Here is one more remarkable than all:--
"God hates the proud, and is kind to the humble."
[7] The means by which the Buddhist religion entered China are
remarkable. A certain Chinese emperor once read in the book of
Confucius this sentence, "The true saint will be found in the
West." He thought a great deal about it; at last he dreamed about
it. He was so much struck by his dream that he sent two of his
great lords to look for the true religion in the West. When they
reached India, they found multitudes worshipping Buddha. This
Buddha was a wicked man who had been born in India a thousand
years before. The Chinese messengers believed all the absurd
histories they heard about Buddha, and they returned to China
with a book which had been written about him. Ah! had they gone
as far as Canaan they might have heard Paul and Peter preaching
the Gospel. Alas! why did they go no further, and why did they go
so far, only to return to China with idols!
COCHIN CHINA.
Any one on hearing this name would guess that the country was like China;
and so it is. If you were to go there you would be reminded of China by
many of the customs. You would see at dinner small basins instead of
plates, chop-sticks instead of knives and forks; you would have rice to
eat instead of bread; and rice wine to drink instead of grape wine.
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