The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-07-25
BY THE WAYsIDE.
ness.

1t is excellent to say God of our
fathers" and to have ones piety linked
to the past; but it is best to say my
God," and to possess faith that is I'M.
assailable, because it has been won by
our own hand and is part of our own
soul.-Ian Moclaren.
1t was a saying of Charles Dickens,
that no one is useless in this world who
lightens the burden OF it for any one
else. Think of this, reader, when you
are discouraged and feel your insignifi-
canoe amid the towering events of this
busy time and the personal forces that
are arresting attention.
DIR. Kidd, the professor of Hebrew at
Aberdeen, once had book presented to
him on some very abstruse subject. He
read it patiently for long time, but
could make neither head nor tail of it.
but l." he used to say when he told the
story, Il was match for the fellow.
sent him in return copy of my work
on the Trinity"
1t is reported that the left arm
OF the German Emperor, which is
shrunken and useless, has been "skia.
graphed" by the Roentgen rays. The
experience revealed the nature of the
malformation, and the result has been
submitted to eminent surgeons, who
believe, it is stated. that a simple opera.
ton may give partial, if not complete.
use of the hand and arm.
The criminal statistics of Germany.
for recent decade. have just been an
alyzed by DR.. p. Nathan, for the purpose
OF seeing how the Jewish population
stands in them. The result speaks we'll
for the moral influence of Judaism. The
proportion of crime to population
amongst the Jews of Germany is less
than tve-sixths land in the case of of
fences against property, less than five.
sevenths) OF the proportion that pre-
walls amongst their fellow subjects.
And this disparity tends to become more
and more marked. Moreover, in the
very grave crimes. the disparity is still
more conspicuous than in these general
totals. This is good record for Mono
theism.
An archdeacon of the Episcopal
Church is maturing plans to invade the
anarchistic slums of Brooklyn. He will
follow Bishop Potters example of last
summer by living himself among the
poor, while pleasure Palace" for them
is being built under his direction, which
will contain gymnasium. smoking, pool
and billiard rooms and bathrooms. Three
nurses of the Red Cross Society will also
be stationed in this house. How much
good this will accomplish we cannot say.
Personal ministration to the poor and
the suffering is the very essense OF Chris
tianity. But we imagine to secure it's
full measure of result it should be con-
tinuous rather than spasmodic. 1t will
be recalled that following the example
OF her Lord, the early Church made pro-
vision for the poor and suffering. But
when she passed into the age of dogma,
and later into the age of government.
her charities became fewer, yet isolated
examples of Christ.like ministration
have illuminated every age. st. Eliza
beth of Hungary fed the poor with loaves.
A saint of Spain nursed the lepers in
their hospital. A Catholic priest and a
Presbyterian missionary devoted their
lives to aiding the Molokai lepers. Nine
teenth century saints are learning the
value of the body. Science and religion
both are teaching this generation that
physical and moral improvement must
proceed Decentralization Work.