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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-07

After the closing Of the supplementary Transatlantic
mails named above additional supplementary malls ar
opened piers OF the FL gsh, French an
German steamers and remain open until within ten min
utes Of the hour Of sailing of steamer.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-07

'Printei matter et,.German steamers sailing on Tues
day. Thursdays and Saturdays take printed matter etc.
fr Germany. and specially addressed printed matter ETC.
for other parts Of Europe White star steamers on
Wednesday take specially addressed printed matter ete
for Europe. cunard steamers Saturday take printed
matter, for Great Britain and Ireland and specially
addressed printed other OF Europe
American and French line take printed matter
for all for which they advertised 10
carry mail.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-07

Among the many matters OF importance no" en-
raging the attention OF Mr.. Chamberlain IN Mo
canac,tv az Secretary of state for tho British Colo
mics is the scheme for the conversion OF the puolic
debt Of the combined colonies OF Australia AT inc
present moment the latter has TO pay nearly s'o-
900 900 interest on the slO0,~~Wp when IL n"s
ou.od from rho mother country. 1t is proposed
TO reduce the interest to per cent IN lieu OF the 80
ara 4 and even higher :ates at which the loans
a'ara ortoinally issued II is estimated that II TINS
nroiect can he carried INTO effect the immediate
savings in annual interest would amount 10 nearly
SSOOO.OOn -
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-07

Nine Carreno. who is to give concerts in
the United States the coming season. under the
management OF Rudolph Aronson. will effect her
re-entrance with LISTS E-at concerto at the pup
lie rehearsal and concert of the Philharmonic So
lanuarY s and o
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-12-12
INDIANA MINISTERIAL CIRCLE.

The mid-year meeting of the Univer-
salist Ministerial Circle of Indiana was
held in the Devon church near New
Castle, Wednesday and Thursday, De-
cember 2 and 3.
At the business session on Wednes.
day morning, communication from the
National Anti-Saloon League inviting
the Circle to send delegates to the COM
ing annual meeting at Washington, was
read, and ReVs. Henry Groves and 7. S.
Guthrie we're elected delegates.
A spirited discussion filled out the re-
mainder of the morning, the topic being
1.-THE Theology of Universalism," under
the lead of Rev. Henry Groves. This
proved to be the most interesting and
profitable part Of the whole program.
unexpected but pleasing result OF the
discussion was the discovery that in
spite of some minor differences of opin-
ion all our ministers agree fully on the
fundamental principles of our faith.
The subject of the afternoon discus
sion was THE Bible as Applied to Social
Life at the Present Time" and was pres
ented 10 three very able and interesting
papers by Revs. d. A. Patrick and 7. S.
Guthrie and Mrs. Belle G. Jones. of
Brazil Sister Jones not being present,
her paper was read by the Secretary.
The subject was handled on broad and
comprehensive lines by the esssyists
and in the discussion which followed.
On Wednesday evening the Sermon
for Criticism was preached by Rev. j.
B. Fosher Of Pendleton. his subject be.
ing "The Basis of Universalism." The
text was from Psalm cxix: 105.-"Thy
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-12-12

ate place. The spectre OF denomination
al invasion by the Congress is laid, by
the unanimous decision to hold it to
lines of federation and fraternity alone"
10 regard to the change of name from
the Congress of Liberal Religious So
cieties. to the Liberal Congress of Relig-
ions, Mr. White says: 1.-THE old name
was dropped and the one suggested by
Prof. Momerie of England, Liberal Con-
gress of Religious. was adopted. Before,
the name seemed to include only liberal
religious societies or individuals. Now
it is liberal congress of religions and
does not exclude any. whether liberal or
not. who may choose to come. 1t is to
be liberal congress and the most con-
sentative Presbyterian may join it if he
chooses. The new name looks to inter
national affiliations. an idea made real
by naming Prof. Momerie of England as
one of its Vice Presidents.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-12-12

But, no withstanding this fact, great
prominence is given to denomination
al affairs and the "plans and hopes
and purposes of the church at large"
as DR.. Perrin expresses it. The UNI
vERsALIsT, for example, opens its col
umns cheerfully to everything that
relates to the conventions, and en-
deavors to the best of its ability TO
educate its readers into respect for,
and loyalty to, all the organizations
OF the church. To this end columns
are published every month which
would not be thought necessary in
UNCONVENTIONAL papers of other
churches. Witness the reports from
time to time of the General and State
Conventions; the various official pre-
sensations of our work; the appeals of
the Secretaries and other officials;
the published reports from the various
boards and the acknowledgements"
which are printed from month to
month of contributions for church
purposes. The General Assembly of
of the Presbyterian Church or the
national bodies of the Baptists and
Congregationalists do not begin to
get the push" and advertising from
their papers that is rendered in our
columns to the General Convention
and the various State bodies.
And yet, with all this service,
cheerfully accorded for the benefit
of all concerned, the press Is warned
by DR.. Perrin that there is possibili
ty of wrong emphasis" We feel
free to say that if his words were
intended to imply, even in their
carefully guarded hypothetical form,
any hint of latent deficiency on the
part of the Universalist press in
vigorous support of all accredited
denominational interests, his Port
land statement must be deemed, in
view of all the facts, quite unreason-
able, and not at all in line with the
facts as they are understood by
those who have charge of our news
papers at the present time.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-12-12
REV. B. F. ROGERS HEROIC FIGHT
AGAINST DISEASE.

The Fort Atkinson correspondent of
the Milwaukee Sentinel writes to his
paper under date of December l, as fol-
lows:
The performance of the marriage
ceremony by the Rev. Barton F. Rogers.
of this city, for his son. Ellis E., and Miss
Mary Green, of Whitewater, calls to
mind the long and heroic battle this
good man has made against that curious
and always fatal disease known as
creeping paralysis. disease that, while
it lasts, might we'll be termed an ever
present chill Of death, For ten years
he has seen his grave yawn just in front
of him, and still. with the bravery that
distinguished him while an army chap
lain in the civil war, he has faced it with
out fear. He has not been able to lift
his head for year or more, but his
mind is as bright and keen as ever, and
his interest in affairs never flags.
Though SO long out of public notice, on
account of his illness. his name will
have permanent place in the country's
history. He raised funds at the close of
the war and built the Jeffers Liberal
Institute which was in successful opera
ton for several years. In the army he
won the title OF "the working chaplain"
for his care of the wounded on the field
and his establishment of literary and
musical societies whenever the troops
we're in winter quarters. This energy
has characterized him since and seven
Universalist churches remain to show
his work as builder.
He has an interesting genealogy, being
able to trace his lineage through his
father to John Rogers, the martyr. and
through his mother to Hannah Dustin,
the famous young woman of Haverhill,
Mass, who one night in 1893 loosed the
thongs that bond her captive, killed
several Indians that opposed her, with
Ratchet. escaped death and torture and
returned safely to Haverhill.
He was made chaplain of the Fiji
tenth Illinois Volunteers by Gov. Dick
Yates in 1862. Mrs. Mary A. Livermore
says of him:
His record during the war was of the
grandest kind. He went into the SER
vice as Chaplain Of the Fifteenth, but
while he retained that position to the
end he performed the work belonging
to brigade. was agent of the Sanitary
Commission, agent of the N. w. Confer
ence in the army, and was appointed to
half dozen other responsible positions,
in all of which he did nobly. Z.
Those who would know how truly he
served our wounded soldiers at Atlanta.
at Rome, at the battle of the Hatchie, at
Kennesaw Mountain. aud on a score of
other bloody fields. can learn the story
from Mother Bickerdyke,' the soldiers
nurse, with whom he was associated and
who is now in Chicago, matron of the
Home of the Friendless. Her face
kindles with pleasure as she talks of
Chaplain Rogers. and there are few
oh ,los. nh ha f,,ll
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-12-12

The position of the London Times as
the paper OF greatest influence in Eu
rope has always made people more or
less curious to know what it's profits are
from business point OF view. This it
has always been most difficult to deter
mine, but recently owing to a suit
against Mr.. Todd, of Brighton, for mis-
representing the income derivable from
fractional share in the Times, it was
ascertained in court that in 1894 one
fifteen hundred twelfth part interest
in the Times produced an actual income
of Ell. 80, Id making the total income
for that year G26,000. The income in
1892 was f36 .288, so that it seems proba
BILE that the annual income of Europe's
greatest paper is less than EDO 000 This
fact may be a surprise to some, but il
illustrates. better than anything in the
way of figures about circulation, the real
power of the Times. 1t is not a matter
that makes the Times the most infiuen-
tial newspaper of Europe or the world.
The paper is not run exclusively to make
money. though of course it does make
money. Its owners for four generations
have been men of the highest character
and their object has been to make the
Times a great and trustworthy news
paper. 1t has made some great mistakes
undoubtedly, as in the case of the Pigott
forgeries. but on the whole it has main
tanned very high character and re-
mains today an inspiration in the world
of journalism and place on its staff,
whether as editorial writer or cores
pondent. is regarded as the highest prize
ia incorporation.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-12-12
THE GROsH BROTHERS.

The pathetic history of the first
quartz prospecters of Nevada, which
we place on our first page this week
from Mr.. Charles Howard Shinn's
volume entitled "The Story of the
Mine" appeals with special interest
to the elder readers Of our paper
who remember the Rev. A. B. Grosh
as one Of the contributors to the de-
n ominatonal press a quarter OF a
century ago, and as the founder of the
Universalist Register. A. B. Grosh
was for many years one of our most
widely known ministers. This chap,
ter relates to the sad history of his
two sons, Hosea Ballou and Allen
Grosb, and their experiences in Cali
fornia and Nevada in search of the
precious metals. 1t appears from
Mr.. Shinn's chapter that the sons of
Rev. A. B. Grosh were undoubtedly
the first DISCOVERIES of the great Com
stock mine in what is now the State
CT Nevada, which so fabulously -en
riched it's subsequent operators. The
history of their prospecting tours,
and the sufferings which they en-
dured in attempting to cross the
mountains to secure the means of
working the mines, and their sad
death, is one of painful interest. The
history fulfills again the old story OF
some laboring and others entering
into their labors. The chapter will
find many interested readers and will
be peculiarly interesting to those
who remember Rev. A. B. Grosh and
his relations to our church,
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-12-12

word is lamp unto my feet, and
light unto my path" We quote one
sentence to show the main thought OF
the sermon: 1.-THE Bible is the foundation
on which the superstructure OF Univer
salism rests" In the criticism OF the
sermon on the following morning many
valuable thoughts we're brought out,
both as to the argument of the sermon
and the manner of its delivery.
The paper read by Rev. HI. N. Brown
on "Universalism in the Life" was help
full and inspiring and was enjoyed by
all.
The Educational Committee sub
mitted the following outline for the
course of study to be taken up for the
first half of 1897, and the report OF the
committee was accepted: Pastoral
Theology; Textbook. Tilden's Work of
the Ministry" Sociology; Textbook.
Washington Gladden's "The Tools and
the Man." The History of Universal
ism,
The following resolutions were unan-
imously adopted:
WHEREAS, In the dispensations of Di-
vine Providence, our Heavenly Father has
seen fit to summons from the earthly to
the immor tai life, our good brother, Rev.
B. F. Foster, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, by the members of the Min
toto ,.n1
bed, that we bow in humble submission
to the will of him who doeth all things
well, and while we shall miss the counsels
of our brother, yet we rejoice in believing
that our loss is his eternal gain.
RESOLVED, That the thanks of the men,
bers of this Circle be given to the good
people of Devon for the hospitable manner
in which we have been entertained dur
ing this meeting.
The vice. President of the Circle hav-
ing removed from the State, Rev. James
Houghton, of Brookston was elected to
fill the vacancy for the balance of the
year.
This is the most successful meeting
that the Circle has ever held. There
were no disturbing influences and the
value of the service rendered to the de-
nomination in this State by this meeting
cAnnot be over estimated. 1t is safe to
say that the result of this meeting has
been to bring the active ministers in the
State to more perfect understanding
of each others aims, motives and meth
DDS of work than has ever before been
the case.
The annual meeting will be held the
first week in June, the place of meeting
to be decided upon by the Executive
Board OF the Circle.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-12-12

A Girard, for instance, may have in
mind the founding of a greatinstitute
of learning, but even to-dayin Phila-
delphia one can gather up anecdotes
on every side that are related to show
his misery economy. Human ma
ture is contradictory in many things
but in none more so than in its way
of criticising the expenditures or
economies of the millionaires.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-12-12

pushed up from below by physical
force and animal appetite and in
stinct. The inferior races have been
raised, civilized and Christianized by
the contact and influence of the SUI
perior races. We haveno self-evolved
civilization. Infant races cannot be-
come educated any more than infant
children without teachers. Mind and
not matter, will and not climate, love
and not gravitation, are the great CIV
ilizing forces. God and not nature
must do the work. 1t is a divine
movement.
The doctrines, ethics and spirit of
Christianity are all promotive to So
cial unity, purity and cooperation.
They all favor adjustment of social
differences, the righting of social
wrongs, the solution of social pro-
blems, and the settlement of social
questions 80 as to promote the great
est good of all parties concerned.
Christianity would prevent strife,
avarice, lawlessness, check anar chy
and restore order and peace to go
ciety. This is the purest and high
est form of socialism known to men.
Its adoption, and the practical ap-
plication of it's principles to social,
domestic and business life would
greatly promote the peace, prosperi-
ty, and happiness Of man. W. T.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-12-12
Wnipersaltst RerSonal.

Rev. Q. H. Shinn's permanent address
is changed from Galesburg, ILL.,, to 34OS
Chestnut street, st. Louis, Mo.
Rev. DIR. Henry Blanchard, of Maine,
is regarded as one of the most attractive
platform speakers in the State. He re-
Gently lectured at Westbrook Seminary to
great acceptance.
The New York Times prints a stirring
poem on Armenia by DIR. Henry N Dodge,
of Morristown, N. J. DR.. Dodge is well
to the Japan Mission.
Mrs Clara E. Hallam, of Atlanta, Ga. 4,
who read the paper at the Southern Con-
ference on the Educational Work of our
Church, is the daughter of Mahlon Wright,
of sainted memory in Springboro, Ohio.
Mrs. Hallam is one of our faithful work
eIs in Atlanta, and thus proves anew that
she is worthy of her parentage and re-
members the teaching of her bright and
happy girlhood days Mrs. Hallam will
act as our correspondent from Atlanta.
The friends of MIR. aud Mrs. ID. d. You
mans, of Rev. DIR. Eaton's church in
New York, who were killed in Norway
last summer, have been much moved by
the kindly and sympathetic act of King
Oscar, in raising memorial at the scene
of the fatal accident. A short time after
it occurred, the King being in the neigh
borhood was shown the spot, and was so
deeply moved by recital of the occur
renee that, after placing flowers on the
little wooden cross marking the scene of
the disaster, he ordered a monument
erected, which has now been done, and
appropriately inscribed.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-12-12
THE MINISTER'S MEETING.

At the regular monthly meeting of the
Universalist ministers of Chicago and
vicinity Monday, Decem Der 81, Rev. F.
w. Mlllar, of Woodlawn, will speak on
the topic, "How Can We Make Our
Church More Aggressive?" The adj
dress will be followed by discussion.
Visiting ministers invited. The time
is IL A. NJ. sharp.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-12-12
THE UNCONVENTIONAL PRESS.

L
In an address at the recent New
England Conference, DIR. George l..
Perrin, of Boston, made the following
statement in discussing one phase of
the general UNCONVENTIONAL situation:
ut goes without saying that our de-
nominational press should stand as a
persistent advocate of our Church and
all it's interests. This they do now, but
just as the value of a mans preaching
depends upon the point of his emphasis,
so the value of the press will depend
upon its point of emphasis. do not
say it does, but it might indulge in
long, heavy. theological editorials. If
it did this to the exclusion of denomina-
tional news and the plans and hopes and
purposes of the Church at large, its en-
phasis would be bad. A UNCONVENTIONAL
paper surely stands, if it stands for any
thing. for the advocacy of the denomi-
nation"
The supposititious manner in
which DR.. Perrin presents this matter
attracts our attention. He affirms
that the UNCONVENTIONAL press might
indulge in long, heavy, theological
editorials to the exclusion of demon
national news and plans, ETC., of the
church at large. Very true, it might"
but then again it might not" In
the former case, DR.. Perrin would be
entirely justified in censuring the
press for its partiality to that kind of
editorials and for its neglect of the
things of more vital and pressing in
terest to the denomination.
But as a matter of fact the denomi-
national press is not given to exclud-
ing anything of UNCONVENTIONAL in
terest, especially church news, in favor
of the class of editorials referred to-
If it did this, and as general rule
placed the emphasis" on them, no
doubt the press would be proper
subject of criticism. We refer now
to this statement in order to say that
if there was any implied or indirect
censure intended, it is most unde-
served and absolutely unjust to the
press of the church at the present
time.
In a general way it may be said in
reply that the UNCONVENTIONAL papers
of the Universalist Church devote
more attention to their denomina-
tional matters than the newspapers of
any other Protestant church, with the
possible exception of the Methodists
and the Episcopalians. For the last
quarter of a century the emphasis"
has been constantly placed on the
varied interests of the organized
church to the end that the people
should be educated in the direction
of our missionary and church extern
sion work, and our papers have been
nothing if not UNCONVENTIONAL"
Those of us who are on the inside
and working on the press of the
church understand quite we'll that the
prominence thus given 10 denomin-
ational interests has not always been
appreciated either in the church or
outside of it; that, furthermore,
the material interests of our papers
have suffered more or less during
those years from this dominating
purpose Of the UNCONVENTIONAL paper.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-12-12

1T gives the Editor of
Rev Mr. mhite The UNIvERsALIsT a
and the Con new Init Measurable
gress' sensation, to find him
self for once in substantial accord with
Rev. R. A. White, of Englewood, in ref
erence to the Liberal Congress. Mr..
White writes in his local Messenger de-
scribing the Congress, under its new
name and declared function. as follows:
A change of name was effected and the
Congress hitched itself to the nineteenth
entury impulses and tendencies by
airly aud squsrely defining its position
and committing itself to federation, fra
eraity and education. The missionary
dea which has haunted the Congress
rom the beginning aud made it not
few enemies, dropped to very subordin-
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-12-12
SATURDAY, DECEMBER u.
EDITORIAL.

EVEN the rock ribbed
Jewish Sab onaoont,rv tr;od oop
bath 0utgrown. servatism of the Jews
cannot Withstand the progressiveness
and energy of the age. A few Su ndays
ago Rabbi E nil G. Hirsch of this city
said to his congregation: The Jewish
Saturd ,y Sabbath is doomed. git is like
a good many other traditions-m
fascinating the more We get away from
them"
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-12-12

The energetic islanders of 'the insular
kingdom" are not content with the acqui-
sition of Formosa. They have schemes of
expansion which include whatever islands
or lands they can win either by colonial
tion or diplomacy; they do not pretend to
possess military system adequate to OBJ
tanning what they want by the employ
ment of force.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-12-12
Peace in the Church.
(InteIiJr.)

And when the brethren are advocating
peace among nations let them not forget
to say good word for peace in the
church, and in the various churches. 1t
may be said as an axiom, or a precept,
that anything that is obtainable by war is
obtainable with less cost and in better
shape by peaceful conference There is
an ecclesiastical militarism and vain glory
which in spirit and motive in no wise
differs from that of the world
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-12-12
Theodore ROOsevelt's Work.
(Standard.)

What revolution there has been in the
management of the New York City police
force since Theodore Roosevelt took hold
of it. In the old days when Tammany
ruled everything, appointment and reten-
tion on the force were purely a matter of
''pull." Now no position under the civil
service is more secure that of a patrol
man. He can be discharged only upon the
finding of a court in public trial. I'm Sc
curing position in the department, poll
tical influence counts for nothing what
ever; physical, mental and moral qualif-
cations are the sole basis of appointment.
At present there are 800 patrolmen to be
appointed, and Commissioner Roosevelt is
making special effort to get good class
of men, announcing that applicants of
proper size, stength and education will
stand very good chance of appointment.
The salary is good, and twenty five years.
service entities one to life pension of
half pay.