Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1860-04-13
From the Midalebury Register. I
REV. G. F. MUZZY'S LECTURE.

weather the attendance upon this lecture,
was large, on Wednesday evening last.
/ Mr.. Muzzy's subject was . The con
aectiOH Of the Literature Of ths HiRdoos
'Oi& their Religion, ia its bearings upon
The introduction Of The Gospel" |
Referring to the difficulty Of under
standing the literature Of a nation, and es-
pecially OF a whole community Of nations,
with a very intricate and difficult Ian
+guage, whose -Aourishing era extends
back into the dark ages of mythical an
tiquity, he remarked that tue connection /
oc England With India has been so long
and intimate that much valuable inlor-
nation had been obtained. Added TO
this were his own observations during a
residence OF about twenty years, in one
of its most classical regions.
The different branches of literature
and science were treated of separately.
Their Philosophy was systematized
and exerting an influence upon millions
of the Hindoos at or very soon after the
time of Joshua. The ancient Greeks and
Romans undoubtedly obtained their phi.
lo.ophy from India. The various sys-
TENS of Aristotle, Thales, Socrates, Pla-
to, Pythagoras, and Zeno, were shown
each TO have its prototype in the older
! systems of the Hindoos. After explain
p ing their ideas of the universe, of earth,
, Of man, or Of organized bodies, &c, the
{ lecturer showed the intimate connection
. of these with their religion. Concerning
e their ancient worship, it was remarked
: that the principal doctrine, and one that
e lies at the root Of almost every other, is
!. the unity Of the Deity. We find also
. far loftier and purer religion inculcaied
than any that has been promulgated in
A after times. Their all-prevailing BRAHM
they describe as "perfect truth perfect
= happiness; without equal immortal {;
"a absolute unity whom neither speech can
a describe, nor mind comprehend all pre-
vailing; all transcending delighted with
% his own boundess intelligence not limit
ed by space or time without feet, NOV
i ing swiftly; without hands, grasping all
/ worlds; without eyes, all-surveying
without ears, all-hearing without an in
: telli5ent guide, understanding all things
= without cause, the first of all causes all
4 ruling; all-powerful the creator, pre-.
server and transformer Of all things
! such is the great One" This is th,
opinion Hindoos formed Of Deity in the
days of Moses and Joshua. How prom
ineut in primitive times, was simplicity
Of character. But in after times the liz
i erature of the Puranas, the Sutras, til,
Vedantists, and host Of others intro
40 duced sad changes into that ancient wor
ship. These changes continued unit
~ their pantheon, instead Of one, contain
co three hundred and thirty-lhree million
he of gods. The main tendency and efFrc
Ie of this modern panlheistic philosophy
a to render the mind confused, skeptca
of and di>sipated hard and insineere. ID
ed you not see, SIT" said an intelligent Hin
ed doc, ''that if the whole universeis Brahm
. as our Vedas say il is, there can be n
70 moral actions iG men, no distinction {
right ard Wrong! The actor within the'
=, is not their own will or desire, it is Bral
N ma acting through their particular Of
.ce ganization. Therefore every action mu
no be good and good only"
The science OF Astronomy was show
to have been carried TO a great degree
perfection at a very early date. Some
their tables we're said to have been col
structed more than fifteen hundred yea
before Christ. Eelipses were calculate
the length OF the days, &c, fixed at abo
1900 B. c. The eonjunctions Of q
Sun with Jupiter, Saturn, &c, were MAJ
the starting points OF their calculation
=" The year Of Hindoo creation, being q
beginning Of their arst astronomical pei
cd, called hysta Yaga, corresponds e
:. aclly to the year Of The Mosaic foe
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