The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-03-28
SATURDAY, MARCH %.
EDITORIAL.

IlosluonV oonoe the Editor this week
heasonS' touching DIR. Cones
resignation and the reasons given there
for, must take the place, however un-
worthily, of several communications
which have been received from other
sources. The discussion of the un-
pleasant matter in our columns can do
no possible good to the college or DR..
Cone. We trust that we may be per-
mitted to bridge over this unpleasant
ness without printing anything further
on the subject. The action of the Trus-
tees should be allowed to close this un-
welcome incident.
The split in the Sal
line Salvatlon walton Army is o
Army Trouble doubt permanent and
Ballington and Mrs. Booth have issued
statement to the effect that they will
under no circumstances again take COM
mand of the army in the United States.
The statement was prompted by re-
mort from London that efforts are being
made to induce Mr.. and Mrs. Booth to
accept their old command. Mr.. Booth
has wisely decided to omit the name of
God from the new organization, calling
it simply "The Volunteers" Possibly
another name may be chosen before the
organization is very old. What remains
after the omissions is not peculiarly
descriptive.
The article of PROBES
Professor sayces sor Sayce on Babylo-
Artlcle' MAN discovery which
we print this week. is almost too learned
for popular reading. and is necessarily
filed with unpronounceable names, but
it may be digested without any Of these
disturbing the intellectual process. 1t
involves some of the most important
discoveries of modern times. The arti-
Gle comes to us direct from Cairo, Egypt.
where the learned author is at present
soiourning. The UNIvERsALIsT shares
its publication with only four other
papers in this country. Such a contri-
button as this Of Professor Sayce would
make the fortune of areligious paper in
the olden time. 1t is now only one of
many valuable articles from the pens OF
specialists which we print from week to
week.
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SOME few weeks ago
The Ethics OF The UN1vERsAL1sT no.
Buddhism Again. ticed a paper on the
Ethics of Buddhism, read at the Victoria
Institute of London, in which certain
concessions we're made as to Christian
teaching involving all that was valuable
in the ancient faiths of the world. We
were not aware at the time that this val
liable paper was written by learned
Chicago lady, Mrs. Elizabeth A. Reed,
author of works on Hindu and Persian
Literature of acknowledged value. Mre.
Reeds paper was entitled THE Ethics
of Buddhism: Were they Derived from
Semitic Sources?" The paper had to
pass the ordeal of the Honorable Coun-
Gil of twenty seven learned men. Then
the original was filed in the archives of
the Institute and manifold copies were
sent to the leading specialists of the
world. They returned their criticisms
Then, in the light of the consensus of
opinion thus obtained, the final decision
was made. DIR. Theo. Pinches, of the
which it was freely discussed and acted
upon favorably. A copy Of the discus
sion was sent to the author. This is
great compliment to Mrs Reed, who has
given years to lsborious researches on
this and kindred subjects.
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THOMAS HUGHES, the
Death OF rhomas we'll known author of
hughes "Tom Browns School
DAYS and "Tom Brown at Oxford" and
founder of the settlement at Rugby,
Tenn, died March %. He was the friend
of Arnold, Kingsley, Maurice and Dean
Stanley and broad churchman of the
most pronounced type among laymen,
while adhering closely to the historic
prestige and traditions of the Church of
England. He came Of direct churchly
lineage, his grandfather being Vicar of
Ellington, in Berkshire, where Mr..
Hughes was born in 1923. He spent his
school days at Rugby under the cele-
brated DR.. Arnold. 1t was while here
that he lived the life the incidents and
color of which he so delightfully."- des-
cribed in Tom Brown" and tradition
has it, as in the case Of Dickens and
"Copperfeld," that Tom Brown" was
Tom Hughes. At all events, Mr.. Hughes
strong. healthy and robust character of
body and mind as man might have had
Just such foundation as that laid in his
famous book. From Rugby he went to
Oxford, where Oriel College gave him a