The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-09-11


moving the same. A vote extending
the courtesies of the Convention to all
visiting ministers was also adopted.
Thanks for Faithful Service.
The retiring president, Hon. j. M.
Bulla, was honored with vote of
thanks for his faithful services of the
past year. The vote was hearty and
unanimous, the Convention evidently
gratifed at recognizing in this way the
service of an earnest and painstaking
servant. A fitting response was made by
Br. Bulla, who remarked that he had
served as president more frequently
than any Universalist in the State.
The Treasurer's Report.
at this point the report of the treas
urer was presented, and referred to an
auditing committee subsequently APP
pointed. The financial exhibit of the
Convention will appear in the report of
that committee.
Report of the Secretary.
ANO'Ac3 PiOSl duu tlluO. buC lCpOLu Vi
the secretary was placed before the
Convention. II. N. Brown, of Dublin,
was the officer reporting. Four meet
ings Of the Executive Committee were
held during the year, the report briefly
outlined the work and embodied recon-
mendations. 1t follows in full
To the Universalist Contention of In
diana:
The Secretary of your Executive Com
mittee would report that, during the
year, we have held three meetings.
These we're held on Sept. 5, Dec. and
March IL. At the first two meetings a
full board was in attendance. At the
third meeting all the members we're pres
emit but two
The receipts and expenditures of the
Convention for the year just passed are
fully shown by the Superintendent and
Treasurer, and to these reports reference
is hereby made.
The denomrnational work done during
the year by the State Superintendent of
Churches is fully set forth in the report
of that officer, and to the same report
reference is also made.
The work of the Superintendent dur
ing the year has been under the super
vision and direction of the Executive
Committee, and we have endeavored to
direct his labors where the most good
could be done for our cause in the State.
The Superintendent has had many OBJ
stacles to meet, but his work has been
done with zeal and faithfulness which
has met with the hearty approval Of the
Committee. His work will, we trust, be
appreciated by our friends throughout
the State.
The Committee desire to say that the
year has been prosperous one, coDsid-
ering the financial condition of affairs in
the State, and that the work done has
been all that we could reasonably hope
for. And as we more and more realize
that our success depends on the surrend-
ering of personal preferences and per-
sonal interests, will we continue to grow
strong and more Influential. Let us feel
that we have entered upon this demon
national work not for one or two years
but for life. We have, in the last two
or three years, accomplished much. At
the beginning of Rev. r. N. Johns mis-
sionary work, our Convention was not
worth, financially, single dollar. Now
we are worth ten or twelve thousand dol
lars. And we have good reason to be-
lieve. with missionary constantly in the
field, we shall increase this amount hand
somely. Then again, our State Conven-
ton shows more interest in the work than
ever before.
We would recommend that the plan of
work pursued during the past year be
continued; that Superintendent of
Churches be employed, and that be de-
vote part Of his tinaa toward securing
donations to the Permanent Missionary
Fnnd. All of which is respectfully SUBJ
mitted by your Executive Committee.
FL. N. Brown, Secretary.
According to the program discus
sion was to follow the Executive report,
but the Convention decided to refer the
report to the same committee having in
charge other papers for special report
hereafter.
The COMMITTEES on Religious Ser
vices made announcement that the oc-
casional sermon would be delivered at
the evening service, by Rev. l. B.
Grandy. Also that Rev. F. 7. Lathe
would conduct the conference on Fri
day morning. Convention adjourned
until 7:30
The Occasional Sermon.
At the hour appointed for the deliv-
cry of the occasional sermon, the
church was we'll filled with delegates,
visitors and citizens of Button. Rev.
N. n. Quackenbush, of Rising Sun,
conducted the devotional exercises.
The sermon was delivered by Rev. |.
b. Grandy, and an abstract follows:
LIST Tim. iv, 8. Goodness is profitable
unto all things having promise of the life
that now is, and of thai which is to come"
The century of our cause may not have
brought to us all that we might have desired
or anticipated, yet we have no cause for dis
couragement. Forty years ago we may have