The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-07-20
THURSDAY EVENING.
Another Overflow Meeting.


The evening session began o'clock.
but during half an hour before that
time, as the delegates took their seats,
they sang State and other songs, ending
with Boston, 49," which was given with
awill and great waving of banners.
An overflow meeting was held in the
Every day Church, where the speakers
of the Unity session repeated their adj
dress.
The divine blessing, invoked by Rev.
Andrew Wilson Of Ravenna. o., opened
the formal exercises. This was followed
by singing by the chorus of 1.-THE Holy
City," with solo by Mr.. Fred J. Tutein.
President Felt then introduced Rev
Frank o. Hall, of Lowell. whose subject
was 1.-THE Claims of the Church Upon
the Young" In opening his address, Mr..
Hall spoke of the great work of DIR. Park
hurs of New York. and said:
"After all, what could DIR. Parkhurst
have done without the churches? The
church claims your allegiance, young
people. not only for what it has done in
the past, but for what it is trying to do
today. have been impressed with the
altered conditions which the church has
to encounter in the manufacturing dis
tricts. l heard gentleman say while
ago: "There are no classes in America
1.-The line is not very distinct which
divides, but the divisions exist. But
that there are classes. poor and rich,
ignorant and intelligent, oppressors and
oppressed. workers and idlers. no one
but blind man can deny. The church
has to meet this condition, and the
young people have this problem to work
out. Woe to American institutions if
they fail.
There is another problem. 1t is the
influx of ignorance and degradation
from other countries. For the solution
of these problems we have been accus-
toned to look to our common schools;
all honor to them, but with no thought
of disparagement, l believe experience
shows that alone the schools are not
sufficient to meet the present crying
needs. We have increased our educa-
tional facilities enormously and crime
has increased also. The moral and re-
ligious nature must be cultivated as well
as the intelligence, and this burden is
thrown back upon the church. AS yet
it has failed to rise to the requirement,
but it is making bold attempts to do so,
and it must do SO if morality is to be es.
tablished and not overthrown. The
church is trying Loyalty to meet these
conditions through college settlements,
institutional churches. and through
means almost innumerable, is seeking to
cleanse. educate and ennoble.
"God hasten the day when you, for
Christ and the church, shall go forth in
his name to perform the work he inaug-
urated eighteen centuries ago, and the
poor shall have the Gospel preached
unto them"
Rev. @. Ellwood Nash, DID,, in witty
speech invited the Convention to con-
tribute to the expenses. In the midst
of cheers a collection of $500 was taken,
followed by three cheers for DIR. Nash.
After solo, Rev. Henrietta G. Moore.
of Springfield. o., spoke on What
American Citizenship Should Mean"
She said:
at should mean citizenship which is
truly American, and from the outside
should receive no admissions except
from such foreigners as can produce Ger.
tihcates of good character. and who
affirm purpose to be true to American
ideas and institutions.
"An extended residence should be re-
quired to prove these claims, and our
ports should be closed to the pauper
and criminal classes. American citizen
ship should mean one of character and
not Of sex. 1t should mean loyalty to
religion. not of creed. One that is not