The New York Herald Newspaper, January 24, 1875, Page 13

——_—_—_ RELICIOS. INTELLIGENCE Ministerial and Church Movements. Divine Inspiration and Courage to the Poor and Contrite, PROGRAMME OF SERVICES TO-DAY. The Rey. George B. Porteous, in All Souls’ church, Brooklyn, will this morning compare and contrast Unitarianism and Swedenborgianism, and this evening will speak on ‘Bigots and Bigotry.” In Zion Protestant Episcopal church the Rev. J. ‘N. Gallener will officiate this morning and after- noon, as usual. ‘The Saints’ Happiness and the Sinners’ Misery” ‘wil be presented this morning by the Rev. George . Hepworth, in the Churen of the *Disciples. “Reconciled to God’ is his subject for evening meditation. In De Garmo Hall Messrs. Fithbouch and Cran- Q4il will hold forth at the usual hours to-day.” The Rev. Dr. Flagg will minister to the Ohurech -of the Resurrection this morning and evening. Dr. Ewer will officiate at all the services to-day in St, Ignatius’ Protestant Episcopal church. The Rev. D. Henry Miller, D. D., will preach morning and evening tn his new charge, the First Baptist church of Greenpoint, The Rev. W. T. Sabine will preach at the usual hours to-day in the First Reformed Episcopal s@barch, Dr. Van Neat, late of Italy, is announced to preach this evening in the Union Reformed church. Professor M. R, Torey will preach this morning and evening in Plymouth Baptist church. In the Church of the Messiah the Rev. William R, Alger will speak this morning concerning “‘Man’s Need of God the Father,” and this evening about “Getting Bich for 1mmortaltty.” “The Passing By of Jesus of Nazareth’! ts the ‘theme on which Dr. Howland will speak this after- noon in the Church of the Heavenly Rest. The Rev. Richard Newton, D. D., of Philadel- phia, will preach this morning and afternoon in the Anthon Memorial charcn. The Rev. H. R. Nye will again insist, in his church in Brooklyn this evening, that ‘Universal- ism 1s the plain doctrine of the Bible.” Dr. Osgood will continue the course of sermons 4m Christ’s church on Christianity and social morals by a discussion this evening of the relation ‘ofChristianity to the peace of nations. The Rev. H. R. Nye, of Brooklyn, will speak in Plimpton Hall this morning before the Fiith Uni- Versalist Society. The Rev. Dr. Garaner wil! preach 1n the Morning Stay Mission this evening. : ‘ ‘'Price’s Praying Band will conduct the services this morning, afternoon and evening in the Seventh streét Methodist Episcopal church. “Paul's Confidence in the Gospel’ will be con- sidered this morning and “Reason and Faitn’’ this evening by Dr. Rylance, in St. Mark’s Prot- -estant Episcopal church. At the dedication of Grace Baptist chapel on Twenty-ninth street to-day, Dr. Elder will preach in the morning, Dr. Hamilton (Presbyterian) in the evening, and Drs, Taylor, Tyng, Jr., and Ar- ‘miitage will deliver addresses in the afternoon. A Cherokee Indian will set forth the wants of his people ata public meeting this evening in the South Reformed church. Drs, Thompson, Ferris and others will speak. Divine service this morning as usual in the Rus- sian Greek chapel. The Rey. Fatner Byerring will preach in Engitshon “Unbelief and Indifference in Religton.”” The Bev. David B. Jutton will minister as usual to-day at the Sixteenth street Baptist church. The. Rev. W. H. Bovle will minister in Seven- teenth street Methodist Episcopal -church this morning and Rev. W. H. Osborne this evening. The Rev. Dr. Vermilye will preach in the Sixth avenue Union Reformed church this morning, and Rev. W. B. Merritt this evening on “The Good Sa- martitan.”” “The Power of Spiritual Fervor” and “The Ex- cellency of the Knowledge of Christ’ will be dis- cussed at the usual hours to-day by Rev. J. B. Hawthorne in the Tabernacle Baptist church. Dr. Armitage will continue his consideration of “Might Scenes of Christ’? in the Fifth avenue Baptist church this evening, “A Door Opened in Heaven’ and “The Lamp in the Midst of the Throne” are the topics toge con- aidered by the Rev. M. S. Terry, in EigMeenth street Methodist Episcopal church, at the usual hours to-day. A New York lawyer will speak of “America in Prophecy” this evening in Harvard Rooms, The Rev. E. O. Phillips will preach morning and evening in Allen street Presbyterian church. The Spiritualists will hold a conference in the Howard Rooms this afternoon at two o'clock. The Rev. W. H. Durinell will preach in All Saints Protestant Episcopal church this morning and evening. At the South Baptist church the Rev. Dr. Os- borne will preach at the usual hours to-day. The Rev. W. H. Thomas will preach this morning aud evening in Beekman Hall Methodist Episcopal church. “The Power of Chrisv’s Word” will be set forth this morning by Rev. P. L. Davies, in the Berean Baptist charoh, A lecture on “Patriarchal and Jewish Worship” will be delivered this evening by Rev. W. W. An- drews, in the Catholic Apostolic church, Dr. Moran will speak in the Church of the Strangers this mozning on “Conditions,” and this evening on the “Limitations ot Spiritual Knowledge. Rev. A. C. Morehouse and Messrs, Cornell, Pey- ‘ton, Brummeil and Generel Fisk will address the City Mission and Church Extension meeting, in Thirty-fifth street Methodist Episcopal church, this evening. Rev. D. R. Van Buskirk will preach this morn- ing and evening, in the Church of the Disciples of Christ. The Rev. E. Bovel will minister to the French Protestant Church in Calvary chapel this morning. The Rev. T. D. Anderson, D. D., will preach at the usual hours to-day in the First Baptist church. Nellie Brigham will entertain tng Progressive Spiritualists in Republican Hall to-day. Dr. Pulton will vell Hanson place Baptist church, Brooklyn, this morning ‘‘How'to Develop the Lay Talent in the Churches," and in the evening will answer his own query, ‘Whom Shall We Trust ?”” The Rev. 8. M. Hamilton will minister to the Scotcn Presbyterian church this morning and afternoon. The doctrine of “Justification” will be consid- ered by the Rev. J. S, Kennard, in the Pilgrim Baptist church, this morning, and in the evening ‘@ Memorial sermon will be delivered for a deceased member. In the Laight street Baptist church the Rev. H. ‘W. Knapp will preach to-day at the usual hours, At the Willett street Methodist Episcopal church the pastor, Rev. J. V. Saunders, will preach morn- ing and evening. Subject for evening, “Their kock and Our Rock.” “SEMPER EADEM.” To Tae Eprror or THE HeRaLp:— You will admit, sir, that it is always impolitic, if Not unjust, to revive heedieasly dead issues, espe- cially so when the honesty and religious faith of men are concerned, Thts Mr, Giadstone has dono in his “expostulation.” Whatever he may plead to justify his motives, he has refurbished ‘weapons that had long since grown into disuse, and has tried to conjure up, instead of conjuring down, a8 he says, the dark spirit of the strife of other days. Before this ue must be aware that he has overshot his mark. ‘The liberal Protestant press of England has given him his answer, and has let him understand that the age in which we liva t@ not that of Walsingham: that it NEW YORK WM not do st present to tte together the fag ends of statements in order to gain credence, but that the whole truth must be told in the in” terests of society, and that from no mean spirit Of spite or bigotry. The burden of the statesman’s first charge against the Catholic Church is, that in defining Papal infallibiiity she has gone back on her “proud boast of semper eadem;” that she has changed ber front at the biading of a party, and, Proteus-like, has ‘aken & new form to comply with the promptings of ambition. How tbis conclusion has been reached 1t is not easy toimagine. Asa bigh churchman Mr. Glad- stone will accept the definitions of the four first | Genera! Councils, Re will have no objection, probably, to be coufted among the disciples of Athanasius, of Basil and the great Pope Leo, o1 Augustine and Jerome, though in the time of these great men the Church had expressed many doctrines In & set form of words and made it a formula of faith, which was to be accepted by all those who wished to be of her communion. Even on the ground of consistency, therefore, the distinguished writer should admit that definitions or taitn do not change the original status of the Church, and that ‘the proud boast of semper eadem” cannot imply the condition of a motionless, crystallized body, that bas neither the activity nor {ruitfulness of dtvine life in it, Such a meaning ts clearly excluded by the judicial and legislative powers with whicn Christ endowed His Church, powers which, of course, involve the explanation or evolution of revealed doc- trine, as well as the unerrmg in- terpretation and application of it, In this sense the following texts have been understood in every age:—“Going, therefore, teaco ye all nations.” ‘“Whetsoever you shall bind upon earth, shall be bound also in heave: and whatsoever you shail loose upon earth snail be loosed aiso in heaven.” ‘He that heareth you hearetn me, and he that despiseth you despiseth me.” And to Peter it was said, “I will give to thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven,”—‘“feed my lambs, ieed my sheep,” and “thou being onee converted confirm thy brethren.” Relying on the commission given to her, the Church went forth to preach the Words 0! God—to develop, to apply and to define them when occasions required it. Such as sue was in the beginning, such she has continued to be, never shrinking trom dificuities the most intricate, and never s#uifering her faith to be tarnished by the least heresy. Her contests through ages have been marked in history “y her definitions of revealed truth. These are forever @ testimony to her fidelity and the trophies of her victories. But, drawn irom reve- lation, they netther add to nor change it, no more than just laws add to or change the principles of natural equity. Whether she be silent or whether She speak, the Catholic Church is the same great moral bocy that spans all time, that 18 not subject Fe gorcuption or decay, but when challenged puts h fresh proo!s of her divine life, aud, white Temaining exsentially the same, grows ‘unto the measure Qi the age of the fulness of Christ.” The majestic oak that now stretches forth his giant arms and errr wath the tempest, is the same tha. signder sapling a half century ago, bent batabe avers ireeue ; growth has not impatrea Dis identity, and neither does the expansion of the church’s doctrine hinder her irom truly as- Serting, nui aS @ boast, bul as a truth, that she is “semper eadem,” always the same. Indeed, the author of the ‘“expostulation” does not deny that this honor belonged to the Church up to the year 1870. ‘nen it was, he finds out aiter tour yeurs’ reflection, that she committed Jelo de se, Scatiering to the winas her former glortes and shattering to pieces the mighty Institution whico Had witnessed the fall of 80 many dynasties and nations. ‘Still the Church did on that year only what she bad dune hundreds of times before. She defined @ revealed truth; she put the seal of her authority on what nad been practicaily believed during tne Christian past im regard to Papal tntaliibiiity, tn order the better to secure the faith of ner children against the errors of the times. ‘To do this was not to invent anew doctrine, but to conurm an old one; to point out disiinctly to the world a prerogative of the successor of St. Peter, and to interpret by a formal declaration the history of the thought, the action and the writing of all Obristian ages, Jt jg the plain teaching of history that no grave controversy within the domain of faith or morals has been finally settled without the intervention of the popes, To tmem came appeas in every century irom local authorities. Invariably, wnen proud men broached new doc:rines, in any part of ‘he Christian world, they strove to have the ap- probation of the see of Peter. To it Pelagius ap- parts from the sentence of an Oriental synod, and 18 abettor, Celestine, travelled ail the way from Alrica to try and gain its favor. During the dis- putes with Nestorius and Eutyches, messengers were despatched time and again to consult the Pope of Rome. To bis decision Berengarius submitted bis teachings, aud even the author of the “Reformation” was at first loath to break with the chair of Peter. The efforts of the vansenists to avert or evade their condemna- tion make uD @ great part of the ecclesiastical recorus of the seventeenth and eighteenth centu- ries; while almost within our own memory the false doctrines of De Lamennais, of Hermes and of Gunther have decayed, blightea by the words of Curist’s vicar. This constant recurrence to the Eternal Cat by tne advocates of false doctrines on the one hand, and by the supporters o1 the true faith on the other; this fear which heresy has al- ways shown for tne shadow of the see oi reter; this going to and fro, during tne Curistian era, of those wuo wished to have their doubts solved or their opinions confirmed by Papal authority, are evidence of the unchanging faith of Christendom in the intallible teaching of Peter's successor in jaith ana morals. ‘This same faith has been still more strikingly manilested by the adherence always given by pastors and people to the doctrine solemuly pro- mulgaied by the Apostolic see, Nearly a century betore the first General Council was held at Nicwa the jaitn which it defined, touching the divinity of Christ, bad been defini- tively marked out by Pope St. Dionysius in a letter to his namesake, the Patriarch of Alexandria. It was two great popes who, in dogmatic letters to the iathers of the Councils o: Ephesus and Chal- cedon, taught the doctrine that was to be main- tained concerning the divine personality and the twolold nature of Christ. Shortly alter, when the divinity of the Holy Ghost was denied, it was Pope Daniasus who condemned the heresy and prescribed their faith for the faithful. We owe the condemnation of Pelagianism solely to Innocent, L, of the false teaching of Abelard to Innocent IL, and of that of Gilbert de la Porrée to Engentus 111 ‘These iew tacts. taken from among hundreds of others of the like nature, suftice, I presume, to prove that Papal ipfalitoility is vothing new in the Catholic Church, and tnat io defining it in 1870 she has not receded one jot irom what nas been said to have been her “proud boast’! of being “seraper eadem.”” GRATIANUS. THE GENEALOGY OF CHRIST. To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— The theological criticisms in the Sunday HERALD are to me very interesting reading, evincing great learning and research upon the part of your correspondents. I herewith submit the apparent discrepancy of the genealogy of Ohrist as given tw us by Matthew and Luke. And in order that the discrepancy may be seen at a glance I the names in parallel lines, where you will see that the two Evangelists agree in their account from Avraham to David; but here they diverge, Muattuew taking the line of Solomon and Luke that of Nathan. Mavthew gives us Christ in the foriy-first eneration, While Luke makes him to appear in the ity-sixth generation. Matthew makes Jacov the grandiatner of Christ, while Luke makes Hell his grandiather. Now it ts true that Jacob and Heli were distant relations, but the distance being so great that we have no language to express their relationship. J. H. REES, 107 Eleventh street, Brooklyn. For the genealogical line which our correspond- ent sends us we must reier the reader to the Evangelists, where, with the foregoing ex- position, they can readily understand the point of genealogical dispute. ‘THE CYCLOPEDIA AND INFALLIBILITY, To THe Eprror or THe HERALD:— Since the publication of my letter on the above mentioned subject, im last Sunday's HERALD, and only since then, have I had an op- portunity of reading the entire contents of the article on infallibility in the American Cyciopwdia: Its perusal at once assured me that I had been misied In attributing to the author of that article, as his own views, errors in history, and‘ecessa- rilyconsequent errors in doctrine, which he only polnted out as the counter-current to approved traditional teachings on the question of Papal intallibiity. - at once apologize for too hasty a dependence on secondary autnority, as aiso for some bitterness growing irom my con: viction that the author I refer to had placed him- self deliberately in opposition to the teaching of the best historical critics of all times and to the essential Catnolic creed ot our own day. I was misled, as ofven happens, by reading some sen- tences of the author's articie in a popular jour- nal. They appeared between quotation marks and were really his words, but were wrongly set torth as conveying his opinions. Nevertheless, it may Still be asserted that the line of demarcation be- tween wifat claimants and counter-claimants hoid on the question of Papal infa)libility is not Clearly enougn stated in the article, and that per- sous Uniriendly to the author might be techni- cally justified im making the statement by which was misled. ‘The author says:—‘Against this claim (of irrevocable decision on the part of the Roman Pontiff) 1s quotea tne fact of Hippolitus,” &c., and (are quoted) “instances in Which popes felt into heresy. Such'were the case of Zosimus, Libanins, Honorius, &c." The words ‘facts and “instances”? ought perhaps to be qualified by some sucu word a8 “alleged,” or “misrepresented,” tn order to assure the reader that they are not real facts or instances of PF heresy in the mind of the author himself, is an uniriendly critic mignt demand—the present Writer does not, being con- vinced of the tuct that the author was but acting as the histortantof both sides, without uncing an opinion, a3 becomes a crelopredist, Again express ing my regret at having unwittingly misrepre- sented the author in tue Cyclopedia, hoping to benedt him by calling his ‘attention to eritics, who, but for this my mistake, would have done him an unperceived injury, and, wishing him the success his talents deserve, | gladly withdraw from all controversy on this subject. PROSPER, MINISTERIAL MOVEMENTS. METHODIST, The Rev. Leroy M. Vernon, D. D., superintend- ent of the Methodist missions in Italy, has ac- cepted the pastorate of the American Unton church at Rome, believing that denominational distinc- tions should Rave no place in missionary opera- tions; that tney are neither in good taste nor in g00d spirit, and that there should be one common service for all the churches. If the Doctor lives to see that dream realized he will be very much older than he is to-day, and will perhaps learn that ism 1s the last thing on earth to die either of old age or by violence, j Rev. W. H. Milburn is to supply Trinity Method- 1st Episcopal church, Chicago, until spring, when it 18 expected that Dr. O. H. Tiffany will gq there. Rev. C.K. True, D.D., of Flushing, i. 1, has been elected professor of logic, philosophy and practical theology in the Tabernacle Lay College, Brooklyn, N. Y, He will probably accept, as the condittons are such as not to interfere wih his Pastoral ana other duties. Dr. True has filled the same chair in Wesleyan University, Conn, Revival accessions continue to be reported this week in Fairhaven, Vt., 60; Rutiedge, Tenn., 36; Mattoona, ll., 17; Sterling, Neb., 35; Austin, Mo,, 100; Short Creek and Liverty, Va., 112; Green-" land, N. H., 50; Burnt Cabins, Pa., 42; Mound City, Kan., 100; Pontiac, lL, 40; Tiffin, Iowa, 34; Brace- ville, Ill., 60; Summit, Ind., 40; Burghille, Pa., 31; Mount Pleasant, W. Va., 70; Lewistown, Pa., 75; Jane street, New York city, 20. In May, 1870, the Methodists first started preach- ing services'in Salt Lake City, Utah; they have now three large societies. One (the Central Church) has the finest church butlding in the Ter- ritory (save the Mormon Temple), and a church society numbering 112 and a Sunday school of 250, The other two stations are about to build nouses of worship when the weather permits. There ts a Methodist seminary in the city also, in charge of one of the missionaries. It has an attendauce ot 200 students. Dr. Rust, of the Freeomen’s Aid Society, has gone South on an official visit to Southeastern conferences, The preachers of Jersey City und vicinity have been called together by Presiding Elder Vanhorne to make arrangements for entertaining the Newark Conierence, next March, in that city. J. P. Wilson, pastor of the Broadway Methodist Protestant church, Baltimore, has severed bis con- nection with the Maryland Annual Conterence. His congregation have aimost unanimously done the same, and are taking the legal course necessary to secure an undisputed title to their property. The church 18 at present closed, and the members vce ray are worshipping at the churches of the housh jaltimore Station Methodist Episcopal chure! PRESBYTERIAN. The bitterness ot ancient hatred seems to re- main in the churches. After several ineffectual efforts heretofore made to unite the Nortnern and Southern Presbyterians, an utter failure nas re- sulted trom the jatest attempt made in Baltimore. The delegates trom the Southern Church would not enter into negotiations with their brethren trom the North because the Assemblies of the lat- ter had not specifically recalied their charges that the former had seceded and reorganized in the interest of slavery and of the Coniederacy and was guilty of schism, The Northern delegates protesved their Assembiies had virtually anuulied these charges by subsequent acts and resolutions, but the old nate rematned and the Southern heart was not to be appeased by resolutions and prom- ises, So the dream of Presbyterian unification re- Mains still unrealized. Dr. H. H. Jessup, the missionary at Beirut, writes to the Hvangelst a long letter, giving tran- sSuripts of testimony and other evidence Ot pro- scription for conscience sake in the Ottoman Em- pire. School; have been closed by order of the government ip the Nusairiyet Mountains, in Lata- kiah, &c.; the residences of American mission- aries in B’Humra have been forcibly entered vy ‘Surkish troops, ana other houses of Protestants have peen entered and pillaged. ‘The representa- tives of the Evangelical Alliance are, therefore, called upon to intertere. Eight iaithful laborers in the Presbyterian Board of Missions’ service died in 1874:—Mrs. A. P. Hap- per, Rev. K, P. Capp, both of missions in China; Mr. D. C. Ferguson, a teacher in Liberia; Mrs. D. Herron, of India; kev. J. M. da Conceicag, of brazil; Mrs, O. R, Mills, of China; Mrs. J. R. Camp- bell, of India, and the Kev. H. H, spaiding, of the Nez Perces ludian mission. Rey. Dr. Murray, pastor of the Brick cburch, has decided to acceps the proiessorship to which he has been elected in Princeton College. This decision 1s the occasion of great regret to a large circle of Christian friends woo know and love Dr. Murray. . The Y presbyterian Board of Education reports this month that “the receipts for the past month @re but little more than half of what they were In the corresponding one of last year. Tnose for the eight months oi the fiscal year are smaller than in any equal time since the reunion. They are but two-thirds of wpat they were last year, and less than one-half what they were in that previous.’” The Rev. C, M. Payne, pastor of tke Second Presbyterian church, Wilmington, Del., nas, by reason of continued tlness, retired from his min- isterial labors for the present, and leit last week for his oid home in Lexingtun with the hope that rest and quiet and a change el climate will hasten his convalescence. BAPTIST. : Reports of revivals are coming in from all sec- tions of the country and prospects are encourag- ing. In Gethsemane church, Brooklyn, E. D., meetings are held every evening and the interest 1g evidently on the increase. in Bedford avenue courch, Brooklyn, the Rev. Hiram Hutchins, pas- tor, a very precious revival 1s 10 progress and tue church 1s greatly moved by the Spirit’s power. In Marcy avenue church, Brooklyn, six converts were immersed last Sabbath evening and four the previous Sabbath. The revival meetings continue with increasing interest. The Baptist cnurch tn North New York is also in the midst o/ @ revival and fifteen converts are awaiting vaptism and five have already received the ordinance, AN interesting revival is in progress at Mount Salem, N. J. ‘Tae pastor, Rev. C. Brinkernott, has been preaching lor over four weeks. Already twelve profess conversion, ana Others are tnquir- ing. In the Bond street church, Toronto, there is great religious interest. About 150 have been added to the church by baptism during the two years Di, Castle has been pastor. Several conversions have taken place in connec- tion with the services being beld by the tee ts church at West Brattleboro, Vt, Rev, E. A. Whit- tier has beea assisting the church. ‘The Baptist church at Cooperstown, N. Y., Rev. George B. Vosburg pastor, is enjoying a revival season. Meetings are held every evening, and many are coming to Christ. ‘The Baptist church of Preston, N, Y., which has been ina jow spiritual state for maby years, |: now rejofcing over a great work. More than thirty have been converted, thirteen of whom have been baptized. In extra meetings held in Salem church, Macon county, lil, there were thirty conversions, and in Mount Zion church there have been twenty-one conversions, A ten days’ meetin, near Madisonville, Ky., in which Presbyterians, United baptists, Generai Baptists and others joined. Kleven professed faith in Christ. At Silver Creek, Kansas, where, a year ago, & enurch was organized with ten members, the number has increased to fiity-eight and candidates are awaiting baptism. The Rev. D. Thomas, missionary of the South- west Kansas Association, lately held a meeting at Salt Springs. Fifteen were added to the Church. A revival of great power is progressing at Soutn Berwick, Me., where all denominations are united in the services, FPilty have been added w the Church since the week of prayer closed. Tne other churches in the piace share equally of the Divine blessings. While offering the closing prayer of his service in the Baptist church at Manatawna, Pa, on Fri- day evening, the 16th inst, the Rev. W. 8, Crow- ley, pastor of the Baptist church, died just as he had pronounced tie finai Amen, He was torty- five years of age, and his death is ascribed to heart disease. - Rev. E.G. Taylor, D. D., of New Orleans, has accepted the cali of the First caourch, of Provi- dence, R. I. Dr. J. G. Furman has resignea hia pastorate in Greenville, 5. C., to devote himself exclusively to educational duties in the University there, Tne Rey. Amos Harris has entered upon the pastorate of the Baptist church, Weston, Mass., having resigned at Arlington. The Bapust church at Springfield Centre, Otsego county, ‘a Y., is enjoying a revival Over filty conversions are reported. EPISCOPALIAN, The impetus which the Reformed Episcopal movement has reveived vy the secessivn of Dr. Nicholson and others from the old Church since the adjournment of the General Convention has led the denominational press to elavorate and prolonged discussions of the points of difference between the two. The leading papers this week discuss the theory of baptsmai regeneration, some of them with a view of showing tnat there is no such thing, and others to show that such a change does, by some subtle process, take place in the candidate by and in the office of baptism. | But these discussions seem euly to enkindle the strife that exists, instead of A tt. ‘The Rev. J. Crompton, formerly a Unitarian min- ister in Norwich, has qoines the Churen of Eng- Jand and has been ordained by tne Bishop of Nor- wich. Mr. Crompton bas accepted @ curacy in Norwich. The Rev. Thomas A. Jagger, lately chosen ‘was held in a school house | HERALD, SUNDAY, JANUARY 24, I875—QUADRUPLE SHEET. bishop of the diocese of Southern Otto, was for- merly rector of the Anthon Memorial church, in this city, and 1s now recior of the Caarch of the Holy Trinity, Phitadelphia, The consecration of Dr. Dudley, assistant bishop elect of Kentucky, will tage place next Wednesday in Baltimore. Bishop Johns, of Virginia, will preach. The Rev. Wiliam Floyd, formerly of Connecti- cut, has started 4 mission and organized a colored oe Society in Pittsburg, Pa. ‘ne Rev, Philip A. H. Brown hag accepted the peeve of assistant minister in Trinity parish, lew York, The Rev. Allan Sheldon Woodie has assistant minister of Christ church, New Y: The Rev. . C, Parker having accepted an unani. mous election to the rectorship of St. John’s church, Lower Merion, in the diocese of Pennsyl- yanta, bas resigned the charge of Christ church, Greensburg, diocese of Pittsburg. The Rev. B. F, Cooley has become assistant to tne House o! Praye:, Newark, N. J. ‘The Rev. William A. Hitchcock has been elected to the rectorship of Trinity church, Pittsburg, to succeed the Bishop-elect of New Jersey. ‘The Rev. William Berrian Hooper has resigned the rectorship of the Church of the Good Shepherd, Milford, Pa., and accepted that of Trinity church, Mount Vernon, N, ¥. The Rev. Dr. W. H. N. Stewart, late assistant at St. Clement’s, Philadelphia, who is now in Eng- land, has accepted a curacy in St. Mary’s, Padding- ton, London, and will remaim abroad. The Rev. James C. Pratt, minister in charge of Trinity church, Boulder, Col, has abandoned the ministry of tue Protestant Episcopal Church and joined the Reformed Eptscopal Church, During the eee four years the contrtbutions of Trinity parish, Southport, Coon., for missionary purposes, have amounted to over 349,000, which 13 pretty good for 4 country congregation, St. Mark’s church, New Britain, Conn., has called to the rectorate the Rev. John H. Drumm, D. D., ol Bristol, Pa. The Secona Reformed precnpal chursh of Phila- detphia, of which Rev. Dr. W. K. Nicholson has be- come rector, has bought @ lot at the corner of Twenty-first and Chestnut streets and will erect a house as soon as the weather will allow, ROMAN OaTHOLIC. The Rev. bear Daly, O. P., will lecture this evening, in the Church of the Visitation, Brook- lyp, in behalf of that parish, the Key. Fataer O'Farrell, pastor, On last Sunday the sacrament of confirmation Was administered to 131 girls at the Female Or- phan Asylum, corner of Yates and Willoughby avenues, Brookiyn. Bishop Loughiin officiated, The Rev. M. Marin, a missionary in Japan, has discovered the spot pear Jeddo where the mas- sacre of Cathoitc missionaries and converts took place in 1613, The spot is called ‘Hill of Martyrs,’? and the bridge which unites it to the city “Bridge of Christians.” Other interesting memorials of that massacre have also come to light, ‘There are twenty-six vacant Catholic sees in Spain, simply because the Pope would not recog- mize Serrano or the Republic, and preterred to leave the Church without cuief shepherds rather than be suspected of recognizing the rebellious. He will probably appoint bishops now that Aliongo has been chosen King of Spain. Rev. Father Doffenbach has taken charge of St. Mary’s Catholic church, Wintiela, in place of Rev. Iguatius Reiler, who is about to gail for Hamburg. ‘rhe Paulist Fathers of this city will. celebrate the conversion of St. Paul to-morrow morning and evening in their church on Fifty-ninth street. Bisnop Corrigan, of Newark, will pontificate. vr, McGlynn will preach and Arcabishop Mcvuloskey will asstst in the services, ‘The iollowing named missionaries from Iretand for the United States have lately arrived in this country and been assigned to their respective flelds of labor:—Kev. B, Gillick, for Albany: Rev. Jonn Cassin, tor San Francisco; Rev. Jos. Whelan, tor Grass Valley, Cal.; Rev. Wiliam McCormick, for St. Paul, Minn.; Revs, Thomas Briscoe and F, O'Reilly, for Providence, R. 1; Kev. William Walsh, for Nashville; Rev. J. Janette, ior Omaha, Neb., and Rev. Thomas Materson, tor Alton, Ll. In the month of October last the income of the Vatican was 8,000,000 trancs in gold, counting offerings and presents Of all kinds. Cardinal Von Simor, Primate oi Hungary, bas formally excommunicated Professor ilattala, of tue University of Pesth, for not accepting the zma of Papal Len ather O'Donovan, of Worcester, Mass., suc- ceeds Father Duley as curate at Cnicopee. Kev. F. Hageman, S. J., late director of the Young Ladies’ Sodality, M., of St, Xavier's church, St. Louis, has been transferred to St. Joseph’s church, Rev. Father Filling, 8. J., taking his place. Lent begins this year February 10, which will bring Easter on the 23th of March, woicn 1s within SIX Gays of the earliest day upon which it can oc- cur. In some years Easter falis as late as the 25th of April, anu there may be as many as pine Sun- days between Epiphany and Ash Wednesday, but this year there will be only five. MISCELLANEOUS, An article in the Christian at Work gives sev- eral recent ins:ances of Turkisn oppression of and insolence toward American Christiaus in the Otto- man Empire, and for no better or worse cause than tha, they were Christians and missionaries. Our consuis have protested; but as the govern- ment at Washington takes no notice of these law, less acts the Turkish authorities repeat them wit unpunity. Rey. Dr. William Henry Furness, pastor of the Unitarian church in Puiladelpbia, ceiebrated the filtieth anniversary of bis ministry on the ith inst. His address on the occasion was singularly interesting, as it dealt in recollections o! the Uni- {arian controversy and the anti-slavery struggle, and also gave a suminary of his views on religious matters alter the ripe experience of a long lite. time. Rev. Dr. George L. Walker, formerly of the Centre church, New Haven, resumes bis connec: tion With it again 80 far as to preach Oue sermon each Sunday, bis health not permitiung him to do more. Rev. Washington Gladden, of this city, has ac- cepted the pastorate of the Norta Congregational churen of Springtield, Mass, Rev. Willtam Cornell, of Somerville, N. J., has been engaged to supply the pulpit of the Reformed cnurch at Raritan until jurther notice. Mr. Cor- neli has flied the pulpit of the church at High Bridge since the Ist of April last. Tne Reformed church at Three Bridges, N. J., Was dedicated yesterday. ‘the Rev. P. tu. Kipy of the Reformed Dutch church in Fishkill, N. ¥., has resigned bis pas- torate on account of tll heaith. On sabbath, January 10, twenty-seven new members were received in the First Resormed church of Aibany, N. Y., under the pastoral care of Rev, Dr. Rufus W.-Ciark. Sinve the 1st of last January ninety-one have been added, and many otbers are entertaining Christian hopés, The Gospels, according to Matthew, Mark ana John, have been printed in Japanese. ‘The native young men belonging to a theological class in Ceylon, during @ lave vacation from study, round their recreation in evangelical labors. Tuey visited 746 houses and saw about 1,800 adults and 800 children. ‘They found some cases of special interest and met very few cases of opposition. ‘The Unitarians are still looking for a successor to Dr. Miner in the presidency of Tuit’s College. Their choice lies between Rev. Dr, E. C. Bolles and Jsrael Wasnburn, Jr., LL. D., but they can’t agree upon their man. ‘Yhe day of prayer for colleges has been changed from the. dast bing of February to the last ‘Yhursday of January. It will be observed, there- fore, next ‘Thursday. A GOLDEN WEDDING. IMPRESSIVE CEREMONIES BY A VENERABLE JESUIT IN THE MIDST OF A NUMEROUS FAMILY CIRCLE. Le Nattonal, of Montreal, of the 16th of January, contains an account of the noces d'or, or Golden Wedding of M. Antoine Archambault, aged eignty- one years, and his wife, Clothilae Gaudette, aged seventy years. The venerable pair are the parents of the Rev. Jean Baptiste Archantbaalt, of St. Lawrence’s Roman Catholic Church, Kast Eighty- fourth street, New York, & most eioquent and dis- tinguished Jesuit. she ceremontes were most interesting, commencing with the celebration of a solemn high mass at nine o’clock in the morning by tne son, Who also delivered an impressive ser- mon, and concluding With the traditional dinner feast, which was prolonged till late in the day. The venerable couple have had fourteen chil- dren, nine of whom attended the mass and din- ner. The entire family, including the aged coupie, nine children, forty-five grandchildren, and two great-grandchiidren, were present to gladden the hearts ol their progenitors. The ceremonies and feast took place at Chambiy in the parisno of St, Antoine, Canada, NINETEENTH STREET SYNAGOGUE. Gop’s SPECIAL CARE OVER THE POOR AND CON- TRITE AND BROKEN IN SPIRIT—TRUE CoUR- AGE INSPIRED BY THE PROMISES AND PRES- ENCE OF GOD—SERMON BY REV. GEORGE H. JACOBS. Yesterday the Rev. Mr. Jacobs lectured in the synagogue in Nineteenth street, near Fifth Ave- nue, from the words found in Isaiah, Ixvi., 2—“To this man will [ look, even to him who is poor and of @ contrite spirit and trembleth at my word.’! become ork, | Mr. Jacobs preferred the rendering of the ancient rapbis, “who 1s courageous to do my word,” rather than “‘trembleth at my word.” Take a survey, he said, througnout all nature, and are we not impressed with the greatness of Almighty God, of Him whose glory filleth the universe? And do not all things instruct us that there is an omni- potent ruler in the universe? However potent may be the rulers of the earth, the people stand aghast to think that any one man should have authority and power over God's earth, And though they see men tremble at such @ sovereign’s word, yet if we turn to the divine language of the Bible we are there instructed that high apove ail nations is the Lord, and above and over the heavens is His giory. Who ts like unto our God who dwelieth on high? Passing from nature, we may look at the greatest works of human art and skili—the Pyramids, monuments, temples of old—and what are ali these tn compari. son with the wonderful works ot God which ex- cited the wonder of the Psalmist, when he ex- claimed. “How ereat are thy works. O God! The | beavens are thy throne and the earth is ‘foot stool? He iw the source of ail things bre the fountain of the mind, providing all things and controlling all rinds. No one can find the place where God is not. He 1s in the meandering brook no less than in the roaring cataract. How tenderly comes His assurance that not to the mighty ones of the earth does He show His countenance; “but to tnis one Will [ look,” He says, “who 1s poor and ofa contrite spirit, and who is courageous to do my word,” ‘THE PROVIDENCE OF Gop regards all His creatures without distinction. Not man alone, but the ephemeral insect that crawls the earth for @ day isa recipient of Gou’s care and protection. Ali tne works of His hands re- ceive His projection, but it is especially in buman affairs that we must look for Hiscare. Turn to the very language of the text and see upon whom He looks wi'h regard and tenderness—upon the poor man, suffering with gaunt want at his door and hunger in his domicile. Such a man need not de- spair nor doubt the goodness of God. Are not the Rroniees and assurances of the Bible present to 18 mind, that to such a one will God look as well as to bim whois of acontrite heart? He may be bronght down low by sickness or adversity, but to such @& man will God look and upon him who is courageous to do His word. We are ofttimes tempted to waver in our faith and to doubt the omnrpotence of our Father. Have you never telt so? And did it not require great courage of heart to trust God in such circumstances? You have had to stand the scoffs and sneers of the inflael, and when temptations of an earthly nature have come to you have you not required superhuman cvurage to stand firm, recognizing the commands of Goa’s law’ We require this courage of heart not so much when the sun shines upon us and all is smiling around us, but when the sorrowing days of trouble, which no man escapes, come. ‘Then may We be able to say with the Patriarch Job, “Though He slay me yet will I trust in Him.’ We may profess the utmost faith in principle, but it 1s only when we are tried that we know which ig the true metal and whica the counterfeit, Then dt is that this COURAGE OF HEART I3 MOST NEEDED to help us to stand aod do the will of our God. And He demands this courage of us. For be our conditions what tney may be God never tarns His eyes irom us, bu: looks upon the poor ana the con- trite. God never changes, but man is ever chang- ing. Brother may litt his hand agatnst brother, and all tnatis dear may be swept away as ina moment, but God is ever the same. His eye is ever toward the poor and the coa- trite and those of broken spirit, and He 1s full of compassion, And the more we ure pressed down the stronger ts His hand to liit us up. Mr. Jacobs gave an illustration o/ this proposition in the Is- Taelites at the Red Sea pursued by Pharaoh. God was with them and inspired them with courage, and they were ready to march when he bade Moses speak to the children of Israel that they go forward, The great duty of life is to go forward 4n obedience to tue divine command. in our per- sonal experience have we not nad seasons of so! row when we found that God was nigh tn His om- nipotence and in His omnisctence? Let us, then, be firm in the faith and give heed to the text. Mr. Jucobs then offered a few words of exhortation and advice to some young persons who haa oeen admitted to Barmétzoah of the congregation (Sons oi the Covenart), and closed with a very compr hensive extempore prayer for blessings upon the homes and famihes of all represented there, 13 thtmg—and I am rea@y, also, with niost moverg scientists, to accept certain unappropriated phe- nomena which are probamy of hypnotic origin; bus I utterty refuse to have these cosnterfeit bie passed off on me as genuine. | am sere that Foster and Mansfield and Slade ave charlatans, £ complain of them for being bungitrs. They bare been at work anywhere from ten totwenty years, they have each @ very limited numBer of tricks,- and yet, being sometning of an adept in matters ofsleight-of-hand, Icaught them all at the frat séance and confirmed my theory at the second. There 18 a third clas of letters, however, whieh demand attention. They have been written, frat, by those who believe and who hgnestly feel that my séances were entirely unlike what they have had themselves; and, second, by those who are in donbt upon the whole subject, and want to be Jed neither by me, a sceptic, nor yet by any other Man, a devotee, but who want to come at the question fairly, To al) such | take my hatoff. They have my respect, and to them I will taik in a calm and dispassionate manner, | do not want to thrust my own conclusions upon them, but simply to take down the bars and open @ new avenue of investi- gation. To all believers I have this to say to them :—Yon cannot aiways trust your senses, and it is very dangerous to believe all you see, or rather ail you think you see. Slade, for instance, puts a slate under the table. He generally does it after having gone through certain muscular contortions, during which, to all appearance, he is trying to control some mysterious sptritual force, while really he is writing on the under side of the slate. You do not See the siate jyst previous to placing it under the table. You would probably break or interfere with the infuence if you should demand 1t. You thought you saw the whole, but in reality a very important part of the performance you did not see. I say this knowingly, because I can do ex- actly what I have described, and if I can doit by natural agencies, why fy to the supernatural to solve a problem? When Hartz performs one of his famous tricks, what you think you see is by no means what really occurs. The whole science of sleigut-of-hand consists in ability to persuade you to fix your attention upon something which you suppose js to be done, or on some method of dotng it which you suppose will be pursued, and then doing something else, or doing tt in a differ- ent way. If you knew exactly how the trick was to be performed it would cease to be a trick, and you could follow tt in all its stages of progress. The eye is a very dull sense, and can be easily OBSEQUIES OF FATHER JOSEPH P. WOODS. FUNERAL ORATION BY REV. DR. M'GLYNN. Yesterday was @ sad and solemn day at the Church of st. Vincent Ferrer, in Lexington ave- nue. It was the occasion of the dirge and requiem mass for the repose of the soul of Father Woods, jate pastor of the Church of St. Augustine, Mor- risania, The church was tastefully and appro- priately draped with black, looped by white crosses; and there was avery large gathering of priests and people. The mass of requiem was-cel- ebrated by the Rev. Father Killen, of Newark, N. J., assisted by Father McGean, deacon; Fatner Mullen, sub-deacon, and Father Kearney, master of ceremonies, There were present the Right Rev, Bishop Corrigan, of Newark; Vicar General Quinn, the Dominican Fathers Rochford, Lilly, Meagher and Daly; the Rev. Drs. McGlynn and Burtsell, the Rev. Fathers Clowry, McGovern, Curran, McMahon, Farrell, O'Reilly, McKenna, Boyce, Healy, Donnelly, Young, Stumpe, Hughes, Flattery, Merrick, Hudon, McDonnell, O'Farrell, Macdowell, Edwards, McCready, McQuirk, Flynn, Power, O'Neill, Corley, Hayne, McKenna, Baxter, Fariey, Flannelly, Callaghan, Morris, McLoughiin, &c.—in all about ninety priests. ‘The services opened with the solemn chanting of the “Office for the Dead,” Fathers McGean and Kean being the chaniers, Vicar General Quinn and Fatbers McCready and McQuirk reciting the lessons. At the end of the high mass the Rev. Dr. McGlynn delivered an eloquent funeral oration, in which he paid tribute to the many virtues of the deceased and taught his hearers to draw comfort and consolation irom the teachings of the Church Ce in her chants and prayers for the dead. je said :-— It ig but proper that you, who in so great num- bers have come to bedew with tears of sympa- thetic affection the bier of a deceased priest, should not leave this sacred building without hearing some expression of the feelings which your hearts are too full to utter. The Caurch be- moans & lost 800, we a brother ana youa father. ‘This 18 no place for fulsome flattery, nor are the lips of the priest, Whois ordained “to guard the truth,” those to utter it. In the presence of the tremendous majesty of God it 1s only fit to confess that He mone is great, He alone is good. The Church trusts not in the merits of man, but in the merits of Christ. From this altar to-day a mute voice has appealed with infinite power for ihe salvation of him whose lose we deplore. Let ua beg Wod’s mercy for the repose of his soul, Our prayers will not be in vain. It 18 no part of the Christian: priest’s duty to chide you for your grief at the loss of your iriend, your brother, your father; but it is his duty to ask you to look through your tears at the blessed resurrection of those “who die in the Lord.” Through these tearsletus catch @ glimpse of the better day, when Christ shall stand at His tomb as He did at the tomo of Lazarus, and say, ‘Friend, come tort,” and He shall stand erect and exclaim with tne prophet of old, “Lt has been given me to see God in the flesb.”” We have much reason to hope that God will be Merciful to the imperiections of our deceased iriend, Born in twuis city, he was carefully nar- tured in the simple faith of the race from which his parents sprung. At a comparatively early age he graduated at st. Francis Xavier's College, West Fitteenth street, and soop alter entered St. Joseph’s Theological Seminary at Fordham, where hig gentle manners and buoyant spirits made him @ universal favorite. In 1869, being then buy twenty-two years and @ half old, he was promoted to the sublime dignity of the priesthood. For jour years he discharged the arduous duties of assistant pastor at St. Patrick’s Cathe- dra, and in 1863 he was appointed pastor of the Church of St. Augustine, Motris- ania, His priestly misston was crowned with success, until failing bealth made him too weak to do the promptings of his zealous nature. For nearly twelve years the taithful of Morrisania looked up to him as a father and a guide, out God was pleased to take him to Himself on Wednesday last. It is not enough to pay tne mere tributes of affection; we must join with the Church in pray- ing for nis soul. Jt his mute lips, now coid in death, could speak, he would say, in the words of the prophet, “Have pity on me, at least you, my friends, have pity on me, and pray for the repose of my soul.” At the conclusion of Dr. McGlynn’s address the absolutions were given by tht Very Rev. Vicar General Quinn, and after a brief interval the coffin wag carried to the hearse, while the “De Profundis” was solemniy mtoned by a choir of priests. The funeral procession then formed, and the remains of the lamented pastor of St. Augus- tine’s were conveyed to Calvary Cemetery. MODERN SPIRITUALISM. To THE Eprror OF THE HERALD:— . I need not say that my previous letter, an honest and full exposé of the jugglery of certain spiritual mediums, has excited a degree of interest that 18 very gratifying tome. If people can be persuaded to think it will be very dimcult to deceive them and in such a startiing subject as Spiritualism one ought to accept facts, or apparent facts, with a great deal of care, and draw conclusions very slowly. There are three kinds of letters which ha ve been sent in answer to my article :— First—Letters of abuse and denunciation, I am happy to say that these are mostly characterized by bad grammar and worse orthography, which indicate their source, Anathema is not ar- gument, neither has it any place or force in @ controversy of this kind, We = are sitting as a jury on three humbugs yclept Foster, Mansfield and Slade, and ill temper can bring no evidence for either side, Let me, then, rule these letters out, They have already under- gone a rapid process of cremation, and will proba- bly never rise from their ashes. Second—Letters commendatory and corrobora- tive, lam ready and willing to become the re- cipient of any amount of good will, and am at ali times ready to have my capacity for absorbing congratulations tested to its very utmost. Still, such commendation will not cause me to unduly emphasize a single word or sentence. Iam tn too great earnest in this matter to be spurred on by irtends or intimtdated by foes. Iam after the truth. 1am ready to admit the presence of cer- tain cosmic forces, which have lifted tables with- out the conscious muscular effort of tne operator— it must, of course, be an operator who does not charge $5 per thirty minutes for that sort of cheated. The ear also is very deceptive, and & rap when your attention is di- rected to the farther corner of the table in expectancy, is very likely to appear to come trom that direction, when in reality it is mage by the operator’s foot on the leg of the tabie, I! Mr. Foster will accord with my conditions I will see toit that he can't make a singie rap on my table, I say on my table, because by three hours’ work Ican put an undiscoverable apparatus into any table which will produce all the raps you want, and I will defy detection. This I have noticed as a pecuilarity, that when a man whois not an expert visits these mediums the conditions are generally favorable, but when a man who ts an expert visits them the conditions are either uniavorable or the medium is too nervous and sick to produce the usual manitestations, Iv is not necessary or possible for me to answer in detail all the letters recetved in answer to my former communication, but I will give these words ofadvice to those who are ready to spend $5 more on each of these gentlemen who knock at the heavenly door and it is opened to them. Though you may not be an expert, if you make a fatr test, and then Insist that the conditions of such test be carried out, you, will either detect the the fraud, or the séance will be a failure. First—Mansfield. This gentieman’s mediumship 18 very limited. Indeed, you may have noticed that the three great mediums of the city do, each one, @ separate business. They do not cross each other’s paths or encroach on each otner’s line of profit in any way. Dr. Mansfeld answers ques- tions. Perhaps you have remarked that he sits close to and facing a window. This Is a very favorable condition for his business. If he should turn his back the othe way and have a black sur- lace in front of him the spirits coulan’t come. Ask him some time to turn his taple around and to remove that quantity of white paper from beneath his hand, which is very useful as a background for the question you have written, aud you will prob- ably so seriously disturb the magnetism that you can’t get anything at all. Or take your own paper— good, honest writing paper, and not such cheap, thin material as he constantly uses—write your question, fold it up, then hold it up to the shmy light, thus making sure that nobody but the spirits can read tt, aad then use some of the doctor’s mu- cllage, a bottle of which he always has handy, to insure against the possibility of his opening it, and you will get no answer. This is all the warning necessary for a s¢ance with Dr. Mans- field. Surely, he can have no objection to such reasonable conditions as these. All you ask of him is to turn his back to the window, to lay your communication on a Slack instead of a white surface, and allow you to paste the paper your- self. Any reasonable spirit will see at once the fairness of ail this, though the Doctor may be uzzied. His trick 1s the cheapest of the lot. low any one can be deceived by him is more than I can understand. It is a little funny that be finds it impossibie to answer my questions when I write them so lightly that they can’t be read through three folds, and still funnier that he can answer every one when I write them so that I can read them myself by just holding them up to the light. The trick is an exceedingly shallow one, but if you want to catch him at it follow my directions, I pledge you this. for | want to be ex- ceedingly fair in this investigation, that if you think him an honest medium, and not a charla- tan and a cheat, | will, by appointment, go with you, and show you the trick before the Doctor's eyes. He does not know me, and I will accord with any conditions whichjany honest Spiritualist will demand. Second—Foster. Here you will need a little more care. Still it will not be dificult to discover his trick also. If you go alone let this be your method. When you sit at the table see to it very rigorously that he does not pat his fingers on your papers, and especially that he does not go into the other room for a light for his cigar. His cigar has a habit of going out just at the wrong time, and a very bad habit it is. Instead of rolling those papers up lengthwise roll them up tight into & pellet, and Keep your eyes on his fingers, for he can unrolu them very deftly while you are point- ing atthe letters of the alphabet. No matter about that alphabet, he really does not need it; but keep his fingers in sight all the time. Ir he has a Mt don’s mind it; the raps come in distant parts of the room don’t be distracted. In a word, do not lose sight of bis fingers for an instant and do not let him put his hands under the table. Poor fellow, you will puzzle him sorely, and you will be the hardest sitter he has had tor a month, One .other caution—Don’t write questions to which a simple “No” or “*Yes"’ will be an answer; it you do aN this, you will have a very unsatisiac~ tory séance—for him. He will probably present the backs of his hands to you, while with his thumbs he uncoils the roll; but look out for him, and you will catch him the first time. As I said in ine Semunning, if yoy can’t do it I will find some one to go with you alld do it for you. Third—Slade. This gentieman deals in the start- Iingly marvellous and can throw you off your guard better than either ofthe others. When the slate is on the sable take it up and look at both aides, then lay it down and- seeg that he does not put his fingers on it. Don't be satisfied to do this wnen he offers it for ito inspection, for then he is perfectly willing to have you look at it; but after he has laid the it of pencil under, and put the slate on the table, immediately previous to the writing take it up, and you will probably find that the message has already been written. Tis trick is @ good one. [ can do tt myself, When Slade takes the alate ana wipes the edges, in order to assure you beyond all possibility of doubt that there 18 absolutely | Dothing on it, that ts the very moment when, with his own hand or by the hand of a confederate under the table, tne message is written. Don't be de- ceived and don’t be afraid. He will probably put the slate out of your reach, but that is not fair. Ask him +8 put it close to you. He will then press your hands down on the table with his own, in order to neey ot from maxing any movement, but in spite of all resistance take the slate up when half the sentence ts supposed to be writ~ ten, and, to your surprise, you will find tt all there. But there Is little need togo on. [have caught. them ail attheir jugglery, and while I have an honest man’s respect for a true Spiritualist, and will not deny that there are certain phenomenal, facts which can’t account for, I have the most doundiess contempt for these three cheats, and charlatans who guil the creduious every day. ‘Allow me to say tn closing that | thank you for opening your wide spread columns 80 generously and allowing me full space for a detatled account of my experiences ana investigations, May | ask asa still farther favor that you will forward to me any letters which may be addressed to me and gent to your office, and may | say to the bee Ishali take pains to answer such letters “ sau year tt Mi Pam sincerely ‘ours, use of tru’ | In the cause hy, He AXQUIRER,