On June 22 , 1880 , he offered the opening invocation at the 1880 Democratic National Convention , calling the United States " an asylum and a refuge for the distressed and downtrodden throughout the world , " and praying that " all sectional divisions and differences may cease forever among us . " Starting in 1886 , he led the First Unitarian Church of Oakland through its early growth and the construction of its still-iconic building . His next pulpit was the First Unitarian Church of Los Angeles in 1897
1880 Democratic National Convention
1880 Democratic National Convention
Charles William Wendte