The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-02-23
Wayside Notes.
Col" MBUs, WIS

* THIS is sentence in Ibsen's new
play: Labor and trouble one can al
ways get through alone, but it takes
two to be glad"
*** HUGH PRICE HUGHES, the great
London Methodist preacher. is quoted as
saying, There is nothing like open-air
preaching. Woe to the churches that
abandon it, The greatest victories of
Christianity have always been won in
the open air."
~ THE Archbishop of York recent
ly wrote to the incumbent of rural
parish suggesting that a Quiet Day"
should be held there. The following was
the reply: "My lord. in this parish we
have too many quiet days, what we want
is an earthquake" There good many
churches in this country in the same
condition-some of them Universalist.
~ THE late James Anthony Froude
did not have high opinion of English
at Oxford last June he said: 1.-THE teach
ing business at Oxford goes on at high
pressure-in itself utterly absurd Ed
ucation, like so much else in these days,
has gone mad. and is turned into mere
examination mill"
~ SPEAKING OF the SEVENTEEN ami
versary of the ministry of the Rev. DR..
Furness, the philadelphia Telegraph"
says: Rarely indeed is it given us in
this world to be favored with seventy
years of continuous service. and apart
from the gratitude his people have ex
pressed with evident sincerity, the long,
uninterrupted career of DR.. Furness in
Philadelphia is noted as one of the i'm
portant factors in the history of our city.
| This career has been coincident with the
growth of this municipality, and indeed
of the Republic"
~ Gov. GREENHALGE, OF Massachu
| sets has projected a celebration in honor
of Rev. S. f. Smith, the author of the
national hymn America which will be
alike complimentary to him and a recog-
milton of the wonderful verses which
have met with such acceptance and will
probably remain as the national hymn
of this country for time to come. The
celebration will take place in Boston
and Mr.. E. A.. Grozier of the post" is
| the Secretary of the Committee that
has the matter in charge. 1t will be
made a wonderfully interesting occa
sion.
~ IT is often edifying to hear how
other countries regard our own little in
ternal difficulties. The London Specta-
tor, which is the embodiment of every
thing conservative and accurate, dis
courses on the subject of capital and
labor, and refers to the Brooklyn strike
as an example of how bitter the strife
between the factions is in this country.
1.-THE tramcar drivers of Brooklyn" it
says 1.-THE Spectator, it will be noticed,
has its own name for the trolley car
motormen), shave gone out on strike,
and the contest has developed into a
small civil war;" After speaking of the
attempt of the militia to quiet the strik-
ers, that thirteen casualties have been
reported" the Spectator goes on to say:
1--WE can form no opinion on the merits
Of the original quarrel, which was about
wages. and only record the fact that un-
der the Republic the resort to force on
both sides is at least as precipitate as
under monarchy"
49, The Boston correspondent of the
Banner" says: REV. Robert Melon
aid, of Boston, Baptist. preached week
ago last Sunday on the topic, as there a
He'll Hereafter" He said no punish
ment can come to men that does not ex-
hibit Gods full personality-his love.
his justice, his wrath and mercy. There
is no arbitrariness in Divine punish
ment. We shall go to conditions we
have established by our lives. In regard
to the duration of punishment he said
we have a right to infer that it may not
be eternal. as theory. but practically
the habits of life will so fix individual
character. that the desire to change will
be weak and futile" This is mild and
very liberal for Baptist. and very diff
! ferent from the old way Of answering