Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1883-11-04
TIE SACRED BOOKS.

Every religion las its Bible. II,
best known of these books, saYe til
Jewish and Christian. is the Koran
Mohammed. The title OF this neal.
The Il, ading," from the A abe veal
for 40 read" Other names are Al H..
tab, or The book: Al Moshaf, the volume
Al Dhikr. the almonition or reminder;
and II FCrhan, or the salvat.ol. The II.
suras or chapters OF the Koran VIE
pro.c, seilly gwen 10 Moliammed durIn
the tWen'y-three years Of his res d,nce
at Mecca and Medina, 10y the Angel Ca
briel il human form, AZ an inspiration
IRON Aleal,. or the Aim ghty. They
were written upon leave, bit, 81
leather or paper, shoIld' r.biades OF
mutton and What v,r esc was at
hand, and thrown loosely ito lcN,
from which they were taken the year
after the prophets death and put t.
-otMr, with cJlisl loosersss AID disrc-
gard to connection OF tJpos, IL vol
umei. Not only is the Cot Of tie
Christmas rect gnized, but also Je rs,
thou, rot rs tae Son of tod. and
Alra.Hm. Jacob al Mary aud the Old
Testament wurth.es. Tie style OF Tho
koAl il OF singular elegance and
beau Y, constituting 1T the classic II
ArahIr speech.
A n.ucl more anc.ent collection OF
vrtIg, - tue Nedds, the olie [ be oks
Ia Ill ltinioo literature, and dating lar
rac!. 4 IA. tine OF CLr.st. lie olue5:
hyInu ol tie Oldest Look, the Il g.Ned,,
u ia lighs 10 date from u. &. 2HO.
lie . i,hads, or trea. seS OF theolo-
ogy, s'e laic', IL. d are almost the only
p.rt az e Eedas Low re4d Ii c four
,.iv..Iu - ol tue Nedas contain IN ali
W hymns. Which every BraamlI
I4G-- ariI los heart. 1ley are r.cJg.
uizyd n tho laws of MamI, winch form
tha .tAt-hcoi oi iirahninism. They
vote written IA twelve Look, ten to
nIpr y. uits be.or" Cm4t. Tie
'altIu ogy Oi the HIndoos is conpr.se4
l.uI'. "a two g.,at sp.c pens, tho
Ga,E ~ q u. Il me Mahabharata, cen.
tai /, rep, ct.vcly $500 aud l2J.L0j
..vh sad filing eighteen la sc
s,lWm,s. h, SO are how almo ex
- : J., rpn Is the acred books UI
l.. 81. III "a Ia. Pura as, OF slllI'
T.aF.uts. a. nue. later Cate. The
a.3. "..s or elias .r.s i"Do0ks Is gen.
.su. LaIH f,I u tie au hOrit.ti e rt..g.
I#a,uai ile.l works oi the Hind Os.
Bu4,.hi sacred books ar. a'sc
80 uatu,us3s, but find no name IN
sim,.c, { tAe p &c ri.', q" BadlGlst
.aY .grc, an tie Pale Language, found
J.; { }l0I.
.. ne Icud-Ave<a q. e., the text OF
iT uti.r W.T. "A zeud, on cnrime Jtary /,
g. t4e q lie ui tie are ent Plrsees "a
.fs-ule, l.pcf}. /. i, suypo al 10 nave
he. ~. * - II EaciriL q. Eastern Per.
ST., :. 90 lao u. G., by luro.ster ~
I.-lusayA,l. Cu.lEe nlos Other Sacred
pHoH. Itlr not Il Loly # dVinity %;
t.pg9D.'.: =. Gi"n, Lus IL Is o l.tmg1, a
ssu.ciipu OF yHin', | rayers, lAyOca
tons .- i .,Ls X gN.ngs to a. any dvit.e'
IL .g = IG.,n q. vi o.Sai.,, 10 be rsc.tGl
hY t.. r.hrt ii public and read private.
IS Lr t.io lay. The Bunde-Aech 3 =
AR uoh ~ tie same religion, : d d, e
Lilo In PARSE Goatrine i.,m old text.
E.w Lit
IA religion of Go fuchs, .hc pria.
r.l.i fa'h of China, Is talgnt u tus
1--we bd IOur books 0 ia King
"h.g, Ia Chin, 81. IN, AIS sim, IT, u
WEB I'D cioh, o. tnG warp tbs. hJl.a
irh ads NJ ciCtn IN tl.ilr PLACE. T.,
t.yo ~ IS co..t..iu l!jtory, poetry al,
J.tcs OF r. giol. Tlry se IA 10 have
been in existence heio.e Conficus.
whose last years were dnvU ell to it,
editing. las own teachings are o.hcr.
N,se emiioa.,d in the four hmgs, wnicl
we're piomu.g .ttd after his dea h. The
last OF the. o iucluds, the wo KS OF he .
Gus. uIo her Oh ness reioruer. Tau.sln
or tie rel gion founded by Lso-tze, IN
the same age with Confuci,ls, r SIS "a, ion
rho books called the 1s,-Lab. or "Old
Teacher" and the Tsv-te-ki -. which
special,y rcpreseuts the not ons of TIA.
illustrious jiao-tzc. 1t is an iaterestil Q
fact That tie The Ping rebels OF iS63-64,
,lthough lot protesting % Ue Jews or
Christians, took our Iii le Tor their
took, AID proclaimed that II their in
.mrection succledtd it would lie sub
a,ituted for the writings of Confdcit.s
and Lao-tze.
The ancient Egyptians had forty-two
sacred books. in live classes, containing
hymns in Praise Of the gods, instruc
iions in morals, religious rites, the
cducation of priests and related mat
tiers.
The Greek and Roman mythology had
no sacred books, unless certain poetical
works may he taken for such.
The two Etldis SIT forth the myth
ology Of the Norscmen, or anciet
scandinavians., They originated J.,
Iceland the poetic or elder Edtla, CON-
prising tlirty-suven poems Of rel q ON,
ana Laroic history anil lLn yonun,r or