469 Christianity Has a Fair Show in San Francisco
The world is also informed by these gentlemen that “the idolatry of the Chinese produces a demoralizing effect upon our American youth by bringing sacred things into disrespect and making religion a theme of disgust and contempt.” In San Francisco there are some three hundred thousand people. Is it possible that a few Chinese can bring “our holy religion” into disgust and contempt? In that city there are fifty times as many churches as joss-houses. Scores of sermons are uttered every week; religious books and papers are plentiful as leaves in autumn, and somewhat dryer; thousands of bibles are within the reach of all.