Telegram-herald., 1891-10-22

button Fasner Low gives Us $40
week, AHa ~spas sle month fer
se3t. Ne pay our tie5te first. then I've
un tle rest." eaptaia Collier told Of
texs ~ eases ia n Grand Rspids home.
Encs.z then a glri "A 40 had rpR away.
from home 10 join a eiross. sEn a. girl
who had been prlzf 1xlter.
What / feel TO be tile needs today
& more unity, more desire 10 lift up
The ialiea-"
The Rey. J. W Reid. OF the Methodist
thurch, appeared 10 look after the
fnterests" of the Rev. W. j. Cogshall.
and 20 iead the paper prepared by Dr.
Cogshall. DIR. Reid made few char
aeterlstle remarks OF ais own, saying
he thought IL would be q good plan
st there were more symposlums held
tn Grand Rapids
This world Isn't suffering for
Unitarian Christ, or Trinitarian
Christ, but Christ We don't need
any better singing, or any more eio-
quent preachers. or more polite nshers.
or more churches, but the need of the
thing is that you make religion count
upon the great masses that never enter
"a church; that you make IL count on
the distressed humanity suffering in
our streets
| The real need of this world today is
that the great investment made by
| God. touch the great. beating, sor-
rowing heart Of the world. Don't let
The world go by. Now II should
practice what l preach, I'd go down
pn the campus as DIR. Fair invited me
once TO do land l didn't have the
grit to do it) and I'd preach.
| The thing the world is suffering for
Is TO put religion to some use."
The Rev. Grindall Reynolds. OF Bos-
ton, for the Unitarian church: Line
| upon line, and precept upon precept
ure what are needed. Looking man.
ward. the need Is that the highest
part OF our nature should dominate
the lowest part. We need truth. rea-
sonableness. sincerity in our opinion.
We need the right tendencies in cur
| relations with others.
We need more religion. purer. holier.
| more loving. more inspiring. more up
| lifting. And we need that the whole
framework of our living shall keep
| within us our own souls sustained. and
shall help us do whatever is right TO
our fellow men.
Mr.. Udell stated that the Presby-
terian and Catholic clergy had been
| invited to place in the discussion.
but that Bishop Richter stated that
| II any one wanted to know his views
they could come to his church. DIR.
Fair also had been invited and had
promised to come ii possible.
The Rev /. r. Powell q! the Congrc,
IL n.
| always needed and we should never
| weary OF proelaiming it. We should
| think we could put something better
in it's place. Truth Is eternal. We are
| all dogmatiZers. rs could be proved
| by repeating the speeches of tonight.
| But Truth is so large, so manysided.
and the so-called convictions. are so
many that we get bewi1dered. and
hardly know what truth Is. We should
learn to conserve our power, not waste
it. Every truth-lover needs the help OF
every other truth-lover. Emphasis has
been placed too long upon our differ
ences rather than upon our similari-
| ties. There have hnan false ideas o.
salvation. That which does the moss
| GOOD in uplifting men Is the most
orthodox. / sometimes think II the
4 isOEu NUftSt Ghouii opptnt RHtPA@ h1s
he wouldn't be recognized as 'ortho;
dox.'"
Mr.. Charles Sach said he had preach.
| ed the truth for fifteen years for moth.
ing, and intended to preach ii as long
| as he lived.
A gentleman who refused TO give his
name, and who said he didn't repre-
sent any church. ana was stranger
in the city, came forward and said hs
had dollar for the Rescue Homo.
Several others expressed desire to
| give something, and n collection was
taken up. The amount raised was
| S26.66. Capt. Collier thanked the a,l-
dience in Il few fitting words, and thi
session was closed with the pronoune,
ing OF the benediction by the Rev. l..
Il. Daniels.
The program for today is as follows:
Morning, session beginning at Q
o'clock. Devotional meeting led by
Rev. I. B. Forbush, western secretary
of A. L. A. Paper: The Bible of
Today. Rev. A. G. Jennings,
Toledo, Ohio. Paper: The Work
OF Women IN Unitarian Churches.
Mrs. Judith w. Andrews, President
Woman's Napl Alliance, Boston, and
| Mrs. Celia i. Wooliey or other repre-
sentative of Woman's Western Confer
| euce.
Afternoon session, beginning at Q
| O'Clock. A Way out of AgnostIc-
ism, Daniel Rowen, ESQ.,, Detroit, fol-
lowed by discussion opened by Mrs.
Eliza X. Sunderland, Ann Arbor.
Election Of officers and closing busi-
! ness.
Evening session, beginning at 1880
O'Clock. Platform meeting: The MIS-
sion OF the Modern Church. Theolog-
ical: Rev. Grindail Reynolds, secretary
of the A. L. A., Boston. Educational:
Rev. Ida {. Hultn, president Woman's
| Western Conference. Ethical: Rev.
Chas. Fitch, Peoples Church. Kendall.
vile, Ind. Social: Rev. T. Il. Forbush.
western secretary of A. L. A. Chicago.
Religious: Rev. III. T. Root, Grand