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The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-01-02
UnipersaItst personal.

Rev. George w. SHILLING, recently of
Iowa Falls, is now settled at Storm Lake
in that State.
Rev. DR.. NJ H. Harris has his post
office address at 765 Main ST. Worcester,
Mass. Correspondents take due notice.
Mr.. and MIS-. H. w. Parker, of Clare
mont, N. H.; are spending the holidays
at the home of their daughter, Mrs. Lee
S. McCollester.
Principal A. w. Pierce of Goddard
) Seminary, accepts call to the Principal
ship of Dean Academy, to begin duty with
the spring term.
Rev. A. H. Laing, of Joliet, was among
our callers on Monday, The Editor was
made very happy by his compliment
any (O references to the profession!
Prof. Leo Lewis, of Tufts College, and
his brother, the sons of Rev. j. j. Lewis,
are spending the holidays with their
father and mother in this city. The
Lewis family are very happy in their re-
union for the first time in Chicago.
Hon. Luther F.. Mckinney, United States
Minister at Bogata, accompanied by his
niece, arrived at Galveston, Texas, last
week on the British steamship Capella,
from Carthagena. They left at once for
Washington, D. c. Mr.. Mckinney is a
well-known clergyman of our church and
was some years ago pastor at Manchester,
N. H. His many friends will be pleased to
learn that he returns to this country in
good health. He has proved very use
full and competent diplomat.
The death of Hon. John l. Popeioy, of
Popejoy, Iowa, has been noticed in the
press dispatches. 1t is an event of more
than usual moment to the Universalists of
Iowa, and especially to our people in the
vicinity of Iowa Falls. Bro. Popejoy was
one of the charter members and incorpo-
rators of the church at that place, and
was ever a warm and liberal supporter of
all its interests, although he lived fifteen
miles away. He was one of the largest
farmers and stock raisers in central Iowa.
AT an advanced age he died the day be-
fore Christmas.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-01-02

Bermuda. mere speck in the ocean
600 miles from land, offers a pleasant
ntiast at present to Cuba, the pearl
of the Antilles, devastated by war, and
though capable Of supporting popula-
tion of ten or twelve millions. having per-
haps about as big population altogeth-
er as the city of Chicago. Bermuda, on
the contrary, has only about twenty
square miles not covered with water,
but these twenty square miles are a
veritable paradise and support popu-
lation of about $4,000 people. Most of
us think, perhaps. IT Bermuda as the
land of the mild big onions and vegeta-
bles, but the island is the land of the
lily and the rose as well; land that
knows no winter. yet is never unpleas-
antly hot except in the houses. The
Bermudians have excellent roads trav-
ersing the island in all directions,
spanned when necessary by solid bridg-
es, while the government buildings are
handsome and solid. The size of tie
island limits it's future, but that future
promises to be very pleasant in that
attractive land and altogether it is a
pleasant contrast to the big island of the
S Iuth, where Spain is at present con.
tending with her rebellious colonists for
the mastery.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-01-02

Congress to the Nations is very able
paper presenting with great force the
claims of the cause they represent to
the favorable reconsideration and action
of the great powers of the world. We
quote from the paper as follows.
"Other measures than that of violent
strife have been found for settling
quarrels of individuals, and already,
in more than a hundred and fifty
cases, States which were parties in the
cause have appealed to arbitration in
order to end their differences by
peaceful means"
zone more effort among the mem
bers of the human family and war
W II have said its last word; the APP
peal to force will have been relegated
to the category of worn out institu-
tions which it will be disgrace to
use in our day. There will always be
misunderstanding among the differ
ent groups of the human family but
they will have wisdom enough to G.
Just them without the shedding of
blood, thanks to the development of
morals and the consequent improve
ment of international relations. When
the masses shall have become pos
sessed with this spirit, war with its
menaces will be thing of the past"
The recent agreement by Great
Britain and the United States to sub
NIT to arbitration an important ques
ton growing out of international re
lations and policy shows that the
predictions of the Peace Congress
may at no very distant day be full
filed and that not only inspire d, but
uninspired prophecy on this subject,
may become history by the es.ab
lishment OF universal peace. W.T..
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UNIvERsALIsT PROFESSION OF HATH
ADOPTED 1903.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 2.
EDITORIAL.

We again greet the
The New Year readers If Trr ITN1-
1897. rrps,I,sT Of tbeonen.
ing of another year. May it prove a
happy NewiYea not only it it's beginning
but. Throughout the days and weeks and
months to come. While we recognize
that there,is "a divinity that shapes our
ends, rough hew them as we will" it
is we'll that we carry with US into the
New Year the inspiring and helpful
thought that. in large degree. "life is
what we make it," and endeavor, each
of US, to do all that is lin our power to
make the New Year fruitful and blessed
to ourselves and all who come within
the sphere of our influence. This we
can only do as we allow ourselves to be
guided by right principles of conduct
and by our appropriateness all the d.
vine helps to holy living. stepping
Westward" as many Of US are, we need
the help that comes only from above,
to console US for the rapid passage of
unrelenting Time.
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by his lifelong friend and coajutor in
retormatory work, DR.. George HI. En-
erson. No man has arisen to fill the
large place made vacant by the death CT
DR.. Miner. He was vigilant and ire.
pressible leader in all reforms. Such a
life of his friend as we are assured Dr.
Emerson will produce will not only be
exceedingly interesting, but direct in
spiration to those who would work along
the same lines in which DIR. Miner was
so distinguished" The book thus kindly
reft to is now before the public.
-. The London Chronicle gives cur.
rsncy to an old story of the wit of William
M. Evarts, adding something that is new
of the same kind in relation to Lord Chief
Justice Russell of England. When the
Chief Justice was on a visit to America
in bis last tour in this country, he came
in contact with many members of the
legal profession and among them with
Mr.. Evarts. While out on a walk with
this gentleman Lord RUSSELL attention
was called to river, across which, &C.
cording to tradition, Washington had
throw dollar. The water at the point
was wide and Lord Russell looked some.
what doubtful. "You know dollar
went further in those days than it goes
now the American lawyer blandly in
situated. "Ah." replied the English law
yer, quite equal to the occasion, land it
may have been easy enough to Washing
ton. 1t is well-known that he threw
sovereign across the Atlanticr'
80. The total vote cast in the recent
election for all candidates for President
was 13.924,653 or 1,913,124 more votes
than were cast in 1892. Quite Snow
storm OF ballots when these all fall in
the boxes in one day.
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the old members. and then turn home
ward. Since December 1st | have
preached seventeen times in 81 DAYS and
Travelled nine hundred and twenty-six
miles.
THE SOUTHERN SECTION.
To drive through this southern sec.
ton gives one new impressions of our
own State. The air is as mild as a
spring morning although it is within a
week of Christmas. In every wayside
thicket. grove or orchard we catch
glimpses of the brilliant plumsge Of the
cardinal bird: while focks OF blue birds
remind US of how far Illinois extends
southwark. The whole country side
has differing aspect from that of the
great corn belt to the north. The land
scape is diversified by more of grove.
and large orchards of apple, pear arc
peach trees are common. The field
crops are also more varied. Cow-peas
and castor beans are here crops of con-
siderable importance, while the older
settlers speak of the time when Carbon
dale boosted of nearly twenty cotton
gins. But not only are the features DIFF.
ferent, different accent strikes the ear.
In this section the settler from New
England, New York and Ohio, met and
mingled with that other tide of emigra.
ton that followed from Kentucky and
Tennessee, and the characteristics of
the inhabitants have been mainly de-
rived from the more southern stream.
The production Of coal is very large;
at some points nine foot vein lies
within fifty feet of the surface. New
towns are springing up around the mines
and evidences of new industrial activi-
ty are on every hand.
A FIELD FOR MISSIONS.
This part of the State affords a field
for missionary effort, that we must oc.
cupy. In many of its communities no
word of the new orthodoxy" is ever
heard, and no message of the better
hope has ever penetrated. Under these
circumstances the prejudice against our
church, or any liberal Interpretation of
Christianity, is intense among the de.
voices OF the established churches. but
there is large element that will gladly
listen to our message, and that element
cannot be reached by the older church
es. 1t would be great advance for our
church if some strong man could be es.
tablished in one of the larger towns.
But as we do not have any movement
strong enough as yet to be self support
ing, this is impracticable at the present
time. have been working toward the
establishment OF circuit, and some pro.
gress has been made. A Sunday service
will be held at Mt. Vernon and Ashley
for the present, at least as often as once
month. Several smaller points will
be visited on week day evenings, and l
hope to be able to report the establish
ment OF self sustaining circuit ere long.
Carbondale will be visited again and l
have been asked to visit Carmi, Carter
vile, Anna and other points. where we
have few Universalist families. One
great difficulty confronts US, In our mis-.
sio nary work in this section. 1t lie go
far from any of our settled pastors, that
the expense Of railroad travel alone
often serves as bar to obtaining their
assistance. JOHN s. COOK.
Dec d 19qe
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IN DECEMBER
G.. L. ID.

Under their coverings folded,
In brief midwinter sleep,
Tho bound by icy letters,
The buds their life still keep;
They wait the warmer breezes
OF springs propitious hour,
To burst into the glory
OF blossom and full flower.
Beneath your locks, grown hodry,
With four-score's silver rhine,
And in that form now yielding
Its tribute to Old Time,
Still dwells the soul unconquered,
The heart with life aglow,
Waiting, in spring immortal,
Eternal youth to show.
JOHN COLEMAN ADAMS, in Leader
Dec. IL, 1896.
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these facts in mind when we are discuss
ing the present stringency in money
matters ant are tempted to declare that
our period of distress is the worst the
country has known.
800
Senator Morgan is occasionally
rather too fond of war-talk in the United
States Senate. but in other respects he is
useful Senator and an eloquent orator
who commands the attention and respect
OF the Senate. In striking contrast to
ex-senator Ingalls's declaration once
upon time that 1.-The decalogue has no
place in politics." Senator Morgan, IN
the debate on the Lodge immigration
bill, was in favor OF req uiring as condi-
ton of citizenship on the part of intend.
ing citizens the ability to read correctly
the Ten Commandments and the Con-
stitution of the United States. In the
course of his speech in advocacy of this
amendment he made an eloquent eulogy
on the essentially Christian character
OF our nation, and referring to his pro-
posal as to the Commandments added:
That is not religious test by any
means. 1t is a test that goes to the con-
stitution of society; it is test which re
lates to that organism which pervades all
Christendom, and it is a test which no
nation in this world and no people in this
world would dispense WITH or can afford
to dispense with, without invoking upon
themselves the destruction of the AL
mighty.
That is kind of eloquence of which
the United States Senate. unfortunate
BY, hears but little.
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A Possible Result.
New WORLDLY

Congress has undoubtedly the power to
declare war and it can cut the Gordian
knot by taking that course, if it is pre-
pared to accept the responsibility. But if
we go to war, and the result is anarchy in
Cuba, it will then be our duty to under
take the task of restoring order in that
Inflated island.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-01-02

the awakening from the dream and
the joyous realization that life is still
before him with all its hopes and am
billions yet possible of realization.
Of the poetical associations and
reflections suggested by the close of
year George D. Prentice's beautiful
poem, 1.-THE Closing Year." is noble
EXPIRE sion, tinged though it be with
the darkne of regret and the ashes
of burnt out hopes. Beautiful, but
sad aud mournful as moonlight fall
ing on some ancient ruin, it is to be
hoped that but few readers of these
words will on New Years eve see such
ghostly procession of shadows of
wild and wasted youth as that called
up by the imagination of the poet.
Better far is the inspiring thought
by Tennyson, his In Memoriam:"
Ring out the old, ring in the new,
Ring, happy bells, across the snow;
The year is going, let him go;
Ring out the false, ring in the true.
Ring out old shapes of foul disease;
Ring out the narrowing lust of gold,
Ring out the thousand wars of old;
Ring in the thousand years of peace.
Ring in the valiant man and free
The larger heart, the kindlier hand;
Ring out the darkness of the land,
Ring in the Christ that is to he.
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s'Money was not only scarce, but
there was no money in circulation-none
to be had anywhere. Along the Chip.
pewa, Black. Mississippi, and other
rivers sawlogs we're legal tender. Intact.
everything that possessed any sort of
value passed as token money. Up ia
Northern Wisconsin copper Was mined,
and copper cents were minted and is
sued by private individuals. The gem
eraI storekeepers issued their own scrip,
and it passed for money. l have seen
1O.cent postage stamp incased in mica
passing for money many time. We
had every kind of token money except
wampum. We didn't get quite that far
back to the primitive method and me-
dunn Of exchange" 1t is we'll to bear
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-01-02
Exchange Notes.
Topics of the Day Discussed.
England's Opium Outrage.
NEW York Advocate

When will the English government stop
the crime of opium2 May we not hope
that, II no other voice reaches the ear of
the English Parliament, the wall of one
million dying sufferers in India will arouse
the English conscience to say of the trade
in opium: "Thus far, and no farther?n
The Holiday Season.
(Christian Herald.)
The holiday season is notable for the
spirit of cheerfulness which seems to
pcryade the atmosphere of all depart
ments. Faces wear smiles, the call of need
finds more ready response, and deeds of
kindness abound The multiform perplex-
tiles of everyday life seem to be generally
laid aside. Optimism shines in every
countenance. Troubles seem swallowed
up of enjoyment.
The Freethinker's Impotency.
(ChIistian Work.
The one mournful fact revealed in the
presence of death, namely, that Free
thinkingism Nihilism, Agnosticism, Ra-
tionalism, call it what you will, has no
consolation, no hope, no comfort to offer
hind. Better 4 thousandfold the pagan's
belief in Immortality and his divinities
than the dreary impotency of the Free
thinkers cherries confession.
Too Much Work.
(Woman's Journal)
Mrs. Cooper was an offices in nineteen
charitable societies, and her daughter
was her Secretary and main stay. 1t was
good work, all of it-work for the poor,
for religion, for woman suffrage, above
all, for little chiidren-but there was too
much of it. And so two useful lives were
prematurally cut short, and all the flags
of San Francisco went to half mast, and
great city was thrown into mourning.
The Still Hour.
(ZiOn's HeIald.)
Among the many lines of reform press
ing for attention in the habits of the
members of our churches, it seems to us
that scarce any is more indispensable
than reform in attention to these power
full helps to growth in grace which cluster
around the still hour. More time must
be spent alone with God, or we shall not
see what we so much desire, either in our
own religious uplifting or outward results
upon the world.
President McKinley's Opportunity.
(Watchman)
President Mckinley will have an oppor-
tunity to place civil service reform upon
an enduring basis, and he may do this, not
simply by still further charging the num-
Der of offices that are to be brought under
the application of the rules, but by pro-
tecting the present holders of such offices
from an invasion of their rights, and by
applying the spirit of civil service reform
to those offices which, for one reason and
another, probably will not be brought
technically under the rules.
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May that help come to all our read
ers for the young need it as we'll as those
who are growing old. Peace and happi
ness dwells only in that heart that con-
fdes in the Love that endures beyond
the years, If we would enjoy truly
happy New Year we must be mindful OF
the con ditions Of all true contentment
and repose. If, amid the changes which
are before US in the untried scenes OF
this new year, we are confident that
underneath us are the Everlasting
Arms" we shall have the One supreme
source of strength and comfort. Let US
therefore enter upon the New Year OF
1897 in the hope and confidence inspired
by our noble faith, believing with Whit
tier, that
''No harm from Him shall come to me
On ocean or on sLore.''
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SENATOR DAVIS, of
The Hard Times M;nnasota mav baa or
of 1857. centad as a calm and
intelligent student of the financial his
tory of this country and man not given
to extravaganza OF statement in any di-
rection. Notwithstanding the wide
spread financial distress of the present
time, which many regard as unparalleled.
and which certainly is felt very keenly,
especially in the West, Senator Davis
says that the country has never exper-
fenced such hard times as in 1857. The
Senator has vivid reeollections of that
period and embodies few of these in
the following words:
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"1OW strangely close the New year
brings us to the end of this wonderful
century," This remark occurs in an
article in the New York Tribune for the
new year of 1895. We are now nearer by
two years the wonder point OF the new
century and we adopt the words of our
contemporary with the necessary change:
-Four years more will complete its rec
ord and the twentieth century, to which
the world is looking as the climacteric OF
all the ages, will have begun its impress
sive and its wonder working march. The
mind no longer stands mute before the
achievements of the century that is 60
ing. 1t comprehends that there are
great fields of science and of discovery
yet to explore; but it is dumb and
weak in its fantastical estimates
of the possibilities of the future.
Electricity, the highest and quickest
agent of nature, has been harnessed to
mans chariot. and performs for him tie
greatest feats of strength and the merest
mental offices alike. 1t is put to new
duties every day. 1t is now awaiting
the plans by which it shall explore and
turn over to mans dominion the heavens
above and the waters beneath the earth.
The swiftness of time may bring US
nearer the Unfathomable Beyond, yet
there is in every breast longing to see
the ushering in of the new century.
which must unfold to US 80 many mar
veloue and beautiful things"
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When will the English government stop
the crime of opium2 May we not hope
that, If no other voice reaches the ear of
the English Parliament, the wall of one
million dying sufferers in India will arouse
the English conscience to say of the trade
in opium: "Thus far, and no farther?n
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-06-22
A RIGHT STEP.

4 few DAYS ago cycling girl found
her "aflnity" in cycling young man,
and vice versa, and the two, clad in
bicycle suits, presented themselves be-
fore a Chicago clergyman for marriage
The clergyman. however, not only re-
fused TO perform the ceremony, but sent
the couple away with a deserved rebuke
He told them that for so sacred an
occasion. they should at least have taken
time 10 don more suitable raiment.
All honor to that clergyman lie mas
taken a step in reformation that all
other clergymen ought to follow, by re-
fusing 10 ofhciate at marriages under
conditions that render the ceremony but
little more than farce.
Hardly week passes that we do not
read of some marriage the place or ac-
cessories of which indicate that the fore
most idea of the contracting parties is
TO gain notoriety and create a SEN
sation. We agree with the New
York Herald, that. by declining TO
assist at these fantastic and hasty mar
rlages. the ministers viii DO much 10
impress the young people with the seri-
business OF the contract they desire to
make, and there will be fewer divorces
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-06-22

the Richmond City Committee orderea
ward meetings, and on the other occasion
the Democrats voted by precincts. onoer
the plan recently adopted they vote az
primary election. and apportion tne ue'e
gates according to the strength u'scio7ei
by the several candidates for Governor.
We confess that the Richmond pan -
unusual and complicated: and. In us as
sessmeDt feature is both unwise ana uh-
just to all the candidates alike what ING
News wants to see, and the tning we
ought to have. is fair field ana an open
fight. Then the fellow who faiis 10 &c,
the nomination will feel no hesitation III
earnestly supporting the fellow VINO Goes
get 1t. We have known INSTANCES III
which the injudicious friends OF can
dldate have succeeded in making MS eiec,
ton uncertain by the methods employed
to secure his nomination. rms Is not
a time in Virginia politics wnen the
Democrats can afford to be making faces
at one another The News would IKE 10
see Major Tyler nominated Tor Governor
and IT believes he will be, but IL taxes
no stock in the attack on Mr. Eily son.
Either OF these gentlemen would "ot'h'iS
wear the honor which the governorsn'p
confers. and acceptably I'LL the chair'
and II we prefer one TO the other' !, - d
personal preference. with the cohsiuerd-
ton of availability added.