The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1890-05-01

NIV"u iuen go tnere aiSo-nOG see
ing the yelled idols, they clap their
haAds and ring bells to attract the
attention Of the idols to let them
know of their presence. A
Some OF these idols are forty and
fifty. feet high. made in sitting pos
ture. They are of all colors, red,
blue, black, white, and yellow.
Some have four eyes and four hands.
with heads OF dogs, lion, fox, SOUR
rel or monkey. Some Of the idols,
especially the one OF Bhudda, have
as many as one thousand hands,
each hand representing some partic-
ular power or thing -one hand, for
instance, symbolizing the moon, and
another the SUM-. &c. Then, there
are the gods Of wind, lightning and
thunder. There are rows of idols,
each idol marked with the age Of a
person, from Is up to 100. These
idols are Of different make, repre-
senting the different stages of life.
For instance, man of 81 years
could go there and find an idol, with
this age marked on it, and it would
represent in looks, &c., his age and
true condition. He could look
ahead at the next idol and see what
he would be year hence and 50 on.
The idol of 80 years ofage, has eye
lashes foot long and beard of con-
siderable length. AS the idol ap-
pears, SO you are in the counterfeit,
mean or ugly, good or beautiful.
In an upper temple are idols for fe-
males, where the females present
shoes to these idols, sometimes as
many as go pair of shoes are hang
ing on one idol, Tor the idol to wear
when they go visiting at night as
their superstitions suggest. The
sacrifices to idols are live fish.
live hogs and live roosters, and
the livelier kicking they do, the
greater pleased, the Chinese say, the
idols are. While the great throng
tof people are going into the temple,
bands of music are playing, and the
priest is officiating before the idols.
All carry candles, and if they fail to
light and burn them as incense, they
pitch them at the feet of the idols.
and as much as three hundred dol
lars per night are made by the
priest, who sell these candles back
to the people two and three times.
Christianity is making great prog
ress there, and some of the people
are beginning to think and reason
that the Christians God is the true
God. The Mandarins are now en-
couraging the study Of the mathe-
mates of the Christians, also astron-
omy, civil engineering, telegraphing
&C. These are evidences of advanc-
ing civilization.
| Rev. DR.. G. K. Marshall was in
duced, by Rev. Mr.. Ryburn, to re-
main until Sunday, and he preached
at the Methodist Church in the
morning to large congregation. In
the afternoon he addressed the
Methodist and Presbyterian Sunday
Schools. At night, by invitation of
Rev. FL. K. Walker, he filled the
Presbyterian pulpit. The Church
was filled by a large congregation to
hear this distinguished Chinaman.
His talks were very interesting and
he made an impression by his state
ments of the progress of the Chris
tan cause in China, that will give
additional impetus to missionary
work in this place. vs. believe
many will give more cheerfully to
send the gospel to the heather than
heretofore.
DR.. Marshall after attending the
General Conference in st. Louis,
will go to New York, where he will
take postgraduate course in med
icine. To aid him in this, collec-
tons were taken up at the conclu.
sion of his sermons at the Methodist
and Presbyterian churches. After
perfecting himself more thoroughly
in the healing art, he will return to
China and continue his missionary
work among his people. 1t has
been found by healing the bodily
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