Arizona republican., 1912-12-10
Christmas of the Ancients

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 Practically uye saDr. ie&enqsty Lore has gathered about aii f3e a'JFid aaFlorF B. of example, osiris born i}ecembeI ~ ot u" holy virgin Neiih and tt4,us. uie DsIIopt1tipu Dt Dsjras, tIl1 s1iue date, Hl manager and bis iulu,no,iiit hgothef W5A Isi< Mitbras, the P:r7fz s1pipr born oH the same day, "as visited '. wEc pen abd fofetJjd, like the others. Krisbna w3s born tn h tsRt. and his mother and foster father were on Ioarney fo pag taxes Instead pf shep- hcrds. cp"hetds came tp ad3f" hlin. neay%nly bclnZ appeared thr mother Df Buddha saying, "Iiehod ibop shah bring forth son, bearing the ,itstic signs of Euddia, a scion 0i the highest IinroRc. a son highest kings. When be shall leave hle Kingdom enter the state pf devotion, hc pha b"cotn" sacrifice for the d"e"rs on earth, Huddha who to all men shall git@ Jpy and the glorious fruits of hnn0rtalItt
 Script No Of The pth and Marrow of Some S1crrd Writings has the following
 The Etruecans worHhipped a Virgin mother and Son Cybele still another Virgin mother god dcas. The Scandinavians had Sun-god. Balder Cson the Al-fadcr Odfn. and the Virgin Frigga). who's" festival held at the winter solstice and boar offered at the feast Of Yule to the god Frey, who killed that time The Germanic peoples worshipped Virgin mother and child; her was Foster. whence word Easter. Easter time a period Of fasting with them and many other In Finland, Ukko. the Great Spirit, chooses the Virgin Mariatta for the mother Of his incarnation the god and the mystic birth takes place in stable. From time immenoria the Chinese adored Virgin mother. Shinmu. and the child and there traditions similar to the Christ story among the records Of the BabylonianS. Chaldeans, Tibetans. and other peoples Of the old world It astonishing thing find that the same legend been the fountain of the rei 4ious beliefs Of the Mexicans. the Mayas and other American nations for millenniums Yet it is undeni able. for QuetzalcoatI, who born in Tuan in Mexico was reputed he the of the Virgin Sochiquetzal. the queen of heaven. She receiNed the announcement of the miraculous conception from an angel who gave her d token of flowers
 All these saviors were born of virgins and usually were announced by angels To make the analOgies remarkable the incidents attributed to their after life are in many cases identical. T" quote these examples from the same source:
 "krishnt. according to Sanskrit dictionary compiled than two thousand years ago., carried away secretly when an infant to escape the wrath of the reigning monarch, kansa, who, like Herod afraid being dspOssessed of his throne when the born Messiah grew up. and had dered massacre of all the vigorous male infants born on the night of Krishna's birth. This is the subject important piece of sculpture in the caves of Elephanta. Quaint stories of Krishna's boyhoOd closely resemble those given in the apoc- rNphal gospels concerning the childhood ot Jesus Krishnas miracles resemble those of Jesus; the first healing a leper: another the raising of maiden kalavatti, who had been fatally bitten by snake. Krishna, in bringing her to life uses expression Jesus when raising Krishna had faVorite disciple who followed him everywhere. Arjuna who is the counterpart of John in many respects: Krishna boldly and openly sup ported weak against the strong and tyranniac though he meek and lOwlY. One account of his death represents him crucified. Krishna, under the of Nshnu, is tn come again riding on a white horse to all things. His worship is known to have in existence nine hundred wears before Jesus and miracle plays depicting his career have been given by his deVOtees bearing a curious resemblance those of the church in the middle ages