, 1877-07-06
In . Taaisi Temple.

Passing al"ug the sirss,s lie CAi,.i
heard s"abd. % ths riEhi uhirA -.
semi-musieal. and thruurh . narrs. -
ing Ne saS candle. barniag. ssd -
aside 10 see what u mighi m.,n. -
er Allen, uha y an iuvalusl,ls eir-.----
-oon sac that u was 10 . Tsui., -
end That the orfemnnies r,siur q -,
tor the release Of Z ssul from p.5v.,,.,,.-
inr the Tauisis, e. uell - ths R.d.lai...
and Romanists, have thaif par,.e-.-.
which yields = g'-nd rrvruas. h ~,
hands of skillful priests, then. 4. a. -.
ter paying institution. uPun . HttIs n.
quiry, Nc Learned that The man for ~.
beneht these ceremonies uefe t-rfsw-i
had been dead about six months that M.
children had employed the pti-.t. 10 -,
him out OF PurgatnTy; that he had ~.
out for three days but that after M, -
lease from the lower regions, Il rrou,,.a
further lift to get him up through m.
Intervening spaces into paradise. hi.
was what they were at now. The temnle
was gorgeoqsly decorated with imaG..
tablets, and gilt hangings. One pTie.,
stood in an inner recess, aud two oth.r.
with serVitor, were out in the larger
space in front, the whole being confined
to rather a small area, the temple not be-
ing large one. of in one side we're
some three Others, one beating on A sort
of bell, another on metallic plate, which.
gave rather short, dull sound, and the
third playing on flute. Occasionally a
few sentences were intoned responsiyelv-
The robes Of the priests were very cor.
geous; that of the one who seemed to be
playing the chief part was of bright red
ground, with blue border, three or four
inches wide, around the bottom of II
which extended down to the feet and
faced down the front, on each side, with
white. On the red ground at the center
OF the back, or little above the center.
was the gilt figure of pagoda, and scat
tered profusely over it were gilt spanples
and dragons. He and another priest
were generally Uis-d. Uis with each other.
aud often changed places with each 9th.
er, as If they we're dancing; indeed thev
came together quite actively at times.
One of them held in his hand piece of
wood, about six inches long, and an inch
and half square, hung about with pieces
of paper covered with writing, on which
his eyes we're intently fixed His vis-a-
vis retired after a time, smoked bis pipe
for few moments, and then seated him
self with flute, and helped the music.
The principal actor continued gazing on
his strips of paper, and posturing about
on piece of coarse cloth, which had q
few mysterious characters on it, 10 a GER
tain relation to which he seemed to place
himself at every change of position, now
and then bowling himself quite down to
the earth, and touching bis paper-coy-
cred wand with his forehead; and so the
performance was still going on when we
left.
During the whole scene, spectators
came and went at pleasure, some even
passing between the officiating priests,
while children romped around unchecked.
Que man, who stoDd within four feet Of
the chief priest, gave Brother Allen the
history of the case in very loud voice,
while some Of the priests looked around
curiously at the foreigners. / should
have been filed with disgust at the nom
sense of the whole affair il it had not
been for the horror l felt, that the gpeat
enemy of God and man should have &C.
quired such control of countless millions
If our race, and that by means even Of
their religious instincts. How readily
they spend their money under his inspi-
ratinns, and how eagerly they accept the
,illiest theatricals by which be, through
his priests, pretends to manage their eter-
nal destinies. What slaves of superstition
they are and from this fearful bondage
nothing can ever free them but the gospel
uf the yraca of Gnd = Rfsho,1 HaFpin