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THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, APRIL -1, 1880—TWENTY PAGES. RELIGIOUS. 6, Curtiss on the Moral Prin- ciples of Hume, the & Historian. Toghert Spencer’s “Sociology” Ob- - jected To as a Text-Book in Yale Ccllege. - Jnteresting Sketch of the ‘Work and Magnitude of - the ¥. M.C. A. General Notes, Personals, Pious Humor, Services To-Day. quB DIVINE LIFE. ;. ongst men.” [In the original anite ee oae Greed froin ee creed of earch of Pelestine-] we shall we find the Lot alae seck His face adored? [sit apart from men, jndocp sequestered den, By Jordan's desert flood, Or mountain solitude, Jonely mystic shrine, beta reveals the Life Divine? ‘Where shall we trace the Lord? sqwas at the festal board, [Amidst the innocent mirth ‘and hallowed joys of earth, ‘Close neighbor, side by side, ‘With bridegroom and with bride, ‘Whilst flowed the cheering wine, ‘nat first appeared the Life Divine. ‘What.was the blest abode ‘Where dwelt the Son of God? Beside the busy shore, ‘Where thousands pressed the door, ‘Where town with hamlet vied, ‘Where eaver traflic pie (There with His calm design Was wrought and taught the Life Divine. ere the gouls He sought? ye oved His inmost thought? friendless and the poor, The woes ce else sore cure, teful sinner’s cry, the Fenthen’s heavenward sigh— ch in their lot and line Each ip vis tho Love and Life Divine, ‘Where did He rest the while ‘His most benignant smile? ‘The little children’s charms, ‘That nestled in His ‘The flowers that round Hira grew, The birds that o'er Him flew, ‘Were nature's sacred sig ‘To breathe the spell of Life Divine. ‘Where shall the Lord repose, ‘When pressed by fears and foes?a “Amidst the friends He loves, In Bethany’s dearest groves, Or at the parting feast, ‘Where yearning host and guess ‘In converse sweet recline, Js closed in peace the Life Divine. O Thou who once didst come In holy happy home, doing G00d, ‘Teaching end do! gate our daily foods passionating mind, eee grasped ail human kind, Even now amongst us shine, ‘True glory of the Life Divine. Deawx STANLEY. DAVID HUME. | HIS MORAL PRINCIPLES: CONSIDERED BY PROF. CURTISS. To the Edtior of The Chicago Tribuns. _ Carcaco, April 5.—In your issue of March ‘21 promised to verify some statements made by the Rev. Dr. Goodwin in his sermon re- specting “Christianity and Infidelity Tested by Their Fruits.” Since one of his asser- tions, based upon Horne’s Introduction, has een challenged as “ basely false,” allow me to offer am introductory remark in regard to the Rev. Thomas Hartwell Horne, of St. John’s College, Cambridge, Eng. His.“ In- troduction to the Critical Study and Knowl-. edge ofthe Scriptures” first appeared in 1818 According to Dr. Allibone (Critical Dictionary of English Literature, etc., Phila-_ delphia, 1871), “it immediately. took its sta- tion in-literature as the class-book for the study of the Scriptures in all the colleges and, nuiversities of the British dominions.” It’ passed through twelve editions, the last appearing Ja ae in four royal octavo rolumes, to w! one of the most eminent Piblical scholars in England, S. P, Tregelles, UL. D., made important contributions, and it was published by one of the most substan- tial houses in London,—Longmans, Green & Go. The follor is the tribute which Alli- ‘done pays to Mr. Horne: “The tone of Chris- tia charity and gentlemanly courtesy, united with a zealous defense of what he believes to be sound doctrine, which distin- guishes the criticisms of Dr. Horne cannot escape the notice of the readers of the intro- duction, + » - Our own obligations to this work in the preparation of this dictionary will be best understood by the many refer- ences 0 ine introduction scattered through , .1f Dr, Allibone may freely use such an authority in the preparation of 2 standard dictionary then Dr. Goodwin is fully justi- fed in the public statement which ie did about Hume, and _in referring to Horne’s introduction. We have not here to do with a clerical adveturer, ut with a gentleman who was honored by University of Cambridge, and who held poate Position as an assistant librarian pike British Museum, of whom Allibone has said that “a more useful, uninspired ‘writer has seldom appeared among men.” h tis certain that such a man could not ave fabricated the statement quoted by Dr. Good win. It is certain that, if ‘‘basely false it could not have stood unchallenged a standard work for sixty years. We Paust suppose, then, either that Mr. Horne hew that Hume had maintained the senti- ments which he has attributed to him, or he thought that they might be Jegiti- quately derived from his writings. It would ‘i necessary, in order to prove that Mr. ii janis maintained in so many ‘words that : adultes y must be-practiced if men would obtain all the advantages of life, that if gen- eralls practiced it would in time cease to be . lous, if practiced frequently and secretly would come to be thought no crime * all,” to examine not only the original edi- ions of Mr. Hume’s works, but also his Private papers in the archives of the Royal Society ot inburg. These contain pas- sages which are not proper to publish, and the public has no access tothem. Mr. Horne, who was born in 1780, and who, as_we have seen; was connected with the British Mu- oe, had facilities which we do not pos- sess for knowing Mr. Hume's real opinions. The only way in which we can form a {udginent regarding the matter is to exam- ine such of Hume’s published writings as are Most accessible. Jtis well known that Hume belo tonged so-called utilitarian school of philoso- phers, and that he carried out the principles Of that school so consistently that it fell into fistavor, because the daugerous tendency of ts tenets was clearly seen from~his reason- ings. The statement made by Dr. Goodwin eoiainly: involved in the following quota- Sat “Philosophical Works,” Boston, 1854, vol, V.,p. 412): “It is needless to dissem- le: the consequence of a very free com- merce between the sexes, and of their liy- ing much together, will often terminate intrigues “and gallantry. We. must ‘Sacrifice somewhat of the useful [i e., ef chaste wedlock] if we be very anxious to ebtain all the agreeable qualities [arising mM an unrestricted intercourse), and can- Not pretend to every kind of advantage. _In- stances of license, ly multiplying, will Weaken the scandal with the one sex, and teach the other by degrees to adopt the famous maxim of La Fontaine, with regard to fe inale infidelity, that, if oncknows it, it is but small mutter; if one knows it not, it is nothing.” "Thi s Mr. Horne’s state- eae But it may be aftirmyed t id not hold these views: “() because in sas: ‘he has written against polygamy and mere, atid (2) because the passage occurs alOF uc. in When ‘we remember. however, that Bacon his Essays wrote in the strongest terms against bribery, and yet was guilty of the greatest corruption, it is evident that Hume’s Teal sentiments may be, expressed in the above quotation. ‘This is not improbable ‘when we remember his letter to Col. Edmon- stone respecting a young man who doubted ‘Whother he should enter the ministry, since a that my he-was an unbeli he should, and wr power to be ahypoe 1 this particular [i.e., in regard to religion}. ‘Che common duties ot society usuaily require it; and the ecclesiastical profession only adds a little more to an innocent dissimulation, or rather simulation, without which it is impossible to pass through the world.” Painbura Re- view, Vol. 85, pp. 69-70.) Nowa man who could give such advice as that was capable of uttering sentiments which were fayorable to French licentiousness, while he at the same time laid down principles which would be approved by the English. Vith reference to the second objection which may be raised that the passage occurs in a dialog, and therefore does not represent Mr. Hume’s real views, it is easy to see that such a duplicity of character as we have in- dicated would lead him to express his senti- ments under the mask of a fictitious per- sonage. There can be no doubt as to his teaching in the dialog. The whole argument goes to show that there are’ no eternal principles of right and wrong, that what is moral in one country is immoral in an- other, since everything depends upon cus- tom, and so he says (Works, Vol. IV., p. 405): “TJ only meant to represent the -uncertainty of all these judgments concerning characters, and to convince you that fashion, vogue, custom, and law were the foundation of all moral determinations.” In the same dialog he further says (p. 407): “Our neigh- bors, it seems, have resolved to sacrifice sone of the domestic to the social pleasures; and to prefer ease, freedom, and an open com- merce to a strict fidelity and constancy, ‘These ends are both good, and are somewhat difficult to reconcile; nor need we be sur- prised if the customs of nations incline too much sometimes to the one side, some- times to the other.” The sentiment un these quotations is | unmis- is substantially that given by orne. ‘There ,,are passages in his ssays, a more guarded production, which tend-in the same direction, In 5] eaking of the ‘marriage relation (Works, Vol. ILL, p. 208) he says that in it only friendship is pos~ sible. Love cannot exist, since it “is a rest Jess and impatient passion . . . [which] requires liberty above all things;, and there- fore Eloisa had reason, when in order to pre- serve this passion she refused to marry her peloved Abelard.” I suppress the poetical auotation which: follows as unfit for the pub- lic eye. Since he bases chastity on the sim- ple score of utility, we need not be surprised that he does not require complete chastity on the part of nen, for he says (Works, Vol. IL, p. $52): “It is contrary to the interest of civil society that men should have an entire liberty of indulging their appetites in vene- real enjoyment; but as this interest is weaker than’ in the case of the female sex, the moral obligation arising from it must be proportionably weak- er, And to prove this we need only appeal to ee practice and sentiments of all nations and a In view of such passages, Is it any wonder that Robert Hall should have said that since the time of Hume “Infidelity has allured multitudes to its standard, the young and su- perficial by its dextrous sophistry, and the profligate the licentiousness of its princi- ples”? Is it any wonder that so careful a ‘writer as Sir James Mackintosh should have affirmed (Encyclopedia Britannic sth edition, Vol. L, pp, 371-72): “On_purity of manners it must be owned that Mr, Hume, though he controverts no rule, yet treats vice with too much indulgence. Perhaps his philosophy was loosened, theugh his life was untainted, by that uni- versal undistinguishing profligac: which prevailed on the Continent from the Regency of the Duke of Orleans to the French Revo- lution; the most dissolute period of European history, at least since the Koman Emperors”? Does President McCosh overstate the matter in his “Scottish Philosophy” (p. 152): “Ris view of the marriage relation was of a loose and flexible character, and did not pro- fess to discountenance the evil practices of his time”? Can. we even characterize the,| statement in Rose’s * Biographical Diction- ary” as too strong when he says of Hume’s Works that “They contain some of ‘the most obnoxious principles in. the gest and ‘most. offensive form”? I might cite similar_ expressions om. other writers, but will merely add acitation from the Quarterly Review (Lon- don, 1817, p. 128), While the truth of the anecdote quoted from an American author in the same connection was afterwards denied by Mr. Hume’s nephew, (Ibid, p.279), jhe does not seem to have challenged the fol- jowing statement: ‘‘It is indeed impossible not to observe, as in the case of Gibbon, that when Hume deserted the Gospel it deserted him; and that the adtocate of deism was the advocate of suicide and debauchery.” Why did not Mr. Hume’s nephew challenge. this assertion in regard to his uncle, if it-were’a calumny? soe ‘The correspondence of Hume, so far as it is accessible, lends color to the claim: that Hume maintained principles which. were favorable to adultery. He was intimate with acircleof women by whom “ the provided husband was rejected and the forbidden husband was introduced in ambiguous light through posterns and secret, artitions.” Dr. McCosh says (Scottish Philosophers, p. 396): “He . . - waited on the enter- taimments of the famous Mlle. de LEspinasse, who . . . was Well known to have been the mistress of successive or contemporane- ous lovers. There must have been something in the philosophy of Hume which recom mended him to so many ladies of this de- scription. . . . The courtiers told him that Mme. de Pompadour ‘was neyer heard to say so much toany man.’” One of his most devoted friends was Mme. de Bouf- fiers, who even before her husband’s death was’ the mistress to the Prince de Conti. She had been so enchanted .by Hume's writings that she had introduced herself to him by letter. Just after her hus- band’s death, in_ response to & letter, in which she seeks his advice, he does not hint at any impropriety in the intimacy which she had previously formed with the Prince, but simply recommends that “she should grad- ually diminish her connecticn with hin,” and finally says: “If I could dispose of my fate nothing could be so much to_my choice ‘as to cultivate your friendship. Your taste for traveling might also afford you a_plausi- ple pretense for puttin: this plan into execu- tion. A journey to Italy would loosen your connection here, and, if it were delayed some time, Icould with some probability expect to have the felicity of attending you thither. ® ‘Again he writes: “I will never, but with my. life, be persecuted to part with the hold hich you have been pleased to afford me; you may cut me to pieces, limb by limb—but Jike those pertinacious animals of my country I shall expire still attached to you, and you will in vain attempt to get free.” A little later he addresses his inamorata as follows: ‘tI have a vroject of accompany- ing you to Lyons. Would to God it svere ossible for us to take our flight thence into Vealy, and from thence if you would into Greece! Might we not settle in some Greck island, and breathe the air of Iomer, or Sappho, or Anacreon, in tranquillity and great opulence?” Itseems from the Quar- terly Review, London, 1846, Pp. 96, that Mr. Burton, Hume’s biographer, did not have access to ail his letters, leaving, as the writer remarks, “a suspicion ‘of something remain- ing behind which appeared to them—i the Royal Society—objectionable, but ‘hich might throw light on questions that have been mooted and are still interesting.” I think, however, when we compare the above quotations from Hume's Dialog with the tendency of his other. writings, and the correspondence already. given, that no un- prejudiced person will find it very difficult to erciit the substantial correctness of Horne’s statement in regard to ume, thathe “ main- tained that adultery must be practiced if men wwould obtain all the advantages of-life.” At all events it is perfectly clear that Hume is not a safe moral guide, and his system with the above side-lights is a_clear illustra- tion of ‘the necessity of a Divine Revela- tion,” which Horne and Dr. Goodwin have set forth with so much power. : ‘Lowe an apology to your readers for bring- ing these unpleasant details of principle and practice into publicity, but justice to the liv- ing as well as to the dead seemed to render the duty imperative. ————— SCIENCE AND RELIGION. WHY PRESIDENT PORTER AND THE “ORTIO- DOX” MEMBERS OF THE YALE FACULTY OBJECT TO SPENCER'S “SOCIOLOGY” AS A TEXT-BOOK. ‘New Haven Correspondence New York Times. ‘Mr. Spencer devotes nearly one-half of this book to the consideration of the various sub- jective. difficulties, the nature of which will be sufficiently indicated by the heading of his chapters, such as the “Emotional” diffi- culty, “ The Educational Bias,” ‘The Bias of Patriotism,” “The Class Bias,” “The Polit- ical Bias,” and “The Theological Bias.” in this last chapter we come upon the terrain brulant, and find the doctrines and the phrases to which the orthodox members of the Yale Faculty object as being unfriendly to the Christian religion, or as ‘treating all religions with impartial contempt. “What, O Messenger of God, are the signs of that happy sect to which is insured the ex- clusive possession of Paradise?” Whereto Mohammed replied be in all things conformable to myself arfd my companions.” “And that,” added Abd-el Lateef, lowering his voice to the deep tone of conviction, “that, by the mercy of God, are we the people of Riad.” It is by such an fl- lustration as this, a conception parallel to the “conceptions which have been, and are, cur- rent among sects of Christians,” that Herbert, Spencer seeks to show how theological bias unfits men to judge of alien societies and alien beliefs, and leads to extreme misinter- pretation of social facts. The ferocious Fi- jians who kill the decrepid, maimed, and sick, strangle their wives, baptize their new- ly-launclied canoes with ‘the blood of a dozen human victims, and devour a kins- man, well browned, or, if taste so dictates, a trifle underdone, all in the name of’ their cannibal gods, look upon the peaceful, order- He yirtuous Samoans with horror because hey have no religion! “Speaking generally then, each system of dogmatic theology, with the sentiments that gather round it, becomes an impediment in way of social science, ‘The sympathies drawn out towards one creed. and the correlative antipathies aroused by other creeds, distort the interpretations of all the associated facts. On these institutions and their results the eyesare turned with a readi- ness to observe everything that is good, and on those with a. readiness to observe every- thing that is bad.” It is over such a paraj ‘aph as this that President Porter and Dr. Barbour and Prof, Carter look grave, and ask themselves what would be its probable eifect upon an immature ‘but “eager mind, or what deep anxieties might not be awakened in the breasts of Christian fathers and mothers if they knew that their sons were asked to study the history of society in a book like this. .The sincere Papist thinks schisin a crime. “The devil was the first Protestant,” said the Catholic Mayor of Bor- deaux. The zealous dissenter eannot fairly estimate the advantages which the State Church has yielded, and the Churechinan will not believe that the benefits of a union of of Church and State are merely relative and temporary. The theological bias which in- capacitates these sects to judge fairly of each other’s creeds is a fatal obstacle to the candid consideration by any or all of them of, soci- ological questions, involying alien beliefs and practices that their prejudices doom them to misjudge. But the student must likewise aard against the anti-theological bias, ‘This is especially strong «und misleading in those who have recently thrown off an old belief. They are swayed by an an- tagonism that is high in proportion as the previous submission was profound. The Nepaul King who destroyed with cannon the dvities of his tribe because they let his wife die, the Puritans who stabbed their horses in cathedrals, and the French revolutionists who pulled down sacristies and ate mackerel off ipatenas were obviously incapable of perceiy- ing the possible good that was left in the old systems. The new convert to rationalism constantly mistakes zeal for knowledge. He yainly fancies that all religions will disap- pear before the progress of science. ‘The progress of evolution,” says Spencer, “which has gradually modified and adyanced men’s conceptions of the universe, will continue to modify and advance them in the future. ‘The ideas of Cause and Origin, which have been slowly changing, will change still further. But no changes in them, even when pushed tothe extreme, will expel them from con- sciousness, “Tf we wish to see where revolution tends, we have but to observe how there has been thus far a decreasing concreteness of the con- sciousness to which the religious sentiment is related to infer that hereatter this con- creteness will further diminish, leaving be- hind a substance of consciousness for which there is no adequate form, but which isnone the less persistent and powerful.” This seemingly comforting prophecy is really as inconoclastic as anything Spencer has ever written, when earefully examined. The re- ligion. whith he allows will survive the spread of evolution, will be a thing of shreds and patches. ‘The God of Dr. Barbour’s clear faith, vividly realized as the Father, full of mercy and loving kindness, yet capable of ust sternness, visiting the wicked with retri- ution, melts away into a vagueand shape- less conception of a power toodistant and too mysterious to be comprehended or steeply felt, Does this leave any place for Christian- ity? Will men believe that the unspeakable giftof the Savior comes from divine power which the faculties of the mind can no more conceive than the hand can grasp mist? ‘These are the questions the conservative Pro- fessors of Yale try to answer in determininy whather socjology should be taught to Pro! - Summer's classes-as, Herbert Spencer tea it. They are not reassured by the author's expressed belief that ‘ the theological thaw going on so fast on all sides” will not carry everything before it, but is only a step in the transformation which is toadvance us “from alower form, no longer fit; to a higher and fitter form.” a : ‘A weaker writer, though equally unfriend- ly to the Christian religion, and having views identical with those of Herbert Spencer, would hardly excite any uneasiness among the orthodox instructors of Yale. It is the weightof his logic that they fear, and his masterly presentation of facts. They might smile if they knew that the fleet of Capt. Kidd was in the Sound and bearing up this way. They would undoubtedly look serious {they read in the morning paper that the hests of Ghengis Khan were encamped just beyond East Rock. The Yale Seniors who are instructed by Prof. Sumner_in sociology are commonly between 20 and 23 years of ege. President Porter, and most of his asso- ciates in the corps of Professors, do not feel warranted by the traditions of the college, or the character of the trust reposed in them, in exposing these young men. to the same kind of influences which they would meet ina German uniyersliy: ‘They are not ready to admit the ‘irrelation be- tween intellectual culture and moral feel- ing,” and believe that the tone and tendency of teaching at Yale should be, if not distinet- ly Christian, at least not anti-Christian. Evo- Tution they can accept as one of God's meth- ods, but they will not admit that dull force alone has transmuted primeval clay into complex organisms. They will not stand in the way of Scientific investization in any de- partment of the college. “Jf the Christian religion cannot stand the light of truth,” said one of the Professors, who in this matter isopposedto Prof. Sumner, “then I shall con- clude that it is itself untrue; [have no fear that God will not be able to take care of the faith He has established, and 1 fully expect that a returning wave of calmer reason, en- lightened by faith will sweep. back the irre- ligious doctrines of the evolutionits, the biol- ogists, and the sociologists.” Y. M. Cc. A. AN INTERESTING MWISTORY OF THE WORK AND MAGNITUDE OF THE ORGANIZA- TION. Harper's Weekly. On the last day of the year of 1879 the be- quest of the late William Niblo, amounting to $150,000, for the library of the Young Men’s Christian Association of New York, was paid over by his executors. That the owner of one of the most popular theatres of the city should have made the Association his residuary legatee is evidence that its work has been so done as to win the con- fidence of ‘men of the world. ‘There are thousands who care little for theological hair-splitting, who do not wish to know the differences which mark off evangelical from liberal Christianity, who consider many doctrinal opinions to be the merest mist, but yet can appreciate the beauty of practical charity. it is the prac- ticalness of the Young Men’s Christian Association which draws to its support citi- zens of the most divergent opinions. And the work done has a breadth which touches many classes—young men of the cities, col- lege students, commercial travelers, railroad men, Germans and frecdmen. It extends geographically over the United States, Can- ada, England, France, Germany, Switzer- land, Italy, and Australia, It comprehends every interest—study and education, health, employment, relief in need, care in sickness, social and intellectual enjoyment, and relig- jous culture. The originator of these associ- ations, Mr. George Williams, of London, is still living; he has seen his original thought expand until there are now in the United States and Canada alone 854 associations, with 99,000 members, possessing build- ings of the value of $1,924,770, and sus- tained at an annual expense of $376,250. The idea around which all- these groups of organizations have crystalized is that the un- cared-for young men of our cities and larger towns should have sympathy and help. In- genuity is taxed to find our their precise wants. Indeed, the needs of young men are nowhere so profoundly studied as in the secretarial oflices of these associations; a con- clave of Association Secretaries will embody more hard sense for the prosecution of char- “Jt is those who shall | jtable work than manyaconclave of Bishops. Supposing ® young man of good moral char- acter to be within reach of the Association in New York, for exaniple, there is an Invita- tion Committee to call his attention to the penetits offered. Once properly introduced a Reception Committee is prepared to wel come him to Sunday-evening tea or the monthly reunions. A Literary Committee or its Librarian will hand over to him all the, rivileges of a well-furnished reading- oom and ao well-stocked library. A. Lie erary Committee will offer him membership in a debating club, or instruction in special studies. Ifhe is musculer, a gymnasium in- yites him to every variety of physical exer- cise: if devotional, Bible classes conducted py skillful leaders are ready to enroll him; if burning with religious zeal, Christian work is put into his hands. He is held gently but firmly in a network of good influenc and is strengthened in right purposes by all the force of fellowship. It is to the honor of the Association that although its control is confined to members of Evangelical Churehes, its benefits are extended to all young men of irre) roachable conduct. Cal- Yinist and Arminian, Churchman and Dis- senter, Protestant and Catholic, Evangelical and Liberal, -may often be’ found under one roof, .sedulously cultivating the spirit of Christian fraternity. ‘The Association is one of the best outgrowths of the catholic spirit of our times, and of the determination to look beyond differences of opinion to the inner realities of Christian character, But, withal, the Christian Associations are not lax in-principle. As far back ns 1856 they adopted what-is known as the Paris basis, which is formulated in the following lan- guage:"“The Young Men’s Christian ciations seek to unite those young men who, regarding Jesus Christ as their God and Sa- vior, according to the Holy Scriptures desire to be His disciples in their ductrine and in their life, and so associate their efforts for the extension of Lis kingdom among men.” This formula was modified in 1aO8 an again in 1809, to give. it more precision. Practically it comes to this: That persons cherishing cer- tain opinions find that they work best to- gether; that they take the same views of the proper method of dealing with human nat- ure; that they instinctively appeal to the same classes of truths for the purpose of pro- ducing conviction in the mind, And as all power over conduct is secured by first mold- ing opinion, it is indispensable that there be union in opinion, in order to have harmony inwork. Jtis one of the triumphs of our age that theological differences count for less than they did 2 century ago; perhaps the liberalizing process may advance further still; at any rate, we may congratulate our- selves that the spirit of union has reached the ggal already won. All along the history of this organization the founders have builded wiser than they knew. Originally it embraced a few young men of London in the drapery and. other trades; now it enlists many men who haye achieved honorable dis- tinction in the world. Among the Trustees of the New York Association are Stewart Brown, Robert L. Stewart, James Stokes, and Robert Lennox Kennedy; in its Finance Committee_are Cornelius Vanderbilt and William Dodge, Jr. Good - judg- ment. ‘and skillful administration “have raised powerful friends; | men whose hands are full of business are active sharers in Association labors. Some even too, which portended disaster, have prover to be steps in the process of. Froth, At the breaking out of the late Civil War the Asso- ciations were threatened with disintegration. ‘The young men of the country rushed into the army; the Associations of the South were cut off from fellowship. .In a short tim however, an Army. Committee was forme: by the New York Association, to carry for- ward Christian work among the soldiers en- camped inand around the city, A new field of almost illimitable ‘magnitude was opened. Delegates from numerous’ Associations met in the city, and finally organized the United States Christian Commission, whose history js partofthe history of the country from 1861 to 1865. Without doubt, the Sanitary and Christian Commissions did more to alle- yiate the horrors of war than any other agencies ever known; their example has been copied in al the civilized world. ‘A like unexpectedness has marked other growths ‘of Association enterprise. While the Pacific Railroad was building some one suggested the importance of labor for the moral welfare of thé men employed upon it, and gathered to it by the prospect of business chances. The suggestion was adopted with fruitful results. Intermittent efforts were next made to pres rooms for railroad work- men at Erle, Altoona, Baltimore, Jersey City, and other important centres, but for want of support they had only#.a fluctuating success, In time railway chieis: ‘began to sce the value of these. disinterested labors for the moral welfare. of their vast :forees ot men. The Vanderbilts, Mr. ‘Thomas A. Scott, of the Pennsylvania Road, and Mr.:John W. Garrett, of the Baltimore & Ohio Road, contributed freely to the support o Secretaries named by the Christian As- sociations, and offered rooms for the holding of meetings. Now in Indianapolis twelve railway companies unite in supporting the work of the Christian Associations; in Chi- cago railway Presidents, Managers, and Superintendents are members of Association committees. The interest of the companies in this apparatus of moral and religious culture is plain enough. The engineer who takes charge of a train needs, of all men, to be sober-and self-poised. The lives of hun- dreds of passengers depend: on his coolness and intelligent junterpretation of orders. ‘The number of meri employed, by the railways of the United States approximates a million; it will before many years be much greater. Reading-rooms, libraries, religious and social meetings to_ occupy them when off duty can only make them more efficlent when duty is to be done. ‘The weak point of all these organizations is their lack of coherence. A tew young men of a. village or town, quite enthusiastic to improve themselves and others, hirea room, meet for a few, inonths, and before a year is past dis and. ‘fhe history of the As- sociations is full of such failures. ‘To coun- teract the tendency to dissolution, a system of paid Secretaries has, been adopted, with- out which, it may be safely said, most of the ‘Associations would fall to pieces, Some of these Secretaries have proved to be men-of remarkable character. ‘The salaried Secretaries are now an impor- tant factor of the system; they have in- creased in number from twelve in 1870 to 150 in 1880, and their annual meetings for coun- sel are important events. "These officers could, however, accomplish but little without an interdependence ot the ‘Associations on each other, running up from the local union of a town to the General Council of all the Associations of the world, First are the local organizations, occupying hired rooms, in some instances their own buildings, and employing Sccretaries to con- duct the necessary business. ‘Then follow the State and provincial organizations, com- posed of the Associations of a State or Cana- dian province, holding an annual Conven- tion, and appointing a State committee to ex- ercige due oversight. Their relation to the Jocal bodies, nowever, is purely advisory; twelve of them employ Secretaries. Ascend- ing higher, we have the American. interna- tional organizations, composed of the Asso- ciations of the United States and Canada. Its executive agent is an International Commit- tee of twenty-five members, having a work- ing quoruin in New York City, inte Coimittee is a Vigorous body, and has taken in hand the fostering of Associations among college students, commercial travel- ers, Germans, colored young men, and rall- road men, At the top of all this is the Inter- national Central Committee, which met in Geneva, Switzerland, June, 1879, and ap pointed as its Secretary Mr. Charles Fer- maud. Since his election Mr. Fermaud has yisited the United States and Canada, and has spent several _months in. examining: ‘American Associations and their methods. He is young, skillful, abundant in resource, and will, itis believed, do much ‘to develop the recé idea of the Associations throughout the Continent,of Europe. Tt needs buta glance at the facts to show one that the germinal thought of these fra- ternities has had amore rapid growth in ‘America than elsewhere. We combine with greater facility than is known among the people of the Old World. The Associations of the United States and Canada far oatnum- ber those of Europe. On the European Con- tinent government interference with volun- tary organizations has produced in the popu- Jation a habit of caution, not to say timidity. which we here can. hardly appreciate. England the growth has not been 23 rapid as might have been anticipated. Still the Lon- don Association is a strong, compact body. ‘The field opening in the United States is al- most without fimit. Among other happy suggestions is one that commercial travelers be furnished with tickets entitling them to the privileges of the Associations in all parts of the land. Employment bureaus have been opened in New York and Chicago, and have helped many young men. ‘The Bowery branch in this city furnishes lodgings and free meals to men who have been reduced to destitution. Yet in all this charitable work the religious idea is kept uppermost. Library and lectures, reading-room and gymnasium, bed and bread, are subsidiary to the purpose of promoting the moral religious culture of young men. Itis.a maxim of the Associa: tion that a genuine religious spiritisa mighty force to carry. us through ite "3 difficulties, and the promotion of this spirit is the tie that givesfunity to its multifarious undertakings. Edward Everett Hale wrote some years ag0 8 fanciful sketch of a club pervading the world, whose members should be governed by two maxims: to look up and not down, ant lend a hand. This is precisely the aim of the ‘Young Men’s Christian Associations; the; prompt every: young man they reach to look ‘up with faith to a Divine helper, and then by precepi and example inspire him to do all the fod hecan. This fs the best of theologies. ‘he creed of the good Samaritan, who runs to the relief of his fellow, and Hes his wine and oil, isone which the whole world can understand, THE CHANNINGS. THEIR COMING TO AMERICA THE RESULT OF A MURDER. (Robert Collyer in a Recent Lecture.} Ishall endeayor to answer two questions —Who was Channing, and what was he? We haye no help in the first question from the genealogies on the other side of the water, and this is in some sense to be regretted, be- cause grapes don’t grow on thorns, and there must have been noble vines to give’ us such fruit as men like Channing. No doubt if we could have the Channings and Elierys back, we should find men and women of rare vir- tue among them, and light on many atale worth the telling. Still, as we have no grapes wecan leave the vines where the Eternal Providence has left them—on the other side of the water—and deal only with what we know of his family on thisside, The mother’s side of the man makes its first mark during the Rev- olutionary .War, when the grandsire Ellery signed the Declaration. In him was great worth and splendid ability, but his life slipped away without anythin; eat bei accumplished in it, The Channings came from Dorset in 1712, andI venture to guess that they fled from the shadow of a great |, tragedy. Richard Channing, of Dorchester, married Mary Brookes about 1704. The peo- pie had urged on the matter rather against the man’s will, and tie result was that Mary poisoned her husband. She was tried for the murder, and was hanged on the 2st of March, 1705, being then only 19 years of age. After she was dead, her body was burned in’ the old Roman am- phitheatre at Muiberry, in Dorset, in the presence of 10,000 people. Now, when one niglishman strikes a great sorrow ike that he moves away, and my guess is that John Channing, Richard’s. brother, left Dor- set because he could not liveso nearto the scene of his great and awful sorrow, where |, people whispered, ‘' His brother’s wife was hanged and burned.” The grandsire Chan- ning became a merchant at Newport; but he fell on evil days, and at last lays down the burden. His wife gets a little store; but was always the lady, and raised her children exceedingly well. “William, their son, took to the law, and rose to some eminence. He married Lucy Ellery, and from the twain sprang William Ellery Channing. His father fied at 42, and left the desolate little woman to bring up nine children. AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY. PROCEEDINGS OF THE LAST MONTHLY MEET- . ING, The stated meeting of the Board of Man- agers of the American BibleSociety was held at the Bible House, Astor place, on Thurs- day, April 1, at half-past 8 o’clock, p. m., Mr. Frederick S. Winston, in the chair. The Hon. John Jay was unanimously elect- ed to fill a vacancy in the Board. ‘The financial statement showed the total receipts for March to have been $72,969.94, Of this amount, $16,206.53 were donations from auxiliary societies, individuals, -and churches; $1,009.51 from rents; $13,221.19 from legacies; and $42,552.36 from sale of books. The payments for the month were $50,243.11. ‘The total receipts for. the’ year ending March 31 were $603,342.28. . Letters with full reports of:the year’s work were presented from the Society’s agents in China, Japan, Mexico, Brazil, Rio Plata, and Turkey, and from various correspondents in foreign countries. ‘Letters were also presented from the Wal- densian Committee,-returnmg thanks for the promise of help in prosecuting Bible col- portage; from the Evangelical Society of Geneva, with thanks for a remittance of funds forwarded in February; from the J. K. Kilbourn, of Guadalajara, inclos' annual account of the Western Mexico is- sion; trom the Rev. Jacob Chamberlain, D. D.; of the Teloogoo Mission of the Reformed Church, giving an account of the work on the Teldogoo version in 1879, and sending a photograph of the Revision Committee; from the Rev. H. Bingham, of Honolulu, reporting & constant, demand for the Gilbert islands New ‘Testament, and an nouncing that the Gospel of Mark has been. translated into the Mortlock Islands lang- uage; from the Rev. Dr. N. G. Clark, of the American Board, announcing that the trans- jation of the Zulu Scriptures is nearly fin- jshed; from the Rev. W. S. Robertson, ol Indian Territory, with information that the Creek version of the Gospel of Luke will soon be forwarded for publication; from George H. Prince, Esq., of St. etersbure, announcing the satisfaction felt in Russia at the proffer of aid from this Society; from Dr. Bliss, of Constantinople, in response to an inquiry coricerning our fontsof type, express- ing the opinion that the American fonts of Greek type would not suit the wishes of the Greek people; and from the Rev. H. P. Ham- ilton, showing what opposition his colport- eurs have to face from violent enemies. , ‘Appropriations in funds for the publica- tion and -cireulation of the Scriptures, amaunting in the aggregate to $11,343, were made to the German ion of the Method- i i rch, the Swedish Mission of the Baptist Missionary Union, the Ceylon and Spanish Missions of the American Board» and the Rio Plata Agency of the Society. Grants of books for sale and distribution at home and abroad, through colporteurs, aux- iliary societies, individuals, and foreign cor- respondents, ‘were made, amounting in value to SI! . ‘The Board adopted plans which had been matured’ by the Committee on Distribution, and approved by the Bible Society of Vir- ginia, for an immediate: and_vigorous can- Yass of that State, and forty colporteurs were appointed to begin the work at an carly day. ‘he number of volumes issued in March was 95,080. The whole number of copies issued from the Bible-House during the year, not including those issued in foreign lands, was 1,130,345. GENERAL NOTES. ‘The Methodist Conference recently held in Philadelphia placed on record a formal pro- test against Sunday camp-meetings. Anotherimporiant old manuscripthas been found in o famous Greek monastery on Mount Athos, which, it is believed, may throw some light on difficult passages in the Epistles of St. Paul. ‘At the annual meeting of Unity Church, Oak Park, held Monday evening last, Messrs. Mills, Emery, and Gale were elected Trustees , and Mr..Weleh, Treasurer. The Society is out of debt and has a fair working-balance in the treasury. The Rev. Dr.Sage, of Syca- more, received a call to the pulpit, which he will shortly occupy. The various sects in the village of North Creek, Warren County, N. ¥., apparently live in peace and good will toward each other after a manner somewhat remarkable, On the 3ist of March, the Roman Catholic, Meth odist, and Freewill Baptist congregations held a union festival to raise money to be ap- plied to the building of an Episcopal Church at Raquette Lake, in the Adirondacks. "The Presbytery of Western Africa is con- nected with the Senod of Philapelphia, and will be represented at the next meeting of the General Assembly by the Rey. W. Blyden, LL.D. He is a native of the Danish islan of St. Croix, in the West Indies, but went to Liberia in his youth. He is distinguished as an author, and for his attainments in the Latin, Greek, Hebrew, and Arabic languages. ‘A writer in Unity says two parties are in this country trying to drag it back into the religious struge jes so prominent before the Declaration of independence,—the Pres- byterian League, which is striving to -place © God,” and “ Christ,” and “Bible” as labels on the Nation’s Constitution,—and the Ro- man Catholics, with their spyarene purpose that the Public Treasury shall support secta- rian schools or our free-school system cease to be. etery, near Birmingham, ‘At the ‘Troy Cer no "recently took place. Mich., a singular scene ‘After'the services at the grave, and before the coffin was lowered, the oflictating nainis: ter announced, at the request of the sons o the deceased, that, in consequence of recent desecrations of graves, measures would taken to secure the undisturbed repose of y, and to that end the coffin- their father’s body, an ne oe lin would be removed. 7 the Westminster Standar. glycerine would be pl: persons who had_been the explosive. -This was done, the whole company remaining to witness the proceed- The main. body of the Salvation Army, which is campaigning in England, has some- thing worse to contend with there than hard- hearted city officials. At a meeting in Plym- outh on the Drili-Hall grounds a crowd of roughs creatéd.a disturbance, and, being-re- monstrated’ with, attacked the army. “The salvationists repelled the attack with their fists and with sticks, and held the fort fortwo hours, but were eventually defeated and forced to seek refuge in a house. 2 ‘The New England Methodist Conference, Jast Saturday, refused to admit Anna C, Oliver to Deaconship, but afterwards placed itself on record as favoring women in pul- pits by instructing the delegates to the Gen- eral Conference to use their influence in re- moving all distinctions of sex in the offices and ordinations of the ministry. Miss Oliver graduated at Boston University three years ago in the Theological Department and has since been preaching very acceptably. The fifteenth anniversary of the “ Union Band Bible Class” of the Second Baptist Chureh occurred last Monday evening. This class has been conducted by Mr. Willian Lawrence since its organization, and may well be imitated. The total attendance dur- ing the fifteen years has been 107,331; average per year, over 7,000; per Sabbath, 188. There have been conversions. and 58 deaths known to the teacher, and he knows no mem- ber to have died without hope in Christ. The Archbishop of Canterbury’s decision that clergymen nay officiate in unconsecrate iN chapels in a cemetery is to be challenged by the Rey. J. R. Buchanan, Vicar of Herne Bay. Ina statement Mr. Buchanan, has is- sued he says: “Weall know the will. of his Grace; what we doubt, and intend to ques- tion, is his power. ' And even if he have the power we intend to protest against the exer- cise of it, as it would be clearly contrary to the letter and spirit of the Burial acts.” ‘The English pilgrimage to convey the ban- ner of St. George to the basilica of our Lady of Lourdes will leave England for Lourdes earlyin June. About nine days will be oc cupied in going and returning, Cardinal Manning will place himself at the head of the pilgrimage. Four hundred noblemen and gentry of the United Kingdom haye al- ready sent in their names to Cardinal Man- ning’s secretary as desirous to join the pil- erimage. It is expected to be the most note- worthy movement of the kind witnessed in England since the Reformation. The Welsh Presbyterian Church is saddled with a debt of some $3,000, but the Trustees do not propose to sit idly by and allow the mortgage to be foreclosed. Ashort time ago the church officers met- and appointed the pastor, the Kev. Dr. Harris, to act as 2 Financial Committee of One to __ solicit subscriptions. So far he has succeeded in obtaming about $1,500, and the prospects are bright for secur- ing the remainder during the current year. Mr. Harris is doing 2 good work among our Welsh fellow-citizens, and itis to be hoped that his expectations will be fully realized. A correspondent of the Watchtower gives the following statistics of the membership of Chicago Baptist churches: First Church, 818; Second Church, 1,153; Fourth Church, 397; Michigan Avenue Church, 247; Olivet Church, 62; North Star Church, 164; Uni- yersity Place Church, 310; Western Avenue Church, 433; Coventry Street Church, 190; Dearborn Street Church, 65: ~Byangel Church, 67; Millard Avenue Church, 53; Central’ Church, 100; Centennial Church, 23; Halsted Street’ Church, 46; South Church, 93;:Providence Church, 83; First German Citirch, 227; First Swedish Church, 223; Second Swedish Church, 74. Total, 5,476. METHODIST STATISTICS. The first Methodist Society in America (of five members) was organized in October, 1766, by Philip Embury, a local preacher. ‘The first General Conference was held in Baltimore, 1792. at this early date in history of the Church, the Book Concern (previously opened at Philadelphia) was for- mally established by General Conference action. To-day the Book Concern of the M. E. Chureh is the largest religious publishing- house in the world, The statistics for the Methodist Episcopal Church are as. follows: Number of Annual Conferences......... 6 itinerant Total fueber of preachers, general summary of Meth ‘The ‘United States ts as follows: Methodist Episcopal Church. M, E. Choreh, South... African M. E. Total M. E. in United States. Non-Episcopul Methodists States... Total Methodists in United States. Methodists in Cunada...... Great Britain and missions. . Afliliating Conferences...... Grand total in 1879. PERSONALS. The Rev. I. P. De Forrest has resigned his pastorate at Westboro, Mlass., to accept a call to Taunton. Bishop Holsey, of the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church, is said to be the youngest Bishop in the world. Wong Shing,. the Chinese Consul in San Francisco, is a regular attendant at the First Presbyterian Church of that city. The Rev. Dr. R. S. Storrs is giving a course often lectures on the Evidences of Chris- tianity to the students of Union Seminary. Moody has been invited to make a mission- ary visit to Leadville, and if the proper ar- rangements can be made he will, visit the silver-mining regions some time this month, ‘The Rev. H. Cheetham, D. D., is the Bishop of the Episcopal Church in Sierra Leone, West Africa, with. 2 salary of $2,500, and an additional 33,000 from the * Bishops’ Fund.” ‘Among the eminent Scotch divines who will attend the Presbyterian Council in Phil- apelphia this year is the Rev. Alexander ¥. itchell, D.D., Professor of Ecclesiastical History in St. Andrew’s University. While in America he will deliver a course of six lectures on the “ Westminster Assembly and ds,” upon the his- tory of which he is considered the best living authority. The lectures will be delivered at the Western ‘Theological Seminary, Alle- gheny City, Pa, Itis understood that the negotiations of the Fourth Presbyterian Church with “Dr, Her- Yiek Johnson are in a highly favorable con- dition, and that we may confidently hope for this auspicious addition to the Presbyterian pulpit in Chicago. We con gratulate the fourth Church on the prospect of such pastor; and it is not too much to say that any minister in America could justly regard that as a most favorable Providence which would Tead him to a field so agreeable in all its con- ditions and relations, and one of such wide and potent intluence.—Interlor. CROSS-GRAINED PIETY. “When I want that choir to omit any yerses from a hymn hereafter I will mention the fact,?*said on indignant preacher at Montville’ Conn., when after he had given out a hymn containing eight verses the choir omitted three of them. The Rey. Father Freithof, of Buldershelm, Germany, annoyed at his sleeping congrega- tion, shouted “Fire! Fire!” at the top of his voice. This awoke the slumberers, and. the priest continued: “Yes, fire in purgatory and in. hell for people who cannot keep awake to hear the word of God.” He thought he did a‘ go di thing, but the local magistrate didn’t think sv, and fined him $3 for disturbing the public peace. “Js it ever right to stenl?” asked a minis- terof his Sunday-school class. It ‘was too profound a question to be answered at once, Pid so the boys hesitated. ‘The catechist turned toasmall farmer who was present, and said: “My friend, will you tell these children if you think it right to steal under any circumstances?” The farmer was dazed fora moment, and then mustering courage replied, “ Herrminister, Ireally can’t answer your question; but [have just sold out my grist-mill to my son.” Not Jong since some pious parents, not a thousand miles from Cedar Springs, con- eluded to disabuse the mind of thelr little daughter about there being Claus, and so, after reminding her of the many times they had told her about that jolly BS sonage and discovered that their teach- s had been believed by the little girl, they boldiy-informed her that all her teachings on that subject were false, and that there was no Santa Claus. The little girl was wonder- Gog, | At 10:3) a. mand 7330 struck, and after ssking some ques! reflect! or some little time, significantly asked: “How isit avout Jesus Christ,—did you lie to me about him, too?” Mr. Emest Ingersoll, in his Serthner arti- cle on-the ‘Rocky Mountain Mules,” gives itag his “ honest and seriousopinion, found- ed upon much observation, that so long as any considerable number of mules are em- ‘ployed there, it ix utterly useless for mis- sionaries to go to the Rucky Mountains.” An Irish clergyman’s daughter, a, ba said to her father the other day, that on tain consequential person was ‘a baste.” Sharp parental reproof being administered, missy retorted that papa had used that very sxpreseion himself in last Sunday’s service. “Certainly not,” said the reverend papa, with much emphasis. “Oh, but you did,” persisted missy. ‘I heard you say that ‘he that exalteth himself shall be a baste.’” Biblical scholars are sometimes sadly en- trapped. Ina little town of Bavaria. the other day, sat an aged fraulein and her father confessor, who was, at least, supposed to know the Bible by heart. The fraulein en- joyed a practical jokein spite of her age, and the reverend father, although a thoroughly fous man, was not a whit behind her. In- eed, it may be said both of the Catholic and Protestant clerey that they are a thoroughly genial class of men. ‘There is nothing in the sacred profession which inter- dicts a good wholesome laugh, and nothing which ought to make a man so sad that he can see only the gloomy and cloudy side of life. Our fraulein said: | “Father, you may have heard that some of the per- sistent explorers in the Holy Land have Just discovered a huge heap of bones which are supposed, on pretty good authority, to ba those of the children which Herod -killed.”? “ Ah, indeed?’ replied the pater, thoroughly interested, ‘ I had not heard of it.” “Yes,” continued the fraulein, “and, strange to say, nearly half the bones were white as the snow of the Alps, while the rest were almost as black as ebony.”. ‘ Well!” exclaimed the good priest, “ that is certainly very rem: able.” “And the problem to be solved continued the fraulein, “ whether the white bones belonged to the girls and black ones to the boys, or vice versa. The explorers were greatly vexed by the matter, and could ar- rive at no satisfactory conclusion. Now, what do you think, Father?” “Oh !” wittily rejoined the priest, ‘uf conrse the black bones belonged to the girl babies and the white ones tothe boy babies.” We ask the same question of our readers, and they had. better guess several times before they read the rest of this para; settled the matter they can refer to the an- swer of the fraulein, who, witn a merry twinkle in her eye, said, “Father, you must have read your Bible to very little purpose, for the account tells us that only boy babies were killed by Herod.” CHURCH SERVICES. BAPTIST. There will be services at the Second Church, corner of Morgan and West Monroe streets, at 1a. m. and 7:40 p. m. —There will be services at the Michigan Ave- nue Church, near Twenty-third street, at 10:30 a, m. and 7:50 p. m. 7 —The Rev. E. B. Hulbert will preach in the Fourth Church, corner of West Washington and Paulina streets, at 10:30a.m. The Rev. L. Ruy- mond will preach at 7:30 p. m. —The Rev, J. T. Burhoe will preach _in the University Place Church, corner of Douglas place and Rhodes avenue, at 10:30 a. m. und 7:30 p.m. pi —The Rev. J. Rowley will preach in the North Star Church, curner of Division und Sedgwiele streets, at 10:45 a. m. and 7:80 p. m. —The Rev. C. Perren will preach in the West- ern Avenue Church, corner of Warren avenue, at 10:30 8, m. and 7:30 p.m. —The Rev. W. H. Purker will preach in the Coventry Street Church. corner of Bloomingd:ls rond, at 10:30 a. m. and Pp. m. —The Rev. R. De Buptiste will preach in Olive! Chureh, Fourth avenue, near Taylor street, at D am. and 75 P. m. —fhere will be services at the South Chure corner of Locke and Bonaparte streets, at 1: a. m.- “The Rev. A. :K. Parker wiil preach in the Centennial Church, corner of Lincoln and West Jackson streets, at 0:00 a. m. and 7:0) p. m. —he Rey. J. Q. 8. Henry will preach in Evan- gel Church, Rock Island Car-Shops, Dearborn street, near Forty-seventh, ut 10:45 a.m. and 7:30 Dp. m. “Services will be held in the Baptist Taber- nacle, 32 and $0i Wabash avenue, at 7:WU p. m B. F. Jucobs, leader. ithe Rev: W. A. Broadhurst will preach in the Dearborn Street Chureh, corner of ‘Thirty-sixth street ut 10:00 2. m. and 7:3) p.m. <The Rey. Mr. Meyer will preach ini the Firat ickerdike and Huron German Church, corner 0: 230 p.m. J.B. Sunth will preach in the First streets, at 10:0 a. m. und —The Rev Norwegian Church, corner Noble and West Onto streets ,at 10:30 a.m. und 7:0 p. mL. a The Rev. John Ongman will preach in. the First Swedish Church, Oak street, near Sedgwick, p.m. be held in tho Halsted Strees rst and Forty-second streets, at 1i.u. ut. and 7:20 p. m. —The Rev. H: Huppell will--preach fn: the Brighton Park Church, corner Blanchard avenue and-Thirty-cighth strect, at 11 a.m. and 7.0 p. —The Rev. 5.0. Taylor will preach morni -and evening at the Central Church, Orchat street, near Sophin. * The Rev. G. B. Vossburg will preach morn- ing. and eyening: atthe Millard Avenue Church, wndule. —The Rev:-George C. Lorimer will preach in the First Church, corner of South Park avenue and Thirty-first street, at la. m. and Tp. m Morning subject: “The Light of Asia, au the Light of the World." Evening: Lecture on the Bible. Buptism at the close of the evening serv- ice. —The Rey. W. 4. Broadnurst will preach in the Dearborn Street Church at 10:45 a.m. and 7:45 p.m. . Ns and (Services will Church, between Fort; METHODIST. | ‘The Rev. Dr. Thomas will preach morning and evening at Centenary Church, Monroe streeh near Morgan. —The Rev. Dr. Williamson will preach at the First Chureh, corner Clark and Washington streets. Subjects—Morning, ‘fhe Simplest Delinition Religion Will Bear”; evening, “Ir- yellgion Absurdly Unscientific.” —The itev. Frank M. Bristol will preach morn- ing and evening at the Wabash Avenue Church, corner of Fourteenth strect. i —The Rev. W. C. Willing, D. D., will preach in the morning, and the Rev. E. M. Boring in the evening, at the State Street Church, Love feast at 9:30 a. m. “The Rev. Robert D. Sheppard will preach ia Grace Chureh, corner North La Salle end Whits streets, at 10:30 a.m. and 7:30 p. m. Morning subject: Relation of Responsibility and pe ae Evening subject: “Books and Reading. —The Rev. G. Ht. Van Horne will preach in the Michigan Avenue Church, near ‘Thirty-second street, at 10:30 a. m. and 7:00p.m. Morniag subject: “Duty vs. Conscience.’ Evening sub- ject: Pikes Exile Promoted; or, Fidelity Re- warded.” —Tho Rev. R. B. Pope will preach in ‘Trinity Church, Indiunn avenue, neur ‘Twenty-fourty street, at 10:45 a m. aud 7:50 p. m. —The Rev. J. M.Culdwell will preach in the ‘Western Avenue Churea, corner Monroe street, morning und evening. ‘ —The Rev. F. A. Hardin will preach in the Halsted Street re rel corner ‘Iwenticth street, at 10:00 a. m. and 7:30 p. ra. The Rev. W. F. Munley, District Chairman, will preach In the Free Church, corner May an Fulton streets, morning and evening. {4 feast at 6 p.m. Holy Co:nmunton at L? m. —The Rev. F. W. Fisk, of the Chicayo ‘Theo- logical Seminary, will preach mo) aod evening nt the Ada Strect Church. “ithe Kev. T. K. Strowbridge will preach in the Park Avenue Chureb morning and evening. —'Phe Rey. T.C. Clendenning will preach in a real Santa | the Lungtey avenue Church, corner of ‘Shirty- ninth isk ‘at 10:3) a.m. Dr. Robert Morris, of Kentucky, will lecture at TAS p.m. on gue ‘Holy Land.’ CONGREGATIONAL. ‘The Rev. Charles Hull Everest will preach morning and evening at Plymouth Church, Michigun avenue, near fwenty-sitee street. —The Rev. E. 'f. Williams will prexch morning and evening at the South Church, corner Drexe! Forticth street. —The Rev. G. H. Peeke will preach in tho Leavitt Street Church morning and evening, '—The Rev. F. A. Noble wiil preach tn the Union Park Church, corner Ashland avenue and Wash- ington street, at 10:30 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. —The Rev. E. P. Goodwin will preach in tha corner Ann and Wushington a.m. and 7:30p.m. Morning Recogninon of Frieuds—the —The Rev. Marcellus W. Darling, of Elkhart, Ind., will preach in the Lincoln Park Church, corner fohawk-and Sophia streets, at 10:45 a. m. and 7:0 _—The Kev. Arthur Little will preach in the New England Church, Dearborn avenue and Park place, ut 10:30 8. m. and 7:30 p. m._ Morning subject: * Christ the Need of the Soul.” —The Rev. C. A. Towle will preach in Bethany Church, corner Paulina and West Huron streets, at 10:45 a. m. and 7:30 p. m, —The Rey. Evarts Kent will preach in the Clinton Street Church, corner W! street, of 10:45 a. mi. and 7:0 p. m. —Services will be held in the Western Avenue lean corner Western avenue and Polk strvet, at 7:45 p.m. Services will be held in the Central Purl: Mis- sion, corner West Luke street ‘and Albacy ave- nue, at 7:45 p. m. CHRISTIAN. ‘The Rey. B. W. Johnson, editor ot the Evangel- 4st, will preach at the First Church, corner Indi- ana avenue and Twenty-fitth street. Subjects— Morning! _ pe: Pues of Peace”; evening: ‘The Sule of a Soul.” <The Rev. Irving A. Searles will preach in the South Side Church, Oakwood boulevard. Eveo- ing subject: “The ‘Book,”—fourth in tho series: I Lisi onthe Be H.Caton will presen. at the Second —The Rev. Church, Oakley ayenue ‘end Jacksonstrect. Sub- | Jects: Morning, “The Garden Sorrows of Ouy ph. When they have -