The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-12-11
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Memorial Services we're re
Gently held at Brunewick.--A Sunday
school entertainment at Calais yielde
we'll for the benefit of the school.-Th
fair at Freeport yielded $l20.--Rev. D. f
Alvord is engaged as pastor at Mort
Fryeburg.-A union Thanksgiving ser
vice was held at Orono. - At Portlan,
there was a union service on Thanks
giving of the Portland and Deering par
ishes. = An entertainment at Saco ant
Biddeford brought $50 into the treasury
VERMONT. = Springfield. = An en-
couraging degree of prosperity is ap
parent in our parish at this place. Rev
f. s. Rice is we'll begun ON the fifth yea
OF his passionate. The congregation il
large and the interest good. The Sun
day school has recently been reorganized
and starts out with renewed life ant
vigor. The vestry of the church is beins
overhauled at considerable expense, anG
when completed will be very attractive
MASSACHUSETTS,. = Parish Intelli
gence. The Methuen Church, with a his
tory of over fifty years, is taking on new
life under the leadership of its new pas
tor, Rev. A. F. Walch.-UnIon Thanks
giving services = Ortiz odox, Universalisi
and Unitarian-were held at Salem; +" g
good step toward the millennium" -
Union services were also held at Airing.
ton and Wakefield. - Our South Wey
mouth people have recently held very
successful autumn festival, investing q
deal of hard work, and, without gam.
bling, winning more than three hundred
dollars.-A local conference is to be held
at Foxboro this month.-North Attleboro
is preparing for the annual fair, always a
great occasion in this parish.-A Young
Peoples Missionary Association has been
formed at Chelsea.-A successful Sum-
day-school concert at Beverly. Revival
meetings are also to be held in this par
ish.-Preparations are made for a series
of meetings to be held in Randolph, COM
mencing ON Wednesday evening, Dec. 8,
continuing every evening during the
week, and concluding with service on
Sunday afternoon. Speakers: Rev. Drs.
Miner and Eddy, and Revs. A. p. Rein
and @. r. Tenney. 1t is hoped that con-
tinued services may be justified in this
place. -Dorchester held fair Dec. and
9.-Gospel meetings are to be held at
Cheshire, Dec. ITO.
CONNECTICUT Haven.-Rev.
8. Gilbert, of the Church of the Messiah,
is giving series of doctrinal lectures on
Sunday evenings, which are listened to
with much interest. The affairs of the
parish are running smoothly.
NEW YORK.-State News.-Br. 81. E.
Gilchrist, Of the Canton Theological
School, has been engaged to supply
Hammond. He also breaches at Black
Lake.-Regular evening services are now
held at Canton. The annual fair is in
preparation and the social element is be-
ing thoroughly worked up.-Gospel meet
ings, with Rev. Messrs. Nye, Sutton and
Dodge as preachers. and Mr.. Stanford
Mitchell as singer, were recently inaugu-
rated here, with encouraging interest.
The parish is steadily growing and re-
ports progress in its several departments
OF work.-Olcott is prosperng under the
labors of Rev. Mr.. Towsley, recently
ordained.-A Sunday school will soon be
organized at North Ridge. Rev. FL. b.
Howell is soon to take charge of the
Lockport parish. = Union Thanksgiving
services were held by our societies in
New York City, at Rev. Mr.. Eaton's
church; and also at Brooklyn. fair
OF the Chaplin Home cleared, In round
numbers, $4,000.
PENNSYLVANIA. = Philadelphia. =
The recent fair of the Church of the Mes
slab Melted upward Of $1,000. which goes
to the church building fund.
Titusville. the Universalist church.
last Thursday evening, says the Sunday
World, of Tltusville, Nov. %, was held a
very pleasant and appropriate Thanks.
giving service. The space around the
altar was filled with offerings of the
"fruits of the earth sacks of -four, bar
rels of apples, potatoes, turnips, beets,
celery, ETC., in large quantities. The SER
vices consisted of responsive readings
singing and an excellent sermon by the
pastor, Rev. A. U. Hutchins. The church
was filed by an interested audience. On
Friday the offerings were distributed by
a committee appointed for the purpose,
to large number of deserving families,
irrespective of church affiliations, where,
we trust, they found thankful hearts.