CHAPTER XXXVII

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WINNING THE WORLD TO THE WORSHIP OF THE ONE GOD.

Comparison of heathen religions and Christianity--Why shall we give Christianity to the world--A flight over the battle-field--Position of the Christian army, 767

INDEX, 779

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

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Colored Map of World _Full Page_ 32

Ancient Serpent Idol 48

Teraphim 57

Dagon, the Fish-god 58

Ancient Serpent Idol 59

Group of Altars 60

Idol from Hindustan _Full Page_ 61

Coin Representing the Deluge 66

Comparative Chart of all Religions _Full Page_ 91

Ruined Temples 93

Rock Temple of Ibsambul, Restored 95

Song of the Threshers 96

Egyptian Hieroglyphics 97

Pasht, the Cat-headed God 98

One of the forms of Isis 99

Crocodile God 100

Scarabæus 101

Shrouding of the Dead 103

Mummy Case 103

Forms of Mummy Cases 104

Egyptian Priestess 107

Avenue of Sphinxes leading to a Temple 112

Gate-way of the Ancient Egyptian Temple of Karnak 113

The Singing Memnon 114

Ruins of Thebes _Full Page_ 115

The Sphinx and the Pyramids 117

Star Worshipers 120

Babylonish Coffin and Lid of Green Glazed Pottery 122

Assyrian Cuneiform Letters 124

Robed Statue 125

Statue of Oannes, the King 129

Adar Strangling the Lion 130

Sargon’s Palace, Restored _Full Page_ 133

Human-headed Eagle-winged Assyrian Bull 135

Sculptured Locust 139

Goddess Ashtoreth, Ishtar 141

Phœnician Goddess Astarte 142

The Ammonite Fire God Moloch 143

Jehovah’s Triumph over Baal 147

Image of Jupiter, by Phidias _Full Page_ 165

Temple of Diana of Ephesus _Full Page_ 170

Medal of Diana 171

Jupiter Tonans 177

Janus 180

Ancient Druidic Worship at Stonehenge, England 191

Gods of our Saxon Ancestors 198

Sacrificial Rites of the Ancient British Druids 202

Ancient Hindu Idol 211

Devil Worshiped in Tennevelly 213

Indra, God of the Atmosphere 214

The Three Chief Hindu Gods 215

Bird’s-eye view of the Hindu Temple at Cawnpore 219

Sculptured Idols on a Pillar 221

Dying Brahmin holding the tail of the Sacred Cow, so as to enter Heaven 223

A Caste-marked Brahmin at his devotions 224

God of Hell, from a Hindu picture 225

Amadeo, God of Love 226

Teaching a child to worship Ganesha, the God of Wisdom 228

A child bringing an offering to the Idol of a Bull 229

Hindu Woman 231

The most Sacred Temple of Juggernaut at Puri 233

Worship in the Temple of Krishna, or Juggernaut 235

Hindu Devotees dragging Juggernaut’s Car and immolating themselves 236

The Idol Juggernaut usually carried on the car 238

Disrobing and disjointing Juggernaut 239

The Goddess Kali 240

Idol of Kali _Full Page_ 241

A Night Feast of the Bloody Goddess, Kali 244

Goddess Kali, from a Hindu Picture 245

Hindu Notion of the Universe 246

Golden Temple of the Hindus of Umritsur 247

Entablature from a Hindu Temple 248

Children Worshiping in Temple at Benares _Full Page_ 249

Bas-relief from a Hindu Temple 251

Causeway of the Golden Temple _Double Page_ 254–5

Great Idol of the Cave of Mandar, India 258

Scene from Cave of Elephanta _Full Page_ 259

Cave of Elephanta _Double Page_ 262–3

Image of Ganesha 265

Annual Boat-festival of Ganesha on the Ganges 266

Wayside Idol of Ganesha _Full Page_ 267

Gate-way of Madura Temple 270

Pagoda of Pondicherry, famed for its Sculpture 271

Disused Idols and sacred articles from Ongole, India 272

Bird’s-eye view of Pagodas and Temple Grounds, Madras, India _Full Pages_ 274–5

Hindus washing in the Sacred River Ganges at Benares 277

Temple of the Sacred Fountain 278

Fakir of the Immovable Foot 279

The Holy Man with the Iron Collar 280

Fakir of the Long Hair 281

A Fakir, who never helps himself 282

A Hindu Holy Man torturing himself by hanging from a hook 283

Fakir hanging to a limb 284

Devotee enduring fire 285

Fakir of the long nails _Full Page_ 286

Hindu Festival of the New Moon 289

Guards of the Hindu Temple Ayenar 292

Hindu women rescued from their degradation _Full Page_ 297

The ten incarnations of Vishnu 300

The God created from Izanagi’s staff 310

Jimmu Tenno, first emperor of Japan 313

The Mikado’s coat-of-arms 317

Raiden, God of Thunder, with his string of drums 318

Futen, God of Winds, with his huge sack 319

Daikoku, the Rice-god, on his throne of rice-bags 322

Fukoruku Jin, the god who can bestow long life _Full Page_ 323

Domestic Altar of the gods of daily food and of rice 326

Hotei, the God of Happiness 327

The Sacred Mountain, Fuji-Yama 330

Shinto Shrine, near Yokohama, Japan, with worshipers, vessel of holy water, etc. 331

A Tento, or “Heavenly Lantern” 332

Shrines of Ise, the most sacred place of Shintoism 333

Interior of a Shinto Temple, showing the arrangements for worship 335

Ceremonial dance of the Shinto Priests 338

A lawyer of Zululand 343

King Coffee’s Protecting God 346

The Priests’ trick of raising an idol out of the earth 348

A Cazembe Fetich Man 351

Decorated Fetichist 352

Juju House or Temple of Skulls _Full Page_ 353

Idols with mirrors in their bodies 356

A Witch Doctor 357

Indian Medicine Man 363

Indian Burial Place 366

Indian Image 367

Sun-worship on the Amazon _Double Page_ 374–5

Ancient Aztec Idol 380

Sun-worship among the Peruvians 383

Ancient Peruvian Temple of the Sun 385

A Papuan Fetich House 388

Tattooed Girl of Oceanica 389

Polynesian Idol and its devotees 390

A Fijian bure temple 391

Idol of South Sea Islands 392

Great Idol of Oceanica, (six feet in height) 393

Hawaiian Idol, known as the Poison God 394

Idol from Polynesia 395

New Zealand Moon-god 397

Hawaiian War-god 399

Christian Karen Girls 404

A Parsee Merchant of Bombay 408

Chinese ornaments with words of cheer 417

A Chinese Book 418

Censer, from a Taoist Temple 429

Ceremonies in a Taoist Temple 433

The Three Pure Ones 435

God of the Kitchen 435

God of Thunder 435

Carrying the Dragon 436

Dragon Boat-races, a Chinese Festival 437

Charm to ward off Evil Spirits from a Bride 438

God of Thieves 438

Sword Charm 439

Kwan-te, God of War 440

Taoists consulting the oracles at the magicians 441

Stone pillars erected by the Chinese to keep off evil spirits 442

Tall White Devil 443

Short Black Devil 444

Traditional likeness of Confucius 446

Monumental gate-way erected in honor of Confucius 448

Temple of Confucius, in Peking _Full Page_ 453

Chinese School-boys 460

Chinese Joss-stick 461

Sacred Altar of Heaven, at Peking _Full Page_ 465

Temple of Agriculture, at Peking, China 468

Bronze Temple in honor of Confucius _Full Page_ 470

Chinese sitting-room 479

Ancestral Tablet 481

Chinaman burning prayers instead of saying them 482

Bringing home one of the souls of a dead man in his clothes 483

Ceremony of turning around the bridge-ladder 484

Chinese marriage procession _Full Page_ 487

Worship of ancestors at a wedding 489

Chinese baby in its cradle 491

Teaching a child to worship 493

Offering sacrifice to the Kitchen-god 493

God of Gambling 496

Idol of Buddha 498, 509

Religious meeting of the Jains _Full Page_ 533

Tope of Sanchi _Full Page_ 537

Capital of a pillar of gate-way of Sanchi Tope 539

Gate-way of Sanchi Tope _Double Page_ 542–3

Roadway to a Buddhist temple in Ceylon 545

Devil-dancers’ mask from Ceylon 549

Buddhist Temple in the Island of Ceylon 551

Worship of Buddha’s Tooth _Full Page_ 553

Shway-da-gong, the great Pagoda of Rangoon, Burmah 558

Sacred Garden attached to Temple _Double Page_ 562–3

Pagoda at Maulmain, Burmah 565

Funeral procession of a Buddhist Priest 573

Tower of Wat Chang Pagoda at Bangkok, Siam _Full Page_ 577

Funeral Temple of wood, bamboo and paper 578

The King of Siam going to worship at the Temple of the Emerald Idol 580

Temple of the Emerald Idol _Full Page_ 581

Ruined Temple of Ayudia, Altar of the, Siam _Full Page_ 585

Siamese worshiping the White Elephant 589

Tomb of a Buddhist Saint 590

Ruins of the Great Temple of Nagkon Wat 593

Statue of the Leper King 595

A Thibetan Lad 599

Monastery of Hemis in the Himalayas 600

Tartar Woman 601

Praying Machine 605

Praying Wheel whirled in the hand 606

Stone with the mystic sentence, “Om Mani Padmi Hum” 607

Mani Padee, a Buddhist Tomb in Thibet 608

A Thibetan Woman 609

Chinese Image of Buddha 612

Bronze Lions _Full Page_ 613

A Chinese Mandarin 615

Chinese sale of prayers conducted by the Priests 616

Porcelain Tower at Nanking, China _Full Page_ 617

Beating on a Temple Drum to attract the God 622

Chinese Temple at San Francisco _Full Page_ 623

The “Three Precious Buddhas” 625

Worship in the Temple of the thousand Lamas _Full Page_ 627

Temple of Kwan-Yin _Full Page_ 630

Colossal Gilded Buddha 632

Altar of Chinese Pagoda _Double Page_ 634–5

The Goddess Ma-chu and her assistants 638

Pagoda at Tung-Cho _Full Page_ 639

Chinese Idols 641

Chinese Buddhist’s Idea of Hell 642

Goddess of Mercy delivering a soul _Full Page_ 643

Buddhist Monument at Peking _Full Page_ 647

Priest at a Praying Wheel 649

Chinese Bonze, or Priest 650

Letting go the Water-lamps 653

Miraculous delivery of a Bonze _Full Page_ 659

Shrine of Kwanon 661

Interior of Kwanon’s Temple _Full Page_ 663

The Hiogo Buddha 666

Buddhist Shrine at Kobe 668

Japanese Pilgrim in winter dress 669

Dining-room of a Buddhist Monastery 670

Religious festival in Temple Grounds _Full Page_ 671

New Year’s frolic in Japan _Full Page_ 675

Buddhist “Nio,” or Temple Guard 677

Japanese Picture of Kwanon 680

Musicians of the Temple at Shiba 682

Torii, or Water Gate of the Temple of Miyajima _Full Page_ 683

Interior of the Temple of Shiba 685

Temple of the Five Hundred Gods, Canton, China _Full Page_ 689

Belfry of the Temple at Osaka, Japan 691

Street Mountebanks in a New Year’s Festival in Japan _Double Page_ 696–7

Japanese idea of the Judge of Hell 700

Festival of Foxes _Full Page_ 703

Driving the devils out of the house on New Year’s Eve with beans 705

A Japanese Matsuri, or Religious Festival 706

Religious Procession in Japan _Full Page_ 707

Fujisan, from a village on the Tokaido 708

Worship at the Tomb of an Ancestor _Full Page_ 713

The Flowing Invocation 715

Temple of the Kaaba, at Mecca, Arabia 722

Mohammedan Cemetery at Mecca 727

Interior of a Turkoman tent, in Western Persia 729

Mosque of Omar, on the site of the Jewish Temple, at Jerusalem 730

Mohammedans praying before the Mosque of Omar 731

Mohammedan Mosque on the Hooghly River, near Calcutta, India 742

Exterior of Mosque in Persia _Double Page_ 744–5

Interior of Mosque at Delhi, India 747

Interior of Mosque of St. Sophia 748

A Whirling Dervish 749

Moslem Boy studying the Koran 752

Mosque of St. Sophia, at Constantinople, Turkey 753

Mosque at Delhi, containing a hair from Mohammed’s beard 755

Entrance to the Mosque at Delhi 756

Tower of the Koutub, India _Full Page_ 757

Taj Mahal, the tomb of the Empress Mumtaj Mahal, at Agra, India 759

Interior-of the Taj, the tomb of Mahal 762

Mohammedan Feast of Mohurrim 764

Two New Zealanders: the Savage Te Wetere and the Christian Te Kote 768

A Missionary home in Burmah 774

[Illustration: WESTERN HEMISPHERE

EASTERN HEMISPHERE

BUDDHISTS.

FETICHISTS.

MOHAMMEDAN.

CHRISTIANS.

HINDOOS.]

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