, 1874-02-01

have ministry oyer-worked, Christianity talked
death, and Christian LIE that has been tried
i 4 BRAN-NEW RELIGION.
4 short time aince, VIC printed propositio
from young parsee, who had 3 new religion b
wished to set up. Enthusiastic as he WAS col
corning the importance Of his discovery, b
neglected to give any particulars concerning il
possibly fearing that some one might infring
upon it before he could get out caveat. Mean
while, bran-new religion, 80 far q
the public knowledge Of it is concerned
has been discovered in the Orient
that celebrated birthplace Of religions, b
DR.. Eite1, q famous Chinese scholar, md be ha4
made the world acquainted With it for the frs
time through the columns Of the Pail Nal
Gazette, although it hns douriahed since the
twelfth century. and has been the melting cause
| OF many OF the Chinese revolutions against the
| Government and OF the opposition to missionary
enterprises and the march OF modern improve.
mente.
The name Of the new religion ia Feng-Shui,
and it consists Of four cardinal principles
h'e, or the creating breath Of nature;
Ii, the laws which regulate the order
OF nature; Lo, the mathematical principles
exhibiting the numerical proportion Of the
universe; and 1e1lg, the phenomena OF nature,
aud her outward forms OF appearance. Tne
most important features OF the new religion are
summed up in the first two principles. E'e, or
the creating breath Of nature, contains two
fold element, male and female, which permeates
all creation, known in China as the .'azure
dragon" and the s'white tiger.' The Chi
nese find the existence of these two
currents Of the breath Of nature in
the conformation Of hills and mountains,
aud they always seek to locate themselves where
the benign influence Of the two currents ia in
the ascendant. Solitary rocks rising abruptly
from the ground are regarded rs bad omenb,
and rock OF this kind which rises over the
most dissolute part Of hong Kong is worshiped
by those who profit by the immoral practices in
that quarter OF the city. The leading pr1n-
ciples OF the L. or the laws which regu-
late nature, are three-fold: i. That Heaven
TUES tne eaftn- T. IAas poth Heaven and
eor1n influence an living oelnGs 5. That the
fortunes OF the LIVING depend also upon tho
gooo-"nl Aho general 'nnaence OF the dead
Accepting these aftlcles Oh 1alth, the Chinese
believe that everything earthly has its proto-
type III aeaSen' ana heaven ana earth nre rec
ognlzeo US tho soul and A1o OF the universe, |
bearing Inc aame relation to 1t that aoul and
body 40 to man. out OF this has grown the |
ancestral worship peculiar to the Chinese. Dr. |
Eltel states the reasoning OF believer IN Feng- |
shnl "a 1oAo"s: |
Ay own ahmal SPIRITS aro the animal Spirits Of my
ures which h.vc returned to tlo,o c.ns1s s1sr.nts
of nature whence each derived It's origin Their souls
NJ, nese'ofe, as onn'peesen' rs heafen and eafth
h,t tha tdcr,t1t- ~ ~ .r,-,+na1 h.ais ~ ,te s
riss between ny ancestors and myself should cause
no an'n' OF my ancestors to hover round my dwell
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