, 1875-01-03

Prairie avenue, not fur from Twenty-nsntl
| stleet has made arrangements to build hex
spring church-edifce on Wabash avenuo* jus
! south OF TwentT-ninth street. The lot il airead
purchased, and it is the intention to build YER
! tiro house. costing something like $70, 900. l
will be on the same aido OF Wabash ayenue q
| the convent Father Tsiordan, WHO has been th
pastor OF the church since tho fire Of 1871, is
| popular and mueh-esteemed spiritual leader, *nt
the new euterorise is largely duo to his pusa ank
vigorous administration.
| ABROAD.
| 4 State Convention OF Uniyefaaiista will bs
held 1t Cl1uton. N. T., Jan s. to der!se meaas t.
| collect funds for the benefit OF the Clinton Lib
eral Institute.
! During tho past nine months 50 nav churches
have leen built iu this country, casting from
| 81, 600 to $125.00o each.
It is estimated By the Memphis Baptist, thai
&c, IT'S B:ptlsts, comprised in four Associations
| have eono over to ths open communion side
The editor bewA!ls ths departure, but offers nc
antidote.
The Chilian Cabinet Ministers and the Presi.
J dent Of tho Republic hayo been e1communicatec
from tho Roman Catholic Church by tho Bishops
OF Conception and Serena for enforcing : law
! prohibiting the PRONUNCIATION OF Papal bulls ex-
citing to sedltion.
a Protestant Episcopal Convention will mees
in Columbus, o., Jan. 13. for tho purpose OF
electlng bishop and perfecting an or:aniza-
tion., appointing standing committee, aud elect
ing diocesan officers. Among the candidates for
Cotton Smith, and Bishop Ham.
The result Of 103 years labor by the Universal
lists in Philadelphla is three churches the oldest
OF which is languishlng and pastorlsss. Tue
other two are not vigorous. The Methodist con-
trasts With this condition Of things the growth
Of the II. E. Church in the same period: \
growth of over 18, 900 members, with 50 churches,
and fourlshing book-room property, valued at
over el0o.00
Reviva1s are reported in large number Of
churches in the Northwest moro especially those
belonging to the Methodist denomination. They
are reported in tho Methodist churches of VIII
nington, shtrland, Darlington, Andalusia,
in Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, aud Indiana.
Miss Belle Leonard is conducting successful
revival meeting in postviiie, H., in the Metho-
dist Church Of that place.
Az this is the week Of prayer, synopsis Of the
subjects is reproduced: MondAy the special sub
1oct 10 "IhankssiV!ng and Confessions" Tnos-
dsy tn the ;, subject is "National Objects for
Prayer" Thureday,-" Foreign Objects for Pray
er." Friday, missionary Objects for Prayer"
Saturday, Prayer for Religious RaYiya(s" Sun-
day, sermon: Tho essential union Of Christ's
Church, and tho obligation binding on all its
members to manifest it in tha bond Of peace
Tho Rev. DR.. ". f. Nicholaon gave his reasons
in recent sermon for leaving tho Protestant for
the Reformed Episcopal Church He stated
TINT his clifef difficulty had been With tho baptis-
NAL service. He tried in turn several different
ways OF explaining it so IS to avoid it's declara-
ton OF the absolute regeneration Of its subjects
Finally, he discovered that none OF them would
do. All the petitions OF those OF like rioss with
h1TrRAff na Ia e1,i faH to-
exclnslveness which received pliest OF tho
Church OF Rome without reordination, but de-
niad that courtesy to Protestant ministers. He
would have staid in the ranks to fight out the
battle IT there Was only question Of r1tnalism
in few churches, but ha SAN no hope OF succcsa
while ths prayer book reu1ainod unaltersd.
AMERICAN TRACT SOCIETY.
As the American Tract Society il approaching
its semi-centennial anniversary, public attention
is being turned to the great WORK which it has
The Secretary, the Rev. GIL. shearer, in recent
report, says: "The annual issues during the past
fifty years average more than TO- 000 600 OF papers
more than half million Of them being vol
ames. This lmmause average ia exceeded by
hare been no less than Go,ooo evangelical publ
10 volumes. Tho - Tract Tat1 society SOCIETY," has hes
unlisted $500 laborers. Last year
t employed 220. who made an average OF nearly |
into 5000 families. During tho |
'ast thirty years, tho coporteurs Of tho Society
aaye made moro than II ,0000 900 family visits. |
Ehs cost OF the work during the past year |
amounted to @5o, 900. Grants OF printed matter /
Turing ths year have been made to the extent OF |
% 900 900 pages, valued at $45, 900. Papers
'2vo bcen sent to China, Inda, Greece, Italy,
'paio, and Brazil, and these papers have been |
'rin:ed in 60 fewer than 143 languages. since I
ts formation the Society has expended 2600, 900 !
n cooperating With American missions.
DIR. DE KovEN.
inc Eastern papers are Publishing sermon
eIivered recently by DR.. De Koyen in Baltimore, |
a which he sets forth his peculiar belief con-
crnipg the Eucharist In this Sermon he re-
1arked:
There ara two points On which the Bblo and tho
hurch forerer inz:st Tbs first is that Christ was |
aore OF cr:us for sin, and that Calvary a offered
ne perfect aud sufficient sacifce oblatop and sats-
1cton for the sins Of the whole world On the other
and Thilo tho singieness Of tho saeriace j. thus
1ily declared, the perpetuity Of christ's priest
ood Is - carefully reTe7led. Being perpetual,
It employing but ing1e racrihcal sct it must con-
st in constant reference to that sacrifice, This
instant reference must be tho forever presenting in
le midst Of tbe Divine Person, His blessed human
.ssiou. What is the sacrament Of the altar but tie
f-same act, done in His earthly kingdom And II
lis Be 60, must nos His blessed human nature, thu
'esenting Of which, a. once alain 10 God, is the
.rpetual reference to the enc sacridcs onco offered
every altar, ~ we'll as In the midst Of the |
hrone : Day BY day, Whenever the sscridce is Of
. watching angels, is this presence Of ths Lord Il
III continue :whe!hcr We heed it or do not heed It,
neither slight it OF love it. until this same Jesus
s sa n ahs s
no hase sought Him and found Him in Hia Eucharist
st forever In that presence where tho provoking Of
men comes no longer, and Whero there IL rest for
6 wear, Of soul from ths strifs Of tongues.
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