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Its golden age lies in the immeasurably distant past; and the further we recede from it the deeper must we plunge into sin and wretchedness. True, ages and ages hence the "age of truth" returns, but it returns only to pass away again and torment us with the memory of lost purity and joy. ITS GOLDEN AGE LIES IN THE IMMEASURABLY DISTANT PAST AND THE FURTHER WE RECEIVED FROM IT THE DEEPER MUST WE PLUNGE INTO SIN AND RICHARDNESS TRUE AGES AND AGES HENCE THE AGE OF TRUTH RETURNS BUT IT RETURNS ONLY TO PASS AWAY AGAIN AND TORMENT US WITH THE MEMORY OF LOSS UNITY AND JOY
ion 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. No wonder, though, the great tenet of Hinduism is this--_Existence is misery._ [Sidenote: The future of the race. The struggle between good and evil.] So much for the future of the individual. Regarding the future of the race Hinduism speaks in equally cheerless terms. 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 NO WONDER THOUGH THE GREAT TENET OF HINDU IS A MISTRESS EXISTENCE IS MISERY SO MUCH FOR THE FUTURE OF THE INDIVIDUAL REGARDING THE FUTURE OF THE RACE HENOISM SPEAKS IN EQUALLY CHEERLESS TERMS
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