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r.NIYEKSAI.ISM. 



The advocates of instrumental music have in many In-lief in the final salvation of all men. Tlie system 

 cases introduced organs into their churches, and at- of failh which passes under this nanu- cannot In- char- 

 tempts to subject them to church discipline therefor aclerizcd in this way. The result here predicated is 

 have failed, borne congregations have U-en divided but a corollary or inference from a theological eoiii-ep- 

 and the general work of tin- church has suffered, yet lion which regards God as a moral U-ing working by 

 the annual reports to the Assembly continued to show moral methods for the accomplishment of moral ends. 

 advance in all departments. The principles of his nature are declared to be univer- 



Iu tin- midst of this controversy came in 1XS.1 the sal in their application and issue. 



twenty-fifth anniversary of the denominational or- J/istnri/. This view is not modern. Tlie apostles 



gonization. A special and vigorous effort was made taught that God is love and thai love sent the Saviour 



brate this <|uarter-ccnteniiial by liberal contribu- j into the world. Their successors held to this eonri p- 



tions to the licncticent work of the church. The net tion and staled it with posit iveness. Great leaders of 



amount raised was $;{Ci'.i,C,C,x.sc,, which was distributed 

 to the Mission Boards of the church, to it.s theolog- 

 ical seminaries, to the denominational colleges, and to 

 some local objects. 



The United Presbyterian Church has been actively 

 engaged in foreign mission work since it.s formation. 



.'k ( 'hurch, like Clement of Alexandria and < )ri- 

 gen. maintained by specific arguments that love must 

 triuniph in the ultimate recovery of every soul. This 

 \ iew prevailed until the sceptre of authority ] 

 from the Hastern to the Western branch of the church. 

 Then a purely legal conception of the divine nature 



From the churches which OOtubimd in 1X5X it re- and government, of sin and penally, and of redcmp- 

 ceived under its care missions in K:_ r ypt. India, and 



ew inis.-ion to < 'hina, 



Syria. In IS.'i'.i it started a new 

 but after several years of labor in that field the 

 <iiMier.il Assembly decided to leave it to other de- 

 nominations and the missionary was recalled to labor 



tion was substituted for the moral. Augustinianism 

 came to prevail almost exclusively until the rise of 



Protestantism. The latter movement produced the 

 modifications known as Lnthcranism and Calvinism. 

 The Reformed theology of Kngland was for the inn.-t 



among the Chinese in California. The mission in part that taught by Calvin. The, Westminster divines 

 Syria was like-wise transferred to the Irish I'resby- sought to put Caivinisni into a popular form. This 

 terian Church, which had already been associated was the theology which the early settlers brought to 

 in the work. The United Presbyterian Church this country. The whole English-speaking race at the 

 has concentrated iis efforts in Kgypt mid India beginning of the eighteenth century gave almost un- 

 (ihe Punjab), and its success has challenged the sit- <|iialified assent to it. 



I Jut very early in the century there began to be 

 maiked symptoms of dissent. Armiiiianism iu Eng- 

 laud, and, later on, the Arminian and Socinian 

 tendencies in America, were the Hirns of a protest in 

 (he bosom of Protestantism against ( 'alvimstic pre- 

 During this upheaval the 



tcntion of all visitors to those countries. In lioth 

 there are theological training schools for the natives. 

 and several churches have native pastors. 



Iu Egypt there are N'I mission stations. 11 ordained 

 uiries. U) female missionaries, 10 native pastors. 

 2307 communicants, and 5C.nl pupils, the mission 

 property being valued at $'207,810. In India there 

 arc 69 stations. X ordained missionaries. II female 

 missionaries, 1'J native pastors. 4571 communicants, 

 and 4:>4I pupils, the mission properly being valued at 

 139,922, 



'I'he statistics of the United Presbyterian Church 

 for 1--S show lo synods. I'.l presbyteries, 75:', minis- 

 ters, of whom 507 are pastors, 57 licentiates, 4_! stu- 

 dents of theology. S680 ruling elders. <Ki7 congrega- 

 tions, of which 111 4 have paMors. I.V minion stations. 

 I.V.t parsonages. '.IS. W2 communicant mem! i < 

 Sabbath-schools, with 'JSI5 officers and ti-achcrs, and 

 scholars. The total contributi. us for the year 

 ending April :',0, 1XSX, were $I,OI'J,9:17, of which 

 $7X3,120 were for congregational purposes. 



The church has two theological seminaries. That 

 of the conservative wing is at Xenia. Ohio, and is 

 the successor of the oldest seminary in the I'nited 

 States (see TnouKUCAl SKMINAKIKS). The other. 

 more flourishing, is at Allegheny City, I'.i. WeM 

 minster College, New Wilmington, I 'a., and Mon- 

 niouth College. Monmouth, lil., arc denominational 

 colleges of many years' standing and established rep- 

 utation. Lincoln College, Mo., and Cooper .Me- 

 morial College, Kansas, are of recent origin, and are 

 still struggling for existence. Musk'niuum CoHeirc 

 and Franklin College, older institutions in Ohio, are 

 largely patronized by I'nited Presbyterians. At 

 Knoxville, Tenn., is a college for the treed men, con- 

 ducted by United Presbyterians. 



Besides Sabbath school papers and other period! 



i ,* . * . rt l . . \ 



cals issued by the Board of Publication at Pittshurg 

 there ore published in the interest of this church two 



destination and election. 



modern I'nivcrsalist movement had itsbirlti. It began 

 on the other side of the water, but was .soon transferred 

 to America. Dr. Eddy, in his work entitled /Vr.r- 

 sulisin in .\iiin-ifi, mentions five distinct channels by 

 which the doctrine was brought hither: I. Dr. George 

 De lieiicville, one of the French refugees in London, 

 I7o:i, after expulsion from England because of his 

 heretical opinions, and after hardy escaping death 

 from the same cause in France, came to Americi in 

 1741. and settled in Pennsylvania, where liepnctised 

 medicine and preached in different parts of the State 

 until his death, in 17'.3. '2. The (icrnian B.iptiMs, 

 commonly called Dunkcrs O/. r.), who sailed in Penn- 

 sylvania in 1719. were from the first believers in tin uni- 

 versal restoration. .'!. The Kev. liicliard Clarke 

 of Si. Philip's Chun-h, having a Kiiropean reputation, 

 was pronounced in his advocacy of I he doctrine, lie 

 had strong sympathizers among leading men of his 

 denomination in different parts of the country. 4. 

 AIIIOIIL' the Congregationalists. the attitude of Dr. 

 Charles Cliaunccy, pastor of the First Church _ of 

 l!o.-ton, and of Dr. Jonathan Mayluw. of the Wist. 

 Church, is well known. 5. But the I'niversalist de- 

 nomination of today traces its origin to the Rev. John 

 Murray (1 74 1 -1 8 15), who came from England to this 

 country and preached his first sermon in Thomas Pot- 

 ter's church, at Good Luck, N. J., Sept. :;o. 1770. 

 Murray at twelve years of age had come under the 

 influence of John \Vesley, who honored him with his 

 confidence, so that he became, a few years later, an 

 advocate in his connection. But upon hearing White- 

 field he adopted Calvini>tic views, and became a com- 

 municant in his Tabernacle. Here he was so marked 



weekly papers. Thf Clirifti'iii liixtrin-l,.,-. at Philadel- by his zeal and ability that he was siuvially cominis- 



phia. and Tin- l'nill /'m/.i/tn-i'tii. at. Pitlsburg, and Honed to reclaim a young lady of the congregation 



aluo a monthly, The Erungaical Hrji'-xitnri/, at Pitts- w ho hail adopted the views of dames liclly, a Univer- 



biiri.'. salist ].reacher of London. The young lady was si 



See Rev. T)r. J. B. Scouller's full and accurate in her convictions, and by questions and answers raised 



il nf Ihf t'liitnl I'refliytm'tin Chnrrh ('Jd !., problems in his mind which troubled him sorely. Next, 



1887), and Rev. Dr. W. J. 'Reid's Unitnl l'rt*l>yf- he Ix-ian to read Belly's Union, a small theol. gical 



riinium (ISSfiV (j. p. i,.) i treatise, and became a regular attendant upon his 



DNIVEBSALISM is commonly thought to mean preaching. Completely converted to what was then 



