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CHAPTER XIV.
RECONCILIATION.
“Remember that everywhere you will find some sort of faith and righteousness. See that you foster this, and do not destroy." -Asoka.
Only a very little study of comparativė theology is needed to show that apart from matters of ceremony there are hardly any differences in the cardinal principles of the numerous religions which are flourishing in our midst in the world. Even the differences in ceremonies exist on the surface, and totally disappear when we look into the principles underlying their observance. The ignorant and the foolish alone emphasize the difference between the places and forms of worship of the numerous creeds ; in reality, the object of worship is always the same, whether it be understood by the devotee or not.
To the true worshipper in spirit all places are alike, their forms and designations being matters of secondary import. Says Mr. Amir Ali:
“As God's mercy and power pervade the universe, and every spot is consecrated to His holy name, the orisons may be offered at any place where the worshipper happens to be at the appointed time." Islam' by Amir Ali, Syed, p. 9,
The Sufis maintain : “ The true mosque in a pure and holy heart is builded : there let all men worship God; for there He dwells, not in a mosque of stone."
The fact is that the earnest seeker after truth has eyes and ears only for the living Divinity enshrined
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