Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 2, 1881, Page 9

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, JANUARY 2, 1881—SIXTEEN PAGES | RELIGIOUS. -' calored Preacher’s Protest 4 , Against Creeds and Forms. , “vg the Union of Moral Forces pie Good Will to Men, ,, popular Estimate of Uni- sho Fr i ism Now and-30 . Years Ago. interesting Historical Sketch “of the Hymns We Sing. —_—_— ral Notes, Personals, Sunday Reveries, Services To-Day. i ELIE¥F. on NOT Rents CREEDS é 5 §, Smith, pastor of the African thd et al Chureh in Bloomington, DL, last Stinday ever-ng preached aremark- sermon advocating the union of moral a and the wiping out of erceds and jletook his text from Luke, ii., 14: «Glory to Gad in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.” Said the ers destisell and rejected bad resi i because he did them wrong, bu beara De pniianell by His teachings and conduct what he announced to the Samari- fn woman- at the well: ‘The hour cometh when ye Shall neither in this mountain, nor at Jerusalem, worship the Father. But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshipers shall worship the Father in tandin truth.” Therefore, He did not rat Himself to the temple, but taught jtudes in the wilderness, on the sea- tebe market-piaces, on the highways, the hillside and the mountain brow. He would lead the people out of their self- selected ‘little castles” of religious bigotry, where.“ mine” is alone considered, into the broad and open lain of an ever-widening re ligious influence, where “mine ” and “thine” run parallel and in unison. Stand- ing on this plain, we hear, every wherearound us, sounding in high strain andsweetaccord, glory to God and good-will to men. The sky that canopies its breadth is radiant with the light and joy of angels, who crowd the path- way of man, urging the speedy performance of that work which is to result in ba corer thrones of the “ my-cri ad- Ee ooo ‘the establishing of the trueteach- ings of the true Christ, which have for their alpha the acknowledgment of the Father- hood of God, and for their.omega the ac knowledgment of the Brotherhood of Man. ‘Along the path that leads to this paradisical sate the air is vocal with the anthem: “Glory to God and Good Will to Men.” ‘The glory to God expresses Di- vine. aide of Christianity; the good will to men the human side. The first has always been reco; the second has not, Moses emphasized the human side. ee Qiuistianity when he openly . jot his name out of the book of Ilis remem- prance, unless He repented_of His purpose todesttoy IHis people; and Paul, the earnest and faithful disciple of the New Testament dispensation, did likewise when he expressed his‘villingness to be accursed for his breth- ten’ssake. For the first few centuries these two lights, reflecting the Divine and heman sides of-Christianity, were held up as.one and inseparable. But aftera time these be- came divorced; when men, growing wise athe ie manner of ie 1 Gunounesd Aad routrevolting, Heaven-insul ljozma. “Hell is nara ‘with infants’ skulls”: and declared eternal punishment as the fate of all who refused their “assent to the .creed of “election by grace”; which: in plain’ Father has: ‘oreaied one part of humanity to be:saved, and the ‘other to have the.pleasure of for- ever “roasting” them on the ‘fiery flames” of an “endiess hell.” This was the blade, + atlame With unending wrath, that cut the knot and .severed the between the Divine and human sides of Chris- tianity,—at least the attempt was inade. Men ,with hearts as cold as steel, and with the stream .of their sympathies crystallized into a shining glacier by the - Srosts of ntisanthropy, in the holy sanctuary and hushed the angel voices of Glory to, God and good will to men,” and made chancel and corridor tremble with Hell, Hell, Hell: God was_made a monster, and humanity, like a toadstool, unfit even for the shadow of His favor to rest upon. ‘The glory of the incarnation was hid behind & cloud of wrath; notwithstanding we are told that there is more joy in Heaven over Snesintet that repenteth than over ninety- ‘ine just persons that need no repent- me in the days when the race-was young- ¢ lfeebler, and: Jess developed than now, : aay have “served a purpose” to picture oe 2s a being more cruel than the destroy- t rane; ‘unwilling to grant the least mercy ee dud Ting children, even after they have | i me sulfering for so long a time as to al- ee abird to rewove the boundaries of the in the carrying away but one grain of sand i se ee amillion years. I kindle no pect The last judgment is not with me. the “mee unsolved mystery that, shrouds beds end” Ibow, and say, “Thy will i ne I donot tell you that there is ang the impenitent beyond the grave, eh BS ieroutly desire the realization of the poet’ Zhe wish, that of the living whol elite shat fail beyond the pen Tee ier Rot from what we have, Tut whe ra God sree the soul, or not the hope herein ex- “tempers the blas! megShorn Jam, and who willest. not that ne verish, will prove true and line Gon His judgment. Moreover, I be- f ce never lesigned that the two sides Blonld bray the human and Divine— ape voreed. With this belief press- can tne each day with greater force, I eon ui expressing the opinion world as f ‘ut conflict in the religious to diss epee on the “infidel” side is not Chistian ish ‘the church, or overthrow pe unity, but to restore to Christianity its ce eweMS, In other words, to put matic zeq) stistianity the elements that dog- builders find sincere but mistaken “ ereed- 1 sy fare taken out—or rather should tical idden beneath their theoio- this age mulas. The demand — of of ce, is, not for a new system creme ity; but for the practical Wehave fe and working of that which things ho aith may be-the “substance of orgs toned for; but work is the producer = and oe bey 10 to ie seen atl felt, rese enjoyed—and which stcures Work ange Blend these two, faith and dures and low them to run their legitimate eka have taken the first step etter understanding of the Savior’s Work while it Isiday.” side of the present conflict et all of Heaven. shall not_ be atthe nd the reach of mortal ken; but been, oral forces shall be so directed as re. John least, a foretaste of Heaven ster detent, Sprerune announced to Es udes 2 Kit eaven Wasathand. ‘That Siam nae ‘That Kingdo: rc elt among” character of Jesus chast, Senge ene wen, and hallowed their e: + Nhat Thehieydé feed will to men implies i thes or eve it does, then one of the prime ‘ ome ys lanity is o make the present “4 Wheod aaa to true_manhood and wom- nq be engaged inleading the erring ‘use; ‘thy x ones back to our Father's or'on wel Which we reach the fullness 5 Bits pepeeth. We inay not be ministering Sema] feeds We can be here. There, is £46 unger ss2, it is not so here. On this 3 au bog ete Nant, and distress, and des- hearts hy eee are. ges that weet, MOUTHS hunger, fingers { Qatar od, feet that are shoeless, bodies Re gubgqeyrotected and exposed, voices that dace ee: Fi : taguldted with sobs ‘and ‘sishs, and brows tae With pain, To relieve these unfort- 4 20 tions is the work of the godly. Sari pas ask, Just give ‘play to the die ent of Christianity. ere ‘is an- o Reine, ith the battle that “infidelity” is = fea ba mands that men shall cease to Mek that? ast of the charity of God who : Seement ue themselves. Help is no less of charity than long-suffering and ut the help cleuent has largely been wrested out of Christianity, and self sub- stituted therefor. This abortive result is the outgrowth of the “my church” theo! parent of that living lie that “charit; ins at home.” On this point “ infidelity ” insists that the narrow boundaries of “my church” shall be abandoned, and the obligation ‘to do good become.as universal as the wants of men... . Sara Bernhardt, the great French actres: now in this country, has been photographe trom the camera of pulpit declamation.as a human’ viper, a loathsome pest, to be shunned and avoided by the respectable of every class. She has been dragged into the pulpit of holy utterance charged with the crime of adultery. What saith the angel of mlod will to men? Openly expose and con- lemn her while others of the same profession and of equal guilt are shielded and favored ? Topine not. Put on the spectacles of: broad benevolence, and read how that “Charity thinketh no evil.” I know nothing as to the truth or falsity of the allegation; one thing I do know, though, that the cause .of Christianity will not be profited by its rash and over-zealous adherents villify- ing and ‘abusing her, She hails from a country where marriage is not generally regarded as honorable, or“ free-love” as dishonorable. Her course may be the re- sult of her education; and since, she -is only a “refined heathen,” it ‘occurs to me that egonamy, if nothing else, would dictate that we treat her kindly, soasto gain her con- fidence; and thus prepare the way to teach her that inarriage is honorable, so as to saye the expense of sending.a wissionary to France to instruct her when she has re- turned. it shall never be my purpose to condone any crime of whatever character or degree; but I do oppose the uniting of moral forces to crush even the mother who- loves and caresses the child of illegitimate birth. Christ Jesus came into the world to save even the chief of sinners; and perhaps, if He was here, would say to her accusers, “Let him that is guiltless cast the first stone.” . . . In the school of moral con- flict mankind is being gradually undeceived. and properly instructed. Not less faith, but more work, is the principal lesson taught, and auxiliary to it. is the other, less zeal for denominational success, and more for the general good.ef mankind. Ithank God for every battle that is being fought out on this” line; and I thank God for every champion on the “infidel” side—rfor Swing, and Thomas, and Beecher, and Farrar, ‘When I use the term “infidel” it is not to be understood of the blatant, foul-mouthed blasphemer; but of that growing class of men who, impelled by the might of inde- pendent soul-force, have shaken off the ex- erescence of dogmas and forms; taken the world for their parish, and set at defiance the power of the “my creed” advocates. But these are not without a creed. They believe in God, the Father jAlmiehty, Maker of ATeaven and earth; in Jesus Christ, His Son; in the Holy Ghost; in the forgiveness of sins, and that by a common paternity all men are brethren. If this is a creed it is theirs; and Lam notasbamed toclaim itas mine, Heaven onearth shall be realized when the good, and pure, and true of every nation and clime shall reach that oneness of spirit and aim be- fore which anti-Christ shall bow, and the Star of man’s redemption shine in a cloudless sky —the guiding light of angels and men as they move forward on their errand of mercy and love, filling the waste and desolate places with “Glory to God in the highest, on earth peace; good will to men.” 3 UNIVERSALISM. ITS POPULAR STANDING NOW COMPARED WITH THIRTY YEARS AGO. New York Sun. ‘The death of the Rey. Dr. Chapin, the most eloquent and the best known of Universalist ministers. reminds us of the greatand radical changes which have taken place since the beginning of his career asa preacher with reference to the doctrine of everlasting pun- ishment. Forty years ago, when he was pastor of a Universalist church at Charles- town, in Massachusetts, the doctrines he taught were utterly odious to the whole or- ‘thodox Church. Now, it is not too much to say, they are very ‘little different from the prevailing views even in what are known as the evangelical denominations, * During the early years of Dr. Chapin’smin- istry, Universalism was the bugbear and the butt of orthodox preachers. Thére was no teligious teaching which they held in greater detestation. They treated it as a denial of Christianity, as a vicious encouragement of ‘wickedness in men, and as ‘something too absurd for ‘the consideration of intelligent i iversalist 5a “Tuan far outside of-the Christian fold; in’ their eyes, and it was frequently and jeeringly asked among them why a Universalist Church was needed at all when men would be saved any- way. The great revivalists like Finney and Knapp were in the fullness of their power at the time Dr. Chapiv began his ministrations, and for many years after they continued to make converts by the hundred. The terrors of Tell, the sure retribution which awaited the ‘unconverted throughout all eternity, and the unrelenting purpose of God to doom the sin- ner to everlasting misery were the great themes of such preachers. Finney pointed out the awful peril of the sinner and the in- evitable consequences of sin unrepented of after the Calvinistic fashion, and Knapp por- trayed to his awestruck congregations the torments of a realistic Hell. 2 Finney’s manner was «intense and his method logical as he gradually ¢losed up every loophole of escape for the impenitent; and, though his delivery was not violent, he would at Jength work his audience up to -the highest piteh of excitement. To escape the perils of Hell and to find refuge in the ark of safety was usually a common impulse with those among his hearers who had not yet ac- cepted the terms of salvation as he Inid them down. -All through the older States of the North his voice was heard, and he had a powerful influence in building up the Cal- vinistic chure! It is not too much to say that the doctrine of eternal punishment was fundamental with them ali, as it was the es- sential doctrine of his own religious system. ‘Kuapp went at the work in a rougher and more violent way. Jiell was a favorit term with him, and to his excited imagination there came as he preached the sounds of the fearful screams of the doomed inhabitants of the place of torment. He had no words ex- cept those of ridicule, and container and de- testation for the Universalists. Ife classed them with rumsellers and gamblers, as the worst enemies of humanity. And certainly, so far as the Baptists were concerned, Jacob Knapp was in his time a man. of prodigious influence. He was the conspicuous worker in the revivals which planted the sced from which many churches have grown; and we must bear in mind that the Baptists are now more numerous and are increasing more rap- idly than any other religious denomination except the Methodists. The lay preachers, revivalists, ordained ministers, exhorters, and class-leaders of the Methodists have also used the doctrine of eternal punishment as the strongest means of inducing men to ac- cept the terms of salvation, It may therefore be said broadly that the doetrine of hell has been the most commonly received teaching, and one of the most ur- gently pressed doctrines, in all our Protestant Churches whieh have attained numerical im- portance. Jonathan Edwards preached it to the Congregationalists at Northampton, as Cotton Mather had‘ done to the early Puri-' tans. lt lay and still lies at the centre of Presbyterian theology, and it appears in ‘the Episcopal Prayer-Book. eautime the Universalists have advanced slowly, and they are still among the sinallest denominations numerically in the country, ranking in that respect about with the Qua- kers. Compared with the Methodists, Bap- tists, Presbyterians, aud Cougregationallsts taken together us the nominal exponents of the doctrine of everlasting punishment, they are only about one-seventieth as numerous. ‘And yeton the same day on which Dr. Chapin died an Association of Congregatio alists met at Fairport, in this State, to con- vsider whether they should disfel lowship. a promiient Congregational e miata Be Rochester for preaching agal C trine of hell as taught by all these most numerous and most successful denomina- tions, Perhaps the Association will vote to disfellowship him, but his Church will stand by him, and he will go on preaching as a Congregational ininister. just the same. And this man is a type of a large and increasii class of ministers inall the orthodox denomt- nations, except that he has the courage of hhis opinions, and that is something they usually have not. He qerely gave -expres- sion to doubts which are of wellnigh unr Yersal prevalence both among the clergy and lay. of the more intelligent sort. : The same change in regard to the doctrine of eternal punishment hus come over En- gl orthodoxy. Even where it is not e: plicitely denied or carefully or adroitly ex- lained away, the old teaching is ignored, ‘ow often is it preached: here in these days? niversalism is becoming a sand when orthodox in in the exercises at Dr. Chapin’s funeral y ‘will not need to indulge in apology for their conduct. So, far as con- cerns the doctrine which nominally sepa- the © rated the dead clergyman and orator fi them, they are in substantial agreement with his views. They have given up Hell as it was formerly preached, and their churches are filled with Universalists. ~ THE HYMNS WE SING. AN INTERESTING HISTORICAL SKETCH. The Rev. C. 0. Brown in the Alliance. During the first century, as early at least as the times \of the younger: Pliny, there sprang up a distinctively'Christian hymuol- ogy, for in his famous letter.to Trajan he tells us that the Christians of Bithynia were accustomed.te assemble before day’and sing hymns to Christ as God. Every language in which Christ-was proclaimed had very early its own supply of Christian hymms.., In thp Greek tongue Gregory and Clemens are known to have early composed hymns, and others must have preceded them. Their suc- cessors itralmost -unbroken line are too nu- merous to admit of particular notice. Among those who ‘early. composed in the Latin tongue Ambrose is the great name. © He founded a school of hynin-writers, and for more than a century his style “gave caste to the hynnody of the Western Christian world. A single characteristic stanza may indicate something of this style: From day to day, O Lord, do we ’ Highly exalt and honor Theo. Thy name we worship and adore, World without end, forevermore. The stanza might almost bo mistaken foraformal and complete doxology; but it is only one of. several stanzas in which the same element of praise is equally prominent. It isa close conformation to the idea of St. Augustine’s definition. |‘ A hymn,” he says, “is praise to God in the form of song.” Ambrose was followed by a long list of hymnists whose productions, like his own, were cast in the mold of severest simplicity; but which as to matter glowed with true Christian fervor. By. degrees, however, the style of hymnists became more ornate. ‘The beginnings ot the tendency are’ seen in such writers as the venerable Bede (d. 735). His hymn, “The Great Forerunner of the Morn,” shows this in its- vei tie, and opens with the following stanza: _ ‘The Great Forerunner of the morn, The heratd of the Word is born; And faithfut hearts shull never fail, : . With thanks and praise, His light to hail. In the hymns of the great Bernard (d. 1158), however, we have a truer, if not an equal, ornament and a far more perfect expression of Christian emotion, Neither Watts nor Wesley ever wrote anything surpassing the following: = Jesus, the very thought of Thee With sweetness fills my breast; But.sweeter far Thy-fuce to see And in Thy presence rest, ‘Translations of Bernard’s hymns are found: in all good collections, and are among the? most preslous things of our inheritance from the middle ages. 'o this period belong also several of the most renowned hymns of all time: Dies Ira, Veni Spiritus Creator (ascribed to Thomas a Celano), Stabat Mater, and others equally noted. 2 The Greek hymnists of the medieval epoch have lett some illustrious names and some undymg hymns.. Jolm of-Damascus (d. 780) in his monastery _near Jerusalem, sang of the Resurrection-Day in the following exalt- .ed lines, whose tone contrasts widely with of Dies free. “"fis the day of. Resurrection, Earth, tell it out abroad, The Passover of gladness, The Passover of God; From dpath to lire eternal, From earth unto the sky, Oue Christ bath brouxht us over ‘With songs of victory. Stephen of Sabas (d. 79$), in the closing lines of his “Art Thou Weary?” has the following: : If. Lask Him to receive me Will He say me nay? : Not till earth dnd not ti! heaven Pass away! * A far loftier expression of the doctrine of present and complete assurance than can be found in anything like the modern **Hallelu- jah, ’tis done!” 3 ‘Theodore of the Studium (d. $26) wrote from Constantinople, the city of his convent, the following lines, which as strongly re- semble Dies Ira: as the previous lines strong- ly contrasted with that remarkable hymn: - That fearful day, that day of speechless dread, When Thou shalt come to judge the quick and deud— I.shudder to foresee, © God, what then shall be. ‘This merest mention must suffice for epochs which reach back over links-of holy fire, al- most to the days of our Lord upon earth. And 1iow there burst upon us in full vigor the heroic hymns of the Reformation, which surge and roll with solemn grandeur like the character of the men and .times from which they sprang. ‘There werea few French writers of note. but the trne hynmody, like the theofogy of those times, had its birth and development in. Germany. Luther, himself a sweet singer, leads this grand chorus, voic- ing his own words. Hark! Itis the echo of that song which, twenty-fivé years before, a child sang at the door of Ursula Cotta, and Jo! the écho has gathered volume from the reverberations of those years till now it vi- brates through all Enrope, and shakes the foundation-stones of the Vatican: * God is our castle ana defense ‘When troubles and distress invade; He'll help and free us from offense, ‘And ever shield us with His ald. No Diet of Kings or Preiates could over- awe such meno 2s could compose _thest hymns: no assemblage of devils, though as thick as tiles on the roof, could stay their zeal. ‘Luther was followed by many hymn-writ- ers in his own tongue, asllermann, Rinkart, and Alberti; but of them all Paul Gerhardt (1606-1678) was the greatest. He wrote a century after Luther, but even the heroic fires kindled by the-Reformation burn on in his hymns, as ‘witness the following: ° Give to the winds thy fears; Hope and be undismayed; God bears thy sighs and counts God shall lift up thy bead. ~~ ‘The wealth of German hymnology may be judged when we Jearn that of this Reforma tion epoch alone Knapp’s collection contains more than 3,000 hymus. ‘While all Germany was thus borne grandly through the fires and over the billows of the thy tears, |. Reformation by the inspiration of holy song, for some reason England had but few byin- nists, and none to any extent successful du: ing this great epoch. A collection-of “Spir- itual Songs ” by Myles Coverdale, made in the sixteenth century, seems never to have attracted any considerable attention. Jere- iny ‘Taylor (1655) wrote some hymus, and was followed by Baxter and others, with little success. John Mason (1683) was‘the first whose hymns were sung to any extent as parts of regular worship. Jt is said that his volume of “Spiritual Songs” was the mine from which even Watts and Wesley derived many of the thoughts which live to-day in their hymns. ™ = The hymns of Watts, published in 1719, in- troduced a new era. ‘They were welcomed with delight by Dissenters throughout the realm, and were sung with a: zeal which showed that they had opened-the fount of a new inspiration. Nor cau we wonder at their influence when we may open at random upon such lofty lines as these: S Eternal wisdom, thée we praise; ‘To thee our songs we bring, While with.thy name rocks, ‘bills, and seas, ‘And Heaven's high arches ring. ‘Thy hand, how wide it spreads the sky! , How glorious to pehold! Tinged with a blue of beavenly aye And starred with sparkling goid. With the Wesleys dawned another epoch.. We might atmost- say that the hymns of Charles Wesley (whose sacred poems fill thirteen - volumes) were to. England what those of Luther and his compeers were to Germany. ‘Throughout. these . pulse’ and surge the holy emotions and aspirauous of. one of the greatest revivals which the world has ever seen. It has been said that there is aot an emotion or purpose of the Christian heart but can find expression in_ the ‘hymns of Wesley. “There is nothing which he did hot touch; hetouched nothing which he did not adorn.” Quotations from his hymns are pseless; whoever will may take up the fiymn-book-at his side, of whatever denoin- ination, and read for himself. + From Weley, until now there’ have been muuy writers of hymns, many of whose pro- ductions will live. But since Wesley there has been here whose hymns so distinctly mark anepoch. We have had, with many others, Scott, Hammond, Cowper, and Sea- grave; Montgomery and- Kelley; Heber, Bonar, and-Elliot; Dean Alford and Words- worth; while of those in_ our own Jand who have written worthy aud enduring hymns, the names of Mublenberg, Bryant, Hay, Palmer, and Sears are prominent. \ GENERAL NEWS. ‘There are 200 Protestant schools with 12,- 000 pupils in Syria. Burmah bas 350 Christian churches and. nine-tenths of the work of conversion is done by native pastors anil teachers. of the American Missionary ‘ Peceniia ry October and- ‘November s amounted to $29,258, an increase of $2,681 over the same months in 1879, mee A Roman Catholic college intended exelu- sively for the training of priests for African missions has been established at Malta. - The Third Presbyterian Church, Pittsburg, Dr. C. L, Thompson : pastor, recently took up acdllection of 33,330 for the Home Mission Board. . 2 ‘There have been a greater number of addi- tions to the Reformed Episcopal Church dur- ing the past year than in any preceding one, age excepting the first year of its organiza- ion. . The American Presbyterian Board of Mis- sions has received from the estate of the late Mrs. Lapsley, of New Albany, Ind., the sum of $215,000, with the’ prospect of receiving $60,000 or $70,000 more frou the same source. _The new, American Church in Paris will be situated on the Avenne de PAlma, and: will be built under the supervision of Mr. George E. Street, an English areltitect.- ‘The build- ing will be of the early decorated. Gothic or- det, and will seat 1,000 people. 5% _About 400 of the 5,000 creditors of Arch- bishop Purcell have lielda meeting in Cin- cinnati, and voted to employ additional law- yers in order that the suit against the church property. Anay-be prosecuted niore vigorously. the suit should be successful, 100 congre- gations would Ipse their church property. The Protestant Hptscopal Almanac and Direolory for the year 1851 hasbeen received. “It is published by T. Whittaker, 2 and3 Bible Tfouse, New York. This almanac is in its twenty-seventh year. It is a standard publi- cation in the Episcopal Church, containing a large amount st useful denominational in- formation; and the present number exhibits several improvements over its immediate predecessor. ; The Congregational Church of Raleigh, N. C., raised $57.50 to. send: thelr pastor. the Rev. George S. Smith, as a delegate ofthe State Conference to the National Council. A- collection taken at the. installation of pastor B. A. Imes, at Memphis, paid lis way. Pas- torJ. D. Smith’s chureh and the College’ Church of ‘Talladega paid his expenses. ‘These colored people believe in paying evcle- siastical mileage. et The mission ‘at Frere Town, East Central Africa, has proved an inviting rendezvous for runaway slaves. The iissionaries have no power to keep them, nel have opportunity to expostulate with theit owners for any eruelties they may inflict upon them. The, practical result is that tle masters become’ intimidated and angry, and would make an end of the missionaries if they had the power, ‘The settlement has already been threatened with destruction. 1t is hoped, however, that the impending calamity miy be overruled, to the overthrow of slavery-on the coast. The Rev. Dr. Wild, once of Montreal, then of Brooklyn; ‘now of Toronto, is breaking out again all over with hiscurious pro ings. It is by thesign of -* The Great P nid” that he conquers the realm of futurity. -The Pyramid is the key-to the interpretation of ali prophecy. Year after next, all the world, he says, is going to be plunged into an awful war that will last fifty-three years. Ho can foretell, he says, all great events “in ameasure.” And yet whileno lunacy v ever wilder than this manis, he is no luna’ he is indeed, we are’ told, ‘a -really amiab, gentleman -with yery considerable abilitgf * Sunday morning he preaches‘ the Gospel; the evening he talks nonsense. Tow great aneed there is of a clearer apprehension of the'natural, simple, rational, self-consistent rinciples for the interpretation of Scripture Prophecy !—Advance. The annual testival of Trinity .Sunday- school was held in the church, on the corner of Michigan avenue and Twenty-sixth street, last Tuesday evening, and ‘was the occasion of much happiness to about 500 children, who came in spite of. the stinging cold. At 7:30 o’clock they marched into the church from the:chapel with banners and singing. their. processional hymn, The church was crowd- bed with the songreration and friends of Trinity. A beautiful Norway spruce, loaded with ‘ornaments of all.kinds, filled _ the centre of the chancel, and-the space on either side was piled up with presents of every variety, both useful and ornamental. Dr. Uolland, the Rector, conducted the exercises and made a short address, after which the children sang thoir Christmas hymns with fine Bpiritand effect, ‘Twenty-three children, ° who'had given: up their’ presents for the rest, received beautiful badges as.a mark of dis- tinction. Prizes of books were presented to thé children who had shown proficiency in the church catechism, the first prizes bein; riven.to:Eddie Rayniond, Nannie Thain, an ‘Lheodosia Holland, Alastee Barnard Sinfth recited admirabty~+*The Night Before Christ- mas”. While the presents‘were being dis- tribyted ‘a calcium. light: in. the gallery lighted up the church ‘wit. various colored Jights. Holland and:His wife received many.tokens of esteem andiove from mem- bers of the congregation,.and some of the teachers and the popular seston, Mr. Mowry, were not forgotten. | SUING TIER PRIEST. 48 New York Sun. A ‘suié that excites much interest among the members of St. Andrew's Roman Catholic Church, in Duane street,-avill be called for trial. in’ the Supreme Court.on Jan. 3. : It is brought by Margaret Bennibagainst the Rev. Father James McMahon,-the pastor of the church. The plaintif claims that Father Me- Mahon owes her’ $2,395,: property that be- longed-to her sister, Ann’Farley, deceased, who gave it to the defendant to keep tor her duting her lifetime, and died intestate while ted faunes: was still in Father McMahon’s hands, Julius A. Kelly, the plaintiff's lawyer, says that Margaret Bennis and? Ellen McQuillan were the sisters of Ann Farley, who owned property worth about $6,000. ‘The three sis- tets were adyanced in years and very illiter- ate, neither of them being able to read or write. In 1870. Mrs. Farley made over the bulk of her fortime to Father McMahon un- der the stipulation that she should be sup- ported while she lived. It is claimed that she subsequently regretted this action, and endeavored to get her mouey back, but with- outsuccess. On Aug. 1, 1878, she died sud- denly, and without making-any disposition of the property held by Father McMahon. Her two sisters, so far as could be ascertained, were her only living rlehves and letters 0: administration were granted by Surrogate Calvin. to Margaret Bennis, who, with her sister, Ellen ‘McQuillan, went to Father Me- 3ahon und asked for Mrs. Farley’s property. Father MeMahon, it is asserted, did not deny that he had received the money, but alleged that he had paid $605 for their sister’s funer- al expenses, and expected $395 as compensa- tion for his troubleand anxiety of mind in the matter. ‘The sisters thought these amounts exorbitant, and: endeavored to induce the pastor to reduce them, but as he declined to make any abatement they finally agreed to- pay hin $1,000 and take $2,000, which, he said, was all their sister’s estate left, as satis- faction for their claim. ‘Mr. Kelly says. that Father McMahon told them he could not conveniently pay the > at once, but would doso in sixmonths, paying the sisters in the meanwhile 7 per cont interest on the amount due, At the end of six months the pastor asked. that settle- ment be deferred for another balf year, he meanwhile paying interest as before. But when the time for paying the principal again to tea one evening last week, and on his re- turn found the house quiet, no one present, but the trace of trespassers In a most elegant. new parior set, also an easy chair on which “was pinned the words, “Dear Pree take your rest.” It-was very neatly done. : Seyeral secessions to-Rome are announced from the’ South Seas. Dr. Duff, son of: the late Moderator of the Presbyterian Church, has, it is announced, with his wife and fam- ily. been received into the Roman- Catholic Chureh, in- New. Zealand. Five Wesleyan iuinisters at Dunedin have applied ‘to: the Bishop for ordination. He hasordainedone, and the others ure on probation. Joseph Cook is evidently appreciated over the water. A Welsh paper thus speaks of him: * You might take him for a well-to-do farmer ot the: Vale of Glamorgan happy, contented, well fed, a large shareholder in our veritable flesh and blood:~ When he be- gins to speak, it is not the speech of the ele- gant scholar or the polished. man of the world “which st syan, but x homely, broad, farm- like accent, with a dash of Americanism in the enunciatjon.” THE REV. W.C. VAN METE! TM the Editor of The U:.cecgo Tribune. Cnicaco, Ul., Dec. 30.—I have recent let- ters from the Rev. W. C. Van Meter in Rome, saying that payment has been stopped.on the stolen. dratt of $600 (not. $5,000 as ‘some of the papers reported) which was picked froin his pocket while crossing the Straits of Do- } ver recently. It is but just to add that Mr. Van ‘Meter is sent to Italy by the Ltalian Bible and Sunday- School Mission, the Board of which islocated chiefly in Philadelphia, and consists of well- known business men atid-entinent clergymen of different denominations, and that he is very exact, clear, and minute in his monthly reports ' to the ‘Treasurer, and enjoys the pulse confidence of those who know him ALLEY. SUNDAY REVERIES. Job had patience, but then Job never tried to back a carriage into d narrow shed on a dark night. : . “Missionary teas” are very popular. ‘The gossip. is confined exclnsively to people in foreign parts and is harmmnless.—New Haven Register. - Z * -A bashful young clergyman recently risini to preach for the first time announced his text in this wise: “And immediately- the cock wept and Peter went out and crew bit- terly.” . . “Tam askeptic,” said an immature per- sonof the masculine gender in a vainglo- rious strain.‘ An epileptic 2” asked on old lady. somewhat hard of hearing. “ Poor boy! You look like it,so you do.” While the smile went around, the youth went out. A transcendental preacher took for his text, “Feed my lambs.” + As he came out of the church 2 plain old farmer said to him: “That was a yory good text; biit you placed the hay so high In the rack that tne lambs couldn't reach it, nor the old sheep cither.” They tell of a very cultured divine in Bos- ton, who, instead of saying ** The collection will now be taken up,” impressively remarks: “ ‘The accumulation of moneys will now en- sue.” But a Philadelphia clergyman, a great athlete and: lover of sports, forgot himself once and said: “Here endeth the first inn- ings. Let us pray.” Apromising youth of five rather mature summers was saying his prayers. The little fellow had sat up beyond_his usual bed-hour to see a procession, witlrits flaming torches and loud huzzas, go by. It was his custom to say the little prayer, “ Now I lay me down to sleep,” and then to add ‘God bless papa and mamina,” ete. On this particular evening his ears and heart were full of what he had seen and heard, but he managed to get through with, “ Now I lay me” with perfect propriety, Having omitted the rest of the prayer, his mother said chidingly, ‘ Willie, ‘haven't you forgot something?” “Oh, yes, mamma,” he replied. ‘Then bending his hea in reverential attitude, he cried out, “ Hur- rah for God! Amen!” .Thére is something deliciously amusing in the way Mr. Sankey combines musical in- struction and religious fervor all in the same breath. le sings his solo, shouts out his instructions, ‘and_ trolls out the chorus in the | most indefatigable manner, and. varies the proceedings in this wise: _Sings—“ What must it be tu be there, tu be there::oh, what must it be tu be there, tu be there, (Now, all sing—chorus): Oh, what must it be (louder) tu-bé there (thai’s good) tu be there (now pianissimo) o—oh,° what must it be to be there. (There, ‘now, you sang that very-well —let’s have him again, and be sure you mind that pianissimo. Now!) ‘What must it be,” ‘ete: ‘It adds so mueh to one’s religious feel- ings to repeat the sanie versc tr et the ex- act emphasis on the tu. as CHURCH SERVICES. BAPTIST. f Tho Rev. G. C. Lorimer preaches in the. First Church, corner of South Purk avenue and Thirty-first street. Morning subject: “A Ser- mon for the New Year”; evening subject:. “Isms.” ‘ ? —The Rev: W. M. Lawrence preaches in the Second Church, corner of Morgan and Monroe streets, at 10:30 a, mi. and 7:30 p. m. 2 —The Rev. K. B. Tupper preaches in the Michigan Avenue Church, near Twenty-third street, at a.m. - ; —!Phe Rev. Joseph Rowley preaches in the North Star Church, corner Division and Sedg- wick streets, at 10:45 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. —The lev. E. B. Hulbert preaches in the. Fourth Church, corner West Washington end Paulina streets, at 10:30 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. —The Rev. 3. T. Burhoe preaches in the University Place Church, corner of Douglas place and Rhodes avenue, at 10:30 a. m. and 5300 | Polthe Rev.C. Perren preaches in the West- ern Avenue Church, corner of Warren avenue, at 10:90am. and 7730 p. in. —The Rey. W.H. Parker. preaches in the Coventry Strect Church, corner of Blooming- dave road, at 10:90 a. tn. and 7:80 p. m. Kev. I. De Baptiste preaches in the Olivet Church, Fourth avenue, near Taylor strect, at 11 a. w. and 7:45 p.m. —The Rev, A. K. Pnrker, preaches in the Centennial Church, corner of Lincoln and West Jackson streets, at 10:30 a. o. and 7:30 p.m.’ |” —The Rey. E. 0. Tuylor “preaches in_ the Central Church, No. 200 Orchard street, at 10:45 a. m, and 7330 p. m. : “ithe Hey. W. a; Broadhurst preaches in the Dearborn Street Church, corner Thirty-sixth street, at 10:30 a, m.and 7:3 p. m. —The Rev. J. B. Vosburgh preaches in the Mil- lnrd Avenue Church, Lawndale, at 10:45 a. m. and 723) p.m. —The Rev. Mr. Meyer preaches in tho Firat German Church, corner Bickerdike and Huron streets, at a.m, and 7:30 p,m. —the Rey. J.B: Sunth. preaches in_ the First - Norwegian Church, corner Noble and West Ohio streets, at 10:3) a. m. and 7:30 p. m. —The Rey. John Onytnan™ preaches in. the. First Swedish Church, Oak strect, near Sedy- wicksat 10:30. m. and 7:30 p. m. —The itev: J. B. Juckson preaches. in Hyde Park Chureh at 10:45 a. m. —The Kev. C. B. Roberts preaches in the En- glewood Church, Englewood avenue, near Stew- art, at 10:0 a. m, and 7:30 p. mn. . The Kev. J. F. Howard preaches in Downer’s Grove Church at 1a. m. and 7p. m. —Tho Rev. George Pierce prenehes in the First arrived, Mr. Kelly says, another delay was asked for, andat the end of a. year and a half the money was still. unpaid. It is al- leged that no part of it has yet been paid, and Father. McMahon is sued for $2,395, with interest.from atime when, they say, Father McMahon ceased to pay it, thus allowing the $605 for the funeral expenses, but not the $395 said to have been asked for personal re- muneration. Father McMahon’s counsel, Charles E. Miller, said: 3 “Our answer to the complaint is a total denial, and,we do not recognize Margaret Bennis as the executrix of her sister’s. es- tate. Ido notcare to go minutely into the particulars of our defense, but the case will come Bp in-abouttwo weeks, and we will certainly prove the invalidity of Mrs. Ben- nis’ claim, With regard to Father Me- Mahon’s taking. care of bis parishioners property I have nothing to say, except that he unites business with his pastoral duties.” PERSONALS. The Rev. H. A. Newell, of Rochester, Minn., has goné to California on a six months’ vacation. em The Rev:-J. H. Sammis, of Glidden, Ia., has received a calito the Eighth Presbyterian Church of Indianapolis. The Rey. H. A. Ensworth, of St. Mark’s, New. York, has accepted a call to Christ Church, Yortsmouth, 0." - Bishop Kerfoot, of Pittsburg, continues seriously ill, ‘The Bishop of Springfield has been peforming official duties for him re- cently. ¢ vbr wes Miss Smiley, the well-known evangelist, has become © tommunicant-of the Episcopal Chureh. She was born in the Quaker faith, and subsequently joined the Baptists, The Rev. Dr. Worrall. of the Eighth Pres- Evanston Church at 10:30 a. m. an p.m. “The Rev. §. BukeryJr., preaches in the Aus- tin Chureh at 10:45 a. mp. and 7:45 p.m. “phe Rev. A. M. Bucon preaches in the Oak meeting in ‘Temperance ‘Aull, at Lie ‘Churen, t ss 230 a. ma. an p.m. 1ithe Rev. H. Hauppell proaches in the Bright- ton Park Church, Thirty-cighth street and, Blancbard’avenue, morning and evening. b '—The Rev. N. F.Ravlin preaches in the Mis- sion Church, No. 481 Ogden avenue, morning id evening. andthe Kev, D. B. Gunn preaches in the South Church, ‘Luck street, at 10:30 a. m. and 7:0 p.m. —The lev. i. C. Leland preaches in the Rock Island Car-Shups, Dearborn street, near Forty- seventh, in the morning, and conducts a song sorvice in the evening. “CHRISTIAN. , The Rev; John Shackelford, of Lexington, Ky., will preach in the South Side Chureh. corner of Prairie avenue and Thirtieth street, in the morning, and the Rev. J. W. Allen will preach in evenit . the the ev J. H. Wright will preach in the Western Avenue Church, between Van Buren and Hurrison streets, morning angevening. '—The Rev. Charles H. Caton w#f preach in the Second Church, coreer of Oukley avenue and Jackson street, morning and evening. : CONGREGATIONAL. The Rev. E. F. Williams will preach in the South Church, corcer of Drexel uvenue and For- tieth street, morning and evening. —The Rev. F. A. Noble will preach in the Uoiun Park Church, corner of Ashland avenuc and Washington ‘street, at 10:30 a.m. and 7:30 p. mL. Communion at morning service. —The Rey. Charles Hall Everest preaches in Plymouth Chureb, Michigan avenue, between [wenty-ffth and Tweaty-sixth streets, at 10:30 B. in. and 7:30, m., ee Rov. EB. P. Goodwin will preach in the First ‘Church corner. Washington and Aun streets, at mo m. New-Year's sermon in ‘ening. A Be ese — . th “Little. witl preach in the Tho Rev-“Arthur le. wil preach Ww: England Church, corner New parie place, at 10:30 a. mn, and 7:20 p. 1. The Kev. B. F. Leavitt will preach in Lincoln Parks Church, corner Sophia an ‘Mohawk streets, 45 .. and 7:30 p..m. iar: at no Revs CA. Towie will preach in Bethany byterian Charch of this city, was invited ‘out { Chureb, corner Baulina and West-iuron streets, m. P. Evening “Christ the Only Hope of a Lost Worl —The Rev. G. H. Peeke wili preach in the Leavitt Street Churen, corner West Adams street, at 10:30 a. m and 7:30 P. ma. —The Rev. Evarts Kent will. preach In tho Clinton Street Church, corner Wilson street, at 10:45 a. m, and 7:30 p. im. —The Hey. ‘Mr. Wilcox will preach, in_ the ‘Western Avenue Mission Church, near Polk street, at 10:3) u. m. and 7:30 p. m. —The Rev. A. Monroe will preach inthe Union Tabernach, corner of Twentieth street and Ash- land avenue, at 10:30 2. m, and 7:30 p. m. as LUTHERAN. e Rey. William A. Schueffer proacties in the” Wicker Park Church, corner of Hoyne avenue and Le Moyne street, in the mourning. —The itev. C. Koerner preaches in the Trinity ‘Church, corner of Erie and Dearborn streets, in the morning. ‘METHODIST. The Rev. J. W. Phelps will preach in St. Paul’s Church, Maxwell street, near Newberry avenuc. at the usuul hours. Morning subject: “A Look inte tho New Year.” Evening: “The Battle of —The Rev. Georze Chase will ‘proach in_the Fulton Street Church, cornor of Artesian ave Bue mo) fhe sual ate Morning. subject: “Chrtst's Eurly Life.” Evening: * Who Is Oo the Lord's Side?” " se ° —The Kev. T. R- Strobridge preaches in the Park, Avenue “Church. Morning subject: “Is There Life for Us Beyond These Years"; even- cing sublect: “Keep the Subbath and Tt Will cer You. —The Rov. Robert D. Sheppard will preach in Grace Church, cornerot North La Salle and- White streets. morning and evening. : —The Key. Dr. Willixurson will: preach in the Frst Church, corner of Clurk and Washington streets, Morning subject: Our Heavenly Home"; evening subject; “The Kingdom that Ought to Come.” —The Roy. k. B. Pope preaches in Trinity Church, Indiana uvenue, nexr Twenty-fourth strect, at If a.m. and 7:3) p. in. . sf —The Hev. G. It. Van Horne ‘preaches in the Michigun Avenue Church, uéar Thirty-second street. Morning subject: ~ First Thin; sermon; evening subject: * What wh C. C. MeCube preaches in the Hal: sted Strect Church, Nos. 778 and 78f South Hal- sted street, morning und evening. = The Rev. Mr. Guorxe will preach, In Cente- nary Church, We: luuroe street, near Moi at 10:30 a. m, and ee —The Revif. Li e p.m. arzer preaches in the Grant Place Chureh at a. mn. and 7:30 p.m. ‘ The Rev. Frank M. Bristol will preach in the. Wabash Avenue Church, corner.ot Fourteenth street. at 11a. m. and 7:30 p. mi. —The Kev. Watson Thatcher preaches in the State Streot Church, neur Forty-seventh, at 10:30. 2. mn, and 7:90 p. m. zi —Tnhe Rev. A. A. Gurney will preach in tho Ada Street Church, corner Fulton, 20 10:30 a. in. in. |. M. Caldwell will preach fn the we Church, corner Monroe street, ning. ev. Rt. M, Hatfield will preach in the Langley Avenue Church morning and evening. —The Kev. Arthur:F. Ferris will preach in the Free Church, corner May and Fulton strects, at 10:30 a. m, and 7:00 p.m. e ‘NEW JERUSALEM. 6a es The Rev. L. P, Mercer will preach in Hershey Hall 4t.11 a.m. Subject: “Judgmentand Proph- evy—a New-Year Sermon.” —The Key.-E. C. Bostuck will preach in Lin- coln Park Chapel, corner: of North Clark and Menomoncestrects, at 13 a. m., and in the Union Park ‘Temple, corner of West Washington street’ and Ogden avenue; at 4 p.m. $ PRESBYTERIAN, The Rev. W. M. Blackburn will preach in the Second Church, corner of Michima avenue and ‘Twentieth street, morning and evening. , —The Rev. James Maclaughlin will preach in the Scotch Church, corner of Suugumon and Adains streets, morning and evening. —The Rev. A. E. Kittredge will preach in the ‘Third Chureh, corner of Ashland und Ogien uve- nues, at 7:30 p. m. ey New-Year—How Cau We Myke ‘It. Happy?" Communion service in the morning. The print- ed sermon of last Sunduy to be distributed ut the close of the morning service. —The Rev. Herrick Johuson will preach in the Fourth Church, corner of Rush and Superior streets, at 10:45 p. m. and 7:45 p.m. —The Rev. S.'E. Wishard will preach in the Fifth Church, corner of Indiana avenue and ‘Thirtieth street, at 10:39 a. m. and 7:50 p. m. ~The Kev. 0. 8. Gregory will preach in Jefter- son Park Church, corner of ‘Throop and Adams strects, at 10:3) a. m. and 7:0 p.m. —The Key. James McLaughlin will preach in the Sixth Chureh; corner of Sangamon and Adams strects, morning and evening. s —The Rev. H. 'T. Miller will preach in the Sev- enth Church, corner of Vincennes and Ouk ave-., nues, at 10:30 a. m, and 7:30 p. m. —Tho Rev. H. M. Collisson will preach tn the Fullerton Avenue Church, near Nortn Clark street, at 10:00 a, m.. —The Rev. J. W. Worrall will preach in the Eighth Chureb at 10:30 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. ‘The Rev. Charics M. Morton will preach in Railroad Chapel, State street near Fourteenth, 7:30 p.m. at : E ‘The Bev. Arthur Swazey will preach in the Forty-tirst Street Church at 10:45.a.m. © REFORMED FPISCOPAL. Bishop Cheney. will preach in. Christ Church, corner of Michigan avenue and Twenty-fourth strect, at 10:45 a. m. and 7:80 p.m. - The rite. of confirmation will be admipistered at the mora- ing serviee. mene “The ev. J. D. Wilson’ wilt preach fn St. Jobn's Church, Ellis avenue, near‘thirty-scventh street, at La. m. and 7:30 p.m. —Tho Rev. F. W. Adams will preach. in St. Matthew's Chureb, corner of North Clark and Centre streets, at 1a. m.and 7:0 p.m. Morn- ing subject:: “ New-Year's Thouehts.” Even- ing:. “We Have No Continulag City Here.” | —Bishop ‘Fallows will preach in St. Paul's Church, corner of West Washington and Car- ‘penter ‘streets. at the usual hours. Morning ‘subject: _*How Old Art, Thou?” Evening: “he Probable, and Not Mathematicul, Proof the Iasis of Our Moral Action.” "—The Rey. Charles Ml. Gilbert will preach in tho Church of the Good Shepherd, corner of Jones and Homan streets, at 7:45 p.m. Subject: “The Life and Times of Dunicl <The Rev. Rv H. Bosworth will preach fu the Presbyterian Cbureh, Euzlewoud, at 3:3) p. m. Comniunion efter the morning service. UNITARIAN. + ‘The Rov. Brooke Herford wilt preach in the Chureb of the Messiah, corner of Michizun avenue and Twenty-third street, at "10:45 2. m. Subjects “ Life Along the Line of Least Re- sistance.” In the evening Judge Joel ‘Tiffany will lecture at 7:48 o'clock. « ee UNIVEUSALIST. . 3 ‘The ‘Rev. W. H.. Ryder will preach in St. Paul’s Chureh, Michigun-aveuue, north of Eight- eenth street, morning and evening. INDEPENDEST. The Rev. George, C, Necdbam preaches .in the Chicago Avenué Church, corner of North La Sulle street, morning and evening. —Prot. Swing will preach ut Coatral Music- Hall at 12 a.m. : —Tho itev. H. W. Thomas will preach in Hooley’s Theatre at Hi a. mn. = —The Rev. A. Yonker will preach in the West Side ‘Tabernacle, corner of Morgun and Indians strects, morning andevenmmg. | ~ ‘TEMPERANCE. - The Woman's Christian ‘Temperance Union will bold duily Gospel-meetings in Lower Farwell Hall, No. 15) Madison street. The lenders for tho week are as follows: Monday, Mr. Elmendorf: ‘Tuesday, Mrs. J. B. Corse; Wednesday, Mrs. Emmerick; Thursday, Mrs. C.~ H. Case; Satur- day, Mrs, A. A. Gurney. Friday will be held an all-day prayer-meeting. re. Gospel temperance meeting will be held in Good Templars’ Hall, No. 1,086 West Luke strect, atdp. in. ° : * The Eclectics will mect at No, 213 West Mad- ison strect at 7:30 p. nm. Mr. J. W. Gibbons will ison ton © the Discordant Featpres of the Solar System.” Sains. 8. M. J. Henry, of Branston, will epenk t the Washi ‘tovinu Home xt J p. m.- £ teThe Titers reunion will be ‘held at No. 213 West Madison street at 2:30 p. m. —Gospel meetings will be held in the Call- Bonrd room in the Board of Trude alley at 2:30 0 7:30 p.m. C 10 A ‘meeting of Spiritualists and mediums will bo held at No, 508 West Mudison street at 3 p.m. —Donuld Ross, the evangelist, will speak in Uhion Park Hall, No. 517 West Biadison street, at3 p.m, on” The Contrast Between Cain and ‘Abel's Sacrifice,” ana ut 7:45 p.m. on “The Probabilities of ‘This Life” Z —'he First Society of Spiritualists will mect In Fairbank Hull, corner of Stute and Randolph Btreots, at 7:00 p.m. Mrs. Corn L. V. Richmond will gpeak on! New Thoughts for the New eur. : — The Friends will hold. central meeting in the’ Athemrum Building, Dearborn street, near Ran- ‘at 10:30 a, m. : —The Chicago Progressive Lyceum meets at Castle Hull, No. 619 West Lake street, at..12:30 p. me i tad EPISCOPAL. - Cathedral ‘SS. Washington and Peoria streets, the Rt.-Itey. W. EB Mebaren, 8. T. D., Bishop. ‘Tho Rev. J. H. Knowles, priest in charge. Holy communion, 8 a.m. Choral morning prayer and. celebration of the holy communion, 10:30 a. m1. Suuday-school aud children’s service 3 p.m. Choral evening yer, 7:30 p. tn. Pray) itee Frederick Courtney. will officiate morning and evening in St. James’ Cburch, cor- ner of Cass. and Huron strects. oe ‘—The Rev. R. A. Holland will officiate morn! “and evening in Trinity Church, corner of Micbi- pan avenue and. Iiventy- sixth street. Morning ject: “= The Old Year and the New.” Even- ry w- Year's Appeal to Young Men.” ‘~The ltev. W. H- Knowlton willotticiate morn- ing and evening in St. Andrew's Church, West Washington and Robey streets. '—The Rev. John Hedinan will officiate morn- ing and evening in St. Ansgarius’ Church, Sedg- wick street, neur Chicago avenue. —The Rev. Clinton Locke. will officiate morn- ing ung evening in Grace Church, Wabash ave- nue, near Fourteenth street. . —The Kev. Arthuy ltitchie will officiate morn- ing and evening in tho Church of the Ascension, North LaSalle and Elin’ streets. —There will be morning und evening services at St Paul’s Church, Hyde Park -nvenue, “*be- tween Forty-ninth and Fiftieth strects. —The Rev. 8. F. Fleetwood will officiate morn- ing and evening in’ St.” Mark's’ Church, Cottage Grove avenue and Thirty-sixth street. 5 —ho Bev. Luther Pirdee will ciate morn- ing and eveuing in Calvary Chcch, Warren avenue, between Oakley street and Western | avenue, —The Rev. T. N. Morrison, will officiate morni and evening in the Church of the Epiphany, Throop street, between Monroe and : Aduins. ‘—The Rev. W. J. Petrie will officiate morn- | Ing and evening iu the Church of Our Savior, ¢ corner of Lincoln and Relden avenues. “ —The Rev. Jumes E. Thompson: will otficinte morning and evenlng in St. ‘Thomas’ Church, Indinna avenue, between ‘Twenty-ninth and ‘Thirtieth streets. in —T. B.'fownsend will cofiduct, the morning and evening serviedy at St. Luke's Mission, Nu. - 987 Polk street. = —The Rev. Daniei F. Smith wilt officiate this‘ morning in Grace Charch, Hinsdale. —There will be morning services at the Good Shepherd Mission, Lawndnic. —There will be morning and evening services. in Etinmancel Church, La Grange.” ‘ —There will be morning and evening services in St. Mark’s Church, Evanston. - _ —Thkere will b2 morning and evening services. in Stephen's Church, Johnson street, between ‘Taylor and Twelfth. s CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK. EPISCOPAL. Jan. 2-Second Sunday after Christmas, Jun. Epiphany. Jan. 7—Fast. ‘CATHOLIC. Jan. 2—Octave of St. Stephen. * Jan. 3—Octave of. St. John. E ¥ Jan. Octave of the Holy Innocents. : Jan. 5—Vigil of the Epiphany; St. Telesphorus,! utr. he Octave of 1 a Jan’ éoF the Octave. Pere 3 SS ae IN A FIX. Spectal Dispatch to The Chicazo Tribune. Des Mornrs, Ia.,-Jan, 1—The courts 0 Illinois and lowa have been wrestling withd the following novel case: : A man married’ a woman in Ohio and | came with her to Iowa, where they lived sev—| erai years. He finally deserted her and went j to Illinois; and at Chicago. under the laws ; of that State, with the aid of a divoree-broker | procured 2 divorce. He then came to lows | and married another woman. applied to the courts for redress. ‘The Ell- inois divorce was declared illegal and the man \still the lawful husband of wife No. 17 Wife. Ne tlivoree was sustained, the second marriage’} declared valid and the man the lawful hus- band of wife’ No. 2, and of no other. . The: ian, therefore, finds himself in this tix: He: cannot live in Jowa courts say.she is not his wife. He can- not live with wife No.1 in Llinois, because Illinois courts say she is not his wife; but he can live with her in Iowa, | ‘Thus-he has. two lawful wives, and cannot live with either~' without being guilty of bigamy. The case was before thea Supreme Court of this State at the reccut term, on the question, as‘ to whether, where more than three years. de man could be indicted for bigamy. The de- *2 applied to the Ulinois courts and the } Wife No. 1/ ae Sey Towa with wife No. 2, fear | had elapsed after the second marriage, the | fendant claimed that the statute ef Iowa de- fining bigamy, applied -only to marriages | celebrated within this State, and the offense is complete when’ the riage’ takes place, and - the lapse of three years bars an ‘indictment; that, the pro’ in this State, under a bigamous marriage, uwpplies to a marriage contracted. in another * mar-, | ion regarding continued’ cohabitation, ~ State. H ‘Yhe Supreme Court says: “Ita bigamous | marriage, contracted elsewhere, can_so far | enter into and characterize the cohabitation . here us to make the cohabitation an offense * distinct from ordinary ‘illicit cohabitation, ; then 2 bigamous marriage contracted here + can do the’same thing. If, in tle one case, ; the marriage and the cohabitation can be! linked together, and in the same sense inade -. to constitute one crime, and thereby made to : depend upon State lines, they can in. the | other case be linked together and.be made to *, _constitute one crime. Such a state of facts brings the case within the: statute of biga- Ys 4 ‘The result will probably be, that the man : will zo to the Penitentiary for bigamy, yet j having two lawful wives. The divorce laws © need some tinkering. GRANGER BILL... . BY CARL PRETZEL. * For The Chicago Tridune. 13 Der mid-day sun for sexty years had played der« deuce mit old Bill's face, + vhite rieat left a trace. Hig bunds vas broun, und der great big lines vat Und turned der tint from ret ‘to broun, dill nox... _pbloughed deep tn dersbkin ‘as ., Ife had been. fold der years of toll und vork diroo all bis : His fhrame don'd vui3 vat it yoost’ fo, been, tall, / und shtralzbt, nnd shtout But had mnuscies vas playin’ out.. His kneexes, too, vas zittin veak, could bardly valk, Und his jaws vus loosin’ all its dooths, und ho gummed it in bis dalix. But of der outside in of his manly breast some _varm impulses grow, ‘Und dhey vas bloom, und shprout, ‘und shmell, + vherefer be vas zo. i Peter and Paul, corner West Der nerfy nerfs taitin his heart vas shtrong und shteady sntill; grief, nix cure, could tumple doun der soul = of Granger Bill. wig It-vas pooty tuff to sbtile grief vhen’ he lookt ‘out mit bis eyes ~ : Und saw frous efry Ally top some odder mound- nin rises dj Und ali d roo life dose hills vag dhere toblock dee olt man’s vay, i > Und no souner ywiek he climb der one der oader befrout him lay. , ae * But yonst look of dem acres of farmin’ land! Veli, for cfry herb dhey shprout, B More as sexty trops of vusser-shweat from old ‘Bill's brow come out + You vas suw der proofs in der gulden corn, in : der meddow of der field; You vas saw der proofs in der orchart-lot, und in der froot diey yield. Old Bill vus a furmer-mun's for shure, honest, sbgware, und truc, . Und vould ask of you yoost. vat vas recht, und oxpect der saiic of you: But, make him aggravation ‘once, by tam, he dond shtand dat— 2 He knock you down 80 higher a kite,. vhile you * shtand ubon der shpot, He vas lifed to, been @ green olt age, und bad . shouldered troubles sore; He vas struggled bard to tite der wolf und keep him outhis dvor; . . But, der more he worked, dem wolfses yelled . mid mouths all open vide, 'To thduff ’emselfs of dheir outsides in mit der furmer's beef und bide. Aldoush dem ayimals vas der fattest kind, shiili dershtowachs don't zutfuil; Dey keep oxpandin’ as dhey cat, und on der Granger pull; : Dey eat der meats of der bodudoe,’ corn, der barley, and der oat, < Und ooly len’ dur husSandman vat he wouldn't gif a shoat. % Dot made off Bill git some dander up: sv he shwore a heaty shwore,. 4 Und allowed he wouldn't plaut anoder seed, or grow him notting more—- ‘i Der olt farm might go to grass, und he'd shtart for a load of wood. ji Before he'd shweat -him a single, hair for odder feller’s goot. ‘ oa Now dis vas dose votold Bill preach und practice, too, next yenr, : Und on his furm dhere vas notting raised—not efen 4 dishturbance dhere. = He wouldn't ullow oit Mudder Earth to grow out a single l. + Not-efen enutf for der brindle cow, nor his odder chicken-feed. : Vell, der wolfses comed, as dhoy had done a goat muny times before, : To ahdeul der fruits of der farmer’s land, und rob him of bis shdore. o But dose vat shdruck for olt Bill's farm—vell, der shdory was bent suid Dhey only found some vit post-holes und vagon- teacks instead. - MORALE. Dose wolfses ras deni monobolfes vat shdeal der farmers’ shdulf, ie ae To All ub toate arishdocrats vat nofer could | ~~ got enuf; : : But Granger Bilt vas make em sing, a song dhey don’t could tanz: ‘ ¢ Und deached ’em some new deories bout rail-. roats undder banks; ~*~ ‘i Und, ofer dbey don’d look pooty vell out, der Grangers git up dihere bucks, Und only teed“em mit olt post-noles und empdy Old Powder. In elearing away the ‘remnins of one of the round bastions of Yedl-koulé, near Constanti- ‘nople, the urents of the Prefecture discovered * a lurge quantity of gunpowder. the existence of which was not before suspected. Information was At once sent to the Ordnance Department, whence an expert was.disputched to examine the powder. Powder, strictly forthe gralus.were 03 Loree as grain thrown fnto the fire showed that the com- position was of a highly explosive character, but ~~ the expert could not ‘precisely determine. what tho quality was withoutsubmitting it toanalysis. ‘Tho, powder Is believed to have been. deposited where itwus found prior to the conquest of Constantinople by Mohammed the Second. casi ao Nero fiddled while: Kowe was burning,—a aind his leeks -! positive proof of that worthy’s freedom from . theamatism. Modern humanity use St Jacobs Oil for this dreaded ailment. $$ excuse for sickness of yourself and -_ & good V comilf'is that you don’t use Hop Litters. jt, lowfrully doubled itself indo, vhileder +