The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-09-11
COSMOS AT CHICAGO TO-DAY
Leaders Of All Religions of Earth
Will Hold a Parliament.
Greatest Gathering of It's Kind Ever
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Fair At
tendance and Appropriations.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
WORLDS FAIR GROUNDS, CHICAGO. Sept.
10.-Al great religious bodies will be rep
resented ana exploited the coming week in
tho hospitable halls OF the Art Institute.
This religious cosmos combines many con-
crosses, and includes the great parliament
of religions. which opens it's sessions to-
morrow and continues seventeen days.
The parliament is. OF course. the
main feature of the series. It's
object. in the language of Mr.. Bonney. who
may be considered the chief patriarch of
the cosmos church. and who. therefore.
speaks ex oathedrs. Is to bring together the
worlds religions In an assembly lin which
the:r common aims and common grounds
OF a union may be set forth and the marvel
Gus religious progress of the nineteenth
century be reviewed." The programme
gives ample promise that this object will
be effectively attained. for in the union
meetings of the parliament. able ministers
and leyinen of all creeds will set forth the
reasons Tor the faith that is within them.
buddhist priests from the Orient will
mingle with Christian prelates. and mystic
dualIsm of ancient famed LorOaster
will come into close contact with
the practical unitsrIanlsm of Chan
ming. Emerson and Parker. Catholics.
Protestants and members OF the Greek
Church VIII be equally welcome TO the
privileges of the platform. and for the time
being sects will forget their differences
and by their differentiation become u type
OF a church universal. Beoldes Chris
tienity III all its denominations phases, the
list OF religions which will find u tenn
porary home beneath the roof OF the
Art Building includes BrabIninism. Mo-
hammeaanism. Buddhism. Taoisni. Con
fuciaDism. Shintoism, Judaism. Ioroaster-
lam and Theosophy. and In all lectures Will
be- given by persons from far-off lands
where they hold sw ay over the conscience IS
of millions OF nieE. This. IN brief. is the
scope of the parliament of religions around
which center all the other meetings.
The programme for the entire series OF
congresses Is q formidable document. Its
pages containing the order of exercises
mum Der 100. Addresses of welcome will be
by President G. e. Bonney. Rev. John
Henry Bsrrows. Rev. Alexander Mckenzie.
ID. d., Harlow y. HiginbOthan. president
Worlds Columbian Exposition, and others.
Responses come from hIs Eminence James.
Cardinal Giebons;- Most Rev. Archbishop
Redwood. OF New Zealand: Connt Abern-
storff. Berlin; Most Rev. DionysIus Latas.
the Archbishop OF Zante, Greece; Carl Won
Bergen. Pm. d.. Sweden; Prof. Z. NJ. Cha
karar. Ill. PbarmahaIa and L. G. Mozoom-
Principal Grant. of Canada: Mrs. Laura
Ormistou Chant. Bishop b. W.. Arott:
Khersedi Laugrsu. of Bombay; and others.
The session Will open tomorrow.
Sunday comes to the White c " like the
first day of Lent after q season of social
gayety. 1t was dull and unattractive to.
day to the few thousand visitors who were
seen In the buildings and on the highways
of the picturesque park. The Plaisance re-
sorts. as usual. drew three.fourths of tho
people who entered the gates and kept
them there untIl the closing hour. AL
though there is no immediate prospect OF
o judicial order dissolving the Sunday
opening injunction, the councI OF admin
istratlOn took no action in the line of pro-
vidlDg for sacred music and preaching. nor
made to make the exposition moro
attractive TO the religiousiy or
worldly inclined people on the few
remaining Sundays lett. BEGINNING to-
morrow the kansans will be here for a
week and they will have for companions the
citizens of Vermont, Maryland. OHIO. Col
oraGo. tho shoe and leather men. the army
of railway employees. the New Mexico citi-
zens and the silverites from the West. The
veterans Will also celebrate with the repub-
lie of Costa RIGA. the Kelley Institute grad
! mates and the Amateur Athletic Union.
The states and Territory celebrating this
week WILL be represented BY their Cover
nOrs. The exposition managers expect
this weeks attendance will exceed that of
last week. which was 1.1l9.6S9, the bsnner-
bearing record for the season.. The attend
ancs for the whole month of May was only
Lose, 031. -
The previous nine days of glorious
September weather have brought 1896. OOC
persons to the worlds far. The expecta.
tions TOR an average daily attendance OF
$50, 900 have thus been moro than realized.
and 1.O00. 900 admissions a week hereafter
will occasion no surprise among tic ex-
position officials. Early in the week the
prediction was made that Saturday woulc
be the biggest day since Illinois had bel
cele bratIon. The programme was an at
t~ractivs one. but it drew better than was
expected. 2l9.03o paid admissions being the
record yesterday. The week just ended
establishes n new standard. which Super
intendent Tucker modestly calls the week
Is million mark. With Chicago day com
ing and a calendar filled with special
celebrations. re- Is ready TO wager small
sums his judgment is correct. A com psri
son of the big days already past Is shown
In the following interesting table: