, 1874-02-15

not hereafter give way to prlds and anger care
for the happiness Of al living beings, and abstain
from violence: Extend your goodwill to al
mankind; let there be peace among the dWellorf
On eartA.''
No doubt, the accounts OF the snccessee
achieved by those early missionaries are exng~
gernted, and their fights With snakes md drag.
ons aud evil spirits remind us sometimes OF the
Legendary accounts of the achievements of Bucl
men as st. Patrick in Ireland, Or St. Boniface In
Germany. But the fact that missionaries were
sent out to convert tue world Bee1ns beYonl the
reach Of doubt and this fact represents to uf
at that time new thought, new, rot only IN the
history OF India, but in the history Of the
whole world. The recognition Of duty to
preach the trurh to every man, woman, and
child, was an idea opposed to tho deepest in.
stincts Of BraIlmansn and when, at the end o1
the chapter on the first missions, We read the
sitnple words Of tho old chronicler, sfWho
would demur. if the salvation Of Tho world is at
world, VIC zee the dawn Of new day. the open
ing Of vaster horizons,-wo feel, for tho frs!
time in the history Of tie world, the beating Of
the great heart Of humanity.
NoNANMEpAEISM.
The Koran breathes different spirit; it does
not invite. it rather coinpc1s, the world to come
in. Yet there arc passages, particularly IN the
earlier portions, which show TINT Mohammed,
too, had realized tho idea OF humanity, and Of 9
religion Of humanity; nay, that Of first ho wished
to unite his own religion With that OF the Jews
and Christians, comprshending all under the
common name Of Islam. Islam meant originally
humility or devotion; and all who humbled
themselves before God, ind wero filled with real
reverence, were called Mos1lm. "Ihe Islam, "
eays Mohnmmcd, Ills the true worship Of God
lin Ask those who have sacred books, and ssk
the heathen: 'Are you Moslim ? II they are,
thev are on the right path; but if they turn
away, then you haye no other taAk but to deliver
tie message, to preach to them tue Islam.
CHRISTIANITY.
An tn our own religion, Its very soul is mis-
sionary. progressive, world-embracing 1t would
cease to exist ii it ceased to bo 1issionar-lf it
disreearded tho parting words Of Its Founder:
a Go 70 therefore and teach al nations, baptiz~
i,ig them in the name OF the Father, and OF the
son. and Of the Holy Ghost teaching them to
observe all things I have commanded and, 10, /
aa With you olway, even unto tho end Of the
world"
II ia this missionary character peculiar to these
three religions, Buddhism, Mohammedanism, and
Christianity, which bindB them together, and
lifts them to higher spbere. Their differences,
opposed 10 each other like day and night. But
they could not be what they arc they could not
Laya achieved what they havo achieved, unless
the spirit Of truth and tho spirit Of oyo had been
alive In the hearts Of their founders their first
messengers aud missionaries.
TILE FATE or EoK-MIssloSAnY RELIGION.
And now, let us look again ut the religions in
which the missionary spirit has bsen at work,
and compare them with those in which any 1T
tempt to convince others by argument, to save
with pity or scorn. The FORMER are dlave, the
latter are dying or dead.
zoaoAsrR1AN1sH..
The religion OF Zoroastcr,-the religion OF
Cyrus. Of Darius, md Xerxes-whicil, but for
tile battles Of Marathon and Salamis, might
have become the religion Of the civilized world
is now profeased by only 100000 soula-that is
habitants OF the world. During tho last two
centuries their number has steadily decreased
from 100000 to 100000, and another con-
fury will probably exhaust what Is still left Of
the worshlpe1s OF the Wise Spirit, Ahuramazda.
JUDAISM.
The Jews aro about thirty times the number Of
the pars1s, aud theT therefore represent more
sppreciatiya portion Of mankind. Though 1t is
not likely tha: they will ever increase in number,
yet such is 1heir. physical vsor aud ther lntel-
ectua1 teuncity such also their pride OF rage aud
their faith III Jehovah tlla: We caa hallly inas-
inc that their patriarelal religion aud their all
cieut customs will soon yauSs:, from tho faca of
the earth.
rnAn.EAS1s.1.
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