, 1880-10-03
CHRIST NOT KR1SHNA.


with the preceding generation of tnhdels to
claim that the Christ Of the Christian Scriptures
and the Krishna Of the Hindus were one and the
same; or that the Hlndus god being hundreds Of
years older than Christ, the character OF the
Messiah was drawn in imitation OF that OF the
Idol. No one who hns read tho history of both
need be told TINT their characters are as
oppost as light and darkness But the Hindus
claim for their god some similarity Of clrcum-
stances and surroundings to tho Christ of the
Scriptures And, strange as 1t may appear, this
old objection to Christianity is still passed
around by certain class of skeptics as gravely,
and apparently unconscfousy, Us if it had not
been refuted by stubborn facts.
It is stated BY high pathological authority that
the Hindu god Is Il creation Of comparatively
modern times. And some OF our best scholars
place the date Of his pretended nativity at about
Anno Domini G00. Hence whatevcr points of
similarity may exist between the two arc evt-
Krishua is sometimes spelled Christina, evi-
dently for the purpose Of coufoundfng. the two,
but. Us Dr.. Sleigh we'll remarks. the dishonesty
Of this course iu a scholar Is objectionable. The
TWO names have absolutely nothing in common;
tho ChristAs Of the Greek means unOntod or
set apart, Implying q making manifest, while
Krishna is the eighth Avatara or incarnation
OF the Hindu god Vishnu- The tirst was tlsh; lno
second tortoise: the third a boar; the fourth Il
man-lion; the fifth dwarf; the sixth the Para
su-Rama: the seventh Rama; the eighth,
na 1hs en1h ha
Encyclopedia. This number, however, was not
At all times the same. 4s
confesaedly the Vedns although it is now con-
cedel that their age has been greatly exngger-
ated', and tho Puranns are the most modern. It
of Vishuu, of which Kr1shna is the eighth mani
festadon. for this god belongs to the Puranic
o15.
inRs Chambers Encyclopedia says: ut is neces-
sAry here to guard the reader against attempting
to connect dates with the earlier OF these pc
RODS 1t has not been uncommon for writer's on
this subject to assign thousands of years before
the Christian ern as the stnrttng point Of Hindu
antiquity. Others, more cautious, marked the
beginning of certain divisions OF the Vedic works
with LOO ,0D0. no, and GOO before Christ The
truth is that while Hindu literature is almost
wih1ot aa1es me present M q f sansst
resources for emharktng with any chnnce Of
success in such. chronological speculudons. In
the meantime tho almost stretch Of assumption.
which in the actual condition of Sunscrit philol-
Ogy it Is permitted to make, Is that the latest
writings Of the Vedic class are not more recent
period, On the other hand, all scholars agreed
to reRa1d as corresponding with our medieval
history
nowhere appears in the Verdas, which are the
Oldest OF the Hindu sacred books. but only In
the Puranas above referred to, which cyclope-
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