Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-07-10

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Hindostan, where he will devote himself to
preaching Christianity. A young lady from
Maine will join him at Calcutta, and also be-
come converted Brahmin.
Just before his departure Mr.. Gangooly
delivered an address at Eagleswood, New
Jersey, which we find published. We doubt
if it shows that kind of conversion that will
be satisfactory to orthodoxy in this country,
and whether il will be regarded as much i'm
provement in Mr.. Gsngooly's condition. In
deed, from his statement, it does not appear
that Mr.. Gangooly discovers any great SUI
periority in Christianity over Hindooism.
He declines to preach Christianity as the
missionaries do, by denouncing every thing
outside the Hebrew Scriptures as humbugi
for he says the Hindoo Scriptures have agreat
deal of truth, and he says 'Now, what reason
have | to say that this Scripture is humbug,
which contains the same doctrines that are
taught in the New Testament BY doctrines
MIR. Gangooly probably means moral precepts.
He says, Now, if you go to India and ex-
anime the sayings of the people, you will be
surprised to see what splendid religion the
Hindoo religion must be- Even the most ig-
noraut women have proverbs that are full of
the purest religion"
But, he says, the difficulty is these sublime
truths the Hindoos wrap up in coverings,
and obscure them. But he says also that
the Christian religion is mingled and OBJ
scured with error. 81 see in the Old Testa-
ment great many local things which have
n OF bit of inspiration in them but il was
only human selfshness that prompted them
to be written. How can you present them
to those people as totally inspired2' He says
itwould be impossible to convert high-caste
Brahmin, if you told him the whole Bible is
infallble "Judea was small place, not
larger than Massachusetts, perhaps; and if
the Infinite God, who fills the whole uni
verse, had confined his revelation to that
small part it would be wonderful thing"
Therefore, Mr.. Gangooly thinks that there
are truths revealed outside the Bible.
He says it would be impossible to convert
educated Hindoos to our theology. The only
way to convert them to Christianity is by
showing a Christian life. Having been
priest and Hindoo, groaning under the yoke
of superstition for so many years, he refuses
to put that yoke on his neck again in the
shape of our manufactured theology" He
refuses to preach the doctrine of a hell to the
Hindoos, as it would be an insult to their in
telligence to offer them religion by which
God Furnishes men eternally He refuses to
preach the doctrine of total depravity to the
Hindoos, and shows whatthe answers would
be to it. "If your God, who is perfect love
wisdom and holiness, created man in his own
image, and for his own glory, how could that
image be totally depraved?'
Mr.. Gangooly being the first Christian con-
version from the Brahmin caste, has excited
great hopes in missionary efforts, as the pre-
vious conversions had been only among the
low caste, ignorant Hindoos But, by this
showing, Mr.. Gangoolys conversion will
hardly pay cost. He goes back to India tc
leading doctrines are too monstrous and alb
surd for the "Hindoo philosophers, moralists
and poets,' therefore, our religion must be
shorn of its doctrines to suit their fastidous
intellccts. What is Mr.. Gangooly going to
preach as Christianity Will he preach that
it abolishes castes? That certainly would not
be American Christianity nor Old Testament
religion. Noah established distinction of
caste in single drunken fit, that is stronger
than all the preachers, converted and uneon-
verted, in existence.
1t is hard to see what Mr.. Gangooly's con-
version consists of, and what benefit he pro-
poses to offer the Hindoos as a compensation
for renouncing their natural religious ties
He makes out that both religions have truths
mingled with error aud superstition, and
seems to think that our supersttions are the
worst; at least they are so bad that it is hope
less to preach them to intelligent HindoOs-
certainly a left-handed compliment to in
telligent Americans. In this way this Soon
VERT dispOses of Christian doctrines. AS to
the superiority of practical Christianity, he
gefers to the common sayings of the people,
to show ''what splendid religion the Hindoc
religion must be-" What kind of splendid
religion" would any stranger-say from
another planet suppose ours to be
from the common sayings of the people
Could he go any where in our public places
and listen to the common sayings of thu
people without hearing our God called upor
to damn every thing, animate and inanimate
in perpetual stream of profanity that lilS
the smoke of the torment of the damned, seeI
by st. John, goeth up for ever and ever
Would any one decide from the common say
ings of our people, that ours is "splendit
religion?" .rt a.
Yet Mr.. Gangooly, with these ideas of ou
religion, goes back to India to preach it T.
the Hindoos We doubt if our Christian
will put much faith in his conversion, or ex
peet any great results from the preaching {
one who has so very humble an opinion G
the religion TO which he has been converted
Something is wrong. Either Mr.. Gangool
needs converting over again, or he ha
y better bring over mission of uncOnverte
: Brahmins TO convert us.
A MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE EX
MISUNDERSTANDING OF DIsHONEs