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THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1880—EIGHTEEN PAGES. 17 RELIGIOUS. . a Anniversary of the ere English Bible. Ceara went Life as Seen in an frish Nunnery. —— pos Bedpath’s Visit to Sister Mary Frances, the Nua of Ken- mare. ———— jorshipers of Persia and the Miracle of the Fiery Furnace. ees s Sympathetic Letter ae Matter of the Dale Case. eucee Week of Prayer Program for the | eginning with the New Year. xa ee, (asral Fotes, Personals, Sunday Lev- ities, Services To-Day. Fire-W . Wodern Dr, Pas in ‘UNHEEDED PSALMS. solitudes, unpcopled yet, eae peaceful life of bird and flower, ‘Sper since the world’s foundation, He hath set ‘the hiding of His power. His rains make fresh and green ae | of prairies, where, a9 daylight saoset pright-bued blossoms all unseen ‘Their carren petals close. unnumbered forest leaves beeneery” darken to their perfect prime; ‘Bach smallest growth its destiny achieves In Bis appointed time. strong recesses of the hills, setts ‘His word, immutable and calm, ‘ype murmuring river all the silence fills ‘With its unheeded psalm. to deep the floods lift up their voice. Foo se? le hand hath measured them of old; ‘The fer outgoings of the mora rejoice His wonders to unfold. ‘The smaliest cloadlet wrecked in distant storms, ‘That wanders homeless through the summer skies, Isreckoned io His purposes, and forms ‘One of His argosies. ‘Where the perpetual mountains patient watt, Girded with purity before His throne, Keeping from age to age inviolate ‘Their eve crown; ‘Where the. gathering waves of ocean break ‘With ceaseless music o'er untrodden 5' | rom isles that day by day in silence wake, ‘row earth's romotest lands, ‘Thesnthem of His praise shall uttered be; ‘All works created on His name sball call, ‘apd laud, and bless His holy name, for He Hath pleasure in them all. - WYCLIFFE. YWE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FIRST ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF THE HIBLE. ‘The first translation of the Bible into the Zngtish language was commemorated Thurs- Gyzrening at the Academy of Music, New York, under the auspices of the American Bible Society. All the prominent preachers ad many of the distinguished laymen of New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington were present. The chair was ocupled by ex-Gov. Joshua L. Chamberlain. After the singing of a hymn, the reading of aScipture selection, and a few remarks by fteChair, the ev. Dr. R. S. Storrs was in- wodueed asthe orator of the evening. For spoke on the life and : liffe, and the influence of his work on the centuries that have since Caped. After a passing allusion to the completion of the Cologne Cathedral, which was celebrated in a regal manner a few weeks ago, the reverend Doctor said thst in order to \ tell the story of Wyeliffe right it would be necessary to go back of histime, when the governing authorities of the Christian world would not allow the people toown or read the Bible. This refusal of an ecclesiastical absolutism contradicted the earlier plan of the Church. ‘The Hebrew and Chaldaic versions had been ‘Written in the dialects familiar to the people among whom and for whom they were pre- pared before and after the captivity. When Greek became a customary speech the Alex- andrian version was made, and in the time of hrs was commonty read and expoundedin ihe Synagog. a8 it was long afterwards con- taued in use by the Christian converts. ae, again, as subsequent need arose that ‘Seri put into other languages toreach more directly remoter peoples, this ¥as done without opposition, with encour- seat indeed, of church authorities. So Sorts early Latin versions, for use in Africa aa ia Iialy, in the second. Lf a i¢ later translation 0! Jerome from the originals which afterward beame _ przctically, the Bible of Western tore the liom. The Syriac versi whi ‘end of Syriac version, which be-. the second century carried waceplares to the Euphrates, followed by re thesame tongue, the Thebaic and Yenphitie, which madg them equally. at Doms on ‘the Nile, the #thiopic of the century, the Gothic of the made by Nephilas, the J of the fifth century, the os and all the others, to the amen, of the ninth century, reveal the des pulse of wisdom and zeal, as all are Gaited to bring the quickening Word of Hetiene contact with those to whom the Certain and the Greek were not familiar. ann a hee centuries after the Ascension, id have seemed no less absurd to re- Scriptures to languages not under- onthe the people than it would have been frest of Olivet_to have thrust _veils eet ite clond which received the Lord, gary 7 ee disciples uncertain of His ati nate latest and fiercest oman perse- elecially er Galeritus and Diocletian aimed as pati lestroy the Church by destroy- q tin, fourth mame ‘rues and life-giving books. . primitive popular_church organiza- eaiemoge Mcture is ineffaceably preserved wthestt prrearus, eave place by degrees toed | id and vast. imperial system, ay in the capital which still tasein= Beeultiy cyand awes the imagination of Pingess Wet world, having prelates for its oer Ey sae ine its sway more fon fra than had the Empire wh Tholh ang surpassed, Jt was by no means Pi is a evil. Undonbtedly, certain needs ue found in it their desired ee important benetits. to me- W hele’ ety are fairly ascribed to it, rope ee, tumultuous lations of midaia sane degree of civilized order, of ge Pemdous changes and strife, the fall ton-wood pire, the inread of barbarians the a 1 anid Waste, the utter breaking up When rien governing order of things, t : foereienty of force threatened tages e law of the planet, it asserted the secular ee of the spiritual’ order over brine au the Divine adjustinents, It ween steries for those who sought in Rasy mace and socicty. with industry, aud the worship of God. it defend nag M8 teries by sanctions of religion tog, thas ests that yore anal i at w it vrserved in their libraries PI or he classical ee 3s ‘well as the Scriptures, and by stor 0 its monks it multiplied copies of to ol preserved, and transwitted aber get time. It built cathedrals ati urches, vast poems in stone, in the admiration of Christen- Roply, took steadiness, ardor, and a regulating order from the vast church authority, and smote with more effective impact the ring of darkness, ‘This solemn setting apart of mento offices of permanent prerogative finally induced the assumption that the Churel was the State. There resulted from this assumption of a power a form of worship pictorial and spectacular, homage to the hierarchies above, inereasing adoration of the Mother of God, the hip of saints, and the plenary powers of prelates, or the pontiff. ‘The sum_ total of this resulted in the forbidding of men to read the Scriptures, on the ground that there might arise differences of opinion, which in lime might suspend the tunctions of the hierarchy. The monks and fathers who had transcribed the Bible studiously concealed it from the touch of the laity, A distinct prohibition of the Scriptures to the people was promulgated at Toulouse, 129. Ithad been a rule of the Greek Church be- fore. But particular decrees only uttered a rule whieh lay back of all, and was inherent in the system of thought from which they sprang. As that system became, perfected, its tone became sharper and more imperious. It watched its domains with a vigilance un- relenting. And he who thereafter would place the Scriptures betore the people must cross swords with the power upon the plates of whose alleged supernal armor the fiercest chiettains had shivered their blades. But now it is also 10 be observed that against this tendency had been at least oc- easional resistance by many of the best among the people and of the vriesthood, and that this had been as_ manifest as anywhere in that earlier England which, after a long and painful paralysis, had come, at just the time of Wyclitfe, to its proph resur- rection. We have to trace this history, also, tv get his work inits importance, its mean- ing, and its fruittul effect fully before us. Atthe beginning of the fourteenth cent- ury there were in England two forces mov- ing _distincly and with violence in the op- posit direction, and were in fact deepencd and made swifter by the geueral obvious progress toward freedom, .‘The one was the Jealous, excited, passionate. spirit of leading prelates, like Wykeham or Courtney, whose power was still subtle and immense, and who were then strenuous for the spiritual place and prerogative of the Church, as they felt the State crowding upon their secular establishment. ‘he other—in some respects the more dangerous torce— was the jealousy of the landowners us the peasants around them were seen to be ing to larger liberties. The repeated. bre: out of the plague in England and its te ravages, cutting off, ivis supposed, nearly half of the population, had unsettled all con- ditions of labor, and meu were lacking to do necessary work, while harvests rotted on the ‘ound, and cattle wandered at their will. Snecessive statutes, beginning in A, Dp. 1319, had sought to compel tho ‘service of laborers and to regulate prices; but they constantly failed. for forty years; and the fear and wrath of roprietors were aroused against the turbu- Fence reéxeited and extended by these very laws, Any influence which promised dddi- tional impulse to the peasant elass ust therefore encounter their fierce resistance, while the prelates bred in the traditions of Rome were only more watchful against every threatened moral aasault, because they had to yield and bend to the will of Parlia- ment coneernine, the enlargement of their temporal estates. ; Sueh was the condition of affairs in En- gland when John Wycliile was ushered into the world, in 1524, as the common accounts have it, §n Yorkshire, near Richmond. About 1335 he was entered at Oxford, He became familiar with Latin, grammiar,logie, arithine- ti astronomy. geometry, — in music, lic passed from these to the study of theol- sand the civil law. In such pursuits probably ten years were occupied; and by D. 1345, or thereabouts, he was ready for larger university work as a Fellow and a Master. It is not necessary to follow. | course for the twenty years afterward, which were years with hin of silent prowth, in reparation for a work which he could phen fave scarcely expected, After 1357 he was for some time a Fellow of | Mor- ton College; in 1361 he was Maater of Balliol; in the same year he was noiuinnted by his college Rector of Filtins! a Lin- colnshire parish, which allowed him to con- tinue in connection with Oxford. For a shorttime he was Warden of Canterbury Hall, appointed by’ the Archbishop, its founder, on account of his excellence of learning and of Jife, buthe was svon ree moved by the successor of the prelate: und in 1366 he first appeared upon. the stage of national affairs. and begun to gather that broader brightness about hls amine whieh was finally to become 2 shining and enduring splendor. he year previous Urban Y. had made a claim ‘upon Edward of Enxland for 1,000 marks, feudal tribute promised by Jolin, "This the Parliament dectined to pay, and trom that time on Enstand never acknow!e edged vassalage to the Pope. In 1374 Wycliffe was appointed a member of the Commission sent to treat with a Papal emb: at Bruges. He was there brought into close relations with John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, and the resulting friendship was of great mutual benefit The following year he was appointed Ree- tor of Lutherworth, and in 1377, two years later, he nade a bitter attack on Garnier, the Papal collector, and challenged the entire Papal system. At this point, therefore, breaks upon him the first onset of that Papal assault which was never afterward to, ¢ to pursue him ull his books were prohibi and his bones had been burned. In Febru- ary, A. D. 1377, he was summoned to appear before Convocation, obviously on unt of the stand which he had teken against pre- Jatieal and Papal aggression. When the Con- yocation assembled at St. Paul's the Duke of Lancaster and the Grand Marshal of En- Jand, with armed retainers, appeared w fire as friends and defenders, together with several personal friends and some tbeologi- ans, who had come as his advoeates. An altercation instantly arose between the Mar- shal with the Duke, on the one hand, and the imperious Bishop of London, the result of whieh was that Wycliffe was withdrawn froin, the tribunal without naving had occaston to open his lips. Whatever purpose had been cherished against him, for the time, at least, had utterly failed, and he went forth free a before. Immediately, however, the Engl Bishops, or some of them, — collected propositions aflirmed to be his, forwarded them to Rome, and sought the Papal inter- position. Of the nineteen propositions #0 presented five referred to legal matters, as the rizhts of property and inheritance; four concerned the rights of rulers to withdraw rom the Chureh its temporal endowments, if these should be abused; nine relate to the of church-discipling, with its necessary limits; and_ the sing one maintains that the Pontiff himself, being in error, may be challenged by laymen and overruled, ‘The “power of the keys,” according to this in- trepid witness, is_ only effective when used under the law of the Gospel; and no man ean really be excommunicated unless by himself,—unless, that is, he has given for it sufficient occasion. ‘On the basis of these articles Gregory XL, in May, A. D. 1377, issued five bulls against their author. Three of them were addressed wo the Archbishops, with the Bishop of London, commanding them to. ascertain if such propositions had been in fact ailirmed by Wyckliffe, in. ‘a, detestable insanity,” and, if so, to imprison him and keep him until further instructions; — eom- manding them also to cite him publicly, lest he should seek to escape by flixht, and requiring them to bring the obnoxivus arti- eles to the notice of the King. Another bull was addressed to the Kings infonming him of the Commission, and requirmg his aid, and still another to the Chancellor and Uni- versity of Oxford, enjoining them on. pain of Joss of all their pri to commit Wyclitfe and his disciples to custody, and deliver them to the authorized Commission. ‘The heads of. the University served upon him the required citation, “Wyckliffe ap- peared before the Archbishops, and made written answer for the theses. But he did not come on his own strength alone; he was. now recognized as the faithful representa- tive of a Wide English feeling. ‘The widow of the Black Prince, now Queen Mother, sent an officer to che Commission, charging the prelate to pronounce | on hun no sentence. The peuple of London forced their _ wa into the chapel at Lambeth, and showed their purpose to defend him, The result of the proceedings bore, therefore, no proportion to the threat- ening commencement; for, though he was forbidden further to teach the particular theses, on the ground that they would give offense to the laity, he left the court for the open air of strpets -and fields, with his free- dom unfettered and his prominence and power only increased by the futile assault, The successive attacks of those who hated him hed given him a distinction which be never seems to have songht for himself. At just this tine began that long Western schisin, in_ which Urban VL was acknowl- edged by England, Clement VIL by France: in ‘whieh subsequently there were three FB by their metodi elodious and conseérated af Ht taught the nations an obscure 0) 2, Christian comity, aud prepared the T international lav, whi nal Iw, while the out- aEaEBIions of Europe for the conquest thenism which still girt it about 7, Popes at once, almost equally detestable, with equal violence anathematizing cach other, and which was not closed till thirty Fears after Wyclifie’s death. An iinmense impression was made upon him by this event, and from that time, not ceasing to be a diligent scholar, a patriotic counsellor, a de- yout theologian, he more and more came to the front as a radical and devout Church Reformer. He had felt the power of the Scriptures to exalt and cheer the human spirit. [le became imbued with an impulse to make God’s Word accessible all, and this burning impulse was carried out to a successful end. How far he himself trans- lated its'books is not wholly certain, That he did so inepely is undisputed. A Har- mony of the to have led the way to the rest. The Apoca- lypse, with its incessant attraction for spirits like his in times like those, was probably the first of the books to engage his hand. Others followed, most of the New Testament being rendered by himself, doubtless with partial ald from friends; the Old ‘Testament proba- bly in good .part by Nicholas Hereford, an | intimate friend and co-laborer witn him. He seems. however, to have been suddenly ar- rested in the work and the rest_to have been done by another, probably by Wycliffe. Of course all the translations had to be made from the Latin of Jerome, the Hebrew and Greek being almost unknown. It was, in other words, the version of a version, and so exposed to peculiar imperfection. Bat it must be remembered that Jerome had bad early Greek manuscripts, earlier than’any known until recently to the scholars of Eu- rope, and that so in translating him Wycliffe stood but as one remove from the originals, while his perfect acquaintance with the Latin gave him ample opportunity to make his translation encrgetic and full asan En- glish equivalent. e completed it probably us early, at the latest, ag A. D., 1382; and copies of it were rapidly made by the hands of skilled and eager scribes, But Wyclitfe himself, no cub ‘was aware that the work had been too rapidly done for its highest value or best effect, and planned - the revision, at once commenced, which finally appeared from the hand of John Kur- yey, in A. D. 1888, four years after the mas- ter’s death. Of this, nearly or quite a hun- dred and fifty manuscripts remain, in whole or in part, many written on vellum, with elaborate care, to be the possession of churches, or the wealthy, and not a few bearing the marks of long use and of the concealments into which they were hurried in times of trouble. All these were written within forty years after Wyelitfe’s death; and if we remember what eareful, destructive search for them was made in the day of persecution, how many went across the sea, how many shriveled in the fit of war, how mayy were burned, with those who had read them, on public squares, how many probably wait to be dis- eovered, we shall see how extraordinary their number at first must have been. | Only aspirit inte and determined could have driven so swiftly so many pens. ‘The subsequent months of Wycliife’s life were like the stormy afternoon, whose turbu- lance ceases, whose glooms are scattered i the sunset’s gulden tranquillity. An ecclesi- astical assembly at London—ealled by him the “Earthquake Council,” because it was shaken by a tremble of the plauet—con- denned his doctrines, but left him untouched apparently because of the spirit of the Com- mons, Oxford repelled or evaded the at- tacks repeated upon him, but at last yielded to a Royal mandate, and his long .con- nection with it was closed. In November A. D. 1832 he seems to have again defended his doctrine before the Provincial Synod in London, and again to have escaped personal assault, ‘The weisht of his character in the country Was too great, his following was too eto be challenged without danger, A addressed to Parliament against the English ernsade for Urban was one of his last public papers, though many brief tracts were written and distributed to the end of his life, and his sermons went forth aa leaves on the wind. Three hundred of them still rem: that iron temper w ; steel; his courage mounted with occasion; and he found it as true in his own time as it ever had been, “the nearer the Sword, the nearer to God.” In point of fact he was never subjected to blade or brand. He wrought in patience at his .reetory, makin: ita centre of impulse to England, © He stoo to his convictions, though the Pope again ited him, and even the powerful John of Gaunt, fell from- his side, till a stroke of parlysis a second time snjote him, as he was engaged in Divine offices, on the day of the Holy Innocents, at the close of the year 1354; and on the final day of that year, as reckoned by us, he passed out of earthly struggle and |. care, and eutered his immortal rest. —— IRISH CONVENT LIFE. AN INTERVIEW WITH THE NUN OF KENSLARE. Jumes Kedyuth tn the New York Tribune, Dunrix, Aug. 30.—'The most famous Irish lady af our day, and the most famous Irish nun since the tjme of St. Bridget, is Sister Mary Frances Clare, in the Convent of Ken- mare, in the County Kerry. In religion she is cuiled Sister Frances; in literature she still retains the family name of Cusack; but in the hearts and the homes of the Irish race, in every clime and country, she is known only and honored amd beloyed as “the Nun of Kenmare,” No woman in Irish history was ever so widely known during her own lifetime; and no Irish nun, during her own lifetime, ever befare whelded an jnfluence so beneficent and widespread. Her beaks, both devotional and historical, have a Jarger elreu- Jation than the books of any other Catholja author now living. The Nun has written fifty orsixty books, devotional, biographical, and historical; and they enjoy a high reputation among scholars as well as the people. Cath- olic critics and students, from the Pope down, have spoken in terms of great admiration of these books, and eminent Protestant writers have been equally laudatory. er chief historical books area History of Ireland, a History of Cork, a History of Kerry,—large actayo volumes, And her principal bioaraph- feal buaks are lives of O’Connell, Father Matthew, St. Patrick, St. Bridget, and St. Columba,~each, also, an elaborate study. Her devotiona! books are very numerous and form an exclusively or rather distinctively Catholic library. More than half a million of copies of these books have been suld. She has edited the only complete edition of O'Connell’s speeches. She has contributed hundreds of essays te periodical literature, and never @ week passes in which letters froin her pen do not appear in newspapers of England, the United States, or Australia. '’he Nun of Kenmare comes from an old Protestant family that for some 500 or 600 years has produced people of note in every gencration. As long ago as Queen Eliza- beth’s time there was a Lord Chancellor Cusack, It was an Anglo-Lrish family, and many of its members held high administrat- ive positions under the Government uf ‘‘ the Pale.” Bliss Cusack was educated as a Prot- estant,—in the Chureh of England—and for five years of her youth she was a member of one of the Protestant sisterhouds. Shortly afterwards she jo the Catnolic Chureh, and became ®nun of the order of Poor Clares. This order wag established in Italy in_ 1212, and was introduced into Lreland in 1625, 1 is ay austere order in Italy; the devotions of the nuns there are tive or six hourslong every. day nd, gs there were no other orders, established at the time, the rigors of the original rules were suspended “jn order that the sisterhood might devete their time to works of chari The Convent of Ken: mare was founded in IsGl, by Miss’ Cusack and six other nuns. When, on niy return to Ireland, I received acordia} jnvitation to visit the Convent of Kenmare, fidid not! tate to accept in L had wanted to deseribe Jife in a convent, and Kenmare is the most famous convent in. Lre- Jand. ‘The convent adjoins the echurch,—a splendid building for so small a town, and a monument to the enerzy of the old Arch- deacon @’Sullivan, The convent is built. in | the Elizabethan style, and stands in a large and beautiful garden, The surrounding scenery ig as grand as the scene fuside of the wails is lovely, for it 15 the most beautiful pati of the most beautiful county of the jouth of Ireland, The Nun of Kenmare Is in delicate health. Thad a dozen interviews with her. J ob- tained from her at th Interviews this ac- count of life in an Irish convent, and I shall give itin her own wor She said she was verfectly willing to answer any question L yrould ask, and would take no offense at the Most skeptical questions: * Well, then, Sister Frances, what induces. youny girls to crush out every instinct of womanhood,—ta abjure the prospect of love and motherhood,—and shut themselves up within the walls of a convent?” The good nun’s eyes twinkled with humor as L asked this rather brusque question. She Jaughed, and si “L know that your Prot- estant notion is that we nuns enfered con- yents because we were crossed in love, or have had seme great trial. But indeed it is a wrong idea, 1 know ihe history of every nun in this convent, and in not one ease had Jove or sorrow anything to do with their spels, first translated, seems } adoption of a religious life. Excepting one, —and she has never regretted it. “Why, a convent would be a fearful place to tive in,” continued the nun, “if all the in- mates were unhappy, disappointed, soured women. A great many nuns are girls who have been educated in convents, and you may be quite sure they would not want to enter a- convent if they saw, when they were growing UD ere, that the nuns had been unhappy, or soured, or discontented. I know the general Protestant theory is that nuns shut them- selves up and are of no use to anyone; buta little thought would show how ebsurd this is. Why, their whole time is occupied in be- ing of use to every one, and, surely, if they like that kind of life—as it is for the public good—every one should be satisfied.” “Well, Sister Frances,” I said, “ you've answered the: Protestant theory, butyou have not stated the Catholic theory,—-why do Catholic girls become nuns ?” “Well,” replied the Nun, “ we Catholics have a word to express this. Wecallita ‘vocation’ when any young lady wishes to enter a convent. I need not tell you that vo- cation means a ‘call,’ and the Catholic opinion is that Almighty God gives certain persons a call, orvocation,jor desire to live this particular kind of life. Obviously, if the call is trom God, it would be sinful not to follow it.” “An old Catholic lady at the hotel,” 1 said, * told me she had two daughters who were nuns, and that she wished every one of her daughters had been nuns. Is this a com- mon, sentiment among the Catholic moth- ers?” “It is common,” replied the nun, “but not universal. Catholics often object to their children being priests or nuns because they do not like to part with them, or because they have plans for their worldly advancement. But it is quite clear that no Catholic parent can conscientiously refuse leave to a child to enter aconvent or to become a priest. ‘Che great principle of the Catholic faith is that God_ should. be first. in everything, that His service should come before the service of the world. Indeed, this is simply-the teaching of the Bible— Seek -ye first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness.’” “What is the Catholic answer, then,” I asked, “to the argument I remember hrear- ing advanced when Lwas a boy, that it is contrary to the teaching of the Bible to bea priest or nun?” “Tf Protestants,” said the nun, “ would study the Bible more, and not take a text hereand a text there, they would not think Our blessed Lord says that He will re- ward us even if we do such a trifling act of charity as to give a cupof cold water toa thirsty man, and He tells us that our doing or not doing works of charity will be the very ground on which He will judge us at the last day. So, clearly, it cannot be con- trary to Scripture for us to give our whole time to works of charity, and certainly it isa very great advantage to other people. If a lady enters a convent and s up her whole time to nursing the si and teach- ing the poor. clearly the public gain by her doing so. The only person who can lose or suffer any inconvenience is herself. How often we hear men ed for having saeri- ficed themselves for their country. May we not claim a little praise, too, for sacrificing ourselves for God's poor and little children 2” “How are convents supvorted, Sister Frances?” “Tn two ways,” said the Nun of Kenmare, “Every young lady who enters a convent brings, aS a_general rule, some means with her, generally about £500. The interest on that money supports her, as we live ina very plain way. In most convents there are pupils who pay for their education, and their fees help to support it, We here in Kenmare have none of these resources, because the. people are so poor that they can pay nothing for their education, and we are in too remote a place to take young ladies. The misfort- unus of the last few years have left few young ladies with any fortune. So, for sev- eral years past, we have not been able to take any of the young ladies who wanted to ave ho means of support- ing them. great loss to the puor here, as we want five or six young nuns to help in the large schools.” “Now, Sister Frances,’ I interrupted, “ever since Lread in Shakspeare the advice Tamlet gives to Ophelia, ‘Go get thee toa nunnery,’ L have just been dying, so to speak, to know the daily routine of a nun’s life, Will you tell me?’ Tinferred from the nun’s laugh that I was not using the established formula of: speech, but I frankly admitted L was a novice, and the Brod nun went on: “Oh, yes. The nuns rise at 5in the morn- ing. Each nun who is able to.do so takes it in turn to call all the rest, Indeed, she has to get up before 5, as it takes nearly half an hour to callall the Sisters and open the doors. ‘Every nun ts in church at clock, ane then we have prayers fur an hour, which helps us to do Gud’s work through the day: and gives us good thoughts of Heaven and holy things. At half-past 7 we have ma: At half-past 8 we have breakfast, and, as we live as much as possible like the puor pe ple, we use only bread and tea fur break: At dinner we havi xcept on fas. -which, you know, are pretty frequent. It the Sisters choose, they take some bread and cocoa in the niddle of the day, and I assure you they need it after so many hours’ teach- ing. The Sisters all teach in the schools. They go to them at 9 jock, and are on duty until 3, Some of the Sisters are only halt an hour out of the school during this time. “We dine at 3:30. We do nearly all our own work—imake ourown beds and wash our plates and dishes, At 4:30 we all meet tuge! talk over the events of the we call recreation, and 1 can as you we enjoy ourselves. If those who think a con- yent a glvomy place and a nun’s life an un happy one, could come to @ convent recrea- ton for afew days they would svon be unde- ceived. “We go to church again at half-past 5, At To’clock we have tea. After that we again meet together for recreation, At 8 o’clock we goto the chureh nto think of our goud God and_ to pray to Him for every one; and you may be sure, Mr. Redpath,” added the nun, “ that we do not forget our good American friends, Protestants as well as Catholics. We go to our reoms—or cells as we call them—at half-past 9, and most of thé nuns are asleep at 10 o'clock.” T don’t remember what question it was I asked here, but my notes show that. the nun said in response: “No, a nun’s life is not monotonous. Peo- ple who know nothing about it are apt to think it is, and that we must get very tired of doing the same thing every day. They forget that people in the world do the same thing every day! Why, your ‘school- mwas’ have to go on year after year teach- ing the same things; and your professors, even in your highest colleges, do the thing; and your great inventor and mas! mind, Mr. Edison, even he must do the same kind of thing day after day. No, sir, our life Is not monotonous. "It has its own joys and its own sorrows—its. own pleasures and its own annieties—its desires and projects: all affording suffici riety. And then our interest in our work is indeed very I can assure you we often wish the d thirty-six hours long instead of twenty-fou You can hardly. ize the amount of busi- ness to be done les the actual teaching. ‘here is the planning and arranging tor the future of so many children. Then the poor people come to us for advice and often for temporal help, which we cannot always give; although, thanks to my = gen- erous American friends, we have been able to do a good deal this year. You must remember that in the rural districts of Ireland the poor have no one to look to but the priests and nuns. I suppose that in all this world there Is not another so utterly destitate #7 “You don't have schools on Sundays?” “No,” said the nun, ‘ton Sundays and on holidays we have more time, and then we look forward to our long holiday in Heaven —where there will be no distress, and no famine years, and—God forzive me! I was going to say no landlords !—but let us hope that they do not know ali the evil of which they are the cause, not always by what they do, but by what they do tiot do for those who are dependent on them.” THE FIRE-WORSHIPERS, AN INTERVIEW WITH A NESTORIAN PREACHER. Detroit Free Press. Near the base of Mount Ararat. in Persia, where the Good Book says Noah's ark first rested, stands the ancient City of Oroomiah, the birthplace of Zoroaster, father of the Fire-Worshipers. Belleving that a chat with a native of that far-off place would prove in- teresting a reporter of the Free Press yester- day called upon the Rev. Benjamin Eshoo, at his temporary residence, at No. 52 Adains avenue west.- A brief account of a lecture er to enjoy ourselves for an hour and what given by Mr. Eshoo at Grace Church ap-' peared in these columns on Thursday last, since which time the intelligent Persian has been visited by numbers of citizens. “I see that the Nestorian Chureh is often { spoken of as the Assyrian Church, Mr. Eshoo. Why is that 2” “It is the Assyrian Church properly,” re-- plied the Persian in his peculiar, rich dialect. N ae a Bishop of our Church, and we are called Nestorians by peopl i the Church.” erreone sails “You said in your lecture that you, in the church, spoke the language that was spoken by Jesus Christ,—then it must be that you do not conduct the service in the Persian lan- guage?” “No, we do not. The language of the Church is the old Assyrian, which in its mod- oa vies still spoken in different parts of ersia, Itis the language of Oroomiah. At the time of our Savior the Syrio-Chaldaic lan- guage was spoken in Judea, and- Jesus preached in that language, but His _utter- . ances to God were in the language which He learned from His Assyrian mother, and. wrhieh we Nestorians use in the Church to- “Are there many Sun or in.Pe ‘sia now y Fire Worshipers ew. ‘here are a great many in Af- shaaistan, an some still (Gh in Oroomlah you tell me anythi i worship? : anything about their “I know little about their religion except what I have seen with my own Sve: They worship the suo as their supreme God, and fire in any form bears some _ relation to their God. Diamonds are holy with them. Four- teen years ‘ago I saw what I see a corre- spondent of the New York Sun calls a‘ Mo- hammedan? iniracle, He did not. know What he was writing about, This of which 1 speak took place in Oroomiah. Five meni- bers ofa society of Fire-Worshipers went into a blazing big fire, and remained several ininutes without being burned or scorched. A great many persons assembled to see the sight. ‘he Sheik, who is a priest among the :-Worshipers, sat, or Kneeled, upon a 11 piece of carpet and mumbled a prayer or incantation.in a language which no per- son but himself could understand. As soon as he began the five men, naked except a girdle about the waist, walked int the fire and stood there swaying their bodies to and fro. The fire was made of large sticks of wood and was very hot. A large sheet of copper, which had been heated red like blood, was in the fire, and this they took u and put upon their heads. They remainec in the fire until the Sheik stopped praying, when they came quickly out.” “Do you not think the five men applied : some chemical to the skin which prevented the fire from burning them 2? “ L do not see how that could be, Noteven their hair or beards were scorched. We were all astonished. Did the Fire-Worshipers make many con- verts out of this ‘miracle’ ?” “ Not one.” “ }lave you many newspapers in Persia ?” “Oh! yes, some. Oroomiah has 60,000 in- habitants, and there are two weekly papers published there.. They sell for a pannabat percovy. A pannabat is equal to between 8 and 10 cents.” __‘' Has Oroomiah a Mayor or Governor who is under the Pasha?” “Yes, und his word is law. If he say, ‘Take off that man’s head,’ it comes off.” “How do you punish crimes in Persia?” { Well, if you steal something the first time, they strip your feet bare and tie thein toastick. ‘Then you are whipped on the naked feet untif you swoon away. The sec- ond time,—one of your hands will be cut off and you are fined a lot of money. The third time another hand comes off, and the fourth time your head. For some crimes they lay a man in a hole in the earth, and pressing open his jaws pour melted lead down his t roat, which kills him quick,” Ar. Eshoo is a very interesting and earnest gentleman, whose mission here is to secure hi p for the fainishing people of Persia. He is about 48 years of age, and acquired his ed- ueation at St. Augustin’s College. He has visited Jerusalem, Bethlehem, the River Jor- dan, Cyprus, Greece, and Italy, and is famil- iar with the Seven Churches of Asia Minor. THE DALE CASE. LETTERS FROM DRS. PUSEY AND LIDDON. The Rey. Dr. Pusey, the originator of the advanced views of Episcopalianism, better known as the Oxford tractarian movement, has written the following letter touching the imprisonment of the Rev. Mr. Dale, Rector of St. Vedast, for ritualistic practices in alleged viulation of the Public Worship act: Curist Cuurcn, OxForp, Nov. 2, 1880.— My Dear Sir: I thank you for your early information that your pastor, Mr, Dale, has been sent to jail like an ordinary felon. Al- though of courte he will recelve whatever courtesy prison rules will allow, at his age (Lam told, about G0) I suppose that ic may gravely alfect his health, if not his life, It will be a blot hereafter upon the adininis- tration of English law in this, our nineteenth century, that while our Supreme Court of Appeal has uniformly interpreted the law most’ rigidly in favor of any one accused of heresy, it has used special pleading to condemn the © use of a vestment, and any one who should wear it, No Church Court could have pro- nounced that to act in conformity to a direc- tion contained in the Prayer-Book, which is put into the hands of us, the clergy, as our guide in our ministration to our people, should bea vensl act. No words: could be plainer than those prefixed to the order for morning and evening prayer: “Such orna- ments of the Chureh‘and of the ministers thereof, at all times of their administrations, shall be retamed and be in use as were in this Church of "England by the authorities of Parlianentin the second year of King Edward VL” No one doubts that the vest- ment, for wearing which your clergyman has been sent to gaol, was one of those orn ments. English common sense will previ against the special pleading of lawyers. You are probably aware that a minority of the members of the Privy Council—among them the late Chief Baron Kelly, whose sound judgments were esteemed so bighly—did not concur in the judgment for contravening which Mr. Dale has been sent to gaol. It is not law (which all Englishmen respect), but. isinterpretation of the law, which your man has contravened, But the reme- d in your own hands. Lf you and the par- ishioners of the two other parishes whose ministers Lord Penzance speaks of sending to gaol, petition her Majesty to exercise her prerogative and to restore you your clersy (although I, who am not acquainted with any who have aecess to her Majesty, have no right to form opinion), 1 could seareely doubt that her Majesty would. graciously listen to arequest so reasonable. 1 write is as to those who are called ts. Lmay, therefure, be held impar- tial when I say that no one of those who are now recognized as having done good service to the Church nearly fifty years ago, in awakening her when half asleep, had the slightest doubt about the meaning of the rubric for obeying which your minister has. been sent to gaul. . Yours very faithfully, . B. Pusry. The following letter was forwarded by Canon Liddon: ‘Lonbon, Nov. 1, 1880.My Dear Si: On the subject of Mr. Dal¢’s imprisonment, if my sympathies were with the persons who have promoted it, should regard such an very great misfortune, For, tnyless tory isto be distrusted, persecution is in the long run much iyere futal ta the cause of the perseentor. thah to the.canse of the persecuted. Mr. Datedvill. not forfeit the consideration and affection which his life and character deservedly command on account of an incident which, in all probability, the more farsighted, as well asthe more con- siderate, of his ‘opponents’ already regard with very great regret. Certainly they have good reason to do so. Once more th ing, you for your letter, Lam, my dear sir, yours very tru! poi DON. NOT A CHURCH. FLORENCE 3UCARTHY!S MISSION, To the Editar of The Chicago Tribune, Cricaco, Dec. 1.—Tue TRIRUNE Fave & report of a religious meeting held in theCall- Board room, in Board of Trade alley, on Sunday, the 11th ult., which has made the impression in the community’ that I have or- ganized a church there, of which I am the pastor and preacher. Now, while thanking ‘Tire Trmoye for its good intentions, I de- sire to say through its columns that this isa misconception of this meeting, and of my re- jations to it, whieh it is quite an object with me to correct, ‘The modern so-called church, minister, and sermon have, no doubt, done much good in the past, but, in my opinion, they have out- lived their usefulness, and aresoaltered from the New Testament models that they can na longer be recognized as divine institutions. "The earnest Christian workers of Chicazo and other large cities have long since ceased. toexpectany good from them, and have exerted their energies through a moreScript- ural and effielent institution, — which bears the modest name of & Gospel meeting. "This is the kind of meeting that was held at the Call-Board room, And in. order that t may vindicate myself, and direct the atten~ tion of the public to one of the most remark- able religions movements that have taken piace in mudern tines, allow me to state categorically a few of the differences be- tween a so-called charch and a Gospel mect- ing. 1, A church 1s located with reference tothe convenience of people who are supposed to be already saved, and of people who do not want to be saved, and never will be saved, articularly the rich. A Gospel sneeting Is located with reference to the convenience of peoule who are not saved, but who want to 2 saved, especially the poor and the vicious. The church says to tne fallen, ‘Run here, and let me pick you up.” The Gospel meet- ing says to the fallen, “I am right here by your side, picking you up.” 2, A church is, in every case, an elaborate organization, with a number of graded offi- cers, and holds landed property; and these features give it permanence, but breed end- less feuds about the honors and the property, which keep the devil in constant possession of the body, and make its very permanence an additional evil, A Gospel meeting, being a mere meeting, has no otticers, organization, nor property, and is held together simply by the spirit of love, so that no Sooner does this love die out than the meeting dies out also, as it ought, : 3. Ina church the teacher is generally a much flattered, and pampered, and rather Jadylike person, called a minister, who knows as little about the trials and spiritual needs of a poor man, or of a bad man, or of the average business-man as_a_horse does of as- tronoury. Ina Gospel meeting, the teachers are themselves men of affairs, who have be- come familiar with the ways of the world by hard knoeks and ill-usage, and with the sources of spiritual strength and comfort by bletsed experience and by signal deliver- 4, In a church the chief attration Is a prolix, debilitated, and pointless essay called }.asermon. Ina Gospel meeting ‘a brief pungent exposition of a pa: tukes the place of a sermon, traction is the ringing testimonies o hearers themselves to the power of Divine Raace to deliver men from the habit of ust strong drink, and from every other vice, an toimake their lives pure and happy. 5. Inachurth the jnusic is an anthem, sung by a schoir, the words of which run somewhat as’ follows; Glory—glo—glo— glory. Glory in—glory in the—glory in the highest glory, A—men, 'men, men, "men. aA—men,” and which is followed by such comments as “ Very fine, I swear.” In a Gos- pel meeting so, the singing occupies a } Prominent place, but the words and music express the deepest needs and the purest joys. of the human heart; all the people sing, fre- quenuy an hour ata time, and the comments are furtive tears and prayerful ejaculations, _ 6 Inachereh the minister is liberally paid in hard cash for his preaching and praying, and the congregation is systematically dunned forcontributions to swell his bank account, Ina Gospel meeting no collections are taken up;. its wu ers never Sulicit a penny from any one but God for its support; they pay the bilis out of their own pockets, and give what is left to the poor members of the congregation. 7. Achurch draws a congregation by ad- vertising that the Rev. ‘Tom, Dick, or Harry will speak and pray. A Gospel meeting draws a congregation by advertising that a yosvel meeting will be held. People go toa chureh to hear some particular man speak; they go to a gospel meeting to meet the Lord Jesus, and to hear His Gospel. 8 Ina chureh no stranger feels free to take any seat until he has been invited to do so. In a Gospel meeting a stranger feels free to take the best seat he can find. 9. Ina church every one is decently if not handsomely dressed, and people often stay away from it for want of tne clothes. In a Gospel meeting every one is poorly or plainly clad, and no one’s clothes attract attention unless they are fine. 10, In the sermon, ata church, one hears so much about justification by faith, and the imputation of Christ’s righteousness, that he is almost afraid to quit sinning, for fear of jeoparding his salvation. In & Gospel meet- ing the refinements of justi ion and impu- tation are eschewed, and the simpler ideas of forgiveness and cleansing are substituted. 1L, After services, atachurch, couie sumpt: uous dinners, Havana cigars, newspapers, and siestas. After services, at a Gospel meet- ing, come conferences with inquirers, and impromptu prayer meetings in almost every nook and corner of the room. : 2, Ina church, conversions aro very rare, and never occur atall, except as the result of special meetings, and a great deal of noise ‘itement,. in a Gospel meeting, con- sions occur in urge numbers all the time, vithout any special effort, and without any or excitement whatever. Achurchissurfeited with spiritual food by holding meetings on two days in the week. A Gospel 1 ing is held every day in the week, and yet the people never get tired vf them, 14. Uncouverted people have no confidence inachurch or a minister, because they be- lieve them to be ainditious, hypocritical, and venal. Uneonverted people never question the sincerity and good intentions of a Gospel meeting and its workers, because they see for themselves they collect no money and wear no honor: 15. A church, as a general thing, is simply a club, for social and sentimental enjoyment, open to all well-to-do people, regardless of moral character, and hermetically sealed against Christ's poor. A Gospel meeting is the real Church of Jesus Christ of the New Testament. ‘ ‘The meeting, then, held in the Cali Board room every Sunday afternoon and evening is aGospel meeting, not a so-called chureh; and Lam an humble Gospel worker therei nota so-called minister. Neither [nor any oue else knows where the funds are to come from with which to defray its expenses, ex- cept that the Lord will provide, and there is no money nor henors in it, except for the this meeting, unless he shall come and see for himself. It is designed fur the benefit not of the gentlemen of the Board of Trade, assome have supposed, but of the men. and women who freguent this locality on Sunday. Tis object is to save these people from a life vice and misery, and induce them to lead lives of purity and peace, and to give all the glory td God. Frorence McCanray, THE WEEK OF PRAYER, 1881. PROGRAM FoR THE FIRST WEEK IN JAN- VARY, The Evangelical Alliance, as representing Protestant Christendom throughout the world, have for years suggested a program for the Week of Prayer, so that as far as pos- sible all praying people might unite on the same day in the same petitions. The Branch Alliance of. the United States adopt, with slight modifications, its program, and sug- gest the following themes and order for the approaching Week of Prayer, Jan. 2-0—viz.: Jan 2.—Sheme: Christ the only hope of a lost world. Monday, 8.—Thanksgiving for the blessings, temporai’ and spiritual. of the past yeur, and prayer for their continuxnce. ‘Tuesday, 4.—Humiliation and confession on account of indiyidunt, social, and Nutfonal sins, Wednesday, 3—Prayer for the Chureh of Curist, its uufty anu purity, its ministry, and for reyivals of retivion, ursday, 6.—Christian education: Prayer for the fuinily, Sunday-schools, and all educational institutions, for Young Sen's Christian Associae tions. and for the press. Friday, 7-—Prayer for the pistachios of just- fee, humanity, and pe:ce umong all nations; for the suppression of intemperance and Subbath desecraucn. Saturday, &—Prayer for Christian’ missions and the conversion of the world to Christ. Sunda ‘heme: On the ministracion of the Holy Spi CENTRAL CHURCH. ‘THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE TRUSTEFS of the Central Chureh was held a few days ago. The flourishing condition of Prof. Swing’s society was illustratyd by the inter- esting statistics which were laid before the oflicers by Mr. Charles A. Spring, Jr., the Treasurer of the church. The effect of the removal into the cowfortable, convenient, and well-ventilated Central Music-Hail audi- torium was made apparent by the increased attendance of the permanent or seat-holding members of the congregation; for, while it has always been true that the “ floating inem- flers” who crowded McVicker’s ‘Theatre during the period of the church’s oceupancy of the theatre was so great that numbers were turned away, sti!l the permanent congregation occupying seats was ‘never so large as during the pest year.. The member- ship of the church holding permanent sit- tings now nimbers 1,004, exclusive of those occupying boxes, which provide for 125 addi- tional seats. It will thus be seen thatof a congregation which numbers each Sunday in the neighborhood of 2,500 people, fully one- half are permanent seat-holders and make their church’s home in the Central Music- fall. S “The manner in which Central Church has been conducted has beer one of the chief elements of its popubtrity with the public. While it is the custom in, other churches to resort to the contribution-box on every occa- sion, and to supplement this jmmode of col- leettun with ‘church fairs” and other Lord. No one can tell who will preside over J “modern improvements” to assist in Paying the interest on debts or raising the back-pay of an overworked pastor, the vol- untary methods employed the Centrak hureh, stand in such sharp contrast to the al ins-asking system which so extensively prevails that the attendants find it a relief and pleasure to jotn in a service which is not interrupted by financial appeals. Butitis a mistake to believe that people are not liberal who are not constantly Beemea for aid, for, according to the ‘statement of the ‘Treas- urer, the voluntary contributions - made ‘4 ae seat-holders for the supports of the Central Church last year amounted to over $23,000, and the church, besides antick- pating all its payments quarterly in advance, made donations to the various benevolent so- cieties in the city approximating to $5,000. Few church organizations in the country cam exhibit a record which shows such large and substantial evidences of prosperity, and it is evident that the exainple- which has been seb by the Central Church is being felt through- out the entire city. Many of the other churches inticate a desire to put aside their debt-paying interest account in order to cre- ate a charity fund that shall aid the severat charitable institutions in carrying on their. work. Recognizing that the great prosper of the church is largely due to the Und lwidualite and great ability of its pastor, the Trustees unanimously determined what has been pro- posed each year, but has been annually pro- tested against by Prof. Swing, that he should. in the future share in the general prosperity of the orzanization, and it was therefore re- solved that his salary should be increased from $7,000 to $10,000. This announcement, which is not generaily known to the congre- gation, will undoubtedly be received with great pleasure, as it has been the desire, for several years, of the lead- ing members that the Professor’s salary should be fixed at a sun commensurate with his ability, and that he should receive am amount from the Central Church as large as he had repeatedly been offered by Eastern churches, who are anxious to win him away from the city of his choice. The resolution of the Trustees was a complete surprise to the Professor, who had not been consulted in the matter because it was well known by the leading members of the church that he felt a delicacy about accepting from his people: an. advance which might be construed as due intimation that the competition which exists: for his talent had been the inspiring cause of the increase. ‘This voluntary action of the Trustees Is characteristic of the business management of the church, and is a graceful recognition of Prof, Swing’s devotion to the interests of the o1ganization and to the cause of religion and morality in Chicago. ‘The annual resale of the seats for the en- suing year it was agreed should be con- ducted on the basis of allowing the present pew-holders one week, commencing to- morrow and closing next Saturday night, in which to retake for the ensuing year their: present sittings without premium. The scale of prices for the seats will runge from $5 to: $25 for the ensuing year, the distribution in: the auditoriuan pele as follows: rst toor—First two rows A third ond fourth rows parquet’ Side balanes parquet, $18; first and second rows uet circle, $25; third row parquet circle, $2; fourth and fifth rows parquet circle, $20: sixth and seventh rows parquet circle, $15; cighth ‘and nines rors parquet circle, $10; an excl 3 boxes C, D, H, J, K, L, each, $100. Sheet Sy Se Second tloor—First row dress circle, $15; sec- ond and third row dress circle, $12, fourth row’ dress circle, $10; fifth and sixth row dress cir~ cle, $8; balance rows dress circle, $3; boxes M, NR. and S, 875: boxes O, P, T, U, 350. ‘Third tloor—First row balcony, $5; boxes in balcony, $15. Those, therefore, who desire to secure the: same seats which they now hold-will be care- ful to take advantage of the opportunity per- mitted them of securing their seats before’ the general public sale, which will begin one week from Monday, Dec, 13, when any seat untaken can be secured by the first comer. ‘The plat of the hall and seats will be during the present week and until the sale concludes: atthe Central Music Hall box-oftice, where: those desiring can make their selection and’ secure their tickets. : GENERAL NOTES. The Appeat will be superseded by the Re~ Sormed Episcopalian, Jan. 1. A Methodist mission for training native preachers is in successful operation in Japan, One thousand Congregational pastors in’ England and Wales are reported to be total abstainers. va The American Bible College at Bingham- ton sent its first foreign missionary to Bur- mah last week. The corner-stoné of the new Episcopal church in Austin -will be Jaid Dec. 10 by” Bishop McLaren. * ~ Dr. Ray Palmer’s hymn, “My Faith Looks Up to Thee,” has been translated into ara bic, and is quite popular in Syria. ‘The twenty-fifth anniversary of the estab-. lishment of the first Baptist Church in Stock~ holm, Sweden, was celebrated Oct. Lt. The Unitarians are going to build a new. church in Ann Arbor, Mich. The General Conference has promised to raise $10,000 for. the purpose. Over $116,000 have been pledged for the endowment of the Harvard Divinity School Fourteen thousand dollars more are to be raised to complete the fund. z The Central Baptist predicts a serious schism among the Congregationalists, and says: “A large party, perhaps, includin Henry Ward Beecher and his church, wil become open, as they are now secret, Uni- tarians.”” _ The annual meeting of the Woman’s Bap- tist Foreign Mission Associatian of Chi will be held at_the University Place Churc! on Thursday, Dec. 9, at 2:30 p.m. A special invitation to tea has been given by the ladies of the University Place Church, and a@ full attendance is requested. A congress of great significance was re- cently held at Genoa to protest against the State regulation of vice. Over five hundred delegates were present, representing the- principal countries of Europe. The local Government, fea an insurrection, refused’ the large theatres. e final demonstration: was an orderly but intensely earnest opet-. air meeting. _‘t The Rubicon Is Passed” is the quaint title of a pamphlet on the ‘Science of the Deyelopmenk of the Human Fauiily,” by Elisha Chase, of 366 West Lake street, Chi- cago. ‘The subject is treated from a phreno- logico-spiritual standpoint, and doubtless will prove interesting to Any readers who indulge in speculation on the laws of devel opment as applied to man and his destiny. In an article entitled “Migratory Chris- tians,” the Advance says: “A layman has no more right than a clergyman to accept’ a calltoanew place of residence solely for his peeunlary advantage”; and when a Chris- tian goes. to reside in a town containing ehurehes of Christ he “as fully owes serv- tee to the Master, in connection with some one of those churches (naturally one of his own faith or order) a3 if he had already united with it”? A letter from Cardinal Manning was re- cently read in the various Roman Catholic churches of London asking that the names and addresses of parents whuse sons are at— tending non-Roman Catholic schuols should be sent to him through their respective clergy on or before acertain date. He wishes to find out what support may be expected for a- proposed central school in London which will meet the higher educational wants of the Roman Catholic middle class. The amount received by the American Baptist Publication Suciety for the Robert. Raikes Centennial Sunday-School. Fund, within five months, foots up $3,100 for the enlargement of the Society’s Sunday-school mission work, It is hoped that the sum will reach $10,000 before Dec. 31. A complete list of contributors will be published and sent to each contributing Sunday-school. ‘The beau- tiful “Service? is sent free to all Sunday- , schools that will take the proposed centen-~ nial collection. A ‘our earnest, efficient ministersare wanted fo auevilent home mission fields in Michi- gan. Two of these fields have been vacated for months, and are greatly needed to be supplied at once. Both are in important points,—one on Lake Huron and the other on Grand ‘Traverse Bay. Both have good. church buildings. The other fields are more lately vacated, but are also calling, earnestly for ministers. Will any brethren who are willing to take these fields at salaries from $700 to S800 per year please to correspond. with the Kev, Theodore D. Marsh, Synodical Missionary, Grand Rapids, Mich. ‘The 150th anuivervary of the Congre; tional Church in Trumuull, Conn., was cole brated on the isth ult, W. B. Plumb, of Trumbull, gave the address of welcome, and Deacon Edward Sterling, of Bridgeport, re- sponded. ‘The pastor o! the church, the Rev. Nor Merwin, presented ahistorical addresa, and W. B. Coan, superintendent, gave a nis— torical sketch of the Suuday- Ater