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enlightened One, endowed with wisdom in conduct, auspicious, knowing the universe, an<br />

incomparable leader of men, a master of angels <strong>and</strong> mortals. He will reveal to you the<br />

same eternal truths, which I have taught you. He will preach his religion, glorious in its<br />

origin, glorious at the climax, <strong>and</strong> glorious at the goal, in the spirit <strong>and</strong> in the letter. He<br />

will proclaim a religious life, wholly perfect <strong>and</strong> pure; such as I now proclaim."<br />

An<strong>and</strong>a said: "How shall we know him?" The Blessed One said: "He will be known as<br />

Metteyya, which means 'he whose name is kindness.'"<br />

13<br />

� Buddha, The Gospel by Paul Carus, under Ch. Metteya<br />

But delight in the blessings of religion, so that good <strong>and</strong> holy men shall come to them<br />

<strong>and</strong> dwell among them in quiet<br />

� Buddha, The Gospel by Paul Carus, under Ch. Last Days<br />

It is the boast of the Jewish apologists, that while the learned nations of antiquity<br />

were deluded by the fables of polytheism, their simple ancestors of Palestine preserved<br />

the knowledge <strong>and</strong> worship of the true God.<br />

The mysteries of the Trinity <strong>and</strong> Incarnation appear to contradict the principle of the<br />

divine unity. In their obvious sense, they introduce three equal deities, <strong>and</strong> transform the<br />

man Jesus into the substance of the Son of God:<br />

The creed of Mahomet is free from suspicion or ambiguity; <strong>and</strong> the Koran is a<br />

glorious testimony to the unity of God. The prophet of Mecca rejected the worship of<br />

idols <strong>and</strong> men, of stars <strong>and</strong> planets, on the rational principle that whatever rises must set,<br />

that whatever is born must die, that whatever is corruptible must decay <strong>and</strong> perish.<br />

� The <strong>His</strong>tory of decline <strong>and</strong> fall of the Roman Empire Ch. L: Description of<br />

Arabia <strong>and</strong> Its Inhabitants. Part III. V5, P.63<br />

The mission of the ancient prophets, of Moses <strong>and</strong> of Jesus had been confirmed by<br />

many splendid prodigies; <strong>and</strong> Mahomet was repeatedly urged, by the inhabitants of<br />

Mecca <strong>and</strong> Medina, to produce a similar evidence of his divine legation;<br />

<strong>and</strong> these passages of sc<strong>and</strong>al established, beyond suspicion, the integrity of the<br />

Koran. 96 The votaries of Mahomet are more assured than himself of his miraculous<br />

gifts;<br />

They believe or affirm that trees went forth to meet him; that he was saluted by<br />

stones; that water gushed from his fingers; that he fed the hungry, cured the sick, <strong>and</strong><br />

raised the dead; that a beam groaned to him; that a camel complained to him; that a<br />

shoulder of mutton informed him of its being poisoned; <strong>and</strong> that both animate <strong>and</strong><br />

inanimate nature were equally subject to the apostle of God.

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