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THE 'GRANTH.'
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the Khalsa—and the practical course of their life.

The Sikh religion as it was founded by Nanak was a pure monotheism, the chief point in his doctrine being the unity of the Supreme Being. That the Supreme is One, and that there is none other, is over and over again inculcated by him.

"Whom shall I call the second? there is none.
In all is that one spotless One."

He alone, he said, is really existing, uncreated, endless, timeless, invisible, and indescribable—the Root of all things, the Source from which all have sprung.

"He Himself is One, and He Himself is many."
"From the Lord all the creation has sprung. By Himself the vessels are formed: He Himself also fills them."

Nanak's constant theme was personal love for a personal God, "More love to thee, O God." He strove to win his hearers to love and trust God, who claimed them as His creatures, to learn His sufficiency for all and everything. Scattered throughout