New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-09-16
NATIONAL UNIrARI4S CONFERENCE.

ISTEREsr IN THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF A
CHURCH IN NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. AND PAST
WAYS OF LIFK-TBK PIEIY or MODERN SCIENCE.
lFRoM AN OCCASIONAL coRREsPoEDESR OF THE TRIBUNAL
SARATOGA, Sept. 15.-The session of the
Unitarian Conference has been OF great interest and
OF unusual enthusiasm which found the greatest oxpres
sion when the project to buy church In Washington
worthy OF the denomination seriously brought DO
fore the conference. The plan proposed involves tine
sale Of The present church. which Ia totally un for tho
purpose, and the purchase OF already offered In
desirable location In tho city, Thirtythousand dollars
are asked ths purpose. The conferences az body
has no power to funds directly, and necessary
70 make an appeal individual churches through their
delegates present Subscription pledges once started
came In from the Delegates and from ndiytdu
ais present with great alacrity. Twenty-Five thou
sand dollars was pledged last evening and the
remainder Is practically assured.
The Rev. Calvin etebbins OF Detroit read an essay
on "The Labor Question" Mr. Hartly wIckstced, the
representative Of the British and Foreign Unitarian
Association to this body cordially received and
made few remarks The Rev. Francis Tiffany OF New
ton to-day read essay "The Lfe Of To-Day the In
tcrpreter Of the Life Of tho Past" He ssidi
Nothing new nothing fresh THE same old story 70
peated nj stcreotyped drone Such was the despslring
outcry the author Of the Book Of Eceesiastes Moth
ence laying the Foundation way back in the yertebrn Of
the furhet fossl Sauan fs the o. ne
Of Goethe We 6nd the keynote struck Of az ths,
g great in poetry. rs.lntlng, science, religion
with CsaFs Tirnens Fastas othellos, and be had bnt
TO write large what be saw on every hand ana inc am
Raphael, merry bcggar boys aud warm spanish sum
the same for hurillo the iogs and sudden sanonss 2.
Holland, the for Rembrandt: Ever iascnatiOn,
ever the one great Prefence-cver old, ever new.
Three grand factors into the Gospel storyJesus,
GalIiee Judaa. ~ Jesus A sublime sOui coming
out Of the infinite buf coming through whole generations
lsaiiiep. a ffg1On OF fefSnty,
beauty, submity to feed poetic mature on 4 region
Of nee genial lie ana n9so9I sooa g e on
OF the jewish race; and yet lot us forget II sEoetSsa
o ofa sTSaafn SdOd P asG faith Ge we've
crops out in Jesus as Scotland M N - s"l ma
would not lind the home religion of scotland IN Inc
Coteys Saturday night 90 Jr1sa-A isd 1ed rs "a
go up Il had the fascination for Him that grsat souls
ever feel in invading the jays OF sln ana eea t Sa
throes OF Christianity. Paul and the Roman Empire
the next great teaehors
MI Titan, s address was followed by one on Tho
Essential Pety Modern Science" by the Rev. JOAN '"
Chadwick OF Brooklyn, NJ T. He said;
IL IS Of no use 10 stretch words beyond their legitimate
meaning It Is OF 10 call morality religion Call
ing So doesn't mako It So 1t is the es part OF ~ pa.
with emotion" Religion is something more. II is NOR
Atty aud pety, and pely il mans sense not only Oh as
to the power not ourselves tina! makes order order
aud beauty and beneflcence. Il Is mans Sen .ss
OF nature and humanity Let consider some OF the
most obvious achievements OF modern science anu tnsn
see how they calculated TO affect the nnerent IOtDs
OF plcty The most obvious thing that science has
achieved for us is wonderful extension OF the universe
i terms OF space and time. And IN connection WITH ths
extension there has been equal change in the cone
tons Of INC relations Of its various parts Bur all these
chnus would particularly impress us OF the larger
spacgs and longer times packed fal OF n-
finite nicet!es Of make ana adaptation notmnB
A. stipiler than che Brahmincai Chronology,
Inclusive OF all these revelations 0f larger spaces ana
longer tines are the revelations of unity and law ana
how 10 thcse revelations affect the seniinents WINCH
make 40 hc sum OF poitys Science gives man pracea
iuinity as much moro awenspirng than The old meta
physc,h innnfty as can be said IN words AZ cshiot
otherwise than humble HIM 10 cannot but increase hs
trust for whnt law and pety, but an expression OF s
eyrf stiug tithnness Of God But most and best Of I'll,
II decpeus aud inteushes the sentiment of iOyay;
But how about these speoulaons OF the ooioSs' anu
eVoluouist which alarm so mtiiyE fics' stanI ,oI
scieutihe tendencies rather than Tor s;ientte results
Rut slIppose them established cOnG VIC prdicte es
tial pety Of them Yes But how about tine doctrine
fhat snasts that out dead matter come al the
present bounty aud delight OF tbs 50 go ous
there is no expression tor the pcy on bySohe uimts
which Is NOT Inadequate 60 moro than fanty sylnDcho
the picLy sclicted by the scientific aspect OF me uhr
verse The awe the gratitude, the trust TIC loyay arc
more than any words can tell. only lie devoted 70
the highest aims and pGrcst purposes can ausqn''eV
riye Expression their overfnGsscrfng force -.
The conference closed the business meeting LUIS
noon "rne Religious Culture OF the foHg was ihe
subject of paper by the Rev t. y. Powell The closing
council WAS Instructed 10 call TIC next conference %
Saratoga m 1878 When delegate SPOKE VI some ~
yenjences ia the hall OF meeting thc pastor OF t1s
Methodis Church here and said ne fet connuous
ms church seating 1500, would DO placed AZ te ser
vice OF the conference, II desired Tor tue next SeSo