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The Portland Daily Press
Portland, Cumberland County, Maine
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At the Unitarian General Convention in Washington on October 23, resolutions were adopted affirming the religion of Jesus as summed up in love to God and man, inviting fellowship with those in sympathy, and promoting this as a basis for worldwide religious unity. Addresses on temperance and Unitarian theology were delivered.
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Is the Summing Up of Practical Religion.
SO SAYS THE UNITARIAN GENERAL CONVENTION.
And Believe This a Sufficient Basis for the Religious Unity of the World-The Resolutions as Adopted by the Convention
Washington, October 23-At the Unitarian business meeting Carroll D. Wright reported the revision of the resolutions previously proposed on Christian unity They were finally adopted by the conference as follows:
Resolved, That this church accepts the religion of Jesus, holding in accordance with His teachings that practical religion is summed up in the love to God and love to man. We cordially invite to our working fellowship any who while differing from us in belief are in general sympathy with our spirit and practice.
Resolved, That this National Council give the above declaration the widest possible publicity as a sufficient basis not only for "Christian unity," but for the religious unity of the world
Several addresses were made on temperance at tonight's session. Charles Carroll Everett, dean of Harvard Theological School, made an address on Unitarian theology
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October 23
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At the Unitarian business meeting, Carroll D. Wright reported revised resolutions on Christian unity, which were adopted: accepting the religion of Jesus summed up in love to God and man, inviting fellowship with those in sympathy, and promoting the declaration for widest publicity as basis for Christian and world religious unity. Several addresses on temperance were made, and Charles Carroll Everett addressed on Unitarian theology.