The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-28

Annual Meeting of the Congregation
Was Held Yesterday In the Shad-
ow of a Great Sorrow - Trustees
VIII Hold Their Annual Meeting
During the Coming Week-Church
Notes.
The annual meeting Of Unity church
was held last evening in the church pa
lors. E. E. Woodman, of the board of
trustees, presided. The following reso u
lions in regard to the recent death of
the pastor of the church, Rev G. l.. Div
en-, were read and adopted:
''It is fitting that as society we should
place on record an expression of the deep
sense of loss which our church feels in
the sudden death Of the pastor During
his short stay with us, DR.. Diven had
laid the foundations for long career OF
service. His high character and devot ton,
his lofty ideals, his scholarship and ex
perince, were all of, a sort to promise fu-
ture growth and development of an I'M
usual kind; and our sense of present loss
is augmented by a realization Of what
the unfulflled future might have held.
not only for our church. but for our work
in the West
ttOur own personal bereavement is over
Swallowed by the sorrow which has fallen
upon the wife and daughter. To them We
offer our most earnest and heartfelt sym
pathy.'
c.. W.:Ames and S. l.. Sewall were elect
ed trustees to succeed E. e. Woednian
and Frank Dabney. whose terms have
expired. A vote of, thanks was extended
to the retiring trustees for their faithful
services. The following members now
comprise the board: w. j. Footmap, Fer
dinand Willius, Benjamin SommeIs. G. w.
Ames, S. L. Sewall Mrs. George F. Fish
leigh and Miss I. T. Thompson. -
The treasurer's report was read by Mr..
Sommers. 1t showed the total receipts
for the year past to be So, 165 II; total ex-
penditures, So, 07593 leaving a balance o;
$89.7S. There are No outstanding Geb.s.
Mrs. G. H. Clark reported for the
Weman's alliance. The Christmas sale
netted S23o2z OF this SITS was given over
to the trustees.
Cecil Yapp reported for the Young
Peoples guild. Owing to the fact that
the boys were in the minority the report
stated the financial affairs of the guild
were not in the best possible condition,
therefore to save the expenses of light
and heat In the church the members
There was some discussion In regard to
the maintenance Of the church choir.
The choir is supported by a subscription
fund, raised outside the running ex-
penses of the church. Two hundred dol
lars has been subscribed toward the fund
this year, but as this will only main
tain the choir for six months there was
some talk Of dispensing with it for this
year. A resolution was passed authoriz-
ing the choir committee to use the $500
for choir expenses for the first half of
the year, the women Of the church In
the meantime to devise some means of
increasing the fund so that it may be re-
taired the remainder of the year. There
was some discussion regarding new
pastor. and the name Of Rev. John Bev-
ington was suggested to the trustees. Mr.
Bennington is native Of Massachusetts,
and Just now is a free lance. as it were,
in the church. He has been supplying
the pulpit IL the First Unity church in
Baltimore, Md, and stands in high re-
pute In the East as a speaker and worker.
The board of trustees will hold its an
nual meeting next Saturday afternoon in
the church parlors.