New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-21
IIRERALTTY IN CREEDS.
FURTHER REMARKS ON THE SUBJECT
FROM THE REV. DIR. SAVAGE AT THE
UNITARIAN MEMS CLUB DINNER

rpoN THE REV. DIR. SAVAGE Al me
UNITARIAN MEMS CLUB DINNER.
s,x,v members Of the new Unitarian Mems Club
n, IN. Church Of the Messiah. Thrty-fourth-st
and Park-ave. sat own to dinner In the banquet
hou a, the Windsor Hotel last night. 1t was the
,r,t,a, dinner OF the club and Is to be followed up
NV a monthly series. the purpose being to awaken
q keener interest in Unitarianism and FOR social
intercourse and is planned by the Rev. Dr. Minot
= Savage the pastor. Previous to the meeting the
Rev DR. Savage ard the Rev Robert Colyer' as
sisted by the officers OF the club, held reception
in one o. the hotel parlors. Then; neaneu py IT
Savage anJ Mr.. Coliyer. the members marched to
the d ano the na head of the table After dinner
humber Of interesting speeches were delivered
When President Conklin introduced the Kew
Robert Collyer who for years has been the pastor
OF the Church Of the Messiah. the latter SAID \
am perpetually called to speak under the tile
OF Dr. Collyer and am always constrained 10 make
some explanation concerning IT, never GOT inc
D. DIS, but instead have got the little as con-
nected with hyphen. Forty years ago 'elt inc
Methodist Church and the brethren told me then
that II persisted in my course wouiu set 'ie III
tie DIS with the hyphen.'
DR. Savage when he arose to speak. was received
with great applause. dc said: -
"Nv collea que doesn't need to be a doctor his
health is good and his religion is sound, ana nc
has good constitution. He has no need Whatever
NJ anv medical aid" Proceeding to speak OF com
ing unprepared to the dinner DR.. Savage SAID:
ar ia a tradition among Methodist prea cheers tnat
~ Is not right TO write ones sermon Inc iuea II
that the most effective discourses are delivered
on the spur OF the moment. Methodist minister
who writes his sermons Is regarded as fallen from
grace but the Methodists. l will state here, beleVe
tn falling from grace; in fact they make prac-
t,ce Of H. (Applause) one Methodist minister was
Gliding another minister for writing his sermons
The remover said that sermon written before
hand might be as good as one on the spur Oh lne
nornent but the devil looked over the minister's
shoulder when he was writing 1t and then went
about the parish and neutraliz-d the whole effect
OF II. Now said the reprover. the devil never
gets any advantage by looking over my shoulder
go up in the pulpit and when start out to
preach even the devil himself doesn't know what
am going 10 say. Q1aughterD
"A reporter Of one Of the largest newspapers In
this city called me to-day ell agoS TO ascertain
my opinion on a settlement made by DR.. Lyman
Abbott OF Brooklyn. In a lecture delivered by Dr.
Abbott on ST. Paul he had stated that he could
understand how an agnostio could be sayed.
Think OF Dr.. Abbott admitting the possibility OF an
agnostic being saved! He actually said that The
world opens its eyes in wonder:
An agnostic may be one OF the granqest ana
most noble men in the world, and yet there are
some who believe that he will not be saved. ms
very thing demonstrates the necessity OF spreading
abroad the doctrine OF Unitarianism In the last
few weeks / have succeeded in raising n storm
among the orthodox brethren-unnecessa
think on their parton account Of a few sermons
on crecds I had no Intention OF doing this and
did not know that these sermons were ioaded.
II there was man in this city to-day having
tribute TO God you wouldn't speak to him or in
vite him TO your homes. Take all the great Grim
in comparison TO the idea God comIrehended in
the Presbyterian faith II you members OF this
OF the ministers will be a good deal more aston
ished than they have been up 10 the present time.