Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-17
V|SHNU TO.
COME AGAIN

"'He will appear before men riding on
a white horse, and in his hand will be
a sword, cleaning k q comet, with
which he will annihilate all sinners and
do the deadly work that must be done
before the world can enjoy q new
birth"
1t is with these words that the Him
doc scriptures predict the coming OF the
Messiah. Today they are on the lips OF
0Qe-fifth of the human race. for there is
aearce2y a believer in Vishnu who does
% know that the time is at hand when
the great god will appear once more on
earth.6 Any day he may come. for the
twelve months hall not pass without his
coming, and when he appears there will
be AMEND to all things. As the result
millioys of people today are waiting anx-
iouslys for the great event that IS now
IL evitable. For months they rave been
pc paring themselves and now, without
regard to caste or station. they watch
land wait for the coming that has been
10 graphically depicted in the sacred
vishpu is the second god Of the Hin
doc trinity. and practically the supreme
ruler of the pantheon. According to the
scriptures it was he who made heaven
and earth. Today he ~reclines on the lotus
and is shaded by the many-headed SER
pert. So he waits for the appointed time
when he shall accomplish his last incar-
nation.
TO CORRECT EVIL.
1t is for these avatars, or r~e;ncarnations
that Vishnu is chiefly remarkable. 1t is
believed by all pious Hindoos that when
ever the world has been disturbed he has
descended in a small portion Of his essence
to correct the evil. Sometimes he has
been a wonderful animal. again a mon
ster or s~uperhuman being. At other
times he has been born in human like
ness, but he has always possessed his d.
vine attributes.
According to the generally accepted or
der Vishnu's reincarnations have been as
follows: 1. Matsya (the fish); 2. Kurma
(the tortoise); 8. Veraha 1.-THE boar): 1.
Narasirgha (the man-liOn); 5. Vamana
(the DWARF: s. Parasurama: Z. Rama: 8.
Krishna; 9. Buddha. There are other ver-
sions of Vishnu's appearance on earth,
all Of which vary from this. the most ac-
cepted one. Some Hindoo t~heologians
state, for instance. that this illustrious
deity has had as many as thirty avar-
tars, but all agree in making his incar-
nation in the idealic character Of Bud
dha his last appearance on earth. When
, he comes again it will be as Kalki. and
he will come on his white horse to reward
virtue n punish wrong doing.
! Each time that Vishnu has Invested
himself of his spiritual garb to appear
among men there has been some impor-
tant work for him to do and not until
it has been fully accomplished has he
been wiling to return to the realm Of
shades to pass another decade or two
in contemplation of his work.
AS Buddha he came to preach q new
religion. the religion that should fit the
world for his last coming. 1t was the
religion Of love and good will. just such
a religion as the humble son Of the king
must have preached if he ever lived on
earth. As Prince Siddartha, the
'All honored, Wisest, Best, most Pitt
full: Isl -e5 .-
/. The Teacher Of Nirvana and the Law"
the great god came to help the world,
to teach his four truths and his eight
fold path thai would make man know
that there is no grief so bad as hate, no