Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1889-12-07

7. the LOndoners into his pocket th'
greatest exposition the world ha'
ever seen is being quietly closed nj
J. Paris. More than twenty million
{. tickets have been sold besides the
r hundreds Of thousands who by
means of friends or favors saw the
exhibition without n ticket. This
= fact alone goes far to prove
that Paris is still the worlds
centre Of attraction. or all
, The wonders that have been
stored on the 'Champs de
c Mar, 4" the marvellous tower is des-
n tined TO be the sole survivor. To
: add to its attractions, n large hotel
viii be established on the first plat
form. No diminution Of interest in
this ky-piercing structure is appar-
= emily shown, the stream Of visitors
/ at all hours Of the day forming
long procession. In one Of the
rooms at the top Of the tower Is now
TO be seen n phonograph, the gift Of
Mr.. Edison, which already speaks
: fortv-three languages.
One Of the most striking illustra-
lions Of the manner in which in
telligeut heathens look upon the
prepOsterOus claims Of sO-called
Christianity has just been shown by
Mr.. John t. lse, an influential
japanese who a few days ago
landed in England. Mr.. lse Is n
young man Of thirty, and the
son of NOkOi, the enlightened
I japanese statesman, who led the
movement in favor Of admitting
foreigners, and breaking down the
I old Jealous exclusiyeness, and the
Z iron-bOund feudalism that feticred
all progress. NOkOi became a be-
7 lever in the Bible through reading
a copy in the Chinese language. lie |
inaugurated the movement for /
sending young men to America, /
for education in western ideas. In |
1859, one year after the revolution 1
which put an end TO the old order /
Of things, YOkoi fell by the hand Of
an assassin who hated his liberal
views in politics and religion. His
son lsc, after finishing a course lOf
study in the foremost university Of
japan, has Travelled extensively in
Europe and America. To CORES
pendent Of The Christian HiOrld,
who was sent to Interview him, Mr..
Ise said, "What we need I'm Japan
is not this sect or that; We want cur
church pOlity and system OF theology
TO develop in japan. We wish
the missionaries tO-make distinction |
between the facts Of Christianity
and their theories about It, so that {
our people shall not be confused.
We want the religion Of Christ, and I
the church poliIy that teaches the {
Of GOd-nOt Of man. We j
have had COnfucianism and Buddh- 4
ism, and whatever OF truth there l. a
in these systems must be allowed TO :
Truth is truth, and will Z
ever remain 50. 4 truth taught by v
Jesus win never contradict n truth
taught by COnfucius. hut will har- d
monte with Il. During the last il
i've years n great change has come o
,ver the educated mind Of japan. n
Formerly Christianity was looked q
IpOu with Indifference, as some al
hing beneath notice: but lately, f
hOuSh the educated men are un- n
.ble TO accept the cretds and .,
OF the churches, yet Il
hey see there Is a power Ct
II real Christianity that is "
apable Of making men better. We as
-ant b. establish libraries, but il j. OF
% use sending Us any but the best N
Ooks. Many of the books sen. ont -
Y the missionary societies are worse 81
nan useless. They contain ideas y,
Christ which prejudice Sc
u thinking people against Chris IN
anity. "Along side ofthis terrible in
Of sO-called Christian W
y by former heather, comes the W
lually damaging acknowledge M
ent Of DR.. FaTrar. the eloquent in
rchdeacon Of Westminster, who J.,
vs.: I'm the domains OF science Iii
III Biblical criticism, numberless wi
tests, and even whole generations re
priests and religious teachers -
I've maintained aud enforced liz
ews which are entirely false. M
.arcelv a single truth Of capital Gil
lpOrtanCe in science has ever been SEE
without having TO strig-
e FOR life, against the fury of theol- oft
zeal dOgmatists. In every instance he
e priests have been ignOminiously He
feated. The world moved. rs en-,
IllileO said it did, in spite Of the pei
QUESTION. Thousands Of pulpits tuI
minated anathemas against the vii
ny gvUlUgists, yet before thirty ma
ars had elapsed, the rejection Of uni
: truths that geology taught exi
'uld have been regarded n the lod
.rk Of an idiOt.'' Are not the tes- is [
lonies OF these men, one leading dol
mixer Of Great Britain, the other j
leader OF literal thought i'm bot
AN, worthy Of consideration? Or has
il possible that the so-called emi
ristian churches are so far sunk still
he ruts and grooves Of sectarian- gro
that they will continue in their wor
ner Counse? viii the sects seek hea
reform their doctrines, or must -. /
allied hcathens 10 it for them? con
J. II. WARD. chill