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Title: The World's Parliament of Religions : an illustrated and popular story of the World's First Parliament of Religions, held in Chicago in connection with the Columbian exposition of 1893
Year: 1893 (1890s)
Authors: Barrows, John Henry, 1847-1902
Subjects: World's Parliament of Religions, Chicago, 1893 Religions
Publisher: Chicago : Parliament Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: Princeton Theological Seminary Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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ratively common thing. The Parliamentof Religions is a new thing in the world. Most people, even those whoregarded the idea with pleasure, thought that it was an impossibility. Butit has been achieved. Here in this Hall of Columbus vast audiences haveassembled day after day, the members of which came from all churches andfrom all sects, and sometimes from no church at all. Here they sat side byside during long—-I had almost said weary hours; the hours would havebeen weary but for their enthusiasm. Here they sat side by side during thelong hours of the day listening to doctrines which they had been taught toregard with contempt, listening with respect, with sympathy, with an earnestdesire to learn something which would improve their own doctrines. And here on the platform have sat as brethren the representatives ofchurches and sects which, during bygone centuries, hated and cursed oneanother, and scarcely a word has fallen from any of us which could possibly H> > >> ?3 on
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162 HISTORY OF THE PARLIAMENT. give offense. If occasionally the old Adam did show itself, if occasionallysomething was said which had been better left unsaid, no harm was done.It only served to kindle into a flame of general and universal enthusiasmyour brotherly love. (Applause.) It seemed an impossibility, but here inChicago the impossible has been realized. You have shown that you do notbelieve in impossibilities. It could not have been realized but for 3ou. Itcould not have been realized without your sympathy and your enthusiasm. Citizens of Chicago, I congratulate you. If you show yourselves inother things as great as you have shown yourselves in regard to this Parlia-ment of Religions most assuredly the time will come when Chicago will bethe first city in America, the first city in the world. Rev. Jenkln Llovd-Jones and Rev. L. P. Mercer had chargeof the equally crowded session in the Hall of Washington,where the distinguished guests were presented by Dr. Barrowsin a body befor

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