, 1874-01-11
observance Of the Week Of
Prayer.
The Spirit Of the Religious
Press.
Henry Ward Beecher--Wirt Dexter
Congregational Music.
Tho Presbyterian Church in
Chicago.


Services in the Churches To-Day.
OBSERVANCE OF THE WEEK OF PRAYER.
The list seven DAYS have been in Chicago. and
8, f.ct all over Christendom, the great Week OF
praret In nearly an Of the Evangelical
.hpTr,es Of the city it hns been faithfully OBJ
..rrd. Tie eubjectsadopted for consideration,
III the objects for which petitions have been
r.1e. have been. mainly, the Same in all the
.s,rches, which is certainly an interesting fact.
,nd roes long way in showing that tho Chris
~, world is marching on with moro concerted
.ction tban ever before in it's history. What tho
cr,1d result will ultimately be, from such gen.
rr,1 unity of work on this enc point. no one can
till but that it tends to nearer brotherhood
and greater oneness III ull that appertains to
,,.cticu TRUTH oil muet admit. The reports Of
reyiraIs in tho city are already reach
inc Us. Many Of tile praycr-mectings
zero ncror Eo fal1y attended In nearly
II of them, inquirers are found who, in various
xsys, in public aud pEvase, are making known
tbeir desires to lead q better life. The meetings
iii no doubt be continued, a6 they should be, in
many Of The churches another wcea, if not
.rsten Of .' Fellowship Meetings." which will
tc Introduced iu the churches OF that denomina-
lion Tuesday, aud continue until Thursday even
;rc. The plan is, that the ministers, two Of
xhcm going together, shall visit ali the Presby-
tartan churches in the city and vicinity on tie
afternoons and evenings of the days above
mentioned. \ committee appointed to assign
tie yisisutiuns have agreed upon the same, and
announce il rs follows:
1uessay, afternoon aud evening, at thu First Pres
r.
Sscond Church, Dr. swAzey and n. {. Young: Fifth,
fct. Swing and ]. H. Walker; Grace, L. H. Reid aud
Burrcll; :Nirth, Blaekbtrn and Wood: Forty-s1th
Street, M.Cala and Harrison. Wednesday. afternoon
sad evening at the Third Church, Prof. Patton anil
Yonag; Il 9Th, Arthur Mitchell and C. L. Thompson;
gsnnion rrot Swing and ard Bar1ett: Jefferson a paEk
.nd Mattbews p cr;a Strict Halsey and Ely; Fourth,
rt.eEbu1u aad Wood Holland, Wis,,cr and Davis.
church, Mitchell and Walker; Fullerton Avenue, Kit
trrdsc a2d Eucrei, Grrman, Dts Post aud Elliott;
Lie Fcrcst, Dr. p4ttezfon; gkland Park ths Rev.
Ns;thGws; Hyde rArk, c. L. Thompson; Engewooi.
Den E. S Ely; austin, .. D. Gultek; Naywood' R.c-
Davis.
THE s1EruoD1scs II OAK rARK.
The 1lethodists in Oak Park dedicated
he basement of their new church edliico last
Sunday. President Fowler was present and
seems to have been the ruling spirit of the oc-
casion. although he was assisted By the Eeys.
r. \. Eindc, 4. J. Phelps. and the efficient pas
* l.. H.
mainlv in the financial department, in which We
venture to sey he has very few equals At the
appropriate moment he called about him num-
her OF men and set them to raising subscriptions
to liquidato the 56, 900 indebtedness incrred in
completing tie basement. The first subscription
vas 81. 600, afterwards made 81 COO more, from
Pnilauder Smith; tho second vas 81 900, made
$500 more, from Joseph 1{ettlest1lnss. 4. J.
Bell gave $500, William E. Blackstone, $780, Il.
". Austin, $500, Samuel Dunlap, $500,
II o141 and IN
un-l over $4,000 WAS secured, gum sufficient
to pay of the debt and complete the upper ROOM
No wonder tile Methodist Church sends for DE.
Fowler wien any such work as the above is to
he done. The amount raised exceeded the ez-
7tcta:ions Of ali present, and will be the means
IT furnishing rao,ner new church aditice. COM
rlete, In tnat Lively suburban town, in the non1
future
The materials used in the construction Of the
new building are Racine brick with stone trim
rnince. The basement contains c large lecture
room and two class rooms. connected By large
folding doors, aud capable Of being thrown into
one roum- The frescoi1ss are done in {lrst-class
etyle in tiuts Of blue, maroon, etc. On each side
OF the pulpit. in rich colors. there is cross, en-
twincd about which are tile notices: ''No Cross,
no Crown" and ''Lo, Am With You Always"
Over the entrance door, il tie hall, is the word,
"Wecome." and ss ycu pass in, another is seen
- Bless the Lord" On the rear wall within,
s-e the notices. ''Tho Lord il 3ly Shepherd"
another, which is seen over the main door as
you Eass out, "peacc I Leave with You" Ex-
terually the building shows Two spires, one of
which is $50 feet high, q large front circular
window. ,'ortico ENHANCE, and altogether
neat Gothic eG.iice.
THE RELIGIOUS PRESS.
The 4Aid7ce, III addition to several columns Of
CITY and sutul ban ucwE contains editorials OH
1.-The Religion Of tue City, :. Heresy Hunting,
"Mirt Dexter. Esq; 10y Church Unity by Force"
extract is tsken from the second named article:
Hcury Hard Eeeeher once said: II love goodness
thousand times than Late batlnesa, =, noble
saying, and woby OF the great heart whence it came.
We would supplement it with another: love truth
thousand times ncEe shan hate erroE. In al ages
there have been men WHO have enjoyed heresy-Aunt-
tag-tne detecting of hair's breadth derat!ons from
trct orthodox,-fae more than the recognition Of
truth The increasing liberality and charity, which
art 80 Characteristic Of OFT timee is day le:senng
ths nunter Of snh Christians but the species IS fur
frem extinct They dtE5lt apparently III magnify
tng trif:ns differences Ct oliuion; cnd the petty,
mi1oscopic points in theology, concerning which
?ro;ounder importance than the great funla1ncnal
ooe:r1ntB UPON which all arc agreed. No Watchdog
EYER guarded lis masters dwelling more vieilaatly
than they do. il c'crsyn1en the orthodoxy Of their
tsoteer elerg5uen, or, if Aymen, that of their minis
t;r. Their kecnncss Of sccnt rivals thAt Of alun-
dc On s Ey :rao to tes oof
e.. paed III on board by pointing when the ship VAS
Nv from land. As he continued to do tlis fer
'411 A4ie, tHe G1tOn +MaS C0ElueuI uS ptt u1u
scented game, aud wagrred hundred guiueas that
f,lae Fonld be found m n;f an hour Ia less than
airt5 minutes OF The s1ilo-s harpoonea shark;
and, On cutting him oren, there were found in his
ncqaeh no less Than s1 brace Of psrtridges Hardly
'ese Eeen-sreated Of the dcnatiss Of tile
nay sho detect in every rctty deviation from estal
t saia doct7ne-esery novel exposition OF adnisted
1ra1h every attempt TO break down party wallis and to
HaSs Christians fEie7Ezo far they can without
asac1zace Ct vital t1utl-2 startling n9rcsy.
Speaking Of .lr- Dexter, the 4uilncs says:
Wit Dexter is about ouch continuation Of natural
aoaty, aud culture. and information, aud law, and
snnhcsp:ris, and morality. and caarily, s the world
1eees 1n the Icing called He Is such IN ASSEM-
a,es of virtues the world, however, docs not u{ten
- M@aoh Although he has reached on1y 42 years, yet
e ea1s tbs honors Of good works enough to crown IN
ene old age. His central idea aud nrst lore Is the
sa Profession. and this he follows with zeal aud
ancv thzt d;g2fJ the calling aoG establish an e.-
rl. :oc young lavse.s to study and follow. In the
1ahes Of Mr. Dexter the law becomes VIA. sc@ace
w 70 ASSssi-, CT what poetry to old Homer. or
r. VT WIS to Sapoleon-;heb business ard rew%rd Of
IN. ~ ine study of case las become with him
tas to the Philosophers pursuit Of truth-soue-
t2t Eteors the mind, regardless OF the w1ges at