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H1NDU SAMAJ כל צ צ' SeeSSSSLSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSAAAASA SSASAS SSMSSSMSSSMSSSMSSSMSSSMSSSMSSSMSSS (HINDU SAMAJ (Continued from No. 420.) But the greatest mischief arising from the hypocrisy or silence of enlightened Hindus when questioned about their religion, has yet to be told. The educated natives exercise a wide-spread influence on youth still receiving education as well as those who consider them as their models and superiors. A notion has got abroad that the greatest indifference to religion is manifestod by those who arc the most enlightened. This notion has, to a great extent, taken its rise from the hypocrisy of enlightened Hindu believers and is franght with the most dangerous conse quences. Say what non-religious moralists may, the healthy growth of a society takes root only in its earnest and pure religious faith. When we consider the strength of temptations betraying eveu educated men into shameful crimés, we cannot entertain the least hope that a society can be properly governed by mere morality without the support of a pure religiou. The body of society is yet made up by the lower million, the upper ten thout and occupying only the margin. So it will be the height of folly to entrust unsupported morality with its government. The fact that eveu some educated and religious nen are secn to fall into moral transgressions cannot be an argument against religion. On the contrary, it shows the appalling strength of temptations which can sometimes baffle the efforts of morality and religion united. The cases, cannot be the renoval of religion but conclusion, in such the necessity of invoking, were it possible, the help of an additional assistant. The impossibility of such assistance necessitates the strengthening of religious education. Men, whose minds have been strongly impressed with the solemu teachings of a pure religion, cannot indulge in immorality. Such men are models of moral conduct. It is a sad want in our Schools and Colleges, as some philanthropists have already shown, that they are without any provision for religious education. The common points of all religious can furnish a salutary course of religious education without giving offence to people of any particular faith. It is high time that such a course should be provided, in our .li 呜 educational institutions. The Hindus are admitted by all to be the most religious nation under the sun and this distinction should be preserved by them as long as they have any power to do so. The deeper the tree of morality strikes its root into religion, the safor it is. No adverse wind cau blow it down. Morality, whose root is not characterized by depth and does not reach religion, can be easily shaken and uprootel. Many superficial observers are apt to think that the true prosperity of a nation arises from worldliness. They point to the present prosperous condition of Europe. But they seem to overlook the great fact that the present vigour of Europe is mainly owing to ( "hristianity. Had not, Christianity got admission into Europe, her present prosperity would not have been a wonder to the people of Asia. Babu Rajnarain Bose has truly said that external grandeur does not indicate the lasting prosperity of a nation which could be securely basel only on a moral basis. No nation can be so great as that whose motto is “Morality and Religion.” Had not morality been del rived of its importance in the religious systems of the world, its condition by this time had been far otherwise than it really is. The finer portion of Hinduism is highly favorable to morality but its grosser part, adverse to it. Every thing below is apt to be mixed with alloy and it is the duty of the wise to provide a safeguard against the same. Nothing can be more favorable to reformation than the constitution of Hinduism. The endeavour to remove its grosser part can be sanctioned by Hinduism itself and it is a mater of wonder that only a small sect of our nation appreciates the reforniatory advantages furnished by this religion. The greatest possible refinement is consistent with it. The national taste is unnecessarily offended by many of our reformers. Monier Williams proposes to establish Christianity in this country without interfering with the favorite caste system of the natives at the outset but our reformers particularly study to present a scare-crow to our countrymen at the first step they take towards reformation. All great reformers have been conservatives, in the midst of their zeal for reform, Luther only sought
