The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-01-09
UNITARIAN CLUB.
Large Attendance al Monthly Meet
ing and Supper.
Addresses Made BY Rev. Thomas Van Ness
and Rev. Alfred HusSsE

The regular monthly meeting of the
Unitarian club was held last evening
AT the Tillinghast assembly rooms. and
there was a large attendance OF men,
bers and their guests. In addition 20
the regular dinner, which precedes all
the reGsilar .leetings Of the club, there
was feast Of reason contributed by
two gentlemen from Massachusetts,.
one of these was Rev. Thomas Van
Ness OF Boston, who spoke on "Over
the Caucasus From the Black Sea 10
the Caspian" and the other was Rev.
Alfred Hussey of Taunton, who add
dressed the meeting on us Chair of
Tent Making Necessary"
After the supper the meeting was ad-
dressed by President James Shaw and
he then introduced the first speaker,
Rev. Mr.. Van Ness, who after speak
ing OF the struggles that Unitarianism
had experienced through the world
since the 18th century when the de-
nominational belief was established in
switzerland by one Socnius, brought il
down TO the present day. He then gave
most interesting account OF his trav-
els from Budapest To Ills. He said
that the Roumanians were q lively, en-
ergetic race. but their treatment of for
eigners was not altogether hospitable.
The speaker then took up the con-
sideration OF the Mookians, who are
Polish Unitarians, and who have push
ed far across the plains Their leader
he said holds 10 peculiar ideas OF
mystical symbolism. The Gar Alexan-
der visited these Unitarians and ap-
proving their ideas. set apart land near
the Crimea for them. Here the two
forms live side by side. In Russia one
party, the liberal one, of which the
car Nicholas Is "a representative. IA
vors these TO a degree but the old Russ
party. believing in one flag. one church
one religion, attempts to cast them as a
religious sect beyond Russian realms"
Mr. Van Ne-s closed by saying: "At
Tifls | met the leader of n Unitarian
band. II was, indeed. pathetic to listen (
10 his story of woe. These are pro-
gressive, aggressive men. who suffer
untold miseries for the sake OF their
convictions, But In spite of their many
prosecutions there are 10000 and the
number is still increasing"
Secretary Eddy read bis report OF the
last meeting, after which Rev Mr..
Hussev or Taunton was introduced and
he spoke in a most interesting manner.
He said I'm part that the church must
be administered on business principles.
there must be ce-opera ton between
clerCvmen and lavmeu: falr play and
falthfulness should he observed on both
sides Such was the splr't Of Christ.
Clorgymen as a rule are more sparing-
" paid than men Of anv other profess
sion: their salaries have not increased
In the same proportion TO those of other
professions, they are hardly so COM
fortablv situated as a sailor or soldier
whom their days NJ service are over.
The antiouated system of church adj
ministration should b dispensed with.
Suggest IONS, and good ones too. have
been made rs 20 retiring aped clergy
men m hnlf nav WHOEVER is done
should be with n spirit 0f co-opcra tion .
such would create crthug'asm in our 4
churches, such VIII cnfcrt an orrarizo-
tior beneficial 20 Tho prorress and high /
or development of The church