Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-09-14

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celebrations the 9th waa such lively day
that the silence Of Sunday, the 10Th. could
be felt, but on the lith the veterans ani
silver men reopeped the racket, and yes
terdsy Maryland did herself honor. n
formal exercises took place ut Music hal
In the aftsrnoon-praysr BY His Eminsnc<
James Cardinal Gibbons, introductory ~
marks by Governor Brown and Grafton By
Hon. John V. l. Findlay. Today b foi
Michigan and the Amateur Athletis
union, ard Ohio promises that tomorrow
will be the biggest day between that oi
Illinois and that Of Chicago. The indica-
tions are that she will succeed. for theru
are and have been for some days more
Ohio people on the grounds than Aom any
other state except Illinois. Several days
ago single train from Cincinnati brought
1850 people aud the registration at the
Ohio building averaged 1000 day foE
some time. Secretary Alberson aayu he
will guarantee that q, 600 Ohio people will
pass the gates in the three days ending TO-
morrow.
began to arrive. The delegations from
the west are to be led by the military band
from Fort Leavenworth and the Milwau-
kee military band is also to take part. To
morrow evening In Central Music hall
there will be singing by the ladies Of
Dwight. Ills, who organized the popular
concerts to amuso the patients At the orig
inal keeley institute. Many celebrated
persons will take part, as many of that
sort confess TO having been bitten" and
cured by Kelley. On the 18th, which Is
keeley Day proper. it is promised that 10
olo Keeley beneficiaries will appear In the
procession and there will be grand rc-
unions ofthose formerly patients in each Of
the several retreats, The finest pyrotechnic
portrait ever presented in Chicago $50 say
the artists now getting il up) will be that
of DR. keeley, which will glow long and
brightly on the lake front during the even
ing fireworks Of the 18th. On the same
day the railroad men will fitly common
crate the sixty-third anniversary Of the
opening of the Manchester and Liv-
erpool railway, officially taken a.
the beginning Of the railroad era.
Colorado hurried up her celebration
which was to have been on the
10th, and did her commemorating on the
1ath, because Governor Waite WIS here
and could not return and still moro be-
cause her veterans returning from the
grand enoampment at indianapolis could
be here on the 12th The reader is to bear
in mind that all this time the grnndest
show of blooded stock ever organized In
America has heen in progress, filling the
big pavilion daily with tens OF thousands
OF delighted farmers and "bucyri" and
that mere list Of tho awards would AL
many columns like this.
The Catholic church congress began on
the 4th and one week later the worlds
parliament Of religions. the Oecumenical
Council of Humanity as one may
say, opened with sn attendance,
an interest and vigor Of dis
cussion that astonished even the most
sanguine of its promoters. 1t was ordered
by the committee and agreed to by the
participants that no analysis Of any paper
should be given out in advance Of its read
ing and no full publication made Of any
till all had been delivered; but enough has
appeared to show that all tbs faiths Of all
mankind may, by leaving of few super
fiuities, be reduced to four, of which one
and that the very lowest il Of course not
represented here. This is Fetichism which
men ofall other religions deny place as
a religion. and treat it AS mere supersti-
tion. 1t is the finding Of god In every
thing vile, and its worship Is Of snakes,
toads, flies and the like.
OF the other three the faith in Emana-
tion and Absorption is that the universe
and the soul are eternal, going through
unending changes, and that the faithful
man will after this life eventually lose his
identity In the divine or infinite soul Of
the universe. And this is the faith Of
about two -fifths of the human race. This
Is Buddhism, il understand its expon-
ents, when one gets down to the essence Of
It. The faith tha: matter and the soul
were alike created. but that matter will be
destroyed while the soul will not. IL the
faith Of the Semitic races and Of such as
have adopted it from them, our own race
included. OF the fourth grand divisionno
exponent has yet been heard, but IL IL
spoken of rs Universal Spirisualism. The
hall in which the general meetings are
held seats 5000 people and Is crowded.