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Lo .an SCHOOL Examiners Meetings.
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The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-03-23

inarticulate noises and wriggling about
like live tame snake. The young
ladies' at this time became the possessors
Of a piano and began taking lessons on
it. Very soon they noticed that the
blind idiot on the porch was attracted to
the long windows whenever they played
tune. He expressed unmistakable de-
light in melody, but when they made a
discord, he as Enthusiastically felt actual
pain as at blow. By and by he grew
bold enough to crawl into the drawing
room and nestle down by the piano.
One of the ladies. one day lifted him to
the stool and guided his hands to the
key-boards His ecstasy. on discovering
that he could evoke sweet sounds for
himself. was piteous to see. From that
time he went on with his musical studies
with increasing pleasure and power,
until he became known as phenome-
non to the world.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-03-23
HOW .BEN-HUR" WAS WRITTEN.

General Lew Wallace, in the March
number of Home and Country, New
York, explains how he came to write
his famous book. "Ben-Hur." He says:
When l began upon my subject it
seemed dry to me. searched for some
way to make it bright, to give it color
of pastime, and yet to keep it interest
ing. My manuscript had ended with
the birth of Christ, and l determined to
go on to the end, but obstacles seemed
to hem me in on every side. 1t has been
said that one should never start without
being able to see the end from the be-
ginning, but in this instance the inter-
mediate state doomed up before me like
giant of despair. | had my beginning.
Could anything be more remarkable or
beautiful than the birth of Christ? No
book ever had been published with a
theme fuller of romance and poetry. I
saw my conclusion. A climax. which, in
its tragic intensity, COULD not be sur
passed. What could be more stupen-
dous than the crucifix? But what was
| to do with the eighteen or twenty
years which had elapsed from the time
when the Child was taken to the Pass
over. and when He had become a Man,
with mission at length decided to
use that interval to show the condition
of the country at that time, and of the
need for the Christ Man. There was no
lack of interesting features, life was full
and joyous. but with the exception of a
few pearls by the wayside, there was no
suggestion OF religion.
was fully aware that to make my
work acceptable it must be painted in
actual colors. The Greeks, Romans and
Egyptians, must be real characters. and
the only way to accomplish this was to
make constant reference. I thoroughly
examined books, catalogues and maps,
and when began writing. had chart
before me which showed the sacred
places, and the country which l was to
describe. Travellers told me of animals
and gave me local coloring. and constant
reference saved me from mistakes. My
greatest obstacles seemed insurmounta
BILE. A Christian world would not toler.
ate novel with Christ as its hero. Yet
/ realized the necessity of writing of
Him. of keeping Him constantly as the
leading figure. yet with no sermonizing.
1t is noted fact that few books which
have been written by preachers have
met with success.
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or girl at college in the presence of the
works set for either to master; without a
fair knowledge of the Bible, is an igno.
ramus, ard is disadvantaged according
ly. 1t is in itself almost liberal edu-
cation, as many great masters in litera-
ture have testified. 1t has so entered
into law, literature, thought, the whole
modern life of the Christian world,
that ignorance of it is most serious
disadvantage to the student.
How this is to be overcome in our ma
chine system is grave question. 1t re-
suits partly from the discontinuance of
the use of the Bible in the public schools
but more especially from the change in
the estimation in which it is held in
the family. In comparison with its po-
sition in the family a generation ago, it
is now a neglected book. 1t is neglected
as literature. There are several sugges-
tons for reviving interest in it. One of
them is already in operation in Sunday
school work Another is it's study as
literature in the schools and colleges
But we believe that the change will only
come effectively by attention to the fun
damental cause of this ignorance, the
neglect of its use in the home in child
hood. If its great treasures are not
part of growing childhood, they will al
ways be external to the late possessor.
In the family is where this education
must begin, and it will then be, as it
used to be, an easy and unconscious ed
ucation, stimulus to the Imagination,
and ready key to the great world Of
tradition, custom, history, literature
Charles Dudley Warner, in Harper's
Moadzine for March.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-03-23
Shakespeare's Married Life.

On what basis does the theory rest
that Shakespeare was not happy in the
later years of his married life? writes
DIR. William j. Rolfe in the March
Ladies' Home journal.
AS we have seen, his wife was about
eight years older than himself, and the
nuptials had been celebrated in some
haste. He had gone to London few
years later. leaving his wife and babies
in Stratford. The "Sonnets,' which, to
my thinking, are PROFESSIONALLY auto
biographical, indicate that he had not
been able to resist the temptations of
city life-that he had sinned, and suf-
fered, and repented.
Note that terrible cutlery of remorse,
the 10th sonnet. 1t assures us that,
whatever his errors may have been,
Shakespeare repented of them; and his
after life shows that he brought forth
fruits meet for repentance. He never
lost his love for his Stratford home. We
have seen that as soon as he began to
be prosperous in London he bought the
dilapidated New Place. and as fast as his
means allowed, repaired the house, en-
larged and improved the grounds, and
gradually made it the elegant and de-
lightful home which must have been his
ideal from the very first.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-03-23
Duck Raising in China.

1t is worthy of note that the Chinese
very. very long ago Matched out their
ducks by artificial heat. and the incuba,
tors that seem 80 wonderful to us at the
poultry shows and country fairs, were
an old story in the East long before our
great-grandfathers were born. Harper's
Weekly thinks it is likely that we got
the domesticated duck from China, so
long ago that we know not when. and
the writer's on natural history content
themselves with telling us that it is de-
rived from the mallard, mixed in some
cases with the musk-duck and the CAD
wall, and perhaps the black duck. The
domestication of the duck has had an eff
feet the opposite of that usually pro-
duced by civilization on man, for the
mallard is strictly homogeneous. Water
ton. the naturalist. assures us, indeed,
that the wild duck is most faithful
husband, and remains paired for life.
while the domestic drake is most uotori-
ously polygamous.
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apology or explanation quietly left the
drawing. room. What do you mean by
this pruderyr she was afterward indig-
nantly asked by the royal lips. Some
of the ladies present did not understand
French. You know that did, was the
high bred reply"
DIR. William r. Harper, President of
the University of Chicago, appears to
possess some Of the characteristics OF a
prodigy. He entered Muskingum Col
lege, in Ohio, at the tender age of 10,
and graduated at IA. Then he went to
Yale, and was only 10 when he received
his Phi. d. from the college-an age at
which most students are Sophomore.
DIR. Harper is now 80. The university
of which he is the head has an endow-
ment of 100000 and has 100000 to
spend this year.
Rev. Mr.. B., observing on a warm
Sunday that several of his congregation
were asleep, stopped in the middle of
his sermon and said: II saw an adver-
tisement the other day for five hundred
sleepers for railroad. | think / can
supply part Of them" The sleepers
walked up. This will do to go with the
story of another clergyman, who on
similar occasion stopped and told his
hearers that when he was out West he
saw mosquitoes that would sit on the logs
and bark. When called to account by
the deacons. after service. he declared
that his statement was literally true.
Elijah Thayer, widely known through
New England, whose strange preaching
had been heard all over Europe and in
Asia Minor, died recently at Chestnut
Hill. Mass. He was generally known as
the Prophet Elijah" He travelled bare
headed and barfooted, preaching the
gospel, and believed in bodily transla-
tions like Elijah's. In the course of his
travels he secured an audience with
Queen Victoria, and preached to her,
and bore his testimony before Pope Plus
TX. Often he got into trouble in foreign
countries. but the American consuls
rescued him. In early life he was
ship-owner in the South, was bachelor,
had considerable means, lived alone, and
was charitable.
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The Gar Didn't Talk.

They are telling another story in Lon
don at the expense of the irrepressible
Mr.. Stead. In recent article he boast
ed of enjoying private conversation
with the late czar, las frank and full and
unreserved as ever held with any man."
1t was during visit to st. Petersburg.
AS Stead had complimented Alexander
in the Pail Mall Gazette at the time
when other British papers we're reviling
him. the car was induced to favor the
journalist with an interview. 1t was
stipulated, that it should not last more
than fifteen minutes. At the end OF
that time the emperor looked at his
watch ard arose to indicate that the in
terview should cease. But, your ma
jesty.' protested Mr.. Stead. you have
not said word NO. said the car,
you haven't given me a chance"
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-03-23
IGNORANCE OF THE BIBLE.

Take this matter of ignorance of the
Bible. Recent statistics show that it
exists, to an extent inconceivable to any
person generation ago, in college stu
dents. And this ignorance is disclosed
not in attempted religious instruction
but in the study of the ordinary BRAN
ches OF literary education in our uni
versities and colleges. The pupils are
entirely unable to understand a great
mass of illusions in the masterpieces Of
English poetry and proee. Some of these
pupils are victims of the idea that the
Bible should not be read by the young.
for fear they will be prejudiced in re
ligious way before their minds are ma
ture enough to select a religion for
themselves. Now, wholly apart from it's
religious or from its ethical value. the
Bible is the one book that no intelligent
person who wishes to come into contact
with the world Of thought aud to share
the ideas Of the great minds of the
Christian era can afford to be ignc rant
OF. All modern literature and all art
are permeated with it. There is scarce,
ly a great work in the language that
can be fully understood and enjoyed
without this knowledge, so full is it Of
illusions and illustrations from the
Bible. This is true Of fiction, of poetry,
economic and of philosophic works, and
also of the scientific and even agnostic
treatises. 1t is not at all question of
religion, or theology. or of dogma, it ID a
question Of general intelligence. A boy
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-03-23
HINTS FOR REVIEW.
/. John the Baptist Eeheade

ls JOuE CuS 6apClSG 5S0e1OeOs
MARK I6:I7-2o. Why did Herod have
such contradictory impulses toward John?
Why was Herodias so revengeful toward
the Baptist? Why did the dead Baptist
still live in Herod's fear? Golden Text
g. Feeding the Five Thousand.
MARK 6: 3o-44. Is it probable, in view
Of Oriental habits, that all the multitude
was entirely without provisions? In what
spiritual state was the multitude at this
time? Could this wonder be wrought in
accordance with the known laws of nature
Golden Text?
3. Christ the Bread of Life
JOHN 6:25-35. Where do we need first to
do Gods work, in the world or in our own
hearts? Which food, material or spiritual,
does the world most need to-day? How
is Christ the Bread of Life? Golden
Text?
4. The Great professionalism.
I6:I3-23. How was Jesus the Christ of
God? How can the church bind and
loose? Why could not the disciples I'M
derstand Jesus prophecy of his death and
resurrection? Golden Text?
S. The Observation-Disclosures
e:28-36. What reality was there in the
disciples vision? Is it improbable that
the spiritual senses of the disciples were
quickened to know things not often known
Of menu Was the Majestic Voice imagin-
airy or real? Golden Text?
6. Christ and the Children
MATT. 1871 How does realization of
childhood to the Father make one spirit
ually great? How, in Christian light does
the crime of wronging the helpless become
hideous? What is the logical prophecy of
childhood to God? Golden Text?
z. The Good Samaritan.-LUKR
Io:25-37. What did the Jewish lawyer
really desire to learn? How does the do
ing of such deeds cause one to possess
Eternal Life? Golden Text?
8. Christ and the Man Born
Blind. John o:I-II. Which is better,
to speculate as to the cause of evil or work
for its cure? How is the Divineness of
Jesus manifested in his deed? Could the
cured blind man honorably refuse to testi-
fly to what Christ had done? Golden
Text2
9. The Raising of lazarus
JOHN II: 3o-45. Why had the mourning
sisters desired the presence of Jesus?
What should we infer from the saying,
'Jesus wept?" Is it naturally any more
improbable that Jesus raised Lazarus than
that he was himself raised from the dead !?
Golden Tcxt9
10. The Rich Young Ruler
MARK Io:I7-27. How had Jesus awak-
ened the spiritual desires of the young
man? Why did the young ruler need to
leave his riches in order to become fol-
lower of Christi What is the Gospel con-
dition of experiencing eternal life3 Golden
Text2
IL. Zaccheus the Publican
LUKE I9:I-1o. Why did Zaccheus so
ardently desire to see Jesus3 Why did
Jesus show such favor to Zaccheus2 What
is the Gospel meaning of the terms lost
and savedl Golden Texta
I2. Purity of Life. Rom. 10: 8-I4.
Why should love for mankind cause US to
totally abstain from Intoxicating drink
What does it mean to 'put on the armor
of light?" Why are established habits of
total abstinence desirable2 Golden Text I
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-03-23
.EssoN SERIES FOR 1895.
FIRST QUARTER.
March 81, 1895
The Quarterly Review.
INTRODUCTION.

A traveller who is prospecting a rich
country, whether travelling by carriage or
bicycle or afoot, will do well to occasion
ally pause on hill-brow and take look
over the country through which he has
passed. Such backward look is some
times the most pleas-rable and memorable
experience of country journey. Like this
ought to be the Quarterly Review of the
lessons on the Life of Christ We have
been in our lessons studying at different
viewpoints and in successive stages, the
Life which, by general concession, is at
ence the most attractive and the most in
Auenial of all the lives ever lived on earth.
We have not, as we are all aware, faith
omed the spiritual deeps of this peculiar
life; we have not attained to its highest
meaning. But it will be helpful for us,
teachers and scholars alike, to group our
lessons of the section we have just con-
cluded, and while fixing our gaze on the
most striking incidents, endeavor to COM
prehend the import and divine harmony
of the whole.
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DIR. Prices Cream Baking Powder
Forty Years the Standard.
THE GUEST.
BY MARY CLEMMER .

From out the great worlds rush and din
There comes a guest;
The inner court he entered in,
And sat at rest.
Slow on the wild tide of affairs
The gates were closed;
Altar the hungry host of cares
At last reposed.
Then through the dim doors of the past,
All pure of blame,
Came boyish memories floating fast
His mothers name.
"Ah! all this loud world calls the best
I'd give" he said,
ITO feel her hand. on her dear breast
To lean my head.
II cry within the crowned day,
That would be j y,
Could she but bear me far away,
Once more her boy"
Mans strength is weakness, after all
He stood confessed,
None quite can still the hearts wild call.
None quite are bles, ed.
Across the face that knows no fear
A shade swept fast,
AS If following angel near
Thatmoment passed.
The sacred silence of the room
Did softly stir;
A splendor grew within the gloom
OF her. of her!
Out of the great worlds rush and din
Has gone my guest;
OF battle flame, the praise men win
Are his-not rest.
Far out amid the earth's turmois
A strong man stands.
Upheld in triumph and in tolls
BY unseen hands.
But who may lift with subtle wand
The masks we wear?
/ only know his mothers hand
Is on his hair.
/ only know through all life's harms.
Through sims alloy.
Somehow, somewhere that mothers arm
Will reach her boy.
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Notes and News.

Mr.. aud Mrs. Gladstone we're sitting
in church at Cannes the other day.
They were near the pulpit. but when
the sermon began, Mr.. Gladstone turned
to his wife and eaid irritably: Il can't
hearp "Never mind. my DEAR" she re.
piled in whisper loud enough to reach
the pulpit, never mind; go to sleep. 1t
will do you much more good"
How youthful the United States are
illustrated in the life of the late Miss
Emily Gerry, who linked the days Of in
dependence with the present times. She
was the daughter of Elbridge Gerry,
signer of the Declaration of Independ-
ence. Governor, Vice President. and from
whose name the word "gerrymander
was made, and was ninety. three years
old, having been born when her father
was fifty seven. Miss Gerry was deserv.
eddy proud OF her ancestry. She was
noted for her wit and cleverness and for
her strong memory.
Herbert Ward in the Interior tells a
story illustrating Lady Henry Somerset's
indifference to consequences when a
moral issue is raised. She was once in
vited. L. e., commanded. to dine where
the Prince Of Wales was the guest of the
occasion. To quote Mr.. Ward: There
were present entertainers of a sort to
which she was not used. When popu
lar French actress began to sing songs
that were impossible to a pure heart,
eur lady arose and without word of
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-03-23
"Blind Tom"

Gen. Bethune, who died a few days
ago, was the STAKEHOLDER npon whose
plantation Blind Tom was born. His
daughters were the discoveries of the
child's musical genius. On account of
his physical and mental infirmities he
was regarded much as a little animal,
and used to lie hours in the sunshine on
the porch at his masters house, making
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-03-23

If you were about to journey to q
warmer or colder climate you would
make careful preparations.
Besides taking a supply Of warmer
or cooler clothing, as the case might
be, you would thoughtfully select a
stock of medicines as safeguards to
keep you in good health.
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Prepare for Spring

The cures accomplished by Hoods
Sarsaparilla tell what it does more
eloquently than any argument which
can be written. Read the frank state
ment below:
"Last spring, on account Of overwork
and bad humors, became very much run
down. About June scrofula bunch ap-
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-03-23

FAITHFULNEss in little things fits one for
herosm when great trials COME Louisa M.
AlcOtt.
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Now we are all about to change to a
warmer climate, though not of our
own volition, and what is more reason
able than to take reliable medicine to
resist the facilitating effects of higher
temperatures?
Hoods Sarsaparilla is just the medi-
cine needed. 1t thoroughly expels
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ARMSTRONG q MeKELvv
Pittsburgh
ANCHOR,
Cincinnati.
ATLANTIC.
New York.
BEYMER- BAUMAr,
Pittsburgh.
BRADLEY,
New York.
BROOKLYN.
New York.
St. Louis.
CORNELL,
Buffalo.
DAVIS CHAMBERS,
Pittsburgh.
ECKsTEIN,
Cincinnati.
FAHNEsToCK,
Pittsburgh.
JEwETT.
New York.
KENTUCKY,
Louisville.
JOHN T.LEwIS q BROS. co
Philadelphia.
MORLEY,
Cleveland.
MISSOURI,
St. Louis.
RED SEAL.
St. Louis.
SALEM,
Salem, Mass.
SHIPMAN.
Chicago.
SOUTHERN,
St. Louis and Chicago.
ULSTER,
New York.
UNION.
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MONTHLY MAGAZINE
DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF UNVERSLT SUNDAY SCHOOLS

ne uniform international Series of
been the most method Bible
Church.
almost
Five Hundred Thousand
these Lessons.
The design the
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-03-23
Purify Your Blood

peared on the left side of my collar bone.
1t was very sore continually, and after
time my left arm began to feel dis
agreeable. In short time it panied me
nearly all the time. With that and the
scrofula was in perfect misery all through
the summer. became SO bad that my
friends tried to me get to have doc
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dreds of dollars to no purpose. I have taken
tirely cured.
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from the blood the impurities which
have accumulated during the winter,
increases the appetite and improves
the digestion, drives away that tired
feeling and nervousness, and gives the
strength and vigor without which we
contemporaries beautiful Spring. tits
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Hoods SarsapariIIa

tor, but I thought I would try Hoods
Sarsaparilla. have taken five bottles
and part of the sixth and am feeling like
myself again. have gained flesh rapidly
The scrofula bunch and my lameness has
all gone, and feel like a new creature"
MISS HATTIE M. CLARK, Parkman, Maine.