The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-09-15

Professed by -Four Hundred and Seventy
five Millions of People.
CHICAGO, Sept. 10. - "How dare you
iudger
Arrayed in robes Of spotless white, which
seemed all the winter by reason of his
swarthy countenauce and wealth Of jet
black hair, with arm and index finger ex-
tended and every muscle Of his body
quivering with excitement, Dharmapala,
the eminent Buddhist priest and scholar
from Calcutta, stood upon the edge of the
platform in the Hall of Washington yes
terday afternoon and thus hurled defiance
mt the audience before him. A volley of
cheers was the response. Beyond the
striking figure from the Orient, dwelling
intently upon every word, sat the vener-
able Edward Everett Hale who had just
come from an adjoining hall. On his
right was the negro prince from Africa,
on his left Mrs Ormiston Chant, the En-
glish Radical. Next to her, his head en-
circled in a turban of white, Dakoyoshi
Matuysama, the advocate of Shintoism,
side by side with the negro Protap
Chunder Mazoomdar the philosopher Of
the Brahmo-Homaj. 1t was striking
scene and a striking occasion.
The Buddhist had been introduced after
an address Of remarkable liberality by
Rev DR. 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 parliament,
and said that it mattered little what a
mans dogma, or what his theology, if he
was only sincere and true in the light
within him. Then, surveying the audi
apoa Ia erIIap1v demand IaI ttTIoyv rnuuv
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-fve millions accept our re-
/ ligion of love and hope. You cali your
! self nation; great nation, and yet you
! do not know the history of this great
! teacher. How dare you judgeY and the
! audience cheered again and again.
"You complain that you do not make
1 converts among us, he continued. "YOu
I preach God of love, but in your actions
you are selfish. You make of an ignorant
or unsophisticated man a perfect hypo
critic You have used the story of a life
crushing bloody Juggernaut to secure the
means to save alleged heathens. Jugger
naut has been popularized by Christian
missionaries, and yet commission com
posed of eminent Englishmen has declared
that the Christian idea of Juggernaut wa
a myth, that death and blood were repul
awe to our people. This Christian stor!
has been exploded. 1t has gone into oh
livion."
And so the Orientalst went on, scoring
his hearers and defending his own creed
He asked how many had read the life o
Mohammed, the prophet of Arabia, ant
when four hands went up he asked VIII,
they should denouuce Mohammedanisn
when they knew nothing of it or it
founder. And with every sentence he car
ried his audience with him.
Quite as radical in its way was the ad
dress of Rev. DIR. ReXford the Bostol
Universalist divine, and he took for hi
subject "The religious intent" He salt
he had no sympathy with the people VIII
wanted to be separated from the bond
that bound them to the tragic past
He preferred to keep his share of tn
bond; that he could rejoice in the develop
ment of mankind, in glorying that evolu
tionary religion that brought them wher
they were today He did not believe II
talking of a fallen man, but of an unde
veloped man. Revelation was never di
VINE lutSSuEt ullll IL was uAlhNISbObhs
Rev. DR.. Lyman Abbot was another o
the leading speakers of the day, takin
for his topic, "Religion essentially a char
acterstic of humanity" He spoke in hi
usually eloquent strain. Temples an
priests, he said, were the creators Of re
= ligion. They had made it, Christ cam
not to create religion, but to develop tina
which was already in existence. Scienc
was thought of man trying to find tn
reality that lay behind the mysteries c
nature All life was a search after the il
finite. Agnostics might call out to ther
to stop, but they had to go on, becaus
they could not help it. The blemishes an
blurs of human handiwork were upo
Christianity, but it was not Christianit
concerning which they desired to tell thei
brothers from across the sea, but Christ
Mrs. Lydia H. Dickinson in an addres
upon "The Divine Basis of Cooperate
of Man and Woman" said that woma
was not subject to man nor man towomar
They were one, and that precluded tn
idea of subjection. Truth was masculin
and love feminine