ted, your god is risen. His death,
his pains, his sufferings, have worked our salvation._"[223:2]

Mons. Dupuis, speaking of the resurrection of this god, says:

"It is chiefly in the religion of _Mithras_. . . . that we
find mostly these features of analogy with the death and
resurrection of Christ, and with the mysteries of the
Christians. _Mithras_, who was also born on the 25th of
December, like Christ, died as he did; and he had his
sepulchre, over which his disciples came to shed tears. During
the night, the priests carried his image to a tomb, expressly
prepared for him; he was laid out on a litter, like the
Phoenician _Adonis_.

"These funeral ceremonies, like those on Good Friday (in Roman
Catholic churches), were accompanied with funeral dirges and
groans of the priests; after having spent some time with these
expressions of feigned grief; after having lighted the sacred
_flambeau_, or their paschal candle, and anointed the image
with _chrism_ or perfumes, one of them came forward and
pronounced with the gravest mien these words: '_Be of good
cheer, sacred band of Initiates, your god has risen from the
dead. His pains and his sufferings shall be your
salvation._'"[223:3]

In King's "_Gnostics and their Remains_" (Plate XI.), may be seen the
representation of a bronze medal, or rather disk, engraved in the
coarsest manner, on which is to be seen a female figure, standing in the
attitude of adoration, the object of which is expressed by the
inscription--ORTVS SALVAT, "_The Rising of the Saviour_"--_i. e._, of
_Mithras_.[224:1]

"This medal" (says Mr. King), "doubtless had accompanied the
interment of some individual initiated into the Mithraic
mysteries; and is certainly the most curious relic of that
faith that has come under my notice."[224:2]

_Bacchus_, the Saviour, son of the virgin Semele, after being put to
death, also _arose from the dead_. During the commemoration of the
ceremonies of this event the dead body of a young man was exhibited with
great lamentations, in the same manner as the cases cited above, and at
dawn on the 25th of March his resurrection from the dead was celebrated
with great rejoicings.[224:3] After having brought solace to the
misfortunes of mankind, he, after his resurrection, _ascended into
heaven_.[224:4]

_Hercules_, the Saviour, the son of Zeus by a