, 1874-02-14
The Decisive Battle for the Dominion OF
the World to Be Fought Be. =
tNeen the Latter.
" True Christianity Lives, Not in Our Be-
lisf, but in Our Love-

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1noop."4 taues An 9go@t 4u.noe1L'a'
nfAuu' .ns l'uuanls', auo 1uo tats' t1oa y
+oe7o - WV eAe'ou0 o5e. - on'u". saat ~
1u1aucahs uoIao-tse' ano you nave oe1ofe soe
what may be called the eight distinct languages
or utterances Of the faith Of mankind from tht
hag;on;ng ~. tba xor,a II t3,o ,rasont dssv ro1
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map OF ihe whe:e world
COMPARATIVE STUDY OF RELIGIONS.
All these RELIGIONS. .hoyefer. have 4 history. .
h;stor nnora de,I, ;,to,ost;,g t,;,,, f,, b;sto-x
=. f..
ol m''soase' u nsetatule' VI atts, VI Poit1ea'
Rciiglnns are not unchangeabte: on the contrary
they are always growing and changing; and it
ti,ev :ceasa to rroB- ard eease to change. tl,es
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tne0seises 1otaiig naoepsouhas " III tue Fcss
others are closely united, or have Influenced each
other during the various stages Of their growth
and dec.v They. must therefore, he studed To-
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se1hef, nc "4sn ~ 'nen ieAi ena1
acter Ihesr growth. their'decag, aud the1r resus-
citations. This, MohnmInedanistn would be
uuint4,lic,ble without christianity: Christianity
..;tto,,t Judaism and tbara ara similar h,nds
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tnat ho!a tosether the efeas reng'ohs OF india
and pefsaa-the 1alth OF the Brahnan, the Bud
dhlst, and the parsi After Il careful study ct
,f{.x :, cr;t;t;c.i oro,,,;,a a};o,, ~ the aaora5
e'.rA.s"! oaa"'ou - VIZ sAo4eo
books On "hlch all OF them profess 20 oe 1onho-
ed, it becomes possible to subject them all to &
scientific classification IN the satne manner as
languages. apparently unconnected and mutually
unlnteiliGible, have been scientifically arranged
and classified: and by comparison Of those
points, which al or some Of them share in COM
mon, us well aat BY determination of those
which ar are , pecular to each, new % science has
been called into life. science which concerns
ua ALL and in which all VINO truly care for re-
Eslon must sooner Or Later take their part-she
science OF religion.
MISSIONARY AND SoS-auss1oNARY RELIGIONS.
among tho varioaa RI cIsasifieatlons y which have
been applied to the religions OF the world, there
= one that interests Us more immediately to-
night. 1 mean the DIVISION II, into non-mls8'onary
anu missionary fens1ons. lhls f6 by no means
a8 might be supposed, classihcat.ph based on
an unlmpoftant OF merely accidental cha1aeser1s-
heart-blood IN every system Of human faith
Among the sl1 religions OF the Aryan and Semi
tic world. there are three that are opposed to all
missionary Observation-Disclosures, BInhmanism.
and Zcrcsstt1anlsm and three that have mis-
slonarr cnafacter rom tneF Fefy be5annlnG-
Buddhism. Wohsmmedanism, aud Christianity.
JuDusA
The jews, parhcnlariE N anclent times. never
thought cf spTeadlng 1helr 1eng1on. Their re-
liglon Was to them treasure, privilege.
chosen people OF God, from FL the rest ot the
world. Jew must DC OF the seed OF Ahrah nam
and when IN later times, owing chiefly to politl-
rA c;1cnmsfnnces, the jews had 70 Admit
strangers to some Of the privileges OF their the
pcIa;y, they looked upon then1. not as souls that
brotherhood, but as strangers; as proselytes:
"hlch means men who haFe come TO them as
Auens, not to be trusted, as their SAYING was,
sntll the t~ent5-1ourth genersfon.
:. BaAHAASlsA. a:.n1
4 very similar feeling prevented the Brahmans
ti2m ever attempting to p1oselynze those VINO
sld not BY birth belong to the Spiritual a11stoc1a-
y c1 sEe1r country ine1r "asn was 1atner 70
.et;l' "" nhnt ~ tnease.s ~ ree. nl1teuetsi j.
"i'se "a"1 ao tAt w. " pu'tnn tnoee wv nap
lsiiu W " neas euonen " ne4s G.en sgs souao
~ 'oetf " W m1.nees .a1eu eaeA'Ai'es'
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