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May 18, 1855
The Yazoo City Weekly Whig
Yazoo City, Yazoo County, Mississippi
What is this article about?
Gerritt Smith, Beriah Green, and others held a multi-day meeting in Oswego, New York, to plan the breakup of existing religious denominations and establish a new universal church where honesty is the only membership test.
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Novel Religious Movement—It is said that Gerritt Smith, Beriah Green, and a few other spirits of that order, have lately been holding a meeting of several days at Oswego, New York, to adopt measures to break up all old religious denominations and organizations, and build up a new system of their own, to take the place of every other. They hold that all sectarianism is wrong, that there should be but one universal church, and that honesty should be the only test required to entitle a person to the rights of membership, and so on.
What sub-type of article is it?
Historical Event
Curiosity
What themes does it cover?
Moral Virtue
What keywords are associated?
Religious Movement
Oswego Meeting
Geritt Smith
Beriah Green
Universal Church
Anti Sectarianism
What entities or persons were involved?
Gerritt Smith
Beriah Green
Where did it happen?
Oswego, New York
Story Details
Key Persons
Gerritt Smith
Beriah Green
Location
Oswego, New York
Event Date
Lately
Story Details
Gerritt Smith, Beriah Green, and a few others held a several-day meeting in Oswego, New York, to adopt measures to break up all old religious denominations and build a new system of a universal church with honesty as the only test for membership.