The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-03-02
OHIO NEWS LETTER.
WOODSTOCK DEDICATION.

WOODSTOCK DEDICATION.
The new church at Woodstock will be
dedicated on Easter Sunday, April IA,
and we are happy to announce that
Rev. J. S. Cantweli, D. D., Editor of
THE UNIvERsAL1sT, has accepted an in
vitation to deliver the dedicatory SER
mon. There will be services on Satur-
day evening previous. 1t is possible a
series of meetings will be- held the week
preceding. 1t SO, definite information
will be given later.
A correspondent says: Our church
work at Eaton, in its various depart
ments, is moving along finely. Our
preacher, Bro. B. G. Carpenter, is doing
good work, and gives us excellent SER
mons. We are ar xious for the time to
come when we can call him pastor.
He has announced series of meetings
to be held soon, in which he will have
assistance of Rev. o. P. Norman, and
perhaps others, and he desires that the
meetings shall he Gospel feast. trust
that his wishes may be realized and
that we may have an out-pouring of re-
ligious and spiritual feeling, so that
many who are now in sympathy with us
may come in and do their share Of the
work."
PALESTINE.
A correspondent writes: 1--WE are
getting along very nicely with our
church work in Palestine. The Y. P. G.
Union, our strongest auxiliary, never
did better than now. When we first
organized we could not get our young
men to work. Now they hold all the
prominent offices, and are older, and the
younger girls are quite willing to let
them take the lead. 80 much wish you
could be an invisible guest at one of our
meetings, to see how our young people
are engaged in the work. We have had
one protracted meeting. Prof. j. G.
Moore was with us three days. His
sermons we're very interesting
BRYAN AND sTRYKER.
A correspondent says: "Our cause
stands we'll with the times in Bryan and
Stryker. At the close of the fifth year
of his pastorate, Rev. E. D. Jacobs ten
dered his resignation in the belief that
the advent of new pastor might infuse
fresh energy into the work. but the OPP
position which rose like a storm and
swept away every pretense for change,
has compelled him to reconsider his
resignation. and to feel himself more
closely and intimately related to his
people, and their religious culture, than
ever before. Our church in Bryan is
steadily gaining ground in the sincere
respect of the whole public. On Thanks
giving day. by the unanimous request of
the pastors of Bryan, Bro. Jacobs gave
the sermon in the Presbyterian church.
A recent sermon on "Trilby," in which
the book was condemned for the most
obvious fact, that the author does not
make the great moral discrimination;
for in true art, nudity is to be for the
sake Of art, and not art for the sake of
nudity, was given to crowded and
thoroughly appreciative congregation"
GENERAL CONVENTION AGENT.
Rev. Thomas E. Dotter, of Greeley
Iowa, special financial agent for the
General Convention of our church, is
now in Ohio, making special canvass
for the increase of the funds for mission
airy work. We know nothing of his plans,
but trust that he may receive cordial
reception from pastors and people. Now,
if ever, is the day Of our opportunity for
the extension of our church, into hun
dreds of new places. Our General Mis-
sionary, Rev. @. ii. Shinn, is finding in
many important towns and cities Uni
versalists who only need leadership to
bring them into our church and its work,
But this leadership cannot be had with.
out financial aid. II we understand
the plan on which Bro. Dotter is work.
ing, one half of all he raises in the State,
is paid to the Convention of the same,
for missionary purposes.
COLUMBUS.
On Sunday morning. February II, DIR.
Z. L. Rexford, our Columbus pastor.