Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 14, 1881, Page 6

G TIIE CHICAGO TRIBUN MONDAY, NOVEMBER M4, 1881I—TEN PAGES. RELIGIOUS. AContinuous RevelationAn Elo- quent Sermon by Dr. Thomas. Prof. Swing’s Discourse on Mod- ern Woman and Wer Achievements. Reopening Sermon by Dr. Good- win at the First Con- #regational, Christian Growth, the Subject of Dr. Lorimer’s Sermon Last Evoning. CONTINUOUS REVELATION. SERMON DY THE REY. DI THOMAS, Dy, Thomas preached yesterday mornme toa Ingo nudience In the Poonto's Churel. fe took Tor his theme “A Continuous Revelation.” Fole lowing ts tho sermon: Thave yot inany things to say inte you, but yo. eatinot then now. Howbelt, when He, tho fparit of Tenth, lavome, He shall guide you Inte all tenth Joli. ty. 12-1, ‘ruth may be defined as tho exact atntemant of n fot, Ag thare are many kinds of fiels, so there fro many and corresponding ways of dvseribing what the facts are, A truth of pure rengon 1g set forth In exict terms, asa nxtom in mathomnntics. ‘This form of truth f@ called necessary, ‘Phat 13, the mind cannot conceive of itas being othor or diferent, from what it ty. Thus a stratyht Uno Is necossarily the shortest dunes between two points. Then there fs what wo enll contingent truth, or facts thot who mind perceives and states ag they are, but Wt the enmo time feels thit those facts night bave Leen otherwise. Thus we say that thy earth revolves from west to vast; but iu this atatement tho miud does not feel that’ tho fact is shut in by any necessary Inw. Tho enrth might, so far ns we cit see, have revolved the otner way. And so tn tho facts of history. We suy that Lincalis was assusinated, or that Antony loved Cleopatra; and, to be truthtel, history must state the facts; but most minds, atleast, do not feet that these things bad to bo gg, or that thoy could not have been athorwise. Thon chore are tho truths of beauty, and urt, and tuusic, and marality, und piety. These lic in the domains of both fntellect und sentiment. They are not only perceiver, but felt, Theos Appear to partake of both the nevossary and contingent elements, With the mind as it Is, thore are cortaln principles tn art, or musie, or beauty tut seem neeessary to constitute them Buch, nnd to produce tho corresponding eifect or fevling, A ourved ting or a rounded figure 13 3. more beautiful than Aa etralgnt ine or a sQttire figure. Musle is conditioned in the laws of harmony, und, with the mind aa It 13, musie must conform to those laws. Hut then, were the mind diferently constituted, muaie might be lilterent, 1t muy bo that those pringtples In the world of harmony are neucs- sury, and that tho mind could not be other than itis, OF this wo may not certainty know; but we do know that astralyut ine is tha shortest aistinee between two points, and that It could not be otherwise, It fa go, Independeutly of any perce) vitug mynd, And so, tov, there are groat ioral truths ‘Testing Upon the necessury law of the relutions of God tut, und min to God, and inant to gan. And out of those thore suom ty arigy nit- + Ural and necessiury obligations, And, when theso: ure perceived, the mural suntimonts generally respond ta the fuuts, ‘Tis, manktnil feet that it 8. wrong. fur the strong to Itnpose upon the - weak, or for purents to desert thelr ehildren, or for one to traduce tho churacter of another, And aii men of reflned gentiments revere thit which js high and holy, and would shrink frous profuntir the nine of God. And thus we pereolve that wo aro ino world of frets; of fuets necessary and contingent; facts that belong to both the intellect ant the heart. Whose constitute the world of the mind and the spirit. They relate us to matertal Lbings; thoy relnte us to principles and sentl- ments. It ds our work In life to unterstand thls workl of truth; to conform to It; 10 use tt; to live upon ft as fund; to make tt our life, And when we pause to think and to observ We tiny s¢o how mun baa wrought in this ell of fuctand truth, Horo are tho explanations and tho results Of human study. Here we tid history. und science, und moral, and religion tiking shape under the perceiving mind and tho feeling heart of man, And we percelve also tha Yarious torins or expresaions ot these many Kinds of truths. Science seeks (ta detinitions th exuet terms, and histury..ag a reeltal of huynan deeds, ty amply a narration of facts, ~ But when we come’ to the world of benuty and sentiment we find truth coming forth In sommes thing more than nm garment of wards, It ls Murethan a dotuition. It ts form, tt ls life, It is feeling; and as such ennnot be reduced to tho tering of the suientlats ag sugh ft cantiut be pat inte the fortns of a pure logic. And hence bea. ty lives in the tower, and siniles in the human fuee, and jooks down from tho trees nud the sitios, And beauty, and senthnent, and great nor prinelpies, and aioving plety come forth, not ns deftlnitions alone, hut i ong and poetry; 4n fares and lagers: or walk the evrtit in the Hite of tho philanthropist, or in the love and tears of nimothor. Youwennnot ininny full sense, take a eclence Or a lowe of these things. They are tho truths god the sentiments af the soul. Aud hence all ciforts to reduce roligion to an. exuct forin or statement—ta muke of ita sel- enve orn logic—must be more or luas deficient, Many of ft prineiplus and truths may admit of abtatement in oxnet terms, but they are targe! than mero deliulluns, avd require the lunwuage nd feclings of tae soul to fnterpret thelr real MCAD, Ju this world of truth, man as learner haa been hindered or kept back by many causes, and beuce the progress of truth bas been glow, One catke has been the uoranes of the teachers, In nl ages teachers have appeared at tho hend of each xreat departinoat of knowl. fenchors in sclenee, wad luw, and philoso- nd religion, But in hearly every instance be teachers themselves nesded to be taught Jong wus It that tho wikest were In u low Utter fenorance us to the shape OF the earth, oF the couse of nigbt and day? How lone e nen Ignorant of thy clrewlution of the baad in tholr ows bodlos? And there was no one to teueh them, And so, ton, the power of stoain aud elcotrielty were unknown, And much of the sume darkness obtained in mediciie, and ‘ philosophy. aud govermuunt, No oue knew tho kimplo laws of Nuture; no one had been alte to analyze the principles of the best forin of gov ernment. And so men followed such teacbors 48 tuey had, and believed that an celipse of the AUN Wits dupornatural, or that dliease resulted from sorcery, or that savory was right, But it ly of truth in thy realin at inorals and: Tol{ylon that we ure to spenk inore dutiattly. And here tho sume trouble micets us. The truth Waa hot generally know dn any faltacnss wh by the luadors ot the people; hence their tench tues were imperfect, ‘This was go uf Zovoustur, aud Comtuciua, and Buddha; it was au of Pluto aud Socrates, Theory was a largo measure of treth ta tholr morutizings, tnd wv degree oven Jn thelr Ideus of God, and worship, aud the futy re work!, Hut when woe come to the authori. tative declaration of the pringiples of mouralty We need moro than spevnlittons, more thin tho we of ian, We need the word of God; we ueed wrovoelation, And still nore fs this trite fay quextions af religion; questions as to te nature of God, and the relinons' af man to Gods and queettons concorning the future Hite. and the gout, and and pardon, and purity, These ure aubjects on Whleb nab needa Hlunine fo Irom above, ‘They are not contrary to reason, bit they are largely suave reason; red an hardly discover them, And hones tbelleve that In the wront outside relies june there wud a ineustire of Inspiration. and hence every nation bis hud Its seora or prophets, Mut | bellove there waa i epecind Uuniieisn In he Hebrew religion; that there Is ln tho Old ‘Testamont a direct revelation from God und of God. And then © veltave that attur God dad “spoken te the tuthors by tha prophets,” Alo In later days bas spoken to tho world by {ls Son"; thut tn Jeens Gost was revouled to tho worl; that He waa * God with ua"; “God mane Sfegt fh the tex." Now, su the caso of the Divinely-inepired Mosex, and tho prophots, and In tho teachings of Jexos, WO TUE duppode that thoy hal the trary to ives and hence the ditigulty Wad not hay the luck of knowledge on the part of oy) teachurs, buton thy purt uf the people to receive, “And this bring us to consider dileuitlos of nnothar character—namelys the Inutiiity of mankind to fully receive the train. ‘Thora 1g the innvillty to understand and ap- precinte divine things, Ine world where every thing tells of Gewl—where God {3 sven in ovary. {eing—eeuno seer UNAbIG ta burcuives Duss or to “belluve chit Ile ia." Aud then to those who “bolleve that fly Iss anid that Ho Is a cewarder of then who eeok Pita.” sul thore fa often a sad obLusenusy fn percelylng spleitind things, 1 totik that Moves, woon he led the children of Isracl out of Egypt, sought at once ta lultiute thous inte the tuysturies and worship of i dplrit: ual rellyton; but they could not understand These; gud Bence be tid to fall buck upon the Blower plan of object lessons und te long ins viruetion of cersaontal worbip. And ai all Distory we seo tho sume great truth, that whe tonebers have arrived at a point where they Dave bad thy higher truths to vive, then there hag been the trouble of tading wouly ready: to receive that truth, Socrated hid g wath beyond Dis noms truth of God and virtues something 3 above the tuuge warebip of ble diy. But for leaching thly be wae charged with “corrupting: the agin or Athena” and wih put. to death, ‘Tho propuuts had the truth of Got— tat rose and gblned Ike uw morning stur lo tao yan uF te Wolitry, und formalin of thelr intr aw o poople cuuld 5 auth, Aud then camo "Teaua with the very trath, and heart, and love of God, but in many things fle was not understood, Ho anid that tho Seribes and Phariaoes wero blind lendurs of the Diind, They had oes, but thoy saw not; ane vars, Dub heard not. He complained to Peter “have J been so fore with vou, and: yet hast thou net known ney Te atid to tha: diselpies © Thave many things to aay into sou, but ye cuonot bear thom’ —you sro hot yet prepared, fe them: Lot yet ready and able to recelyo on. Itavilt be a joyful day, my friends, whon the work! shall be ablo to recoive all grent truths, It 1s ho ainall or easy thing to educate the world up to tha dens of liber Ks and purity, and love in government and rellgion; no casy thing to Lift inaukind toa plano whero the beauty of art, und tho aweatness of song, and the Joy of the soul ablde ferever. All this uppor world lie about us, and rises above us, if only wo had teactors to lead tho way, and abliity to follow, ‘There [ not only the diMaulty arising from tho lowness of aur faculties and the highness of truth, but also tho bliminess and porversions tes cause of sin, Our Saviur raid to those about Tim, * Ye will not come to the light beentisa your decds ureovi” Heaattd man loved diurk= ness mitt! than Ight" becwuse of thelr evil ways. ‘Tho great truths of morality ‘and rotige fon, and God Ie so close to tho Feolitizs and wre to be 80.8 pArtor the soul that it ta onty as mon wilk In them that tho wiy becomes plain, Et is tho * pure In heart that sco God.” And men in aiu are blinded by ali. In the days of slavery the dealers in sowils and bodies did not want to. ace its Inhiimtanity: thoy dit not.want to sco Its injustice; tholr money and thelr ease were at stuke, and Justico nnd right were bilndeds and e prenehers could soll) babies and womon. Net nll, of course, for many siive-uwners were kind And so it ow. ‘Tho loys of nny wrong ae Diinds men tothe truth, Men who grow rich by making drunkards and {mpoverishing familics are blinded by thofr yalis; thoy do not see the tears of mothors, nor hear tho orphans ery, And it ds so of hearticss specuintors and grasp. ing worshipers ef money, And ft tssood the slaves of passion and lust. f tell you that tho Jove of anything that Is wrong tends to harden the heart and to blind the eves, Obt how tha: Bins of this world rise tp like grent bluck clouds taanut alte tho Nght of truth and the beauty of oliness, : ‘Thon itwaln men aro blinded by prejuidices— thy prejudices of nationality, and: goverument, and religion, and purty, These prejudices may bind thont to tho good In others, and bind thom to the evil In thymevlves. How haed is it for tha Irigh to see any good in tho Government of En gland: how hint for Rounnists atid Protestants tu sve enen other ns thoy are. Now, into all this darkueas, andain, and preju- dice. God brenthod through tho prophets and spuke through His Son. And dealing not with avientitic stutements, but with moral und spire tun things, snd trying to bring down tho truth thats high, and to lft up the world that Js so Jow, the Bible fa a history, a poem, a son, it dream, «vision, a gallery of pletnros, a battles fletd, & temple, a worship, «hi, a penalty, a hope, a Warning, a prayers {tis love, (t Is anger, itis sword, it is war, pence, fact, Inagery, Neuro, parablo—it ts ovorything that it may have somes thing for cach beart, and muy somobow reach all minus with tho truth, Tut the Bible, with all this, and with Moses and tho prophets and Christ, ts notall, These do not exhaust and conclude tho dlvine method Of bringing truth to the hearts of mon. lndved, all thess were but preparations or steps in the tour way to tho great day ot tho Iloly Spirit. and race and Tho tw came by Mosos, truth by Justis Christ; but tho real elller- cy, tho witnessing power of the truth, came by tho Holy Spirit. AM before Christ bud been jurgaly outside tevening. Christ was truth cin bodied, truth enacted, truth declared, and hy this senso truth loewlized, and, in meustre, objectivized, ven the Disctptes did not under stand elthor Him or His kingdom before Iis death, Nor did thoy fully grasp the truth over after Ills resurrection; thoy clung to the {dea of wo local tomporal kingdom and rein, But thon camo the dispensation of tho Spirit, How shall we explain this? Je is the life, tha breathing, of Gad; God not Incarnul ns UL Christ; but God isan unseen pre: as “helper,” ag a “ucar-call,” ag a comtorter,” a3 tt power among men.” Ag n law revented and written on “tabics of stone,” and ns truth and {fo Incurunted In Christ, the law and tno trots were outside and localized; wut now, in this last: ate asharenits tho Spirit, the helper, the near call, iy withla men, enlightening the mint, ane earls: tho cousclouce, and renewing tho. beart. ‘Think of the day of Pentecost, when the Spir- It camo upon tho diselples; they spake with other tongues; the hearts of men were perc thunsunds were converted Inaday. Thon the eurly Church walked itt the fight of the Spirit: bud gitts of heallag, and of prayer, und faith, and tenching, Thoy walked with God; tho dngels came sid went; tho upper world stood atl revealed: doth bad no terrors, and “to die whe to bo with Christ,” we fow observitions must close thoso roflec- jons: I. Wo see, in tho ight of those thoughts, that min, aga dweller in thls world, hus not boon left alone. Whilet by his own powors he hag beon searehtug out the truths of the earth, Gad bua been tnpurting, 1a many forms and by many: ways, the Wyber truths of religion, There waa inspiration und revolation all the way from Ad- nin, und Moses, nud the prophets to Christ, ‘Thon came and tultness of the Spirit—God—nac sbut up in the temples, but present everywhere; not in books, or formal stitements, or’ creeds, but na truth, tnd love, und lite in tho heurt, Worship was delocatized: overy place tight be bait and atl might be Kings and priests unto a, God, IL, We are now in this dispensation, It is tho Dual, the crowning dispensation of religion on earth, ‘Peuth wie progressively unfolded through all the old. diapensationss and Christ said He had “many. thinus to say" to L elples, but they “could not bear them.” We have seen bow truth was enlarged and glorified off the day of Pentecost, and now, In the lyht of these Mets, two inquiries arlaes Wns lt intended. that insplrition should cease with the apostolly daya? aud hus not tho Cusirch exalted past ine spiration to the negivet of inspiration In the present? ita not in the spirit of criticism, but in the ovo of truth, that [ raise these questions, Tho very iden of the Spirit's power a thet of continuity an earth, and of progressive uisalas- ures of living te But ag organizations en- larged and debates came In, men suid. * Wo put truth tn maids wo must give its “3 thoy wero afraid to sot It grow In tho heurt as a iife and power, and henve sought to iinke tt fast in forms of logia und philosophy, and tosoticout In clowneent deinitions. An thore were reasons why thoy did this, and some good bas resulted, but tho fe of religion bas been too often cramped und hurt, und tho churches have become aystuma of thooluyy, or tron bedstends by which to try mon's hellefs, rathor than Joyttl homos of lovo, and song, and. worship, und life, Why, 1 ask, should wo 60 horde about with riald forms the life of truth in the world? Why look for it aven in the Iiblo, “alone? nnd espeolaily why Ux upon the Hibie buinan interpretations that dare not bochangedt? Tt 1s folly totry to do go. ‘Truth isa living, growing powor, ancdwill certuiniy burst any Dans that we, In our shortsighted: and prejudices. may put around it, ‘ho «ld dott. nitions of Mborty ary too amnlt for aur day; the Holy spirit saya: Men wre brothord, and they must al be free.” Tho old idea of w bard, re- vengeful Dotty are ton crue! for tho hearts that have learned the power of Joye, and the Holy Bpirit is bringing to the world a deeper and ten- der cr dloctring of sieritive and atonement, und. {9 cnuslug tha Uxht of hops to rise upon the rkics of eternity, whera once way only the blnokneas of despalr, ‘The Holy Spirit 8 peventiog more and mure of the depth and wonders of God in Christ; more und more of beanty, and truth, and power, and bope for the ayes to come. And this Holy Spirit ty leading to Inter truths, nnd weauay walt aud wate for the clourer Hybt, ser! (1, God is now with men aga Spirit, as a voice Jn the soul, ast Judgment-day tu tho court of consclonce, ag strength for tho weak, na huip for tho needy, ua dite for the dead. And tha Hving: withessing-power of God in the soul fe the lite and strength of religion. Tho Bible, and all, tho written ovidences and arguments, have tholr yas and valugs bit 1 tell you rellgion vannot Ive npon these alone; fall ennnot stand upon these alone, ‘Tho present power of the tuly Suirlt to convict of “ain, aad righteousness, and dudgment,” and to chine the heart and wit: nex6 to gunship. aud Ut thy san) with love, and peice, iid bope—thase ttre Hving evidunces of Chrlsthinlty. It ld not by roason alone, was by the Bible, that men day Unit, Mud is Lord, ‘but ag taught by the Ffoty Spirit. ‘Nits ia the vojue that 1s ever calling to you and ta ma; eating the wanderer to return, to tha fallen to Pia, to the dead tu five, Oyiell to that volee oudity THE MODERN WOMAN, BERMON BY PHOF, SWING, 5 Prof, Swing hau a large vonwrozntion yester- day morning. at tho Contral Church, where bo prenehed on Lhe Modern Women.” Following Js tho germons Woman, why weepost thou? Whom sookest thour—John, £0lt, 15, ‘Tho progresa of our contury bad involyed all the Inturests of woman. Bho has boon borne wloug by the grant stream, and hag reached a personal worth uaver before roavhoil by hor, sud never before pussibie to her illviston of tho army, There have buen erad of great uwakou- toy, When only u few mon were arousad—erde fn Whose peculiar form of Diosulug the multivide enjoyed but 4 amail sbure—erus whieh loft the farmer aa thuy found bin, extracting a smatl harvest tur a grasping landlord—oras whloh tore tho slave na hopelesa na they found him, and which passed by woman as being nut worthy uf ® thought—cras which iaventud gunpowder, Wutdid not know whom to shout; which In- vented the printing-pregs, but dil not know whut to put inte tho new Looks; which Invented tho telescope that mady digtant objects pear, but whieh Jett near things very toc of At int ow wide progress hn wone, which seems to omit nothing, Sele ence, politioy, domustio arts, trangpurtadion, fine arts, cducution, and religion aro all starers In ity auccens und hopes, aud mony those heirs of & good fortune we must plice the vonditton uf womun. ‘To bor the world has rapidly become transformed. Bho miuht ously bow the heave only muslo sug ty Bt Jubu: ©The former things are poasod away; bebuld | moko all things new. After we bave measured the progress of the ns nyse: Into times and tho part woman enjoys in that a vance, {t will yot be true that much romnins to be done Uoforoany groat vonsting can be in- dulged In by any hraveh of tho buman famity, If woman (8a sharor in tho good of tho prosent, Pho isalyo a shaver in its imperfections, ana must bo proud of Rome successes and pained over many fullures, Nothing wowlkd be moro falso than tho assertion that tho modern woman has become fn angel in any grost sonso of tho term, but wo must admit that sho bas stoppod rapidly onward and upward in thoso ro- cont timea which havo anjoyod such an awakening. If wo ask any of tho arta, or sotonces, or literature, if you deny it tobe a fno art, what persuns baye ninstered their theorics and practives, tho answor Is given In masculine Hanes unt) you come tu tha ninsteenth cent ury, These arts and scloncos are mensuroments of mental growth, and If woman did not boeome conspleuoud or even visible in alt or any of thom ft must bo explained by assuming that sho ald not rench the mental powor and skill de- muanded by thoso pursuite, It does not affect the case whothor she hus bees heb back by tituent haw or by enstoms; tt Is atin mutter oF record tat for hundreds of yeurs the rolls of famous persons along intellectial paths have not been adorved with feminine names, If it ts sild that woman could not have been n good nrehitect, orn good lawyer, or a grent legistitur, it omuet bo nnawered that she micht havo (been an ossaylst, or a historian, or a omusicinn, or a painter, of a postess, or 4 fonder io plety and benev he “aub- ection of women,” ns It ts eu has bean in wl directions ww to the present eontury, Ie Nature mide hor in any respect (nferior to many stom his always exngerorn that dilference, and bas compelled her to Call too fue behind in the ch. Aut when this century began to ninke out Its rolls of honor, began to publish Its encyelopetting of biowruphy, the nomed of thls lone-nelected part uf the race began tudot the Pages in nn wntsuat tanner ft is tut necl- dental that those names appears it ts becntise tho phitosophy of dunia lite ts velme rapidly revolutionized, and demand fy betne mado not for tontes and fetes, but for Inna mind and hann beart. In some of tho Rrettest of tho daily pape: Mtorinls are written upon alt tha gravest quustions af tho diy by bunds while, In the axes of barhurisin, pounded. corte and Drought wood and water, and tn tho thines of chivalry held a fin, of mirroreor an elegant hundkerchicf, ‘That breaking down of. auste whieh cama with tho Frente and Aimericnn Kevolutions—those reigns of terror whtot ro+ sulted inn rele of equality—extonded beyond tho Arst hope—that of making Kings to be only citizens and mnniking slaves to riso tothe digatty of manhood—and included women 10 Its blessing, and muido her tho equal partner in the great enll+ Ings of earth. When you prononnee such munes as De Stall, and Mrs, Jameson, and Martine, and Bromer, and Futler,.and Stowe, and Bronte, and Hemans Sirourney, aud Browning, und Ingetow, and George Eilot, and their contem: pornties, you must udmlt thit sune great change bas taken place fn earth's management ofitsatairs, We pereelve new workers to bo inthe Hell, and wien tho heart marks how yust is tha Held, and how valuable tbe burvest, iteannot but be filed with gratitude that ad- ditionul toilers have olfercd thelr services, tn reading tho history of Enullst litecuture from its far-olf orizin, you reich our nineteenth century before you “meet the name of a literary wonntn, The finmense field is held up by tho muisculing names and characters. ‘Cho saine Is true of Ttaly, Germany, aua Frunce. Indeed, we my say that tho phenomenn of our thine (s the first npponranee of womun as 0 mental being. In Groaco a fow Supphos und Erinons apperr, but thoy aro so few that they must count Little it this great estimate, Th Greveo woman enjoyed 4 Itherty and 1 popu- Jury which hed never bien iwardyd ber in former periods, and whieh dit not return to her in Roman or Christin mat, Christianity, becotalng it once 2 politics, eveated a demand for only a theological literature, and for an ti- utimernble multitude of priests, and woman os an intellectual belng found hersalf uncalled for for ubout tiftven hundred yeurs. It may thoro- fore be satd that womun watted for tho ning- teenth century to come bofore making hor début, “She had rehearsed a ttle before a fow friends, but her flest public uppeurnice hus oc- curred nlmost in sight of tho present goneration. The Hlblv itself revenis tn ity texture tho mo- hopoly of mind beld by man, for in the compos sition of the holy Seripttres—a work which wars spread over perbips fifteen centuries, and which: Ssmiployed abut Atty composers—no woman wad called upon to ike nny contribution to the chapters of Inepiration—n fuct teaching 1s cuit sho bna always been studllousty or othorwine omitted from the Inventory of spiritual forces, ‘To such omissions an end hiscome, or fs raylidly: comlug, ‘The Hterature of otir no revents tho new toiler, the newspaper and magazine ane nounco her presence, the schoal-house confesses tha new lon er ay the desk. At 1s anid that two- thirds of tha rable army of tenchors are womon =" fact inarking woll a great chanye in tho form und distribution of tho world’s cutture. We onave now seen and confessal mn great Progress along a hithorto untrodden path. Cet. us inquire now more paeticularly, Who ia this being who thua suddonly makes On appearance as though to piny un in- telloctual part? Sho diiters from man in huing moro sentimontal and passionate, She can form powerful attnchinents, unsellbst ones and enduring ones. ‘The love and yorfect devotion of n mothor ora wifoor n sister have been proverdiat all throuxh human bistory, Those friendships hive served us standards of comparison. Ag conmerce bis for thousands of years, tt leingdom or republic, expressed values Jn yuld, and us modern mitions use gold when thoy wish to kuow the value of ships, or Inud, or retin, or silk, or houses tind gurdens, 60 when the post or tho orator, sacred or profane, wishes to show the world what attachment is, ho asks tho niune of mothor, or wito, ur sister to cust suing bt upon the dificult subject, ‘This fact results not more from ‘woman's superior cau setenco than from the decree of nature tit sho should be the ally of persons, rathor thut of ab- strict fleas, Man's world may be one of thought or ubstraction, womnn's world mtist he une of personul attachments, The avene tn our text ts not tuken trom Palestine nor from tho tirat een- tury, but from ait tho olvilized lunds and trou all epochs, Rofare it was yet day, but In tho sweet dawn of 4 moralng sear Jerusalem, Jesus, edenped frum the rocky tomb, saw in the deop shadows of the morning a moving, timld form. ‘The words, * Wout, why weepost thon? Whom soukest thou?” repeat wit all had sate betore that day and huve sald since, thathf man works through thought and theory, womun works through peraunat nttacumenta. While Matthow, Mark, Luke, and John werent home collating, perbups the doctrines of Jeaus, perhaps compare ing them with the Jawsof Moses or the pho! Jains of Pluto, this womun nrose before (twus Tully day to xo to tho Achinuther and learn about the sane Jesus. Her heart was not uvuted to: {dens but to persons, and licro sho was prenpina and seeking, nor tn obedience to Muses or Phita, but In obedience to ber Kentiments. ‘Chis scone is taken, nut from tho warden only, but from alt our wile work Whea wo ember by wine subjection the womon of old all ved, how Hine ited thelr privileges, it becomes un matter of wonder that uny of thom should buye wept over. fuy one, however diving: tif that aye could shin ts stich a weeping, seek ing buing, white an Inpulse of symputty should not the muvteenth century expect froin Its more ideal woman who fas been set trev and equipped with unlurzed powor? Compared with millions of modern women tho Maryk of the New ‘Testament were huunble tn uduention and ia the grasp of duty, ‘Thole bewuthtul netions the mure sure us that dn thotr bearts lived ite Jnstinet, an iuterese in othor mortuls, whieh wot oven poverty und Juuallity could oxtingulyh. [nour ere of higher deveiopnient and parlogt freodomn, this instinat, tho inspiration of friendship, should nuke it Appenritice ulong with the general début of woinun. 2 ‘Tho questions, Whothor women should vote? Whether she should be 4 inwyer, or a tegistutor, or a dudgut ure asked the preseut yeneration. Vime alone gan render the truo answor, for there ure to sealeg pon which we can epst thera things and weigh them tin tomeut of time. It {3 my own nehinzing convieHion tht these questions shout all be anaweral In the neg. utive, anid on the ground tit woman's nlssion fa not ditetiectwt but fispradonsl and emo- tlonnh and thatane can allcet eivetions deeply without voling and can pass inwe withant bulnig w tegialator, ‘Tho hiereased pay of soktiors, thotr better food and better clotting, thelr bet: tor hospital service, thelr better pensions, and tho “Solilers’ Homes,” reyulted tn part front Morance Nightingale’s Javiadon of Sontirl and from the hidescribable love revented by our own womon toward tho suitaring soldiers in those four yenrd of battle whlen saved the Nadon, It ls eusy to veto tn youd aden ifter some class of persons hag found tt, wud has shows the bight and depth of sts worth. Jn tho unique situation cuted tho temperance roform, tt aight bu that Hf woman were 4 votor more stringent hiws would be panies, bat tt would thon be necessary for ber a thoy laws, because she bas not yot led ber mntdeuling von pamon ty to that morul of toxieal Night chat would cnable hin to exceute thagit Alen! onactinents, and, having the balle pe would hive to rety nt inst upon ber power af a ioral loader, And, furthormere, the teinpore whee Gunso does ot halt because there i ty seurolly af geod mente do the voting, but rath> er beatae many of those men do not inaw what istho path of duty. Tt looks 1a though the tine would como when the manufacture of dlstitled Iiqitors would be wholly prohibited $0 our land aud thelr Importation forbidden. Whtlo auch mon ve Roward Crosby, and they are many, are wondering what i right in this wrest matter, It would be valu for women suddenly to voluinto belug statutes more radient than Myon could entoree, Tho overwowering and Une wourted trivndship aud sollomude of woman ity demanded in thin unitter, aod uniy bor tears and solleituda at last tien tite some bow of tight which sliall tell uw all plaids in wie path te walk. Meunltimy the hight of woman's educa. Hog and freedom in our age, nod remembering that her love and sympathy acy both strony and overlusting, Wwe expout much In tha present and future from her nuxtety that soeluty Indy vauape from rulaous sii und) tenptations, Mirakind Must expect to dey wll the nublur Cues Moving tO bnd fro dn the gardens of sorrow, weoplig aid seek lug while others soup, hia Triendatip wad auul muse bo reckouud ulone with Kiowludge, and gontua, and’ art, and selene ag elements which inust onter {ity tha progross und bupple Ness OF Buclery, Tt spore evident that woman in hee power of sympathy und attachment bus mw preatpurt to perfdrmin making the world borter and bup- ler. Iagte performing tole pure? Shs ia tot, jut in this purtiguiur abe baw great company, dor roan equally falls, Ax money and pleasures, bppetites, ludlifereuce, and orber foruis uf euil- thuc will not buy vithor clothing or food, | 'T 40 ta untoreg’ shines sop ' ni man trom a gront destiny ani keuo bin a moro ekoloton of what ho inight hey BY womtnn'’s Giving attnohmont to all porrons 1s often counteracted by unworthy loves, whlehy ke tho strange seven spirits whteh oecepled it heart in the olden times, exelidie as many angels. ‘The noble women fre too Few ty mit ber, and those fow are too poor to be powertith. Jf tho uvernge init is a worshliper of money, tho averagy lady Is on: worshipor of fash- fon and plonsure, and has forgotten to lend tho world hor teara and sentiinenta. A recent writer In Floronvo siya tho ladies of wonlth and education aro wholly dovoted to fashionable ao elety, Tho purty, begins at Tin thu ovening and onde with a breakfast next morning at 0 or 10, In ‘darkened chambers thase dovotecs of the drawing-room sloop trom 10 Hil eveulng, and thon areas for a reunion at tho home of sone other friend, ‘Thusit has boo in Italy over since the dys of tho Civsara, and, wit Is snd, the doseription of the mafern Florence applies too closoly to the eltics of Frinco and Gorinatiy, anid to mich of woman's fife in our laud, ter heart ts oxbausting ita sentiment upon trans slant forms of happiness vithor for hersclf or Tor soclety at large. In thoextrematy gay and fashionable tfo there is Ho one cloment of suc cos, nnd woninn's sontiment thus bestowed fs a sud Instinee of peryvurtert power, it is perilous to be 1 sentimental porson, for {n man’s case It sometimes lends to tho aup at intemperance, aud tn women's ungo to only the tollot or anly a wild esthotiess but whon tho sentiinental boing can eseapo snares, and cat look out tipon the race, that being becomes tha Inspiration of anage. ‘Thinkers alone eaunot tunke agrent period = Tho glory of Christ waa not that He know tmireh, but that He loved much, He tungnetized the airrounding throng and drow thom tp to itis hight by Hs afece tonite power, Tag inisston of tho modern edp- cated and socloty woman will not bein to wn fold ttaeif until she atiall make fashion an amusement, Anornainent, rather than a parsult, a Hae Ife La not grand oneuch to be mado into avalling. That heart whieh Chriat found so full of attachment anf alixiety and benevolent In- tervention demands tue world for its Heid and ite object of love, Nothing less fs worthy of hor tears und reekings in this sorrowful garden, ‘vhure wre women of today who are combining education, and fashion, and money, and yront Usofulvess; but there are hot enough of thom for tha tasks to be performed. The number tloes tot neem on tho fierense, Tt 1s even possi- blo that tnshion, and Fayoty ond Iuxury are thimitng out tho ranks of thls snl ariny of heroines, There should bo visible great aveos- sions to this army af conquest, for the age ting olnanelpated wou, and the upspringing of poctasses, And noveliats, und essasisty in this Bure of tho himan funlly assures us that woman bis become educated Into a being of imimonse. power, Aud yet this cnormous quantity of noble sentient Ig not expressing Itsell ndo- quately upon tho faces of those ortslde of thle charmed circle.’ Tho pour, misorable fe- nutiles, at home und = abroad, receive but“ ittle help from this ' age of great women, All over Eurapo onch rich und cultivated female seus tulsfortune without tying it; sees Impending Salialty without try ig touvercit. Insume of tho cities of Ger- many women ent be sect carrying bricks and mortar up to tha fourth and tfth stories of new buildings, and doing thls work for n dally. 4 ia {3 taking plico in the Germany whieh furnishes: ns with tnusie and much elegant Hternture, aul whore euch opera diiplays 1 brillant assemblage: of Indies whose feces ure charming, whose minis, are tnfocined, whose language fs ratined and ag musical as tholr song. No duitbt despotiam his made thom so familiar with the sight of wrotehe edness that thoy are not consclons of ita pros- enes, but there fs something fearfully wrong in an eduented age which, while womun is asking for permission to study Inwand madieie, res pliva that sho tg too refined and too spiritual, aud thon leaves hor to be 1 hod-earrter! ‘There {8 0 clusaof high-bora women in India whore nover permitted to see tho external world; many of them hive never soon a told, or a Woot, or istreau, oc oven towers, for thoy fire kept tn houses which have only windows that open upon an liner ureaz and when those Wome ure conveyed frow one house to another they ure conveyed in carriages which are open ouly in the high top, and the free and educnted women of Aniorion will not part with any of thalr inonoy and love to bring those wumen out into the great und beautiful world. Not ono Indy ina hundred in Amorion or England is lv- ing anything whutever toward tho breakin, down of that old and Incrudibio cruelty, ane yet for yeurs tho reform has stood asking for tho sympathy und ald of the noblo sauls every~ whora, If Indie is tuo far away thoro ure flelds nearer home whieh need the quick invasion Of sympathy, In Bugland, woes nad yiris havo been, indeed, rescued from the beuta-tfo down In the mines, but among the lower classes in Ragland tho wife ts beaten and whipped by hor Ulustering husband whenever hia fonue hap- bens tobe on tne race, And with the low Ens bite rage socinstu be the normit! condition, u depth of human sorrow Englund und Ireland and Auatrin can far surpass America, nnd still this bapploess and pouce are contined within boundaries too narrow. There were grow ladies: In Florence tn tho timy of Dinte, and onward to Raphuel, but there were not enough of thom, Aseore of thoi won for Morence ¢ tune tor culture, but the xiltter of this tittle group rene dered {avialblu tho awful wretcuednoss of tons of thousands. In Dunte’s day that city hud a popus Jation of 150,00), and iC cow hulics know Homer und Virgil by beart thoy dazzled the oye ot phi- Jnuthropy until itsnw uct the army of the poor and abandoned who lived and died without kuowlng tho altabot of uny Inmptane. orof any Ih biessedieds. Ln our tines this phenomenon is repented, but inn lessened sudness, and wo huvo Wt stall group of educated and rich aud hippy watnen standing up i such benuty as to pide from thomsel¥es and us that truer throws of sisters with whom life isa tons, dirk day, vor often Jess welcome thn tho grave, Pho modl- ern success and happiness of woman ure not aiiliciondy wilespread. The cup of gluduess should pasa around. Sho whom Christ found weeping und seeklag will not huve risen to ber real grandeur wutil hor terrs shult fall every- wherg, aud espectiliy where tho soll has bd no sueh rain, and whaero tuo flowers ure nit dend, Two-thirds of tho proteaslace Chelatiuns aro women; two-thirds ot tho graduntes of the high avhools of tho fand are yottng womon, and thoy come forth with a bettoreducntion and inforui. don than were ylvon in English univerditios in tho cightueuth century: and those are only t+ Justrations of tho quantity of pawer our ae {3 sntrusting to thie betng who 13 sald to repre~ Sent the heart of tho human rao, What a calinilty to the present and fut- ure ft such an Inheritance of Hberty and edt- cation ng the modern woman [s recelyingj shonhd Lodiverted fram taking 0 xeont party clylltze Hon and in tho wide distribution of happiness, Common pleasures aro threatening to become the Muine of fate, that fasciunting blaze which hever leady excupt to dismal marsh. fwoaty: yeurs txo ono of our groxtost orators sald: " Wo. Want tho excellence of mun und woman united; we want fntellectunl powor, knowledge, grent {deaa in iterature, philosophy, thoology, and othles; but we also want aomething bettor—tha moral, alfectional, reiigious Intuitien of wong to pug fustin into ethics, love into thoology, uty into sciences ant letters,” Pinto sald that “womun buving passod away Crom tho yous when bue demanded ber, ghoult became tin eloment in the govarument of the Stite,” ‘Tha all nyod. have percefved her pecullur form of powur—an ablilty ta grasp the right, and the truo, and tho beautiful, nmagnetisn that on transform churactor, & lave which mukes-her pass from abstractions to tho real, a friondsnip witch triad ber at early dawn inte the gardon of logs and sorrow, aud makes hur ask with tours about the nldden saylors of inaukind, IFIRST CONGREGATIONAT.. ITS REOPEN! AFTER BEVERAL Mo: CLOSE FOR REPALIS—DESCIIETION OF EDUMNCE SERMON BY Di, GOODWIN, After luving boon closed for a perlad cover tng four munths, tho First Congregational Church, corner of Weat Washington and Ann stroots, was opened for rewular servivos again yosterday morning, During tho thie that the vbureh wag closed extonsive repairs and im provements huve boon made, go thut it fs taduy ono Of tho cheorluat, most home-Ike, and turgest eburchos In tho city, ‘Tha rear wall, ut tho kouth end of tha building, whieh had bulged slightly, has beon revulit from the ground up, aud over the south entrance.on Ann strect, nm comfort. whi pastor's study ting Deon built. waieh faces tustward, and which, when furnished nnd com “ploted, will bow very, co: cheerful reon, Tho fovturo ‘ond ‘Suudiyesepoul — roome hive all been lwnehad up and ropnintud, and presout a picture Of home attractiveness rarely seon fn eburgh odiftved, Tho literior of tha nln serviceegoots hits bee reearpetod throughout, and the massive walnut pews have been touchedup. Tho decormuons ave of i charucter, that img) be called eoventrio, yet pretty. ‘The ceiling te doue in a tight blue shido fora’ buekxround, while deep blue Eyyptian latus-lenyes and preut white and yellow lots form tho privetpul oraamentation, broken Lure and there by fluuks of wold, ‘The rafters are udwod with a dep red, whlte bers ind there ure funtratio tauches of gold, Tho rattor pendanty are tivhed Ino heavy gold Jout, while the onmit pipus aid gallery’ piilins are dnished ba heavy slivereaviay bronze, ‘Tho bunutifal ehandollers are colored bine ond ornamented with buralshod yold, ‘Tho whole iuterlor Presents nt pecullarly striking appearance, Tho four owindews ju the crew aid tho two rear side wiudowa on tho eust und west dre of stiined yluss, mataly of blue wad red, while tho uthers Wre of Iguter hue, the whole forming au exquisite combination of light aud shade, ‘The fryut of the gallury ty ornamonted with Dhue and au The watts dre fo light tht, with red, blue, ape gold Drowklag thy monotony, Tho Ley, Dr, Qhodwin, ba the reopening oF to ohurot yesterday morning, proached an eloquent serinan to one of tho largest congregations over Kuthered ty Chieayo. aby took tls text from Bevond Coriniblans, wt ghuyter, part of the sixteenth vorse: “Yor yu are t ving Godz ug God hath sald, | thom, and walk da thomp and 1 will be ¢ inl aud thay, shall be awy peuple,” revergadt gente urued bi ie tuo peoply to make thelr grand editicy tenly i eburen bone, bo whleb aboutd botd comuntlon with God a truly Guspel futnily, whieh should” spread its ie Muence ubront ft this great city, bringing tu Christ the wayward sélunera and relsing and. waaist ing tho fall z ‘i ————— CHRISTIAN GROWTIT, SERMON HY THU REY, DIL LOWER, Tho Hey. Guorgé'C, Lortnor, D. Ds addrgasad the vongregauohof Tinmeuuel Saptiat Churgh lug evening in the Jewlvh Byuayog, corner ot ‘Tweutyeticet streot aod Judiune aveouy, ‘Lid waa tho flrat meeting of tho new church orga ization.{n this place, its own church edifico not haying beon completed, and, notwithatanding tho unpleasant weathor, thoro wa a inrgo nt- tentinco, Dr, Lorimer selected his text as fol Jows; And tho enrth waa without forin atid void, and darkness was upon the face of tho sleepy and tho Spirit of Gnd anoved upon tho face of tho wa+ tera,—fencaln 4 Dr. Lorimor sald that tho text scot forth tho Drogross of tho carth from its lowor to Its high- ordovelopmont, and tho Inaplred writer doubt- lesa {ntonded to conveys ploture: of its utter Shapelesnesé. The prophot Jeremiah and tho patriarch Job attuded to this, Itwas didiealt for man, fatniliar as ho was with tho order and Warmony of Niture, to Nyuro for himself the earth shapotess and without form, And yet both revelation and sclonco taught that ut one timo this was the case, ‘Tho ovila and terrors of that chnotle time woud hove continued to exist Yut for tho power of tho great Creative Spirit. Horbert Sponcer protested strongly sgalnst the idea that the “process of creation was sluitar to the process of an muanufacture by.nn carthly workman, Chriatians eoull sayin pathizo with uate when he protested agnlust ‘hu ides that tho world was wide asa pleco of eurpentor work would be. Tho uotion of Jehovah asa mechanical maker of tho world was derived, ttiot from the Jewish Scriptures, but from tho speculative Grovks. ‘The figher Uellof was that God willed tho eurth into being by tho expression of Illa mighty power, aud oVolved i world out of chios by His command. Thero' wits v moral as woll ash physical chios, Timo was when men wero but alittle bigher Chin brutes; luwiess and sonst, and more ike tho brute hord than the helra ot tiamortullty, Upon the threshold of human history, shortly attor the Fall, man fell far below the bleh ident of bumunity, The world had developed since thant Suart, and selunce and law, aud in the sweot aunontties of clvilzation. Yat oven today there Was AX Unhippy trend in many ways to social ehuos, HMeneo Freueh Hevolutlons, Niniiiam, Soctalisim, aad Communistn, Cosinteal vondl- tions existed to some extent. but tho vhnotio Hind not been auly eliminated, There might be cosmos without, but thoro was ehnos within. Tlut the same Creative Spirit that mado tho world still governed Jt, and God shonid be thauked that the [oly Spirit breaded ug of old over tho eurth. Tho Savior foretall the com- ing of thy Parncioty, and tho Pentocost, whletr bogan in forusatem, bad been going on through I tha ney since. Spiritmt dens and tnilus ces Iny back of wvery historical movement tn clvillantion, From those fa it might be tr ferred that, xs thorn isu sliniarity botweon the spiritital and physical cosmus, God worls in tho 2 one “8 in the other, nut mechanically, but dynamienily, God lind given mon Jaws and ordinances, but -tha hund that shaped tho jnstramont wa Divine, Mero mechanfeal forms and ceremonies could not bos gut the Ilkeness of God in His creatures, Mon should dispense with tholr own narrow and me ehunienl conceptions of tw recited creed und na dead formula, aud took unto God Himacif to cote down into the soul and bring tte Ulsorder into-ordor, Mluminated by the Hht Divine. Tho ordinuzy conception wits that the changes at tho Creation wore violent, but geology, which nt ony thie hold to that belle, bud alandoned it, ‘Thoro wna nothing in tho first, chapter of Gonesis to justify such a belicf. Tho work wont on with irresistible: gran- deur and in sttemn silence, aecording tu tho mighty plan of God, So was it with tho conversion of souls, When the spirit of God en- tered futo tho heart of mun, thore might be ex eltement and noise around the man, but within wns quictnoss, Ho might be consclous of a grentor and moro impressive serioustoss, but tho work want on quictly and steadily, begut- tlug in tho heart of min tho Hiccness af hin Mitk- er. Yet thore wero peopte who complained be. enuse there was uo vivlent demonstration of saving icice, Surely Guid kiww bust, and workad for the best. Creation resulted In order, Deauty, and harmony, aud yo God was seokiue to create in tnen, not simply the feeltng that: thoy wero savod, but a more perfect and syns een) chnractor, a noblor bolicf, and it higher c, Thore were many incongrultica Jn the heart of mun, but God would combina all_ the ex. celiencics in one—the perfection of Christian character, ‘Tho bienianhes upon ehuracter wero bad, and n great writer had suid that blemishes wero notived in proportion to the excellones of thit which they defaced, A atu of mud upon Astone wis nothing, but upon the fice of a main It was noticed at once. Death loves o shining mark, und so does jJenlousy. Chrivt wus tho channel through whom tho quickening and rovivifying inttuences , wero Paoli to bonr, God employs men, ny exhibit jug through them the power and influence of Biving grave, ns an cxumple and a ight to othord, | It waa tho duty of Christinns so to love and not that, by thelr exnmplo aud tholr lives, others micht be impressed with the benuty of loliness, The compiss was i wonderful thing, but to tha speaker much more wouderful was the magnetic flower of the Westorn pril+ ries—tho compuass-ilawer, tho leaves of which nolntedever tothe north, Ritea nud ceremo- nics und mechanicnl observances mizht be Itkened to tho compass, bit swootness and inane {ness uf churncter contd be compared only to the conipase-lowgr, whieh never Called. ‘Tho day woult come whon alt churches ahould bo in-acvord and all minds wike, Cosmos was comtng, and tn thy ond humun hearts and human voices would mingle their strains with the nn elle choir 40 paying tribute unto tho great and Alnulghty God, MISCELTLANEOUS, UNIVERSALIST COLLEGE OF MINISTERS, Speetat Dispatch to The Chtcuao Tribune, BANSHALL, Boh, Nov. ‘Tho Universntlet Collexe of Minlateraof tho Stato of Michigan adjourned Lhureday avenue, well pleased with tho results of thelr first ineuting. No placo was solected for tho noxt session, that matter boing loft to tho Executive Bonrd. Charlotte tins been spoken of. ‘Theleoturcrs that filled thodltiferont chiles of Instruction retain thom till tha sub- dects nasigned nro exhuusted. By this It ts thought 9 courso of attidy will bo Imposed that will prove hoalthfut to the minlstry, THE COMING DELUGE, ‘Tho Plutocracy Carrying Things with a lligh Hand, New York Hour, Now. 12. ‘Tho splendid bulldimygs in New York, on Fifth and Madison aventes, represent tho losscs mud Jn businoss and speculition by those who during the Jast generation were in comfortublo cir- cumatances. «A. 'L. Stewart, by his compotition, rulued thousands of merehants, and when bo died ho wits sufd to have over a hundred of bla former rivals nmong bis omptoyds, ‘Tho whole country Is today pausing through the experionce of the Stato of Californian, ne digcoyery of bunanzas on tho Comstock lindo gave that State 0 period of great appuront pros- perity, but the flonl rosultor the gambllig spirit created was to gift two-thirds of tha visible weulth of tho community into. tho handa of loaa than forty purdous, whoso mngniticont dwellings tu 8an Francisco compare favorably with tho bighly-arnamented nnd costly palaces of the Vauderbiits In New York, Ag suon as tho people of the West Cunst realized tho situation, ‘Denls Kenrnoy came to the front, tho two pulite fenl revtios wore broken to pleces, and a new Ce eth idion wis adopted, which afmed directly at the srent corporations and the owners of tho Wer Ith ofthe State, Quite a numoor of these rich Gullfornians hive migrated to Now York In conge.quency of tho adoption of tho now Canatl- tubon. Nut, {6 the wenlth of tho country vast of tho Sierra Nevada §3 to be monopolized by x fow banisors and railroad magnates, will not tho history of California te ropeuted here? ‘Tho ro= vulsion of 1874 brought tha powerful itepube Hoan party to tts knees, aud led to the formu. (lon ofa Geecaback party, which only a few yours ago polled over F500 votes in thls State, Bluco tha revival oof trade the concentrating of weatth Into atill, fewor Tnuds hus progressed with oxtrmordiniry rapide Mee and Unsoanetint men cummot but be starcled when thoy thine of tha posable chances of ans other great Haanvial eutastropne, Ovr men of many iuliions, in thelr ener pursuit of enore ious fortunes, have failed ta recognize any interasis but thoir own. Thoy corrupt the pests thoy suborn the Judiciary, they purothase ririsiators and Governors, hoy do nothing for the Chureh, for tho Stite, or for the cansy of education, | ‘Tholr only recreation is barse-ra- cing; they do not care to patronize letters; wid thelr patronage of art is to jake thelr own pri- Vato residences more consplenona and thelr victitresgullorics more talked about. — hetr thought iy only of self und thats personnt ue wrandizement. | Whun tha grout iianetat entastrophe whieh fa brewing comes. a ft alway, dues, when loust expected, will thosa inen of many miltlons be wblo te reply to the Deus Kexrnyes of Now York, Pulludglphia, Baltimore, Boston, and ull our targe ities? Whit plen will thoy huve to offer for their robbories undor the torm OF law, for thotr debnucting of tho press ond legislative bor for thelr plunderlige of the community by stook-waterings and monoy-mare ob mnupulaonne Tt necdsd wo propbat to foretell how this will alt end, ‘The preternntural-aoativity i businoas will somo day wuddenly eollupay. “ho swarms of workmen How employed in our factories and in buildlag rullronda will bo thrown out of outlays mont. ‘The woulth of tue community wlil_ be found lodged (na very fow hands, und then will cour that wt opus our fintitu tions ao vividly / foretold by Blicauluy, At that Umu the Hot, thon na now, will bean the site of Jaw, order, and property; but, as the friend of all three, 1 ‘Dut dos Its duty toduy iu giviug utterance ‘to tule Umely warning, —————— MORTUARY, Special Wavatch to The Chteage Tribune, Decaruit, I, Nov, 1%.—Chis aftornvon tha funerul of the lato Lr, Roswoll W, Shut, who Waa abot aud etoost lastuntly killed by Toby Want Friday aan Wok place at Blue Mound, the weenu of tho tragedy, and waa very lurcel: attended by: realdoutait tho binge and ie of delegation fram Stacon, the bite home of tho deceusett, Ward ia atiit in Jail bero, und ts quite ountident that he will be acquitted on a plus of belf-defenss, GLORIOUS BELL. Successful Termination of the Live-Stock Show. Overfeoding Detrimental to Butchers’ and Brecdera’ Interests, Awards of Prizes In the Poultry Department. + The fourth annual exhibition of the Chieago Tat-Stouk Show, thlen was bought ton sucecas~ ful termination Siturday, hits njenin domonstrat: ed tho Importance of (hase recurring cvants, both onavcount of tho Intelusta merit of tho display and [ts Influsnes upon the commercial prosperity not only of tho City of Chino, but of tho entire West. The Influence of tho show has brondoned from yeur to year until at tho prosent momont its resulta nro ptiinty diavern- ible wherever the business of breeding and fecd- ing cattle is carried on to even tho slightest’ ox tent. Appreciating tho fet that in order to Lo olussed = tinuny tho successful stockmon of the country ft haw become the universal Hruatlca among brooters to. rise nothing ut tho very best of mont-protualyy animals, and this omuintion ts the result of the opportunities atfered by tho Tllnoia Stute Board or Agriculture for tho exhibition of tho beat ropresontatives of tho diferent ciussea of stock. Tho board th orlginnting the enterprise bad Bue. one end in vluw, and that was tu spur breeders: forward [n tho matter of rising stock for the buteher's black. [this frout Its inception buon exclusively a tntestock alow it ull that the name Jiplics, and bareing tho npparent Inek of ‘vttdlle Indarsement on the part of Chirnro real dunts Its auecess fine bee remarkably. Kael yeur there nis been a pereeptible increnso in tho number of entries and n relutive ineronse In the (nterest shown by oxhibitora, who are eon, Vineed that the opportunities oifered thom for Instruvtion amply repay tho trouble and expouse of slipping tholr stack to tho show. OF cuursy the premiums aro considered [tt nak ing up ontriog: but tho faut remalns that tho slow ts renliy t zraud norunal achool for tha hetter and higher education of the mon whose Interosts are go closely allicd with ita auceoss. Treeders and feoders attend for the purpuse of studying the multiods of othor met, and tho casital obgurver becomes Re ona aware that the exiimination of stack by mou who nro in the trade fs not so muctt a thutter of curiosity as of f desire to inuin information. Under thesa erltionl tests by oxpurlenved men It has couie to. pasa that nu man who breeds Inferior or scrub anions VENTURES TO ENTER THEM Tor tho prizes offerad, and ns new and Improved methods become adopted and dlssomiunted among stock-brecdors tho thie cannot be very Tar olf when a distinet American breot ot vect and cattle will be developed. Inthm connec: tion it may be in ordur to again refer to tho practice of feoding stuck for show purposvs. Muay of tho most prominent aud best-posted mien tn tho business, Includime a inujority who vontended for premiums nt the recent alow, aro, ming guuvineed that the selence of feud 1 OVerdans, in that cattia are overtonded With imAses Of Ttt, which readors thom unprof- itudle is butehors’ wulnuls. Howaver, ae pro- miums ure olfered fur cattlo of this cliss, tho prnetice, pernicious thoush tt be, will con- thive until tho winnlog antinal is declared to be the one that cuts ip tho greatest proportion of Joan ment, without regard to curtain established points of exeeltenco, which caunot bo shown without overfoeding. ‘Thore hag never Leon so much agitation upon this subject ag has been developed during tho recent show, and tho prodietion fs mide thit, 1 order ta tnd ready silo for those high-wrado enttla, they must bo brought hore in condition that wilt warrant local butchers in purchasing them for tho retail trade. An unimul woighing 240 pounds on tho hoof will, bring, on an uver- nge, tot to oxceed 10cents per pound, The pur-, chusor, after dressing the carcnss ids a shrink. ago of from 60 to RW) pounds, prinalpally on ace count of useless fat und tallow, and exporionces: great diliculty in disposing of tho meut ata live ing protit, even though tt bring tue very highost counter prices, Under those alreumstanecs, buteners naturally healtute abort Investing largely in cattle of this character, und it my be taken agone of tho Ieasongof the show, that this tact 1s bucoming apparent to thb foudors of tho country. THF INCREASED NUMDER of ontries nt tho revout exhibition was vory no- tleaadto, yet notwithstanding thls additional at+ traction the board estdiante thut after prying tho premiums and exponsos thoy will be about $4,000 khort; but notwithstanding this dlscourayg- ing fact, tho show will be continued next your, with targely Increnged promium lists, and the board hive rece! vory numy promises of tls sistunco Iti their endeavor to muke thom atul- nontly successful. In proportion to tho numbor rocolyed at tho Chionzo yards #3 compared with the recolpts of othor stouk, the shoup ontrics Wore tho lurgest {i poimt of numbers, yet this feature of tho show was not what it ouht to bnve beon. Upon tho game Lasts of comparison, tho show uf swing was very tnengre, and until larger and consu- quently more attractlye prembunis are awarded, both sheep and swine breeders awy thoy cannot aford to materially increase thelr entries, [tis stated upon the best of uuthority that the board havo determined to incrense this cluss af pre- mitims, with o view of attracting u Jarge num. ber of exhibitors to the next show, Upon tho subjout of the Judyes,on whom do- volved the responsible und thankless duty of passing Npou the merits oc the various classes of cattle, It may truthfully be sald that the bourd, In making thelr selections, wero governed svloly, by w desire to secure manof known fntulllzence, whose probity could not bo questioned, with the view of giving fur and inpurtiat decistons, ‘That thay were successful is unqitestioned, and those who know beat about these inatiers assert that nu butter clnga of judges over pussed upon cattle, cithor In Harope or Amerion. Thoy wore ull practicnt butchors of tony oxporlonus, yet in Ol or two cuses their decisions were wovorcty erittcised, Whero | such ront — intorests uro wt so stuko | it) ig = ot course of moral impossibility, to so ‘conduct — thoso exuminnuons that all computitors will be pers feetty sutlatied. While no one impugns the mo- tlyes of the Judgos, or censuros tho bonrd In tho slightest manner, it ia unfortunate that a mere suspicion of partlility wits even allowor to do- velop itself, In the d-your-old ring for atecrs, and also in the grand sweepstakes tor tho bost stout or cow in the show, the method of Judging and tho tinnt award was tha aubjeet of more or eas complaint, and should load to the adoption of somo plan of awarding and Judghug that will niore clearly meet the views of exhibitors and more closely appronch the ion of avon-handed and oxact Justice us butwuon computitors for the honorg of the various rings, ue very ox- Sstonce of tho show depends upon perfect falr nes In overy fustance, and this pardmount and Princip measure Ot sitcceds’ should bo cares fully conaldeced by the Stutd Board. WHILE TIE GNEATEST DIAISE is due to all who took part in tho munayoment, tho efforts of Prosidunt Jumes It. Seate to nimice ably und fairly conduct tha exhibition tro worthy of the groatest commondution, Mr, Scott remnlped wt his pust throughout the week, and bly troutinont of visitord and exhibltars wad iu avery lustance courteous und fur. Svorstury Maher wus, iy usin, tho ombodtment of porsoverance and cnorgy, and hid ond of the: string was pulled with 1 strony and willing hand. Of Col. Charles F, Mills, tho Assistant socree tary, It may be wild without the sllghteat tip Proneh to oxazyoration thut no sinall measure ‘af the succoss of tho show 1a attributable direet- to his, painstaking onduavors in the luterest of the exhibitors and’ the publls Ils courtoaus treatinont of tho preas representa tives aud the counticss kindnesses shown thon nrenot to by forgotton. A wealthy gontionian representing the best-known breeding catuuiian- mont on thia continent paid tho following tribe ‘ute ta Col, Mills’ nbility, aud the Imiplicd praise will bo indursed by all Who haye over witivssed his oxcuptional exeeutive ability and thorough Mnstery of deta, Said bos ft woult pay the Snitlatt sociut tes to tinport Charley Mille nti round aulury to go to Huygland and romain long onough to vhow the blasted Brivahers how 1 keep the records and gumpilo the reporta uf tho: snows af Smithield Murkot.” Mr, Huatty, dupertntundent of the rlog, and Mr, Moore, who lookuid after the cara of tho garned goldon opliions from all, and itis we hoped cit baving seared a vurps Of as. aistunts of eponpbannl eapuulty the board will renin them in their pustions, THE POULTRY BOW, During the pust week the Westorn Poultry Club held tts fourth annual exhibition tn von tection with tho Fatesteck Show, ‘he dispiny of Dna fowls was unusnilly good, and hundveds bf rug bust puople examined and ndinired thom. dally. During the past three years in yust fate provemont bus bean made fn thoroughbred paul- try, and tho birds shown at this exhibiaon wero wore perteat In furm and color than were those which wero shown In yours past, thus demon atrating that intolligont aud careful men have taken bolt of thant, and ure Lruvding then ekilifully and systematically; and this ie right, for stutigtica show that tho anuunal trade in poultry and exys excouds tn value olthor tho Whoat or cura crop of the United States. “Than de wilt be gout (iat those Who ure enugod tn Ime proving this class of stovk slauld recelye en couraganent fram tha public at largo, and it our farmers appreciated the fuct that Improved Yowls stuld Vastly move ges and richer Hesh than le comuon burneyurd fowls, they would not be wlaw to iil of the latior und stock a with thy bust-luying varletica uf thoroughbred, such os tho Pymouth Rouks, Houdaus, Lege borne, Hebt and dark Beatinna. ‘Sho birds vt this exhibition wore undor chargo of Alfvud Doyly, who le a voterni brecdoy of | Nght Urabiis, and tikes grant prida tu bis birds. “hums C. Whila, af Lnelowood, Ile uid de ik Fort, of Norwoud Park, exhibited a lirge nun ber of Plymouth Rocks, Mr. Wulte won utie pelzea on ton bhids, winntuy: “thrwuot she four. dst prizes, Air, White and Mr, Butler iisplured somo very fino Hondans, and cursied off wil tho hauora, Mrs Waite won ten prizes on uloyen birds, three of them betas dest prizes. Hig bus Houdan soured hizber than any othee bird iy tue show, oxvopt wine Bantams. Cagen wll to all, was tho beat wbow over hold in Chicuyu, . Wo ulve below the awurdgs ‘ Light Dranwus—Cocks—Jjrat, - socond, and third promiuma, J. 1. Foot, Norwy, Hens—Firat, second, third, f oH Par Cocina 28 Ag Tk mp te fourth pros cud, Tuitlott= Best pe Wars & Grovaa. pitt: Brahinas~Cocks—Seeuned Cala aay band y tlt now), i Marktey, Log grein “seul and ain be ef eis, Chatsworth, Mk: fourth a € Groans, Pulluia~Firat, acco te Harkey Bromitums, Charles Koln tiled pret, ey Rieti 0. ni Cavhins—Cocks—Second MeUrew, Springlivtd, Oxy tied peat Tp, Footy fourth promiiing ds. K. tower, Wort Ue 1. Hend—tirat and triti premiums ykeam, Grow? second and third bremtuns, jf psi: fourth promi, Marker & Grooms! t 4, Footy —Seeond premium, tb. Metrew: reckerels duo FAG Rowor: Tourtt nranfget totes White, Eaglowood, Whe fifty Premiug My Se & Croons, Patlots—Firat prointin tga tarker ery accord and third promtuns, "Me Now. matt pore tite J. * White, eGrew; ertrhdiee Cochite—Cocks—Firge, nat Recon, mt third premiuins dB, Fone fee fourth. and fifth promtuing, dB. Monty geese thied promiums, stanford’ Mekous Pistand Port. tl, Cockerols—Firaty nucond.” giieante peomiums, FH. Boot. Putlots— Fest peti Stanford. Melton} aécond and thint pee 1, Je Fonts oclea-Firat joudans—Cocks—Firat and th JE. Whos second, fourth andere prema George Butters, Oak Park, (i Henge Hh premiums, Gourge Butters, oak Tar an secon, third, and fourth promis litt Cockeruls—First- and. third prey gf bite, Whites secon, fourth, and itt preint a Genes Lag 4 Piles Ele, seeont ana bird premiums, J. 1. Whites t promtunis, George utters, 1) UF and ory Plymouth Hocks Cocks —Ztirat premium, 3, p White. iens--First, fourth, and ny miiing, J. 1s. Foot: second and th bres hy Witte, Covkarols—iie promi emums, . Prem, Wultos secure, fourth, nnd fifth py ied Fouts third premium, AA. Hhodese es tal t8— First, thirds and fourth prefaluine 3! Whites second and fifth protitiums, dite eee, Wito Loghorns—Cocks—tirat prontiseth Weston, Hyghtand Park, Ti. Hensssoeey Ot imiuiny De, Weston, Higtland Park, tl. Cone, elstirst, second third, and fourty procke® De, Weston titth peomttamd, It runs aes avin, Ml, Tallets—First premtiny Dr wees Brown Dotorns—Covkerels—Pitst_ pret, Te. Beabazons second promi, def pea Hikek Spunist—Covkorols—irst and oe” prmtumsds KK, Bowers third premiuin, J tt Erabuzin. Puitots—tirst and aveoud ‘great ang: A. Bower; third premium, JR, ae ON. s White Crosted Mack Volish—Cock, —| and second premiums, J. IL aoe ree Fie secund premium J. tt Beatinzan.. Fulletmt et Preminm, J. It! Beavazou; seco: Deemlums, J. iL. Naylor, Fe nd and tbind uck irensted “Rel Games—Cocks— premiim, W. EB. Walden, Watorioe yt secoud promium, M. Donobugh, Chicago; nti promlunn J. i. Dratazon, ionsreet Prem. um, De, Weston: second pretila . ows apinmoad Sealinoc UL 4.1% Meabazon, Cackerel rat, secu Ufth premluins, W. 8. Walden; third ait James Ghiszew; fourth premium, George Cay tecline, Diamond Bratdwood, IL. Pullets—Fire pretalsrnny datas te Ws .acnnd preinlui, Dp, estan; third and fourth prewi : Cth aaisee tik Satna ed Pyte Games—Cock—Firat promi Glasgow, Cockorul—Pirst Premium, meant Mheutied Golden Pollsh—Tr enrdet oklen Pollsh—Hen—First pre; J. i. Bravazon. Cockerel—Kirst prominin aca Brabuzon, Pullot—First premium, J. 1, Mrabas zon, Black Mamburgs—Cockorels—First Pullot—Firat and second prow Spanglod Tamburgs—c = Pulloe-Dr. Weston, 2 corkerel=Dr, im, Jaines Gi; ii fourth Dronium, Iavis—Cockorela—Firat premium, J, I Beabuzon; second promiuin, J.P. Blackbur Pullots—Hirst prom! buen ee romiuin, J.T. Blackburn; sege ond prominin, J... Brabazon. oe Black-Red = Gume — Muntams—Cocks—Fint premium, James Glusgow, Hons—Firat promt um, Jumes Glasgow, Cockorels—First and third premium, Aitrod Doyte, Chluaga; sccond premlum, J. K. Hower: fourth premlum, J, 8 rabuzon, Pullots—First preniiiim, James Glas gow: scvond promium, J. 1, Trubazon; taint [ronan J. K. Bower; fourch promiunt, Alfred joyiv, Amorican Sebrights—Cockere]—First pres miu, J. Bower, VPullet—First promlua, J, K. Hower, Pekin Ducks—Drales, old—First and second premiums, Me. Hart, Shorervilie, Ind. Drakes, foun Hirat promlum, Harey Davis, Dyor, Ind. Ducks, ull—lirat and second premiums, Mf. T, Ilart. Ducks, young—First, premium, J. it Urabnzon; accond premium, M.'T. Hart. Ronen Ducks—Ducks, old—iret promium, By B. Weaver, Wheaton, Hl Ducks, young—Fint pramliuin, J. It. rabazon. Aylesbury Duoks—Ducks, ofd—Socond proe miluin, J... Brabazon, Cayuga Ducks—Ducks, young—First pree mnlina. J. R. Brabazon, Toulouse Gueso~Old—First promium, Harry Davis, Young—Firat premtum, Hurry Davis, a peut Turkoy-Cock—tlrat ‘premium, EB. By eqvor. ARREARS OF PENSIONS. Ono HMundrod Millions of Taxes De« munited by tho Commissioner fort Noxt Yoar. Netv York Times, Nav, 12. ‘While tho nowspapers nro vory yencrally dite cussing the foasibility of reducing taxation, It bas suddunty beon sugyested that tho arrears of pensions are to bo provided for, and that w great donl of money will bu required for this purposs, ‘Tho Comulystoner of Ponsions, it [s suid, wire Port wdeflciuncy of $20,000,000 to muvt those ure rears, Tho rogular appropriation for tho next fiscal your will call for $10,000,000, Whereat, wo aro told, thoro is rent astonlisinent among Congressmen. Thoro is nothing sure pelsing in tho request of tho Commie sioner of Pensions, 1t is not surprising thas Congressmen aro nstonished, Men who Ko headlong into a conclusion to prove that two and twoare five are apt to be astunished whea thoy’ nitonipe to curry this eccontrlu theory into Practice, Yot it cannot bu sil thut Congress Men wont {nto tha busiuess of xrontlag arrears of ponslons Without warnings from every quite tor, Itls tau Inte In the day to plead tzavrance ofthe fact that tho bil‘ for providing for the paymiont of urrears of pensions woul) take uinuy twilllons from the Treasury. ‘To bo sure, wiemibors of tho House pretended to be that n fow hundred thousand dultars would meet atl the, requirements of tho bill; and rae. wore Congressmen who boldty stated that would require at loast $1,000,000, ae Novor, probably, was thore so great a divers y 1H estlinates of an amount of money to be La anticed by a pending mensuro as that which yas exhibited by the su-called experts who were galled in to give their opinion on tho Arrears: 4 Ponslons vill. ‘Tho Congressmen who had cours Of tho villi the two Houses fixed the srnoune nt 818,000,000, The Pension Bureau avelnret that It would taiza 353,000,000 at frst, and beh require ¢nough more in the fature 10 cary toutl mmount te far above 854,000,00, Secre at Shornian’s vatlnate was raportod tn 1S wine the bill tnatly passed, to bo $100,000.) 0. ite Gstimate wad understood to apply a itor fall pay of arrears. In ils ert ie Fol Me 1370, to tho, Chal naa - att louse Committes on Appt se retary Sherman estimated that tho, passaze “ie ¢ of, tho bit would mako a. dolicieney © 827,000,000 In the Neoal year thon current, i ct and that the total expenditures under tno He for tat yeur und tho noxt uccvel ng would Ue $41,600,000. ‘Tho ainount tally xed oie tho House and ngreed to by tho Houate wes br Ouv,o00, which sttin was upproprintad In Hobie ary, 187, for tho Uscal your next succen ne ie DIT having tually passud both Houses, anid Hot be forgotton that wit 7 even vie amount way aly tee beyluning of & Berlos of large appropriation - ‘Tho Dill providing for Hie wayment ot are of pensions waa onielly promoted by ae auXioUY to eatul voted aid cureless oF Vg consequenc2s, Lt was cutted. i sauller tet, i awept und, on protenga af rowardity tors Of tra the voluutver soldiord. 1 vent jy tte tale Hetil a tions long provinualy sewn vain was It argued rine pension fs i rewurt gratatty, not n contrat, and that the rov nor to OF oxlsting conditions would open the dane | fraud, ercate a lass of clans of Coren) ningnitude, und ylvs panstons for pera nae whieh disaliditien did not actudily exist. TN oxlsting prior to the passe of te 4 ree ‘tor Ponsions bill provided tat ponslans Keune death, wourids, or diseaue recotved lat Mactan’ should begin nt the dite of death or ede frou the dervive, Ie was further provien ia, tho application for ponston must be srvatle rey in. five years after tho rite thorota nen i othorwise, tho pension “should | bedi ty tho dute of Ming tha lust evidence nuccssst to suduro It. Tho Arruara of Funsin’ shnply, repeated the chiwse relating yenra’ Hinitauon, It will bo seen. Wide wu door Wad openud to ac ‘au Howe, whago existence had Leo horutotore ttt mould and the total amount of whieh no mit ig Recuritely eattmate, Hut there, bade ha furead 1870) dloeuinents ou tle iu tho Poustt yun cule which afforded natal duta on which stl culations af tho um total berealler ad uatle quired under the act could ho ma ‘yo penslod tute OF $50,000,000 aud moro by vt ile Authorities Wav paok-puohed by ignominy sreatuon, and tho Dill was rushed Sea recke webeor, Tuo mynsire wid Lapree Cao Juss, und uncalled fore ct and wot yiuotad It, Inu! 4 ma entulle Forwnuutiig thy gnormuus expenditures eatuhe te 2 = BONDSMEN SUED BY THE GOVERNMENT: Spscial Dispatch to The Chtesgo ance Attor® Larrin Houk, Arka Nove 1—DISET eg ney Wators brought mult fu tho Un ‘thy but Court yesterday agulust the wuretlea un t at of the Hon, D.C, Tittle, Late, Receiver co United Stites Land-Oilice ut Caudans Or ante tie died some time wo, leavity, BM i dote with the Govarniwang Inu very ba the detalces Au exitnjuntion of the books pices (ey sre Hou at sovarul thousand dollare. Jes a ly all the bondsmun are peouniurly a to recut honce the Government is aut, ee y Taure than ouo-balt the original Ladd