The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1894-12-19
after death we 90 into birds or anim,, Is

Answer-Y Yes; the last creature man
is thinking of while dying is the one
into which he will go. II he is thinking
of bird he will go into bird: and ii
he is thinking of COW he will go into
COW.
Question: thought you said that at
death the soul goes to Heaven or hell?
Answer-He goes there by gradual
process. 1t may take him years and
years.
Question: Can anyone become Hin
doc? Could become Hindoo?
Answer-Yes, you could.
Question-How could become Hin
doc?
Answer-By doing as the Hindoos do.
But.as looked upon the poor, filthy
ashes of the dead, thought the last
thing on earth would want to become
would be Hindoo. expressed to
missionary who overheard the conver-
sation between the Fakir and myself
my amazement at some of the doctrines
the Fakir announced. The missionary
said: 1.-THE Fakirs are very accommo-
dating, and supposing you to be a
friend of Christianity, he announced
the theory of one God, and that of re,
wards and punishments."
There are, however, alleviations for
! Benares. attended worship in one OF
the Christian missions. The sermon,
though delivered in Hindoostanee, of
which 1 could not understand word,
thrilled me with its earnestness and
tenderness of tone, especially when the
missionary told me at the close of the
service that herecently baptised man
who was converted through reading one
of my sermons among the hills of India.
The songs of the two Christian assem-
blages visited in this city, although
the tunes were new, and the sentiments
not translated, were uplifting and in.
spring to the last degree. There was
also school of 600 native girls, an in
stitution established by rajah Of gen.
erosity and wealth, graduate of Ma.
b dras university. But more than all,
the missionaries are busy, some of them
preaching on the CHATS, some of them
in churches, in chapels, and bazars
The London Missionary society has
here its college for young men, and its
schools for children, and its houses Of
worship for all. The Church Mission
ary society has its eight schools, all
filed with learners. The evangelizing
work of the Wesleyans and the Bap-
fists are felt in all parts of Benares. In
its mightiest stronghold Hindooism is
being assaulted.
, And now as to the industrious ma.
, lignment of missionaries. 1t has been
, said by some travellers after their re-
, turn to America or England that the
Z missionaries are living life full of in
dolence and luxury. That is false
hood that would say is as high a.
! Heaven If it did not go down in the
} opposite direction. When strangers
l come into these tropical climates, the
i missionaries do their best to entertain
. them, making sacrifices for that pur
e pose.
In the city of Benares missionar.
: told me that gentleman coming from
e England into one Of the mission sta
: tions of India, the missionaries BANDED
: together to entertain him. AmonI
g other things, they had ham boiled
d prepared and beautifully decorated
D and the same ham was passed aroun'
from house to house as this strange
i appeared, and in other respects con
J, spiracy of kindness was effected. Th
q visitor went home to England ant
/ wrote and spoke of the luxury in whicl
2 the missionaries of India were living
y Americans and Englishmen come t.
Y these tropical regions and find mis-
t sionary living under palms and will
9 different styles of fruits on his tabl
Q and forget that palms are here as chea
i as hickory or pine in America, and ricl
Q fruits are as cheap as plain apples. The.
a find here missionaries sleeping unde
o punkas, these fans swung day ant
o night by coolies, and forget that fou
!. cents day is good wages here, and tn
: man finds himself. Four cents da
l. for q coachman; missionary can a.
d ford to ride. There have been mi:
), sionaries who have come to these he
y climates resolving to live as the ns
d tives live, and one or two years hav
IS finished their work, their chief use o
e missionary ground being that of ful
IS nishing for large funeral the chic
t. object of interest. So far from livin
d in idleness, no men on earth work S
t. hard as the missionaries now in th
# foreign field Against fearful odd
l. and with three millions Of Christian
% opposed to two hundred and fifty mi
1t lions OF Hindoos, Mohammedans an
q other false religions, these mission
t. aries are trying to take India fc
is God. Let the good people of Americi
,e and England, and Scotland and of a
,r Christendom add ninety-nine an
of three-quarters per cent. to their al
d probation of the fidelity and consecr'
le tion Of foreign missionaries. Far ava
g from home, in an exhausting climat
l. and compelled to send their childre
i to England, Scotland, or America s
A. as to escape the corrupt conversatio
ID and behavior of the natives, these me
q and women of God toll on until the
70 drop into their graves. But they wi
y get their chief appreciation when the
A. work is over and the day is won, as
of will be won. No place in Heaven va
y be, too good for them. Some of IL
r ministers at home who live on salari'
st Of $4,000 or s., 900 year, preaching tt
Of gospel Of Him who had not where
10 lay his head, will enter Heaven and b
N welcomed, and while looking for
lg place to sit down they will be toll
" "Yonder in that lower line of throne
ID you will take your places Not on Il