[162] Bouddhism, it is now said, appears to be on the wane, and the period for its disappearance is gradually approaching, according to the Boden Professor of Sanscrit at Oxford. In his opinion this creed is "one of rapidly increasing disintegration and decline," and "as a form of popular religion Bouddhism is gradually losing its vitality and hold on the vast populations once loyal to its rule." He computes the number of Bouddhists at 100,000,000; not 400,000,000 as hitherto estimated; and places Christianity numerically at the head of all religions--next Confucianism, thirdly Hinduism, then Bouddhism, and last Mohammedanism. He affirms that the capacity of Bouddhism for resistance must give way before the "mighty forces which are destined to sweep the earth." [163] That modern English writers have been more than just to Mohammed is proved overwhelmingly by the living Missionary who knows Mohammedanism best.--_Mohammed and Mohammedans_. Dr. Koelle. [164] The inner meaning of 1 John i. 8 exactly = ὑπακοη και ῥαντισμος (1 Peter i. 2). It is the _obedient_ who are _sprinkled_. [165] John xiv. 16, 26, xv. 26, xvi. 7. [166] Aug. _in loc._ SECTION III. (1). GREEK. LATIN. Και εν τουτω Et in hoc scimus γινωσκομεν ὁτι εγνωκαμεν quoniam cognovimus αυτον, εαν τας εντολας eum, si mandata eius αυτου τηρωμεν. ὁ λεγων, observemus. Qui dicit ὁτι "Εγνωκα αυτον," se nosse eum et mandata και τας εντολας αυτου eius non custodit, μη τηρων, ψευστης εστιν, mendax est, et και εν τουτω ἡ αληθεια in eo veritas non est: ουκ εστιν· ὁς δ' αν qui autem servat verbum τηρη αυτου τον λογον, eius, vere in eo αληθως εν τουτω ἡ caritas Dei perfecta αγαπη του Θεου τετελειωται. est: in hoc scimus εν τουτω quoniam in ipso sumus. γινωσκομεν ὁτι εν αυτω Qui dicit se in εσμεν. ὁ λεγων εν ipso manere debet sicut αυτω μενειν, οφειλει, ille ambulavit et ipse καθως εκεινος περιεπατησεν, ambulare. και αυτος ουτως περιπατειν. AUTHORISED VERSION. REVISED VERSION.