Japan and the Japanese illustrated . rosary to come to the house to put things in good order. He comes there withhis bead chaplet, which is something like a good-sized boa, and places it in the handsof the entire family, who are ranged in a circle, while he stands before the altar of thedomestic idol, and directs the operations by means of a bell and a little hammer. Ata given signal the father, the mother, and the children, shout out their daily prayers atthe top of their voices. Tlie small beads, the large beads, and the blows of the hammer MECnANICAL PRAYERS. 139 succeed each other with cad
Japan and the Japanese illustrated . rosary to come to the house to put things in good order. He comes there withhis bead chaplet, which is something like a good-sized boa, and places it in the handsof the entire family, who are ranged in a circle, while he stands before the altar of thedomestic idol, and directs the operations by means of a bell and a little hammer. Ata given signal the father, the mother, and the children, shout out their daily prayers atthe top of their voices. Tlie small beads, the large beads, and the blows of the hammer MECnANICAL PRAYERS. 139 succeed each other with cadenced regularity. The exercise of the rosary becomesanimated, the cries become passionate, hands and arms obey with the precision of amachine, till the body is worn out with fatigue. Finally, the termination of the ceremonyleaves the whole family out of breath, exhausted, but radiant with happiness, becausetheir intercessory gods are now satisfied. Buddhism is a flexible, insinuating, and conciliatory religion, accommodatint^ itself. , COD OF THUNDKU. to the genius and the habits of a widely diverse people. Ever since its com-mencement in Japan, the bonzes have succeeded in getting hold of the little chapelsof the Kamis, and placing them within the precincts of their sanctuaries. They haveadded to their ceremonies several symbols borrowed from the ancient national worship ;and, in order to mis up the two religions more effectually, they have introduced intotheir temples the Kamis, to whom they give the title and attributes of the Hindoo T 2 140 LIFE IN divinities, and Hindoo divinities transformed into the Japanese Kamis. There wasnothing inadmissible in such exchanges, which naturally explain themselves by the
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