The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-07-11
Our Ohio Churches.
FROM j. w. HENLEY, d. D.
State Secretary.

THE COMMITTEE OF FELLOWSHIP.
The Committee of Fellowship ap-
pointed at the late session of the Ohio
Convention organized at Akron June
25 Mr.. j. D. Streeper of Columbus was
chosen chairman, and Rev. r. N. John,
of London, Secretary. The work of this
Committee is of an important and re-
sponsible character.
AN INTERESTING OCCASION.
On Sunday evening, June 49, Rev. U.
S. Milburn took part in very interest
ing service in the German Evangelical
Protestant Church, corner of Race and
Fifteenth Streets. Cincinnati. The doc
trines entertained by this church are
closely akin to those Of our church. 10
the morning the pastor. Rev. Mr.. Edward,
celebrated the sixtieth anniversary of
his birth. In the evening, with the as.
sistance of several ministers of his own
church, together with the help of Rev.
George A. Thayer of the Unitarian
church. and Rev. U. S. Milburn. he or
dained his two sons, Ernest and Carl Au-
gust Vass, to the work of preaching the
Gospel. The services, as reported in the
Cincinnati papers, must have been of a
very solemn and impressive character.
The young men, received their theologi.
cal training at Meadville, Pennsylvania.
Bro. Milburn says There are many
German Liberal Churches in Cincin-
natl, and we are glad that he is cult
waiting their acquaintance.
PLATTsvILLE.
Bro. P. L. Frazier. of Plattsville, in a
business note says: REV. John H. Black
ford is getting along nicely with his
work here, and the Y. P. G. U. is in
splendid condition. 1t meets every two
weeks at 10A M. The discussions are in
telligent and interesting. Delegates
have been elected to Jersey &c."
SOARING THE CHILDREN"
Recently in New York City a panic
was created in one of the public schools,
by little girl crying out, 1.-THE Devil is
here" Over thousand children took
up the cry of the frightened little girl,
and for some minutes ran to and fro,
shrieking and calling for protection
from the supposed demon. One little girl
was seriously injured physically, but tie
mental and spiritual harm done cannot
be calculated. A half hour after the
first scene, a thoughtless and evil.
minded boy shouted, that, 1.-THE Devil is
on the roof of the building and is CON-
ing down the chimney This brought
on another panic and squad of police
had to be summoned to quiet the terri.
fed little ones. II was considered mad.
visable to resume the studies during the
day, as many of the pupils were in a
state bordering on hysts ria, and the
classes were dismissed.
We have adapted the foregoing from
an article in the Columbus Dispatch of
June %, which says further "Examina-
ton developed the fact that some of
the teachers had been frightening their
children into obedience by telling them
: the devil will get you if you disobey!'
So firmly had the belief in the POSSIBLE
ity of the fiend Selling them become
implanted in their minds. that it needed
but the words of one of them to cause
the entire school to rush madly away
from the supposed danger. The conduct
of those teachers cannot be too strongly
reprehended. Dismissal from their po-
sitions would be mild punishment for
their false and vicious teachings"