The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-05-30
SATURDAY, MAY 30.
EDITORIAL.

MANY VI tu6 TohU6Is
Ferd' Schumacher, Of The UN1vERsAL1s1
Ine oatmeai have already learned,
King. and with sincere re.
greet, of the business troubles of Ferdi.
dand Schumacher the " Oatmeal King, y
recently of Akron, but of late years a
resident Of Chicago, who made an as.
Segment few weeks ago. They will
be pleased to learn now that practically
all his creditors have been heard from
and are willing to wait for the payment
of their claims. 1t is announced that
dollar for dollar will be paid and that
considerable of an estate will still be left.
Ferdinand Schumacher deserves we'll OF
this world and of all who love mankind.
In the days of his prosperity he was
wisely generous with his money and no
good cause appealed to him in vain. In
Akron he is widely esteemed and hon.
ored He has been called to pass through
a severe financial experience, but all his
friends rejoice that his business integ-
rity is unsullied and that his creditors
are his friends. May he bespared health
and strength to cope with all his difficult
ties and come out finally with sufficient
estate to make him comfortable in his
old age.
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A WRITER in the Oh
The Despair of server takes a text
Lille. from Prof. Romaines,
of Oxford University, England, who was
an apnoetic until short time before his
death, and quotes him as saying that his
unbelief chad destroyed all the worth OF
lifeY to him. In his book "a Candid
Examination of Theism" Romaines fur
Their said: 81 am not ashamed to con-
fessu he writes "that with the virtual
negation of God the universe to me has
lost its soul of loneliness. When at
times | think, as think must, OF the
appalling contrast between the hallowed
glory of the creed which was once mine
and the mystery of existence as now
find it, at such times l shall ever feel IL
impossible to avoid the sharpest pang OF
which nv nature Is susceptible" And
vet some pride themselves on agnosti-
cism and deem it the strong refuge OIL
thinking minds untrammeled by ira
ditionalism! The confession OF this ag-
nostic philosopher, who finally escaped
out of the darkness of his unbelief, is
worthy of thought. Agnosticism GER
tainly leads to despair and destroys tine
worth of life." Life is not worth the
living on agnostic principles.
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THE report which we
The California give this week OF the
Convention. California Conven-
ton. held at Los Angeles, is an excellent
outline of a very profitable session. From
those who we're on the ground we are
informed that California Universalists
never made more favorable showing IN
the matter of delegations and the general
interest exhibited in the services. The
failure to secure the Throop bequest led
TO some severe comments on the general
mismanagement of that enterprise and
also to unpleasant reflections on the
want of cooperation on the part OF the
General Convention. THE UNIVERSAL
1sr has been furnished with full out.
line of these complaints as embodied IN
the report OF special committee. No
good can result from rehearsing them in
these columns, and we have accordingly
ommitted that portion of the report.
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Now that the Con-
Touching Oonven vention season is
ton Reports with US again our
columns for weeks at time will be in
demand for the reports of these meet
ings. 1t is our intention to condense
the reports as far as possible and still
preserve the integrity of the outline.
Heretofore, we are convinced, we have
given too much space to unnecessary
details. The condenser shall he rigor-
ously applied this season. to the advan-
tage, we trust, of the reports themselves
az we'll as of our readers. The Califor-
mia Convention this week. for example,
is brought within the space of three
columns. 1t has been condensed fully
one.third with no detriment to the re-
port-possibly it is improved thereby.
The space occupied by this report is
about what we propose to allow for
Conventions the current season.
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What biblical students regard as
one of the most notable monuments ever
found was brought to light in recent ex-
cavations in Thebes. Egypt, when
granite tablet 10 by feet was discov-
cred. The tablet contains the fret in