St. Paul daily globe., 1889-06-11
MINNEAPOLIS
Liberal PROGRESS
Is Detailed in Society Reports at

LlBERAL PROGRESS
Is Detailed in Society Reports at
the Unitarian Conference.
The Unitarians had a sort of love
feast yesterday morning and afternoon
in the parlOrs of the First church. 1t
was the second day of the conference.
and thirty or forty delegates were
present. Miss Helen Putnam opened
the meeting with Scripture reading and
an invocation, after which she intro
duced the business with short address
descriptive of the trials and tribulations
Of establishing the Unitarian faith.
Her description was of what might be
termed q boycott against people who
went into the liberal movement and she
thought the conference ought to devise
some means of encouraging and helping
people who are awakening to the great
truths of UnitarianiSm. Judge StearnS
was called to the chair and the roll Of
societies was called for reports. Rev. Mr..
Greenman, of WinOna, told of the trials
and tribulatiOnS of liberal minister.
His greatest difficulty was in making
people believe he was in earnest about
establishing a church. Rev. KriStOfer
Jansen, who is good deal of an all
round hustler for his denomination,
having four congregations on his hands,
said his greatest opponent among Sean
dinavians was the little god Cupid. who
was always interfering. The young
men of his church frequently married
orthodox girls and then he lost his half
OF the family. He has charge of two
churches in st. Paul, enc in Minneapo-
lis and one in Underwood. Mrs.
SfQarnC NJ 1rth
church there. It had no regular minis
ter, but had had the services of several
able visiting clergymen during the year.
A general discussion of missionary work
followed, and Rev. Jansen, Staples
and Tuller were appointed committee
to devise plans for the development of
the Northwestern missionary field.
Mrs. Wilks reported for her congrega-
tionS in Sioux Falls, Dak.; Luverne,
Minn., and Minea, Oak. Rev. c. j.
Staples reported the work in st. Cloud.
A $4,000 church is going up there. G.
E. Sprague was elected secretary.
THE CLOSE IN ST. PAUL.
The closing exercises Of the Mime
sofa Unitarian conference took place
last night at Unity church in the form
of platform meeting. Judge Howe
took the chair, and addresses were de-
livered by Messrs. MaXOn, of Menoml-
nee; Greenman, of Winona; Bulkeley,
of Massachusetts, and Mrs. Wilkes, OF
Luverne. Between the addresses hymns
were sung by the congregation.
Mrs. Wilkes delivered very fOrcfble
and earnest address, the substance of
which was briefly as follows: We need
here in the West a special variety of re-
ligiOn; indeed, religion is needed,
East and West, which will help men to
bear their burdens, put new hope into
mourning hearts and give new inspira-
ton. When people come out West they
get expanded views of life and ask
questions they never asked before. They
demand room to think Oh religious mat
tiers. as we'll as everything else. Religion
to them must be practical, and such as
will not stultify their reason. They
need one that will permit them to think
honestly. Many of them get grave and
honest doubts. There is more true re-
hgion In these honest doubts than in all
the creeds. This great new reformation
that is taking place in religious thought
offers to men room to think. This utili-
tartan age demands religion that men
can take into their daily life. Men
are tired Of loafing around the
throne and there was never
true?" is so often asked. A religion
must be for the head as we'll as for the
heart. She asked the question whether
Unitarianism could offer anything to
the poor devils who have no character.
These men naturally turn for relief to
the orthodox Christ. Cowardice leads
many the same way. 1t it is necessary
to go back 1900 years to find a man good
enough to be called God on earth,
let us preach the orthodox Christ.
IS I necessary, said She. We
have message to all; we can call all
brother or sister, and have glad evan
gel of hope to bring to them. This
world belongs to great loving Lord;
the universe has great heart which
knows all things. The repentent sim
ner must ever carry the scars of his
crimes and their punishment. but if he
works with God, he will gradually
grow to forget the dead past and can
rise on the steps Of their dead selves
otherwise attained to an extent of vision
he could never otherwise have known.
God can be incarnate in our own bodies.
Judge Howe moved resolution, which
was carried unanimously, to the effect
that it was the sense of the Minnesota
conference that Harvard university
divinity school should be open to
women. He also said there was a
crying necessity for reformation
in the care of the insane. Recent
revolutions at Rochester and in Illinois
are only breaking out into public view
of a corruption that exists in all aSy-
lums. The attendants are ignorant and
poorly paid, and soon become callous,
heartless and cruel. He asked any who
were interested in the subject to write
for information to the board of charities
and corrections of Wisconsin. The
chronic cases should be taken care of
outside of the asylums, which should
be reserved for the acute cases. The
insane are not to be punished as if Grim
inais. He told story of a prominent
wealthy st. Paul business man, who
sanity. On his leaving the asylum, he
said he was unable to describe the gross
physical abuses that had been practiced
on him. If this were the case with
wealthy man what must be the condition
of a poor negro? The conference closed
with the singing of a hymn.
The Pennsylvanians.
The meeting of the Pennsylvania
club at the West hotel, concerning the
raising of funds for the Johnstown suf.
ferers, was quite we'll attended. A COM
mittee was appointed, consisting of J.
II. Eye, Lewis Maish, D. FL. Jefferson,
Thad S. Dicky and George ". Grant, to
solicit subscriptions from members of
the Pennsylvania club and citizens gen.
orally, to be turned over to Judge J.P. .Rea
to be transmitted to Gov. Beaver, to-
gether with list Of the subscribers.
Judge Rea was Instructed to collect the
amounts from the newspapers, banks
and other places at which subscriptions
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