The cross or the poundWhich? A talk on the modernization of civilization in India with application to the Hindu and Hinduism . —a hundred and twenty-five thousand—to show as presumable converts to Protestantismas the result of a half centurys labor, and the expendi-ture of millions of dollars ; but it is very much to bequestioned if a further division of one-half—or sixtythousand—would not be a large estimate of theactual Trinitarians. It appears almost inexplicablethat there should have been found such a difficultyin bringing the Hindus to a notion of the Trinity,when through their own faith
The cross or the poundWhich? A talk on the modernization of civilization in India with application to the Hindu and Hinduism . —a hundred and twenty-five thousand—to show as presumable converts to Protestantismas the result of a half centurys labor, and the expendi-ture of millions of dollars ; but it is very much to bequestioned if a further division of one-half—or sixtythousand—would not be a large estimate of theactual Trinitarians. It appears almost inexplicablethat there should have been found such a difficultyin bringing the Hindus to a notion of the Trinity,when through their own faith and its exposition,in their inherited, whatever it may be called, theyso run to the mystical three. Monier Williamssays: More than one Christian writer haspointed out how remarkable is the Hindu trinity ofentities, compared with the Trinitarian doctrine ofGod the Father, who is the author of all existence,God the Son, who is the source of all wisdom andknowledge, and God the Holy Spirit, who is thesource of all joy. Nearly all their gods are but little other thanmodifications of the trio of principal personifica-. 136 THE BRAHMIN AND HIS PROToTYPEvS. tions. It is conjectured that the three Sanscritletters combining to form the sacred syllable ex-pressive in English as Om, and afterward typicalof the Brahmin trinity, were originally the initialletters of gods,— Fire, Wind and Sun. In theprimitive Aryan association of the forms of the sunthere was the trio Aryaman, Varuna and Mitra,while the triple combination figured generally intheir adorations. In the great caves of Elephantaat Bombay there is a strikingly impressive idol—three majestic heads springing from a single triangle is a prominent symbolization of thetriune co-equality, while in the dogmas of theHindu system the number three continually poets sang of The Blessed Three and theHindu Triad is Brahma, the Creator; Vishnu, thePreserver; and Siva, the Reproducer. XVIII. ACCORDING TO THEIR UGH
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