The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-11-25
The Christian Union.
LYMAN ABBOTT, Editor.

With the first of January. 1882, the Christian
Union enters upon its thirteenth yea and
twerty-ifth volume. In the future, as i'll the
past, it proposes 10 be
I.-HELPFUL.
1t will give every week something which
will help its readers to be more tr.,e, more pa
tient. more courageous. more oentle, more
faitiIful-in word. nOtler Christian men and
and women. 1t will help parents to he for
bearing, CHI ldren to be Obedient. servants to
ne hearty, EN-. ,lOyers To he considerate. neigh
bort to he tr. endly. and friends t. he faithful.
1t will help every heart t. bear its own burden,
and Il .lei@iibOr'S burden too. and t. grow
mora near to God by e daily lie more worthy
of u true Christian manhood.
U-SPIRIrUAL
1t VIII not dev, te twenty columns to ham,
mering at the shell and one to picking out the
kernel Doubtful disputations about forms
jOstle from its columns the exploitation aud ap-
plication of the truths that make for righ-
teou-ne-s.' Mint and anise and cunmin Will
90 in line print; iu,: gment, mercy a,.d faith i'll
Clean clear, bOld-faced type.
III.-FREsH.
II will deal with the theories Of the present
It's motto will be ''day by day our daily
BREAD 1t will not ransacl the mi Idle ages
for topics. On the eve of a political election it
will present the duties OF citizenship; Ia a
DDS of Christian work. The text of the min
lister ia to be fouad in the word of God; the
text IF the editor in the providence OF God. He
will study the book as God turns its leaves
over for him from day t. day
Iy,-COAPAcT.
1t will put Great truths in little compass. 1t
will take introdGctiOns for granted and will
remorselessly cut of perOratiODs. 1t will al
low no space for rhetorical elo4uepce. 1t viii
allow no superfiuOps words. In time its con-
tributOrs will catch the spirit of its editors,
and every page will march compact as an army
to battle. 1t will throw out no skirmish line
and allow no stragglers.
Y.-MANY-SIDED.
1t will seek the best thoughts of the best
thinkers on every topic Of Importance 1t
round table will be famous gathering place of
free knights Every contributor viii be at
liberty to speak his own mind Tqe paper will
to magnify one small voice into sound Of
thunder 1t will have much weight because it
will speak many weighty men.
VI.-Above all, 1t will lie
CATHOLIC, COURTEOUS, CARIsrIAN.
Putting away all uncharitableness, it will
sometimes, for there ia only one infa.lible man
and he lives i'll Rome and is not an editor. But
its readers will learn to trust 1t, and to be-
Iieye that if it is sometimes mistaken it never
deliberately misrepOrts, and never consciously
c0nceals the truth.
In carrying out this general plan the paper
will avail itse'f OF the services not only or its
regular editorial staff, comprising Messrs. Ly-
man Abbott, Eliot Mccormick and Hamilt n
W. Mabie, but Of the best literary talent in
the country. Mr.. Beecher's retirement from
the editorial chair will only make him more
frequent contributor, while the large force Of
WRITER'S edit rial and otherwise, who have
been associated withethe paper in past years
will continue to enrich it with their choicest
thought.
The subscription price is $500 per annum;
Clergymen, %. 80. Send one three-cent stamI
for sample copy. Address,
THE CHRISTIAN UNION,
y Washington Square, n, 7,