Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 6, 1881, Page 17

+ Sburch in “the Dj i7 RELIGIOUS. Cen. Garfield as a Preacher in the Church of the Disciples. personnel of the American Ea. itors Engaged in the Bible. Revision, : ‘Alshal, the Devil’s, Caricature or Counterfeit of the Holy Spirit. , Honoure Conway's Visit to a Miracle Play in St. Michael’s Church, London. General Notes, Personals, Sunday Sunbeams, Services To- Day. A VILLAGE SABBATH. *TisSanday in the village, “andall is hushed and still; Nosound of ringing anvils The Wheel of the old mill Jsmotionless; the miller Bas changed his cont of white, And hails the blessed morning ‘With calm and swect delight, ‘The honest, sturdy plowman . Issecking that repose ‘That comes like dew trom Heaven Tosweeten all Life’s woes. But hark! what breaks tho stillness And silence everywhere? ‘Tis the sound of village-belis = Calling to praise and prayer, Within the church ars-mbled, “Far from the madding crowd,” In humble supplication : “Are heads devoutly bowed; While children raise their voices In bymns and Songs ot praise, And every heurt rejoices, Walking in wisdom's ways. ‘Tell me, Fe sages, tell me . What makes a nation great? It is not Prohibition~ It{s not Church and State. Bat a principle Divine ‘That's early formed within; A tighteousness that triumphs O'er every vice and sin, ‘This simple village-Sabbath Doth mighty truths unfold— "The bulwarks of a nation, +. More precious far than gold. ‘Caicaco. = C. Jay Sutra. THE DISCIPLES. GEN. GARFIELD AS A PREACHER—THE BRETHREN PROPOSE TO ELECT A CHURCH IN WASHINGTON. Special Corzerpondence of The Chicago Tribune. Cievenann, O., Feb. 4.—Observing this week a two-column editorial in the Christian Standard, the principal organ of the Dis- ciples’ Church in the United States, in regard to Gen. Garfield’s religious tenets and the probable effect of the cominz Administra- tion on religious matters at the Capital, L held a conversation with a gentleman who knows very well what Gen. Garfield actually thinks on these matters. This gentleman, it is only justto state, was a member of the Disciples’ Church as early as Gen. Garfield himself. “4s good an illustration,” the gentleman began, “of what Gen. Garfield thinks on these matters as isto be found is contained inanactual circumstance which transpired a few weeks after Gen. Garlield’s nomina- thon, Elizur Wright and Robert Ingersoll galled on the General while the latter was in New York to ascertain just the very thing jouare seeking. Wright was the spokesman, He asked: % “‘In case you are elected, are you going to intoduce religion into your Administration ?” . “*¥es, sir, I am,’ said Gen. Garfield. “‘How is that” asked the Atheist. “Tam going to maintain my right to be a Christian and your rizht to be an Atheist.” * Ingersoll then said, ‘that’s right. Ifany man is d— fool enough to be a Christian he ought to have the privilege’? | “The General thus believes in absolute freedom of conscience. Je is too broad- d to make it possible for him te be otherwise, It is a comparatively narrow- minded man who can sce but one side of a question. It would be an impossibility to holda mind like the General's down to the tenets of any sectarian theology. Ue was tsained in his youth in the doctrines of Alex- ander Campbell, aud while they are the most uattow and uncompromising in many re- spects the are in others very broad and lib- eral. 1n the first place they have no written: creed or doctrine, and every inan is left very much to himself in his way of interpretation. Only one thing is insisted upon, and that is liberal interpretation of those things that are evident and plain. Thomas Campbell, the ther of Alesander, used to say, ** When the Bible fs silent, we re silent,” and this be- sane a sort of maxim with the people. ut the thing that would have natur- ally made somewhat of an impres a broad-minded young man like Garfield was. ths fact that this Church had no clergy or lesthood specially set apart and conse- czated beyond the rest uf the people; that Such a thing as change of heart, or actual ? raculous conversion, isa thing unknown du these latter days, and that the essential ee between saints and sinners is that pe have determined to do well, or as eden wey are able, while the other have qadeno such determination. The Church eves neither in loud nor Jong prayers, but se Members are very hospitable and friendly epee. another. ‘Lhe exceedingly homelike te iilynature of their churches some- fans the means of bringing about-loud samy jars, but when any member is as- Mme Without all those from within are lately: flock to his assistance. ‘Shey ag iost brotherly of afl denominations, bed re and jay particular stress upon the “Beboid how these brethren dwell pogetter in unity.’ ‘This is the fact that a manda many assert that the Disciples the lannish, and this is undoubtedly Camphaie the sense intended. Alexander a pbell was a severe stuient of John Locke, = BO religious sectof the present day has reer outcroppings of the Lockian phi- phy as that which he undoubtedly started. probably not one member of the physi ahundred that knows that meta- sles has anything in the world to do with Fane and much fess that the fact of Camp- ‘aving decome embued with the sensual- + Istie phdlosophy was the cause of his having especially opened upon the subject whic u and conversion. “fhe doctrine Wade of ag made of many a manan infidel toe of Campbell areligious reformer. It msg om his mind wuch of the religious Pike are that had prevailed then and re- whe it with the reasonings of Des Cartes, of Loe reality the philosophical father But G dew England and should he atten: chwhere hismind and religi i 5 s religious trai 2 ud naturaity inetine him to go,he would be a arid But the fact is, he is nota re- eae all. He was christened among rie doubles i, imany of his oldest and best thes mio? Within that denomination, and eae plld be greatly hurt should’ ne Bo rts Then he has no desire to do the printitar ate certain charms about : fie ve ways of conducting religious which are sfill practieed among is finer, and when the new chureli afore’ at Washington it may be taken as a ore. conclusion that it will be the most. “What, ecity for many years to come,” Hef on rej gg pou cousider Gen, Garfield’s be- - Pon ueious matters to be 2? stm ten of late seen little news- =o reper oF ey belief of the Disci- Yes; there is no difficulty in gettin: mite, bu wuat I want, is a suterment 48 Garg nee ean give ivof the belief of Gen. Oi course, Tcould not pretend to make a Lis eyes of bapt any one, but I cau give my opinion, | and thatis about as follows: That the body doctrine put forth — by” J t = jesus and ia apostles has for many past generations, the lar to Generations to come, exercise wed arBes ossibie moral and religious influ- tation: bon the World. Many of the interpre- fee ne and priesterafts, and witcherafts Feeaye: been developed out of this body of oct ing are damning in their nature, but ies generally the effect of all the yarious feneinations working in their’ ‘separate ic is advantageous; that men who are road enough and bey enough not to need aha Teligion, or who think they need more, should be permitted to become a religion an ‘9 themselves. To be sure this is a some- What broad, and, many would think, a dan- Beraus tenet to lay down; but in the-sense in x hich the General holds it itis not so, Did Mohammed, Buddha, or Christ have any need of the older religidns which they found Upon the earth at their coming? So it may be said of Luther, and, in a still “narrower Sense. perhaps, of Alexander Campbell. What kind of sermons did Garfield use to. preach ve . “In the sense in which. preaching is gen- erally spoken of be never preached ateall ie 1 to talk or lecture on moral and Scientific subjects, and the talks were inter- esting and acceptable to the people who heard them, He talked on geology and on the beauties of expression found in the Psalms, and from the vast revenues of his mind he brought forth many things that were grand. iwell remember having ar_old Deacen who had for many years listened to the stock in trade of the average Disciple preacher re- mark,.as ne left the church after one of Gar- field’s talks, ‘That was pretty goud kind of talk, but Ldon’t think there was myeh Gos- pel about it’? Lhe favorit theme with the preachers of the denomination of that early lime, and to a largeextent in the West and in the rural districts to-day, is what is called “tirst principles.” irst_ principles’ constitute a series of sermons, sometimes longer and sometimes shorter, which set forth the peculiar tenctsof the Chureh in the clearest, concisest language the speaker is eapable of employing, and in reality form the unwritten but always un- derstood creed of the body. In these sermons great stress is_iaid upon the commissions of Jesus to His Apostles, as they are found in the last chapters o! Gospels; and invariably graphic pictures are drawn of the first conversions.to the Chureh, —such as the day of Pentacost, recorded in the second chapter of Acts, and the conversion of the Ethiopian eunuch by Philip, and the Philippian jailer by Pau) aud Silas. ‘The ne cessity of these ilstrations is that the fact of immersion may be established and that the immediate succession of the events of conver- sion and baptism may be understood. ‘There was a titne when the old sticklers about Hirai made some complaint of the ‘iccturing’ of the Garfield school of preachers, and a de- cided longing was entertained for the ex- pounders Of the ‘first principles of the Gos- “Well, whether Gen, Garfield is exactly or- thodox or not the Disciple brethren claim him just as strong, don’t they?” “Certainly they do. They are willing to overlook some of those little eccentricities, as pertaining to greatness,—that is, those who know of them do. But the majority believe that he is perfectly unwavering in the faith.” “What will be the effect of his belief upon the Administration 2” “J don’t believe it will be much; but that will not be because the denomination are not posed to make the most of it. ‘They are ready hard at work dunning up funds to build a big church in the Capital City, and intend, evidently, to take hold strong. It is very curious how such things work. The following little serap which I picked up somewhere sets it forth pretty well: “*So long as Garlicld was a modest Congress- man no one cared where he worshiped. ‘The “boys,” the statesmen, the * boodle-hunters,” re Pa akers’”’ never go to a church that ‘Snot pay,and it bas bappened that the paying eburch fu Washington since Johnson's time has vecn the Methodist. Methodism tourished with surprising vigor under Grant and Hayes. There were court chaplains and favored clergymen. And when these worthy divines were not ex- pounding the faith us delivered to tho Saints, iney were sidling nbout the departraents on the lookout for vacancies for suns or cousins or other relatives. The number ot Methodists ap- pointed to ollice by Grant and Hayes would make a Presbyterian affirm the esseatial articles of his ith. “The Church is soturge that these appointments made no impression, and beyond a compluint now aud then from one brotner about another having a slice or two extra from Uncle Sam's pantry, the matter never excited much attention. 5s “* Now itis ditterent! The fact that the Dis- ciples have the Government bas produced a great sensation. The boys want to be on the in- the church is not large enough, Tue t the Congressional Librarf from West- essmen for books about the Disciples’ theine end their evenings over the life of Campbell, They knew all about gobn Wesley and Moody and Sankey’s hy but this knowiedge docs not count Mr. Schurz captured the White House by bis exquisit ren- dering of the “Sweet By and By”; but Garticld dves not believe in such things, and our musical Secretary is said to be at work on Campbellite anthems. “It is not often that a political event hassuch important theological results. if some worthy citizen should start a series of Disciple meetings between now and the 4th of March. the congre- gations would surpass those of Moody and San- key days. After the inauguration and the an- nouncement of the important federal appoint- ments we are afraid the lessons of the new faith would have a diminished interest.’ “Do you think there is anything in this ?” “Oh, the extract is in a sarcastic vein, of course, but at the same time there is a pretty large element ot truth in it, This sometimes crops out when it is intended to hideit. As vide the following from the editorial in this week's Stundard in regard to building the church in Washington: “ «There bas been.and there willbe, no appeal to the * thousands of office-seekers in cxpectancy." The appeul is made to our own brethren, If others voluntarily offer assistance, it will be thankfully secenten But it is not intended that uny political obligations shall be incurred in raising money for this purpose. Our own brethren are abundantiy able to build the bonse; and, if for no other renson, that they may guard against all such imputations OF palitiee! burgain aud sale, they ougut to do it, and do it promptly, ehecrfulty, and with a whole-heartedness that will command the respect of the people of the United States.” +The idea conveyed in the above undoub t edly is that the Disciples should build the church for the euming President themselves, and then they can reap all benefits that accrue therefrom and not have to divide with the ofliceseckers. But to give the rood people their due it is only fair to make a further extract from the article in question: “The project of building a new house of worship .at Washington is not 2 new one. The brethren at Washington were in correspondence with us forsevéral yeurs on this matter, when there was nu thoughtrof the elevation of James A.Garfleld to the Presidency, and, sooner or later, the enterprise would bave been under- taken. The election of Gen, Garfield may have hastened it somewhat,—that: is all. There bas been no change on the part of those who are niunaging this enterprise as to the style of house to be built. They have intended from the first “g modest mecting-house,” commodious, col venient, comfortable, neat, but in no sense cx. travazant. And if’money comes in beyond what is needed for this, the managers are pledged to hold it cacred as a missionary fund. ‘There has beeu no change in the pian.’ ” From the day when Governments were first established to the present religion forms aconsiderable element in their administra- tion. This is much fess so now and in Amer- fea than anywhere else and at any other time; but it is still an element, and the changes it will bring with the change of Ad- ministration will at any rate be poeeible. FARY. THE SACRED DRAMA. A MIRACLE PLAY IN SHOREDITCH, LONDON, “Moucure D. Conwuy in the Cincinnatt Commercial. Lonvow, Jan. 18.—Lately there came tome from an esteemed clerical friend an invita- tion to witness the performance of “ Beth- Jehem on Twelfth Night.” “I know,” wrote this clergyman, “it is unnecessary to remind you that the actors look upon their simple service as a direct act of worship to God, and especially to the Incarnation; but I should like to remind you that they are but Shore- ditch lads and lassies to whom ideas of beauty come only through the medium of the Church. You must not expect, therefore, much refine- mentor taste according to the canons and usages of what is io them an unknown world.” : In common with the Passion-Ple at Ober- ammergau, and the Agamemnon performed by Oxford students, the Shoreditch ‘ Beth- Jehem” has amany-colored choras, They are called “Genii” in the Bavarian play, “ Aged Citizens” in the Greek pliy, and here they are crowned and clothed in brilliant rai- ment,As if meant to be human angels. They do all the singing, and the play mainly con- sists o7 tableaus and hymns. Punctually at8 the cliorus appeared before the curtain, eleven in all, stretching from side to side of the front stage. In the centre, robed in white, stood the Rector of St. Michael’s, one of the handsom- rstmen in London, Same! aw Aix Fook in hight, powerful in frame, his face of the Jinest Roman type in carving, his complexion. blonde, his brow serene and clear, his beard slightly ‘sivered, with his robes and crown he appeared every inch a King. Mis yoice, without effort, made a suflicient bass for the entire chorus, ‘Fhere were two other men beside him, the rest being maidens of about 10t0 17 years. The Rector spoke a neatly- written prolog, in which he reminded us that we had not.comuto witness # mere play or Pantomime, but sacred scenes which have called forth the tears and uplifted hopes of Jnillions in many generations, At the close of this the chorus brokeforth with a hymn— Let Heaven rejoice, let earth be glad, . For He who reigns above, With all His Father's glory clad, Hath shown His perfect love. . There were six verses, the last of which begins, “Wail, Mary, thou art full of grace,” and as this was sung the curtains were drawn back on each side, and the singers Mledtto one side of the first tableau. There appeared in the background a small open evttage, around if were green trees, and in front were flowers, so that the “‘Annuncia- tion,” at least, was nota wintry scene. In front of the cottage Mary was Knocking be- forea sort of priedieu, on which lay a large open book. She was in blue dress, her head bound in white, the costume, except in coler- ing, being that of a nun. The face was young and pretty as it was raised from the book to look atthe Argel, her right hand also being raised. Ata respectful. distance trom her—several yards—knelt amid flowers the beautiful tallangel with golden hair, elad in purest white, and with Jong shining wings reaching far above the head to the ground, The angel kuelt amid a circle of Howers, and the hand held 2 long stem of lilies. ‘Tie seene was certainly very beauti- ful. After a moment of silence, the Rector, intoned the narrative from Luke, 1, 26-35. Then the chorus sang the “ Angelus.” * When the curtains veiled the scene there was no applause but a solemn silence. ‘Then the organist. began a voluntary, and soft whispers of delight were heard along the benches. The chorus, when if next appeared, sang a hymn begining: Z Who is this that treads the mountain, fiasting eager on her wry, Leaving Nazareth deserted Of the King of Kings to-day? What can that be which thou seskest? ‘Who of man can add to thee? Thou who in thy womb coityinest Him who rufeth carta and’sea, At tho end of this hymn of six verses the scene of the “ Visitation” appears. Mary is seen approaching the door of Elizabeth’s dwelling. Her arms are stretched wide to embrace Elizabeth. who stretches her hands toward her, Elizabeth is richly dressed, and on the threshokl of -her hous® a female at- tendant is standing. ‘the Reetor intones Luke i., 3946, at the end of which the Mag- nificat ? is sung, the entire audience rising. ‘The third scene was the Nativity. ‘Lhe chorus always accompanied its hymns with gestures, generally sott and constant waving of the hand§ in the true antique style, and they were especially animated when they sang the * Adeste Fideles,” Ocome, all ye faithful! Joyfully triumphant. Ocome ye, O come ye to Bethichem! fhe smailer singers were especially agi- tated; their litle. fean arms swayed to and fro: their eyes flashed; their pallid faces flushed, and. the old hymn was given with revivalistic irregularity. When this scene appeared. y with the most perfect pin faiat wax baby on the straw before her, its hands stretched up to her; Joseph standing behind, Ieaning on his statt and looking gravely upon them; the ox and the donkey near by; acherup, the head of a little girl, with no body visible, except two wingzs— when this was scen there was the breathless sence, and then the subdued “au-h” which follows breathless interest. The account of of Luke ii., G7, having been intoned, the chorus sang: ‘The snow lay on the ground, ‘he stars shone bright, When Christ our Lord was vor, hristmas night. And as this sweet old melody proceeded, they who gazed on the picture seemed to find it blurred somehow. At any rate, I observed a Root many rubbing their eyes, as if to see etter. : There was one notadle departure from ecclesiastical tradition in this tableau: Joseph was by no ineans the aged man he is usually represented to have been. Epiphanius and other of the fathers declare that Joseph was $f when Jesus was born, As in the case of Abraham and Sarah it was felt to be a neces- sary confirmation of a miraculous birth that oné or both of the reputed parents should be of great’ age. Gen. Lew Watlace in his *“Den-Hur moderates the tradition by rep- resenting Joseph as 50 while Mary is in her teens. Some of the romance with which a few artists invested the bethrothal of Josey and Mary rved in this good-Iot Joseph at St. Michaels, whose beard was not gray. Joseph is barefooted, but otherwise ion of poverty about the little there is no \ And this was more group in the inclosure. harmonious with the Scripture accounts than the old hymn presently sung by the chorus about the “peasant child.” = ‘The fourth seene was “The Shepherds.” The chorus sang: . Angels we have heard on high, ‘Sweety singing o'er our plains, And the mountains iu reply ‘Eceno still thoir joyous strains Gloria in excelsis Deo. In the tableaux the Shepherds are seen worshiping (he babe, now on Mary’s lap, while Luke ii., $-16 is mtoned, , then the chorus sings sweetly the hymn: Maiden Mother, meck znd mild, Show to us thy Holy child; Ofer our sheep-tolds all night long We nave heard the angels’ song; <And they bid us come to thee, Christ in swaddling bands to see. The Three Kings folluw the Shepherds (Scene Y,), and they are gorgeously dressed, —none more than we African, who is verily Gou’s image cut in ebony, ‘The sixth scene was the “Return of the Shepherds and Kings.” In the previous scene one of the Kings had swung a burning censor before the babe, and the room was filled with incense, 1t was a little too thick, and causedsomecoughing,—notably the little victim of the whooping-cough already mnen- tioned,—but if was made a very, good halt veil for the preity scene of the Kings on one side and the shepherds on the other. One of the shepherds carried a suow-white lamb in his arms. 7 Scene VIL.—* The Flight Into Egypt”? was well managed, Mary now being in pure white dress, seated on the donkey, which is led by Joseph. Littlechild-angels, with,wings, kneel around. . O’er tho lone desert to Feypt Te E’en in His infancy sorrow He knows. Wherefore, O Holy Child, spoticss and undefiled, cart thus exited? Aremarkably brilliant scene was the Pre- sentation in the Temple. "The aged Simeon is seen uplifting the child, while the “Nune Dimittis” is sung. The prophetess Anna stands near, with clasped hands. Joseph be- side Mary, bore in his hand a basket-cage, containing two turtie-doves; and while the Rector was intoning the verses of Luke ii, 22-38, these doves coocd perpetually, making a decided impression by their part of the per- formance. ‘The hymn was one beginning; There was of old in Jewish land A glorious temple piied, And there a Virgin nother came And brought her fist-born child. “Christ among the Doctors” followed, and here we saw 4 charming little boy of 13 per- sonating Jesus in a way _that_might have made Manager Abbey of: New York sigh for toe freedom of the Old World. ‘The accou- panying hymn ended with the verse: Ave Maria! thou whose name Allbut adoring love may claim, Yet may we reach thy shrine; For ile, thy Son and Savior vows To crown all lowly, lofty brows . With fove and joy like thine. . A Litany-hymn followed, whose chorus is: Child of Mary, bear our ery, ‘Thou wert lowly once as We, Heur the loving Litany We, Thy children, siag to Taee. ‘The tenth and last scene was “ Nazareth,” when Jesus is seen_in his parents’ cottage sweeping the floor, Lfis dress isa bluish-rray own, reaching midway the calf of the bare legs; the gentle face, covered with a fold of the sare material, seemed almost too girlish to he that gf.a boy. It was all very charm- ing. The children sang with feeling, some- times a little voice soaring away from the others in its eagerness: Brothers! let the child of Mary Lesgon give how to live! Is He not your Brother? Man! whate’er thy lot and station, Rich and clad, or poor and sad, God was Man at Nazareth. BIBBE REVISION. PERSONNEL OF THE AMERICAN EDITORIAL CORPS. North American Review. «> ‘The American portion of the New Testa- ment Company has met monthly at No. 49 Bible House, New York, where the books and apparatus necessary for the undertaking had been provided. The meetings began each on Friday morning at half-past 9 elalesl_end puded an Saturday atl p,m There were two or three sessions on Friday, | and one on Saturday, In June and August no meeting was held, butin July there was a long meeting of four daysat Andover, New Haven, New York, or Princeton. Some of the members came from a.distance of about 400 miles, and many-had to make a journey of 100 and 200 miles to attend the meetings, and yet-these distant members were almost always in their seats at the’ appointed times. Speaking as a memberof the New Testa- ment Company, I may characterize each meeting as a spiritual ad intellectual sym- posium, Amore genial brotherhood never met. Episcopalian, Unitarian, Methodist, Baptist, Friend, Congregationalist, and Pres- byterian knew no differences, and held ono another in respect and affection. Not a sectarian note was ever heard. Nota harsh word was ever uttered. The revered Presi- dent Woolsey guided our deliberations with wisdom and ‘urbanity. He read the verse, ‘and then called for comment and suggestion. Eyery one was patiently heard, and then the decision was recorded by our Secretary, Prof. Short or Prof. Thayer. ‘Sometimes a. long discussion would enliven us, and ‘hosts of references were made to support either side, and (if I may let out the secret) there. were times when the solemnity that became the dignity of our work-was tempered by a humorous hit or an irresistible pleasantry. At such moments, perliaps, any one who might suddenly have entered our “ Jerusa- Jem Chamber” would have scarcely divined- our work. ‘ ‘The portion on which we were to confor was always appointed at the previous meet- ing,so that there might bea month’s pre- liminary study before the comparison of notes and the record of the result. In this way a yast amount of pritical’ examfnation was given to every sentence in the New ‘Vestament, and we maybe sure that not even a word of any importance escaped a searching investigation. “The influence of such a cultured and gental mind as that of President Woolsey was felt throughout the circle from the beginning. His erudition, his judgment, and his clear statement on one side, and his courtesy, gentleness, and modesty on the other, fitted him peculiarly for his -position, and formed the crowning charm of our coterie... Next to President Woolsey’ sat the encyclopedic Schall, of indefatigable energy, church historian, commentator, promoter of Chris- tian union, and-the cilicient author of the American codperation’ in this revision. ‘T'o his systematic and ready. mind, bold and strong to assume responsibility, the Ameri- can Committee was indebted for its ex- istence and for its financial support. On him especially fell all the foreign cor- yespondence, aud the arrangement of details between the English and American committees. Next to Dr. Schat® sat Prot. Short, whose “Essay on the Order of Words in Attic Greek Prose” is a monuinent of his atient research, and who: acted both as Creasurer and Recording Secretary of the Company, ‘Then came Prof. Riddle, who mingles Germain learning with Anglo-Amer- fean clearness, on whose record of similar passages we all leaned. Then followed in order President Chase, of Haverford, thought- fn) and solid, 9 man of wise cauton, not to be led astray by any delusion. Next Dr. Burr, who represented Drew Semi- in the New Testament Company, as nar’ Dr. Strong did in the Ojd Testament Com- pany. Next to him sat tho polished master of English, the eloquent preachers Dr. Wash- burn, whose taste was always pure enough to guide his judgment. At_his side was Dr. Crosby, and next one of Yale’s noted in- structors, a man of decided convictions, based on very solid foundation, who never spoke without commanding _ the xttention of all,—Prof. Timothy Dwight, whose arguments were shot out of an armory .of learning and common sense, Next to him sat. Prof, Hendrick, - whose name as a Greek ‘scholar has been so long held in esteem, who brought to the work a mind richly stored with varied knowledge, and whose keen criticisms and earnest comments were the delight -of the cirele. ‘Then came Prof. Abbott, of Cam- bridge, facile princeps among us in the crit- ieisms of the Greek text, the peer of Scriv- ener and Westcott, whose sound discriminat- ing judgment was only equaled by a charm of disposition and manner that won all our hearts. By his side sat Prof. Thayer, of Andover, 2 most laborious member ‘of the vompany, who took down the notes of changes proposed, and prepared all the pa- pers for the company’s use, and who was second to npne in thorough fitness for the work in hand. His admirable scholarship is aceompunied by practical elements of char: acter which make him aman of mark. Last in the circle, and by the side of the President, sat the venerable and beloved Bishop Lee, of Delaware, whose presence and yoice were a benison to us all, TEMPERANCE QUESTION. ALCOHOL AND THE HOLY sPmit. Jervis in the Advance. ’ It is a remarkable fact that people who combine enthusiasm for religion with en- thusiasm for the temperance reformation, especially converted inebriates, incline sooner or Jater to the opinion that the Devil sustains some special relation toaicohol, And in pro- vortion to their intelligence in theology they evince, also, a leaning to the theory that alco- hol is probably the Devil’s caricature or counterfeit of the Holy Spirit. ‘This theory may seem, on first sight, to be fanciful and visionary; but, to say the least, it improves on examination, foreover, it must be classed as “important if trae.” Nothing’ could so ‘suddenly and effectively flash the immense importance of the liquor evil on the Christian mind of the age as the discovery that this theory was correct. And every syllable of evidence in favor of it exerts a ‘proportionately awakening and alarming effect. * . Lhe @ priori argument is brief, but perfect. The Devil is “a liar from the beginning,” “a liar and the father of it.” Greatas his power undoubdtedly is, it is probably all exerted through the channel of deception. Simula- tion and dissimulation ate, so to speak, his stock in trade. For, through his influence, as has long been observed, every coin from God's mint has been counter- feited, and every institution, doctrine, work, and grace ot Christianity has met with a disgraceful travesty. The authority of God Jimself was assumed by Satan in the temptation of Christ, so that he is called by Paul “the god of this world.” And Christ is opposed in avery age by Antichrist. So that it would be in_ perfect keeping with all that we believe of Satan if the third person in the rinity, also, had been blasphemously earicatured by the Evil One. ‘The a posteriori argument is more cogent and: less restricted, And, to begin with, what a ghastly coincidence it is, when we -consider it, that alcohol should have received the name of “spirit”?! ‘Che word alcohol, in Arabic, means the “powder of antimony” with which the ladies of Arabia colored their eyebrows. And inasmuch as this powder was so subtle and impalpable as to seem immaterial, it is possible that the word alcobo! ~ acquired, for that Xr 2, a secondary = meaning of H . “spirit,” before it was applied to the results of vinous fermentanon, But whether fer- mented liquor was called spirit. before or after it was called alcohol, is little to the purpose. The question is, how and why did it- receive that name? And. the answer is, evidently, beeause its effects on men simu- late spirit influences, producing a pseudo-ex- ultation of the mental and physical powers, and a false impression of great good received, in the subject, And if it was through the eunning and evil providence of the Devil that this word was so misapplied, the fact will form no exception to his general history. ‘Still more startling is the fact thatin the New Testament the: antipodal relation of alcohol and the Spirit of God is repeatedly, if not distinctly, referred to, The fact that on the day of Pentecost, the strangers at Jerusalem ignorantly but sincerely con- founded the effects of the Holy Spirit with the eifects of new wine, shows indeed that they inust have been very superficial ob- servers, butitalso shows that there was a superficial resemblance, and this resem- Dlance must have been in the mind of Paul when he said, “Benot drunk with wine, wherein is excess, but be filled with the Spirit”; if notalso when he said “They that be drunken are drunken in the night; but let us, who are of the day, be sober,’ For the Spirit’s influences are constantly spoken of in his writings under the figures of “licht” and “day.” ‘These references to alcohol as the obsceue and blasphemous rival of the Holy Spirit, in the Seriptures,— and perhaps. there are others,—may seem to some‘accidental; but the fact is, that in the Word of God nothing is accidental. F When the particular effects of alcohol are contrasted with the fruits of the Spirit the signs of an intentional travesty multiply rapidly, aud producg an altegcther new and deeper horrorof intéxication. For, as Lord Bacon has remarked, the ape would not be a hideous animal if it were nof for its resem- blance toa man. And on the same principle, the symptoms of drunkenness, revolting as they are in themselves, become still more detestable when viewed as the Devil’s mimic- ry of the blessed Holy Spirit. Ret ‘The first fruit of the Spirit in a Christian islove. And’ the first effect of alcohol on one who drinks it is a maudlin fondness for every one around him, which, however, turns to deadly hatred without provocation. The second fruit of the Spirit is joy, or happi- ness. And the second effect of intoxication ds a delusive feeling of great wealth and hap- piness, which soon curns into absolute de- spair, The first outward effect of the Spirit's influence on a renewed soul isspeech. Le can but speak” toevery one of the pure and holy things that fill bis mind and . heart. He is sure to be tluent and eloquent, even if he should appear beside himself unto the Lord. And in likemanner the first outward effect of alcoholic intoxication is garrulity. The drankard’s tongue is flippant, familiar, obseene, profane, aud abusive. [n both cases, ‘out of thé abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.” In aleohol the Devil mimics the universal- ity of the Spirit’s work. The Holy Spirit “lighteneth every man that cometh into the world,” And where is the corner of the lobe peopled by human beings to whom atan has not taught the deadly secret of fermentation?” What good thing is it that a man is not inclined to when filled with the Holy Spirit? And what vice or impurity is there which will not followsooner or later in the trail of drunkenness? low little good there is on earth that is not the {ruit of the Spirit! And how little evil there isin the world ‘that cannot be traced to alcohol! What a glorious aggregate of good can this world boast as the result of the Spirit’s work on the hearts of men! Look at our magnifi- eent. charities, our glorious liberties, the condition of the arts of life and the brilliant march of science. Every school-house is a poem, and every Christian family a ‘Se Deum. But the biessed Spirit does not haveit all his own way. What an unntterable aggregate of hayoe and ruin must we concede to the spiritofrum! More treasure is lavished on it than is spent on Government, education, and religion combined, and more than is wasted on war, Its victims outnumber, a hundred to one, those who are born of the Spirit. It sits in the high places of the ! world, and is the most potent factor in every scheme of human government. And yet its home is the ponrshotss ie palace is the pent- | tentiary, its school is the jail, and its teacher the hangman., Hell is at least as large as Heaven. ; ‘The most striking fact that can be adduced in corroboration of gue theory that alcohol is the Devil’s travesty of the Holy Spirit has been reserved for the last because it stands connected with the last stage of drunken- ness, One of the most glorious of Christian experiences is the mystic vision of Christ through the influence of the Jloly Spirit. “ Beholding as ina glass the glory of the Lord, we are changed into the same image, from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of tne Lord.” We “endure as seeing Tim who is invisible.” |“ MWuye I not seen the Lord?” said Paul; yet it bas puz- vied commentators to tell when it was that the apostle saw the Sayior, unless it was in the Spirit. ‘ Now it is a horribletfact that even this blessed and ineffable mystery of the Spirit’s work, also, is parodied in the effects of alco- hol. “Uf the Spirit can take a man to the third heaven, the Devil, through alcohol, can take him to the Jowest hell. If the Spirit can make him see Christ, alcohol can make hi see the Devil. Delirium tremens isthe Deyil’s epiphany. oa - ‘The Biblical evidence that the Devil ever took the form of a serpent, or is symbolized by the serpenl is not voluminous. Bat eertainly no idea is amore generally or more deeply fixed.in men’s minds than that a serpent represents the Davil, And now, at Jeast in the light of what has already been said, is it not singular that the victim of delirium tremens‘ is always liable to one particular hallucination, that he is pursued by a serpent? :And still more remarkable is n many cases, he sees a horrid face, embodying all impurity and infinit malig- nity, Which the drunkard himself, willingly and shudderingly pronounces the face of the Devil. Here we reach the climax of Satanic contempt and blasphemy; and here the argu- ment ends. - Sometimes Christian people who have an it, that, aversion to extravagance and one-sidedness . in Christian work feel that perhaps too much prominence is given in some religious meet- ings to the subject of temperance. They ask, not without reason, why we should have a Gospel temperance meeting, any more than a Gospel veracity, meeting, and a Gospel chastity meeting.‘ And possibly these Christian workers who thus emphasize their work for inebriates are not quite rizht. But if the position of this article is at all tenable, they are nearer right by far than those Chris- tiaus who sit down in supineness and sce without a tear the god of this world ruining the race with the spirit of rum. GENERAL NOTES. ‘The United Presbyterians have established missions in almost every town along the Nile from Alexandria to the First Cataract. ‘The American Lutheran Churen has fifty- nine Synods and 944,868 communicants, The increase in membership during 1830 was over 100,000. The American Board of Foreign Missions states that it will need during the current year $439,000, independent of special dona- tions and legacies. Statistics of the Congregational churches just published show that 103 churches have been formed the past year, 205 ministers or- dained or installed, 70 dismissed, 47 married, and 70 deceased. Abill is pending in the Ohio Legislature whose purpose is to prevent liquor-selling, jJaboring, rioting, quarreling, fishing, or the playing of games, such as bas¢-ball, ten-pins, ete., on Sunday, by prescribing penalties of fine and imprisonment, * It is said that there are. 243 spoken Jan- guages in India, and, including different dia- lects, 519. ‘Ihe use of the English language, however, is fast supplanting them, particu- Tarly among the young. Irom 8,000 to 10,000 eandidates ate annually examined at the three great universities of India, and English is the chief language employed. The muscular Christians of Reading, Pa., are having a lively time over 2 row for the possession of Bellman Church, of which the Rey. Mr, Appel claims to be pastor. His op- ponents barricaded the building last Sunday, and the pastor was forced to hold open-air services on the sidewalk in front. Pastor Appel is evidently an apple of discord. The Church of England has 2 Archbishops, 20 Bishops, 3 Suilragan Bishops, 39 Deans, 76 ‘Arehdeacons, 610 rural Deans, 23.000 clerzy of all classes (of which number about one- fifth have no parochtal charge). The two Archbishops and twenty-four of the Bishops are entitled to sitrin the House of Lords. The total number of benclives now exceeds 343,600; the total number of churches is about number of missionaries in China haye sent a protest to Max Miller against the {ranslation of the word Shang-ti in ils book on the religions of China as God. Although missionaries agree that Sharyj-ti is the best 4 term tobe used in acquainting the Chinese with the God of the Christian Dible, they are opposed to identifying the Shang-ti of the Ghinese ciassies with the true God. Mr. Miiller. defeuds the translation, and calls upon the missionaries to withdraw their charges. . The Reformed Episcopatian complains: — Some good people are unconsciously sacrile- gious. We saw x letter the other day signed “Yours in X't J's"! Now: we do not for one moment suppose that the cood man whose name completed that subscription wns conscious of an impropriety that approached irceverence; he was thoughtless, that was all, It is by no means uncommon to sve such subscriptions tu tetrers, ‘business and social, it seems tnnecessary und wronr to use the Saviur's name 80 commonly and familiarly. even when written without irrev~ erent nbbreviation. ‘The Roman Catholics have in Great Britain 4 Archbishops (two of whom are Cardinals), 19 Bishops, 2,22) priests, 1,500 churches and stations.” {a addition, there are many donies- tie and private chapels in the houses of no- blemen and gentlemen, which are inaccessi- ble to the general public, ‘The number of Roman Catholic peers is 33, and the number of baronets is 48. ‘The number of adherents to Roman Catholicism in Great Britain. is roughly estimated ar: 2,000,000, In ireland there are 5 Archbishops, 26 Bishops, 3,119 priests, and upward of 4,000,000 of adherents. Marriages between Christians and :Jews, though Fllowed in Austria, are still forbid- den in Hungary, andthe chief rabbi of Sze- gedin having been asked to marry a Jewess toa Catholic who had adopted Judaism at Vienna, the Government, whoso advice he solicited, informed him that the marriage would be null, the {aw not permitting a Chuistion to join 5 non-Christian Deraugaon, the man remaining, therefore, legally a Catholic. ‘The Hungarian Jews have 2c cordingly resolved to agitate for the legal rec~ ognition of their religion, for mixed mar- riages, and for obligatory civil marriage. Some of the severest things that have been said concerning the. imprisoned . English ritualisis have been said by Bishops. Fere- most among these outspoken prelates, in boldness and plainness of speech, is Dr. Fraser, Bishop of Manchester. He has been more a utilitarian than a churchman, but his sympathies are evidently with the evangel- ical party, or the moderate high school re; resented by the Guardian. His Lordship says: ‘They are posing as martyrs, while in fact,they are. anarchists and bad citizens.” And the Bishop of St. David’s says: “I am very sorry for Mr. Dale, as Lam for the In- | dian fakir who tortures himself and thinks he does God service.” This is severe on the handsome_‘ father” of a ceremonial church L in a large Western city. PERSONALS. One of the favorit books of the late George Eliot was Thomas a Kempis’ “* Imitation of Christ.” The death is announced of the Rev. Dwight K. Bartlett, D. D., pastor of the Sec- ond Reformed Church of Albany. The Rey. Benjamin M. iil, late Secretary of the American Baptist Home Missionary. Society, died recently at the age of 87. Sir Francis Lycett, a wealthy Englishman, left a million and one-quarter for the erec- Hon of Wesleyan chapels in the United King- liom. ‘The Rey. William Mellen, areturned mis- sionary from Africa, is lecturing with suc- cess through Sfassachusetts on the Zulus and the missionary work among them, The Rev. H. M. Ladd, of Walton, N.Y. has accepted _the position of Superintendent of African Missions, under the auspices of the American Missionary Associanon. The Hon. Jonathan Edwards, a great- grandson of his renowned namesake, died in Forest City, Neb., Jan. 1 He was for thirty years an Elder in the Presbyterian Church, The Rev. Henry T. Kingdon, of England, has been elected Assistant Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Frederickton, Nova Scotia. The Bishop of the Diocese, Dr. Med- Jey, is Metropolitan of Canada. The Free Presbytery. of Aberdeen has adopted a motion, by & majority of one, for the transinission of an-overture to the General Assembly censuring the Commission for sus- pending Prof. Robertson Sinith. SUNDAY BEAMS. © reat estate says: ‘“ The devil finds some mis- chief still for idle lands to do.” "The new butler—* And aif you a member of the Church of England?” “No, sir. The little I ever do in that line is with the Dana- baptists.” We are all of us very like the poor igno- ; rant woman who. when asked if she had re- ligion, replied that she had slight touches of if occasionally. A bookbinder had a book brought him to be rebound. After the job was finished, he, made the following entry in his_day-book: “fo repairing the * Way to Heaven,’ 25 cents.” In a paper published in Rhode Island in 1762, following account of'a protracted drought is given: “Our cows are drying up; our pumps are dry, there is. no water, and the minister of the Baptist Church is dead.” ‘ AJerseyman who attended prayer-meet- ing wit! his' daughter, felt compelled to rise upand remark: “* I want.to be good and go to Heaven, but if those fellers don’t stop winking at Mary there will be @ good deal of prancing around here the first thing they Know.” “ Now [lame me,” observed a grave-look--| ing gentleman as his heels flew up and his head struck the icy pavement like a base- bail against the back-stop. His next remark did 1iot sound like a continuation of the prayer. Perhaps he could not remember the * downto slip.” : --A few days ago the Rev. Mr. Willis offered the Lord’s Prayer at the opening of the Ne- vada Senate. When he had finished Doolin leaned to Hammond and remarked: He stole that prayer, and Pl bet on it. IT heard the same ideas expressed at Eureka at a fu- neral over two years ago.” First jolly agnostic—“ And my wife, she says: ‘A man ought to have some religion,’ says she. (Hie.) ‘Religion, says lL * ain't got ‘ny, an’ I don’t want’ny! Allmy religion,’ says I, ‘ ish comprised in the shini- word, duty! An’sh long’s I shtick to all ~? £7 Second agnostic—“ Ear! Ear? A Vicksburg negro fell from the deck of a steamboat the other day, and was Sucked un- der # coal-barge, came up in time to catch his breath before he slid under a raft a mile long, and finally scrambled ashore at War- rentown, about seven miles below, with the remark: ‘No use tryin’, ye can’t drown a deep-water Bantis’ ?? THE EFFECT OF GOOD SERMONS. “That was.a good sermon, was it not, that we had last Sunday?” “True for you, yer honor, an illigant one?” “Can you tell me what particularly struck you; what was it about?” “Oh, well,” scratching his head, “¥ don’t rightly—not exactly know; J—a—L —a—where’s the use telling lies? Sure I don’t remember one single dividual word of it, good or bad. Sorra a bit of me knows what it was about at alL? “And yet you say it did you a power of good 2” “Soitdi sir; Pilstick to that” “{ don’t sce how. * Weil, now, yer lionor, look here. There’s iny shirt that my wife is after washing: and clean and white it is, by Teason of ail the water, and the soap, and the starch that’s gone through it. But nota drop of ’em all, water, orsoap, or starch, has staid in, d’ye see. And that’s just the same way with nie, yer honor, an’ it’s dried out of me; but, all the same, just like my Sunday night, I’m the better and the cleaner after it” ~ CHURCH SERVICES. BAPTIST. ‘ The Rev. G.C. Lorimer will preach morning and evening in the First Church, corner South Park avenuo and Thirty-first strect. Morning subject: *The God-Nature.” Evening subject: * Liberation.” i —The Rev. W. W. Lawrence preaches morning and evening in the Second Church, corner Mor- gan and Monroe streets. ‘~The Rey. C. Perren preaches morning and evening inthe Western Avenue Church, corner Warren avenue. ? —Thv Rev. J. T. Burkoo prerches morning and evening In the University Place Church, corner Mhodes avenue and Doulas place. ° “The Rev. A. K. Parker preaches morning and eveuing in tho Centennial Church, corner Lincoln and Jacksor streets. ~The Rey. Kerr B. Tupper preaches morning and evening in the Michigan Avenue Church, near Twenty-third street. —The Rev. Joseph Rowley_preaches morning and evening In tho North Star Church, corner Division and Sedgwick-streets. —The Rev. E. B. Hulbert, D. D., preaches in the Fourth Church, corner West Washington and. Paulinn streets. —The Kev. De Baptiste preaches morning and evening in the Ollvet Church on Fourth avenue, war Taylor stroct. Deny ray ev EO. Taylor preaches siorning and evening in the Central Church, No. 20 Orchard street. fue Rey. Mr. Meyer preaches morning and evening tn the First Germun Chureb, corner Bickerdike and Huron strects. —Cho Rey. J._ 6. Sunth preaches evening: in the bist eee Chr Ni Vest Oulo strects. Nolte kev. J. W, bolk will preach morning and evening In the Providence Church, on North 2 lace. wie Rev. J. E., Hamilton preaches in tho Church corner of Thirty-sixth and Dearborn Btrects. ne rintendent, Mr. B.F. Jacobs, will an, setvices at No.dn Wabash conduct services at 7:30 p. m2. avenue. * ~The Rev. John Ongman preaches morning and evening in tho First Swedish Chureh on Ouk street, near Sedgwick. ~The Rev. J.B. Vossburgh preaches in the ‘Millard Avenue Church, Lawndale. = ‘Tho Rev. J.B, Jackson, D. D., preaches at 10:45 in the Hyde Park Church. —The Rev. C. B. Roberts preaches mornmg and evening in the church at Englewood. ~—The Hev. George Pierce preuches morning porate aod icch, corger The man who was ruined by unproductive {t | Independence.” Evening subject: i 1 and evening in the Firat Church at Evanston. ~—Yhe Mev. &. Baker, Jr, preaches morning and ovening in the churen at Austin. —Tife Rev. H. Happell preachesin the Brighton Park Church, corner Thirty-eighth street and Blanchard avenue. The Rev. W. H. Ryder preaches this morning -in St. Paul’s Church, on Michigan avenue, north of Eignteeuth street. This evening the second lecture to young men on the temptations of city Ife, Subject: * Extravagance.” —The Kev. WG Grow wt pregch ia the morn fug in the Church of the Redeemer, corner of } ' ‘Washington and Sangamon streets. UNITARIAN. The Rev, E. I. Galvin will preach in the morn= ing in the Third Chu corner Monroe and Laf~ lin streets. Subject: * The Sublime Lessons of Astronomy. ‘The Starry Worlds.” ~The Kev. Brooke Herford preaches morning and evening in the Church of the Messiah, com ner Michizan avenue and ‘Twenty. third street. Morning subject: “ Whata City Should Do for Its Children.” Evening subject: “Lecture Fifth, on Soms Problems of the Life to Come.” ~Tho Rev. George C. Mitn will preach this morning in Unity Church, corner Dearborn ave~ nue and Walton place. a INDEPENDENT. Prof.’ David Swi will preach in Central Music-Hall at 11 Hed —The Kev. Dr. H. W. Thomas will preach in Hooley‘s Theatro ut 1 a. m. —Messrs, Needham and Case will conduct evangelicat services in the evening in the Chi- cago Avenue Church, corner La Salle street, —The Kev. A. Youker wilt preach morning and evening in'the West Side Tabernacle, corner Morgan and Indiana streets, REFORMED EPISCOPAL. The Rt.-Rev. Bishop Fallows will preach morn- tug and evening fn St. Paul's Reformed Church, coraer West Wishington and Carpenter streets. Eyening subject: “Themes for Thiakers: Ought ae po peleve in Miracles.”. Seats free in the —The Rev. F, W. Adams will preach morni and evening in the St Mautows Reform Church, corner North Clark and Centre streets. —Hishop Cheney will preach morning’ and evening in Christ's Chureh, corner Michigan. nyonue and Twenty-fourth street. Seats free at te ‘he Rey. Charles M. Gibert preaches in the Church of the Good Shepherd, corner Jone Howard streets, at 7: = ert ed and EPISCOPAL. Cathedral SS. Peter and Paul, corner West Washington and Peoria streets, the Rt.-R Ww, E. MeLuren, S. T. D., Bishop. The Kuowles, priest in charge. Holy commfvion, 8 a.m, Choral morning prayer and celebration of the holy:communion, 10: Sunday-school and children's service, 3 p. m.. Choral evening prayer, 7:30. : —The Kev. Frederick Courtney preaches morning and eventng in St, James’ Church, cor- ner Cuss and Huron streets. —The Rey. W. H, Knowlton officiates morning and evening in St. Andrew's Church, corner ‘West Washington and Robey streets. —The Rev. Joho Hedman preaches morn! and evening in St. Ansgarius’ Church, Sedgwic street, near Chicugzo avenue. —The Kev. Clinton Locke, D. D,, oMfciates morning aod evening in Grace Church, Wapash avenue, neur Sixteenth stroct. —The Rev. Arthur Ritchie officlates morning and evening in the Church of the Ascension, cor- ner La Satle and Elm streets. ¢ Rev. B. EP. Fleetwood preaches morning aud evening In St. Mark’s Church, corner Cot- tage Grove avenue and Thirty-sixth street. —The Kev. Lutnar Pardee preaches morning and evening in Calvary Church, on Warren ave- ‘nue, west of Oukley street. —Ine Nev. 'T, N. Morrison, Jr., will officiate morning and evening in the Church of. the Epiphany, on Throop street, south of Monroe. —The Rev. R.A. Holland will preach morning evening in the ‘Trinity Church, corner ‘Twen~ y-sixth street and Michigan avenue, Morning subject: “Tho Creca of Character.” Evening subject: “Fast Liviuz."* : ~-The Rov. H. C. Perry will préach morning and evening in the Church of Our Savior, corner Lincoln and Beluen avenues. —Tne Rey. Jumes B. Thompson officiates morn- ing and eventing in the St. ‘Thomas’ Church, on Indiana avenue, south of Twenty-ninth strect. “r. B. Townsend, Superintendent, conducts services morning and evening in St. Luke's -Mis- sfon, 987 Polk street. ~The Rev. Daniel F. Smith preaches this cyen- . ing in Grace Church, Hinsdale. —Tho Rev. D. F. Smith preaches this morning in the Good Shephord Mission, Lawndale. ‘The Kev. It H. . in the Presbyterian Church at Englewood. CONGREGATIONAL. ‘The Rev. E. F. Williams wilt preach morning ana evening in the Sixth Church, corner of Drexel ayenue and Forticth street. —The Kev. Arthur Little preaches morning and evening {2 the New England Church, core ner Dearborn street and Pari place. —The Rev. F. A. Noble, D. D., preaches morn- ingand eventne in the Union Park Church, com ner Washington street and Ashland avenue. Morning subject: “Moral Earnestness.” Even ing subject: “Howard Crosby’s Calm View of the Temperance Question.” —The Rev. B.}. Leavitt preaches in Lincola Park Church, corner Sophia and Mohawk streets, —tThe Rev. C. A. Towle preaches morning and evening in the Bethany Church, corner Paulina and West Huron streets. Pp. —The Rev. G. H. Peeke preaches morning and _ evening in the church corner West Adams Leavitt streets, Morning subject: “Spiritaal “The Teach- tug of Jesus on Eternal Punishment.” —The Rev. Evarts Kent preaches morning and evening {a the South Church, corner Drexel ay= enue and Forticth street. . The fev. Charles Hall Everest preaches morning and evening in PIymoath Church, on Michignun avenue, near Twenty-sixth street, ~—The Rev. E. P. Goodwin preaches ‘morning and evening in the First Church, cornet’ Wash- ington ana Ann strects. ~The Kev. A. Monroe preaches in the Unfon. ‘Tabernacle, corner Twentieth street and Ash~ Jand avenue, morning and evening. —Prof. Wilcox preaches morning and even in the Western Avenue Mission, near Pt street. —The Rey. W.W. Macomber will preach morn~ ing. und evening In the Lawndale Church. —The Rev. £. F. Williams preaches in the En- glewood Church at 2:30 p. m. —The Rev. A.J. Scott preaches morning and eventug in the church at Evanston. —The Rev. W. H. Brewster preaches morning and evening in the church at Blue Island. ane Kev. Hiram Day preaches this morning in Glencoe. —The Rey. Jobn Elils preaches morning and evening in Hinsdale. —The Rev. J. M. Williams preaches morning and evening in Jetferson. —The Rev. Charles Cuverne preaches morning: and evening in Lombard. —The Rev. J.C, Armstrong preaches morning and evening in Lyousville. ‘ ‘The Rev. H. C. Granger preaches morning and evening in Maywood. é —Ihe Rev. Edward D. Eaton preaches morn- ing and evening inQak Park. —The Rev. W. A. Lloyd preaehes morning and evening in Ravensw —The Kev. 8. F. and evening in Downer's Grove. ‘ METHODIST. - The Kev. G-R. Vantorne preaches this evening atthe Micnigan AvenueChbureb. Subject: “The Bibte: Its Construction and Present Form.” —The Key. J. W. Richards preaches morning and evening in the Emmanuel Church, corner Harrison and Paulina streets. : ~The Kev, R. &. Pope preaches mornmg and eveuing in the Trinity Church, corner Indiana avenue and Twentieth streot. ~The Rev. Dr. Williamson will preach morn- ing and evening in the First Church, corner Clark and Washington streets, Morning sub- ject: “* Wise Precautions for Christian Work~ ers.” Evening subject: “ Purely Personal Rea- sons for Regarding the Bible as the Proved Word of God.” 5 —The Rev..A. Gurney, D. D., preaches morn- ing and evening in the church corner Ada and Fulton streets. : * —The Rev. R. M. Hatfeld, D. D., preaches morning und evening in the Langley Avenuo Church, vear Thirty-pinth street. | a —The Rev. T. R. Strowbridge preaches morn ing und evening in the Park Avenue Chi corner Rovey street. ri —The Kev, J. W. Phelps preaches morning and evening in St. Paul's Church, op Maxweil street, neaz Newberry avenue. —The Rey. George Chase preaches moraing and eyoning in the Fulton Street Church, cornur Artesian avenue, —Mrs. Jennie H. Caldwell! will preach morn- ing and evealng at No. 778 South Halsted street. —The Rey. J. H. Albng preaches morning and evening in the Simpson Church, on Bonfield street, near Archer avenue, ~The Kev. Robert D. Sheppard will preach morning and evening In Grace Church, corner of Lu Salle and White streets, Morning sub- ject: *Bulyarks of tho Faith.” Evening sud- Jeet: “The Way of the Transgressor.”” ~The Rev. A. C.Gcorge, D. D., preaches mora- ing and eveving in the Centenary Church, on Monroe, near Morgan street. ~ ~The Key. J. Linebarger selll preact morning and evening in the Grunt Piace Church, Mforn- ini subject: * The City of Truth.” ~The Rey. W. C. Willing, D.D., preaches this morning, and the Rev. Frank SM. Bristol jn the evening, in the Wabash Avenue Church, corner of Fourteenth street, —The Rey. W. Thatcher preaches Somes ang evening in the church corner State and Forty- seventh street, —The Rev. J. M. Caldwell preaches in the Western Avenue Church, corner Monroe strect. —The Hev. W. Craven prenches morning and evening in the Winter Street Church. —The Rev. H. Kellogg preaches morning and evening in Asbury Chapel, on Kossuth street, —The Key. I. Bell prenches morning evening in the Dixon Street Church. —The Rev. O. H. Cessna preaches morning and evening in the Indiana Street Courch. —The Kev. W. T. Hobart preaches morning and evening in the Jackson Street Church. " ant —The Kev, F. Porter preaches morning evening in the Lincols Street Churcb. —The Rev. W. B. Norton preaches morning and evening in the Milwaukee Avenue Church. —The Kev. 'T. C. Warrington preaches morn- ing and evening in the North Chicago Church. , —Tho Key. J. 31. Wheaton preuches morning and evening in the Northwest Church. —The Rev. J.J, Keller preaches mo: and evening in the German Church, No. 485 North Ashland avenue. ~The Hev.J, Schell preaches morn! and evening in the Emmanuel German, corner Lafiin and Ninetcenth streets. ~The Rev. George H. Simons preaches morn Stratton preaches morning. ing and evening in the First German, 31 ‘and 53 Clybourn aveouc. ~—The Kev. F. Gottschalk preaches aenlee: and evening in the German Church, No. i Maxwell street. —The Rev. H. Wegner preaches morn! evening in the German Church, corner ot land avenue wd Twenty-cighth street. and, ort= —The Rev Meser prenches in the Zion's Mission German, corner 6f Dayton and Center atreets. Tho Bey, D, 4. Sorlin preaches morning and Bosworth preaches at 3:15 -