Show FIVE HUNDRED MINISTERS are to meet to consider church federation era tion chicago dec 19 five hundich chicago are la consider the birst steps toward church federation in the city no definite action was taken looking toward the exclusion of the unitarian denomination which was barred on doctrinal grounds from tho recent conference on church federation held in new york city but the sentiment of the meeting was strongly stion gly in favor of exclusion each of the speakers had been a delegate to the new york conference and each referred to the action of thai in terms of utmost approbation the conference was called by a joint committee representing the ministerial erial associations of the various denominations and the central department of the young mens christian association judge peter S grosscup of the united states circuit court who was a representative of the gen oral synod of the lutheran church 0 north america ai the conference in new york presided A committee of four was appointed to construct a plan tor the church federation era tion referring to the action of the conference bishop wm F mcdowell of the methodist episcopal church eaid the conference has its faith in our lord and savior alter tho declaration had been made it was amended so as to declare a belief in tha divine nature of chrit this assertion of a great faith however i not an end in itself it is our part now to work for the kind of a resolution in society that naturally follows the declaration of that faith wo ha to bring A universal principle to 1 particular application and find out what that principle will do in a town like chicago |