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hour that tho blood Of Stephen Redeemed the swar
without tho gate of jerusalem, to the stcst Of til
earth of tbs graves % ot Cochin China hss no, ye
green. 1t Is almost pride to Catho
Ecity that abe can point to this great Prolate /
brings " back to other times and renews In the is
Of the gooms Of the nineteenth century the splendid
Of the faith in the vanished Tho spirits Of hos
seem to walk the earth again The nge Of areeory
and Of coumbanus, tho Irah saint and Of Klian, tn
1rish martyr, and Of Thomas aEecket who fell 1t th
and senews bar youth the lives Of her children
stl clad in the halo OF Apostocity. Jew or Geale O
] Barbarian.
NOTES.
| EpIscopALIAN.
4 ten-days' mission began in Christ Protest
ant Episcopal Church, New York, Feb. 8 It IL
] understood to be revival meeting, and is some.
what unusual III HE churches Of that denomina
ton.
Episcopal clergymen are discussing the pro
priety Of Church Congress, at some future
day, with view to the bctt:r organization Of the
| body, and for the purpose OF rendering the
Church more homogeneous in its faith and prac.
| tioa.
The Working Church says: ''At tho recent
| conservation OF the Protestant Episcopal Bishop
| Spalding, after the ceremony had boen couplet-
( ed, q large gold cross. hung on purple ribbon,
was suspended from his neck. He iB the first
Protestant Bishop who has been crucified in this
| way"
The Working Church Gays the Church ot
the Heavenly Rest, New York, hos the balda-
chino over its communicable, Which proves
that while England is discussing the propriety Of
erecting such popish ornament, New York al
ready has the thing in running order.
! The Working Church, edited by the Rev. s. Il.
| Tying, Jr., calls the Enthusiastically inclined
! Bishops OF the Episcopal church 1.-THE modern
Brahnla~" 1t illustrates by quoting the acts aud
! sayings OF Bishops Coke, OF Western Nen
ter 1t sayB:
| Bishop Whttehouse Of Illinois, through the Chan
eeor Of the Diocese has openly claimed tho right to
against written lsw. So that not only executive but
legislative and judicial functions ali reside m this
ecclesiastical Brahma Let all the people eat dirt in
It proceeds to say that Of the 5000 Protestant
Episcopal ministers g. 500 hold, in soma measure,
to the idea Of ''Apostolical Succession" which
is the warrant for all the pretensions Of the
Bishops. The editor thinks
The dogma can b. propagated BY legislation alone,
and there manifest purpose to engraf upon the
discipline OF the Church. that 1t may hence
forth be disputed. When that is done the Vaticansm
grahminis1n al tho Episcopal Church. Then will be
the time for Old Episcopaans to act the Old Casho~
lies have already done,
PREsRYTERIAN.
4 now Presbyterian church was dedicated In
Baraboo, Wisconsin, Jan. 2G. Tho building cost
$4,000.
Reveals arc in progress In several Of the Pres
bvterian churches Of this city. Last Sunday
fifteen were added to the membership Of Grace
Church ; aud extra meetings are held in several
other city churches.
The Chicago Presbyterian pastors have been
discussing the methods Of Invitation to the
Communion" The debate, the Interior says,
showed that a considerable diversity exists, some
ministers indicating s'deare to leave crack
in tho door for those who are not i'll the fold in
the regular way, but who say they want to come
H." Tomorrow they will discuss popular Edu-
cation.'
The Rev. DR.. Jacob Port, pastor OF the Hol-
first year OF his paatornte last Sunday. During
the year the membership has increased from SO
to IS, the Sunday y-school has increased from 80
to over 200, the congregation has nearly or
quite doubled, and the church building has been
improved and enlarged at cost Of about 50 G00
BAPTIST.
In the Baptist Church at Lawndale twenty-five
conversions ara reported
-Four persons were baptized at the Western
Avenue Baptist Church last Sunday evening.
The Jubilee year Of the Baptist Bible and
Publication Society will be celebrated on the 1st
OF March.
At the Eng]ewooa Baptist Church seventeen
have been baptized Hince the meetings began.
Nine were immersed last Sunday, aud many
more are awaiting the administration OF the
ordinance The meetings we're continued last
week.
The Standard this week explains "Whnt Is
tho Matter with the Baptihts OF Chicago" It
AYERS that ''tho denomination is sound and
healthy from the root TO the remotest branch
It thinks blighted leaf (A1cCarthy?) falling to
the ground does not prove the tree unsound,
oF ofy1;s civ
Of the University, that there is anything unu-
suaI- ''Nothing has happened but what is
common to the Church in tho present condition
OF trial and conflict. The very term church
condition Of the church in this world, and when
the battle rages, why ask, What il the matter ?f'
AETHop1sT.,
The Methodist Church at Park Ridge reports
eleven recent additions.
The Free Methodist Church. On North Morgan
street, is in the midst Of revival.
Centenary Methodist Church, Of this city, re-
ports 955 scholars in the Sunday-schooi of that
church
The Fulton Street Methodist Church reports
thirty recent conversions, and four baptisu1s
last Sunday.
A revival is in progress in the Michigan Ave-
nue. Methodist Church. Already over thirty
conversions are reported to have taken place.
a great TRIVIAL ua6 TAKEN place IN tb6 Metho-
dist Church in Joliet presided over by the Rey.
John u. Caldwell. Over 200 have been con-
yerted, and 1856 have united With the Church
A reviyal-meeting was commenced in the Vs.
bash Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church last t
week. Sermons we're delivered each evening in |
the week by several Of the most eminent clergy |
men Of the city, including Bishop Cheney, tie |
Rev. Arthur Mitchell. Dr.. G. n. Northrop, the |
Rev. ". 4. Bartlett, and the Rev. Mr. Mctaes- |
ney. There are promises already OF q deep re-
vivsl. Meetings are to be continued through |
the present week.
CONGREGATIONAL
The Tabernacle Church, on the corner Of Nor
gan and Indiana streets. has made proposition /
to transfer it's property to the First Congrega- !
ional Church, providing tha lattar body will ad- |