The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-01-27

main in eezhaey until a. studying and
working for ere hessermens Of his own
nlad and that Of others. TINS saving BIS
strength and snsuring longer ssse and
greater activity. II he married az =. ne
WAS required 20 devote his time - his
family and his home. educate his children
ara cultivate = peaceful. coBfented ana
philosophical state OK mind From 20 20
= Il Mas required that he should preach,
telling the people how 10 insure happsness.
pointing OUT such mistakes as he had him
SELF made and warning others not 20 fail
into stzslxr traps. Frosu - Till his death
he was 70 live as best pleased hsra. i@arH-
ing OF God and the wisdom Of the just
ard pure.
War TO Make Caste Hereditary
ssredEsm was the great religion In In
cla until about s.eo.oe years ego, when
civil war occurred between the priesthood
and tae assherents of yetisTn- The priests
desired TO make the castex hereditary ard
as result OF the war nearly al Of the
yekIa philosophers were singled on. ard
slain. All the wise men we're killed and
the priests then took possession and with
the castles hereditary ignorance increased
and corruption began. Later polygarny
was practioed. IRE religion was reversed
10 conform 10 the new condition OF things
and the new religion was called 'Bras-
man In Sanscrit .Brahn' means God,
and in knowledge. the term being con-
sisered as meaning .versed In the knowl-
edge Of God The priests soon stopped
education and began explaining every
thing 70 the primitive minds OF the people
by a system Of symbols. so that It was
not long before idol worship prevailed.
This Else or buddhism.
about so years before Christ B4iaha
iIgion and further corruption of yedism
was the result. The Baddhists abolished
the Rrahmic castles and made education
the chief feature OF their own class. but
allowed the people OF the other classes 20
still remain In ignorance. Again, 600 years
II. c.. the priests secured the country and
obIiterated the Buddhists. so that India
proved the sepulchre as well as the birth
place of the Buddhists. Thus matters
went from bad TO worse and the people
continued In ignorance, After the con-
quest OF the Mohammedans. 200 years ago,
child marriage came into vogue as a pro-
seetive marriage The Mohammesans
would take the women and girls of tho
fIineocs as booty. but according to their
laws tiieg could not appropriate females
who were mArried. Thus child marriage
Was adopted by. parents for the purpose
OF securing their children from bondage.
After the sub5ugation OF the country by
England child marriage continued and its
abuses continue to be the custom OF the
country. I hope may live to see the sys-
tenn OF child marriage abolished and the
work OF elevation and education COM
msneed among our women
shs yeas.t View OF Chriss.
Prof Ram was asked what he thought
OF Jesus Christ and he replied that the
Aryans recognized him as great man
who had accomplished much good for the
people. lie would not say whether he
considered Christ an impostor. saying that
when He Is quoted in the Scriptures as
being 'Son OF the Living Cod and
born of virgin. He may have been
Speaking in PARALLELS. without intending
His utserances to be taken literally, or
ever, He might have been misquoted. Con-
tinuing. he said:
Jesus Christ spent year on the In
dian coast near where Bombay now Is,
and studied the Braamin religion. learn
ing its symbols. etc. The Bible does not
relate His ever residing In India, but Il Is
handed down BY the Rratmins that such
was the case. He segregated the better
elements OF the Brahmist doctrines, which
proved to aa the remnants os The yedist
belief. and went back TO Palestine. where
he introduced the new religion. with such
new and wholesome teachings as he be-
heved proper and for. the betserment OF
mankind.
'srhe Aryan does not believe that In
the beginning God created the heaven ana
the EARTH much less that he accom-
plished the great work IN six DAYS. He
believes that the earth aisays was. In
some form. and always will be; he be-
lieyes that every once In so often the
world is reformed and according to his
theory the last formation. which Is the
present. took PLACE 1860. So, es5 years ago"
Any wholesome religion teaching moral
lily. purity and suhlimity. Is good enough
for Prof. Ram at present. however as
long as he succeeds in educating the wo-
uan OF his country. and succeeds In ahol-
ishing child marriage. polyaamy, the
xenanas and kindred evils