Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-06-01

|(7JW BIfFh.C chapels ana
WAN WAVT sanctuaries -
l,iS ss7 IN Buddhist and
|IS ls: WAN shlntoist-- and
/ w. 'AG yA a hundred and
NyaSBA1 lEY fifty thousand
No.. ~ priests, preach
N(AN6%@N ting friars,
T.. /. !. !: I. !. !.
An NM NJ and hig n
YAMS ~ prlestesses. It's
1Nh7EW highways are
ElWr full OF pill
ilgs, Ss denominations-pll-
Rims o. .sa Hundred Temples, pilgriihs,
rims o. I sl.,srn Province, pilgrims ol
The Eas plSr,o"rlnces-of whom some
len. WI has her wayslde 90 C Jaw KIM
Bflian a granite saints, so the mus !,
sil ny o'u Nave their Buddhas carved
d NP~ Stone. who--mitre on heaa
b poe n band-bear a strong re-
sSi d'S ~ Gnthlc limoges. Every
pier n u along the fields, about
fsg 'ui muses. or beside the streams
ls l'a'p. swinging corn, suspended on
3gd 'he ", No boughs of trees or
iNflo'w mad TO A stick stuck in the
,I ,n yoa see the gohe oi tor OF n rae
emu Ned as scarecioW iur ,., ui, ~ ~
{Tape, u, hut also divine SYMBOL,
ahi g.JiiS gnd who drives away poth
aft wv, cvll spirits and protects aiike
crows anI I,g harvest. and the souls or
4 he Fpyu"s house. rich or poor mas
n'a .rar 10 its ancestors; wnere !, Sizes t., ~,
an q, a' 'onse cups Of sake and oneiihes
o l I.e and flowers are presented 10
o. ny a ,n.s The tablets on which are
ih'll U,,' in chinese characters the
lrscilueu =" names Of the departed
sis sn children are taken 20 a lem
'?ll' ,h HS days after their blrth,
pe ,.u ore boys thirty-three II they
u5s and dedicated to some OWN
sle XXI ,,so viii act as guardian angel 10
l9 s WIN All the dead, with folded
hands and sci upllsht Pni.1 80 a..
n'. .ss,r cof1ns are accompanied 10 me
!. l, '"', N burial by BONES or kanusshi.
~. Ea., ,o1s ore associated with every fes-
ius sy ona mai A week passes but some
sns, ~ me city lights up It's tenn
T CIss and does homage to It's patron;
M. loyelest sites are always reserved
i ir' nlaces Of prayer, where at every
w. w., ron encounter an altar or porti-
S ~ ~ 4 sacred stone, or a bit OF straw
va wblcb remind you that the smile
~ nstnrs il here made more bright by
NE nresence Of a supernatural host. In
cbsrry. blossom time, when the people
note holiday. and the whole city re-
noirs 10 the Park Of 0yenO, the Buddh-
l., temples where a soft twilight,
n,erced by points Of candle-lIght wells
,s, forms az The idols and softens the
spIendor OF lacquer and bronze en-
bsgee fbe ecstasy Of the spring by the
fragapt dusk Of Interiors that echo
"a he beating Of drums and the strains
Of sylvan pipes, Priests glide about
among he affairs like magnificent
Asats. Farther of upon the plat
form within the shinto precincts
ghfh Is reserved for dancing, the little
lHeiesses, with slow gestlculation,
celebrate their own mysterious rite,
While the crowd performs It's devotons
and partakes It's banQuets. murmuring
Stlly all the time. amid the dazzling
VhIieness Of the flowers and the In
taication Of their faint bltter-sweet
perfume For ages nothing has
changed upon the soil Of Japan-neith-
q The flowers nor the worship Of the
Towers the music or the dances, the
masks or the gods.
And still Christianity and the philos-
olhles Of Europe have penetrated the
country and are making their way.
TOXIC had It's parishes now, and its
parish churches, and the splre Of
athedTal springs heayenward from the
eater Of KlotO The Roman cross
g1rates the ports Of Hakodate and
AHsakl at the northern and southern
ihmllles Of the empire In their wake
gig Russian p0pes and Protestant
laloTs conducting their own propagan-
y cannot here describe the impress
'si made upon me by the vast mass
q ne orthodox church standing as II
oS Just opposite the emperor's pal.
g and actually dwarhng wL-le
..uler OF the capital Anglicans,
fIsoylerlans Methodists. Anabap.
At unltarlans even-all the reformed
k.s'-tle with one another IN zeal, and
s |, one no less by the varieties
. lher architecture. Some twenty
W thousand Japanese are converts 10
.,sallissliiianlty. And In this land whore
lliMuans once endured so severe n
suucal persecution, not only do au-
ewl4eu ministers freely dispute the
v.4lest Of souls but the grossest
.gpIises OF mysticism are developed
lne most lawless fashion. and no.
wy hlnds. | have even seen the SAL
egVn army workers with their drums
% 'rombones.
I've general impression has been TINT
y. japanese are Indifferent about re.
'~A- tHelr relations with the Deity
i",s. nOse " mere politeness. They
s ,v'v ~, ,ne aJEine in whatever shape II
!. apprai and, by way OF making
s. snyo'h bespeak its favor for their
$50 49, ana give II q large share in
,,s ~ iIol'cs. Their inqulsItiye rest.
nv, M, " mas been said. causes them
4, oa a,'eI new gods: but the moment
rav ''.ys,'y Is appeased they turn
H. ail come gaily back
,.,t w old practices. Their Innu.
4, s cnapels are only lightning
~, ,ol defence against a problemaii-
ss ,'o'n' They take the precautlon
N MI mem In places where hu-
mr. "geNhtss Is not wont 10 resist
n ,hn me pious eXpend more for
M. 'nah they do for wax. and their
,,t55e Fvds furnish a screen for their
, y 'e V1enses. Buddhlsts or shlnto-
" WY hardly know themselves what
< % ao vf rather they are either or
me- ''', ling 70 the time and circum.
q lht faithful appear 10 be
re- lshs attached TO the gods than
! g,"elllngs Of the gods A temple
!, ' 4, aee essarily change its clientele
N, ~ BSha.nges It's patron. The Amlda
t@, BUDDHIST was enthroned here
ro ,-ay and tomorrow the shintoist
~, may reflect the SUMS divinity.
/, we selt-sane worshippers purr
\ "'|ers and strike their tlnkling
n, ~ :. uhe japanese put themselves
~, ,ue'i divInlties. Their devotion
,,b, ,ny umbered by the stiff and
ny ceremonies which prevail in So
an ',J ana on public occasions. They
ma 'heir homage. They have
os. we use OF visiting cards. and
w 7'.s ,nhds them eyerywhere-before
, ri ois at the feet Of idols and
Il upon famous tombs. A we'll
l japanese viii turn down his card
/, ~ blddha or the divine Hachi-
M. We souls Of the forty seven
fa,by almost unanimous consent
|, apanese- unprejudiced but court
, air gnical and superstitious-give