Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-09-15
PAGAsIsA'S DECLINE.
AGENCIES AND INFLUENCES con-
THIsuTiNs TO IT'S DOWNFALL.

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Areas In which PuyeIy raxna xsrns u
Worship SIN sas~-7resaIts u
Earopesa Raie - NehanmeaAn Doc
frises in Afries-chrf.tfsnIfy
We may zee On any resp showing the dis-
tribution Of religions, that the area within
which purely pagan foru,s Of worship still
presiclniflate b much larger than any of The
areas IN which ether 81 stems Of religion pre.
vail We find, however. that this is % only
bszzuse the vast bat very sfarselY settled
northern portions Of Siberia and North
America are IN the main inhabited by PAGAN
peoples A little study will show US that. e.
eept 10 equatorial Africa and among : few
considerable tribes In South Arnerics. yurs
pagarisn, b. which we mean rude and
wholly HnciviIized hoIatry, now predemi-
mates in no dsnseIy populated parts Of the
world We may notice also on our raap
bands II color Ia these pagan areas, fndicaS-
ing that other forms OF religion are making
Roadway there, and il we compare the man
with others Ut earlier date, We viii see that
these bands have been augmented ia number
and size, Indicating the tendencies that
justify the belief, nor widely entertained.
that the downfall Of paganism IN every part
OF tae earth Is only . question Of time.
mor..rry.s Rroanv p,rvz
Many agencies and Influences are contrib
uting to tins result. Any man, be be mis-
sIozlary, civil engineer or trader, who de-
stroys the faith Of the savage African In the
power 81 bis medicine man, or In the efii-
cacy Of his fetch. overthrows the fouuda-
ton On which his fimsy religious structure
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influences
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