The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-08-30

ton, Mr.. Perkins. We all have th'
same God. We ell pray to Him th'
same-the Chinaman, Turk, English
! m III, and South American. He is tn,
sane God all over the world, only
each nation spells his name differently
We call Him joss, the Hindoos cal
Him Bramola, the Greeks call Hin
Tbeos; the Italian, Deus the Ameri
can Indian, Great Spirit, the French
man, Dieu; the German, Gott; th.
American, God and go on. Every ma
ton has the same God, only they spel
it differently. The same God in TWEEN
ty.six different nations has the same
attributes-omniscience,o ce,omnipresence
potenliality. Every nation prays tG
Him the same. You and 1, though
you call me heather, worship the
SINE God. We believe precisely alike
except when we come to the prophets
and then all the nations disagree"
"What do you argue from that ?
1 asked.
"I argue tbis-the prophets are all
lmpostors. They cause oil the trouble
GAIL impostors-every ono of them.
I exclaimed.
Yes, all human impostors. They
mako all the trouble. The world il
cosmopolite as to God-we only differ
when we come to the prophets. The
prophets make all the wars-cause all
the bloodshed. The Turk aud Russian
would not be fighing now were it not
for Christ and Mohsmmed. Who ever
heard Of two nations fighting about
God? 1t is these human impostOrs
which they hitch on to God that cause
all the wrangfing aud bloodshed."
"But how about Confucius;" ;" asked
"Confucius," said Chang Wau Ho
"was not a prophet. He did not claim
to be a prophet. He was teacher
like Moses. They both expoundcd
the laws. They both claimed to be
human. Moses was thief, a murder.
er, and liar-he stole the Egyptian
jewels, murdered an Egyptian,and hid
him in the sand. Whes Pharaoh
found it out, Moses lied aud fed the
country. Such a man a prophet OF
God! Moses and Confucihs did not
have miraculous births. They, were
born regularly like Brigham Young.
and were teachers and philosophers
like Socrates. The fraudulent proph
cts Zoroaster, Buddha, Mohammed
and Christ all pretended to have lnirac-
ulous births"
"Who was the first prophet" ?" l
asked.
"The first great prophet was Zoro-
aster, the founder of the Persian re-
ligion. He was born supernaturally,
600 years before your Christ. Then
followed our Confucius, forty -three
years attcrward. aud fourteen years
letter came Buddha; 543 years altar
Buddha came your Christ, in Syria.
So you see Zoroaster, Confucius and
Buddha came almost together-within
years, and then SO years
after Christ, came Mohammed." - 90
elbow were each of the prophets
born?"
"They were all born mirecnlously
exceps Moses and Confucius. Zoro-
aster brought fire from heaven, and
q personal interview with God HIM
self, who gave him his religion. There
are now 25O,OOO of his followers in
and Yezd-a few more than
the Mormons.
GLOW about Buddha 2"
"Buddha was born in the seventh
heaven. His mother was Maya, a vir-
gin. After his birth he descended to
he earth as white elephant. Seven
lays after his birth his virgin mother
lied, and Buddha declared his mission.
He won his wife, Gopa, by showing
pluck in q public game, had five pupils
md performed miracles and withstood
When he died they could
rot light a fire to burn him then
fame burst out of his boz
om aud consumed him. Buddha has
80, 600, 900 followers in Asia to-day.
"What do you think of Christ ?"
1--WE Chinese think the same of him
IS we do of Zoroaster, Buddha and
Iohammed. He had the same mirac-
'lous birth 1900 years after Noses
lie was born of a virgin, like Buddha |
nd this woman is the mother of her
'wn creator her own Con! He |
aught Incidence and shiftlessness. He
lever worked day in his life. He
vas law breaker. and rebelled against |
he Government of Pontins Plate. He |
made Judas believe he was God. Ju-
las said to the policemen who came to |
rrest Jesus for blasphemy, There he
s-arrest God il you can!' When he
aw that he, too, was deceived, and
hat the impostor was only q man, sub
ect to arrest and trial like other law
breakers, Judas, broken hearted, went
,ut and hanged himself. Christ claim
ID to be the Son OF G cd, as did Bnddha,
Zoroaster and Mohammed. He claim.
ID TO do miracles but there ia no evi.
lence outside of the Bible that he did |
hem. In the same way Mohammed !
lid miracles and proves it by the Ko-
an. There are now about SOC, O,OO0. 600 !
believers in Christ, as foliows: $780,
10000 Catholics, 100000 Protest
.nts, aud 50,OOO,OOO Russian or Greek
Catholics"
"Was Mohammed's birth peculiar,
oo?"
"Yes, MOhammed alsO had a mirac-
llous birth. He was born at Mecca
80 years after Christ. When he was
BORN the sacred fires of the Parsees
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