Boros György (szerk.): Értesítő a Nemzetközi Unitárius Conferencziáról (Kolozsvár, 1897)

A Nemzetközi Unitárius Konferenczián tartott beszédek és felolvasások - Beszédek és felolvasások

Addresses and papers.

Opening address

of the Hon. Gabriel Daniel member of the Upper House, at the International Unitarian Conference, Budapest.

Ladies and gentlemen!

Our national Millenneal celebration has given us a favourable opportunity of assembling here today. I may assuredly say, that all of us are led by a warm

(love to our country, and a strong attachment to our religion.

With all our hearts we give thanks to God for His preserving care through so many storms and perils and for the benefit also, that after so many wars, trials and struggles, He has fixed a place for us in the midst of the civilised nations

I think this will be a proper occasion to look back upon some of the more important events of our religion. For it is the past, upon wich the future relies. We want to know the spirit of the work that we may learn how our predecessors loved our country and what they sacrificed for our Churches.

The Unitarian religion is an outcome of the Reformation. Its cradle was Poland, whence it was brought over to Transsylvania, ft was Blandrata, a court-physician of Sigismund John II., who introduced it. amongst us. However the great work of establishing the Church, was Frances David’s, a man of wonderfully great talent and indefatigable zeal. He, as a leader, not only took part in