The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1853-10-21
TEE CHINESE REBELLION.

ofa singula, document procured al iht
Scbel camp, being nothing less than +
book Of devo,ons FIR the use f,ho Chi
ncse army and their adherenrs. Ills :
most exhaordinary prodnc'ion (sa!s ,ht
PreSbyfrrian) evidently dawn up by TN
Cii incso schoars,wilhcnt the dirpc' aid %
| Cbnstian missionaries, though founded
on thc knowledge they had Obtained oftIe
CIrsiian system from the Sculptures and
r'cls in Chinese, SO industIiously crcu
lated f"r some years past throughout that
vast empire.
The farm to be Observed in seeking the
torgipeaess Of sins: ''.
Let the suppliar, kneel drwn in the
siglt Of heaven, and prny to the Grca,
God 10 forgive his sins. He may eillci
employ such words as occur, or be may
use written form; when tho PRAYER is
over, 'al him lake basin Of water, and
wash hmsolf clean, or If he perform his
1bl,nions in tho river, il will be still bei-
ter. When he Las obtained freedom
ron sin, lei him, morning and evening
continue 10 worship the. Gfea, God, pray
ing that God would regard him with "a
vor, and grant him his Holy Spiri, 70
change his heart. Al every meal also he
should give thanks TO God, and every
seventh day worship and praise Gud GOT
his mcrcics. Let him also constant,
obey The Ten Commandments, and not
on any accom-! worship the corrupt spir-
It's (Gods) that are in tho wcrld; neither
let him do any corrupt thing. In this
way people may become the sons anG
daughters Of The Great God; in The pres
enl life they slIalIbe The objects Of III"
divine favor, md after death their soult
will ascend TO hcaven, whero ;hey shall
nj,y endIess bliss, All the people
throughout The woild, 10 matter whelher
male or female, Chinese or foreigners,
must pursue this method, or they cannon
30 10 heuvrn. -s1@1lI
Tho title is. "Thr Book OF R.ligious
Precep's, for tie Time Ping Dynasty
[, commences thus: WHO has over lived
III tho world without offending agains, the
commands Of heavenP Bat until ibis
,me no one has known how TO obtain dc
ljverance from sin: now. however, the
G ea, God has made . gracious cufnmn-
nicaiipn 10 man, and from hencefo,lb
whoever rcpnnts OF his sins in the pres
encn Of tie Great God, nnd avoids wor-
slipping depraved spirits (gods), practising
prrversr shings, or trsnsgressng The di-
vine commands, may ascend 10 heaven,
aud enjoy happiuccs f"r thousands mud
myriads Of yna,s, in pleasure and delight,
with dignity and honor, world without
cnd.", |; 'ken answers two objections
10 the worehip of The "Grea, Gnd." First,
i, is oI jgcled that such worship belongs
10 ssover. IGN princes" So this it is re,
EpIi.d dat, Ching Thnog aud Wan Wang
shongh bnl perry chiefs, in a far remote
ane ''in,cllg"uliy served HE Great G"d,N
and as a token Of his appreciation, wcrn
hnnorcd as the founders Of The Saan and
Chow dynastics. a.:. asaFm No+a. ait
| The second objection is, that "io wor
ship the Great God isto initiate foreign
\ srs.n TO this answer is, that tho anrIen
! chinese -itia,oriaus7 prSve that from The
! limo .or Pwankoo HE Chinese first man,
4 ,,o,h princes and people hnn"red and wnr
[ shipped ''thc great God." This is provcd
/ hy several qnolarious lrom oncien'7 Chi
| nese clissics. Then come following re-
markable sentences: "T'he fact is thai
,ccording tn the histories of bob The
Chinese and foreign na,ions, the impor''
AM duty of worshipp'ngo the 2 grea
God, IN the early ages Of The world, sew
eral thousand years ago, was alike proc'
ticed bolh by Chinese and foreigners; bnl
! The various fu1eign nations IN the West
have pracHccd his duty, up 70 the pres
eut Time while the Chinese ,gpraclicrd 4
only upsto the Tsin and Haatdynasiies;a y
since which time they lave erroneodsl'
| f,,lnwed The, devils ways. aud allowed
themselves 10 DO deceived BY . the King
Of Iiades.n "Now howevera tho grea
God, Of compassion 10 ihe children %
men, has displayed his great power
aud do liveted meu=ftom the mach
nations ofa the .eyl e enc, causing
ihcm 10 Ioirace their stepsand aghl
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