The record-union., 1892-10-14

fered while the cause of religion is put to
shame by these unseemly differences in
the house of its friends. And all this
against man whose life has been given
TO Lane Seminary, to whose service he
may be said to have been born, since his
father, the late Preserved Smith of Day
ton, was, among all the laymen of Ohio,
Its most liberal benetactor. With this
training of the home and the advantages
OF the best education to be had in this
country or in Europe, the son grew to be,
what he is to-day. of the finest type OF
the Christian gentleman and the Chris
tan scholar, who has spent years in the
study of the Bible, which is to him in
deed and in truth the very Word Of God,
which 1t is his joy to teach to others. Poor
indeed will the Presbyterian Church
in this country be when such men are
driven from its fold.n
1.-The proposed Congress of Religions,
In connection with the Words Fair next
year, has been strongly opposed by some
on the general ground that it recognizes
all other religions as equal in dignity and
Importance, if not in truth, to Christian
lty," observes the New York ItdepeHd
e1lt. 'Of course this is misrepresentation
OF the purpose and moral influence of the
congress. 1t is true, as the Central Pres
6ytefaa7e says, that it is proposed that all
nations, peoples and languages shall send
in their contributions of faith, as they
send their wares, to illustrate their re-
liglous industry and ingenuity Budd-
hlsts and Brahmins, Confucianists and
MohammedanS, Jews and Christians,
Catholics and Professionals, and all other
rehgionists are invited to participate in
the congress. But it is not true that it is
intended toigive the 'iraternal embrace of
the Christian TO the 'groSSest idolater,
the fiercest Mussulman, and the ioulest
blasphemer' at the sacrifice of the dis
tinctive character of the faith of Jesus
Christ We do not suppose that our mis-
sionarieS in India and China and other
heather countries consider that they are
sacrificing the faith of Jesus Christ when
they engage in conversation with repre-
sentatives of the Buddhist, Mohamme-
dan, Confucianist, and other pagan creeds.
They seek to know what the heather be-
lief is in order that they may have bet
ter opportunity to give forth the true
light. At Chicago, in the Congress Of
Religions, the simple purpose is to know
what can be said in behalf of the various
religions of the earth. No approval is to
be given TO MohammedaniSm or to Con-
fucianism, or to any other non-Christian
religion. 1t is not a scheme of compro-
mise for the cross of our Redeemer' on
the part of those who conceived it; it is
not intended that Christianity shall be
presented with every truth eliminated
which the spirit of God has revealed for
the salvation of a ruined world There
is no fear that the reasons given by the
Moslem, the Confucianist, or the e udd-
hist will outweigh those which are to be
given in support of the Christian religion.
Christ Himself did not fear 10 have COM
parison made between the religion which
He established and any other whatsoever
devised by man. Christianity, we as
sumo, will not be betrayed at Chicago,
but will be SO presented as to make pro-
found impression upon the representa-
tives of other beliefs, and confirm in the
eyes of the Christian world all the claims
which have been made for it."