The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-06-08
THE UN|VERSAL|STS.
The Session Of Last Evening and
Election Of Officers.
WHAT HAS BEEN DONE TODAY.
Rev. Dr. Adams of Brooklyn Unable tn
be Present Today-His Place Ably
FILLED by Rev. Mr.. Hamilton OF Paw
tucket-Reports of Committees.


business vas the re ding Of the annual
reports. The treasurer's report showed
that at the beginning of the year the
balance on hand was 5000 90; interest
received, s3I1.62; received from confer
ences sllz5l: contributions, s542 81; other
collections, 5000; total s6,993 43. Ex.
penditures, japan mission, SOD; state
mission sry. s39l.64; railroad farss. SLIGO;
East Providence parish, S2OO other
parishes. s225; Universalist Publishing
house. $29.45; expenses OF convention,
$20. 40: total expenditures, Sl,USo.o5; pal-
arce on hand. $5.964 "a.
The executive committees report
shows the value OF church property OF
the denomination to be sol 500. ind bted-
nes $l0, ,350, amount expended S23 5Il, num-
ber OF parishes, 10, with otal number OF
families contributing Of sci. The gain Tor
the year in number OF families Is placei
at seventy-eight and the total number OF
families forming the constituency IL
1,040. including 2l9 families which are
estimated only In the Sunday sohooi az
tendance. The number of church mem
bembers is 1,0Su, the largest ever re-
ported. The sunday schools snow a.
slight falling off. The executive COM
mittee recommend the employment or
state agent TO work under the auspices o!
the convention. They recommend the
ferences and that AN appropriation be
MADE therefor. recommendation Is
made that the convention continue TO ala
the parish in East Providence.
Election of Omcers.
The election of officers rcsul ted In the
choosing OF the ticket nominated by the
committee. The officers are as follows:
President, Hon. Lstimer W.. Ballou;
vice pres, ent, Rev. Henry l. Cusnman,
u. b.: treasurer, Hon. Olney Arnold:
committee on fellowship, Rev. II. ].
Cushman, Rev. G. j. Wine. w. X.
Whiting; delegates TO ths national con-
vention, REV. G. j. White, Hon. Adm u.
Capron, Hon. Henry Is. MetcafT'
livered by Rev. ID. M. Hodge. Franklin,
Mass, his subject being "Tne Church
Work In the Twentieth Century"
The Session Of Last Evening.
Last evenings service of the Univer-
saist convention at tn, Church of the
Mediator was devoted to an address and
discussion of the subject OF the Christian
training of the Young. After selection
by the choir Of ths church. the Scripture
lesson and prayer, DC. hugg announced
that the Rev. John Coleman Adam, ID
d., of Brooklyn. N. Y, who was to ad-
DIRE. the convention this afternoon. was
unavoidably detained and that Rev. Mr..
Hamilton of PawIuckeS had consented
to ill his place.
William Shaw White Of Foxboro. Mass,
as the speaker OF the evening. He ad-
dressed the gathering on 'The Relation
OF the Sunday School tD the Church."
saying that it was generally suppose
that the Sunday school was compara-
lively new institution, aud that news
papef writer had first done anything
3n the line, gathering a few childrel
about him IN "a dwelling house in G.o-
ccster, h gland, $780, Samuel Slater
had followed his example in 1707 il
the town of Paw.ucket. The idea.
himself, for he used To preach Ia tie
morning and T. NC la the afterno IN. aud
IL Nas unly after the teaching that the
doctrine could be understood thorou shly.
A large par. OF the members OF "a UIi-
versaiist clurch are beyond the middle
aye, because the preaching has been di-
rected more towards maturer people. La
the orthodox churches, however, the new
churches are formed by establishing IA
S-adaS school hrst, which for ns
stroag nucleus for church
anu congregation. The function OF
the pulpit Is to guide and
The school should be an adjunct To the
church ana from IL should come the
greatest strength o. the church. There
should DC no thought that the sGnool
would detract from attention at church
service aud work, but tne school srUutd-
be able TO help the church In its work.
and so avoid any such ides. There shouiu
bc no clash betweon the two, but they
should always work IN harmony and AS
ohe institution lor Col anu The good
work.
Dr. Cushman announced that it had
been arranged that the subjsct should De
further discussed b. several gentlemen
OF the slate who were well known, and
he introduced Hon. Henry B Me cali.
Mr.. Metcalf said that he had fallen into
the haDit OF relating his own experiences,
perhaps because his theories had been
tried at some liine and either proved or
exploded. lie related his experience in
the IS aDlishment OF the Sunday school
ia fatnr BailUu's churcn in Boston.
la those days the churches were not
arranged witn "A view To any su n an aa-
Junct the Sunday school lie believed
lhaJ his Dest suec, ss had been In insist
lug on Ievereniial denetnor in Sun
day school aud Ia inpressing it upon the
young that they shO uld 20 TO the cnurcl
service ana not allow the Sunday sclool
TO keep them away from churci.
The Acxt speaker was Charles f. Car
penter, wno uegan his address wI.h al
VIC w thN W Sofic up "
the frOEt pews Ia CLurSh scIv ce., as the
preachers waL tel TO draw Inspiration
from them and could not do 50 NJ
great distances. A said he was prouder
Of the face that he hau been Tor Lore
than Sky years member OF the same
Sunday scnool than lie was Of tue fact
that he had been for y years superintend-
ent OF The same school. Ills experience
HAD been very limited In other schools.
ILe two institutions ars not To he co..
sidered as divorced, but should always
No together, and his experience mad
taught hun that each was necessary 10
the other.
Hon. Adm B. Capron was to have
made an address but unfortunately
was not preseat, ana Deacon Leav.
Ems OF the Church Of the Mediator
consented to say few words on the sub.
Ject. Tie spoke particularly OF the Iced
Of teaching the children the nesd to worA
with the churcn IN tue hgnJ against iu-
temperance. This could b. taught Ia the
sunday school, and no aork would pay
better thal the wJrX Of Sunday scaoJ.s.
lie iDstancsd tue case OF Hannibal was
sworn % hatred Of Ka &c whe years Of
ERe, anu kept ais promise faithfully All