The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-12-20

have you been seated hereY" Ue re,,is'
Fifteen years" "Hava thosr ido's vhicI
I see power 10 help or destrov2" He 'srld,
"No they only represent God. There sbu,
one God"
cuestfon.-when people die, where do
Answer That deoends upon what lhey
have been doing. II they havo been t,ins
good. TO heaven; II they havs been Ding
evil. to hell.
o.-But do you not believe In the tr,rRn..
grafton OF souls, and that after da,th va 60
into birds or animals OF some sort?
A.-Yes ;the last creature q man Ia thinning
OF while dying is the ono into which he will
20. n no IL thinking of n bird. he will go
into bird. and 10 he is thinking OF COW he
will 60 into n COW.
OIL thought you said that at del,hths
soul goes TO heaven or help
A-He goes there by a gradual process.
Il may take him years nni yeqri.
Q.-Can nnvone become HindooY Could
become Hin1oo?
Ayes, YOU couli,
Q.-How could become Hinloo?
A-By doing ne the Hin1oos DO.
But rs I looked upon tho poor. nfhv
wretch, bedaubiny himself with tho as1e. ot
tho dead. I thought tho last thing on e,rth
would want 10 become would be Hindoo.
expressed 10 q missionary WHO ov,rhetrd
tho conversation betwaen the faSir AMI n.y.
self mv amassment NJ soma of tho doctrine,
tho taSir announced. The missionary snli.
THE faklrs arn very arconmo l1tin-. an I
supposins you 70 be a friend o; Chr .:ianltv
he announced tho theory OF ono col, ani
that Of rewards AMI punishnen's"
There are. however. ailsviatlons fot
Benares. ! attended worshlp In one 81 the
Christian missions. Tha sermon thorgh
delivered In Hlnhoostanee ~ W ii'h cnui
not understand word. thrlllat ~ with IT.
earnestness and ten iarness oi tone, esp,.
cially when the missionary told mo nj the
close OF the service that he recently baptized
n man who WIS converted through relling
one OF nv sermons among the hills OF India.
Tho songs ot the two Christian asa ssmblagcs
I visited In this city, althouSh tho fumes
were new, and the sentiments not trans.
lated. were uplifting an Inspiring 10 ~
last degree. There was also srhoo, OF 60)
native girls. an institution established by n
raiah OF generosity anil wealth. = graduate
o' Madras University. But. mors than all.
tho missionaries ara busy, soma ~ thom
preaching on tho ghs,s. some OF them In
churches. in chapols an baZtars. ThA Lon
don Missionary Society his hero it, college
for young men and its schools for chilirhn
and its houses OF worship for all. Ths
Church Missionary S)rieiy hls ia eight
schools. all flllei with lesrnars. To, evan
gelizlng work OF tha Weslsvnn' AL ths
Baptists IL felt In all parts Of Bsn,re,. In its
mightiest stronghold Hindo)ls Is being
assaulted.
And now as 10 tho Industrious malign.
ment OF missionaries II has bsen sli by
some travellers after their return to America
or England that the missionaries are living
a life full OF indolencs and luxury. That is
a falsgaoo that | would SAY IL ~ high n
heav n II II dli not 60 down In the opposite
dire .tion. When strangers comes in.o these
tro 1icai climates the mis'oalris' 10 their
best 10 entertain them. making slcrlaces for
that purpose. In tho city OF Bsnsres mis-
sionarv told ma that, n gentleman coming
from England into one oi thu mission sta
tions OF Indians. the missionaries banded to-
gether 10 ente tain him. Among othel
things they had a ham boiled. prepared an
beautifully decorated, ami thu slms haaA
was passed from house TO houss as this
stranger appeared and In other reap ,cts n
conspiracy OF kindness was affected. The
visitor went home to England and wrote nm !,
spoke OF the luxury in which the mission
aries Of i1dt, were living. ----- -
Americans and En1lishmen come to thes,
tropical regions and fnd missionary living
under palms aud with different STYLES oil
fruits on his table and forget that palms are
here as cheap rs hickory or Pine in Americi
ana rich fruits rs cheap rs plain apples.
They find here missionaries sleppln. under
punSas, these fans swung day ant night hy
coolies, ana forget that four cents day IL
good wages here, and ths man finds himself
-Four cents day for colrhmaa, a mission.
arv can afford TO ride. There have hean
missionaries who have coma to thess no,
climates resolving TO live Rs the
natives live, and one or two years
have finished their work their chic
use on missionary ground being that
OF furnishing for large funeral
tho chief ohjec, OF Interest. So far from
living In ialeneSs, no men On earth WORK 81
hst- Iac fb.,, faaI.N al.
field. Against fearful odds and with 3,0ll,.
O0O OF Christians opposei 10 $50 0)). .0)) OF
Hindoos, Mohammelans ani other false
religions, these missionaries are trying 10
lake India tor Goi. Lat fhe goo reople OF
America and England AMI Scotllnd ani all
Chr.steniom adj 9o}i per cent. TO their ap.
preciatina OF tho fidelity aud consocratlon
OF foreign missionaries. Far away from
home, in an exhausting climate. and CON.
PEELED TO send their children 70 Ia lylan T.
scotland or America so as to aScaps tho cor.
rupt conversation ami behavior OF the M
tives, these men and women OF Go toll on
unit! they drop into their graves. Bu, they
VIII get their chief appreciation when theis
WORK Is over and tho day Is won, AS IL will be
won. No place In heaven will bn too goo
for them. Some OF the ministers az hona
who live on salaries ot siD0) or 5000 a
year, preaching the gosps, OF Him who nal
not where to lay His heii, will eater heaven
ana be welcomed, ana while looking for u
place TO sit down they wilt bs told; "Yon.
der In that lower line OF throas- YOU will
take your places, not on the throne' nearest
the King. They are Reserved Tor tas mis-.
s.onaries ~
Meanwhile let all Chrls'anion ba thrlllei
with gladness. About 25, ,O0O convert, in Ia.
dia every year under the Mstho lis: tnls,
sions, and about $4,000 converts unier the
Baptist missions, aud about $4,000 convert.
"a
than thar. Christianity Is un lermnlns
heathenism. AMI not u city or town or nsisl.
borhooi OF India but directly or IN lirs,tly
feels the influence, and ths day speeds on
when Hin ioosm Will 20 down with a crtsn.
Ther are whole villages wAicl hav, given
up their gods, an wners not an Idol
Is Lett. Tne seridom o' womanhoot
In many places Is being unloospn ~. IN 1 the
lron grip o! caste Is be!ng -cs,iHs-. Elmtn
sacrlllces aSya ceasei. anl thn las. spirS OF
the funeral pyrs on which the widow iuust
leap has bsen extiugul-hs f, "A tho iu;ssr.
naut. stopped, now stands A. a curiosity iot
travellers 10 look az. All India Will bs taken
Tor Christ. II any ons has any dislrartsn.