No woman, I thought would ever take me, who have no gold to gild my
ugliness; and I grew almost contented with my solitude. But Providence
ordered it otherwise. This is not a love story, but a true tale; and
when I learnt from the lips of her I love best, some months after
marriage, that the honesty and intelligence, written on my face, threw
a veil over its ugliness and almost glorified my insignificant and
troublesome nose, I felt, and I still feel, that if all the world
thinks me ugly, I am perfectly content with the verdict; and if most
men have better noses than myself, there are many without my share of
intellect and sense; or else with all their various defects, they have
no warm-hearted wife like mine, to love and admire them for the few
good qualities they possess.
But before I close, I have one more confession to make after all. I
never see a very good nose to this day without thinking of my own bad
one, and envying for the moment the more fortunate possessor. To this
day also, I am somewhat shy both in public and in private, and can
not wholly get over that nervous regard for the opinions of others,
which my unwise training has only served to increase. This defect in
my character has hindered my advancement in life. My little nose has
prevented me from being a big man. God, however, has richly blessed
me in many ways. I have a nice parish, a pleasant vicarage, a good
wife and a large family. Many kind friends, too, have gathered around
me, and assure me of increasing usefulness. Yet my one great fault of
intense self-consciousness haunts me still, mars my enjoyment, unnerves
me often in the very moment of action, and makes me feel every day the
evil brought upon a too sensitive disposition, when defects, whether
physical or mental, are made a theme for ridicule and banter, without
regard to the present pain and future loss such a course is only too
sure to entail.—_Temple Bar._
* * * * *
A missionary steamer, whose hull and machinery weigh only six tons,
is now moored in the Thames, in London. The vessel is named “Peace,”
and has been built for the Baptist Missionary Society, who destine
it for the service of the mission in the upper reaches of the Congo
River. The boat can be taken to pieces readily for transport purposes,
and the total number of pieces, none of which would be too heavy for
a man to carry, would be 800. The greatest possible use has been made
of all available space, and the two cabins are admirably fitted. A
kitchen adapted for a stove and other cooking appliances forms part of
the equipment. A substantial awning covers the deck, and between this
and the sides of the vessel a wire awning is fitted to stop arrows and
other missiles. It is intended to take the steamer to pieces and pack
the sections in boxes, which will be sent to the mouth of the Congo.
From thence they will be borne by 800 men a distance of 300 miles up to
Stanley Pool, where the steamer will be reconstructed by missionaries.
THE C. L. S. C.
_President_: Lewis Miller.
_Superintendent of Instruction_: J. H. Vincent, D. D.
_Counselors_: Lyman Abbott, D. D.; Bishop H. W. Warren, D. D.; J. M.
Gibson, D. D.; W. O. Wilkinson, D. D.
_Office Secretary_: Miss Kate F. Kimball.
_General Secretary_: Albert M. Martin.
1.—AIM.
This new organization aims to promote habits of reading and
study in nature, art, science and in secular and sacred
literature, in connection with the routine of daily life
(especially among those whose educational advantages have
been limited), so as to secure to them the college student’s
general outlook upon the world and life, and to develop the
habit of close, connected, persistent thinking.
2.—METHODS.
It proposes to encourage individual study in lines and by
text-books which shall be indicated; by local circles for
mutual help and encouragement in such studies; by summer
courses of lectures and “students’ sessions” at Chautauqua,
and by written reports and examinations.
3.—COURSE OF STUDY.
The course of study prescribed by the C. L. S. C. shall
cover a period of four years.
4.—ARRANGEMENT OF CLASSES.
Each year’s course of study will be considered the “first
year” for new pupils, whether it be the first, second, third
or fourth of the four years’ course. For example, “the class
of 1886,” instead of beginning October, 1882, with the same
studies which were pursued in 1881-’82 by “the class of
1885,” will fall in with “the class of ’85,” and take for
their first year the second year’s course of the ’85 class.
The first year for “the class of 1885” will thus in due time
become the fourth year for “the class of 1886.”
5.—C. L. S. C. COURSE OF READING, 1882-’83.
_I. Required._
1. Readings in the History and Literature of Greece,
England, Russia, Scandinavia, China, Japan and America.
2. Readings in Science; Geology, Astronomy, Physiology, and
Hygiene.
3. Readings in Bible History, and in Biblical and General
Religious Literature.
_II. White Seal._
1. Additional Readings in Greek, English and Biblical
History.
2. Additional Readings in English and American Literature.
_III. White (Crystal) Seal for Graduates._
Readings in History, Literature and Science, in the line of
the Required Course for the year.
This is a Special Course for Graduates of the Class of 1882
who wish to continue their connection with the Circle.
6.—BOOKS FOR THE C. L. S. C. COURSE, 1882-’83.
_I. Required._
History of Greece, by Prof. T. T. Timayenis. Vol. 1. Parts
3, 4 and 5. Price, $1.15.
Preparatory Greek Course in English, by Dr. W. C. Wilkinson.
Price, $1.
Chautauqua Text-Book, No. 5, Greek History, by Dr. J. H.
Vincent. Price, 10 cents.
Recreations in Astronomy, by Bishop Henry W. Warren, D. D.
Price, $1.10.
Chautauqua Text-Book, No. 2, Studies of the Stars, by Bishop
H. W. Warren, D. D. Price, 10 cents.
First Lessons in Geology, by Prof. A. S. Packard, Jr. Price,
50 cents.
Chautauqua Text-Book, No. 4, English History, by Dr. J. H.
Vincent. Price, 10 cents.
Chautauqua Text-Book, No. 34, China, Corea and Japan, by W.
Elliot Griffis. Price, 10 cents.
Evangeline, by Henry W. Longfellow. Price, paper, 20 cents;
cloth, 50 cents.
Hampton Tracts: A Haunted House, by Mrs. M. F. Armstrong;
and Cleanliness and Disinfection, by Elisha Harris, M. D.
Price, 15 cents.
THE CHAUTAUQUAN.[G]
Price, $1.50—in which will be published, (monthly): Pictures
from English History, by C. E. Bishop, Esq.; Chapters from
Early Russian History, by Mrs. M. S. Robinson; Passages from
Scandinavian History and Literature, by Prof. L. A. Sherman,
of New Haven, Conn.; Sabbath Readings in Classic Religious
Literature, selected by Dr. J. H. Vincent.
THE CHAUTAUQUAN will also contain, in the department of
_Required Readings_, brief papers as follows: Studies in
Ancient Greek Life; Selections from English Literature;
Readings from Russian Literature; Readings from the
Literature of China and Japan; Readings in Bible History;
Readings in Biblical Literature; Readings in Geology;
Readings in Astronomy; Readings in Physiology and Hygiene.
ADDITIONAL READINGS FOR STUDENTS OF THE CLASS OF ’83.
Hints for Home Reading, by Dr. Lyman Abbott. Price, cloth,
$1; board, 75 cts.
The Hall in the Grove, by Mrs. Alden. (A story of Chautauqua
and the C. L. S. C.) Price, $1.50.
Outline Study of Man, by Dr. Mark Hopkins. Price, $1.50.
_II. For the White Seal._
Persons who pursue the “White Seal Course” of each year, in
addition to the regular course, will receive at the time of
their graduation a white seal for each year, to be attached
to the regular diploma.
History of Greece, by Prof. T. T. Timayenis. Vol. 1;
completed. Price, $1.15.
William the Conqueror, and Queen Elizabeth, Abbott’s series.
Price, 80 cents.
Outlines of Bible History, by Bishop J. F. Hurst, D. D.
Price, 50 cents.
Chautauqua Library of English History and Literature. Vol.
1. Price, paper, 60 cents; cloth, 80 cents.
Outre-Mer, by Henry W. Longfellow. Price, paper, 15 cents;
cloth, 40 cents.
Hamlet. Rolfe’s edition. Price, paper, 50 cents; cloth, 70
cents.
Julius Cæsar. Rolfe’s edition. Price, paper, 50 cents;
cloth, 70 cents.
_III. Required._—_For the White (Crystal) Seal, for
Graduates of 1882._
THE CHAUTAUQUAN. Required Reading.
History of Greece. Vol. 1. By T. T. Timayenis.
William the Conqueror and Queen Elizabeth. Abbott’s Series.
Outre-Mer, by Henry W. Longfellow.
Hamlet. Rolfe’s edition.
Julius Cæsar. Rolfe’s edition.
The following is the distribution of the
SUBJECTS AND BOOKS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR:
[Ch. stands for CHAUTAUQUAN.]
_October._
History of Greece. Vol. 1. (Timayenis.) (Parts 3, 4, and 5.)
Chautauqua Text-Book, Greek History. (Vincent.)
Geology. (Packard.)
Readings in English, Russian, Scandinavian, and Religious
History and Literature. (Ch.)
Readings in Geology. (Ch.)
_November._
History of Greece. Vol. 1. (Timayenis.) (Parts 3, 4, and 5.)
Geology. (Packard.)
English, Russian, Scandinavian, and Religious History and
Literature. (Ch.)
Readings in Geology. (Ch.)
_December._
Preparatory Greek Course in English. (Wilkinson.)
English, Russian, Scandinavian and Religious History and
Literature. (Ch.)
Studies in Ancient Greek Life. (Ch.)
Readings from Russian Literature. (Ch.)
_January 1883._
Preparatory Greek Course in English. (Wilkinson.)
English, Russian, Scandinavian, and Religious History and
Literature. (Ch.)
Readings in Bible History and Literature. (Ch.)
_February._
Recreations in Astronomy. (Warren.)
Chautauqua Text-Book, Studies of the Stars. (Warren.)
Readings in Astronomy. (Ch.)
English, Russian, Scandinavian, and Religious History and
Literature. (Ch.)
Readings in Bible History and Literature. (Ch.)
_March._
Recreations in Astronomy. (Warren.)
Readings in Astronomy. (Ch.)
Chautauqua Text-Book, English History. (Vincent.)
English, Russian, Scandinavian, and Religious History and
Literature. (Ch.)
Selections from English Literature. (Ch.)
_April._
Physiology, Hygiene, and Home. Hampton Tracts.
Readings in Physiology. (Ch.)
English, Russian, Scandinavian, and Religious History and
Literature. (Ch.)
Selections from English Literature. (Ch.)
_May._
Evangeline. (Longfellow.)
English, Russian, Scandinavian, and Religious History and
Literature. (Ch.)
Readings in Physiology. (Ch.)
_June._
Chautauqua Text-Book, China, Corea and Japan. (Griffis.)
English, Russian, Scandinavian, and Religious History and
Literature. (Ch.)
Readings from the Literature of China and Japan. (Ch.)
7.—SPECIAL COURSES.
Members of the C. L. S. C. may take, in addition to the
regular course above prescribed, one or more special
courses, and pass an examination upon them. Pupils will
receive credit and testimonial seals to be appended to their
regular diploma, according to the merit of examination on
these supplemental courses.
8.—THE PREPARATORY COURSE.
Persons who are too young, or not sufficiently advanced in
their studies, to take the regular C. L. S. C. course, may
adopt certain preparatory lessons for one or more years.
For circulars of the preparatory course, address Miss K. F.
Kimball, Plainfield, N. J.
9.—INITIATION FEE.
To defray the expenses of correspondence, memoranda, etc.,
an annual fee of fifty cents is required. This amount should
be forwarded to Miss K. F. Kimball, Plainfield, N. J. (by
New York or Philadelphia draft, or post-office order on
Plainfield, N. J.) Do not send postage stamps if you can
possibly avoid it.
N. B.—In sending your fee, be sure to state to which class
you belong, whether 1883, 1884, 1885, or 1886.
10.—APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP.
Persons desiring to unite with the C. L. S. C. should
forward answers to the following questions to Miss K. F.
Kimball, Plainfield, N. J. The class graduating in 1886
should begin the study of the lessons required October,
1882. They _may_ begin as late as January 1, 1883.
1. Give your name in full. 2. Your postoffice address, with
county and State. 3. Are you married or single? 4. What
is your age? Are you between twenty and thirty, or thirty
and forty, or forty and fifty, or fifty and sixty, etc.?
5. If married, how many children living under the age of
sixteen years?[H] 6. What is your occupation? 7. With what
religious denomination are you connected? 8. Do you, after
mature deliberation, resolve, if able, to prosecute the four
years’ course of study presented by the C. L. S. C.? 9. Do
you promise to give an average of four hours a week to the
reading and study required by this course? 10. How much more
than the time specified do you hope to give to this course
of study?
11.—TIME REQUIRED.
An average of forty minutes reading each week day will
enable the students in nine months to complete the books
required for the year. More time than this will probably be
spent by many persons, and for their accommodation a special
course of reading on the same subject has been indicated.
The habit of thinking steadily upon worthy themes during
one’s secular toil will lighten labor, brighten life, and
develop power.
12.—MEMORANDA.
The annual examinations will be held at the homes of the
members, and in writing. Memoranda will be forwarded to
them, and by their written replies the committee can judge
whether or not they have read the books required.
13.—ATTENDANCE AT CHAUTAUQUA.
Persons should be present to enjoy the annual meetings
at Chautauqua, but attendance there is not necessary to
graduation in the C. L. S. C. Persons who have never visited
Chautauqua may enjoy the advantages, diploma, and honors
of the Circle. The ASSEMBLY DAILY HERALD is published on
the grounds during the Chautauqua Assembly. Send $1 for the
DAILY HERALD to T. L. Flood, Meadville, Pa. Back numbers can
be supplied.
14.—MISCELLANEOUS.
For the story of the C. L. S. C., and explanation of the
Local Circles, the Memorial Days to be observed by all
true C. L. S. C. members, St. Paul’s Grove at Chautauqua,
etc., etc., address (inclose three-cent stamp), Miss K. F.
Kimball, Plainfield, N. J., who will forward the Chautauqua
Hand-Book, No. 2, sixty-four pages. Blank forms, containing
the ten questions given in paragraph 10, will also be sent
on application.
15.—OUR CLASS MOTTOES.
We study the Word and the Works of God.
Let us keep our Heavenly Father in the midst.
Never be discouraged.
16.—BOOKS OF THE C. L. S. C.
Address Phillips & Hunt, 805 Broadway, New York; and Walden
& Stowe, Cincinnati and Chicago.
FOOTNOTES:
[G] THE CHAUTAUQUAN is a monthly magazine containing more than one half
the “required” reading. Ten numbers for the year. 72 pages a month.
Price, $1.50 a year. For all the books address Phillips & Hunt, New
York, or Walden & Stowe, Cincinnati or Chicago. For THE CHAUTAUQUAN
address, _Theodore L. Flood, Meadville, Pa._
[H] We ask this question to ascertain the possible future intellectual
and moral influence of this “Circle” on your homes.
EDITOR’S OUTLOOK.
C. L. S. C. Literature.
Among the many notable features connected with Chautauqua work, not the
least is the influence of the C. L. S. C. on the educational literature
of the times. Book making of a peculiar sort, to meet a special demand,
has been one of its results. It is a maxim of commerce that whenever
there is a demand there will be a supply to meet it. It is not strange
that the supply did not exist at the beginning, for the demand, the
want of a school of the people, such as the C. L. S. C. aims to be,
is without precedent in our history. Books for the public schools
and academies lacked adaptability as well as attractiveness in many
instances. The greater part of them were too elementary, being prepared
for younger minds and those more advanced and mature were generally
too special in their character, failing to give that “outlook” which
figures so largely in the Chautauqua Idea. It had to be recognized
that the mind of one grown to adult years, though perhaps no farther
advanced in a particular branch of study than the boy at school, yet
because of other development, experience and observation required that
the subject be presented in a different manner. College text books were
not suited to the needs of the student of this People’s College. They
were often too deep and not wide enough, too much of the students’
_sanctum_ to be suited to the fireside of the home.
A glance at the list of the Chautauqua text books, as they are found
in the advertising pages of THE CHAUTAUQUAN, will suggest somewhat
the extent and character of this feature. It will be seen that this
literature is being published and sold by some of the best publishing
houses in the country, and that writers and authors of high reputation
have given their talent to meet this want. Let even the disinterested
reader examine this list. They are _sui generis_. Wide in their range
as the scope of the C. L. S. C. course, simple and attractive in the
manner of treating the various subjects, yet philosophical and thorough
in the best sense. They are the books that thousands, scattered here
and there, thirsting for knowledge, have felt the need of without
knowing they were attainable, and which were unattainable till this
demand became focalized by the organization of the C. L. S. C. This new
literature is therefore filling a wider sphere than the organization
which called it into existence. Upon the table of many a professional
man, and in many a home where there is not a desire to pursue a full
course of study, these books find their way, by reason of the very
peculiarities aimed at in their preparation. We do not speak here of
the effect that such books is destined to exercise upon the writers
of text-books for the schools and academies and colleges, nor of the
quickening effect upon publishers to furnish a wide and varied range
of books on all these and other subjects to meet the increased demand
arising from mental appetites awakened by this course, nor do we
venture to prophesy the dimensions to which this literary influence
will grow. Mr. Bayard Taylor says that the literary bloom of the
eighteenth century in Germany was largely indebted to the popular
guilds of the “mastersingers” of preceding centuries. A great popular
educational movement like the C. L. S. C. cannot fail to have a large
influence on the popular literature of the future.
The Prospect for a Revival of Spiritual Religion.
There is evidently great need of a revival of spiritual religion in all
the churches of the land. The fact that most of the great Christian
bodies are increasing very slowly in membership, and that some of them,
according to their own statistics for the past year, have suffered an
actual loss, is evidence that the Church at large is not blessed with
the vitality and spiritual power she ought to have. Another significant
fact is, that the non-church-going element in both city and country is
rapidly on the increase, so that it is estimated that from one-fourth
to one-half of the population of the country, seldom, if ever, attend
religious services. Indeed we are personally acquainted in communities,
and that outside of cities, too, in which the steady church-going
element does not comprise more than one-eighth of the population. In
view of these things we are led to inquire what are the prospects for
the much-needed revival of spiritual religion.
All revivals are necessarily of divine origin, but are dependent on
human agency to make them operative among men. The Church is the agency
through which divine influences have always been manifested to the
world. A revival has never been known to begin outside the Church. The
reformation began with Luther, a member of the Romanish Church. The
great modern revival movement called Methodism began with Wesley, a
member of the Episcopal Church. Concerning the Holy Spirit, there can
be no doubt but he is always ready to do his work. The question then is
this: Is the Church in condition to secure the spirit in awakening and
converting power. This question must be answered in many instances in
the negative and for the following reasons:
We must admit that a spirit of worldliness pervades the Church to
an alarming degree. In the mad chase after material things that
characterizes our age, Christians are seemingly as eager in pursuit of
temporal things for temporal ends as are those who make no pretensions
to a religious life. The love of money, which is the “root of all
evil,” is productive of covetousness, which, like a deadly dry-rot, is
destructive of spirituality, eliminates spiritual longings from the
soul, and renders the man gross and groveling. In part as a result of
this world-spirit developed in the Church, there has been engendered a
lamentable indifference to vital piety. The religious forms remain, but
the warmth, the glow, the fervor and the power of religion are often
sadly wanting. In fact, modern culture too often frowns on fervency
either in the pew or pulpit; and too often the sermon, instead of being
a powerful appeal to the hearts and consciences of men, and awakening
dead souls from the sleep of sin, is only a moral or æsthetic essay or
oration, of the conventional half-hour pattern, and deals mainly in
glittering generalities. The discussion in the pulpit, in the right
spirit, of the justice of God, the exceeding sinfulness of sin, eternal
punishment, human redemption by Jesus Christ, and kindred themes,
will arouse men to duty, but these themes are by some thought to be
unpopular. Consequently the thunders of Sinai are hushed and men are
soothed by a sort of emasculated gospel into carnal security, both
concerning themselves and their fellow-men, and make but little effort
to raise themselves or others to a higher spiritual life.
The increasing secularization of the Sabbath is another great hindrance
to a revival of spiritual religion. The sanctity of this day is
essential to the spirituality of the Church, and whatever interferes
with the proper religious observance of the day tends to destroy vital
religion among the people.
In spite of these unfavorable symptoms which are manifest at present
in the body of believers, we do not despair of the ultimate success
of the Church in accomplishing her mission. There are many sincere,
efficient and godly workers in the ranks of all denominations who
are earnestly longing and laboring for the salvation of the world,
but we fear for the present, at least, that their efforts are being
neutralized by the worldliness, indifference, lukewarmness and
formalism which characterize a large portion of the Church, so that the
near future will not witness a grand revival of spiritual religion.
We would be most heartily glad, however, if our forebodings should
prove ill-founded, and if there should come upon the Universal Church
a divine baptism which would consume all the dross of sin and make her
more successful in winning souls.
Success of the Natural Method in Language at Chautauqua.
The natural method has been for several years past on trial, and has
achieved a marked success. It has been practically demonstrated that in
a very short time persons can be taught to speak French or German, or
indeed any language for which there is a competent living teacher. The
modern languages have been most successful because it is not easy to
find those sufficiently familiar with the ancient ones to give to their
pupils the necessary practice in them. Yet, even Greek and Latin have
been taught to be spoken in this way. In the modern languages, however,
but a few weeks have been needed to enable persons to speak them
fluently and understand them well when spoken. From the beginning the
scholar is taught to speak in the simple way in which the mother-tongue
is taught in childhood. With the very first lesson single words at
the beginning and then some simple phrases are mastered. These are
increased with each succeeding lesson, and soon the pupil finds that
he has quite a store of the words and phrases most commonly in use. By
frequent practice these are retained, and others being daily added, at
the end of six weeks, or thereabouts, of constant study, any ordinary
conversation can be carried on with a facility which astonishes those
accustomed only to the slow and tedious processes of the older methods.