Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-09-13
PRIESTS FROM INDII
Buddhists in a Chicago Presb.
terrain Church.
Celebrated Tabernacle Choir TAX
Part in Eisteddford Contest.
Special Day Attractions Arah Meme
~ midway Plaisaaes.

WORLDS FAN, Sept la-[Speciall.
FOR ten days we have had q continuou
series Of festivals, state days and specis
displays, all increasing the average al
| tendance, and the same are to continu
| I'VE DAYS more with, it Is To be hoped,
| iimiiar but increased result. First wa
| the ARRIVAL of whole palace car full
or'entais TO see the fair and then take par
m the CREST religious discussion which b
| IAN on the lith and is to continue seven
zen days Bright looking gentlemei
taey are, too, but their names are knowfsv
tiready, presume, TO the general publidS!
cannot spell them anyway, and II Icould
the reader could not pronounce them; Sd
Tor the present we will do As Bill Arp did
when ha came to a French or Latin phrase
In book-"just call it lignum vitae and The
go ahead" ,,
On their first Sunday here all the Budd-
hists, whether priests, monks or scholars, n''e'
attended the First Presbyterian church in.is. A
body, clad in their best official robes as Nm
mark of special respect to DR.. John
Henry Barrows, principal organizer Of the uyaa
congress. Among those whose names In
can spell the most noted were Bauriu a n""''
fatsubuchi, Zitsuzen Ashitsu, Yozo No. school
mura ana Ryo Watanabe, all OF Japan IN
On the platform with DR. Barrows sat his r,d q,
grace the Right Reverend Dionysios Jalr,
Latas. archbishop Of Zante, Greece. and
his deacon. and all about the church sat |, IN,
men whose names are great in many
branches OF theology Regret is expressed ts
at the non-arrival of Justice Ameer Ali, of IT, III,
India, descendant OF that Ali who was the Ina, Jr
companion of Mahomet, and the only "fas
noted man of that blood who has en-. l. ,
braced Buddhism take It for granted War
that with him Il h a sort Of scientific
theory rather than vital faith Asto &C ~
cepting the great doctrines of absorption,
separate soul humiliation and passive con- Rid
templation-well, my guess is that Arabs
are not built that way.
This is the first time Buddhist priests / A.
ever appeared on the streets or in a mixed m;
nssemblage in an American city in their '"'
sacerdotal DRESS and Chicago records with |
pride that there was not rude word or an
satiated with wonders 'a aIs, ~ we are 10 bright,
toria should step into McGonnigle's and hhy BY
call for two beers the folks would not frint
look at her more than twice. At night the key are
archbishop made An a,idress in ,vb;ch ho JouB
stated that Zante had within few years Re sent
suffered $500 earthquakes which demol-
shed 1874 churches and out of 200 houses
left but fifty uninjured, and this he added,
gave them realizing sense of the insta-
biity of earthly things. Well. should k.ine
think it would. The same night arrived
rom Salt Lake city magnificent train Of
palace cars containing AIS persons, among b.
hem the presidency of the Mormon H.
'hurch, the great Tabernacle choir Of $50 NO9
PERSONS and some pioneers who had never
zen the Missouri river since they left 1t
II lS47 L.
Old Red Stick and Yellow Sun and other IL
hefs who befriended them have long /,
ince gone to the happy hunting grounds
md on their corner of the reservation has
prung up the enterprising city of Omaha;
nut some OF these old fellows look almost
S fresh and gay when last saw them
n 1870 President MILFORD Woodruff is | =.
years old, but almost spry as when e
rst heard him preach in 1868. George q. y.
'annon, his first councillor, a native Of IL x
he Isle OF Man and the best scholar in the II q.
since the death of Orson Pratt. ~
,oks just as he did when a delegate in lIO.
ongress. Joseph +. Smith, second coun- ~
lor, is comparatively young and a. son | hS0.
that Hyrum Smith, brother of the Do
rophet who was killed with him at Car. t3o
mage. Ills, June q, 1874. These three
onstitute the first presidency, the head Of
II authority. have embraced every OBJ
ortunity Of getting cookbook at the old vGw
lormons without their getting look at
he. and my main thought is, How these
Id fellows do last! Polygamy evidently
greed with them. The choir took part In