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 faithfully helped in many ways by the counsel of Rev. George Washburn, D.D., of Constantinople. Rev. Simeon E. Gilbert, D.D., of The Advance, was always active and effect- ive in his defense of the Parliament. The Rev. Dr. E. M. Wherry, of Chicago, for many years resident in India, kindly aided the Committee in its correspondence with representatives

of the various faiths prevailing in Hindustan, and with English journals in that country.

The Rev. J. S. Chandler, missionary of the American Board in Madura, South India, said :

In bringing together representatives of the different great religions, you will simply bring into a focus that which is taking place already on every mission field. We are continually comparing Christianity with Hinduism, and striving to find out wherein they agree as well as differ. The foremost Brahman member of the bar, here in Madura, recently said to me : " The time is fast approaching when the best religion must come to the front." So we are also always having conferences with the representatives of Islam;