Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-04-12
THE FAST DAY SER VICES.
Addresses by Revs. Leavitt and Max
well on "The Nature and Cost OF
Moral Movement"

well on "The Nature and Cost of
Moral Movement"
Union Fast day services were held in the
town hall this morning at IL o'clock. Ow-
ing to the absence of Mr.. Day and Mr..
Hough and to the fact that the Baptist
church is now without pastor, Mr.. Leav-
lit of the Unitarian church and Mr.. Max
well Of the Universalist church were the
only ministers who were able to take part.
Principal Beverage of the High school was
announced to speak in Mr.. Days place,
but for personal reasons was unable to keep
the engagement The devotional service
consisted of a responsive reading, with
hymns, and solo by Mr.. Miller. Rev. E.
S. Morse offered prayer. In Mr. Days alb
sence Rev. Mr.. Leavitt arranged and con-
Quoted the service. The general theme
was "The nature and cost Of moral move
ment."
Mr.. Leavitts Remarks.
Speaking on "The difficulties in the way
of moral movement Mr.. Leavitt said in
substance:
81 treat of what seems to me the two
main difficulties, and first, Indifference:
Each of us has a world which interests us,
a world of thought and feeling to which
we give our time and attention. We live
in our little world of business and pleas
ure, and things outside it are uninteresting
and treated with more or less Indifference.
The whole problem of the preacher, the
teacher, the reformer, is just to open our
eyes that we may see more outside our lit
tie world of self Why is the world no
better today? Why is there so muchlg-
norance and suffering and crime? We are
living in world of most uneven social
conditions, world of poverty and hunger
and dTudgery, and we know it all. We
wish these things might be improved but
we don't see that any responsibility rests
upon us.
speak of one other NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
ism. The sectarian is the man who believes
that his own particular denomination is to
swallow up all the rest. If he is Roman
Catholic, then that is to be the only church
in the future. If he is a Presbyterian or
a Methodist, then he believes all Christians
are to become believers in the Assembly's
catechism or followers of Wesley. If he
is an Episcopalian, he calls that sect ''the
church," and more lately "the American
church., and somehow thinks that by call
ing it so he will make it so. If he is a
Baptist he cannot recognize any body of
Unri'oiarS a. S u,Jn h vi i his. %ne,e rd
nonfoSsion onJ if he icy iTnitarion or
ITniversaiist no is lilalv m believe that oil
the world are IN he followers of BalIou or
Dr Chanting
The salvation of the world is not en- dear
IN many mon and women as arc tho
roaGojs of tba+ saIvotior ~ tbo ror,as
,,-,Jar ,,bjcb tbo,, sbou 1o INTO tba fabt
and the nersons who sbalIlead How often
ono bears of naorIe y,bo rejoice In tho fact
that tbev arc GOOD Fnisc1naIians or Good
Pan,is,s or oood I-ritarians as tbonob
the nresarvati0n of lines and horndaries
and sects ,yero Tho rnost volmablo of ,,irt,,es
in The eyes Of Cod Snrelv a sturdy Inc If
noIicv and nrincinie is necessary 6nt If n
he a GOOD ITnitarian is 70 soc M GOOD anv.
where else. if to be a good Episcopalian is
to make the gigantically absurd conception
that there IS put one Interpretation OF &C.
clessastlcal hlstory-and so on through
the rest OF the sects-then pray God we
may De dellVered thereirom' am Uni
tarlan because am free TO applaud the
value OF Methodlsm and TO ADOPT any OF
us FEATURES that seem 10 me valuable, Tree
to see the value OF the presbyterian church
polly; 10 see the beauty OF the prayers OF
the Ireek church ana the Value OF the
liturgy OF the Eplscopal church; Tree 10
make use OF hymns and prayers ana eX-
periences from any source, if man of
another race or language even, has turned
his tears to prayers, his sutferings into
songs that speak what my heart beats, but
what my lips are too dull to make into
words.
Each man is benefited ana made happy
by being in the place that suits him or
where his mind and heart are most at
home, or where his soul is fed with meat
convenient for it. We need all churches
and all denominations in order to meet all
wants There is the same essential truth
and love in all. We ought to rejoice that
ours is not the only church, since we
cannot feed ALL
Nr. Maxwell on "The Cost of Moral
yIovem.nt.-