The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-05-15
SATURDAY, MAY Is.
EDITORIAL.

IT will be seen by a
UnVersallsn aG communication on the
the NASHVILLE second page from pas
EXPOSITION tor MEG la fl n, o
Atlanta. Ga, that the Universalist
Post Office Mission booth has already
been established at the Nashville Cen
tennial Exposition. 1t is worthy and
cup to date" enterprise and we trust
that it will be amply supported by our
friends, The UNIvERsALIsT will be
represented each week by bulky pack
age of papers sent direct from this Of
fee. Our Southern friends can obtain
copies by application to the booth. The
booth is in charge of Mr.. Guy Il. M ark
ley and is already fitted up in handsome
STYLE. Let the visitors to the Centennial
ask for the Universalist booth and see
what preparations are made to make our
faith and church known throughout the
South, and for the distribution of Uni
versalist literature.
800
THE Easter offering
St. PauPs Church of st. Paul's church,
Uferlng. Chicago, has been
iaroelv increased since our recent no
tice. It now amounts to the handsome
sum of 5000. 1t has been divided as
follows: 800 for the General Conven.
ton; 5000 for the State Convention;
5000 for the local benevolences OF st.
Paups church. In this connection 1t
should be remembered that special SUBJ
scriptions have been made during the
year, amounting to several hundred dol
lars. for the relief of the General Con-
vention. The exact figures are not on
hand. but it is safe to say that in the
neighborhood of $500 has been contrib
uted by this parish during the year for
the General Convention. There have
been other UNCONVENTIONAL calls which
this parish has honored on cash basis.
We think the result of the year will
proye that st. Paul's is still in the very
first rank of our contributing parishes.
All honor to pastor and friends who
have made this record.
500
THEannual May Meet.
The May Meeting ing of the Univer-
IN lineage salist Woman's Asso-
ISOLATION of Illinois. will be held on
Wednesday and Thursday, the 10Th and
9th. at st. Paul's church in this city.
An attractive program is in preparation
which it was expected would be ready
for this impression of The UNIvERsALIsT,
hut has failed to reach us in season. 1t
will undoubtedly appear next week. We
ara authorized to state that on the even
ing of Wednesday platform meeting
will be held, DIR. Garfield, the st. Paul's
pastor. in charge. There will be three
addresses on that evening devoted to
important topics. We hope our city
friends will remember these meetings,
and especially the one on "Wednesday
evening. 1t will be made an interesting
occasion. Another year we trust that
ladies of this Association who have the
May Meeting in charge will furnish the
program several weeks in advance 30
that our people may be fully informed
as to the topics and speakers. The May
meeting has always been an interesting
and profitable series of meetings and
worthy of a representative attendance.
IL more than local attendance is de-
sired it should be advertised at least
two weeks in advance.
800
The several June
The Coming State Conventions are offici-
conventions ally announced in our
columns this week. The California
Convention holds it's session this week.
Kentucky follows next. and afterward
Ohio, Wisconsin and Minnesota. The
prompt election of delegates for these
meetings is the important duty that de-
wolves upon our parishes. If our Con-
ventions are to be representative gath
eripgs, more care should be exercised in
this direction. and our pastors should
make it point to see that the best men
and women in their parishes are in at
tendance to represent the local church.
Plans and policies for state work are de-
termined in the State Conventions, and
in these matters all are, or should be,
interested. The parish is the unit of
our organization. The State Conven-
ton is supposed to record the represen-
tative action of the local parishes, and
the State Convention in turn appoint
delegates to the General Convention,
where the general policy Of the church
at large is determined. II there is a
failure in parish representation, the
State Convention cannot be fairly rep
resented. and one move farther along,
the General Convention is affected by
the parieh failure to make the State
Convention representative. To fulfill