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RELIGIOUS.
Variations in the Manuscripts
of the Gospels.
Union of American Jews—Tlie
Pan-Anp;licau Con
ference.
paradise at the North Pole—Con
versions in India—The Girl
Preacher.
_ Personals at Home and
Abroad—Chnrch Services
To-Day.
TUB SEW TESTAMENT.
TABIATIONS IK THE MANUSCRIPTS.
/iuil/ord Co nr ant.
Th .story of Tischcndorf’s discovery of the
known manuscript copy of the Bible, at
Convent of St. Catherine on Mount Sinai,
familiar to most readers, but the particular
Nations of the teit trom the generally ac
ted version, as well ns the variation of other
t fthe ancient manuscripts, is not so well known,
vie present authorized version ot the Bible was
iTMSlated irom the text of Greek manuscripts
About the tenth century, a similar version
ssviD— possibly been in use in the Byzantine
ftnrdi for some lime previously. It is but
Suable to suppose that in copying and re-.
I*rinc during'the early ages, many changes
mot into the text, that words and sentences
omitted as well as changed, and possibly
II some instances the copyists may have inter
red their own peculiar views, or thought to
taurove upon the original by alterations in
X-Udogy wWch have essentially chanced its
oemiDC. The old manuscripts, haring been
to manipulated, may possibly clve the apos
tolic original more perfectly than the later ones.
A comparison of the common version with
the most ancient authorities shows an ogree
tn'in all the important points, and instead of
°cikcniinr oar faith io the authenticity of the
Scriptures should strencthen it. Some of the
alterations it is interesting to note, and wo an-
Mnd a few from the New Testament, indicating,
bribe letters £• V. A. the manuscript which
differs from the authorized version, and hare
taken instances only where two ot the manu
scripts am*- The letter S. indicates the Sinaitic
Codex, which is supposed to date from the mid
dle of the fourth century; V. indicates the Vat
ican Codex of about the same date; and A. th.
Alexandrine Codex, supposed to have been
copied about the middle of the fifth century.
Wc give the texts without comment:
Verilr verily. I «av nnto yon. Whatsoever ye
dull ask the Father in my name, He will give it
you.-Si. John, xri., 23.
The S. v. versions have It: “Whatsoever ye
shall ask the Father, He will give it you in my
name. 1 ’
And Jesns Himself began to be about 30 years of
are, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph.—
ex. Xwte, rli.. 23.
TheS V. versions read: “And Jesus Himself
was, when He began, about 30 years of age,”
etc. ' ...
Blessed is tbe King of Israel that cometh in the
fame of tbe Lord.—St John, xii., 13.
in tbe S. V. versions it is: “Blessed is he who
coraeth in the name of the Lord, and the King
of Israel.”
And we believe and are snre that ThonartChrist,
the Son of tne firing God.—St John, ri-, 69.
It reads in the S. V. versions: “And are sure
that Thou art the holy one of God.”
And so that dav come upon you unawares. For
at as a snare shall it come on ail them, etc. — St,
Luke, xxi, , 34, ;t5.
In tl*e S. V. versions it is: “ And so that day
come upon you unawares as a snare; for it shall
come on all them,” etc.
In that boar Jesus rejoiced in spirit and said,.!
thank thee, etc.— St. Luke, ii., 14.
The S. V. copies make it: u Jesus rejoiced in
the Holy Spirit and said.”
Glory to God In tbe highest, and on e*rth peace,
rood will toward men. —St. Luke, It., 14.
In the S. V. versions it is: “And on earth
peace among men of good pleasure.’*
Notwithstanding, lest we should offend them, go
tbou to the sea, and cast an hook, and take np the
tsb that first cometh up; and when tbou has opened
his mouth, thou shall find a piece of money; that
’take and give unto them lor me and thee.— Matt.,
mi., 27.
Tbe&V. A.andall other early manuscripts. In
place of tbe words “ a piece of money ” say “ a
stater,” which was the principal gold coin of
ancient Greece, worth in gold of present value
about $5.50.
And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto
Heaven, shall be brought down to Hell, — Matt.,
»*., 23,
Jn the S. V. versions it reads: “ And tbou
Caobamaum, shale thou be exalted unto
Heaven I thou shall be brought down to Hell.”
In tbe following verses the words in italic are
not in citber the Sinaitic or Vatican versions:
But 1 say anto you. Lore your enemies, bless
than (hat curst you. no good to them that hate you ,
ltd pray for them which desviief ully use you and
persecute you.— Matt., r.. 44.
And lead us not into temptation, not deliver ns
from evil: For thins is the kingdom, and the power
cn d the glory, for eter. Amen .—Matt., vi.. 13.
So tbe last shall be first, and the first last; /or
twi ly be called, but few chosen.—Matt., xx. . 16.
Are to able to drink of tne cup that I shall dnnk
of, end to be baptized with the baptism that lam
baptized with f They say nnto him we are able. —
Matt,, xx., 22.
Ana be s&itb onto them, yc shall drink indeed of
ny cup, attd be baptized with the baptism that I am
baptized with ; but to sit on ray right hand and on
ny left is not mine to give, etc. —Matt. , xx. . 23.
Lest His disciples come by night and steal linn
away.—Matt., xxii., 64.
And to have power to heal sicknesses and t« cast
cut devils.—Mark, hi.. 13.
And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear
you, when ye depart thence, shake off the duet un
der your feet for a testimony against them. Verily
1 say unto you. Jt shall be more tolerable for Sod
om and Gomorrah in the day of for
that c»/y.-Su Mark, vi., 11.
For this cause shall a man leave bis father and
mother and cleans to las wife.— Mark, x., 7.
In the resurrection, therefore, when they shall
rise, whose wife shall she be of them.—Mark, xli..
That man sball not live by bread alone, but by
the Word of tfeit-T.ukc, it., 4.
And He said nnto them. When ye prar, say Our
Father, whicn art in Heaven, hallowed be Thy
name.—Luke, xi., 2.
And when they had blindfolded Him. they struck
Hun on the face, and asked Him, saying, etc.—
Luke, xxil., G 4.
And no man hath ascended up to Heaven, but He
that came qon*n from Heaven, even the Son of Man
ultwh is m Jleaveti.—Su John, iii., 13.
Ami therefore did the Jews persecute Jcsns and
sought to slay /fan, because lie had done these
lumps on tbe Sabbath day.—St. John, t., 16.
tcrily, venly. 1 say anto you. lie that believeth
on Me hath everlasting life.— St. John, vi., 47.
In these lay a great multitude of imjKUcnt folk,
Ci blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving
c/fAr water. For an angel went down at a cer~
season into the pool and troubled the water:
whosoever then jirst a tier thetroublinn of the water
Hepped in was made' whole of whatsoever disease
hthad.Su John, v,. 3. 4-
The following verses arc not in either the
cinaitic or Vatican versions:
Howbeit this kind goeth not out but ny prayer
fasting.—Man,, xvii.. 21.
rorthebonof Man is come to save that which
»«>L-MatL. xtiiL. 11.
noc unto you,senbesand Pharisees, hypocrites!
wye devour widows’ houses, and for a pretense
®*ke long prayer; therefore ve shall receive the
Ctttcrdamnation. —Malt,. xxiili.. 14.
"°tif ye do not forgive, neither will yonr Father
Joich is m heaven forgive vonr trespasses.—
«rk. xi., gtj.
Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be
“«uand the other left. —Luke. xvii.. 3G.
Ana there appealed an -Angel unto Him from
“•Ten strengthening Him. And being in an agony
prayed moreearticsiiy; and His sweat was as it
wrre great drops of blood falling down to the
Pjunfl. —Luke. xxii.. 43, 44.
-Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they
*®pwnot what they do.— xxiii.. 34.
.And Philip said. If luou belicvcst with all thine
thou mayesu And be answered and said. I
e that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.—Acts,
viil, 37.
The Alexandrine version also omits this versc
. Joe most noticeable variations are the omis-
Siuaiiic and Vatican versions of the
Sj°? °* t^ie trOß)ia taken in adultery, and the
Withdrawal of heraevust-rs upon beingdirected.
“ sinless, to cast a stone at her, as narrated in
«Wohn, viii., 1-11, and the omission in the same
of the conclusion of St. Mark’s gospel,
from the ninth verse. This embraces the com*
to the Disciples to go “into all the
£crld and preach the Gospel to everv creature,
jjc that bclieveth and is baptized shaft be saved;
"Olbe that believeth not shall be damned,*’ etc.
lucre are many other Interesting points which
®feht be noted, but enough has been indicated
show the nature ol the variations in the three
versions, neither ol which was available at tiie
time the present accepted version was translated
from the Greek.
the site of paradise.
GEOGRAPHY AND THEOLOGY.
Patep.3o.s-, N. J., July 25.—2 V) the Editor of
the Sea Turk Tribune—Sin: The thought oe
currcd to me many years ago, that the repeated
failure of so many experienced Arctic explorers
to reach the North Pole was in consequence of
something more subtle than common, natural
causes. The result of my cogitations is, that
possibly at this Pole lies the Garden of Eden,
and that the original tree of life still exists
there to fulfil the purpose of Jehovah, in His own
appointed time. Moreover, that the Cherubim’s
flaming sword, turning every way to guard the
tree of life, is the cutting, piercing cold of that
latitude, which, when taken in connection with
the aurora borealis, as it flashes and darts in
the Northern firmament, makes the figurative
language of Scripture plain to our un
derstanding. To sustain this theory, we
learn from the meagre history of our
first parents that God made them “coats of
skins,” and as our Heavenly Father prorides
His creatures with what is best adapted for
their protection and convenience, this would
indicate that the temperature around Eden
must have been materially changed to neces
sitate so warm a covering for human bodies.
Although this barrier was sufficient to keep the
antediluvians at a respectable distance from
Eden, it does not discourage modern ad
venturers. I can imagine that while Noah was
borne up by waters of the Deluge, anchored as
It were to the Heavens, the Earth was removed
from under him, and the East changed to the
North. In the vast quantities of ivory in close
proximity to the Pole is also strong evidence in
support of this theory. Jn Siberia on the one
side and Alaska opposite are lound preserved
portions of innumerable animals which, on the
subsiding ot the waters, were enveloped in the
preserving element as at present lound: for it
is quite evident that they were not long subject
ed to the changes of winter and summer, night
and day.
It would be oerfettly in accord with other
acts of the Creator that He should cast into
oblivion tor a Jong period of time the tneatre
where was enacted the first human crime; the
progenitor which brought forth so much woe,
the enormity of which could not' be atoned for
by any and all created beings, but necessitated
the sacrifice of the .Son of God. If Jerusalem,
with God’s own Temple, Babylon, Tvre, Ninc
ven, and many other places, were destroyed on
account of the wickedness of their inhabitants,
may it not appear reasonable that Eden was
hurled as an unclean thing into the cold and
desolate regions of the North, thus isolating
from our race the first district polluted by the
trail of the old serpent, who so successfully
prompted the first human crime, instigated the
first murder of a brother, and corrupted the in
habitants so that in the end there was but one
man found worthy to preserve a small remnant
of all that breathed the breath of life!
The prevailing idea of scientific men that
there is a warm space at the Dole also favors
the above theory. The laic lamented Capt.
Hall enthusiastically declared, previous to his
last voyage, that be expected to place the
Ameiicairilag on the pole, and to find there a
beautiful, salubrious climate, and a race of
human beings unlike any at present known.
If the theory herein advanced be correct, the
signal failure of that voyarge’ and the sad
result connected with it are proof positive that'
man, howeverJunoceutly, cannot fight against
God. Alexander Skelton.
AMERICAN JEWS UNITED.
HEBREW CONGREGATIONS OF THE COUNTRY TO
WORK IN UNISON.
PMladelvhla Record .,
One of the most important of the many con
ventions of Hebrews which have been held on
this side of the Atlantic has just coucluded its
sittings at Milwaukee. The proceedings were
signalized by tbe announcement that a
union had been effected between the
Jewish congregations of the North,
South, East, and West, who had decided that
henceforward they would work in harmony in all
matters relating to Judaism. The scheme
which has thus been consummated was first
devised in Pniladelphia nearly forty years ago,
and its gradual progress toward realization lias
been marked by no little opposition, which,
together with many intervals of apathy, has
many times threatened to consign it to oblivion.
Prior to IS4S the total number of .Jews in the
United States did not exceed 25,000. They
were scattered about in thousands of places.
The leading individual in their ranks was the
Rev. Isaac Leeser, of this city, who was rabbi
of the Portuguese congregation, which met at
that time on Cherry street, above Third.
Leeser prided himself upon the lact that he
had a personal acquaintance with the majority
of the Jews who were then in this country, and
the voluminous correspondence which he left
behind him after his decease in ISGS gave w eight
to the assertion. About the year ISSO he pro
jected the idea of a union of the whole Jewish
fraiernitv of America, and evolved a scheme for
the establishment of a National Hebrew College
or Seminary, in which young men could be ex
clusively educated in Hebrew literature and
Jewish theology. The small number of Jews
in the country,'howevur, together with the com
parative poverty of the whole community, pre
vented his ideas from receiving the consid
eration which their Importance demanded. A
few years later come the French Revolution,
and tbis, together with the immense stimulus
given to immigration from Europe, and especial
ly from Germany, had the effect of adding a
considerable reinforcement to the ranks of
American Jews. Then Air. Leeser again pro
pounded his theories, and in 1559 he was suc
cessful in obtaining a meeting of delegates from
a number of Hebrew congregations in all parts
of the United Slates. The conference, which
was held in New York, was largely composed of
clergymen. Leaser’s scheme was regarded with
considerable favor, and in the end it was re
solved to make an effort to carry if out. With
this object an organization, consisting of two
members from each congregation, was formed.
This body, which was denominated the Board of
Delegates of American Israelites, has continued
in existence until the present time.
So far, the outlook for the union which Rabbi
Leeser had so much at heart was bright. But
reverses soon followed. Some suspicious soul
gave birth to the suggestion that the Board
might attempt to either directly or indirectly
assume ecclesiastical functions. He whispered
bis fear into other ears, and, like a snowball,
it "Tew as it was rolled around. Other people
suggested that the Board would perhaps try to
rc«nilate ritual, prescribe the Hebrew standard
oforthodoxy, and endeavor to usurp the right
of individual congregations to regulate the!
religious dogmas, practices, and church govern
ment as thev chose, and that thus the congre
gations would be sacrificed for an organized dis
ciplinary Church. These feelings spread until
some of the churches took the alarm and with
drew their delegates from the Board. Soon
others followed the example, until only a rem
nant of the first lull body remained. .
Still, the few who stood by the organization
preserved their courage. Foiled for the time in
the accomplishment of their original designs,
thev determined to limit their functions to a
friendly correspondence with the Jews of other
nations. Communications were opened with
the Alliance Israelites Univcrscllc of Fans,
which has for its object the introduction of Eu
ropean among the Asiatic and
African Jews. as well as to protest against in
fringements on the civil and political n? its of
Jews wherever situated. They also placed them
selves in communication with the London Board
of Deputies of British Jews, of which fcir Moses
Montepionc, the celebrated Hebrew philan
thropist, was, until recently. I resident, as well
as the \n°io-Jewish Association, ol which the
Baron de Worms is the presiding genius. On
maav occasions, when the Eastern Jews were
made the victims of political persecutions, the
American Board mad* representations to the
Slate Department which had the- effect of in
ducing our Government to join with the lead
i,.o- Powers of Europe m protesting against the
outrages. The American Board was also suc
cessful in raising large 4ums ol money lor the
relief of the Victims of the periodical famines
which are incidental to Eastern Europe.
While these operations were going on Mr.
Lce«cr still harbored his second Idea for a per
fection ot a thorough system ol Hebrew educa
tion in America. - Occasionally he made
modic efforts to create an interest in »*ie sub
let among the Hebrew congregations, out Ins
endeavors were always ham pern, bv the ex
pressed fear on the part o* the leading Hebrews
that some particular phase of thought would be
represented in the teachings of the proposed
college. At last, in 1557, Dr. Leeser < hobby
wa« to some extent realized by the establish
ment in this dry of the Mairaondcs College-,
under the nrovostshm of Mr. Leeser bimsc-I.
Tbe experiment, however, did not prove a suc
cess, although during the three years in winch
the college existed three ministers and a large
number of teachers were trained for their voca
tions A short time after the failure of tins ex
periment Dr. Leeser died. without having the
consolation of seeing the consummation of the
union which he had so much at heart.
in -his time the Board of Delegates remain
ed in existence. In 1574. Leeser’s scheme, pro
pounded nearly thirty years before, was taken
THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY. AUGUST 4, 1878-SIXTEEW PAGES
np by the Southern and Western conp-cira
tions. who organized a union with the processed
object of carryiuer into effect a complete educa
tional scheme. -Men of push were placed at the
helm; it was speedily resolved to establish a
fund for the building of a college, and apie
paratorv school to prepare students was estab
lished at Cincinnati. These energetic P r °n« [ >-
ings awakened the Eastern churches from the r
apathv, and efforts were made to bring about
a consolidation between the congregations ot
the two sides of the Continent. Alter lour
years of negotiation the result has been cueci
ed, and when the recent Congress was in se..--
ion, amid shouts of Joy from the assembled
delegates, the Chairman announced the final
success of the scheme to which Dr. Leeser gave
birth, in the simple words, “Thu union is con
summated. M _ ...
The harmony of operations thus secured will
have an important effect upon the tenure of the
Jewish Church in this country. Hitherto, in
consequence of the lack of a Hebrew college,
all the Jewish ministers in America have been
brought from the Continent, which also sup
plies the great majority of the teachers. The
latest statistics gathered show that over the
whole of the United Status there are about 200
Jewish ministers and 052 teachers. By the com
pletion of the college, which will be situated in
Cincinnati, and for which a partial endowment
ami Stale charter have been obtained, the He
brew pulpits, as from time to time they become
vacant, will be tilled by Americans educated to
the priesthood in their own land. Meanwhile,
successful preparatory schools have been started
in this citv ana in New York, the students from
which will complete their education at the Uni
versity of Ohio and the Hebrew College of Cin
cinnati.
Another important feature of the Congress
was the adoption of a plan for a Hebrew tann
ine colony having for its object the interesting
of Jews in agricultural pursuits. A Committee
consisting of delegates from Philadelphia, New
fork. New Orleans, San Francisco, and other
cities has been appointed to solicit in their re
spective territories for the purchase of a tract of
fertile laud for practical farming purposes upon
which to place the Hebrew orphans as they
leave the asylums. The idea is to make them
each into self-sustaining farmers, while it is also
proposed to use some portion of the land as set
tlements for Hebrews who have lost their means
of support, and thus afford them anew oppor
tunity of earning their daily bread.
PA*T - ANGDICAN CONFER-
ENCE.
CLOSING SCENE*.
London, July 27.—The Pan-Anglican Con
ference adjourned yesterday. There was a Te
Deum and farewell service in St. Paul’s Cathe
dral this morning. The scene in the Cathedral
was strikingly imposing. The Bishops and
Archbishops constituting the Pan-Anzlicaiu Con
ference had assembled in the sacristy of the
Cathedral, where they assumed their Episcopal
robes. Meanwhile that portion of the Cathe
dral under the great dome had been filled by an
immense assemblage of people, among whom
were many clergymen. The numbers increased
until the crowd surged back into the nave, and
bv the lime the procession appeared tne im
mense Cathedral was tilled from the Western
entrance to the rails of the chancel.
At i tie appointed moment the great organ
began to plav the air of a processional hymn,
and the spectators all arose to see the proces
sion enter. It came from the sacristy on the
south side of the church, and, turning to the
right, entered the chancel. It was headed by
the Senior Verger of the Cathedral, wearing a
black soutane and carrying his rod of oilke, a
Dlack stuff tipped with silver; then came the
choir boys and men, thirty in number, wearing
white surplices; theii Canons of the Church, in
their surplices, and wearing the hoods and scarfs
of their University; then the Bishops in their
robes, the younger walking in advance; and
finally the Archbishops, bis Grace the Archbish
op of Canterbury coming last. As the proces
sion advanced in the choir ushers directed each
of the Bishops to the stall he was to occupy,
and each one, as he reached his appointed place,
knelt in praver. The Cathedral at this time
presented a'beautifully picturesque scene, and
the ceremonies that followed were impressive.
The choral service was rendered with great
effect by the members of the choir, whose voices
•are trained to a high degree of excellence, and
the prayers were intoned admirably.
Tne sermon was delivered by the Rt.-Rev.
William Bacon Stevens, Bishop of Pennsylvania.
Although he spoke with clear enunciation, his
voice could not be heard by the greater majority
of the spectators, so vast was the assemblage.
He dwelt upon the baupyomens which attended
the opening of the Conference, upon the har
mony which had attended its deliberations, and
upon the wholesome results which would How
from it. The Anglican Church, he said, had
once more called its prelates together in order
that tnev might lake counsel, and they had
come from a distance, from all parts of English
speaking Christendom. The Conference had
demonstrated the essential unity of the An
glican Church in itself, and its record will be
handed down as the most illustrious event in
the history of this branch of the universal
Church of Christ.
It is understood that the Conference bad de
cided not to publish a pastoral address, but one
has been prepared, and it is rumored that on
reconsideration it was decided to publish it.
THE GIRL PREACHER,
MISS ANNA OI.IVBK IS BItOOWLrN—H£B BDD-
CATION AND PLANS.
y’ew Tori: Tribune, Juiv 29.
Anna Oliver, called sometimes the girl preach
er, spoke yesterday afternoon at Lcffcrts Park,
Brooklyn, to an audience of several hundred
persons. The crowd overflowed the scats that
had been provided, and tbe edge of the circle
was fringed with a dense, restless throng. To
protect tbe scats from the sun, a broad canvas
canopy had been spread above them, and near
tbe centre was a small platform, slightly raised,
and on this a desk draped with the national flag.
At the rear end of the desk was a covered stand,
in which was a choir which led the singing, ac
companied by a piano.
Miss Oliver took as the theme of her discourse
tbe subject of salvation. She began with a de
scription of Union soldiers languishing in Rebel
prisons, and of the message of salvation that
tbe tidings of peace brought to them and to
their country. The preacher then proceeded to
describe various classes of prisoners to sin. and
the greater salvation brought by the Gospel of
Christ. The need of personal effort was urged
upon her hearers. Illustration was drawn from
a hen with a brood of chickens, which at tbe
first note of alarm from the mother-hen run to
the shelter of her protecting wings. So sinners
must hasten to the salvation offered by the re
ligion of Christ. Miss Oliver spoke for nearly
thirty minutes, and was listened to with earnest
attention. She spoke rapidly and dearly, and
although a sheet of notes was pinned to a page
of tbe open Bible which rested on the desk be
fore her, she apparently did not consult them.
.Miss Oliver is a slight woman, somewhat above
the medium bight, with small but strongly
marked features. Her forehead is wide, and
slightly higher than required bv classic laws of
beauty; her eves are nearly black, and, although
deep, "are full and bright, surmounted by heavy
black brows that nearly meet. Her nose is bold
and prominent, with a decided rise at tbe tip,
but the nostrils are thin and sensitive. She has
a wide mouth, with thin red lips, and her chin
is narrow ami' pointed. In general her com
plexion is dark, and nearly sallow.
Miss Oliver wore yesterdava dress made of
some thin black material that fell around her in
soft-flowing lines. Around her neck was a
while lace ruffle, and at the throat a simple bow
of white lace. Upon her head she had a dark
straw hat, faced with dark velvet and trimmed
with black ribbons. Her hair was brushed
carelessly back off the temples, and under
her bat fell down. the neck in short, loose
curls. In speaking. Miss Oliver has an
earnest, nervous manner, somewhat restrained,
but full of power, her voice is clear, and at
times deep, and her utterance rapid, but dis
tinct. Miss Oliver is apparently about 27 years
old. She is a native of New York, having been
born on Lexington avenue, near Thirtieth street.
She was graduated at the Rutgers Female Col
lege on Fifth avenue, in this city, and then en
tered the Theological School of the Boston
University (Methodist), the first female pupil
ever admitted to the school. Sue pursued the
three years’ course, during which she supported
herself by working during the vacations, and
was graduated in June. IS7G.
Soon alter tne conclusion of her theological
studies. Miss Oliver took charge of the First
Methodist Church at Passaic, NT J., where she
remained nearly a year. Her first audience at
this church consisted of fifteen persons, but be
fore the end of the year the church was crowded
at all the services. Miss Oliver is a licensed but
not ordained preacher of tbe Methodist Church.
The period of probation before she would be
entitled to ordination has not expired, but at its
termination she will apply to the General
Conference to be ordained. The Conference
of tbe Methodist Church does not admit female
preachers, but Miss Oliver is confident in the
belief that tbe exclusion will not be permanent.
She received recently a cal! to take charge of a
church in Boston, but she felt that she needed
a longer rest than she bad then had, and she
therefore declined the invitation. She has now
under consideration Invitations from other
churches, but has not made decision upon them.
She said yesterday that she preferred pastoral
to evangelist work, as sue felt herself to be
well fitted for the care of a church. She shrank
from the notoriety that attended the life of
evangelist workers. She aisUked, she said, to
be talked about,’ but wished to follow quietly
aud peaceably the work which she felt had been
laid upon her to perform. She expressed a firm
conviction of the excellent results of coeduca
tion of the sexes. Miss Oliver expects soon to
go to the Adlrondacks with a partv of female
friends. She is expert in the use of the rifle,
and wishes to try her skill, as she has not yet
done. The party will be accompanied by an
Indian guide. '
IXDIA.
CONVERSIONS TO CIIRISTIANITV.
The Madras Athenoeum and Daily Xetcs says:
The report for the past year of the American
Arcot Mission shows that Tinncvelly is not the
only part of Southern India where considerable
numbers of the lower castes are inclined to give
up heathenism for Christiauity. The Madras
paper says:
“During the last year (we read) between 800
and 900 families, numbering about 0,000 souls,
and residing in sixty different villages in
North and South Arcot, have renounced
their idols and formally accepted Chris
tianity. The movement, although princi
pally among the pariah caste, is by uo
means confined to them. Pastor John states
that of the eighteen villages he has received,
•two are composed of caste people, one includ
ing the Moncgar and eleven families. These
have broken the sacred thread from their bodies,
taken off the hngum from their arms, and eaten
witli me.’ In one village in South Arcot seven
families representing three different castes, to
gether with eight families of pariahs, form a
new congregation. Although there have been
some accessions from caste people, the great
majority, it is*'plain, have come from the out
caste pariahs, who are as a class the most ig
norant and degraded of all sections of the pop
ulation. The higher ethical aspects of Chris
tianity accordingly which lay claims upon their
conscience and their conduct they are not iu a
position to appreciate, but the beneficent side
of it, us bestowing, not requiring, and as be
stowing present temporal benefit, they can un
derstand and yield themselves to. It is a com
mon modern objection to Christianity that it
sacrifices this present life to the future, and is
more careful to secure salvation hereafter than
to promote men’s comfort and happiness here.
This objection can hardly be advanced in tbe
present case; the very opposite, in fact, is more
likely to be brought lorward. That these pov
erty-stricken, degraded, and despised people are
seeking something better there can be no doubt;
that 'material ami social advantage is
most prominent with them is most likely
also true: but we also believe that they recog
nize in Christiamtr a spiritual power and a
higher moral standard, to which they are pre
pared to submit. It would be very interesting
and instructive to learn from the report what
is their state of mind, and what sort of mental
process they have gone through incoming to the
resolution of joining the Christian society. Very
little light, however, is thrown on the matter,
although it is plain that the missionaries recog
nize the presence of mixed motives. They do
not include anv of the converts in their sta
tistical table, because they ‘wish to test their
motives before calling them Christians.’ It
would probably be a more correct expression if
tbev said that thev wished to elevate aud puriiy
their motives. ‘Although many of those who
have come,’ the report goes on to say, * may
desert us when the famine is over, yet a large
number will doubtless be firm; and, whatever
mav have been their ruling motive iu joining us,
we believe it was the Lord only who gave them
the mind and the courage to renounce' the
faith of their fathers and accept a new
religion. This is no; the first time that God
famine a means of subduing men’s
hearts, and leading them to forsake their dumb
idols to serve liimT These people are at first,
of course, very ignorant, and catechists must be
sent to teach them. It Is a great step gained
when men renounce idolatry and declare their
intention to become Christians; but unless they
are carefully instructed we cannot hope lor any
satisfactory results.’ These sentences show
that while tbe missionaries recognize in the
movement a good impulse coming from the
source of all good, they are fully alive also to
the ignorance and moral imperfections of the
converts, aud know that the main work has to
be done by a regular course of Christian in
struction and discipline. But we agree with
them that it is a great step gained when idolatry
is renounced lor Christianity, although the lat
ter may be at first little more than a very vague
aspiration and desire for belter things. Every
thing depends for the ultimate result on the
wisdom of the missionaries, and the moral force
and spiritual life already in the Church.”
Y. M. C. A.
KAILKOAD WOIIK.
Tlie report o£ work amohg the railroad men
for July is as follows: Number of meetings
held at Northwestern car-shops, 4; number in
attendance, 203: number of meetings held at
Kock Island car-shops, 10; number in attend
ance, 010; number of engineers, liremen, and
cabooses supplied with tracts and papers, 133;
number of flag aud switch houses supplied with
tracts and papers, 67; number of roundhouses
a-d shops supplied with tracts and papers, 20;
number of depots and oiliees supplied with
tracts and papers, 26; number of visits to rail
way men’s families, 7; number of tracts aud
papers distributed, 1,253; number of religious
conversations held with men, 63; donations to
our work of tracts aud papers for free distribu
tion :F. H. Revell, 44; E. Osgood, 141: Mrs.
Robert Harris, 39; G. W. Tilton, 134; F. E.
Morse, Go; R- Atchison, 330.
THANKS.
The Superintendent of the Young Men’s
Christian Association wishes to return thanks
to the publishers of the Advance, Standard, In
terior, Alliance, iS'orihtrcstcrn Christian Advocate,
Swedish and Norwegian paper, Tuibune, Inter-
OceatL, £tT/uutf Jotcrnal, miaats-ZeUutvf, Every
body's raver, aud F. H. Rcvcli; also to the
large number of friends from whom he has re
ceived contributions of papers. The following
is a report of the manner in which papers were
distributed during the month of July: To the
patients in the hospitals, SCO; to the inmates ol
the .Jail, 440; Poor-House aud Inaane Asylum,
500; total, 1,800. # • . ~..
The need is very great for religious and Illus
trated papers and magazines, and any one
willing to help in this work can leave contribu
tions at the Y. M. C. A. Rooms, No. Ido Madi
son street, or if notice is sent the Superintend
ent will send for them.
NOONPAY MEETINGS.
The leaders aud topics for the noonday prayer
meetings next week are as follows:
Monday-W. IS. BUckstoue, ••The Weapon of
Our Warfare.” . _
Tuesday—A. T. Hemingway, •* Enconrgc
—Frank C. Wells. ‘‘ An Ambitious
Young Man and hia Untimely End,’ . D „
Thursday—The Rev, J.B. Worrall. “Acts,
Friday— The Ksv. Donal Fletcher, Gospel Tem-
W.C. Bayard, Sumiaj-School Lesson.
GTSiNTERAIi XOTES.
Two Chinese young men are preparing for
the Protestant Episcopal ministry at San Fran
cisco, Cal.
The three chid Presbyterian denominations
of Scotland raised, last year, $6,640,000 by vol
untary subscription.
The New Testament revision company recentl y
met at New Haven and completed the llrst
eleven chapters of Revelation.
The overthrow of the Clerical party of Bel
eium in the Parliamentary elections, after a
long lease of power, and the defeat of the Vat
ican in those relation to administration at
Rome, are said to “ grieve but not surprise ’’the
Pope.
The Rev. J. I- Phillips. Corresponding Secre
tary of the Free-Will Baptist ioreign-Missiou
Society, and missionary in India, has succeeded
In raising $25,000 lor the endowment of a
Bible-school in India for the training of native
hclners.
The Catholic papers report sixty-seven con
versions to that faith in England within a fort
night, among whom are eleven clergymen of the
Establishment;Earl Percy,heir to thepukedom
of Northumberland; and Lord St. Asaph,Jeon of
the late Earl of Ashburnham.
It was resolved by the Woman’s Board of
Missions, at its meeting last Friday, that the
third Friday of September next be observed as
a day ol prayer throughout its bounds. It was
also resolved that the day be observed annual
jy hereafter as a permanent Institution.
The Sundav-schooi at Tilton, Ky., passed a
resolution last spring that any scholar attending
the circus should pay live cents into the Treas
ury any teacher 25. and the Superintendent So.
A nice crisp V was put into the box last Sunday,
and the Superintendent still wears his last sum
mer’s bat.
The clergymen of the Reformed Episcopal
Church in England have held their first anniver
sary meetings at Newman Hall’s church in Lon
don. Bishop Gregg conducted the services, as
sisted by a number of clergymen. The opposi
tion of the Bishops of the English Church to
the Reformed Episcopal Church has served
rather to strengthen the new movement.
The Berlin papers print a new order of the
Governor-General ol Kicw by which all Roman
Catholic ecclesiastics ol the Provinces of > ol-
hvnia, Podolia, and the Ukraine, are forbidden
to leave the towns in which they reside without
ttie permission of the civil authorities, or to
deliver any sermons except such os have been
previously written oat and submitted to the
censor.
The New York Free-Thinkers* Convention,
which we have noticed in a previous number as
arranged to take place at Watkins, Aug. 22-25,
promises to be a large ahd intercatimr gather
ing. A lone list of eminent men and women,
ranging in religious beliefs all the way from
Col. lugersoll to Robert Collycr, and from Prof.
Yoamahs to Rabbi Wise, have been invited to
be present and speak. Though called a New
York State Convention, we understand it to be
the purpose of the managers to make it na
tional.
A Chinaman has just been ordained by the
Baptist Cnurch to preach the Gospel, a* Inter
preted in the dogmas of that >cct. Another
Celestial, formerly ordained and located at
Portland, Ore., assisted at the installation.
These converts are not asked to abandon Con
fucius, whose wise maxims 600 years before our
era embraced every maxim contained in our
moral instruction. But it is urged that, to be
useful for Chinamen here, our dogmas are im
portant aids to social assimilation with Baptists,
who invite their companionship. —JiaUimore
Sun,
Mouseigneur Dnpanloup proposes to illus
trate the career of Joan of Arc by ten painted
windows in the Orleans Cathedral, at a cost of
$30,000. lie has issued an appeal for subscrip
tions, in which he says: “To us Joan of Arc is
a warrior, a victim, and likewise a saint; hut as
it appertains io the Church alone to adjudge
her this grand title of saint, twelve ot my ven
erated colleagues and I. a few years ago, ad
dressed the request to the Holy Sea. Wc then
opened at Orleans the preliminary investigation
required bv tbe Canon laws; the Court of Rome
has now that investigation in its bands, and we
await with.confidence the decision.”
We have found a Shoshone Chief—one Capt.
B o p_ w jj o believes that he holds daily com
munion with the Great Spirit, and that he is or
dained to evangelize his tribe. He made a
speech in Tuscarora, Nev., the other night.
In broken English the savage began a strange
recital of his interviews with the Deity; of his
mission to preach of the ultimate fate of the
wicked, and of the rewards which are reserved
for the righteous. At intervals the Indian
would stop bis harangue and suddenly sit
down. At length the spirit moved him to sneak
in his native tongue, and it was plain to be seen
by his manner and voice that the man is an elo
quent declaimed At the request of Messrs. Bar
rett and Hcymau the Indian spoke in tbe Ban
nock and Piute tongues, and concluded by utter
ing the Bannock war-whoop. There is no fraud
about this singular being. lie is evidently in
dead earnest in his missionary work.— Tuscarora
Time.s-Ji'eview.
The Sabbath-School Assembly ot the North
west n il! hold its third annual meeting at Clear
Lake, lowa, Aug. M to 20. Hon. U. il. Gil
more, of Cedar Raouls, is President, and Rev.
Dr. R. W. Keeler, of Eoworth, is Secretary.
The Rev. J. A. Worden, of Princeton, N. J., the
new Presbyterian Sunday-School Bishop, is to
act as Superintendent, with the Rev. J. R. Berry
as assistant. The Assembly is specially fortu
nate in securing Mrs. Emily Huntington Miller
to have charge ot the Children’s Department.
Among the lecturers are President Magoun, of
lowa College, the Rev. W. E. Crafts, the Rev.
Eli Corwin, D. D., the Rev. J. P. Newman, D.
D. Clear Lake is an exceedingly delightful
spot for such a gathering. Besides the speakers
named aoove, we notice B. F. Jacobs, of
Chicago; Wendling, the man who an
nihilates lugersoll; the Rev. Dr. Stuart
Robinson, the great pulpit orator of the
Presbvteria' Church, South; Prof. Richards,
the sciential.; Prof. Paige, the naturalist, and
many more. The C., M. ot St. P-, the 8., C. R.
N., the Central Railroad ot lowa, and the Il
linois Central Railroads sell excursion round
trip tickets at reduced rates. Tae 8., C. R. <&
N. tlav train makes good connection at Nora
Junction, and the night train at Plymouth Junc
tion, and tickets good by cither junction at
same rate. The Central of lowa makes good
connection at Mason City. An excursion train
will leave Charles City Tuesday morning, Aug.
13, connecting with all roads from the south.
Write the Corresponding Secretary, E. W. Al
len, Marshalltown, tor programmes or other in
formation.
The Eayliah Churchman thus refers. to
sermons by American Bishops, preached in the
course lor July and August in St. Paul’s Cathe
dral, London: “ The sermons of the Bishops of
Albany, Pennsylvania, and Ohio, and especially
the latter two.’werc marked by clear and in
cisive argument, by considerable force and
beauty ot language, and by a soundness of theo
logical and ecclesiastical teaching which cannot
be too highly prized; while Dr. Doane in the
morning based a powerful extempore appeal
ad homiucm upon the parable ot the lost coin,
the lost sheep, and the prodigal sons. Dr.
Stevens, in the afternoon, preaching the same
sermon which he had delivered on toe previous
Sundav at Canterbury, powerfully described
the living forces ot tile Church in language
harmonizing completely with that of our best
divines, and showing a strong conviction of
tiic Divine mission and appointment of the
Church, without any attemol to magnify the
merely human side of its organization. In the
evening. Dr. Bedell preached on the consum
mation of the •’ Divine Life in Man,” which is
to be the reward of the saints in Heaven as the
companions of the Savior, and, with a
power which carried his audience completely
with him, lie showed that this development ot
the spiritual life is a necessity growing out of
tnc Divinelr-scaled promise that those who
enter upon the heavenly life will not merely see.
God. but will be like Him, morally, intellect
ually, and in their emotions. Such sermons as
these me models of a style of pulpit workwliich
might be studied with advantage by many En
glish preachers.”
PEUSOjS'AIu
The Rev. Alexander Martin, D. D., has de
clined Uie call to the First Presbyterian Church
at Louisville, Ky.
The Rev. T. H. Hench has resigned the
charge of the Broadway Presbyterian Church
of Rock Island, 111.
The Rev. George 11. Peeke, of the Leavifct-
Street Congregational Church, will take a short
vacation after to-day. t.
The Rev. Geo. C. Lamb has accepted a call to
the Presbyterian Church at Crawfordsville, Ind.,
aud has already begun work.
The Rev. Samuel Hunt, for many years pri
vate secretary to Vice-President Wilson, is lying
very ill at his home in Boston.
An English gentleman who was obliged, some
time a‘ r o, to relinquish his plans to give his life
to the work of foreign missions, proves his con
secration by now offering the Church Mission
ary Society 5i,350 to pay for a substitute.
The anonvmous gift of $25,000, recently made
to Andover Seminary, was from Henry Wink
ley, Esq., of E'hiladclphuu It was such a sur
prise that the Trustees of the Seminary did not
feel sure of an addition to their funds until the
draft was cashed iu New York.
The oldest minister in the world is believed to
be the Kcv. Hr. Ingram, of Unst Free Church,
Shetland. He is over 100 years old. lie has
alwavs been a lotal-abstinener. man, aud is said
never to have tasted intoxicating drink. He has
a son who has been forty years in the ministry.
The Rev. Dr. J. A. O. Clark, commissioned
bv tne Bishops of the Southern Methodist
Church to collect funds for a Wesley memorial
church at Savannah, Ga., the scene of Jo.m
Wesley’s lirst labors on this continent, has
sailed to England on a collecting tour.
Bishop Tyrrell, of Newcastle, Australia, who
was too ill to preside over the recent session
of his svnoti (Anglican), sent a letter amionnc
iijor that be had made his will and left 51.-5 U
. to the various funds of the diocese, which
would yield au annual income of 5125,000.
The R“V W. Impey. who has been a Wesleyan
missionary in South Africa forty years, has
withdrawn from that Church to take orders m
the Church of England Two otaer dissenting
ministers, Prof. Wells and the Rev. Thomas G.
Wilson, have been ordained by the Bishop of
Rochester.
The Rev- Mr. Miliburu, well-known as “the
Blind Preacher,” has fust returned after two
years and a half in the United Kingdom. Dur
ing this lime he has traversed almost even
portion of England, Scotland. Ireland, and
Wales, traveling about 30.000 miles and preach
iug and lecturing everywhere.
The death is announced of the Rev. William
Smith. 1). D., of Canonsburg, Pa. He was born
-car Harrisburg in 1T93, graduated from Jeffer
son College in ISI9. which be never left until
1565, when old age compelled him to retire from
the active duties of his Professorship. During
the time of his incumbency the college graduat
ed X,SI3 students.
It has passed from blind rumor to an open
secret that the Rev. John Wilson, pastor of the
United Presbvterian Church of at. Louis,
has gone to Europe for the third time, not so
much to see Europe, as to rob Scotland ot one
of her fairest jewels. Til's particular jewel has
for nearlr twenty years been in the possession
of a well-known Doctor of Divinity in Edinburg.
It i» said to be a brilliant gem, and will adorn a
Western parsonage.
Dr. Augustas Blanvcit has been sept to an
asvlnm for the iosane. The recent hUtory of
this talented man’s life has been sad. His
argument in defense of tbe verity of the New
Testament miracles showed him to be a genius.
But his subsequent articles, especially In the
contempt they evinced for tbe abilities of his
brothers In the ministry, showed an ill-balanced
mind. The sentence which he received from
his brethren was needlessly harsh, and In fact
unjust, and this, no doubt, preyed upon his
over-sensitive mind.
The Rev. Dr. Barline, of New Jersey, is visit
ing his old friend, the Rev. Dr. Atkinson, in
this city. Dr. Bartine is one of the most
eloquent preachers of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, and has filled many important positions
in the pastorate in Philadelphia, Harrisburg,
Lancaster, in Pennsylvania, and In Newark,
Trenton, Jersey City, and elsewhere in New
Jersey. He is especially noted as an effective
and powerful out-door preacher, fie will preach
in Grace Church, corner of North LaSalle and
White street, in the morning, and at Trinity
Church in the evening.
HUMOKS.
The Rev. Murray has been bitten by a wild
cat iu Maine, bub the cat was old and tough, and
will probably get over it.— fres Pros.
A Wisconsin church has been aided by a
* 4 grand religious boss-trot.” This is an im
provement on the grab-bag and lottery business.
An honest Hibernian, who blamed the clergy
for taking a tenth part of tbe people’s property,
exclaimed: “Ay, they would take a twentieth
it they could!”
A Sunday-school boy of Maysville, Ky., was
asked by the Superintendent if nis father was a
Christian. 44 Vcs, sir,” he replied, 44 bathe is
not working at it much.”
The clergymen of Detroit are protesting
against Sunday funerals; but yet not one of
them have raised their voices against the wicked
habit indulged in by some people of dying on
that day.
In the commencement exercises of the West
ern Female High School, in Baltimore, the Rev.
Dr. Wilson prayed: “Oh, God, grant that not
one of these young ladies may be victims of un
requited love.”
A bool: farmer was sitting under a tree In one
corner of his grain-licld a few mornings since,
reading, in a very loud tone, a pamphlet report
of the Beeeher-Tilton trial. He explained that
the weather was very hot, and he was trying a
new plan to “shock” bis wheat.
In .Maine a man got too much of the ardent
aboard, and was put into a coliiu to sleep off
the effects of the liquor. When he awoke he
sprang out in hot haste, exclaiming, 44 Glory I
The resurrection morn has come, and I’m the
first uujn on the ground.” —Boston Post.
44 What is your religion. Mr. Gibber!” asked
the landlady of her new boardur. 4 * Meat three
times a day?’ was the reply that startled the
good woman, and put her in a reverie as to
whether the man was a heathen, or had misun
derstood the question. —Cincinnati Mrea&J'ast
Tube,
One of those Sunday school teachers who are
always desirous of drawing out the ideas of
children asked her class what they supposed
Daniel said when he was placed in the lion’s
den. One of her scholars, who has a practical
turn,of mind, answered, 4 *Good-by! I’m a
goner!” —Xonclch HidleCu,
A little daughter of a Connecticut clergyman
was left one day to 44 tend door,” and obeying a
summons of the bell, she found a gentleman on
the steps who wished to see her father. 44 Fath
er isn’t in,” said she, 44 but if it is anything
about your soul 1 can attend to •’vou. 1 know
the whole plan of salvation.”
Louis XIV., going to mass one Sunday, found
that the congregation consisted of his own im
mediate attendants and the otliciating ollicer of
the chapel. Jlc asked Fcuelon the meaning of
this extraordinary lack of attendance. 44 The
fact is, sir,” said the Archbishop 44 1 let it be
supposed you wen: not coming to-day, that you
might judge how many come to worship God ns
compared with the King.”
CIIUKCII SERVICES.”
EPISCOPAL.
Cathedra! Free Church SS. Peter and Paul, cor
ner of West Washington and Poona street*. The
Kt.-ltcv. W. E. McLaren, Bishop. The Kev. J.
11. Knowles, priest in charge. Choral morning
prayer and celebration of the Holy Communion at
10:110 a. m. Choral evening prayer at 7:45 p.
—The Rev. Samuel S. Harris will officiate room
ing and evening at Sl James’ Church, corner of
Calls'and Huron streets. Communion at 12 m.
—Theßev. M. O. Dotten will officiate ia the
morning at Trinity Church, corner of Twenty
sixth street and Michigan avenue.
—The Kev. Francis Mansfield will officiate morn
ing and evening at the Church of the Atonement,
comer of Washington and Kobcy streets.
—The Rev. J. Bredberg will officiate morning
and evening at St. Ansgsritis’Church, on Sedg
wick street, near Chicago aveoue.
—The Kev. Clinton Locke will officiate in the
morning at Grace Church, on Watasn avenue, near
Sixteenth street. Communion at l!i m.
—i'he Kev. Thomas K. Coleman will officiate
morning and at St. John s Church, corner
of Washington street and Ogden avenue.
—The Kev. Arthur Ritchie will officiate morning
and evening at the Church of tne Ascension, cor
ner of LaSalle and Elm streets.
—The Rev. C. S. Lester will officiate morning
end evening nt Sr. Paul's Church. Hyde Park.
--The Kev. 15. F. Fleetwood will officiate morn
ing and evening at St. Mark’s Church, corner of
Cottage Grove avenue and Thirty-sixth street.
—The Kev. Henry (J. Perry will officiate morn
ing and evening at St. Stephen’s Church, Johnson
street, near Taylor. .
—The Rev. Luther Pardee will officiate morning
and evening at Calvary Church, Warren avenue,
near Oakley Street. Communion at 7:45 a. m.
The Kev. T, N. Morrison, Jr., will officiate
morning and evening at the Church of the Epiph
any, Throop street, near Monroe.
The Kev. W. Petrie will officiate morning and
cveningattbe Church of Our Savior, corner of
Lincoln and Beldcn avenues.
—The Kev. Henry G. Perry will officiate morn
ing and evening at. St. John’s C’bnich, Johnson
street, near Taylor. Communion at lg m.
“ —The congregation of All Saints’ Church will
worship morning and evening at the cathedral, cor
ner of West Washington and Peoria streets.
METHODIST.
The Rev. N. O. Freeman will preach in Cente
nary Church at 10: JO a. m. and at 7:45 p. m.
—The Rev. J. M. Hiatt will preach in St. Paul s
Church Maxwell street, near Newberry avenue, at
10:30 a.m. The Kev. C. E. Beach will preach
at J^Thc P ßcv* S. H. Adams will preach In the
Michigan Avenue Church, near Thirty-second
street, at 10:30 a. m. Protestant vesper serv
vicen, with remarks by the Kev. Dr. Williamson,
Ut^Thi D Rev. Dr. Barline, of Newark, N. J.. will
preach m Grace Church, North LaSalle and White
streets at 10:30 a. m., and the pastor, the Kev.
J. Atkinson, D. D., ia the evening. .
—Mre John Blackmore will preach m the
Brighten Church at 10:30 a. m. Subject; “The
Prodigal Son.” , • . . ..
—The Kev. W. E. Hears will preach in the
Jackson Street Church at 7:45 p. m.
—The Kev. S. McChesney will preach morning
and evening in the Park Avenue Churchy
The Kev. Dr. Barline, of Newark, N. J., will
preach this evening in Trinity Church, Indiana
avenue, near Fourteenth street, and the Kev. A,
W. Patten in the morning. t .
—The Kev. T. C. Clcndcnnmg will preach at
10:30 a. m. -and 7:30 p. m., ia Langley Avenue
Church, near Thirty-nl nth street.
—The Rev. J. W. Atkinson will preach morning
and evening at Grace Church, corner of Lahahe
and White streets.
BAPTIST.
The Rev. N. F. Ravliu will preach morning and
evenin 'nt No. 381 West Madison street. Even
ing tuple: “The Public 3lini t jlry and Miracles of
C —The Rev. W. W. Everts will preach at the First
Church, corner of South Park avenue and
Thirty-first street, morning and evening. Slonthly
lecture in the evening. Subject: “ Divine Provi
dence in me Late Eastern War.”
—The Rev. C. 15. Hclbort will preach In the
Michigan Avenue Church, near Twenty-third
-trect. at 10:30 a. in.
—The Rev. It. De Baptiste will preach morning
and evening in Olivet Church. Fourth avenue.
—The Rev. E. K. Creasy will preach in the
Corcntrv Street Chuich. corner of Bloomington
road. at*lo:3oa. m. and 7:30 p. m.
—The Kcv, A. Oweu will preach in the Universi
ty Place Church. comer of Douglas- place and
Rhodes avenue, at 10:30 a, m. and 7:45 p. m
—Sendees in the Second Church at 10:30 a. m
and 7:30 p. m. . ,
—The Rev. -I. A- Henry wifi preach morning and
evening in Dearborn Church, on Thirty-sixth
8t —The Hev.G. W. Northrop will preach morning
and evening in the Fourth Church, Washington and
Paulina streets. ..
—The Rev. C. Perxcn will preach in western
Avenue Church morning and evening.
—The Rev. C. E. Hewitt will preach morning and
evening at Centennial Cborch. Lincoln and Jack
son streets. Morning subject; “Launch Out ,
evening: ••Forgive Us Our Debts.
—Theßev. R. P. Allison will preach moraine
ana evening in North Star Church, Division and
Sedgwick streets. ... , . _
—The Rev. E. O. Taylor will preach rooming
and evening in Central Church. 290 Orchard
—The Rev. W. J. Kcrmott will preach morning
and evening in Halsted Street Church
—The Rev. Lewis Raymond will preach in the
South Church, comer of LocKe and Bonaparte
streets, at 11 a. m. and 7:45 p. m.
-The Rev. George Cooper, of Phßanelphro.
will preach moraine and evening at the Second
Church, comer of Morgan and Monroe streets.
. niFOKMSD XPISCOPAL.
The Rev. F. W. Adams will preach at <j£o this
evening at jsmmannel Chntch, corner of Twenty
eighth and Hanover streets. . J „u. # . f p rt w
-Bishop Cheney will preach and admteUtcrHoly
Communion .t Chrijt parch comer ot Michigan
a.eane and Twentj-fonrtn street, at 10.4 a mis
morning. Evening services will be omitted during
August.
—The Rev, 1L D. Church, Rector, will preach
this morning at St. John’s Church. Ellis avenue,
near Thirty-seventh street. Holy Communion
will be observed. >
—The Rev. p. B. Morgan, Rector, will presih at
10:30 a. and 7:45 p. m. at St. Paul’s Church,
corner of West Washington and Camen ter streets.
Morning snbject: “The Province of thePuloit.’*
Evening topic: “Heaven, Hell, and Common
Sense.” Holy Communion after morning service.
—Mr. R. U.BurkeJwlll preach in Grace Church,
corner of Boyne and LeMoyne streets, at 10:45
a. m. and 7:45 p. m. Morning subject: “The
Lamp.”
CONGREGATIONAL.
The Rev. C. F.‘ Wright, of Austin. Minn.,
will preach to-day at the Union Park Church. Ser
vices at I0:30a. m. and 7:30 p. m.
—The Rev. Dr. Stevenson, of Montreal, will
preach morning and evening at the First Church,
corner of West Washington and Ann streets.
—The Rev. W. B. Wnght, of Boston, will preach
at 10:30 a. m. and 7:45 p. m. at Plymouth Church,
Michigan avenue, between Twenty-llfth and Twen
ty-sixth streets.
—Mr. C. A. Marsh will preach in the Oakland
Church this morning. Subject: “God I* Love.”
—The Rev. George H. Peeke will preach in the
Leavitt Street Church morning and evening.
—The Rev. Norman A. Willard will preach at
10:45 a. m. and 7:45 p. m. at Bethany Church,
corner of West Huron and Paulina streets.
—Tbe K«r. J. T. Sunderland will preach in the
evening at Oakland Church. Subject: “A Rerig
ion to Live By and a Religion to Die By.'*
INDEPENDENT.
Communion services will be held at 10:45 a. nu
at tbe Independent Church, Chicago avenue asm
LaSalle street. Sunday school at 3p. m. Mr. F-
M. Rockwell will preach, at 7:45 p. zx, a GoopeP
sermon.
—Mr. George P. Cozhead will preach inßuzC
Mission Chapel, No. 389 Third street, at 10:80 a
m., and Mr. George Qulnan at 7:45 p. m.
—Mr. George P. Cozhead will preach at Union
Chapel, No. 97 South Desplaines street, at 7:45
p. m.
—The Rev. Dr. Darling, of Schenectady, N. Y. #
will preach in tbe Second Church, comer ofMictu
gan avenue and Twentieth street, at 10:45 a. m.
and 7:45 p. m.
PRESBYTERIAN,
Tbe Rev. J. IT. Walker will preach morning and
evening at Reunion Cbnrch, West Fourteenth
street, near Throop- Communion with morning
service.
—The Rev. Z. M. Humphrey, of Cincinnati, will
preach in the First Church, corner of Indiana ave
nue and Twenty-first street, at 10:30 a. m.
—The Rev. J: T. Matthews will preach la tho
Third Church, comer of Ogden and Ashland ave
nues, at 7:45 p. m. Communion service at 10:30
a. in.
—The Her. W. T. Meloy will preach in the First
United Presbyterian Church. corner of Monroe and
Paulina streets, morning and evening.
—The Rev. P. L. Patton will preach In the Jef
ferson Park Chnrch morning and evening.
—The Kev. John B. Wor rail, of Louisville, will
preach in the Kigbth Church, corner of Robey and
Washington streets, at 10:30 a. m.
—The Rev. Arthur Mitchell will preach at the
Railroad Chapel, m State street, near Fourteenth,
in the evening.
—The Kev. James Mactaugblin will preach
morning and evening at the Scotch Church, corner
of Sangamon and Adams streets.
—The Rev. diaries L. Thompson will preach at
the Fifth Church. Indiana avenue and Thirteenth
street. Evening subject: •• Old Age.”
-The Rev. Dr. Darling. of Schenectady, will
preach morning and evening at the Second Church,
corner of Michigan avenue and Twentieth street.
—The Rev. Mr. Wells, of Montreal, will preach
in the morning at the Fourth Church, corner of
Ru*h and Superior streets. No evening service.
—The Rev. S. Redcrns will preach tn the mom*
ing in Holland and in the evening in English at the
Holland Church, comer of Noble and Erie streets.
NEW JERUSALEM.
The Rev. L. P. Mercer will preach in the Union
Swcdeiiborgian Church at llerahey Hail, at 11 a.
m. Subject: * 4 Goliath Slain by Daniel; a Lesson
for To-Day.”
—The Rev. J. U. Hibbard will preach at the cor
ner of Clark ami Menominee streets at 11 a. m.
Holy Supper administered at the close of service.
UNITARIAN.
The Kev-4. T. Sunderland will preach at the
Oakwood Church, Oakwood boulevard, at 8 p. ta.
Subject: 4 * A Religion to Live By and a Religion to
Die By. *’
CHRISTIAN.
Morning service in the First Chnrch. comer of
Indiana avenue and Twenty-fifth street.
—The Kev. Dr. Graham will preach rooming
and evening at the Western-Avenue Church, near
Congress street.
LUTHERAN.
The Kev. Edmond Belfour will conduct divine
services at II a. m. at the Church of the Holy
Trinity, corner of Dearborn avenue and Erie street.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Miss Emma Malloy, of South Bend. Tnd., will
speak at the Washingtonian liomeatßo’rlock o-ra.
—Dr. Mathewsou will preach morning and even
ing to the Advent Cnnstmns in Green Street Tab
ernacle, No. fU South Green street.
—John E. Morris will preach morning and even
in" at the Berean Mission, northeast corner of
Fulton and May streets. Morning subject: -What
We Know,”
—Services will be held by the Woman s Gospel
Temperance Association at the comer, of Noble
ana Ohio streets, at 4n. m. Wednesday at 7p. m.
—Tb« Rev. S. Kedcvus will preach in the Hol
land Cnurch. corner of Noble and Eric streets, at
10 a. m. in Dutch, and at 7:110 p. ro. in English.
—A. mediums’ ami Spiritualists’ meeting will bo
hekiatil p. m. in the office of Dr. Wigcixt, N0.40G
West Madison street. •
—Disciples of Christ will meet at No. 229 West
Randolph street at 4 p. m.
—The Rev. A. V. Gulick will preach In Calvary
Tabernacle, corner of Hoyne avenue and Flournoy
street, morning and evening. •
—A Gospel temperance meeting will be hem in
Ear's Hall at I p. m.
—E. V. Wilson, Spiritualist, will lecture and
give teats at Grow’s Opera-Hall, No. 517 West
Madison street, in the morning.
CALENDAR FOE THE WEEK.
EPISCOPAL.
Aug. 4—Seventh Sunday aftor Trinity.
Aug. U—Fast.
CATHOLIC.
Aug. 4—Eighth Sunday after Pentecost; St.Domi-
nic. C.
Aug. s—Dedication of St. Mary Major.
Aug. 6— I Transfiguration of Our Lord; SS. Ayalas,
P., and Como.. M. M.
Aair. 7—St. Cajclan. C.’; SL Donatos, B. M.
Aug. B—SS. Cyriacoa, Largos, and Smaragdns,
MM.
Aug. o—Vigil of St. Lawrence; St. Romanes. X.
Aug.lo—SU Lawrence, M.
REMEMBERING.
I am sitting in the twilight,
Flaring, ah! I scarce know what—
Melodics that one might smile at.
Broken strains, and balf-forgot.
But sad and sweet the dear old tunes are.
As 1 try them one by one—
So sweet, po sad, the tears are almost
Falling ere the strain Is done.
AH my thoughts like ships are eaiJtoc
Over Memory’s mystic seas.
And about me shines the tender
Light of other days than these;
Days when we sang o’er togetoer.
For the first time, then© oW tunes;
Days sweet-scented as the withered
Kose-leavc* of remembered June.
The old piano! I can see
Us spindle legs, its yellow keys,
lie queer old lamp-stands: I can bear
Again its recaenstzaCiTe wheeze.
Bands unskilled and untaught x*ecs
Made our simple music then:
1 have tried, but O I cannot
Make it sound the same again.
There Is something that etudes me,
Something that! seek and mtae—
Wluit, I Know not; 1 can only
Say, *‘ it is not that —or this. **
AndthU thought comes in the twilight.
Sweet and *«d a* the** old songst
Thc>e< ret of tlic Now and May B*
To the It Ha* Been belong*!
Cmcaso, July 30, 1H73. laa*3C'W.
ME AND MINE.
If. along the busy street,
An old, gray-beaded man yon meet.
Don’t be afraid of him—yon see.
That old, gray-headed man is
Or if. by chance, you sometime see
\n aged man with trembling knee.
Witn head bowed dowu. anti crooked epme.
Don’t be afraid—these ilia arezaina.
Or If, soro* time, ar close of day.
You to the cemetery stray. .
A ir rave you see beneath a vine.
Don’t be afraid—that may be min*.
And when, your days of life all o er.
You woiler on the heavenly shore.
You’ll flear oue singing. “ Love divine**?
Just listen then—that song is mint.
And if. before the Judgment-Throne.
Yon see a sinner stand alone.
Redeemed through faitn, whose crown wEI stated
Rejoice with me—that crown is mine.
Oaklaxii. T. B. Baovn.
IN THE TWILIGHT.
I sit alone In the twilight.
And weanly falls the rain;
And my thoughts are like rhymaa in a
With a musical, low refrain.
There is peace in the charni-etl stillness
Which holds the night in Its breast;
There is balm for the hearts that are ycaraflac.
And weary, and aore-opprcaoed.
I picture the shadowy alienee
with shapes tnat are perished end flows*
And dreams that are sweeter than Heave*
Come to me In the darkness aioooz
Far glimpses beyond the g|oamta&
Into starry spaces vast.
Enfolding a grander prestige
Than sleeps in the darkened past __ .
jßjl V Tuin. JL Cisaorrilh. -
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