divinities had been invented, many people began to follow their example, and thus became worse than before.
¢¢ It is an evil thing to look upon the evil,”
¢¢ To listen to the unholy words of the evil is also evil,”
“ It 1s evil even to talk about theevil;’
¢ To be intimate with them is evil indeed.”(Midurer.)
In accordance with this verse, the people of this country have sunk into immorality through worshipping immoral gods. According to the Shistras themselves, it was when those gods were invented that the Kaliyuga, or“iron age,” commenced.
On the other hand, when the true God condescended to take a human areldra and appeared in the world as a spiritual teacher under the name of Jesus Christ, lle shone forth in the possession of every divine execllence. Though no one could see the invisible God, yet those who saw the justice, patience, mercy, and wisdom of Christ, saw therein “ God’s sacred face,” that is, the justice, patience, mercy, and wisdom of God. When lle became a man le left not the abodes of men, nor lived a hermit’s life in the junale, but mingled with other men, and went about from village to village doing good. lle consented also to be persecuted by wicked men, lle died and rose again to atone for sin; and having set before all men an example and pattern of the way in which they should walk, Ile ascended again to the heavenly world. ln order that all men might know how he spoke and how he acted on every occasion, four of his disciples, called Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, at different times and in different places, wrote four histories of his life, which histories are called© the four Gospels.” If you will only read those Gospels at
tentivelv, vou yourselves will admit, that there never has
been so illustriou™ an example of virtue exhibited in the world
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