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120 HISTORY OF THE PARLIAMENT. my well ; there can be nothing bigger than this ; this fellow is a liar, so turn him out." That has been the difficulty all the while. The proceedings of this crowded day concluded with an Evening Session, at which, by a coincidence unusual enough on our republican soil, the audience listened to discourses from men of the highest title and rank in their own countries. The Social Office of Religious Feeling; by Prince Serge WoLKONSKY, of Russia. The Buddhism of Siam; by His Royal Highness Prince Chandradat Chudhadharn, brother of the King of Siam. Read by Mr. William Pipe, and prefaced by a short introduc- tory by the Hon. Phra Suriya, Royal Siamese Commissioner to the World's Columbian Exposition. The Sixth Day. — Saturday, September i6. At the morning session of this very memorable dav the chair was taken by Chairman Barrows, and the moments of silent prayer were followed by the Lord's Prayer, said by Bishop Keane. No small feeling was aroused by a telegram from the Brahmo-Somaj, of Calcutta, sending its benediction and god- speed to the Parliament. There were resounding cheers from the audience, and expressions of grateful acknowledgment from some of the Hindus on the platform. Mr. Mozoomdar arose and said : " It delights my heart to see the spontaneous response to the message which my fellow-believers have sent this vast distance. I feel now, more than I have ever felt, that India and America are as one in the Spirit of the God of all nations." The speaker sat down overcome with emotion. The leading theme of the day was to be The Scriptures of the World, and the strongly representative character of some of the speakers and their contrasted views gave peculiar inter- est to the course of discussion. The Truthfulness of Holy Scripture; by Professor Charles A. Briggs, D.D., of New York. The Catholic Church and the Bible; by the Right Reverend Monsignor Seton, of Newark, N. J.