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TENETS OF CHINESE CHRISTIANS. Chap. I. 



rebellion, and pupil of onr Christian mission- 

 aries. The Celestial King then said, " When our 

 Celestial Elder Brother Jesus, in obedience to the 

 commands of our Heavenly Father, came down into 

 the world, in the country of Judea, he addressed 

 his disciples saying, ' At some future day the Com- 

 forter will come into the world.' Now I, your 

 second Elder Brother, considering what you, Bro- 

 ther Tsing, have reported to me, and observing 

 what you have done, must conclude that the Com- 

 forter, even the Holy Ghost, spoken of by our 

 Celestial Elder Brother, is none other than yourself. 

 ^' Brother Tsing " readily agrees with Hung-sew- 

 tseuen, and now assumes the title of the Comforter 

 or Holy Ghost, and has his name included in the 

 hymn of praise which is chanted morning ahd 

 evening by the so-called Christian army. 



Another of these worthies, styled the Western 

 Prince, pretends to personate our Saviour, *'the 

 Heavenly Elder Brother," and utters his exhorta- 

 tions and commands as if they came direct from 

 heaven. 



It must be confessed that such professions 

 amongst the leaders of this movement incline us 

 to pause before we can bring our minds to admit 

 them to be Christians. Those who are desirous of 

 obtaining a further account of these men may con- 

 sult with advantage Captain Fishbourne's ' Im- 

 pressions of China,' and Mr. Meadows's ' Chinese 

 and their Rebellions.' Foreigners, however, have 

 had no opportunity of making themselves fully 



