aked, bury the dead, loyally serve the king, forms the first
duty of a pious man and faithful subject,"

is an abstract from the Egyptian "Book of the Dead," the oldest Bible in
the world.

Confucius, the Chinese philosopher, born 551 B. C., said:

"Obey Heaven, and follow the orders of Him who governs it.
_Love your neighbor as yourself._ Do to another what you would
he should do unto you; and do not unto another what you would
should not be done unto you; thou only needest this law alone,
it is the foundation and principle of all the rest.
Acknowledge thy benefits by the return of other benefits, _but
never revenge injuries_."[415:1]

The following extracts from Manu and the _Maha-bharata_, an Indian epic
poem, written many centuries before the time of Christ Jesus,[415:2]
compared with similar sentiment contained in the books of the New
Testament, are very striking.

"An evil-minded man is quick to see his neighbor's faults, though small
as mustard-seed; but when he turns his eyes towards his own, though
large as Bilva fruit, he none descries." (Maha-bharata.)

"And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye,
but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?" (Matt.
vii. 3.)

"Conquer a man who never gives by gifts; subdue untruthful men by
truthfulness; vanquish an angry man by gentleness; and overcome the evil
man by goodness." (Ibid.)

"Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good."
(Romans, xii. 21.)

"To injure none by thought or word or deed, to give to others, and be
kind to all--this is the constant duty of the good. High-minded men
delight in doing good, without a thought of their own interest; when
they confer a benefit on others, they reckon not on favors in return."
(Ibid.)

"Love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing
again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the
children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful
and to the evil." (Luke, vii. 35.)

"Two persons will hereafter be exalted above the heavens--the man with
boundless power, who yet forbears to use it indiscreetly, and he who is
not rich, and yet can give." (Ibid.)

"Just heaven is not so pleased with costly gifts, offered in hope of
future recompense, as with the merest trifle set apart from honest
gains, and sanctified by faith." (Ibid.)

"And Jesus sat over against the t