. New China and old : personal recollections and observations of thirty years. LOi. Selfishness. 183 sensible mind, with the peerless examples, and untiringself-devotion, and inspired worship, to be met withabundantly in Christian biographies, and in the liveslived now by Christians before the eyes of the criticizingand unfriendly world ? I think not; and the reason isnot far to seek. Buddhism, with the appearance of humility and self-renunciation, is essentially proud and man his own saviour. Christianity demands asthe first requisite in its disciples, the reality of humi
. New China and old : personal recollections and observations of thirty years. LOi. Selfishness. 183 sensible mind, with the peerless examples, and untiringself-devotion, and inspired worship, to be met withabundantly in Christian biographies, and in the liveslived now by Christians before the eyes of the criticizingand unfriendly world ? I think not; and the reason isnot far to seek. Buddhism, with the appearance of humility and self-renunciation, is essentially proud and man his own saviour. Christianity demands asthe first requisite in its disciples, the reality of humility;the renunciation of all self-merit and personal righteous-ness as a plea before God ; and the belief in another,a Divine Saviour. Buddhism, as a consequence of thisabsorbing thought of self-salvation, speaks only of thesalvation of ones self; and though it may point out theway of fancied salvation to others, the individual canfind little time to help others heavenward. (It must beremembered, however, with all due recognition of theirenergy, enterprise, and devotion, that th
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