Morning journal and courier., 1889-10-25
UNIvERsALIsTS IN OONFERENuK,

One Hundred Thousand Dollars WANT
ed for the Divinity school at TUFTS
College.
LYNN, Mass, Oct. 24-The proceedings at
the Universalist meeting latter praise meet
ing of an hour led by Il. W. Triekey of New
Hampshire) began at o'clock with the gath
ering of the Woman's Centenary association;
Mrs. NJ. L. Thomas of New York, presided.
Prayer was offered by Mrs. E. N. Bruce of
Boston.
The report of the treasurer shows receipts
of Sc, 446, and the expenses $500. The per.
manent fund amounts to $10,11s.
The corresponding secretary, Mrs. e. L.
Sherwood of Washington, D. G., read her
report and plea for the advancement of
women and the encouragement of mission
work.
Rev. DR.. J. W. Hanson of Chicago, who
was accredited as a special delegate to rep
resent in the convention the mission station
in Glasgow, Scotland, read the report Of
Mrs. Caroline A. Soule, the missionary there,
full of vigor against the '.semi-psganism" Of
the orthodoxy prevalent in Scotland. She
wrote of tho hard times through which the
mission had passed, and of the better days
which have now come. DE-. Hansen added
on his own account q strong endorsement of
Mrs. Soule and the efficiency Of her work.
Mrs. Thomas then addressed the gathering,
asserting the supremacy of Universalist ideas,
being based on them, and that eventually
they would dominate the earth.
Rev. Mrs>Amarda Diego of Poughkeepsie
laid 1t upon the women that there was vast
need of funds to carry on the work. Women
a. well a. men are needed in every depart
Cv.aA ala e l. -
Soule In the Glasgow mission. It was voted
to raise the salary of Mrs. Soule from $500 to
5000. The amount raised for foreign missions
Wednesday night and this forenoon was S.
500. While the women's meeting was going
| on another was in progress in the basement,
President Capen of Tufts college in the chair,
| In which the graduates and members of Tufts
Divinity school were considering means for
raising $100, 900 for the better endowment of
the Divinity school.
About IL O'Clock the business of the gen
| eral convention was resumed. The report of
the committee on elections recommended
that the Rev. DR.. Hanson be admitted rep
resentstivs of the Universalist church in
Glasgow. Scotland. The petition of the CAL
ifornia Universalist convention for fellow
| ship In the general convention was granted.
| The Sunday school commission report was
| received from Rev. DIR. Adams from Chicago.
1t recommended that steps be taken to
| strengthen the social aide of schools. Old
methods must prevail until new ones have
been tried and found better. There must be
a unity of effort in all the schools. The re-
port was appropriately referred. A motion
that three fraternal delegates be sent to the
Unitarian conference at Philadelphia was
laid on the table. The report of the COM
mittee on revision of the profession of faith
was made special assignment for this after
noon.
The evenings exercises opened with an
organ voluntary and anthem, Rev. Henry
Blanchard Offering prayer. President Parker
: introduced Rev. DR.. Capen, who announced
that the missionary society, which had
pledged $500 yesterday for the Japan mis-.
sions, had doubled it's subscription, making
1t $1,000, 5000 each year for FIVE
years, provided tho entire amount II
} pledged. The subscription to the Gunl
ministerial fund had grown to $3.50
Rev. g. A. Hayden of Maine spoke upol
J the mission of Universalist churches. Rev
| DR.. Sawyer, of Tufts college, spoke on tn,
} collection of Universalist literature numbe
, at present 5000 volumes and asked TO
donations to aid in purchasing books re
lating to the history Of Universalism. Rev
: Charles J. White, of Woonsooket, R. I.
spoke upon the mission of the Universalis
| churches to the communities surrounding
them. ,si =.ss ''"' sos