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The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-10-30

Lay license for three years has been
granted to Mrs. Mary @. Billings, of
Hico, Texas, and renewed for the same
term to DR.. VIM. Hale, of Free Hill,
Tenn, and to Mr.. W. S. Nolen, of Leb-
anon, Tenn. License for one year has
been granted to Mr.. John nj. Wright,
of Farmersville, Texas, and renewed to
Mr.. James Rawlings, of Leadville, Col.
Direct Fellowship has been granted
to Rev. r. S. Kellerman, of Geneva
Neb., upon Letters of Transfer from
the Maine Convention. A Letter of
Transfer to the Wisconsin Convention
has been granted to Rev. Mary J. De-
Long, now of Neenah, Wis. Rev. j. K.
Street, of Waco, Texas, an ordained
clergyman of the Methodist Episcopal
Church South, has received the proba
tionary license permitted by our laws.
Rev. Asbury P. Hendon, of Santa Cruz,
Cal, has also received License as an
ordained clergyman, having been form
erly connected with the Methodist Epis-
copal Church.
Rev. H. L. Hayward, of Longmont,
Col, has surrendered his fellowship, and
received Letter of Dismission. Rev.
Garrett D. Bailey, of Sunrise, Tenn,
has also surrendered his fellowship, and
received similar letter.
The fellowship of the, Convsntion has
been granted to the NChurch of the
Good Shepherd, Tarpon Springs, Fla.
to the First UpiversaIist Parish of Pasa-
dena, CAL; and to the First Universal
list Church of Santa Ana, Cal.
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The Secretary was instructed to in
clude in his statistical call the number
of members of Sunday-schools who had
become church members during the
year. The number reported to him for
1885 is 1,134, which is believed to fall
considerably short OF the fact, in conse-
quence of imperfect records. In the
Laws of our Church it is made the duty
of all concerned in the control Of its
Sunday-schools "to seek to make them
efficient as Schools of Christian Doc
trine, in order that the children baptiz-
ed into the faith of the Universalist
Church may be educated in the princi
pies and doctrines thereof, and Thus be
trained and prepared for continuation
and church-membership." Aud at is
recommended that on Easter Sunday q
service of recognition be held, at which
time persons baptized in childhood, and
Others may be welcomed by suitable
rites to membership OF the Church :"
The Trustees commend the method
of those faithful pastors who make prep
aration for the service of Recognition
by forming confirmation classes, in
which candidates for church fellowship
may be especially trained, their laudablf
purposes quickened, and the nature OF
such fellowship more clearly realized. Il
is believed that the road from the Sun
day-school to the Church would thus bt
made more direct, and the purpose O
all our Church work become more trul,
successful
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Instructed by the Board. the Secre-
tary, in May and June last, visited the
churches in California and the Conven-
ton in Oregon. His report concerning
the former is especially favorable. At
Riverside, about sixty miles east of Los
Angeles, is our pioneer movement, still
under the faithful pastoral care of Rev.
Geo. H. Deere. The society has reason
able growth and development, and an
exchange of lot. with expectation of
larger chapel, is under advisement.
Pomona, about thirty miles toward Los
Angeles, is another growing municipal
ity. Here we have a struggling parish,
with chapel free from debt; but the
families are not sufficiently numerous
for the full maintenance of pastoral
labor. Rev. G. E. Churchill has been
serving the parish since last winter, but
with much self sacrifice. At Santa Ana,
new city, thirty-four miles southeast
of Los Angeles, parish has been fully
organized, consisting of families from
the three towns, soon to be united bv
horse railroad, of Orange, Tustin, and
Santa Ana; and at Pasadena, beauti-
full city but eight miles to the north of
Los Angeles, similar organization has
formed. At Santa Ana, Rev. S. L..
Roripaugh, late of Nebraska, has been
| chosen pastor, and at Pasadena, Rev. E.
L. Briggs, late of Iowa, was to enter
| during this month upon the pastorate.
| In both Santa Ana and Pasadena lots
favorably situated have been secured
for the option of the parishes when
ready for the investment. These move
ments are homogeneous. and promise
permanence. 1t is proper here to name
Hon. Amos G. Throop, of Chicago and
Los Angeles, as the person to whose
zeal and discreet generosity the Church
is indebted for these healthy additions
to our family of parishes. The move
ments were originated by him and al
his expense. He is the self-appointed
lay missionary who prospected the fields
and made it possible to work them. He
was ably seconded by Rev. Florence E
Kollock, of Englewood. ILL.,, during hel
temporary sojourn in California.
At Oakland, a fourishing suburb Of
San Francisco, we have had for severa
years a band Of faithful Universalist
families, under the pastoral care of Rev
S. Goodenough. This parish is steadily
7 growing, is well organized, and has
secured lot upon which in due time
chapel will be built.
In making his journey to the Pacific
Coast and return, the Secretary trav
ersed 8,587 miles, at cost to the Con
vention of $21S92. He also visited the
Conventions in Vermont, Indiana, Kan
sas, Missouri and Iowa: 1901 miles
$4,000. In most of these Convention,
healthy conditions were developed
The sessions were harmonious, and the
reports of Executive Committees indi
Gated a good degree of activity during
the year.
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The Trustees have duly considered
the papers referred to them, relative to
mission work among the colored people
of the Southern States They conclud-
ed that such work ON our part is mex
pedient, until educated colored preach
ers are found who may occupy the field
as missionaries; and they pledged cheer
full assistance to worthy colored youth,
who may be disposed to qualify them
selves for such work, in obtaining the
needful education and training.
We may add the suggestion, that if
any of our more favored constituents,
in the love of the Faith and of mankind,
should be moved to create "A suitable
Fund for the purpose indicated, it
would enable the Convention more
readily to accomplish that philanthropic
end.
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The parish property at Fort Atkinson
Wis, and that at Tarpon Springs, Fla.
have been decided to the Convention,
and re conveyed, with conditions pre-
ventive of future alienation. That at
Racine, Wis, and also that at Harmon
ton, N. j., have also been conveyed to
us, and reconveyance as above has been
duly authorized. In the language of
our report of last year: eve again com
mend this process to the consideration
of all parishes whose property is unin-
numbered, that it may be steadfastly
held to the purposes for which it was
created, and not be diverted to uses not
contemplated by the donors" We re-
publish (Appendix W from last years
Report the article upon the Transfer of
Church Property showing the method
and the effect of such transfers.
An ample church lot, most eligibly
situated in the city of Albany, Oregon,
has been secured and presented to the
Convention in trust for the erection of
a Universalist Church. The principal
donor is Ashby Pearce, Esq, a highly
honored citizen of Albany and its neigh
borhood.
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Total. ..................
The funds held by the Conventions
are thus reported:
s3@,63 s8s6,7l5

The Universalist Publishing House
has an endowment amounting to $685.
903.
There are other endowed associations
amongst us, either of denominational
or more general character, which ought
to be noted in connection with our Con-
ventional bodies. Among these are the
Massachusetts Sunday Union,
with an endowment of $4,000.
The Chaplin Home for the Aged and
Infrm. in the city OF New York, wholly
unsectarian in its administration,
was founded under the auspices of the
Church of the Divine Paternity, of
which the late Rev. DR.. Chaplin was
long the pastor. Its endowment now
amounts to $145,000. The expenditure
for the year 1856 was 81, 400.
The Washburn Home. of Minneapolis,
Mimi, was founded under the last will
and testament of the Hon. G.. G. Wash
burn. This is also to be wholly unde-
nominational in administration but its
Trustees, chosen by its founder,ar mainly
chosen from the Church of the Redeem
er, enjoying the pastoral care of Rev
DR.. futile. It's endowment is s.
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The resolutions from the New York
Convention, relating to removing mem
bers Of parishes, which were referred to
to us, were duly considered The fol-
lowing is recommended for adoption:
"In case of the removal Of a member
or members from one parish to another,
it shall be the duty of the pastor or par
ish clerk, to give notice of such removal
to the pastor or clerk Of the parish into
which such removal is made"
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In the acknowledgement of parish
contributions made in Appendix I.those
which have responded to the full
amount of our call are marked with an *;
while a few who have gone beyond their
allotment are signifed with a t. The
Church Of the Messiah, Philadelphia.
appears to lead, as has before frequent
ly occurred, in the amount of its gifts
to the General Convention, and has
demonstrated the faith of the people in
the policy Of weekly collections. It's
apportionment was $3.50. Of it's large
Easter contribution for missionary pur-
poses, $175 was assigned to the General
Convention. Its weekly collections
have amounted to $54709. One-lalf
of this sum, $27354, was put into the
parish treasury; $13677 each paid to
the State and General Convention,
making its gifts to this Convention, dis
regarding the limit of the call, $311 II,
or very nearly an excess of twenty-five
per cent. This is exclusive of about
$3.50 which came from Missionary Boxes
in the Church of the Messiah through
the Treasurer of the State Convention.
It's total contribution is therefore about
$500
We are confident that, with few ex-
captions, the parishes are able to come
to the line of the apportionment They
may not all be brought at once to a
sense of their ability, and of the duty
and utility of furthering the work of
the Church through its general agency
but they may, year by year, be educated
to greater generosity in this behalf,
and realize more and more their resnon-
sibilty. We think it well to continue
the policy, now that it has been begun,
of calling for $4,000, apportioned
among the parishes, "in the ratio Of
their presumed ability"
Early i'll the year, communication
was received from Rev. A. Tibbetts, of
Urbana, ILL.,, proposing to convey to the
Convention, in fee simple, 200 acres of
farm land in Champaign Co., ILL.,, mod
erately valued at $50 per acre, subject
to lien of 81, 100. He indicated his
purpose to convey other property, the
whole to constitute the ada Tibbetts
Memorial Fund" to be under the con-
troll and management of the Board of
Trustees, upon the conditions of the
trust. The Board have accepted the
conveyance and the custody of the
fund. Mr.. Tibbetts is to have the use,
occupancy, and income of the property
during his natural life, or when sold the
avails are to be invested, at the discre.
ton of the said Tibbetts and Trustees
jointly, and the net income paid annu-
ally to him during his natural life; and
perpetually thereafter, one-tenth of the
net income of said property or invest
ment is to be added annually to the
principal of the Fund, and the remain
ing nine-tenths of said income to be ap,
piled, at the discretion of the Trustees,
to the purpose of the Convention. Mr..
Tibbetts thus becomes the administra-
tor of his own estate, and secures his
purpose of perpetually contributing to
the work of the Church he loves The
example is to be commended.
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The foregoing statement does not in
clude the income, exceeding $4,000, of
funds held by the Conventions and APP
piled to missionary and benevolent pur
poses.
We have received statements showing
gifts to our Colleges and other Educa-
tional Institutions as follows:
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The Committees for the year have been
as follows: On Scholarships, Messrs.
Rugg, Demarest, Ryder; OF Fellowship,
Messrs. Capen, Perham, Chaplin; On
Investments. Messrs. Joy, Thomas,
Holden; OF Finance, Messrs. Thomas,
Hoysrat, Mulliken; On Missions, Messrs.
Chaplin, Capen, Ryder; On Young Peo-
pies Missionary Associations, Messrs
Rugg, Demarest, Mulliken; On Relief.
Messrs. Holden, Chaplin. Roysradt; On
Relations with other Organizations
Messrs. Demarest, Holden, Perham
Mr.. Joy was again unanimously chosen
the Chairman of the Board.
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To the UniUersaliSt General ConUen-
ton IN Session at Akron, o., Octo-
Der 20, 1886:
Four meetings of the Board have been
held: One in the city of Brooklyn, at
the close of the Convention in October,
1885, and one in the city of New York
in each of the months Of January, May,
and October, 1886.
The Secretary of the Convention con-
tinued to act as Treasurer pro tempore
until October 80 1885, when Stevenson
Taylor, Treasurer-elect, entered upon
the duties of the Office.
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$122 ,576 So 1856 So

The Trustees Notes, representing the re-
naming Indebtedness of the Convention to the
Murray Fund, have been liquidated from the
income of the Fund.-The first note of the
Church of Christ" Lawrence, Kan, has been
paid-The bequest of Mrs Betsey S. Smith, of
New Ipswich, N. H., to the Murray Fund has
been received-The Fund stood, Oct. 1, 1885.
Observation-Disclosures. $l22, $40 So
Add beQuest of Mrs smith - 1000 90
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The 0emera1 Gnnuention.
AKRON, o., $50.
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.


in
which, ep in detail this
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-10-30

1t may be interesting to note the
gradually increasing expenditure of the
Board for a number of years upon the
educational and missionary work en-
4,,eto1 l., -.
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The last item is largely underststed,
covering only those collections which
pass through the hands of the Parish
Treasurers.
The gifts during the year for Mission
airy and other benevolent purposes ad
ministered by our Conventions, are thus
reported to us:
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Mrs. Zelia e Harris was appointed
a member for five years Of the S. S Lii
brary Book Commission, which thus
consists of Mr.. Charles Caverly, of
Mass, Miss Mary Snow, of Mass, Miss
Mary A. Ellis, Of Mass, Rev. G. W.
Tomlinson, d. D., of r. l., Mrs. leila
E. Harris, of Mass. The Annual Report
of the Commission is appended Zap
pendix VII The valuable service of
the Commission deserves the grateful
recognition of our Church.
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Young Peoples Missionary Associa-
tions have been formed as follows:
No. "a, Grace Church, Franklin, Mass.
25, Universalist Church, Sherman,
Ny.
26, Universalist Church, Troy, NY.
81, Shawmut Universalist Church,
Boston, Mass.
" %, Universalist Church, Avon, I'll.
The Associations have been found
variously useful by pastors, while serv-
ing the purpose originally in view, of
educating youth in the knowledge of
Church work, and combining them So
cially in the name of the Church. At
tention is called to the large sums Sc
cured for our general work from the ST.
PauPs Association, Chicago, $1t2 so !;
from that of the Church of the Mediator,
Providence, $40; and from that of Grace
Church, Franklin, Mass, $50.
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RICH EX tension FUND.
GUM MINISTERIAL RELIEF FUND.
SlO.1s7 N SO. 452 4O

Increased by Communion Offering at Gen.
eral Convention, Brooklyn, N, Y, $l0l; Com
munion Offering at New Jersey Convention,
OSS5, $40; Hospital Sunday Contribution,
Church of the Messiah, Philadelphia, $25; Con-
trbutions of Cergymen, $iS; Communion Of
fering, Pennsylvania Convention. 1856 o. Com
munion Offering, Indiana Convention, $14.20;
Communion Offering, Vermont Convention,
$50 20; Communion Offering, Kansas Conven-
ton, $40.
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sl7 .79l II s32 O4O 20
$l5,ls6 3s sl6,542 90
APPROPRIATIONS.

The Board recommends the following APP
preparations, with authority 10 the Trustees
to apply at their discretion any surplus of re-
ceipts from whatever source:
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The action of the Convention at the
Brooklyn session, whereby the Trustees
were instructed to ask from the parishes
a contribution amounting to $4,000,
and to apportion this sum among the
several States Gin the ratio of their pre-
sumed ability" received prompt atten
ton; aud in pursuanc e of such instruc-
tions, the following apportionment was
made: Maine, $1,275; New Hampshire,
$3.50; Vermont, 500; Ontario, $50;
Massachusetts,, $3.50; Rhode Island,
5000, Connecticut, 5000; New York,
$4,000; New Jersey, $50; Pennsylva-
mia, 500; Maryland, $50; District of
Columbia, $50; Ohio, $50; Michigan,
$500; Indiana, 1915; Illinois, Sl,lOO;
Wisconsin, $50; Minnesota, $500;
toyer-estimated last year.
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The following clergymen have died:
d. r. Biddlecome, Vincent Corley, Mel
son Doolittle, Sumner Ellis, D. D.,
Jeremiah Clifford, Warren j. Hicks,
George w. Lawrence. w. s. Peterson,
Thomas B. Thayer, d. D., Thomas
Wheeler: 10-The same number as last
year. All of them have achieved hon
orable records.
Eight clergymen have been dismissed,
three to other churches, five to secular
life. Seven elergymen have been re-
ceived from other churches, and nine
teen licentiates ordained.
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THE ADA TIBBETTs MEaoRIAL FUND.
Real Estate, Champaign Co.. ILL.,,
valued ATM. ............. 81. 900 O.
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For eight years. .Sll1. 79I
tAverage). sl3,975

The years 1882 and 1888 were marked
by the special work at Washington,
which increased the amount of expendi-
lures for Missions:
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Sl23,576 50
THEOLOGICAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND.

$22 $40 "a $25 O0l "a
The Fund has been increased by repayment
of Loans amounting to s., 452
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The Convention, at its last session,
referred to the Trustees to determine a
fixed day for the gathering of the An
nual Contribution. II is probably i'm
possible to secure the uniform action of
our parishes in the particular in view
upon any one day. The Board recon-
mends to each parish to fix for itself
day upon which the annual collection
for the General Convention shall be
taken up in each year, and further to
choose one Of the three festival days of
the Church: All Souls Sunday, Christ
mas Sunday, or Easter Sunday.
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The following Resolution was adopted
at the Brooklyn session: Resolved,
that the Board of Trustees be requested
to take into consideration the practical
bility of providing that the General
Convention shall hold its annual sessions
in some one central location, and report
ut the session of 1886" The Trustees
have considered the subject in its vari-
Gus bearings, and deem it at present
impracticable to change the policy of
the Convention. If it shall be Thought
wise to change the fundamental law so
that the sessions of the Convention
shall be not oftener than biennial, the
policy of fixed place of meeting might
be found expedient.
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10. Interest, Murray centen-

| Is Loans on General Account in
anticipation of revenue -. $500 90 |
II, Loans on Washington Church ac-
count upon parish note. -. $500 90 |
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We tabulate (Appeniix III the sta
tistics received by the Secretary from
State Secretaries The following COM
parison indicates increase:
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In order to induce the Universalist
Publishing House to make the price of
the Parish and Church Register not
greater than two dollars per copy, the
Board agreed to make good any loss
accruing. The sum of $50 has accord
ingly been paid
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DISBURsE MENTs

l. Scholarships:
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-03-09
Wanted Immediately.

To the Editor of the indianapolis Journal:
In the goodness Of your heart will you allow
an afflicted man to make an appeal to the truly
benevolent men and women of the city9 A
member of my family is suffering from a disease
that, for a thousand years, has been pronounced
incurable To ali human appearances she is
growing worse daily. The best physicians have
been consulted and all agree that the result is
only question of time-it may be twenty-four
hours or twenty-four months. In our attic
ton we have very kind attentions from some of
our neighbors and friends, SO that whatever
human sympathy can do towards alternating pain
is fully and cheerfully done. We have also the
advice OF the most experienced and cultured
physicians. but we are greatly in need of the at
tentlons OF numerous class of benevolent men
and women--women chiefly. There are at least
thousand of them in this city, and yet not
more than three or four-sometimes not more
than two, call every day to tell lust what will
certainly cure the sufTerer-they have never
known it to fail, but have known it to cure
much worse cases than ours. Now inasmuch
as no two of these recommend the same thing
and each insists that her prescription should be
tried Immediately or somebody will be RESPONSE
BILE for sudden death. it is embarrassing to have
so few call. The object OF this appeal is to in
vite all to call at once, if personal call is alb
solutely impossible, to send in writing the
formula. 1t is such comfort to the patient 10
hear of these marvellous cures, and so easy to try
them all that hope no one who loves us will
fail to call write. We will set up of nights to
accommodate those who can not call by day.
By all means let them tell of some doctor sho
took worse case and cured 1t in trce. We
are able to employ all the doctors in the city,
for all that man hath will he give for his life
or the life of his wife or child. We justxeceived
letter from Pittsburg assuring us that some
body, the writer could not just say who, but she