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Show 00 ELDER TAYLOR 3 TELLS OF THE I JAPANESE I Elder Alma O. Taylor delivered a ! pleaalng lecture before a large as- IS sembly at the Tabernacle yesterday Jfl afternoon, relating many of his in- g teresting experiences during the nine e ears spent in Japan as a missionary of the Mormon church Mr. Taylor took for his subject, "The Customs and Folk Lore of Japan.'' " Explaining that bad might be found In the best of countries. Elder Ta Inr confined his remarks concerning Ja-par. Ja-par. to those things which are re-garded re-garded as favorable to the pop'e of that country He spoke principally of the ethical life of the Japanese. The pronounced parental respect, which -has been handed d"wn through count-lts count-lts generations. Is one of the things, jyj according to tho rvturned ml?sionary j first noticed bv tho visitor to Japan. What miKht be considered the creed of the Japanese, according to the elder. eld-er. Is, first of all, their duty to society, so-ciety, the duty to i horr.sH yes, next It the regard for their parents and fin- 1 ally the consideration for their gods He believes that the young people to-da. to-da. might improve t h i r m.-'.nnrs by H observing the reaped which is evidenced evi-denced by the younger generation in Japan. |