Morality 73 



I have entrusted my soul to heaven . . . and I will 

 teach what is pure so long as I can. 



I keep forever purity and good-mindedness. 



Teach thou me, Ahura-Mazda, out of thyself; from 

 heaven, by thy mouth, whereby the world first arose. 



We honor the good spirit, the good kingdom, the 

 good law, — all that is good." 



In the hymn to Mithra, the Persian savior or mediator, 

 occur these verses : 1 



" I think in my soul : no earthly man with a hundred- 

 fold strength thinks so much evil as Mithra with 

 heavenly strength thinks good. 



No earthly man with a hundred-fold strength speaks 

 so much evil as Mithra with heavenly strength speaks 

 good. 



No earthly man with a hundred-fold strength does 

 so much evil as Mithra with heavenly strength does 

 good." 



From one of the Zoroastrian Patets, or formularies 

 of confession, I take the following : 2 



"I repent the sins against father, mother, sister, 

 brother, wife, child, against spouses, against superiors, 

 against my own relations, against those living with me, 

 against those who possess equal property, against 

 neighbors, against the inhabitants of the same town, 

 against servants, every unrighteousness through which 

 I have been amongst sinners, — of these sins repent I 

 with thoughts, words, and works, corporeal as spiritual, 

 earthly as heavenly, with the three words: pardon, O 

 1 Ibid. p. 191. 2 Ibid. pp. 192, 193. 



