Bible

The Seven, the seven prin- 2ipal Bibles of the world are the Koran of the Mohammedans, the Hddas of the Scand in avians, the Trip i tikes of the Buddhists, the Five Kings of the Chinese, the three Vedas of the Hindus, the Zend Avesta and the Scriptures of the Christians, The Koran is, except the Eddas, the most recent of these seven Bibles and not older than the 7th century, of our era. It is a compound of quotations from the Old and New Testaments, the Talmud and the gospel of St. Barnbas. The Eddas of the Scand in avians was first published in the 14th century. The Trip i tikes of the Buddhists contain sublime morals and pure aspirations; their author lived and died in the 6th century before Christ. The sacred writings of the Chinese are called the Five Kings, king meaning web of cloth or the warp that keeps the threads in their place. They contain the best sayings of the best sages on the ethico-political duties of life. These sayings cannot be traced to a period earlier than the 11th century before Christ. The three Vedas are the most ancient books of the Hindus, and it is the opinion of Max Muller, Wilson, Johnson and Whitney that they are not older than 11 centuries before Christ. The Zend Avesta of the Persians is the grandest of all these sacred books next to our Bible.