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and leave in the nidtt OF important
business or an interesting program.
That is wofully disconcertipg to the
officers, and sensitive people feel as
though some slight was intenoed for
them il they happen to be on the pro-
gram. The Mission Circle was organized
for extending the work of Christ on
earth, and not for a good time, nice
lunch, or monthly gossip.
From the west ard south voices are
calling for our. .belp.
IN MEMORIAM.
Mrs. Blackman, secretary of the mis-
sion circle in Atlante, Ca, writes Of tie
sadness and diemay of the members
over the loss of their dear companion
and leader. Mre. Lucy McGlsufiin. who
entered the higher life in September.
She was such good and lovable woms n;
80 able, willing and sympathetic in
every good work, che will be greatly
missed. The mission circle was formed
last March, principally through her ef-
to do all they can to live up to the OBJ
jects of the society,"" though they feel
the alb sence of their first leader greatly
I'VE are holding monthly meetings,
using the topic cards. and always have
some literary topic for discussion. Our
comm ittees look out for the sick, call on
newcom ers. supply the pulpit with fow-
ers. distributing them after the service
among the sick"
Each member of the National Execu-
tive Board feels Mrs. McGlauflin's ab-
sence from earthly scenes and activities
as personal loss, and they would extend
their sympathies to the stricken brother
and the members of the mission circle
at Atlanta where she gave such hearty
support tolber husbands endeavors, to
the Y. p. @. u, as well as to our aesocia-
ton. Let US treasure her many virtues,
for the influence of such life is abiding
as the fragrance of the rose after the
beautiful petals have mouldered into
dust.
CoRRECTIoN.-Last month, in publish
ing the list of the w. G. A. Auxiliary of
Connecticut, the name of the newly
elected vice president, Mrs. w. S. Per-
kins, was unintentionally omitted from
the inventory.
A GOOD SUGGESTION.
A friend authorizes me to state that
she will be one of twelve persons to
n4r year in the name of this as
ION for the benefit of our venera-
- Texas missionaries, Mr. and Mrs.
Billings. These two faithful ones have
done mora tc plant Universalism in that
great state than any others, and should
not be left to feel great anxiety for the
future when 30 many have enough and
to spare. The idea suggested was that
$40 a month should be sent them from
our treasury. Wewill be only too glad to
do it if eleven good Universalist women
will join this other sister. whose name
will furnish privately to any one wish
ing to join hands with her in this under
taking. All these contributions must be
Sc mt through the association. Address
e. L. Sherwood, p. o. box SO, Ana
costa, d. O., Corresponding Secretary.
Mrs. @. A. Quinby, president of the w.
G. A.. desires all communications di-
rected to 80 West street, Boston. Mass.
until further notice. as they will be for
warded to her wherever she may be.
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ent spheres in the performance of
thar xuorlr

ent spheres in the performance of
their work.
These associations should be made
a regular part of the church organism,
working under the State conventions
and carrying out their behests. They
should collect material to be reported
to the State conventions and would
be in a position to make valuable
suggestions to the conventions re-
garding the various interests of the
church. Through them also the
State missionary might find his eff
cheney doubled or quadrupled as he
would command the assistance of
score of ministers instead of working
almost single handed.
With considerable hesitation offer
these suggestions. They are but
roughly drawn, and might require
considerable amendment before being
carried into effect. But concerning
the necessity of some such scheme
of practical work as is outlined above,
as a condition of the prosperity of
our church, l have no doubt. There
must be some means of getting into
harness the enormous amount of
latent energy stored up in the min
istry and membership of the church,
if we would do our work efficiently.
No highly paid official at the head
can ever secure or guide the efforts
of the hundreds of workers through
out the bodyof the church who ought
to be enlisted more earnestly in the
great work of building up the body
of Christ.
Chicago. Nov
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long our boys would be refined out
of everything that is sweet, sunny,
natural and manly-the very things
that make us their willing and happy
slaves. But fortunately little
knocking about in the world goes far
to take it out of them. A little ju-'
dicious snubbing from an older sister.
a little tightening of the purse strings
and keeping the loaf under his own
arm on the part of the father, little
indifference on the part of the girls
and women whose alteration he ex-
pects-all these are remedial agents,
and will certainly help to cure. Then
usually down at the bottom Of his
nature there is substratum of COM
mon sense and genuine nobility that
by and by finds its way to the sur
face and gives us back again the fine
fellow who has been SO buried up
under his notions of what is due to
his precious person that we feel as if
we had lost the heart and soul of our
boy. The condition while it lasts is
to be borne with and ignored as
much as possible. While he seems
lost to us it is we'll enough not to try
to hold him too tight, and when he
comes back it is wise not to act as if
you ever knew he had been gone.
On no account get ready the "fatted
calf" though it is rare that the re-
form comes so rapidly that he would
resent the addition of new robe or
even another "ring upon his hand"
NEW YORK CITY.
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THE PRESIDENTS THANKSGIVING
PROCLAMATION.

President McKinley's first Thanks
giving Day proclamation is as follows:
In remembrance of Gods goodness to
US during the past year, which has been
so abundant, "let us offer unto Him our
Thanksgiving and pay our vows unto the
Most High" Under His watchful provi-
dence industry has prospered, the con-
ditions OF labor have been improved, the
rewards of the husbandman have been
in creased and the comforts of our homes
multiplied. His mighty hand has pre-
served peace and protected the nation.
Respect for law and order has been
strengthened, love of free institutions
ch erished and all sections of our beloved
country brought into closer bonds of
fraternal regard and generous co.opera-
ton.
For these great benefits it is our duty
to praise the Lord in spirit of humility
and gratitude, and to offer up to Him
our most earnest supplications. That
we may acknowledge our obligation as a
poopio W hih WIZ ho5 81 sfdCioubly
granted us the blessings of free govern
ment and material prosperity, /. William
Mckinley, President Of the United
States. do hereby designate and set
apart Thursday. the twenty fifth day of
November, for national Thanksgiving
and prayer, which all Of the people are
invited to observe with appropriate re-
ligious services in their respective
places of worship. On this day Of re-
joicing and domestic reunion let our
prayers ascend to the Giver of every
good and perfect gift for the continu-
ance of His love and favor to US, and
that our hearts may be filed with
charity and goodwill. and that we may
be ever worthy Of His benefcent
concern.
In witness whereof l have hereunto set
my hand and caused the seal Of the
United States to be afixed.
Done at the city of Washington,
this twenty ninth day of October,
[sHALl in the year of Our Lord one thou.
sand, eight hundred and ninety.
seven, and of the Independence of
the United States the one hundred
and twehty-second.
WILLIAM MCKINLEY.
By the President:
JOIN SHERMAN,
Secretary Of State.
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CONTENTS.
CHICAGO. SATURDAY. NOV. IS. 1897.
Page Ono.

Page One.
From Boyh00d to Manhood.
Church Duty in Times of Financial Emerg-
ency.
The Care of the Churches.
W. C. A.-Notes for October.
Page Two.
Social Settlements.
Heavenly Fire"
The Missouri Convention.
Page Three.
The Sunday School Lesson.
Page -Four.
Editorial:
Transfer of the Gospel Banner.
The Nature Of the Kingdom.
Dr. Fairbairn on Pulpit Preparation.
Chicago Ministers Meeting.
Universalist Mission in Japan.
General Convention: Memorial Fellowship.
Views of the Editors.
Page Five.
Church News and Correspondence.
Page SIX.
The Family Page, Farm. Garden and Dairy.
Page Seven.
Our Boys and Girls.
Page Eight.
News of the Week.
Church Notices and In MemOriam
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CHURCH DUTY IN TIMES OF FINAN.
OIAL EMERGENCY
BY MR. X. DYKEMA,
Grand Rapids.

The conclusions | have come to
have been drawn from my experience.
Taose duties do not greatly differ
one time from another. A church is,
first, religious institution; second,
it is a business institution. AS
church, it looks after the moral and
spiritual welfare of its members, and
any others who may attend its SER
vices. AS business institution, it
looks after paying its running ex
penses and keeping its property in
order.
The pastor is the general manager
of the moral and spiritual phases of
its work. 1t is not the duty of the pas
tor to be the financier for the society.
The manner in which he comes into
touch with the people and the merits
Of lis sermons, must be of such a
standard as to draw the money nec-
essary to pay his own salary and
other current expenses of the church.
Unless he develops sufficient strength
to accomplish this, the enterprise
will prove failure.
1t cannot, however, be reasonably
expected that a minister will be as
Interchangeable and perfect as your
Father in Heaven. Most . of them
have changing moods, just as other
people. If you expect your minister
to always be equally smooth and
nice, and he succeeds in meeting
your expectations, you may conclude
that he is an unusually well-balanced
man. Everything in this world is
changing, and a minister will be no
exception. All these matters apply
to good as well as hard times.
A church also has its legal repre-
sentatives in its board of trustees.
There should always be perfect har-
mony between the minister and the
board of trustees. When any num-
ber of trustees less than a majority
of the board are out of harmony with
the minister, they should resign.
They have ceased to be useful as
trustees. If majority of the board
are out of harmony with the pastor,
then he should resign. Any trustee
uttering unkind sentiments with ref
erence to the minister in presence of
others is spreading poison. If he
succeeds in making others feel as he
does, he is lowering their standard
as we'll as his own. This is as true
of member as of a trustee. Un-
swerving loyalty to the minister by
trustees and members of the church
is the foundation he must have to
stand on, or he cannot succeed. To
be loyal costs money as well as SER
vice.
Churches need money to run n
good times. This need is emphasized
during hard times. A church mem
ber is never at his best for himself
or his church, when he becomes con-
servative about giving. [ do not
mean that the amount you give de-
termines your loyalty, but the spirit
in which you give it. If you give
as little as you dare to, and that only
for the looks of it, you will be but
little benefit to the church, and less
to yourself. Loyalty and consecra-
ton injects power into the money
you give. Every time we withhold
money that ought to go to the church,
our loyalty shrinks, process sets in
*Read at the Michigan Universalist Con-
vention, Lansing, October 6, 1897.
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OUR CONTRIBUTORS.
FROM BOYHOOD TO MANHOOD.
BY MARY LOWE DICKINSON.

The Necktie Stage-Going on His Cuffs.
'sTT isa matter of great regret to
me-" said an intelligent, college bred
father, a downtown man of affairs,
chat my boy, Harry, has decided
that he doesn't want to go to college.
l have taken the greatest interest in
having him we'll prepared, and it is
real disappointment to find that he
is determined to go into business"
"But why did you leave him to
make the choice?" said his hearer.
"Now in our family, the boys never
had any choice about it. 1t was un-
derstood from the beginning and
taken for granted by everybody that
they were to go to college. The men
of our family had always done it,
and the boys, whether they liked it
or not, took to it kindly when it came
along as pant of the natural course
of existence"
"But do you think it was of any
use to them if they didn't like ita"
asked the disappointed father.
Sometimes they thought they
didn't like it and afterward found
they did. Some of them insisted that
it was doing them no good, but we
generally succeeded in worrying
them through the four years. Only
one man out of all-and we have had
a good many college boys in our
family-but has admitted that his
college course was of immense ad-
vantage to him in after years; not
single member has been willing that
his own son should go through life
without it"
"Well," said the first speaker,
with rather crestfallen air, sit would
require as much urging and driving
to get my boy to go to college as it
would have taken to keep me away.
l was willing to work nights, take
double duty in the daytime, and live
on bread and cheese if need be, but
the college training was determined
to have. l cannot see why my boy
should be- so set against it. He does
not care enough about it to work for
it, and he isn't the sort to get any
good out of anything that he doesn't
work for. The fact is he is the kind
of fellow, if he went to college at
all, to go through on his cuffs"
AS the speaker and hearer parted
the latter smiled at the final sentence,
that told the whole story in word.
1t was novel way of expressing it,
but the thing itselfwas farfrom new.
Any one of US who stops to think for
a moment will see passing before his
minds eye a procession of young
men and boys who are trying to Ego
through things on their cuffs" In
other words, they are not really going
through at all They are only posing
and seeming to go, but they never
get anywhere. They seem to be do
ing, but nothing of genuine value is
ever brought to pass.
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portraits of well-kEown people hanging
on the walls. There are paintings by Nor
wegian artists, especially by Otto Sinding
There is a small raised platform at one
carved sofa, like a throne, decorated with
Norwegian rugs. They resemble old orien-
tai rugs. AT one side is the entrance to
NansenS studio, the most characteristic
part of the house. 1t is built out from
the main house itself. 1t has a roof of
earth over the wood work, and greens and
Mowers grow thereon. 1t is a very large
room; there is an enormous working table
in the center and books in cases are all
around the sides. He has about every
and many of them are remarkable works.
There is one splendid set "a present made
to him by his admirers in Great Brittany
of all the English works on arctic explora
ton. made up in uniform binding. Then
he has every kind of relic that you can
imagine, in the way of Eskimo clothing,
weapons and fire arms, snow shoes, har-
poems, etc. There is also a large full
length oil painting of his wife. The fire.
place is immense. 1t juts out into the
of the studio and is built of stone; about
six feet high and nine broad There Is
a door opening on to a little veranda and
steps lead down to the grounds the
upon the Fjord, and his thirtysix-ton
yacht lies opposite. 1t is named 'Wesle-
moy, which is the old Norwegian for lit
tie girr-named after his daughter.
Nansen is an accomplished lingust. He
makes speeches in English. French, Ger
man. Latin and all the Scandinavian AN
guages. HIS degree of doctor of science
is the highest degree conferred by Cam
bridge. There but three four be-
side Nansen who have received this de-
probably the only one living holding the
degree"
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buyers and sellers. whose nerves are tense
and only demand moment of relief.
Little Side ShaSYa

anu only demand a moment OF rel1ef.
Little Side shows.
A tall American, thin, clean shaver, as
the fashion now is among his countrymen.
but is not in France. suddenly sees with
dismay his tall and polished hat roll down
the steps. Which of these yelling men
six and half. six and five-eighths'-has
done it? He looks round in wrath ill-con-
tanned and receives general applause If
ne gracefully accepts the situation picks
up his hat and walks placidly on the group
which has once saluted him will not honor
him with a second attention, not even on
the day after. unless he is quite forgotten
But if he curses French manners he is like
iy to have his warm reception repeated at
the hands of other groups. and so on until
his temper has improved and he has
learned to be once more boy among these
spectators, who are boys also-in their odd
moments.
The usual French industries flourish along
the porch. A woman has charge of the
chairs. which the brokers draw up in
squares and circles, according to the stocks
they sell and buy. When the market is
lively clerks and agents mount TO look
over heads and gesticulate in unison with
their frantic cries and offers. Along the
side porches others retire to sit ueside soma
convenient pillar and smoke read their
paper, or SnooZe in the sunny weather.
At the magic hour of 3 comes round the
Woman-only representative of femininity,
otherwise so preponderant in French life
makes her way here and there and every
where to collect the two sous which are
her own little benefice on the operations of
the day. A substantial broker, who has
sold heavily at a profit. shows his light
some spirits by searching in vain for the
copper coins which she demands of him in
in this curious place
STERLING HELLO.
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lure is mercilessly pursued for several
Gays before by gangs Of boys, armed with
SUCKS and STOKES, being gibbet.d after
ITS death. ana carried about the streets as
If N deris!on.
The dead bird is suspended by the neck
IN the middle of a horizontal stick about
three feet lorg, which is dressed gayly
with ribbons of all coiors and holly, and
Is supported with two upright sticks about
The same length, all tied securely togcth-
tf so as IL represent an actual galloWs
On 81. stephens DAY il is carried about
the streets and thrust against the win
COWS outside. so that those within may
least their eyes with the symbol OF their
ancestrsl but conquered enemy. The toot-
ing OF hoins, the tinklinG of triangles and
the piping Of tin whistles goes to COM
plete picture which. for very outland-
lsahcSS. deiieS connection. This is The
only surviving ManX custom of Celtic orr
gin that bears about il any trace of cruel
~. AS IN the case of the hddlcrs the
boys beg money at the doors saving
Please give us something to bury the
wren" The boys and the money together
have contributed 10 keep alive this Gus
tom, which is responsible for the practical
extinction of the wren in Man, where the
charming little bird once existed in count
less numbers. JAMES kERMODE.
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lens in comic sections by means of geom-
etry, and some of his solutions are still
used in the colleges of Norway. In his
leisure moments he had trail at sqUaring
the circle. In his youth he also studied to
be an artist and carried his studies pretty
far. He did good deal of sketcning and
painting. This early practice is showing to
good advantage in the charts which he eX
hI5its at lectures. and has led to the pro-
duction of pictures Of arctic scene and col
or such as have never been equaled.
After these early studies, ne went in for
zoology and took up other scientific pur-
suits. While at banquet, given hansen
some time ago Prof. Carl Lumholtz told
me that before he had known Nansen as
an explorer he had been studying book
on the nerve system of animals. In this
book the author printed a new theory of
the nervous system, different from any
previously held. Since that time leading
anatonists have proved that this theory
was correct. The man who wrote that
book was Nansen.
His Theories of Zoology.
"A few days after the banquet l got
hold of Nanser in the railroad car and ask
ed him for an explanation of his discov-
cry. He said
That was when 1 was curator of the
Museum of Anatomy in Bergen. l made
special study of the animal brain and ex-
amined thousands of brains mcroscopical-
ly. That was the happ:est time of my life.
@Hu SHOULD Ike 10 &c back TO II now.
Well discovered that the seat of the soul
n animals contrary to the human brain,
was not in the nerve center, where it had
been supposed to be, but at another point
of the BRAIN He then Went into technical
detail, which. however. would hardly be
understood by the layman. Then he said:
L printed that theory, although it was alb
solutely oppressed TO everything suggested
or heard of before that time. l wrote the
original book in English.
w by did YOU do THAR i asked.
He explained that he preferred to write
such scientific books in French, German
or English. and said: L knew that if l
Were TO write it in any of these three Ian
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From the Inverness Courier.

From the Inverness Courier.
This wal! was recently measured by Mr.
Cnthank, an American engineer engaged on
the survey for a Chinese railway. His
measurement gave the height Is feet.
Every few hundred yards there is a tower
. feet high. The foundation of the wall is
of solid granite. For 1900 miles the wall
goes over plains and mountains, every foot
of the foundation being of solid granite.
and the rest of the structure solid masonry.
In some places the wall is built smooth up
against the bank, or crosses a precipice
where there is a sheer descent of 900 feet
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Il -AI-1< liz va IL y
who have raced for
the pole, Fridtjof
Nansen is probably
the most earnest. the
most brilliant in his
conception of the diff
ficultics to be over
come. and the most
technically scientific
in his desire for in
formation concerning
the Arctic zone. The
spectacular element
in this search for the
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A RI AND ARTS rs.

The exhibition of the Water Color Club,
which is now in progress at the new gal
lery of the s. W. A, 1920 Connecticut ave-
nre. was well attended during the early
part of this week by those who were anx-
ious to have first glimpse of this note
worthy collection. The pictures will be on
view until January s, and the attendance
is expected to reach it's high-water mark in
the closing days during the holidays
when many people will be more at leisure
In addition to the regular daily hours from
. am. to pm, the gallery will be open on
Monday and Thursday evenings from to
~.
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From Puck.

Cholly-"Are you positive she is not in?
The Maid-"I am; I'd lose my Job if 1
wasn't"
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III l1tIdl L " u III IL >
y gracefully support a
broad poi tico al.
around the great
building, go feet
square by 100 feet
wide, and nearly 10;
feet high, where the
wild animals of the
Paris stock exchang,
are parked off in a
cage Of their own.
1t was begun by
tho fret NanOlaOp al
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Mr.. F. P. Knott of New York is in the
city. and will occupy Mr.. UhFs studio, 614
nth street. for some time.
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Nansen's Ideas as to What May Yet
Be Accomplished.
bow THE ARCTIC Can Be EXPLORED
Something About the Personal Side
Of the Hardy Norseman.
AN EARN EST SCIE n II I

Written fOI The Evening S;ar.
Copyright. 1891. by the :. :. Mcclure Comp;