, 1874-05-07

Tho wostcrn Unitarian ConForcncc.
Special Ufapatoh 10 7hs CAlcaao 1ribttne.
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SECOND DAYS aEB3tON.
Br. Lou1s, Mo-, May G.--Tho second DAYS pro
ooooings Of tho Wostorn Conference Of tilt
Unitarian Churches, now boing hold In this city
In tho church nt tho corner OF Oivo md Ninth
atroots, wne oponod at 0 o'clock this morning
with devotional exercises conducted by tho Row
g. II: brigham, Of Ann Arbor, Mich. At 10
o'clock, tho regular business OF tho Conference
Sherry, ef 3hosso. f!TSsto'nf Tie hov. - Mr. f.
rutnnm OF 0malla, was appointed Assistant
Secretary Of the Conference. and tho 1loy. Mr..
5n,yuoEt tho lev. y. u. Hunting, aud tho Nov.
J. y. Jones wero appointed business COM
Inittoo.
RECOMMENDATIONS nY THE SECRETARY.
Ihc SECRETARY, tho Rev. D. g. IIuntings Of
nav9InoEI a. read big report, containing aug
mout, in which appears tile following.
Your Secretary would advise that each locnl confor-
on DO inado centric Of missionary effort; for It ia
ev lent that meetings In sna c!cs aud towns Of two
.we have hold hnyo been vory Hccessful '~- "''''
liz a' %ss TSps wosk S,acy S,s ys Sy
Tho Eaat han given 50 whore tho West hes given 81.
Wo want four o1colent mon, III addition to what
haye,--ono for Topeka: ono for Itucoln, Neb.; nne
for Intnnapolls. mud quo to unltc tho tons Of VIM
netfa and Evanston, ILL.,
THE AFTERNOON BEsslou.
Tho Conference mot at o'clock for tho nftcr-
Il10H 60p1lOuf LIZ LII ouUltJ IL lu0 CuAlr+ ALI.
Brigham road lalf-hour's lecture OIL tho ra-
wards Of religion. showing tho difforont ooncop-
tions Of tho diforont denominations on that
subject.
This WAS followed By an osany from tho nov.
mr.. Haywood, Of Louisvillo, on Bome aspects OF
tho temperance question, which was followed by
debate Oh the temperance topic.
Tho Rov. Robert Co]lyor delivered lecture
this evcning which drow largo crowd.
Tho following IN tho list Of
THE DELEGATES rnEsESr:
Others arc expected tomorrow The Rcv 8.
Hunting. Of Davenport. II. the Rev. @. Cra-
yonB Of Toledo, o.; tito Rov. u. J. Savage OF
Chicago, III. tho Rev. Frederick rockingham,
e. e.: nSIs9 mas y III D. l. shprsy # Chicago
nov. Robcrt Collyer, Of Chicago tho Rev. 4.
r. Bhippen tho Rev. q. Il. Stubborn, OF Law
romeo, Kan. !; TIM Rev. @. s. Howland. Of Kala-
mazoo, Mie!'.; +. N: Powers, Of Now York.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, May 8.-Iho Unitarian Con-
fe1onco commenced its regular proceedings To-
day.
President D. 1. shorey, of Chicago, was ex-
pected to opon to Conference with an adtirese,
Tho Rev, s. s. Hunting, Of Iowa, road re-
port on
HELPS AND HrNDnAEcEs
to our church organizations, in which, among
the hindrancea, ho note Tho following: There
is a largo clement IN tho Wost which develops
in every town Of 5000 inhabitants TINT Ignores
tho Christian name, aud hold meetings for lee
turos, discussionB. aud Sutlday- SCHOOLS under
tho.namos Of Free Religion aud SpiritualiBm. The
FREQ religious movolnont nbsorba 1nauy who
otherwise would bo In Unitarian Hoceties. Per-
nonB who follow the lndcr tako but little interest
III Christian organizations.
The national Wow OF religion, which 1oavcH
people to look upon tho eerYicos OF tho Church
as intellectual, making everything Of tho lecture
and nothing Of the worahip, Ii another hiu-
drance.
-. THE 6oiENTIFIc TENDENCY
among liberal Christians makes them call for
discoursos on tho plano OF material facts. There
is suspicion Of nny service that suggests the
old ideas and tho forms OF tho orthodox
churches. Many are willing to support tho lib
oral churches. but will be hold peraonally ro-
eponsible !; thoy don't believe in organization.
Another lndranco is
uEnEsY IN ORTHODOX CHURCHES.
On this point he cited two cascB whore Uni
veraaltsth had Econ admitted to Presbyterian
churclos., Horesy. eeoms to como in by
way Of tho doctrine Of eternal puniahmont.
Il It difficult to toll whether the living men in
or hayo stopped aboard tho liberal craft. m 'A''''
On tho subject Of helps, ho says: Tho acien-
tito m!nd of to-day il called an ally OF our
church, but la It really 80 1t IL very eyidont
that tho leading solentistB OF tho country arc not
the leading trutha and principles OF liberal
a real hclp ia tho demand for FREQ Thought
ministers, either from their own
conviction leading thoir congregation, or coming
into coutliot with thom and making 4 now do
partule for tholnBelves arc aaserting their frec-
dom from established croods that conflict with
tho advanced moral convictions Of the most Gu
lightencd consctonooe OF tho day. Certain
INFLUENTIAL oLEnaYMEN or CHICAGO
moro radical md heretical than tho distinguished
leading Unitarian writer's on tho same subjects
those on future puniahmont-forty
years ago.
Ho thou asks: Ia not tho religious transforma-
as s' phi'osop1or s''nS could % dosise = whon ss
Tint change which prepares thom TOR
living on dry land they retain their gllla while
they arc developing lungs. The Christian
and the religious agltatonH OF this ago are In
dicativo at the evolution Of a new spiritual
organ, corresponding, rs swedenborg would say,
to tho lungs.
Tho Secretary closes the report by RECON-
non,dlng that each local conforonco be made the
MISSIONARY EFFORT,
and TINT this Conference encourage the policy Of
nlnkinY every minister who iB not wholly Aup-
ported by tho Society sock remuneration from
sdeoe2 he Roos aon t. o9oa s Of s m a esn 1o rs
the University fund. The urgent want OF the
forward missionary work. This yoar,
tho Inst has. given s5 whore the
meu m in ~1 addition to to what We We hase,~ono ave for
Topeka, ono for Lincoln, Nob., one for Indian
apolis, aud enc to unite tho town Of Winne;xa
and Eyanston, ILL.,. Wo want otaars for
less important places. I knoy we
salary. Mcadvillo 10 also waiting for pastor.
Every man for tue Wost must be a picked man.