Great Falls tribune., 1921-12-25

lOEWdTQ 10 the Coming OF tnell
Messiah, having rejected the Christ
as that Messiah. The Hindoo pro.
phets broke into raptures over the
coming Redeemer, God incarnate
by his own power in the womb oi
the Virgin Devanaguy. Listen tc
this poetic one from the Atharva
Hindoo sacred book.
"He shall come, crowned with
lights, the pure fluid issuing from
the Great Soul, the essence Of all
that hath existence.-and the wa.
ters of the Ganges shall thrill from
their sources to- the sea, as an en-.
ciente woman who feels in her
bosom the first bound of her infant
He shall come, and the heavens and
the worlds shall be joyous, and the
stars shall pale before His splen.
dor, the sun shall find his rays toe
feeble to give Him light, and the
earth shall be too narrow for His
boundless vision, too small to
contain Him. For He is the infin.
ite, for He is power, for He is wis.
dom, for He is beauty, for He is all
and in ALL" ..........
"He shall come, and all animated
beings, all the flowers, all the
plants, all the trees, the men, the
women, the infants, the slaves, the
proud elephant, the tiger, the lion,
the white -plumed swan, all the
birds, and all the insects, all the
fish, in the air, on the earth, and
in the waters, shall together intone
the chant of joy, for He is the
lord of all creatures and Of all that
exists"
"He shall come and the accused
Rackchasos (devils) shall fly for
refuge in the deepest hells. He
shall come and the impure Pisat-
chas (demons) shall cease to gnaw
the bones of the dead. He shall
come, and all unclean beings shall
be dismayed; ill-omened vultures
and foul jackals shall no longer find
rottenness for their sustenance, nor
retreats in which to hide them
selves" ......... ....... a..
"He shall come, and life shall
defy death, and the period of disso-
luton shall be suspended in its
sinister operations, and He shall
revivify the blood of all beings,
shall regenerate all bodies, and pur-
ify all souls.'
"He shall come, more sweet than
honey or ambrosia, more pure than
the lamb without spot, and the lips
of a virgin, and all hearts shall be
transported with love. Happy the
blest womb that shall bear Him!
Happy the ears that shall hear His
first words! Happy the earth that
shall support His first footsteps!
Happy the breasts that His celes-
tial mouth shall press! It is by
their blest milk that all men shall
be purified"
From north to south, from the
rising to the setting, that day shall
be a day of exultation, for God
shall manifest His glory, and shall
make His power resound, and shall
reconcile Himself with His crea-
lures"
And He came, this Hindoo Re-
deemer, as the prophets predicted,
born of the Virgin Devanaguy, and
he was called by his mother Jeseus
Christina, and he walked and
preached and talked in parallels to
the people of India, converting
them from their evil ways, until
slain by the arrows Of evil men
while bathing in the Ganges, he re-
turned to God, the source of light
and power from whence he came
and of which he was a part. Is not
the story written in many pages in
the Vedas and sacred writings Of
the Hindoos, written before Abra-
ham was born? We have no space
for the full story here.
So in our spiritual pride let US
not think that only we have a
Christmas day. The Hindoos have
one, too. The Chinese and the fol-
lowers of Buddha have one, too,
with virgin conception from hea-
ven, and a redeemer born to show
men the way, the middle way of
Buddha, to escape from sin and suf-
fering and become one with God.
Christmas day Is day for chari-
ty and good will, for tolerance Of
those whose. belief is not our be-
lief, for kindly acts and Christmas
gifts. It is day of joy to men Of
good will. 1t Is day Of hope for