Gods and devils of mankind : the whole dark picture strikingly contrasted with the beauty and purity of revealed religion / by Frank S. Dobbins ; assisted by Hon. S. Wells Williams (1897)
Dobbins, Frank S. (Frank Stockton), 1855-1916 · [S.l.] · leaf 443
TAOISTS CONSULTING THE ORACLES AT THE MAGICIANS. panies it, and it is evidence of the present very degradedcondition of Taoism that, whenever a popular deity hasto be enthroned, Taoist priests are the servitors chosento wait upon his shrine. Combined with the office of 442 CHINESE STONE PILLARS.… … wishes to know whether a venture will turn out profita-bly or the reverse, or if a mother wants to be assuredwhether her infants future is to lie among the blessings THE TAOIST SACRED BOOKS AND GODS. 443 of office, wealth and long life, or to be accompanied bypoverty and misfortune, they betake…
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