, 1870-01-11
MADAGASCAR.
burns the hoynl Idols, and with
Her Arlstocracy Embraces ChFlss
f1nnf1v.

Religious Revolution = The Queen
Burns the kfoynl Idols, and with
Her Arlstocracy Embraces ChFlss
tiuutty.
From. The London Daily !sess De-. q
place in Madagascal. %e learn from letter ron ron
Of September, and published IN weekly con
Idols publicly burned; that she and ner zr1Atoc-
raey. have embraced Christianity, and that the
Whole province Of 1uetna, In which the capital Ii
EttuAttd. hss followed The example Of the govern.
Dent Tho Queen embraced Cnriattan!ty early IN
the year, sno nas all the summer been bailoihg a
chspel royal. Mean~htle the wooden fence round
The temple OF The great DaI1onal tool had been
po1leo do *n, and the priests assumed threaten.
lIR aspect hinut g that their 300 had medicine
HhlGn @ oula asepRe him On TIE nereslc sovereign.
4 council vas called and il vas ,nea d.
o'hel high onlciala to the sacssd village. seyeu
ml1es from the capital. and bum the ilol before
is Keepers returned. They set on the aame al
Mnlses seized The iaois neuse e The ns Sooa Of
the fallen ience was collected. and nfe WAS
Eade, "a g. and NJ. II ths g contents 9. the temple were
carried before the ldo! In professions vas thrown
IN; then twelve buflocks' horns from wn,ca
incente Or holy water had been spr1axled:
Worn over the idol By the keeper who carried it.
Then caHe the ldoi'S case-the trunk Of small
Tree n6sloWeQ ana Dtte1 WITH cover; and last OF
Rl the IDOL ITSELF Hardly any OF the present gep-
Grafton had seen The god. and great Was the sur
prise when be Waa produced. Two pIeces OF
scarlet t1E about three feet long and three lncneB
wide, with sEall piece of wood about as big a.
mans thumb inserted In the middle between
them, 80 that the SIX formed, aa It were, two
wirgs was the great god Of Madagascar, Whose
toucn Whs 8a1ctI{inR. and whose nearEess was
preservation. lyon canrot burn hin. he II
god, - ea'd the people. .'If he be god, De viii
not burr" eald the oflcsrs; awe are going 10
t15,"a ard held 1t On stick in the t1rt, ihht tue
people might see 1t Us It vas consumed. The
victory wss complete. Next day, four other
lnols shared tue game fate, and the rest followed
Oae vas little bag Of Aaud: another consisted
Of thIee round pieces Of wood United by 2lver
Chain. Toe people looked On IN wolter, and
wEen the process was over, see!og that they had
60 gods 70 worship, they sent 10 the Queen to avg
what they wire to worship Tor the 1utuse. Tbs
government, eay8 the English ltAdtfendenk adding
10 the information contatlel In Af. Pools letter
tbeFeppou appealed TO the nstiTe Christians to
eeLd Clrlst1nD teachers, ard they as once re-
Hr0t ded. 1t was fouEd that CT $50 fowls aud
villages IN 1nt1tns, 121 already had Christian
churches, aId teachers were st once found for all
the reat. Tnlg movement, which is remarkable
fot its purely nhtige or1g1n Ia smother proof that
10 certain stages OF civilization nations may Le
converted By authority. The conversion Of II ida.
eascar hRs teen accomplished IN the nineteenth
century much a6 that OF the Sz1ons was accom-.
plshed in the sl1th. The 1conociasI IL the reform.
err fprerInEer. TO overthrow fetish worship
the fetthh itself fnDkt ha HrNk nasfrnveJ