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44 HISTORY OF THE PARLIAMENT. call ours, and of the continent Columbus discovered ; nay, better, of Him who would draw all men to Himself.

A World's Parliament of Religions in which only a few- were interested would be a misnomer ; therefore, the Chair- man endeavored to secure by personal letters the cooperation of many religious leaders all the world over. More than ten thousand letters and forty thousand documents were sent out,

and the list of Advisory Councilors finally reached beyond three thousand. Among the most earnest friends which the Parliament gained were leading Jewish scholars of England, Germany and America. The Rev. H. Adler, Chief Rabbi of the British Empire, suggested as a text for the Parliament the words of the Hebrew prophet, " Have we not all one Father ? Hath not one God created us ? "

It will furnish an idea of the work undertaken merely to glance at a selected list of some of the members of the Advis-