, 1869-03-14

ket e4u1ItY lne o.e haIe3 lht Lyr4hk, Ile l
thinrer, hr ri IL o.hsr : auick and viytd thinker
the oLc il = PROTESTANT In religion, the Other
! Catholic. Ammisuus AArceIfnus, living:
IN uaul III the fourth century, des,1ib:s tbs
kelu .lhu. ksce whether II does hot appiy to T
:" he Ganls," says be, Ne mostly ,tali .os I:
stature - thIs re1pees thatype Las ehAoEe5.l
fit and rsd .haireda and horrible, from the
dercencsa Of their eFea. fond OF strife, aud 1
haushr1ly ihsoleuI A whole band ofsIangerS
would not enduta one Of then17 -nfded Ia his
bra~l BY" his powerful and h1un~eyed vile,
especially vhen With swollen neck and guash.
II & teeth, poting her huge willis aims, she
begit 8. io.nire Kicks TO- bloaa, to put forth
her dsta Ike Stones from c1tapult- Nest Of
their voices are terrific snd threatening, as
wen When the7 a<e quiet Is when they Are
They are nation very fond Of wine, and In |
vent many drinks re.sm bling It, and tome Of
the poeeer classes wander about with their
st ssnses !, quito blaosed 1y continual lntoxiea-
Now.,w find tAas each raes,. bea,de |
It's special moral lualities, seeuas also !
to have special religious qualities, which |
cause 1t % tend toward some one kind .qf 1e- /
ucion more than 10 another Kind. These re-,
1eiens ate the Cover q the race they come
Grih from i AZ iis best aro0i- ' Thus we
that section or race Of. tho great
Aryan family which has occupied Indls for
more than thirty centuries, II belongs to
the ncdeos. 10 the people taking It's name
,fom The 1ni'aa, by the tributaries Of which
Stream 1t entered India from tho northwest.
Il has neyek attempted to extend nself as q
faith beyond that particular variety Of mAn-
kind. Perhaps one hundred md ffty ,nnl-
Ions Ct men accept 1t a. thetr taith. 4 has
: been held By thaa tace AZ thear religion during
4 period Immense In the history o. mankind. !
1ts sacred boaka are cersasnsy more than three
thousand years old, But during Al thl.,,isae
It has never communicated isselfto 3ny race
outside OF tho peninsulA Of India. 1t Is thus
seen TO be strictly rkh1tt religion, showing
tho religion Of n4u kt1d- =,
The same thing may be: said OF the re-
! uRlon Of Cnufucins~ 1t belongs 70 Chlaa-
and the Chtu<te- Ii suits their faste ard
genius. TheY hare hid It - thelr stttd re-
Agion for some tw euty, y,.three hundred yesrs,
! and it 7nles the opiatons 6f the. irulezs Of
opinion among three hundred rntilious Of
! men. But out Of China ConfaeIus ts only :
Iame. :;
| So, too. Of the system OF Zorea.ttr. 1t
w.s fos loaR period tAe religion Of an
ArJan tribe rho besme tho rniiog people
auurg mankind. The Psssians extended
themselves thruugh- Western Asia, and
! conquered nan5 nations, but they never
! con munfcated their rellg1on. Il WIS strictly
| national Of e,hnic religion. belonging ouly
70 the Iraaians and d'their descendants, the
-, IN lils i;;u ,ns msnnsF M ~, i may bs sald tbat
scandin.ria, Of the jew. q Isfan,
and of Buddhism, Rre ethr.c religions.
Those Of Esypt And sesudinavia are
sss'S Ss, g 1t y s.'s to ,bs BE- ta5 hat
their gods from Egypt. but the gods them-
true that the goea OF she Romans were bor-
rpxed from tae Getks, bat their tile wa1
left behind IhaY merely repested By rote
vent ohs for theaseives. .But.the Il Gra:k Z re. r.
Aslon thoy rsttr received. For Instead, ot
/ III hlr hnmsnit1e1, the Roman gods were
only serTsnta Of the etatc-s higher kind of
consuls, trlbuues and Hetors- The eAl
Qgmrus q Ropswas the Senate Cham eeEoa
reality m ethn,e religion, thouEh It aimed At
cathollclty AID expected It. and made p1osc-
lytes. But II could not tolerate unessentialt,
and 20 failed Of becoming catholic Tho
JeWhh religion, until It hsd Christianity to
| help 1t, Nsa neves Ableto do more than make
few proselytea here and there- Christiantt5
while preaching The doctrines Of Jetui
aud the New Testament, has been ableto
CARY also tbs vs!ght Of the Old Fest.ment,
and 10 give Certain cathohc1ty 10 Juda+
i'm. The religion Of MohAmmtd hi.
been catholic, In that It has become the re-
Ngiou OF very ditetent raees,-tho Arabs
!. Tubs. and Persians, beloushe 70 the three
great varieties Of thc huIaan family. Bni
Then AohAumedsbhn has never sought to
make oonve7ta, hu& only rtaefse4s II has moi
Consequently Nr. Palgravs, Mr. Lane ;aul
Mr.. Va1nbery tell rs, that, IN arabia, Egypt
aud TuIk3stnn, there ste mnltttndes who a1s
oulwardly Mohhmmedan. but who In thei.
mlyate belief reject Aohsnmed, aud art
really Pagans. But, no doubt. the,e y! 8
: c&9nNi{c t1nhapfV hff h IN .I0fa1xrn md AZ.
hammed anism ; and this comrnes from, tht
great doctrine which the1 hold In common
with Christiaa1ty,-she nnly of God. FaitE
In that Is the basis Of all. expectation OF
power 10 convert others COME num tha
doctrine Of the Divine unity.
But Christianity teaches us the unity D
GOD, not mercy as supremacy, Of Pow
: er aad will. hut ~ suprc1Acy Of lov1 tn.
!; w,saexn ;.tesche4 God - Falhsr, and no
,, , MAKE proselIles and subjects, but 70 Anak
I. converts. Hence Christianity, begtanlox 1
! senit!c RELIGION: amorg the Jews, wen
,, across The Grse9 Arcnlpelago aad. converte
| the Goths, Lombasds,, Frsnks. Vaadas
: Meantime, IL Aestor1an missionaries, pusl
: ing eAkt, made converts IN ArmenlR, Persi,
, verted Eeg1oes, Indlans, and the people
; Tho Pacific Islands. Something, inaect
! stopped it, prugrefe after ita first triumph
l ant successes during seven or eight .ccl
tuzies. At the tenth century it reached Il
!, teJpn. MoaeEn missions, whether those
Jesuits or Proteatantss have not cpnTerte
= whole nations and races, but only Indlriduh
here aud there. The reason of TIL. chcct
: probably, il, t.Sat Christians hsvo yeps it
J the mistakes Of The Jews and the Mahonam
! dans. They hare sought 10 make proses5ie
= TO m putnAsh eystem of Worship and rltn1
or to mako subjects: to Dogma; bu
!! not to make converts TO an ideS and 4 lfs
When the Christian missionaries ehau 70 ane
: say 70 the Hindpos Or the Buddhisa: 4 70
i. airs already On your way toward God; You
: BY His Spirit only now be sends you Eome
! thlER more and higher By HIS eor who aJe
: not come 70 destroy but 10 f11h3l, not 10 lak
=, away any good thing you have, but to add
1t something hetief," then we shall SEQ th
!. pEocets OIL conTetAlou, checked tn the nint
: and tenth censtuis, re..n1ugnfatcd.
JudaIkm, nlam, and Christianity, all teacl
Ing the s1.lct unity Of God, haye III AIMED
= becolaiuk universal. Iud >lsn failed be NJ:
: IT. sought pEoaclytes instead Of making co,
: reality : JuQa,zing Chrszltn sect, failed b
canse Il eoue eht to make subjects rather tha
y converts. ItA conQuesta over q yarfe,
y OF racss were. ex.enatre but not dee]
= To-day II holds IN It's embrace At leA,t fo1
!. = rery distinct raccs--the Arabs a 5eui
+ the Negroes and the Turk or lrauans- Ba
;. corrtctiy viewed, Linn, is only 4 hetctIc,
y Christian sect, and 10 all This Is credited
: The intezes Of Christianity. IAiau Ia q 1ot
2 PaTe tse ws5 of,6e Lo1d ;" Nonsnnnod il
schoolmaster to bring men 10 Christ
); ! does Tor the nations lust what Judaism d.
~ that Is, It teaches the Divine unity. Exam hI
taken The placc OF Jacot IN the economy
: Providence, When the JeTs rejected Chr
" thax- nA3 ffrpT3 $hr{r. f1envtNHntyul tUn
IL and their cousins, TIE AIabs, look the
- pace. The conqutsts Of 1alam, therefor
= ought to b. regarded ~ the prollnlaarT eol
~ questa Of ChristiAnity.
=, = shown tome terdlneles towszd eathollcit
d extended Itself OYER the who1s :
- the tastrru half Of Asta. But Monkh It
T. clutes va.ety oFnator.lIties, II Is dout
a mi itit includes anJ variety Of races. !
n Monxo, family. And although this sys.e
~ originated smoog the Aryau race IL India,
Il has entirely let 60 IT, hold Of thAt family Il
~. Transferred itself wholly 70 the Aongols.
"A But Christianity. frsm the first, showed
Z, r1ctioas oi the most Inherent raees Of ma n
~ k1ud. Now, a. on the dsy Of Fcuteco.
~ many taeea hear the apostles speak Ia th
n own tongues. In which they were botr-P
~ thlAns, Mcdsa, EAmites, dRetlers In &esor
q. tamis. 5ndea. md cappadoess. Fontna Q
hs the para Of LYuia abous Csreue, strtnxr.
~ Rome, Cretes and ArtbiAns. The miracle
~ tong ues Hs4 typs OF the effect OF the trr
A. n Penetrating ske mind md heart OF
fcfeut patkonslitirs+: The jewish Chi
IL \ taps, indeed. tried TO repeat N cnri
ifY unity their old nistakc. 1hlea had p
vented Judaism from .becuna1ng unlyeIa
~ | They wished 70 insist that NO oue should
u L come aCh11.tlAn unlcas he beeams jew
Tar the game time II thty had succeeded
'er this, lhcy would have efertually kept
u Gospel Of Chiiks Eum becoming cAtho
"a religion. But the Apostle Paul was raj.
od up lot the emergency, and be pteveoted q