Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 1, 1881, Page 17

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY. MAY i, i8S1-TWENTY PAGES RELIGIOUS. An Interesting Interview with He Deplores the a Campbel lite Pa= triarch. Sectarian Ideas Which Govern His Church, And Sighs for a Return-to the 0lden Days of Primitive Christianity. The Story of an Episcopal Rector Who Joins the Catholic Church, How to Gather In the Church Neglecters by Attract- ive Services. ‘Generat News at Home and Abroad—Personals—Pious Smiles. 0 Ishmael Ben Elisna!” “What cholce: RABBI ISHMAEL. DY JOUN GREENLEAF WUITTIER, ~The Rabbi Ishmael, with the wo and sin Of e world beavy upon him, eatering in The Holy of Holies, saw an awful Face With terrible spiendor filling ail the place. scekest thou? suld a voiee, Whut blessing is thy And, knowing that he stood before tho Lord, , Within the shadow of tho cherubim Wide-winged between tho blinding light and . him He bowed himself, and uttered not a word, ‘But in the silence of his soul was prayer: * O Thou Eternal! »And nothing us] 1amone of all, ask that others muy not share. “U'nou urt slmighty: we are weak and s And yet thy children let thy merey spare. Trembling he raised bis eycs, and, iu the place Of the sutferable glory, lo! a fuce +0f more than mortal tendere: that bent iGraciously down in wken of assent, 1 And, smiltnz, vanisted! With straiige joy clate, The wondering 1tabbi soueht the tempic’s gute. Radiant us Moses from the Mount. he stood And cried aloud unto the multitude: 0 Israel, hear! The Lord our God is good! Mine cyes bave seen 11is zlory and H Beyond His judgments sbull His lo The merey of the Merciful is sure!l™ ‘THE DISCIPLES. FECESSITY FOR A NEW & THE FOLLOWELS OF ALEXANDEL BELL. Special Correspondence of The Chicago Tribune. « CLEVEL. ., 0., AMONG AMP- April 25.—1 recently had o long talk with one of the oldest of the Disciple preacoers of this State. He is now far past the preaching age, and, like ull old men who are near their end, be lives rather in the pust than in the present and future. He had mauny things to say that interested me at the time, and have remeined with we, and 1 believe that the read- - ers of THE TRIBUNE will be as much interested as I was in what he said. 1in the first pluce let me say that what is called the *Disciples Reformution is scarcely more than a generation old, or in other words some of tho men who first preached the new doetrine aro still living. 'To L sure Alexander Cumpbell and his father, Thomas Campbell, and Wulter Scott, & condjutor of theirs. are all dead. They were rien past the y/mddle of life when the .preaching first bezan. My old friend was a Baptist, of 35, when the new preaching swept over the country, and after joining the movement, be very soon went to preaching. He Wwes a mun of most vigorous Intellect, of florid eloquence, thourh of sowewbat “lmited culture; but he made an impression wherever he weat, and the number of his couverts ure counced by the tbousand, 1 give the: conversition as nearly | pencfir of those concerned Iu it. Too often nre verbatim as it can be rep.oduced, and con: it valuable from the fact that it gives us a view of what was thougit and preached in the ** good ** We hear so much about. * What are you thinking of, Uncle?’ I asked in a somewhat exalted tone of voice, for my old friend bas nearly lost his bearing. old day *Ob! oothing that you will presume. We old men have very curions, old- are to bear, T Zashioned notions that we are often enough told don’t umon 10 avything. I don't very ofien say anythiog about thewn, for I am generally snubbed it 1do.” “Well, I most assured!y will not saub you and shall be very glad to know what you ave think 1 am one of those young ing of. tellows who Lelieve that old men are excecangly valu- able for counseL.™ *Well, 1 was thinking how glad I would be if 1wasonly in my prine again. That is a com- mon thought furun old mun, and one that I pre- sume you will think is ot very ludable. But 1 bave a speeial resson for desiring to-be young agalin, and I saw things to-day which emphasized for the thousandth time this desire.”” *Tell me what that reason is won'tyou? I ehail be very much interested in knowldz what could induce a man of your are who hus un- doubtedl, you ha Leen so useful to want u new le: and_industrious as ase of life.” “Well, sir. T will tell you,” smd theold man, s a8 new light geemeéd to come to his old eyesand an increased vigor to his voice. “I would like ta be ung sguin so that I might preach a new reforwation,—so that I might pro- ‘pound again the beauties and glories of the doc- irine once delivered to the Saints,—so that I mij ght takt the people back 1o the old land- marks, which were staked out by the Apos- es and Sapints _of the early days of the Christian Era. 1 was, a5 you know, one of the preachers of the New Rieformnation some years ago. 1 was converted under the direct Emnchmx of Alexander Campbell, and I think 1 now sumethin, Reformation. low 1o sectariunisiu. It of what was intended by that twas expected to be u deatn- was a plea for the Bible, and nothing but the Bible, as anall-suili- cientrule of fwith and practice. It was ex- pected that this was _so simple a ples that all would Tear to take witn the fall in it. Bibte and build bis No _one should hopes and Delief on that. Creeds aud confes- sions of faith ar¢ an unmitiputed evil, 1 be- lieved 5o then, and 1 believe s now. want fs simplicity and primitivencss. 10 g0 back aud consider what the apostl What we We ought and learn the first principles of “our faith over sgain.” *Doyou mean_to say that the Disciples need & new Keformation in their midst?” “That is exaetly what I mean. They started out with a plea agaiust sects and sectiriunisu, and now 1 buve lived to see then become alinost 26 much of o scct and almost as proud fu their Bectaria uated, nism ae any When 1 arrived the; of the old ehurches against whom - they made their crusade, and 1rom the midst of whom they come out. out 10 church to-day. 1t is nearly two mil Iwas 1 went on foot, ulthough to where our chureh {8 sit- re I found the church surrounded with rich_carringes, und the couch- men were passing away their time us best they could joking und telling stories, while their muas- ers and mistresses were within worshiping an aristocratic God in an aristoeratic temple. 1Uis &l of the kid-glov and very little licad religion Canipbeil and Walter Scott they bad lived in vain bad able to step nd. No heart religion, pinitall. Alexander would bave felt that they been 10 the door of that costly, alatial temple of worship and behold what saw. If Christ were to come-to the carth seain He would never enter those syongogs eX- copt with 1 whip mace of small cords, ds He did in duys of uld, wben He drove the mone changers from the tempie. outside talking with the publicans und sioners, Who drive those costly carriages. He would be found ‘What are those dear people thinking of in thelr Pharu- Bufcal bave no their eternal welfare? pridy souls »? Do they think their coachmen suve, or are they indifferent to It woutd be hard indeed for the Savior to recognize His beopie in tho midst of ull the pride and bypocrisv of the pres— He would be led 10 cry out ns He did eut day. nthe diss of old: *Wo Irwill be better for your d the duy of judgment than for you. * But this 1s not all. G a member of téc Di: bad almost said sect; ana bysome of the nmbitious ones to of §tate church. Every effort is belng made by bigh nud low degree to ruise funds St. Peter's at Wushmgion- Once to think of thy £0IT of Alexander Campbell! Gen. unto you hypoerits! wicked coachmen i ‘Garticld happens to ples’ orgnnization. L So it is contemplated ke 1t 3t sort o build 2 Shudes of bumble efforts being so perverted! Think of the Etrenuous effort, that is belwr made 10 build up & sect! Think of the di estruction. thut must surely follow the pride of denowlnation that is beluy displayed on + “The early Chris very hand. Iany were successfal in com- bating evil. They pushed their evingelizing efforts in every Btate and evils of omea Cx Cumsed the world from that time to It is strange that from the sad te butit isn known fact thattliey ent e pe spirituality men achings of experie direction und they won many gylolhe cburch. But on one uulucky day the mperar of ail the Romans Leard the new doc- vas buptized and from ution stupped. The riyen the fostering intluence of the ‘ began to decny and the halicism_followed and bave thi do not. t impossible 1o get waukind 1o go back past all'the sects und sectarl atican at Rome, and take up th cions teuchinus of Jesus und s ’:; l'u\:l’hfi[ K‘]ullj‘ und truth are. cen tiving todo for those many years but I am-couvineed that tho Time hus eome whena new Reformation of simplicity should 1ism, past the 1l be preached; when the old Gos, 3 ol of *Pea on - earth, good will to Tnen” shouid e presented with . mew vigor, and o people should - understand’ that in the fuld of Christ there is no gres i e ut and no gwall; there 1 no hirh, there Is 1o fow, but il are one in Christ Jesus. The formality which ulllmuse new-tungled notions put fnto our holy religlon deprivestu of its lite every time. It tukes away the vitulity and the lfe-giving and life-suving qualitics. ~ They make it void. = We ought 10 go back to first nriueiples and preach it all over wumin, and show the people the beau- ties of the holy taith us it i3 in Jes That is what [ should try to do in my bumble way if 1 were only younz again,and I believe that \.\llh the experience Lnow have, I could make sowething of au fmpression and make people see themselves, Lo a certain extent ut leust, us others see thom, or ratheras the Lord of hosts sees them. The tendeucies of humun nature Is one of tho most_interesting studies fu all the world. 1 think 1 have paid some pretty careful :lllux:x"f n to it. lIhr. lnhngslulugys b}wzn the sume fn zes. Even the Holy Apostles were bouw that the Christ should be a temporal, nh)'slc.:{ ruler. The tragitions of the futhers for many centuries had so hended it down. Iut the Cobrist that came was of humble origin, the son of a carpenter, a1 carpenter Himselt. He did great and wonderful miracles, and, after his violent death, by tho in- flucnce of the Uoly Ghost, the Apostles were at lust convinced that Christ was not to be a ruler of meu but a savior of souls. So long ns theso Aposties lived they were ablo 1o keep this idex out of the minds of meu, and show just what the holy relizion of Jesus wus intended to be. But their bones had bardly whitened in their sepul- chres when the foundations of the great Roman hicrarchy were luid, and the spirit and lifo of the whule religion was stunted and eventually lost in the eternul xlamour ot for- mulities, instituted by Popes, monks, and priests. Ages of moral, mental, and relizious groping in the dark followed, and’ the light of day was cx- ceeding! win'duwning. But with it all there was the great mistuken idea thut the Church must be joined to und fostered by the Stute. Crecds and confessions of faith which tuok their orixin backs in the cells of medieval mon- asterles still.continued, and the peopie were not pormitted with unclouded minds o pursue the simple story of the Cross s it is told by the Evangelists. “The Refor- matlon which Alexander Cumpbell und his coad Jntors predched was i plea for thatruthusitisi s, .and 1t was hoped thut sects might puss before its onsweeplng course. So long us the new people were pe ted and not recog- nized ns orthodox, they did very well; they stuck to the Gospel, and” they were, in truth, much like the carly Christians in the simplicity of their habits, Butthat day hus pas and now the etfort is to be made 1o join the Church and stick together, and | consider it very seri- ous. O, wonld that L were vounz agtin, o thut 1 might preach a new Reformution ! The ord gentleman had warmed himself up with these st few sentences, so that 1 could weil imgine with what vigor he preached the doctrines in the exrly day. But, after a pause, be continued: “1t is no moro than should be expected, though. They tell me L am an old fogy. I sup- pose this is so. 1 had hoped to see the reformi- tion which L cmbarked in do the good thut the world needs, but now I see that it must be left 10 uthers. This, perhaps, filled its own place iu the onmurching course of humanity. Another can sec our errors aud tho rocks on” which we Droke, and, avoidiug them, sail_on to the moro tranquil huven. Tho time is ripe for the new Iteformation now, rnd 1 do hope to live to sce it come. When it does come I shall dic in peac G CHURCH NEGLECTERS. AN ATTEACTIVE SERVICE FOR THEM. The Bev. A. P. Fuster in the Adrance. The work every church is called of the Lord to do is two-fold, constructive and aggressive, 1t 15 to build up within and to win from without. The constructive work is the cdification of the church and the gradual development of Chris- tian character in revular churchattcodunts. It isa work of education, of training, and as such is worthy of all the encryy that church and pas- torotten give to it. But it should be only u means to an end. The church exists for tho sake -of its influence on the worid. Christ's purting request was that it benr witness of 1lim 10 the uttermost parts of the earth. The church isto be spiritual and strong in order to reach others. Yo, then, the church hus an aFEressivo work. It is divinely avpointed to win souls. It is u missionary orgunization. It is work within itself for the salvation and good of its own chil- dren, and relntives, ana pewholders, but outside s well, for the perishing wultitudes that have 1o interest in it, compellling those in tie high- ways and hedges to cowe to the Gospel fenst. But the tendency is to Le absorbed in the con- structive work ana forzet the ageressive. The church is aptto live for itself, providing ooly for the meeds of its regular church-gocrs, be- coming a ¢lub for the spiritual delectation and the services of tne Lord's Day arranged with the constructive work solely in view. The order of exercises at morning and evening worship, the style of preaching, the thmes of service, the characier of the singing, are generally deter- mined the taste and necedsof the new-hold- ers. Séldom is there u detinit 'and self-denying arrangement of any one of the Sabbuth serv- ices fuf the needs of the mmsses outside, whose neglect of church proves thut as ordinarily con- ducted’ they are ot interested in its worship. Mere is the objection to putting 2 Bible serv- jee or-an adulr Bible-cluss in place of the second - prewching service, ns many of our New England churches are doing. To facilitute constructive worlk nothing couid be better, but outsiders cannot be brourht into. Bible classes, their needs juust not be ignored. Nor do mission schoolz und chapels sepurate from the home church weet the necessity. They are bet- ter thun nothing, aud otten mdispfns:lble. and yet they are too exclusive. Ghey/remind one 100 much of Southern churches which ave built with a gallery for negroes with an catraoce from outside. The inission-chapyl system isre- pugznant to many, destroystho %l respeet and kelf-supporting disnosition of _others, fails to resch alarge number of churéh-neglecters of 1he better class who are abundantiy uble to sup- port the Gospel, butdo not care to, und falls short of the Seriptural idea of worship, accord- 10 to which the rich and posrmeet together in llll)u conviction that the Lord is Maker of them all. The results of emphasizing unduly the con- structive work of the Church to the " neglect of its primary and paramount awgressive workare that multitudes in our centres of population are unreacbed who other+ e _might be brouzht in; that the church, Sp wing all its force upon it- different 1o souls, and ving few necessions of de, it steadily becomes 1f obliged cans outside, and for which in ‘its ny it makes no provision. Such is 3Ir. s tubernacle work. - So the services in New York at Chickering Hall nnder Mr. Col- cord, and at Cooper Union under Mr. Suwyer, are designed' o do what churcnes do not do, but probubly might. 1t was on the basis of the priuciples juststated that the First Congregational (hurch ot Jersey City, more thun ayear and a balf ago.detepmined to devote one of its Sabbath services to the needs of church-neglecters, und go_completely remodeled its evening service. The number present bad- perbaps “been 300. The attend- gnce ut once ran- up till the house was full, and has continued 8o to this date, in ordinary weather from 500 to 1,200 being present, with an average for 183 of 700. This congrepution bas in it. of course, some from other churches, but is in the main composed of those who before bad no fixed habitof church attendance. They are Jargrely youny people, manyof them youus mir- ried couples just starting inlife, muny of them Those on the wuy 1o a similar expericnce, and wh future we believe will boall the happicr Tocnuse its beginnings were in the honuse of God; and, besides these, dozens of young men Who' come Dby themselves and i} up whole pews. The congresution is well-dressed and in- teliigent. 1t is mude upof people who, althoush 1they huve been cburch-neglecters, ure cupuble of understanaing the Bible and of receiving its truth. They are attentive, respectful, and wors shipful. They are of that g widdle class of .respectuble people who su often, wheu thoy drift into our cities from religious bomes and habits in the country, full insensibiy aud unintentionally into church neglect. But how was this result brought about? \'wo aims were sought in shaping the evening service as equully important: first, to atteact, then, to beunent. It would be no advantage o et werowd by claptrap- and sensationalisni. s0s of God's house arc 1o clevate men, A crowd is nothing tself. Butlt is equally useless to preach to ‘seats. 1f we areto do men good we must empty Sttt hoid of thew. If weare to be llshers of mer, it 13 not only legitimate. it is necessurr hook. A e Wi nccord- tat we bait tho l‘llmlzy ‘devised which it was hoped should meet these ends, not speclally orixinal in itself, befng ap adaplution of the methods pursued by Mr. Moody and~gther_outside workers 1oa rexuinr churc rvlce. The service consists of three parts. For three-quarters of an bour there 1s Pongregational singing, conducted by a laree Solunteer choir, brivlly interrupted at three by o Scripture reading. a prayer, und the Do b i giioringe: for Balf un hour. never more than thirty-five minutes, a sermon with Ebort closing exercises: nnd forfilteen or twenty minutes after the bes cdietion, an ** u(xer-n_x_eet- Tag™ for prayer, exhortation..and testimons. ‘The singing is the intluence tant * draws. Wherever Inree numbers of - people aro found at eburch, there music is almost sure o be Prominent. ‘Lhishas niwaysbeen (oo case, i Blorey Chapel, London. "It is true of Mr. . Beecher's chureh., and of Mr. Talmage’s. It was e Socret of the great nudicnces in Music Hull, Diocton, while Mr. Murray preached there. Jr. Moudy ahwuys bas good wmusic. The lLteformn o or Luther. Whitefleld, and Wesley, tho Uimes oo Covenanters of Scotlund, werd all murked v S of bymns. by e e mon, Lhi pastor of tho Tubernacle does his best to make it like virtue, as Dr. Hop- kins defines it, that is (bipolar). tendiog - C’I'(ullu‘)' to boliness and happiness. No mnnu;unp:m_s ‘beed, not even a pulpit. But standing out “rectly bet 2 tho people. the pastor preacbes ns E y, diveetly, carnestly, and Interestingly as he can 1t s not wise to g6 into any decp trains of theological nrgumen: puople not used to church going need bre vity. clearness, pungeacs, plenty ot illustration, und ubove ull cerity und earncstuess. Take from Dr. Tulmuge his extravagunces of style and manoer, which only detract from his wooderful power, and his sermons ure adwirable models of ‘what will best reach a heedless, church-neglect- ing populace. z v The * after-mecting™ is the flower of the service, but most coy in blooming. We dismiss tho congregation ut the close of the sermon, otherwisc many who are unwilling to stay after 9, or dislike a pruyer-mectine, would not come nzuin, and a large proportion of the congrega- tion uvall themselves of the opportunity to withdraw. Still a good number remain, certain warm-hearted church-members, some who are curious, and some who are touched by what has roue before. The power of this little meetine depends on the influences which have preceded und the faithfulness of the church. What is wanted §s_vivacious, brief, and earnest words from the brethren of the chureti fn the line of the sermon which has just been preached, and, if possible, testimouies fron new converts, to- gether with u few warm prayers. An opportu- nity to_rise for pravers is always given at the closo of the meeting, which with us is almost invariably improved by one or more. 1 bave spoken of tho result of this Service of Song in_ bringing church-neglecters into tho house of God, Other results are-developing which are full of encowragement. Not & few are learning regular habits of church attend- ance, and are laking morntn service, into the Sabbath-school, and to prayer-mectings of the church. Some ulso ura converted, among them some who find their way to churches of other demominations tor wmembership, but_some who areglad to confess Corist with us. But these decper results take time, and we are trusting that tho period of sced-sowlng may soon be followed by an abundaut barvest. A CHANGE OY FAITH. AN EPISCOPAL .RECT THE: ROMAN CATHOLIC COMM S © OF 115 DOUBTS, 'TRIALS, AND TRIGULATIONS. Baltimore Guzette. Edward Winsiow Gillinm, late Protest- The Ltev. aut Eplecopal clergyman and Rector of Clinton: (N. C.) Chureh, who, in January last, resizned bis charge on uccount of certain theological doubts, and announced his intention of becom- ing n Roman Catholie, Is at St. Mary’s Seminary on North Puaca street,and is the gucst of the Homan Catholic fathers connected with that lu- stitution. Mr. Gilliam went to St. Mary's on the 1lth inst. to obtain, as e says, rest from doubts of the most contlictiny and torturing nuture which assailed bim as to the truth of tho teach- ings of the Protestant Episcopal'Church. These doubts were Ubrought about by readinz Episcopal books, and covered a period of seven or ecizht years. In an interview with @ Guzelte representative at St Mary's yesterday Mr. Gilliam gave & short history of his life,and the causes which resulted in bis dofection from the Protestunt Episcopal Chureh. He was born in Oxford, N. C., and is tho sou of Dr. Jnmes C. Gillinm snd nepbew of Judge Gilliam, both ot Oxford. Ho was edu- cated in the town of his birth until he beeame 17 or 18 yours of uge, when he was sent to the Uni- versity of North Carolinn, where be graduated. 1lc then returned to Oxford, where, he studied 1aw under his uncle, Judge Giliam, but, not k- ing the profession, renounced it, und cntered upon a study of theology and diviuity for tho Episcopal ministry under Bishop Atkinson, of Norta Curolina. All "his fawily are consistent Episcopulluns. Hewas ordained by Bishop At- kinson in 183, and was given the charge of & courch. Shortly afterward he married Te went from one charge to nuother fu North Caro- ling, but bis ministry was not conflned to that State. He filled several churehes in Texas on the Red River, and in 1675 or 1819 returned to North Carolina and took coarge of the Protest- ant Eplscopul Church in Clinton. He gavo gencral sunsfuction wherever Le- wont, und until 16714 or he was- a sound theologlan ana a strict believer in the tenets of the Chureh in which he orduined. About that time, howov 10 continuo in bis own words, ** 1 begun to doubt the soundness of my fuith. [ wasa close student of Cranmer's life, and read with the utmost care and studied ¢ articles, from which Cran- d that the Roman Cuatholic Church ulone possessed the righttul power to in- terpret the meanmyg of the Scripture. Remem- ber, now, that it was not from Komann books that 1 drew this conception, which hus now grown into n firm and irrevoeable betief. It wus from strictly Episcopat works, and the Idea was drawn from the-rules of faith and the cduvu of oly Seripture. The rule of fuith is the teaching of Scripture with regard to these points essential 1o sufvation, and the doubt rose in my mind whetber it wns not that the Koman Catholic teaching was ghe rizht and the Protestant Epis- copal tbe wrong one. With regard to tho cauon of Seripture, the doubt was whether the Roman Catholle Chtrch was not alone empow- ered with autbority to spesk as to its in- terpretation and it divino derivation. These doubts began to assail me eirht years ago. 1bore up under them as best I could, hut they were torturing. For tive or six years I con- tinited to dischurze the duties of my sucred calling, and 1o believe implicitly what J taught, but I could not. ‘The demon of doubt upon me, and night after uight I sut.up and wrote out my thouhts, and year by year cnlurred them as new ideas oceurred to me. All this was done se- cretly, and [ tried as much as possible to di the utiention of my congregation from myself, 0 thut. they would not discover whit wis pass- ingio my mind. I think I was suecesstul in i3, and that they never knew, untit 1 mudo it kuown, that [ did not believe ull 1 said. I never mentioned it 1o 8ny one; not cven my wife knew of it. I bore itus long us pussible. and at lust I could stand it no longer. I resigned y churge In Clinton the 1st of last January, und wfterl bad got the papers upon which 1 had in- scribed und elaborated iy doubts and thoughts in good shupe. 1 went to Bishop Lyman and stated the trouble. The Bisbop nrgued with me and presented his convictions, tho teachings of tne Chureh, etc, but nono of ~them could remove the diflicultivs, and I could think of nothing else to do but to come to Butimore 1o confer with Archbishop Gibbons. The Arci bishop coincided with me in the main, but cor- rected me on several points and advised me to do as I huve done. His advice was in accord- unee with my desires, und I came here last Mon- day week 1o obtuin rest and quiet and to read. Itis Mr. Gillin intention to receive condi- tiopal buptism in_the Rowan Catholic Chureh, and to_sever entirely his connection with the Protestant Episcopul. lle stated that he would enter the Cutholie pricsthood, but that a bar to this existed 1n the fact that he is a married man with four children,—uil bogs. Onc of them is with bim at St. Mary's. He expects to obtain the position of tencher, and will shortly return to Oxford, N, C. His wife and three of his chil- dren are in Raleigh. Mr. Gilllam is a man of small stature, nbout 40 yewss old, of rood nd- dress, and has black hair, blue cyes. and black sude-whiskers, He annomnces his intention of wwritlng an articic defining his position and de- tailing bis_reasons for leaving tho Protestant Episcopal Church. GENERAL NOTES. mer and I coree The itinerant ministry of the Methodist Church received over 700 preuchers during 1580, It has been declded by the highest Court in Hungary that the priests of the Roman faitn Dbave the legal right to baptize all children, irre- speetive of the religlous views of the. parcnts. The Protestants compluin of the invasion of their rights. The Baptists in South Carolina, exclusive of the colored churches, have &9 churckes and 55183 members. There were 4,208 baptisis lnst Year, and $40.24 was ruised for’ missions, educu- tion, ete. Inseveral parts of the State white ministers hold Ministers' Institutes for the ben- efit of colored preachers. The Easter election at St. Timothy's Protestant copal Church, Philadelpbut. us resuited in # defeat for the Ruualists. The congregution had been steadily dwindling in si for s Jears. There are¢ RO W more thuu 125 re orshipers, and of these fewer thaw forty are pew-holders. Only twenty-seven pow-holders Yoted, ard the vote resulted fn favorof the anti- Ritunlists. - " A Boston paper sent out letters to about sev- enty Congregationul pastors in vurious purts of New England asking whether their saluries were puid prompuiy. Tho arear majority of the an- gwers are in the aflirmative, but several com- plain of delay. One who siys his sulury is paid promptly ndd: Interest i5 chared if it is Tot”" Many are promised tholr puy every six months, but in some cuses iv takes an additional six mounths to collect. The Dean of Chester, speaking at 2 mesting at a Deaconess” institution recently, suid: * The re- vised transjation ot First Timothyy jiL.:11, would show that in the uncient Chburch the word *Dea- coness’ did not mean merely the wives of Dea- cons, but & separate orginization of women Dencons.” Had this pa: been <o rend here- Totore the English people would not huvesolong allowed that ancient institution of the Church to remain in abesance. At the recent mceting of the New England Methodist Conference a report was presented by the Committee on the Statc of the Church, sug- gresting special ellort for bigher piety and ‘more Taithful Christinn lives, and the maintaining of 2 hicher goneral standard. It discouruges sincle services on Sunday, and the leaving of the nfter- noon vacant. The second prercbing service in he cvening crowds out . important prayer- mceting, aud the vaesnt afternoon is a tempta- tion to Sebbath-breaking. Some of the people of Burmab, who Bave not yet accepted Christinnity, are finding their own Teligion so unsatisfuctory as to fecl u desire for something better. The idea is expressed among them that possibly @ new Buddha may come be- fore fong, 10 mect the demands of the new stute of things brought about by steum and electricity. An inteiligent Burmwun in 2 railroad- Delng asked, * What signs of a Buddha do you see replied: *1see change in ull things. Five yeurs ago we were all afrald when we eiw these gmn wires on the tops of the telecraoh Dosts. Ej pews and _coming to the hut now wesee seores of birds sitting up there. Two yearsazo | wasufraid of this grent fire wagotl, and walked half o day ruther thou vent- Ure this ride of un honr. Now I never tbink about fear. but sometimes sleep all of the way. .Everything is so changed that Ithink a new Tuddba will come to us.” From the returns reecntly made to the House of Commons. ft appears thut in 1879 there were in’ the Church of England 11,186 resident in- cumbents, 1509 non-resident, 387 curates in sole charge, and 4,338 assistant curates. Tho stipends puid_to curates fn sole charge varied from nothing to £300 u year: in four cases the curates receivea the whole incowe of the benefice. A somewhat eurious nddition to_these figures has since been furnished by C. Powell, who states that the stipend of the senior curate of St. Albans, Holborn, is five shillings per annum. The Protestant clergvmen of Strasburg have petitioned the Geruinn Reichstug, usking that the existing lnw of oblizatory civil marriuge shall be still maintained. The Romar Catholic clergy agitate for its aboliton, us the jurisdiction Which they claim over marriage naturally gives them enormous power, especially among the poor and ignorunt. ‘The Protestant clergy think that their relense by tae State from the function of registrars hus really increased rather than diminished their strictly clerical Intluence, and that no injury whatever has been dono to eccle- siastical life and sentiment b{ the introduction of compulsory civil marriage into the Provinces of Alsace and Lorralue. ¥ The First Baptist'Church of Pawtucket, R. L, gave to forcizu missions tha first man sent abroud by the Baptists of this country us a mis- sionary of the cruss. Georze I Hough was or- drined by this Church in 18l4. In 1816 he and his wife suiled for Rangoon under appolntment of tho Baptist Missionary Convention. Dr. Jud- son und wifo had become DBantists on their way o foreien lands, and were supported by Amer- jenn Buptists. Mr.and Mrs. Hough were sent out to help them in their work. Mr. Hough was a printer, and remained in the foreign fieid about ten years, dotog much mission.ry service }s printet und 'otherwise, when he becume fn- terproter for the British Government. The London Guardian, the organ of the Es- tablished Church, argues that mothing i3 so much needed in tho Church as a system of balt pay. 1t is proposed that clergymen should be compulsorily retired, if necessary; aud one does not see why' this should not bedone ju the cuse of a Rector or Viesr a8 nrusu:r yas inthatof a Gen- eral or Colonel. Nobody can doubt that par- ishes would be benefited by the removal of pas- tors who havo outlived their powers of work, und would even be gind to spend their lust duys in quiet, it resignation did not too often mean privation. At the sutue time men1who, us things are, must remain curates to the end of their days, would get benefices, to their own great advantage, and in most cases to that of the Chburch. The Episcopal Convocation of the Northeast- ern Deanery of the Diocese of Illinois eets at Evauston to-morrow, beginning with aivine services at 7:30 p. m. inSt. Mark’s Church. He- sides the Bishop and Dean, the Revs. I, A. Hol- land, of Trimty Parist, Chicago: H. G. Per of Al Suints'; T. N. Morrison, of the Epipbany: Luther Purdee, of Calvary: A. Ritchie. of the Ascension; J. H. Knowles, of the Cathoedral; E. Ritehle, of St. Stepuien's; and Henry C. Kinney, of the city clergy, will be in attendunce, as well as the pastors from rural parishes of the juris- afction. On the Wednesday following will be morping prayer, sermon, and celebration of the Holy Communion, and the Chapter meeting of Convocation for business purposes iu the arter- noon of the stme duy. At the celebration ot Easter lastSunday in tho Greek Church In New York, the few Russiuns resent took thie oath Of alieginnce to the new Smperor. Father Bjerring stood before them with the New Testament in his left hand, und -with & golden cross in his right hand. The psalmist, Mr. Lopuchin, read tho oath. The Czur's subjects swore by the Omnipotent God, before tlis holy Testament and the life-giving cross, that they would be loyal to his Majesty, Czar of ull tho Russius, Alexander Alexgndro- viteh, and to bis heir apparent, Czareviteh Nich- olus Alexandrovitchs that they would not S?m’u wen their lives in protecting him and in rulill- “ng his luws, and that they would warn him of every danger that might threaten him person- ally or the State's safct; . BEECHER ON CATIIOLICISM. «T have read Inu Romun Catholie paper pub- lished fn New York some remarks about my sending a girlto that Church,” said Mr. Beecher, last ning. [ supposed it would be gratit, to the members of that (aith,” be coutinued, Dut it seems that it was pot.” The paper says that Mr. Beecher thinksit mukes no ditterence whether # person belongs to any Church or no Crurch; that all religion Is inditferent to him: thut he believes there 1S no true doetrine: and that it is of no cousequence what umun be- Jeves! Well. it does wake no differcnee what be believes unless it makes him better than this snariing editor. That doetrine i3 true which makes @ man true, and that Cb ureh is rirht thnt most_ develops true muanhood. The vitdue of & doetrine is to be measured by i3 _power to devetop Christ in human nuture. Whether or- thodoxy orinfidelity,one Courch oranother, that is best by which Christ is born iu the souls of men. For most things I think men have n bet- ter ehnnes in our Chureh than in the Church of Home; butif a man can find Christ best devel- oped in the Roman Catpolic Church I bid him God-speed, and suy:~ga !’ Aund this s not be- se it is best, but becsuse it muy better form Christhken in him. The object of the Ciaurch 15 not to display graces, but to serve as a school to tralu men.” A COLORED EPISCOPAL CUURCIL One of the events of the week was the con- firmation service beld by Bishop Potter at St. Philip’s Colored Episcopal Chure on Mulberry BLres New York, when a large number of clergy attended and a large clnss was con- firmed. This congrexition embruces the Clite of tho colored people, including several wmillion- aires, and has a white Rector and colored assistant. In point of intelligence it ranks with the uverage Episcopal congregations in this city. 1t grrew out of the custom in old thnes to put the nigzers™ in back pews, or in_a corner of the galiery by themselves. Tired of this separation, the colored people got together, organized them- seives into a congregution, ana hired thelr own minister. *It was about time,” said an old durkey of 80, **for they used to leave us kneel- ing at the rail, and pass the cup over our heads 1o the white folks at the communion, for fear somebody would be killed by drinking after us. It liked to have smashed ‘wy Christianity all to pleces.”™ TUE METHODIST REVOLT IN BROOKLYN. New York: Herald, The evil about which Bishop Wiley so bitterly complained at the late sesslon of the New York East Conference has pi nted ftself In a viru- Ient form in Brooklyn. Johnson Strect Church, which has lived almust under protest for sever: years, took on airs. Not able to raise money ‘enough for its eurrent cxpenses by the ordinury processes it must bave n *trauster,” and b cause the Bishon, carrying out the will of tho Conference expressed by resolutiou almost unnnimously on the tirst duy of i3 session, re- fused to nceept Mr. Hargivves, the church hag shut its doors against Mr. Recve, who wus sent. 1o them from the Conference. Nuw, theoret- ically: one church has the sume right as nonther to ask for and obtaln u minister from another Conterence, but practically this right 18 not rec- ognized except for a few of the best paying churches. It is u partial ruie and I3 bound to work mischief. Dut a church that must raise current cxpenses by a mortgage on its proverty is bardly in n condition to rebel against its ecclesinstical nuthorities. A fewyears 20 n pastor of that church was senc before a committee to have charges against him investi- gated. The facts as declared were not much to the eredit of the sanctified clique who preferred them. The church vwed the preacher $800, und a mnjority of the Bourd of Trustees. gave him i chureh note tor the amount. living, and when it beenme dug it was allowed to 2o 1o protest. Suit was begun by the holder, and the money was raised by morteage. Then 1 minority, who saw no ctime in cheating a min- ister out of $80U. suddenly discovered that it was a great crime for the preacher to allow the church to be sued, nnd hence brought their gricvunee to the notice of Conference. ‘There is probably not a harder parish in the entire Con- ference to fili thun this sume Johnson Street Methodist Episcopal Church. Aud there is no credit due to the Itev. Mr. ilargraves for coming 10 Brookiyn under the circumstances. He could h: done_just as well, doubtless, under bis Presiding Elder in_bis own Confercnce fora year a8 he would In Johnson street had he been regularly appointed there. The chnreh has been for some tine in n chronic state of belliger- eney, and If it keeps on the Conference muy con- clude to let it severely alone. A s PERSONAL. The Rev. Jesse Boring, D. D., of Atlanta, was reeently marricd to the stepmotker of Gov. Colquitt. ¥ g The Rev. G. W. Yancey, of Louisville, favors sensationul sermons, for 1 sermon to be worth anything must be sensational. The Rev. Joseph Cook is lecturing with con- siderable suceess in Iretand. He recently dined with tne Archbishop of Dublin. The Rev. I B. Fassell, of Gross Kanlzsa, Hun- gury, is sald to be the oldest officiating Rabbi fn the world. He is In bis 81st year. The Rev. J. S. Tnskip, the evangelist, is now engaged in revival work in Ceylon. His lubors, it is smd, have been crowned with great success. The Rev. Dr. John Hall, of New York. is the best puid clergyman of that city, his salary being 15,000, and the Rev. Dr. Horzan Dix, of Triuty Pansh, comes uext to him, upon u stipend of SL2,000. The Rev. R. IH. Gandy, the sweetly-named Rector of an Engiish church, was recently scu- tenced 10 oue mouth’s fwprisonment for cruelly beating a boy in hisContirmation ciass, who wns provoked to laughter by the nuschievous prauks of 1 compunion. i The Rev. Henry Darling, D. D., pastor of u Presbyteriun church fc_aibany, bus been tend- ered__the Presbytery of Hamilton Colleze, Clin- ton, N. Y., which, if he anccevts, be will do so upon a utich smatler sulnry than he will resign. There is earnest and practical protest uguitst his leaving Albany- Failing Lealth bos led to tha resiznation of Dr. Stuart Robinson, pustor ut_the Second Presby- terian Church, Louisville, Ey. e went to that city in 1838 from the Danville Seminury. Durinz thé War he was_strongl¥ in_sympathy with bis native State.~Virginlt,—but Took the ground He used it for his’ | thatas‘a minister of Carist be should kave no part fn Ciesur's quarrels. Establishng n_relisi- ons Journul. ne advocated this view with per- sisteuco und cnergy, and his practico was ou level with bis _principles, for he ministered in spiritual things to Confedernte prisoners ns readily us to Unlon soldiers. The pastoral rela- tions will be dissolved about tho 1st of Juze. PIOUS SMALL TALK. “ Now, Ssmmy, have you read the story of Joseph?™ *Ohb, yes, uncle” * Well, then, what wrong.did théy do when they soid their brotner?” * They sold him too cheap. ‘This isn't n menagerle,” sharply observed an irn;fcll)le old gentleman to & man who was trying 0 force a pussa oboma P e through the crowd at achureh “(‘;r‘\tgég n‘l;s)su.l{lqtnlnl." return%d éhe stranger, uldu’t leuve any o block up the entrance. FOLIRRInA, The boy had the Bible upon his knees and was reading from it to bis mother. ‘He came to the passuge, “He who gathereth not scattereth ubrond,” and tendered it this wise: ** He who~ guthereth not seratcheth a bonrd.” o My son,” sald the mother.roprovingly, 3 ;:‘fif? are no such words thore us *scratcheth a. ** Excuse me, mother,” returned the lad, “ I'm rtfgl:“"‘lg itas itwilt appeur in the revised edi- While one of our most prominent Fall River munufacturers was heuring his Sabbath-sehool cluss recite, be nsked, * What great event will be celebrated during the coming week?” Answer— The crucitixion of our Savior.” *Who were crucitied with our Savio: * Two men.” 1 uny of you inform me who the two men Wer ‘The answer came, * Tito manufacturers,”— Fall River News. W * How do you like the Episcopslian scrvice?” ked Jones, * Nover heard it,” replied Fogs. 1 dropped in at one of the chiirches Inst Sun- dny. It wus quite early, and so I began reading the service. . I did not read far, though, before L found that It would never do for me. So I came our”” - Why, what was the trouble?” oo many colicctions.” “Too many coliections?” *Yes, on almost every page it suld * colleet’. Oue_collection ‘is all L can afford to respond to, Blust bo awtul expensive to be an Episcopalian.’” A report on the state of relizion in Nevadn would be nlmost as brief us the fumous chapter on snakes in Ireland. The following aoecdote might, however, be inserted: ** At the recent opeouning of the Nevada Legislature an Eastern minister was invited to perforin the religious service. Ie accepted the cull, and closed the ceremony with the Lord's Prayer. When he had tinlshed, State Scnutor Doolun turned to Senutor Hummond and remurked, audibly, * Hestole that prayer, and I'll bet on it. I heard it ulmost word for word in Eurcka at n funeral over ten years ago.’ "'—Sacramento (Cal.) Star. ‘The Bishop of Liverpool, in a recent speceh at a meetinr of _medical men, remarked with a charming combination of tuct und humility: * L not ashamed to say I have a son who isa .doctor,” whercupon Punch touches up his lord- ship as follow, flow kind of the Bishop, and how patronizing, And yet to his Punch "tis a little surprisin: That speaking Lo medical men there in session, *He dured speik of shamo and a noble profession. A Bishop looks after our soul, but how odd is The sueer that's implicd at the cures of bodies. For surely it would be no hard task to fish up A hundred brave doctors #s good as the Bishop. CALENDAR FOR TIE WEEK. EPISCOPAL. May 1—Second Sunday after Easter; St. Philip . and St. James. May 6—Fast. . caTmoLIC. May 1—Second Sunday after Easter; SS. Philip and James, Apostles. May 2—St. Athanastus, B. C. D. May 8—Findiug of the Holy Cross. May 4—St. Monics, W. May 5—St. Pius V., I'. C. May 6—St. John before the Latin Gate. Muy 7—St. Stanisiuus, G. L. GOSSIP FOR LADIES. AUTOOR. HER FAVORIT He bad a literary mind, And so he thought had she. “ What author art thou most inctined,* He sighed, **Miss Kate, to see?* “ And why?” Oh, Tennyson,” she yawned. d, * Do tell me pray fter ten is on,” she laughed, Wel * No nuthor man would stay He didu't tumble. With delight He bade her guess again. I think Hood By-ron liome-r might Be pleasant,” snid she then. % But wouldn't Lover please you Moore?” He sweetly asked ber low, ' * Ob, no.” she smiled, ** but now I'd like to sce Hugo.” I'm sure THE WEDDING-RING. In the days well known to history as‘‘ once upon a time,” a certain nodle Roman youth was deeply engagéd in the excitement of a game of ball. The oceasion was un impor- tant one to him, for it was his wedding feast, but tlie play made him careless of a treasure that he ought to have guarded with the greatest affeetion. 1ie took off his wedding-ring and placed it upon the finger of a statue of Venus, to re- wain there until he should want it again. When, liowever, a few hours after. he wished to take it, he found to his disn stony hand had become elenched, so that it was impossible to remove the ring. 1fe now had to pay the penalty of his rashness, for he was constantly haunted by the figure, whiceh kept whispering in his ear: brace me: Iam Yenus whom you have wed- ded. I will never restore your rins.” ‘The wretehed youth continued to be fol- lowed by his disagreeable companion, until, after mueh difficulty, he was able, with the assistance of a priest, to force the goddess to relinquish the ring, and then ouly was the young man free, ‘I'his legend is widely spread, and has been popular under varied forms; e of these the Virgin Mary takes the place of Venus, and the owner of the ring having, by placug it on the finger of a statue, become the be- trothed of the Virgin, is obliged to renounce the world and enter a monastery. In another version a certain priest, desir- ing to enter the marriage state, se license from the Pope, who grants his re- quest on condition that he shall first concil- iate St. Agnes, who was not only the patron- of his own_church but the special pre- by pfi\chlg on erald ring, sent es: server of virginal chastity, the finger of her image an ¢ ng, se for the purpose by the sovereign pontiff him- self. The priest does as hels directed, and places the rine on the fourth finger of the figure. but his astonishment i3 great when the hand which had been put forward to ceive the ring is returned to its original posi- tion. - Attempts to withdraw the ring are ineffectual, and the unfortunate prie: alizes the disagrevable truth that he 15 con- tracted to St. Agnes and ean marry no one else. These stories are particularly intevesting as exhibiting the feeling which was univers- ally entertained iu olden times, that wedding and betrothal rings possessed an inherent power and value in themselves,—a belief which still lingers in places. TIIE NEW EMPRESS OF RUSSTA. The Princess Dagmar, as the Empress is still called in the land of her birth, grew up with her sister Alexandra, now the Princess of Wales, at the Danish Court, with very modest surroundings. The Queen was an excellent mother, and sought to develop in her daughters the woman in_ preference to the Princess. 1t used to be said at the Capi- tal that the Princesses were made to help in making their own dresses, and that the furni- ture in their common bedroom was covered with inexpensive calico.. A story of the naive admiration expressed by Prineess Dag- mar on being shown the wedding trousseau of one of the noble ladies at Court, and her Jonging wonder whether she wouid ever her- self own *“such things,” W told with a touch of sympathetic pride by the people of Copenhagen, with whom the two Princesses were great favorits. Dagmar had won her way deepest into the people’s heart, how- ever. Iler sweet disposition, the winning grace of her manner, and the perfect freedomn with which she, like her sisters (and. indeed, the whole Royal family), moved among all elasses of the people, were well caleulated to zain for her an_affection that followed her to fier new home and found expression at her wedding in & score of ways that touched the Reart of the ’rincess profoundly. Atevery subsequent dppearance ot her father’s Court she was received by the people with an en- thusiasm that even ewbraced her husband, despite the rumors of his sinister character and vioient temper that from the Dbeginming had threatened to make the matel an unpop- nlr one. ‘The Czarowitz apparently took Kindly to this popularity, and when at Copeu- 2 ingled freely with the populace. His b e s found favor, d biulf, soldierly way soon, & \v!l‘:en Dagmar’s children, in little kilted suits | and with dark bair “banged” over thelr t'orehq;\ds, began to be seen about the park at Fredensborg. ~** grandpapa’s. summer palace, the reconciliation to the foreignerwas complete, One of the causes that contributed to the ropulnnty of the Princess Dagmar was, per- hips, her name. : Her father had wisely given to all his children, -except Alexandra, old, historical Danish names, identitied with the past of the nation. Frederick Christian Valdemar, and Thyra are all names that hold a high place In Danish history, and live in its sungs and traditions. But of all the nation’s great names none is dearer to the heart of- the Danish people than that of Dag- mar, the Queen of the victorious Valdemar and the friend of the needy and ‘oppressed throughout the land, whose zoodness was so great that on her untimely death-bed, accord- ing to tradition, no greater sin weighed upon her conscience than ‘‘sewine a lace sleeve on Sunday.” The people of Copenhagen, among whom the Princess Dagmar moved, liked to compare her virtues with those of the beloved Queen, and at her departure for her Russian home the fervent wish followed Ler that she would prove in truth a veritable Dagmar,—a * harbinger of day” to the un- happy people whose Empress she was some day to become. 'The Princess Dagmar was not a handsome child, her features being clumnsy, though pleasing; but she grew into a very beautiful woman, like her sister Alexandra. In every print-shop in Copen- hagen pictures of ker and her husband, with their children, are for sale. The children have a little of their mother’s looks, but Dbear a strong resemblance to their father, A FICKLE MIS The following marrjage notice appeared in the Newark ldvertiser: GEORGE—ELLIS—Jan. 10, 1881, at the resi- dence of the groom's brother, Mr. John H. George, Newnrk, by the Rev. F. Masoa, Mr. erry R. George and Miss Addle 1s, both of Dover, N. J. : The Dover Index tells a vomantic story about this mateh. Miss Ellis was expected to marry Mark Roy, of Ilunt’s Mills, Sussex County, who is not quite of age, and had been addressing her for many months. She lived at Andover until last spring, when she re- moveil to Dover,and soon became acquainted with Jerry George, who is a conducter of the Dover express. ‘They sang in the same choir and becawe quite intimate. The girl, how- evet, s loyal to Roy, while her mother ap- peared s a warin cliampion of George, until near the holidays, when Roy received a let- ter from Miss Ellis stating that she would be at lier aunt’s during the holidays, and they would get married. The Index says that the ceremony was to take place on the 2d inst.,and onthe morning of that day the mother of Miss Ellis received a letter from her daughter informing ker that she was to be married that evening. She at once drove post haste to the house where her daughter w called her out, and asked her to sicp into the carriage for @ minute and ai- tempted to dri off. The young lady screamed, Roy rushed out and caught her by the hand, and finaliy both of the occupants 1¢ft the carriage and all went into the house. ‘There it was learned that the weddine cere- mony was about to b pertormed, the min- ister on hand, and, had Mrs. Ellis been tive minntes later, Mark Roy and Addie ELI would have been joined in the holy bunds of matrimony. It was then arranged that the marriage should be postponed and that Miss Ellis return to Dover, which she did. Be- fore leaving, lowever, shie told Roy that she would write to him the following Sunday, naming the dayand place when they would be married. The promised letter not coming, on Tues- day, the6th, Roy went to Dover and called to see his aflianced, but was not admitted to the house. Ife then called on Georgeand told the circumstances, and showed letters from Miss Ellis. The latter refused to read thew, and would not listen to anything. The next is left Dover, and, as the w morning Miss Ellis above notice sho s married in this city. Tioy by this time has had ample leisure to study up that old saying, “There’s manya slip betwixt the cup and the lip.”” . PRIZE BEAUTIES. Alluding to the larze number of foolish women who sent their *photographs to a cir- cus manager in response to an advertisement for the handsomest woman in America, a correspondent says: There are in the collec- tion some remarkably handsome ladies and a few remarkably ugly ones. One of the handsomest pictures in the party is thatof a young lady who is said to be the belle of Mil- waukee. Another picture is of a handsome, large, dark-eyed brunet, with a high velvet cap upon her head. This picture isone of the handsomest in the collection. The urig- inal came to the city in person. Whenshe appeared before the judges, however, it was found that the picture did more than justice tothe fair applicant’s beauty, and she_was obliged to step back. Another handsome picture is of a - young lady izom Michizan, who would undoubtadly have an excellent chance of being chosen, but unfortunutely she neglecied to send either her name vrad- dress. One of the. funniest pictures in tho collection is oue of two young ladies evi- dently from the rural districts. Thevare ap- parently about 18 and 20 years of age. Their Dair was cut short, parted and brashed in the most approved eountry style, with deli- cate little * spit eurls ”* eurled lovingly over the temples. Doth young ladies wear a simpering smile calealated to charm'ell be- holders. They sit side by side with calico- dresses on, and the gencral appearance ot young ladies from the rural districts who had fully made up their minds that they would win the prize for the queens of beau- ty. ‘Chereare in the collection a number of pictures of persons who, it is evident, are *younz old ties.” One picture was a curiosity of its kind. A woman of 45at least sat with smile upon her face, and decked out in the dress of a fresh and bloom- ing maiden of 16 Ier dr was cut iow, exposing the neck, which might at one time have been full and beautiful, but which in the, picture bore a remarkable resemblance to a> well-worn corduroy-road. 'The sleeves were deeidedly * flowing.” Iler hair was brustied smooth in frontand brought down, in bewitehiug ringlets, which fell gracefully upon the neck. The collection Is carcfully 11 care Of, and they are a great curiosity. ange in size from the little photo- graph tothe extra large framed pictures over a foot in length, TITE COMIC SIDE OF POLYGAMY. "There is a comic as well as a pathetic side to Mormon polygamy. Among the Mormon women in Utah was onewho accepted in full faith the polygamic revelation. She had found in polygamy an ample compensativn in the supposed right of the first wife to choose hier husband's suceeeding wives. This was her argument: ** If the first wife selects the other wives, it has the effect of showing them that the husband thinks much of her judgment, and is willing “to abide by and that they will have to do the same. ~“This is, of course, as it should be. But if she lets her husband choose his own wife, he is almost certain to' tuk aney to some one whom the first wife does not_like at all, and conse- quentiy her autliority is undermined. = The first wife ought_to have all the power in her own hands.” The sequel of this lady’s story is extremely ludi After she bad chosen two other wives for her husband, he was Su perverse as to_choose a fourth for himself, the fourth being not at all to her liking, as she herself admitted. This is her ¢n account of the wmatter: **Itell you, *I’m quite disgusted with you; a man with three wives—and me one of them—to go talking twaddle t6 a clattering hussy i that, with _her eat’s eves and red hairl” Golden Iir, my dear.” hie said; Charlotte’s hair is golden.” *L say red!—it’s straizht, staring red—as redas red can be.” I told hin and then we had a regular fight overit. I dow’t mean_that we came to blows, but we had some hot words, and he went out and left us two alone. Then that young hussy s impudent, and I don’t know how it w but seinehow when we left off our conversa- tion I found some of Charlotte’s red hair be- tween my fingers, and there,” she , inno- cently, holding out quite a good-sized tuft of auburn hair, *‘there, 1 put it to you, Sister Stenhouse, is that red, or is1t not?” A CORNER ON WOMEN. Contrary to expectation and precedent the new census shows that in this country the ruder sex outnumbers the gentler to the ex- tent of nearly a miflion. Itis to be sincerely hoped that nobody will say, *What are you going to do about it?” for this is manifestly one of the cases in which there is really nothing that can be done, except to feel un- comfortable, for the condition is not merely accidentul and temporary; it promises to be permanent, for the discouraging mispropor- tion is not simply between adults of the two sexes, but Includes the .entire vopulation all the way from extrenie age down to the cra- dle, and this in spite of all the Mormon and other agencies for the importation of domes- tic servants have doue to make the balasce " speedy " extinction, 17 even. It therefore, stands.to reason that not onlyis the genus old maid doomed to I but also that uearly a million of the young men of Amer- ica will have to wifeless unless each can raise the price of a ticket to Eurove and two tickets back. It also becomes quite evident that the local valuation -.of women will increase; any market in which nearly a million competitors are sure to * get left” in . the struggle for something not unly desira- bie, but absolutely necessarg. is threatened with a “corner” " that must be simply gigan- tic in its proportions. The ladies are to be congratulated on the prospect; they always were worth more than they brought. .Even in the days when they outnumbered meu it was agreed that it was impossible to have too much of a good thing; now, however. they can exact their own terms. Instead of meek- 1y submittinz to all sorts of inconvenience and privation for the sake of being married and having a home, they now can name their_ own terms; they need not cven endure hus-" bands that drink, smoke, or spend several evenings a week at the lodge, for rather than o wifeless the tyrant man will abate his pre- tensions and woman will become autocrat. Place aux dames! . A FAINTING MODEL. “ There is a full-fledged *life class” In Washington city wherestudiesare made from living models. The Corcoran gallery of art has done much to develop artistic taste in Washington. The dozens of students who daily avail themselves of the privilezes of its lialls can study from the works of the best painters of the old and new world. The life- class has nothing to do with the gallery. 1t is composed of -ladies and_ gentlémen “who, having reached some proficiency in sketeh-~ ing andd painting, wish to study the pertect human anatomy. All members of the class have the privilege of attendinz its regular ons, and whether the model is 2 male or nale depends only upon the subject pre- viously assigned for study. An old gentle~ man here secures most of the models for the class. Itis seldom that he is competled to advertise, as there are quite a numberof well-formed women -of b acquaintuice who are willing- to dedicate themselves to art. The model is provided _with a mask for the upper dart of the face, and no one but the procurer knows her name. Many of the models are said to be persons of shady character, but in . one in- st at least the reverse was true. Several weeks ago, as & singularly beautiful model was standing us Psyche, she suddenly closed her eyes and fell forward in a_faint. Other models had fallen fainting before, and this circumstance would have attracted little comment had not themask dropped from the fair creature’s face. The consternation of some of the students can be imagined when they recognized in her features those of the widow of an ex-General in the Union army, who is possessed of wenlth as well as a fine izure, of which she is vain. A lady in the, class quickly threw handkerclief over her face, and the fainting model was carried crom the hall. The lady was ill for several and removed aflerward -fo Laurel, & suburb of Washington, where she remained until the past few days. She now emerges from the solitude of the country to be mar- ried a second time. X PINNED THE GIRL. . An irate and Indignant parent, an injured lady, and a facetious young man are . the chief characters ina melodrama which - has set Allentown, Pa., by the ears. The irate parent has favored the public with a history of the plot in a newspaper card. The situa- tion is a desperate one. for the young man, and he anticipates the denouément with a switten conscience and much trepldation. The youny lady very properly went to church’ on Wednesday night, and, sittine near the stove, became warw and removed ler jacket. All unbeknown to her the sleeves' of her coat dangled over the ck of her pew bench, directly In_front the facetious young man. of ting where he was, says the father, and with aforcthought. he introduced n pin in cach arm of that jucket. \When the young lady endenvored to put hersel within that garment, she could not. So thoroughly had the facetious young man pintied the sleeves thereof that her arms would not penetrate the openings therein. > In her confusion and embarrassment she reut her dress. ‘Thereupon: her confusion was worse confounded, aml she retired in short meter to.the roof and fig tree of her parents, ‘and therenpon related her griev- ances. The father, over his signature, gives the funny young wan the alternative of an apology ora suit -for damages for a torn dress. 1le says the young min inust come to his house and apologize. If not. the law will be invoked, and thinzs will be made particu- larly hot for the youth, CAUGHT IIS BRIDE. A Union Pacific express train was delayed ‘D at Sidney, Neb., the other day by a brokern wheel. Among the passengers werea young woman and a youug man bound for the Pa- eifie Coast on their wedding trip. The bride- groom, Godwin by name, got out to Kick up his heels and look wround, and while he was absorbng_the beauties of Nature and other things in Sidne y the express passed on with- out him. ‘Thiere was consternation at Sidney and on board the Pallman. The bride was in a state bordering on distraction beeause of her lost liege, and vainly, though frantically, did the groom put in his best locomotion to eateh the reireating train. As he and the bride were one, with a very clear case of 3 passenger on board who was left behind,” it was fun to_everybody else exeept the two most deeply interested.” Failiug to cateh the train on foot, he clambered into the cab of a Iocomotive which happened to be pufling avout the pliace, and earnestly soticited help. ‘The engineer, a tender-hearted man with tender, suw low it was, and proceeded to obtain proper authority as_quickly as possi- bie, and started with Mr. Godwin on 2 stern chase after the flyins train that was trying to make up an_ hour of lost time, and “which was proud of & new pair of wheels. ' Away the extra_locomotive sped on the wings of love, and sympathy, and steam. Godwin petted the cnizinccr and fireman, and helped to shovel coal, and at Antelope, thirty-seyen miles away, the wild-eyed, pursuing hus- band overtook the heartléss cars that had run away with his brand-new-wife. TIIE FOX SISTERS. A reporter has seen and. talked with Mrs. Margaret Fox-Kane, whose history Is an eventful one. Oneof the Fox sisters, who developed the Rochester knockings thirty years ago, she afterwards married Elisha Kent Kaue, the Arctic explorer, and she now lives in retired quiet, still pursuing her spir- itisin for her own and the benefit of immedi- ate friends. The reporter, who met herata private house of 2 friend in Brooklyn, says she hasa slight figure, dressed in bluck, goud lovkinz, withhiandsome eyes and pretty hair. But lier face has a tired Took, and its expression is not abappy one. She drew her chair up -beside her guests, and instantly there were raps heard on the floor and under the chair_on which she sat. The several questions put as to the. personalily of spirits’ were replied to intelligently, and” in-a few moments she was the wedium of a written connnunication from Charlotte Bronte, The reporter says Mrs. Fox-Kane impressed him soul-sick woman, wishing with art that shie had never known the power which has not made her any the hap- pier for its possession, and which does not yield her any adequate return for all the sor- rows she has borue in her strange life. FEMININE NOTES. A New Jersey preacher, who was anunoyed by the ladies of his congrezation turning about in their seats, paused in his discourse to say: * Ladies, if you will give me your at- tention for afew moments I willkeep a look- out un the door, and if anything worse than a man enters L will warn you intime for you to make your escape.” Washington is seriously upset by a fash- ionable cooking club which meets once a week at privateresidences. 'The professional cooks lovk upon this club with jealousy. When the daughter of an ex-Secretary of the ‘Treasury went into her father’s kitchen, a few days since, to cook some salmon for a club lunch the cook became very obstreper- ous, and finally * gave warning.” Aiss Abizail B. Judson, of Plymouth, Mass, lately passed her 90th birthday. She is a sister of the late Adoniram Judson, the famous missionary -to Burmah, and lives alone in the liouse once occupied by him. The Boston Courler says that its front door s never been opened since his body was carried through, and Miss Judson orders that it shall Temain shut until her own funeral takes place. e “English girls,” the New York Post quotes an American girl just home from England ag saying, “learn to regard - them- selves as pieces of property to be isposed nt by their mammas to the best possible ad- vantiage in the matrimonial market, and even in school in France it was not uncommon to find English girls contemplating with entire equanimity the plans that were madg or making for their sale to u good bidder.” Forget~ -