The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-04-04

christian Reglster.)
Rev. DR.. George A. Gordon seems to
be between two fires. A Unitarian con.
tributor arraigns him for his doctrine of
the Trinity. On the other hand, an or.
thodox writer, Rev. George N. Board
man, DID, of New York, in the Advance
says. "Dr. Gordon seems to have no con-
ception of the doctrine of the Trinity as
it is apprehended by orthodox theolo-
gians."
Arbitration and Social Evolution,
(The Evangelist.)
Arbitration is the youngest child of
Social Evolution. 1t is birth. not an
incubation. When the fullness of the
time was come. the new born idea came,
When any one of Gods great social
ideas is about to appear, society has Wis.
ions of it, foregleams, premonitions.
When it arrives, the environment re-
ceives it kindly, fits it perfectly. 1t has
a multiplex birth.
The Rule Works Both WAYS.
New York Observer
An exchange suggests that the de-
mand so frequently made by churches
for preacher who will draw" might
we'll be changed in favor of stipulation
by the minister, as his requirement of
proper conditions, for church that
draws" Spurgeon once said: ut is the
minister's duty to fill the pulpit; it is the
peoples duty to fill the house." Surely,
it is poor rule that does not work both
ways.
The First Step Necessary.
Uhe Congregational.st)
Ii man were always talking about
patriotism while he refused to recognize
his neighbors as citizens unless they
would live under his roof, he would
soon become bore. The very first step
for any denomination to take toward
church unity is to recognize other
Christian denominations as composed
of genuine churches of Christ. ANY
sect which claims to be the only one, and
excludes all others from recognition and
fellowship. wastes its breath and tires
its neighbors by talking of church unity.
Indifference to distractions.
tine Interior.)
There is an almost total indifference
to thephilosophical and inferential alb.
stractions of theological schools. They
possess no spiritual dynamic value.
They are mere secular curiosities of spec
ulation, which belong properly in the
department of archaeology. where they
will forever remain, if not forgotten.
Bring out of the storehouse of truth
something that is inspiring, consoling,
hopeful, supporting; something which
has bearing on life, character. conduct,
duty, and there will be no lack of inter
est in it.
Revivalists who do Harm
Northwestern Christian Advocate
There are so called revival preachers"
whose methods are harmful. There are
revival preachers who would do we'll
to cease depending upon the fact that
they can add numbers, and begin to
qualify themselves in some measure to
train those newly come into the light.
There are churches where the best of
men could not have revival because of
the GOODNESS of the people. But in such
an institution the true minister would
desire revival with all his heart and
though the church were all spiritually
dead-such man would by all means
save some.
Belligerent Students.
(The Advance)
One of the features of the agitation in
Spain against the United States is the
activity of students. Students led in
the attacks on the Arm enians in Tur.
key, and they are always in the revolu-
tionary schemes in Russia. The same
was true in Paris emeute not long since.
In fact it does not seem to matter much
whether the fight is for or against free
government the students are at the
front Perhaps it would be we'll 10 let
European students of belligerent dispo-
sition meet our American students who
have been breaking one another's heads
in college chapels and grounds, and
have little war all to themselves.
Catholic Hell-fire Preaching.
(Christan Register.)
Hell-fire preaching does not have
much place in the outfit of the modern
Protestant evangelist. But The Roman
Catholic church is loath to give up this
form of superstition. Father Pima
mont, Jesuitspriest, has published a
work which has received the approval of
the Archbishop of Dublin. In this book
hell is treated as the concentration of
all physical horrors, and with intense
realism. 1t has all the terrors of the In
ferno without its poetry. The New York
World reproduces some of the pictures
of hell in this volume. They look as if
the artist must have drawn them under
an attack OF delirium.
England and Egypt To-Day.
Journal & Messenger.)
England has made Egypt what it is to-
day. Under the management of the
Khedive, responsible only to the Turks,