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Show 6t Chicago and the Peace Congress lx‘iiv. JICNKIN LLovn joy hllw Mmlv "‘t‘mi As I read the history of Chicago, three points in it at least rise into the light of universality and glow with the radiance of a brotherhood more profound than that achieved by commerce or represented by the figures of trade. Three times in Ils history at last, Chicago has :igualed the bards and the 5:1. es, the poets and the prophets of he race. quickened their hearts, justified their hopes, vindicated their claim to the nobility of humanity and its divine gravitation towards goodness and peace and beauty. ()ne of these points was when. nearly thirtyvseven years ago, Chicago, prostrate in its ashes. allowed the race to demonstrate its humanity and gave a sublime opportunity to prove the brother- hood of man. The second point was when. sixteen years ago. Chicago gave humanity a chance to speak its brotherhood in terms of universal faith and trust and hope that encircled the globe; w heu, to its own surprise and the disappointment of the bigots and the doubtful the world over, it gave a chance for the noblest of the race to accent" e their faith. in terms that all could understand and endorse in the great l'arlianieut of Religion. The third and best point in the history of Chicago. as I see it. is at this time and hour, when once more it calls upon the noble of all the world to come here and help organize the brotherhoml. for~ mulate it in law and embody it in *‘ttttt't‘t'hft. I know no other point in the l1i>ifli‘_\' of Chicago vvtrtlty to stand with these three great challenges to the worl l. unless it be that one other point, fortyaiiue years ago nearly, when. impelled by a divine potency and a holy spirit of the times. it selected one of iI> own children, the son of the prair' to that great high mission for freedom and for progress For it was here that the greatest .\merican. the noblest of presidents. the great Abraham Lincoln, was discovered and given to the world. It is then with no trifling spirit, it is then with no passing: curiosity. and it is then with no bumptious spirit of inflation and display that Chicago bids you lovers of peace and friends of humanity welcome here tonight. It is as to a holy communion service at the unlimited table of humanity, which is also the table of God, that we invite you to partake of this bread and wine, not material, that feeds and nourishes the nation and advances the kingdom of heaven. It is true that we work for deep waterways; it is true that we have dreamed of the lakes-to-tlte-gulf method of transmit- ting our wheat and our grain. Tonight it is also true that we have at heart a deeper waterway that will bear the good will of the nation. and on its holy tide wash away those most grievous impediments to the progress of the race, the devil engiuery of death that sails our seas, and the dark. ominous nienaces of life in which we glory with parade and pomp, with bunting and with drum. ()n behalf of the I‘:XL‘L‘111l\'U Committee, as its chairman, I am asked to turn over into your hands, you delegates from all parts of this country and front beyond the sea, and you citizens of Chicago who are as yet simply waiting to see what we could do and what we might offer, on behalf of the committee I submit to you tonight this program which invites your attention during the next three days, Monday. Tuesday and \\'eduesday. In this hall, in the adjoining Music Hall. in the Fine Arts building, in the rooms of the \Vomen's Club and the halls of the University of Chicago. these meetings will be held three times a day, and on Monday and Tuesday w'euings in two different halls. You are invited to come into this fellowship, the fellowship that successfully defies, over- looks and absorbs all of the Itlflilg'titllrlns of race and sect, of creed and caste, of social rank. I know of no other platform, I know of no other cause whose appeal is more universal or whose claim is more binding on all classes and conditions than this cause of peace. In tiis cause and on this program millionaire and hod- l carrier are alike interested and represented; Catholic and Jew and (ientile, ['rotestaut, believer and heretic, children of the East and children of the \Vest. all are alike interested in this most urgent and llUI)l't',‘>i.\'C demand: the demand that we quit the kill- illgl)l1$fflt‘~s, the demand that we eliminate the barbarian. If you would trace the ancestry of war, don't lay the burden on Brother Adam, my friends. (Laughton) You must go farther down. farther back than the lU\\'t':xt and meanest man You must find it in fllt' lair of the lion. in the trail of the tiger. |