CHAPTER XXVI. CHRIST JESUS AS CREATOR, AND ALPHA AND OMEGA. Christian dogma also teaches that it was not "God the Father," but "God the Son" who created the heavens, the earth, and all that therein is. The writer of the fourth Gospel says: "_All things were made by him_, and without him was not anything made that was made."[247:1] Again: "He was in the world _and the world was made by him_, and the world knew him not."[247:2] In the "Epistle to the Colossians," we read that: "By _him_ were all things created that are in heaven and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers; _all things were created by him_."[247:3] Again, in the "Epistle to the Hebrews," we are told that: "God hath spoken unto us by _his son_, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, _by whom also he made the world_."[247:4] Samuel Johnson, D. O. Allen,[247:5] and Thomas Maurice,[247:6] tell us that, according to the religion of the _Hindoos_, it is _Crishna_, the Son, and the second person in the ever blessed Trinity,[247:7] "who is the origin and end of all the worlds; _all this universe, came into being through him, the eternal maker_."[247:8] In the holy book of the Hindoos, called the "_Bhagvat Geeta_," may be found the following words of _Crishna_, addressed to his "beloved disciple" Ar-jouan: "I am _the Lord of all created beings_."[247:9] "_Mankind was created by me_ of four kinds, distinct in their principles and in their duties; _know me then to be the Creator of mankind_, uncreated, and without decay."[247:10] In Lecture VII., entitled: "Of the Principles of Nature, 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]