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The Empty Temples of the Orient

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Tacoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Dec 22, 1910

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 87, No. 51.

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The Empty Temples of the Orient

“In magnificent Buddhist and Confucian temples the grass is growing up, the idols are tumbling to decay. Missionaries are frequently offered these cast-off temples for schools and preaching-places; the old religion has gone. What will the evil spirit find, after being cast out, and wandering in desert places? If he finds the place empty, nothing is more certain than his early return with seven other devils worse than himself. These others are already entering into all the Orient. What a demand for obedience to the great commission!”