The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-05-30
Exchange Notes.
Topics of the Day Discussed.
Help the Stay-at-Homes.
(Christian WORLDLY


Very few persons of leisure who 90 an.
nually on vacation appreciate how much
good cheer they might impart il they
would visit the church and help by testi-
mony the "stay at homos."
Little Foxes that Spoil the Vines.
(Christian Witness.)
The want of kindness in the common
courtesies OF life. the lack of considera-
ton OF another's need, the failure to
have sympathy, and the lack of skill in
being useful and helpful-these are all
not very small foxes that spoil the vines
in many vineyard.
stephen Girards Birthday.
philadelphia Ledger.)
The one thing conspicuous about each
recurrence OF Stephen Girard's birth
day ia that it makes a wider circle of
good resulting from the old merchants
magnificent charity. 1t grows like tree,
each year making it a little larger and
stronger and more benefcent than it
was beforehand there is no apparent
reason why its good work should not 90
on increasing ratio for centuries.
Thinking and Believing.
THE Standard)
At the recent celebration of Prof.
w. II. Green's fiftieth anniversary 1T
Princeton, the story was revived of the
eulogium once pronounced on the New
Jersey college-"Yale teaches men to
think but Princeton teaches men to
believe" This was said in perfect sober
ness at Princeton. and received with an
plause, but in other ATTITUDES it has
raised smile. The implication, that to
teach men to believe without thinking)
is more meritorious than to teach them
to think, seems like a relic of mediava-
lsim. 1t rests on superseded concep-
ton of faith.
The Full Stop.
New York Obseryer.)
One OF the most useful of the punctu-
alton points is period. 1t is relief
when certain writer's and preachers
come to full stop. An express train
that was always in motion, or that ran
by all the stations, would serve no pub
lie purposes. The air-brakes must be
applied at the proper places. Doesn't
he bring his amen with him. mamma?"
was the question of little girl whose
fresh Juvenile mind wearied of the dry
talk of minister who was making an
interminable call upon her mother.
Every pastor should take along his
"amen" with him when he calls or
breaches.
Presbyterian Version.
(Christian Work.
And now a Presbyterian look toward
re-revised version of the Bible is discer-
nible. At meeting of the Rochester
Presbytery memorial was adopted look
ing toward the publication of new
edition of the King James version of the
Scriptures, which shall contain in the
margin all the important alterations
made by the Revised Version. 1t was de-
cided to forward the memorial to the
General assembly and ask that COM
mittee be appointed to cooperate with
committees appointed with other demon
nations to prepare the new edition. We
should like to see something of this kind
done. but we fear the movement is a lit
tie Premature.
Russia and the Gear.
(Journal & Messenger.)
Russia is today the one power which
the world has reason to fear. 1t is hoped
that the new Gar will use the occasion
OF his coronation to promulgate some re-
forms looking toward a constitutional
government, but the Gar himself is a
part OF great system. and it is doubtful
if he could Withstand the mobiles. And
yet the only hope for the down -trodden
masses OF Russia seems to be in the good
impulses Of the Gear, since revolution
is we'll nigh impossible. The strength of
the government is 30 great, and modern
weapons commanded by intelligence so
effective. that an ignorant peasantry is
helpless. They are indeed too ignorant
for selfgovernment, even if it were given
them.
Angels with Wings.
(The Church.)
We commend to the makers of our
coming cathedrals the subject of angels
with wings. Is it not time seriously to
consider whether the symbolical eff
cheney OF the wing is net largely out
grown? Christian art, in the days of it's
crudity, painted an aureole around the
saints head. In the days of its maturity
it more and more discarded the aureole
as mechanical adjunct, leaving the
saint to tell his story through his face.
Why is not the wing also a mechanical
adjunct? Is it not time our art out
grew it? "The measure of man is the
measure of an ANGEL Let the angels in
our church windows prove that they
are angels indeed by the strength and
beauty OF their hands and the glory of
their faces.
Church Loyalty.
(Zion's Herald)
A revival of true church loyalty seems
N ba oaIlad FOR Thara ia lace ~ - l.,