The morning call., 1893-05-28
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1T CONFES5ES CHRIST.
Bishop William F. Nichols Glories in
the Parliament

''He that doeth truth com lib 10 the light" is
assumed as worldwide maxim in the Par
lament of Religious"
IL throws open the opportunity TO all ''intel-
lectuaily developed" religions to come out into
the full blaze Of nineteenth century daylight.
Representatives. OF each in their own WAY can
h We The ear of thousands, and through The
newspaper reports the eye OF millions for their
briefs upon:
% Historical position.
(2) Claims upon mankind and in behalf OF
mankind.
(3) Future hopes and prospects for their
resbFc i've religions.
There is no interchange of debate contem.
plated and that will in great measure OF sent
odiuDl theologicum and pres rye good temper
The Woild's Fair light will be a strong one
In which TO exhibit good points, but il Will be
too fierce a one 10 search out and reveal de
fects and blemisheS and any disposition 10
love darkness rather than light" Religious
discussion IS some ines in danger in these
times of degen rating Into that condition de-
scribed by Newman, when, during the stirring
OF ChriStendom over the question of the diviplly
OF Christ the light minded and frivolous OF man.
kind allowed thems Ives to perveit the solemn
subject in controversy into matter for fashion.
able conyef satiOn or literary anu >enent
The indications are that this parliament will
remind the world OF The essential and vital
power of the religious Instinct In mankind and
show that il has never made history-and a
recent writer has said that "The religious his
tory of the world is the very soul OF bislory"-
more than 1t Is making 1t Today. And 1t Is a
striking fact. when we think OF 1t, that The ex-
position which summons The world to see The
most brilliant achievements that the closing
century can show OF material progress should
itself be one of the most signal and sweeping
proofs of that presentday power Of religion,
not TO say Christianity, which material progress
is sometimes supposed 10 suppIant.
lis true purport is no less than the gigantic
exposure Of gigantic fallacy. Everywhere
W. have found the soul of man." SAYS De Pres.
sense. soaring above the earth and aspiring
after immortal life, crying out for god e eater
than any local and national divinities, and uter.
ing bitter lamentations because it failed to find
that which Ii sought, and while it perceived
The good was powerless TO achieve It, And
shall we be told that soul thus exercised with
strong and holy desires is nothing more than
an aggregate of atoms held together by material
laws?"
The Christian religion has every reason to
further any com paralive study of religions
where everything is honestly and exhanstively
brought TO the light. 1t coDfesses HIM who
claimed to be the Light OF the World" In its
| iml use toward him it must reuounce the hid
den things of dishonesty. and our civilization
Is the r. cord of Its struggle with the chapters
both of failure and success. Moreover, we
believe that i'll the truth to be found in all
serious religious systems there is the real,
humanity yearninC TO ''seek God il baply
they might feel after him and find him. aud
| that Christi the ultimate satisfaction OF that
| yearning-the light that lightcib every man.
| Il is probable that Bi>hop Thompson of Mis-
| sissipai and Bishop Dudley of kentucky Will
| SPEAK for that particular branch of the holy
catholic church TO which the undersigned be-
| longs. Both are catholic-minded. forcible and
| competent Both will find it fond task to
hold up 10 the parliament illumination The
church they love and serve, not Tor any mar
! row riya;ry for pre-eminence. bur because they
| believe thar il is characlerisI Iicaliy and his.
torically church Of the day i1ht. with al the
spots and wrinkles OF its human membership
exposed, but with nothing TO conceal Ia It's
| dy persistence TO DO the truth and come 10
| the light