Boros György (szerk.): Értesítő a Nemzetközi Unitárius Conferencziáról (Kolozsvár, 1897)
A Nemzetközi Unitárius Konferenczián tartott beszédek és felolvasások - Beszédek és felolvasások
185 The Rev. James C. Street wrote from Bristol a letter to the sacretary in which he says: My dear friend Boros, aug. 18 1896. I suppose I am somewhat out of the world just at present and so do not come into contact with men and associations as of old. Certainly no invitation came to me to visit you at your great gathering until your pressing and pleading letter came tome. If anything could have brought me it would have been your sweet and affectionate letter. But, most regretfully do I say it, I cannot come. But I shall be with you in heart and soul. I am full of sympathy with your glorious land, your heroic people, and your living Church. The earliest sympathies of my life were called forth towards your Land and people, and those sympathies are as strong today as in the fresh times of my youthful enthusiasm. There are names in your history which are among the golden names of the world, and one cannot mention them without a quickened pulse and a throbbing heart. And the brave testimony of your Church has always seemed to me one of the heroic stories of the worlds’ history. How devoted and consecrated your people have been amid persecution, obloquy, and hatred! Yours is a clean, grand record and your Church stands out as one founded on the immutable rock of God. I connot be with you and my heart aches in sorrow in consequence, but I shall follow your doings with the greatest interest, and my heart will beat in accord with your own in your triumphal doings. It would have been an especial joy to me to meet you once more and renew our pleasant relation of old. My warmest feelings and affection yours sincerely James C. Street. The Rev. Andrew Chalmers of Wakefield, sent the following letter to the bishop: Your kind invitation has reached me, but I find it out of my power to visit Hungary this year, owing to numerouns other engagements. I trust the Conference will be a real success and that the fraternal relations between Hungary and England may thereby be greatly strengthened. Accept my warmest thanks for your kind remembrance of me, and my best wishes for your health and happiness, and also for the welfare of your heroic Church. Andrew Chalmers.
