The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1894-12-15
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Friend of the world he was no living thing
But knew his love; Gods sunshine in his heart
Made it a place of heaven the counterpart
Where greatest souls their highest thoughts
might bring,
Or even the lowly cricket chirp and sing,
Assured of welcome; for he knew the art
OF nature. felt the greening grass blade start
And heralded the advent of the spring.
Now he is gone, the friend of art and song,
Who loved the earth, the air, the sea. the sky;
Who's faith in God and in his brother man
Will make his name to be remembered long,
Like men of old he spake. His light held high
Made bright the pathway wheresoer he ran.
WILLIAM S. LORD.
With smoking censor and a service
of an extremely ritualistic character the
first Sunday in advent was celebrated
in st. Johns Protestant Episcopal
church in Kingston, n Y. Rev. Lewis
L. Watson, rector of the church, an
nounced some time ago that he was con-
WINGED it was his duty to use incense in
the service and he used it. AS result
large number of the members of the
congregation refused to attend the SER
vices in view of the announced intention
of the rector to burn incense. His pro-
posed course was severely criticised and
he was roundly censured. Charges
against him will be formulated, which
will be presented to Bishop Potter in
few days.
Possibly it is because Japan is pet
of the American public that she is so
frequently spoken of as "little JAPAN
Among the nations of the earth Japan is
neither specially little in area nor popu
lation. The area of Japan, lat 655 square
miles, is larger by $1,000 square miles
than that of the United Kingdom. Fur
thermore there are Al 100000 people who
are subjects to the Mikado, against 49,
100000 in the United Kingdom, taking
latest census returns in both cases.
Japan's population is larger than Italy's
by fully 100000, while her area is ST.
600, miles greater. No one speaks of
italy as little Italy," although she is
not 30 populous as Japan. Japan has
nearly ten times the area and almost
twenty times the population of Denmark.
japan is not "little" country save as
compared with such unwieldly masses
as the Chinese Empire or such a giant
as the United States. That she is big
enough to hold her own and more she
has evinced in battle to the amazement
Of her great antagonist.
"A unique and impressive religious
ceremony extending over two days, ended
Sunday, December 2, at Streator, ILL.,. at
the formal dedication of the only Rus
sian church edifice in America. The
exercises we're conducted by Bishop Mic.
olas, of the Greek Catholic church in
Alaska and Aleutian Islands. The
church at Streator is the only distinc-
lively Russian edifice in America except
the cathedral at Sitka, Alaska. 1t is
built entirely of the remains of the Rus
sian vestibule in the Manufactures
building at the Worlds Fair. Every
inch Of the pine. sweet-smelling tchen
wood, Of which the church is constructed
came from Russia. Even the crosses
surrounding the dones are in accord
ance with the traditions of the church
of the Gear. The cross has three cross
pieces. The first represents the board
on which the inscription was written at
the time Of the cruci6xion. the second the
arm and the third the foot rest. All Rus
sian churches are known by this cross.
The building contains no seats and few
windows. Across one end a large screen
or curtain is erected. This contains
three doors or openings through which