Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 18, 1880, Page 9

THE CHICAGO ‘TRIBUNE: SUNDAY; JANUARY 18, 1880—SIXTEEN PAGES. . 9 ' “RELIGIOUS. — & ; ‘his Year to -Witness the Com- pletion of the Cologne pat Cathedral. ie Faifico Which Has Required Over Six Centuries to ~ Build. An “One of ‘the Most Perfect Specimens of Gothic Architecture Extant, “The Small Heathen of Connecticut, and ’ * Their Sudden Conversion from Idolatry. “pashionable Churches and Exalted “ ‘Pew-Rents the Cause of Backsliding. “yinisterial Heartaches Growing Out of Compulsory Itineracy—Total Depravity. Fs Genera) Notes, Personals, Exuberant Piety, Services To-Day. ey, t A LIFE-PSALM. Whom in Heaven but Thee; and there is - giibom Bare duat desire beside Thee.—Pa., Lxxlit.,* a all gone, for this life gone, ANE anys ‘of health and strength: waltelana worthless, glud were L "To welcome home at length. ’ And yet 'm happier far, in truth, ' * “Than e'er I was in buoyant youth; - For, Jesus, Thou art more wo ine Than health, and strength, and youth could be. ‘All gone, all cone, for this life gone, « ‘Dear hopes, most fondly nursed; ‘They glittered long around my path each bright bubble burst. Twept; but ob! the blest despair Has led me Heaven's own joys to share; For, Jesus, Thou art more to me : ‘Tan hope’s fond dreams fulfilled could ba, All gone, ali gone, for this life gons, ‘My coul’s elastic spring. Of vigor stripped, I shrink aside, A crushed and useless thing. ‘Yet this is guin; for this 1 prove Far more His patient, pitying love; ‘And sweeter, safer, this to me Than self-reliant love could be. And going fast, while most are gone, Be eae ends of early days. ‘The world grows stranger year by years Tose, but not repiace. , *Tis welll P'm cast the more on One. Stars scarce are walle shines the sun; And, Jesus, Thou art more to me ‘Than loved and loving hearts could be, Dear Lord, I, thankful, kiss the hand ‘That gently stripped me bare, And me on Thy tender breast, ‘To lose m: oor there. a "Twas anguish when earth’s cup. was spilled, But now with Thee ’tis overfilled; For, Jesus, Thou art more to me » Than all earth’s brimming cups could be, ‘What grace! to show a soul so vile ‘Thy more than mother’s care, And lend, Tere citer of earth's poor joys, * ‘Thy joys with Thee to share. ‘ What grace! that Thou to such hast given, ‘The foretaste now of feast in Heaven— pe telaste even now, tome re than # thousand worlds could be, BACKSLIDERS. DOCTOR WITHROW AND MOODY AND SANEEY. ‘To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune. Cuiceco, Jan, 14.—I see it stated that “Dr. Withrow, pastor of Park Church, Boston, is the latest investigator of the Moody andSan- key converts, and that he finds “that, with very few exceptions, those converts have re- turned to their former ways.” ‘Now, Lam not informed asto the deduc- * tions of Dr. Withrow concerning the. above conclusions, but will he, or‘ any professing Christian, venture the denial that the pres- ence and power of God was manifested in those meetings.to the awakening of the care- Jess and bringing them from “ darkness to light”? -Ordeny that any thereby “tasted the heavenly gift, ami were made partakers of thé Holy Ghost, and tasted the good word of God, the powers of the world to come ”? Isay “venture the denial,” because it is well understood among Christians that it is nota small thing to speak lightly of the in- fiuences and work of the Holy Spirit. If, then, the work was genuine,and many wee turned from their wicked ways, why is it “that, with very few exception, those con- Yerts have returned to their former ways”? It is because the most of them, being unable to pay pewrents, havo been by the system of pew-renting excluded from the means of | Brace afforded by “assembling themselves together” in the house of God, and with- ne jenen Feats strongest Christians great ~ 3. and, therefore, it is at surp! rising ‘that pen cert be- admonii Chureh, should fall into apostac i a y. That this $850" that these converts Rave fallen away— Abed $ more guilty than Dr. Withrow, to- Fis ey Rae an gen on n hus excluded those con- ws from their church benefits, which bene- whe blessings were intended for all, Wie ler able {0 pay or not. Nor is Dr. mitt iy or the Park Church more guilty bey: other pastors and churches of Bos- ps sng BESS who practice the sin of om the above assumption that the Moody me rere true converts in a Scriptural oa ‘Xperimental sense as understood by our te perliea churehes, and the allegation that ce ave been driven away from the es into apostacy by the prevailin; ae ft pew-renting is true, or it is no and of true, the blood of. those converts iat of other Christians and their families, tied the masses of our people who are fun leprived of church blessings and oppor- ties, will be found on the skirts of those or pe and their people, tree moe it will be said that the churches are a Acne and that all are invited and made Tese ng and that none are turned away. i rete “ne invitation is deceptive and a de- we of free & swindle. It is on the prin- lunches in our saloons. ‘They. who pay more Chi are worth. Here Christian 2 Ihave seen ___ elderly Drsanting women, aS Well as men, who upolr ‘Were tol themselves with such invitations be ito Malt maul the Services had Dro- ain sta, give pew-hold- ini2opportunity to De comfortably seated, ions We thus waiting, those favored per- venture Pe past them. Will those persons Hock? asecond time to be made a gazin: y the wore they not :thus repelled? An tostany the young ‘men who are deputed this Ered the Heal of the: aisles to iinpart uraging and repelling inrormation. rouli:be Worshipers are more wronfully red than the red-faced and violent bar- age an apenas attendant at his impecunious attendant at eee counter. ae former was én- ig ant raving people from Hen ease of God, where alf have an’equal boun 40 come, while the latter was only Sught to be, m a grog-shop, where none monte system of pew-renting in its effects mate ae churches that makes such illegiti- ventipor’s 2s the Moody and Sankey con- cles and those of the mount len’s 1 ciation y men hout au- Gority and: ‘without gmenablli , necessary done epeSible.. Religious work’ should be Were reine churches. “It was for this they eanstituted, But.the system of pew- Mate is perverted.them fronr their legiti- whe ore into clubs, or social circles, to nitiey, None but the well-to-do are ad~ distingionette are circles where social Drops May be maintained without im- Feyput there is no warrant in Seript- r ythe idea that payment of money: pha advantages in matters of Sade n..On the contrary, such a “thought” Thy waced in fearful terms. : Opportunities and blessings—oppor- FE les tunities whereby .‘mercy is.found;and peace is’ given”—which are thus taken away from those for whom they were intended are the richest and’“best.of God’s gifts to our race since thie sad fate of our first parents, or that ever-will be. bestowed till the trumpet’is heard whose terrific sound shall conyulse the vast creation, and~shall startle into life the slumbering dead of the ages and summon them to judgment. : Ee i While God invites how blest the day! a How sweet the Gospel’s charming sound} But this wrong, obscures the worth of the gift. This evil belitties the Christian Church and the Christian ministry. It perverts: the minister's calling from “preaching the Gos- pel to every creature” to preaching “smooth things” to a sclect few. In various ways this wrong is working injury, and itis pro voking God to anger. Re _ At the time the Moody and’ Sankey meet- ings’. were ” being projected in Boston, I wrote an appeal in behalf -of free houses-of worship, which was published in several widely-circulated journals, in which was the following: ““The converts at these special and temporary services will be left as sheep which haveno shepherd’; for unless they can. pay pew rents they will be without a Chris- |. tian home; and to live a Christian life with- outa Christian home may be possible, but it is necessary perilous. . . . Let it be understood that Young Men’s Christian As- sociations, and those - nondescripts yeleped mission churches, or any other conventicles, are not Christian homes. Such institutions and efforts are commendable, and are bless- ings to many under the present abuses in our churches, but: let. this great wrong be put away,—let us have free houses of worship,— and all suth outside efforts will be found not only needless, but their objects willbe much. more efticiently promoted in the churches.” Was this aimistaken view? I leave: it+for the consideration of Dr. Withrow and Mr, Moody. ‘J. MH CHURCH DRY ROT. AN ANSWER TO THE REV. ROBERT COLLYER, To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune, ‘ “Cuicaao, Jan, 17.—In. your valuable and interesting review: of religious news pre- sented in the columns of Tnz Tripone last Sunday morning you give what is declared to be the views. of the Rev. Robert Collyer, of New. York, on “dry rot”. in churches. In the course of the language quoted, Dr. Collyer, after developing a theory of church evolution through the stages of degradation which he calls, “‘inwardness, outwardness, worldliness, and yorthlesness,” is pleased’ to say: { e Fs : oA prominent minister in Chicago a short, time since preached a sermon of Dr. Parker's, and used it as his own. . ‘The papers: printed both side by side in parallel columns, and then, in explanation, the preacher said he had so absorbed the idea from his reading that he ‘had used it without knowing the source from which it Sprang. Ido not believe .the ex- cuse, and [have only found one man who does believe it, and yet that congregation raised his salary in response to that excuse. That church has the dry rot, When things come to this pass the church is not and can- not be a factor toa soul’s salvation.” Now, it is plain that Dr. Collyer, in this casa at least, draws inferences before establishing his premises. -He is like a good many others, more anxious to make a point, to present ‘a brilliant antithesis, to evolve a sparkling al- literative phrase, than to look after his facts. Because the First Baptist Church. of this city has voted to increase its pastor’s salary under. circumstances which he misrepre-' sents, according to Dr. Collyer’s opinion, the church has the “dry rot,” and has advanced ‘in its evolution into the fourth and last stage of degradation, that of worthlesness. What are some of the evidences of dry rot in this church ? Let me help Dr. Collyer to the facts. The first-indication that tis church has the “dry rot” consists in the fact that the home Sabbath-school has doubled in average attendance within the past year. Another fact show! the church is in the stage of “dry rot’? appears from the fact that it furnishes the Superintendents and teachers of four mission Sabbath-schools, which have an aggregate attendance of a thousand pupils. ‘These missions are the ‘Tabernacle, on Wabash avenue, the Twen- tieth-Street Mission; the Twenty-fifth-Street Mission, and the Thirty-seventh-Strect Mis- -sion. The attendance in the home and mis- sion Sabbath-schools reaches a total of 1,480. -—- Still-anotherevidence of “ worthlegness?” is plainly visible in the fact that Dr. Gori mer’s morning audiences average about 14400 persons, and ‘his evening audiences, as a rule, occupy every inch of sitting and standing capacity of the church, and_ do not fall short of 1,800 persons. Perhaps the most conspic- uous and indutiable evidence of “ dry rot” or “ worthlesness ” to Dr. Collyer’s mind is the fact ‘that every Sunday -for several months past. persons have been received as members of this church by baptism; and that 112 new members were received during the past eight months. Other unmistakeable evidences of utter ‘worthlessness appear in the shape of flour- ishing foreign missionary societies, and in- creasing contributions for benevolent, edu- cational, and inissionary purposes. . These are all: facts which, according to Dr. Collyer’s logic, prove beyond a doubt the worthlesness of a church. . It seems to me that, as such a church is to be set down as an example of ecclesiastical “* ary rot,” itbehooyes the good, learned, and brilliant Doctor of Divinity to bring forward an example of a“ true and liv- ing church,” one . possessed of the highest quality of church power, such as he,is pleased to describe by the abstract but some- what ambiguous term, “ Tawardncss : TER “DRY ROT IN CHURCHES.” ‘To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune, Curcaco, Jan. 17.—Under the head “Re- ligious” in Tue Trmune of last Sunday is found an abstract of a sermon by the Rev. Robert Collyer on the “Dry Rot in Churches.” Such a subject is well calculated out the instructions, and ¢.. 5 Fy ns, and fostering care of a Christian | to attract an audience, and it is not strange that on the occasion the church was full, Sensationalism is fast becoming the only potent decoction made use of by ministers to check the disease of dry rot in many of their churches, and the gifted religious jokor (Collyer) has administered that nostrum to his patient (his church in Chicago) tila change of physicians was accomplished. ‘What he says in his published discourse about the four eras in the life of a church, namely: “Inwardness, Outwardness, World- Tiness, and Worthlesness,” may be correct, those four words doubtless conveying to his hearers the thrilling sensation attainable in no other way than the use of four trisylables ending in ‘“‘ss.”? . He goes on-to contemplate a condition of things where the dry rot “proceeds till it takes a more fatal forin and the truth is lost sight of, . - + the downward evolution ending in spiritual paralysis and death.” Then, by way of illustration, he says: ‘A prominent minister in Chicago a short time since preached sermon of Dr. Parker’s and used ft as his own. The papers printed both side by side in parallel columns, and then in ex- planation the preacher said he hud so absorbed the idea from ts reading that he ‘had used it without knowing tho source from which it sprang. L.donot believe the excuse, and [have only found one man who does believe it, and yet that congregation raised his salary in response to that excuse. That church has the dry rot. ‘When things come to this pass the Cuurch is not and cannut be a factor to a soul's sulvation. + It.is to be hoped that the printer has incor- rectly quoted Brother Collyer’s language, for in the event of its being as quoted the “ dead- ly dry rot” or powder-post must-have de- stroyed both head and heart of Brother C. ‘His words are “ Preached asermon of Dr. Parker’s and used itas his own,” admitting of but one construction, viz.: that the whole sermon was Dr. Parker’s, when the fact is that there were simple ents used, as the parallel columns showe: 4 Brother Collyer’s “dry rot ” has proceeded tilla fatal form has been taken and. the truth lost sight of. He should beware of “ Spiritual paralysis and death:” it may be very. naughty for a quote from another, or for a lawyer oran editor to live mainly by borrowing ideas and. even words or methods of expression, but they all do it, and while the Chicago “prominent minister” confessed to the use preacher to of some fraginents of Dr. Parker, it was ex-, ceedingly naughty in Dr. Collyer to say. it was a whole sermon. The newspaper which published ‘the fragments did not so badl get powder-posted. . The main difliculty wit! all of us is the beam in our own prevents ihe discovery of the mote in our brothers’ optics. ‘ Then, too,-a man “gets well on” in the world asa doctor of divinity, a doctor. of medicine, a doctor of law, an editor, mer- chant, or mechanic, and all the unsuccessful devils in the country set_to barking at him. The “dry rot” struck a North Side church, and the pastor . went . and back. to a “prominent ministey” 1K is drawing crowds of. people to’ hear his eloquent ‘sermons,: under whose - minis- trations the :‘Baptist | Charch, which had become -somewhat,. ““powder- “Christianity, justice, and -| Cross; posted,” has patd within a year over $50,000 ‘of ‘its indebtedness,“ adding largely to its membership, and as a recognition of the sig: nal ability. of the YOURE preacher, at its an- nual ineeting Dec. .26 ult, and. not in “re- sponse to the exeuse (as Dr, Collyer puts it for; the alleged plagiarism, the chaych of- h fered to raise his Salary’ from’ $5,000 to $6.000 per annum, which Dr. Lorimer refused to ac- cept. : P: am amember of none, bit have a sort of -Telationship to .the Baptist Church, resulting ‘from having a wife, a daughter, and a father ‘me brother-in-law, father- in that fold, mal in-law, and son-in-law without a belief In its fundamental doctrines, but.do respect them for the cause of jonesty, ant LKQ the learned blacksmith,’ Dr. Col yer, am al- ways ‘sorry to see'an exhibition of the “dry rot” in any of them; and, when I discovér in them this stealthy yet fatal diséase, am will- ing to sit up nights with those afflicted, using all the skill I possess to save them from this hidden destroyer." 3 AW.T. , COLOGNE ‘CATHEDRAL. ‘AFTER 631 YEARS OF PATIENT WATCHING. z Loutsvitle Courier-Journal. On the 14th of August, 180, itis announced. thatthe last touches will be'given to the all for what they are doing i - great Cathedral of Cologne and those arrowy flights of carefully wrought stoné; those ex- quisite blossomings in stone, the most perfect conception in Gothic architecture in’ the period of the perfection of that system will, after the lapse of 631fyears, present a magnif- icent triumph ‘over’ obstacles which seemed at one time insurmountable. ‘The event will be a most notable one inthe history of art. That mighty building links this ‘age of materialism with the age when “art was still religion,” and when devotional architecture marked the intensity of the faith of the people. It was on’ Aug. 14, 1248, shortly after the destruction by fire of the Cathedral founded by Hildebold, of Cologne, in the year 748, that Archbishop Conrad laid the first stone ,of the present Cologne Cathedral, forty-four feet-beneath the surface of the ground. The author of the design of the Cathedral is not ‘known, ‘Archbishop Engelberg, Count of Altona and Berg, is eredited with the concep- tion, .but there is no proof: of it. The archi- tect who conceived this stony blossoming of devotion is unknown. : His name is graven nowhere, but his spirit pervades the whole building, and Overbeck. has appropri- ately represented in one of his great pictures this unknown man as the genius of, archi- tecture. When Conrad laid the. corner-stone there were present’ many distinguished men ofthatday. Itis long way to look back to that gala day in Cologne, when, after the reading by the Archbishop of a letter. from the Pope granting indulgence of a year and forty days, a host of penitents went playfully to work laying the mighty foundations which were to support the marvelous structure, Somewhere beneath the ground under tho stones the name of Cologne’s great architect: -may possibly be found. The pile began to ‘rise. England contributed largely to the first work on the building. In 1822 the choir of the church was,consecrated with great pomp “and ceremony, its exuberance of exquisite ornaments giving promise of the transcend- ent beauty of the completed pile. Service began to be held in ‘the choir, and contribu- tions continued to pour in. Edward ILL. of England, in 1337, left_rich offerings for the Cathedral. Charles IV. of France also left -his tribute. The work, however, through the indifference of . successive Archbishops, dragged. In 1437, about 200 years after the foundations were Jnid, the south tower was completed to the hight visi- ble at the . revival of @ work in 1836, The sisteenth century and the Reformation, inimical to cathedral-building, ‘eame upon the Cologne marvel with a be- numbing effect. The work was. suspended; rubbish accumulated; other croached on-the Cathedral space; men talked of pulling the-building down, . At this stage of the proceedings the choir was finished, as were a portion of the east.walls of each transept, the north aisles, fatir great win- dows with colored glass, and seven compart- ments of the ground roof, The south aisles had reached a hight of forty-two feet; the. south tower had reached a hight of 170 feet; the north tower was-just. begun.- . Portions of the facade were built, and yawning chasms were visible everywhere. . It, stood like a beautiful thought’ arrested—enough to show what a marvel of inspiring beauty the whole would be, F a The Cathedral was plundered and muti- lated shockingly. The exquisite ornaments in the choir were destroyed. Brazen angels were melted down. A beautifuj stone screen was demolished; the: rich stained glass was taken from the windows. When the French soldiers occupied Cologne in 1794 the; camped in the old Cathedral and desecrate it in every way The archives were carted away, and with them one of the original plans of the building. Cologne Cathedral was looked upon asaGothic ruin. No one at the beginning of this gentury seemed to believe that it would ever be built. The poet Wordsworth, after visiting it, wrote: ¥ Oh, for tho help of angels to complete Fhis temple—ungels governed by a plan ‘Thus far pursued (how gloriously) by man; « Studious that He might notdisdain the soat ‘Who dwells in Heaven! -About the year 1610 Sulpice Boisseree, an artist of. Cologne, and an enthusiast about the Cathedral, directed the attention of Europe to the unfinished thought by means of pictures of the building. He was fortu- nateenough to discover the original design on parchment, which had been carried off in the troublous times in 179% This valuable parchment was found in an obscure locality, used by an old lady as a stretcher upon which to dry her beans! In 1824 the Prus- sian Government began to make repairs, but, after spending a fortune on the structure, the work ceased, and a Cathedral tax was then levied to continue it Great progress was made. Many plans to raise money to com- plete the whole edifice were proposed. In 1840 the King of Prussia signified his inten- tion to aid the work. The Cologne people organized societies for the same purpose. Concerts were given and plays were acted in the same cause. In 18414 burgher of Stutt- gerd sent a boat-load of hewn stone for the athedral. Atlength itwas agreed that the second foundation-laying of the Cathedral should take place Sept. 4, 1842. On thatdaya most brilliant pageant appeared. The King and Prince of Prusfia were there, with scores of dignitaries ‘Princes, and ina glittering procession they proceeded to the centre por- tal of the southern transept, where the cere- mony took place. Swirner, the new architect, secured te consent of all parties that the original design, in all its grandeur, should be carried out. Since that time. the work has slowly proceeded, great difficulty being en- countered laying proper foundations. Dur- ing the repairs to the interior exquiste angel- figures were found beneath the whitewash above the arches of the inner choi:. In 1845 Swirner had completed the south aisle. In 1848 the body of the building was completed, together with aisles and transept, and a tem- porary roof was put over the naye. Next August the last’ finial and tower-stone will be placed in position, and the conception of the unknown architect will be complete. There is something exceedingly wonderful and interesting in this history, and the most wonderful incident to us was the success of the architect Swirner in’ securing the exact materialization of the original plans. It was well thatthe Renaissance period did not witness a resumption of work on the Cologne Cathedral. Its. ‘grand, pure gothic symmetry would have been de- stroyed.. Modern ecclesiastical architecture is more deferential to the ancient and medieval styles, which can never be im- roved upon: When Cologne Cathedral is Enished to the top of its towers, 536 feet high, the faith of.the thirteenth century, which Jaid the foundations deep and strong, will be linked to the faith of the nineteenth century, which had the courage to complete the great work begun by the penitents 630 years ago. Such a building has its noble uses besides that of a temple of the Almighty. It im- resses us with the fact that we cannot be- Fittle the people of those dim ares who wrought out such glorious and. mighty con- ceptions. Theirs was not a faith-decryin age like our own. Rich and poor deemed it a privilege to .labor on these mighty cathe- drals, for such was their highest conception of duty and service to God. A Ours is not a cathedral-building age, nor are our churches often built in. the spirit of self-sacrifice, which enobles and beautifies the work, ‘That was the spirit of the Mid- dle-Age - builders. is true, as Ruskin says: :‘¢All old work, nearly, has been hard work. " It may be the hard work of children, of barbarians, of rustics, but it is always their uimost. Ours has as constantly the look of money’s worth, or of:.a stopping short wherever. and whenever we can, of a Jazy compliance with low conditions; never of a fair putting forth of our strength.”. Cologne Cathedral is built in the form of a 511 feet long, 231 feet wide, and the root is supported on 100 columns, the centre buildings en-. “discourse made by Leo. XL to the College ones being thirty-feet In circumference. choir is 101 feet high, and the towne aioe 540 feet high. - 4 SUDDEN: CONVERSION. THE SMALL HEATHEN OF- CONNECTICUT, +) ts New York Nmes. . ‘Master Jaggars, of: North Meriden, Conn., lately deyoet awfngenious and entirely novel scheme for arresting tho flow of American copper edins toward thesheathen pockets of juvenile India. Some two months since Mas- .ter Jaggars, who had painfully accumulated the ‘suin of 25 cents; with a view to an-ex- pected circus, was compelled to consecrate 15 cents to the hated smail boys of India. It was this last of a long” series of pecuniary outrages that determined him to take a bold ‘stand against. missionary assessments, and, he, . therefore, summoned .a imass- ‘meeting of small boys on Saturday afternoon at: Deacon Pratt’s barn, ostensibly with a view to rats, but really in order to propose a plan of defense agninst-héathen encroach- ments. Mnster Jagegars made a moving speech, in which he. glowingly described the Juxury in which the heathen small boy wal- lows: “He ain’t washed, and he can wear just ‘as ‘little cloze as heserminter. There ain’tno school for him, nor no Sunday, you bet. He can go-swimmin’ every day, and can just lay off on the bank and seé the crocodiles scoop in washerwomen and such. Then his back-yard is chuck full of tigers arid hipopotamuses, and no end of snakes, and he can steal his dad’s gun and shoot’em outof the back window. This is the chap that rakes in all ‘our money, and I say its more’n We ought to stand. Now I move that ‘we all turn heathen ourselves. The folks can’t make‘us wash and go to school if we're heathen, and ‘all the other boys will have to put up their money for us,” Itis needless to say that this speech was re- ceived ‘with tremendous ‘applause. Howls of execration went up as the luxuries of the hated ‘heathen were describea, and the proposal to adopt heathenism’as a profession was unanimously supported. A stight tem- orary opposition was manifested by Master Sabin, who maintained that in order to be- come heathen they must first have their eyes put out,—a theory which was based upon ‘a misinterpretation of the hymn which speaks of “the heathen in his blindness.” ‘The ob- jector, however, was soon convinced of his error, and expressed thereupon a hearty de- sire to become a heathen.: ‘The details of the schéme were all arranged by Master Jag- Fars. plaster ‘bust of “Mr. S. J. Tilden * was. decided to be ugly enough to.serve as an idol, \and the amateur heathen placed it onanempty barrel in the barn, and bowed down to it with much gravity. Thev discarded all their clothing, except a towel twisted around the waist, ant blackened their entire bodies with burnt cork. ‘There could: be no doubt that they were very successful jieathen in appearance, -_ and, as it was late inthe ‘afternoon, they re- solved to spond the nightin the barn, to breakfast on the spoils of Deacon Pratt’s orchard, and to attend Sunday-school in a body, m order to collect tribute from the Christian bo: The Sunday-school opened as usual the next morning. al- ‘though ‘the absence of eleven boys created a good _ deal. of remark. Soon after the exergises, had begun, the teachers were astonished: atthe entrance of Master Jaggars and his ten associate heathen. It is only fair to say that the heathen behaved themselves with as much. propricty.as their professional duties would permit. Master jaggars advanced to the Superintendent and. renarked: ‘If you please, sir, we’ve all turned heathen: There ain’t no foolin’ aboutit.. We've gota first-class old idol, | and we don’t believe in nothing no, more. So, if you please, sir, will ‘youplease tell them Christian boys to fork over half of all the money they’ve got, and to remember how blessed it is to consecrate it to real, genuine heathen?” There is no instance. on record in which a hedthen has been con- verted_as quickly as was Master Jaggars. The Superintendent held him’ by one ear, and’-at the tenth stroke of the cane Master Jaggars renounced his heathen- ism, and promised to smash his idol.and re- turn to the Christian faith without a mo- ment’s delay. The other heathen, alarmed by the fate of their leader, fled to ‘the barn, washed themselves, resumed’ their clothing, and | went: homewarg- with..sober counte- nances,-singing missionary: ‘hymns. “The North Meriden revival of heathenism was 2 disastrous failure, but nevertheless the bold- ness_and originality of the scheme devised by Master Jaggars must command our won- der and admiration. MINISTERS’ HEARTACHES, HOW PRESBYTERIAN MINISTERS ARE cox-' PELLED TO ITINERATE. Under this caption Dr. Cuyler, of Brook- lyn, tells the lay readers of the Evangelist some plain and unpalatable truths regarding their. treatment of ministers. He has re- ceived several letters on the subject, chiefly from pastors in the West, who ‘complain loudly of the disloyalty of their people to them. Instead of rallying to the aid of their pastors and sustaining them in the Master’s name and for the Master’s service, they straightway begin, to find fault and pick flaws, and within two or three years worry them into a resignation. All the caviling criticisms of irreligious pewholders are eagerly caught up and hurled at the pastor’s head, until his usefulness is destroyed and he is driven off with his wounded heart into some new and equally tormenting field of labor. As long as the novelty of a new min- ister lasts the church makes a temporary headway; but presently all the solemn instal lation vows of the fickle flock are forgotten, and the ambassador‘of Christ is “ badgered” into a reluctant retreat. This is a sharp in- dictment to bring against a professed people of God, but stern facts warrant overy syllable of it. = A prominent Western pastor writes that, with the exception of a few ministers lately installed, there is nota pastor in his Presby- tery who is not thus cryelly harassed. He says that within a short time he has seen ten men driven out of thelr pulpits simply be- cause their congregations wete grown wei of them, and were hankering after the novel- ty of a new face and a new Voice in their pul- pits. He further adds, that “We have no peace, no security, no feeling of stability in our pastorates.” Nor is this ugly epidemic confed to Presbyterian churches. An emi- nent Western Episcopal Bishop declares that “the average length of pastoral service in his diocese does not exceed two years!” By that time the people weary of their Rectors and dislodge them to make room for others who are, in turn, no_more satisfactory than their predecessors. Methodism escapes this growing evil by its enforced itinerancy, but in the Presbyterian and other denominations the epidemic for divorcing pastors is even more fatally’ prevalent than for divorcing wives, If all the pangs and bitter disappointments and heartaches atare hidden behind the study walls and family altars of faithful min- isters of God could be revealed to the public eye, they would make up a terrible “cloud of witnesses.” They wouid explain the secret of many a spiritual drought and many a fruitful field turned into a desort, and many atornand desolated church. When God’s people dishonor His faithful ambassadors He dishonors them and withholds the blessing. Dr. Cuyler does not claim that even the best minister is faultless, but he avers most sol- emnly that the humblest and feeblest_ man who.conscientiously devotes his single talent to Jesus Christ and to saving souls deserves as much respect, sympathy, and love, for Jesus’ sake, as is accorded toa Spurgeon, a William ‘Adams, oraJohn Hall, The most effectual way to keep young men out of the ministry is for Christian churchesto dishonor the sacred office, and to degrade their own pulpits. Methodist. ministers who are hank- ering after settled pastorates might profit by a little experience of this sort, or by reading carefully the experiences of others. They might learn to bear the ills they have in the, itinerney rather than fly to others they know not 01 : 5 THE VATICAN. LEO XI. DOES NOT LOSE SIGHT OF THE CHURCH TEMPORALITIES. ‘The Roman papers of Dec. 26 publish the of Cardinals onChristmasEve. Afterspeak~ ing of ;Chrisf’s mission on earth to bring peace and good-will to men, the Pope says that if want of this peace;was greatly felt in past times, need for itis urgent now, when the-Church is fiercely attacked in her doc: trine, her authority, and her providential mission in the world: . 2 s ‘erthe! a sublime and consol be ae ere re itdst of clyil discords, the Catholic Chureh preserves intact the precious treasure of her unity and the concord between the episcopate of all kingdoms and countries and the Holy See, while the union between tho ch id Je and their :respective pastors { cidacly manifest. Rich in this treasure and filled with gentlest charity, the Catholic Church ardently desires that others should taste the Precious fruits of her peuce, and, following the example of her Divine Author, she, while re- tuining firm in defending. the sucred cause of justice and: truth, and bending nelther to the Hattories nor yielding to the threats uf uny one whomsoever, goes: like a loving nother to meet er wandering children, and vifers her gifts for ‘the sulvation even of-herenemies. And we, WX0 by the secret councils uf Providence, were. called to the government of tho whole Christiam fam~ ily, shail, through the Divine grace, ever watch zealously over the defense and the guardianship of the spiritual and temporal rights of tho Roman Sce, to whose_ service we huve dedicated our poor strength and life itself. He concludes by thanking God that his words recently addressed to the Bishops throughout the world for recalling Christian hilosophy to its place of honor in the schools had been received by them with unanimous obedience, and by expressing the hope the world, recalled by Christ to new life, may once more enjoy the beauty of peace, TOTAL DEPRAVITY. ~ A QUESTION FOR DR. HATFIELD, To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune. ,~ Oax Park, Jah. 16—In Toe Trmuxe of last Tuesday the Rev. Dr. Haffield is reported to have said, “I believe in total depravity.” I-wish to ask him through your paper whether he has ever found an individual de- void of all good qualities, and, if he has not, what reason he can give for believing that all persons are'so created. I wish also to ask him how he can_vindicate the justice of hich nature qualified for doing. y bac eg GENERAL NOTES, The First Congregational Church of Al- bany began the new year free of debt. John H. Deane, of Rochester, has given a second $50,000 to the Baptist University in that city. 2 * “George C. Needham, the evangelist, will lead the railroad men’s meeting in the read- ing-room, corner of Kinzie and Canal streets, . at3:15 p.m. : Within a. triangle’ of which ‘Woolwich, Eng., is the apex and Putney and Streatham are the extremities of. the base, there is a population of 1,300,000, with only 333 Church of England clergymen. The Nestorians of Persia have issued an’ appeal to the Christian people of America for.aid to help them through the famine there raging, consequent upon the failure of the grape and grain crops last year. The A. B. C, F. ML have 7 mission stations, 598 out-stations. 375 American missionaries, , 1,141 native Jaborers, 261 churches, 15,125¢ members, 34 boarding-schools for girls, 626 common schools, and 26,930 persons under in- struction. ¥. P, Broughton, Local Freight Agent of the Chicago, ‘Alton & St. Louis milrond, will lead.the railroad men’s meeting in the room, | Ao. oe! South, Canal ered, ab 7:45 Pi m. All rqad men and friends are cordially in- »Vited fo the meeting. ay i Over*ninety families have taken seats in! the Church of the Messjah, New York, since: the Rev. Robert Collyer began his ministry: here, in addition to those whom he found when he caine, His suecess has exceeded his most sanguineexpectations.—New York Her- . The financial condition of the Bdptist Mis-; sionary Union is anything but encouraging. ‘The donations from churches, etc:, up to Dec. 1, as compared with the same time last year, show a decrease of $6,484.98, and |of legacies | Of $8,441.71, making a total Seficlency. up to -December of $14,926.99... This is 4 falling off of over 23 per cent as compardd with the previous year, and of 36 per cent as com- pared with the sum which was voted ought to be raised at the commencement of financial year. In 1776 there were 288 Congregational churches in Massachusetts, the largest num- ber being in the eastern part of. the State. Only twenty-six churches were then without pastors and eight had double pastorates. ‘The: pyerage period of ministerial life then was. - thirty-eight years, Of the Congregational seventy-five lapsed into Unitarian and half dozen of them became extinct. At the pres- ent ‘time ‘there are - 528 Congregational: churches,-of which 282 have pastors, 180 act- ing pastors, and sixty-six have neither. There are 655 ministers, and. the church member- ship numbers 91,787. At the Town Farm in Hartford, Conn., a returned missionary is sawing wood at 50 cents a day, his object being thus to restore his health. Overwork-has affected his mind, and he hopes to_regain ‘his former health by systematic physical labor. When dinner was offered him at the 'Town-House he declined it on the ground that in his case a fish diet was needed. He has arranged at a restau- rant for two meals of fish a day, and is said to be very much pleased with his success and prospects. Efforts have been made to place him In better circumstances, but he prefers to remain where he is. : At the annual meeting of St. Paul’s Uni-.' versalist Church, held on the 7th inst., the Rey. Dr. Ryder was requested to repeat on Sabbath mornings the four discourses on Denials of Rationalism, recently delivered by him on Sabbath evenings. Dr. Ryder has signified his intention to comply with this request and will deliver the first of the series this morning. The topics of the sermonsare as follows: “Is There a God ?” “Tave We a Revelation from God?” “The Miraculous or Supernatural Element in Re- ligion;” “Is Christ Any More Inspired or Divine.than the Founders of Other Relig- ions?” A ‘The Phillfps Congregational Church, South Boston, seems .to have entered on a new career of prosperity under the pastorate of the Rev. R. R. Meredith, formerly a Method- ist and member of the New York East Con- ference. A conspicuous ‘mark of it is the enlargement of their always spacious house of worship on Broadway at a cost of more than $30,000,’ New social rooms have been added, a new front, new pews, and other furnishings, making the house now. one of the finest and jargest of the denomination: A. feast of rededication was recently held, occu- ving three days, with sermons by the Rev. Br. William Taylor, of this city, and other prominent clergymen. The expense of these extensive improvements has been fully miet by pledges, so that practically no debt has been incurred. Eight years ago there were twelve Bishops in the Methodist Episcopal Church. Three have died since,—Edward Ames, Edmund S. Janes, and Gilbert Haven. Of the nine left Levi Scott was 77 years old Oct. 11, 1879; Matthew Simpson 69 June 21, 1879; Jess. T. Peck 68 April 4, 1879; Thomas Bondman 63, William_T. Harris 62, mandolphy Foster 59, Isaac W. Wiley 54, Stephen M. Merrill 54, and Edward G. Andrew di. At the meeting of the General Conference in May there wil certamly be three orfour Bishops elected. Dr. J- M. Walden will in all probability be one of the number. In that case it is likely ‘that a layman will be selected as one of the agents of the Western Book Concern. This is among _the most important officers of the General Conference. Charles W. Rowland, a member of Wesley Chapel, who was a la delegate to the General Conference at Balti more four years ago, is named for that posi- tion. i From official. statistics and estimates, Te- cently prepared, concerning public worship in Paris, the value of certain well-known churches appears to be as follows: St. Eus- 28,897,384f., of which 398,701f. is for works of art and decorations; St, Roch, 16,- $50,508f,; St. Germain l’Auerrois, 12,020,300f. ; Madeleine, 11,477,500f.; St. Sulspice, .9,200,- 000f; Notre Dame de Lorette and St. Vincent de Paul, each 3,000,000f; and twenty-two others at 1,000, and over. The value of religious buildings for Protestant worship 18 siven at 9,537,89S£., of which 3,925,621f. is esti- mated for the Temple of the Oratoire, in the Rue St. Honoré, and for the two synagogs in the Rue de la Victoire and Rue des Tour- denelles, Poa ‘The paintings. sculpture, frescoes, etc., contained in the churches un- der the supervision of the. City of Paris are valued at 6,116,339£, of whic! 3,391, 094f, is apportioned to paintings, 1,776, 0408, to sculpt ure, and 949,205f..to stained glass. | CHRISTIAN EDUCATION. 2a A society has lately been organized under the laws of illinois, and known’ as “ The New-West Education Commission,” which promises to take exalted rank among the Christianizing and educational institutions of the land. From a public statement just put forth by the President, the Rey. F. A. Noble, the Vice-President, the Rev. Simeon Gilbert, the Secretary, ‘W.. Blatchford, and the Treasurer, Col. C. G. Hammond, it is stated that, after much reflection and correspond- ence, it has been thought best_by those hav- ing in hand the matter of doing something in: the way of. Christian education for the welfare of Utah and the adjacent regions, to form a distinct organization, with legal rights and responsibilities. Hence the Commissio: incorporated as above stated, and organizes by the election of the above-named officers. object of the Cammission is stated to ha . The promotion, of-Christian civilization in ‘Utah and adjacent: States and Territories, by the education of the children and youth un- |- der Christian teachers, and also by the ust of such kindred agencies as may be at any tine deemed desirable.” ‘The headquarters are in Chicago, and its Directors Simeon Gilbert, E. P. Goodwin, F. A. Noble, Arthur Little, Howard 4%. Culver, E. W. Blatchford, Charles G. Hammond, Burton G. Cook, Charles LL Case of Chicago, and John Deere of Moline, Hil, A. F. Sherill of Nebraska, E. P. Tenney. of Colorado, W. H. Barrows of Utah, J. Withrow, and B. Webb of Boston, Mass. The corporate members include many. of the distinguished clergymen and leading educational men of Illinois, Massa- chusetts, Wisconsin. Nebraska, Connecticut, Minnesota, Maine, Kansas, Vermont, Iowa, New’ York, Michigan, Ohio, Missouri, New Jersey, California, ghdlana, Pennsylvania, Wyom ng Dakota, Rhode Island, Washing- ton, D. C., New Hampshire, Utah, Colorado, and Oregon. ‘ A large share of the statement is devoted to a consideration of some of the factggn the case, With special reference to Uté@ and New. Mexico. The wealth of those Ter- ritories,. natural and develope their rapidly-incressing | population, and their future, as tors .in the gran whole, make them peculiarly fields for mis- stonary Slabor.. Especially is this true in view of the fact that each is under the dom- ination of a.disastrously “peculiar institu- tion,”—Mormonism, with its debasing sys- tem of polygamy in Utah, and a depraved form of Romanism, densely ignorant, gross- ly immoral, cruelly superstitious, and tyran- nized over by. a band of Jesuits whom Vic- tor Emmanuel. drove . out of Italy for their country’s good,’ In New Mexico educa- tion is at the lowest state. The institutions in both are repugnant to American civiliza- tion, while the people are liable to hold in their hands the balance of power. in the Republic. ‘Reform must come from with- out,and through the agency of Christian schools. To thisend there must be home- missionary preachers and home-missionary teachers. The Commission already has two teachers and an assistant on the ground, and two schools already established, one at Park City and one at West, Jordan, both near Salt 6 City. ‘These have: keen in operation” since~'Ocf. 1, 1879, and the ‘reports received are encouraging, and fully justify their estab- lishment. In: conclusion, the Commission asks" the codperation of all who appreciate the necessities of the work, and deciares its mission not to be the displacing of old societies, but to simply take up’a duty which nobody else is discharging. Letters contain- ing ‘contributions may be sent to the Treas- urer, and all others to the Secretary. P PERSONALS, Pope Leo XIII. has added another to the ‘list of Saints of the Church, John Baptist de Rossi, Canon of the Collegiate Basilica of Santa Maria in Cosmedin. The Rev. E. P. Ingersoll, D. D.,.of the Middle, Reformed Church, Broeklyn, has canceled his acceptance of a call td the Old South Church of ‘Worcester, Mass. He will remain in Brooklyn. The Rev. Albert Bushnell, long a Presby- terian missionary at Gaboon, died at Sierra Leone, Dec. 2. Atthe time of his death he was engaged in translating. religious books into the Inpougwe language. Dr. Utterton, the suffragan Bishop of Guilford, England, died Dec. 2t while on his:knees in prayer, ‘at the conclusion of a the twenty-fourth verse of Mat- @ which had received one - The Rey. W. M. Viney, colored, was or- dained a few days ago in Texas. An inter- esting fact is that Mr. Viney is the first col- ored minister ordained in that State, and the Rey. J. T. Paxton, who. assisted in the cere- “mony, was the first white Presbyterian min- ister ordained there. ‘The Protestants of Beyrut, Syria, gave the Rev. Dr. Jessups a hearty reception on his recent return to that country and city. ligious; services were held on that occasion, andthe school-children gathered in the church, and each presented the enthusiastic missionary with a.bouquet of flowers. A wealthy native made an address in Arabic and in the sane language read_the letter o: ‘the General Assembly to the church there. The Rev. Dr. Jacob Ide, the oldest Con- -gregational minister in America, if notin the world, “died at West Medway, Mass., on the 5th inst., in his 95th year. He was born at Attleborough, Mass., March 29,, 1785, uated from Brown Uni- yersity in 1809 and from Andover Theolog- ical Seminary in 1812, being the senior grad- uate of both institutions. He was settled over the Congregational Church at West Medway in 1812 or 1813, and had thus been pastor-of the same church fora period of about ‘sixty-seven years; He continued to reach down fo a recent, period, though he ad an associate for several years past. PIOUS EXUBERANCE. Where is money first mentioned in the Bible? Whenthe dove brought the green back to Noah. « A gay young girl, spending her summer in a cottage near 2 Methodistcamp-ground, was asked at the meeting one day if she had got religion. “Oh no, indeed, thank you,” was her reply; “ ’ma Presbyterian.” A man who had $65 stolen from him re- ceived a note with $25, saying: “I stoled your money. Remorse naws at my conshens, and Isend some of it back. When remorse naws again ll send you some more.—Buf- Salo Express. Tildy, the cook,..to a small waiter-boy (Catholic)—* Martin, did you know you was eating meat on Friday? I thought it was against the rules of your Church?” “Well, so itis, but it dou’t lure, the, boarders, and guess it won’t hurt me.” Little Johnny has ‘peculiar views as to original sin. One-day he was about to be punished for some’ misdemeanor, when he pleaded, ‘It wasn’t’ me, mainma, dear,—it was the bad man.” “ Well, Johnny, Lam going to whip the bad man out of you.” “Ah, yes, but that will hurt mea precious lot more than it will the bad man.” A young mother in Cincinnati was giving to her son, age 5 years, a touching descrip- tion of the misery into. which the Prodigal Son had fallen. “Par away from home and his kind father, obliged to takecare of swine, with nothing to eat but the husks of corn lett by them. ‘Then why didn’t he eat the a was the practical reply of the young ‘orkopolitan. . a CHURCH SERVICES. EPISCOPAL. Cathedral SS. Peter and Paul, West Washing- ton and Peoria streets, the Rt-Rev. William McLaren, S. T. D.; the Rev. J. H. Knowles, riest in charge. "Holy Communion at a.m: orning prayer and Holy Communion at 10:30. m.. Evening prayer at 7:30 p.m. Sunday-school and children's service at 3p. m. Holy Commun- fon at 12 m. —The Rev. Stephen H. Green, of Dallas, Tex., willofficiate in St. Mark’s Church, Evanston. arist at 7:30 a. m., and morning prayer a.m. No evening service. e Ht.-Rev. W. B. McLaren, Bishop of the Diocese, will officiate in St. James’ Church, cor- ner of Cass and Huron streets, at 10:45 a. m. and 4:30 p.m. Holy Communton at 8 a. m. —the Rev. K. A, Holland will officiate in Trin!- ty Chureh, corner Michigan avenue and Twenty- sixth strect, at 10:45 a.m. and 7:30 p. m. —The Rey. William H. Knowlton will officiate jn St. Andrews’ Church, corner West Wasbing- ton and Robey streets, at 10:30 a.m. and 7:30 . 1 P: "Services will bebeld in St. Ansgarius’ Church, Sedgwick street, near Chicago avenue, at 10:3 a.m. and 7: 30 p.m. ’ "The Rev. Clinton Locke will officiate in Grace Church, Wabash avenue, near Sixteenth street, at 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Celebration of the Holy Communion ai8 #. m. Services will be held in the Church of the Holy Communion, Dearborn street, near h, ut'10:30 a, m. and 7:30 p.m. pe ne Rev. Arthur Ritchie wit officiate in the Church of the Ascension, North La Salle and orning and evening. zy fae Her. 9, D. Cowan will officlate at St. —The Stephen's Church, Johnson street, near Twelfth, at 10,00 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. és e_Rev.AGeorge C. Lorimer will preach in the Bree Church, corner South Park avenue and Thirty-first street, at ILa.m. and 7:3) p. m, Morning subject: “The Gospel of Grace.” Evening ‘subject: ‘“Fatherland"—eighth in the series of sermons on the * Efe Son.” —tThe Rev. John Peddie will preae! this morn- ing and evening In tho Second Church, corner of Monrme and Morgan streets. —tThe Rev. J. Patterson will preach this morn- ing in the Michigan Avenue Church, near ‘Twenty-third street. i —The tev. E. P. Hulbert will. preach this in the Fourth Church, morning, and _evenin corner of West Wasi mn and Paulina streets. ~The Rev. J.‘ Burhoe will preach this morn- iniversity Place jes ing and-evening in the lace and Rhode ‘Faithfal Say- ing.” Evening subject: hy of All Ao- ceptation.” Baptism in the evening. —Tho Rev. J. Rowley,will preach this morning and evening in the No#th Star Church, corner of Division an Beurwick streets. —Tho Rev. C. will preach this morning Churen, corner of Dougits pl avenue. Morning subject: at and evening in’ the Western Avenue Church, corner of, Warren avenué. ee ee Ww. ie Parker wil preach thie morn ing and evening in the Coventry Street Church, corner of Bloomingdale roa ay —The tev. R. De Baptiste will preach this morning and evening in Olivet Church, Fourth avenue, near Taylor street. —Tho Rey. J, Patterson will preach this even- ing in the South Church, corner of Locke ang? Bonaparte streets. —The Rev. H. K. Parker will preach this morning und ovening in the Centennial Church, corner of Lincoln and West Jackson streets. —tThe Rev. E. O. Taylor will preach this morn- ing und evening in the Central Church, No. 20 Orchurd street. —B. F. Jacobs will conduct the Gospel mect- ing this evening in the Baptist Tabernacle, No. 302 Wabush avenue. —The Rev. J.Q.A. Henry will preach this morning and evening in the Dearborn Street Church, corner of Thuirty-sixth street. —The Rev. H. M. Curr will preach this morn- - ing and evening in’ Evangel Shureh, Dearborn, neur Forty-seventh street. s —The Rev. L. Raymond will preach this morn- ing and evening in the M. Avenue Church, Lawndale. —The Rev. Mr. Meyer wil! preach this morning and evening in the First German Church, corner of Bickerdike and Huron streets. —The Rev. J. B. Sunth will preach this morn- ing’and evening in the First Norwegian Church, corner of Noble and West Ohio streets. —The Rev. John Ongman will preach this Morning und evening in the First Swedish Church, Oak, near pee ales street. ~—There will be morning and evening se-vices in the Halsted Street Church, between Forty- t and. Forty-second streots. . —The Rev. J. B. Jnckson will preach this morning in the Hyde Park Church. - —The Rev. G.R. Pierce will preach in the Evanston Church morning and evening. —The Rev. C. Roberts will preach this morning und evening in the Englewood Church. —The Key. J. F. Howard will preach this morning and evening in the Downer's Grove Chute Re Mr. Pi —The Rev. Mr. Pierce will h this morn- ing and evening in the First Cures, Evanstom —The Kev.S. Baker will preach this morning and Neos the Leern Church. —The Rev. Dr. Ives will preach this ning and evening in the Oak Park Church. a :—The Rev. T. W. Goodspeed will preach this morning, and evening in the Morgan Park rch. —There will be evening services in the Brigh- ton Park Church, corner of Blanchard ‘avenue and Thirty-eighth street. CONGREGATIONAL. The Rev. Charics Hall Everest preaches this morning and evening in Plymouth Church, Mich- gan ave nue, between Twenty-fifth and Twenty- sixth streets. —The Rev. F. A. Noble will prench this morn- = ing in the Union Park Chureb, corner of Ash- | land avenue and Washington street. | —The Key. E. F. Wiltiams will preach this | morning and evening in the South Church, cor- | nerof Drexel avenue and Forticth street. | —The Kev. E. P. Goodwin will preach in the i First Church, corner Ann and Washington streets, nt 10:00 a. m. and 7:30 BS; —The Re’ M. Buckham, ident of Ver- mont University, will Church, corner Ashlan street, at 7:30 p.m. ‘he C. A. Towle will preach iu Bethany Church, corner Paulina and West Huron streets, at 10:45 a. m. and 7:30 p.m. Morning subject: “The Power of Prayer.” Seats ulwuys free. —The Rev. H. M. Collisson, of the Fullerton Avenue Church, will preach in the Lincoln Park Church, corner Mohawk and Sophia streets, neur Lincoln avenue and Larrabee street, at 10:45 a” m. Prayer-meeting at 10 a. m., and Sabbath- school conocrt nt7 p.m. All sats free. —The Rey. A. J. Scott will preach in the Evan- ston Church morning and evening. i METHODIST. | i reach in the Union Park avenue and Washington | ‘The Rev. Dr. Williamson will preach this morn- ingand evening at the First Church, corner of Clark and Wasnington strects, Morning sub- ject: “Some Questions that Cannot Be asked atthe General Judgment.” Evening subject: “Christ, a Scientific Necessity for the soul.”” —The Rev. Dr. Thomas will preach this mora- ing, and the Rev. Dr. Swazey this evening, in the Centenary Church, Monme, near Morgan street, Evening subject: Pessimism.” 3 '—The Rev. J. W. Phelps will preach this morni- ing and evening in St. Paul's Church, cornerof Muxwell street und Newberry avenue. —The Rev. E. Sf. Boring will preach this morn- ing and evening in the State Street Church. i —The Rev. F. A. Hurdin wiilpreach this morn- | ing and evening in the Halsted Street Church, corner of Twenticth street. —The Rey. T, R. Strobridge will preach in tho Park Avenue Church in the morning, and Bishop Merrill will preach in the evening. —The Rev. J. M. Culdwell will Wegtern Avenue Church, corner mofhing and evening. —The Rey. T.C. Clendenning will preach in the Langley Avenue Church, corner ‘Thirty-niuth street, at10:30 a. m. and 7:50 p. m. E : —The Rev. Robert D, Sheppard will preach tn. Grace Church, corner North La Salle and White streets, at 10:30 a. m. and 7:0) p.m. Morning subject: “Thy Kingdom Come.” Evening sub ject: “The Scarlet Scourge.” Ki * —The Rev. Mf. V. Clute will preach in the Free Church, corner May and Fulton streets, morning and evening at the usual hours. Beats free. —The Rey. R. B. Pope will préach in Trini Church, Indiana avenue, near ‘Iwenty-fourtl and 7:30 reach in the lonroc street, | 10:45 2. m. p.m. "The Sunday-Schooi Teacher a Gospel Minister.” Song service in the evening led by tho “ Tennessecans.” —The Rev. G. R. Van Horne will preach in the Michigan Avenue Church, near Thirty-second street, at 10:30 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Mor subject: “Jesus on the Seu.” Evening subject: “Gnining the World and Losing the Suul.”" —The Key. S. H. Adams will preach in the Ada Street Church, between Lake and Fulton streets, at 10:30a.m. Chaplain C. C. McCabe will preach and also sing some of tho popular selections at 7:30 p. m. the Rev. George C. Chase will preach in the Fulton Street Church morning and evening. —tThe Rev. S. T..Show will preach in the Dick- son Strect Church, between Blackhawk street and -North avenue, at 10:30 am. and 7:30 p. m. Morning subject: “At Buse in Zion.” Evening subject: ul Thing.” “ The Fearf —The Rey. It. M. Hatfleld wilt preach in the Evanston Church morning aad-evening. PRESBYTERIAN. ‘The Rev. Dr. Buckham, President of Vermont University, will preach in the Second Church, corner Michigan avenue and Twentieth st inthe morning. The Rev. J. Monro Gibson reach in the evening. Subject: “The Christian Stronghold.” ; —The Rev. Henry T. Miller will preach in the. Sixth Church, corner Vincennes and Oak nve- nues, at 10:30 a. m. Subject: “What Stopped and Brought the Rain.” Anniversary the Young People’s Union at 7:30 p. m. —The Rev. B. Leavitt will preach in the Fuller ton‘Avenuc Church, near North Clark street, at 10:02. m. ‘The Rev. H. M. Collissun.-will preach at ea Pp Subject: “ Why Was Carist Bap- tise ~The Rev. Arthur Mitchell will preach in the First Church, corner Indiana avenue and Twen- ty-first street, at 10:30 a. m., and in the Hallroad Chapel, 315 State street, at 7:45 p. m. —he Rev. A. E. Kittridge will preach in the Third Church, corner rire and aud Caer aye. hues, at 10:20 a. m. and 7:30 p.m. Morning sul a Ta ‘Evening subject: —The Kev. D. S. Gregory, President of Lake Forest University, will preack in the Jeferson Park Church, corner Throop and Adums streets, at 10:30 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. ‘ “The itev. E. N. Durrett will preach in tho Westminster Church, corner Juckson and Peoria streets, at 10:45 a. m. and 7:0p.m. Morning subject: “Tho Ketlex Intluenco of Foreign ‘Missions.”” —The Rev. J. M. Worrall will_preach in tho Eighth Church, corner West Washington and Robey streets, mor and evening. in tho anlins —The Rev. W. T. Meloy will preach United Church, cornoc Montes and P, streets, morning and evening. TOTES Hove Jumes Maciaughlin will preactr in the Scotch Church, corner of Sangamon and Adams street, morning and évening. '—The Rev. W. A. McAtce will preach in the Fifth Church, comer of Indiana avenue and ‘Thirtleth street, at 10a. m. und 7:90 p. m. ° —The Rev. G. C. Noyes will prench inthe yunston Church morning and evening. : REFORMED EPISCOPAL. : Bishop Cheney wills preach this morning and evening in Christ Church, corner of Micnigun avenue and Twenty-fourth street. Morning subject: “How the Leader of the Host Wus Made Perfect." Evening subject: “Have You Stopy to Think?" § . at - —The Rev. F..W. Adams will this morn- ing and evening in St. Matthew's Church, corner of North Clark and Centre streets. Morning sub- ject: “The Temple of the Holy Ghost.” svon- ing subject: “Healing and Hi Shadows.”” —The Kev. J. L. Wilson will: preach this morn- {ng and evening in St. John’s Church, Ellis avo- nue, near Thirty-seventh street. —The Rov. C. M. Gilbert will preach this even- ing in Emmanuel Church, corner Twenty-eighth and Hanover streets. —Tho Rev. J. A. Fisher, of Christ Church, will Bresct in Grace Church, corner Elston road and lybourn avenue, at 10:45a,m. The Rov. R. 8. Burke will preach at 7:0 p.m. Subject: “The Three Choices.” Seats free. ‘ --The Rev. Mason Gallagher will preach in St. Paul's Church, corner of Washington and Car+ nter streets, at 10:45 a. m, and Keg oer forning subject: “Jesus it, the Great Evening sub- ‘Teacher and Healer of All Men.” Ject: “The Firat Miracle of Christ.’ The Rev. Irving A. Searles will preach in South Side Church at 10:30 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Morning subject: “The Forerunner.” Evening subject: "The House of tho Interpreter,”"— second of the series on Bunyon’s Pilgrim's Prog- ress. y —The Rev. A. J. Loughlin will preach in the church corner of Western avenue and Congress street morning and evening. —The Rev. George W. Sweeney will preach in the First Church, corner Indiana avenue and Twenty-fifth street, morni and evening. Morning subject: “ Doing G« ” Evening sub- ject: ‘The question, * I Do to Be Saved,’’ will be answered. —The Rev. Charles H. Caton wil preacn in the Second Church, corner Oakley avenue and Jack+ son street, moran eae evening. Mi sub= ject: “The Temptation of Jesus.” E subject: “ Future Punishment.” UNIVERSALIST. . ‘The Rev. W. H. Ryder will in St, Paul's ane Beye® a proseh fn St