The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-10-24

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Churches and Election Year.
Cumberland Presbyterian)
1t is naught to the credit of Christian
people if church work suffers during an
election year.
Three Statements.
Cumberland Presby terian)
Zeal without knowledge is as little to
be desired as faith without works.
Long praying and loud talking often
betoken little religion. and less common
sense. Prayer is the ladder to heaven,
verify. but some men pray for years and
never rise higher than their heads.
The Sermon.
(Midland.)
To preach we'll, not only must the
sermon be prepared but also the preach
er must be prepared. The same sermon
preached at different times will differ
greatly. The sermon is an arrow; how
it shall strike and pierce the heart
depends largely on the tension of the
bow, that is on, the preparation of the
preacher.
Free Libraries.
(Humanitaran-London.)
One Of the most encouraging signs of
the times is the growth of free libraries.
The President of the Library Associa-
ton recently stated ia his annual ad-
dress that during the past twelve
months 100000 had been expended on
public libraries. and that fifty-three
libraries had been projected. founded or
opened in Great Britain. These figures
are not great if we compare them with
the free libraries of America, or with
the sums expended in England yearly on
other public, but ltss deserving objects.
but the movement is in the right direc-
ton, and will surely advance step by
step with the spread of education.
A Machine without Mothers.
(Woman's Journal)
Week before last, 2.784 childen were
denied admission to the public schools
in New York City for lack of accommo-
dations. The school buildings were
crowded, and the only way in which any
relief has since been secured has been
by teaching pupils in relays, giving the
little children but half days schooling.
At the Girls Normal College there
were two hundred more applications
than could be received of girls that had
graduated aud had claim for the priv
ileges of the Normal College. All this
is utterly disgraceful to the authorities
of the city. If New York women were
voters, those children would all be in
school. But New York politics is ma
chine without mothers.
The Cars Visit to France.
Boston Herald.)
lu6OIobiCdliy Il IduCo anu
despotic Russia should be the worst of
enemies, but 30 strong is international
hatred that it rises superior to political
principles and forces the French to well
come in the most ELUSIVE and demon
strative of manner the ruler who, they
think, may aid them in securing their
revenge against the Germans. even
though that ruler is the embodiment of
those political principles which should
meet with their unqualified detestation.
Ia other words, hatred of the Germans
and hope that some day the blow to
French vanity that was received during
the war of 1870 may be paid back with
interest to the dwellere on the east side
OF the Rhine is the reason why the
French are greeting the Gear OF Russia
the grandson of man who could not
visit imperial France without running
the risk Of assassination.
Light ofthe Bible.
christian Work.
In no department Of science has more
notable or more gratifying advance been
made in recent years than in that of
archaeology. Through the systematic,
intelligent and thorough work of var
ious scientific societies of this country
and England among the ruins of ancient
civilization in Greece, Egypt. Palestir Q
and other parts of the East, a vast
amount of valuable material in the
shape of inscribed monuments. tablets,
arches, temple walls pottery. images and
many other relics have been brought up
to light, some of them dating back thou
sands of years before the Christian era.
By means of these silent but unim-
peachable witnesses O. a buried past
many disputed points in history have
been finally solved, some long standing
mysteries have been cleared away and
much new and additional knowledge
has been afforded concerning the life.