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An Introductory Selection from Moslem, Parsee, Hindu, Hebrew, Confucian and Other Sources
THE religious systems of the East have always made a profound appeal to the Occident, not only because of the mysterious grandeur of the imagination and beauty inherent in them, but also by reason of the indwelling truth which so nobly inspires them. Their value to humanity is undoubted, and although they present many points of dissimilarity to Western faiths, they are at one with these in the deep spirit of piety and experience they emanate.
In a period of the world's history, when the kinship of all religious faith and dogma is be- coming more apparent daily to mankind, the surpassing excellences of the beliefs of the Orient scarcely require to be stressed. Their value to European and American thought has long been realized by men and women of liberal outlook who from the pages of their sacred books have reaped treasures of thought and inspirations of sacred and lasting benefit.
In the following introductory pages I have also thought fit to provide some brief description of the system and tenets of each of the faiths from whose writings I have made selections, so that those who are not acquainted with their theology and mythic background may glean at least some knowledge of the same, and so the better comprehend the collected passages which follow.
ISBN:0525473955
