, 1872-10-28
UNITY CHURCH.
A Pleasant Social Meeting Of Pastor
and Congregation Yester.
day Afternoon.
Letters Read from Those WHO SylnEa-
tllized With and Helped Unity
After the Fire.

A1ttr LHt Euts
The pastor and congregation Of Unity Church,
in good1y numbers and pleasant frame Of mind,
doubtless, sat down On Sunday, at P. m., by
special appointment, to look over the portfolio
of letters from sympathizers and helpers in
their strait following the fire. Never WAS
Robert Collyer in happier mood than in giving
the audience choice bits from the correspon-
dence, interspersing them with comments, in his
best style and the widest range, from pathos to
humor.
These letters he had anaWered personally, and
the object OF the meeting was that the church
as body might express its gratitude For this
purpose, a committee, consisting Of Richard
Waterman, George Adams, and William Elliott
FurneBs, WAS appointed. Below are 8 few speci-
mems OF this interesting and somewhat historic
correspondence. The first message received by
Mr.. Collyer, the day after the fire, was from P.
R. sabin, Of Jackson, Mich, IS follows:
I send one thousand 1oavea Of bread. What do you
need most? Piease answer.
Hon. William Carey, Of Galena sent $40
handed him BY stranger On the cars. He said
in his note:
be does not always distribute his charities through to-
tai strangers.
John Ritchie, Secretary Of the Second Presby-
terian Church, Rosemary street, Belfast, sent
:f46 los. 3D., the amount Of q collection made by
the congregation, sin aid Of their brethren who
suffered by the great calamity"
The Rev. John 4. Crogier, pastor OF the Uni
tartan Church, Newry, Ireland, enc losing Ell 6s.,
and Ills congregation, and relied on their kind
discrimination mot to measure the extent Of
their sympathy by the smallnesB Of the dona-
tion," as the donors we're Of limited means. The
letter further said:
Ny father the Rev. William Crogier agcd Unitarian
minister who after nigh fifty years Of service is now
spending his Inter days with me, desires to express
his cordial participation in the sentiments OF this
letter.
H. E. Gaskell, daughter Of Mrs. Gaske1l, the
authoress, writing from Manchester, England,
said:
Your great brave heart Will have cheered and sup
future with faith and fearlessncss.
Nationally every means to help their brother in
eVil, evil Nv We ahow how America t6at Aabanns or no Ala
bauas, our hearts bled for her in her troubles md
that after al We bound to yan in the closest union
The Unitarian Sunday School scholars in Eng
land sent E170. los. for the scholars at Chicago,
part Of the amount being four pence from "a
1ittle boy at Stockton, ~ and five pence from tan
ehs esh b s r saa w at Of %onao nis
Offering from &c, 600 English Sunday Schools to
their brothers and sisters in Chicago"
Tho Rev. Cuthbert c. Grundy, Of Berry, Lam
cashire, England, sent the contribution Of bis
congregation, amounting to Eli, and with it
"the good wishes Of the UnitarianB Of Berry"
Cross Street Chapel, Manchester, sent Elsa
0s. Cd, accompanied by expression Of sympathy,
and announcing their determination to help g. in
ministers and congregations Of that CITY,"
The "Homeless Boys" in the Remington
street lodging house, New York-generous fel-
1ows-sent SIC, and $4.45 came from the 1ndus-~
-s-Jr r-I II i %3,4z 17,1n
The North Midland Presbyterian and Unitari-
an Association, England
sy o TT oys2 o cpesee a Pas
congregation, and tenders for their acceptance hearty
words Of brotherly comfort.
Henry Tear, q maker Of "patent locks, iron
safes, door springs, and corkscrews," in Bir-
mingham, England, wrote as follows:
Seeing In the Unitarian Herald that you had the
key Of your church, which yoa carried IN your pocket
loci made for il, thought should Ike to make
for you worthy Of your acceptance and the Church.
Mr. Collyer still has the key (of the study,
and one Of these days may crafty the ambition
Of bis lock-making friend.
The following was adopted by the congrega..
ton OF 6trangeway's Chapel, London, one Of
the very few free churches in England:
We desire to express to friend, the Rev Robert
G e s y e
ind the PASTORS house have been destroyed and many
ot ou1 brethren involved in grieyous loss and osF
and strength from Mr.. Col]yers 1ninis1atons during
his recent visit to this country may be manifested
4oyed are BE- IN re rebuild
their church in its former fair proportions.
The "warm feeling" was manifested in a
handsome subscription Of e102 Its. Sd.
At meeting of the Unitarian Aid Society for
the relief OF Chicago, held at No. 173 Strand,
London, on Jan. g. 1879, it VAS
Unanimously agreed a that from the residue Of the
the rebuilding of the Rev Robert Coyers church and
schools and the balance be placed at the disposal Of
COMMITTEES On the spot. consisting Of the ,9 following
janin wiley, al Of Chicago.
mr. q. s. Bicknen and Mr. Robert Spears, Of
London, had the management OF the fund IN
The Unitarlans Of E1tonfa1d, Lancashier, Eng
land, passed the following resolution:
That no offer to the Rov. Robert Collyer ind the
Unitarans Of Chicago IN Insurance Of our brothery
sympathy with them under the suferings and losses
they haye sustained by the recent disastrous fire. and
that subscription be now entered into, the amount
raised to be forwarded to Mr couyer to DO used ny
bers of hts congregation for insisting the fund for
the rebuilding Of lis chapel, as he may think best.
The result Of tile resolution was Ella.
The following explains itself:
the frst Of the 100000 81 subscriptions paid for the
| building Of Unity Church, send mine. WILLIS.
To Rev Robert colyer, Chicago, I'll.
RESOLUTIONS OF UNITY.
At the close the following Beries OF resolutions
we're presented by the Committee and made tho
unanimous sentiment Of the congregation. 1t
should be said in this connection that the occa-
| sion has been postponed until Unity had re-
stored home Of her own and thus measurab1y
carried out the generous wishes Of those Who
| thus remembered her.
WHEnEAs In the dread catrastrophe which befe1 the
City Chicago in the month Of October Of the year Of
| our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy
one and lied In the total destruction by fire Of
city and rendered houselesB and homeless nearly
onethrd Of our elowcitizens, it pleased God that
our beloved church, which we had builded to His
praise at the expenditure Of much labor md treas
ure and the dear homes Of almost every one Of ns,
around which clustered all sweet and holy memories
and hopes, should be included md
WHEREAS, In our hour Of sore need and trbulatioo,
| when a prospect ahead looked blank and dark, and
hope tainted within us, the sympathy Of whole world
was hvished upon and messages from the ends Of
the eArth came in countless numbers like Gods mip-
tsterng angels to comfort and sustain s with conso-
lation, encouragement and material aid, while,
like Job sat among the ashes Of idols and wep
over our ravished treasures aud
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