The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-05-11


be of any moment what they think on
auy important subject. Yet the Post
has sharp eye out for currents OF
opinion in the religious papers that run
with it's own tide. We make no objection
to criticism nor to fair and square oppo-
sition. This is the right, it may be the
duty, of journalist. But to adopt
tone, when speaking Of class of educa-
ted and uniformly fair-minded men,
which implies that they are just enough
above the stature Of idiots to deserve
contempt, is not good taste, nor good
Judgment, nor good morals. Suppress
the young man, or reform him. He
harms the cause.
The selection of the Rev. Richard
Eddy Sykes, of Little Falls. to be Bishop
Of Colorado, with his episcopal residence
at Denver. awakens mixed emotions in
New York. We admire the choice, but
it is not easy for us to be reconciled to
the loss of one of our most useful men.
He will establish the cause in Denver
and make it honored and'infuential in
the regions round about. His fidelity,
ability, experience and fine record. in
sure that. He will be a persona gratd
in every circle he enters, and the city
and State will learn to prize him. 1t is
men of his stamp,-with perfectly solid
record behind him, full OF the missionary
spirit, yet with zeal tempered by mod
esty and wisdom, in the undiminished
strength OF youth, and wholly consecrat-
ed to his profession and his church,
whom it should be our policy to place in
strategic Western parishes and keep
them there till the victory is complete.
In President Schurman's concise
and lucid account of Balfour's "Founda-
tions of Belief" are some remarks, which
though not made by theologian, agree
we'll with what it is the fashion to scold
theologians for saying. One of these
remarks is, that either Positivism, or
Empiricism. or Naturalism, seems to be
the creed of most men OF science" An
other remark is, that this creed, reduced
to practice, would completely revolution
ize our plans of life. by dispelling if not
expelling our moral sentiments and aspi-
ratione. A third remark of DIR. Schur
man is, that 1.-The agnostic fever has
burned itself out" The reaction"
which theologians have fancied to be
taking place. but which the young man
of the New York Evening Post has
learned from France is not in progress at
all, has, according to President Schur.
man, set in, and is already far advanced.
If theologian said this it would be set
down to the credit of his prejudice. 1t
is true, however, and anybody may say
it.
-"It is curious problem why our
new youth persists in filling its stomach
with the poorest trash that is 'new'-i.e.
published in 1895, whilst it will not look
at book that is 'old'-i. e. published in
1865, though both are equally unknown
to the young reader. If our new youth
ever could bring itself to take up book
having 1865 Oh its title page, it might
much subtle observation, many manly
and womanIy natures, unfailing purity
of tone and much wholesome enjoy
ment."- t."-Frederic Harrison, in May For
UNI.
The long predicted and long delayed
revival of business is at last really upon
US. Specific inquiries sent out to every
section of the country and categorically
answered from centers of trade, manu-
facture and banking, are of such uniform
tenor that the most skeptical need no
longer doubt. The advance in the wages
of operatives in nearly all the leading
industries tells at once significant and
a pleasant story. The highest welfare
of people is not financial nor Industrial;
but it is sound support for better
things. All classes should be benefited
by having the wheels of business move
again with natural freedom: it is reason
able to expect that all classes will be.
The statement of French biologist
that in the cellar of certain tenement
there "were found 412 millions of bac-
teria." and of his Chicago factor that he
found ''many hundreds of millions" on
the lower floors of large tenement
house in that city, furnishes food for re-
Election. The first reflection is, that
these collaborators must count with
neatness and dispatch, as it were. The
next is, that bacteria must be. by an i'm
mense majority, we'll disposed. If they
were generally of an evil mind they
should long since have been the only oc-
cupants OF those tenement houses. We
wish it were possible to make out as
good a case for the altruistic disposition
of mankind as of these millions of their
humber fellow creatures. The best evi-
dence we can have of the kindly nature
of any being is, that with large powers
of mischief he harms no one. Judged by
this rule the bacillus deserves certifi-
cate of good character.