The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-12-25
gI1e East.

MAINE. -Ex- Governor Perham and
family will spend the winter in Washing
ton. Rev. e. e. Peck has been re-
engaged for the fifth year by his society
at Bangor.-A fair at Brunswick was I'M
usually successful.-Re R. G. Hamilton
is recovering from an illness of several
weeks and will soon resume his pulpit
work at Oakland.--The congregations at
Orono and Oldtown are increasing under
the pastoral care of Rev. W. W. Hooper.
The Auburn parish has recently paid
debt of 81, 900. Good enough
NEW HAMPSHIRE.-W Winchester
Three years ago Rev. E. A. Read accept
ed a call to the parishes of Winchester
and Hinsdale, which are six miles apart.
He has averaged to drive over the road
five times a week; has preached and
lectured three times nearly every Sunday
and much of the time four times Sun.
day; has attended over thirty funerals
this year alone, delivering a sermon
nearly every time, and riding, many
times, forty or fifty miles; and besides,
has performed all the work of his double
undertaking with remarkable degree
of success.
VERMONT. = Bellows Falls. = The
ladies of the parish here have just held
their annual fair and festival, and the
amount of work put into the enterprise
showed an unusual degree of energy res
ident in the people. The result was a
net of 1870.
MASSACHUSETTS, Parish Intelli-
gence.-A fair in aid of the Plymouth
church Melted 1888. Rev. W. P. Burnell
is pastor, and there is renewal of life I'M
der his ministry.-Rev s. P. Smith is
preaching series Of morning doctrinal
sermons at East Boston and series on
"Some of our Public Servants" in the
evening.-A great fair at Cambridgeport;
two halls occupied Monday week
DR.. Sawyer gave the second part of his
paper on "The Miraculous in the New
Testament" The first part had reference
to the Gospels; the second to the Acts
of the Apostles, and the Epistles before
the Boston Ministers Meeting. The Uni.
versalist Club met at Berkely Hall week
ago. The essay of the evening was read by
Rev. FL. 1. Cushman, of Providence, sub
ject, The Impregnable Bible. Rev. s. R.
HI. Biggs is meeting with success at Shell
burne Falls. He began Sunday evening,
Dec. 8, series of lectures on practical
and current questions, which will extend
to March 6.-The fair of the Somerville
church kept up the historic prestige.
The net is about $1,400. = Everything
prospers at Fitchburg. More than four
fifths Of all the seats in the new church
have been rented. The congregations
are large and increasing, and at the Sun
day evening lectures the capacity of the
house is tested often to the utmost. The
annual sale of the Ladies' Circle Melted
$3.50.
CONNECTICUT.-Re John Lyon en-
ters upon his eleventh year as pastor of
our parish at Bridgeport The church
and Sunday school are in good condition
alive and earnest.-The people at Put
nam have a novel arrangement with the
parish at Webster, Mass. They have a
joint sociable at a place about half way
between the towns and equally accessible
to both. In this way neighborly feel
ing is cultivated in addition to the usual
objects on such occasions.
RHODE ISLAND. Providence. -
The trustees report Of the Ballou Uni
versalist Church, read at the annual
meeting, on the evening of the Sd inst,
shows that the parish has raised during
the fifteen months Of its existence 1882;
$47S of this sum was paid for hall rent,
$147.50 for preaching, $75 for cabinet
organ and most of the remainder for in
cidental expenses. A committee was ap-
pointed to commence the work of raising
a chapel fund.
PENNSYLVANIA.-Mr. Stanford
Mitchell, under the arrangements Of the
Pennsylvania Convention, began the Sc
ries of meetings to be held in Susque-
hanna county, in the Hopbottom church,
Monday evening, Dec. 6. Meetings were
also held Tuesday afternoon and even
ing. From there Mr.. Mitchell goes to
Susquehanna. The State missionary is
with him and is to be assisted by neigh
boring clergy.-One of the very harmless
devices, and at the same time effective, to
help the treasury, is "dime social" One
was held at Titusville. 1t was very large
ly attended. The musical portion of the
program was especially entertaining.
The receipts amounted to Sl4.