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How different might have been the history and position to-day of that church, if the proposed Prayer Book had become the standard of its doctrine and wor- ship! Still, the great fact remains that the proposed Prayer Book of 1785 bears with it the sanction, indorsement and recommendation, unanimous, as far as we know, of the wise, venerable and saintly men composing that convention. In returning to its use, we are only accepting their recommendation, and re- storing "the old paths." What, then, are the chief points of difference between the two Prayer Books? They are substantially the following:
The words "Priest" and "Altar" are not to be found in the proposed book, and consequently, many now-called priestly acts are either omitted or devolved upon the officiating "minister;" thus, the present "Declaration of Absolution, or Remission of Sins, to be made by the Priest," etc., is simply "A declaration concerning the forgiveness of sins, to be made by the Minister," etc. So in the communion office, what is at present restricted to the Priest alone, as placing upon the table "so much bread and wine as he shall think sufficient," etc., is made the duty of " the minister."
The difference in the baptismal services is very marked. In that for children the words in the address of the Minister, "Seeing now, dearly beloved breth- ren, that this child is regenerate, and grafted into the body of Christ's Church," are not found in the proposed book ; and the collect, which reads, "We give, thee hearty thanks, most merciful Father, that it hath pleased thee to regener- ate this infant with thy Holy Spirit, to receive him for thy own child by adop- tion," etc., is in the proposed book, without the words in italics. In the address to the sponsors, instead of, "Wherefore, * * * this infant, must also faithfully, for his part, promise by you that are his sureties (until he comes of age to take it upon himself), that he will renounce the devil and all his works, and con- stantly believe God's holy word, and obediently keep His commandments." The proposed book reads thus : " Wherefore, you must also faithfully,
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for your part, promise and answer to the following questions (which take the place of those now in the service), viz .:
Minister .- "Dost thou believe all the articles of the Christian faith as con- tained in the Apostles' Creed, and wilt thou endeavor to have this child in. structed accordingly ?"
Answer .- " I do believe them, and by God's help will endeavor so to do."
A corresponding modification of the questions is found in the order for adult baptism. Of course, this peculiar phraseology of the services involved corres- ponding changes in the Catechism, the Catechism answering the question, as to whom he received his name-"I received it in baptism when I became a member of the Christian Church," instead of "a member of Christ, a child of God, and an inheritor of the kingdom of heaven." As to what was promised for him in baptism, he is to say: "That I should be instructed in all the articles of the Christian faith as contained in the Apostles' Creed, and brought up," etc. In answer to the subsequent question, "Why, then, are infants baptized," etc., he is to say, "Because their sureties promise to instruct them."
The Confirmation Service was modified so as to make the inquiries addressed to the candidates correspond with these alterations; and the first prayer, in the same office, was changed to exclude from it an endorsement of the doctrine of invariable regeneration in baptism.
The Nicene Creed has not been retained; and the clause, " He descended into hell," is omitted from the Apostles' Creed, which, as is said in a note in the preface of the book, Bishop Burnet, Bishop Pearson, and other writers inform us, is found in no creed, nor mentioned by any writer, until about the begin- ning of the fifth century.
These are the chief alterations made in the Prayer Book by the Convention of 1785, as far as they affect doctrine; but other and less important improvements . and additions were made. The repetition of the Gloria Patri, at the end of every psalm, being classed among "the unnecessary repetitions of the same prayers or subject matter, is not allowed. Some changes were made in the chants and anthems, omitting the Bencdicite, and retaining the chants entitled the Mag- nificat and Nunc Dimittis in the Evening Prayer, as in the English Prayer Book. A Special Service is introduced for the 4th of July, and the whole Liturgy is im- bued with a spirit of fervent patriotism that distinguished the men of that memorable period of our history.
Is the Prayer Book of 1785, then, perfect? free form objection ? By no means. Nothing human is free from imperfection. But this we claim, that since the beginning of the Reformation of the sixteenth century, no prayer book has ever yet been set forth so unexceptionable and so near conformity to Holy Scripture. We accept it as a precious boon left to us from our fathers, older than the Constitution of the United States, and dating back to the very infancy of onr existence as a nation. But we reserve to ourselves full liberty to amend, alter
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SIMEON W. KING, ATTORNEY AT LAW, NOTARY PUBLIC, U. S. COURT COMMISSIONER, For Northern District of Illinois.
COMMISSIONER OF DEEDS
For ALL the STATES and TERRITORIES, to wit .:
Alabama,
Idaho,
Maine,
Pennsylvania,
Alaska,
Illinois,
Minnesota,
Rhode Island,
Arizona,
Indiana,
Montana,
South Carolina,
Arkansas,
Iowa,
New York,
Tennessee,
California,
Kansas,
New Jersey,
Texas,
Colorado,
Kentucky,
New Hampshire, Utah,
Connecticut,
Louisiana,
North Carolina, Vermont, Nebraska,
Dakota,
Massachusetts,
Virginia,
Delaware,
Maryland,
New Mexico,
West Virginia,
Dist. Columbia,
Michigan,
Nevada,
Wisconsin,
Florida,
Mississippi,
Ohio,
Washington,
Georgia,
Missouri,
Oregon,
Wyoming.
Commissioner for the U. S. Court of Claims and Passport Officer.
Deeds, &c., drawn according to the law where recorded or used, and properly acknowledged. Depositions and Affidavits taken for use in any State, Federal, Territorial, Canadian or European Court. Passports obtained, Marine Protests Entered, Insurance Statements Sworn and Certified to. Notes protested. Accounts and Past Due Claims prepared for collection and verified. Proofs in Bankrupt proceedings drawn, proven up, and certified, same as before a Register in Bankruptcy.
Office, Methodist Church Block, ROOM 3,2
Cor. Clark & Washington Streets,
CHICAGO.
U. S. COMMISSIONER'S COURT heid hy Mr. King at his office. Jurisdiction in all matter pertaining to violation of Revenue Laws or any Crime committed against the Government.
Mr. King is the ONLY Commissioner of Deeds in Chicago (if not in the United States) who has a separate Official Seal of Office for each State and Territory, AS REQUIRED BY LAW. Legal Business of every description promptly attended to.
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enlarge or abridge this book, as the Lord may guide ns by His Holy Spirit. Nor do we purpose to make this Liturgy so imperative or obligatory on the con- sciences of men that it is always and only to be used, or that freedom in prayer is to be denied and repressed. We thankfully accept this book from our fa- thers. We will alter, amend, abridge or enlarge it only with great caution and discretion, and asking the guidance of the blessed Spirit.
This, then, is our attitude towards our brethren of the Protestant Episcopal Church. We are not schismatics (no man can be a schismatic who does not deny the faith); we are restorers of the old; repairers of the breaches; reform- ers. And, as in Israel of old, when the tribes of Reuben and of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh, returning to their inheritance on the eastern side of Jordan, in the fullness of their gratitude, had built there an altar, " a great altar to see to;" and when the other tribes of Israel, moved with great indignation, " gathered themselves at Shiloh to go up to war against them," " the children of Reubeu and the children of Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh, answered and said unto the heads of the thousands of Israel : The Lord God of gods-the Lord God of gods-he knoweth, and Israel he shall know, if it be in rebellion or trangression against the Lord, save ns not this day-that we have built us au altar to turn from following the Lord; but that it may be a witness between us and you, and our generations after us, that we might do the service of the Lord before him, with our burnt-offerings, and with our sacrifices, and with our peace- offerings ; that your children may not say to our children, in time to come: Ye have no part in the Lord-wherefore, said we, that it shall be, when they should so say to us or to our generations in time to come, that we may say again, Behold the pattern of the altar of the Lord. which our fathers made, not for burnt-offerings, nor for sacrifices ; but it is a witness between us and you ;- and the thing pleased the children of Israel ; and the children of Israel blessed God and did not intend to go up against them in battle, to destroy the land wherein the children of Reuben and Gad dwelt;"-so declare we now to our brethren, who with great indignation have lifted up their voices against us; and to those who raise the hand of human might to overwhelm us: the Lord God of gods, and the Lord Jesus Christ-the " Head over all things to His Church"-He know- eth, and all His people shall know, that not in rebellion or in transgression against the Lord have we done this thing, but that it may be a witness between us and you, and our generations after us, " that your children may not say to our children in time to come, Ye have no part in the Lord. The Lord our God judge between us and you."
Towards all other Christian people, of like precious faith, our attitude is that only of love, of sympathy, and of earnest desire to co-operate with them in the extension of the kingdom of the Redeemer-both theirs and ours. We re- gard our movement only as a step towards the closer union of all Evangelical Christendom. For this we shall labor and pray. We gladly acknowledge the
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FROM SWORN RETURNS.
Sewing Machine Sales of 1874,
COMPARISON WITH SALES OF 1873.
1874.
1813.
The Singer Manufacturing Co., sold
241,679
232,444
Wheeler & Wilson Manf'g Co., sold
92,827
119,190
Howe Machine Co., estimated.
35,000
No returns
Domestic Sewing Machine Co., sold
22,700
40,114
Weed Sewing Machine Co., sold.
20,495
21,769
Grover & Baker Sewing Machine Co., sold
20,000
36,179
Remington Empire Sewing Machine Co., sold. 17,608
9,183
Wilson Sewing Machine Co., sold.
17,525
21,247
Gold Medal Sewing Machine Co., sold.
15,214
16,431
Wilcox & Gibbs Sewing Machine Co., sold.
13,710
15,881
American B. H. Co., sold
13,529
14,182
Victor Sewing Machine Co., sold.
6,292
7,446
Florence Sewing Machine Co., sold.
5,517
8,960
Secor Sewing Machine Co., sold.
4,541
4,430
Ætna, J. E. Braunsdorf & Co., sold.
1,866
3,081
Bartram & Fanton, sold.
250
1,000
Mckay Sewing Machine Association, sold
128
Keystone Sewing Machine Co., sold
37
217
Facts beyond Controversy. Comment unnecessary.
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validity of the ministerial'orders of our brethren whom God has sent into His vineyard, and whose labors He has accepted and blessed. We shall invite all ministers of Evangelical Churches to occupy our pulpits, and to take part in our services. And we shall rejoice to meet them and their flocks as often as may be expedient around the Lord's Table, and acknowledge that " we, being many, are one Body in Christ, and membersof one another."
ELECTION OF BISHOP CHENEY.
On the 2d day of December, 1873, the Rev. Charles Edward Cheney, D.D., was elected Missionary Bishop of the Church and was consecrated as such Bishop in Christ Church, Chicago, Dec. 11, by Bishop Cummins.
The second General Council of the Church was held in the City of New York, beginning Wednesday, May 13, 1874, at 101% A. M.
Bishop George David Cummins, D. D., was elected Presiding Bishop, and Herbert B. Turner as Secretary.
The third General Council was held in Christ Church, in the City of Chicago, commencing Wednesday, May 12, and ending Tuesday, May 18, 1875.
Bishop Cummins was elected Presiding Bishop, and Herbert B. Turner, Sec- retary.
Rev. Dr. Thompson, the delegate appointed by the General Synod of the Re- formed Church in America to bear the Christian salutations of that body to the General Council, delivered an eloquent and interesting address before the Council on Friday morning, May 14.
Articles of federative union of the Free Church of England with the Reformed Episcopal Church were presented as having been ratified by the Free Church of England. Seven missionary jurisdictions were created by the Council, viz., the Missionary jurisdictions of St. Jolin, of Ottawa, of the Pacific, of the East, the Central Missionary jurisdiction, the Missionary jurisdiction of the South, and of the West and Northwest. The Rev. Edward Cridge, B.A. Oxon, of Vic- toria, British Columbia. the Rev. Jas. A. Latane, of Virginia, and the Rev. Wm. R. Nicholson, D.D., of Philadelphia, were elected Missionary Bishops on Mon- day, May 17th.
The Articles of Religion were adopted at this Council on the 15th of May.
SYNODICAL COUNCIL.
On the 28th of September the first Synodical Council of the Church was held at St. Paul's Church, Chicago. Delegates were present from Christ Church, St. Paul's Church, Church of the Good Shepherd, Emmanuel Church, North Side, Immanuel Church, South Side, Chicago; Christ Church, Peoria, and the Re- formed Episcopal Church at Chillicothe.
The delegates from St. Paul were, A. M. Wright, J. W. Bennett. F. A. Bryan, O. B. Sansum, L. J. Colburn, E. P. Brooks, Prof. M. L. Rogers.
The first Synodical Council of the Reformed Episcopal Church was held at St. Paul's Church, Tuesday, September 28, 1875.
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SOCIETY, OF CHICAGO, Was Organized to give to Girls and Women who are without employment, home, or friends, a helping hand, sympathy and Counsel.
THE INDUSTRIAL HOME,
14 Grant Place, near Lincoln Park,
Was opened September 5th, 1874, for tho purpose of furnishing the unemployed workingmen of the city with a temporary home and industrial training. Board is also furnished to the empolyed, at a nominal price, the price in all cases to be determined by the means of the applicant. Instruction is given in the Musical Department, and sewing is done in the Sewing Department at reduced rates. In the Laundry, plain family washing and ironing is done for 75 cents per dozen. Orders should be addressed, and applications for admis- sion to the Home should be made to the Office of the Society.
Room 14, 171 & 173 E. Randolph St.
All persons interested in the progress of the work are invited to visit the Home and down-town Office of the Association. Regular meetings for the transaction of business and admission of members will be held the first Thursday of each month. Strangers always welcome.
Mrs. ANNIE E. WALBERT, Pre's.
Mrs. T. J. BLUTHARDT, - Vice-Presidents. Mrs. HERMAN RASTER,
Mrs E. W. SPALDING, Mrs. E. C. BAKER,
Treasurer. Secretary.
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A. M. Wright, Esq., was chosen temporary President, and W. A. Beasly, Esq., of Peoria, temporary Secretary. The Synod was termed the Synod of Chicago. L. P. Morehouse was elected permanent Secretary, F. J. Birnay was elected Treasurer, Bishop Cheney, D. D., was elected Synodical Bishop, which position was, accepted.
STANDING COMMITTEE .- The Rev. Samuel Fallows, D. D., the Rev. J. D. Wil- son, the Rev. Wm. H. Cooper, D. D., A. M. Wright, Esq., Alexander Tyng, Esq. and R. Cole, Esq., were elected the Standing Committee by the Synod.
DELEGATES .- The following persons were elected delegates to the synodical council from St. Paul's Church: A. M. Wright, delegate at large, Col. J. W. Bennett, P. R. Westfall, F. A. Bryan, L. J. Colburn, W. M. Lewis, O. B. Sansum. W. G. Thompson and E. P. Brooks.
ALTERNATES .- John Gilman, Prof. M. L. Rogers, E. W. Westfall, John Fair- banks, G. W. Rainey.
Bishop Chas. Edward Cheney, D. D., was elected Synodical Bishop.
The Council adjourned to meet on the first Tuesday in April, 1876, at 10 a. m., in St. Paul's Church, Chicago.
The Reformed Episcopal Church now numbers about 60 ministers and churches and 10.000 communicants. Its growth has been remarkable considering the short period since its organization.
THE APPEAL
is the name of the newspaper published monthly in the interests of the Re- formed Episcopal Church, and was issued January 1, 1876. The following names compose its editorial staff:
SAMUEL FALLOWS, D.D .. Editor-in-Chief. Associate Editors: Bishop George David Cummins, D. D., Bishop Charles Edward Cheney, D. D., Rev. Marshall B. Smith, Passaic, N. J., Rev. W. H. Cooper, D. D., Chicago, Rev. W. M. Postle- thwaite, Baltimore, Md., Rev. H. M. Collisson, Ottawa, Ont., Rev. Joseph D. Wil- son, Peoria, Il1.
Edward P. Brooks & Co. are the publishers. 76 Monroe st.
The paper has received the highest recommendations from the press, and has been warmly received by the whole church. It is receiving constantly large lists of subscribers. The subscription price is only $1.00 per year.
THE "UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST"
is the name of the first University of the Reformed Episcopal Church, which is soon to be established at or near Chicago.
The following extract from the Chicago Tribune will give an idea of the plan of the University :
In regard to the proposed University of the West for the Reformed Episcopal Church, the following information has been obtained by a Tribune reporter : The Board of Trustees has at present under consideration a number of sug- gestions and ideas, and are receiving bids from suburban towns which wan t
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to have the buildingslocated in their midst. Among these are Washington Heights, Morgan Park, Hinsdale, South Englewood, Hawthorn, Glencoe, and Thornton. These all make liberal propositions, and the Trustees are consider- ing them, but it is not yet known where the University will be located.
The scope of the University will naturally be vast, as there will be but one for the entire denomination in the West; all other institutions of learning will be colleges or seminaries, wherever they may be located. The faenlties of these several colleges will be a portion of the faculty of the University.
Another feature will be that, under this regulation, the University alone can confer degrees. The courses of study and examination, in all like grades of this institution, or its colleges, will also be alike, and thus give the best features of Oxford and Cambridge Universities.
It is well known that every denomination has organized a number of colleges under different charters, which has, in many instances, proven a grave mistake and led to financial failures. Nearly every denomination has seen the mistake of multiplying colleges with separate charters and full academic powers, and has realized the great necessity of having a grand central university, organical- ly related to the several colleges.
The Reformed Episcopal University of the West proposes to profit by the mistakes of other denominations, and is the first to put into realization in this country the full meaning of the true University idea. Another feature will be the conferring of the higher degress upon examination alone-such as Doctor of Philosophy, Doctor of Divinity. Doctor of Laws, etc., following the plan of the London and better German Universities. This plan was first inaugurated by Dr. Fallows, in the Illinois Wesleyan University at Bloomington, and work- ed admirably and with marked success. Several gentlemen have passed bril- liant examinations for the several degrees, as ministers, and clergymen, and professors in colleges. This feature makes the conferring of degrees one of ab- solute merit, and not of favor, as has been the case, as is well known, in many instances. The examinations of the University will be conducted by gentlemen eminent for their scholarship, who, in conjunction with the faculty, will consti- tute the Board of Examiners.
Examinations will be in writing. This plan, also, has met with marked favor from the leading educators of the country, as an entirely new feature in Amer- ican collegiate history. Wherever the University may be located, there will be grouped around it colleges of theology, law, medicine, music, technology, the sci- ences and the arts. This will be one of its crowning features, and will be carried on in a manner heretofore almost unknown in this country. A complete educa- tion in the fine arts may be secured here from competent professors. The musi- cal academy will also be placed on a model basis, and the curriculum will in- clnde everything from the teaching of mere piano playing to the full and highest culture of the voice.
The financial basis has been provided for by the University. The point at which it is located, of course, will give a handsome donation in lands and mon- ey. Lands will also be purchased by the University corporation as required, and it is expected that liberal donations will be made for the endowment of chairs in individual colleges. A great many friends of the University stand ready to give land, which will, undoubtedly, prove of great value in years to come.
There is one thing that should be especially noted. The University is going to avoid the terrible rock upon which so many institutions of learning have split-the great rock of debt. The Trustees propose first to endow living men, and not a dead pile of brick stone and mortar. They intend to first put up a wing of a very handsome and commodious building, and put up the main structure
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