Sacred Writings, Vol. 2: Christian, Part 2 / Buddhist / Hindu / Mohammedan

Harvard Classics Deluxe Edition, registered, Vol. 45, 516 pages. (Pages number 491 – 1007) Introduction by Charles W. Eliot. Contents: The Letters of Paul to the Church at Corinth (translation of American Standard Edition of the Revised Bible); The Hymns of the Christian Church; Buddhist writings, translated and annotated by Henry Clarke Warren; The Bhagavad-Gita, translated by Edwin Arnold; and selections from the Koran, translated and annotated by E. H. Palmer.

The Hymns include Psalm 19 by Joseph Addison; Psalm 23 by Henry Williams Baker; Psalms 72, and 90 by Isaac Watts; Psalm 100, by William Kethe; Psalm 104 by Robert Grant; Gloria in Excelsis; Te Deum Laudamus, by Niceta of Remisiana; Veni Creator Spiritus, by Charlemagne, tr. By John Dryden; Hic Breve Vivitur, and Urbs Sion Aurea, both by Bernard of Morlaix, tr. By J. M. Neale; Dies Irae, Dies Illa by Thomas a Celano, tr. J. O’Hagan; Stabat Mater, by Jacobus de Benedictis, tr. D. F. MacCarthy; Adeste Fidelis, tr. J. R. Beste; A Mighty Fortress is Our God, by Martin Luther, tr. Frederick Henry Hedge; Now Thank We All Our God, by Martin Rinkart, tr. Catherine Winkworth; Be Not Dismayed, by Gustavus Adolphus, tr. Elizabeth Charles; In Temptation, and Christmas Hymn by Charles Wesley; Light Shining out of Darkness, and The Future Peace and Glory of the Church, both by William Cowper; Abide with Me, by Henry Francis Lyte; The Pillar of Cloud, by John Henry Newman; Nearer, My God, To Thee, by Sarah Flower Adams; and others.

The Buddhist writings are selections from the Jataka, the Maha Vagga, the Sumangala-Vilasini, the Maha-Parinibbana-Sutta, the Majjhima-Nikaya, the Milindapanha, the Samyutta-Nikaya, the Anguttara-Nikaya, the Visuddi-Magga, the Dhammapada, the Culla-Vagga, and the Udana. They are organized into three groups: writings about the Buddha, writings about the doctrine, and writings about the order.