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THE LATEST WORD ON CHARITIES
AND CORRECTIONS.
By Hattie Tyko Griswold.
(Columbus, Wis.)
Just returned from the great national
meeting of philanthropists and reform
ers, at St. Paul, the time seems an
appropriate one for a sort of summing
up of the work of the National Confer
ence at its late meeting. That meet
ing was large, enthusiastic, and earnest.
The delegates and officers gaihered to
gether from far and from near, were
apparently all of one spirit, and that
the spirit of helpfulness. This was the
one thought, the one desire, the one
purpose, how best to help the helpless,
to aid the suffering, to lift up the fallen,
to educate the dependent. The men
and the women who came, many of
them from the most distant portions of
the country- -the Atlantic seaboard, the
plains of Georgia, the mountains of
Colorado and California—came with no
holiday intent. They made long and
hard journeys, some of them, that they
might speak of what they had them
selves learned by practical work in cer
tain lines, for the benefit of other work
ers in those lines ; others simply, that
they might learn from practical work
ers the best means of doing similar
work.
Those who had something to say, m
almost every instance, said it well—in
plain, common speech, with the one
purpose of conveying the idea they
wished to impress. There was iittle
sentimentalism, little of flowery gener
alizing—few attempts at eloquence.
But the facts they gave were eloquent
—and there was deep feeling underly
ing nearly all the papers and speeches.
These papers were brief and in most
cases, of information all compact. The
great lack, was of time for discussion.
So much was attempted, that nearly
every subject was considered too briefly
to be of the highest use. Some of the
papers were better suited for the in
struction of the outside public, who
have not studied the subjects at all,
than to the needs of the members of
the Conference, who are supposed to be
conversant with the general outlines of
the work in the different departments.
The Conference should really be broken
up into sections.
Large public meetings should be held
as now, where the best speakers should
address a general audience, upon the
plans for general work, and the under
lying principles of that work, and these
addresses should be given as wide pub
licity as possible in the papers, for the
education of public sentiment. But in
addition to this, there should be held
meetings in the interests of the several
departments, where more time could
be spent in an earnest discussion of
new and old methods of work by the
assembled experts, for their own bene
fit, and the benefit of new workers in
those several departments. In these
meetings all would be supposed to un
derstand what had heretofore been
done, and the general ground of the
work—and the time could be spent in
a discussion of what it is best to do in
the future, and plans of definite and
concerted action could be settled
upon.
Something of this was attempted at
St. l'aul, but it should really become
the policy of the Conference, which is
getting too large, and spreading itself
over too many subjects to do justice to
itself in the present manner. So many
members have subjects of real impor
tance which they wish to broach, but
which are excluded from lack of time;
so many subjects are broached which
are far too hastily considered, from the
same cause—that but one way seems
open now to the Conference, and that,
to have each important subject given
meetings by itself—to which those can
go who are specially interested in that
subject, and where exhaustive discus
sions of it can be conducted by the men
best qualified to deal with it. Superfi
cial and sketchy work would thus be
avoided, and the real seekers after in
formation at the hands of experts,
would have an opportunity of learning
the things they so much desire to know.
This subject of charities and correc
, VOflta. -
°S ,s assumed such immense pro
poi. js, that at least four or five dif
ferent sections could be profitably em
ployed at the same time during the
meeting of the National Conference.
When we come to think for a moment
what they undertake to consider in one
brief week, the wonder is not that
they do not get down more to detailed
work, but that they are as practically
useful as they are universally acknowl
edged to be. This usefulness is due to
the hard working officers of the Con
ference, who spare no time or strength
to make it a success, and who bring
real knowledge and ability to the work
—to the various committees who assist
these officers in their laborious task,
and to the zeal and unanimity of the
Conference itself.
It is due also in large measure to the
character of the men and women who
compose the body. This is no band of
dilletante. These people are not play
ing at reform. Nor are they a set of
enthusiasts with more zealthan knowl
edge, or a band of theorists who wear
Claude Loraine glasses, and see every
thing in a rose-colored mist. They are
practical men and women as fond of
facts as Mr. Gradgrind himself, and
who have gathered the facts for them
selves in many instances. They have
worked in these lines until they know
whereof they speak—and a mere the
orist is not listened to at these meet
ings as a general thing. They are the
I men and the women who throughout a
long series of years have been trying
one method, and then another, in seme
form of practical philanthropy, and
they are ready now to*give the results
of their experience to others who are
taking up the work. The majority of
them are more than this. They are
men and women who think, men and
women who study, men and women
whose sympathies are broad and deep
and true. Many of them are people of
high social position and generous cult
ure, who give their lives in one man
ner or another “to make less the sum
of human wretchedness.”
As a mere matter of intellectual in
terest, the body is one well worth study
ing. The men who are the leaders, are
mostly men in middle life, and there
are a good many silvery heads among
them, but they are in their intellectual
prime, and as full of force and fire as
the younger members. The face; are
all earnest, some intense—a few look
ovetW' rkt'd.' There is a gent le' i»*«- of
culture and refinement about them, and
the language used, in almost every case,
showed them to be men of scholarly
tastes, who knew how to express them
selves simply and well. The women
bear a general resemblance to each
other. They have flue motherly faces,
full of sympathy and tenderness, and
by no meaus lacking in intellectual
force. No finer looking body of women
has it been my lot to see. The only
body which can be said to rival them
in general appearance, is the Woman’s
Congress, where a larger number of
representative women are gathered to
gether.
It was good to see Clara Barton with
her bright expressive face—her coal
black hair so smooth and glossy, and
her winning smile; to see Mrs. Hayes,
wife of the ex-president, with her cheer
ful, most attractive countenance, and
fine gracious manners ; Mrs. Hendricks
in her widow’s weeds, deeply attentive
and interesting; Miss Emily Hunting
ton, of kitchen-garden fame, with her
stately presence and most winning
talk; Mrs. Ilallowell, w ho spoke so
well for kindergartens—Mrs. Virginia
Smith, of Hartford, Conn., who told of
practical work among children, with
such modesty and grace; and many,
many others, whose faces as they list
ened, seemed like a benediction upon
the meeting. The heads of many schools
and reformatories among women were
present, and they were a distinguished
looking body as a whole. This may
also be said of the men connected with
such institutions. One could safely
assert that there was not a Squeers
among them, and that the methods of
Dotheboys Hall were not their meth
ods. During the visit which the Con
ference paid to the Reform School, sit
uated a little out of the city of St. Paul,
the quick eye which these men and
women had for all the practical affairs
of the school, was easily detected, and
their impatience with any merely sen
timeutaland ‘ goody-goody”ta'k. Their
remarks to the boys and girls were all
full of practical good sense, and yet of
tender feeling. They were not afraid
of telling the boys a good story or two,
and avoided in a conspicuous manner
the driveling idiocy w hich is often dealt
out to the helpless inmates of such in
stitutions at such times. Poor Joe’s
account of the ministrations of Mr.
Cbadband, would apply to too many of
the clerical and < tlicial visitations of
these institutions, but certainly not to
this one. Poor Joe said, when asked if
he never knew a prayer: “Mr. Chad
bands he was a prayin' wunst at Mr.
Snagsby’s, and I heerd him, but he
sounded as if he was a-speakin’ to his
self, and not to me. lie prayed a lot,
but I couldn’t make out nothink on
| it. Different times there was other
gen'men come down to Tom-all-Alone’s
a prajin, but they all mostly said as
the t’other wuns prayed wrong, and all
mostly sounded to be a-ta!kin’ to their
selves, as a-passing blame on the t’oth
ers, and not a talkin’ to us. We never
knowed nothins. I never knowed what
it was all about.”
Best of all, I saw real tears in the
eyes of some as they looked at the
hundred ard seventy bright boys gath
ered in Minnesota’s Reform School—
and heard the words addressed to them
by the wise and kindly speaker. This
visit to the Reform School was one of
the pleasantest features of the Confer
ence. The situation of this school is a
remaikably good one, and the grounds
in every way pleasant and attractive.
Beautiful beds of flowers dot the green
j turf in front of the large substantial
I building, and there is an air of thrift
and cleanliness all about, very pleasant
to see. No wall surrounds it, only a
common pic ket fence; there are no bars
at the windows, and nothing to indicate
j that any one is forcibly detained there.
J Doubtless there is a wall of officers—
just as effective—but not so repellaut
| to the minds of the boys, and this is
j wise and well.
The youthfulness of the inmates of
this school, struck all the visitors, and
I believe the average age is less than in
most such institutions. They did not
have bad faces either—good ones gen
erally, and I could not but think that
misfortune rather than vicious tenden
j cy must have placed many of them there.
Dr. Elmore, the president of the Wis
consin Board, who has had long dealing
with this class, quite agreed with mein
this, saying, “There are a great many
worse boys than those in reform schools
in general—in private homes through
out the States.” Parents and friends
watch them, and suffer for them, hop
ing for an improvement, which in many
cases never comes ; and when they com
mit any wrong against society, it is set
tled for as quietly as possible, and the
culprit allowed another chance. Edu
cation and industrial training is the
hope of those so unfortunate, or in
some cases so fortunate, as to be placed
in these reform schools, and when I see
the ragged and ravenous little boys
who swarm in the city gutters, swear
ing and fighting'like little fiends, I can
not but wish that more of them could
j be placed under the benign control of
the £fcate in her best institutions. Ex
j ' Hayes’s word for industrial
training was a good one, and will have
weight. lie said : “No system of edu
cation in this country is complete or
perfect for any child which does not
give to that child the capacity to make
an honest living by the labor Qf its own
hand. It is an improvement upon the
present general system, to add careful,
competent instruction in skilled labor,
for one or two hours of each day, during
the whole school year of our boys and
girls. Woik at the bench assists the
mind. I have noticed in my somewhat
extended experience with men, that
those have usually succeeded best who
had in early life woiked with their
hands. The use of tools concentrates
and trains the mind, and I believe that
it furnishes better intellectual training
of the powers of memory and of judg
ment, than any other agency we can
use. A very large proportion of the
convicts of the United States are per
sons who were brought up to no
trade.”
The teaching of sewing in the com
mon schools is a matter of great im
portance to our girls. One who has
not examined into it would be surprised
to find how small a proportion of the
poorer class of girls can sew well enough
to make themselves a garment in a de
cent manner. Few, indeed, can make
a dress; and when these girls marry
and have children in their turn, they
are the most useless and expensive of
wives for the poor men who become
their husbands. Private sewing classes
and cooking lessons are doing some
thing for this class, but the great mass
can only be reached in the public schools.
1 have not yet reached the latest words
of the Conference upon its chosen top
ics, hut must leave that to he taken up
in future papers. The words were vital
in many cases, important in all, and in
tensely interesting to every thoughtful
mind.
— Says a Universalist writer: “ The
ultimate triumph of righteousness is as
surer). Tho great God cares for the in
terests of truth, and in the end will make
right victorious. At times error and
falsehood may prevail, and every indica
tion may point to the triumph of iniquity
and of wrong; but how suddenly all
things change; how speedily the fallen
banner of truth is uplifted, and how
quickly the proud crest of falsebr od and
' error is laid in the dust. That which
! ought to e-tuud shall stand; and every
, thing that ought to fall shall fall at last.
God lives, though men may die; God
; rules, though Satan may seem to tri
umph; ami in bis own good time he gives
! the victory to the right. Let no man be
moved by aiilietions. Let no heart fail
for fear wlieu dangers thickeu and foes
assail. God lives; and they who live in
him now shall live with him forever
1 more.”
THE FUTURE OF ]
AN OPEN LETTER TO BKS
AND A. A. SHI
Brothers:—l see by the
disposed to continue th
the question of future,
punishment for sins com
life. Without desiring 1
enter the arena for the tfl
or acuteness of argumn
a protest or dogmatic a
knowledge is impossilm
clearly revealed, nor faitl
essential to salvation, like to
express some thought “ ues
tion. “
Before entering the
in a tract by Dr. Alex Kassai^
Hal), Princeton, N. sinners
would not be punishe the future
life for sins committed' taltbis life, and
would be punished to< ^.’■•'•atuw they
would be sinners there ni 'likeopth
ion of Dr. Lyman !ee Jvt if Boston.
Soon after entering tip * Inistry, I
heaid much discussion 1 ^Question
among brethren on
also heard and read sorb
was called the “ sleep)*
is, that the soul woufl
geueral resurrection of*
then be judged and sa
hell—some said, accorfl
election of God; otha
the precise condition
instant of death ; otto
the good or evil done
others still, that the
so complete and perfeM
be made holy and prejfl
tal happiness. Klliafil
Paul Dean and other®!
ual future punishmenB
alty for sins commitS
And Priestly, Kneefcfl
many orthodox, in sle®
urrection. Ou trie w
differences of opinio
Thomas NVhitteniore
believe in punishment
tion state, but that
and happy there. <
I read and inquire*
neatly, and thought*
points, and came to ti*
no clear, distinct anfl
tion had been given hi
a decision or to flndl
faith ; that the mt|fl
right, keep oneself pfifl
• n this lile i i>e 'jstB
and patiently abide tl e future; that the
only way to secure and enjoy happiness
here was to “lead a quiet and peaceable
and useful life in all God-likeness and
honesty,” and that it must be so there
and everywhere where God reigns. Still
I could not avoid thinking, and feeling,
and desiring, and trying to form some
opinion on the prospect of a future life
in relation to the present.
One fact became clear to my mind,
both as scriptural, reasonable and ex
perimentally true; namely, that purity
and goodness secured a blessing, and sin
involved punishment; that “ God ren
ders, to every man according to his
works;” that “great peace have they
that obey his laws, and nothing shall
offend them;” “that wisdom’s ways are
ways of pleasantness, and all her paths
are peace,” while there is no peace to
the wicked, but they are like the troub
led sea, whose waters can not rest; and
that “the righteous shall be recom
pensed in the earth, much more the
wicked and the sinner” (l’rov. xi, 31);
that this was and is the uniform tenor
of Scripture, the truest philosophy, the
plainest fact and the most practical and
salutary faith, leading to good works.
But this did not settle fully the ques
tion of the future, what that shall be.
It involves and explains principles from
which it seempd easy and natural to
obtain a reasonable, safe and satisfac
tory conclusion of what shall be the
future state prepared for mankind by
the all-wise and loving Father. At
least I thought so, and have found no
evidence suflicient to change my opin
ion. Let me give it.
Sin originated in the earth, not in
heaven—Milton to the contraiy not
withstanding. Neither God nor his
holy angels are responsible for it. It is
the negation of good, the transgression
of laws of righteousness, the doing of
evil, the cause of misery, originating in
imperfection and weakness. The Bible
everywhere treats it as belonging to
and inhering in the natural, animal,
mortal, earthly nature of reasonable and
responsible man. It keeps a plain dis
tinction between the “ corruptible and
incorruptible, the dishonorable and
glorious, the weak and ppwerful, the
natural and spiritual, the ilrst Adam
and the last Adam, the earthly and the
heavenly,” and positively asserts the
great change wrought by the resurrec
tion from one condition to the other.
Paul said “ in his flesh dwelt no good
thing.” Sin was condemnation in the
flesh. “The carnal (fleshlj) mind is en
mity against God, is not subject to the
law of God, neither indeed can be.”
The spiritual mind is life and peace.
The fruits of the flesh and the fruits of
the spirit are widely different. Natural
death is the end of man's earthy being,
the house made with hands. The res
urrection is into a spiritual state, a
Pr
'¥
■■greeds the lies'! :',
Besses, lusts and im
Trod g' js ta the soul,
'Da.T.ne nie and thev* a new body, such
as shall please hjfe. and to every seed
his own body, a heav» nly habitation for
the ihdwelling •» U e “spirit “When
that which ia perief t is < -^e, then that
which is in part shrill be clone away.’V
The dead shall be.ii&ipcd inco ruptible
and we shall be changed, “t'e,,di. no
more.”
But here comes the main question
an answer. Into what a ate or
condition- grg the dond .--iised \re
they called U*« to ae‘fle up and square
j the acctntnt8 incurred in
the fleshly tabernacle, uTB
ation was nv ie *>ect t3
willingly, out Dy reason
subjectSyit in hope and , §s«' r'tSe
I?,'and act, >’,rer t shtti
everjr wiekeii wo t, the- , ave ..."
fsIreS' t* How eJ ** can “(ipd rcniei
[terjr man . , ordfte v > Ins needs,1!
ot dope ii. hi* But he has
\pvmy provided. > ,viour, say they,
nutter the taff penalty in the sin*
fer’s stead tyiftid pay off all the debt; ;
the f«ffc -*t the entire
■fcis govev .ceM., and in the face
■sdiim is an attribute of tiis
Wit. violation of his positive
font the innocent shall not be
li.r the |t •! Let thojar
Rriddle these contradictions;
>6 another question more
lid more easily, rationally
iprily answered, presents
■at degree of spiritual or
■ment does the soul enter
Kte ? We have no direct
|d to give in answer. ;
consistent and safe j
Inters that world in j
attainment, as it |
Es to the
the pres
rith the
||niirnn
■ left in i
I dwt'lt*1
)elon{;Vvl
starts on a new career with light ana
love, purity and peace, joy and rejoic
ing, in all its surroundings. lie sees
himself as he is, and knows himself as
God and the pure of heart know him.
With his desires all pure, and meutal
faculties all quickened, like the child
entering a graded school, he humbly
and cheerfully surrenders his will, him
self, his all, to the direction of the
loved ones who recognize and gather
about him in purest love and devotion,
to help him on the upward, progressive
course of endless growth in knowledge,
love and worship, towaid the absolute,
the infinite, the impartial, the all per
fect, the all-Father, whom to know is
life immortal.
Hoes any one ask, “What of sin and
punishment?” I answer: “Sin is fin
ished, transgression ended, and ever
lasting righteousness brought in.” Sin
is gone to the darkness whence it came,
where it goes when forgiven, “sent
away, released, dismissed,” to the bot
tomless pit, annihilation, oblivion, the
second death, “utter irreversible de
struction,” the death of death ; and he
that held the power of death and all his
works are destroyed ; every knee bow
ing. every tongue confessing Jesus, the
Saviour of the world, to be Lord to the
glory of God the Father. What more
can the righteous desire, or devout souls
pray for ? The work of Jesus finished,
God is all in all. Such has been my
faith for more than fifty years, and I
commend it to your consideration.
Fraternally, Wa. S. Balch.
Note.—Another objector says, “Then
there must be distinctions in the future
life, and why not envy and rivalry ?”
Because with hearts all pure, made per
fect in love, there can be no jealousies,
no hate, no enmity, no desire to be
greatest, no more than in the little
child Jesus set in the midst of his dis
ciples to teach them humility. In a
well governed family where all is love
and good will, and all are alike con
scious of their dependence oil loving pa
rents for all they are, and all they have,
and all they hope for, the youngest does
not envy the oldest, nor the wisest and
strongest despise the weakest; but, as
Paul describes it (Cor. xii, 13), ^ach
member of the whole body has a living
sympathy and like care for every other;
all are joined in one body, a loving
brotherhood in Christ, and God is all in
all. w. s. b.
—The Universaliat Herald has n good
program: Our work is to organize, to
make churches, to build schools, to mul
tiply our ministry in n imbers and effect
iveness, to carry our glorious faith to the
multitudes who are losing faith all for
want of it, to mass and drill our forces,
and march boldly forward in all the re
forms and philanthropy.
OOD SCHOOL OF
NEW THEOLOGY.
’’ryv Lakewood, N. Y,? Atig. 2'- 188(5.
,. The editor of The HhfVfeiiSAlist issued
<T* sort of semi-official order to me in the
last number 'ttf famish some account
df " tin's “School" to' hfs readers. I
shall prolmldv never have a letter
importunity to show with what alacrity
1 can obey; and so, without ado, ] baSteb
to send thpt letter before , taking my de
parture from the grounds,
TlieAfiovement lifts its origin ami in.
spmrfion In J. G. Townsend, J). D., at
Present pastor of an Independent congre*
'Ration in Jamestown, a thriving young
city if the font of Lake Cfinutauqmv,
For eighteen years print'* to lust fail.
Dr. Townsetul hart Bceh a member and
"minister of the M. church. His last
settlement was'over, ihe Aslmry M. E.
chur h in Buffalo. Dr. Townsend's
standing among the Methodists was
of the best, and his retirement from
their church was duo solely (a liiyotvii
convicriyn that -views which. Jje had
.come..tranter la In and to hold dear,
cofi^hmtl?ii3re5<,lTPTt*frf>rii
i MotBawsI pulpit. He cftnie to .Ti mes-"
.town, wheVc hC had formerly been
settfbd and where hS had filany friends, j
b ud presently succeeded iij organising.!
‘ u.e Independent congregation. He Joels ^
that his enterprise in Jaiuestown 'has j
already passed the stage of experiment.!
He has t>y far flic largest congregation
in the city, ^hey have purchased a j
church property, and so ninny men of !
wealth and influence have allied thetrt- 1
selves in this movement; and their at
tachment to Dr. Townsend is so strong,
that thole is little danger of failure or
even check so long as- Dr. TO'fvuseud is
at the wheel. / . -j
Tint School Of New Th'epfogy is a sug
gestion derived from Dr. Townsend’s 1
“ environment," to. sfteuk after the !
manner of the evolutionists. This.is the
neighborliQpd of tlm famous Chautauqua
Summer School, y It is the idea of the 1
region. Lakewood, only four miles from
Chautauqua, is one of the most delight
ful points on the shoresof this altogether
delightful hike. Here it was thought j
would he a good plaop to have andth< r
Summer School; and with the energy |
and liberality which have characterized ;
the Independent congregation, the j
scheme was quickly matured, and the
“ School ol the New Theology,” as Dr. \
Townsend christened it, was advertised ,
An enclosure of a; few acres in a noble
wood on the southern border of the lake
was mjftc, a largtPtept secured, suitable
n«lwsi»o* » > d * , an 1 . <.i« i-rdi^J.-'
July| 24,’ih-.-■Ato^.Wcre opened. Tho-je
the history of such enter.
the grounds wore not thronged. On the
day following the opening, Sunday, the
25th, special excursions brought large
numbers to Lakewood, and some 1.500
are said to have been on the grounds.
But during the week the assemblies
ranged from fifty to two hundred, except
011 concert evenings, when about twice
the latter number were present.
Though quite hastily planned, Dr.
Townsemi's schoc>1 was a bl • by the friend •
ly offices of some Unitarian and Uuiver
salist clergymen who had become inter
ested in him, to advertise a rather
unusual array of teaching talent. Ex
President Hill of Harvard, Dr. A. P.
Peabody, President Cone, Dr. E. L.
Rexford, Pres. Livermore, Prof. Long of
Antioch, Dr. MeWhinnoy of tin; Christian
denomination. Prof. Barber of Meadville,
Dr. J. H. Bixby of Ann Arbor, and your
correspondent, were all secured to give
lectures. Some interruptions of the
advertised order have occurred; but it
is remarkable that so many men, com
ing such distances to an assembly about
which so little was known, should have
responded so promptly. Among those
who have been present thus far are five
Universalist clergymen, three of the
Christian connection, one Independent,
besides Dr. Townsend, and six Unita
rians.
Tlio Rev. F. J. Chase, of Slierman,
preached a thoughtful and forcible ser
mon on the Kingdom of Heaven, on Mon
day; the Rev. L. A. Mason, Union Uity,
(Unitarian) another on Pure Religion. On
Sunday Dr. Townsend and Dr. Rexford
preached. On Tuesday Dr. Cone gave a
lecture on the Gospel History and In
spiration, and on Thursday he preached
a strong and finished sermon on the
Heroic in Christianity. Dr. Peabody
began his lectures on Ethics Tuesday,
and lias continued them each day since.
Dr. Atwood gave his three lectures on
“The Permanent Bases of Theology,” on
Thursday, Friday and Saturday, and
preached on Sunday evening, Aug. 1.
Miss Mary F. Eastman, of Tewkesbury,
Mass., lectured on the Indian Question
Friday evening, and preached on Im
mortality Sunday evening. We have on
the average four solid discourses, one
hour in length, each day. Such themes
us Theology. Ethics, Hebrew Literature
Ethnic Religions, The Relations of Sci
ence and Religion, Skepticism, Interpre
tation und Inspiration, supply the major
part of the course. Sandwiched among
these profound subjects are lighter and
more popular topics, but the average
diet is very strong.
Yesterday, being the second Sunday
since the School opened, was looked for
ward to with anxiety by some and an
ticipation by others. It vas expected
to test somewhat the public interest in
the movement. Excursion trains brought
several hundred to the grounds, but a
heavy rain which begun just ubout mid
day postponed till next Sunday the ques
tion of the popularity of the“L. S. N'.T.”
in this region. Considering the recency
of the whole agitation and the fact that
my Blowing bis -vn
J am unable'to' form a decisive op.kiloiV
of flic importance of the' i*w move*
ment. I do not expect jt tofipngmiU. tt»
anything to distinctive tfflivcrxalism,
I am not hero as a propagandist.
I came because X was asked, glad of an
opportunity to present ideas which gefim
to me to be of high Importance” oh ally*
platform. Dr, 'TowiiSuhA reprfeseiita, I
am confident, a growing mniDier of
men in the IX. K. Church. ami hi
other churches, who Would gb mit From
them if they knew where to go to.
They are notfready to enter either the
Unitarian or the Univefsalist commun
ion. Such men arO Swing and Thomas
in Chicago, Xs it advisable for tbOm to
assume an independent position? Can
the New Theology gather them into a
new sect? Would sueli a sect be useful
in this much bisected world? • These aro
itnestions which I ask mysifif but am not
»bjft to answer. Time, and Hot expert*
ment %vilt tell. In tlie 'mta^mlioTTJffWe
believe he Is a sincere, devout itnd able
man. He is a man of simple manners
of winning speech, and of singular power
with the people. So long as lie holds to
his present aims, and pursues his present
methods, I believe lie will be instru
mental in reaching and drawing into
effective sympathy with Christianity,
many to whom other preachers and
policies have failed to appeal.
r. m a.
—An Edinburgh Presbyterian minis
ter, on one occasion happening to visit a
resident of his parish, asked what church
he was in the habit of attending, The
man answered that he had belonged to a
certain congregation, but that he and
others could l ot assent to certain views
which were accepted by the majority
and they had therefore formed a seces
sion. “ Then you worship with those
friends? ” “ Well, no; the fact is, I
found that there were certain points on
which I cou’d not conform, so I seced
ed.” “Oh, then, I supposeyou and your
wife engage in devotion together at
home? ” “ Well, not precisely. Our
views are not quite in accord, so she
worships in that corner of the room and
I in this.”
—The Baptist Weekly holds a vigorous
opinion in regard to anarchists: The an
archist is either a villain or a lunatic. In
either case he is as dangerous to society
as small-pox;as false to the Slate in time
of peace as treason in time of war. He
might be reformed, but society cannot
afford to take the risks of harboring him
under any such possibility. He must be
sharply watched while he is quiet, and
seized and eliminated as eoou as he be
comes active,even with his mouth or his
pen.
—The education of woman in E nt ern
colleges has become an assured fact.
President Seelye, of Smith College,has re
ceived from a friend of the college a gift
of $5,000 as a permanent scholarship, the
income to be given to iudigeut young
women seeking un education. Preference
is to be given to dunghters of missiona
ries.
—The poet Longfellow is said to be
the author of this: “Even he that died
upon the cross in the last hour, in the un
utterahle agony of death, was mindful of
his mother, as if to teach ns that this holy
love should be our last worldly thought,
the last point of earth from which the
soul should tuke its flight for heaven.”
—The season, says the Independent, re
calls Benjamin Franklin. There is no
thing particularly religious about his
teachings, but there is any amount of
wisdom, and it all runs to thrift. 'lie
substance of all his proverbs is, value
your time and improve it.
—Hemorks the Coni/reyationalisl. “ ] \
is a Christian duty to help the.,
need aid according to our opportunity.
It may also be a Christian duty ant to
he’p those who do not need assistance.”