The Republican journal., 1899-05-11
Young Peoples Christian Union.


was held in the Universalist church in
this city Thursday, May 4th.
The forenoon session was a devotional
meeting. the subject of which was ''What
does it mean to you to be Universalist?'
After the opening voluntary, several
hymns were sung by the congregation.
Mrs. L. ". Couns of Pittstield was leader
OF the meeting. She read portion of
the eighth chapter of Romans and offered
prayer, after which she spoke briefly on
the subject Of the meeting. In substance
she said, it means vast deal to be true
univeTsalist One must lay aside ali
marrow views and take the broadcast view
of lite. When We realize that God is the
Father of all we must of necessity look
upon life in its broadest sense. Believ-
Iug that we are living for eternity we shall
live nobly The lessons of our faith must
be woven into our lives
The hymn Forward be our Watch
word was sung.
Further remarks on the subject were
1ii""9 - MISS ~ y. dlChs; DelIaSt; ID. ,.
%use, Wate1ville; Mrs. T. p Alexander,
Belfast Miss Cleaves of Waterville: Mrs.
<i,o. +. Leighton, Sllowhesan; G. j.
Blake, Hallowen and Mrs A. F Peter
son, Belfast.
The session closed at j. o'clock with
che aymn, Press on, ye sons Of light.
ne Afternoon session WIS opened at ,
ehnrch TIa,.,1lnit and it's s,,,ro,,,1,4i,,lrs
were very ,,,4tfil,- dao1,atad tba ,.lITi.
heinz desionfd md snnnrintendad Nv, ,Ti.S
Ftbfi Ran hroad fas+nor ~ hl,,a
aau7e was susuended arr,Ss Tho +on ~
+hl. ajcove at the rear nf the mimi and
on IT we're the hi+e letters s.y p q i ;,
The pulnit and = small +a1,la At tho frnn+
were artistically draned in blue and white
4ba official cnlrrs If ,ba Y p r y
handsome aoa,an+bns in fnIl Moon, stoad
on the table and . tlnwprino manic hasida
the altar 4 few Other ,nttfd nIants
added n the gene,a1 effec+
The AFTERNOON session nnaned with an
Dream voluntary bv Miss Carrie KINGS
bury. The meetino was call 4 ia order Nv
Oh, Blake. secretary OF the association and
Rev. Geo. Z LEIGHTON was chosen chair
man pro TEN.
Mrs. A, A. Smith of Belfast read a brief
and hearty address of welcome. After
EXPRESSING for herself and the Relfast
Union their pleasure in meeting the dele
gates from the sister Unions. sh smoke
op some of the phases of the wo1k of the
organization. "Onward'' is the watch
word and "Christ and His work the
motto of the Y. p. c. Z. We are tumble
Instruments in His hands for the upbuild-
ing of His kingdom. and we must work
with our best efforts to that end
The chairman made a brief and feeling
response, and Mrs. @. 5 Haskell of Pitts
tield followed She stated that She found
mr st Hearty welcome and generous hos
pit7ity IN Belfast, and expressed the ap-
lTeciIuon ot the delegates OF tile manner
in which they We're being entertained. The
heIpfulness Of the Union Tor good TO its
members and all who come within its in
3lueuce was spoken OF briefly
\ paper on The benefits to be derived
from attending the National Convention"
was read by Mrs Leighton. She com
pared the love that a true American has
for his country to the love of a true Uni
VeIsalist ion the church. She spoke of the
Inspiration to be gathered at the conyen-
tons in listening to the words of the great
leaders of thought, and also If the good
that follows 10 others if those who attend
maxi INC pest use OF their DilVlIepeS.
A general discussion followed in which all
spoke favorably of the advantages of at
tending the coming National Convention
in Lynn this year. Mrs. A. F. Peterson
spoke from experience of the hospitality
of the Lynn people and of the welcome
she felt sure would be given the visitors
by the Unionists of that city.
A paper on ''Consecration' by A. F.
Peterson was read by Rev. A. A. Smith.
He defined conservation as giving one S
whole soul to a work. To be consecrated
to God one must be constantly on the
watch, not only to guard against tempta-
lions but to look for opportunities for
work. We should ask ourselves. not
How did l work Yesterdays but Chow
shall | work today?''
Mrs. E. P. Frost sang as a soprano solo
Grass and Roses
The paper bv Harry S. Vose of Water
vile on .tWhy wear the white and blue?"
was interesting and full of good points.
The National Convention adopted the
colors white and blue in 1894, and they
have since been worn as the colors of the
Union. Two questions were considered
Why wear coors9 and why the white
and blue as those colors? 1t is the
fashion to wear colors and emblems to
designate members of various societies
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