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The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-02-06

The growth Of the kingdom OF hea-
ven, as represented in the Society OF
Jesus, was an evolution like that OF the
corn; first the blade, then the ear. after
ward the full corn in the ear; or like the
mustard seed, small seed, which pres
emily becomes shrub. and soon after
wards far-spreading tree.--But this
orderly growth was, and ever must be.
conflict. Warfare. unintermittent and
unrelenting, is the logical attitude OF
the church against the evils of the
world. The Gospel is scalpel for the
sores which will not yield to balm. De-
termined evil-doers are necessarily at
enmity with the Gospel.--At our
lesson date certain evil doors, though
orthodox of the orthodox, according to
popular repute, are surprised and wor.
ried. What can be done with these
pestiterous fanatics who declare, and
seem ready to die declaring, that the
Crucified One is still alive?
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and fearlessness of death that they had no
dread of martyrdom.

and fearlessness of death that they had no
dread of martyrdom.
a. V. 1928. THE Prison OPENED
The high-priest was angered; the Saddu-
Gees were Jealous. The hand of the law
was now for the first time laid on all the
twelve The ward or hold was not in
the proper sense prison; it was place
of detainment. THE ANGEL OF THE LORD
is the messenger of the Lord. That the
Christians should have an influential
friend among the Roman officers or among
the temple police who had the keys to the
prison and who desired that the apostles
should continue to preach the Gospel,
seems to us not improbable. There APP
pears to us no need of the work of a super
natural being in this ase.-What an
establishment to the people to see the
apostles in the morning preaching in Sol
omon's porch, after they had been rough
ly arrested the evening before.--At the
early session of the Sanhedrim amazement
was produced by the report that the
guarded prison was found empty. Where
unto will this GROVE
(2) V. A-2S. PERPLEXITY OF THE
COUNCIL. Word comes to the waiting
council that the apostles are again preach
ing in the temple-area The police are
sent to the apostles to REQUEST their atten-
dance at the council. The populace is now
to be feared by the prosecutors. The
high priest charges the apostles with the
crime of preaching the Gospel. The apos-
ties can have no regret that Jerusalem is
filled with the doctrine of 'this man. "
The high-priest expresses Jewish re-
pentance that Jesus was crucified he
would transfer the blame to the Romans.
But the imprecation of the Jews at the
crucifxion, HIS BLOOD BE UPON Us AND OUR
CHILDREN Matt. 27:25), is coming to fear
full fulfillment.
49, V. 1892 FEARLESS APosTLEs-EL-
oQUENT PETER. -Peter is the natural
spokesman. We MUST obey God. God
raised up Jesus you slew him on a tree
him Prince and Saviour. We are his
witnesses. The Holy Spirit is also his
witness.
Truth is sure, in due time, to turn
it's scaffold to throne.
THE apostles rejoiced even in their
sufferings.
Such heroism of faith, in quality, is
the inspiration of every true reformer.
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Domestic Life in Bethlehem.

l went to Bethlehem several times
returning usually toward dusk. l con-
stantly met the bethlehem men," as
they are called-mechanics, maeone,
carpenters, laborers-returning on foot
from their long and hard days work in
Jerusalem. The hours of labor in the
east are from sunrise to sunset, and
these men would leave Bethlehem early
in the morning, and after walking the
six miles to their daily task. work all day
and walk back at dusk to their late and
scanty supper. The younger men looked
wornout; the older men seemed to have
lost all strength. and their eyes fire.
quently looked dull and almost glazed
was invited to visit family in Beth
lehem. Their home was on the second
floor of building. 1t consisted Of a
single room about Is feet square, with
a concrete floor and not single article
of furniture save tiny charcoal stove.
1t was clean. There we're plenty of win
dows, and the window stills were low and
broad and were used instead of chairs.
There were little cupboards built in the
walls, which held the food and the few
dishes. At one side of the room was a
larger recess, perhaps 2 feet deep, 8 feet
high and feer long. Here were piled
blankets, rugs and quilts, neatly folded.
At night the rugs were spread on the
floor, aud the family slept or them. usiug
the blankets and quilts for covering.
On great occasions little circular table,
about feet across and l foot high, was
used as dining table.-McClure'S Mag
dzine,
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OUR NATIONAL HYMN.

Once in four years the churches sing
America" with unanimity that marks
the fervor of presidential election. Peo-
pie attending Episcopal churches. where
america" was thus sung last Novem-
Der. we're probably surprised-at least
most of them-to find that the national
hymn begins with what is commonly the
fourth stanza:
Our fathers God to Thee,
Author of Liberty etc.
The first stanza, by which the hymn is
popularity known to everybody, from
school children up, beginning
my country it's of thee,
Sweet land of liberty
and the two succeeding stanzas are en-
tirely omitted in the Episcopal Hymnal.
Looking into the matter further, the
discovery is made that in the Episcopal
Hymnal before the recent revision, no
part of my Country tits of Thee" ap-
pears at all. In place of it there is given
for the tune America" the hymn be-
ginning
t'God bless our native land,
Firm may she ever stand''
evidently suggested by the English ma
tional anthem of God Save the Queen"
The reason for this, SO far as one can
guess at it without consulting those who
compiled the Hymnal. is the allusion to
the Pilgrim Fathers, most conspicuous
in the lines:
Gland where our fathers died
Land of the Pilgrims pride"
1t is, of course, natural that the Episco-
pal church, as a church, should object
to singing the praises of the Pilgrims.
At the same time, it is pity that any
part, and especially the most familiar
part, of the one national hymn we can
really be said to have, is omitted from
the Church Hymnal. 1t is the greater
pity, considering the fact that the only
rival of my Country, It's of Thee" is
THE Star Spangled Banner" the words
of which not one person in thousand
can repeat. -Independent.
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SCHOLARS STUDY.

TIME.-Probablyn not long after last
lesson.
PLACE.-Jerusale
GOLDEN TEXT.-"We ought
to obey God rather than men. "-AoTs
5:29
UNIVER SALIST G AT e.
CHISM.-VII. How does God regard
mankind? He loues all mankind.-JoHN
3.16, II.
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TEACHING POINTS.

INTRODUCTION. central fact of our
lesson is the courage of the apostles. They
braved death in going to Solomon's porch
to preach. 1t was challenge to the San
hedrim. They had such ferVor of faith
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"A clever Partisan has invented a
machine which can split one human
hair lengthwise into thirty-six strips.
The herald., 1897-08-02

man could take, and if persisted in ii
would bring on all sorts Of ailments and
diseases. He wrote in good vein, and
his pithy style made quite an impression
among a conservative class of women
who looked on the wheel with distrust
and dislike anyway, and who were great
ly pleased to hear it condemned from a
scientific source.
LAS a matter of fact, the only aim
and motive this doctor had was to get
his name before the public and he sue
ceeded 80 we'll that from being an un-
known he speedily built UP fashionable
and lucrative practice. Whether he be-
lieved half of what he wrote I don't
pretend to say, but am satisfied that
his ulterior scheme was as have stated.
"He was smart enough to see that his
reasoning, however fallacious, would
commend itself to a certain glass of wo-
men, and he knew further that no other
doctor of high standing would go to
the trouble of contradicting his views
in print. The papers were kind enough
to give him a lot of free advertising,
and he worked his opportunity for all
it was worth. h."-Washington Post
The herald., 1897-08-02
FISH STORY WITHOUT A PEER
Old Well in Dark Cellar That Yield
ed a Big String of Trout


AS the fish stories of the amateurs be-
gin to drift in and render the joy of liv-
ing at least doubtful quantity, a writer
claims attention with this:
Quite an odd find was happened upon
one day last week by Jack Lopez, who
is spending the summer at Swathmore,
Pa. The house which has been taken by
the family is used in the winter as
boarding school for girls, but was orig
inally private house. While taking a
look over the place Lopez found in the
cellar an old well that was boarded over
and had a trapdoor, with an old-fash-
ioned paddock. Thinking the place might
be utilized as a cold storage, he tried to
raise the trap, that had evidently not
been touched for years. Not before
breaking the lock was he able to get
it open, and then he found the well too
deep to see the bottom. With the aid
Of rope and lantern he discovered
that there was something moving in the
water and after keeping very quiet for
moment saw what looked like fish
swimming near the surface. AS an ex-
pertinent he decided to do some angling,
and soon had a piece of string with a
bent pin and worm down the we'll.
In ten minutes he had caught twenty
enc fish, and then decided to get out Of
the park cellar and examine his catch.
They proved to be fish of the trout va
riety, but the oldest part of it was that
all were eyeless and snow white. How
they came there and what kept them
alive is a mystery that none of the resi-
dents seemed able to solve, but the fish
are plentiful and are good eating so
Mr.. Lopez is atisfied.-Philadelp
Record.
The herald., 1897-08-02
IN THE FIELD OF LABOR
Proceedings of Council Of Labor and
Building Trades Council

Ten unions were represented at the
last meeting of the Council of Labor.
Frank e. Beahir of the clerks, w. Stiff
fler, bakers, and H. e. Dewey, carpen-
ters', were seated as new delegates.
A communication was read from the
San Francisco Labor Council. Good pro-
gress is being made in that city on the
eight-hour question. Labor day is to be
celebrated by a mass meeting at some
central hall.
The local labor day committee re-
ported progress. Nothing definite, how
ever, has as yet been decided upon.
The following officers were installed
for the ensuing term: A. M. Green,
president; Sol RUSSELL vice-president;
A Vinette, recording secretary; H. E.
Martens, financial secretary; F. B. Col
yer, treasurer; E. ]. Mack, sergeant at
arms.
E. H. Lloyd was appointed to fill the
vacancy on the Labor day committee in
place of A. D. Watson of the musicians,
who is on his way to the Klondyke re-
gion.
Arthur Vinette, secretary, resigned, as
he also is about to start for the northern
gold regions. G. Taylor of the Plumbers
Union was elected to fill the present
position. A vote of thanks was rendered
the retiring secretary and letter of
recommended ton was also voted.
The herald., 1897-08-02
An Expensive Department

To the Editor of the Los Angeles Her.
aid: In view of the prospective strin-
gency in city finances this coming year,
I wish to point out to you what appears
to many persons a conspicuous extrava-
gance in our municipal expenditure,
and that is in the exorbitant outlay in
the health department. If our city were
a living cesspool it should not cost us
as much as at present.
In that department there are seven
assistants at 5000 per annum; and one
health officer at s2400. But why this
officer should receive almost three times
as much salary as one Of his assistants
it is very difficult to understand. The
most qualified person as health officer
should not receive more than $1,000 per
annum, which would be a very handsome
compensation for his worth and his du-
ties. J.T.
Los Angeles, July 81, 1897.
The herald., 1897-08-02
DID NOT COLLECT HIS BILL
Good-Natured Butcher Who Is Not a
Success as a Collector

I'm not success as a collector" ad-
mitted the big, good-natured butcher,
who was talking with several others
about the difficulty of getting what was
coming to them. Il hire a man to do the
dunning the year around, and wouldn' t
take his job with ten acres on Woodward
avenue thrown in.
I'VE had one customer who ran UP a
big bill and was always going to settle
in just few days. My collector made
this report till I got tired and out of
humor. Here was a man always order
ing the choicest cuts of meat, having all
kinds of game in season, and sending
back what didn't please him, yet never
paying me a cent. 1t looks to me as
though you didn't understand your busi-
ness I said to the collector one day
when he came in with little money and
with nothing at all from this particular
customer. I'll go and see that man my
self and he'll be glad to settle before l
get through with him..
Il went. I was shown into room as
pretty as picture and was met by as
handsome an old gray-haired man as
ever you clapped your eyes on. He shook
my hand warmly and made such a bow
as you don't often see in these days He
was delighted to see me, and made me
sit down in chair as easy as a feather
bed. Then we had cigars and wine that
no poor man could afford to drink. He
talked better than any book ever read,
and I was in cold sweat because 1 did
not know how to get away without Of
Tending him. Then I invented a story
about a cranky partner who insisted
upon his bill being paid and rambled off
into long apology. You never saw a
man nicer about anything. He would
have the money within a few days and
was sorrier than he could tell if 1 had
been disconnected. I receipted the bill
laid it on the table and told the old gem
tleman to pay when he could
LAS I was leaving here came one of
those professional collectors who are as
-blooded as fish He pitched into my
host hot blocks, while the latter lust
stood and looked with a stern dignity
that would have paralyzed me- Before
l knew just what was doing had paid
the bill, and told the fellow to get out
before I threw him out. I'm no good at
all as collector. '-Detroit Free Press.
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Scenic Effect Desired

We've missed splendid opportun-
ity," said the patriotic resident Of the
District as he gazed at the new corps OF
street sweepers. "a splendid opportun-
ity,' he repeated, with regretfu
sigh.
I'm what way?" his friend inquired.
"In dressing all those men in white
do you object to white suits?"
mot if they are used in moderation
But they ought to have had some red
ones and some blue ones. Then, as a
man stood at the Peace monument and
looked toward the treasury he would
have the joy Of seeing Pennsylvania
avenue turned into one majestic, rip
ping American fiag!"-Washingt
Star.
The herald., 1897-08-02
Europe's Oldest Professor

Samuel Brassai, the eminent Hunga-
rian professor. has just celebrated the
sixtieth anniversary of his advent to
scientific honors. He is now 81 years old
and is the senior active teacher of learn
ing in Europe Through his unselfish
devotion to the cause of Hungary and
the purifying of the Magyar language
he has established firm place in the
hearts of his countrymen. Mr. Brassa:
has contributed a number of scientific
inventions to the physical laboratories
of his college in Buda-Pesth, among
them chronometer with which he
watches the standing Of the sun each
day. and thus regulates the town clocks.
He is great philanthropist. Most of
his money has been given to the ad
vancement of sciences throughout his
land.
The herald., 1897-08-02
DECIDED FOR HERSELF
SHE INSISTS UPON SELECTING
HER OWN HUSBAND
Takes Advantage of Her Mothers
Absence at the Beach to Have
the Marriage Performed

A love affair, which has been frowned
upon by an obstinate mother but en-
couraged by the daughters host OF
friends has at last eliminated in the
secret marriage Of Miss Annetta Belle
Lewis, of 800 West Pico street, and
Joseph R. Rogers, of 4O5 Cornwell street.
The ceremony was performed last Fri
day morning at the house of one of the
bridegroom's friends.
Rogers has been courting the fair
Alice Belle for nearly a year, and al
though the lady is 20 years of age and
old enough, it would seem to make the
choice of her own husband, her parents
objected to the young mans attentions
and repeatedly forbade their daughter
to see him at ALL This had the usual
effect Of whetting the fondness for each
other which had grown up between the
two, and not long ago the courtship
ripened into an engagement.
The couple contended that there could
be no reasonable objection to their mar
riage. Rogers is clerk in Harper &
Reynolds hardware establishment on
Main street and is highly respected by
those who know him. The girls father
is we'll known real estate agent with
an office at 210 West First street. The
mother, however. had laid other plans
for the future of her daughter and would
not take kindly to having these rudely
pushed aside.
When the art of persuasion had been
exhausted upon the obdurate parent by
both the daughter and her lover, it was
decided to disregard her wishes. A short
time ago Mrs. Lewis went to the beach,
and advantage was promptly taken of
her absence. Rogers spoke to a friend
and had him prepare his house fol q
wedding. Then he procured marriag,
license on Friday morning and a few
minutes later we'll known divine per-
formed the ceremony. Later in the day
they called upon few close friends and
received congratulations. Then they
left for brief wedding tour, whittier
is not known.
Mrs. Lewis heard of the march which
had been stolen upon her and hurriedly
left the beach on Saturday to come to
the city. On arriving here she was un-
able to find her daughter or her newly
acquired son-in-law. After expressing
herself very forcibly concerning the
wedding she returned to the seaside