The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-12-13

and the poor, the ruler and the ruled;
all men have a common creator with
out any distinction of cline or race,
without distinction of nationality or an
cestry. of name or nobility; all men
have a common creator and, conse-
quently, a common father in God. 1
raise up my hands and / bless with
heartfelt love the great country and the
happy, glorious people Of the United
States"
P c. Mozoomdar of India, author of
The Oriental Christ" was next intro
duced and was loudly cheered upon
rising to speak. He said:
Leaders Of the parliament Of reii
gions. men and women of America: The
recognition, sympathy and welcome you
have given to India today are crafty
ing to the thousands of liberal Hindu
religious thinkers, whose representa-
tives l see around me, and. on behalf
of my countrymen. 1 cordially thank
you. India claims her place in the
brotherhood Of mankind, not only be-
cause of her great antiquity, but
equally for what has taken place there
in recent times Modern India has
sprung from ancient India by a law of
evolution, a process of continuity which
explains some Of the most difficult
problems of our national life. In pre-
historic times our forefathers worshiped
the great living spirit, God, and after
many strange vicissitudes, we Indian
theists, led by the light of ages, wor-
ship the same living spirit, God, and
I'VE are Hindus still and shall always
he. Now sits Christianity on the thorne
of India with gospel of peace on one
hand and the scepter Of civilization on
the other Now it is not the time dis
pair and die. Behold the aspirations of
modern Northumberland social, poll
tical-all awakened our religious in
stincts stirred to the roots. If that had
not been the case do you think Hindus.
jams, Buddhists and others would have
traversed these $4,000 miles to pay the
tribute Of their sympathy before this
august parliament of religions? No in
dividual, no denomination can more
fully sympathize or more heartily join
your conferences than the men of the
Brahmo Sornaj, whose religion is the
harmony of all religions, and whose
congrega ton is the brotherhood of all
nations
The next representative was a dlstin-
guished disciple OF Confucianism sent by
the emperor of China as delegate to this
congress. This delegate was the Hon.
Pung Quang Yu, secretary of the Chi
nese legation in Washington. When he
came forward he was greeted with a
furore of applause and waving Of hats
and handkerchiefs. His manuscript was
read in ringing tones by DIR. BarTows,
and was as follows:
ION behalf Of the imperial government
Of China ] take great pleasure in re-
spending 10 the cordial words which the
chairman Of the general committee and
others have spoken today. This is a
great moment in the history Of nations
and religions. For the first sime men
Of various faiths meet in one great hall
to report what they believe and the
grounds for their belief The great sal e
Of China. who is honored not only by the
millions Of our own land. but through
out the world, believed that duty was
summed up in reciprocity. and / think
the word reciprocity finds a new mean
ing and glory i'm the proceeding Of this
historic parliament. [ am glad that the
great empire of China has accepted the
invitation of those who have called this
parliament, and Is to be represented in
this great school Of comparative religion
Only the happiest results will come
am sure. from our meeting together in
the spirit of friendliness. Each may
learn from the other some lessons.
trust. Of charity and good Will. and dis
cover what is excellent in other faiths
than his own. In behalf of my govern
ment and people I extend to the repre-
sentatives gathered in this great hall
the friendliness salutatiOns and to those
who have spoken L give my cordial
thanks
The next scene presents the bright
and interesting Prince Serge Wolkonsky
of Russia, who related, in his address. a
rather humorous legend of his country
as a gentle reprOOf or warning against
the .selfshness of any individual. com
munity, congregation, or church who
would presume to claim special rights
10 truth. But this we must pass by.
and close the scene. Not having even
included the forenoon session. we will
continue our next on the Introductory
scenes. And some of those passed by
i'm these may be heard from in their gen
eral addresses later on. However many
will have To be omitted entirely for want
of space. Yours for truth
MAUD MAPLE"
Danville, Ill, Dec. Z.