Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-10-11
The .Evansel.oaI AIIlanoe.

When the sessions Of the Alliance opened at
st. RAuIs Church ysstefday morning, every seat |
was occupied, and the aises were crowded with |
men and women standing, while many were un- |
able 70 eet inside the doors III
ThB laVgMr. Sheshadri. who wore his white
tnFban and East Indian dress, vas thea introduced
TO mako tIs htst speech on the tropics "Chrls-
tianlty among Hndoos" "Obstacies 70 Mission
WORT I" and saWomen's Work In India." s.l
Ne Shashadri aafd he had learned that the dis
tInFuishlng quality Of the Scottish preacher was
texfual aud Of the American preachers tropical
WIthais pretending 10 fully understand the dis
tnctioa, Be intended 70 stick to his text.
H pded to sketch the enormous privileges
and supeFnatural xnalities ascribed to the brAh-
mlna Eash Brahmin was more intahbie dlgnl.
tary tnaRllhA Pope of Rome. In hs tight and
was fiFs with which he could consume the world,
In his ear Waa the River Ganges, and in his big
tos was the ocean. He could 60 to the house oil
any man Of inisLloE caste and take away
what he liked. Whist Brahmin said must
be tru0, and If any one presumed to dispute It his
tongue mNgt be slit, ..Es
BY the Hindoo Law no Brahmin could leave the
country, and every provision was made to prevent
the Introduction Of any other than the Hindoo
faith. It could be seen from all this how great
were the obstacles to the dissemination IN India
Of ChTsAialiay, which WAa the ORly AggrasliVo
power in that vast region.
Christ gave the command to 60 into all parts
Of The W0Eld 70 preach the Gospel. but the manner
Of a0lna this Wda left to each indviAuAl miaelun-
ary. There missionaries In India who Went nom
village TO village preaching in the public streets.
Many OF the natives, ho9oVeh satistied with their
Own religion, would not the listen to street preach
era, ana other missionarieshad sOaght 20 work
upon TIE tqtelect Of the people 0bY establishing
achOols Ia which an European knowledge was
taught together Wth ths Bihla. OF the young
mea educated in the Government schools, many
inhsked principles opposed 10 Hlndooism, and be-
ean1a akapties. To eonnteraet the tendency 70 IN
AdsllfS, 0E. DAFT WheA he went 10 India, estab-
lidhea UArlstian lectuEeaAips, whioA we're the
means % conveEting many intslllgene young men,
OF when some became Christian preachers. He
aald tat the school establiahsdb by DE-. Dun wal
attanAea by hundreds OF pupils, and great credit
was dds tOtAs miasioa work OF Scotland Tor thls
and OthsE Christian agencies There we're nnmer-
Qua other schools which we're productive o. great
Rood, KIaay graduates OF thase institutions, who
Woo osaVaSn % Chrlatianity we're occupying i'm
pOFtams 0Ovemment positions, which aided thalE
inauenes il the eaass Of religion. large number
az the eonVeFts N Bombay, Caleutta, Madras and
elss9kere were ia6oring Is ChrIstanm missiommFies
ThsRa Was a elasa whom the educated people OF
hin eounsFl Rama nom cOnssnlalt intellectuaily
saA socially than the missiohnEieS, aud this fact
waaA poWOEfal agent IN making converts. WheH
most potent agent Ia eiviiizng the wofid, they had
received ssgong impulse In the right direction
and alhosi eli would prefer 70 have their yonnG
men embIaee aChFistianity rather than atheism
Se:a!ar education In India had been doing
great deal 10 DESTROY the native religion, a. th'
EnoHle1Ea Gainsd in the government school
ahsSlusely opposed TO the teachInks Of the Brah
mins. HindoOism was q kind Of Encyclopedia
Brittauiea, which attempted to teach everything
and vas full Of prepOsterous doctrines IN regar
10 geography. When a young Hindoo he
s,udied geography in the schools he looked i
vAin 10 lind the sea Of clarified butter, the enol
xom m6iAhfn fand elder atnHftlie9 OF U
Hlndoo sysiem, add therefore rejected the Hi
doc religion ioF him 20 embgaCs bnt Christian
The triusaphs of ChTIutianity IN the Madr
Prssadsney had bean WOhdeFlnlls. and the who
southern peninsula was fled with chFiatiar
Many large ehuEekol we're 6npportnd by,natl
converts, and schemes Coz the religious benefit
the paoDle VeEp consiantly ~ progress Chr
Ilanly uas spread throng htholenkth I'D dread
oftha land, Whils Nohammedanisul, Hindoois
BIddhism and Parsesism we're alike dying o.
He nrzad the Christians Of All other lands to
lax n6 part of their edeFls until the whole
Iodia Fas onght under the dominle1 Of
0oe9a SsitlionaFies we're sill too ~, 9
many mote should " sent ont 10 hasten
eomplellon q ths work G
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