The herald., 1896-05-14
UNIvERSALIST CONVENTION
The Second Day Is Marked With Three
Interesting Sessions
WSmen-Annusi Sermon Delivered by
the Rev. Jones -0eod Atiendaace

nual state convention, which Is being
held in the Friday Morning club rooms,
| moved along with rising interest
| throughout It's three sessions, all OF
which were marked with good attend
anCe.
The morning session opened at S:3O
with DR.. Conger presiding. Mrs. A. M.
Bradley conducted the devotional con-
ference, extending over period OF half
an hour. Business followed.
The reports of the Pasadena, Pomona
and Oakland parishes were read, show
ing gratifying amount of prosperity.
Two notable addresses were made
during the morning session. The vener-
able and learned DR.. Deere of Riverside
delivered q discourse on The Originality
Of Jesus. DR.. Deere exemplified no.
table address from John III: How
knoweth this man letters. having never
learned" which was voted by the con-
vention SO deep, searching and in en-
tire unison and sympathy with the
teachings of the Universalist church
that a resolution was passed to effect
its publication in all the UNCONVENTIONAL
papers.
The Rev. A. Saunders, teacher Of mod
ern languages at Throop and earnestly
engaged as pastor in establishing q firm
for the small but fiourishing church at
Pomona, read paper on Religious Life
and Experience. That every human be-
lIlS HIS HI lHHeTeIlI dIu pcIpctudI tll~
dowment of a religious nature was the
basis upon which the structure of the
address was built. True Christian life
was shown to be the development of the
Righteousness of mans nature, which
though frequently perverted through
sin and atheism in many guises, is never
wholly extinct. The work of the church
was demonstrated to be the awakening
of the religious germ and by evoking re-
ligious thought to lead to the highest
development Of religious life, the con-
summation of true Christian expert
ence.
The afternoon session was conducted
by Mrs H. B. Manford of Pasadena,
and ran along the lines of church ex-
tension. which is the engrossing trend
of the work Of the Universalist Womens
association of California, of which Mrs.
Manford is the efficient president.
1t was essentially ladies' afternoon,
and 1t was the open opinion of the con-
vention that 1t exceeded in interest any
previous session. Three addresses of a
high order were presented. Mrs. o. p.
Gould of Pasadena read a most inter-
esting paper on Church Extension, Mrs.
G. H. Deere of Riverside on The Church
In the Home, and Miss lone Haugh of
Santa Paula on The Things That Abide.
The election of officers for the ensu-
ing year resulted as follows: President,
Mrs. H. B. Manford; Hce-president,
Mrs. McKevitt of Santa Paula score
tary. Mrs. o. P. Gould; treasurer, Mrs.
II. A. Conger, Pasadena; board, Mes
danes E. M Andrews of Santa Paula,
p. M. Burnham of Oakland, G. H. Deere
OF Riverside, F. III. Paine of Pomona. d.
L. sullivan of San Diego and Miss l..
Hinkley of Los Angeles. The mem
eers Of the nominating committee were:
Pomona and c. A. Gilgar of Santa Paula.
During the business hour interesting
reports OF womans work in the differ
ent sections of Southern California were
read. Rev. Bradley also reported for
the parishes of Santa Cruz. San Diego
ana san francisco, after which the fol-
lowing resolutions were adopted:
Resolved. That the highest appeal is
to the reason. not to the sword, and that
we believe international peace would
best be promoted by the selection of an
International council to arbitrate diff
ferences between nations.
Resolved, This convention expresses
It's high appreciation of womans' work
in the reform movement of the age. and
retoices that other denominations are
peing compelled to recognize her rights
IN the Christian church. Furthermore,
we are pleased to observe that our
church has always accorded to her
every privilege granted to man.
RESOLVED, That we reaffirm the his
toric position of the IIniversalist church
on the problem of intemperance, viz:
Total abstinence for the individual and
| prohibition for the state and nation
without regard to political affiliation.
In the evening large audience con-
gregated to hear the Occasional sermon
| Of the year by the Rev. w. M, Jones. pas
tor OF the First Universalist church of
Pasadena. Rev. Jones is a speaker of
singular nervous power and vitality, and
, preached an eloquent and forceful sor-
| mon on The Divinity of the Church. The
following Is the barest outline Of his train
! or thought. and this brief resume can
| give no adequate idea Of its impressive
| ness. He said that the New Testament
| writer's gave ample warrant for the as
| cription of lordship and divinity to the
church. still to be found among Catho-
lies and high church Episcopalians; Pro-
/ testantisn, however, had rendered meal
| Culable.benefit to the world in emphasize
| ing the truth of direct access to the holy
| spirit. 1t was great step forward in
| faith when men came to know that with
| out intercession of any sort they might
| find the divine communion and all medi-
| ations of the holy spirit necessary to full
-, est religious life and salvation But that
| this great truth was of practical worth
| to comparatively few Individuals to the
mass the ministration OF the spirit comes
| through the channels of the human
| bfotherhood--the church. ordained in the.
| wisdom Of God to meet this prevailing
need. to be the vehicle Of the life divine,
! DR.. Deere presided at this session
| international Law
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