Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-10
UNIvERSALIST CONVENTION.


The 9th annual meeting of the Wis
c0DSin State Universalist convention
will be held this year in Wausau, June
to Q. inclusive 1t is twelve years
since this body met as the guest of the
Universalist parish in our city and the
friends here look forward it'll antici-
patton to its session. Fully a hundred
delegates will be in attendance, all
ministers being expected, besides a
large coterie of workers from the
churches and numerous visitors from
outside the territory embraced. 1t is
impossible at this time to offer the COM
pleted program, although the arrange
ments for the evening mass meetings
are approximately determined Mon
day evening, the sixth of June, proceed
ing the convention, the Rev A. r.
Grier, pastor of the Church of the Good
Sheppard, at Racine, and who is well
and favorably known as an eloquent
speaker and lecturer, will give lee
ture under the auspices of the Young
Peoples society, upon The Best
Things Saw in Europe" This lecture
will be profusely illustrated with col
Ored views of rare merit. All delegates
and visitors to the convention will be
admitted free. To others a nominal
admission of % cents will be asked.
Tuesday will be devoted to the con-
vention of the Young Peoples Chris
tian Union and will be filled with
bright addresses and enthusiastic dis
cussion. Tuesday evening the Rev.
John S. Lowe, of Lacrosse, win deliver
an address upon How to Save the
Church and How to Save Young Peo-
pie" The second speaker of the even
ing will be the Rev Charles Ellwood
Nash, ID. D., late president of Lombard
college and newly appointed field Sec
rotary OF the Universalist Denomina-
ton in America. This gentleman is
one of the strongest preachers on this
hemisphere, his recent address upon
Education" being remembered with
delight by all those of our citizens who
avaIIed themselves of the privilege of
hearing him. DR.. Nash will speak upon
the theme "A National Evangelism"
Wednesday will be devoted To the
business of the convention proper. al
though much of interest will be said
and done. In the afternoon there will be
the session of the ''Women's Mission
Circle" to which ladies are particular
ly invited. Wednesday evening the
Occasional Sermon viii be preached
by the Rev j. IL. Palmer of Monroe, a
man of spiritual power. An address
will follow by the Rev. Marion ID.
Shutter, ID. d., pastor of the Church of
the Redeemer, Minneapolis.
Thursday will be the concluding day.
A part of the afternoon session will be
given to consideration of the problems
Of the Sunday School. Thursday even
ing there will he an address by the Rev.
W H. McGlaafiin, ID. d., for twelve
years missionary in the sunny South,
under the auspices of the Young People,
builder and pastor of the twoimportant
churches at Hartman, Tenn, and
Atlanta, Ga. Dir. McGlaufiin las re-
Gently been appointed by the Jrus,
tees of the general convention of
UniversaliSts 10 the position Of
Northwest superintendent, having
supervision over the territory included
within the states OF Wisconsin, Mime
sofa and Iowa He will be present and
active during all the meetings. The
second and concluding address will be
given by the Rev. Isaac M. Atwood ID.
d., General Superintendent, the benign
head, revered authority of the Univer
salist church. Dr. AtWood's theme will
Faith 1t will be impossible for this
gentleman to be present until the
closing, as he will attend upon the Ohio
convention which assemblies the same
week, but at the solicitation of Rev. b.
b. Gibbs, the Wausau pastor, he has
consented to remain as his guest and
preach the Sunday following, June -.
An elaborate musical program is
already being rehearSed, under the
direction of that able chorister, Mr.. Geo.
Andrews, and it is not to much too prom
Use an appreciative public that both
vocal and instrumental work will be
of exceptional worth. The members of
the Wausau parish will extend the hos
pitality of their homes to all corners,
and il is expected that friends in other
local churches will attend and profit by
the meeting which, so fortunately for
all, is to meet this year in this city.