The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-02-16
CURRENT PRESS NOTES.

The pastor who is no sooner settled.
than he quietly begins correspondence
with view to broader field" need not
be surprised il the church keeps its eve
open for broader pastor [Chrstian
Herald.
DR.. JOSEPH PARKER. who is nothing
if not eccentric. is reported as saying
that. broadly speaking, there will be no
pulpit in the twentieth century. Is that
to be taken as delicate way OF saying
that he will not be here?- 1.-THE Stand
ard.
LAST year was a period of abnormal
activity among English ghosts and ap-
partitions. According to the latest report
of the English Society for Psychical Re.
search. no less than 1854 disembodied
spirits were seen by it's correspondents
during the last twelve months. England
is certainly becoming a much livelier
country than at any time in it's past his
tory The Outlook.
AS the rudder steers the ship through
storm and tempest, so does discussion
lead the mind to the better understand
ing of complicated question. Some Of
the grandest results of life can trace their
origin to the conflicts of opinion Indeed
it would be unfortunate for the world
and peculiarly sad contemplation, if
the ideas and convictions of mankind
flowed in the same direction.-TJetrish
Ledger.
UNLESS we quite mistake the situation
there is no other truth which, in the
teaching and preaching all about us,
could in these times be more eminently
timely than this twofold truth, rightly
shown to people. young and old, of the
presence Of Christ and the indwelling Of
the Holy Spirit, alike transcendent and
immanent, near to them, close as con-
sciousn ess itself, divinely helpful-the
very life of their life. What is wanted
almost more than anything else is, that
the public mind get ueed to this higher
thought. imbued with this great, inn
pending and inspiring expectation. -
l1he AdC0nce.
The year of grace 1894 saw the United
States of America at peace and on friend
ly footing with all other nations. That
is as it ought to be, and that it may be
so always the American policy of equity
and truthfulness must be unvaryipg and
perpetual. Our providehtial mission is
to build up the mightiest and happiest
nationality on the globe. What it's num-
bers will be in the year 1895 We may es-
innate or conjecture. China, with it's
42l8,401 square miles of territory, and a
population of nearly 100 to every square
mile, sustains over 040C0,oCO of people
The United States with 35O1 AGO square
miles of territory and 100000 inhab-
itants-20 to the square niIe-is capable
of supporting population equally dense.
-[New York Advocate.
DEALING with little things makes men
little. 1t is fixed law that complete
absorption in the trifling affairs of daily
life dwarfs the faculties of the soul. If
we would become broad and strong, we
must give at least some time to matters
OF larger moment. A widening horizon
is one of the conditions of healthy
growth. Reading commonplace books is
a most debilitatipg process. Persistent
ly INDUCED in, it produces a state of
mind bordering on imbecility. The folly
OF those who deliberately discard the
great writer's in prose and poetry. to keep
company with the vast host of mediocre
authors, is beyond compIt hension.-
[NashUiLe Christian Advocate.
Two things show clearly, we believe,
in the ever recurring controversy about
spoken and read sermons. The first is
that people like the preacher to look
them right in the face, and to speak
right from the heart to the heart. They
are willing even to sacrifice literary pro-
priety and polish for free address. The
second thing is a consensus of opinion
that the spoken sermon is, in the major
ity of casee, the most effective form of
pulpit speech. 1t has a freedom and
force denied to the most elaborate manu-
script. The granting of these two points
should go long way in settling the con-
troversy for every preacher anxious to
fulfil the noblest functions Of his calling.
-[Nel0 York Observer.