Show IN 1 It If Buddhism should over OWl become b oom tho he religion of millions II lilt in this lila country or 01 Sir Edwin l Arnold Is III sure aura to become tho the object of reverence not 1101 to lu u usty sty nay lil ns nR are tho the pioneers of any nn great religious movement that endures unit und succeeds For I or no 10 lm lies hall done more morl to popular interest In iii lint faith than lie lio lie hO gave to tho the world his hili celebrated Light of Asia SIR Professor Max Mueller r created Interest among scholars scholar for Or tho thu study ot or u which became ical ly Iy the tho study of ot the tho l sacred Jok philosophers become b iu La 1 r 1 some in of the Ideas found round In Ir the ho records record II Hut nul through the Light t of or Asia popular Interest III In those thos Ideas was wa awakened awak n J d That pull pub publication was read real end commented upon everywhere and ond caused no end of oC dis III discussion and controversy The Tho Light of Asia Is III n ft poem It professes to s set t forth the tho story ot of Buddha and to give an nn exposition of ot Competent critics crit ics Ice claim that Ills his hiI knowledge of or tho the subject was superficial super but bul It was ac eq accepted by the general public Tho The result Is that m has actually gained a n foothold In III the tho western world and andIs mu muis Is now now spreading Thus Thu for tor Instance wo so 0 are lire told that no less titan than four temples are arenow arenow now being built In this his country countr on the lie Pacific c coart and that Buddha bo be boo lIever hIeVes among which h there are aro many Americans are scattered from Van Vancouver on ail couver couer In the tho north nor h to San Diego In Inthe inthe the south In Iii San Ban Francisco n a monthly IH Is published shed In the tho Interest ot of arid anI It Is said that thal a translation I of ot tho lImo Sutra tho the sacred records ot or that faith may appear before Regarding the spread of or Buddhism on time the th Pacific c coast COlst a writer In III the Boston Transcript tells us It war Mas set flet afoot In IMS lS S when time the main temple ot or the tho sect In Japan rent remit two priests by b the name ot or Hev Hel Bokel anti and Hov He to San Ban Francisco l where many hundred thousand Japanese might require their heir heavenly service end which was sas IR considered con the right headquarters for tor beginning the work ork even cen among Americans As All As soon as ms they reached this continent they found founded ed cit the Young Man Society In lit Polk street Han Ban Francisco l And the th young oung society followed soon after The Tho priests gave their lectures every Sunday Bunda open to 10 both Japanese anil Americans The Tho Americans leans showed much Interest mid the numbers In Increased creased month after nUel month Today they the are en sold M to bo be over one ono thousand They rhey rhe formed torm a it society In Japanese that lint Is the tIme J Sangha of or and applied to the tho Ameri American can nn government to be recognized as ns a it 1 religion of or America Tho rho government nt acknowledged the as a I religious society And further than loin lint time the government gave the time privilege of treating with tiny any t as with a Christian minIsters minister Dy and by many loan branch offices were opened In various vanlou places Nor or Is hI time the eastern part of or this coun coon country try Ir neglected The Tho lender header of ot tho the faith faithful ful UI In New Nell York el ts s already planning the of or a temple t In city |