---
title: '“The Light of Asia”'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'Robert Dick Wilson'
date: 1882-10-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Apologetics'
- 'Atonement'
- 'Non-Christian Religions and Beliefs'
scriptures:
- 'John 1'
- 'Romans 5'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/wilson-1882-the-light-of-asia
---

# “The Light of Asia”

Two reviews: Lyman Beecher on the nature and extent of the atonement; a critique of "The Light of Asia" arguing the poem misstates Buddhist facts and misconceives Gautama's teachings.

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