The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-01-04
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service we have held. The church was
full, almost crowded. We expect to re-
peat the service and the congregation
many times. Christmas was fully recog-
nized by appropriate services. The
pastor furnished the following Christ
mas thoughts to the symposium OF the
city pastors.
The Message From the Sky.
There is "peace on earth and good
will to men" in answer to a message
from the sky. Since that message came,
men are caught up into third heaven
of love, and scatter smiles and cheer, as
the sun disburses its beams. The love
of Christ is constrainipg men to be
more than just. Had Jesus been simply
just to the world as the business man Civ
ing measure for measure, value for valeu,
we might not have known the Joy Of his
diviner life which he gave in sacrifice
because no one at the time might set an
adequate estimate upon it and reward
him justly for it. The world received a
mighty impulse of progress when that
life moved upon it, and the impulse
gathers force ever among men. Bless
ings widen as streams toward an ocean.
Joys pervade an atmosphere that en-
wraps the last man in company with his
kind. Christmas charity, Christmas
giving, Christmas cheer, flower out in
mid-winter on the divine plant which
the Heavenly Father has rooted in the
earth. bearing the evidence of the abid-
ing life at its heart and of its growth
and development through the years.
until the world shall be filed with its
beauty and sweetness.
kansas City.-The en-
tertainment and bazaar given by the Ia
dies of this church terminated December
20, after three of the stormiest and most
disagreeable days this winter. The fair
opened Wednesday with violent rain
storm accompaniment, which on Thurs
day turned to snow, continuing on
Friday with various kinds of disagreed
BILE weather.
While the state of the weather pre-
vented the fair from being the financial
success it otherwise would have been.
the arrangement and decoration of the
booths, the quantity and beauty of the
articles offered for sale, the artistic en-
tertainment provided each evening, call
ed forth high praise from the daily pa
pers, which pronounced it one of the
prettiest among twenty or more fairs
given here this month.
The Society feels very grateful to the
many individuals and churches who con-
tributed money and articles for sale,
and thus in very generous way express
ed an interest in what is being done
here.
The net proceeds to go into the church
building fund will be about $50.
KAN s A -Haven.-The church
work is progressing nicely at Haven, I'M
der the pastorate of Rev. Miss Brant.
The Ladies' Society of Christian Work
ers conducted successful fair December
1921, clearing about $50.
Rev. Miss Brant received fifteen mem
bers into the church, Sunday, Decem.
Der %.
This was at the conclusion of four
weeks meeting at the M. E. church in
which the Salvation army was called in
for help. This makes our membership
73.
Rev. Geo. N. Falconer. of the Hutch
inson church, is to devote half of the
time to Haven for the next year. The
Hutchinson and Haven churches are en-
joying much prosperity. May the good
work continue. There are scores in both
these communities who have heard the
partialist doctrines presented very per-
sistently and are interested in the more
reasonable teachings of the Universalist
Church. Rev. Mr.. Falconer and Miss
Brant are not disposed to let these drift
away or live without the Good News.
NEBRASKA.-LincoIn.-The Cour.
Ter, of Lincoln, in its issue for Dec. 81,
pays this merited compliment to Rev.
Eben. II. Chaplin, pastor of the Univer-
salist church:
There is a minister in this city who
has the courage and the manliness to
get up in his pulpit and look his con
gregation in the face and tell the truth.
There is preacher who is willing to dis
cuss living. vital subjects fearlessly and
forcibly. There is preacher here who
gives voice freely to the feeling which
every right-minded man who considers
the social problems presented in the
city of Lincoln, must have. This preach
or is the Rev. E. H. Chaplin. of the Uni
versalist church. Mr.. Chaplin cannot be
accused of sensationalsm. He is out
spoken, but he is sensible and conserva-
tive. Last Sunday morning Mr.. Chap
10 preached sermon from Matt. xxi. ID.
at is written, My house shall be called
the house of prayer, but ye have made
it den of thieves"
Mr.. Chaplin discussed local topics. He
said: "There never comes a time when
man, whatever his occupation or station
in life may be, is not in need of an ex-
allied moral ideal. Whether he be min.
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