Missionary, Visitor, The (1907) . nds in the front court of everyJoss house. These little Pagodas aresaid to be the places where their sacredbooks are kept. They are the most fil-thy looking places about the temples. Iuthe same court there is a large copperincense altar, lavers for washing andnumerous stands for vendors of Josspaper and other little things used in idolworship. Under the umbrella you see a bunchof Joss paper. This paper is sold to theworshipers who take it in before the idoland offer it, where it is supposed to beburned in a small urn by the priest. Westood in the temples and s
Missionary, Visitor, The (1907) . nds in the front court of everyJoss house. These little Pagodas aresaid to be the places where their sacredbooks are kept. They are the most fil-thy looking places about the temples. Iuthe same court there is a large copperincense altar, lavers for washing andnumerous stands for vendors of Josspaper and other little things used in idolworship. Under the umbrella you see a bunchof Joss paper. This paper is sold to theworshipers who take it in before the idoland offer it, where it is supposed to beburned in a small urn by the priest. Westood in the temples and saw the peopledevoutly offering this paper and alsosaw the priests burning it in a little in-cense burner. Back of the umbrella you see num-erous lanterns on the second story. Thisis the theatrical hall where the stageplayers perform, while thousands standin the court below to watch, listen, andgo into the temple that stands in frontto make their offerings, pray and wor-ship. An Image of Buddha. This image in various forms is wor-. One Form of Ancestral Worship. shiped in thousands of temples in is called a Joss idol. It is often verylarge and finished in gilt, richly people fall before it as devoutly aswe bow to God. Idol Worship. The altar with lights burning and in-cense smoking is behind the kneelingchild while the image is just a little dis-tance in front of it. One sees so much of idolatry that he feels heartsick andyearns for the day to come whenthese people may come to the trueGod. Much of this worship is sin-cere and very devoted, else we cannotunderstand what devotion is. There ishowever much of hypocricy and sin,much of rascality and immorality con-nected with the worship. Hypocrisyand wickedness go hand in hand withidolatry. 453 GLIMPSES OF EVERYDAY TOIL EFFIE V. LONG. Priscilla and I have just come in fromour mornings work. She is the nativeChristian woman who lives here in Bhat,a fisher village, and teaches in the mis-sion school. After prayer
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