New-York tribune., 1905-11-21
VOTE TO BAR UNlTARIANS.
IN LITELH TILT.
Justice Bre1cer IN FaUor of United
Church ActiOn.


Church action.
The sessions of the Interchurch Conference on
Federation ended yesterday with some sharp
words. Leading clergymen conservative IN
views ON federation. had looked for opposition
and were not surprised when Professor ,, "
Dealey of Brown University. president OF the
Rhode Island Federation of Churches, stouuy
opposed the proposition to bar the Unitarlahs
from the Federal Council, which was proposed
in the forenoon and adopted in the afternoon
The Rhode Island Federation admits both Uni
versalists and Unitarians.
Professor Dealey told his friends afterward
that Rhode Island bars Godfearing Chris
tians When the proposition to establish a red
eraI council of representatives of thirty denoml-
nations came up Professor Dealey jumped to his
feet:
II want to know" he said what authority
convention such as this has to decide such an
important question without first consulting with
the laity?"
The protest went unheeded and an amend
ment offered by Professor Dealey earlier in the
day was also shelved The amendment pro-
posed broadening the scope of the federation by
taking in every Christian sect. Professor Dealey
proposes to bring his amendment up again be-
fore the convention closes.
Justice David J. Brewer of the United States
Supreme Court, reused the night session to the
highest pitch of enthusiasm by his eulogy OF the
federation movement, but made it quite PLAIN
that his idea of church federation was fedora
ton of all Christians Unitarans, Universalists
and Catholics. He said:
look and hope for federation closer than that @
ter to take a short way than to risk failure by
going too far, The man, however who cannot NOT
no clear conception of the goodness OF COD
In the next sentence he struck the conference
direct blow for its exclusion of the Unitarians
He said:
say that if all cannot admit the divinity OF
Christ they yet all followers Of his leadershlp; Sup
Provided they are working for Christ the rest goes
not matter. If I had been voting in New i @ ork
in the last election l would have worked with any
one who fought for William Travers Jerome
sneak only as ayman and LAWYER. and with
that / care more for religion than for theology;
The strength Of our cogntFy I comes tgtb OF the
union from the strength of the States So iti Leu
Grafton of churches in no way inierIerIIs WIZ
the individual action of the unit VIII resuil III
differences between them and will bring them TO 10
g91nort nstice Law and justice should coincide
unf6rtllnatelv they do not. Every step toward
ward and upward. If this were brought about
there would be need of supervision or banks o 1+
Insurance companies. The church would be a sor9 {
of mutual Insurance company whose salaries ana mo
policies would only be payable py dhe ci! casi!i tbp p
yonder. There would be no talntse None mTmeS 1ssIin
law of Injunction would drop into harmless qesue
ercap n iustice What greater power there to
accomplish this than federated church? 4,
Turn the rascals out.' which often means turn
out the party to which % f9f fhe pTice OF pbertv but
Of Marty purity Purity must be preferred to party
a-iG In one part of the city little oand does its
against the sums in an9ther part oI,I
be brought against the slums than a united 19
aKe GnITsh Pbisdephia s5eh good and Chicago clean
The declaration of John Hay that diplomacy IS
higher than Manila Santiago. Yet there are
to y wh9m bs yoee Fge of he Master invoke
the united church against the continuance OF war
and the getting ready for war
Henry Wade Rogers. LII D.. dean of faleS
law department, followed Justice Brewer. Dr.
Rogers believes government by the people mas
failed .conspicuously'' in this country. He told
the big audience as much. He paid tribute
10 Jerome, liking him to the monk reformer,
Savonarola Justice Grosscup, Of Chicago. also
spoke.
MANY of the leading Episcopal clergy talked
favorablv of Professor Deaey's' amendment
Following the shelving of the amendment, the
Rev Dr. Niccolls made fiery speech in favor
of interpolating in the sentence "as their Lord
and Saviour" This adopted. 1t was dig
the articles of federation, the word Divine"
making the sentence read, 'as their Divine Lord
and Saviour. This adopted. 1t was a dig
at the Unitarians, who do not believe in the
divinity of Christ The conference then adopted
articles of federation
Following this papers were read on What
Practical Results May Be Expected from This
Conference by the Rev. DR.. Charles A Dickey,
the Rev E. d. Power the Rev. Frank Mason,
the Rev A Fl. Bradford and the Rev d. 5.
stephens Resolutions deploring the CONNER
ciaI and political impropriety'. of the age were
offered by the Rev. DR. George Wenner of this
city. and shelved
The principal speeches at the evening session
were made by Justice Peter b. Grosscup. OF
Chicago. and Henry Wade Rogers, dean of the
Yale Law School Mr.. Rogers spoke on Gov
ernment by the People" He said:
If the purpose which brought Us here Is re-
allied we shall have strengthened the founda-
tions upon which government by the people for
ever depends Let us federate the churches that
we may have more effective agency for the
prevention of that corruption which all history
teaches leads to the overthrow of the liberties