New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-10-06
SPEECH OF THE Hrypoo CONVERT.

| am exceedingly glad to make my appear
here among You this afternoon, though 1 should
not like to divert your attention from the subjects sug
gested yOu by the last address, to say aught that
might eace the admirable impressions it has created.
II will bs my endeavor say in few words how have
been made believer those blessed truths which
set forth in the Bible There was a time when / was
stranger 70 this wonderful book and there time
when knew nothing Of Christian fellowship knew
nothing Of the fellowship the Father Son. and Holy
Ghost neither did tnOw anything Of the fellowship
that have "a members OF this holy Alliance, and
did not wish to have any knowledge on the subject
for I born and brought up Brahmn. and
Brahmln | was taught 70 believe that ] my
self was God upon earth; that God became in
carnate in me when was born and with this he
lief grew up believed that all men, women. and
children ought to fan down before me, and ought 10
worship me. have said claimed divine honors, and
received them TOO ana am sorry TO say that for IL
years rebel TO God and usurped his power and
usurped his authority But you would be Interested TO
know how the passage from darkness into Gods marvel
Gus light was accomplished. did not wish to know
ment that the Bible destructive OF the truth OF my
belief Brahmln still the Lord Is most wonderful
IN his works he used that form of religion in which
| was brought up to empty me or myself and TO bring
mo 10 a knowledge OF myself Once upon a time | had
begun 10 think OF the raging waves OF the sea In Bombay
during our monsoon months when are July sep,
teter and portion OF October and began 10 think OF
the legend that recorded In the Hndoo sacred Scrip
lures that one very mighty sage holy man. on account
Of his austetes AND his remarkable holiness obtained
seat the constellation Of the heavens, The called
AegesteJ aud that he drank mp the whole Of the Allan
tic Ocean, the Pacific Ocean, the Indian Ocean and the
three days Credulous as 1 was until that time this
was much even for my oreduty, and began to
The sarng-point IL set me to thinking on the subject
of religion. Then large number or stories passed
through my mind as In review. There was monkey
god; his name Houmou, and he was so mighty that
be once brought mountain on the palm OF his hand,
and such was his strength that he was not satisfied
with bringing che mountain on the palm OF his
hand but he brought mountain on each part Of his
was infused into my heart. There was another
story told about this monkey, that he had very long
ha thar god fa ha
had been stolen In order to wreak vengeance the
guest who stole her away he got his tail set on fire, and
went on setting the whole island OF Ceyl0n on fire, and
IL is still In blaze my people believe. thought 1t
was rather strange. and when this monkey found him
the Indian Ocean thought aterward that surely these
things could not be revelations from God, aud then
the WISE the most intelligent people OF my class
that my belief was only old mems and old womens
fables and that In the faith there was something
for philosophers and for those who had real Intelligence
We had great deal OF philosophy, and we have still in
in your Western world. England, Scotland and Ire
land not excepted. thought perhaps that there
gan study the belief Western scholars up
TO my help, and about that time the wonderful books or
and there hundreds of thousands OF prayers ad
dressed to the gods OF the sea- the gods OF the Ornament
and the gods of the Winds but there nothing very
remarkable that struck in these prayers nothing
satisfy the longngs of earnest SOUL nothing to satisfy
me; nothing To take away my idea Of sin and guilt, for
about that time began TO be much afraid OF death
Bombay was very badly drained in these days and we
had cholera almost every year. and used to carry the
idea with that would be taken away OF these.
years. Will give idea of OF these prayers
addressed TO OF their gods o thou who rdest In
drawn by two white horses como to sacrihcial
FEAST aud drink OF the noonpant juice and DO drunk
and eat up the viands We have prepared for thee
There were whisky drinking gods In these days 1
thought there nothing without which would satisfy
me. There still third system Of faith that was
considered more philosophical STILL aud pan
theism from beginning 10 end. tried 70 study that
faith, and found that the spirits claimed 10 ema-
nate from divinity and connected IL. That
the doctrine ncucated in that system and IL was
carried out at length. Upon that belief those
doctrines people did not believe In their
Identity, aud they had no ideas OF responsibility or
rather they tried 10 throw OF all Ideas Of agency
and accountability, &c, and they belleye that
may commit tho greatest sins una ginaDe, and IL ~
not he that commits tnem but that thoy have been
committed by God himself thought nothing could be
more blasphemOus than this doctrine and yet in fair
England, and In the United States too, told that
there advocates OF this old doctrine that was
exploded on the BANKS OF the INDUS and Ganges some
thousand years Having put aside these forms
Of HindOoism, my attention WAS attracted 20 the
Twenty second aud Fifty third Psalms and To tho writ
ngs OF the Eyangolists by that wonderful man, The
Rev. DR.. Wilson of bombay. aud asked II there could
be any strange power IN these works. DIR. Wilson.
lot Inform yOu regarded as a great sOroerer
IN country for the number OF people which he
succeeded Ia leading TO Christ, but 1 WAS not
aware that he had practoed. any s0rcery upon me,
1 saw objection To reading these bOOks, and
commenced tneir study. read tho chapters pom tot
before me. became that the Bible was no
ounningy devised fable but that the holy wrote
N they moved BY the Holy Ghost. aud since
that limo BlIAo became d constant COupaulOu