Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-10-22

ward the real ends and the whole trut h.
then we can say that we agree with them
all, and that we are opposed to none, not
even to those that are nearest to us
nor to those from whom we differ most
This conference agrees with the church Uni
VerSal in believing that the kingdom of
God upon this earth is only "a part of a
larger Kingdom in spiritual universe, and
that our human duties and holy hopes
would lose their meaning were we not con-
sciously LYING in the atmosphere Of an eter-
nal life. We differ, however, from,the ma
Jor;ty OF the church universal, and probably
must diHer for generations to COME, when
we say that the highest duty and the su-
preme object for which the church exists
is the perfection of human natureIv,nd hui
| man society upon this earth. Putting this
END hrst and highest, instantly a new glory
rails upon this earth Man assumes dig
nifty. The daily tasks of family life are en-
nobled. An impulse is given to every work
of benevoence. of reform, to edu ton
culture and social progress The church
that 5 alive with this thought must become
the fruitful source Of every thing which bene-
hts mankind. Our duties are simple but
magnificent. From the religious kiniergar-
ten up to the church, through all our :nsti-
tutons one purpose must run, namely, to
put before every growing child and lnde yel-
oped man the IDEAL of his own perfection
and excite desire to attain to it. 'rhen
that this human being so striving may have
comfort in his sorrow. strength in his temp
tation, courage for his duty and the inspira-
pl
a happy outlook into the universe of in
finite and eternal being. Further, also, be-
cause man was not made to live alone, it
Will be our purpose to set such human beings
thus happily striving together in churches
that through their accumulated power each
one may act for the betterment of human
society with the momentum of the .oncen-
trated energy of many
Cover nment of Cities.
At the conclusion of the reading of this
address there was a generous burst of ap-
plause. Mr.. Bachelor then read the reso-
lutions which had been prepared by the
council, and submitted for the approval of
the conference. The resolutions read as fol-
lows, after they had been passed upon by
the business committee:
Resolved, That the serious and increas-
ing corruption and crime developed in re-
cent years in connection with the govern
ment of American cities have not only
made good municipal administration much
mere difficult and costly, but have so OBJ
structed the advancement both Of morality
and religion as to make it a grave duty of
all municipal reformers to exert themselves
for the arrest of such evils in the future,
and to make common cause in urging all
good citizens to discard mere party spirit
and interests and to unite in common eff
forts for good municipal government, with
out regard to their party affiliations
RESOLVED, That this conference wishes to
express its profound sense of the serious
Iature of those evils, which have their
origin In habits of intemperance and in the
demoralizlng influence of the traffic in in
toXicating drinks. These evils not only
cause the needless expenditure of vast sums
OF money without useful results the serious
impairment of physical and mental energies,
the general debasement of character and
much OF the corruption in politics and gov
eminent, but they are also a chief obstruc-
ton to the triumph of morality and re-
ilSion, reproach to an enlightened people
and to Christian civilization
Resolved, That without attempting
to estimate the relative merits of the d.
verse practical methods upon which men,
equally conscientious, mainly rely for sup
pressing these evils, we wish to emphasize
the stern and universal Christian duty of all
| the friends of good government, virtue and
religion that they shall exert themselves to
the utmost, at all proper times, and in
every way winch seems to them most eff
fective fer such suppression.
I'VE think that no pulpit should be silent
on this subject, and that every Unitarian
layman has a duty in connection with it
which he has no right to ignore"
The remainder of the morning session was
taken up for the most part by the reading
of couple of important and Interesting
papers by Mrs. Fifield of Boston, the secre-
tary of the Woman's Alliance, and by Rev
Brooke Herford, D. D.. of London. who is
the representative of the British and For
eign Unitarians Association
Rev. VIM. H. Lyon of Boston, who repre-
sents the Unitarian churches of Hungary
as delegate to the conference, was then
introduced and spoke briefly iof the work
of unitarianism in that distant land. In
conclusion. he moved a message of love
and greeting to the Hungarian Church.
which was at once adopted unanimously as
the voice of the conference -.
After some routine announcements, the
conference adjourned at 1910 O'Clock
A session was held this afternoon and the
conference will meet this evening.