New-York tribune., 1869-02-27
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A NATIVE ACCOUNT OF THE PRoGREss or
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A NATIVE ACCOUNT OF THE PRooREss or
~ CHRISTIANITY. ..,....,.l
The following translation OF, an account of the
progress of the Roman Catholic and Protestant Rel
eions in Japan was made at the British Embassy in
that country from an Official memorial presented to
the Government by the Japanese clergy '. ~
The Roman Catholic Religion.--A Roman
Catholic Chapel has been erected by Frenchen oura
in Nagasak and i've six priests have come and
taking up their residence there They employ 20
native Of letters paying them 100 10 100 rios per
annurn, and, eqnipplng them either merchapts p
gfms, send them 10 the following places An Hzen, Wiz
Hirado, shimabarrs. fukaboE, Apsklsa. and other
Che poor by performing miracles to those who love
midnight purposes OF enjoypent, SO that immediately
some 100 or 900 people converted who no longer obey
the social Amenities oi inssEind fearful State of
tsPss ndsed sssp spy sSSSs e sGs gsss
Of hogse, head priest Of the fase rsgep sIpound;
ing fglIoys Ihoss tAst become q my dath and
sSd sssis sSoes@ VII e ss into
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n the @as q q gssIs g %ssnsens %
die and eogs these Issysniy places has taken hold on
pG5shsenf S @ - Ecsia spoiber part win note down
many other Of che wonderful things. .s.,s .,liI
E1n nra:,. have ,sVs sIsstsS Ssn.
wise ana iiiastfious men OF our : glorious
country, The professors Of this Protestant
religion live, fora the most part IN native houses. and
ourwArdly appear teach astronomy, geography, art
icri medicine eI but really all the time desrous Of
insling the oisoL Of the false religion On comparing
the two religions te Pfotestaftfs by far the worst IL
sounds all very well at tst hearing. but you FIND at
length that holds the same fox pshe other and does
much more mischief Tie mode OF Speaking adopted by
" !. Gs 5 re y rTStes,nSs 5O that
forth theoBservaice of che five human relations
sttutiDgthe happiness OF the Empire Now look at these
books and he converts by khpwing them such booksI
wifi high sounding titles as "Sh VI ichf" "a Go fss
sdtsu 90 10 sdtsft go" tells them to throw over
their false gods and the matter OF dsrespect TO master
aud parent differs IN no way fron the principles Of tho
effects 4p6al the country Bhokktso Chinaman, writing
10 friend of mine, says -"f]hsve gradually become
Intimate with the retsners OF different Dan0s resident
in Hagasak one aud the other have told me that they
had come to at the orders OF their respective
chief 70 pHIsqe foreign studies As guile foregnen
live By b6odShed. Xsp9nopy, geography. weapons OF
war and pic nacks afford pleasure 70 the ear and 10 the
aound the praise OF and Christ and those that read
those books, unless they read them IN All sngeness OF
purpose apd with ono object Will uncopsc0usy como TO
gDbrain RESPECT for tese doctrines, My fear s that
~ Two Or three years the Roman Catholic and Protestant
faiths WIN he ESTABLISHED tprongbont Japap sY IA 4.
the people Nlthns be made the enemies OF their own
country by Foreigners On my knees pray that good and
noble men viii not be led away by these false and
rupt doctrines and that they WILL by every principle OF
honor restrain Others and every eDdeayor 10 keep
ths country az hrm 40 rock In jts established faith