The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-05-23
Exchange Notes.
Topics of the Day Discussed.
The Best Certification,
(Christian Work


"The poor ye have always with YOU"
The best certifcation to the character of
the Christian church is it's care for the
poor. Here lie at once it's glory and it's
shame.
Church and Bicycle.
New York SUM-
Are the bicyclists sharing in church
services. or are church services sharing
IN bicycling, and have the bicyclists led
the churches captive to their tire and
pedal?
Distinction with Mighty Difference.
New York Observer
That was happy suggestion which
was made at the Princeton Green Jubilee
last week to the effect that we must
discriminate between thought that is
terminating and thought that is merely
Germanizing. The latter is of sterile
order.
Dishonesty in Biblical Quotation.
(Herald of Gospel Liberty.)
One of the most sad things which we
witness in theological writing is the con.
slant quoting Of passages from our Eng
lish Bible which those who quote ought
to know, and often, perhaps, do know, to
be mistranslations. 1t is little better
than the constant printing of forged
Scripture.
Modern nd
(The independently
Christ had to meet two schools of
thought, that of the Pharisees and that
OF the Sadducees He opposed them in
different ways. We have our Pharisees
and our Sadducees. two well-defned
schools of thought, and the Church can
learn something from it's Master how to
deal with them.
Strikes and Organized Labor.
Baltimore American)
Strikes are on the decrease in this
country. The people are seeing that
they do not pay. Another reason is that
the relation of organized labor to labor
in general is much less important than
was for long time supposed. Accord
ing to Carroll D. Wright, there are in
this country 100000 wage-earners but
OF this number only 100000 belong to
organized labor.
The New Missionary Policy.
(Watchman.)
All the great missionary societies rec.
ognize that Christianity must extend
largely in heather lands by running
along the channels of existing relations
between man and man. The ties of
neighborhood. human sympathy and ma.
tural relationship are the forces that are
to be utilized for the extension of the
Kingdom in foreign lands as truly as in
our own country.
Ministers and Stock Gambling
(The Interior.)
We have friend who, like ourselves,
is growing old. Meeting him few years
ago, we said we were glad he had some
thing laid by for his declining years.
INC" he said sadly, II have not dollar"
"Not dollar!" we replied in astonish-
ment. "Why, you were comfortably we'll
off not long ago. What has happened?'
II tried to increase it on the Stock Ex-
change" was his reply.
The Holmes Confession.
(Journal & Messenger)
The editor who could be fooled by
that story advertises himself as unfit for
his position. And yet, it was published
in one of our Cincinnati dailies which
processes to be very virtuous, posing as
the defender of "the people" against
frauds, etc. 1t is cafe to say that the
people of Cincinnati and the surround.
ing towns have not been more wickedly
swindled during the past decade than
they were by that same paper on that
sacred day.
The Coronation and the Peasantry.
(The Standard.)
Amid all the pomp attending the coro-
nation of the young Gear of Russia, one
pauses to ask why this man should re-
ceive honors and be crowned with cere-
monies comparable only to the pageants
of imperial Rome. The occasion will
rival 10 reckless extravaganza the festi-
walls of the Caesars. When we remem-
Der the condition of the Russian peas
antry, when we recall the fact that in
times of famine the government leaves
the people to starve or to accept the
bounty of America, the waste of money
seems enormous.
Giving Attention to Universalism.
Gospel Banner.)
Gradually the thinkers in all sects are
compelled to give the doctrine of uni
versal salvation serious attention. In
the past few years an immense influence
has been brought to bear upon this class
OF minds, especially those who are not
coldly intellectual-men without warm
affections-but whose hearts are over
flowing with love for kindred. for friends,
and for the world of humanity. Endless
pain for rumberless millions, or extinc-
ton of being for that number, is not
conception that produces 'joy in believ-
ing" Both are depressing and enerva-
ting in their effect upon the tender
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