Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-04-23
WORSHIP VILE IDOLS.
Hindooism as i9 Exists Among the Masse
 in India

uindoOism as iE Exists Among the Masses
 in India.
 Rev ". B. Boggs, principal of the Telegu theological seminary, Ramepa- tan, India, leetured in Detroit recently on s.IIindooism. He spoke as as eye witness from the Telega mission, portion of the Madras presidency. Ybe Ilindoo religion embraces vast pantheen. said to contain three hun dred and thirty million of gods and geddesses many of them. according to the IIindna books, af the yilest eharac- ter. All the fouleat cr3nes that have ever entered into the imagination of man are to be fouud in the characters of some of the divinities they wor- Z ship. India K the most idolatrous land on the face of the earth The land is full of idols, not only in the temples, but by the wayside, on the tank embanltrnents, at the public wells, i'll the fields, in the houses, were to be found Idols of all sorts, representing gods and fab- nlous creatures, and beasts and rep files, many of them monstrous, repul- siFe and obscene. And the great masses of the people worshipped them, and this worship is promoted chiefly by the Brahmins, the highest and most iearned caste of the people. The Hin- doos worshiped the lower animals, chiehy the cobra, an even inanimate creatures. Nearly every village has it's idol car, it's ear of Juggernaut. They are part of the religion; they belong to the temples and are managed by the priests; they are taken out with mnners and flags, and amid great en- thusiasm and fervor, on holy days. The government can not touch them Because they are a part of the re- ligion.
 No barrier ever separated man from man like Hindoo caste, said the speak er It is division by impassable poundaries; it is an ancient division and has developed and strengthened in &the course of ages. It has been called one Of the masterpieces of Satan. The hlghest of all are the Brahmins, the most perfect parallel to the Pharisees { m the time of Christ. They have al sNays kept all the learning, all good positions to themselves as far as possi- Dle They look with unconcealed dis analn on those of the lower castes. lsIhese are the men that will come to ithis country and talk with mellifiuous words about the brotherhood of man. !" 1t Is just as consistent for a Brahmin NO talk about the "brotherhood of man as it would be for Japanese to 1ooast that chastity and moral purity gre distinguished characteris- tlc of his nation, or for Sthorough-going Turk to claim for sthe sublime porte the honor of oelng the chief promoter of religious Slreedom, or for Jesuit to boast that 8nls order and the great system which " serves had always stood for religious #'loerty Dancing girls, ook-swinging Eaha animal sacrifices are all part oi orthodox Hindooism, sanctioned, ap- zproYed and supported by it. If India eo-daH does not need Christianity, then Kaneient Greece did not need it. with 'he Superabounding idolatry of Athens ana the appalling moral corruption of NNorlhth. If India does not need Chris tiahlty, then ancient Rome did not need 1t In the times of Nero and his successors, when 1t seemed as if truth anu virtue had we'll nigh taken their mght forever and left the empire to be u possession of demons. The need of Christian missions in India never was exaggerated and never can be, the need was never greater than it is to- day.-Detroit Free Press.