The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-11-02

Cl6rRym60, anu Ouo ud5 Dcou eu5p0uu0u
in all, AZ. Sixty-seven persons have
entered our ministry. thirteen from
other churches. The number now on
the Secretary's Register is 1872.
The action of the Committee of Eel
lowship, covering only territory not in
the jurisdiction of State Conventions,
has thus been reported: Letters Of Lii
cense have been granted to Mr.. Arnold
S. Yantis, of the District of Columbia;
to Rev. John N. Wheatley, of Tennessee,
ordained in the Baptist Connection; to
Rev. /. Charles Fillingham, an ordained
Clergyman Of the Presbyterian Church.
Granted Letter Of Transfer of Rev.
Willard G. Selleck, of Providence, to the
Rhode Island Convention. = Accepted
Transfer, and granted Direct Fellow
ship-Rev. Edgar Leavitt, of Tokyo.
Japan, from the California Convention;
Rev. August Dellgren, of Battles, Ala,
from the Minnesota Convention; Rev.
Henry X. White, Of New Whatcom,
Wash, from the Wisconsin Convention.
Ordination has been conferred upon Mr..
Hisanari Hoshino. of Tokyo. japan, and
Mr.. Thomas E. Wise, OF Norfolk. Va.
An appeal from the action of the Illi-
nois Committee of Fellowship determin
ing the suspension Of a clergyman for
"entering upon ministerial labor under
the auspices of another denomination,
was received; but inasmuch as it was
not accompanied by bond for the pay
ment Of the costs Of the court, if the ap.
peal be not sustained" as prescribed by
the Laws of the Convention, it could
not be allowed.
Notice of an Appeal from the action of
the Wisconsin Committee withdrawing
fellowship from a clergyman for "con-
duct unbecoming Christian minister"
was also received. The Secretary mott
fed the appellant of the necessary con
ditions. and the appeal was withheld.
REV. ALONZO A. MINER, DID. LID.
While the Rev. DR.. Miner had rarely
accepted official position in the General
Convention, his prominence in its work.
legislative, educative and operative, and
in the organization and further develop
ment of the Universalist Church. justi
fies special allusion in this place to his
decease in June last. Connected as he
was with the great Centenary, as pro-
moter of the Memorial Fund, and as the
appropriate preacher of the Occasional
Sermon at Gloucester, he steadily main
tanned loyalty not only to the faith, but
to the several organizations through
which its believers have sought to ex-
tend it's benefcent influence among the
people. We find him representative of
the Massachusetts Convention in this
body for Is out of its 81 sessions since
the Centenary Festival; and also one OF
the three clergymen who have since that
occasion been called to preside over its
deliberations. In all these years DIR.
Miner has given faithful attention to the
proceedings of the General Convention.
and has contributed largely to whatever
degree of prosperity and influence it has
enjoyed. He warmly espoused the Mis-
sion to Japan from its inception. and has
furthered all the promising enterprises
of the Convention.
His logical mind, his varied intelli-
gence, his eloquent voice, his fervent
faith, his philanthropic spirit. qualified
him for leader among men; and such
he was. He was eminently fitted to sue.
ceed the Rev. Hosea Ballou in the affec-
tion and confidence of the Universalist
Church. For fitty-si years he stood in
the front rank of our ministry, and
proved himself one of the foremost of
American citizens. We record this note
with grateful memory, and with earnest
hope that his beneficent influence may
remain upon the church he loved so well.
STATISTICS.
The returns from the State Secreta
ries [Appendix G. are summarized in
the following table:
1894. 1895.
Number of Clergymen 757 7s2
Number of Parishes Rep'td 97S 993
Number of Families Rep'td 1850 44,35i
Church Membership 46413 AZ, 500
Sunday School Membership 5s,163 5S,604
Parish Property, Less Debt $S,763074 SS,S7S, ,046
Parish Expenses and Con-
trlbutions 1.224.S .S51 1,119,244
Analysis of the last line shows the
following result:
1894. 1895
Current Expenses 1921 $40 1884. POS
Church Edifices 262,9s9 1853, ,664
Payment of Debt 7620l 64,s5s
Parish Contributions for Mis-
Sionary and other Gen.
eTal Purposes 6S .s9l 66,5l7
sl,224.s51 sl.I19.244
The number of members of Sunday