The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-02-27

ing. Sunday morning gave us good
congregation, but the evening congrega-
ton filed the church. In the evening we
preached on The Growth Of Liberal
Sentiment While we received no new
members, several persons have been
started in that direction"
BLANCHEsTER CIRCUIT.
Our Manchester church will have SER
vices every Sunday at 1870 A. M. The
Christian Union will conduct meetings
on alternate Sundays with the pastor.
The lecture recently delivered by Rev.
W. M. Backus. a former pastor, "On Eng
land in and Out" was we'll attended. Cot.
tage Conference meetings are held on
Wednesday evenings, at which interest.
ing Bible and Sunday school Normal
lessons are given. The young people are
planning to attend in liberal numbers
the National Y. P. @. Union at Detroit.
The Y. P. G. Union observed christian
Citizenship Sunday" Feb. 81. Rev. O.
g. Colegrove, pastor. writes: II had good
meetings at Farmers Station yesterday,
February IA, and had valuable addi-
| ton to the church
WORK OF THE PC. U. MISSIONARY.
After closing his very successful work
in Ballou Association Bro. Eben Mum
ford went to Hamilton, and on Sunday
afternoon. March 30. attended the in
| spring Union services of the Junior or
CARNATIONS OF the city. He says: "Such
meeting as this was would convince
the most skeptical that the Junior work
is one of the most successful and help
full auxiliaries of the church" In the
evening he gave an address in our
church and made a special appeal for
"Two-C Cents a-Week for Missions.
Twenty-Five subscriptions we're obtained.
Plans of work were considered and the
Hamilton Union starts out with new
life. A special agent was appointed to
solicit additional subscribers to 1.-TWO
Cents-a Week for Missions"
On Sunday. February 7. the Mission
ary attended the meeting Of the Win.
chester Associational Y. P. G. U. at
Springfield. Several interesting and
we'll written papers were read at the
morning session. Bro. Mumford ex-
planned the new law Of the State Union
in relation to dues, and urged the Spring.
field Union to unite with the State and
National Union, which steps will be
taken. The business session adjourned
to meet in London in May; the subject
of Flower missions" was selected as a
special topic for that meeting. Bro.
Mumford then delivered an address in
which he gave special prominence to
Two Cents. a. Week" work, which re-
suited in the enrolment of twenty nine
| subscribers. This success aroused con-
siderable enthusiasm and efforts will be
made to increase the number to thirty
| five. Bro. Mumford says: II am very
much pleased with the willingness of
the Unioners to take up the various de-
partments of Y. P. G. Union work. and
make the most of them
RAVENNA.
Rev. Andrew Wilson reports that the
net receipts to the Ravenna Organ Fund
from the Creary Tours were nearly ST..
From the special subscriptions made
the proceeds of this interesting series Of
entt rtainments aud a small temporary
loan, the church was able to accept the
| generous offer of the friend who ad-
vanced the money to purchase the
beautiful instrument, and the note was
cancelled February l. Mrs. L. A. Par
sons and Mr.. E. P. Merwin were mar
ried January 4, and their home is at
East Turnbull. Ashtabula county. Mrs.
Merwin was one of the faithful mem
bers of the Ravenna church, and for
| quite time served as clerk
The Y. p. G. u. conducted the SER
vices Sunday evening, February 7. The
attendance was large and the exercises
interesting and inspiring.
QUOIA IA 1MEN1S.
We urge upon pastors and church of.
ficers the necessity of securing payment
in whole or in part of quotas requested
for benefit of general fund of the State
Convention, without unnecessary delay.
Rightly and promptly managed. every
church can be represented by some
amount.
A PLEASANT OCCASION.
Ministers of the olden times cannot
fail to remmember Mr.. and Mrs. w. H.
H. Russell at Hamilton. For many
years they were recognized as believers
in Universalism, and when the church
was recognized about thirty years ago,
none were more devoted or more gener-
GUS in it's support. Mr.. Russell passed
to the higher life number of years ago,
leaving Mrs. Russell to continue the life
journey. On Monday, February 10, she
reached the seventy fifth milestone. and
her daughter, Mrs. r. H. Andrews, and
granddaughter. Miss Mary, planned a
pleasant surprise by inviting few of
her most intimate friends and all the
elderly women of the church to enjoy a
birthday dinner with her. AS one by
one they came. bearing beautiful flowers
and other tokens of remembrance,