El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-05

Text Timothy. %. For there is
one God. and one mediator between
God and men, the man Christ Jesus
From the time Of the congress OF
world religions in Chicago during the
exposition there has been an apparent
disposition among some people to con
slider Christianity as just one Of the
great religions. and on a par with sew
eral others. and on January 9th Cthls
month and only last week. our fellow
+ov-nsman. Felix Martinez, read a paper
before the FL PasO Woman's CLUB IN
which ne seems to me to en0edNOI
n make Buddhism equal to CHRISTIAN
itv. The head put upon that paper
as published in the FL Paso Heralu,
was, "Buddhists and Hindus Eacn Ei is4t
a Leader Like the CHRISTIAN Ciirlst-
Very little difference in the teaCnlhss
of these ancient religions ana tllSt %
The present day Christians IhesV
teachers of old were men Who Per
formed miracles and taught meehness,
OF course the author OF mat atllcl9
did not write that head" but the man
a. - ,,eIvsDaper office who did write
II thought il was justified by the pouy
of the article and on reading the ar
+fcIe I agree with the newspaper man:
That is, the article jusurles the neau,
but I by no means agree Win tne al
4fcle. Mr. MARTINEZ seems TO IoIloW
Arnold in the doctrines Of his great
poem. but that poem is not history. II
IS not a reliable account Of either
Buddhism or Christianity saw
statement recently from a clsIlh-
guished literary character tnat no one
has been more surprised than Mr. Ar
mold himself that any one should Try
to make historic accuracy out OF ms
poem
Let me say, before pointing out some
of Il : errors which Mr. Martinez nad
falle.- into. that I have no disposition
to uE5errate the good in the teaching
Of Sakvamuni, who is believed BY
some to be the ninth incarnation OF
Vishnu" The claims Of our Lord do
not rest upon q disparagement OF
whatever is good in others can
adOph the sentiment OF Mr.. WEBSTER
in replying to Mr.. Calhoun's philippe
against Massachusetts: I thank my
God that If I have but little OF that
virtue that would raise mortals to the
skies, I have none Of that other trait
that would drag angels down ana
vet to compare favorably Sakyamuni
saint Sakya) the supposed last in
carnation of Buddha," with our Lord
Jesus Christ is an absurdity as I pro-
pose TO show.
Differs With Martinez.
As an eSsayist Mr. Martinez VIII not
do to follow either as to Buddhism or
Christianity. For instance, he says:
'Buddha broke down the iron caste OF
the Brahminical code, which had so
long ruled India, and aimed to place
all mankind on a level by teaching
them the brotherhood Of man. have
no fault to find with the statement OF
the aim" of the Sakyamuni, the sup
posed ninth incarnation Of Buddha, but
to state that he broke down the iron
caste of the Brahminical code OF India
is amazing, when every school boy
knows that caste" is the most dCmi-
nant law in all India. Miss Booker,
sister Of a prominent man In FL
Paso. was here some time ago, fresh
from years Of missionary toll in india,
and she spoke several times to q, mum %
Der Of the elect women Of Fl Paso-
and never failed to tell OF the power
of caste in India She had to hire n
number Of servants because the power
Of caste would not allow one se-v'ln I
to do several things. even in household
work. The American Encyclopedla
saws: "Castes. however, were not d.
rectly prohibited" Cby Buddhism) but