Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-13

One Proposition Upon Which All the Speak
ers Agree-Roman Catholic Prelates Talk
of Their Church and Its Beliefs and
Achievements-Ot Denominations of
Churches Hold Meetings and Discuss
Matters of Religious Interest.
CHICAGO sept. 13.-Hindoos and
Buddhis;s, Roman Catholics and Luther
ans, disciples OF Judaism and CongreCa-
tionalists. explained and defended their
various views under the big dome of the
Art Institute n the second session of the
great Worlds Parliament of Religions
All Of the large halls of the structure were
crowded, and the deliverances of the vari-
ous eminent men that figured upon the
programme were listened to with rapt at
tention. One OF the most interesting ad-
dresses was that Of Rev Alfred w
Momerie, a member OF the Anglican COM
-munion of tine Broad" church party, of
London, who spoke upon the philosophical
and mora! evidences of God. He took the
ground that science had proved not that
there was lack of purpose in the crea-
tion, but rather that there was one great
and intense purpose.
Abundant Evidence of n Creator.
There were evidences in abundance of
the worlds dependence upon one great
mind. and upon the unceasing activity Of
an infinite thinker. The most certain
thing IN science was evolution, and this
demonstrated that difficulties OF c:viliza-
zion were being slowly but surely over
come. Atheists claimed the uniformi-
IS Of nature as an argument. but rs a
matter of fact it was a first step toward
the proofs that the Divinity exists. The
speaker held that it was impossible for
God 20 create painless world and that
OF there was no suffering people would lose
their faith and believe that they were
living in n world Of chance.
One God the Basis n: Religion.
Very Reverend y. f. Hewetine, a Paul
ist Of New York tROman CathOlic), sent n
paper which was read. 1t said: Pure
mouothcisnl, or the acknowledgements of
one God, has been the underlying basis Of
all religion from the beginning. All classes
OF men. however they may differ in crsed,
hold this to be Of paramount interest and
of cardinal Importance Jews, Nloham-
medans. even philosophical theis;s. are at
fundamental doctrine Matter
and force are fixed quantities Who fixed
them. The matter in the stars and neb-
ulP never changes in quantity, and the
force that drives them never varies Who
or what was their first motor The mind
demands this by law OF its original ac-
ton and the soul answers involuntarily,
the supreme Being that gave me my con.
tingent being The alternative is chance
an ubsurGitv"
Dogmas Exist in Spite of AL
Much in the same line was the address
of Rabbi Isaac y. Wise, who discussed the
question from the standpoint OF Judaism.
He admitted that philosophy had not proven
the existence OF a God, yet there were dog
mas IN the human mind that had existed
there from the beginning, and one was
that there existed a supreme being of in
finite power. Reason could not reach these
dogmas, yet they were transcendent truths
and existed in spite of all. Professor NJ.
Valentine regarded Judaism as the early
stages of unfolding Christianity, and en-
phasZed the fact that all the historic faiths
save buddhism, which bordered on the
athei-tic, were based on the belief in the
existence Of supreme being.