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24 Springfield, Bishop Whitaker of Pennsylvania, Bishop Whipple of Minnesota, Bishop Sullivan of Algoma, Bishop Tuttle of Missouri, Bishop Gillespie of Grand Rapids, Bishop Hare of South Dakota, Bishop Burgess of Quincy, Bishop Perry of Iowa, Bishop Paret of Maryland, Bishop Nicholson of Milwaukee, and Bishop Johnston of Western Texas, accepted

RT. REV. THOMAS MARCH CLARK.

positions on the Advisory Council, and wrote in cordial commendation of the Parliament. Bishop Whitaker said: "I am in hearty sympathy with the ends which you propose." Bishop Whitehead of Pittsburg, wrote:

In my judgment no Christian believer should hesitate one moment to make the presentation of the Religion of Jesus Christ grand and impressive, so that it may make itself felt powerfully in the comparison of religions. As on the day of Pentecost, here will be men from every nation under heaven, and here is the greatest opportunity men have ever had to hear of the wonderful work of God, the Incarnation of his Son. Who can tell but