The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-10-30


hereby recognize not only their value but
their necessity to our success; and feel
ing that in their several fields they are
doing our work.
We acknowledge with special thankful
ness their gifts to the common cause and
on the part of the Y. T. G. U. direct
gift of four hundred dollars to this Con-
vention. AS pertinent to this subject we
annrovs tie action of the Board of Trus-
tees in sending a representative to the Y.
p O. u. Convention, and we recommend
that this Convention and the Y. p. c. U.
Convention hereafter exchange fraternal
delegates in the same manner.
10 By common consent, the Christian or
carnations of this nation recognize the
claims of the temperance cause upon their
active and immediate attention. They are
at variance only as to methods, whereby
the sin and misery that are the outgrowth
of the liquor traffic may be most promptly
and effectually abated.
The Universalist Church has, many
times, declared its conviction that Chris
tianity and humanity alike demand hos
tility to any system that sanctions or al
lows the perpetuation of making drunkard
agencies.
Q. But, to the end that we may effect
ually co operate with all Christian and
philanthropic bodies that have common
purpose to promote the temperance re-
form. we approve the spirit of the rec
ommendation of our Board of Trustees,
Of tic
Convention be directed to appoint COM
mitteee of four, two clergymen and two
laymen, whose duty it shall be to coop
crate with similar committees of other
Christian bodies, and report their work
at the next session of the Convention.
IL. The matter of granting aid to stu
dents in our theological seminaries is, as
the Board observes serious and weighty.
Considering the fact that declared pur-
pose of raising the Murray Fund was to
supply the means of educating students
for our ministry, and considering the
further fact that such students are now as
informally in need of aid as ever they
have been, the reasons for changing the
policy should be very strong. We do not
feel that the convention is warranted in
adopting an essentially new policy. But
we recommend a conference between the
Scholarship Loan and the heads of the
seminaries, with view to such modifi-
cations as may attain the end, giving aid
without doing injury to the student, or
through them to the church.
H. The work repor ted by the Mission
airy Secretary impresses us as useful and
important in high degree. We recon-
mend the continuation of the work of that
Office, under the oversight of the Field
Secretary if such an officer shall be ap-
pointed
10. In the matter referred from the
New York Convention the Committee is
of opinion that such events as induced
that convention to memorabilia this body
for change of the laws relating to fell
lowship, are of so rare occurrence and so
unlikely ever again to come in such start
ling coincidence, that it is expedient to
make the changes petitioned for.
H. The report of the treasurer is ap-
proved:
We recommend that future reports
shall include not only statement of re-
celpLS anu ulSUuFSeHleuUS, anu SCHeuule OF
investments, as at present, but also a con-
densed trial balance. We advise that any
use of uninvested funds should be treated
precisely as any other temporary loan,
and so entered upon the books.
Is. The report of the Board of Trustees
is the record of very important work, well
performed under conditions of unusual
embarrassment and difficulty.
The report should be accepted with
grateful appreciation of the service rend
cred.
&c. In the matter of the report of the COM
mittee to consider the relations of the
New York State Convention and the Gen
eral Convention which was referred to
this committee we find that the investiga-
ton of that Committee show that there
were widespread Irregularities in the
membership of the different State Con-
ventions. These Irregularities ought
to be corrected. But this committee has
not the data ON which to suggest the
remedy. They would recommend that
the Board of Trustees be instructed to
take the matter into further considera-
tion with the view of devising plan that
will result in uniformity of practice in
harmony with the laws of the General
Convention
[See business proceedings for conven-
ton action on this report.