The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-05-25

UNITARIAN.

There will be Liberal Christian
worship at the Court House to-mor-
row at the usual hour. Subject OF
sermon: Man not Fallen but Risen.
The evening service will hereafter be
discontinued.
Communicated.
The Northwestern Conference,
which was organized some three
months since. consisting OF Unitarian
and other Christian Churches In
Wisconsin and Minnesota, held its
second quarterly meeting at Madison,
Wis, on the LIST and I'd inst.
The Conference was opened by an
admirable discourse from Rev. n. NJ
Mann, of Knosha.
The occasion is reported to have
been one of much interest to those
present. The following statement OF
principles was recommended for
adoption:
1--WE believe in the Fatherhood of
God, in the brotherhood of man, in
the spirit of life as manifested in
Jesus, in the Scriptures of the Old
and New Testaments as containing a
record of the temporal and eternal
life, and in the continuous inspiration
of man through the natural organs OF
reason, conscience, and affection; and
we recognize it to be the aim of human
existence to embody this faith in actual
life. And that we may the better aid
each other in this aim, we hereby
unite ourselves together"
The Liberal Christian League, of
Chicago, following the lead Of the
Unitarians of Boston, are arranging
for course of Sunday evening SER
vices in the Opera House in that city
The Rev. Mr.. Hepworth, of Boston,
preached there last Sunday evening
and the Sunday evening before, to
immense congregations. 1t is ex-
pected that Rev. DR.. Putnam, of Rox-
bury, Mass, will succeed Mr.. Hep
worth, and other distinguished clergy
Rev. DIR. Bellows, with his
wife, daughter and son, Mr. Rus
sell n. Bellows. sailed for Eu-
rope on Saturday last "Dr. Bellows
says the Liberal Christian, " had be-
come completely worn down by inces-
SAINT and long continued application
to his numerous and arduous duties,
and was compelled to seek rest and
recuperation abroad, beyond the reach
of the. countless calls upon his
strength = appeals to his sympathies,
and engaging public occasions and ex-
elements, or shortly break down al
together. No one will be surprised
at this. who knows anything of the
amount of work he shas performed,
the burdens he has had to bear, and
the constant drain upon his interest
and sympathy by appeals of all sorts,
public as well as private, In addition
to his immediate professional duties
as pastor Of one of our largest par
ishes"
The Parish of All Souls showed its
appreciation of its pastor by granting
him his long vacation, which is to be
about year, and continuing his sala-
ry, with the rental of parsonage, dur
ing his absence. Not content with
this, few of its members united In
presenting him with token of their
personal regard in the shape of IS, 900.
Many prayers and earnest wishes will
follow him for his protection and safe
return with renewed health and vigor.
A service in commemoration of the
life and character of Major George
l.. Stearns, recently deceased, was
held In the Unitarian Church, Med
ford, Mass, Sunday morning, May II.
Major Stearns was a person of large
fortune, and gave without stint to
causes of reform and philanthropy.
He has been for many years an active
worker in the antl-slavery cause, and
kept his purse ever open to its calls
for aid. During the war he equipped
colored regiment at his own ex-
pense, and marched with it into the
service. He was one of the first to
advocate impartial suffrage, and for
the furtherance of this end, published,
until recently, the " Right Way
10000 copies of which were dis
tributed gratuitously weekly. A tri-
butte to him, from the pen of Whittier,
will be found in the atlantic for June.
He leaves a name
Whose sweetness will survive his liv-
AS edorous scents outlast the censor's
blaze.''
Preaching for the Church of Christ
at the Court House, by Elder J. B.
New, every Sunday at half past three
O'Clock P. NJ, and at night, and every
Wednesday night. Subject, after
noon, Evidences of Christianity; p
night, '"ASecond coming of the Lord