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I 36 HISTORY OF THE PARLIAMENT. it once ; I brought de ear and de off hind hoof togeder once, but I ' spec ' I never can do it again." [Laughter and applause.] " I am sorry," remarked Dr. Barrows, " that Col. Higgin- son has ended his beautiful address with a word of skepticism. I believe what has been done once can be done again." Christianity and the Social Question ; by Prof. Francis G. Peabody, of Harvard University. Religion and the Erring and Criminal Classes ; by the Rev. Anna Garland Spencer, of Providence, R. L The Relation of the Roman Catholic Church to the Poor and Destitute ; by Charles F. Donnelly, of Boston. Read by Bishop Keane, of Washington. The Women of India ; by Miss Jeanne Sorabji, of Bombay. Buddha ; by the Right Reverand Zitsuzen Ashitzu, of Japan. At the Afternoon Session the Chair was occupied by the Rev. Dr. Emil G. Hirsch. Islam and Social Conditions ; by Mohammed Alexander Russell Webb. Mr. Webb was received by the audience, on this occasion, with some slight expressions of applause. What Judaism Has Done for Women ; by Miss Henrietta SzoLD, of New York. Christianity as a Social Force ; by Prof. Richard T. Ely, of the School of Economics, Political Science and History in the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Individual Efforts at Reform not Sufficietit ; by Prof. C. R. Henderson, of the University of Chicago. AT the evening SESSION. Religion and labor ; by the Rev. James M. Cleary, of the Church of St. Charles Borrom.eo, Minneapolis. The Salvation Army ; by Brigadier General Fielding. This Evening Session will long be remembered by those present for the storm of rain that drove into the building until many were fain to protect themselves with umbrellas, and beat upon the roof with such a roar as sometimes to drown the voices of the speakers.