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

there has been no variation in his career
as a Universalist clergyman. He has
kept steadily on in the Christian minis
try. caring for his flock with the interest
of the good pastor, and responding 10y
ally to every demand made upon him in
aid of the general work Of the Church.
He will retire after September next from
the Rochester passionate, but he cannot
be retired from the hearts of his people
and those of the community in which he
has lived and labored for more than the
years of generation and he will remain
what he has been for years, the un
crowned bishop of the diocese of West
ern New York. We echo with all hear
tiness, the words of DIR. Adams God
bless and keep DR.. Saxe!"
WITHIN the constitu-
Two Forthcoming ency of THE UNIvERs-
Deucatlons' ALIsT two new church
es will be dedicated in a few weeks.
The church at Woodstock, o., will be
set apart to religious uses by appropriate
ceremonies on Easter Sunday, April IA,
and the church at Galesburg, ILL.,, on the
first Sunday in May. These events
will be occasions of great interest in
their respective localities. The Editor
of The UN1vERsAL1sT is under engage
| ment to attend both these dedications,
and in addition to the dedicatory sermon
at Woodstock, his particular work will
be to remove the building indebtedness
before the formal dedication takes place.
This work generally falls upon the Ed
itor when he is present on such occa-
sions. In both of the forthcoming dedi-
cations he looks forward cheerfully to
pleasant and successful outcome.
When churches are dedicated they
should be free of debt and given unre-
servedly and without incumbrance to
the service of Him in whose name they
are reared, and to whose worship they
are to be henceforth devoted. Churches
with any claim of man resting upon
them cannot be properly dedicated to
the service of God. They must stand
clear 10 His sight to be worthy of accep-
lance.
The terrible doctrine
The Dying Belief of endless woe still
not DEAD holds dominion over
many minds. Although it is confessed
ly "a dying belief" it is not yet dead by
any manner of means. The creeds of
the churches still enshrine this belief in
all it's repugnant features; and it is
preached as yet from countless pulpits.
1t is an awful doctrine to hold even in
the easy going way in which it is now
embraced. "Jauntily going through
life," as recent writer observes I'VE
yet hold to this horrible doctrine. That
infidel was consistent when he said that
if he believed the doctrine of everlasting
punishment. he should stop everybody in
the street, and tell them so. If we re-
ally believed it and realized it, "that
CHASTITY thought would drink up all our
Joy" When seriously contemplated, is
it not enough to appall the stoutest adj
vocate? After Analysing all the theories
of the future, none is 30 repugnant to
the heart unprecedented with the gentle
mercy of Christ, as that which implies
the non possibility of future redemption.
and the infection of endless conscious
misery at the hands of powerful and
generous Father. Let us not misrepre-
sent God, or it may prove fatal to pre-
cious souls. Classic lore tells US that
Theseus before going to war had prom
ised his father Egeus that if he returned
alive he would hoist white sails instead
of black ones. Elated with victory, he
forgot the covenant, and Egeus. behold
ing the ominous black sails, cast himself
headlong into the sea-" There is view
of God and eternity which is calculated
to drive men to despair rather than to
Calvary. The doctrine of endless woe
is one of this kind. 1t is responsible for
more despair and suffering than any
other item among the theological fig
ments of the world.