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THE GLADNEss OF EASTER.

THERE is an inner meaning of poeti-
cal beauty in the old superstition
that the sun dances in very gladness
on Easter morn. Whether many of
the customs that early pertained to
this day in England be, as many
claim, a remnant of pagan beliefs and
observances in regard to the Saxon
Goddess Easter, worshiped at the
beginning of spring, or wholly due
to the Christian observance of the
day of the Resurrection, the same
spirit of joyousness and gladness
pertained to both. The flowers on
Easter morning in the churches tell
by their beauty and perfume of the
re-awakening of nature from the long
sleep of winter, and to the Christian
speak still more significantly and
eloquently of immortal youth and
life made known unto humanity in
the rising of the Saviour from the
tomb.
From the earliest times Easter has
always been considered glad holt
day. In England by law concern
ing holidays it was ordained, as early
as the reign of Alfred the Great, that
Easter week should be kept holy;
but it was not long before we find
the season to partake of the more
joyous character of the modern Eas-
ter festival. 1t is true, if we consult
the customs of this day few hun
dred years ago, we are more impress
ed with their primitive sportfulness
than with their application to re-
ligious festival. But due allowance
must be made for the times, though
even as late as the time of DIR. South,
that eminent divine found it neces-
sary to reprove his parishioners after
this fashion: "God expects from men
more than ordinary at such times,
and that it were much to be wished,
for the credit of their religion as well
as the satisfaction of their conscience,
that their Easter devotions would, in
some measure, come up to their Eas-
ter DRESS"
This is reproof, perhaps, still APP
plicable, if we may believe all that
is said about the blooming of the
Easter bonnet in the churches on
the glad morning. But beauty in it.
self is not wrong and God can be
honored by freshness and beauty as
we'll as by austerity and sack-cloth
and ashes. The golden mean, here,
as elsewhere, is best, but to our mind
it is safer to err on the side of joy
and light than on that of darkness
and grief on the gladdest festival of
the Christian church.
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FROM PRESIDENT CONE.
TO the Editor of THE UNIvERsALIsT

To the Editor of THE UNIvERsALIsT
l must crave the privilege of setting
myself right before your readers in view
of mournful misrepresentation of my
position in your editorial of the 28th
inst. 1t will be sufficient for my present
purpose if l confine myself to justif-
cation of my statement which you have
not laid before your readers. said that
the Church was divided on the question
of bringing the College into close con-
nection with it's work, with preponder-
ance of influence. so far as aggressive
ness and talk are concerned, on the Sec
tartan side. l said this division was
source of weakness. If there's no divis-
ion, then all Universalists in the State
agree with the Secretary of the Conven-
ton who said in your columns prior to
the publication of my statement, that
the College had done the Church little
or no good because of the policy which
had been pursued, and that it was his
opinion, with which "a large majority
of Universalists in Ohio" agreed, that
every officer of the College and every
teacher in it Ought to be a good and
loyal member of the Universalist
Church. This gentleman is sure that
he has considerable following, and he
has wider acquaintance with our peo-
pie in the State than any other man.
Does his declaration draw line of d.
vision? The haste that is made by some
persons to disclaim sympathy with his
opinion proves decided division.
This, and this only, is the sort of de-
naturalization of the College that l had
in mind,-the insistence that all its off.
GERS and teachers should be Universal
lists. A faction in the Church has for
the last dozen years kept up fire of
criticism upon me for nominating, and
upon the Board for appointing. few
teachers who were not Universalists.
Now the Secretary of the Convention
comes out with the public declaration
that he and many others think that not
only the teachers but the officers of the
College ought to be Universalists. Re-
ports that have come to me from the
State at large are to the same effect. 1
suppose that very few of those who en-
terrain this sentiment could tell just
how they would accomplish their wish
to bring the College into closer relations
with the work of the Church. Perhaps
they have been waiting for the Secretary
of the Convention to unfold his mastery
policy! If the statement of these facts
is ian unwarranted and cruel stroke" at
the College, let the censure fall on those
who have created the facts; not on him
who states them. have never charged
that any one wished to make the in
struction of the College pertain to any
theological creed" This is gross per-
version. l said only that "the natural
course of events would tend toward
more distinctively UNCONVENTIONAL man
agement Of the College in the near fu-
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Great Britain seems at last to have
caught the spirit of militarism under
which the nations on the continent have
been grooming these many years. Not
only has the naval bill. always great in
England, been tremendously increased
this year. but the papers are seriously
discussing the advisablitY of laying up
a corn reserve sufficient to supply Eng
land a year should her supplies sud-
denly be cut off in the event of great
war. A writer in the Nineteenth Cen
fury forcibly presents the reasons for
this extraordinary measure. measure
which, if adopted as at present discussed,
will involve the expenditure Of about
sl5O,0O0000 per year, that being the
value of breadstuffs annually consumed
by the British people. The increase in
expenditure is provided for in the
scheme, after the usual fashion of late
years. namely by adding another penny
on the pound to the income tax. 1t was
Napoleon's idea that war could most
effectually be made against Great Brit
ain by destroying her commerce and
starving her to death. OF course there
is a possibility that in case Great Britain
was attacked by sufficiently powerful
combination, Napoleon's plan might be
realized. But such possibility seems re.
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WnipersaItst personal.

President Nash preached at the
Church of the Redeemer on Sunday
morning,
Rev. j. A. Stoner, formerly of Spring.
field, o., removes to Milford, in that
State, and desires his correspondents to
so address him.
We are made happy by the assurance
from DR.. M'Collester. of Marlboro, N.
H., that he has almost entirely recov.
cred from his recent illness.
Mr.. 7. L. Hawks, who holds license
from the Kansas Convention, and who
has been recently in Kansas City, has
left there and is now at his home in Bar
ripgton, Ill.
An aged veteran in our Church in
Ohio passed away Wednesday, March
IL, in the person of Joseph r. Moon. of
Martinsville. He was in his Oath year
and man Of mark in the community
Rev. John Richardson pays tribute to
his memory this week.
Rev. John Richardson preached
Saturday evening, March IA, in the
Methodist Episcopal church, Merritts-
town, Warren county, Ohio. This is
good missionary work. He began series
of meetings at Westville, Monday even
ing, March %, and continued the same
until the following Friday evening. Rev.
Miss Henrietta G. Moore continued the
meetings Saturday evening and Sunday
March 30.
Rev. Anthony Bilkovsky, of Lynn,
writes word or two of explanation:
A reference in the issue of March 81,
to the Labor Church" of Lynn and TO
myself is misleading. Though l have
made addresses to the body of men and
women who assemble there, l in no
sense preside" over its destinies. The
church has pastor. 1t was my inter-
est in economic questions that first
caused me to visit them in their public
meetings. and caused them to invite
me to address them. My interest is but
thatof spectator and partial sympathizer
with the aims and methods of the
Labor Church"
Rev. and Mrs. w. S. Bacon, If Wymo.
ing, Ohio. were lat home" to their
friends on Tuesday, March a. afternoon
and evening. The occasion was the tiff.
tieth anniversary of their marriage. the
rare Golden Wedding that so few mar
ried couples are permitted to enjoy.
The Editor of The UNIvERsALIsT was
present at the silver wedding of these
friends a quarter of a century ago. He
was represented on this occasion by an
epistle of remembrance. Many of our
readers in Ohio and Indiana will join in
congratulations that Rev. and Mrs. Ba-
con have been spared to celebrate the
anniversary of their half century of
welded life in health. peace and con
tentment
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unto the resurrection from the dead"
The church during its entire history
has accepted this testimony, and
staked its existence upon the doc
trine of the resurrection. The doc
trine has never been questioned by
any respectable sect, and it is easy to
see that the church must stand or
fall with this belief.
Skepticism has at last been driven
into its last position from which to
attack Christian faith in the resurrec-
ton. 1t now admits the authenticity
of the Gospels and the sincerity of
the writer's; it is even disposed to
grant the sufficiency of the testimony,
provided the event could be consid-
cred under any circumstances credi-
BILE; but it asserts the uniform action
of natural law, the utter impossibility
of resurrection ever taking place,
and that the witnesses must have
been credulous and self deceived men.
y y The world has been quick to
adopt the doctrine of the Immortality
of the soul, as taught by the resur-
rection of Jesus Christ, and which
no argument of Socrates or other
philosopher has ever proved or can
prove. Its faith in this doctrine has
never been shaken, and is one of the
main causes of its supremacy over
other faiths, as it was, according to
Gibbon, one of the principal reasons
for the rapid growth of the early
church. Nor is this belief to be over
thrown. 1t will not be believed that
Christianity rests upon a delusion,
that the real has come out of the
false, the beautiful out of the unwor-
thy, so much that is inspiring in hui
man life tracing its origin to an idle
tale. Science is more likely here
after to add further reasons for our
belief in Immortality than to deny
existing reasons.-Prouidence Jour-
nal.
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RESURRECTION OF JESUS CHRIST,

No body of men were ever in great
er despair than were the disciples of
Jesus Christ when they saw their
beloved Master die upon the cross.
They had given up all their worldly
occupations and their social standing
among the Jews in order to at
tach themselves to his fortunes. They
had done this because they believed
him to be the Messiah, whose coming
had long been foretold by the proph-
cts, and whose appointed work was
to restore the fallen fortunes of Israel.
His miraculous powers, his pure char
acter and noble bearing, his unriv-
aled ascendency over the minds and
hearts of men, all contributed to
heighten their faith in him. y Il
On sudden they beheld their dream
destroyed, their Master seized by Ro-
man authority at the instigation of
the Jewish elders, and without lifting
finger in his own defense, apparently
with his own consent, crucified and
slain. At that moment nothing could
have been more abject and hopeless
than the situation of the little band
of his followers, without influence or
education, numbering at the most
only few dozen, and these mainly
women and Galillean peasants.
What was it that restored the con-
fdence and revived the courage of
the little band and sent them out
into the world as apostles of new
faith, destined to subyert kingdoms,
civilize barbarians, build up an ever
enduring empire upon the ruined
throne of the Caesars, and whose do
minion was to extend with the ever
widening influence of civilized man
kinda There is only one possible
answer: 1t was the belief in the res
direction of Jesus Christ. tbs per-
fectly evident that these men be-
lieved this. Their written story is as
simple and clear as crystal lake.
The supposition of the inven-
ton of the narrative, or collision in
its preparation, is forbidden by the
aItlessness of the story, and has long
been abandoned by respectable skep-
tics. Its authenticity is vouched for
by eye witnesses of the repeated re-
appearance of the crucified Master,
and no voice from antiquity has
reached us contradicting their testi-
mony. The witnesses proved their
belief by giving up every earthly
consideration for their appointed
service in behalf of despised and
apparently hopeless cause, and ac-
cepted martyrdom without a MUIR
muir, hoping that they might attain
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REV. J.. LEWIs'S LECTURES.

The result of the recent lecture tour
of Rev. ]. j. Lewis, in Michigan, has
been a two-weeks Encouragement for
April. On his coming trip west he pro-
poses to visit Chicago and possibly make
little tour in Wisconsin and Minneso-
ia. Churches wishing to correspond
with him may address him care of THE
UNIvERsALIsT.
The success attending the lecture on
the Passion Play has been most crafty
ing to all concerned. 1t has proved a
very successful entertainment and has
attracted remarkable crowds where de-
livered. Our churches west should Sc
cure Mr.. Lewis for this most uplifting
and impressive lecture. We hope it may
be given in Chicago.
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ture." This was forecast based on facts
we'll known to me, and in particular on
the declaration of the Secretary and his
large majority" of sympathizers. l am
glad that you agree with me that this
tendency, if it should reach it's end,
would be harmful to the College.
am glad to observe that the resolu
tion passed by the Trustees is in entire
accord with my statement. 1t declares
that the Trustees are not aware that the
Convention has changed its attitude
toward the College. [ am far from
thinking, as have been far from saying,
that it has. The attitude" to which /
referred is that of individuals of more or
less influence, who go about among the
clearer discernment of the situation ar d
greater fairness if they had directed
resolution against those persons who
wish to denominationalize the College
to the extent of having all it's officers
and teachers Universalists
Let me cay, in conclusion, that do not
object, and never have objected, to the
UNCONVENTIONAL control of the College as
it now exists, and it is an unaccountable
Misrepresentation of my statement to so
interpret it. 1t is more distinctively
UNCONVENTIONAL control" along the lines
of the extract made from your columns.
that | deprecated and said | did not
sympatbize with. did not say that Mr..
Buchtel was opposed to denomina
tional control. and to represent that |
said 80 is an inexcusable perversion of
my words. But do object. and he would
if he we're alive, to any modification of
the policy of the College which would
not fully recognize the support that the
people of Akron, of all denominations,
have given it; for to ALLEVIATE the interest
and support Of this city would, in my
judgment, be disastrous" That the
tendency to which l have referred, that
is, to insist upon having only Universal
lists for officers and teachers, would have
this result. am sure, and if my exposure
of it should check it. l shall have rem
dered the College a service instead of
dealing it "cruel stroke" Did these
persons who want the College differed
with good and loyal" Universalists from
the bottom up (for know some of them
have gravely proposed that the manage
ment of the culinary apartment ought
to be denominationaD did they wish
to go on secretly? If not, why am l
charged with dealing "cruel stroke"
when l reveal what they want, and
quote the words of one of their leaders
for it? They should be the last persons
to concede that tie carrying out Of this
"sectarian program"-the program of
the self styled "best friends of the Col
lege-would harm it. These men have
dealt me many "cruel stroke" not the
least malicious of which is the charge
that wished to take the College away
from the Universalists,-that / would
if could, steal college,! Yet they are
greatly stirred when quote one of their
champions to show what they want. and
they make all haste to deny that they
ever wanted nything Of the kind If
what l have said shall put stop to this
sort of talk, need not regret that 1
have brought the matter before the
public. for I shall have done the College
good. though l have only the wrath Of
man" to praise me. 0. Cone.
AKRON March %. 1896.
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by statute. and magnanimity inspired by good
will, which fundamental conditions are always
marred by the wasteful and bitter violence OF
war; and
WHEREAS, the United States and Great
Britain, akin in language, Jurisprudence, legal
methods and essential love of right are already
accustomed to arbitrate their dsagreements,
and have emphatically declared themselves in
favor of such rbitration-Con.sress by the ac-
ton of both houses in 1890, and the House of
Commons by its vote in 1S9S-therefore
"REsoLvED, that we earnestly desire such
action by our National Legislature and the Ex-
ecutiye as shall make permanent provision for
some wise method of arbitration between the
two countries-it being our hope that such
step will ultimately lead to international arbtrs-
ton throughout the civilized world
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CALIFORNIA CONVENTION.

DIR. E. L. CoNGER writes that the Cal
ifornia Convention will be held in Los
Angeles this year-probably in May.
DR.. Conger is President Of the Conven-
ton and will doubtless see that the Of
fetal notice reaches the public in good
season.
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mote indeed while Great Britain retains
the supremacy of the seas. For a nation
of as cool-headed and clever people as
the English to thus convert their snug
little, tight little island" into fortress
garrison, and duly provisioned for year
would be, we think, an admission of pos
sibilities Great Britain would scarcely
care to make On the contrary, if she
must prepare for all possible contingen-
cies her present plan of making her
fleet incomparably stronger than that of
any two powers of the world seems much
the more sensible.
500
Mr.. F. G. Fleay in the London Ath-
enaum, by devious process in chronol-
ogy into which it is unnecessary to
enter in this place, arrives at the con-
clusion that under the title of Father
of Present, Abrat am, the Father of
the Faithful is portrayed on the walls
of an Egyptian temple, at Benz Hasan.
This would be exceedingly interesting
but as Mr.. Fleay, in order to arrive at
this conclusion finds it necessary to
drop out one dynasty of 1868 years and
to add 100 years in one place and III in
another, and also to assume that Abra-
ham was known in Egypt as Father of
Present instead of Exalted Father" as
his Hebrew name signifies, ones chronol-
ogy is somewhat unsettled by Mr..
Fleay's way of dealing with the subject,
and the reader is left in painful doubt as
| to whether the same might not be sue
cessfully performed to prove almost any
thing one might happen to wish to prove
in Egyptology. There is, as every archa
ologist is aware, slight discrepancy of
5000 or 1000 years among Psychologists
as to the date of the first dynasty, and
starting on such basis it would be hard
indeed if Mr.. Fleay could not dispose of
a little dynasty of only 1868 years as may
seem best to him in order to arrive at a
conclusion that would certainly give
people of to-day pleasure.
500
One of the papers of this city re-
Gently sent inquiries to the Governors Of
the forty four States of the Union re-
specting the religious views they held.
The responses show that thirty-nine of
the forty four are avowed believers in
religion, while twenty nine are professed
Christians. Only one of the Governors,
Hulberson, of Texas, declined to define
his sentiments and one, Gov. Vance, of
North Carolina, failed to make any re-
| spouse. These facts are interesting
enough, perhaps, to warrant the effort
of the paper referred to in collecting
| them; yet we must say we sympathize
with the attitude of the two Southern
Governors, one of whom ignored the
| question, and the other declined to an
swer it. There is an intelligent and
warrantable curiosity and there is a
kind that can scarcely be named by a
better epithet than impairment AS
long as church and State are separated,
and rightly we believe, the religion of
every man, Governor or President, is a
matter of his own private concern.
500
The UNIvERsALIsT should not be ex-
nactad RI ranort the doinpa of ministers
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England has made Egypt what it is to-
day. Under the management of the
Khedive, responsible only to the Turks,
the condition of affairs had become so
bad that they could be no worse, and
bondholders of all European nations
virtually had DO security. England in
vited France TO a joint occupation, which
the latter refused. Under British man
agement. the bondholders have received
the interest, and funds have been ac'
cumulated; while The lot of the common
people has been vastly improved. 1t is
bad enough today, but the gain to the
people of Egypt has been greater than
under any other possible government.
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Interesting Notes.
Topics OF the Day Discussed.
Illiterate Foreigners.
journal & Messenger.)

(Journal 4 Messenger.)
Over ninety per cent. of the illiterate
population in the large cities are foreign
born. Do we care anything for the
character of the men who compose the
voting population of this nation? II so,
it is time to restrict immigration.
DR.. Gordon's Heresy.
christian Reglster.)
Rev. DR.. George A. Gordon seems to
be between two fires. A Unitarian con.
tributor arraigns him for his doctrine of
the Trinity. On the other hand, an or.
thodox writer, Rev. George N. Board
man, DID, of New York, in the Advance
says. "Dr. Gordon seems to have no con-
ception of the doctrine of the Trinity as
it is apprehended by orthodox theolo-
gians."
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THE UNIvERsALIsT should not be ex-
pected to report the doings of ministers
who are not in the fellowship of the
church. 1t will decline to do so when
ever solicited.
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McLaughlin-Hill.

There was neat little wedding last
Wednesday evening at the residence
of Isaac Mclaughlin north and east of
the village.
The contracting parties were Miss
Carrie E. Mclaughlin of this place and
Fred G.. Hill, one Of Port Huron's
business men. About seventy persons,
friend of the bride and groom, as
sembled to witness the Rev. Windrem,
of Fostoria, tie the knot in his usually
graceful manner. The bride was ele-
gantly attired in cream and white
serge with pearl ornaments. Miss
Sadie Mclaughlin, sister of the bride,
and our own blushing Duncan A. Nc
Keith stood up with the happy couple;
Mrs. j. NJ. Palmer played Mendels-
sohn's Wedding March, an elegant
supper after the ceremony, at which
place the representative of the EX-
positor particularly distinguished him.
self; many costly presents were given
the bride, and the event was a happy
and interesting one in every particular.
The couple started at once on a
wedding trip to Duluth, Buffalo; New
York and other places of interest, and
will return in about two weeks and
reside in Port Huron.
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Election of Officers, 10. O. r.

At the last regular meeting of Ad-
vance Lodge, No. ITO, IOOF, held in
their hall in the Chamberlain block
Friday evening, June 5, the following
officers were elected for the ensuing
six months:-
Noble Grand-Geo. Mann.
Vice Grand-W. A. Cavanagh.
Rec. Seeretary-E. f. Fead.
Treasurer-Robt. w. Menerey.
Representative to Grand Lodge-Jas.
Hisey.
The members enjoyed ice cream on
the newly elected officers.