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The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-07-17
THE ST. PAUL's SYNDICATE.

The decision has been reached and
rendered. st. Paul's Universalist Soci-
ETY., in this city, voted on Tuesday even
ing, July 6, to accept the proposal of
the syndicate and move south. The
vote on the final question was all one
way = to accept II those not favor
ing the change of location declining
to vote.
Thus. somewhat Unexpectedly to the
denomination at large, movement is
inaugurated of the largest possible mo-
ment to this Influential and well known
parish. AS we stated two weeks ago,
the enterprise has been in contempla-
ton for some months, but no publicity
was given to it outside of the Society.
The final decision was taken more
promptly than many anticipated. The
syndicate was not willing to hold their
proposal open any longer than July Is.
Hence an immediate decision was
necessary and was rendered as above.
While there is a we'll defined differ
ence of opinion ON the part Of certain
members of the parish in regard to
the movement, we feel authorized in
saying that the change of location will
not endanger the substantial unity of
st. Paul's Church. The parish looks
forward with Astounding hope to its
future in the new location. In due
time another elegant church will be
built and placed at the disposal of the
Society, free of debt, and the parish
started on a new career under the most
hopeful auspices.
The proposal of the syndicate to build
the new st. Paul's ON Prairie Avenue,
in exchange for the Michigan Avenue
property, must not be interpreted, in
any quarter, as savoring in any form
of the speculative spirit. The forma-
ton of the syndicate was simply a
means to an end, and that end was to Sc
cure for the parish what is considered a
more eligible location and new edi-
fee. There is no speculation whatever
in the project. The gentlemen compos-
ing this syndicate are prominent men,
bers of the parish, and their sole object
is to advance the interests of st. Paul's
Church. In addition to what they ex
pect to realize from the sale of the
property, they have subscribed a guar
antee fund of $4,000, to protect the
Society from any possible debt in build
ing the new st. Paul's. Their action is
as novel as generous. The syndicate
assume all the responsibility of build
ing committee, attend to all financial
matters connected with the enterprise,
and place the Society in possession of a
complete and furnished church, in the
speediest possible manner. Those who
know the gentlemen having in charge
this responsible trust, their high char
acter and devotion to st. PauPs, have
full confidence that church will be
built under their administration wor-
thy of the traditions of the parish and
an honor to the Universalists of Chi
cago. 1t is confidently believed by a
large majority of the parish that the
change south will be of decided advan-
tage, and that in it's new location an
era of marked prosperity will at once
open for st. Paul's Church.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-07-17
SATURDAY. JULY II, 1886.

REV. DIR. PARKER, a Congregational
pastor in Hartford, at the Church Con-
gress, to which reference is made be-
low, declared that orthodox teachers
are to-day compelled to preach like
Paul, with "a fetter on the wrist" and
he protests against it. The Congrega-
tionalists are breaking good many
letters, and there is no good reason
why DR.. Parker may not engage in the
same business.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-07-17
WESTERN.

Rev. s. s. Hebbard has returned to
Lacrosse, after an eastern sojourn of
several weeks.
Rev. DR.. Hanson will be absent from
Glasgow in July and August, and he re-
quests that letters be addressed care
American Exchange, Paris.
Rev. E. W. Whitney, of Brattleboro,
Vt. will preach four Sundays in this city
in the Church of the Redeemer, during
Rev. Mr.. Conklin's vacation.
Rev. L. j. Spencer is DESTROYS of max
ing an engagement with any circuit need
ing the services of a pastor Address
him at Brookville, Ind.
Revs. W. A. Pratt, of Cedar Rapids, E.
W. Whitney, of Brattleboro, Vt, and J.
f. SCHNEIDER, of Mitchellville, Ia, were
visitors at the Western Branch this week.
Mr.. Charles L. Hutchinson, of st.
PauPs Church, makes a brief trip to
Europe. He sailed from New York July
8, and will be absent about thirty days.
Rev. E. L. Conger, General Agent OF
Lombard University, feeling the need of
rest, was granted a vacation of three
months at the late meeting of the Board
of Trustees.
The parish at Plainfeld, ILL.,, has voted
a four weeks vacation to their pastor,
Rev. Jacob Merrifeld. He will visit
Sheridan and other places and seek rest
by change of scene.
Rev. @. A. Knickerbacker, of Meriden,
Conn, spends part of his vacation at his
old home in Michigan. He is son of the
late Rev. CIV. Knickerbacker, of beloved
memory.
We regret to announce the death, at
Lancaster, Grant county, Wis, June %,
OF the wife of our venerable brother Rev.
FL. N. Strong. Mrs. Strong was in the
seventy-seventh year Of her age. We con-
dole with our brother thus afflicted in his
old age.
Rev. B. F. Foster devotes his whole
time to the duties of his office-Grand
Secretary l. o. o. F., of Indiana. The
State Missionary reports that he has
managed to preach a number of times
during the past year, always to the salts.
faction and edi6cation of his hearers.
The st. Paul Pioneer Press remarks of
a well known Minnesota Universalist:
capt. Blakely is one of the fathers of st.
Paul. Few men have done more to adj
vance its interests. He represents the
solid conservative business men of the
city"
We regret to hear of the continued ILL
ness of Br. Nathan Stedman, of Aurora.
Ind, widely known among our friends in
southern Ohio and Indiana. His daugh-
ter, the wife of our pastor at Springfield,
Ill, returned to Aurora last week to be
with her father during his illness.
In the history of Perry county, Ind,
occurs the following: David Tate, an
ordained minister in the Universalist
church, is now in the eighty-seventh year
of his age. He resides on farm near
Tobinsport. He has been married four
times, and is the father OF twenty-three
children. He has seventy-six grand
children and forty-six great -grandchil-
dreD. He is still hale and hearty aud is
highly respected by all who know him."
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-07-17

Judge G. L. Scofeld, prominent
lawyer, occupied the pulpit of the Cen
trail Christian church in this city on Sun
day morning. In abiding to the case of
the anarchists he styled them the
devils posterity." 1t was fitting
Characterization, no matter what view we
take of His Majesty the Devil.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-07-17

Rev. Henry Ward Beecher preached
in London last Sunday, taking his text
from the seventeenth chapter of John,
20-23. His theme was Christian Unity
by Loves Power" He urged not SO much
theological as spiritual unity, of which he
spoke hopefully. Men, he said, were
coming nearer together and working for
larger humanity. He refuted the attack
made upon him by the English press for
joking in the pulpit and repeated his
known views on laughing. He evoked
suppressed laughter by his quaint SMILES.
1t was said that Mr.. Beecher would take
the stump for Home-rule. There is
great need Of eloquence in behalf OF that
cause, but the English elections have set
tied the matter for the present. Mr..
Beecher has not spoken publicly on the
subject. He may express himself here
after, but he was unusually wise not to
take any part in the excitement of an
English election.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-07-17

We would call attention to the adj
vertiseNent of Lombard University, to
be found elsewhere in this paper. That
institution was never in better condition
for giving instruction to those who de-
sire thorough college training. 1t en-
braces three distinct departments: the
College of Liberal Arts, the Divinity
School and the Preparatory School, and
numbers among its instructors some of
the oldest and ablest teachers of the
West. The catalogue has been entirely
rewritten and contains very full informa-
ton concerning all the departments of
the University.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-07-17

"A poetical way of putting it. Sever
al copies of The UNIvERsALIsT were sent
to pastor at his request for distribution.
He makes report as follows: 81 had them
placed ON the table in front of the pulpit
and they we're taken in less time than it
takes the sun to take up dewdrop from
a morning glory in dog days"
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-07-17

Rev. Sam Jones is on record as say
ing that his preaching could not help
Boston any. Is it because Boston is so bad
or that Jones realizes the character of
his preaching?
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-07-17

We are glad to notice that the Satur-
day half holiday movement is making
progress in many OF the large cities of
the country. In Chicago the leading dry
goods houses are adopting the plan and
seeking to interest other houses. 1t is
claimed by the leaders in this movement
that its adoption will to great degree
settle the vexed question of a shorter day
for wage workers and will help to do
away with Sabbath dissertation. The
New York Legislature has passed a
measure making the Saturday half holt
day legal holiday, and it is proposed to
bring such a measure before the ILL
nois Legislature. While we may doubt
the policy of legislative action in the case,
the movement itself is wholesome one
and cannot fail to exert beneficial in
fluence on both employers and employed
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-07-17

der to me that the various papers of Chicago
have been silent ON the subject"
We hope that Prof. SWINGS prediction
will prove true that the people will de-
mand the suppression of gambling at
Washington Park when once the matter
is brought to their attention. We have
our doubts nevertheless. Patrons of the
race course are not generally very sensi-
tive in regard to such matters. But it is
certainly time that press and pulpit
should unite to call halt in these unlaw-
full practices.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-07-17

Those who have fallen in love with
Buddhism as presented in Edwin Ar
nold's slight of ASIA" and who are at
tracted to the ancient creed of the East
by the popular and sentimental represen-
tations which are current in regard to it,
would do we'll to consider what George
Augustus Sala has to say of Buddhism at
home and mark the existing aspect of
the faith in one of its great oriental GEN.
tiers. Writing recently from Oeylon
Mr.. Sala observes:
Touching real Buddhism, the creed of SO
many millions of our fellow creatures, it has
practically proved much more the Darkness
than the Light of Asia. The doctrine and
the legend of Buddha are doubtless very beau
tiful. To English readers the doctrine and
the legend have been made more beautiful
than they really are by the exuberance of
the imagination of Mr.. Arnold, by his extra
ordinary richness of diction and fecundity
of illustration. As for Buddhism in its ex-
listing aspect, the doctrine and the legend
have, in Ceylon at least, been ever so long
| since overlaid by very Monk Testaccio of
rags, bones, dirt, fraud, and lies. There are
some learned, and hope there are some vir-
| tuous men among the Buddhist clergy-the
High Priest of Adams Peak should be
among the numbers but have been assured
| by magistrates, superintendent of police,
and planters long resident in Ceylon, that,
as a rule, the Buddhist priests are the biggest
rogues that ever cheated the gallows; and
there scarcely ever occurs case of forgery,
or coming false money-to say nothing of
darker crimes-without Buddhist priest be-
ing directly or indirectly implicated in the
matter"
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-07-17

custom from the Universalists, let there
be no further attempt to claim the orig
inal credit for the attractive observance.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-07-17

j. S. CANTWELL, D. D., Editor.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-07-17

FIELD AGENTS:
REV. J. W. MCMAsTER, S. S. WILLIAMS.
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-06-08

boy. But how immcasurably different
is the case with her who has nursed an
ungrateful viper to torment her declining
years. All the pains and penalties OF
maternity, all the days and nights OF
anxious, prayerful watching, all the
caresses Of love on the fevered lips and
burning forehead, all that is grand and
sublime and God-like in humanity,
wasted on heart too small to reverence
it, and a soul SO puny as to forget in one
hour OF senseless enjoyment the suffer-
ings OF mother for lifetime.
The youth of to-day are prone to look
lightly, often sneeringly, on what they
term the whims of an old woman, but
when they shall have entered fully into
the battle of life, and learned how bit
terly sad it is to have loved and cher
ished an ungrateful idol, they will turn
their steps to mothers grave, and their
hearts will be wrung with an anguish
deeper than aught else can bring, in the
consciousness that they trampled upon
and broke the heart that beat Tor them
alone. The history OF all great and good
men is invariably enriched with the
story OF filial love and devotion, and it
is an accepted fact that any man, who in
his youth is mean and dispicablc enough
to trample upon mothers love and
slight her wishes, does not possess
enough of manhood to enable him to rise
above mediocrity. The glaring illusion
OF questionable associations lure for a
time, but when the veil drops, then
comes the awful punishment OF remorse,
too late for good, but not too late to
abide with the guilty conscience and
burn in the heart of the ungrateful son,
till death relieves him from suffering.
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-06-08

a WAsHINGroN paper, conducted by
colored men, proposes as the Republican
candidates in 1888, John A, Logan for
President, and VIM. NJ. Evarts for Vice
President. The customary earaches,
and sudden deaths occurring among the
great American people during Presi-
dental campaign, are bad enough; but,
We gods, ii Evarts ever got started on one
OF his patent compound, complex, ex-
haustive and soul-harrowing sentences
on the bloody shirt question, Republi-
cans and Democrats alike would light
out for tall timber and shin up the trees
to escape the awful punishment, while
the tinsmiths OF the country would revel
in wealth by fitting that useless but or
namental class OF citizens who act as
vice-presidents, with tin ears, soldered
upright, and containing a sponge.
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-06-08
FILIAL RESPECT AND LOVE.

In one of the lower wards of the city,
a young man, last night, stood outside the
gate, and TO his mothers plea, "Stay at
home tonight, Horace" he answered in
impudent, defiant tones, "Oh, you always
want to spoil my fun. I've promised the
boys TO meet them tonight, and Pm not
going TO disappoint them" and he
slammed the gate and walked off, leaving
his invalid mother in grief and mortifica-
ton, because strangers unavoidably wit
messed the incident, Filial respect and
love! What world of comfort these
terms convey TO the mother who has
braved death, and the worlds cold blasts
OF adversely, uncomplainingly for two
score years, in order that her loved
child might not feel its stab or sting,
and who is now content and happy
in the knowledge that the youth, grown
to manhood and the image OF his father,
comforts her in her declining years, and
brushes away from her feeble footsteps
the thorns OF life, leading her gently on
ward in her almost second childhood,
step by step, in comfort and happiness,
just as she led his infant steps in the
long ago, when all was tinged with golden
promises, and she and God alone knew
of her plans for the greatness of her baby
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-06-08
DIVORCE REFORM.

The Cleveland Plain Dealer, in an ar
ticle on Divorce Reform, claims that the
courts OF original jurisdiction in divorce
matters in this country, grind out an
average of $4,000 divorces annually, and
advocates law that would grant divorce
for just and adequate reasons, claiming
that such law would, in time, be eilec-
tive in reducing the number of unhappy
marriages. Singularly enough, the Plain
Dealer winds up its article with the fol-
lowing somewhat paradoxical statement ::
So long as human nature is fickle there
will be demands for severance of the bonds
of marriage, and so long as such demands
are made, there should be adequate and
uniform laws to govern any and all cases.
1t is conceded fact, since the days of
Mother Eve, that human nature always
was, is and will be tickle, hence there al
wavs will be demand for the severance
OF the CALLING matrimonial tie, and the
few enthusiasts, who mayhap are
pleasantly mated, and whom the Plain
Dealer pats on the back for their efforts
TO check the action of the divorce courts,
have lived too long in this cold world for
said worlds good. Man was born tickle
minded and weak, and woman, frail and
changeful, hence the multiplicity of
divorces but ii the Plain Dedler man
can draft law which shall be the means
OF endowing budding woman
hood, and new-fledged manhood
when they meet and love, with
the valuable knowledge that they cannot
live happily together, he will do more to
check divorce than all the societies in
the world can, As a teacher OF philoso-
ply, the Plain Dealer Is good, very good,
but in applying philosophy to such n
treacherous subject as matrimony, the
teacher overlooks the all-important fact,
that the two things are as strictly op-
posed to an union as are oil and water,
and that the little winged god will con-
tinue to knock hearts out right and left =,
regardless OF all the laws mankind ever
framed
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-06-08

a SPECIAL to the Tribune brings the
doubtful information that Grand Master
Workman Powderly has resigned his
office in the Knights of Labor, and that
his place will be filed Immediately.
Accepting the news rs true, no worse fate
could befall the Order. Just at time
when, by extraordinary tact and good
judgment, he had succeeded in placing
the Order in working condition, and when
the people OF the country had learned to
repose faith in his ability and honesty,
he steps down and out, leaving his work
uncompleted, and the polyglot personnel
OF the Executive Committee without Il
head Specials are notoriously unreli-
able, and we hope this one is no excep-
ton
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-06-08
CHECKED, NOT DEFEATED.

At the conclusion OF Gladstone's mas
terly survey of the provisions OF the
Home Rule bill, in the British House OF
Commons last night, vote was had
upon the second reading OF the bill, and
the Government was defeated by a vote
of 34l against to 81 for it. This is the
final act in the present effort to obtain
the passage OF the bill, the next step
being to go back to the people, and in a
general election-ITome Rule being the
bone of contention-elect members who
shall favor its passage. That the result
OF the vote will bring disappointment
and chagrin to lrishmen and their
friends the world over, is certain, but
they should bear in mind that the darkest
clouds nave silver lining, and that
Gladstone is only checked, not defeated.
In the forensic battle of the giant minds
which preceded the vote, it is clear to an
unprejudiced reader that Gladstone had
decidedly the best of the contest, and
that but for a prejudice which stains the
fair name OF the English opposition, he
would have been endorsed by hand
some majority. Parnell aptly quoted the
poets saying, Thrice is he armed who
hath his quarrel just" and the line fully
describes the position of the British
Premier at this juncture. lrishmen and
their friends and advisers should now
wait with patience for the last move on
the board, and use every honorable
means at their command TO sup
ply the heroic men who are fight
ing their battle, with the sinews OF
war, and religiously avoid anything
approaching anger or resentment, trust
ing to the stout hearts and large brains
OF the grand men who are on the ground
and in the conflict. Hasty or ill-judged
action now, will work irredeemable
harm to their cause, while patient for.
bearance will assist it in an inverse ratio
The splenetic utterances OF Beach
Chamberlain and Goschen, prove them
to have led party pledged to the defeat
Of the bill, and proves also that they
were insensible to reason and argument
from any source. 1rishmen and the
friends OF Home Rule throughout the
world can lay the fattering JUNCTION tc
their souls that this is TO be the master
stroke in Gladstone's political life, ant
that he will move all earthly things tc
compass success, and it is now in orde
for them to strengthen his hands ant
cheer him onward in his mighty contest
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-06-08
"COME TO US, COMRADE.

The French Chamber OF Deputies are
considering bill for the expulsion OF the
Orleans and other Princes who may, even
remotely, have a claim to the right of
succession to the Bourbon line. Among
the Princes affected by the provisions of
the bill is the Count de Paris, brave
and generous-hearted soldier, who came
to America during our civil war and took
service on the staff of General Mcclellan,
rendering services for which the General
thanked him in person, and for which he
received a vote of thanks from Congress.
Now, in the hour Of his adversely, when
he is likely to be exiled from his native
land, and in his old age be driven wan
war, men who rode beside him in the
veritable hell on earth at Malvern Hill
and Fair Oaks, have joined in the follow
ing heart-touching epistle, which is self
explanatory:
"Come to us. The old soldiers will well
| come you and honor you for your services
to our Republic in its great crisis There is
De Chartres by our veterans who know Of
| both your services and worth. A hearty
welcome is yours here"
The names signed to the letter include
those OF the brightest and bravest men
of that galaxy OF soldiers who surrounded
and counseled Mcclellan in the dark days
of '62, and had the chief been spared
until now, his great heart would 20 out
to the brave and patriotic Frenchman in
the hour OF his trouble, and he would
gladly have joined with his officers in the
invitation. The wonderful workings OF
Time are painfully illustrated in
this instance. When the Count de
Paris offered his sword and services
to America, his country was monarchy,
and held to be the most powerful on the
continent of Europe. He was honored
and beloved by the tickle people who
now denounce him, and SO great was his
love for our free institutions, that he left
a life of luxury and ease, with all that
was near and dear to him, to battle for
the preservation OF the Union Surely
such n royal stranger deserves Il home
and a welcome from Americans. The
graceful act OF the gentlemen who sent
the invitation, is as new leaf in the
chaplet oi fame which encircles their
deeds on the field, and reflects credit on
the hearts and minds OF men who never
desert a comrade in arms. Should the
Republic OF France be guilty OF this
threatened un-republican act, no French
man, not even Lafayette, ever received
such a generous welcome from the great
heart of the American people, as would
be accorded to the Count de Paris, should
he elect TO make our country his home.