Identifier: lightofworldbrie00spe Title: The light of the world : a brief comparative study of Christianity and non-Christian religions Year: 1911 (1910s) Authors: Speer, Robert E. (Robert Elliott), 1867-1947 Subjects: Christianity and other religions Religions Publisher: West Medford, Mass. : Central Committee on the United Study of Missions Contributing Library: The Library of Congress Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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Text Appearing Before Image: le, The Bibles of India, p. 41.) I am not a Christian, wrote a Hindu in awidely quoted article in an Indian magazine eightyears ago, but I think the more Christ-like webecome, the better for us and our land. Andtowards securing this happy end, nothing can bemore effective than the practice of placing beforethe minds of our students daily and repeatedly theideal of love, self-abnegation, and suffering forothers sake, that is presented to us in the pagesof the Gospels. What figure in the ancienthistory of India impresses us with greater rever-ence, except it be Raja Ram Chundra? But thenarrative, describing the life and deeds of thelatter, is marred with gross inconsistencies, andits value as a testimony is much diminished.How simple, how direct, how unadorned is theGospel narrative! Truth is stamped on it; itcarries its proof along with it. No external evi-dence is needed. Half an hours study of theBible will do more to remodel a man than awhole day spent in repeating the slokas of the

Text Appearing After Image: India—Jain Temple at Sadkee, Oodeypore(Figure of Vishxu) HINDUISM 15 Puranas or the mantras of the Rig-Veda.(The Kayastha Samachar, August, 1902.Article, The Religion of Our Young Men, pp.144, 145.) Yes, Max Muller tells us a friendwrote to him, you are right; how tremendouslyahead of other sacred books is the Bible! Thedifferences strike one as almost unfairly great.But the unfairness lies in withholding the onesupreme book from the world. The three forms of Hinduism then with which HinduismChristianity comes into contact to-day in India To-day.may be said roughly to be philosophic Hinduism,popular Hinduism and reformed Hinduism. Thelines of distinction are not, of course, clear.Philosophic Hinduism and popular Hinduismboth represent a moral advance on the Hinduismof two centuries ago. The influence of the con-tact with Christian ethics and the legislation ofthe British Government have abolished, as weshall see, many gross evils, but both philosophicand popular Hinduism cling still

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