The sun., 1890-09-29
BARNUM SAYS G0oD-BE.
Then He Talks On UniversnlIsm For thS
benefit of the Sun's Readers.


Benefit of the Sun's Readers.
BRIDGEPORT, Sept. 2s-The Universaliss
Church was crowded TO might with people who
wished to hear Barnum say goon by before
starting on his trip to Colorado. MIR. Barnum
needed no Introduction. for he is o devout
member Of the church. When the Rev. Mr.
Fisher announced him. the veteran Snowman
said:
when I went across the Atlantic last year
my friends thought might never come back
alive. and now they seem to think the same Of
my going out West This talk about my going
out to invest money is not all true.
have relativds In Denver and my wive has
never been there. 80 have two big reasons
for going. only intended to spend five min
utes to night, and should have dropped only o
good word for the faith that is near my heart.
but at O'Clock tonight the New York SUN
correspondent here telephoned me that he
must have about half column OF my talk on
Universallsm for to-morrow's paper. It was
too good chance to do missionary work to
lose. and I am happy to spread my views
through that most enterprising journal.
"Universalism is q practical faith, and Q
common sense one. The whole sum and sub
stance 9i Christianity is to love God and love
9uenty from the pulpit the doctrine % Preached
yon VIZ aH' dc
sunk Into r. he'll We had recently In this city
ce haFd
iisve Some Of hem were. HSoS' onT Sna pas- Ss-
6at .herss are some things about these
syS n mafnr Seopep Of
ing them. Would my erandchfIdren love me
more II told them would cut OF their hands
ez sS @' a. eHyR ehey saS
must try and love God That is not the
@saded 1 70 $ d0 COCA; o., TSsv ;Y say @ yoa must Be
vii good Why IN the @er9 6hsy
say, as loud as they can shout, Go out INTO the
for sn h"g sHc
ippsteSi ms Of Of a. potato. Give him BOTH but give
My pity goes ont to some Of abe old veteran
church folks who really beieye their faith is ali
they have TO depend on for salvation-men who
yet have never been caught doing good to their
fellow men. They are like the old miser who. (,
friend friend q 4: mine said once that he Be:
platform Right into heaven. itwas only nsses. e
o e te and LAT the S9n Ty
pe9ss hereafter viii 70 according to our deeds.
less he'll Is unreasonaSio ard the eiorRymon re- mem
AZ around us are getting their eyes open TO
this fact, wrote n pamphlet a few months
age entitled; Why ! am, a Universalist.f
and minister in this city. after
reading It, came to me and said
believe every word you say l. true, but don'f,
give me away" The Rev H. N. Bowers, who
died n few weeks ago at Piermont on the Huds
son. said 70 me over aud over again that he :
other Episcopal clergymen tell me the samS.
%,.e The ConHEresaIi9nalists HI @ couldn't Stand the
Presbyterian divines talk about revising
their & taith hut ton't know how to do II. eithsrS
result vii lie rank Uniyersalisrl. New York
city Presbyterian minister. whom I met, IN
he favored a new creed and II they got IL there
would be no endless he'll In IT,, The way Of the
transgressor is hard'-not will be, bnt H. II ls
q reasonable belief that we should be dealt
with according Co our works and that 10 UnI- 4
versalism pure and simple. l have been al,
most as much OF theoloHan as o shoWman
all my life. and was Put in jail in 1882 for OY35
was mot allowed to testify IN court. Now III
thank God that the world is growing bsti0D