Evening star., 1895-10-25
FREEDOM TO HUMANITY
Rev. Dr.. Savage Says That is the Mission
of UnitarianR
Closing Sessions of the National Con-
fercnce-Other Interesting
Addresses Made.

The great Jrnita r;an conference came to
an end ,.st evening .f,er nost successful
an e" ia'' e'ee 80.
series OF meetings. Inc lnteiiectuai char-
acter OF the men and women who read
papers as well as the nature of the subjects
discussed lent the meetings an interest
h;, NO. -. ..eo, q. ~. 1rn;t,r;.n 10
WHICH was not cohnieu " Tie ohi.aiioh ue-
nomination by any means.
There were public meetings at Metzerott
Hall Yesterday afternoon and evening and
hotb xyora attended, h,, I. roo .ud,ancas Tho
60 . ~ 20
iiisl paper VI 'ie dileI hoon was ny roi'
Francis G. Peabody of Cambridge, Mass,
on the subject "The History and Principles
of the Unitarian Church in Relation to So
cial Problems. Prof. Peabody's essay was
caretuily prepared resume OF the devel-
opments OF the Unitarian Church, which had
lts origin as protest against both the linz
ltations ana the extravagance OF orthodoxy.
l. 'ooh iorh unoer lne guidance OF W. +.
ohahhihE.
Mrs. Spencer's Address.
This paper was followed by an address
by Mrs. Anna Garl;n snancer of Pro,i5anc.
,,ha s-o,,o ~, az asa S,'I.inS
~. L. VINO spoke on the modern Applications
oI ineSe principles. She showed how they
appiied 10 soclai problems, which she divided
INTO Two classes; those pertaining to charity
ana ,hose pertaining to reform. She defined
cnarity as the attempt to make the evil con-
proper adiustmant of the ra,a t;ons of i;fa
The subject of this address was then thrown
open Tor general discussion. which was led
ng gd tee. e 'osepn 1 n. Crooker OF Helena, Mont.
Bedford Mass others W. tnei nart ~ l., - ~,
discussion were Commissioner Carroll d
Wright and Rev. Alexander Kent of the Peo-
p IN uien VI tiils city.
Wright introdunsS , rsI.;, MI MI.
adonted exnressine m annrani, +in, ~, So ~so
GOOD accompI;sbad 6y naapizat;n ~ VI ILL rne
naon,a .na ,,,.,ri,Ir ~ ~. ~ ~ Iii -, ~. " ouiiS
,be dananina,io Ipoii al tne ehuIcHes ol
inp soma sort ~ ,,o,,n. eaa1,a, i, ~ .o' III
reception at the Arlington.
At the conclusion of the afternoon sess;on
tho off,oors of tho n..;on,1 ,,,;anoo of ~,
H-.. ",iioe VI IN
'ariah ana otner Cnrlstian women held
public reception in the parlors of the Ar
linston, which were tastefulIy decorated for
the occasion Alr,cst all tho n,en,hers Of
- n,, 80 -
'he diiahce anu otners attending the ma
tional conference were among the guests
that crowded the parlors from to
o'clock Mrs. B. Ward Dix of Brooklyn, the
president of the alliance. received the
guests She was assisted by Mrs Mary B.
Davis of New York, Mrs. George l.. CLANCY
of Atlanta, Mrs. John Chadwick of Brook
Nn, MIS-. Eh,iiy "A; rineio Oh Dorchester'
Mass.
The Evening Session,
The evening session was r,resided over Inv
Rev. Rush r Shipnen until RECENTLY the
pastor of All Souls Church. He made a
brief address of welcome. in which he smoke
of the appropriateness of holding such a
national convention in Washington and re-
ferred to the MANY advantages that ac-
oru.d fror, b,,;,, s,,h , ,,,ao.;, =. ~.
,..,o., -, q. .ne
natlonal capitai. ne expressed the appre-
ela'iUn VI the cohierence 10 the iocai press
iot tns aenl,rapie Ieports whlch nad neen
-pIlnleu " .ne sessions u tne conference,
a'ae anu saiu .nae si, ~ was ms oplnion tnat tne
IN Will ue .he means OF living 20
NJ ~. "a ia.i a.. eauss d siea. IupeIus me
su9Ject iol the evening was Ihs outiooK,
aaaan me aua s, ssses .has "eie aue were NJ
.etueu ~ uoi.siuer .he Sppor .uir,es anu
ISspousioIsieS EIIpS h w9sn' trS oltafan
,,htnh ,,harni thn,aht tos. lay oda ausance .