The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-03-13
Our Ohio Churches.
FROM j. W. HENLEY, ID. De
State Secretary.

great success socially, and the financial
results will be divided between the Gen.
eral Convention, and the Cuba Sunday
school, The good sisters would have
been glad to have sent the entire amount
to the General Convention. but the Sun
day school needed some assistance.
LONDON.
Bending & Price, leading merchants
at London, advertised that they would
give one. tenth of their sales to the six
different churches in the the town, dur
ing the week beginning February ".
Tuesday, February 49, was "Universalist
Day." and six of the young women as
sisted in sales, and our church received
Sl6.40 as their share.
FLINT.
Miss Emily Potter, clerk OF our
church at Flint. writes as follows: "Our
Y. P. G. U. gave dinner on Washing
toms birthday, which was quite sue
cess We took in six dollars and few
cents. The day was very rainy and the
roads we're bad. We charged ten cents
for adults and five cents for children.
The Union is trying to raise money to
purchase new organ for the church.
PALESTINE
Bro. Eben Mumford, who is supplying
our church at Palestine, Darke county,
held very interesting and profitable
series of meetings, in connection with
the second Sunday of February. The
congregations were very large through.
out the meetings. and strong interest
was present the last two evenings. and
extended the right hand of fellowship to
eight persons who presented themselves
for mem bership. Palestine church and
all auxiliaries are in prosperous condi-
| ton.
GETTING READY FOR THE CONVENTION.
Rev. o. G. Colegrove, our pastor at
| Manchester, informs US that our people
in that enterprising little city have CON-
menced to make preparations for enter
tanning the large numbers whom they
expect to welcome to their hearts and
homes during the sessions of the Chic
Universalist Convention and auxil.
iaries, June IA. Everything possible
will be done to make members of the
Convention and visitors happy during
their stay, and we hope they will not be
disappointed in their expectations of
large attendance. 1t will repay any one
the cost of attending the Convention. to
see the beautiful church our people
have erected to the worship OF God the
Father, and the service of humanity;
also to see the new and beautiful bust,
ness houses which have taken the place
of those destroyed by the great fire of
October 1895. and which seriously af-
fected so many OF our church people.
Manchester can be easily reached from
all parts of the State. and we hope that
much larger number of our churches
will be represented than were the last
two years. Let delegates be chosen
early, and then make such arrangements
| that will secure their attendance. All
| churches are entitled to two delegates
and some to three and four.
| THE MINISTERIAL ASSOCIATION AND
WOMAN'S ALLIANCE.
During the meeting of the Ministerial
| Association at Attica. last June. the
Womans Missionary Alliance presented
a petition that the program of the As
ISOLATION be so arranged that ministers
will be able to spend portion OF the day
with the Alliance. Rev. U. S. Milburn.
President of the Association. assures
us that the request of the Alliance will
be complied with, and the meetings of
the Association will probably be limited
to the sermon on Monday evening, and
a session on Tuesday morning to receive
ministerial reports. and for the transac-
ton Of such business as may be nee.
essary. We are heartily in sympathy
with this proposed arrangement. for we
are quite certain that it will do all min
listers good to be present during the
meetings OF the Alliance. and catch some
of the inspiration the good women of
that excellent auxiliary exhibit.
The spiritual atmosphere OF our
churches in which there are Alliance
organizations is always warmer than in
churches where there are no organiza-
tions of this kind. and the ministers who
oppose this organization, either by in
difference or direct antagonism. are
working injury not only to their
churches, but to themselves.
OLIVE BRANCH CHURCH
Rev. o. G. Colegrove writes, March
81, as follows: "The Olive Branch
church is wide awake, alive and healthy
and happy over its revival. l can report
to you nine additions to the church as
result of last weeks work. 1 did all the
preaching (Universalism too) and did
parish pastoral work also; working day
and night. and Friday afternoon. aud
three times on Sunday. Saturday even
ing four young men joined the church.
Sunday morning, two women of years of
Christian experience and devotion
Joined. one coming from the Methodist
Episcopal Church. the other from the
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