Show EASTERNER TALKS I 1 OF UNITARIANISM I Rev L. L G. G Wilson Wison of Boston I Talked to Large Congregations Congregations Congregations Congre Congre- Sunday SOLID RELIGIONS RELIGION'S VALUE i. i ll Which Pul l lails to It I Degenerate History of oC Soviet Society At Ito tho 1 First Unitarian church yesterday yesterday yes yes- H two t o lectures were delivered by Rev L L. G G. Wilson of or Boston Doston to large congregations Dr Wilson Is one of or ortho tho the lecturers lecturer sent cent out to do lu an educational educational tonal work tork along Unitarian lines b by bythe bythe the American Unitarian association Uni Unity quartet furnished ed excellent music for b both th services services Nr airs Irs Bessie Spiers Browning sang tho the solo In the Ing morning morninG and Joseph Poll Pol In the tho evenIng even even- In his morning address on The Time Future of oC Liberal Christianity Mr Wilson sal said In part part- There Thero are thousands of or people tod toddy today y especially among the men who whO tire not satisfied with wih the popular Interpretations of or re religion re- re ligion and man many of them are Iro In doubt as ns to religion Itself so fO that the thc first question queston the thc man of oC practical capacity asks Is iH Is religion Itself necessary 7 Some answer to this question queston must be given before we can cn consider any particular Interpretation Interpret Lion tion of It I. 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Essential Religion Mr Ir Wilson I on then on to show sho that essential religion i Is a a. force forcie li In Inhuman inhuman human life In the tho same sattie sense that lint electricity Is a n force torce In physical life and that community that falls to encourage encourage encourage en en- courage it I It degenerates an and vl who fall fal to nurture It I gradually gradually grau- grau ally all all' lose their sympathetic Interest In anything except their own awn personal persona personal welfare The speaker then proceeded to to explain the fundamental differences difference between Unitarian Christianity an and th the Interpretations usually given Iven as follows fol rol foi- foi lows s lo As 1 In mathematics we wc have hav certain axiomatic principles which cannot be bc denied because c they are self evident to the human mind and andas as In music we have certain fundamental fundamental fundamental funda funda- mental laws of or harmony that must mud be observed in order arder to produce goo good music so so In essential religion there ther are arc certain laws which must be ob observed observed ob- ob served In order to produce the tho right life These he e laws are ure not dependent upon any ecclesiastical authority they d di not necessitate the acceptance of or an any creed or ceremony or sacrament fo for forthe the they are eternal forces force which always alway have and always will wiil wi operate in human hu operate man Ife life Some of the these e fundamental laws la were ero announced by Moses some b by Isaiah some by by MIcah some by Jesus JesuS spine b by Paul and others by 1 other othe great grent spiritual leaders but none o of oC them was created by thought o or power It Is upon these thes fundamental laws and their observance that th the Unitarian church Is based rather than tha upon an any of oC the confessions or creeds creed or ar ecclesiastical authorities of oC Chris Chris- Modern Mind U In ho conclusion Mr 11 Wilson called cled at nt at- cation to the tIme fact that tho the modern mind Is dissatisfied i with wih small an und and petty ett and antiquated beJ beliefs rs about abou God and the future of the soul oui am and said Id A faith that was sufficient when the he earth wa was supposed to b be benat flat nat and the sky u a solid crystal overhead overhead over over- head hea Is Js not nat to satisfy th the demand of ar modern madern knowle knowledge ge and andIs it itIs I Is Js our great reat purpose to propagate a 1 faith which is lar large e and inclusive lv enough to cause human beings to feel fee at home in Gods God's world without re resorting resorting re- re sorting to the intolerable Ideas of or a an anevil evil deity I a hell an anti and a conception o othe of at atthe the tIme universe which violates the present present pre pro sent teachings of or geology biology an and astronomy to tU say fay nothing of or common sense c. c The Tho church which rounds founds Itself Itsel upon ulon the simple and et eternal laws o othe of nt the right life cannot ultimately fall fail tal because the trend of at till mill J human thou thought ht and of or all al future worship willbe will wll wJ be In its Js direction History of m The rue evening e lecture was mare more ll In iii tho ho nature of nr an historical study It In which tho the history of or and andIs its Is present organized strength was wa ably presented The origin of was wa referred to to as follows UnitarIanism In this country had Its Is beginning among amon the Puritan churches of or New England These churches were without creeds and their preachers preach preach- ers gradually dl disengaged themselves from the older th theological forms am and formulas and when In IS G the H nys- nys tern tem of oC taxation for 01 th the thc support o or of churches was abolished somo some of or the Puritan churches adopted a creed an and fixed themselves permanently an as orthodox the remainder of or them clung to the Idea of nt no creed These Theo latter hatter churches being free to follow Independent lines of 0 thou thought ht and investigation became Unitarian and amid ald In 1825 the they formed themselves Into tho the American Unitarian asia asia- tion timi ton Since that time churches with a similar line Inc of or independent thought and freedom have sprung up Ull In a nil al parts of ot the thc country and have havo Joined tho the association In defining Unitarianism Mr lr Wilson Wilson VIson VI Wil Wil- son pertinently wild said is is- isa a n habit of or mind It I consists far tar more In iii the tho wa way we o ha have of or looking hooking at ut things 8 than It I does docs In the body of oC the conclusions that we mn may reach It I is generally that Uni- Uni consists of oC u a group roup of beliefs about abut God and tho the Bible Dible and tho the personality of Jesus and so BO forth but the views held upon such matters generally by Unitarians are r rather tho tIme r results ul of or than tho the thoI I thing Itself Wo so do not appeal to any creed or ur other external authority for the truth but we wo m make ke the tho truth Itself our authority Is j a movement to reach reality In in the tm same name wa way iva that tho the Scientist In at attempts Qt- Qt t tempts to find what is 18 real and true In n the th natural world orid All down through the ages there have AI bec been beNl men who were governed governed by this habit of or mind an and today lod we wp count among our bumbers men who nul have had the est Ht Influence In Jn letter in science greatest great great- In iii statecraft In philanthropy and In ever every department deportment of or civilized life sought oUght truth and nd have been I I |