The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-02-02
OHIO NEWS LETTER.
CINCINNATI.

The annual meeting of the church was
held January 9. Notwithstanding I'M
pleasant weather the attendance was
good. Bro. D. f. Saunders, presided.
The clerk, Mr.. j. d. D. Stevens, read
very gratifying report. The year opened
without pastor. The average attend
ance at Sunday services has more than
doubled. Annual subscriptions have
been increased over 5000 during the last
three months.
Mr.. Geo. L. Utter, Treasurer, reported
total receipts for the year, to be $685.
"a. Disbursements. s2.S25O7, leaving
small surplus in Treasury.
The pastor read report covering the
nine months of his service (which the
Editor regrets he is not able to print in
FULLY
Then followed interesting reports by
the Secretaries of the auxiliary societies:
Mrs. Mary L. Walter reported for the
Missionary Alliance. The Ladies' Be-
nevolent Society, by unanimous vote de-
cided to merge that Society into the
Missionary Alliance. The special work
of the Alliance has been furnishing gar
ments for the inmates of the Children's
Home. The Alliance pledged 5000
year for current expenses of the church.
Three members have been added, and
two have been called to the higher life.
Miss E. Pearl Littell, reported for the
Y.P. G. U. The Union has twenty
members; sixteen of whom have been
added during the year. The greatest
work of the year was conducting the reg
ular morning service, during the time
the church had no pastor. The Union
may be justly proud of this work.
The Union holds monthly socials at
members homes, to which ten cents ad.
mission is charged. The Post Office
Committee have distributed during the
year, nine thousand, three hundred and
thirty-five pages of Uniyersalist litera-
ture in the form of tracts besides large
numbers of UNCONVENTIONAL papers. The
object of the Union is not to make money
but the receipts of the year have been
s59.36; expenditures S55.11. Fifty dol.
lars have been pledged to the church for
the ensuing year.
Miss Frances Groat reported for the
Sunday -school. In the interim between
pas tors, the School languished. On
Wednesday, April IL, it was reorganized
with Mr.. W. ]. Littell as Superintend-
emit. The attendance is small, but in
creasing. Mrs. j. w. Butterield has
charge of the Infant Class which num-
bers seventeen. The Pastors Bible
Glass has fifteen members. A teachers
meeting conducted by the pastor is held
Tuesday evening. The receipts have
been S97.13; expenditures S37.72, leaving
balance of -s59.41. Thirty dollars is
paid each year to the church.
After reading reports, officers were
elected for the ensuing year. A com
mittee of six was appointed to select
suitable lot upon which to erect new
church, to report to the society, and to
commence work on new house of wor-
ship as soon as expedient. A new church
is almost a certainty in the year 1895.
We have given the foregoing condensa-
ton from the full report sent us, not
only for the interesting and encouraging
facts which it contains concerning Uni
yersalism in Cincinnati, but also, as
model which many other churches would
do we'll to copy. We are lamentably de-
ficient in statistical information.
THE CUBA MEETING.
Rev. John Richardson. writes: lowing
to such extremely bad weather, our
meetings at Cuba were not very success
full. Rev. U. S. Milburn preached two
evenings. which delighted the people.
Rev. r. N. John also preached an ex-