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THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, JUNE 20 1880—SIXTEEN PAGES. 9 RELIGIOUS. pevivalism in India—Keshub Chunder Sen as the Ben- galese Moses. The Sunday Law in London—Earl Donraven’s Plea for Open Mu- seus and Galleries, Charch-Going in Washington— Few Congressmen Among the Regular At- tendanis. Choreh and State—The Difference Be- tween American and Italian Catholic Bishops. General Notes, Personals, Sun- day Reveries, Services To-Day. LORD, IS IT I? BY GEORGE HUNTINGTON. sal with Thine own, dear Christ, dost Thou Jay Thee Inconverse sweet, and loving ministry; one is there who basely would repay ‘Thee Shy love with hate, and to Thy foes betray Thee. Lord, is it 1? sill in the ganden-shadows art Thou pleading, ‘Suaining the nigbt-dews with Thine agony; atone Is there Thy woe and prayer unbeeding, ‘snd to thelr guileless prey Thy murderers lead- 15 Lord, is tt 1? ‘hough from Thy face the boldest shrink, re- treating, Quailing before Thy silent majesty, Yer one, with falsehood’s mask the sweet gaze tng, vould tare ‘and mock ‘Thee with a traitor’s “Lord, is it 1? full oft with glowing words my love I've told ‘Thee, ii oft have Serres Thee deathless loyalty; sais it L who could so cheaply hold Thee? Vowld | for such a paltry, rice have sold Thee? Gould for sae Past? ‘iss, my soul! to thy Lord's death consenting! ‘Where, but to death, shall such a traitor ily? ‘Too late. alae may bitterest repenting! ter darkness ‘reeving and {umenting, ae Lora, is itl? z de- Say the despair; sweet hope His mercy bring- Yea, the repentant traitor shall not die, Io, to the cruss: er eutet of sinners clingeth, aie Yer im, returning, Heaven in gladness singe! gene Lord, is it 1? REVIVALISM IN INDIA. KESUCB CHUNDER SEN’S STRANGE RELIGIOUS MOVEMENT. Moncure D. Conttay in the Cincinnati Commercial. Itwould be worth while for a student of psy- chology, or of abnormal religious excitement, to visit India just now. The minister of the Brahmos, Keshub Chunder Sen, seems to have had his head somewhat turned by—or at any rate since—bis visit to Bngland, and the marriage of his daughter toa Prince. He has built o splendid house in Calcutta, and atones for that worldli- ness by ascetic mortificauons. He bas an- nounced that he isa special agent of Providence: be fs not an incarnation of any deity; he is nota prophet; but he is something different from other men. His recent course and preaching have been fruitful of discord and agitetions. ‘The mote educated of his followers, who have favored thé Brahmomorement as at once a pro- fest against idolatry and a refined theism, have ‘vecome disgusted and left the church. A Jarge nuiber of the lower-class converts have been offended by the marriage of his daughter with a Prince, secured as it WAby a partial surrender of the Minister's proclaimed principtes against infant marringe: and they bave abandoned him. - And this parting with the elements of rational restraint and cuolness on the one hand, and of humility on the other, sppears to have been the means of revolutionizing a movement to which some had looked Tor greatand beneficial changes in India. Keshub Chunder Sen and his followers seem to have taken hints from the revivalists of the West, and formed something hke a “Salvation Army." They are replacing their lost adherents with fanatics gathered in the highways and by- ‘ways, the survivals of extinct excitements, and adopting their wild manners and customs, their pilgrimages, Shricks, dances, and superstitions, they are calling the grand totality a *‘new dis- pensation.” But from the mass of evidence be- SoremeI should suy their star of Bethlehem ‘has a chance of guiding them to Bedlam, or the places in India corresponding thereto. Sen nim- self has got so far in that direction as accepting asort of worship from disciples knecling around him (on the ground that he did not wish to stop the flow of bhatki—that is, devotion or enthu- siasm), and holding personal interviews with Jesus, Paul, and John. One consequence of this outbreak of fanaticisms is the loss of many of tue educated: but it bas secured the results Which wanifestto Sen a “ new dispensation.” ‘That is, be has raised public curiosity ; thousands gotoheur him, and by using Christian phrases inhis own sense he bas rousod the missionarics and made a sensation. hey are denouncing ‘him on one side, while the educated theists de- duunce him on the other; and the result is that obarecent occasion as ‘many as 5,00) people Went to hear him. ‘The discourses he now deliv~ 18 arequite valueless for any moral or religious Yaching; they ure merely frantic ejaculations about God and the prophets, among which Jew- so Christin, and ‘hagam’ aro found oddly ‘The last phases upon winch this now wild Roxement bus entered uppeat to be the dance and the pilgrimage. They lately organized a pil- grime wo “Sinai.” On the 2dof February they ail bathed, put on clean clothes, and followed pate up into the mG sanctuary spy here, if 4] lieve reports, they passed cight days tnd nights, and eouimuned wah Moses, rend ing over the Pentateuch and spiritualizing each Fete: sothst on the last day Moses ia said to ave spoken to them in sume mysterious way; Whether be spoke from a burning bush, or ‘Whether he muterialized personally, cannot be fathered from the mystical narratives of the The revelation made by Moses included a ‘anscription of the Ten Commandments, and a Proclamution t the modern Ieraci, in which he Hated thut Jehovah's voico was his only guide, only book of wisdom, tho only.Seripture of romised ‘that “the Almighty Et engal out af the bondage of suber lon and {dalutry intoa city overtlowing with milk ana boney of purity and joy.” ‘The Lord shall communicate to all bis de~ [aes toevery Moscs in the land, the mornl iw through inith and conscience, and all India ‘shall in time Low to the Supreme legislator. sn izitust and obedience L, Moses. sought my wlvauon and that of Israel; 80 shall every be: vyCfln tho new dispanation try to prove loyal 4nd obedient unto the moral law of Heaven. ye i essential features the Jaw of ancient Kenic! and of modern Israel shall agroo: but in Saal! they shall differ, and instead of one Moses dere shall bo many irubued with bis spirit in “We present age, and he be unto their country- men law and conscience incarnzte. h blessed, blessed are thou, modern nel, for the Lord shall deliver thee and make nee @ mirhty nation.” ane “revelation” is chiefly remarkable for i indication it gives of the extent to which the Aryan has becn overlaid by tho Semitic accent = style. It is without any trace of the Vedic seis, though its biblical phrasoology is oddly in- larded with modern dialectics. The ancient égiiptures of India have bocome the ion HL icholars, and the Bible has been made by. wah conquest ‘and missions tho mold into ch the molten mind and emotion of that Gpuatry are now taking new shape. But instoad . such shape as tho miasionaries hoped for, one that would make them supporters of Christiun Church, the farnt is. that which Bakes Jesus and the Bible into buttresses of rahmanism, or rather of that potpourri of etuscitated Aryan fanaticlsms which Keshub bas colioctod and is etiering. ‘The most startling And uncoinfortable result thus far of the new Gethusinem “for Christ which, animates the rahmos is the wes ther bold Him up as an aeeetic (or, as they say, Valeagl, literally “ void attachment"). “They proclaim loudly all the an which so represent Jesus; they dwell i His fast of forty days and nights, and His as-, oe. fist ceriain. kind of Gemon only Face ‘Without 4 lace and prayer: they picture Him H is head, and ord tand, ra rt a to is ae to jon. : Bye thst Keshub Chunder Sen Bas not yet for- ‘wken his tine house and family, but then he has Never adopted Jesus as bis only’model end god, as the missionaries’ have, and, moreoyer, since his followers regard him ‘as a‘ * proviaential man, he i3 supposed to have speciul reasons for carrying his asceticism into far channels, we a matter of fact he nearly died not long ago of self-starvation.) This representation of Jesus as an xscetic Hindu yogi,or hermit, and the utter disreard for dagmas not found mentioned in the Biblo (trinity, incarnation, ete.), is more bitterly resented by the Christians than’ was the long indifference. An old idolator is far more Tavored than one of these enthusiasts about Christ. Indeed, something yery like persecution seems to have begun aut there in some of the many cuses in which Brahmos .are employed us ‘servants or agents in English houses or offices. ‘The “dancing” custom which has crisen under the “new dispensation ” fs not unlike that which marked the beginning of the Shaker movement. The Brahmos, bying quite puritanical in their notions, do not countenance dancing for amuse- ment, but only for piety. Strange to say, they especially claim Uebrew authority for it, as the dance of David before the ark, ete. Calmet says there were dancing-girls employed in the temple at Jerusalem, nnd some antiquarians say they survive inthe processions of ritualists around the interior of a church. Atany rate the Brab- mos have begun ecatatic dances, and as they dunce they sing a hymn which would appear to be an accretion from the past. The dervish dance of Persia is enid to have been originally an imitation of the cotillion of stars. In India there isan old legend of Roishna appearing among tilkmaids as 8 charming young shepherd and dancing with them all. This last probably intuenced the carly choregraphic ceremonies of various sects, especiully, perhaps, that founded some four. centuries ago by Chaitanya, men- tioned in the second verse of the hymn. Hari is the Chaitunysits name for God. The other uames in the hyinn are those of various founders of sects, and the effect is much as if Fox, Wes- ler, Swedenborg, Jesus, Andrew Jackson Davis, Elijah, Elias Hicks, Calvin, Channing were sup- posed to be whirling together in a holy break- down, “THE SONG OF THE DISPENSATION.” Chauting the name of Hari, the saints dance. Dances My Gouranga (Chaltinya) in the midst of devotees drunk with the nectar of emotion, ‘with tears of love in his eyes. (Oh! how charm- ing the sight!) Moses dances, Jesus dances, with hands uplift- ed, inebriuted with love; and the great rishi Na- rad dances, playing on the lyre. Dances the pious King David of old, and with him are Janak and Yudhistir, the noble-hearted. ‘The great yori Mahudeo dances with joy, with whom dances John with his disciples. Nanak, Praind, and Nityanand all dance; and in their midst are Paul and Mahomed. Suku dances, Dhruba dances, dances Haridas; ang with them dance all the servants of the Wi Mu the deo ard Sankar dance, Ram and Sakya ; dance thé Yori, the bhaktu, the ascetic, poet, the sae, and the devotce. Dadu and Tukaram dance, Kabir and Tulasi; gsnee, both Hindu and Mussulman smiling in jove. Dances the sinner, dances the saint, dance both poor and rich; even women sing in chorus, Glory to God. Leaving aside the pride of birth}the Brah- mans dance With Chundals, embracing cach other. Behold! Hari, inebriated with his own love, dances in the company of his devotees and ut- ters “Hari, Hari.” ~ With the Lord Hari in the middle, the saints dance ina cirele, throwing their arms round each other's necks. Lo! the devotees of God all dance, casting aside barriers of time and space. ‘The fishes dance in water, the fowls in the air; the branches of trees dance fantastically, moved by the winds. ‘Dances tae river, dances the ocean; throwing up mavens and lo! there is Ruri dancing in their midst. : ‘The sun, moon, and stars daucein the heavens; beasts and birds dunce. & ‘The breeze dances in the fire, the lightning in the clouds, dence the snow-capped Himalayas. Hearing th glad tidings of the New Dispensa~ tion, dance both the heavensandcarth, and utter “Hari, Hari.” Prenidas (the servant, of love), rolling at the fect of all, is bewitched by the Scene, and utters the name of Hari. SUNDAY IN LONDON. LORD DUNRAVEN ASSERTS THE RIGUT OF THE PEOPLE TO THE USE OF MUSEUMS AND GAL- LERIES ON SUNDAYS. London Times, May 31, The Earl of Dunraven, President of the So- ciety which: was formed to obtain the opening of museums, #rt galleries, libraries, and gardens on Sundays, took the chairon Snturday at the fifth public annual meeting of its supporters in the large hail of Freemasons’ Tavern. Among those present wore Lord Powerscourt, Sir Henry Thompson, Sir Arthur Hobbouse, Mr. P. A. Tay- lor, M. P.; Maj. Noel, the Rev. Cunon Shuttic- worth, Prof. C. J. Plumptre, the Rev. Dr. Stan- ton of Cirencester, the Rev. C. Voysoy. Mr. H. J. Freeland, Prof. Corficld, Mr. Hancock, Mr. Frank Dicksee, Dr. Wid, Mr. J. Comyns Carr, Director of the Grosvenor Gallery, and Mr. Mark H. Judge, Honorary Sec- retary of the Society. There were many ladies present. The Secretary read a report on the progress of the Socioty, and, referring to the effect the generat clection might have upon. this movement, said the result of the election -could not be better described than in the words of the Committee of the Lord’s Day Observance Socfety, who in a letter just issued to their mem~ pers said: ‘A crisis may be expected inthe. struggle over the Sunday opening of museums and art galleries. Seven members of the new Cabinet have voted for the Sunday opening of museums, while only four fave voted ugainst the opening. Of tho whole Ministry thirteen areavowedly in favor of opening and but seven pledged aguinst it. OF the other fourteen, who Tre pledged to nefther way, it may be feared, that a majority are not friendly to the Lord's Day (in @ Subbatarian sense). ‘The probability is that In the Ministry we (the Sabbatarians) nay reckon on twenty-two uufriondly votes to twelve on ourside. Of the 29 members of tho Lower Houso who voted in 187i on our (the Sabbata- rian) side against the Sunday opening of muse-- ums only 127 have seats in this Parliament. Lord ‘bunraven, in his address as President, spoke first of the progress which had been made Ince tho lust meeting. By the kindness of Sir Goutts Lindsay the Grosvenor Gallery was opened on two Sundays in the summer and on two Sundays in the wintor, and about 6.00 per sons visited the gallery'on tbeso occasions. Other exhibitions held during the year had been attended by many. The principics ndvocated by this society were spreading rapidly over the country. In Sanchester the Hoyal Institution ywas opened on eleven Sundays and visited by 31,00 people, and in the various libraries to which the public had access on Sunday in that elty there were 125,000 readers during: the year. There was nothing so burd to overcome as re- ligious scruples, and, after all, the religious ob- jection was the only thing worth cons{dering, he Society did not want people to work on Sun- day. Thoir efforts were in # totally opposit di- rection. As to the Continental Sabbath, there was nothing whatever in the fecl- ings and charucteristics of the English people, that wos likely to lead thom to adopt tho’ habits and customs of foreign nations in that respect. On the contrary, the growing tendency in England was for sborter hours of Jabor, aud there was not the slightest danger that any British workman would make u bud use of any liberty that was given him for recreation on Sunday, or would abuse that liberty by desiring to, pursue his ordinary avucutions on that day. ‘As to emptying churches, the idea was ridicu- bbe? Weald not those who had learnt to spend their holidays rationally und intellieutly be in aiitter stata of mnd to enter churches than those who spend their Sundays wandering aim~ lesly about dirty strects or lounging. outside public-bouse doors when the hour of opening arrived, immediately seeking in the excitement of drink that chunge of thought and forgetiul- ness of troubies and worldly cares which this. Society would offer by pees innocent and legitimate meaus? ‘To say that the opening of such buildings as the’ British Museum would jead the working | classes dr any class to clamor for the opening of music- Balls-was to insult the intelligence of those classes. The religious objection was founded ‘on the unshaken supposition of the identity of the Christian Sunday with tho Jewish Sabbath and upon a false estimate of the real nature of oth institutions. Why force apon us the law of Moses onasingle point? Why not agitate to have his sanitary arrangements earried gut? It would indeed be well if another Moses were to drise to logisiate wisely on this all-important mutter, and he hoped that some'of the spirit of the great Jewtsti law-inver might descend upon: the prosent Home Secretary, for ans one breata- Jas fhe atmaspbere of our London streeta during tha Inst spall of dry weather must be painfully aware that some sanitary reform was necessary. flow would Moses have ucalt with the seventh day if somo of his people had resided on the Other side of the world? {t might be asin for a cron to send on Sunday a telegram from London ‘hich a man in San Francisco might innocently rective because it would reach bim on Saturday Tight, Dealing next with the teaching of the bugle Christian Church and of the Reformers, bo clnimedi Luthor, Calvin, and Melancthon 2s ap- jn principle such trecdom as that which proving ‘Soctety contended for. In conclusion, he eale that Oue bodies were the subject of much tin Parliament. We legisisted to secure hares amensure of bodily and creature com- forts 88 possible, Hut too little was thought of noudshment. and refreshment for the mind Cheap luxuries did not constitute the sum and substance of human bappiness. 4 mar foured, dreary, disappointed bya lite of toil un- enlivened by rational ‘enjoyment on his weekly holiday, his discontent perhaps intensitied by a holiday devoted to coarse enjoyment or dissipa- : Ne a happy man by free Hon. would not be made, F aheit would be well ave enough sense of justice to posing cnouRh care which would give thelr coun- frsmon the opportunity of a little rest in those pablic g Watlacs ‘to which as Znglishman they iso had a ae eations approving the objects of the So- ciety were moved and supported by Mr. P. A. Taylor, M. P.; Lord Bowerscourt, Mr. J. Comyns Carr, Prof. C. J. Plumptre (who road a; paper on One of the resolutions by Prof. J. R. Sectey, of Cambridge), and the Rev, Canon Shuttleworth, CONGRESSIONAL CHURCH- GOERS. COMPARATIVELY PEW REGULAR ATTENDANTS. Washington Correspotulonce New York Post. ° ‘The notion occurred tome some tinw-cago to inquire into the religious ties’and habits of members of Congress. I requested the pastors of the city churehes to give me. the names of National lawmakers who, first, were members of their religious bodies, and. second, of. those who attended with sufficient regularity to Justify one jn counting them as members: of the con- gregation. . as In most cases the information sought*for was given, but the returns are incomplete, in some cases overlapping, and in others given'on condi- tions which preclude publication. On reflection, therefore, I have decided to give resiilts and do- ductions rather than details. w Members of Congress, 28 8 body of;mon, aro not church-goers. Out of about thres,handred and fifty Senators and Representatives I estimate, that less than one hundred can, under ‘the most charitable construction of the word, be thus characterized. Most of them, I preaupe; have some church associutions at home; they-pay pow rent, that fs, and occusfopally attend @urch in vacation leisure with their families, “But while eugaged at Wasbington during: the sessions of Congress {t is the exveption if a-member goes to eburch. To judge from my impérfect returns many State delegutions do not‘cdntain a single member of this hubit. Furthgt, if we check the names of members who by cotimon consent are Ieadersand are thus in largest meusure responsi- ble for legislation, we shall be struck by the few names which will appeur on the two lists. Broad- ly stated, jt may be said that, for better or worse, our fawmukers, while making our laws, do not gotochurch. On x tine duy, or on Bomb spucial occasion, perhaps, one-fourth of the two Houses of Congress may be found in the house of wor-* ship, but my reports and my persousl observa- tion convince me that not one member in six, perhaps not one in eight, can be called a regular attendant at any church. 1 do not know how this ratio compares with that which holds nmong men in other occupitions,— umong Inwyera, bunkers, ¢».tors, shopkeepers, mechanics, and day laborers, for instance. The fact fs nut given to prove that our law-making citizens are more Indilferent to the iustitutions of religious worship than are our law-abiding citizens, but simply to state again a fact, which is not ciufmed 2s a discovery, that members uf Congress, usa class, do not go to church. ‘Why they do nor might lead to un interesting and ‘profeome inquiry, but 1 do not cure to purus it ere. ‘The churches in the Capital ure attract- ives the local ministeriul talents are of a Very respectable order; all shades of fulth can find congeninl modes of ‘worship; uw luwmeaker’s duties are not engrossing beyond those of other ‘busy men, and Sunday is or muy be ultnostalways with him a day of uninterrupted leisure. Permit nie to embellish this plain statement of facts with a didactic tule. Once upou a timo a telegraph messuze was reveived on a Sunday morning at the Washington office for 1 member of Con One of those sure and tleet-footed boys who will track 2 man down like Nemesis herself was forthwith disputched with message and receipt-book to the member's roum in one of the hotels or private bourding-bouses,—it 1s immaterial which. He was not in. The nature of tho. message was urgent, and the order wes to find the member and deliver itto him im- medintely. The sender was waiting for tho answer, and delay would be calamitous, The member had gone out, so the hoy was told, with- out indicating where be might be found. Tho lad, however, was an oxperiouced messenger, and wu3, moreover, endowed with great native ingenuity of mind. He sot out on his travels, therefore, with intelligent expedition. He went the rounds of the hotels; no member. Ho took acar and visited the Capitol, where he explored likely conunittee-rooms; no member.” Un- abashed, he went from one poe: disreputable house te another; no member, He inquired of all the livery-stable-keepers {f the member had hired a teuin that day; no clew there. He had not done ull this canvassing alone, of course. No, the urgency of tho message and tho pro- fessional pride of the office, piqued by fnilure, had prompted the manager tocall intoservice all his uneuguged messengers, and us the moments gueceeded one another, the member's friends interested themselves in the seuréh, and even strangers caught the symputhotic infection un- til the whole vity was roused, The excitement was intense. The detectives bad a theory that he must have been foully dealt witb or have ub- sconded to avoid paying his debts,-the latter conjecture being supported by the anxious looks of the landlords and of several tradesmen and salary brokers. Evory experiment had now been tried, every resource Wus exhausted, and the town was in despair. Could it be pussible that the detectives “for once were right, or were there still remain- ing Congressional retreats uever yet explored? ‘o.” said the huntsinen, sadly. “We huve aoa every possible nook. He must be dead ortied.” S, ek At this supreme moment of despair the mem- ber suddenly appeared them. A-ory of Joy ran round, and the story of .the mesnare, ‘and tho search was instantly communicated to | hin, “But where on earth were you?” exclaimed one... “We thought we looked everywhere.” “Why,” be replied in a tone of yexation, as he wrote the answer to the dispatch, “I went to church.” CHURCH AND STATE. CATHOLIC OBEDIENCE 10 THE LAWS OF ITALY. Boston Adverttser. The Holy Inquisition, of which the Pope bim- self is the prefect, has granted the tolerart posse to the Italian Prelates on the subject of the Royul placet and excquatur. In common English this means that the curin propases to obey the laws of Italy, which gre made for the better regulation of the Bishops and their temporal affairs. The law involved was issued June 25, 1871, the Government adding full regulations for its properadminiatration. The subject deserves some attention in this country, as Catholic writers have p strange way of pointing to Italy and other Catholic couutries as the ideal of true ecclesiasticism. The sober truth is, that the heads and leaders of the Roman Catholic Church enjoy nowhere such lberties as they possess in the United States, except possibly in someof the British colonics. In England itself, with its State Church, the Catholics are non-conforiists with ull that the name implies. They are not on a level with tho Anglicans, while thoy are the absolute peers of everybody elsoin this country. ‘The law referred to supplements the funda- mental quarantes act of May 13, 1871, and pro- vides “ that the acts and ordinances of the Holy See on church property and all benefices, exeopt in Rome and .the Suburban soes, are subject the erequatur.” “The ordinances and acts of ordinary Bishops are subject to tho placet,”” Ac- cording to the officia: interprotation, this implica “every bull, decree, brove, reseript, and order of the Holy Seo,” and all decrces und orders of the Bishops or thelr deputios, with te exception mentioned. above, and refors to all offices con- nocted with which’ there are catablished emolt- ments of a legul character. Those in recefpt of a document ‘from the Holy Soe conferring a benefit must deposit the originul with the tuinis- tury of” law, aooompaniad er ae pegiion att stam} Per for the exequatur, See, which the document ie not vulld: The Ministry roviows the case a8 muy be, and refers it to tho Crown, waich neta with the advice of the Stato Coun- cil. Whenever the fur ig rofused;.¢he ministry retains the documents, save the Bett tion, which {s returned with the legend that “the excquatur cannot be granted.” Those en~* dowed with a benctice cannot enjoy the sams, until their title hus tho Royal exequatur or plactl.- Livings conterred by a Bishop are referred too) the local ‘Town Attorney and considered by the ¢| local Court of Appeals in due order. The At- torney reports the case to tho Ministry of Law) tomy foives a igh piace or property of $10°0r clorgy aro entitled to ‘the temporalities aud! revenues of ofiicc. fo exequatur OF SF the cluuse added: “Subjects granted except with the to the laws of the State and the rights of third! parties, if any.” Citizens have the right of peti-i tion agninst granting the excquatur and plaret.t Theee petitions are disposed of by tha propery functionuries on equity, petitioners and otherm: having the right of appeal to the courts of, awa] It will be noticed that the churebes as well ‘ng| all church ype except in Rome, are trented ns a part of the public domain, although nobody! pretends to believe that the Ringdom ever added: R tarthing to the real or personal property! di the Church. The property of the churches int Italy originated very much as it docs now in thie! country, except that in former centuries more. legacies’ were left to the Church, and that tha, secular rulers used to make liberal grants, where at present they do the reverse. ides, this, the Kingdom is evidently unwilling. to let the Church enjoy autonomy, and it will not tok erate Bishops, canons, and dignitaries except. those approved of by the secular adnrinistra:.- tion. Few Italian and French Bishops aro-ap-, polnted by the Pope, most of them being elected. y chapters, accepted by the Popo, and upp! 4 by Crown attorneys. ‘freedom = enjot by the Pope in making*American appoint ments is not known elsewhere. Noitber-thé State nor his own clergy give him-'ny- thing lke the rights which he “exar- cises in the United States. Nor ‘has: tho. State thus far any cause to regrot this statoot affairs; but the time may come when the Cath. olie clergy of America will wish to enjoy u-high: er degree of ecclesiastical self-government, At present the priests have to obey the Biaht who in turn are dependent on Rome, more par- ticularly on the Propaganda. An Italian Bishoy is not subject to the Propaganda, and when he! ‘say how many of their duly installed he is largely autonomic. He: is’a Prince, an American Bishop is a vassal. SUNDAY-SCHOOL REUNIONS, AN. IMPORTANT EVENT AT THE -BXPOSITION. BUILDING. A meeting of Superintendeiia of Suriday- schools was held in Lower Farwell Hall’yester-; “day morning to complete the arrapgemtents :foy,, the celebration at the Exposition Building noxt Saturday, the program of oxercises having al- ready been published. ‘After a desultory talk of half an hour, tho following Committee was’ appointed to take charge of the building, gee to the appointment of ushera, the seating-of the children, ote: H. S. Vail, K. T. Martin, J. H. Pedrick, B. 0. Beard, B.C. Fisher, J: C. Richardson, Arthur Powell, A. R. McDonald, George Bass, A. F. Brown, and H. J. Brainard. aa n surs. J. H. Pedrick,’D. W. Potter, and J. H. iiteheock were authorized to see the Street-car compunies with a view of gotting a reduction of fares, ~ ES ‘No tickets are to be issued, but as to seats the children are-to be given preference—t 3 will have the benches ou the main floor, staye and gallery, sections in the extreme south end of the building. fe ‘A canvass of those present in order to find out the probable uttendance ‘was not satisfactory, since the matter bad not been Inid before the schools, and the Superintendents were unable to scholars would be on hand. The impression scemed to be, however, that from one-buif to two-thirds of the boys and girls would be present,—certaluly enough to oc- cupy the grouter part of the space. What is left will be givon up to parents and othors. One usher {s to be selected from each school, and.they are requested to find out to-day how many scholars wilf attend, and to’ report to Mr. Vail in Lower Farwell Hall Tuesday night, ‘Enc school is also requested to designate two Jadies to assist Mr. Quirk in arranging the flow- ers,ithey to repoct to him at the Exposition Building ot 8 o'clock Saturday evening, THE QUAKERS. THE REGULAR ANNUAL MRETING OF FRIENDS, better known as Quakers, Closed on the 18th inst. at Newport. The attendance was good, and the speakers from different purts of the country earnestly recommended adeoperspirituality and more practical home works. Although many of the’ leaders, usually men of years, are very enr- nest ‘in their convictions and peculiar form of worship, the body docs not grow numerically; indeed, it 1s sald to bo slowly, though steadily, declining. There are very few accessions from the’ ranks of the young, who ‘are painfully prone to seculurity and to secular views of thiigs, The Society of Friends is more than twd and a half centuries old, ‘heving been foulded by George Fox, who ‘was at first a shoemaker, but who afterwards devoted himself to the propagution of what he conceived to be amore spiritual form of Christianity than: pre- vgiled at that time in England..He and his followers were cruelly persceuted, and the per- Secution belped them, as it ysuplly helps any new sect, The sect early took root ia this coun- try, but it has never prospered, as fresh forms of faith are likely to cither ber¢ or in Britain. The strict integrity of conduct, ‘ani purity of life required have unquesttonubly prevented its sprend. There are not,and never have been, nearly 30 many Quakers as bas been generally supposed. They have at no time exteeded 200,- OePhecording to the best authorijies, and the number is now belicved to be vonadorably be- low that. No accurate return of their number can be had, because they have never takon any. pains to ascertain it. Unlike other socta, they have shown no disposition toward proselytism: in fuct, they haye opposed it, leaving its growth, ag they put it,to the direction of the Lord. There are, {it is thought, now in the United States about 100,000 Quakers, chietlyin Pennsyl- vania (23,000), Iudiuna (20.000), Ohio}12,000), Now York (10,000), Ithode Island (6,00), Murytand (8,000), Virginia (6,000), and North Caiolina (3,000). erism isa sort of theosophy, to which the spirit of. thought at the present day is rad- cally hostile. Their most promiintnt doctrine ‘The universul light which ligheth every man that cometh into the world.” Ths ‘colors ull their religious ideas, und is at yariunce witb the teachings of many theologians wip adbere to “the fafth once delivered to the sahits.” What- ever the opinion entertained of :Quakerism, nearly everybody who bas had any ¢eulings with Quakers is willing to testisfy to the upright- Tess, morality, and benevolence of {3 adherents. They seem to carry out more faithinlly than al- most any other sect the principles of Christian- ity. Thoy have hurdly. had a’ scantel in their body, and, if any member swerve cota the true Jine, they hove no hesitation in: expelling him promptly: from the society. They sre eminently democratic; have always preserval their siin- plicity of- worship inwardly and inal] externals. One greut reuson, probably, why Quakerism has not Spread is that it is not in barnony with tho ways and weaknesses of the maprity of man- kind. i ‘ | GENERAL NOTIS. ‘The Baptists have 118 churcha in Jamaica, with 29,767 members. The ew Covenant intimates that the Congre- gational Church of Illinois is a “hile-bound and constipated” organization. : + Two bundred and six persons compose the Presbyterian Church membersh) in Sidm and noe) more than @ quarter of whim have been added during tho past year, 5 + ‘Tho Wisconsin Universalisi<Coavcoiow at its‘ ‘recent Session recommended the Committee on Fellowship to refuse ordination to any young men who should use tobacco. ‘The residonces of tke four new Methodist Eplscopat Bishops haye been tixed as follows: Bishop Warren at Atlanta, Ga., Bishop Foss at St. Paul, Minn., Bishop Hurst at Des Moines, In. (in place of Bishop Andrews, who goes to Wash- ington), end Bishop Haven at San Francisco. From March 1 to Junc 2, 1880, the missionaries of tho American Sunday-School Union in the Northwest orgunized 12 new Sunday-schools which have a membership of 555 teachers and 4,599 scholars, besides visiting or aiding 356 oid schools, in which were 1,199 teachers and 14,125 scholars. They distributed 9wBibles and Testa- ments, visited 1,940 families, delivered 460 ud- dresses, and traveled 31,418 miles. ‘ The Presbyterian Monthly Record for June gives the following udditions to the Church: On the Chattaraugus Reservation, Seneca Mission, thirteen new communicants, and one to the Omaba Church; China, eleven; to the Laos Chureh, Chieng Mul, four; to the Church- of Kalapote, India, two: at Ubamba, within reach ‘of Ito de Juuciro, nine; to the Church of Rio Glare, Brazil, four: at Tlulpania, near Mexico, ve. The Living Church does not take kiudly to the * Burials bil” now peuding inthe British Par- Hument, and says: “The parish churches have yurying-grounds, which belong entirely to the Church of England, aud were meant for its own members. They are now to be forced to lot ‘every sort of sectariuns bo buried there, with -every Sort of religious. service. it is doubtless intended by the enemies of the Church only 23 a stepping-stone to the ocoupation of | the Church buildings themeclves; and, when that unrighteous attempt shall bo made, then will come the tug of war. Tho end is not yet!" GERMANY AND THE POPE. ‘The controversy between Germany and tho Pope over tho Falk liws, and the prospects of "Turkey, are tho two great questions which arc just now occupying the European mind. The ieading feature of tho bill modifying the Fulk laws, which ig now before tho Parlixmontary Cominittee of twenty-one. 8, as hns already been pointed out, not so much the ulterntion of the laws us the bestowal of diserction on the Government us to the execution of them. Bis- marck’s first idea, ns revealed tn tho diplomatic correspondence recently published, giving an necount of the negotiations between Prince Reuss und the Papal pro-Nuncio at Vionna, was to extract concessions from the Vatican in a bargain, and the Pope, in a lotter to tha Arch- bishop of Cologne, showed that he was perhups willing to discuss the matter; but when it was proposed to go to work he hung back, und want- fa to pear mapre and ero ee lost paticnce and brought in the pending bill riv- ing himself full powers. ‘Re curia packed out alwgether, and declived to recognize the McColl, the Bev. John Stark, the Kev. George Robson, Willism Gillles, Esq., R. T. diddleto! Bsq.. MV, and David Gorsat, Esq. ” PERSONALS. ‘The death is announced of the Rev. A.A. Ker- foot, son of the Episcopal Bishop of Pittsburg. He was 37 years of age. Mr. D. L. Moody and fumily are at Northfeld, boarding at a hotel, his house being occupied by the young indy pupils at the Lendemay, bs i The death of Curdinal Pie, Bishop of Poltiers, ous: oe the 3 facet ultra of the ey ieamonyanes, is |.” He was of very humble parentnge. He was given the crozier in 1819. RY bis The Rov. Herbort B. Smythe, who was lately refused tha necessary credentinis for Admission to priegt’s orders by. the Standing Comunittce of Tass lang, bas seenived letters dbstalisany from knoy, and gon i ‘York for ordination. ae 6 Bishop at Rew. Dr, Charles S. Robingon, pastor of the Memo- rinl Chureh, on Madison avenue, in New York, has given to that church $60,000 ‘during tho Inst eight years, Two years ugo this month, when by great effort it was freed from debt, he sub- scribed bis last $20,000, thowseh he bad to borrow a considerable portion of tho moncy, and still pays interest on a large eum. In the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland, died re- cently {n his 8d year M. Auguste Colomb-Gren- fer, who was one of the finest scholars and most deFoted pastors in the Cunton. It is said of him that, thouch deeply learned, he loved rather to aegulre thin to produce“ be, was an author who did not publish, u poet who kept his verses {n manuscript when editors were willing to print ‘and publishers to buy thom.” His command of tho French language was rare, and ho knew s0 much of Homer und Virgil that, were tho Mad neld destroyed, It is said that he could baye rewritten them both. oe The Rev. S.A. Dyke gives in the Canadian Baptist an account of an interview with Mr. Beecher, which is worth reading, as giving the estimate of the two great preachers of cach other. He says: “ After service, I, with others, went up to shake hands with him’and introauced inyself us a Baptist minister and one of Bir, Spurgeon’s students, As soon as I mentioned --Spurgeon’s hame, he srid: +O, yes! Well, £ admire Mr. Spurgeon's spirlt, but he is no the- ologian. He clings too much to the old theology. ns. indeed, too many others do.” Remembering Mr. Spurgeon'’s words in reference to Mr, Beecher on the day I said good-by. nine years ago, and fecling that the opportunity was too good to be lost, I said: * Would you Jike to know Mr. Spurgeon's opinion of you? He spoke of vou the lusttime fsaw him before returning to Cunadu’ ‘Yes,’ said he. * In speak of you he sald: “ What a wonderful fellow Beecher is. He is n philusopher"; and then, with & most ex- pressive Shrug of the shoulders, he added: ** but fs atheologiun be is nowhere.””’ may have been bold, but it was deserved.” SABBATH REVERIES. Little Robby, aged 3 years, bas attended Sun- Gay-school one or two months. He is an apt scholar, and gives early promise of bearing rich ethical fruitage. At play with au older brother, the other day, his original Adam so far got the better of him: as to cause him to clench his little fist and strike his brother. Brother Tom was about to retaliate with his more formidable weapon, when Robby’ cried out, “‘No, no, no! ae Says oo mu’t n't strike back when 00 fs Ina chapel in the lower part of New York, a young luw-student devotes x part of his Sunday to the instruction of some of the young guinius who congregate there. One Sunday he was try- ing to give themsome idea of the misslonary- work of the church. After explaining the do- mesti field, he expiated upon the foreign mis- sions, aud said: “We send missionaries to China, to Japan, to Greece, and Africa”; and just here one of the most interested of the scholars broke in with, “and Chicago.” ‘The Rev. Aleck Carraway fs ono of the most eloquent of North Carolinu's colored preachers. His exhortations at camp-meetings are wonder- fully effective, nud-he is able to move his audi- ences at will, But wheu, on being convicted of stealing a pair of trousers at Charlotte, he made the grentest oratorical effort of his life to con- vince'the magistrate that the Devil lone was responsible for the crime, he found that he had A hurd heurer to move. You say that you were possessed by the Devil when you took the pants?” the Justice said. “Yes, sah.” was the reply; “{t wa'n’t me, but tho debbie dat was in me.” “Well, then, in order to punish that devil, Twill send you to prison for six months.” While a quiet family were seated around the heartkstone, the yarious professions which arc open for a man of ability came up for diseus- sion, a kirge majority of the children expressing a decided preference for a snug sinecure, where the work was unimportant and the salary exces- sive. One of the children said, “Well, I should like to sit on the roof all my days and have noth- ing to do, just like Jogepb in Egypt.” Very nut- uratly the attention of the family was excited by the remark. and the boy Was asked to explain himself. He at once quoted the passage. “And Pharaoh put Joseph over his house.” “There,” he said, ‘that’s whnt I should like—to sit on the roof, end have a large salary.” In his address at the anniversary of the Amer- {cun Baptist Publication Society, the Rev. 7. Eaton, D.T1., made a good bit at “the bondage of the putpit,” in the counsels given to avoid plain-preaching in order to escape the censure bf the ungodly. He told the good old story of the deacon out West who was always afratd bis say something offensive to some will be your subject on Sunday?" heone day asked fis pastor. To the answer, “Temperance,” he made the reply: “Oh, do not preuoh about that; there fire several drinking men who attend ourchurch and give liberally, and you will offend them.” “ Well,” suid the pustor, XSou did not want me to preach about honesty last Sunday, because Gen. A——'s brother lately proved a detaulter. Pray, what subject can I tuke?” Aftera minute’s reflection, the deacon answered: “Preach aguinst the Mormons; they haven't a friend in tow! COURCH SERVICES. REFORMED EPISCOPAL. ‘The Rt.-Revy. Bishop Fallows will preach morn- ing and evening in St. Paul's Church, corner of Washington and Carpenter streets. Morning subject: Honor All Men.” Evening subject: “The Dream of Youth.” The rite of confirma- tion will be administered after the evening service. —Tho Rev. J. D. Wilson will preach in St Jonn’s Courch, Ellis avenue, uedr Toirty- seventh street, morning and evening. Evening subject: * Phat Rib Story.” —The Rev. F. W. Adams will preach morning and evening in St. Matthew's Church, corner of North Clark and Centre streets. =The Rev. Dr. Cooper will preach in the ever ing in the Church of the Good Shepherd. - Sub- Jeet: * Tho Sin-Bearer.”” —The Rt.-Rey. Bishop Cheney will preach i the morning at Christ. Church, corner of Mich gan ayenue and Twenty-fourth strect! Su Infidelity. Emmanuel in the evening. pastor would one. What Chureh, Cineinnats, will pren 4 CHRIBTLAN, The Rev. George W. Sweeney will preach morning and evening in the First Church, corner of Twonty-fifth street and Indiana avenue. Morning subject: “The Poor Widow and the jmmoriil Mite." Evening subject: “The Law of the Survival of the Fitvest Applied w the Greut Religions of the World.” the Iter. Irving A. Searles will preachimorn- tug auul evening in the South Side Church, corner ofthirticth street and Praitie avenue. Morn- ." Evening subject: ing subject: ‘The Tul Rc arth of a sories on God in History.” BeServices will be held at Advent’ Caurch, Green street, between Madison and Monroe. —Tho Rev. J. H. Wright will preseh morning and ovening in the Western Avenue Church, between Van Buren and Harrison streets, Morning subject: “Perpetuity of the Faith.” Hyening subject: “Tho World's Petulance at Akgressive Chri ianity.”” Bethe Itev. C.H. Caton will preach morning and evening in the Second Church, corner Oakley § Falk laws ut all, and the Vuce della Verita de- clarod that not only would the Curia have noth- ing to do with any arrangement based an these lawe, but that any Catholic Deputy who voted for it would incur, ipso fucto, the major excom- inunication pronounced on all who pass or as- aist in passing laws directed “against the liberty of the Church or against its rights.” Herr Wind- horst, the Ditrumontane leader in the Germun Parliament, has expiained the Pspul position still more fully by declaring in bls place that the Church can mike noarrangement with the State about its rights except by treaty or concordat. The situation stands thud at present, und It is not probable the Counmittee will report berore the end of tho month. What is driving the Min- intry into action is the fact that one thousand Catholic purishes are left without pricsts, aud ninoof the eleven Catholic Bishops aro absent from thelr dioveses, and the Church and State are charging on ach other the responsibiuty for the souls which may bo lost owing to this state of things. ‘The National -Liberuls, led by Dr. Falk, are holding out firmly against the bill, and accusing the Chnncellor of preparing * to go to Canosaa," alluding to.the penance which was done at that place before Pope Gregory VIL. b: the Emperor Hegry IV. in 1077. ‘THE PRESBYTERIAN COUNCIL. ‘The approaching Presbyterian Council will howe a large foreign representation. From In- dia comes tho Rev. afr. Sheshadri: Africa will be represented by Dr, Bleyden of Liberian. A Glas- gow correspondent writes: “Dr. Jeffrey of G Dra. Blaikie and Rainey of Edinburg, and Dr. Watta of Belfast, and many. many more, are going. The Earl Kintoro told me that he desires very much to go, but be fears bis state of health will prevent. The Presbyterian Church in England will sead Dr. McLeod, Prof. W. Grabam, D. D., and the tev. H. L. Mackenzie, who is ulso a missiouary returning from China: Elders George B. Bruce, fatheson, and George Duncan. Delegates, are on their wey from New South rom Victoria, from Tasmania, and New Zeniand; The Established Churcn of Scotland ‘will haye on the ground sonic of its most distin- guish men, such men as the venerable Dr. ertson of New Greyfriars, Profs. Flint, Mitchell, Charteris, and Dr. John Marshall Lung.” ‘The United Presbyterians of Scotland send the following: The Moderator, Dr. Andrew Thom- son, Dr. George Jeffrey, ¥etncipal Cairns, Dr. Huiton, Dr. James Wardrope, Rev. Jobo avenue and Jackson strect. BAPTIST. ‘The Rev. C. Perrin will, preach morning and evening in the Second Church, corner Morgan and Monroe streets, —The Rev.N. F. Baylin will preach moromge and evening in the Chapel, No. 31 Ogden av- onthe Rev. J. A. Broadus, D. D., of Louisville, Ky., wilt preach at 11 a.m. and 7:45 p,m. at the Wrst Church, corner of Thirty-first street and South Purk xvenuc. Souttie ev. 'T. W. Goodspeed will preach at 10:45 8. m. in the University Place Church. “ho Rev. Robert P. “Allison will preach evening in the Western Avenue c yt and fhurch. —The Rey. Kerr P. Tupper will a. m. in ne AGob act avenue wenty-third street. Teomne Tey. E. B. Hulbert will preach at 10:30 a.m, and 780 p.m. at the Fourth Church, corner of West Washington and Paulina strects. —The Rev. W. Parker will preach at 10:30 a. m.and 7:90 p.m. at Coventry Street Church, corner of Bloomingdale road. The Rev. R. De Baptiste will preach at 11 a. m.and 7:45 p.m. at Olivet Church on Fourth avenue near Tuylor street. 5 verhe pastor will preach at the South CHurch, corner of Lock and Bonuparte strects. “the Rev. A. K. Parker will preach at 10:30 a. wi. and 7:80 p.m. at Contennial Church, corner of Lincoln and Jackson sired reach at 1 aurch, near ‘—The Rev. E. 0, Taylor will preach at 1 m. and. ‘p.m. at Central Church, No. 20 Orchurd street. "tho Rev. W. A. Broadhurst will preach at 10:30.0. m. and Tm Be iota Street +h, corner 0! sixth si Cours Rev J. 0-3. Henry will preach at 10:45 p.m. at Evangel m. and 7% Church, Rock fslund ear-shops, Dearborn street, near Forty- seven The Rev. J. B. Voasburgh will preach at rar LS snd 7:30 p. m. at Millard Avenue h, Lawndale. Marne Rey. Mr. Meyer will preach at 10:30 a. m. and 7:0 Pt EB the pi Gorman Church, f Bickerdike and Huron stree! corttne fev. J. B.Smith will preach at 10:30 a. monD Dew, ab the First. Norwerian Church, preach at 10:20 corner of Noble and West Ohio streets. —The Rev, Joba Rigman will . 1m. and v3 tm, at the First Swedish Church, street, aoe: lok. i —-The pastor will preach at the Halsted Street Church, between Forty-first and Forty-second streets, at J] a.m. and 7:00 p.m. —The Key. J.B. Jucison, D. D., will preach at 10:45 0. m. at the Hyde Park Church. —Tho Rev. C. B. Reberts will preuch at 10:30 a. m, and 7:90 p.m. at the Englewood Church. ~-Tho Rey. J. F. Howard will preach at 11 2. m. and 7 p.m. at the Downer’s Grove Church. —Tne Rev. George Pierce will preach at 10:30 a.m. and 7:3) p.m. at the ‘Evanston Church. —The Rey. 8. Baker, Jr., will preach nt 10:45 a. m. and 7:3) p.m. et the Austin Chureh. 4 ~The Rev. Dr. Ives will preach at 10:30 a.m. and 7:30 p. m. at the Oak Park Church. - —The pustor will preach at 10:30 a. m.and 7:50 p.in. at the Morgan Park Church. —The Koy. H. Happell will presch morning and evening at the Brighton Park Church. CONGREGATIONAL. i The Rev. E. F. Williams will preach mornini and evening in South Church, corner of Fortict street and Drexel avenue, ~ —The Rey. Charlies Hail Everest will preach morning and evening in| Plymouth Church, Michigan avenue, between Twenty-fifth and ‘Twenty-sixth strects. —Tho Rey. F. A, Noble will preach at 10:30 a. m. and 7:47 ¥; m. at the Union Park Church, corner of Washington street and Ashland nvenue. Morning subject: “ Life: Findingand it.” Evening subject: “A Word to Los} Young Men. —The Re P. Goodwin will preach at 10:30 p.m. atthe First Chureh, corner 8. m. and of Washington and Ann streots. —The Rey. B. F. Leavitt will preach morning and evening ut the Lincoin Park Church, corner of Sophia and Mokawk streets. —The Rev. G. H. Pecke will preach morning and evening at the Leavitt Street Church. the Rev. G. A. Towle will preach at 10:45 a. m. and 7:3) p.m. at Bethany Chureh, corner of Paulius and West Huron streets. Morning sub- ject: “The Ascentof Man.” Evening subject: © If It Bear Fruit, Well.” —Prof. J.T. Hyde will preach at 10:45a.m. and 7:30 p.m. ut Clinton Street Church, corner of Wilson street —The Rev. E. F. Williams will preach at 2:30 Pp. um. ut the Englewood Church. ~The Rev. A. J. Scott wilt preach at 10:30 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. at the Evanston Churcb. —The tev. W. H. Brewster will preach at 10:30 &. m. and 7:30 p. m. at the Blue Island Chareh. —The Kev. T. J. Valentine: will preach at 11 a. m. at the Glencoe Church. W. Hartshorn will prench at 10:30 . at Hinsdale Church. ‘M. Willinms “will preach at Bi m. at the Jefferson Church. —The Rev. tlesCuverno will preach at 10:30 a. m.and 7:3) p.m. ut the Lombard Church. —The Kev. J. C. Armstrong will preach at 10:30 A. tn. and 7:30 p. m. at the Lyonsyille Church. —The Rey. Edward D. Eaton will preach at 10:30 n,m. and 7:30 D. m. at the Ouk Park ‘Church. ~The Rev. W. A. Lioyd will preach at 10:30 a. m. and 7:30 p.m. at Ravenswood Chureh. —The Kev. S. F. Stratton will preach at Down- er’s Grove at Ia. m. and 7 p, m. —The Kev. Lathrop Taylor will preach at 10:45 a. m. and 7:45 p. m, at Lawndale, —Services will be held at the Western Avenue ‘Mission, near Polk street, at 7:45 p. m, ~The Itey. Mr. Miller will preach at 7:45 the Plymouth Church Mission, No. 381 first street. mat ty- : aerHovisr. The-Rev. Arthur Edwards will preach in the morning and the Rev. W. C. Dandy in tho even- ing in tne First Church, corner Clark and Wash- ington strects. —The Key. A. T. Needham will preach morn- ing and evening in the Michigan Avenue Chureh, near Thirty-second street. ~The Rev. H. W. Thomas will preach morn- ing and evening in Centenary Church, Monroe street, near Morgan, ~The Rey. Frank M. Bristol wi!l preach at 1t a. m. and 7:45 p. in. at Wubush Avenue Church, corner of Fourteenth street, —The Rev. Robert D, Sheppard will preach in the morning in Grace Church, corner of North La Salle and White streets, Subject: “The Grace of Gratitude.” The Rev. C. H. Zimmer- man will preach in the evening. i@ Rev. T. C. Clendenning will preach ‘this morning and evening jn the Langley Avenue ‘burch. —The Rev. George Chase will preach morning and evening at the Fulton Street Church, corner of Artesian avenue. . Morning subject: “The Offering of Isaac.” —The Rey. 8. B. Pope will preach at 10:45 a. m. and § p. m. at ‘irinity Church, Indiana avenue, near 'I'wenty-fourth street. —The Rev. T. C. Clendenning will preach morning and evening at the Lungley Avenue Church, neur Bgin avenue. —The Rev. F. P. Cleveland will preach morn- ing und evening at Grant place, coruerof Larra- bee street. ‘The Rev. W. X. Ninde will preach morning and evening at Adn Street Church, between Lake and Fulton streets. ~The Rev. J. M. Catdwell will preach morning and evening at the Western Avenue Church, corner of Monroe street. —The Rev. J. W. Phelps will preach morning and evening at St. Puul’s Church, corner of Mux- well and Newberry streets. —The Rev. E. M. Boring will preach morning and evening at tho State Street Church, neur Forty-seventh strect. ~The Rev. Willian Craven will preach_morn- Ingand evening at the Winter Street Church, Forty-second street, newr the Stock-Yards. ~The Rey. S. T. Shaw will preach morrung and ovening at the Dixon Street Church, neur North -| avenue. ~The Rev. F. Porter will preach morning and evening ut the Lincoln Street Chureb, corner of Ambrose street, ~The Rev. J. W. Richards will preach morn- ing and evening at Emmanuel Church, corner of Wurrison and Paulina streets. —The Rev. J. 8. Ricburds will preach mora- ing and evening at the Jackson Street Church, corner of Oslesby. ~The Rev. I. H. Kellogg will preach morning and evening at Asbury Chapel, on Kossuth ‘street t. he Rev. J. M. Wheaton will preach at the Northwest Church, on Western avenue, near Milwaukee avenue. . —Tho Rev. W.T. Hobart will preach at Mil- waukee Avenue Church, No, 926 Milwaukee ave- nue, —The Rey. Robert Procter will preach at the Englewood Church. . —The Nev. S. E. Willing will preach at the Brown’s Mills Church. —The Rey. E. Whitworth will preach at Ra- venswood Church. —The Rev. F. D. Hemingway will preach at the Rogers Park Chureb. —The Rey. RM. Hatfield wilt preach at the Evanston Church. —The Rov. D. M. Tomkins will preach at the Austin Church. —Tho Kev. R. S. Cantine will preach at the Oak Park Church, : —The Rev. O. H. Cessna will preach at the church No, 663 West Indians street, —The Rev. T. Rt. Strobridge will preach morn- ing and evening at the Park Avenue Church, corner of Robey street. EPISCOPAL. Cathedral Church SS, Peter and Paul, corner of West Washington and Peoria streets, the Itt. Rev. W. E. MeLuren, S. 'T. D.. Bishop; the Rev. J. H. Knowles, Priest in charge. Holy, Com- munton, 8 2. m. Chort! Morning Prayer and celebration of the Holy Communion, 10:30 a. m. Sunday-School and Children’s Service, 8 p. m. Choral Evening Prayer, 7:30 p.m. —The itev. Frederick Courtney will preach at 10:15 n. m. and 7.45 p, m. at St. James’ Church, corner of Cass and Huron streets. e R.A. Holland will preach at 10:45 a, ‘p. m. at Trinity Church, corner of sixth street and Michigan avenue. subject: “Saved by Hope"; evening H, Knowlton will prenet at 10:30 |. at St. Andrew's Church, corner \d Robey streets. —The Rev. John Hedman will presch at 10:30 ‘and 7:80 p. m. at St. Ansxarius Church, on ick street, near Chicnge avenue. : e Rey. Clinton Locke, D. D., will preach at Ta. m. and 8 p. m. at Grace Church. on Wabash avenue, neat Sixteenth street. —The Rev. Arthur Ritchie will preach at 21 a. m. and 8 p.m. ut the Church of the Ascension, corner of North La Salle and Elm streets. —The Rev. les Stanley Lester will preach atiia. mand Pom, at St, Paul's Church. fiyde Park avenue, betweon Forty-ninth and Fiftieth streets. —The Rev. B. F. Fleetwood will preach at 10:30 ‘a. m. and $ p, m. at St. Mark's Chureb, corner of Cottage Grove avenue and Thirty-sixta street. e Itev. J. D. Cowan will preach at 10:30 2. m. and 7;30 p.m. at St. stephan Church, on Johnson strect, between Taylor and Twelfth. —The Rev. Luther Pardee will preach at 10:30 a.m. and § p.ni. at Calvary Chureb, Wi nue, between Oakley street: and: ‘he Rev. TN. Morrison, Jr., will reach at a. in, and 7:50 p.m. at the Chureh of the iphany, on Throop street, between Monroe Epil und Adams. —The Hey. W.J. Petrie will preach at 12 a. m. and 4p. in. ut tho Church of Our Savior, corner of Lincoln and Belden ayenues. —The Key, James E. Thompson will prerch at 21a. m. and 7:45 p. mn. at St. Thomas’ Church, Ta- diana venue, between Twenty-ninth and Thir- toth streets, “Services will be held at 10:45 a, m. and 7:30 p.m. nt St. Luke's Mission, 987 Polk strect. —The Rev. Duniel F. Smith will preach at 10:45 a. m. at Grace Church, Hinsdal 3 ZServices will be beid ut 10:30 a. m. and 7:20 p. and 7:30 p. 4p. of West Washington p.m, m. at Emmanuel Church, La Grange. Services will be held at 10:40 a.m. m. at St. Mark’s Chureh, Bvsinston. PRESBYTERIAN. i ‘The Rev. Herrick Johnson will preach morn- ing and evening in the Fourth Church, comer of Rush and Superior streets. Sunday-gchool at 3° ». He - P. Ripe Rev. J. HL. Walker will preach morning. and evening in Campbell Park Church. ry —The Rev. Henry ‘. Miller will preach mora- ing and evening iu the Sixth Church, corner of Vincennes and Oak avenues. Morning subject: “A Mother's and Grandmother's Training.” Srhe-Rev. H. M- Collison will preach at 10:50 ,| a.m. and 7:45 p. m-at Fullerton Avenue Church, ¢ street. Morning subject: “Covet- 7 evening subject: “Christ Walking ‘on the Water.” —The ftev. R. W. Patterson. D. D., will preach in the morning tn the Second Church, corner of Michigan Avenue and Twenticth street. No evening service, é © Rev. Arthur Mitchell will preach at 10:30 a. m. in the First Church, corner of Indiana avenue and Thirty-first stree it. all. 5 —The Rev. 4. E. Kittredge will preach at 10:00 | Fen. 3, 188), - a.m. and 7: B m, jn the Third Church, corner of Ashinnd and Ogden avenues. Evening sab- ject: “Martin Luther.” Rev. S. E. Wishart will preach at 10:30; m. and §p. m. at the Fifth Chureb, corner “Indiana avenue and Thirtieth street. —Prof. Francis L. Patton, D. D. LL.D., will reach at 10:30 a.m. and 7:45 p. m. at Jefferson, urk Church, coraer of Throop and Adam streets, G —Frank P. Barrett will preach at 10:45 a. m. and 7:45 p. m. at Westminster Church, corner Jackson and Peoria streets. iy —The Rev. James Maclaughlan will preach morning und evening at the Scoteh Chur! ner of Singamon and Adams streets. —The Rev. Arthur Swazey, D. D., wil preactt at 10:45 a. m. ut the Forty-first Street Church. UNIVERSALISE. The Rev. C. W. Tomlinson will preach this morning in the Church of the Redeemer, corner of Sangamon and West Washington streets. —The Rev. W. H. Ryder villi preacts in the morning and the Rev. r. Tomlinson, of Gales~ burg, in the evening, at St/Paul's Church, Sich~ igun avenue, near Eighteenth street. UNITARIAN. ‘The Rev. Brooke Herford with preach this morning in the Church of the Messiah, corner of Michigan avenue and Twenty-third street. =ihere will be no service at Unity Chareb, —The Rev. E.3.Galvin will preach at 10:45 8. m. atthe Third Church, corner of Momoe and Lalli streets. : INDEPENDENT. ‘Tho Rey. W. E. Needham will preach mornmng and evening at Chicago Avenue Church, corner of La Salle street. Morning subject: "* Hin~ drance and Power of the Gospel.” Evening sub- ject: “ Popular Exercise.” Sunday-school and adult: at3p.m. , LUTHERAN, : The Rev. W. A. Schaffer will preach at Wicker Park English Chureh, on the corner of Hoyne and Le Moyne streets. —Services will be held at IL a.m. in Trinity Engtish Church, on the corner of Dearborn ave~ nue and Brie street. SWEDENBORGIAN. The Rey. L. P. Mercer will ‘preach in Union o'clock: Subject: “ Where rt .and How to ‘Think of Him." oa —There will be u service in Union Park Temple, corner of Washington street and Ogden avenue. MISCELLANEQUS. ‘The Rev. Mark H. Forscutt will preach _morn- tng and evening to the Latter-Day Saints Con~ gregation at No. 619 West Lake street. —The Kev. T. R. Strobridge will preach at 3 p.m. at the Washingtonian Home Chapel, cor- ner of Ogden avenue and Madison street. —Gospel meetings will be held {a the Gospel ‘Tent, corner of Ln Salle streot and North ‘ave- nue, at 4 p. m. and 6:30 p, m. -A* Liberal Reunion” will be held at 2:30 p. m. in the hall at No. 213 West Mudison street, —Oliver Long, engineer, will lead the railroad. men’s meeting in the reading-room corner ot Canal and Kinzie streets at 3:15 p. m. : —The Rey. F. A. Hardin will address the rait- road men at the Gospel meeting at No. 63t Canal street at 3:30 p.m. —W. J. Mudior, of the Pullman Palace-Cay Compuny, will lend the railroad men’s Gospel meeting at No, 4615 State strevt ut 3:30 p. m.~ —James Kay Applebee will preach to the Pree Religious congregution at Ifa. m. at Applebes , corner of ‘Thirty-fifth street and Vincennes avenue. Subject:_* Position, Duties, and Re- sponsibilities of a Free Religious Teacher.” —a Spiritualists’ and mediums" meeting will de held at 3 p. m. at No. 50s West Machson street. —The Woman's Christian Temperance Union hold daily Gospel temperance meetings in South Farwell Hall at 3 p.m. aud at p,m. Sunday afternoon at No. 1096 Lake street. The follow- ing ladies will lead this week: Monday, Sf{ra Williams; Tuesday, Mrs. McDonald; Wednestay, Mrs. Merriam; Thursday, Mrs. Case; Friday, Mrs. Dice; Saturday, Miss Hood. —B. Wingrain will’ preact in the Second Swed- ish Chureh, on Butterfield strevt, near Thirty- first street, at 1k a. m. aud 7:50 p. m. —Mrs. Servis will conduet the Gospel temper. ance meeting in the Temperance Church, corner of Noble and Ohio streets, at 4:30 p.m. —The Central Mecting of Friends willbe held at 10:30 o'clock this morning in the Atheneum, Xo, 50 Dearborn street. E. Servis will conduct the services sit o'clock this afternoon in the ‘Temperance Church, corner of Noble and Obic strects, —Col. Georze R. Clarke wili lead the Gospei Meeting at the Pacitlc Garden Mission at & o'clock this cvening CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK. EPISCOPAL. Juve 20—Fourth Sunday after Trinity. June 24—Nath of St. Jobn the Baptist, Sune 23—Fust. © carHoLic. June 20—Fifth Sunday after Pentecost. June 21—St. Aloysius Gonzaga, C. June 2St. Mary Maydaien of Pazzi, V. (from Mag 27); St. Paulinus, B.C. June 23—Vigil of St, John the Baptist. June 2t—-Nativity of St. Juha the Baptist. June 23—St. William, Abb. June 26—SS. Juba and Paul, MM. THE MUTE MOTHER. [Dedicated to Mrs. J. Le Peet. ‘To thea the world is beautiful and bright— ‘The trees, the flowers, and warblers in them ight, és ‘The distant landscapes, and the gorgeous clouds Phat wrap the dying Day In golden shrouds, Tho mighty occan-waves of deepest blue, The rain}ow-tints réliceted in the dew, ‘he iecting shadows of the Northern Lights, The teeming stars that cheer the Winter-nights; and thou hast seen the lightning’s vivid fash, But never heard the rolling thunder’s crash. = ~ Hast seen the dalsies on the verdant lawn, ‘The golden-tinted buttercups at dawn; JAnd gazed, in early Snring, on snowdrops pale, ‘And the sweet-scented lities-of-the-vale. ‘he maiden rose, cure, blushing, thou hast seen, ‘The dansk buds in mossy robes of green, The crimson tulip, yellow datfodil, And violets blue beside the murmuring rill, But Nature's voices thou hast never acard— The cheerful sonzs of humming bee and bird: ‘The ery of anguish ne'er hath plerced thine eat, Love's gentle accents thou wilt never hear. ‘Thy babe's first coo, sweet as an Angel's smile, His prattling tongue, will ne'er thy heart bee guile; But thon canst feel his faintest sob or sigh, And read his fond atfection in bis eye. And dost thou never in night's stiliness bear, Tn dreams, soft. music break upon thine ear, Like tho fuint echoes of 1 boly choir When Angels bright attune the sucred Lyre; ‘The morn’s first anthem borne upon the brecz& With odors luden from the flowering trees; ‘The sighing of the winds on Summer's night, The raging of the tempest in its might; The ocean-waves that lash the ruck-bound shor ‘The mighty voices in the breaker’s roar? Hast never heard the buyle’s thrilling sound, The deep-toned orgun’s voice on holy ground; The minstrel’s harp, the lover's yay juitar, The plaintiff flute, the loud, shrill fife of war; The ns fring band that cheers the soldiet ren - ‘The mutiicd drum that mourns a comrade dead; "The weddiny-chimes whuse music fills the air, The Angelus that tells the hour of prayer: ‘The sad, slow tolling beli, whose note of gloom. Sounds tbe. last requiem o'er the loved ono’s Or Nature's music in the eddying brooks That o'er smooth pebbies “glide, pust shady nooks, And Joins its low, soft voice in gurgling ‘tills ‘To the sweet melody of woodland rills: ‘The swelling chorus from the mouutain’s bighs In sounda ns varying as its sinuous tight, Chanting its harmony 3 in a dream, ‘And chungeful us the suntight on its stream— Now sweet us childish glee. now witd and sharp, Now like the sighing of the £olian barp, ‘Now like un eventug-bymn borne on the alr, Now like a inother's fervent voice in prayer, Now like the music when May-queens ‘are crowned, Now like Niagara's thundering voice profound. © couldst thou hear Youth's sweet, melodious voice, When happy hearts in burmony rejoice! “Tia like the joy when love awakes the heart: “Dis like the grief when lovers fond must part; “fis like the solace when to Heaven we pray For His protecting care by night and day; "Tis like the blue sky rifting through the cloud ‘When the flerve tempest bellows decp and loud; “Tis like the motion of a sbip at sex, The graceful-waving grain on hill and lea, The silvery muonbeams on v quict lake, ‘The morning sunlight on the snowy Hake, ‘The diamond dewdrops on the blooming tlowers, The joys and sorrows of departed hours, The changing shadows on the mountain-side, The rusy sunset-clouds at gventide, e ray of hope ries the sorrowing tears, The radiant smile that soothes the orphan’s fenrs, ‘The graceful, ailding swallows on the wing, ‘The showers of falling blossoms in the Spring; “Tis like the love that Hills the mother’s breast When to her bosom her first-born is pressed; “Dis like the perfume wheu the lily lends Its odor to the rose, and sweetly biends ‘With Summer-zepbyrs. softly, sadly sighing: Or Love's Drst,virgin kias In raptures dying. But thou wilt hear. in that bright, happy land Where Angels round the Throne of Glory stand, When Jesus bids theo lay thy Durden down, iy sorrows change for Glory's cro’ Thy Churuvicgiiteup that Foe In cong, And Seraphha the sacred chords prolong, _- And, while the, Heavenly choir thelr’ voices ‘Thou'lt join thelr anthems in Jehovah's praisc. se Thon. will all Nature’s music charm thine ars, From distant plancts and revolving spheres, And uotold worlds ic the unfathom'd space, ~ Woafcing their unthems to the Throne of Grace; Their prayers to Heaven ascend like incenso sweet, And mingle with thy songs at Jesus’ feet, ‘And thou wilt bear, ab! music sweeter still— The gentle words of Love thy sou! will fll, ‘And thy dear children’s voices sweetly call, “*Sother:'—the deurest, purest. holiest, name of wos V. Kc ‘Vo WRLCH,