The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-08-29
The World Moves.
(The New Unity.)

oeeooiishnient Vi civil service, can be
pessimist. Praise God the world moves,
The problem for each one of us is. Are
we moving with the tide that rolls home.
ward and justiceward?
Don't Get Morbid.
Christian Standard.)
Don't get morbid. Morbiditv Seas
everything in an exaggerated light. It
consumes its power by strange fire.
1t is like wild prairie fire that con.
sumes everything before It, without
reason. 1t is worse than a prairie fire.
for when there is nothing more for that
to consume, its destructive course is ar.
rested. But morbdity creates its own
unreal fuel and glares and blazes
through and over it.
The Appeal of Arbitration.
(Zon's Herald.)
prominent religious writer of our
day emphasizes the fact that a conspicu
GUS difference between Christendom and
heathendom is the immense superioritv
OF the former in armies and navies and
all manner OF implements for killing
people. The weakest of Christian ma.
tions has ships and guns enough to an
initiate the combined military forces of
the whole heather world, excepting only
China and Japan. Such state of mat
tiers is, to put it mildly, curious com.
mentary on the attention paid by the
professed followers of the Prince of
Peace to his explicit declaration that he
had come not to destroy mems lives,
but to save them. Yet, far away as the
age of perfect peace seems to be. there
are welcome indications of it's approach.
Mr.. Bryce on Church Union.
(rhe Church Union)
Sentiments toward Christian fellow.
ship and church union are as common
in England as they are in this country.
Indeed, so far as sentiment goes the feel
ing in favor of church union may be said
to be as wide as the Christian world. On
Monday, June Odd, there was held what
London, at Sion College. 1t was nota.
BILE in that it was distinctly conference
between Churchmen and Nonconform-
lists on the matter of church union,
James Bryce, NJ P. whose book on the
American Commonwealth" was of such
interest to Americans, made the address
of greatest interest at this conference.
His whole tone was hopeful and encour.
aging. He did not look for any organic
unity soon, if at all, but he did expect a
larger measure of cooperation, more
pleasant relationships of courtesy, and a
more real and genuine sympathy among
the various organizations of Christian.
ity.
The darlington Booths Enterprise.
christian Reglster.)
1t is hardly matter of surprise that
Mr.. and Mrs. Darlington Booth. having
withdrawn from the Salvation Army
with its militarism, it's noise and dis.
play, should now have entered upon an
absorbing Christian enterprise of the
hardest, most taxing, and least conspicu-
Gus nature, but one which goes to the
very heart and root of evil. This enter
prise is nothing less than the redemp-
ton of the condemned. Mrs. Booths
success in awakening the weakened
consciences of convicts at the New York
State prisons has led her to the convic-
ton that there is neglected field of
labor there. and to this she proposes to
devote her indomitable energies. Ar.
rangements have been made by which
systematic work will be at once begun
at Sing Sing. Clinton, and Auburn. It
is hoped that funds will be found to
build home for convicts to enter i'm
mediately upon their release, and before
plans for their future employment can
be made. The work includes personal
intercourse with convicts' families, care
for their children, and, indeed, promises
to develop into thoroughly practical
philanthropic service, and one which will
yield blessed returns for all the devo-
ton. faith, and love which it absorbs.
Evolution not Demonstrated Science.
christian Work.
That the evolutionary theory is still
debatabie ground is evidenced by the
fact that all scientists do not accept it
as demonstrated scientific truth, but
still hold their conclusions in allegiance.
The theory is certainly still an open
question in many quarters, and it will
not be accepted as scientific fact with
out more light. One of the last to pro-
test against the extreme claims put forth
by the evolutionists it Lord Kelvin, bet
ter know in this country, perhaps, as
Sir William Thomson, late president of
the British Association for the Advance
ment of Science. This is what he has
to say; Il have always felt" says Lord
Kelvin, that the hypothesis of natural
selection does not contain the true theory
of evolution, il evolution there has been
in biology. feel profoundly convinced
that the argument Of design has been
greatly too much lost sight of in recent
biological speculation. Overpoweringly
strong proofs Of intelligent and benevol-
emit design lie around US, and il ever per.
plexities whether metaphysical or scien.
tific, turn us away from them for a time,