The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-09-15
EDITORIAL BRIEFS.
BY REV. 1. NJ. ATWOOD, ID.
Canton, N. Y.


The value OF what DR.. j. d. Fulton Of
fers, as testimony against the papacy and
the Jesuits, is impaired by an infrm-
ity that often appears in witnesses. He
does not distinguish between facts and
surmises. He uses the latter Just as free
lyas the former; and asks the public to ac-
cePt the whole mass as trustworthy. The
truth he tells is thus weighted with the
guesses, hesrssys, coniectures he is not
prudent enough to withhold. In his own
mind, and in the opinion Of certain people
whose zeal far outruns their diecre ton
he is making Rome how'll" in point of
fact, he is creating sympathy for Rome
on the part OF persons whose sympathy
is worth most; and in place of making
Professionalism invincible he is making it
vulnerable.
"A speaker at the recent Baptist con-
vocation at Saratoga sought to make the
argument against future probation doubs
ly decisive by showing that there is very
much less direct testimony for it in the
Bible than for Universalism. This can
scarcely be. The greater includes the
less. Any testimony, direct or indirect
for Unlversalism, must be to the same
extent testimony for future probation.
1t Is somebody's fault we cannot say
| whose-that Universalism is SO general
ly conceived OF as dogma, instead OF
principle. To affirm the salvation of all
is simply to state conclusion authorized
by Universalism. The conclusion must
not be confounded with the principle out
OF which it is drawn. Universalism is
the idea OF the natural and invincible
supremacy OF truth and righteousness.
Work out the logic of that idea and you
have many conclusions-one of which is
the salvation of mankind.
The very great multiplication OF the
appliances OF education is by no means
an unmixed benefit. The student in a
modern university, is somewhat in the
situation OF raw girl from IRELAND or
Norway in completely furnished mod
ern kitchen. There are go many things
to learn the use OF. Good cookery is not
dependent on the Thousand and one in
ventions of the last twenty years. But
we are IN danger Of imagining that edu-
cation consists in dexterity in handling
the tools OF knowledge.
Ii deserves TO be recognized that the
miro cag he enfeebled by excess. To
! try p Rcd everything, 10 attempt tn
sslla1y ever silin9, 10 iLoag 5na ): =: 15.iss
bic to know o-srss&44 - 80 3 - = lllg
risk Of so overlooking the mind that il
loses vigor, tone, power. And mind
enfeebled is no better for having lost it's
grip and grasp through study. The i'm
mense. the incelculable volume OF prin-
ted matter, the vast and confusing variety
OF new implements, processes, inatitu-
tions, ia, of itself, steady strain on the
intelligence of our youth, Add to this
all the fashions and fancies of education
In our day, and it is a marvel how any
merely human mind preserves its sanity
through it all. Thank God the cyclope.
dia and the Sunday paper and the tele-
phone cannot invade the heavenly rest,
The Rev. DR.. Dowling must go out
of the Baptist church in America al
though he could both preach and prac
tice his open communion In the Baptist
church in England. In this country the
larger fellowship must be held as "the
larger hope" must be, privately and 81
lently. But anything which man really
prizes he cannot hold In that way. The
free use of q belief is the condition Of its
enjoyment. Some beliefs are of minor
Importance and need not be proclaimed;
but the point of communion is para
mount to the Baptist. He cannot sup
press his conviction on that. Dr. Dow
ling is man who is sure OF welcome
whithersoever he turns his face.
The Rev. j. L. Douthit, of Shelby
vile, ILL.,, has been nominated by the
Prohibitionists for Congress. 1t is un-
derstood that nominations from the Pro-
hibitory party, are, for the most part,
merely complimentary. But We observe
that great many of them are remarka-
bly, good nominations, as this of the "Uni-
tartan Oberlin" is, and we devoutly wish
that some of them may prove to be ssri-
GUS and successful. MIR. Douthit is a
man of the ideas, spirit and service that
should have larger recognition in poll
tics and in craftsmanship. He has done
so much to make little corner of the
land brighter and safer, We should lii
to see his candle set on the national can
dlestick.
The government, in both its great
branches, is now carefully edited from
the campaign headquarters. The moves
OF the administration are either directly
dictated from that seat of authority, or
are estimated and interpreted with refer
ence to their effect on the canvass. 1t is
unfortunate that the Congress is still in
session and likely to be until the election;
for not a man rises in either House with
out a tremendous sense of responsibility.
not to his country, bat to his party. Very
few of the members manage TO ask a
question OF make a motion tVitbo,,F ba