Daily Kennebec journal., 1893-09-27
GOD AID MAN.
Bretheren All, Yet They Irz
dulged in Sharp Words.
Rev. Joe Cook Criticised the Hindoos
and they Critic sed Christianity
shsstess d the oitssy piaisaaes-Bssey
Lstiss i-,,s ~ Fair.

woKLD'sFAIg. SeEt. a.-ISpecial 1.-The
parliament Of religions reached q point
where sharp acerbities develop. The thin
veil Of courtesy was maintained, of course.
but behind twas islfeeling. Rev. Joseph
Cook criticised the Hindoos sharply and WAS
more sharply criticised in turA- He said
that to speak Of q sniverse that was not
created Is almost uipardonable nonsense,
and the Asiatics retorted that a universe
which had beginning is a self evident alb
surdity. Bishop J. p. Newman, firing ct
long range from the banks of the Ohio, de-
eiared that the crieptals have insulted all
the Christians Of TIA = nited States by their
Misrepresentation of the missionaries, aud
the orientais, with thsir provokingly calm
and superciiious sniit, replied that this
was simply the bishops ignorance.
Baddhist Philosophy.
In response 20 the question direct, three
learned Buddhis.s gave us in remarkably
plain and beautiful language their bed
rock belief about Gcd, man and matter.
The first they ignore. the second they re-
gard as a link in an endless chain. aud the
third they eonsider-vell, the only word
can think of to fit their idea is unmanaee-
able The common people, they admit, be-
lieve of such philosophy only so much or o
little as they can comprehend. The all
vanced Buddhists holfas follows, and con-
dense now from the statements of all three:
Good and evil are not from an omnipotent
will, but inhere in matter and are deter
mined solely by results. Happiness and
misery are results, not punishments. The
universe has no center or outside, and no
beginning or ending ei cher In time or space.
There never WAS a cieation; there never
will be destruction Man cannot know
an infinite; his entire duty is to know mar
and improve his own character. Happiness
is possible by continued improvement, but
not at all certain: and whether happiness
be attainable or not, The duty Of man is
just the same"
Being pressed to define the distinction
between this and what's called atheism in
this country, II. Dharmapala Of Ceylon
said: "One has to be anatheist in the sense
employed by Max M,sier. Without that
atheism no new religisn, no reform, no re-
suscitation. would evtG have been possible.
Without that atheism no new life is pos
sible for any one of Us. = - In the
sense of Supreme CGator, Budlha says
that there is no such being, accepting the
doctrine of evolution as the only true one
with the corollary, thu law of cause and
effect, he condemns the idea Of n Creator.
The supreme god of the Brahman and
minor gods are accepted, but they are sub
ject to the law Of cauEe and effect" lie
went on to demonstrate that this is the
only faith by which it Is possible for man
to get rid Of all prejueics. become supreme
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all living things, deyelep his psychic pow
ers till past, present and future are equally
clear to him, and finally become absolutely
infinite repose. His persration was as pret-
tya thing as a Chicago audience ever heard.
Demosthenes never exceeded it,
Cantankerous Remarks.
Swami vivekananda, The Hindoo monk,
was not so fortunate. He was out Of hu-
NOR, or soon became 81, apparently. He
wore an orange robe a2.,aa pale yellow tur
ban and dashed Al. ORE into a savage mt
tack on Christian kataSs in these 4words;
I'VE who have come Cpm the east have
sat here day after day aid have been told
in II patronizing way thst We ought to ac-
cept Christianity because Christian nations
are the most prosperous We look about
us and we see England he most prosper
Gus Christian nation in the world, with
her foot on the neck of %, 600 600 of Asiat-
les. We look back into history and see tha!
the prosperity of Christian Europe began
with Spain. Spain's prosperity began with
the invasion Of Mexico. Christianity wins
its prosperity by cultingthe throats of its
fellow men. At such a price the Hindoo
will not have prosperity
IL linz
speaker getting more cantankerous, as it
were. Even among the most enlightened
Christians some very queer things were
said Thus DIR. Paul Carus of Chicago
said, "The ancient pariarchs preached the
love of enemies" which astonished many
| who thought they hal read all the Bible.
DR.. II. r. Haweis Of London argued that
mans capacity for mssic is n proof or dem
onstraton of the Immortality Of the soul.
1t is an odd, perhaps amusing, fact that
most of the peculiar things were said on
the day when only British Christians
| talked. Some i'll na'ured people say there
will be a row yet, bat of course there will
not, for Christians, Buddhists, Brahmaus
and all the rest are gentlemen. Rev. .1o-
seph Cook said, II am in condition of
fear and trembling regarding it's outcome"
and then proceeded 10 attack the Roman
Catholic church for its position on the
school question. Thi, was at the meeting
OF Methodist minister.
Trouble at the PIaisance.
While the orientalsin the Art institute
gave us Christians divers sly digs in their
| provokingly smooth way, their congeners
on the Midway plaissnce are ont of one
| trouble only to get inio another and are
l..
Little by little they me being reformed
| out of all resemblance to their original
conditions, and the street is now far more
quiet and conventionally decorons than the
Bowery. Alvisa Tskesder Khan Coroyr
anty and Archague Khan Goroyanty, COM
| missioners here for the slab Of Persia, after
trying all sorts of profess with the mana
gers, sent an ultimatum to Secretary Gresb-
am demanding that the Persian flag and
all Persian emblems be removed from the
so called Persian theater. They allege tina.
there are no theaters in Persia and that this
thing Is disgrace and smisrepresenta-
ton. Just the same. it haslsecuref an in
] junction from the circuit eaurt, and until
| hat is disposed of the commissioners can
| hot interfere with it, but it Is far more de-
cent than it was.
A general order was then issued for all
| the shouters to shut up. They paid no at
tention to it, and so a patrol wagon and force
of guards went through thei laisanee. and
| the visitors had more fun than On any other
day OF the fair. "Bismillahl9 said the wild
Turk, who has made so much noise and fun
| for the crowd; mo shout. 70 showF' He
| then invited the crowds In pantomime-
Several others did the same, and it was
| funnier than the shouting. The Dahomey
| touters did not understand the guards and
shouted louder than ever, 50 they were ar
rested. Altogether a dozen arrests were.
made, and there were several pretty fights
| Well, the shouters are silenotd. the dancers
are reformed. and the wild fakirs are gone.