The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-05-22
Exchange Notes.
Gleanings of Editorial Opinion.
The English Church.

The English Church.
Living church,
The English Church is stronger today
than it has been for two centuries. It's
religious spirit has been deepened and
freshened, and it is in more immediate
contact with the English people than it
has been for very long time past.
Equaiize the Salaries.
(Midland.)
We believe that the church should adopt
some plan to make the salaries of its
ministers nearer equal 1t is hardly right
that one officer in an army should receive
81, 600 and another of the same rank, faith
fulness, ability and efficiency should re-
ceive Only $40O.
The Gospel Experience.
christian Advocate)
One man who knows God and is ready
to give reason for the hope that is in
him, can overcome the sneers of score
OF unbelievers. 1t is a bright view of
things that the world longs for, not the
dark, and the Gospel as living expert
ence alone can give it.
The Individual Factor.
New York Obseryer)
The true strength of nation, or of
society, is never determinable by rough
mass measurements, or long insurable
against laps and loss, if, after the manner
OF Asiatic despotisms, the few are allowed
to treat the many as though they were
their natural born or accidentally sub
jugated serfs. Power in the last analysis
is personal rather than popular. That
nation alone can survive in history where
the individual factor stands out sharp and
clear
Salaries of Foreign Missionaries.
(The Outlook
1t is currently reported there that the
missionaries are receiving from 81. 800 to
81, 500 in gold. From official sources it is
learned that to missionaries in the East
the Presbyterians pay to married men
from 81 ,OS0 to $50, to single men $720 to
1888, to single women from $40 to 1925.
The Methodists pay to married men the
first five years $3.50, single $3.50. After
ward, the next ten years, to married men
81, 600, single $780, Afterward, for the
next ten years, to married men 81 100,
single $500. After twenty five years,
81 200 and $500. The Congregationalists
pay to married men from $3.50 to 81, $50, to
single men from $40 to 1915, to single
women from 1890 to S575.
Mayor Dictator.
(Iournal and Messenger.)
We are by no means sure that the ten
dency to put almost unlimited power in
the hands of mayor of a city will prove
in the end to be the best. No one denies
the evil of the old system, or the good
which an honest and competent mayor
may be able to accomplish when made
dictator. AS a change from the older
system it will undoubtedly work better
for time; but political bosses may soon
find way to control the mayor. We be-
lieve that division of responsibility is
the safer principle, but it should be in
such way that we can hold somebody
responsible for every public act; and the
pnblic must be educated to punish an
official for completely in wrong as quickly
as it would punish one who had the sole
responsibility.
The Rejection of the Arbitration Treaty.
tZion's Herald.)
Had the Anglo American convention,
negotiated by Secretary Olney and Sir
Julian Pauncefote, failed of ratification by
the Senate, the indignation of the Ameri-
can people would have been intense. But
that convention had been so riddled by
amendments and limitations, it's whole
scope and purpose had been so narrowed,
that scarcely anything was left of the
original articles save an agreement to
arbitrate certain pecuniary claims. 1t had
been so emasculated by the determination
of the Senate that the prerogatives of
that body in treaty making should be rec
ognized, and by an indisposition on its
part to change our national policy, that
popular interest in the ratification of the
convention had practically ceased, and
the announcement of its rejection was re-
ceived with apathy.
The Turks Defiance.
western AdvOcate.)
There are indications that the Turkish
victory over the Greeks may be to the
prejudice of the interests, if not also to the
peace of the powers, which have given
their moral weight to the stronger party
in the current conflict. Armenian massa-
ores had caused a tide of condemnation of
the Sultan which penetrated the chief
assassin's thick skin He has been look
ing for punishment, and was in bad odor
even with his bad self. When Greece in
sisted upon war, and made general dis
turbance in the East, the Turk did his
best to punish the disturber. The war has
demonstrated that the Sultan can array
great military power, and thai exhibit
has greatly increased the Turks egotism
and vulgar swagger. 1t now appears that
the cruel potentate thinks he can be more
defiant than ever. The fact does not
reassuIe the powers.
The West Point Chapel.
(Standard.l
1t is reported that the secretary of war,
in response to the numerous protests
against the action of his predecessor in
granting permission for the erection of a
Roman Catholic chapel at West Point, an
nounces that equal liberties will be ac-
corded to any other denomination desir-
ing to establish a church at the academy.
If this be true the secretary fails entirely
to understand the motive that prompted
the protests. We feel certain that other
Protestants would agree with Baptists in
disclaiming any desire for UNCONVENTIONAL