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The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-12-04
THE sTODDARD LECTURES.

After an absence of a year JOHN L.
SToDDARD began in Chicago last week
the series Of lectures which have proved
so successful in Boston and Philadelphia.
His reception on the opening night
Thanksgiving was such as to assure all
of the strong hold he has upon Chicago.
The opening lecture was Napoleon Ill.
and it was repeated again on Saturday
evening. This lecture is of one whose life
is interesting in itself and it affords op-
portunity for delightful illustrations of
the modern Paris which he was SO largely
instrumental in creating. Tickets for
the course and single tickets may still be
obtained. The daily papers give the
program. We advise all to hear Mr..
Stoddard. In his own sphere, he is I'M
equaled as lecturer.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-12-04

MATTHEW ARNOLD is not always a
safe guide as a religious teacher, but in
speaking of the Christian Gospel as
s.oood news" he makes no mistake.
He asks, What is this gospel and
answers ssIt was this: The king
dom of God is come unto you.
And what is the kingdom of God Or
kingdom of heaven 1t is this; Gods
will done, as in heaven SO on earth.
And how was this to come to mankind!
Because Jesus is come to save his peo-
nile from their sins. And what is being
saved from our sins 4? This: Entering
into the kingdom of heaven by doing
the will of our Father which is in
heaven. And how does Christ enable
rs to do this? By teaching US to take his
yoke upon US, and learn OF him to deny
ourselves and take up our cross daily
and follow him, and to lose our life for
the purpose of saving it," These ques-
tions and answers might properly be in
Guided in any Universalist catechism.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-12-04
WESTERN.

Prof. Rich, of Lombard, rejoices in a
new daughter which came to his home on
Thanksgiving Monday.
Rev. DR.. Ryder was at Oak Park last
Sunday and will preach at the Church of
the Redeemer next Sunday morning.
Mr.. John r. Carpenter, of the senior
class in the Galesburg Theological School,
preached at Hoopeston, ILL.,, last Sunday.
Rev. Charles Conklin will preach at
Lincoln, Nsb., next Sunday and assist
Rev. E. FL. Chaplin in series of revival
meetings.
Rev. Amos Crum, of Dubuque, is to
visit Muskegon, Mich, this week and
assist the ministers of that State in a
series of meetings.
Rev. james Gorton, on his way to Mar
shalltown and Cedar Falls, Iowa, was in
the city on Monday. We hope Br. Cor
ton may be captured by our Iowa
forces.
Rev. Olympia Brown Willis is holding
some rousing Woman's Suffrage Conven-
tons in Wisconsin, with Miss Susan b.
Anthony and other ladies, prominent
workers in that field of reform.
AT the eighth anniversary soiree of the
Gilfill n Memorial Church, Dundee, Scot
land, Rev. David Macrae, occupying the
chair, was accompanied to the platform
by Gerald Massey, the poet and lecturer;
the Rev. DIR. J. w. Hanson made a con-
grstulatory address. In a genial speech
he congratulated Mr.. Macrae on the sue
cess of his work in Dundee, and men,
toned that the movement with which his
name was identified had the sympathy of
many in that far away land to which he
belonged.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-12-04

THE CONGREGATIONAL CoNTRo-
vERsY is invading the peace of the
churches. At Dorchester, Mass, the
pastor requested the resignation of two
of his unday-school teachers on the
ground that they fellowshiped the new
opinions, and were unsound in the
faith. Mr.. Thomas w. Bieknell, of
the Journal of Education, was one of
these teachers, and he replied to the
pastor in quite tart note, in which he
makes bold toremark: IF you seek by
"this and similar acts to discipline
ethose who have the independence to
"stand for a freer gospel and a purer
"faith, it may be that you will hinder
"rather than prosper the cause you rep
crescent. Uniformity is not vitality; it
sis not progress; it is not congrega-
.stionalism; it smacks of Catholicism.
..You may make a solitude and call it
"peace. | shall appeal from the church
land pastors of the present to those of
"the future, and rest content with The
final ISSUE"
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-12-04
DANGEROUS TENDENCIES AMONG THE
BAPTISTS.

The following paragraph is from the
Philadelphia correspondent of the New
Y ork Examiner, the leading Baptist
paper of this country:
Everybody supposes that if any man
is orthodox DR.. Lorimer is orthodox.
The Confession of Faith of the I'm
manuel Baptist church of Chicago, of
which DR.. Lorimer is pastor, ought to
be orthodox, for its sixteen articles
are expressed in the very words of the
Scripture. Ordinarily the Scripture of
a Confession is contained in foot-notes,
but DIR. Lorimer's Confession has its
Scripture incorporated into its text.
The topics of the Confession, more
over, are not partial, and their deliv-
erance not merely of the letter which
killeth, but full of the spirit which
quickeneth. A recent council called to
recognize a young church not far from
this city found that instead of the
"New Hampshire Confession" the
Emmanuel Confession" had been
adopted. The council was not salts
fed, and the church substituted the
''New Hampshire Confession" on the
spot. Three queries: Are the words
of God, when incorporated into form
ula, less orthodox than the word of
man? If the young church was unor-
thodox in adopting the Emmanuel Con-
fession, would it become orthodox by
an extemporaneous substitution of the
New Hampshire Confession? What
does the adoption Of Confession of
Faith mean, when it can be so uncere-
moniously adopted? The proceeding
might be laughable, if it were not so
serious"
The Baptists above all other denomi-
nations make the boast that they are
guided by the Bible; that their motto is
sThe Bible, the whole Bible, and
nothing but the Bible" Their Comics
sion of Faith says that "the Scripture
contains the truth without any admix-
ture of error for its matter" In spite,
however, of these pronounced and
sweeping assertions, a recent council
has been dissatisfied with a creed
stated in the very language of Scrip
ture, and demands that it shall be re-
placed by one of those "human inven-
tions'' in which Scripture references
are relegated to the fOot-notes. Surely
this is extremely advanced and radical
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-12-04

REV. GEORGE o. BARNES, the once
well-known Mountain Evangelist" OF
Kentucky, is reported as broadening
out in the faith and advocating in a re-
cent sermon, form of Restorationism.
The preacher is not very clear in his the
ology, but has evidently become much
more reasonable in his pulpit appeals,
and deals more with the love of God than
the fires of the pit. Perhaps lis for this
reason that the Louisville Courier Jour
nal laments that he is mo longer SEN
sational." Sensationalism in the pull
pit cannot get along very well without
a liberal infusion of birthstone.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-12-04

PERHAPS it will be thought that the
young people whose experience is the
topic of the article on the first page,
were false to their newly gained light
in joining the Congregational church
without subscribing to the creed. We
should so pronounce had they the OPP
portunity of going to Universalist
church. But there was no church OF
our faith in their neighborhood, they
had been reared Congregationalists, and
feeling the need of religious communion
and a Sunday home, no doubt they did
the best thing, under the circumstances,
to ioin the church which accepted them
ON covenant subscription without sign
ing the creed they no longer believed.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-12-04

THE WISCONSIN MINISTERIAL CIR
Gle at Columbus was not largely at
tended, but was pleasant and profitable
to those who were present. 1t was re-
solved that the annual meeting next
November at Fort Atkinson should be
made a success. The organization OF
the Circle was changed to conform to
the changed order of work. Rev.M. G.
Todd was reelected president, Rev. 4.
G. Spafford, vice president, and Rev.
L. J. Dinsmore, secretary.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-12-04
CHURCH OF OUR FATHER.

The course of doctrinal lectures was
commenced last Friday evening by
Rev. Charles Conklin. Subject. "Our
points OF agreement with the common
Christianity" The room was comfor-
tably filed, and at the close Of the lec-
ture business meeting was held to
organize Sunday-school Association.
Three officers were elected and thir-
teen teachers offered their services. AS
the entire list will not be filled until
next week, we will wait until later to
give the names.
On Sunday afternoon at 2 O'Clock
the Sunday-school was organized. 10
the surprise and delight of all, it was
round that si1ty children and young
people were present to be enrolled.
The supplies of books, papers, etc.,
were not sufficient for that number
but as the order has been doubled, there
Will be enough next Sunday. At the
preaching service the audience room
was again filled, and almost entirely by
people from the north side. Four ad-
dltlonal names have been handed in
ror membership in the society. There
Is to be social gathering at the church
tuesday evening of this week, to ena-
bic people of the congregation to get
acquainted with each other. On Fri
day evening, Rev. J. Coleman Adams
Will lecture on "Universalism, what it
is, and what it is not" Preaching
every Sunday at 8 P. NJ. Church at the
corner of Grant Place and Larrabee
Street.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-12-04
A METHODIST MINISTER'S TESTIMONY

A METHODIST MINISTER'S TESTIMONY.
A Methodist pastor, residing in Ohio,
writes:
81 have taken a Universalist paper for
possibly thirty years, commencing with the
old Star in the West, then Star and Cove
nant, and now THE UNIvERsAL1sT, but was
never better pleased than with the present
paper"
The good Methodist brother who writes
the above is well known to us. He is
mot far from the kingdom" We value
his commentator very highly.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-12-04
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1886.

IN COMPLIANCE with the request of
the Wisconsin brethren, THE UN1vER-
sALIsT of next week will contain the
address of Rev. E. L. Conger, Of Gales
burg, ON 1.-THE Ministry, and what it
says to those seeking a Profession"
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-12-04

OUR GENERAL AGENT makes the
point that DR.. Eddy's History of Uni
versalism in America, z vols, $500
would make an acceptable holiday
present from a Universalist to a Uni
versalist. We agree and give our read
ers the benefit of the timely sugges-
ti0n
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-12-04

ground for so staid and conservative
denomination. What has become of
the "fathers?" Where is the oft-blown
trumpet to sound return to the tau
Gent landmarks2"-Reu. M. d. Shutter
IN Our Church.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-12-04

WE ARE INFORMED that BUCHTEL
COLLEGE has once again proited by the
wise liberality of lis friends. Mr.. John
Miller and wife, of Edgerton, O., en-
dow a 81, 900 scholarship. Such ex-
amples are inspiring. Are there not
more who can go and do likewise for
Buchtel or Lombardp
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-12-04

j. S. CANTWELL, D. D., Editor.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-12-04

Prof. Rich, of Lombard, rejoices in a
new daughter which came to his home on
Monday.
Morris tribune., 1886-11-10
Farm and Household.
Agricultural Items.

How many of the manufacturers Of
butter understand the value of q neat
package or know to what extent the
package aids in selling the butter2 An
Ohio manufacturer sends to Elgin FOR
mis- butter tubs because he finds the
package made there very mulch neater
Than those made at or near his cream
cries, and he is sharp enough to know
that appearances go long way in
butter selling, as we'll as in good
many other things. Western Agricul-
'usist.
Weakness of the stife should be
treated by lamentations with warm
1ecoction of oak bark. The horse
should be turned loose in q roomy
stall or stable SO that he is not cramp-
ed in moving. Sprains of the stit1e
are frequently caused by efforts to rise
In a narrow stall or by keeping the
horse standing in a cramped position
n q stable.
An exchange suggests, II farmers
would 60 to their barn on a wet day
and spend their time in making an
saves-trough for the barn or stable,
and thereby carry away the drip
which would otherwise fall on the
manure pile, causing waste of the ele-
ments OF plant food contained therein,
they will make more money that day
than they could any day in the field.
Convenience of farm buildings is an
important aid in good farming, espe-
sially where much stock is kept and
there are many chores. Water should
always be provided IN the barn-yard,
the feeding boxes should be near
where the feed is kept, and the build
ings should not be very lar removed
from the house. II this results in
more neatness about barns and barn
yards than has been thought neces.
sary. it will be another important ad-
vantage gained.
Morris tribune., 1886-11-10
No Profit in Cheap Whisky.

A comparison OF the amounts OF
alcohol contained in the different
whiskies, says a writer in tine St..
Louis Globe-Democrat, shows that
the barkeepers are justified in saying
that there is no profit in fve-cent
whisky. The government tax is paid
upon the actual per cent. OF alcohol
contained; so that the fve-cent article
is very little less expensive than that
selling for double the money. Again,
the man who buys five-cent whisky
almost invariably fills his glass full,
wishing to obtain the full value of his
nickle while the average drinker of the
higher priced beverages takes less and
less Us the price rises. The glass"
holds about four large tablespoonfuls,
or p little more, when brinful; so that
a pint will furnish only eight drinks
to the man who takes all the poison
he is fairly entitled to imblbe This
makes only forty cents q pint at five
cents, eighty cents at ten cents, $1.2C
at fifteen cents, or So at twenty i've
cents drink. The outraged feelings
of the barkeeper who is asked for a
five-cent drink may be easily under
stood, for he can not make over
about 100 per cent. on his invest
ment. When each pint will make ten
or twelve drinks of ten or fifteen cent
whisky if only properly fixed up
with water and burnt sugar with a
few drops OF "oil of bourbon" to flavor
it, the profits of the corner saloon
(which is not low enough to sell any
five-cent drinks" can easily be esti-
mated.
Morris tribune., 1886-11-10
How to Fight q Cold.

AS soon as oppression of the chest,
obstruction of the nasal ducts anF
unusual lassitude indicates that a
"cold has been taken" it's influence
should at once be counteracted by the
purest and coolest air available, and
the patient should not stop to weigh
the costs of q days ftlrlough against
the danger of q chronic catarrh. In
case imperative duties should interfere
the enemy must be met after dark by
devoting first halt of the night to an
outdoor campaign, and the second
half to an encampment before wide
open window. If the fight is to be
short and decisive the resources of the
adversary must be diminished by q
strict fast. Temporary abstinence
from food IS the most effective and at
the same time the safest method for
eliminating the morbid elements of the
system. Towards the end of the year
g. damp, sultry day-catarrh weather
is sometimes followed by sudden
frost and at such times | have often
found that a six hours inhalation of
pure, cold night air will free the OBJ
10 wing morning hardly slight huski-
ness of the voice suggests the narrow
ness of the escape from a two weeks
respiratory misery. But, aided by
exercise, outdoor air OF any tempera-
ture will accomplish the same effect,
In two days a resolute pedestrian can
walk away from summer catarrh OF
that malignant type that is apt to
defy halfopen windows. But the spe-
citc of the movement cure is arm exer.
cise-dumb bell swinging, grapple-swing
practice and wood chopping. On q
cold morning (for, after all, there are
ten winter catarrhs to one in eummerl,
a woodshed matinee seems to reach
the seat of the disease by an air line.
AS the chest begins to heave under the
STIMULUS of the exercise, respiration
becomes freer as 1t becomes deeper
and fuller. expectoration ceases to be
painful, and the mucus is at last dis
charged en- masse, as if the system
had only waited for that amount
of encouragement to rid IT.
self of the incubus. A catarrh can
thus be broken up in single day.
For the next half week the diet should
be frugal and cooling. Fruit, light
bread and little cold, sweet milk is
the best catarrh diet. A fast day,
though, is still better. Fasting effects
in perfectly safe way what the old
school practitioners tried to accom-
plish by bleeding: Mit6 rebbnfes the semi;
every severe cold. There is no doubt
that by exercise alone catarrh can
gradually be worked Off" But in:
doors it is apt to be steep uphill
work, while cold air-even before the
season of actual frosts-acts upon
pulmonary disorders as it does upon
malarial fevers; it reduces them to q
less malignant type.
A combination or three specfics-ex-
ercise, abstinence and fresh air-will
cure the most obstinate cold.-Dr. OS
valid.
Morris tribune., 1886-11-10

dying. The next moment the res.
cuers rushed into the room where
they found nothing but the dead bod,
les and the terrified old woman. y
Hawkins at the first shot made iol
the back door, jumped into. the AXE
and swan to the other shore. Great
was the conste. nation OF the rescuers
to find their attempted dellVerance
had resulted so disastrously. The
allure was attributed to the preclp'
itancy of Bob Burleson, who fired ce'
fore the signal for a general fusiladff
was given, and in his furry failed to
inhict death. 1t was some consola'
tion to the friends OF the unfortunate
boy-he was but nineteen-that his
sudden and violent death perhaps
saved him from q more shameful
doom. Much more widely-spread
regret was felt at the death OF Joe
Thomas, and it Was long ere the coun'
ty owned another sheriff such as he.
Morris tribune., 1886-11-10
Whom to Sow Glover.

From Des Moines Register.
A valued correspondent inquiries
for the best time to SOW clover. This,
like nearly all questions connected
with practical farming, is answered i'll
many ways. Clover is so important
asa pasture plant, TO hogs and cat
tie, for hay by itself, and AS great
stimulant when mixed with timothy.
to keep the soil loose and moist, and
lastly as the greatest fertilizer that the
farmer can possibly use. There is no
money in it. 1t is a necessity. 1t is
the farmers best friend. Without 1T
our farms will soon become barren
wastes, equal to the deserted cotton
fields at the South, or the mullen
wastes of Virginia.
Experience has convinced us that
no crop of wheat, oats or rye should
be raised without sowing clover early
in the spring on winter grain, and with
spring grain as early as the grain is
sown. No matter if it be intended to
plGw up the land again the next fall
for corn or other crops. The fertiliz-
ing effects of the clover, even in so
short time, will pay more than
double the price OF the clover seed and
for putting it in. You cannot SOW
too much clover, nor too many acres.
It is never in the way in cultivating
succeeding crops. but adds largely to
amount OF yield.
On winter grain we would recon-
mend sowing clover in March, on the
last snow if you can rely on weather
prophets when it will come so as not
to be too late. On spring grain it is
best not to SOW clover with other
grain, as it will get buried
BY the seed too deep. Sow aft
erwards and harrow it i'll with a light,
wide slanting tooth harrow, or a
brush drag. Don't wait tor the dark
lof the moon-don't wait for the other
grain to get started-and especially
don't wait until it is too late. 1t will
not in the least grow too fast and
smother the grain. In this respect it
never smothers, or binders the growth
of any plant, but, attracting moist
ure from the atmosphere, aids
wheat, oats and barley in dry wealth.
er, and does no injury in wet. Vi
course, in such spring and summer
an the past, failure OF clover seed to
grow is inevitable, and no farmer
should be discouraged. But SOW clover
with prodigal hand, and your farm
will constantly grow more productive,
your hogs will growmore healthy and
thrifty, and your cattle will more
thoroughly show their good breeding.
and the proprietor show his good
sense.
Learn to raise your own clover seed
and little for your neighbors. Clover
seed will always be good price. and
will amply pay for saving the second
crop for that purpose. But in saving
look out for heating, must or mould.
If this fall the crop OF clover seed in
the clover meadow be very swaziland
Morris tribune., 1886-11-10
Making Cheese.

Betsey Jones tells in the Farm Jour:
nal how to make family cheeses. She
says: The milk should be heated to
"a deg. and enough rennet added to
begin coagulation in 20 minutes and
complete if in 40 to AS. Then cut the
curd as fife as beechnuts. Heat slow
ly, raising the temperature one degree
in five minutes until % deg. are reach
ed, constantly but gently stirring the
curd to prevent packing and to secure
even heating. Hold at this point with
an occasional stirring, until the curd,
when Il handfulis taken up and squeez-
ed together, say as hard as you would
squeeze to milk an ordinary COW, will
at once spring apart and become
loose again. Then draw off the whey
while it is yet sweet, the temperature
being reduced to 81 or 42 deg. and let
the curd stand till it is sensibly set.
Put to press at 8Odeg. and cure in q
room at 65 to 7Odeg.
Morris tribune., 1886-11-10
Where to Dig the Well:

From the Annals OF Hygiene.
Let us remember that 8 well will
drain an area with diameter equal
to twice its depth. Therefore, we'll
twelve feet deep will drain an area the
diameter of which is twenty-four feet,
that is to say that it will drain the
surrounding soil for twelve feet in ev-
cry direction. Obviously, then, the
privy should be more than the depth
Of the we'll away from it, and more
than this again if it is proposed to
place it on a higher level, which, how:
ever, should never be done. The well
should be lined inside thoroughly with
mortar, so that percolation cannot
occur between the crevices of the
bricks, and it should be we'll covered,
so that surface drainage cannot get
into it, for you want to drink water
that has come into the we'll from the
bottom, after it has been purified by
filtration through the earth. Thus,
then, these are the precautions to be
observed Indicating and building your
we'll in the country. How about the
city? Well water in the city should
never be used; the sources of contain
nation ale too numerous and too
hidden to be avoided.