, 1876-06-11
BOSTON,.
Last Days Of Anniversary Doings-
Farewell Receptions.
Secrets the Reporters DidnV
Tell to the World.
John Weiss Dates the Secession Of Rad5
Gals from the Unitariana =.
David Nca1's Great Picture.

Special Correspondence er The Tytasae.
BOSTON, June s.-Thc receptions, and festf.
sals, and merry-making what-nots that arc
cfowdcu into and even over AnniVersary-Wcck
are pretty good proof Of the Importance Of the
anniversaries as social reunions, il nothing else !;
but the meetings themselves have been of q
good deal OF Importance this year, from the Or
thodo1-holding faith to the Free ee-Re1isious talks
aud arguments, and the summing up Of the
whole is very satisfactory The reporters miss
great deal Of the side-sparkle and spirit, neces-
sarily, IN their work, and propose to tell few
OF these secrets, and to give 4 glimpse Of re~
ceptiou which d1dn't get into the papers, In the
first place, want to make special note Of thu
Free Religious peoples satisfaction in and with
JAMES PARToS's ADDRESS
before their body. The subject "Frec Religion
and the State " was made vehicle for hne
argument against non-taxation of the churchrs;
and the long drain that the old countries had
suffered by supporting doctrines with With
they had no sympathy, was very clerer1y made
apparent. But it Was the literary beauty OF
Mr.. Parton's essay that was specially remarka-
bic. The talent for description, the presents
tive power which makes his
BUTLER IN NEW ORLEANS"
aud "Aaron Burr" so charming, was used with
the same picturesque effect In this essay, where
We arc introduced to the old Town OF Canter-
bury as it appeared to the essayist when,
dreaming bdJ, he wandered in those acadcmis
Shades that Dickens immortaIfzes in his Edwin
brood. And not more graphic were the great
noyelist's touches than MIR. Parton's pictures a
hc stood there apparently following his own
Feco!lecttoRs with an interest that ,aaGc every
1r&
with responsive interest on hts audience And
it was very critical audience, for 1t must be re-
IneMbcred that in these Free Religious gatherings
We get such scholars Us O. B. Frothfngham and
these arc in the same vein Ut thought aud cul-
.ure- And yet III spite Of all this culture one Of
the most curious mistakes took place directly
after lfr. Parton's address. The Free Religious
meetings are supposed to be ordered with q lit
tie strictcr regard for intellectual fitness thnn
other meetings that come within other religious
organizations. But, led away probably by the
wave OF sympathy for the woman movement,
the scholarly President, Mr. rockingham, in
3enl1 ot Mr. Net and az Mrs.; Mrs; Jqe tae
sometou and by somebody the feminine element
must be represented. And, es luck would have
it, there happened to be present q lady rejoicing
III the odd name of Susan Nixon, who had de-
clared herself q willing QevOtee OF the cause
and on
THE ANXIOUS SEAT OF READY TALKERs.
Tue polite President thereupon invites Susan
to speak, and no Newspaper has yet told what
curious 1nelangc Of Tom Painc's doctrines
rI,..rs serr uaTv oo.s1 +hif1gs IN this nc1an1c.
,v1;.,, was nni fnlf SO haIi ~ It see1nelI- bnt
saa,nnd an hal I,ecanse Susa,, t1n,t know INV tn
say it. think the platform listeners, as we'll
as the audience, were not sorry when Susan sat
;,,,ata,ti,, .rh;c tns,t th f,r,n hnne ~
{s R"di...1s III, 1earn mt to r1n their freetlom
,',a1for,, into thc arnnn,1 Ana # Eor,id sccn
p p.n.ii,t th;,,Di,,,, 1,jvbt baya
- ,asso,' nf shrew1ncss from tfis naist,re for
= 49,. 10 ~. rnn,c roosnn ,yhv wnmon ah;o,9
,,,", tin Fr"e RoIiaio,s SoJ.tu,s Nut
49,. h,ts,',sa she "a ,rnTsn than linn snv
othcr n3otforn1
'AIs, - r,p,,,a;n..l for tha
prv nnnnSr 11gnroRp AND TIE REV. HENRY
ILL., v 0'Ao0AA n1.Hcnsnn 11''-'1'-
n mi, 5,,, wa,ss he linn ~ the Rn1,ca1s fron.
his lair. Mr Blanchard. who spoke irst. opened
~ ~. Fre,. Rctieionjsts firs ri criticism ccn-
cernine, a stotet1ent that had been maIle that
fhn Frsc Religious Association owed its eYfst-
anre 10 the i. dlify Of UnitarIuus to their prin-
cinles. He ieclurcd that tie first principfe Of
Unitarianism was to maintain q place inside tho
Christian Church; the second, to apply human
reason IN utmost }rcrdom Of tl,oueft to Chris-
tianitv: the thfrtl. That. whenever i man in tba
cxercise Of bis freedom OF thought in the up
ulttntton OF his reason to Christianity feels him
s.If ohlipcd to DENY that Jesu. Christ is tho
chief leaicr and master OF men, he is no longer
cr maintained. had ncyer departed from these
and there should be no autagonism
between Unftarianism and the Free Re1jgfonfsts.
Tle Rer. Brooke Herforl, following this sud be
iikei the word rcligiu,. better than free, md
n cIai1nci T that there MANY earnest md indencnd-
anil thinkers within the pale Of Christianity.
Jouy WEISS AFTER THIS
flung out his leash Of free thought, and told
Tue Story of the Free ReIigionists' secession. It