Ferencz József: Párhuzam hazánk és egyházunk története között (Kolozsvár, 1896)
14 and foreigners, but fellowcitizens vvitli the saints and of the household of God“ (Ephesians II. ig.) Who would have believed even a quarter of a century ago, that at our National Millennial Jubilee we also, in the capital of Hungary, in our own church built on a ground presented by the city of Budapest, can gather to-gether to pray and even to hold a Unitarian National Conference? In the eyes of the throne as well as before the government, our name is not signed any more in the list of the proscribed. There and here we meet just as paternal protection as the members of other denominations. Thanks to our benevolent patrons and zealous brethren, our church is increasing from day-to-day in prosperity also and consequently in influence too. And if we still consider ourselves poor, the reason of this is, that our needs are greater, and the requirements of the age are also more numerous. Just as the Hungarian name so the Unitarian name is also not so unknown any more to foreigners chiefly through our English and American brethren, with whom we form so to speak a triple-alliance for the spread and maintainance of freedom of conscience and liberal Christianity, on which our church is founded. The literature of our English and American brethren, which is far more rich and on account of their language has a greater extension has made the Unitarian name honorable all over Europe and America ; and even it has found its way in to Asia and Australia. In a word we could not have repeated, as we can repeat now both in a patriotic or in a religious sense the words of
