Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 22, 1880, Page 9

~ Yave'seen:the Pope ?”” THE CHICAGO ‘TRIBUNE: SUNDAY AUGUST 2 1880—SIXTEEN PAGES. & a RELIGIOUS. The Policy of the Vatican as Understood. by a Promi- nent Prelate. (Tho Will Control the Education of the Future, the Church or the State? The ‘Carthusian Monks Looking to the United States as Their Future Home. An Interesting Description of the Makers of the “ Grand Chartreuse.” compulsory Communion in En- gland—Strange Bibles with the Queer Names. General Notes, Personals, Sun- day Smail Talks+-Services To-Day. THE OLD ‘CATHEDRAL. BY MARY HOLMAN. sorted now it stands: its turrets tall re crumbling to decay, and to its wall Clustering ivy clings. 4ndasthe wind howls dismally along Juro' the old vines, singing a wild, weird song, ‘Thoughts of the past it brings. qhere ca that painted panel is a sceng pf Christ arisen: here the fuce serene Of the Madonna glows, Age sanscendent in the early morning's calm, a he who Jooks tinds for his care a bal In its blissful repose. : ace through these corridors young voices rang, ‘asa carol or gloria they sanz i “At merry Cbristmastide; i Or when suppliants knelt at evening's close, - ‘A miserere. Jow and s2d, arose, ‘And 'mid the echoes dit ey who once at that holy altar prayed, Snes gernesth thisdome some deep vow made, Have long since passed away. Sow strangers enter wandering, perchance Look with unboly thoughts and careless glance ‘On this cathedral gray. ————_ THE VATICAN. AX INTERVIEW WITH A DISTINGUISHED EC CLESIASTIC JUST FROM ROME. ‘New York Herald. + ‘A Herald reporter had a very interesting interview recently with a distinguished ec- ciesiastie {presumably Archbishop Lynch, of Toronto] who bad just returned from Europe after a prolonged and extensive tour. The reverend gentleman, Who is on his way to the West, expressed great willingness to impart information, but for reasons of his own requested that his name should be with- held. During his stay in Europe he did not fail to observe and study the present dis- turbed state of the political world. In his travels through Ireland he visited the most edllicted districts, conversed with: the clergy of every denomination, and mingled in every rank of society. He spent much of his time in Connemara and in the northern districts of Donegal, as also in the manufacturing lo- salities in the vicinity of Belfast. “Your tour through Europe has been rather a prolonged one 2” asked the Herald reporter. “Well, longer than I had first contem- plated,” replied the ecclesiastical dignitary. *No doubt you have been to Rome and “Of course.” “What is your opiniori of his Holiness and of the line of ecclesiastical policy he is pur- saing in the present disturbed state of affairs in Europe 2”? “There can be no question that Leo XITL is in every respect peculiarly fitted io cope with the present difficulties if any man ever was. As a theologian and asa diplomat I consider that he stands among the first that the Church of Rome had ever engaged in her cause. His long career as Papal Nuncio in different Courts of Europe, his elegant and polished manners, set off with a happy grace the rare gifts of intellect, the various accom- plishments of a deep philosophical mind and ofan erudite man of science, make hin as wuch at hume discussing the minutest details of discipline with the members of his various congregations, the tortuous windings of Bis- marek’s policy, the abstruse principles of Thomas Aquinas, the rare tints of some an- cient cameo, as he would be in deciphering: the half-obliterated letters of some ancient mendallion or intaglio.. He works with the enthusiasm of one intensely devoted to a no- bie and a sacred cause. Unlike many of his predecessors, he not. only superintends, but is the ruling and active spirit that shapes and carries out in the Vatican his own diplomatic policy. It is currently re- ported in Rome, as appeared last year in the tolurnns of the Herald, that night after night until the small hours of the morning he is known to sit over his desk answering with his own hand a huge pile of diplomatic cor- respondence from the various Courts of Eu- Tope, and this, not to speak of five or six aours spent on the evening previous pacing his library with his well-known quick, nerv- bus sieps, busily dictating to a score of sec- Tetaries. “He is truly a wonderful man, and inthe chair of Peter sits with the ease and dicuity so well befitting a great Prince of theChurch. Itisa marvel to me how one of his delicate physique can undergo the bor, both mental and bodily, that is cer- tinly his. It is to be feared, indeed, lis years will not be many. 1 may tell you that the ordinary likenesses: of him that are soldare correct enough in conveying the mere outline or contour of his features, but there is a mild, intense, and yet wondrous expression in his Jarge, lustrous eyes that no palnter could suceced in depicting. When woking at him you must keep your gaze ccn- tered on his features for some time before you can identify him with his pictures. Dis gesture is rapid, his speech easy and fiuent, and his whole bearing that of one who had Speut his life, not in the library of the stu- eat or recluse, but in the Courts and parties - “But, sir, as to his policy on the various ‘Westions of the day ?” A ‘Well, the leading educational question of y be conveyed in a few words. struggle is, * Who will control the educa- ln of the youth of the future?’ On this testion Europe is divided into two parties, Catholic and liberal. ‘The aim of the lib- @alis to banish the nameot God from the iS ov] and school-books of Italy, France, Ger- lis ky, and the world at large. Leo XiIL and hierarchies over the globe with their nu- qerous religions orders form a strong and unyielding barrier to this secularization of the school, The spirit of liberalism controls, orat least is a weighty and important factor each and every Government in Europe. In aninterview with a young clergyman whom Hutt inal Belliot recently presented to his flcliness, Leo said in his usually wonderful- yylupressi ‘eway, ‘Preach, preach, preach. PiSruct the people in their duties.” And it 5s because the Jesuits, Dominicans, and va~ lous relixious orders, male and female, are pon neefatizable in carrying out his line of Polley that they have incurred the wrath of ie Cabinets of Italy, France, and Germany. ence the confiscation of their prol y AU jeans of sustenance. ‘To-day it is pitiable to er in the Empire of Germany thousands thet thousands of Catholic churches without sche, pastors. Ivis np less so to witness the teen of France without their religious pn ‘hers, hospitals on the point of being de- nuned Of their heroic and self-sacrificing iy nse, the Sisters of Charity. Convents in galne Where ladies of the wealthiest Italian arailies have devoted their lives in the serv- Fricties Felson ladies who, I am certain, 4 fra Te in the lap of uxury—have been peived of their income. which arises from on collective dowers brought, by the Sisters fs toe eattance to. their religious Order. It allew® that the Government undertakes to in individually for their mainte- pel aun tee lires per diem, but even this miser- pittance is indifferently paid, and under of administering the convent prop- erty aforesaid this fatherly Italian Govern- ment charges them 5 per cent. In some cases you will find two, if not three, re- ligious Orders of ladies huddled together in a convent that had originally belonged to one Order, In most cases the larger and better portion of the convent buildings, whether of Triar or religious women, has been seized and sold at public auction.” “But. how. may I ask, did the French secrlar clergy and people bear ‘with the recent expulsion of the Jesuits?” “To the great confusion and embarrass- ment of the Government the French clerzy and people were as a unit in their expression of dissent arainst that outrageous act. On the inorning that the Jesuits were expelled from the Rue de Sévres the people were loud in their expressions of admiration for the pationce and heroism of the expelled fathers. ‘nousands of the spectators threw them- selves on their knees seeking a parting bene- diction from these holy men as they would from people about to meet a martyr’s doom.” “Was the Government not at all em- barrassed by the action of the Jesuits?” “The tact is that every Frenchman, no matter what his religious or othersentiments are, is a citizen in the eye of the law, and is entitled to all the rights and protection of his citizenship. With this view the Jesuits dis- posed of the title of their property to Catho- lic laymen of influence and position, so that when the Prefect of Police with his follow- ing forced open the doors and cells.of the fathers he invaded the rights of private citi- zens.” “What is your opinion of the causes that actuate and inspire the present Government of France in regard to religious orders?” “The reason is said to be that the most active opponents of Freemasonry in. tho clerical bo ly of France are in the religious orders. THE CARTHUSIANS. A GREAT ORDER OF MONKS THAT MAY RE- MOVE TO THIS COUNTRY. A merchant in New York has received, in a letter from a prominent member of the Carthusian Order, a denial of the rumor that the monks or the Grande Chartreuse will re- move to Ireland if they are compelled to leave France. There is in the letter no reference to the still later rumor that the members of this Order are to be exempted from the con- sequences of the general’ decree ‘against re- ligious bodies, but the ‘correspondent, who speaks upon the best authority, declares that the monks favor the idea of settling some- where in the United States if compelled to Jeave the locality in which they have followed their peaceful and beneficent course during more than eight centuries. The correspond- ent-goes no further Into the matter than this mention of the fact that this country will be chosen for a haven for the white-robed monks if they are driven from their present habita- tion. The importance of this removal, should it ever be brought about, will be per- ceived when it is remembered that these monks.manage industries that give employ- ment to a host of people and a livelihood, indirectly, to the peasants of « large district. Besides the liqueur that has made their name ‘universally known, and that has given them a large proportion of the means for their ex- tended charities, they are the manufacturers of a variety of medicinal preparations. The Grande Chartreuse is so called because it is the head house of the Order of Carthusian monks. It has bestowed its name upon the wilderness around the monastery, which is in a forest among the southwestern foothills of the Alps, in Southeastern France. The nearest large town is Grenoble. The scenery is almost grand enough to merit comparison with that of the Yosemite. The Order of the Carthusians was founded in 10S! by St. Bruno, who was born in Cologne of a noble family, named Mortenfaust. Hedisplayeda rarepre- cocity, and in early youth was sent to France to complete his studies. After a brilliant ca- reerasastudent he returned to Cologne and entered sacred orders. While employed-in preaching, the Archbishop of Rheims called him to the head of one of his diocese schools. He early resolved to quit the world and con- secrate himself entirely to God. He. was obliged to defer this project several years, and it was only when he was offered the Archiepiscopal chair of Rheims that he ac- complished it. He fied, and. joining six com- _panions in Paris, departed for Grenoble, where he hoped. t 6 find a retreat, and also a protector and friendin Hugues, the Bishop of Grenoble. The Bishop pointed out to him “afrightful desert, the lair of wild beasts. surrounded by immense forests and mountains covered with snow.” Thus he described the locality to which, after Divine guidance in a dream, he conducted St. Bruno and his companions on the eve of the feast of St. John, and where the chapel of St. Brno now stands, Bishop Iugues ob- tained the gift.of the desert to Bruno, and assisted in building the first monastery on the spot where is now the chapel of Our Lady of the Cloister. Bruno would not permit his name to ‘become that of the Order, and it was called after the name of the country. In 1088 Bruno was called to Rome to advise Pope Urban LL in regard to the schism of Guibert. It is only upon mat- ters of such importance that the oflicers of the Order ever leave the monastery. On this occasion the Benedictines took possession of the desert, but they were expelled, and the Carthusians resumed those austere practices which were not again disturbed until the revolution of 1792. x - “The famous forest by which their monas- tery was surrounded was seized by the Re- . the next morning. -White cloth. public some time ago, and the monks now yent it, The valve of the timber cut in this forest annually amounts to something like $40,000. ‘The Village of St. Laurent-lu-Pont is the point from which this wood is distrib- uted. When in 1854 this village was almost destroyed by fire, the Carthusians worked with a will for its restoration. The Gen- eral of the Order,-Don Jean Baptiste, hastened from the monastery to the village, considered a remarkable act under their regu- Yations.—and the brothers showered money, food, and-clothing upon the homeless people. They rebuilt the town, replacing ancient bar- racks with. substantial modern structures. But the fame of the brotherhood for deeds of benevolence and charity was gained centuries before. Early in their history the monks exerted a powerful influence against the tyranny and cruelty of the petty Lords of the country towards their vassals. Dur- ing the frequent little wars of the fourteenth and fitteenth centuries the brothers sheltered many peasants and fugitives, and, in most cases, obtained the releaseof prisoners taken on their land. "The ofticers of the Order are the Prior or: Genera! e Vicar, who takes the place of the Prior during his absence or illness; the Sacristan, who has charge of all matters pertaining to religion; the Procureur, who is yesponsible for all business matters and su~ perintends the brothers and_servants;. the Scribe, who is the Prior’s secretary ; the Mas- ter, who has charge of the novices; and the Coadjutor, who entertains visitors. The monks pass about eight hours of. each twenty-four in the chapel. ‘singing the. masses, vespers, and other of- fices, put probably the most trying duty is that which compels them to arise and sing from 11 o’clock eac! night until 20’clock They retire at 6 o’clock jn the evening, rise at 10:30 o’clock, go back to bed at 2 o’clock in, the morning, and rise again at 5 o'clock. This broken. sleep is cherished as the hardest of their trials. Although many hours are: spent in theircells, their many offices leave them butan hour for recreation, This they employ at sawing wood, at their lathes, or in the gardens, one of which is an adjunct of each cell, Once a week they all walk out together. This is the only occasion- upon which they leave the monastery, or, indeed, their cells, excent to ‘o to the chapel. Between the 14th of Sep- femnber and Easter they eat but one meal a day. On. fast days this is simply bread and water. Ordinarily a soup of frogs and fish (for they never touch meat), a bit of omelette, a dish of vegetables, a platter of cheese or of fish, or a repast_of fruit, composes their Dill’ of fare, On Sundays and feast days thése monks dine together, pre- serving absolute silence wile thus en- gaged, but at all other times they eat alone in their cells, their food being placed in a recess in the wall by an attendant, who opens the door to the aperture from the out- side. During Lent eggs and butter disappear from their bill of fare. Yet they are rarely ill, except from bronchial complaints pro- duced by constant and Joud singing. ‘Lhe monks wear no hats. The hood, which is a part of their robe, is thrown over the head of its wearer only when it is necessary to wear itso. The monks’ epuas are made of plain th. The Chartreusians shave their heads. Pictures of them show that only a narrow ring of hair is allowed to remain, The brothers may shave their heads, but not their beards. The fathers, however, may shave both. Between the village and the monastery is the Pourvoirie, the working place of the monks, whence is sent all over the world the delicious Chartreuse liqueur, the secret of whose preparation St. Bruno is said to have discovered, and which has been kept inyio- Jate by his successors, who regard it as they do the episcopal trusts they assume. ‘The herbs of which the liqueur is largely composed are collected by the monks in the fields on the left bank of the River Guiers. The. deli- eate perfume from the liqueur betrays the neighborhood of the laboratory before the visitor reaches the structure—a vast building: that gains a prison-like appearance from the tiny grated windows that pierce its walls. The lower windows illuminate the vast cel- Jars in which the liqueur is “aging” in enormous casks. At one side of the big structure are the stables, the cook-house, the kitchen, and _the lodgings of the Pére Pro- eureur, the Brothers, and the servants. In the group of buildings is one known as the laboratory, wherein the liqueur is distilled. The bottling and packing of the. commodity is ‘carried on in the larger building. All these structures are of recent construction. Before 1865 the manufacture of, the liqueur was carried on in_ the interior of the monastery. It was in order to lessen the cost of transporting their materials up the mountain, and to banish the noise and con- fusion, that they removed the! work to the pourvoirie. Although the Chartreuse lig- ueur is their most famous preparation, it is in reality an outgrowth of their “elixir,” a medical compound that they have manu- factured for centuries, and that is evidently better known in Europe than here. Char- treuse is something like the elixir, but has less strength, is pleasanter to the taste, and is intended as a pleasant beverage and as an appetizer. Then they make what they call a “boule Wacier,” 2 compound of herbs and iron, for strengthening the blood. Finall: ” they make a “specitic against toothache.’ ‘The mountain road by which the pourvoirie is reached leads upward to the monastery. ‘The wilderness is entered just beyond the workshops. Beyond its edge no woman was allowed to pass until after the Revolution. Victor Hugo says of these monks: ‘ They renounce the world, cities, sensuality, pleas- ure, vanity, pride, interest. ‘They are dressed in‘ coarse cloth. They possess no property. In entering, he who was rich be- comes poor; what he has he gives to all. He who was noble, lord, or gentleman becomes the equal of him who was a peasant, The saine cell for all, the same bread, the same straw to sleep on, the same coarse dress, the sane ash-heap to die on. The same gunny sack on the back, the same rope around the loins. He may have been a Prince; the Prince is the shadow of theothers. No more titles; even‘family names have disappeared. All head_under the equality of Christian names. They are cut off from their earthly families and united in a spiritual family. "They succor the poor; they eare for the sick; they elect those whom they obey: they say to each other: ‘My brother.” Thereis perhaps no moro.sublime work than that in which these souls are engaged, and, we add, there is perhaps no more useful work. ‘There must be some to pray for those who never pray.” COMPULSORY COMMUNION. ECCLESIASTICAL LITIGATION IN ENGLAND. Miss E. A. Andrews, of Dengie Hall, En- gland, has prosecuted the Rev. E. J. Warm- ington, Rector of Dengie, for refusing to ad- minster the Sacrament to her in the parish church on Sunday, the 2d of last Novem- ber. Der counsel told the Ecclesiastical Arches Court a few days ago that on the Sunday mentioned Mr. Warmington read the rubric prefixed to the Communion Service, altering its terms from the male to the fe- male gender, and adding words warning a person, whose name he did not mention, not tocome to the Communion. When subse- quently Miss Andrews presented herself to receive the Sacrament, Mr. Warmington pointedly and markedly passed over and re- fused to administer the Communion to her. The circumstances which had led up to this were pitifully small, and Mr. Warmington’s defense was frivolous in the extreme. The parish was a small one, almost entirely, owned by the lady’s cousin, Mr. Page, of Dengie Hall, at whose house she lived. ‘She had for a long time taken an active part in parish work, and had taught a class in the Sunday-school, with the-assistance of the national schoolmistress, in the parish church. Last year Mr. Warmington made changes in the school,‘and prepared'a scheme of rules which Miss Andrews found it impossible to carry out. She therefore ceased teachme, and as the children refused to go'to the rec- tory, after awhile she resumedteaching with= out the Rector’s permission. On the isth of September he sent her a message by the sex- ton that if she did not discontinue teaching he would have her turned out of the church. These. circumstances were the ouly justification alleged for the strong course of refusing the sac- rament; and the charge aguinst the clergy- man was that in altering the reading of the rubric as he did_he was guilty of a violation of ecclesiastical law. After the case had pro- ceeded for some time an attempt wes made to effect an arrangement. Mr. Warmington said that he was willing to submit himself to his Bishop and to the Presiding Judge of the court, Lord Penzance. . In the en matters were arranged, and two. papers signed, on whieh Lord Penzance, who read them, made a suggestion, which was acted upon, and ex- pressed his satisfaction, and hoped that har- mony would prevail among the persons con- cerned. On ‘Miss Andrews’ counsel men- tioning the subject of costs, the Judge said that it was a case in which no order would be made as to costs. BIBLES WITH QUEER NAMES. STRANGE EDITIONS OF THE SCRIPTURES RE- CENTLY EXHIBITED IN LONDON. An interesting collection of Bibles was re- cently exhibited in London, which comprised copies of all the editions that, because of pe- culiar errors of the-printers, or from some other reason, have been known by strange names. Among the Bibles on exhibition were the following: The Gutenberz Bible—The Earliest Book Known Printed from Movable Metal ‘Types, is the Latin Bible Issued by Gutenberg, at Montz, A.D. 1450. ‘The Bug _Bible—Was so Calied from-its Ren- dering of Psulms, xci.,5: ‘ Afraid of, Bugs by Night.” Our Present Version reads, * Terror by Night.” a. D, 150L. The Breeches Bible—The Geneva Version is that Popularly Known as the Breeches Bible, from its rendering of Genesis, fii, 7 (Making Themselves Breeches out of Fig-Leaves). ‘This translation of the Scriptures—the Result of' the Labors of the English Exiles at Geneva—was the English Family Biblo During the Reign of Queen Elizabeth and till Supplanted by the Present Authorizea Version of King James I. The Placemakers’ Bible—From a remarkable Typographical Error which occurs in Matthew, ya: Blessed are the Placemakers,” instead of Peacemakers. A. D. 1382. ‘The .Treacle Bible—From its Rendering of Jeremiah, vil Ts there no Treacle [instead of Balm] in Gilead?” A. D. 1068. ‘The Rosin Bible—From the same Text, but Translated “ Rosin” in the. Douai Version. aA. D, 1609. : The He and She Bibles—From the Respective Renderings of Ruth, iii., 15,—one Reading that “She went into the City.” The other has it that “He went.” A. D. 1611. The Wicked Hible—From the Fact that the Negative hag been Left Out of the Seventh Com- jandment. . (Exodus, xx., 14.) For Which the Printer was Fined £000. A. D. 1631. ‘The Thumb Bible—Being One Inch Squareand Half an Inch Thick, was Published at Aberdeen, A.D. Bible—So Named from the Head- ». 1670. ‘The Vine; line of the 20th chapter of Luke, which reads.as “The Parable of the Vinegar,” instead of the Vineyard. A.D. 1717. The Printers’ Bible—We are told by Cotton Mather that in a Bibte ‘printed prior to 17 a vpographer made Rit 161. ‘The Murderers’ Bible—So_called from an Er- ror in the Sixteenth verse of the Epistle of Jude, ” peing used, instead of “Murmurers.””” A. D, 1801. Tho Caxton Memorial Bible—Wholly Printed and Bound in twelve hours, but only 100 copies struck off. «A. D. 1877. CORRESPONDENCE. “NATIONAL ETHICS.” ‘To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune. Cmcaco, Aug. 2L—In a paper with this heading, Rowland Connor, in the August In- ternational Review, discusses, among other things, “Missionary Forces.” Anextract was copied into last Sunday’s TRIBUNE. Itisa superficial and ‘illogical presentation of the subject, and the philosophy and the facts are . not permitted to have that relation with each other which they have a right to claim. ‘The whole question, without further dis- enssion, might be settled by reference to the relation which the Christian Church sustains to its great Founder. Christiansacknowledge the right of Christ to command and their duty to obey. One of the best and greatest commands of Christ to his people was: “Go ye, therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost.” The wr! the Revie evidently has no sympathy with the relations which exist between Christ and His people,— the tight on the one part to command, and the duty on the other to obey. Notacknowl- edging this, he fails to reeognize the great fundamental principle upon which foreign missions are based. Vacitie Yet there are. other minor considerations which enter into the discussion. Mr. Connor says: ‘Patriotism require thata man’s work be done for his own country directly, and not for humanity.” This] is, undoubtedly true in a limited:sense, but, .as here used, it is a narrow and narrowing view to take of the subject. Patriotism enters into the question of the conversion of the world, but only in a subordinate degree. ‘There are other obligations resting upon the Christian Church than those growingout of the rela- tions existing between it and the country in which it is located. ‘Chere are obligations to God with which patriotism Mayor may not interfere, . according to! circumstances. And, besides, there is 2 factof which the Review writer seems not to ibe aware. The individuals, the churches, andthe denoinina- tions which contribute most largely and are most interested in foreign missions are also the thost liberal and active sustainers and promoters of the home work. In addition to acting in obedience to the orders of the Great Head of the Church, looking abroad over tha world taking in the human race, it expands the soul, enlarges the affections, broadens and deepens philanthovy, and causes the fire of patriotism to burn purer and brighter on the home altar. This conclastany is the result of nearly half a century’s observation, and is confirmed by all reading in this connection. But Mr. Counor leaves outof the consider- ation what is being done for the welfare of our own country, and principally by the same people who favor foreign missions, Those churches and individuals who do not favor thein are dwarfed in soul and generous iin- pulses, and do little ornothing towards culti- yating the home field. Left to-them, it would be barren and nnproductive, Overgrown with weeds. There is another point which tells against the argument of the Review article: Tread, not long ago, the statistics of one of our largest denominations. It had 17% mis- sionaries among the 690,000,000 people of Asia. includmg China. ‘That same de- nomination sustains 25,000 churches among ‘the 50,000,000 people’\of this country, besides an almost: infinit variety of other evangelizing agencies. “And this is but one among twenty or thirty denomina- tions which, to a greater or less extent, are engaged in the same work, maintaining 100,- 000 churches, approximately as many min- isters, and innumerable societies for the prop- agation of the Gospel among the ‘heathen at home.” In this connection allow me to quotea sentence from Mr. Conner. 1t shows, to my mind, that he is writing about a subject of which he is not over familiar. He remarks: ‘fake the number of men and: women cm- ployed to-day in mucb of the foreign mission- .ury work which is accomplishing no appreciable good and put them to work at poverty or crime gt home, and the 10,000 economic problems pressing for solution, and unsolved only because of tho fuck of devoted men and women to un- dertake them, and in ten yeurs a hundred times asmuch would be done, in every large city at Jenst, a3 at the: missionary station wherg the result of ten years’ work and an unknown ex- penditure of money {s given as nine probable converts. ‘This is evidently not said in a spirit. of fairness. ‘The beginning of some mission stations—the time of breaking up the soil and seed-sowing—may not in some instances have produced a result more encouraging than this. Butina single year—IsiS—,006 con- yerts were received into the Church at the Ongole Station in the Telugu country, That station has been establishes S, fourteen, at +, and its church has 12,504 members, This is an extreme case, to be sure, but it shows how disingenuous is the statement made aboye. The “devoted men and women” of the Episcopal Church of Illinois have been at work for many years, and the result ac- complished, so far as membership is con- cerned, does not greatly exceed that we see in this one Ongole church, which, in ad- dition, has forty-two schools in operation. The Ramapatain church, among the same people, ten years old, instead of nine con- yerts, has 1,290, with twenty-two school There are scores of churches in Iilinol mueb longer in existence than these which have not twenty-five members, and yet there must be 3,000 preachers of the Gospel in the State, besides a small army of other Christian workers. _: There is another little item which perhaps it might be well to consider. A human soul if India of China is of us much account be- fore God os a human soul in the United States, and “patriotism” may not interfere to prevent efforts for its conversion. * _ But as the religious animus of ‘the writer in the Review is indicated when he says, “In those parts of the world to which mission- aries mostly go they have: all the religion they require, the best possible religion tor them,” it is not probable that his objections to foreign missions will have much intlu- ence, or his assumed anxiety for home mis- sions receive much credit. _ Mr. Connor refers to the fact that civiliza- tion in the Eastern countries is the result of commerce and not of Christianity. There is much misconception abroad in regard to this subject of civilization. There is no necessary connection between it and Cnristianity. The one belongs to the domain of materialism, while the other concerns the spiritual. It is true the highest civilization exists in Chris- tian nations; and Christianity often revives a decaying civilization and places iton a sure foundation. This is evident from its influ- ence upon the nations of Europe after the subversion of the Roman Empire. It is ex- hibiting its influence in this respect in the East and in the isles of the sea at the present day. Buta high state of. civilization has ex- isted, and still exists, without Christianity, and in connection with a low condition of public morality. China is a living exauiple of this, and there has just come to our shores a relict of the old civilization which it would trouble us to equal. I infer from reading the Bible and from the recently discovered :an- cient monuments of civilization scattered over the face of the earth that civilization was the original condition of man,—a gift from his Creator,—which under favorable circumstances has been preserved and pel- petuated among some peoples, while under other and unfavorable conditions it has been Jost and a relapse into barbarism has fol- lowed. Civilization in its intellectual devel- opments is much the same in every age, as man is intellectually the same, differing in development through his environments. On the other hand, civilization in its moral devel- opment is affected by the moral state-of the community. . Does a false religion prevail,—- its effects will be seen not necessarily in the Joss of civilizatign, which is material, batin the general corruption of morals. Does Christianity shed its Divine influence upon a people,—it promotes good government, equal laws; it teaches men to do juny, Jove inercy, and walk humbly before God. “ While Chris- tianity, therefore, exerts a very strong anflu- ence upon civilization and greatly modifies its moral features, we do not sec that itis responsible for having originated it or for its prominent developments. ‘The history of the world shows that civilization tends to e: cess, unrestrained by’ the moral elements,” and excess leads to decay. ‘The increase of wealth, luxury, population, and commerce are indicative of a high civilization, but in the past, without the conservative influence of Christianity, have been se far from being the foundation of security that they have been the precursor of the ruin of nations. By placing bounds to the desires of men, re- straining ambition, repressing pride, and in- culcating. lessons of ° labor and frugality, Christianity opposes the tendency to an e: cessive, luxurious, ruinous, godless civiliza- tion, and by opposing the spiritual to the purely material conserves true civilization. So all will allow Mr. Connor his claim that commerce does aifect Eastern civilization in its material aspects, but the great reliance for the preservation, perpetuation, amd aug- mentation of its moral and spiritual condi- tions must be the prevalence of Christianity: THE REV. ELIZABETH AIKEN. To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune. Cmcago, Aug. 2L—Was ever a subject so belittled by. a name as that of the handsome volume before jme? It is entitied “Aunt Lizzie Aiken.”. By Mrs. Galusha Anderson. Jansen, McClurg &Co. After reading it, I turned’ instinctively to the first chapter of Luke, and read: “And BSfollic arose in those days ‘and went into the hill country with ‘haste, intoa city of Judes, andentered into the house of Zacharias and saluted Lizzie,” etc., ete. This volume is the history of a woman who takes rank with the deaconesses of the primitive church,—with Priscilla, a Professor in the first Christian theological seminary} with Phebe, Tryphena, Tryphosa, #Persis, and others, who, with Paul, *Jabored muel in the Lord,”—and itis written with a per- fect unconsciousness of its value as an illus- tration of what we call Protestant Chris- tianity in, the’ close of the Nineteenth, Century of the Christian Era; written just as good women write the lives of phe- nomenal children who get religion and die of it, and so become a solemn warning to all sensible little boys and girls to avoid ‘Sunday- school and small-pox if they wor i n x ul Brow up; written ina spirit of Tail patton ane ‘vhigh a ae a perrest picture of the wan-made theology whic! primitive Cristiane. a Pas supplanted Elizabeth Atherton had been sits would have been a priestess, a pean ie temple of the gods, wielding a wide in- fluence over the worshipers hud sharing their Worship with the duty she représented; had she been a Catholic she would have been. -a Lady Abbess, holding a power and com- munding a deference scarcely second to those of a Bishop; but, being a Protestant, she has, after thirty or forty years of faith Tul, ininisterial labor, performed under every disadvantage, won the magnanimous tolera- tion of pulpit ant pew, the wages of a sec- in cook ant 3 Taundress) @ title of a negro h, gentlemen with the big D.’s after you names, and the large R. before them, where isyour blush? Which of you have shown better evidence of a divine call to preach the Gospel? Have you forgotten that Christ, on the Mount of Ascension, said “Go and teach all nations, baptizing them in my name; but first tarry at Jerusalem until yo be endued with power from on high!” and afterwards endued women as well as men with that divine power, pledging himself to be with those who receive it “until the end of the world?” How came it that ye blind guides failed to’see that this woman wasearly called the work of saving sinners, that she had 2 religious vocation? ‘True, your predecessors. had builded a church out of fragments of Paganism, Judaism, Christianity, and human weakness and true, this Church had ad- judged all places of honor or emolument io those who by physical strength could take and hold them, yet, even then, it does seem strange that the best use you could think of making of Elizabeth Atherton was to give her a matrimonial blessing and send her to join the ranks uf New England cooks who were killing Illinois pioneers with cake! Even the cake business could not keep her ‘trom preaching in the only way the. Church would permit, and when the reaper Death had cleared out her family circle and left her alone in the world, she became professional Sick-nurse, that she might have an oppor- tunity to preach while administering panada. ‘The Church must have been overburdened with laborers, and sinners pretty much all converted, when it could find no better work for Mrs. Aiken than making toast and tea and sitting up nights with cross babies, The death-rate in her own fanily might have proved that if there was anyone thing of. which she knew nothing, it was the care of the sick; but only in this care could she find opportunity, to lead sinners to Christ; and so she made a business of it~ The preliminaries necessary to draw her into the military hospitals still further prove her Jack of vocation as a nurse; but once in, her business as chaplain was unmistakable. ‘With her large human sympathies, the care of bodies must perforce occupy much of her thought; but souls, souls, souls, was what Elizabeth Aiken wanted, Oh, that she wight save souls! To alleviate physical pain. did ereatly rejoice her heart; but what was this compared to rescuing souls from the danger of everlasting torment? ‘ In consideration of her double work, arid double amount of work, as Chaplain and nurse, the Christianity which controls this Government in such matters allowed her $12 a month, less than an eighth of a Chaplain’s salary. Private charity, in her three years of service, gave her “a summer outfit, a black dress, and a watch and chain!” “Pri- vate charity also gave her a home during the illness brought on by hospital work, and after that she-came to Chicago, and pretty nearly got a situation to fold newspapers, when a religious editor sent herto the wife ofa preacher, who kindly got her a situation as teacher in the Erring Woman’s Refuge. A congregation whieh giyes its pastor $7,000 ayear joined with the Young Men’s Chris- tian Association and the Refuge Society, and, by making a triangle and laying their heads together, gave hera salary of $50 in three months. She seems to have been prudent, and was not tempted into any large expendi- ture by that additional S14; but the salar was more than the socicties could stand, and she was discharged for want of funds. When almost ready to despair of finding work in the Master's cause, and bread while doing it, she was ealled as city missionary fora large, wealthy congrega- tion which, Audged by all precedent, is most liberal and faithful in giving her steady em- ployment and hearty appreci ation; but what inight her work have been but, for that sex caste established in Paul’s directions to the slave women of Corinth, who, like un- truly boys, disturbed public worship in the Bpcstolis. age? have no sympathy with Mrs. Aiken’s ‘peculiar religious tenets,—cannot imagine aGod who would~be pleased to have an india-rubber suit put under water ‘with a man in it: but they are the views of a large body of Christians who have made the world better for their having lived in it, and I bow before the uninistakable evidence of 2 religious vocation in Mrs. Aiken, and call her Reverend because she has won the title by her works. JANE GREY SWISSHELM. GENERAL NOTES. A correspondent of the Interfor says that to William Fox, of Clapton, Gloucestershire, Englanil, and not to Robert Raikes, belongs all the honor attached to the organization of the first Sunday-school. Not a month passes in the City of Baltimore that the waters of conditional baptism do not flow on,the foreheads of men and women who were brought up Protestants, and no one is the wiser outside the circle of their immediate acquaintances.—Catholic Mirror. Dr. Jessup writes that the Church of Bey- root, Syria, has consented to eall a pastor of its own country and to provide for his sup- port. Prof. Harvey Porter, of the College of eyroot, Syria, was recently ordained by a council at Westfield, Mass. Te expects to re- turn shortly to that mission field. A grand excursion to Lake Geneva and re- turn will take place Tuesday for the benefit ofthe Central Baptist Church. The train Jeaves at §:30.a.m. Round-trip. tickets. $2; Jake-trip tickets, 50 cents entra, ‘Tickets can be had at Buck '& Rayner’s, W. M. Dale’s, Baptist Publication Society, and W. M. Far- rar’s, 114 Dearborn. at tlie Old At a“ faith-cure” meetin: Orchard ecamp-ground last Saturday, the Rev, D. Cullis related healing by prayer. One was the case of Capt. R. 1. Chester, of the Pennsylvania Military Academy, who was cured ot heart- disease. Another was that of Albert A. Cheney, of Brattleboro, who had been healed of chronic acute Thenmatism. The eighth annual Convention of the Illi; nois Young Men’s Christian Association will be held at Peoria Thursday to Sunday in- elusive, Aug. 26 to 29. A program of un- usual interest has been arranged, and one of the best Conventions ever held isanticipated. St is expected that several Eastern gentle- men well informed in work for young. men will be present and take part in the discus- sions, Rouseville, Pa., was a busy oil town, but declined to’ such an_extent that St. Jolin’s Protestant Episcopal Church lost nearly all its members. ‘The building was 2 good one, and there was need for it at Bradford, which is now the centre of an active-oil business. ‘Therefore it was taken down, carried Bee: meal to-Braaford, and there rebuilt. 1t has now been dedicated, and is an elegant and commodious house of worship. 2 ~ The Esquimaux of Little Whale River, Hudson Bay, havea new church. It is an jron building, twenty feet by forty, and was sent from London in sections ready to be Bee up. It was nearly two years on the way, ut, on arrival was put together in @ couple of weeks. Eight Esquimaux members have been added to this church by baptism, and thirty jnore are under instruction with a view to admission. Baptism by immersion is not greatly in vogue among the Esquimaux. ‘he next session of the Baptist Union The- olanieal Seminary at Morgan Park will begin Tuesday, Sept. 7 It is important that. stu: dents should be present on the first day of the session. The entire expense of ayear in the seminary need not exceed S17, Many sindents get through the year comfortably with §150, The rooms in the seminary are famished and are free of rent. Worthy stu- denis in need of help will be aided. Those wisinng further information are requested to writeto President G. W. Northrup, D. D., LL.D., Morgan Park, LU, sea aia ‘Thereis a gentle hubbub inthe Methodist Episcopal fureh over the alleced heresy of Bishop Randolph S. Foster. The Bishop de- jivered a cqurse of lectures entitled ‘Beyond the Grave,” which were supposed by some to transcend the boundaries of -the.nost rigid orthodoxy. ‘The resolution which was of- fered at the General Conference instituting an inquiry into the Bishop’s doctrinal posi- tion was So very vague that the Committee charged with it simply smiled, and said that, ‘ag no charges were made against anybody, fhere was no ground foraction. ‘The articles ofreligion set forth by the Methodist Episco- pat Church are not ‘sufficiently definit, as to the'doctrine of the resurrection to serve as a basis on which a trial for heterodoxy could several instances of - be had, ‘There is not the most remote proba. bility that such a trial will take place, as it would be one of the mostclumsy and difficult proceedings in ecclesiastical litigation. But meanwhile Bishop Foster is on trial by pub- lic opinion among the writers of the Method- ist publications. One of the results of trial by this process is that the views of the. rep- resentative men of the Church on the doc- trine of the résurrection are. likely to be elaborately placed before the religious public. A farewell meeting in connection with the departure of. the Rey. and Mrs. D. Z, Shef- field, the Rev. and Mrs. F. ¥ y Rev. and Mrs. W. Hi. Shaw, Dr. and 3 e P. Peck, Miss Elsie Sf. Garrettson, and Miss E. Louise Kellogg for the North China Mis- sion of the American Board, will be‘held in the First Congregational Church this even- ing. Most of the Congregational churches of the city will unite in the service. Brief addresses will-be made by_the departing missionaries. Presi.ent G. F.Magoun, D. D., Towa College, and President A. L. Chapin D. D., Beloit’College, are expected to'take part in the exercises. Brother Jasper’s African Baptist Church at Richmond, Va., grew so large and un- wieldy:that it has had to throw out a colony. Out of a membership of over 4,000, it dis- aissed 700 to forma new church. It is to be regretted that the -brethren do not exactly depart in peace, but that there isa lively con- troversy. The old church will still. contain - ™many more members than it ought to-have, ‘and more than can be properly managed by Brother Jasper or any other man, Jasper is as popular as ever among his flock, and still: holds with unflinching pertinacity that “ the sun do move.” THE EXPELLED FRENCH JESUITS. © Some of the Jesuits expelled from France have gone to London, others have settled in Ireland, a few have started on a voyage to the Philippine Islands, and many have set- tlea’ in Spain, ‘he Madrid correspondent of the Temps (Paris) states that the Liberal and Democratic parties in Spain are not at all well pleased at the readiness with which Sefior Canovas del Castillo has granted per- inission to the French Jesuits and to foreizn members of other religious. orders to reside in Spain, where laws, for the expulsion of the Jesuits and the dissolution of other or- ders are still in existence. Although the Spanish Government is exercising a certain amount of cireunspection in granting the authorizations demanded, the influence of the Court and of the nobility has procured the establishment of five monasteries and eleven colleges of Jesuits, Carmelites, ‘Trap- pists, Cistercians, and Dominicans. Reliz- ious establishments for women were al- ready so numerous that it was unnecessary to provide any fresh ones. In various parts of Spain edifices which had formerly been devoted to religious purposes, but which had been unused for many years, had been placed at the disposal of foreign orders, and the newcomers select, as a Tule, the large towns, in which they can look fora favora- ble reception from the prelates, or the rural districts, in which the religious spirit of the inhabitants is known to be very ardent. ‘The Jesuits would have settled in the north- ern provinces bordering on France if they had not been forbidden doing so by the cir- cular of the Minister of Justice, the only ex- ception being in the case of the Spanish Jes- uits expelled from their house near Bayonne. They have been allowed to take up their residence at the Monastery of Loyola, in Guipuzcoa, built beside the tower of their famous founder; but their arrival has ex- cited so much discontent amonz the Liberals in the Basque Provinces that the Rector of Loyola has received an intimation that the tolerance inust not be considered as extend- ing to foreign members of his order. Not- withstanding: this, there are a great many at the present time in Guipuzcosa, at Vittoria, and other towns not far from the frontier. - PERSONALS. Sankey will attend the Sunday-School Convention at Framingham, Mass., Aug. 24-26, ; O38 Kimball, the debt-raiser, has been laboring among the Cape Cod Baptists. He raised. $4,700 in two hours. The Rey. William B. Ashley, D. D., has fesigned .the chaplaincy of Kemper Hall, Kenusha, and gone to Milwaukee, Wis. ‘The late Dr. Nathan Bishop, Secretary of the Home Mission Society, contributed $30,000 of ‘his private funds to its support. D. L. Moody conducted two large tent meetings at Saratoga, N. Y., last week, as- sisted by Prof. F. B. Williams, of this. city, who led the singifg. The Rev. Frank L. Norton has resigned the charge of St. John’s Church, Troy, N. X,. and accepted the Rectorship of St. John’s Church, Washington, D. C. The Rey. J..O. Barrows and family, from Constantinople, Turkey, recently arrived at Yartford, Conn., after an absence from this country of eleven years, spent in missionary labor in Turkey. : E. D. Ingersoll, International ¥.M. C. A. Railroad Secretary, will arriye in this city to-morrow, and will spend a few days here among the railroad men. Tis visits are always welcomed, and have been of great service to the railroad branch of the Y. M. C. A. work. A colored man in Tennessee, a Ir. Ander- son Taylor, has given $11,000 toward build- ing a church, an instance of Jiberality that ought to havea wide currency. ‘There are four colored clergymen in the Diveese of ‘Tennessee, all zealously at work. It is by a ministry of their own people that the i opians will learn to stretch out their hands toGod. 3 ‘The Rev. W. A. Wright, of the East Maine Conference, who lefttwo years ago to engage in the South American work under the Rev. William Taylor, returned a few days ago to New York. Ar’ Wright has been engaged in teaching in Conception, Chili, and now re- turns because of the ill-health of his wife, and will for the present take pastoral work in this country. The Rev. Alexander Blaikie, D. D., has re- tired from the pastorate of the First United -Prespyierian Church, of Boston, after thirty- four years of labor in that field, and_ at the close of fifty years’ service in the ministry. Dr. Blaikie has been man of untiring in- dustry, and his ministerial work has been successful in every respect. He is to remain in Boston and to prepare the “Annals of Presbyterianisin in New England.” PIOUS PLEASANTRIES. A preacher at a Sunday-school excursion described Heaven as an .eternily of pienics, and several young men members of his con- gregation, who lugged baskets weighing nearly a ton each, and climbed high trees to put up swings, have left church. ‘At Flatbush, a boy who had charge of a. very stubborn donkey was one day beating it unmereifully because it would ‘not go, when the minister of the parish, coming up, cen- sured him for his eruelty. The boy resented the interference, and exclaimed: “I’m sure you needn’t care; it’s none of your congre- gation.” Jonnny’s father is a professional 4 and talks about his business at the family table. Johnny goes to Sunday-school. | Last Sunday the teacher asked him what Cain did when God acensed him of being his brother's murderer. “He didn’t do nuffin but fix it with the jury,” was the startling reply which struck the teacher's ears. The baker’s cart was standing by the door, minus the baker. Little cherub climbed up, and, looking into, the boxes, feasted her eyes on cookies and jum ees immovable. ‘* Oh! {’sea good mind to takea cookie!” “ But that would be very wrong,” said the nurse, reprovingly. “The baker won’t. see me.” “But God will,” solemnly. “ [know; but De’ll never tell the baker.” * A Methodist parson, the Rev. Stanley, “got away” with Bishop-Tuttle, as they say out West, durmg his recent trip in the Mis- soula Valley. It seems that the Rev. Mr, Stewart, of Missoula, was driving the cler: party (consisting of Bishop Tuttle, the Rev. ‘Tillotson, and himself) in his own one-horse shay, and while en route met the Rev. Sta ley driving two horses. The Bis! i always ready fora joke, sang ou : Stanley, how isit that you Methodist preac’ ers ‘manage to drive two horses, while we Episcopalians have to put up With one?” * Perhaps you are one-horse preachers.” said the ready-witted Stanley, and the procession moved on amid hearty shouts of laughter, in which the Bishop joined. Last Sunday afternoon the Superintendent of acity Sunday-school was questioning the pupils on the subject of the lesson. Among tne questions asked was: ‘When God found ont that Adam and Eve had sinned in the garden, what did He do?” ‘A little fellow in the reat of the room was just too anxious to reply; his glistening eye ‘and excited frame attracted the attentfon of the questioner, am unfortunately he was srocied with a nod, indicating that he might answer. With a juryman, | The Knights Templar.” Folee, the echoes of which could be heard | far off on the distant commons, he shouted. “Gaye ’em the a b.?_ To most of the schoo: this was perfectly intelligible and_satisfac- tory, but toa few it had to be explained, tha’ it was street arabic for “grand bounce,” thay is, removal from the garden. 3 CHURCH SERVICES. EPISCOPAL. Cathedral Church SS. Peter and Paul, corner of ‘West Washington and Peoria streets. The Rt- Rev. W. E. McLaren,S.T. D., Bishop; the Rev. J. H. Knowles, priest in charge. Communion ats a. m. Choral morning prayer and celebration of the Holy Communion 10:3) a.m. Choral even- ing prayer 7:30 p. m. —The Rev. Frederick Courtney will officiate in St. James’ Church, corner of Cass and Huron streets, at 10:45 2. m. and 7:45 p. m. Communion atSa. m. ? —The Rev. Theo. J. Holcomb will officiate in ‘Trinity Church, corner of Michiran avenue and Twenty-sixth street, at 10:45 a. m. —The Rey. John Hedmad_will officinte tn St. Ansgarius’ Church, Sedgwick street, near Cai- cago avenue, at 10:30 a. m. and 7:30 p.m. —The Kev. Arthur Ritchie will officiate in the Church of the Ascension, corner of North La Salle and Elm streets, at 11 a.m. and S p.m. .—The Rev. Charles Stanley Lester will officiate ia St. Paul’s Church, Hyde Park avenue, be- tween Forty-ninth and Fiftieth streets, at a, m. and 7:30 p. m. r * The Rev. B. F. Fleetwood will officiate in St, Mark's Church. corner of Cottage Grove avenue ixth street, at 10:0 a. m. and 8 p. m, —The ey. J. D. Cowan will officiate in St. Stephen's Church, Johnson strect, between Tuy- lor and Twelfth streets, at 10:00 a. m. and 7:30 p.m. . i ‘The Rev. Luther Pardee will officiate im CaivaryChurch, Warren avenue, between Onk- leystrect and Westernavenue, at 10:30 a. m. and 8p.m. Communion at = Mm. ~The Rev. T. N. Morrison, Jr., will officiate in the Church of the Epiphany, Throop street, be- tween Monroe and Adams strects, at 10:30 a. m. and. p.m. Comimunton ats a.m. ‘ —The tev. W. J. Pétrie will officiate in the Church of Our Savior, corner. of Lincoln and Belden venues, at-li a. m, aud ¢ p. 2 janes E, Thompson will officiate * Church, Inditna avenue, be- uinth and Thirtieth streets, at 11 m,and 7:15 p.m. Communion at Sa. m. —Grace Church and St, Andrew's Church have been closed for repairs. . BAPTIST. The Rev. Galusha Anderson will preach in the Second ‘Church, corner of Morgun and Monroe stregts, at 10:20 a. m- and 7:49 p.m. —The Rev. Lunsing Burrows, of Lexingtot Ky., will preach morning and ‘evening in abe First Church, corner of Thirty-first street and South Park avenue. z —The Rey. E. Wingren will preach morning - and evening in the Second Swedish Church, But- terfield street, near Thirty-tirst. —The Rev. N. F. Ravlin will preach morning and evening in the chapel No, 431 Ogden ave- pine, Evening subject: “The Skull and Cross- —There will be no services at the Fourth Church. Sunday-school at 2:30 p.m. x —The Rev. R. P. Allison will preach morning and evening in Western Avenue Church. —The Rev. J.T. Burhoe will preach morning and evening in University Place Church, Doug> las place, corner of Rhodes avenue. —tThe Rev. J. Rowley will preach morning and evening in North Star Church, corner of Divis- jon and Sedgwick streets. —The Rev. W. H. Purker will preach morning and evening in Coventry Street Church, corner of Bloomingdale road. —The Rev. R. De Baptiste will preach morn- ing and evening at Olivet Church, Fourth ave- nue, near Taylor streot. —The Rev. A. K. Parker will preach morni and evening at Centennial Church, corner o! Lincoln and West Jackson streets. —The ltev. E. 0. ‘Taylor will preach morn! and evening in Central Churen, No. 290 Orc! street. —The Rey. yW. A. Brondhurst will preach morniar aud e¥eningin Dearborn Street Chured, corner of ‘Thirty-sixth street. —The Rev. Mr. Meyer will preach morning and evening in the First German Church, corner of Bickerdyke and Huron streets. —The Rev. J. B. Sunth will preach morning and evening in the First Norwegian Church, corner of Noble and Ohio streets. —The Rev. John Ongman will preach morn- ing and evening in tho First Swedish Church, Ouk street, near Sedzwiek. CHRISTIAN. The Rev. Irving A. Searles will preach in tho South Side Church at the usual hours. Morning subject: “The “Great Interview.” Evening: —Services will be held morning and evening a savent Christian Church, No. $i South Green street. —The Rev. C. H. Calon will preach in the First Caureh, corner of Twenty-fifth street and Tndinna_uvenue, in ‘the morning. The Rev. George W. Sweeney will conduct the evening service. 3 —The Rev. J. H, Wright will pregch in the Western, Avenue Church, between Van Buren and Harrison streets, morning and evening. —The Rey. George W. Sweeney, of the First Church, will preach {n_ the morning in the Sec- ond Church, corner of Ouktoy avenue and Jack- . gon street. No evening service. LUTHERAN, The Rev. Mr. Koerner will conduct communion service in the English Church of the Holy Trin- ity. corner of Dearborn uvenue and Erie street, at lla. m. . —fhe Rev. Dr. Koerner, of Pottstown. Pa, will prench in the morning in Trinity Church, corner of Dearborn avenue und Erie street. TEMPERANCE. The Woman’ Christian Temperance Union holds daily Gospel meetings at3p. m. in Lower Farwell Hall, entrance Lid Madison strect and 10 ‘Areade court. Lenders for the week ure as fol- jJows: Monday, Mrs. R.A. Decker; Tuesday, Mrs. Malcolm McDowell: Wednesday, 3trs. A. Mer- rium; Thursday, Sfrs. C. H. Case; Friday, Mi B. Willard; Suturday, Miss H. L. Hood. A Gospel inceting, conducted by the W. C. T. U.. is held every Sunday ut < p. m. in Good “Templars” Hall, 1086 West Lake street. INDEPENDENT. ‘The Hev. Mr. Mahill, of Rockford, will preach in the Chicago Avenue Chureh, corner of North La Salle street, morning und evening. + METHODIST. ‘The Rev. Will McKindley, of Brooklyn, wilt preach in Centenary Church, Monroe’ street, near Morgan, at 10:00 a. ma. and 7:45 p. m. —The Rev, John SVilliamson will preach In the First Church, corner of Clurk and Washington Streets, both morning and evening. Evening subject: * The Wife.” _ —The Rev. Frank M. Bristol will preach in the Wabush Avenue Church, corner of Fourteenth street. at IL a. m.and 7:45 p.m. —The tev. T. RR. Strowbridge will preach in Park Avenue Chureb morning and evening. Evening subject: “Lessons from the Recent Conclave.” : x —The Rev. Robert D. Sheppard will preach morning and evening in Grace Church, cornerof Lu Salle and White strects. —The Ite. I. B. Pope will preach morning and evening in Trinity Church, Indiana avenue, neur ‘twenty-fourth street. —The Rey. G. 2. Van Horne will preach morn- ing and evening in the Michigan AvenueChurch, near Thirty-second strect. | Morning subject: “The Banquet and Banner." —The Rev. George Chase will | preach morn- and evening in the Fulton Street Church, corner Artesian avenue, the Rev. ‘f. C. Clendenning: will preach morning and evening in the Langley Avenue Church, near Egan avenue : —The Rey. W. X. Ninde will preach morn- ing and evening in the Ada Street Church, be- tween Lake and Fulton streets. —The Kev. J. M. Caldwell will preach morning and evening in the Western Avenue Church, cor~ ner of Monroe street. —The Kev. J. W. Phelps.will preach morn- ing and evening in St. Paul's Church, corner of Muxwell and Newberry streets. —The Rev. E. M. Boring will preach morn- ing and evening in the State Street Church, near Forty-seventh street. —The Rev. William Craven will preach in ‘Winter Street Church, near Forty-second street, both morning and ‘evening. —The Rev. S. 'E. Shaw will preach morning and evening in Dixon Street Church, near North av- enue. —tThe Rev. J. R- Richards will preach morning and evening in Emmanuel Church, corner Har- rison and Paulina streets. —The Hey. J. H. Kellogg will preach morn- ing ane evening in. Asbury Chapel, Kossuth street. —The Rev.S.G. Lathrop, of the American Bible Society, will preach at the Fulton Street Church, corner of Artesian uvenue, in the morn- ing, and the Rev. George Chase in the evening. ‘NEW JERUSALEM. The Rev. L. P. Mercer jill preset in the Union Church, Hershey Music- fall, at 11a. m. “The Second ‘Advent; What tho Churches Need.”” —The Rev. W. F. Pendleton will preach in the Lincoln Park Chapel, corner of Menominee and North Clark streets, at 11 o’eloek 2. m3 and in the Union Park Temple, corner of West Wasn- ington street and Ogden avenue, até p. i, REFORMED Y-PISCOPAL. The Rev.. F. W.. Adams, the Rector, will prench morningand evening In St. Matthow's Bhurch, corner of North Clark and Centre reets. e 5 strothe Rev. J.D: Wilson, Rector, will preacn ymorning und evening In St, John’s Church, cor- Tor of Bilis avenue and Thirty-seventh strect. “the Rev-R. 3. Baker will presen. this morn- ing in the Church of the Good Shepherd, corner of Jones and Homan strecis. e Rev. Dr. Cooper, the Rector, will preach In the evening. Sotheet:. * Daniel in the Lion's Den.” —The Rev. Charles M. Gilbert will preach this morniug at Christ Church. corner of Michigan avenue and Twenty-fourth strect. No, evening service. gee ngs “The Rev. Charles M. Gilbert ‘preach, this morning in Emmanuel Chisch, “corner of Twenty-cizhthand Hanover sirects. B The Rt.-Rev. Bishop Fallows . will :preach morning and evening in St. Paul’s Church, cor- ‘ner of West Washington and Carpeuter streets. CONGREGATIONAL. The Rey. Heory F. Rose ‘will preach in ‘Plymouth: Church, Michigan avenue, between