The Portland daily press., 1871-06-06
ILLINOIS.

CHICAGO, juno 5.--Rev. S. Il Tying, Jr., OF
New York, who preached yesterday for Mr.
Cheney, had previously received note from
Bishop, Whitehouse notifying him of Mr. Che
ney's deposition and reminding HIM of the
canon iorbidding participation in services with
deposej clergyman. Mr.. Tying paid no heed
to the letter, but preached both sermons, Mr.
Cheney reading the morning and evening SER
vice for him. aud the two gentlemen uniting
and administering the Eucharist. The con-
eregation was the largest ever assembled in
Christ Church. In the evening tue church
and vestry we're crowded and hundreds of peo-
pie were obliged to go away, not being able to
obtain standing room. La the morning SER
mon NO allusion was made 10 the existing
troubles, but the evening sermon bore more d.
rectiy upon them, the text being, "Jesus heard
that they had cast him out, aud when He bad
found him He said unto him, Dost thou believe
in the Son of God?" (John 9-35 Mr.. Tying
among other things said that when the church
inteiferes with the rights of individual con-.
science, illuminated by the word of God and
the liberty of Christian in his relations to his
Lord, then the church becomes ante-Christ,
for it assumes the functions of Christ and sub
stitutes itself in Christ's stead. AT such
time of apOstacy from Christ aud His truth. it
is blessing TO be accommodated for the
customs Of the church. This passage was re-
ceived with applause, which MIR. Tying imme-
diately checked, reminding his auditors that
they were in the church of God aud not in a
lcrbure IOoH. MT. Lying concluded by eXnOft-
ing his readers to hold fast to the old Catholic
doctrines i'll essentials, liberty, and in all things
charity.
Cyclone-.-<trange Phcnomiaa.
A cyclone occurred near Mason City, ILL.,, on
Friday morning. An inby hued cloud or
smoke-like column was observed gathering
near tue earth's surface, Cd an open prairie six
miles from that place, and from this column
there soon shot out three narrow and spre- like
clouds, which continued to ascend rapidly un.
til they reached and seemed to attach them
selves closely to a passing cloud above, and
slowly towards the city, but finally changed its
course mite from It's track. An Odor of burn
ing sulphur was plainly perceived, and at 100
yards distance small flashes of electricity we're
constantly visible, passing from the earth to
clouds, and rapid cracking reports were heard
like Infantry in battle firing their muskets as
fast as possible. The pathway of the cyclone
was nearly three miles in length and from
twenty to eighty feet in width, and in that
pathway not particle of vegetation was left
alive. For some distance the earth was liter
ally ploughed to the depth of six inches. The
column Of whistling air must have been in-
tensely hot, as every green thing in its path
Was dried to a crisp. Another feature of the
cyclone was that while its rotary motion was
inconceivably swift, its progressive motion was
not above six miles an hour. Its outlines were
50 well defined that five feet from the outline
OF the total destruction not vestige of its eff
fects could be seen. Fortunately no houses
stood in its line Of march.