Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1856-09-18
Misfdlaneoas matter.
A Missionary Contest.

rs Misfdlaneons Matter. @
A Missionary Contest.
The Rev. Mr.. Gogerly, an English mis-
sionary, relates the following amusing rem
contre. with Brahmin in reference to one
of the SACRED bulls" whrch are regarded
with religious. yeneration by the natives:
s'I once had an opportunity of ascertain
ing what a nuisance these gentlemen bulls
were was on one ofmy missionary jour
neys, for l used to 90 for month or two
through the villages, and strike my tent
every thirty miles or SO; or l would jour
ney in my boat up the river, fifty or a
hundred or two hundred miles, visiting the
various villages and towns on the way.
On one occasion l went to a large, place on
a market-day;; | had got large number
of tracts and Bibles with me for distribution,
and l sat down IN market-place to converse
with the people upon.the grace and truth
of salvation; but before | went into the
bazaar-this means market-place, and no
Hfore-I heard quarreling. Now the
women in India who belong to the humber
classes, have tremendously long tongues
and / can conceive that the Brahmin la
dies have not got very short ones, as the
;pundit told me. Well, l heard them
abusing somebody, and using languagevery
improper to escape from ladies' lips; they
were calling somebody all manner of names
but that of a gentleman; and when | came
into the place l saw what was the matter.
They were not abusing a man, but great
fat bull, which was eating up the rice and
sweetn,eats and vegetables that these wo-
men had brought in from the country to
sell. The bull in his rounds had found
them out, and was poking his nose into this
basket and that basket, and there were the
women doubling there fists and cursing at
his nose, but no one dared TO touch him.
He knew very well that hard words would
never break bones, and he went on and en-
joyed himself to the great injury of the
people. q Z Il 80 ,is
The women when they saw my white
face for white face is very uncommon
IN the interior ages-directly put their
hands together, and called, Have mercy,
have mercy | saw what was the matter.
They were looking at the bull eating up
their goods. -. -------
sDrive him away" said /.
sWe dare not" they said. rF7
..i sWhy notg" s5ae bs'-. I'd
.-u"Because he is a god" : r. .4i..
'"He's no more of a god than l an" /"
said 1, and | took up stick and gave him
a good thnmp, so that he soon ran away.
They said, s.Drive him away from us" and
as that was an appeal to my humanity,
and as | saw the women distressed, gave
the gentleman two three good pokes in his
ribs and he soon hnrried away. The wo-
men went down and thanked me, and l
was aboIt to give them solemn address
on the folly. of calling such thing as that
God, when 1 found that l had got into a
terrible mess. 1t is very easy TO get into
a difficulty but very hard 10 get out of it.
There We're hundreds of thousands of men
there: and a. number of men who were
watching me, assoon as they saw me strike
the bull, came down and looked like thun-
der, and they spoke almost like thunder,
too-"what are you doing p ''t r.
Ohio! I thought 1 was in for it now, and
and 1 said -s.I was driving away that
great thief of bnll."
"You struck him, did you not?'
l said-ssI did, 5eI i....se-.
"Do you know that you struck God?'
"What nonsense" said |, "to call that
brute Godr' s1 ai-s %
'Stay," said they" here comes Brah-
min" Now, the Brahmins are some of them
very learned, and some of them are not ;
but all of them are very proud. That man
had great influence among the people, and
they said-sHere comes the Br;lhnin, an
swer him., ..s- .-ae -tar
He came down, sllTouded by hundreds
of people, and he contrived to look black
as he possibly could, as he thought he
would annihilate me with his black looks.
"What have you been doing?"
said-"My lord, was wanting to drive
away great thief of bull"
"Did you strike itg''
81 did"
.Do you know you struck god? 2"
tried now to make myself two or three
inches taller than | was, and to look as
black as possible, and said-"Answer me.
Are you Brahmin %
To call his Brahminieal character in aues-
ton was dreadful, and he said-aCertan-
w." And showed me the emblem of his
office.
care you Brahmin, and call that crea-
ture Godg'
ayes, am"
"Have you read your own Shasters?"
'.Certainly have" he said.
'Well, will you be good enough for the
benefit of those people who do not know
the Shasters, to quote one passage about
Gods honestly"
~ will not" he said. ~rE aTT
"For the fact is" said /, ayou cannot,
but if you cannot, can, and if you won't,
| will" / then quoted out of one of their
Shasters-"God is honest.-God is true"
"Is that true 2" | asked.
at is" he said.
"Tell me, Baahmin, was it honest for
the great bull 10 60 to these poor women,
and take their rice and sweetmeats and
vegetables, without paying for them" The
idea of the bull paying for anything never
occurred to him. He had not word to
say. l said, stNow what are YOU going to