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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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? and the answer will be the most unanimous cheer that human-ity has ever raised. The Spanish writer, Emilio Castelar, says somewhere : Christianity, likelight, has many colors. We dont pretend to be broader than Christianity,but if Christianity is broad it is because every shadowing of the Christianrainbow teaches us that humanity, like light, has many colors, and, pardonme the joke in serious matters, in this country, you know, you have provedthat humanity had many colors. Yes. Christianity is broad because it teaches us to accept and not toexclude. If only all of us would remember this principle the ridiculous word,religion of the future, would disappear once and forever. Of course, aslong as you will consider that religion consists in forms of worshiping thatsecure to you your individual salvation, the greatest part of humanity willdeclare that forms are worn out and that we need a new religion of thefuture. But if you fill yourself with the idea that religion is the synthesis of
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