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approaching, the Bishop says:
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propitiate justice by holy life. This same India worship as gods, various similar gods. The very names of these divinities are unknown in any other country-Shiva, Vishnu and the rest of the Hindu divinities are worshipped as gods by the people of India alone. If they were really gods, they would certainly be gracious to the people of India. They would certainly give proof of it by abasing the white men, who do not worship them, and by exalting their worshipers; they would bestow on the Hindoo unbounded wisdom, power and prosperity, and would probably give to them the government of the rest of mankind. How widely different is the condition of the Hindus, the supreme government of every part of India is in the hands of Christians."
This is the sheet anchor of the argument of Christian superiority in India. But that is an old, old argument. The Mohammedans, for 800 years have presented the same argument with the sword in one hand and the Koran in the other. Where are they to-day? Echo answers, where? Every person has his day. This is the Christian's day, and he is producing the same arguiment at the point of the bayonet. The so-called disciples of the Bible believe in "power" as the supreme manifestation and demonstration of the truth. So do we, but we go one step further and are declaring and have declared for thousands of years to
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