The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-02-01

The Old Story.
Northwestern Advocacy
Poverty. vice, and crime, this triad of
curses, all find their chiefest source of
strength, if not their origin, in the traffic
in intoxicating drinks. The slum. the
brothel, and the thieves den, with all
their wretched, brazen and besotted
denizens, are the legitimate progeny of
the drinkshops.
Not Easily Switched OF.
(Chrisian Register.)
UNCONVENTIONAL organizations are not
easily switched off their tracks or taken
out OF the ruts in which they wheel; and
so it is idle to hope for at present. and
somewhat questionable to desire. a
union OF denominations organized on
different lines and with different ante
cedents aud following different meth.
DDS.
A Conundrum and Answer
Cumberland Presbyterian.
Why does the pastor with three or
four churches think that the nastor
with but one church has an easy time?
and why does the pastor with but one
church think that the pastor with three
or four churches has an easy timer
Because if there be such thinking.
neither thinker knows what he is
thinking about.
Unite for Arbitration.
(The Outlook)
The peacelovers of the United STATES
and Great Britain ought not to be con-
tent with merely preventing a war now
between these two countries. They
should unite to create tribunal which
should make war impossible in the fu.
ture. Navies and armies then would be
needed only for police and patrol duty.
and to protect the civilized world from
the dangers threatened by bsrbaric
peoples.
Specimen Degeneracy.
(Journal & Mes enger.)
There was time when our lecture
platforms were occupied by eminent
men, who drew an audience because of
their ability to lecture Beecher, Wen
dell Phillips, Cough. Now curiosity to
see some freak or criminal, or associate
and defender of criminals, is appealed
to. The same is said to be true of the
theaters. Prize fighters. men notorious
for something discreditable, are upon
the stage, and the ability to act is not so
much taken into account This seems
to indicate degeneration. even among
theater goers.
Ex-President Harrison's Compliment.
(Chur, h UDion.l
The New York Tribune in expatiating
upon the probability Of a second mar
riage between ex-President Harrison
and his wifes niece, Mrs Dmmick states
that the ex-President gave as a reason
why he was deeply interested and con.
tinued his interest in Mrs. Dimmick.
that she knows enough to keep quiet
when he wants to think. Is it the
Tribune's or the ex-President's inten.
ton to convey higher compliment to
the ex-President's estimate of himself or
the woman he intends to make his wife.
or to womanhood in general? We doubt
very much whether any such assertion
was made by ex-President Harrison.
Degrading the Masters Message.
(The Standard)
1t is one of the sayings of the Western
States that the plentifulness of cheap
land has caused many preacher to be
"ploughed under" metamorphosing the
minister into the farmer. Is there not
new danger that in too much stereop-
ticon, too frequent decoration of pulpits
with squashes, not to speak of BARRIERS
chairs, razors and shaving mugs (which
a Michigan pastor used to point his
moral when preaching to the barbers),
bicycle sermons and what not, that the
may Ego into trade? There is
supposed to be a demand for such pop
of the Gospel, but are not
some. at least, of the methods degrading
the Masters message?
The Power of One Man.
(Troy Times)
1t begins to look as though Kruger,
the president of the Boer republic, had
been given the opportunity to dictate
the policy of Europe. The old Dutch
man. who does not pretend to be much
more than an uneducated farmer. occu-
pies strange position in European poll
tics. A word from him may plunge two
Dr. more great powers into the most ter
rible and most disastrous war the world
has ever seen. If he insists that Eng
and shall recognize the complete indie
pendence of the Transvaal and appeals
to Germany, France and Russia in sup
port of his position, war would be almost
Inevitable. 1t is remarkable situation
or man like Kruger to be placed in.
Kinship of Mankind.
(Bap ist Standard.)
The wars and rumors of wars with