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it, you will find that the faith of the Gross
is being preached with more uniformity,
less formality, greater fidelity to the Mas
ter than ever before. I believe it's Gods
way Of doing things.
**k X
Before me on my desk as write, lies a
printed circular, the like of which comes
to me every June or July, from my old
college home. 1t is the annual greeting
of my college fraternity, and what store
of mellow memories is mine to draw upon
as think of the by-gone days when I
found the chapter hall of my fraternity
such delightsome home. The man who
has passed through college life and has
never been made a member of some strong,
reputable "Greek letter" fraternity, can
not realize how much of pleasure, how
much of culture, how much of self
improvement he has passed by. I have
some knowledge of the intensity OF feel
ing against college fraternities in certain
quarters, but, believe me, the hostility is
born of either ignorance or pique Tell
your son when he goes to college to join
a strong, reputable fraternity-you need
have no hopes that he will join one that
is of this class unless your son be strong
and reputable too. The fraternity seeks
the man rather than the man the fratern-
ity-when both are good none but good
results will come. The after years, it is
likely, will be the ones in which he will
reap the richest harvest. I know OF no
one element in the collegiate life Of the
day, save the Young Mems Christian AS
sociations, 80 potent for making young
man honest, honorable and upright as
the element formed from first.class col
lege fraternities. W. H.
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ILLINOIS UNIVERSALIST CONVEN-
TION.

Once more appeal to the pastors and
parishes for their contributions to the
Convention. Many parishes have paid
in full; others have paid nothing during
the year. We are dependent upon the
payments to meet the obligations of the
Convention. The missionary work de-
ponds upon the promptness and the lib
erality of the parishes.
Will not the pastors of those churches
which have not sent in their quotas give
the matter immediate attention? In pas
torless churches let some layman or lay.
woman attend to this work.
We need money at once. Why wait
for further requests from the officers Of
the Convention? May not this be suffi-
cient reminder of duty, that we may re-
ceive immediate and full contributions.
o. s. NIoKERsoN, Secretary,
1876 Webster AUe.
Chicago, July, 1888.
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day leave New York and return. Tickets
for the round trip good for ten days
1925.
Earnest and evangelizing ministers of
our faith, Rev. Messrs. Squires, of New
Haven; Fisher, of Bridgeport; Libby, OF
Putnam, Shrigley and Bisbee of Phila-
delphis, and others will preach and con-
duct conference meetings.
Special days are set apart for the ad-
vocates of temperance Sunday-schools,
peace, Indian education, missions and
prison, and other reforms, which, as a
branch of the Christian Church, we are
obligated to advance, and hundreds of
our best lsymen and their families are
expected for a longer or shorter period
during the season of the grove meetings.
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keep up the school, but owing to the in
difference of others, who should attend
and send their children it has been
thought best to disband. Oh, friends,
let me plead with you to stand by your
church, by consecrating your children and
your best efforts, to its upbuilding. Save
the children to the cause you profess to
love.
Springfield Church.
Our Springfield Church is not having
preaching at present, and they have no
place to meet, not even to hold Sunday
school. This is unfortunate and we trust
that some way will soon be found to
bring the children and many adults into
the Sundsy-school work and thus pre-
vent disintegration and dismemberment.
The ladies are keeping the cause alive
by holding lawn parties and other good
enterprises. They are making prepara-
tions to give lunches at the coming
county fair by which they hope to re-
plenish their depleted exchequer. There
is some talk of selling the church lot
which cost over $4,000 and buying one
more central and costing less money. By
this they hope to save $500 or $1,000
toward the building fund. Plans which
we're maturing at one time for new
church there, have been delayed by rea-
son of circumstances which were beyond
control. But we believe the Springfield
Church is yet to be successful. There is
plenty of Universslist money in Spring
field to buy church, if only the right
leverage can be brought to bear to Sc
cure it. We trust the good friends there
will stick together and make the most Of
the situation; and il they do, we believe
victory will yet crown their efforts.
Earnest and faithful devotion and united
action will surely tell sooner or later.
Give the Methodists our chance as it
now stands in that splendid city and they
would think failure was out of the ques-
ton; and why cannot we do as much?
Akron Church.
Our Akron pastor takes no vacation
this year, but is pushing steadily on. On
Sunday, June 30, seven more accessions
were made to the church membership,
and more will no doubt follow ere long.
The Sunday school recently went on an
excursion to lake near by where they
held picnic.
The Work in Highland County.
Rev. W. 8. Bacon held meeting in
Sparger's grove on Sunday, July Is, but
owing to i'll health was unable to preach
with his usual vigor. Br. Bacon will
hold basket meeting at Csnterfeld on
the second Sunday in August. There
is no regular preaching at Centerteld
but there are few good friends there
who still do what they can to uphold the
cause. The above meeting is a quarter
ly conference of the Scioto Association.
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LOMBARD UNIVERSITY
1SS8-'So.

The Fall Term of Lombard University
will begin
THURSDAY, SEPT. 6,
and continue fifteen weeks.
The University embraces three dis
tinct departments:
L. The College of Liberal Arts.
II. The Divinity School.
III. The Preparatory School.
In the College OF Liberal Arts, three
courses of study have been established,
the Classical, the Scientific, and the
Literary.
In the Preparatory School, students
are fitted for any one of the College
Courses, for teaching, or for business.
Students not desiring to enter the reg
ular college courses may pursue select
studies.
Superior advantages are offered for the
study Music in all of it's departments.
The department of ART also offers ex-
cellent facilities for those who desire in
struction in Draaoi,ag and Painting.
Miss Edith Augusta Chapman, will
continue at the head OF the department
of Elocution and Oratory. These studies
may be pursued without extra charge.
Mrs. T. G. Hadley will continue az
Matron of the Ladies' Boarding Hall
and will exercise careful and parenta
supervision over the young ladies resid
ing there.
For Catalogues and special infor
nation respecting Board, Tuition, an(
Courses of Study, Address,
| Rev. N. WHITE, D. D,
| P1.peido1lf
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TEXAS LETTER.
A Modern Orthodox Argument.

The same evangelical argument that
was once used against Murray IN Boston
was revived at Gordon Valley, Tex, or
Sunday night, July s, 1888. 1 arose and
stated my text Love worketh no i'll tc
his neighbor love, therefore, is the full
fillment of the law" And I was max
ing the statement that love demon
strates the true nature of God, and that
he has no law that does not perfect
ly harmonic with his nature; that God
could have no penalty attached to the
violation of law, either by permission or
by decree, that will not harmonic with
his love.
A stone came whizzing through an
"open door," and brushed my arm and
passed on to pay it's compliments among
the hearers. Fortunately there was nc
physical damage done to any one. II
produced slight sensation among the
auditors.
A good congregation had assembled to
hear very different argument than the
one that this stone presented. Notwith-
standing it was firm and solid, and some
what "weighty," yet it was not rational
nor convincing" The audience settled
down quietly, and went on with my dis.
course, two or three hard orthodox argu.
ments came with crash against the
house, evidently aimed at the open win
dows. Then another camein at the front
door. rafting down the aisle. creating
considerable excitement among some
mothers who had their young children
with them.
This started some fifteen or twenty
men upon their feet, as suddenly as an
alarm of fire. They rushed for the door,
to "see what they could see" in the dark
They desired to know the cause of this
unexpected disturbance in the quiet and
peaceable community of Gordon Valley
1t being dark, nothing could be seen. II
was like the wind. they could hear the
sound of the retreating footsteps of the
outlaws, yet they could not tell from
whence they came nor whittier they went
This much we could all Judge; the aci
was not caused by the good spirit of God
1t had nothing to do with the spirit Of
love.
After a short time the congregation
became quiet, and we tried our best to
concentrate their minds upon the theme
naturally growing out Of our text. as
sure the reader, that such digressions Of
throwing stones are not very beneficial
in delivering an extempore sermon. Al
the same time, the event furnished us will
some thoughts enabling us to present the
superior spirit of Universalism over the
deleterious effects of the spirits of par
tialism, under the influence Of the doc.
trine of endless cruelty.
This act is supposed to have been com
mitted, from having heard certain re
marks made by our religious Opposes
that Universalism is a wicked doctrine
that it is inidelity; that the doctrine
should not be preached; and it's advo
Gates should not be allowed to hold thei
meetings; that the minister should be
chung on the limb of a tree" These
and many more like remarks, were made
in the hearing ofchildren; and wild boys
grown up with such teachings, have
become the outlaws OF the land, and fill
mn the nriaOna of the o0unfrv
JAMES BILLINGS.
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UniVerSaIiSt
Pamphlet Literature.

WHAT is UNIvERsALIsM? The Question
Answered. II PIP. By Rev. Frederick A.
Bisbee. Single copy, cents: copies, %
cents; IS copies, $500. $3.50 per hundred
UNIvERSALISM. 46 PIP. By Rev. II. R.
Nye, D. d. Price, 10 cents; 8 for 25 cents.
THREE LESSONS IN BIBLE UNIVERSAL
ISM. PIP. By Rev. J. M. Pullman, d. d.
Less than 100, l cent each; per hundred,
IS cents.
TRIAL OF ST. PAUL, THE MISSIONARY,
BEFORE THE AMERICAN BOARD OF
FOREIGN MISSIONS. By Rev. A. J. Pat
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for 25 cents.
ENDLESS OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL SOULS.
By. Rev. James Gorton. 30 PIP. Price,
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correspondence.
ECHOES FROM THE NORTHLAND.

ST.. PAUL, July 15.-How lazily the
days Of midsummer pass away, and yet,
in this northern climate, with its uniform
ly cool nights, there is enough opportu-
nifty for recuperstiop by night 20 give
one deal of energy for the daytime
hours, hot though they be. 1 am not
SO infatuated with this lovely land of
peace and plenty that find it perfect;
but 1 do find it a land where climatic
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JT1e antertnr.

CHlCAGU.-Cnurcn Oh OHr Fhtuer.-
The lawn party of the Ladies' Aid Socie-
ty, Thursday evening, July IL, was de-
cided success, although the weather was
so cool that refreshments were served
indoors for comfort. On the evening of
the 26Sh of July another party will be
given at Mrs. Peacock's, corner Of Hal
stead and Diversey streets. On the 18th,
the Sunday school picnicked at Hum
boldt Park, with much pleasure. The
pastor preached his last sermon prior to
vacation on the 18th, and is now among
his friends and relatives in the Old Bay
State. On the 22d and 29th Rev. ]. A.
Eberhsrt, of Chicago Lawn, is expected
to fill the pulpit, and further provision
is to be made for the two succeeding
Sundays before the pastor returns.
ILLINOIS. = Convention Church.
The Universalist Illinois State Conven-
ton, at it's last session in Peoria, voted to
have Convention Church. This church
will be organized at the coming session
of the Conven ton in Hoopeston. There
are Universalists in almost every city and
township in the State, who are not en-
rolled as members of our church. They
are living where Universalist Churches
cannot be successfully maintained, and
are the refore denied the privilege of at
tending the church of their choice. The
Convention Church is established for
their benefit, that they, uniting Herewith,
may sustain an active relation to our
church and be counted in its enrolment.
The State Superintendent will be the
acting pastor of this church and receive
persons into it's fellowship. 1t is hoped
large number of persons may be re-
ceived into membership at the organiza.
ton of the church. This will be favor
able time and give the church good
start. 1 trust the Universalists of Hi
nois will have realizing sense OF their
duty touching this matter, and also feel
it great privilege to sustain closer re.
lation to the church. Uniting with this
Convention Church, they will not only
add numerical strength to our cause, but
do much to increase the efficiency of oul
missionary and church extension efforts
In no other way can our scattered
forces be gathered, enrolled and made
available, and strengthen and extend oul
church. An earnest and sincere desire
to unite with the church of Christ, and
an assent to the Winchester Confession
OF Faith is all that will be required as
conditions of membership.
/ appeal to every Universalist in I'LL
nois, living where there are no Univers.
aliat churches with which they may unite
to send in their names for membership in
this Convention Church. Applications
Cor membership, or letters OF inquiry
should be addressed to L. W. Brigham,
State Superintendent, Gross Park, Ill.
DixOn.-The Dixon Church though
small is very active. 1t has good Sun
day-school, weekly conference and
prayer meeting, literary society and 6
ladies' society. The ladies' society has
put over 81, 100 into the parish treasury
in the last three years. They gave q
raspberry festival on the evening of July
Is. The Sabbath school gave fine rem
dering of the "Wreath of PALESTINE
from the Helper recently. There is also
live literary society connected with the
parish.
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By Rev. John COLEMAN ADAMS, Chicago.
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Is. The Party.
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81. The New Cousin Nat Brought.
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%. A Sunday Visit.
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27. Schools and Scholars.
2S. Thanksgiving Lovelight.
20. He Would a-Wooing Go.
3d. The Schoolhouse Cabal.
81. Perpexities and Interviews.
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81. Hannahs EveDtful Summer.
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Columbus Church.

Columbus Church.
The interest in our Columbus Church
is still kept up and the congregations are
increasing. The church has decided to
hold no evening service during the hot
months. The Sunday school is also pros
porous and has recently had an ex-
cursion to Lake Side, where they
held a picnic. Six accessions were made
to this church during the month of June,
and more will soon follow. The outlook
here is decidedly hopeful. Let all our
friends in Columbus rally around our
cause there and success is assured.
London Church.
Oar London church is inactive except
that the ladies keep up their stock-sale's
day dinners, which in some measure
serves to keep them banded together. We
wish the ladies, if no one else will, might
see to it that trustees are regularly elect
ed, and delegates appointed to the State
Convention each year. May wenot hope
see the London Church represented
in our Convention next year? What's to
hin der? Let us make our next Oonven-
ton the most notable in the history OF
our Ohio Convention in both attendance
and the work donel Shall we not be re-
vived throughout our entire State? The
progress last year is prophesy of much
better results the present year if we are
but faithful. Shall we not have it so?
Jacksonville Church.
This church is moving on steadily
under the ministrations of Rev. W. M.
Bsckus, who resides in Manchester, this
church forming one preaching point in
his circuit. While the audiences here
are not large they are fair, and good
words are spoken for the pastor. We wish
however, that the friends would reorgan-
ise the Sundsy-school. We have some
ithful ones here who would delight to
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NORTHERN OHIO.

Akron, o., July IL, 1SSS.-The Ra-
VIENNA Church observed Children's Sun
day on the last Sunday in June. The
local papers spoke highly of the exercises.
Music and Rotations were the order of
the day, while floral decorations enlivened
the scene and added to the enjoyment of
the occasion.
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VOICES OF THE FAITH. A BIRTHDAY
Book Containing Selection for Every
Day in the Year, from Writers expressing the
Universalist Faith. By Rev. ]. w. HANSON.
d. ID.
The selections are opposite and happy
large parliament of authors is invoked, and
AS naturally would be expected, the extracts
are celebrating, helpful. and reverential.
The Rev. DR.. Hanson's "Voices of the Faith"
is a capital Birthday Book. Whoever reads
and rightly believes will have new birthday.
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THE DOCTRINES OF UNIvERSALISM
By Rev. A. A. MINER, D. D., LII. D.

This is one of a series of UNCONVENTIONAL
articles, and is the most elaborate statement
of the Universalist faith in pamphlet form
now before the public.
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want to suppose case for you and
you will sea the reason for it when am
through. Suppose that you have taken
trip to distant city, one in which you
never we're before. You stay there a
number of weeks. You make it your
business to absolutely refuse to learn the
name of single Protestant evangelical
church in the city, the name Of single
pastor, or the location, by denomination,
Of single church. Then some Sunday
morning you are told at what street cor
ner church is to be found, and you go
to it utterly ignorant of the denomina.
ton. You go again in the same way to
another church the next Sunday, and
again the next, and so on until you have
visited, we will say, half dozen churches.
Well, when you have finished each SER
vice, suppose you have sat down byyour-
self, thought over the sermon, picked out
it's distinctive doctrinal points If it had
any-and, giving the location of the
church. have put down opposite it the
denomination to which you think it be-
longs. So you have gone through the
whole list Well now, what will your
record show? There are a thousand
chances to one that if the sermons have
been OF the ordinary type, if there has
been no special reason for the preach
er's putting special stress on points of
bslief-there will be, l say, a thousand
chances to one that you won't be able to
tell even to your own satisfaction the de-
nomination of a solitary church, much
less be sure of actua ally selecting the right
one. What does this mean? 1t means
that never in the history OF the church of
Christ has there been such a striking
similarity in the actual beliefs OF the diff
ferent denominations as now. When a
great conference, an assembly or eonvo-
cation is in session, and the deepest think
ers in the church are present, then there
may be deep discussion over beliefs and
powerful statements Of fundamental
principles, but when you 90 into the
churches of to-day, and l thank God for
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