Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 19, 1881, Page 17

RELIGIOUS. A Philological Criticism on the Revised New. Testa- ment, —_— The Translation of Hades and Gehenna Considered at Great Length. Prof, Robertson Smith and His Friends Will Not Leave the Free Church, They Propose to Fight the Heresy Ques- tion to the Bitter End in the Church. The Congregational Committee for a Revision of Their Church Creed, General Notes at Home and Abroad -rersonal Mention—Sunday Salad. * COMFORTED. Under the clouds the wild winds cry With bitter plaint and moan; Their wailing voices rise and die, ‘he air is filled with sob and sigh; ~ But, hearts so sad and lone, God's love is over ull!” Beneath the sky that bears no star The storm-tossed waves are strewn, A moaning waste that stretches far, And deep and dark the waters are: ~ But, hearts that weep alone, God's love is under all!” ‘Wild desert lands before me spread With briers overgrown; My feet. the wilderness mest tread, My soul by sorrow’s hand be led— at, hearts that maketh moun, jod's love is through it all!’* Orich’O swect, O rare, complete! MD love divine at Inst made known! The days go by with tlying feet, They here and there together meet, «0, heart, no more alone, + God's jove surrounas it al!"" THE REVISION. ACRITICISM BY THE REV. §, L. MI. CONSER, OF BALTIMORE, Tar Cutcaco Tr: containing the new version of the New Testament complete has been received, and I can but say that any Dewspaper that will publish a complete copy ofthe New ‘Testament in’ any one number deserves universal patronage. I think with you that Chicago nas a live press. Complying with your wishes, I will say that the new version is a decided improve ment upon King James’, both as to arrange ment and conformity to the original. Still it is not perfect. Take, for example, the Greek word Hades. This word occurs in Mattnew xi., 23, and xvi., 18; Luke x., 15, and xvi., 23; Acts BL; I. Cor. xv., 55; Rev. i., 1S, and vi., 8, and xx., 15-14, and is translated hell, always excepting L. Cor. xv.. 55, where it is improperly rendered grave. Tlell is the English synonym of the Greek Hades, and Hades is the equivalent of the Hebrew Sheol. ‘The meaning of one will then determine the meuning of every one. Sheolis translated in the Old Testament Iell thirty-one times, Grave thirty times, and Pit three times. Sheol literally means rapacious, insatiable. It is derived from shoal,—to ask, to crave. It 4s the equal to the Latin orcus rapux.. Seo Proverbs -xxvii., 20; Isaiah y., 14. Sheol is not a place, but. rather a state or ‘|eondition of a place. Unlike. tha.-grave Keaver), which is loeal and may be plural, Sheol is never so used. There is but one Sheol, and that everywhere. It is a state (not place) of darkness and gloom (Job, 21-28). of inaction and silence (Eccle., ix., 10; ¥,18). Itis not 2 place or state of conscious happiness or misery, but a state of unconscious silence and inactivity. ‘The Greek equivalent is Hades. In the Septua- giut Sheol is rendered Hades sixty times out of sixty-three. Originally it may have meant the grave, but as all are not in the grave, yet allare in Sheol or Hades, it.came in tine to designate the unknown state of the dead, ir- Tespet their condition. Sheol com- prehends Keaver, the grave, but not vice versa! S Hades is derived from “a” aspirated “ha,” not or privitive, and “idien.” to see,—hence the unseen, the dark unknown. Aetate) of deepest shades, uppierced by human thought dreary rerions of thedend, where all things . Wesley. are forgut- * Sheol, Hades, Mell, all mean legitimately the dark unknown. concerning which the most piercing eye and acute ear can get no information. A state where there is No sense, no sound, Where utter-nothing dwells.—Pollock. In the few authenticated resuscitations from death’s dark domain or the confines of Hell that are recorded inthe New Testament, a significaut silence concerning the inter- Tegnum prevails. Why is this, if the dead are couscious? Let the Bible answer. Eccle., iXey 5, In alleases where Sheol in the Old and Hades in the New Testament occur, they signify the weak—helpless—the dark un- known:: Now, Hades has its equivalent in the Anglo-Saxon Helan, to hide, to conceal, and our English Hell, and though Dr. Camp- bell thinks Tlades should never be rendered Hell, it/was because modern theologians have-perverted a harmless word. With. pop- ular Superstition we have nothing to do; we use it In its Scriptural sense as the representa- tive of the Greek Hades, No theologian need dave any trouble in understanding or in ex- plaining those terms to the uneducated. But the revisers bury this biblical terin in the dark recess of the Greek language, and on this subject the English reader is left with- out a revelation, for in every _ place where Bades is translated in King James’ version it remains untranslated in the new version. That death and hell are occasion- ally personified and addressed as conscious, active entities is true, but because “death shall feed on them” (Psa. xlix., 14), and “Hell hath enlarged her (nephish-soul), or stomach to grind to dust its victims” (Gen., iii., 19), we are not to conclude that Death or Heil is'a physical, carnivorous monster. Such Dersonifications are comuron in all languages, especially the Hebrew, where mountains and Hell sing and clap their hands (Psa., lv., 12), ‘where blood cries for vengeance (Gen.., iv., 10), where trees choose Kings (Judges, ix., 14), and all nature is made active and vocal. And so in the classics, Sheol, Hades, and Hell are made tumultuous with their dumb inhabitants. Nevertheless, it remains true that. their etymological meaning is the cov- ered, the dark, the silent, the unknown. Notwithstanding the vagarisms of Spiritual- ism, and the fetish ghosts and ghouls of di- lapidated graveyards, the Scriptural fact re; mains that “the dead now not anything le., ix., 5; Job xiv-,21). © From, “These ‘facts we conclude that the fevised yersion is defective in translating Gehenna into Hell, which it is not, and not translating Hades into Hell, which it is. But inexplicable as it may appear, the revisers do attempt to translate or rather metamorphose Gehenna into Hell, words as foreign to each other as King Agrippa is to loving kindness. Gehenna is a Hebrew word Greekized as any other proper name might be. There is no such word in the Greek classics. It is simply z Feographical term, derived from the Hebrew Gee, land or valley, and Hinnom, 2 man’s name, like Aob’s Valley, Virginia, or Brush. Valley, Pennsylvania, terms well Understood by the inhabitants of those ces and the vicinity, but nuwhere else. ke all geographical terms it has no generic meaning, and no equivalent in any other lanzua It may be translated into Greek by spelline, it with Greek letters as Gehenna, hd so into English as Gee-Hinnom or Hin- tom’s Valley, but it isnot atGreek or English Itisas purely a local term as Chicago. Bee Josh., xviii., 18; Jere., xix., 2. : Whatever Christ may lave meant besides Silteral civil retribution, He certainly never sed Gehenna as an equivalent for Hades or Hell, Like the Hebrew Gee Hinnom, so the s Gehenna might be anglicized into “Hinnom’s Valley or remain untranslated, butnererrendered Hell. As well might the reviewers have translated Jericho or Galilee Hell. But a place of perpetual torment. being fiven “where the worm dieth not and the fire is not quenched.” Gehenna may by a bold metaphor symbolize such place, still 4t is dificult for the unsophisticated to com- prehend what effect either worms or fire ean have on immaterial and immortal. souls. Whatever metaphorical meaning, if any, Christ may have had in the maledictions of Gehenna is the greater mystery since none of His Apostles made any aliusion to the subject. We certainly think the reviewers ey rast justified in ponalatine, Gehenna, a Specific geographical term, by reneri mnetaphiy ieal terin Hell. ee cena f the reviewers are consistent in their ren- dering of the Old Testament, then the term Hell will be substituted by the Hebrew Sheol or the Greek Hades, and {ell will disappear from the English Old ‘Testament, as it now has. in dale the places in the New Testament ‘The next revision will then leave Gehenna untranslated, and so the Christian Scriptures will be clear of Hell. Universalism, however, will gain nothing by this, as the destiny o ok Genenene is Ng affected by Gee Hinnom enna, but y num Ss ang biases a y erous other terms hould it alleged that Hell has so changéd its meaning as not to be a synonym for Hades, then how is that Greek term to be translated? Isthe English language so poor as not to have a suitable word or phrase Wherewith to anglicize Hades? If not. why leave it untranslated? Must every reader study Greek or have a Greek scholar to read forhim? And if the eighty wise and good reviewers are unable to translate it, then of what use is such a word in the Bible? S..L. M. Consen. MERESY-HUNTING. THE CASE.OF PROF, ROBERTSON SMITH, Correspondence London Timea. Epinnune, May 29.—There is great indig- nation all over Scotland on account of the decision of the Free Chureh Assembly in Prof. Robertson Smith’s case, while schemes of secession and of stopping the supplies by withholding contributions to the Sustenta- tion Fund are being talked of, both in the North and in the South. Prof. Smith’s friends held a public breakfast yesterday morning for the purpose, first, of expressing sympathy with him, and, secondly, of coun- seling and encouraging their sympathizers in the Chureh. Their resolution is to stick by the Free Church, and tight out the battle there. Defeat has not daunted them, while the injustice they have sut- fered has increased thetr determina- Uon to persevere until the wrong has been righted. The knowledge, too, that the rising generation of the Chureh is mainly on theirside gives them the hope that a favor- able issue is only a question of time. The adoption of this policy is due mainly to Mr. Robertson Sinith himself, who, in his speech in the General Assembly Thursday, earnestly counseled his friends to remain loyal to the Free Church. Dr. Walter C. Smith said, at the breakfast, that Prof. Smith had on ‘Thurs- day saved the Chunch from ruif; which her so-called leaders were about to bring upon her. .A mass of people were waiting for such a decision 2s the signal for them to drop away from their church, but the Professor’s speech had prevented the threatened exodus. ‘The flag, therefore. is not to be hauled down; on the contrary, it is to be nailed to the mast. The Rev. Dr. Whyte said that he could not agitate the question of historical criticism in the Church. He would rather hold his pea about such questions, and v them: into his mninistry,—that is, by preaching in accordance with Prof. Robertson Smith’s principles. Prof. Lindsay, of Glasgow Free Church Col- lege, was still more explicit He gave the Church notice that ‘he took his stand on the critical position.” Tle said that “in every- thing that Prof, Smith had said about proph- ecy, pt one point, reading it in his own . rding to his understanding, he agreed with him.” The meeting was a very influential one, ineludingas it did Mr. Camp- bell, of Mite; Mr. Colquhoun, of Ross; Mr. G. Gowan, of Wester Lees ‘Dr. Benjamin Bell, Dr. C. E. Wilson, her Majesty’s In- spector of Schools; Mr. Henderson, of De- anha; Dr. Macdonald, of Ayr; Profs. Da- vidson and Salmond, and y prominent: laymen. Lonpox, May 28.—To the Editor of the Tines—Sim: By a majority of 394 to 231 the General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland: has decided to-deprive~Prof. Rob- ertson Smith of his chair, though’ to avoid awkward legal questions the full salary is to be continued. Thecase thus at length de- termined has been fought out with an amount of bitterness and excitement of which, as your Edinburg correspondent declares, it is difficult for an English reader to form any adequate conception. Prof. Smith, as is generally known, is a Hebrew scholar of the highest distinction, an eminent mathema- tician, and a writer of considerable ability. He is, or was till this vote removed him, the holder of a theological professorship in the Free Chureh College in Aberdeen. When the new edition of the “ Encyclopedia Britannica” was in preparation, he was en- gaged to write the Biblical articles; and as svon as the article: ‘‘ Bible” appeared it was impugned by a party in the Free Church as heretical. Long debates took place, which resulted in Mr. Smith being first removed from his chair, and then last May replaced in in it, with the admonition that he must take care not again to offend against Church dis- cipline. Shortly afterwards, however,another yolume appeared, containing an article on the Hebrew language and literature, andi.as this contained no retraction, but rat,’ a ious statements, Mr. st r formally suspended from the functions ot his professorship dur- ing the coming session, the further consid eration of his case being reserved to this present month of May. The breathing-time thus allowed him was turned by the Pro- fessor to a perfectly natural use, but one that does not seem to have been contem- plated by his opponents. He announced a course of lectures on “The Old Testament in the Jewish Church,” to be delivered in Glas- gow and Edinburg. The doctrines which would otherwise have been confined toa college class were thus spread far and wide. Eighteen hundred persons attended the lect- ures, Which in their published form will soon no doubt be read throughout the En- glish-speaking world. But the party which liad carried the suspension of Prof. Smith could not but regard the delivery of these lectures as a detiance, and they determined to persevere to the end in the endeavor to re- move him froin all official “connection with their body. Accordingly Edinburg has been this week the scene of a fierce religious strugglé, recalling in its heat and passion the days of the Disruption; the hall of the Free Church has been thronged_ by angry crowds of partisans, long and fierce debates have taken place to the accompaniment of shouts, and groans, and cheers, and the matter has ended for the present in the passing of Dr. Adam’s resolution, which declares Mr. Smith’s Professorship vacant from the end of this mouth. A é: 3 ‘The agitation which has ended in this un- fortunate manner will lead moderate peo- ple to ask, in the first place, what.is the nat- ith’s offense? The resolu- tion of the General Assembly professes to waive the question of the newly-published lectures; but, as they are but a development anda more ample restacement of the obno: ious articles, it is fair to suppose that the ar- guments on which the articles have been condemned will apply with redoubled force to the lectures. What, then, do we find in ii Ttisan attempt to set forward, ina plain, unvarnished manner, free from technicalities on the one hand and from rhet- oric on the other, ‘tan outline of, the prob- lems, the methods, and the results of Old Testament criticism” Itmakes no preten- w a sions to absolute originality. It aims at stating, in a popular form, the ults which have been arrived at by the cousent of scholars ail over on the world. It neither decides nor raises the stion of the uitimate source of the Script- ral book —that is, the theological question of inspiration. Its task is purely historia —naimely: to account for the form of the Ol Testament by 2 comparative study of all that is known or may be inferred about its redac- ton. “Llere,” it seems to say, “we have a yolume called the Old Testament, composed of a number of books written at various times and by variousauthors. The conscience of mankind admits that these books contain a moral revelation of supreme value, given primarily to the Jews, and through thet to the world. We are bound to bestow upon ks a study minute and laborious in these oot the value of this revelation. What can be found out about them? \W hat has modern scholarship, disinterested and reverent, to say about their date and ea iis ship? What has Hebrew plilology totell abou the epoch at ‘which the different books were composed or reduced to their present torm, and how does the answer of philology differ from the tracinonal answer? What evidence can be derived from a coniperative study of the Septuagint with regard to later interpo- Jations in our existing Hebrew text? What can we gather from the Rabbinical records as to the formation of the Canon? Is there Positive evidence to show, for example, that the Book of Esther and the Song of Solomon were not admitted to the Canon till after the Avostolic age? How far does a study of the ‘Talmud, that storehouse of Jewish tradition, help usto decide the questions about the date of the composition of the Pentateuch as we poss it? These are some of the problems. Which are presupposed in Prof. Smith’s yolume; and he deals with them in a manner that for sobriety, caution, and good taste leavés nothing to be desired. His objecs as he himself express it,is to exhibit the Bible as a living thing, and to make the Old Testament more teal to its readers. Many of the current modes of ex- plaining difliculties are felt, even by thos Who use them, to be untenable; they are seen to be such as we would not adinit for an in- stant in dealing with other books. Is there no better way? the student asks: is it not bossible, by a free use of the knowledge and - the scientific method that time has placed in our hands, to rescue the Bible from the do- imain of unreality into which, little by little, the unwisdom of its defenders is banishing it? Is it not possible, by demonstrating the real nature of the Bible, to place it once and for all on a foundation where it will be proof. against all shocks of time, against all change ee fentinent, against indifference and neg- le itis known how the Free Church has re- ceived the action of her distinguished son, and most people will agree with ie in think- ing thatthe Free Church. has taken a dis- astrous step. LI wish tospeak with all re- spect of the: natural tenacity of the convic- tions which religions people commonly hold with regard to the Bible. These convietions are formed by long experience rather than by any process of reasoning; and it is neither to be expected nor desired that they should be lightly changed. As Prof. Sinith himself says: “ lt would argue indifference rather than enlightenment if the great mass of Bible readers, to whom scientific points of view for the study of Scripture are wholly unfainiliar, could adjust themselves to a new fine of in- vestigation into the history of the Bible with- out passing through a crisis of anxious thought not far removed from distress and alarm.” But if a frivolous readiness for change is one extreme, an obstinate unwill- ingness to admit new points of view is the other, and it is into this intter extreme that the General Asseibly has fallen. The Free, Church—there is a strange irony in the title has cast out Frof. Smith; and the regret- fut comment of the world is. so much the worse for the Free Chureh. For it is a mere delusion to suppose that those matters on which the controversy has been taking place are matters of opinion or belief; they are matters of demonstrable fact. In matters that are beyond the sphere of proof a Church may lay down articles of belief and demand that all who belong to her communion. shall agree to them; butin matters where certainty is attainable by the ordinary methods of scientific inquiry” she no such right, Questions of Biblical criticism, it cannot be too often repeated, are questions of the latter class, ‘They do not rest upon opinion, or consent, or tradition; they rest upon evi- dence. Philology. historical research, the comparative. study of the documents are guides that must be accepted in this depart- iment as certainly as they must be accepted in the department of classical scholarship; that the work of a Noldeke or a Robertson Smith can no more be set aside by the vote of a General Assembly than can the work of a Bentley or a Mommsen. That the Free Church does not. recognize this obvious trath is a matter of sincere regret to all friends, Twill not say of religious liberty, but of Scotland and of common sense. As well attempt to guide leviathan with a hook as to restrain the modern — spirit from its pursuit of facts, or to check scholarshp in its advance. But | what causes grief to all who feel the value of religion to mankind is the reflection that h act of intolerance on the part of re- gious bodies tends to widen the breach be- tween religion and modern life. ‘The more the orthodox party commit themselves to an attitude of opposition to the growth of eriti- cis, the more they tend to drive into revolt the mass of those who cannot see thing from the traditional point of view. We are always hearing of the “unbelief” of the working classes, and of the fruitlesness of all attempts to reciaiin them. The real way to reclaim them is for the churches frankly to admit that the documents on which they base their claims to attention are not to be accepted in blind obedience, but are to be tested, and sifted, and tried by all the meth- ods that patience and learning can bring to bear. Your obedient servant, ANGLICANUS, THE CONGREGATIONALISTS. APPOINTMENT OF A COMMISSION TO REVISE THEIR CREED. The Committee appoiiited by the National Council of the United States to select a Com- mission of twenty-five to consider the matter of preparing anew creed and catechism for the churches .havo been delayed in reaching aconclusion by circumstances beyond their own control, growing mainly out of the ne- cessity laid on them to secure the consent of the persons selected to serve, before making any announcement. The list is, however, at Jength completed, and 1s as follows: ‘The Rev. Julius H. Seelye, D, D., Amherst, Mass. pyle Mev. Charles M. Mead, D. D., Andover, ‘Tho Rev. Henry M. Dexter, D. D., Boston, Mass, gyine Hey. Hdmmund K. Alden, 'D. D., Boston, The Rev. Alexander McKeuzie, D. D.,Cam- bridge, Mass. ‘The Rev. Samuel Harris, D. D., New Haven, Conn. ‘The Rev. Georne P. Fisher, D. D., New Haven, ‘onn. The Kev. George L. Walker, D.D., Hartford, Conn. The Rey. William S. Karr, D.D., Hartford, Coan. Prof. George T. Ladd, Brunswick, Mo. The Rev. Samuel P." Leeds, D.D., Hanover, The Rev. David B. Coe, D. D., New York. The Kev, William M. Taylor, D, D., New York. fhe Rev. Lyman Abbott, D. D., Cornwall-on- the Hudson, N. Y. _The Rey. Augustus F. Beard, D. D., Syracuse, re “Phe Rev. William W. Patton, D. D., Washing- ton, D.C. _ The Rey. James H. Fairchild, D. D., Ober- lin, 0. The Rev. Israel W. Andrews, D. D., Mariet- ‘The Rev. Zachary Eddy, D. D., Detroit, Sich. ‘The Rev. James 'T. Hyde, D. D., Chicago, Ill. The Key. Edward P. Goodwin, D. D., Chicago, In. The Rev. Alden &. Robbins, D. D., Musca- tine, Ia. The Rev. Constans L. Goodell, D. D., St. Louis, (0. -The Rev. Richard Cordley, D. D., Emporia, ‘as. ‘The Rev. George Mooar, D. D., Oakland, Cal. In making the selection different sections of the country have been upon somewhat in proportion to the membership of the Conzre- uionulist churches in each. ‘The ltst em- races men who are understood to represent different shades of opinion, whild holding fast to the essential truths of the Gospel. With a large proportion of pastors are joined. representatives of theological seminaries and colleges, of the religious press, and of the issionary work of our churches. Letters responding to these appointments indicate that those designated will enter on the work with interest and _hopefulness, and that they will be able to codperate in mutual respect and congeniality of spirit, and aim for the important ‘object contemplated. 2 It is understood that the Commission will choose its own Chairman, determine for it- self its organization and methods of pro- cedure, fill vacancies that may occur in its number, and take whatever time may be requisit for consummating its work, report- ing results directly to the churches through the press. It is presumed, also, that the necesary expenses of the Commission will be provided for by voluntary contributions from brethren in our churches, 3 Messrs. Abbott, Coe, and Taylor, of New York, are charged with the duty of calling the first meeting of the Commission at such time and place as they may agree upon. GENERAL NOTES. - A temperance convocation will be held at Lake Bluff Aug. 20-29. : The income of the Free Church of Scot- land last year was $3,000,000. The quarterly: meeting of the Woman’s Baptist Foreign Mission Association of Chi- cago will be held at the Fourth Baptist Church, corner of Washington and Paulina streets on Tuesday, June 21, at 2:30 p. m. Anold teacher of the Episcopal Church makes this suggestion to all Sunday-school teachers: If they would strictly and more carefully teach the children, especially the boys and young men, the Ten Command- wouild be less swearing, cursing, and taking His most holy name in vain than ‘at present with the young, growing boys and men. Special prayers will be offered to-day in all the evangelical churches in behali of the International Sunday-School Convention, which meets next week in Toronto. There are eighteen different evangelical societies at work in Sys ‘hese employ eighty foreign. preachers and teachers and 200 native helpers. ‘They seek to reach the total population of Syria, which numbers 209,000 souls, Dr. Clifford, the Catholic Bishop of Clifton, England, has declared for a Darwinian in- terpretation of Genesis. He thinks that it is voor science, and that the writer meant it as ahymn of creation rather than a text-book in natural history. -The Hebrew Club in the Divinity School of Yale College have made and published a revision of the authorized version of the prophecy of Habakkuk. : It is distributed for criticism, and is in advance of the revision of the Old Testament by the British and Amer- ican Committees, : The Summer School of Christian Philoso- phy will meet at Warwick Woodlands, Greenwood Lake, Orange County, July 12-2. Lectures will be delivered by Dr. Deems, Noah Porter, Prof. Bowne, Prof. Young, Dr. Lyman Abbott, Dr. McIlvaine, Prof. Martin, and President Bascom. 1 A committee has been appointed by the Welsh Bishops to consider the expediency of revising the Welsh New Testament accord- ing to the Greek tex dopted in the English revision. The present Welsh version was not translated from the orixinal, but from the English version, and therefore is not re- garded as sufficiently idiomatic. ionary in Natal, writin: ase of eighty converts in that dis- trict, says this encouraging result is largely due to the energy and zeal of the native preachers. “I never,” he testifies, “saw the equal of a good Zulu Christian anywhere for zeal in seeking the salvation of his own brother, Ltisa passion with him that puts many of us to shame.” A new York house will soon issue an edi- tion of the revised version of the New Test- ament, with the ‘‘readings and renderings preferred by the American Committee” in- corporated into the text. has been pre pared in this form by Dr, Roswell D. Litch- cock, and will be especially interesting and satisfactory to those who consider that the suggestions of the American Committee are yaluable and important. The Cardinal Archbishop of Saragossa, who has recently died, is the. sixteenth Car- ainal who has died since the accession of Leo XUL ‘The number: of Cardinals now living is sixt six Cardinal Bishops, forty-five Cardinal Priests, eleven Cardinal Deacons, and three Cardinals in petto. Only one of these, Cardinal Schwarzenbure, derives his nomination from Groxory. XVL, forty-seven were appointed by Pius LX., and the remaining seventeen by the present Pontiff. Five of the Red Hats are vacant. ‘Twenty-four thousand lay members of the Church of England have signed a protest against the toleration, in the Chureh of En- gland, of any doctrines ur practices which favor the restoration of the Roniish mass, or any colorable imitation thereof, any reintro- duction of the confessional, or any assump- tion of sacerdotal pretensions on the part of the clergy, in the ministration of the word and sacraments. The Archbishop of Canter- bury in acknowledging the receipt of this protest calls it ‘an important paper,” and , Promises to.give it his serious consideration. After all it appears that the Revising Com- mittee of the New Testament in substituting “tove” for “charity” have only returned to the old rendering. In the edi i Robert Barker, of London, in 1610, appears throughout the thirteenth chapter of the First of Corinthians, thus: “Though I speak with the tongues of men and angels and have not fove, L am as sounding brasse or a tinckling cymbal.” Again in the fourth verse, “ Love suffereth long,” ete., and in the thirteenth, “ And now abided faith, hope, and Jove, even these three; but the chiefest of these is love.” : The Rev. L. W. Bacon, in the last number of the Congregationalist, attributes the col- Japse of the Gallican Church in Paris to the weakness of Pére Hyacinthe’s position, which is a negative one. “Ie is now,” says Mr. Bacon, “simply a_ ritualist Episcopalian, closely identified with his sect of a sect in England and the United States, and frater- nizing with no one else. Very slowly, very reluctantly, and very decidedly I have come to the conclusion that the world has nothing to hope from the career ff Pére Hyacinthe. The salvation of France Js approaching from another quarter.” good pointin favor of Sunday-schools was nade in a Pennsylvania country church the other day. There were two parties in the church, one in favor of and the other op- posed to Sunday-schools, andthe adherents of the latter, determining to embody their convictions in a formal protest, had a docu- ment drawn up and posted in the church. But the impressiveness of this demonstra- tion was quite lost when the friends of the Sunday-school discovered that every man of the dissentients had signed the protest with his mark in lieu of his name. A word to the wise is enough !—Sunday-School Times. , church in Philadelphia had a bare look- ing patch of eround in tront of its church which gave the premises a dreary and for- bidding appearance. As an expedient for giving this the appearance of a garden a musical entertainment was given, the price of admission to which was one pot-plant for each person entering. The success was im mense, All the neighbors and their children crowded into the church on the evening of the entertainment, each bringing a plant in flower, The next morning the sexton and 2 working committee of the chureh people set to work to place the plants in position. In a few hours tne former wilderness blossomed as the rose. The topics to be discussed at the Methodist Ecumenical Council—the first_ general coun- cil of the Church—embrace “ Methodisin: Its History and Results”; “Evangelical Agen- cies of Methodism”; “Methodism and the Young”; “The Lord’s Day and Temper- ance”: “Possible Perils of Methouism’; * Education’; ‘The Use of the Press for the Advancement, of Christianity’; “ Ilome and Foreign Missions”; and‘ Christian Unity.” ‘The regulations for the govern- ment of the Conference in effect suggest a plan for organizing into one confederated body the different branches ot the Methodist Church throughout the world. Bishop Simp- son will preach the opening sermon, The third annual religious assembly of Island Park, Rome Ci Ind.,_ will begin June 29, and continue to July 15. ‘The fol- Jowing special attractions have been provid- ed, in addition to the regular program: A magnificent model of Palestine, the finest in the world; a large and beautiful model of the Jewish Tabernacle; Biblical and Oriental inuseum; brilliant stereopticon exhibitions; calcjum-light illuminations; vocal and instru- mental concerts; dramatic réadings and per- souations; eloquent and learned lectures on Edueation, Church IJistory, Roman History, Art and Scicnee, Literature, the Bible, the Ancient Religions, China and the Chinese, Siam and the Siamese, Phases of Modern In- fidelity; special classes in art, microscopy, Greek, German, and music. PERSONALS. The Rey. Dr. Kellogg has determined to resign the Presidency of Griswold College. The Rev. F. M. Gregg has resigned the Rectorship of Christ Church, Burlington, Ia. The Rey. I. R. Howard has resigned his Rectorship at Potsdam, N.. Y., ou account of ill-heaith. i The Rev. G. L. Wrenn, of Highland Park, has gone to Boston, where he will make his home for the future. The Rey. Henry B. Ensworth, Rector of Christ Chureh, Portsmouth, O., has ac- cepted a call to the Rectorship of St. An- drew’s Church, Chicago, and will enter upon his duties about the 1st of July. Dr. Dexter, senior editor of the Congreqa- tionalist, has been appointed to give the nual series of Congregational lectures in land in 1885. Me is sé br eigner to whom this honor has been given. Henry Scott Jeffreys, A. B., has resigned the curacy of Epiphany Chapel, Philadel- phia, declined a call to the Church at Ham- monton, New Jersey, and n Mateo, California, to be assis tev. Alfred Lee Brewer, Rector of St. Mathew’s Hall. Bishop Dudley and wife sailed for Europe on Wednesday last, in the Cunard steamship Gallia, and Bishop Coxe in the North Ge n Lioyd steamship Donau. Bishops Pen- ick, Seymour, and Gallaher have all been so- jouruing in New York of late. The Rev. Joseph vor, pastor of the Macedonian Church, Philadelphia, is ac- cused of having been a convict in England, and of coming to this country with money obtained by selling achurch Which did not makes the charge, is himself under a slight cloud. When the Salvation Army visited Philadelphia he fell in love with Sister Ar- nie, and married her, notwithstandmg his knowledge that she had a living husband. Gottnter suits for slander have ‘been insti- On Ascension-Day, the Archbishop of Can- terbury, assisted by the Bishops of Glouces- r and Bristol, St. Asaph, ‘l'uronto, Ont., Victoria, and Bishops MeDougal and laugh ton, consecrated the Rev. George Frederick Tlose, ML. A., Archdeacon of Singapore, to be Bishop of Singapore, Labuan, and Sarawak. The ceremony took. place in the private chapel of Lambeth Palace, in presence of about 200 persons, The Rey. Dr. William J. Frost has for eleven years been Rector of Trinity Episcar pal Church, Wilmington, Del. During near- dy half that time the vestry have been trying to induce him to resign, but he has stead- fastly refused, though they passed resolu- tions repeatedly expressing their desire to rt h him. Bishop Lee has now issued ion forbidding him to officiate, and ‘ys so far as to cease conducting serv- ices; but he declines to give up the rectory and church records, and the ease is to go into acivil court. SUNDAY SALAD. A Hartford divorce lawyer said to his min- ister the other day: “‘ You and I live in the right State for one another—what you Con- necticut!” A student at Oxford University on being asked “Who was Esau 2” replied: “ Esau Was aiman who wrote fables, and sold his copyright for a mess of potash.”—Colicge Journal. 5 Unconscious profanity sometimes comes to the most exemplary Christian. A real good brother said yesterday, “I must get mea copy of the new Bible. I hear the revisers have knocked —— out of it,”"—New Orlcans Picayune. A witty New York society woman was standing with a friend before Zola’s greatly admired picture of Lot and his daughters, Which was on exhibition in an art store on Fifth avenue. “Oh!” remarked the friend, dolorously, “what do you suppose Lot thought when he beheld his poor wife turned toa pillar of salt?” “I suppose,” replied the wit, with admirable gravity, “he thought how he could get himself—a fresh one.” Ayoung lady in Bostod had gathered a Sunday-school class from among the news- boys of the city. One Sunday she was striv- ing to impress upon their minds some food advice in regard to the future, when it oc- curred to her that the word was perhaps a little beyond the comprehension of the class. Putting the question to the boys, ‘Do you know what the future means?” there was a dead silence for a moment, which brok- en by a bright little fellow, who quietly sug- gested that it might mean “ further particu- Jars in the next edition.” ‘The teacher announced that the subject of hisremarks would be found in the words “Whom the Lord loveth He chasteneth,”+ whereupon the youngest member of the class exclaimed: es ee _ “Oh, don’t I know it, and isn’t my mother just like the Lord.” “Theodore,” gravely interrupted the teacher, “let me hear no more such speeches.” “ T wasn’t going to say anything more,” sobbed the boy, “but if you think Pm lying, just look at my back.” The late venerable and eloquent Dr. Lovick Pierce, who never missed a chance, during a ministry of seventy-five years, to do the ne- groes good, was preaching once on Christian progress at acamp-meeting. It was his man- ner to make astonishi then. On this oceasiu! h of lifeand death in Christian experience: “ Brethren, you must grow or die. Proxress you must make. If you can fly, tly; if, you can’t fly, run; if you can’t run, walk; if you can't walk, crawl” His voice was rising to its full trumpet tones, and his eye flashing as few eyes ever flashed. His right hand was still high - advanced, The congregation trembled forhim. Whatcould he say more? But he was the master of such wound up thesentence with ane like thunder: “ If you can’t crawl— along!” One.Sunday morning, while a certain dea- con was preparing for church, a wandering waytarer, or, in lern parlance, a tramp, appeared at his door, pleaded. his hunger, and begged for something toeat. The deacon looked solemn and frowningly, but reluct- antly gota loaf of bread and began to cut it; but while doing so took occasion to ad- monish the beggar concerning the error of his ways. After reminding him that it was the holy Sabbath which he was desecrating, he asked him if he knew how to pray. a” was the reply. “Then,” said the deacon, “Pil learn you,” and he commenced to re- peat the Lord’s prayer. But just as he uttered the first words “Our Father,’’ the beggar interrupted him with the ques- What, is He your fathr and mine, LO “Yes,” the deacon replied. “Why,” exclaimed the beggar, ‘twe are brothers, then, ain’t we? Can’t you cut that slice-a little thicker?” CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK. EPISCOPAL. June 19—First Sunaay ufterTrinity. June 24—Fast; Nativity of St. Joho the Baptist, CATHOLIC. June 19—Sunday in the Octave of Corpus Christi; St, Juliana Falconieri, V. June 20—Of the Octave; St.Silverius, P. M. June 21—St, Aloysius Gonzaga, C. June 2—-Of the Octave; St. Paulinus, B.C. June 23—Octave of Corpus Christi; Vigil of St. John Baptist. June 24—Nativity of St. John Baptist. June 23—St. William, Abb. FINANCIAL EXTREMES. For The Chicugo Tribune. “ Give me neither poverty nor riches.” SOLOMON RAY. A hard, close man was Solomon Ray; Nothin’ o’ value he gave away. He hourded an’ saved; He pinched an’ shaved; An’ the more he hed, the more he craved. The hard-earned doilars he toiled to gain All brought him little but care an’ pain; Fur nothin’ be spent, 3 An’ all that he lent He made it bring him twenty per cent. Sech wus the life o’ Solomon Ray. The yeurs went by, ‘an’ bis hair grow gray. lis cheeks grew thin; ‘His sou! within Grew hard ez the dollars he worked to wip. But he died one day, ez all men must, Fur life is fleetin’ an’ wan but dust; nf the heirs were gay. ‘That laid him away; An’ this wus the end o Solomon Ray. They quarreled now who bad leetle cared Fur Solo:non Ray while his life wus spared; ‘All his lands were sold, An’ his hard-earned gold ‘Wus paid to the lawyers, I am told. Yet many will cheat, an’ pinch, an’ save, Nor take the'r treasures beyond the grave. All the'r gold some day Will vanish away, Like the selfish gavin's o’ Solomon Ray. IL 3 PELEG STOW. Strong an’ healthy, but alwuz stow, Large an’ Inzy, was Peleg Stow; ” Labor sin" he Did disagree; Why he should worry, he couldn't see. ‘The tall, thick weeds in bis garden grew; His wants were many, his comforts few; Fur lectle be made, An’ he hed no trade, While he borrowed muncy he never paid. While others labored, he calmly slept: While others burried, he humbly erept; ‘An’ he scemed inclined ‘To be lett behind In the journey o’ life by all bis kind. He hed no manhood, be hed no pride: His frail wife faded, his children died, <An’ the whole world said They were better di jead Than livin’ the pitiful iife they led. Idle he lived, an’ without a care— = A worthless load for the town to bear. He Feuped no grain; He died in pain, An object o’ pizy an’ just disdain. Yet many will live in sloth an’ ease ‘Til ont ut the elbows an’ the knees; ‘Their means will spend, An’, In the end, Will go to the grave without a frie Ce WILLAnD AVENTE STATION, Chicagt a id. J. TEAL. Silk and Lisle Mitts at Cc. A. Couraxt & Co.’s, 145 State street. ——————_— . tottering rund from rheumatism, kidney trouble, or any wenkness, will be made ments, he is under the impression that there / belong to him. But Brother Dobson, who | almost new by using Hop Bitters freely. i LAKE NAVIGATION. GOODRICH’S STEAMERS. TIME TABLE. For Itacine and Milwaukee twice daily at § a.m. and 8p. m., Sunday morning excepted. For Grand Maven, via Milwaukee, twice dally atS a. m. ands p. m., Sunday mourning excepted. For Sheboygan. Manitowoc, ‘Ludixston, und Mantis tee, dally at Sa. m,, Sunday morning exeepted. For Green Bar, Sienuminee und bay ports, Kewau- nee. etc. Tuesday ats p. im and Saturday a¢ Da. (2, For Escanaba, Fayette, and all Lake Superior towns, via Escanaba, Saturday at am. For Frankfort, Plerport, Arcadia, ete., Tuesday atS aio. und Saturday atYa. Docks foot Micbicun-av. SL, JACOBS OIL, RHEUMATISH, Neuralgia, Sciatica, Lumbago, Backacha, Soreness of the Chest, Gout, Quinsy, Sore Throat, Swellings and Sprains, Burns and Scalds, General Bodily Pains, Tooth, Ear and Headacke, Frosted Feet and Ears, and all other Pains and Aches. No Preparation on earth equals Sr. Jacozs Ort 2s asufe,sure,stmploand cheap External Kemedy. A trief entails but the comparatively of 50 Cents, and every one suffering with pain can kave cheap and positive proof of its claims, Directions in Eleven Languages. 80LD BY ALL DRUGGISTS AND DEALERS IN MEDICINE. A. VOGELER, & CO., Baltteres Mess Ue 8 Ms, NOTICE. Owing to a fire in our TEA STORE we will not be open for business until the premises are entirely refitted, and our new stock of this year’s growth of Teas arrives; alsoour new stock of “Curio” Goods, which will be on or about June 25. "TEA THP'G C0, Opposite Marshall Field & Co.’s. BAKING POWDER. ‘Made from Professor Horsfords’ Acid Phosphate. oe . Recommended by leading physicians. Makes lighter biscuit, caker, etc., and Jo healthier than ordinary Baking Pow- der, Incans. Sold at a resonable price. The Horsford Aimanuc avd Cook Book sent free. Rumford Chemical Works, Proviaence, 8. I “ana3} Lake-st, Chicago. FURNITCRE. FINE & MEDIUM! Holton Hildreth 221 & 223 STATE ST. OCEAN NAVIGATION. Gcean Steamshirs, Carrying the British and Untted States Malls. New York und Liverpool. vin Queenstown. Tickets to and, from the principa! English, Scotch, Irivh, French, German, Itslian, und Scandinavian rors ‘These steamers carry no, FRANCIS C. BItOW: outh Clurk-st., Chicazo. $2 DRAFTS on Great Britain, Ireland, uod the Continent tor sale. STATE LINE ‘To Glasgow, Liverpool, Dublin, Belfast, and London- derry, fromm N. Yu. € i ‘i Bi ra N. Y., every Thursday. First Cabin. §a to, ding to aecotummodution. Second Cabin, Bu, outward, 2c. These steamers carry neither ttle, sheep, nor plks. ms P, NOE PIMAUSTIN, BALDWIN & CO, 33 Broadway, N Fitundoiph-st.. Chicas. JOUN BLEGEN, Western Manager. ALLAN LINE OCEAN MAIL STEAMSHIPS. VIA QUELEC. VIA BALTIMORE, PASSAGE all classes between prinetpit points 1a Europe and Amerita at lowest mites. ‘Three weekly ‘ay. Emizrant and Steeraze Passnce through to all puints at spectal rutes. ALLAN & CU., Gen, Azts.. 72 Lu Salle-st.. Chicago NATIONAL LINE. For Liverpool and London airect. Cabin £0 to $0. Outward steerage, 2%. Prepuid steerage, 25, being St lower thun most lines. PP, B. LARSEN, 4 South Clark-st. CUNARD MAIL LING. Salling twice n week to and trop. British Ports Pas- rage Tickets from Liverpool, Queenstown, Glassow, lin, Belfast, and Londonderry at lowest rates Company's Uttice, comuer Clark and Randolph-sts. 0. Drafts for £1. and upwards, at lowest rates, P. EL DU VERNET. Gen'l Western Agent. __ RAILROAD TIME-TABLE, TEER ANS EN Lasatto cures HSslinaay vestepted. | ‘Sunday exvepred Se Saliva ys “ ime-Cards, Sleeping-Car accommodations 6? Clare-sty Grand Pacitic. Brink's express . Palmer Hoase. 7 Canal-st, and the depot on the corner of Wells and Kinzie-st, re mt Milwaukee Specini Milwaukee & Green Mi « n Bay. vi ville. . Paul & Minneapolis Express... Paul S Minneapolis Expre: woud Expres: ‘ota. & Central Dakoti ta & Con ral Daxot BRSHRRBSHBR BS Chicago, Burtington & Quincy Rattread. For Maps. Time-Tables, Sleeping-Car Accommoaa- ons, apply at® Clark-st, Grand Pucitle Hotel, Brink's Express Office, Grand Unton Depot, Canal and Sixteenth-st, Palmer House, und io Canal-at, Leave. | Arrive. Nebraska biubuque & Sivux C1 bAnboy, Rock FallsSteriing bDowner’s Grove Accommodat'n| bMontana & Pacitle Expre: 3 LStJoseph, Atchison &'Fope bKansas City & Denver E Sunday Passeng baAuror Passencer.. bMendota & Ottawa Express. b8t. Louis Expre bkockford & Free bAurora Dassenss bAurora Passen cites Moines, Omaha & Sluht Express a Daily. 6 Dally, except Sunday. ¢ Dally, except Saturday. d Dally. excent Monday. iubuque tra ns leave and arrive from Central De- pot, fout of Lake-st. Chicago, Milwuukee & St. Paul allway. Union Depot: Corner Madison, Canal, and Adams-sts, Icket Ofices, ti Clark-st, Palmer House, Grand Pacitic Hotel, and at Depot kee Fast Mail... ha & Oeonomawoe ee. St. Paul & Mi apulis Express tralns. Green Bay, Menasha, pleton ress trains kee, Madison, Prairie du} Jowa, and Dakota E: Point Elgin § Tracew acc : ‘Trains for Humboldt und North Chiewo leave 6: a.m. and p.m: arrive 6:40 3. om. and 6:15 p oh dally, Suadays excepted. Chicago & Alton. Unton Depot, West Side, corner Madison and Canal~ ‘ats, between Madison and Adams-st. bridges, and itwenty-third-st. ‘Ticket Offices, at Depots, #9 South Clark-st., Grand Pacitie Hotel, and Palmer House. ‘Leave. Arrive, . enver, Pueblo Ex. °é, New M sy 2 Hinton Fast Bxpress.. } Chenoa’ Pekin & Peoria Ex. via Jollet... Streator, Lacon, Washingt'n Ex. Jollet & Diright Accummodation. Hilinois Central Rattroad. Depot foot of Lake-st. und foot uf Twenty-second-st, ‘Tieket Ottices, EL Randoiph-st, near Clark, Grand Pacitic Hotel, aud Palmer House. & Keokuk: Express. Wabash. St. Lonls & Pacific Rattwar. Union’ Depot, State and “Twelfen-sts. “AN Stateate ‘cars run to the Depot, und Wentworth-nv_ cars pnas within one block. Ticket Offices, $} South Clarkests Palmer House, and Grand Pacitic Hotel, Leave, St. Lous & Gulf Express. St Vouis & Guif Fast Line? harsas City & Denver Fast 12, Burlington & Keokuk ria & Pekin Special, 0 p ma} Sp ingoeld & Hannibal Fist Lines "12:0 pm {Dally.” * Daily except sundays Hi Nork=Patinan a-Cars from Chicaco to St. Louis, Kansas City, and Peoria. Parlor Day Coaches, th revolving chairs, Chicago to St. Louis, and Ite- elining-Chatr ars Chicago to Hannital and Kansas City. No change of Day Coaches Chlengo ts St. Louls 97 Kansas Ci Chicago. Zoe Davenport & Peoria Expres: Counell Biutts Fast Expre: yi avenworth & At re: ons pre: Bine Is.und Accommodation. Blue Isiund Accommodation. +Dally except Saturdays undays. SThursdays und Saturdays except Mondays. Sundays ont; Michiza Depot, foot of Ltk ‘Ticket Once, dutph, Grand tba only. Central Ratlroad. und footer Twenty-second-st. iurk-st., southeast corner of Itan- vitte Hotel, und at Palmer House. (sia Main and Atr Line). ork & Boston Ex. Peto Mt osky Expre: uskecon 5: Huren-st, head of baa Ticket, ket see ehizan Southern Railway ts ‘Mail (via Main Lin ‘ork & Boston & Z {sails @ Saturdays leave at Daily. excepted. Baltimore «& Ohto, Depots, Exposition Building und foot of Tiwenty-sec~ und-st. ‘Ticket Ottlees, 87 Clark-st., Palmer Touse, Grand Pactiic Hotel, and Dept (Exposition Bulld’eh | Arrive. Morning Express. Fiat Expres “§ wally. yexcepted. Kankakee Line. : opots.foot of Lake-stand foot uf Twert: jeket Gifices at Depots and t21 Kundolp! use. jt, Grane’ y ones ur. Adams and Canaleats,. ‘Ticket umees, Be at ) tk-st, Palmer House, Grand Paclic Hotel, and Mail and Expre: ew Yurk F Facatie Ie Fast Li Pittaburg, Ciueinnatl & St. Louls if, 2, Cincinati and Kokemo Atr-Lines) : (Cincinnati and I o catia? epot, corner of Adums and Caani-sis. : PaReket Omiees ay Depos und TA. iandolpacst, sb Cavacst, Grand Pacine Hotel, and Va re pag Expres ; Chicago & Eastern iinols Hallroad. (Danville Monte.) Depot, Twellth-st, near State. ‘Ticket Offices, 101 Hark-st., 9 State-st., Valmer House.and Grand a= cite, Brink's Express (cor.state and Iandolpi-sia | Leave. | Arr “Arrive; am|t 4:15 9m, 81 pm)" 3:14 mS Day Exp . Nushvilie & Florian Bpress! ~Abaiiy. exeept Sundavs, _* Daily, RAILROAD TICKETS. ne ETC CTE ener j H R. RR. TICKETS At NAT. REEVES’, Ticket Broker, Tt iS, Clark-st. ‘Tlekets Bonzht, S und Exchanged. Keduced rates to d Seats, Bitparcs. Busc-balt uexets fur sale. Meserve City. a seconde. Ne Pittsburg, Ft. Wayne & Chieare Raltway fit ;