The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-04-03
4 NOVEL CONGRESS
Religion to be Discussed at the
Worlds Fair.
a CONFERENCE OF ALL BELIEFS
It Will be the Most Important, Commanding
Influential and Phenomenal Fact
OF the Columbian Exposition.

On March 2. 1890. a day or two after it
was decided to have the exposition in Chi
cago, the Rev. David Utter, then pastor of
the First Unitarian society in that city
preached sermon on the subiect-the frs
minister to take it up-urging that the fail
should be open on Sunday for the sake o.
the working people, AMI, among Other
things, be said
think it would be great and good thing t.
have sort Of object lesson in religion continu
ally before these visitors to the fair, and hope
We may arrange for continuous series of re
hgious services. There ought
10 be committee, consisting OF some represen-
tative man from each country in the world
called the central committee whose
duty it should be to arrange thai
should preach to whomsoever would hear
them in various halls on the exposition grounds
And would be glad TO have every doc
trlne under heaven, the doctrines OF every sect
OF religion. mean, preached here by the ablest
representatives. Brahmans, Budhists
Mohammedans. Parsees, Confucians and ali
who would come. Mr.. MaZoomdar would come
10 represent the Brahmo SOmal. and could
have able men TO speak to US in many languages
on the greatest themes that have ever occupied
human thought. Let Us have the Ro.
all the sects of the Christian church
give reasons for the faith that is in him.
And so say, whatever else the exposition is,
or becomes, or does, let il be open on SUNDAY
free, and let provision be made for an inter
national exhibition of religious speech. deO-
laration OF religious faith and hope and teach;
ings.
This scheme is practical one. and believe
in my heart and soul that it is good, and if you,
my friends, think so. then let US say it and work
Tor II, and accomplish it,
THE IDEA GREW
When the commissioners from the yari-
Gus states met this scheme came up upon
an idle day and they talked about it nearly
all day. 1t had been a good deal ridiculed
in the newspapers everywhere from Bos-
ton to Chicago. butthe idea struck some
1aVoraoly, and 1t stuck IN the minds of
some, and at last a committee was ap-
pointed and the Parliament of Religions is
to be fact.
Whittier expressed his full sympathy
with this movement; Cardinal Gibbons
praised II; Archbishop Ireland interested
himself IN il; Archbishop Ryan accepted a
membership IN the advisory council; Bishop
Huntington, of New Nork, expressed his
Willingness TO promote it; Rev Edward
Everett Bale urged it; Bishop Vincent ad-
vised it; DR.. Storrs sympathised with it /:
Bishop Andrews thought it would be of
great service; Joseph Cook offered his
services for the advancement of it: DR.
Lyman Abbott called it q broad. liberal
Christian plan, and so on From the
greatest leaders Of religious thought, from
all parts of the world. came
encouraging words, and the advisory
council contains names of leading
churchmen who are known in all the civil
lied word, among them Prof. Briggs. Phil
Inns Brooks, Henry Drummond, General
Howard, Rabbi Maybaum, Berlin: Prof
TnI,
Archbishop Ryan, Lord Tennyson. The
following are the
OBJECT OF TIE WORLDS PARLIAMENT or
RELIGIONS.
After full consideration and conference
with the representative members of the
advisory council your committee propose
the Following statement Of the objects of
the worlds parliament of religions:
/. To bring together in conference. for
the nrsI time ln history, the leading repre-
sentatives Of the great historic religions of
the world.
:. To show to men, in the most impress
sive way, what and how many important
truths the various religions hold and teach
in common.
3. To promote and deepen the spirit of
true brotherhood among the religions of
the world, through friendly conference and
mutual good un1 Outstanding, while not seek
ing to foster the temper Of indifferentjsm.
and not striving 10 achieve any formal and
outward unity
4. To set forth, By those most competent
to speak, what are deemed the important
distinctive truths held and taught by each
religion, and by the various chief branches
OF Christendom.
>. To indicate the impregnable founda.
hons OF Theism, aud the reasons for mans
1aith IN immortality, and thus to unite and
strengthen the forces which are adverse to
materialistic philosophy of the universe.
D. 10 secure from leading scholars, rep
resenting the Brahman, Buddhist Copfu
can, Parsee, Mohammedan, Jewish and
other faiths, and from represen tatiyes of
the various churches Of Christendom. full
and accurate statements OF the spiritual
and other effects of the religions which
they hold, upon the literature, art. com
merce, government, domestic and social
lie OF the peoples among whom these faiths
prevailed
q TO INQUIRE what light each religion
mas Afforded, or may afford to the other re-
lgions Of the world.
D.. 10 set forth, for permanent record To
be published to the world, an accurate and
authoritative account of the present condi-
ton and outlook of religion among the lead
ing nations of the earth.
y. 10 discover, from competent men.
what light religion has to throw on the
great problems of the present age, especi-
ally the important questions connec ted
with temperance, labor, education, wealth
and poverty.
10. To bring the nations of the earth into
more friendly fellowship, in the hope of
securing permanent international peace.
The speakers accepting the invitation of
the general committee must state their
own belief and the reasons for them with
the greatest frankness, but they are urged