Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1888-11-02
UNITARIAN CONFERENCE.
The Meeting of the women's Auxiliary
Closed Last Evening.

The meeting of tue Philadelphia branch
Of the Womens Auxiliary of the Uni
tartan Church. which was held in the
First Unitarian Church of this city yes
terday and an account of which was in the
EVENING JOURNAL yesterday, continued
its work at D. m. under the direction
Of Rev. William p. Tilden who is filing
the pulpit in this.city for the winter
Rev. }. l.. Corning Of Camden, \. j., was
the first speaker. lie confined himself
largely TO his experience in accepting
the liberal faith.
Rev. Charles G. Ames Of Philadelphia.
spoke next in his usual telling. in
cisiye and original manner. He spoke
Of the growth of liberal sentiments. He
commented upon the comparatively few
men in the colleges now who were being
educated for the ministry and noted the
decrease over former years. The cause he
assigned to the fact that the young
men of the day were being educated be
yond the church. He thought the pulpts
Of the Unitarian church in the future
would have to be filed with young men
taken from the pews He referred TO the
fact that a Unitarian minister had never
been disciplined and said that any who
had offended had been promptly dis
ciplined' BY their own consciences, as
there was no one who could call them TO
account. The church had no forms Of
creed that bound its members.
Supper was served to the members OF
the meeting in the Sunday school room of
the church ut 6 o'clock. AT 7.3O p. m.
the open session was resumed, Mr. Tilden
in few and touching words introducing
the son Of his lifelong friend, the late
Rev. Samuel J. May, who was to address
the large congregation first. Rev. Joseph
May of Philadelphia then assembled the
pulpit and in half hours talk devel-
oped the scheme or creed of the Unitarian
faith so far as it may be
called faith. He contended
that the Unitarians were bringing the
world back to that large and liberal faith
in one God and one father which had
been and was now the heritage of all the
peoples The value of the freedom OF
thought. pursued with earnes tness and
reverence, which had been created by the
courage Of the Unitarian people was in
calculable 1t Lad brought freedom Of
mind and soul to thousands who were not
recognized as adherents of the Unitarian
Church.
Mr.. Ames followed Mr. May in a thirty
minute talk on how TO make a good life He
depicted the emaciated saint of the past
and referred good naturally to the pulpy
product of this generation. A saint must
be a wel-rounded honest man or woman.
To become saint one had to accept
the truth from whatever source it came
as the flower took in the sunlight. If the
flower could refuse the light it would be
come dwarted just as the human being
is dwarfed that refuses TO accept truth.
/ Cheerfulness, a secondary quality Of
saintliness. was nevertheless essential tC
the complete man. Mr.. Ames's crisp
original way of putting his arguments
was exceedingly effective.
The meeting adjourned shortly after
o'clock and the Philadelphians wen
home on the 1907 p m. train
The next meeting of the Women Aux
iliary will be on Thursday, December 6
at the Spring Garden Unitarian Churcf
in Philadelphia.