The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-07-31
SATURDAY, JULY 81.
EDITORIAL.

The complimentary
secretary dage dinner rendered to
al DoSeon' Secretary Gage in
Boston on Tuesday of the present week
was a notable occasion and was carried
out according to the original intentions
as distinctly gathering of business men
without respect to politics. The address
of Mr.. Gage outlined what will be the
policy of the administration with regard
to the finances of the country. 1t was a
calm and philosophical discussion as to
what should be done to give security and
protection to the national finances The
Secretary CONNIE nted upon the recent
recon nendation OF the Pre- sident for a
currency commission and abiding to the
failure OF the Senate to adopt the bill
proposed in the House, remarked that
the bill which passed the House with
promptness failed of recognition in the
Senate, may be matter of regret but
not one of encouragement. What might
have been accomplished through com
mission may be achieved without one"
Mr.. Gage INDUCED in the philosophical
reflections which follow.
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1--WE need not ignore
Philosophical he the fact that there are
nectlonS' many wounds to be
cured, excited passions to be Gained.
and many Misunderstanding to be
com posed. Nor is it passing strange
that this should be so. Within the
limits of half lifetime industrial meth
DDS and processes have been revolution
lied; combinations in labor, in trade, in
manufactures have superseded to de-
gree the former processes of individual
movement. 1t is philosophical to be-
lieve that they are all evolutionary,
tending to a final and higher general
good, but in their i'm mediate effects they
produce Incidental injury in many d.
rections. Perceiving the injury, the
hurt cry out. and cannot be persuaded
that any good can come out of so great
an evil Time will do much to restore,
and the natural laws everywhere oper-
atiug, will bring US at last their com
pensations."
give me-" said a
line silver sweet toned voice.
trumpet give me the money
that has been spent in liquor, and / will
purchase every foot of land on the
globe. | will clothe every man, woman
and child in an attire that kings and
queens might be proud Of l will build
a school house upon every hill side, and
in every valley over the whole earth. l
| will supply that school-hous with a
competent teacher. l will build an
academy in every state and fill it with
able professors. l will crown every hill
with a church consecrated to the pro-
mitigation of the gospel of peace. and
support in it's pulpit an able teacher Of
righteousness; so that on every Sabbath
morning the chime on one hill shall
answer to the chime on another around
the earth's broad circumference; and
the voice of prayer and the song Of
praise shall ascend as one universal off
ering to heaven"
The Penny Savings another ma GIVE eoI P,aro tn
system an article describing
the Chicago system of penny savings
which is under the charge of Rev. r. A.
White, of the Stewart Avenue Univer-
salist Church. The system has already
been received with much favor in many
cities where it has been adopted and
will no doubt prove widely useful in
Chicago. We refer the reader to the
article for information as to the system.
Our Bro. White is entitled to the credit
of having introduced this system in
Chicago and for interesting the Civic
Federation in its behalf. Whatever en-.
courages thrift on the part of the young
aAfS Lno i a6
new system promises to be of great ser
vice in assisting to solve the problem of
the poor and helping them to meliorate
their own hard conditions in our present
civilization.
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QUITE an important
Ahe ollGeu o'a'eS international question
and Japan. has arisen anept 10
the proposed annexation of Hawaii to
the United States. 1t appears that
Japan is exercised over the question and
is likely to protest against the annexa-
tion treaty. We do not doubt for mo-
ment that our State Department will
ind means to remove whatever miscon.
captions japan may entertain as TO the
effect of annexation on her commercial
interests. All the same, there is evil
IDENTIFY quite an agitated state Of feeling