266 AT тья HOME AND ABROAD. PAPERS AND ADDRESSES PRESENTED AT THE WORLD'S CONGRESS OF MISSIONS CALC OCTOBER 2-4, 1893. COMPILED BY REV. E. M. WHERRY, D D., CORRESPONDING SECRETARY WORLD'S CONGRESS OF MISSIONS. AMERICAN TRACT SOCIETY, Gift Tappan Presb. Ass. 2-23-1932 PREFACE. THE World's Columbian Exposition of 1893 was distinguished above all other similar Expositions not so much by its magnitude as by its Congress Auxiliary. Instead of merely calling the attention of the world to the many evidences of its vast material progress, the World's Congress Auxiliary gave emphasis to the intellectual, moral, and religious advancement of the human race. The Exposition was not merely a thing which could be seen, but a living organism speaking in all the languages of earth. In his opening address, C. C. Bonney, Esq., President of the World's Congresses, said: "The nineteenth century, richer in manifold wonders than any which has preceded it in the august procession of the ages, crowns its great achievements by establishing in the world the sublime idea of a Universal Fraternity of Learning and Virtue. This idea, long cherished by the illuminati of every clime, descends at last from the luminous mountains of thought to the fertile fields of action, and enters upon the conquest of the world. The New Age has dawned. A new leader has taken command. The name of this leader is Peace. Henceforth, excepting only the names by which the Prince of Peace is invoked, the mightiest word in all |
