Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-08-23
MIS- GGIIAN Z.
THE coFFEE-nousE OF sURAT
ANoRIkNrAL Apologize.
E.a,r SJ,,I;sa az Nature In A 10 ~ ptsrrs

I In the city of 3urai, there Was eufse-bous.,
Z 10 winch persons of various countries resor.
1 ted. One day Persian seider, or doctor OF the
Ian, entered the room.-fhis man had en-.
/ plpyed his whule lite IN Theological discussions,
! aud yet believed no longer IN the existence OF
+ a Deity. What is God I sad he whence
does he come trom whom does he derive
has origin lin what pari of the universe
does be exsty II no were a corporal being,
we should SEE iiim ia spiritual eAstepce, lac
would be intelligent and Just, and woulh not
| permit his rational creatures TO be unhappy.
/ ! for instance, after having OPen 81 much de-
voted 10 his service should have been the
/ High Prles al lspshan instead of beng com.
| PEELED 10 abandon Persia, altet having endeH-
soted TO enlighlnnamy cunntfymen; II is esi-
! dent then fhere is M Sod Thus Was the due
tor bew ildersd 10y his own ambition. By per
! peuaiiy reasoning on tue hrst Cause of all
things, he had n last. actually losi his under
standing insom0ch that he took ilnto his head,
! thai II WAS ndt ais own reason OF which he was
deprived, bat thai the Intelligence 10y which
the universe was governed no Hunger exist
ed.
The doctor had n slave,a Callre, almost max.
ed, whom he left At the door oi the collef mouse.
/ lie himself sat down on soii, aud took cup
OF opium. When his poiIan had begun 10
operate On has brain, he mus addressed his
slave, who was sitting on n stOue III the sun
shine, aud busy in driving away the ilies thai
tormented him. Thou wretched uesfo, dosi
thou believe there Is God ? VINO can douOi
II ! answered thu slave and instantly taking
II LITTLE wooden monkey from tbs ragged piece
OF cotton that covered his waist here, sad
he, IS tie tod who has projected me ever
since | WINS born. II IL made OF branch OF
the fetch tree that grows IN my country.
The company in the eoiee.foOm were not less
asionislied at tue answer Of the slave, than nj
the question ofthe uastrr. lhaupoor IDIOT
said Bramln, siraggIns his shoulders : VIVA
dost thou carry thy God IA tiny gu1le Know,
that there is 10 other God than Btainn, who
crea tel tue world, aud whose rnplrs are Oh
the banks nf the Gauges. Tue bfamins onls
me has priests, aud II is by his particular pro-.
| lection that they hive been preserved onr
hundred aud twenty thousand atsamd all the
revolutions OF ind!a. Here he va interrupted by
Il Jewish conr'ief, who asked--'How can The
! BfamIns believe that God has M temples but ~
! India aud that he cGbt, for Their caste only
| There is no other God ihan the God vi Abra-
ham, aud he IA no people uat HE peoFleol lsra /.
HE sill preserves them, although dispersed over
! the whole earth, and he viii conttnhe To preserve
them ill tue happy period when he Is TO fts'oie
| Jerusalem 10 them, give them DOMINION over all
nations, and re-eslSblish their temple, once ihe
wonder of the world. In utterl0g these words
| the lsTAellte shed sume tears. lie WAS pro-
| ceedine, when an ltalisn,i blue robe, angrily
said You give n very injurious representa-
ton Of God, Ia asserting Ihnt The isrh.laes only
are the obi cts of hislavor. lie rejected them
seventeen hundred years ago, winch is ssideni
| from their Dispersion. He now invites al
men into the pale Of the Church Of kpme, ont
OF which there is no salvation. A Protestant
Minister, of the DANISH Mission III iranqhe0ar
changing cunntenRnce, here Addressed the
Catholic Pnyst: How can you TINS ek.
ciude all ftun salvation but the members 81
your idolauons COMMUNION Learn, TIM
none can be saved, but those who, as the DIS
cIples OF Jesus, and IN conformity 10 ms Cos
pei, worship tod IN spiIil and IA truth hen
n Turk, Cuslem.Hoase officer NJ Sulat who
was smoking his ppc, said 10 he Two Christians.
| with = grave couutenancp,--' Fathers, why do
! YOU coDfne the knowedgn OF oiod Ia your
| churches The law of Jesus has been ado
ished ever since the divine mission OF Mahouiei.
the Co,nfouer, iJretold NY that very jesus, ~
the word of Cod Your religion exrss Inn fe"
Kingdoms only ours has been erected on IL
runs IN the finest countries OF Europe, AiTIch,
! ASIA. and the Isles. IL is nov seated On The
throne of the great MDgnI mud has penetrated
even into China, that country OF knowedRr. -
| You perceige yourselves lhe Iepl oba,Ion OF the
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mission oil the prophet 10 his victories. None
can he saved but the friends oi MahOmei Bnd
Omar, for as 80 he disciples Of Al, thy are
| inhdels.' Al .hese wordi. tue Seder, who was
"A native OF L efsla, where the people are uni.
VeTshlIy ofthe sect of Ali, al cied 10 smile.
| But this theological conversation, among per
suus OF such aIttereut natl0ns aud religious
! produced great quarrel Tor, besides those
already mentioned, there nere AbyssinIhn
! Christians, I0phis, Arabian IsunAeints, lar
| tartan Lamhs, and Gdebres, Ut woishppers OF
i FIVE. these were all dispuilng On the nature
ol God andl worship due 10 hun, each insist.
ing, that the only true religion wa mat OF his
/ own country.
/ In the coffee house, was learned Chinese,
asiisciple oi ConluCius, "ho VAS travelling
tor the acquisition ot knowledge. lie SAT,
drinking tea in a corner OF the Ioom, attending
in silence 10 The dispute. he Turkish CUSTOM
house officer, accostng this Chinese with great
yehenence said. Ny good silent Chinese, you
know that many religions have found lheIr way
into China. Inc merchants oi your county,
vino have had occasion fot my services, have
IN fact told me 50, IN assuring me, that OF ali
/ these religions that oi AHnoi0rt Is the beat. BE
as Ingenious aud AS Just az they have been.
! What Is your opinion oil God aud the reIg ,o0
OF our prophet = There Vas now an uniyer-
| sal silence The disciple OF Gsnfncius conceal
ing his hands ia his long sleeves, aud placing
them crosswIse On his breast, paused i0i Sour
moments, aud then addressed the company ~
q add and deliberate voice Geullenrn, II
J you permit me To speak nay opin'oa van frank
ness, must observe tina, ambi ION IS univer-
sally the cause Of the disag eemenis among
| manAiud. viii relate an instance OF this,
which IS sfIii fresh IL my memory. When !
lei, China, Vent on bonrd an Epgli.lf ship,
which had been round the world. In our
| voyage to this place, We came To anchor
on the eastern coast Of SnmaIra. AT noon,
having landed With many Of the crew, we sal
down under some cocoa trees, bets cen n small
village aud the sea shore. Under the shade OF
the trees, many persons Of different countries,