The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-07-03

its effect Is real but incidental. The eff
feet should be direct and potent. II. is.
But until the subject is studied with the
same thoroughDess with which ethics are
stndied, the views of men will be hazy
and the teachings indefinite. We move
for new department of university study:
christianity and Common Life: or the
Relation OF Religion to the Social State.
in DIR. Curry's paper on "The Pres
emit Necessity for Restatement of Chris
tan Beliefs" read before the Cleveland
Congress of Churches, sketch lis given
of the "new creed" which the present
state of religious thought in the churches
demands; but the sketch is quite as no.
ticeable for what it omits as for what it
includes. The great question of human
destiny is not mentioned. Whether DIR.
Curry supposes that question is to be
left out, or whether he did not know just
how to put it in, is not clear. At the very
close Of his paper DR.. Curry remarks,
"It is conceded by our ablest Christian
scholars that our eschatology needs to be
restated. But who shall undertake the
work." The work has been undertaken,
and it is certain that the doctrine of the
last things is one of the subjects that the
''new creed" must not blink.
The Independent speaks a good and
timely word for "The Missionary Col
leges"-that is, the smaller colleges, and
in particular those located far from the
centers Of population and trade. The
great and centrally situated institutions
are in no danger of being overlooked.
They are like city that is set on hill
whose light cannot be hid. But the col
leges scattered afar among the hills and
over the great plains are apt to bere-
membered only by those in their neigh
borhood, or by their loyal alumni. The
Independent commends them for their
usefulness and their indispensableness to
the country. eve say our word OF en-
couragement for the cheap and popular
and home colleges, the college the boys
and girls can reach, and to which their
farmer and mechanic parents can afford
to send them. We beg those who have
means to support them"
The legislature Of New York and the
national Congress have each attempted
to enact laws in the interest of dairymen,
by restricting and taxing the oleomarga-
rine business The laws will not prohib-
it the manufacture and sale OF substitutes
for butter and cheese. 1t seems to be
conceded by law makers and law expoun-
ders, that such prohibition is impossible.
The substitutes will, therefore, be made
and sold. 1t is expected, however, that
the principal evil Of their production will
be avoided by having them sold without
disguise, for just what they are. The
friends of the measure say that If the
people know just what they are getting,
and il they prefer the substitute to gen.
uine butter and cheese, then, whatever
may be thought of their taste, there is
no ground of complaint.
But there is another aspect OF this
matter. The class who suffer are not, as
a rule, those who buy these substitutes
but those who eat them. It is estimated
that full one-fifth Of our population live
in hotels and boarding houses. Now
those who, after the manufacturers, make
most out of oleomargarine and lard
cheese and other similar substitutes, are
the keepers of hotels and proprietors of
boarding houses. And those who are
the real victims of this deception are their
guests and boarders, and these parties
are helpless. The law affords them no
protection. If genuine butter were
placed on the table beside oleomargarine
and real cheese beside the artificial prod
uct, aud both we're labeled, the actual
sufferers by this industry" would be
reached and relieved. As it is, they are
at the mercy of avarice.