West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1877-11-03
4 POICE FIsOM INDIA,
dn Interesting Letter from tire
Rec. george II. lcGYrtD.

/ MY DEAR BRO. PEkTTrMAN:
j am heartily glad that YOU took an
old missionary privilege of writing to a
| young one without tine formality of an
/ introduction. II seems 20 be one Of the
advantages OF missionary lifo that IL tends
| 70 mako men .ooll through forms 20 the
Kernel OF things, and to disca,d all that
! Is not found To be essential. Aud this
| tendency displays itself not only i'm mis-
sior work proper, but in every depart
ment OF affairs. Aside from this. how
, can we be strangers when we have so
/ many acquaintance i'm common. and
/ whcn YOU are now living in tho midst of
! the scenes and associations where my
/ youth and early manhood were spent
| Ana so living, you can readily under
I stand how II would have been easy l,r
me TO have lived cOntentedlv and hans
/ puy with my moderate law practice i'm
| That plelsa mountain town. You can
also understand what seems to be dini-
/ cut Tor some others 10 comprehend thnt
nothing but AN imperative conviction of
uuty leu me To undertake this mission.
BRO crane can tell you of my forming a
| Juvenile missionary society in the Ki1g
WOOD Sunday school as long ago as tie
| Autumn OF 1865, of the intero which
even then took in this cause.
ana lVing in Kingwood you can un-
de rstand moro readily and pardon more
Si9lly 'ho iact iat so Hetimes VIII N the
burden OF souls rests lac ivtly on my
heart, when the work of ;he mission
| seems 10 be at stand still, when the ig-
/ hoFdnce an wiliui blindness OF ths Deo-
| PIE Cypress me, ana whom the terri bic
meat brings on linguor which seems 10
presage death, that long Tor TN quiet of
my old home, for the : 1othinr influences
| oil That mountain 4 . l..
| ing draughts of mountain air 1 shouId
| De more lhan human TO resis' the yearn-
| lllSs which rise within me M / recall
eVenlngs-long summer evenings-spent
on that east Yenndah gazing at the low
range OF wooded hills which lies to the
! SCUM uid swings round in n semi circle
| 10 inc y "rth. / can remember eveyv ra
vine, iringed with pines, marking the
course OF those dashing mountain strenms
| In which have 30 often nnplod viii
| scaht success Tor Speckled front 1 can
recall now the glow of the evening ann
smine lated rom bright gold 10 purple.
an indeScribable pink followed mi ~
iaoed into dull lead, which. i'm its firm
| gave way to the melancholy hues of dark
/ night, ana the rapidly cooling aimee
! phere warned all to get i'm doors How
had IL ~ to comprehend that ten thou-
SAND miles OF broad sea waves sepor,te
me horh those tondly remembered
/ ~NAi NtAis bONnODu must NiVa
Way 20 manhood, and we. if we would Iva
men, must take up the burden of resnon-
| sibillty which has been 80 manfuJlv oar
| rled Tor US. And we do SO ,yithoyt ra
| gret, rs being Gods ordinance. and thore
l0ie, the very best, truest thing for ~
all. iO' u'
All that you say land moro, concern-
lhS the security that the English govern
ment gives 10 us is richly merIted
was never III country whore NV If,
ana property appeared To be so snfe-
Even since the breaking out of the dim
cuilIcs between the Russians md Turks
no outDfeaS mas occurred, although the
Ii'iA TIilliI suahs nave seemed somewhat
naughty and reserved. This is the hast
poilced country in the world Tho So
! tenn Tor thorOUghness and comDrohen.
| slNoheSs l nave never seen euualler in
utod never heard ofany system which
~ III appre ached l.. a man NAV send
ms VIE hundred miles from lie rail
way ~ me hahds OF natives resting as
sured that she will reach her destin,,ir.n
! wlteout hraring SO much as q disreSnec,.
l'.A "OFu' but while the Government n
su'ih. secures us perfect freedom tn,vOrl,
- pam 'AiiI u vast majority of the Off
GERS Oh government don't want the moo
PIE 20 De converted To Christianity. ihis
nsheSs springs from the deep
seated conviction that if any large nun-
Der OF the people embrace Christisniiy
ana ana become elevated by it, neither the
Lllgiisn fnle, or any iOreiou rnIa car
disl lohg after that state ofaflairs hannens
10 thls general statement an excention
must &c MADE IN favor OF many devoted
nien III III departments of the govern
H., M,iU ui9Lhcuy recognize and opon-
~ admit that the mission OF tho Fn,yIisL
III Ihdla IS to prepare its people for seIf-
SoVernnen And they also see that i,IoI
WoEHillp ana the licensed lust and hate Of
4siuIlil, IN can never make lovaI suhiects
W .ii9 DIlush Gown, much less intelli-
scHy lar hIinded ireeIden. / am sorry
20 say that such men rs have inst hec1
described are less numerous tn, -
merry. The recruits to all branches of
oI tue Government who arrive nov, o.
Il CLASS come out filled with the eu'nti
ness and inflated by great swnltrg
words OF Augusta Comic. Jno. Stuart
Va III ana Herotrt Spencer. These fell
~ n ,I'No II thelr special work to ridi-
Cuic 'dl p' slbiYe Faith and to make tbo
educa'ea young natives think that Chris
tiahlty Is IN IT'S decrcpitude, having hean
abandoned by the most intelligent man
Oh modern Europe. Besides this sort Of
I opposition we are met by equally stub-
pOII ahu much more harrassinr opno-
nents IN q ministry of the Est9hlisbo1
Church, M my OF whom arc Rituuists Of
Hea I, WHO O eXtravag4nccs are restrain
ca ny tne mass OF the laity who when
any thing, are Evangelicals or o,v
Churchmcn. These good brethren soon,
10 ulluN that they OU1i the Europcan. AMI
mixed population OF India and are Great
" scandalized when We try To vol
among Tic m However, they are LOSING
g'ound, 'tnd the time is hastoniup whom
government will withdraw its subsidies
htu u VIII DC seen whether the cIort,,
are made Of tho right stuff or not III
Oeyl'H newly made Iigh Church Ri.b-
oP mas lflcd % reduce the natl 20 chm r.b
winch was planted by clergvmen uTder
IN" ausPc Of the Church Anglican,
MIS- lOlary Society mo abiect snbtnis
sion 70 MS Will. Tho missionaries. mon
%! long experience, resisted and the
D'shoP Withdrew their license. Jho
iHiN7lonaucs, supported ~ their homo
BOARD are now officiating as usual win
~" .'ceNSe. The issue has been sltu.r eiy
iiihde' aud TIC bishop has been deGed
hc emu no one can loresee. I'm india
proper an the disseming force, arc com
Dlhll[ Tor o attack upon prelacy and
sdD'idy. We hDP5 o. win but it viii
require time w."
O1i mission work proper fdvance.
slowly. The avoWed convert. are r.yy Il
even the are weak iu tic filth ami re-
fuic constant nursing. But the whole
system. OF IindJOism is hOnev.c gubaI
nom cop I'D iouulIiI0H~sfo, school.
i'II"dy3 and tsicgraph5 have done fba
Nd7i -t Tor many supcrstilons There
hundreds Of tiOusau4s oil UiuJ,,-
VINO never worship idols. Itis var,, b.r,i
~ Hh" even a. priest who will admit that
h3 REGARDS an image as the proper object
OF W0Tshlp. a couple ,r weats sge
d. o..