Boros György (szerk.): Értesítő a Nemzetközi Unitárius Conferencziáról (Kolozsvár, 1897)
A Nemzetközi Unitárius Konferenczián tartott beszédek és felolvasások - Beszédek és felolvasások
■ww IT» 129 our hearts draw us near to them, but the fulfillment of our desires is hindered partly by want of money and partly, by the small number of those, who would undertake such a long journey and voyage. But all the more does it make our hearts rejoice, that not withstanding the long distance, many of them come over to visit us and take part in our meetings and celebrations, and by travelling in the difierent parts of Transylvania and Székely-land, they get acquainted with our church-life and find us worthy of their friendship, and coming to know our necessities they help us and by so doing they strengthen us. On the occasion of the exhibition in Vienna in U87A-John Frettwell,_E(lysca^d^E^Hal£, a minister from Boston and Emma Southwick coming to Budapest, had a conference with the deputies of our General Consistory to consider in what manner could we establish a Unitarian congregation and build a Church at Budapest. In consequence of this we formed a filial-congregation at Budapest in 1876. And in 1880, in accordance with a resolution of a meeting there, a memorandum was sent to our English and American brethren in which it was explained in detail, that time was come now to establish a permanent Congregation in the city and to have a minister there. An effectual means of making this congregation grow was the kind donation of the city of Budapest of a valuable piece of land for the place of a church. By this deed the authorities of the city have laid us under a perpetual obligation. Without this, we could hardly have erected this Church here. Not a little trouble and self-sacrifice was it to the members of the council of the Budapest congregation to begin an independent churclilife and to erect their noble edifice. If I omit to mention here the names of those, who were the chief-workers, I ask 9
