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The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-06-29

PRESIDENT HARPER,
looVDall III Vno OF Chicago University
University is reported to have
said in a recent newspaper interview
that 1.-THE University of Chicago will
encourage football to the fullest extent,
especially intercollegiate football" On
this declaration the Outlook comments
as follows: 1--WE are moved to respect
fully inquire why university should
encourage the playing of football any
more than the playing of lacrosse, tennis
golf, one old cat, whist. billiards. or the
flute. We have labored under the i'm
preston that the function of the uni
versity is to encourage healthy appetite
for knowledge of the best that has
been thought and said in the world
and we are still of the opinion that it
would be we'll for the universities of this
country to corfine themselves to their
true function" DIR. Standish, in his
farewell address to the class of '95 at
Lombard, touched this matter of sport
in our colleges and comes to the sober
conclusion that there has been too
much attention given to these things to
the disadvantage of the true learning
which the college is established to i'm
part. He regards the warning words of
President Eliot as timely. We hope for
a change in this direction aid may it
come speedily. Our young men will
surely have opportunity enough in after
life to measure their skill in the sports
of the field without wasting the precious
time that should be devoted to the
higher pursuits for which the college
and the university stand.
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DIR. Miners parting injunction to the

DIR. Miners parting injunction to the
ministry, the simple yet all sufficient
words, "Be Faithful" will be tenderly
remembered. No more appropriate mes
sage could be sent to his associates in
the sacred office of the ministry. They
evince at once his own fidelity and his
supreme ambition for the church OF his
love. With a ministry faithful to its
sacred duties and devoted to the highest
interest of their heaven endowed mis-
sion, DIR. Miner knew that all things
else would be added to the church. 1t
remains for the living to remember his
parting Injunction. 1t came from one
who was pre- eminently faithful. and
faithful even to the very end. 1t was a
beautiful message and will live in our
Uni versalist history. "Give my love to
the ministers and say to them, BE Faith
full" Again we say, let it aforementioned
and we'll applied.
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PERSON AL.

Woodlawn Park Ryder Memorial) will
call Rev. F. w. Millar, of Whitewater,
Wis, this week. He will be good man
we'll placed with pleasant people.
DIR. Cantwell was the supply" at
Joliet last Sunday morning. Rev. Mr..
Laing having an engagement of special
Importance elsewhere.
Rev. S. G. Hayford supplied the pull
pit at Neenah, Wis, last Sunday. The
parish expect Mr.. Wells, of the Tufts
Divinity School to settle with them after
his graduation.
In the last paper the address of Rev.
A. K. BEEN for the next two months
was printed as Mason, Ill. 1t should be
Macon. Friends will please note this
correction.
The late DIR. Miner attributed the
vigor of his old age to his daily horse.
back ride. He was familiar figure on
the streets of Boston, mounted on his
we'll KNOWN BL6eQ.
Judge d. H. Pinney, of the Englewood
church. has removed to the North Shore,
much to the regret of many friends in
the parish who will be deprived of his
presence and help in church work.
Mr.. James H. Swan and Mrs. Swan,
of st. Paul's church, sail July s for
Europe. The UNIvERsALIsT wishes them
prosperous voyage, pleasant sojourn.
and happy return to Chicago in the
autumn.
DIR. Garfield of st. Paul's church,
gives the Commencement address at
Buchtel College this week. He breaches
for the last time before vacation next
Sunday morning. He will spend July
and August at his country home in War
rem, Mass.
Rev. Asa M. Bradley. who has been
appointed missionary of the W. G. A.
in California, is the son of Rev. G. A..
Bradley, of Brewster. Mass, and the
cousin of Rev. DIR. Gunnison of Worces-
ter. He is man of marked ability and
life long devotion to the church.
A memorial address was delivered in
the M. E. church at Fairfield. Ind, on
Sunday afternoon. June l6. by Rev. 1. B.
Grandy on behalf of the Knights OF
Pythias. Ceremonies appropriate to the
occasion took place at the cemetery and
the graves of fallen Knights were strewn
with flowers.
Rev. Charles Z. Varney. of Monroe,
Wis. has taken to himself a helpmeet
in the pastoral work; the engagement is
for life. He was married to Miss Mecca
Doughty, Tuesday. June IS. at Glen
wood, Iowa. Mrs. Varney has been a
successful teacher in Council Bluffs and
has held the principalship of one OF the
schools. The happy couple will spend
part of the vacation in Glenwood and
vicinity and part at Devils Lake, Wis.
We tender congratulations.
Prof. Walter B. Gunnison, of Brooklyn
has been nominated by the Advisory
Committee as President of ST. Lawrence
University, Canton. N. Y. 1t was done
without consultation with him, and his
acceptance is uncertain. Prof. Gunni.
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getful of its duty, or stupidity blind
to the necessary implications of such

getful of its duty, or stupidity blind
to the necessary implications of such
a visionary and destructive theory.
1t is a poor compliment to the
"Christ Mission" to denude it of its
largest appeal to the love and rever-
ence of mankind by ignoring the per-
sonality of Jesus as sketched by those
who were the nearest to him, whose
records constitute our only knowledge
OF the historical parsonage. Univer-
salists may be depended upon to ad-
here to the "idea of Christ held by
those who wrote the Bible account"
in preference to any improvements
made thereon by those who would
argue away the divine personality of
our Lord and discredit the record
which alone testifies to his work and
ministry among men. Nor will the
Universalist Church ever be willing,
we opine, to exchange the personal
Jesus, the Christ, for any elusive and
visionary ideal, born of human in
vention, and by process of evoln-
ton, even though we are allowed to
call it "Christ or Buddha or what we
will" The historic Christ as pictured
by the evangelist-the divine Son
and anointed of God, the worker of
miracles and the Saviour of the
world-will remain with the Chris
tian church in common as the one
Lord and Master, whose followers
share with no earthly parsonage their
highest love and reverence.
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SATURDAY, JUNE 30.
EDITORIAL.

~. The Chicago Trib-
a 4olenVinc Dasis une, in last Sundays
for Universalism. ;.s,,a hos +b;s 70 COW.
ga Universalist clergyman of consider
able Importance in New England in a
recent sermon outlined what the scien-
tific basis of the new faith of his denom-
ination must be. The materialism of the
church is to be exchanged for healthy
idealism. The old idea that evil and
error could not be included in the Abso-
Lutte is to be given up, and the new one
substituted, that evil and error are in
God, as he is all in all, though from his
standpoint they do not appear as evil
and error. The speaker also affirmed
that death is only an incident and un-
real; and the only real thing is the
all-inclusive Absolute. 1t is not ex-
actly clear what all this means, but
when one begins diving down deep into
the theologies clearness of statement is
not looked for. Idealism is an elastic
condition which can be made to mean
almost anything.
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son is graduate of Westbrooh Semin-
airy and st. Lawrence, in which he was
Professor of Latin for ten years. He is
widely known as an educator, and is at
present the principal of one of the larg-
est schools in Brooklyn.
Invitations have been received in
Galesburg for the wedding of Florence
Josephine Lee and Edmund Allen Whit
man, Thursday, June 81, at 73O o'clock
p. M, in the Universalist church, Can
ton, N. Y. The Register says: miss
Lee has been for several years the teach.
or of vocal music in Knox Conservatory
of Music, and her remarkable gift OF
song has been source Of delight and
enjoyment ever since she has been here.
Combined with this talent is kind, I'M
affected and cordial manner that has en-
deared her to all who have formed her
acquaintance. She has made marked
success of her department, and as a
teacher has few equals. The brilliant
vocal work done by the Conservatory
graduates this year is proof of her effici-
ency. Galesburg regrets exceedingly
to lose Miss Lee, and will heartily wish
her great happiness in her welded life.
Her home after October l will be at 36
Trowbridge street, Cambridge, Macs.
Mr.. Whitman is an attorney. A pleas
ing bit of news in connection with the
foregoing item is tn 1T the newly married
couple will take trip across the waters
and afterward do England on the BIZ
<a.-olo
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THE UNIvERsALIsT is somewhat of a
summer issue this week. DR.. Hanson
strikes a new note in his article ITO
and from Tophet." He has sounded
the praises Of California SO often that
this variation in the music is refreshing
notwithstanding the Tophet he de-
scribes. Mrs. Sherwood describes pic
nicing around Washington and old Mar
shall Hall very pleasantly. The sixth page
contains an article by the principal of
the Philadelphia Cooking School, Sarah
j. Rohrer, on her speciality which will be
interesting to house wives and many be-
sides. We also complete the reports of
the Convention of Minnesota. giving the
Sunday school report and that of the Y.
P. c. U.
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THE funeral services of DIR. Miner, at
the Columbus Avenue Universalist
church. on Tuesday, June Is, are reported
word for word on the second page. Our
readers will peruse this report with mel
ancholy interest. The services we're i'm
pressive in their simplicity. every utter
ance worthy Of the solemn occasion and
of the great man called to his rest.
Mingled with the grief at the sudden
bereavement was the undertone of de.
vout gratitude to God for the long life of
81 years just closed and for the eminent
services of the patriarch to our Church
and to the world.
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UNITY-NOT CONFORMITY.

We find an interesting symposium
on Christian Unity printed in re-
cent Sunday number of the Pitts
burg Dispatch in which Universalists
are represented by the contribution
of Rev. r. H. Pullman, D. D., of Bal
timore. The subject is engaging the
attention of many broad minded men
in the prominent denominations and
is being widely discussed, perhaps
more widely discussed than at any
previous time in the history of the
Christian religion. The unity which
is deemed possible is, however. not
the union of all denominations and
beliefs in one organization, but the
unity of the spirit which will enable
Christians of all names to work to-
gether for the upbuilding of the
kingdom of God among men, ire
spective of UNCONVENTIONAL affilia-
lions and without the antagonism Of
sects. The prevalence of this spirit
among Christians would do away
with many of the evils of sectarianism
and Danish the supremacy of creedal
separations among all true hearted
workers for the common ends of
Christian love and righteousness.
We anticipate the rapid growth of
this spirit in the coming years. No
doubt the early days of the Twenti-
eth Century will witness the demon
nations dwelling together in more
delightful harmony than the world
has ever before witnessed. With no
surrender of distinctive principles and
with no disloyalty to existing church
es or organizations, we believe this
spirit of Christian love and fraternity
will infuse its blessed influence into
the hearts of myriads of followers of
the one common Master until all sect
arian hatred and denominational ami
mosities are banished from among
men, and followers of all creeds and
churches will cheerfully work to-
gether for the redemption of man in
this life and the uplifting of the
world to the grand requirements of
the religion of Jesus Christ.
In the symposium above mentioned
DR.. Pullman does not anticipate the
success of Christian unity in the
sense of conformity; nor is he sure
that such conformity would be desir-
able or wise. He remarks:
II have been trying for 40 years to
convert the world to Universalism, and
to infuse the hearts of men with the
spirit of these doctrines. OF course, l
understand Universalism TO be but an
other name for Christianity. have not
converted the world. though / thought
in the enthusiasm of my youth, it would
be comparatively an easy thing to make
all who would listen see as l saw, these
sublime truths.
II suppose ministers in every other
denomination, each for his own. has
been trying to do about the same impos
sible thing. The Catholic would make
everybody Catholic; the Baptist would
make everybody Baptist; the Presby-
terian would make everybody Presby-
terian as l would make everybody a
Universalist. And SO on through the
entire list of denominations"
DIR. Pullman thinks the world can
not come into theological unity "this
side of the Millennium" and in that
estate "no doubt we shall all be Uni
versalists." He further remarks:
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UNIvERsALIsT PROFESSION OF FAITH.
ADOPTED 1903.

We believe that the Holy Scriptures of the Old
md New Testaments contain revelation OF the
character of God. and of the duty, interest and
6nal destination of mankind
II.
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.
III.
We believe that holiness and true happiness
ere inseparably connected, and that believers
ought to be careful to maintain order, and practice
good works, for these things are good and profit
able unto men.
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Ube WniversaIist
J. S. CANTwgLL. D. D.. EDITOR.

THE EDITOR Is assisted by able writers
b. all departments. The Interior and Western
News from the churches solicited and always
welcome.
a. All articles intended for THE UNIvERsALIsT
should be addressed Editor of the Unversalist,
Chicago, Ills.
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months, postage paid. Sample copies to any ad.
dress free on application.
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We do not wonder that this pre-
sentation was repudiated in the Cali
fornia Convention. 1t clearly de-
stroys the personal Christ of the New
Testament and erects fgment of
the imagination in the place of the
historical parsonage who is the one
true Saviour of the World. The
writer's of the New Testament do not
present beautiful myth or mag
mary ideal for human love and rev
erence, which we are at liberty to
call anything we please, "Christ, or
Buddha, or what we will" They
give us an historical parsonage as
the object of supreme devotion and
also a we'll attested record of his life
and ministry. 1t is this Jesus, the
Christ, that the Universalist Church
recognizes in its Profession as Zone
Lord Jesus Christ, and not any such
elusive and impersonal ideal as Mr..
Gaylord describes. The Universalist
convention that would pass by such
a presentation without vigorously re-
pudiating it, would be strangely for
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FIELD AGENT, T. !. MOORE.

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LIVE my love 10 tHe
DR.. Miners Last ministers and say to
message them BE Faithful 1"
This was the last message of ALoNzo
AMEs MINER. 1t was wholly character
istic of the man who was sinking to his
rest. The deceased patriarch always
loved the ministers of our church, and
was happy as their number increased
and as he witnessed their devotion. He
was generally present at Cornhill or
West Street when they assembled on
Monday morning, and he rarely failed
to attend any ministerial gathering. He
was particularly kind and considerate to
the younger men of the denomination
and was always ready to aid them by his
wise counsel and help them when nee
cessary.
Looking back across the vista of thirty
two years the present writer recalls
wildly DIR. Miners kindness to the
young and inexperienced preacher in
South Boston. and remembers how often
the strong man helped the weak; and
how frequently his aid and assistance
were invoked and never in vain. We so
remember DIR. Miners tenderness and
sympathy in the first great sorrow of
our life and how he sought to comfort
mourning hearts in our own household,
fulfilling in that hour the sacred offices
OF pastor and friend. These memories.
always dear to us. are rendered more
sacred by his translation to "the house
not made with hands. eternal in the
heavens"
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We are unable to iden-
The Basis not tify the source of
lntelnglple' these declarations.
1.-THE Universalist clergyman of consider
able Importance in New England" is I'M
known to us. So far as the material
ism of the Church" is concerned, the
effort has always been to minimize its
influence and make it more truly spirit
ual, if that is what our clergyman means
by "idealism." There is nothing new
here demanding scientific presentation.
All churches are more or less liable to
the inroads of materialism and ours is
no exception. Every good pastor seeks
to overcome this tendency and lead his
people along loftier levels. The foggy
statement in reference to evil, and the
pantheistic touch of God being all in all.
if intended to teach that God is identi-
cal with evil, is not very encouraging
basis for the evangelistic work of a Chris
tian church. 1t presents God as en-
bracing as part Of Himself what he
commands his children to overcome.
Death is certainly "only an incident of
the divine economy, but it is solemn
reality as we'll, and will be always SO re-
garded. The "Allinclusive Absolute"
is something that again needs explana-
ton. Does the clergymen mean God as
Christians understand the term, or Mat
thew Arnold's STREAM Of tendency or
Herbert Spencer's "unknowable?" We
agree with our contemporary that the
meaning of this clergyman who attempts
to outline scientific basis" for "the
new faith of the denomination" is
puzzle. If we knew the author, his
personality might help to elucidate his
thought, but in darkness as to that we
are in darkness as to all. Certainly if
this outline signifies the "New Univer-
salism" we are invited to appropriate. de-
tenders of the "Old Universalism" need
not be troubled with it. They will be
all dead and gone many years before its
outline principles, as thus indicated, are
sufficiently explained to be understood
by the people waiting impatiently, as we
are told. for new light.
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1t is not such dreadful thing after
all to be carried off bodily by a couple
of girls who know they can do just what
they have mind 10 with you. when you
are too lazy to resist them. especially il
such a charming picnic ensues. Indeed
it has been so delightfully."- refreshing, SO
much better than staying at home. these
sweet girls shall have surprise next
week. l will carry them off to Fort
Washington, whore the National Guard
are camped. and you shall hear about
that and Mt. Vernon in the next letter.
EMILY L. SHERWOOD.
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At five o'clock the other boat. "Jhs
Queen" arrives with load OF the cleri-
cal and official people. Women rush Ly
each other TO secure best places-is
though all places we're lot best on these
grounds. perhaps dragging a child by
one hand and Juggling at their Luz CHI
baskets with the other. They swarm in
the grounds. dispellirg the heavenly
quiet and delightfully."- dreamy atmos-
phere of repose that has brooded over
US for the past few hours, and we resolve
to go home on the return trip.
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it into their heads to turn hunter. I
suppose many OF the bears are hiber-
Mating, but the wolves-if there are any
waiting for us-wtll be wide awake, and
may give us che toughest kind of
sport.
Fred Whitney knew his mother better
than did his friend, and understood the
expression on her face. So did Jennie,
and the couple had such sport of their
Boston visitor, that the cloud quickly
vanished, and Monteith felt a trifle hui
Initiated at his exhibition of what might
be considered tinlidity. Nevertheless, he
quietly slipped his loaded revolver in the
outer pocket CT his heavy coat, just be-
fore starting, and when no one was
watching him.
Precisely at s O'Clock the three friends,
warmly and conveniently clad, with their
! keen edged skates securely fastened, glib
ed gracefully up stream, the mother
standing ON the porch of her home and
watching the figures as they vanished in
| the moonlight.
She was smiling, but in her heart was a
mis- giving, such as she had not felt before,
| when her children were starting off for an
! evenings enjoyment The minute they
were beyond sight, she signs, and turning
about, resumed her seat by the table in
the center Of the sitting room, where, as
the lamp light fell upon Eer pale face, she
strGve to drive away the disquieting
! thoughts that would not leave her.
| 1t was a. pleasing sight as the three
ycurg people, the picture of life, health
and Joyous spirits, side by side, laughing,
jesting, and with never a thought OF dam
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jected their bare limbs into the crystalline
air, ard here and there where they leaned
over the banks, were thrown In relief
against the moonlight sky beyond. Tie
moon itself was nearly in the zenith and
the reflected CLEAN from the CLASSY sur
face made the light almost like that of
day. Along the shore, however the shad-
Ows were so gloomy and threatening that
Monteith Sterry, more than once, gave a
slight shudder and reached his nlittened
hand down to his side 20 make sure his
weapon was in place.
The course was sihuous from the be-
ginning, winding in and out so continu-
ously that the length of the stream must
have been double that of a straight line
extending over the same course. Some of
these tu1nings were abrupt. and then
were long sweeping curves with a view
extending several hundred yards
They were spinning around one of these,
when Sterry uttered an exclamation:
I'm Disappointed
"Why?" inquired Jennie, at his. elbow.
Il had just wrought myself up to the
fancy that we were pioneers, the first
people of our race to enter this primeVal
wilderness, when lon'
he extended his arm up stream, and to
the right, where a star-like twinkle showed
that dwelling stood, or some parties had
kindled a camp fire. 49,
I 'Quance, an old fisherman and hunter,
| lives there" exclaimed Fted, "as L be
| lieve he has done for fifty years
| Would you like to make call on
| him 2" asked Jennie.
Il have no desire TO do so; 1 enjoy this