The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1900-02-24
Vishnu E1pected Soon on His Last

Sishnu Expected Soon on His Last
Visit to the Earth.
He will. appear before men riding on a.
Wn1te morse and In his hand will be a
sword, cleaning like comet, with which
ne VIII annihilate all sinners and do tho
deaoiy work that must be done before
the world can enjoy a new birth"
on the lips of thousands Of the natives
OF lndla are these words, for among them
the peuef IS general that the time is at
hand when V1shnu, their great god, will
appear once more on earth, and they know
tnat When he does come he will appear
as a stately rider on a snow white horse
ana with an avenging, cometlike sword in
MS strong right hand. Any day he NAV
come and they dare not be unprepared
NO matter what their caste may be.
they must wait and watch for his coming.
Ihey expect him to appear within the
next rev weeks, says the New York
Herald, and they say they have excellent
reasons for believing that the appointed
time for his advent has come Vishnu,
they point out, is the second person of the
lndlan trinity, and, according to popular
tradition, he has already appeared on
earth nine times-if not more often
since he first departed this life In the
other words, on at least nine distinct &C.
cas1ons ne has Invested. himself of his
spiritual grab and has appeared among
Each time TIERS s Vas ana som RleoG Important
work for Vishnu to do on earth. the In
d1ans say, and not until it was fully done
did ne return to the realm of the shades.
only once more will. it please him to
visit the earth, and "that VISIT" say de-
Vout Indians, must be made now, be-
cause this Is the close of the year Wikari,
and all our religious records show that
when this year closes Vishnu must visit
us FOR the last time" ..~..~
According to Hindoo chronology, the
year WlKarl marks the end of the pre-
sent world period Of five thousand years,
which Is popularity known as Kali-yug,
and which must pass away before the
world can be cleansed of sin and begin
new life. And this is the precise epoch
when the final rebirth Of Vishnu must
take place, since it is he who will usher
In the new order Of things.
Since the news spread of the famous
old gods expected advent the attention of
many theologtans in England and else
where has been drawn to. the striking
similarity in this respect between the
religion of the Christians and that of
the Hindoos, and the conclusion at which
they have arrived is that the two religions
must have had in some respects a COM
mon origin Only on this assumption, it
is held, can one account for the fact that
some of the leading ideas in the two reli-
gions are strikingly alike.
AS the Hindoos look for the final ap-
pearance of Vishnu, so Christians look
for the second coming of Christ When
Christ or Vishnu comes the world, it is
said, will undergo a marvellous change.
The Bible is eloquent on this point, and
several theologians have pointed out that
therein may well be applied to Vishnu
and his majestic temperance, riding or
white horse and with cleaning sword
in his hand.''
10 the many Theosophists in this coun-
try, and to all others who have studied
the Hindoo literature or religion, this is
a subject of great interest. Many years
ago the late Nine. Blavatsky pointed out
that during the present year the regenera-
ton Of the world would begin, and all
believers in the old religious doctrines Of
India maintain that this cannot take place
until Vishnu appears.