The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-02-10
WOMEN'S
ALLIANCE.
Interesting Meeting in First
Universalist Church
This Morning.
COMING MANS RELIGION
Woman to Be an Importan
Factor, Says Mrs. Pierce
Mrs. Walker Prophesies.

Mrs. Walker Prophesies.
There was a goodly attendance at the
| Universaiist Woman's Alliance this morn
ing in the First Universalist Church, this
| city. The ladies turned out splerldidly
for a frosty morning, and the church en-
tertained many ladies, members of the
alliance, from Brooklyn, New York, New
ark and the surrounding cities.
The meeting opened about half-past
| eleven, with Mrs. Charles Eaton of New
York in the chair. After the reading of
the minutes of the last meeting held last
month in Brooklyn, Mrs. e. ]. Newbury
| reported for the treasurer $137.0 cash on
hand. The only business to come before
the meeting was the voting of $40 to be
sent to DIR. Sawyer for his Historical
| Society.
The Rev. Mrs. Vail read a paper on
THE Religious News" telling just what
the Alliance is doing. DR.. Dwight Hills
| appointment to succeed DR.. Lyman Abbott
in the Plymouth Church of Brooklyn was
mentioned and several from
magazines quoted thereon.
In speaking of the delay of churches In
filling their pulpits after the resignation
Of the former pastor, Mrs. Vail said:
These delays often prove disastrous to
the church."
AT the conclusion of this paper Miss
Vreeland rendered a solo with organ ac-
compartment. and the Rev. Annette w
Crossman read a paper on The Coming
Mans Religion" 1t is the privilege OF
the men and women of today to watch the
sunset of an unparalleled century. said
she. This age is a John the Baptist age,
A voice crying in the wilderness. The
Christ we are all looking for is already in
our midst. The religion of the coming
man is with u.s."
Nothing is fixed or %stagnant in the
world of thought. As the thoughts OF
men advance the ideas of God duty and
destiny take in a large scope. Never
has a man grown SO fast as in the pres
ent century. The church of today recog-
nizes the scope of science. The man of
science has given US a new Bible, which
corroborates the old.
1.-The spirit of the age is an intensely
religious one. Science and philosophy
point one way to religion. The discoveries
of the laws of evolution has not displaced
the idea of a Creator" The speaker
then compared the thoughts and science
of thirty wears ago with today, showing
how science had aided religion and the
Church. 1--WE say that the men of the
day." continued she, ARE deserving the
Church. Well, perhaps they are. But
they are not irreligious. They believe in
reverence, but they do not care for form.
If they are not in their pews every SUN
day, rest assured they are feeding their
souls elsewhere.
The printing press has allied itself to
the pulpit. This age is intensely allied to
sincerity. A little thinking is a danger
Gus thing and the only remedy is more
thinking. The coming mans religion will
be in touch with all working life. 1t
will be a manly religion, self poised. The
coming mans religion will be the religion
of human brotherhood.
Nature is our teacher here. What she
does for all we should seek to do for each
other. The coming mans religion will
mean the materialism of the golden
rule" Pictures of the tenement life and
similar conditions existing in %neighbor-
ing cities were bought before the audi
ence.
THE religion of Christ" said she, in
conclusion, has been preached for nine
teen hundred years, and London and New
York are full of churches. Is it any
wonder that the pews in those churches
are not full of people? May the Lord
baptize us with the spirit of human fell
lowship."
A discussion on the subject of the "com-
ing mans religion" followed this paper,
in which Mrs. John A. Walker led, say
ing-"Though there will be no higher
| creature on the earth than man.. there
will be as the years roll on considerably
| better men. That which binds man to the
| source from which his life came, God, IS
religion. TO mars was given free will per
future we must consider the past.
From the time Of the earliest nrhfab
he did not understand" From here the
| speaker went on to show the evolution
of religion from the early time OF the
various Tribes of the Israelites, and fin
ishe- wit ha glowing prophecy OF the
coni.-ig mans religion. In it's great
living and sympathizing spirit" concluded
Mrs. Walker. "all nations n kindreds
and tongues and people will find the bonds
of a universal brotherhood, a universal
religion and a UNIVERSAL and
| republic
Mrs. Pierce was the next speaker. She
said; Il believe the coming mans re-
lgion will be a natural religion. and that
woman is destined to be an important
factor in that religion"
At about one o'clock the ladies adjourn
ed to the basement of the church, where
a delicious luncheon, consisting of hot
dishes, which were well in keeping with
the cold weather outside.
Mrs. Charles Eaton. the wife of Rev. DR..
The officers of the organization are
Eaton, pastor of the Church OF the
Divine Paternity j n = sn Yor IT. as Pre 81
Marston, of Brooklyn and Mrs. g. H. Vail,
Of this city, vice presidents, while on the
executive board are a number OF Wen
known women of Newark, New YORK,
Brooklyn and Jersey City.
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