New-York tribune., 1870-10-21
UNITARIAN CONFERENCE.
SECOND DAY.

ARTICLE N.- A LIVELY DISCUSSION 49, HOW
ARTICLE iX. WAS ORIGINALLY ADOPTED
VARIOUS AMENDMENTS PRoPOsED-DR. BEL
LOWS OK HISTORIC UNITARIANlSM-DR. MAYS
STATEMENT.
These are the apples of discOrd which have
been tantaEng Untarans for several years, and when
Convention has been specially desired to dispose
enectuaIy in way another:
opportunities and Demands for Chr stn IN AN.
ccnsecrsion this tine increase our se OF ,he BY
a. Ssatoe o. he ss and ccson the Of God and S
hudliRg ny Of the kingdom OfEs SOn-Iroa"1k@ q N'
unity q ,n n 'E .%s &c sSs'' $ s
tncsg and Constitution are ,sm SPi dependent
Sse @ ier escc Spoh e S@%sSa Su IN ths Ice Of
i non the churches 5e5e r Tgr,sDssS % TasS1siios
A very large and eagerly interes'ed a""io". ~ .s,.
an, ~ to onsnine Of Yesterday mornings session. A'eF
~ "' ~ 'o , Is Freeman Clarke MIR. Hepworth began
,.iDa,ed nattle by presenting resolution alter-
,n the contested Ninth Article with the desire 10 III
rosse nrotherly feeling in the denomination he pro
,o.ed that all the words after Aricle H. he ohhueu
and that the following be substituted;
cu allegiance GOsq of Jens Christ and to
.,rt The ars Of the Pi and the widest raSca cog eS 81
cans ~ f''N " ''''''''' =
The Ninth Article, said Mr. Hepworth, was adopted at
stime when all were weary and their work was nearly
done After calm deberation at home il was felt that
t did not express the Of the meeting. 1t didn't
syen emboy the spirit Of those who had the matter in
charge lie asserted that there desired To place
gyves on anybodys wrists The largest widest hDerty
wac their brthrght. and they would stand by that ho
erty cost what it might. At the sane time they must
stand by Jesus Christ, Us embodied In HIS gospel
II was not that he loved Caesar less. put ,i, Rome
more. The largest liberty is 20 he found in Chf.Sl
ercI"sive hut inclnsive 1t built no walls but was sim.
ply an attempt of tins body to express lts go0G-Wlu
other denomination in Christendom excludes that last
clause. and We stand upon as upon our ,
amendment, and You place the Unitarian Geh0mnauoh
OH a basis unequivOcally and indubltably Chr1suah:
ApAy hftlu Ia "a %
upon such basis and kept there. We have struck the
hands upon it. sing praise for the unity created by
God. Such a declaration as propose can be published
far and wide "A campaign document We don't desire
O. mt every man in the uniform, with the same
number of buttosol one side and ne Other we dGh
desire liberty without Christ, nor Chrst without hu
But OF our banner We must put, not that liberty which
may become license, the Christ Of Journalism bat
Jesus OF Nazareth" (Applause1
TIE SUBJECT DISCUSSED.
Charles bowe of Boston, Secretary Of the A. u A. rose
GO speak amid loud applause. He urged them to adopt
Ar. HepwOrh's resolution Instead of depreeatlng the
Ninth Article, he had before looked upon 1T with
more gratitude and pride. IL had been the means Of
showing their great body was willing to pass reso
tons dtasteful it in Difference 10 the scIupes and
wishes Of some of its members. The passage of that Ar
ele was by q unanimous vote and II sell sacrifice IS the
tSir allegiance TO Him. He would not be member Of
organization which left it in doubt as to whether IT
had never lost confidence in the denomination There
had kept his at the heart of the faith and had found
always heating warm and steady and true;
duced the motion resulting IN tie adoption OF ino Nlnth
Article and was adopted because some G Ie ofsonre ret
Wing tthe Free ReigonistS) found IN tine preamble GER
ideas Of truth That preamble was adopted with be-
hef that who called themselves Christians would
object To suit thosebTOthers' scTupes we adopted
Article 10 with perfect unania since t.eT brethren
compromised they thought by that Article He Thought
There Was perfect consistency IN that and me preamble
Left Right Center but to every part OF the denom
saton, aud held TO both Hepwoth and Chadwick Tlere
should all hold together and inquired II Mr. Hepworths
dicultes Of the Left Wing better than the article
Of the most prominent churches OF the determination was
~ts1 Of that church declared that being radical,
S didn't want to SS tS es sgCa Of 1e pTe
.mele If they came In under Mr.; hepTonh'f a1
sS1tSn sa%Ss once n S2he said % Mr. 6rES
peculiar, sleepily genial way I'VE can work together
RADICAL NAYS CONSERVATIVE RESOLUTION.
Mr. Cathrop Syracuse wanted to make this addition
10 the resolution: 1--WE invite, etc. -, even though the!
slay not not be satisfied with particular terms in Tn
Preamble and Constitution" Here came i'll "Nays" AM
bsses
That radical OF radicals, the Rev Joseph May, saiC
that their body represented side sentiment ant
On the other an idea The sentiment was that of al
freedom. HIS objection 10 Mr.. HepworthS
Say that he Christian. He deprecated this; his self
aS e aa RSt to & NJ
resolution in the shape OF this additional CLAUSE &
article be as lem9V9s ane IRON %
the words, we invite" these: Ito our Fellowship those
accept Christianity interpreted simply as love TO
God and love TO
Immense applause greeted this radical shot and the
speaker proceeded say that, recently meeting
thodOx ii. D., the latter had said TO him, Why in the
world are you chasing the devil around the stump in
this way Why don't you say that you mean love TO
God aud love 10 manf' MI. Hatch desired that this
f. E. Hale. the tail genefOus voiced editor, romancer,
liberal, desired TO few words which ought to be
said matter of history; Here was Conference Of
CLmches not OF individuals. Strictly speaking it had
nothing 10 do with the consciences Of individuals They
were putting IN an entering wedge oI dlae'y T%hen %
they attempted to act IN TINS direction Ihty
had s9nHg TO Go o Thsv Were we
going u decide whether they Intended 70 Oe like Pres
yictOns Of it, members, like the union Of the Free
Swiss Cautons, alyng themselves together against the
devil and al enemies OF Christ. Applause Mr..
Buckingham Of Buffalo thought Mr. Haies statement
H. tRese Words 1--WE invite to our fellowship all who
would unite with us in building up Christs Kingdom"
Dr. Bellows declared In very earnest manner that
thee wasn't the least disputed feeling IN regard to the
infinite desrableness OF paying special deierence TO the
out offending more conselenees than they healed
it historical aspect. II have Christianity defined
IN this body" said the Doctor, excitedly, we 20
minds of tie members The question is, whether for
the sake Of giving freedom OF conscience don't take
the cornerstone OF the fath. 1t has been fate
70 place myself in an attitude Of painful suffering in
maintaining that cornerstone. ] have risked my
REPUTATION for consistency by jumping either scale
HAT seemed TO be perilously light ] count myself
Chrstan minister, absolute my allegiance TO Christ,
and never TO he moved from that basis"
liz IN favor OF the utmost liberty OF private con-
science In the body. He thought the preamble "a most
Dieleitoas and foolish statement But they couldn't
take those words out Of that Ninth Article confOundug
this would, our solemn the basis Jesus
Christ and that other assertion OF love 10 God and man
They were not mob Of all professors Of religion but
CHRISTIANS. They must build up Gods Kingdom On Jess
Christ They were Christian Church. He assured tine
radical brethren, with emotion trembling in his voice
floating in Ills that the Conference woud do
anything show that it wanted them 10 he
there, but it couldn't debate the oncs,ion
of what was the Christian faith He felt that thfv oved
a. thnee lruthers unspeakable dehf rratit,,o