The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-17

OF his peers who condemned hi IN ars un known
outside their own sectarian c. c.e. Blythe
bye. II would be interesting to know Mr.
Stones authority for the two hundred and
se"arty trilions OF milss' distance Of the POLE
star from this planet. Does he mean Arcturus'
Regarding "Polmen Laon's" disluisition az
70 the creation; ii tho pretcrpluper'ect wcr'
used in Genesis H.. .. rea ling On the seventh
day Col had ended his work. using the same
throughout the chapter. e. e. "Jeh ovah God
had 'ormsd-hdd plantei--hdd male Man rds
JpcJn. living sou. or creature" H.. wonld IL
not be- more Discriminate. a. intended In most
OF the or ginal MSS? With respect to Moses
and geology: taking. for instance. the Second
airy Age. GcnesiS l.. 2J-2l: Is thcre not simply
a bare statement. bring forth nbnndautly
irtag reptiles. and let fowls Hy over the earth
through tho wide eTplnse OF heaven. and T.. 81.
God created! great sea monsters. and all living
reptiles" &c. so that We tax. for granted such
things were 50 produced. In murh The same
way IA accept Jonah's account Tor some
friends more or less acru rate acoruntl OF his
sea trip? Further were not AuGustine and
others well answered by David Hume when ia
wrote: 1t Ia contrary 70 experience that mir
aces can he true. but It Is not contrary to ex-
peri"nce that testimony may be false"
"Ange!" properly denotes messenger" or
am tassndor. hence an angel denotes an In
fer!or ruling power. &c. the angel OF a nat Ion.
the prince or kin; OF Il: an angel from the
altar. an ecclesiastlcal minister for the impli-
cation Is not always divine. so far rs fallen
angels are recorded tho poets seem to have
taken the say so" Of the great poet Isaiah.
How art thou fallen from heaven. o Luciier.
son Of the mornlng!" and woven their spells
around 1t. The reference was simply To tho
n ~ IN, 80 nak rt. ~, NnIa
and Persnns In Isaiah. kill: 81. we I'm refer
ence to "satyrs shall dance ther.." Does not
the Hebrew word signify goat" md was not
the intention OF the transcrber or translator
to make II demon" tho SeptuaRint so read
inG7 Bv following the context do wa not arrive
at the devil" as now construed2 Yet we all
love In one Russ or the other the allurements
OF the great go Pan. In he not 50 Intimately
connected with heather mythology that
scholars who have considered the legend ~
Cupid and Psyche as the most beautiful sXsm-
pIncation OF soul and body In the spiritual
sense seldom speak III OF PAM Tao analogy
Is. OF course. subs"rvlent to the idea. The
"Satura naturans " OF Aristotl y d Tiers poss bly,
In the same degree with the Deus optimus
maximus" OF Plato. as do Pan and Satan.
SO we find many parallels 10 the records Of
the scribe. anent Jehovah OF the Jews and
Brahma OF the Hindoos as ruling powers: de-
nunciatlons and threats. punishnents and
ann ihilation. With the great teachers, Christ.
Buddha. Confucius and Ioroaster, a Ike SINH
larity occurs. and Mohammed evidently drew
from all. for as Johan Won Muller says:
Islam contains these dogmasi that there IL ono
God, and that Mohammed Il his pro h,t by VII DIN
the Jaw OF Moses and OF Jesus s perfeoted and a.
complshrd. He published new tenots. but only
adorned and exhibited In = orm adapted to tho
IDEAS. prejudices and ncl.nations OF the o-entals
thai doctrine which Is As ancient the hu race
He established a law adapted 70 circnmstances-A
rel on for countries In Which the submty OF Ia.
lam produced greater impression thaa the subtle
frv ltiss which then divided the OF the
Christian Church.
Any ono who has read carefully the address Of
the Chinese Minister AZ Washington TO the Par
lament OF Religions at Chicago. 1893. would
scarcely. II unbiased, place him and his CO. be-
levers beyond redemption" Besides Chris
tianity. Judas Hinduism. NOLAN m edanism.
Par,eeism. Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism
Shntoisn. must be- sifted before the first stone
is cast" Isaiah says; And an highway shall
DO there. and way. and It shall DO called Ths