Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1894-12-22
j. II. MILLER & SONS.

stroy?' He said, mo; they only lepre-
sent God. There is but one God. -
Question. When people die, where
do they go to?
Answer. That depends upon what
they have been doing. If they have been
doing good, to heaven; if they have
been doing evil, to hell.
Q.-But do you not believe il the
transmigration of souls, and that after
some sort?
Ayes; tho last creature man il
thinking of while dying is tho ono iutt
which he will 60 If he is thinking of;
bird, he viii go into bird, and ii h,
is thinking OF COW lie will go into
COW.
Q.-I thought yen said that at death
the soul goes to heaven or hell?
Ale goes there by gradual proc
ess 1t iaay take him years and years
Q.--Can any one become Hindoo:
Could become Hindoo?
Ayes, yen could.
Q.-How could I become Hindoo?
A.-By doing as the Hindoos do
But as | looked upon the poor, filthy
wretch, Ledaubing himself with tho
ashes of the dead, | thought tho last
thing on earth | would want to become
would be Hindoo. l expressed to q
missionary who overheard the converse
ton between the fakir and myself my
amaZeEent ct some of the doctrines the
fakir announced. The missionary said
Tho faklrs are very accommodating,
and surprising you to be q friend Of
Christianity he announced the theory
of one God, and that of rewards and
| punishmcnts.
There are, however, alleviatioEs for
| BenarcS. | attended worship in enc of
the Christian missions. The sermon,
though delivered in Hindoostanee, of
which | could not understand word,
thrilled no with its earnestness and
tenderness of tone, especially when the
missionary told me at the close of the
service that ho recently baptized man
who was converted through reading one
Of my sermons among the hills of In
dia. The songs of the two Christian as
semblages / visited in this city, al
though the tunes were new, and the
sentiments not translated, We're uplift
| ing and inspiring to tho last degree
There was also q school of COO native
! girls, an institution established BY "a
jah Of generosity and wealth, a Gra3u-
ate of Madras university. But, nero than
all, the missionaries are busy, solpe Of
them preaching on the CHATS, some of
them in churches, i'll chapels and ba-
Zaars. The London Missionary society
has here its college for young 1ncn and
its schools for children and its houses OF
worship for all. Tho Church Missionary
society has its eight schools, all filled
with learners. The ovangolizing work
of the Wesleyans and the Baptists is
felt III all parts of Benares. In its
mightiest stronghold Hindooism is be-
ing assaulted.
Maligned Missionaries.
And now as TO the industrious ma
! Hgnmcnb of missionaries: 1t has been
said by some travellers after their return
to America CT England that the mis-
sionaries are living life full of indo-
Ience and luxury. That is falsehooa
that would say is as high as heaven if
it did not so down in the opposite ii
roction. When strangers come into these
| tropical climates, the missionaries do
| their best to entertain them, making
sacrifices for that purpose, III the city
of Benares missionary told mo that, {.
gentleman coming from England into
| one OF the mission stations of India, the
missionaries banded together to enter
| tain him. Among other things they had
q ham boiled, prepared and beautifully
| decorated, and the same ham was pass
| cd around from house to houso rs this
stranger appeared, and III other respects
a conspiracy of kindness was effected.
| The visitor went home to England and
wrote and spoke of the luxury in which
/ the missionaries Of India wero living.
Americans and Englishmon come to
| these tropical regions and fird mis-
| sionary living under palms and with
| different styles of fruits ON his table
and forget that palms are hero IS cheap
as hickory CT pine III America and rich
| fruits as cheap as plain apples. They
| find here missionaries sleeping under
punkas, these fans swung day and night
| by coolies, and forget that cents day
is good wages here, and the man finds
himself. -Four cents day fer q coach
man, missionary can afford to ride
There have been missionaries who have
come to these hot climates resolving to
live as the natives live, and one or two
years have finished their work, their
chief use ON missionary ground being
that of furnishing for large funeral
the chief object of interest So far from
living in idleness, 10 men on earth work
so hard as the missionaries now in the
foreign field. Against fearful odds and
with 3, 600, 600 of Christians opposed to
$50, 600, 600 of Hindoos, Mohammeaars
and other false religions, these mission
aries are trying to take India for God
Let the good people of America and
England and Scotland and all Christon-
dom add 993f per cent to their appre-
citation of the fidelity and conservation
of foreign missionaries. Far away from
home. i'll an exhausting climate, and
compelled to send their children to Eng. |
land, Scotland or America SO as to es
cape the corrupt conversation and be- |
havior of the natives, these men and |
women of God toll on until they drop |
into their graves. But they will get
their chief appreciation when their work |
is over and the day is won. as ii will be |
won. No place in heaven will tie too /
good for them. Some of tho ministers |
at home who live on salaries of 81, 0G0 1
CT So, 900 a year. preaching the gospel |
of him who had not where to lag his |
head, will enter heaven and be welcom- I
ed, and while looking for a place TO sit
down they will be told: .'Yonder in I
that lower limo of thrones You will take |
your places. not on the thrones nearest |
the King. They are reserved for the mis-
sionariest
Spread Of Christianity.
Meanwhile Let all Christondcm be /
thrilled with gladness. About 20, 600 |
converts in India every year under the |
Methodist missions, and about 20, OOC /
converts under the Baptist missions, and |