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the king and his people on state occasions; his name meant 

 the voice or word of the king.&quot; I may add that this 

 parallelism between the secular and sacred agents of 

 communication is in some cases recognized by peoples whose 

 institutions display it. The New Zealand priests are re 

 garded as the &quot; ambassadors of the gods;&quot; and the title 

 &quot; messengers of the gods &quot; is borne by the officers of the 

 temple of Tensio dai Sin, the chief deity of the Japa 

 nese. 



There is a further evidence of this homology. Where, 

 along with social development considerably advanced, 

 ancestor-worship has remained dominant, and where gods 

 and men are consequently but little differentiated, the two 

 organizations are but little differentiated. In ancient 

 Egypt &quot; it was the priesthood, directing the ceremonial of 

 court-life, who exacted . . . that the king (belonging to 

 their order) did not receive any one who failed to follow 

 their laws of purity.&quot; China furnishes a good instance. 

 &quot; The Chinese emperors are in the habit of deifying . . . 

 civil or military officers, whose life has been characterized 

 by some memorable act, and the worship rendered to these 

 constitute the official religion of the mandarins.&quot; Further, 

 the emperor &quot; confers various titles on officers who have 

 left the world, and shown themselves worthy of the high 

 trust reposed in them, creating them governors, presidents, 

 overseers, &c., in Hades.&quot; And then we learn that one 

 department of the Li pu, or Board of Kites, regulates the 

 etiquette to be observed at court, the dresses, carriages and 

 riding accoutrements, the followers and insignia; while 

 another department superintends the rites to be observed in 

 worshipping deities and spirits of departed monarchs, sages, 

 and worthies, &c. : statements showing that the same board 

 regulates both religious ceremonial and civil ceremonial. 

 To which summarized account I may add this quotation : 

 &quot; in Court, the master of ceremonies stands in a conspicuous 

 place, and with a loud voice commands the courtiers to 



