Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1879-06-07
OETYWAYO'S IDEA OF HE'LL.
A Missionary Sermon and its Eff-ct- De-
molishing the Christians He'll Fire.

molishing the Christians He'll Fire.
An entcrprising reporter of the uiten-
hare Times has interviewed q bloodtllirs-
| ty Zulu, who told the following remark
able and amusing story:
Some years since missionary went 10
King Cctywayo's kraal with % view of
converting him and his people to Chris
tianity. He stayed there few days,
and the King agreed to hear him on the
following Sunday. The Sunday arrived,
the King gathered his people together
and also called up two of his finest regi-
mcnts to hear what message had been
brought to him from the white men.
The missionary being told that they
were ready to listen to him, rose and
delivered an elegant and short sermon
in which he set forth the beauties of
heaven as compared with the torments
of the dark regions. He told them if
they lived a good life, did not steal, al
ways spoke the truth, and above all
kept only one wife, they would after
death, 90 to the happy hunting grounds,
whore they would never miss their
game, where they would never die, but
be forever and ever far happier than
they were in their happiest moments
down here; whereas, on the other hand,
if they lived q bad life and did what he
had just told them they ought not to do,
they would be cast in tremendous fire
SO large that ii would scorch up the
whole of the Zulu nation, though they
were as numerous as locusts, in few
moments. The chief and people paid
great attention to all the missionary
said, and when he had finished the King
asked him to dine with him. He accept
cd the invitation, but during the dinner
noticed the people running about in all
directions collecting wood, which they
were piIing up in one spot. The mis-
sionary began to feel queer; he thought
it looked ominous, aud thcsZulu who
told the story said he noticed he did not
eat any more, but continued to take
large draughts of milk, as if to cool
himself. AT length the dinner was over;
but, before rising, the King turned
sharply round to the now aifrighted
missionary, and said, "what was that
you said this morning about putting the
great Zulu people in q great fire after
they were dead! Come this way and
| will show You what the Zuus arc;
you don't know them, | can sce.S
He took him to the pile of wood,
which had by this time reached tremen-
dous proportions-as big as Bay store,
the Zulu said--and had it set fire to all
round. When it was properly in . blaze
and gave out SO much heat that no one
could come near, tho King summoned
the two regiments who had listened to
the sermon and ordered them to charge
int the burning pile and extinguisl it,
Naked as they were, without shoes or
any covering at all, they rushed into
the burning mass like madmen, raving
and yelling, and did not stop till hardly
u vestige of the fire remained. The King
then said to the missionary, "You have
seen that. That is what we will do with
your hell. The Zulu won't play with
your fires, and yon had better clear ont
of this country at once, or will have q
little fire. made for you to put out"
The missionary took the hint, and left
the kraal the same evening. Is it any
wonder, after this, that Gatling
guns and rocket batteries have no ter
rOr for the ZuluS land it is certain they
have none The Zulus, when ordered
to attack, attack and though they may
be mown down by thousands, still come
on, until they conquer or die. 1t is a
tradition among them which Lord
Chelmsford would do well to take into
consideration in his future movements
in Zululand