National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-10-16
THE BRADsnN EVANGELIST.
His Lecture on Hindoe Religion and Philo
only Last NiGbt.

LtttuTt On Iituuoo kttHtou utor-
ophy Last Night.
Last night the spacious audience room OF the
First Presbyterian church, on four-and- a-half
street, was filed TO repletion with an audience
representing the intellectual culture and social
refinement OF our national metropolis, which
had assembled to hear the
LECTURE OF sARAYAs sHEsHADRI,
the only representative from the land OF the
Gauges and cTocodlles among the visitors from
the "WoTlds Evangelical Alliance now Visiting
this city.
AS has already been made known through the
public prints, this celebrated man Is one OF the
delegates, aud Ia from Bombay. He looks TO be
about nifty years OF age. He speaks the English
language with huency and accuracy. He Ia clad
In loose sanon-coored toga, and wears on his
head q white turban. His complexion Is OF the
copper. color, reminding one OF an American H.
dian. The Interest which attaches TO him as a
converted heather and lone representative OF
his nations vast domain In this union OF the
Professionalism OF the whole world IL enhanced
by degree OF curiosity which Is induced by the
peculiarly OF his manner and costume the latter
being an imitation OF that OF the Turkish order,
IN vogue In the country he representa-.
At 100 O'Clock the distinguished visitor, &C
companlcd by DIs. sunderland and Tiffany,
Hugh Miller, OF Scotland, and Pitser, OF the
South Presbyterian church, entered and occu-
pied the stand from which the pulpit had been
removed.
At the suggestion Of DR.. Sunderland the ser
vices OF the choir were dispensed with, and the
vast assemhlage united In singing the faVorite
Olu selection,
crock Of ages cleft for me-"
which
DR.. HUGH MILLER, or SCOTLAND,
was introduced, aud said that 1t had been incor-
rectly stated by the New York press that he was |
. missionary. lie went TO India In 1870, and |
knew the speaker announced for tonight before |
his conversion. The efforts have been to raise |
up young men from India to preach Christ TO It's /
two hundred and nifty millions OF living souls. |
Mr.. SheshadIi Is representative Of the converts
TO Christ In this vast island, and he was brought |
TO Scotland and America.
He was baptized In September, 1913, and or
dained us q preacher twenty years ago, begin |
ming his work In his (the EpeakeT's) house In |
bombay. In 1851 he established himself In |
lndupour, $50 miles from bombay, where the |
mayor tried TO get him and his family sent away, |
hut failed, and he soon became q fayorite. In |
1884 he went TO Jolya, a town $50 miles from |
lndupour, and made two converts, which re- |
suited IN about fifteen others there and he visits
those two towns and all parishes established by |
hin about eight times earh year Now seven |
hundred adults aud fourteen hundred children |
are among the converts OF this secllOn Of India |
lie had been taking up collections To aid in the |
i penseA OF the mission In India. lie came with |
MIN from Scotland to the Evangelical Alliance,
aud now that the laboIs OF this convention are
ended, we propose 10 visit some OF the sections |
Of this new land, Ills character is spoters, his |