Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1839-08-29
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SINGULAR MOVEMENT IN BENGAL. Fl
The world seems really 20 DO TONED
upside down nowadays. Old things
are becoming new with incredible csleri-
~. Every foreign ARRIVAL brings US
something TO wonder al, till az length wa
have ceased 10 wonder at all. We have
ceased also both to believe aud disbelisye.
Nothing surprises us, but We take thing.
as they come. and wait patiently for con.
frmsiion or contradiction, as the case
may be- II seems quito . matter Of in
difference or chance 20 Us how IL turns
out. So much for living IN these days Of
tho worlds renovation, and especially In
this focus Of all human or inhuman ex.
citement, The United States Of Ameries.
The last gteat story which we honored
with our usual editorial attention, and no
more, eamo out IN the religious papers a
week or two snce-being news brought
by late steamer as usual. II related
90 n strange revolution said 10 have &C.
currod among the Hindoos. near Ai,hna.
gbur. one of tho stations Of The Church
Missionary Society. about 30 miles north
III Calcutta. IL was stated that in SIS vii
laSes, extending for sixty miles along tho
Jshnya. rsors than three fiousand H,aSoo,
had thrown away their idol, within few
months, and expressed desire 10 be al.
mitied into the Christian Church; move
men, FOR which the day Of Peniecosi il.
self would apparently furni,h tho only
precedent we have.
What is more strange, however, this
rumor would seem to be true. The con.
ffmauons Of IL are too strong 10 be gain.
saysd or denied. We have the regular
reports Of the Rev. Archdeacon Deslt,y.
OF tho Church. parsonage Of the highest
-epute, who visited the villsges at the re-
quest Of tho Lord Bishop rtyilson) Of Cal.
en'ia, for he purpose Of learning tho
truth. On ascer,ainins this. the Bishop
himself entered with his whole soul into
tho matter. and wro:o to London, 10 the
directors Of the Church Missionary Socis-
~, urging the sending Of between % and
40 additional ciergymen. school masters
and cs.echisis. into this field He ssvs:
III we can but enter at tho teiGs and slice
fuGi door IN time, not only these 3, coo or
1000, but the whole population OF the
whole fifty or sixty yiillges NAV receive
tho Christian faith. and resemble our
Christina villages in the times Of our An.
glo Saxon forefathers in tha 9Th and 9TH
centuries. Such a glorious scene has
never yot been presented to our loaging
eyes in BeDgalH
All thiI. with long elaborate letter,
fIl! Of details. is addressed 10 the Earl of
Chichester. president OF Church Mission
airy Society. and appears to have crested
in England a strong'ensaiion. The Dish.
op appeals very forcibly 10 The Universi-
ties for aid. He says lie shall make =
tour Of confirmation 10 the autumn, 10 the
extent Of ). 000 miller, with tho view Of
visiting the new Christians. Some at
temP;s are made to explain he origin OF
this great movement. but IL seems 10 Us.
at this distance, they must be accounted
f,r by oihOr than proximato Causes
Powerful influences, tending 10 such re.
sulls, have long beon at work in the East,
sspeeially under British sway. Mission
airy influence is one Of these, but only
one. Those who would have a more
extended view OF lhem all must consult
many authorities. They must study tho
whole history OF British India. MIR. NAL
CON. IN his travels. throws much light on
the subject. lie anticipates that Bood-
hism will al no very remote period be
generally abandoned. silently and slowly
overgrowu. Is it were. by European civil.
iza,ion aud the Christian religion.
BoSfoa Tyaaserinf