The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-04-03

curing a regular annual contribution
for the general work of our church
stands very near to the first of the obi.
cations which rest upon a Universalst
parish.
500
The Lenten services
nv NJ, "ui noh at st. Paui's Church
O0n N0i Si00S' have been so success.
full thus far this year as to justify the
pastors in arranging a series of special
representations OF the famous Passion
Play, with its splendid stereopticon IL
Illustrations, to be repeated daily at 1880
P. M. during Holy Week, beginning Palm
Sunday and ending Good Friday. The
choir of the church. including its org an
ist, are to assist in the exercises. DIR.
Garfield will deliver brief address each
evening. and the Rev. j. J. Lewis will
tell with dramatic interest the story of
what he saw at Ober- Ammergau in 1890
Besides these exercises in the body of
the church. there will also be interesting
Inquiry and Revival services in the
chapel every afternoon at four o'clock.
Thus St Paul's is prep airing for the
revival spirit which is now sweeping over
the city. Would it not be we'll for our
various churches in this vicinity to take
an interest in these services, and by dele
cations and otherwise make them verit-
able mass conferences of mutual advan-
tage and profit to all concerned?
The Local and Maine, will saw in the be-
General Church. Banner of this week:
IF in the next twenty. five years, the
Universalist churches, by greater zeal.
liberality and wisdom in their collective
action. could achieve great successes in
Church Extension, in Missions, philan-
thropies and education and could in.
crease in prestige by the lustre of more
great names whose character, ability
and achievement had adorned the an
creased the assets of each Individual
church of our name so that the san Q
amount of work would insure larger re-
suits than now, and larger success
would crown the efforts of each church
and worker in all the years to come. An
enlightened selfshness in behalf of the
local church calls for loyalty to the en-.
terprises of the churches in their asso-
ciated action. The worker, be he lay or
clerical, who does not work for the well
fare of the whole church, does not do
his best for the permanent welfare of
the individ dual church,
The same thought is expanded in
another direction by Rev. HENRY R..
ROSE. in his contribution to the General
Convention Symposium:
1--WE will help ourselves by every dol.
lar we give to the Conventions because
that means just so much healthy activ-
ity in our denomination at-large. Let
the Nation suffer. as it has, from deficit
in its treasury, and every State suffers
with it. Let the Universalist Church in
this country or Japan. or anywhere else
on Gods earth. suffer from a lack of
funds and every separate church will
feel it. On the other hand, prosperity
in the Conventions means prosperity
among the churches. We act and re-
act.
at will, Furthermore, do your congre-
cation and mine good to have the feel
ing that they are meeting their obliga.
tons to the last penny and meeting
them with increasing promptness and
cheerfulness. A pastor can look such a
people in the face from his pulpit and
thank God he is their minister. And
they can look him in the face and re-
joce that they are led by such leader.
And they will.
But suppose we did not get cent or
an ounce of benefit from helping others?
Lot Emerson reply: ut never troubles
the sun that some of his rays fall wide
and vain into ungrateful space, and only
small part on the rejecting planet.
Thou art enlarged by thy own shining"
AS true of churches as individuals,