult population read “A Chinese boy belonging to one of the Preabyterian mission schools at Pckin, at a re- gent examination, repestea the entire New Testament without inissing a single word or making a single mistake. Hea is now commit- ting to memory Dr. Martin’s ‘Evidences of Christianaty.’ He united with the Church last year.” So says the Interior. That boy will die of softening of the brain one of these days, and be apotheosized as a bright particular ex. ample to all Sunday-school children. The Cardiual Archbishop of Paris has pub- lished a singular pastoral. It is proposed to beatify fifty-six martyrs, most of whom are Chi- nese, “the Manderin Pau! Dot Buon, Michael Mi, “Anthony Quinch Nam, Simon Hay Hoa, Martin Tho, John Baptist Con, Licon OuenUen, Mathew Gam, Lawrence Pe Mon, Agnes Tsau Kong, ete., and Mgr. Guibert desires to collect all notes, letters, and writren documents ems- nating from them. The faithful are warned “that they are obliged, under penalty of the censure of the Church,” to send him all such papers before Sept. 1. . Soon after the Ecumenical Council bad pro- nounced by acclamation the dogma of Papal in- fallibility, there was a falling off in the contri- butions familiarly known as “St. Peter's Pence.” As years went on, until the death of Tio Nono, eighteen months ago, astesay dim- ioution continued, and at last ‘they dwindled down to a comparatively insignificant sum. Since the accession of Cardinal Pecci the pence have been coming into the Vatican with the profusion of former years. For the semester of the present year, terminating on Juve 30, the emount yielded exceeded by $180,000 the pro- ceeds for the corresponding semester of 1878. ‘The present Pong has cut down'the expenses of his household from $4,000 a month to $300, and has effected important economies in other di- rections, His thrift han made an excellent im- pression upon the Catholic world. C. ¥. Spitler, of Basel, bas published the pro- gramme of the great meeting of the Evangelical Alliance, which is to be held in that city during the first week in September. The opening ad- Gress, on “The Unchangeableness of the Gospel Preached by the Apostles,” will be followed by @series Of discussions and reports upon the present condition of Christian snd social life in all parts of Christendom. All the lectures and addresses will be in French or German, but “special arrangements will be made for speak- ers and hearers who understand no language but Enelish.”” The Committee announces that the ‘Christian circles?’ of Bascl are prepared to offer hospitality to ali comers, while those who prefer to tuke up their residence in hotels are requested to communicate with the President of the Quarter Committee. The proceedings will appear in print. shortly after the close of the meetings, and subscriptions for the book, at a reduced price, may be pafa at the Burean of the Alliance, No. 6 Nadelbere. TURKISH MEDICO-THEOLOGICAL STUDENTS. To the Editor of The Tribune, Cuicaco, Aug. 22.—In your last Sunday's issue I saw the following item: Protestant miseionaries in Turkey say that younz ‘Tarke who are sent to America to be educated, in order that they may retarn and labor for Christian- a4ty among their countrymen, obtain a medical rather than a religious education, so as to practice medicine profitably when they return. . ‘This statement is facorrect, for it has yet to be learned that a single youne Turk bas. been sent from his own country to America for relig- ious education. There are, however, a few young Armenians, members of missionary churches, and most of them co-lstorers of the missionaries in that country, who, seeing the need of medical men amone their people, have come to this country to obtain instraction. The missionaries themselves often speak of this need, and the older missionaries have encouraged these young men in their effort. Three or four of them have studied both medicine and theolo- gy, 8 few only medicine. ‘They have returned to ‘Turkey and are now laboring as Christian pbysi- cians, and are producing an impreagion which is highly honorable both to their brethren and to this country, which gave them their diplomas. j. REVOREIAN. PERSONALS, The Rey. C. Stanley Lester, of St. Paul’s Church, Kenwood, has returned from his vaca- ton. - Elder Moses Horr, of Portsmouth, N. H., nas been in the pastoral harness for sixty-five Fears. ‘ ‘The: Rev. ‘T. 8. Guthrie, of Lafayette, Ind., has accepted a call to the Ontversalist Church in Springfield, O. Charles Spurgeon. son of the famous English preacher, has been called to a Baptist church in Greenwich, Eng. ° cee ‘The Rev. Christopher ‘Cushing, late editor of the Congregationa: Quarterly, is serioualy ill at his home in Cambridge, Masa. Newmsn Hall has une to Switzerland to re- cuperate from the effects of the recent divorce suit. ‘The most of his congregation will stand by him. The Rey. Mr. Macrae, of Aberdeen, baying been declared a heretic by. the Presbytery of that town, his church has aeceded and tollowed him into ecclesiastical retirement. ‘The Rey. George T. Ladd, of Milwaukee, Wis., has been apooiated by the Trustees of the Andover -‘Theoiozical Seminary Southworth Lecturer on Congregationalism for the next three years. - The Rev. De La Matyr, the Indiana Green- back member of Congress, was recently refused the use of a Methodist pulpit in Yortland, Me. The good brethren down there regard fiat money and repudiation as sins of great enor- ity. Bishop Comboni, of Central Africa, was of- fered the decoration of the Order of the Crown of Italy by the [tallan Government for his sery- ices to civilization in Nigritia, but he refused it onthe ground that it would compromise his conscience as a Catholic priest. ‘Tro faces stare at passers-by from the show- bills posted on every Dilank wall and tumbic- down shanty of fence in Chicago; one that of », T. Barnum, the other that of T. DeWitt ‘Talmage. We sometimes wonder which of the two is the more expert showman.—Zaptist Standard. Bishop Conrad Martio, who died a few days ago, wasone of the most extreme aud deter- mined leaders of the Ul:ramontane party in Germany. He was. 3 man of great ability and energy, of ready eloquence und facility of ex- pression, both in speech and writing, and of un- compromising tenacity of purpose. His death comes opportunely for Bismarck’s supposed policy of reconciliation. The. Rey. Dr. Lorimer, pastor of the First Baptist Church of this city, who bas beer rasti- cating in Colorado: for a month past, has de- rived great benefit from out-of-door exercise in that exhilarating climate, and is likely to re- sume bis labors here the first Sunday in Sep- tember, in the vigor of health. His pulpit bas been remarkably well supplied during his ab- sence by the Rev. Mr. Gordon, of Montreal, and wr. Eddy, of Boston; and Dr. Robinson, Presi- dent of Brown University, Providence, & L, is to fill it to-day, morning and evening. - Bishop Jackson, of London, bas provoke? much unfavorable criticism by declining to take any part in the induction of his new Suffragxn, the Bishon of Bedford, to the rectory of St. Andrew Undersbaft. The first intimation that the church-rrardens received of the coming cere- mony was conveyed. ina letter reaching them in the morning of the day fixed for it, and as the Bishop never has taken much interest in the work In the East End, and has made¢ no siea of appropriating any portion of his revenue towards his Suffragan’s support, the incident hhos not increaged his popularity in that section. SUNDAY BON-BONS. A wag who bad lent a minister a horse that bad run away and thrown the clergyman claimed credit for apreading the Gospel. Pious old lady: “Just think, Rose, only five missfonaries to 20,000 cannibals!” Kind-beart~ ed niece: Goodness! The poor cannibals will starve to death at that rate.’” ‘The ove unsatisfactory thing about Heaven to some women Wili be, when they get into their hes they can’t jaw the dressmaker serine ft and soy she kept all the scraps. Anexshange bas an article onthe tomb of Jonsh. The whale begs toremarx that, so far as he is concerned, he isn’t guilty; he merely acted as a temporary vault.—Suffalo Express, Sunday-school teacher: ‘You must recol- lect that all I am telling you: happened one thonsand efeht hundred and soventy-nine years ago.” Pupil: ‘Lor’, miss, how the tims do slip away!” + ‘Female barbers,” sald Snodzrass, repeating: a paragraph avnouncement hebad just read in the paper, “I don’t believe in’em.?” Why not?” we asked. ‘Because I remember what, troable Samson got into by letting a woman cus his hair.?? zs The small boy hurls defiance iato the teeth of cholera. morbus, and calmly munctes his eleventh green apple; but the cholera morbus takes him oll the same, just as if he were mild. and gentle, and prepared to g0, like the boy in the Sundsy-schoo! books. Borbood is chndid, and middle age, though it may think the same things, is reticent.“ What part,” asked a Sunday-schoo! teacher, “of the burial of Sir John Moore do you like piste? He was thoughtful for a moment, and then re- plied, ‘*Fesy and/short were the prayers wo said.” A Washington young lady of the mature aga. of 6, after the story of the creation and the fail hed been related, und the young lady oad been meditating forsome time on the moral of it, suddenly broke out with: “ Aunty, after-idam. and Eve disobeyed God, why didn’t He kill ‘em and begin over again?” A pair of scissors was lost, and the little one suggested thats prayer be sald, asking that they might be found. There was, however, a lurking consciousness that there ought to be a sombinarioa of peaiet gat Work, so ve youth- pher said: ‘Now, mo! 8; £0 El pray while you hase et | Mees Did you ever observe that when aglergyman receives a call from a congregation Gnice, can afford to pay him $1,000 a year more than be is Betting, he at onge feels that it is “a call from the Lord? ay fee salary attached to it be lesa than he is cetting, the | keeps discreetly sllent?—San ‘Francisto Wine? ~ They had an amateur brass-band at a funeral a while ago, und when they had aquelched out. the “Sweet By-and-By” at the grave side, the minister in his address said that “the deceased. was in one respect most fortanate in being called thus early.” That was all he ssid, bat’ the mourners grinned, and the amateurs think that “blamed sarcasm is infernally out of place at afoneral, you know.” Sapbath-school Concért—Subject: “God's providence.” YTeacher— Why, children, the good Lord provides for even the little sparrows. you see hopping about your doors. Can you tell me in what way He cares for them? “Feeds them,” “Tells them how to build their nests,’” “Gives them wings to fly,” are some of tho answers given. “vhen all are done, a little mito ofa fellow, away in the back part of the room, pipes out, * He divs ’em fedders.’” a ‘The Rev. &. R. Davis, of Carson, and the Reve W. R. Jenvey, of Reno, never lose an opportu- ally of giving each other a sly dig, Parson Davis preached at Reno the other Sunday, and, while taking breakfast at Parson Jenves’s honse, remarked: “Guess Pll take some more. Boe I have. paateran “Guess Dll brace. up.a little, too,” rejoin fenvey, passing bis plate for another section of the meat; “Dye got to listen.” — Virginia (Nev.) Chronicle. CHURCH SERVICES. EPISCOPAL. Cathedral Free Charch, 8S. Peter and Paul, cor- ner of West Washington. and Peoria strects.. Tho Rt.-Rey. W. E. McLaren, 5.'T.D., Bishop. The Rev. J. HL Knowles, Priest in charge. Choral morning prayer and celebration of the Holy Communion at 10:30. m. Choral evening prayer dt 7:30 p. nt. - —The Rev. Samuel S. Harris, Rector, will offici- ate at 10:45 a. m. and 8 p.m: in St. James* Church, Csse and Huron streets. Communion st 8a. m. —tThe Rev. C. F. Stont, of Kainmazoo, will offi~ ciate in Trinity Charch, corner of Michigan avenue and Twenty-sixth strect, at 10:45a. m.. ~The Rey, William H. Knowlton, Rector, will officiate in the Church of the Atonement, corner of West Washington and Robey streets, at 10:30 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. ~The Rev. Arthur Ritchie, pastor, will offlciata In the Church of the Ascension, coracr of North LaSalle and Elm strects, at 11 3, m. andSp. m. Communion at8 a.m. —The Rev, C.S.Lester wilt afflciste mornin:e in St. Paul's Church, Ryde Paris ayenne. —#ne Ret. B. F. Fleetwood, Rector, wilt offici~ ate in 8t. Mark’s Church, corner of Cottage Grovo avenge and Thirty-sixth street, at 10:30 a. m. and Spm —The Rev. J. D. Cowan will officiate in St. Stephen's Church, Johnson street, between Taylor and Twelfth streets, at 10:30 a. m. and 7:30 p. m, —The Rev. T. N. Morrison, Jr., Rector, will of- ficiate:in the Church of the Epiphany, Throop street, between Monroe and Adams. at 10:30 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Commnntonat 7:30 3. 1. —The Rev. W. J. Petrie, Rector, will officiate in the Church of Our Savior, corner of Lincoln and Belden avenues, at 11a. m. and 7:30 p. m. +The Rev. Lnther-Pardee will officiate in Osl- vary Church, Warren avenue, between Oakley street and Western avenne, at 10:30 a.m. and 8p. m. Communion at 7:45 2. m. —John Hedman, lay reader, will officiate in St. Ansgarius’ Church, Sedgwick street, near Chi- cago avenue, st 10:30 2. m. and 7:30p. m. —The Rev. C. W. Lefingwell will -ofticiate ix Grace Church, Wabash avenne, near Sixteenth street, atila,m, _ - —The Rev. D..F. Smith will officiate in Grace Chureb, Hinsdale, at 10:30.a. m. —The Rez. F. N. Luson will preach in the Em- manuel Church,La Grange, at 10:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m : CONGREGATIONAL. The Rey. A. L. Frisbie, of ‘Des Moines, In., will preach in Plymonth Chareb, Michigan avenue, mene ‘Twenty-sixth street, at 10:30a,m. No even- service. : ne The Rev. J. E. Rankin, of Washington, D.C.. will preach in the Union Park Church, corner of West Washington streetand Ashiand avenue, at 10:30 a. m. 5 —The Rev, C. A. Fowler will preach in the Betbany Church, corner of Paniina and West Hu- ron stecets, at 10:43. m. and 7:45 p.m. Seats free. : The Rov. Dr. Cocbran will preach in tho Fittt Church, corner of West Washington and Ann streets, at 10:30 a.m. and 7345 p.m. —The Rev. Georze If. Peeke will* preach in. the Leavitt Street Church, comer of Adams, at 1 a. m. and 7:45 p. m. —Prof. Fisk will preach inthe South Church, comer of Drexel avenue and Fortieth street, morn- ing and evening. S =Prof. James T. Hyde will preach in the Clin- ton Street Church morningand evening. —The Rev. G. S. F. Savage will preach morning and evening at the New England Church to-day et 10:30a.m.and7:45p.m. METHODIST. ‘The Rev. 8. W. McChesney will preach in the First Church, Evanston, at 10:30 a.m, : —The Rev. W. H, Thompson wili preach fn the Park Avenue Church, at 10:30 a, m., and the Rev. S. W. MeChesney at 7:30 p. m._ '—The Rev. S. G. Lathrop will preach in the Centenary Church, corner of Monroe and Morgan 0:30.a. m., and the Rev. I. 0. Free- 45 p.m. —The Rev. E, M. Boring will preach Inthe Stste Street Church morning and evening. - —The Rev. Dr. Williamson will preack in Michi- gan Avenue Church, near Thirty-second street, at 10:30 a, m. and 7:45 p. m. “Morning subject: “+The Real Coming of Our Lord Jesus Christ.” Evening subject:_*-Home—The Wife.” —The Rev. H. F. Fisk, of Evanston, will preach, in Grace Church, corner of North LaSalle and White streets, at 10730 a, m. and 7:45 p. m. —The Rev, J, M. Caldwell will preach in the Weetern Avenue Charch, cornet of Monroe street, morning and evening. a —Tne Rev, Amos Miller. of Rock Falls, will preach in the Fulton Strect Church, corner of Ar- tewan avenue, at 10:30 a, m, and § p.m, —The Rey. S. H. Adams will presch in the Aga Street Church, between Lake and Fulton atrcets, morning and evening, E ce +The Rev. C. H. Zimmerman will ‘preach in Trinity Church, Indiana avenue, near Twenty- fourth street, at lla. m. and 7:45 p. m. —The Rev. E. F. Crowen will preach in the Em- manuel Charch, corner of Harrison and Paulina atreete, morning and evening. —The Rev. A. Wakeman will preach'in the West Jackson Street Church, corner of Oglesby street, morning and evening, —The Rev. William Craven will preach at the Dalsted Street Charch morning and evening. Evening subject: ** Self-Government.” —The ttev. T. P. Maran will preach in St. Pant's Church, on Maxwell street, near Halated, in the evening. —The Rev. T. P. Marsh will preach in the Grant Place Charen in the morning. —The Rev. A. W. Patten will preach in the Wabash Avenue Charch at 12 a. m. and 7:45 p. m. REFORMED EPISCOPSL. \The Rev. R- H. Bosworth will preachin Tillot- son's Hall, Enclewood, at10:452. m. —The Rev. J. D. Wiison will. preach in St. Jon's Charch at ila. m. and 8p. m. - —The Rev. Dr. Wilson will preach in Christ Church «corner of Michigan avenue and Twenty- fourth street, at 10:45 a. m. and 7:45 p.m. Seats free. * -—Bishop Fallows. will preach in St: Paul's Church “morning and evening. Morninz subject: **Christian Union.” Evening subject: **The Survival of the Fittest.” Seats free in the even- ing. es E-rhe Rev. F. W. Adama will preach in St, Mat thew's Church, corner of North Clark ana Centre sireets, at 10:45 2. m. and 7:45 p. m. “Morning subject: ‘*The Sorrow of the Sea.” Evening subject: ‘Little Foxes." Seats free. ° —The Rey. R. H. Bosworth will preach in. the Church of the Good shepherd, corner of Jones and Homan street, a¢8 p. m. . PRESBYTERIAN. ‘The Rev. J. M. Walker will preach in the Re- union Chorch, West Fourteenth street, near ‘Throop, morning and evening. —the Kev. W. T. Meloy will preach in the United Church, corner of “Monroe and Paulina streets, at lls. m, and 7:45 p. m. - —Prof. Francis L. Patton will preach in the Jef~ fergon Park Church, corner of Throop and Adams streets, st 10:30 5. m.and 7:45 p. m. . ~The Rev. A. A. Willita, ‘of Palteaetptus, will preach in the First Church, corner of Indians av- and eyenin; Cane snd Twenty-first street, 8629230 a.ma Rysas, 2 B 3 or et SR nn vee OTTER 5