We will now collate Christianity with another ancient religious system, which we are certain it will not be disputed, after the comparison is critically examined, contains the sum total of the doctrines and teachings of Christianity in all their details. CHAPTER XXXII. THREE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SIX STRIKING ANALOGIES BETWEEN CHRIST AND CHRISHNA I. THEIR MIRACULOUS HISTORY AND LEADING PRINCIPLES. 1. The advent of each Savior was miraculously foretold by prophets. 2. The fallen and degenerate condition of the human race is taught in the religion of each. 3. A plan of restoration or salvation is provided for in each case. 4. A divine Savior is considered necessary in both cases. 5. The necessity of atoning for sin is taught in the religion of each. 6. A God, or Son of God, is selected as the victim for the atoning sacrifice in each case. 7. This God is sent down from heaven in each case in the form of a man. 8. The God or Savior in each case is the second person of the Trinity. 9. Chrishna, as well as Christ, was held to be really God incarnate. 10. The mission of each Savior is the same. 11. There is a resemblance in name-Chrishna and Christ. 12. Chrishna, as well as Christ, was incarnated and born of a woman. 13. The mother in each case was a holy virgin. 14. The same peculiarities of a miraculous conception and birth are related of each. 15. Each had an adopted earthly father. 16. The father of Chrishna, as well as that of Christ, was a carpenter. 17. God is claimed as the real father in both cases. 18. A Spirit or Ghost was the author of the conception of each. 19. There was rejoicing on earth when each Savior was born. 20. There was also joy in heaven at the birth and advent of each. 21. Chrishna, as well as Christ, was of royal descent. 22. Their mothers were both reputedly pious women. 23. The names of two mothers are somewhat similar--Mary and Maia. 24. Each had a special female friend--Elizabeth in the one case, and the wife of Nanda in the other. 25. Neither Savior was born in a house, but both in obscure situations. 26. Both were born on the 25th of December. 27. Both, at birth, were visited by wise men and shepards. 28. The visitors conducted by a star in each case. 29. The rite of purification observed by the mothers of each. 30. An angel warning of impending danger in each case. 31. The incumbent ruler was hostile in each case. 32. A bloody decree in each case for the destruction of the infant Savior. 33. A flight of the parents takes place in both cases. 34. The parents of one sojourned at Muturea, the other at Mathura. 35. Each Savior had a forerunner--John the Baptist in one case, Bali Rama in the other. 36. Both were preternaturally smart in childhood. 37. Each disputed with and vanquished learned opponents. 38. Both became objects of search by their parents. 39. And both occasioned anxiety, if not sorrow, to their parents.