The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-03-17
NORTHERN OHIO.

Akron, o., March 2, 1885, ITO the Ed
itor of The UNIvERsALIsT. "A letter
from Rev. DIR. Tucker informs us that he
has been unanimously requested to re-
main another year with the Mt. Gilead
church. He also reports the holding of
a series of meetings at Westville, assisted
by DR.. Craue, and as result received
two new members, and the church gen.
orally revived and the community deep
ly interested in our cause and doctrines.
AT the December meeting of the
Medico Legal Society, of New York, a
paper by DR.. Tucker, ON "Fhe Medical
jurisprudence of Inebriety," was read.
Large Additions at Attica.
DR.. Crane, pastor at Norwalk, reports
a glorious meeting at Attica. The other
churches of the town had been holding
meetings for some time and there was
much religious interest awakened in the
place. On Tuesday, the 21st of last
month, he was called to officiate at the
funeral of Mr.. Grove, one of the pioneers
of the place, and one of the founders of
the. Universalist church. There was a
large attendance, and the sermon excited
q great deal of interest On Thursday
and Friday evenings of the same week,
Rev. Mrs. A. E. Danforth preached, and
on the last of these evenings had seven
accessions to the church. DR.. Crane re-
turned and preached on Saturday even
ing, Sunday morning ndsevening, and
had eleven more accessions, making
eighteen in all. The spirit was fine and
the people happy. The congregation
packed the house on Sunday.
As announced last week, Stanford
Mitchell, our gospel singer and evange-
list, will be in Norwalk on the Goth inst,
and DIR. Crane says 1--WE mean to have
big meeting" Akron is anxious to
have him through two Sundays, but
whether he will reach here the Oath or
the 26th we are not yet advised. II not
till the Goth he will be here but one Sun
day, April let.
Our Akron Congregations
are steadily increasing; and now that the
Union revival services are to close this
week our Akron pastor takes the oppor-
tunity to call attention to the kind of
doctrines the evangelist has preached
here by giving the following notice:
"Hear the other Side"
The pastor of the Akron Universalist
church will undertake to show, in series of
Sunday evening discourses, the utterly I'M
scriptural and irrational character of some
of the leading doctrines which have been
preached, night after night, in the union re-
vival meetings.
This announcement is made in no spirit of
sectarian bitterness or ambition, but in the
interests of real and reasonable religion,
based upon the works and word of God.
The public generally is invited to attend
these services; but special invitation is
given to the unconverted," who have not
found the light under the leading of the
Evangelist, to come and see if there is not
+" a more excellent way"
Topics of the Sermons.
The following topics will be discussed on
Sunday evenings. March IL. ga Badly
Abused Bible" March Is. "Genuine and
Spurious Salvation; and How Christ bestows
the Genuine" March 20. frightened
into the Kingdom; or, the Right Motive in
Religion" April 1. Is God Mocked? or,
Can the Punishment due to Sin be Averted2"
April 8. "The Great Day of Judgment; or,
Does Death finally shut the Door of Oppor-
tunity for Repentance"
These notices are printed on slips for
distribution by the church and Sunday
school; and in view of the interest on re-
ligions matters at this time, we miss our
guess if these diecourses do not call out
large congregations.
As to These Union Meetings
we are of opinion that nothing has been
gained by calling in an evangelist as the
chances are that each church working
separately would have secured results
quite as good and there would have been
on the whole, less of the effete dogmas
presented. Whether it is because our
local orthodox ministers are usually men
Of education and ability that accounts for
the fact that but few of them deal much
in these crude notions, intended to fright.
en- people into union with the church, we
do not know, but to this liberal view Of
the matter we are strongly inclined.
These reasons, however, may not hold
good in all cases And posing as 'liber-
all is one of the ways in which they try
to impose upon the crsdulity of some OF
our Universalist friends. One is report
ed to have said that he is as good Uni
versalist as Br. Nash, meaning our pas
! tor, but Br. Nash is decidedly of the