The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-11-02
The General
Convention
Thirtieth Annual Report
of the
Board of Trustees.
Reciesc Of the WOrE of the
Unicers0Iist Church
1S93--- 1895.

To the Universalist General Conven
tion:
The Board has deemed it necessary,
under it's constitutional powers, to
change still further the time of meeting
of the Convention, in order Ito secure a
somewhat longer session and a better op-
portunity for the consideration of the
work and needs of the Conventions" and
the session was therefore duly called for
the afternoon of this day.
At the Washington session the atten-
tion of the Board was called to the de-
STABILITY OF arranging future sessions 30
as to secure to the General Convention
"the uninterrupted use of the time ap-
pointed for the session, and of the facili-
ties afforded by the place of meeting" ;"
The Trustees have not needed to take
action upon this subject, inasmuch as
no other gatherings have sought to oc-
cupy time or facilities in connection with
this session of the Convention. The
"Woman's Centenary Association" and
the National Young Peoples Christian
Union" which have usually held their
annual sessions in conjunction with that
of the General Convention, have chosen
other times for such sessions. without
suggestion from the Board of Trustees.
In our published Report for 1894, the
arrangements made for the District
Church Conferences to be held in Octo
ber were fully set forth. The Confer
ences were duly held October 1925, one
at Lowell, Mass, one at Baltimore, Nd
one at Chicago, Ill. The several pro-
grammes appear for record elsewhere in
this Report [Appendix El. The general
impression upon those in attendance ap,
pears to be expressed in the remark of
one of the Secretaries: The papers were
of high order, carefully prepared for
the occasion, and impressively delivered.
The debate was prompt, spirited, and in
good taste. We believe it has been dem
onstrated that District Conferences.
carefully planned and we'll worked up,
may be enthusiastically successful"
One of the papers at each Conference
was the Report of the Board of Trustees
for the year. This was also published
in the UNCONVENTIONAL papers, and. as
usual. in pamphlet form, for distribution
among the representatives at the Wash
ington session and clergymen and lay
men interested in the work of the Gen
eral Convention.
An Abstract was also issued in an edi-
tion of 80 ,000copiee, for circulation among
the families of our Church. The Finan-
cial Statement is republished [Appen-
dix Gl.
THE BOARD.
Three meetings have been held; one in
January, one in May, and one in the
present month, all in the city of New
York.
The Standing Committees have re-
mained unchanged: On Scholarships,
Messrs. Sweetser, Demarest, Graves,
Perham, Holden; OF Fellowship Messrs,
Capen. Cole, Manning; OF Finance.
Messrs. Joy, Holden, Kerr; or Ways and
Means. Messrs. Demarest. Joy, Manning;
On Missions, Messrs. Rugg, Sweetser,
Demarest, Perham, Capen; Auditing,
Messrs. Rugg, Cole, Kerr.
The terms of the following Trustees,
as well as those OF the Secretary and
Treasurer, expire with the present ses-
sion: Meesrs. Capen, Kerr. Sweetser,
Graves and Cole.
FELLOWSHIP.
The following clergymen on our rolls
have died during the year Appendix FL:
Edward Payson Baldwin, Moeby Lee
Hewett. Simeon Hovey, Alanson Kelsey,
Almond Wood Mason. Alonzo Ames
Miner, DID,. Ill D., Clark Rice Moor,
George Moses. Lafayette Porter. Aaron
Smith, Salmon Ward Squire, Timothy
Hannibal Tabor, Andrew Oliver Warren,
Charles Woodhouse, M. d.: IA. Twelve
Licenses have expired or been revoked;
four clergymen have passed to other
churches, eight to secular life; Fellow
ship has been Withdrawn from three