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Christianity and Buddhism it is needful
that We consider their similarity. Pass
ing by such accidental and curious an
alogfes as are to be found in the ritual
of Northern Buddhism and that of the
Catholic church, the more amazing like
ness pf ethical and spiritual purport
'confounds those who think that all other
religion than Christianity is sort of
diabolical contrivance.
/. There is, for instance, the intensely
inward and heart-searching message of
both religions. "Each aims at the heart
of our defects" 1t is, say both, the deep
root of our life, its deep hidden spring
and source, that is wrong. We have
wayward and illusory self from which
we must escape if we would be saved.
Hence all outward show and glamor of
prosperity or popularity or worldly sue
cess is a trap, gate leading downwards
to the abyss. Self conquest is the way
of peace. Purity of the inmost soul is
the only purity. Sincerity absolute, at
the core of our being, is the only sin
eerity. This is the personal message of
both religions.
2. Then again the social virtues urged
by both grow largely from this personal
Intensity. Self conquest means kind
ness to others. even to those who wrong
us. 1t cuts away malice, cruelty and
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even hateful passion. Hence the fine
courtesy that prevails in lands where
these religions have laid hold of the
hearts of the people. The true simplicity,
approachableness, lovableness of the cul-
tured Buddhist is indeed often a reproof
to many who are supposed to be Chris
tians, because these are eminent Chris
tian qualities.
How accomplish such a change. such
an escape from the evil self-life of the
soul? Buddhism says, by contempla-
tion. It tells you that when you reflect
on life you reach stage where the well
fare of your own self merges into the
welfare of all. Thus you may contem-
platively draw your own consciousness
in a world consciousness. By infinite
contemplation you may come to an in
finite rest and quietude, neither being
nor the absence of being; neither
thought nor the absence of thought" !"
There was a time when Christianity was
yielding to this contemplative ideal.
Christianity answers the problem of
Salvation from our evil self by saying,
You must escape through the active
grace of God, which is love- Instead
of extinguishing your individual self, you
must accept Gods personal love, which
regards you as of infinite worth to Him."
Here Is the dividing line between Budd-
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he denies that such an ideal passion
was ever encouraged in the original
southern type of that faith. But he does
well to recognize that the Christian
church was created to represent the
ideal Christian community, worth all the
heroic love of each adherent. He also
pushes the thought forward into the fu-
ture. when new arts of common llv-
ing" will be born of new devotional
love to the whole community of man
kind.
The discovery of the ideal human COM
munity: that is the first half of the
distinctive character of the Christian re-
ligion. 1t captivates the Individual and
socializes him.
Something else Is needed, nothing less
than the use of selfishness and treach-
cry and the non-social passions. which
are evil means to thier own destrue-
tion. That Is the atonement. Through
the romantic story of Joseph and his
brethren he illustrates a profound fact
and principle in all moral life. The out
come of the brothers sin and of Jo-
sephs forgiveness was more than a rec
onciliation of the evil and the good; ii
was sort of justification of the evil
wrough. Even the treachry brought forth
good through the suffering of Joseph,
his virtue, his love. We are justified in
believing that no deep treachry can be
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A MONG recent essays none deserve
"a more careful or more general
1 = reading than one by Professor
Royce, in the HILBERT Journal. on the es-
sential contrast between Buddhism and
Christianity. Everybody has read some
thing of that contrast. All students of
theology and comparative religion have
listened to more or less enlightening,
more or less wooden. discourses on the
lamentable defects of Buddhism. Books
and papers innumerable have flooded the
libraries of the world in the effort to ex-
pound the message of the great Oriental
mysticism named for Buddha. Madame
Blavatsky and Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy
have appropriated mystical eggs from
the Buddhist henroost, and other ener-
eetic ladies, still living. might conceiv-
ably be following the banners of the
Pankhursts were 1t not for their inter-
ests being already engaged in phases of
the Asiatic revival, theosophy. Babism,
eo-Mohammedanism, and what not-all
of them essentially Buddhistic.
But 1t is doubtful il at any time a
word more truly worth while has been
spoken on the religion of Eastern Asia
than this by Professor Royce.
For one thing he is under no illusions
as to the essential nature of the Chris
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SOME COSTLY WOMEN-By Dr. W. E. Evans

that he travel FOR his health" which
was equal to sentence of banishlnent.
To tell of the Orloffs. the L'Estocqs,
the Soltykofs, the PoniatowslSis, the
Potemkins, and the many other lovers
of Catherine would be an unsavory re-
cital. Let it suffice to say, that as a
rule, when she dismissed an old lover,
she loaded him with wealth and he
was gone.
When she made the first trip from
Saxony to Russia she was so poor that
she had to appeal to Elizabeth, whose
guest she was to be, for money to pay
travelling expenses. Yet, now for her
immoralities alone, first and last, she
cost Russia about 500, 900, 900. To say
nothing of the vast fortunes that she
spent In other matters One of her
favorites was hard TO get rid of, 70
ritch. Servian Adonis. He threatened
to "cut off the ears of Potemkin," but
he finally left with one million and
a-half roubles and an estate, with
100000 a year to keep it up" OF
course, the people had all this to pay.
Was Catherine worth It to Russia? But
enough of Catherine.
The celebrated Madame de Pompa-
dour was the favorite of King Louis
-sV of France, for 20 years and during
that time she ruled the king and the
kingdom Her father was a scape-
grace. and her mother had no morals to
speak Of As a mere child she was ac-
complished in music, in horsemanship
and in drawing. She grew up to be
most beautiful. "She was tall, her eyes
We're brown and brilliant; her teeth
We're white and small; her arms round
and perfect; her hands beautiful and
fine; her hair was golden; her mouth
was closed with delicate lips which had
an infinite cherry-like freshness and
fullness."
When this fascinating creature,
Jeanne Antoinette Poison, afterwards
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BUDDHISM AND CHRISTlANITY-By George Eaves D. D.

tian faith. The real test of Christian
teacher is the doctrine of atonement
Among the sentimental idealists of recent
decades, covering indeed half century
and more, the atonement has been fretted
away into strings and shreds of emo
tional poetry. 1t was not till Dr. Dem
ny's book on 1.-THE Death of Christ"
came out about IL years ago that any
English speaking theologian had the
courage to say what he found in his
Bible about an objective propitiation
through the cross. There has been more
courage and more common sense since
then, but many half-hatched pulpit mod
ernists have discounted the Bible doc
trine by asserting that 1t belongs to an
outgrown stage of spiritual culture And
the church is consequently full of people
who know almost nothing of the Cross.
Now comes Professor Royce, not SO
much a theologian as asphilosopher and
ethical expositor, and proves that this
very fact mot doctrine merely of divine
ly human Precipitation is the essential
half of that which justifies the Gospel
against Buddhism. He therefore does
justice to the Jewish conception en-
shrined in our Christian doctrine of
atonement almost for the first time in re-
cent New England literature.
To appreciate the difference between
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With his improved implements of iron
and steel, trees were easily felled by
the paleface. RATS were built, bridges
were constructed, and by degrees, as the
population grew. roads were opened. The
refugees from the storms of war who
came about 1T77. followed the Indian
trails when they could. consistent with
the direction sought, but now and then
they would have to plunge into the thick
forests, pick their way as best they could,
through a tangled wilderness. and pur-
sue their course to their destination BY
immigrants like these, some of the ter
ritory stretching from the western con-
fine of Florida to the Tombigbee came
to be peopled in the first years of the
nineteenth century and for more than two
decades before.
Localities in the present territory of the
counties of Monroe, Clarke. Baldwin and
Washington were occupied as early as
IT'S. Some of the white men in the lower
part of Monroe county married Indian
maidens from which came some of the
families that subsequently became con-
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long before this final event, and as the
body was borne away, he said, the day
being rainy, 1.-THE Marquise has a bad
day for her long Journey"
The Marquise de Pompadour had
mania for money, because of what she
might do with 1t. The King knew this.
His gifts to her on New Years Day were
simply fortunes. He would hand her. as
If they were nothing, ivory tablets en-
graved with the arms of France and in
laid with diamonds. containing notes for
$4,000 francs. He gave her the great dia-
mond of the Duchess of Orleans valued
at $4,000 livres-not to speak of her splen-
did surroundings and armies of servants
niture was so great that the sale of 1t
lasted a year after her death, and the
auction house where it was sold was
one of the sights of Paris. One writer
said, TT seemed that all regions of the
earth had paid tribute to the extrava-
gance of the marchioness." She squan-
dered many millions in buying estates.
Her largest chateau was at Crecy; but
she owned others at Compiegne, at Fon-
tainebleau, at Saint Ouen, at Montretent,
at La Celle Saint Cloud, two at Versailles,
two at Paris; her last purchase was the
enormous estate of the Marquis de
Menars. She at one time considered the
advisability of buying the principality
of Neufchatel from the King of Prussia
Like Madame de Maintenon with Louis
XIV, Madame de Pompadour found that
she must amuse the King, and the King
being hard to amuse the Pompadour re-
sorted to all manner of expedients to ac-
complish this end without a thought of
the cost. Among other methods adopted
to give his majesty pleasure, She built
out of the public funds, a theatre. The
expense of this enterprise in one year
was 230,203 livres. 1t is said that the
Kings ennui cost France 100000 cool
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hism and the Gospel. the personal love
of God, impaired to the Individual and
making Him infinitely valuable. But why
does the God of Christianity love and es-
TEEN the individual? Here comes the
characteristic answer of Professor Royce.
He perceives that the individual is loved
because it is his divinely ordered des-
tiny to be a member of the kingdom of
heaven, which is to say, the ideal human
community.
1t is the isolation, the natural iso-
lation and narrow selfishness inherent
in us all that constitutes our need to
be saved. This is the bondage of (man' 81
flesh; this is the soul of his corrup-
tion; this Is his alienation from true
life; this fact namely. that by nature
as social animal he is an Individual
fast bound by ties which no man
can rend to the community wherein he
chances to be born or trained; never
theless until the true love of a COM
munity and until the beloved commu-
nifty itself appear in his life, he is a
stranger in his fathers house-a hater
of his only chance of salvation-a world
ling and worker of evil deeds-a miser-
able source of misery Professor Royce
implies that northern Buddhism has
learned that there must be a positive
devotion to the beloved community, for
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Madam de Pompadour got much of It,
shall give only a sentence or two to
the notorious Madame du Barry, who fol-
lowed in the wake of Madame de Pompa-
dour as a favorite of Louis XIV. She
had the fatal gift of beauty as we'll as
piquant wit. On the death of the King
she was dismissed from court but was
permitted to retain her house in Lucien-
mes. In 1872 she went to England to sell
her jewels. When she returned she was
tried before the Revolutionary tribunal,
and was guillotined. 1t is estimated that
this Infamous woman cost France 5000,
900 francs
Let US pass over Marie Antoinette
Josephine was five years old when Napo-
leon was born. When she grew up she
was married to the Viscount de Beau.
harnais, and went to Court at Versailles
Josephine had had an affair with ont
William Stuart. and, as William Stuar
showed himself after the marriage oi
Viscount de Bauharnais and Josephine
there followed what has often occurred
at the husbands seeing an old sweetheart
of his wife-a quarrel Thereupon, the
Viscount set sail for the island of Mar
Unique, Josephine's birthplace, to look
into her past life. He there heard some
queer things about his wife. He came
back to France and instituted a suit for
divorce, which was granted, the verdict
allowing faults on both sides"
The Viscount paid $1,000 a year alimony
and kept the only child In three years
Josephine was restored to her place at
the Viscount's side. In tho great up
heaval of the revolution the Viseount
was beheaded, leaving Josephine with
two children.
In due time Napoleon asked Joseph
Inc to marry him. She said Bonaparte
"fatigued" her; had she lived in this
our day, she would have said: you
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done but that creative love shall fnd
the way to make the world better than
it would have been had that evil deed
not been done
"Josephs atoning work." says the pro-
fessor, consists simply in this triumph-
antly ingenious creation of good out OF
i'll. His treatment is vicoriaus-perfect
~ objective 1t is the triumph Of
the spirit of the family through the
devoted loyalty of an Individual"
The link between all this and the COM
munity ideal created by Christianity is
obvious. The Father of men seeks to
bring them all together into His fam
lily. OF that family the church is the
divine symbol and prophecy. "Conver-
sion" is a turning from selfish treachery
to the service of the family, to the en-
deavor to bring all Gods lost ones home.
The atonement that unites the ungodiy
with the church works as did Josephs
suffering, bearing the consequences OF
our present treaehery and triumphant
ly leading us out of IT. And the ul-
innate result of that atonement will be
the union of all mankind, now divided
by a thousand Joalousies and enmities.
a new creation, Q. new community, to
which each segara1 individual shall pos
sess absolute devotion. Buddhism ends
In quiescence. The gospel ends In the
soul seeking by its own cross the serv-
ice of the coming kingdom
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small. scrawny ponies, usually called
Indian ponies" tough and possessing a
power of endurance against hardship and
fatigue that was wonderful. The cost
of transportation was practically Moth
ing. as these animals were hobbled at
noon and at night. and turned out to
Craze to the full on the rank grass and
native pea vines. and when in the re-
gion of low country, on young cane.
The weight of a load was usually $50
pounds, one-third of which was balanced
in bundles or packs on either side. while
a third was secured in the center on the
back OF the animal. Ten of these ponies
were assigned to a single "drover," who
walked In the rear of the drove and
managed all by wild yelling. After one
or two trips over the same way the
ponies came to learn where to stop for
water and encampment. They often wore
bells of different tones. the wild elangor
of which bells would fill the surrounding
forest for great distances. When loaded
the ponies would fall into line at given
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AS man soweth, so shall he also
reap The life of a farm runs in
cycles, each one filing a year. The
life of man fills more than a year,
but the regular course of operations is
the same as in the farm year.
Nowadays farmers hear much of the
rotation of crops" 1t means grow
ing such products of the soil as shall
not exhaust the fertility of the land.
1t means changing the character of the
crops grown so that no one element
of plant food In the soil shall become
exhausted.
Wheat takes nitrogen from the
ground. The legumes replace 1t with
illustration of what is meant by "rota-
tion of crops"
Why not apply the principle to life
1t cannot be done completely, of
course. since success in any line OF
endeavor means long continued appli-
cation But there Is value in the par
tial working of the principle.
If you apply yourself too constantly
to one line of work or study you may
win success In that line, but you win
it at the risk of exhausting a valuable
element in the soil of your life. You
become narrow. You tire yourself out,
as continued cultivation of one crop
tires the soil of the farm
TO the farmer-'Diversify your
crops" To the other man or woman
Diversity your interests"
If your life work engrosses you set
off part of your time for your family.
for other interests.
1t win pay. The soil of your life will
not exhaust itself so quickly.
The telephone central is wonderful
place--a maze of wires and plugs and
switches. Through 1t flow constantly.
day and night. the hundreds of mes
sages testifying to the usefulness of
the greatest of modern inventions.
Every human being is central. Into
him and out of him flow messages TO
and from the others of his kind.
He is In constant connection with
his fellows. Through him they call up
others. Through him go the words of
peace and good will and perhaps the
tones of strife and anger.
A wonderful thing is the telephone
central. Still more marvellous is the
human central
Greater than mans inventions 81
man.
He is in constant communication
whit all humankind. The diver seeking
pearls in the depths of the Indian
ocean. the goat hunter on the slopes
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count for it," said Dr. PEBBLES IT
have the will power to compel myself
to do things instead of sitting in COR
ner talking about the bygone days"
Isn't that a fine plan for man
of 917
Reverse the figures. It's a good plan
for the man or woman of 10 as well
as for the person of 81.
In fact, any age between 10 and 81
or on either side of these figures will
do well to compel itself to do things
The doing~of things that are worth
while depends on compulsion from with
in, not urging from without. You note
that the doctor said, II compel myself
to do things" He did not say. Il find
myself compelled to do things"
See the difference?
Most of us have not reached the age
when the doctors remark about "sit-
ting in corner talking about the by
gone days" applies to us. We have
yet work to do, hills of accomplish
ment to scale, haven't we?
We means all of us, of any age
The feeling of age is not always ex-
pressed in years. Some men of 35 are
older than others of 90. They are the
ones who sit in the corner and talk
about the old times
The others are up and doing. The
frost on their hair does not chill the
ardor in their hearts and minds There
may be rheumatism in their joints, but
there is none in their mentality, in
their interest in life. Their grandchil-
dren's affairs are theirs.
With the lengthenihg terms of mans
life onsearth, due to medical discover
les and the spread of sanitation; with
the improved methods of disseminat-
ing intelligence among all classes Of
any ones growing old.
We can all start with DIR. PEBBLES on
voyages around the world-mentally
If not in person.
In since every persons life is
farm. 1t must be titled to bring forth
proper fruits. 1t can be fertillzed with
the chemicals of wisdom and foresight
or it can be permitted to grow to
weeds.
One thing you cannot do with your
life--you cannot let it remain faIlow.
1t must produce crops fit for the gran
ary and the storehouse or it will run
wild with noxious weeds.
Like the farm. a life has its seasons
of sowing, of cultivation and of har-
vest. Again, like a farm, it must be
kept in good tilth. 1t will not run
itself"
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spicuous in the early annals of the state.
Among such may be named the Wealth
erfords. Taits Durants and Tunstalls.
In the bloody scenes which followed in
Indian warfare, some of these espoused
the cause of one race and some the
other. Not few of these became wealthy
according to the estimate of the times,
some were intelligent and influential and
impaired a wholesome influence to the
early society of the state.
Primitive commerce was quickened
along the great beaten pathways in con-
sequence of the advent of the whites.
These original highways extended from
the ports of Mobile and Pensacola long
distances into the interior. One of these
ran from Pensacola via Columbus, Ga,
to Augusta. where was intersected an
other which reached to Charleston. An
other ran via Florence and Huntsville to
Nashville, whence it extended as far
north as old Vincennes, on the Wabash.
Through the ports of Mobile and Pensa-
cola exports We're made to distant parts,