Idols in a temple, Changde, Hunan, China, ca.1900-1919

"A couple of the huge idols in a temple not too far from us. Mother never would go inside a Chinese temple, because, she said, "God hates idols!", bless her!" Two large ornately decorated idols located in a temple in Changteh [now Changde], China.; Captions for this set of lantern slides from the papers of Oliver and Jennie Logan, American Presbyterian missionaries in Hunan, were provided by their daughter Elsa