Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-09-21

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faster Of the Mine. The. Hswley Smart.
Robert Buchanan. Second Thoughts. A
lait, Tale OF a Cara novel. T~o volume,
ity in Japan and the complete toierail
extended to it down to 1887, when the n
rebellion broke out. Then the missions
and native Christians took part against.
government and prolonged the bloody 4
test. Thereafter the new faith was loot
upon with suspicion. while all others VI
and still are equally free. His descripS
OF the wrongs perpetrated upon the j.
anese through the SO called extra terr3
riality, or local rule of foreigners, was
gularly pathetic. When he spoke of wi
the Japanese had suffered in Christi
countries, and told how the United Std
was now urged to deprive them Of the I
frage in Hawaii. his slender form quive3
and his black eyes snapped with india
ton, but all the Christians cheered him
the echo.
Next to Hirai the honors were wonf
Protap Chunder Mozoomdar, leader
the Brahmo-Somaj in India He and Al
bishop Dionysios Latas Of Zante are pd
ably the finest looking men, both In d
and person, among the foreign delega(
The more see of the archbishop the bed
like him, but Mozoomdar seems to i
the man Of far more native power. 1
system Of reasoning bears curious resd
blance to that of Jonathan Edwards 4
l could pronounce no higher complime5
while the fact that nearly all his con(
sions are the exact opposite Of those of y
wards makes his discourse all the moro.
teresting. Nearly century ago, he sad
boy of pure Brahman stock reasoned ouun;
himself a system of faith and wrotd
essay to prove that there is but one d
and that all the 100000 gods and
desses Of Hindooism are but the yapa
of daikenod minds and corrupt fancy.
This was Raja Ram Doham Roy, u
in 1880 founded the Brahmo-Somaj.
the age of 10 he hal to leave home d
went through the IIimalayas to Thibed
investigate Lamaism. He mastered II
sian, Arabic and Sanskrit and read all d
sacred books in those tongues. In 1882
went to England, the first Hindoo to do
and started the agitation which caused II
British to suppress Sutteeism and 9TH
cruelties. Child marriage was great.
checked, and marriage between castles vi
slowly established. And 80, said Nj
zoomdar, the "One God Worship" |.
Brahmo-Somai means, is going on to G
tablish In India the fatherhood of God an
brotherhood of man. l need not detail til
tenets of his theology. 1t is simply put
Unitarianism.
Confucianism.
Hon. Pung kwang Yu, who expoundtS
Confucianism, looks like a Chinese con
.p MI "a u.
He is very round faced, and his smile
that of one just ready to perpetrate an il
nocent joke. Some far western preiudi{
may still cling to me. but it is hard for nj
to see any dignity in Chinaman Whe,
see one, my first thought is of WASHED
washee, topside, havee two piecee Melicai
man" Reiichi Shibata, high priest of Shint
in Japan, had DIR. Barrows read his papa
and stood by the doctor to bow when til
audience applauded, then added touch d
comedy by kissing two ladies on the stage
according to his religion" as was stated
His paper was chiefly plea for universe
-0leration. And this emphasizes the mali
inc Of distinction so far--all the Hindoo
,egin with & and his eternal attributes
leducing th.retrom the duty of man, Will
he Buddhists (ncluding the Shintoists
,egin and end with man and his relation
md duties to man; nor has one Of them, 4
ar as can learn, made any positive staff
nent about the attributes or even the pei
onai reality of God. They seem to put
,osely avoid expressing themselves on thu
,oint.
Christians and Jews.
Tho reader must bear in mind that sand
viched between the oriental addresses wers
,apers by various Christians. some Of which,
" way Of contrast, sounded a trife queer,
o say the least. Rev. William Byrne Of
;incinnati presented ''The Catholic View OF
Ian" DIR. X. Kohler sent n paper. read by
)r. Hirsch, on brotherhood as the Jews
,ook at It." He boldly ignored all the late
about prejudice being the result
I slavery and declared it older than man
n fact, an inheritance from the brute He
eclared that original man was divided into
the black heads and the red heads, the
ormer to serve and the latter to RULE" His
'aper would have delighted Bob Toombs
Ie thought that Alexander the Great, by
estroyin2 the old empires based on caste,
nd the foundation for movement toward
true brotherhood.
Rev. 7. +. Slater. missionary in India,
lso puzzled his hearers considerably. His
aper is one which should be read over In
rivate several times to be understood, rs
istance this paragraph: For the God OF
lindooism is pure intelligence, a thinker:
OF a sovereign will as in Islam, nor the
ord Of light and right as in Parseeism,
ill less having any paternal or providen-
al character. Nothing is created by bis
over, but all is evolved by emanation
ON the one eternal entity, like sparks
ON fire. No commands come from such a
eing, but all things flow from him as light
ON the sun or thoughts from a musing
Ian."
Rev. Philip Moxon presented the famil-
II arguments in proof Of immortality.
ev. Samuel NJ. Warren's paper described
he future life Of the soul with cheerful
,nfideucs that was almost contagious
ev. Joseph Cook spoke on ''Certainties In
eligion." with his usual earnestness, in
ogmatic utterances, but 50 clearly and
that the bearer almost accepted
l Of 1t till he went out doors and got cool.