The Open court . I Ig 10 BaS RfcLItF OF pERbEPOLIb fter Coste tt Flandin Petse A}icten?ie pi 136 Reproduced fiom Lenormant, V., p. 485.) MAZDAISM. 149 attribute its use to the spread of a movement that in its rise wassimilar to the Buddhism of India. In conclusion we state that some of the early Christians es-teemed the religious wisdom of Persia almost as sacred as the dictaof the prophets of Israel, for in one of the apocryphal gospels thestatement is made that the Magi of the East who saw the star ofBethlehem came in response to an ancient prophecy of the adventof the Saviour that had been
The Open court . I Ig 10 BaS RfcLItF OF pERbEPOLIb fter Coste tt Flandin Petse A}icten?ie pi 136 Reproduced fiom Lenormant, V., p. 485.) MAZDAISM. 149 attribute its use to the spread of a movement that in its rise wassimilar to the Buddhism of India. In conclusion we state that some of the early Christians es-teemed the religious wisdom of Persia almost as sacred as the dictaof the prophets of Israel, for in one of the apocryphal gospels thestatement is made that the Magi of the East who saw the star ofBethlehem came in response to an ancient prophecy of the adventof the Saviour that had been made by Zoroaster. THE ORDEAL OF CANNON-FIRE. BY DR. F. OSWALD. WHEN THE FIRST European travellers visited the island ofMadagascar the form of trial known as the ordeal of poisonwas practised by all but the most primitive tribes of the aborig-ines. The supreme tribunal of the Hovas recognised its validity ;it was encouraged by officials corresponding to our justices of thepeace, and was a frequent resort of i
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