The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-07-31

passed through Chicago on Monday on
his way to Kalamazoo, Mich. He will
preach at Dowagiac and Decatur, one
Sunday each place, during his vacation.
Rev. J. Coleman Adams will go East
on a vacation trip next week.
Springfield. - At the annual parish
meeting held recently, Rev. @. @. Conner
was requested by his people to remain as
pastor another year. There has been
solid progress made under Br. Corners
ministry, and we are pleased to learn that
the relation will continue. There are yet
many difficulties to be overcome, but the
future is promising "a great advance
over this time last year. Br. Conner
takes his vacation in August. The resus-
citation of the Springfield parish is one
of the bright spots in the UNCONVENTIONAL
work of the State Convention.
McHenry.--Rev. B. Drumming is, with
his wife, spending part of his vacation
on the shore of the beautiful Pistaqua
Bay, in the summer cottage of j. b.
Perry, Esq. On the second Sunday in
August he will be at Tomah, Wis.,, and
possibly spend the remainder OF the
month doing missionary work there and
other parts of western Wisconsin. He
returns to commence work at McHenry
on the first Sunday in September
Elgin.-Rev. A. N. Alcott, the pastor at
Elgin, will take vacation through the
month of August. He will resume SER
vices the first Sunday in September.
INDIANA.-Parish Notes.-The r.
N. john The society at Dayton was
organized forty-fve years ago by the late
Erasmus Manford OF the twenty three
original members, three yet survive. This
society has maintained Sunday-school
for thirty years. 1t has lately enjoyed a
blessed revival and received large access
sion to its membership. Rev. L. s.
Guthrie breaches here every month on
week day evenings.
Indianapolis This society has now a
pastor, Rev. A. Tibbetts, and enjoys reg
ular services every Sunday. The society
still meets in True Friend Hall over the
When store. Br. Charles Styer is the
superintendent OF the Sunday school.
LOganspOrt is gaining strength by
having regular services. Br. Grandy
breaches here one half time. The Sun
day-school is growing and will prove
an important factor in developing the
church. A church without a Sunday
school is like a man with his right arm
amputated.
Manchester seems to have taken new
lease of life, and has arranged to have
regular monthly meetings. The super
intendent looks after their interests and
supplies the pulpit. Within dozen
years, perhaps, at least thirty of the
members of this society have gone West.
Those remaining, however, are plucky
and will do the best they can toward dis
seminating the gospel of peace and recon
ciliation in and about the old brooding.
hive.
Mier-Our meetings at Mier through
out the winter were poorly attended, but
since the roads are good, we have large
congregations. Our church here is made
up almost wholly of farmers, and OF
course, Of the best. In connection with
Mier, we are having regular week even
ing appointments in Upland, Sycamore,
and occasionally in PIT. Isabel and War
rem. In all these places we find few
of the very best of souls, full of love and
zeal-earnestly praying for the success
of our Zion. If we only had these friends
where we could better organize them we
could build up a grand church. hope
many of them will come up to the Con-
vention.