The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-05-26
The East.

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the dedication of the new church, and the
Sunday school has also increased very
rapidly.-Rev. e. e. johnson, of the
Canton Theological School, has been en-
gagged at Bridgton for the summer
Rev. @. FL. Shinn enters upon his fourth
year at Deering and Saccsrappa under
pleasant auspices. The Deering parish
recently voted to invite him to be pastor
without regard to time, it having been
their custom to vote on the pastor annu-
ally.-The following Universalist minis.
ters are engaged in Maine to give ad-
dresses on Memorial Day, May 30: M.
Crosley at Wells and Gorham; @. Il.
ShinD, at Skowhegan and Auburn; 81.
K. White, at Hallowell; @. A. Hayden, at
Springvale; J. a. Little, at Richmond.
Mr.. Stanford Mitchell is the orator at
Kennebunk.
NEW HAMPSHIRE s. C. Pratt
gave an address May a. at Hartland, in
the interest OF the missionary box work.
The Nashua people have held a very
profitable "Kirmess. Rev. M. l.. Gut
Ter, of East Jaffrey, was recently pleas
antly surprised by a visit from his people
in overlooking numbers and presented
with generous sum of money.
MON THE Bellows Falls
church has fine band of young people
who are much interested is the work of
the parish and give frequent interesting
entertainments.
MASSACHUSETTS,. = Rev. DIR. Rex
ford will be installed as pastor of the
Roxbury parish, Friday evening, June l.
Irving @. Tomlinson, of Tufts Divinity
School, has declined to settle IN Saugus
1854 has been raised in Peabody to ex-
tinguish an old debt and rApaint the
church.-The North Cambridge Sunday
school celebrated it's eighteenth birth
day Sunday evening May 13.-The La
dies Society, of the Springfield church,
had very successful gathering and en-
tertsinment in the vestry May 2. The
proceeds amounted to $118.-The fifty
ninth anniversary of the Charleston Sun
day-school was observed Sunday after
noon May Is. There is q branch school
connected with this parish and the two
schools have raised during the year,
over 81 ,300.-Rev. A. E. White, of Cam
bridgeport, recently lectured before the
Lawrence Association on "Wit and HUI
mor"-The Maiden Sunday school cele-
brated its fifty sixth anniversary Sunday
morning May 13. The total membership
of this school is 305 and the receipts for
the year amounted to S705.36- The an
nual meeting of the Sunday-school
Union will be held at Cambridgeport,
Wednesday, May %. The address will
be given by Rev. Ell. B. Smith, of Nashua
N. H.-Rev. DR.. Pullman, of Lynn, takes
his vacation in June and one Sunday in
July. "This," says the LEADER, "will en-
able him to occupy his own pulpit when
large number of visitors are in Lynn and
its immediate vicinity, who will, no
doubt avail themselves of the opportuni-
ty to hear this able and eloquent preach
err" The work of the Women's Mission
airy Society is being presented from Sun
day to Sunday in the various parishes of
the State, Mrs. Start, the President,
holding the services.-Rev. J. j. Lewis,
the manager of the vacation grove meet
ings at Queen City Park was presented
with gold watch at the recent reunion
last year, held in Boston. Mr.. Charles
Oaverly made the presentation.
RHODE ISLAND.-PrOvidence.-The
members of the Ballou church we're very
sgreesbly surprised Sunday, May 6,
upon assembling for their morning SER
vice to find awaiting them a beautiful
communion set, gift from the ladies of
the Humane Society of the First Univers-
alist church of Providence. and few
other friends.
CONNECTICUT.-State Items.-Four
members were received into our church
at Norwich, May 3, making seventeen
since the first of April.-Rev. L. B. Fish
or, of Bridgeport, observed the first
communion service since his settlement
by special service, in which prayer,
sermon and song were specially adapted
to the memorial service. The sacred
symbols we're passed through the entire
congregation. The people are going on
with the work of the church under the
new pastor with all their old. time vigor
and enthusiasm.
NEW YORK.-The New Church of the
Fourth society in Brooklyn is rapidly ap-
preaching completion. 1t is expected
that it will be ready for dedication in
June. The New York Sunday school
Institute will be held at Mt. Vernon,
June Ut is hoped at Albany that Rev.
Mr.. Rogers will remain with the parish
until the society becomes securely root
ed and grounded.-A mission has been
started in Utica on the east side of the
city.-The ladies of the Little Falls par
ish recently held an entertainment from
which they cleared $780, The pulpit at
Rome is supplied by the Canton students.
The society at Poolville has a debt
upon its church of $500 and weekly
debt liquidating offering has been de-