The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-11-16
INDIANA NOTES.
IRON ]. H. HEWITT

The Madison church was sold for
$3.50 and the money placed to the credit
of the Permanent Fund.
The mid year meeting of the Minis
terial Circle will be held at Pendleton,
beginning Tuesday December 3, at P. M.
and continuing until IL 80 A. M. Decem-
Der 5.
Mrs. Fannie Barnes, President of the
Ladies' Aid at Brookston, deserves great
credit for the success of the fair held
there recently, in which the society
cleared nearly 5000.
The Middlefork church had the
pleasure of visit from Rev. Miss Cheney
of Richmond. She preached five ser
mons. and won the admiration and best
wishes of our people. Sister Cheney
will always have warm welcome from
the Middlefork church whenever she
comes that way. We expect good work
from this talented young woman in the
years to come. There were two Access
sions during this series of meetings.
Rev. D. A. Patrick of Logansport,
No. 2022 East Market ST., writes that he
has recently preached at Michigantown,
Burlington, Frankfort and Morocco. He
has seven regular points, and five other
places where he breaches occasionally,
and has good audiences. Recently re-
ceived three members at Pleasant Valley.
The Galveston church is rising as
monument to the energy of our people
there. The work throughout this entire
pastorate is moving along nicely.
We hear of a church that has been
having preaching but one fourth time,
that has been seized with righteous
zeal and determination to have minis
ter live with them. To that end they
have raised 5000 toward his salary. They
do not expect their pastor to preach
twice every Sunday, but that he shall
make it his home, and this church his
first care. He shall have some time for
mission work. This is right A society
that will not help others will die of self.
ishness.
Churches that can not raise money
enough for Sunday services, should be
content for the present with week day
evenings. Remember that lectures.
lodges, public speaking, meetings and
parties of every kind flourish on week
day evenings Why can not the church
devote one or two evenings in month
to song. and prayer and the procama-
ton of the good news to all people? Try
it. Ifyou are in earnest your neighbors
will help you.
We would suggest the propriety of
all churches that are without pastors to
go to work with will and determin
alton, raise sums commensurate with
their ability, to sustain services during
next year. Do this now and report to
the Ministerial Circle at its meeting in
December. and we will assure you some
one will be sent to break the bread of
life to you. Church activity is life,
while rest means death. Do the best
you can, but do not expect the best ser
vice for the least money.
Rev. t. S. Guthrie thus expresses
himself in regard to the proposed new
articles of Faith. "Our Profession of
Belief of 1903, under which we have
fought our battles and won our victories,
must go. By substituting word or
phrase for restore, and removing the
utilitarianism in the last verse or article,
it could have remained for generations
to say the least. But the new profession
is absolutely unobjectionable. / should
have voted for it had been at the Con-
vention. read it to our Sunday school
yesterday. and had the school repeat it
in concert, and it sounded we'll. May
we do as we'll under the new, as under
the old, is our prayer"
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