The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda/Volume 3/Reports in American Newspapers/An Interesting Lecture
AN INTERESTING LECTURE
(Wisconsin State Journal, November 21, 1893)
The lecture at the Congregational Church [Madison] last night by the
celebrated Hindoo monk, Vivekananda, was an extremely interesting one, and
contained much of sound philosophy and good religion. Pagan though he be,
Christianity may well follow many of his teachings. His creed is as wide as
the universe, taking in all religions, and accepting truth wherever it may
be found. Bigotry and superstition and idle ceremony, he declared, have no
place in "the religions of India".