The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-09-17
REBUKE TO CHRISTIANS.
A Buddhist Says We Condemn What
We Do Not Understand.

ment of Religion Cheer the orienta-
list Again and Again.
From the New York Herald.
Chicago, Ill, Sept. l4-Arrayed in
robes of spotless white which seemed all
the whittier by the reason Of his swarthy
countenance and wealth of jet black hair,
with arm and index finger extended and
every muscle of his body quivering with
excitement, Dharmalpala, the Buddhist
priest and scholar from Calcutta, stood
on the edge of the platform in the Hall OF
Washington this afternoon and hurled de-
tiance at the grand audience before him
by exclaiming, How dare you judge us2''
A volley of cheers was the response.
The Buddhist had been introduced after
an address of remarkable lberality BY
the Rev. DIR. e. l.. ,Rexford, of Boston. He
expressed his qualification that an oppor-
tunity had been afforded him of crossing
the water to participate in the Parlia-
ment, and said that it mattered little
what mans dogma or what his theolo-
gy if he was only sincere and true to the
light within him. Then, surveying the
audience, he suddenly demanded:
FIVE HAD READ THE, LIFE OF BUDDHA.
GLOW many of you have read the life
of Buddha2"
Five hands, four of them belonging to
women, were timidly held up.
Five only" said the Buddhist, with a
tone and look of disdain. -Four hundred
and seventy-fye millions of people accept
our religion of love and hope You call
yourself nation, great nation, and yet
you do not know The history of this great
teacher. How dare you judge us2" and
the audience cheered again and again
you complain that you do not make
converts among u.s. he continued. "You
preach God of love, but in your actions
you are selfish. You make of an ignorant
or an unsOphisticated man perfect hypo.
critic. You have used the story of a life
crushing bloody Juggenaut to secure the
means to save alleged heathens. Jugger.
naut has been pOpularized by Christian
missionaries, and yet a committee COM
posed of eminent Englishmen has de-
Clared that the Christian idea OF Jugger-
naut was a myth, that death and blood
were repulsive to our people.
This Christian story has been ex.
ploded. It has gone into oblivion" And
so the OrientaliSt went on, scoring his
hearers and defending his own creed. He
asked how many had read the life of
Mohammed, the prophet of Arabia, and
when four hands went up he asked why
they should denounce Northumberland
when they know nothing of it's founder
And with every sentence he carried his
audience with him.
The Rev DR.. Lyman Abbott was an
other of the leading speakers of the day,
taking for his topic, Religion Essentially
Characteristic of Humanity" He
spoke in his usually eloquent strain. Tenn
pies and priests, he said, were the crea-
tors of religion They had it made.
Christ came not to create religion, but to
develop that which was already in exist
ence. Science was the thought of man
trying to find the reality that lay behind
the mysteries of nature. All was a search
after the infinite. Agnostics might call
out to them to stop, but they had to go on
because they could not help it. The blem-
ishes and blurs of human handiwork were
upon christianity, but it was not chris
tianity CONCERNING. which they desired
tostell their brothers from across the
sea, but Christ.
OTHER CONGRESSES.
The congress of the Congregational
church was brought to a conclusion TO-
day with service of prayer and song.
The congress of the United Brethren was
presided over by Bishop j. Weaver and
that of the Advent Christian church by
~
the congress of the Universalists, Dis
ciples of Christ and Church of the New
Jerusalem, the subjects discussed had ex.
elusive reference to the doctrines and
work of the various denominations.
Interest conferred largely upon the paper
prepared by His Imminence, Cardinal
Gibbons, upon the "Needs of Humanity
Supplied by the Catholic religion" 1t
had been expected that the cardinal
lln 10
owing to his i'll health it was read by
Bishop Keane of the Catholic University
at Washington.
CARDINAL GIBBONS ADDRESS.
The Cardidal said in part
1.-The Gospel of Christ, as pronounced
by the Catholic church, has brought not
only light to the intellect but comfort
also to the heart 1t has given us that
piece of God which passeth all under
standing" the peace which springs from
the conscious possession of truth 1t has
taught us how to enjoy that triple peace
which constitutes true happiness as far
as it is attainable in this life-peace with
God by the observance of els command
ments, peace with our neighbor by the
exercise of charity and justice toward
him. and peace with ourselves by repress-
ing our inordinate appetite and keeping
our passions subject to the law of reas on,
and our passion illumined and controlled
by the law of God.
"All other religious systems prior to the
advent. of Christ were national like
Judaism or state religions like paganisnI.
The Catholic-religion alone is world wide
and cosmopolitan, embracing all races and
nations and people and tongues.
WHAT THE CHURCH HAS DONE.
Let us briefly review what the Catho-
lie church has done for the elevation and
betterment of society.
The Catholic church has purified So
ciety in the very fountain, which is the
marriage bond. She has invariably pro-
claimed the unity and sanctitY and indis-
solubility of the marriage tie by saving
with the founder that what God hath
join ed together let no man put asunder."
The Catholic religion has proclaimed
tho sanctity of human life as soon as the
body is animated by the vital spark In
fanticide was dark stain on pagan civil
lizatiOn.
There is no place of human misery for
which the church does not provide some
remedy or alienation.
As the church provides homes for those
yet on the threshold of life so, too, does
she secure retreats for those on the
threshold of death.
The Catholic religion labors not only to
assuage the physical distempers of hu-
mainly but also to reclaim the victims of
moral disease.
The Christian religion has been the I'M
varying friend and advocate of the bond