Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-09-07

lives. Now, you tens of thousands
of the people of WIlhu, do you on the 20tn
day. with united hearts and combined
strength, destroy the Roman Catholic
Church and the Protestant Church, and all
the properties owned by them. Chase out
all the barbarian thieves; then can we
arise and ascend the mats. Drive away
the evil, so that the good may remain in
peace
Chinese Lies About Christianity.
THE Death Blow to Corrupt Doctrines
is the most notorious anti-Christian doc
Lment ever published 1t is entitled "a
Plain Statement of Facts, Published by
the Gentry and the People" 1t was, as
l have said, the cause of the Tient sin mas
sacre, and from it come the most of the
lies which are circulated against the for
eigners. 1t pretends to give description
OF the Christian religion, and it opens with
an edict from the emperor, making itself
thereby thoroughly respected by the people.
Some Horrible Charges.
This chapter closes with giving some of
TIE horrible practices Of the fol- eigners.
The least indecent of these statements are
the following:
'rhey are able to i!npart q magical
power to water, to send abroad charms on
the wings of the wind, and to take captive
the spirits of living persons fer evil pur-
poses. They also, by obtaining the hair and
nall OF women ann placing
under the bedding, acquire the power to
compel their presence. They take the
horoscopes of childyen of either sex and ut
ter lamentations over them, and N this
way can gain possession OF their spirits
They use different methods 20 OBJ
tain the brains, hearts and livers of "hil,
dren, and commit all sorts of horrible
crimes. If we seek for their general mo-
tive. it is a fixed determination to befool
our people. and under a false pretense OF
religion to exterminate them. 1t IS thus
they wish to take possession of the middle
kingdom. What infatuation to embrace
such a religion as this. l have, by eX-
tensive searching of ancient books. and hy
accurate observation and inquiry, been able
thus to disclose their wickedness. and to
sound the alarm SO as to give you timely
warning"
Here is one quotation:
I'm En- gland they have the art of cutting
out paper men and horses, and by burning
charms and repeating incantations, trans
forming them into real men and horses.
These they use TO terrify their enemies.
They may however. be dissolved by beat
ing a gong or by dischargng large guns at
them. They may be dissolved by spoutng
water over them.
The people of France have devilish arts
by which they transform men into beasts
50 that those who see them cannot discern
the difference. They continually so TO the
various seaports and other places and kid
nap Chinese people and carry them to their
country for slaves.
In one of the Christian kingdoms these
people constantly practice killing men to
sacrifice TO Jesus in praying for happiness.
They offer sacrifices at their graves. When
a principal man dies they offer Loco men
as a sacrifice. To procure victims they
catch foreigners and traders, SO that no
one dares to go to market done for fear
of being carried off 1t Is considered honor
able to have many wives. The principal
man is allowed 5000. and every year they
collect the women together and the selec-
ton is made
From, the Public Records.
Following this there is a story from
the records as to how a strong Chi
naman named Whang pretended to be
dead, but upon a missionary attempt
irg to cut out his eyes he arose sud-
denly and cut off his head for which the
emperor rewarded him liberally.