The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-10-11
SCORED CHEAP
ARISTOCRACY.
Rev. Henry S. Nash Said There
Was No Excuse for II.
AT THE CONGREGATIONAL CLUB
Said When Great Democracy Was Realized
Churches Would Be Unified l. Club
Elected Officers

The Trocadero parlors on Mathewson
street were filled to their capacity last
night with the members Of the Con-
gregational club. who gathered for their
annual meeting and election OF officers
Prof Nathaniel r. Davis. president of
shortly before o'clock and he an
nounced that Rev. Fred b. Hill Of the
Central Congregational church would In
woke divine blessing. Following the
grace an excellent dinner was enjoyed
which lasted about an nour.
Prayer was offered at the conclusion
by Rev. DR.. James G. Vose, pastor emer-
nus Of the Benehcent Congregational
church and the regular business was
taken up.
The reports OF the meetings OF last
year we're read by the secretary, Royal
H. Gladding, and they were adopted.
The report OF the executive committee
was presented by Charles F. Angel, the
chairman and II was received.
Treasurer Charles II. Philbrick pre-
sented his report. showing the receipts
and expenditures. together with the en-
corsement OF William p. Goodwin, the
auditor, 10th OF which were received
The report of the secretary showed
two deaths among the members. and nine
Withdrawals. and with the 10 additions
the membership was about 2A Oct. 8.
The names OF George r. Miller and
John Johnston. both OF Pawtucket. were
proposed for membership. and their
names will be acted upon at the next
meeting.
These were elected to membership:
Robert Burgess. Mark H. Burnham. Rev.
| Fred b. Hill. Howard A. LAmprey and
Daniel s. Thurber.
Prof Davis introduced Henry 8. Nash
of Cambridge Episcopar school as man
needing no introduction to Providence
| audience.
Rev. Mr.. Nash at the outset said 1t
wa. the first time he had addressed a
| Congregational layman's club. but he had
| in a measure returned home. for his fam
lily was originally Congrega tionalist.
He told OF the way In which he had
left the Congregational church and en-
tered the Episcopal ranks after an apol-
| ogy for the liberty.
II was In the exit OF great grand
father from a Calvinistic meeting house
| ne said, and related the anecdote OF his
stalwart grandsire stalking out OF the
meeting house after roaring forth his
disbelief at the clergyman that had just
delivered a red hot Calvinistio discourse
The speaker said he wondered at his
| temerity at essaying such subject a.
The New Turn Taken by Religion and
Theology" after dinner.
1T is really a very good time to take
! I'D theology, though" he said, FOR ther
the red corpuscles Of the blood are saio
| to be al their liveliest state"
- tntn haf
on and he said until this thought wa:
brought up II was impossible for the
idealists to realize that sacred things
could change.
1T saddens me to see the way that GER
tain young men at Cambridge have o
! rolling off the responsibility for acts ant
| weaknesses upon their ancestors
young man who gets into trouble will Lay
the responsibility on his grandfather. W.
Americans with our inherent chvalr!
toward women never lay the blame oi
them so ] never heard one Of them la!
the blame on his grandmother but n
shirks the blame himself
Il don't know what your politics are.
am a Republican. To have been goo'
Republican in Cambridge for Is year
means something for that place Is tn,
home OF the Mugwump. splendid fel
low who sits on the fence and criticize
the team which someone else is forming
though he cannot form one himself.
The Lord has not much use for tn
mugwump.
democracy. he defined, as commoI
feeling a thing that was not found II
Germany and some other European
countries II IL found here TO create
extent than anywhere else.
"A small question does not grow grea
because II IL 20 small.
Democracy. the greatest fact OF ou
American history. IL also one OF th
greatest problems because It is great.
IL sometimes feel that II Is harder L
believe I'm the possibility OF the reallza
tion OF the perfect Democracy here. thai
Il Is in the Holy Trinity. l am speakinl
reverently and say that II IL sometime
my belief not that will always think 40
go 10 lower New York and spend
time in the slums and you will realiz
what problem II is IL is one 10 be take,
20 God In your prayer closet.
II defy a man TO live In the stmos
phere OF Democracy and keep his theo
logical BELIEF intact.
Take our sister church. the Roman
Catholic church They are afraid owe
I'm Italy OF the Americanizing OF thei
doctrines, which have stood intact 10
ages.
"They ought to be afraid and TO 81
up nights over II, for II is a serious tes
OF that church is a serious test %. tina
; OF that church 20 subject II 10 the solven
! power OF the great American democracy
] IL is true that here in America the empha
sis upon moral character is the test rathe
; than q creed. n is so here more tha
? anywhere else.
. 4 trust that things are better With yo
J than they are with us IN the Episcops
church. for there has been - great fsllin
off the deep personal religion OF our ner