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He is editor and manager of the New Church Messenger.
Mr. Saul is father of a charming family, made up of mother, three daughters, and two sons, besides himself, all devoted to the Church.
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THE NEW CHURCH AND CHICAGO
SCAMMON.
Dr. Franklin Scammon, a brother of Hon. J. Young Scammon, was an earnest and faithful member of the Society from 1847 until his death, being the tenth to join -one of the pioneers and founders. He remembered the Church in the distribution of his property. He was president of the Chicago College of Pharmacy, organized in 1859, and prominent in his profession.
SEARS.
Mr. John Sears, Jr., the eighth to join the Society, was one of the founders and pioneers, active and devoted many years. He made the Chicago Society one of the legatees of his will.
Mr. Joseph Sears, a son, became a member of the Society in 1866, fifteen years prior to his wife, Helen Barry Sears.
Mr. Sears is another of the small cluster of men to whom much is owed for untiring devotion to the affairs, and very generous assistance during years of pressing need. For a number of years he filled the very important and arduous office of chairman of the finance committee, during which his sound business judgment and that of fellow committeemen was proved by the happy deliverance of the Society from its great burden of money trouble. His years of interest and industry in the affairs of the Church equal a third of a century. He and Mrs. Sears were regularly at the Sanctuary until the location of their residence made continuance impossible. He is a member of the Loyal Legion and prominent in affairs.
SILKE.
Mrs. Alice E. Silke and her several children became members of the Society in 1881, having been participants in the services of the Church much earlier.
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The husband and father, J. Freeman Silke, was a use- ful and industrious worker in the Society and regular attendant at the services, until the end of life on earth allowed him to pass into the higher realm of usefulness.
Now at advanced age, with faculties active and unim- paired, Mrs. Silke lives in the sphere of the Church as it is brought into her home by her Church-loving family, and to which her lovable character is reciprocal.
SMALL.
Dr. Alvan Edmund Small, and Martha Mary Small, as members of the Chicago Society, date from 1859. Doc- tor Small, belonging to the School of Homeopathy, was eminent in the profession, and among his fellow citizens. For many years he was a lecturer for Hahnemann Medi- cal college, a student, and man of letters. Being devoted to the Church, he read Swedenborg thoroughly and un- derstandingly; in churchmanship, sound and industrious. Though mild, modest, and lovable in disposition he was unflinching in defense of principle, as was manifested many times during his continued opposition to, and fight against American slavery, He was an avowed abolition- ist and worker on the underground railroad.
WALLENBERG.
Mr. Francis Wallenberg and Mrs. Eliza Wallenberg were baptized into the New Church by Mr. Hibbard in 1851, following which they made their home in St. Louis for a number of years. Returning to Chicago, Mrs. Wallenberg became a member of the Chicago Society in 1874. Mr. Wallenberg, who passed into the spiritual world in 1865, does not appear to have been a member of the physical body.
Mrs. Wallenberg having raised their children in the faith, she and her five daughters remain faithful and
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devoted members of the Church, all their names appearing in the membership roll of the Chicago Society.
WATERMAN.
Mrs. Rebecca Eloise Waterman became a member of the Society in 1872, now nearly a third of a century since. She remains attentive and faithful. Her distinguished husband, Hon. Judge Arba N. Waterman, is a member of the Church by baptism, though it seems he has not formally joined the external organization.
In the pastoral record kept by Rev. J. R. Hibbard is this entry: "Dec. 16, 1862-Married, Arba Nelson Waterman, Lieutenant-Colonel U. S. Volunteers, and Rebecca Eloise Hall, in the New Jerusalem temple."
Colonel Waterman was one of the very young officers who were an extraordinary and distinguishing feature of the great volunteer army.
He served for a long term as judge of the superior and appellate courts.
He is a member of the Loyal Legion, and there are few people who have more highly appreciative friends than have Judge and Mrs. Waterman.
WHEELER.
Mr. John E. Wheeler was the tenth to sign the roll of members.
He was one of the organizers of the Chicago Tribune and present in the meeting with Mr. Joseph K. C. Forrest when the paper was christened. Mr. Wheeler was one of the pioneers and early workers to whom the present members of the Church are so greatly indebted.
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THE CHURCH ROOMS AND LIBRARY, Suite 501 Masonic Temple.
Occupants: The Chicago Society of the New Jerusalem, The Western New Church Union, The Illinois Associ- ation of the New Jerusalem, New Church Messenger, and Swedenborg Club.
ANOTHER VIEW OF THE SAME.
INDEX TO IMPORTANT SUBJECTS.
PAGE.
Academy of the New Church
310
Adams Street Land .
185, 194
Adams Street Temple.
141, 144, 147, 195
African Mission
378
American Bible Union
164
Application for Membership
72, 100,
102
Articles of Faith .
117
Ashland Avenue Temple.
341
Assessment of Pews.
251
Barler, Rev. Orson L.
193,
286
Barrett, Rev. Benjamin F.
108
Bartels, Rev. Adolph J.
155
Bell, Lieut. John H ..
146
Bonney, Hon. Charles C.
346, 355, 356
Burnham, Edwin
221, 222
Burnham, Rev. Nathan C.
123
Centennial Address
228
Central Church Homes
92
Certificate of 1849
67
Certificate of the Legal Organization
46
Changed Conditions.
251
Chicago Astronomical Society
163
Chicago Directory
21, 48, 50, 60,
92
Chicago Fire.
175
Chicago Pulpit
198
Chicago Society Attitude toward Union Swedenborgian Church
272
Chicago Society Completely Established.
143
Chicago Tribune
19,
30
Cleare, Rev. A. John.
339
Columbian Exposition
341
Communion Set, A.
130
Congress of the New Jerusalem Church
356
Consecration of the Society 64,
50
Consummation of the Age
120
Convention, the General
107, 123, 378, 383
Correct Name.
Dearborn Observatory 27
167, 193
Dillingham, Rev. William N. P
65
Constitution and Signers
382
City Hotel. 29, 166
26
Chicago Cemetery
150
Babcock, Henry H.
405
406
INDEX TO IMPORTANT SUBJECTS
PAGE.
Dole, Rev. George H
335
Eighteenth Street Land.
.185, 194, 286
Englewood Parish.
341, 367, 371
Englewood Society
336, 339 39
Essentials of the Church
50, 116, 203
Fairfield Avenue Chapel
371, 377
Final Details of the Consolidation
291
Fire of 1874.
223
Fire Relief Committee.
184
Fire Relief Money
184
Free Church
163
Garden City Institute. 162,
111, 112, 114, 127
General Church of Pennsylvania. 310
310
Gifts and Legacies 383
342
Goodner, Rev. William M
167, 193
Hahnemann Hospital
26
Hahnemann Medical College
26 127
Hartman, Rev. J. M
162,
Headston, John.
163 381 193
Herrick, Rev. John I.
Hibbard, Rev. John Randolph, Paragraph by, 66; Employ-
ment of, 69; Biographical of, 74; Letter by, 85; on Use of the Surplice, 146; and the Chairmanship, 153; Granted Leave of Absence, 171; Present to, 172; Resolution in Favor of, 269; Resignation, 276; Preamble and State- ment, 277; Present to, 286; Present to, 341; Memorial Window
Holy Supper
How the Records were Preserved.
183
Humboldt Park Church .375, 376 Humboldt Park Parish
Hyde Park Service .
368, 370, 371 167
Illinois Association
. 40, 57, 60, 104, 106, 157, 195, 221, 307
Immanuel Church
303
Keyes, Rollin A
Kingon, James. 231,
298 249 340
King, Rev. Thomas A
375, 377, 379
Kenwood Parish. 364, 370
Legacies and Gifts
383
Legal Organization
45
Legend of the Goats.
95
Lovell, Vincent S.
Mann, Rev. Charles H
160
McCagg, Hon. Ezra B 32
Mechanics Institute 99
365
220
General Church of the New Jerusalem
Gladish, Rev. Willis L
Harrison Street Temple
Kenwood Church.
Looking Back. . 142 48
Eras of the History
407
INDEX TO IMPORTANT SUBJECTS
PAGE.
Meetings, First, 45; First Annual, 62; Second Annual, 64; Third Annual, 69; First Special, 97; Fourth Annual, 98; Second Special, 100; Fifth Annual, 103; Sixth Annual, 107; Seventh Annual, 111; Eighth Annual, 114; Third Special, 115; Ninth Annual, 121; Tenth Annual, 124; Eleventh Annual, 128; Twelfth Annual, 134; Fourth Special, 136; Thirteenth Annual 137
Membership in the Society. .72, 100, 102, 218
Mercer, Rev. Lewis Pyle, Address by, 240; Biographical, 255;
Pen Picture, 258; Author, 263; Letter by, 293; Chairman, 356; Resignation.
Munger, Edwin A 342, 361
New Church and the Great War
149
New Church Bookstore .. 168, 171, 197
New Church Bureau of Information
340
New Church Congress, 1886.
323 162
New Church Hall.
217
New Church in the World's Parliament of Religions
346
New Church Messenger
164, 166, 167, 168, 171, 173, 180, 181, 192, 204
New Jerusalem in the World's Religious Congresses 359
Noble, Rev. Calvin Day 173, 188
North Clark Street Chapel
164, 214, 363, 371
North Side Parish.
363, 371 163
Observations
58
Offertory 105, 160
Officer, Alexander
365
Official Organization
381
Organ .
147
Owen, George H
339 116
Pen Picture .
258
Portland (Me.) Society.
162
Proposed Grand Edifice
186
Preaching, Kind of .
240
Ragatz, Rev. John Henry
130
Rebellion, the Great. .
145, 149
Reminiscences of a Pioneer
. 46, 49, 67, 82, 96, 97, 123
Resolution by an Eastern Society
160
Reuben Street Temple 128, 341
Rich, Rev. Louis 338
Rules of Order 100
Saloon Building. 92
Saul, Rev. John S. 367
Scammon, Franklin 153
Scammon, Hon. Jonathan Young, Biographical, 18; Compli- ment to, 126; Letter by, 211; Vindication of, 218; Reso- lution of Sympathy, 225; Memorial to 337
Scammon, Miss Arianna E. .342, 356
370
New Church German Society 115, 135, 153,
Oakwoods Cemetery
Pamphlet of 1855
408
INDEX TO IMPORTANT SUBJECTS
PAGE.
Scammon, Rev. Cyrus
192
Schreck, Rev. Eugene J. E
375, 377, 379
Sears, John, Jr ...
165
Second Swedenborgian Society
199, 219
Secular Committee
99
Separate Congregations
196, 224, 274
Seville, The .
342
Sharpsburg, the Battle of
146
Sheridan Road Church
376, 378
Silke, J. Freeman.
164
Simons, Albert. .
378
Small, Dr. Alvan E
332
Smith, George.
31
Snow, H. Orville
113
Some of the Workers
192
South Mission
163
Special Personal Mention
384 360
Steinway Hall.
Stewards of the Lord (See Separate Congregations)
224, 384
Stockwell, Rev. John W 330, 379
Stone Building
136, 144
Sunday Offerings 105, 160
Sunday-School .
104
Support of the Government.
144
Swedenborg
130
Thirty-third Street Land
302
Tithing
158
Union Park Congregational Church 216, 248
Union Park Temple
215
Union Swedenborgian Church
231
University of Mississippi
27
Urbana University
289
Van Buren Street Temple.
301
Waltham Free Press.
190
Washington Street Land.
302
Webster, David L
214
Western New Church Union
328
Woodyatt, Dr. William H 247, 248
Turner, Mrs. Abigail W . 207, 244
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