Unitarian Association.

As the month of May brings with it Anniversary Week, and as the central organization interested is the American Unitarian Association, we give our readers the latest picture of the building where the Association has its headquarters, and where the hospitality of the week will center. Elsewhere we give a partial programme of the Anniversary Meetings, but a few facts regarding the Association itself may be of interest.

It was formally organized on May 25, 1825, and it is interesting to notice that as the Ministry-at-Large grew out of a laymen's society, the "Association for Religious Improvement," so the Unitarian Association was the outgrowth of a club of liberal-minded citizens organized for social and philanthropic purposes, and called the Anonymous Association. This club met fortnightly, and it was in January, 1825, at the residence of Hon. Josiah Quincy, that the present Association was proposed and a committee appointed to consider it. Among those especially interested were Dr. Channing, Henry Ware, Joseph Tuckerman, Joseph May, Robert Waterston, Samuel A. Eliot, John Pierpont and David Reed. The plan was carried through, and by the urgency of Mr. Pierpont, in spite of considerable opposition, the name "Unitarian" was adopted. The purpose, as stated in the constitution still in use, was "to diffuse the knowledge and promote the interests of pure Christianity." The Association became and continues to be the executive arm of the Unitarian body and the working missionary organization of the Unitarian Churches in America.

The building shown in the picture stands on the corner of Beacon and Bowdoin Streets, and was erected in 1885. It is the headquarters, not only of the Association, but also of the Sunday School Society, the National Women's Alliance, the Young People's Relig ious Union, and the Unitarian Temperance Society. It contains a Book Room, where Unitarian and other liberal publications are for sale. Channing Hall is in the third story, and on the first is a pleasant reception room where our ministers and laymen are always sure of a welcome, on Monday afternoons especially, when tea is served. All our people ought to visit the building and become more familiar with its interesting rooms and the work there carried on. Anniversary Week would be a good time to begin.

Anniversary Meetings.

Every day from Monday, May 20, to Friday, May 24, will be filled with interesting meetings. Each day will begin with "Morning Prayer," at 9 o'clock, at King's Chapel.

Hospitality will include luncheons for delegates from a distance, served at Bulfinch Place Church, daily reunions at "headquarters," a grand reception at the Hoted Somerset on Monday evening, and the Festival on Friday evening.

The Association will hold its annual meetings on Tuesday and Wednesday in Tremont Temple. On Tuesday evening the subject will be "The Spreading of Pure Christianity," illustrated with stereopticon views. On Wednesday evening the anniversary sermon will be preached by Rev. Burt Estes Howard of Los Angeles, California.

The Women's Alliance will hold its public meeting on Monday at 2.30 in the South Congregational Church, and its business meeting on Tuesday at 10.

The Sunday School Society will have two sessions at King's Chapel on Friday, with addresses by Mrs. Clara B. Beatley, Rev. Thomas R. Slicer, Rev. William I. Lawrence, Rev. Edward A. Horton, and others. will occupy

The Children's Mission Arlington Street Church, as usual, on Thursday at 3, with reports and addresses by its president, Mr. Henry Williams, Rev. Earl Wilbur of Berkeley, California, and others.

The Temperance Society will meet at 2.30, on Thursday, in Channing Hall. Its subject will be, "What is being ac complished for Temperance?" and the Anti-Saloon League, the Young Men's Christian Association, and the Catholic Total Abstinence Society, will be represented respectively by Rev. Samuel H. Davis, Mr. Frank P. Spear, and Father Butler.

The meetings of the Young People's Religious Union will be on Thursday, a reception at 5, and a public meeting at 7.30, both at the Second Church.

On Monday afternoon at 3 the Lenda-Hand Society will hold its annual meeting in the vestry of Park St. Church. Reports will be made and Dr. Hale will give readings from "Ten Times One is Ten."

The Women's Alliance.

The attention of members of the Alliance is called to a change in the pro gramme for May. The annual meeting for reports and election of officers will be held on Wednesday, May 29, at 11

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A. M., instead of in the afternoon. members will have lunch together at 1 o'clock, and it is hoped that they will all come.

At the Study Class meeting, on May 8, at 2.30 P. M., Miss Annie F. Brown will read a paper upon "Liberal Religion in India.”

The evening meeting on April 24 was one of the most interesting the Alliance has ever held. Rev. William I. Lawrence gave an account of the growth of liberal religion in Japan, showing the part Unitarians have taken and the wonderful adaptability of our liberal thought to the progressive spirit of the Japanese. In their desire to adopt the best results of Western civilization, they have accepted the science and philo-ophy of such men as Darwin, Spencer and Mill, which has made it impossible for them to accept any form of Christianity not thoroughly scientific and rational. They are ready and eager for the best that Unitarianism can give.

The Winkley Guild.

The year of the Guild closes this month. On the whole it has been a very satisfactory one, both in attendance at meetings and interest manifested in the general study of the year, “Unitarianism."

The annual meeting of the Guild will be held in the parlors on Sunday, May 26, at 5 P. M. At this meeting officers will be elected for 1907-8, the reports of the year's work will be rendered, and plans made for next year. All members and friends are urged to attend this meeting, and to be ready with suggestions for the future, or criticisms of the past..

Other dates of interest to members are as follows: May 5-Rev. Robert F. Leavens, a director of the Young People's Religious Union, will speak on the "Character of Jonathan Mayhew," a pastor of the old West Church. May 19 -Mr. Percy A. Atherton will tell us about the "Unitarian Conferences, Their Work and Value." May 23-Annual meeting of the Young People's Religious Union, at the Second Church, Copley Square. Special attention is called to this meeting. Our Guild is entitled to three delegates to the business meeting at 2 P. M.,

In connection with this meeting, the Boston Federation is to provide entertainment overnight for those delegates who may come from a distance. Any members or friends who may be able to open their homes may send their names to Mr. O. Arthur MeMurdie, chairman

of the Federation Hospitality Commit

tee.

A reception will also be tendered the old and new officers of the Union between the afternoon and evening meetings, and a collation will be served.

Lend-a-Hand Annual Meetings.

The annual meeting of the Lend-aHand clubs was held on April 26, in the parlors of the church. It was an exceedingly interesting meeting. There were delegates present from eleven clubs. The meeting was opened by the president, Mr. Eliot, the clubs reciting the Lend-a-Hand mottoes. This was followed by the general secretary's report, and it was shown that the clubs collectively had spent during the year $46.40. The reports from the individual clubs were of great interest, for while they showed that quite a sum of money had been raised and spent very effectively, there had been other lend-a-work done at the cost of time and individual effort. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, Rev. C. R. Eliot; Secretary, Miss Elinor W. Crocker; Treasurer, Miss Gertrude C. Rogers. After the business of the evening was over, a social half hour was passed, when frappe and cake were served.

Stamp Savings Bank.

The habit of reasonable saving ought to be cultivated by every one. There is indeed a kind of saving which is miserly and despicable, but there is a kind of spending which is extravagant and foolish. Saving in the right spirit, that is, with unselfish prudence, prevents both these evils.

The Stamp Savings Bank, of which there is a branch in our church, is an institution to encourage young people especially to save, by making it easy to deposit small sums, until an account in a regular bank can be opened. Miss Stokes has charge of our branch and will explain the method, receive deposits, and issue stamps. It is particularly attractive to children and we ought to have a much larger number of members. Why not save your pennies and become a depositor? Make a beginning at once. Remember Franklin's wise sayings: "Little strokes fell great oaks" and "A man may, if he knows not how to save as he gets. keep "Waste his nose to the grindstone."

not, want not" is an old fashioned story, but a good one. How many have read

it?

OUR WORK.

Published monthly under the auspices of the Winkley Guild, in the interests of the work at Bulfinch Place Church.

As the publication date will be the first of every month, all notices or contributions for insertion must be sent in by the twentieth of the preceding month. This matter is to be sent to Mr. O. Arthur McMurdie, 52 Pinckney Street, Boston.

Sunday Services.

1.45 P. M. Howard Sunday School. 3.15 P. M. Public Worship. Communion first Sunday in the month. 7.30 P. M. The Winkley Guild every other Sunday.

The Church will be open every day from 10 until 1 o'clock. Mr. Eliot will be at the church on Wednesdays, and on other days by appointment; Miss Jones on Mondays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, and Miss Stokes on Tuesdays and Fridays.

The Boston Federation.

The annual meeting was held on April 28, from 4.30 to 7.30 P. M., at the Meeting House Hill Church, Dorchester. The following officers were elected for the season of 1907-8: President, Mr. Sanford Bates, of Dorchester; Vice-President, Mr. Howard Brown, of Quincy: Secretary, Miss Florence Brainard, of Dorchester; Treasurer, Mr. Beck, of Dedham.

At the afternoon meeting, the reports of the officers, directors and committees were read, and showed the Federation to be in a strong condition.

The evening meeting was addressed by Rev. Lewis G. Wilson, who gave an excellent sermon on "Religion and Life."

The hospitality of the Nathaniel Hall Society was appreciated by all, and everybody felt that a very profitable day had been spent in the beautiful church.

The Comfort Carriers' Club.

At the annual meeting of the Comfort Carriers Club the following officers were elected for the coming year: Miss Isabel Cummins, President; Miss E. L. Jones, Vice-President; Miss D. Gertrude Weeks, Secretary; Miss Edna C. Young, Corresponding Secretary; Miss Alice Cummins, Treasurer.

On April 2, the club held its second social for the year. A number of guests

were present, and a very enjoyable evening was spent. The chief amusement was a candy pulling contest, after which some very clever games were played.

May Festival.

The annual May festival will be held on Wednesday, May 8, at 7.30 o'clock. There will be tables for the sale of candy, ice cream, flowers, pop-coin, etc., and the usual Chinese laundry. The entertainment will be varied, with the May-pole dance and other features. All friends are cordially invited to be pres

ent.

Sphinx Club Exhibition.

The annual exhibition of the Sphinx Club will be held in the Sunday-school room on Saturday afternoon, May 11, at half past two o'clock. Articles made in the sewing, embroidery and woodcarving classes will be shown. The gymnasium class will give an exhibition, and there will be a musical program. Afterwards refreshments will be served. A cordial invitation is given to all friends.

Red, White and Blue Club.

Our friends will be interested to know that at the meeting of the club, held on April 15, Mrs. C. R. Eliot presented, as a contribution to our reserve fund, $20.10, a gift from the Women's Alliance of the Chestnut Hill Church. This, with the proceeds from the club play, over $40, makes the fund about $430.00.

Items of Interest.

The installation of Rev. Mr. Shurtleff in the Church of Our Father, East Boston, was pronounced by all one of the best services of its kind. A large number of Bulfinch Place people were present and helped to give Mr. Shurtleff a good "send off."

Mr. Oscar Martin, who has had charge of the gymnasium classes for young men on Mondays and Saturdays, reports 40 lessons with an average attendance of 12. The members have come from the clubs connected with the West End House. They have been very appreciative and have showed great improvement. Mr. Martin has been a vigorous and inspiring teacher. We hope that he will be with us again next year.

The boys' class, in charge of Dr. Kahn, will close with an exhibition on May 18.

memory of a trustful, sunny nature, fond of flowers and eager to "lend a hand." The photograph has brightened many hearts and we may be sure that Giacomino's life was not in vain.

Mutual Helpers Flower Work.

There has been a branch of the Mutual Helpers' Flower Work at Bulfinch Place Church since 1898. The central organization was formed in 1890 and its purpose is the distribution of flowers among the people in the tenement-house districts of Boston. Many stations have been established in the North End, West End, and South End, and a large number of country towns are interested in gathering and sending the flowers. An important part of the plan is to have children help in making up the bouquets and in distributing them. Over two hundred thousand bouquets are given out every year.

Our branch is open every day during the summer. The flowers are received in baskets, by express, and without charge. Miss Stokes and Miss Jones, with such assistance as they can get, carry on the work. Hundreds of hearts are cheered and hundreds of homes are made brighter by the flower messengers.

Are there not more of our chi dren and friends who would like to volunteer as helpers, by giving flowers, or by making and distributing the bouquets?

A Rain Song.

It isn't raining rain to me,
It's raining darodils!
In ev'ry dimpling drop I see
Wild flowers on the hills!
A cloud of gray engulfs the day,
And overwhelms the town-
It isn't raining rain to me—
It's raining roses down!

It isn't raining rain to me,

It's raining clover bloom,
Where any buccaneering bee
May find a bed and room.
A health, then, to the happy,
A fig to him who frets!
It isn't raining rain to me-
It's raining violets!

-Robert Love.nan.

Flower Sunday.

Flower Sunday will be celebrated as usual by a combined service of congregation and Sunday School, in the church, on June 16. The programme,

arranged by Miss Annie F. Brown, will include recitations as fo.lows: L.tt.e Brown Seeds, Ida Randali; Somebody s Mother, Mudred Randall; Suppose, Dorothy Foster; Do All that You Can, Margaret Pfleghaar; My Neighbor, Adeline Pfleghaar Our Country's Flag, Mahlon Fritz; Dandelions, Emma Fritz; Spring Gold, Hubert Payeur; Voices of Spring, Adeline Pfleghaar, Lillie Grant, Effie Humphreys; The Bluebird, Lillian Jackson; A June Morning, Viola Carlson; Chorus of Flowers, Rina Young, Einor Crawford, Ruth Brown, Edith Lundquist, Viola Carlson, Eva Wison; The Secret, Annie Keenan; Two Points of View, Carl Rogers, Frank Lailor; Only the Old Flag, Edgar Jackson; Faith, Hope, and Love, Malvena Haskell, Blanche Raymond, Annie Dennis; The Children's Prayer, Ruth Brown; Little Things, Emma Lang; Boys, Harold Dwire, Sumner Hunter, Earl Shackford, Frank Grant; Song of Violets, Infant Class; I Can and I Can't, Raymond Strong and Edwin Walker.

There will be a christening service and a brief address by Mr. Eliot.

The Old Ladies' Party.

Sixty years ago Mr. Winkley gathered together a few guests, and, scarcely realizing what he had done, instituted the "Old Ladies' Party," which has been an annual event ever since, first at P.tts Street Chapel and since 1870 at Bulfinch Place. It has certainly been one of the happiest occasions of each year, both for the guests and those who entertain them. To be eligible as a guest one must be at least sixty years old, or young, but no is required to "act like sixty." That is left to the unfortunates who are only sixteen. But some of these, and some a little older, can "wait," living in hopes of that happy day when they can sit at the first tables and be waited upon. To be sure, at the second tables, they are allowed to wait upon themselves as a reward for being so good.

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The guests arrive at about three o'clock, meet each other and chat together until four, when an entertainment is given by the children and other friends. The rooms are decorated gaily with flowers. At 5.30 a strawberry supper is served. Any where from one hundred to one hundred and fifty guests are at the tables, and there are bouquets for each one to carry home,

Then the young people have their sup