Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-11-02

lh"ral element that had made i,soI
"ahilcSt when he was settled in 1871
sun continued and perhans ven,
"r"ns thrned by the vigor Of the pulni
utt'ranccs. We find here and thor.
~ the parish records the wi,har,,,a
i nf many who afterwards idcn,iG..i
themselves with our society.
The year 1873 saw the beginnings i
our present society. Madame billing
nam IN her sketch before referred ID
states that after the settlement Of i,
lappan. the people continued TO vor
snip ~ unison for some Years nltnnuut
IN" doctrines advanced would often.
produce cNdsperation than rh1is,i,,
feeling. For awhile they struggled |,
suppress their disafrcction. tolcratino =.
creed which they could not believe M,
winch, because they could not beli.y,
IN IT, excluded them from the JOYS o
the Heavenly Kingdom"
| fut Sh" continues the SIlirit Vhirl
imnrlcd the Puritan fathers "a s.cl
Tor freedom to worship ;ol ;ccrrdin,
to the dictates of conscience was M.
quite extinct. although its f,rvor III,
been sometime Smotherrd In ISL
I
tcrcSt"d in religious truth ANA tho I'm
ocSt Tor religious freedom which wa.
then aGitatinE the minds III theulog
| iaEN. held occasional meetings in p,i.
Natr houses for reading the discourse,
OF the learned ana liberal clrrgymen.
who took a leading part in the con.
troverSy caused by the exclu*ivrness
Of the Calvinistic system"
IL IS well TO pause here just a mo
ment. The year 1875 marks an cpocl
| IN the nitarian denomination as ::
| whole. Geo. +. Ellis published in 1871
MS Half Century OF Unitarian con
troNci>y" III which h, places tno begin
ming Of the struggle fifty Years h.for,
| or in 1907. From that time up to Isl.
, the movement had increased until
| had then become an organized force
| That year saw the formation of tn.
| American Unitarian Association il
| Boston which must hay. given Il grra
| impetus 10 the work Dur society
| therefore was actually started On il.
course the same Year as the A. L. A..
nor was il alone in this state: nine lib
| eral churches then existed in Maine
| Viz. at Portland. kcnncbunk Belfast
| StandiSh. tastine, Bangor. PASSPORT
Biddeford tafterward Saco) and Hal
| lowell. The Hallowcll society had beer
| orGa niz"d that year and was tn. first
! To have the word unitarian" ucor
| rordtcd iii it, name. Its connection
| with our own i most interesting. A.
| tht Installation of IstV. MI. Everett uyc.
tn" Halloween church in is. the Rev
/ N..ll l1.n i.
Mass. ana afterWard the president q
| Harvard College. preached the sermon
| Here was an opportunity for al thos,
| in this vicinity, Whu We're in harmon!
| with the liberal doctrine. To- hear on
| Of its most worthy ANA talented expo
nonts. y large delegation was prcscn'
| from Augusta. among th,m the Hon
| Eeu"l Williams ana several Of III.
| friends. From statement subS.-
uurntly made by Mr.. Williams. ii All.
pears that h. and his friends were d.,
lighted with Mr.. Walker ANA then an,
| there invited him to preach i'm Au
| guSta on the following day or h"Gor,
his return to massachusetts. II" kiaIl!
accepted tho invitation. ON their r..
turn 70 Augusta they called upon Mr.
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preach III Tue P''''S" '"''' =
open break between III" Nv" " 'IINH'
| is what in medical terms II 'dHcu IT.
cNCltinG cause. most NV ''
were acquainted VITA -Nr' "''''''' ~
know that such = dchidi ~ h'9 ''t"'H'
| only served /" make nun .i'' '''''
strenuous and persistent. III l"'
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