The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-01-11
THE UNIvERsALIsT: SATURDAY, JANUARY H. 1896.

church people presented the beloved
pastor and wife each a fine easy chair.
His class of boys in Sunday school gave
Bro. Getchell a fine illustrated poem,
Kingsley's Song of the River" Tues.
day evening the friends gathered as a
surprise party at the Getchell home,
and passed the time very pleasantly.
CLARINDA.
At Clarinda the acting pastor. Rev. M.
L. Estey, and his people have made a
good move in reviving the Sunday school
which held it's first session the last Sun
day in December. Put life and energy
into that and Y. P. 9. U. and the battle
is half won. Bro. Estey was called to
Gravity and Redding to hold some mis-
sionary services and found thatsortho
dox bigotry was not confined to Charles
City or the seventeenth Century.
BLOOMFIELD.
A friend and earnest worker here re-
ports the church greatly revived and
strengthened by the series of Gospel
meetings held by the pastor, Rev. ]. E.
Reyes, from Dec. 3 to Is. He had the
good help Of Rev. John Hughes and wife
of Table Grove, Ill. Audiences were
large all the time, but on the last Satur-
day and Sunday evenings the church was
packed to the doors. Result, eleven new
members, splendid people, six men and
five women, all over thirty years of age.
The collections during the meetings
amounted to $2400. Beginning with the
second Sunday in January. Bro. Reyes
is to preach here twice month instead
of once, as formerly. Our informant
closes by saying: Il wish every church in
the State might do as we'll as this on Q
has done in two weeks of services" And
every one who longs, prays for and works
for deeper spiritual life in the Univer-
salist membership will say-Amen. All
we lack is the desire and will to do.
IOWA MINISTER'S CONFERENCE.
We do move. Progress is in the air.
1t is understood that it is being arranged
| for all the Universalist ministers in Iowa
to meet in Waterloo, about the third
week in January to hold grand Con-
ference together, for the good Of them
selves and the cause. The exact date
and program will no doubt appear later,
perhaps in this paper, and all will wish
for our clerical brethren most cordial
and fraternal session, and such gener
alton of religious enthusiasm as will tell
nightly in their pulpit efforts fol-
months to come.
IMPROVED PUBLICATIONS.
The Publishing House, DR.. Stafford
and DR.. Eddy have laid US under new
obligations for the improvement in the
new Helper" for 1896 as noted in the
January No. 1, Vol. 81, and the "Regis
ter" just out Cor 1896. The Helper gives
us more "helps" in the "Notes" by Prof
G. M. Harmon. The Incidental Lessons
by Rev. Henry R. Rose, and for Primary
| teachers. 1.-THE Lesson in Word Pictures
I by M. L. Drew, all combined with the
excellent work of DIR. Stafford and Mrs
Amies gives us Sunday School journal
OF exceptional merit, and we believe moi
equalled by those put out by any Other
denomination.
The Register" for 1896 more nearly
approaches perfection than ever before
in it's statistics, and by securing much
select advertising, the Publishing House
is able to reduce the price to 20 cents pei
copy. Every layman or woman who
would know how we stand as denomi
nation should send for copy, and il
should certainly be owned and read by
every minister and student in our Divin-
ity Schools.
And so New Year" greets us, and