, 1877-09-22

and were teachers and philosophers like
Socrates. The fraudulent prophets all
pretended to have miraculous births
WHO was the first prophet asked.
THE first great prophet was ZorOastcr,
the founder of the Persian religion. He
was born supernatumlly, 600 years before
your Chris Then followed our Confu-
cius, 43 .yeNrs afterward, and IA years
later came Bu4eha; 543 years after Bud.
dha came your lchrist, in Syria. So you
see zoroaster, 'oniuclus and Buddha
came almost d sther- within 81 years,
and 'hen' $40 'ars after Christ, came
Mohammed" q
How were each of the prophets
born ?"
They We're all born miraculously cx-
cept Moses ana Ccniucius. zorcoster
brought fire froS heaven, and had per
sonal interview with God himself, who
gave him his religion. There are now
$4,000 of his followers in Bombay and
Yczd--a few more than the Mormons,"
How about Buddha e.
"Buddha was born in the seventh
heaven, His mother was Maya. After
his birth he descended to the earth as a
white elephant. Seven days after his
birth his mother died, and Buddla de-
clared his mission. He won his wife.
Gopa, by showing pluck in public game,
had five pupils, and performed miracles
and withstood temptation. When he died
they couldn't light fire to burn him;
then miraculous fame burst out of his
bosom and consumed him. Buddha has
350, 100000 followers in Asia to-day.
WAS Mohammed's birth peculiar ?"
YES Mohammcd also had miraculous
birth. He was born at Mecca $40 years
after Christ. When he was born the
sacred fires OF the Parsees were extin-
guished and the great palace was shaken.
He retired to cave, saw miraculous
visions. ar d had convulsions. He married
nine wives, was expelled from Mecca,
and went to heaven, where God made
him his most beloved messenger. lie
called the followers of Zoroaster heathen
inidels, and the Christians in turn called
him an impostor Mohammed stole
much OF his religion from Christ. He
stole polygamy from Moses and Solomon,
that is, he indorsed the religion OF Noah,
Abraham, Moses and lhe prophet, but he
fought the FathaS Son-and. Holy Ghost
trinity, He said Ge9 was unit, that
I've could not have''a son but that be
could have prophet, and that he, Moham-
med, was appointed that prophet by the
Angel Gabriel, the same angel that ap-
peared to Moses 2,0O0 years before.
There are now in the world 100000, 900
followers OF Mohammed.n
"Have the teachings Of the prophets
Moses, Buddha and Mohammed been
similar7
"They have all taught about the same
code OF morals. For instance, ConIucius,
who came 557 years before Christ, gives
this rule for all men,"
"Do not unto others what you would
not have others do unto you"
"Christ plagiarized this into the gold
EN- rule:
do unto others as you would that
they should do unto you"
"Buddha stole it again and ground it
through into this form :"
"The hat that hurts thine own head,
force it not upon the head Of thy neigh
bor."
"All the prophets forbid murder, theft,
lying, stealing, swearing, adultery, cove
tousness, parental disobedience, and
command everybody to love the Lord.
Christ said Love thy neighbor as thy
self while Buddha said. Love all men,
Again Buddha stole from Moses. Moses
said, Thou shalt not bear false witness
against thy neighhor'; Buddha said
thousand years alterward, Thou shall lie
to no man."
"Well, what do you argue from all
this 2" asked
81 argue this. that God is great, but
that all the prophets, from Moses down
through to Joseph Smith, who have pre-
tended to inspiration, who have pretend
cd to work miracles, or who have pre-