...pagodas and monasteries to strike either on a bell or a piece of bamboo, to call the devout to prayer. enlightens darkness by its brilliant precepts. It is called the Luminous Religion.''* — Vol. i. pp. 48-51. The theological reader will probably observe, in the paragraph which describes...

...preserve health. We worship seven times a day, and by our prayers we aid the living and the ifeaiL On the seventh day we offer sacrifice, after having...excellent, is difficult to name, but it enlightens darknew by its brilliant precepts. It is called the Luminous Religion. o. Learning alone without sanctity...

...have renounced worldly desires. In giving liberty to slaves we become a link between the powerful and weak. We do not accumulate riches, and we share with...its brilliant precepts. It is called the Luminous Eeligion. 5. Learning alone without sanctity has no grandeur, sanctity without learning makes no progress....

...China, pp. 70, 71) Another portion of the inscription reads: "On the seventh day we offer sacrifices, after having purified our hearts, and received absolution...it enlightens darkness by its brilliant precepts." M. 1'Abbe Hue, Christianity in China, Vol. I, Ch. 2, PP- 48-49. This segment is taken from the Syriac...

..."Nestorians." "On the seventh day we offer sacrifices, after having purified our hearts, and receive absolution for our sins. This religion, so perfect...it enlightens darkness by its brilliant precepts." China, 78 1 AD The China Monument. 9TH CENTURY AD "Pope Nicholas I, in the ninth century, sent the...

...beards to grow, to show that they are devoted to their neighbours. The tonsure that they wear at the top of their heads indicates that they have renounced...brilliant precepts. It is called the Luminous Religion." The difficulty of giving an exact translation of a Chinese document is seen in the various translations...