Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-08-10
THE BLACK GOD.
A Mischievous Deity Who Maintained a
Filtration With Sixteen Hundred Milk

A SEischievous Deity Who Maintained q
Filtration With Sixteen Hundred Milk.
maids.
Ram Chandra Bose, says the Cleveland
Leader, Is a native of India. As he
assembled the pulpit steps at the Central
Methodist Episcopal church last evening
he commanded the curious attention Of
each member of the large audience pre-
sent to hear him speak about his native
land. II will tell YOU" he said, ''about
the gods and goddesses 1 formerly wor.
SHIPPED, and will explain some of the prin.
ciples of the Hindoo religion. l have
come to tell you that your missionaries
nave converted me. Converted me from
what! Inc most monstrOus, and in some
respects the most degrading, superstitions
the world has ever seen. NV name is nm
pronounceable in the English tongue. but
1t is more honOred throughout the length
ana breadth OF India than any other. The
nrst part OF 1t, Ram Chandra. is the name
OF the god most worshiped and respected
IN India. All classes. without execution
bow down and worship the god Ram
Chandra. The HindOos believe In a triad
OF gods, the creator, the preseryer. and
the destroyer. With the creator we have
WORLD
he gave 1t over into the care of the pre-
server, and is now supposed to be
asleep. The preserYer, Bishnu, Is sup
posed to have appeared on earth in three
different forms; once as a man with the
name Ram Chandra. | will tell you WHY
he came to the earth. \ great monster
with one hundred heads and one thousand
arms, who lived on the island of Cevlon.
began to Cypress both man and the gods
and goddesses. The monster obtained the
power to do this by practicing austerity.
One OIL the fundamental principles of Hin
doo theology is involved in the practice of
austerity, which is kept up to this dav.
One way Of doing this is for the devotee to
sit cross-legged on the ground, with a hot
hre burning in circle about him. While
IN TINS not situation he practices austeritv
by turning his mind from all earthly
things and meditating on things sacred.
When the deYotee is able to do this the
gods are bound by every principle of
heavenly honor to grant him whatever he
most desires. Other deVotees practice
austerlty by keeping themselves i'm
mersed to the chin for DAYS at a time in
tanks of water partly frozen. Others fix
their eyes on the sun until they are blind.
India today has hundreds of deluded men
made bind by this means. 4 short time
ago, company Of us saw a deYOtee prac-
ticing austerity while suspended by his
feet from the tOpmOst branch of a lofty
tree. l believe his meditation was peal.
Tor he did not appear to know we were
near MN. L have seen hundreds of men
with their right arms paralyzed bv keep
ing them upltted until the muscles had
WIthered away. Some men have both
arms thus rendered useless. l know of
one man who, when | saw him, bad not
sat down for twelve years. At that time
he had remained standing so long that he
was unable to take any other position.
Another man / saw who for thirty wears
had lain on a bed of stones and had not
spoken a word. While thus engaged.
these men constantly mediate on sacred
things. This is practicing austerity.
India IS the most conservative of the ma
lions; these customs are almost as ancient
as the race. By these practices, contip-
ued for thousands of years. the monster
compelled the gods to especially bless him. |
He demanded that power be given him
he could not be slain by the gods. |
be dreaded not human vengeance,
Armed with this power he made of him |
self scourge to the gods and goddesses |
by Transforming them into rats, cats.
logs, snakes, and other creatures. FIN |
ally, With tears in their eyes. they went
10 BIshnu and implored his aid. Bishnu |
KAN Chandra, and gathering an army of !
monkeys, slew the monster. In this story |
we see the distorted form of the redemp- |
ion of Christ, which runs through the |
mythology or superstition OF all races, |
showing their Unborn feeling that the |
coming of the great Savior was needed. |
To-day all the monkeys in India are Wor- |
SHIPPED, and in fact there is scarcely any |
hing, from the ocean to yermin, that is /
not bowed down to for some reason or |
other by the Hindoos. l used to worship |
Bishnu, who was the best god, having /
been a good brother, an atfectionate hus- /
)and, and loving son. l can't say that I
d other gods. l was the especial wOr-
shipper of the black gOd-blackin body and /
soul. This black god was the eighth in /
The seventh was taken for |
the purpose of killing another giant. |
some monster on earth became too power |
.ul by practicing austerity, and the gods /
and gOddesses complained to Bisnu. The /
strongest principle in HlndOo theology is /
nat matter is the source Of corruption.
"The gods therefore are careful not to /
come into contact with any earthly sub
stance. Bishnu therefore plucked only
sWO hairs from his head. One of them |
urned into black god and one into a |
white god. This black god was the tute- |
airy deity of my father, and I was obliged /
o worship him from my bOyhOOd. This I
black god was little rogue when he was |
4 boy, stealing everything he could lay /
lIs hands on, and making home so hot for |
lis mother that she was obliged TO fly. /
He was the most licentiOus god ever |
Known, having kept up Irritation with !
sixteen hundred milkmaids at the same |
line. The principles of the HindGo rel- |
zion are worse than its worship. Every |
IindCO believes that the GODS are the |
source of all evil as well as of all good, |
inspiring their deepest and worst !
thoughts. The Hindoos also believe that |
Bishnu is to again become incarnate for |
the tenth time. His ninth incarnation
was in the form of Buddha. Hindooism |
and Buddhism are Numerically opposed |
TO each other, as the latter declares a re- |
Ientless war on caste, the very foundation
stone of Hindoo society. The result was |
that Buddhism was elected from India.
The Hindoos say Bishnu took the form of
Buddha for the purpose of leading the
world into sin, their god being the author
of all that is wicked"