Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 7, 1880, Page 9

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: \ SUNDAY, NOVEMBER \ , 1880—SIXTEEN PAGES guarantee to save the buyer m 10 to 25 per cent un- der other houses. _We crRCIAL, BARGAINS 617.50. Guaranteed as good value as.other houses are selling at $25. FINEGOODS Richly trimmed with Plush, at proportionately low prices. ALL-WOOL BeaverClothDolmans Trimmed with Velvet and Passe- menterie, at $10 a drive. - FULL LINE FANCY LIGHT CLOTH) ~— DOLMANS! Trimmed with Plush, from $14.50 to $20.00. CLOAKS! Fall line of ‘Diagonal’? and “Beaver” Cloaks, best shapes and styles, from $7 to $25. HAVELOCKS! In Fancy Cloth, Colored Facings, Cord, and Tassels, at $10.50, $12.50, $18, and $20. 2 Waiking Jackets! New styles and colors, from $5.50 to $25.00. ULSTERS! With or without hoods, from $7.50 to $20.00. FUR-LINED GARMENTS! From $28 to $73. On this class of goods we are par- ticularly desirous of close inspec- tion, as, it being a comparatively new branch of the trate with us, we will sell them at @ nominal ad- rance on cost so as to insure their rapid sale. CHILDREVS CLOARS All ages, all styles, and prices al- ways the lowest. SAME GOODS AT OUR WEST SIDE STORE, - 284 & 286 West Madison-st. PARDREDGEN, 114 & 146 STATE-ST. N. B.--Country orders receive Prompt attention. All goods subject to approval. CABINET PHOTOS. = = $3.00 PER DOZ. CURDS, - - - $1.50 PER DOZ. Guaranteed to be as good as the best. 309 West Madison-st. —— UL FOLDING BED. The Burr Patent Folding Parlor Bed Saves Kent of One Room, Best Steel Wire Spring Mattress. ez The hardsomest. most sub- Fm stantial & comfortable made. S49 Manufactured only by A.H. Andrews & Co. Ca This $s to certify that the Manofortes of Messrs. vAY & 4 1 ny of ites and notes of consirucdon, und in all points of excellence they recetved Ratings certified to by the Indges. CHURCH AND PULPIT, A Plea for the Abolition of + Pew Rents in the Churches. The Object. of the Pan-Method- ist Convention Next Fall. Theology, the Philosophy of Religion, Is Never Useless. ——+ Program for the Week of Prayer Beginning Next Sun- day. : ABOVE ALL! Incontestable Proofs. Bishop Jaggar’s Views on the Work of the Recent Episcopal Con- vention. CERTIFICATE. ¢ SUNS compt and Uprizh., xpasition at i he Greatest total i ne General Notes, Personals, Sab- bath Smiles, Services To-Day. ver- nts. and accordl Messi rs. STEINWAY & SONS HM OF EXCELLENCE IN ALL * 1 CAN WAIT. AW, AID, ments, Centenniul Exhibi- Ibave His promise sure, And 1 can wait. So I will sow the seed, Nor fret about the meed; It wilt be all [ need, . Teatena uf a nite tfucturer whose Though coming late. te claim 9% Steinway ratings, aes Clenuntble Td like some riches here, 96 on. Concert But [ean wait. Grands on'y. Comforts might be my snares by 24:24 alton 9 Pretest? He will provide with care, ‘And #ave ine treasures there, In royul state. © z Sometimes I want the key— But [ean wait— ‘That opens wide the door To wisdom’s baundless store; Listind it dropped before The Goldea Gute. ‘Toral 95] Ihave His promise sure, eures ur points of excellence, In the columns under- nenthou names an je by. ¢ a Firo.s on Musteal Instruments at the Centennial Ex: ‘The while £ wait. hibition, Phitudeiphia, Is7, with our record bovks.end deciure these ty: Dated July 23, 1877. ‘The public ts cautioned against tables of figures nd- ver ised by several unscruptious piano manufactur- orwiich ho authority whatever can be a d,and which have been contradis ‘cired false and fraudulent by the Judges themseives. Their certificate suows, among other things, that a certain New York Manufacturer, who has for more thun # Fear claimed % out of possible his Pianos, fell severnt total average reaching 9 ransxed third, and his Par, c:assed fourth onty. The delib -rutely fnisitied bts own fxures: ‘und made them higher, bur be ‘ms alse fu.sified the Steinwa: Erine them vnly Yl ansiexd of Big out v fe Si. LYON & HEALY, Backache, Soreness of the Chest, Gout, Quinsy, Sore Throat, Swellings and Tooth, Ear and Headache, Frosted Feet asife,nure, simpleand cheap External Remedy. af entails but the comparative! Gr 50 Cents, and every one sufe Can Lave cheap and pusitive prouf of its ela Directions in Eleven Languages. SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS AND DEALERS I “Averace Sig out Avenue 854 out of a possible Si. of u pussibie te And I can wait. Ze: shail forget all wrong, We bereby certify that we have cumpnred the above Trine eternal yeurs 80 long, ‘And God shull hear & song, See eat oF our eauminar JEWISH CENSUS. HENRY Fue THE DIFFICULTIES OF OBTAINING IT. HIEDMAYER, rs Jewish Advance, Jewish statistics cannot be correctly given either in countries where the Israelites fol- low the old paths of belief and superstition, or in such as allow full freedom of conscience to the Jew.” Judaism as a religion knows no centralization whatsoever. We have no cel- tral corporations to consult about our spirit ual welfare and to prescribe religious exer- cises for us all, and we have consequently no organization whose interests require to num- ber its adherents and devotees. The rabbi is not a consecrated head, whose duty it is to watch over the piety of his flock; he is merely an expert in religious learning to whom those who are in doubt about such matters refer for instruction and advice. Every Jew is his own priest, and is alone re- sponsible to his Creator for his deeds, and he may spend a long lifetime as a pious Jew without ever referring to a rabbi for advice and consultation. Indeed, according to Talmudical principles noone should ever dare to pronounce an opinion about the piety of another, as the ex- ecutiun of one righteous deed may sometimes lone fora great many sivs. Again super- stidon has made ita sin, even & danger, to count the Jews, The promise was given to ‘Abraham that bis children should be as countless as the stars. David brought pes- tilence on his people by counting them. ‘The rabpins have greatly enlarged upon these Biblical narratives and the tear of being counted took deep root in the hearts of the “chosen people.” ii pros icted und de- gi on ts below thut tgure, bis nis. His Sqaure Phinos r Grands were actually ame maker bas not only ratings, a possi- STATE AND MO. “fhus in the Oriental countries and in the semi-civilized European lands, such as the Danubian Principati.ies, and European Turkish provinces, where rab- binical superstitions still ho:d sway, theJews uinot be brought to submit to a correct cen In Russia the cnse is the same, and although the Governuent tries to ascertain ret number of its Jewish sub- efiorts result only it vague approximation, Beside superst ‘ion, there are other reasons why the Israelites of the atter country avoid giving ,their precise numbers,—the special taxatidns and drafts into the army, for instance, And in enlight- ened countries, such as France, America, and since the last few decades also Austria~ Hungary, Germany, Italy, where super- stition is not prevailing and special taxations bitance are. not to be feared, there are large numbers of sincere and enlightened Israelites who will avoia giving their re- ligious contession to the eensus-clerk; their property, their persons as citizens, enjoy the protection and privileges of the State, and they will gladly give their services to sustain it; but their religious convictions are & mut ter between God and themselves, and they deem it a violation of their most sacred sen- timents if persun or State endeavors to pry into these watters. All efforts, theretore, to ascertain the exact number of Israelites in the world must prove abortive. PRACTICAL CHRISTIANITY. MOODY'S CHURCH RELIEF AND AlD SOCIETY, ‘The Chicago Avenue Church (Moody’s) believes in a practical as well as a theoretical Christianity. It goés out on the highways and byways in “search of the poor, to whom ror Neuralgia, Sciatica, Lumbago, Sprains, Burns and Scalds, General Bodily Pains, and Ears, and all other Pains and Aches. Preparation on earth equals Sr. Jacors OTL. 88 trifling outlay ring with pain MEDICINE, it minjsters freely. The Rev. George C. A. VOGELER & CO., A EG af the church, has issued “Baltimore, Maa, U. 8. Ae ie Aisha more, Md., U. 5-4) “Tye season having arrived when the poor of “KOT | > GENTS, GREAT |2=3) weve Pra VARIETY, Sie BUILDINE, HO BE nn | hi ! HF ny : 3 European style. Firstcl aoe ERE “PARTIE nes 2 1, Tribune otfice, our neighborhood will require a friendly belp- ug hand, 1 muke the following appeal in theit halt. ‘There are many cases of destitution and help- lesness which benevolent or philunthropic insti- tutions do not discover, and which come to light only ag our ‘Indy visitors and members of the ible Work discover them. It ig not uncommen to Hind new-born babes without decent coverings, iu une instance a piece of paper doing duty tor a garment,—wuile starving mothers lis helpless at death's door. ‘ Why such harrowing scones exit in a city of greatness and weulth is a question easy enough to raixe, but not go ensy to answer. Should we hide behind philosophic speculutions, and de- nounce the poor ag unworthy of our cure, we imay be found sinning against Him who com- mands, “If thy brother be waxen pooraad fallen in deeay with thee, then thou shalt relieve bin.” EOES. AT AND €#> Cee) BROS. ae mi ea| Mevece’s eV, RXV.5 35.) ‘There wre often mitigating circumstances, such ag sickness, death.tack of employment, ete. and wo should not rashly pronounce on ull nbjects of poverty indiscriminate judgment. *\Whoso stoppeth bis ears at theery of the poor, be shall also ery hi:nselt and not be beard.”" (Prov., xxi, 13.) According to our Lord's stiute- tment, the poor we will have with us always, und itremaing with ue to win the promised benedic- tion: “ Blessed is he that considereth the poor, the, bord deliver bim in the time of trouble.” is., xii, 1.) In our mission among the unfortunate we try to investizate carefully euch case brought to bur notice, and no encouragement 13 given to the idle. the profligate, or the vicious. ‘Lust winter more than 400 sicit persons bad free medical treatment; over 20 garments were dis- tributed, whlist a few destitute families were relieved by gifts of coal und rent. ‘Our chief uim is to carry the Gospel of the Son of God to these hearts and homes; to preach the glad tidings of salvation to the poor. ‘hey need this comforting hope, but their very poverty is a hindrance at the outset, until the burden of physical distress ia in’ some measure reliev Besides, in many instances they ure the poor of Christ's flock who stand ir sore need of a helping band. We therefore uppeal for clothing, such as cast-off garments for meno, women, and chil- dren, bedding, wraps, cloth, etc. Our sewing classes will readily patch, alter, or refit, un¢ thereby make each garment of double value. Boots, stockings, hats, caps, and everything io IN o> OF COR. DEARBORN & RANDOLPIH-STS. ass FOUNS, Proprietor. WANTED “a ifares in contide:.ce, elving correct Dames 3 itn ==" 195 Wabash Aye., CHICAGO, @f Artistic Furniture, Wood Mantels, ete the wenrlug line will be gladly received. Puck. nges of groceries, and orders for bread, meat, or trait, would prove & boon to the aged and infirm. ‘Money is always needed for rent, burial ex- penses, and for our free dispensary. [send you this circular with the hope that you will try and ald our mission. “He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed: tor he giveth of bis bread to the poor * (Prov., xxif., 9), but Dispos hath this world's goods, 'and_seeth his brother bave need, und ahutteth up his bowels of DARD $s OF ALL KINDS. FAIRBANKS. MORSE & CO. i & 113 LakeSt, Chicago, Be carefulto buy only the Genuine. | and compassion from tm, how, arenas love of i im?” tha, .) 3 Goa aE G ORGE . NEEDHAM, Pastor. ———— FREE Cu URCHES. APLEA FOR THE ABOLITION OF PEW RENT- "ALS 18, To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune, New York, Oct. $1.—Several ecclesiastical assemblages—the Pan-Presbyterian Synod, the Methodist Conferences, the Baptist Con- vention, and the Episcopel Conveution—have ° recently been in session, and, with the exeep- tion of the Episcopal Convention, all have en- tirely ignored the question df making our houses of worship.free.. And In. that Con- yention only a memorial was “presented catl- ing attention to the scamdal which fs being brought upon the Christian religivn and to” the deseeration of God's house by the prac- tice of pew renting, and that was promptly brushed aside as being inexpedient to dis- cuss. ‘The question is <ls0 ighored by the pulpit and by the religious press. Yet, in the light of the institution of the Church in the world, —thnt is, of Its'founder and the object of its Insuibupion. 2, question can be of ater importance. Srthe Chureh was instituted by its Great Ilead to be the channel or mediitnrot com- anication between God and those of our who are supposed-to be lisastruusly af- feeted ky the fallef our firyt. parents, and wio are consequently in a lost condition, and in need of infurmation and influences which shall make them wise unto sajvation. From Church to the present and last jon, the Chureh, or rt di v acceptable Worship has been dffered in God’s appointed way, has always den, and always: will be, the most blessed ang the most pre- cious place upon this earti of purs,—this, De-- cause of being engazed in wdrk codperating with God, and because Christsays, “Where two or three are gathered tdzeiber in aM name, theream I in the millst of them,” Wiieh thus affords a: foretadte of Heaven, ‘The Churelr is composed of Ulose who, real- izing their lust condicion, have entered into a covenant with God, ater, ret tance, by 2 profession of faith in Christ and “hope of eternal life through His atonement and in- tercessions; and to them is committed the “tively oracles,”—the truths of His Word— to hold, to expound, and to preach to all the world, ‘The Church is thus to be “the light of the world, a city which is set upon a hill.” Concerning those whe are} notin the Church, but yet for whom Christ died and over whom lie ig yearning with stron| desire that they should come in, that Word says, “ Who- sovver shill call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.” How then shall they call On Him in whom they have not believed? how shall mey believe in Mim of whom they have not heard? - How shall they hear wituout @ preacher? Low shall they preach except they be sent as itis written? “How beautiful ‘are the feet of thim that preach the Gospel:of peace, and pring glad tidmgs of good: things.” And to the Uhureh which is to cobperate with the preacher by provid.ng a place for such reaching, and for the administration of the Bivincly-appeinted ordinances, that Word says, Go out into the highways and hedges and compel thew to come ny that My house uray be Glled.” “Tine would fail me to men- tion che various Seripiure texts which illus- trate and enforce the above propositions. Now, in view of these Dremises, what Is the actual situation? By the system of pew- renting the great majority of those for whom the Church was instituted are effectually robbed of their rights in the house of God, and shut out from its privile; and benefits, and blessings, and nore but the well-to-do “which are always ~ the sinall minor- ity—are found therein, | 1 surely need ot siep to prove Uhis statement, By this great wrong “the Church of the living God, the pillar and ground of truth,” Is per- verted from its legitimate character and wosk, into private clubs or social circles, and the ministry is diverted from preaching the Gospel to” every creature, to preaching “smooth things,” and cntertaining their hearers ina manner to fill the house with a paying conxreguation. When we consider that In pursuing this work. the Son of God came down from Heaven and suffered death upon the Cross, and that in it is involved the destinies for eternity of coming generations, whether that destiny shill be one of peace and unalloyed bliss in the compantonship of Christ and Holy angels,or. of never-ending self-reproach, and unavailing reatets, in the company of devils and «murderers, and all the vile and impenitent of.earh, and when: we cunsider that te angels:in Heaven are watching the progress of fhe work, “for there is joy in Heaven: overane sinner that repents,” I say when w consider these things, the idea of evangelizing the wortd by such churches, and such ‘a presentation of the Gospel, is really ludiers fs ‘This system in its results not only” mis- representing our holy religion and holding outa false fight to the world, but: it is react- ing upon the membership of the churches and causing sviritual declension. It is a desecration of Gud’s house thus to make merchandise of its advantages. It fs worse than desecration, itis a mockery, to build and dedicate a house to God, and then, like An- anias, to retain a partot it as private prop- erty for exclusive use, and to sell other parts of it to the highest bidder, who for worldly advantage or otherwise chooses to buy. It is making our Awerican people a Nation of non-chureh-geers, with all that that fact in- plies. Let, uppose Christ to appear as in ministry, and to enter one of our churches from which all but the well-to- do are thus excluded. He would denounce the practice in terms that would cause the perpetrators of the wrong to tremble. His heart would go out after the seattered and wandering ones who have been thus driven from hearing Lis Gospel. So at least is as 1 haye learned Christ, if such be the facts In the case, there sting in the churehys which is 1 the sight of God as this. It is tood among experimental Chris- S- f the Bible—that through inanifold temptations and the perverseness of human nature, practices are permitted— unconsciously at times—to creep into divine- ly recognized religious bodies which are grievous in the sight of God and trying to His holy nature. “Yet by entreaty and chas- tening He endeavors to, induce that people to put away the wrong. Then, if persisted in, His patience, and forbearance, and long-suf- fering eventually bec exhausted, and He withdraws His presence from then. ‘This is true, notwithstanding that “ His compassions fail hot.” Now, Lam fully persuaded that the “practice of pew-renting is a wrong of thischaracter. Inits practice there can be no “mighty work” of grace in the churches, but rather a falling-off, because of the with- drawal of the Spirit, York Times, in discussing this we ti The New subject recently, urged in bel If of renting pews the prop! y and necessity that people mak “pecuniary response” forehureh pri ilezes. In a matiner this position is undoubt- edly correct, 1t is improbable, however. that that journal intended to be understood —though’ that inference can hardly be avoided—that religious advantages should be held atu money value in the inarket the same as scientific instruction, or amusements, to be enjoyed or not, ateording te choice or pecuniary ability. When our houses of wor- ship are made free then if money fs needed and not forthcoming, the consideration of matters pecuniary will be in order, But the only Scriptiral rule, when applied, which is foreach one benefited to pay as “God hath prospered him,” will undoubted wford an ample fund for all ehureh expen: Butin any ease this is a point which is hardly per- iinent to a discussion of the main question, which is one of right and wrong. Tt is common to urge in view of non- attendance that churches be made plainer, so as to attract, or at least not to repel, the masses. Now, it matters not how costly. or beautiful a house of worship may be, neither how plain, the only point. of consequence is, that they shall be open to all, that whosoever will may come.and “take of the water of life treely.”” J. EPISCOPALIANISM. BISHOF JAGGAR ON THE WoRK OF THE $ RECENT CONVESTION. Cincinnati Guzette, ‘The Rt.-Rev. Thomas A. Jaggar, Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Diocese of Southern Ohio, returned Jast week from attending the General Convention, which had been in ses- sion in New York foraionth, ‘The Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States is one of the smatlest of the leading denominations, but makes up for its lack of numbers by the cultivation of its clergy, by the social position of a majority of its laity, by the wealth of its parishes, and by the architectural elegance of {ts houses of worship. It has about 3,200 ministers and & membership numbering 525,000. Its dioceses are forty-eight in number, ‘and its missions thirteen. There are sixty-oue Bishops, ‘dio- cesan and missignary. The General Conven- tion is the highest representative body of the Church,‘and meetsevery three years. ‘The composition of the General Convention is much like that of the United States Con- gress. There are two bodies—the House of Bishops und the House of Deputies. The former is made up of all the Bishops, both diocesau and missionary. The latter consists of four clergymen and four laymen from each diocese, whether the diocese be large or small. ‘The Diocese of New York has 195 parishes and 209 clergymen, while that of Arkansas has seventegn parishes and eleven clergymen. The ineguality of sending the same number of depifies from these dioceses seemed to some members of the Convention an injustice 0 be corrected, and an effort was made to change the basis of representa- tion. On the other hand, it was argued that alike disparity existed .a@ century ago, and that it had never wrought any great evil. ‘The conservative element prevailed, and the leer reinains as it was. top Jaggar has kindly replied tions asked by the Guzette, a8 follows? al wana te the drift of the’ General Con- Bitugeh fo. the question of High or Low “There was an entire absei i- visions. ‘The old eg ey ah and Low Church parties have disappeared. A better understanding has been brought about, which is largely due to the influence of the Church Congress, ‘The dritt of the Cor jon was toward practical and work. ‘The temper of the Conven- tion wag cunservative toward the Protes' and evahgelical principles of the Prayer- It was significant that the opening service should be held in the church of ‘Tyng, the elder, and the business session! riking evidence irit which prevails of the Rey. Dr. Dix ag b ted to oc- cupy 2 seat at the right of Chairman dur- ing the sessions of the Convention. This was approved unanimously. No questions were proposed which provoked party strife, neither was there any disposition to compro- mise with Romish doctrines or practices.” “What was done by the Convention ba “The chief feature ot our action was the Missionary Conference, eln accordance with the new system adopted three years ago, the el wissionary society of the House of Bishops and of Clerical and Lay Deputies sat together, and the deliberations were not only of practical importance, but they tended to put aspirit of work tnto the. whole body. Measures were taken to put’ into immediate operation aplan for systemat- ie and proportionate giving on the part of each communicant of the Church. A church building association was with much enthusi- asm inaugurated, and steps taken to secure for it an endowment of $1,000,000. Three Missionary Bishops were appointed—for New Mexico and Arizona, for Washington Ter- ritory, and for- Montana, The Revs. G, R. Dunlap. of Missouri; H. B. Brewer, of Cen- tral New York; and John A. Paddock, of Brooklyn, L. I... were the well-qualified per- sons elected an unanimously approved. “The legislative action of the Convention covers many details which I cannot now give. ‘The promitient results may be summed up as: First, pravisions for the extension and more systematic support of our missionary work. Second, provisions for shortened services, adopted in the shape of amendments to the form of ratification of the Book of Common Prayer, which is found at the beginning of the book. Third, provisions for adaptine our Church to the wants of the age, especially in the matter of liturgical enrichment. commission was appuintedconsisting of seven Bishops, seven clerzymen, and seven laymen, to consider and report such alterationsas may tend to the enrichment of the Book of Com- mon Prayer. The chnracter. ability of the Commission appointed is sufficient guarantee that the essential doctrine of the Prayer-Book will be preserved, and the work conducted with wisdom and discrimination. “Phe Convention. In all its deliberations, showed itself broad’ tolerant, and prac! ical; not fossilized, but alive toits responsibilities, and ready to adapt Itself to the Nation and the age.” : a PAN-METHODISM. THE ECUMENIOAL CONFERENCE OF NEXT SEPTEMBER. : Philadelphia Press. ‘An Ecumenical Conference of the Method- ist Episcopal Church and its branches will meet in London in September, 1881. This Conference has been talked of in the Churches of the denomination for several years, but no decided action was taken until last May, when at the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Uburch, in Cincinnati, a plan was drawn up and agreed to by the representatives of the Methodist Episcopal Chnrch and the diferent branches in the United States. The denomination numbers over 4,000,000 of actual communicants and-a Methodist population of about 15,000,000, ‘There are numerous branches in Europe and this country, and they will qll be represented in the Conference. The members of the Con- ference will number 400, one-half of whom will represent British and Continental Meth- odism, and‘ one-half the churcnes in the United States and Canada. ‘As nearly a8 possible the Conference will be composed of lay and clerical delegates equally. The 200 delegates from the United States will be assigned to the Churches as follows: “ The Methodist Episcopal Church, 80 delegates; Methodist Episcopal Churen South, 388; African Methodist Episcopal , Church, 12; Methodist. Episcopal Zion Church, 10; the Colored Methodist Episcq- pal Chureh of America, 6; the Evangelical ‘Association, 6; the Union American Method- ist Episcopal Church, 2; the Union Amer- ican Protestant Church, 2; the Methodist Protestant Church, 6; the American Wesley- ‘an Church, 4; the Free Methodist Church, 2; the Independent Methodist Church, 2; the Congregational ‘Methodist Church, 2; the Methodist Chureh of Canada, 12; the Method- ist Episcopal Church or Canada, 45 the Primitive Methodist Church in| the United States and Canada, 25 the Bible Christian, 2; the British ‘Methodist Episcopal Church, 2) ‘The remaining six members are left to be distributed by the Western section of General Executive Committee. ‘Che assigu- ment of delegates to the European and Con- tinental Churches have not xs been maile. “The delegates will be name by the Confer- ences as they meet between this time and nex xt July. . ‘he Conference will not meet for legisla- vs, for it will have no authority ‘It is not for doctrinal contro- versies, for Methodism has no doctrinal dif- ferences. Itis not for an attempt to har- monize the various politics and usages of the ] branches of the one great Methodist ;, for Methodism has always striven for unity rather than uniformity. itis not, In @ Worl: for consolidation, but for codperation. It is to devise such means fur prosecuting our home and foreign work as will result in the greatest economy and efficiency, to promote fraternity, to increase the moral an evangelical power of a common Methodism, and to secure the more speedy eonversion of the world, It has been suggested that the sroper topres to consider are those! respecting Popery, Paganisin, Pauperism, Skepticism, {ntemperance, and Kindred Vices, the Rela- tion of Methodism to Education, the Means of Evangelization, such a3 an itinerant ‘y, ‘Training: School fur Christian Wo 3, both at home and abroad, Sun- day-schools, and Special Efforts for Special Classes. Concerning inissionary labor, it is fhrther proposegt to-examine Methodisin as 2 missionary movement, the relation of home ‘ork to the foreign work, and the best mode of avoiding waste and rivalries, and of securing instead thereof sympathy and eobperation between different Methodist bodies occupying the same or contiguous migsion fields; the use ‘of the press for the increase of Christian knowledge and sancti- fying power; the resources of ‘Methodism in numbers, wealth, culture, spiritual life aud revival agencies, and_ the corresponding, re- sponsibility; the spiritual unity of ‘Method- ism, and the best way to secure Its uainte- nance and increase, and to inanifest it to the world. : the Conference will meet in City-road Chapel, which was the first church of the Methodists. For many years John Wesley preaehed there, and his pulpit is still shown to Methodist travelers who visit England’s Capital. ‘The delegation from this country will be composed of the strongest men in the Chureh, asd will most proba! ly _be heades by Bishop Simpson, of the M. E. Church. Great interest in. the Conference is mani- fested by allthe branches of the Church, and it promises to.be the most important as- sembly of Methodists that ever took p! C—O TREOLOGY.- que NECESg}PY. FOR ITS TEACHING, Star and Covenant, Lread in the Christian Leader not long since that a certain minister had preached in acertain town in Massachusetts, and that the burden of his sermon.wes the utter useles- 4 ness of theology. There was no need of ‘ 9° preaching theology; theology or knowing any.hing about it, if you only lead goud, honest, noble lives. This was the substance of the item. ‘There were no comments upon it; but it set me to thinking. I recall, upon reflection, having beard simi- lar sentiments expressed before. 1 hive heard so-called “liberal” orthodox ministers, men who liked to retain the advantazes of the orthodox name, and still like to pass pretty well among the great unchurched and *lib- eral” element,—the unorganized Universal- ists, Unitarians, and those to whom no spe cial name could be applied. 1 have heard these sentiments advanced by Universalist and Unitarian ministers when referring to the generally received creeds of “orthodox” Christians, and they received great applause from those who liked that sort of thing. 1 have heard similar sentiments advanced by infidel speakers who like todénounce the ol theology, in which they included. every Sys- tem of Christian faith, : But E have noticed this untform fact, that these men, in thus denouncing theology, were simply denouncing the theology of somebody else as useless and unimportant, The “1b eral” orthodox considered useless and un- Important the theology of the church whose naine he bore, and which secured hit a place and salary to preach ‘ liberalism,” but rarely have I seen one who considered these advan- taxes which his nominal connection with this theology gave him useless and unimportant, The Universalist and Unitarian preacher thought “orthodox” theolony useless and unimportant, but he generally considered the views which he advocated as very in: portant, and even necessary, to the people of each little hamlet and town that may be priv- ileged to hear-him hold forth; and he does t hesitate to exhort his hearers to make iberal sacrifices for the cause of our glori- ous faith and the spreading of our ennobling views of the nature of God and the destiny n iil of man. ‘And the infidel speaker urges his hearers toform “liberal” elubs and. circulate **lib- eral” literature, and endeavor to free the” benighted public mind from the chains of Christian bigotry and theological darkness whlce now hold it in such degrading thrall- om. é ‘Now all these things show the falsehood of the assumption that theology is useless and uniinportant. What these men feel, though many are not clear-headed enough to really analyze their feeling, is, theology, that is, a true theology.—th is, an under- standing of the true relations between God and man, and the duties arising from these relations is one of the most useful and iiost important subjects with which man can cun- cern himself. Mr. Ingersoll, instead of, “God.” periaps, would say * the nature of things,” but the principle of the state tment is just the same. And they further mean to say, “The views which I and that sect, or clique, or party which I represent, ‘set out to youare views which are very tin portant and useful to you.” Ht this is not the meaning of it, why this pains: to inculcate them, why ace we swindling you, asking you to pay your money for that which is not bread? ‘The fact is, that every life that js not totally depraved, thatis not utterly reckless and haphazard, is lived in accord- ance with or in violation of some standard conception, more or less imperfect, of au. ‘And as duly arises from relations, there with all except the totally depraved and ut- terly corrupt (if there,be such) some concep- tions of relations respecting the human and the divine. Every one, therefore, has a theology. Mr. Ingersoll isa theologian in his way (a pretty poor way, most Christians would think), but still a theologian. Hu- manity is by nature theological; it cannot help it; and out of this. theological concep- tion arises corduct of life that is morality, that is spirituality (and that is only an ex- tended and compieted morality), all that dis- tinguishes man from the brute. Certain kinds of theology may be worse than useless—may. be positively harinful; but no true theology can be useless, and none can be unimportant except it be that which produces absolutely no effect upon the iife,° either outward or inward. ‘ Theology is the philosophy of religion. Christian theology is the philosophy of the Christian religion, and how can any Chris- tian proclaiin .it ustless or unimportant ? Chrisiian philosophy is one great, means of Christian living. Iv is the religion of the head as love is of the heart. But the head is needed to tell the heart where and in what manner to bestow its loves. The head is needed to direct the purification of the heart and the formation of character. Christian theology, then, canndt, be useless or unim- portant. We may see tenets in other inter- pretations of Christianity thatseem, to us ase- Jess and unimportant, but it would be better to show it so than to declare theology, a term that necessarily, includes ‘our views as well as theirs, unnecessary and unimportant. - AS well say apple-trees are useless and unim- portantif we only get plenty of apples. It may be true, yet apples grow on trees, There are barren trees: so there are theologies that do not bring forth ninch fruit. But it is ever true that “every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down and cast into the re.” ‘This ministerial friend ‘of ours doubtless, believes in God, and believes that betief use- ful and important in the livi of good, hon- est, noble lives, He believes in prayer, and Delieves it useful and important in the living of good, bonest, noble lives. He believes in Christ as the Son of God and Savior of the world, and he does not believe that to be use+ less and unimportant in the living of good, honest, and noble lives. He believes that the Bible contains a revelation of the character of God, and of the duty, Interest, and final desting of mankind, and’ regarts that belief fs not useless and unimportant in the livin, of good, honest, noble lives. And yet all these statements are—theology. L. WEEK OF PRAYER. SPECIAL INTERCESSION FOR YOUNG MEN. The Young Men’s Christian Assoclations meet in International Convention on both sides of the Atlantic, in Europe triennially, and biennially in Aimer} The last two Conventions—one at Gend¥k and the other at Baltimore—united in setting apart the second Sabbaty in November with the week follow- “ing (Nov. 14-20) as a season of special prayer for young men and Christian work on their behalt. ‘The international Committee have recently issued a call containing the following topics for meetings each day of the week: Nov. 14, Sunduy_morning—Workers, Together with Him—their Spirit. UL. Cor., vi. l-l. ; Nov. 1s, Sunday_aftornoon—Bringng Ono's riends to Jesus. Luke, v.. 17-26. Nov. 14, Sunday eventng—The Worst Foe and at Friend of Young Men. Luke, xxil., l- Peter, v..8; Luke. xix., 10. - ‘Nonday—Io What Does Life Consist? Luke, xii, 1a: Eccl. th, 17-18; Rom., vill, 6. Sov. 16, Tuesday—Investizauon a Path to Faith, Jobn. 1. 46: John, iv., 23), 40-42; v.. 39. ‘Nov. iz, Weanesduy—Jesus Testing the | Im- aisive, the Procrastinating, ‘and the Undecided. ake, 1x. 57-62 Mov. 18, Thursday—A Young Man Who Obeyed the Voice of Christ. Luke, vil., 11-16; Eph v-. My v.19, Friday—Crisis in Daniel's Life. Dan, 25 $20. heey 20, Saturday—An Unconditional Surren-' der. Acts, ix., 1-9; Phil. iif, 7-9 ‘The outlook over the field of Association work is very encouraging. Forty-three working orzanizations have been planted the past year in as many colleges, making in all Yoo institutions where these societies exist. ‘At twenty-five railroad centres the Interna- tional Committee have already organized working bands of Christian railroad men, with reading-rooms and competent Secreta- ries in charge. One traveling Sveretary of the Committee {s now at work seeking to make the various Associations more effective in reaching and” benefiting the 60,000 com- mercial travelers, employed yy the merchants ofthe country. Forasiniilar work among German-speaking young men the Committee have an admirable Secretary in the field, who at six centres of German popuiation has planted good working organizations, with a competent Secretary in charge of each. In every direction, North, South, East, and ‘West, al Be the General Comuiittees, State and International, progress is being made in developing this Christian work speé- cially at city centres, and in placing at each point competent young men in charge as managing Secretaries. ‘The International Committee have in this way during the past year supplied the Associations with an addi- tional force of twenty-nine young men to act as Secretaries, and the whole number now employed by the Association is 161,—a corps both larger in number and better in quality than this work for young mew has ever been able to command in previous years. GENERAL NOTES. Acolporteur in Japan recently sold over 1,000 Bibles in one week. i During the next three years the Ep! isco- palin s propose to raise & fund of $1,000,000 for church building. : One of the members of the French Cabinet predicts that before the present generation no need of believing | has passed away France will have become Protestant. An anonymons giver has contributed $50,- 000 to the fund for the Melbourne Cathedral, which, itis intended, will be the largest and most costly iu that part of the world. The women of Salt Lake City have organ- ized 2 “ Woman’s National Anti-Polygamy Society.” It is the purpose of this Society - to furnish the public with full information respecting the working of the system in Utah, in the hope that the effect of such knowledge will be to awaken public senti+ ment on the subject, 3 A cable special to the New York World says: “The vision of the Virgin at Father ignatius’ Abbey, about which there has been so nuch speculation, turns out to be nothing ~ but a reflection trom a window. ‘The cures buted to the mysterious agency of the vision are therefore a sham, and Father ignite tins monks are in an unpleasant frame of mind. , The Cumberland Presbyterians, hi been. refused admission to the Tan-Presbye terian Council in Pniladelphia, are ininded now to pay no more attention to the Alli- ance, and not to s delegates to the Coun- cil at Belfast, 1 eland. ‘The Evangelist ean- tions them to take no rash action such as they might be sorry for when the Council assembles eight years hence in New York or Chicago. ‘The new chapel of the Episcopal Mission of the Good Shepherd. corner of Ganeseo avenue and Twenty-fourth street (Lawn- dale), is rapidly approaching completion, and, jude ing from the opinion of the inhabhants, it appears to be a very neat structure. The roof will be finished in the course of afew days, but the interior will not be completed in time to allow the edifice to be opened be- fore the middle of December. “In connection with the meeting of the Northeastern Deanery of the Dincese of Wie nois, there will be a Special choral service held in Grace Chareh, Wabash avenue, on Monday evening, Nov. 8, at 7:450’clock. The Dean, the Rev, Dr. Locke, will preside. The sermon will be by the Rev. R. A. Holland, Rector of Trinity Chureh, andthe choir of the Cathedral, with the choir of Grace Church, will assist in the services. The encyclical letter of Pope Leo XIU. of the 30th of September contains the following decree: “We ordain, therefore, that on tho Suh_day of the month of July, fixed by Pius JX. of happy memory, there be inserted in the ealendar of the Roman and Universal Chureh, and annually celebrated, the Feast of St. Cyril and St. Methody, with the Office of the Diaby, Miner Bie and thie: alas proper, which the Sacer longregation o! the Rites has approved.” eRe The removal of the Rev. E. P. Adams, of Dunkirk, N. ¥.. from the ministry has pro- duced a division in his church, four Trust- ees and a majority of the congregation sid- ing with the pastor, The two other: ‘Trustees nave obtained an injunction forbidding the weliareb jenn dissolve We a nection of e church and still retain the building is being awaited with interest. At the seventh annual meeting of the Woman’s National Temperance Union in Boston during the last week in October, an interesting report was made on the use of unfermented wine for communion purposes. ‘The report showed a very general awaken- ing among the churches on the subject, many church synods and conferences having dur- ing the past year taken action in r eg to it, some passing stron resolutions favdring the exclusive use of unfermented wine at com- munion. - Mr. Watkin Williams, M. P.. a member of the English Chureh, but not unfriendly to the Nonconformists, said recently in an address that there were signs that a feeling Ig abroad in favor of a confederation of churches in Great Britain.—not an absorp tion of all into one, or uniformity of doc trine, but a union of churches, each charao terized by.its own individuality or life, and founded upon a recognition of differences as nat incon patible with genuine Christian life and truth. Two hundred and_sixty-three Popes have saton the chair of Peter. Of these eighty are venerated a3 saints by the Roman Cath- olic Church. Thirty-five sutfered actual mar- tyrdom for the faith. Forty-nine Pontiffs of Yarious nationalities have refzned in Rome; of these fifteen were Greeks, Seven Syrians, three Africans, fourteen Frenchmen, four Spaniards, four Germans, one Engiishman, and ope Belgian. The rest were all Romang or Italians. Fifty-six were members of rellg- ious orders. A Lutheran paper says: “The Baptists ara beginning to stir themselves in Zealand, Den- mark, and threaten injury totheStateChurch > Forty years ago one Julius Koebner, of Ham * burg, introduced Baptist notions into Zew land, ahd many earnest Christians withdrew from the worldly State Chureh. But, the most of thiscrop emigrated to America. The recent movement onthe part of the Innet Missionary Society to stimulate true reliz jous life has roused the Baptist sectaries int new activity.” : The Freeman’s Journal reminds its read ers of the approach of All Souls’ Day and the crowding of offerings for masses, and asks, Where are the honoraries for asses: throughout the year? It adds that outside of afew thousands among Americans who are not corrupted by irreligious trainme, were it not for the foreign-born, the priests, especially in country places, would have few “honoraties” for the nt: ntions of masses. ‘This is a clear admission that lcreisners are the sole support of the Catholic Church in the United States. ‘ Dr. Howard Crosby, Chancellor of the New York University, in announcing the meeting of the Woman’s Missionary Suciety, to wake place at the Broadw: "Fabernacle this week, said on Sunday, afier commen.ing on the work of the Society: “I cannot refrain, in this connection, from referring to an anholy \ woman of shame who has come to this city to faunt herself on the public stage. I hope none will so degrade themselves as to encour- age her immoralities in any way,” referring, of course, to Miss Sara Bernhardt. He but tuflects the sentiments of the better class of the American people. The Colonial Court of South Africa, in a decision in the case of the Bishop of Gra- hamstown against Dean Williams of Gra- hamstown, decides that the “Church. of South Africa’ is not the “Church of En- gland of South Africa.” In the beginning, the English Episcopate was set up in Sonu ‘Africa by letters patent; but in the trial ot Bishop Colenso the Privy Council decid: that the Crown had no authority to set up an ceclesiastical system in acoluny which had a legislature of its own, In these elreum- stances, the Church in South Africa: eonstl- tuted itself as a voluutary boty. | ‘A large number of the friends and congre- gation of the Second Baptist. Church gath- ered at the church Wednesday evening to attend the fourteenth anniversary of * Aunt Lizzie’s Girls’ Meeting,” an Institation of the church where Aunt Lizzie has so jong la- bored as missionary. The services were very interesting, und participates! in by the Bands of the Centennial, Western Avenue, and Central Baptist Churches, and consisted of music, recitations of verses of Scripture, and reading reports of the Secretary aud ‘Treas- -urer, Which showed that the girls have ac and raised complished much good wor! FS during the year. Ten dollars were given to an aged lady, and the remainder is devoted to the support of a heathen girl in Burmah. [t is hoped that “Aunt Lizzie” may live to enjoy many more anniversaries with her Band of Helpers. ‘There are in the employ of the Domestia Missionary Committee of the Protestant Episcopal Church 370 missionaries, of whouy ten are Bishops and 313 are clergymen. ‘There are forty-six missionaries at work among the colored people and forty-nine among the Indians, The receipts of tha Board of Managers for the year ‘were $180, 712.69, and the cost of adminisrradie has, been but 6410 per cent, or, adeing bursement of funds for the Foreln ‘Commit- tee and on publication account, vercent- age is reduced to 51-10, which isa very satis- factory showing. The Women’s Auxiliary have sent out to the missionirles articles estimated to be worth ‘$53,102.47. and thus the women of the Church nate been ee . e amount rect meets Indeed year was $2624.34, and there or the Committee real egtate and stocks valued at par at 353,858.79. ‘There was due the inissionaries, Sept. L, some $9,000 more than the amount ip the treasury. Bishop Welles has received a vigorous pro test east ‘the cathedral scheme in Wiscon- sin, signed by many prour nt laymen of several Milwaukee parishes. They “ear nestly depreeate the distractions and dissene Sions in the diocese caused by the agitation of the cathedral schemes; but they will never admit that the Bishop cap lawfully put in op- eration a canon that was never enacted by council. Although the cathedral chapter has been adopted In the Dioceseof Nebraska, ous objections to such a plan in this. State have been set forth again and agalu, and ‘as loyai eel bound to resist all and per churchmen we f schemes looking to a cen! s oteag. 2