New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-08
LEAGUE or UNITARIAN VONEN.
THE CHARACTER AND WORK OF FRANCES
POWER COBBE DESCRIBED BY
MRS BUCKINGHAM

The New-York League Of Unitarian Women met
yesterday morning Unity Church. Brooklyn. at
Il o'clock The meeting called n order by the
president Mrs A. Wendell Jackson Mrs Emil
a. Boas read the secretarys report. and the treas
urer. Mrs. II NJ Donnelly stated that there
a balance on hand Of N15.
Mrs. Andrew Jacobs. OF Brooklyn gave in
teresting account or the work being done in New
York by the Womans Auxiliary OF the Church
Temperance Society that has provided luncheon
where good substantial meals can be
had az reasonable prices Mrs Robert H Davis
spoke for the Religious News Committee and gave
a graphic account OF her visits to Ottawa, Canada.
and 10 jamestown and Lowville y. y on behalf
OF the Woman's Alliance She succeeded in estab-
fishing branch alliances az Ottawa and LowvIlle,
and at the latter place she spoke twice before
large audiences.
A church has been taken IN jamestown and a
successful movement has begun there. Mrs. Davis
pleaded for funds with which help these new
struggling churches and a collection was taken
which realized 81
The first paper Of the day ny Miss Gertrude
Savage on "Dr. James Martineau" She gave a
concise and interesting history Of hts life and
career as minister and lecturer IN England. and
described the part ne took in the great con
troversy with the ministers Of the Church or
England in 1893 Al the close OF the paper there
was a short discussion led by Miss Chapman.
Miss Eleanor Buckingham read paper on
Frances Power Cobbe" and began with de-
scrpton Of her early youth and school days, which
were spent in Ireland before the time Of Home
Rule agitation )r Church Disestablishment She
was a quaint child and a witty said the
speaker on one occasion she told her little cousin
that they two were sure 10 20 10 heaven when
they died. because she had read In the PRAYER
book OF The heavens and all the powers therein
and as they both named powers. the
prayer surely meant them.
Miss Buckingham then described the personal
characteristics OF Frances Power Cobbe. saying she
was a plain blunt woman OF decided views. ana
that her activity OF intellect and great bulldog
she took up were extraordinary. She was born IN
Ireland of good English parents in the year 81
and was brought up in A strictly orthodox house
hold When only sixteen years old she began 70
study for herself The serious problems OF life ana
before she wns twenty she had arrived az as
ttnct disbelief in supernatural religion. and 70 .
state OF agnosticsm concerning the existence OF
the Deity.
one Of he- earliest efforts in philanthropc Vork
wac the care OF girls discharged from the London
warehouses;. She was q strong supporter or woman
suffrage and greatly Interested IN the cause
Of the property rights OF married women She
started a society Interested in anti-vivesecton ana
has worked untiringly for many years Tor the
-otal abolition OF vivisection. Al one time she
was a Journalist Of no mean order. and inter
viewed In the course Of her work Dean STANLEY,
cardinal Manning Lord Shaftesbury and many
notable men and women. 49,.
There was a brief discussion at the close or the
naper in which Mrs Daniel Wis and the Kew
hntotnette Brown Blackwell took part