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10 THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER’ 5, 1880—SIXTEEN PAGES. _ RELIGIOUS. The Dunkirk Heretic Defines His Views on “Saints and Sinners,” And of Necessity Takes Issue with +the Doctrine of Foreordi- nation. | Hindooism in the Light of a Hin- @oo Converted to Chris- a tianity. The Revised Bible—English Copyright “Without Force in This Country. . . General Notes, Personals, Sun- day Reveries, Services To-Day. - SUNSHINE IN THE SOUL. ‘There 1s no wo we cannot bear, No grief beyond control, If we but have a generous share Of sunshine in the soul. ‘Then open the chambers of your heart, ‘And banish the gloom away, Nor sorrow borrow for the morrow; ‘There's trouble enough to-day. ~ If that fair light within us beams, “Pwill bring us sweet repose; "Twill give us happy thoughts and dreams ‘And comfort for our woes. ‘Then open the chambers of your heart And banish the gloom away, Nor sorrow borrow for the morrow; ‘There's trouble enough to-day. We linger but a little while ‘Within this world of caro, And, when we make the mourner smile, We make our tives more fair. Then open the chumbers of your heart, And banish the gloom away, Nor sorrow borrow for the morrow; ‘There's trouble enough to-day. LAWNDALE, CaICAGO. EvuGexe J. Haun. THE DUNEIRE HERESY. SECOND LETTER PROM THE REV. E. P. ADAMB. To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune, CartskiLt MocnTarss, Aug. 30.—In my first communication I expressed an intention of giv- ing some explanation of the demehed passages from my sermons, which Presbytery had under consideration, and which seemed to them herct- feaL In the New York Evangellet the items of Specification third were mosteeverely comment- ed upon, taken from my sermon, “ All Men Alike Before God.” “This same sermon was also the special amazement and abhorrence of many members of Presbytery. I think it perhaps better, therefore, to begin with SPECIFICATION THIRD. He"afiirmed that there ts no distinction between saints and sinners on which the doctrine of retribu- tion Is founded, und which is insisted on in the Con- fesslon of Fatth.—Chap. X., Sec. 4. : tem.) In the last sermon quoted he says: “It [a genulne love} will never see in salf an elect child of God, and In 2 fellow-man anon-elect and a cursed.” (Item.) He says: “I throw away forever the dis- ‘netion between ‘saints’ and ‘sinners,’ for I cannot find that the Bible has anywhere distinguished men into these two classes.” When Jesus declared, “I came notto send peace on carth,” we must think that He spoke truth; but at the same time we know that “peace on earth, good will to men" was the very object of the coming of this Prince of Peace. So likewise when Paul, whose thought 1 was try- ing to set forth, said, “There is no difference.” it is plainly true in some very important sense, though not true in every sense. ‘, All know that mankind is divided, according toone method of Scripture, into Jews and Gen- tiles, as many passages might be summoned to rove. But where does the Bible divide men. into “ saints and sinners"? Such division has become common in familiar speech, and prob- ably seems legitimate; but whero in gospels or ted istics are these terms found as chaructcrizmg wwo classes which together comprise all man- rind? There are indeed saints, or holy ones, to vhom itis a Byvilere to minister, even to ‘wash their feet? But in our way of 5) of saints and sinners, we mean something like -eligious and irreligious people, the former be- real saints to put themselves In a superior class «ng the favorits of God, and the latter not. In short, we use these terms, it seems to me, very much as the Pharisees might say * We [the righteous] and sinners,"—a. distinction that in Jesus’ time Hae peaueries: of mischief. For, suppose that in God’s sight the Pharisees themscives were sinners; where, the n, are ourclusses? In making this distinc- tion Lam assured that we ure superficial, and Be means go to the bottom and reality of ings.* + : .AS au exemplification of such use of “saints tnd sinners,” mark closely the case of the Pharisee and tho- publican in the temple—the ins thanking God he was not like the rest of men, and the lutter smiting bis breast and call- ing himeelf “the sinner.” But Jesus-reversed the Pharisaic judgment, and pronounced the confessed sinner righteous. e sce another example in the * woman taken in adultery” and her religious accusers,—e sinner and ‘saints in! “Yet again we sce matters reversed. It Is pot the sinner, specchices in self-defense, bat. is ¢ondemned, but, the _ self-justi- iy “saints” go away in shamé, “con- victed by their own conscience.” Here. then, ig evidence that religious men are prone to make a distinction into classes which have no existence iu reality. And this is what ‘1 throw away forever.” is is what my much-misun- derstood sermon aimed to analyze. And [may add that it is a sermon that some, discerning its Intent, have wept over through joy, while others ave Judged it ‘as pernicious beyond expres- De". ae © The same distinction of “saints and sinners” rirtually existed in the time of Jesus... But when He, a saint, God's Holy One, came,—came ‘nmeckness, humility, lowliness. gentleness,—He ras not zed by the “saints,” but by them was*“numbered with the transgressors.” He made friends with the so-called sinucrs, 80 dis- soncerting their great distinction, and causing murmurings loud and deep. In judj Him they condemned themselves: and this expiuins those words of His, For judgment I am come nto this world.” So-called saints" among the Jews said of Tesus,“ We know that this Manis a sinner.” Plainly a distinction is faulty thar can call even Sod’s Holy Onc a'sinner. It is certain that, if wre shall ever discover “the suints,” God's *nid- den ones,” we shall find them humble, unassum- Ing. meek, and making no claims 1o sanctity. In illustration of this, note Paul's characteriza- ton of himself,—+ Sinners, of whom I am chief," and “I who am less than the Icast of all saints.” In further illustration are the different’ classes revealed in the twenty-tfth chapter of Matthew. The saints are made to appear where they wera ‘east looked for, and by their manifestations the accredited“ saints * a e balance and found wantin; judged to be saints were the overlooked and despised, “the lexst of these my brethren,” a clase holding themselves and held by others in 80 little estimation as to pass for sinners rather than saints. Only the heart of Jove can discern them. - In short, the attempt of the sermon was to get atthe heart of this important matter. and we seemed tosee alittle something of the real meaning of “ The first shall be last and the last Brst,” a principic that shall yet overthrow all of our superficial classifications of men. And now, is there not enough already brought forward to substantiate the “item.” “It [a genuine lovej will never see in self .an elect child of God, and in a feliow-man a non-eloct ied. t {read Jesus aright,“this is what He most emphatically taught. Both He and Jobo the Baptist discouraged the Jews trom saying, “We bave Abraham “We be Abra- sega ts for tut yas tieiply elatiiay tnat ¥ ;_for was sim] mai thay were “elect.” And again, Jesus did not uphold the Pharisees in their opinion of -tho people, “But this people who know-not the law are cursed.” =. ‘The great lesson for us seems to be this:- ‘The Jou Sinad for the religious class, and the Gentiles as the irreligious. The former are cx- ceeding prone to say in’ thefr heart, “We are better than they"; but Jesus. does not approve. His thought about the matter js not: like ours, ‘but deeper and truer. 4 ia ‘And just bere 1 can most appropriately bring in the items of Specification Second: |. He said: “I solemnly affirm that I do not pale unat any such real strong love [as he mentioned] is possible in the case of une who holds firmly to. the doctrine of endless punishment for jocts . better fate for himself.” airtel fie said: ~ The doctrine of punishment orother people and escape for one’s self is no doc- trine of love.” Now, it seems to me that the length and breadth of the whole matter tonteined in these items is virtually what Jobn the Buptist said, and is just us Scriptural: “ Think nottosay with- in. yourselves, we have Abraham for father.’ i iit still insist’ in love that ‘is genuine and divine “there is po respect: ms.” God's Jove blesses alike the evil'and the good, as do His sun and ruin. When that love is bezotten in usitis marked by the same characteristic. The oyerweentng self-estimation is very secret ond insinuating, and we need to beware. We often think that if weure grateful to God for than hor rightful provinces to dictate what 4 spocial doctrines -are to..be held and .what not - hel . necessary Ic doer in the public estimation. es I will ch yy quoting gone suggestive words from the Chicago Alfance: “It should be borne in mind that ministers as'a rule enter upon their profession with the almple desire to do 3 and that they usually accepv-the creed tis the superiority with which He has, as we 81] pose, made us to differ from others, we must In the right way. But let us remember how in the parable the Phariseé thanked God for this ‘Very thing, that he was not like the rest of mea, —the publican, for example. There Js no re- ligiousnesa that czn make such an exaltation of self proper andright. ‘Its no characteristic of and hold themselves better and more pleasing to God etn others. It isnot the way of love nor of humility. . ‘And where {s the warrant for thinking that God metes out retribiitions according to our classification? The few words that I shall now write touching ‘endless punishment will be only Sadirectly upon that subject, and suggestive rather than demon- trative. °. oe - I am charged with renouncing the doctrine, and the following item is given! “ m). He said: “I was disposed to accept the doc- ssi t God sectned to teach lt, but how gind 1 was 10 find thatzeally He didnot tewchin” Tregard the Scriptures as emphatically and retminently God's work. I belleve that God Bas ordered their arrangement, and their pres- ervation from mutilation and corruption. in a most wonderfut manner; that He made them as truly, as skillfully, us elaborately, as ever the solar system was made, or as the external and iu- ternal economy of this earth. We have explored the surface of things here very fairly, even giv- ing some attention to Africa and to the Poiar regions. We have explored the internai.ecano- my but slightly; have only in these latter days found the coal and the oll. But we are far,from. knowing all. I believe that it is just 80 as to our present knowledge of spiritual and supernatural things; that the Biblo has been worked only superticially. yot; that its hidden treasures are yet tobe wonderfully developed. The law of growthin knowledge is the law of change. He that, years ago, was crystallized and set, is virtually dead as to knowledge. We ought to expect to behold grander things than we have ever discovered or known. The Bible speaks of judgment, eternal life, eternal punishment, Heaven and Hell, sou! and spirit, wrath to como, the “ Gehennn of the fire” (translated “ hell-fire ”), unquenchable fire, ete., and we must belicvo’ that these are reelties. 1 cannotegree with those who would call them mere barbaric relics of a superstitious age. expect to know more and more what they really signify. ‘Tutt cannot think that we shall have a true understanding of these until we kuow the Divine principle of classification. Our classification: of men into “saints and sinners” appenrs to an- ticipate the coniting’ of+ the Son ot Man in His glory. to." te them one frotn another.” At present, before the true and autharized sepa- ration, it must bea hazardous thing to under take to run a line of division betweeu fndividu- als, placing some on the right and some on the left. In the meantime, elements of good and evit are mixed in the sume individual, though it is written that the Word of God is a shurp dig- cerner, * piercing even to the dividing agunder of soul and spirit.” Noiman now, so far as we know, is so wholly and perfectly good, and so filled and Jed of the Spirit as to be called, in his entirety, a ‘‘saint.” Until _the world’s “bar- yest wheat and chaff must”be found together, as a familiar parableof Jesus indicates. ‘ecan muke no such division between tlelds of grain as to say that this field is wheat and the other ficld ischaff. We may gostill further and cail the unit of growing wheat the stalk or head. But can gue neat or stalk say, “ Zam wheat and you are chaff” It is clear, then, that a trueline’ of diviéion must run, or cut, through the heart betwixt the good and evil elements, the soul and the spirit, of each individual mau; and the fire thust do its work on the jeft of thatlinc. Whatever is false, and therefore is capable of being “shaken,” in any man must be removed, put away, consumed; in order that, as ‘Paul says, “We may serve God acceptably with reverence and fear: for ourGod is a consuming tire.” Doubtless, there are fiery trials of divers sorts, but tho fire that comes with the full man- ifestution of God's love appears to be the most. ellicacious and purifying of all. Paul counsels in a certain case to “deliver “such an one‘unto Satan for the destruction of tho flesh that the spirit maybe saved.” Again, he speaks of tho “old man” as perishing while the “new.man” is being renewed; and again, of the wrath of God as “revealed from Heaven against all un- godliness and unrighteousness of men,"—I. e., against the evil in men. it would be diflicult to say how many dificul- ties would aisanpenr, how many paradoxes und seeming contradictions of Scripture would be il- Juminated by arecognition of what may beca!led the true soul and the untrue soul in man, the consuming of the one being the salvation of the other. For instance. it. would make clear the saying of Jesus: “ He that loseth his‘soul {psuche] shall tind it.” ‘But I wich it understood that Iam now giving only su; tion and not argument. Truth is SOmenni teat is seen by aman rather than reasoned into him. There is doubtless very much yet to be revealed, treasures of wisdom and knowledge opulent ‘beyond the most ex- travagant conception of man; nevertheless, no man nor body of men can assume to dictate or prescribe to others. To do that is dogmatism, or ecclesiastical tyranny. This it is that takes away from men all liberty of conscience. Of old it exa ted the correct mun so considered, the Scribe and punctilious Pharisee, over the good man. It held in close fellowship men acknowl- ‘2 certain set of ‘approved doctrines, though they might be hard, dishonest, and spiritually dead; and ostracized the manof a Divine life. It culminated in accepting Barab~ bas the murderer, and giving over to death Jesus the Prince of Life. : 1t is sometimes said, “Corporations have no souls,” meaning no feeling and conscience. It is notorious that the man as an individual will act more kindly, conscientiously, and humanely than asa member of a corvoration. Religious corporations are no exception to the rule. It would be a great thing if the whole force of the individual conscience and humanity belonging to the members could become the soul or ani- mating principle of the corporation; if the cor- poration might learn to do as well as the best member would do in his own private character. > But jasticism gives over the supremacy in practical matters to the baser and not to the nobler “soul.” The baser soul has its life in creed; while the nobler lives in love, in.con- |-heart. Nothing in India is so destructive to science, in truth, and in the voice of the living ihe Presbyterian Church in her constitution’ |‘ayy-is done in the schoola. Tho work is a utters her-voice for liberty of conscience, . She declares “our full persuasion and assurance of: the infallible truth, and Divine authority there- of, is from the inward work of the Holy Spirit «+ in our hearts.” She does not, constitn- tionaliy, believe iu tying men down, and forcing. opinions upon them. She grandly says, “God alone is Lord of the conscience; and hath lett it free from the doctrines and commandments of men, which: are in anything contrary. to His d, Or beside it, in matters of faith or wor- ship"; anc she “considers the rights of private judgment in all matters that respect reliion, a3 ‘universal and inalienable.” This utterance has heaven's own breath of fredom iu it. . . = But it must be confessed with sadness that, practically, she shows little faith in that Lord's power and elliciency, or in His “ inward work in our hearts.” Does she not sometimes:**lord it |: over inen’s consciences” notwithstanding, in- stead of leaving all_direction of them with her “Lord? She theréfore ‘considers it no more .¥et without doubt the health—yea, even the future safety—of-the Presbyterian Church dies in the path of freedom of conselence. Hud tho’ Buffalo Presbytery followed this path, would she, upon inere common farne, her services all unsolicited by the ay most concerned, have dictated to the Dunkirk brethren in pew and pulpit?. Seeing a man following, 80. far as has been shown, his own conscience in speaking, and others theirs in bearing, would she uve ‘uttered the “ stop” of suspension? But much is said of those “solemn vows” of ordination. Yes, but listen to her own utter- ance, in the Larger Catechism affirming that even vows are not binding 2s against a man's conecience. She declares: [Ques. 13] the fol- Jowing to be sins—-viz,; ** Violating of our oaths and vows if lawft and fullilling them if of things unlawful,”—i.e.. according to previous showing any -doctrince and commandments uf men, such as are enforced a8 supremo oyer the consciences of men, and do not icare” them tn all things perfectly free to follow the Word of God. No oath or vow may lawfully be “ ful- tilled ” in any such case, even according to Pres-: byterian standards... |): Payer iaee An additional word seems called for, {n ex- plauation of my persistent and. very generally criticised refusal to withdraw from the ministry of the Presbyterlan Church, or to seek other ecclesiasticul connections: * bp Si To me there scem_ soine very weighty reasons for such a course. Iam deeply impressed that the prevalent judging of men by some dead tet-: ter of doctrine, instead of by lite, by, creed: in- stead Of deed, is wrong. and productive of great and wide-spread and crowing. mischief; that it is as much for the hurt of other men as for my burt; and that it should be both challenged and resisted.'~The importance of this matter places. itabove all meresy personal interests. The light ougnt to be permitted to shine into any and every corner that is dark. ‘Suppose i go outside in order to make my protest.—it_ would ‘bo like going out of a ship beyond beating of the pas- sengers, that I might be alluwed to ‘suy. thut I -bave discovered a leak; or it would ke like xct- ting aboard some other ship before speaking out, in which case.it might seem par- tisan and spiteful, by reason of personal interest in the. one newly adopted; and would refore gofornothmg. | > oe, The chief thing to be considered is the welfare the’ passengers. The extited feeling ex- pressed in,“ This our craft is in danger,’ re- sisted the truth not alone at Ephesus, but it has, :been a chief opponent “of. the truth in its shn- plieity ever since. I effective protest. against.error is to quictly and faithfully -stand for the right juse where ypa are, and paticutly take the consequences. ‘Thea,’ if ecclesiasticism, “which ‘loves forms and ‘institutions more™for thelr own sake than because they are reobptacles of truth, dominates And strangles spiritual life, having it in its heart to lora it over men's consciences, the people have an actual demonstration of the fuct, in eomparison with. which mere verbal statement. of the fact {s ag nothing. It may-yet appear that the manly and honest course after allis not to.withdraw, but to speak for truth, and then, if to uncompliainingly suffer as an evil- ht them without.much réficction, supposing thatit expresses the truth of.the Bible. This being the case, if in after ‘years their honest and prayerful studies lead toa change of view | . THE REVISED BIBLE. on some points, but not such asto affect their general Christian faith and usefulness, 11 would certainly scem unjust to disturb all their church relations and sympatHies. . . . The‘churches may as well learn the lesson now as ina few years, for learn it some time they must, that ;| some of the old forms of belief can be nolonger maintained.. ‘The whole public mind—unless.it be that of the preachers, who often secm slower: tolearn than anybody else—is rapidly under- going very great changes, and changes, too, for the better and not the worse.” _E. KR, ADAMS. CHURCH ADVERTISING. HOW FAR MAY CHURCH-WARDENS AND VESTRIES DECEIVE THE PUBLIC? To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune. . . “CHICAGO, Alg. 23.—Sunday, two weeks ago, after breakfast, I looked into Taz Trrsune and saw that at St. J's Church (on the North Side) the Rev. —— C— would officiate.. As the said: reverend gentleman hasa high reputation for pulplteloquence, Iducided to brave the heat, ang went. I found a large congregation waiting and expectant, but imagine the disappointment when a young man, said to be the assistant cler- gyman, presented himself, performed the serv- ice,and preached. Yo say that I. was disap- pointed-would tell but part of the story. Iwas greatly 50; but mors,I was indignant that I should be misled by.a false church advertise- ment. But I thought perhaps it was unavoid- able; that late Saturday night the eloquent minister might have been called -away, or taken sick, and at too late un hourto change the ad- vertisement. So last Sunday seeing the same announcement I went again. It wnsone or the hottest days of the yeur, but the congregation was a large one, mostly of strangers who wanted tohear one of whom they had heatd so much. Imagine our astonishment and indignation tofind that the advertisement was again a lying one. The ussistant again preached. and I must say, aa excellent sermon;.but 1 undertake to say,- also, that most of his hearers were too mnch vexed to attend ‘to it asit deserved. .And the quality of the sermon has nothing to say to the question at issue. We wentto eat “roast beof,” rofst beef was advertised gn the Dill of fare, and “quails on toast” wouldn't fill the bill. Of course the lar attendants didn't care. They are such gi people, of course, that the mero going to church satisfies their Sunday cravings, and no sermon at all would suit them as well’ as the best. Besides, they “pay the piper,” and have a right to give him a perpetual vacation if they choose. . But,for the wicked “world’s peo- ple” itis different. Ivis for them that the an- nouncement is made.. They are misled by it, and it doesn’t improve their tempers or add to their picty to be so deliberately Hed to and cheated. Ispeuk strongly, and think 1have.a right to do go, for I respectfully submit that a Church Warden or Vestryman bas no more right to publish a false advertisoment, or. announco star performers that he knows he cannot pre- sent, than a theatrical manager. He is not so likely to be mobbed or thrashed for it, but ho just as fully deserves tobe. I am, respectfully, ack - -ONE OF THE DECEIVED. CHRISTIANITY—BUDDHISM. EXPERIENCE OF A CONVERTED HINDOO. Baltimore American. Harlem Park Methodist Episcopal Church was well filled last night with an audience assembled to hear the story of the conversion of the Rév. Baboo Ram Chandra Bose from Buddhism to Christianity, as told by himself. Among thoso present Were some twenty or more ministers, representing all denominations. Baboo Bose commenced by saying that he was born in heathen lands, a Hindu.- When alittle boy he had beheld the embodiment of Hinduism, which was the national religion, and which embraced many gods and goddesses, a few of whom wero beautiful, but the majority were very ugly. *#*I was -not, -however,” said he, ‘instructed in Hindu precepts and principles, and this formo ivas very fortunate. Speculative Hinduism is pantheism, but practical Hinduism is. gross idolatry, with only a tendenoy to pantheism. ‘This belief is that ali things are done by God, the legitimate conclusions of pantheism. If theft, ormurder, or adultery is committed, it is all done by God. A Hindu never shrinks from responsibility of sin, placing the worst of corrup- tion and misery to God's account. The Mo- hammedan shrinks from sodoing. There is a passage in the Koran which distinctly says that God creates some men for Hell, and. leads them to-Hell.throngh the paths of-sin and vice, but goto a Mussulman end accuse him of this, and he will answer that it is written and that he cannot deny it. I have heard a Brab- minsay: God leads me to ain snd punishes me for sinning.’ These are the’ principles of Hin-" duism, and, as I before remarked, I was not in- culcated deeply with them. According to my caste (literary), I was obliged to-be educated. -I could not be a carpenter or a shoemaker or go into any artisan trades. [must bé educated or starve. Therefore I was sent to school, and, very fortunately, I was sent to Dr. Dunn’s mis- sion school at Calcutta. I early lost my faith in - Hinduism.+ ‘Hindu science is indissolubly con- nected with Hindu religion. Hence, if one was false both were. There is no moro absurd science than the Hindu science. Thelr geology teaches that there are mountains higher than the sun or stars. and that the sun revolves about this mountain. Hence, when the sun is behind the mountuin it is night, and when not hid it is | .' day. Hindu science srives us seven oceans,—one of water, one salt, one mitk, one buttermilk, etc.—and, therefore, when a- boy’s scientific faith is shaken by finding there’ are ouly five oceans, and uil of cold water, his faith in his re- ligion is also shaken. The English are doing much good in India by the spread of intelli- gence. ‘They.aro doing the work of John the, See and destroying the faith in the national religion in expanding the. nutional mind and Hinduism as the English language, and thus a great proportion of the work of the mission- constructive one,.and done by. systematic teaching, and a_ great help is the fact that- to-day the Bible is “the most, prominent in tho curriculum ‘of all: schools. [ours are devoted to its study, and to the eyi- dente of Christianity; and [ think that I myself studied tne Bible more critically than most men of your country. Itis only eight years ago that I received my first instruction’ in the Sunday- school,.as this fs a new institution with us. I bad read the Bible and tracts, but could not muke up my mind fully andat once. Iattended’ lectures on religious topics—*Christiun Kvi- dence,’ ‘The Life of Jesus Christ,’ ete. I had a cousin also in’ tae same mind as myself; One evening as we walked a storm. like this to-day came up; and then it was that my cousin dis- ‘closed his faith in Christianity, arguing that'as your consciences told us It was right, we should embrace it. Itold him {agreed with him. ‘Two other young men also went with us, but after- ward. went back to Hinduism. My cousin and myself remained steadfast. He never wavered, and {s now President of one of the most prom- inent schools in India. My cousin led a Ubristian life; Lwent grievously astray. I was nota hypo- crit, but] wavered between acts of lice ntious- ness and. acts of- Christian. devotion. I fella yictim to the sin of drunkenness, which in India iscalled a Christian vicc. If I had remained a Hindu | mi: have.every other vice, but not- drunkenness. At last 1 entirely surrendered, and became a consistent Christian, surrendcring my Government’ position so as not to be again. led astray by drink. Since then’ I have’ been .preaching the -Gospel. It is difficult to “argne with . Hindus on | re- ligion. They say & man must bo a god to prove there isa God; that we can claim but cannot prove; that tithe speot in prayer is lost time. ‘hey willagree that men shoula be mood citizens, and that they should do’ all: the- good they can, but thatis all. This is an im- Puprement oa Buddhism, which was established yeurs before Christ." The Buddhists say that asthere is DO, sin no sacrifice was necessary; Ancient Buddhists led a virtuous life, but only to releuse them from some transmigra terior sin. Christian morulity is voselish; dhism is intensely selfish, and believes in self-de- liverance. - Thoy-belicve in the existence of evil, but hopeto obtain dclay from punisnment by going about doing good, aud that that is alt that necessrry, and yot, with ull this, there are men jvho aure stand up and compare’ Buddtia- with, the Lérd’ Jesus Christ. It is almost impossible tw mect these mén in argument. If 1 say, * Whut are you doing to relieve yourselves from sla? they say, *There is nosin} your belief in God is a myth." Others -are -idealists, who only Lelieve in consclousness, who will not adjudicate between religions, but say, * Listen to the voice of God within us.’ ‘Then there .are Pantheists, followers of Theodore Parker, and-alao Materi- alists. “As aresult of our work, 1 cun gay, how- ever, that the’ knowledge of Christ'is sprending throughout India. ‘Thirty years ago Christ. was |, openly abused, now, even in the newspapers, He is;thoughtof and acknowledged. as almost di-- vine. There is scarcely a man in India who youl aoaee het eae he now be- eve Him to be the grogtest o rophets— Above Plato or Confucius.’ > bg THE QUESTION OF COPYRIGHT, 5 New York Herald. 0 se ‘The work of revising the Bible was begun ten y2arsagoin England. The most learned Bibll- cal scholars in the world have taken part. in” it. iat eared Hust the most |-mheresultof theft iabors is awaited withthe keenest interest in all civilized countries. It is now announced that the revised New.Testament. ‘has been printed and will‘sodn bo giyen to: the public The important and futcresting question has Deen raised as to whether the work can be Protected by copyright in the United States or whether any publisher is free to reap a rich ryest by reprinting it without Ncense: It ap~ ears that, While the revisers have worked with- out pay, all the expenses of the revision have been borne by Macmillan &Co.. the authorized publishers, who have invested more than $100,- 000 in the undertaking. They willhave a~mo-" nopoly of the publication in Great Britain, and, of coursé, ate desirons of enjoying the same. privilege in this: country, where the sales' are: likely to. rim into tho millions of copies. It {s sald that the American Bible Society hus agreed not to republish the revision _without authority, *) Bible as well as in any other. book, an -of the Disciples, | SUNDAY REOREATION, and that the Baptist Society has warm- ty declared that it will not ‘pirate the Holy Scriptures.” But there. may be other American publishers with ‘more zeal to spread the new Gospel among the people and Jess scruple concerning the meum und tuum aspect of the matter. On one side it is argued that the Bible ig common property. and that if it were otherwise the present revision would not be entitled to protection in this country be- cause It isa foreign publication. It is mafa- tained on the other hand that under certain cir- cumstances literary property: may exist ie te copyright in the new revision may be secured in the United States on the ground that a part of the work has been done by American scholars. ‘What is the law? . : Undoubtedly a revised New Testament or Bible may be a proper subject for copyright wherever it differs materially from theoldtext. Longago the sovereign in England claimed the exclusive ae of printing the English translation of the Bible, and lawyers defended this claim on prin- ciples of property—namely: that the translating had been done at the public expense. That | British copyright will vest in the present revision is clear, It is equally clear that American copy- right could have been secured for it if the work had been done wholly by citizens of this country. Jt is not less true that no copyright will cover the revised edition inthe United States. Since the formation of the Government Congress acted on the principle tbat foreign literathre is not worthy of protection and encouragemont. In the case of joint native and foreign surthorship copyright muy vest in the native part wher th! is material in amount, and can be separated as an in baat part from the foreign. , The cevision of the Bible is the joint production of American and foreign scholars. : But the work of the sev- eral revisers has been so interwoven that no dis- tinct or separable part cap be nid to be.the pro- duction of any one. Copyricht in the revised Bible will be’ recognized in Canada, Australia, and other British possessions. It will be pro- tected in tne principal countries of Europe | under existing international copyright treatics. in the United States alone of all countries the law will give it no protection. -Here the work muy be pirated at will. Unlicensed reprints, lit- eral or garbled. may be issued without mit or legal restraint. The law allows this to be done siiuply because the work Is the fruit of foreign instead of native scholarship and industry. , GENERAL NOTES. The Jewish now year 5641 begins this evening after sundown. ih . The Universal Association of Llinois meets at Joliet Sept. 14—16. The thirty-fourth annual meeting of the American Missfonary Assoolation will be held in Norwich, Conn., Oct. 12—14. ~The recepits of the: American Bible Society during July were $56,271, of: which $13,214 came from donations and $23,816 from legacies. Under the superintendence of the Rev. Dr. Fauld, of the United Presbyterian Mission in Tokio, the Gospel of Mark has ‘been printed in raised type for the blind Japanese, George Goodberry, alins “Helix,” is the founder of a new sect which he calls the “Solid Backs.” He believes the members will have to sulfer a great deal of persecution, and henca the not inappropriate name which he has given them. His headquarters are in the Bowery, New York, Be au ‘The seven largest Congregational churches in this country are Plymouth, Brooklyn, 2,549 mem- beis; First, Chicago, 1,103; Central, Brooklyn, 1,018; Broadway Tabernacle, New York City, 968; Church of the Pilgrims, Brooklyn, 066; Church aw: York City, 87; First, Oberlin, 0., 743. The peopte of Sgn Lorenzo, Cal., belonging to different churches, seemg that none of their de- nominations was strong cnough to sustain a separate organization, agreed to unite {nto ‘an undenomiuational church. They adopted a ereed which is described us being, “ in 2 general way, tho Apostles’ Creed expanded,” have kept out of debt, and are flourishing, ‘The African Methodist Episcopal Church re- ports thirty conferences, 2,051 churches, and 306,014 members. There ure nine Bishops, namely: John M. Brown, D. A. Payne, James A. Shorter, T. M.D. Ward. J. P. Campbell, William. F. Dickerson, A. W. Wayman, H. M. Turner, and R.H.Cain. Tho Wilberforce University is lo- cated near Xenia, in Green Covary, O. The Episcopal Church at Tacoma, the western terminus of the Northern Pacitic Railroad, bas one of the oldest church tower. in the country, an immense tir tree, waich was: scventy. feo! high, but which hasbeen cut off forty fect ubove the ground and surmoucted witha bell and cross, Tho rings of the tree show that itis at Jeast 275 years oid. The church is a log building. ‘The American Baptist Pubtication Society has received about $5.500 for the Robert Raikes Cen- tennial Sundas-School Fund. It has been sug- gested by a life inember that $10,000 should be raised by the Sunday-schvol alumni, or former scholars, as a permanent fund, the interest to be used in furnishing books, Bibles, and aeons ichls for new and aeedy Sunday-schools, with epeciak reference to the freedmen, Indians, ant nese. King Theebau has: caused it to be reported that, since the English priests are afraid to-re- sume charge of their church in Mandalay, he meditates preeonting, it to the Baptists or the Roman Catholics, or.whatever sect will take it. It was ontirely built ‘at bis father's expense, under the supervision of Dr. Murks, but the ground on which the‘ buiiding stands was made over to Bishop Milman, the late Metropolitan of ‘India, on b.baif of the Soclety for Propagating the Gospel As curious a baptism as is often witnessed re- cently occurred at Dallas, Tex. A condemned murderer named Wright desir« ‘4e baptized, a Buptist clergyman was sent vo.,and Wright was tuken to ‘irinity River. But the Sheriff bad his suspicions, To him it seemed more likely that Wright was after a chance to commit sui- cide, and so he, too, accompanied the procession. When they reached the river the Sheriff tied a rope around the condemned man, and when the ceremony finally took placo-the . Sheriff. stood like a fisherman on the hand while: the minister proceed baptism. led with the ‘ PERSONALS. Harrison, the “boy preacher,” is endowed with mesmeric powers. - . . President Hayes‘has,heen elected Vice Presi- dent of the American Bible Society... : * The Rev. W. H. H, Murray.has abandoned pub- lic life, and wilt devote histuture to the éxporta- tion of American productions té England. “' * The Rey. Theodore Gould has been elected manager of the book department of the African Methodist Church,..ith, headquarters at. Phila- delphia.. “ Bishop Littlejohn, or the Loug Island Diocese of the Episcopal Church, has recelved un invita- suon to deliver 4 courscof lecturesat Cambridge. England, : Tho New Covenant savs Henry Ward Beecher belongs to the Uncertainurians, becuse he has Bo certain views as to tho final outcome of ret- ‘Bishop Ryan, formerly of the Mauritius, has been inducted into: the living of St. Peter's, Bournemouth, in spite of the protest of 1,100 of the parishioners. A committee has been appointed to look into the alleged. heresy of Prof. Robertson Smith, and report at a meeting of the, Church Commission at Edinburg, Oct. #7. The Rey. Enoch Pond, D. D., of Bangor Theo- Jogical Seminary, has just entered bis W0th year. Heretains both’ his, physical ,and intellectual vigor to & remarknblo degree. ai ‘The Rev. T. R.-Wade, English Church misston- ary.in Kashmir, bas just completed the transla- tion of the New ‘Testament into the difficult and little known Kashmiri language. ‘The Rev. Edward H. Smith, formerly of Mor- rison, lil., bus necepted a unanimous -call to the Congregational Churcs, ‘Michigan City/Ind., and wil begin bis ministry ther to-day. ** = The Rev. C. D. Barrows is a fast clergyman, of Lowell, Muss.” He drove’ some friends recently on a coaching excursion, upon -a hot day; and succeeded in killing one df his four horses and toundering all the rest. ‘The Rev. Pau! Sterling. who recently married a daughter of -Gen. ifinks, aud who had an- nounced his intention to go us 2° missionary to China, has been intimidated by tho alleged un- heulthfulness uf the location he had chosen... It is stated that the Pope, having made full in- quity into the cireumstances: which have'led to 1@ bankruptcy of Monsignor Capel, has ordered the Monsignor to be relieved of the embarrass- ments into’ which he has been plunged by his zealous efforts to establish a Cutholic university * at Kensington. A sum of £14,000 has been grant- ed for this purpose. ” ~ How many sins will bo canceled by the chatity of giving 2 wooden-iegged man a pair of skates? ‘The fewer feathers a woman has in her bonnet in this world the more sho,will have on her wings in. the world to come.—Christian at Work. An old: lady being lata ‘at church entered as the congregation’ were’ rising ‘from prayer. ‘\La" said she, curtseying,"“ don't, get upon my account” *) "y 2 PRe 2 ~The weak, crackéd voide of fhe little’old mata up inthe gallery is just a3 sweet to the One in eee ee ibe: hymn is raised et et PeuES Phitadelphia. Tene ee a een eee -Natural- Retigion—Bishop’ (1 deltn- quent paze): “Wretched boy! Who is se that secs hears all that we do, and before whom even1am but a crushed worm?” Page: “The missus, my lord!"—Punch. “ Does the conversation and. ,carriage of your new minister become the Gospel?” asked a learned Bishop of a simple-minded farmer. “Well”. was the reply, “his conversation is rather uid and he don't keep a carriagt ‘The nt knows of an Inspector of Re- lizious Knowledge in the Diocese of Manchester, England, who discovered a child who, in reciting has | nk with the line in his” ‘enue, morn formed “Suffered the Apostles’ * “Suffered under Creed, | transf under Pontius Pilate” into bunch of spiders.” it ae 4 | An cld-school doctor is dying, and the attend- ing clergyman is urging him to prepare for Heaven. “It will be bright and beautiful and eaceful there. You long to go, don't you? atient—* Y-e-e-es; but | dunno; do they ad- mit homeopaths?"—Medical Adviser. * ‘The precentor was ill, and the minister had to look out fora substitute. He met John Thom- gon, and, thinking him a fit person for the ollie: he said, “John, can you precent?" “No,” sal John, “1 canna; but if you'll precent I'll preach.” Staggered for a minute, the minister said, “John, John, ye surely wadna try to predch.” John replicd, with a leer in his eye, .{And what wad hinner me? Onybody can preach “nowadays, and what for no me?” A confident talker in Sunday-schools, wishing to illustrate the difference between fiction and history, once came to sudden grief. He told, in a graphic style, the story of “Jack and the Bean- Stalls." to the great delight of his youthful au- dience. It didn’t trouble them at all that thestory ‘was not true, and when he asked them, * Boys, do you believe the story?” they cried out, with one voice, ‘No, sir; 00, sir.” Being pleased with his sriccess he went on to tell the historical Story of David killing the huge Goliuth with his sling. The boys listened with equal delight,—it wag a mission school,—and when he asked, con- fidently, ‘* Do you believe this story, boys?" the answer came promptly as before, “No, sir; no, sir.” An explosion of laughter was inevitable, even froin grave Superintendent and teachers, and the eloquent speaker was at his wits’ end. CHURCH SERVICES. EPISCOPAL. Cathedral! Church, SS. Peter and Paul, corner ‘West Washington and Peoria streets, The Rt- Rev. W. E. McLaren, 8. T. D., Bishop. The Rev. J. H. Knowles, priest in charge. Holy Com- munion,8 a.m. Choral morning prayer and celebration of the Holy Communion, 10:30 a. m. Children’s service, 8 p, m. Choral evening prayer, 7:30 p.m. : —The Rev. Frederick Courtney will preach in St. James’ Church, corner of Cass and Huron Streets, at 10:45'a, m. and 7:45 p, m. —Tho Rey. R. A. Holland will preachin Trinity Church, corner of Twenty-sixth street and Mich- igan avenue, at 10:45 a. m. is : —Thore will be no services in St. Andrew's Church, corner of West Washington and Robey streets. The Rev. John Hedman will preach in St. Ansgarius’ Church, Sedgwick street, near Chi: cago avenue,’ at 10:30 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. —The Rev. Arthur Ritchie will preach in the Church of the Ascension, North La Salle and Elm streets, at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. —The Rov. Charles Stanley Lester will preach in St. Paul's Church, Hyde Park avenue, near Fiftieth street, at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. ‘—The Rey. B. F. Fleetwood will prexch in St. Mark’s Church. corner of Cottage Grove avenue and Thirty-sixth street, at 10:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Se —The Rev. J.D. Cowan will preach in St. Stephen's Church, Jackson street, near Twelfth, at 10:30.a. m. and 7:30 B, m. —The Rev. Luther Pardes will preach in Cal- ‘vary Church, Warren avenue, bear Western ave- nue, at 10:30,a, m. and 7:80 p.m. * —The Rev. T.N. Morrisun will preach in the Church of the Epiphany, Thrvop street, near Monroe, at 10:30 a. m. and Ad m. 1 —The Hey. W. J. Petrie will preach in the Church of Our Savior, corner of Lincoln and Bel- den avenues, at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. —The Rey. James E. Thompson will preach in St. Thomas’ Church, Indiana avenue, near Thir tleth streets, at 11a. m.and ae m. Services will be held in St.Luke's Mission, 987 Polk street, at 10:45 a. m.and 7:3) p.m. : REPORMED EPISCOPAL, The Rev. F. W. Adams will preach in St Matthew's’ Church, corner of North Clark and Centre strects, at'Il a. m. and 8 p.m. Com- munion service in the morning. —The Rev. Charlies M. Gilbert will preach in Christ Church, corner of Michigan avenue and ‘Twenty-fourth strect, at 10:45 a. m. and 7:45 p.m, ~The Rey. R. H. Bosworth will preach in the Presbyterian Church, Englewood, at 3:45 p. m. —Tho Rey. C. Miln, of Brooklyn, N. ¥., will Preach in St: Paul's Chureb, corner of West Washington and Curpenter streets, at 11 a. m- Subject: “ Loss that Leads to Gain.” ~Bishop Fallows will preach in the evening. Subject: “Seeing Through a Glass Darkly.” aes UNITARIAN. = = The Rev. E. J. Galvia will preach in the Third Cuurch, corner of Monroe and Latiia streets, morning and evening. «The Rev. Brooke Herford will preach in the Churck of the Messiah, corner of Michigan ave- nue and Twenty-third street, at 10:45 a, m. Sub- ject: ‘The True Chivalry for To-Day.” —The Rey. Mr. Snyder, of St. Louis, will preach in Unity Church at 11 a. m. PRESBYTERIAN, - * ‘The Rev. J. M. Wotrall will preach in the Eighth Church at 10:30 a. m. and 7:45 p.m. . —The Rev. Dr. Jobnson will preach in the Fourth Church, corner of Rush and Superior streets, morning and evening. —The Rev. W. T. Meloy will preach in the United Church, corner of Monroe and Paulina strects, morning and evening. j —The Rev. J. H. Walker will preach at the Campbell Park Church, corner of Leavitt street, morning and evening. é —The Rev, Arthur Mitchell will preach in the First Church, corner of Indiana»avenue and Twenty-first street, at 11 a. m.. Prof. Z. M. Humphrey will preach in the evening at the Railroad Chapel, No. 1419 State strect, at 7:45. —The Rev. W. H. Gil, of New Jersey, will preach in the Second Church, corner Michigan uvenue and Twentleth street, at 10:45 a. m. and peat m. —The Rev..A. E. Kittredge will preach in the Taird Church, corner of Ashlund‘and Ogdeo avenuos, at 10:45 a. m. and 7:30 p. in. —The ‘Rev. S. E. Wishard will preach in the Fifth Church, corner of Indiana avenue and Thirtieth streets, at 10:30. m. and 7:30 p. m, —The Rey. E..N. Barrett will preach in West- minster Church, corner of Jackson and Peoria streets, at 10:45 2. m. - a aes —The Rey. Arthur Swazey wilt preach in the Forty-first Street Church at 10:45 a. m. “METHODIST. * ‘The Rev. De Loss Tompkins will preach in the Austin Church morning and eveoing. Morning subject: “ Degrees in Religion.” Evening sub- ject: “Tendency in Character.’ ~The Roy. George Chase will preach in the. Fulton Strect Church, corner of Artesian ave- nue, at 10:30 2. m. and 7:30 p.m. Evening sub- ject: “Christian Fellowship.” oe —The Rev. Dr. Thomas will preach in Cen- tenary Church, Monroe, near Morgan street, morning and evening. —The Rev. Dr. Williamson will preach in the First Church, corner of Clark and Washington streets, at 10:30 a, m. and 7:45 p.m. Morning subject: “The Ten Character Crises in Ever: Human Life.” Evening subject: “ The Mother.” Seats free. “ at iS —The Rev. J. D. Wilson will preach in’ St. Jobn’s Church, Ellisavenue, near Thirty-seventh Strect, xt 11 a. m. and 8 p,m. .—The Rey. T. B. Hilton will preach at the Ada Street Church at 10:30 a. m.and 7:00 p, m. < —The Rev. R. D. Sheppard wit preach in Grace Church, corner North La Salle and White streets, morning and evening. —The Rey. G. R. Van Horne will Michigan Avenue Church, near street, at10:30 a. m. and 7:45. Rs Morning subject: “ The New and Living Way.” Evening subject: “ Mun’s Prerogative to Petition.” + —The Rev. F. A. Hurdin will preach in Halsted pele Church, 778 South Halsted, morning and evening. =e —Tnho Rev. R. B. Pope will preach in Trinity Church, Indiana avenue, ‘fear Twenty-fourth Street, at 10:45 n. m.and3p.to.. _ e —The Rev, Frank. M. Bristol. will_preach in Wabash Avenue Church, corner of Fourteenth street, at 11a. m. and 7:45 p. m. 5 —The Ney. T. C. Clendenning will -preach morning and evening in the Langley Avenue Church, near Egan avenue ee = —The Rev. W. X. Ninde will preach in Ada Street Church, near Lake ‘street, at 10:30 2. m. ote vad. Me Cala tL ‘il h on =The Rev. J. M. Caldwell will preach morn! and evening in the Western Avenue Church, coe ner of Souran sect Piel ii e Rev. J. W. Phelps will preach morn- ing and evening in St. Paul's Church, corner of Muxwell and Newberry streets, -° ¢ Rey. E. M: Boring will preach morn- ing and evening in State Street Church, near Forty-seventh strect. . ~The Rev. William Craven -will preach morning and evening in Winter Street Church, bade Soy ine Pega ff —xé Rey. S. 'L. Shaw will preach morning and evening in Dixon Street Church, near North ay- reach in the ‘hirty-second —Thi enue. a8 «othe Rev. F. Porter will preach in ‘Lincoln Street Church, corner Ambrose street, morning ante Ree. JW. Richards will —Tho Rey. J. W. Ric hin Em- manuel Church, corner of" Hartiads ent Pauling streets, morning and evening. Part eerie sfenaras Will Breach in Jack~- reb, and evening. ae ea OF Delssbyemoralng —The Rev. I. H. Kellogg will preach in As- bury Chapel, Kossuth stfect, mording and even- “The Rev: J. M. Wheaton will pr Northwest Church,’ Western. nyeton eae ie wave iter We &, Hob i preach i = . W. T. Hobart Wankee Avenue Chi ue) and evening, . . A —The Rev. it. 8. Cessna will preach in Indiana. Street Church, No. 663 West Indiana street, morning and evening. a —The Rev. T. #. Strobridge wil! preach in’ ine Park ‘Avenue Church morning and ‘even- reach in Mil- W265 Milwaukeo-av- tha nese CONGREGATIONAL. ie Rev. H. M. Paynter will England Chureh morning Mey Breeizee ree > —Zhe -Rev. James Powell: will preach _in-Ply- Mouth Church, Michigan avenue; near Twenty- fifth street, at 10:39 a.m. —The Rev. A. Monroe will preach in Union Tabernacle, corner Ashland avenue and Twen- tieth street, at 10:30 a. m. and 7:45 p. m. ;—The Rey. G. H. Peeke will preach in Leavitt Street Church ati] a. m. and 7:30 p.m. _- The Ker. Fae; Good wit it preach itt the r Streets, at 10:30 a. m. and TB pee om = Rev. Robert Nourse, of Springfeld, will pregeh in Union Park Church, corner of Ash- ‘and avenue and West Wushingion street. —The Rev. C. A. Towle will preach in Bethany Church, corner Pai d West Huron streets, morning and syentng. —The Rev. B. F._ vitt will preach in Lin- coin Park Caused, Sora ote Soule ‘and Mohawk ¢ 10:45 a.m. and 7:00 p. : oerhS ev. E. B. Williams wii preach at South Droxel ee corner at panlovar] and Fortieth 245-8. 1 Ef ieee strethe Rev. ‘Bearts Kent will preach in the Clinton Street Church, cornor of Clinton and ‘Wilson streets, at 10:45 a, m. and 7;30 p. m. 5 BAPTIST. Services will be held ery University Place cl 10:45 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. cnurhore will be no services in the Fourth rch. = oS ¢ Rev. Kerr B. Tapper will preach in the Michigan Avenue Church, near Twenty-third street, at 11 ar publects “The Lord's Ory va tihe ev Be Wingren will preach in the Sec- ond Swedish Cauren: Buctertiela street, near +first, mol and evening. soy Hey, Cs Gwitt will preach at’ Brighton Park Church, corner of Thirty-eighth street and Blanchard pean: a ay be ae The Rev. H. will preach at 7:30 p.m. Bape Rev. George C. Lorimer will preach in the First Church, South Park avenue, corner Thirty-first street, at 11 a. m. and 7:45 p. m. —The Rev. E. B. Hulbort will preach in the Fourth Church, corner ¢ of West Washingvon and street, morning an . Paulie Rev. . Rowley Frill preach in the North Star Church, corner of Division and Sedgwick streets, at 10:45 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. —The Rev. C. Perrin will preach im the West- ern Avenue Church, corner of Warren avenue, at 10:30 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. <The Rev. W. H. Parker will preach in the Coventry Street Church, corner of Blooming- dale road, morning and evening. —The Rev. R. De Baptiste will prenon in Oli- vet Church, Fourth avenue, near Taylor street, at lla. im. and 7:45 p. m. “The Rev. A. K. Parker will preach in Cen- tennial. Church, corner Lincoln and West Jack- gon streets, at 10:30 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. —The Rev. E. 0. Taylor will preach in Central Ghuren, No. 200 Orchard street, morning and evening. —The Rev. W. A. Broadhurst will Breach in the Dearborn Street Church, corner of Thirty- sixth street, at 10:30 a. m. and 7:3) p. m. —The Rev. J. Q. A. Henry will preach in Rvan- gel Church, Dearborn street, near Forty-sev- enth, at 10:45 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. —The Kev. J. B. Vossbu: will preach in the Willard Avenue Church, Lawndale, at 10:45 a. mite Hey? Mr: Moyer will preach in the First —tThe Hey. Sir. Moyer cl Gecman Church, corner of Bickerdike and Hu- -ron streets, at 10:30 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. —The Rev. J.B. Sunth will preach in the First Norwegian gnats Sornee, Wal le and West Ohio Streets, at 10:30 a. m. 230 p.m. e ‘Services wil be held inthe Halsted Street Church, between Forty-first and Forty-second streets, morning and evening. = = —The Rev. N. F. Raylin will preach morning and evening at the Baptist Mission, No. 431 Og- den avenue. —The Hev. J. B. Jackson will preach in Hyde Park Church at 10:45 a. m. ie x —The Rey. Gainsha Anderson will preach in the Second Church, corner of Morgan and Mon- roe, at 10:30 a, m., and 7:45 p. m. ' INDEPENDENT. Communion service will be held in the Chicago ‘Avenue Chureh in the morning and Gospel service in the evening. —The Rev.S. A. Norton will preach in the Burr Mission Chapel, 2801 Wentworth avenue, at ‘T:45 p. ma. NEW JERUSALEM. The Kev. W. F. Pendleton will preach fu Union Park Temple, curner of West Wasbington street and Oden avenue, at 11 a. m. and 4 p. m. —The Rev. L. P. Mercer, Sweden! ian, will preach in Hershey Music-Hall atila,m. Sub- ject: “The Wonderful World of the Soul” ‘UNIVERSALIST. The Rey. Sumner Elis will preach in the Church of the Redeemer, corner of Sangamon and West Washington streets, in the mcrnmg. —The v. W. H. Ryder will preach in St. Paul's Church, Michigan avenue, near Eight- eenth street, at 10:45 a. m. and 7:45 p. m. CHRISTIAN. |. The Rev. Dr. Mathewson will preach in Chris- tian Church, 91 South Green street, morning and evening. Seats free. = —The Rev. J. H. Wright will preack in the ‘Western Avenue Church, near Harrison street. morning and evening. —The Rev. Charles H. Caton, having returned from his vacation, will preach in the Second Church, cornerof Oakley avenue and Jackson Street, morning and evening. —The Rey, B. W. Johnson will preach in the South Side Church, Prairie avenue, corner of Thirtieth streot, morning and evening. os L " MISCELLAKEOUS. A‘ Liberal Reunion” will be held at No. 213 pies Madison street at 2:30 p.m. Women will rt —A Spiritualist and mediums’ meeting will be beld at 503 West Madison street at 3 p. mn., —Gospel meetings forrailrond men will de held at the reading-room corner of Kinzie and Canal at 3:15 p. m.; at No. 63{South Cunal street at 3:30 p. m.; and at 4645 South State street at 3:30 p.m. —A meeting of Latter-Day Saints, Mark H. Forscutt leading, will be held at 619 West Lake Street at 10:45. » —A Faith meeting will be held at 21 West Madison street, third story. —The Rey. Dr. A. Miller wil! preach in Wash- ingtonian Home Chapel at 3p. in. - —A Gospel meeting, conducted by the Wom- an’s Christian Temperance Union, will be held i Good ‘Templare’ Hall, 1086 West Lake street, at4 pom. —A central mecting of Friends will be held in the Atheneum Building, Dearborn street, néar Randolph, ut 10:30a.m. —The Disciples of Christ will mect at 229 West Randoiph street at 4 p. m. —The First Society of mediums and Spiritual- an wil} meetat No. 13 South Halsted street at 3p.m. : —Mr. Monroe, 8tate Lecturer, will condact a meeting in the ‘Temperance Church, corner of Noble and Ohio streets, at 4:30 p.m. —There will be a Gospe! meeting, led by Mr. John Morrison, at Pacific Garden at the usual our. CALENDAR FOR THE WHEE. Pages EPISCOPAL. jt. 5—Fift Rik sept pre yicentt Sunday after Trinity. CATHOLIC. Sept. 5—-Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost. Sept. SoBe eayrenee Justinian, B. C. (from opt. 5). Sept. T-Fera, ‘4 Sept. 8—Nativity of the B. V. M.; St. Adrian, M. Sept, 9-Of the Octave of the Nativity; 8t. Gor- gonius, M. Sept. 10—St. Nicholas of Tolentino, C. Sept. U—Of the Octave; SS. Protus ahd - cinthus, Mf aye THE FIRST CRIME OF THE AGE. For The Chicago Tribune. ‘¥e men of the Northland, awake from your leth- argy! _ : Hear the foe's tread and deinontiac yéll! Onward they press with set. purpose, and stead- E’en as of old when proud Sumter fell. have ye forgot how, in days dark and bloody, Forth went your sires and S008 tO the field? 7 How ‘midst the battle thes perished in zlory? How they smiled as they died before they would And have ye forgot the dread dungeons of Lib- And that spot whose grent crinies will ‘all ‘mem- ory thrill, . With {tS dead-line, and slough, ana its awful sturvation, 4 “The invention of demons—biack Andersonville? All bail to the horde with itsleaders Satanic! - Ku-Klux and Bulldozers—to the great. and the small! From the fend in the Senate, bold leader of inasaitere, é ‘To the tend in the bush—cursed man-killers all! ‘These are the traitors and children of traitors; ; These are the men whb, had justice been done, Long would have rotted in graves unremem- bered— ~ A festering brotherhood ‘neath the red sunt” Solid! Aye, Solid! And by deeds the most dam- nabies Pale grows the line upon History’s page! egsoe ath failed, and its conoris fara ius Behold, ye proud world, the First Crime .. Agel ar E. ooo The Noble Lord Ribblesdalé. Lord Ribblesdale bas just sold to the National Gallery at-London a painting by Ward for 87,500. The story of the picture is that, after it was Painted, the old Lord: Ribblesdate found it was too lurge to get into his house, and sent it to the British Museum, asking the trustees to keep it for him until the National Gallery was built, when he would present it to the Gullery... This was fifty yeurs ago, and, after two generations of Ribblesdales have passed away, the present |, finding the canvasgrolied up inthe Brit~ ish Sluseum, took it bome, had it varnished and framed, sold it to the National Gallery. and Pocketed the money. It tookagreat deal of courage ina noble Lord to assume that a pict- ure was his when it had been in the possession of others fur, fifty years, but the sublimity of cheek was reached in selling the picture to the Rotual owners. Ihe trustees of the National allery now propose to take ste} their money back. Be ee a __ = Panishment of Anti-Vaccinationists. A Pariiumentary return issued recently stat that in England 3,883 persons have been fined and eighty-seven imprisoned for non-compll- ance with the requirements of the vaccination acts. Of the latter, seventy-three were sen- tenced to periods not exceeding a fortnight. and | fourteen for terms longer than a fortulght but less than ” month. in Wales forty-one persons have been fined. The fines vary from 1s. to #2 lis., tho latter sum being paid. by.a porsonin Lancashire who hus twenty-one convictions re- corded aganst bim. ‘There is, too, consideraple variation in the penaities imposed-ia different districts, A contumacious offender in Berkshire, Who had appeared before the Court twenty-five times, escaped with penalties umounting to £17 93. 60.; while for four summonses in Norfolk DO less than £15 103, was intiicted. In Middlesex of the BR e8 cost £5 10s., but the —may perhaps’ account for this isy ADELAIDE NEILSON, ‘The Last Rites to the Departea + iter Engagement to ‘Admiral et” . eo ourners if Slim Extate. | | “B® Gtaventter PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 2.—Oliv: “writes the following account of- the Prva of Miss Neilson to the Philadelphia Times Along..a..pertumed pathway came “the funeral procession of the beautifal youns actress, whom thousands of people in Am; ica have admired for many reasous, ‘Arts, tically Neilson adored America, not Mere} for the wonderful harvest of money she ann; : ‘ally gleaned there, than for the warm appre. ciation her personations drew forth from ade miring audicenceseall over the length ang breadth of the land. Socially she preferred England, n; enough. Outside of New von by society in America of that peculiar kind gen. erally classed under the broad name of “ Upper Bohemian,”—a society as elegant, refined, and lavish in its material surround. ings as that of the highest nobility, far more intellectual and spiritual than that, gay, bright, entertaining, and yet thoroughly un. fifteen, “died figure. conventional,—asking no questions, telling no lies. Persons penetrating it are requested, so to speak, to “‘likeitorto lump it.” I think almost everybody in the world likes it, but a great many are forced to lump iton account of the conventionalism in force in thet woe Bonomi ot Bohemia ae ei hemian or not Bohemian, A. Neilson was abdut to fix the inal pee ee circle of brilliants her beauty and her gening -had won her. The ,necessity for keeping her secret no longer exists,‘ and I now publish it. She herself told me Jast-sum- mer that she was engaged to be married to Rear Admiral Glyn, the naval officer who took the Prince of Wales out to India, and whose standing at Court is of the highest. As his wife her life would have been a delight- fulone. Certain ‘circumstances would have barred her -presentation to the Queen, but there are many ladies of fashion and’stand- ing who do not enjoy this honor. and yet who go freely into brilliant and. aristocratic go- ciety and hold their own there. This would have been Neilson’s position. She would have had a gentleman of birth and distinction and one who adored her for her husband, and her house would have been arendezvousfor the brightest, gayest, and most entertaining of all classes of ton ion’s, multiplex life. en she told me last year of her intention.to marry and leave the stage, I ventured to say that I thought she was.un- wise todoso. Her revenue from her staza life was very handsome, and the adulation to her beauty and talent was an incessant song, “*¥es, yes, I know all that,” she replied, as we drove in her pretty little brougham ‘ap Regent street. “ But then if you knew how" may atlanced husband loves me! It is perfect idolatry a sn0 a ad do you think if will continue? I asked. : “Yam sure of it,” she replied warmly. “ Yes, you have no idea how stanch and true he is. His love has continued for man! years. No-matter where I Fo or how long stay away, I find him ever the same witen I return. f long to marry him; I wish I were 4] to do so to-morrow.” “ Why is the marriage delayed ?” I asked. “JT wish to.see his daughter married first,” she answered, the shadow of deep reflection darkening her lovely face. ‘‘ Ido not think it fairto the young lady‘to see herself ousted from her position as housekeeper by a fa- ther’s young wife.” There was another reason besides this, one which she did not mention, but one of which every one knew... Her divorce from. Mr, Lee was obtained-in America, and, therefore, was open to-contest in*®) id. She would, perhaps, have-been sued for bigamy had sha remarried, and the lawyer who would have had charge of her case was one of the vrin- cipal mourners at her funeral,—Georga Lewis, and an aristocratic-looking man, a well-known habitué of first-night perform- ances, and one of the cleverest speakers at the London Bar. A striking feature of the funeral exercises was the presencwof harmonious color in the usual jetty trappings of the paraphernalia. - The open grave was lined with a beautiful bright purpie cloth. The body of.the hearsa was an invisible blue,—the blue black of an autumn plum. The sacred monogram, LH. S., was of silver, and a ‘silver cornice of Tich metal-work surmounted the vehicle. ‘The horses’ harness was silver. The coffin was the delicate yellow of the English oak, and when it -lay in the earth I looked down into the yawning culf and saw a gloomy bank of color wreaths and crosses of purest white flowers intérmingled with the soft greenery of leaves, and bud éncasements were heaped upon the long, slender, yellow oaken casket, andamid them fluttered a pink paper, the programm of her last night’s performance in america, The purple cloth descended along the newiy-cut sides of the earth, and from tha flowers and the spaded ‘soil there arose a sweet fragrance, tender, delicate, n faint per- fume which almost seemed like an exhala- tion from the fair, dark-eyed woman who ‘} shall entrance human senses neverimore. -- You should: have seem the grief of Comp tom. “Tearblotted, agonized from sorrow, f scarcely Knew him for the pretty stripling 1 first met in Miss Neilson’s, blue;satin hung boudoir,' - -- Near. him is. Lor Henry Lennox, to whom I ‘was introduced by Mrs. Hicks-Lord, whom gossip at ons time said he was to marry. Other men of distinction ate there, and ‘act as co-mourners withthe various -celebrities of artistic Iffe. Fanny Josephs, Mrs. John, Miss Mellon, Mrs. Bernard Beere, and many others. aya present, all clad in deepest mourning.” The doctor of divinity. who ‘performed the serv- ices was a man of impressive presence, and who. seemed to feel a penetrating interest in ,'the -lovely subject’ of his ‘supplicating prayers. eae Fit hse ‘The report that Miss Neilson left a. very large estatt is unfounded. Just prior to her Jast visit to America she told her friends -that she had no money whatever. -Whatshe . had earned she had either spent or lost in unfortunate Spec lations in New. York real ‘estate. -She lived extravagantly always; and “was-generous-to the utmost-degree to these about her. The person who, perhaps, will mourn for her most keenly and mést_dura- bly will be Mrs. Goodall, her lady compantéa for many years, her secretary, her duenna her what you will. If Miss Neilson hes made a will she certainly has made provision for Mrs. ‘Goodall, “But ts it. likely-a: bright creature, 50 young and fair, and-with -appat- ently so long a future before her, would have cared to sit-down to compose _her las! "SHRDET taunt tn rveycd mas tr e attendance,in the grave -Was ‘Ver great, and to obtain a last look at the coffin there was'such a pressing of the crowd that to be caught-in: it was a* circumstance fraught with danger... + . “Oh, Isay, do move on, quick!” cried gravedigger to a womtan carrying a baby who stood infront of me” “You'll fall into the grave and break -your leg.” . 0. 24 Undoubtedly a majority of those assembled were persons drawn thither: by admiration for the charming woman whose‘ mortu: rites were being .celebrated;. but the. crus was rendered ‘tremendously greater by the surging thitherof a masgof idle spectato! awho were only anxioug to obtain a Sight o! an impressive and grataitons ceremony. And aga ceremony the funeral of Adelaide Neil- son-was beautiful and striking. loveliest women 1 ever saw—stago beau! who haye sprang-into prominence like Dijon roses, in the course of a summer, were the and.as I looked into. their faces ana adinire their sweet freshness and fair ontlines, ‘I read Again the history of the dead charmer lying in he¥ coffin; fame, adulation, money, ietraction, the whispered word, the shrug- ging- shoulder, that Argonautic: voya: trip'to America, the capture of the golden fleece,.and then the usual finale,-the curtain rung down. : TOGETHER. ++ = For The Chicago Tribune, paapher, together, blow hot or blow cold, We'll a ever be sorry, and never grow ‘ We'll Journey together, love, all of the way,” Enjoying-the sunshine, enduring the storm; Our jose shall grow purer, more fervent eac! _ aye ee eke And more to each other our spirits conform. We'll never be sorry whatever befall, For love shall content us should troublesassails Woperaee we'll stand or together we'll f: nited, confiding, luve never shall fail. In trusting affection we'll never grow.old, Forever retatulny the talisman true; . The Aelagdom! of Youth in our hearts we wil Id spito'of old Timé and his envious crew-, ther, togethor, for over and aye, gether, for 256 ateriy’s ur souls shall progress throug! ‘Together exploring the regions of Day, 0 ‘y ‘Where care caGnOE enter, nor sighing, Dor tears, Hoga.