The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1821-01-18

, SeueR Hundred Gad Sir widows were rURST
ALIVE, or BURIED ALIVE. leaving behind Them
thousands OF orphans, thus deprived OF father
,ad mother 10 one day NJ. Ward has HIM
SELF witnessed be burning alive Of three wild
9ws; and night have witnessed many more,
If he could have endured the horrid sight Ia
what other part Of the world have fires like
these ever been kinded, & murders like these,
al noon day. ever been perpetrated The
savage monsters of the forest, who live On
blood, protect their offspring bot the super
stFtion OF the Hindoes transforms the mother
alto monster more savage than the Tiger, and
compel: the son to set hre 10 tAe pile which Is
% deyour the living mother, who fed hm from
her breasts and dandlei him on her knees. And
these internal deeds are perPetrated amidst the
civilizations ot " the mild and amia0Ie BRAN
hens," whose shouts rsnd the air, while the
poor yctim, the heart broken widow, utters
her frantic screams, aud while her aesh palpi-
ates amidst the hames Mr. Ward y firmly
persuaded that the ncmUer D! widows wac
mas annually perish IN that part OF India aorc,
: lar, far greater than tn numbers announced
10 THIS of:Cal statement.
Such are few Of he positive m,sere-
brought % India, I'D this Jy1rt4, by the religion
81 these " mud brambuns." TO remove 'hese
mIseries only, by dittbing Ibe light Of Chris
tianny, a. whatever expense IS surely worthy
he efforts al these who call Observation-Disclosures
PM. nthrnpists
But this Is not tie end Of this tale Of woe -
For all me millions Of children IN India, there
Is not provided the smallest moral instruction
Whatever there IS not single school fer gifls
throughout the whole continent; and amongst
~ 900 600 Of females, not twenty individuals
are aole either 70 read or wrlle Wbat wives
what mothers these M wonder that they
Jesttoy their of priDg, and tsat their offspring
destroy them
Some persons have contendel that the
Hindoos are a moral people but now should
4 people be moral whose gods are per7onlhca-
lions OF sin, whose priests are notorious Tor
impurlty and rapacity, whose temples ate
houses Of i'll fame, and whose religious cereme
nlss, instead Of purifying ths nine, excite
nothing but impure associations There 4 not
| a people on earth 50 thoroughly given Up %
lasciVIousnesS, TO deception, e. talsehood, and
to fraud, a. the Hndno., ana % completely
destitute Of principle. Surely they need Chris
tanity, who have no better God than Juggu-
naDh, i.e. the stump OF tTee, no bettersasIour
than the Ganges, 10 other expectation IN death
than that Of TRANSPORTATION into the body OF
some reptile.
Bu Christianity has doubtless most impor-
tant reference to a future ae.-The Apostle
tells US : There is no other name given under
heaven, whereby we can be saved, hot The
asme Of Christ" Here, ia India, $50, 900, 900
Of immortal beings have, every thirty years,
been passing into eternity, ike the worshippers
OF the goddess Diana, without God, without
Christ, and without hope in the world"
Where IS our regard To the authority Of
Christ whose command IS still unrepeaed, Go
ye INTO all the world and preach the gospel to
every creature" If such loud cali ior chris
tan help is disregarded Where {" the mind
that was ID Christ Jesus ~ WHAT kind ot
estimate do we form of the value OF the inter
position Of Christ, the value Of Christianity, II
IN such circumstances as those OF the Hindoos,
we think they NAV DO well enough without
Christianity? II The gospel was necessary 10
the geseraton living in the time of Paul, 1t
huo' Is Siu1llt hcSVSsilE NJ al HlTh ~" N
necessary 70 one nation, it must Je necessary
for all, for the spiritual state Of man IS every
where substantially the same. Unnecessary %
Athens, 1t must De SO to India
But il il SAID, foreigners can DO nothing for
lEdia they cannon o1.iain access to the Hin
docs the natives will not hear them they
will not read what they publish. Asa complete
answer to these rniStakps Mr. Ward who has
been engaged as Missionary Old the spot, that
y. at SeramFore. during The last twenty years,
offers The following rapid = ech OF
The Progress Of Christianity IN Indie
DR. Carey and BIS brethren have translated
and published the whole Bible in the Saans 2
crIl, the Learned language Of India. and me
parent 0 ( fifty dialects also 10 he BeOgzlee,
spoken by twelve million. u people am N
Hind,e, tho Marhsua, anu HE Orssa. They
have also translated and published, the New
testament Ia The Chinese, the Punjabee, The
Tel!ings. ths Assam. the GuiuFatee, The Push
TOO, the kunkun and the Kurnata languages I:
and when Mr. Ward was leaving SeramPore
there were twelve mere new versions % the
press. The Divine word has been thus pub
IIshed already, il whole Or il part, IN twenty
five Of the languages Of india and these
tfanslaiiOns have been the entire means o.
sonic OF the most interesting conversion. ~
i1dla, OF comforting many dying HIDsoo,
and Of spreading great light IN those dark
regions
More than THOUSAND individuals have been
received by these Missionaries into the Chris
tan church eV haDtisuD and more han SIX