came part of the name of God, stood in the Yasnas, or
canticles, of the Gathas quite as often for these qual-
ities, as for the divine person, Ahura Mazda, distin-
guished by them, who with six others compose the one
Godhead.

This presentation of what Zoroaster and his disciples
have taught, is given in their own words, translated
into English, with reference to the passage in the book
from which the quotation is taken.

The ethics of Zoroaster subject all conduct to the
acid test, whether or not its consequence, reasonably
to be expected, is the weal or woe of men.

The largest remnant of the followers of Zoroaster,
called the Parsis, chiefly residing in India, in and about
Bombay, maintain the ancient reputation of the Zoro-
astrian code of morals and are most highly and gener-
ally esteemed for their integrity and loftiness of char-
acter.

High Priest Dhalla, of the Parsis, in his Zoroastrian
Theology, says "Zoroastrian virtues have made the
modern Parsis great. The community has secured a
pioneer place in the social, intellectual and industrial
life of the teeming millions of India. They have
amassed vast fortunes and have given away equally
vast sums for philanthropic purposes without distinc-
tion of caste, color or creed. An individual member
among the Parsis today is a better cared for unit than
one in any society" (p. 370).

The Hebrew scriptures pay tribute, the more worth
while because unconscious and even involuntary, to the
sterling merit of Zoroaster's rules of conduct, when
they speak of the law of the Medes and Persians as
one "which altereth not."

These rules and the religious precepts in which they

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