This Day in Unitarian Universalist History April 7

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1780 – William Ellery Channing, “the father of American Unitarianism,” was born in Newport, Rhode Island. In 1903 he became minister of the Federal Street Church, now the Arlington Street Church. He created a stir with the sermon he preached at the ordination of Jared Sparks, “Unitarian Christianity.” A statue of him stands at one entrance to the Boston Public Gardens, facing the Arlington Street Church. Read more about William Ellery Channing at: www.HarvardSquareLibrary.org – the digital library of Unitarian Universalism.

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This Day in Unitarian Universalist History April 6

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1769 – Charles Wellbeloved, an English Unitarian minister, was born. He saved Manchester college from extinction, and it survives today as an important college of Oxford University. A distinguished preacher, he ministered to St. Saviorgate Chapel (Unitarian) in York for 67 years. He founded many civic organizations in York, including the Philosophical Society and the Archaeological Museum.

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This Day in Unitarian Universalist History April 5

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1904 – The Irish Unitarian philosopher and writer Frances Power Cobbe died at age 82. Born in Dublin, Ireland, she became Unitarian as a result of reading A Discourse of Religion by Theodore Parker. She wrote major works of philosophy, including Cities of the Past (1864). Cobbe advocated the importance of listening to one’s own soul. She worked with poor children and pleaded for universities to admit them.

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