, 1869-03-14

0s straed neS'f i'm II 1os5sn3n of IN: .Ms
heaten. NIrvdna lis 5ndeed III: \ rid al, In
aatta blisa !; but: IL pablo >U ensrixiug the
Eofnite, II calls It. noshtnEs' HtFFen, being
The irnm ccisahIe 3ndaite, IS equivalent to
p1Ee neaHtion. Natnfe, - the budahist: in-
Is The, Brahmnn- rieHa ~, y mrisa2ed as =
ne1us Of law., which reHal1 and; PUNISH In
partially both ohsdshe aud dsohedkncc. |
;. Tho syrsem OF Csufuctns Aaa nauy mertE,
IN, it, lphuencer oH society. The
most conservative o. "a a1;,a saG siso
esencc for slt that " It Is not pesrlczed BY
auy te4x or hnpe Of change; the thing which
hss been Is 1hAs shien soa,l be- and the
yuy idea Of progress S eliminated from the
..noaeht ef eh,aa, s,a..,. Safety @ ssg9:s' Psass,
flszs phys.cl t. &C eo1.aE 1isa eirssiy iltaa1
h @ the % = celeytiil Enplre. Tha
virtue 20 much exploded N Western civlisa::
tlon, Of respect for parents, remato In full !
tho father Of his people; aneestors are
vor&hipped n every nuitv. snd the best re.
ward offered Tor good do:lou is patent Of /.
nobility which does not reach forward 70 +
ones children; but backward to oue'a !
pa1snts- Thia Is the bright sida of Chinese
lfei the dark dde b tho fearfel ennui, the
moral deatn+ which falls on people among
whom there are no auch things as hope, cx-
pectAsioo, or the sense Of progress. Hcncs.
the habit Of suiclde among this people, srdl-
Chinese drama}therr arr two Of thre suicides. |
4 soldier will commit suicide rather thsn. 20 |
Into battle. If 3ou .displezse Chinamin, I
he will resent the offence BY kil1drg himself |
on your docr step, hoping thus to GRE you
come fnconreu1eee. Sucn sre The merits and |
Tbs doctrine Of XoroA1ter and Of the Zeod-
Avesta Is Itr nobler- It's central Thought Is |
thai each man h SOLDIER, bound 10 bat
tie for good aRainst eril- The world, 1t The |
present. Ling, L ne seene Of : great varssc
peas., Every mau who thinks purely, spesks
purely, u servant Of Ormusd, the King of
Light, and sheseby helps on his course. rte
result Of this doctrine Was that wonderful
Pelsl21 empirt, which A1tonI1hed the world
| for centuries hy its brilliant successes, and
the yirsne and In1eiliRence OF the Parsees Of
| the preeent tlmey the only representatives ID
| the world Of that venerable religion. The
one Thing lacking to the System Is Hnity. Il
| lives II perpetual eohdtct. rs virtues ase all
lhs vltues OF tcld1er. Its defects and
meriia are both the polar opposItes to those
Of Chlna. u the everlasting peace Of China
lands 10 nersl stARns1pon aud death, the
I perpetual struggle aud copfict OF Persia tends
to exhaustion. The Ptrrhn Kmpire rushed
Through short canter OF fame to lts tomb ;
the Chinese Empirn ve9states, unchanged,
through wyvlad .of years.
II BsshAmsm and Buddhism oecppy TIC
bppo& lie po}es Of lhe lama Ads OF thouEh-
II tho system. Of Confuclus stands opposed,
on arofher axis, TO that Of Zoroaster-We find
a third deYelop9nent Of like polar aatagon-
1sns in the sSstems OF ancient Egypt and
Greece. Egypt stands for nature; Greece
fo1 man. 1nscrutabte as b the mystery or
that 5phlna OF the Nile, the old religion OF
| Egypt, nc can get trace Rome phases Of Its
secret: IT. reverence for ofgaoiza.iou ap-
pes1s IN the praetiee Of emosluinr. Tic
bodies oi men snd OF animals seemed to be
divine. Even veactabie Organization. hsd
something kscsed II n :" holy ratiou,' =
sald the Roman satlrtat, "whose gods grow
In gardaasr' That plastls iorce Of nature
.whish appears in organic ttfe aud growth
Pantheon. ".The ttfe.fhrce Of nature
became divided ) Into the three
groups: ot gods, the highest of which
represented ia largest gcUeEaitzatlous Kpeph,
Nenh, seyeeh, PReht, aze symbois, accord
No1ld-sla,ser. epsce and Time Each circle
oi the gods shows u sou1r working OF tht
mysterious powers Of nature, and OF fta oc
cnM hWk-, Ent when We come 10 Greece
these peStonihed l4ws turn Into men. Every
Human tendencies appeH trEusbgured iott
glowing torns Of light On Mount 0lrmpux
The gods Of Egypt arr poHers and laws
thase Of GEeeca arc persona
The opposite tendencies Of these Aut1co
mist form. Of pdety appe4r tn tho development
Egypt were mysteries too far removed from
the popular apprehension to BE- objects O.
Wor.hip J. and 70 religion in Egypt became
pr,cstctalt. In Greece, on the Other hand
the gods were too familiar, too near 4
the people, 10 BE- wozsnlpped wlth an.
man taulA and ylees, Il must SOONER O
| later come 10 pass, that fsna1iat1ty Hou1t
breed contempt And as tho religion O
EGYPT peushed rom being kept away iron
the people, a. an eeoteElc system IN the haud
Of pr1e.ia1 thaa Of Greece In Thicr rher'
WIS no Priesthood ~ an order, c1rne to an en1
because ths gods eeased to b. objects Of re
We ZEE, rom these examples, how each o
The 9rent ethnIc religions tends 10 dIspro
- porHonate apd exceeAlTe, bcc1uac one-sldtd
: statement Of some divine truth or law. Th
+ question then emerges At th1s point: NJ
) Christianity also puc-s!ded. OK doea IL contaf
. in Itself aH these trutha!a Is 1t tx1xs atqs4 r
+ religion With ktndred truth, aad thus
supply the defects Of eHch from IL own fu
! pess4 uis can be shown to possesa shIs n
); plisuee. It at oIca Ia placed by Itself In =
osdef Of h1 own + h net to b
. it does rot ehare their one Amly faul
!: In every other lhstauce. WE eau touch Wit
II ourslnker the weak place, the empty sid
l. Il there my Euch weak aide IN Ch1.ttaAi.y
J. It l. the ottice Of comparative theology /
+ answer
. The po.itiys side Of Brahmsuitm We s.
i 70 be its sense OF spiritual rea1ittcs. That
4 also fully. prcseut In Chdstiatfsy.; N
> merely does this appear In euch New Test,
:, raent taItl- IS these: "God Is I spirit.
= The letter kllleth. the y. hit Eiveth l1te -
). not pnly does The Nav Te.,ament Ju7t ~,
$ and escape Panthehm in tueh passages 1
/, "From whom, and thr, ugh wh onn, aud I
t whom Ere Ill thinEs. - " Who is ab5re III
and ths.uxh all; and In III Ii, !" !. IN him '
! Eha1o histocy tf Christianity ls ths recnrd {
r spldtua1isa almost too excessive. It hi
I. appeared h The Ho7h'p OF The Church, ii
: htunk OF the Church, The tendencies Il
5 ascatiazn, The depreciation Of earth au
man. Christianity, therefore fully meet
, Brahnaan,sn' on lis postaso side, while !
G fulhlls Its ne9astons. ~ We ssali see heteal
tef, ey adding a. toii recognition Of ual
: The pr dt.ye side OF Buddhism Is its coz
! ph1on OF the human soul and the natural law
e OF thu nllye5se. Now, II we look into tt
!. New Testament End into the history OF III
n Church, VT and this element also fully ex
= pressed It appear ID AZ he parallels IN
u | teachings OF Jesus In which t1Aa Il renfe
, Ben'ed Is rekpobslb1e agent, rewarded q
J. punished according 10 the exact measure
r mis- works; receiving tht EoTe7omtnt oi te
c or five c1ties according To- his steward.hIt
;, And 1heu We look lnso" the 7E1ctical ~orl
t, Ing OF Chrlstlanlly We 1nd Aln1oss An e1ss
o eoul. This exaggerated estiuate u chfed
n setn IN the Eonasl'c tyste1n Of the Romn
:. Church, and in the C1lIinlstic seets OF Pr
= te.tsrtism. !, hlsn cones 10 ltghr again, Il
Il r,ou.ly enough, In such books ~ Combe
|, "Conat,tut!ou Of Man," tho theory
= which il e1Aclly the same u that
If the Ruddhisb, namely. that the aim OF LIFE
ts ApFndent!as virtue, consisting II wise oh
:, dlerce to the uatufal laws Of the nntverz
Il Both Systems sub tttuie prudenea Tor fro1
r apart Lom these special tendencies 10 Chr
tlanity. 1t can1ot be denied that Christi,
is exp0tence recognizes the poa,tITe tlnth
T. Ruddhrm IN regarding the human eoul -
Is suest.ntial, finite. bnte progressive NOM
+ The positive side Of the system Of Cont
II cius Il cha organization OF the state On I
It basl. OF the family. The government OF y
u emperor Is pateTual government, the OF
I disnet Of the subject IS nlai obedience: No .
- God .*ihe EaexE," he dr.t brought men IN
T. truly mial s.Aaiiou to God. The Rom'
H. Church Is Organized on the lmny lde
u Tia word Pope" means the Father
1, he u The fasher Of the whole Church. Eve
4 4 smaller family, and Ill thoae born into u
o. Church rrc It's children, as MI born Into
ID family arc bonn sons md daughters Of Il
ID family. In Protcstantlau, also, society
oi composed Of families as The body Is mAds Y
of Of ceis.; Gully II Chiaa, and In Casistendo,
I'd Is family life thus .scred and worshipful. :,
II come patrs,srha1 srsteu,s, polygauy aunt
II the wife and the mother lin otherz the fAth
T. Is 4 despot, ard the children alaves IN 9th
4. Systems, the crushing sutaotlty. a The "a
j. destroys the Undergraduates Of ihe bousehol
~ Ch1lktianisy 4loue accepts With ChIns she
A. | lle1on of family life with AL it, conse1Tsti
in elements, while II fu1his L with the Iazg
he ! hope ofahe Kingdom Or ce2Teu aud bfpshe
[tc heod Of mankind.
"a Thi. ida Of the kingdom OF heaven,
Us central IN Christianity, Il also the