The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-10-09

ReIiEissn Of the Wsrid.
Rev. George f. Thompson In 0llvetl
Church yesterday morning preached
lpon the text, ''0f truth / perceive
that God 10 no raspsoter OF persons;l
but In every nation he that fearethl
Him and worketh righteousness is &C
cepted with Him." Acts X, 3435. Mr..
Johnson was o delegate from thiel
state to the Worlds Parliament of
held In Chicago and his dis.
course was upon this ne had based his
text,
Chicago has been charged with ma.
terialism, but IL seems to mo as
though the charge would have to be-
forever since the fair opened !;
In the Art Institute by the laka she has
been holding series after series of con-
crosses with this as her motto. Not
things, but men," 1t speaks louder
than words. For the first time In
the history OF worlds expo
sitions 1t has been recognized. and
that by a materialistic city, that man
is greater than his products. Empha
sis has been given to the Intellectual
and spiritual gifts OF life.
Step into the hall OF Columbus. 4
unique sight meets the view, the like
OF which has never boon seen before.
There were assembled upon the plat.
form men of various tongues; from
every race they have come. clad in
strange robes, white, orange and
green and scarlet and variegated color
in strange contrast to the conven.
tional black OF the Christian clergy
who sat by their sides. There were
crosses and crescents, turbans and
TUNES. flowing locks and shorn heads.
There were Disciples of Confucius. Of
}rahina, OF Buddha. OF FORESTER. OF
Mohammed, of Moses and OF Christ
men who owed allegiance to twenty
empires, and representing the religion
OF 200, 900. 900 human beings.
| The great organ peals forth tbs
dOxology and men of many faiths ar,
singing Praise God from whom al
blessings ilow." The music ceases
All Is hushed and still, One Nigh
almost hear a pin fall on the floor
: Listen, Cardinal Gibbons rises from hi
seat and with outstretched hands sayl
Let us Join In the universal prayer.
Catholic and Protestant and JEWS
| Rabbi, and men who worship the com
mon Father in non Christian land.
with one heart and one voice are say
, ing; Our Father which art In Heaven.
They have found common creed
That prayer expresses the desires c
the universal heart. Is it not cree
enough
The infinite can never be compre
hended by the finite. Mems ideas %
God will differ. but this Is no reaso
Z for dlscord. Men will best know Go
! when they know how He has reveale
> Himself to others. Thin king OF 200
: 600 900 of human beings made In God
: image. only q few Of them callin
!. themselves Christians, dare 1t
:, said that ours Is the only religion |
:, which God has spoken to the rae
y Mas the Golden Rule Inspired whom
9 fell from the lips Of jesus. and ne
c inspired when it fell in its negatiy
o form from the lips OF Confucius 3,
I years before?
j. These Orlentals have gone deep int
the study of religion. So far rs the
" give US fact We must accept the
- teaching. God has never left IlimSe
Is without witness. lie has spoken
70 men OF every race 50 far as they hal
been able TO receive a revelation fro
y HIN. Not only was John the Bapti
a. foraruurer OF Christ, Confucil
10 and Buddhn and Socrates and II
great and good OF every age have pr
Y pared the way Tor His coming.
>, God has some message to declare
u, all these Religions. They are not equ
ii to Christianity. Iu nil these great r
tligious systeme men nre honest
u seeking God; nor have they altugeth
u, failed in finding Him. In Jesus Chri
III we haze the Father seeking Ills GILL
s. and when the Father seeks He Is mo
~ apt to lind than when men are seckln
w Him.
70 The religion which will win the co
h-!lidence Of the universal heart is n
Unnecessarily the one which is the oldes
~ not tile one with tho longest creed,
III the one which has believed the mos
~ but the religion which has dono al
~ does the most for humanity. This
" Christlanity's superiority; nor I'll
:, other religions nre false and Chr
III tianity true, bat because 1t is fule
richer. larger. and has done more f
= mankind than the rest.
rs 1t is not tho Christianity of Chri
~ tendon SO often perverted by croet
land dogmus. Ii Is the Chrlstlanli
"a which Christ taught. This IL the be
!, thiug la the world.