The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-07-04

who had four wives. His own
tomb is in tho main temple, which
stands in the centre of q large
square. His wives tombs are in
the four corners. These are all of
stone, pIastered on the outside with
a hard cement. The flowers and
hideous pictures painted upon them
are as bright as if they had just
been painted. We can enter the
court of this from two sides. In
front of one entrance is o round
platform, about eight feet high,
with steps all around, leading to the
top, on which a pole about 40 feet
high is erected. On a certain day
of March every year, this pole is
taken down and wrapped with new
cloth in the presence of thousands
of people. Whom ready it is slowly
drawn up to its erect position, and
all the crowd bow down and wor-
ship it. They say it raises itself
from the ground, yet we saw, and
every one could see, the ropes and
men pulling them. We saw women
beating their children to make them
bow to it.
am often reminded of these
words: "And Jesus seeing the null
titude," which occur so often in the
Gospels. Such throngs of wretched-
looking people attend these "Me-
las" They come from great dis
tances and live in tents. Many
bring trinkets and other things to
sell. An old "Rajah" here is build
ling a new temple, and wants to do
it cheaply; so he makes these poor
people, while they are here, carry
brick for him, and they think it
work of great merit. I saw many
men, women and children, carrying
loads of brick upon their heads,
who said it was privilege to do it.
1 wonder how many boys and girls
at homo would like to work that
way to build church.
Last week, while in the noun
tains, we met some "Dhabies," Cor
men who wash clothing) as we were
walking up steep ravine to SEQ e
waterfall. A little mountain stream
trickles down over a perpendicular
rock 60 feet high, covered with moss
and ferns. Tho little drops look
like pearls falling through the moss.
All along the stream below, these
men were standing in tho water
and beating the clothes on a rock,
giving a groan at each stroke. Mr..
Lucas said something to them about
cleansing their hearts. They said,
"as these clothes are sent to us to
be cleansed, so we go to the Ganges
to cleanse our souls" Oh, that
they would believe, "that fountain
has been opened for sin and un-
cleanliness, and whosoever aUiU may
take of the water of life freely"
When l see these crowds of peo-
pie wholly given up to idolatry, 1
can only exelaim, "who is sufficient
for these things ?" "Can these dry
bones live?' How much we need
the prayers of Gods people at home,
to strengthen our faith and help US
SOW beside all waters. 1t seems
sometimes that our work is as water
split upon the ground. Here we are
fighting the Devil on his own
ground, and while there is much to
deaden our religious zeal, we have
few of the quickening influences you
have at home, such as O church full
of people all of one heart, praying
earnestly. This is sowing time for
us. The reapers will come after
while. The harvest of.souls you
have just gathered is from seed long
ago planted.
Ny life here is so filled that 1
have not time to get homesick. My
duties in school are not at all bur
densome. have so much variety
and so many blessings and comforts.
1 sometimes feel that my cup run
meth over. To-day our school was
visited by a native Prince. He
came on an elephant, which was
covered with very rich red cloth,
with heavy yellow fringe. The
Prince was dressed in pure white,
and had quite retinue of servants
on horseback. They had never
heard of our school, Or. of our Mis-
siOnary work. He thought we were
in the service of the English Gov
ernment, and could hardly believe
it when told we were supported by
churches in America. IA. N.