We mention _sin_, and he thinks of eating flesh or the killing
of insects. The word _holiness_ reminds him of crowds of
pilgrims flocking to some famous shrine, or of some anchorite
sitting lost in religions abstraction till his legs rot off. He
has much error to unlearn before he can take in the
truth-"--R.E. McAlpine.

"There in a life of study, prayer, and thought,
Kenshin became a saintly priest--not wide
In intellect nor broad in sympathies,
For such things come not from the ascetic life;
But narrow, strong, and deep, and like the stream
That rushes fervid through the narrow path
Between the rooks at Nikk[=o]--so he grasped,
Heart, soul, and strength, the holy Buddha's Law
With no room left for doubt, or sympathy
For other views."--Kenshin's Vision.

"For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the
same, my name is great among the Gentiles; and in every place
incense is offered unto my name, and a pure offering, for my
name is great among the Gentiles, saith the Lord of
hosts."--Malachi.


CHAPTER X - JAPANESE BUDDHISM IN ITS MISSIONARY DEVELOPMENT

Missionary Buddhism the Measure of Japan's Civilization.