& * ா ف و tبه against laying undue stress on forms and ceremonies. They are vehement in thcir denunciation of overfordness for such observances. There is an astouishing agreetment between the really pious of all ages and countries in this respect. In short, even once thinking of God anilst worldly business, speaking even to single truth when we are strongly !ompted to speak untruth, restraining ove, ence anger or any other passion under strong provocation, going even onee to the hns l of a Trotor to do him good is infinitely beifer thari wrt ing thousand learned dissertations on theology, conducting thousand controversies on the subject of religion, performing tinusaut reigious economics and attouling thousand religious "otivals and processions. we should not otaly regula le otrown con duct by oil eye to the essentials of religion but, while propagating the 1.ligion we profess, we should draw useu's attention more to love of (4od and leve of inar tha m 3 »trimal poiiifs. We arc orally culpable before (jad if we lay greater strets on the husk instead of the ker - ıı el of 1 -xligiou. The Essential Religion does not admit of organization. There can be no such sect. '{'} te Religion is not the exclusive property of any It is the common property of all sects and churches. The menbers of all sects and churches should regulate А. trout is pious in proportion as he does so. w - 学 爱 * « ... , - * - kr.“ t T a-, i ii → E,4.s, ·:ı !,i:! {{^ligion;stș 'ss C.Y." it particular sect or church. their conduct according to its dictatoš. There is astonishing agreement between the really pious of all denominations in their say uno aud acts but no agreement between the pious and the impious of the same denomic nation. The pious of all sects and churches, true servants of the Lold under whatever strange name or disguise they may be conceal. erl, fornu an ideal uní versal church by them - selves. There can therefore be no seet in the Essential Religion. Besides, a notinber of men, banded together and calling themselves Essential Religionisis, must have a particular conception of the 15city and future state and follow a particular mode of worship. This particular conception and particular mode of worship would at once determine them as a sect. These particular conceptions of God and future state and modes of worship give rise to religious sects among mankind. THE ESSENTIAL RELIGION . ) Every individual man cannot avoid joining a sect according to his own particular convictions. Differences of religion must always exist in the world. To quote Parker again. “As many men so many theologies. As it is impossible to obliterate differences of face and make all faces exactly resemble each other, so it 13, diff, cult to obliterate distinctions of religio’. Differences of religion have always existed it, the world and will exist as long as it liests, It is impossible to bring over men to one and ibe same religion. A certain king renmarked: “It is impossible to make all watches go oxactly alike. How is it possible to briug over all then to lily own opinion o’ Warious flowers W outid always exist in tile garden of religion, each has ing a peculiar fragrance of its own, The i-rol being the suost fragrant of them all. J}ea, ius; this in mind, we should tolerate all. religions though at the same time propagating the religie', which we consisłel to be true by meas e oi o ryti i:e1.t tend gen” le persuasion. We si!!,tiitl toièrèiè. *:weli such agnostical relieions a.s V ücrı sını suni Buddhisin as they inceticat : tlાહ : to t.) ; :! : existence of 14.od tła ngł: t}1: fo: w ar:, of the se 1etigions () is thç } 3 * - * l p s e joiieve , , , is . . . $ it to to . . . . . . t \{*
- 1 luptersko: a!, * of ) of t or co’s 11: "...,n with H. in it, v, joix'h ineu u ust be impulled by iove of God. and the doctrine of love of man or morality. Som: people speak of Buddhism, as an atheistical i eligion Evel, if it were true: ilint tota divisin is :t system of purc at}teist : “vhicht it is rôi t!te Þbi ase “atheistitsi religiou” esiintit al lly t. it. 't'h'. i ii ¡°or tradiction
expressãu: “ążłł.- ¡.s tie:!! ręłigioj:” i ه به i ; 1.9 religion if divorced trou, God. We shootič ita fi rims. '!'}:re : ., .. tolerate all religions. We shold look upon all religions, every one of which contains greater or less truth, as God himself looks upon them, rejoiciug iu tie truł!i whi·i, çarlı contains and attributing its “riots to human in, perfection. All religions are merely helps to the Esseutial Religion. They are valnable iis pro portion to their power to deepou vinsi strengthen our love of God and love of man ev
- Later resoaches have proved that Buddhism is not without the idea of a God as was formerly supposed.
