The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-10-23

ing to work in London and elsewhere.
On Sunday, October 3, Bro. John was
called to attend funeral, and Mrs.
John conducted the services very eatis.
factorily. The pastor returned in time
for evening services. On October 10th,
he preached at Pattsburg. October 18th,
at Londou. October oath, will preach at
Mount Carmel. Ind, and October 31st.
at Alder Chapel. The Y. P. G. U. has
resumed it's meetings and has begun
work in earnest. Miss M. A. Bortle,
will lecture under it's auspices in the
near future. The last Sales Day Din.
ner was grand success. The cash re-
ceipts we're thirty two dollars. with a
surplus of donations of groceries, ETC.,
which will be available in the future.
The Sunday-school continues to go right
along. 1t has recently paid its obliga-
tions to the Publishing House. The
ladies are working faithfully for finan-
cial interests of the church. During
last month they made twenty three
comforts for sale.
MANCHESTER CIRCUIT.
Rev. 0. G. Colegrove visited last week
at the church at Pricetown. in the inter-
est of Ballou Association, and preached
at Pricetown in the morning. October
II b. and at Buford in the afternoon.
Bro. Louis Robinson, supplied for him
at Manchester and Edwardsville that
day. October 10th. he preached at Olive
Branch and at Sulphur Springs, and on
October 3rd, made another visit to
GAINESVILLE. Bro. Colegrove says: These
numerous missionary trips keep me
busy. and do not pay largely, financially.
but enjoy the work" On October Oath.
he was to exchange with Bro. J. r. Car
penter, who will preach at Farm er's
Station.
TOO LIBERAL BY FAR.
We recently called the attention of
pastor in large city, to couple of
Universalists who had moved to that
place. In reply the minister wrote:
81 wish that all of our ministers and people
would do as you have done. Universalists
are not taught to love their church enough
to find it and go to it, when they remove
from their home and go to another city
and it becomes necessary for the pastors
to hunt them up, and urge them to come
to church which they probably persist in
not doing. That almost discourages me
here. There are so many in this city,
hundreds, perhaps thousands, very many
of whom are known to me, who were
reared in our churches in different parts
of the land, but who care no more for it,
than they do for the Presbyterian or the
Methodist church, and they go into those
churches, or into no church at ALL -
The main reason for this great source
of weakness to our church is Universal
lists are not taught in their homes, their
Sunday schools and their churches, to
be sectarian enough. By this we mean,
that they are not educated to love their
doctrines, and the church that repre-
sents them. better than any taught by
any other church. The delusion which
affects many Universalists, including a
goodly number of ministers. that there
is no need now of distinctive doctrinal
preaching, is largely responsible for the
fact that many Universalists in remov-
ing. go into churches of other denomi-
nations, especially il the ministers freely
use the expressions "the Fatherhood
of God" and "the Brotherhood of Man"
Hundreds, yea thousands of so-called
Universalists are unable to communi-
cate the doctrines of the church, beyond
those expressions. and when they go 10
partialist churches, and hear such ut
terances. they say THAT is good Univer-
salism." We need more doctrinal preach
ing. and our children and young people
need to be taught that the Universalist
church represents the purest doctrines.
concerning God. Humanity and Destiny,
and that to unite with any other church.
means to surrender their freedom of
thought and expression. We hope for
the development of a larger sectarian.
ism-by that we mean larger love for
the Universalist church and its doc