The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-08-07
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The Sovereignty Of Love.

eighty that is worthy of the name is one
that commands the obedience of all it's
subjects, and that glory consists not in
banishing rebellion to a remote corner
of the kingdom, but in converting it into
| loyalty and service. 1t would not take
much of God to shut sin up and pun
ish it forever. What we want to believe
| in is one who can eradicate the disease
and bring into perfect health Endless
punishment or immediate annihilation
can hardly manifest the power of God.
Anybody can kill. What we seek is one
who can cure. We thin K of mans part
| and Christ's part in human redemption
and almost forget Gods part. The
Eternal Righteousn ess and Power is
| pledged to the triumph OF holiness. 1t
| is only by the salvation of mankind into
| that holiness that God saves his own
throne or perfects it.-Rev. Carl T.
Henry
Time and Destiny.
The great lens of the Yerkes telescope
required about ten years in making,
that is it required whole decade to
select the materials, cast the great block
of glass, subject it to the various tests
required, and to reduce it, shape, grind
and polish to the proper proportio ;,
and no one will ever know how long God
was in making the sands out of which
the glass was made. Think you that
human soul can be made for heavenly
happiness in shorter time? Yet there
are people who believe that il man will
repent of his sins at the last moment he
may enter heaven, pure, like the angels
OF God. Some of us have ventured to
protest against this. We believe that it
will take long, long time for human
soul to reach the destiny awaiting all
in the providence of God.-Rev F. F..
Buckner.
Religion and Politics.
The more we preach religion of the
highest type into politics. the purer and
wiser politics will become; the more we
take into our pulpits subjects and ques-
tions that bear upon the public life of
our cities, states and nation and discuss
them carefully. honestly, fairly, with the
simple purpose Of finding the truth
and the holy desire of having it lived up
to, the more the church will appeal to
earnest souls and do it's share in lifting
up the race. Therefore. / am glad to
find the people in the pews saying to
their pastors: IDEAL with the questions
of the day. Discuss the issues that
make for civic righteousness. Point
your finger boldly at the men who are
corrupt. Denounce in unmessured
| terms whatever deserves such strong
| denunciation. Hold up, with unfeigned
enthusiasm, whatever merits admiration
and praise. Let your motive be disin.
terested love of the truth and disinter-
ested desire to serve the people and we
will respect your conviction, even when
we cannot agree with you and follow
your leading when it is our belief that
you are on the right track.-Rev. Henry
| r. Rose.
Compensation.
At recent union meeting one of the
speakers touched upon the subject of
compensation. His thought was that
when we are asking 30 much from God
and receiving 80 much, we should be
anxious to give something in return.
wonder if we do not often forget that
part of living under Gods blessings. In
our prayers we ask for many things and
it is right that we should, but does our
gratitude prompt us to do anything for
such. We receive the very breath of
life and everything else from loving
creator but do we show ourselves will
ing to repay him for it all?
When our earthly friends give us a
good gift we are grateful for it, and
every true heart will try to do something
for those friends in return. How many
have been the gifts which the good
Father has bestowed upon US. And
how grateful we ought to be to him.
We can show our thankfulness by life
! of activity in his service. We can show
how much we are indebted to him by
helping our neighbors, who are men,
bers of his great family. AS we have
received 80 let us give. The tree is
worthful when it bears its fruit.-Rev.
| f. f. BucEner,
The Faith in God.
He is singularly thoughtless person
who in planning his life has not settled
certain great convictions in his mind,
and he is certainly very unfortunate
person who does not find among those
convictions this one, that wrong ul-
timatelY defeats itself, and that the
right thing is the all-conquering thing,
and that the right path is the path
that is eternally open.
To my mind this is practical faith in
God, the faith that all noble and help
full things. all benevolent things, all the
noblest sentiments partake of the inf.
nj te and the immortal. while all the re-
verse of these are destined to failure
and defeat; faith that this great spirit
works for ultimate harmony and the
absolute triumph OF good. through ali
time and through all worlds. And the
following of Christ is in the same spirit.
IL person have the heart to do one ,]i-