“To be a Christian then is to be Christ-like. Christianity means becoming like Christ, not acceptance of Christ as a proposition or as an outward representation, but spiritual conformity with the life and character of Christ. And what is Christ? By Christ I understand one who said, ‘Thy will be done;’ and when I talk of Christ, I talk of that spirit of loyalty to God, that spirit of absolute determinedness and preparedness to say at all times and in all circumstances, ‘Thy will be done, not mine.’ . . . . “This prayer about forgiving an enemy and loving an enemy, this transcendental doctrine of love of man, is really sweet to me, and when I think of that blessed Man of God, crucified on the cross, and uttering those blessed words, ‘Father, forgive them, they know not what they do;’ oh! I feel that I must love that being, I feel that there is something within me which is touched by these sweet and heavenly utterances, I feel that I must love Christ, let Christians say what they like against me; that Christ I must love, for he preached love for an enemy. . . . . “When every individual man becomes Christian in spirit--repudiate the name, if you like--when every individual man becomes as prayerful as Christ was, as loving and forgiving towards enemies as Christ was, as self-sacrificing as Christ was, then these little units, these little individualities, will coalesce and combine together by the natural affinity of their hearts; and these new creatures, reformed, regenerated, in the child-like and Christ-like spirit of devotion and faith, will feel drawn towards each other, and they shall constitute a real Christian church, a real Christian nation. Allow me, friends, to say, England is not yet a Christian nation.” EXTRACTS FROM A CATECHISM ISSUED BY A MEMBER OF THE ADI BRAHMO-SAMAJ. _Q._ Who is the deity of the Brahmos? _A._ The One True God, one only without a second, whom all Hindu Śâstras proclaim. _Q._ What is the divine worship of the Brahmos? _A._ Loving God, and doing the works He loveth. _Q._ What is the temple of the Brahmos? _A._ The pure heart. _Q._ What are the ceremonial observances of the Brahmos? _A._ Good works. _Q._ What is the sacrifice of the Brahmos? _A._ Renunciation of selfishness. _Q._ What are the austerities of the Brahmos? _A._ Not committing sin. The Mahábhárata says, He who does not commit sin in mind, speech, action, or understanding, performs austerities; not he who drieth up his body. _Q._ What is the place of pilgrimage of the Brahmos? _A._ The company of the good. _Q._ What is the Veda of the Brahmos? _A._ Divine knowledge. It is superior to all Vedas. The Veda itself says: The inferior knowledge is the Rig Veda, the Yajur Veda, the Sama Veda, the Atharva Veda, etc.; the superior knowledge is that which treats of God. _Q._ What is the most sacred formula of the Brahmos? _A._ Be good and do good. _Q._ Who is the true Brahman?