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No wonder, though, the great tenet of Hinduism is this  _Existence is misery. NO WONDER THOUGH THE GREAT TENET OF HINDU IS A MISTRESS EXISTENCE IS MISERY
us that affliction rightly borne yields "the peaceable fruits of righteousness." To death the Christian looks forward without fear; to him it is a quiet sleep, and the resurrection draws nigh. Then comes the beatific vision of God. Glorified in soul and body, the companion of angels and saints, strong in immortal youth, he will serve without let or hinderance the God and Saviour whom he loves. To the Hindu the trials of life are penal, not remedial. At death his soul passes into another body. Rightly, every human soul animates in succession eighty-four lacs (8,400,000) of bodies--the body of a human being, or a beast, or a bird, or a fish, or a plant, or a stone, according to desert. This weary, all but endless, round of births fills the mind of a Hindu with the greatest horror. At last the soul is lost in God as a drop mingles with the ocean. Individual existence and consciousness then cease. The thought is profoundly sorrowful that this is the cheerless faith of countless multitudes. PLINE FROM A FATHER'S HAND AND TELLS US THAT AFFLICTION RIGHTLY BORN YIELDS THE PEACEABLE FRUITS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS TO DEATH THE CHRISTIAN LOOKS FORWARD WITHOUT FEAR TO WHOM IT IS A QUIET SLEEP AND THE RESURRECTION DRAWS NIGH THEN COMES THE BEATIFIC WORSHIP OF GOD GLORIFIED IN SOUL AND BODY THE COMPANION OF ANGELS AND SAINTS STRONG IN IMMORTAL YOUTH HE WILL SERVE WITHOUT LET OR HINDRANCE THE GOD AND SAVIOUR WHOM HE LOVES TO THE HINDU THE TRIALS OF LIFE ARE PENAL NOT REMEDIATE AT DEATH HIS SOUL PASSES INTO ANOTHER BODY RIGHTLY EVERY HUMAN SOUL ANIMATES IN SUCCESSION EIGHTY FOUR LACKS OF BODIES THE BODY OF A HUMAN BEING OR A BEAST OR A BIRD OR A FISH OR A PLANT OR A STONE ACCORDING TO DESSERT THIS WEARY ALL BUT ENDLESS BROWNED OF BIRDS FILLS THE MIND OF A HINDU WITH THE GREATEST HORROR AT LAST THE SOUL IS LOST IN GOD AS A DROP MINGLES WITH THE OCEAN INDIVIDUAL EXISTENCE AND CONSCIOUSNESS THEN CEASE THE THOUGHT IS PROFOUNDLY SORROWFUL THAT THIS IS THE CHEERLESS FAITH OF COUNTLESS MULTITUDES
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