. Things seen in Japan . rews. In their case,religious faith and national consciousnesshave been from time immemorial so closely 185 Town Life in Japan interwoven as to become to all intents andpurposes indistinguishable. The effect ofthis has been to make of the Israelitishrace a nation of patriots. Scattered to thefour winds of heaven, the larger proportion exiles and strangers in other lands oftheir adoption, possessed of practicallynot an acre of land the race can call itsown, often persecuted and disliked, theHebrews still believe that they are thechosen nation, and throughout the ageshav
. Things seen in Japan . rews. In their case,religious faith and national consciousnesshave been from time immemorial so closely 185 Town Life in Japan interwoven as to become to all intents andpurposes indistinguishable. The effect ofthis has been to make of the Israelitishrace a nation of patriots. Scattered to thefour winds of heaven, the larger proportion exiles and strangers in other lands oftheir adoption, possessed of practicallynot an acre of land the race can call itsown, often persecuted and disliked, theHebrews still believe that they are thechosen nation, and throughout the ageshave succeeded in preserving their identityas a distinct and homogeneous people. The other pre-eminently patriotic religionis that of Japan. The ancient Shinto faith—which has survived all attacks upon it,all vicissitudes of fortune, and the mostearnest efforts of missionaries of other faiths—remains to-day not only the real religionof the Japanese, but also the force whichinfluences the race, and has served to bind i86. Stereo Copyiiglil, inJe>~wood& U. Lowion &■ Xew York. Tin: i;iti:AT , (ir ,!:. The bell weighs 148,000 pounds. The sound it produces wlien struck ispeculiarly deep and sonorous, like a great organ. The sounel lingers long Town Life in Japan this people together into a strong andpatriotic nation. To the inquiry What isthe religion of the Japanese ? there is onlyone possible and correct answer. Allbelong to the national faith, Shintoism,although there are, of course, in addition,a large number of Buddhists and Confucians,a few Roman Catholics, and a handful ofconverts to other European faiths. Butalthough Shinto is not the State religion,it is that of the heart and soul of everysubject of the Mikados empire, and in itwe find an almost exact counterpart in itseffect to that of the more Western people,the Hebrews. It is not here possible ornecessary to pursue the parallel, andexamine the points of similarity in theeffect of the Hebrew a
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