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General Nofes—Personals—Saintly Humor— * For joy is deepest when it springs from wo, THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1880—SIXTEEN PAGES. 2 But this contention is entirely false. t ly false. ehinge Defore eliminated as ‘modern thovehe is nownating them now. The present age can find mageuuine parallels in the past. Its ‘position is ade peculiar by First ys by the ins yy three facts: cance to which science has redi sear: - RELIGIOUS. J, Life Worth Living?”—A ‘Remarkable Book by an English Author. existence of Christianity; secondly, the luced the earth; thirdly, the intense self-c a : consciousness that has often developed in the modern world. It is foe zald that a parallel to our present case is, fale ound. in Buddhism. But this is absolutely a ee uddhist. pesiivies is the exact reverse font pth an Bane In short, the life-prob- unanswered ety inotly. a@ newandas yet ink MOREE: AND THE PRIZE OF LIFE, '¢-worth the positive school claim for life is qisentially amoral worth, as its most celebrated f7xPonents explicitly tell us. This means that ne. Contains’ some special prize, to which mo- rality is ‘the only roud, and the value of life gepends on the value of this prize. John tuart Mill, “George Eliot,” and Prof. Huxloy admit that this is a correct ‘way of stating the case. . But’ all this langunge,: as it stands at Present, is too vague to bo of any use to us. The ies in question is to be won in this life, if any- by cre; and must therefore be: more or less lescribable. What, then, is it? Unless it is describable, it cannot be a moral end at all, as a. consideration of the raison d'etre of ail moral systems will show us. The value of the prize must be verifiable by positive methods, and be Yerifiably greater, beyond all‘ comparison, than Jp Tegaris the Catholic Church as tho Only Refuge, and, to Ob- tain It, . There Must Be a Complete Sur- sender of Self and Private Judgment, Freeman, the Murderer of His Child, in a Fit of Religious that of all other prizes. Has such a prize an: ve reul existence? This i cur question ie has ania, never yet been answered properly. and, though two sets of answers have been given it, neither Of them is satisfactory. I shall deal with these two questions in order. Bqmanody As THE FOUNDATION OF MORALITY. @ positive theory is that the health of tho social organism: {s the real foundation of morals. But social health is nothing but the personal health of all the members of the society. It is not happiness itself, but the negative conditions that make Bappiness forall. Still less is social health any high kind of happiness. 1t can only be maintained to be so by supposing either that all kinds of happiness are equally high that do not interfere with others, or that itis only a high kind of happiness that can be shared by-all, both of which upporitions: are false. Thocon- ditions of social health are a moral end only when we ench feel a personal delight in main- taf thom. In this case they supply us with fi -emall - portion of the moral aid’ needed. But this. case is not a possible one. There is, indeed, the natural impulse of sympathy that might tend to make itso. But this is counter- balanced by. the corresponding impulse of sel- fishness; and this impulse of sympathy itself is of very limited power except under. very rare conditions. The conditions of general. happi- ness are far too vague todomore than very slightly excite no enthusiasm. For this purpose there must be some prize before us, of recog nized positive value, more or less definit, and, before all things, tobe enjoyed by us individ: ually. Unless this prize be of great value to be- gin with, its value will not become great because great numbers obtain it; nor until we know what it is do we gain anything by the hope that men. may more completely make it their own in the future. The modern Positive school requires a great general enthusiasm for the general good. They there- fore presuppose an extreme value for tho indi- Ficuel eo |. Our first inquiry must be, there- fore, what the higher individual good is. * ade RoGpsess AS ITS OWN REWARD. | a been said in the foregoing is really admitted by the positive school thenielves, 23 We can learn explicitly from George Eliot in Daniel Deronda,” that the fundamental moral question is, “In what way shull the individual make life pleasant?” And the right way, for the positivists, as for the Christians, is an in- wi way. The moral end isa certain inward state of the heart, and the positivists say it is a suflicient attraction in itself, without any aid persists in the Belief that He™ Obeyed the Divine Command. Prayer-Meeting Attendance—Only One Church-Member in Five Par- ticipates. Services To-Day. THREE SONNETS. L—THE PESSDMIST. Behold this man, and, though I love him not, Jet there is much within his life to wake Qurbearts to pity; for his own soul's sako Curse not the bitter mocking of his lot. Like asnake coiled in some deserted spot, He dwells alone, and, while his heart may ‘break, He scorns to stoop for bounty, or to take ‘Agift from sweeter hands and lives, God wot! Inhis false eyes the world is but a tomb, ‘And men but carrion fit to feast on shame Betwixt the watches of the day and night; . There is no faith, no beauty, and no bloom For him who stands, with blasted hope and fame, Hissing the harmless venom of his spite. IL—THE OPTIMIST. trou happy fool, more blind than they whoso exes. Are veiled with utter darkness; life to thee Jsclear as sunlight shining on a sta, ‘And softer than the lucent blue of skies. i from religion, and the is ‘hy sallow fancy pains theo good end waa “|b uougl es ne thes : support this view Ca ee eer taba Toes | examples, are. useless, because, ough we ; i may get rid of religion fi ‘A bold trth-secker in a world of lies. Torin, there is much that we have not got 2d oF embodied still in the moral end. To test the in- It ha be thine, then love it so; Yet I would rather love my share of pain. ‘Than live thy life and dream thy bollow dreams; trinsic value of the end we must sublimate this religion out of it. For this purpose we will con- sider, first, the three general characteristics of the moral end, viz.: Its inwardness, its impor- tance, and its absolute character. Now, ull these three characteristics can be explaincd by religion; and cannot be explained without it. completely divested ot thom’ he nex: les: y divested of them. The next ques- ‘tion is, Will it be equally attractive then? 2 LOVE AS A TEST OF GOODNESS. ‘And tears are to the soul as tall fo the parched meadows and the sluggish streams. : YIL—THE MATERIALIST. O wise, Frise man, 1 bow before thy face And do thee reverence; for thou art, indeed, light, our and our crced, ; New-born ign truth, sanctified of grace. The positivists sepresont Tove as a thing whose ‘Ab! let me hear thy voice a little space, value is self-dependent, and which glves to life qhat [may grow like unto thee and read @ positive and incalculable worth. But this any knowledge, which is bounteous—as a weed . Buppesods fo" Der true, nt. one’ form it creeps and coils it garden- " , 16 Vel o) ae ant about some garden-place. | iy, ‘supposed to" hold good of vail other forms. Tho right form depends on the conformity of each of the’ lovers to a certain in- ward standard, as we can see exemplitied in the case of Othello and Desdemona, ete. The kind and not the degree of love is what gives love its special value, and the selection of kind can be neither made nor justified on positive princi- ples, as quotations from Théo; ile Gautier will Bhow us, which are su) by many to em- body the true view of love. According to this view, purity is simply a disease both in man and woman, or at any rate no merit. - If love is to be a moral end, this view must be absolutely con- demned. But positivism cannot condemn it, or support. the sePnosit view, as we shall ig to ‘The ai the soull!—what empty words are ese si Enowesk len net for they are light as ~_ foam ‘Wind-tossed upon a moon-fllumined sca. And yet, ah! knave and braggart, on thy knecs, ee art the curse of men, and no man’s home ould ever serve to shelter thine or thee} GrorGE Epcar MoxrcoMERy. PRAYER-MEETINGS. ~AVERAGE ATTENDANCE AT CHURCHES. For sévéral weeks past the Alliance has een making comparative studies of the at- tendance at the prayer-meetings at the prin- cipal churches, with the following result: ‘METHODIST. ‘Wabash Avenue..... 73/Park Avenuo . Trinity. gee by recui ‘rof. Huxley’s argument, which will show us that all moral language as applied to love is either distinctly religious or else altogether ludicrdus, for it is clearly only on moral grounds that we'can give that blame to |. vice which is the measure of the praise we give to virtue. The misery of the form depends on- religious snietpatione, and so does also the blessedness of the latter, as we can sec in nu- merous literary expressions of it. Positivism, by destroying these anticipations, changes the whole character of the love in question, and pre- vents love from supplying us with any moral standard. The loss sustained by love will indi- cate the general Joss sustained by life. LIFE AS ITS OWN REWARD. ‘We must now examine what will be the prac- tical results on life in general of the loss just in- dicated. To do this, we will take life as reflected in the mirror’ of the t dramatic art of the world, and this will show us how the moral judgment is the chief faculty to which all that is great or intense in this art appeals. We shall see this, for instance, in “ Macbeth,” in “ Ham- let,” in “ Antigone,” in “ Measure for Measure,” and in “ faust,” and also in degraded art just as well as in sublime art; in profligate and cynical art, such. as Col ye's; and in concupiscent art, such. as “Mademoiselle de Maupin,” or 57. 88 made on pleasant even- ings under the most favorable circumstances. its accuracy is euarant i 38 J teed. ‘The such works as that of Meursius, or the worst hopes there Will be no fos aisioe eae | scenes in. Petronius.. ‘The supernatural moral ats numbering of the people. It was under- | Judgmentis tho chief thing everywhere. Take! way this Judgment, and art loses all its strange interest;.and so it will be with life. The moral landscape will be ruined. Even the mere sensu- ous joy of liv: in health will grow duiler, nor will the devotion to truth for its own sake, which is the last ‘refuge of the positivists when in despair. For this last has no meaning whatever, except asa form of conercte theism. The reverence for Nature is but another form of the devotion to truth, and its only possible meaning is equally theistic. Thus ail the higher resources of posi- tivism fall togother, and the highest positive value of life would be something leas than its present value. ‘THE SUPERSTITION OF POSITIVISM. taken with a view of givi i i - tion about the average atichdatice of church: members upon : their prayer-meetings, and aid 2 desire to find the cause of the neglect in a wish to secure a change. Appended is. a able of the svariizes obtained, leaving out of le count some of the churches in which ee numbers were phenomenally ease of the inherent probability that local tendance, ‘The menbertie 4 enc Ae 5 shi ii i stances taken from last year’s records: = Member- Attend- Aver- connect automatic, Thus all external cause of 80. and that, in ‘what of question of consciousness and will. We nothing but an automaton. tomect the‘ question, effort to confuse it. Twi very forcibly shows us. botn ways. But this What they really mean tion of consciousness wit! as to that, they can give no answer. moral value of life does. will warrant the same footing. First. ance. age. Fourth Presbpistian as 21] rom what we have just seen, the visionary Wabash Avenue M. E.. 308 % 22-1 character of the positivist, conception of prog- Leavitt Street Cong’ni 18 25 | reas becomes evident. Its object is far more Western Avenue Si. E. 9 0 3 | Fiainly an illusion than the Christian Heaven. resbyteri¢n.. hs a5 3.4 | ‘All the objections urged aguist the latter apply Christ Reformed £. "27. 25 3.7 | With far more force to the former. Asa matter Second Baptist 270 159 4 | Of fact, there is no possible object suf- t Congresational.. Tey 3 41] Gient to start the enthusinsm required Grace ME.” 1183 238 41) by the — posttivists. To make the Second Presbyt E i 43 | required enthusiasm possible, human_nature - Union Park Gong'ul. & 155 45 | ould have to be completely changed. Two ex- Park Avenue Meee, 2S 130 5.1 | Jsting qualities, for instance, would have to be inity M. E x 5 5.7 | magnified to an'impossible extent,—imagination United Presty Een a 6 | dnd unselfishness. If we state the positive New England Cor 14 20 & | System in terms of common life. its vis- Presbyterians. 445 6 7 | fonary character becomes evident. ‘The exam- Centenary. a 9% 8 | ples which buve suggested its possibility are Tt will * ia I | Quite misleading. The positive system is really be seen by the figures that one far more ‘Based on superstition than any ro- church-member. i k arance cau only be accounted prayermecting, 12 "ve attends the weekly | Veter. i bbbscters and clreuinstances of tts for by the charactei 1s —— originators, and. & consideration of these aru E & 1 imal LIFE WORTH LIVING ? | Py hud will let us see that its only practical ten: just WERE Is A REMARKABLE BOOK, dency is to deaden all our present interests, not a eae from the press, which is exciting Great deal of discussion in Europe and this to create any new ones. a * THE PRACTICAL PROSPECT. ountry among the religious and non-re- It {s not contended that the prospect just de- scribed will, as a fact, ever be realized, but only’ ligions Py & Lite aes Atisentitled “Is Life Worth | that it will ‘be realized, if certain other pros” Matlock, a is the work of William I. | pects are realized, which prospects May, ‘or may s author of “The New Republic,” | 9 visionary, but the pr iti ; i hich is already begun, and also the other, re- and other writings. ‘This new work is oneof | guits that have been described already. Post. ee Temarkable contributions to the a prineiples have ison Produced = motel vi: Z iit ve in laces Mais of the unknowable in the religious | {ast imagine it, as we shall ceo if wo pierce be- neath the surface in the curious condition of men who have lost faith, but have retained the when eand the hereafter, and one of the most Temarkableanalysesof the motives that affect in hi ‘i . ll hard, : auugorem man in his relations tomoral con- | {2¥° See ee er celsion. ik i harder and his Maker, and of what constitutes | now. | Conscience | still survives, but sat has lost its restraining power. tation almost inevitably dethrones it, and its full prestige can never be recovered. -It can do nothing but deplore; it cannot remedy. In. such cases the mind's decadence has begun, and its symptoms are self-repronch, life-weari- hess, and indifference. The class of men to whom this upplies is increasing, and they are the true representatives of the work of positive thought. It is hard to realize this ominous fact. but by looking steadily and dispassionately at the characteristics of the present epoch we may Jearn to doso. We shall sce that the opinions happiness, nuorality, , goodness, etc., that has Tecently challenged public attention. It is arly well written, carefully worded, a. With moderation of statement and it ee of argument antagonizes the views here Tyndall, Spencer, Mill, and the ah, chiefs of the positivist and utilitarian ols with an audacity and directness Which are permissible to a man of Mallock’s Searching logi P ‘ gicand thorough erasp of” the | jew forming will have a weight and power that syblect. The work being, ne of the sensa- | Bo irons ever nad before,and thelr tenden- onder, the year in lous poleimics, in | cy,as yet latent, towards pessimism is, there- vi ler to enable the reader to get a bird’s-eye | fore, most momentous. If itis tobe cured it lew of the writer’s argument, and .asum- | must be faced. It takes the Tonnup? a pupeneseed, Uy of his premises and conclusions, the | longing tor the rev plone folly ae es toes ae Wing compact condensation is printed: ae een te itectly. tis felt even by men of jence. But the longingseems fruitless. This see tfon Is in fact shared ‘by the believers, and is even authoritatively recognized by Cathol- icism. The great question for the world now, and the ono on which its. whole future depends, ia, will the lost faith ever be recovered? The answer to this will probably have to be decisive, one way or the other. 4 THE LOGIC OF SCIENTIFIC NEGATION. What gives the denials of positivism their gen- eral weight is the impression that they rel resent Thi THE NEW IMPORT OF THE QUESTION. but it question may seem vague and uscless; that it we Consider its real meaning we shall seo atitisnotso. In this present day it has ac~ ere enew importunce. It does not question of fgtof human happiness and the permanence ts basis: for what we call the higher hap- hor he essentially a complex thing. We can- Wave Sure that al} its elements are permanent. its elements it has been de- ithout certain of by the wisest men to be valueless, and it erpigeisely the elements in question that mod- thethought is climinating. It is contended that Ve often been eliminated before, and ¥et the worth of life has not suffered. moi Freres beat upon all religion; tho later only first two bear upon difficulties common. to both: existence of evil; secon and God's free will. one and all accept. but at the same assent to our own moral nature. we must meet in the same way. THE HUMAN RACE AND REVELATION. belly bitter, but it shall tl Should the intellect of the world return to | sweet ashoney.’ And I took thestle book: theism, will it ever again acknowledge a special | out of the angel’s handiand eat ¢UP. And revelation? We can seo that this is an urgent | he said unto me, ‘ Thou must pi hesy again question by many goneral considerations, es- | before many peoples, and /ations, and pecially the career of Frotestantiem. {és visi- | tongues, am kings” He ¢fns that the byjevaporating rpm a mere pafural tole, | Seriplues are now fulfilled, patty the lint |, as such, is los ining power in | PeTBLt i thoworld. Whee, thom, ehall wero Yor a | lig child throws on them is ¢ the light they revelation? Notinany of the Eastern creeds. ‘The claims of the Roman Church are the only ones worth considering. Her position is abso- lutely distinct from that’ of Protestantism, and she is not involved in its fall. In theory she 1s all that the enlightened world cout quire. The is, on! uestion so in Pructiog? Ns ‘This cess is simply the old mystery of through her infinit charity she does nothing increase that difficulty. The value of her ortho- doxy is analogous to the value of true physical science, All should try to learn the: value of Sane who eat, But we do roe fondemn oe who cannot. ver amo! olics gene! vy a - . no recondite theological knowledge istequired: | ‘The Free Bytists,in North Carolina num- ‘The facts of the Catholic religion are simple. | her about 22,9 of whom 7,000 are colored. Theology is the complex scientific explanation Cee ae of them, Catholicism is misunderstood, because | ‘ The Cons@Rationalists, of Massachysetts the outside world confuses with’ its ‘religion, rst, the complex explanations of it; second, matters of discipline and practical rules; third, : the pious opinions or. the scicntific errors or The Ptimore Methodists contemplate the none o! private persons or particular. epochs, which really are any integral partof the Church. Neither are the peculiar exaggerations of moral feeling that hnve been prevalent at differcnt Church theoretically is a Hiving, She is, in sense of mankind or- and developed under a supernatural growing, self-ndaptin i frowing, self-adapting organismn. eel the growing sour gene ganized tutelage. UNIVERSAL HISTORY AND THE CUMIMS OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. - We must now consider the Church in relation to history and extornal historical criticism: First, the history of Christianity; second, thes and history of other religions. Criticism has robbed sed interng the Bible of nearly ull the suppo: ovidences of its supernatural character. It h# traced the chief Christian dogmas to non-Ch#- | to be Freatly embarrassed. They recently ee sources, It bas shown it ie historie, of apy ed to the Afinistes of Aworstilp for State otherreligions are strangely analagous id, wl as Tt onthe groun Sasey af Gh tac aad SMAGLGetie | NE Sato asad these discoveries are fatal. But they, #@ not fatal to Catholicism, whose attitude to bétory is The Alliance tells good story on a West made utterly indifferent by the doctrke of the tual The Batholie Church teaches us to beliew the Bible for her sake, not her for the Bibley; and, even exited: in some form elsewhere, they become new revelations to us, by her supernatural selectjia of thom. Church is a living organispy forever selecting Sh noriment even from ¢ the wisdom: of ker bitterest cnemics. far os they have pro- All false revelations, in rom the Catia Ne infallibility of the Choch. though her dogmas may have and assimilating fres! amo. fessed to be infallible arc, standpoil bortive atholicisms. Catholicism. sear epeinadied in the same attomptin which they have failed. BELIEF AND WILL. ‘The aim of this book has been to clear the nature, and the prop: Jof regarding him, from the confusion at eroek surrounding it, and to show that the an- rest, not on outer evidence, ‘on his own wid, if he haye a wil great question as to man’s swer will final, on himself ant PIOUS INSANITY. ‘THE HALLUCINATIONS OF FREEMAN, THE SLAYER OF HIS CHILD. Boston Advertiser. Mr. Freeman, at the close of the hearing at | which he was adjudged insane, shook hands with quite a number of his friends in the court-room, and was then conducted back to jail. He expressed himself as being satisfied With the result of the hearing, and will be glad to change his present quarters for some- more comfortable, if it is soos will He was very careful, however, not to acknowl- 7 ‘the sanettt th edge by the slightest concession that he con- the outrage of violating etey of the sidered himself insane in the least, but, if he was to go to an asylum, he. rather preferred Danvers, as being near his early home. et am not insane because they say so,” he said, * and I would stay here for years ratherthan to admit in any way that I had done anything wrong or that Iam insane. If lam convicted of insanity, the Bible must be shut up.” He by thi of eee ney ae Pp oraicand historical ae | regards the doctors who testified as to his insanity with kindly feelings, mingled, how- ever, with something of pity that such good men should be so deluded. His sublime exaltation is beyond all conception. He of Truth, in his existence with Christ, and he believes his body 1s immortal. “ Jt is time now for the spirit of Truth,” he says, “ the third part of the Trinity. Up to this time Father and Son only have been known. Iam the spirit of Truth.” “I rep- resent Christ in all His parts, prophet, priest, and king.” ‘‘ I ain the elder brother referred to in Romans.” ‘It has been prophesied that all shall be gathered into one; that is me.” “I have a dual nature; both Christ and man is represented in me the son of man onearth.” ‘ All good is represented by one I am that person.” , “I am the Christ's teach- ings are perfected in me.” “My wife andme first persons who have ever step- ped into the kingdom of God; the Bible is of no more use for us; we have fulfilled it; we are saved and cannot be lost. I feel surethat our names will’be honored above any other “ We are door and u Speak- ing with reference to Dr. Folsom’s testim the spirit thinks he is a being parallel person, and mt result of Christ’s teachings; are the two name except Jesus.” everybody must enter through us. i in which allusion was made mane bellek ichael, he cern—having evidently testimony—as to how -that he was the angel Michael. Doctor ever seen him?” he asked; with whom science prefers to destroy natural reli, 7 don of tmind with mutters: Binet megs ee ite BT zBuction of in brain; ‘secon S ie living. organisms fi 3 matter; third, making this material evolution nal proofs are ae- ‘sim: xternal proof is declared to be: the Dost bast oe reality, and therefore all religion is set down as 2° dream} but we believe that proof i2 the test of reality, not because it is proved to be so, but be- f the authority of those who tell us But it will be found that these men do_ not . understand © soir . own princi they consider most important conclusions, they. em |- ip eects it. One or the othen, homme, eir opinions is worthless,—their denial of religion or their affirmation of morality. But we i shi see this more clearly in §onsidering the shall see Thole it, a3 far as science can inform us, man is But the school are afraid to admit this, and, not daring ae pak ea desherate lems r inthe matter: First, How is brain aetan cee nected with consciousness? Second, Is the con- sciousness that is connected with it sometimes separable from and independent of it? The first of these problems kas no pearing. atall on any it neither, as Dr. Tindall’s ‘Beatmont of the subject nd -Dr. dal, in this way,is a perfect representative ot the whole modern positive school. Let us compare the molecules of the brain to the six moving bil- jard-balls. The question is, Are these move- ments due to the stroke of one cue or of two? Tho sitive school profess to answer this question rofession is. nonsense, is, first, that the connec- h matter is am; sterys jecont that, as to whether consciousness: is .whol- ly a materinl thing or no, they will give no answer. But why are they in this state of suspense?. Though their system does not in the least require the hypothesis of an immaterial clement in consciousness, they see that the ‘The same reasons that their saying it may exist will con- strain them to say it must. Physical science, with its proofs, can say nothing in the matter either as to will, immortality, or God; but, on the other hand, it will force us, if we believe in will, to admit the reality of miracles. So far as science goes, morality and religion are both on MORALITY AND NATURAL THEISM. Supposing science not to be inconsistent with theism, may not theism be inconsistent with mo- rality? It seems to be so, but it is no more so than morality with itself. There are two First, the id, man’s free. will James Mill’s statement of the case represents the popular anti-religious grpumentsy but bis way of putting the case is full of distortion and exaggeration, though cer- tain of the difficulties he pointed out were real, aud those we cannot explain away. But, if we ure to believe in our moral being at all, we must We can escape from them by none of the rationalistic substitutes for re- ligion. A similar difficulty is the freedom of the will, This belief is an intellectual impossibility, ie amoral necessity. It is typical of all the difficulties strengant on an . The vaguer difficulties that nEped! to the moral imagination re- briny to. dit by us . = feulties. "First; the partial success -of her revelation, and her supposed condemnation of tho virtues of unbeliovers. But her partiat suc- She hascuther hair of evil, and Tho. but ony, ‘Tee- that he was the archangel showed considerable misunderstood : the the Doctor knew “Has the “does he know how he looks?” And then straight- ening himsett up and lousy we gendcmalt he was talking straight in the g7e, he, said, grandly: “Tam the arch ‘ichael. 4 ‘These expressions of his, which were ally used in calm and unextited conversation, | the strictest type of Lutheranism eon- actu- on special revelations. Natural religion Is the | illustrate his conception of the nature i Bey ep cs mmmortality, and the pos- | own existence. Nothing is simulated, ies generally. Physical | speaks with a frankness and earnestness that leaves no-.doubt about the perfect genuin doef his beliefs. That a man so intellipert on-other points, so pleasant and natural in his actions and in his general conversation, is so utterly ‘ci as ‘he is is almost beyond even the im: tion of one who is not fa- miliar with the insane hallucinations of a lunatic, , Shortly. after the arrest, Freeman was visited in his cell by.a clergyman who came to administer to him the consolations of religion. . In relating the incident to a friend, Freeman expressed considerable in- dignation. “The idea,”. hegsaid,- “that he should visit me as he did! I%m so far ahead of him in religious progress ‘that we are no more tobe compared than the Mississippi and a rivulet.” f Freeman feels no remorse that he killed his child, and has no consciousness of hat done. any wrong. He would have preferre that his case ‘had been heard before a jury. “Why,” said he, “I could convince any jury that I stand on top of Mount Zion, that T hold the keys of Heaven, and that I was but obey- ing God’s command. -Any man who knows Charlie Freeman knows that he would never murder anybody.” In regard to the tragedy, speaking without the slightest show of emo- moral or religious question, insolubl Te Teaves "us not fa. doubt “but in igac: | tion, he said: “feel perfectly justified. panies. the doubt ‘and the religious question | feel that I have done my duty. I would not is connee solely with the second probiem, tu | have her back. I am not disturbed about the whion thore iro wo alternativo solutions, and | matter; I have trusted God just as far as pos- §0 confused that it will accept | sible. The work is mine, the result is His. Whom He has called He will justify, and those He justifies: He will wlorifes andit is only a work of time. Iwant tosee the end come, that the world may sce that there isa God in Israel.” |_When- questioned in regard to his view of his relation to law, he said: “I. ought to obey God rather than man. Itisin accordance with my views that we should abide by the common Jaws as _a general rule, and it isnot in accordance with Christianity to break human laws._I qualify that by say- ing, that God has special laws in Ilis plans.” fe then, a man decides to act contrary to-the laws of. man from what he considers just motives,.is he instified by the law of God?” was asked. -“ Yes,” replied Freeman, “of course he is, I not only broke the high- est law of Nature, but the law of man, in ac- cordance with what J believed to be the will of God.” ‘Do you believe now that you act- ed in accordance with the law of God?” “Certainly Ido. If Thad not had so much supernatural evidence-I should nothavebeen here.” As to the reliability of the supernat- ural evidence, which comes to him in visions and in various signs, Mr. Freeman has not the slightest doubt. “Why,” said he, “it is just as I look at you now and think Isee you. it may be an optical‘illusion, but if I feel, smell, and touch you and you strike back, am convinced.” Freeman thinks that he and his wife have passed through the “baptisin of fire,” as he terms it, which is the third state in the Chris, tian pro} Their entrance to this stat was through the sacrifice of their chil Revelation x., 8—11, he says, refers to him, the “little book” mentioned is his little! ‘The verses referred to are; “And the y* which I heard from Heaven spoke unto? again, and said, ‘Go and take the little’0° avhich is open in the hand of the ange} pang I went unto the angel and said uy 2m, ‘Give me the little book.’ And he s-, unto on | sno fake it and eat it up, and it shalpake thy be in mouth will receive hereafter. * —/ ‘Mrs. Freeman is. regard! by experts: as being nearly, if not quiteS Insane as her husband. She shares in, exaltation and holds the same beliefs 063. UL Te- -d to the tragedy she 77 S4YS: whys if Paid not believe it was; dered SE GOR, anne should Ido?. Eshoul?yeccived from God obedience to a.comm: fulte short, has Genbed. s, and has discarded to wear culls and Cond articles of personal adornment. GENRAL NOTES. to have 528 c}itches, 655 ministers, anda church members’? Of 91,787. ae establisment of- a Cenfenary Biblical. In- stitutg0F the education f the: colored peo~ ple. ** : Italian Government sequestrated and sols between 1861 and September, 1879, 130,- sylots of church property, for which it re~ olved 546,472,481 lire. “The Catholic Diocese of Ottawa, Can., is to be erected into an archdiocese. The new ‘province will be known as that of Ontario, the suffragans’ will be Bishops of Hull and Pembroke. ‘The few Old Catholics in Austria are said Side Presbyterian preacher, who recently de- livered a “ powerful” sermon on the Sunday papers. While detailing their alleged iniqui- ties, he remarked, ‘ Why, this very mornin, Tread in one of them a disgraceful scandal. Inthe British army there are 100,000 men who declare themselves to be members of some religious denomination. Of these, ee 860 are returned as belonging to the Church of England, 7,125 are Presbyterians, 3,985 Wesleyan and other Protestants, and 20,873 are returned as Roman Catholics. About one-fifteenth of the Catholic pop- ulation of this country is taught in Catholic schools, or upward of 405.000, Of this num- der of scholars 33.495 are in 88 schools in New York, and 23,085 in 158 schools in Newark. There are 140 Catholic: schools in Cincinnati, with 25,406 scholars, but only 16 schools in Boston. . The American Committee on the revision of the Bible have completed the second re- vision of the Apocalypse, all the rest of the New Testament havmg been previously fin- ished. - It is proposed to publish the revised edition of the New Testament next year, in commemoration of the fifth centennial of the Wyckiliffe translation. The London Christicn, Heragl has ex- plained the cause of the Tay “beter to its own satisfaction. Itsays: ‘The catastrophe at Dundee may be regarded as a judginentof the Almighty upon those who, in a land of Sabbath observance like Scotland, commit parts Day by unnecessary railway travel- .” \ The Young Men’s Christian Association has arranged for the next lecture in their course, and it will be delivered Thursday evening, Feb. 12, in Lower Farwell Hall, by Prof. F. W. Fisk, of the Union Park Theo- Jogical Semina His subject will be “The Relation of Character to Success.”, Tickets admitting ladies and gentlemen can be ob- tained free at the office of Y.M.C.A., 150 Madison street. Dr. D. S. Gregory, President of Lake Forest University, will deliver another lecture this afternoon ‘in Farwell Hall at 4:30 on “Matthew’s Gospel.” A large audience was present on last Sunday, and the lecture was highly commended. A pleasant feature in connection with these lectures is the song service of half an hour preceding the dis- course. Prof. KF. B. Williams and-the Bliss choir will lead. é Elder Rounds, pastor of an Advent church at Portsmouth, N. H., has completed a chart 260 feet long, on. ‘which is the result of seven years of hard figuring. It proves conclu- sively, he says, that Christ will come in Sep- tember, 1881, and remain a thousand years, during which time “all nations will be con- verted, and at the end of that time the world will be destroyed and rebuilt, and we reign forever in Paradise.” Bishop Littlejohn, of the Diocese of Long Island, has prohibited the Rev. J. W. Sparks, an English clergyman, from conducting serv- ices for a small congregation of about seyen- ty-five persons, composed. principally’ of. se- ceders from St. Luke’s Church, in Clinton avenue. Brooklyn. Mr. Sparks is an ultra Ifigh-Churchman who ofticiated as acting Rector of St. Luke’s Church during the feeble health of its Rector, Dr. Afiller. The newly-founded Welsh mission on the Congo River is making encouraging progress in afl its operations. It was started only a few months ago, with five missionaries. Now the arrival of three new missionaries is yeported, while 2 fourth, who returned to get well'of an accidental shot, is about to start away again. This mission is yndenom- jnational, and intends to work among col- ored people who have never yet been evan- gelized. Mtns i ars thata new question for contro- versy has risen in the Lutheran Synodical Conference. It is charged that the publica- € allied to Roman Catholicisn, are teaching the Calvinistic doctrine of predestination. Prof. Schmidt, of the Norwegian Lutheran Semi- nary, at Madison, Wis., has began the pub- lication of a monthiy theolegicaf review for the purpose of combating this new teaching. ‘The following statistics.of an English Bishop’s work for a year ar given to. show that their position. is not-altozether one of @ase: Sermons preached, 89; clergy or- dained, 50; churches consecrated, 4; church- yards consecrated, 2; churthes opened, 23; confirmations held, 63; canaidates confirmed, 211; speeches at public meetings, 40; other addresses given, 152; committee: meetin; attended, 46; interviews, 474; letters received, gees letters answered ‘with his own hand; A religious journal of Cémo, the Oderie, says that the Pope has excommunicated M. £o Taxil, a French writer well known for his ultra-radical opinions. This sentency is grounded on the publication of-a wox In which M. Taxil “vehemently attacks sWeral dogmas affirmed by the Councils, anddenies the Divine mysteries which form theoasis of the Catholic religion.” M._Taxil@as also sent his book to the Holy Fatherwith the following dedication; “To M. Pccl, called Léo, No. 13, with most sincere wihes for the early and definit downfall of 2° Papacy, ta Léo Taxil, baptized in site of him- The quarrel which has so ong agitated the Presbytery of Brooklyn -#S broken out -anew in two or three new foms and places, and several of the brethren ¢@ again throw- ing ecclesiastical brick-bat at each other. ‘The unpleasantness takes t? Shape of news- paper statements and cditer-statements, and of pamphlets the read of which is cal- culated to engender sfitual dyspepsia. About two-score of thrbrethren seem posed to sever themselys, from the rest jor else to turn the others/ut, The indicati are that if this sort ofperfect blessedni allowed to continy, having full sway the Presbytery will be4S greatly disintegrated as was feline sv-ety in the devastatipn which resulted #42 the discussion in kenny. jatar The ‘in the First Reformed Pres- py StaPlen of Pittsbure goes on brave- ly. The Fesbytery has decided that second-hand experience that it is in their nbwrer, our seeund guess 15, Locause Woy nd guess ecause ar not—Boston Transcript.” ° hard-shell Baptist preacher was onan labama River ‘steamer in the old days of ing. The Captain, seeing a rival boat half a mile ahead, began to cu and ordered tar, pine-knots, bacen, etc., to thrown in, to kindle the fire as hot 2s possible; and, as the steam Bot higher and higher, the fatalistic preacher e ged hls way farther back on deck. ‘The jolly Captain seeing this, tapped him on the shoulder and said: ““ Hallo, Brother H.! T thought you was one of them fellers what beeves that what is to happen will happen.” f So i“ fo,7 sae the Drexel er, “but Pd like o be as near the stern as i toe ts pen? ; possible when it A Kentucky preacher -rose rc, J opened the Bible. ‘The first eet sn his eye happened to be, “the voice of the turtle shall be heard in the land.” Breth- ren,” said he, “at first sight one would think there wasinot much in this text, but, on a little consideration, you will see there's a grea t deal init, Now, you all know what a turtle is. “If you’ve been along by a pond; you have seen them sitting on a log sunning themselves. Now, it .is said, ‘ the voice o: the turtle shall be heard in the land.’ But the turtle hasn’t any voice that anybody ever heard, so it: must be the noise he makes in plunging off the log into the water. Hence, Wwe must conclude that immersion is meant, and that immersion will-become universal.” Two young men were chums and intimate friends in college. .One became a Baptist minister, the other an Episcopalian. They did not meet again for years. When they did, it was in ‘the pulpit of the Baptist, for whom the Episcopalian preached tothe great satisfaction of the congregation. Sermon over, the two divines ducked their heads be- hind the breastwork of the preaching desk and held the following colloquy: “ Fine ser- mon, Tom; much oblized. ~ Sorry I can’t re- pay your kindness for preaching by asking you stay to our communion. Can’t, though, you know, because you have never been baptized.” “0, don’t concern yourself about that, Jim. I couldn’t receive the.com- Grace Church, corner North La Salle and White streets, at 10:50 a.m. and:7:30 p.m. Morning subject: “ A Secret of Spiritual Prosperitics.* Evening subject: “ Barriers Against Infidelity.” —The Rev. M. V. Clute will preach in the Free Church, corner May and Fulton streets, morning andevening. . —The Rey: G. R. Van Horne will preach in the Michigan Avenue Church, near Thirty-second street, ut 1 a. m. and 7:30 p.m. Morni subject: God's Jewels.” Evening sublet “A Manly Christianity.” —The Rev. R: B. Pope will preach in Trinit Church, Indiana avenue, ne ‘Twenty-fouree atrect, at 10:45 a m. and 7:30 p.m. PRESBYTERIAN. The Rev. Honry T. Miller will preach in the Sixth Church, corner of Vincennes and Oak ay- enues, at 10:30 a. m. and 7:30 p.m. Morning sub- ject: “The Church—Ingersollism.” Eycning subject: “A Cry that Reaches Heaven.” —The Rey. Arthur Swazey will preach in the Forty-first Street Church at 10:45 a. m. —The Rev. H. M.Collisson' will preach in the Fullerton Avenue Church, near North Clark street, at 10:30 2. m. and 7:30 p. m. Chuireh, corner Michigan avenue aud Tweatiecs by or Michi; ayenuo an entic street, at 10:45 a. m. and 7:30 p.m. ete —The Rov. Arthur Mitchell will preach in the First Church, corner Indiana avenue and Twer- ty-first street, at 10:30 a. m., and in the Railroad pas ae ‘715 State street, at 7:45 p. m. —The Rev. A. E. Kittredge will preach in the ‘Third Church, corner Ashland and Ogden ave~ nues, at 10:30 u. m., and 7:30 p.m. Evening sub- ject: “The Parable of the Mustard Seed.” —The Rev. R. M. Hatfield willpreach in the Fourth Chure corner Rush and Superior streets, at 10:45 a. m., and 7:45 p. ™m. Forehe Hey. D. S. Gregory, ‘Frosident of Lake xorest University, will preach in the Jefferson ‘ark Church, corner Throop and Adams strecta, at 10:30 a. m.'and 7:30 p. m. ~The Rev. E. N. Barrett, will preack in West- minster Church, corner ‘Jackson and Peoria subjects “The Goud Shepuera?- fb Shepherd.” Evening sub- ject: “Yokes—Christ’s and the Devire Bape Usm of children in the morning. —The Rev. J.M. Worrall will preach in the Eighth Church, corner’ West. Washington and Rot ey Streets. moraine, aud. evening. —T James Macktughlan will preach the Scotch Church, corner Sangamon and Minn streets, morning andevening. Morning subject: Col. rolls eg Tom Paine.” ev. W. S. Meloy will preach in tl United Church, corner ‘Monroe’ and ‘paullne munion at your han quunion at yORy ids, as you have never ie Rey. Nev; Woodside has no business to ‘ev. Nevhe church, and that he shall not ift his ce there to exhort sinners to re- pentar;, They have further ordered that the Rv Mr. Brownell shall preach there to- day pad of Mr. Woodside. - Mr. Wood- si de! ‘aims to have been elected pastor of the chych, and he has a strong party support- fphim. This party declare that he shalt pach, and he agrees to 7on a previous occasion. try his hand at it, It will be remem- vered that a few weeks ago he and another gentleman undertook to preach at the same time in this church. Psalmn-books and Bibles were freely used as missiles by the congrega- tion who took part in the services which grew out of this twin attempt at sermonizing. itis said that a new supply of these useful weapons has been ordered. - Mr. Brownell declares that he will risk his life in the: at- tempt to preach, if necessary. For the out- side world to tell which of the contending parties is in-the right, is next _to impossible. ut it is safe to say that Old Satan will stand at the door of the church to-day, and, if there be a conflict, look on with approving satisfac- tion and delighted smile. : THE PACIFIC GARDEN MISSION, which has been carrying on a good work in the rooms formerly occupied as a concert- saloon at the corner of Clark and Van Buren streets, has issued an appeal calling for work- ers in this fruitful field. The mission has been successful beyond all anticipation, but there is great need of willin; workers who will take hold with a wi From five to twenty outeasts come in every night and make efforts to reform. Employ- ment has been found, free of charge, for many a poor devil who, but for. this timely aid, would have gone still farther on the downward path. ‘The mission authorizes no one to solicit contributions, but does not dis- courage donations by any means when sent to the Secretary, Mr. M. Fortune. Regular services are held each evening, except Wednesday, at 7:30 p.m. Special services for women are held'Tuesdays and Fridays at 3p. m. Sundays there is a meeting for young converts at 12:30 and a Sunday-school at Pp. m. TOTAL DEPRAVITY. ‘To the Editor of The Chicago ‘Tribune. Oax Park, Feb. 7—Why do John Foster and H. L. Hammond use the phrase “total depravity” when they evidently mean par- tial depravity ? That allmen are partially depraved is evident.. That no man is totally depraved is equally evident. If all writers: would use. the words which strictly convey their meaning there would be no need of explanation. That total depravity in its strictest sense was by our fathers understood to be a fundamental doc- 4rine of the Orthodox Church does not ad- fit of a doubt. Because that doctrine can- not be sustained efforts are now made to ex- plain it to mean something else. . LaYstan. PERSONALS. . “Church, Wabash avenue, near Sixteenth street, SERVICES TO-DAY. ~~. aes EPISCOPAL. Cathedral SS. Peter and Paul, West Washing- ton and Peoria streets, the Rt.-Rev. William E. McLaren, S. T. D.; the Rev. J. H. Knowles, priest in charge. Holy Communion at 8 a.m. Chornl morning prayer and Holy Communion at 10:30 a. m. Evening prayer at 7:30 p. m. Sunday- school and children’s service at 3 p. m. —The Rev. George C. Street will officiatein St. James’ Church, corner Cass and Huron streets, at 10:45 a.m. and 7:45 p. m. Holy Com- munion at 8a. m. | —The Rt.-Rey. William E. McLaren will of- ficiate in Trinity Church, corner Michigan ave- nue and Twenty-sixth street, at{10:45 a.m. No eveningservice. * . —The Rev. William E. Knowlton will officiate in St. Andrew’s Church, corner Washington and Robey streets, at 10:30 8. m. and 4p. m. * —Services will be held in St. Ansgarius’ Church, Sedgwick street, near Chicago avenue, at 10:30 gm. and 7:30 p. m. —tThe Rev. Clinton Locke will officiate in Grace at lla. m. and 7:30p. m. Holy Communion at 8a.m- —Services will be held in the Church of the Holy Communion, Dearborn street, near Thir- tieth, morning and evening. —The Rey. Charles Stanley Lester will officiate in St. Paul's Church, Hyde Park avenue, be- twoen Forty-ninth and Fiftieth strects, at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p.m. —The Rey. Arthur Ritchie will preach in the Church of the Ascension, corner North La Salle and Elm streets, morning and evening. Holy Communion at 8 a. m. —The Rev. B. F. Fleetwood will officiate Ja St. Mark's Church, corner Cottage -Grove avenuo ‘and Thirty-sixth street, at 10:30 a. m and 7:30 p.m. ‘The Rey. Luther Pardee will offelate in Cal- y Church, Warren avenue, near Western, at a.m.and 7:90 p. m. Holy Communion at and 11:30 a. m- ‘ —The Rev. T. N. Morrison, Jr. will officiate in the Church of the Epiphany, Taroop street, bo- ‘tween Monroe and Adams, at 10:30 a. m. and 7:30 ‘Holy Communion at 7:30 a. m. '—The Rev. W. J. Petrie will officinte in the Church of Our Savior, corner Lincoin and Bel- den avenues, af 11 a. i, and 7:45 p- 5 —Services will be heid in St. Luke's Mission, corner Taylor street and Western avenue, at 10:45 a.m, —The Rev. J. D. Cowan will officiate in St. Stepheu’s Churoh, Junusyon street, between Tay- Jor and ‘Twelfth, at 10:50 a, m. ‘snd 7:30 p. m. Holy Communion in the morning. 12 ‘The Rev. T. L Holcomb will officiate in St. “Mark's Church, Evanston, at “10:45 a. m. and 7:30 p.m. i et BAPTIST. ‘The Rev. N. F. Ravlin will preach in the Og- den Avenue Mission, No. 431 Ogdon avenue, morning and evening, —The Rey. John Peddie will preach in the Second Church, corner of Morgan and West Monroe streets, at Il a.m. and 7:30p.m. —tThe Rev. James Paterson will preach in the Michigan Avenue Church, near ‘Twenty-third , at 10:30 a. m. * —The Rev. E. B. Hulbert will preach in the Fourth Chureh, corner of West Washington and Bishop Stevens, of Pennsylvania, has suf- ficiently recovered to resume his episcopal duties. ' It is more than likely that the Free Presby- terians of Glasgow will investigate -Prof. Candlish for alleged heresy. d Father Curci, who is living in retirement at Naples, has written a preface to a new Italian translation of the New Testament. -The Rev. S. M. Freeland, of the Tompkins ‘Avenue Congregational Church, Brooklyn, recently resigned because the Trustees wished to cut down his salary $1,000. The Rey. C. P. Miller, one of the-oldest members of the Lutheran ministerium of Pennsylvania, died recently at Nockamixon, Pa. He was about 75 years of age. The oldest Bishop in the Church of En- glandis Bishop Ollivant, of Llandoff. His age is 82. The Rt.-Rev. Rowley Hill, Bishop of Sodor and Man, is the youngest, aged’42. The Bishops of the Southern Methodist Church are growing old. Bishop Paine is 80; Kavanaugh, 78; Pierce, 69; Wightman, 3 Doggett, 69; Keener, 59; and MeTyeire, The Rev. Fred Courtney, of St. Thomas’ Church, New York, has nceepted the call to St. James’ Episcopal Church in this city. The Living Church gives the new Rector a very cordial welcome. ‘The friends of the Rey. James Patterson, of Glasgow, havesecured for himan annuity, and at his death the interest of the principal is to be used as a bursary for Baptiststudents attending the University of that city. | The consecration of Dr. Galleher, lately of Zion Church, New York, as Bishop of Louis- ‘jana, is appointed for the 5th -of February, and will take place in Trinity Church, New Orleans, of which church he was formerly Rector. Dr. Laird Collier, inasermon onthe drama, preached before the. members of the .Brad- ford (England) Mechanics’ _ Institute, said: “To see Mr. Jefferson as Rip Van Winkle is ameans of grace; it’s better than a prayer- meeting.” Dr. Pusey’s son, Mr. Philip Edward Puse: of Gitist Church, Oxford, who. had already attained rank as a theological scholar, and Cardinal Manning’s eldest brother, Mr. Fred- erick Manning, of Leamington, are among the notable people whose déath is recorded in recent London papers. Leo XIIT. has again been urged to proceed with the beatification of his Predeceseor, an has replied that while it will be well to pro- ceed with the collection of, any precise facts Dearing on such aclaim, itis not desirable to make any exception to the usual method of procedure, which insures deliberate and dispassionate judzment. POSSIBLE PIETY. Katie is a red-headed, black-eyed baby just too cute for any use. The other night she Paulina streets, ut 10:50a.m. The Rev. L. Ray- mond will preach at 7:30 p. m. —The Rev. J.T. Burhoe will preach in the University Place .Churcn, corner of Douglas piace and Rhodes avenue, at 10:30 a. m.and 7:30 p. m. : Tho Rev. J. Rowley will preach in the North Star Church, corner of Division and Se ick streets, at 10:45 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. c —The Rev. C. Perrin will prescA in the West- ern Avenue Church, corner of Warren avenue, at 10:30 a. mand Tp. m. ‘. —The Rev. W. H. Parker will pect in the Coventry Street Chureb. corner of Bloomingdale rond, at 10:30 a. m. and 7:30 p.m. —The Rev. R. De Baptiste will preach in Olivet Church, Fourth avenue, near ‘Baylor street, at Ta. m. and 7:45 p. m. —The Rev. James Paterson will preach in the South cane corner of Locke and Bonaparte streets, at 7:30 p. m. —The Rev. A. K. Parker wilt preach in the Centennial Church, corner of Lincoln and West Jackson streets, at 10:30 a. m. and 7:30 p.m. —The Rev. H.M.Carr will prexch in Evangel Church, Rock Island Cur-Shops, Dearbornstrect, near Forty-seventh, at 10:45 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. —Services will beheld inthe Baptist Tuber- nacle, 302 and 304 Wabash avenue, at 7:30 p.m. B. F. Jacobs, leader. —The Rev. J.Q.A4. Henry big t ghia in the Dearborn Street Church, corner of Thirty-sixth ‘strect, at 10:30 a. m. and 7:30 p. M. : eo Rey. Mr. Meyer will preach in the First German Church, corner Bickerdike and Huron streets, at 10:30 1. m. and 7:30 p. m. —The Rev. J. B. Sunth will preach in the First Norwegian Church, corner Noble and West Ohio streets, at 10:30 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. —The Rev. John Ongmun will preach in the Pisgt Renee Courehy a street, near Sedg- wick, at 10:30 a. m. and 7:30 p.m. __—Services will be held in the Halsted Street Church, hebresn oy and Forty-second streets, ‘at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. ths Rey. George C. Lorimer will preach in the First Church, corner South Park avenue and Thirty-first street, at 11 a m. and 7:30 p, m. Morning subject: “Christ the Savior of All Ages.” . Evening subject: * Joseph in Egypt.’ Baptism at the close of the evening service, é CONGREGATIONAL. * ‘The Rev. Charles Hall Everest will preach in Plymouth Church, Michigan avenue, near ‘Twen- ty-sixth street, at 10:30 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. '—The Rev. E. F. Williams will preach in the South Church, corner of Drexel avenue and Fortieth street, morning and cvening. —The Rev. F. A. Noble will preack in the Union Park Church, corner Ashland avenue and Wash- ington strect, at 10:30 a. m, and 7:30 p. m. The Rev. Arthur Little will preach in the | New England Church, Dearborn street, corner of Park place, at 10:30 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. —The Rev. E..P. Goodwin will preach in the First Church, corner of Washington and Ann streets. at a.m. Subject: ~God’s Law of Moral EntaiL” At 7:00 p. m. the Citizens’ Leaguo for the supers sion of the Sale of Liquor to ‘Minors will hold a meeting. ithe Rev. B. F. Leavitt will preach inthe Lincoln Park Church, corner Mohawk and Sophia streets, at 10:45 a, m. and 7:40 p.m. Morning subject: “ Christ Crucified.” Evening subject: “The Home und Wisdom of God. =the Rev-C. A. Towle will preach in Bethany Church, corner Paulina and West Huron streets, at 10:40 a. ae 20D. Me Morning subject: am tion to Mect God.” Pathe Tov, G. H. Peeke will preach in the Leavitt Street Church, corner est Adams street, at 10:30 a: m. and 7:30 p. m. “The Rev. J.T. Hyde will preach in the Clin- ton Street Church, corner Wilson street, at 10345, closed her little prayer as follows: “Dod please mate me a dood little girl”—and then forgetting for whose sake, she added, “for pity’s sake, amen.”—Steubenville Herald. ‘The Congregationalist tells of a washer- woman who, being commended by her pastor for her regular attendance and close atten- tion at church, said, “Yes, ane my hard *3 work is done, I git so r fo come iegnureh, and sit and think about nothin’ !” “Mr, Smith, you said you once officiated in the’ pulpit * Did you mean by that that you preached?” ‘No, sir: J held the light to the man that did preach.” “ Ah! the court understood youdifferently. It supposed that the discourse came directly from you.’ No, sir; I only threw lizat upon The tion is frequently asked, “Why are ministers” sons s0 much worse than the sons of other men?” Because, perhaps, be- ing aware that their pa] are dete! by their calling from becom! ne acquainted with the many forms of naughtiness extant, they tions of the Missouri Synod, which represents nearly ywish:to give the reverend gentlemen the est a. m. and 7:30 ps m. Pa ‘METHODIST. The Rev. John Williamson will First Church, corner of Clark and Washington streets, at 10:30 a. m.and 2b pe m. Morn! sub- fe ee ae hi uate. Religior 4 a4 oughly Armee or Dishonesty of Afr. Ingersoll it Utterances.” inkine Rev. W. "6, Wiling will preach, fn Cen Gaxcny Monroe street, near Morgan, atid m., and the Rev. Dr. ‘Thomas will preach at 1) P-Rov. Franm Bristol will preach in the Wabash Avenue Church, comer of Fourteenth treet, at li a. m.and 7:0 p.m. strethe Rev, E. 3. Boring will preach in the State Street Church morning and evening. athe Bev. T. i. Strobridge will preach in the Park Avenue Church morning and evening. Evening subject: “A Review of Col. Inger- goll's Lute Eulogy of Tom Paine.” - reach in the of Thirty-ninth street, at 10:30 a. m., 2: and 1:80 pm.) : —The . J. W. Phelps will preach in St. Paul's Church, Maxwell street, near Newberry avenue, morning and. evoniane. —The Rev. Robert D, Sheppard will preach in "and street, morning'and evening. —The Rev. D. Harries will preach in the Welsh Gack © wornes eee: 2nd Monroe streets. at Slnnati. will ureach ab TBP Dee OF Cie REV Urqey ErisuUrAbs ~ Bishop Samuel Fullows will preach in St. Paul's Church, corner West Washington and Carpenter streets, morning and evening. Morning sub- ject: ‘Secret and Revealed Things.” Evening subject: ‘+ Artistic Methodism.” —The Rev. R. H. Bosworth will preach in the Preshytetlan Church, Englewood, at 2:30 p.m. —The Rev. Dr. Cooper will preach in the Church of the Good Shepherd, corner of Jones and Homan streets, at 7:30 Pe m. —The Rey. J.D. Wilson will preach in St. John's Church, Ellis avenue, -vear Thirty-sev~ enth street, at'li a. m. and 7:30 p. m. —Bishop Cheney wil! preachin Christ Church, corner of Michigiin avenue aad Twenty-fourth t, at 10:45 a.m. Subject: “A Plea for Worship.” In the evening there will be a praise meeting under the directior of S. H. Dyer, wi a brief address by Bishop ¢heney. pruyer-meeting after the evening service. —The Rev. Charles M. Gilbert will preach in Emmanuel Church, oorrer of Hanover .and Twenty-eighth strects, a: 7:00 p-m. —The Rev. F. W. Adams will preach in St. Matthew's Church, cyner of North Clark and Centre streets, at ll a. a.and 7:45 p. m. Morn- ingsubject: | Fast iy Lent, and How to Kee) Seat Evening susjecty “Tl ta free, All welome. CHEISTIAN. The Rev. C. H. Citon will preach in the Second Church, corner of Ougley avenuo and Jackson strect, Horning aad evening. Moraing subjects “Tongue and Temper.” Evening subject: “ine gersoll and Pulao.” CBme Rev. Irving A. Soarlon will preach in the South sah Opkewood bouleducd, at 10:00 ie Supper” Eventos he Valley . subject: “The Va of the Shadow of Deat ; se i (ithe Rev, George W. Sweeney will proach in tho First Cures: coBier Indiana ave read ‘Twenty-fifth street, morning and evomeq, Jrorsiag subject: “The Doom of Willful and Habitual Ears” Evening subject: ‘The Sins ners inguiry—What Shall Do to Bo Saved?” Baptisus after tho evening service. anne Rev; A. J, Laughlin will preach ih the hureh corner of Westernavenue and Congress ffrect morning and evening, “Morning subject: Stine Beaevolence of Law.” Evening subject: “Path or Doubt—Which? Does Faith Admit of Doubt?” UNITARIAN. The Rev. Brooke Herford will preach i the Church of the Messiah, corner vf Mich! gan avenue and an et Birest morping and. evening. subject: “On jon a Home.” subject:,“ Lecture IL—Sakya~ Muni, the Buddha.” —The Rev. E. C. Butler, of Beverly, Mass will preach in Unity Church, corner Dearborn avenue E blnee. m0) , —The Rev.E. I. Galvin will pi Church, corner Monroe and Laflin streets, at 3:3) .m. Subject: “IsIta New Religion that We feed, or a More Rational Faith in igion?” UNTVERSALIST. ‘The Rev. D. C. Tomlinson, of Akron, O., will preach the Church of the Redeemer, corner ngamon and Washington strects, morning and evening. —The Rev. W. H. Ryder will preach in St. Paul's Church, Michigan avenue, near Six- teenth street, at 10:45 a. m. and 7:30 p.m. BMorn< ing subject: “Is Christ Any More ed or Divine than the Founders of Other Religions? NEW JERUSALEM. The Rev. W. F. Pendleton will preach in the church corner Washington street and Ogden ayenue at 3:30p.m.,and in the chapel corner Clark and Menominee streets at Ila. m. —The Rey. L. P. Mercer will preach in tho Union Swedenborgian Church, Herahcy Music Hall, at ia peeigtjeets “Real Infidelity; ‘What Is It?" fa MISCELLANEOUS. The railroad men’s meeting will be held in the reading-room corner Cunal and Kinzie streets a 3p. m.; J. J. Abercrombie, formerly a conductor on the Pennsylvania Railroad, will lead. J. A. Baker, of the Northwestern Railroad, will lead the meeting at 4615 State strect ut ‘3:30 p.m. Thomas Eadie, clerk in the offices of the North— western Railroad, will lead the meeting at 64 Canal strect at 7:45 p.m. Allrailroad men aro invited to these meetings, —Liberal Reunion” in the hall at 213 Wost Madison strect at 2:30 Pe m. Lesson: “Means of ‘Human Pro} 3.” ME.C. W. Wells will lead. —Dr. Matthewson will preach in the Advent Christian Church, 91 South Green street, morn- and evening. ne ane Chie Free Religious Church meets at Grossmun’s Hall, 802 and #04 Cottage Grovo ave- nue, at lla.m. ‘Service by Jumes Kay Apple; bee. Subject: “The Agony in the len.’ Evening lecture at 7:30. Subject: “Douglass Jerrold, the Wit of the London Punch.” —The Discipies of Christ mect at 270 West Randolph street ati p.m. Allure invited. '—The First Society of Spiritualists meets et the church corner o! fonroe and Lutiin streets at 10:45 a. m. and 7:45.p. m. Morning: Mrs. Samuels, trauce speaker, will lecture on “ ‘The Guiding Star; or, the Light Within.” Evening: Frederick F. Cook wil lecture on “Relations of Spiritualism to Science.” x Pie Wiggin will hold a Spiritualists’ and me- diums’ meeting at 503 West ‘Madison street at & . M. P-"Goorge C. Needham: will give 2 Bible-reading” in the morning in the Chicago Avenue Churcb, corner La Salle street. In:the evening James Jobnson, of Jumuica, West Indies, will speak on “Yiissiouary Life Among the Negroes.” Prof. C. C. Case will sing. —A Gospel temperance meating. will be held in Tempersnee| Church, corner Noble and Ohio streets, at 4:30 p.m. tres Rev. De ‘Thomlinson will preach in the: Washingtonian Home Chapel at 3p. m. '—Elder Mark H. Forscott will preach In Tem- perance Hall, 213 West Madison street, at 10: a, m. and 7:30 p.m. Evening subject: “ Laying On of Hands Not Confined to the Apostles or Apos~ tolic Times.”* ‘ CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK, * EPISCOPAL. Feb. 8—Quinquagesima Sunday. Feb. 1—Ash- Wednesday. Feb. 12—Second Day of Lent. Feb. 13—Third Day of Lent. Feb. 1/—Fourth Day of Lent, + CATHOLIC. Feb. &-Quinquagesima Sunday, Feb. 9—Conversion of St. Paul (from Jan. 25% St. Apollonia, V. M1. Feb. 10—St. Scholastica, Feb. U—Ash- Wednesday- sinning of Lent. Feb. 12—St. Igmatius, B. M. (from Feb. 1). Feb. 13—Most Holy Passion of Our Lord. Feb. 14—St. Jobn of Mutha, C. (from Feb. 8); St. Valentine, M. A SOLITUDE. O Solitude! thou friend of mournful thought} Once more thy sudly-pleas! reveal, ‘And let thy gentle musings o'er me steal, Like soft delights of pain and pleasure fraught. Now let me wander, while in listless mood, Deep in the heart of some secluded grove, . ‘Fo sing, perchance, in youthful s of love, ‘Till Echo wakes the sylvan solitude. In such a peaceful spnt let me repose, ‘To Unger on the page of ancient lore, While from the trees Heaven’ssweet musicians ur ‘Their strains, ontil my eyes, like Argus’, close. Or, by the side of some meandering stream ‘Whose argent waves through shadowy mazeg tiow, 5 Let me recline where scattered wild-fowers i . And sink Eudymion-like, from dream to dream; While, from my seat in Nature's lavish hall, . Viewing each lovely flower, each joyous bird ‘Whose sweet, harmonious notes afar are heard, reason to the Author of them all. ‘CHICAGO, Fed: 51850, «= WILLIAM F. Giese, three Looks of Christ.”