Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-12-17
4 HIHDOO HEATHEN CENTER.
: m. rALMAeE's IMPRESSION
~ oe nENAREs,. INDIA.
u.cen OF Hindooism--siEhts at
hanks of the Riger Ganges.
,.r the Dead-Fni<irs, Mon
aud Missionaries.

nrooKlyS, Dec 10. --hov' Dr Taimage
SelIyercd the third Of his series OF
er ,be world sermons through tho
~ snbloct being the Burning OF
mai and tho text "They have
a, AMI they handle not; feet have they.
nav walk not; neither speak they
[s.,nsh their throlt. They that make
~ ma arc ike unto thom. Palm CIV.
| ~. ITO OF the missionary Is luxurious
/ .Shdolent life Hinduism is religion
Y. ourht not to be interfered with
+ralanity is guilty of an impertinence
~ n inyndes heathondom. You must
/ In The same line Of reverence Brahma,
I.adha, Mohammed and Christ To re.
y these SANDERS and blasphomles now
.srsalcnt and to spread out before tho
sr.tinn world the contrast between
,,irtrous and Christian countries, |
,s,h this third sermon in my round tho
4 ia series.
| 4, the Headquarters Of Heathendom.
his discourse take you to the very
I 'Sonsrters Of henthendom, to the very
8.lt,i Of Hinduism, for what Mecca Is
* Mohammedan, and what Jerusalem
/ Tho Christian, Benares, India, is to
HIndoo We arrived there In tho even.
ADD the next mornirp, we started out
N. among other things to see the burn
t,ei tho doad We saw 1t, cremation,
4, 4. many good people in America and
r,land are now advocating it--namely,
/ banning Of the dead in clean and or.
IN and refined crenatory, tho hot fur.
"a soon reducing tho human form to
wd.r 10 be carefully preserved In an
s-but cremation as the Hindoos prao.
III
1 We rot into boat and were rowod down
river Ganges until we came opposite
rhsre five dead bodies lay, four of them
rntn wrapped In rcd garments and
q Wrapped in white. Orr boat fas-
I'D, We waited md watched. High
rol wood were on the bank, and this
ID Il carefully weighed ON large scales.
redng as the friends Of the deceased
Il .dord to pay for 1t. In many cases
81 few sticks can be afforded, and the
i bdyis burned only little and then
rwu into the Ganges. But where tho
.ilea Of tho deceased are well to do an
auaancc Of wood in pieces or 3 feet
.shpurchased. Two or three layers Of
= is are then put ON the ground to re-
leiho dead form Small pieces of SAN
lrood nroinser;ed to produce fragrance.
deceased Is lifted from the resting
~ and put upon this wood Thon the
va i rmovCd from tho fnco Of tho
be and 1t Is bathed with water Of tho
isa Then several more layers Of wood
put upon tho body, and other sticks
Tired on both sldcs Of it, hut tho head
iei are left exposed, Then Hquantlty
rHse sufficient to make everything in
rraLle IS put on tho wood and into
mouth Of tho dead Then one OF the
s1imen in Bonaros, his fortune made
thvay, furnishes the fire, and after
priest has mumblcd few words tho
b son walks three times around the
n flc and then applies the torch, and
hllazes up and In short tlmo the
hs become tho ashes which the
ms throw into tho Ganges.
A Vile STREAM.
taw floating past us on tho Ganges
tJof child which had been only
" burned because tho parents could
inord enough wood While We
aei the floating form Of tho child
sighted upon it. In the meantime
'fels Of Hinduos were bathing IN tho
dipping their heNds, nlling their
'lAS supplying their hrnss cups, NUT
'ivords uf 10 called prayer. Such |
sllng Of superstition and lCathsomc- /
nag humanity l had mover before !
The Ganaei Is TO tho Hndoo tho !
n'er Of NIL tho earth, but to mo 1t is /
'l'itssrenm that over rolled its stencil /
.Gias to the sea, looked all along the !
+ 'loF tho mourncrs for the dead 1
two Of tho cities nino ORDINATIONS,
y 10 ease q sad look or tenr said |
ends How Is thisY Have tho living !
thd Tor the deadf' found that the
"a do not cUino forth on such ooca-
but that docs not account for the
ta q oil signs Of Rrief. There is an
nafon moro potent Men do not SEQ !
nees Of their wives until after mar
,ihoy take them on reoommenda-
Aariages thus formed, of course,
auImuoh Affection In them. Womon /
-aHiea ~ and 10 years Of nge and
r.humothers at 90. Such unwisaly |
lamily associations do not imply |
'Mor OF love. The family so poorly |
-ts'her, whowoDders that II Is easily |
aNrti And so account for the alb.
Gal signs of grief at tho cremation
Hlndoos.
anes Is tho capital OF Hindooism and
ss''ln but HiDdoolsm has trampled
euodhlsm, the hoof of tho ono mon
ynme grizzly neck OF the other mon
= also the capital of filth, and
-pnA oil malodors, and tho capital Of
rpy' The Hlndoos say thcy have
.ouoog gods. Bonares boing the head
Hot these deities, you win not DO
NV 70 md that the making OF gods
p'untabla business. Here there arc
shaking wooden gods, and brass
N. ulaAlng brAss gods, and sculptors
s'ons gods, and potters making /
~ cannot think Of the abomi-
pNstced hcre without reooil OF
III Ahl o need OF cologne. Although
SID about the carving on the
NJ ~, ms city, everything is so vlle
II. si' " not much room left for the
~, Ihe devotses enter the temples
N. sMenVeths unclothed and depart
Al that Hindouism can do for
Az. woman II does here. Notwith
an thatmny have been said in iis
q nc parliament Of religions in
M n z, = makes man brute and wom-
sses1 type of slave, / would rath-
Nofse or a COW or dog in India
a. woman Tho greatest disaster
tes, nappen to a Hindoo is that he
curioas Sights.
a. IN Z, y Imposing in the distance as
~ =, 1t from the other side OF tho
i n,,i tne q CHATS, or flights Of stone
Fl i,s,ushg ffum the waters edge to