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MONOTHEISTICAL SYSTEM OF THE VEDS. I65
Brahmun to excuse me, while I acknowledge myself
unable to follow it; and that for several reasons, ist.
A feeling for the misery and distress of his fellow
creatures is, to every one not overpowered by selfish
motives, I presume, rather natural than optional. 2ndly.
I, as one of their countrymen, and ranked in the most
religious sect, of course participate in the disgrace and
ridicule to which they have subjected themselves, in
defiance of their scriptural authority, by the worship
of, idols, very often under the most shameful forms,
accompanied with the foulest language, and most
indecent hymns and gestures. 3rdly. A sense of the
duty which one man owes to another, compels me to
exert my utmost endeavours to rescue them from
imposition and servitude, and promote their comfort
and happiness.
He further observes (p. 30, 1. 16). " In the like
manner, the King of kings is served equally by those
" worshippers who are acquainted with His real essence,
" and by those who only recognize Him under the
"forms of the deities; but in the future distribution
3' of rewards a distinction will be made." As the learn-
ed Brahmun confesses, that the same reward is not
promised to the worshippers of figured deities as to the
adorers of the Supreme Being, it seems strange that he
should persist in alleging that God is truly worshipped in
the adoration of figured gods ; for if the worship be in
both cases the same, the reward bestowed by a just
God must be the same to both ; but the rewards are
not the same to both, and therefore the worship of
figured deities cannot be considered equal to the adora-
tion of God.
Brahmun to excuse me, while I acknowledge myself
unable to follow it; and that for several reasons, ist.
A feeling for the misery and distress of his fellow
creatures is, to every one not overpowered by selfish
motives, I presume, rather natural than optional. 2ndly.
I, as one of their countrymen, and ranked in the most
religious sect, of course participate in the disgrace and
ridicule to which they have subjected themselves, in
defiance of their scriptural authority, by the worship
of, idols, very often under the most shameful forms,
accompanied with the foulest language, and most
indecent hymns and gestures. 3rdly. A sense of the
duty which one man owes to another, compels me to
exert my utmost endeavours to rescue them from
imposition and servitude, and promote their comfort
and happiness.
He further observes (p. 30, 1. 16). " In the like
manner, the King of kings is served equally by those
" worshippers who are acquainted with His real essence,
" and by those who only recognize Him under the
"forms of the deities; but in the future distribution
3' of rewards a distinction will be made." As the learn-
ed Brahmun confesses, that the same reward is not
promised to the worshippers of figured deities as to the
adorers of the Supreme Being, it seems strange that he
should persist in alleging that God is truly worshipped in
the adoration of figured gods ; for if the worship be in
both cases the same, the reward bestowed by a just
God must be the same to both ; but the rewards are
not the same to both, and therefore the worship of
figured deities cannot be considered equal to the adora-
tion of God.