The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1880-11-26
1nala.--AncIeat nnel Modern. .

was corrupted by the Brahmin priest
hood, admitted but one God-Him VIII"
exists by himself. WHO is in all, because
all is in Him, He being without visible
parts, eternal, the soal OF all things,
| and whom none can comprehend. The
i mighty attributes of Deity, omnipEes-
ence and ommpoience, are ascribed to
Him, also the creation of the earth from
an infinite void, and it's launching into
sracc. The Hindoo tleologians distin-
| euished God in two situatiuns-in the
| first he Is Zeus. God not operating, not
revealed-"Narayara, him who NOV
eth upon the waters" In the second
situation, Zeus becomes Brahma, God
revealed and operating. According to
| this antique faith, matter is subject to
the same laws OF existence and decom-
position as vegetables and animals !; al
ter the period of life comes the period
OF dissolutinn-everything decays, all
returns TO chaos the harmony Of
worlds is at an end earth, air. water.
and light mix and become extinct. /,
is the PraIaya, the destruction of all
that exists but there is germ, which
pnrifies itself by repose till the day
when Brahma comes to develop it, to
give it life, the creative power aud to
! produce the worlds which commence
little by little to form, tn grow, aud TO
operate. followed by the Eane repose
and the same regeneration. These doc
irines lie at the basis of the modern
theory of Evolution, now SO generally
accepted by scientists. Also in com-
pleie harmony with modern science this
ancient theogony declares the period of
action and reconstruction of worlds to
correspond 10 the period of 1920 900
human years. Tie Pralaya. or epoch
of dissolution, is of equal length. The
sacred books declare that the germ of
matter is tccundated by Brahma him.
self ; Nature develops the elements
AS the night of Brabma approached
its end, before proceeding to create this
world. according to the Vedas, the Lord
resolved to people heaven with beings
born Of Himself ard sharing His attri
bu,cs- So the angels srrang from His
thought, and has;ened 10 arrange them
selves about lIis throne. But scarcely
had this happened when the inferior
angels, who had been assigned the most
distant heavens. rebeiled, with Vason-
ki at their head. Being chased from
heaven into hell, they were named
"Rakchasos," the cursed, says the
Baga-vedA Cite. When Zeus unre-
svealed became Bralima, operating and
CT .atiny, three persons Tevealed them
e'ves in HIM the Observation-Disclosures,
VisIInI, and ST. a--er the creating, the
preserving. the transtnrrnirg priuciple
I9rahma furmed man an6+ wonaair out
ofatLezl.,ssest af himself. = He nafnef'
them Adima and Heya, and gave tiietn
| for q home tie islalpd of Geylon. Here
| for = time they weresquitsz e0nfealt, but
at length tho man grew restless and
persuaded tile timil Hesa To explore
the country with lin o'esSide their gar
d N domain NVienahey reached &she
| limits of tie iele and behsld q beautiful
unknown laid looming UP bcynnd 3
1 narrow tea, aia which they might
reach by rocky istl,mus path. Hevs
r ,nnoustialed against their going further,
inIeed wept and prayef, and pleaded
the commands Of her Lord, but snatch
Ii g her up ID HIS aims, Adinaa boldly
! set ont on the narrow path, aud as his
4 fJot touched the ssew country, :heir
peaceful island home Fcee.icd from their
l.yision ike mirage. Adi'11a gave
himself up TO aaonfes Of despair, but
Heva ki.eIs and prayed, aud God had
mercy on them. Such is the Vetllc
rendering Of our Bible account of the
fall of Has.
The Nedas also recount che history
OF tAe patriarch Adjiga-ta, offering up
his only son legend agreeing IN al
most every par.icular with the Bible
,arratiye Of Abraham the 'iatber of
the faithful.
Tie yedas. declares the souls OF snsn.
TO be emanations from the roai Of Brah-iI
ma. Ii the hour Of the decomposition
Of The body, they are reAbsor0ed into
the Dsvine Essence, assd ahia reahsorp-
non il called i Niif1a1a. The Hfndoos
do not admit he eternity Of punishment