The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1857-11-25
England and India.

missionary
The missionary schools we're twics o.
crowded as the Government schools. In
the former the Bible and Cstechism we're
taught, and the schools 1commenceA and
ended with prayer From ths slattsr, IN
I'll very recently, the Bible Was excluded.
The Koran aud the Sbsster wsrssi the
Government schools, bot no 'profssso,
wos ever allowed, even if- requested, to,
explain snything with reference TO shs
Bible, not even as q historical book.
Nearly all the native professors aud grad.
yates Of the Government Universities
and schools are atheists. Thef -edueA-
ton caused them to disbelieve Paganism
and they were, not encouraged to believe
in Christianity Many Of, them are i'm.
plica'ed in the present revolt" ''-
Not content with ignoring the. Bible
and Christianity in the schools, and sup
planting them with the Koran and Shas.
ters. 1t appears that the English authori.
ties allowed no pttive soldier 10 remaia
10 the army after he became Christian. .
The Church Missionary Society Of Great
Britain, 10 an official paper on the state
Of affairs in India, says: ~' 10 ~
The instrument Of Divius Judgment
has bssu the cherished high caste Bon.
gal army, from which tbs 6rst Sepoy
Christian convert was expelled through
caste prejudices in the year 1919. by
order Of the Governor General, after 81
official inquiry At Mssrut, in. which the
soldier was acquitted Of every charge ex-
eept that Of becoming q Christian on sea.
viction. At Mesrut the 6rst blood wsy
shed by Sspoys."l IL @so4fto olnlioii d
Mr. Undsrhill, who has recently visit.
ed the Baptist Missionary s,stiops In
India, stated 10 pnblic meeting 10 Eng
land that 90 native is ailowedpto remain
in the army after hs becomes q Christiab
Because the army has bssn kept ftss
from all Christian infuencss, it kss NJ
sympathy with tho British or Amerissu
people, and now 10 rebellion IL il atvast
horde Of heather drilled to he use Of
arms and bent on extermiuating Chrfh
tiauity from the land. .,.. -.
The following from the paper Of the
Church Missionary Society, will shsw
how the English governmsus gave iss
legal sanction TO the public indesesotsa
Of paganism .. -.u-. af,h.f..
IAN act was passed by the Legislative
Coupcil Of India mo. l. 1866 70 pre-,
ven, the sale or suppression Of obsssas
, books and pictureA The preamble ys,J
properly states that, The prsstisa Of sS.
offering for sale, or exposiss 20 psblia
) view, obscene books aud piosuses, ensssr.
ages immortality, and II 10 sxpedisnt -
make provision fpT tbs prevention Of ssss
practice But il enao,s tha4 'nothise
contained 10 ths &C. shall apply 70 ssy
representation sculptured, engraved Or
painted ou or in any, temple, st On Any
car used for the conveyance OF idsla'
/ Yet those temples and ears are the psb>
, lie and frequsuted objects Of obssrsstion
( to the whole population !"
] The effects Of the blind and wicked
! policy thus persoyeringly parsusd by the
British authorities is jus, what might
have been anticipated. ' They are with
ing iu the folds Of the monster they havs
nourished, Says Rev. DR.. Duf, writing
to bis friends in Scotland: D
! Look at the number Of armed men -
accustomed to military organization ssa
discipline. and equipped with oil the us-
nitions Of war that have already broken
out into actual mutiny aud revolt -
about sixty regiments Of infantry fvs
or six of light oavalalry ten Of irrsgs'
! lar cavaiy; six bAttalions Of artillery ;
nine light field battsfies the Malysh
contingent andthe Gwalior contingent,
| consisting of seven infantry rsginsaN,
four companies Of artillery and tve Of
cavalry with the ssppsrs and miners d
| Rookee, &c.i Besides these, tventy rsgi.
ments Of infantry have been dissrmsd,
with several of cavalry, when on the eve
Of breaking out into open rsbsllisa-in.
cluding the very body guard Of ths
Governor G General. Add 10 all tAis
mighty host upwards Of twenty thousand
dssparadoes, let loose from the different
j.ils and more than I've times twenty
tbousaud Budpsashe as they are called,
or bad characters by habit aad reSuts
Think Of these myrids securing The
country at large, ravsnou' for blood sd
| plunder." --.. .-
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