OF THE

PROCEEDINGS OF THE FIFTEENTH MEETING

OF

The National Conference

OF

Unitarian and Other Christian Churches

HELD AT

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y., SEPTEMBER 24–27, 1894

WITH

THE CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS OF THE CONFERENCE, AND A

LIST OF THE DELEGATES

BOSTON
GEO. H. ELLIS, PRINTER, 141 FRANKLIN STREET

1894

S.C.R. BX 9805 .N5 cop.2 v. 15-16 1894-95

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ADDRESS OF THE COUNCIL .
GENERAL REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS
SERMON: The Summons to the Deep. Rev. Francis G. Peabody, D.D.
ADDRESS OF THE PRESIDENT, Hon. George F. Hoar
REPORTS:

Council. Rev. Edward E. Hale, D.D. .
American Unitarian Association. Rev. Howard N. Brown

The Women's National Alliance. Mrs. Emily A. Fifield
CHURCH EXTENSION. Reports and Recommendations of the Superinten-

dents and Secretaries :
New England. Rev. D. M. Wilson
The Middle States and Canada. Rev. D. W. Morehouse
The Southern States. Rev. George L. Chaney .
The Central West. Rev. T. B. Forbush
Western Unitarian Conference. Rev. A. W. Gould

The Pacific Coast. Rev. C. W. Wendte
ESSAYS:

Regeneration : A Stage in Evolution. Rev. Thomas R. Slicer
Regeneration. Francis C. Lowell .
The Higher Criticism: What it has done to restore to us the Real His-

torical Jesus. Prof. J. Estlin Carpenter
A Working Theory in Ethics. Rev. Joseph H. Crooker
The Religious Field. Mrs. Eliza Read Sunderland
The Mutual Relations of the Catholic and Protestant Churches. Hon.

William C. Robinson
The Catholic Church in its Relation to the Temperance Movement.

Rev. Thomas J. Conaty, D.D.
Co-operation between Catholics and Protestants in Charitable Work.

William P. Fowler
Co-operation of Catholics and Protestants in Education. Rev. Samuel

J. Barrows

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131 140

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ADDRESSES:

PAGB

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YOUNGER MINISTERS' MEETING :

Opening Address. Rev. S. M. Crothers
How can we strengthen the Existing Parishes ? Rev. A. M. Lord
The Relation of the Church to Sociology. Rev. C. R. Eliot
Church Extension. Rev. Charles J. Staples .

The Church as a Social Prophet. Rev. Eugene R. Shippen
MISSIONARY MASS MEETING :

Opening Address. Rev. George Batchelor
The Missionary Field. Rev. C. W. Wendte
A Missionary Chant. Rev. John White Chadwick
Duties and Responsibilities. Mr. George W. Stone
Our Work. Rev. Charles G. Ames.

A Missionary Church. Rev. John Cuckson
CLOSING MEETING :

Work among the Colored People. Mr. Booker T. Washington
The Plymouth Church. Hon. George F. Hoar .
True Conservatism. Rev. Samuel R. Calthrop .
Aggressive Religion. Rev. B. R. Bulkeley
Our Principles. Rev. Marion Murdock

Closing Words. Rev. Minot J. Savage
THE WOMEN'S ALLIANCE
UNITARIAN Church TEMPERANCE SOCIETY
LIST OF DELEGATES
CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS

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THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF UNITARIAN AND

OTHER CHRISTIAN CHURCHES.