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Bay City, Oct. s, 1886.

IOWA.-Dubuque.-We hear good ac-
counts OF the work in Rev. Mr.. Crums
parish. A series of discourses are in prog
ress ON the Pivotal Words of Religion.
These are given morning and evening
during October; titles as follows: God, Our
Father; Man; Satan, the Adversary; Re-
deemer and Saviour; Son OF God and
Son of Man; Mercy for Man and Beast;
Sin and Evil; He'll and Punishment; Sal
walton; Immortality and Heaven. Invit-
ing his people to attend these services
the pastor adds: "Frieads: Mans best
thought of the works and ways of God
is contained in the meaning of his
greatest words. They are the landmarks
of his mental pilgrimage. They unfold
the trophies of his spiritual industry.
Come and let us unfold and weigh their
varied contents"
KANSAS.-VermilliOn. = The friends
at Vermillion are stirring themselves
right royalty. They have recently rented
an upper room, replastered and papered
it, seated it with comfortable chairs, ar
ranged nice pulpit, with good lights,
and invited c. I'll. Rogers, of Seneca, to
give them a series of meetings, which
was done to the satisfaction of all, result
ing in the reorganization of a society OF
nineteen members, with very hattering
prospects of large increase. Br. Rog-
ers will spend the fourth Sunday with
them and continue regular services dur
ing the year. s. @. Rogers, who was Ii
censed at the recent Convention, reports
interesting and successful meetings, at
Havensville. Onaga, Holton, Netawaka,
Wetmore, COTS, Arlington and Capioma.
The Woodrow McBrian discussion
came off according to notice. A friend
writes: rs. q. Stearns and went thirty
five or forty miles to hear the McBrian
and Woodrow discussion and of course
we thought Mr.. Woodrow had the best
of it, but we might be prejudiced. Yet
Methodists, Baptists and some Campbell
ties gave the victory to him. We have
made arrangements for another to come
off at Sedan, about Christmas, between
the same parties"
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NOTES FROM LOMBARD.

Mr.. A. T. Wing delivered the first
senior Grafton of this year. "Still there's
more to follow"
The number of students is constantly
increasing. We are now nearing the hun
dred and more coming.
The students held sociable at the
ladies' boarding hall, Friday evening,
Oct. l. Several old students attended.
The Y. P. M. A. of the Universalist
church have arranged a lecture course
that will be profitable and interesting to
the students.
Many of the students sing in the
choir at the Universalist church. This is
an excellent opportunity for those who
wish to learn to sing.
On Friday afternoon, Oct. 8, there
was secret society organized among the
young ladies. 1t is to be known as the
"Beta Gamma" This makes the fourth
college fraternity in Lombard.
Club boarding has become quite
popular among the students. There are
two large clubs, one composed of college
students and one of theologues. The two
clubs enjoyed a matched game Of base
ball few days since.
The junior class is the only class that
has no organization. The others have
their colors and officers chosen and re.
port themselves "ready for business
The freshman class have been wrestling
over their constitution and bylaws.
Miss Chapman, our new instructor
in elocution, delivered two excellent rec
! itations before the students at the close
of the chapel exercises a few days since
She is meeting with success in her de-
partment; even better than expected. Il
energy and determination are any eriteri
on by which we may judge, We are franl
to say that she is going to succeed, which
can be said of only few elocution teach
eTs.
OHIO.-Rey. j. Z. Mclean closed hi
labors at Jacksonville on the fourth Sun
day in August much to the regret of thu
people.
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ILLINOIS woMAN's ASSOCIATION.

The first regular meeting of the board
of directors was held at the residence OF
Mrs. FL. B. Manford, Tuesday, Oct. b.
The new board now stands as follows:
President-Mrs. M. R. M. Wallace.
Vice President-Mrs. John s. Wilcox. Mrs.
L. A. Gerould, Mrs. H. B. Manford, Mrs. E.
P. Townsend, Mrs. W. P. West, Mrs. G. B.
Marsh, Miss Belle Gibson, Miss Mary Thayer.
Treasurer-Mrs. T. J. Hale.
Secretary-Mrs. Everett Fl. Rexford.
Minutes of last meeting read and &C.
copied.
The following committees we're duly
appointed by the President
Lombard Committee: Mrs. ]. v. N. Stand
ish, Mrs. Jon. Grub, Miss Izah Parker,
Mrs. E. P. Townsend, Mrs. Addie M. FL.
Ellis.
Publishing Committee: Mrs. H. B. Man
ford, Mrs. j. s. Wilcox, Mrs. M. R. M. Wal
lace.
Auditing Committee: Miss Belle Gibson,
Mrs. l.. A. Gerould, Miss Mary Thayer.
Advisors for the Various Associations
Mrs. J. Il. Kendall, for the Fox River who
reported Mrs. Geo. Higgins, of Chicago. as q
life member, and $25 for its treasury.
Rock River: Mrs. l.. M. Andrews.
Spoon River: Rev. Anna E. Fleming.
Central: Mrs. DR.. Aldridge.
Lower Wabash: Mrs. Lucy Ormiston.
The following was adopted:
"That Mrs. M. r. M. Wallace be re-
tanned on Publishing Committee"
The needs and desires of several par
ishes having been presented to the board
resulted as follows:
Cd That the Association give the re-
quired aid to Dixon church another year;
that to the Morrison society 800 be
paid at the close of the year.
(2) That the necessities of Pecatonica
be referred to the President for further
consideration, and the remainder of the
parishes be allotted to various members
of the board.
After many members pledging them
selves to secure larger number of one
dollar memberships than ever before, in
honor of the semi-centennial birth of its
liege lord, the State Convention, board
adjourned to meet according to it's con-
stitution, January 2.
Mrs. EVERETT II. RExFoRD, Sec.
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VERMONT. - At Gaysville, where
Rev. G. F. McIntire is pastor, class and
conference meeting is held on Thursday
evening of each week. A good interest
is taken in these meetings and they are
well attended. Preparations for har-
vest concert are being made. The La
dies Mite Society has been revived.
MASSACHUSETTS, Rev. George L.
Perrin is preaching on Sunday evenings a
series of discourses on the PARALLELS OF
Jesus. Among the topics are The Sower;
The Blade, the Ear and the Full Corn;
The Talents; The Lost Son; The Lowest
Seats at Feasts; The Great Supper; The
Good Samaritan; Dives and Lazarus;
The Wise and Foolish Builders.-The re-
ception to Rev. DIR. Bolles by the Salem
parish on the occasion of his return from
Europe was signal success. There was
a collation. and speeches. = The Sunday
school of DR.. Biddle's church has arrapg-
ed with DIR. Addison Crabtree to give two
lectures under the title, "Over the Walks
OF Jesus" taking in order the events of
the life of Christ from the msnger to the
sepulchre. The lectures will be illustrat-
ed by over one hundred and fifty new
large stereopticon pictures. The annual
harvest concert took place Sunday even
ing, the Sd.
CONNECTICUT.-S Stamford After a
somewhat protracted illness which unfit
ted him for duty for some months, Rev.
E. M. Grant seems to be quite himself
again and has taken hold OF his work this
fall with his old time energy.
PENNSYLVANIA. = Mansfield. = A
correspondent writes: "Rev. E. Case of
Little Falls, N. Y, preached here on the
morning of Oct. 3, a powerful and uplift-
ing sermon. In the evening most de-
lightful conference meeting was enjoyed
under his leadership. The Ladies' Aid
Society have of late added some $55 to
the church treasury, by way OF entertain
ments and giving meals during the late
fair held in the place. Rev. Emma E.
Bailey, the pastor here, since the organic
alton Of the church in 1881, has entertain
ed sincere thoughts of leaving her charge
this fall, but has not as yet been able to
sever the bond of union with her
people.
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uN1vERsAL1sM IN ATHENS COUNTY, O.

By the kindness of Sister Sybil Patten,
1 have been put in possession OF the rec
ords pertaining to the organization OF the
first Universalist church in our county.
These records are worn with age and
handling; but, like battle flags that are
torn and riddled with bullets, this makes
them all the more sacred.
The following is the first entry we find:
estate Of Ohio, Athens county, Troy
township, Feb. 2, A. d. 1923. Be 1t re-
membered that, on the afore said day, the
Universal society met and formed them
selves into regular church, for the pur-
pose Of having regular church order &C.
cording to the New Testament, and the
universal church of Christ, and we whose
name we have underworld, do agree to
live accordingly" Here follows the
names of fifteen signers. I cannot find
any data as to the pastor that organ
lied the church, but learn from some of
our pioneer Universalists that it was Rev.
Mr.. Stearns.
There is gap in dates from 1923 to
1841, where 1 find the next entry, which
reads: "Troy, Athens county, o. On this
day, at meeting held in the schoo,-house
in district No. 2, of Troy, for religious
worship, Rev. Fl. P. Sage delivered a
lengthy discourse, after which, acting as
pastor of the I'd Universalist church Of
Troy, organized the same"
Here, again, follow the names of four
teen persons, as church members, all Of
whom are now dead.
In 1843, the First and Second churches
were consolidated, and have had at in
tervals the following ministers: Revs.
Stearns, Sweet, Hull, Jolley, Edwards,
Weaver, Flanders, Peters, Sage, Jr, Whit
ney, McMaster and DR.. Cantwell. Days
have come and gone, yet the influence of
these pioneer preachers is NANTES ting
itself in 1886.
We have at present two church edifices
in our county. We are not in debt and
have preaching once month. Prospects
are good for the future. @. DoAN.
Frost, O.
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Prof. r. B. Marsh, the Universalist
pastor at Kent, is reported to have recited
the war poem entitled, "Scott and the Vet
eran," on the occasion of reunion Of the
Ninth Ohio Battery, (which was well
rendered and happily received"
The injunction sought by the saloon
lists of Alliance to restrain that city from
the enforcement of the prohibition ordi-
nance passed by the city council, under
the Dow law, was refused by the United
States court; but this ordinance being
defective, another (the third one enacted)
has been passed, and it now remains to
be seen whether this one will prove strong
enough to withstand the Vaccinations of
the liquor dealers. There seems no end
to the avenues of escape or evasion by this
class OF criminals and crime producers.
The city of Akron has donned her
gayest attire in honor of the nearly 1900
Knights Templar assembled here mat
tendance upon their annual conclave.
Decorations are up all along the line of
march and crowds throng the sidewalks,
dwellings and places of business to witness
the procession. All the available lodg-
ing places have been secured and the most
elaborate preparations have been made to
accommodate the delegates. The weather
to-day has been unfavorable, rain, mud,
and wind interfering very much with the
pleasures of the occasion, but the indica-
tons are more favorable for tomorrow,
which is to close the proceedings.
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THE UNrvERsALIsT: SATURDAY, OCTOBER %, 1885,

petual fount of blessing to the waste places.
Your committee would therefore recommend
that an opportunity be offered for the inau-
guration of such fund at this meeting.
Your Committee herewith submit a de-
tailed statement of all the monies subscribed
and paid in on missionary account during
the year now closing.
1t will appear that about half of the money
pledged has been paid. More could have
been raised had the Committee called for it,
but it was deemed inadvisable to tax our
parishes for money for which we have no use.
The response has been as generous as we
could have asked.
Respectfully submitted.
CHARLES FLUHRER, Secretary.
Bay City, Oct. 6, 1886.
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208 pages. 80 cents.
This volume is made from new set of
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for the opposer." The proof-texts on
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ined and shown conclusively not to teach
this dogma. The discourses of which it
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devoted to the discussion of the most
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endless punishment. In the opening
discourses tho doctrine is shown to be
unreasonable, opposed to God, unscrip-
tural; and He'll, the Second Death, Bias
phemy against the Holy Ghost, Rich
Man and Lazarus, and Everlasting DAM
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TALKS ABOUT THE BIBLE TO THE
Young Folks. By Rev. J. G. Adams,
ID. ID. 16mo. 1919 pages. so cents.

The book is designed to acquaint our
youth with the plain and unmistakable
truths of the Gospel as held and taught
by the Universalist church; to answer
learly and candidly the questions which
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The book contains eleven "Talks" or
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LETTER FROM FLORIDA.

SORRENTO, FLA, OoT. 8, 1886.
After SO long and attentively reading
your full and encouraging reports of the
sayings and doings of so many Of our
faithful workers for the present and
glorious future of our faith, my desires
and opportunities part company SO wide
that one might as soon expect the poles to
meet as they.
In Material Conditions
of prosperity Florida is abundantly bless
ed; but in the spiritual, the Everglades
and malaria of orthodoxy-not the new
but the old-abounds and superabounds.
Ont of all the backward conditions OF
material prosperity, so long known and
felt, Florida is rapidly advancing to rec
ognition by the general public as among
the foremost and best of her sister States
In the Religious Sense
have hope that, though now, perhaps,
the least progressive, she may yet
be among the foremost. Such are in
deed the signs of the times. Northern
elements and influences of progress are
coming in upon us like flood, and a
new order of things is not only anticipat-
ed but will surely come in the future.
Our Climate
is and will be to many thousands incom.
parably more than "pork and beans /"
and "dollars and dimes y; and for the
production of edibles and Injuries for the
needs and pleasures of appetite, our
Florida sand and hammock lands show
the most encouraging results of cultiva-
ton to profit. On such a material basis
our population must continue to increase;
and so we have faith that our denomina-
tional work has future right here in
this central, most beautiful and best part
of Florida.
Denominationally.
have faith in our denominational
councils as possessing the wisdom and
foresight to give us favorable considera-
ton. 1 believe that such men as Br.
Thrcop on the Pacific coast will, in the
hOuA lubulC3 10 WIN ues anu OH bulo
peninsula of Florida, between the Gulf
and the Atlantic coasts, help nightly to
do missionary work long to be remem-
bered. believe, too, that the spirit of
God is moving in this direction through
just such instrumentalities to blessed
ends Already he has put it in the heart
of Rev. L. p. Abel to turn his steps this
way again, and in him we shall have
large installment of heart and brain, than
which few, if any, can be more product
i've of good. We will welcome him with
open arms and warm hearts; and if he
doesn't mind he will be put into the har-
ness and made to subserye the purposes
of his ordination VOWS in a fashion rival
ing the efficient work of his palmiest days.
Some Initial Work
has been done here and hereabouts, L
humbly trust, to some purpose Of advan-
tage to our cause, and what little help
and influence may yet be able to give to
it in the future will be cheerfully render
ed as per debt Of gratitude owe for my
deliverance from worse than heather
bondage Of fears and superstitions that
once rendered my young life cherries as
starless night. 1 do not forget the hap
Ply period of my first love-" From it
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HORSFORD'S ACID PHOSPHATE
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NORTHERN OHIO.

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Other Points Akron Items - Temperance
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ENDLESS MISERY EXAMINED
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EXCHANGES OF THE
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-01-21
Excited Ohio Senators.

COLUMBUS. o., Jan. 20.-Proceedings
which occasioned considerable excitement
took place in the Ohio senate this after
noon. 4 resolution was presented TO re-
heve the committee on privileges and
elections from further consideration Of the
Hamilton county senatorial contest and ap-
peal cases, and directing them 10 return TO
the senate all papers and proceedings
had by the committee, that contests might
be made special order for hearing I'm the
open senate, beginning Jan. 90. The clerk
after reading, referred the resolution 10 the
committee on privileges and elections,
while the president. in a demOnstrative
manner, entertained motion to lay the
matter over. The journal is in accordance
with the ruling of the chair and the resolu-
tion will come up again tomorrow. There
is considerable partisan feeling over the
proceeding on both sides. Democrats pro
less TO believe that if the investigation is
conducted in open senate, under subsequent
rulings of the chair. the Republican contest
ants will be seated, while Republicans
claim TO be acting under a demand Tor a
more speedy and thorough investigation
than would likely be secured at the hands
OF a committee.
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SILVER THE HOUSE.
Mr. Symes of Colorado StrenuOuSIY
Objects 10 SuspenSiOn.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20.-The house dis
cussed at considerable length the bill to
raise widows pensions from Ss TO S12 a
month. The first bill on the calendar was
the senate bill for the purchase of the old
produce exchange in New York city. and
Mr.. Symes, getting the floor, proceeded to
deliver speech in opposition to the sus-
pension of silver coinage. He said:
The statements of the president and secre-
tary of the treasury that the silver dollar can
not be made 10 circulate are ridiculous. The
coinage ana legal tender laws have been will
fully violated by the executive officers of the
government. If the secretary of the treasury
must pay all the interest on bonds i'm gold.
what excuse is there for his not paying out
the silver dollar for portion of the ordinary
expenses of the governments The interest
on the public debt is about $1,000. 600 month,
leaving 81, 1000 to be paid for ordinary ex-
penses. The secretary of the treasury has
stated that he is making every effort 10 put
the silver dollar in circulation. Why then, is
not such an amount paid out would reduce
the accumulation in the vaults? Would the
poor pensioners, or the sailors and soldiers,
or the government clerks object to being paid
in silver dollars or silver certificates? not at
all. Then it is a false pretense for the secre-
tary TO say that he is making an unsuccess-
full attempt to put silver in circulation. Tae
false outcry that the people would not receive
the silver dollar Is made Tor the purpose of
DECEIvlNG THE PEOPLE.
tits made in pursuance of great conspir-
acy for bondholders. capitalists and monopo-
lies of the money centres to demoralize one
half of the metal money of the world, and IL
is a matter of serious public concern that the
highest officers of the government are aiding
this conspiracy by violating the plain letter
and spirit of the law. In August last the
treasurer and his assistants, the monometal-
lists, tried to get up scare BY saying that the
gold reserve in the treasury was fast disaD-
pearing, while the fact was that it was in
creasing. Am / not justified in saying, TO
create an alarm on account of the so-called
gold reserve falling below the requirements
Of the government, is a farce and without
foundation, in fact? If the financial policy
of the people is TO be controlled by the secre-
tary of the treasury, and not by acts of con-
gresS, il should be so understood, and the
mode of sc Getting that dntinguished officer
should be changed. My criticism against the
present administration applies as well TO the
past Republican administration. The demor-
aliZation of silver will create a fiat money
party in this country, compared with which
the Greenback party from the close of the
war to 1879 was small and insignificant.
The house was then brought back to the
subject under immediate consideration, be-
ing the produce exchange bill. 1t was
passed, and the house adjourned.