The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-02-15
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY Is.
EDITORIAL.

Anotner Onaplaln Senate one day last
Prayer. week the Chaplain. Ia
substitute, DIR. Hugh Johnston, of
Washington City. in the opening prayer
expressed thanks for "the confidence of
the people in the financial strength of
the nation" AS this is a distinct refer
ence to passing event in which merges
a considerable amount of politics. or
that can be be easily twisted into such
relations, it will be in order for the
Boston Herald to visit the prayer with
the same measure of condemnation that
it uses when criticising the prayers of
the Uniyersalist chaplain of the House
of Representatives. We opine, however,
that it will ascertain before condemning
whether the Rev. Hugh johnson belongs
to the Episcopal Church. This may
Ward off the danger.
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The public farewell
Inc Iare"en reception to DIR. j. FL.
to Dr. BarroWs' Barrows, at Central
Music Hall on Sunday evening, was a
splendid testimonial to the eminent
clergyman from the city in which he
has labored so diligently for fourteen
years. 1t was a popular tribute not only
to DR.. Barrows as beloved clergyman of
Chicago departing now for a season on
a significant mission, but also to him as
the Chairman of the Worlds Parliament
of Religions, in which relation DR.. Bar.
rows has won his widest renown. ut
was an ovation" remarks the Times
Herald, "of which any great ruler might
feel proud. The returning commander
of victorious armies could hardly receive
a more fiattering tribute from the peo-
pie. Not only all the Protestant church
,es, but an eloquent representative of
the Roman Catholic faith, joined with
the President of the Worlds Columbian
Exposition in declaring that the services
of DIR. Barrows as Chairman of the
Worlds Parliament of Religions and as
a useful and public spirited citizen of
Chicago, helping to develop and organize
its moral forces for the attainment OF
lofty ideals of citizenship. we're entitled
to the appreciative recognition of all
classes"
DIR. BARRows goes to
His MISSION 10 India after a few
lno1a' months stay in Eu-
rome for the purpose of delivering the
first course of lectures in Calcutta on the
Haskell foundation. This lectureship
was endowed by member of DR.. Bar
rows congregation and has for its object
the presentation of Christianity to the
dwellers in the Orient from the stand
point of it's fundamental doctrines Of
the fatherhood of God and the brother
hood of man. 1t is broad, catholic and
comprehensive Christianity which DIR.
Barroys will set forth and interpret to
the people of India. He will be the rep.
resentative of that spiritual and univer-
sal Christianity which rises above all
sectarian names and finds its largest
success in the communication of dis
tinct religious and ethical impulse to
modern civilization. DR.. Barrows is
we'll prepared to enter upon such mis-
sion. He will be an interpreter of
Christianity to India in whose work
Christians of every name may well re-
joice. We wish him every success in
the important work in which he will
soon engage.
WHAT has the CONT
1.-THE Continental mental Sunday done
Sunday" for France? Perhaps
an answer may be found in the words of
Robert Collyer: 81 remember when in
Paris in 1865. counting forty different
kinds Of workingmen busy at their tasks
as 1 walked on Sunday morning from my
hotel TO a church not far away. Won
dered where that would end, and saw
the end in 1871 in the fires that had been
kindled by the Commune" Those who
sheer at the Puritan Sunday may also
find food for thought amid the present
agitation of the Sunday closing question
in New York and other cities. in the fol-
lowing statistics: In Germany SO per
cent Of the crimes are committed be-
tween Saturday night and Monday
morning. In the city of Toronto, where
the saloons are closed from 7 o'clock on
Saturday night until 6 o'clock Monday
morning, out of total of 1922 arrests
for drunkenness and disorderly conduct
in 1894 and 2,773 in 1895, less than one
hundred Of these arrests in each year
was on Sunday. Sunday closing in