CHAPTER X

The New Religion

" Watchman, what of the night?

Watchman, what of the night?

The Watchman said,' The morning cometh.'"

ISAIAH XXI. II.

OR many centuries the Hindu and Mahomedan

the country of which I write. At the close of eachday, mingling with the temple bells, there have beenheard the plaintive tones of the Musalman callingworshippers to the place of prayer, and remindingthem that God is one and Mahomed is His prophet.In the humblest home in every village the names ofRām and Khrishna have been familiar sounds, and theyhad often heard of the Prophet of Arabia. For allthey knew to the contrary, these two were the onlyreligions in the world, for, apart from them, they hadnot heard of any other. If questioned as to the nameof Jesus, they would undoubtedly have answered," Shri Ram we know, and Shri Khrishna we know,and we have often heard of Hazrat Mahomed. But

I Lustrous.

2 Worshipful, or His Highness.

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