ature, and the Vital
Spirit," he also says:

"I am the creation and the dissolution of the whole universe.
There is not anything greater than I, and all things hang on
me."

Again, in Lecture IX., entitled, "Of the Chief of Secrets and Prince of
Science," Crishna says:

"The whole world was spread abroad by me in my invisible form.
All things are dependent on me." "I am the Father and the
Mother of this world, the Grandsire and the Preserver. I am
the Holy One worthy to be known; the mystic figure OM.[248:1]
. . . I am the journey of the good; the _Comforter_; the
_Creator_; the _Witness_; the _Resting-place_; the _Asylum_
and the _Friend_."[248:2]

In Lecture X., entitled, "Of the diversity of the Divine Nature," he
says:

"_I am the Creator of all things_, and all things proceed from
me. Those who are endued with spiritual wisdom, believe this
and worship me; their very hearts and minds are in me; they
rejoice amongst themselves, and delight in speaking of my
name, and teaching one another my doctrine."[248:3]

Innumerable texts, similar to these, might be produced from the Hindoo
Scriptures, but these we deem sufficient to show, in the words of Samuel
Johnson quoted above, that, "According to the religion of the Hindoos,
it is Crishna who is the origin and the end of all the worlds;" and that
"all this universe came into being through him, the Eternal Maker." The
_Chinese_ believed in One Supreme God, to whose honor they burnt
incense, but of whom they had no image. This "God the Father" was _not_
the Creator, according to their theology or mythology; but they had
another god, of whom they had statues or idols, called _Natigai_, who
was the god of all terrestrial things; in fact, God, _the Creator of
this world_--inferior or subordinate to the Supreme Being--from whom
they petition for fine weather, or whatever else they want--a sort of
_mediator_.[248:4]

_Lanthu_, who was born of a "pure, spotless virgin," is believed by his
followers or disciples to be the Creator of all things;[248:5] and
_Taou_, a deified hero, who is mentioned about 560 B. C., is believed by
some sects and affirmed by their books, to be "the original source and
first productive cause of all things."[248:6]

In the _Chaldean_ oracles, the doctrine of the "Only Begotten Son," I A
O, as _Creator_, is plainly taught.

According to ancient _Persian_ mythology, th