The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-06-13


more liberal regime than that of Alex
ander III. under whom the Jews were
cruelty prosecuted. But little is known
of the present Cars habits of thought
or trend of sympathies but that little il
favorable and induces the hope that
under his liberal rule Russia will become
more and more akin to European
thought and sentiment.
SOS
The Higher Crit
The PolyohrOmatic cism" is to have 8
testament Testament of its own
Professor Paul Haupt, head of the
scientific department of Johns Hop
kins University, recently sailed fol
Europe to superintend the new poly
chromatic edition of the Old Tesla
ment, of which he is general editor
assisted by the leading Hebrew
scholars of England and America. By
means of the various devices, such as
different colored backgrounds, white
light brown, yellow, ETC., the emenda'
tions necessary to show the results OF
the latest criticisms will be indicated.
The new polychromatic edition will
doubtless be useful to scholars as indi-
eating at a glance the results of their
own researches, but until those results
are much more clearly established than
at present, people in general will have
but little use for the polychromatic
Bible.
The Financial Secre-
DR.. Riggs Visit tary comes West next
10 tne West' week to do some
needed work in the field in behalf of the
finances of the General Convention. The
crisis that already exists in the affairs OF
the Convention warrants immediate &C.
ton. Unless relief comes soon the work
of our church in the mission field will be
seriously embarrassed. Indeed it is al
ready embarrassed, and relief is neces-
sary, or suspension of activities that
will seriously affect important interests
of the church will be the result. The
West profits largely by the work OF the
General Convention. Some OF its larg-
est interests are located in Western
territory To plead for attention to DIR.
Riggs mission is to ask substantially
for attention to Western interests. Let
the Financial Secretary be given a
cordial welcome and wherever and
whenever he appears may our loyal
friends in the pulpit and in the pew be
swift to hear and obey his call.
800
DIR. FRANCIS l.. PAT
President Pattons TON of Princeton Uni
Sound Words. versity in his bacca-
laureate sermon gave utterance to some
pregnant thoughts in regard to Chris
tianity which are worthy of quotation.
Speaking of the value of education he
said: Some men say that the main idea
of college education is discipline, to fill
the student with Latin and Greek cult
ure and to pour mathematics into him,
but / rejoice that Princeton has MAN,
tanned a high standard of morality. TIE
aim of her teaching has been to instill
into her students a firm belief in solid
Christianity rather than to turn them
into the world with a finished cul-
ture derived from pagan writer's. When
we stand for this religion we stand
for the perpetuity of the home,
for the maintenance of law and for
the obligations Of morality" Again DR..
Patton remarked that the Sermon
on the Mount and the two Epistles to
the Corinthians constitute the literat-
ure which has moralized the world" and
he said further, "the influence of all the
Pagan moralists cannot compare with
that Of the First Epistle to the CORN
thians alone" These are words of truth
and soberness and eminently worthy Of
the attention of the young men to whom
they were addressed. They will bear at
tention from all who would understand
the power of Christianity as a reforming
and uplifting force in our modern civil
cation.
800
THE Eastern question
Inc OreIan Strug has again been re.
gle and the opeped and in a new
turks form. The dispatches
of the last week bring information of an
instruction in the famous island OF
Crete where the Christian population is
now practically arrayed against the
hated Turks and their rule. The Rec
ord gives an interesting account of the
new trouble which may involve the great
European nations. THE uprising be-