The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-02-16
Wayside Notes.
DENVER, Col.

~ THIsfrom the Buddhist Mas All ne
of japan: The greatest movement vi
the twentieth century will not be com.
mercial one, nor yet military one; but
the nations of the West will invade the
East with great armies of Christian mis-
sionaries, backed up by the wealth OF
Christendom. We must arouse our.
selves to meet them" This would seem
as if the Japanese are anticipating that
Christians Of the next century will be
up and doing, and that the missionary
work is to be continued. despite what is
said of its early decay.
*.* APRoPos of the restoration of the
two Dublin cathedrals, a correspondent
in that city remarks that not only do St.
Patricks and Christ churches owe their
present splendor to the liquor traffic but
1.-The chief Presby terrain church in the
city practically owes its existence to the
whisky trade" With these monuments
of piety before his eyes it would DO a
difficult thing for Pharisee in Dublin
to congratulate himself on being 80 much
better than the publicans. The danger
seems to be, as Truth suggests. that the
modern publican may turn Pharisee.
*** A DISPATCH from Tacoma, Wash !,
says that five prophe have appeared in
that city who declare that the world is
coming to an end in 1897. They have
issued warning to the people to be-
ware OF false Christ, who will arrive
about that time. They declare that
nine tenths of the human race will per
ish miserably by war, plague. famine,
pestilence. earthquake and hail during
the next five years. Christ will come
with his bride, and Satan will be sealed
up in bottle for 1000 years. Heaven
will hang in mid-air all that time. They
have seen hell, and it is COCO miles
across, and long enough to hold all
sinners.
~ In his sermon on a recent Sun
day to his London congregation, Rev. j.
Guinness Rogers, an eminent Congrega-
tionalist, and the father of Rev. A. G.
Rogers, of our Washington Universalist
church, in survey of fifty years min.
istry, admitted the drift" of these years
and said it had substantially been
broadening of religious thought and life,
though in that broadening he was afraid
they had lost some of their intensity and
strength. Anyhow, the churches had to
deal with the new age in the new way
and under altered conditions. The fun
damentals were not altered. Still there
was the problem and disgrace of sin, still
there was the love of God, and Jesus
Christ was still the way to the Father.
~ HERE is Hawalden story and a
good one, told in the Christmas number
OF the London New Age: "Once Mr..
Gladstone had been cutting down tree
in the presence of large concourse of
people, including a number of cheap
trippers.' When the tree has fallen and
the prime minister and some of his fam
Dy who were with him we're moving
away there was a rush for the chips
One of the trippers secured big piece
and exclaimed: Hey, lads, when | dee
this shall go in my coffiu! Then cried
his wife. shrewd. motherly old woman,
with merry twinkle in her eye: Sam
my lad, if thou'd worship God as thou
worships Gladstone, thou'd stand bet
ter chance OF going where thy chip
wouldna burnt
~ Rev. ELMER j. FELT. in his Ia.
coma "Watchman," writing of the Win
chester Profession, says, and we quote
to heartily endorse: "Universalists are a
body OF Christians accepting the life and
teachings of Jesus. and believing that
finally all mankind will be won from sin
and brought to holiness and God. This
creed is not an exhaustive statement of
theological doctrines, but brief and
comprehensive declaration of the funda-
mentals of Christian faith. Though
formulated nearly century ago it
stands today the best statement of be-
lief of that rapidly increasing number of
Christians in all churches who believe
that Christ is Gods promise that he will
finally draw all men to himself. Declar-
Jog faith in God. the Holy Scriptures.
and Jesus Christ as the Son Of God. it
leaves every man free to formulate his
own persona. creed in the more minute
and less fundamental matters of belief"