The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-09-04

ou ldct, not HctlOn. A government Oh
the people must be based on righteous
ness, else the end is near. Nothing can
bring peace to man or nation but the
triumph of right principles. The people,
said the doctor should rule. At pres
emit, not the people, but few rule. Give
the people the Initiative and the Refer
endum. This will cure many of the ills
that now Cypress them. If we had the
Referendum the ALLEN Bill would
never have passed over the wishes OF
Chicago's honest citizens. Congressman
may be bribed; legislatures may be
bribed; but you cannot bride the peo-
| pie"
1t is reported that in Russia the
Gear has joined forces in favour of Sur
day rest, by promulgating decree pro-
hibiting under severe penalty any form
of labour on Sunday or on the fourteen
principal Russian feast days. More
than this, children are not permitted to
work more than eight hours a day,
while eleven hours during five days of
the week and ten hours on Saturday
are to be the maximum working day of
grown men.
Hawaii, eingularly enough, has ex-
perienced the same difficulty that this
country has in the matter of sectarian
instruction in the public schools. Form
erly it was the custom of the legislatures
to make grants of money to schools IN
der the control of different religious de-
nominations. Now, however, the con-
stitution of the republic of Hawaii pro-
hibits any aid from the public treasury
to sectarian schools. Thus they have
settled this matter, and settled it in the
right way. This is the opinion of Chris
tan Work with which we agree most
heartily.
When Rsnaud. the French senator,
came from the Pyrenees to Paris he
paid a months hotel bill in advance. He
was devout believer. When the pro.
prietor asked him whether or not he
would have receipt he replied. ut is
not necessary. sir. God is witnessing
the transaction" With sheer upon
his lips the proprietor asked, "And do
you believe in God?" Certainly, sir,
don't your" "Indeed do not" "Ah."
says Renaud, that makes a difference.
You may give me receipt" The reader
will see the point-no God, no honor
and the receipt is required.
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In lecture by Max O'Rell he said
that "in France there is worshipped
| tender, merciful. almost familiar God,
whom Frenchmen were wont to call,
Sweet Saviour; in England, on the
contrary, they worship rather the God
of the Jews, who commanded his chosen
J people to exterminate their enemiee."
Let us take the hint. and worship the
Father revealed through the Sweet
Saviour" What a revelation we get in
those words, HE that hath seen me
hath seen my Father ALSO" How fruit
full of hope for all men is that disclosure
Endless punishment becomes simply
impossible in the light of it.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes says that
10000 raw souls are flung off into eter.
nifty at every revolution of the earth's
axis" Perhaps no more sagacious des.
cription than raw souls" was ever sub.
mitted. Raw. crude, and undeveloped;
possibly with splendid powers, but
folded wings; mute inglorious Mil
tons" never fred with poetic impulse;
multitudes resemble, too. Faber's Old
Laborer, who
'sCrawls in sunshine which he does not
see.'
We are not now thinking of those who
have abused their opportunity, nor of
those who buried their solitary talent,
but of people who never knew they
had such thing, whose life lay alto
gether out of the region of spiritual in
telligence and activity.
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Almost all the English preachers of
our generation have been conspicuous
for the frequent references made to his
tory in their sermons. Spurgeon is tt
only exception to this rule; and in him
the lack Of historical knowledge would
have been grave defect had it not been
compensated by an extraordinary fertil-
ity in vivid and witty pictures of the
various sides of present day English life.
For sermon of bare theology or phil
osophy will never arrest the attention
of congregation. History equips a
man with fund of illustration and ex-
ample; and without these he might al.
most as we'll not have spoken at ALL
Hence Farrar. and Stanley. and Liddon
of English preachers TEEN with histori-
cal references in all their sermons.
LOMBARD UNIVERSITY.