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A maxim in the mouth of every Hindu is the following: "Where there is faith, there is God." Believe the stone a god and it is so. [Sidenote: The sense of sin.] Every sin being traced to God as its ultimate source, the sense of personal guilt is very slight among Hindus. Where it exists it is generally connected with ceremonial defilement or the breach of some one of the innumerable and meaningless rites of the religion. THE MAXIM IN THE MOUTH OF EVERY HINDO IS THE FOLLOWING WHERE THERE IS FAITH THERE IS GOD BELIEVE THE STONE A GOD AND IT IS SO EVERY SIN BEING TRACED TO GOD AS ITS ULTIMATE SOURCE THE SENSE OF PERSONAL GUILT IS VERY SLIGHT AMONG HINDOOS WHERE IT EXISTS IT IS GENERALLY CONNECTED WITH CEREMONIAL DEFILEMENT ON THE BREACH OF SOME ONE OF THE INNUMERABLE AND MEANINGLESS RITES OF THE RELIGION
ng to the popular conception, when the Supreme becomes conscious he is developed into three gods, who possess respectively the qualities of truth, passion, and darkness. [Sidenote: Conception of God.] "God is a Spirit." "God is light." "God is love." These sublime declarations have no counterparts in Hindustan. He is "the Father of spirits," according to the Bible. According to Hinduism, the individual spirit is a portion of the divine. Even the common people firmly believe this. Every thing is referred by Hinduism to God as its immediate cause. A Christian is continually shocked by the Hindus ascribing all sin to God as its source. [Sidenote: The object of worship.] The adoration of God as a Being possessed of every glorious excellence is earnestly commanded in the Bible. "Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God; and him only shalt thou serve." In India the Supreme is never worshiped; but any one of the multitudinous gods may be so; and, in fact, every thing can be worshiped _except_ God. NG TO THE CHIEF HINDU PHILOSOPHY THE SUPREME IS DEVOID OF ATTRIBUTES DEVOID OF CONSCIOUSNESS ACCORDING TO THE POPULAR CONCEPTION WHEN THE SUPREME BECOMES CONSCIOUS HE IS DEVELOPED INTO THREE GODS WHO POSSESS RESPECTUALLY THE QUALITIES OF TRUTH PASSION AND DARKNESS GOD IS A SPIRIT GOD IS LIGHT GOD IS LOVE THESE SUBLIME DECLARATIONS HAVE NO COUNTERPARTS IN HINDOSTAN HE IS THE FATHER OF SPIRITS ACCORDING TO THE BIBLE ACCORDING TO HINDOISM THE INDIVIDUAL SPIRIT IS A PORTION OF THE DIVINE EVEN THE COMMON PEOPLE FIRMLY BELIEVE THIS EVERYTHING IS REFERRED BY HINDOISM TO GOD AS ITS IMMEDIATE CAUSE THE CHRISTIAN IS CONTINUALLY SHOCKED BY THE HINDOOS ASCRIBING ALL SIN TO GOD AS ITS SOURCE THE ADORATION OF GOD AS A BEING POSSESSED OF EVERY GLORIOUS EXCELLENCE IS EARNESTLY COMMANDED IN THE BIBLE THOU SHALT WORSHIP THE LORD THY GOD AND HIM ONLY SHALT THOU SERVE IN INDIA THE SUPREME IS NEVER WORSHIPPED BUT ANYONE OF THE MULTITUDINOUS GODS MAY BE SO AND IN FACT EVERYTHING CAN BE WORSHIPPED EXCEPT GOD
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