Sixteen Saviors Or None; Or, the Explosion of a Great Theological Gun

INTRODUCTION. . . . . . 6

CHAPTER I. The charges against my books.-How to settle the matter.-Five hundred dollars 

reward.-The two condemned quotations.-Another reward of tive hundred dollars.-My “ sui 

generis” memory. . 9

CHAPTER II. An author tied and gagged.-Typographical errors.-My personal appearance.-My 

character.-My education. . . . 12

CHAPTER III. “Sixteen Saviors or One.” -The principal points of difTerence.- Why Mr. 

Perry published my review in his book.-Mr. Perry’s news-paper puffs.-The Rev. George N. 

Smith.-The race between truth and error. 19

CHAPTER IV. ’ . ’ Perry’s ignorance of the history of the gods -Was Prometheue a Roman 

god.-Txion.-Esus and Eros.-Amides and Hercules. . 21

CHAPTER V. Did the heathen believe in the crucifixion of gods?-Mr. Perry’s important 

admissions in the case. -How early Christians settle the matter of pagans borrowing the 

story of the crucifixion of Christ to constitute a chapter in the history of their

4, CHAPTER VI. Mr. Perry’s authorities-A revolution in history-The writers cited by Mr. 

Perry.-His attempts, with them, to overthrow the historical records of the world and 

obliterate the established convictions of Christendom. . 42

CHAPTER VII. ’ ’ ’ An ecclesiastical court. - Mr. H. Klanroth. -Laplace. -Prof. 

Whitney.-More war among the witnesses.2Dr. Bentley. . 45

CHAPTER VIII. The judge’s review of the testimony -Mr. Graves’ counter-witnesses to the 

antiquity of Hindoo astronomy. . . . 62

CHAPTER IX. Perry’s four witnesses! by whom he attempts to show the analo-gous doctrines 

of the Hmdoo religion were borrowed from Christian-ity. - Chamber’s Cyclopedia. - 

Encyclopedia Britannica. - Pavie.- Horace Wilson.-Anol her conflict among the witness

CHAPTER X. Mr. Graves’ counter-witnesses relative to the alleged modern origin of the 

Hindoo sacred books aud their religion. . . . 72

CHAPTER XI. Many other facts, proofs, and authors which show that neither the ,s of the 

Hindoo gods nor their religion are from Christianity. -St. Augustine denies the truth of 

Perry’s borrowiug theory.-Bailly on Origen and Lactantius-Justin Martyr. . . . 

CHAPTER XII. The church of England arrayed against Perry’s borrowing theory.- What the 

Hindoos think of Christ and (;hrishna as compared together. . . . . . . . 86

CHAPTER XIII.A revolution in civil jurisprudence-The verdict of the jury.-The judge’s 

charge to the jury.-The case reviewed by the judge.-Whl tt former writers thought of 

such wild theories and assumptions as Mr. Perrv’s and the authors’ who sunport him. . . 

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CHAPTER XIV. Perrv’s six other witnesses-Clarke. Hardwick, Mill. Fiske, “ The London 

Athenaeum,” and Muller. . . ; ; 95

CHAPTER XV. \ Hardwick, author of “ Christ and Other Masters.“-More clashing among the 

witnesses.-Mr. Graves’ counter-testimony.-Goodrich.- Muller.-Haug.-Muller testifies 

again. . . . 98

CHAPTER XVI. John Stuart Mill. . . . . . . 107

CHAPTER XVII. John Fiske.--‘L London Athenaeum.” . . . 107

CHAPTER XVIII. Max &fuller Perry’s principal witness.-He “ wakes up the wrong 

passenger.“-Muller overthrows Perry’s main position . 111

CHAPTER XIX. Godfrey Higgins as a writer. . . . . 117

CHAPTER XX. Muller reproves those occupying Perry’s position for their dispar-aging 

views of the ancient religions. 120

CHAPTER XXI. Perry’s witnesses condemn his charges against the oriental re-ligions. . . 

. . . . . 122

CHAPTER XXII. Did Brahminism ever undergo a radical change? . . 126

CHAPTER XXIII. Buddhism and Christianity alike. -Perry against himself and all 

historians on religious analogies.-Positive proofs that Christians stole from the holy 

books of the Hindoos. . . 129

CHAPTER XXIV. The Essenes preached Christianity long before Christ, and were considered 

original Christians. . . . . 133

CHAPTER XXV. Why does not Mr. Perry refute my book? . . 134

CHAPTER XXVI A list of two hundred and twenty-four errors found in Mr Perry’s “ Sixteen 

Saviors or One.” , t - 136