Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-05-14
EMBRYoLOGY THE WESr


The Unitarian preacher. Mr.. ID. A. Conway
wh' - about 30 years old, and who went Ia
'lhcinnatI about two years ago began lately
= set and ~ preach in a manner rather too
original for some Of the more pious bretbrer
si sisters, and request was made TO him bv
t'no =" reslSh' which he worry quietly declined
- ITO, and appealed to the CONGREGATION TO con.
firm ms acts and teachings Two parties were
formed In the society, one against and one for
him, who, after attacking each other with somc
venom. and elcCtiOneering with great fury n,
surdry meetings, came at last to the sensible
CONCLUSION 10 sell the church and divide tn,
fUndS The church is on the s. W. corner Of
Fourth and Race streets. in the most f,sbion-
abl" of tie shopping pTOmenades. and 7, Ill sell
t'r aa1Ht $4,000 1t contains ONLY forty neuS
a@I each pow Is worth. therefore. 81 .uda Ia
wards tn" new organization. Out of this will
CIV two churches, a Conway church and M
AltI-tu3Way church.
The latter i Unitarian. after the school of
CnanrinS. and the former free church. after
th- school of Conway, including hat was fac
tlrHslT called - the liberal e!emert of Ci,cin-
patti. who, headed by n Scotch gentleman or
th" name of Calvin. (not John CaIvinD pre,i
dcnt If the Tom Payne Association. soIemnIy
gave IN their adherence to the Conway division.
the other day. in meeting All the narticulars
have been given from time TO time in the Gin
cIluhu papers and the Washington Union
Tue great phenomenon, interesting to ont
s:ders, IL tho regular organization of the
Liberal Element of Cincinnati" in free
chdrch, under regular preacher for Sabbath
worship.
Their basis Of cooperation IL to acknovledoe
no CrSS9 whatever, but for each man or woman
we are not informed how it is with the chill
dFen-t" ind out for himself or herself the
tru'h IN spiritual matters. They Agree. gen
orally, in rejecting The miracles. The resufrec-
ton uf Christ. and the specific creation of man
IS man They adopt the - development tbe-
cry of the author of the - Vestiges of Crea-
ti'n which supposes that creatures of n
higher "r5anizatiun. such ss the mammalia.
"a" developed by prolonged pcsfqtjoy in
the e'WiEGcgf1 Of lower animals such 81
birds. fishes dc., and that having been once
developed, they continue to propagate their
"an species regularly thenccforward That
r'an originated first from the embryo Of an ape.
whose existence in the fotaI condition wa.
from some cause OF other PROLONGED in potor-
nal Teccpta"u!Um, beyond the usual period of
E"statlOn. whereby that portion of the spiuaI
column which In the ape Is usually devoted to
ty". became absorbed into the higher regions
81 the brain Uranium. If the infant ape had
Iess tail. II had, on the other hand more brains
hhd Digger soul 1t was In fact n human be-
ing Ihere Is said 10 be tribe of men nov
living IN the centre of Africa, who have not
Yet parted with their caucal appendages Let
u not, therefore, hastily reject Mr.. Conway's
development theory, but wait for the facts
In the language Of Captain Cutie, "when
found make a note on't''
To do the new Cincinnati Church iustice.
they themselves have not yet adopted it as a
creed They are after it, though. with keen
scent, and our Cincinnati correspondent writes
as follows; You may depend upon it there
VIII be game started. A metaphysical free
church, with nothing to begin on. will not be
long without subjects OF discussion You had
better believe we know something about en-
bryoiosy IN the west.'-N. /. Express.