, 1873-08-03

Description Of tile New Fur
we'll Hall.
Progress Of Baptist Missions in
Illinois.
New Methodist Church 10 Be Built
Corner Of VanBuren Street and
Fourth Avenue.
Interesting Religious Miacellany.'-Ex-
tracts from UNCONVENTIONAL
Papers-.-Notes..-Per-
sonal.
Programme of Services In the
Churches To-Dny.

old Chicago In It assembled ovory Sunday
evening, to listen to thoao glad tidipgs designed
Aoi all poopo' W. VI 'ns ~ aor,onad a.
whero gathorod IN she elsy' II ~ oo.No,'u ,''s a
the noon hour OF evory weekday mixcd, pnt
earnest group Of people to ssppsate % ,ha tho SAVIOR
~.oe onA 1A',N .N 80 s,;,,o, +,,a a.,rod
OF mankind. IN II "ero glSon 'ne esofoa
concort and tho lecture 1mparsmg ploaa-
r. vsa tno headouartere Of Christian work in
-,,.'ss 49, .so.aa .r1 ,1orio,a n1acc ,hoao
ohcaBo' saoiea nv 1r:oas .a r ,,;,,,.oa ~
enne of our I onurohos @ md our @ homos
IT vas built. originally, by atook company,
+bo cnnitn1 of which WAS s22o, 900. THO Groat
~. 49,. a.,,-..;o,, viii, ,r1v +,,o lat nov
Eno .t1 Wv aqon en- naaaat,,, a.. ctrort ,,as bcon
1nado, attended with sucocHs, In securing tile do
nation Of tho capital stock Of tho Company to
49, vonno Mor,a obriat,an Asaociatlon Of Chi
cago. WNh tho exception ot aoons @ao'oou ~
tho stock has becn thus donated. Mr. j. Y.
Faryell, who. originally put in tho lot at
$780, ooo-taking It az Is atock ~ In r;..,A1 tho
which iB, il fact, tho donation OF tho alto. Tho
lot fronts 95 foot on Madison street, near La
snllo, and extends back 1s9 feet to the Arcade
which l9S aS9a is a sSnso E nax OF Lao vorh 9s
floDoOO. It is hoped Tint all the stock will
eventually be donatsd in tho eame channel, aud
that on tho basis Of this, the Young Mems
crcct ,,ow holl thot will rival its predecessors
in pnlonf1or Tho preliminary atepB to this great
work have already boon tako!,.
A building committco consisting OF MeBsrs.
N. 8. Doaton, tho Hon. John v. Far
VOL, and Philip Myors has been appointed,
representing the Association, and loans havo
beon no far negotintod that 4 portion Of tho
building will be orcctod this aoason. What Is
kllown Us tho Madison stroot 'front.' 95x108 feet,
has been selected as the ate. On this there is
to bo placed at once hvo-atory aud basement
etopo front in style of architecture that will DO
In koepinr With tho grand buildings OF that To-
cnlity. lilo main floor will bo designed for
stores. The second and third floors will 10 used
Draver-1nooting room, otc. Tho fourth and fifth
floors will DO for rcnt, to DO used for various
purposes.
Tic noon prayor-meeting room will be on tho
second floor. Ii In feared that tho space viii be
Insufficient to make ths large enoaga to
now fill tho large hall in tho Methodist Block
eyery week. For this reason 1t is proposed to
retain tho hall in this block for the toachers'
noon meeting elq syery sat1day a. y.,o,,t s9s nm
On tho lot loft In tho rear Of this building.
which is 8lxl20 feet tho Association desires to
build, as boon as possible, hall similar to the
wish to involve any indebtedness, this mattor,
lar the preBeut, il postponed. Undoubtedly
t1ero il great neod, in Huch city aa this for
eueh Building, aud tho sooner i can DO , erected
we'll Hail. on all know who attonded religious
SERVICES there on any Sunday evening, can
mt woll be- disponaed with. Downtown churches
Ionsod bon viii to tho welfare Of any large city.
This is espocially true OF Chicago. wlero tho
business part OF tho city, in it's humorous hotels,
and tho upper floors Of buainoss blocks, may bo
When tho time comes, therefore. tor the
to top qaSufId ni ths a Il ta tino has not aroady
come It is hoped that tho nbs1slity et the be.
viii 10 commensurate with the worthiness Of the
obioct.
THE CONVERSATIONAL.
Tho religious press OF every denomination, Of
tho petition Of the four hundred and eighty
throo for tho appointment OF III Order Of Con
fessors in tho Church OF England. Though no
granted, it is taken as ono OF tho sign
Of the timeB," indicative of the waning
mower of the Reformation, a returning K
tic Church Of Rome, T. desire on tho nart OF th'
clergy to supplement their labors with tho con
fogBlonal tor tho purpose Of increasing tho
powor. Ssua ecclosiasticat and otherwise, &o. Th'
prominent Journals OF tLo Episcopal Church 70
gard the petition AZ failure 1t argues noitho
going over to Homo nor any peryading dssat
igfhction within tho EBtablshed Church.
Ono Of these journals asserts that tho bust
ucBs Of getting up petitions ID as well under
stood in England, rs IN this country. some {, 9
tho names to tEs one, II eaSal arc anpll
cates, and hardly any OF them repro
sent tho moro influential OF tho clergy
n vorv irconsiderable pnrt OF tho Church ha
snv ioan;nns towari Lilo Church OF Home.
kny ionn.4hp 49, n1tart ~ IN aMort -wh;Sh ;
also ~, ano.a W. 'o o,,t ~ IN rior+v AVID arn
~ xz2 p1t ~ hn1s rcasrdeI an cnnnlotn fo;inrf
t;.e ~ t ri who wonli 1ilfc tho NOV
cot, htl.hiHs M ut ot r. liz - con'm;t thamaa,vaa
mens, pns ~ npt IT, I'M Iee,n ~ ot1,ara wl,n .rou NJ
ssng am gpthin' 'or n .u thew vore asbod to sen ID
e'gh an5'sa1nB ' B,,st spo avo % s;cncd Ind thGV hoo
tn1so mnu ,,rsa5 II II stii] mora1ly cartai
sunaeseu"S a taSSu tho Enn'ish ccrry ara altt
tla!, as uu1f, t',o ~. var ~ tho sot;tonnr
Hstnof oppossu thor ~ ~ roma:a Ia tEo nshn,
1no odttot st - onpaca tin@ Iesislaton az Icris
Eese lsat ~ ~ Iuato na,i nG"nsn 'mt ~ co'
siun cou'u 4a,l. H. ~ tr;ciu 1a1ninr thu honSa
tess'on "enJ n,s,,sto NJ n,,n WIN ahonld a