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THE CHRONICLE OF THE PARLIAMENT. I5I For all the creeds of men have come to praise, And kneel and worship at the great white throne Of God, the Father of us all, and raise The all-world's prayer to Him, the Great Alone. O, creeds, whate'er ye be ! The Truth shall make you free. And be ye old or new In the most holy name of God The New World welcomes you. Let Moses still be reverenced, and the name Of Buddha fill his worshipers with awe. Still let Mohammed from his people claim A sober life and conduct as before. Yet nought of outlook shall be sacrificed By which man doth his soul's horizon scan, For over all the creeds the face of Christ Glows with white glory on the face of man. And all the symbols human tears have stained, And every path of prayer man's feet have trod, Have nearer knowledge of the Father gained For back of soul and symbol standeth God In fullness of the time, P>om every creed and clime. The New World and the Old Pray in the age of Gold, In one vast host on bended knee The Old and New, in unity Of Truth's Eternal good To East and West forever given, Proclaim in sight of Heaven, In the most holy name of God, Immortal Brotherhood. Dr. F. A. Noble read a list of the hundred best books recommended by the Protestant Evangelical Committee; after which the proceedings of the Parliament were continued in the following order : The Baptists in History; by Rev. George C. Lorimer, D.D., of Boston. The Ultimate Religion; by Bishop John J. Keane, of Washington. Christ, the Unifier of Mankind; by Rev. George Dana BoARDMAN, of Philadelphia.