The Press., 1893-11-09
The Worlds Parliament of Religions.
BY REn. c. E. nARRIs, D. D.

most incredible affair connected with It, surpassing in world-interest and world significance it's mammoth size and mar yellous exhibits, was the extraordinary assemblage convened there under the name of The Parliament of Religions.
 No dreamer of the past ever carried his visions to such lengths. No founder of imaginary Utophias conceived anything like it. It realized the Millennial picture of the inspired seer, "The wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid, and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together, and Little chtld'' Jesus the Christ, the incar- nate Son of God), "shall lead them"
 Catholic cardinal and Jewish rabbi, Protestant missionary and Hindu philos- opher ,Mohammedan and Parsee, Buddhist and Brahmin, Zoroastrian, Confuclan, Japanese, Ceylonese, Russ, Frenchmah' German, American, all nations, all tongues all religions, were brought together rom the wide circumference of the eartn III a harmonious gathering, to state their seV- eral faiths and to compare them, to lihu their points of agreement, to bring out' so far as possible, the truths lying at the foundation of all, and, incidentally, to demonstrate the superiority of Christian itv in it's all-comprehensiveness and unl- versatility.
 l This, which has been called by some,
 .sThe greatest event in history" was truly
 A something thew under the sum- which
 marked the rapid advance of the world ln
 these last days, more than even the grand
 strides of science, and the increasing per
 lection of the appliances of art to our
 daily life.
 Fifty years ago, twenty-five years ago,
 had any man suggested such conference
 he would have been laughed at as an un-
 practical romancer and the scheme de-
 clared impossible. Not only so, but the
 christian world would have been shocked,
 and declined to assist in any such convo-
 cation or to participate with ''heathen" in
 any such discussion.
 In this year 1893, in christian America,
 the impossible has become fact The
 nations of the earth, in their representa- tiyes, have met in peaceful accord under | the protecting folds of the banner of the Cross. A Roman Catholic cardinal open
 ed the proceedings by repeating the Lords
 prayer, in which all reverently joined, and
 a Jewish rabbi closed them by leading the
 vast concourse in reciting the same petl- tions to the Universal Father.
 What does all this mean? In part ii
 means this. The Parliament of Religions
 was the funeral of Isolation, of Exclusiv- ism, of Superstition, of Bigotry, of Sec, : tarianism. It was the christening day o1 } brotherhood, of Love.
 l It prefgured and exemplifed the swiftly l approaching time, when 'nation shall no : lift up sword against nation,' and whe1 - the keynote then struck and taken up b. men of most opposing nationalities ant y religions, Peace on earth, good will t' l. men," shall echo round the world, and re r sound from nation after nation. Tn
  S have reached it's height, and the ''Day o e the Lord'' be ushered in. Events presag n it's speedy coming.
 r So swift is the present progress o | thought, so great the recent impetus give r- it, so rapidly are barriers breaking down y so quickly and with such immense pro S pulsion is the ''Kingdom of our Lord an e of His Christ" advancing, that already tn l. Christian world is fulfilling the Millennia l. prophecy uttered over two thousand year S ago, ''They shall see eye to eye," an , ''many shall run to and fro, and knowl e edge shall be increased"
 a If the Parliament of Religions had ao ;t complshed nothing more, than to brin d the idea of "unity in diversity amon $ the churches, into practical prominence, g would have been worth all the effort an
 cost of the great Exposition.
 But it has done vastly more than thi
 It has spread the leaven of Chrstianit '' through the world, and in quarters hitl " erto inaccessible. These master minds't ,, the East, these profound thinkers ar
 acute observers, cannot have been brougl N into touch with Western civilization, al 0' Western thought, and the operations 70 Christianity on so colossal scale, wit N out having imbibed something of it al
 They will carry to their homes and Q their peoples new conceptions, see
 thoughts, germs of truth, which will be- o. fruit in more free and general receptit ,c of Christian teaching, and more earne n. desire to obtain it's advantages. no The influence for good, of the Parli ns ment of Religions on the church, u At country, and the world, will be permane e- and increasing. It will exert a wid ve spread and powerful effect, in opening u h. way for the dissemination of Christianit of in enlarging the sphere of it's operation ye and in promoting harmony among it's V ce rious sections.
 k The Columbian Exposition has tn
 done noble part in enlarging the Kin ps dom of Christ, and in extending the bles IS ings of the Christian religion and Chri q. tian civilization to the remotest parts he the Earth. al ne The following registrations have be of made at the Connecticut state building Tn the worlds fair, Chicago, since last l IL port:
 he Rock ville-Chas. Tennert, Aug. Ostt ho tag, Chas. A. Mannel, W. B. Redd, Mi n0 E. L. Wilson, R. H. Leonard, Jas. In Fitton, P. F. Leonard Mrs. c. R. Fittc is Mrs. P. B. Leonard, E. H. Preston. nv Somers-Laura A. Root, Mrs. Ju ,, Edson Sanders, Mrs. Claret Lee. "o Ellington H. Bancroft, Jose
 Bancroft, Ida Bancroft, Addie Bancro w. A. c. Pease, c. F. Pease.
 Stafford Snrinos-Mrs q q Ellis Fral