The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1894-12-22
Ube West.
OUR IOWA BUDGET.
MT. PLEASANT.

Late Mount Pleasant papers contain
notices of the selection of Rev. J. E
Reyes as resident pastor of the Univer-
salist church, his initial services being
held on Sunday, December End. On the
previous Friday evening very pleas
ant reception was rendered the new
pastor at the home of L. f. Willard.
Refreshments were served to over one
hundred. Nearly all of the city clergy
men were present. Bro. Keyes's morn
ing sermon was on Works Our Saliva
tion;" evening, "True Happiness = Its
Secret" both discourses being that
strong combination of the doctrinal and
practical for which he is noted.
At six in the evening. the Young Peo-
Piles societies of all the churches united
in union meeting at the Universalist
church which was largely attended and
very interesting. We are glad our friends
have settled pastor, and shall expect
to hear of steady progress by reason of
the new arrangement.
That was large and interesting re-
port from the Illinois Y. p. @. US. in
THE UNIvERsALIsT last week. The thing
to be regretted is that some Unions show
a small attendance at meetings in pro-
portion to their enrolled membership.
The cold ones need NEW birth" spirit
ually, and to feel their responsibility be-
fore God for their example and effort to
save the world from sin.
Nothing can do more, or as much to
increase in crest in the Y. P. @. U. as to
have every Union, or every parish, re
presented by one or two delegates at the
National Y. P. G. U. Convention to be
held in Boston next July. The money
should be raised at once to pay their
expenses. We want every active minis
ter present also, to get enthused for the
good work.
In the report of General Convention
receipts for the first two months OF the
New Year, we notice total of gifts from
Sunday Schools to the Sunday School
Mission" Fund is only s2l35. We won't
beat last year at that rate. We must
reach total of six or eight hundred
dollars this year. and then we will ask
the Trustees of the General Convention
to tell us just where, and how much
good they are doing with this money in
helping our Sunday Schools and estab-
fishing new ones.
SYSTEM IN Y. p. G. U. OFFERINGS.
The new &c per week Y. P. G. U. plan
of personal gifts to the Missionary work
of the National and State Unions is an
admirable and just arrangement. Let
every Union adopt it and push it to sue
cess as settled habit Of giving. But l
am still convinced that the Y. T. Z. U.
has not reached the limit of its helpful
powers to the church at large, until the
above plan is supplemented by definite
system of Union contributions. as organ.
izations. We need, in this particular, to
be method-ists. The Unions now raise
from $1,000 to $4,000 or more per year,
but very little of the money finds its way
into the diversified channels OF general
church extension and growth. Every
Union should literally give towards its
pastors salary, but outside OF that, and
all other purely local contributions, 1t
should give something every year to
funds for the advancement OF the varied
interests of our beloved church. To IL
lustrate suppose the Executive Board
of the National Y. P. G. U. should send
three blanks yearly to every local Young
Peoples Society, Y. P. G. U. or other
wise, upon which, after or at business
meeting of the Union, its Executive
Board would designate the total appro-
priations for the year, to the pastors
salary and some ten or more special
funds Of the Church. The total amount
appropriated of course would vary with
different Unions according to their men,
bership and facilities for raising money
by entertainments. But suppose they
voted their appropriation bill'' for the
year 1895 to be $500, an amount easily
raised by the Union by one or two socials
or entertainments, then their "blank"
when filed out would appear something
like this:
OUR OFFERING FOR 1895.
PaStor'S salary. Observation-Disclosures. SIS
To Woman's Centenary Association
Fund. ...,..................... so
Japan Mission ................ $50
Shizuoka Girls School Fund. .......... 90
Theological Student ....... 1 30
Our State Uniyersalist Convention
FUND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 2 90
To Coward" Publishing Fund. .......... / so
Gum Relief ... l so
National Y. p. c. U. ........... 200
State Y. P. C. U. .......... 500
1Otdl. ...-............. 80 10
For the purpose of record. one copy of
this bill should be kept by the local Sec
rotary one be sent to the State Y. p. G.
U. Secretary and the other to the Ma
tional Y P. G. U. Secretary The local
Executive Board and Entertainment or
Social Committee would be charged with