Sixteen Saviors Or None; Or, the Explosion of a Great Theological Gun

INTRODUCTION. . . . . . 6 CHAPTER I. The charges against my books.-How to settle the matter.-Five hundred dollars reward.-The two condemned quotations.-Another reward of tive hundred dollars.-My “ sui generis” memory. . 9 CHAPTER II. An author tied and gagged.-Typographical errors.-My personal appearance.-My character.-My education. . . . 12 CHAPTER III. “Sixteen Saviors or One.” -The principal points of difTerence.- Why Mr. Perry published my review in his book.-Mr. Perry’s news-paper puffs.-The Rev. George N. Smith.-The race between truth and error. 19 CHAPTER IV. ’ . ’ Perry’s ignorance of the history of the gods -Was Prometheue a Roman god.-Txion.-Esus and Eros.-Amides and Hercules. . 21 CHAPTER V. Did the heathen believe in the crucifixion of gods?-Mr. Perry’s important admissions in the case. -How early Christians settle the matter of pagans borrowing the story of the crucifixion of Christ to constitute a chapter in the history of their 4, CHAPTER VI. Mr. Perry’s authorities-A revolution in history-The writers cited by Mr. Perry.-His attempts, with them, to overthrow the historical records of the world and obliterate the established convictions of Christendom. . 42 CHAPTER VII. ’ ’ ’ An ecclesiastical court. - Mr. H. Klanroth. -Laplace. -Prof. Whitney.-More war among the witnesses.2Dr. Bentley. . 45 CHAPTER VIII. The judge’s review of the testimony -Mr. Graves’ counter-witnesses to the antiquity of Hindoo astronomy. . . . 62 CHAPTER IX. Perry’s four witnesses! by whom he attempts to show the analo-gous doctrines of the Hmdoo religion were borrowed from Christian-ity. - Chamber’s Cyclopedia. - Encyclopedia Britannica. - Pavie.- Horace Wilson.-Anol her conflict among the witness CHAPTER X. Mr. Graves’ counter-witnesses relative to the alleged modern origin of the Hindoo sacred books aud their religion. . . . 72 CHAPTER XI. Many other facts, proofs, and authors which show that neither the ,s of the Hindoo gods nor their religion are from Christianity. -St. Augustine denies the truth of Perry’s borrowiug theory.-Bailly on Origen and Lactantius-Justin Martyr. . . . CHAPTER XII. The church of England arrayed against Perry’s borrowing theory.- What the Hindoos think of Christ and (;hrishna as compared together. . . . . . . . 86 CHAPTER XIII.A revolution in civil jurisprudence-The verdict of the jury.-The judge’s charge to the jury.-The case reviewed by the judge.-Whl tt former writers thought of such wild theories and assumptions as Mr. Perrv’s and the authors’ who sunport him. . . . 88 CHAPT CHAPTER XIV. Perrv’s six other witnesses-Clarke. Hardwick, Mill. Fiske, “ The London Athenaeum,” and Muller. . . ; ; 95 CHAPTER XV. \ Hardwick, author of “ Christ and Other Masters.“-More clashing among the witnesses.-Mr. Graves’ counter-testimony.-Goodrich.- Muller.-Haug.-Muller testifies again. . . . 98 CHAPTER XVI. John Stuart Mill. . . . . . . 107 CHAPTER XVII. John Fiske.--‘L London Athenaeum.” . . . 107 CHAPTER XVIII. Max &fuller Perry’s principal witness.-He “ wakes up the wrong passenger.“-Muller overthrows Perry’s main position . 111 CHAPTER XIX. Godfrey Higgins as a writer. . . . . 117 CHAPTER XX. Muller reproves those occupying Perry’s position for their dispar-aging views of the ancient religions. 120 CHAPTER XXI. Perry’s witnesses condemn his charges against the oriental re-ligions. . . . . . . . 122 CHAPTER XXII. Did Brahminism ever undergo a radical change? . . 126 CHAPTER XXIII. Buddhism and Christianity alike. -Perry against himself and all historians on religious analogies.-Positive proofs that Christians stole from the holy books of the Hindoos. . . 129 CHAPTER XXIV. The Essenes preached Christianity long before Christ, and were considered original Christians. . . . . 133 CHAPTER XXV. Why does not Mr. Perry refute my book? . . 134 CHAPTER XXVI A list of two hundred and twenty-four errors found in Mr Perry’s “ Sixteen Saviors or One.” , t - 136