The morning times., 1895-10-25
Able Addresses of Representative
Unitarians mt Metzerott Hall-Car-
roll ID. Wright On the Manifesfa-
tions of God In Mnn-Dr. Shippen On
the Catholic University.

movement for the consolidation of the
young Uni;arians.
Mr.. Van Ness referred first to the out
look for the Unitarian denomination.
/ The question as to what was to become of
the young Unitarians was settled al this
session, in the formation of the Unitarian
| Union of the young people What was now
needed was the slnews of war. Were not
/ the people ready to give SfO0 to start
I such Il fund? A collection followed this
brief speech.
Dr. s6ippen said that il was merely his
privilege TO Introduce The speakers. There
! was no doubt that the results OF the con-
vention would be permanent. There
were 40 good reasons why the convention
should be held here: First, because OF the
| very liberal manner in which the daily
ami out-of-town newspapers had reported
! the proceedings of the convention. There
had been no such reports of the session
| within the past thirty years rs those
| recently published. He desired TO tina nix
! the newspaper people for their courtesy
| and intelligent reports.
Second, that Washington was the me-
tropolis of the country, Notwithstanding
| the claims OF Chicago or New York. :.
UNITARIANISM HERE.
Twenty years ago the cause OF Unitarian-
ism in TINS city WIS waning. In 1876 the
CuCEGlltS inc UlOutl "
| buiid All Souls Church. II could he
claimed tLat This church ranks now among
the first five in the United States. 1t
was built by the Unitarian conference,
but the results proved that it was money
well placed.
Dr. Shippen said that he would consider
this convention as the crOwnins work OF his
life. After Saturday next tue pulpit of
All Souls would be in position to be filled
He could assure his successor that he could
find nowhere ON earth a more lovable
congregation of saints and sweet sinners"
than that OF All Souls Church.
DR.. ShippeD spoke of the libcrality OF
religious thought in Washington, during
which he said:
go up to the Catholic University, with
Its magnificent proportions, and what do
we lind? You meet Bishop Keane, that
brilliant scholar, who uttered at the Uni
tartan Club in Boston year ago sentiments
that were closely akin to the words of
Claiming.
Go into the grand reception room at
the University and you see there three
portraits one of Leo XIII. On his right
is a cardinal and on his left George WASH
ington. / ask>yuu IL that portrait of George
Washington is not proclamation that
there mankind counts higher than allegiance
to Romeo" (Applause.1
DR.. Shippen also referred to the fact
of the election Of Hon. Carroll d. Wright,
trustee of All Souls Church, as a professor
in the university, a statement which was
also marked with vigorousa pplause. Now.
what are we TO say of our Presbyterian
friends? They have been trying DR.. Briggs
but the last encyclopedia tells US that there
are 10000 Presbyterians I'm the north of
Ireland who are Unitarians." Dr. Ship
pen concluded his brief address with an
aspiration for better work in view of the
bright outlook for the faith.
MOVING AS AN ARMY
Labor Commissioner Horace &. Wadlin,
of Massachusetts, delivered an interesting
and polished address, referring at the out
set to the effect which the Unitarian lii
look" had and Will have upon the outlook.
He congratulated the Unitarians on the
spirit of unity and revival which gave them
now the appearance OF moving forward like
an army. He referred 10 the emovements FOR
the betternIent OF the world Gods in
spirations, and so we need to-day not a dead
Christ, but a living, vitaliZing principle.
Rev. l.. c. Lathrop, of Syracuse, n. Y,
spoke eloqueDtly on the manifestations of
the deity in man. He worshipped God
who cared nothing for Himself and all
for his creatures. He was natures spokes-
man and GODS, as were all other men.
He will abide with them. 1t is not too
much to ask that God shall not permit one
life, human or brute, TO be destroyed. II
we despair to hope, weakness will reign.
God is the suggester OF all nobleuess, the
father of all hearts; and that is enough.
Dr. Shippen after these addresses said
that he presumed IL had been shown that
if Unitarians were not the whole army,
they were at least tue vanguard in the
mn for liberalism tbpupbt nd
action.
Hon. Carroll d. Wright, United States
Commissioner of Labor, the next speaker,
was received with great applause. He
spoke of the essence of Unitarian faith
as the desire TO develop the individual
with reference TO a higher power. The
Unitarian theological doctrine was the
hardest of all TO live up TO, because the
Unitarian assumed the responsibility of
his acts. Ee believed that if the Unitarian
did not live a clean life here he would
have to live somewhere, through all ages,
If necessary, until his life become pure.
Unitarianism may not be able to prose
lyte the whole nation, but it has shaken off
the shackles of some of the old doctrines,
and shown that there is something better
than the old-fashioned hell of which we
have heard so much.
MR.. WRIGHT'S ADDRESS.
nc spOht VI tut
Mr.. Wadlin on the subject of the revival
of religion, and the proper ideas OF God, as
q perfect Cod the iuea of perfection to
which the mind of the masses was trend
ing. The world is being taught the idea
of perfection. Unitarians do not fear the
result of scientific discoveries, for in them
all we find God. The outlook for Uni
tarianism is in persistency TO find per-
fection as impersonated by Christ, for the
irit nf New TaSfa onr,t 10 lao hr;,,
ing of the Kingdom of God to eartlf and TO
man. The idea is not Ito preach about
Christ, but TO preach Christi
To his mind, the Unitarian outlook was
the. D., lriitcsI, for il was animated by that
spirit which was moving the masses up
wards, though at times there was dis
content. Content is degradation; but
conviction that there is continuous
progress, means the idcalizing of char
acter. With this practical work, there
is something encoura ging and ennobling
Ours is the policy OF constructive evoIu-
tion, to relieve poverty and decrease
crime, and whoever retarls that struggle
by Withholding his service. Is the enemy
of humanity; he who aids in that struggle
is the friend of humanity.
Mr.. Van Ness, at this point, stated that i.
the collections for the Young Peoples
Union amounted to S13O in three minutes.
Rev. Minot Savage, who spoke so pro-
foundly and eloQuentiy at the opening of
the convention, made the last address.
He received a notable demonstration of
xr-I,n ha