खांबांक्ल १४se THE RELIGION OF LOVE. (*6. সব বিশ্বে হেরি তার প্রেমানন ভেসে যায় জলে ७नैौन नग्नना । THE RELIGION OF LOWE INTENDED For ALL SECTs AND CHURCHES, o By A Hindu. (Continued from page 241.) Ö CHAPTER. XV. Of Inspiration and its Universal Language. 1. Inspiration is elevation above our ordinary selves caused by divine influence, leading us to think, speak or act in an extraordinary manner for good. Belief in inspiration is common to all ages and countries. The phoenomenon itself is as universal as the belief. That God inspireth man is as much a truth as that God liveth. It is a part and parcel of our belief in God. There can be inspiration in every sphere of action. We shall speak in this chapter of religious inspiration only. 2. In moments of inspiration, an inspired religious man is raised above himself but at other times, he is a poor, shrunken, weak mortal, liable to crror and sin. The principal characteristic of an inspired utterance is its utter freedom from error and its coming home to the intellect and the heart of men of all ages and countrics. 3. Sometimes poets speak on the subject of religion us well as, or rather better than, prophets and religious preachers for they are as much inspired as prophets and religious preachers are. They give expression to inspired utterances on every other subject also. 4. There is a language in which inspired. religious men of all ages and countries speak and that language is the same every where. There is a strange agreement botween the inspired of all ages and countries. 5. The inspired of all ages and countries give every where the same instruction to affiction-stricken mankind and that instruction can be summed up in the following words: (a) Be sinless. (b) Be constantly conscious of the presence of God in all things. (c) Löve God with all your heart, all your mind, and all your strength. (d) Be constantly united with God. (e) Love all beings. (f) Do good to all beings. The above principles constitute the Religion of Love. The Religion of Love is no other. We may deduce as a corollary from (e) (g) Allow liberty of opinion in religion and tolerate all and every form of religious belief if it do not encourage immorality, considering that the first right of private judgment is to draw nearer to God in its own way. True love is always tot cent. 6. It is characteristic of inspired religious men that they do not dwell an dogmas and metaphysical easoning about the nature of God, the nature of the soul, and the origin of morality but on love o' God and love of man. One of tljem saith. “Iam the 8ervant of love. I do not know creed or dogma.” Another saith “My cars are stunned with the din of the noisy wrangle of the seventy two sects. My only religion is Love”. The inspired men, quoted above, say this with reference to dispute about doctrine. As for meta physical reasoning, the man, who intendeth not to follow religion before he has discover il its source by means of the metaphysics, acteth like the fool who, though thirsty, resolveth not to drink the water of a river before he has discovered its source. The inspired religious man appealeth to this deep instinctive craving of man for religion more than any thing else. Whether a man conscientiously chooseth to stick to the venerable faith of his ancestors or as conscientiously changeth it for a better one, the Religion of Love, sketched above, can be availed of by him in any case. The Religion of Love doth not admit of church organization or sectarian movement but all churches and sects can partake of its benefits. It hath been my endeavour to keep my sketch as free from scCtarian tinge as possible Let this little book go among mankind and perform its sacred work of healing up animosities and dissensions between followers of different religions and promote concord and harmony among the nations of the earth. May Love reign over the whole earth 1 May it bless all mankind, Om! Santi, Santi, Santi! In the name of the Creator and Preserver of the universe, let there be Peace Peace I Peace l =
- We can not better conclude a religious work than with an invocation of Peace accordding to the custon of the old Hiutlu writers.
