G08 PARLIAMENT OP RELIGIONS. 



PENNSYLVANIA. 



Episcopal Church. The papers of the fourth day 

 concerned the views held of man in different relig- 

 ious systems, and the provision made in his behalf. 

 They included: "The Needs of Humanity, and what 

 the Catholic Church does in their Behalf," by Cardi- 

 nal Gibbons; "Eehgion essentially characteristic of 

 Humanity," by the Rev. Lyman Abbott, D. D.; 

 " The Divine Basis of the Co-operation of Men and 

 Women," by Mrs. Lydia H. Dickinson: "Religious 

 Intent," by the Rev. E. L. Rexford, D. D.; "The 

 Spiritual Forces in Human Progress," by the Rev. 

 E. E. Hale, D. D. : " Orthodox Judaism, its Attitude 

 and Relation to the Past, and its Future," by Rabbi 

 H. Pereira Mendes ; " The Certainties of Religion," by 

 the Rev. Joseph Cook, D D. ; and " A History of Bud- 

 dhism and its Sects in Japan," by Horin loki. On 



the Rev. G. S. Goodspeed ; " Comparative Theology," 

 by Prof. T. B. Thiele ; " The Points of Contact and 

 Contrast between Christianity and Mohammedanism," 

 by the Rev. George Washburn, D. D. ; " The New 

 Religion," by Mrs. Ormiston-Chant ; "Confucian- 

 ism," by Kung Ilsien Ho ; " Comparative Study of 

 the World's Religions," by Mgr. C. d'Harlez ; " Truth- 

 fulness of Holy Scripture," by the Rev. C. A. Briggs, 

 D. D. ; " The Catholic Church and the Scriptures," 

 by the Rt. Rev. Mgr. Seton; "The Greatness and 

 Influence of Moses;' by Rabbi G. Gottheil; "The 

 Need of a Wider Conception of Revelation," by Prof. 

 J. Estlin Carpenter: "Christianity as Interpreted by 

 Literature," by the Rev. T. T. Munger, D. D.; 

 " Study of the Sacred Books of the World as Litera- 

 ture," by Prof. M. S. Terry, D.D.;-" Influence of the 

 Hebrew Scriptures." by Dr. A. Kohut; "Character 

 and Degree of the Inspiration of the Christian Scrip- 

 turesj" by the Rev. Frank Sewall ; " The Outlook of 

 Judaism^" by Miss Josephine Lazarus ; " Jewish 

 Contributions to Civilization," by Prof. D. C. Lyon; 

 " Relations of the Catholic Church to the Bible," by 

 Archbishop Ireland; "The Divine Element in the 

 \VVekly Restj" by the Rev. A. H. Lewis, D.'D.; "So- 

 cial Reform m India." by B. Nazaskar; "The Cath- 

 olic Church and the Marriage Bond," by Prof. M. J. 

 Wade; " The Influence of Religion on Woman," by 

 the Rev. A. F. Eastman; " The Religious Training of 

 Children," by Brother Azarias (deceased after pre- 

 paring the paper) ; " The Sympathy of Religions," 

 by T. W. Higginson ; " The Historic Church," by 

 Bishop Dudley, of Kentucky; "A New Testament 

 Woman," by the Rev. M. A. Murdock ; " The Law 

 of Cause and Effect as taught by Buddha," by Shaku 

 Soyen ; " Christianity a Historic Religion," by Prof. 

 G. P. Fisher ; " Christ the Reason of the Universe," 

 by the Rev. J. W. Lee ; " The Incarnation Idea in 

 History and in Jesus Christ," by Bishop J. J. 

 Keane ; " The Incarnation of God in Christ, by the 

 Rev. J. K. Smyth; "The World's Debt to Bud- 

 dha," by H. Dliarmapala, of Ceylon; "Toleration," 

 by Prof. Minas Tcheraz and H. M. Field, D. D.; 

 " The Greek Philosophy and the Christian Religion," 

 by Prof. Max Miiller ; " Man's Place in Nature," by 

 Prof. A. B. Bruce; "The Religion of Science," by 

 Sir William Dawson ; " Music, Emotion, and Morals," 

 by H. R. Harweis, D. D.; "Hinduism," by Swami 

 V ivekanauda ; " The History and Prospects of Ex- 

 ploration in Bible Lands," by Dr. G. E. Post; " Chris- 

 tian Evangelism," by James Brand, D. D. ; " Islam," 

 by Mohammed A. R. Webb ; " Christ, the Saviour of 

 the World," by the Rev. B. Fay Mills; "Reconcilia- 

 tion with God Vital and not Vicarious," by Rev. 

 T. F. Wright; "The Essential Oneness of Ethical 

 Ideas among all Men," by the Rev. Ida C. Huttin; 

 "Religion and Music," by Prof. W. S. Pratt; "The 

 Relation between Religion and Conduct," by Prof. 

 C. H. Toy ; " Christianity in Japan," by Harrischi 

 Kozaki ; " Religion in Pekiu " (China), by Prof. I. 

 T. Headland ; " The Relations of the Roman Cath- 

 olic Church to the Poor and Destitute," by C. F. 

 Donelly ; " Religion and the Erring and Criminal 

 Classes," by the Rev. Anna G. Spencer; " Christiani- 



ty and the Social Question," by Prof. F. G. Peabody ; 

 " The Women of India," by Miss J. Serabji ; 

 "Buddha," by Zitzusa Astutan; "The Influence of 



D,. i. .cay : w nau lias uuuuism aone lor w omens " 

 by Miss H. Szold ; " United Action needed to ac- 

 complish Social Reforms," by Prof. C. R. Henderson ; 

 " Religion and Labor," by the Rev. J. M. Cleary ; 

 " The Churches and City Problems," by Prof. A. W. 

 Small; "The World's Religious Debt to Asia," by 

 P. C. Mozoomdar ; " Religion and Wealth," by the 

 Rev. Washington Gladden, D. D. ; " What the Bible 

 has wrought," by the Rev. Joseph Cook, D. D. ; 

 " Crime and its Remedy," by the Rev. Olympia 

 Brown ; " Christian Science," by Judge J. T. Ilanua ; 

 " The Religion of the North American Indians," by 

 Miss Alice C. Fletcher : " Religion in the Hawaiian 

 Islands," by the Rev. E. P. Baker ; " Missions," by 

 H. Dharmapala, the Rev. G. T. Candlin, Mr. Norase- 

 machanya, the Rev. R. A. Hume, Dr. George E. Post, 

 and Dr. Ilawarth ; " The Religion of the Future," by 

 Bishop J. J. Keaue ; " Christ, the Unifier of Mankind," 

 by the Rev. G. D. Boardman, D. D .; " The Future of 

 Religion," by M. M. Snell ; " The Religion of Science," 

 by Dr. Paul Carus ; besides several papers bearing on 

 the present religious condition of America and other 

 countries, the present outlook of religion, the reunion 

 of Christendom, the attitude of Christianity toward 

 other religions, and the universal elements in religion. 



Several of the papers were read in the absence 

 of their authors. The following formula was 

 adopted as a possible basis for universal relig- 

 ious co-operation : " Recognizing all humanity 

 as one family, we welcome light from every 

 source, and earnestly desire to grow in knowl- 

 edge of truth and the spirit of love, and to 

 manifest such growth by helpful service." Be- 

 sides the genera] sessions, 48 special denomina- 

 tional congresses were held in connection with 

 the parliament. 



PENNSYLVANIA, a Middle State, one of 

 the original thirteen, ratified the Constitution 

 Dec. 12, 1787; area, 45,215 square miles; popu- 

 lation, according to the census of 1890, 5,258,014. 

 Capital, Harrisburg. 



Government. The following were the State 

 officers during the year: Governor, Robert E. 

 Pattison, Democrat ; Lieutenant-Governor, Louis 

 A. Watres, Republican ; Secretary of the Com- 

 monwealth, William P. Harrity, Democrat ; 

 Treasurer, John W. Morrison ; Auditor, Gen. D. 

 McM. Gregg. Republican ; Attorney-General, 

 William U. Hensel, Democrat ; Adjutant-Gen- 

 eral, Walter W. Greenland, Democrat : Secretary 

 of Internal Affairs, Thomas J. Stewart, Repub- 

 lican ; Superintendent of Public Instruction, D. 

 J. Waller, Jr., till April, when his term expired 

 and he was succeeded by Nathan C. Schaeffer ; 

 Insurance Commissioner, George B. Luper. Dem- 

 ocrat ; Superintendent of Banking, Charles 

 Krumbhaar, Democrat ; Secretary of Agricul- 

 ture, Thomas J. Edge, Republican ; Chief Jus- 

 tice of the Supreme Court, Edward M. Paxson, 

 who resigned in February to take the receiver- 

 ship of the Reading Railroad ; Associate Jus- 

 tices, James P. Sterrett, Henry Green, Henry W. 

 Williams, James T. Mitchell, J. B. McCollum, 

 and John Dean, all Republicans except Justice 

 McCollum. 



Finances. The public debt at the close of 

 the fiscal year ending Nov. 30, 1893, was $8,288,- 

 061.28. The bonds and cash in the sinking 

 fund aggregated $5,883,064.01, which practical- 



