The Progress., 1894-12-22
RELIGION OF JESUS
IT, % IcHTlNG UP DARKEST
INDIA.
,,,.,,o,.m Going Down Hefore '"'
Truths of the Humble N""r'"'
r.,m.rc Praises tho SELF Sacr'A'' "
Chr,,t's Missionaries

pnoox,vy. N. Y, Dec. 16.-Rev' pr
rn,,n.ae today delivered the third OF
~. sories Of round the world sermons
through the press, the subject oe,he
ths Turning of the Dead, ana 'ne
text. They have hands but 'hey
handle not, feet have they o"' 'neS
walk not neither speak they through
their throat. They that MAKE .". O.,
are like unto them" Psalm 1l';V''-s'N'
The lite Of the missionary is a l"S.
rr;ous and INDECENT life; h'nooo's ss
life that ought not to be 'h.e'ie: ~
with: Christianity is guilty Oh a., j"
nert;nence when it invades hea'ne"
1om. Won must put in the same !'ne u
reverence Brahma, Buddha' "o ."a
~ nnd Christ, TO refutc these
flanders and blasphemies now so pre-.
, xalent. and to spread out before VIC
rhr;st;an world the contrast between
;ar,atrous and Christian countries
4 nrs,ch this third sermon IN my
.rround the world" series. .,o
IN this discourse l take you 10 'ne
,erv headquarters of heathendom' 10
VI tbe very capital of Hindoo'sm' 'o'
S ...ho. Mecca Is to the Mohammeoah'
> and what Jerusalem is to the on ans
J linn Bepare., India, is to the h'hooo,
,, W. arrived there in the evening ANU
~ the next morning we started OUT eai.s
D. among other things to see the p"ta .;ae
Of the dead. We saw it, cre'na.
not as many good people in Amer'. :.
e. nud ENGLAND are now advocating IL
a. n.melv. the burning OF the deao j
w clean. and orderly, and refined cre'n"
as torv the hot furnace soon reducing VIZ
on human form to powder to De c"fs
* fully preserved in an urn; ou' .'e" w
W t,on rs the Hindoos pract'ce w. '"
cot into boat and were roweo oo"
she river Gauges until we came "
III .o.;t. to where Ave dead BODIES Id.
ale tour q, them women wrapped in, re
a Garments, and man wrapped
a" white Our boat fastened, we wal''
ne md watched. High piles OF WOO
log w.re On the bank, and this WOOD
my carefully weighed on large scales I
'6,- '" s;S,s the friends of the deceas
can AFFORD to pay for It, In maj
c,ses only few sticks can be aHo,o'
eal' and the dead body is burned ohiy
lily I;tt,s and then thrown into the Gang
int n'.-'' Tho relatives of the
ing ceased are we'll to do, an abundance
sck. wood in pieces four or five feet long
ned purchased Two or three layers
sted st;cks are then put on the GROUND
the r.ce;ve the dead form. Small PIC
anu OF sandalwood are inserted TO prov ~.
fragrance. The deceased Is M Il.
, Goa from the resting place and put "
0. .h;s wood. Then the cover is reno
e" from the face Of the corpse and II
Wan bathed with water OF the 'ah'
.ha Then several more layers OF wooo
Wv. '.-o ;nut mon the body, and other ST.
'' =; are nlaced on both sides OF it, but
go, head and feet are left exposed 1
wit. vita a quantity of grease sufficient TO m
, Nov everything infammable is put on
' ;wood, and into the mouth OF the q
.Tben one of the rich men in Benz
.ho his fortune made In this way 1urn'
,n v,st the fire, and, after the priest
.nuts mumbled few words, the eides'
. as walks three times around the So
so ~ nile, and then applies the TORCH
. .r 'no the FIRE blazes up, and ia short
,nmh. the body has become the ashes "
.ho+ relatives throw into the Ganges.
~ y" Benares is imposing in the dist
" " nc YOU look at it from the other 81
the Gauges. The forty seven gha
,,o IN fights Of stone steps, reaching iron
i ,nn of waters edge to the buildings Mi
..a 10 ~ on the banks, mark q place tor II
Us rant and descent of the sublin
~ dav The eve is lost in the bewildermt
NAM tombs, shrines, minarets, palace
,t;rslv temples. 1t Is the gloriication OF
=, , con the triumph OF stairways. But K
cities I close by, the temples, though
no,, aand expensive, are anything
inn of tractive. The seeming gold IN
" cases turns out to be brass. In
cious stones in the wall turn out
- na,nt, The marble is stucco.
:, .'' .,s y, slippery and disgusting steps le'
,,so, lMn to images Of horrible visage' a
'.""on flowers put upon the altar have
,noV w., fragrance submerged by that w
'xnense the opposite to aromatics.
. a nort After you have seen the CHA
hn',sa two great things in Benares TN
n ,ma5o must see are the Golden and N
.oi,road temples. About the vast Colder
% go ple there is not as much gold as
y, make an English sovereign. l
terprise hses, IS asp a. c,,t ~ md and tn
ting their hands together IN
la ,or OF that which themselves have
~ s.,, I'D Sacred cows walk up and DO
., s ~ temple. Here stood Fakir
~; ~ sh;a right arm uplifted, and for so
lily for tune ,hat ne &c. s =, tha hand had
:, o.nsa 81 until they looked like serpent'
not do ing in and arour'd the palm.
saoo we took a carriage and w