The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-12-05
Wayside Notes.
Showing the Drift of the Times.


lecturer who has ever visited the United
States
At the European Womans Con-
gress at Berlin in October, ~, 900 women
gathered together. Many topics were dis.
cussed, politics alone being prohibited. 1t
is said, however, that at the next congress
this restriction will be taken away
THE following significant extract
appears in the municipal records of Can
terbury dated 1885: ''For the expenses o
bringing hereto from London, las. Sd. !;
for one and a-half load of wood to burn
him, rs. for gunpowder, Id. stake and
staple, 3d..
The National Congress will assem-
bic in Calcutta about the time DR.. Bar
rows is due there Preparations are in
progress to give him a cordial welcome in
all the large centers of India. More edu-
Gated Hindus will listen to Dr. Barrows
than have ever heard any one man on the
subject of Christianity. No man has ever
had such unique opportunity.
"A prominent Presbyterian, an ex-
moderator, is quoted by The Mid Cont
nent as saying to caller the other day, in
deep distress: 81 do not know what has
come over the Presbyterian Church Look
at my desk. 1t is literally covered WI it'll
letters from churches seeking new pastors,
and from pastors seeking new churches.
There is a spirit of restlessness and dis
satisfaction everywhere. l do not know
what to make of it, Some of the otLer
churches might make similar report.
The Pail Mall Gazette (England)
has been investigating the Indebtedness of
the world and finds it amounting to five
billion, eight million pounds sterling, or in
round numbers about nine billion dollars.
The worlds debts are not decreasing any
either, but have increased during the past
twenty years, three-quarters of a billion
pounds sterling. France heads the list of
nations, with big debts CSC, 600, 000, 000),
Italy fourth, and the United States fifth,
followed by Spain as sixth. The annual
interest approximates 81 $50, 100000.
DIR. Temple, the new Archbishop
the Liberals In an address at church
convocation he complained of free educa-
ton, and specially objected to the salaries
which he said were too high. The Daily
News replied that the Archbishop's criti-
cism of the salaries of school teachers was
both impudent and contemplate. For
''as head master at Rugby DIR. Temple re-
ceived "a, 900 $3.50, 000) yearly; as Bishop
of Exeter he received 95, 900 tS25 ,000), as
Bishop of London he received e10, 900 $50,
000), and as Archbishop of Canter bury he
will receive els, 900 (S75, 000.)"
Col. 7. w. Higginson, who began
his "reminiscences in the Atlantic Monthly
for November, refers thus to co-education
in speaking of his preparation for college:
In general the i'll effects of purely mas
culine world were very manifest in the
school, and my lifelong preference for CO.
education is largely based on what saw
there I.could not help noticing in
deed, observed the same thing in another
boarding school, where l taught at later
day-the greater refinement, and l may
say civilization, of the day scholars, who
compared with those little exiles who had
no such natural companionship.
The Standard (Baptist) remarks,
and the advice is good for Universalists
and their ''Cent-a-Day'' plan and the
'Two-C ents-a- Week; recommendation of
the Y P. c.. u: LET us press the matter
of systematic giving in our societies. If
the church has any plan for that purpose,
let the young people work under it, rather
than attempt something new. But if the
conservatism or inertia of the older people
prevents the general adoption of the week
ly pledge system, the young peoples soci-
ETY. may do great good by leading the way.
Two cents week is pretty small sum,
but if paid by every member, the aggre
gate is respectable, and the moral influence
beyond estimate
Did you notice that significant sign
of the times-the National Jewish Wom-
ems Council in New York recently2 This
Jewish movement began with the Con-
gress of Women at the Columbian EXPOSE
tion in 1898. lions Herald says: 'Its
growth since then has been remarkable.
Fortysix sections are now in operation,
with total membership of more than 3d.
900; there are 600 active workers in the
New York section alone. Canada has two
sections Their purposes are social, relig-
ious, philanthropic-t bring about closer
relations among Jewish women; to pro-
mote thorough study of the Bible, par
ticularly the Hebrew faith, ethics, history
and literature, thus combating skeptieism;
to organize charities which pres erve self
respect by providing for self-support. -
THE Interior presbyterian says;
''The most fatal error of evangelists is ex-
aggeration. He is an honest man, our
friend said to us the other day, and
would believe him upon any subject of
which he may speak, except upon the
number of his converts In one of our
suburban communities a tent revival has
lately been brought to a clio e. In the
last services the leader announced 800 posi-
tive conversions. The principal churches
engaged in the conduct of these services
show to date about seventy-fve additions.
For our own part we made up our minds
years ago to have as little as possible to
do with a man who talks big.' There
are so many virtues that have truthful
ness for basis that defect in veracity
is like to prove in the end defect in all
foundations of character.