The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-02-04
NORTHERN OHIO.

Akron, o., Jan. rs, 1883. ITO the
Editor OF The UNIvERsALIsT. We learn
that revival services were begun in Belle
vile, O., on Sunday, Jan. %. Rev. @. P.
Nash is pastor, and was to be assisted
Monday and Tuesday of this week by Dr.
Crane, of Norwalk, and our Akron pastor.
Rev. @. E. Nash will also assist his father
during two or three evenings, probably
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Mr.
Nash returned last night from his trip to
Chicago, where he went to assist Rev. Mr..
Conklin in his revival services. He gives
a highly encouraging account of the
work being done in this Chicago parish.
We are anxious to have Mr.. Mitchell,
our evangelistic singer, come to Akron;
it is expected he will spend week with
this church soon. We notify our neigh
boring parishes to be on the lookout for
his coming, and ask them to come over
into Akron and help us and themselves
by hearing this sweet singer of our Zion.
Union Church Services.
Thirteen of our Akron churches, in
Guiding the Universalist, voted last week
to hold union revival services, beginning
the second Sunday evening in February
and continuing three weeks. It was
then supposed by many that these SER
vices would be conducted solely by the
resident pastors, as they were in the
series of meetings held last winter; but
during the absence of our pastor in
Chicago, it was decided to call in an
evangelist. But who the evangelist is
they purpose calling the public has not
yet been informed. It would not be
right to pre-judge any one; but our
knowledge OF "profeesionRP' revivalists
of the old school makes us little
"shaky" as to the outcome of the "union."
But we shall hope and pray for the best
possible results. We await with interest
the course to be pursued, and shall give
the evangelist" the benefit of the doubt.
In reference to these union meetings
the Akron daily Beacon recently said:
"The decision of the Protestant churches
of Akron to join forces again In series
of revival meetings is q fresh illustration.
of the unity in essentials, the liberty in
non essentials and the charity in all
things that are coming to be the key
note of latter day Christian effort" And
for ourself we must say that while as
Universalists we may feel that methods
may be used not in line with our own
ideas, yet we must remember that while
we are making concessions the other side
is also making concessions, and we ought
to be willing to meet them half way and
be governed By the principle of re-
eiprocity.
The Akron pastor has organized for
Thursday evenings a Church Glass, to
continue from Jan. % to March 25, 1888,
the following being the subjects of the
first lessons:
LESSON |. What 1 am by nature: ~ My
nature, /. e, my capacities will determine
(a) my duty, which must be all am able to
do, but no more; % my destiny, which
must be in harmony with my natural powers.
LEssoNII. The Holy Scriptures teach that:
(a) l am spirit: Gen. i. 26; Ecclesiastes
xii. Il John iv. 1924; Rom. viii. l, 16; Gal. v.
IL. (b) l am immortal ii. Tim. j. 10; Luke
Xxx. So; John viii. 81; Heb. ii. IA; Rev. Xxx. IA.
(c) am child of God Nal. ii. 10; Matt.
vi. 8; Ephesians i. 2; L. John iii. IL.
The Norwalk Church.
The Norwalk Chronicle of last week
says; "The meetings held in the Univer-
ealist church last week by DR.. Crane were
very profitable and we'll attended, and are
to be continued three evenings this
week"
Another New Building for Buehtel.
1t is now rumored that steps are being
taken to erect another new building for
Buchtel College for library and museum
purposes. We understand that prom
nent citizen, a member of the bar and of
the bench, has interested himself IN rails
ing sufficient money to insure the COM
pletion Of the undertaking. Should the
enterprise be carried out the proposed
building is likely to occupy the site on
the opposite side OF the street and front
ing the college.
State Sanitary Convention.
Akron is being highly favored by
convention held here in the Congrega-
ional church, under the auspices of the