 |
|
What people are saying - Write a reviewWe haven't found any reviews in the usual places. Related books
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrasesaccept American Unitarian Association Anna Cooke annual meeting APPENDIX ARTICLE Baptist bers Board of Trustees building Burrage Burrell called chapel charity Charles Hodge Christian Union Church of Portland ciety Clerk congratulate congregation CONSTITUTION County Farm County Jail covenant dear December 29 dedication Divinity Dufur EARL MORSE WILBUR early earnest elected formed friends funds Harvard Divinity School held monthly Horatio Stebbins influence Ira Goodnough January labor Ladies Liberal Christianity Louis minister months Multnomah Multnomah County never Oregon organization Pacific Coast parish pastor persons philanthropic Post-office Mission prayer preached pulpit purpose R. A. White R. R. Thompson received religious resignation rian San Francisco sermon Sewing Society Shattuck Soci Society of Portland South Portland Spaulding street Sunday Sunday-school T. L. Eliot things Thomas Frazar THOMAS LAMB ELIOT tion to-night twenty-five Unitarian Church Unitarian Society vote word worship Popular passagesPage 90 - Whereas, The great opportunities and demands for Christian labor and consecration at this time increase our sense of the obligations of all disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ, to prove their faith by self-denial, and by the devotion of their lives and possessions to the service of God. and the building up of the kingdom of His Son, — ARTICLE I. Page 78 - Beginning with the elections held In 1971, the term of office shall be three years or until their successors have been duly elected... Page 48 - He has always been an earnest supporter of the temperance movement, and of Woman's Suffrage. After the great fire in Portland, on August 2, 1873, he was appointed one of the committee of five to distribute the citizens' fund of relief, and served in that capacity for several months. Page 81 - Election by shall be entitled to one vote. The five persons receiving the highest number of votes shall be declared duly elected, and shall be notified of their election by the Secretary as soon as practicable after the counting of the ballots. In case of a tie vote upon two or more of the candidates affecting the result of the election as above, an election shall be held on the next day between the hours of 12 M. and 3 o'clock... Page 82 - The Annual Meeting of the Society shall be held on the second Tuesday of January in each year. Page 48 - He has little liking for religions controversy, but rather has a strong feeling of the essential unity of the Church Universal. He has been accustomed in his preaching to dwell most upon the positive virtues of Christian character, and has striven to develop the deepest religious life in his hearers. Churches and ministers who are farthest removed from his theology, respect and love him as a man. Page 47 - Boys' and Girls' Aid Society of Oregon, and the Oregon Humane Society of which he has been President for ten years, deserves especial mention. He rendered important service in securing for Oregon legislation establishing a State Board of Charities arrt Corrections, the first of its kind on the Pacific Coust. Page 49 - Eliot's family life hasbeen singularly blessed. Of eight children, seven are living. The eldest is Rev. William G. Eliot, Jr., pastor of the Unitarian Church in Seattle, Washington. Having completed the honorable term of twentyfive years as pastor of one church, Dr. Eliot resigned his pastorate in January, 1893, desiring, on account of uncertain health, to be free from theheavy obligations it imposed.* He has been elected Pastor Emeritus, * For the resolutions adopted upon Dr. Page 50 - F. however, and purposes still to remain with the church, devoting to it as much of his time and strength as may seem desirable, while he will also feel more free to engage in philanthropic work, of which so much still remains to be done, and in which he feels so deep an interest. Page 47 - Eliot was at that time quite youtl.ful in appearance, and was known for some years as "the boy preacher." But in the severe labor and bitter opposition that he and his church had to encounter during the next few years, he showed that he possessed the full powers of a man. His life, since the day of his ariival, is viiltui on the history of the Portland church, which has constantly prospered and grown under his ministry. Bibliographic information
|
