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Omaha daily bee., 1886-10-31
Unprecedented Death.


London Spectator: One would have
thought it impossible that there should
said that the catastrophe on Loch Fyne,
by which seven persons lost their lives
Saturday, had never occurred before. 1t
has been tho custom OF the bailies OF Gias-
gov to attend the annual monster
blasts. " In the great Crarae Quarries on
that loch, and this year the custom was
fired Mt once, disloaglng, It is believed,
somo ~, QOo t9ns OF granite, and after the
stone had fallen the visitors strolled into
the quarries to see the result. Some 300
ladies and gentlemen were standing about
talking, when one after another was OBJ
served to fallapparcntly dead, till nearly
hundred bodies were stretched on the
stone.
quarrymen; but 1t was found that seven
were dead, ana that thirty more were
more or less injured, few severely. The
visitors had been asphyNiatedlby the sui
phurous vapor caused by the blast, the
shortest hmong them feeling 1t first and
most severely. Those who died, died
suddenly, and one witness, who tainted
Omaha daily bee., 1886-10-31
BARN AND HoisEs BURNED.
A Morning Blaze. Licks Up $4,000
Worth of Property

A few minutes before ! O'Clock this
morning a fire was discovered In the
large barn of G. w. Holdredge, just west
of Hanscom park. The fire depart
ment was called by telephone and
made the run in twentyliv
minutes but were unable to do anything
toward saving the barn, the fire had
made such progress, and had hard work
to keep the flames from connecting with
Dir. Holdredges new residence. The
origin of the fire is a matter of mystery.
IL was first discovered by
the hostler, Swede named Andrew
Swanson who was sleeping in the Darn
death by jumping from the second story
of the building The barn and contents,
including carriage team and team OF
Shetland ponies were entirely destroyed.
The loss will exceed $4,000 and is but
partly protected by insurance.
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portance of this question, and its vital
relations to the future of our church,
that THE UNIvERsALIsT has placed
before its readers the report on the in
crease of the ministry made to the Gen
eral Convention, Rev. DR.. Atwood's
address at Akron, Rev. Mr.. Squires'
paper, read before the Michigan Con-
vention, and this week prints the pa
per of Rev. Mr.. Conger, at the Wiscon-
sin Ministerial Circle. These several
papers and addresses are worthy of the
serious attention of all who are inter-
ested in the Universalist church and its
future. They discuss the subject from
several standpoints, but are all ami
mated with the common purpose of
bringing this question home to the at
tention of the church. In the nature
OF the case no special method can be de-
vised for the increase of the ministry.
Methods only concern the best manner
of bringing the subject before our con-
stituency, in the hope that once atten-
ton is given to the emergency that is
upon our church, the result will be ia
vorable, and such as to give us more of
our young men and women for the sa-
cred office. Now, as of old, the cry is,
pray ye that the Lord of the harvest
send more laborers into the vineyard y
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PROF. DIMAN's OPINIONS.

Rev. j. Lewis Diman, D.. D., for
many years occupied the chair of His
tory and Political Economy in Brown
University, Providence, R. 1. He was
a Congregationalist clergyman, and a
rare and gifted scholar, whose untimely
death in 1881, was great sorrow to a
large circle of friends in the most Guilt
waited circles of New England. He was
we'll known as broad school theologian
and a very effective and thoughtful
preacher. In his recently published
memoirs, we observe that Prof. George
P. Fisher, of Yale College, in state
ment of Prof. Dlman's theological opin-
ions, does not hesitate to make prom
inent his rejection of the doctrine of
everlasting punishment. "On one sub
ject," says Prof. Fisher, she came at
last, think, to differ from the con-
yictions commonly entertained in the
Christian body to which he belonged"
Prof. Fisher recalls the sermon on
Future Punishment, at Kings Chapel,
Boston, in 1878, in which Prof. Diman
distinctly repudiated the doctrine in
question. In that sermon occur these
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-12-11
PERSONAL.
EASTERN.

Rev. DR.. Emerson lectured, Dec. 8, in the
parish course at Rockport, Mass.
George W. Mackey, former Secretary of
the Lee Literary Society, of late years resi-:
dent of Brooklyn, died on the 23d inst.
Mr.. George A. Dockstader, of New York.
recently sent his check for $50. for the ben
eft of the Universalist Historical Society.
Rev. George W. Perry, pastor of the Uni
versalist church, at Rutland. VT, has been
appointed State geologist to succeed DR.. Cut
ting, of Lunenburg.
Rev. DIR. Capen has been member of the
Board of Trustees of the General Convention
for eleven years and has been present at all
the meetings. An excellent record.
Mr.. Charles Caverly has been reappointed
by the Board of Trustees of the General Con-
ventiop, a member of the Library Book Com
mission for the term of five years.
Frank Fl. Peck, graduate of st. Lawrence
University, and member of our society in
WATERFOWL, has recently been elected Dis
trict Attorney of Jefferson county, N. Y.
Rev. E. Case may be addressed by any
church or society desiring his services, at
No. 1l8 st. Felix St., Brooklyn, N. Y, till
Dec 8. He may-unless called to parish
spend the winter in the South.
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NEwT0WN, o.

Br. William Durham, clerk of the New
town, O., Universalist church, writes:
''We are in need of pastor at our church
here. We should like to have services twice
per month. Please insert notice of such in
your paper and it may be the means of ena-
bling us to find suitable minister"
What our friends in Newtown need is a
bright, interesting and vigorous young
man to settle among them, as q regular
pastor, preaching half the time in New
town and the remaining Sundays at some
other point not too far distant. Newtown
is pleasant southern Ohio village, in
the immediate vicinity of Cincinnati, and
we have some steadfast friends in the
parish. Who will answer this call, and
not only preach at Newtown but become
the pastor Of this people? Address Will
lam Durham, Newtown, Hamilton county,
Ohio.
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FOR HOLIDAY PRESENTS.

Two of our most desirable books for
Christmas and New Years presents are
The Life OF Edwin II. Chaplin, D. d."
and FIFTY Potable Years." These are
finely written, beautifully bound, enrich
ed with fine steel eDgravings, and sold at
exceedingly lo,o prices, considering the
attractions and beauty of the volumes.
They are instructive, interesting and
popular. Thousands Of copies have been
sold, and the demand for them still con-
tinues. We have these books elegantly
bound for holiday gifts at greatly re-
duced prices. Half calf, library style,
former price $500, now $3.50; turkey
morocco, reduced from $500 to $500.
"The Life of Chaplin" popular edition,
$1.50; with gilt edges, $500. FIFTY
Notable Years." popular edition, $500;
with gilt edges, $3.50. All the above
will be sent by mail, carefully packed. on
receipt of price.
Among other publications of the House
which are appropriate for UNCONVENTIONAL
presents are the following:
DR.. Eddy's History of Universalism
in America" 2 Vols. Boxed. $3.50.
"Over the River" by DR.. Thayer. Plain,
$1.00. Gilt, $1.25.
"Manna." DIR. Hanson's book of pray
ers. Price, $l.00.
"Rambles Overland" by Rev. Almon
Gunnison. A very interesting volume of
travel. Price, $100.
"Voices of the Faith"-the Universal
ist birthday book-a very beautiful vol
ume and particularly we'll adapted to the
holidays. Price, $100.
We also keep constantly on hand the
attractive denominational story of Mrs.
J. L. Paterson, "Out of Sight" Price,
$l.00. and "South Shore" by Mrs. @. r.
Josselyn. These are books which will
please the reader.
All of the above sent by mail postpaid,
on receipt of the price. Address Uni.
versalist Publishing House, Western
Branch, Chicago.
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notable words: There is no warrant
whatever for erecting the bold, naked,
literal dogma of everlasting punish
ment into an article of Christian faith;
that grievous wrong is done when any
who shrink from accepting it are ex-
cluded from the communion of Chris
tian people and that religious body
which insists on this as an essential
test will bar from its ministry many of
the most thoughtful and most earnest
of the present generation"
Prof. Diman fortifies his opinions by
the additional observations: 1.-The early
records are silent on this point; the
Church of England omits it from her
articles; those who venture to affirm it
affirm what Jesus himself made no part
of his direct, explicit teaching. Where
he was silent we may we'll pause"
In re-printing the above extract, Prof.
Fisher ventures no dissent from the
opinions which he quotes, or any apollo.
gy for them-possibly the statement
that Prof. Diman in this matter ''dif-
fered from the convictions commonly
entertained in the Christian body to
which he belonged" was regarded as
sufficient under the circumstances. The
fact that the opinions of Prof. Diman
are so frankly set forth, and his own
strong words recalled, is another evil
dence that the time has gone by when
any special opprobrium attaches to such
opinions in scholarly circles. A quar-
ter of century ago, or even less, such
facts would have been suppressed in
the interest of orthodoxy, or, if given
in an orthodox clergyman's biography,
something in the line of apology would
be offered. Now broader catholicity
prevails with results as above. The
world surely moves.
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WESTERN.

Rev. W. s. Vail began his ministry at
st. Paul Sunday, Dec. 6.
Rev. 8. W. Eaton and wife, Of Roches-
ter, MIMI, spend the winter at Brook.
ings, Dakota.
Rev. j. P. MacLean, of Ohio, is filing
lecture engagements in New York, Con-
necticut and New Hampshire.
The Galesburg Register, Dec. 4: Rev.
j. Coleman Adams was at the University
Tuesday morning. All we're pleased to
listen to him, as he spoke upon the
Activity and Development OF Life in
College"
Rev. A.W. Mason has supplied the Uni
tartan pulpit at Mount Pleasant, Mich.
for thirteen consecutive Sundays. He
will spend the winter at Concord, Jack
son county, Mich, where he may now be
addressed.
We regret to learn of the illness OF
Mrs. l.. Fidelia W. Gillette, of Rochester,
Mich. With the intelligence comes, how
ever, the tidings of improvement. The
Rochester Era says: "Rev. Fidelia w.
Gillette, although quite hopeful herself
as to her condition, is yet very sick, with
an illness that has followed her for eev.
eral months. The earnest prayers of her
friends are for her speedy recovery"
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UNDER THE CAPTION, stubborn
Facts" The Church Organ, of Philadel-
phia, paper issued during the fair of the
Church of the Messiah, prints an article
ticle in correction of the once widely
circulated charge that Universalism is
immoral in its tendency. Some years
ago, it remarks, the Rev. N. Gunnison,
a Universalist clergyman, since deceas-
ed, sent a communication to each of
the State prisons of this country asking
the religious training of the convicts
who were then confined there. We
have not at hand the statistics which
he received in response to his letter,
but remember distinctly that the num-
Der of convicts who had been trained
in the Universalist doctrine was almost,
if not entirely, zero. 70 the same eff
feet are the statistics now before us of
the Ohio penitentiary for 1877, and the
Joliet Ill., State prison for 1882. OF
the 79S inmates of the former institu-
ton, there were 23O Methodists, 1913
Roman Catholics, ia Baptists, 70 Pres
byterians, Al Lutherans, 26 Episcopal
lians, % United Brethren, 6 Congrega-
tionalists, Jews, 2 Quakers, 2 Dun
kards, so of no denomination, and
Universalists o And of the 49l con-
victs in the latter institution, there
were 387 Roman Catholics, 20 Metho-
dists, 26 Presbyterians, 81 Baptists, Is
Jews, IL Lutherans, l Congregation
alist and Universalists 0!
Not single Universalist in either Of
these institutions, Notwithstanding the
fact that in both Ohio and Illinois there
are a great many Universalists scattered
through the community Does this
look as if Universalism was immoral in
it's influence? Does it indicate that a
belief in endless punishment has ten
dency to make men ylrtuous? What
ever the opponents of Universalism
may say, and whatever their theory
may be, as to the demoralizing ten
dency of belief in the final salvation
of all men, the facts are against them.
Universalists do not boast Of their NOR
ality, for it is their belief that no mere
human being has any righteousness to
boast of; but it is fact, nevertheless,
that the average of morality is higher
amcng Universalists than it is among
those who are not Universalists, be-
cause the vicious classes, as a rule, are
not Universalists. The great majority
of murderers, and burglars, and gam
blers, and defaulters, and prostitutes,
and pickpockets, and keepers of the
various dens of pollution do not believe
in Universalism, nor even know what
it is, but they do believe in an endless
hell, and habitually swear by it.
The tendency of Uniyersalism, when
intelligently held, is to make men love
God, by making them realize how infin-
itely God loves them.
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particles in the mass toward the COM
mon center, and the constant radiation
of the heat evolved by condensation,
the mass became the fiery globe that it
was, with its fervid and glowing at
mosphere, till by the continuation of the
same processes through immense ages
the incrustation Of the surface occurred,
with the resulting condensation Of va
por remaining till then in the atmos-
phere, to constitute the primal ocean
that at first covered the surface on all
sides. 1t is easy to see that thus by
the operation of the same forces,
through the stupendous ages of the
past, the earth has gradually come to
be as it now is.
Moreover the spectroscope shows
that the elements which compose the
sun are of the same character as those
composing the earth. AS, therefore,
the history of the sun is history of
fire, and must continue such till the
eventual incrustation of its surface,
so must, in the nature of the case, have
been the history of the earth until the
time of its surface incrustation since
which period its fiery record has been
diversified by surface action of the
water, formed by the union of the oxy-
gen and hydrogen in the immense va
porous atmosphere at first surrounding
the central nucleus, as this same at
mosphere continued to condense by the
continued cooling that succeeded the
incrustation and so, ever since that
time, the surface has been subject
to the action of fire from beneath and
of water from above. AS the heat Oc :
casiOned by contraction is all the while
dissipated by radiation, there is no rea-
son for saying, ''If the center were
molten rock the crust would melt in
stead of cooling" We might as we'll
say that if the water beneath the sur
face of pond, in cold weather, is fluid,
NY fltuO VI I'D uCdJ, OuO 1lOA0n ouI-
face would melt instead of cooling;
when we know that this very ice crust
is all the while increasing in thickness,
so long as the external conditions con-
tinue the same.
This Professor, in holding to La
Places theory concerning the forma-
tion Of suns and plauets-the Nebular
theory-actually neutralizes his own
position that the origin of the earth is
aqueous; for according to the Nebular
theory no other ground is possible for
the formation of planet than that
its origin is in fire. The vast fields of
irresolvable nebul@, that is, Of real
nebul@, that are seen in space, are
luminous-a fact that proves a constant
process of condensation as going on in
them, by which heat and light are gen.
Grated. Theprocess, therefore, of evolv-
ing planets from nebul@, is a fiery,
not an aqueous, process-the very ex-
istence Of water on a planet being, in
fact, an utter impossibility until after
| its surface is incrusted. j. NJ.
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UNIVERSALIST GENERAL CON-
VENTION.

NEW YORK, October

NEW YORK. October 6, 1886.
The Board of Trustees met in this city
at $50 A. NJ. Present, Messrs. Joy CHAIR
mani, Capen, Rugg, Thomas, Hoysradt,
Ryder, Chaplin, Perbam, Holden and
Demarest. After prayer by Rev. DIR.
Capen, the Record of the May meeting
was read and approved.
The Scholarship Committee reported
the business transacted, and stated that
for the ensuing year would be needed an
appropriation equal to the amount of the
payments of last year on account of
Scholarships.
The Committee of Fellowship reported
Letter of Transfer to Wisconsin Conven-
ton Of Rev. Mary j. De Long; Renewal
of License for one year to Mr.. James
Rawlings, of Leadville, Col; Probation
airy License for one year TO Rev. ). K.
Street, Of Waco, Texas, an ordained
clergyman from the M. e. Church South;
Probationary License for one year to
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Edited 9erus and a1ntes.

JOSEPH Cook lie said to have ga pug
nacious head and face" Well, neither
head nor face bellies him.
The Rev. DR.. Crosby declares that
New York city Stands on an inclined
plane Of disaster and is by-word for
dirt, debt and diabolism."
Rev. DR.. Sunderland, of Washington,
presbyterian of the bluest order) is said
to have now larger congregation than
ever before. President and Mrs. Cleye-
land attend his church.
"A series OF papers by number OF
the most distinguished English clergy
men on the question SIS Salvation Posi-.
BILE After Death?" have been included in
volume which Whitaker, of New York,
is about to publish.
The editor Of the Je,cish Messenger,
in an article entitled 1.-The Modest Life,
expresses the wish that the American
Jew should lead in crusade against loud,
noisy tendencies, against mere pomp and
glitter, and take his stand for quiet
modest, unassuming existence, at what
ever cost.
Although the prohibition law of Yer
mont has not been very strictly enforced
In the past, the Legislature, which re-
Gently adjourned, made provisions for it's
enforcement in the future by passing six
anfa for ifc rarfoak;1, l:..
introduced into the House, was defeated
by an overwhelming majority.
Ten per cent OF the students in the
university at Zurich are women. Twenty
nine OF them are studying medicine, four
teen philosophy, and two political econo-
my. There are now forty. eight female
students of medicine in London, and in
Paris 1O3 Within the last seven years
eighteen women have taken medical de-
gree in Paris.
The Journal of Education BOSTON,
observes with great truth: at is a false
philosophy that teaches that fear keeps
people from going wrong. 1t merely
cautions them to avoid being found out
Hope and courage, respect for these as
virtues. will lead to self-denial and actiy-
ity for the sake of victories in intellectual
effort or character-forming habits"
Last Monday, Dec. 6, was named for
the union meeting in Charming Hall
new A. q. A. building-of the Universal.
list and Unitarian ministers to confer on
means of joint influence in advancing
liberal Christianity. at is thought"
says Unity, "thst truth can fly higher
supported by two wings than by only
one."
The young men at Harvard are not
only attending prayers very generally
under the voluntary system, but they
have made call upon the distinguished
clergymen who conduct the exercises for
remarks, to which Rev. Phillips Brooks,
now on duty there, has responded by
brief talks, In which the students appear
to be greatly DISQUALIFICATION Herald
Our new Hindoo visitor, Babu Mo-
hini ChatteEiie, is relative of the cele-
brated Rsmmohun Roy. He is reported
as saying: "Fhe great spiritual move
ment OF the future will be one aiming al
the abandonment OF all Rectarian distino-
lions, the elimination of spurious en-
broideries from all creeds. and the union
OF all who are not atrophied by Material
ism In the worship of one God, of whose
essence is all humanity, and the glory of
whose divinity may be shared by the
humblest son OF Adam who has learned
to walk by the new light"
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WE print this week the closing arti-
Gle in the series of Mrs. Hiles, on the
Mission Indians. These articles have
been an eloquent recital of the wrongs
and injustice which has been perpe-
trated on the Indians Of the Pacific
Coast. Incidentally Mrs. Hiles has shed
much light on the dark features O. the
Indian question in general. 1t is sad
story, but one that needs to be told,
and told often, until the conscience of
the country has been aroused and repair
alton duly made.
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THE QUESTION Of the financial obli-
cations of pastors is considered by the
Standard in very thoughtful and con-
else editorial. It remarks: mo man
can have gone through a long life, as
some of US have, trying to make the lit
tie answer the ends of the much, with
out coming to know what it is to prac-
tically solve lifelong problem of that
kind. Some of us know, besides, how
much the difficulty is aggravated when
this little, besides being little, is also
uncertain.o
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-12-11

THE ATTENTION of readers is directed
to the notice of our holiday books in
another column. The volumes named
are particularly appropriate for pres
ents to and from Universalists.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-12-11

Now THAT the Sunday-school les
sons are taken from the book Of Reve-
lation, special and very valuable help
will be found in DIR. Hanson's second
volume of the New Covenant" Spec
ifications as to its particular value ap-
pear in the notice of the work on the
fifth page.
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THE REGISTER FOR 1887.

The Universalist Register" for 1887,
edited by Rev. Richard Eddy, ID. D., is
NOW READY and for sale at this office.
Price % cents; discount by the dozen
or more. Address the Western Branch
for particulars.
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THE WORDS of Jeremy Bentham in
regard to the doctrine of everlasting
punishment may not be familiar to
many of our readers. This celebrated
character remarked: 1.-The dreadful
dogma is not to be found in Christian
ity. 1t is the most vain, most perni-
cious, most groundless conceit."
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WOODLAND PARK.

Rev. DIR. w. Fl. RYDER will preach in
the Club hall, at Woodlawn Park, next
Sunday evening, at 7:30. Friends in the
vicinity are cordially invited.
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THE Register" for 1887 is now ready
and for sale at this office. A copy
should be in the homes of all Univers-
alists. Order one when renewing SUBJ
scriptions to THE UNIvERsALIsT.
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j. S. CAMTWELL, D. D., Editor.
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FIELD AGENTS
SATURDAY, DECEMBER Il, 1886.

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