The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-17


hand had grown until they looked like ser
penis winding in and around the palm.
The god OF the Golden temple IS silva or
the poison god Devils wait upon him. He
is the good Of war. Of famine. Of pestIence.
He Is the destroyer. He has around his
neck string OF skulls. Before him bow
men whose hair never knew a comb. They
eat carrion and that which is worse. Bells
and drums here set Up a racket Pilgrims
come from hundreds OF miles away. spend
ing their last piece OF money and exhaust
ing their last item Of strength in order 10
reach this Golden temple. glad 10 die in or
near il, ana have the ashes Of their bodies
thrown into the Gauges
We took carriage and went still fur
Their on 70 see the Monkey temple so-called
because in and around the building mon
keys abound and are kept as sacred. All
evolutionists should visit this temple de-
voted 20 the family from which their an
cestors came. These monkeys chatter and
wink, and climb. and look wise. and look
silly, and have fun possession OF the place.
We were asked al the entrance OF the
Monkey temple 10 take OF our shoes be
cause Of the sacredness Of the place. but
a small sum placed In the hands OF an at
tendant resulted in a permission 10 enter
with our shoes on As The Golden temple
is dedicated 10 silva. the poison god, this
Monkey temple is dedicated 10 Siva's wife
a deitess, that must be propitiated, or she
VIII disease and blast and destroy. For
centuries this spitfire has been worshipped
She is the goddess Of scold. and slap. and
termagancy. She is supposed to be a su-
pernaturai Xantippe; hence, 10 her are
brought flowers and rice, and here ana
there the flowers are spattered with the
blood OF goats slain in sacrifice.
AS we walk to-day through this Mon
key temple we must not hit, or tease. OF
hurt one OF them TWO Engiishmen
years ago lost their lives by the maltreat-
ment of a monkey. Passing along one Of
these Indian streets, a monkey did not
soon enough get out Of the way, and one
of these Englishmen struck II with his
cane. Immediately the people and the
priests gathered around these strangers,
and the public wrath increased until the
two Englishmen were pounded TO death
for having struck "A monkey. No land in
all the world so reveres the monkey as
India, as no other land has a temple called
after It, One Of the raJahs Of India spent
10000 rupees in the marriage Of two mon
keys. A nuptial procession was formed in
which moved camels. elephants, tigers,
cattle and palanquins of richly dressed
people. Bands Of music sounded the we'd
ding march. Dancing parties kept the
night sleepless. It was twelve days before
the monkey and mOnkeyess were free
from their round of gay attentions. In
no place but India could such a carnival
have occurred.
But, after all. while we cannot approve
OF the Monkey Temple. the monkey is sa-
cred to hilarity. I defy any one to watch
a monkey one minute without laughter.
Why was this creature made2. For the
worlds amusement. The mission of some
animals is left doubtful, and we cannot
see the use of this or that quadruped, or
this or that insect. but the mission Of the
ape Is certain; all around the world IL
entertains. Whether seated at the top of
this temple in India, or cutting up it's an
tics on the top of a hand-organ, it stirs
the sense of the ludicrous; tickles the
diaphragm into exclamation. topples
gravity into play, and accomplshes that
for which it was CT eated. The eagle and
the lion, and the gazelle, and the robin
no more certainly have their mission than
has the monkey. But it implies a low
form of Hindooism when this embodied
mimicry of the human race is lifted into
worship. In one of the cities for the first
time in my life l had an opportunity of
talking with a Fakir, or a Hindoo who
has renowned the world and lives on aims.
He sat under a rough covering on a plat
form of brick. He was covered with the
ashes Of the dead, and was at the time
rubbing more of these ashes upon his
arms and legs. He understood and spoke
English. ] said to him: How long have
you been seated here?" He replied, Eff
teen years" Have those idols which 1
see have power to help or destroy2" He
said, mo; they only represent 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.
Question: But do you not believe in the
TRANSPORTATION of souls, and thar after
do = an#s=
sort?
Answer: Yes; the last creature man is
thinking of while dying is the one into
which he will CO. If he is thinking of
bird he will go into a bird; and If he is
thinking of a COW he will go into COW.
Question: l thought you said that at
death the soul goes to heaven or hell?
Answer: He goes there by a gradual pro-
cess. 1t may take him years and years
Question: Can any one become a Hin
doc? Could become Hindoo?
Answer: Yes, you could.
Question: How could become a Hindoo?
Answer: By doing as the Hindoos do.
But as l looked upon the poor, filthy
wretch, bedaubing himself with the ashes
of the dead. l thought the last thing on
earth / would want to become would be a
Hindoo. l expressed to a missionary who
overheard the conversation between the
Fakir and myself my amazement at some
VI Tic uOGlIlAltS the II dklf announced. The
missionary said: THE Fakirs are verv ac-
commodating, and supposing you to be a
friend of Christianity, he announced the
theory of the one God, and that of rewards
and punishments
There are, however, alterations for Ben
ares. l 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, es-
pecially when the missionary told me at
the close of the service that he recently
baptized a man who was converted
through reading one of my sermons among
the hills of india. The songs of the two
Christian assemblages visited in this city
although the tunes were new, and the SEN
timents not translated, We're uplifting and
inspiring to the last degree. There was also
a school of COO native girls, an institution
established by a Rajah of generosity and
wealth, a graduate of Madras University.
But more than all, the missionaries are
busy, some of them preaching on the CHATS.
some of them in the churches in chapels,
and bazaars. The London Missionary So
ciety has here its college for young men.
and its schools for children, and its houses
of worship for all The Church Missionary
Society has it's eight schools all filed with
learners. The evangelzing work of the