Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-10-22

hood of God and the brotherhood of Christ
May the good win and wship which will
the delegates of the Powers. be extended to
the governments which they will represent
May the family Of nations become SO closely
commercial relations, that when one nation
is visited by any public calamity. all the
others will be aroused to sympathy, and be
ready, If necessary, to stretch out helping
hand 70 tho suffering members.
Finally, we pray that under Thy superin-
tending Providence, that ''reacheth from
end to end nightly; and ordereth all things
sweety," this Columbian Exposition, like
the voyage Of Columbus, may result in ac-
complishing divine as we'll as human
mission. May it exert q wholesome influ-
ence on the moral and religious, as well as
promote the glory Of God, as well as the
peace and temporal prosperity Of man. May
It rebound to the Developments of Chris eian
Queen Of Commerce, in her triumphant
progress throughout the world, be, at the
Same time, the handmaid Of religion and of
Christian civilization to the nations Of the
earth.
Music. . salute Of guns and benediction
by Rev. II. @ McCook, Of Philadelphia,
closed the exercises of the afternoon.
The Events After Nightfall.
The brightest point perhaps Of the galaxy
of Worlds Fair celebrations was that at the
Auditorium when the Columbian congresses,
the purely intellectual part Of the Expo
sition, were inaugurated by Archbishop
Ireland, of St. Paul.
While the orator was an Archbishop Of
the faith Of Rome, the benediction was
spoken BY probably the foremost Western
representative of the Evangelicigm, DIR.
William r Harper. President OF the new
Univsrsity of Chicago. Not less remark
able index was the circumstances that two of
the addresses we're BY women, who, 1t must
be said, proved themselves worthy peers OF
those, Of the sterner sex who came before
and after Mra Potter Palmer and Mira
Charles Henrotin.
DR.. Barrows, in his invocation, prayed for
the rulers of other nations, mentioning .
number specifically including "The mon
archs who represent the faith of Islam, and
concluding with these words:
May the movement which we inaugurate
tonight hasten the time when liberty shall
shall become the kingdom OF our LORD and
OF HIS Christ, and to Thy name shall be the
praise forever. Amen.
President Charles C. Bonney, Of the
Worlds Congress Auxiliary, now delivered
the address Of welcome, only two sentences
long, - follows:
Tho Worlds Congress Auxiliary salutes
ana welcomes this magnlncent audience,
assembled to witness the inaugural ceremo-
nies Of the Intellectual and moral exposition
Of the progress OF mankind to bc made in
the worlds congresses OF l60a. The greeting
on behalf Of the Woman's Branch OF the
Auxiliary will be given by its President
Mrs. Potter Palmer.
Mrs. PAlmers Laconic Response.
The Woman's Branch greeting By Mrs
Potter Palmer was equally brief and to the
point, thus:
The Woman's Branch of the Worlds Con.
grcss Auxiliary, representa- the marvellous
progress Of women during the last four
centur1es, unites most cordially In this
greeting, and sends congratulatio to the
leaders Of that progress in all enlightened
lands.
The ''Sslutation" In honor Of Queen Isa.
bella, by Mira Henrotin, was also beauty
OF compression, - follows:
The assistance which Columbus received
from Queen Isabella enabled him to dis
cover and reveal the American continents.
The aid which enlightened womanhood, tho
Queen Of this new age, nov offers to all men,
viii enable them, especially the tolling mil.
ltouA, 20 mud in their own countries new
worlds Of ineoileeeeal and moral enjoyment
sAsAassa nsssEaA YrcsYsrssN Improved