Show chinese sermon CELESTIAL correspondence 0 air ir literak literary y mt fi awl nd old bl ock lock who numbers amon among his bis other accomplishments a profound knowledge af of the ian language niale nial e of the eat ea t has favored us with a translation of the following letter SING TO FO NG friend of my youa I 1 bow before joh as t thy h y anaze rises in my mv mind and although ai an e ehe in a land of barbarism the flowery v fir fields id 9 of N miho inho a and nd the of the celestial empire are before me aal my mv heart throbs th abs to taste their sweets ganv moons hwe have snarled and dig disappeared appeared since I 1 c osal the blue waters in search of what gives d dignify II 11 to man on te beirth irth anti and comfort in abis vale ivale of tears a and wh ie I 1 find hat the high 11 and exalted station I 1 occupy in in renovating renova ting the ridiculous costumes cos lumes of these outside barbarians barbarian amply repays the sacrifice I 1 made in leaving our ow awo celestial fields and shores of paradise se I 1 sometimes sigh for the curry carry and rici of jangho ani and ion onee more to behold the delicate feet and god ake obese obee forms of those beliy souls who mike make us happy and miserable in the land of the brothers of the sun ba the th acquisition of gold g and ane exciting contemplation of the strange in manners inners and cui customs of thas ignorant ig noran p people ople reconciles recon cles les mv mind lona ion er to receive theia r badalato v bul ions ons for v ing their harmenig vet the will of josh be lone done and in the spirit of confucius I 1 remain remain that my mv mind may mav receive its reward before I 1 pass to to the spirit wo I 1 11 1 I 1 am arton a a sr inge and barbarous people ani an while the binef ne is burning in the chalice of josh I 1 pro ate myself and describe ther the r customs their laws and their ignorance is nOrance the wi wise wie e confucius hath bath said that all men have souls auls without meaning to differ from the wise teacher I 1 am constrained ain R ed to believe that he referred only to the inhabitants inhibit ants of the celestial empire and perhaps to grim T irjary and sap sapan japan an for sure I 1 am that had lie he visited C california ili fornia he would have been convinced that there are a race lace of be beina inZ who have none for during a residence of nineteen nine feen moong amona the betro wetro wet rn baili bai banana arian L have not met one with a soul tiela T acir worship i is not ake ours col co to images in of the spiritual GAS of the seasons season but to the palpable god of money and lie he is este esteemed empol the most honorable liono rable and devout who gathers the most images of this heathen worship by any mabis fair or foul to hoai d them in his private box this th s give g him rink and consi consideration consile I 1 ration h s fellow t while the school of fo m i are neglected neg lecter lec ted literature and ceremonies of the heart which ty fy a min for enjoy ing in he the gifts of heaven are in tact unknown their I 1 temples are as as their worship tile the place where I 1 am dispensing the favors of mv renovating renova ting I 1 occupation pation is is in one of the towns of this people called sara menta city abounds in tempi 1 for the worship of gd 0 i the corners and in the mot moat public places place of reloj icso t are large buildings named afier fabulous deities or countries count nes in these thre th lh re a are i re rows of tables table on which ae p les of scold r old and silver ilver are spread aa a off r mn nga to their deity paintings adorn the walls depre represents entenz naked women in in voluptuous attitudes which oh friend of my youth would shock the modesty even of our emperor and which our priests and learned men would consign to the flaws being exposed clitis to public braze ind and demo demoll al ana z nj the young ani and mexie rien r encee ced 0 i one ones s de lonz ions shel shelves v es v we fille 1 with that lianor which is ii more dirt diri ful fill n its effes thin opium ort on the senses of our own depraved deprai ed fellow countrymen I 1 and froin this fountain of evil crowds draw hijii inspiration pi ration to go through i 1 lie he ceremonies of their worship bip seating themselves around the tables they f frequently continue wei their r devotions devo tons ill all night I 1 long and their abir irions are answered by various vai 10 is sums received from the priests olibe tempi or they ingv be ruined coin completely by bv their false D ty while potation after potation frequently robs robi them of all sense sen seand and p ty tv even more p palpably bly than our own bo opium pk lum eaters they have abood a book among them a book which their profess s to reverence even mo e than we do the arif ant indof ings of confucius in in which tais beautiful beautia al senti sentiment nent is is written aritte n As ye would that others do to yo jr bi do ye wen evenso so unto them but bot in in all my wand wanderings elings mong among a these barbarians I 1 have never seen the axim maxim adhered tr te only on this wise 4 as men do to on yon do ye even so to them 11 they are a people of contradictions the precepts I 1 in n their mot mouths abs tbs would do honor to our own teachers but their practices one with another are in in direct opposition for in ilance they have a saying saving th athon I 1 esty is is the best polica pol icv 11 all thit that I 1 can cd I 1 i see se s e reverses this thi an ana 1 i houll I 1 be policy is is roie riama a profitable than honesty 11 another if love thy neighbor a as thyself another anotn r he that to the poor poo bendeth to the lord J nothing ii is said in in tins this about pi mcinal or interest being hem returned and as securities are either ambiguous bi bious or daubl doubtful ful they appear to practice it thus 44 he e that to the poor is a fool and will get no pay it is one of their laws law that a man shall have but one afe w fe and no concubines in our land of liht light on our gracious emperor permits stich enjoyments enjoy ments as wealth and station can support without making happiness a pena penal I 1 of of fence flence here their laws are about as effective e ff active as their precepts many of them have a wife in public and ye concubines in private while others have no wives wives but many concubines nes and to place them together or to acknowledge the ilie facts would be an offence offense against their laws lawi as well as the r notions of propriety pro biety aza abam n they hold bold that women have souls and are capable not only of transacting trans actina affairs of business but are entitled to lo consideration amono men den and while they permit the them m in afi the most shameful manner to walk the streets street in the fee light liw ht of the sun suit and to meet ani participate in in worship in their money temples they carefully prevent them from occupying stations of trust or honor as if doubting that they had souls after afler all or were capa bl bopf of taking care car e of themselves I 1 there I 1 is much for distinction a and n d while t icy profess the mast dis interested ani patriotic mot ves no soon sooner er does a in aya r succeed to p power ower thin he becomes as corrupt as the governor of kochany Mo chany and lays lay q the prisoner under conf contribution in one way or gr an another J aher till his pockets pocket are filled with the images of their deity at all events he be is charged dioso with so doing and it seems to he the bu business of one set of men to watch another to prevent their getting 11 more than the ions fons share I 1 am told that there is among bem a small see sect t who worship another god and wio try to practice what they V profess p ofes but r numbers nuin heia are so and their pr sciples are so little publicly renown that I 1 cannot 1 speak of them now I 1 do 0 you vou wonder that I 1 ion long to revisit the land of light 0 pong rather than dwell in the land of darkness among the tai western barbarians sing the son of sang commend ahee to josh of our household placer times and transcript Tian tj an script |