Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-10-20

delegate. In the course OF his remarks Mr..
McWhorter said that while he felt some
what hurt yesterday he realized more fully
now that convention like this must be
governed solely by Its rules. The Universal
lists Of West Virginia are as devoted to their
faith as are any others, and II there was
any lrregularity in their organization they
would see that all this was remedied as
soon az may be- Yesterday. when he
thought the convention was standing on
mere technicalities, he felt wounded, but
now that he realized that there was more
law at stake than he at first supposed he
felt that this wound was all healed, and
now he had nothing but feelings Of broth
erly love for all the members Of the con-
vention.
Oh1cers Elected.
At the conclusion Of this pleasant little
incident which quite smoothed over the 1T
tie breach caused by the misunderstanding
Of yesterday morning, the president called
for the report Of the committee on nomina-
tons, which had been made the special or
der Of the day. The report suggested the
names Of the following gentlemen as the
officers Of the convention:
President, H. B. Metcalf, R. l.; vice presi-
dent. c. H. Russell. N. Y; secretary, G. l..
Demorest, N. H.; treasurer. Ebenezer Alex
ander. Mass; trustees. ]. B. w. Joy; Sidney
Perham. Henry w. Rugg, Edwin r. Holden
and H. A. Manning; preacher OF occasional
sermon, Rev. Joseph K. Mason, place Of
next convention. Meriden. Conn.
The report of the committee gave rise to
some little warm discussion as to whether
delegates had the right to make further
nominations from the floor in addition to
those offered by the committee. The chair
ruled that nominations were not In order,
but that suggestions might be made and
that In their ballots the delegates might
vote for whomsoever they pleased.
The decision Of the chairman was ap-
pealed from. but the appeal, after some lit
tie argument, was not sustained. President
Metcalf announced that he would allow the
largest possible latitude in the matter. A
number OF nominations were then made in
the form OF suggestions: one member offer
Ing complete new ticket, with the excep-
ton Of secretary and treasurer, for which
places there was no contest whatever.
Messrs. Demarest and Alexander are ad-
mlttediy the right men in the right place.
Rev. Mr.. Mason was also elected without
coLtest and Meriden was chosen as the next
place of meeting.
While the tellers were out the committee
on resolutions presented a vote of thanks to
the Murray Society, and the pastor of the
Church of Our Father, Dr. Rogers, for their
care Of the convention, and to Rev. DR..
Sawyer, the author Of the occasional
sermon. The thanks of the convention were
also extended to the local press for their
careful and accurate reports of the sessions
or the convention, and to the representa-
tives OF the press who had been in attend
ance at the session. The latter resolution
was received with hearty applause
Although. the tellers had not yet an
nounced the results Of the election. the
president assumed that an election had
taken place and called for the order of
the day, which was down to follow the
electiOn-the report of the committee on
the revision Of the confession of faith
Confession of Faith.
Mr.. Joy Of Boston stated that Mr.. Atwood
and himself represented the minority of
the committee. and he gave briefly the
reasons why they had not signed the re-
port. The majority members of this COM
mittee, which is formally known as the
committee on the denominational standard,
are Rev. Charles w. Tomlinson, Rev. e.
c. Sweetser and Rev. o. Cone. Mr.. Sweet
ser opened the discussion by taking up the
three articles Of the profession and showed
they were preferable to the old profession
In that they were more careful and more
explicit statements Of what the Universalist
Church does believe, emitting statements
Of what the church does not believe. In his
opinion a creed should be a sort Of COM
posite photograph. 1t should not be the
exponent Of the theological hobbies Of any
particular man or set Of men. but an ex-
preston Of what Is common to the belief
Of all those who are vitality interested in
were getting away from the winchester
profession Of faith and nominally believing
In something in which they did not believe.
This was precisely what the Universalist
Church objected to in the case Of other
denominations, and It was neither right
nor manly that they should be In like posi-
tom themselves.
Dr. Tomlirson followed with an earnest
address in favor Of the adoption Of the new
emo revised profession. As for himself he
said, he was one Of these who ha4 delib-
erately and intentionally abandoned the
Winchester profession. He had rever used
An all the forty of his ministry.
When he entered the ministry subscription
to the profession was not requisite. and
nothing pained him more now than when
he heard brother minister read its articles
to a young man who was an applicant for
admission to fellowship in the church.
nun. Result of the Election.
number of others participated In the
debate, among them DR.. George H. Elmer
son. the editor of the Christian Leader. the
Universalist weekly. and the discussion was
interrupted long enough for the tellers to
announce the result Of their count of the
ballots cast in the election of officers. The
report showed that the regular slate as
submitted by the committee on nominal
tons had been elected by a handsome ma
jority, although number of votes had
scattered badly. President Metcalf made
a brief speech of thanks for the renewed
expressions of confidence shown by the con-
vention, Then the discussion was renewed
and Rev. DIR. A. A. Miner took the floor to
express the opinion that the proposed creed
did not go far enough to be a creed and
that 1t would be better to go 1t alone than
to lean upon a platform which merely ex-
pressed what they believed, but in terms
SO little explicit that they did not differan-
tiate Universalists from other denom1la-
tons. The Universalists would be as safe
resting on stills in the middle of a ten-acre
lot.
"A more colorless or unmeaning docu-
tl,nv1 nc
DR.. Miner, mo committee, not even one as
able as the present committee. could ever
have devised. 1t is indeed like a compo-
site photograph, as my brother Sweetser
suggests, for the photograph resembles NO