The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-05-29
Our Ohio Churches.
FROM j. W. HENLEY, d. d.
State Secretary.
THE LAST CALL.


By the time The UNIvERsALIsT for
next week will have reached the majority
of it's readers the seventy. second ses-
sion of the Ohio Universalist Convention
will have passed into history. Wheth-
or it's transactions will result in promot
ing the welfare of our church, and in
creasing it's influence for good, will be
fully known by that time. We hope for
the best, and if the Convention shall be
composed OF our best men and women.
who will carefully plan and adopt meas
ures looking to forward movement of
the church all will go we'll. Thus far
the number Of delegates reported to US
is comparatively small; but we trust that
the next few days will show large in
crease and that the meeting will be
representative one. Rev. 0. G. Cole
grove and our friends at Manchester are
standing with open hands and hearts to
extend hearty welcome to all who will
attend. Do not let them be disappoint-
ed.
MASON.
At business meeting held by our
church at Mason, on Sunday. May 10th,
which was largely attended, it was voted
to have services every Sunday for the
year beginning July Let, and the work
of Rev. Clifford E. Jones. having proven
largely satisfactory, it was voted to con-
tinue him as pastor. Not long since, it
was thought by some, that owing to the
financial conditions it would not be poss-
ible to continue services every Sunday,
and the every other Sunday plan"
would have to be again adopted. Ac-
cordingly we solicited our church at
Eaton to cooperate with Mason, to
which they agreed. But when our Ma
son friends reviewed the good work &C.
complished by having services every
Sunday, they resolved that they could
not go backward; hence the decision of
last Sunday. While this result will no
doubt be quite disappointment to our
friends at Eaton, they have list of min
listers available from which they can
make selection of a pastor who will do
good work.
BIGOTRY DYING, BUT NOT DEAD.
Rev. Henrietta G. Moore preached
Sunday evening, May 9th, in the opera
house in Charles City, Iowa. to con-
gregation of nearly thousand. The
meeting was held under the auspices of
the Universalist church. and the Metho-
dist Episcopal church suspended ser
vices and the pastor offered the opening
prayer. The Baptist minister was not
so cordial; but he announced that he
would omit evening service so that his
congregation might attend, but he wish
ed it understood that the Baptist church
did not unite with the Universalist~
Miss Moore says; "At Algona met some
true blue Universalists. who treated me
in an elegant manner. We have no
church there and our people are hun
cry for Universalist preaching. The
Unitarians tried to get in and swallow
them up, but they would not be swal-
lowed"
AN INTERESTING EVENT.
All Universalist ministers who have
preached at Newtown, Hamilton county.
know something of the history of Dur
ham family, the descendants of Aquilla
Durham and wife, who were early set
tiers in that part of Ohio. and pioneers
in the establishment of the Universalist
church.
On Thursday, May 18th. reunion Of
the descendants of this worthy couple
was held at BASS Island Park near
Newtown. There we're present from
many branches of the family from