, 1874-06-07

Of the ''Nen Duties Of the Church OF tbs pres
ent time, savs:
It seerus tho plain duty Of our generation to agree
quickly upon simple platforr, ard thus transfer the
energy Of the whole Church from the uuzk OF mutual
comparison and mutual admiration depreciation
the sublime external task Of feeding tue multitude.
Any modern sect good enough for the wicked world
IL 1t will only soften its debate and reloube its love
define its dognas less aud increase 1te gfs
the destitute and enlarge its eanctuares aud cheaper
It's pewa new church at eseh cEoss-roads Is better
reasoning with the s1cpica, bzotherly graspng Of
their hand In the best mad only way Of contendiug
yaantly for the faith delivered unto tho eain:s
Ths wonderful revolt taking place in the outer world
Of science and reaGon Is loud, eharp Toce from
God, cnug the Church to looE away from it1eN over
to It with the whisper OF peace Orthodoxy uay te 50
studied as to become only egott7na-
The st. Louis Democrat eays:
All doubts about Prof. Swings Lercsy are set At rest
cu.sion to CoolaIo with Henry Ward Be.cher and E,
II. Chaplin. TIC lie will preach a:tLr sleeping
several weeks under the sarie blanket With two such
clerical rerobates will not have tie faues ngs Of
C.lvt1isra In them. When Beccher was recently
asked il he was Calsinst, lie answered that he
kIad ct Calvinism that john Calvin would preach il
he living, and had kept pace With the
progress Of civilization.
Ml5S TEEDES.
ET. GAINESVILLE, O., June l. 1874,
To the Edifor Of the Cai:at' Tribune:
Sin: Would thou 10 pleased to give the
Qucser AScut of the American Peace Society a
quarter OF column in thy paper ? II 80 / will
say to Prof, David Swing, who was tho first Que
ment," TINT have goue in, and will help ths
patriots Of Ohio TO tight it ont on tho line OF
Il No License till the 18th Of August. I. nm
going to lecture this afternoon at Lloydsyilo,
at. masH-neet,uS in this place. and Tuesday
night ut mass meeting in Bridgeport. by
SPECIAL invitatio, Of Mrs Dr.. Rowlss, tie Prcs-
byterian Secretary OF the Ladies' League. She
belongs to the class OF Presbyteriana Of
which ne infer the number is az
forty-ave TO fifteen among the leading members
Of that denomination i'll your city, which speaks
much for temperance, liberty, and peace. I spoke
on temperance aud peace both at tho Quaker vii
laEe Of Mt. Pleasant, but the Friends said,
present." lectured at Wheeling; ". Va. too, but
not on peace,-for believe in carrying the war
into Africa. Tue country is delightful on both
aides OF the Ohio. birds and blooms and corn
rows are plenty. Warm weather has caused the
peace-advocate and temperance crusader to lay
aside tho "heavy oyercoat-looking sack" che
wore in Chicago last winter, and to Bag to those
who may remember her in that city, ~ am glad
that the glorious spring OF 1874 finds me- in good
health and fine spirita- Lem glad did not lire
in the days Of 6erYetus, but in the days of David
Swing: May the number Of the Lords hosts
bo multiplied, and the kingdom OF the devil be
dernolished."' Thy friend. JANE f. WEEDES.
THE AMERICAN TRACT SOCIETY.
The public meeting marking the close Of the
forty-nnth year Of the history Of this Society was
held Sabbath evening, May II. In the Broadway
Tabernacle Church, New York. 4 large gather
ing of friends OF the Society, including many rep
resentative men, attended to the close Of the
meeting, which WAS enthusiastic as In old
times, the palmy days OF anniversaries"
In and around the pulpit we're the Rev. Drs.
Taylor, Hutton, Primo, Ormston, and sewnrd,
and Messrs. James Brown, William E. Dodge,
Frederic Marquand, Stewart Brown, and other
old friends Of the Cause.
The venerable DR.. Tying presided IN the ab-
sence OF the President, and, after the opening
exercises, reverted to the first anniversary, held
In 1926, when he WAS present and made an ad-
dress. He said forty-nine years have passed,
and never was the wisdom OF any enterprise, in
it's plans and operations, more signally vindi-
Gated and sealed with the Divine blessing.
Every year had established more mhnifestly that
thereis Church above all churches, q power above
all powers, abba to bring about results that put
to ehame our feeble faith. He greatly rejoiced
in that evenings demonstration OF this truth at
the close Of his life. The Society stood on q
basis stronger than adamant, and might we'll
blow the trump Of jubilee, while it worked on
God throughout the land, to be contaminated
around the throne OF God and the Lamb.
Prof. Cyrus Nogthrup, OF Yale College, gave
clear and convincing address on the value OF the
elevated and Christian literature this Society
affords for the promotion Of the gospel and in
suppIanting the Sensational, immoral, and anti
Christian issues Of the secular press.
Tho Rev. r. s. Macarthur. Of Calvary Baptist
Church, New York. spoke with great earnest
mesa upon the great power OF dlrect personal
"tasted death for every man, and preached His
Gospel to individuals. The 20n, 900 personal up
peals of the colporteurs the past year we're
power that could hardly be exaggerated
The Rev. Dr. John Hall next spoke. with his
usunl power, Of the influence OF the press with
its immense issues. good, bad, and indifferent;
and Of tho necessity OF this benevolent Union
Society to furnish the good. Thc law Of supply
and demand would not meet the case. Those
who most needed Christian literature would not
seek it any more than inadels would build
churches, the ignorant or children organize
schools or drunkards form Temperance Soco-
ties. As the grain from hundred Western
farms, and farmers OF many nationalites, pour
ed into q great elevator at Chicago, become one
homogeneous mass-the food and seed for the
nation-so in the issues Of this Society tho
Christian thought and life Of all branches Of the
people Of God combined to form the bread and
seed OF life for the nation. Tha vast power OF
direct personal appeal, and the secret OF success
in personal devotion to Christ, we're illustrated
by deeply interesting Incidents, and the audience
we're urged to consecrate time and means to
this work.
The Rev. John R. McDougall, Of Florence, Italy.
gratefully acknowledged the yaluable aid render
ed by the Society to the work Of God IN his
adopted land. He described the wonderful rev.
olutiou which Providence had so quietly brought
about in Rome, after 100 distinct efforts to
throw oil the temporal tyranny Of the Papacy
Years ago not word could be spoken or printed
there against Romsnism; no" the leading pub
With their full imprint; and grand building for
all forms Of Gospel-work had been secured and
opened under the very walls of tho Vatican
The closing address WAS By the eloquent Rev.
j. a. Wilson, OF Edinburgh, Scotland. He
warmly eulogized the Tract Society for the
acknowledged superiority Of its issues, both in
their contents and their style Of Illustration and
issue. He dnelt with great ea1nestness on the
importance and power Of such Christian work as
the Society promoted, and seemed impressed
with the belief that the United States, with their
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