The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1894-11-03

Lansing.
Treasurer, Miss Whitney, Grand Rap
ids.
Member of Executive Committee, Mr..
T. B. Payne. Detroit.
Delegates to the National Up. Q. U.
at Boston 1895, Mr.. E. G. Andrus, Te-
cumseh; Miss Jessie Ray, Bay City; Miss
Pierce, Grand Rapids
The Y. P. G. u. has accomplished
much in this State during the year. New
societies have been formed, and old ones
have been rejuvenated.
THE wOMAN's MISSIONARY SOCIETY.
The object of this new State organi-
cation is not to work apart from the
State Convention, but to take up work
the Convention has not done, and get
new workers among the women interest
ed in the cause of the church. The full
list Of the State officers is as follows:
President. Mrs. R. B. Taylor. Bay
City.
Vice President, Mre. Belle M. Perry,
Charlotte.
Secretary, Miss Olivia Carpenter,
Lansing.
Treasurer, Mrs DIR. Parker, Detroit.
Elective members, Mrs. E. L. Skinner.
Detroit; Mrs. --, Grand Rapids.
1t is hoped that the result of the or
ganization will be to bring the different
parishes nearer together and unite scat
tered Universalists. The raising OF
mony for missionary work, the dis
tributing of UNCONVENTIONAL literature,
and the connecting more closely all the
| departments of the church, are the OBJ
| jects of this society.
EAGLE.
The Eagle Universalist church is died.
| icatad. 1t is an honor to the people who
have so earnestly striven. 1t is pretty
brick church on the main street of the
| little town, not far from the Methodist
church, the only other church in the
town. Within it is neat and cosy. 1t
seats about two hundred, The platform
is particularly fifty and as appropriately
furnished. The parish was organized
by Rev. W, S, Goodell, Of Portland. eight
miles away, WI 10 mas given them week
day service and organized them as Y.
P. G. u, so that they have conducted
their own Sunday meeting. The cree
ton Of the church stands for zeal and
generosity, and is monument to prac-
f;ool Trn;varco Iicm
The dedication occurred Tuesday. o.
tober 16, at one o'clock. The neat pro-
gram gave the following order:
Organ voluntary Mrs. Sumner Hix-
son; Dedication Hymn (original) choir;
Silent Prayer; Responsive service, pas
tor and people; Invocation, Rev. Olivia
Carpenter; Anthem, choir; Sentence Of
Dedication. pastor and people; Anthem,
choir; Prayer of Dedication, Rev. Chas.
Legal, Lansing; Anthem, choir; Sermon
Rev. w. L. Gibbs, Concord; History of
the church, pastor; Report of Building
Committees and keys delivered to Trus-
tees; Report of Finances of the church;
Offerings; Benediction.
All parts occurred as planned except
that Bro. Legal was not present and Bro.
Gibbs made the dedicatory prayer.
A generous Offering was gained at the
close of the service. so that only small
amount remains unpaid on the church.
Several of the memorial windows of the
church are gifts of special persons or or
CARNATIONS. One bears the name of Rev.
w. S. Goodell. one the State Y. P. G.
u and others bear the names of men,
bers of the Society.
Following the dedication vas supper
given in the hall adjoining where the
people had wo, shipped, and in the even
ing, Rev. Lee S. M'Colester, of Detroit,
preached. The day was fair-a beauti-
full October day-the people of the par
iehes were out in full numbers and re-
presentations from Lansing, Dewitt
and Portland swelled the company and
taxed the church to its utmost. Alto
gether it was a day to be remembered
by all present, and the men and women
who have so zealously worked for the
building of this church deserve credit
and honor.
LANSING.
Rev. Chas. Legal, of Lansing, has an
nounced series of special discourses.
October IA, Observation-Disclosures
from Scripture and Early Church Faith
ers. October 81, Universalism-Philo
ophy. October %, Universalism from
Reason and Experience. November 4,
Why am a Universalist
These are to be followed by series on
Immortality.
November IS, Farewell. November %.
.'They Shall Shine Like Stars" Decem-
Der 2, The Silver Cord and the Golden
Bowl. December 8, The Fear of Death.
The topics have been printed on a neat
card and circulated among the people Of
the city.
GRAND RAPIDS.
DIR. Chas. Fluhrer has issued very
tempting outline of study for the young
people of his church. He has divided
the general subject of "The Conduct of
Life" into the special topics of physical
Fps, chical" Sociological" and Civil"