Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1880-04-16
The Claiming Centenary.



Rev Mr. Ware pIefaced his morning ser
mon, at the nltarlan churcn, sunday, ny
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al expression Oh WISH tiiat thS 'h'"
would do eon,.tbin,, towards the building
of the memorial church to Claiming, the cor
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ner stone oil which was laid last week AT
N.unnrt u I Whilc tho : IN OOO for the
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church was understood to be pledged, he still
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hoped that the church would consider II q
,r;,;Iaro 70 10 sonotb;nc Towards oop,nlat
Pii'HeS0 W W. '''ii'' iN5 Jus N'iPi''
inr il if only TO mt a stone into the struc-
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ture or add some ornament 10 It's walls
TIE SERMON.
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mi rhav that tnrn ~ yio rgbteousness AS th,,
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more loved and honored imam mat OF Chahhihg- As
,oefluSe sai1 ol Nun Ills wa, llie rove OF WIS
u3ih anu the Ml1ol VI ip,e M "elnS ie. ~ u,
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huuahiS- he any " MS ,ie g u ~ W
ihal those tlat urn nans " ,is"eousness sniii
sum a.. ~. 800 ~ ~, 40. - ~ % 10
ny o . honnr mi ,s,raie I'm ,y6n.a ,itscinIa he
ile, We noioi anu ny iii
was anu mio' a. ,r, 'nnrT ~ rvsranca far
men eahoii i As We iI I ~ ,nIr ~
Gou' ms udlls Miih VIII o, , ms , ,'
deep though ms power III Ieding SOFIA qu5stions
ms ehthusidsii III an hu'ii nue. 80 80 i h;s ~,
ness Vi I, "" -, IN ,snt;,y AMI r,nhrasS
lhser- tihp W '.e lua ~, u. a
Vi tie hdteiiai " aeieS, I'm, NJ, .,, S
al lns tie nc muuu sPn ,r ~, ii j,or.,,n
IN o tneo ,Tn '''iHs '' '0'
III anu ano'h , 'i ni s,;1 his c,,e.his,, IN nr
,e ~ IL u *, ~, a,1 sh,nin,, ii,,h, in me
Sliiuei "a -, NJ - ,sha h ~, ~ ha,
nortrayed Inv yrs stowe in ..The Minister'S Woo
,n55,,,h, vaS rhas,iy vim fe,rs ,h,t tnrnaG some
s,rrna men 10 d.niaI andoihers 10 bl,nE atheism
H. ri,7i dnc,ripeS Of universaI ,Ienravfy and re-
meJiIess doom sound strange beside the tender
vrords Of Jesns or Panl's teachings Of faith hone
and Ioye-and love the greatest Of all !: and OF a
Sri, mo, haInath our inhrm,ties and whose fruits
~ low and nepce nr Uongins,s fest of orthoJoxy
a. - 80 iocftr;rs ,bat a man shnnl he willing Ia he
80 - 81 80 81 1.od A. vve shrinr from
rU ~ No, IN fnrot ,ba, in one ,snerf
!, ,ooJ fnr The conscienfions surrender of self IN
I hi ~ sr. ~. ,onInass ~ me goJlv man
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~ al ..,;;, ,rh1.h ,Son,,n ,rodn,iiv ivinronr
uIa il iiis, NJ. ~ ,h, Ii.'Isn
| 1.nj,s gnoan.1s in view Of which Wesley could
Nv 70 WhitfeIJ ~ our Cod i my deyil - Youny
Gb,nnin nrt,,r.yx nurb Of ihis ms early teahIng
| hnf one frnth iaupht m The Westminster Cafechism
he yent and held Through ufe-thai the chief end of
n ne y 10 a orfv Ga and enjoy linn forever This
| renamed Is him as good seed, springng up unto
| .verlasfing life Increasing with his manhood and
| leading him from strength to strength His high
snritallty gradually rejected other points of the
talyinisTc creed and it was score of wears before
| hil heresy-which has come TO be the orthodoxy
| ~ To-day became cOmplete When he entered the
| ministry he was mildly orthodox but As the Sun
| of righteousness broke through and dispersed the
| mists he emnhasized more and more the spirit OF
ChrS, and me saving nOyer OF the Go5pel and gave
Iesa nrominence 10 me arbitrary DEGREES attributed
10 God. Charaeter. human divine was his constant
| worI eyer striving that The righteousness of God
| miah, hacoma eyemnlitIed in men and holding as
| ,he ravnote of his system that those who have
| ChriS,,s Snrit are in ms church by whatsoever
| name ,bey may he called
I'm In ~, the Great rnitarian movement arose. and
| channing became easily chief in me movement
! which has 90 largely hened 10 make men minds
| evervwhere NOR. iyenerous-has made them pil-
| vrims-rafher than MISUNDERSTANDING ever ready
| :, welcome any new brightness breaking out from
| Gods word or coming in the progress of human
tbonghf and Enowletlgr and ever STRIVING TO bring
| Ghrist's RELIGION into CHRISTIANITY. While promle
nent in this Contest Claiming was not contentious
Od s W .,roye constantly to SUBSTITUTE large
ideas Of God for the schSa ,d ISM tsat h deaded
light and not new light, hut oId as the liy
.HberoI" if is because it expressed the liberty O.
return 10 the smpS ss OF one sn Go1 came 10 him
in any scholastic definition Of one in three and three
AlWays asserting or assuming the divinity Of Jesus
his oneness with Sod T ne ne no' sp ne e aesor
and will, such as Jesus himself taught; snenes.
me'S and ali in God. He prayed as the Son of Mari
| prayed, 10 INC Oue pOu. Toi aAiiS ne 'te"Se