Freedom, the method in religion, in place of Authority;
Fellowship, the spirit in religion, in place of Sectarianism;
Character, the test in religion, in place of Ritual or Creed;
Service, or Salvation of Others, the aim in religion, in place of Salvation of Self.

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"The New Orthodoxy, the New Unitarianism, and the New Universialism—Should they be Three or One?", Adddress Delivered in the Tent Evangelist, Buffalo (June 28, 1900); Unity: Freedom, Fellowship and Character in Religion, vol. 48, no. 5 (October 3, 1901), p. 71

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