The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-12-19
NOBLE LIVING"

"NoBLE LIVING" is the title of a
volume recently issued from the press
of our Publishing House. According
to the sub title, it is 'series of stud
les as to the development of the deep
er life in men," Eleven clergymen
of our church contribute the chap
tiers, and the titles and names of the
contributors are already before the
reader in the advertisement which we
have printed for several weeks. The
volume is edited by Rev. Charles
Sumner Nickerson, to whom, we in
| fer, we owe the volume as whole,
the editor undoubtedly choosing the
subjects, and the men who treat
them. The volume is an inspiring
and helpful contribution to our liter
allure, and is mainly written by the
younger clergymen OF our church,
DR.. McCollester being the only one of
our older ministers represented in the
book.
The purpose of the essays, accord
ing to the editor, "is to aid the soul
in its struggle for attainment" The
volume falls into line with those
books which are helpers of the relig-
ioas life, "aiders and abettors of the
spirit, in Matthew Arnold's phrase
referring to Emerson. The essays,
while all are worthy and animated by
a devout Christian purpose, are some
what unequal in their treatment of
the special themes, but perhaps not
more so than we might expect from
the various styles and methods of
thought of the eleven writer's.
DIR. Eaton's topic, Walking with
God," is the opening essay of the
volume, and seeks to deepen and Gull
tivate the consciousness of the Infin-
tie as divine presence in life. 1--WE
Walk with God when we walk with
Christ" says the writer. "Jesus is
God translated into human terms, the
prophesy of oneness with God, which
all men are to attain" DR.. Noodles
ter's essay on "The Blessedness of
Faith" exhibits faith as necessity
of the life and makes it's superlative
blessedness to consist in making God
the beginning of all good things. Mr..
Whippen treats of "Love as an Inner
Force" in familiar manner, as "the
motive of God and Christ, and the
motive to be sought, prayed for, and
that which shall take the race on
to complete victory" Mr.. Hough-
toms article on "The Riches of the
Scriptures" is very valuable pre-
sentation of the subject, and shows
the grasp of the scholar and student.
The editor of the volume contributes
a thoughtful essay entitled, ''Mould-
ed by the Invisible" showing how
unseen elements assert their power in
various departments oflife, with spirit
ual applications. Mr.. Tenney, on "The
Uplift of Prayer" is discriminating
essay, based on the belief that God
hears and answers prayer, and that
Gods answer is the ultimate and di-
vine uplift which comes to the prayer
FIJI and believing heart. DIR. Mason
presents THE Obligations of Relig-
ion," from the basic thought of relig-
ion as an everlasting reality, and not
only a reality to be trusted, but involv-
ing duties to be performed. Mr..
KERN shows what it is to be Saved
by Christ" discussing the salvation
that comes by the power of Christ's
personality, and as revelation of the
truth that makes free, and how Christ
leads us into communion with God
and the eternal. christian Peace"
by Mr.. Whitman, is described as "ac
auiescence in the law of God" and
shows how it may be made possess
ion of the soul. "The Immortal Life"
is the title OF Mr.. Payson's essay, and
outlines some of the possible condi-
tons of the future life-a suggestive
essay which must prove helpful to
all readers. especially those who may
be inclined to doubt the reality of
future existence. The closing essay
of the volume is "A Perfected Char
acter: the Goal of Life" by Mr.. Dill
ingham, and seeks to disclose the di |