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THE CITY.
in’ genehaii.
It. A. Jones, of Rochester, Minn.* Is at tho
Tremont.
1,. P. Peck, of Edinburg, Scotland, Is at tho
Tremont.
Tin: Hl,hop of Durham, London, Out., 1, at
the Palmer.
CiTAiii.Hs T. Dickey Jtt, of Now Vork, Is at
tho Palmer.
K. if. onnr.N and wife, of Philadelphia* aro at
tho Tremont.
8m Eowaud BTArroKt)* England, is registered
at tho Palmer.
United States Srnatoii W. 11, Ar.i.iso.v. of
lowo. Is at tho Grand Pacllto.
J. H. Haokett and 11. R. Johnson, of Indian
apolis, aro at tho Sherman.
H.JS. Doaddman and wlfo and C. K. Ilonrdnmn
and wlfo, of Marshalltown, la., aro at tho
Palmer.
Rutiibrpoiid Stuvvesant. Lawrence Rnrrott,
and Lyman I). Drown, of Now Vork, are nt tho
Grand Pacino.
Mr, and Mas. Cuaim.es Wilson and A. Ranp
of England, I. Turner of Hamilton, ILN.MiUu
orson and R. (J. Gill of Tomato, George Hope of
Montreal, ami A. R. Dawes of Woodstock, Can
ada, are nt tbo Grand Paclllc.
Tub Rev. Kerr D. Topper, of Marquette,
Mich., ts understood to bo a candidate for tho
Fourth baptist pastorate, made vacant by the
resignation of the Rov, Mr. Halbert, who has
accepted a professorship in tbo Morgan Park
Theological Seminary.
Sei.ina Rothschild, 7 years old, whoso pa
rents live nt No. 41ti Fulton street, while leaning
against a wire window-screen In tho second
story of tho house at S:JW Inst evening, broke
through and foil to tho ground honcath. Her
left leg was broken above the knee.
Ucnjamin Rowan, Si years old, while drunk
nt 9:90 yesterday morning, entered A. G. Rich
crcr's restaurant at No. Id Clark street, and be
gan mi unprovoked assault upon tho proprietor.
Downs put out, but soon reentered and began
smashing tho furniture. .Klchoror then threw a
lump at him, which struck him on tbo tomplc,
cutting a "overo gash and severing a blood
vessel, Ho was taken to tbo County Hospital,
A match game of hand-ball, In which ox-
Aid. O’Urion and Edward Ahern were pit
ted against James Fonm and M. Curmody,
was played yesterday afternoon at O’MtUloy’s
ball-alley, earner of Chlcngoavoutia and Frank
lin street. Tho amount played for was S2OO n
side, and three games nut of five were to deter
mine tho winners. After nn exciting ond inter
esting contest Foron and Cnrmody came out vic
torious. Fully $9,01)1} changed bands In tbo form
of bets.
Tub members of Mr. E. F. Crngtn’s Dlblo
class will leuvoon their fifteenth annual Inkoox
citreloii tomorrow evening./Tho public are in
vited, aud tbo prollts wit] bo used for tho sup
port of tho Market Strop* Mission. Tho Chicago
Traveling Club will 'Join with thorn, and tbo
usual plcusuroablo timo Is expected. Tbo ride
will be on two bnrgos. ana tho arrangements are
such ns to insure period safety. The excursion
will lonvo Clark street bridge. North Side, nt
7:90 o'clock.
The “Hope” concert, given yesterday after
noon nt Bouth Park by John A. Hand and bis
well-known orchestra, attracted nn Immense
audience, and was in every way a success. For
tho popular enjoyment afforded, tbo oeoplo who
had tho pleasure of listening to tbo very excel
lent program are indebted to Messrs. lI.C. Ayer,
E. D. Alexander. Edward Engle, A. A. Monger,
i>. 11.Shipman,Charles Counselraan, Ira Holmes.
J. U. Mayo, and W. K, Ackerman, who supplied
tho necessary financial support.
The Y. M. C. A. Gospel service In Fnrwoll Hall
last evening was conducted by Mr. J. W. Doan,
who spoke from tbo llrat chapter of Matthew,
twenty-fourth verso: “Thou shale call bis name
Jesus, for bo shall savo his people from their
sins." Tbo blessedness ot that privilege which
enabled everyone who might so choose to call
this Jesus his Savior was most touchingly dwelt
upon in apt argument and illustration, and, not
withstanding tho extreme bent of tbo evening,
tbo large audience assembled listened with rapt
attention to tho closo.
Yesterday afternoon tho Hon. C. A. Logan,
United States Minister to Central America, ar
rived In tbo oily. Ho was accompanied by bis
secretary, three Indies, throe children, and two
native servants. Thu party arrived in tbo city
by tho Chicago & Northwestern Railroad nt 2:13
and donurtcu for tbo East, via tbo Michigan
Central Railroad, at 9:90. Thoir first stop Is at
Niagara Falls, and from thoro thoy will proceed
direct to Washington, where Mr. Logon bos
diplomatic matters to transact.
Dn. Worrell preached his first sermon since
his return from tho seashore yesterday morning
at tbo Eighth Presbyterian Church. Ho spoke
feelingly of thoso ol bis congregation who bad
passed away during tho several weeks ot his
absence, and hod some attractive Individuality
to point out In tho life and character of each,
and a good word to say of all. Thoy wero Mr.
John ueldlcr, Mrs. Harriott Allen, Mr. Pierce,
Mrs. Kate Jones, tho little child of Mr. and Mrs.
Carter E. Hmlth, Mr. Lyman Roddlngton, and a
mission boy named William Call.
Oms 11. lloovitM, who has boon missing, bluco
Thursday lust, was found drowned in tho river
at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon by tho bridge*
tender at Kinslo street, Mlehnol Fagan. There
were do marks of violence about tho body, and
a sovon-pound smootbimr iron which was
fastened about tho neck made It took very much
ns if it was a case of suicide. Hubndboon ad
dicted to strong drink for some time past, and
when last scon alivo was under tbo Inllnoaco.
Ho was of Norwegian birth, ffii years old, and
left a wife and several grown children In good
circumstances at No. :216 West Krlc street. Tbo
body was taken to Mrs. Klaiier’s undertaking
shop at No. 180 Milwaukee avenue.
Eddy Bteimann. a young man of SO years,
living with bis widowed mother at No. 300 Mil
waukee nvemio, was hunting on tbo Calumet
lUvor yesterday morning In company with
Cbarlcs Peters. Tho boat accidentally tipped,
and In trying to steady It one of tho two young
men accidentally discharged Btelraann's gun,
tbo entire contents of wblcb lodged in bis right
breast above tho nlpplo. Ho was attended at
South Chicago by Dr. F. W. Denson, who kindly
saw him aboard of an in-bound train, and upon
reaching tbo city tho unfortunate young man
was taken homo by tho police patrol. Tbo
wound is a very severe one, and apt to result
fatally. Peters works in a sbow-easo factory at
Nos. KB and 131 Madison struct, and, singular)/
enough, has not been seen since.
At a meeting of tbo Painters' Union last night,
at 1W Washington street, u highly creditable
showing up was made of nearly loti members,
and eight now ones were initiated into tbo benef
icent mysteries of unionism. J. J. Mahoney
presided, and listened to n report from tbo com
mittee. who bad made preparations fur tbo es
tablishment of a cooperative store, after tbo
plan of tbd already successful undertaking of
cotton-weavers In Manchester, England. Tbo
location of tbo store will bo on Quincy street,
and tbo enterprise will rest wholly with
• Its patrons, who will rocolvo dividends from tho
prodtsof tbo trade. Tbo shares will bo valued
nt $35 each, and no ono can hold more than live
shares. Tbo Painters’ Union now numbers over
uUU mon, and while tbo enthusiasm for economy
In life expenses is fast spreading among all
s classes, Ibis Is tbo llrat tangible evidence there*
\ of. Work la growing brisker and more remu
nerative, and several applications for tbo serv
ice of painters in tbo districts now being fast
built up bad to bo refused. Tho Union has do
’ tormlnud that. In order to make their work In
valuable to discerning employers, they must
put forth now exertions for thoroughness and
reliability, and lot the strikes take care of them
selves. Kosoluilona to this effect wore passed,
and tho mooting adjourned.
A NSW NOUTII 811) B BYNAOOO.
A mooting representing the North Chicago
> Hebrew Congregation whs held In North side
Turner-nail yesterday Afternoon, Mr. A. Bhuk
mon In tbo chair. Too committee previously
appointed to mako arrangements for a
fair to bo bold In Turner-Hall trbm
tho 6th to tho 16th of October, submitted a report.
Tbo fair, which is to bo hold under too auspices
of tho North bide Ladles' boctely of tho eongro
?utloa. is given for tho purposu of raising funds
or tho erection of a synagog on the lot now
owned by tho society on tho corner of Hush,
street and Walton place. They wish lo erect u
building costing about f30,W)0. Tho commltico
also reported that they were meeting with lib
eral encouragement, and that tho success of tho
undertaking was already curtain, nearly gIO,UUO
having boon assured. It is hoped that tbo so
ciety will bo able to begin work on its synagog
this fall. Tbo ladies aro taking uu active part
in tbo work.
ILLINOIS VOI.UNTEKIIS.
Tho Nineteenth Illinois Volunteer Infantry
Veteran Club held a special mooting yesterday
afternoon ut their club-rooms, No. UUllandolpn
street, President J. F. B. Hmlth In tho chair, and
the club decided to bold n reunion of tboii own
Thursday, Hope 15, Instead of going to llloom
tagton this week. Tho Booth Park picnic
grounds have boon secured lor tbo occasion. An
invitation was extended to tho Englewood
Union Voturun Club to participate in tbo re
union. Tbo member* and their families will*
take tbo Uo'clock train on tho Illinois Central,
Itullroud on tbo morning of tbo lath (ortho'
grounds at Woodluwn.
lUIHU-AMKIIIOAN ATIUATIG OLITU.
The third annual picnic of tbo Irish-Auicrlcan,
Athletic Club was held at Ogden's drove yustor- *
day. Tho attcmiuuee was fairly large, and, not
withstanding the fuel that considerable beer
was consumed by thu pcoplo on Ibu grounds, re
markably good order was maintained. Tho pro
gram of the day was commenced with a museu
lar. P er / or, nunco, throwing a llfly-slx pound
weight from tho side. Tho first prize, sls, was
won by Peter holey; tbo second, siu. by Patrick
Delaney, la tho throwing of a sixteen-pound
v 5/ u *V r ,** , ° Ilnt i prim of $0 was captured by
h. W, Johnsons tbo second, (i, by Peter Foley.
A purse or ftl was awarded to Patrick Beau as
winner In it aw yards foot race. In tbo "lump*
ing eontost, in three forward Jumps with
weights, L. W. Johnson loaned tblrty-sevun foot
tonlnches, which Is said to ho the greatest Jump
un levord, and received the first prize, 10. John
Powers Jumped thirty-six feet throe Inches and
secured tho second prise, ft. As the sports were
Miami closing a serious and painful accident
happened which spoiled the fun for the day.
Tho last performance on tho program
was to have been ft contest between
Mnurlco Moriarlty ami I’otor loloy
In throwing* twcnly-two-pmtm! tindnlsoft fifty
six-pound weight. As the Ural nthloto took his
position, tho crowd oC sight .seers closed In upon
the space set apart for toe casting of tho weight*
nnilln vain <11(1 tho managers endeavor to keep
It back. Tho space was partially cleared, how*
over, and Mr. Moralrliy hurled the twenty-two*
pound missile, lull Instead of going In the direc
tion intended, It wont to one side, and struck a
little boy 11 years of ago, named Joseph I.ara
boo, of JO TJg street, in tho forehead. Intllotlng a
severe gash. Mr. Mornlrlty hastened for a duo*
or, and returned with Dr. Ulrich, of 192 Civ
)onnt avenue, who had tho lad conveyed ton
neighboring house, where ho Inserted four
stitches. Ho found no frauturc of tho skull, hut
feared n contusion of the brain. Tho boy was
then taken home. With proper caro tho Doctor
says ho will recover.
SUBURBAN.
ENOI.KWOOD.
Tho Congregational Society held thalr first
service in their new quarters, 1" the rooms of
tho Woman’s Christian Temperance Union In
Reek's Pluck, yesterday morning. Tho pulpit
was filled by tho nuw pastor, tho Rov. Uoorgu
W. Coleman, Tho Society hnvo nn excellent
choir, and tho change from afternoon to morn
ing service Is likely to Incronso tho attendance.
Tho Rev. W, 8. Crow, of tho Church of tho
Redeemer* preached for tho Univcrsalist Society
rcstordny afternoon, tbo regular pastor, tho
tov. Miss Knllnck, being detained from opening
tho church by tbo illness of her sister.
Tbo public schools and tbo Cook County Normal
School open this mornlug after tho summer va
cation.
Tbo Hnglowood Union Veteran Club will hold
thoir regular meeting this evening, and will
nmko final arrangements for attending tbo
Rloomlngloii reunion.
Tho Investigation of tho charge of bribery
against members of tho School Hoard, by tho
committee consisting of Messrs. Coy, Wood, and
Clark, is hardly expected to bring forth much of
tho Iruo Inwardness of tho ease. While tho
Jealousies existing In tho board would urge snmo
of the members to make tbo most of tho oppor
tunity, yet tho charge will bo very hard to sus
tain, there being no witness to tho alleged of
’enso. It Is predicted mat, should tho ease Ibid
ts way into tho courts, n mine of Information
will bo opened up ns to tho way In which tho af
fairs of this district hnvo been run tor n number
of years. Tbo committee will probably bold a
session somo timo this weak.
HYDE VAtIK.
Tho houso of 8, Fletcher Ronton, on Madison
avenue, between Fifty-eighth and Fifty-ninth
streets, was entered nt about noon yesterday by
a sneak thief who obtained $&0 worth of Jewelry
ns plunder. Tho family was absent nt church
when tho robbery was committed. Tho servant
was also away nt tho timo. Mrs. Umiton met
tho tlilof nt tho gate upon her return from
church, and to her inquiry ns to bis business
thoro ho replied that ho “had boon In after a
drink of water.” Ho is described ns a young
man of about 20 years, with a smooth face, dark
hair and eyes, and had on black clotbos. No
arrests.
COLEHOUn.
A young Gorman, ID years of ago, name un
known, canto out bore yesterday to attend too
Communistic picnic, bringing a gun with him.
Tho weapon accidentally discharged and shot
dm through tbo breast, killing him Immediate
y. Tbo remains wore taken tu bis Into homo,
which was reported to bo on Milwaukee) avenue,
Chicago.
RIFLE-SHOOTING.
Annual Festival of tho Chicago Scliuot-
zciivoroin.
Tbo annual SchQUeufcst of tbo Chicago
Schfltzonvoroln was opened yesterday at tho
Sobfitzen Park. Tbo train loft tbo old depot of
Pan-Uondlo Road nt 11 o'clock, but, owing to
tbo threatening weather of tbo morning, tho
number on band was not os largo ns hod been
expected, and only five coaches wore taken out.
Later'in tbo day several wont out In buggies
and carriages, swelling tho number In attend
ance to about *OO. Tho park Is a really beauti
ful spot, and wore it not for tho fact that It is
such a distance from tho city it would be a
favorlt resort for tho Gormans. Resides tho
regular shooting yesterday thoro wore dancing,
games, scrub-shooting, and a splendid lunch
was served on tbo grounds. Thoso who wore In
attendance wore fully repaid for thoir trip.
Thoro wore six targets on tho range, all
named, and tho shooting was tho groat feature.
Resides tho Chicago Scmltzouveroln, there were
In attendance tho Southwest Chicago and North
Chicago BchQtzonvorolns, and all bauds In
dulged In tbo sport. Tbo prizes range
from S2O to $1 on each target, thoro
being 120 regular cash prizes. Resides
those tho Southwest Chicago. Sehlßzotivorolu
offers n cash price of s2l for tbo bust
shot on tbo man target, and tbo North Chicago
BebQUeovorein offers $25 In gold for tbo best
shot on tbo Union target. Thoro are also be
tween twenty and thirty useful articles offered
to tbo marksman besides tbo cash prizes. Tho
bowling alloy was open during tbo day and thoro
was bowling for prizes. Allot tho prizes will bo
awarded this afternoon at tho closo of tho fost.
Tbo results of yesterday’s shooting wore ns
follows, tbo names of thoso who scored tho high
est being given: Union target— C. Schotto, fid
rings: Stick target—Dr. Morkle and C. Schotto
9 rings each; King target—George Kitlil. 200
rings; Man target—J. P. Hustor, SI linos; Turn
target—M. Graw 25 loaves and George Keraten
21 leaves; Creodmoor target—Martin Oniw. J.
P. 1 luster, and George Kubl, 40 rings each.
Those scores aro llnblo to he bouton today.
Trains leave tho old depot, corner of Clinton
and Carroll streets, at 11 o’elook this morning,
ond, returning, lonvo tho park at 0:45 d. in., ar
riving at tbo now depot, corner of Canal aud
Madison street. .
CRIMINAL ITEMS.
Rurglars entered tbo residence of P. D. Hins
dale. 1939 Michigan avenue, Sunday mornlug and
ransacked tho bouse from top to bottom. Thoy
mado tbelrcatranco from tho rear of tho houso
by cutting tbo glass and turning tbo sash look.
Sir. A. O. Hinsdale, of St, Paul, who Is visiting
bis parents, bad his money taken, and bis clothes
wore found down la tho laundry.
Ruby Doll's don of Iniquity on Pacific avenue
was tbo scotto last night of another “ pull,” and
tho rod-beauod proprietress, together with two
Inmates, LUlo Gardner, and Anuiu Gale, was
looked up at tho Armory. Dorn May, tho ob
ject of tbo search, was not found at tbo time.
She It was who roped in tuf Ignorant Hwedo
panted John Nelson, ot No. 1U) Townsend street,
and robbed him of s3l of hard-earned cash.
At an early hour yesterday morning Mrs.
Hoyt, of No, 229 U Cottage Grove avenue, was
awakened by tbo crush of breaking glass, and
upon getting up saw two men lighting them
selves with matches Into a houso directly lit tho
rear of her domicile, nod fronting on I'ralrm
avenue. She at once notified tbo police, and
Ollloora Smith and Mahoney arrived on tho
ground In timo to capture two tmnrlnra giving
tho names of Carl Fleck und John Frank, who
were ransacking an unoccupied houso at Nos.
22JM and 2240 Prairie avenue, belonging to E. F.
Pulsifor, of No. 2900 South Park avenue. Tho
prisoners aro also wanted for several other at
tempted burglaries In tho Cottage Grove avonuo
district.
STABBED WITH A PITCHFORK.
In an altercation at No. 1891 Duttortlold street
at 0:15 last evening between Michael Flynn, of
Uto above number, and John McCarthy, of No.
JOU3 RutlcrUold street* tbo former stabbed tbo
latter with a pitchfork, Indicting two wounds on
tho loft side between tbo third and fourth ribs,
and then bit him on tbo bead with U, making im
ugly wound. He attempted to lartbor Injure
tho tmm, but was prevented from so doing ana
arrested by OUlcor Mitchell. McCarthy was in
tended by Hr. Hurt, who does nut consider tho
wound dangerous. Thoro has been troublo be
tween tho two men before, and last evening
when Flynn found McCarthy seated on the side
walk near his house ho wont Into the stable for
tbo pitchfork, and without any provocation
mado tho attack upon McCarthy, saying, “
you; I'll stab you to tbo heart.”
CAUGHT IN ST. LOUIS.
Tho uollco were Joyful last night because of a
dispatch from Dotoolivo LuugbUn, who roccntlv
wont to Bt. Louis, to tho effect that, with tho oo
’operation of Detective Lawless, of that city, ho
had succeeded in arresting Edward Kelley, tho
ruffian and thief who shot Ollluor Dan Crowloy
In tho right thigh on tho night of July 17, from
the effect of which bo subsequently died. Do
teotlvo Blmmons was at unco dispatched to aid
in bringing the prisoner back to this city. Kel
ley was Indicted during tho past week, and u
man named James Jones, who Is believed to
have been In his company, is still In tho County
Jail, Nothing Is yet known in mis city os to
bow or where ,ho was captured. Ho jumped
from this city to Kansas City directly after tho
shooting, but again Jumped from there before
his arrest could bo effected.
SPRINGFIELD ITEMS.
Spttial DUpalch to TU CnUaga 'lYibunt,
Bi’iUNariiSLU, 111., Sept. (.—Articles of incor
poration have boon filed with tboßooretury of
tilato by tbo Chicago lUUroud Construction and
EqulpmoatCompauyi capital,sl,ooo,ooo; object,
tbo construction of railroads and depots, tho
manufacture of rails, spikes, otn.; corporators,
C. D. F. Bmitb, Bamucl Petmook, J. J. MuLulUm.
License to organize has boon issued to Lu
Orondo Mus£o, Chicago: object, tho oxbibitlon,
purchase, and sale or works of art; capital.
IKW.UJU; curimrators, Thomas 11. L&lcux, George
11. Leonard, Henry L. itlxford.
Why Wear IMastersl
They may relievo, but they can't cure that
lame back, for the kidneys arc tho trouble, and
you want a remedy to act directly on tbolr se
cretions, to purify ana restore their healthy con
dition. Kidney-Wort has that specific action—
and at the same time it regulates the bowels
perfectly. Don't wait to gut sick, but got a
package to-day, and euro yourself. Either liquid
sale at tho;druggiste’.—ilmphantieu
THE CHICAGO
THE PULPIT.
Resumption of Services by Two
Distinguished Preachers.
Tho Practical amt tho Theoretical In
Kollßton—Sermon bjr Dr.
Thonm 8.
What Sympathy Has Dons to Bettor
Humanity—Prof. Swing's ■
Sermon.
PRACTICE VS. THEORY.
HEIIMON iiv the UKV. im. THOMAS.
Tho Rov. 11. W. Thomas, I>. I)., preached yes
tcnlay morning his first sermon since his sick
ness. Every sent In tho auditorium and bol
cnnlos of Rouley's Theatre was occupied, and
mimberswore compelled to aland during tho serv
ice. Music was furnished by n chamber organ on
tno stage, mid a quartet led tho singing and ren
dered several chants. Dr. Thomas read two
passages of Scripture mid offered prayer, in tho
course of which ho petitioned Omnipotence for
tho recovery of President Garfield. The hymns
sung wero printed on sheets and distributed at
tbo doors, so that all laid nn opportunity to
Join In tho singing. Probably ono-lmif tho con
gregation were Indies. Tbo sermon was bused
upon tbo following text:
And fa highway shall bo tboro, and a wav. and
It shall im called tho way of holiness; tho un
clean shall not pass over It: but Itshnll be for
those: tho wayfaring men, though fools, shall
not err therein.—/snui/i a., xxx: 8.
1 cannot well begin this service, my friends,
without sumo allusion to tbo past. During llio
long and cold whiter, when there was so much
exposure and ovou suffering in reaching our
place of worship, wo all looked forward to tbo
brighter days of spring. Woli, tbo brighter days
came, and we made beautiful this room with our
Raster offerings of tlowors, and thou one Sun
day more we mot—and than suddenly I wont to
a sick room, wont down almost to tho very door
of death. In those days ot suffering you wero
all with mo In spirit, and sympathy, ond prayer:
there was with mo In that tlttlo room an unseen
Presence that gave mo rest. It has pleased God
to prolong my days on earth; to cull me back
again to life and health. Through your kind
ness and generosity I have been permitted to
buvou rest, In all, Including tbo timo of my
sickness, of four mouths. That Is by one-half
tbo longest rest 1 havo bail since I was a child.
can only thunk you for such tender mid con
siderate love, mid shall over pray God that vim
may be rewarded here and in tho world to
come. If It was ii trial for you—ond I know It.
was—to hnvo our services suspended so lung, I
shared that sorrow with you*, and with you 1 re
joice that tho sun shines again—that again wo
can worship together before tbo Lord.
There Is about us today tho troubled air ot a
theological discussion; and, beyond this local
agitation In which wo aro involved, rhoro.lt* in*
tho great world of thoughtful minds, both with
in and without tbo churches, u seeming unset
tling. a deep unrest, an almost painful looking
about and searching for tho foundations on
which to build—for tho truth that will stand tho
test of all learning and criticism; that secure
and unharmed will stand when tho storms shall
hnvo nil censed to blow. . x
In tbo midst of this widespread, this almost- .
universal hunger and unrest, there seems to bo
u groat present need: and with tho need a great
duty and responsibility resting upon religious
teachers. Tbo need Is for something in which
tho public mind mid heart cun ilnd rest; mid tho
duty ond responsibility of tho teachers of re
ligion is ns tar ns possiblu to supply that need.
And this lends us to a study of tbo practical and
tbo theoretical In religion, as tho subject on
which wo shall spend tho hour together.
In n study of tho practical and tho theoretical
In rcliglou, tho question unlumlly arises as to
what tbo practical In religion is, or what Is its
placo and purpose among mon. Or, in othor
words, to what practical result docs religion
look; what does It propose to do far mankind,
mid what does It want mankind to do for them
selves? If wo can answer those questions, wo
shall hnvo thereby answered tho question ns to
what Is, mid what is not, tbo practical purl In
religion. .....
If wo were to ask what is tbo practical design
or use of other things, tbo answer would nut
generally bo dilllcult. Thus tbo practical use of
a watch Is to murk tho time. Tho practical tiso
of bunks und money is to supply tho people
with some convenient medium for tho uxclimign
of values. A railroad Is to carry passengers and
fvclobt. Tho laws of a city or a State uto Cor
tbo government of tbo people. Medicine Is for
tho euro of disease. And when a watch keeps
timo, or banks supply money: or when tbo pub
lic is accommodated U\ travel aud commerce,
and tho Btutu well governed, und tho sick cured,
wo say wo huvo tho practical results of nil thoso
things.
Now, what docs religion propose to do? Ami.
what does It ask man to do? Simply this: Re
ligion Is Intended to bind man to his Maker mid
man to uinu in u holy love. Tho wholu law Is
fulfilled in this, “Thou shall love tho Lord
thy God with nil tby heart, and thy
neighbor os thyself.” Tho law bos many
commands, but this Is tbo spirit of nil.
This mnkcsj religion an Inward principle—
places tho Kingdom of Heaven within-uml
makes tho outward life depend upon und har
monize with that principle. When religion has
led tho individual or tho community to Inward
and outward righteousness, U bus therefore ac
complished Its practical purpose; aud. fulling in
this, whatever bo Us theories, It fulls to bo
practical.
Having soon the Huai canso of religion, or
that (or which It exists, wo mlghtsuppuso hi ad
vance that tho essential and tho Important, tho
practical, would bo mudu so plain that alt might
easily hco and understand, mid walk therein. And
Ibis we Unit to ho tho ease. When we turn to
the Ulblo wo Uml that its groat truths 110, as It
were, upon tho very surface. Thoy come out
to moot us whenever wo look upon tho
suered page; they rise up bolero us
whenever wo turn tho mind in tho direc
tion of holy things. Thus It is with tho thought
of God. In all tbo Old and tho New Tes
tament that thought is over present, it meets
us In the creation; It travels along through all
tho history of tbo Hubrew people; it Dlls tho
minds of Christ and tho Apostles. With the
thought of God comes tho thought of law and
duty; and with those come the taels anti expe
riences of sin; aud with those come tho prom
ises of mercy und tbo threatemngs against
wrong doing, aud tho cull to rupentaucuand
prayer, and tho promises of pardon uml purity.
These great truth lie so upon tbo very surface
of tho lliido that all who road can sou them.
And when wo eomo to tho touchings of our
laird,-no one can full to see that Ho came to
save sinners; that Ho brings nearer tho thought
of God, und righteousness, und duty, and prayer,
and trust: that He hrlugs nearer tho thouirhtof
the eternal World, No tmo cun full to see tho
great life and spirit of religion us thoy eomo out
tn tho words of Christ. And so thollfoof re
ligion Is mado so plain In the Epistles
that any one who rends cun understand.
Ami tbo motives and pleadings of religion ap
peal so uudcrstundlugly to (bo heart, aud tho
experiences of religion are sot forth In such
vivid colors, that any soul that Is open to thoso
things, that turns Us faco to tho dlvino, must
pcrculvo thorn and bo moved by thorn.
Ami thus wo llnd that tho religion that Is In
tended to accomplish practical results, that Is to
make men bettor, to bind thorn to each other
and to God tu love, is so plain, so freo from
cloud or obscurity, that all can see and under
stand: that tho “wayfaring man shall not err
therein."
1 Rut wo may readily suppose again that a re
ligion that necessarily deals with such great
subjects, or facts, as God and revolution, and
1 Jesus Christ, and tbo human spirit, aim tho
eternal world, would open up quustlous too
largo for tho human mind to cosily or fully
. comprehend; and that hence differences ot
. opinion would arise; that many and oven con
-1 dieting theories, or opinions, should bo held.
I And ibis wo llnd to bo tho case: and whon wo
look at the subject wo cun easily sco why and
bow it is so.
Take, us an illustration, the thought of aod.
It lies at tho foundation of religion: It runs
through tho lilblo. Tho mind can easily accept
that thought, and tho heart can interpret It; can
fuel its truth and moaning, lint what mind can
explain God? How cun tho tlnlto measure tho
InllnltV evidently It la Impossible. Wo arc like
children standing on the shores of a great ocean
and tossing iwbhles out into tho waves; tbo
great depths and distances lio beyond, and wo
cannot reach or measure them. Hut wu can
form theories; and wu do form them mid debate
over them, and that may bo right; but they nro
theories alter all. and not se Important ns tbo
tlaln unitors of duty and righteousness. To
now God ax our Father, and to lovo and trust
Him as such, that Is tbo Important thing.
Ur taka tuo fact of Jesus Christ. That fact
prophetically runs through tho Old Testament,
and that name tills tho New. it Is easy enough to
understand that Hu came to savoslnnors. Ills
easy to understand tho words “Como
unto me all ye that ore weary and
heavy laden and I will glvo you rest."
Those are not theories, but practical facts
to bo vcritlcd in experience, lint what theories
and debates have orison over tbo person of
Christ, and tbo naturo of Christ, and tbo atoning
work of Christ. Tboybuvo tilled tbo world and
tbs Church for more than a thousand years, and
good and wise men uro not yet agreed In all
things os to what Is tho real truth. Tho fact Is.
that those subjects are too large fur tho mind of
man; wo cannot measure them.
Or wu may nut tbo litble under tho same lino
of thought, rruutlonlly considered: or for tbo
truths one needs in trust In God and loud u good
ilfotanyuf tbo translations tho world has bad
would suffice. Practically considered, tho plain
est muu, if bo gives tils heart to it, can under
stand enough of tbo Ulblo, to bo a Christian.
And that is well; and wo all rujolco
in It. Xlut now when wo eouu - to
look a littlo deeper Into the lilblo,
and begin to ask not Improper questions
udout Inspiration and revelation; and questions
about tbo dates and authorships of tbo several
books, and about the origin and formation of
the Canon, wo uro asking questions that have
led to many theories and many debates, and (bat
only am finest scboUwhln coo critically handle.
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1881.
I'iUBUNE:
Ami under snch'tiltlcnl examination many of
(no old und impair views concerning tho Ulblo
must glvo place lo broader conceptions, and
oven tho views ofko eminent nnd conservative
n scholar as; IlrJ Dclltzscb hnvo Been bo far
inodliloil ns TO turn It that tho present form of
the Pentateuch Übost-oxlllnri. . .
Atm so of prater, of faith. and (ho future
world. Ah rractral matters It l» cosy for the
heart to pray and,to trust*, but reason can ask
questions about it-syor not easily answered. It
Is not ilillKjult fur most hearts to believe hut ful
uro world—ln tliermil's eontlnncd life beyond
death, and In rewards nod punishments. und in
stioh a rcßUPrtctlmi ns assures form, nnd
Identity, and < personality: bnt here, too.
wo touch upon deep and difficult ques
tions, and nnsiv theories have arisen ami
been long debated. Tho great millhio of
finds rtppoara plain enough hi ah those things,
and for nil practical purpose* thorn need ho no
debate: but when wo attempt close definitions,
and whoiiWQ ink the how, and tho why. of every*
thins thou wo tome Into tho world of theory, of
speculation:.and lienee of differences opinions.
• Now, from wfcrtt hits been snldvlt would seem
not difficult to deduce tho rational and practical
emn>o to purine, Wnat Is that cmlrsu? To
answer this lot ns n»U, what Is tho practical uso
of rcllu>tn ? Ibo answer Is,’that It is to make
nmn butte*, to save him from sin: to till the
son) with the love of Oml, and the love of our
neighbor; to »p tho life with bounty and chari
ty: to sustain i*, o »mil ui sorrow, and lift It up
into tho bright bine und clenr realizations of tho
Immortal life: heart to prnvor. and
trust.mid rest In tho&.fcco and love of Ood. These
arc tho practical rpsm«rnt which religion alms.
If these are realized! taoondof rcbirlon 11 at
tatned. And tho wise .oourso Is for nil to dwell
moat upon those tlmim.Uint uro plain: to keep
them In (ho foreground a* tho important points.
And wo should romombor nlso that It (s Just
these important things that nru nonreat tho
heart and tho faith of tho worlfil and (but aro lo
Plain as to bo least questioned. Indeed. It. tuts
been Owl's thought to prepare'''no highway"
so plain that oven tho unwise, tho unlearned,
the ignorant should not err thorolii*. Out that
way Is not tho way of theory and speculation
nbout deep nnd difficult questions—not this, bat
tho "way of holiness." it puts (ho emphasis tf
religion upon life, and conduct, and oxporlonct:
upon coming Into tho life of God In tho soul, ami
doing good In the world. And nouu unro to de
bate tboso points—to oppose thorn. All are glad
to acknowledge and respect such lives among
tnoii. All aro glad that It Is possible for tbosonl
to come Into union with tho Divine, and to llvo
In tho liopo of lienvon. And nil so fur recog
nize ibo radical mfforenco between right and
wrong ns to confess that to bo good one must
cease to do evil; that tho way of holiness Is-so
apart from tho way of sin that " tho unclean
shad not pass over It." Ood has so Illumined
this way of holiness; has madu It so plain In His
Word, nnd so evident to tho understanding of
tho heart, that no soul questions this groat fact.
Evidently, then, In those days of criticism, and
doubt, nnd discussion this ono fact needs to bo
emphasized and kept over before tho mind: that
tho important, the essential, tho practical things
of religion are plain, and that tho heart may
easily understand thorn and may rest lu them.
And It wants to ho understood also that those
aro tho Important things in religion.
Hut tho question may arise. What of tho crit
ical and tho theoretical In religion'/ Hoall tboso
bo wholly abandoned/ Certainly not. They
liavo tholr Icgltmrnto place nnd In that place are
highly Important und valuable. Tho conception
of religion by tho human mind, and tho Inter
prctatlfh of the lllble, Imvo boon matters of n
slow growth. Many crude conceptions of God
hnvo to bo outgrown: many false interpreta
tions hnvo to bo corrected: many theories,
formed In tho darker ages or in tho heat of con
troversy, have to bo modllicd. And whou wo sco
tho office of criticism, nnd tho und of all
theorizing nnd debate—that tbov look to tho
dearer conception nnd statement of truth, wo
should not rcar.tlioin. And want: wu remember
further that tho practical questions of religion
are scarcely In debate at all; that tho important
things nru nil plain, then tho public mind should
'Hu ntrest, lor as tongas tboso remain secure
thoro Is no cause of alarm. Let criticism do Its
work and lot us bo glad of a fact, of a truth,
from whatever sourua It conio.
And this you will perceive leaves all tho spirit
ual doctrines of repentance, and pardon, and
purity, und ploty, nnd worship effective: It
leaves tho Church to go on nnd Inlllll Its mission
in saving too world. And this you will perceive,
further, makes possible u broad catholicity and
fellowship among men la tho Church. When
tho facts of Christianity are accepted, whon tho
saving truths aro taken into tho heart and boar
fruit In tho life, whon men aro doing tho work
of God,(that should bo tho bond of fellowship.
All minds aro not alike; allcannotficoabku. Tho
growth of souls and tho growth of truth in tho
world require that Individuality and a largo per
sonal liberty should bo gladly accorded to each
one, nnd bonce opinions should not be a test of
fellowship. Mon may bo good nnd do good, nud
yet differ. John Wesley says concornlngTlmmus
Firman, n pious Unitarian: " 1 was exceeding
ly struck ut reading tho following life, having
soltlcd it In my mind that the entertaining of
wrong notions concerning tho Trinity was In
consistent with real piety. lint X cannot argue
against matter of fact. 1 dare tint deny that
Mr. Firman was a pious man. although his
notions of tho Trinity aro quite erroneous."
Tea years before he had said: " 1 do not see
bow It is possible for one to havo vital religion
who denies that tho Three are One." HutWos-
ley was opun to new truth: ho believed In
growth. And so full of catholicity was bo that
be said, “idaro not exclude from tbo Church
catholic nil those congregations In which
tiny utiHcrlpitirul doctrines which can
not bo ulllrmcd:' to bo tho pure word •of
Clod aro sometimes, nay frequently, preached,”
And he says again: “Whoever they are that
liavoonu spirit, ono hope, one Lord, one faith,
one God and Father of tdl, 1 can easily bear
with their bolding wrung opinions—yea, mid
superstitious modes of worship: nor would I, on
thosu accounts, scruple still to Include them'
within tho pale of tho Catholic Church; neither
would I have any objections to recuivu them, If
they desired it, us members of tho Church of
England.” aiiil Mr. Wesley was equally toier-.
maandbroiuUii his views concerning the lib
erty of ministers. In bis thirty-eighth sermon
be argues that when a minister Is doing guod, Is
saving souls, that it is wrong to hr any way
hinder him. lie says: “Do not in anywise
strive to prevent bis using all tho power which
God has Riven him. If vou have authority
with him, do not use that authority
to stop tbo work of God. Persuade
him not to depart from tbo work.
If ho should give place to tbo Devil and you,
many souls perish In their Iniquity: hut their
blood God requires at your hands.” Ho says
again: “Whnt If X wore to see u Papist, an
Arlan, a SoeJnlmi casting mu devils! If 1 did 1
could not forbid oven him without convicting
myself of bigotry.” Wesley was thus catholic
and liberal a hundred years ago, anu it seems to
mo that nothing Is more needed in those days of
declension and doubting than tbo union of nil
devout souls in spirit und work, and a broader
tolerance of personal liberty In tho theoretical
and tho speculative. In this way the practical
work of religion could go on without interrup
tion, and with the strength of u united army,
tbo wlmt Is theoretical, und critical, und specula
tive could formulate In each mind; and the best
thought of each mind could llnd free expression
without causing contention.
Vou will see. my friends, that tbo whole drift
and purpose of this discussion Is to cull atten
tion to the practical und tbo Important In re
ligion, ns distinguished from tbo speculative or
theoretical: to call attention to tho highway of
holiness over which tho unclean shall not pass.
This way lies plain before tho open and willing
soul. It Is not overcast by darkness nor angered
by debate. Hero tbo heart finds purity. Here
tho sweet fruits of charity abound. Hero tbo
soul llmls rest und peace. And walking In this
way wo shall come at lust to Mount Zion, to the
New Jerusalem, tbo city that Is eternal. O
cornel und walk with mu In this blessed way—
tho way our fathers trod, tho way hallowed by
tho life und death of our Lord. Let us walk to
gether through sickness, or sorrow, or loss, on
through tho valley and tho shadow of death,
and with songs and everlasting joy wo shall cu
ter tho golden gate.
SYMPATHY,
SKUMON HV PHOF. SWING.
Prof. Swlug bating returned from tits summer
vacation, tbo regular services at Central Muslo-
Hull were resumed yesterday. A largo congre
gation was present to greet tbo reverend Profes
sor, the entire ball being tilled except the upper
gallery. A basket of choice lloworsocoupiod a
llttlo stand at tbo speaker’s right. An excel
lent musical program was rendered by a newly
organized ebolr, wbleb will borcuftor furnish tba
singing, consisting of tbo following ladles and
gentlement Miss Jessie Hardy, Miss Emma Ha
kor, and Messrs. Edward Dexter and James.
GUI. Tbo solo, •* Angels Ever Hrlgbt and Pair/'
was sung In a delightful manner by Miss. Heckle,
of Cincinnati. .>•
Prof. Swing seemed greatly Invigorated by bis
period of rest, and was In excellent condition
for resuming bis pulpit efforts- Ho made no
allusions to bis summer vacation, but after the
opening devotional portloq of tbo sorvlco' en
tered at onco upon his,sermon.
For wo have not n blgh'brlest that cannot bo
ttmohod wltba feollngjuf our Infirmities.—J/e*
hreu's, ‘ v
In tbo Oroek, of,lnis text may bo found (Ho
roots of ono of (bo greatest words of modern
times—tbo term sympathy. Paul congratulated
bis friends and that they bad not a cold
and haughty high priest, but ono who was able,
•uwijMil/iaiat, to sympathize with their lullrml*
ties. This largo }vord is malic of two smaller
ones, sun and jnillios, and implies lu those germs
u companionship of feelings either of banpiness
or Its uppusft. Jit bis letter to tbo Homans Paul
urged them to rejoice with those who woro ro-
Joluing awl woep with tboso.wbo woro' wooplug.
There must spring up In hearts, assoo/ated In
any manner, a tendency to buvu in common the
tears or tho rejoicings of anyone of tho group.
Fortunate woro tho early Christians that In tbo 1
long history of the priesthood one bad at lust come
who would always make their griefs hlsyrlofj
and their happiness bis happiness. That good*
fortune did noteoafloo Itself, to tboso osrly dis
ciples, but It at oaee began tti widen its blessing
and to fall upon‘tho world. The compound
term sumpoHcw, sotting forth from tbo Urijok
thought and sensibility, was to become a term
of tbo world. < • .. . ...
Tbo quality oPtbo old civilization d
Wcicd ouito by the presence o;
of this wool, for each wont which runs through
man? languages stands for a certain over
rolurnlng sentiment or passion, and when wo
observe that I’lnto, and Plutarch, and Cicero
used this word, and whon wo romcrabor what
tnfin those three were, compared with tholr stir
timmUng*. vro must conclude that wu hnvo be
fore us a term whoso use has marked Iho glory
of mankind. Only tho Uncut natures of tho
classic world possessed huartslilngs which could
nmho any music out of tho Idea of sharing tho
until of u human being not of one a own Uro
side. I'lnto, and Pluinruh, and tleero were
among tho widest und gentlest of nil who
lived in tho olden times, and (o thorn catno Iho
HnlrUnal Iromitv «C that term which was soon to
treasure up nnd embalm tho peculiar excellence
of Christ. As n star shone out In tho sky, hith
erto dark, and Informed all tho journeying wlso
men and all those In tho shadows of any valley,
that In llothlobcm there was an Infant In whoso
bosom lov a golden ago, so this word sympathy
has hung over humanity hko a star, marking out
tho cradle and childhood of nobler nnd diviner
times. Those have been tho wlso men of all
inrlods who have scon thiß light In (husky nnd
lave hastened to throw down tholr gift* bcloro
tho goodness It disclosed. Never was homage
offered at a (letter shrine. In religion this emo
tion buoamo a savior—ln political and social re*
ntlons It la becoming a civilization. Tho High
'Host of man must bo one abio to sympathize
with human Inllrmltlcs nud tinman longings and
powors. As a woman of culture clings to her
children tho High I'rlost dings to his race.
There cun bo no perfect analysis of tho In*
(luunccs which tend to make or unmake n great
soul. Science may learn what agencies must
combine lo produce wheat or corn or gold or
diamonds, but there is no science delicate
enough In Its touch to bo ablo lo Inform us Just
what will moko or unmake an Impressive char
acter: but (ho fact stands that a great nnd
perpetual regard for self has In It nil tho tor
riblcimss of a famine or a pitiless consumption.
Ono uuablo to be touched by u fooling far tho
good or 111 oi others cannot bo a great soul, it
he should bo a high priost by birth, or by pur
chase, .or by violence bo could not bo such in tho
affection of his nation, sympathy Is tho opnoslt
of this selfishness and Is tho renal, not tho fam
ine, of tho soul. It reacts upon tho possessor
like great mountains, or great oceans, or grout
music, nnd makes him who bolda tho virtue tho
owner of a perfect world all his own. It Is not
only good for tho people to Imvo such n high
priost, but It Is good for tho priest himself, be
cause lb lifts him above tho common irlbo of
Levi and secures for him an Inllnlt worth. It
creates him out of what was ouly before Insen
sate dust.
No mdlnntposrls which crested fortunes wear.
No gem which twinkling looms from houutr s onr.
Nut (ho bright slurs which night’s blue arch adorn,
Nor rising sun that gilds tint vernal morn
Hhlno with such lustre ns tho lenr that (laws
l)own vlnuru’a nmuly chouk for uthor'n woes.
l« that Imperfect survey which only can ho
.marts in moral things those two terms.“ Sum.
“jKi//i(*,'Vnpncnr In ull the power of Industrious
nml wonderful croutons. Under tbolr bonds
elvlllzaUoa changes Us customs. Us taws. Its
wages, Its laborers, its religion, Its government.
It is amazing what hardness sclllshness works
and what happiness sympathy emi sit down and
devise. Open any page of rcccui history and
one of tbo first of tbo phenomena Umt will at
tract your attention, if you he a moralist. Is that
of Indlvlduol pain or sorrow becoming a
general pain l nr unhappiness. In tho lust
century tbo - Irish Parliament, composed of
rabid Protestant*, passed laws for tho
regulation of'- llomati Catholics. It was
decreed that-.a Cathollo should not vote,
should not bp, a lawyer, should not bo a Phy
sician, should not ho a sheriff, should not bo a
gamekeeper, ;«o Irishman must not Keep u
horse that was worth more than $23: if- ho hap
pened to have one worth SOO or more ho was
compelled to sell It for 123 to tho llrst Protestant
who should oiler-that sum. Those are speci
mens of laws numerous enough to make a largo
law-book, amU specimens those of tho rooks
which helped .sink tbo once noble mid happy
Irish charades:. What arose against thoao
wrongs was this sentiment “of simllarpnln”
which began tq show Its bounty when tho old
languages worn made and which composed too
rich diadem of Jems Christ. It made tho elo-
quence of William Pitt when he spoke against
too Irish wroiigsi It created tho eloquence and
patriotism of O'Connell, and has all through
this nineteenth ctmtury been active la Its varied
form of Intercession.
Since tho majority of this audience has boon
living in this world and calling it beautiful,
there have been women, mothers, and girls
working In English coal mines where they could
not stand erect: working where they would have
to fall down for a moment's rest; working a*
animals; these women drew coal-trucks by
means of a chain fastened to a belt rudely
buckled around their naked waists; working on
bands and knees; working sixteen pours a day,
nml doing this down In the eternal night while
Victoria was up above them In tho bright sun
shine receiving England's mighty crown. (Out
lines of history by M. K. Kelly.) Hut this “con
tagion of pnlii" was spreading, and now
forty years have passed since some noble Lords
mid Earls felt tho pressure upon their own
hearts of those chains which women and girls
bud sunk beneath for so long a period. Now
lows sprung Into being to embody tbo now love,
and soon no woman or gU-l was permitted to
work in the mines of coal or ore In tbo United
Kingdom.
There Is a system of tncdlolno which la based
upon the assumption that the medicine which
would cause certain symptoms In a welt person
will arrest those symptoms In one who Is 111.
Originating when Latin was tho language of tho
European universities, this theory began to say:
blmllia slmUfhus ourmitur, unci simile sltullls
cunit; non contrarium. With Just how much
truth this medical practice repeats to us this
Latin no clergyman cun know, fur tbo world of
thought bus become so large that only braggarts
can pretend to have weighed all Its questions In
n fulrbaliineo:. but In tho spiritual world this
doctrine of “like cures like" scorns Indeed to
pervudu society: when all men can feel an In
dividual wrung they attomnt at once Its cure.
Pain cures pula, happiness causes happiness.
Tho lot of tho slave began to bo the grief of the
man not a slave and quickly tho slave was set
free. When tho bandage of another was tho bond
age of self then tho emancipation nets became
cusv. Hympathy Is thusulaw of level among souls
much like tho law of lovolln water. Tbo noblest
all mourn with thoao who mourn, ouu rejoice
with those who rejoice, llarharlsm Is a condi
tion of society whero one will laugh while his
very brother weeps: civilization Is that condi
tion of souloty which makes the ono President
decline u nubile pleasure while another Presi
dent Is hovering between life and death. A pub
lic speaker things the earth a defective piece of
work, nut tho product of grout goodness, be
cause disease is contagious, ready to pass from
tho one to tho many; but while he speaks tho
world owes much to Its contagion of Joy and suf
fering. The free man tools tbo lot of tho slave
and helps seeks universal liberty; the rich
statesmen of England caught tho misery of tho
tuning women in tbo mines and henceforth never
rested until they (had placed upon the statute
books some now lawsfnlloCmeruy. Ulsawondur
fill provision In tho constitution of man that his
calamity is taken up aud made tho calamity of
the race. Soon nil tbo high priests in alt tbo
forms of thought are touched with a feeling of
tbo surrounding Infirmities. and boforo tbo
courts of ourth and heaven tboy pour out their
Interceding prayers. Tbo ora pro nohls of tbo
church comes loom tbo *nm pathiM of umn.
This sympathy; from being tbo soulof civiliza
tion In n largo sense, pusses Into tbo subdlvl-
Blonsof Ufoond reappears everywhere db nn
Impulsoof good. Itlsuu element In paternal
love. Tbo belplnsness,'tbo Ignorance. tbo sim
plicity of Infancy and childhood touch tbo older
heart and deepen Its love. Ago Is drawn by this
magical uttruoUon down to tbo level of tbo
cradle, and from pity to the little one submits
to mm laws, n now language, and to countless
Indignities. Nothing has Injured more deeply
some of tbo. older forms of religion than
tbolr want of tenderness towunis tno in*
fault and little children. Home theologies
have taught that infants wore tit sub
jects of dlvluo wrath, and many denomi
nations bavo foil that It was perilous to have a
child dlo uulmpllicU—denominations that bad
not yet meuimred*tbo depth of tbo thought that
tbo human race fans a God who must surpass all
mortals lu' tbo power to sudor along with all
llttlo onotm Tbolr pain would bo that of tbolr
Creator— that strange contagion would destroy
tbo paradise of a Just God. IfEuglisb states
men could pity women wbo tolled- in tbo mines,
God can weep for children.
Wbatbss compelled tbo modern mind to In
quire la wbat sense Qod was present lu tbo
events of tbo Old Testament Is the fact that
llttlo children wore then gathered up not lu
arms of blessing like those of Christ, but lu arms
!of pitiless passion, to bo borne perhaps to tbo
tluinos which consumed the adult transgressor.
When Aubua stole certain garments and a wedge
of gold, Joshua sunt messengers, and
they run unto tbo offender's toot and found the
garments and tbo wedge of gold. •* And Joshua
and all Israel wltb him took Aoban tbo sou of
Zerub, end tbo silver, and tbo garment, and tbo
wedge of gold, and bis sons and daughters, and
all the bo bad. and they brought them Into the
valley of Acbor. And Joshua said. Why bust
thou troubled us? Tbo Lord shall trouble tbeo
tbls day. And all Israel stoned them witb stones,
and burned them witb lire after tboy bad stoned
them with stones." Tbo modem Cbrlatinn,
schooled In tbo reeling that ho has not a high
priest wbo cannot bo touched, wonders anew to
day what part the living Jubovab took In that
storm of rooks and raging tiro wbleb destroyed
the Innocent sons and daughters of Actum the
sou of Zorab? Tbo question Is new mid grave,
and tomo now answer must bo wrought out for
tbo world's future use. \
Whither In those days Is not tbls sympathy
hastening? It Is not to bo lawless. It Is the
'discoverer, and herald, and eulogist, inmost In
spiration of tbo right. A follow reeling witb
sinners Is tbo attribute of a friend, for, all crim
inals barm mankind, to acquit a criminal is to
bate humanity at largo. Lovo conuot pity a
criminal, aud also society. Sympathy Is a sweet
muslo of equity, of the tender rights of all, and
therefore It turns away from tbo assusln, and
bolds tbo wounded sufferer for long weeks lu Its
arms. It Is a thinking faculty. It is so fully
awake that all night long It will measure a cruel
deed os a Judge sums up evidence. It tblnks
over tbo President's right of life, and right to
happiness, and to the long enjoyment of a hard
earned fame and sueccsstJooks upon bis family
and secs their natural rights; It counts tbo
e roans of tbo sufferer, and marks bis wasted
ody, and quickly, from all dimes which re
finement has touched, comes the beautiful
language of compassion.
Tbls concord or pain and pleasure Is aided In
tbo present by Us now powers of expressing It
self. Time and space are destroyed, and the
great happiness, or grout grief of a place, ora
borne, orof a single heart Is instantly seen by
tbo world. The Queen of England and tbo
Emperor of Germany bave for weeks past been
in the side chamber of the American ruler. The
ity be do*
lujuNiuaco
human heart has at lasi tomul a way of nccefli
toall other hearts. Thl« oneness of plooo has
helped onward the oneness of tho soul. Tho
battle of Now Orleans was fought twelve days
nftor poaco hud boon tnado between England
and tho United States, hut peace bnd.no powor
otautcranuo, and, wbilo nho was crossing tho
ooonn ami hastening front New York to tho
Mississippi by horseback messengers, &OUOmim
wore falling on n held of blood. Hiiun a whip
separation of man from man has ended. Alt
hands tuny Join In sorrow or gladness, and thus
tho heart fools that grand power of an actual
presence. ....
Aided thus by that nearness of city to city,
and nation to nation, and man to man, this son*
Bibilily of tho rights of others goes into all our
theologies and philosophies to And harmonica.
Tho Christian Church, which sot out from tho
high priest ot this sum pathos, was itself little
touched with a feeling for human Inlirmltles,
and must ho said to havo followed a loader
whoso character It whs unable to detect or ap
predate. Only a great ago—great In Its Intel
lectual power—can comprehend such A person
age as Jesus Christ. Tho Church has dragged
onward In fooblo strength, complaining, and
nimmillng.and lighting ns it erupt along, ohlolly
because It knew nothing of that wide form of
friendship which makes many opinions asonu
and mnnv thinkers of dllforent thoughts to bo
ns onu mind. Although this generation Is pe
culiarly disturbed by now sclontillo debates, and
by n severe rationalism, yot overall Its diverse
theologies there Is passing this divine air ot
sympathy. It is tho first ago that has felt this
pathos of llfo, and has dared tnnkb.U declara
tion of universal pity and love. Tho little
school of moral philosophers which moots In
Concord caoh year Is only n leaf from a largo
forest. A Quaker, who sat thoro recently but
peace as sweet ns that upon tho face ot nn Em
erson or a Harris, wrote back that tho village It
self seemed free from worldly. strife, and
seemed a spot wheru could bo found abiding
poneo on earth and good will to men. . _ .
The Cathedral of Canterbury stands for an
old Churehism which once ruled with an iron
hand. Tho non-couformlst must havo felt a
chill pass over his heart when In past times ho
looked towards Its walls, dark with tho gloom of
ttOO years, and felt bow miserable bo was deemed
by those who preached its Oospol and chanted
its psalms. For his soul thoro was no hope in
its theology, and for his body thoro could bo no
gravu in tho cathedral grounds. Hu aad bis
children must bo burled In less holy dust. Jltit
nftor perhaps SOU years of such iv cold
mid Bullish regime thoro has appeared in
tho cathedral tho transtlgurod One who can
bo touched with a fueling of our Inlirmltles
and whispers words which tho Arubblshop re
pents nil over those onco exclusive grounds.
Archbishop Campbell, in a recent address to his
clergy, said: “May I not Bay to thfr - great body
of religious nonconformists In this country that
wo look conlldeutly to thorn, to tholr good faith
and good principle and kindly Christian feeling,
to . . . show that over tho grave at least
they dcslro that tho controversies which keep ns
asunder should bo hushod, and that in tho
ground whore wo lay our dead in tho euro bopo
of a resurrection nothing should bo hoard but
words of peaceful bopo and comfort wblohap
prnvo themselves to Him who is tho Jlcsuirou-
Uua mid the Lire.” In the same address tho
Archbishop of Canterbury makes bis ebatr of
odlco, n chair almost u throne, pay thankful
tribute t» Wesley and Wblttleld for service donn
to a spiritual Christian religion—words those
which tell us how full of Christ's spirit has be
come that establishment which gave ub Ur. Ar-
nold niul Demi Stanley.
This sympathy of mon wbllo living Is miulo
powerful by too coming pain and sorrow of
dciith. That will bo common to nil. And ns tlio
burial-places under the shadows of cntbodruls
wnkod up that strain of eloquence Just iiuotod,
so does tbo common fato of muu—tho grave—
iilfcet nit persons before they cmno to Its brink;
mid inaKcs thorn tbo nioro willing to llnd tho
bnnmmlos rather than tho discords of thought
mid belief. Tho falling leaf and the quiet grave
yard thus appear and Join with all tbo politics,
mid theologies, and retinonients. and charities to
declare to us tho greatness of Jllmwbocnmo
Into tbo world to bo touched by nil tbo Interests
of mankind. Sects may dilTcr as to some part
of tho olllco of Christ, but all Christians, without
n sluglo exception, must seo that tbo Lord lived
and died to cause a wave of sympathy
to roll over tbo world mid bo tbo dally
sunlight of tho mind nud sou). Itwiwono of
His labors to bo tbo priest of a wldo mid doop
compassion. Under such an Idea tbo manners
of society wore to bo greatly softened. It was
to Invade tho State and make kinder laws: It
was to become tho basis of rollnument; it was
to bind parent to child, husband to wife, rich to
lioor, tho powerful to tho weak, tbo well odd
inppy citizen to his wounded chieftain; it was
to modify every religious creed that hud boon
formulated in cruel times; it was to soften tho
colors of eternity, and make hell less revenge
ful and Heaven more easy of access to tboponi
tontiAl smil. 11 was thou to turn prophet and
predict a brotherhood beyond tbo grave, where
m a higher sunso all hearts shnlLbo one. (irout
wan tbo wisdom of Jesus—Uo know all those
moral laws which till tlio sages bud sought;
groat wns Ills power, for tho scu obeyed Him:
great wns His fortitude, great Ills virtue; but
to us mortals how blessed Is the thought that
lie was nut n liluh priest who could not bo
touched by our Infirmities.
SnSCELIjANBOUS.
MACON COUNTY SAimATH-SCHOOL ASSOCIA
TION.
fiptclal Dftpatch to T7w Chleeffo Tribune.
Dccatuu, 111., Sept. 4.—J. It. flavin was ro*
clouted President of ibo Macon Couuty Sabbath-
School Association, whoso annual cmivontlon
adjourned yesterday. Tho llov. Mr. Uoynolds,
tbo llov. Mr. Ilatikson, Uio llov, Mr. Sargent, tho
llov, Mr. Ooodo, J.* K. Uavln, D. K. Wilson, H.
M. laitz. Milton Clark, 8. Ovormicr, nod J. If.
Plekrell. wen* oleeted delegates to the State
Sunday-School Convention, mid eleven delegates
wero clouted to attend tho district convention.
A MIXED CASE.
Patrick Daly, Constable, a. M. Lewis, his fac
totum, mid Mrs. Harriot B. Faulkncrnro to up*
pour today before Justice Walsh upon n charge
of robbery preferred by Doug Tong nod bis
wife, Cblnuso artists. Tbo complainants, it Is
said, wore brought to this country by Mrs.
Faulkner, and wore under contract to work as
artists for her. They quarreled, mid when tbo
Chinese quit work Sirs. Faulkner revenged her
self by swearing out some sort of un attachment
or warrant, upon which the Coostnolo wont to
Dong Tong’s house and seized his clothing,
I mint brushes, aud a ill) gold-plccc. ' Mrs.
’uulkncr did not inuko n very good impression
on the police. When Ulcers Bunder and Illlx
setto went to her bouse on Evergreen avenue
Friday atturnoon fur tbo purpose of arresting
her upon a warrant, they did not llud her at
borne. Sho drove up with a bursa aud buggy
vrbllo tbo nlllcors were on tho premises, but un
der no protenso would permit tbom to come
near her to servo tbo warrant. They Dually pro
cured another horse and buggy and started
after her. Tbo obaso lasted for several hours in
and about Union Park, and when tbo buggy
used by tbo pulloo broke down the West Luke
street patrof-wagim was vailed out to continue
tbo pursuit. Mrs. Faulkner finally escaped by
secreting herself in the abode of n fortnno-teller
whom she patronizes near tbo corner of Foster
and Harrison streets. Friday afternoon tho of
ficers succeeded In tlndlng ber nt borne, and
served tbo warrant upon her. Bho resisted fu
riously. and by tbo time she reached tho station
bud scarcely u whole piece of clothing on ber
buck.
RIVER PIRATES.
Henry Rooney, James O'ltuurko, and James
Dobnuon, ngod respectively 15, ID, and 10 years,
tiro looked up at tbo Armory charged with lar
ceny. Tho details of tbo alfalr show the boys to
bo desperate and daring little rascals. At about
dark last night tboy divested themselves of
their clothing under tho Harrison street bridge
and await) from that point to the three-masted
schooner It. U. Brittain, of Whitehall, lying la
tbo mlddlo of tho river, and clambered up to tbo
deck nf the craft. Observing that tbo Captain,
11. J. Hooso, was at supper, and no ono In sight,
the boys picked up sumo otcrcouts lying upon
tbo deck, then jumped back Into the water and
swum asboro with their plunder. They were ob
served on their way back to tbo dock, and tbo
spootuoio being so unusual sutllcleut curiosity
was aroused to load to tbolr Immediate arrest.
MONUMENTAL
John n. Volk, doHignor and manufacturer of
One granite and mnrblo monuments, tablets,
sUttuary.ourhiutf.oto., In selected stock. OlUoo
corner Dearborn and Randolph streets.
No health with Inactive liver and urinary or
gans without Hop Dittoes.
WorocommenilEUl rodtee sowing-machines.
DEATHS.
ItKBVK»-«ii the aa Inst., at U:SO p. n»„ of brain
fevvr. Mlsa lAtuUa Hooves, aged *1 year* 4 months
anti IS days, oldest daughter of William and boulxa
Iteuves, Madlson-su, comer of fiftieth, Town of
t'lcoro.
funeral from her parents residence on Monday,
ttouw &,aV‘h:u p. n>.. to forest Homo ComoWry.
friends of tho family are requested to attend.
MOOHK—Sept, 4. W. Moore. uitodOTyours,
funeral from tils late residence. SI foslor-av.,
Tuesday at 1 o'clock. iuUracetaud cemetery, friends
of the family Invited.
. MIM.BII~At the residence of bis son, 8030 Vernon
at.. Haturday, Uept. 3. Charles O. Miller, aged H years
and 51 days.
funeral aorrloes Monday at 3 o'clock. Burial pri-
T KiTCarllalo and I’ltlsburtf (I’a.)aad Ottawa (ID.)
papers please copy.
ANNO UNVEMENTS.
T>KV. K. U. DAVIS WILL LEAD THE
1\ noon meeting today In bower farwetl llnll.
The hour will be given to hearing reports of tbo
Methodist Conference by suroral who attended U.
All aro welcome.
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I of tbe hoard of Councillor* of the Chicago Hos
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tKxplul Monday. Hoot. 4. at a p. m.
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