Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-08-26
THE RELIGIOUS CONGRESS-.

iii hLAhhAhA1 ANa'NNaia'Nf
Az the ltjcct Of the religious con-
gress TO he held In Chicago next month
becomes better understood, the Interest
in Il deepens and Il Is looked forward
to an the most remarkable movement
OF the ags. No better evidence Of the
progress OF humanity 10 the di cetion
Of tolerance and universal brotherhood
can he furnished than the fact that II
has heen possible to bring together
Christians, Jewt, Mohammedans and
Pagans to discuss In friendly manner
the vadous principles on which their
religious systems are built. IL may
well bo hoped that tho good seeds
sown during the meetings will be car
rIed by the delegates to all parts OF the
globe and bear fruit for all ages to
come.
The plsns for the gatherings are In
the hands OF general committee OF
which John Henry Bafrows, ID. ID. Is
tho chairman. a general council
Consisting Of two thousand members
has been appointed for the purpose OF
aidiug the chairman In formulating
the program. In this council the
leading Christian faiths Of the world
arc roprese nted, including the Greek,
Armenian, HISTORIAN and Bull
gArlan creeds. And also Juia'
ism, Buddhism, shintoism. Tao
lem, zoroas,rlaniam, Mohamme'
danism, Coniucianism, Hindooism
and others. The themes Il
be discussed have special reference
10 mans requirements on earth
and his salvation In the life after this.
The program as published by d
Chicago paper is rs follows
The frst day Of the parliament, Mon
day, September n, VIII DO devoted W
addresses Of welcome by tho various
constituted authorities Of the United
States government, tho Worlds Fair,and
the congress auxiliary, with responses
by representatives from tho worlds four
September -, God; September ~ Man,
September II, Religion Essentially Char
hctoristo OF Humanity, September 10,
systems of Religion September 10,
Sacred Books OF tue World; September
IL, Religion and the Family; september
ls, Tho Religious Leaders Of Mankind;
September 10, Religion In IL Relation
TO tho Natural Sciences and to Arts
and 10 Letters; September 20, ko-
lgion In Its Rotation 10 Moralsi septem.
a.. 81 al
September -, Religion and Civil Society;
September %, Religion and tho Love OF
Mankind; September q. Tho Present
Religious Condition Of ChristCndom;
September %; Religious Reunion OF
Christondom; September %, Tho Re-
ligiOua Union Of tho Whole Human
Family September "a, Elements Of Per-
feet Religion ~ Recognized and So!
Forth In the Different Historic Faiths.
In the advisory council are many
men famous throughout the world, as
Prof. Max Muller, Sir Edwin Arnold,
Hon. w. l.. Gladstone, Rabbi Adler,
GouerRi William Booth, w, n. Stead,
Count Bernstorli Prof Luthardt and
many others. The oriental nations are
we'll represented. Justice Ameer All,
Of the supreme court In Calcutta, a
MohammedRn; litsuzen Ashltu, q
Buddhist OF Japan; Nilkanth NithaI
shastrl, a Hindoo high priest, are a
few OF the more prominent names on
the list.
Papers will be read by numerous
delegates. The following American
dlgnitaries have already promised
their valuable contributions:
Prof. Philip Schah, Prof Charles A,
Briggs, Rev. IL. X. Carroll, Ooh
ThomAs w, Higginson, Rev. George
Dana Boardman, Prof George r
Fisher, Rabbi Berkowitz, Bishop John
II. Vincent, Rev. Edward Everett
Hale, Blshops Thompson and Dudley,
Rev. Theodore l., Cuyler, Row Lyman
Abbott, Archbishop Ireland anu Bishop
KeAue.
To give "a correct estimate Of TIA,
numerical strength OF the variou
historical religions Of the world Is mol
possible, But the Buddhist, are sup
posed to be foremost, representing
mrmbership Of 49,, 900, 900 souls. Mex
come the Christians with il7OlO, 600
The MohammodaDs are not far behind
In the United States 4l,OJO,OOO, o.
about two.thirds Of the whole popula
ton, are non.Chrisliaus, Recent sta
tistics OF the churches give the follow
Ing figures for this c0untryi
Roman Catholics $500 O
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 800 900
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