The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-11-06
Views of the Editors
Exchange Notes.
The Mists of Life.


The Mists of Life.
We might save ourselves from heavy
hearts and gloomy faces when early
morning shows gray in our lives or
other lives about us. Mists are left over
from storm Yesterday. The day closed
on misunderstanding. Why talk about
it? Let the weather alone Fog is shall
low. ''It will burn off before long, y
There is a good warm sun of love at work,
and the blue sky will soon be over US
Sunday School Times
Great Gifts During Hard Times.
Notwithstanding the four years from
1898 to 1896 inclusive were time of I'M
usual stringency and enforced economy in
the United States, the gifts of private
citizens in that period for public institu-
tions, such as colleges, libraries, muse
ums and hospitals amounted in all to more
than $3.50, 100000. There are many bright
sides to the darkest picture of the times
now, we hope, happily over.-The Ad-
vance.
The Late George M. Pullman
Stephenson gave the world the locomo-
tive, Fulton the steamboat, BENJAMIN
Franklin took the first step in tanning
electricity, Morse gave us the best prac
tical telegraphy, and demonstrated the
practicability of submarine telegraphy,
Bell gave us the telephone, and the name
of George M. Pullman will of right be
classed with these, as that of man who,
hoe ,1.N,,
true genius for practical affairs rarely
found in connection with the faculty of
invention. New York Christian Advo
cate.
soul Wrecks.
The saddest wrecks in this world are
soul wrecks. Many who set out joyously
on the voyage of life, with brightest
hopes and prospects of attaining career
of usefulness, happiness and honor, are
wrecked amid the temptations and
snares that beset them. and never reach
the goal or haven of their hopes. Some
may attain what is called success in
worldly sense-that is, they may attain
wealth or distinction of some other OBJ
ject of ambition, but it is often through
nefarious devices, and at the sacrifice of
honesty and honor. Success attained by
such means is common, but those who
have attained it often awaken to the mo-
mentous fact that they have paid fear
full price for it, and have wrecked their
souls Lutheran Observer.
Church Members and Spiritual Chores.
There are people in every church who
seem ready on general principles to work,
but who never consent to do any particu-
lar task when a precise duty is sug-
gested There is always some objection
to be offered. These people are like the
Irish tramp, who had urged that he was
willing to do anything in the way of odd
jobs for his breakfast. But when it was
suggested that he chop wood, he rejoined:
I'm man of my word, an / stick to the
letter of my proposal. / said 'od1' jobs,
an there amt nothin' more common an
ordinary than chopin wood. Wanted
church members who are willing TO do
the odd jobs around the parish that are
not odd, but just common an ordinary"
The Lord blesses the humble man who is
willing to do spiritual chores for him.
New York Observer.
Canon Cheyne's Visit and Higher Criti-
cism,
The coming of Prof. Cheyne to this
country may suggest to us that the Higher
Criticism of today has by no means
reached the end of what is to be said
about the Bible. When we listen to him,
it may be with the feeling that his state
ment is not final, and perhaps a long way
from being the conclusion of the matter
Biblical Interpretation may be said to be
as yet in it's infancy; certainly, it has not
yet reached its full maturity 1t is quite
too much under the domain of merely lit
erary methods as yet, too strictly textual
in its spirit, and too little enlightened by
the Investigations of the comparative
ethnologist. Even Prof Cheyne is bound
by the letters of critical method learned
in the study of the classical literatures,
which deals with words too largely, and
with facts and persons too little.-Chris-
tian Register.
The Mormons and Politics.
1t is a mistake to suppose, as some of
our contemporaries do, that previous to
the admission of Utah as State the
Mormons pledged themselves to keep the
Church out of politics. They abandoned
polygamy, and pledged themselves never
to attempt to re-establish it. That is all
they did They said nothing about the
relation of the Mormon Church to politics
As we pointed out at the time, the cir
cumstance, that before Utah gained her
Statehood its population was divided be-
tween the Republican and Democratic
parties caused many to assume that the
church would stay out of politics. As
soon, however, as Statehood was con-
ferred upon Utah, it was plain that the