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RELIGIOUS. —_—— The Approaching Ceneral Conference of the M. E. Church. ‘Candidates for the New Bish- oprics to Be Insti- tuted. An Old Bible Written Five Hun- dred Years Before Gutten- berg. What Shall | Do to Be Saved ?”— Biblical Answers to the Question. General Notes, Personals, Sun- day Small Talk, Services To-Day. TRUSTING HIM. It trust him for my food ‘As the birds do, - ther up the crum! : air bs they fall; Norsball walt to hear him say Why he made no better way, ‘Why he gave no larger stuy, Only the small. Jf Itrust him for my dress, As grasses do, Jsball take the offered garment ‘With a smile; Yorsball ask with anxious care, Does cold charity bid me wear, Or Love, this dress, not fine nor fair, ‘The weary while? trust for everything, ur As childret n do, shall bave everything, one hundred fold, In by and by; Sweet loaves, prepared by one who knows my taste, My dress, the fair robe of his righteousness, Ben his precious word is my bequest— He knoweth why THE METHODISTS. AFFROACHING GENERAL CONFERENCE IN ODN- CINNATL. ¢ New York Times. Crxcrsnat1, March 2.—The General Confer- ence of the Methodist Episcopal Church, which isto be beld in this city, beginning May 1, is now sonear that much of its more important busi- ‘ness is ulready taking shape, and can, in most cases With strong probability, and in some cases with almost certainty, be forecast. In fact, the special, informal conference antecedent to the General (and to some extent ratifying) Confer- ence has been in session throughout the length and breadth of the United States for two or three months, and though its doings are pub- Ushed only in whispers in the ear, and in con- fidential talks by the pastor's fireside, at the Church editur’s table, at the Church Secre- try’s desk, and inthe Bishop's office, they are widely and well known to those concerned. The business of the Methodist Church affords abund- antand excellent opportunity for the publica- tion of such informal proceedings. The meet- fogs of the Book Committee, one of which closed inthis city three weeks ago, call together from allparts of the country, besides laymen, more thentwenty promihent ministers, all, or nearly all, members of the General Conference. Then there is the anaual meeting of the Bishops, and theannual missionary meeting, which requires the attendance of all the Bishops, and many ministerial members from Oregon to Florida, and which is attended by nearly all the editors of theChurch, By these means and many more the decisions of the anticipatory informal con- ference sre-made and published. - - ‘The Bishops have no voice in the legislation of the Church, except the “still smal! voicé.” But this is made very penetrating by their per- sonal popularity and influence. by which they enadi In the first pluce to attain episco- pal place, by their intimate personal uaint- ance with the delegates, and by their episcopal power, authority, and prestige. The last General Conference afforded excellent illustration of the ower of the episcopal preference. The Rev. ~e , editor of the Christian Advocate at New York, had incurred thedislike of sume total abstinence zealots in the Church by the tomper- ate tone of his editorials on their hobby, and he had offended some others by so far admitting the improvability of the Methodist economy a3 toopen the columns of his paper, as the Gen- eral Conference of 1816 3p) roached, for the discussion in a moderate and loyal way of some mooted changes in the administrative detail of that economy. Consequently, in the General Conference of 1676, he would have baa a slight Scattering opposition to his retlection to the office of editor of the Advocate, but he would have been triumphantly elected. But the Bishops, whose dislike he bad also incurred, really beaded, managed, and directed the oppo- sition to him; picked outa man to run against him, and after one of the hardest struggles for their favorit that the Episcopal Board ever made, they barely succeeded in electing him and defeating Dr. Curry. It was well known among the initiated, weeks before that Baltimore Gen- eral Conference, that the Rev. Dr. C, H. Fowler ‘Was “tho Bishops’ man" for editor of the Advo- cate, just asit was understood for months thatthe Rev. Dr. R. Nelson was “the Bishops’ man” for nt. > One of the most interesting questions to come Bp at the General Conference will be that of the number of additional Bishops to be made, and Yhothey shall be. Itis generally conceded— in inside eireles—that the number will not be under four nor over six. It may be considered certain that there will not be less than four new Bishops made, and highly probable that the number will not go above though it is barely posible that a pressure of candidates may at t swellthe number to eight; either four or vearethe more probable numbers. In any event, two of the future Bishops can be named with certainty. If tive are elected, three can be Row named, and if six are clected, four can be be named. The two who are ceurtain of lection, provided they Live, are the Rev. Dr. J. "Hurst, President of Drew Theological Semi- 8 Foung man, of European education, ripe Scholarship, and good executive ability. and b e Rev. Dr. Cyrus D. _ Foss, resi- ae of the Wesleyan University, of Whom Eastern Methodists, and New York especially, need not to be told, a2 man of whom Soy church might well be proud. After these E rt Prominent candidates are the Rev. Dr. ¥; . Warren, Philadelphia; the Rev. Dr. J. M. ‘alden, Cincinnati; the Rev, Dr. A. J. Kynett, Fuller, Atlanta; the an Dr. E.0, Haven, Syracuse; and the Rev. Dr. Stratton, San Francisco, The Rev Dr. H. W. {aireu, of Philadelphia. is brother of the Pres- feat of Boston University, and has filled the jost intluential pulpits in’ different New-En- bs a cites, New York, and Philadelphia. 18 ve so! 6u) rt Oo} lew inglant 0d the Middle States. He js also well and wide- own to the church at large asa writer for re church Periodicals. He may be said to stand 8 fair chunce, but he is not generally put third qhike lst. It is belleved that the struggle for {he Uuird place on the list will be between the ree Whose names follow that of Dr. Warren in list given above. athe Rev. Dr. J. M. Walden, junior member of Pietirm of Hitchcock & Walden, agents of the eatern Methodist Book Concern, received the Conn st Vote for Bishop at the Brooklyn General Lonference, in 187, of uny candidate who was potelected. He is’a well-known candidate for Gu scoPal honors at the hands of the approaching ‘eneral Conference. He is “solid” with South- ty 20d Western Methodism. ‘The Northwest is Rot wunitin bis favor; the East 1a non-com- Jose Many of his friends fear that be will Gappotes by the overzealous electioneering of acinnatl, where he is a favorit. A very prom- ent Methodist remarked, the other day, on Wus Subject: “If {t were dinner-time, and there ere two hotels, and one was beating gong and 20 other was not, the General Conference would to the one without the gong, just from a nat- bral dislike of being dictated to as to where it should feed.” Dr Walden is a shrewd, able un, Who would worthily fill the Episcopal bench; but, i + but, excepting, of course, Bishop Wiley, Beene here, has eps amount. of back! Py the Board of Bishops. The Rey. Dr. A.J. Cant, of Philadelphia, is Secretary of the of irch-Extension Society, and a member of one Rothe lown Conferences,‘ He divides with the ac. Dr. C. H. Fowler, of New York, the candi- bon ot the Northwest, and one of the two is of the 20 Win. Dr. Fowler, mindful of the fable eute dog and the shadow, is a candidate for re- Newige te the office of editor of the Advocate at anne and will not run in the Episcopal race 18st; but if his friends pick bim up and over the course, why, he would sub- Tot ei ggTacefully as he could,’ But Dr. Fowler aeyeeing & candidate, and the Northwest being noamined tohaye at least one man out of the om, ber elected, Methodists might as well accus- emselves to the souud of Bishop Kynett. ith demands one man, and bas settled on E. Q. Fuller, editor of the Christian win prtban sant “ne Eee Be Pro! one. e sv. Dr. Stratton is the Talidate of the Pacific Coast. ‘ong a host of others whose names are men- tioned by their friends, the following post I prominent he Bev. Dre B M. Hatack, » UL; B. BF. am, Bos 7H Moses Hili, of the Brie Cantercnce: CH. Payne an ware, 0.; and H. B. Ridgaway, Cincinnati, 0. wn ere ig every indication that a strong fight he be made by the respective friends of the Rev, Drs. Curry and Fowler for the editorship of : 1@ New York Advocate, and, in case Dr. Fowler is munde Dishop, the many friends of the Rev. Dr. JM Buckley, of Brooklyn, will put bim for- Ries cE contest for the editorship. The New ion nae Concern will remain. Philips & Hunt. r. Walden is made Bishop, Indiana will de- wadnd that the Rev. Dr. J. J. Hight, assistant edi- r of the Western Christian Advocate, be made Junior Book Agent of the Westera Concern. Tha othe, editorships and Secretaryships will prob- ably not change, except that, if the Rev. Dr. ‘yhett gives up the Secretaryship of the Church Extension Society, the Rev. Dr. (Chaplain) C. C. a abe stands right in the line of promotion. ic is also a Northwestern man, a3 well as a uni- versal favorit. and that region will, of course, work with added zeal to make Dr. Kynett Bishop in order to promote “Charley” McCabe. AN OLD BIBLE. THE OLDEST COPY OF THE ECRIPTURES PROBABLY IN EXISTENCE. Rochester Express. It was in 1850 that I met in Mobile, Ala., the owner of this book—Dr. J. R. Witherspoon, grandson of President Witherspoon, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. The Doctor was an educated gentleman, and urged me if I evercame in theregion of Greens- boro, Alg.,to be sure tocall on him and he would show me his wonderful Bible. I was not slow to accept his invitation, and rode on horseback some dozen miles out of my way to sce the greatest wonder of the age of this kind of book. I found the venerable Doctor Iving elegantly | on broad acres and with the slaves about him, forhe did notseem to think there was any- thing in his Bible against slavery, though his grandfather signed the declaration that “all men are created equal.” The book was soon brought out froma careful keeping, and sure enough, though I had seen for yerrs the great Van Ess library, with Bibles having a chain at- tached that once held them to a pulpit, and the Bible of Philip Melunchthon, with his autograph, Thad never seen any such Bible as this. I took it in my hand with awe, for it was writ- teri in the days of King Alfred, and bya monk of Cornwall, England, who worked at it forty years, —almost a lifetime,~and was evidently on the very finest of parchment, little inferior to satin. ‘How such a finish could be put upon the skin of any beast in the days so long ago, when the bind- , iugof the book was in ouk boards, tied with’ buckskin thongs, was @ mystery and almost a contradiction. But more wonderful yet was the writing with- in. The pages were uli ruled with great accura- ey, and written as uniformly in the lines as Buse which was not then invented, for some years lay between that old monk and Faust and Guttenberg. The style was German text- band, and was‘an abbreviation from the vulgate of Jerome, made in the fourth century. ‘The first chapter of every book was written with a large capital, of inimitable beauty and splendidly illuminated with red, blue, and black ink, still in vivid letters, with no two of the cap- itals precisely alike. Here was indeed a Doré before him of our age, Each chupter is divided into verses by a dot of red ink, though I do not remember when “the venerable Bede” made his division of Scriptures into chapters and verses. Thisdot of the Bible I speak of may have been the work of 2 subsequent age. As to the size of the book, it was about that of an old Ainsworth Latino dictionary—the kind that was mistaken for a Bible once by a family in Alabama, and brought out at the request of a colporteur who wished to see their Bible! This manuscript Bible of Witherspoon's contained all the books of the Old Testament except the Psalms and the Apocrypha. Two chapters, the last of Leviticus and the first of Numbers, con- taining the most splendid capital letters in the book, had been recently wantonly abstracted or cut out,in the house of Dr. Witherspvon, by some biblomaniac who did not dure steal the whole book. It contains, also, the whole of the New Testament except the chapters where the disputed text occurs, about “ the three who bear record in Heaven.’ In regard tothe history of this Bible, the Doctor told me that it was found by a friend of his father among lotof old books bought at auction for a song—some twenty shillings—and taken to aclergyman, the Rev. Dr. McUalla, of South Carolina,as a book that the purchaser could not make head nor tail of, and which might be of value to soma book- learned man. The cle! an readily gave him some half adozen books for it from his library, such as could be easily ‘understood by the people,” and the man ‘was happy in the exchange. Dr. McCalla certainly wus, for he had driven a Sharp bacenin. and had a book that was worth, when tirst written, $2,500, and would be worth that now to any old bookworm—who desireth not new books any more than new wine, “for he saith the old is better.” This heirloom barely escaped getting out of the family Hne, for it was once loaned by Dr. ‘Witherspoon, but he had the forethought to put the borrower under written bonds to return it, and, the man dying, the book was lent by his widow to some third person, and finally found its way, a8 a rare treasure, into some collego,— Harvard, I think,—whence it was recovered un- der a threat of a suit on the bond. Tileft the sight and handling of this most wonderful Bible of any in existence, perhaps, with many a longing, lingering look, but not til Thad written its history very fully at the re- quest and dictation of the venerable owner, SALVATION. VIEWS ON THE BIBLE PLAN. To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune, Davenronr, Ia., Feb. 27.—The subject of sal- vation, and the conditions upon which it is sup- posed to be dependent, scem to have attracted nota little attention of late. I little thought, when I furnished my first communication toa Chicago paper on this subject, that it would bo the means of awakening such a widespread and profound interest in the question of Gospel obedience as it has done. It scems to have at- tracted the attention of the leading clergymen of Chicago and surrounding country; for many of them have preached and published sermons upon thesubject; and also to have received more than a passing notice from both the secular and religious press. This is as it should be; for the supreme importance of the subject, it seems to me, calls fora more extended and prayerful consideration than it hag hitherto received at the hands of the churches, : tis to be regretted that there is not more unity of faith among the’ public teachers of re- ligion upon this great fundamental doctrine. ‘The recent discussion of this subject, in the press-and pulpits of Chicago, has discovered the startling fact that doctors differ, even on the primary and initiatory doctrines of the Bible, as well aa upon the moreadvanced and complicated questions of theology. If there is a question connected with the scheme of human redemption upon which dif- ferences of fuith and sentiment are likely to prove disastrous, and upon which there should be the most perfect agreement and harmony, it is the question of salvation. and the conditions ‘upon which it is suspended in the Scriptures, If the churches cannot agree upon the primary doctrines of the Bible, we shall bope in vain to find thom a unit on the secondary and morecom- plex theories of ecclesiasticism. The situation vould be less lamentable and disastrous if the disagreement among, the so-called orthodox churches amounted to nothing more than & simple difference of opinion; but, unfortu- nately for the cause of Christ, these differences amount in some instances to downright eontra- dictions, as will be seen by returning to the an- swers given by the several Chicago clergymen to the queStion, What must 2 man. to be saved?” These men not only differed in their notions of what is essential to salvation, but some of them plainly ‘and unequivocally con- tradicted exch other. In view of suck an unfort- unate stute of things as this, what would on humble sinner do who was anxious to secure tho salvation of bis soul? When Doctors of Divinity differ and learned clergymen contradict exch other on the primary question of salvation, and cannot agree in regurd to what is essential to {he salvation of the soul, what hope, pray tell, can 2 poor, unenlightened, and ignorant sinner have of ever finding the way of life? ‘This is no fancy sketch; no exaggerated ac- count, but the exact stute of things that now obtains in the religious world, and which, in my humble opinion, is the prolific source of much indifference, if not absolute infidelity. I cannot believe that these vyust differences are necessury or unavoidable. There must be some rational! explanation for these diversities of doctrine, for no one will presume to say that fhese antagonisms are all supported by and found in the Sacred Scriptures, eA careful analysis of all those passages which refer to the subject of salvation and a critical examination jot Rime Bus er even in the 3 to the all-important in a Berl ny aa to be saved?” revel the fact that there is neither difference nor contradiction in the Scriptures on this subject, but the fullest and most perfect harmony 7 prevails throughout the entire domainof revealed truth. I am there- fore forced to conclude that the contradictory answers given to the above question by the emi- Gent Chicago divines had their origin not in the Scriptures ot Hen ‘but in their preadopted and favorit cree 3 ‘that the Bible is in harmony with it- colt cpon this ‘one question at least is the object of this paper. = * let ‘Without further preliminary observations, let us turn our attention to the great living and all- absorbing question, “What shall I do to be saved?" : n be fntelligently or abetore this, duestion, ca we must determine jerstanding! 15 ‘of the word “saved.” The words the meaning of, (aivation”” are not always em- ployed in the Scriptures to represent the same Thought. In every salvation, whetber pertaining to this world or the next, there are involved three distinet ideas: @) A Savior; (2) something to be ed; and (3) some danger or consequence from fc save witae word elivoresis used in the Bible to indi- -of s0-culled orthodoxy, dicate two important conditions, ease: ferent from each other, and yet ‘Denringsan inthe mate and consequential relation to each other. ‘What must I do to be saved?” is sometimes asked in regard to & present salvation,—a aalra- tion from sin. What must I do to be pardoned, to be delivered from the power and dominion of sin? The answer to this question must involve the Jaw of pardon: and to this question there can be but one answer; for no one, I presume, will be 80 inconsistent ‘as_to ndvocate that God bas revealed in His Gospel more than one taw of forgiveness. Pardon is conditional, and the con- ditions are subject to no mutations, they are necessarily the same in every cage, so that tho Brewer te ae nes ncn i What must I do to be re sins?’ must ani nd always osama. @ definit, cleur, ut there is another sense in which t! . “gayed” is employed in the Bible.. The. Pirin tion is sometimes asked, “ What ‘sball Ido to inherit eternal life?" What shall I do to be saved eternally at God's right hand?. ‘This is a very different question from the foregoing. ‘The essential difference between these tio questions must be obvious even to the most careless and indifferent thinker. The first contemplates n Present salvation,—a salvation enjoyed here in this life; while the second has regard to a salva- tion that is future, and to be enjoyed only after the sorrows and disappointments of this life are over. It must be apparent to every thinking aia that Wie answers to these questions must as the import of thomselves, i ipo} the questions oth of these are Bible questions, and the; are both fully and, I think ‘satisfactorily on swered in tho holy oraclesof God. When, there- fore, any onc asks the question, “What must I do to be saved?” ‘before we can give an intelli- fens, Appropriate, or Scriptural answer, we must informed us to the sense in which he employs the word “saved.” If he means “What must I do_to. be suved from my sins," the answer is clearly revealed in the Gospel of Christ; and whoever gives to an {inquir- ing sinner any other answer than that which God has authorized, is guilty of pervert- ing the word of life and salvation. If, onthe other hand, the question is asked with reference toa future salvation frum the grave, and compre- hending the consideration of eternal life beyond the confines of time, then the answer must corre- spond to the scope of the question, and include all those conditions on which eternal life is sus- pended in the Sacred Scriptures. There is before us, therefore, two questions very intimately related to each other and yet distinctly different from each other, and calling for essentially different answers. it is my purpose to give the Scriptural answer to both of those questions. In keeping with this purpose let usinquire, What shalla man do to be suved from his sins? The answer to this ques- tion must be influenced in a measure by the ro- lations ané circumstances of the person asking it. Suppose an unenlightened person should propound this question,—one who bad never heard the Gospel of Christ proclaimed in its amplitude,—what would be a proper and at the same time Scriptural answer to give to such an individual? Fortunately for us we find an exact paratiel in Acts, sixteenth chapter, ‘The Philippian jailer bad, 2s the sequel evi- dently shows, never hoard the plan of salvation proclaimed in all his life; all he knew of it was the false and prejudiced reports that had been brought to his ears. He had In his charge two Gospel preachers. He had made them, as ho supposed, perfectly safe, baving thrust them into the inner prison and made their fect fast in the stocks. At midnight, Silas, the Sankey of the occasion, struck up a “ Gospel hymn,” and as its grand and heavenly notes rany out in the ‘darkness and rolled up from the damp and cheerloss walls in which the prisoners were con- fined, they were borne on the midnight air tothe very throne of God. Listening angels heard the glad song, and started on a mission of deliver- ance. At their arrival, the earth quaked, the prison-dvors flung wide upon their massive, creaking hinges, tho stocks fell from_the pris- oners’ wearled and Iacerated limbs. The jailer, aroused from his deep and heavy slumbers by the earthquake and the songs, called for a light, and sprang in before Paul and Silas, and said in g tone and manner that indicated profound sin- cerity, ‘What shall I do to be saved?” He was satistied that there was something divine in those midiight songs. Paul, the Moody of the occasion, answered his uestions in the following words: “Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt bo saved and thy house.” But Paul, remembering that no man could believe in a thing of which be had no knowledge, began then and there, and preached to him and his household the Gospel of salvation, and the jailer obeyed it without delay, for the historian informs us that Paul baptized him and his household the same hour of the night. From this single case we can, dy a legitimate deduction, obtain all the items which enter into the Scriptural answer to the question, * What shall I do to be saved from my sing?" The obe- dience of the jailer began in faith and ended in baptism. There can be no reasonable doubt but that he heartily repented of his sins: for it is not consistent to suppose that an inspired Apostle would baptize an unrepentant man; therefore the answer, as eliminated from _this Scriptural nartutive, stands as follows: Believe on the Lord Jefus Christ, repent of all your sins, and be baptized for the remission of the sume. fow, L will suppose another citse,—and not an improbable one by any: means. if an individual who has heard the Gospel, and is therefore intel- igent upon the subject, and who believes it, having been’ convinced of its truth,—if such an one, Laay, should ask the question, * What must Ido to be saved?” in the sense In which we ure now conside! it, what would be a proper and at tho sume time Scriptural answer to give to the question? Here, as in the preceding cnse, wo tind in the Scriptures a perfect purallel. In Acts, second chapter, we have a detailed account of the conversion of 3,000 just such cases. Thoy had witnessed the lambent flames that gleamed and flashed with Divine radiance over the swarthy brows of the inspired Galilcans. They had heard and felt the rushing mighty wind that cume like a cyclone from the band of God. They had listened to the eloquent and oonvincing up- pest of the bold and defiant Peter, ashe stoud efore them, the very personification and em- bodiment of Divine wisdom and power. He charged them with the cruel, heartless murder of the sinless Son of God. He boldly de- clared the sublime doctrines of His resurrection and ascension; and when the people were “pricked” to the heart, which is only another form for saying thoy believed Peter's preuching, they cried out, ** What must we do to be saved: Let us give ear to the answer given by the holy inspired Apostle. Remember this is the answer that was indited by the unerring spirit of God, under whose Divine agency they were preaching. Peter said: “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jeeus Christ for the remission of sins and you shall receive the gift of the Holy. Ghost.”” Three thousand men and women yielded to this answer; and the obedience of each was not unlike the obedience uf the Philipplan jailer; for their obedience, like the jailer’s, begun in fuith, continued tn Fepentance, and closed with aptism. will now introduce another supposititious case. Suppose « man who has henrd the Gospel believed its great facts, and repented of his siu: if be should propound this quostion to an autho: ized Gospel preacher. what would be the correct, Scriptural answer to give suck an individual? Fortunately we are not without a parallel in the Seriptures to this suppositional penitent, for in ‘Acts, twenty-second chapter, we huve'a ense which corresponds to this in every essential pur- ticular. Saul was a commissioned persecutor of the Church of Christ. He was on his way to Damas- cus to arrest and incarcerate any he might find who called upon the name of the Lord. Jesus appeared to Em on the way, and the light and glory of His divine presence shone about the ersecuting and ambitious Saul with such super- [ative splendor that he fell to the earth overpowered by the unearthly brilliance that gicamed like Jurid lightning around and about him. The cerulean vault above him appeared to his dazzled eyes like a mass of liquid ‘hre,--the earth seemed baptized in a flood of golden glory. Hada sun from the solar realm burst and’ poured its contents of Lght upon the heads of Sau} and his associates the effect could not have been more awful and appalling. Hearing a voice of reproof issuing froin the brilliant being that stood before him, Sau! cried out, “Who art thou, Lord?” Jesus answered: am Jesus of Nazareth, whom thou. persecutest.” Then Saul asked uestion which we are now considering, viz.: at wilt thou have me todo?” The Suvior directed him to go to Damascus, and informed bim that it would be told bim there what bo must do. Sul repuired immediately to Damaseut, and, fn a State of mental anxiety better imagined than described, he continued to repent and pray for three long, weary, sorrowful days, at the expira- tion 0” vhich time God sent a Gospel preacher to him b, the name of Ananias, who, when be came into the prosence of the notorious perse- cuting Saul, aud beheld him humble and peni- tent, and as docile us a child, suid: | ‘*Saul, Saul, why tarriest thou? Arise and be baptized and wash away thy sins, calling on the nume of the Lord,” Saul bad beard, believed, and repented, and therefore Ananius told him to do the one thing he bid not yet done to complete his Gos- pelabedience. It 1s plainly evident, cherefore, That Paul's obedience was not unlike either the juiler’s or the Pentecostian’s; for it bemun in Yaith, continued in repentance, and ended in baptism for the remission of sins. ‘Who cannot fail to see that tho anweers in all these three cases are pructically the same? ‘There is neither difference nor disagreement. What is not expressed is most certainly implied; and when they are ounsidered in thelr, entirety they are exact and perfect parallels. The full, complete, and divinely authorized answer, therefore. to the question ** ‘What must i do to ved?” is, in simple terms, belief in Christ, Pe et iance for sins, and baptism for the remis- ‘he samc. + site acts of the A ties contain the detaled an 15,! conv' 8 account of net ee without a single exception, instance, He believed, repented, and were baptized. Lg ‘ ly and clearly set forth. Had the Port Ler tecata nts y thas tine of followin; ings instructions, insterd . they sou fi me have given the same answer; and, insteud of confusion an disappointment@ mortification and injury, re- sulting from th! ce auerer uae have reason te believe has been the result, the would neve been padvanced and sinners enlight- to God. OWfet us retura to Apostotto Christianity, and t away from the stuitifying and belittling in- finence of orthodox speculations. When sin- ners ask what they must do tobe saved, tet us ve them a Scriptural answer, instead of con- Facing them with the senseless Jargon of blub- bering Ashdod, THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, MARCH 1%, 1880—SIXTEEN PAGES. May the day soon come when the peopie sh: know tho truth, and the truth shall make gaat tree. AMC. 8T, BENEDICT’S Cross. SALE OF AN AMULET WITH ALLEGED WoNDER- FUL POWERS, Cleveland Leader. Father Barnard, Prior of New Mellaray Abbey, Dubuque, Ia., is another of thoso Romish priests who have been running into debt-with no means of paying {t, save by wholesale’ begging and im- posture. He has sent toall parts of!the United States, a circular stating that, to pay off a heavy debt on the new unfinished abbey, it is proposed to have two daily masses—one for the living and one for the dead—said every day for fifty years, in the benefits of which those who give the abbey a hundred dollars will participate. Do- nars of $50 will get the fruits of the two masses for twenty-five years, and for smaller sums in Proportion. Father Barnard, Prior, sends out with his cir- cular cheap medal! called “The Cross of St. Benedict,” and a description of the virtues thereof, The latter begins with an account of Bruno, afterwards ope Leo FX., who, in his youth having been bitten by a serpent, had a vision at the point of death, in which be saw St. Benedict coming down a ladder whose top was in Henven and its fcot on the sick boy's bed. The suint held in his banda luminous cross, with which he touched the bog and cured him instantly. or couree ne iinet the. Order of St. jenedict, and cliinbed, probal the 7 ladder, t6 the Papul throne. OS Sales ‘The Circular says: “In order that this medal may bea salutary meuns in all our uccessities of soul and body, but especially a guard agulost the assaults of the ovil apirit, the Churph, Bao, for its blessing, or- dained specisi exdércisms and prayers. Tonu- merable facts show that the faithful, by the plone, use of His Cross and the invocatien of St. enedict, receive extraordinary graces from God; spiritual graces, especial My at the hour of death; preservation of mothers jn child-benring: instantaneous cures; protection against. thunder and lightning, Storms, sickness, poison, plagues, dangers, and against all the influences of the wicked spirit. Itis also 2 most powerful pregervative from and remedy for fits. “The medal may be worn around the neck, or in uny way we [ike on the body. Itmay be laced upon our doors, or kept on the ane af- fected. When animals are -discased it may be iinmersed in the water they drink. We may kiss it for gainiug indulgences. In all cases, whenever we wish to derivo benefit from the said, medal, we might say five Gloria Patri in honor of Jesus Christ’s passion; three Ave Marias in honor of the B. V. M,, and one Pater Noster in honor of St. Benedict, which prayers it would be well to say every duy in order to en- jor. more abuntantly the fruit of this holy devo- fon.” Having thus described the wonderful powers of this amulet, after the fashion of an Indian Medicine Man in @ Mandan ‘Lodge, the circular proceeds, like the “small bills” in the circus, to give particulars. ! Pope Benedict XIV., by & decree of Dec. 23, 1741, established numerous indulgences for those who wear this medal. Such]|as say the once a week, or any one of several other mum- meries, will have “plenary indulgence” on Christmas. Epiphany, Easter, Ascensiou, Pente- cost, Trinity Sunday, Corpus Christi, the princi- al feasts of the Blessed Virgin, and the feast ot St: Benedict. An indulgence of seven years for saying the Hosary in honor of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary. (That must be pretty hard to say.) Ouce a week an In- dulgence of twenty years for praying daily for the extirpation of heretics. An indulgence of one-third of one’s incurred penalties for sin for the conversion of asinner. And so further. At theend of the bill of particulars the deluded followers of Rome are assured that“ all tbe above-mentioned indulgences can be applied to the souls in purgatory.” This by no means the only attempt the Romish Church has made to revive in America the business of selling dispensations and in- dulgences which directly led tothe Protestant Reformution, and which the Church would hard- ly dure to renew in any country in Europe. Put into plain language, it means that, in considera- tion of money’ pu into the hands of a priest, the contributor wili be allowed to commit sin with immunity on certain dayg or during specified terms. It sets at nought every divine command. We are taught in the Word of God that the soul that sinneth shall die; but’ the Romish Church sare to its followers, if you give money to the lests, wear an amulet, and mumble a few ‘oral and meaningtess prayers, you may sin with entire immunity and freedom from moral respon- sibility. ‘This blasphemous and vile corruption Jed to the Reformation, and the swindling shops which are attempting to revive it in America are taking the surest means to destroy whatever of respect for their Church remains in the breasts of people who are not its bigoted and ignorant adherents. GENERALE NOTES, The Catholte Review is opposed to mixed mar- ringes, because the resultant. children are ul- most invariably lost td the Church. ~ : _A sufficient endowment haying been ratsed for the proposed new Bishopric of-Liverpool, En- gland {$150,000), the Government will be asked to appoint a Bishop. . The Royat University, which is to succeed Queen's University, Ireland, will be governed by u Senate of thirty-six members, of whom eight- een will be Roman Catholics, nine Episcopaliuns, six Presbyteriaas, and three represontatives of the minor bodics. The Presbyterians ask for larger representation. The church in which Richard Mather, the grandfather of the celebrated Cotton Mather, began his ministry is still in existence, and in usein Liv pre. In its yard are the wraves of the early in@abitants of the city, and on its walls wre mural tablets to commemorate the virtues of the interred. ‘The Advance Publishing Company has issued in tract form a sermon by the Rev. Dr. Good- win, in reply to Ingersoll’s eulogy on Thomas Paine, with an appendix on Pope Bob's attitude toward the Bible, by Prot. Curtis, of the Chicago Theological Seminary. It should have as wide a pueuianed ag the works of the rhetorical in- el. ‘The number of Catholics in Scotland is esti- mated to be 309,490, the number in the Diocese of Glasgow alone being 199,735. There are 59 mis- sions in Glasgow,-121 priests, 116 departments of mission schools, 7 middie-class schools, 3 i dustrial schools, 2 reformntory echoola, 2 orphan- age schools, and 1 seminary, whiie the churches and chapels number 78. The Austrian Government has decided, upon appeut of the Rev. Edwin A. Adanjs, missionary. of the American Board in Bohem!a, that he has the right to hold relicious worsbipfin his dwell- ing in the presence of invited guests, after due notice to the civil authorities and payment for the services of a policeman. Schoo! children at- tached to any of the recognized State religions are not permitted to be present. It 4s proposed to build in certaii the Western frontier of Kansas cl of sods. A few such already exis| are of sods, the roofs are covered the floors are of earth. A church ¢an be built, in size about 26x38, for an outlay|in money of only $10, and this has already been done in at least one instance. A wall of sodd, {f properly bunlt and protected, will last 100 yeRrs. According to Sadlier's Catholic} Almanac for 1880, the estimated total Roman Catholic popu- lation of the United States is 6,143.22, but the Boston Pilot says that many intelligent Catholics think the estimate much too low. { There ure 67 Archbishops and Bishops, 5,950 priests, 1,136 ec- clesinstical students, 6,407 churches and chapels, 1.726 stations, 687 seminurics, colleges, and acad- emies, 2,46 parochial schools, abl pupils in districts on hes made. The walls ith sods, and | prrochial schools, and 373 charitable associa- tions. The Christian at Work says it a church in ‘New York some seven months raised the amount of $50,0K) for a specifid purpose—no mutter what. It bad no immedigte use for the money, and so invested it {n the railroad stock of St.Paul preferred. ‘The other day the church sold its stuck and received $110,090,—un protit of $00,000, With this money anew ‘dhurch edifice ig.to be erected, which, it has bebn suggeste ‘ should be hereafter known es “St. Paul Pre- ferred.” For the first time in sixteen years the Ameri- can Missionary Association is tree}of debt. Dur- ing the past yenr it paid off an inflebtedness of $37,389. Among tho colored people of the South an'importunt work has been acdomplished by this Association. ot in the Southern States eight chartered institutions, twelve High Schools, and twenty-four common schools, with a total of 163 teachers and 7,207 pupils, in alt of which Christian knowledge and churacter nro a feature of the instruction. In addition there are about 5,200 Sunday-school scholars under its charge. A meeting of the parishioners of the Church of the Good Shepherd (Reformed Episcopal) was held on Wednesday evening, March 3, for the purpose ot reorganization,” Dr. Cooper wis balled to the chair, and Mr. Willian Brew acted as Secretary. After some prelun{nary business, the following were elected as Wafiens and Ves- trymen for the remainder of the term: Wardens —Griffits Thomus and Augustos Hamen; Vestry- men—Henry Jones, William Clucgs, T. G. Moore, William Marshall, and William Blew. A‘tesolu- ‘and adopted i Wurdens and Vestrymen to .extehd s call to the Rev. Dr. Cooper as pastor. ugias House, Thirty-fifth street and Vincennes avenue. The new'ball is commodious and handsomely fitted up. Now that it has its own’ place of meeting, and under its own control, the] church antici- pates that the success it has will be considerably enhanced. will preach in the new hull evel ing, and lecture in the evening. the hall will be celebrated bya ive assembly, consisting o: dancing, etc., on Wednesday eve: A curious phase of the marrii question has Just come to light in England.’ 3 Mr. Joby Ed- waras, of Cheddar, losing his wife, thought that his sister-in-law would make hinl ‘a good wife, and accordingly married ber: Whereupon the Rev. Richard Beadon, Vicar of Cheddar,refused Mrs. Edwards the holy commanion. Then the uzzled Mr. Edwards went to the srenbishiop of terbury and asked him kindly to prescribe 8 dings, singing, ing next sudden ‘conversions, —. course for the lady. The Primate, replying, says: In similar cireumstances my advice been that persons so circumstanced desiring to com- municaté should go to some church where thoir history is not known.” Whereupon Mr. Edwards {rites au open letter tothe Archbishop, in which hesays: “ This advice is somewhat startling. 15 ¢ recommends persons go situated to obtain the enefit of the church sacraments, if not by false Protenees. at. cae rate by a soucealment of tis . e matter rests, and the le oe chediar are not a little exercised ‘over t the PERSONALS. Father Chiniquy wili represent the Synod of Eastern Australia in the ‘Pan-Presbyterian Coun- cil at Philadelphia. Dr. Johnson, of the Auburn Presbyterian Sem- inary, has declined a call to the First Presby- terian Church of Utica, N. ¥. Dean Hamilton, who contributed $350,000 to- wards the improvement of Salisbury Cathedral, recently died at the age of 87. The death is announced, at the advanced a: of 79, of the Rev. Henry Moule, M.A, Vicar Bd Fordington, Dorsetshire, England. Joseph Cook has commenced a series of lect- ures on the biological pyotoplasm in Philadel- Phia. The attendance so far is decidedly meagre. Charges of drunkenness have bee! ered against the Rev. W. ‘A Roberts, eet oursone oe Rev. Willian Barrowelcugh, of chester, The Rev. William McKibben, of St. Paul, Minn., has accepted the call extended to him foe the Secoud Presbyterian Church of Pitts- Dr. Halsey, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of ‘Noreistown, Pa., has tendered his resignation after sixty years’ arduous labor in the ministry. -The Rev. Evarts Kent, of Michigan City, Ind., accepted n call to ‘the Clinton-Street Con- gregational Church in this city, and begins his Pastoral work to-day. An English curate, who had been in Holy Or- ders for thirty veurs, recently applied for admis- sion to a work-house in Devonshire as a pauper, and the Board of Guardi: I- behing lans granted the appili- The Rev. A. P. Happer, D. D., of Canton, mis- sionary of the American Presbyterian Board, has been chosen President of the Chinese Re- Hgtous Tract Society, to succeed the late Bishop An Austrian Jew, named Julius Blum, has heen raised to the rank of Pashn and Assistant Secretary of the State by the Khedive of Egypt. itis said that no other Israclite since the time of Joseph of old has reached such eminence in the land of the Pharaohs. Many years ago a theological student went to Emerson with a complaint that wide differences of opinion provailed among the Unitarian di- vinity students at Harvard. Emerson's reply is said to have been this: “Tam not much Tater ested in these discussions, but still it seems de- Pplorable that there should be a-tendency in some people to creeds which would take man back to the chimpanzee. Ihave very good grounds for being a Unitarian and a Trinitarian, too. Inced not nibble forever at one loaf, but eat it and thank God for it, and earn another.’ SAINTLY HUMOR. An Englishman, who is boarding, says he can stand Ash Wednesday once in a while, but ‘ash Monday, every week, is too ’ard. A little fellow 4 years old prayed thus for him- self: “O Lord, bless George, and make him a good boy; and don’t let him be naughty again, hever, no never! Because, you know, when bé is naughty he sticks to it sol” “Yes,” said Jones, melodramatically, “my homois a little heaven on earth.” “TI never knew anybody who was really in a hurry to enter heaven,” was all that Robinson answered ; but it was noticed that Jones started homeward an hour earlier than usual that night. A company of scapegraces meeting a pious old man named Samson. one of them exclaimed: ““ Ah, now we're safe. We'll take Samson along with us, and then, should we be set upon by a thousand Philistines, he'll slay them aul.” | “My young friend,” quietly responded the old man, MS se that Ishould have to borrow your jaw- one }"* Anold woman of the name of Gordon, in the north of Scotland, was listening to the account given in the Scriptures of Solomon's glory.which wus read to her bya little female grandchild. When the girl came to tell of the thousand camels which formed part of the Jewish sover- cign’s live stock, “Eb, lassie,” cried tho old woman, “a thousand Campbells, say ye? ‘The Campbells are an auld clan, suro enough, but Took and ye dinna see the Gordons, too!” On Sunday the teacher of a Sunday-school class in one of. the East Bridgeport churches gave the ttle anes 2 description of the flood. and, when she Gnished, inquired if any one could tell who went into the ark with the animals? A erfect chorus of hands flew up in nse. furning to. lttle fellow, the teacher said: “Tell me who went into the ark with the anf- mals?” “BP. 'T. Barnum,” promptly replied the youngster. The lesson eldsed.—Lridgeport Stand- a Mr. C— was pastor of a Baptist church ina certain town in one of the Western States. He had been on very bad terms with his flock for some time. They abused bim whenever they could find occasion, and he reciprocated with equal reudiness. Before his contract with the irish expired, he received the epppointment of Ehaplain at the State Prison, Elated at this lucky opportunity of gettin rid of him, thecon- gregation came in ful) numbers to hear bis fare- Fell sermon, perhaps less to compliment than to annoy him witii their presence. Great was their astonishment, and still greater theiranger, when erend gentleman chose for his text tho the re’ following words: “I goto prepare a place rot that where I am, there ye may be you... also. A heated revival has been going on for several weeks in one of the Cloveland churches, and titying results are being daily attained. Some nights since an old gentleman, known far and wide as an inveterate swearer, came forward to the altar at thee close of the meeting and openly confessed his past sins. All were overjoyed to sce one 60 hardened touched by the appeals that bad been made, and the new convert was cordi- ally received. The oldman seemed truly repent- ant, and becume at once one of the most earnest workers in the meetings. He attonded the serv- ices regularly, and at Inst was asked to offer prayer. He did so, and, to the surprise of every- body, prayed for nearly twenty minutes. It was manifestly tedious to the congregation, being so lengthy, and when the meeting came to an end the pastor, while congratulating him on his suc- cess, quietly suggested that he must learn to bo more brief. “A short prayer,” suid he, * finds as hasty @ response ns one that is long, and besides it don’t tire the others.” “Well, that’s true, I suppose,” answered the old fellow, but you see, parson. when I got started I didn’t know where to cut the — thing. off.” c CHURCH SERVICES. BAPTIST. ‘The Rev. N. F. Ravlin will preach morning and evening at the mission, No. 431 Ogden avenue. —The Rev. G. Anderson will preach morning and evening at the Second Church, corner of Mor- gan and Monroe streets. —Tha Rev. F. G. Thearle wiil preach in the morning at the Michigan Avenue Church, near ‘Twenty-third street. —The Rev. G. F.. Johnson will preach this morning and the Rey. E. B. Hulbert this even- ing at the Fourth Church, corner of Washing- ton and Paulina streets. on —The Rev. J. Rowley will preach this morning, and the Rev. H. R. Clissold this evening at the North Star Church, corner Divison andSedgwick streets. —The Rev. C. Perren will preach this morning and the Rey. L. B, Fish this evening at the Western Avenue Church, corner of Western and Warren avenues. ae ‘The Kev. H. R. Ciissold will preach this morn- ing and the Rev. W. H. Parker this evening at the Coventry Street Church, curner of Coventry street and Bloomingdale road. ~The Rev. K. De Baptiste will preach morning and evening at-Olivet Church, Fourth avenue, near Taylor street. __ : —The Rev. L.. B. Fish will preach this morn- ing and the J.‘f. Burhoe this evening in Uni- versity Pleo Church, Thirty-fifth street and Bbodes avenue, ~The Rev. A. K. Parker will preach this morning and the Rev. G. I. Johuson this even- ing at the Centennial Chureb, corner of Lin- coin and Jackson streets. —The Mev. E. 0. Taylor will preach mornin and evening at the Central Church, Orcha: street, near Sophia. —There will be a Gospel meeting in the even- ing ut the Tabernacle, No. 32 Wabash avenue, —The Rev. W. A. Broadhurst will preach this morning and the Rev. F.G. Thearle this even- ing at the Dearborn Street Church, near ty-sixth street. “© The Rev. . H. Hobart will preach morning and evening in EvangelChurch, Dearborn street, near Forty-seventb. —The Rey. C. B, Roberts will preach this morn- ing and evening in the Englewood Ct yurch. —Phe Rev. Dr. B. Griffith, of Philadelphia, will preach in the morning at tue First Church, corner of South Park avenue and ‘Thirty-first street. In the evening the Kev. George C. Lori- mer will preach the fifth of the series. of, ser- mons on" Joseph in Egypt.” Subject: The Allen Patriot.” METHODIST. the Rev. W. C. Dandy, will preach this mars ne and the Rev. Dr. Tuomas this even- ing in Centenary Church, Monroe street, near Morgan. —The Rev. T. C. Clendening _ will preach ening atthe Langley Avenue soe ce ot ‘nirtieth ae Morning Church Statesmanship.” —The Rey. John Williamson will preach this morning in the First Church, corner of Clark and ‘Washington streets. Subject: “* The, ‘Whole of Religion Defined in One aay There will bea id revivaliservicg in tite evening, con- cted t laymen. aac ee htor, Prack St Bristol aril prench this morning and the Hev. C. G. Trusdell this even- ing in the Wabash Avenue Church, corner of Fourteenth street. —ihe Rev. T. K. Strobridge will preach at the Park Avenue Church. Evening, subject: Some of the Difficulties of Infidelity.” —The Rev. George Chase will preach this morning and the Rev. Obudiah Huse this even- ing in the Fultoh Street Church. —The Rev. J. W. Phelps will preacn this moru- ing and evening in St. Paul's Church, corner of Maxwell street and Newberryavenue. Even- -ing subject: “Tomb Builders." —The Rev. E. M. Boring will preach this morn- ing and evening in the State Street Church. ~The Rev. Robert D. Sheppard will preach morning and evening at Grace Church, corner ot La sale on nie streets. Communion in ie morning; evening subject: “ ning with Conner ‘and His eet an Eye —The J. M. Caldwell will preach at the Western Avenue Church, corner of Monroe street. Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper in the morning. —The Rev. G. R. Van Horne will preaeh at the Michigan Avenue Church, near Thirty-second street. Subjects: M “In Remembrance of Me“; evening,“ The Gospel to the Poor.” Love feast xt 9:3) a.m. Sacrament of the Lord's Sup saa artes ths morning sermon: —The Rev. J. W. Phelps will preach at St. Paul’ Church, Maxwell street, ner Newbel avenue. Evening subject: “Tomb Builders.” —The Rev. S. H. Adams will preach in the morning and the Rey. Frank M. Bnstol in the evening at the Ada Street Church, near Lake street. Sacrament of the Lord's Supper at the close of the morning: service. —The Rev. R. B, Pope will preach in the morn- ing xt Trinity Church, Indiana avenue and ‘Twenty-fourth street. Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper at the close of the service. Pralso serv- fee by the male quartet in the evening. —The Rev. N. V.Ciute will preach morning and evening at the Free Church, corner Muy and Fulton streets. * —The Rev. J. M. Caldwelt will preach this morning and evening in the Western Avenue Chureb. Communion at 10:30 a. m. —The Rev. J. C. Stoughton will preach this morning and the Rey. F. P. Cleveland this even- ing in Grant Place Church, corner of Larrabee Btrect. x 5 EPISCOPAL. Cathedral SS’ Peter and Paul, West Washing- ton and Peoria streets, the Rt-Rev. William E. McLaren, S. T. D., Bishop; the Rov. J. H. Knowles, priest’ fn “charge. ' Holy Communion at8 a.m. Choral morning prayer and Holy Com- munion at 10:30 a.m. Evening service at 7:30 p.m. The fourth of the special ecurse of Lenten sermons ut the Cathedral will be given by the Rov. B. F. Fleetwood, Rector of St, Mark's Church, this afternoon at 4:30 o'clock. Subject: “The Temptation of Abraham.” : ~The Rt.-Rev. Bishop McLaren will officiate at the morning services at St. James’ Church, corner of Cass and Huron streets, and at the celebration of the Holy Communion at 12 m. Afternoon services at 4:30 p. m. —The Rey. R. A. Holland will officiate at Trinity Church, corner of Twenty-sixth street and Michigan avenue. Evening sermon, the third of the series to young men. Subject: 7 Business and Religion.” Holy Communion at m. —The Rev. W. H. Knowlton will officiate at 10:30 a. m. and 4 p.m. ut St. Andrew's Church, corner Washington and Robey streets. Com- munion at 9a. m. —The Rev. John Hedman vill officiate morn- ing and evening at St. Ansgarius’ Church, Sedg- wick street, near Chicago avenue. —The Rev. Clinton Locke, D. D.,. will officiate morning and evening ut Grace Church, Wabash exeune, near Sixteenth street. Holy Commun- lon at 12 m. —The Rev. Arthur Ritchie will officiate morn- ing and evening at the Church of the Ascen- sion, corner La Salle and Elm streeta, Com- munion at 8a. m. ie Rey. Charles Stanley Lester will officiate morning and evening at St. Paul's Church, Hyde Park avenue, near Forty-ninth street. —tThe Rey. B. F. Fleetwood will officiate morn- ing and evening at St. Mark’s Church, corner Thirty-sixth street and Cottage Grove avenue. —The Rev. J. D. Cowan will officiate morning and evening at St. Stephen’s Church, Johnson street, near Taylor. —The Rev. Luther Pardee will officiate morn- ing and evening at Calvary Church, Warren avenue, near Oakley street. Communion at 11:30 a. m. —The Rev. T. N. Morrison, Jr., will officiate in the Church of the Epiphany, Throop street, near Monroe. Communion at 12 m. —The Rev. W. J. Petrie will officiate morn- ing and evening at the Church of Our Savior, corner Lincoln and Belden avenues. —The Rev. James E. ‘thompson will officiate at St. Thomas’ Church, Inditna avenue, near ‘Twenty-ninth street. Commuaion at 12m. —There will be services morning and evening at St. Luke's Mission, No. 987 West Polk street. —The Rev. Daniel F. Smith will officiatein the merolng atthe Good Shepherd Mission, Lawa- ale. ‘—There will be 2 Litany service every day during Lent at noon at No. $1 South Clark street. REFORMED EPISCOPAL. Bishop Cheney will prench this morning and evening in Christ Church, Michigan avenue and ‘Twenty-fourth street. Morning subject: * An- other Sermon on Faith and Haste.” Evening Gublests “*Good Men in a Bad Place,"—~a sermon ‘or nen. —The Rev. F. W. Adams will prench this morn- ing and evening in St. Matthew's Church, corner of North Glark and Centre strects. Moral subject: “ Fetter, to the Church of Thyatir.” Evening subject: “ The Glory that Shall Be Re; vealed to Us.” —The Rev. Dr. Cooper will preach this morn- ing and evening in the church of the Good Shep- herd, cornet of Jones and Homan streets. Even- ing subjecf: “The Christian Freed from Con- demnation.}" —The ite’. J. D. Wilson will preach this morn- ing and evening in St. John's Church, Ellis ave- reach at 2:30 nue, near Thirty-seventh street. —The Rev. R. H. Bosworth will geo thigafternoon in ‘Trinity Church, Engle- wood. —The Mason Gallagher will officiate in the morning and Bishop Fallows in the evenin; at St. Paul's Church, corner of Washington ant Carpenter strects. : UNITARIAN. The Rev. Brooke Hereford will preach this morning and evening in the Church of the Mes- siab, Michigan avenue and Twenty-third street. Morning subject: “The Farewell Service at the Gate of Everlasting Life.” Evening subject: “The Romans in Britain,” the first of 2 series of lectures on ‘ Light in Dark Places.” —The Rev, W. S. Sage, of Sycamore, will peat fn Dnity Churen, Oak Park, in the miorn- The Hev. William R. Alger will preach morning and evening at Unity Church, corner of ‘Deurborn avenue and Walton pluce. —The Rev. E. 1. Galvin will_preach at 3:30 o'clock this afternoon in the Third Unitarinn Church, corner of Monroe and Lafiia streets. Subjout: Light on.n Hidden Way.” ~The Rev. W. H. Al, reach this morn- ing and evening in Unity Church, corner of Dearborn avenue and Walton place. Morning subject: “The Pluce of Love in the Chnstian Religion and in Human Life.” Evening: “The Trial of Every Man, or the Unitarian Doctrine of the Judgment. CONGREGATIONAL. ‘The Rev. Charles Hall Everest will preach this morning and eveuingin Plymouth Church, Mich- jan avenue, between Twenty-Afthand Twenty- sixth streets. —tThe’ tev, E. F. Williams will morning and evening in the corner of Drexel avenue and Forticth street. —The Rey. F. A. Noble, D, D., will preach morning and evening at the Unfon Park Church, corner of Ashland avenue and Washington street. “The Rev. G. H. Pecke will preach morning and evening at the Leuvitt Street Church, cor- nerof West Adams street. Communion services in the morning. —The Rev. E. P. Goodwin will preach in the morning and Prof. G. B. Miller, perhaps, in the evening at the First Churca, ‘corner Annand Washington streets. Communion in the morn- ing. —The Rev. C. A. Towle will preach morning and evening at Bethany Church, Paulina and Huron streets. Communion in the morning. Evening subject, “No Continuing City Here.” —The Itev. Everts Kent wi.t preach morning and evening at the Clinton Street Church, corner of Wilson street. —The Kev. B. F. Leavitt will preach morn- ning and evening at Lincoln Park Church, So- phiu and Mobuwk streets. Sacrament in the morning: mlssionury meeting In the evening. —The Rev. F. A. Noble will preaeh this morn- ing and eventag in the Union Park Church, cor- nerof Asbland avenue and Washington street. Communiun at 10:39 a. m. PRESBYTERIAN, The Rey. J. H. Walker will preach this morn- ing and the itev. Dr. Blackburn this evening in the Keunion Church, West Fourteenth street, near Throop. In the evening Dr. Walker will preuch in the Campbell Fark Chapel, corner of Campbell Park and Leavitt street, —The Rev. Jumes D. Bussett, from Teheran, Persia, will preach this morning und the Rev. David’ Clark this evening in the Englewuod Chureb. Morning subject: * Missions in Persin.” —The Rey. Arthur zey will preach this morning in the Forty-tirst Street Chureb. re will preach this uth Church, —The Rev. J. Monro Gibson. D. D.. will preach morning and evening at the Second Church, cor- ner of Michigun ayenue and Twentieth street. Communion after the morning service, Subject of evening lecture: “The Signs of the King- dom.’ —The Rev. Henry T. Miller will preach morning and evening at the Sixth Church, corner of Vin- cennes and Oak avenues. Evening subject: ™ Spurrows.” —The Rev. Arthur Mitchell will preach in the morning ut the First Chureh, corner of Indiana avenue and Twenty-firststreet, and In the even- ing? at the Railroad Chapel, No. 715 State street. —The Hey. A.B. Kittredge will preach at the ‘Third Chureb. cornerof Ashland and Oden ave- nues. Subjects: Morning, Christianity as Tested by Its Fruits in the History of Nutions and in Individual Life”: evpning, the fourth sermon on the Purables of Christ. "The Rev. Herrick Joboson, of Auburn.N. ¥., will preach morning and evening at the Fourth Church, corner Kush snd Superior streets. —The Rev. Francis L. Patton, D.D., will preach morning and evening at the Jefferson Park Church, corner of Throop and Adams streets. —The Rev. E. N. Barrett will preach at West- minster Churek, corner Jackson and Peoria streets. Subjects: Morning, * Reconciliation by the Cross"; evening," Pentecost.” , —The Rev. J. M. Worratl will preach morning and eveving atthe Eighth Church, corner Wash- ington and Robey streets. —The Rev. James Maclaughian will preach morning and evening at the Scotch Church. cor- ner of Sangamon and Adams streets, o ~The Rev. J. H. Walker will preach in the evening atthe Campbeil Park Chapel, corner Leavitt street and Campbell Purk. CHRISTLAN. The Rev. George W. Sweeney will preach this morning and evening in the First Church, corner of Indiana avenue and Twenty-fifth street. 4 History, Power, and Beauty of Music 3 an Ordinance’ of God.” Evening subject: “Why were Christ and Anostles, Persecuted In Their Personal Minis- ~The Rev. Charles H. Caton will preach this morning and evening in the-Second Church, com ner of ley avenue and Juckson street. ~The Rev. A. J. Laughlin will preach in the church corner of Western avenue and Congress street morning and evening. ‘The Rev. Irving A. Senrles will preach at the South Side Church, Oakwood boulevard. Sub- ing, “The Banner’; evening. “The pee ninth in the series on Bun- TORTESS. ~The Key. Irving A. Searles wil preach this morning and evening in the South-Side Church, Oakland boulevard, Morning subject: “The Banner." Evening: “The River of Death,"— the ninth of a series of sermons on Bunyan's “ Pilgrim's Progress.” UNIVERSALIST. The Rev. W. H. Ryder will preach at St. Paul's Church, Micbigan avenue, near Eighteenth are Evening subject: “Religious Tolera- Dn. —There will be no morning service at the Church of the Redeemer, corner of Sangamon and Washington streets, but a Sunday-school concert wili bo given in the evening. INDEPENDENT. ‘The Rev. George C. Needham will preach this morning and evening in the Chicago Avenue Church, corner of La ae street. Morning sub- ject: “The Veil of the Temple.” | NEW JERUSALEM. The Rev. W. F. Pendleton will preach this morning at the chapel corner of North Clark and Menominee streets, and at 3:30 this afternoon in te feburen, corner Washington street and Ogden venue. —The Rev. L. P. Mercer will preach in the morning at the Union Church, Hershey Music- Hall. Subjec How to Make the Most of One Another.” LUTHERAN. The Rev. Dr. Keck, of Rock Island, will preach this mornmg and evening in the Church of the Moly Trinity. corner of Dearborn arenue and Erie street. ‘MISCELLANEOUS. ‘The Liberal Reunion will meet at No. 213 West Madison strect at 2:00 o'clock this afternoon. ‘The Rev. N. F. Ravlin will preach at 3 o'clock this afternoon in the Washingtonian Home, corner of Madison street and Ogden avenue. —The Young Men’s Christinn Association will hold their monthly members’ reception on Thursday evening, Murch 11, in Lower Farwell Hall. Mrs. Anna P. Tucker will give select readings; there will be vocal and instrumental music, and the General Secretary will present his monthly report. Tickets free for gentlemen and ladies at office of Y. MC. A., No. 150 Madi- son street. ‘he Rev. D. 8. Gregory, President of Lake Forest University, will lecture this afternoon at 4:20 in Farwell Hall, on “Luke the Gospel for he Greek, or the Gospel of Universal Human- —The Fist Society of Spiritualists will mect ut the church corner of Mourve and Latlin Streets morning and evening. Morning sub- ject: “ Spiritual Gieanings,” a salutation by the Band ot Spirits; evening subject: The Repub- lic of Keason and the Republic of Inspiretion,”” by the spirit of Thomas Paine. —The Rev. James Kay Applebce will preach this morning and evening before the leay Free Keligious Church in Apptebee Hall, corner of Vincennes und Cottage Grove avenues and Thirty-tfth street. Morningsubject: “Servi Pleasing, and Working.” Evening lecture: Jobn Oldcastle and the English Lotiards.” —The Rey. A. Monroe will preach this morne ing and evening in Union Tavernacte, corner of Ashland avenue and Twenticth street. Even- fng subject: “Christ the Model Laboring Man.” —Donald Ross, the Scotch Evangelist, will reach, this afternoon and eveuing in Gospel fall, No. 99 South Deaplaines strect. —The Disciples of Christ mect at 4 p. m. at No. 229 West Randolph street. —The following railroad-men's meetings will be helk to-duy: O. S. Lyford. Superintendent Chicago & Eustern Iilinols Railroad, will lead the mecting in the reading-room corner of Kin- zie and Canal streets at 3 p. ni.; E. P. Broughton, Local Freight Agent Chicago, Alton & St. Louis Railroad, will lend the meeting at No. 4645 South State street at 3:0 p. m.; H. K. Hopkins, ‘Train- master Illinois Central Railroad, will lead the meeting at No. 634 South Canal street at 7:49 p.m. —Dr. Mathewson will preach this morning and evening in the Advent Christian Church, No. 91 South Green street, : —A Spiritualists’ and mediums’ meeting will be held by Dr. Wiggin at 3 p. m. at No. 508 West Madison street, —The First Red Ribbon Club will hald a tem- rance mecting this evening in Avenue Hall, (0. 189 Twenty-second street. . —Mrs, J. A. Knouse will conduct a Gospel temperance mevting at 4:30 this afternoon inthe Hem peranice: Chureh, corner of Noble and Qnio str id TNEOL George’ R. Clarke will load a Gospel: meeting in the evening-at tne Pacific Garden Misaien, corner of-Van Buren and Clark streets. —Elder Mark H. Forscutt, of the Latter-Day Saints, will preach morning and eveningat Teme perance Hall, No. 213 West Mudison street, CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK. EPISCOPAL. March 7—Fourth Sundag in Lent. March §—Twenty-third Day of Lont. March 9—Twenty-fourth Day of Lent. March 10—Twenty-Nfth Day of Lent. March 11—Twenty-sixth Duy of Lent. March 12—Twenty-seventh Day of Lent. March 13—Twenty-eighth Day of Lent. CATHOLIC. March 7—Fourth Sunday in Lent. March 8—St. Juhn of God, C. Sfarch_9—St, Frances of Home, W.. Blurb 10—The Forty Martyrs of Scbaste. _-. March ats apamas Aquinas, C. D. (from March 7). March 12—Mosp Precious Blood of Our Lord. Mareh 13—St. Gregory L, P. C.D. EAGLE OR GOOSE? Free Sample of Ephraim Muggins’ Patent Poetry. BY THE HON. EPHRAIM MUGGINS. By some very strange iistake our ancestral fore-pas’ Adopted the eagle (which was a very grave faux pas, And unaccountable, too) as our National bird. Now, an eagle's all very well in his way, but who ever beard Of any good he's done? Why, now, pet er word, It ua fe startling tales dnetrue it have been told, The eagle's a perfect tiger among birds, a regu- + ulur old Brazilian jaguar, a sheep kleptomaniac; and they say He has stolen babes and borne thom far away, And fed his cormorant eaglets on their tender forms, And left mete tiny bones to bleach ‘neath wintry storms! Now, bad [ been one of our ancestral ancestors, and I might have been. If I'd been particular about it; but I never cared a pin About being an ancestor—yet, if I had been one, ‘And had been deleguted to select our glorious National bird, T'd not have named th’ eagle. What benefit has he conferred. Upon mankind? What gnod deeds done that ho should be turned loose ‘Dpon gnciety as a model bird? I’dsooner choose 1@ Gouse, That has some fair claims to merit, and is of practical use For meat and feathers, Z For I do love thee, goose! I toyed: thee when a gesling; and often when abuse B ‘Was heaped calumniously upon thy falr excuttcheon, 5, I battled with thine exemies, and would, in fancy, clutch em, And eke ‘em, and say, “I am the goose’s jen é love the joyous gosting,—I love to see it bend ‘With tug vehement o'er the blade of grass, which sudden breaks And lets him tumble heels over head, and shakes Hls'tander soanaance in all things green ana vernal, And makes him sigh to think they should be so afery: Unreliuble und uncertain. ‘My voice is still for Goose! And, a3 I live, I don’t understand why the deuce Anybod should prefer the cugle. Shoot your eld eagle: 1 aotgr having all things fair and square and egal And I'm ‘suspicious of thé eagle. He's too shre Too lofty -hlgh-toned, too'particular about his Too airy, too soon, too previous and simul- taneous, And altogether too promiscuous and miscel- laneous. We want # bird that shall fitly represent Our intellectual status—our political intent— Something that inks us still with things ter- restr! And don’t svar out of sight on wings celestial. ‘As I'ma plain unvarnished man with bouest predilection, I strongly urge ‘at all times an honest, plain selection: FS And so. if we must have a bird for our Nation's 40 Et je overboard, and take plain, private Let's throw thi honest Goose COWLEY. Igrope around like any dunce, ‘To understand it fully, ‘How any man can be at once A Cowley and a bully. “ Feed My lambs!" the Master-said; ~ But Cowley never crammed them. Te ys himself this shepherd feds or s—he As for the lambs—h¢ ed them]