The Churches

- Subjoct of Bev. J. H. Allen'a lectuie next Sunday evening : " ïhe Doctrine ot Eadlesa Pimishmunt." To be followed ly criti-iam and discussion. - Next Tuesday evening, February 19, there will bo ,i douation party at the iesidenco ot' L. H. Jones, Dexter, for the Bev. J. H. MagoHin, the new rector of St. James. -Services were suspended at the M. E. Church last Sunday eveuing : to permit the members of the congregation to hear Murdocli's Scnpture readiugs at the Presbyterian Church. -High mass was celebrated at 9 o'clock a. m. yosteriiay, in St. Thomas' Oluirch, in mamory of the deceased I'ope, and the bell of tlie churcli was tolled during the day. After maas Father Van Erp sketehed the life of Pius IX, paid a loviug tribute to his worth and works, and enjoined his people to reinember him forever.