. The Open court. avens representatives, to work salvation in the world; they areheavenly messengers to bring happiness to home and country. Though the different religions are lived out in different ways,and though their words are unlike, they all agree in finding theirsource in the two words Tao and Teh, Heavens law and of these two the latter is the outgrowth of the former. Religion is the expression of the virtue of the heart, and virtueis the product of Heavens everlasting law. The conduct which har- * In The Open Court for September 1913 there is a brief note on ThePope of Taoi
. The Open court. avens representatives, to work salvation in the world; they areheavenly messengers to bring happiness to home and country. Though the different religions are lived out in different ways,and though their words are unlike, they all agree in finding theirsource in the two words Tao and Teh, Heavens law and of these two the latter is the outgrowth of the former. Religion is the expression of the virtue of the heart, and virtueis the product of Heavens everlasting law. The conduct which har- * In The Open Court for September 1913 there is a brief note on ThePope of Taoism (p. 573). The same number contains An Exposition ofTaoism, contributed to the ParHament of Rehgions in 1893 by the predecessorof the present Chang Tien She. 708 THE OPEN COURT. monizes with virtue and characterizes every rehgion may be summedup in eight quaHties, patience, humility, reverence, forgiveness, gen-erosity, pity, faithfulness, and kindness. Christianity, Mohammedanism, Buddhism and Taoism all travel. CHANG T lEN SHE. the same path. Confucianism alone descants on the duties of gov-ernments and takes account of the state, in v^rhich respect it slightlydiffers from all other religions. THE TAOIST POPE ON RELIGION. 709 At present mens hearts break Heavens law, turn from truevirtue, and rush ahead in wrong paths. They are greedy for re-wards ; they love riches; they preach violence and rely on religion be revived, what method is there for preventingmans downward course, like one sailing down toward a cataract ina river? Unless every religion be stimulated to new activity, whereis the remedy for the dangers that beset our country ? Verily, Taoism contains much that is noble and good, and thespirit of its founder Lao-tze, the venerable philosopher who Hvedin the sixth century B. C, has not yet died out. In his little bookThe Canon of Reason and Virtue we read these remarkable sen-tences : Requite hatred with virtue (Chap. 63) and The good I meet with goodne
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