The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-04-17
Our Ohio Churches.
FROM ]. W. HENLEY, D. d.
State Secretary.
HOW 1T CAN BE DONE.

nv H VAN DE DONC.
We are exceedingly anxious that the
attendance at our annual meetings at
Manchester shall not only be large, but
general. This can be accomplished by
our ministers and preachers taking an
earnest and personal interest in an
nouncing the time and place Of meeting,
securing the election of delegates who
will attend, and announcing the condi.
tions of reduction of railroad fare. AS
we recently stated. last year only about
one half of our churches elected dele
gates. and but few more than third
we're represented. This condition must
be overcome if we ever expect the Uni
versalist Church in Ohio to take and
maintain the position it should occupy
as one Of the leading forces for the up
lifting of mankind. Let the importance
OF full delegations by representative
men and women be earnestly presented
by our pastors. and there will be a
marked improvement in attendance at
the coming session of the Ohio Univer-
salist Convention, over that of previous
years. We hope that our ministers will
not only call attention publicly to the
coming meeting of Convention and aux
iliaries. but will also give personal at
tention to securing election of delegates
If this work is faithfully done the Blan
chester Convention will pass into history
as one of the largest and best meetings
held by our church in Ohio for many
years.
PRICETOwN
Rev. o. G. Colegrove visited, March
18th, Pricetown and vicinity, and
preached morning and evening. The
attendance in the morning was not very
large. owing to misunderstanding but
in the evening there were nearly two
hundred present. In the afternoon he
preached at Buford, in the Christian
church, to congregation of nearly three
hundred, composed of Methodists, Chris
tians and Universalists, and very happy
time was enjoyed. In the evening Bro.
Colegrove attended an election of officers
at Pricetown, and the following were
chosen; Moderator. Mr.. A. Wallace;
Clerk, Manford Workman, Pricetown;
Trustee. Mrs. j. B. Cochran. Delegates
to State Convention, David Workman,
and Mrs. j. B. Cochran. Bro. Colegrove
is of the opinion that. under proper
management, Pricetown can support
services one Sunday month. We trust
that he will give this place as much
of his personal attention as other work
will permit.
MANCHESTER.
April will be a busy mouth with Rev.
o. G. Colegrove. April 9th to 18th he
held series of Good News Meetings at
Farmers Station. assisted by Rev. j. A.
Stoner. Of Milford. April 10th to 23rd,
a series of Good News Meetings will be
held at Manchester, at which Rev. Sara
L. Stoner will assist. April 23rd-25th
he will hold meetings at Olive Branch.
In letter communicating the forego.
ing, Bro. Colegrove says: Convention
work is going on steadily on every hand"
LYONS.
Miss Ermina c. Stray closed her first
months work with the church at Lyons,
March 28th, and reports the outlook
good. She says: while it will take
time to build the church up in all
branches. have good material TO work
with. When men, young and old. and
boys turn out and help. there is hope;
but when they do not. it is lame. one
sided affair. | organized Y. p. u
of seventeen members, of various ages,
Sunday evening. March 18th. | accept
ed the presidency by unanimous desire
of the members. We will take up the
regular topics as presented in the Con
vention Circular. The Sunday school
is making prepare ions for an Easter
celebration. and the Alliance will have
BLUE Jay" social soon.
CENTRAL OHIO ASSOCIATION.
A conference meeting was held under
the auspices of Central Ohio Associa-