Each year's Course of Study will be considered the "First Year" for new pupils, whether it be the first, second, third, or fourth of the four years' course. For example, "the class of 1885," instead of beginning October, 1881, with the same studies which were pursued in 1880-'81 by "the class of 1884," will fall in with "the class of '84," and take for their first year the second year's course of the '84 class. The first year for "the class of 1884" will thus in due time become the fourth year for "the class of 1885." 5. STUDIES FOR 1881-82.* The course for 1881-82 comprises readings in: 1. History. 2. Literature. 3. Science and Philosophy. 4. Art. 5. Religion. The required books for the year are as follows: 1. HISTORY.-Man's Antiquity and Language. Dr. M. S. Terry (Chautauqua Text-Book.) Price 10 cents. Outlines of General History. Dr. J. H. Vincent. (Chautauqua Text-Book.) Price, 10 cents. Mosaics of History. Selected by Arthur Gilman, Esq., of Cambridge, Mass. (CHAUTAUQUAN.) Readings from Mickenzie's Nineteenth Century. Books First and Second. (Franklin Square edition.) Price, 15 cents. 2. LITERATURE.-Art of Speech. Part II. "Oratory and Logic" (Dr. L. T. Townsend.) Price, 50 cents. Illustrated History of Ancient Literature, Oriental and Classical. Dr. Quackenbos. Price, $1.00. English History and Literature. Chautauqua Library. Vol. III. [To be ready in 1882.] 3. SCIENCE AND PHILOSOPHY.-Popular Readings concerning Mathematics, Political Economy, Geology, Chemistry, Laws of Health, and Mental and Moral Philosophy. (CHAUTAUQUAN.) 4. ART. Outline Lessons on Art. Miss de Forest. (Chautauqua Text. Book.) Price, 10 cents. A Short History of Art. Miss de Forest. Price, $2. 5. RELIGIOUS. - God in History. (CHAUTAUQUAN.) Religion in Art. (CHAUTAUQUAN.) 6. ADDITIONAL.--(For Students of Class 1882.) Hints for Home Reading, Dr. Lyman Abbott. The Hall in the Grove. Mrs. Alden. (About Chautauqua and the C. L. S. C.) The following is the distribution of the subjects and books through the year: October and November. Man's Antiquity and Language. [Terry.] [Ch.] Mosaics of History Illustrated History of Ancient Literature, Religion in Art. [Ch.] Mosaics of History. [Ch.] April. Mosaics of History. [Ch.] 6. THE WHITE SEAL SUPPLEMENTARY COURSE. Persons who desire to read more extensively in the lines of study for 1881-82 are expected to read, in addition to the "required" books for the year, the following: Conflict of Christianity with Heathenism. By Dr. Ulhorn. History of Germany. By Charlotte M. Yonge. Persons who pursue the "White Seal Course" of each year, in addition to the regular course, will receive at the time of their graduation a white seal to be attached to the regular diploma. 7.-SPECIAL COURSES. Members of the C. L. S. C. may take, in addition to the regular course above prescribed, one or more special courses, and pass an examination upon them. A series of special courses in the several departments of study will be in due time announced, and pupils will receive credit and testimonial seals to be appended to their regular di *The additional books for the "White Seal Course" for 1881-82 are: "Conflict of Christianity with "Heathenism," by Dr. Ulhorn; "Outline Study of Man," by Dr. Mark Hopkins; "History of Germany," by Charlotte Yonge. ploma, according to the merit of examinations on these supplemental courses. 8. THE PREPARATORY COURSE. Persons who are too young, or are not sufficiently advanced in their studies, to take the regular C. L. S. C. course, may adopt certain preparatory lessons for the two years. For circulars of the special and preparatory courses, address, Dr. J. H. Vincent, Plainfield, N. J. 9. INITIATION FEE. To defray the expenses of correspondence, monthly reports, etc.,. an annual fee of fifty cents is required. This amount should be forwarded to Miss K. F. Kimball, Plainfield, N. J., (by New York or Philadelphia draft or post-office order.) Do not send postage-stamps if you can possibly avoid it. N. B.-In sending your fee, be sure to state to which class you belong, whether 1882, 1883, 1884, or 1885. 10. APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP. 2 Persons desiring to unite with the C. L. S. C. should forward answers to the following questions to Dr. J. H. VINCENT, PLAINFIELD, N.J. The class graduating in 1885 should begin the studies of the lessons required October 1881. They may begin as late as January 1, 1882. 1. Give your name in full. Your post-office address-with county and State. 3. Are you married or single? 4. What is your age? Are you between tw nty and thirty, or thirty and forty, or forty and fifty, or fifty and sixty, etc.? 5. If married, how many children living under the age of sixteen years? 6. What is your occupation! 7. With what religious denomination are you connected? 8. Do you, after mature deliberation, resolve, if able, to prosecute the four years' course of study presented by the C. L. S. C.? 9. Do you promise to give an average of three hours a week to the reading and study required by this course? 10. How much more than the time specified do you hope to give to this course of study? Individuals may prosecute the studies of the C. L. S. C. alone, but their efforts will be greatly facilitated by securing a "local circle" of two or more persons, who agree to meet as frequently as possible, read together, converse on subjects of study, arrange for occasional lectures by local talent, organize a library, a museum, a laboratory, All that is necessary for the establishment of such "local circles" is to meet, report organization to Dr. Vincent, Plainfield, N. J., and then prosecute the course of study in such a way as seems most likely to secure the ends contemplated by the C. L. S. C. etc. 15. MEMORIAL DAYS. Twelve days are set apart as days of especial interest to every member of the C. L. S. C., and as days of devout prayer for the furtherance of the objects of this society. On these days all members are urgently invited to read the literary and scriptural selections indi-cated, to collect some facts about the authors whose birthdays are thus commemorated, and to invoke the blessing of our heavenly Father upon this attempt to exalt His word, and to understand and rejoice in His works. The selections to be read on the memorial days are published by Phillips & Hunt, and by Walden & Stowe, in a small volume -Chautauqua Text-Book No. 7 Memorial Days." Price, 10 cents. EDITOR'S OUTLOOK. THE second volume of THE CHAUTAUQUAN opens with this number. Some of our friends and patrons have not fully learned what is the length of the volume we issue. We still adhere to our original plan, and publish ten numbers for the year, beginning with October and closing with July. We do not issue THE CHAUTAUQUAN in August or September. We publish the ASSEMBLY HERALD at Chautauqua in August. It makes for this year nineteen papers in the volume, well filled with stenographic reports of choice lectures and sermons delivered at the Chautauqua meetings. Be when touching addresses were delivered in memory of the Rev. Dr. Perrine, of Michigan; the Rev. W. O. Simpson, of England; the Rev. Dr. S. M. Vail, of New Jersey, and at the same service a good portrait of Bishop Haven, prepared for the occasion by Prof. Frank Beard (Chautauqua's artist) was placed on an easel on the platform, and Rev. C. P. Hard read a sketch of the good Bishop's life and labors. It was all so appropriate, deeply impressive, and peculiarly instructive, that everybody seemed to feel that this was the time and place for this service. The Bishop had been one of the five counselors of the C. L. S. C. from the time of its organization. He took a lively interest in its growth and prosperity. His varied learning and large experience as an educator, together with his discriminating judgment made read, and also in arranging the curriculum. Previous to his death we had closed a contract with him to write a series of articles on "Political Economy" for THE CHAUTAUQUAN, to be part of the required reading for the current year. But he fell before the work was finished, and other hands. will now take up the task he has laid down. We enlarge THE CHAUTAUQUAN this month to seventy-him a valuable counselor in the selection of books to be two pages, because forty-eight pages a month last year compelled us to abridge our plan of the magazine, and prevented our doing for Chautauqua, the C. L. S. C., and our readers all that we so earnestly desired to do. The course of reading for the C. L. S. C. the coming year will not be so heavy, but more popular. It will be profitable and interesting to the average reader. More than half the course will appear in THE CHAUTAUQUAN, and nowhere else. sides this, we shall furnish our readers with stenographic reports of the C. L. S. C. Round-Table Conferences held in August, C. L. S. C. Notes and Letters, and a department entitled "Local Circles." The last named is designed to aid the circles in their work by making suggestions, answering questions, and furnishing reports of meetings, anniversaries, etc., for the edification and inspiration of the individual members. Mr. Albert M. Martin, General Secretary of the C. L. S. C., will furnish questions and answers on every book in the course of study, before the time for reading the book comes round. Bishop Haven died in his sixty-second year. In a letter we received from him less than a year ago he says: "I was called of God to preach when I was eleven years old." He had been a member of the New York, Michigan, New England, Detroit, and Central New York Conferences of the Methodist Episcopal Church. As a pastor and preacher in New York and Brooklyn, he made a fine reputation. He was a professor in the University of Michigan, editor of Zion's Herald, Boston, Massachusetts, President of the University of Michigan, of the Northwestern University, and Chancellor of Syracuse University, and Secretary of the Educational Society of his church, and was finally elected to the office of Bishop, at Cincinnati, in May, 1880. He was a graduate of Wesleyan University; had been a member of the Massachusetts State Senate in 1862 and 1863, and a member of the Massachusetts Board of Education from 1858 to 1863. He was abundant in labors. As an educator, as an editor and university president, pastor, preacher, and bishop, he was an eminently useful man to his church and generation-great, in the completeness of his character, and in the sincerity and faithfulness with which he did the work committed to his hands. His talents as a writer, on the platform and in the pulpit as a speaker, were not of the brilliant, flashy order, but rather of the substantial and in We shall provide a rich bill of fare, in addition to what is named above. Hon. Albion W. Tourgee, LL. D., author of "A Fool's Errand," "Bricks Without Straw," etc., is now preparing a serial story for THE CHAUTAUQUAN. It will begin in November, if not ready then, in the December number, and be continued each month to the end of the volume. This story alone, which will be one of the Judge's best, will make a volume worth one dollar. It is the first time Judge Tourgee has consented to write a serial story for a magazine. Edward Everett Hale will make frequent contributions to our pages. We shall publish more than one good sized volume of lectures and sermons that have been deliv-structive, yet pleasing kind, which caused their possessor ered at Chautauqua. The Rev. Dr. Vincent, Bishop H. W. Warren, and other eminent authors and lecturers are engaged to write frequently for our pages. We ask every member of the C. L. S. C. to send us one subscription or more, besides your own. This you can do. Represent the magazine to your friends, show them a copy, explain the fact that it contains more pure, first-class reading matter from the foremost thinkers of the times, for one dollar and fifty cents, than can be found anywhere else on this continent or in Europe. Edward Everett Hale says: "I am amazed at the undertaking." But we have assumed the task to furnish a magazine of the highest order for a very little money. We do not pay big commissions, nor invest our money in an expensive cover, nor in costly illustrations. We buy brains to enrich our pages, and give our subscribers the benefit of a low price. Now, we ask you to lend a hand, and help to extend our circulation, and thus do good. EVERY earthly joy has its sorrow, and every earthly life has its death. While we were in the midst of the labors and joys of the Chautauqua meetings, in August last, the news was flashed over the wires that Bishop E. O. Haven, D. D, LL., D. had died in Austin, Nevada. Memorial services were held in the Amphitheater one Sunday afternoon, to wear well. He always kept his thoughts and his style of presenting them fresh and attractive. At sixty-two he was a young man in both thought and feeling, while in wisdom and governing ability he was the peer of his colleagues who went to their rest before him, and he stood in the very front rank of those he left behind. "He rests from his labors, but his works do follow him." THE ASSEMBLY of 1881 must be pronounced to have been in all respects a complete success. In attendance, and in richness and variety of entertainments, it has had no equal. The interest continued unabated from the beginning to the end. Never before did such large congregations gather at the closing exercises as were seen this year. This fact indicates the interesting nature of the exercises, and the strong hold the Assembly had upon the multitudes, who seemed unwilling to depart even at the close of a longer session than usual. The lectures throughout were of a high order, and, although some prominent speakers who have heretofore occupied the platform were absent, their places were well filled by such notables as Judge Tourgee, author of "A Fool's Errand," etc.; Edward Everett Hale, the inimitable story writer; John B. Gough, the world-renowned advocate of temperance; General O. O. Howard, the ideal Christian soldier, and others. Dr. Vincent was early on the scene, and every department felt the magic of his presence. The Teachers' Retreat, which begins before the exercises of the Assembly proper, was well attended, and is growing in interest. The School of Languages, conducted by a corps of instructors which would grace any college in the land, proved itself worthy of the increased patronage which it received. About one hundred and fifty students were in attendance in the various departments, a larger number than is to be found in the halls of many of our colleges. The exercises of the Chautauqua Foreign Missionary Institute constitute a worthy prelude to the regular work of the Assembly. The proceedings of the Institute were of great interest, consisting of lectures, sermons, addresses, and conferences. They were participated in by prominent representatives of the leading denominations who are engaged in foreign missionary work. The Children's School, which met daily in the Temple, was conducted by the Rev. B. T. Vincent and Prof. Frank Beard. Under such management it could not and did not fail of success. Although the Assembly has taken on an enlarged scope, and now occupies a much broader field than when first instituted, the Sunday-school work still occupies a chief place in the program. Numerous Sunday-school conferences were held, conducted by leading Sunday-school workers of the different churches. Regular instruction was given in the Normal and Intermediate departments, and in Primary Class drill, which was also supplemented by numerous lectures on Sunday-school topics. THE SYMPATHY of the civilized world has been generously manifested toward President Garfield ever since he was so ruthlessly shot down in Washington. The Queen of England has sent kind messages from Balmoral. The Pope of Rome has emerged from his seclusion to express his horror at the great crime committed, and his hope that the President may recover. Governors of States have appointed days of prayer for his recovery, which have been observed all over the country by preachers of the Gospel, and their people assembling in the churches to supplicate our Heavenly Father in his behalf. Medical skill has done its utmost for his recovery. Railroad corporations arranged for his transportation from Washington to Long Branch with a tenderness and delicacy which challenge the admiration of the thinking world; while the President's wife has exhibited a patience, a womanly reserve, and a moral heroism in the exercise of her faith that he would not die, which has been the wonder of the surgeons at the President's bedside, an inspiration to the nation, and a chief support of the President himself. Whatever may be the final issue, though at this writing we have good reason to hope for his recovery, this is true: These months of suffering have brought the President nearer to the people and, as one said, "The people have found his heart." The nation has carried him to God in prayer as it never did any President, and it has taught us that God is the only and the final refuge of a people who are driven to an extremity. The story of this calamity will make a more intensely interesting chapter in history than the most graphic description of the political campaign through which he passed when exalted to the Presidency. The literature it has made has been the daily reading of millions of people. It is the lesson of a sore affliction and a great sorrow. When the storm is past we shall be a happy people if we remember the hand that has led us, and commit our ways to Him who appoints the bounds of all Musical entertainments are growing in favor here. The choir, under the leadership of Prof. Sherwin, was universally commended. The popularity of the Fisk Jubilee Singers was evident from the fact that they seldom appeared without an encore. Signor Vitale held his audiences en rapport under his magic touch of the violin. Prof. Leib-earthly life and affliction. ling exhibited remarkable skill as a pianist. The announcement of a concert never failed to draw an immense audience during the Assembly. The opening of the Chautauqua School of Theology marks a new era in the history of the Assembly, and constitutes one of the most important events since its inception. The school is regularly chartered by the Legislature of the State of New York, and is empowered to confer degrees on those who pursue the designated course of study and pass a satisfactory examination. With Dr. Vincent as President, and Dr. Townsend as Dean, it cannot fail of suc cess. The Young Folks' Literary Union is another new departure. Its design is the formation of right reading habits among the youth, and thus seeks to deliver them from the pernicious effects that arise from the use of the pernicious fiction of the times. All of these new organizations will tend to enlarge the scope and extend the influence of the Chautauqua Assembly. The C. L. S. C., organized three years ago, and of which THE CHAUTAUQUAN is the official organ, has grown to immense proportions. Its meetings made one of the most atttractive features of the late Assembly, and already it numbers more than twenty-five thousand members, while the class now forming promises to be one of the largest in its history. Its influence is not confined to the members of the organization, as even a small circle often give literary tone to a whole community. Each Assembly adds fresh luster to the fame of Chautauqua, and, despite the oft repeated prophecies of failure, it shows no signs of decay, but each succeeding year convinces the most skeptical of its continued growth and increasing prosperity. THE old members of the C .L. S. C. have had another vacation. With cordial greeting to those who have joined the ranks this year, we take a glance at the work for 1881-82. We trust, and have good reason to believe that the pitch of C. L. S. C. enthusiasm is higher to-day than ever before. This year's course of study has doubtless been already scrutinized and estimated by those who have set out to master it. On the general principle of improvement with experience, it is fair to presume that the course of this year is superior in many points, to those of the years preceding. After examination, and without disparagement of the past, we do not hesitate to say that we think this is true. A citation of a few of the features which characterize this year's work and make it attractive and valuable, is in order. The department of history, as might be expected, stands well in the foreground as in former years. All human knowledge has its setting in history, so that familiarity with any other department will not compensate for ignorance in this. Indeed, proficiency in anything cannot but appear to a disadvantage without an acquaintance with history. This year Dr. Vincent gives us Outlines of History, and we have Man's Antiquity and Language, by Dr. Terry; readings from Mackenzie's Nineteenth Century are also included, and besides all these, a new and original method of history in the form of "Mosaics of History," to be selected by Prof. Arthur Gilman, M. A. These selections are to be made in harmony with a well-arranged plan, and will be mosaics indeed. Following the readings from ancient and modern classical literature in the course of last year, we very properly have this year the history of literatures. An admirable and charming history of Oriental and classical literature by Dr. Quackenbos is prescribed, and English history and literature from the Chautauqua Library, Vol. iii. Very few may hope to go over the field of universal literature by personal perusal, but all may know its general history. There is also to be Dr. Townsend's Art of Speech, Part Second, which needs no commendation to those who read Part First last year. Perhaps nothing in the course will awaken greater interest than this year's study in science and philosophy. The most important branches in this department in their relation to man in his every day life and surroundings, are to be treated in the most popular and practical manner. Throughout the year THE CHAUTAUQUAN will contain these readings upon geology, political economy, chemistry, mathematics, laws of health, and mental and moral philosophy. A new field of study has been introduced. The American mind is rapidly becoming more and more deeply interested in the subject of art. The best works of modern artists in Europe are being sold to American purchasers, and brought into this country. American students throng the art-schools of the continent, and bear away the laurels by their ability and enthusiasm. The man of culture sees in this growth of interest in art, a refining, elevating influence upon character. The religious teacher must not fail to utilize it as a moral and spiritual power. Students of the C. L. S. C. are to have this year "Outline Lessons on Art" and a "Short History of Art," both by Miss de Forest. Besides these, Prof. W. T. Harris will contribute to THE CHAUTAUQUAN readings upon Christianity in Art. The latter, together with the readings upon "God in History," constitutes the special religious department of the year. There are to be additional works by Mrs. Alden (Pansy), and Drs. Hopkins and Lyman Abbott for the Class of 1882, the first graduating class of the C. L. S. C. Add to all these the works of White Seal supplementary course, already announced, and those of special courses to be announced in due time, and our survey of the work is complete. IN harmony with the aim and scope of the Chautauqua movement for the education of the masses, there is now a school for the higher education of Christian ministers. It is a characteristic of each new development of Chautauqua that it is not strained nor forced, but is brought forth to meet a positive demand. From first to last this is true; in no case truer than of the School of Theology. The C. S. T. has come into existence in answer to a two-fold need and demand. The pew and the pulpit unite in asking for an institution of this kind. It has come to pass in these latter days that the plane of the pews in our churches is no longer from ten to twenty feet lower than the box where the minister stands. There are churches where the pews are on a level with, and even higher than the pulpit. This may be all very good for acoustic purposes, but when the time comes that the pulpit is no higher than the pew in intelligence and culture, it may as well be taken down and set out. Preeminence in spirituality alone will not answer, for people take their intellects as well as their souls to church; and some take the former only. And so, not only the faithful membership of the churches whose prayer goes up continually for the salvation of men, but all who cherish the Church as the teacher of civilization and morality are anxious for the higher education and continued prestige of her ministry. The minister, on his part, from his place in the pulpit, is quick to perceive and appreciate the situation. He concedes the force of the admonition which comes to him, and recognizes his solemn responsibility. He hears the mutterings of the times, and realizes that he is the appointed keeper of the temple. But how make ready for the in creased demands upon him? How many an earnest minister, uncertain which way to turn even in his own library, has asked himself this question. How to study, when to study, what to study, how to widen his horizon and add to his mental power-these are his problems. True, there are theological schools with the best facilities, but time, money, and conscience forbid that the rank and file of ministers leave their work to avail themselves of the advantages of the schools. The harvest is ripe, and the harvesters dare not leave the field to sharpen their sickles. Here, then, is the need, nay the exigency, and herein the reason for the Chautauqua School of Theology. The young man contemplating a course in the theological seminary, is not told that this school may just as well be substituted; no one is so advised, but ministers, young and old, those who may have years ago completed a theological course and those to whom such never was and never will be possible, are all included in the plan of this school. It provides for all who enter it a thoroughly arranged theological course of four years. This course is brought to the minister's home that he may pursue it, and at the same time carry on his regular work. In his own private study he is placed under the counsel and direction of a theological faculty composed of men of highest reputation as students and educators in theology., And, perhaps best of all, it furnishes the inspiration of a class pursuing a common course of study, with the added stimulus of rigid, searching examinations if the student is a candidate for the degree. The work will be solid work. The C. S. T. has no patent system nor shortcut road to a theological education. If it prove a popular school, it must be because it makes it possible for every industrious, persevering minister to pursue a thorough course of theology. The following excerpts from the address of Dr. Vincent, delivered in the Amphitheater, at Chautauqua, upon the occasion of the inauguration of the C. S. T., set forth the design and some of the main features of the School better than could otherwise be done. "The Chautauqua School of Theology, for the benefit of young ministers, and of ministers who, though no longer young, desire to review the studies of other years, and to keep abreast of the times in biblical, ecclesiastical, and theological literature, and in general literature and science so far as these bear upon the studies which belong to their profession." per "The work of the Chautauqua School of Theology is to be formed by ministers at their homes-all their biblical, theological, and sermonic studies to be recognized in the curriculum prescribed." "We repudiate in connection with the School of Theology the idea that only the young can ever hope to succeed in the varied purposes of human life. This course is for the old as well as the young." "Each member will be expected to present one sermon outline a month, and premiums in valuable books will be awarded to the writers of the best outlines in several classes." "Semi-annual syllabi of the latest review articles and books on biblical, theological, and ecclesiastical themes, in Europe and America, will be forwarded to the members." "A special course in philosophy, under the direction of Professor Bowne, of Boston, will be provided." "A distinguished jurist will give a series of papers (sent only to members of the Chautauqua School of Theology) on What the law has to say to a young minister.' Readings in jurisprudence, and also in ecclesiastical law, will be prescribed." "Especial attention will be given to the study of social science, to the study of human nature as set forth in Shakspeare, Thackeray, George Eliot, and other distinguished students of human nature, their theories being tested by that greatest text-book of human nature-the Bible." "A distinguished physiologist and physician will give a series of papers on 'What anatomy and physiology have to say to young ministers.' We have selected one of the most distinguished neurologists in America, Dr. J. S. Jewell, of Chicago, who is himself a close Bible student, and has accepted the position and has begun to prepare the papers." "In addition to independent studies in the Holy Scriptures, studies (on a somewhat new plan) in Hebrew, Hellenistic Greek, and ecclesiastical Latin, and readings in systematic, practical, and comparative theology; especial attention will be given to Church history, the historical development of doctrine, sermonic literature, human nature, social science, and modern science in its bearings on theology." Before leaving the Chautauqua grounds two hundred the number is being rapidly increased by the names that are ministers had matriculated in the School of Theology, and daily sent to the Dean, Dr. L. T. Townsend, of Boston, Mass. EDITOR'S NOTE-BOOK. The series of articles from the pen of Edward Everett Hale, the first one of which appears in this number of THE CHAUTAUQUAN, will give our readers the fullest information on the origin, development, and work of the "Look Up Legion." It is with a sad heart that we send the news to our readers that the Rev. John O'Neal is dead. He was one of the edi tors of the CHAUTAUQUA ASSEMBLY HERALD through the season of 1880, and in August of this year he came to our office at Chautauqua and began his work again. He complained of impaired health on his arrival, but continued at work for three days and then took his bed. A council of physicians was held, but they could do no more than afford him temporary relief. After the Assembly he was moved to his home in Fredonia, N. Y., where he was pastor of the M. E. Church, and where, with his wife and children, and a kind and generous hearted people gathered about him, he died. on Monday, Sept. 5th. The disease that proved fatal at last, had preyed upon his system for many years. He was born in Frankport, Ohio, a half century ago, and had engaged in the work of the ministry for nineteen years. He was a manly man, and a strong character. His religious convictions were fastened deep in his soul, and men who heard him preach felt that behind his words there was a man who was ready to stake his life on the truths he uttered. He was a true minister of the Gospel and a good man. died well. When his remains were carried to the cemetery in Greenville, Pa., there gathered about the open grave many, very many, men and women who were sorrowful in a peculiar sense for the Rev. John O'Neal. By his preaching and life he had led them to God and to the enjoyment of a hope of everlasting life. It was a blessed evidence at an opportune time of the high order and substantial character of the work he had done for God and men. He The indications are good that the new class in the C. L. S. C. will be a large one. Miss Kimball, the office secretary, says that a correct count of the class formed last year, makes it number six thousand and eight hundred members. Mr. Ira D. Sankey left New York for England September 10th. Mr. Moody left Quebec a fortnight later. They were to meet and engage in evangelistic work in the northern part of England, October 15th. It is six years since these evangelists returned from England. They received an invitation last winter while they were in San Francisco, signed by forty vicars of the Established Church, and over 400 ministers in Ireland, to come over and help them. They expect to stay in Europe about two years, and after visiting Scotland and Ireland, may go to France for a short time. They will hold their meetings mostly in halls, because they object to using a tent, and a church of the Church of England is never opened to an unordained preacher. "A Shorn Samson" is the title of the new serial story that Judge Tourgee is writing for THE CHAUTAUQUAN. It will begin in November or December, and run to the end of the volume. In the first C. L. S. C. circular sent out designating the course for 1881-82, "Mackenzie's Nineteenth Century" is given among the studies for March. The portion o 'the volume to be considered as "required reading," is pooks first and second. The reading of the third book is optional, but we imagine that the most of the members will find the first two books so interesting, they will not stop without completing the third. The three books are all comprised in one volume. The New York Tribune of a recent date, in an editorial says: "In his last volume, 'Figs and Thistles,' Judge Tourgee has put into the form of attractive fiction something of the lives and loves of President Garfield and his wife. In the passages relating the grief of the wife over the reported death of her husband, and the subsequent devotion and care with which she nursed her wounded hero back to life, he uses language which describes with marvellous accuracy the actual conduct of Mrs. Garfield in the trying scenes which she has been called upon to undergo. The incident of the bringing home of the wounded hero of the book is paralleled by the circumstances of Mrs. Garfield's hasty trip to Washington to the bedside of her husband. . . The meeting of the two at the bedside in the White House has an almost exact parallel in the story." The Chautauqua Assembly was duplicated at Framingham, Massachusetts, the last week in August. Dr. Vincent was master of ceremonies. A large congregation was present from the opening to the close of the Assembly. Rev. Dr. J. L. Hurlbut and Rev. A. F. Schauffer conducted the Normal Department. Eminent men occupied the lecture platform. The C. L. S. C. had representatives present from fifty local circles. Round-Table conferences were held daily, a camp fire was lighted and words of greeting exchanged. The "Chautauqua Young Folks' Reading Union," and the "Chautauqua School of Theology" were introduced to our New England friends. It was the second and best year of the New England Assembly. THE CHAUTAUQUAN has met with favor in India; we have already received a list of thirty-three subscriptions for the present volume from that far off land. In writing a letter to a newspaper office, a lady should always place the prefix Miss or Mrs. to her name. It will save the editor from publishing her as Mrs. when she is a Miss, or vice versa. The wrapper on her paper or magazine will then be directed correctly, and the postmaster will avoid mistakes. Some ladies have furnished us this information, when they have just closed their matrimonial contract, but let those whose wedding day has long since gone by, with those who have not come to theirs yet, in signing their names always use the prefix Miss or Mrs. The CHAUTAUQUA ASSEMBLY HERALD, the complete volume of nineteen papers, for 1881, may be had by sending one dollar to Meadville, Pa. Among those at Chautauqua last summer who joined the C. L. S. C., was Miss Louise E. Blackmar, a missionary at Lucknow, India. She takes with her a quantity of C. L. S. C. literature, and proposes to introduce the Circle course of reading among the native women of India as a means of aiding them in their struggle for more light. We shall look with much interest for reports from her of the progress of her enterprise with the C. L. S. C. Harper's Young People, and Wide-Awake, will contain the "required reading," for the Chautauqua Young Folks' Reading Union. Members of the Circle should not fail to read carefully the full reports of the C. L. S. C. Round-Table meetings held at Chautauqua, as published in THE CHAUTAUQUAN. Many questions are answered, difficulties cleared away, and doubts solved at these conferences. The discussion of Hypatia, at the first Round-Table conference, and printed in this number of THE CHAUTAUQUAN, is worthy of attentive perusal. It presents an interesting view of novel reading in its various aspects. |