ATTITUDE TO ALL RELIGIONS 45

was also sacred in Egypt. It is an exceedingly
interesting study to discover how all symbols
are practically universal.

Processions have been made in all religions
from time to time always taking the course of
the Sun. At Stonehenge there is still to be seen
a circular pathway round which priests and
people walked, and the age of Stonehenge goes
back to thousands of years.

The Sun has in many religions been the
symbol of, and even believed to be the physical
body of. God ; has been revered in all religions
and worshipped in some. This is easily to be
understood seeing that on this planet nothing
can live without the light and warmth of the
Sun, and remembering that we claim our life
from God and yet cannot live without the help
of the Sun. The two are closely allied in this
sense. In Ireland and in the Shetland Islands
we find (some in good preservation) the round
towers used by the Sun worshippers. Near Bath
are the remains of an old Sun Temple and a hill
specially adapted for the purpose, and not very
many months ago whilst removing the earth they
found a large Sun disc in good preservation and
of very ancient date belonging to Sun worship-
pers. We still bow to the rising Sun, some bend
the knee and some give reverence from the