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The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-04-13
DOROTHEA DIX.
BY REV. R. A. WHITE.

Dorothea Dix wrought a reform sec-
ond to none in the civilization of the
century, excepting only emancipation.
She lived from. 1902 to 1887. She stands
as representation of certain religious
forces OF her time, as the exponent of
new element of thought. Her reform
was in the care of the insane and here is
an interesting question as to the infiu-
ence of the popular dogma, Calvinism,
on the treatment of this class of diseases.
Insanity was held by Judaism to be pos
session by the devil; Calvinism made it
little better; it was predominance of
brute instincts; the insane man was an
outcast from God and humanity. That
he was brutally treated was the natural
outcome OF the hardheartedness cultivat-
ed by the worship of God who could
predestinate man to endless woe.
The reform in the care of the insane
began in Paris in 1892; in four years the
humane treatment had made its way to
England, but it was rot till 1888 that it
found hearing in this country. By
this time new conception of God was
springing up, and with this new faith
in the worth of mar. Dorothea Dix
stands as the very incarnation of this
new spirit. Her attention was called
by accident to the treatment of an in
sane patient in Massachusetts hospit-
al in 1841. Other cases showed her the
brutality that was common. All her
woman's soul was set on fire and hence
forth she devoted her life to the rescue
of the insane. Her first move was to
present memorial to the Massachusetts
legislature asking for appropriations to
enlarge certain hospitals and inaugurate
a new method. Succeeding in this she
went to Rhode Island, next to New Jer-
sey. where the large and finely appointed
hospital of Trenton stands as a monu-
ment to her efforts. She followed this
work. going through nearly the whole
Union. Ia % States she was instrument
al in enlargirg existing hospitals or in
building new ones. From her work here
she went to England, Scotland, France,
Italy, Greece. Turkey. 1t is shock to
our pride to know that in the latter
country she found the Turkish hospit-
ais well managed. but the Christian ones
full of the old abuses.
1t would not seem strange, if at 60
years of sge with all this good accom-
plished for the humanity she loved. she
had thought her active service done;
but no; coming back TO this country at
the outbreak of the war she went to
Washington and offered her services as
nurse, WAS made superintendent of
nurses and served four years. After the
war she went South and was everywhere
received with open arms. showing how
love is mightier than race or sectional
prejudice. At the age of so she retired
to the Trenton hospital and after
five years of suffering died there in 1887.
Religion to Dorothea Dix meant the
service of man; this to her vas the
sweetest service Of God.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-04-13
OUR Y. P. O. U. AND THE CHURCH
BY REV. HENRY GILLESPIE.

Our Y. P. G. U. means, in this essay,
the Y. P. G. U. established in any of
our States. "The Church" means the
whole number of true believers in
Jesus Christ. True believers not
only believe and profess, but know
and do.
At the outset of a religious life it
is necessary to understand that be-
lief, profession, knowledge and doing
are four different words marking the
moral condition of all who seek righ-
teousness. These words also mark the
relations between our Y. P. G. U. and
the Church.
A man may profess and not be-
lieve; this is hypocrisy, sin most
abhorrent to God and man. A man
may believe and not know; this is a
state of ignorance, or more gently
speaking, an imperfect spiritual life.
A man may know and not do; this
is reconciliation, the natural condi-
ton of man. With the law of recon
Citation before us for eighteen hun
bred years, knowledge without doing
becomes moral sin equal to that of
profession without belief.
To know thing is to get mental
grasp of it. knowledge is the con-
tact of the spirit with the divine laws
which pervade the universe. Spir-
itual growth must precede knowledge
before it can weigh or distinguish the
truths and fine perceptions of honesty
and morality, just as the material
body must be trained before the
gymnast can win the plaudits of the
multitude.
This kind of knowledge is power
over things of sense and time; it is
action, motion, life. Those who pos
sess it through heredity, fortunate
environments of youth and doing, are
Gods chosen ones, the partakers with
him in the glories of creation. They
occupy the high places of earth and
are with the spirit of Christ in heaven
to rule all the material and the spir-
itual creations. Their names are not
always sung in praise by passing
generations, nor does the rabble kneel
to them in the name of popularity.
Without pretense or vain gloryings
those who know pursue their course
in harmony with the laws of God.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-04-13

Some recent Church of England
statistics show that the smallest living
is that of Upper Eldon, in Hampshire.
The annual income of the rector of that
parish is only $40 year.
"A Scotch elder was asked how the
kirk was getting along. He answered:
"Aweel, we had 400 members, then we
had division and there were only 200
left; then disruption, and only ten Of
us we're left; then we had heresy trial.
and now only me and Brother Duncan
are left. and have great doubts of Dun
cans orthodoxy"
AT the head of the Japanese nation
(says correspondent in the Westmins-
ter Gazette) stands one man, Count Ito.
its Prime Minister-the man who has
had more to do than any other with
making it what it is. A commoner by
birth. though by creation a peer. Ito
Hirobumo-or, as we should say, Hiro-
bumo Ito-has had truly wonderful
career. 1t is not much more than three
decades since he. then youth of prom
Use. together with companions who are
now Count Inonye and Viscount Yamao,
was struggled out of the country by the
Prince Of Chiosiu, whose retainers all
three were, to see what Europe was
really like.
The humors of interpreting are
probably inexhaustible, but here is
rather good one. 1t refers to Lord
Wriothesley Russell, who was a rector in
Buckinghamshire, and also Canon of
Windsor: Late in life he became
teetotaller, and announced the fact to
temperance meeting at Windsor. He
said his reason for going in for total
abstinence was that for forty years. as a
parish clergyman, he had been trying to
cure drunkards by making them drink
in moderation but had never once sue.
ceeded. The Windsor paper said 1.-THE
noble and reverend Lord gave us his
reason that for forty years he had been
trying to drink in moderation, but had
never once succeededr'
"A pleasing incident in the life of
Oliver Wendell Holmes is related. At
country fair for charity the ever poplu-
lar post-office was sadly in need of let
tiers, when lady, discovering the witty
poet among the audience. requested him
to furnish an epistle for the occasion.
Quick as thought he took sheet Of pa
per, and between it's folds placed 81
bank note; turning to the first page he
wrote the following:
Dear lady, whosoe'er thou art,
Turn this poor page with trembling care;
But hush, Oh, hush thy beating heart!
The one thou lov'st best will be there.
In obedience to the poets Injunction,
the page turned, disclosed the attractive
greenback of the value of 81, and to
prove the truth of his assertion, he
made the following appeal on the oppo-
site page from the bank deposit:
Fair lady, lift thine eyes and tell
If this is not truthful letter;
This is the one thou lowest well,
And naught (O) would make thee love it bet
ter
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-04-13

one-half per cent of Americas men are
college graduates, and by that one-half
per cent, fifty eight per cent of the high
est places of honor and remuneration
are held. Every young man and woman
in the Universalist church should spend
a few years at Lombard. Mr.. BEEN as
sured US, in his closing remarks that, il
possible, he would spend year in the
divinity department himself, and, If for
tune favored him the time would be
heightened to three years.
The effect of his sermon was not alone
to entertain; but will bear fruit crafty
ing to all those who are greatly inter-
ested in advanced learning, by way Of
adding somewhat to the roll of LON bard
University, and the upholding of the
Universalist church, j. E. BREMNER.
Usage, IOWA,
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-04-13

1t is computed by a statistician of the
curious that Queen Victoria's hand,
which is said to be handsome one, has
signed more important State papers and
been kissed by more important men than
the hand of any other Queen that ever
lived. The Queen does a great deal of
political work of which the public rarely
hears. Every day sealed boxes of docu-
ments are brought TO her. and in one
year she has read as many as $4,000
State papers.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-04-13

sacramental cup from some aged
saint whose flesh might on the morrow
be torn by lions, and his grey hair
matted with blood and clogged with
dust of the arena. When the church
had been adopted by the Empire,
and-like SO many individuals who
cannot bear prosperity-had lost her
purity in the sudden transition from
social ostracism.to imperial dominion,
this same sacrament, administered
now in stately cathedrals, and sur
rounded by the pomp of robed pro-
cessions, lighted tapers, and swing
ing censers, still commemorated the
spirit of self-sacrifice and fraternal
love, which was so marked charac-
teristic of the faith when first de-
livered to the saints. Scotch Cove
nanters and English Puritans, in the
days of their persecution, met in
mountain Businesses, With forest
aisles for cathedral arches, and light
of stars for tapers; and sad winds
signing through needles of the pines,
and mighty tempests sweeping
through swaying tree-tops, and thun-
der of stormy seas on rocky-shores,
for organ tones; and there they also
symbolized the suffering of their
Master whose outcast lot they shared
in that they had not where to lay
their head.
Looking backward along the high
way of the centuries we see the noble
army of the martyrs who, on the eve
of execution have renewed their spir-
itual courage by joining in this
solemn rite. We see the professions
of white-robed children, in city cathe-
dral or village church, receiving their
first communion from the same hands
that had rested in baptismal bless
ing on their infant heads. We see
aged saints, for whom the charming
splendors of heaven are fast displac-
ing the fading visions of earth, bid
ding farewell to the world and receiv-
ing for the last time the sacred en-
blems of the saving power of Him
who is our guide through deaths
dark vale." We see the myriads of
simple, humble souls, unknown to
fame, but known and loved of God,
who in this sacrament, and the mem
cries it evokes, have found power
to heal their griefs and sanctify their
joys. These are the associations
which this solemn rite has absorbed
in its journey through the ages, and
which it brings to us this morning,
welcoming us to divine fellowship
with them all. In sympathy with all
sincere souls who have named the
name of Christ and eat and drink to
the memory of the Master who said,
''If any man will be great among you
let him be the servant of all" and
who himself set the example, in
broken bread and sacramental cup,
we renew our vows that we will bear
one another's burdens, even as we
need to be helped in the hour of our
own weakness; that we will forgive
the real or fancied wrongs which we
have suffered even as we have need
of human charity and divine mercy;
and that putting aside all selfishness,
we will continue to aid one another
in the attainment of all Christian ex-
cellence.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-04-13

BENEFAcToRs IN VIRTUE.-(ReU. j. c.
Adams.) 1t is great and enviable thing
to have garnered a noble fortune, invest
ed it with care, and administered it gen.
erously. Money is mighty for good in
sanctified hands. 1t is the handspring
of all higher progress. And to have
turned large fraction of the riches of
a community into channels where it will
bless the world. is an admirable achieve
ment. ] have no word but praise for
those who having great riches use them
richly. But you and | may not all be
millioniares. 1t is not ours to get and
give many dollars. We may not leave
our names built into the brick and stone
of stately edifices. We may not rank
among great benefactors. because God
may not have entrusted us with great
riches. But we may add greatly to the
worlds treasures, out of rich and gener
GUS hearts. We may be benefactors in
virtue, we may give largely of moral
strength to needy people. If you could
live SO wisely and so nobly, that when
the sod swells above you, and the CHS
elled stone sits on your breasts, there
may be some to miss. not alone your
face, your voice, your step, but feel be-
reaved for strong heart, a conscience
true as the compass, love that fed all
those that shared it. you will leave more
than if you could beqreath millions to
your heirs. and not be missed yourself.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-04-13
MANcHEsTER. Iowa.

-Apollouaris is the name of a minis
ter who delivers sparkling discourses to
the people OF Strong City. Mo.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-04-13

Our GROWTH. = (Re0. j. FL. Forms
aUorth.) "We grow as fast as we de.
serve" So said devoted laborer in our
church, at one of our late conferences.
May each Universalist who reads this
article stop and think whether it be not
SO. Look at ont fact named in one of
our papers, that, in four of our New
England States, scarce one in six of our
parishes last year contributed to the
missionary work of the General Conven-
ton, and the average of those contrib.
uting was but fraction above fifteen
dollars. How can we expect church
growth unless we contribute the means
by which alone that growth can be Sc
cured? If we barely hold the field we
have won, how shall We march on to win
new victoriesY From what source shall
issue forth among us the missionary
spirit, when so many Of our pastors do
not urge the people to give. and SO many
of the laity who are invited do not con-
tribute?
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-04-13

The RIGHT TO PRAY.-(Rev. A. A.
Thayer. We believe, therefore, that
all men everywhere. and in all worlds,
will have the right topray. The Heaven
ly Parent reserves the right to forgive
all who will forgive others. His nature
does not change. and his merciful kind
ness endureth forever. / believe that
every man will yet be brought into a
prayerful mood. "Is any among you
afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry?
let him sing psalms" said st. James, v.
13. And one is as natural as the other
-as natural as tears and laughter to the
sorrowing and the happy. A genuine
belief in God stimulates prayer to God
1t may not be verbal-it may not be
audible. But the inner spirit longs for
communion with the higher heavenly
power. Prayer is the perpetual blosso M
ing OF holy life.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-04-13
OUR WRITERS.

THEOLOGY. AND RELIGION -(Rev T. H.
Tabor --The trouble is, that SO many
professed believers in our faith mistake
theology for religion. When the simple
truth is that there may be great album
dance of theology, and no religion at all.
For God may be apprehended by intell-
ect alone, and then the ideas of him float
like an idle speculation and are never
converted into life, There cannot be
true religion without theology, for where
there is no knowledge of God, there is
either Atheism or blind superstition.
What we want is true theology convert
ed into life-that is religion-and it will
bring parent and child to God in an
humble, loving service.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-04-13

THE Reform CHURcH.-(R er. G. S.
Weaver, d. D)-The first thing. the
leading thing. is reform. This begins
the divine work. The church that is to
be, is the reform church; the church
that lays the axe at the root of evil; the
church that puts its sickle in among the
briars and thistles; that has the Drawn
lest hand to help the most needy and
lost. The missionary field of the coming
church is to be in the nest of vice and
the haunts of sin. protected by modern
law, and given mock responsibility by
modern business. taxation and conser-
vatism. The church of the future is to
be thunder and lightning church. that
will shake society with purifying storms,
and knock bad men out of their wicked
ruts, to learn that safety and success are
to be found in living right and doing
good.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-05-06

and McAllIster does the act for the
Painters. -
Henry Flanagan wants to be given
a trial as a pitcher.
The Painters begin their long trip
away from home on Thursday, COM
mencing at Austin.
Mcfarland win be more useful in the
outfeld hereafter on account of his
hitting powers.
Reilly played finely, in spite Of his
errors.
BY the time the Painters return from
their long trip the grounds will he In
perfect shape.
Hoffman's one fault is his slowness in
watching bases.
Henry Flanngan's throwing arm ls
SO weak he can hardly get the ball
across the diamond
If the spectators would take less
stock in the kicking OF players against
the umpire's decisions 1t would serve
the interests Of the game much better.
Neary every player makes Kick &C.
casionally for grand stand effect, even
when he knows he Is wrong.
Reilly and Tom Flanagan were the
only ones who took liberties with Nc
Mackn's curves.
Todays game begging at o'clock.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-05-06
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
A Quiet Wedding solemnlzed Yester.
day Afternoon.

Harry L. Crowl and Miss Josephine
Hirschfleld were quietly united in mar
rlage at the Christian church yester-
day afternoon at 3 o'clock, Rev. Homer
I. Wilson officiating. There were no
attendants, and only the relatives and
Intimate friends OF the contracting par
ties were present. The bride was hand
somely gowned and looked MS pretty
as brides are supposed to be. Miss
Hirschiield Is the daughter of John
Hlrschileld, deceased. and is very Dopu-
lar and accomplished. She numbers
her friends by the hundred, all Of whom
Join In sincere and benttlnE congratu.
iatons. The happy groom is a young
Missourlan from Kansas CITY. wbo
came TO Fort Worth, got struck on the
city, fell In love with one Of its prettiest
girls, was conquered, and, to be trne
to himself, got married. He Is n valued
employe of the McCord- Collins Com
merce company, for whom he is stem
ographer and office secretary, and is
deserVedly popular.
Inc young couple will make tbe,r
nome on the South Side. They have The
best wishes OF all who know them for
an the best things life holds in store
ior those who run its race.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-05-06

prepare the new grounds the audience
had 10 nut up with many inconVen-
fences. but for all that they WeIe
nicased with the accommodations. lhe
grounds are very large, level ana
smooth and fit to play on alreauy.
About 100 feet of the grand stand was
already covered in and Afforded shelteI
for big crowd. When the stanus
and bleachers are finished mere W
ba a seating capacity for 5000 specta-
tors. There is enough ground insidt
Inc enclosure to afford plenty OF room
FOR the outfielders and three-bassefs
and home runs can easily be maze
inside the ground. CO.,
In the fourth inning Mackay. Tor
having a strike called on himself az,
tempted to assault Umpire Bailey ah1
was promptly fined S25 and put OUT oI
the game. This sort OF behavior
should not be tolerated here tor a mn,
ute and Manager Richards shouiu hot
permit ii. Mr.. Bailey's work here last
week caused great dissatisfaction anu
thore was considerable ill-feeling DIS
PLAYED towards him all through the
game Yesterday, and his work did not
do ANYTHING to alleviate H. Mr.. Bailey
evidently tries to be fair ana CON
scientlous in his rule but he has losi
the confidence Of the Fort worth pan
players and people as an uiHPts' 80
his further retention here VIII only
cause bad blood. His being sent back
here was a serious blunder. The soon
er Mr., Bailey Is taken away from here
and also kept out Of any game in
which the Painters take part in the
future the better for the league.
Manager Richards tclegraphed TO
President McNealus last night, stating
that he would not allow Bailey to UNI
pire on the local grounds again.
After the game several outsiders at
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-05-06
APPLlcATIoN FoR RECEIVER
For the Montague Coal Mining Com
pany Filed at Waco.

Saturday an application was fled in
the United States district circuit court
at Waco by Colonel j. p Smith OF this
city for the appointment Of receiver
for the Montague Coal Mining COM
pany. The property had been adver-
tised for sale on May I, under n deed
Of trust for S2S, 900, and the application
for receiver was made In order to
prevent sacrifice by sale. The mining
property Is located five miles from
Bowie, in Montague county, and IL
valued at from $3.50, 600 to $500 600. There
is 100000 capital stock, two-thirds Of
which Is owned by tho City National
bank of Fort Worth Of which Colonel
Smith Is receiver. The principal office
of the company is in Fort Worth, and
the officers and directors reside here.
Max Elser Is president and j. ]. Roche
secretary OF the company. Colonel
Thomas II. West of Fort Worth repre-
sents the petitioners. The case Will
come up In the United States court at
Waco before Judge John b. Rector to-
day for argument and decision.