In the interestitig controversy now pro" onéding in the pages of the Nineteenth Oontury betveon Mr, Herbert Spencer nnd Me, Frederic Harrison, allusions have been made to' Chinese beliefs, The former finds the origin of the Cli-nese adoration of Heaven in Ano Ti shipped as organized t the abode of human spirits. Mr. Spencer thinks "the ancient Chinese adored Heaven and the Sau and Moon as the abodes of the disembodied spirits of their dend ancestors, and he does tot seo how religion grown up among them at all except through belief in ghosts, Mr, Harrison tates that there is in the religion and philosophy of China no notion of human pin Manicipal fands will allow, is highly desirable, and we trust that the Council will be able to devote a liberal sum to the extension of this principle in the forthcoming Budget. In fact, apart from considerations of health, the rapid inorense of traffic renders broad streets an imperative necessity, unless the Qugueil are prepared to place a restric-can say anything against the beauty and the brilliancy of the electric light while it burns steadily. Bat then it seldom if ever does burn steadily and the sudden collapse of its vaunted radiance a score of times in the course of a single hour goes far to ootiutordot its practical usefulness as an illumi for. Que moment, a large expanse of objects and distinct from dead bodle 'Ho holds that in the organized religion of China human qualities are' attri. bated to natural objects, and that' the people grow up to regard these objects with veneration and awe. Mr. Spencer finds ghosts every where at the basis of all the religious. Mr, Harrison Buda
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