The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-02-08
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8.
EDITORIAL.

In the next two issues
missionary Jour of this paper we shall
neys IN Japan have the pleasure of
laying before our readers pleasing &C.
count of several missionary journeys in
Japan. from the pen of Rev. l. Wallace
Cate, of our Universalist missionary es
tablishment in that country. Mr.. Cate
always writes we'll and his letters are in
variably welcome to our readers. We
have printed several dozen columns OF
Japanese news during the past few
years. In view of this fact we had to
smile audibly at the remark of certain
speaker at the Meriden Convention, who
wanted to know, you know, why our
papers did not publish more news from
Japan! The able critic was not cup to
date" as reader of The UNIvERsALIsT.
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THE formal advent OF
The Galesourg DR.. Nash as President
Subscription. of Lombard Univers.
ity was signalized by splendid stroke
of business by the citizens of Galesburg.
Under the inspiring lead Of the new
President, and assisted by two Of the no.
BILE women of the Galesburg church
Mrs. Mitchell and Mrs. Grubb-the sum
of $1,000 has been added to the subscrip-
ton book of the University for the new
building. This amount comes from
Galesburg. 1t isa fine "send-off" for the
new canvass and is remarkably liberal
subscription considering that tho people
and friends of the parish have within the
year erected a church costing $4,000.
The college which DR.. Nash has in
charge will receive great impetus
from this subscription. Galesburg sets
the pace" If other localities on which
the college has claim do half as we'll,
not only the new building, but new
buildings, will be assured. Congratu-
lations to Galesburg, DIR. Nash, and all
concerned.
m The Interior, our
Inc mooern facetious Presbyter
denenna' ian contemporary, is
not at all disturbed by the light which
is newly thrown on "Gehenna" by the
occupation of the old valley in Jerusa-
lem as a railway depot. In fact it be-
lieves in movable gehenna-certainly
an improvement on the orthodox idea OF
endless local habitation for condemned
sinners after death. 1t remarks: "Our
Universalist friend notices with pleasure
that Gehenna, twelve times translated
by the word hell is now occupied as
railway depot. While we would not dis
turb anybody's equanimity in that re-
gard, it should be remembered that &C.
henna is a movable quantity. For a
year past it has been north of the old
locality, and has been active in the Lake
Van region. In large sense the loco
motive does disorganize hell. 1t is
carrier Of civilization and Of missionaries.
We may hope that Gehenna will be
driven out of Armenia, out Of Cuba. out
of the world. and all its proper inhabi-
tants confined to a more limited range
of mischief" We see no reason to object
to this view of Gehenna. 1t is move
in the right direction. But will ortho.
doxy permit the substitution Of nova
BILE hell for the endless hell of its tradi
tional theology?
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WE refer in other
Day of Judgment columns to DR.. Wash.
for Corporations ington Gladden's lee
lures on the Ryder foundation which
have attracted wide attention and were
received with quite general favor. In
his lecture on corporations DR.. GLADDEN.
said: IF we, the people of America, mean
that this nation shall continue to stand
for a genuine Christian democracy, we
must at once confront the fact that the
day of judgment has fully come to all
these great combinations of corporate
wealth. Such vast accumulations of
power cannot be left in the hands OF
soulless and constituencies organiza-
TONS" DIR. GLADDEN. speaks as a Chris.
tian moralist and would limit in some
way the evils growing out Of these vast
accumulations of wealth. But the rem
edy or remedies for the evils do not come
to the front as clearly as the recognition
of the evils themselves. The day of iudg-
ment for "soulless and conscienceless"
corporations will never have fully
come" until way out is established,
and public opinion is imperative for the
limitation of their powers. just now
such discourses as that of DR.. GLADDEN.
are simply helping in the formation of