, 1874-10-05

own way. Hc would nor bton1 Hl1l IA AloaoA
wo simply waph our hands Of him mud
lot him 20. Thin wny TO NC tho
QUO exception to tho awoot and catholic spirit
Of tin Convention. and ovon this loft no taato Of
hsyo no fuuro loubs thnu hare Of my own OK
iptcnee TINT tho tino Will cotno whom this FREQ
Religious body will DO mado Nolcomo to tho beat
nc hago II IL kcepn up its high standard, aud
works for tho uohlcst euds. .
1Mi'1l--so, In speaking thirdly OF nhat mas
dene in tho Convention. NO must count .llia for
tho first and boat thing, TINT ttero WAS no b!ttor-
ne*" Or nalco or envy amouE. thoso that tToro
tlcrc,--noillsng but loving Kindness, antl
nu cosnrslleo Or noif-seokluE; no ma! with n
as to grind, md no biCot who would
cumra,s tho world to mnlo ono lroso!yto. Every
mtr, i'll his good. cfoar sonsc, WAS gentleman
he believed 10 bo right, and hold hls own
against tho whole body In what lie believed to be
NroIlg.
When, therefore. tho flrst roal work cau,o NJ
to be tlono, through paper asld rono!ution III
favor Of putting down by atorn lava every sort
ness, come Of tho grantlest aud .1uoss words
we're said OIL tho subject ovor heard. especially
i'll tho aIldroaaca Of Atr. lIaywood aud Mary
Grow while iir. Wocdon, Of Providence, fol-
lowed with "iao and rfoleuon,o paper. ;Y Thcll
took tito ground haYe taken bcforo you, thht
naoss hnrtful nnd tho least hurtful Mike,
IL really training up nation OF hypocyltes, aug
tint no should favor no measure Wo 90 nos
mean to carry out in tue closot aud on tho house
top, lest NO TO not aid morals thereby Tl'ilo wo
do hurt law ard the snnsc of tho saeTcanaas ot
law In tho breast Of tho citizen. Whon gu TINS
waa dono, il seomod to mo to be ~ wlao and
aympntiry With resolution to do all We could BY
our influence and toaohing. BY yolco and pon, to
nrreat and destroy thta mighty Zoo or clvl!iZato.
and to bring society up to that high condition IN
which all ollr lara aud customs Should promote
purity aud sobricty. This Was not What many
earnest and noble mon aud women wanted,
but I bpf!oyo it wAa fair and
houest expression Of the souac Of oar
poopto on this terriblo problem, and every
u,ati Of ua who might doubt the worth Of tho
other resolution to moot tho caso was satisfied
that tho Quo which rms favored waH Something
to which ',o could try to work with ah hsh heart.
Very welcome alao and valuable as anything
10 eyer had st. my moct;nE wele papeis on tso ts
pnniulmcnt Of Criminals, BY. hlr. Moars; on
tho Voluntary Sygtc1n, by Mr.. Amos: and oil tho
Nclation between lsoiisious aud Modern Scientific
Thought, by Alr. Catthrop. It accma to me. in
deed, .lat 1t would have been worth tho tis.c
aud trouble Of going into conference to get theoH
papors from these mcn; 40 wise thoy "oro
and bright and full OF suggestion, and
Of what our eolored friend called THO 1sssns OF
religion. a good deal waa expected from Dir;
AlHeH hu4 HHA tAoaA HoA~ 1spt A@s'
tho Convention with quick surprise and pleag-
ure il felt In no other thing WHICH way doMc. !
tvunt when tho report is printou you Ntll not
fail to road these papers.
Much waa tlono in other Ways. 100: tol1cllhG
our Sunday -ucllools and othor ar,ns Of power il.
cur CtiGtlnsi life. 10 recte it all Wolla take I'LL
nv titlo mud 20 can only say that wish Boino
OF my poopio Who do not quite believe in Sun,
day-xcliuolt, asd yet do rot know Why. could
LaYe beou thoro to receive the lesson and tho In,
spiratiou hare 30 sadly neglected Or falod to
give you. ! think Jou would taEo bold
Then TO 4 man mud \ woman, nnh
20 near to trouble hfr. Harvey as much III your
eager dosiie 10 10 something. AZ you do now i'll
letting lin boar heavy burtloua without touching
t!Ao,n with ono oi your fingers.
Fourih--1llo report OF what las bcois done
since Tho Convention moi before Waa FIJI! OF
satlbfactiou again to those who do Eot e1pcct
Unitarinnsm to grow aaa rlpen its fruit all at
once Iike tho tree Of the Ghinoso mssIojsnu.
knew, tho best mnn to write ard read the report
Of tho Councilt becauso 'he lookh up and NOT
down, in and not out, and lends II hand" So as
ho Ycsda yon think Of tho aomna who said 70
Turner: IT cannot eco III much sunshine Rnd
hsas' sto your II petnren ien ''s and A5 y" sdSss
nnsweyed, "but doa't you wish you could {"
That c1quiaitc imagination which mado Brothor
among us in America aoryos hinl in hia reports.
fo feels his way to tho heart OF tho thing hc haa
to any, aud gets at tho wheat wI,iIo Others would
bo troubled about tho chnfY. SO yon honr him
with the same grain OF allowance with which
you would boar ono who secs taea to lace, while
you SEQ still as through q CLAUS dnrkly, and
wput1or whether this or TINT statement ia not
too good to bo true, wLilo you know that It is
tho simplest truth to tho Eager aonl standing
there OH. tug mountain,top' and CRYING
are still III tho shadow. would rather, thcro-
fore, hcnr ono Of Mr. uaIo's.. rcportB than my
story lie over wrote, because thcrc ls always iu
thon, possibility Of ,hat which in itholf is more
forf us somewhere round tho rugged Northwest
Passage among tho iccborgs through which, aa
yet, liberal Christianity il iorctnS its way aud
yo1 feel ashamed Of yourself for tho touch of
doubt aud fear you hnyo entertained about oui
enterprises from Antioch College to tho care OF
tic Uts Indians, and declare to yourself you Wi
mover doubt any moro with such man as that at
the trout, for just thai which no aoca IL surely
coming to pass. What h1r: Halo said
II II m psua g = yoh ho e1 co one
other Of which s taken, or should be takcu, in
every family in our parish.
But thoro was another report Tl,ich went tc
tho heart Of tho Convention in = very tender
| way, and that waH not TO much in tho story ot
work well dono. for they wero worry modest about
| that, but in tho proeonco and apecch OF Mr
| DantAit and Alr. Elliot, tho ono, a3 you know,
! from Portland, Dro, aud tho other from down
! lore in Shelby County, in our State: or Mr
! Danthit laye often spoken, and Of his grand
6oo work. No bottor work, it soomu to mo. is
boing tlouo to-dny in our body by any ono man
| or my work which draws 80 uuroly on tho lasI
grain of endurance man has in him; noithol
| iiaB our Unitarian Association over done q
better or wiAer thing than III Keeping lllh min
zion III good ho1rt through all wcathelB. I fer
haret too, that altar this thoro win be no doub
| iu any mind whoti,or or no lie ought to bn NAIL
taincd thogo as long aa ho is allc to stay. IL
won oyory lloart, Rna oponod = great many eyes
| anu in l,iu spocoh le told thiH story: Tllnt
being about to preach in Mattoon, some time
| ago, q friend told hin that ouc OF onr Unity
Cl.,rcl4 mon wus to he there, which flied lin
with Joy for ho felt suto OF a grasp OF tho lunl
and God blcHs SOU after tho serylcs+ but to Liz
great wouder tho Unity Church man went awaJ
aud Yad noyor word. shall reueryo my won
dor until know TINT brothers. namo. And Ell
iott, Oh that far.nway frontier Of Portland
| travelling nlno days to leach ua, brought
ua 'leaniug. For this IL tho hoy WHO mgi
| havo hoea clorlcally clothed in purple and ilnt
linen, aud farod sumptuonsly eyory ,day hat
tllere not bceu that brayo auf~forgotfnl 1pttt II
him wllicl, Aamod up ju Eliot. tho apostle 10 sLs
| IntlianB Aud guthprcl nov power and grnce il
| Ills own good fatlor down there in st. Louis,
BllE,,ect hnt Ton aa no love to cnll lliul, forge
ls hpoccl,, and talked right out Of lis heart K
| III, but no considered words eoulG havo gono u