Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-08-18
MORE THAN TWO
HUNDRED SECTS
Many Thousand Representatives
of Heather Faiths Also Shell
tered under u. s. Flag

representatives of a number oil the so
rallied heathen beliefs, In addition to more
than 200 various scots of christianity, ac-
Cording to census bureau statistics deal
Ing with the religious life Of the country
Among the former are Buddhists. Confu-
,ianists and Bahnists who are engaged in
an organized way in the spread of their
doctrines Ia mis- country.
The data forming the basis of the vol
une iu question was gathered in 1896. 1t
IS now I'm proof but there is no assurance
rs t. vhou n win he given to the public.
In addition - statistics Of the various
demon raN0ue. the work will present a
brief history If each. also the pertinent
facts -arIius their doctrine and policy.
THE cofupila ION is the work of Edwin NJ.
les.
p to the time OF the investigation
n~c had been no effort to effect any
lrEauization for the promotion Of Con-
fucianistn, but the text tells Of a society
Of the Chinese sage's followers which was
orSanized In New York city in 1901 among
the Monaghan students in Columbia Uni
ver+ity. Contending that buddhism Is
only a system of ethics. they undertook
10 demonstrate that Confucianism was n
real religion and so n regular system Of
'ervices was established by a well defined
organization.
CHINESE AND JAPANESE.
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In this country and cor,7uct no racorriz.d
system of worship. There IS no record
IF membership, they have no sermon;
keep no Sabbath and have no religious
servlce The only use for their temples
pre- as places at which individual devotees
MA! consult tnelr patron saints Ihree
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each having n Driest C.rer.l hoaa
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have both 1ourna1s ana soboo,s a,,a,o,
to the propagat,on Of tha faith In 1ana
their membership in this country woe
23s7. of which us were females
There is no Shlntoism. an exnlana.
ton of which is found in the fact tina,
this religion attaches itself too close.
ly to the person Of the Japanese En-.
peror.
VEDANTA AND pAt1ArC,,
ro.,a.,. ION Is rep
e "a'Ia society' WIFI
Al Urn i''tsourg
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~ ''-''~u o' some fiinou teach
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IAN US name from an an
end of al, visdor, :. -
tartan, seeking to harmonize nj, re,
l!gious system. Oriental nbi,oso,h,..
as taught by the Theosonhis+s boy.
four bodies with 3ss roemhers IN ~,
United States
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non-Christian and fora,,,, g.. Pa,
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ARMENIAN AND GREEK.
Another church of Asiatic origin. I'M
still Christian is the Armenian which bo
70 ORGANIZATIONS In this conntrv most y
them In the eastern States, % In Massa
c''uSe',s alone lheir communicates ar