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Show ' CHniSTIANItVANO HEATHENISM. r. rorm.r 11.7. lee I. tear II.. I.H.r . lara.dfc A cso-fl of prematuro alarm on tho rrt of many Christian., and of pretna tnro rejoicing on tho part of somo eno-mles eno-mles of CTiriitlmlty, Is founl In li rrlrlt of lilslorlo Inquiry which marks onr time. This Inquiry coven n wldo rango. It may bo fittingly comldercl In Its relations lo compirellvo religions. Tlio owning of grc. a."" of heathen, dom to tho Introduction of Chrlitiinlty Is at tho saiwi tlmo tlio opening of Cliri tendom lo tlvo )Kiitblo Introlacllon of rome elemenla of heitlienltm. This Clirl.tlanlty roost Iti tola Oirls-tlanltr Oirls-tlanltr ahonld welcome .Hrr, as In otlnr realms, tho fltlt mn.t annrlto. Tho true ground of tlio wonlilp of God 1. not hla omnljiutence, but hi. goodnoi-s. Mtro almlghtlncM might bend Ihokneo, but could not secure the reverent love of the heart. WowunhlpGod bcaiiM bo It tho Infinitely Iwt being In tho nnl verw. .If there Is a butter Wing than God tliat Wng mnt bf our Go.1 If Christianity cannot niduro when ui.tu,.l tAillfanni nf tiraetical test Ing the comparison with other religions thru Clirlitlanlty inuit go, might to go, an I certainly will go. The world ought to hare tho belli It will have tho best. Ii n Clirlillan fear this le.tr All Chrlitlans mn.t meet It. Theio aro certain an called philosophers In our country who are I radically beathrni aoino of them aro llullbl.t, amno Ilaall.t. aome OonfuclanUta, some rararro or Hindoo., and sonic, ractb cally.aroMoliaiiinicdans. Tosoinothcro I. a fasclnalliu In conceiving of heathen religions as devefo.fng, by somo mysterious myste-rious irulnllon, Into Chrlitlanlty, Ilya similar j-fss Chrlitlanlty, cording to tills vltw, may aoinodiy develop de-velop Into some other form of faith, nn 1 that, In turn, may giro way to another and another, until tho perfect flower of faith and hope hlouoiua and blooms. All fair minded men admit that In the rv crol Uwka of thewi non Christian rtllg. ona thero Is iniieh of 1-eauly, worth an 1 truth. Amid bushel. f chaff somo kernel, ker-nel, of wheat are foun li amid much i f mUjIili thtro aro diamond truths. It ought not to startle tu that among Ilia he.ll.cn nations, Kintrmporary with the early sears of Ilii.lli at teaching, tiutlia ilinUarto tlKaw taught In tho lUVaro found Much of this truth doubtltM fmiil Its way among tl lieathen na-tluns na-tluns fnnn tho r-atle '. (Soil, much of Hie light of heailienl.ni rune from torches IdndM on llcbrwl'ar. All of It certainly camo by mm means from God lis alone Is the Hun of the morel unlrrrsoi Owl Is light, aad lu hint It no darkne- at all " ltobert B. MacVrtkar In Clirutlin Inquirer. |