The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-02-04
(;rON INSTALLED
inx Ceremonies in the
Unitarian Church.
o. Or. THoMAs I. ELIOT


sfsorning the UnztafIan So
z. ~ flis city IN simple but impress
*. srrenouies formally Installed Rev.
= = Acton. d. D.. as pastor Ex-
:ss ~ axrangsments had been made
~. x.ceaston. The rostrum was
E.s...ss ~1tn q rich rnoquettc carpet.
ed OF the pulpit was q highly
~ aax pedestal. the gift Of John
s. -. while the entire room was
II-sefeiy decorated with graceful
Ssrrd dropping ferns. Excellent
- furnished by the choir
~ eeyu10n for the day was as
81 Is Rev. Thomas L. Eliot, D.
- portland, father of William G.
- rho preceded DIR. Acton.
lafot. h an unassuming way that
- added charm to ali his dis
snade what he termed q social
IS ~ He referred in complimentary
na Is his former associations with
- 1erou when the latter was pastor Of
& - Tsy,r ii. Il. church In Portland.
& - feyuote OF his remarks, which
- twice touched the pathetic. was
Z 511In eum Isaiah Wis: ALSO heard
s Ts Sntee Of the Lord saying. Whom
s'sI1n send. and who will so for US?
q - rid /. Send me.
3 - speaker said that he was moved
~ ~ occasion too deeply to coniine
s. ~ 10 any written sermon. He
= fnown Or. Acton more than fifteen
3 Sr1 nuce, when they were ministers
y k9erent denominations in that city.
Vneh moving intellectual and
6r1knzl experiences" he said. ''our
1 fot1er finds himself or, rather, is
I1znd IL God. taking place with the
16mai Christian church. and waiting
j IN God now as he always has In the
e16f md wherever he is. for the living
mi and message OF divine grace"
~. Eliot was drawn 10 refer to the
I .ap(ehie history OF John Wesley and the
go Rork Of Methodisun in England
~ America. He described the con-
tim a. England ia the early
bseenth century. when the religious
- II the nation was dead from excess
4 lnrm md the worship OF convention
tl1y. The age wac aIienated from God
Em11ly. The whole head was eick
~ fhe heart faint" Then came the
11p1gieuce OF Wesley and his Oxford
Hands Of the Holy Club" as Ii was
Sn33ed. It was frexh apprehension OF
~ and Of the tremendous reality of
cod3 personal relation to the human
mi. Hniarging his view to the whole
& ftlgious history. the speaker alluded
y ~ days OF eliminating spiritual
r14 IN the mother church. What
- It that gave the Roman Catholic
tGnrch ct one time resistiess empire
M Europe but the fact that 1t fur
1nhed the highest expression to mans
Gzydnr for union with God, and set
1wth that union in the language OF
1mbols and doctrine adequate to the
eoprehension Of that elder dayg He
nj:
&nt6. In spirit, with me, a cathedral
q o. Roman Catholic church, and
Naat do we behold? An altar, priest,
q eonsecration of the elements. an IN
eomtien 70 the very heaven Of heavens,
- waving Of incense. the elevation OF
" hest. which the deyout worshiper
MlieFes TO contain by a miracle the
seFy body ard blood OF his risen Lord.
{ pa DOES II express to him who en-
ua7pes to scene with the 1ncense OF
nlthy It signifies the actual presence
God In the world. communicating
NTH men. To be at one with God Is
eser he supreme need of the soul, and
eal1aflanisy. under whatever form OF
ectsne, II addressed to that need. The
k0phttie task Is to TRANSLATES Gods
Agm and life into the modes Of thought
~ the vernaeular OF each particular
sc. Ewing 70 the Greek or Roman one
sesn, 70 the Frank or Augio-Saxon an
sner. 10 the tenth or thirteenth GEN.
MI TIE majestic symbolism Of the
epuasne Of transubstantIation. and to
ae Sixteenth the doctrine OF Luther
60 Calvin: inspiring now a ST.
francis or Ioyoia. and now John
taaayan or George Fox. the quaker.
TIE doctrine OF the incarnation
tssnn dominates Christian history Is
- birth upon the background OF the
eaa Greek and Hebrew conceptions Of
kuN batween God and man, which
~ bf1dged In the person OF Jesus
S.szsi UnitarIans can say that 10
I wen also the incarnation IL supreme
act 81 which the experience and wit.
ssss az Jesus of Nazareth Is the CROWN
{ ss witness, but il r. a fart. true and
tsssSsols for the whole race. The life
4od IN the soul of man is a stand
u miracle. not a solitary event. The
e.r e..
I'D are children OF God and Ills
sastafen. We ara heirs OF God and
sNas heirs OF Christ
Ihe Unitarian church Is in the direct
~ "a evolution. and addresses itself
s g she ssssse questions OF alienation and
soseillstson between man and God
= .''esA Interested Augustine and Luther
g Present aga Is precipifstei upon
- snoais OF intellectual and scientific
y. .'s,ss0ffosss OF the universe. BY q
SO Of tho0gsat that universe seems
H.xn loo big 20 furnish room for Cod
- TIE soul. Yet the soul og n child.
20 as cfii.dlsh power OF reascn ard
: paNfioa. is really greater fact than
- We 81 the sun or the stellar spaces.
- nasstest science is taking on trans
....sas moods and secs in man the
~ asan az creative development.
- - slsskes room, nay. requires q spirit
- universe - include and interpret
ne Eeesai Christian minister Is
-, - 70 = prophetic and apostolic task.
nSas . burfea' Of the Lord TO de-
49, . he has a recosseIling message 10
an Affirmative. living woz>i Of
- 70 utter. In other denomgna tons
49, 49, assfs the prophets are rising up -
- .sssss richer meanings and inter-
ss ..sss ~ the heart OF Christian
49, Il the essential religion OF
= The Fashevhood az Goa an<;
g aFNetaeraeoa 81 man. then the Unf-