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; 19 THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, JANUARY 16, 1881—SIXTEEN PAGES. - RELIGIOUS. The Close Resemblance Be- tween Christ and Buédia. No Point of Contact Visible in the Grand Expositors of Al- truism. Imperfections of Science and Theology— The Time Coming When They The Will Agree. Late Thomas Atkinson, Episcopal Bishop of North Carolina. Celebration of the Syriac Mass in One of the New York Catholic Churches. “General Notes, Personals, Sab- bath Musings—Serv- ices To-Day. CORIST AND BUDDHA. THE RE! SEMBLANCE, BUT NO POINT OF CON TACT LETWEEN THE TWO. New York Sun, On one occasion, at 2 meeting of the Boston Radical out between parts of the > were pointed stament and Club, some resemblance: sayings attributed to Confucius und to Buddha. Thereupon Mr. Wendell Phillip: d bis audience by intimating that these coincidences were 60 many plagiarisms on the part ot Eustern authors remark from the Christiun Scriptures. By this Mr. Phillips made it plain that he was more conversant with the history of the United States than with the chronology of religions. But Lonverse assertions just as groundl haye een made by those who would minimize the novelty and importzuce of the Christian teach- ings. story of legend of Krisbua, for it is now generally 2 kuowledged by scholars that the Krishua Such was Burnout’s contention that tho Christ was merely a reproduction of the vorship of id not arise in India earlier than the fifth or sixth century of our era. There is, of course, no such fatal chronological objection to tue theory which would base the tive in part on the Buddhist Seriptures. for there | was, unquestionably, such a man as Gaut: Gospel narra- nh, who lived about 50 years before the birth of Christ. To prove, however, a tmnsfer of materials from the biographics of Buddha to ‘the Christian evangelists, it is not suficieut to show resemblances. it is indispensable to ex- hibit points of contract between India and Palestine; and that is j ship has hitherto failed to do. The ex dence on this bead bas tately deen summed up in the Nineteenth Century by Prof. J. what modera scholar- ant evi- E. Carpenter, who points out bow decidedly: it falls short of establishing the allexed connection, It is cursory by the Gautama and tho biographies ot Je should b; theory 0 was told carnation was yoluntury, but that be miht redeem the world. at his birth the angels in Heaven easy, Of course. to| understand why observers should have been impressed likeness between the accounts of ave inferred that n strong cus f transcription might be made out. It of Gautama, for exumple, that his in- undertaken not for 'Phis lay is Budisatta born on earth to give joy and peace tu men”; and an aged suint, who hadtray- eled from afur to see him. predicted ‘his future greatness. h in stature and wisdom until le but ‘ures that As the venrs passed, the child grew wht his teach- faction in the plens- he found no §: it surrounded him, aud at length left bis | home. He went into the waste pinces, and strove to attain the peace be and fasts. Here “un evil spirit, the tempter, appeared to bim in the air, and “offered to give him universal sovereignty over the four quar- ters of the earth stance that his kingdom was not of this world. His final attainment ot complete enlightenment of Buddbuhood was signui great miracles. the deaf cuptives the Burmese legend, Gautama culminat body shone with matchless brightness, after far tree, or ton Chinese version of the lish the to those mortaht: Striking, a but Gautama replied in sub- by thirty-two The blind re could hear, the lame walk frecly, and ere restored to liberty, According to himself, at his tlrured, and his Then, ing near the Ki eeordin; uing moment, wa trans rty-nine days of fu: trce of wisdom, he set forth, trative, “to kingdom of righteousness. to give Hrht in darkness, and to open the gute of im- '¥ to men.” are the paralichsms between the precepts ascribed to Buddha and the teacn- ings of forth bis di Jaw to all men. without uxception. thing respecting ‘brought career, sermon the people reviled them, to 1 it they’ Je Weure told that Gautama gent les to“ preach the most execiient Let every- it be publicly known, and tothe broad daylight. Early in bis Gautama fs described as preaching a onthe Mount. He bade his di ples, if struck then. to strike not in return. The keynote of his injunctions was in close ac~ cord with that which Jesus pronounced the sec- ond of the commanament: measure, out enmity, testiniy moniai syst * Let good will with- impartial, unmixed, without Prevail throughout the world.” Pro- amninst slavish adberence to a cere- em, he declared that salvation wa: . Hot in the letter. “* Reverenc is hetter thin mu meritice "; and again, “The real detilement consists ing of tlesh. I doto fay up {store future replied, pretice evers i fe, do By pu Unually in evil thoughts and uets, not in the ext- ‘To some one ask! Minister to the worthy, do harm to none, render reverence to whom it is due. ind of self-d good to those around Fables drawn from bi inforced his maxim cipline and pure peuk the truth, Field not to anger, give to them that ask thee irom th Guatama bade his di selves meorruptible. “A man,” he observ deep pit, which, lying there, protits Bur the: treasure of ¢ little {hou bust. iy, like Jesus, up for them: nable treasures, treasure in a hum nothing. reluid up in the bear temperance, soberness, charity, . * buries re isa tren Dlety. Behold a treasure secure, impresnable, ‘Ubat cannot puss away; a treas others: For reusons identity of thought and express: such ex fu certain passage asure unsbured with a treasure that no thicf can tebe glanced at ‘cerpts from the Buddhist aci of the Gospel ni ative, does, Rot, of itself. suftice to prove transeription. The fact of plagiarism, like other fac a 0 ve been pes Now, the suddhist bistorians themselves claim’ no’ con- quests for their frithin the cuuntries west of Mactriai no, Of the Jews extended to Inilia. “hi third ci quired some prominence in Indi the rel Greek tremely Greek India prior to Buddha na. There is no proof thut the dispersion and even after istian era the trivels of Jewish sebolurs ast. Again. from the bes: entury B.€., when Buddhism first uc Ss th reuched nofurther than the Partuiau Kingdom on the e a under Asoka, tions between Indian Kings and the Verelzns of Syria and Egypt were ex- formal and ‘intrequent. To the few durs, or tnivelers who visited ne birth of Curist, tho name of Seems tu have been unknown, and in ama their surviving writings only two casual nllu- sions ca: be re- 2, With “any degree of certaint ferred to Buddbism, As rezards the liketihood of silent jauiiration through traders, we should remember that the land route of Indian tra neross, had bee fore the route by reign of the deserts of North Arabiu and Syria, . to a large extent, abanduned long be- beginning of our era, for the maritime r the Red Sea. Moreover. so late as tho Augustus we find Strabo complaining that the commerce of the Red Sca brought with ft no information, the merchants who visited India being “few and uneducated. and contrib- uting nothing to the exact knowledge of the Jand whither th toward, sailed.” 1t is uot. indeed, ult of the second century after the en Christ that Buddhism comes clearly and specific- ally into view. In short, there {sno evidence tbat the and the vention medium Tn the quurino be that principles of his phit 4 Jodi Pates commerce between the Mediterranean Enst, dependent, us it was, on the inter- of the Ara ved at any time as a for the spread at ideas. present state of scholarship and anti research, the hypothesis seems untena- the incidents of a's carver, or the b phy. could huve secured nent in the thought and sentiment of inc prior to the birth of Corist. Nordo d sth nm supposition io account for the ble simflnrities in the schemes of the Buddhist and Christian ethics. As the two mes- vs most intensely franght with the enthu- humanity. as the two most perfect ex- s of altruism which the: world bas seen, we might bave expected. to discern in them a . substan when we dons of dissimilar. allinities orticolo, and trrec bis hour there came no vision of « personal ial likeness of idea: nor shail we be surprised by cofncidences of expression, vearin mind that the materia! condi- India aud Palestine were probably not But when we pass from the ethical of the two faiths to.their metaphysical eal tenets, we encounter a profound oncilable divergence. ‘fo Gautama, in of enllrhtcnment beneath the Bo-tree, God; and immortality in the Christian sense'‘of conscious coououlty wus preached by none of his disci- ves tilt the primitive creed of Buddhism kad $} ight by penances : ed theirsight, | must be / nine Of the | been deeply modified in China at an epoch’ cer- tainly later than the beginning of the Christian era. SCIENCE AND THEOLOGY. THE TIME COMING WHEN THEY WILL AGREE. Dr. Waiker in the Observer. An ology isa science. That is tho Greck way of saying it, And so it is difficult to decide what is intelligibly meant when science and theology ure coustrasted, as they frequently are. Itis the distinction, {f anythlig, between science and a science,—that fs, between a whole and one of its parts. This, however, is not the popular meaning,—that of popular selence, monthlies, or of most of those who write for and read such publicutfions, With these, and many others, such contrast usually means that theo!- osy is misnamed; that itis notan ology at all, and only holdssuch name from old and incur- ableusuge. What, it may be asked, is the ground of suct assumption? Sian's religious nature bas its Jaws, its well-established and well-recoguized principles. It finds its exercise and develop- ment in the appropriniion and application of certain truths, objective facts and tuws, re- vealed und natural. One of the laws ofsuch ex- | ercise and cultivation of the reiigious nature is, that it sball have truths, divinely reveuled truths and principles, for its muterial. This material certitled and systematized $3 theology. But this materiul, it i8 urged, does not belong to the duninin of science. Why not? It can be certified. It can be systematized us to its pri cinies. Whether we spexk of natucal theolosy or that whieh js conained in the Juspire Record, these statements ure alike applicable, Each has its principles and Jaws, sv to speak, of the munifesiation of the divine. ‘These to be understood inust be investigated, and the same inductive process, which ives ‘certitude, and system elsewhere, can give them here. Why, then, uot seek iL? Jts results jn rational and moral interest transcend all others, Man finds binselt with u religious nuture, tee spontiuneons and noruml exercise of which is revercnee, udoration, obedience to. 2 Power above bimsel Here are subjective conditions, which impty ob jective truths corresponding.’ As is the case With wll the other parts of his nuture, these ure not purposeless; they prompt to the investhca- tion of that which they demand and to which they are related: trutas about God. in the unl- { verse of mind und of matter, d:scovered, cei fed, reduced to syst <d into tneok the Di His, especially man, Undowe with 2 nature which craves to know and nonor Him. Way should man refu to seek Him here ns well ag elsewhere? Is it the really seientitie spirit whic such « course? Is itnot mere caprice, not only to deeline investization of these phenomenn objective to the religious nature, and demanded by it, but to ii t be- foreband that such investigation, if made, is notand ¢: jut be scienti Such course, in reference 10 anytning but religious truth, would hot for an instant be tolerated. Think of it. Mag ia tho highest movements of his intellectual and moral in the great crisis of hig existence, spontaneously acts upon the ussumpuvn of his own spiritual nature, of itsrelntions to a_ spiritual personal Author of thats: be realizes that be isd ered cluims and dutics, t nierests, that these, us compared with others, are su- preme, properly cuutrolling. Here are phe- nomena, subjecti* ind objective. 1 cemand { imply othe! When thus investigated the inductive proc: vhiek reveals their luvs and principles 1m: be as thoroughly reliable in its results as any in physics or chemistry. but here we are inet by the objection of m: What is its pertinence? Jt is nev in connection with other seiene: Want, ‘Omuin e2 ientitic investizntion, or deni any of thesy spheres of knowles puly'as med sve or fezr that they will c counter God in His claims, that such objections areotfered. They do uvt like to retain God in their knowledze, and thus their cttort is to try to make our that He cannot be known, But theology, it is again objected, is so very imperfect. Very true. Gut so also a rond- my. and geology, and cherni: There is no perfect science. Let any une take up the latest treatise, Say on astronc nd with how mnuch more of the unknown then of the known is he made acquainted? Enlargements of the circto of light are enlargements of the circle of ¢ ness uround and beyond, Still the fnvesti¢: goon, and the circle enlarges, Why tn: in theology? The evidences and truths S$ to its Author are not all perfectly mastered,— the depths of Revelation nut fully sotmdcd, So. again, as to the comparative advance of theology and otner sciences. It is often in ated that with only these any such ai vance taken place. Ev rmad tho- ologian knows better. yw rded_ 33 tons vit not the spect: y in its’ pro; b other science Vt tmperfect. But bow, as compared with astron- | omy, then astrojogy,—chenusury, tren alchemy, hits fuur elemental principles of varth, air, tire, and water? The thealozy of the Present, and the pt once of the present, dire greatly in advaiice of what they were then, v er they have advaneed at an equal rate, whether they baye changed thelr relative posi- tions, cannot bo decided by a jary of physi { or by any one class of cotempurdineous inv gators, “If the world lasts eisht centuries longer it will doubtle: ack upon our theolosy and our physics as excecdingly imperfect,—the physics, perhaps, ns in the tenth century, much nore so than the theology. But it fairly und candidly iny ted it will tind truth in both, and that truth verified ly. No seienc is perfect,—nor will ever be so ton finite mind. But this certainly for not n man's hizbest interests If fe can “know ouly in par least let him seck to know. And in such seek- ing. wbether in theology or in’ physics. the ultl- mute result will be a veritication of that preg- ch: * God's ways ure stuinbling- . indeed, very cred duties. uch part at ure tin to the holy: bat the: bloc! to the workers of iniquil THE LATE HEAD OF THE E NORTH CARULINA, Tho! Rt-Rev. Thomas Atkinson, §. T. D. Was born in Dinwiddie County, Virginia, on tho 6th day of August, 187. He entered Yale College, but in his junior year was trans- ferred to Hampden: where he graduated in 183. He at once entered upon a course of preparation for the legat pro- fession, which be duly entered and continued in its practice with much success for nine ye: After short preparation in theolozy be wi ordered deacon Dee. 13, 1883, in Christ Church, Norfork, by Bishop Meade, and was advanced to the priesthood May in St. Paul's Church, Norfolk. by Bistop Moore. While In deavon's orders he acted as assistant in the chureh where he wus made dencon, put wus soon after eice Rector of the church in which he was made priest. In 1825 ho became Rector of St. Paul's. Lynchburg, In 163 ke aecepted St. Peter's, Baltimore, In all these ebarges be served with uniforin ability and suce In 1852 he wis transferred from St. Peter's to Grace, Baltimore, ‘and in the next year ; he Was elected ' Bishop of North Cure- j lina to suecced Bisbop Ives, who j been depnsed in consequence of his. de tion to Stoiman error and corruption. consecration took plce in St. John pel (of Trinity “Church parish, Net York, the then “primate” itishop Brownell be- ing conscerator, Among the Bishops who took pirt were the Most Hey. John Medley, D.D., Lord Bishop of Fredericton aud Metropolitan of anada, aud the Htt.-lev, George Trevarspencer, D. D. sone time Bishov of Madras, India. Bis op Atkinson received the Doctor's degree in sacred theolngy from ‘Trinity College, and. that in Laws from the University of Cumbridge, En- gland, He ‘wasa man of decided scholarship, clear mind, creut excentive capacity, and an iuninvle disposition. He had that tine eaul : acter which awa : sures great intluence. He was wist, prudent, } and. in wood sense, broad, In bin’ there all the conservatism of sound judiment, without harshness toward those who were more preeipl- tate. It {3 understood thet this quality. was strikingly illustrated during the War which for a time separated us from our fellow cburchinen iu the South. In the counsels of the American Churen, be was n 1 entation, and one whose ittiuen {on the.side of ehurebly prin ‘The present A: B. Lyman, D. D., suce PISCOPATE OF ies and progre tant-Bisbop, the Ht.-Rev. 'T. tds to the vacant See. RITES FROM THE ORIENT. AN UNACCUSTOMED CEREMONY IN A CATHOLIC cHERCH. New York Times, The celebration of muss according to the Syriac rite, the ceremonies of which materially differ from those of the Latin Church, took place last Sunday in the Church of the Epipbany. in Sec- ond avenue, in honor of the fexst of the Epiph- any, the celebrant being the Very Rev. Joseph Memurbasel, Patriarcbul Vicur and Caorepiseo- pus of Antioch. Mgr. Memarbusci’s object in coming to this country is to scek the colipera- tion of the Catholics in the establishment of schools, churches, and seminaries in Syria, and be has obtained the sanction of Cardinal McCloskey to direct his appeul to the faithful of this archdiocese. The reigning Patriarch of Antioch, whose Vicar ke is, bas eccicsinstical Jurisdiction over Syria, Palestine, and Mesopo- tamia, but is himself subject to the Pope. Patriarchs, although elected by the Maronite Bishops, cannot take their seats until oonfirma- tion of the eclection is received from Rome. It fs the bonst of the Syrians that their liturgical language is tho same as that spoken by the Savior, the Virgin Mary, and a majority of the Apostles, and the only part of their inass in ney Collese, Virginia, ° ) Tracks in Japan.” which the Syrian tongue is not used is the Gos pel, which fs repeated In Arabic, the language commonly spoken by the people owing alle- glunoe to the Patriarchate. The mass offered by Mir. Memarbaset yesterday was begun at 10:00 2. m., and did not terminate until near 1p. m. He was assisted by the Rey. Joseph Schelhot, Patriarchal Secretary for the Western coun- trles, ag sub-deacon, and the Rev. J. E. Burke, of the Church of the Epipbany, us master of cer- emontes. Archbishop Corri,zan wearing his pur- ple robes; ‘the Rev. Dr. Burteell, pastor of the church; the Rev. James Corrigan, President of Seaton Hall College, and Fathers Morris ang iso occupied places in the sanctuary. When the procession approached the altar, Mgr. Memarbase, who wears a full, dark-brown beard, was.robed ina black silic gown supplied with a small cupe and gathered at_ the waist by & erimson sash. ‘The mass, us celebrated by him, was divided into three parts. The first part re resented the otfering of bread and wine, whivh, in the mnss of the Latin Church, does not take place until after the Credo. While prepartor the bread und wine the celebrant recited expin- tory prayers to appease the anger of God and that He might deign to ‘accept the sucrifice. Thea second purt.. intended to ! the “Bread of Perfection" which Aaron descendznts were wont to offer to the Lord, consisting of the taxing of the chalice by fy in his left hand and the paten con- taining the bread in his right, while he repeats pruyers in referenee to the offering of Incense, is nlso a feature peculiny to the Syrize rite. This was done after the eclebrant hid been vested ‘on the witar with the suered robes, which also are unlike those worn by Latin priests. A white enpe was first piaced on his shoulders, and over that a capuce, or hood. A long blue ‘ohusuble, ornamented with silver embroidery, was the last robe donned, Tho third part of tho servicu represented the sacrifice of tho New. Testn- ment. It hegun with the reuding of tho Epistle hy the assistant, who took the m{ssal from the Dookstand on the altar, At its conclusion the eclebrant, turning ‘toward the people, read the Gospel in Arabic, kissing the missal after bless- ing it with a small gofd ‘cross which ho held in his hand during the entire service. Tho cere- monies connected with the Credo were. similar 10 those of the Latin Chureh. After the Orafe fratres, the * Kiss of Pence,” whieh is not given in tho Lutia mass until after the com- munion, was performed by the celebrant istrnts. The former then blessed thereby the commence- n this part of the eere- mony the Common Preface” of tho Latin xcept that part of itbexinning with the J Was omitted. ‘There are two. commun- in the Syriae mass, leavened brend being in- y During the consecration’ the tant priest rang the bell while the celebrant invoked the blessing of the Moly Ghost on the sueraniental species and in bebulf of tho people, Prayers were also sald for the Pope, the Putri- arch. and the Bishop of the diocese, for all the thtul,and for the rulers of Catholfe coun- Other prayers were somewhat similar to those suid in tho'Latin mass. After the act of “elevation " the celehrant prepared himself for communion by taking in bis right hand the spoon whieh he used in consuming the precious blood, and striking his breast with his left hand, at the samc titne repeating the prayer beginning, *Lerd, Tam not worthy.” He then commuui- ented by consurning a portion of the consecrated bread and wine, During the benediction, whien followed the blessing or the people with the sacramental species, he held a lighted candte in his nand, au observance which {5 not a part of the Latin ritual. A sermon was preached from the Gospel of tho day by Archbishop Corrigan. JAPANESE AGNOSTICISM. THE DEATH OF CIENT AND GREAT RE New Yori: Times. One of the most readable books of travel of the day is certainly Miss Pira’s “Unbeaten <\part from tho interest of studying a country just emerging frem one staze of semi-civilization into unother, froma kind of feudalism into modern conditions, this traveler has had another unusual opportunity. She bas been among a people where’its religion was in decadence, or, indeed, had utterly passed away. Japan scoms to be somewhat in the con- dition of the Roman fmpfro at the timo of Augustus,—the higher classes utterly skeptical, and the jower atheistic but superstitious. Everywhere in Japan, Miss Bird tells us, the shadow of a great hopefesness fulls upon the people. All classes are melancholy. ‘There not much to louk forward 10 in this life, and less in another, .A current and favoraple proverb “You cannot wish a man a worse thing than to live again!” The temples of Buddhism are deserted, and often only ruii the statues of Buddba, with the characteris “face of etcr- nal repose,” lic about in frazments or are spared ‘ts works of art. In certain -plices the pious rites are still performed, and the priests offer their sacrifices, but. much as the Homan angurs did in the time of Cicero. The soul has departed from a religion 500 years older than Christian- ity, and embracing fur more followers. Some writer bas said ft {s one of the most dreary of human experiences to stand by the grave of an ancient faith, This traveler baa bad this pathetic opportunity. ‘fhe oid religion hag left, however, {ts traces, after its creed and history have been forgotten. Miss Bird does not make the inference, but it is quite evident that tho remarkable Kindness, good-will, courtesy, and subordination of the Japanese masses are large- ly the fruits of such texchings us those of Yun- tuna, Buddha, and Confucius. fur the Chineso classics form the literature of Jupan. and,bough all religious feeling about these great: teachers has passed uway, their truths live in the pructi- eal life of the people. Juis remarkaule that travelers who look be- neath the service in nil Orientat countries re- port nearly 2 similar mental condition among the cultivated classes in regurd to their re- ions. In India, the faith ‘in the Hindu my thology or In Buddhisin has mainly died out among the lesrned and intelligent. A new form of religion—a kind of monotheisin—bhns indeed sprung upxmong the more cultivated Brahmins, but it bus not in tha least touched the n ner iniltenced great numbers of the sebolurs. In China, we bear also that the old superstitions have lost much of thsir power, while Buddhism in its most_dexraded form is the religion of the masses, adopt the neative pos great teacher, Confucius. itiustrated. markable and inelancholy fact in all th coun ies 13 that as the old faith dies out Christianity ull tuke its place. Miss Bird inforins pan the tirst books which the s! tical Bud aad after h Engl Jaagzuage are our scientiti i y the mure rationals: among them. When Caristianity the: ready given up h ie ov atheistic writings woken to in regard to ion is ale tho most intelligent and seier tilke af its A simular experience is reported among a far tore religious people u Japanese,—the Reahming and hih- cl When Brultnin is sven up, the sul ° versal doubt. In consinering these rather important facts In tke mental his of so many millions of the race, the question naturally trises, Why docs not Christianity better fill the place left by these t faiths? We believe there are two y ‘vy palpable reasons, without considering many other possible explanations. One Is that the €: et by tho fellowers of Chris- tianity’ in these and other countries, of the nis of its truths, has discusted ‘the ine went Oriental mind, ‘Tho Mindas bave brutality of the ordi- the sailors in have Jong Ken gnitoss and chent- ‘arts of the upon them, pts’ report of Christian or Uruugh th treatment in cousiderable pro- portion, two, of the J i expersence of our ion has been of a similar character. tong period end much new and ditlerent experi cnee of the effeets of the Christian faith will be heeded in the East to wipe away these {npres= sons, Then, another explination lies, we be y pointot v of thi ir to convert th CH: place of secking to tind the nuggets. of tered throuen all the detrit lsgions, they have ‘tudiscriminat 3s ailand all their teachings, as “heathen tal not thus ‘that Punl did with 41 Greck stoicisin on Mars’ Hill, aul spoke tom people believing th than tke Brahmins belie eacker mizht well tind and use lieve, in the aries who end in many of bis own rengious truths In Bratininism and i Budduism, and the high the amtlects of Cor t inoral apotherms in ‘ucius. The natural and the politic way would scem to be to acknowledye the tri se great aud ancient religions with t est respect and reverence, and then tw show the ketter way sud the more complete GENERAL NEWS. Buptist Church of Now York, tho Kev. Dr. Peddie, formerly of this city, pustor, a few daysago wiped outa debt of $19,009, with which it had been burdened for years.” Dr, Yates says that a native Baptist mission- ary in China. P'ay-Tszoo, is performing rema ris- able faith cures. The ufllieted come to him to be healed. he makes some simple applica tion and exhorts them to believe in Christ, ung they goaway cured. Adecided scnsation his been erented. Colored Buptist associations In the West aro beginning to take step? for the support of mis- sions in’ Africa, Organizations have 1 formed to collect money. Southern ass Yions are already supporting a mission on U s ¢ ca, having sent out mission- of their own color. Bisuop Haven, in writing ‘of, the Methodist work in Texus, saya: “It is excellent in quality, too smaliin quantity. It bas a few udwirable centres in some large towns; but for sume rea- son the people who need us, and are prepared fully to welcome us, walt to. be Invited and sought out. We lack'n corps of local prenebers. who, us a sort of scouts, should 20 out and prs bare the wuy for the establighment of perma- uent appointments. We ‘want a native minis- try, or a ministry springing up from the popula- ton us it comes into the State, to meet the de- mand. ‘This want, we.trust, willsoon call forth supply.” Prof. Jaconette has presented to Leo XU. 0 skoteh of the monument to Plus IX, whielt “he has been commissioned to execute for the Cur- dinals created by that Pontiif, who propose to place it—u kneeling figure very much in the stylo of Canova’s well-known figure of Pius VL, which fs in that sunken portion of the pavenient known a8 the * Confessforie "of the Basilica of St. Peter’s—in a similar position in Sunta Sfuria Maggiore. cs ‘The Pope has determined to place bis new Seeretary of State, Cardinal Jacobini; at the head of the new Commission he bus decided to appoint for the superintendence of the ecclesi- ustieal property of the Holy Sco. The ehiet ele ment of this property is Peter’s Pence, and no doubt the appointment of the Commission fs Intended to inspire confidence throughout the Catholic world that their contributions will be administered to the best advantage of the Chureb. ‘The annual meeting of the First Baptist Church was held lust week, ‘The, following ollicers' were elected: Treasurer, James K. Hurtis; Clerk, Teanuer Stone; Trust Gwynne Garnett, S. G. Griggs, D. "I. Sibley * Detcons—For life, Charles ‘Dudicd; for ong’ year, James E. Tyler. 6.8, Lyford, William Garnett, George A. Marsh, Garlick, Edward Goodman, it. S. Parker, F. A Smith, ). S. Treadwell, B.D. Neal. George G. Pope. “The debt of the church is now $13,000, $12,000 having been paid off during tne yeur. "A few yeurs ago ft was 331,000. An unfortunate lay clerk in Norwich Cathe- drat. Englund, while of unsound mind, com- mitted suicide by hinging himself from «'spiral stulroaso” There was a talk of reconsecratiug thy catuedral, as though euch a lamentable oc- currence bad unfitted tt for sacred purposes. This bas been disclaimed by the nuthorities, however, but i humiliation service has actually Leen held. What the purpose of such _ _super- stitious observance may be, it would be difficult tosay, but itis sud to see Christian ministers lending thomscives to such follies. Tho mis- chief they do to religion js fimmense. On Monday, Dee. 12, Fathor Isnatius, concind- ing a week of mission services at Portsmouth, England, solemnly dectured tit be and two others hid seen tho whole heavens open, and in dazzling light and glory the fori of Mafesty Appear. He would ask Prof. Tyndall, with all his peculiur knawiedge of light, if he could sat- plain this by any. scientific “hb: pothesis, Either be was telling the truth in r gurd to these apparitions or else it was a blis~ Phemons lie; for he w.sted {t te be understood that, althongh he was enthusiastic tn the cause of Christ, bo Was in full possession of bis fac ulties. : Bishop Terzas, since his retura to Switzer- land, bas been lecturing on the Americun Epis- eopal Church, which be says “in dogma, cnitus, and organization 4s closely related with the Old Cathal ‘ein; and the formation of an. alli- auce Ww is fir more hopeful and practicable than with the Enstern Courches, 30 long 1s tho Jatter adbere so rizridly to thelr abuses, and re- fuse to tread the path of. wholesome reforins.” A great point of strength inthe Episcopal com- iunion of America, as contrasted with the Roman and other denominations, consists, ne~ cording to tho Swiss Bishop, in the abstinence of its clergy and Bishops from political agitation. The clergy of the Protestant Episcopal Chureh have more than doubled during st thirty Years. In 180 they numbered 1.508, and_ there are now 3,37 iu the same tine the number of maiuniecunts bas more than quadrupled. In J. W. Mili, L. W R.A. isfacto 1550 th e79.937 communicants and in 1879 there w 4i13. The increasing missionury spirit of the Episcopal Cnureh, us manifestad in the tate General Convention, is a favorable au- gury for tht future, and a lerge rate of increase inay reasonably be expzeted. “Tho plan of rais. ing $1,000,030 within the next three years fora eburch-building fund ig a noble one, ana meets with universal approval. The establishment of this tund will mark a new era in the growth of the Episvopal Church. MATRIMONIAL OIL AND WATER. ‘The Intertor, In one of our churches inn lnrge elty tho pas- tor, a talented and excellent main, married a lady of many personal, mental, and social attrac- tions, who was a strict und devoted Roman Cutholle. A step so unustal und remarkable, not to say inconsisteat with the usefulness of the pasior aga Protestant minister, bad a diy sive fntluencs ou the church, but tho pastor wis stained by a majority of his people. A few ecks go the pastor from bi3 pulpit said thit ‘ainong the membersh!p who gould not con- cientiously work with the majority ought to leave the “church, and a number did soz but others, to whom the church home, 2nd for the establishment and maintenance of which they had made: sacritices, doubt the righteous- ness of this invitation to leave. We have uo doubt that we will express the mind of our ders in ing thar such un invitation 1 re under s not to have been given, sbyteriin minister bas alogal and social right to marry a lady waose Taith and intluence is antagonisiic to the we that be Js called to do, hut he bas ap moral right to introduce such a cause of division and disiu- lexration into a Presbyterian congregation: The honorable thing for’ him to do wauid be to resign his charge betore contracting such an al- Hance, and then, if under the new conditions uny congregation should call him, there would be no just cnuse of complaint. But be has intro- duced new and dangerous conditions, and be and Y of his church have no r! t ¢ th interposition Of Presby- ‘ould be benelicial. If the Chureh of Rote recovers power enough to be dangerous it will Ue shattered upon the same rocks an which it wis dushed three centu- ries ago. ‘The Church of England may play xt sucerdot and masquerade in medieval gurniture; the clergy muy Matter one another with nouons that they ein bind and loose the souls of their fellow-Christians, and transform the substance of the sreramental elements by spells and gestures; but they will not at this timo of day persuade intelligent men that the Bishops of their ordination gave them really tural powers. ‘Their eDrations aud processions muy nimuee for a time by their nov- elty, but their tensions deserve essentiatly no more respect than those of splrit-ruppe 3, and the serious forces of the world go on upon no more atfected by them than if they aidows, Ag little 18 It possible to hone much from the school of negative and scientitie criticism. For what seicnce enn tell us of pos: itive truth in wo are infinitly thankful. In matters of religion it can) sy nothing, for it knows noth- surgcon may dissect. a tiving to discover what lite consists in, ‘The body before he can reach the secret, and he report unly thut tho materkils when be has taken them to’ pic and examined them are dead matter, Critical philosophy 1s at a loss with Christianity... . So philosophy ean see there may be nothing in the mnateriais of Christianity which is neces- sarily and certainly supernatural. And yet Christianity exi: id hag existed, and has been the most y ul spiritual forco which has ever Leen felt smong munklud. PERSONALS, Bisbop E. 0. Haven, of the Methodist Church, hastaken up tls permuieat resideace in San Francisco. Rishop Scott is seriously affected with partial alysis, His mind, however, retains its old- time vigor. Bishop Hurst, of the Methodist denomination, las moved to Des Moines, which he will make his future bome. The tev. S.G. Woodrow, of Perth Amboy, N. J., bas aceepted a call tothe Baptist Church in akingham, England, The Hey. J. S. MeTutosh, D. D., of Belfast, Ire- land, his accepted tho eitll to tho Second Pres- byterian Church. Philadelphia. Archbishop Tait hus‘completed his 69th year. He was appointed Bishop ot London In 1856, and translated to Canterbury in 1868, The Rev. T. P. Dale bas been released from Jail until his appeal ean be heard. He promises to ubstain froin ritualistic practices in tho mean- me. é Bishop Foster, of the Methodist Church, was very .vourteously received by the Southern ie ‘hren on the occusion of his revent visit to ixie. Y. Enraght has declined to necept stecd to by Mr. Date, aud still lun- guishes in the Birmingbam jail, to which he was comniltted for ritualistic practices. Monsefeneur Cotton, Bishop of Volence, was before a Paris Police Court the other diy on che charge of being impudent to the Miuister of Public Worship. The cage was dism(ssed on the eround that be had uo oifensive intentions. The itey. J. D.MeMillan has been commis- sioned Superintendent of Presbyterian Missions for Utah and 3foutana. He wis formerly a mis- sionary to the Mormons, and was punlicly cursed by Brigham Young und bis ‘Twelve Apostles. SUNDAY SMALL TALK. Sunday-school teacher (reprovingly)—“ Boys, doyou know what day this is?’ Street boy— “Hil, fellers! here's a cove that don't know what day this is! I gucss he's been outall night!" : : The Doctor's daughter—"1 declare you're a arendfut fanatic, Mrs. SfeCizzon. 1 do believe you think nobody will, be saved but you and Your minister!" “Old Lady—" Aweel, my dear, nB whiles hue ma duots uboot the meeulster!* “Tarn a skeptic,” said an immature person of the masculine gender,.ina viinglorious strain. leptic? asked an old lady, somewbut ard of hearing. = Poorboy! you tuok like it, so ou do.” While the staile went round the youth went out, y In the review of tha past lessons at Sunda: School vesterduy the question was “What God do on-the seventh diy’ swer: “He rested.” °“ What else did he do Promptly a fittie §-year-old boy: “He read his newspaper.” : aia ‘The Rev. James Hartnett preached a sermon at Davidville, Ark., recently, on the duty of pa: ig debis promptly. “So much for sentiment,” he said, finally, “and the hard fact Is that this church owes me $500, and I shall never occupy this pulpit again until it 18 paid.” Of nclerzyman in Massachusotts whose pu- ailistic propensities caused bim to be called be- hind his back “the fighting. parson,” it is told that one of bis parishioners asked him to preach from Mutthow, y., 39: * Whesoever shall smite thee on thy right check, turn to hitn the other also.” Certainly he would, the next Suaday. And there was a great crowd to hear how ouc of his temperament would treat such a subjeot. After giving out the text, he snid tho meaning was very clear’ and the doctrine very satisfac- tory, “If man amite thee on the right cheex, it inay have been & mistake: It may brave been in sudden passion and repented-at once. You should t - it, and turz to him the other cheek, in order tu earn what the intention is. Butit he smite you again, let him have it! for thero Is no Scripture aguinst that.” PRESERVING THE BALANCE. Old Capt. Stanley, who tives down in the mid- dle of Kentucky, was a good oid Hurdskell Baptist, who would occasionally tell a story at the expense of some of the brethren. Many yeurs az0 they were not so conspicuously ortho- dox on the temperance question as thoy are in ourtime. ‘On one ocension,” said the Captain, “tho brethren down In my region were about tohave a grand ebureh gathoring, and all the faithful in the nelghborhood ‘expected to exert themselves to entertain suitably and bo3- tabiy the visiting brethren. ‘Two of my neigh- bors met exch other just before the grand gather- ing, one of whom said: “* What are you going to do?" “Weil,” replied the man, ‘I've lafd ina galion of first-rate whisky.’ “A galton!’ retorted hia neighbor, with a look of contempt; ‘why, I've got n. barrel; and you, are just as able to support the Gospel as I am. Jn those daysyou could always tell a Hard- shell by fooking at bim from behind: one of the skirts or his coat would bang lower than the other.—the one in which he carried his bottle. But the Cuptain said there was one old brother down there whose denominational views couldn't be aseertuined in that way? bis skirts hung even, =n bottle in euch pockot.—Harper'’s Muyazine. Y¥. M. ©. A. ITEMS. Br. C. M1. Mevormick, Jr., was elected 2 mem- ber of the Board of Managers of the Young Men's Christian Association at thoir last meet- ing. Mr, J.E.Defebaugh has resigned his position as Fluancinl Secretary of the Young Men's Christian Association, and returns to his former place on the editorial stat of tho american 10 % Mr. Byron Schermerhorn, of tho United States Express Company, has consented to take the sition of Finaneial Secretary of the Young Mcn'sChristinn Associution, aud will enter upon his duties Feb. 1. ‘This afternoon at 4o'clock, in Farwell Hall, Bishop C. E. Cheney, of Christ Reformed Epts- opal Chureb, will tecture inthe Y. Mf. GC. A. Sun- day afternoon course. Subject: “Can Sinn Get Along Withont a Revelation?” A sang service will be held at 3:3), for half an hour, led by. the Farwell Hall choir. Seats free. Everybody welvonte, Prof. E. F. Barton, of this city, will deliver the next lecture in tho ‘Young Men's Christian sociation course on Thui m2, in Lower Farwell Hull. Subject: “The Mount- ains of Our Globe." Prot. Burton’ bus visited personally the mountains of the Holy Land, aud, froni bis observation and experience, will doubiless give un entertaining and instructive discourse. Tickets ean be obtained free at the oftice of the ¥.M.G. A. The twenty-third anual mecting: of tho Chi- caxo Young Men's Christian Association will o phive in Farwell Hall, Sunday, Jan. 23, at pin. ‘The annual reports of tho Prealdeat, Mr. E.G. Keith, Treasurer, Mr. L. J. Gage, and General Seererary ¢.' Hemingway, wilt be presente: es Will be dollvered by tho Ke} Courtney, the Rev. George C. Lorimer, the Rev. A. E. Kittredge, the Rev. I. M. Haiield, and others. Fine music will bo an attractive feature of the occasion, A. cordil invitation Is extended to all, The following resolution was passed by tho Board of Managers of the Youns Men's Chris- tinn Associstion at thelr meeting held last week in regard to Mr. W. 0. Lattimore, who ins been until recently in churge of their Gospel temperance work “WHEREAS, Our brother, W. 0. Lattimore, who for the past four years has conducted the Gospel temperance work of the Association, bag withdrawn to engiro as u * Gospel Temperance’ ;,fhereture bo it That tho thanks of this Association due and are hereby given to Brother Intti- more for the faithful, zeslons, and Christina manner in which ke has conducted the work; and that we cheerfully commend bin as an earnest, competent, and Christian worker—par- ticularly in the Held of Gospel ‘Lempernnce. CHURCH SERVICES. METHODIST. The Rev. J. W. Phelps will preach morning and evening in St, Paul's Church, corner Mux- well street and Newberry avenue. —The Rev. £. Linebarger will preach morning and evening in the Grant Place Church. —The Nev. G. R. Van Horne wilt preach morn- ing end evening in the Michigan Avenue Church near Thirty-second strect. Morning subject the Problem of Childnood.” Evening suti- ject: * An Honorable Resolution.” —The Rev. A. Gurney, D. D., will preach in tho morning and evening in the Ada Street Chureb, corner Ada and Fulton streets, —Tho Rev. A. C. George. D. D., preaches morning and evening in the Centenary Church, on Monroe, near Morgan street. —Tho Rev. J, W. Richards preaches morning and evening in the Emmanuel Church, corner of Harrison and Pautina streets, —The Rev. R. M. Hatfield, D. D., will preach morning and evening in the Langley Avouue Chureh, near Thirt: inth street. —The Rev. 7. R. Steowbridge will preach fn the Park Avenuc Church, corner of Robey street. the Rev. J. Uf. Alling will preach morning and evening tn the Simpson Church, on Bontleld t. near Archer uveauo, —The Key, George Chuse will preach _morn- ing and evemmg iu the Fulton Street Chureb, corner of Artesian avenue. Morning subject: “The Earth of Christ.” ‘the Kev. Mr. Uainmoud, of New York City, will preach in tho Virst Church morning and eveumng. ON itne Rev. Robert D. Sheppard will proach moruing and evening in Grace Chureh, corner of North ia Salle aud White streets. Mornmg sub- Jeet: * What Constitutes the Church.” Evening subject: * ‘The Spirit’s Breath.” —The Rev. W, ‘Thatcher will preach morning and evening in the Stute Street Church, corner of Forty-seventh strect. —The Rev. It. B. Pope will preach morning and evening In ‘Trinity Church, on Indiads avenuo, near‘t'wenty-fourth street, —The Itey. Frank M. Lristol will preach morn- ing and 1 the Wabush Avenue Chur, corner Fourteenth strect, —The Rev, M. Caldwell preaches morning and evening in Western Avenue Church, corner West Sonroe street. —The Rev. W. Craven preaches morning and evening in the Winter Street church, —The lev. 1. Kellogg will preach morning and evening in the Asbury Chapel, on Kossuth street. —Tho Rev. F. Porter preaches morning and evening in the Lincoln Street Church. 4 —The Kev, W.'T. Hobart preaches morning and evening in tho Jackson Street Church. —The Lev. O. 1. Cessna preaches morning and vening in the Indiana Street Church. —The Kev. 2. Bell preaches morning and evening in tae Dixon-Strect Chureh. The Rev. J.Sehell will prench torning and evening in the Emmanuel German Chureh, cor ner of Lailin und Nieteenth streets, —The Rov, George H. Simons will preach morning and evening in the First German Chureh, Noa, 61 and 3 Clybourn avenue. —The Rev. F. Gottschalk will preach morning and in the church Nos, 305 and 310 venin, weil street. —The Rev. W. B. Norton will preach morning and ovening in the Milwaukee Avenue Church. —The tev, J... Keller will preach morning and evening in the Ashlaud Avenue German Chureb, No. 485 North Ashland avenue, —The Kev. H.Wegner will preach morning and evening in tho Vortland Avenue German Church, corner of Twenty-eighth street, —The Rev. D. L. Sortin will preech morn- ing and evening, in the First Swedish Church, corner of Mi Cund Oak streets. —The Rev. John Nigren w ill preach morning and evening in the Second Swedish Church, on North May street, nenr Ohio. —The ltev, N. O. Westergreen preaches morn- fag and evening in the Tolrd Swedish Church, corner of Fifth avenue and Thirty-third street. —Mrs, Jennie H. Culdwell will preach morning and eveninys at Nos. Ti3 and 78{ South Halsted street. —The Rev. James Sanaker will preach in the Second Norwesinu Church, oa West Division street, near Holt avenue. BAPTIST. The Rey. E, Wingren will preach morning and evening. in the Second Swedish Church on Buttertleld street, near ‘Thirty-tirst street. * —The Rev, Kerr B. Tupper will preach in the morning in the Michigan Avenue Church, near ‘“wenty-third street," Subject: ++ The ftesurrec- tion of the [i 0 evening service. —The Rey, C. Lorimer, ). D.. will preach morning end evening in the First Church, coruer of South Park avenue and Thirty-first’ street, Morning subject: “The Missiun of Childhood.” Evening subject: “Formalism versus Heart Religion.” —The W. ML. Lawrence wit! preach morn- fox apd evening at the Second Church, corner of Morgan und Monrve streets. —The Rev. 2. Ve Buptiste will preach morn- ing and evening in the Olivet Church, Fourth avenuc, pear Taylor street.” —The Kev. Mr. Meyer will preach morning and evening in the First Gerona Church, corner Bickerdixe and Huron streets. —The Rev. J. B. Smith will preach morning and evening in the First Norwegian Churcao, cor- ner Noble and West Ohio strects. —The Rev. John Ougtnan will preach morn- ing and evening {n the First Swedish Church, on Oak nenr Sedgwick street. : —The Rev. 0. Taylor will preach morning and evening In the Central Church, 200 Orchard street. B =the Rev. W. Broadhurst will preach morning and evening in‘ the Dearborn Street Church, ‘Thirty-sixth and Dearborn streots. —Tho Rev, A. K. Parker will preach morn- ing and evening in the Centennial Church, cor- ner of Lincolo and West Jazxson streets. —The Kev. W. H. Parxer will preach morn- ing and ovening In tho Coventry Strect Church, corner of Coventry street and Bloomingdale road, —The Rev. Joseph Rowley will preach morn- ing and evening jn the North Star Church, cor- ner Division and Sedgwick strects. ‘The Rey. C. Perrin will preach morning and ‘ening in the Western Avenuo Church, corner Western and Warren avenues. ie Rev. E. B. flulbert, D. D., will preach morning aud evening in the Fourth Church, cor- ner of West Washington and Paulina streets. —The Rev. J.T. Burhoe will preach morning and evening in University Placo Church, corner Dougias place und Rhodes avenue. —The Rev. N. F. Raviin will preach morning and evening in the Baptist Mission, No, 451 Ogden avenue. —The Rey. L. Cheency will preach this morn- ing, and conduct a song service in the evening, in the Evangel Churen, Rock Island Cur-Shops, oa Dearborn street, near Forty-seventh. —The Rev. D. B. Gunn will prereh morning and evening 1n South Church, on Lock street. —The Rev, J. N, Polk will preach morning and eveniug in the Providence Church, No. 15 North Ieving place. EPISCOPAL. The Rev. W. A. Holiand will preach this morn- ing in Trinity Church, Subject: Brigutness. ‘There will be no service in the eveniug. é —The Rev. W. H. Knowlton will preteh morn- Ing and evening in St. Andrew's Church, corner of West Washington and Robey streets. —The Kev. Clinton Locke, D. D., will preach morning ang evening in Grace Church, Wabash avenue, near Sixteonth street. Seuts freo in in the evening. —Tho Rev. Frederick Courtney will preach morning and evening in St. James’ Church, cor- ner, of Cass and Huron streets, —The Rev, B. F. Fleettood will preach morn- Ing and evening in St. Mark's Chureb, Cottage Grove avonue and ‘Thirty-sixth street. —The Rev. Luther Pardee will preach morn- ing and evening in Calvary Church, Warren avenue, near Oakley street, —The Rov, ‘TZ. N. Morrison, Jr. witl preach morning and evening in the Church of the Eplphany, on Throop street, between Monroe and Adams streets. ~The Rev. W. J. Petrie will preach this morning and at 4p. im. in the Church of Our Savior, corner of Lincoln ard Belden avenues. —The Kev. James E. Thompson will preach morning and evening in St. ‘faomas’ Church, Indiana’ avenue, between Twenty-ninth and ‘Thirticth streets. —The Kev. John Hedman will preach morn- ing and evening in St. Ansgurius' Church, Sedg- wick street, near Chicago avenue. —The Kev. Artnar Ritchie will preach morn- ing and cvening in the Church of the Ascension, corner of North LaSalio and Elm streets. —Cathedral SS. Peterand Paul, West Washing- ton end Peoriustreets, the Rt-itev. W. E. Mo Laren, S.T. D., Bishop. The Rev. J. H. Knowles, priest in charge. Holy communion § a. in. Choral morning prayer and celebration of the holy communton, 10:3. Sunday school and children’s services, 3 p. m. Choral evening prayer, 7:39, PRESBYTERIAN, Tho Rev. H. M. Coltisson will preach morning and evening in the Fullerton Avenue Church, near North. Clark street. Morning subject: “Overcoming the World.” —The Rev. Henry 'f. Miller will_ preach morn- Ing and eventrg in the Sixth Church, corner Vincennes and Oak avenues. Morning subject “Tho Witness Stand.” Evening subject: * V1 ter Travel.” —The Rev. James Maclaughlan will.preach morning and evening in the Scotch Church, cor- ner of Sangamon and Adams streets, =—Tho Rev, J. a. Worrall, D. D., will preach morning and evening in the Eightb Church, cor- ner of West Washington and Robe: —The tev. W. W. Macomber, of Crestline, 0., wilt preach in tha moru.ag in the Second Caureh, corner Of Michigan avenue and ‘twentieth street. No evening service. —The Rev. Juhu Anderson, of Paris, Cans will preach morning and evening in tho West- minster Church, corner of West Jackson and Peoria streets. —The Kev. - Wishard will preach morning and evening in the Fifth Church, corner of In- diana avenue and hirtieth strect. —The Itev. A. E. Kittredge will preach morn- ing and evening in the Third Cuurch, corner of Asbland and Ogden avenues. —The Rev. Herrick Jobnson will preach morn- ing and evening in the Fourth Caureb, coruer of Rush and Superior streets. | —The Rev. Lilwurd H. Curtis, son of a former pastor of the . will prench in the morning in tho Firet Churcb, corner of Indiana avenue und Twenty-first street. —Prot. G. 5. Boardman, D. D.. will preach morning and evening in the Jetferson Park Church, corner Troop aud Adsms streets. Com- spunion services postponed one week. CONGREGATIONAL. The Rev. F. A. Noble D. D., will preach morn- ing and evening in Union Park Church, corner Ashland avenue and Washington street —The Kev, Charles Hall Everest will preach morning and evening in Plymouth Church, on Michigan avenue, between Twenty-tifth and Twenty-sixth streets. —The Rey. 2. F. Williams will preach morning and evening in the South Church, corner Drexel avenue and Fortieth street. —The Kev. E. P. Goodwin will preach morning and evening in the First Church, coruerof Wasb- ington and Ann streets. he Rev, Arthur Little will preach morning and evening in the New England Church, corner Dearborn street and Park piace. —The Kev. G. H. Pecke will preach morning and evening in the Leavitt Street Caureh, corner West Adams und Leavitt streets. —The Rev. C, A. Towle will preach morning and evening in Bethany Chureb, corner of Paulina and West Huron streets. —The Rev. B, F. Leavitt will_ preach morning and evening in Lincoin Park Church, corner of Sophia und Mobuw lorning subjeet: Nhe Mission of the bool Work —The Rev, Evarts Kent will preach morning and evening iu the Chnton Street Church, cor- ner of Clinton and Wilson streets. —The Kev. A. Monroe will preach morning and evening in Union Tabernacle, corner of ‘Twentieth street and Ashland avenue. 4 —Prot. Wilcox will preach morning and even- ing in the Western Avenue Mission, near Polk stree je Rey. John Ellis will preach morning and evening in Hinsdale. —The Rev. W. A. Gloyd will preach morning and evening in Ravenswood. —The lev. S. . Stratton will preach morning and evening in Downer’s Grove. . —The Rev. Edward D. Eaton will preach morn- Ing and evening in Oxk Park. "he Rey. Hl. C. Granger will preach morning ening In Maywooil. —The Kev. J. C. Armstrong will preach morn- ing and evening in Lyonsville. —Tho It J.Seott will preach morning and evening in Evanston. —The Rev. W. Hf. Brewster will preach morn- ing and evening in Bine Island. —The Kev. E. . Williams will preach in En- glewood at 2:2) p. m. —The Rey. Hiram Day will preach in Gleacoe atlla. m. —The Rev. Charles Caverno will preach morn- nd evening in Lombard, ‘2 J. M. Williams will and evening in Jeferaon, INDEPENDENT. Prof. Swing will preach in Central Music- Hull at Hi a.m, v. Dr. H.W. Thomas will preach in eatre at lla. m, TEMPERANCE, A Gospel temperanca meeting conducted by the Woman's Christian Temperance Union will be held to-day at4p.m..in the Good Templar Hail, No,, 10:6 West Lake street. The Woman's Christian Temperance Union hold daily meetings. Sundays exeepted, in Lower Farwell “Hail at 3 p.m. Entrance at No. 1) ‘ect, und on Arende sourt. ‘The lead- Monday, the Rev. Dr. s. Charies Goodman; Williams; ‘Thursday, riday, Mra. W.G. Wad- Saturday, Mrs. i. It. Smith. . LUTHE. Tho Rev. William Ashmend Schreffer will preach in the morning in tho Wieker Park Chureh, corner of Hoyne avenue and Le Moyne street. ‘The Rev.C. Koerner will preach morning and evening in the English Church of the Holy Trin- ity, corner of Erie’street and Dearborn avenue, Preach morning Adams will preach morning and evening in St. Matthew's Church, corner of North Clark and Centre streets. Bishop ‘Fallows will preach morning and evening in Pant's Chureb, corner of West Washington and Carpenter strects. Evening subject: “Themes tor Thinkers—Pulpit and re Their Antaxontsm and Harmony.” All seats free in the evening. —The Rey. It. H. Bosworth will preach in tho Englewood Presbyterian Church, at 3:45 p. in. —The Kev. Churics M.Gilgert will p in the evening in the Chureh of the Good Shepherd, corner of Jones and Homan strects. —BishopChenes will prezeb mormngzandeven- jog in Christ Church, eorner of Michigan avenug and ‘Twonty-fourth street. Seats free at night. Hulf-bour prayer-meeting {nthe lecture-room immediately following evening service. —The Kev. J.D. Wilson will-preazh morning and eveniny In St. John's Church, Eilia avenue near Thirty-seventh street. NIVELSALIST. TheRey. W. H. Ryder will preach morning and evening in St. Paui's Chureh, Slichigan avenue, north of Eighteenth street. —Tho Rev. W.S. Crow will preach in the morn- ing in the Church of the Kedeemer, corner of Washington and Sangamon streets, —The Rev. Georze C. Miln will preach in tho morning in Thity Church, corner of Dearborn avenue und Walton place.’ No eveuing service. UNITARIAN, The Rev. Brooke Herford will preach morn- ing and cventug in the Churen of the Messinh, corner of Michigan avenue and Twenty-third street. Morning subject: “She Was Not Afraid of the Snow.” Evening subject: “Thought Problems." —The Rey.. E. I. .Gnivin will-preach in the morntug in the Third Church, corner of Monroe and Latin streets, Subject: * Manly Strength.” NEW JERUSALEM. ‘The Rey. L. P. Mercer witl preach is tho morn- ing at Hershoy Music-Hall. Mensure of Happiness.” S¥blect: wy), ~The Rev. W. F. Pendleton wilt pre morning in Lincoln Park Chapel, pect’ ta thy Menominee street, oppoait the parker “mera —Tho Rev, W. F. Pendloton witt pro, Tnion Park Temple, corner ot Weg gee IM thy street and Ogden avenue, et 4 p,m. SLUngtoy CHRISTIAN, The Hes. C. H. Caton will pr Ing tn the Second Church, chrner at ate an, nue, and Jackson strect. "No evening aey ate. —Tho Rev. J. W. Allen will proach Sactre8 evening tn the South Side Church, en TUS ag avenue and Thirticth stroot, —* °etPrayy —Tho Kev. J. fl. Wright will preach and evening in the Western Avenueth tween Van furen and Turrison sites ing subjec Our, Mission Etforty." Ee subse The First” Gospel Seema ie —The Rev. 0. A. preached Burgess, Presi University, Indianapolis, Witt pent ot Batter and evening in the First Church, com qetes diana and Tweuty-fifth street, rat ly. MISCELLANEOCS, Tho Eclectics meet at No. 213 street at this evenings. Tent Mating Rozers. Subject: "The Reignof Terre Me —Christhin worship uccording (Cor order will be held corner of Nu SPoetatig Streets at lia. tw, Bible reading aca Supttie —Prof. G. E. Foster will speak in 25 ingtonian Home Chapel at 3 prim 1 Se Wag. —The lev, Mr, Necdham' will preach morning in the Chiengo Avenue Grace ts diuy-setioo), with classes for adults at dont ‘Vangelistic services in th ve aun nd Case, in ie even! ing Oy Nea The First’ Society of Spirit i in Fatrbank-Hall, corner Brute agg Rll Ah a? Sy AS Beals Reet Subject: ‘* ES ter * be cently departed, e. is oaths” BY one —De. Mathewson, of the Gre naele, will lead the rulfroadcrostr ee, lites the reading Streets ut. ~A reunion meeting will be West Madison ‘greet at nad 2:3) p. m. gg “To Overcome Orzunized Whisk me Women and ull reformers Invited? 2d Evi —Tho Disciples of Christ" me Ranglotph stroot af 4 pau fet at 2 He —The Central Necting of Friends wil mee, the morning in the Athenmwu: ding Dearborn Street, near Htandotpin, Bulag, og —Dr. Mathewson will preach In the ag Christin Chureh, 9 South Gre: lad tng and evenina,” on Street, ma. —The Koy. A. Youker will preach in the Wy Side Tabernacle. corner of Moi dla streets, morning and evening. ren an Spiritualists’ and mediums’ meeting wx at Grimes’ Hall, No. 13 South Helse 3 p.m, 3 ut Martine’s parlor, corn and Walnut steveis, nt Ila. m, oF Hone = Col. G.t-Ciarce Will tend the Gospel meeting this evening tn the Pacitic Garden nerof Chirk and Van Buren streets, om oe Rev. Mark H. Forscutt will preacg #19 West Lake street, to thea nts morning und evening. Subjen: nsistent with Hinnan Reason.” —The Chicago Progressive Lyceum meetsat Castle Hull, No. 619 West Lake street, at ley p.m. :" CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK, EPISCOPAL. aa een Sunday after Epiphany, CATHOLIC, Jan. 16—Second Sunduy after Epiphany; Fe of the Holy Name of Jesus et Jun. 1;—St. Anthony, Abi Jan. 18—Chair of St. Peter at Rome; St. Prisca, a WM Jan. ap Se Caautey K..; SS. Marlus and Comp, bian a Sebastian, MM. . Vincent and Anastasius, MAL atin Sais eae THE BLUE BOXES. For The Chicayo Tribune, “Say, what is tho manin',” says Patrick to May bay, a Alt the blue boxes I see on the street, 3 standin’ like sentries, but barria’ thy st ers, nD up un’ down in the shnow an’ ty shlect Says Murphy to Patrick, “Thim same is Bother ‘Tho boys wid the sthars, and to keep themamsy ln’ iv half-hour they must give up ther freedom To give the alarm, and thetr shlumbers to shake, ¥, ae inside there's a box, wid a divil’s f1 angin Ye jist pull it down, aisy-like, don't you see? -An' it tells to the station yer there at yer duty, As plain, Paddy, now us I'm spakin’ to ye. “Inside of tho box there's a tillyfone waitin’ Ye shpuke to an inkstand—the Captain bullos; And thin, mind yer cye, if ye shpake to the Cage tain, Ye'd better braithe nisy, and not be too cine. “Thim tillyfone chaps that McGarigle’s usin’, They spell iv’ry dhrap ye've been tastin’ de night, Git on 10 yersthyle, and they ece where ye're ._ bin to, g And ain't takin’ stiffs, though they be mighty bright. “OQ but I'm mighty glad that I’m not on thefowe now. - Tcouldn’t in honor kéep frinds wid thim things Kuracters fs busted, and gone to-the divil, Since lightain’ fs doin’ sich work for the tings - “Wid these, sir, the boys can't get up bslta shindy Reh Before the afarm brings tho wagon aroun’ An’ bedad, sir, they'll gobble ‘the. whole of purty eS Before tne first man’s fairly laid on the grou! “Ah! onct I was proud of my star and my billy! I watked like a turkey-cock, happy and f But now, sir, [wouldn't be under MeGangle; No, sir, I thank ye—not any for me. ad Thee . out in Leadville there's freedom i plenty Say, Pat. let's go West and grow up wid neise— "* For hore, where a street is patrolled byashanty The force is a-gittin’ tuo fy for the boys! : New-3ay. a The New Senator (rom New York. New York Tribune. Thomas C, Pintt was born at Owego, Tors County, N. ¥., July 15, 180. His father, Willer Platt, was x lawyer ‘and land agent, and wis prominent for muiny years among the activew oruus Inen Whose impress stiff remains {9 social and business life of Oweyo. Thomast Platt received an academic education at t Owego Academy, nnd was also a member of class of 1855 in'Yale Coltexe. Il-nealth, bog ever, compelled bim to withdraw from Yale 8 his Junior year. Since his retirement (rom lege be bas been cused insnereantile purely and bas been President of the Tioga Natic Bank since its organization, and fs largely inet ested in lumbering in Michigan. | Mr. Platt bf held office but little, although always a prea nent worker fo the’ Repubiican ranks. 180° to scl be was the Clerk of Tide County, and) for two | terms, Pe hid a member of Congress from the Thin ninth District. He was first Be nuted In 1:70, bur declined to accopt the some nation. Fle ‘was a delegate to the Convenes which mude the nomination, The district 8 ompsged of the Counties of Broome, Scbnre gu, und Tompxing. The late Gites W. He KISS of Binghamton, and Milo Goodrich, of Tompkins, were tho candidates before Convention. ‘Two of the counties were 10 7 Hotchkiss, and two, including Tics. ere, Mr. Goodrich. The Convention wns inser fora werk, and over a thousand ballots Me taken without a result. On the ar ness interests required Mr. Platt to lea as Convention und go to Miebigaa. | friend te substituied in his place, and the balloting ® on. When Mr. Platt reached Michigan be ft a telezraph dispatch anuounving bis nom Tg by the Convention. He declined, and per in declining, ayainst tho most urveat SM hug ions from ull counties in the district. be felt tht his honor was Involved. and tig lutely retused. The Convention 8s Sry together again, and three, eat election Mr." Goodrich was finally Lar At the next election for Congressman ©) gtk Mir. Goodrich, having Joined “bis fortune fing the Liberal forees, was not a candida ips the Republican Convention, Te was RY ig Mr, Platt became the unanintous choles Oia. Republican purty In the district, and ig Cougress by the largest, majority tbe Tig ever gave. At the end of bis tenn, Dy a teat consent he was renominuted and reslecht cg, ing the ticket nanccomely in every UM sed ‘The unusual honor of a nomination fF 2 ore terin was ready ut bis hands. but he Chon” tire aud yleld the ficla to other gentler In Congress Mr. Platt was not & "R008 ty ig ber,” but he was intiuential and actl’®. rege legislution and political work, He Wit 0 citets ber of the Republican Congressional COM sines where bls rervices were most vuluanhe ine leaving Conzréss he bas been at the hard work of every State and 5 any oot palgn, being always rowdy to assume The ps imposed upon bin. He waa Chalrmae celebrated Rochester Convention 10 15% | acs ‘Mr. Fiutthas not made much noise f or business, and has not been oshet¢ but he has alwuys BECP tees e there was work to be done, He A Republienn since the organization fr i ty, and isa Stalwart of the most sit Mr. Platt, bis friends suy, 13 8 ¢ Mr. Conkting is 8 Principles and pol-cies which be appr’ Heclaro that bo will not be wa COW yg tters which concern Represin ition, they say. Sn. Coaklinss te ashe quite ns likely tobe advised by Mr. ‘ie by Mr. Conkling. el “During the suinmer of 1870 Sr. Platt wR tort ed General Manuger, Secretary, an tho United: States Express Company, same time Mr. Plutt beld the alice President of the Southern Conk President of the Tioga Nugon Manufactt! and» Presideut of. the -Toga Compitny (Big Rapids, Mich.) Et Cornell appointed him as Comm! antine at this port: