The times., 1899-10-20
CONFERENCE WORK ENDS
The Eighteenth Annual Session of
the Unitarian Church Closes.
Officers and Members of the General
Council Elected - Senator HOar
Made President-COmmitte ON Eel
Iowshfp Named-Papers Read and
Addresses at the Three Meetings.

yersary of that denomination, has passed.
into history. The meetings, which have
been three in number each day since Mon
day. closed last night
The $50 Unitarian Churches of the
United States were represented at the
conference by over 500 delegates, many OF
them preachers of national reputation. The
attendance at the meetings has been be-
tween 1890 and 1,40O psople. pro-
gramme has been carried out with emf
nent success, which has been full OF ad-
vanced ideas in the line of religious
thought and action. In the efforts OF the
speakers there has been manifest a hearty
concurrence, and as the delegates leave
for their homes they are unanimous in eX-
pressing the benefit they have derived IN
the meetings and in their enjoyment OF
the beautiful surroundings and the mag
nilicent fall weather OF Washington.
The closing day of the session was
busy one. 1t opened with j business
meeting at 80 in the morning. which con-
tinUed until / O'Clock. Another session
was held in the afternoon, which ccnclud-
cd the conference proper, and the evening
was given wholly 10 religious services ami
/ a sermon by Rev. Samuel NJ. Crothers, ID.
, d. The important business of the morn
! ing was the election OF officers Of the
I council and members of the committees.
| Senator HoaT presided at this meeting,
and after the opening deYct onal exercises,
! the resolutions urging better organiza-
! tion of Church life were called up anI
/ adopted.
Ordination OF Ministers.
/ Mr. King, on behalf OF the business
committee, also reported a resolution gov
;
ters. The resolution places several re
strictions upon ordinations and names the
organizations Of the Church which shall
have the power to ordain a minister After
some debate the resolution was adopted.
Rules for intrcductions to, or the re-
mOyal from, the Unitarian ministry. were
presented for the approval OF the confer
ence. The rules were approved by the fell
lowship committee and were unanimously
adopted
The Rev T. c. Williams, Of Tarrytown,
n. Y, delivered an address, taking for his
subject, Religion and Education in
which he made a strong plea for the teach
ing of religion in Unitarian schools.
Religion" said the speaker, comes
through education and not through burn
ing bush as it did to Moses" The speaker
had gotten his religion he said. partly from
an orthodox minister whose views he ana
! lyzed and questioned.
The Church., continued Mr. Williams
alone cannot adequately propagate relig-
/ ion II can do but small portion of the
work and much must be left to the
danominational schools and church socie-
ties. Education of the youth in religious
way is the vital method by which religion
can be handed down to succeeding genera
tions. The school is the seed that carries
I of ha ba
erence of the English people for religion, "
he concluded, is the result of the teach
ing of religion in the schools there
Mr.. Moot's Address.
Adelbert Moot. of Buffalo, n. Y, was
the next speaker. He took for his theme.
Religion and Citizenship" In referring
to the Philippine question, the speaker
said:
The principles Of the Declaration of In
dependence should be applied to their
case but those principles cannot be applied
TO their case until they are ready for the
application of such principles Some Of
the principles of the Declaration can be
applied when the war shall cease, and some
may require n considerable period of time
for their application. There will be neither
profit glory, nor honor in the Philippines
upon any basis whatever except a basis
high OF low, friend or foe, there residing.
We have heard too much questioning OF
motives, too much calling of names, in
connection with the Philippine question. "
The Hon. Carroll D. Wright followed in
a powerful address on the relation between
religion and sociology. He said in part:
Sociology deals with the institutions
which enable society 10 perform its in
finiteIy varied functions, and every feature
ffer fha nt
group Of individual units represents
some institution for all organizations hay-
ing the purpose Of regulation. government
or defence are institutions created by in
dividuals in their relations TO each other
So customs, laws, habits, traditions, re-
Iigion-everything that represents the ac-
ton OF men in groups-are Institutions il
a sociological sense. and must have beer
Influenced in the largest degree by religious
emotions.
Sociology aspires to the solution of the
problems OF society. Religion is more thar
an aspiration it is a hope, and it i:
through the hope Of a relation to God tha
makes the man Of hope something NOR,
than human something divine. Religion
and sociology compass something more
than correlated forces; they involve an in
terweaving of interests and recognition G
. common source OF existence, OF life, o
action. and of human end.
, The struggles of man assume a differen
, phase as the development of religious be
lief goes on, and as the development OF so
ciai relations accompanies religious devel
opment. The injunction Of the great Mas
, ter, Bear ye one another's burdens, i
: the consideration of others in as ardent
, way as the consideration of self It is tn
, balancing of abilities, the social ideal S,
T in the great command Of the creates
teacher of divine truth the world has eve
seen, and of inspired teachers before AM
: since his birth and death, religion and so
ciology find their deepest expression.
D General Officers Elected.
' Following the addresses the report of tn
] committee on nominations was heard an
the election was held. The following wer
. elected general officers OF the conference
Senator George f. HOar Worcester. Mass
president; Hon Carroll D. Wright, LID
Washington: Gov. Roger Wolcott. Boston
Hon. Dorman b. Eaton, LID, New York
: Hon. George f. Adams Chicago; Hon
Thomas j. Morris, Baltimore, and Hon
George c. Perkins, San Francisco. vic
presidents; Rev. D. w. Morehouse. Ney
York, general secretary; William Howell
Reed. Boston, treasurer.
The following members OF the genera
council were elected: Rev. Minot j. Saw
age, d. D., chairman, New York Rev
Edward r Hale D. d.. Boston. Pew