THE WORLD'S RESPONSE. 39
I am most heartily in sympathy with the plan of the Religious Congresses
in connection with the Columbian Exposition. It seems to me an admirable
scheme, certain, if wisely carried out, to attract wide attention, to make
happy and strong impressions on a multitude of minds, and to leave behind
it permanent good effects.
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Professor Thomas S. Hastings, D.D., of the Union Theolog- ical Seminary, New York, wrote of his earnest sympathy with the objects which the Committee had in view.
Bishop Edward G. Andrews of the Methodist Episcopal Church, New York, wrote :
A full exhibition of the religious institutions and forces under which modern society is having its notable development, cannot fail to be of great service to the Church and humanity.
Ex-President S. C. Bartlett, of Dartmouth College, wrote :
In my opinion this movement in connection with the Columbian Exposition, may, perhaps, become the most important and noteworthy aspect of the most noteworthy gathering of our generation.
