he Buddhists, this personage (Buddha) is
sometimes a man and sometimes a god, or rather both one and
the other--a divine incarnation, a man-god--who came into the
world to enlighten men, to _redeem them_, and to indicate to
them the way of safety. This idea of _redemption by a divine
incarnation_ is so general and popular among the Buddhists,
that during our travels in Upper Asia we everywhere found it
expressed in a neat formula. If we addressed to a Mongol or a
Thibetan the question 'Who is Buddha?' he would immediately
reply: '_The Saviour of Men!_'"[189:4]

According to Prof. Max Mueller, Buddha is reported as saying:

"_Let all the sins that were committed in this world fall on
me, that the world may be delivered._"[189:5]

The _Indians_ are no strangers to the doctrine of _original sin_. It is
their invariable belief that _man is a fallen being_; admitted by them
from time immemorial.[189:6] And what we have seen concerning their
beliefs in _Crishna_ and _Buddha_ unmistakably shows a belief in a
_divine Saviour_, who _redeems man_, and takes upon himself the sins of
the world; so that "_Baddha_ paid it all, all to him is due."[189:7]

The idea of redemption through the sufferings and death of a _Divine
Saviour_, is to be found even in the ancient religions of China. One of
their five sacred volumes, called the _Y-King_, says, in speaking of
_Tien, the "Holy One"_:

"The _Holy One_ will unite in himself all the virtues of
heaven and earth. By his justice the world will be
re-established in the ways of righteousness. He will labor and
suffer much. He must pass the great torrent, whose waves shall
enter into his soul; _but he alone can offer up to the Lord a
sacrifice worthy of him_."[190:1]

An ancient commentator says:

"The common people sacrifice their lives to gain bread; the
philosophers to gain reputation; the nobility to perpetuate
their families. The _Holy One_ (_Tien_) does not seek himself,
but the good of others. _He dies to save the world._"[190:2]

_Tien_, the Holy One, is always spoken of as one with God, existing with
him from all eternity, "before anything was made."

_Osiris_ and _Horus_, the Egyptian virgin-born gods, suffered
death.[190:3] Mr. Bonwick, speaking of _Osiris_, says:

"He is one of the _Saviours_ or deliverers of humanity, to be
found in almost all lands." "In