1957 – Arthur Powell Davies died at age 55. Three sitting Supreme Court justices attended his memorial service. An Englishman, Davies was educated for Methodist ministry but converted to Unitarianism in 1932. He served in New Jersey before settling at All Souls Church (Unitarian) in Washington, D.C., in 1944. Davies worked with Unitarian Advance, organizing … Continue reading This Day in Unitarian Universalist History September 26
1869 – John Murray Atwood was born in Brockton, Massachusetts. First a reporter for The Rocky Mountain News, he followed his father in becoming a Universalist minister and served churches in New York, Minnesota, and Maine. Atwood taught social ethics and served as dean at St. Lawrence University. He was also president of the Universalist … Continue reading This Day in Unitarian Universalist History September 25
1825 – Frances Ellen Watkins Harper was born in Baltimore, Maryland. She was an important African-American feminist, abolitionist, and writer. Harper was a strong advocate of the Underground Railroad and worked for women’s suffrage, temperance, and education. A member of the First Unitarian Church in Philidephia, Harper was also a poet and popular novelist. She … Continue reading This Day in Unitarian Universalist History September 24
1642 – Harvard College, established in 1636 to train ministers, held its first commencement ceremony in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Although it is now nondenominational, Harvard remains a major educational center for training Unitarian Universalist ministers. Read about the history of Harvard College in Abiel Holmes’s History of Cambridge. The post September 23 first appeared on Harvard … Continue reading This Day in Unitarian Universalist History September 23
Universalist Memorial Church, Winchester, New Hampshire 1803 – The Universalist Church of America adopted the Winchester Profession at Winchester, New Hampshire. The Winchester Profession outlined Universalist belief in three tenets: that the Old and New Testaments reveal the character of God and the final destination of humanity, that there is one God and he is … Continue reading This Day in Unitarian Universalist History September 22
Mt. Fuji, Japan 1878 – Maud Simonton Cary was born. She was ordained a Universalist minister in 1919 and held several pastorates before leaving for Japan as a home missionary under the sponsorship of the Universalist Board of Foreign Missions. Her husband, Henry Montfort Cary, went with her. Maude Simonton Cary was popular with the … Continue reading This Day in Unitarian Universalist History September 21
1643 – Lucius Carey, the second Lord Falkland, died. He was a writer of significant learning and one of the first Socinians in England. He was born about 1610 in Burford, Oxfordshire, England. King Charles made him principal secretary of state and privy councilor. Carey fought on the side of the king in the English … Continue reading This Day in Unitarian Universalist History September 20
1836 – The first meeting of the Transcendental Club took place in the home of George Ripley in Concord, with Ralph Waldo Emerson, Ferderick Henry Hedge, and Bronson Alcott attending. Read more about George Ripley at: www.HarvardSquareLibrary.org – the digital library of Unitarian Universalism, or read about transcendentalism in the Harvard Square Library exhibit, “The Living Legacy … Continue reading This Day in Unitarian Universalist History September 19
1887 – This date is celebrated in the state of Meghalaya as Unitarian Day, the date on which Hajom Kissor Singh held the first Khasi Hills Unitarian Church service in Jowai, India. The Unitarian movement spread, and more than 30 churches now claim 10,000 members in the Khasi Hills region. The post September 18 first appeared … Continue reading This Day in Unitarian Universalist History September 18
1775 – General George Washington appointed John Murray, an early leader of Universalism, as chaplain of the Rhode Island Regiment, over the objections of the clergy. Read more about John Murray at: www.HarvardSquareLibrary.org – the digital library of Unitarian Universalism. The post September 17 first appeared on Harvard Square Library.
