The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-12-17
RELIGIONS IN PARIS.
SOMETHING LIKE ONE HUNDRED
sECrs woRsHfP THERE.
r.ur thousand FOLLOW tho Salvation Army
Bapner--rho I.ibers, Minded Attracted
TO Buddhism.

sontains churches for at least hundr'
r.rcrcnt forms OF worship. For long TN
MussulmcE who visited Paris, or iho'
who lived here. and there are at iea'
20 Of them. Algerlans and Tunisians. con
pIained OF having no edifice, except
bftle chapel attached TO the Turkish en-
bassy. dedicated 10 their worship. Ihe
came or them opened a subscription,
sum Of $1,000 francs was raised, anu l
shreo months we viii see, In the neighbof
hood of the Park Morceau, the sharl
minaret OF a mosque proiiied against IN
gray sky OF Paris and where muezzii
viii call the faithful 10 prayer
Yes. there are not less than one-hundre'
Kinds Of religion observed in this brillian
capital. but minor sccts worship IN sina,
ROOMS. The first OF These. IN nuihpeis ~
not in importance. Is the SalNatloh AIinSl
,yho whatever is said. certainly nave
ohtatne1 wonderful results win their
drums and bnglcs. Noisy demonstrations
and nproarious symphonies are the power
Of this particular ~ prship, ana thc pefsVi
who regulated IL all was wei acquainted
with human nature. His idea was 10
reach roughs by noise ana 20 capture
converts by grades, crosses, rccoinpeIs'S
and salaries. and thus each year me
AZ ihe end Of lsg2 there were nearly 1907
s,lvationists IN Paris and nearly $4,000
copies OF their weekly Journal, the I'm
Ayant. are sold throughout The country.
The set has everywhere founded schools
etore-roons hospitals aud homes. ana as
a great deal of money is necessary 10
carry on this great machine this Is OBJ
taincd by them. as II Is by ali other re-
ligions. by begging, subscriptions and 90
nations. In 1872 1t amounted to almost
100000 francs in France alone.
Several Of the Protestant sects have dis
clples i'm Paris. The McthOdists, Presby-
tnrjaus. and other Protestants not servile
imitators OF the Church Of England, have
places Of worship in the Avenue de la
Grande Armee. the Rue de Berri. the Rue
Bayard the Rue Roquepine and the Rue
Eoyale: the English Church has a chapel
in the Rue d Aguesseau and another In
the Rue des BassihO. and the Episcopal
lans have one church in the Avenue de
J. Alma and chapel in the Rue Notre
Dame des Champs. All these churches
and chapels are fairly well attended, and
one or two Of them have lawfully SWELL
congregations. There arc 200 or 800 Wes-
leyaus who worship I'm the chapel Nal
esherbes, while about the same number of |
Baptist sing praises to Jehovah In the
Rue de Lille. Twenty Maronite families |
unite in the Medicis Chapel, Armenians |
go to the Chapel OF Saint Sulpice and |
United Greeks to the number Of $50 or 800 |
90 of a Sunday 90 Saint Jean le Pauvre TO |
receive communion form Father Kateb.
who distributes II with a golden spoon
II is this rite which gives MS the best |
OF the Christian worship |
during the first ages Of The holy church.
In one end OF the avenues back OF the /
Hotel des lnyalidcs is a little chapel /
which serves for what Is known as the |
Catholic Apostolic Church. 10 Is an iron |
building. which was brought over from
England. and now arC then the concrcga-
ton hear noise whirh sounds as though
z bolt had fallen out, aud gs they pray /
they also have the pleasure Of thinking
that their church VIII one day tumble
down on their headg. even though the
parson does call himself an angel. The /
Apostolic Church VAS started |
fixty 10 seventy years ago by twelve
Jnglishmen. who entitled themselves |
apostles end also considered themselves |
"a The heralds OF the Savior's second COM |
Ing Only one OF them is nov living and |
he hopes TO have the honor OF presenting |
the church TO Jesus on his arrival. which
by the way this only surviving apostle
ana his followers are expecting daily. Not |
long ago the spouse Il dare not gay wife)
of the Paris angel was speaking TO a
noble duchess here I'm Paris Of this advent.
Her grace listened thoughtfully then
'aid But my dear madame. your church
has been saying this same thing for the
'ast sixty years" and then she turned the
TO another subject
on yonder behind the Pantheon. i'm a
ute corner OF laborious and learned
far1s, IN the Rue ThOuin, the disciples OF
o"edenborg sing in the midst of flowers
their mystic stanzas and listen 10 the
voice OF the divine spirit and to the songs.
m the celestial woods, Of the three spous
- crowned with roses on whom falls a
rain OF gold. In that temple OF the New
IeTusaiem under the ceiling consolidated
with golden stars, and where the walls
IRE covered with symbolicaI vine branches
ma olive the chief of the community
laptlzes, marries, breaches, and blesses
he bread and wine.
IN certain sOmber corners of Paris I'm
llehce ana mystery. there are fervent
'eings who abandon themselves to the
mysterious belief OF Jansenius who vivifv
m ardent gallicanism. In the churches of
". SEVERN and Of st. Medard. az a GER
am mass, there are Jensenists who sing
= unison with the chorsters. standing
uring the credo and not assisting at any
CEREMONY or fete OF recent institution. as
or instance that Of the sacre occur or
= the immaculate conception. But each {
ay one OF these last survivors goes i'm
uest OF the great perhaps" and very
Don Jansenism still hourishing i'm certain
rovinces, will here I'm Paris be nothing
nore than a souvenir
There are 5000 Buddhists in Paris. so
Is claimed, ana it Is incontestible that {
'uudhlsm, which has neither cosmogony I
or God nor religion, and which is only
cry high moral philosophy which nc
ords with the boldest speculation Of mod '
IN thought exerts n curious charm and j
singular attraction over liberal minds ,
J Paris. This began with the bourgeoisle
her 10 extended TO the aristocratic fau- [
burg. and next II penetrated among popu- il
" Glasses. It's adopts include magis- :
'ates. members OF the Academy OF Me0i I
me- professors. Journalists and nOvelists :
they have no pasoda no common a
rayer, no place of assembly. no worshin I
Mess II is the instruction which they I
,ceive In the occasional talks of NJ. de a
osny ana his disciples. For those who 4
lnnot believe In the supernatural IL sub v
itutes religion that is gentle and easy
, follow.
Apropos OF Buddhism. those eleean, pa g
slams who flourish on a lotus flower book q
piety had the pleasure the other dav h
nd without being obliged TO 20 to Toxic T
assisting az a ceremony celebrated In !
ie Guimet Museum at 10 o'clock IN the Il
orning by Horiou-Toki. superior OF the b
Hpie OF Slngon In Mitani-Du. Ii was n Y
commemorative service In honor of one 1
the greatest philosophers OF Japan. the q
rand Master kahbo. one OF the Inventors o
Japanese writing and who. like st b
Rui' showed but little sympathy for con- nj
sa bonds IL was not a question OF s
'lne IensionS ceremony that would chill k