او ۹ ہند eae , "Fif , , , F .'ታ *鼻* . . . . ና፡ A " 0 o'clock, A.M., the crowd of people was so great as to fill the house to its utmost capacity, throng every place of access, and overflow the adjoining yard. Several speakers adressed the assemby. Among others, dosЕРН A. DUGIMALE remarked, that Progressive Friends have no system of dogmatistheology, and no sacred books which they receive as authority, but that they aceept what is good and true, wherever found, He then read the appropriate and impressive passages from the Ilind)o Vedas, frum the works of Confucius, the Zend Ave:sta of the Persians, the Koran, and the Hebrew and Christian Scriptures, which are incorporated with the selections whiuh follow:- There is one living and true ('d : everlasting, without parts or passion of infinite power, wisdom, and goodness, the Maker and preserver of all things. The vulgar look for their Gods in water; the ignorant think they reside in wood, lyricks, and stones; men of more extended knowledg: seek them in ('elestia orbs; dut, wise inen worship the Universal Soul, "There is nothing desirable except the scisince of God. Out of this thcre is no tranquility and no freedom. The sacritice of a thousand het res has been put in the halance with one tru, word, and the one true word weighed down the thousand sacrifices. No virtue surpasses that of seravity. It is by truth alone that men attain to h) highest unansions of bliss. Men faithless to the truth, however much they may seek supreme hairess, will hot obtain it, even though h's (ffer a thousand sacrifices. There are: Lw') roads which conduct to perfect virttie. to be true, anil to do no vil to any erature. from the Peins of the findinos. The firmament is the most gloriots work produced by the Creat First (Caiuse. 渗 What is called reason is properly an intbute of Tien, the Supreme God. The light which he communicates tó men is a participition of this reason. What is called reason in Tien is virtue in man, and when reduced to ractice is called justice. To thiuk, that we have virtue, is to bave very little of it. Wisdom consists in being very humble, as if we were incapable of tallything, yet ardent, as if we could do all. When thou art in the secret places of tly house, do not say, none sees me, for there S an Intelligent Spirit who feeth all. The Supreme pieroes into the rocesses of the heart, as light penetrates into a dark room: W. mustendeavour to be in harmony with his light, like a musical instrument perfectly attuned. Mankind, overwhelated with afflictions, seem to doubt of Providence, bit when the hour of exsetting is deerees shall come. none...e. resist Him. He will then show that yet. Eleptanished he was, just and wis never" acti geodnighat. He s AE' by ؟= SN00 How vast is the power of spirits. An ocean of invisible Intelligenees surrounded us everywhere. If you look for them, you cannot see then. If you listen, you cannot hear them. Identified with the substance of all things, they cannot be separated from it. He who knows right principles, is nót equal to him who loves them.
- Forom the acarks of Confucius.
Treat old air' with reverence and tenderness: To refuse hospitalily, and not ruccour tie poor, are sins. 'یہ انہ The heavens as a point, from the pen of God’s perfection. The world is a bus from thi: bower of Iis beauty. The sun is a spark from the ight of His wisdom, and the sky is a bubble on the sea of Iis power. 'is beauty is free 'rorn a spot of sin, hidden it thick veil of larkness. lie made mirrors" of th" atoms of the world, and threw the reflectio from his own faee on everyo atomn. From the Zend alresta ifotho Persionä. One hour of equity is bettes than seventy years if devotion. 施 (Sod hath commanded that ye worship no one heside Hin. Goil is the light of the heavens and the earth, is wisdota is a light on the wall, in which iurns a tain coveged with glass: the glass shines like a star; E. lamp is lit with the oil of a blessor tree-no eastern, no western oil-it, burns for whoever seeks light. Praw fie Korun , IJearn to do wel. Seek judgment; relieve the oppressed; judge the fatherless; plead fur the widow. The Spirit of the ord is upon me; hecaust the lord ha tlh aut inted me t i prcael good tidings into the Meek: he hath sent line to bind up the brokenhearted, tu proclaim liberty to the 'aptives, and the opening of the prison. to them thint are bound. Create in me a le lean heart; renew : right spirit within me. "the frees of the Lord iry full of sap: the vedars of Lebanın which he hattı plunted, () or, hew manifold are thy works in wisdom hast thoil ande then ull ; the earth is full of thy riches. from the Jewish Scripture. Thoi shalt love the ird thy (tod with a thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great comamandmet., And the second in like unto it, "Thou halt love thy neighlyour as thyself. * Whatsoever ye would that men guld dເ) unto you, doye (iven so unto them. And there was strife among then, which of thern should be accountad the greatest, ank he (Jesus) said unto them: ܝ ' "The kings of the Gentiles exercire lordshi. over them; and they that exercial lordship over them aro, called Benefactofs. ”Bal. ye shiali ot be sRo; buthethat; his greatest among youlet him be as the younge, aňdo he that is chief, as he that doth serve. . And they brought yots, childrei to him, C) G + id, aul
