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have q son but that he could have s
prophet, and that he; Mohammed, wa.
appointed that prophet bv the Auge
Gabriel, the same angel that appeared
to Moses 1900 years before. There
are now in the world 2OO,O01O0O fol-
lowers Of Mohammed."
I "Have the teachings of the proph.
cts. Moses, Buddha, and Mohammed
been similar ?" 80
"They have all taught about the
same code code of morals. For in.
stance, Confncius, who came 557 years
before Christ, gives this rule for ali
men: --''' 800
do not unto others what you
would not have others do unto you
s"Christ plagial.ized this into the
Golden Rule: ts-
"'Do unto others as ye 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
neighbor." -
"All the prophets forbid murder.
thoft, lying, stealing, swearing, adul-
terry, covetousness, parental disobedi.
ence, and command everybody to love
the Lord. Christ said: Love thy
neighbor as thyself,' while Buddha
said, Love all men, Again, Buddha
stole from Moses. Mosos said. Thou
shalt not bear false witness against thy
neighbor: Buddha sad, thousand
years afterward, Thou shalt lie to no
man."
"WeIl, 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 Baddha. Mohammed.
and Christ, to Joseph Smith, " no have
pretended to Inspiration, who have
pretended to work miracles, or who
have pretended to have any communi-
cation with God, were frauds and im-
posters. They were human, like you
and I, and only pretended inspiratlon
to dnpe their. followers. Confacius.
Socrates, Humboldt. Huxley-no hon
est philosopher-wonld pretend in
spiration." -
"Do our great men generally reject
the prophets who wrought miracles:'
"In China they do. SO find they
do throughout the world. liz Italy.
Galileo, Dante, Raphael, and Bocco-
clio denied all the prophets"
"What Germans deny all the proph-
cts ?" -
"Schiller, Humboldt, Goethe, aud
Bismarck"
"In France ?"
Mirabeau, Danton, Voltaire, Rous-
sean, Roland" -''' '. .'' 80
"In Eagland 2" L
"Ben johnson, Shakespeare, Bacon,
Goldsmith, Hume, Gibbon, Disraeli,
Reynolds, Huxley, Tyndall," etc.
"In America ?" 3"
"Flanklin, all the signers of the
Declaration of Independence. Tom
Paine, jackson, Jefferson, Robert In
gersoll, James Monroe, John Q. 'Ad-
ams," etc.
''Then what do you propose to do,
there being such widespread doubt
about the prophets and such a unaniu,
ity of belief in Godb''> go '.'2
"Just this: l0,3O0, GOO, 600 believe in
God and love aud worship Him OF
these, 3OO,00O,O00 believe in Christ;
200, 600, 900 believe in Mohammed $50.
OO0, 600 believe in Buddha; 7,O0O,OOO
(Jews) believe in Moses; 10000 be-
ltove in 10 Smith $50, ,O00 600 believe
in Confucius 15O, 900 believe in Zorro
aster leaving 192, ,7O0. O0faisely called
pagans, who love and believe in the
same God, but they never had any
prophet to believe in. 7ai
"Tnen you would throw out the
prophets. and have all the world united
in one, would you ?" 4''. ''i'taf
"Preciseiy. How absurd for 3OO,-
600, GOO Christians TO damn 100000
200 outsiders who believe in the Chris
tian's God, but reject his prophets!
And how absurd for $50, ,00O,00 God
loving,God-fearing, God-worshipping
partlsans of Confucius to damn $780,
100000 God-fesring and God.Wor-
Shipping Christians and Buddhists be-
cause they do not believe in the inspir-
alton of the great Chinese law.giver.
What the world should have" said
Chang Wau Ho, sis acompletere religion
"a religion that all the world can
unite on-a religion based on reason |
and good,o sound, practical common
sense. dona want a religion where
you've got to believe unnatural stories
about prophets coming into the world |
on white elephants, or where a young
woman has to be the mother Of her
own Redeemer." ~ N eg2 9-:i
81 see the servants are all talking
about a eosmopolite currency and
c c,smopolite language,," 1 suggested.
sYes; and what we want moro than
else is a cosmopolite relis ion
-. religion that all can indorse. Why
should a little priest-ridden town of
5,OO0 people have ten churches and |
pay ten churches to pull against each
other? Rather let us have one church |
and one minister in each town.
granl temple like King Salomon's
where all the peopls can gather to-
gether aud listen TO words OF instruc-
tion, and pray straight up to God |
without any prophets or mcdlators to
make us wralgle over their ritualism
aud antag 0nistic dOgmas." a-ay $50
This is what that heathen said b.