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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-09-26
rom the Atlanta Constitution.

Typhoid fever kills more people in
this country every year than most of
the yellow fever epidemics do Yet
nobody runs away from typhoid fever.
They stay where they are and take the
chances. But as the first hint of "Yel-
low Jack" country settlements, vii
lagos, towns and whole cities lose their
heads and run off as fast as their legs
will carry them. In Havana yellow
ever sometimes prevails all the year
round, but the citizens STAY there, and
Am erican tourists visit the city and
never think of danger. Why does a
touch of the disease in this country pro-
duce such genera scare =?
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-09-26

On the road from Bar Harbor to Hull's
Cove. Mount Desert, shamrock grows
in great abundance. 1t is SAID that
many years ago vessel from Ireland
having some shamrock aboard was
wrecked ON the coast of Mount Desert
near this spot, and that the plants wash
ing ashore took root and formed the
nucleus of the present prolific growth.
Nowhere else in Maine is the sham
rock to be found.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-09-26

Mcxie has created the greatest excite
ment as beverage, in two years. ever wit
messed, from the fact THAI it brings nervous
exhausted, overworlsed women to good
lowers of endurance in a few days; cures
the appetite for liquors and tobacco at
once, and mas recovered large number of
cases ct old, helpless paralysis as food
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-09-26

MISS LOIS M. ROYCE, one Of the suffer
ers by last winters big blizzard in Ne
braska, says that she has received the
pair of artificial feet to provide which
t achers and others in Boston con-
trlbuted the means, and that they have
already proved wonderfully efficient.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-09-26

FIVE dollars can be saved every year in
boots and shoes by using Lyons Heel
Stiffeners; cost only 25c.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-09-26

n TRAINING SCHOOL. Is tho STANDARD
N GTx1Es woRLDs Full in.orma-
z. BRYANT & SON, Pr oprictors, Chiea 20, LII.
Mention this paper when you wrlte.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-05-12
DIR. HOLINESS NEW VOLUME.

BEFORE THE OURFEw AND OTHER POEMS. By
Oliver Wendell Holmes. Boston Hough-
ton, Miffiin 81 Co. $1.00.
In this beautifully printed volume, deli
cately and very tastefully bound, we have
series of poems by Dr. Holmes, written in
honor of certain occasions of literary and
personal Importance. Many of them have
appeared in the A tlantic, and they are DOW
gathered into this charming form, bearing
the title of the first poem in the volume.
" Before the Curfew," is the occasional poem
written by DIR. Holmes in 1882 for the annual
meeting of the class with which he graduated
at Harvard University in 1929. The volume
contains many beautiful and touching lines;
but this poem is perhaps the most noticeable
in the book:
mot bedtime yeti The night winds blow,
The stars are out-full wellw we know
The nurse is on the stair,
With hand of ice and cheek of snow,
And frozen lips that whisper low,
Come, children, it is time to go
My peaceful couch to share.'"
May it be long before the curfew rings for
this beloved and charming poet whose verse
and prose has been positive addition to the
worlds pleasure since he began his honor
able career.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-05-12
THE MAY MAGAZINES.

The Aadover ReUiea0 for May continues, in
"The Universally of Christianity" The
"New Theology"ha has been charged with weak
ening the authority of moral law. Professor
Harris replies to this objection thoroughly
and effectively. Not content with mere refu-
tation, he gives clear and instructive exhi-
bition of the relations of Law and Grace"
His article leaves the impression that one
cause of the criticism referred to has been
too low an estimate of the law, and of what
is involved in its satisfaction.
The literary article of the number is by
Professor Sears, of the University of Yer
mont, who gives bright and incisive review
of the Shakespearisn Controversy" An
eminent authority on Northumberland,
Rev. Thomas p. Hughes, gives an interesting
account of "The Muslim's Bible" Mr..
Williston Walker, of Leipsie, Germany, I'M
der the title of 'Notes From German Uni
versity," supplies many details of student
life which every one interested in education
likes to know about, but which are often hard
to find. The article will be of special value
to young men who are planning to study
abroad. Rev. John FAville's study of Count
Tolstoi's doctrine of Immortality is an ad-
mirable piece of criticism, explaining the
genesis of this doctrine, and doing ample
justice to its authors genius and character,
while showing its limits and failures. Pro-
fessor Duff's exposition of Isaiah's thought
concerning Zion is learned, readable, and
brilliant essay. (Houghton, Mifflin d Co.,
Boston.)
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-05-12

must suffice. When his text was, "My
God shall supply all your need according
to his riches in glory, by Jesus Christ"
he began abruptly, "Now l shall not
spend any time in Introductory remarks,
as a hungry man would not spend half
an hour whetting his knife and fork
before he began to eat.''
One of the most eccentric and yet
one of the worthiest Of men was John
Ryland, at one time Baptist minister
and schoolmaster at Northampton, of
whom William Jay penned very inter-
esting "reminiscences. When their ac-
quaintance first began, Jay was quite
youth, much admired and idolized by
Rowland HILLS congregation at Surrey
Chapel. Ryland was veteran who
had partly retired from active work.
They met at the house of mutual
friend. Ryland strobe up to the young
man, took him by the collar, shook his
fist in his face, and roared out, Y Dung
man, if you let the people of Surrey
Chapel make you proud, I'll smite you
to the ground ~ Then, dropping his
voice and taking the hand of the start
led youth, he went on in gentle tone.
"Sir, nothing can exceed the folly of
some hearers. They are like the ape
that hugs her young ones to death. y
Pulpit of TODAY.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-05-12
PULPIT QUAINTNESS.

The plan Of startling an audience into
attention is by no means new. DIR.
Deutsch tells the story of a Jewish
rabbi in olden days who electrified his
drowsy hearers by the statement-"A
certain woman in Egypt brought forth
at one birth four hundred thousand
men," In the hush which followed
this amazing utterance, he went on to
explain that the woman was Jochebed,
whose son Moses was equal to all the
men of Israel who went up from Egypt!
Very ancient precedent may thus be
quoted.
But we have abundant examples of
this rhetorical device of more recent
date. OF all the sermons which have
won any fame, Laurence Sterne's affect
the most unusual, jerky, and hysteri-
cal openings. Preaching upon Heze-
kiah and the messenger, he first reads
his text: 'And he said, What have
they seen in thine house? And Heze-
kiah answered, All the things that are
in my house there is nothing amongst
all my treasures that have not shown
them.n "And where was the harm in
all this ? !" asks the preacher. Upon
another occasion his text is from Eccle-
siastes: "It is better to go to the house
of mourning than to the house of feast
ing;" and he opens abruptly with,
"That deny" In each case he first
enlarges upon the objections which are
possible, and then proceeds to demolish
them. His only object is to gain at
tention at any price.
Father Taylor, the American humor-
ist and preacher, was at once lesser
and better man than Sterne. He was
eminently natural and spontaneous.
He seldom knew what he would say un-
til he came to say it. His naturalness,
however, led to an abruptness like that
which characterized the art of Sterne.
Preaching from the text, "What have
1 done Pr he first muttered over the
words very slowly, "What-have-I
done ?" and then turning to his au-
dience Numbered out, "What ha'n't
you done P" AT another time his sub
ject was Paul's avowal of confidence,
II have fought the good fight; 1 have
finished my course; L have kept the
faith henceforth there is laid up for
me crown of righteousness, which the
Lord, the righteous judge, shall give
me at that day." He paused, and
looking up to heaven, cried with loud
voice, paul, are there any more crowns
there ?" He paused again, and fixing
his eyes upon the congregation, he con-
tinued, eyes, my brethren, there are
more crowns left. They are not all taken
up yet, And not to me only, but unto
all them also that love his appearing"
One other illustration Of his method |
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-05-12
DRINK in ENGLAND.

The monster evil of England at this
moment is still drink, writes Archdea-
con Farrar in the Fortnig1tly Revie,o. 1t
is, to use the phrase applied by Emer-
son to the far less universal and over
whelming evil of slavery: IAN accursed
mountain of SORROW" know no sub
ject on which the national conscience
is so fatally scared as it were with a
hot iron. think that it would be i'm
possible that the demand for searching
and radical reform in our drink legisla-
ton could be opposed as it is, by fatu-
GUS jokes and decrepit epigrams if
those who have so long success sfully re-
is ted the righteous demand of suffer
ing multitudes could only see, as the
parish clergyman, the prison chaplain,
and the hospital surgeon see, the hide
GUS train of ruin, disease, and unutter-
able wretchedness which the present
condition of our liquor traffic entails. I
can answer for it that in my own parish
which contains many of the poorest
there would be hardly any crime, or
absolute restitution, or hopeless misery
if we could eliminate the curse drink,
fostered by multitudes of needless gin
shops. We spend on drink directly
nearly e126, 100000 year, and indirect
ly a sum almost inconceivable. In the
judicial Statistics for 1885," page 20,
1 find that 165, 199 persons were sum-
marily proceeded against for being
drunk and disorderly. In the London
district about 10000 are yearly arrest
ed for drunkenness, and of these Is 800
are women. The number may mean
nothing to some readers, to others they
mean crimes of every degree of
violence and infamy-the fiendish
kicking and beating and manning Of
wives, the brutal ill treatment of young
children, the OVERLAPPING and slow
murder and starvation of tens of
thousands of infants, the empoison-
ment of blood in another generation of
criminals and harlots. For the number
of those arrested for drunkenness is
known to be very small fraction of
the number of drunkards. The drink
traffic is strong in the influence of
wealthy capitalists, and brewers and
gin-distillers are freely elevated to the
House of Lords. In defense of our pres
emit drink laws there is banded union
of the triple forces of ignorance, ap-
petite, and interest. Nevertheless, the
fact remains that drink is the chief
cause of our worst national disgraces
as nation; that we sin, and have been
SHINING for years with a high hand
against God and man, by forcing our
drink on the helpless childhood of the
world; that we are decimating and de-
moralizing and even destroying the
poor aboriginal races with which we
come in contact; that from John
O'Groat's house to Lands End we de-
file our own country with the curse of
ardent spirits, and that Intoxicating
drink is the greatest factor of crime,
pauperism, orphanhood, prostitution,
insanity, and disease"
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-05-12

great portion Of the peoples nourish-
ment is gathered directly off the branch
itself. l should take up too much time
if 1 were to show this fact at any great
length. l might, however, instance the
date and the fig, besides other soft
fieshed tropical produce. Then there
is the great variety of large and small
nuts and berries which can be consumed
at once or kept till they are wanted.
1t is remarkable, indeed, how much
even in this country we use the produce
Of warmer climates, from the familiar
orange, fresh from the bough the
clustered raisin, the long preserved pro-
duce of the vine; to the leaves which
make the tea we drink.
When we think of trees we may see
provision which God has made, not
only in the shape of that fruit which is
widely spread by civilization and COM
MERGE, but also that which is immed-
lately fitted for man, however, ignor-
ant or uncivilized, in large portions of
the world. Corn came in with Guilt
walton, but our early forefathers ate of
the fruits of the tree. We do not take
in as we might the extent to which
man has been dependent upon God.
We are so proud in these days of our
steam and machinery, and ingenious
manufactures, that we forget our nat
tural and original helplessness, and
how it was met by something which
had no need of artificial dressing. We
do not perceive as we should how much
is implied in the record that God
planted garden with trees in order
that man might live when he first came
upon the earth.
When Christ would preach he takes
them as text. Jesus spake by par
able, and said, "Behold the fg-tree, and
all the trees" Surely we might some
times find such thoughts in our heart
as have now touched when we go
about our work in the garden and the
woodland.
There are, moreover, few more
suggested by some peculiarities of the
tree itself. In the first place the tree
is used by our Lord to suggest and en-
courage forethought. There is nothing
so apparently fixed but that it has the
promise of change within it. There is
always more coming to pass change
in things without, change in things
within. Christ would have us see the
signs Of coming movement in the trees
when the sap begins to rise. Let them
teach us that God has other things in
store for ourselves than we see around
us. Here, however, the illustration of
the tree inevitably fails to set forth the
whole truth, as all those taken from
material nature must in setting forth
spiritual things. With us, with human
souls, what any coming change shall
be depends, under him, upon our own
condition. Let the budding of the
| tree teach US to see and to forecast
changes around and in ourselves, and
to remember that, though man be as a
tree planted by the waterside, that it
may bring forth fruit in due season,
this depends upon our own receiving
and use of the spirit Of righteousness,
which is the sap of God.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-05-12

The central trath of revelation is,
"God is love-" The central declara-
ton of the Gospel in accordance with
this blessed declaration is, 'God so
loved the world that he gave his only
begotten Son, that whatsoever believeth
on him should not perish but have
everlasting life." Love and grace,
therefore, are the two great words Of
revelation. "The soul, )" says Chalmers,
THAT makes the discovery that God is
love, is infallibly converted" 1t is one
thing to hear this central statement of
revelation with the outward ear Of
sense, and another to hear it with the
inner ear of the soul. He that truly
hears and understands this blessed de-
claration, "God is love-" must "be still
in his heart and just let the joy of it
silently possess him." What can be-
tide any one except for good, if all
things are in the hands of an Almighty
God whose very nature is love Every
movement of that divine power, how
ever it may seem to our dull senses, is
full Of tenderness, wisdom and grace /;
and "all things must work together for
good" More and more Christians
should cultivate faith that lays hold
on this.-Independent.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-05-12
AW 0RKING CHURCH.

eff anything in the universe is wor-
thy Of the very best energies and best
directed efforts Of man, it is the work
of the church and the salvation of
men,"
"Let work and workers into the
midst of any congregation and idleness
and idlers will speedily disappear
they will become workers, or seek
more congenial surroundings. "
"a working church is useful church.
An idle church, if not already dead is
at least dying church. If it does not
entirely die, it is solely because of the
new blood transfused from the life cur
rents of other congregations"
"There are several kinds of recogni-
ton our young people must have in the
church. l. Cordial social recognition
after the service. 2. They should be
recognized in the sermon. 8. In the
assignment of church work. One has
well said they may not be the tongue
to speak for the church, but they can
be eyes to look up others for the pastor
to visit. They may not be the brains
to govern the church, but they can be
its feet to run it's errands.' 4. They
should bear their part of the financial
work Of the church. 5. They should
have their place and part in the wor-
ship and service of the church,
STARTING With a Few.-Do not be
discouraged with the small number of
workers. Jesus called but two at first,
then added others until he had twelve
not large number. 1t is much the
best that church work should be a
growth. If you work up great excite
ment and start off with large numbers
Of unframed and untried workers, diff
ficulties will be encountered, discour-
agement will take the place of enthu-
siasm, and the reaction will be likely
to end in failure. 1t is better that
church work should be growth. You
get to know your workers. Your work.
ers will come gradually to understand
the work. Nothing great is the pro-
duct of day. From "Methods of
Church Work." By Rev. Syluanus Stall
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-05-12
FRAGRANT CHRISTIANS.
BY REV. THEODORE L. CUYLER.

Our Divine Master directs his dis
ciples to be luminous LET your light
shine He reminds them that they
are to be the salt of the earth, to pre-
serve society from moral corruption.
There is also steady and often uncon-
scious influence shed off from the gen
uine Christian which may be likened to
the fragrance shed by aromatic plants.
Travellers in Southern France can de-
tect at once their entrance into the Law
producing districts; the air is
laden with grateful perfumes.
In the Canticles there is lively pic
ture of the Church as an Enclosed gar
den" with its pleasant fruits, its pome-
granates, its cinnamon, its myrrh, and
all the chief spices. Then follows the
prayer Awake, o North wind and
come thou, South; blow upon my gar
den that the spices thereof may flow
out I" AS odors may lie latent in a
plant, so graces may remain undevel-
oped in a Christian. What is needed
is to call them forth. Pruning is
sharp process, but Gods people often
require it to make them fruitful. Ger
tain processes are needed also to make
them fragrant.
A north wind" is prayed for to start
the odors. Perhaps this may signify
the work of the Divine Spirit in pro-
ducing deep conviction of sin and short
comings. Christians need to be con-
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-05-12

The Importance of right position
toward truth is thus illustrated
The other evening l wanted to know if the
sky were clear, and looked up and saw over
me black sky. 1 supposed the stars we're
hid. But was standing under an electric
light. When I walked on, and looked up
again, the stars came out. There ia man
who is living under the light of his one science.
And it is honest, white light. But in it he loses
sight of the whole heavens. He needs to go
farther on in his life, and, not to quench his
science, but to widen the circle of his exper-
fence until he too can see the ancient stars
again. Or here is a man who is living in the
light of his professional study, lawyer, a
physician. He sees some things in a good
light and he wants to see everything else in
the same light. Talk to him about spiritual
truths, and he wants you to prove them to
jury, or demonstrate them as you would an
atomy. He too needs to step out from his
own binding light, in order that he may gain
faiths larger vision.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-05-12

THERE are at least 2500O0 women in
Massachusetts alone who are earning a
living by industrial occupations.
REV. WILLIAM Fl. RYDER, ID. D.,-Oon-
gregstional-of Ann Arbor, Mich, has
accepted the position of New Testament
Exegesis at Andover Theological Semin-
airy.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-05-12

PRESIDENT ADAMS, of Cornell Univer-
sity, pronounces co-education of the sexes
at that institution "a success
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-05-12

The sermon on "Standing in the
Truth" John 8: 44 contains the fol-
lowing explicit teaching
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