THE WAUPACA REPUBLICAN

April 1, 1881

 

THE SEVEN BIBLES OF THE WORLD

 

            The seven Bibles of the world are the Koran of the Mohammedans, the Tri Pitikes of the Buddhists, the Five Kings of the Chinese, the Three Vedos of the Hindoos, the Zendavesta, and the Scriptures of the Christians.  The Koran is the most recent of these, dating about the seventh century after Christ.  It is a compound of quotations from the Old and New Testament, the Talmud and the Gospel of St. Barnabas.  The Eddas of the Scandinavians were first published in the fourteenth century.  The Pitikes of the Buddhists contain certain sublime morals, and pure aspirations, and their author lived and died in the sixth century before Christ.  There is nothing of excellence in these sacred books not found in the Bible.  The sacred writings of the Chinese are called the Five Kings, the word King meaning web of cloth.  They contain the best sayings of the best sages on the duties of life.  These sayings cannot be traced farther back than eleven hundred years before Christ.  The Three Vedas are the most ancient books of the Hindoos, and they are believed to date not beyond eleven hundred years before Christ.  The Zendavesta of the Persians is the greatest of the sacred books next to our Bible.  Zoroaster, whose sayings it contains, was born in the twelfth century before Christ.  Moses lived and wrote the Pentateuch fifteen hundred years before Christ, therefore that portion of our Bible is at least three hundred years older than the most ancient of other sacred writings.