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The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-02-08
THE WOMAN'S LEAGUE.

The ladies of the Universalist League
Of the Woman's Association of Illinois
encountered another disagreeable day for
their meeting on Thursday, January %,
at st. Paul's Church. The weather was,
if possible. more adverse than when the
League met at the Church of the Re
deemer. Notwithstanding their unfav.
orable environment some twenty-five or
thirty members we're present and prof
liable interview enjoyed.
The paper Of Mrs. D. B.Cooke was on
the two-fold topic interrogatory in form,
"Of what does religious work consist?
Are the liberal churches less interested
in religious work and it's duties than the
orthodox? Mrs. Cooke presented some
cogent arguments in favor of the
churches doing more in the line of char.
table and humanitarian work, and. made
some wholesome suggestions for church
es Of every name. The discussion which
followed was participated in by Mrs. A.
M. H. Ellis, and members Of the League
and by Rev. DIR. Garfield and Rev. F. A.
Millar.
1t was decided to hold the next meet
ing also in st. Paul's Church on March
5. Mrs. j. II. Swan is President, and
Mrs. E. II. Rexford, Blue Island. Secre-
tary. The League is auxiliary to the
Universalist Woman's Association of H.
linois, and is an organization capable OF
excellent work Cd lines not particularly
covered by the parent organization.
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THE RYDER LECTURES.
DIR. GLADDEN. on Social Facts and Fore

THERE could have been no more OPP
perfume time than the present for DIR.
GLADDEN., the distinguished writer on
social and economic subjects, to have
delivered in this city his thoughtful
and scholarly addresses on Social
Facts and Forces" DR.. GLADDEN. has
been for twenty years the pastor of
the First Congregational church of
Columbus, o., and his articles in the
leading magazines, and lectures on
social and economic subjects, justified
the unanimous choice of the Trustees
of the Ryder Lectureship in selecting
him as its first lecturer. The lectures
were six in number, beginning Tues
day evening, January 81, and closing
with the lecture of Friday evening OF
last week, before representative
audience that filed every seat of the
beautiful SteinwayHall. The lectures
had for their general theme, "Social
Facts and Conditions" the facts and
conditions discussed in the six lee
lures being respectively, "The Fac
tory" labor Unions" "The Corpor
ation," "The Railway" "The City,
and "The Church" In these lectures
the various striking social changes
of the past half century were passed
under review with special reference
to the dangers now threatening the
state and social fabric and the duties
of citizens in the changed relations
growing out OF the conditions dis
cussed.
In the first lecture, the Factory
and the principle of invention and
combination of labor upon which ii
depends for its success, DR.. GLADDEN.
presented the strained relations be-
tween employer and employed, the
mixed good and evil of its opera
tions, and pointed out the rem.
edy for evils of which the strike
is but an Indication. Whether
the factory is productive of more
good than evil as at present conduct
ed, seems to DIR. GLADDEN. a question.
but it is product of existing condi
tions, and as such its evils may and
ought to be eliminated. The employ
ment of married women and children.
and the friction between employer
and employed, DIR. GLADDEN. holds,
are no part of the factory system
proper, and that were the example OF
certain great manufacturing estab
lishments, as for instance, those OF
the Cheney Brothers, Manchester,
and the Fairbanks establishment OF
st. Johnsbury, VT, followed, the fac
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ing of the mystery of pain and trial.
They measure men, not by their accom-
plishments, but by their ideals; not the
workings of the hands but the aims Of
the heart. Is not man worthy of lofty
strains? Is it not better to have the
golden age before US than behind us?
The poet keeps before us the hour when
truth shall triumph ard love be the
motto of the day."
DR.. Shutters address was a charming
literary treat; it was finely conceived
and we'll delivered and at the close. the
speaker was rapturously applauded.
DIR. Canfield's Address.
Rev. DR.. A. j. Garfield, of Chicago,
next spoke upon the Inauguration, styl-
ing it poetic event and one which will
become an impetus to train OF events
which will follow. Every age is char
acterized by particular principles and
emotions. No institution ever existed
without having some central object.
Every generation makes it's contribution
to the sum total of knowledge and attain
ment. Influences of past ages have
rolled precious legacies into the charact-
eristics of the present time. In the
heat of busy, active life the people do
not understand the relations of the work
which employs them. Only the student
can understand the part that is thus
woven into the web of life." The bril-
liant address-humorou at times, but
thoughtful througbout-closed in the
following strain:
"You people of Galesburg should feel
responsibility in behalf of your schools,
and now we have brought you strong
man to put at the head of Lombard and
we want the new to grow out of the old.
The characters of the men and women
who have left this school have made it a
noted institution. but believe that there
is better future. l see much in the
brain of President Nash, and l see a
whole generation looking to Lombard
and rejoicing in what we are doing to-
day"
Volunteer Addresses.
Several persons were then called for
and responded with interesting words of
love to their alma mater and great hope
for its progress. DIR. Crum and Senator
Harsh, of Iowa. expressed the loyalty of
that State to Lombard and said that
they were not satisfied with Lombard as
it had been and that it must become a
thoroughly modern institution. DR..
Chaplin, of Omaha. spoke of the day
when DR.. Nash graduated and of his
pride in Lombard. DIR. J. S. Cantwell.
of Chicago, spoke of the love feast at
Springfield and likened the present meet
ing to love feast in the interests of
Lombard University. He said I'VE will
all stand by DR.. Nash" He gave the
old quotation, "the mill will never grind
with the water that is past" and said
that Lom bard must get into the current
of new life. Rev. J. s. Cook, of Leroy,
gave words of great encouragement. DR..
Shutter pronounced the benediction.
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GENERAL BENJAMIN HARRISON is no
longer a candidate for the Republican
nomination for the presidency. Captain
John X. Dowdy. Chairman of the Re-
publican State Central Committee, call.
ed on General Harrison Monday evening
by invitation, and the ex-President
handed him letter in which he explic-
lilly declines allowing his name to go be-
fore the st. Louis Convention.
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salism would prove generally popular
Why may we not have more Of these or.
CARNATIONS?
Cooley Cibber. an old Poet Laureate.
wrote in $780, Fright or wrong lick at
the Laureate will always be sure bait,
nd captandum Uulgus to catch him little
readers" Mr.. Alfred Austin, the new
Laureate of England, undoubtedly I'M
derstands this matter fully. More
copies of his poems have been sold since
his appointment than in all the years his
books have been before the public. This
points to substantial compensation for
the assaults of the critics.
800
Speaking of the Laureateship to
which Mr.. Austin has been so recently
appointed, we have not seen any refer
ence to the fact that on the death of
Warrior in 1790 Gibbon recommended
the abolition of the office. His elegant
compliment on the occasion was finely
applicable to the vacancy occasioned by
the death of Tennyson. "This is the
best time for not filling up the Office,
when the prince is man of virtue and
the poet just departed man of genius"
We say Gibbons words we're applicable;
they were not applied, for Alfred Aus
tin is now Laureate Of England, and he
is getting clicks" right and left as old
Cibber suggested.
500
We have the name of the minister
who writes to DIR. Rugg in explanation
of the working of the Cent-a-Day plan
in his parish. The letter came unsolic
tied to the Secretary, and was not in
tended for publication. But it will do
good, even without the respected initials
which might be appended. II all our
pastors worked on this pastors line the
Cent-a.Day plan would be made grand
success.
There are wrecks along the shore"
Writes correspondent: "Our work here
is slow in starting up. You are probably
aware that the last two past orates here
were of the ultra liberal and go as-you-
please order. Disintegration and loss Of
interest was the result-as is always the
case. We have to begin at the founda.
ton and build anew with big debt in
the way All of which suggests the
unwisdom Of the parish quite as much
as the faithlessness Of the ministers.
SOS
MIR. Arctomys Monax, 9th erwise
known as Mr.. Grounding, made his an
nual observation of winter weather last
Sunday and precipitately retired on the
appearance of the sun, while the biggest
snowstorm of the season promptly fol-
lowed at night.
SOS
Lord Salisbury says we must give
the Sultan time" This would all be
very we'll, but how about the Armenians
on the verge of determination?
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THE EVENING EXERCISES.
The Keys Delivered to DIR. Nash.

The Keys Delivered to DIR. Nash.
The inaugural exercises took place in
the evening and were heard by large
and brilliant audience. Hon. Samuel
Kerr, of Chicago, president of the Board
of Trustees, presided. The reading of
the Scripture was by Rev. J. S. Cook,
who also offered fervent prayer.
Mrs. Marsh followed with song that
was beautifully and artistically rendered
and was listened to with rapt and ap-
preciative attention.
Mr.. Kerr then made brief address.
He spoke for the Board of Trustees.
Lombard is the outgrowth of thought
that matured in the minds of Judge
Knowles, Mr.. Sanborn, Mr.. Lombard
and Jabez Hunt, fifty years ago; and
they secured charter from the State
by the authority of which Mr.. Kerr
spoke. Again as the life of man is an
evolution, SO Lombard University is a
growth, an evolution. The institution
has been good thing for Galesburg and
for Illinois. While we honor the past,
the founders and faithful workers of
bygone days, still we have to do with
the future. Last summer, said Mr..
Kerr, we had to choose President
and we selected DR.. Nash, choice
that we believe is acceptable to the
people of Galesburg and the friends
of the college. We are about to
clothe DIR. Nash with the outward sym
bols of authority. These keys are these
outward symbols of the thought. en-
bodied in the college.
"Dr. Nash.' he asked, twill you accept
these keys Of Lombard University?'
DIR. Nash responded, II will"
"Then give you these keys by virtue
Of the authority conferred on me by
the people of the State Of Illinois. and
with them the college,"
In closing Mr.. Kerr wished DIR. Nash,
in the prosecution of his trust. success.
The keys were clothed in the college
colors.
DR.. Nash, after the applause subsidized
made response to these kind senti.
ments. ard gave expression to the so.
lemnity the incident created. He was
not to be Lombard University. He
trusted that if his most brilliant hopes
were not realized that at least the in
stitution would not go backward. He
then delivered his inaugural address on
Education: What it is and What it
Implies" The outline OF the address
will be given 10 our next. 1t was a
closely reasoned production, characters
tically stong and. earnest, and received
with great favor by the brilliant audi
ence which listened.
The Inaugural Banquet.
After the formal Inauguration of Pres
ident Nash, a banquet was served in the
dinipg-room of the church. 1t was fur
nished by the ladies of the church.
There were two hundred and six plates,
and every plate was taken. When all
had been seated, DIR. White invoked di-
vine blessing. The banquet. which con.
sisted of five courses, was we'll served.
The ladies were highly commended for
both banquet and service. After the
feasting. DIR. Cantwell, of Chicago, who
acted as POSTMASTER, asked the attention
of those present. He said that it was a
delightful occasion for which they were
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-02-08
UNIvERsALIsT REGISTER 1890.

Every Universalist family should pos
sess copy of the UNIvERsALIsT REGIS
TER for 1896. 1t is full of interesting
statistics and other information con-
corning our church and its work. 1t
contains over one hundred pages. and
costs only twenty cents. Address Uni
versalist Publishing House. No. 90
Dearborn street, Chicago. Ill.
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this public opinion. At some future
period the practical results may appear
in the evolution of Christian society in
which the evils complained of will no
longer exist.
The terrible stories
Inc sunerlng IN with which the papers
arnenla' have been filed for
the past three months of the outrages
committed in Armenia, have stirred the
hearts of the readers of this paper, and
yet the extent of the outrages and of the
disaster to the people is not realized.
The massacres began the 8th OF October
at Trebizond, on the Black Sea coast,
and extended southwark like a pesti-
lence, or devouring wind, until the
southern extremity of the country. in
habited by Armenians was reached.
Then. when the outrages showed signs of
going farther. and affecting others be-
sides Armeniane, the Turkish Govern.
ment ordered out the soldiery and
stopped them. The same was true on
the eastern borders of the districts so
ravaged. The net results Of this disas.
ter are that 10000 people have been
killed. and from 100000 to half million
are now sitting destitute and desolate in
houses that have been pillaged OF all
their contents. This is the sad story
which is authenticated by responsible
persons who have investigated the sub
ject. We are pleased to know that Chi
cago is doing it's part in the work Of re-
lief for the suffering people.
OF new women" it
lne Newest would be unpardon-
NC" "onian' able in Chicago not
to furnish the newest. 1t is true that
London recently furnished wild sensa-
ton in this line when very new wom-
an carried into effect some very extra
ordinary new ideas in reference to mar.
riage. But this was done in the crude
way of imitators in general, and to find
the genuine article one is perforce
obliged to seek for it in Chicago, or at
least in Chicago woman, though at
present she lives in Washington. This
particular newest woman was known by
the name of Miss Adelaide johnson, but
having married recently after the new
est manner, now rejoices in the name
Mrs. Adelaide johnson, the other party
to the contract merging his maiden
name in that of his wife, la Olive
Schreiner, Edith Lancaster, and few
others. The name of the man, if any
body is interested in such trifing par
ticular, we may add is, or was, Jenkins,
Alexander Frederick Jenkins; happily
also we may add Jenkins is an English
man, and twelve years the Junior of his
bride. Now as between Jenkins and
johnson it requires nice ear and nicer
taste to distinguish; in fact the two are
now one as we have said and therefore
undistinguishable. We are told that
Mr.. johnson nee Jenkins is "comely and
adaptable" and being yet young there is
chance at least that he may yet throw
a certain halo upon his cast-off name,
but of course he is to be pardoned if he
does not for few years do more than
attend teas and afternoon functions"
generally, and in short, conduct himself
irreproachably in the exalted station
fate has assigned him as husband to Mrs.
johnson,
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We speak Of sceptics in a general
way and but few understand that there
was an ancient sect of philosophers from
whom undoubtedly the term came orig.
inally. This sect was founded by Pyrrho
1874 B. G. We are informed that Pyrrho
was in continual suspense of judgment.
HE doubted of everything; never made
any conclusions. and when he had care
fully examined the subject, he concluded
by still doubling of it's evidence" This
sect was almost extinct, according to
Strabo, in the time Of Cicero. The old
pagan was more consistent with his
premises than modern sceptics. He
continued doubling even his own doubts.
The modern sceptic rests in the conclu-
sions of his scepticism and is dogmati.
cally certain that his doubts are we'll
founded. He is no improvement over the
old style.
1t is good sign Of the times that
there is an awakening of interest in
Universalist teaching of the distinctive
order. The most recent example of this
wholesome trend is the formation of
class in Buchtel College for the study
of Bible Universalism. 1t meets on
Sunday evenings in the College parlor.
with Rev. j. F. Thompson as the teacher.
We would be glad to record the forma-
ton of such classes every week. They
are needed-not only in colleges but in
churches, Y. P. G. us. Aid Societies,
etc. A study club for Biblical Univer-
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Che WntversaItst.
j. s. CANTwELL, d. d., EDITOR.

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LOMBARD UNIVERSITY
INAUGURATION OF PRESIDENT
NASH.

THE exercises attendant upon the in
auguration of CHARLES ELLwooD NASH,
DID,, as President of Lombard Univer-
sity took place at Galesburg on We'd
nesday, January %, according to previ-
GUS announcement. The occasion was
one of great interest to Galesburg and
the University and of signal Importance
to our Unlversalitt constituency in the
West. The formal exercises of the inau-
guration were conducted in very hap
Ply manner, and from beginning to end
testified to the high expectations which
are entertained of the administrat on of
the new President as marking new era
in the development and influence of the
old institution. DIR. Nash enters upon his
responsible duties not only surcharged
with his own personal enthusiasm, but
with evidence on every hand of the en-
thusiasm of all friends of the college and
their earnest desire to cooperate with
him in all plans and purposes for the
enlargement and success of the institu-
ton now formally committed to his
charge. Following we give an outline
of the exercises on Wednesday, touching
only the main points of the several ad-
dresses. reserving the report of DR..
Nash's inaugural for publication in our
next paper.
he hal ~,
Universalist Church at Galesburg, be-
ginning at 2:30 P. M, on Wednesday,
January %; an anthem, "a Song of Life"
was rendered by the choir at the open
ing. Scripture reading followed, by Rev.
Amos Crun, DID,. of Iowa. Rev. DIR. Au-
gusta j. Chaplin offered prayer. Rev.
Dr.Stocking then introduced Rev. M. d.
Shutter. DID,, of Minneapolis. who an
nounced his subject as "The Mission of
the Poet" which under the interpreta-
ton Of the speaker was seen TO have
special appropriateness to the occasion.
"Why is the poets BIRTH" asked the
speaker, "the principal event in history?
There are other professions which are
vastly important, but the poets work
will last forever. The poet strikes his
harp and the souls of men receive an i'm
pulse towards good. He detects the
hidden images Of facts. The Office of
the poet rises supreme over that of the
philosopher and artist. The institution
that we are interested in today aims to
fill the hearts Of young men and women
with noble impulses. The young people
gathered in the walls of this institution
can have no better guides than the
muses., They fill the hearts with aspira-
ton and honor. They place high goals
before them and bid them strive for
these. The inspired moment is the pres
emit one, just as much as in the golden
age.
ave shall find that science has not
closed the temple of the MUSES. but
opened its doors. The mission of the
poet is to take truths and raise them to
their highest power. The poet rouses
US. The truth ought 10 inspire US, but
it is the duty of the poet to make it in
spire US. They make US see and believe.
The poet must also reveal to US the
possibilities Of life, and read the mean
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We believe that the Holy Scriptures of the Old
and New Testaments contain revelation of the
character of God, and of the duty, interest and
final 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
happiness.
III.
We believe tina. holiness and true happiness
are inseparably connected. and that believers
ought to be careful to maintain order, and prac.
tice good works, for these things are good and
profitable unto men.
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The Crowded Professions.
(Atchison Globe
Formerly nearly all the young men
became lawyers or doctors. Now about
one-half OF them are becoming life -insur-
ance agents.