The times., 1899-06-19
The UNIvERsALIsT CHURCH.
The Rev. f. \. Dillingham; May Sue
ceed the Rev. =. Ii. Moore.

The Rev. f. \. Dillingham; May Sue
ceed the Rev. =. ii. Moore.
The Church of Our Father Universalist,
is at present without a pastor. The Rev.
5. H. Moore, who for a long time occu-
pied the pulpit, has been called to the
Dorchester Church. of Boston, and left
last week to assume his new duties. Eff
forts are being made to induce the Rev.
F. n Dillingham; to fill the position va
Gated by Mr.. Moore, and he was asked TO
preach at the morning service yesterday.
Mr. Dillingham; has for a long time been
the pastor of the Universalist Church at
Bridgeport Conn. 1t is probable that he
will accept the call to this city.
The subject of his sermon was the
foundation and principles Of the Uniyer-
salist Church as compared with other
churches.
He said in part: THE fatherhood of
God and the brotherhood of man is the
foundation and the leading principle OF
the Universalist Church. We believe in
the liberality of the mind and the freedom
OF thought. We believe in the fatherhood
of God as n great and benefcent father
hood. We love our children, we would
do all there is in our power for them, but
we cannot do everything. We are only
atoms in the universe and We can only
give the love and help of an atom. God
is infinite and his love is necessarily in
finite. He loves us as We love our chill
dren. and he does for us more than we
can do for our children through his infni-
tude. 1t is necessary for man to have
companionship. He cannot get along alone.
1t is just as much a necessity as the air
We breathe. the food we eat. What is So
ciety? First we take the home circle. 1t
is composed in the very beginning of two
personalities. These personalities are diff
ferent. There are diversities of desires,
differences in taste, individuality in their
natures. First of all it is necessary for
these widely divergent natures to combine
and make one supreme rule. one thing,
that both shall be subseryient to. 1t is
| necessary in the home to have guiding
spirit and this can be obtained by the COM
| bination of the two natures into a su
preme whole that shall be recognized by
both and obeyed by both. At the same
time the makers OF the home retain their
individual tastes, each working with the
other for the advancement of a common
object in his or her own way and neither
conflicting with the other in the final ac-
complishment of the wishes of both.
after the establishment of the home
there may be others to come in. There
may be several of these. Then these are
1 other individualities that must be made
suDSerYlent 10 the WnOIe ana al tne same
time retain their personality. They
must all work together for the common
good and at the same time be individuals.
That. is the brotherhood of man and it is
in this that We believe. The liberalities
that we hear so much of are the OFF,
springs of our own ideas, and are, in a
measure, borrowed from us. Ours is the
tree on which grows the iucious fruit that
the other denominations can just reach
from their chamber windows and enjoy.
But they have not the trunk nor even the
branches on which grow the fruit. 1t is
ours and 1t will be ours. When the Uni
versalist Church was founded one hundred
and twenty-five years ago there was nc
church that had such principles as ours
and today, after century and a quarter
of persistent and fruitful work, there is
no church that has such foundations as
ours. We have the dynamo and the other
churches run their wires beneath the fence
and get their light and glory