The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-09-17
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The mOst Interesting passenger on
yesterdays east bound train. more in
tsrestiRE because Of bis oddly and
standing. Vas Rev. Rarayah sheshzd-
ri, the famous HindOO divine. The
LEADERS inquisitiye man was around
as usual. and proceeded to interview the
reverend gentleman.
Our card was received with great po-
liteness, and while it WAS being read,
we mentally 'sized up" his reverence.
Rev. Sheshadri is a small man, CON-
paetly built; has regular features, =
well-lined nose, eyes Of blacklist hue,
and pearly teeth that shine in great
contrast with his complexion, which Is
much like that Of the average Ute In
dian. His face is clean shayen, except
4 short mustache which is jet black
near the roots and white as driven
snow at the ends. This fact renders
the man more conspicuous. His fore
head bulses over his eyes, and is well
rounded. Hair grayish and cut short.
A fez cap covered his dome Of thought.
The rest Of his attire consisted of a
gray cloth sack, and pa~ntaloons Of the
same stun. Patent leather slippers
encased his small feet. On the whole
he was neatly dressed.
"I'm glad TO see you, sir" said Mr..
sheshadri. extending his hand. Are
there any papers published here?"
Being informed that there were, he
said:
"Then l take it that this must be a
christian community"
II will be observed that the reverend
gentleman employed good language;
good for 4 Hindoo. His accent was
faulty, Of course, but rather pleasant,
withal.
"Oh, certainly; this is n christian
community" we replied. IAN of the
western cities are"
And ! hope" said Mr.. Sheshadri,
As he toyed with his tortoise shell eye
glasses which dangled from n rubber
string, that you have found saliva
ton"
Now this was q poser, to a newspaper
man, especially. We hadn't found sal
walton, 10 the best Of our knowledge
and belief; probably because we hadn't
looked for 1t; then, 1t Is out OF our line
Of business. And. besides, n newspa-
per man hasn't time to look for much
else than the news and q good square
meal.
Our reply was that we hadn't found
salvation, and, before Mr.. s. could get
In another sumner, we quickly asked
him the object of his visit to America.
81 am n delegate to the Pan-Presby-
terrain council to bo held In Philadal-
phia shortly. But, tell me-" and his
eyes sparkled with interest. 'are you
not a professed christian"
II was no use; we had 10 define our
position, for the missionary was de-
termed 10 be persistent. We informed
him that we were not n professed chris
tian, IN the common acceptation of the
term. We were Of the world, the flesh
and the devil, because we had a
''devil" in the printing Office.
But his reverence smiled not. He
was rs obtuse to raillery rs n Quaker.
However, our incomprehensible speech
stunned him, and we proceeded In the
most approved style to ascertain facts.
We learned that Rev. Narayan She
shadri-pronounced Na-ri-yan She
shad'-re-is about 90 years Of age, and
was converted to christianity 81 years
ago. He has been in the ministry for
fifteen years, and is nov pastor of the
Free church Of Scotland's mission,
Bombay. He has done an immense
amount Of missionary work Mt home,
and has converted the people Of thir-
teen villages to christianity, several Of
them being robber villages.
At this juncture n fellow passenger
Of atheistic bias intruded In the CONVEX
sation and got up a discussion on the
evidence OF mans divine origin and the
evidence Of the soul. This discussion
drew n large crowd round about and
lasted until the train departed. The
Hindoo demonstrated wonderful knowl-
edge and power of argument. and MAIN
tanned an excellent humor, although he
doubtless felt panied at the blank I'M
belief Of his opponent. He afterwards
told another passenger that he had met
n white inidel for the first time. And
he innocently asked whether 1t was
true that the great unbeliever, Inger-
soil, was making such serious inroads
on christianity?