, 1866-12-24
SEVEN YEARS In UNITY CHURCH.


A large congregation assembled yesterday fore
noon At UuitT Church, to hear the PASTOR, Rev.
Robert Collier, who preached a sermon on The
subject, "Seven yeass In Unity Church. Havtng
come to the end Of the seventh year Of public wor.
ship In this church, and, in Aecorda.ce With
an old usage, he desired to say few wosds
about the time to speak 10 them Of tho hopes and
tes1e, the re:ulta achieved, the faults committed,
and sec What proof there was that this wsg d
church Of God 81 selt as Il The seven years Just
closed were stgut1cant not only Of the ending OF
year. but - cycle that 1nelnded the n1ishinE Of
sesen was q sacred number with the Hebrews,
tlop. The end Of eeytn ycass brought new hopes
and activities, old debts were wiped out old bous
cancelled, old tetters hled away, and old sins for
fspged On he seals of sevep. In whatever d.
rection VIC turn we ind this to b. the case. The
hrst teren years Of mans LIE closed the period
e 5 .nSoa ss Ind Sc 4sax
alaays ~ Is m 1 end nd beginning. iii: Sunday i
be hsd assumed tht duties Of pastor il Unity
Church.
Tbe speaker then referred to the growth Of the
esn no Ho s on ot o F. m e1
had co1nhatted many dtf1culhea and grown up
under every disadvantage nnd be hardly knew
nis hes1t II q b he ssoueht Of il pteesess. Iooiing
back orcr those seven years and standing upon
the yerge Of new time, he seemed to h4ye. q
Ss S ass soase e % 5 ss Z e
up The vnst army Of letters be had received Rom
many quarters OF thanks for some gts-
ogs wH.d which haa ha sea a. t9 2,sa aTaxea
fos sesea years IN ths midst OF them, p.I1eipa-
ting In ehe.t sorrows md their Joys, nna these
Hns not home round the church that had DOT
tome touch Of feacredness IA his heart and Lie.
th1t wBs not altogether Its own.
The end e thls soven years comes home, rot
alone to thls eoneTsgatioa: From December,
eet PERIOD Ia American htato1... No event Of
deeper consequence In the worlds history had
esei beiallen than that which resulted il the pre-
hear but The anllen roar of De waters telling us
reject fiat qnlty Church had contributed
money 10 The c.use. o that In .he ,st of tas
ssauERia It had made no distinction between say.
ing thn nation and eaEtng souls.
pects q he church snd nhst vas 10 Ge done. Il
vas destrable in the first place that etesy e@ort
should be made to improve the condition Of tha
here - The; wele Il present, with only ~ audi.
ence room and no accommodations for echGols OF
committee rooms, they won1d soon be ~ dead u
& SSef e5ssa 2s i w Ear, t. sreaKe az saSss Ssnsss
WI Which isi,,. were oi,en regarded es ktnd o.
s1e 'Ps bs4s e aST b. e @ Ct Fed
A~A~
0ue's homo could not be more sacred than the
church, II It has done it, part toward him, and IN
community Ike this, where the church depends
on tho support Of the people, every man ought to
be as much interested ~ ia his home. II was a
significant fact that at the close Of this seyen
years they had been able to complete ihe con.
tracts for the new church edl1ce. The Krouud
WAS already broken on the lot, and As soon ~ the
'fsoet was out they would 20 On aud not stop TIL
II was completed. Something more, however,
was NEEDED than new church, and that Was
new activity IN The congregation. It WI.
proposed to organize within the church TWO soci-
etief, the first Of which ALREADY extssed, namely,
the Unity Church F1ase5nitJ. society composed
principally Of The young people, whose duty l.
sras to tako care Of the sick and suffering. II has
already done much good IN this direction. The
second organization was the Liberal Christian
ed By this League va. 10 Iu!esttgate Into tht
causes Of misery and crime In the city, to tnqulrt
INTO the condition Of The poor, and embody The
result in ZONE form that WILL enAgbten thu public
apd bring about reform The importance Of thil
was set forth BY The speaker In eloquent terms
The forenoon services were concluded with sing
ing ard btnedlctlon.