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October, 1873.] CHRISTIAN TRACES IN THE BHAGAVAD GITA. 289 (Compare also Svetd&vatara-Upaniehad, iv. 8 in Bibl. Lid. vol. XV. p. 59). They who, honouring other gods, sacrifice to them in faith, sacrifice to me also, Partha, though not in the right way. (ix. 23.) With me there is neithor friend nor foe. (ix. 29.) If a very wicked man honours me, and me only, he is to be thought good. (ix. 30.)* In this fleeting and joyless world honour me, ... so shalt thou come to me, being absorbed in me. (ix. 23.) Listen still to the glorious words I shall say from a desire for your good. (x. 1.) He who knows mo without birth or beginning, the great soul of tho world, ... is free from all sin. (x. 3.) (See Svetdsvatara-Upanishad, iv. 21.) From compassion for them I dispel the dark¬ ness of ignorance by the shining light of knowledge, (x. 11.) Thy manifestation neither gods nor demons know;thou thyself alone knowest thyself, (x. 14,15.) Conf. &vet.-Upan. iii. 19 in Bibl. Ind. vol. XV. p. 57. At the sight of thy wondrous and awful form the three worlds tremble. Those troops of the gods come to thee; some in fear fold their hands and murmur. ‘ Hail,’ say the troops of the blessed Rishis, praising thee in glorious songs, (xi.20, 21.) Demons and blessed ones see thee, and wonder seizes them all. (xi. 22.) The gods themselves ever desire to see that form of mine, hard to be seen, which thou hast seen. (xi. 52.) Soon shall I lead those whose minds are fixed on me out of the ocean of the world of mortality, (xii. 7.) Give thine heart to me; fix thy mind on me : so shalt thou live with me on high. (xii. 8.) Giving heart and understanding to me. (xii. 14.) Light of lights, far from darkness is his name, (xiii. 17.) (See also Mundaka-Upanishad, II. ii. 9 in Bibl. Ind. vol. XV. p. 160.) Dwelling in the heart of every man. (xiii. 17.)f shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven. (Matt. v. 20; also ver. 17.) Whom, therefore, ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you. (Acts xvii. 28.) There is no respect of persons with God. (Rom. ii. 11.) I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. (Matt. ix. 13.) In the world ye shall have tribulation : but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world. (John, xvi. 33.) When I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation. (Jude, 3; also Acts, xiii. 26.) And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent. (John, xvii. 3.) I have compassion on the multitude. (Mark viii. 2.) God, who commanded tho light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. (2 Cor. iv. 6.) No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him. (John, i. 18.) That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and on earth, and under the earth. (Phil. ii. 10.) And the four and twenty elders shall fall down before him that sitteth upon the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and shall cast down their crowns before the throne, saying, Thou art worthy, Lord our God, to receive glory and honour and power : for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasures they are and were created. (Rev. iv. 10—11.) The devils believe and tremble. (James, ii. 19.) Unto whom (the glory of Christ) was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us, they did minister the things which are now reported unto you . . which things the angels desire to look into. (1 Pet. i. 12.) Who shall deliver me from the body of this death ? Thanks be to God, through Jesus Christ our Lord. (Rom. vii. 24-25.) Seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Set your affec¬ tion on things above, not on things on the earth. (Col. iii. 1-2.) Bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ. (2 Cor. x. 5.) God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. (1 John, i. 5.) Sanctify the Lord God in your hearts. (1 Pet. iii. 15.) • Conf. iv. si. 36, and both with Isaiah, i. 18. , f Conf. xiv. si. 15; also 2 Cor. iv. C; 2 ret. i. 19 j and on si. 13-17, Isd-Vpanishad, 8 (Bill. Ind. vol. XV. p. /2).