'Go ye and preach to all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.' This was the last injunction of Jesus Christ to His Apostles. Universality is therefore the first principle and ultimate aim of Christianity. It has been designed for and is intended to become, in fundamental belief, the religion of the universe. The Universality of Christianity in fundamental belief is accompanied by Diversity in institutions and forms of worship, which are second

Born At Poissy, Near Paris, April 25, 1215. Died Before Tunis, August 25, 1270. It was one of the chief glories of the kings of France to be called 'Most Christian King.' This was a title of traditionary honour rather than a testimony to their personal and religious merits, for, to tell the truth, the majority of these monarchs were very indifferent Christians. It is not mere external profession which makes the Christian, but the condition of a man's soul and the manner of his life. By a startli

Great events and great men impose a difficult and painful task upon those who wish to understand them thoroughly, and to appreciate their worth. They form the stage upon which all the difficult and striking complications of good and evil, truth and error, virtue and vice, noble and base passions, valuable results and fatal consequences are displayed. They represent the noble impulses and also the disastrous failures, the grandeur, but at the same time the imperfection of human nature and human d