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gratefully bowling his acknowledge
mcntS.
There were other picturesque and
memorable features of the same day
An address of Kinza Ringe Harai, u
Janapese Buddhist, at the afternoon
session was received with yOciferous
expressions of enthusiasm. His sub
ject was THE Real Position of Japan
Toward Christianity and as he point
ed out the wrong; his countrylnen had
suffered through the practices of false
Christianity the audience applauded
heartily and cries of Shame. Shame"'
rang through the hall His words were
a singing rebuke to Christians who had
sent their missionaries to Japan, but
who in the same moment at home We're
excluding the Japanese from Ameri-
cam shores. When the eloquent Bud
dhist had finished, the audience cheered
/ and waved hats and handkerchiefS; DR.
Barrows grasped his hand warmly and
Jenkin Lloyd Jones, the prominent
! Unitarian divine, threw his arm around
kinZa Harai's neck.
! A similarly enthusiastic scene occur
red when DR.. Barrows had concluded
the reading Of a paper on Good Will
and Peace Among Men" by Rt. Rev.
! Shibata Reiichi, president of the Jikko
sect of Shintoism in Japan. Men fairly
rushed from the audience to the stage
! to personally congratulate the ShintO
bishop. Equally enthusiastic women
were trCGted to an agreeable surprise.
When several surrounded him to grasp
him the bishop put his arms abo 1t their
necks and kissed them on the cheek.
The audience applauded and cheered
this happy, unique custom of Shinto-
ism.
Buddhism was unusually well repre-
scented in the parliament of religions,
not only by it's Japanese representa-
tive but also by III. Dharmapala, the
learned Buddhist from CeylOn. 1t
took portions of two sessions for him
to read an able paper on The
Worlds Debt to Buddha.' While
speaking, Dharmapala had by his side
small stone figure Of Buddha, which
he said was 1900 years old. Human
brotherhood" declared Dharmapala,
forms the fundamental teaching Of
Buddha- UNIVERSAL love and sympath thy
with all mankind and animal life
Mohammedanism was elucidated and
defended by Mohammed Alexander
Webb, the American disciple of Islam.
For two days Mohammed Webb was
the central figure of the parliament,
his bright rcd fez making his person
ality prominent. His defense of poly
gamy under certain conditions was the
sensation of the first day he appeared,
and the stormy disapproval with which
it was received will be readily recalled.
In his second paper the Mohammedan-
lied American declared that the Koran
in no wise sanctioned polygamy, Il
statement that was clearly proved false
the following day by DR.. George f.
Post, of Syria. Dr. Post read without
comment passage after passage from
the Koran, every one of which sane
toned the practice of polygamy. This
silent but powerful rebuke probably
killed in their infancy any seeds Of
Islam that its aggressive disciple had
sown in Chicago. History will no
doubt write Mohammed Webb down as
the oriental meteor of the parliament Of
religions.
Another disciple of Mohammed at the
congress was Herant NJ. \iretchjian,
of Constan tinople The following ad-
ditional representatives Of Oriental re-
ligions also participated: Prof. KoSaki,
of Doshiasha college, Japan, who spoke
on "Christianity in Japan; Rev. A.
Marderos Ignados, Of Smyrna, on
Professionalism in Turkey; Prof. Isaac
I. Headland, professor in Picking uni
versity, on Religion in Peking''; Swan
Vivekananda, a learned monk of Bonn
bay, India, Oh Hinduism as Religion;
IIung Hsien Ho, of Shanghai, who
contributed a prize essay On "Confu-
cianism''; J. A. S. Grant Bey.), of
Cairo, Egypt, on THE Ancient Egypt
ian Religion; B. Nagarkar, on The
Work of Social Reform in India; Miss
Jeanne Serabji, Of Bombay, on ''The
Women of India"
| A silent, patriarchal figure Of the
parliament was Christopher Jebara, the
Archimandrite Of the Apostolic and
| Patriarchal throne Of the orthodox
church in Syria and the whole east.
He was always bareheaded and wore
his hair in flowing curly locks which
reached half way down his back.
".
American missions in foreign lands
were discussed in the parliament Of re-
kgions by several of the most prominent
oriental scholars. At their hands Om
! foreign missionary methods were dis
sspcted and criticised Dharmapala.
the Ceylon Buddhist, used plain,
straightforward words. Said he:
The program that has been con-
strueTed. the platform you have built
UP must be entirely reconstructed If
Christianity is to make progress in the
east You must send men full of un-
selfishness. The conditions Of our coun-
try are different from those of yours.
Your great slaughter house here Is a
shame and a curse to civilization and
we do not want any such Christianity
in Ceylon, in Burmah, in Japan or in
China I tell you, if you want to make
! Christianity an influence in the east
you must send there men of gentle
ness, lowliness, meekness and tolerance.
The missionary is intolerant; he is sell
fish,
A learned Brahman, of Madras, Mar
asemachanya, spoke on the same sub
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