The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-06-07

! IL was bitter disappointment TO me that
could not find lime TO VISIT Muttrs, ira
ditionally identified with the Gokula, or
| BIRTHPLACE al Krishus. IL would have been
u satisfaction IN zee for Eys;li whether
the Nas tnytbing in the seueral app al
anc. Of the plsce which might BIS related to
that legend which in torn 81 closely re.
sen5es The Now Testament account Of he
nativity # Cnri,', while IN spirit IL is 20
a b .olntely contrary to the moral connota.
tons Of the latter. II seems hat the in.
huences which surround the legend OF
K'ishns correspond to some which grad.
nslly invested the apocryphal traditions OF
ing black. He lis, hove not painted black,
but dark blue, and With face dislirct from
tns ordinary Hindu face. / saw
several representations OF him which
reminded me- of the Bsmbino at Rome, ex-
oept that the Catholic image has more
Indisn con- plexion than Kri.hna. It has
often been remarked In Europe that black
virgins or discolored images Of the infant
Jssus possess more sanctity for peasants
than the most beautiful sta, in metal Or
marble. 1t is no doubt the antiquity Of
these ime-isrkened eff1giss which has
brought an s,cumu ated fund OF credit to
their altsrs. In some cases II 10 probable
surrounding some de ty has passed to some
con lecrs,ed forms, like the virgin OF Olery,
which Louis Xl adorned, and At whose
feet he wa buried. There ie little doubl,
at any rate, that Krishns Is An i'm sge refer
able to 81 me race other than any nov occu.
pying the regions where he II worshipped.
There are cases In which other Osicntrl
gods and heroe are given peculiar color.
inus the hero Rama is sometimes paint d
green. Wnether this IL the result OF surviv.
iug consecrstion OF the wearing Of the
green" bv some a. ciept clan. or OF the blue
or black by another, or whether IL IL simtly
desire To distinguish those of divre
pareutage from Ordinary humanity, seems
doubtful. II IL, however, intene,ing 10
note = rtain parsllelism between Oriental
aud Europesn dsvelonnsD.s. CELSIUS said
[. at ne ~ rr tive OF thu nativity you'd ct
se I'm 20 hoy to the Cnrista1s n thew found
il In Legend cprcerning Jupiter. In read
ing tre story of young N ms among the
milkmaids, ih' ir dances and his marriage
with some OF them, Chr.stisns C an only ie-,l
astonishment that such stories are psintt d
and carved in temples. That some OF
Kirshns's worehipsr', boveve', have re-
yarded the % things IN mystical liKh;, IL
suggested by the fact that dances form no
part Of the pleasure of amusement By ibe
young Hindus and although. ss hsve had
too ne lueut occasions TO remark, sensusiiiy
related 10 much Hindu idols'ry, Il would
appear TO affect the rites OF Kirshna least.
q 1s must also guard himself against con-
fusing this constcr ted ssnsusiity In The
ess with immorslity. Nothing can be
sschnically described ss immoral
which religion arr custom sanction,
however evil effects may appear
70 those Of other customs and
pripcl,lss. Jogendra Chandra Ghosh. In Q
ieLrned osssv on he Joint Family Organ
~ ton" of India ssys: Although the
history snd development OF joint family
tie IL urknorp. yet veil and cArefully
directed volilion, rather than . hsphaz ard
and spontaneous growth, nay Be pre-
suned from the fact that The HiDdus Il
to-day look upon the five sons Of Pssdu |
and the four sons Of Daserssh - modal |
mem btrs Of io'nt family society" Whsth.
81 toe sons Of Psndu 70 thslf vflA, Dnsu. |
padi, y not stated; but there ere many |
siens thst polysndy, vhsehsf lsGsl,z d O. |
net. h by DO means reGnrded - dsgront
|nstitutioa n this region.