Smyrna times., 1882-01-18
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The Divine zoroastcr, Confucius,
Christ and Other Religious
Teachers.

Zoroastcr is said to have lived near 700
years before Christ. Dollinger. Rupp and
other authorities place ZorOaster from 1900
10 1900 years before Christ Some indeed
suppose there were two Zoroasters. or
nOre. about the time and similar to The
Boodhs the chief or specified Zoroaster al
ludcd to, was prince of high birth And
the IendaYCSta of the ParaSee Fire Wor-
Slippers is supposed to be compiled from
the savings and teachings of the wisCst of
the instructors of those ages and uenera-
tlons of Persian ultimation. Dr. Hauc
dates the Xendavesta back to 1880 B. c..
the time of Moses The Zend language is
supposed 10 he q dialect Of the Sanscript.
C0nfucius vas born Rear Shangping of
IEeuse, in r small kingdom of Pu, called
kong-fu-tsc by his diciples. and latnized
Contucius, by this Jesuits. Kong signifies
the master teacher lie was left an orphan
at the tender age Of three years In ma
ture years he taught pure ethics, was
ThCiSt, aimed at perfect virtue. and be-
lieved in immortality. lie passed away
at the rice age of 73, beloved and lampnted
Mcncius was born 81 years B. c.. was
learned, noble and pure. He, too. was the
offspring of remarkable mother and
grew up through the purifying effects of
early orphanage into utilitarian maturity.
Christ, a household name and idealiza-
ton OF the Christian world, is too we'll
known in point OF accredited character
and mission to require further mention i'm
this paper.
All these teachers from Tho original
Rramin intuitiOhs, down through Christ
na Zens, BOOdh ZorOaster, Hemnes. Con-
iucius, Christ and others, were of the
light that, "lighteth every man that
cOneth into the world"
Aside from these wise harbors and anchor
ages, the soul is a craft wisely constructed
for sailing DER the high seas Of time
hence let us while temporarily anchored
in our present harhOr, remember and
wisely prepare for the eternity through
which we have to sail. There is a svmpa-
thy between all things, religions as well
as men. As we advance and unfold the
| interior selfhood. we shall imagine less
/ and sec more. Looking at the points of
unity in diversity, we will soon see and
realize there is but one religion underlv-
ing our almost infinite diversity of Theo-
lOgicSl fOrrss, whose essential aim is "the
Fatherhood of God and Brotherhood of
man" Though disguised by corruptions.
symbolized by mythologies, ennobed bv
virtues, degraded by vices, yet, still all
tending the same; all assentinS to the
fact that there is enc God, the universal
Father and Ruler of all. Humboldt saws
that all positive religion contains three
different parts first, a code Of morals !;
second, a geological dream, and third a
myth, or historical novelette,. The original
of all creeds require but these primitive
points. To believe IN one God. and in a
| future eXistcnce--to do as you would he
done by, and TO believe in YOUR special
teacher or prophet, are the four cardinal
points of all enlightened religions.
! These religious measures Of condition.
are az diversified on the subject of their
degeneration, regeneration, predestination
redemption, judgements, rewards and
punishments, as the diversified aims thew
subserved-these are all as the MOSES
and grasses OF the same season and soil.
which the microscope of time alone can
virtually distinguish. As L. w. Higgins
has aptly observed, I" Each divine man is
acopy ofths other" As in the dim robing-
rooms of foreign churches, are kept rich
stores of sacred Vestments, ready to be
thrown over each successive generation of
Priests, 80 the world has kept in memory
the same stately traditions to decorate
each new Messiah-each Messiah being
according to the Christina Zen's model
predicted by prophecy, hailed by sages,
born of virgin, attended by miracles,
borne to Heaven without tasting death
with q premise of return, and rule in the
future. INVESTIGATOR.
BLACKBIRD HID, Dec, Oath, 1881.
(To he continued,