St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-09-13
GOVERNMENT.
GODS
P3kISE FROM GREAT MEN OF ALL
RELIGIONS
AT THE WORLDS GATHERING.
Addresses Read by Rev. Alfred
Momoerie. of London; Rev Au-
gustine Hewitt, Rabbi Wise,
OF Cincinnati; Prof Valentine ,
Delegates From India, and
Many Other Prominent Men.

CHICAGO, Sept. 12.-Hindoos, Bud
dhistS, Catholics and Lutherans, disciples
of Judaism and Congregationalists ex-
planned and defended their various
views under the big dome of the art in
stitute today. 1t was the second day of
the great worlds parliament of religions.
All of the large halls of the structure
were crowded, and the deiiyeranceS of
the various eminent men that figured
upon tie programme were listened TO
with rapt attention. One OF the most
interesting addresses was that of Rev.
Alfred W. MOmoerie, of London. who
spoke upon the philosophical and moral
evidence of God. He took the ground
that science had proved not that there
was lack of purpose in the creation,
but rather that theIe was cne great ana
intense purpose. There was evidences
in abundance of the worlds depend
ence upon one great mind and up
on the uneeasing activity of an
infinite thinker. sThe most certain
thing in science was evolution. and this
demonstrated that the difficulties of
civilization were being slowly but surely
overcome. The speaker held that it was
impossible for God to create painless
world, and that if there was no suffer
ing people would lose their faith and
believe that they were living in
A WORLD OF CHANCE.
A paper read by the Very Rev. Au-
gGstlne Z. Hewitt dealt with the same
subject.
He insisted that there must be first
motor and power limitiesS, and that it
was the highest achievement of the
human reason to bring the intellect TO a
knowledge of God as the first and final
cause of the world. Much in the same
line was the address of Rabbi Isaac \.
Wise, OF Cincinnati, who discussed the
question from the standpoint Of Juda-
ism. He admitted that philosophy had
never proven the existence of a God,
yet there were dOgmaS iii the human
mind that had existed there from the
beginning, and one was that there ex-
listed a supreme being OF Infinite power.
Prof. Nj. Valentine regarded Judaism
as the early stages of unfolding Chris
:ianitv, and emphasized the fact that
all the historic faiths, save Buddhism,
which bOrdered on the Atheist, were
based on The belief in the existence OF
supreme being. The discussion was
continued at length by Delegates
Drivdi S0yeu and Justice Ali. OF India,
and Rev. Maurice Phillips. The pres
entation OF the belief of the Catholic
church was inaugurated i'll the hall of
Washington this afternoon in the pres
ence OF large audience. Very Rev
w. Byrne. OF Boston, spoke upon the
Catholic ideal OF dogma:ic truth; Very
Rev. +. Kent Stone, of Buenos Ayres.
dwelt upon the Catholic idea of worship
and grace. and Father Thomas b. lSher-
man, of ST. Louis, dilated eioquently
upon the
CATHOLIC IDEA
OF holiness and perfection. The history
of the Lutheran church, the liberty il
allows. and its educational features
were the principal topics dwelt upon in
the hall assigned 10 that denomination
The speakers included Prof. j. ".
Richards. of Gettysburg, and Rev. W.
Z. Parsons, of Washington. Seven pa
pers dealing with the Intrinsic worth of
man, the atonement, universal holiness
and happiness as the final result of
Gods government, were presented at
the session of the | niversalist congress.
Among the speakers were Rev. John
Coleman Adams. of Brooklyn: Rev. Z.
L. keXford, OF Boston; Rev. j. Smith
Dodge, Of Stamford, Conn. and Prof
Capen, OF Tufts college, Massachusetts.
a home symposium was the feat
tlonal church congress. the proceedings
being inaugurated by the singing of
Home, Sweet Home" by band of
little ones. Only ladies figured ON the
programme. They discussed the effect
! of Christian home, of the future citl-
ZeHs OF the republic, and reasoned ii out
that as the state was dependent upon
the home, so it was necessary that the
domestic circle should have Christian
influences. Mrs. julia Holmes Boyn-
ton, of Boston: Mrs. q. II. Ide. of Mil
waukee, and Mrs. Joseph Ward, of
South Dakota, were among the speak
erS. Inc congress also discussed the
influence Of the home on the social life,
| on the churches and the children.
ARCHBISHOP IRELAND
was the first speaker at the evening
session. In the course of his remarks
he said that no rule of argument could
rule God out of the church. The church
was not the same in all respects in all
epochs. She adapted herself in non-
| essentials TO the requirements of each
epoch. People did not believe it pos
slble for the church TO change.
They could not distinguish be
tween the essential and the accident
al; the variable and the invariable;
| between what was her own and the
| conditions aDdlimitatiODs imposed on
| her by the human Environments through
! which she moved. At one time she was
| imperial, at another pugilistic. As
people saw her at one point of history,
| they might be tempted TO imagine
that shs belonged to that point
and could not leave ii. while in fact
they might perceive her as she was.
| The government of the church fitted
! into all ages and into all human con-
| ditionS Throughout the different
epochs of her history, she was the self
| same church, teaching the same truth,
| administering the same Sacramenis
| She was the same IN doctrine and in the
essential elements in the admiDistra-
| ton. The present time was an age of
! ambition. searching out knowledge, tax
| ing no rest and submitting to nc linita-
! tons Of territory. There were two
| sources of knoWledge-the individual
| reasons of man and the voices of God in
| revelation. Between reason and reye-
| latiOn there was no contradiction, the
| same God being author of both. There
! was no contest between the church and
science. The present was an age Of
! liberty, civil and political It was
an age OF social activity. 1t i'm
| posed on each one the duty of
| reducing TO a minimum the evils Of hu-
manity. The present is pn age of ma
terial wants and inventions, an age of
discovery and subiugation of natures
! resources TO mans service. and 10 all
these characteristics of the age the
| church entered and sought through
them to promote civilization and relig-
| ion. Other speakers were Archbishop
| Chappelle. Of Asia Minor, and Arch
bishop Redwood, of New Zealand.