The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-03-14


Instead of shutting up the drunkard,
would it not be better to shut up the
drink? No one would suffer by the i'm
prisonment of the whisky casks; while
the drunkard. freed from his tempta-
ton, might prove good citizen and the
protection OF the family to which he is
now curse. Shut up the drink
Conversion from Sin.
Crhe Advance)
1t is mistake to suppose that it is
the mission of Christianity to convert
men from heathenism. The purpose of
the gospel is to convert men from sin
whether they live in heathendom or
Christendom, America or India. Chris
tianity is not apologizing for the sins of
this country or any other country. 1t
condemns them all, high and low, small
and great.
Which is the Superior Sex?
(The independently
Women constitute two-thir6s of all
the church members in the United
States, but only one thirteenth of all
the criminals. Men make up twelve.
thirteenths of the criminals and only
third of the church members.
Which is the superior sex? We can
think of one great advantage of the
sterner sex; considerably more than
99-100 of Christian ministers are men.
Rights and Duties.
The Interior
The husband who will be obeyed be-
cause it is his right to rule, has but
slight conception of religion as applied
to the home. The parent who insists
upon obedience but refuses to give a
reason for the command, can not plead
his rights and ignore his duties. A hus-
band or father has no more right to
be brute than king has right to be
despot. Every right is in Scripture
environed by duties, and nowhere should
this be remembered more thoughtfully
and tenderly than in the home.
Pugilism in America
(Chrstian Work.
Pugilism in America is dying hard,
but it is dying, and soon the brutal and
disgusting sport will be thing of the
past. Even Corbett, the champion
prize fighter, says it is doubtful if there
will ever be championship battle fought
in America again. This is good news,
and we hope it is true. The laws are
more numerous and more severe, than
ever and they should be strictly enforced.
There should be no room in this country
for the brutes who go about beating each
others faces-such faces!-to jelly.
Doors Swing Across Sea.
Northwestern Advocated
We. indeed have heather at our doors,
but some Of our doors swing clear across
the sea. Liverpool. Hamburg. China,
and India are in some sense our doors.
The Balkan regions in Europe will never
forget the magnificent aid the United
States has given to the rising republics
and limited monarchies of the world.
Every dollar spent abroad is blessing
to America. II there were no foreign
gratitude, the reflex benefit OF our for
eign missions would be one of the best
investments American citizens could
make. No Monroe doctrine applies to
American ideas in the Old World.
Bible for the Public Schools.
(Standard)
The Chicago papers of last week we're
filed with accounts of "Bible for the
Public Schools" 1t appears that an at
tempt is to be made to introduce book
OF selections from the Bible into the
public schools of the city. We do not
understand that the proper authorities
have yet taken the matter into consider
alton. The subject. however, is being
agitated and eventually must come up
for general consideration. AS it is now
the children of our schools are without
any religious training whatsoever ard
the reading Of the Bible, if only of com
paratively brief portions, can only be
helpful and an improvement over exist
ing conditions
Purcell's Life of Cardinal Manning.
(The New World Catholic)
A careful perusal of the book causes
us to empathically endorse this conclu
sion. After all that has been said
against it, we are not sorry that this
book has been written. The idol has
not been shattered. Far from it. The
lofty character which we were accus-
toned to love and to venerate has passed
through this trying ordeal of microscop-
ic examination at the hands of hostile
investigator, and has come forth more
lofty and more lovable than before We
should prefer to have the Cardinal
judged by Mr.. Purcell's book than by
any other life, of a strictly laudatory
character, which is likely to appear in
the future.
Foreign Intervention for Armenia.
(Revlew of Reyiews.)
If the Armenians are to be left as they
are, it is pity that Europe ever men
toned them in the treaty of Berlin or
subsequently; and to intrust reforms in
behalf OF the Armenians tn those who