The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-12-21

Answer, That depends upon what
they have been doing. II they have been
doing good, to heaven; if they have
been doing evil, to hell.
Q-But do you not believe in the
transmigration of souls, and that after
death we so into birds Or animals Of
some softy
Ayes; the last creature man is
thinking of while dying is the one into
which no will 60 II he is thinking Of a
bird, he will go into bird, and if he
Is thinking of COW he will go into a
COW,
OIL thought you said that at death
the soul goes TO heaven or hell?
Alto goes there by gradual proc
ess, 1t may take him years and years
Q.-Can any one become Hindooi
Could / become Hindoo?
Ayes, you could
Q.-How could l become Hindoo!
A.--By doing as the Hindoos do
But as 1 looked upon the poor, filthy
wretch, bedaubing himself with the
ashes Of the dead, thought the last
thing OH earth would want to become
would be Hihdoo. l expressed to a
missionary who overheard the converse.
ton between the fakir and myself my
amazement ut some of the doctrines the
fakir announced The missionary said,
1.-The fakirs are very accommodating
and surprising you to be a friend OF
Christianity no announced the theory
of one God, and that of rewards and
punishments "
There arc however, alleviations for
Benares. / attended worship in one of
tho Christian missions The sermon,
though delivered in Hindoostanee, OF
which / could not understand word,
thrilled mo with its earnestness and
tenderness Of tone, especially when the
missionary told me at the close of the
service that lie recently baptized a man
who was converted through reading one
of my sermons among the hills of In.
dia, Tho songs of the two Christian as
semblagcs I visited in this city, al
though The tunes were new, and the
ing and inspiring to the last degree.
There was also a school of 600 native
girls, an institution established by a ra
jah of generosity and wealth, gradu
ate Of Madras university But, more thar
all, tho missionaries are busy, some Of
them preaching on the CHATS, some Of
them In churches, in chapels and ba
zaars. The London Missionary society
has here its college for young men an6
its schools for children and its houses O.
worship for all The Church Missionary
society has its eight schools, all filled
with learners. The evangelizing worl
Of the Wesleyans and the Baptists il
felt in all parts Of Benares. In it
mightiest stronghold Hindooism is be
ing assaulted
Maligned Missionaries.
And now as to the industrious ma
lignmeht of missionaries: 1t has bcel
said by some travellers after their return
to America Or England that the mis-
sionaries are living life full of indo
lence and luxury. That Is falsehooc
that l would say is as high as heaven i
it did not go down in the opposite di
rection. When strangers come into thes
tropical climates, the missionaries d.
their best to entertain them, maxim,
sacrifices for that purpose. In the cit.
of Benares missionary told me that,
gentleman coming from England int,
one of the mission stations of India, tn
missionaries banded together to enter
tain him. Among other things they hat
ham boiled, prepared and beautiful,
decorated, and the same ham was pass
ed around from house to house as thi
stranger appeared, and in other respect
conspiracy of kindness was effected
The visitor went home to England ant
wrote and spoke of the luxury in whicl
the missionaries of India were living.
Americans and Englishmen come t.
these tropical regions and find mis-
sionary living under palms and witt
different styles Of fruits on his tabl
and forget that palms are here as chea
as hickory or pine in America and ricl
fruits as cheap as plain apples. The
find here missionaries sleeping unde
punkas, these fans swung day and nigh
by coolies, and forget that cents a da
is good wages here, and the man find
himself. Four cents day for coach
man, missionary can afford to ride
There have been missionaries who hav
come to these hot climates resolving
live as the natives live, and one or tw
years have finished their work, thei
chief use on missionary ground bein
that of furnishing for large funera
the chief object Of interest. So far fror
living in idleness, no men on earth wor
so hard as the missionaries now in tn
foreign field Against fearful odds am
with 3, 900, 900 of Christians opposed t
$50, 900, 600 Of Hindoos, Mohammedan
and other false religions, these mission
aries are trying to take India for God
Let the good people of America an
England and Scotland and all Christen
dom add 99A per cent to their appre
citation Of the fidelity and consecratiol
of foreign missionaries. Far away iron
home, in an exhausting climate, an
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 an
women of God toll on until they dro
into their graves. But they will ge
their chief appreciation when their wor.
is over and the day is won, as it will b
won. No place in heaven will be to
good for them. Some of the minister
at home who live on salaries of 81, 90
or So, 900 a year, preaching the gospe
Of him who had not where to lay hi
head, will enter heaven and be WELDON
ed, and while look ing for place to 81
down they will be told: "Yonder il
that lower line of thrones you will tax
your places, not Gu the thrones neares
the King They are reserved for the mis-
sionariesp'
Spread of Christianity.
Meanwhile let all Christendom b
thrilled with gladness. About %,
converts in India every year under th
Methodist missions, and about %, 00
converts under the Baptist missions, an,
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