Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1871-04-13

A Theistic Festival i'm India.

mnrning service at the Mandir (o
church) of Keshub Chunder Sen, which
was marred by an incident of painful
interest. With view to healing the
long standing schism between the con
servatye and, the progressive sections
, of the BrahmOs, the pulpit had beer
offered on this occasion to the aged
Z leader of the copservadvese Debendre
9 Aath. .Tagore. -Cnfoytuna}elyI he shaT.
ed himself unequal to the positi tiea, and
after. speaking for some time -nnde1
much constraint, he suddenly departed
from the subject of his sermon, gaand
fell to vilifying Christ and Christianity
in the most ,intempefate language
and to abuse Keshub "for his supposed
Christian tendencies" Had it been
any other speaker, he "would have
been Immediately checked then and
there" for it is a standing rule of the
Institution that mo sect shall be viii
| fed, ridiculed, or hated;" but under the
peculiar circumstances of the case, the
congregation thought it sufficient to
to send in written protest afterwards,
vindicating their principles. But ssthe
intense pain which the conduct of Baboo
Debendro Nath caused them at the
very opening of their season of sacred
jOy," seems to have been overpaid by
the subsequent results of their own
spontaneous course ls'r
| Hundreds of Brahmos had assembled
from different parts of the country, ''to
bear witness unto the Truth, and rouse
their slumbering countrymen with the
words of a stirring hymn composed for
the occasions" and in the afternoon the
annual procession took place, from Kes-
hubs house to the Mondr. Before
starting, they assembled in the court
yard, ant, sprayed heartily, humbly,
and with fervent faith" Long did
they stand there singing and praying,
while a vast coneourse of people gath
cred and pressed them ON every side.
Atlast they moved out, the whole pro-
cessiOn apparently NUMBERING two or
three thousand, all dressed in white.
They carried white flags, which bore
these inscriptions in Sanskrit: "One
only without a second, - 'Truth will
triumph" "Only Divine grace avail
eth, East and West" (the last motto
bearing reference to the sympathy
| evoked here by Keshub's visit, land
the union of England and India in the
bonds of love. S. - go
AS they walked, they sang in chorus
their new missionary hymn, go hasten
to the Fathers Temple of Gracew SIN
the midst of this band, prominent by
peculiar dignity of his bearing, walked
slowly Keshub Chunder Sen, barefooted
and bareheaded," his face beaming
with radiance; while beside him We're
the other nine Brahino missionaries,
some, of whom had lately returned
from distant and trying 1abors. When
they reached the Mdndir, it was already
so full that 1t west with difficulty tn at
Keshub could reach the pulpit. While
the service, described as very impress
sive, proceeded within, the hundreds
who were obliged to remain outside
gave utterance to their enthusiasm in
hymns. 'i'5l - -
Some of NJ. Thiers's Eccentrieities.
Mr.. Edward King writes from Bor-
deaux to the Boston Journal, in refer
ence to Ne. Thiers: s. arI.l s -ai,1
The oldgentlenaan, seventy-two, but
gray and wrinkled to a wendrous' de-
gree, occupies a small, obscure apart
ment, furnished with a camp bed, as
his sleeping room. He has slept on one
of these hard and narrow eouches for
the last forty years. In habits he Is one
of the most methodical men alive. /
Although he rarely retires before mid
night, he invariably rises at five
O'Clock A. NJ, and his valet brings him
a cup of coffee. He then throws him.
self pell-mell into his work, and rarely
stops before nine. All his important
private business is considered and pre-
pared before most other people are up.
From nine to noon he usually sees
company, and at noon he takes u very
light breakfast. He always dimes at |
o'clock, wherever he may be, and uses |
wine only once day. 1t is no exagger-
alton to say that for forty years he has |
not varied from this routine. He is so |
active and energetic, even to-day, that |
his secretaries find but littleto do. He
prefers writing his own letters to die
tating them, and on the morning of
yesterday he wrote thirty-five before
breakfast. He gives most of his inn
pOrtant messages verbally, and keeps
five or six confidential persenages con-
stantly engaged in delivering them.
There does not exist more admirably
preserved old gentleman. He is quaint
and odd to degree, however, and
seems to be most intensely annoyed by
any attention from the herd. The look
of impatienee and distress that comes
over his face when he is compelled to
march between two lines of gapers is
indescribable. s-E 81
His e,atree into the Assembly, with
his ministry behind him, was marked
with greatapplause. His speech, writ
ten in his own plain, bold hand, on
huge fOolScap sheets, was heard in eve-
ry corner of the house, so distinct was
his enunciatiOn of each point. Some
times he repeated a sentence twice over,
as if fearful that he should not impress
it on his hearers memories. Especi-
ally at that point which refers to the [
unique future policy for France, he
read with great care, and repeated a
of times, "No, no, gentleman;
to pacify, to recognize, to lift up credit, II
to reanimate lab0r-this Is the only pol
icy possible or conceivable at this mo-
Those portions of the
speech which condemned the precipi-
tatiOn of France into ga war without a
serious motive, and without sufficient
and concerning the refor-
nation of the army, were vigorously
applauded. -7
a good story is told of himself by a
holder on the Boston and
Maine Railroads. wide-awake, jolly,
joke-lOving gentleman, lib
eral in his religion. Riding in horse
car, short time ago, with the Catholic
priest of his village, who has been act
i've in trying to induce his flock to be-
come temperate, he familiary addressed
him in languag as follows:
Father, you are doing pretty
good work just now. L don't know I
but you are doing as much good as all I
the other clergymen in town." Is
The priest quietly replied that he
was doing what he could for his peo-
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