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Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-09-02

ments turned upon the methods pursued
by those of the original faith and founded
sects wherein the tenets of that faith were
included, but abjuring all and any inter
ference of human DEGREES or laws which
in any manner infringed upon the plain
teachings of scripture. These wholesale
breaks from the original fold have
borne fruit in the thousand forms of
religion known to the civilized world,
and all of these forms have been sue
cessful in drawing votaries to the several
shrines, with more or less power, until
the enlightened mind which rebels at
the Papal dogma and yet believes in
the divinity of Christ and the teachings
of the Bible, is at loss what to do to be
saved. The greatest minds of the pro-
testing faiths adhere strictly to the lines
laid down by their several creeds, and
many of them hold man up to certain
damnation unless he embraces the ritual
guiding them, and consequently, If they
are accepted as right, the mountebank
who never thought of God or salvation,
finds the argument they use to be a pass
port to the minds of the dissatisfied, and
unholy scenes like the above are the re-
suit. 1t is the drifting away from the
simple teachings as given by Christ
and His Apostles, to a humanized
construction of their intent and
meaning, and proves that the farther
away human construction goes from the
plain truths of scripture, the farther the
deluded people are from God, and the
influences of His Grace. The Constitu-
tional amendment which makes religion
a limitless enjoyment in America, was
not intended to license sacrilege, and
that such things could take place in an
community, without dire
to the vagabond responsible
for them, argues poor state of spiritual
for that particular district of
Kentucky,
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-09-02
MORMON EMIGRATION.

The Commissioners of Emigration at
New York have stopped the landing of a
large number of Mormon emigrants, be-
lieving they come within the scope of the
law which renders it imperative on the
part of the Commissioners to send back
any and all persons who, in their opinion
I are likely to become burden upon the
country in the shape of paupers. As
stated in our telegraph columns, the in
tent is to make a test case OF this one.
and thus see how far the present law can
be applied to the exclusion of the scum
of Europe, who knew nothing but beg
gary in their own country, from coming
to this country presumably under the
wing of the Mormon Church, but in reality
bound to that concern for years to pay off
the indebtedness made for their trans
portation, and for life in the support of
the church authorities. That this sten
has not been deemed advisable before
now is singular, but better late than
never, and if the present law of the land
in regard to this class of emigrants can
be made to stop their coming, one good
and effectual means of checking the
greater evil of the church as it is. will be
gained. The filing of the necessary bond
will tend to check the indiscriminate i'm
portation of people who are not only
bankrupt in means, but in education and
such learning as would tend to show
them the true intent Of their importers.
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-09-02
GOOD APPOINTMENT.

The appointment of Daniel Magone,
Ogdensburg, as Collector of the Port of
New York, is significant in many ways.
Magone is one OF the class of able men
who have been from time to time promi-
nent in the politics of the State OF New
York, and of whom Mr.. Tilden was the
type, who are politicians for the sake Of
politics rather than for personal advance
ment or the spoils of Office. He is law
yer of more than local renown, and
though he has never held Office, except
as one of Governor Tilden's commission
ers to investigate the Canal ring, he has
for many years welded a wide political
influence, and he was chairman OF the
New York State Democratic Committee
in Tilden's great campaign of 1876. In
putting this practical politician in charge
of the most important Federal office in
New York, the President is following In
the line that proved so successful in the
other appointments. Hedden, the "busi-
ness man." in the New York Custom
House, proved failure, as, without ex-
perience in politics, he became the mere
puppet of a local political boss. Magone
represents the party in the State, not one
of the local factions in the city, and his
means that he will be his
own boss, and not allow the Custom
House to be run in the interest of Tam
many or of the County Democracy. The
developments in the Flynn-Squire affair
show the need of a good head and strong
hand to rally and reorganize the party
forces, and it is to this important and
difficult task that Mr.. Tlden's lieutenant
has been assigned.
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-09-02

funded.
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-09-02

III every Wednesday at 500 p. m, in Odd Eel
lows Hall, Union Block. Visiting brothers
made welcome. F. E. HOUGHT0N. N G.
w. NJ. CLARK, Secretary.
UNITY ENCAMPMENT No. q 1. O. OF
~ Meets the second and fourth Tuesday of
each month at 500 p m, in Odd Fellows Hall.
Union Block. All Patriarchs in good standing
are invited to attend. S. EWING. G. p.
J. J. THOMAS Scribe.
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-09-02
NAIL LETTINGS,
NOTICE TOCONTRACToRs
Postofice Department
WAsHrNeToN n n IL ooe

WASHINGTON, D. c., July 1, 1886.
Proposals will be received Of tho Con-
tract Office of this Department until 4
P. m. of September 18. 1885 for CARVING
sn,. rne mails OF the United States upon the
aoules, ana according to the schedule of
ARRIVAL and departure specified by the
department., in the Territory of Utah,
rom January !, 1887, to June so, 1890.
Lls.s OF routes, with schedules of arrivals
ana departures, instructions to bidders,
with forms for contracts and bonds, and
all other necessary information, will be
furnished upon application to the Second
Assistant Postmaster-General.
WILLIAM F. Villas,
Postmaster General.
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JORDAN LODGE NO. 3, 1. o. D. F.-MFETs
- every Monday, at 500 p. m, in Odd Fell
lows Hall, Union Block. Odd Fellows in good
standing are invited to attend.
E. CAFFALL, N G.
B. w. E. JENNENs, Secretary
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ODD FELLOWS LODGES.

GAIT LAKE LODGE NO. O. 1, O. O. F.
y Meets every Friday, at 500 p. m, in Odd
Fellows Hall, Union Block. odd Fellows in
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The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-12-18
The Sunday School
BY REV. G. L. DEMAREST, DID.
LESSON FOR DECEMBER 2s, 1885.
THE UNIVERSALIST BELIEF.
The LESSON.

IHE LESSON.
= The last Lesson closed the second series of
International Sunday School Lessons. A
new series will begin with the new year. The
Lessons prescribed for the first six months
are from the Old Testament, and include the
books of Genesis and Exodus. No Lesson is
prescribed for to. day. The time of the Les
son may be employed with a review, and in
the Primary Glasses special reference may
be made to Christmas. We have thought it
worth while to provide for an exercise in the
Catechism which has been part of the Help
or Lessons for several years, and study of
the distinguishing belief of our Church.
The WMcBEsTER PROFESSION.
AIT. I. We believe that the Holy Scriptures
of the Old and New Testaments contain a
revelation of the character and will of GoD,
and of the duty, interest, and final destina-
ton of mankind.
ART. II. We believe that there is one GoD,
JESUS CHRIST, by one Holy Spirit of Grace,
who will finally restore the whole family Of
mankind to holiness and happiness.
ART. Ill. We believe that holiness and true
happiness are inseparably connected, and
that believers ought to be careful to main-
tain order and practice good works, for these
things are good and profitable unto men.
This Profession of Belief was adopted by a
General Convention of Universalists held in
Winchester, N. H., A. d. 1903, as a state
ment of the distinctive faith of Universalists
-"To show that Universalists differed from
all others, and were necessarily distinct
sect" 1t was probably intended to give the
Universalist body legal UNCONVENTIONAL
standing. 1t was reaffirmed by the Centennial
Session of the General Convention held in
Gloucester, Mass, 1870, and made the basis
of fellowship in the plan for the organization
ed at that commemorative and memorable
meeting, and is now the authorized and au-
thoritative Confession of Faith of the Uni
versalist Church.
This Confession of Faith is not intended to
be full statement of the entire doctrinal
beliefs of the Universalist Church, but is a
brief statement of the principal doctrine, and
the grounds of it, which distinguishes it from
all other Churches, and what is deemed a
sufficient bond of union and basis of demon
national fellowship. The distinguishing doc
trine of the Universalist Church is its belief
in the final holiness and consequent happi-
ness of all mankind, through the mediatorial
agency of JESUS CHRIST, the Son of GoD, and
Brother of Man. The character and Father
hood of COP, and the nature of man as
child of GoD that are revealed in the Scrip
lures, are the grounds of this belief of Uni
versal Salvation.
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In Met,1nriann.

William Eaton died at his home, of apo
plexy, on the morning of December 2, 1886,
after brief illness, in the eighty-first year
of his age, leaving wife and five children
to mourn his death. He was born at Cherry
Valley, N. Y, June %, 1906, the eldest Of
nine sons and five daughters of his fathers
family, eleven of whom survive him. His
parents moved to Willet. Cortland county,
N. Y, in 1916, where he grew to man
hood. In 1886 he settled at Elkhorn Grove,
Carroll county, Ill. Disposing of his prop
erty in 1913, he moved to Stephenson
county, near Freeport, Ill, where he has
lived ever since on land patented from the
government. He was known as a pure
minded, frugal, Industrious, honest man, a
good neighbor, steadfast friend, and kind
husband and indulgent parent. He was a
subscriber to and reader of the first volume,
or nearly so, of the "Better Covenant" after
wards the "New Covenant" and later The
UNIyERsALIsT, down to the day of his death.
He died as he had lived, in peace with God
and his fellow men. NJ.
At his home in Greenfield. Huron county,
o., Nov. 26, 1886, Capt. Edward II. Lowther.
He was born in the city of New York, Aug s,
1900, and was therefore little more than
eighty-six years of age at the time of his
death. He came to Ohio in 1917, and settled
in Greenfield township, which was his home
during the remainder of his lie. He was
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-12-18
MINISTER'S SORE THROAT.

The Lancet has been discussing "cler-
gyman's sore throat" and comes to the
conclusion that this common clerical
complaint is mainly due to the fact that
the habit of reading sermons compels
clergymen to preach with their heads
bent down. The natural habit in pub
lie speaking is to keep the head erect
and the chest expanded. The Lancet
points out that barristers, who talk as
much as clergymen, and in buildings as
lily ventilated, do not suffer from sore
throat in the same degree. That is be-
cause they do not read their speeches,
and because they are so situated that
their audience is raised little above
them. Thus, they have every induce
ment to hold their heads up and to give
their speaking apparatus room for fair
play. This is an additional argument
against the fatal habit of reading SER
mons, which, we fear, is beginning to
grow, even among MethOdists. We
hope the authorities at the colleges will
do their utmost to discourage this bane-
full habit. Whoever heard of CONVEX
sions taking place under read sermon?
Imagine Luther or Wesley or Spurgeon
or Aitken, or any of the great sOul-sav-
ing preachers, reading their sermons /!
The rhetorical essay and the theological
lecture are excellent in their place, but
their place is emphatically not the pull
pit.-MethOdist Times, London.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-12-18
SHE DID NOT WANT LITTLE
WOMEN"

Hdrper's Magazine gives an incident,
showing how generally Lo1isa Alcott
touches human hearts. A gentleman was
one day riding in street-car in New
York, and, to while away the time, was
reading "Little Women" The simple
pathos OF Bsth's little pilgrimage SO af-
fected him that he was unable to read.
Looking up at the passengers, to discover
il his emotion had been observed, he saw,
sitting just across the aisle, a young lady
deeply absorbed in a book and crying
undisguisedly as she read. The book
was Gan Old fashioned Girl"
Shortly after "Little Women" was pub
lished quiet-looking lady entered a
Boston circulating library and asked a
lady clerk to pick her out "a good book
that would rest and amuse her." Natur-
ally "Little Women" was offered, and de-
clined.
"It's very nice; you would like it,"
urged the clerk.
81 should not care to read it," said the
lady.
"But at least look at it."
"No," came the answer. firmly, and with
an odd smile; sit is not book that I
should care to read"
Then the clerk, pretty angry, walked
away to the chief librarian and cried,
There's woman down there wants a
book, and if you want her waited on some
one else must do it. 1 won't"
"Wby not?"
"Why, she says "Little Women" isn't
good enough for her to read"
"Do you know who that la dy is?"
mo; and don't care"
"Well, I'll tell you. That is Louisa
Alcott. Now go and get her book"
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married in 1925, to Martha Lowell, who sur
wives him, their married life covering Pc
Rod of little more than sixty-one years.
OF the nine children born to them, seven are
living, and six were present at the funeral.
Father Lowther was firm and consistent
Universalist and long time member of the
church. He was always regular and prompt
In attendance at church, when he was able to
be present, and always gave generous sup
port to the cause, proportioned to his ability.
He was held in high esteem among wide
circle of acquaintance, who regarded him
as man of rare integrity, of great kindness
of heart and of high moral worth. May
heavens blessing be with the aged widow,
sorrowing children and friends. II. L. O.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-12-18

4 Mrs f. OATS, of ShunedlL H. writes "Wben
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one week, could walk the door-yard.
HEpATITnE and could get into
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with the best PHI sicians we couId gel
and the last told husband that
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wrote to for had suffered from Female Weakness until
1 had almost given in despair"
fT-.-.- Mrs. F. E. WILCOX, Friendship N. T., writes:
TERRIBLE For five six had been badly troubled
l ~ with female weakness and terrible pains
pAIu the small OF my back and pit of the stomach.
Ialn Three bottles Of DR.. Pierces Favorite Prescrip
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The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-12-18
ELEVATING INFLUENCES OF LOVE.
BY REV. J. K. STREET.
tTexas.)

All pure love can have but one effect
it makes the heart better. 1t is the
filter which puriies the soul. 1t eman-
cipates from doubts and fears. The
soul that has nothing but love and
tenderness for its fellows, is free from
doubts and fears; perfect love casteth
out fear" The union of friends and
the mingling of loving hearts prepares
for something better.
1t should be your chief concern to be
ever clothed with love. There is no
envy, no jealousy where love exists. It
elevates and purif1es; it makes the
lower step upward to the higher. In
the company of confiding and loving
natures you feel that you move in an
atmosphere of purity. The soul is filed
with the hottest and highest aspirations.
To do good is the ruling passion. The
more freely love is dispensed the more
abundantly it grows.
Gods method is to teach us how to
love him, by teaching us first how to
love our fellows. He who loves not his
fellow man can have no love for God
The heart filled with pure love is ever
ready to extend helping hand to the
fallen, its mission is to lift up-to raise
all up to its own high plane of purity
and happiness. Human love leads us
to the divine. Every struggle against
evil, every effort to do right, every act
of devotion to principle, infuses new
life and energy into the soul. The low
ing, tender heart, which has the most
sympathy for struggling humanity, will
exhibit life fraught with beneicent
deeds and which, in the end, shall be
crowned with an endless lifeI
Surely the God who has given us the
wonders and beauties of nature, the
lessons of truth, and strewn our path
way with so many opportunities for
doing good who has given us the en-
nobling influences Of friendship, the
charms of love, and all which goes to
make the sum of noble life, has pro-
vided for US better things beyond this
life, where the affections may continue
to expand and human happiness find it's
full fruition. Courage, then, o human
hearts "Be not weary in we'll doing,
for in due time We shall re ap if ye faint
not. "-Street's Monthly.
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COP.

GoD is revealed in the Scriptures az a Be-
ing of Infinite Perfection-of power, wisdom
and goodness. He is a Spirit, that is, mate
rial and super-sensual, unconditional in
time and space, the Eternally Existent One,
and everywhere present. His nature is Love,
and His disposition is kind and merciful.
He is ''good to all, and His tender mercies
are over all His works" Psalm cxiv. 81, His
character is perfect holiness. Not only is
His nature and character revealed, but His
relation to mankind. He is "Our Father in
Heaven" "To Us there is but one GoD the
Father" Il Corinthians viii. s. This is fun
damental in our system of Christian belief
As Creator, Governor and Judge, He is al
ways the Father. He created man in His
own image, governs the entire race of man
kind as His children, and all his judgments
are paternal. No circumstance of birth or
character, nor of time or place, can sever or
impair this relation, or separate the soul of
man, the Cop, from the love and care Of the
Heavenly Father (Romans viii. 3S, 39). He
created to bless, governs and disciplines to
bless, and will finally secure the blessedness
of all His children in their love and obedi-
ence of His holy law. The reciprocal love
and service of the entire family of Gop on
earth and in heaven, and the growth of all
His children unto the attainment of the d.
vine Observation-Disclosures and happiness is the
equivalent of universal salvation. Nothing
short of this can be the purpose of the inf
mite God, who is the Father of the spirits OF
all flesh, and "who will have all men to be
saved"
Being infinite in goodness, He must seek
as HIS end IN the creation of men, the high
est good of every human soul. The wisdom
of GoD is as infinite as His love; and there
fore He must choose those means which will
certainly accomplish His chosen ends. Con
is also infinite in power, and can bring to
pass whatsoever He desires. His power is
equal to His will; and He can and will reach
in men the one sublime purpose for which
they were created.
The FatherhoOd of COP is universal; and
in all their wanderings and woes, men are
the children of His infinite love. To this
central and precious truth we steadfastly
cling. Amid lfe's work, and care. and grief
it Is an anchor to the soul, sure and steadfast
The mysteries of life and death often We
cannot solve. We walk in sadness and il
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-12-18

Rev. SIDNEY DAVIS, Galien, Michigan writes:
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The BIBLH.


It is affirmed by the Universalist Church,
in its Confession of Faith, that the Bible
contains a revelation of GoD to men, con-
corning his own character and relation to
them, their relation to Him, and the nature
and duties springing from these relations,
and His purpose in their creation, existence
and final destiny. The Divine Being is re-
vealed in creation, GoD is revealed in His
works.
"There is GoD-all nature speaks"
But the nature and character of COP, by
whose almighty power call things are, and
were created" His relation to mankind and
His purposes and will concerning them, are
revealed in providence and life, in human
history, especially the history of the Hebrew
race, which was providentially raised up and
developed spiritually to become His specially
favored people, and finally, in His Son, JESUS
CHRIST, the flower of the Hebrew race and
religion
"The flower of man and GoD."
The Bible is collection of the divinely in
spired records of the history of the Hebrew
people and their religion, of the life and min
istry of JESUS CHRIST, and of the Apostolic
planting and training of the Christian
Church. AS an inspired record of revelation,
the Bible is the highest authority in matters
of religious faith and practice. Every
Scripture 1.-THE Holy Scriptures-the Bible] is
inspired by GoD, and profitable for teaching,
for reproof, for correction, for instruction in
righteousness, that the man of COP may be
complete, thoroughly fitted for every good
work" e Timothy iii. 16). We ought, thought
fully and prayerfully, to study the Bible,
which contains the word of GoD, that we may
be confirmed in our Christian faith, and in
spired and guided in the perfection of our
Christian characters, and that we may reveal
10 others the way of life and salvation.