74 Evolution and Religion 



Lord, I repent of sins. Of pride, haughtiness, covet- 

 ousness, slandering the dead, anger, envy, the evil eye, 

 shamelessness, looking at with evil intent, looking at 

 with evil concupiscence, stiff-neckedness, discontent 

 with the godly arrangements, self-willedness, sloth, 

 despising others, mixing in strange matters, unbelief, 

 opposing the divine powers, false witness, false judg- 

 ment, idol-worship, running naked, running with one 

 shoe, the breaking of the midday prayer, the omission 

 of the midday prayer, theft, robbery, whoredom, witch- 

 craft, worshiping with sorcerers, unchastity, tearing 

 the hair, as well as all other kinds of sin, enumerated 

 or not enumerated, which I am aware of or not aware 

 of, which are appointed or not appointed, which I 

 should have bewailed with obedience before the Lord, 

 and have not bewailed, — of these sins repent I with 

 thoughts, words, and works, corporeal as spiritual, 

 earthly as heavenly, O Lord, pardon, I repent with 

 the three words, with Patet." 



Parsees 



And as a final proof of the fact that Zoroaster's re- 

 ligion taught pre-eminently the duty of preferring the 

 general good to self, let me point to the modern Parsees 

 of India, a small sect directly descended from his 

 ancient followers who were driven from Persia by 

 Mohammedan persecutions. Though few in numbers 

 their influence has been great, simply because they 

 have practised as their chief religious tenet the pri- 

 mordial virtues of benevolence, charity, and generosity. 



