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The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-04-06

1t will not do to put the young man
in the pulpit" but he said, IF we cannot
stand one Universalist sermon we have
not had good teaching" But they came
to the conclusion that 1--WE had better
put the old man in the pulpit He said:
"You will not do anything of the kind"
and told me to go and hitch up the
horse and went and they had no SER
mon that day. II I had falsifed my
convictions to my father / would have
lost the respect l shared in his heart to
the day of his death.
"If you want to stay with the folks"
said DIR. Rexford in conclusion, follow
your convictions and you will win the
sympathy of those very people better
than by abandoning those convictions"
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LETTER FROM REV. q. D. L.
WEBSTER.
L1rH1A SPRINGS. GA March

LITHIA SPRINGS, GA, March %.
To the Editor of THE UNIvERsALIsT:
As our Southern home this winter has
been somewhat divided-a portion of
our time at Tarpon Springs, Fla. and
the balance at Atlanta and this place,
will give few items of church news
connected with each.
At Tarpon Springs our church mis-
sion has been supplied by Rev. H o.
Marvin. and with most excellent results.
Bro. Margin is pleasant speaker, and
most finished and interesting sermon
izer; and has drawn good congregations
during the entire winter. 1t is to be
hoped that he will be persuaded to
make Tarpon Springs his winter home
for many years to come. Our church
there could not be in better hands.
The Calamity of Florida.
The Florida visitors have been very
much saddened at the widespread DESC
lation visible everywhere. occasioned by
the severe weather this winter. Very
little can be done in orange culture for
several years to come, as fully two-thirds
Of the groves are killed. or so nearly 80
that it will take years to recover from
the disaster. And additional disaster
lies in the fact that no new orange groves
can be planted within two or three years,
owing to the destruction of all the young
stock. Florida. however. has sufficient
recuperative power to rally from this, as
she has often from other lesser evi ls.
Georgia and Atlanta.
Georgia is State possessing medium
climate, and large agricultural and min
eral resources. Atlanta. the capital city,
is a place of over 10000 inhabitants.
and possesses advantages in the way Of
location, manufacturing and mercantile
enterprise that will rapidly increase
both population and metropolitan i'm
portance.
The General Missionary.
Rev. Q. II. Shinn has wisely included
this city in his list Of missionary con-
quests; and can show important evil
dence of his wisdom in this direction.
A Universalist church has already been
organized, with all important accessories
of Ladies' Aid and Young Peoples So
cieties included. and Bro. Shinn is
spending few weeks with them preach
ing two or three times each Sunday, and
encouraging the friends in many ways.
The writer bad the pleasure of attend
ing two of those Sunday meetings, and
he can truthfully say that in Rev. Q. II.
Shinn an important field is ably filed.
May the Lord continue to prosper his
missionary efforts. and the General Con-
vention. and Universalists everywhere
assist him in his work. when opportun-
ity offers. l expect to be in Chicago
about April l. H. d. L. WEBSTER.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-04-06
THE EASTER COLLECTION FOR THE
UNIVERSALIST CONVENTION.

The Executive Committee of the
Illinois Universalist Convention re-
quests The UNIvERsALIsT to make
prominent this week an appeal to the
pastors and churches of the State in
behalf of the annual contributions
for the Missionary and Church Elk
tension work.
1t is requested that this contribu-
ton be taken on Easter Sunday,
April IA. This is the most favorable
time for fulfilling the special duty.
1t is believed that our people will re-
spond generously.to an appeal from
their pastors at that time in aid of
the work of the Committee, which is
also the work of the Convention as
body representing the Universalist
Church in Illinois.
The missionary work of the Con-
vention is dependent upon the finan
cial support which is received from
the churches throughout the jurisdic
ton of the State body. Every pastor
and every church should feel it in
cumbent upon them to assist in the
Convention work. The Committee
have already assumed obligations
which can only be promptly met by
the church contributions. Several
parishes have been already promised
certain sums to enable them to main
tain regular services, and state off,
Ger has been appointed to labor for a
season in caring for parishes destitute
of pastors and to otherwise look after
the interests of our churches in the
State. To meet these obligations
there is imperative need for immedi-
ate financial returns from the par
ishes. Will not our ministers give
their attention to this matter and ar
range for the taking of collection
on Easter Sundayi They will be in
the line of their clearly evident de-
nominational duty by thus respond
ing to the call of the Convention, and
requesting their parishes to fall into
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By the Wayside.


~ The Supreme Court of Indiana
has given a decision which affirms the
decision of lower court that women are
prohibited by statute from obtaining a
license to vend intoxicating liquors at
retail, and when they embark in such
business. they. engage in the commission
of an unlawful act.
~ CHARLES A. DANA editor of the
New York Sun. recently declared that
the West produced no poetry. The st.
Louis Globe-Democrat, in reply. says
that "St. Louis produces an average of
100 cubic feet of poetry month";" The
UNIvERsALIsT gets large share of this
Western product. We do not print one
piece in ten that reach US.
~ "AND now they say" says our
lively contemporary, the Interior, "the
reason why we go to sleep in church is
because we are hypnotized. That is
highly important discovery. 1t will be
easy to discover the remedy-to cult.
vate the pew nodding variety of the
hypnotic bacilli, and have doctor of
divinity go around every Sunday morn
ing before service and vaccinate the
deacons."
*** In addressing a recent public
meeting in Glasgow, Premier Rosebery
said 1--WE know how much of crime and
how much of all the evils of civilization
are to be traced to drink. And there is
this further danger in this question;
see it coming in that shape, nearer and
nearer, that owing to the enormous in
fiuence welded, directly or indirectly,
by those who are concerned in uphold
ing the drink traffic, we are approaching
a condition of things perilously near the
corruption of our political system"
work On THE Foundations of Belief"
has an interesting passage on the sub.
ject of miracles and the once current OBJ
lection to them as inconsistent with the
uniformity of Nature, says the Christian
Life of London. He points out (exactly
as John Stuart Mill 0id) that the Uni.
formity of Nature, as understood by
philosophers and men of science, is in no
way at variance with the belief in mira
cles. Mr.. Balfour even goes so far as to
say that Il suppose no one imagines"
now that the two are at all at variance.
Evidently he has no idea that there
exist any people so much behind the
times as some of our advanced" friends
still are
~ PROFESSOR BLAcKIE must have
been patron of the kindergarten sys-
tenn of teaching. His view was that ma
ture is the great teacher, and that our
schoolmasters too often shut out nature
instead of helping it. Books are means
and not an end, and are only to be used
to supplement observation and expert
ment. Education is drawing out of
thinking faculties, and boys and girls
should not be educated after the fashion
OF pouring beer into barrels. Let the
| pupil observe facts for himself; next let
him classify them; then let him reason
about them. and that was better than
! all the books in the world. Above all,
he valued the imagination as an aid to
healthy reason.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-04-06

~ THE Mrs. Partingtons are not all
dead yet, remarks a writer in the Out
look. AS fast as one OF them expires.
her mantle falls upon some worthy sue
cessor The last one is devout Episco-
palian. The church which she attends
was lately embellished with large and
handsome stained glass window, copy
of Dore's picture of Christ leaving the
Pretorium. OF member OF the church
who had been absent for time. this lady
inquired: "Have you seen the new win
dow? Isn't it beautiful? 1t represents
Christ leaving the Petroleum. you know
by Dor!"
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-04-06

line with the churches of the State in
discharging this particular and para
mount responsibility.
An Easter offering for the Univer-
salist Convention of Illinois Let it
be made generous and encouraging
one, worthy of the day and the occa-
sion. We trust that every church in
the State will be represented in the
proposed offering.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-04-06
OUR AGENT IN NEBRASKA.

Mr.. T. l. MOORE, Field Agent of The
UNIvERsALIsT. expects to visit Omaha,
Lincoln. and Tecumseh, Neb., next week
in the interest of the paper and the
Western Branch of the Publishing
House. We trust our Nebraska people
will aid him in every possible way. Bro.
Moore is engaged in an important work
and his mission deserves we'll Of all who
are friendly to the UNCONVENTIONAL inter-
est which he represents.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-04-06
IOWA UNIVERSALIST CONVEN-
TON.
Committee of Fellowship.

OSAeE. APRIL l, 1895.
The undersigned desire to announce
that Rev. w. B. Washburn. late of Ell
dora, Ia. has withdrawn from the fellow
ship of the Universalist ministry.
A. X. BEEN. Chairman.
AMOS CRUM, Sec'y.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-04-06
Ube WniversaIist
J. S. CANTwELL. D. D., EDITOR.

THE EDITOR is assisted by able writers
In all departments The Interior and Western
States are represented by regular correspondents.
News from the churches solicited and always
welcome.
ss*All articles intended for THE UNIvERsALIsr
should be addressed Editor OF the Unversalist,
Chicago, Ills
s.sfERNs So. so per year. $1.25 six
months postage paid Sample copies to any adj
dress free on application.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-04-06
UNIvERsALIsT PROFESSION OF FAITH.
ADOPTED 1903.

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
fnal destination of mankind.
H.
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 happi>
ness.
ILL.,
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 good and profit
able unto men.
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The resignation of
hetlrement OF Dr' DIR. Asa SAKE. of Ro-
oaxe' chester, N. Y, after a


hetlfemenb OF III DIR. Asa SAKE, of Ro-
oaxe' chester, N. Y, after a
pastorate of thirty five years, is an event
which arrests UNCONVENTIONAL attention.
We remember as if the time we're only
yesterday. the translation OF DIR. Tuttle
from Rochester to the Second Church in
Chicago, and Asa SAKE, in his early man
hood, assuming the responsibility of the
Rochester passionate. Now the flight
of years" brings about DIR. Saxe's retire
ment. This long and faithful ministry
in one of the prominent cities of the
country has been attended with peculiar
blessings to pastor and people. DIR. SAKE
as the Rochester minister has become
widely known and honored in our Church
and the Rochester parish has been made
one Of the strong pillars Of our cause in
Western New York. DR.. Saxe's record
is one Of which the denomination is
Justly proud. For five and thirty years
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-04-06
FIELD AGENT, T. !. MOORE.

HOW TO REMlT.-The yellow address
slip on the paper each week shows the expiration
Of the subscription. Make all checks, money and
express orders payable to A. M. JOHNSON, Cash
Ter or Unversalist Publishing House. Western
Branch.
FR- Do not trust currency in the mails. Remit
check. or by postal or express order, payable as
above.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-04-06
Now that the war
Fatalities In the hotwaor Jonon and
Oriental War. Chino 10 annorantlv

nearing it's close.-an armistice having
been proclaimed by the victorious jap
anese pending the negotiationsfo for peace,
the Japanese Legation at Washington
gives out official reports from the seat of
war showing remarkably small num-
Der of fatalities during the progress of
the conflict. The number of killed and
wounded on both sides since the begin
ming Of the war amounts to less than
one'feurth OF the casualties of one battle
during the War of our Rebellion. Ac-
cording to the figures furnished by the
Japanese Legation the Chinese have
lost 1900 killed and about 1900 taken
prisoners. The Japanese have lost only
about one-third this number of men, and
taking the killed, wounded. and prison
ers on both sides they do not figure up
more than $1,000 men taken from the
fighting strength of the two armies. At
the battle of Gettysburg alone the Con-
federates lost 10000 in killed. wounded,
and prisoners, and the Union army lost
about $4,000 men. The war in the
Orient, as our statistician concludes, may
be very exciting one, but it certainly
has not been one of great losses to either
side. if the figures given out by the jap
aneses are anywhere near reliable. And
there is no cause to fear the depopula-
tion of the great Chinese empire with
its 400.O00.OO0, il the loss of eight months
war figures up less than 10000 men.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-04-06
SATURDAY. APRIL 6.
EDITORIAL.

~, THE article which we
SUNRISE LII print this week from
Japan Row Edgar Teav;tt
of our japan Mission, is particularly
noticeable. We have not before seen
any notice of the japanese officials en-
couraging the propaganda of Christian
ity among the soldiers. We have no rea-
son TO doubt tie report of the japanese
Christian whose account of Bible distri
button, with the sanction of one near to
the emperor, Mr.. Leavitt transcribes. 1t
is remarkable change of policy which
is thus indicated. Given the facts which
are reported and Mr.. Leavitt is happy
in the choice he has made of caption
for his article. 1t is indeed Sunrise ia
Japan" We rejoice that the Universal
ist Church is on hand to share in the
glories of the new day in the Sunrise
Kingdom.
;. -. The Christian Citi-
Results OF fupno zenship League of
opinlon' Illinois is a non-sec-
bdfiau dnu nun blShh Oi5ohiNosiobs
which has for it's object the education of
the public conscience and the securing
OF a more generous support at the State
Capital and elsewhere for all movements
which make for the public welfare. This
League has recently done some good
work whose results are already apparent.
Upon the passage of the notorious Hum
phry's race bill by the Senate last week
the League sent requests and petitions
all over the State to the effect that the
representatives be requested to vote
against the Humphry and Aspinwall
bills. AS result the members Of the
Illinois House have been deluged with
letters and petitions to vote against the
bills. In addition ministerial associations
have sent in petitions to the same effect.
1t is believed that the result of this par
ticular canvass will be to kill the Hum
phry bill and all similar measures If
they are presented. The League has
an agent at Springfield to watch all
nefarious legislation and to set in opera
tion the forces of public opinion against
such measures. 1t is doing most use
full work in thus carefully watching evil
legislation at the fountain-head.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-04-06

Rev. Stephen Hull, of Kansas City,
who has been i'll all winter. is now much
improved in health.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1895-06-26

The Pennsylvania house of represent
atives voted by u large majority to allow
street railway cars to carry freight.
This is the thing yet lacking to de-
velop trolley and horse cars to their full
usefulness. There is no reason why
freight should not be loaded into street
cars and carried at the same speed that
passengers are. 1t is a convenience bad
ly needed in every city in this Union.
Especially the electric lines in suburban
and country places would supply a great
want if they sent out freight cars at
regular intervals. These could be small,
light and swift enough o to interfere
in any way with passenger traffic. At
present the arrangements for getting
baggage and small freights from one
part to another Of any Of our large cit
les are a grievance and a nuisance in
tolerable. 1t actually takes longer to
get a trunk from one part Of Chicago
or New York or Philadelphia to an
other than it would to send it to a city
100 miles away. The street freight and
baggage car is the thing.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1895-06-26

The probate Of the will Of Frederick
Douglass shows that q colored man can
accumulate property as well as a white
man when he sets his head to 1t. Doug
lass was unable to read and write till
he was grown. All the education he
ever did have he got for himself. The
young colored man of today has ten
times the advantages even in the south
that Douglass had, yet Douglass not
only became one Of the most distin-
guished men Of his time, but became
very we'll to do. Colored men can never
do better than to cake Fred Douglass for
a pattern.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1895-06-26

Professor Chard Of tho Nebraska sta
ton says that the key to the solution
of the problem Of soil treatment for
drought is to pillow deep. Even subsoil-
ing will pay for some crops and then
mulch by means of a mellow layer upon
the top produced by frequent cultiva-
ton.
The national irrigation congress will
hold its 1895 session at Albuquerque,
N. M, beginning Sept. 16. The terri
torlal legislature made an appropriation
OF 81, 800 to aid i'll advertising and ell
Pertaining the congress.
Raising horses for their hides is a
comparatively new branch Of the bust
ness in the far west.
A common fault with irrigators is the
use of too much water.
Dakota Farmer advises of the last cul-
tivation of corn to sprinkle a little rye
through the field and see how it will
help the lambs get ready for winter.
Irrigation is being much talked about
in North Dakota, and many farmers are
taking hold Of it in a practical way.
The general method of subsoiling as
protection against drought is to first
pillow six to eight inches deep with an
ordinary pillow, following this with q
subsoil pillow running in the same furrow
and ~loosening the soil to n depth of
eight inches or more.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1895-06-26

Colonel George E. Warning. New
York's new street commissioner, has
made a discovery which ought to send
his name hurting down the corridors Of
time, He has found out how to make
streets clean His discovery is as fol-
lows: II have hit upon a plan for street
cleaning which has proved ~effectuaL 1t
is to put a man instead of a voter at the
end of q broom handle.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1895-06-26
Up to Date.

"How many characters are there
in your play?" asked the manager.
"Characters?" said the astonished
dramatist. Didn't l just tell you
this is All up to date drama? Not a
single person in the piece has oven a
shred of character. indianapolis
Journal.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1895-06-26
Curfew Bell Works Well.

Already several other cities have
adopted the famous ''curfew' ordinance
which has wrought such a revolution in
favor Of law and order in Saltwater,
MINI. The terror and nuisance Of cit
les large and small are the gangs of law
less boys that hang upon its streets in
the evening, throwing stones, fighting
and using foul and blasphemous Ian
guage in the ears of passersby. Not sell
dom they are thieves. They stone win
dows and destroy property. They grow
holder by immunity from punishment
and in a few years develop into gangs
Of burglars. who do not stop at even
murder.
Saltwater had her share of these
young miscreants. The ordinance passed
by her city council to abolish declared
it unlawful for any boy or girl under 18
to be on the streets without parent or
guardian after 8 o'clock at night unless
sent on some errand, and then it must
be a clear case, and the boy or girl
must go quickly and quietly about his
or her business. Penalties were duly
affixed for violation of the ordinance.
To notify all concerned when the hour
for going indoors had arrived the city
fire bell rings mine slow taps consecu-
lively"
The measure worked like magic. 1t
has abolished the gangs Of young des-
peradocs that formerly made evening
hideous. Night hood1hms have vanished
from the streets of Saltwater.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-03-28

1Trs. w. X. Holt0n the Victim Of Bar
barous Crime I'm Nebraska.
Some time Friday Mrs. w. X. Holton.
q respectable woman living alone on q
ranch In an isolated part of keyapaha
County. Nebraska. was Iynched. The
crime Is credited TO the vigilantes of the
district. who believed her In league with
cattle rustlers. Some think the rustlers
committed the crime in revenge for eyi-
dence against them furnished by the
woman. The coroner found $40 ON tho
wonan's person. which IL regarded as
certain evidence the crime was not coin
mitted by tramps, as was ut hrst sup
posed. Her struggle for life had been a
hard one. The bedding and clothing Of
the woman were torn and scattered about
the building. Her shoes had evidently
been removed, probably by herself. pre-.
paratory to going to bed, when surprised
by the lynchers. The woman had evil
IDENTITY been assaulted before she was
hanged, and everything points to pre-
meditated plan for the preparation of the
dnstardly deed.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-03-28

silk lines the gown throughout. and
this Is correct style, for 1t almost seems
as IL the more colors there are intro
Even If skirt and bodice match, the
lining of the skirt should be a con-
trasting color. AS, for instance,
gown Of dull yellow is all lined with
pale-green, and when the wearer dis
closes the shade Of the lining then is
the time that one realizes how pretty
the fashion is.
Pleated white vests are to be in
included in many new dresses. and the
trick has started off with such rush
of favor that it is already a very de-
sirable accessory TO adopt. In the next
illustration one method Of carrying
out this fad is shown, the vest in this
and the dress goods wood-brown rep.
Bands of brown ribbon set Off by white
soutache braiding trim both skirt and
bodice, and n velvet belt and stand
ing collar are added. Though these
vests are generally white they may be
Of any bright color, for dressy bodices
have for a long time been gayly gotten
up. So far it has been permissible to
wear black skirt with such a bodice
of any shade OF tasteful combination
Of shades, but now brilliantly contrast
ing colors are used in skirt and bodice.
Thus, for evening wear salmon pink
satin skirt is correct with bodice of
pale blue. All this is good news for
economical women. They may almost
hope that the good time will again
come when by changing the bows on a
gown one can adjust herself to all the
notifications of fashion that are nee
essary.
The shift that year will bring in
dress standards is no better illustrated
than by considering what is currently