Christianity does not, as Goethe averred, “prefer what is despised and feeble,” but as in God’s eyes nothing is despised and abject, so, in fellowship with the Father, Christ cherished the maimed and lame and blind, though hated of the soul of the natural man, and this disposition will ever be a “mark” or “note” of the true Church of Christ. Footnote 271: Kuenen, Hibbert Lectures, 1882, p. 284; Rhys Davids, Hibbert Lectures, 1881, p. 155. Footnote 272: Oldenberg, _Buddha, etc._, pp. 181, 182. Footnote 273: _The Scotsman_, August 17th, 1889. Footnote 274: E. Burnouf, _Science des Religions_, p. 94. Footnote 275: Mahavagga, i. 49. 6. Footnote 276: _Ibid._ i. 54. 5; _Sacred Books of the East_, vol. xiii. Footnote 277: Mahavagga, i. 7. 10-15; _Sacred Books of the East_, vol. xiii. Footnote 278: Mahavagga, i. 29. Footnote 279: _Ibid._ i. 76. 1-10. Footnote 280: _Buddhism_, p. 80; Dr. Rhys Davids states that a new or cloister name was given on admission, in exchange for the family one (Hibbert Lectures, p. 39), but Professor Oldenberg alleges that this is supported only by solitary cases (_Buddha, etc._, p. 353 note). Footnote 281: Mahavagga, i. 30. 1-4; also _ibid._ vi. 14. 6; and Kullavagga, vi. 1-2. Footnote 282: Mahavagga, i. 78. 1-5. Footnote 283: Mahavagga, i. 79. 1-3. Footnote 284: Mahavagga, i. 25. 1-24, for the duties of novice to his Upagghâya; _ibid._ i. 32, Kullavagga, viii. 13, 14, for his duties to his Âkariya. The duties to both are the same, but the Upagghâya seems to have been the more important of the two tutors. Footnote 285: Dr. Rhys Davids, _Handbook of Buddhism_, p. 169. Footnote 286: Dhammapada, 200; _Sacred Books of the East_, vol. x. Part i. Footnote 287: Pâtimokkha; Pakittiyá Dhammâ, 10; said to be because he might kill or harm some living creature. Footnote 288: Sir Edwin Arnold, _Light of Asia_, p. 95. Footnote 289: Kullavagga, v. vi. viii. _passim_; Mahavagga, i. 25. 15. Footnote 290: Dhammapada, 141, 142; _Sacred Books of the East_, vol. x. Part i. Footnote 291: Sir Edwin Arnold, _Light of Asia_, pp. 95, 96. Footnote 292: Mahavagga, i. 31. 4. Footnote 293: Introduction to Dhammapada, _Sacred Books of the East_, vol. x. p. xliv: a long list quoted from the _Northern Scripture_ by Dr. Edkins in _Chinese Buddhism_. Footnote 294: The question was thrice put, “Are ye pure?” Mahavagga, ii. 1-36. Footnote 295: See for a specimen the Kullavaga, v. 21; _Sacred Books of the East_, vol. xx. Footnote 296: Bishop of Colombo, in _Nineteenth Century_, July 1888. Footnote 297: Mahavagga, iv. 1. 18; _Sacred Books of the East_, vol. xiii. Footnote 298: Weber, _Indische Studien_, x. 118; Metrical translations by Dr. John Muir, p. 250, where Professor Eggeling is quoted. Footnote 299: