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The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-06-19
GOLDEN TEXTS FOR QUARTER

1. Jesus Christ maketh thee whole
AcTs 9:34.
2. Whoscever believeth in him shall re-
ceive remission of sins.-AoTs 10:43.
3. Now is Christ risen from the dead,
and become the first fruits of them that
slept Cor. 1920.
4. The angel of the Lord encampeth
round about them that fear him, and de-
livereth them.-PsALM 34:7.
5. Go We into all the world, and preach
the gospel to every creature. Mark 1915.
6. Through this man is preached unto
you the forgiveness of sins.-AcTs 1888.
Z. have set thee to be light of the
Gentiles.-AoTs 13:47.
s. Through the grace of the Lord Jesus
Christ we shall be saved, even as they
AcTs 1911.
o. will show thee my faith by my
works. JAMES 2:1S.
TO- Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy
lips from speaking guile.-Ps. 34:13.
IL. From child thou hast known the
Holy Scriptures, which are able to make
thee wise unto salvation. Tim. 3:15.
10. 1t is good neither to eat flesh, nor to
drink wine, nor anything whereby thy
brother stumbleth. RON. 1921.
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and song, and then be allow ed to retire
to service that they can understand
and profit by. Goetf 10 his Nv ilhelm
Meister" separates religious trairing in
to three parts; reverence for what is be-
low, that lie, for the works of God; ven
GRAFTON for what is above, that is God
the Creator; and respect for what is
around him, that is, for himself and his
fellow-man. Man should respect him
self because OF the divine spark dwell
ing in him.
Pictures, music, poetry and architec
ture, all aid in developing ideals. and are
helpful in training the religious feeling,
and have been the great aids of the
church in all ages. The beautiful church
building with its stained glass. it's organ
and choir and poetic hymns, are fitting
surroundings for the worshipper. and
symbolic of the thoughts and hopes
and lives of true worshippers Of the
ideal
You will never be able to leach your
child of the unseen. of things above and
beyond the senses, except through the
activity of mind called the imagination i,
the most God like faculty of the hu-
man mind. Froebel urges on our at
tention the fact that our desire for wb at
is above, our instructive reaching out
for something better. for ideals, shows
that God dwells in US, and that the Oh
ject of all education is the realization of
the faithful. pure, inviolate, and hence
holy life.
MINNEAPOLIS Mimi.
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3. The ResurrectiOn.-I Cor. 10: p
26. Does not the entire Christian faith
rest upon the fact that Jesus was raised
from the dead. and re.appeared to his
disciples? What must the complete
victory of Christ signify9 Golden Text?
A. Peter Delivered from Prison.
AcTs IL: SIT. What do we surmise as
to the "angel of the Lord" who visited
Peter in prison? Is the deliverance Of
Peter any less divine il accomplished
through human agency? Why did Peter
flee from the Roman authorities? Gold
en- Text?
5. Paul Begins his First Missionary
Journey.-AcTs 10: lib. Why is the
church at Antioch an example to other
churches? Why was the Roman pro-
coneul an inquirer of the magician!
What was it that blinded the sorcerer?
Golden Text?
6. Paul Preaching to the Jews
AcTs ID: $3.50. Why is this story i'm.
portant? How does the Old Testament
prophesy Christ? How is Jesus the
Saviour? Golden Text.
z. Paul Preaching to the Gentiles
AcTs Ia: 11-22. Why was the marvel OF
healing ascribed to idols? What con-
ception of Deity does the act Of the
priest of Jupiter imply? How are we
debtors to Paul? Golden Text?
8. The Conference at Jerusalem
AcTs Is: 1-6 22-29. What was the ques
ton at issue? How far is this Mosaic
Law binding on us? Golden Text?
8. Christian Faith Leads to Good
Works.-JAMEs 2: 1923. Why is 9
faith that spends itselfin emotion decep
tive? How is a faith that contents Itself
with intellectual correctness defectivei
What is living faith? Golden Text?
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HINTS FOR REVIEW.

1. Peter Working Miracles.-AcTs
8: 32-43 In what sense did Jesus the
Christ heal the parslytic Eoeas? Why
was the death of Dorcas especially sor-
rowfu What is the faith in Jesus
Christ? Golden Text?
2. Conversion of Cornelius. -Acrs
10: 30-44. Why was it strange in d
Roman to send an apostle to come and
preach in his house? How is Paul's 81 r
mon outlinedi What does it mean that
the Holy Spirit fell upon the Gentiles 2
Golden Text?
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SHORT-HAND.
Free Trial Lesson Given by Mail to
All Our Readers.

COPYRIGHTED BY ELDoH MORAN.
First, study the lesson then copy
Plate l not less than ten times, using
a pen, black ink and foolscap paper.
Compare your work frequently with
the engraved characters, and be careful
to write small hand, placing the words
closely together, pronouncing them
aloud as you write them. Occasionally
read over what you have written.
Remember the three rules: l. Practice.
2. Practice 8. Practice.
Observe carefully the following points:
Make the characters, or letters, all the
same th,-rather short, not too long.
Place them quite close together, and do
not get them crooked. Each stroke
should rest precisely on the line. In
line joined extends below the line.
The rule is that the first doaCn,odrG letter
should rest on the line. b, d and j are
always struck downwards and to the
right. just as you write each letter
speak its name aloud. Thus, while you
are writing line ], say b, b, b, and 2, d,
d, d, etc. The letter in line 4 is called
made sharp pointed, and the two lines
composing it light, not heary (see line 81.
is so written as to point straiqlt
dOlcn.> The letter should be very
shortSonly one-fourth the length of d.
o is struck at a right-angle with the
letter beside which it is placed. For
example, in line IL slants to the right
in beau, to the left in Job, is horizontal
in dough, and vertical in 90 Zine 10y. 1t
is so written as to point directly usray
from the letter, or stem, near which it
occurs. B, d, j, g are consonants, and
L, and q, vowels. The letters, or
marks, which express consonants are
called stems; while the dots, dashes and
small angles are called uoeoeI signs.
AS an exercise for correction, prepare
an accurate copy of the plate, using a
pen and ruled paper. Give information
as to your age and occupation, and mail
as directed. Do YOU wish to learn
OhoI .-Ianu as business or as an
accomplishment ? We teach the Pitman
System, and thousands have successfully
pursued our home course
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SCHOLARS, STUDY.

GOLDEN TEXT. 1.-THE gospel of the
kingdom shall be preached in all the world
for witness unto all nations. MATT.
24:14.
UNIVERSALIST CATECHISM.-XX
Who is the Son of God who will save the
world2 Jesus of Nazareth is the Son of
Cod PETER :16, H.
GENERAL SURVEY. -Recall the Ii
ties and Outlines and Golden Texts of the
lessons for the three months past. These
are the framework of this section of the
story we are learning of The Beginnings
of the Church. l. Our first lesson told us
of ''Peter Working Miracles; of his
iourneying from Jerusalem to LYDIA and
Joppa and working wonders of healing by
faith in the Name of Christ. 2. In our
second lesson we were told of the Soon
version of Cornelius when Peter in
Casarea preached to the GeDtiles and as
sured them that the Gospel was for all
men. g. Our third lesson occurring on
Easter, was appropriately given to the
subject of ''The Resurrection; the his
toric fact of the resurrection of Christ
fact of universal resurrection. 4. In our
fourth lesson we learned of ''Peter Deliv-
cred from Prison.; he having been ar
rested by Herod and mysteriously deliv-
cred from his dungeon by an ''angel of the
Lord'' the evening before he was to be led
forth to martyrdom. 5. In lesson five,
paul Begins his First Missionary Jour-
ney,' we learned of the apostle to the
Gentiles starting on his worldwide mis-
sion. 6. In lesson six, paul Preaching
to the Jews - we learned of Paul in An
tioch of Pisidia, preaching the Gospel to
his own brethren of the stock of Abraham.
z In lesson seven "Paul Preaching to the
Gentiles,' - we find Paul with Barnabas
in Lystra, having been driven from An
tioch and Iconium and because of Paul's
cure of lame man the apostles were ia
ken by the idolatrous inhabitants to be
gods. s. In lesson eight we learned that
Paul and Barnabas, having return ed
to Antioch in Syria from their first
missionary journey, were sent to Je-
rusalem on an important errand. 9. In
lesson nine we had specimen passage
from the Epistle of James, entitled
''Christian Faith leads to Good Works. -
10. In lesson ten we had another speci-
men passage from the same Epistle, en-
titled ''Sins of the Tongue" II. In les
son eleven we had specimen passage
from Paul's Second Epistle to Timothy,
''Paul's Advice to Timothy" -. Lesson
twelve was an inculcation on Personal
Responsibility, with special reference to
temperance, the scripture passage being
from Paul's letter to the Roman Chris
tians.
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In Waiting on Destiny the author provides
for girl readers weli-wri'ten ana lie tlthful
story of early Wi cousin life when that State
was on the frontiers of the great West. The
whole tone of the book Is pure ard elevaang,
and no young girl can peruse its genuinely In
teresting and picturesque pages without receiv-
mental stimulus. Margarets promising girl
hood lowered into just the noble womanhood
one would naturally have expected. - lions
Herald.
This is story of life in Wisconsin at the time
when that was a new country, the heroine being
a girl with great hunger for books. and living
In region where there was great famine of
literature. The closing chapters describe some
phases Of the excitement prevailing just before
the Rebellion and at the time of that outbreak.
Aside from the interest attaching to the place
and the time, the narrative in itself has quail
tiles that would win for 1t wide circle of read
ers. 1t is well written, and between the lines
one can find opinions pronounced on variety
OF practical and important questions C olden
Rule.
1t will not be difficult to discern the originals
of the two foremost characters in the book. In
its literary aspects 1t will compare fav0rably
with the best work of the day among American
authors. We heartily commend it to all who
would have In home and Sunday-sch0Ol whole
some and helpful story books.-Gospel Banner.
Universalist Publishing House
(wEsTERN BRANcH),
SO DEARBORN ST.. CHICAGO.
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THE RELIGION OF CHILDHOOD.

THE following paper was read at the
last meeting of the Sunday School Asso-
citation of Minneapolis. The authors
name did not accompany the manuscript.
-ED.
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4 Story For Girls.
WAITING ON DESTINY
HATTIE TYING GRIswoLD,
I2mo, sI3 pages. Price, rs cents.

Author of apple Blossoms" and Home Life
of Great Authors"
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III erveS
MINNEAPOLIS. MINI.

Are the Messengers of Sense,-the Telegraph
System of the human body.
Nerves extend from the brain to every part
of the body and reach every organ.
Nerves are like fire good servants but hard
masters.
Nerves are fed by the blood and are therefore
like it in character.
Nerves will be weak and exhausted If the
blood is thin pale and impure.
Nerves will surely be strong and steady II
the blood is rich, red and vigorous.
Nerves find true friend in Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla because it makes rich red blood
Nerves do their work naturally and well, -
the brain is unclouded, there are no
neuralgia pains, appetite and diges-
ton are good, when you take
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-06-19

Mrs. Griswold's story is well adapted for
home reading and Sunday-school libraries.
The scene of he story is laid in Wisconsin
early in the 4O's. and 1t traces the history of ?
young girl from CHI ldhood to womanhood, un-
t lding the cps OF her Intellectual develop
ment, and her growth into a noble character.
The st ny is very gracefully written, and will
take high rank among the books for young
women of which the time is so prolific. 1t will
please leaders old and young. and will be es-
pe;ially interesting to all who are interested in
the early beginnings of society in the West.
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General A,iair Dead.

London, Dec. 2S.-General Sir
Charles Adair is dead. General Adair
was born April II. 1922 In 1910 he
served in Syria. where he received the
Turkish medal. He was slightly
wounded in the assault upon Gebail. In
the Crimean war he served before Sc
bastopool during the seige and fall and
he served at the occupation of ketrtch.
Genkingole and liinburn. In 1864 he
served in Japan and he commanded n
battalion of royal dragons during the
operation on the island sea where he
was slightly wounded. In 1870 he was
aide-de-camp to the queen. and from
1876 To the end of 1877 commandment of
the Portsmouth division of the royal
marine light infantry. He retired with
the rank of general in 1883.
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Dosser Lost His Horse.

Special Dispatch to the Standard
Great Falls, Dec. 2s.-A unique law
suit was begun to-day in Sand Coulee
1t deyolves from a horse race of YES
terday. For long time Frank Dos
ser, called Dutchy Frank, and Melon,
both residents of Sand Coulee Valley
have been disputing as to the relative
sWiftness of their horses. Yesterday
they had race to determine the mat
ter, and as stakes the winner was to
drive away the losing horse Dosser
turned over 10 Melon his horse. saddle
and bride. This morning he repented
of the deed aad came 70 this city.
where he swore out warrant of re-
plevin for his lost property. 1t is pre-
sumed that he viii declare the bet off
on the ground that it was gambling
proposition, and therefore Illegal
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OCCURRENCES IN HELENA
A Northern Pacific Fireman From
Livingston After His Wife.
THE TEACHERS MEETING
superintendent Carleton Makes a Speech
of Welcome and President Temple
ton Delivers the Address-Com-
mittees Are Appointed.
Special Dispatch TO the Standard.

| Special Dispatch TO the Standard
Helena. Dee. Ex-Governor Smith To-
day appointed John S. Truscott of
Miles City a member of the board of
trustees of the State Reform school 10
succeed Jepp Ryan, resigned. Mr..
| Ryan addressed the governor recently.
asking TO be relieved of the responsible
ity, announcing as his reason that he
intended to leave the state
The last will and testament of the
late Horace X. Buck was probated to-
| DAY, and in accordance with its terms
ana at the request of the widow, Mary
Buck, she was appointed executrix 4,
serve without bond
l.. l.. Younger, a Northern Pacific
fireman, living at Livingston. spent "a
hours mere trying to locate his wife.
VINO came here several days ago for
the purpose of consulting a specialist
and was never heard of again. Young
er says she had $205 in cash and he
fears that she has been foully dealt
with. She visited a local doctor last
tuesday and left saying she intended
70 return again soon. This she failed
To do. Younger was unable to locate
ner after a thorough search but late
last night he learned from a Northern
racine conductor that she left the east
bound passenger train at Logan a few
nights ago. This leads Younger to
bSileNe SIle mas gone TO Butte and he
went TO that city to-day in the hone
of finding her
The annual meeting of the State
Teachers association commenced to-
night in the Auditorium. There was a
GOOD attendance from other points in
the state, at least so visitors being
present tonight. More from outside
points are expected Tomorrow To
nights session consisted of an address
Of welcome by State Superintendent
Carleton, to which President Reid of
the Agricultural college responded.
Professor J. c. Templeton of Wesleyan
university, the president of the associ-
alton, delivered the annual address.
Music and recftations made the evening
4 pleasant one. Just before adjourn /
ment President Templeton announced |
he standing committees as follows:
IN the presidents address, A. Garlic !
on, Helena; ID. +. Sanders, Dillon; II. |
=. Wolf. Deer Lodge. Resolutions-O. I
J. Craig, j. Nj. Hamilton Mssoula; g.
Marsh. Great Falls. Auditing-W. /
Q. Harmon, Bozeman: q. Il. Swan.
treat Falls; NJ. A. Stapleton. Ana |
'onda. The work of the convention
VIII commence Tomorrow when a
lumber of papers will be presented and
discussed. The convention will end
Thursday evening.
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GAMBLING AT oSTENp.
Glance at One of the Clubs Where For
tunes Are Won and Lost.

From the London Graphic.
For those who wish to be mildly vi
cious at a moderate expense ostend
Is very handy You can see fortunes
won and lost in a night as you can at
Monte Carlo. though perhaps not quite
so often, for only some OF the people
who gamble every winter gamble on
through the summer. You can become
member of the club Prive for the
whole season for 20 francs. There is no
difficulty about being elected to the
club. All you have to do is to get
your name put down two days before
you wish to commence your member
ship by any Tom, Dick or Harry who
IL member This has its disadyan
tages. One day two duly elected mem
beers entered the club and proceeded to
place the maximum G4S0. | believe
The one on the red. the other on black
They were expert players. and Just be-
Tore the ball was going to settle into
black the one who had staked on red
took up his stake and walked Moth
ing could be done to him: these eamb-
ing clubs being technically illegal, no
suit could be brought in the Belgian
courts 10 recover the money
little while ago the wife of lead
ing business man at Antwerp was dis
covered dropping louis dor out of her
ian onto winning square after the
ball had stopped. She was watched
Inquiries We're made as TO who she
was, and when the good position of
her husband was learned the authorf-
ties OF the club decided to spare him
the pain of amy public scandal and
neither expelled her from the club nor
forbade her to enter il. She Was polite
ly Informed that she must not SIT down
at the table-that was all She could
still play standing up, it being impns-
eihle then Tor her to play otherwise
than fairly.
must confess that when | first en-
tered the club AT Ostend / did not ex
pect the gambling to be very whole
Bale, but | was speedily undcceived. be-
Eause the man who afterwafsi-p,tila
was at 0stend-committed suicide be-
fore had been there a quarter of an
hour, staked between so, 900 and Al. 900
francs with the green counters, mark
I'd 5000 francs. And he won nearly as
much while | was watching him. He
did not go in for the more elaborate
Takes but simply watched until there
mas a run of red or black and backed IL
ihree or four time running. / saw him.
FOR instance, when the red was running
strong, and already had turned up
[Hiee, back II for a third fourth and
nth time for 5000 francs a coup. IL
did turn up a third, fourth and fifth
time. and he pushed the "a 900 francs
MS stake and his winnings-into his
trousers pocket and went OFF to play al
another table He was. / understand,
a German baron, 1 do not know how
recently created, and had made a huge
fortune out of south African mines. He |
lost so heavily that before we left Os-
lend he had destroyed himself, rather |
han think of the vanished fruits of so /
Eany years of toll.
At the two ends OF the gambling |
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rooms. where there is more space. there
are two tables parallel TO each other In
the long narrow gangway which con-
meets them, the tables are in single file
The most conspicuous figure at the
'front.' table is that of Otero, the cele-
brated Spanish dancer Otero is a
beautiful woman, with jet black hair.
and rich, clear pink ana white COM
plexion; her face is pure oval, and she
has the large full dark eyes of the
south. but the most notable feature
about her is her wonderfully elegant
figure and poise. She dresses hand
somely, but plainly. as a rule. with the
exception of her hats, which are very
large and decorated with a profusion
of the very finest ostrich feathers and
in the evening with brooches containing
several thousand pounds worth of dia-
mondS. She does not wear a great deal
of Jewelry, but what she does wear is
fabulously valua ble-such as collars of
choice selected pearls. or diamonds of
great size. and rings set with pearls
tblack, pink and pearl colored) as big
as small cherries. Otero was the most
interesting player to watch because
she staked so much. She nedged until
there was hardly a possibility of her
winning more than a fraction of her
stake, but when she did win she never
took the winning money off, but added
fresh counters. ] saw her get 80 times
her stake, twice running, on % one
night, the first time under very Decul-
lar circumstances. Her counter was
not directly on the %, but halfway be-
tween % and 26. She said that she had
staked on % alone, and the croupier
had MISPLACED 1t. The bank took her
word and paid her the 80 times.
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THE ROCK OF GIBRAL TAR
ENGLAND RAPIDLY UNDERMINING
THE GREAT FORTIFICATIoNS.
The Guns of the Fort Will Afford Annie
Protection To n Vast Brit
ish Fleet.

Washington, Dec. 2S.-Reports re-
ceived at the navy department indicate
that the British government is pushing
the work of undermining the great for
tifications at the Rock of Gibraltar
with all possible speed, ana that not
less than 5000 Spanish workmen passed
over to work on the Notifications A
large number of the heaviest pieces of
artillery are being put in place, great
dock is under construction and the
plan of defense permits of the abso-
lutte protection of vast British fleet,
under the guns of the fort Contrary to
the policy pursued in some other Brit
ish Notifications, the soldiers i'm
charge made no objection to AN inves-
tigation of works by American naval
officers and sailors. but seemed rather
proud of the strength of their position.
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QUICK LAKE TRAVEL.
Boat to BE Launched Which viii Cover
Twenty Miles AN Hour
he Cleveland Plain Dealer

FROM the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
When we nut on our new boat next
June, said Manager Tom Newman OF
the BuHalo line, II think we will have
the ideal lake route in really idea
shape We are going to make a ten
hour run between the two cities. and |
don know where you can equal it.
You see, 1t takes close to 20 minutes TO
get out Of either harbor, and that leaves
the actual running time about nine
hours ana twenty minutes which
means fraction over 20 miles an hour.
I've looked through time tables and
schedules pretty thoroughly, and |
don't know where you'll find a similar
run. They can't do ii on the Hudson.
know, and If they equal it anywhere
else the books don't show it. OF course
you understand that this isn't racing
speed. It's just the regular everyday
rate. We could crack it up several
miles better. but 20 miles an hour is
fast enough"