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"PRACTISE RELIGION

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importance, for here perhap W43 to be found the key of that tilisaful stata.on earth so much talked of, but little realiz [BY EDWARD CHALKERS WERNEL.]

ed, by all mankind for thousands of years. while, on the other hand, thero wight In my wanderings in some of the more

exist 12 state of things calling for immedinte out-of-the-way parts of fascinating olddy or protest or public Peking my attention was recently arrested for I know that, though

latter thought did (painted on one' existed and still exists

wooden

Tho

not troulure.

me mnei, cannibalism so far as we know, have never been in the China, the Chinese,

ins

of a snall street: Tachino ludunt labit of breakfasting off one part of

rosted"

street

by four Chinese characters of the now fast-disappearing

D'ai fang at the entrance) representing the name "Practise Religion Street.

human body in the sight of another part of alvisedly, for the sight of these four

ît our words and it was extremely unlikely tha: brought me to u standstill in wondering we street would be doing so, at any rate

whole expectation. Ha! I have found at last. in for a period sufficiently long to cause the this obscure

corner an ancient Oriental | street to bo mumst officially after the city, something and been seeking over since the time when buoyed in me the higher hope- the lading

for which has world peculiar form of

therein

religion 1rnetianl What I knew of the Chinese it was without farm and vaid people whan practise their religion? It

true that

of the key to the regeneration of Hamity "Practise Religion

large but as atrets, yw streets, are not works fahico might bene alternative The thought also occured to ma that the animate objects which practise was justified

religion taking the in the term as apply.

renderings, such as "Propagate Education" ing to the people resident therein. And even "The Tu (Lai in Ma's) Religion' not one person, not one family only, but to r

Street: or it might be taken as not referring whole street of people who practise their to religion ut alt. There was nothing on the religion Ifere was indeed

dis-the 14 unique

face of it to

show which every of far-reaching importance. Was it the correct one, but the earnest hope that interpretation was here that if a man book your coat he receive the Millennian might be about to dawn on el a gift of yo

Christianity lawned from humble Beth-

the

Streetscription was

t

sote your cloak as well; or if a mix marikind from this obscure corner. just ás (nate on the one cheek the other them, blinded me to any other interpreta. ;

cheek

of "mom cheek"-tle no practice was offered to him also dran people brod their enemies

and,

and

the exhortations of Christ

tion.

All these thoughts crowded into my brain 1 gazed at the old wonten pi-fang

and did unto othery wh Whine ras the solution to bel At least I the wished others

must go and see for myself. them! If n

a whole street of people (and the

should do

fur

rather

entered the ku-tung. The first thing

*}*

name implied, no exception or qualitlention I noticed was that it was not straight, though of any kind, such as "Practise Religion Petitude is usually associated with religion, When It Suits You" or "Practise Religion It could not, like the street in which Judas' Every Seventh Day") had found the house was situated, rightly called secret, surely it could be broadensted to

great g

"Straight." the whole world, so that it too should

Then,

very near the entrance, were two large heaps of filthy rabbiah. If practise its religion universally, and then cleanliness is next to godliness, this part, at the Millennium would not be for off. For, if any rate, of "Practise Religion Street was All men practised their religions, there

removed therefrom. could be no more war, sourder, hatred, began to fade. As I wound along the My hopes lying, backbiting, stealing, oppression, or Narrow any of the million and one evils against of no very inspiring exterior. In

lane, NILW which religions inveigh, while the world house was the local habitation of a masical

mean-looking private

Fitte In another goes on warri Backbiting,

muramping, hating, lying,

and oppressing.

society, and, though music may have lo But

there ΠΟΙ religions whose generally associated with religion, this chief inculca

is the slaying of hunt theatrical one, and the idea of Chinese

particular beings the eating of their flesh, and the theatrical music did not evoke in me any society proclaimed itself as a drinking of their blooxi Are there not whose religion may be said to be the

lofty religions sentiments. scalping of anyone who does not belong to the theatrical company practised their music, Moreuyer, it seemed to be a a place where the members of your tribe or differs from you in opinion. (which in primitive institutions amounts to procese usually conducing to the very much the same thing), keeping him

religion,

upposite whatever that inay hung up in your luxier, and

then finally

be, sing yourself in his bone: And do not

dres mather

to religion. itself. ther

Fur 1, there WILK 4192 they, in very

institution truth, practise their religion,"

So where impecunious people night obtain not on every seventh day only, but daily and

accommodation at rates of interest hourly 01 every opportunity! There are

which probably also would fail races, for example, where funerals are almost religious sentimenta There were some more to inspire unknown, for not only conquered enemics, not very ecclesiastical-looking private ri bat even members of the same tribe, sidences, and then another turn of the strect are regarded as ready-to-hand

which could not be called "Straight" brought of

satisfying

hunger and supplying nourish up against a brick wall. It was afterall Hention from receives divine

A blind nowhere. What was beyond the wall I could which led alley hearty

ment of souls, and occasionally

not tell. Perhaps the special religion of

this body and the repast by adding a course of scy was

on the cher -and-soal. The Torres

side. Perhaps the Islanders fast off baked human heads plus a

1reak-r

practist phil

was after relish of fried

eyes and chopped cheeks. Among Sophy, the Hatturus cannibalism is

the name referei-only sociated with to the part of the hang shut off by this skullworship. Central Anstralia the ugly wall, being thus in a double se nagicians (7. tha priests) require

mau the religion of the human

means

the nation of goods enjoying dead" in fuss, A

all their of

and perhaps

Unknowable,

Besh to fat There are religionists in Agnosticism (confused by the ignorant with New Guinea who tie their victims up to

Atheism). Whether this

was the solution for the of the

the

posts of what we may call their break an ition be recovered by risking and from out alices ont of non-vital

This t

parts

Ла

them in the sight of their daily digi-only, but wrongly, known ex in provender, who thus have the

for trespass. That solution WAN

his doctrine at the same time! Tcher and

hang tragic

my

pleasure of witnessing themselves barrel for me at rate, because scaling Being gradually eaten for breakfast and ob- other people's walls doos Hot form serving at the same time a corresponding part of increase in the girth of their gormandizing was beginning to suspect that, after my religion. So, beyond the pale retained the unknowable to me. captors! A course of missionary has often been enjoyed by chiefs (who are also all, there was no more religion practised in

saynge the heads of the tribal religion) as an easy failed

this street than in any other. method of taking in both the

Having discover any adequate reason for 87 high-sounding a unsuc which would

retraved I be amusing less

steps, since it was obvious that the solution dfllions of similar instances might be of the problem must be sought elsewhere. found in the world's history: But, al-The result of my afternoon stroll was sa though it may be rue in inany cases far, disappointing. I had found neither that these practices do not coastitate re

Heaven nor Hell, but ligion or even part of it, it is none the less

something quite ordinarily

only made enquiries, and, after many yu strictly and religiously than most people kaian tes and some obviously impossible ex- practiso their religion; and, after all, religions Planations, ascertained that here, as in many may, in sense, be said to be assiduous other cases, the name of the hu-tung had been practice, whatever form that practice may changed and that the

original

true that these customs are performed more So mundane

take.

Che

religious

these terrible

Momin or character of

ndmitting, & we must, was hot "Fractise Religion Streenation

of many but some such equivalent sounds (not rible practices, we may be sure that tones) as Great Foot or "Great Corner". even here there will be found non-conformists Street. Names of streets originate in most or disentors not so many as in more case

cases with the advanced times, but still an appreciable

people, not with the government. So in this instance the in- ber: Be

Bechuana Cranmers, kafir Latimers, imbitants, for reasons of their own, had Ashanti

Oldcastles, Daboman Sau called their street by a relatively prosaic

for

name taken example

from Among the head hunting religionists there acteristic, or with sonic local char- will

reference to some be a recusant here and there who

will

locality or structure. perhaps advocate the substitution of slavery as time went on, the local officials for cannibalism, as being more profitable

fathers and mothers of the people"),

and

They

would

to

Buure

the community, and do so at the risk of probably at a time of change of dynasty, himself.

unpopular or even of being eaten decided that the name was

was inappropriate or that are otherwise cantot be hid," and but for them

inauspicious or cacophonous, and:

to

changed another ba

of

a more propitious or suit- no progress; without the dissenters, pro

able nature.. (This

than streets and bilefa, we should still be dressed in skins alleys, plays quite an important part in and

scalping and

each other. Thus,

history, and

not is an exception to the general rule.

So Great Corner Streeter Trae it is tha religions are, and mast "Great Foot Street" became "Practice be until mankind is perfect, always ahead Religion Street," or, most probably, was

testants, etc., who risked their lives for their regard to other thine, adopted with:

even this kind of not be said to food by those who study devel

ments.)

attainable, as bright . an ideals, often an- given a name having no definite or translate-

of their time,

lights to guide people alle meaning at all,--and the babble was to big

bigher affect the present cases Here was a state-

things

but that fact did not ys, when I

with its men-

ment implying that a whole street of people dacious superscription. I behave as I would Religion Step past the end of least did

practise their religion But WLS it, perchance, the latter form of where to meet, for example, one William religious practice, the

Cat

not the religion of eligion of hate, and Hohenzollern, hypocrite and liar,-I look the

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of thing that I

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*"Do you speak Chinese?" was naked of a fair arrival in Foking from the other side of the Pacific. Oh, I can say htung," she replied, pronouncing it "who tongue," And that's not Chinese," it was my painful duty to interpose ("and" seemed more merciful than but" in this

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