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is to educate ten afan cannot hold religious truth
~ an external possession; be the very kerue Of

| Judge Booth. >'''4'NA0 ~
4. tiis stage Of the conference it Was proposed te
~ meo.ler; tu'''alr me-" dxfi OF tla latter; hut il
BENG qrged ,lla: IN early reply to the Trustees
Dr., d. Thomas letter was taken as Tho 'tsz tszt
sxd srag Snt o,c 1sFs Of and
to eu1e s we1e and s
thus amended. The letter was approved and aigneJ
By Frof Haven anu all the members Of The Committee
We do not claaa to be w1se men, but only lovers Of
wisdom "acr ways arc ways Of pIeasantncss and all
her FAITHS arc pence" We felt that had been gen
erouEty treated by the Trustees Of the Alethodis,
Church Block until the receipt Of this letter, and
that 1t would b savorng Of passion to be- stirred
pressed to us with lack OF refinement In one of
~ expressions. confess my ars prompungs were
'l t. s'.a1e the dust of our feet make reply Iap
plause]; bur the second, and perhaps wiser thought
vas, "nnie haste slowly. The Trustees are highly
trust In accordance with tho predominant IDEAS ct
tleir chureh caarc', wa1ch hul its foundation in
reformation Of 1nornls anl innnners in England .
A1nerica. -
In answer to their letter. would have been glad
70 haee presented the1n, for their consideration tue
Ideas OF liberation derived from to Of the MASTER
minds Of the world, wnich1 hays rcaa in the begin
observed, are in h4rmony viii tie @ aat4ons resd
from their apostle, John Wesley [Applause.]
aus. 4. Il. ANDERSON
said the Methodist Church, rs an organization,
was not large enough to contain the Philosophi-
cal Society. He said that because no
church, nc. matter what it is, was large
enough to hold it. The easiest, best. end
quickest solution of tie natter to the end
that no Ill feeling 0. bnd temper might be stirred
up, was to appoint committee OF three tc seek
other quarters for the Society, where they might,
without interruption or limitation, search for the
truth. [Applause.l
GEN. STILES
moved as an amendment that the Executive
Committee. which had SO we'll discharged its du-
ties thus far, be instructed to discharge the duty
OF selecting some other room for future meet
iugs. He did not wish to convey any iutimation
OF disrespect to the Trustees Of tho Methodist
Church. They were very kind in letting
the Society hold its meeting in the
kind in allowing them to continue. The Gen
eral continued, "rheir faith is not our faith
They arc elected to defend faith. We are
elected to discover q truth. There need be
no conflict between uB at all. This ia not the
place Tor us, Mr. President We need place
whero ne can search without any domain bang
prescribed to tho limits Of our inquiry in any
direction, above or bel1w-anywhere where We
the real truth-tha truth Of Chris
tianity.. the truth of spiritualism, the
truth Of Brahminiem, the truth Of science, the
truth Of ANYTHING. Let Us so where ne can
search for it unlnterrnptedy. lApplause.]
Mr. Anderson accepted the amendment.
PROF. WEIGH COSCUR3.
Prof. Welch coccurred in the remarks Of Gen.
Stiles. He did not know what else the Trustees
could do but ask the Society to seek other
quarters. Ho thought it consistent for them to
do so, and it certainly was consistent for the
members ol the Society as seekers sitter truth,
to do as the Trustees wished them to- He
believed the founder Of the Methodist Church
was one Of the best and purost men who ever
ired-one who labored hard and most earnestly
in the pursuit Of truth The early preachers Of
Methodism were heroes worthy of tae heroic
age. In their time they suffered persecution,
and it was perhaps time for the organization
which had become 30 strong and mighty to be-
gin III this age to measure ont to Others some
thing of that sort Of persecution which WAS
The soe,oty would leave tho Lall With |
kindly feelings and that, while tho
question propounded by Pilate to the Savior,
not feel it to be their duty to try every man and
woman before it WAS found out. He deemed it |
proper that, when that wonderful Now Zealandcr |
which Macau1ey had pictured 30 eloquently and |
inlmortaliZed, should take his place some |
broken column OF Tilley's COURTHOUSE, sketch |
the remains Of tho Chamber Of Commerce, and |
look upon the ruins OF this temple Of religion,
and fud tablet on which Was inscribed |
. so-called Christian church, in the last half |
Of the nineteenth century. requested some pure |
minded men aud women, seatclers after truth, |
to leave their walls
uh. TuLEG
thought, with Gen. Buford, they should 's make |
haste slowly" They should pass On the matter
Committee meant in their reply by saying |
that they had taken steps to prevent recur-
renee Of any lectures which would be objection
able. What measures had they taken? He also /
wished to know If the Trustees had condeacend-
ed to make any reply to the letter. II 30, what |
it Was.
DR. THOMAS
stated that the Trustees sent word that they
would not hold meeting until next week, and !
that In the meantime tue Society SHOULD go on.
The Committee did not find it necessary to make |
any change in the work which had been laid out
for the next thirteen weeks in order to make
That statement. The. subjects we're such as
would shut off any unpleasant controversy The
BY courtesy. something was due to the church,
md that it va vas not 20, improper to state
the Trustees to compromise themselves,
nor the Society to compromise itself. The
character Of the work for the remainder Of the
seaeon Was Of such nature that there would be
no conflict. He thought tho sense of the Com
mittee, in expressing regret II they should have
10 leave tho bloch, WAS mainly this: that the
oosition to antasoDize tie deep religious sense
of the community. 1t WAS contrary to their
principles, it philosophic, to be one-sided. They
lid not want to put themselves against the
Trustees in a. q Offensive sense. nor nor, dld they
~AA~AA~~A !
to them. It was proba-
lie that tho church would continue
% exist, and be hoped the Philosophical Society
would. Il would he more agreeable to have d
title patience and forbearance-
GENERAL DISCUSSION.
Dr. FarweI moved to Lay the motion as
amended on the table.
Ii. r. .Peters moved to "continue the mo-
ion." Here Vas the place to learn, as they met
heir Orthodox brethren and heard their ideas.
They could get along as we'll together as newly
married. people generally did: [Laughter.l
The honeymqqn was over, and they ig had M 51 begun
Ipon reflection, they would get along har-
aonious1y, and moved that the discussion be
ont1nued at another meeting.
The President decided that the motion to ta-
lie had the precedence.
h1t. Ella said the matter should be decided, as
be members wanted to know where the next
neeting vas to be held. He vas not willing
or one, that the reply Of tho Executive Com
oittee should stand as the reply OF the Society.
Appauae The Society sod not So 81 re-
AppIause] He moved that the Executive Com
nittee be authorized to consult with the Itus-
A