ه ۹ و }s} call themselves its followers. They can conscientiouly call themselves so, while retaining their character of Theists or followers of the Universal Religion, as Theism is, A tas and the essential portion of that old r:ligion as of overy other, and as they **aturally imu8t have veueration towards its founder or founders who taught the great. Theistic truths contained in it old whose writings or sayings first in H,-d the principles of religion in to : h ir minds. There is no fear of their confounded with its ordinary | rowers, as their opinions and prac i wiiyo li, os, showing their rejection of the viourt notions and the superstitious ob • v.inc s of tiwir ©o ta' rynien, would l as jy dustinguis! flieu, from the lai { {:} . A ecordinar í la the described above, Theists should adopt the old forin | : 1) of ch arch service makira: such changes in ;;, ns are iniper;utiv, iy required by They should adopt a ritua: ...ontaining as much of the the principles of Theism. form as could be kept consistently with the diet:tes of conscience. They should have also a book of 'Fleistic texts extracted from the national scriptures which of the nation, such a book being essentially necessary for drawing the eyes of the nation to the really important portion of its scripture, as distinguished from the unimportant and thereby diffusing the principles of Thoisun amongits membres,as well for serving the subsidiary burpose of a convenient collection of ಲt068 for sermons and discourses. This system of propagation does not exclude "o introduction of a new ele. n `ಸಿ service ಸ್ಟ್ರ into inent must be Ñ. . but hi eleand in a national o у introduced *lings and tastes of i. n Suited to e nation. This י : " • already command the voneration DIFFUSION OF THEISM. as has been said before, the >(r"。 system of diffusion also does not exclude the acceptance of the truths contained in the scriptures of other nations and the transfusion of the beauties of those seriptures in a national shape into our own hymns and discourses. Of course, the adoption of such a plan will not altogother prevent the creation of feelings of antagonism, but not to such an exte: It as the setting off of Theism as a new religion would do, and even the comparatively smaller degree of antagonism evoked by it would gradually diminish as the followers of the old religion poro ceive that Theism is friendly to it and that it has come to fulfil and not to do troy it. The adoption of a friend.y mode of propagation is insperatively re quired by the very genius of Théism, which is a meck and benevolent religion. Fven is an antagonistic method of propagation were succesful, Theism would be justified in rejecting the ofi barbaous mode of propagating religion and adopting a friendly mode as inore in harmony with its enlightened and refined character. t After the old religions had attained Theistic purity in the way mentioned above, then would be the proper time for the fusion of religions, scriptures, and races which is the ultimate end of Theism. Engaging ourselves now in the task of accomplishing such fusion in this incipiont stage of Theism wonld degenerate Theists into a limited seet, commanding no respect and possess. ing no influence. It would be easier to theisticize the whole world by means of a national reform organization established in the midst of each nation possessing an entirely national aspect adapted to its genius and thereby commanding its respect, than by means of an organization which makes Theism wear a so-called universal but grotesque form consisting of a mixture of different
