The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1894-09-29


those laboring men living in section
the city having large and successful
missions" while in sympathy with the
strike" we're quiet and peaceable, and
would not countenance illegal acts on
revolutionary methods
And SO / hope that our young pcopla
will work, pray and plead with their
elders for more of evangelistic work ana
missionary enterprise in our denomina-
ton, with direct view to the salvation
OF the people, a quickening of the divi1
germ within them into new and hight
life, above the storms of passion and hu-1
man strife.
know a man, my personal friend,
who thirty-fve years ago, amid the disso-
Lutte and vicious conditions of pioneer
life in the new West, was noted for his
ungodly life,-profane and obscene in
speech. gambler, libertine, and lover Of
strong drink. Yet some twenty years
ago that man was converted. yes, con-
verified, | say, III an orthodox revival
and since then has lived a sober. clean
life as an earnest Christian worker and
follower of the blessed Christ He has
long since won the respect and conf
dence of his fellow citizens and now
holds an important public Office by their
suffrage
Oh. my young friends, let us aspire to
this blessed service, give proof of our
ministry and demonstrate that in true
sense there is relation, intimate and
eternal. between the Young Peoples
Christian Union and the world.
There is much said about making ours
Humanitarian church." peoples
Church" placing the emphasis of en-
deavor upon deeds of human helpfulness
Ours is already, by the very genius of
our philosophy and teachings, such a
church, and no one desires more than
myself that we give more abundant evil
dence of our faith by our works of
mercy and help. But l believe that per-
sonal renewing, to be born again and
again of the Spirit, daily if need be, is
the first requisite of loving, tender, SYM
pathetic, humanitarian souls, which
make the Humanitarian Church."
And herein we see the hopeful and
growing usefulness of the Young Peo-
pies Christian Union. 1t is more and
more becoming spiritual power in our
churches; quickening the devotional in
| stinct, the social and intellectual life of
the young. 1t is adding to our noble
band of ministers, those, who, with a
love of knowledge and truth, will COM
bine ripe scholarship and deep spirit
uality; who are not likely to forget that
Jesus Christ is still and ever will be the
true and highest inspiration to holy liv-
ing; and that the ordinances of the
| church are yet of value as means to an
end, as helps to the development of a
true spirit of worship and a reverent,
| godly life. They will believe, too, most
profoundly in the Universalist Church,
it's past, it's present, its glorious FUTURE
feeling that as their wife is the best
wife, so Universalsm, by it's more con-
fident affirmations, its definite but con-
structive statements, it's eternal princi-
pies, is better than any other faith or
creed.
Our young people in the short period
of their organization, have done nobly
in both the local and general fields of
Christian work. They compare very
favorably with the young people of other
churches. They will not, however, be
content with past victories, but will
press on to the performance of new du-
ties taught by new occasions, that they
may the better serve the church of their
love. and through it, their God and the
world. They are equal to the emergency
by mental and moral endowment, and
some one, think our dear Bro. Crum,
has said that "Universalist young people
can do anything that other young peo-
pie can, and do it just as WE'LL"
Finally my dear young friends, let lis
hold last to our faith without shadow
OF turning" make it our pride, our joy,
our ladder of spiritual communion with
the divine within US. without us, ard
with the spirit forms of loved ones
passed on into the glories of the unseen
realm.
Let us seek earnestly to drink from
the healing fountain of life, that we
thirst no more from the burning fever
of thoughts and purposes at variance
with the laws of our God
Let us strive to build our lives into
beautiful temples of righteousness, hav-
]. ing, as Paul admonished his Ephesian
brethren, Jesus Christ as the chief cor
ner stone, 10 whom all our building, fitly
framed together, shall grow unto holy
temple in the Lord.
| WATERLOO, Ia.