Show 1 RELIGION AND D JI I MYSTERY Ii I ILi Li I IBy B Uy By- KHa Hilmi Ela leder Republican Special Service Copyright ht l 1007 1907 In Iii ol olden cn days day's o s 's l Ignorant people be believed be- be ed In lii gods and goddesses who liv lived lv- lv ed In temples and never revealed m lc themselves ii e to lo common iii o mm motta mortals mortals- These se gods and auth goddesses oll o aea ls l's were werl of c. c h u 1 n beings beings' who Ie preyed the tIle faith of Ignorance fut fur sel sd- selfish el fish purposes I The Thie High Priest of Lhasa Limasa played similar pranks upon hl his A soiled oled ami hlll el selfish h Individual ho lie wrapped wrapped wrap wrap- l pe ped himself In lit In mystery y and time the believers be ue- lievers s le trembled at al the edicts eh elm sent tom tim The Time Wizard Izard of or Oz Is an aim excellent commentary on that t type pe of or dl divinity While hl every cry spiritual leader leadem needs to lo havo his seasons eaRons of ur silence and se seclusion se- se e- e elusion lo to gaIn power el from oni the great lut Source yet cl ho mU must l often oCten come forth tom I anti and walk among among his disciples and atI be ono one of oC them visible to the eye ce and amid audible to the time eat cat if Ir he lie 11 Is true Irue and anti sincere und and worth worthy of or their homage and faith There e has been no mystery no se- se 1 elusion no ilO conservatism about the tile really great Sleat Teachers of or the world miot I Krishna was a u teacher who left lf a wonderful ful on the world thousands of or years cars ago by uy his liEs philosophy phil phil- of or and JO Love Lot Joy He lie converted convert P ed hIM idil wor worshipers and amid ant otee de devotees of human sacrifice to lo a belief ele In iii the tho God Goll of Love LO e. It I was a crude Clute age ase an arid and his Ideas Idea became corrupted coi and thc they degenerated de tie- generated Into Inlo license But nut his lila original orIs utah inal Ilal creed was beautiful on and true antI and helped millions of or people to lead load better better bet bet- be- be beter ter lives He moved mo ed among his lila disciples dis c Je and was simple and amid childlike in manner mannel Buddha lived 11 1 In him a lat later hater r period six hundred years Jears before u Christ He lie le went wont awa away from oft home kindred and amid humanity human human- ity Iy Into the to study his own tm soul an and amid fn timid find what wa was the truth After ACter- seven years he became mum mated and amid aul knew that nol Religion lol meant not solitude not fasting not mortify lug ing Ing time tho tH llesh 11 not hot s m of if C linnian nr ut lt not miot idol hlll worship but 1111 tuG the worship of or tho God I In each och C fl i U I Hn I n- n human foul t and the tue living In acord- acord ance with whim wih that worship i He lie v. about and 1 lt among people told foil them this great cat truth And Anel lit lie iad made I many millions turn from frol their thell savage Idolatries and live 1 beautiful true tru holy useful lives hives es He lie lc tol told them thein the they could pursue their avocations a and amid be he tillers of oC the soil soi merchants hUl husbandmen the they could coull marry andrear and rear families the they could buy and auth sell lel anti and still sun live Jve tho limo true hue religion i It I not In wearing n a robe or Kay saying Ing prayers s or ot- following certain formulas or doing difficult and amid uh- uh natural things but In iii knowing God dwelt in Iii you OU and making your life consistent with that knowledge That was mm-as time the true religion devoted his life lo to teaching leaching this to the world and he lie died at a a good age worshiped by millions of souls i This His religion too has become corrupt cOt cor rupt and amid almost obsolete save by the tho adherence of a few great souls who preserve It In Its purity Christ caine next anti and taught virtually virtually virtu virtu- ally time same truth the tho religion of lo c. TIme The kingdom of heaven Is within Love one another Return good Tor evil Love your God with nil all your soul and ami your neighbor as yourself He lie too walked among men inca anti and was ins zas simple as n a child There was no 10 mystery no ho secrecy about ills His He was mias accessible lo to lie common fishier fisher people anti and there were e no mio formalities tom for to go through for those who wished mm t to see SC-C Him Jun-i. lie left heft those empty honors for mere tidy earthly kings and amid rulers This His i too Is becoming corrupted cor cor- i by purse proud clergymen en amid egotistical ecclesiastics who conduct con con- duet duct themselves with wIth-i much pomp and pride pm The form not the tho spirit of His His- religion Is most observed by thousands of Ills His churches today Yet Christianity Is doing a great work for tIme the world never ver done before by any of its ils predecessors It has established schools hospitals amid industrial where other oth er cr religions gave only philosophy At time the core understood fI-c fI flee tin fruin the interference pt translators im it is time the same simple religion of love o tot for God anti ami man who has been time the central thought of other creeds but II it is more mm-c beneficial by ils Us commonsense common sense methods of application to human hu hu- milan man creeds |