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the murky atmosphere of a sinful world into the peaceful and happy bosom of its God and Father ; and which blows away the selfish barriers between man and man and knits the whole of humanity into one free and loving family of which God is the sole Parent, Protector and Guide, then ,the Brahmos most emphatically assert that such a revelation has been, is, and will ever be-from end to end of time. In the words of one in whom the East and the West are happily blended, who is the product of a deep study and a wide know- ledge of both Sanskrit and English, and who, instead of confining the heavenly gift of revelation to any particular age, book, nation or country, takes his stand upon the lofty principle of the universality of inspiration, "Religion is as widely spread as humanity itself. God's revelation to man was made not only at a certain period in the world's history, but it began with the dawning of human intelligence and went on progressing through all ages, and it is going on still and will
