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prcehvtcrbn churches nf |Vt*n«v!vsnlu. Man?
•J«lrr-* ano deavnm withdrew ta'ii't than Imperil
jlicir souls nv Muring such mti«i<*. It will
~rov«! nr.irn diili.nlt to get tM- miislc of q good
panic Introduced tntf> our street*, amt schools,
amnionic; Imi, oner there. we Khali perhaps
lm slow In going hack to the horrid discord of
tin 1 former period. That, ml* new virtue tuny
i-nme into favor, all our lifirti reward*. lho*e
from the ballot-box. tlm*o irnm employersof
tens and of Immlreii*, the reward* of society,
Hie reward* of Hie I’re**, should ho offered only
to the worthy. A few years of rewarding tho
worthy would result in owomMrtul zeal In the
voiimr* to build up, not physical property, but
tncnthl and rqttllual worth.
An m-tor having been ashed a few week* ago
If there was not at present an unusual number
of actor* and actresses who were seen to possess
real moral excellence, replied mat there
was, and gave this ns a reason: “Thai In lor*
mcr times tlm church gave them no hope of
baring any goodness acknowledged; the con
demnation was perfectly sweeping; hut that of
laic rears the community had become so much
more Inst, that now an actor or actress enjoys
the lull hope and knowledge that tho
world will give them credit for every excel
lence of character.” They sch before them the
same moral possibilities that lie before a
scholar, or a statesman, or a lawyer. Thus, ns
rapidly the world becomes Just enough, and
ticclf holler enough, to appreciate and reward
the good name, to! out of this demand and this
jirllcc comes a new supply—the various avoca
tions saving, If vou rcnllv appreciate good men
and good women, then Peru we arc I Your love
has encouraged us to coincl
Jlut let us pans from the value of the goml
name to (be hearer, to mark tor a moment if*
value to all who surround It. Kanin in all Its
shapes—futnn for Invention, or for poetry, or
for eloquence. or lor honesty, or for kindness—
biciso* not only its possessor but all tho sur
rounding throng. It does not stmt itself up In
the little closet of one heart, but like tho
perfume of a violet, It hastens to get out of
the HtUo cup and scent the great air. No
young man or young woman can by industry
htiil care roach ah eminence in studv, or art, or
character, without Messing tho entire family
croup. Wo have all seen that tho lather and
mother feel that all llfu’scarc and labor were at
ja«L perfectly rewarded In tho success of their
child. Jlut hail the child been reckless or Indo
lent, all till-* domestic Jov—the Joy of a largo
group—would have been blighted forever. Sumo
of the touching episodes In history arc,accounts
of those hours when a Christtno Nilsson went
luck to her Inunliio homo, carrying to a cottage i
tho triumph* <d her rung: and when a Mae- j
nnlnv’s work heenn to quicken the heart-beats ;
of (hose looking to him, not simply Inr support,
but for happiness. There have been triumphs
»t old Homo, where victor# marched along with
many u chariot., iiituiv an elephant, and nmhv
spoil’s of tho East; and In all times money has
been lavished In the efforts of Stale* to tell
their pleasure in the name of sumo CJeneral;
hut more numerous and widespread and be
yond expression by chariot or camion or drum
have been those triumphal hours when some
son or daughter has returned to tho parental
hearth beautiful hi the wreaths of some con
fessed excellence. Even If fnnio emptied all Its
good In only one heart—ln 11* posseasor’sbeart— It
would bail most sacred impulse, for spiritual
peace and Jov arc not so plentiful In this world
that yon and’l can afford to throw them away
or neglect the sources from which they come;
hut when to tills consideration wo odd tho I act
that nil personal goodness Immediately passes
out of self and settles down like aeunshino
upon whole llchls of human life, tho obliga
tions of an industrious and ambitious and
moral careei become solemn and yet sweet.
\Vhen certain mockers have made sport of
fame, thev must huvo forgotten what treasures
the world has drawn out of till* mighty Impulse.
I am aware of the quarrels that have grown out
of ambition. The papers toll us that tho sing
er* quarrel, and that tho painters differ, and
often peillshlv break friendships; but wo re
member that men ami women ore onlvchlldrcn;
ami when wo remember that Paul ami llaruabas
were jealous of each other and separated, ami
that out of their ambition there grew up a pow
erful religion; when wo remember that Angelo,
and Raphael, and llrumante quarreled long ami
hotly, and that yet out of their - ambition grew
the most mngnllleuiit period of art, wo prefer to
endure tho quarrels If wo can have tho final
blessing# of their ambition. A quarrel Is the
childish thing of an hour, but tho ambition
of a Paul, or an Angelo, or un Isaac Newton
(« tuc blessing o( all subsequent times. Cos
tolar said of JJramnute and Angelo “that Ihclr
names, driven apart In tbo small davs of strife,
were now rcroncllcd in immortality.” Mankind
will forgive you nil many childish word* and
deeds If onlv thev can see that your ambition Is
bringing to science some new truth, to discovery
some now machine, to character some new
charm, and thus to immunity some new liaopi
nos*.
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Euttuaum upuow. the study of the hour.
Do wo not reach these conclusions—that a
name for honor and wisdom, or for honor and
orr. or for honor and invention, or for honor
aim genius, Is more to he desired than all out
ward pnsseFslonsi Wu looked at (bo utter
wretchedness of the men who threw away repu
tation. and would rather be rich criminals lu
exile than be loved friends und persons at
home. Wo have • tinted how proud man
kind Is becoming of honorable scholars and
Judges amnionorablc business men. Wu found
that our age must build up reputation bv has
tening to reward It. Wo then saw Hint fame
passes out of self, and hic'scs llrst the father’s
heart anil the mother’s heart, and then it flies
nut upon tho broad world to he like n Christ
wiio moved away from u manger to dwell near
oil thrones ami homes. 1 conclude that you, to
voting and vu old, cannot oltonl to bear (lie
burden of an empty or an evil name. A good
name is a motive uf life. It (s a reason fur that
great encampment which we call oxlstuncc.
Widlo you arc building the home of to-morrow,
build up also that kind of soul Dial can sleep
sweetly on home’s pdlow, oml can feel that God
in not ncurasuu avenger of wrong, but as the
EaUier not only of the verdure and tho seasons,
but of you.
1)07) INOERSOT/T,.
KBIIMON IIV TUB IIBV. BUMNRU CU.M,
Tim Itev. Humner Ellis, of the Church of tho
Redeemed (Universalis!). corner of West Wash*
Inglnn and Sangamon streets, paid his mu»ccts
to Col. Intrcrooll last evening In an oble and In
teresting .sermou on “ Ingersoll's Campaign
Against Religion." The following fa an abstract
of what ho bad to env on this timely topic:
‘Mr. Kills began by referring to tiio change
that seems to have cornu over Col. Ingorsoll In
tliustvlu of bfa opposition to religion and hU ad
vocacy of Atheism. Ills temper, said Mr. Kills,
teemed less courteous than of old, and his rea
soning t<-es deliberate. Ill* ridicule carried
more asperity, and his rhetoric seemed more
the mere Instrument of cession. Tu
vlotr ol this fact, which Mr. Rills
supposed all must have noticed, ho claimed that
wo must adopt onu or more of the following
conclusions: First, that Ingersoll, going into
the market with UU wares, telt that audacity
would pay best; or, second, tnat ho was 100
weak to enduro the opposition ho had evoked in
a calm temper; or, third, that Atheism hus
proved >v bad discipline for him, and blunted bis
bolter sensibilities. At least, fur soma reason
or other, hu seemed to havo lost his curlier
swcciucss and eomplncencv. and could see only
evil In religion, oulv mistakes In Moses, onlv
false teaching in Christ; whllu hu had nothing
belter to say of Jonathan Kdwurds, that great,
nunle, sad soul of New Kugland, than •*I
halo him. 1 bate him dead. 1 halo his
ashes. I lisle ids mime." Jonathan Edwards,
sold Mr. Kills, was a child of Ida time, fearfully
true tu the light that was hi him, burdened auu
bowed liv the doctrines he held, a gentle ami
pathetic spirit, and it was nut tu the credit of
Atheism or uu Atheist that thu uhovu spirit
should be indulged toward him. One might
pity ami oppose pun, but only one far enough
Irnni harmony with the patient uml generous
Christ could hate mrii a name and east a atone
ou the grave where be reposes.
Mr. Kills came next to consider the lack of
logic In Mr. Ingersoll's blind mid bitter antag
onism to religion. Col. Ingersull, be said, went
bound his logical right in ids denials, lie nad
no absolute pruut that thou Is no
Uod, no soul, uo heaven, and that
all (• muter, * and only matter;
and hence It became him 10 affirm Atheism with
some reserve, us a view that looks true to him.
but that, nevertheless, admits of some counter
argument. David Swing had beautifully af
firmed tout “the proofs that there Is a Clod arc
a thousand to one that there U none.*' Cot.
Ingersull bad out yet uuitu reached the Inner
most and Huai secret ol the universe, and for
aught he knew there might be a M spirit In the
wheels. 1 * lie had not analyzed tnlud to that
extent that be could dogmatically
declare It tu bo but a mode of matter. lie had
hot passed on beyond the limit of this life to
ret ample data on which to alfirm tiiere Is no
lile beyond. A bold Atheism, said Mr. Ribs,
was a reckless Piece ol logic, and needed
to be temix'ivd by some allowance. Durwfu,
Soeuecr, and Tyudull uiTeivd sacritlccs to tho
*• Unknown” and the “ Unknowable," but Mr.
lugersoll seemed to have scoopeu the entire
universe into his Utile crucible, aud ascertained
that there was uo residuum of solrit there, lie
nut only denied, but bo isged in bis denial.
Uut it was a happy rejection that he might bu
mistaken, end mat Uod and all the great aud
J reiious thing* winch we ascribe to tnu divine
side of the universe mat' be rest alter oil.
'i hete was nuitc a v that He i’cofia
Proonut U the fat. e one, and lb.it Mo-es, uml
DaV.d, uud Jv-U:, ana i dale, ai. J and
nil the believing million*, famous and untamed*
have Utn truth »m Uic-ir side,
Mr. I'llls further treated of the sad results to
civilisation and the individual lift* that would
Pillow it IngciMjlllsm should coin a general
adoption. He spoke of tlio Ideal* that would
vanish; the Inspirations Unit would coroe to uti
end; the motives tiint would cease to act on
human nature; and of the hopes mat would
fade and fall like flowcrscut down hr the north
ern blast. lie pictured the contrast between a
illarimaec fo a beautiful land aud « perfect
Ife, and n pllffrlnmin toward eternal dentil mid
unrelieved darkness, Inccrsoll would, Indeed,
itcaimv the errors of religion b/du«trovln£r rollir*
ton held hut in so doing hemlcht also destroy
the mvay of truths, and principles, and senti
ments, and nil that was calculated to exert a
boundless Influence for trood In the lifting up,
encouragement, and consolation of mankind.
fifty-fifth iJiimmAY.
SERMON nr TUB REV. RO»BflT f.OU.TnR,
The Ucv. Kohcrt Collycr preached at Unit*
Church yericrdav morning, taking a* Ids sub
ject, "Meditations of My Fi<tv**lftli Dlrthday, 1 *
and as his text thu following words:
Po tench n» l« number onr day* that we inny ap»
ply onr hearts unto wisdom.—/Vci/ms, rit., (Hi.
liosald he had thought that a groat many
men spent their Unto as the prodigals spent
their money—lnking to the bank-book while
there wns a balance to draw against, but turn
ing from It when there was not. Wu paid
very Htllo Attention to our birthdays after
wo passed our ftOih year, and preferred to look
Into the future. If «e had tact, wo hesitated to
speak to one another about our days, and ns we
grew old we kept the delicate question of our
years to ourselves. We forgot that when wo
were young wo thought those old who were a
.good deal younger than wo ore now. Some of
m counted the past years painfully, und with
nu ever-growing sorrow at ttic fast-llcctlngdays,
and there was a great deal of this In'the old
Journals of the I'urltans. Wester did much to
dispel this spirit, hut there weru many who hud
n brighter and better Gospel than he taught;
and reduction on the past stimulated them to
cheerfulness and kindness. Between the two,
however, there was* only a choice of evils,
for as his birthdays smote him with
their swift return, lie must be beyond
his intrinsic existence it he tried to
cheat himself into the notion Hint It wiyinn
great matter about the dnvs that remained, if
Paul were to speak hi thcsulultcr times, he would
call our remaining davs the “ Imme-streleh,”
mid he believed thev were more momentous
limn his whole life beside. We should imllher
grow* morbid and fretful over thorn, nor get
heedless and hopeless. The latter days could
not be to him wlmt the dnvs which hud gone
could he. Youth' mid occ should ponder the
truth alike, and our ambition should be mod
erated as nature moderated the blood, and on
thu eve of three-store years wo should conclude
a treaty with our desires, lest the greed to do
mure should crown our lives wltli defeat. We
should he'glad of the days through which wo
arc passing, because they arc the best we will
ever see. Now was the accepted bine to tlnlsh
what ho had commenced In youth,
the masterful youth and prime being
more than onc-hnif the battle. John Adams
said of his son In 1835 that he was RS years old
—a good ago for a President. Washington,
Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe were about that
npc when elected, Aclamsroosoncd, hut they had
made their stake and become Illustrious In their
youth, and their election was only the lime and
chance for them to wear their honors gracefully
mid llnlsh a well-begun life. Newton made a
discovery at 83 years ol age, being faithful to
the seed already sown, and Milton at C 7 finished
‘•Paradise host,” end Columbus ul the same
ngc discovered America. Hut. turning from thu
old men, Napoleon ut 27 outmatched the war
riors of Austria, Charlemagne at BO was the
first man in France, and Chatham, n
young man. rising to speak In the En
glish Parliament, gave Sir Robert Walpole
n pain in the back. Wesley discovered
Methodism at IM, HtepUenson the. locomotive at
JVi, ami the Savior of the world was hung to
me cross ut U-'k These great men snowed us
our existence, and what Kiev had dune In their
supreme wav wo might do In our humble wav,
but we could not hope to pass over their Uvea
mul strike u new law. One might scorn lei rise
higher os he grew older, Iful it was not through
thu force of his genius or talent so much us
that ho was homo up to the new elevation on
Ilia hearts of thoso who love and admire him
for what he had done in days gone by. In our
voitth wo won our degree, und In ago If we were
faithful to our gift wu simply kept It at the
best.
The speaker gave Iho remainder of his dis
course n personal bearing, ns bis subject would
indicate. He said ho wanted >o be sure that his
swift-recurring birthdays—while lie was not the
mon ho was—did not crowd him down und
bring a lock Instead of wealth of wisdom. Thu
danger was In the Inter life; that one was unable
to take In new Ideosand nge certolnlv Interfered
with our Judgment of wlmt others were doing,
and was our stumbling-block and rock of
offense. Old man l.mhcr smote young man
Lutheran thu mouth when be said If ho hail
known to what the UelotmalUm would vumu
other men might have seen to It. Ho prayed to
(loti that such sLamc might never come to him
Ip his age. If tho doctrines ho held were
true, tho world was better now than It
ever had been, and tho men ami women were
better who were coming to thu from, therefore
he would not Judge another servant, who had
his work to do In this new dav. This was God's
world, and God was nearer to him, and hit
thoughts of Christ more restful, nml his eternal
hope a little brighter. Though tlieangcls hovered
about liltii and whispered that he was trusting
a broken reed, It would not break his confidence
In Ood and true goodness, nor deter him from
lighting lo keep what ho had now. No new
thing, however strange, would find In him an
enemy, but he would rather cornu to Wesley's
conclusion that ts be grow older lie could sen
mmo common ground on which all lovers of
truth ami God could stand. Uuliad just passed a
milestone In his life. and. had It nut beuii for tho
blessed Interference of Uod more times lhau ho
could nuinl*er, his life would have been wrecked
past all hope, and.aa he continued to slide down
toward tho slwdowi, he would nurse iu Ids
heart a grateful sense of the treasures be butu
with him. Content was said to lie wealth,
but thinking so, he had a great deal mure than
that to look for In his age. Hu was rich In
memories. In substances of things not seen, and
eternal. It would be wo to tho awyotest llower
that ever bloomed If there were no fall and
spring, and It would tie wu unto him were there
nu death and life! Homo persons fell a horror
ol passing Into that life of Uod again out of
which wu etune, but, ho had nu such
feelings, for his whole llfo had seemed to point
to another for which this was tho preparation.
}{,* experience had assured him that these days
would t*o shorn of their meaning and purpose,
If they did not reach Into other davs for their
perfection. If Hie for him could pay as it goes,
us It does for lhe dumb things, ho should taku
no trouble about being lost In the eternal life
us thu stmw-llake U lust hi the lake. As the
years grew thick about him, he hid his soul sit
lightly on her thrum*.—with uu hunger to bo
gone, nor yet overmuch to slov. He was
schooling Idnisuif to fear lees the getting rid of
Ids old body when It hud served its time man
he would the getting rid ut u Unger. Ho
would *.ty to Ids body, *• You have to Slav
here. Wu have hud good times together, but 1
urn going—that wu* in the bargain, it would
unit neither ol us to bo troubled nud fallout.
You want to hide yourself In thu gross, and (low
ers, and trees, where tho birds sing, and sweet
running waters pby, and 1 want to go whero
tuv ireasutes uro and my heuit; aud so, old
friend, goud-bv." That Is tho lesson ho wanted
to learn, know ing that tho time waa drawing
near for him to depart, amt ho would face death
as cheerfully as ho ever faced life, and grow cu
rious and eager ulkiui *ho blessed mystery and
thu near-waiting Heaven. In such a death there
could be no grief or bitterness, (or us thu npo
apple Is lightly loosened Irani Its branch, so tbo
soul without grieving depart* from tho body In
which U hath dwell. To diu resting lu God was
to seal all our living.
lfill AKL IN KOYPT.
SEVENTH DLUUC.iL LECTl'itB UV DU. (JIBBON.
The Rev, Dr. J. Monro Gibauu delivered the
seventh of bis scries of Btbiiesl lectures in Far
well Hull at half-past 4 o'clock yesterday even
ing. '1 here was a large audience in attendance,
who listened with rapt attention to tho words
of tho eloquent speaker. The occasion was
well provided with music,—the Bliss Memorial
Choir, led by the Uev. F. B. Williams, assisted
by tho choir of tho First Presbyterian Church,
nut to speak of tbo talent displayed bv the
audience, which Joined lu singing at tho luvlls-
Uon of the leader.
Thu Quartette sang the anthem, “ It U a good
thing to irivo thanks unto (ho Lord," after
which Dr. Gibson offered prayer. Tho service
notices were real, and then
Uou sweetly solemn thought
Comes to uio o’er and o’er,
was sung bv the choir, tbo coomgatloo Joining
In tbu refrain* "
Tbo Uev. Dr. Gibson commence*} bv saying
that (bis lecture would treat of the close of the
Patriarchal era, and (be subject would be,
•* Israel in Egypt."
larval. be said, entered into Egypt • family,
and left it a nation. The transition wo* made
in Egypt, and’the speaker narrated bow it was
made. It aviggested bright tuougtits, happv or
dark thwarts, avwo.diu,; to the mauuwr lu
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which the subject was looked at. .Incob really
went i« K'.'viii «m his own atvouui, hut not
until first h<> had consulted with hi** Uod. he
prated for light. He thought K"V|>t was dark
and tun lean, but the l.ord cold hint to go down
ami l|i>* .mi. ...v ijm't i""' •*' n "
Into Kgvi.t, ami promised lilm that no nlitnihl
wm crcat ami powerful, ami Hint his
should rule the earth- So Jacob went down
Inlo Kirvpt with Ids family. and crow in strength
until ho ami his Mildred got to bo greater than
the sovereign himself.
Hut Indore tbla was accmni»llshcd they wont
through a lomr period of darkness and irflnils
lion; ami vet. even hi thin state, Jacob
blessed i’hnrnolt. Twice over wn wero
told that Jacob Messed Pharaoh, amt that
he was tmt ashamed to. confess to Win
that ho was a pilgrim and a strati
per. Ther would find this testimony hedged
round with benedictions. The sneaker ex
horted Ws hearers to learn from this lesson to
confess our relations with heavenly things. It
was not for us to tlml fault, to pick others to
plccci, and traduce our fellows, but let us
rather have clmrllV for the weakness of others
and bless all mankind. Jacob blessed Pharnoh.
Jacob's mind was full of holv thoughts, un J
his soul was filled with love. lie was not only
ready to give, but he was alto willing to re
ceive; he was ready to ooccpl any blessing, any
hfcli position, any faVor, even though It did
come from the world.
Dr this we should sec that one who has re
nounced Hie unclean things of the world might
still accept guml things. We were taught to keen
from the unclean things, and touch nothing that
would contaminate or defile us.
The most beautiful thing of Jacob's life was
fits resignation, Ids faith, and nU hops in hi* lat
ter davs. A* lio settled down In his old age,
and hi* trembles thickened about him.
It was fouchim? tn sco how he preserved
Ids integrity. Jn the forty-seventh chapter of
Genesis. there was an amount of his son going
away inmi him, and hi* lamentations on o'--
count thereof, and of Ids many troubles and
sorrows, lint in (he fortr-ciffhth chapter we
would read how, after his checkered experience,
after he had come out of Ids troubles uu
scutbod, he bad preserved Ids religion mid the
memory of hi* find. lie showed his humility,
and said it was a good thing to servo the Lord,
ilu did not any he had walked with God, for he
knew that lie had not at all times walked very
closclv with Him; but he blessed the Lord
for all Ills goodness. It was Jacob
who llrst said, “'TI* the Lord that has
ted me." Jacob said tills before David
did. He recognized the nncel of the presence
of the Lord, that had been near him nil the time
and hud led him. Homo people imagined tnat
Jacob went a little too far in tills and samoothcr
things’. Imt now, at the elate of uU life,ho says.
“The angel that has redeemed me from evil,"—
that had redeemed him from all Ids Impurities,
mid brought him out clean and spotless from
the world. U was comforting to reflect upon
this portion of Jacob’s life, it Is true that man
had retrograded, but It wos comforting to reflect
that, through alt the descent of man, the divine
power had remained exactly as it was in the be*
ginning.
Urhrnr, happy thoughts were Inspired by the
contemplation of this subject of Israel in
Egypt,—bow Jacob and Joseph bad performed
the exactions of the ix>rd, and bad stood forth
before their followers as perfect, spotless men;
but there were also dark thoughts connected
with it. Thera was the death o( Jacob oud the
slaughter of the mate children. Israel eventu
ally became slaves in that country wherein
tliev ought to have been lords. In this we
might Icarti that if we lose our standing, our
position, and our self-respect, we become slaves
to the world in which wo should reign as lord*.
Wu saw the altars of Israel desecrated and
the tires burned out. - Where was the promise
of the land( Where was the promise of the seal
And where was the promise of the coming
Huviurl The homes of Israel wore destroyed,
u’mi there was nut so much os a rose to mark
the dust of their sepulchres. These were all
things of the dead past. There came to Egypt
a now monarch that knew not Joseph. There
seemed nothing now to remind us of their
presence, nothing hut a few words
of Jacob and u few of the bones
of Josepn. Hut in the words of those
old Patriarchs we might behold the promise:
the word*of Joseph, in which ho said, “God
will raise up a ruler for Israel, mid will curry
mv bones out of Egvnt."
Thu speaker asked Ids bearers If Kiev did oot
remember what those women said when tlier
came to the sepulchre of our Savior.—"We
trusted that He should rule over Israel, Imt lie
is dead now." Hut there was still the promise
of Joseph left, and in lids they trusted. In the
rnd of Genesis wo saw the end of I lie beginning.
The book of Exodus was the beginning of the
end. It would bo remembered that Jacob said,
“ Bring me not Into Egypt, Imt carry mo lo Ca
naan to die." Joseph said, “Carry m v bonus not
lienee, but leave them here,"—lu Egypt. He
said, also, that his Ikhips would bo euiricd lo
Canaan; but it was not the Canaan of old, hut
the Canaan of the future. lie would rather his ;
bones should bo carried to tbo cave and burled
for the prescut, for he thought of the charge,
•• When the world is brightest, forget nut the
grave." Alterward, when In darkness,, be
prophesied that Ids Ikiiios should bo carried
a wav. lu this might be realized the fact that
in tilts darkness of this world we should not
forgot lo hope.
The speaker exhorted bis bearers not to nut
their trust in the riches of this world, but to
place it In the living God, who was able to add
all these tilings unto us.
Jacob died, Joseph died, and Barah died *, hut
all died in the faith. Ail these Patriarchs died
in the faith, not having received the promise.
They died In their faith, and so were alive in
God. It was worth our while to stop u mo
ment and look at the faith in which they died.
Thu promise had not bceu fulfilled lor 400
years. Whal would we think now if wu
hod no hope of a promise being fulfilled in our
own lives, In the lives of our children, or In the
lives of our grand-children I In modern times
wu heard people grumble if they were not suc
cessful lu tbelr souls' ambition lu ten Tears, and
If they had to wait twenty years they would
lose their faith entirely. But think of those
men of olden times waiting 41X) veara for the
fullllluient of the promise made to thorn.
Our faith was not so great as that
of tbo Patriarchs, tied how bravely Joseph
and Jocob stood. How groat a trial was the
faith of Joseph, but still ho was ready to say,
“God will surely visit you, and lie shall carry
mv bones up from lienee." Joseph was the last
wan of Genesis—the last man of the Patriarchs.
The »kolctuDi were around that lonely man.
Tho speaker reel led o portion of hood's
"laist Man." Ilu said that when Joseph said
to his people, “God will surely visit you, and
shall carry my bones up from heuco," it was a
grand sight,—it was thu grandest sight tho
world ever saw.
In tho forty-ninth chapter of Genesis they
would And lu tho words of Jacob Just as grand
a saying as tho words of Joseph. Hut JUu hour
was getting late, and bo bud not timu to go on
through this account. There was much lu
think of oud much to learn from Gils lesson,
flow much easier it was lor us of today to ex
ercise faith and patience Gian (or litem lu tho
midst of their darkness and persecutions. Uuw
much easier for us to sing, " 1 have flttishcd mv
work; I navu fought tho good light, and havu«
run with patience the race set before me," than
fur our forefathers, the patriarchs, lo passing
through the darkness of this world, uot allud
ing particularly lu death and thu sepulcher, but
lu thu sorrows ana disappointments of this life,
wu should keep ever in viuw tho Insoiif of huno
and folth set before us by thu brave mou of tho
olden times.
After “I am Wandering Around." bv tha
choir, the uumencu was dismissed with a bene
diction.
THE EASTERN QUESTION.
6BRMON PY TUB ÜBV. A. M, COLLISSON.
The Key. A. M. Collision preached ot fit.
Paul's Unformed Episcopal Church last even
lujr, on “The Eastern Question ami Prophecy;
or. Uusaia and the Ucstoratluu of the Jews.*’
The reverend gentleman began hli discourse by
reference to tbs vision of John, the drying up of
the Hiver Euphrates, and regarded it as a sign
indicative of the decay of the Turkish Empire,
through which the Jewish nation could be re
turned to thr Holy Laud. The present condi
tion of the Jews was foretold lu the Old Testa
ment, as also the present condition of
the Holy Laud, now desolate, the
land destroyed, tho climate changed,
the Inhabitants almost beasts. Tbs
return thither of the Jews Is also predicted lu
tbs prophecies ot Amos, Jeremiah, Uosca,
Isaiah, and ZaclmrlsU, to each ot which the
speaker made frequent reference. Canaan Is at
present a nation ot ruins. The modern tourist
passes through tracts of laud more desolate
than a wilderness, and high places that have
been destroyed and laid-waste. Vuluey, one
hundred years ago. surveyed the lands and cities,
and exclaims: 14 Good God I Irum whence pro
ceeds such mint what has become of tho aucs
of abuudaucuaudliful" Uti, that lie bad con
sulted tho Bible. which teaches that natural
•in la followed by the natural curse.
Iszlah savs that the laud shall no more
he called forsaken. and the desolation be re
paired; Za.bartab that tbo Lord of-Hosts will
save Ills iwoplc. These passages are but a few
of those which foretell too return of Israel la
her native land. When this will come to pass
cannot be told, but, if Judged by the signs of
the times, tho date U nut fur distant. The suc
cess that hud attended tho labor* among the
heathen were wondrous, and it would by no
means be strange it at some date not far re
mured the Jews would turn to Jesus Christ.
Hut whether this date I* near at 1.;.r.d or Jar
away, it is cwoj.ua'. I* it is because of their fu-
Jectlon of Jmus Christ they are wanderer*, their
return to the Lord will gather (hem together
auahi, nnd while there are but lew in
(Jlr:if!nns of the fulfillment of tills
) rophecy, there nru many Indications that the
.lew* win return toCananti. 'I here i* • growing
desire among them to return to the Holy Land.
There desires find expression among the God
fearing Jew* all over the world: in thetr patter*,
on the plnflorm, end inflhelr prayers. Heca
onsfU-ld says tt Is Ihudav-drcam of hi* life.
Another signof the fulfillment of the prophe
cy I* to he found In the fact that since (he Cri
mean w.irlho Sultan ha* teen compelled to grant
permission to .lews to settle in Palestine, ami
to-dnv seven colonies of German Jew* lire there,
notwithstanding thu tyranny to which they arc
subjected; and in Jerusalem they nro not
obliged to eonflno themselves to the
Jcwhh quarter. The Jew* arc *o circum
stanced all over thu world that they
can return at any time, which is
another {sign. Their wealth t* nearlyalllnn
portable form: they era not involved Id thu
political concern* of any nation: ami tin y arc
nowhere lied to any country. Tho desolate
laud Is the centre of attraction to all civilized
i topic. Fill v jeara ago travelers there were
few In number; now they are many. The pub
lie Is Interested In uxoloratlutisof Palestine, and
ony work on the subject la eagerly perused, o*
witness the success of 14 Daniel Derottds.” n
novel on thu restoration of thu Juws, which
touched the public heart.
Hut of ull the signs apparent th*rc la none so
' striking os tho decav of a nation that has thu
will to prevent this,—thu Turkish Ktnolrc. —itn-
der whose domination tlic country has degen
cratcd.and the tribute, which formerly amount
ed to SI2,.VX),IWit, was now. at the
dose ot eight centuries, but a trifle
over one million. Let that I’owfr continue Its
policy but a short time longer, and nothing can
prevent the Jewish nation from re-enturlng
Palestine and becoming the commercial nation
of the East. May God hasten thu day when the
world shall see that whatever Jlo hit* promised
shall cornu to pass.
Ezekiel predicts that after the restoration an
attempt to overthrow the dcw nation will fail.
Thu translator* of (he prophuilcs could nut see
that tho Russians would arise nnd make a nation
ns predicted by Ezekiel; or that they would
play an Important part in the war. the final
settlement of which la now at hand.
The Eastern question, according to Jewish
Itubhl* and Jewish authorities and belief, will
be settled In harmony with the prophecies of
Ezekiel. The Turkish nation shall evaporate;
the Jew* become converted and restored to the
Holy Land, when the Russian* will attack them
nnd be repelled bv England. In God’s time
ond way tlic predictions of III* prophets shall
cornu to pass, but the oulv safe path Is through
Justi* Christ, whom Ho seut to save HU |>cu
pie. and blessed arc they who put their trust
in Him.
CONSCIENCE.
its isPAi.uim.iTr AmitMßD or joskpd coos.
Ktw York I'imtt, life, 13.
A largo audience assembled Id Association
Hall last evening to listen to the Rev. Joseph
Cook’s second Ircturc on “ The Infallibility of
Conscience." The platform was filled with
clergymen, prominent among whom were the
Her. lir. Adams, the Her. Dr. Ormlston, and
I'ruf. Hitchcock. .Mr. Cook opened the pro*
cocdlng* with a sbdrt prayer, and gave out oao
stanza of the hymn, "Jesus shall reien where’er
the sun." Then, seated in his chair, ho partly
read, partly extemporized a discourse on
•‘ClphVr Dispatches,” as a prelude to his regu
lar lecture. He discussed the great Democratic
scandal of 1870 and its exposure through the
publication of the notorious cipher telegrams.
Ills remarks, which have already been published
elsewhere, began with a little good-natured
irony regarding the American Eagle, which, (u
view of the late startling election frauds and
the generally willful stupidity of the people con
cerning their own interests, the lecturer seemed
to think might much more fairly bo called
the tlrcat American Ostrich. What had fairly
been proved by the Investigations thus far
made was, first, that in Oregon 15,000 was
offered for an Elector, and Democratic
money was sent to pay for the fraud; second,
that in Florida SSO,UK) was then offered by a
responsible rgent at Oramcrcy Park, In Now
Vork; third, that in South Carolina SBO,OOO was
offered and the money sent to Baltimore to pay
for (he fraud. Bossing on, with the slight men
tion of the Hotter Committee that it had not
brought any particular odium uu those it hud
attacked, being a purely partisan investigating
Ihmiv, the lecturer referred to the unclean
records of both iwlllknl parties in I,oul#lotiu,
ami. returning again to his theme of the cipher
dispatches, said emphatically that ft might be
down ns a historical fact that the exposure
•had received no adequate reply. Keeping In
mind the crave public denials by the principal
character implicated, and the high honor ho had
received tram u large portion of the American
people, he thought it lair to allirm that his ex
planations, in view ot the great circumstantiali
ty unit coherence of the charges publicly
brought against his agents, have not been satis
factory. If he knew nothing of what they had
dune, his indignation ought to be such as to
cause him to drop them from Ids employment,
which he has not dune. The denials of Ino sub
sidiary agents had been still more lame
than those of tho principal. The chief
of these agents says he has nothing to
sav. but. added the speaker, whoever In
tils position has nothing to say about these
charges has much tusay. The moat suggestive
facts proved, however, were that the Presidency
was for sale by a few corrupt men, and that
third and fourth rule politicians offered to buy
it, ond came near doing so. He believed that
the President himself was as clear from fraud as
the umlrlven snow from stain, but a remedy for
the great possibility of a fraudulent Executive
seemed tube in the reconstruction of the pres
ent Electoral machinery. The root of ull this
evil was not with the politicians. He supposed
it to be a fact that a great number of average
voters of both political parlies expect to sell
their votes in closely contested elections. Im
portant reforms had been carried in a cityof 50,-
000 or 80,1X10 inhabitants by open bribery on the
part of ehnrch-mcmbers ot the polls. A lead
ing politician'had said that two-thirds of the un
fortunate classes could be bought In a close
election, while political clubs of the lower order
sold themselves In bodies. In closing, the
lecturer appealed to the ministry to raise their
voices and to stir themselves In this matter of
remedying the dangerous evils, which will grow
with the country’s growth. A significant feat
ure of the address was tho emphatic applause
which greeted almost every sentence.
[Having tints demonstrated that met) at Pres
idential clu-Ilona were destitute of conscience,
he proceeded to organ that conscience actual! y
existed, and to alllnu IU Inralllbllity I)
Thu report says: Mr. Cook lectured standing
and without notes. Jle sketched rapidly tho
opinions of tho great Infidel philosophers who
held consdencu to be extremely fallible and
vacillating,—something Inherited or Instinctive,
or the result of peculiar associations of Ideas.
Here, ho said, are the highest metaphysical au
thorities lu thu world obaolutoly at swords'
points concerning man’s highest faculty. What,
he asked, were luymcu to do when doctors au*
agree I. VVo say, he continued, that a man has a
bmnted conscience, und tnat he has no con
science, but wc also say that there Is something
dlvlnu In man. There m a popular saying which
expresses my Idea of conscience, that •* every
man who means to bo menu infallibly feels mean
when he means to be mean.” [Laughter.) Thu
Bible Itself speaks oi a “scared and blunted
conscience," and also of a “ light which llglueth
every man who eumoth Into thu world, and thu
light lu tho beginning was with hud, und thu
light was God." I'hU (s an apparent euntrudic
tion, but It U not a contradiction in reality, but
u matter of definitions. Wnunuver people arc
In a mental vapor thoy should attend closely
to their definitions. There are two deflultions
of conscience,—one jtopulur and louse, tho
other strict and scholarly. Tho first Is that
conscleneu Is mcrelv a sense of right sod wrong:
thu second thut It U a sensu of right and wrong
In choices. By thu addition of tboau lost two
wonls it Is possible to reconcile all the antago
nistic views on tho subfect. Tho popular defi
nition does not decide whether through con
science wo know wnat H tho proper thing lu do
about a reciprocity treaty with Canada. It has
nothing to aav as to whether conscience belongs
to external action or Intentions, or both. U Is
a fog through which some peunlu drift all their
lives. Tne strict definition condiics the activity
ot conscience to choices; that Is to say. Inten
tions,—moral motives. Tue lecturer was not
called upon to go into the origin of conscience.
Ho was willing to take it for granted that It la
iunatu or cognate. Uu did out say that con
science always point* out wbat la absolutely
right, but it docs point out what la relatively
right. It (a nut Infallible os to another's mo
tives. Wnat U known la tbe character
of tiro motives possessed by the person
owning tho conaciencu. It not only per
cuivcs ‘choices, but It feels that the
right ought to be followed Just as u
perception of tbe beautiful is necessarily fol
lowed by a feeling of admiration, and is thus
something different from a merely Intellectual
perceptiou. As perception and feeling are In
separably blended in the esthetic, so the moral
sense Is always billowed by a sense that the
right ought to bo cho-jcn. A being with pereo
• turn aud no mural obligation, would bo without
cuuacU-uce. l ake away cither part of tbe per
fonnan e mid cousWcncc is destroyed. External
actions bave their cxbcd.vuc/ or thur ma*-
DECEMBER IC, 1878,
pcdlency, but the right or wrong of them de
pends on the intention of the doer. The mo
tive determines the merit or demerit. This I*
another word that need* to be defined. Motive
may mean appetite, allurement, or intention.
When conscience Is said to Judge of the
character of motives it U meant In thu
third sense. “I am not willing,” continued
the speaker, "to admit, in the presence
of possible ntlckler* for nomenclature on this
platform, that appetite may not be evil. It
may be original sin. (Laughter. J Do I bollevu
in original slni Yc*. most heartily (renewed
laughter at the speaker’s manner]; hut 1 must
first define original sin. Here I* a Hun that has
never eaten a child, but wants to. There is a
Hon that ha* eaten a child. The old system
says that the lion I* a lion, whether tie hn* eaten
a child or not. The new system ears that he is
not a lion unless he ho* eaten a child. Hut they
arc equally afraid of thu Hon.” (Great laygh
ter and applause. J If I am asked, count.u«‘d
the speaker, whether an Inherited propensity u,
evd I* not an evil, I answer “yea”; but If 1 am
asked whether literal sin Is not In our appetites,
1 answer ,4 yes” In a popular sense, but tit list rbl
sense ! sav that It is a matter of choice. A man
Is not to be Mamed for an inherited tendency to
evil, nor for it* attractiveness to him, hut only
for giving wav to it. Neither I* he to be praise*!
for thu possession of intellectual taste*, nor lor
tho attractiveness of books, but for gratifying
those taste* with a view of doing good. Tim
Hfhle speak* in a human sense when It talk* of
a sealed conscience. There Is a perfectly con
sistent doctrine throughout the Scriptures on
this subject, ami those who lake them ns a
guide must believe that whenever thu Holy
spirit touche* thu liuuman tout it touches the
conscience. .So It may he strictly said that con
science I* the touch of the pierced right
hand of the Lord. The fiiMgniili-aiit syl
lable •’ought” will outweigh “wife.”
14 father.” 44 mother.” *' child.” 4 ‘ friends.”
everything but “God." God lain the Word.
(Applause.) Moral sensu in full uctiviiylu
eludes six tilings: Direct perception 01 right or
wrong hi choices; feeling that right should be
performed, ami that wrong should not he com
placence In right and want of compl.rrcin.u in
wrong; feeling of merit In thu performance of
right, and of demerit In thu performance of
wrong; pain of remorse or bliss of self-approval,
and a uroslietlc anticipation ol reward for the
performance of right or of punl.dilslnmmi fur
tile pOiformancu of wrong. A di.Uinctiun
should ho made Iwtwceu what coiiscLmicu in
cludes and what It Implies. If it should lie an
nounced that tile Rebels took Washington dur
ing the War that would imply that the Federal
forces had bceu badly cut up. Freedom of the
will cannot be Infallibly pertetved through con
science,'except In ttc sense that merit and de
merit cannot exUtwitbout freedom of will. It is
Implied. The divine existence cannot be lutahl
blv perceived by conscience, hut it Is implied.
Conscience approves of right and disapproves of
wrong. It is, therefore, constructed on n plan
for the proclamation of the moral law Just a*
the structure of tho hand proclaims the pnvslcal
law. A plan reveals thought, ond thought ne
cessitates the idea of a thinker. So we abso
lutely touch God through conscience. Thu im
mortality of the boom* also Implied by con
science. Its prophetic olllce is to point to merit
or reward after death, aou duration adequate to
tho complete fnltlllmvnt of the moral la* is Im
mortality. 14 You accuse me,” concluded the
lecturer, 44 0 f being absolutely certain of theo
logical truths. What 1 am sure of is, that I
stand on a thin reef of aclf-uvuietit truth. I
know it is surrounded by deep seas and envel
oped in denau fog, but with it os a base I can
construct a navy with which 1 can circumnavi
gate tho globe.”
AMUSEMENTS.
THE CIIUIRTMAft EISTEDDFOD.
To l»i» Editor of Die Tribune.
Ciiicaoo, Dec. 14. -Tho preparations for this
Welsh national festival onChrlsimas-Day erenow
approaching completion. Farwoll Hall is to be in
vaded by the ancient Briton*. Tho Bards of tbo
Northwest will comrregatc. Poetical effusion* will
bo pawed upon by competent and tried adjndlca
tors. Prize essayists will receive tbotr reward,ami
mosic will bo discoursed that will remind the
cymry of tne happy homes of tbetr youth amongst
the hills ami valleys of Wales. Many are tho
vicissitude# and changes this ancient Institution
has experienced and undergone since tbo days of
Taliesin in the fifth century, tho traoilloiial
founder of the Eisteddfod and the patriarch
of Welsh poesy. It has nourished under
the leadership of fiery bards, has bilked
la the sunshine of Hoynl favor, ond has lieen bold
under the suspecting vigilance of Royal commis
sions. Kings have alternately been Its patrons ond
It# persecutors, and Princes have appointed Its
Judges, and have also sat In its judgment seat;
but never has it appeared more in lu true charac
ter, or more glorious, than when (ha whole nation
rallies round tho standard, “ Ygwir ynerbyny
and, with a burst of enthusiasm, welcomes
the day of decision, confident that tbo poet most
able, tho essayist most powerful, on-J the musician
mostaccompllshod would receive at the hands of the
judgea their deserved rights, and (he acknowledg
ment by the whole assembly of their undoubted su
periority. Tho institution in its very nature it
essentially tho child of democracy.
It appears (hat at tho foundation of this institu
tion It wqs exclusively a meeting of the bards of
Wales, who celebrated with harp and aong the
deeds of gods and heroes ot religious solemnities
and tho festivities of Princes and nobles. They
attended and excited tbo armiea to bravery, pre
ceded (hem Into the fight, and were the heralds of
Princes and the mediators of peace between their
countrymen and foes. In these capacities they
exercised a godded national Influence, and there
fore at the national festivals they attained promt,
nonce os the leader* of the people, until at length
It i*rame uecesssry to define by fixed laws their
privileges ami position In the community, which
was dune by the great legislator. Uvwel l)Ua, in the
ninth, and ■ahsoquently by UrtHUh op Conan in
the tenth century.
The Bards subsequently became so powerful
through these festivals, which were huld at Cacr*
wys, Abcrfraw, and Malhraval, (rum time 10 time,
that they Iwcame object* of suspicion and per*
•ccatlon by the English Wovcrnmunt, their pro*
{lndians being considered the mean* of excite
ment amongst the people, and m the twelfth cen
tury. Id the rclim of Edward 1., they ultimately
lost tbidr privileges. and many were put to death.
Sniwsquuut King*. however, countenanced the ln«
•dilution*, but still, Jealous of tne ifreat power of
the Birds, they appointed commissions to attend
the gatherings, superintend the subjects for cum*
petition, and prevent Inflammatory subject* being
offered as topics for rhyme or song. mini in tne
fifteenth century, In the time of ({ueen Elizabeth,
the lost Eisteddfod under Koval fommUblon was
held.
The modern aspect of this ancient Institution
can bust be appreciated by alien,iunn> at tl« meet*
lull to Chicago ou Chmtmas-Uay, when dtt*
Unfinished Welshmen, well versed In the customs
and usaires of these galberliige, will conduct the
proceedings. It may bo said that thu inttueiico of
the Eisteddfod is felt throughout the civilized
world. The great exhibitions now so universal ere
but a development of the Intention embodied In
the original institution, while the national musical
nieetimrs at the Crystal Palace in London were
avowedly Inlmitatlun of (ho ancient Welsh festi
val. Those music ineetln.’a wilt always be his
torically associated with Wales.—lhu DM world*
wlau challenge cup having been awarded to the
Bouth Wales Choral I'mon in JB7V*. under the able
leadership of Uarzdoc, to ihu astonishment of
London and the whole British Public, when tau
cup was carried into Wales, where It rc*ls tbo
champion music challenge cup of tho United King
dom.
The practical utility of tb« Eisteddfod lu IU
Srcs«nt aspect may be learned from the (act that
la children are sought alter us the most ac
compltsed musicians of the present «lar hy a t'cmrt
which, (or purity and culture, haa rarely been
wit netted; ami, furthermore, in tba fact (bat
several who have partaken of the bounty or the in*
atltutum are to-day the brightest a tar a in the
metropolitan Armament, who havo vstahlltlivd
themselves aa the favorite# of the moat critical
audu-neva.
It only remain* to remind our countrymen here
in the Far West that it behooves (bom to remember
■ueb glorious name# ta Taliesin. I.lywarch lien,
Auaurln Fardd, and Uyrddm. Uwllym ap Don,
and Uolyddau, who. in die midnight of barbarism,
■boas aa beacon*, calling their country to a higher
civilization, and asking them to trace (heir sue
ceaaora wbo followed through cenlurica. banding
on the torch which never liicuvred, until we nr
rive at the dawn of the present generation, when
some of Cambria's worthiest tuna appear upon
(be horizon of the Eisteddfod, many atill
amongst ns; men of power and fame, whoso
names cover the whole field* of literature, music,
and poetry, Ebcn Fardd and Gwilym Ulraslhog,
Nlcander and Tanymarlau. Fencerdd (iwalla and
Uriulvy Richards, Mrnyddog anil ('undue, Mow
Llwyfo, Talhatara and Ceiriog, Isluynand Eiolyu.
Owen Alaw and Ooronuy Owen, the latter of whom
not living tbe least rests in a Virginian grave, hav
ing died a wanderer irom home, awaiting a day by
the description of which be immortalized biuiacff
lu the moat powerful poem upon tbe must powenul
subject, the •• I>ay of Jndgmvui." With these few
rvdectlous tba Welsh will awake to the honor they'
will be doing themselves lu alcliug and furthering
the celebration, when wo hope to report to our
countrymen lu Wales, where the dignity or (ho
gruud old festival is upheld by such lordly hands aa
Uyr Watkyn Williams Wynn, and our Illustrious
■talesman. William Ewart (llsdstouc, lu North
Wales, anil Lady Manover lu South Wales, that our
ardent lure fur our country is unabated and our re
gard (or 1U veuvraole lualitulloju Is undimiuulu-d.
Cv m no.
rifILAUELI'HIA.
fljwctal Ct>ftuyo»dttU4 oj Tbt Tribune.
I'uilaps(4*lll4, Fa.. Dec. 13. —Thu Is a burlesque
aud comic opera fortnight. The Fully Truupu
havo bceu doing a good business this week at (be
Walnut Street with “Robinson i'ruaov," “Our
Cinderella.” “Oxygen.” and “blue Heard.’
Next week they will produce “Rube* lu the
Wood." John Stetson boa been fighting the wet
r.eitiur at Uu E.vai buect with bJ “Evangel-
Ine” Combination, which Includes Nellie Larltelle,
Maffltt, Locke, andTarr, bat In not m strongs*
that of nice. He 1* at hla «lta‘ end to get an
Krangellne. Clara Fisher atnea well enough, bnt
la not strong nor pretty, and baa a bad cold. lie
had Lonl«e Silvester at first hat ahe caught a cold
and had to giro op. lie telegraphed for Alice
Harrison, bat eoald not find out where ahe ie. Bbe
hod left Han Francisco. and no one knew where ahe
had cone to. At the North Broad Mtreet the Hey*
wood troupe hare been ahowlng aa bad a perform
ance «« can bo without the performere
being hl»aed off the stage Denman Thomp
•on has come to the Arch Street after hla twelve
weeaa at the New York Lyceum, and all the com
ment* ore in the shape of comparison* with Barney
Macauiey. and very much to (he disparagement of
the present star. Hr the way. Gardner’s name la
still at the head of the Arch Street programme aa
bmlnesa manager. The original “Evangeline”
trnuce. with Venlo Clancy and Lizzie Vvebatcr,
come to this hour.'for Christmas week: John K.
Owens to the Hmad Street; and McDonough's
“M'llis,” with Annie I’lxley, to tne Walnut
Street. The other Christmas entertainment will
be the extravaganza of "Aladdin" atthe Acade
my, with especial reference to scenery and the
ballet. TheCheituul has been doing ths "Mer
chant of V-’tilcc " aa a spectacle with average suc
cess. The scenery i* spoken of as rery fine, and
the cumini'-s were the best that could begot.
Ity tne wav. the manager was In a slew
over his Hading lady on Saturday. The
stare manager had spoken rather abruptly to her
on the singe in tho presence of the company, and
harshly reproved her for looking at Rer bonk, at
which she look umbrage and left the theatre.
| There was the deuce to pay that night- Miss Jef
freys read the part of in "As Yon Like
It Mi*s llitrooitrlhai of r.-Ln, Miss Dudley that of
IViflCr.and so on. Instead nl putting un some one
to read Ml-l Glover's pari. Mint shoved them nil up
a peg. am) a* n remit Hu re was not one of the
ladies on Hie a'age that knew her part, wirtie some
of them came on reading It from foolscao sheets
of •tuner. Mi" Glover wanted an apology, and It
I* prooahle that she got It. for the ixuiter was
p.iltlied up about midnight Saturday.
U ‘ **•
DRAMATIC NEWS
The three highest-salaried "lock actors in Ameri
ca are i.’lififlcs t’oghlatt. Charles It. Thorne, aud
Harry r.ccket The former receives $373 per
week, Mr. Thorne 3 .175. ani Mr. Deckel 3*250 .
Tr.c California Theatre management hare se
cured Mi«s Alice Harrison to play her favorite
chancier of Hay (" Libby Hear ”) In "The
Mighty Hollar,"during the engagement of tbo
Florences In January.
Tho Union Square Theatre company, which
clo.rd n successful two-weeks’ engagement at
llivcrly’s last night will play "Mother and bon ’*
Monday. Tuesday, and Wednesday erenlngs tbt*
witek In Milwaukee, and (hen go direct to Sew
Orleans, woe re they will begin a two-weeks’ sea
son nl the Varieties Theatre, on (he *-CJd Inst.
Mr. T. Harry French, the owner of tbo success
ful plav " Mother and Son." will accompany the
Union Square Theatre company to New Orleans aa
manager. Mr. French during his brief visit to
Chicago has made many warm friends, and a few
bitter enemies, the latter chronic dead-heads whoso
good or til will is otlUUe consequence to a man
ager.
Mr. Will J. Davis. until recently Assistant
Western Passenger Agent of tne Michigan Southern
Railway. has gono to Sew York tn response to a
telegram from Mr. Ilaverly. uno will manage that
gentleman's business In that city. 31 r, Ilaverly
has leased Doom's Theatre for a season, sod will
& resent, flr«tv bis big minstrel company, and then
leKeu Ilankin anti * * The Danttes. u
A Philadelphia correspondent of Toe Tntßtnm
writes as follows: “Manager Goodwin, of the
Walnut Street Theatre, has made Miss Fanny
Davenport an offer. He will sire her SBO,OOO for
400 nights, to be played anywhere tnat be wishes,
—in this country. England, or Australia. Miss
Davenport hesitates, as ahe wishes to appear In
some new characters before leaving America, but
she can hardly refute. It Is a great sam to oar.
and the otter u made by a responsible manager. If
the offer is accepted, ft it more than likely that
Col. William E. Sinn, of the Brooklyn Park Thea
tre. and formerly of the Chestnut Street In this
city, will asanme the management a*eob-lestee
from Mr. Goodwin. He would still retain hie
Urooklyo theatre, and ran the two incombination,
as ho think* tbattnore are not paymasters for forty
weeks. lie would have a good stock company to
play in both cities, and alternate with combina
tion*."
MUSICAL NOTES.
The second of ‘tbc WilhelmJ concerts will be
given this evening at McCormick Halt. As It will
bo the last opportunity to hear this great artist. Ibo
musical public should Improve It til* own num
bers for the concert will be specially attractive, not
only to every musician, but to every lover of the
really great music which has been written fur the
violin. They will include the great Beethoven
Concerto. In which Mme. Carrcno will play the
second part; a paraphrase of the “Brels Lied,"
from Watmer't “McUtmwnger"; and Ernst’s
brilliant “ Othello Fantaflc.” The complete pro
gramme will be as follows:
I. llhapiodle Ilongroise. No. 3 LUil
. Miof. Ttru‘l Oi rrenu.
3. Ballad— “Etnbarawmcai”
ifu« JfiiiitK Aimes.
3. Concerto In D
.iiiTUMt n-i'hetmj.
4. Boat-"lotlamo .WllbelmJ
ma. luohnuieira.
9. Pararhraso of inn “I'reU Lied" from
Wagner's *' Mclsicrwnaer WllbelmJ
AW usi irusr/nU.
a (a* Minuet .....Doccbcrlnl-Pulcken
I ft. v*J*o Chopin
J/me. c Mrxtnu.
7. bong-“ Once Again., Sullivan
J/m* Moult James,
a. Aria—"DlProvciua" Verdi
Sip. Ta-jti»bi*trn.
o. FauUsle on aln from “0the110"....,, Erast
AupitU Hiikelmj'.""’
To*morrow evening, tho anniversary of Hcolho
ten's birthday, Mr. H. U. Pratt will give the first
of hi* symphony concert*, tho programme of
which has been made to correspond to a certain ex
tent with the character of the occasion. The char
acteristic features will tncludotbu FlMb Symphony,
tho •• Corlolanns overture," with reading* by Mr.
Kayser. and the maren from “The lluloa of
Athena." Thu miscellaneous numbers will tie tbo
overture to “Ohcrciii"; Mr. Pratt’s “IJuvcrlu”;
the •• Amaryllis"; and the march tempo from the
“Lenor* Symphony." Mia* Jessie liartleit will
slug the •*L»ob nun voter." from “Anna Uulcna."
and Mr. Whitney tho ** Honor and Arms" of Han
del and “Inliui'staTomtw ’of lloethoven.
The Hess trmipo begin a season of one week in
Cincinnati this evening. WllbelmJ will play on
Wednesday evening in indlananohs; 'ihursdar, In
Cincinnati, with the Thomas Orchestra; und Fri
day, in J.oulsvllle. Kcruenyl plays in Hartford,
conn., on Thursday evening. Thu btrakosch
iruupu will sing this week In Cleveland. The
Mspteson Company la announced for * * The Talis
man" this vvunlng. “Thu Magic Piute" Tuesday,
and • * Hubert lo Diablo " Wednesday.
THE SILVER QUESTION.
To Dm Editor of The THfturw.
Cook County. ID.. Dec. 10.—Your correspond*
ent. “J. 1'.," soy* be Is not a gutd-basu mao,
hut he •• don't think cold should be demonetised
In this country." I don't know of anybody that
doc*. If bo wishes gold to circulate “side by
aide Vlth silver" In ibis country and lu tbo
European countries whcrolthas boon demonetised,
bo will join hands with u* In removing the ob
stacles which prevent silver from circulating * * side
by side with gold" and keeping a nock's-lengib
ahead. When there I* a law passed which par*
mils only two million* a month of gold to bo
coined, and when threo or four European titates
demonetise gold, hi* alum for tbo safety of gold
may well bo excited.
In his answer lonty first (location, he asya illver
was demonellied before the act of JBT.t, which
shows ho don't understood llp( sub|ert himself, or
the men who passed the act of IhTJ were fouls:
fur, if silver were already deniouctUed, the several
acts demonetising silver are useless.
Wo are perfectly willing to accept (be situation
a* It wu before lb* act of ItiTU, and take the oeo
till of tne out lon tu pav in silver or gold. If Oli
ver |* cheaiwr Ilian gold, wu havu hau no hand In
bringing it about. If the *mi*’" to Europe
and thU countrr who profess to feel ao bad about
thu cbeapuu** of ailver would retrace their ateo*.
(bey would *oou sru silver above gold, and (huh
their trouble* would bu over. The * ‘ cbenp-dollar "
cry ii only a ruio to cover ibvlr real purimse. which
Is tu Increase (be value of money. For the In
formation of will auto that In the confer
ences which were held In Europe before ltt*U ou
the money question the object ol detmuiutixiii:.*
•liver wss openly avowed tu be the tncreaao of the
value of money.
Tbe ureal grievance complained of waa that men
with fixed lucuinei could not purchaie ae lunch
with their Income ai they would like to; In oilier
word*, an Income of a million dollar* would not
purchase a* maur o*(atc*, a* many Congresses, nor
m many Kind* aa it* uosaessor would be pleased to
have It. “J. 1*. M admit* that tbc demonetization uf
•liver lu Europe wo* followed by a reduced
demand for silver, and coniequtnily an
increased demand for (fold. 'lbe rra*
•on why tbo remonetization of ailver
In th(* country ha* nut helped sliver more la be
cause the act of last winter only very partially fe
atured It, and tho effect of tne law is »ltuw*l neu
tralized by tbe action of a Secretary who ought to
be Impeached for ignorance or malfeasance. ' ‘J• I*.
Ul*» about KA-cent dollars. Tbo Chicago 21nwz
cull* litem UU-ceut dollar*. ..
Admitting “ J. I'." to bo correct, and tbe 71 mtt
aUo, thu “ buzzard "Uollarbas increased to value
a little over 0 per cent in six day*. "J.F." quoted
It at ST> cents ou the 4H», Ibe n»u« quote* U to
day «10.'I cents; wrlly silver Is "booming."
Now wbat doe* all *ucb stud mean?
It means that tbe parties who emit inch staff are
a lot of pettifogging tricksters, or in tbo condition
of tioiUsmitli's *c«ooliua*ler, who, "though van
qaUlied/could argue still, ’* and mistake noise fur
argument. .
.Wnmauian asserts that silver dollars "could
not u* lud iu isdu." be asserts w bat any man of
barely ordinary Intelligence kaottt to be a—oils
reurcaeuUllou.
There were no silver dollars In IMA to pav
debt* wttb. simply because they wore worth mure
to sell e* bullion. Creditor* took their pay m
gold dollar* worth 4 per cent In* tbsu silver,
but wu did nut bear a word about "buzzard,"
‘’clipped," orUd-wnldollar*.
They bad adherent way of expression It then,
Then silver was worth i cents premium, which
left fold at par. T.io truth is, silver is worth
just us much now a* It vv.»s lino, but these gold
tueOnV*'* gru trying W collect fnuu their dealers
In money which Is verv much above par. and
cover their rascality by crying "cheap dollar."
If I owed a note to he paid with IfXVhnshels of
rve or wheat at my option when the note matnr
ed. I should tell my creditor. If ryo were tho
cheaper. I had no wheat, but could pay him In rye t
and. If wheat were the cheaper. I should tell him 1
had no rye.
Thai |« what your correspondent ‘* J. P. ” calls
"forceof circumstance*,’’ bnt I call It force of
option. Fannin*
SPORTING.
A WRESTLING CHALLENGE.
To Mis EtlUor of 7># lYtttine.
Chicago, Dec. Ifl.—l, the undersigned, do
challenge McLaughlin, McMahon, WHrhr,
Bleraan. or Brink, to a contest of abovlngapa
dumb-bell and a collar-and-elbow wrestling
match, both a i samcjtfmc and place, aa follows:
I will put up a slxteen-pouod bell from tho
shoulder and at the rate of twenty-eight times
a minute against the above mentioned fire men,
I to do ft more times than all of them combined,
for a stake of $1.50(1 a side: ami five minutes
after tho dumb-bell match I will wrestle Wright
or Brink a collar-and-dlhow match, best threa
out of five falls, for a stake of 1700 a aide, tho
match to come of ten data from date. Mvseif
and money can bo fdund corner of Twelfth and
I’nultna streets. Antmiw Conconaw.
No mirror ever yet threw back
A mure repulsive sight.
Than teeth mat are decayed apd black:
Or one time pure and bright
Than row* of pearls, tint all may vaunt
Who put their faith In BOZODONT,
If you need a harmless stimulant, take Sanford’s
Jamaica Ginger.
OATAUUU ItIIMEDIES.
SANFORD’S -
RADICAL CURE
FOB
k CATARRH %
Affidavit of Samuel Spinney, Esq.,
Meadow Vple, Nova Scotia, Tally at
tested by George Mimro, Esq,, Jus
tice of the Peace, and by three Cler
gymen of Annapolis County. A mi
raculous cure effected by Sanford's
Radical Cure,
Till* may certify that 1 hare been a subject of that
(errlbln disease. Catarrh or the Head and Throat, for
some M years, caused by taking cold In the month of
June. ISJ.V The attack at the time was »u severe that
the doctor and my friend* thought I must die. Fur
year* and years I have (wen *o aide that life has been
t burden to myself and friends, it Is ntelras for mo
to say Imv many doctor* I have tried, how much medi
cine 1 have taken, during ail these year* of endless suf
fering. hut those who sutler os 1 bare sultcrud will
know that I never ceased to look for relief, and to try
every remedy that promised It.
I have discharged from my bead and nose a sort of
thin skin, tinged with blood and matter, 14 to a Inches
long, and from my throat a sort of yellow cruse mixed
with blood, as large as a Urge bean. I wjsooslok men
tally and Iwdlly that I wished to dte.and verily thought
1 was dying at times. 1 was often prostrated for weeks
at a lime, and during one of these severe attacks 1
walked to the river s edge with the Intention of drown
ing myself, oo Ibtle did 1 hope for relief. Now. sin,
this may teem Incredible to you and others, hut a great
part of the time 1 can give you toot fldu proof of mr
suffering*. 1 firmly believe I have nut gone to the end
of the chapter. It cannot bn told.
Inhepiembcr. I*7o. 1 iwgsn the use of SsxrOßP’a
Rsiilcst. Ci'RK run CsTsr.mi, No sooner did 1 begin
tou*«ltthaa niy lymi'toms rhanged. 1 cleared my
throat, It cleared mr liis'l. It cleared tny mind. It ope
rated on my system In n war that nothing ever before
given me bv doctors had dune. How rapidly I improved
underthelnflucnccof thlr wonderful medicine those
who have known me fur year* can testify. And now.
sir*, to make a long story short, I will say f would not
exchange the pood It ht* done me fop the whole world
and all It contains. My memory, which was nearly alt
gone, ha* returned again, and I could tell of afQirtloa*
] have endured too great for some people to credit. 1
can. with a clear conscience and strongest faith, at
test to this on tne H*dy lllble. God hlcta tliu man that
found out this remedy. fiAMUKL bITNNBY.
Meadow Vole. Annapolis County. Nora bcotu.
Nor. gj, 1*77.
SWORN TO BEFORE ME,
This 33d day nf November. 1877.
GEORGE MGNItU. Justice of the Peace.
This Is to certify that Samuel Snlnney, Kwj., is an old
and respected cltiien of Annapolis County. Ills rep
utation aa an upright and truthful tnau is beyond re
proach.
ttv. tV. A. J. BLAKKNEY. Nlclaw. N- «.
UKV, nUF.O PARK Kit. Metrern Square, N. S.
REV. WM. E, IIALL. Melvem Bf|u*ro, N, 8.
OKDItIIK MUNllci, J. P., Klngttuo. N, 8.
MTI.hON W. (IftKV. Meadow Vale. N. S. .
JACOB NEILV, J. P.. Meadow Vale. N. 8.
Abt
•Beethoven
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Dr. Sanfom’it Improved inhaling Tube, with full direc
tion* forme In *ll <*•««. Price. ft. Pur sale by all
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This Uto certify that I bare used Coittvs* Voltaic
Plastkb* fur Khcnmatl'Ri. and founil tlicm a great re
lief. In April tin. 1 was taken with Km-mnatlc Ke
rcr. which left me (irlpli-M. The pain In my back was
so great that I could nut he moved or lifted. 1 wort* a
t'oiUNs’ Voltaic- I’ntrtu two week, and the pain
and Mircnesv were all gone, I could bo moved without
auftrilug. The relief I nsnertcnccd wai wonderful.
JUMA A. PIKUCt-:. .
' North Wllllatnstun, Annapolis County, N. S.
Aug. 9U 1U77.
PRICE 25 CENTS.
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IIOIJUAY SALE.
West il ir Goods loess,
Madison & Peoria-sts.
HOUDAY SALE!
MONDAY
CLOAKS
2,0110 CIMKS ALMOST
GIVEN AWAY!
We will sell all our garments
now In Htoeli for lens than
any wholesale manufacturing
house in the city can make
them up,
Matolasso Cloaks, trimmed with
Velvet and Fringe, *3,76,
Plain and Fancy Beaver Cloaks,
*4.00 and 16.00; extra value.
Our Plain Beaver Cloaks, trimmed
with French Trimming Braid, and
bound with satin, 13.60; usual
prioa, *IO.OO.
Our boat Diagonal and Uatolaaso
Cloaks, trimmed with Gros Grain
Silk and Fringe, reduced to 18.76;
former price, 113.00,
1,000 Elegant Imported Garments,
to close, *13.00; extra good valuo
at 118.00.
A largo line of Children's and
Hisses’ Cloaks Tory cboap.
CAESOS. PIRIE & 00
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