The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-02-09

the best Grafton ever given at local
contest. He will represent Buchtel Col
lege in the State contest at Columbus.
The following is the program for the
Faculty Lecture Course: January 25
DIR. e. w. Clsypole; February s, Miss
Ellen e. G. Carrigues; March l. Prof.
Charles c. Bates; March s, Prof. II. v
Egbert; March % DIR. L. A. Butterfield;
April 5, Prof. w. d. Shipman; April 10,
Miss Nj. A. Bortle; May 3, DR.. Carl F.
Kobe; May 1. Prof. G. M. Knight; May
81, President O. Cone The President and
Faculty of Buchtel College are sparing
no efforts to afford every possible advan-
tage to students. and parents who send
their sons and daughters to colleges
urder Partialist control under the i'm
preston that they are giving them su-
perior opportunities. are sadly mistaken.
COLUMBUS
The writer spent a few hours in Column
bus one day last week, and was glad to
learn that the prospects of our church
are improving every day. On January
81. Notwithstanding the terrible condi-
ton of the streets, from ice. there we're
large congregations at both services, to
hear DIR. e. L. Rexford's sermons on
Methods in Religion DIR. Rcxford is
taking an active interest in the Sunday
school, and to increase interest in that
department, an Association has been or
and look after all other matters in man
agement The State Journal of Monday,
January %. contains synopsis of DR..
Rexford's sermon the previous evening.
FLINT.
BY request of DIR. H. L. Garfield, we
supplied his pulpit at Flint. January 81.
Notwithstardin the roads were almost
impossible and the day was very cold.
were there forty-two at the Sunday.
school, and the congregations at both
services good. This church and it aux
iliaries are managed with thorough bus
mess methods.
The church is thoroughly loyal to all
denominational interests and this is one
reason why it continues to prosper The
Missionary Alliance and Y. p. G. U. hold
regular devotional meetings, and social
gatherings are frequent, thus aiding the
people to feel that they are members of
one family"
MISUSE OF CLERICAL TITLES.
According to high authority in our
ecclesiastical circles, licensed preacher
has no right to the prefix of Reverend"
to his name, nor to speak of himself as
pastor or to perform any duty except
to preach. His license is simply a per
nit to exercise his gifts and to demon
strate his fitness for the full ministry
of the Gospel. The license is limited
to year. and can be revoked at any
time. The ordained minister only has
the right to solemnize marriage, adj
minister the communion and baptize,
and to perform the duties of a pastor"
In other days there was much looseness
in comforting ministerial authority. We
were present at an Association years ago
where on the mere statement that man
was member OF church, he was grant
ed full fellowship" without any examin-
alton of any kind, and was sent out
armed with full authority to go where
he pleased. The incident resulted in
good. for at the next meeting of the
Ohio Convention. authority to confer or
dination and full fellowship was with
drawn from the associations, and thus
many incom petent persons were cut off
from the rolls. We are glad to know
that the Committee of Fellowship of our
Convention. become every year more
careful in granting license, and giving
authority for ordination.
REV. j. A. STONER TO SPRINGFIELD.
We have been officially informed that
Rev. J. A. Stoner, of Seneca, Kan, has
accepted the call from our parish in
Springfield, and that he will begin his
work about the first Sunday in March.
We bid Bro and Sister Stoner cordial
welcome to Ohio, feeling that they will
add to the loyal working forces of this
State.
TRUE, EVERY WORDi
A good brother, who has had much ex-
periepce in thai of which he speaks
says: This matter OF making circuits, in
our demo nination is no easy task. IL /
had ecclesiastical powers. / would brig
things up to a stand. and arrange the
parishes into circuits as our Methodist
friends do, and put stop to parishes re-
fusing to stay in certain circuits. No
political party ever attempted such fool
ish and suicidal gerrymandering as we
practice" We regret to acknowledge
the truth of the foregoing. 1t would be
quite an easy task to supply all of our
churches with preachers, of equal or eu
perior ability to those in other denomi
nations. provided churches contiguous to
each other and which are unable to sup
port pastor all the time, would consent
to work together. But We are making
some improvement, although the prog
ress is slow.
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