Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 19, 1880, Page 17

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, DECEMBER 19, (880—TWENTY PAGES. 17 a RELIGIOUS. ionary Enterprise Among ~ the Pagans of the Orient. Dr, Bainbridge Saw on His Tour Around the World. Interesting Facts Re- ‘garding the Campbell- . ite Church. Wisi Jhe Question of the Hour in Church Polity—Free Seats vs. Rented Pews. Notes, Personals, Sunday Small Talk, Services To-Day. General : HEAVEN AND HELL. aqras night, and busy to and fro « Qnearth God's angels ran; ‘entered this low door—and there f cut life's little span. ‘night: I dreamed with openod eycs, ‘Isew what epirits can. Jsawtwo couls set free shoot up oto the awful blue— in that strange flight they paused, ‘Nolngering glance they threw; assome arrow to its coal, ‘fo ths Far Gates they drew. Forthen they paused, but entered in, ‘And L too, entered there, gnderaightway heard upon the wind, ‘Whose very breuth was prayer, A voice that called those new-born “Aeros the quiet air. and serve!” the sentence cam “eo panne of Jesu tell, % from death sume dying soull”” “Atbwart one fuce there fell Alengthening shadow, and I heard ‘Amuttered groan of “Hell!” Go thou and cerve!”" the soft voice said, “Make noon of life’s dark even; Guide frail ones through carth'sstorms, and bring in the souls God given!" Jaw a rapturous, upturned fave, Too blessed to answer “ Reaver MISSION WORK ABROAD. QUPRESSIONS GAINED IN A TOUR ALOUND THE WORLD. : ‘At the meeting of the Baptist pastors of Yew York City Monday evening last, the Bev. F. Bainbridge, of Providence, R. L, who das just returnea from a missionary tour around the world with his wife, gave an in- teresting description of the progress of mis- sonery enterprise among the far-off heathen of Japan, China, India, Persia, Syria, and othe pecan 9nd Mohammedan countries. It wisa mistake, he said, to suppose that the religions among these people were dormant. Of late years there had evidently been a) grong revival of Buddhism. In Tokio the Buddhists had recently completed a magnifi- cent new temple at a cost of $200,000, In Kioto they were building a splendid new theological seminary of white marble, a structure that would adorn Fifth avenue or any other street in New York. In China the old ‘religions were strong .and active, and particularly the ancient faith, which was the groundwork of Buddhism and kin- dred beliefs. The density of the population ef China had not been overestimated. There Were over 400,000,000 people in that great Em- pire. He remembered one district in China, 260 miles to the north of Canton and forty-five miles from the Grand Canal, where from the topof a small hill he had counted, within a radius of three miles, eighty-three villages, with 600 to.500 inhabitantsineach. This ‘was much greater than the population of the thickest-settled regions of Central India,— the great plain of the Ganges about Patna. ‘The intense misery and deep degradation of the 250,000,000 of Indians was something dreadful to contemplate. Modern evangel- istic enterprise was the only hopeof these vast teeming populations. A thorough ac- quaintance with the: modern missionary sys- tem was in itself aliberal education. It taught a knowledge of geography, ethnolo- gg, and politics, social science and interna- tonal law. In planting the Choo Choo Fou mission the missionaries found they must become thoroughly acquainted with the study and practice of international law. He had read the old heathen books ad authors, and thoucht there was much to admire in them, until he came to the countries where they bed lived and saw the suciety of which they Wrote, and found it all an illusion,—a verit- tblemiraze in the desert. Their religious amd ethical systems were dry and barren, and, 4s'a greap teacher had said of them, they ited imperfectly man’s yearn' after while Christianity alone represented 's yearnings after man. 4 twas a mistake to judge of our mission- wies in the East by the worn-outand broken- fown ones of their number who returned home. ‘The great body of missionaries in foreign tields were vizcrous aud active men, laboring under all privations and disappoint- ments to further the spread of the Gospel. speaker instanced the case of Brother of Burmah, who was last year robbed of his property, had his house burned ever his head, and lost his devoted wife. ‘These were somie of the misfortunes against ®hich missionaries were called upon.to con- d. On the whole, he thought that the in- kelligence and culture of our foreign ionaries were fully equal to those tt home clergymen. It was a great ustake to suppose that naries could a out and earn their living, as Paul did i tent-making. Paul worked among dis. Bn people, and ina land with the cus- toms, habits, and manners of which he was derfectiy familiar; but an American mission- fr frum home and among a people hardest and most laborious toil barely Jalliced to provide them with the most scanty pomssaries, found earning his own living to impossible. He knew of scores who had we it,and in every instance they had failed. . Bainbridge spoke of the attempts made the upper classes to dilute the spirit of at eoanity, with that of caste. the case t Brother Clows, in India, the wealthy peo- fe had flocked ‘to his preaching, and had iit schools and missions for him, but they Were offended when he began to baptize the rer classes, For a time Brother Clows Porat and questioned in his own mind etherhe might not keep back a little of truth to please therich. He and his wife Went into their house and opened two Bibles, a atthe same text, “ Not many wise, not any mighty,” etc., and decided to go on the baptizing, regardless of the conse- Quences, and not modify the faith at the de- Minds of supposed heathen culture. nigh? ‘very necessary toencourage foreien sil es. "he Burmese mission had stood finally pmaey years, but the blessing had 'y come to it through work, not among er classes, but among the most de- The Presbyterians did more with vd ha) the Methodists with bricks and fda gto, Congregationalists with their cated clergy, and the Baptists by the Ferme gsionary zeal and spirit of their con- Bint Americans, by reason of their free St tejend the independence and enterprise b their business and social life, succeeded Nonaliss, inissionaries than men of other na- vine Their superior zeal for temper- rr cit alsoin their favor. The speaker Chomiet, the eagerness and zeal of native Ganans, and showed a photograph of six for ese with whom he talked and prayed «fourhours. “No wonder I fell in love te those Chinamen,” he said. It would aay if the missioners trusted their wise elpers more. In Foo Chow, with ning 000 inhabitants, the Methodists had. Rat thousands of converts through their Hons Dreachers. The horrors of sotne por- of the heathen worship had not been phe, vee the Suburis of Calenta he “ye sands of women flocsing to Se idols and loading them with lowers, and votive offerings. ‘The speaker the great difficulty in India and China was to break into the upper ranks and gain eon among the rich and aristocratic mi es. So far little has been done, and rparitodty distinct appeal was made to this oe itfailed. Hetold a story of a Mandarin with whom he traveled to Singapore, and to whom he lent a copy of the Gospel. The mann had never read a Bible, although he had B opportunities to do so. He kept the ook three days, and when the vessel touched dock at Singapore returned it, saying that there was no book in the Chinese litera- ture that equaled it, adding: “* We make our authors gods after they have written, but yours must have been gods before.” reference to. the class of persons to be sent ont as missionaries, the speaker said he did not approve of sending out unmarried young men. Married sisters might occasion- ally be sent, but they should be experienced. ‘There was'a sister at Swatow who did a ereat work by sending out her native female converts, two and two, to arouse an_ interest among the benighted population, In North Syria the Pashas had no loyalty to the Porte, but there was-a general looking for a break- up. The spirit of Mohammedanism was still very bigoted and intensely fanatical, and it was a mnistake to think it would die out with the downfall of the Sultan. “ How’scaste ??? asked a brother. “Oh! it’s a terrible blight, —a terrible blight. If you wire to deify the tracts and objects that Anthony Comstock tries to suppress and make them into a re- ligion, you would have the religion of India.” THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. GEN. GARFIELD'S RELIGIOUS FAITH. New York Wortd, A dispatch to the New York World from Cleveland, O., recently’ referred to the impe- tus which had been given to what is popu- larly known as thet‘ Campbellite faith” by the election of its disciple, Gen. Garfield, to the Presidency. The Rev. Joseph Bradford Cleaver, pastor of the Church of the Disci- ples of Christ, on Twenty-eighth street, near Broadway, said to a World reporter: “Such an event will naturally lead people to in- quire about our faith. Gen. Garfield is pre- eminent as a thoughtful, logical man, and in the case of ‘every. man of that mold the world is interested in knowing his religion and the reasons he had for adopting it.” ** What were his reasons 2” “The same as those which converted Alex- ander Campbell from Presbyterianism to Christianity. Gen. Garfield, like Alexander Campbell and like the founders of this Church of which I am pastor and which antedates Alexander Campbell’s conversion by twerty-one years, could not, as a man of reason, rest satisfied with anything short of pure Christianity, untrammeled 'by any man-made creeds, or dignities, or denomina- tions. Chyistianity is better and older than Bishops, or Presbyters, or any other human agencies that have been forced into religions asapart of the faith. Perhaps I should statea case: A man wants to become a Christian, and he goes to a Baptist minister, who tells him what he must do under the the creed of that Church; then he gocs to a Methodist exhorter, who tells him something elsc—that he must come and state his ‘expe- tience,’ perhaps; then the Episcopal clergy- man tells him through what process he may join that Church; then the Catholic priest informs him that no heretic can be saved. A logical man after this experience will cer- tainly wonder that all these churches are Tight, and yet that no two agree in anything save this—that he must be a Christian. To bea Christian without the other require ments is, we claim, to be a member of our Church. In answer to this Presbyterians, Congregationalists, Baptists, and the rest will say that they do not claim that to be saved it is necessary to be a Presbyterian, or Congregationalist, or a Baptist—and so on through the list excepting the Catholics; but is it not then a logical answer to say that it the creeds and rules of those churches are not necessary to the Christian shes. are super- finities and a burde: Seetarianism is a bar to the world’s, conversion. to Christ and it is sinful. Jesus Christ in His wonderful prayer on the eve of crucifixion prayed that all tis followers might be, not divided into sects, parties, or denominations, but that they might all be one that the world might believe. Alexander Campbell. who ‘was educated in the sturdy Scotch Presbyterian Church, went right to the cross for his re- ligion, and it is not the ‘doctrine’ of Alex- ander Campbell, but of Christ. We are not *Campbellites,’ but Christians. President Garfield went to the same source for his re- ligion, and I left the Baptist Church, of which I was minister, under the influence of the same reasons.” “Was not Gen. Garfield at one time a preacher of your faith “Yes, but no more a preacher then than now; no more a preacher now than any oth- er member of the Church who has the ability to preach. We do not draw a line of demar- cation between the pulpit and the pew, All Christians who ean say aught inaid of Chris- tianity are welcome to enter the pulpit. Each Christian stands under the Bible and the peer of.every other and undistinguished from the rest. Each is a unit, and all constitute one great unit.” ““¥You said your Church was established long before Alexander Campbell left. the Presbyterian Church. Is it a part of the Churea that is sometimes called Campbell- le. + Yes, the Church of the Disciples of Christ isin fellowship with all who deny the au- thority of human creeds and rely on a per- sonal faith’ in a personal Christ, and govern their lives by the teachings of JTis apostles”? * Does simplicity of your faith forbid organization in the work of the Church?” “No. We have conferences of course, missionary societies for home and foreign work, colleges, universities, papers, and in muny other ways utilize the power to be had from combination. These things are not a part of our religion, but are merely forms in which we work for Christ.” Where is your. Chureh the strongest ?” “In Ohio, Indiana, Dlincis, Kentucky, Missouri, and West Virginia. In Indiana there are over 700 churches, there isan average of about 600 in each of the States I have named.” a “(Is the Chureh growing 2” “Qh, yes, very rapidly. The records show that our pro rata of growth is larger than that of any denominational_chureh in Amer- ica, except possibly the Baptist. But Ido not hope that Christianity will become uni- versal. It will never be popular. The gen- tlemen who doctored divinity at Jerusalem slew the Founder of Christianity, and ever since society, governments, and self-styled Teligious orthodoxies have opposed it. Christ Himself styled His followers “*a little flock,” and when they asked Him, ‘Lord, are there few that be saved?’ He answered, ‘Agonize to enter in.” i What will be the effect socially at Wash- ington ofthe clevation to the Presidency of a prominent Christian? Will theatres, wine, and such—Iuxuries—be discouraged 7” “Those are matters that the Christian Church leaves Gen. Garfield free to decide for himself. Where the Scripturesspeak we speak; where the Scriptures are silent we are silent. 1fa member wiskesto go to the theatre, or to dance, or to drink wine, hemay do so without fear ot having his fellows in the Church questioned. Preachers Rit their opinious on such subjects and advise the better course for the members as between man and man, but such advice has no di- vine weight. 1 discuss politics from the pul- pit when I deem it the apt thing to do, but I do not say ainan must be of this political party or that to be saved.” . ee “if Christianity becomes fashionable in Washington can the Christian churches there accommodate the crowds?” 2 “No; for there is only one church in the city, and it is very small. Tiowever, the con- gregation has already taken steps for the building of a very large and magnificent church, and perhaps within a year or two all the requirements will have been met.” “ Gen. Gartield’s religious belief is so strong that some members of the Christian Church are said to found. hopes of office upon it.” “Thope not. Gen. Garfield is a plain, un- assuming, wonderfully able man, and in the distribution of offices he will, no doubt, look tothe qualifications of his appointees without reference to whether they have any religion at ail or not. The only appointment: that 1 know of in which he interested him- self with any color ot religious preference was that of Mrs. Virginia C. Thompson to the position of Postmaster at Louisville, Ky. Sheisadaughter of Alexander Campbell, and that fact was perhaps potentin her favor, enough so to overcome the objection that she is the widow of a Democrat; “but she is a syoman of very remarkable mental power and executive ability, a worthy daughter, iu- deed, of her father, and her fitness for the position is justification enough for her ap- pointment by President Mayes and her reten- tion by President Garfield.” - The reporter showed Mr. _Cleaver an ex- tract from & Louisville paper in which it was stated that nearly all the non-ofliceholding white Republicans in_ Louisville are strenu- ously applying for Mrs. ‘Thompson’s places the same article commen: her for her ex- celient administration rad Office. “Would the embers of the Christian Church pro- test against her removal if President Gar- field were to show a disposition to authorize it?” was as! ; “They would, indeed,” was the reply. “The *Campbellites’ are for her, and they have shown great political power _on many oceasions, They elected R. M. Bishop, a Democrat, Governor of Ohio, and, as an ex- atple of how they voted at the late Presi- dential election, it may be stated that at Lex- ington, Ky., a Democratic stronghold, Gen, Garfield, thanks to the vote of the members of the Christian Church, received a majority of 500. ‘The members of the Chureh all over the count Mrs. Thompson’s retention.” In the course of his conversation, Mr, Cleaver said that “Ingersoll, the prince of infidels, represents the revolt of a reasoning mind against the forms and dogmas of the Churches. He has been a warm personal friend of mine for many years, and, while I deplore his errors, I admire and Jove him for his many good qualities. He is one of the few men whose livesare far superior to their teachings. His father was an orthodox preacher, and urged hi creed with such se verity that the son said: ‘If that is true re- ligion, 1 renounce it.’ If Ingersoll had only looked far enough to see the cross relieved of sectarian incumbrances, he would per- haps have exerted his great powers in a cause far higher and nobler than that in which he is now known.” * . CHURCH ACCOMMODATION. FREE SEATS VERSUS RENTED PEWS. ‘To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune, Cuicaco, Dec. 17.—In the vestibule of Church we were met on Sunday last by a gentlemanly usher, who politely invited us to a seat; but, the service not having com- menced, we could not beaccommodated with one “well up,”—a necessity in our case be- enuse of defective hearing; but we were promised and duly provided with one later y take a deep interest in on. Meanwhile we had a good opportunity to indulge ina few thoughts on the pew or rented system, as opposed to the “free” seats of <— Chnreh, one of which we oc- eupied on the Sunday before. We noticed that every seat of the scores in front was Jabeled as taken; and, although the congre- gation was quite a largeone, but few.of those seats were more than halt filled. The great- er the pity, as those who might have been present, if “compelled to come in,” were the seats free, lost a valuable service. The pew system, as opposed to free seats, seems to be not altogether a disadvantage, especially if it be understood that, after a certain period in the worship, the seats are then thrown open. (1) It affords the regular members of a large congregation a guarantee that when they do go—and many have to ride along distance in acity like Chicazo—they will not be obliged to hunt around for a yacancy. (2) It enables families to sit to- gether in the house of God, as is most de- sirable. (3) It is but a measure of common equity that those who sustain the burden of the church’s worship and regular attendants should have some compensating privileges over the non-contributor and but occasional worshiper. = And yet, at the same time, it must be con- fessed that a feeling of constraint is the in- evitable result in the case of strangers— especially if the visitor is accompanied—who, are apt to think that they are dependent, so to speak, upon charity for the room in God’s house which, theoretically at least, ought to be free to all comers and goers as are the very winds of heaven. The question is a somewhat berplex ong however viewed, and should be treated kindly and intelligently. However pleasant the free-seat system may be in certain respects, not all pewed churches of the contrary description are owned by ogres unworthy of the name of Christian. We do not think the difficulty is met more than half-way by throwing all the seats open. at night, as is the case in Christ (Reformed Episcopal) Church, inasmuch as, from do- mestic causes. this amounts oftentimes to 2 virtual prohibition. Meanwhile, snd until some better plan can_be devised, the public should not grumble, in view of the fact that in every church, the most “aristocratic” not excepted, of every denomination, thestranger is always sure of a wost cordial wel- come. We have no experience to enable us to say how far that welcome might extend when the stranger, whose means are too slender to enable him or her to rent a pew— and there aremany such among God’s poor— should be converted into a permanent wor- shiper. Let the churches of all denomina- tions buckle down manfully to the solution of that problem, and they will do God serv- ice. Churches for the poor, or seats for the poor, are, and justly,"a decided failure in America, if notin Europe. ‘The rich and the poor should worship. together. There isno distinction of caste with the Almighty. Nor is the trouble at all met by the attempt which is being made, and _nobly, as in the large two-zalleried halls of Prof. Swing and Dr. Thoms ‘in this city, to make room for every one who will pay for his accommo- dation according to a graduated scale reach- ing downwards even to the comparatively trifling figure of SS perannum. Man go to church not only to see things, bum™j@o hear what is the Word of the Lord. If one is seated so far back that he cannot hear a word of either ‘prayer or sermon, assuredly he cannot partake in the worship,—especigl- ly if without a liturgy,—or be edified by the preaching, and therefore might as well re- main at home. The opera-house or theatre will do well enough for their main purpose, of hearing music or seeing sights and decoratious,—but a church, when too large for hearing and worshiping, fails of its ol ject, and to that extent is useless. In Romish churches, where the m: the great “‘func- ton” and the pulpit is movable, the case is different. ‘There is a Imit to the size of a Protestant church, and that the limit of not only its seating but hearing capacity. And the rem- edy for the evil complained of consists in the having buildings of smaller proportions and more of them. This, however, will be ob- jected to on the ground that it requires large churches, with consequent large revenues, to sustain great preachers.—the demand, and not altogether unreasonable, of this day and generation. a The problem therefore remains unsolved; and we stand face to face with the difficulty. JOB. A NEW TRANSLATION. Dr. Samuel Cox, of London, has com- pleted a new translation, witha commentary, of the Book of Job, which the critics are praising very highly, contending that it is far superior to tne common Bible version ot that dramatic poem. We make an extract from the Spectator’s review, to show the style and character of Dr. Cox’s translation, and what is thought of it: “Dr. Cox assumes in his readers no know!l- edge of any language not their own. Hic quotes, indeed, perhaps even to excess, but from English authors, and_ principally from English poets. What he gives us is a key to the understanding «of a 1nost subl anda key which will obey the least hand. The work is based on wide reading and careful study of the subject, but Mr. Cox has known how to present his learning in a readable form, and to interest the gen- gral publle, as well as specialists and stu- ents. “No portion of the Bible stands more in need of sucha commentary than the Book of Job, The attentive English reader can understand most of his Bible, not, perhaps, always as the original writers meant, but sufficiently, at any rate, for his own edifica- tion. But Job stands quite by itself. Though written in Hebrew, itis scarcely a Hebrew poem. The actors, the allusions to persons and things, the mythology, are almost all outside israel, and require explanation. Nor have our translators been as happy here as elsewhere. The English version of the Bible is so fine that we shall never consent to replace it by 2 more correct, but colder‘ and less rhythmical translation. But it must be admitted that Job, as it stands in our Bibles, reeds correction, though with a most careful and sparing hand. Not only is the sense of the original often lest, but it is not always replaced by words which are good sense in themselves. There are pas- sages to which it is impossible to assign anintelligible meaning; and these stumbling- blocks prevent readers from perceiving the drift of the poem, and turn them to easier ground elsewhere. To take an instance, al- most at random, ‘Dead things are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof’ (Job, xxvi., 3), will to many become intelligible for the’ first time in Mr. Cox’s translation,— “ “The Shades tremble - Beneath the waters and their inhabitants.’ “At the berinning of the next chapter there isa passage the connection of which with the context is not apparent, ab we read it, and which is quite as obscure in other yersious—for example, in the Septuagint— as in our own.- ‘He setteth an end to dark- ness’ is a literal translation; but Mr. Cox brings out clearly the allusion to the miner who succeeds in finding * the stones of dark- ness while ‘Man knoweth not the haunt of wisdom.’ We give.the passage as Mr. Cox renders it: Chap. xxvill. L—Surely there is a vein for silver, Anda place forthe gold which men wash out; 2. Iron may be taken from the earth, ‘And the rock be smelted for copper. 3. [The miner] maketh an end of darkness, ‘nd searcheth through all its limits For the stones of darkness and of the black- ness of doath; 4. He eae ashaft far from tho habitations ° men, - He is forgotten of those who walk above, Ale awingeth suspended afar from men; 5. The underparts of the earth, out of wi cometh forth bread, es Are stirred up as if by fre: 6. Tho rocks are the sapphire’s bed, And yield him gold-dust. 7. ‘Phot path! no bird of prey knoweth it, Nor hath the eye of the bawk scanned it; 8 No proudiy-pacing beast hath trpdden it, No lion passeth by pen it, 9. He putteth forth his \d against the quartz; : He turner up the mbuntains.from their ages 10. He cutteth out canals among the rocks, And his eye detecteth every precious thing; 1. He bindeth up waters so that they weep not, ‘And bringeth that which is hidden to light.” GENERAL NOTES. Neal Dow favors the organization of an Amencan ‘Presbyterian Temperance So- ciety. The Appeal has been discontinued. It will be resurrected in 2 few days as the Re- formed Episcopalian. Minor canonries sometimes go a begging. ‘The Dean and Chapter of Woreester have found it necessary to advertise for some one to filla minor canonry in the cathedral ata salary of £150 a year. = The four Methodist bodies represented in New seaiana—the Wesleyans, Primitive Methodists, United Methodist Free Churches, and Bible Christians—are proposing to unite. They have together 120 ministers. ‘There are 6S9 Baptist churches, white, in South Carolina, with 55,18 members, or one member to every seven in the population. Of the 639 churches only 21 have preaching every Sunday. The total of contributions gr missions the past year was tess than -The Secretar y’s report of Chicago avenue Sunday-school last Sunday shows that there were present 523 adults, S23 intermediates, 311 in the primary departments, 8 officers, 76 teachers, and 22 visitors, making a total of ie ‘The school has an average attendance of 1, The Mormons send more misstonaries out of Utah than Christian churches send into that Territory. Seventeen Mormon Elders re- cently left Utah for Tennessee, Georgia, Ala- Dama, and other Southern States. to make converts and secure Mormon emigration to Colorado. At the request of the Government of the United States, which has no_diplomatic rep- resentative in Persia, the British Govern- ment has instructed its representative in Oroomiah to give protection to the American missionaries in the region disturbed by the Kurdish invasion. The Interior says: ‘“ We have no objec- tion to the Canadians as neighbors and citi- zeys, but it would be much better for them, an@for us, if they would stay at home and develop their own immense empire.” Has the Jniterior quarreted with a well-known Doctor of Divinity—a Canadian—who ré- cently received a call at Princeton ? A petition to the Queen for the release of the Rev. Mr. Dale has received 20,000 signa- tures. At a recent meeting of the English Church Union a resolution was adopted pledging the Union to support all the clergy who might be “suspended, deprived, or im- prisoned for refusing obedience in spiritual matters to the Privy Council.” The Moravians had a neat Indian mission chapel at New Westfield, Kas., but a tramp came there one night a week or two ago to lodge. It is thought that the fire in his pit must have set the building ablaze, for in the morning nothing but a heap of ashes marked the place whera the mission had been. The whole establishmeht was a loss, even the hymn-books and catechisms being consumed. Bishop Robertson, of Missouri, said recent- dy that there are 150 converted Jews among e clergy of the Anglican’Church, of whom three are Bishops. He himself frequently admitted persons of Jewesh descent to con- - firmation. Bishop Whipple, of Minnesota, says his cathedral at Faribault and almost every mission station in his diocese were partly supported by offerings from Jews who are kindly disposed toward Christianity. The Rev. Dr. Paret, of the Church of the Epiphany, Washington, has been preaching some very practical sermons, with his Paris| Register as his text. On the Sunday before Thanksgiving he drew pretty pointed atten- tion to the relatively small number of men recorded on the rolls of communicants. The Church of the Old Testament, he said, had been preéminently a church of men. To-day, things were apparently reversed. The cause was, sometimes, a mistaken view of the nec- essary qualifications for a worthy reception of the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper; sometimes a fear of weakness in fulfilling obligations, Seven Chubb locks of the latest pattern now secure the doors of St. Vedast’s Church. London, in order that it may be kept close: “for cleaning,” while Rector Dale remains in prison. Mr. Dale and his friends claim that he is a martyr for the sake of conscience, and they are determined that if he cannot of- ficiate in the church, nobody else shall, The controversy involved in this case is not merely in regard to Mr. Dale, nor is it con- fined to questions of ritualism. It strikes at the root of the union of Church and State, and points to the possible success of the ef- forts which are now in progress toward dis- establishment. There isa widespread sym- pathy for Mr, Dale, and a generally preva- lent opinion that it was unfortunate to let the case go as far as it has. “Having gone thus far, however, itis impossible to undo what has been done. The Church Review thinks English cler- gymen are well paid, and some of them over- paid, for the amount of the work they do. Speaking of the work of the average parson the Review says: ‘‘On Saturdays he spends say halfaday in preparing his sermons, his day’s work on Sunday is not one that taxes limb or brain so much as the day’s work of many a skilled mechanic; and for the rest of the week about three hours a day are given to clerieal work,—matins half an hour, even- song half an hour, and pastoral visita- tions seeing people on parish business two hours. Thisamount of labor, or rather employment, is liberally paid by £200 a year. Indeed, in comparison with other profes- sions and trades, it is very much overpaid by this sum. What mechanic or tradesman would get a quarter of this if he spent no more time on his calling than the average parson does on his? "We cannot gay that the way in which the average parson ‘spends his time when off duty at all gives him a claim fora handsome income. Mis, pursuits are generally quite harmless, but seldom useful except to himself and his family. THE “ JUDENHETZ! bs Dispatches to London Times. Berur, Dec. 2.—The Jewish question still continues to attract a large share of public attention. The newspapers are debating it, pelemical pamphilets on the subject are being “poured forth, tumults on its account are taking place among the academic youth, and an occasional fracas even still occurs in the ublic streets. Two members of the Prassian Parliament were walking home the other day when, overhearing aman with Hebrew fea- tures’ ostentatiously and with imperious oaths calling out to his dog “‘Stoecker”’ to come and get his muzzle put on, one asked the other what people would say if he called hiseur “ Abraham,” hailed a policeman and gave the man in charge. Yesterday evening, too, according to the papers, a disgraceful scene occurred in the University class-room of Prof. Lasson, a gentleman of Jewish de- scent, though of Christian faith, who has pro- tested allalong against the persecution of his Semitic fellow-subjects. Attracted evidently by the sensation of a newspaper controversy in which the Professor had figured, the students crowded into his auditorium and raised such an uproar that the lecture had to be aban- doned and the hall cleared. Yesterday morning, too, a large number of Jewish gen- tlemen*eminent in politics and literature, met to ‘consider what steps should be taken to defend their race from the present agita- tion, when it was proposed to establish a journalin support of their cause. These are ut a few examples to show you how the stream is still flowing. Meanwhile a writer in the new number of the Grenzboten, an organ which is now and then privileged to reveal the secret mind and policy of Prince Bismarck, seeks to vindicate his Highness from the imputation of regarding the anti- Semitic movement with a certain degree of sympathy, and even fanning it. _ The notori- ous Court Chaplain, too, is jadged in very severe terms by the writer, who, if not an inspired familiar of the Chancellor, may be atleast supposed, from the character of his journal, to express littieo ii the Pato press) ut of harmony with ERLIN, Dec. 3—To-day the Prussian Chamber of Deputies continued the discus- sion of the Budget, one of the items giving occasion to a renewed debate on the subject of the Jews.” Herr von Ludwig, an Inde- pendent member, introduced a motion to the effect that the Government should cause sta- lstics to be collected as to the projectors of companies, etc., since the passage of the shareholding law, showing their religious and political convictions, and what success their enterprises had had.’ The motion was finally withdrawn, “from reasons of pro- prety, but stormy scenes were the result of ts discussion, the President making fre- quent use of his bell and rebuking outrage- ous orators. Herr von Ludwig himself was celled to order for quoting the name of his Majesty; while Herr Stuve, an Independent member, created a most alarming tumult by using the expression ‘extraordinary coward: ice’”’ of his opponents, and the auti-Semitie agitators. Herr Hopperdiger was, of course, to the front, and declared himself ready to prove his assertion that several signers of the noted declaration, or protest, against the ‘Judenhetze”? were themselves “bubble- company blowers.” Prot. Virchow begged again to be allowed to lift his warning voice, as the affair was now assuming greater and greater dimensions, and he called the serious attention of the House to the attacks upon him bya Conservative paper, edited by one of their number, in which he had been conn- selled to retire from his political and scientific position and devote himself to the composi- tion of certificates for adulterators of gin and other black seep. He was notso much a friend of the Jews as a friend of justice. On the whole, the wordy and unseemly strife of to-day led tonoother result than showing that pe recene Sabates on ne Jewish ques- ve only had the effect of making each side unmask its batteries. PERSONALS. The Rev. L. T. Chamberlain, of Norwich, Conn., has declined a call to San Francisco. The Rev. J. M. Ashley has been elected pastor of the First Congregational Church in New Mexico. The Rev. G. D. E. Mortimer has resigned the Rectorship of St. Mark’s Church, Grand Rapids, Mich. Bishop Littlejohn, of Long Island, has completed his course of sermons before the University of Cambridge and is now in Paris. Sometime during next month Bishop Mc- Laren will deliver a course of lectures on “Dogma and Doubt” before the General (Episcopal) Theological Seminary. The Rey. C. Koerner, of Pottstown, Pa., has accepted a call to the Trinity Lutheran Church in this city, and will assume the pas- toral relation at the beginning of the new year. % The Rev. -B. W. E. Harding, who some Fears ago “went over” to the Church of ome and became a monk of the Order of St. Benedict, two weeks ago was received back into the Anglican Church, at Dallas, Attachments in contempt have been issued by Lord Penzance in the Ecclesiastical Court against the Rev. R. W. Enraght,. Vicar of Holy Trinity, and the Rev. Sydney Faithorne Green, Rector of St. John’s, Birmingham, for indulging in extreme ritualistic practices, contrary to the judgment of the Court. THE LATE MYNON PINKERTON. ‘The news of the death of the Rev. Myron W. Pinkerton, missionary to Africa, came by telezram from Natal, and only stated that he died of fever Nov. 10. Doubtless many of our readers have seen his interesting letter in the Missionary Herald, dated at Zanzibar, Aug. 14. It seemed to be his purpose to push on as rapidly as possible for Umzila’s coun- try. He spoke very hopefully of his pros- pective. work. Mr. Pinkerton was a gradu- ate of Ripon College, 1868, and Chicago Theo- logical Seminary, isi. Ile had been for sev- eral years in the Zulu land, but was recalled to America in preparation for entering the new field, as it was believed he was specially fitted for exploration, and for the laying out of the more extended work in Central Africa. Secretary Means writes: “We had become personally and most tenderly attached to ‘dear Pinkerton,’ as Maj. Malanin his let- ters always callshim . . . . He feliat his work, in his work, doing nobly the best that Christian heroism can attempt. ... . As tar as I-can see Mr. Pinkerton’s plans were most wisety laid, so that he wouldavoid the unhealthy sea-coast region, and yery quickly from the sea reach the salubrious highlands where Umila’s krall is. His plans have been very strangely thwarted/by most untoward events which he could not have foreseen, and for which he was not respon- sible. .|. - . It isa. comfort to know that Mr. Jourdan, his American companion, was used to the fever, having had largeexperience on the sea coast... . think Afr. Pinkerton would prefer, if he was to fall by the way, to fall while leading the advance into Central Africa from the Zulu mission, which he Joved so well and where he ha labored so nobly.” SAINTLY HUMOR. Schoolmistress: Abel 9? Boy: “Killed by Cain ina club!” Schoolmistress: “No, withaclub, Do you know whata club is?’ Boy: “Yes, mum; sorter ‘free and easy,’ like father goes to 0’ nights.” “Have you given electricity a trial for your complaint, madam?” asked the min- ister, as he took tea with the old lady. “ Electricity?” said she. “Well, yes, Lreckon Lhas. Lwas struck by lightning last sum- mer, and hove outof the window, but it didn’t seem to me no sort of good.” Itisa nice thing to be very tright, and to give what is supposed to be a witty answer to every query. but sometimes one gets caught in his own trap. “ What is a crime?” asked the grave professor in a theological coltes “A crime!” answered the wit of the class. “why, it is when a man does some- thing? ““Tnen,” said the professor, as he looked over his ginsses at the youth, “I think no one could accuse you, Mr. Brown, of ever comunitting a crime.” Atachurch meeting. not far from Boston, aman whose credit was not of the best, and who was somewhat noted for his failure to meet his obligations, arose to speak. e subject for the evening was, “What shail I do to be saved” Commencing in measured tones he quoted the passage, “ What shall I do to be saved?” Again with increased solemnity and impressiveness of manner, when a voice from the assembly answered in clear and distinct tones: Go and pay John Williams for that yoke of oxen you bought of him.” The remainder of the zentleman’s address was not reported. He attended a meeting where an attempt was being-‘made to lift the debt of the church. After a great deal of earnest exhortation to give he began to get mildly ited over the matter, and when the minister declared that every one who gave would findthat the Lord would pay him back a hundred fold he con- cluded to close with the bargain, and at once subscribed a handsome sum, “And,” said he, some weeks afterward, “the Scripture promise is financially a good one, tor since I gave that money to the church a man came into my office and paida large debt which I had long since given up. as lost. Yes, the promise isa good one, but”—and here he hesitated for a few moments—* but I tell you what it is, I don’t think I dare trust it a Second time.” CHURCH SERVICES. EPISCOPAL. Cathedral Charch $5. Peter and Paul, corner of West Washington and Peoria streets, the Rt.-Rev. W. E. MeLaren, S. T. D., Bishop: the Rev. J. H. Knowles, priest in charge. Holy Com- munion, 8 a, m. “Choral Morning Prayer and celebration of the Holy Communion, 10:50 a. m. Sunday-school ‘and children’s service, 3 p. m. Choral Evening Prayer, 7:30 p.m. The services Christmas Day (Saturday) will be as follows: Celebration ot Holy Communion, 7 a. m.5 fall choral service and second celebration, 10:30 a. m.; evening prayer, plain, 3p. m.; second even- ing service, full choral, 745 p. m. —The Rev. R.A. Holland will officiate in Trinity Church, corner of Michigan avenue and ‘Twenty-sixth street, at 10:45 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. —The Rev. Frederick Courtney will officiate in St, James’ Church, corner of Case and Huroa streets, 16:30 a. m. and 733) p. m. Celebration of the Holy Communion at § a. m- and 12 m. —The Rev. W. H. Knowlton will officiate fn drew's Church, corner of West Washing- Sinead ‘Hobey streets, at 10:30 a. m. and 7330 p.m. = Rey. John Hedman. will officiate in St ‘Ansgarius Chureb, Sedgwick street, near Chi- ‘at 10:30 a. m. and 4:30 p.m. “tthe Rey, Clinton Locke will officiate in uurch, Wabash svenue, near Fourteenth orn ee ‘ll & m. and 7.30 p. m._ Celebration of the Boly Communion at 12m. Seats free in the evening... arthur Ritchie will officiate in the “What was the fate of re Church of the Ascension, corner of North La Salle and Elm streets, at 1 a.m. and 7:30 p. m. Communion at $2. m. —The Rev. B. F. Fleetwood will officiate in 5t. Mark's Church, corner of Cottare Grove avenue and Thirty-sixth street, at 10:30 a. m. and 7.30 p. m. Communion at 2 m. —The Hev. Luther Pardee will officiate in Cal- vary Church, Warren avenue, between Oakley street and Western avenue, at 10:33. m. and 7:80 p.m. Communion at 2 m. —The ey. T. N. Morrison, Jr., will officiate in the Church of the Epiphany, Throop street, be- tween Monroe and Adams, at 10:30 a. m. and 7:30 p.m. Communion at 12 m. @ * —Tho Key. W. J. Petrie will officiate in the Chureh of Our Savior, corner of Lincoln and Belden avenues, at 1 a. m. and 4 p. m. —The Rev. Henry G. Perry will otliciate in St. Thomas’ Church, Indiana avenue, between Awentecoiatly and Thirtieth streets. —F. B. Townsend will conduct the services at 8 Mission, Nos. {87 and 959 Polk street, &. m. and 7:30 p. m. BAPTIST. The Rev. George C. Lorimer will preach morning and evening in the First Church, cor- ner of South Park avapue and Thirty-fizst street. Morning subject: “ Revolutionary A‘ pects of Christ's Ministry.” Evening subject: “Spiritualism.” —The Rev. Kerr B. Tupper will preach at the Michigun Avenue Baptist Church at Il a.m. Meeting: for Bible study at 3 p.m., led by the mBtor. —The Rev.E.Wingren will preach morning and evening in the Second Swedish Church, corner of Thirty-first and Butterticid streets. —The Rey. W. M. Lawrence will preach in the Second Church, corner of Morgan and Monroe streets, at 10:30 2. m. and 7:30 p. m. —The Rev. Joseph Howley will preach in the North Star Chureb, corner Divislon and Sedg- wiek strects, at 10:45 a. in. and 7:30 p. m- —tThe Rey. E. B. Hulbert will preach in the | Fourth Church.~corner West Washington and Paulina streets, at 10:3) a. m. and 7:30 p.m. —The Rev. J.T. Burhoe will preach in Tni- versity Place Church, corner Dougias place and Bhodes avenue, at 10:30 a. m. and 1:30 p,m, —The Kev. C. Perren will preach in the West- ern Avenue Church, corner Warren avenue, at 10:30 and p.m. ~The Kev. H. Parker will preach in the Coventry Street Church, corner Bloomingdale rond, at 1m. an P-m. —The itev. R. De Baptiste will preach in Olivet Church, Fourth avenue, near Taylor street, at 11 am, aad 7245.9. mo. —The Kev. N. F. Ravito will preach in the Bap- tist Stisston, No. #31 Ogden avenue, morning and evening. —The Rev. D. B.Gunn will preach in the South Church at 10;35 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. v. A. K. Purker will preach in the —The Re: Centenni#il Church, corner Lincoln and West Jackson streets, at 10:30 a. m. end 7:50 p.m. —The Rev. E.0. Tsylor will preach in the Centennial Church, ‘2% Orchard street, near Sophia, at 10:45 a. m. and 750 p. m. x —The Rev. W..A. Broadhurst will preach in the Dearborn Street Chu corner Thirty-sixth Street. at 10:30 a. m. and Pp. mn. ~The Kev. J. W. Conely. will preach in the Evangel Chureh, Rock Island Car-Shops, Dear born street, near Forty-seventh, at 10:45 2. m., and the Rev. H. C. Leland at 7:0 p. m. —The Rev. Mr. Muyer will preaeh in the First German Church. corner Bickerdike and Huron streets,'at 10:30 a.m. and 7:3) p.m. —The Iter. J. B. Smith svi) preach in the First Norwegiun Church, corner Noble and West Ohio streets, at 10:30 a. m. and p.m. Rey. John Ongran will preach in the Church, Oak street, near Sedg- wick, at 10:30 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. —Services will be held in the Halsted Street Chureh, between Forty-first and Forty-second streets, at 1 a.m. and 7:3) p. m. PRESBYTERIAN. The Rev. W.T. Meloy preaches at the United Church morning and evening: —Charies M. Morton will deltivera Christmas address at Railroad Chapel this evening. —The Rev. J..N- Freeman, of Lockport, N. ¥., will preach at the Second Church, corzer 0! Michigan avenue and Twentieth street, at 10:45 a.m. No evening service. —The Rev. H. M. Paynter will preach at 10:30 a. m, at the Sixth Church, and the Rev. Henry 'T. Miller, the pastor, at 7:30 p.m. ne Rev. J. H. Walker .will preach at the Campbel! Park Church, corner of Ledvitt strect, at 10:30.a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Morning subject: “Christmas Thoughts.” Evening: “The Soul's Need and Satisfaction.” —The Rey. Galusha Anderson will preach in the First Presbyterian Church at Hyde Park at 10:30 a. m. and 7:30 p.m. . —The Rev. Arthur Swazey will preach this morning in the Forty-first Street Church. —The Rev. Jobn Anderson will) preach morn- ing and evening ian the Westminster Church, corner of Peoria and Jackson streets. ‘—The Rev. James Maclaughlan will preach morning and evening in the Scotch Churen, corner of Sangamon and Adams streets. ‘METHODIST. The Rev. G. R. Vanborne preaches at the Michigan Avenue Church this morning. —The Rey. RK. A. Holland-preaches at Trinity Church. Morning subject: * The Second Com- ing of Christ.” Evening: “The Jew. =’St Centenary Churoh this mornmg there wilt be addresses by the Rev. Drs. George and Willing.in behalf of the Cook County Sabbath- School Association. Dr. George will preach in the evening. '—The Rev. S. G. Lathrop preaches at the First Church morning. The * Praying Band” will conduct the services in the evening. : —The Rev. Robert D. Shepoart will preach at Grace Church, corner of North La Salle and White streets. In the morning: “ Anniversary german." Evening subject: “The Angel's oe.” —The Rey. J. Linebarger will preach at the Grant Place Church at 10:30 a. m. and 7:50 p.m. ‘The Rev. George Chase will preach morning and evening in the Fulton Street Church, corner of Fulton street and Artesian avenue. Evening subject: “The Cross.” : CONGREGATIONAL. The Rev-F..A. Noble preaches at the Union Park Church at the usual hours. - —The Kev. Arthur Little prec at South Chureh, Drexel avenue Fortieth street, morning and evening. . The Rev. Charles Hall Everest preaches at jouth Church. —The Rev. Prof. G. BR. Willcox will preach at the Western Avenue Congregational Chapel at 10:30 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. REFORMED EPISCOPAL. -Tho ‘Rey. F. W. Adams preaches at St. Matthew's Church morning and evening. : —The Rev. J. D. Wilson officiates at St. John's Church, Ellis avenuc, sacar Thirty-seventh Street, at the usual hours. é —Bishop Cheney. preaches at Christ Church morning and evening. —The Rev. C. M. Gilbert preaches at the Church of the Good Shepherd. - i —Bishop Feilows preaches at St. Paul's Church in the morning. Subject: “ Where Is Thy God?” The Rev. Dr. Derebols, of New England, preaches in the evening. CHRISTIAN. : The Rev. J. W. -Ailen officiates at the South Side Church, Prairie avenue “and Thirtieth street. —The Rev. J. H. Wright will pr Western Avenue Chureh. between Harrison streets. Morning subj and Burden- ring.” ening; Element in Divine [i '—There will Le gerviees in the First Church, corner of Indiaua avenue and Twenty-fifth street, morning and evening. —The Kev. J. Edwards, of Valparaiso, Ind., will preach this morning, and Thomas Wilson will Tecture this evening, in the Second Church, corner of Oakley aveuue and Jackson street. Subject of the evening lecturc: “The Pyr- amids of Egypt,” with illustrations. UNITARIAN, The Rev. Brooke Herford preaches at the Church of the Messinn this morning. Subject: * Brotherhood.” He lectures in the evening on “ Christ's Life és 2n Historica! Episode.”” —No service at Unity Church. “Sunday-school a reach at the in Buren and “ Burdens. ¢ Positive as usual. —The Rev. E. J. Galvin will preach in the ‘Third Chu corner of West Monroe and Lattin The Help and streets, at 10:45 a.m. Subject: Comfort of the Christian Churcl UNIVERSALIST. The Rev. Sumner Ellis will prench at the Church of the Kedeemer, corner of West Wash- ington and Sangamon streets, at 10:45a.m. —The Key. W. H. Ryder will presch at St. Paul's Church, Sicbigan avenue, north of Eight- eenth street, morning and evening. INDEPENDENT. ‘The Rev. G.C. Needham preaches at the Chi- cago Avenue Church tbis morning. Evangel- istic services this evening. SWEDENUORGTAN- The Rev. L.P. Mercer preaches at Hershey Hall this morning on the * Coming of the Glori- ficd Christ.” ~ . LUTHERAN. i The Rev. W. A. Schaeffer preaches at Wicker Park Church at the usual hours. —There will be preaching at Trinity Church, corner of Erie and Dearborn streets, this morn- SEW JERUSALEM. « ‘The Rev. E. C. Bostock preaches at Lincoln Park Chupel this morning, and. atthe Union Park "| Temple thisafternvon. JEWISH. 2 ‘The Rev. Dr. Hirsch will discuss Communism and Socialism this morning in English at Sinaf Temple, corner of Twenty-first street and In- diana avenue. MISCELLANEOUS. The Rev. Sumner Ellis preaches at-the Wash- ingtonian Home at 3 o'clock. * —The ‘evangelist G.E. Cooper will lead the Gospel temperance meeting at 4:5) this after- nvon in the W.C. T. G. rooms, on Cottage Grove avenue, near Thirty-ninth street. “Mr. John it. Clark, of Michigan, formerly & poorblack und newstoy in London, Eng., will address and sing for the newsboys and boot- blacks of Chicago at 30’clock this “afternoon, in the Newsboys’ Home, No, 146 Quincy street. —Dr. Fish will lecture this evening before the Eclectics, at Nc, 213 cee ue street, on “The Platonic View of the Soul.” - —The Liberal Reunion mects at No. 215 West Madison etree a rr eons Wealth for the Poor, and Health for the © —The Chicazo Collies Progressive, SP hades ‘No. bid kes at 123 meets at NO sepay saints eet at No. 619 West nS Spicicualists’ aad mediums’ meeting will be held: Be West Madison street at 3 o'clock. © Disciples of Christ will meet at No. 229 West Randolph street at 2 p, m3. cnr. Parmalee, of the Chicago & Northwest- ern Railroad shops, will lead the Railroad Men's meeting in the room corner of Kinzie and Canal streets at 3:15 p.m. ‘Tickets for the Railroad Men's entertainment Dec. 2 willbe distributed at the close of the meeting. —Dr. Mathewson will preach atthe Advent Christian Church, 91 South Green street, morn- ing and evening. —The Rev. James Kay Applebee will preach at- the Free Congregational Church, corner of Thir~ ty-fifth street and Vinceanes avenue, st I] a. m. No evening service. —The Eclectics will meet at No. 213 West Mad- : ison street at 7:00 p.m. Ali Socialists, Spirit- paliets and workingmen and women are invited. ad. —Col. George KR. Clarke will lead the Paciflo- Garden Mission Gospel meeting at 7:50 p.m» corner of Clark and Vun Buren streets. G —John BR. Clark, of Michigan, will deliver a temperance address in Farwell Hall at 7:45 p.m.» under the auspices of the Young Men’s Christian: Associnnon and the Woman's Christian Tem- jobn KR. Clark, of Michigan, once a newsbo} pan sae eel e fre as talk and see in the Newsboys’ Home at 3p. Bayley will assist in this meeting. Sane Bayley —Union Christian services will be held at St. Paul's Reformed Episcopal Church, In which sev- eral of the West Side churches will participate. The Rey. Dr. Gurney will preach the sermon. Gospel meetings will be held to-day in the Cull-Bourd Room, in Board of Trade alley, at 2:50 and 7:30 p. m. —Central mevting of Friends at 10:30, m. in the Atheneum Building, Dearborn street, near Randolph, CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK.- ase EPISCOPAL. Dec. 19—Fourth Sunday in Advent, Dee. 2i—St. ‘Thomas. Dec. A—Fast. : Dec. 25—Christmas-Day. CATHOLIC. Dec. 19—Fourth Sunday in Advent. Dec. 20—Vigil of St. Thomas. Dec. 24—Christmas-Eve—Vigil (Fast). Dec. 25—Nativity of Our Lord—Christmas-Day THE LIQUOR INTEREST. Distillers’, Brewers’, Maltsters’, and| Bottlers’ Association. An adjourned meeting of the representae tives of the liquor-interests was held yester- day afternoon at the Tremont House for the purpose of forming a permanent organiza- | tion. Mr. J. W. Enright called the meeting , to order, among the firms represented being . Enright & Kelly, Conrad Seipp Brewing Com— pany, Michael Keeley, E. McQuaid, Chicago. Distilling Company, Garden City Distilling é! Agathe Company, M. W. Kerwin, Peter + choenhofer Brewing Company, Otto Mut-: schlechner, William Mather, De Wilde és; Co., Kirchhoff & Neubarth, Downer dt Bemis, Samuel S. Myers & Co, Fritz: Sontag for H. Torchiani, E. Ammon, F. . Madliner, Valentine Biatz, Monheimer? Bros., United States Distilling Company, F.‘ Salter &Co., Schmiut & Glade, M. Coin- hauser & Co., Philip Best Brewing Company, ; Bartholomae & Leicht, Joseph Schlitz, iu Brand & Co., William Mida. ‘Mr. Michael Keeley, for the Committee on. ; Constitution, fovorted asetof by-laws, which: | were adopted by the meeting. The name , adopted is that of the “Distillers’, Brewers’, ,; Bottlers’, Maltsters’, and Wholesale-Dealers”” Association.” The object is stated to ber agitation in favor of the amendment or re—- peal of the preset sumptuary laws, and, further to prevent by all honorable means» the passage of additional legislation of a pro— nibivory nature, A fee of $25 for distillers: and brewers and §10 for wholesale dealers+! and bottlers is provided for. The regular! meetines are to ba hetd the first Saterday oft each month. The pernATene organization was then per--; fected by the election of the following offi-.* cers: President, H. UH. Shufeldt; Vice— President, John W._ Enright; Sec-s retary, I. J. Lefens; Treasurer, A. E.: Leicht. The following Executive Committee was chosen: Louis ©. Huck, George Bullen, Charles Pope, J. H. McAvoy, John Pierce. Michael Keeley, P. Schoen~ ; hofen. E. Uhlein, F. Sontag, J. A. Lomax, ; George T. Burroughs, ‘Thomas Hutchinson, | Jacob Powell, George Miller, P. H. Rice, F. Madliner, W. Weadtey, Otto Mutschlechner, E. McQuaid, M. Ullrich, L. Monheimer. It wis decided that the organization should become a part of the State Association, and. cooperate with it in all work. ‘After appointing certain members to drum. up recruits for the new organization, an ad- journment was effected until the next regu- Tar session. 2 DER GOOT-LOOKIN’ SHNOW. BY CARL PRETZEL. For The Chicago Tribune. O, dot shnow, dot zoot-lookin’shnow! Vhich makes von der shky out on tings below, | - Und yoost on der house vhere der shingles vas ‘ETOW, You come wit some coldness vherefer you go! J YValtzin’, und playin’ und singin’ alone. Goot-lookin’ shnow, you don’d could done wrong! us Efen of you make unsome olt gal’s cheek, It mares cute tifferent, over das shendlesome real Goot-looking shnow.von der clouds by der shky. You he ae for cold vedder, und bully for’ is! O dot shnow, dot goot-lookin’ shnow! Yoost dis vay, und dot, you make vhen you go> Fhlyin around, you got matness mit fun, ‘Und freeze makes der noze of efry one! Lafin’, runnin’ mit gwickness go by. ‘Yoost shtoppin a leedie, dhen pooty gwick fhly: Und efen der togs dot vas out in der vet ‘Vouid shnap at der bieces vhich makeson dhelr hedt. Der peobles vascrazy, und caddies vas crow, i Und spat “ How you ¥as, you goot-lookin” * sbnow!” Gnd bert gwick you vas dhere, und der vedder did shnot OW, Dhey shpeak ont in tones so shweeder as low; ‘Und der shleigh-riders, too, vas gone by in dem, Tite, You don’d cood saw dem dill gwite out of site. Schwimmin’ shkimmin’ fhhirding dhey xo, : Recht on der top of der goot-lookin’ shnow! Dotsunow vas vhite cleen vhen it comes dex shky down, 3 Und so muddy ike mud vhen it comes on der town. To bess. yalked on by more as tswel-hundred fect, A Dill ewick vas yoost lookin’ so plack like der, sthreet! . Vell, I'vas once lookin" yoost so goot like dow sl huow, But L tumbled me off, und vay I did go; Not so clean like der mut dot growed on der shtreet, I vas scraped von der boots off of der peoples L meet. Dinkin’, und shworein, Ike of I die, ‘To been shtiff like a mackerel mit uo one to + uy! Vhile Terink mesome lager to fot a shquare- meal, I vas afraid of derghosts mine body vasshteal, | Got in Himmel! how ish dot? Vas I gone down ~: so low, Vhen once I vas vhiteness like dot goot-looking” shriow? Yah, for dbruc. I vas told you, I vas pure like: - dot shnow, Mit plaindy of lofe, von mine heart out vas grow; * dink¢von dem efry one, und dbcy dink von me | 00, Und { vas bumpugeed mit fhiaderies,—dor'>! yoost vat dney do. Mine Fadder, Mudder, Gebruder, der sarce, ‘Vas loose me some syinpudies, und forget my name: : Und dot raskuls, dot bummer, der bolidical Var, ; Vood gone more asa plock to get avay from; mine ire, . f A Der coat von nity lecks. und podfs of mine toe, | ! ‘Vas not gleaner ns dose of fut goot-lookin™’ shnow!- ; It vas weer it shood been dot dot goot-lookin” . sbnow, ‘Vood make me a pad man’s mit nowhere to gol Und how gweerit would been vhen yoost be- hind da} Ofer der pally und das vind, mit mine body vould its B blay. Hovbiy" kibbin," und me dedt like an eci! Mine matgns ot ub—nefer a vord could I shpielt Tobeen seen by der peoples who vas valk over der town. Who vas dickled mit pleasure of der shnow vas come down! ° Tyoost ny der ground, und gone died mit a wo, Milt a bedgwilt und pillows von der yoot-lookt shnow! —————__—_- The Duchess Who 1Was Fined for Bo- isting the Police. Panis, Dec. to the charge against the Duchess de Chevreuse, who, as already inen= tioned, was tined 208 francs for resisting the po- lice at La Fiéche, ber ewn stutement is worth quoting, a3 aa illustration of M. Laboulaye's Qarning tothe Government against wanto: incurring tite enmity of French women: “The police wanted, in order to ¢xp4l us, to make us go through the monka’ choir, which women are forbidder to enier. Tt was eusy’ cnough to avoid that sneritexe, for Sufficient doors had been broken open fo :tfuw of another way out. I deelared that 1 woull-not enter tha: choir. ‘The police selzei me ty the arms and jogs, and in wy struggles with them one of thets hats fell off. [The policeman nal represented the Duchess as striking kim on the head.] Ida not meddle with politics, but I claim the righty of praying in the abbey chapel ‘Ten years aga T sacrificed my} sons’ livey for France, withou® considering what form of Government we bad, and I now protest as a Frenchwoman agains persecutars ‘who want to deprive us of our chile me: 4