OF THE

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SEVENTEENTH MEETING

OF

The National Conference

OF

Unitarian and Other Christian Churches

HELD AT

SARATOGA, N.Y., SEPTEMBER 20-23, 1897

WITH

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

LIST OF THE DELEGATES

BOSTON

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INDEX.

ADDRESS OF THE COUNCIL

GENERAL REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS

SERMON: Life's Eastward Gate. Rev. Reed Stuart.

REPORTS:

Council. Rev. M. J. Savage, D.D.

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American Unitarian Association.

Rev. George Batchelor

51

ESSAYS AND DISCUSSIONS:

The New Theology as Related to Philosophy and History. Rev.

John W. Chadwick

59

The Old Theology and the New in Relation to Biblical Criticism.

Rev. W. S. Crowe

71

The Points of Contact and Difference between Unitarianism and the

"New Orthodoxy." Rev. C. F. Dole.

Discussion on "The Old Theology and the New." Rev. S. E. Eastman

The Church and Public Life.

80

88

The Citizen and the Republic. Hon. William Dudley Foulke

False Methods as Hindrances to Social Betterment.

106

Edward Cum-

mings.

119

"Animated Moderation" in Social Reform. Prof. Nicholas P. Gilman

The Mission to the Multitude. Rev. Benjamin Fay Mills

131

142

The Doctrine of Immortality in Liberal Thought. Rev. George Cros-

well Cressey, Ph. D. . .

153

The Unconscious Testimony of Literature to the Spiritual Life.

The Purpose and Work of the Young People's Religious Union. Rev.

Thomas Van Ness

193-

The Age of the Little Child. Miss Lucy Wheelock

The Religious Education of the Young.
THURSDAY EVENING MEETING:

196

Rev. James M. Pullman, D.D.

200

Misinterpretations of Liberalism. Rev. Edward E. Hale, D.D.

Loyalty without Bigotry. John Snyder

The Loyalty of the Layman. Rev. Eli Fay, D.D.

Our Freedom. Rev. M. J. Savage, D.D.

THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE

UNITARIAN TEMPERANCE SOCIETY

Address of Rev. J. T. Sunderland

Address of Rev. W. W. Fenn.

Address of Mrs. Leonora M. Lake

LIST OF DELEGATES

CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS

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THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF UNITARIAN AND

OTHER CHRISTIAN CHURCHES.