The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-09-30
WEBB EXCITED THEM.
Delegates Discuss His Remarks Abo.s
Polygamy.

was still the SUI ject of discussion n
the parliament OF religions yesterday
The very fact tnet Mohammed Russell
Alexander Webb, who started the
trouble by referring to it yesterday.
was on the program to speak again to.
DIV, and to speak really ON that verv
subject, added zest to the discussion.
Opinion seemed to be divided in the
matter. Most of the people seemed To
think that the subject should be ex-
cluded from the parliament. while a
very respectable minority held that
Mr. Webb was entitled to speak on IL
to be gwen a respectable hearing SO
long a there was nothing offensive in
what he SAID. At yesterdays session
he was very mild. He did not advo-
cate polygamy and distinctly stated
that IT was not part of \. ohamme-
danism. lie was stating what he
thong hit in regard to one certain feat
ure Of it when he was interrupted by
the audience.
Joseph Cooks assertion in moon.
ing paper that MIR. Webb broke faith
with the management of the congress
is as absurd as most of the statements
of the reverend 30 ,tonian. 1t was
not in the subject assigned to Mr.
Webb yesterday and was mentioned
only incidental v, but if Rev. Joseph
Cook or any one else who be-
lieves that faith has been
broken had looked in the pro-
gram printed by the manage
nent of the congress at any time since
the sessions were opened he would
have found the following subject as
signed to Mr.. Webb for Thursday:
I,.H <,fI To-, Il
di ions" 1t is foolish for them to say
that they expe, ted that subject would
be discussed without any reference to
polygamy. But, then, Joseph Cook
does not epresent any one but him
self anyway.
There were again vacant chairs in
the hall at the opening this morning,
but that is because the audience is
getting TO be late. Many do not ar
rive until IL o'clock. Theodore 7.
Seward spoke first in regard to organ
izing BRO herhood of Christian
Unity for the advancement of Chris.
tian work. lie had already received a
great many signatures to paper out
lining the plan. The document, with
the signatures, was as follows:
CHICAGO, sept. lso3.-We, the under
signed, feeling it desirable TO crystal
ize an as far as possible perpetuate
the rem rkable spirit OF unity which
has characterized the worlds pirlia-
ment OF leligions, and being deferred
bv the widely varied beliefs thu rein
represented from offering "a formu-
lated expr ss:ou of views, herewith
give as iudlv duals, our app, oval OF
lac formula of the bro herhood of
t...l, Ian unity as q Suita BILE poud
wiln which TO begin federation of the
\. %. upon Christian basis. 4 he
.oru.ula is as follows:
=. OF the purpose of uniting with
all taose who desire to serve God and
thclr fellow men under the inspiration
OF tue life and teachings of Jesus
christ, hereby enroll myself a mem
Der of the brotherhood of Christian
nifty DR.. John Henry Barrows,
Presbyterian; DR. George Dana Board
man, baptist; DR.. Lyman Abbott, Con-
gregationalst; Dr. Alfred w. Momerie,
Lon on, Church of England; DIR. Ed
ward Everett Hale, Unitarian; Charles
[. Bonney, New Church; }. w. Plum
mer, Fr.end; Bishop j. II. Vincent,
Method ST; Miss Frances f. Will
lard, president w. &. Il. u;
DR.. Hiram W. Thomas, independent;
Miss Jeanne Sorabji, bombay, Church
of England; Mlnas Tcheraz, Kings
College, Lon"on, Armenian; Bishop j.
:. Mills, United Brethren; DIR. w. +.
Black, Christian: MRS. Laura Ormis-
ton Chant, London. independent; DIR.
Charles ID. Eaton, Cniversalist; DIR.
Paulus n oort, Monrovia, Liberia
Fort Bayard, New Mexico, United
States chaplaip Prince omolu Mas
iaquoi, Vey Territory, Liberia, Epis-
copal: DR. Carl Won Bergen, Stock
holm, Sweden, Independent Lutheran;
Is shop Il. W. Arnett, African Metho-
DIST Episcopal; DR.. Tompkins, ST.
James episcopal.
Col Thomas Wentworth Higginson
made short address on the subject OF
unity in action If anything was TO be
accomplished. lie said that we werf
too prone to think this man OF that
man might have been a pretty good II
he had been brought mp in our par
ticular unday school !, He thought IL
time To lay that idea aside and Judge
men toy their works AMI then to try
ourselves by the same test The best
of us had little to boast of. He
pleaded for hristian charity and re-
ligious tolerations.
he regular pi ogram was then taken
up and Prof. +. q. Peabody of Har-
ward began it with n pap on Christ
and the Social Question" He said
this was the age of the social question
and that the attention conferred upon
it wa, blessing If the Christian
church took no interest in the dis
tresses of Others those distressed
would take no interest in the church.
Christ saved men one at time. The
kinp dom within was TO be conquered
and that could not be done by whole.
sale. The way to make better world
was first to make one self better.
The church he said had been SO inn
pressed with one-half OF Gods truth.
the advantage of the individual. that
it had forgotten the other half, the
benefit of the whole. When the church
was strongest then did mendicancy
and beggary most prevail He con-
demned such men as Count Tolstoi,
who, he said, looked on the field, found
the forces po.ed 10 them and then
retreated, leaving others to fight ING
battle. Treating Of socialism, he saie
that Christ taught not that one shouiq