Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-10-06

pas;to;. OF tie First PreSby terian church
% Chicago, aud chairman of the gener
al committee, through whose efforts
the congress has been made such {
wonderful success. DIR. Barrows' elo
quent words sank deep into the hearts
of all who heard him. One sentiment
he uttered will not soon be forgotten
This was:
Welcome, most welcome, 0, wise
men Of the east and west. May the
star which has led you hither be like
unto that Iuminary which guided the
men of old, and may this meeting by
, the inland sea of q new continent be
blessed of heaven to the redemption OF
men from error and from sin and de-
spair
IL
| Metaphysical ard scientific papers
were the feature of the first ID days
Of the parliament Of religions. The
subject for consideration on the second
day was the existence and attributes
of God, and, despite the deep philOsO-
ply that ran through all the papers,
interested. The presence Of several
Jewish rabbin and the venerable Fred
erick Douglass, made the cosmopolitan
assemblage on the platform even more
picturesque than on the first day. One
of the most thoughtful and suggestive
papers read was by the distinguished
English preacher and teacher, Rev.
Alfred w. Momerie, of London, on
THE Moral Evidence of a Divine Ex-
iStence." Summed up, DR.. Momerie's
conclusions were that all knowledge,
whether practical or scientific, in fact,
the commoneSt experience Of everyday
life, implies the existence of a mind
which is OmnipreSent and eternal.
Moreover, he said that the tendency
toward righteousness, which is So I'm
mistakably manifest in the course of
history, together with the response
which this tendency awakens in our
hearts, combine to prove that the infin-
lite thinker is just and kind and good.
1T must be because He is always with
us that we sometimes imagine that He
is nowhere to be found" added the
eminent preacher.
Another beautiful thought of Dr.
Momerie's was his declaration that the
Creator could not have made Il world
without pain in it, He said that, with
out suffering, the world would not have
been Il better, but 4 worse one. Even
Christ, said he, ''became perfect
through long suffering.'
If the second day Of the congress
was notable for the impress 7e meta
physical address of DR.. Mo. lerie, 1t
was also none the less notable for the
PRONUNCIATION of new religious dc crimes
from Il representative modern scientist
DIR. Adolf BrOdbeck, Of Hanover, Ger
man, the champion of 'Idealism the
New Religion" created a sensation i'll
the audience by his pointed declara-
tons concerning the old and the new
gospel. He was the representative,
he said, of new form of religion that
was spreading rapidly i'll Germany.
Its name," he declared, lis IdealiSm.
Its confessorS are called idealiSts. Its
chief aim is the striving for the ideal,
ideal of mankind, especially of each in
dividual; further, for the ideal of
science and art, of civilization, of all
virtues. Our enemies are the dOgmatic
in all forms. We hate hypocrisy in all
it's forms, cruelty ard vice and crimes
Of all sorts. We are not in favor of
extremes. We do not profess to have
any certain knowledge of things be-
yond this life. We believe that there
is an absolute power, over which we
have no control. The true essence of
this power we do not know. We do
not worship anybody, nor any single
object, nor any product of human imag-
nation as being God. Prayer for any
thing that is against the natural course
of things we think unreasonable. We
believe that the ideal, the perfection
of man, is not only Il matter Of knOWE
edge, but also of practical good work.
TO strive theoretically and practically
in everything for that which Is true
and good is the ideal of man; that is
our firm belief"
Ameng other notable papers read on
the second day was one by Father Au-
gllstine +. Hewitt, of New York, super
ior of the Community of the Paulists,
on Rational Demonstration of the Be
ing of God" w. L. Harris, United
States commissioner of Educa ton, also
read a scholarly paper on ''The Argu-
ment for the Divine Being" A famous
representative of the Lutheran church,
Prof n. Valentine, discussed 1.-The
Harmonies and Distinctions in the
Theistic Teaching Of the Various His
toric Faiths" DIR. Isaac NJ. Wise, a
well-known scholar, defined the theolo-
gy of Judaism. Rev. Maurice Phillips.
of Madras, discussed 1.-The Ancient
Religion of India and Primitive Reveal
ton" The religious belief of the
Hindus was set forth in a paper pre-
pared by Manilal ri Dyivedi, of Bonn,
bay.
A deeply significant feature of the
parliament of religions has been the
prominence therein of representatives
of the Oriental religions. These wise
men of the cas-, simply made their
presence known on the first two days
of the parliament, but on the third
day completely captured the audience
| by able presentations of their doctrines
! The session Of Wednesday, Sept Is
will ever be a memorable one The
chief addresses of the day We're those
of p. c. Mozoomdar, of India; Arch