The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-11-16

number of labOrers is not large, oue IL
Is made up in energy and faithfulness.
The ladies have, by hard work built an
edition to the church which is useful
in many ways. Preaching services have
been held part of the time during the
wear. Nothing has been done about es-
tablishing regular preaching since Rev.
LIP. Jones left. But it is my desire TO
mite this church with that OF Girard.
Nv 80 doing both parishes will become
stronger and we shall have another
point permanently established IN our
Zion. The Sunday school at New Salem
is in a healthy condition, OF which MT.
.JobnAndrew is the faithful and efficient
leader. We have an appointment here
the oath inst. There is I. Z. =. U.
here and the members seem to be con-
secrated to their work. j. Il. JUNE.
La Grange-The Suburban News OF
our Chicago suburb of La Grange. con-
tains these paragraphs relating 10 the
industrious Universalist pastor IN that
village:
For the encouragement OF old men
who imagine themselves past LABOR a
few facts as to one La Grange PASTOR
not vet on the shelf, may be worth
knowing. The Rev. Aaron A. Thayer,
DID,, prepares and breaches freshly
written weekly sermons to his congre-
CATION. And they are studied with such
care that not few OF his discourses
find their way into the local and demon
national press. Between thirty and
forty have been thus published during
his La Grange pastorate. He is mem
Der and faithful attendant upon eight
organizations or committees outside OF
his own parish, and president or chair
man of five of them. He is President OF
the Chicago Universalist Ministers AS
sociation. He is Chairman of the Mis-
sionary Committee of the Chicago Uni
yersalist Sunday School Union :
member of the Illinois Universalist Com
mittee on Fellowship, Ordination and
Discipline. He is President of the La
Grange local Pastors Union, Chairman
of the Committee of sixteen on Cruelty,
appointed by the La Grange Improve
ment Association, Chaplain of the lodge
of Master Masons and of the Eastern
Star Chapter.
"Dr. Thayer is also President OF the
local Temperance Union, composed OF
the pastor and lay representatives OF all
the English speaking churches in La
Grange. With one exception, he rarely
misses single meeting in all of these
organizations, and is never behind time.
Besides the ordinary pastoral services
his spare evenings are devoted to OBJ
tanning subscriptions for his new church,
the evening being the only opportunity
for such labor in town with ninety
five per cent of its men in Chicago dur
ing the day."
Sycamore. = Rev. DIR. Crane now
breaches at Sycamore all the time. This
arrangement. recently made, is encour-
aging and shows progress. Japan Sun
day was observed at Sycamore on the
10th, more convenient date than that
suggested by the Committee. The am
cunt of the Offering will appear in the
official report of DIR. Rugg. which we
expect next week. Sycamore is evil
IDENTIFY in line for work and encouraging
cooperation.
Bslvidere.-Dr. Crane in his Parish
Helper writes of his pastorate in Belvi.
dere where he has preached half the
time in recent years, as follows:
Sunday, October 81. closed our pas
torate at Belvidere. For four years we
have ministered TO this little church
half of the time. Our families numbered
not more than thirty five TO begin with
and death ard removals have been busy
with these. We have attended eighteen
funerals in the parish. most of them
connected Herewith in some way and
some of them leading members. Twelve
families have removed and most of these
among our most interested and best
WOIhcIh. NOW ldullllcS nave COnt III,
but not sufficient to make good the loss
by deaths and removals. Still there is
a good healthy nucleus left, which by
good management and careful culture
may be made to develop into a good
strong parish. OF the devotion, zeal
and conservation of the little band moth
ing can be said in too great praise. Els
pecially are the women to be commend
ed In season and out of season, through
success and failure they have toiled and
sacrificed to keep the little church
going. Their patient labor and faithful
service are seldom equaled. The few
young people we have had have also
been as true as steel and as faithful as
the sun in its course. May the Lord
bless them all"
Girard.-It is with much satisfaction
that we are able to record the prosper
ity of our church. Rev. ]. E. June was
called to take charge October l. and
since that date every department of
church work has progressed beyond our
expectations. The congregations are
growing rapidly, and new interest and