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 THE CHRONICLE OF THE PARLIAMENT. 143 fessor Thomas O'Gorman, of the Catholic University of America, Washington, D. C. Whaf Religion has Wrought for America; by the Rev. Dr. David James Burrell, of New York. EVENING SESSION. The Present Religious Condition of America; by the Rev. Dr. H. K. Carroll, of New York. The Invincible Gospel; by the Rev. George F. Pentecost, of London. The argument of this paper was the ultimate triumph of Christianity as assured by its essential superiority to all other religions. Certain impromptu remarks interjected between the lines of the paper drew forth a reply on the following day. He was reported by the press as saying : Some of the Brahmans of India have been here and have dared to make an attack upon Christianity. They take the slums of New York and Chicago and ask us why we do not cure ourselves. They take what is out- side the pale of Christianity and judge Christianity by it. Proceeding then to attack the religious systems of India on the point of morality, he alleged that among the followers of Brahmanism there were thousands of temples in which there were hundreds of priestesses who were known as immoral and profligate. They were prostitutes because they were priestesses, and priestesses because they were prostitutes. The mention of this incident is necessary to the under- standing of the reply which followed it at a later hour. The incident was of value as giving the general Christian public the opportunity of hearing, at first hand, from the lips of a native of India, the defense which Hinduism has to make against a reproach universally circulated and believed. The willingness of the assembly to hear patiently and judge fairly was unmistakably expressed. The Fifteenth Day. — Monday, September 25. The Lord's Prayer was repeated by the Rev. Gilbert Reed, of China.