SECTION D RELIGIOUS WORK 



(Hall 1, September 24, 3 p. TO.) 



CHAIRMAN: THE RIGHT REV. THOMAS F. GAILOR, Memphis. 

 SPEAKERS : REV. FLOYD W. TOMKINS, Church of the Holy Trinity, Philadelphia. 

 REV. HENRY C. MABIE, Corresponding Secretary, American Baptist 

 Missionary Union, Boston. 



IN opening the proceedings of the Section of Religious Work, the 

 Right Rev. Thomas F. Gailor, Bishop of Tennessee, and chairman 

 of the section, introduced the speakers as follows: 



" Ladies and Gentlemen: The subject before us this afternoon is 

 ' Religious Work.' I think that it is most fitting that this Congress 

 of Arts and Science, which affords us an unprecedented oppor- 

 tunity to hear the views of eminent specialists on the intellectual 

 progress of the world, should include an estimate, on the broadest 

 lines, of that great, transcendent force which, more than any other, 

 has influenced and directed the course of our civilization. We are 

 to listen to two representatives of American Christianity who, in 

 separate spheres of work, have won a right to be heard on this 

 most important theme. 



" I have great pleasure in introducing to you the Rev. Floyd W. 

 Tomkins, D.D., rector of the Church of the Holy Trinity, Phila- 

 delphia, who will speak to us about the aims and methods of 

 Christian work, and the Rev. Dr. Mabie, of the Baptist Missionary 

 Board, Boston, who will discuss the claims of Christianity in rela- 

 tion to the other religions of the world." 



At the conclusion of the two addresses by Dr. Tomkins and 

 Dr. Mabie, Bishop Gailor closed the meeting with the following 

 remarks, viz.: 



" I am sure that I speak for this audience when I express our 

 profound appreciation of the very interesting and able papers 

 which have just been read. They illustrate the fundamental 

 unity of conviction and hope among Christian men. They have 

 lifted us out of the tangled jungle of difference and contention over 

 matters of less serious moment, and have directed our minds towards 

 the larger day, when we shall all work together for the realization 

 of the apostle's vision of the new man in Christ. For this is our 

 supreme assurance, which inspires us now to service and sacrifice, 

 and overshines all temporary discouragement, that human life 

 shall be consummated in the ever widening revelation of the Christ 

 ' that is to be; ' when we shall all have come into the unity of the 



