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The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-02-02
THE CONCENTRATION OF MORAL
EFFORT SUCCEEDS.

1t sometimes happens that on a
farm there are waste, weedy or
swampy spots where the farmer does
not realize any returns from year to
year. At last, calling to his aid, in
the interest of agriculture, renewing
and reconstructing agencies, such
tracts, cold and undrained before,
become the very best portions of all
the farm, returning thirty and sixty
and hundred-fold for all the time
and outlay expended. What was at
first blemish, fiat, on the fair page
of nature, becomes veritable gar
den of the Lord" rivaling the best
that the uplands can produce. A
great and growing city has within its
limits low and wretched quarter. 1t
is place where you would not send
your child in daylight, where you
would not trust yourself by night,
without police protection. The anx
ious thoughts and hopes and plans
of moral men concentrate there.
Capitalists and philanthropists
come from all sides and view the sit
uation. The offence to sight, good
government and Christian sensibil-
tiles is at length wiped out of exist
ence. This under a experimenting
Providence that spans even the Five
Points and North Street. Here and
there, north, east and west, education
and religion, that should be the her
itage of all the people, somehow do
not reach all the people.
Then it is that Christian men and
women plan their works and work
their plans. There is a lack which
only church, or a kindergarten
school can supply. Then and there
plan, encouragement, effort, sacrifice
courage in that public idea, and it is
changed to responsive reality. If
God lives, then surely the principle
here involved is full of glorious
promise for the times; for the spread
of truth and grace, for man and his
problems. 1t is a law in physics that
Mature abhors a vacuum" and that
she always has at hand, air, water
and the like, to rush in with all their
might, into the vacant space and NIT
igate the adherence. Much more
truly, if possible, the same law holds
in the moral world. Much more, be-
cause of the divine rule and will,
must the virtues and integrities, in
their own good time. fill the void
spaces in immortal souls.
The power and fullness of God lie
all about us,-in his presence, in the
conquests of truth, in Christianity
and Christian men, in the swarm of
right inhuences,-for the very reason
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-02-02
A GREAT INSTITUTION.

The Royal Baking Powder company is
perhaps the widest and best known man.
ufacturing institution in the world to-
day-everywhere popular and ever grow
ing in public confidence. The good
qualities of the Royal Baking Powder"
have been tested by the worlds millions
of housewives, and from the beginning
of the manufacture of this highly fav-
ored article of kitchen excellence it has
been in constant and increasing demand.
Great credit is due the company for pro-
ducing such high class article of bak-
ing powder and keeping it uniformly
pure and free from harmful ingredients
in its manufacture. The Royal company
is business institution of almost incon-
ceivable magnitude, and its lines of trade
reach out into the remoteness of all Sec
tions of the civilized world. 1t takes both
brains and money to successfully con-
duct the affairs of such business insti-
tuition, and the article of manufacture
must itself be superior indeed to SO
thoroughly attach itself to the consumer.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-02-02
OUR TRAVELLING AGENT.

Our General Travelling Agent, Mr.. T.
l. Moore is now in Iowa and will proba-
bly, spend the next three or four months
in that State making collections for the
House and extending the circulation of
The UNIvERsALIsT. He is in Cedar
Rapids this week and next week expects
to visit Wapello, Burlington, Mt Pleas
ant, Ottumwa, Bloomfield and Oskaloosa.
We commend Mr.. Moore to the kind at
tention of our friends in those places
and other points which he may visit in
the State. Whatever courtesy is ex-
tended to him by pastors and friends
will be duly appreciated at the Western
Branch. Mr.. Moore has visited Iowa
several times and always sends in en-
couraging reports. He is doing very
useful and much needed work and is
commended to all friends of THE UNI
vERsALIsT and the Publishing House.
Mr.. Moore is our only travelling agent.
Business transacted with him is always
valid at this office.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-02-02
THE RECEPTION AND BANQUET.

The event of the season in Universal.
list circles Of this city, was the banquet
and reception at the Grand Pacific Hotel
Wednesday evening, Jan. %. We are
pleased to announce that it was in every
respect delightful occasion and sue
ces5ful beyond precedent and expecta-
ton. Notwithstanding the extreme
severity Of the weather, what was prob
ably the largest company ever assembled
on social occasion under Universalist
auspices in this city, came together to
enjoy the social pleasures of the evening
and to listen to the feast of reason and
the flow of SOUL which followed the
dinner.
Plates were laid for 1877 persons and
the beautiful Ladies' Ordinary of the
Grand Pacific presented an unusually
brilliant assemblage when this large
company was seated at the tables. The
reception was held from until half
past 7, in the large parlors and corridors
of the hotel, and during this time, the
friends of the various parishes were in
troduced to each other and exchanged
pleasant greetings.
The company present represented all
our city parishes and nearly all in the
suburbs. st. Paul's, the Church of the
and Oak Park turned out in
large numbers and the atten-
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-02-02

UNIvERSALISTS are not
Mature anu heVe- among those religion
lation' lists who believe ma
ture and revelation are hostile to each
other and that we must hate this world
of beauty and grandeur before we can
become good Christians. The same
Being who made the human soul, formed
the world and all outward nature. We
cannot for a moment believe that he
has made one discordant with the other.
The teachings of nature are eminently
religious. An influence comes forth
from it which is favorable to the spirit Of
devotion and under this influence we
instinctively "look from nature up to
natures God" and adore him as God
over all, blessed forevermore."
The evil arises not from the contem-
plation of nature, but in stopping with
it and looking not beyond, to that great
and good Being who made it. If we give
ourselves up to worldly matters and see
no spiritual beauty therein and recog
nize not the moral significance of all the
Creators works, we shall suffer lose.
Our souls will gradually be changed into
a likeness with sensual things, while the
spiritual will lie dormant and grow weak
for want of exercise. This is what Paul
means when he says to the Corinthians:
"But the natural man receiveth not the
things of the spirit of God; for they are
foolshness unto him, neither can he
know them. for they are spiritually dis
cerned." The cause is not that man was
created with nature hostile to spirit
ual things. Every man has religious
nature; and in his natural state
can "feel after God. if haply he may
find him." Every soul has aspira-
lions that tend upward to the worship of
higher power. All nations seek after
God and worship him. Man, then, is
not totally depraved; but when he is
absorbed in worldly interests, he is de-
barred from understanding Alright spirit
ual truths. His attention is turned
wholly in the opposite direction. So
while gazing at the earthly, he can not
discern the heavenly. He has not called
into exercise his spiritual eyes and they
have accordingly retired from service"
leaving the other powers Of his nature
to do the work in which he is engaged.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-02-02
FROM DIR. t. j. SAWYER.
TUFTS oLLEGE. Mass.

TUFTS oLLEGE. Mass, Jan. %.
To the Editor of THE UNIvERsALIsT:
1 thank you for your very kind para
graph in the last UNIvERsAL1sr. In one
particular it is slightly incorrect. You
give the impression that Bro. Hewitt is
my senior in age. This is a mistake.
The three veterans, whose entrance into
the Universalist ministry prior to 1880,
are DR.. Paige. born March 8, 1902; N.Y.
self, born Jan. 8, 1904, and Bro. Hewitt,
born Sept Is, 1905. DIR. Paige was born
a year and a half before our great Win
chester Convention. l first saw the light
less than four months after it, and Bro.
Hewitt two years after it.
1t seems strange that my life covers
nearly three quarters of our whole de-
nominational history reckoning from
John Murray's landing in ITO, and my
ministry more than half of that history.
L never saw Murray. He died when l
was only II years old, but knew quite
a number of those who came after him.
or those who we're members of the Win
chester Convention, / was personally
acquainted with half dozen or more.
| am wholly at loss to conjecture
who wrote the long article in your paper
on me. 1t is too fattering ar estimate,
and besides it seems to me to deal too
much in generalities without showing
what | have done to deserve so much
meant, ana therefore ought to be con-
tent.
l am, very truly yours,
THOMAS j SAWYER
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-02-02

;, Mr.. HUXLEY, in his
Huxley and Argyll. paper in Nature, men,
tons astronomy and geology as the two
sciences which have been the principal
means of breaking "the conventional
peace between theology and science"
and in addition to these, Darwin's "Ori.
gin of Species" These" says the Pro
fessor,-we transfer the following quota
tions from contemporary-"wi some
other invasions which are already in
sight. will soon so greatly enlarge the
frontiers of the new world, within which
scientific method is supreme. that little
will be left but cloudland for its rival"
The Duke Of Argyll designates the pre-
diction of this result simply nonsense"
and urges against it that "all moral and
spiritual truths on which we habitually
rely in our industrial, social, and politi-
cal conduct, are entirely inaccessible to
the physical 'organon.' or method used
in order to move successfully in the
other sphere" Neither love. nor jus
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-02-02
WANTED,

At this office, few copies of The UNI
vERsAL1sT of February "a, 1894.
DR.. J. w. Hanson is also anxious to
secure copy of the paper containing his
article on Catalina Island, published in
July or August 1893. Any friend having
one to spare will oblige DIR. Hanson by
mailing it to him at Pasadena, Cal.
The number first named is wanted to
complete our files. We will be under
obligation to any friend who can supply
that issue.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-02-02
THE NEW HYMNAL..

We called attention last week to the
Hymnal which is now in progress of
publication by the Publishing House.
So many postponements and disappoint-
ments have occurred that no date of
publication will now be set until there
is great certainty the book will appear
as announced. Specimen pages will
soon be issued, and copies will be sent
to all our churches.
The Publishing House will be glad to
open correspondence with all societies
which are likely to heed the new book.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-02-02

We believe that the Holy Scriptures of the Old
and New Testaments contain a revelation of the
character of God, and of the duty, interest and
final destination of mankind.
II.
We believe that there is one God, whose
nature is Love, revealed in one Lord Jesus
Christ, by one Holy Spirit of Grace, who will
finally restore the whole family of mankind to
holiness and happiness.
III.
We believe that holiness and true happiness
are inseparably connected, and that believers
ought to be careful to maintain order, and
practice good works, for these things are good
and profitable unto men.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-02-02

The astonishing in
DR.. Lyman Abbott. formation is vouch-
safed in the press dispatches of Monday
that Rev. DIR. Lyman Abbott, Beecher's
successor, is an evolutionist! We Won
der if the Dutch have really taken Hol
land. We would be just about as much
surprised over this announcement as
the other. The occasion of the dispatch
it seems. was the delivery at the Ply
mouth church on Sunday last, of a ser
mon in which DIR. Abbott admits that
he is believer in evolution, and the SER
mon is described as "a startling change
of 'front.' Considering that DR.. Abbott
has given series of Lowell Lectures on
1.-THE Religion of Evolution" and that
these lectures have been published in
volume and that the reverend Doctor
has long been known as favorable to the
evolutionary philosophy, his change of
front" would only be startling if it were
in the other direction. We may have a
dispatch hereafter announcing that Pro-
fessor John Fiske is also an evolutionist
and mayhap cable may come from
Europe announcing that Herbert Spen-
ser is addicted to that philosophy.
Strange things appear in the newspapers
sometimes.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-02-02
The Unity Club

1HE duQT6b5 WulCu
The Unity Club occupies our second
Lecture, naoo tb;s vaek an.
titled, why | am Universalist," was
delivered as one Of the Unity Club series
in Cincinnati, Nov. %, 1894, by the pastor
of our church in that city, Rev. U. S. Mil
burn. 1t is now printed from the au-
thor's manuscript and is furnished at
the request of the editor, and in compli-
ance with the wishes of many friends.
ain these days of controversy" it seemed
good to the directors of the Unity Club
"to give the adherents of different faiths
and beliefs an opportunity to speak for
themselves" Carrying out this plan.
the club arranged for series of lectures
from twelve representatives of that num-
Der of churches and forms of beliefs, in
Guiding Judaism, Mohamedanism, Spir-
itualism. Theosophy and Christian Sci
has attracted considerable attention.
Some thirty years ago similar series
was given in Boston in the Pitts Street
Chapel and the lectures were afterward
made into a volume. This course in
Cincinnati has been referred to us as an
outgrowth of the Parliament of Reli-
gions. 1t is simply the revival of a plan
of lectures conceived a generation ago
and is in no sense due to the now famous
Pariia ment. Such series of addresses
is we'll adapted to make the sects better
acquainted with each other. Universal.
ism was we'll represented by Mr.. Mil
burn and our readers will be pleased to
have the full text of the address placed
before them in our columns.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-02-02
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2.
EDITORIAL.

Elk PRESIDENT CAST
The Ex-President urp Pep1rp Of Franco
OF france was recently describ
ed as parsonage with "a strongly devel
oped jaw, look of determination, some
thing of the aggressive appearance of
bull dog This was before Casimer-
Perier stepped down and out from the
presidency of the French Republic, thus
showing his incapacity to cope with the
difficulties of his position and his utter
failure as a leader If the man answered
to the above description he would have
stood his ground and not betrayed the
weakness evinced in his sudden resigna
ton. Events have proved that Casimer-
Perier was anything but man OF deter
mination or of aggressive qualities. He
will figure in history as the "weakling"
among the presidents of France.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-02-02

WHEN wa speak to our friends of the
truths of the Bible, they seem to them
SO hard and uninteresting; but when
they see these same truths blossoming
good acts, then they say. How beautiful
these lives" Sunday School Chronicle
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-02-02
FIELD AGENT, T. |. MOORE.

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The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-02-02
Tbe Wniversalist
j. S. CANTwELL, D. D., EDITOR.

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In all departments. The Interior and Western
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The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-02-26
WITHOUT QUESTION.
THE TERMINUS SHOULD CONE AND
THE PEOPLE SHOULD GIVE.

]. D. Garfield of Alden & Garfield said
that Oakland should at once wake up to
the Importance of the new enterprise, and
continued:
my sentiment as to the need of the
road is the same as all other citizens who
understand the situation-that the road
should be brought here without question.
''My opinion as to the terminus is that
it should be located near to and parallel
with the Southern Pacific. Why? Be-
cause there are 10000 people in Oakland
and the great majority of them travel to
and from San Francisco. Therefore the
new road should be so located as to catch
the local traffic. 1t is plain that it would
be a good thing for the road and good
thing for Oakland.
1.-THE Laundry Farm route is much
shorter and more practicable. This route
takes in Fruitvale and East Oakland and
comes down through the heart of the city.
The local traffic is to-day a large item and
is increasing all the time. No new road
can afford to overlook it."
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-02-26
EAGER TO AID.
J. w. Moss SAYS THE PEOPLE ARE
UNANIMOUS.

]. W. Moss of 95s Broadway, and one of
the Oldest real estate dealers in Oakland,
expressed himself as highly elated over the
prospect of getting a competing railroad.
He did not much care how the road got
into the city, so long as it came.
1.-The business of Oakland is increasing
each year." said Mr.. Moss, land with a
competing railroad new impetus would
be given TO the city.
cit was competing railroad that built
up Los Angeles, and the same causes will
have the same effects in Oakland.
"There will be no difficulty in raising the
necessary subscription among our citizens
to bring the road here. The people are
eager to aid any movement of the kind
and are all of one mind on the subject"
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-02-26
WILL NOT STOP THEM.
QUESTION OF WATER FRONT Own
ERsHIP Nor IN THE WAY.

Robert NJ Fitzgerald, formerly member
of the Board of Public Works, said:
''The question of waterfront ownership
need not deter any road from coming here,
for the water front belongs either to the
State Or to the city, and in either case no
difficulty would be experienced in procur-
ing an outlet. l consider it of the greatest
importance to Oakland to have terminus
of a competing line which would also
mean additional ferry facilities to San
Francisco. 1t means within the very near
future a through overland line, which
would be of as much benefit to the State
as would the local line.
~ do not think that there will be the
slightest difficulty IN securing the neces-
sary rights of way to reach the water
front at whatever point may be deemed
most advantageous by those having the
matter in charge. We all want the road.
Let the directors say they will come here
and we will see that they get all the priv
leges necessary.
~ think that a terminal means more to
Oakland than simply the building of COM
peting road. If the road terminates here
it will bring from the San Joaquin Valley
great deal of wheat and other products
to be shipped to foreign ports. This will
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-02-26
MAYOR PARDEE CONFIDENT.
No DIFFICULTY IN SECURING A
RIGHT OF WAY.

Mayor Pardee is very much interested in
the new railroad and is giving much sup
port toward the Oakland end of the enter
prise. He seemed pleased over the hearty
manner in which the citizens of Oakland
had entered into the project, and in the
nature of things he felt that only success
could be the outcome
In regard to the right of way through
the city, the Mayor said that he could con-
ceive of nothing that would prevent it,
and felt equally confident about the ter
minus on the water front which he has
labored SO hard to maintain for the city
over which he presides.
"All these things will come as the occa-
sion demands" he said, land just as soon
as the necessary subscription to the stock
of the new road has been raised by our
citizens attention will be given to these at
tending issues.
'The more l study the proposition of
having the road enter the city south of the
charter line.of theiold city of Oakland the
which is at Twenty-second street, extends
out beyond the ship channel and just
northeast of Goat Island. Now, road
could be extended out from the main shore
at point north of Smiths ferry and cross
the charter line north of the present broad
gauge mole. mus While practlcallly not
touching, the city of Oakland would have
its terminus legally within the city limits
and at distance of about six miles from
the City Hall. Such line would not BEN
eft the city, yet it would be complying
with the legal requirements of having its
terminal at Oakland.
Now, to obyiate this danger, we ask to
have the road pass south of the old charter
line. It could enter the city by the way of
East Oakland and pass through the center
for freight could branch off somewhere
near Embarcadero and circle the city to
Smiths ferry, and then cargoes might be
easily discharged. But for passenger serv-
ice the line should penetrate the city-cut
it in halves, ms it were. should think the
Laundry Farm line very desirable"
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-02-26
IN TRUST FOR THE PEOPLE.
HE WATER FRONT OPEN TO ALL
COMPETING RAILROADS.

0. |. Denison, in discussing the i'm
portant questions now up for consideration
before the people of Oakland, and par
ticularly the San Joaquin Railway,
delivered himself as follows:
The first question, and that which over
shadows all others, is the waterfront
question. Since first coming to Oakland,
about eighteen years ago, 1 have contended
first, last and all the time that the water
front was trust for all the people, and
had not been and could not be alienated or
diverted therefrom.
u am In favor of vigorous prosecution
OF the suits instituted to the utmost limit
OF law. | favor opening streets leading to
the water front and building slips and
wharves as fast as the requirements of
commerce demand. l look with favor
upon the recent suggestion of Hon. A. G.
Henry IN regard to filling in portion of
our westerly shore for railroad and COM
mercial purposes.
in regard to the San Joaquin Valley
Railroad believe it is the duty and should
be the policy of this city to encourage by
every means possible, without too great an
increase in the tax levy, every railroad or
other legitimate enterprise that presents
Itself Tor our consideration. | am strongly
in favor of the proposition. The road is
Just what Oakland needs We can easily
get a terminus. The people will just go
down to the water front and take it. The
idea OF the city of Oakland ever having had