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Show flt irrn -L i...... x .J iK strong militant point with most of our religious sects. To save a soul is recognized rec-ognized by many sectarian zealots as of less consequence than to proselytize a pragmatically termed heathen from tho faith of his fathers, lleneo the bigots of the churches arc after tho Japanese to indoctrinate them in the mysterious dogmas of modern theology, and in solemn conclave have resolved tho transcendent obligation of the churches to capture the embassy 1'rom the care of tho politicians and merchants. mer-chants. The Japs arc in a Gs tugged at on one hand by the votaries of trade, aud on the other by professors of dogmas. Their situation reminds us of that described by a "hard shell" divine in discoursing from tho test, "what shall it profit a man if ho gain tho whole world and lose his own soul," who said of tho post mortem condition of a rich man dying in sin, that "thar ho lay, tho worms after his body, his hetrs lighting over his estate, and the devil after his soul." We hope that in the melee for tho exclusive guardianship guardi-anship of the Japanese by politicians, preachers, bankers, and merchants, they may escape being limbed asunder, and not become disgusted with American Ameri-can hospitality and theology. We rely upon the sagacity of Jlr. De Long to save them from the humiliation of becoming be-coming piizes ia a grand, national grab-basket game between the classes mentioned. |