The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-09-26
.SECTS ARE MANY;
SHOWN BY REPORT
Members of Heather Beliefs
Find Shelter Here to
Worship.
DATA GATHERED IN 1906
Work Now in Press to Present Brief
History Of the De-
nominations.

Washington. Sept 25.-Religious
freedom i'm the United states shelters
under its tolerant and ample folds
thousands or representatives OF va
rious so-called heather beliefs. in ad-
dition To more than 200 scots Of Chris
tianity, according To- census bureau
statistics dealing with the religious
mer are Buddhists. Confucianists and
Bahaists. who are engaged in an or
ganized way In the spread Of their
doctrines i'm this country.
The data forming the basis OF the
volume in question was gathered in
1906. It is now in proof. but there is
no assurance as to when it will be
given To the public. In addition to
statistics OF the various denomina-
tions. the work will present brief
history OF each. also the pertinent
facts regarding their doctrine and
policy. The compilation is the work
OF DR. Edwin NJ. Bliss.
Up 10 the time OF the investigation
there had been no effort to effect any
organization for the promotion ~
Confucianism. but the text tells Of a
society Of the Chinese sage's follow
ers which was organized i'm New York
City i'm 1907 among the Monaghan
students in Columbia university.
ContendipE that Buddhism is only
a system OF ethics. they undertook To-
demonstrate that Confucianism was q
real religion. and SO a regular system
of services was established by a well
defined organization.
nfs a fsfl Of
dhism are Chinese and japanese. Their
churches. known officially as tenn
pies by the irrevcrent. are referred to
as joss houses There are Sixty-two
Chinese and twelve japanese temples
in this country. the former being dis
tribUted over twelve. the latter over
three states. California shelters all
but three of the japanese and more
than half Of the Chinese houses
the san Francisco cataClysm had re-
manned I'm ruins to the time OF the
umeration.
New York boosted fifteen of the
Chinese temples. the remainder being
scattered over ten states. mostly i'm the
west. The Chinese BuddhistS have
only one priest in this country and
conduct no recognized system OF wor-
ship. There is no record Of member
sabbath and have 10 religious service.
The only use for their temples are
as places at which individual devotces
may consult their patron saints. Three
deities are recognized i'm the Ameri-
can temples. The God kuau. a Nigh
~ duke Of the ancient Han dynasty;
the Goddess OF Fortune and the God
dess Of Mercy.
The American-Japanese Buddhists
which is missionary i'm character. They
discard the ascetic practices or the
more austere Buddhists OF Asia. allow
the priests To- marry and have no ban
on meat or other food. The societies
are well organized. each having a
priest.
General headquarters are I'm san
Francisco. and they have both jour
mails and schools devoted to the bropa-
cation OF The faith. In 1905 their
mem bersbip i'm this country was 2.3N1.
or which as were females.
There is no ShintuiSm. an eNplana-
ton Of which Is found I'm the fact that
this religion attaches itself too closely
10 the person OF the japanese en-
peror
In q way the Hindu religion is rep
resented by the Nendants society. with
organizations i'm New York. PittsburE.
san Francisco and los Angeles. II
was organized by some Hindu teach
ers who came here I'm 1893 To- the
Worlds fair. It's name is from an
ancient Hindu philosophy meaning
the end OF all wisdom tt is non
sects riau. seeking to harmonic an re-
ligious systems. Oriental philosophiee
as taught by the Theosophists. have
four bodies with 2.336 members i'm tho
United states.
While Bahaism. strictly speaking. is
a non-CbriStisu and foreign. its fol-
lowers are native and not necessarily
uu-Christian. This IS compa ratively
new sect. growing out or the teachings
or a Persian leader Of the middle Of
the last century named Ali Moham-
med.