| Show A WORLDS parliament OF RELIGIONS THE term ecumenical is usually applied to roman catholic councils at which the various nations of the earth are represented inasmuch as representation sen tation to is confined to that sect alone the word is a misnomer both from a theological and etymological view it means literally the inhabited globe and the parliament of religions to be held next year in chicago realizes the full and real import of the word the scheme involved in the chicago project contemplates the bringing together in one common assembly representatives of all the religions of the earth the official nomenclature of this con congress grese to is said to be A worlds parliament of religions lons t in this assembly the representatives of each religion will be given full liberty to set forth the doctrines principles and cardinal truths of their belief they can even go further and show how far humanity has been or will be benefited by their theology but controversy tro versy and criticism are sternly to be prohibited praise commend eulogize your own religion as much as you please but not a word of censure reprobation io ro or rebuke for others the idea to Is in truth grand poetic sublime phillips brooks says it appeals to the imagination to the reason and to our best desires for humanity to bring together in a large council the representatives of all the rell religions gions of the world so far as that can be done clone is at once an acknowledgment of the reality of the religious impulse wherever it has shown itself and of the universal guidance action and love of GA exl 11 another distinguished writer says it would never have been possible until the presen and it now marks a distinct epoch in the evolution of tw race the report of the general committee appointed for the purpose of bringing about the religious cuti conference ference has ha just been issued it is signed by dr john henry add addressed ress to charles C bonney president of the worlds auxiliary COD congress gress responses have been obtain obtained jed from representative men in various parts of the world favoring the scheme the state church of england and nearly all the dissenting sects have been spoken for president washburn of robert college constantinople has volunteered to act as oriental agent of the e committee ee and to procure the re presentation of ff the eastern christians and edans the p resident president of the imperial jaw school at tokio japan has baa ben been heard beard grom from and says saya that buddhism will be represented the address of invitation will be printed and published in the various languages of the occident and a fid orient though it is understood that the proceedings of the ecumenical parliament will be conducted in english this may prove antagonistic to obtaining toe the most accurate conceptions of the religions outside the non english speaking sects but the general com mit dittoe to which is annexed an advisory council will see that everything is done for the best the latter includes lord tennyson sir edwin arnold doctors carpen tr and fairbairn of oxford university lord egerton mr stead and prof drummond all of england in this council the two distinguished jewish doctors rabbi maybaum and prof lazarus of berlin are included ameer all AH a moslem asiatic judge is also a X member italy switzerland and other countries are already represented the american advisers are lyman abbott prof fisher of yale fiske of harvard bishops janssens and ryan of the catholic church park of andover and a dozen others the general committee is not dot an unwieldy body it is select and will perform all the executive work but will consider the suggestions and counsels of all members of the advisory body his IP is composed of one representative from each of the leading religions rabbi hirch and bishop feegan both of chicago represent the jewish and catholic churches in the committee dr barrows the chairman is we believe an episcopalian and a man of great learning and broad news generally y altogether this project promises to be a highly interesting feature of the great fair |
