St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-06-10
are conservative enough to accept as
authoritative the ancient texts, let US
take them at their word

are conservative enough 10 accept as
authoritative the ancient texts, let US
take them at their word.
II look for the resurrection Of the
dead and the life Of the world to come,
says Mecca; and the Atnalasian creed
adds, (which faith, except every one do
keep whole and undetiled, without doubt
he shall perish everlastingly." Modern
thought believes too much to be so UNI
believing. Nothing worth perpetuating
can perish everlaStingly, and what bet
ter worth perpetuating than human
nature, the highest manifestation of
God.
1.-The wore CT God, which is contained
in Tie scriptures of the Old and New
Testament" says Westminster. lis the
only rule to direct us how we may glOr-
ity and enjoy Him." The Christian BIZ
BILE, the only word of God? Modern
thought believes too much to be so UNI
believing. We cannot believe that
Gods voice has never been heard eX-
cept in Palestine, or that for the last
eighteen centuries he has been mute.
Modern national thought does indeed
reject many of the statements of the
early creeds; but it rejects them as the
man rejects the stature of his childhood,
because it is Outgrown. 1t rejects the
half truth because swallowed up in the
larger truth. And thus instead of NOV
ing towards universaledOubt, it is ever
becoming more and more believing.
THE AFTERNOON MEETING.
At 3 o'clock p. m. the conference had
missionary meeting, presided over by
Judge Stearns, of Duluth. Reports of
made by Rev. l. NJ. Crothers, of st.
Paul: Rev. j. r. Effinger, of Chicago;
Rev. Kristofer Jansen. of this city; Miss
Helen G. Putnam and Mrs. E. L.
Wilkes, of Sioux Falls. Rev. Effinger
Ope ned the meeting with statement
of the Unitarian faith, and gave many
suggestions how to extend it. Miss
Putnam dwelt on the need of workers
in Dakota, where the prospects for the
extension of Unitarianism, she said,
were bright. Mr.. CrOthers spoke
on the same line of thought and
suggested the formation of mis-
sionary fund. He spoke of localities
where Unitarianism had made unex-
pected successes. He thought there
were other communities where similar
successes might be made of the church,
had fund to pay missionaries to work
the field. A fund was started, to which
liberal subscriptions were made. Rev.
K. Jansen reported that the prospects
for Unitarianism in Minneapolis were
an established church here much
brighter. he thought, than in st. Paul.
Mr.. Jansen read letters from friends
in Dakota informing him that
his pamphlets had occasioned
some criticism of himself among
his orthodox countrymen, and
remarked parenthetically, 'Dr. Miller
could spend pleasant evening with
those people," This allusiOn to the
Centenary pastors recent attack on the
Unitarian fold. Mrs. E. j. Wilkes, of
Sioux Falls, lady with old-fashioned
frizzes, who breaches at Luverne, MIMI,
closed the discussion with speech on
missionary work, in which she Incl
dentally alluded to politics. and re-
marked she could not understand why
orators would speak in such glowing
terms of the future of the country when
politics were so corrupt and the average
of intelligence so low.
THE EVENING MEETING.
under the guidance of Judge Collins, of
st. Cloud. was devoted to the general
topic, 1.-THE Meaning of Unitarian and
The first speaker was Rev. G. j. Sta
pies, of St. Cloud, who found in Uni
tarianism the expression of the unity of
races, of religions and reaching out into
the higher thought of man until
was grasped the unity of God. The best
thing he found in UnitarianiSm was its
search after the essentials in religion.
1t did not look upon fine edificeS and
splendid church organization as among
the essentials, there were deeper. Uni
tarianism believed in the unity of races,
that all races had the same yearning
after truth and that through all religions
ran the same great purpose, the same
endeavor. the same love, the same hope.
Unitarians were then citizens Of the
world who believed that opinions were
divisive while work was unifying.
Rev. w. F. Greenman, of WinOna, a
young gentleman of scholarly appear
ance, who dealt in deep and difficult
illustrations, followed. He sought to
show that the attributes of God were
traced by the Unitarians through nature
and not by abstract statements of them.
Rev. w. S. Vail, of St. Paul, Univer-
salist clergyman, spoke next, and COM
plimented his brethren on their
work. He thought the mission
of the Unitarian church was not
ended so long as such insulting state
ments were made as had been made in
a Minneapolis pulpit lately about uni
tarianism. Mr.. Vail would evidently
like to see MIR. Simmons tackle DR..
Miller. of Centenary, as he gave him
broad hint by stating that some Mime
apolis liberal ought to load up for bear.
Rev. B. r. Buckley, of Concord,
Mass, who is spending the summer
at Duluth, closed the speaking, but
before he spoke collection was taken
up in aid of the missionary fund. The
morning collection for the Johnstown
and Seattle slffers amounted to $500.
This morning the conference will
hold a devotional meeting, to be fol-
lowed by one for business. Lunch will
be served by the Ladies of the First
church. and tonight the conference
will adjourn to st. Paul, where an even
ing platform meeting will be held Oh
the subject, Religious Needs Of the
West"