, 1870-12-05
4 REMARKABLE CHURCH,
The Work or Six Tcars-Id0w
Accomplished.
Annual Sermon Of DR.. Goodtpeed, oi
the Second Baptist 8oclety.

1
OF Morgan and Monroe sureu, stands pla4n
| Structure, known ~ tho Second Baptist Church
| s,ciuce. v.ry unpteteudug ousside, but attr7c-
| tvs wl.hin, with neatly 1resooed walls, gallery
on every AIDE, sich mA.h1e pulpit, Noodwpsk
gyalncd tn oa9, Apd upholstery and carpets In re
aad bisct, It Affords accommodation evexy Sab
b for IN audience that for s!x years has prpb-
ably averaged more than any other IN Chicago, IL
not IN the whole Wtst During shose six years,
under Tho aole pestcrate az tne Rev E ]. aooa.
tpt Cd y. D., oac Of the yuunRest dlrIncs IN our
saty. IN 4rown nom koent lwo nundscd and
saobath scLooi nunbers upvafus Of ot,a 1ts ihaI,s
s1ur, with ever Sixty teachers. whose dtielIty i,
ma1ke.- 10 :sdttilion+ thus cnurcn tust lins twu
nost noottsn!nR tnlshon schools 10 rue nof1awe4t
dIsiat Of The c1tg: one at Bridegroom, and ont
tht Union Sock Tards; owning dGe chspYis. !n
which TWO OF H. N eel ~-~' ~
benn1p ma such interests, tnete mus1 be I div
sion Of lapoE, and that the tndsytu4 Hork Of txca
y not snnt IN amount. From the stxth aanuai
andielce lm1oe'te a osua', the house belnR
cfoWoed u every part We Rain solua Interesting
fsstS ~ 20 toy Of note. sad be: -
shd tppr. Ted among "a, hnca ~ ar1ntIng. card
ptsJilt, dancing. snndAy-'idinE OF visiting. II
nns 10y, aIs a, goa Ct r1ese demntAzlag practices,
csursh gu sSd ths1ety Lose he respect and lore Of
&C one may vel oe i:ys t,ts VINO looks over the
tsoae6s or the spl ttuAl soul shocked by the dis
plsJ of fashionable Rewxawa tn the mouse OF CD;
a.a .os poSr a5e not dn.en aEa{ hY fear Of cou
u ne assumed act OF woEahip; but soIemulty
ma,ks ine noar. aLd pleasant greeting aEAta
esstS p sttanxe1, whether .ell q poor, dressed:
d1srlratu'c- Let me call n5seif unprontabie:
but rcser may l be 20 characterized hy my
u a naon: sosg,nK y results tas y tas ss
HilltsHa Laurence b employed as An aud 10 the
pastor. aud hta made more thaa two thousand IT,
ttgssus Tisits & y addttion to nis other woIk a
hutdsed. A,otheT, Mf1 E Aiken, better kno1p
q :. Auat Lizzie :t,h unt,rlng energy aod ~
ssnd calls during he Jear, distributing 10 tha s-
woldn 3. CT eetia4 etaiies, and liasrrsang tae
rover Of n glorious Gospel Of the blessed ood
III: K Hepseisen 1ua nas oeen sat' emp,oTea Tes
y ne Cnutc0 a. nskt1narJ At tho Union Stock
Bridgeport s1d yes smother, he rev. L Jo.xep. ..
sen. =. 1n'a.,osary smonK the Scandinavian 10
thts city. This general wurt is unoes tne over
raining moaey, aud bring, u la as possible eTsrY
member into toe conThuiin9 LIST.
people Ia other delts and 1t h1Eue, which cxunps
oe reported. becsuae wa nava uot &ocess TO books
kept against ne Great Day." Atrer tatsjuss recog-
tribute 70 the large choir, which, und:r the dlrec-
ton Ut Protertf II. R. Pa;mcI, has come to be
aoe Sess tSe rhoe soan5s 3ns
nave heard with delight, and given n1sunted
speed naae th.s fsaten,ent: Z" Surrounded ny
friendly people, who neither overwhclm With
pra,se OF Auctt1on. aud = no are not capuous or
servant OF III. In the course Of the rear now
closed. he has n ACE more than thirteen hundred
calls. ringing from few minutes TO many hours,
a fAf 4SRf. .1f3kk s.
amuug 'he poor and the stck; upon friends aad
foe&; wherever aocd could be done. Ho ha9
% %p:easned ore hundred and three sermons: made
nftEen AddtfAses; attended oue hundred and
thtrtJ-fouE prayer and covenant meetings, aad
one hunnts and ff1y~n1ne othe11 OF a gehcral Of
bundled and t~slve pessonh: bnsted {oS1y-e.8ht:
ana married. sixty J-aeTen cnuple.
But three Of the deaths we're from the actual
year,. has expe1tcncrd me following cas69es:
TWO hunds en- mad nineteen have been Iccetyed as
men oe's =; nine'y seSen hare BEEN dismissed By
\ los Of 100. and leaves net galu Of 1la. The
nc 1nl mem esshtp Is now 1,oso, note than 80 per
ssns s.s Ss ssssn = n Noss.ag .elslso w!sA zne
ot the charitable ense pr7ses Of Ii. day, me mem
9x.see ss Y fsaa oaxs ,st good "0Fd aud work.
bic. For church EXPENSES, which are defEayed
1are 'as seen Fe11et eeevta q F. pens;S,ea esoa
rhtn nhpnops :. psa. soT ~,
really wealthy men In the church. Foreign mts-
tloi nase ,cteired, during the year, ,,216 g,
aud hone m sttana fsss 3s. In addition to 1.2od
y st9Eed upon Tar1oua otnes objects The Bap-
ctiytt ~. .1us IS, which. added to former contr-
hutloIs, Il more ttxp oDeh1lf OF its entire funds
tnstatneu By tue church, inclnddng me cotiecnona
ss:s4: nss.ex ses. i sat Is !! se5 esasvet