New-York tribune., 1870-10-21

ne re caSa % h,hes mt sense ard somtimes for hn% ,n%
sake OF getting rid Of Jar ana ic cnlinf leave, for ho
' Iley "eu" ii Here Tho ninth Article 'oro"is 9o @
the Preamble miserable no there is good all
! lgionst III the sense o o'"'
Mr. White o. ht let themselves be outdone In the
spirit Of sacrifice. ,,,,,vvr
| . ,b stated that he wished to move an amend
1is own resolution Said DIR. Bellows =" advise
~ not 20 do tr' Said Collier: "Dont do It, Hepworth,
,,oose DON'T" Mr. Hepwor.h said he desired to do 1t
for the simple that he had been told that 1t would
save somebody's conscience and wouldn't hurt HIS The
churches which profess and call themselves Christians
Mr.. Hepworths friend and helper Mr. Putnam Thought
the first form more inclusive, as II took IN
all societies and organizations formed theh'
AFTERNOON SESSION.
MR. MAYS "sTATEMENT."
The discussion was resumed with redouDled
ardor and good deal Of confusion. The delegates IAN
nounced COZ in numbeI) al seemed disposed 10
enumerate for the pleasure and instruction OF the Con
ference, their individual views of what constitutes
Christianity. Mr.. Samuel ]. May offered the following
muchtaked OF statement as his dea Oh inc Unitarian
From he srst Of our existence especially through
the hat 50 years We have Sa all oSn; asGse % %
boos AMI tracts Ye more than this we have See AOcrs M
Christianity that have been long scoePte1 lsroushSa
Chrstendom, aud bring our islow oh,'u 81 i hest te9eSe
er Of religion wOud therefore he upeuous ss present time
oa anls s any H e for S si Ss &
hope to convince any ha, eft As The
founder Of Constantly d5 rO see s to prescribe e. e Ge Sr Sr
Iresumpuous any churches es tst would he ca e
1nos and so%ssp %sS jsq. fs taught ssoy % incidentally
Bat be earnestly neOcs,ed dSas IrnoP S Sl oOn.a he % Of
religion We therefore visesi safest for all
| do as the great Teacher did 2, urge upon men
Zen ] to % be uei by such erons
Sy T e AMI neSoa to su ,Sen sceog to ihem
he right believe whatever they mas be ia persuaded % @
prcs,e; to believe but the p5aee' "Po" Do wmsn dT
es saSe oOI s9 Hs1es s 0F Father The man whose m
ana strengthens @ him 1 n1 VAN 10 d S 1d dsST sST1 an H
and worldly and TO live scbey, reeeopS End Go,y IN ,6e
fh .:eped with God and should be accepted with all
eHa ye,S, it a. hs ,t ss ss5 sss%5e of Of isas S
oasi Scilcss the high calling q Of us revere Him as
Lord md hr Bu, se IeneIn0g, & ana m alo e IS Ir
shan enef into the Kngeom Of uSa'en, na,,C@ but
We ree6 too TINT the future Judgment ultima
oa given that any viii G eondsEne for not Sas s n,
sd nee$ Se TIE TO & sFs a. eo%I,ni"e"li md oa
and d ld sTs3e . ssa 9% ss Of Tc e.u, % too oo' s S
ipre them Of cgreyes or on The
hoe S1 who sS cal, h' Sin.ve C,.n.
& n deny a 55 IN M sR5 CT9 in our Sl S Ao o o
have s opposite extreme Io r their & scOscs s..
radical Of brethren Il We consent to eeogn1e C,1Ps init & t9Gs &
disciples Of Aau, al CALVIN N6osg efeels 50 PanI iHPy a
y refuse he equally lenient toward
urern'urslJ irslia divine pfshble eseSeri Who
Prosel Christian thiot Of eI' But obviously
s1ne sustained M t Jesus whether be or Lot con
Mr. spauIdne OF FraIlin CHAM desired to retain the
ninth article adding only the proposed clause,
basis In keeping the preamble they kept their loyalty
to CTs He wanted to IIi Christ t1a1 o
to private, informal meeting, held the night
before by the prominent Radicals and CONSERVATIVES at
part Of the Left wing Dr. Eliot thought that under the
circumstances Mr. HepwSrths resolution was right TO
as he saw hs way to &C. he platform OF te
| nO eOmpulsiOn used to bring anybody upon II.
THE woMANLY VOICE.
Mrs. Julia Ward Howe assembled the platform with
quiet dignity and emphasized her address to Brothers
and Sisters She said wanted speak a womanly
manner. She liked Mr.. Frothingham's amendment.
The other theological expression and
seemed invite insincerity The words Christ be-
qucathed to us grand enough the religion of
Srsan S IDEAS and the Of the
of Christianity. They needed better understand
Rs tns K RadGa a caO af ha sha. S cnrstianity The
e a AWAY @ e ps the Sa
thought the of the Church TOO mascn
ieSes i11s Of s feminine members Mr. vckers Of
Cincinnati intimated that if ANYBODY wanted to
was he would be grateful for it. Mr.. Badger
that the fah Tesied on cGfists Gospel Nobody
right TO say whether one is Christian or not Nothing
that il rests on Christ. statement which would be
| questioned tomorrow.
Mr. Putnam OF Brooklyn said that they had brought
down the proposed article 10 the minimum, and they
wished to be met by similar spirit the radical side.
Win aPpo p peered i Mr. Hep
present Ourselves to the Christian world as wanting
in Christian faith, we have no more influence"
mia bad convinced him that technical Christianity Is in
effective. fby Christianity was meant anything thai
nj he nf fHg-
Itss he CsgGid SoGld rather stand where Abbot bot
the flag hangs al the top Of the mast In the preamble
vassed Mr. Hale observed that the pure Congregato
aliss satisfied with the original cOnsttutionbey
with every amendment and prepared to vote Aye Tor
every motion it comes up successfully, and they will
vote for Mr. Hepworths arclen the Convention reaches
Mr. Mays amendment was voted upon by the Confer
clared desire. An hour of confusion followed. The
question of making it part Of the Constitution
T was lost, and Mr.. Hepyorth announced
Mr. Mays proposition included the ninth article with
this clause added Provided that nothing in the article
| Christian basis"
! There was no evening meeting The discussion will be
| reOpened tins morning.
MRS JULIA WARD HOwE-CHRISTIANITY-TH
BOSTON RADICAL CLUB.
To the EditOr Of The Trtbuae.
SIR: Mrs. Julia Ward Howe said in the
Unitarian Conference to-day that she in the habit
OF attending the Radical Club in Boston, and there heard
great deal said to the effect that Christianity was
"hatefu, narrow bgoted, and FOOLISH" and that she
was Ia the habit Also Of lifting up her poor little
voice" to deny this. have not been
| Cub, except at the last, but I confident
mat MTs - Howe low haS not spoken adysedy The original
Invitation OF the persons who composed it, aud knOp
thal not one OF those persons could possibly be guilty Of
calling Christianity "hateful, narrow, bigotcd and
FOOLISH" They were and they still are, cultivated
| gentlemen. They were joined by other cultivated
| gentlemen ana cultivated women during the period
nrOngh which was with the Club in the only Office it
ben had that OF Secretary and knOD that these also