Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-21
WORDING or PREAMBLE
Of Constitution of Federal Counsel
Changed to Exclude Unitarians.


Changed to Exclude Un'tarians.
1. New. York. Nov. 20.-At a meeting,
today. of the Inter church conference
on federation a change was made in
the wording of the phase Jesus
Christ, our Lord and Savior" in the
preamble of the constitution of the
federal counsel. to read Jesus Christ
our Divine Lord and Savior" 1t is
understood that this phrase will ex-
clude from membership the Unitarians
on the ground that they do not accept
the theory of the divinity of Jesus
Christ. The body was not invited to
attend the conference on federation.
An amendment to allow other
churches to join the federal counsel
was laid on the table.
The Rev. F. NJ. North d. D.. CORE
spending secretary of the National
| City Evangelistic Union of the Metho-
! dist Episcopal church, New York,
spoke on the Evangelization of Ameri-
can cities.
The Rev. C. Armand Miller d. D.,
pastor of Holy Trinity Lutheran
church, New York, discussed the his
torical aspects of "The Inner Mission"
| of the German church.
Bishop W. S. Derrick. negro. told
of the evangelization of his own race.
"InterdenominationalE v gclistic
Work" was described by the Rev. J. WI
| bur Chapman, D. d., corresponding sec
| rotary of the special committee on evan
| gelis:ic work of the general assembly OF
| the Presbyterian church in the United
States.
|
| The Rev. N. D. Wright Hills, chairman
| of the evargelistic work of the national
council of Congregational churches of tho
| United States. told the preachers not to
break their hearts if they had large con-
| gregutions in the morning and but Il few
in the evening. He said if they would
only hire theatres they could get the pep
| pie to attend service.
| There were two theatres open. last
| night he said and if you and do not
| Use the 70 theatres on Sundays there Will
soon be time when the theatres will be
open from the Atlantic to the Pacific on
| Sundays.
| as graft was proposed by Rev. George
| Wenner of New York City, pastor OF
| Christ church. and was referred TO the
| business committee. 1t was as follows:
| Resolved. that We see in the numerous
| revelations of graft in many high place:
of business and politics the symptoms OF
a widespread commclcialism which Jesus
| Christ called cove touSncSs and condemned
| more severely than any other vice. and
| which has in our time sanctioned many
| customs which are not only wicked, but
criminal; and we urge that while public
] Indignation is afiamc all uprighteOuS po-
| litical and commercial customs of rich
| and poor shall be brought by faithful
| preachers ard teachers to the bar of con-
| science and especially that the doctrine of
| devils that corporations have no souls,
! shall be set aside for Millions great
| teaching, that nations, and TIL arefOre par
| ties and all associations. are moral per
| sons to the end that the highest standards
| of honor and honesty set forth them
| elves III individual action may be main
| tanned. also when they act together
whether in religion. business or poll
| ties
| Prof Dealey's amendments broadening
| the scope of the federation ana providing
| for the admission of religious denonlina-
| tons rot now members, were voted on
| later and defeated
| 1t is understood that the resolution to
| insert the word divine applied to Je
4 tuition excludes the Universalists we'll
| as the Unitarians and some other rolis
!, ious bodies from membership in the
! council.
| A plea for Roman Catholics to join the
| federation was made by Rev. l.. c. Barnes
| of Worcester; Mass.
| Rev. DIR. Roberts, the permanent chair
4 man, said that Roman Catholics were not
| excluded by the terms of the proposition:
|
| The Rev T. B. Turnbull. D. D. chair
| man of the delegation of the United Pres
| byterian church of Philadelphia, presided
| at the evening session. the religious eXer
| cises being conducted by the Right Rev.
| Thomas A. Jaeger, D. D., bishop of the
| Protestant Episcopal church of Boston
| assisted by the Rev. DR.. Charles O'Day
| president of Andover Theological Senina
ry.
| Judge Peter S. Grosscup of the United
| States circuit court of Chicago, contrib
| uted the first paper on The Popular
| Conscience" in a discussion of a united
| church and the national life.
Justice David j. Brewer of the United
| States supreme court. read a paper on
| Law and Justice" fIe said in part:
Denominations do exist. will exist and
| ought to exist. The denominations work
| men but they are alike in the love of
God.
Il look and hope for Il federation closer
| than that adopted by the conference
| Very likely it was better to take short
| step forward than to risk failure by going
| too far. Law and justice should coincide;
| unfortunately they do not. If this We're
| supervision of banks or Insurance com
panies. There would be no tainted money /,
| the law of Injunction would crop into
| harmless deSuetude: the Chinamun would
| learn q new idea of American Justice.
| What greater power is there to accom-
pIish this than federated church? Such
| body could reform New York, max
Philadelphia good and Chicago clean
Government by the People was tho
| title of the paper read by Henry Wade
| Rogers of Yale University.