New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-06-07
IN PRAISE OF VICTORIA.
CHILDREN IN FUTURE AGES. DIR. MAC
ARTHUR SAYS WILL CALL
HER BLESSED.

TIE PASTOR OF CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH DE-
VOTES HIS LAST SERMON BEFORE SAILING
TO SEE THE JUBILEE CELEBRATION
TO REVIEW OF RECENT
ENGLISH PROGRESS.
The Rev DR.. r. s. Macarthur viii sail next SAT-
urday for England, where he will witness the ceie-
bration OF the Queens Diamond Jubilee His last
Sunday sermon before vacation. in the Calvary Zap
list Church yesterday devoted to a discussion
Of The Victorian Era and Christian Progress. lis
text was from Proverbs xxi. 80: "A woman that rear
eth the Lord she shall be praised" DR.. Macarthur
said in part: Republican though We are. -abating
not jot little OF our principles, We can sti. adj
nre the queen:iness Of woman and the womanl-
ness of a qpeen The most wonderful reign In our
history is that of Queen Victoria She shines
brightly as ruler in a galaxy OF poets. painte's
and men and women OF genius In her own country
and in every land. Great Britain and the world
have made progress in all the elements Of noble
civilization during the sixty years OF Victora's
reign than during the preceding six hundred years.
"Pessmists tell us that the world is growing
worse: but there never was a greater mistake. The
world never was 50 coed the Church so
noble as to-day. The regard shown TO little chill
dren is one Of the great evidences of a nations
progress. Even in Great Britain half century ago
children were less esteemed than the young of ami
mails They worked In factories and were lltte old
men and women when ten years OF age. Now they
nave schools where they receive education. and
Christians glorify litte children In Canada. AUS
tralia India and other countries children bless the
name Of Victoria and her motherly heart.
Victoria has also exalted women in all parts Of
her vast dominions Her example has bansEed
impurty and enthroned virtue IN the highest places
OF her court. She has never forgotten her woman
Illness in her qucenliness. A greater advance In
the respect paid to woman has been made during
her reign than during the one thousand years pre-
cedng. 1t is true that Cambridge has recently dis
honored its great history by refusing TO grant de-
grees to women who passed the examinations. But
THIS Is only the last protest OF an expiring preju-
women. Jane Austen. Charlotte Bronte. George
Eliot and our own Adelaide Proctor have been
among women such humantarians as Florence
Nightingale and among poets Mrs; Browning.
the world Harriet Bcecher stowe
DURING Nictoria's reign the workngman has adj
will purchase double the comforts of life compared
with sixty years ago. The number in British pris-
Educational facilities have progressed Among
churches fr@edlm is granted to the nonconformists
reign. There is still something to be gained in that
r%Gd hf ho GRrGn he's be- Ren Il
lana lana ana For Was and the Scotch Church in Scot
iniquity. - The complete disestablishment OF the
English Church is sure to come before another
come before this had not the aggressvcness of the
non-conformist churches reformed the English
the ministers of the Established Church If they
were sober enough to otlciate at weddings and
funerals
Mo" 1T has been said hat ireland has been the only
War occurred during her reign. but she has done
much to prevent war between Great Britain and
this country. Perhaps there is remedy for the
evils Of Ireland until there comes a change over
the spirit Of the people or in the dominant religion.
Scotland. with less advantages. has prospere1.
Why is Ireland wretched disconnected and rebel
lious?"
DR.. Macarthur lamented the defeat of the Arbi-
tration Treaty but expressed the opinion that the
time would soon when England and the
United States would be united in the cause of hui
many The children in future ages ne said.
will rise up to call Victoria blessed"