To the Ealtor of the "Nonra-Cuma. Dany News"
Sm.—Dr. W. F. Bade in his lecture fon "Excavation work In Palestine"
alluding to the pottery vessels and. traces of wax" which were found "inthe. ancient tombs Year Mizpan states: that. the old Hebrews must have been. worshipping. nels dead and bringing sacrifices of food to them.
'Such @ statement on the part the "learned Archaologist erroneous and is likely to be Inter preted by the public' et large thet The ancient Jews (or Hebrews. as Dr, Bade calls them) were worshipping their dead and were sacridcing food to them, which x absolutely Incorrect. In spite of the existence of the Book of Leviticus with. its iM) code and regulations. regarding acritees the cult. of sacritcial offerings is non-Jewish and its conception is allen to the spirit and dogmas of Judaism, as can be seen from a multitude of citations in the Bible (Vide: Leviticus XVI." 'Samuel I Xv.22, Isaiah T-11/13, Jeremiah VI-20,' Amos V-21/22, Psalms 608/12," 8118/19, Micah 'VI-6/7, Especially outspoken in this Fespect, is the prophet Jeremiah when he declares in the nam of God (Chapter Vit-22) "For T spoke of unto your fathers nor comm: ed them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt concerning burnt offerings or sacridces." thing
Speaking as a member of the past when facing the
sity I may perhaps be allowed 20 British and @ Chinese Univer-express the feeling that both in my own country and in China there is 2 cal call for more feeling and artistic perception in all our activities, China not only in the decoration of liber silks but also in bullding—houses and bridges, for example—is there a call for sound Art Culture to lift her out of a mediocrity not at all In consonance with her great artistic past. Tamafraid thatit will not be possible to break up the exhibit and forward sections to the Provinces for the local exhibitions but no doubt South Kensington and many private collectors will lend of their treasures to Promote a wider-spread interest. in things Chinese than can possibly come from an exhibition in London only. In the Textile Museum of the University of Leeds are already housed some beautiful Chinese em= [broideries and small gitts of effective examples of Chinese Art are from time to time being donated in the hope that ultimately Yorkshire at east will have the opportunity of Tealizing what the world already owes to Chinese Art and will be thus Inspired, along with China, towards greater achievements rather than Jaccept the mediocracy of so much of the Art at present in evidence, seems incongruous, on first thought, to suggest that such a University as Chiao-tung, which is 59 much involved in. Railway Engineer-
That the principle of sacrifices is agen which was practiced by ancient nations in those days and that St was for this reason that the children of Israel were allowed to practice it provided it Is carried out in @ prescribed manner to God alone in order to distract them from imitating the neighbouring idol myself, friends in Nagoya, Kobe, Konaztwa, Osaka, Tokyo—to name a few), tune In on these fatlons—They are drowned out; no matter how Senstitive the radio set—no matter how powerful nor how closely, you dyieant from the or soce onagment Oe cee lune ft, two minutes {s about the limit Pasuages in Leviticus XVIT-7 and
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