Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1854-09-16
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ing against the supers,itious rites OF tho
Budhists, they give give the following
sensible advice to the priests and nuns,
which would apply equally we'll to Ro'
man Catholics. The proclamation says:
"At the present time there are fully
a hundred thousand priests and nuns
throughout the empire. Let these now
enter into matrimonial alliances togeth-
or, and they will form upwards of a
hundred thousand households, produce
boys and girls, rear and nonrish them
Till ten years of age, instruct them for
twelve more, when they may turn out
as cul,isators of tho soil. Every adult
who does not contribute to tho cul,iva-
ton, docs his part towards predicting
calamity How much more so, when
the unproluctivc consumers are numer:
ous."
May 17,h,--Tho rebels have issued
another proclamation against idolatry,
in which, they thus discourse about the
creation Of tho world and the origin Of
man:
"Lew, Generalissimo, Of the forces
of the Great Peaceful Heavenly King
dom, issues this proclamation, with re-
gard to tho origin of mankind-that
God tho Heavenly Father, created the
Heavens and tho EARTH" the sun and
moon and stars, the flowers and fruits,
grass and trees, birds and beasts. This
was at the very beginning of things,
prior 10 tho existence Of the human
race. 'God formed man Of the dus. OF
the ground, and breathel into his nos.
tlils the breath Of life, and man became
living SOUL He made one man and
one woman, 'having caused q deep
sleep TO fall upon the man, and he slept,
and he took one Of his ribs, and closed
up tho flesh thereof, aud the rib which
God had taken from man, made no q
woman that d posterity might be rails.
cd up. He commanded man to cat Of
tho fruit Of the trees which was good
for food'-,he five grains not being yet
produced. Now there are several req
sons for believing that man was made
Of the dust Of the ground We OBJ
serve that children amuse themselves,
without instruction from others, by tu-
king earth and making it into the figure
of man. This piece of amusement
then is one proof. On the human body
too perspira,ion is produced, which Ger
tainly contains clay dirt; but whence
does this clay comet Its because mar
was ut first formed Of dust. So thai
his having this clay Or drt' about him
is second proof in point. With re
gard to the number Of ribs also, tht
woman has one more than the man
and thus we have evidence complete
for believing that what has been stated
is true. The classic says the great ex
IRENE generated the two forms, ant
these two forms generated the four fig
ures which is Just what was mentioned
above.
Now as each of you have DISPOSE
ton to respect your two parents ant
vcnerate your ancestors, how is it tina
you reject the one God, the Heavenl!
Father, who spread forth tho heavens
and the earth, who created all things
aud who originally formed man; and
instead of worshipping Him, believe
in wicked spirits and adore idols made
Of earth and wood 7 AS man was ere
a,ed by God, He is therefore his origi
nal parent. Why then do not all met
believingly worship him, but rather go
to worship the genii OF the Ta9uists
and Bulhists y
May ea,-Thc .. S. steamship sus
qaehannah has left this port with The
u. S. Minister, Mr.. McLunc, on board
Though tho Minister kept his destina
,ion a secret, it is generally believed he
has gone up to Nankin, to make look
see," as the Chinese express it.
Had a conversation with my teacher
to-day respecting the last proclamation
OF tic rebels. He soys,hcy are becom
ing righteous rather too fast; as moi
moro than ten or twelve days ago they
were as great idola,ors and opium s,no
kers as any in China. With regard ,c
tho statement that women have ono
more lib than men, he said that was ,
mistake, aud then very grasely inform
,cd me that they had two moro; saying
"a man has twenty-iour ribs aud wo
man twenty.six."