The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1874-01-08
MODES OF IDOLATRY.

IN lbI4At ~ fcdeDu VI uaI
lr5uth, there is q partial failure Of the ric
crop, ard much suffering--even ,hreatene
famine in soma locaitles-is the const
J quence. As in the Sanlwcl i5'a1i, whQ
5 the native king (nLo Is christian, a men
c Der Of the Methodist church, a patron c
f Sunda schools, &c, gets into trouble, h
lays aside tie Chris iani;y, together wit
his clothes, and converting himself bic
into an unregenerate aud st1rk naked sin
r ner, bowls to the sbarkgod Of his ancestor
{ for help, so in India, the urregenerat
) native whom neither the gospel of mis-, iorl
ariea nor the gospei &C Britisi. bayonets la
persuaded to be born agein, appeals tt
/. jiSltHU for rescue from impending starya
tiCn. This is what the l.eathen does in tht
temple Of Eishnu at Calcutta bu, mean
while, the Christian is doing precisely the
sa'le thing at the town hall only the
Nhrislian says God, instead Of ''Nishnu.'
In fact, at Calcutta, it was the Christian
who set the example, 10y institut;cg "pray-
er-mcetings' at the town hall, to petition
God to avert he famine Seeing this,
what wonder that the poor helthen," in
his spiritual darkness, should think best t.
do likewise, as thus related by the Calcutta
correspondent of The (Loadon) Times
Meanwhile, the Christian prayer meet
irg in the town hall has been followed by
the chanting ot the following verses in Sans
crit at the monthly meeting of the san
tana Dharml Rakshana Sabha, or Society
for the Defense of Eternal Relisron-that
il, orthodox ido!atry
81. o Almighty supreme Vishnu Thou
art the preseryer in this world save, there
, fore, Bengal and other places from the i'm
PENDING dparth.
80, o vi,hnu We, tEy devoted people,
humbl; pray that then would rescue US
alwaye from future grain scarcity.
"j 0 Asylum Of Mercy pour down thy
bounteous showers of kindness, aud cause
the world to be supplied With plentiful
harvest
Il In this kali yuga (ags of voice. we
human beings IivH upon grain so save cur
lives by that food, and spread aboard thy
divine glory over the universe
20. o Lord Governor Thou art the sole
protec& OF the helpless kindly pardon
our sins "hd' hearing or solicitations,
bcstow IpOn us thy universal benedictions.
%. Ana also rro'ons the lille OF the
sovereign who Is our ruler, for the pros
per's OF the sa'gects entirely depends up
''' Tue monarch veal
''o to''''e"t "uus he oiShop
"' '"'cu''a : hrl7;ian bishop, Pro-
o"o's' mas prepared a fo'm OF PRAYER
''' u'' az present. hat nave not yet met
VIZ" ~ y NO. "hre"'"itoie presumption
- that it does not d:ier greatly III terms
from the hesfhen a tIe.e.
Now wherein does 'nis r-arer Of ID"
tA'ca'1a he"t"en difier t''m the prayer ct
tue hsl'heh IN tbs country i there the
sish.est difference !" any respect, but III
Il,,-99 . l ~. .,,,.,ao -
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/. Almighty Supreme government
(ot Washington or ot Ihlc'S"' "S the case
may Fc4Iire') hon art car protector ana
tfeser'et IL tiis worm save therefore,
tue *oskih1n'tA TOR tue p's-'Fo" i'ra'es' as
'''s o"'e may 'ef"''o'l ''''''
- f'pa Government We tnS devoted
peopie mum o'f pray '"As '"o" " '"'"''
rescue 20 from 'ile Nie' - ''ou'-.''a .''"'
anu cIFi@a mo earnings o' Tue "i'Aeu "c
c'ihn'a'ors VIVA as
o y congress o' -te'','u' Ni''''''e
pour ou' ~ '-'''' "
anu s''e ''''''