Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 29, 1880, Page 9

-THE CHICAGO- TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 1880—SIXTEEN PAGES. — : RELIGIOUS. - How the New Testament Was Brought Down to Us. j An Instructive and Valuable Historical and Chronolog- ical Statement. The Comparative Prevalence of Unbelief—Views of Distin- guished Theologians. ‘A Broad and Unfettered Church De- manded by the Pres- ent: Age. Nan's Supreme Happiness Attainable Only by Curbing His Pro- pensities. General Notes, Personals, Sun- day Small-Talk—Services To-Day. . THE STORM, ‘The tempest rages wild and high, The waves lift up their voice and cry Fierce answers to the angry sky— . Miserere Domine! Through the black nip'ut and driving rain, ‘Aship is struggling, all in vain ‘Tolive upon the stormy main— iE ia Miserere Domine! mMhe thunders roar, the lightnings glare, ‘Vain is it now to strive or daro; up of great despair— sore Miserere Domine! The stormy voices of the main, ‘The moaning wind, and pelting rain the nursery window-pane— en ‘Miserere Domine! curtain’d was the little bed, Dotpion da the littie herds sald wrthe storm will wake the child,” the; = me Miserere Domine! Cowering among his pillows white, He re is s blue eres dim with fright, # we those at 6en to-night!" ‘ airs ‘Miserere Domine! ‘The morning shone all ctear and gay Ona ship at anchor in the bay, ttle child at play— acon oe Gloria, ‘bi, Domine! THE NEW TESTAMENT. qow IF CAME DOWN TO US—A VALUABLE ‘HISTORICAL STATEMENT. t ‘The following is a brief synopsis of a lect- ‘are, of which the first part was delivered last Sunday morning at the Mayflower Congre- : gational Church, Indianapolis, by Mr. A. W. ‘Taylor, the Public Librarian. Thelecture has been previously well received in Baltimore, New York, and New England, : ‘The aim of the speaker was to Show how vastly superior is the evidence for the au- thenticity and genuineness of the New Testa- ment books to any which can be produced to support those of auy other ancient books whatsoever. To accomplish this the lecturer traces the New Testament, as we have it to- day, back step by step to the very days of the Apostles. Mr. Tyler said that the New Tes- taments with Which we are all familiar are reprints, with the ‘exception of slight and , unauthorized changes in ‘the spelling, of those printed at Oxford and Cambridge for the British and Foreign Bible Society. The King James, or “authorized” version, of 1611, from which these were printed, was it- self “based upon the Bishop's Bible of 1568, and that upon Cranmer’s of 1539, which was a new edition of Matthew’s Bible of 1537, parily from Coverdale’s of 1535, but chiefly from Tyndale; in other words, our present authorized version is mainly that of Tyn- dale, made from the original Hebrew and Greek. e The “original Greek” referred to onthe title pages of our Testaments was probably mostly that of the editions of Theodore Beza; and those were but slightly changed from the first edition of Erasmus, which was issued in 1516, and was the first printed Greek ‘Testament ever given to the world. This work was indeed based upon manuscripts garage would consider inferior, but er said that for the purpose 0 tracing te history of the New ‘Testament it ‘Was sufficiently accurate to say that the Jatest and poorest manuscripts coincided through- qutwith the oldest and best which have come us. Forestablishing the text of a classical au- thor, editors are glad to get from three to six manuscripts; and scarcely any Greek classics exist in manuscripts older than the ninth century. But for the Greek Testament We have manuscripts in large numbers, cov- ering every century from the fifteenth to the fourth. Of the gospels over 650, of the Acts and Catholics epistles over 200, of the Paul- ine epistles nearly 300, and of the Revelation more than 100. In fact, if we count the geek manuscripts of all descriptions, the ew Testament has between 1,700 and 1,800 manuscript vouchers for the integrity of its t. Of the manuscripts written in the un- cial or semi-capital letters, there are ten or eleven which belong severally to the sixth, , and fourth centuries, while the two old- est, the Sinaitie and Vatican, were probably Sritten not long after the establishment of the Sine Empire under Constantine; and the Ginallie inay possibly be one of the fifty reek Bibles pre pared under direction of ft Emperor, in the year 331 A. D., by Eus us, the great Church historian, lis he lecturer then proceefled by citing the ts, Quotations, and allusions found in Eu- feblus 261-338 A. D.), Origen (18-254 A D.), feneus (fl. 162-202 A. D.), the “*Muratorian hennuent on the Canon” (which cannot ave been written later than 170 A, D., and Ray beasold as 150 A. D.), the ‘works of xin and Tatian, the Apologies of Justin 5 HT (b. about 90 ahdd, about 165A. D.), to fay the Gospels and Epistles back to the ime of Clement of Rome and others who Were contemporary with the Apostles them- Selves. He gave new and importantevidence hich settles the question that the ‘ Memo- Tials of the Apostles, which are called Gos- dels,” mentioned by Justin Martyr, are the r& Four Gospels which we have in our rilids to-day. ‘This evidence is the recently made, known Commentary upon the Har- ‘ony of Tatian, written in the fourth cen- 2yby Ephraem the Syrian, and preserved tras {an Armenian translation, which was slated into Latin by Auche, and recently Dablished at Venice. In this work Ephraem etly shows that Tatian’s Diatessaron ben with the Gospel of John. tn tat the books of the New Testament were 2 general and not in local ue Mr. Tyler Showed by references to Clement of Alex- ria, who flourished between the years 192 flour, D., Tertullian of Carthage, who Ourished between 190 and 206 A. D., Trenmus ‘K ypons: Who flourished between-107 and 202 mn D. (andwho was a pupil of Polyearp, the artyr. who “had ‘familar intercourse with Apostle John), and Justin Martyr, whose ‘ Personal observations covered the whole ter- ‘ory from Palestine to Rome. A the ed from a purel y literary standpoint, estat cannot possibly be better evidence to {Mablish the antiquity, integrity, and gen- nig ents of an ancient work than that fur- th hed by ancient translations, or versions, a5 of eare technically called. In his “History Me ‘Transmission of Ancient Books to wagner Times,” the late Isaac Taylor well id: “ When accordant translations of the Same writings, in several unconnected lan- Buages, and in languages which have ceased king Yemacular, are in existence, every other Ind of evidence may be regarded as su- Perfluous.” As between the writings of he classic ‘authors and those of the few Testament, a comparison, can rely instituted; for of , the former scarcely a i ion exists, i in ancient translation exists, While the latter haye come down to us from sSearly as the sixth centu not later than B84. Dyin at iense nT ictinct ‘versions, de in countries far distant from one an- other,.andfor peoples speaking languages widely divergent.(we mention only pl ke made from Greek, not translations of former versions), ee The youngest of thém all was- made b: Philoxenus, or Polyearp, about the year. 508 D.; and it isksown.as the Harelean Syriac, or better as the Harkhlensian, from ‘Thomas of Harkel, who issued a revision of it in the year.616 A. D. “In the fifth century was made ie Armenian, which'survives to the present hour.“ in this, orthe fourth century, was inade the Ethiopic version, for the people -now known as the Abyssinians. In the inid- dle of the fourth century (between 318 and 888 A. D.,) Usfilas, second Bishop of . the Goths, made his translation of. the whole Bible from the ‘Gree’ ut $85 A: D.,' Jerome completed the New Testa- ment portion of what is now the Latin Vulgate—for eight centuries and more the only Bible of the Western Church. Yet a century before this the Mem- phitic (often called the Coptic) version was made for the Christians in and around Mem- phis, in Lower Egypt; and this was preceded in the latter portion of the second century by a similar but rader version for the Chris- tians in and around Thebes, in, Upper Egypt, hence it is best denoted the Thebaic. Bic earlier in this second century, and not so far removed from the last of the Apostles as we are from the. Declaration of Independence, the Christians in the Roman Province o! North Africa, of which -Carthage was the principal town, had a version best known as the Old Latin, and which has been preserved to us in existing manuscripts, some of which go back to the fourth century. Still earlier, and probably during the lifetime of those who had seen the Apostle Jol, was formed the original of the Peshito (orSimple) Syriac. This is the earliest of all, and is known as the Queen of Versions, Atleast one manu- script of the Old Testament portion of this version existed (now in the British Museum), which is dated 464 A. D., being the oldest! dated Biblical manuscript in any language. Therefore, we have four distinct,streams of evidence,—namely: Tpe witness of the manuscripts, the testimony of the fathers, the ancient versions, the books of the New ‘Testament viewed as the charter and consti- tution of an organized society, and all these combine with the evidence of unbroken tra- dition,—a tradition agreeing with the facts, accounted for by the facts, and in no other. way. The agreement of all these witnesses produces a mass of literary evidence whose weight is siinply overwhelming. Those who choose to investigate this sub- ject for themselves can easily do so by means of aconyenient little manuat by the Rev. E. C. Bissell, entitled ‘Historic Origin of the Bible.” Attheend the author has added a list of over 200, other works, which will Tur- nish means for the most complete investiga- tion of the matters involved. A BROAD CHURCH. ATHEISM, THEISM, AND PHILANTOROPY, To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune, Hyve Park, Feb. 25.—The lectures of Col. Thgersoll have caused an extraordinary re- vival of discussions which are not only profitless but meaningless,—a mere war of words. . An atheist is said to be one who does not believe in a God; but can any one believe that he is an atheist? One cannot assent to a proposition which is wholly unintelligible. The so-called atheist, seeing that Force is everywhere present, manifesting itself in va- rious ways, classed as physical or mental and effecting all changes, attempts to explain the essential nature of this Force by calling it a system of laws which has existed during infinit time. Philosophy answers that no one can possi- bly think of infinit time, and.even if he could it is no explanation of a phenomenon to say that it is a manifestation of law. If Archimedes were raised from.the dead long enough to examine the phonograph he might remark that it operated in accordance with eternal laws, but he would hardly call that an explanation, a The theologians’ explanation is that this force proceeds from an omnipotent being called God, who has existed forever, and who created out of nothing the material universe. But it is impossible to form a conception of “nothing,”—of space with nothing in it, and, even if it were possible, one must next represent in thought the idea of Deity cre- ating space. Still further the Deity must be thought of as a First Cause, not only infinit, but absolute; that is, without necessary re- lation to anything else or to anything within itself, but transcending all laws. There can be nothing in it which determines change or which prevents change, for, if it cantains something which imposes such necessities or restraints, this something must be a cause higher than the first cause, which is absurd. ‘The human mind is so constituted that it can think only in relations; cognition of the ab- solute is impossible. Does the word “god,” then, explain the nature of this force any better than the word “law”? For centuries theologians have been turn- ing their backs upon natural knowledge, which is ever elevating men by bringing them into better adaptation to each other and to their present circumstances, and invoking supernatural apencles. | They demand blin¢ faith in their dogmas, in which. no two of them can fully agree andno human being ean understand, but faith in human nature is paralyzed by the doctrine of total de- ravity. Py ‘atural and moral science labor to prevent war, famine, and pestilence, while.theology, now arrogant, again abject and groveling, refers these subjects to the Deity. The secta- rian bigot claims that his religion has caused all the good qualities in human nature, while the atneistic bigot charges that it is responsible for nearly all the bad. But, although the Power which governs the universe is. utterly inscrutable, all must recognize’ its immensity and grandeur be- yond words to express, and it impresses most ininds as being manifested in accordance wwitn what men term wisdom and beneficence. Religion is but the outgrowth of -contempla- tion of this infinit subject, and it pertains rather to the speculative and emotional na- ture of man than to_his reasoning faculties, to which latter division morality, the science which treats of the relations between human beings in a social state, more properly be- longs. ~ ‘Whatthen? Must man, “the heir of all the ages, in the foremost files of time,” be com- pelled to choose between a theology which stultifies his reason and a barren negation? ‘Probably the majority of our citizens do not admit the plenary inspiration of the Bi- ble. Can they sincerely say that they are sat- isfied with any Church which is constantly exhorting or commanding them to accept the ‘osaic account of creation, or the religion a morality of the Old Testament? "As to the New Testament, how much of the “enthusiasm for humanity” and that humble and. unostentaticus spirit which were the distinguishing traits of Jesus Christ are found in modern fashionable churches? ‘The spiritual and moral welfare of this generation seems to require a church broad enough in its doctrines to contain the ma; jority, unfettered by “a creed outworn,’ re the Almighty Dollar. and not gov erned by dnl Oe 3 —— MAN’S MORAL NEEDS. SUPREME HAPPINESS ATTAINABLE ONLY BY CURBING THE PROPENSITIES. To the Eattor of The Chicago Tribune. Cmicaco, Feb. 28.—It is easy to tell aman what he should do to do right; itis difficult to show hiin how to do it. Teachers of moral truths have been toomuch in the habit of tell- ing the people what they shou 1d do to be good without efficiently instructing them how to be so. The enunciation of an excel- lent precept is all very well, but some- thing more is required in order that the precept may influence action and affect conduct. ‘Honor thy father and thy mother,” ‘Love thy neighbor as thyself,” Do good to those who hate you,” and so on, are most praiseworthy precepts; but they may be preached at aman every Sunday for ‘a lifetime without,having a decided reforma- tory effect upon him, an without developing him into a good man. In spite of all the teaching and preaching of the past, the great mass of mankind are to-day more influenced by their propensities than by their moral sen- timents. The truth of this assertion is shown by the prevalence 6f deceit, of equivocation, of falsehood, of intemperance. and of crime. Men, in their intercourse with each other in business, a inci of candor, rectitude, and benevo- Pen a is, they do not habitually act in accordance with the dictates of man’s moral pature. To get money. and to keep it are the ends that appear to justify almost any means, and such is the dntensity Cone iti etrics competition, and so amet aly OO TOSeE ao: jety, that the professio who. a lated his actions upon all occasions py the former would be laughed at as 2 fool: Tt is evident therefore that the persiste nt In- culcation of precepts has not produced com- ‘are not actuated by the noble. ts are expounded precep! nal or business-man- mensurate resul ts. eee ey are assente ey are ev - iuitted to memory, but they are notpracticed. Silber the precepts Have Ho practienl value, meth indoctrinat them is abortive. tes an The mistake appears to lie in the fact that the people were not so instructed in regard. to their mental and physical constitution, and the reiation that exists between man and’ the external world, as to have become convinced of the-fact that the precepts of religion are in accord with the best interests of the hu- man race, and to have become habituated to are listened to, keeping their propensities in subjection. ' Man’s nature consists of wants and faculties to supply them; his organization determines his faculties, and_ his faculties determine his wants. It is by the stimulus of our wants that we learn anything, and the exertion necessary to providing ourselves with what our wants demand has resulted in progress. Now, the faculties that are chiefly exercised are those that are intimately connected with self-interest, and, as religion has not the powerful incentive of self-interest coinciding ae precepts are Bot practiced, andthe Institutions 0} i seeoraancs with them. See arenoe ‘eachers and preachers would devote 2 portion of their time to th€@ elucidation of the natural laws, to the explanation of the facul- ties of’ the mind and their relations, and would demonstrate to their hearers that it is only by keeping his propensities in subjection, and by developing his intellect and his moral nature, that man can attain to the highest de- Bree ‘of happiness possible of achievement in this world, they would produce better results in: ae ‘ever, yet been a eaiteds ancgele 2 ugh been told what to do; the: now want to know howto do it. dea Morazisz. APPLEBEE. HIS REJOINDER TO SAMUEL IVES CURTISS, JR. * To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune, NEILUSVILLY, Wis., Feb. 24—Your corre- spondent, Samuel Ives Curtiss, Jr., is both silly and impertinent. Be is silly in recom- mending to my notice so utterly out-ot-date a production ‘as Horhe’s “‘ Introduction to the Critical Study and Knowledge of the Holy Scriptures,” and he is impertinent in advis- ing me to take “greatercare in my public statements.” In my recent lecture on: “ Thomas Paine, Col. Ingersoll, and Their Clerical Critics of Chicago,” I used the following language in reference to what the Rev. Dr. Goodwin had said of Hume: ‘Of Hume Dr. Goodwin says that ‘he held that lack of honesty was tis same thing as Jack of physical strength. He taught that female infidelity was unobjectionable if un- discovered, and that adultery was laudable.’ This is one of the most basely false state- ments that any mun, either in the pulpit or out of it, ever uttered. I challenge Dr. Good- win to produce one single passage from Hume’s writings to justify thatstatement.” Dr. Goodwin does not geceptiny challenge. He is discreetly silent. Samuel Ives Curtiss, Jr., confidently aftirms, however, “that Dx. Goodwin was correct in his statement re- specting Hume.” Unfortunately for Dr. Goodwin, Samuel Ives Curtiss, Jr., utterly fails in substantiating his confidential affirm- ation. By way of proving that Dr. Goodwin was correct in saying that Hume “taught that female infidelity was unobjectionable, and adultery laudable,” ‘Curtiss, Jr., quotes as follows from Hume: “The long and help- less infancy of man requires the combination of parents for the sustenance of their Young} and that combination requires the virtue 0: chastity or Sulelity tothe marriage bed. With- out such an utility it will readily be owned that such_a virtue would never have been thought of.’ How on earth does this prove that Hume “taught that female infidelil was unodjectionable andadultery laudable?” Will Samuel Ives Curtiss, Jr., explain ? Curtiss, Jr., goes on to s: “The follow- ing passage taken from me’s ‘Private Correspondence with Several Distinguished Persons? may not be relished by Mr. Apple- bee.” svhereupon Llook for “ the following passage,” which Curtiss, Jr., isso very con- fident I may not be able to relish, only to find that the juvenile Curtiss does not quote from Hume’s “ Private Correspondence” at all, but quotes instead‘an orthodox Chris- tian slander on Hume taken from “ An In- troduction ‘to the Critical Study and Knowl- edge of the Holy Scriptures” by Horne and Tregellés. What these people-may. have said of Hume is just about as valuable as what Dr. Goodwin has said of him. I recommend Curtiss, Jr., to mind his own business. Dr. Goodwin has.got into the mire; and-he must, be left to wallow. therein: for anything Cur- tiss, Jr., can do in the way of helping him out. Dr. Goodwin has made the distinct and definit statement that- Hume “taught that female infidelity was unobjectionable if un- discovered, and adultery laudable,” This statement is either true or false. If it be true, then Dr. Goodwin can very easily sub- stantiate it. Let him do this. ‘I reiterate my challenge. Until he substantiates his statement, or confesses himself in the wrong in having mac it, he, together with his doughty champion, the juvenile Curtiss, must be ranked with that unhappy class of Christians who seem to think no_ falsehood too atrocious, and no slander too filthy, with which to defile the grave and traduce the memory of a dead “infidel.” Yours respect- fully, : JAMES Kay APPLEBEE. MAN’S PEDIGREE. THE WUMAN RACE A PARTAKER OF THE NATURE OF GOD. Saturday Review. The paper which interests us most in the Contemporary Review for February is Dr. Jadeliffe’s “On the Pedigree of fan,” a partly thoughtful, partly dreamy effort to suggest, rather than prove, that the Ego in man js the telegraph-clerk, and not part of the electric machine; and that man differs from all other created things, and es)ecially from: all other sentient things, in being in some fashion a part of God, or rather a par- taker of the nature of God: When, for example, I say I am, I give expres- sion to & fact which fs not readily realized. Who ami? What? In the exercise of memory and imagination, J, I myself, can in aninstant go back into the past and forward into the future, and I find it ditioult to say: Jam without ut the sume time saying Iwas and J shall be. Without the aid of my senses, I. cannot draw a sharp line. between the past and the present, or between the present and the future. I feel as if, in relation to time, partook in some’ degrec of the nature of Him iwho was, and Is, and is to come, or who is rather to be spoken of as the Eternal Now; for as Plato pointed out in the “Timreus" Jong ago, itis right to speak of the Divine Essence as in the present always,—to say “He is,” butnottosay “He was, or “He shall be.” Talso feel us if, in relation to ‘spnce, Iwas in the same predicament ns in re- gard to time, as if there was that in me to which one of the definitions of God was not altogether jnapplicable,—namely: that of a circle the cen- tre of which is everywhere, and the eircumfer- ence nowhere. In the world of sense I find im- assnble barriers between now and then, between ere and there, but not so in the world of spirit; and, in fact, I'am almost driven to the conclu- sion that.I say Iam because I am, in a measure, superior to time and space in the very same way as that in which the Divine Split is superior to time and space. Nor canI allow that the im- ions of my, senses should be listened to rather than the dictates of my pure reason: for ‘Aristotle was not mistaken when he said that it ywas wrong to exalt the objects of perception above the great percipient faculty itself. Dr. Radcliffe works out this idea by quot- ing the will, which refuses to be coerced, the conscience, which admonishes us as if sepa- tate from’ us, and were the “voice of God within us,” the “ imperative instinct” which produces religion in us, and the sense of free agency, and maintains that the only simple explanation of the mystery of existence is a certain direct and special relation of man _to od: ‘I can, in a measure, see why I am required to Jove’ my neighbor ‘as myself, if man is only rfect when he is at one with The God who is ve. Tean sce that the command to love my neighbor as myself is a necessary corollary of the command to love God with ali my heart, and mind, and sotl, and stren; All men have the ature. All men, fi ing wil ave their true centre, not in them- » bi ing tnd vidual y, but collectively in God. Hence the primal law of perfect human nature is a Jnw which-works in the direction of sympathy ‘and love. Hence, anything which is opposed to this law must be looked upon as abnormal,—as the result of the unnatural centralization of man in self, as the working of evil, and not as aresult of tho'natural centralization of man in God. If tia be so, I need go no further totind the key to the explanation of human sympathies and antipathies, Up to this point Ican sec my way with tolerable clearness; beyond it all is mist. The especially misty point is the great and radical difference between man and animals. Dr. Radcliffe proceeds to argue that the Mo- saie account of Creation, the Deluge, etc, may shadow out statements more accurate, on Scientific grounds, than: men. of science just now believe. the object, of the whole aper being to hint that orthodoxy may yet fave powerful arguments to produce ‘or its general belief. UNBELIEF. 17S COMPARATIVE PREVALENCE—VIEWS OF FIVE COLLEGE -PRESIDENTS. - New York Observer. Dr. McCosh, of Princeton, recently stated to us inconversation that, out of the thousand and more young men who had gone outfrom under his instructionsat Princeton, only four were skeptical, and three of them were uiter- wards converted and became preachers of the Gospel. ‘There was never a decade, we presume, in which the same fact could bestated of Prince- ton or any other college graduating an equal number of students. Any college in which the atheistic doctrine of development is taught would turn out a squad of infidels every year. But when Dr. McCosh wrote his indignant denial of the charge against “ our best schools,” he added just the exact truth, 8a “T'do not oppose development, but an eistic development.” The atheistic doctrine makes infidels. It is not taught at Princeton, and Princeton does not make in- fidels. The atheistic doctrine is not taught in our best schools, and they do not make in- fiels, 3 At the meeting last week of the Youn Men’s Christian Association at Rochester Prof. Norman Fox presented-a paper on the subject of the prevalence of. skepticisin among young men, and he adduced testi- mony to prove there is no reason to be- Tigye in any decadence of faith among the colleges. : President Anderson, of the University of Rochester, in a private letter, writes: Wy, I find no weakening of Chistian belicf among young men in our colleges. There is undoubt- edly less reverence for the mere scholustic and dogmatic forms which were of old identified with Christianity, but I believe that young men are as responsive to moral and reiigious motives and considerations as they were when I was in col- lege. Moreover, I believe that the tone of morality is,on the whole, higher than when I yas a. ‘student or a young college officer. "The foes of Christianity havé put on new fuces, but they are no more ‘igilant, nor dangerous, nor dig not bellove that Ghristionity 12 Wainy ite hold 0 not believe ristianity is Of the educated mind of our day. being Sahel Chancellor Howard Crosby, of the Univer- sity of the City of New. York, writes: I think the present religious thought and life of American college students are i as high & standard us they were twenty-five years ago. I think Christian faith is growing in our land,— there is.less cant and more reality inour present religious life. Christians understand the Word f God better. This is my view. Chancellor Haven, of Syracuse University, says: Itis my deliberate opinion that never before in America was a larger proportion of college ‘students and of college ulumni professed Chris- tans than to-day. So far as my observation ex- tends, Christianity has as lurge a proportion of believers. now among college men of, all grades as it has had at any time for the past fifty years. And Prof. Edward North, of Hamilton College, testifies: In comparing the present religious life in col- lege with that of the past, my memory goes back over a period of forty years. [cannot recall a perica in the history of the college when re- ligious Hfe and thought were more active and healthy, or more in the ascendant, than now. Prof. Fox concludes by saying: ‘‘Coin- cident with the foregoing testimonies are re- cently published statistics showing that, in- stead of there being a decadence of Christian faith, there is a larger proportion of pro- fessing Christians among American college students now than there was twenty-five years ago. Christidnity, which has been Steadily advancing for eighteen hundred T have not been speak-* years, is still making triumphant. progress.” ‘These are cheering: and rellable testimonies; not in harmony with the general opinion of writers and:speakers, but nevertheless they are unquestionably true, If there are any colleges in which the other doctrine is in- culeated, no such testimony as this could be given as to the results. And 2s most of our collegesare founded for religion aswell as learning, and are almost exclusively sup- ported by Christians, it is the duty of their rustees to know that the religion of the Bible, not infidelity, is taught in their halls. If the Trustees of a college are unfaithful to their trust, the duty and privilege of parents are obvious. They will send their sons where they are taught at-least that ‘‘ man’s soul was made in the image of God -and his body of the dust of the earth.” SUNDAY-SCHOOLS. THE COOK COUNTY: CONVENTION. The Cook County Sunday-School Conven- tion reconvened in Farwell Hall yesterday morning, Mr. D. W. Potter presiding. * ‘The proceedings opened with a praise serv- ice, after which the subject of “‘ County and Township: Work ” was taken up, Messrs. ‘Theodore Reese, H. S. ‘Vail, and A. J.. Now- len giving their views 48: to how it could be most efficiently carried-an:: The Committee to whom was referred the report of the Executive Committee, through their Chairman, Judge: S. M. Moore, report- ed, recommending, first; the appointment of a Superintendent of the‘Association; second, that a room be procuredifor its headquarters; third, that the churches be called upon to contribute to the support of the Sunday- School Association; fourth. that delegates be sent to the World’s Convention in celebra- tion of the centennial of Sunday-schools, to be held in London from June 26 to July 25 next: and, lastly, the adoption of the Execu- tive Committee’s report. ‘The report was accepted and adopted. The Committee on Nominations, through the Rev. F. A. Hardin, submitted: their full report, which was adopted, as follows: President—D. W. Potter.’ Vice-Presidents—The Presidents of the town- ship organizations. Statistical Secretary—H..S. Vail. Corresponding Secretarv—H. I. Brainerd. Recording Secretary ‘A. Lowell. Treasurer—L. F. Linsey. - Executive Committee—B. F. Jacobs, Chair- S. Hanson, J. H.S. Quigg. H. T. Helm, J. M. Hitchcock, the’ Rey. Thomas Krueger, Mr. Whitlock, J. Benham, E.'C. Fisher, Alexande: Johnson, F. K. Tracy, and F. Pfunder. - : An interesting paper was then read by Mr. W. F. Furbeck on “The Superintendent’s Work,” in which he recommended strongly that Sunday-school officers bring the ,mem- bers of the- church into intimate relation with the Sunday-school.. The Superintend- ent should be alive to the importance of preparation for the Sunday-school work; first on his,own part, then with the teachers, and Jastly with the school. He should when he rose to address the school, be familiar with the subject. ‘The: teachers, too, should be in consultation and cooperation with him- self, and should join him in securing proper preparation on the part of the scholars. By this means all would be working together I} with one mind for the one great object—the salvation of souls. Among the minor rec- ommendations made in the paper was one that classes should be kept of manageable size, a class of fourscholars being better than, one’ of eight; also that a Superintendent should guard ‘against impatience, evidenced in irritating taps of the bell and other ways, The subject of “The Music of the Bible” _was taken up, Mr. James MeGranahan lead- ing with a paper on the topic, in#which he traced the progress of musical art from its first mention in the Scriptures, through the Psalms and other books of the Old Testa- ment, illustrating passages which had been set to music by singing them in conjunction ‘with Mr. C. C. Case, a basso, while Afr. Me- Granahan presided at the organ. ‘The noon hour was occupied with the reg- ular Saturday teachers’ meeting, which was presided over by Maj. D. W. Whittle. The meeting having heen opened with rayer_by Elder Willing and Elder Boring, Ne . Whittle made an address, having for his subject the Sunday-school lesson and how it should be studied. Mr. W. B. Jacobs fol- lowed with interesting femarks upon the best methods of. teaching a primary class, the intermediate-class system receiving at- tention at the hand of Mr. F. T. June. “The exercises,closed with an address upon “The Superintendent’s Review,” which he illus- - trated with. two Pictures, in which the pains of Hell and the delights of Heaven were con- trasted with surprising clearness. On account of the unfavorabie weather, there was not nearly 2¢ large an attendance of Sunday-school children at the afternoon meeting as was anticipated. The proceed- ings opened with the singing of the sixty-sec- ond hymn, “ What Must It Be to Be There ?”” ie the choris of which the children joined eartily. : On ivitation of Maj. Whittle, who pre- sided, Mr. W. B. Jacobs made the opening prayer, asking that God’s blessing might rest on all present. They ali felt thankful for the privilege of attending the meeting, at which he asked for the presence of the Holy Spirit, He prayed that the children might » from the meeting feeling not only that ey had been entertained, but also that they had been brought to Jesus. es “Phe meeting then sang Hymn No, 44, “Oh, Tam so happy in Jesus,” after which Mr. B. F, Jacobs a1 dressed thechildren, telling them of the importance of the work they were en- gaged in, and reminding them that it would be but a few years before some of them would be upon the platform instead of in the body of the hall when such meetings were going on, The Chairman’s place would be taken by one of the boys, and alittle girl would take the seat of the organist. He hoped that before very long the Cook County Sunday- school children would have 2 building of their own. The following resolution was introduced and carried: Resolved, That this Convention recommend that the Executive Committee of the Cook County Sunday-School Association call upon each Sunday-school in the county to contribute a certain amount for the support af a Sunday- school missionary; also that each delegate in this Convention make it 2 personal matter to see that this subject isso brought before their schools that the sum of $2,500 shall not fail to be raised for the county work. Mr. HS. Vail announced that a prosper- ous Sunday-school had been discovered in Leyden Centre, a place in Leyden Township, which had been reported as having no Sun- day-school. The school was conducted un- der ML E. auspices, and had been doing a good work for some time. . Mr. D. W. Potter made an exposition of to- day’s Sunday-school lesson, taken from Mat- thew, vi, 2£34, exhibiting to his juvenile saudience a picture of a crown of glory, with the text, “ Casting all your care upon Him, for He careth for you.” Maj. Whittle then addressed the meeting on Isaiah, liii., 6, “All we, like sheep, haye one astray; we have turned every one to his own way, and the Lord hath Iaid on Him the iniquity of us all”? Before the children knew: what this meant they should know whether they had any sin, in order that they might learn whether. they had any part in this verse. They could not know this unless they could repeat the ten commandments. He then invited the children to repeat them with him, which they did. This over, he told them a story of a boy who stole another boy’s marble, and let the children tell the various commandments which were broken in the act, forming into a jury who found. after the trial, that the marble-stealer ha been guilty of breaking ‘the fourth, fifth, eighth, ninth, and tenth commandments. He then explained with another story the meaning of the latter part of the text. ex- plaining ina simple way the nature of Christ’s atoning sacrifice. Mr. Ji jacobs then led_ the meeting in prayer, after which he announced that fe had that morning received a telegram froma lady- friend in Florida—one of his Sunday-school teachers—announcing the death of her hus- band. He asked the prayers of the meeting for this lady, as well as for the Rev. Mr. Youker, who had recently lost his wife, and for the children left by the late Mr. Bliss, whose beautiful hymns they“found such pleasure in singing, a, Before closing, he asked the audience to express their pleasure as to whether it was desirable to hold another meeting of the Sun- day-schoo! children ona Saturday afternoon, afew weeks ahead, to which an affirmative response was rendered. £ After prayer and the singing of another hymn, the Convention adjourne GENERAL NOTES. ‘The amenities of journalism between the Richmond Advocate and the Methodist are exceedingly exhilarating. The latter persists in calling the former a dog. . Some ladies in Cincinnati are circulating a pledge against attending places of amuse- ment at which theatrical or operatic per- formances are given on Sunday. Arrangements for the coming Centenary celebration of the establishment of Sunday- schools in England have been made with elaborate care. The American Sunday-School Union will have as a representative the Rev. B. W. Chidlaw, of Ohio, who has’ been forty- three years in the service of the Society. New Zealand claims to have representa- tives of 100 differentsects and denominations. One sect, called ‘The Church of the Fut- ure,” has a meinbdership of four men and three women.. Another, styled “The Church of God,” has seventeen members. The lead- ing religious bodies are: Episcopalians, 176,- $37: Presbyterians, 95,10: oman Catholics, 58,881; Methodists, $7,870; Baptists, 9,150; Congregationalists, 5,555; Lutherans, 5,643. Special meetings in aid of the missionary woricof the American Baptist Publication Society will be held this next week as fol- lows: First Church, Wednesday, March 3, at 7:30 p. m. 3 Michigan* Avenue Church, Thursday at 2:30 p. m.; University Place Church, Thursday at 7:80 p. m.; North Star Church, same evening and same hour; Sec- ond Chureh, Friday at 7:30 p. m.; Fourth Church, Saturday at 7:30 p. m. andon Sun- day services will be held in ali the churches. A Calvinistic Methodist clergyman at Car- diff, the Rey. Cyndyllan_ Jones, has been preaching in vindication of the adoption by his Church of Portons of the Established liturgy. The Lord’s Prayer, he said, be- longed to Dissenters,’ the Amen was Script- ural, and Methodists now cried out “Amen” when and-wherever they liked. As for the commandments, - they did not imperil non- conformity, and he hoped ‘nonconformity would not imperil the commandments. In the responses, “Lord, have mercy on erie there was no Prineiple at stake, and the Litany belonged to all Christendom, each sect excluding that part which it did not like. Dissenters read and preached the utterances of Church divines, and why not pray their prayers? Some objected to the reading of prayers, but the use. of the prayer-book in the early Methodist Church was undoubted, and it was to be seen now in every Congre- gational chapel. i. The Robert Raikes centenary services in England and the colonies will be celebrated under the patronage of the Queen. The fol- lowing is_the program adopted at London: Suriday, June 27, service at Westminster Ab- bey, sermon by Bean Stanley; Monday morn- ing, June 28, a meeting in the city under the Presidency of the Lord Mayor; Monday even-~ ing, June 2S, a special service in St. Paul’s Cathedral; Tuesday evening, June 29, a meet- ingin Exeter all; Wednesday afternoon, June 30, tonferepce; Thursday afternoon, July 1, conferencéat Lambeth Palace under the Presidency of the Archbishop of Canter- bury; Saturday afternoon, July 3, a gather- ing vf children belonging to Chureh Sunday- schools at Lambeth Palace; Sunday, July 4, sermon at Westminster Abbey. ‘The pro- posed meeting in the city, under the Presi- dency of the Lord Mayor, will be attended by Tepresentiflves from the various Sunday- school Societies, the proceedings being of a neutral character. The Rev. James L. Hall, late pastor of Grace Conreaational Church, in New .York City, is still in'‘trouble. He left the, Metho- dist Episcopal Church in trouble, and was re- fused admission into the Presbytery of Brooklyn because of his trouble, and then converted his Presbyterian Society into 2 Congregational Church, and after ‘a_ while became the regular pastor of Grace Congre- ational Church, Brooklyn. His lot has not een a happy one ever since. ‘The church is in arrears of salary, and if Mr. Hall gets goods on credit they find fault, A few days ago he sent in-his resignation, which was ac- cepted bya small meeting held in the parson- age, and a committee was appointed to look up funds to pay him back dues and to sup- ply the pulpit hereafter. Friday night, how- ever; the “obstructionists,” or opponents of Mr. Hall, held a meeting, and, ignoring his previous resignation accepted by their breth- ren, they resolved to summarily dismiss a man no longer in their service. Meantime Mr. Hall has given letters of dismissal to twenty members of Grace Congrefational Chureh, who will probably retire with him to sone other place and organize anew so- ciety. ‘The Rey. Mr. Webster, of Quebec, has seen a spook or an angel, he cannot clearly tell which. Ithas visited him three times, always in the dead of the night, and has found locked doors and barred windows no obstacle. Several lesser spooks or angels eame in company: with the principal one, but theirforms were comparatively indis- tinct. Mr. Webster says that the chief spook orange! gave hima revelation of which he made memoranda in the Greek language, but which he declines to give to the newspa- per reporters. Mr. Webster was by himself when the vision appeared; but, in order to be prepared for future nocturnal visitors, he has engaged 2 man to sleep in the next room. Phis man will be connected with Mr. Web- ster's bed by a string, which the reverend gentleman will quietly pull when his angelic company next appears. Mr, Webster states that the head of the principal visitor was sur- rounded by a halo of light which seemed to be of a phosphoric character. He thinks it js the spirit of scine departed friend or neigh- hor: but he waits further developments be- fore committing himself as to exactly whose spirit itis. Hestoutly maintains that he ts not the victim of a delusion, and he does not believe that any malicious person. has been playing a prank on him. As he. is a well- known clergyman of the Episcopal Church, his adventure has produced some stir among his extensive circle of friends. % DENOMINATIONAL DAY-SCHOOLS. Dr. Boardman, of Philadelphia, urges that each denomination should provide its own day-schools. In a recent lecture on the question he said: Sorry as I am tosay it, candor compels me to admit—of course I speak for myself alone— thatin this matter the snti-Bible party have the argument. The Constitution of the United States guarantees absolute freedom of con- seience: accordingly to force the Bible upon the non-Christian or the Protestant ‘version upon the Romanist or the New Testament on thé Jew jg an invasion both of the Constitution and also of rights of conscience. Suppose the. Homan Catholics should become the majority in this country, they would need only to follow our own | Protestant example and precedent to be justi- wored fied in requiring that their Breviary Devused in our schools; Iight- of consclones te not @ question of majority or physical force. so long as the Church abandons to the Stat the work of educating the Nation. The expul- sion of the Bible from our schools is only a ques- Hou of time. According to the report of the commissioners of Educiition for the year 1Siz the number of pupils enrolled for that year in the public schools of America was nearly 9,000,- 000, and this mighty host of youths, although trained. in ‘those branches uf knowledge which affect them as citizens of this world, are. accord- ing to our theory of State education, supposed Bobs to nese trom tgnday, to Saturday one soli- word abou or church, or sal pare, wor an reh, or salvation, or Is it a wonder that the next generation prom- } 3 ie a generation of skeptics’ lecturer then dwelt on the problem of education; declared Pare. gts sphere of its solution is the Church. He advo- cated ine aes eent everywhers of asystem of parocl y-schools. Dr. Boardm: tened to with deep interest. aS res LSS PERSONALS. Edward Kimball, the church debt raiser, is pursuing his avocation in Philadelphia. Brother Inskip is very much charmed with the revival now in progress in Charleston. The Rev. Richard Eddy, of Boston, has been called to the Peoria Universalist Church. ae S ~The Universalist Church at Concord, N. H., has declined to accept the resignation of the Rev. E. L. Conger. % ~ The Rey. David .R..Fraser, of Buffalo, has accepted a call .to the Classon Avenue Presbyterian Church of Boston. The Rev. Ebenezer P. Gifford, of Walling- ford, Conn., eked out his salary last year by trapping muskrats and shooting skunks, the skins of which he sold. The Rey. John Hayes Grier, the oldest member of the Northumberland Presbytery, died recently at Jersey Shore, Pa., having lived to be more than 90 years old. The death is announced of the Rev. ‘Thomas S. Berry, President.of Simpson Cen- tenary College, a Methodist institition in lJowa. Mr. Berry was delegate-elect to the General Conference. The Rev.*Russell Streeter, who died at Woodstock, Vt.,on Sunday last, was the oldest clergyman of the Universalist denom- ination, and possessed the distinction of be- ing one of the fathers of that Spith. He was 83. ‘The Rev. Dr. Elsntr, of Samrodt, ‘Prussia, has celebrated a very uncommon anniversary, the sixtieth anniversary of his_being made Doctor of Philosophy by the University of Breslau. He has been pastor in Samrodt fifty-five years, and is 85 years of age. The late Dr. Ide, of Midway, Mass., aged as he was, was not the oldest Congregational minister in this country after all. The Rev. Dr. S. Parmelee, of Oswego, now in his 9th year, was. installed in Vermont one year be fore Dr, Ide was graduated from Brown University. Dr. Parmelee has preached for more than sixty years, and is still in excellent health for 2 man whose life will soon span a full century. A Chinese missionary, Mr, Richard, so won the hearts of the famine-stricken people that there came a request from a dista®t village for his full name in Chinese, that it might be inscribed on the walls of the temple to be worshiped with other bene- factors, and it was with difliculty the people could be kept from paying adoration to the body of Mr, Whiting, another missionary, who died in the midst of his labors to relieve the starving. PIOUS, PERHAPS. ‘When Wilberforce became Rector of Brigh- stone, in the Isle of Wight, he was waited on by an old farmer, whose one desire in life was to rent the.glebe acre. “ Why?” asked the Bishop. ‘ Well,” said the old fellow, with a look of business shrewdness, “ when Vother parson was here he used to farm it hisself, and, there being so little of it, he al- ways gotin hishay before anybody else. ‘Then he clapped on the prayer for rain!” A colored brother who was considered too pompous end too voluminous in his prayer- meeting exhortations was remonstrated with on account of his many inconsistencies. The official who administered the rebuke remind- ed him of the many sins. he had committed, and the’ disgrace he had brought upon the cause of religion by his frequent lapses into immorality. But the erring brother respond- ed: “Yes, boss; Lowns squar up; I’se done broke every one ob de commandments, but, bress de Lord, I’se nebber lost my. religion.” ‘This shining light was permitted to continue to blaze forth in prayer-meeting with his wonted brilliancy. : A. clergyman recently left Liverpool in a steamer, and, beginning to feel unconscious after leaving the month of the river, sought the Captain to learn if there was any danger. The Captain, in response, led_ the clergyman tothe forecastle, and told him to listen to what was guing on. The clergyman was shocked to hearing the sailors swearing vig- orously, and expressed his horror to the Cap- tain. The Capiain merely remarked: * Do you think these men would swear in such a manner if there was any real danger?” Whereupon the parson seemed satisfied, and retired. A day or two after, during 2 severe storm, the Captain saw the clergyman pro- ceeding with difficulty to the forecastle, and on hig return overheard him exclaim: “Thank heaven, they’re swearing yet!” A reverend gentieman was called to offi- ciate at the funeral of achild. The parents and.a few relatives were gathered in the small room where the body lay. in a coffin. The clergyman had seated himself for afew moments before beginning the services, an all was still as possible. In a minute the father, who sat at the right of the minister, a little distance away, with two or three per- sons seated between, Jeaned forward, craned his neck so as to take in a view of that good man, then he hemmed and hawed to invite attention, and finally, in a confused sort of way, staminered out, “1 say, Mr.—Mr. Mr.— D—n it all, parson, what in —— és your name anynow 2? Later on, when in the middle of nig prayer, as the clergyman was calling down blessings on the parents, the gravity and solemnity of the occasion was upset by the voice of the old man, saying, “D—n it, parson, don’t mind me. ‘Just go in and pray for tothers, and the old man’ll take care of himself,” mee PREDESTINATION. Little Ruck (Ark) Gazette. An old-time Baptist preacher of this city, who has retired from active Gospel dealing, but who still keeps a firm eye on the faith, has just had a little experience with a col- { man that causes him to think very seri- ‘ously. Meeting the colored man the preach- er said: “Dave, if you don’t bring that sad- dle home V'll have you put in jail.” “What saddle is yer ’furren ter?” “The one you stole from me.” eaten ‘fore de Lord, I neber stole yer saddle. “Yes you did. Isaw you when you took it off of the par. fence. I believe Vl have you arrested, anyway.” , 2 “Look heah, parson, you’se a Old Baptis’, isn’t yer 2? “Yes, and I'll have you sent to the Peni- tentiary.” tell, so is I, an’ now ketch de p’ints ez I gin’em to yer. Dar is jes so many saddles in dis worl’ what is ter be stole, an’ dars ies so many men what fs ter steal dese saddles. Dis is predespernation. Now, if yer saddle happens ter be one ob de predisposed sad- dies, an’ I happens ter be one ob de pre- disposed men, kin 1_he’p hit? Dar was Judus, fer instance. He couldn’t he’p ’tray- in’ de Savior, case deSavior said, ‘Judus, sop in dis dish an’ go an’ ’tray me. Hit wa’nt Judus’ fault, case he was one ob dp predis- posed 50 ‘tended frum de foundation ob der worl.’ r “J don’t want a religious discussion, Dave: It isn’t the saddle now that I care so much about. It is that you told me a lie in saying that you didn’t steal it.” “Well, den, parson, ’spose I takes back de lie an’ keeps de saddle?” = A lie once told always stands. You have lied tome you scoundrel, and I believe it is my duty to have you arrested.” 2 * Parson’ dar’s jes a certain amount ob lies terbe tole in dis worl’, an’ ef I is one ob de men what is predisposed ter tell one ob dese lies hits not-my fault, an’ I kan’t he’p hit” “You go on now and get that saddle or [11 swear out a warrant for your arrest.” fi “Tl! do de bes’ I kin, parson, but dar’s jes acertain amount ob stole saddles ter be re- turned in dis worl’. ‘If I’s one ob de predis- posed men, an’ I b’lieves I is, you’ll fine yer gaddie hangin’ onde yard fence *bout sun- down dis evenin’.” CHURCH SERVICES. . CONGREGATIONAL. ‘The. Rev. Charles Hall Everest will preach morning and evening at Plymouth Church, Sich- igan uvenue, between Twenty-fifth and Twenty- sixth streets. i —The Hey. E. F. Williams will preach morn- 9 ing and evening et the South Church, corner Drexel avenue and Fortieth street. —The Rev. G. H. Peeke will preach morning and evening at the Leavitt Street Church. —The Hev. F., A. Noble, D. D..will preach morning and evening at the Union Park Church, corner of Ashland avenue and Washingtou strect. —The Rev. Arthur Little will preach morning and evening at the New England Church. corner of Dearborn avenue and Deiuware place. —The Rev. J. T. Hyde will preach morning and evening at the Clinton Street Church, corner of ‘Wilson street. ie Rev. E. F. Williems will preach at 2:90 this afternoon at the Englewood Churcb. —The Rev. E. P. Goodwin will preach morning and evening at the First Church, corner Ana and Washington streets. —The Rev, C. A. Towle will preach mornii and eveniag at Bethany Church, corner 0 Paulina and Huron streets. —The Kev. B. F. Leavitt will preach morn- mg and evening at Lincoin Park Congregational Church, Sophia and Mohawk streets. ‘TEMPERANCE. The Woman's Christian Temperance Union will hold meetings in ‘Lower Farell Hall at3 p. ‘The leaders ure: Monday, Mrs. L. 5. Rounds; Tuesday, Mrs. T. B.Corse; Wednesday, ing: Friday, Miss Lucia timbals Saturday, as. ws: Friday, ucia Kimball; x 18, Roundy, Seles -A Gospel_temperance-meeting, conducted by Sirs. J. A. Kanouse, will be held ‘at 4:50 p.m. in the church corner of Noble and Ohio streets. UNTVERSALIST. ‘The Rev. A. J. Canfield, or Chelsea, Mass., will preach at the Church of the Redeemer, corner of Sangamon and Was! onstreets. Subjects: Biorning, “Something New”: evening, at the Sunday-school concert, “Three Supreme Mc- ments in Human Life.” —The Rev. Dr. Ryder will preach at St. Paul's ure. chiens, ee arene eateann streéi ening subject, * The juestion or Sowing Dragon's Teeth.” = ea EPISCOPAL. Cathedral SS. Peter and Paul, West Washi ton and Peoria streets, the Rt-Rev. William E. McLaren, S. T. D., Bishop; the Rev. J. H. Knowles, priest in ‘charge. ' Holy Communion at 8 a.m. Chorn! morning prayer and Holy Com- mounion at 10:30 a.m. Choral evening pruyer at iad 6 third if the special —tThe ti o! ie ial course of Lenten sermons xt the Cathedral will be given by the Rey. Clinton Locke, Rector of Grace Church, at 4:50 this afternoon. Subject; “The Church a Necessary Factor in Human Society.” —The Rt.-Rev. Bishop McLaren will officiate at 10:30 a. m. and 4:50 p. m. at St. James’ Church, eumner ‘Cass and Huron streets. Holy Communion at 8 a. m1. ~The Rey. R. A. Holland will officiate at ‘Trinity Church, corner of Twenty-sixth street and Michigan avenue. Evening sermon, the sec- ond vf the series to young men. Holy Com- munion at 8 a. m. a —The Rev. W. H. Knowlton will officiate morning and evening at St. Andrew's Church, corner Washington and Robey strects. —The Rev. John Hedman will officiate morn- ing and evening at St. Anzgarius’ Church, Sedg~ wick street, near Chicago avenue. < —tThe Rev. Clinton Locke, D. D., will officiate morning and evening at Grace Church, Wabask avenue, neur Sixteenth street. Holy Commun- ion at8 a. m. —The Rey. Arthur Ritchie will officiate morn- ing and pening a the Church of the Ascen- sion, corner Salle and streets. Com- munion at 8a, m. —tThe Rev. Charles Stanley Lester will officiate morning and evening at St. Paul's Church, Hyde Park avenue, near Forty-ninth street. ~The Rev. B. F. Fleetwood will officiute morn- ing and evening at St, Mark's Church, corne: ‘Thirty-sixth street and Cottage Grove avenue. —The Rev. J. D. Cowan will officiate morning and evening at St. Stephen’s Church, Johnsor street, near Taylor . —The Rev. Luther Pardee will officiate morn- ing and evening at Calvary Church, Warre1 avenue, near Oukley etrect. Communion at’ 7:45 a. Mm. —The Rev. T. N. Morrison,Jr., will officinte in the Church of the Epiphany. Throop street, near Monroe. Communion at 82. m. . ~The Rev. W. J. Petrie will ofticiate morn- ing and evening at the Church of Our Savior, corner Lincoln and Belden avenues. —tThe Rey. James E. ‘thompson will officiate at St. Thomas’ Church, Indiana avenue, ueas ‘Twenty-ninth street, —There will be services morning and evening at St. Luke’s Mission, No. 987 West Polk strec,. —The Rey. Daniel F. Smith will officiate in the maple atthe Good Shepherd Mission, Lawn- ale. —tThere willbe a Litany service every day during Lent at noon at No. South Clark strect. METHODIS©. ‘The Rey. J. W. Phelps will preach moraing and evening at S& Paul's Chureb, corner of Newberry avenue and Maxwell street. —The Rév. S. T. Shaw will preach at the Dick- , near North ayenue. Sub- jects: Mo 'One Baptism”; evening, * Buried with Him by Baptism."- —The Rev. Dr. Williamson will preach at the First Church, corner Washington and Clark streets. Subjects: Morning, “Is It Possible te Live Free from Sin in the Present Life?” even ing, “ Infidelity, Its Real Causa and Remedy.” —A; J. Bell, fay evangelist, will preach in thr morning at the State Street Church, near Forty- seventh stréet. Union service in the evening. —The Rev. Robert D. Sheppard will prench at Grace Church, corner of LaSalle and White streets. Subjects: Morning, “Christian Sta- bility”; evening, “An Evening with Dr. Watts and His Hymns.” —The Rey. Dr. Thomas will preach in Cen- tenary Church, corner of Morgan and Monroe streets; at 11 a.m.,and the Rev. C. G. Trusdell at 7:00 p.m. Se —The paarterly sone serviceof the Methodist Church choir of Englewood will take place Sun- day evening, March Ii, instead of this evening, 98 previously announced. —The Rev. O. Huse will pas in the morning in the Park Avenue Church, and in the event the pastor, the Rev. T. R. Strobridge, will preach. Subject: “Some Infidel Objections Considered.” __ The Rev. Franic 3f. Bristol will preach morn- ‘ing and evening at the Wabash Avenue Church, ~ corner of Fourteenth street. —The Rev. J. M. Caldwell will preach morning and evening at the Western Avenue Church, corner of Monroe street. UNITARIAN. The Rey. Brooke Herford will preach at the Church of the Messiah, corner of Michigun ave- nue and Twenty-third street. Subjects: Morn- ing. “The Sucrament of Marriage”; evening, Lecture V., “Moses.” _ + a —The Rev. William R. Alger will prench at Unity Chureh,. Dearborn avenue and Walton plies. Subjects: Morning, “A Time and o Spirit for Everything"; evening, “The Threo Degrees of Honesty and Their Motives.” —The Rev. E. I. Galvin wilt preach at 3:50 B; m.‘at the Third Church, Monroe and Latin streets. Subject: ‘A Plea for the Adoption ot the System of Organized Charity in the City of Chicago.” PRESBYTERIAN. A ‘The Rev. Henry T. Miller_will preach at the Sixth Church, corner of Vincennes and Guk avenues. Subjects: Morning, ‘The Yoke"; evening, * Windows of Mica.” . —The Rev. H. M. Collisson will prench at the Fullerton Avenue Church, near North Clark street. Subjects: Morning, “The Lizht of the World": evening, * Christ and His Foes.” —The Rev. J. Monro Gibson will preach at the Second Church, Michigan avenue and Twentieth street. Evening subject: The Gospel of the Kingdom.” '—Phe Rev. Arthur Swazey, D. D., will preach at tho Forty-first Street Chureh at. a. ™m.. Topic: - “The Five Books of Moses.”” “ —The Rev. J. H. Walker will preach at the Reunion Chureh in the morning and Dr. W. Sf. Blackburn in the evening. —The Rev. J. H. Walker will preach in tho Camphel! Park Chapel, Leavitt street and Campbell Park, In the evening at 7:30. —The Kev. Francis L. Patton, D. D., will preach morning and evening in the chapel of the Jeifer- son Park Church, corner of Throop and Adams streets. Services will not be held in the church on account of the arrival of the organ. . LUTHERAN. ‘The Rev. W. A. Passavant, of Pittsburg, will reach morning and eveningat the Wicker Park hurch. --The Rev. Dr. Keck, of Rock Island, will reuch in the morning at the Church of the Holy ‘infty, Dearborn avenue and Erle street. —Prof. J. D. Severinghaus will preach in the evening at Trinity Church, Indiana and Yeoria streets. : NEW JERUSALEM. ‘The Rev. L. P. Mercer will preach at 11 o'clock. in the morning at the Union Church, Hershey Music-Hull. Subject: “ How to Make the Most of Discouragements- —The Kev. W. F. Pendleton will preach In the morning at thechapel corner of Clark and Me- ‘on Bunvan’s. Pil nomince streets, and ut 3:20 p. in. at the church corner Washington street and Ogden avenue. CHEISTIAN. ; The Rev. Irving A. Searles will preach at tho South Side Church, Oakwood boulevard. Sub- sects: Morning, “fleaven”; evening, “The electable Sooninn ne eighth in the serics im’s —Elder M..N. Lord will preach morning and evening at the Second Church, Oukley avenue and Jackson street. —The Rev. A. J. Laughiin will preach, in the church corner of Western avenue and Congress street morning and evening. SPIRITUALISTS. ‘The First Society will meet at 705 2. m. and 3:45 p.m. In the church corner Monme and Latlin streets. W. J. Colville, tranee-speaker, will lecture in the morning on a subject to be chosen by the audience, and in the evening on “Will the World-Come to an End in 188i? If Not. What Will Come?” —A Spiritualists’ and mediums’ meeting will be held by Dr. Wiggin at 3 p. m. at No, 58 West Madison street. . REFORMED EPISCOPAL. ‘The Rev. F. W. Adams will offciate at St. Matthew's Church, corner of Clark and Centre streets. Subjects: Morning, “Letter to the Chureh of Pergamus”; evening, “What Shall Be Our Rest in Heaven?” _ ai —Bishop Fallows will officiate at St, Paut’s Chureh, corner of Carpenter and: Washington streets, . Subjects: Morning, “Consider tho Lilies” ;-evening, “ ‘The Manliness of Christ." —The Rev. Dr. Cooper will officiate In’ the evening at the Church of the Good Shepherd, corner of Jones and Homan streets. Subject: i The Spiritual or,Experimental Factor in Re- igion.” othe Rey. J.D. Wilson will officiate morning