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UNIVERSALIST CONVENTION
CHURCH'S NEW DEPARTURE.
PRESIDENT S ENLARGED POWERS.
MXDAI DIVERSION COMPROMISE.
Taft mid HU Treaty Indorsed —M nm
’ en •*u (Trace Resolution Anted Down
Contest Over Sundaj Recreation
Resolution——Election of Officers —
Ovation for Retiring Officers
Thanks for sprinufleld Hospitality
Laymen's Le»«ne Meeting and
Banquet.
Th? geneTal convention of the Universal
ist church rested Sunday, after finishing
one of the most notable sessions in its his
, tory. The pulpits in many of the Spring
field churches Sunday were filled by 1 ni
■ versalist preachers, coining from various
corners of the land to attend the biennial
assembly of the denomination. The business
of the convention was completed at the ses
sion at St Paul’s church Saturday morning
. and in the afternoon the delegates held con-
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REV DR MARION D SHUTTER.
I President of the Universalist general con
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ferences preparatory to going home to work
out the now policies.
The business session Saturday
was marked by ardent debates
on matters of policy brought be
fore the convention. but the con
tentions. though vigorous, were far from
being acrimonious. The champions of wom
an suffrage made a persistent attempt on
the floor of the convention to secure a
declaration for the cause, but they were
unsuccessful. although at one time they
won from the convention, by. the closest of
votes, the admission of a suffrage plank io
the report of the committee on resolutions.
This later was voted down, much as the
aeelayatiun made at the convention of the
women’s missionary convention was re
called.
The subject of Sunday recreation came
tip as an important issue, and when the
debate had been finished and the resolu
tions bearing on the subject had been
dissected, analyzed ami put together again
in different form, the convention was found
to be firmly filed on the top of the fence,
with a foot in both ramps The resolu
tion e n the preservation of Sunday was I
brought to rhe attention of the convention
as a conservative measure, intended pri
marily to bind the church more rigidly to
the strict observance of Sunday, but the
word ‘recreation" was a difficult one to
d»a! with and it got the convention into
a good deal of a tangle. In the end the
Universalists have given themselves "inno
cent recreation" to interpret. The pro
gressives objected vigorously to a rigid :
policy on the ground that it was out of
step with the forward movement. Rev
Dr Marion Shatter, the newly elected
president, brought about a compromise by
so amending the resolution that practically
neither side gained an advantage by it.
Among the other resolutions was one
that was greeted by but one voice. that of
hearty approbation of President Taft and
his broad policy of arbitration. As for
the convention as a whole, the contest be
tween the progressives and the conserva
tives resulted in laurels for both, but
the progressives have brought about a
"new denominationalism” that promises to
mature at the Chicago convention in 1913.
Saturday the officers who had been nom
inated were elected by unanimous vote,
but the real news of the election was
brought out in the ministers’ conference.
During the afternoon the ministers, lay
men and superintendents held meetings
which w ere of special significance. At the
ministers’ conference Rev Dr Shutter, the
newly-elected president, met face to face
the men with whom he will be associated
as the leader of the denomination. The
captains of the denomination discussed
with their general the policies of the new
forward movement and those instrumental
in giving it birth told of the high hopes
which they hold for it.
The laymen in their meeting enlarged
the scope of their activities, and by their
action will from now on admit to member
ship the clergy of the denomination. The
day was brought to a fine climax by a
banquet held under the auspices of the
laynien's league at the Hotel Kimball
Saturday night. It was an enthusiastic
gathering, at which laymen and clergy
gathered Io pledge anew their loyally
to Universalism.
Sunday Recreation.
One of the most lively discussions of
Saturday resulted when the committee
recommended a resolution relating to the
preservation of Sunday. The committee
did not wish to place ilseif on record as
in favor of Sunday sport, neither did it
wish to be understood as favoring a con
servative Sunday. The majority of the
members felt that innocent recreation was
to ho welcomed on the Sabbath, and espe
cially so because of the fact that the ten
dency of the times is for people, working
poollie in particular, to forsake the church
to enjoy the parks and country on Sun
day. The discussion followed the intro
duction of the resolution, which read:—
Resolved. That the preservation of Sunday
ne a day of rest, prayer and Innocent recrea
tion Is demanded on Both economic and moral
grounds, and that we sincerely deplore the
too common forsaking of the church for Sun
<lny sports and Sunday business.
As the resolution was originally presented
the word “innocent" was omitted, as were
also the words, "And that wo sincerely
deplore the too common forsaking of the
church for Sunday sports and Sunday busi
ness."
The entire discussion precipitated by the
resolution centered around the word "rec
reation.” The original interpretation was
io the senst! of re-creation; it was the
< spirit of the interpretation civen th? word
j Jo Henry Ward RtHHhpr which implied
i “recreation in the image of God.” When
the r< solution was read the word re-crea
tion and not recreation was used. In The
meaning of the former the resolution eni
bodied a most conservative attitude, ami
the i roen ^sives sought al wo to have
’ the word recreation in the sense of play
; sill st’tuted. After some discussion it was
J finally amended in this sense. The con?
j servo lives. however, believing that too
i much latitude was implied in The amended
i meaning, sought 10 limit the meaning.
• which was finally done by restricting it to
! innocent recreation.
I The Suffrage Fight.
After the resolutions had all been read.
■ H. 11. Metcalf nf Concord. N. H.. wanted
! tn have added to the original resolutions
! of (he committee an amendment which
■ called fnr the indorsement of the woman
’ suffrage movement. Mr Metcalf had eon
j sidorable difficulty in presenting the res»-
: bit ion. but decidedly more before it was
j voted m have it considered among the
• rher resolutions. After Mr Metcalf had
■ introduced the amendment, a rising vole j
: was taken, and with but two majority it ;
j was allowed to become one of the resolu '
1 lions. The vote stood 61 in favor and 59
jin opposition. The supporters nf rhe
: amendment held high hopes for it. and
: w ere jubilant, thinking after the vote had
I been taken that it had already received
the final indorsement of the convention.
There was a depression of spirits when it
I was learned that it would again come j
i before the convention for final indorse- ■
' meat with the other resolutions. 'When it ■
camp up for indorsement as a part of the
resolutions report an entirely different
spirit was shown, and it was voted down J
■ by a vote of 75 to 64. Mr Metcalf, not
to be put off. called for a roll-call vote of
the convention which the ehair was on
the verge of permitting when several of
the delegates interposed and begged that
rhe matter be dropped. Kev Dr Frederic
Perkins thought that it was inadvisable
to consider it. ns did Kev Dr Shutter,
who stated that inasmuch as the commit- ;
tec had disposed of it to the satisfaction
of the convention it would be unwise to
undo its action. He believed that when
the committee had referred it to the so
cial service commission it had done the
only thing that possibly could have been
done under the circumstances.
When the matter was brought up for
final discussion the president ruled that
under the rules of the convention the dis
cussion would bo limited to but one par
ticipation by each member. Mr Metcalf
bad already spoken, but attempted to gain
the floor a second time: he was ruled
down, bur persisted in rising until the
chair finally allowed him again to speak
on the matter. Mr Metcalf then announced
that he would abide by the decision of the
convention and would not urge a roll-call
vote provided the amendment would be
recorded on the minutes. The chair ruled
that under the procedure of the convention
this was assured. Very few of the dele
gates took part iu the discussion, but the
majority took the view that, aside from
the fact that it conflicted with the work
of the committee on resolutions it would
be both unfair and unwise to give the ।
indorsement of the entire convention to a
matter of this kind without the approval
of the several state conventions.
The discussion on the amendment took
up a considerable part of the late morning
session, and it was about 12 o’clock when
the matter of raising the balance of the
money on the convention debt was brought '
before the convention. Rev Dr Perkins ;
was assigned the work of soliciting th?
funds, and he succeeded in raising a fair
amount. But 15 minutes had been al
lowed. but no mor#' than five were con
sumed. the chair calling it off with the
remark that ho did not believe the psycho
logical moment was at hand. The secre
tary announced that approximately about
including several subscriptions,
had been secured.
Officers I nßnimously Elected.
At this juncture the committee on elec
tions reported that the list of delegates ap
proved by the committee bad by the neces
sary two-thirds majority passed all the
legislation that had been enacted at the
convention. The vote nf the convention
showed the unanimous election of the offi
cers nominated by the committee. The
chair declare#] the following officers as
elected:—
President. Rev Dr Marlon D. Shutter nf ;
Minnesota: vice-president. Ora E. Butterfield
of Michigan: secretary. Kev W. n. Skeels of i
New York: treasurer, Eugene F. Endicott j
of Massachusetts: trustees, for four years. |
Rev Dr Marion D. Shutter of Minnesota. J. ;
L. Sweet of Massachusetts. F. A. Winkelman ;
of ininois. Rev Dr Lee S. MoCnHester of
Michigan, Rev -Dr F O Hall of New York,
and for twn years. Charles L. Hutchinson of
Illinois: preacher of occasional sermon. Rev
Dr F W. Perkins of Massachusetts; and St
Pau! ’ church. Chicago, 111., as the place of
meeting in 1913.
TO ENTER FOREIGN FIELD.
T 7 ni verbalists' Decision—President’s
Karger Powers—Will be Head of
Church.
The climax in the general convention of
the Universalist ehurch. came Friday with
the decision in favor of a vigorous pro
gressive policy, including the first entry
of the denomination into the foreign mis
sion work, which has been a matter of the
greatest concern for the delegates gath
ered here from all over the country. An
other feature of the day. of vital import
ance to the church, was the decision to en
large the powers of the president of the
convention to such an extent that he be
comes the permanent active head of the de
nomination, with considerable advisory
powers. Such office is not paralleled
among the Protestant churches in this
country and into this office will come a
clergyman. Rev Dr Marion Di Shutter
of Minneapolis. Minn., nominated Fri
day to succeed one of the most eminent
laymen in the church. Charles D Hutchin
son of Chicago. The nomination of Dr
Shutter was received with great enthusi
asm by the delegates.
Friday’s session will perhaps be re
membered as the most notable of the con
vention week. It made one of the greatest
departures that the church had ever made
from the conservative policy of church ef
fort. which until its enactment had largely
been confined to America alone. If the
convention had done nothing else but creat
ed rhe department of foreign missions, its
work would have become memorable. At no
time of the convention was the individual
strength of the church brought so much to
the front as yesterday. The day marked
one. of the greatest struggles in the church’s
history. It was a struggle between the pro
gressive and conservative elements of the
church for the establishment or rejection of
those issues embodied in the "forward move
ment."- The progressives prevailed and the
church of to-morrow will be one greatly en
larged in the sphere of its activities. In toe
process of evolution which lias gradually
changed the sentiment of the church iu favor
of a more progressive attitude, one person
above nil others will he remembered as a
great factor in bringing it about. When the
history of the Springfield convention is
written, the name of Miss Agnes Hathaway,
missionary, will he placed beside those of
the other notable figures of the convention.
The convention has been distinguished by
strong and eloquent addresses mid two
more of exceptional worth were delivered at
Friday night's meeting. The general sub
ject was "Ghwch efficiency." approached
from two sides. Rev Dr Frederick W
Hamilton, president nf Tufts college, spoke
on "An efficient ministry." analyzing keen
ly tpe ipialifieations that the minister must
possess, as interpreter, leader mid ■ helper
Ora E. Butterfield of Detroit, Mich, an
able lawyer, gave an address of remark
able brilliance and power on "A layman's
idea of an efficient church." Among ail
the talk of social service and forward
movement, Mr Butterfield's argument had
•THE SPRIXGHLLP WEEKLY REPUBI \X: iHI KMLW. OCTOBER* 26, 1911.
i the pffprT almost of bcimr roaetionary. H’s
j "as a plea for the ehurch as the place of
religious inspiration only, for lh« niiu >
' tor as the prophet and priest. The many
(Treat social, < ivie and economic prob < m*
j of Hie times are nit for the < hurt h to
। solvo. The peculiarly vivid picture of ’he
■ < hnreh as ho saw it. drawn b\ Mr Butter
; field, Mas exceedingly impressive.
NATIONAL MISSION CONVENTION.
' snffra<e \'ote Rescinded bj i nKer
snli«t XX omen.
The biennial convention of the womens
national missionary association, as a part
tof the Universalist general convention.
Mas called to order in St Paul’s church
I Wednesday morning last Meek by its
president, Mrs Theresa A. Williams of
Washington, D (’ Reports of officers
and committees showing how the work, of
the association has been prospering during
the past year took up most of the morn
; ing session, and the afternoon session Mas
I given over to roll-call by states, a spir
1 ited money-raising session for missions,
and the election of officers. The president
in the morning gave an address giving a
broad summary of the uork which the as.
sociation has accomplished during the past
tM’o years.
Action by the convention in passing a
resolution in favor of suffrage for women
Mas taken at the morning session, but
Mas carefully weighed during the inter
mission at luncheon time. Hud at the after
noon session action was taken recalling
the resolution, and it Mas stricken
from the minutes of the meeting. The
resolution Mas not recalled without a vig
urous effort being made in its behalf by
a number of ardent supporters of votes
for women. Rev Ada C. Bowles <>t
Gloucester, representing Kev Florence K.
Crooker of Jamaica Plain, chairman of the
church committee of the Massachusetts
m Oman's suffrage association, presented
the resolution and stood firmly back of it
m hen the motion to reconsider and have it
MithdraMn was later put before the con
vention.
The resolution read as folloMs:—
Whereas, women in all but six of these
L nited States are deprived of the sacred
right of representation while equally taxed
with men for the support of the government,
therefore
Resolved, That all women thus humiliated
as citizens and greatly hindered in their
work for the social betterment, should seek
the ballot, both as the symbol of political
freedom and an instrument for promoting
the common Melfa re.
M hen presented at the morning session
the resolution was read twice and an op
portunity Mas given for its discussion, but
no one attempted to speak on it. A vote
was then taken adopting all the resolutions
of the resolution committee as read. Im
mediately upon the opening of the after
noon session it was shown that opposition
to the resolution as adopted had grown
strong during the luncheon period and no
sooner was the meeting called to order than
a motion was made to reconsider the reso
lutions already adopted. It Mas then
moved that the resolution on suffrage for
women be stricken from the minutes. Rev’
Mrs Bowles took the floor and set forth
reasons why sho believed that the resolu
tion should ho alloxved to stand.
Rev Dr Patterson ;ind another well
known Universalist minister had main
tained that women should have the vote,
she said, and their stand should have some
influence. They held that all the good to
be gained by ballots in the hands of men
can be gained by ballots in the hands nf
women. To get the greatest good wo must
work side hv side with men in the mis
sionary movement, she stated, and there
fore she Mould ask that wo favor men and '
women working side by side with the vote
in hand. Those Mho support the move
ment against white slavery must give
their support tn the suffrage movement in
behalf of women. The speaker maintained
that every good work that the philan
thropic department was ongaogd in would
he furthered by votes for women. She
begged those present tn remember that
the women make up three-fourths of the
church body and that their action on the
question was most important. A x’oto
against the resolution is . a vote against
power for women, she argued. In closing
she urged that the delegates b#* true to
their womanhood and no longer aUcw
themselves to be rated as not the equal
of men.
Other speakers M'ho opposed the main
taining of the resolution held that the
convention was not the place for discuss
ing the good or evil of votes for women.
They stated that they believed that the
resolution should not be maintained he-,
cause it had nothing to do xvith mission
ary work and was out of place in the. min
utes of the convention. A verbal vote was
taken and about 20 voices Mere sounded
in favor of the resolution, and the body of
the convention, about 200, voiced their
votes against it.
The Needs of Japan.
The principal speech of the afternoon*
was made by Miss M. Agnes Hathaway,
for many years the missionary of the as
sociation to Japan. She contrasted the
conditions in the United States and in the
far East. There Buddhism, the domi
nant religion, teaches that fatalism is the
only true belief and thereby gives out no
hope of a life to come in another world.
Th? Blackmer home which has been
established by the Universalists has dore
an enormous amount of good already and
if the members of the association con
tinue to support it in the way they have
in the past its future is assured. Per
haps no country is in so much need of
the Universalist faith as is Japan, in all
it teaches of the duty of a man toward
his family, friends and humanity.
At the close of Miss Hathaway's ad
dress the chairman issued a call for money
with which to support the enterprises in
the missionary field which bad been be
gun. At 5.27, a little over an hour after
the money-raising started, the last dollar
came in to make the |20,000 complete.
LAYMEN’S LEAGUE BANQUET.
Convention Visitors Have n Jolly
Time at the Ktmhall Hotel.
The Universalist general convention rec
created Saturday evening at the Hotel Kim
ball. About 260 covers were laid for the
banquet given for the delegates under
the auspices of ihe laymen’s league, nnd
after three days filled with very solid food
for thought, the evening! with its lighter
play of wit and humor was a marked suc
cess. The tables were mad? attractive
with pink chrysanthemums, and an ex
cellent dinner was served. Music >.as
furnished by the hotel orchestra and the
(Mners sang many familiar songs to tnek
aecompaniment. The dinner mils opened
with the singing of “America” with all
standing. This Mas soon followed with
“The good old summer time.” which went
with the soup—and a whoop—and D. D.’s
mere reverends and sedate members < f
the families of deacons joined with a wdl
in the churns:—
You bold her hand nnd eh? holds yours,
Ami that’s a very good sign
That she’s your tootsy-wootsy,
In the good old summer time.
Song cards were distributed to »he
guests, marked: ‘A few familiar eongs
as aids to digestion between courses. ’lMup,
ye laymen, sing! Sing! Get volume; the
urcheslrn will furnish the harmony!” The
volume was there. Is^yond a doubt, and
Mill) it a good deal of harmony which
was not produced by the orchestra.
EUphalet T. Tifft, presiding officer of the
banquet nt other times Springfield’s city
treasurer spoke of the value to St Pnul!s
of the change to tbc new church and of th? '
inspiration to Springfield nf the convention, i
He closed with prais? of Charles L. Hutch-
iiigSnn. whotn he intr<><i "'ed ns toastmaster.
Mr Hutchinson was fol *‘Med by Wm W.
' McCleneh nf this city. E. C. Barney of
! l.ynn a Tufts rol’f^i- irrstee and others.
—
• the new president.
• Sonic Facta About Hr Marion D.
| shutter of Minneapolis, Minn.
: Rey Dr Marion 1‘ Shutter of Min-
I ncapoiis, Minn.^ tin ipm ly-ole< ted presi
• dent of the .Universa si •■invention, told
] \PMerdgy morning of the Murk which the
ehurch of the Redeemer, of Mhich he is
pastor,, is doing in the Northwest. Dr
Shutter became conn*• f ed with the church
almost 25 years ag”. being at first the
assistant to its form* < pastor. Rev Dr J.
H Tuttle. Since h< is assumed th? pas
. Torate the church has entered upon many
| forms pf activity which had not before
! been incorporated in th? program. Ti e
line upon which th- prin ipnl emphasis
j his been laid is the Unity settlement,
Mhi' h started ?n IS9‘‘ ” a small way. and
Inis sinou groxvn tn >b h an extent that
lye first of next year will so? the comple
tion of a new ^7sjmh» building erected
s< ■ h for ibe >ri; j Miss t arolin *
Crosby, who was one <«t' th? leading set
tlement workers of Minneapolis, has given
up her entire time, to the work of the
s< tth ment and is in supervision of all its
lines of activity. The nicnirnt has now
a day nursery dop a runent. a mothers’
chib, a penny savings lank, free employ
ment agency, friendly visiting society ami
a juvenile court lor the special probation
otlii er. Th?' best gymuusium in the city
is being utilized for gymnasium classes
of the settlement.
To tin* < hurt h-of the Redeemer belongs
the honor of giving ihe first probation
ofliem- To the vily. Dr Shutter has gradu
ally evolved from, a small beginning one
oi thy greatest fpeturs for social bet (er
nieni in his home. Fie M as instrumental
in iiitrodming kindergnnen work into the
public schools of Minneapolis. Long be
fore it had been thought of as a public
poficy ho helped to oruanize a kindergarten
association Mhich wa> the beginning of
ihe .spiendid public school system of kin
dergartens for which the city has become
noted.
Dr Shutter did much roMard securing
public* playgrounds fur the children of the
city and xvas a member of die first com
niirtee to deal M’ith that question. He
ha> been lately chdinn.in of the vice com
mission. xvhuse duty it is to study social
evil and work out remedies for it. It will
be difficult for him io give up bis duties
of tiie church and lor some time at least
it Mill be impossible. In the meantime
he will do all lie can fur the convention
iu tire powers and duties that have been
delegated to him." Mrs Shutter has been
of invaluable assistam e to Dr Shutter iu
his work and with his new duties she
will be no small factor in making his
administration a success
THE CONVENTION'S PRESIDENT.
SomcMhtnK About Charles b. Hutchin
son of Chicago.
Übarles L. Hutchinson, the president of
th? national Universalist association, is a
Chicagoan and one to whom that great city
owes no small part of its prestige. It is
generally conceded that Mr Hutchinson is
Chicago's greatest all-around citizen, the
on? M hos? tastes and r* sources have com
bined to give his home city the best in
many lines of endeavor.
Mr Hutchinson’s father, familiarly
known as “Old HnW/l).’’ was one of those
pioneers who made 'Chicago. Mr Hutchin
son is a member of Paul's Universalist
church of Chicago ^nd. takes an active
interest in every department of its work.
WHO ARE THE PNIVERSALISTS?
Facta About Dennmi^tatfon—lts Origin
and Its Growth.
The UnivergaTist ^hdrnination in the
United Stated is aboqt 140 years old. The
founder of this elyircli ( was Rev John
Murray, an Englishman,; who came to
Awerice in the yeftt 1770. Mr Murray
was a disciple of Jernes Rolly, a forceful
and devout preacher-of the so-called larger
faith in the city of/Loudon. Mr Murray
himself was a man of broad sympathies,
a careful and reverent student and ex
pounder of the Bible, a convincing and
xvinsome expemen! and example of the
religion of faith, hope and charity. He
preached his first sermon in America, un
der eirrxunstame of peculiar interest, at
Good Luck. N. J., in a'plain little chapel
that had been built by a farmer named
I fiemas Potter. ♦
Mr Potter was an isolated Universalist
Mho had for years lived in the hope that
someone among the itinerant preachers of
that day Mould voice in that faraway
pulpit the faith that he had found, unaid
ed, m the scriptures. Mr Murray proved
to Le a preacher who. fulfilled to the utter
most the expectation of this saint, and
at that geographical point and upon that
portentous day began the work of the Uni
versalist denom’mjtion in America. The
Lniv» realists have made this place, slid
a rural ireighborhood. a Mecca toward
Mhich the feet of many grateful pilgrims
turn every year. Through one month each
summer a sort of camp-meeting is held
there, with <'hauianqua features. The de
nomination has bo ight the estate of Thom
as Potter, erected upon it a monument
and a memorial < hnreh, and have made of
I otter s old home a sacred landmark of
its rcEgJous history-.
Mr Murray lateY became pastor of an
independent religions society in Glouces
ter, Mass., from M.hich he disseminated the
doctrine of universal salvation all over
New England. This be did not only by a
prodigious amount of preaching but as well
by pamphlets and books. “He faced,” says
p r Fisher in hi> history of Universalism,
“much sectarian bigotry and had many
relentless enemies, and so while he was by
all his nature rtan of peace, he was
forced to keep his armor on and bis sword
unsheathed <Ol,l uually nearly all his life.
But he also bad . many loving and influ
ential friends. Among the latter were
Gons Washington and Greene, the former
making him H :;plain of one of the regi
nicntw in the Revolutionary army.”
In point of time the next great leader
of th? UuiversaHst church was Hosea Bal
lou, who was born in Richmond, N. H.,
Ballou was the son
of a Baptist minister of that town, but
at an early age the youth Hosea became
a Lniversabst He felt called to preach
thp gospel and entered upon a career as
such that mad? his name fathous as an
exponent of th. doctrine of universal sa’
ration from one end of New Englund to
Ihe other. I{ ( . was peculiarly gifted Mith
the power । f dear vision into the deepest
meaning of rhe scriptures, and of demon
strating in ii TJMdstiblo logic the reason
ableness of his interpretations. He was
natural,y a th*- iloghn and it is claimed by
I niVrrsnlist< tlinl the leaven of his lib
eral teaching,- has j»ervaded the whole
inmp o’ modi y n theology as held in the
I rofestant tranches of organized Chris
tianity.
I niversnlist < have furnished valuable
<itizen< to America. Rev Dr E. H. Cha
pin. for many years pastor of the church
of the. D.yin? PaternUy in New York,
was one ot the most famous preachers of
Uu Oiotropdis and a leading light in the
great lecture System of a generation or
two agn. R r \ j) r Miner of Boston
stood in he front rank of the reformers
| of tb? moss progressive period of Ameri
can history. Horace Greeley was n Uni
versalixt and th? history of journnlism
contains no more respected mime. Clara
Kflrtnn represents this church in phihin
I tnrop/: the Cary sisters in literature. This
denomination is not ranked among the
| most wealthy, yet it has enlisted the nym
nnthv and has enjoyed the earnest serv-
ice of strong men in the world of com
inpicr and in the professions. The presi
dent of this convention. Charles L. Hutch
• is among the most eminent ami
, public-spirited citizens of Chicago.
The entire faith of ihe Universalist
j ehurch is not fully expressed in rredal
I forms, for ihe denomination has insisted
ill on a hueral measure of intellectual and
spirirr.il freedom. But for manj years a
oriel < rued known as Ihe Winchester, con
fession ot faith was considered as the
basis of telldwsbin. This was adopted at
M inchester. N. H.. in the yedi 1803 it
1 is as follows:—
Article l. We believe that the holv ■ < .-iu
tures of ihe old ami New Testaments < on
tain a revelation cf the « hnracfer of God nn d
- cf th? duty, interest and final destinatioa t s
, mankind.
Article 2. Wo believe that there Is nne God
: Mitos? mituro. is Loye. nevealed in one i^rd
Ti’ ,V r?le Ho l v s P il,n Of Grace.
i Mho ni|| fiualiv r?«toye the whn’e familv of
mankind to holiness and happiness.
I Ai’tielo 3. We believe that holiness and true
i a. . ;;' ’ ’ v,, ( . ? ■
RT REV THOMAS FREDERICK DAVIES. JR.
happiness are lusepnrably cenneetert. anil that
believers ought to be careful to maintain or
der and practice good works; for these things
are pood ami profitable unto men..
At the general convention held in Boston
in the year 1599 the conditions of fellow
ship were somewhat modified, taking the
following form: —
1. The acceptance of the essential princi
ples of the tnlvcrsalist faith to wit: 1. The
rnlversal l-'atberlioorl of God: 2. The spirit
ual authority and lendersntp of His. f-on;
Jesus Christ: The trustworthiness of the
Bible ns I'ontaiiftng- n rovointion from God; 4,
The certainty of just retribution of sin; 5,
The final harmony of souls with God.
The Winchester profession Is commen'led
as containing these principles, but .neither
this nor any other precise form of words is
required as a 'inuditlou of fellowship; pro
vided always that the principles above stated
bo professed.
2 The ai-knowledrmont of the authority ~f
the general convention and assent to its law.
At the present time there are nearly 1000
Vnivcrsnlist parishes in America, about SOO
ministers, who. for the most. part, are
graduates of the three theologicnl seminaries
nt Tufts college. Boston. St Lawrence uni
versity, Canton. N. Y.. and Lombard college,
Illinois. The denomination has always tak
en a deep interest in education, establish
ing. besides the colleges above named, Buch
tel college in Ohio. Academic training is
also provided at Dean academy at Frank
lin. this state. Goddard seminary. Barre,
Yt., and Westbrook seminary. Deering. Me.
Among Vniversalist philanthropies are Mes
siah home for aged women at Philadelphia.
Washburn home. Minneapolis. Cobb hospi
tal. Si Paul. Minn., Chapin home for aged
people, a very large institution in the sub
urbs of New York. Bethany union for young
women at Boston and the Blackmer home
for girls in Tokio, Japan. Other institu
tions of n similar character are about to
be established iu several centers.
The I'niversalists have part in modern
foreign missions through a mission* to
Japan, with beadquarters at Tokio, under
the direction of Rev Dr G. I. Keirn.
Native preachers and teachers of marked
ability supplement the efforts of the
American propagandists working with Dr
Keirn. Missionary work among the
southern colored people is carried on under
the direction of Rev Dr Joseph Jordan
of Suffolk. Va. A mission to the Cubans
is established under the leadership of Rev
Dr Jacob Straub. The missionary worn
of the denomination is prosecuted through
several organizations, by way of the gen
eral and stare conventions, the woman's
national missionary association and the
state organizations of the same, and young
people’s organizations called “The Young
People's Christian union,” with national
and state bodies.
It is estimated that there are about
100,0(X) Universalist families in the Unit
ed States. The convention iu session at
Sprinugffeld last week will be regarded as
memorable for its demonstration of enthusi
asm and power. With comparative ease
on Wednesday of this week the woman's
missionary society not only provided for
its regular budget but raised 520.000 for
Friday with tremendous enthusiasm,
clean'd off its debt of s3l.txX>. With still
greater fervor a radical change was made
in policy by which :i great forward move
ment is to be undertaken nt once under
the leadership of the ncwlv-ek'eted presi
dent. Rev Dr Marion D. Shutter of Min
neapolis; Especially significant is the
eager interest of both clergy and laity in
the new spirit and program of social serv
ice as an appreciation of the Christian
। gospel of the needs of the v/orld,
TO BUILD FOSTER CHAPEL.
Ground Broken for New Structure at
Sixteen Arre*.
Rev Dr George S. Rollins conducted the
services Mttndey at the breaking of the
ground for a new chapel at the intersec
tion of Wilbraham mad. Pfumtree road nnd
Parker street at Sixteen Acres. The land
was given by Cyrus b’ester and the ebnmd
which is to bo erected is to be called
I Foster chapel. There were no formal ex
। erclscs or speaking, bin prayer was offered
, by Dr Rdlluis and all those present joined
|in singing. While the ciiapel. is being
erected tha congregation will meet as it has
I been doing. In balls liired for he piirpase
| and in private houses Mrs A J.
( 'r,,.i r |,i„.. „a„ mdoet* the services reju
. Inrly. attended the meeting Sunday.
■ A wave of reform has swept .Ha uilton
| college. Prof Chnse'a sophomore Latin
class have agreed not to iih<> transjntjons
I hereafter. "My kingdom for a horse" will
probably be the. clasa yell for awhile.
KEV DR DAVIES IS MADE BISHO?
OF WESTERN MASS. DIOCESE.
Son of the Lute IMshop of HichijKnn
SKcceei’M the Late Mexandev 11.
A’inton am Head of Diocese of
Which sprinutteld i« the Nee Citr*
From <)ur Special Ke’Rn t? - .
Worn ester. Wednesday. October IS.
Rev Dr Thomas Frederick Davies, rec
tor cf Al) Saints’ church in this < ity. to
day Mas consul rated second bishop of
the Protestant Episcopal diocese of West
ern Massachusetts, succeeding the late Kt
Rev Alexander Hamilton Vinton who. al>*» a
rector of Ail Saints' church, m As consecrate 1
in the same churuh on April 22. 1902.
Bishop Vinton diol at the episcopal resi
dence in Springfield on January 17, UHL
i The service to-day in All Saints’
church was the occasion of ft nota
ble gathering of Episcopal prelates,
priests and laymen. The church was
crowded to the doors, all of the increased
seating capacity was used, and it was dif
ficult to see that the rain had dimished
the attendance in a perceptible degree. Ite
Rev Daniel Sylvester Tuttle of Missouri,
the presiding bishop of the church in
America, bad general charge of the service.
The conspirators Were Rt Rev Dr Tuttle.
Ri Rev William Lawrence, bishop of
Massachusetts, and Rt Rev Chauncey B,
Brewster, bishop of Connecticut.
A large number of prominent ecclesiastics,
and visiting clergy participated in the im
pressive ceremonies. Dr Davies's mother.
Mrs Alary 11. Davies, and his sisters. Miss
Marion >B. Davies and Mrs 11. S. Haines,
and his two nephews, the latter Mrs
Haines s sons. Thomas Frederick Davies
Haines and Henry Alexander Haines, oc
cupied seats especially reserved for them
during the service. In an unusual respec*
the consecration was memorable to Dr
Davies, for it is St Duke's day. and the
22d _ anniversary of the consecration of
his father, in ISB9. as bishop of .Michigan,
which ceremony tool: place in St Peter's
church. Philadelphia. Bishop Tattle was
a participant there. At the ceremonies to
day Dr Davies wore the same cross which
his father wore at his consecration 22
years ago.
By 9 o'clock many of the bishops and.
clergy had reached the church. In half
an hour matins were over, and the church
was rapidly filling for the long service.
Many people were in the church before 9.
The clergy were busy robing and taking
their places preparatory to the proces
sional. The splendid choir of over 40 men
and boys, made up of selected voices from
All Saints' and St Matthew's choirs, as
sembled-in the choir-room. The clergy of
the diocese and the visiting clergy robed
in the chapel and the bishops in the parish
library. When all the clergy had robed,
tiie choir came down from the choir-room,
the different bodies of clergy and laity
following in the proper order, and the im
posing episcopal procession moved silently
through the cloister around to the main
doors on the Irving-street side.
The Bishops Present.
I The bishops came next, ranking accord
ing to seniority of consecration. Rt Rev
•Tames DeWolf Berry, bishop of Rhode
Island, and Rev Dr Rhinelander, bisbop
elert of Pennsylvania, came first, and then
the presenting bishops. Rt Rev Robert
Codnian, bishop of Maine, who took the
place of Bishop Joseph 11. Johnson of
Dos Angeles, and lit Rev Charles David
Williams, bisbop of Michigan. They were
followed by Rt Rev Frederick Burgess,
bishop of Dong Island, the preacher of the
day, and lie in turn by the consecrating
bishops. lit Rev William I.awreme. bishop
o! Massachusetts, and Rt Rev Chauncey
Bunce. Brewster, bishop of Connecticut.
Last of all came the venerable figure of
the presiding bishop, Rt Rev Daniel Syl
vester Tuttle, bishop of Missouri.
Dev Dr Davies with his attending pres
byters, Rev Di Ditchings and Rev Mr
Nickerson, l ad places provided for them,
as soon as the procession hud passed in the
center a.ale just at the entrance to the
chum el. whore three chairs were placed
for them. Here Rev Dr Davies remained
I't'ftivntod to the presiding bishop.
Ibe other clergy and the lay members of
the procession had pews reserved for them
at file front of the church.
The Consecration Service.
AAheu all were in place and the choir
had sung the second of the professional
hymns, the congregation limit ns Bishop
Tuttle began the service with the opening
eo'lefts. billowed by the ten coninmnd
ments. The choir sang the "Kyrie Elei
son," (serial use). The epistle was rend
by Bishop Brewster and after the choir
had sung the "Gloria Tibi." (Barker in EL
jfie gospel was read by Bishop Tjawrence.
Th" choir (hen sang the hymn. "O spirit
of the living God," (AA'ebbe). after which
the consecration rm'mbn was preaced by
Rt Rev Frederick Burgess, bishop of Izmg
Island.
The oonNOer.'ition service proper f'd'owed
the scrmdn. Rev Dr Darios, vested in his
rochet, was escorted by the altending pres
byters from his place nt the entrance of
the chancel to the ultnr rail. where the
presentim: bishops, Bishop Codnian and
Bishop Aviljlams, formally presented Dim
before Bishop Tutile. speaking these
: u-ords: “Reverend father in God. we pre
u’Uo you this godly ami well-learned
poison, to be ordained ami consecrated
I bishop.”
Bishop Tuttle responded by calling sot
the reading of testimonials. The certifi
ente of election by the convention of the
r-'V bv K. Mott, rer.
•H . s 'U North Adams.
. *'♦ .■Hnoim-.tl testimonial of the eonven
i IP!l< ' bv ■ I- en drick of
e'r, 1 1 ' c ll . lu ’’ mll < > i' of the standins
ot iBj? ; Of ,l:e •"”> tl>e evidence
of ordination was read by Rev J. F. Cai
n' ?Ct r> Of u John's ehurch in Williams
M itti>en I ' e ‘ r i H< ' l ,"’ v . Hn-ue. rector of st
mJ S, ,rc ’ 1n ,." oroester. read the
R, Del- i * le jA 3 .” 11 !? 8 committees, and
mtJ <• b AV' I’ishop road-
Tr ?i nan’W’re. read the consent
oi the bishop*.
there foil, wed f|, e constitutional dec
anitmn and the promise of eonformitv
l y Rev Dr Daries ns elected bishop, in
wlm h he made the formal promise of con
fornuty and obedience to the doctrine dis
< iphne and worship of the Protestant Epis
copal ehurch. This was followed hr the
litany, which was said hv Rev AN'iUiam
N. Grosvenor, dean of the General theo
lopcal seminary in Now York. In the
litany, in place of the prayer for the illum
ination of bishops and clergy, there was
said this special prayer:-^-
Tbnt It may please thee to bless this our
brother elected, and tn send thv grace upon
him. that he may duly execute the office
whereunfo he is called tn the odifving of tl-v
■ hnreh mid to the honor, praise and glory of
thy name.
After the litany had been said. Bishop
Tuttio resumed the bishop's chair and
catechized the bishop-e’eet according to the
pres,riled liturgy of the service.
This ended. Rev Dr Davies was escorted
by the attending presbyters into the sac
risty to be vested in the full episcopal
robes, during which the choir sung the
hymn "G God. our help in ages past” (Dr
Croft). Rev fir Davies when ho again
entered the dancel wore the full set of
vestments which were presenter to him
by ihe wonw-ii of All Saints’. They eom
prisod. besides the cassock and rochet, the
L.iick satin chiirere, and over that the
scarf of tibbet. The vestments were made
tn England and the finest of their kind.
The New episcopal King.
At the same time that he was vested in
the full robes. Rev Dr Davies put on the
beautiful episcopal ring presented to him
by St Matthew's church. This ring was
designed by Ralph A. Cram of the firm
of Cram. Goodhue & Ferguson, ecclesias
tical architects ot Boston, ami was made
by Tiffany & Co of New York. It is a
gold seal ring, with a large amethyst, on
which the roat-of-arms of Rev Dr Davies's
family is impaled with the diocesan arms,
so that it signifies Bishop Davies’s occu
pancy of the see in a personal manner.
Rev Dr Davies put on at the same time
the handsome jeweled cross which his
father wore when he was consecrated
bishop of Michigan in Philadelphia 22
years ago. This cross, which was present
ed to the late bishop of Michigan by tile
clergy of Philadelphia, is set with emer
alds, aqua marines and carbuncles, all
known as ecclesiastical stones. Imme
diately upon re-entering the chancel. Rev
Dr Davies knelt before the altar rail and
the bishops present standing around him
repeated the "Veni Creator Spiritus."
Bishop Tuttle beginning and the other
bishops answering by verses. The conse
cration collect was next said, and then
Bishop Tuttle. Bishop l-awrence and
Bishop Brewster laid thqir bauds upon tne
head of Dr Davies, still kneeling, repeat
ing together the brief utterance which
formally consecrates a bishop.
Bishop Tuttle, after this, presented the
Bible to the new bishop, as ordered in the
liturgy. This Bible was presented by fit
latke's church in Tatnuck and is a splendid
edition of the scriptures. Bishop Davies
was then conducted inside the altar rail and
took his place on the epistle side of the
altar.
The Communion.
The communion service was thereupon
eontiniied by Bishop Tuttle, beginning with
the offertory, the offering, which was a
large one. being received for diocesan mis
sions. The offertory anthem sung by the
choir was a passage from Isaiah xl : 31, and
the music was by Sir John Stainer. The
words were: “They that wait upon the
Lord shall renew their strength, they shall
mount up with wings as eagles; they shall
run and not weary; and they shall walk
and not faint." During the rest of the com
munion service the musical selections were :
"Sursttm Corda.” "Sanctus." “Agnus Dei"
and "Gloria in Excelsis” (Barker in E).
Bishop Davies communicated with the
other bishops, as did the clergy present and
the lay officers of diocesan organizations.
Just previous to the benediction by Bishop
Tuttle, a -special collect was offered .for
grace for the new bishop. Immediately after
the benediction. Bishop Davies was invested
with his hood as a doctor of divinity.
The episcopal procession moved out of the
church in the same order in which it bad
entered and by the same doors. There were
two recessionals, as there had been two pro
cessionals. The first recessional was “Glo
rious things of thee are spoken.” by F. .1.
Haydp, and the second was “AlleluliaSing
! to Jesus,” by J. B. Powell, an Easter hymn.
Springfield People at ihe Service.
Springfield showed its intense interest in
the consecration of Bishop Davies last
week by a number of Episcopal clergy
and laymen who attended the ceremonies.
Practically all Ihe officials of the three
Episcopal eliitrches in the city attended,
t'hrist church being represented by Rev
William A. Smith, Rev Donald Nelson
Alexander, Rev Hugh Wallaee Smith, Ed
mund I'. Kendrick and Henry H. Skinner.
St Peter’s sent Rev C. Morton Murray and
Gen Frank 11. Phipps, and Rev Charles
E. Hill was present from All Saints’
church.
MEN ANK RELIGION MOVEMENT.
Executive Committee Decides on a
Big Hally Iu this City.
The executive committee of the men
and religion forward movement in this city,
met Friday at Clinton hall for luncheon
and a discussion of plans. Beside the
members of the committee many of the
ministers of Springfield who arc inter
ested in the movement were present: It
was decided to have a grand rally of all
the men iu the different churches of the
city on the 29th. which has been set aside
lor "men's day.” Plans were made to
scud invitations to ’XXX) men of the city
asking them to attend church ou that day
nnd most of the preachers of Springfield
have promised to speak on subjects per
twining to the movement. In the afternoon
there will he a men's rally at the Court
Square theater at 3.30 o’clock. A special
program lias teen prepared for the occa
sion. with Dr George Elliott of Bay City,
Mieb.. as the principal speaker. John W
Roberts will sing, assisteu by a men's
ebor'is, and a number of cornet duets will
lie heard. At the same hour there will be
a general rally of the boys of the ditfer
ent Sunday-schools in the First church,
nt which H. W. Gibson of Heston will be
the speaker. Here also there will be nn
extensive musical program, with banjo and
guitar duets.
After considering 'plans to increase st
ten>!nn"o nt Siumay-schools, methods of
eoi)dn<tlug classes and providing for nn
exhibition in eonmutiou with the world's
S 1 mliiy-si had um.enLon to be held in
ZmC b. Sw,tz.. in Ibi;;, the executive
lomn'iti^e of rhe word s Srnday school
ns,-oetation Friday itdjourncd nt Phils
deltihia. A eomnuttee was appoinied t”
visit the Orient iu the curly part of 1913
nnd investigate the condition of Bunday
schools there.