The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-03-15
Japanese illustrations Of Moral Truth

Japanese illustrations Of Moral Truth.
From work upon japanese sermons
we quote two samples Of the methods
by which-with quaint humor, y well
rs pertinence and homely good sense
the preacher illustrates moral truth:
OnceNpon "a time, &oe, who. lived
at Kiyqto, had. }sng Teen DESTROYS OF
going n see Osaka. One spriur, hav.
ing made urhis mind he started Off 70
see Osaka and all Ms f,Smousplaces. Nv
II series of hops on all fours, he reached
a temple opposite Nishi no. Okla, and
! thence. BY. the Western road he arrived
at Yamazaki, and began to ascend the
mountain called venozan. Now Il so
happened that frog from Osaka had
determined TO visit Kiyoto, and had
Also uscended- Tenozon and on the
summits the two frogs met, made &C.
qusintAncs, and told one another their
intentions. So they began to complain
about MI sthe. trouble they had gone
through, and had only arrived half way
after all i they went on to Osaka aud
'Kfoto their legs and loihs' would Ger.
tainly not hold out. Here was the
famous m6hntain Of Tenozap, from the
top 81 which Kiyoto and Osaka could be
seen; thcy stood on tiptoe and
stretched their backs, and look ed at the
view, they would save themselves from
stiff legs. Having come, TO this conclu.
sion, they both stood up on tiptoe, and
looked about them, when the Kiyoto
frog said
"Reallv, looking at the famous places
Of Osaka, which, have heard SO much
sabput they doh't seem TO me TO differ
aAbit from Kiyoto. Instead Of giving
myself any further Trouble TO go on, /
Shall gust return home.s'
The Osaka frog, blinking with his
eyes, said, with a contemptuous smile,
"Well, have beard a great deal of talk
about this Kiyoto being as beautiful as
the flowers, but it is just Osaka over
again. We had better 60 home"
And SO the two frogs, politely bowling
to one another, hoped of home with
an important swagger.
Now, although this is very funny
little story, you will not understand the
drift Of it at once. The frogs thought
that they we're looking in front of them;
but as, when they stood up, their eyes
were fin the back OF their heads, each
was looking at its native place, all the
while that he believed himself to be
looking at the place he wished to 20 to.
The frogs stared to any amount, it is
true but then they did not take care
that the object looked al. was the right
object, and 90 it was that they fell into
error. Please listen atteatively. Acer-
tain poet says
Wonderful are the ffogsl Though
they 90 on all.fours in an attitude Of,
their eyes are always turned
upwards"
Again we quote from the same source
With regard to the danger of too
great reliance, have little tale to tell
you. Be SO good as 70 wake up from
your drowsiness,. and listen. atten lively.
There ID a Certain powerful shell.fsh,
called the Sazaye, with very strong
operculum. Now, this creature, If it
hears there is any danger astir, shuts up
is she'll from within, with loud noise,
md thinks itself perfectly safe. One
lay Tai and another fish, lost in envy
It this, said t... - va :.
"What a strong castle this is OF yours,
W. oaA"yei Vhon wy sHVS w youE a
id from within, nobody can so much as
'pjpts finger, at you. A capital figure
"a bakes dr. r. ~ "a E. - "
When he heard this, the Sazaye, strok-
ng his beard, replied
"Well, gentlemen, although you are
p good a TO 'Ssy %, it's nothing to.
,oast of in the way Of safety yet /
must admit that, when / shut myself
hus, l do not feel much anxiety
And as he was speaking thus, with
he pride that apes humility, there came
he noise Of a great splash; and the
hell.fsh. shutting up his lid ~ quickly
s possible, kept quite still and thought
0 himself what in the world the noise
ould be. Could it be net? Could it
e a 6sh hook? What . bore it was,
lways having to keep such sharp
ookout! Were the Tai and tie other
al caught, he wondered; and he felt
ute anxious about them however, at
ny rate, he was safe. And 80 the time.
assed; and when he thought all was
afe, he stealthily opened his shell, and
tipped out his head and looked all
ound him, and there seemed to be
,mething wrong = something with.
hich he was not familiar. As he looked
little more carefully, 10 and 'beholdl
,ere he was in q fshmonger's shop, and >.
it'll a card marked "sixteen cash. on
IS back. M
Isn't that a funny story? And 20, at !.
le fell swoop, all your boasted wealth
houses and &1rSkouSes, and clever.
sss and talent, and rank and power,
9 taken away. Poor .shell;ish! /, )
are some PEOPLE not unlike
lem to be found In China and India.
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