The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-07-31
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greatest pos eble service TO eome young
man or woman. What will you give
them? Money? 1t! may easily prove a
curse to them. Amusement or travel5
But, unless they have acquired some
self-knowledge and self mastery to be-
gin with, they cannot make these re-
dound to any great personal profit. Give
them, if possible what will make them
stronger and richer in themselves. Give
them an sight into life. Give them an
education. Urge it upon them. Prove
to them its value. Help them acquire
it.-ReU. DR.. Nash.
The Difficulties of Greed Making.
There are some of US who have been
rather conservative on the question Of
the revi sion of the creed. We have not
believ I'd that the greatest achievem emit
possible to the Universalist Church in
the nineteenth century is the making of
two reeds, one at either end of it. We
have not been Indifferent to the charac-
ter of the profession which is supposed
to represent US. but we have had lively
sense of the difficulties in the way of a
successful revision. 1t is sometimes
be tier to bear the ills we have than fly
to others we can confidently predict.
Critici sm of creed is easy, and hyper
criticism is easier still, but the con-
stru ction of creed which will bear
criticism, or be accepted by our church,
is not easy. That fact has been discoy-
ered.-R Req. Dacight H. Hodqe.
Studies out of Place.
A religious teacher. not a thousand
miles distant is instructing his peop,e
In the higher ways of life and the mys.
teries OF human conduct by weekly
lecture or two, which takes the place of
sermons and Sunday-school lessons, his
theme usually pertains to American ex-
plorations and discovery, or something
along that line. Surely this is unique.
Some Of these old Spanish adventures
were rare men who did untold wonders
for the elevation of morals and spiritual
in mankind. Pizzaro, Cortez and their
ilk were fine cut throats, and will greatly
benefit little chi'dren- ard tender the
hard hearts of the old if their exploits
are paraded regularly upon the Sabbath
to the edifcation of long suffering pub
lie, which has been bored for untold
generations by the story of the gospel
and the fine spiritual life of the Chris
tian teachings. Z Who will be next? AL
hail tosthis new prophet-Rev. F. F.
Buckner.
The Vacation Argument.
Vacation, to the average American, is
as much necessity as it is pastime.
Cold stimulates, and so autumn, winter
and springtime hold US to our tasks.
Competition enters everywhere. Life is
continual grind. We are in the strife
and din of work. a-day world. We
shoulder great burdens and accomplish
great things. But when. with heat and
glare of summers sun, we join the exc.
dus activities and perplexities alike are
dropped and body and brain recuperate.
Thus the strain of severe exertion is for
time relaxed and our lives are thereby
prolonged.
Nor is the period of relaxation alto
gether one of idleness. The mountain
eer, having scaled the heights, pauses
upon their summit not merely to rest,
but most of all, to admire the view and
tudy the landscape. So the busy man
or woman-it may be the pastor or Sun
day-school superintendent - stops not
only to catch breath and gain strength
to go on again, but also to review the
work that now is finished and to plan
for what is to come, and when the
church resumes its labor its usefulness
will broaden and its spirituality deepen
according as the intermission is used or
abused by its embership-Eev B. B.
Gibbs.
As Ye Go, Preach
"As ye go" was the command, preach,
saying, the kingdom of heaven is at
hand" They were not the messengers
of threatening but the heralds of good
tidings. They were not bearing the
dreadful summons of stern ruler, but
the loving invitation of father. Theirs
not to insist upon the dogmatic state
ment of formal creed, but to publish a
great truth and impart new and di-
viner life. But their message was def.
mite and their truth positive. They de-
MED by affirmation and they met old
error with new truth. The thing which
men most profoundly need and demand
at the hands of their successors, is the
broadest and the most positive affirma-
tions of truth. II any man thinks that
the gospel can be preached without af-
firm alton, that there can be any procla-
nation Of truth without the utteranee
of conviction, he is looking for language
without it's signs of speech, and thought
without expression.
1t is a simple gospel. 1t is all har-
mony in the key Of love. That is the