648 WILLIAM SUMNER APPLETON. 



ning and Gannett — and looked with strong aversion on the 

 latitudinarian tendencies which were creeping into the denom- 

 ination. In 1896 he printed for private distribution a pam- 

 phlet entitled "Views of Unitarian Belief held by a Layman of 

 Boston. Written for the Unitarian Club of Boston, but never 

 read before it." It was a vigorous and outspoken statement 

 of his theological opinions and of his total dissent from the 

 then recent action of the National Conference of Unitarian 

 Churches at Saratoga. He felt, as did many others, that the 

 denomination had taken a further step backward from the 

 high ground assumed at the formation of the Conference, 

 thirty years before, in the city of New York. His earliest 

 associations were with the " Federal Street meeting-house," 

 where his father regularly worshipped ; but after the removal 

 of the congregation to Arlington Street, and later in life, he 

 was an attendant at King's Chapel. 



In his early years he was fond of dancing and social life. 

 From 186-4 to 1871 he was a member of the Independent 

 Corps of Cadets, and for the last four years was in command 

 of a company, with the rank of first lieutenant. After his 

 wife's death he did not go much into society. Iii college he 

 belonged to few if any of the undergraduate fraternities ; but 

 he was afterward a member of the Thursday Evening Club, 

 which he frequently entertained at his house, and of the Union 

 Club. He was also one of the founders of the Bostonian 

 Society, an original member of the Eastern Yacht Club, and 

 a member of the Boston Art Club, the Boston Society of 

 Natural History, the Prince Society, the American Historical 

 Association, and various other societies. 



He had five children, a son and four daughters, all of whom 

 were living at his death. To them he left an unsullied repu- 

 tation, as did his father and a long line of honored ancestors 

 on both sides of the Atlantic. To his associates in the societies 

 in which he was an active worker, and especially to those who 

 were brought into closest relation with him, he left a bright 

 example of large and faithful service. 



Charles C. Smith. 



