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The pit-fall of Original Sin.
AN EPITOME OF JAINISM..
This dramatical piece incident reminds us of the famous lines of another poet who sang in the following srain,
"He who does not sin, cannot hope for mercy ; Mercy was made for sinners; be not sad."
But with the Jains such conceptions do not count for anything. If the Supreme Being delighting in mercy is the Prime Author of all that is, He should have shown mercy and perfect forbearance, from the very beginning to man--His own handi-work, instead of allowing him to fall into the pit-fall of Original Sin. Man is not ommiscient, and according to the Christian theology, nor a perfect being as well, and as such he must have his shortcomings and failures ; but as he was living under the protecting and paternal care of his All-mercy Maker, could he not naturally expect that if he were to commit any mistake in his movements, his Omniscient Father and Guardian who must have fore seen things long before he himself could realise, should protect his son, showing thereby, His perfection of forbearance and mercy to his creature which he is to delight in ? We have
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