THE RELIGION OF JAPAN.
It wi uld be hard tj say, remarks a magazine contributor,.just what the present religion of the Japanese is. There are all kinds of sects, Buddhism probably predominating. Since trie Mikado renouuced hi* infallible and sacred character considerable looseness in religious thought or superstition prevails—leaving, of coime, al! the more room for the advance of Christianity. The temples are very simple structures, tho chief interna! feature in many of them being n looking-glass, supposed to be em blematie of the soul's purity. Near it is a font containing water. In this the worshipper washes, then proceeds to the looking-glars and prays for what he wants, aud after leaving a few coppers in a box near by, rings a bell at the door thrice as he goes out.
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Hot Lakes Chronicle, Issue 116, 20 February 1895, Page 4
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131THE RELIGION OF JAPAN. Hot Lakes Chronicle, Issue 116, 20 February 1895, Page 4
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