. Lion and dragon in northern China. CHRISTIANITY AND VERACITY 3*5 proving the justice of their view. We have proofin the Bible, as Herbert Spencer remarks, that apartfrom the lying which constituted false witness, andwas to the injury of a neighbour, there was amongthe Hebrews but little reprobation of Hegoes on to admit, very properly, that in the writingsof the Hebrew prophets and in parts of the NewTestament lying is strongly condemned. Missionariesoften say that the Chinese will never become a truthfulpeople until they become a Christian people. If truth-fulness had been an unknow
. Lion and dragon in northern China. CHRISTIANITY AND VERACITY 3*5 proving the justice of their view. We have proofin the Bible, as Herbert Spencer remarks, that apartfrom the lying which constituted false witness, andwas to the injury of a neighbour, there was amongthe Hebrews but little reprobation of Hegoes on to admit, very properly, that in the writingsof the Hebrew prophets and in parts of the NewTestament lying is strongly condemned. Missionariesoften say that the Chinese will never become a truthfulpeople until they become a Christian people. If truth-fulness had been an unknown virtue until Christianityappeared, one might perhaps be unable to question theaccuracy of this statement. But what does Herodotus,writing in the fourth century , tell us about thePersians of his day? They educate their children,beginning at five years old and going on till twenty,in three things only, in riding, in shooting, and inspeaking the truth . . and the most disgraceful thingin their estimation is to tell a And
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