The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-24
LOVE To GOD AND MAN,
UNIVERSALISTS ACCEPT THIS AS
THE RELIGION OF THE
CHRIST.
The GOTHENBURG SYSTEM OF
CONTROLLING SALOONS IN
DORsED BY DR.. BEACH.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Oct 23.-At this
II mornings session of the National Uni
tartan Conference, upon motion of Hon.
Carroll D. Wright, chairman of the bust
ness committee, E. 5. Haskell of the
Boston Herald, Professor c. c. Everett OF
Harvard and Rev. Thomas Slicer of Buff
falo were allowed twenty minutes to ap-
peal TO the conference in support of the
New World, the advanced religious maya
zine OF Unltarianism.
The subject OF church extension was
then taken up, the first speaker being Rev.
c. W. Wendte of Oakland, who contended
that the growing West, with less con-
servatism than the remainder of the
country, presented the best field for mis-
sionary work.
Rev. ID. w. Morehouse of New York,
having charge Of the work in Canada and
the Middle States, was in favor of con-
centrating missionary resources and efforts
each wear upon a few important strategic
points instead OF dissipating the organiza-
toms energies broadcast. Similar addresses
followed, IN. which Rev. Allen w. Gould of
Chicago and Rev. T. B. Forbush of Chi
cago participated.
At the business meeting subsequently
Carroll D. Wright reported a revision of
the resolutions previously proposed on
Christian unity. and they were finally
adopted by the conference as follows:
ReseEved, That this church accepts the re-
ligon OF Jesus, holding, in accordance with
h is teaching, that practical religion is summed
up in love to God and love TO man; and we
cordially invite 10 our working fellowship any
who, while differing from us in belief, are in
general sympathy with our spirit and our
RasoIUed, That the National Council give the
above declaration the widest possible pub
lcity rs sufficient basis not only for Christian
unity, but also for the religious unity OF the
world.
Rev. Christopher R. Eliot OF Boston, who
presided at the meeting of the Unitarian
Temperance Society, said that not many
wears ago the temperance movement dealt
only with individuals, but now had en-
larged its scope to include the welfare of
society at large. 1t now had to confront
the problems of public health, crime and
poverty and their remedy. The agencies
controlling temperance to- day were
science, the church and the law, and the
speakers of this meeting each represented
one OF those agencies.
Rev. ID. y. Beach of Cambridge, Mass,
whose address was upon the righteousness
OF the Norwegian principle and the para
mount Importance of its application IN
temperance reform. declared that in spite
OF all that had been done in the way to
temperance agitation, the drink evil was
Greater than ever, and growing rapidly.
The Norwegian principle, he said, attacked
the saloon power, and in his opinion 1t was
the only solution. He was firmly con-
Nlnced that temperance organizations
would eventually see in the Norwegian
method the only remedy and would sup
port it,
AT to-night's session, Charles Carroll
everett. dean of the Harvard Theological
Schooia IN an address on the Unitarian
lheology, reverted 10 the definition adopted