The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-14

fIil test or their v0cabIes Birds which
learned the.r chanting under the very
caves ~ heaven oterpower all with their
Eraut march of the tropics. The hihicus
.apFieS The scene with its scarlet clus-
tors All shades Of brown and emerald.
ans saffron. and hrilIiance. melons.
lines. maEuostceHs cuStard-appIes.
EuaFas Tine-apples. jessaminc so laden
with aroma they have Co hold fast 20 the
wall. aud heEonias. elori0Sas ca FIRE. and
orchids 50 delicate other lands must keep
them under couserva tory. but here de-
raut of an weather. and flowers more or
less akin 20 azaleas. and honeysuckIes and
foxes. and fuchias and santhemuws.
rho1odendrOns. and foX-cioves. ana pam
sizes. which dye the plains and mountains
of Ceylon with heaven. The evening hour
burns incense Of AN styles OF ar0matics.
The conyolvuius. blue as If the sky had
fallen. and butterflies spauEiing the air.
AMI arms OF trees sleeEed with blossoms.
and rocks upholstered cf moss. conmlug-
ling sounds. and sights, and odors until
cEe, and ear. and nostril vie with each
other as 90 which sense shall open the door
% the most enchautment. 4 struggle be-
tween music. and perfume. and rides
cence. oleaniers Keeling iu intoXIcatou
Of color. Great hauyau trees that have
been changing their mind for centuries.
each century carrying ont a new plan of
growth. attracted orr attention. and saw
N1 PASS I'D inc year lrtt. as itlft pass
the generations of lIsi. and 1884 Colombo
is so thoroughly emhowered in foliage
that If you go into one of its towers ami
look down upon the city of ore hundred
and thirty thousand people YOU cannot
see a house Oh. the trees Of CcylOn,
May YOU live 10 behold the morning climb
ing down through their branches or the
evening tipping their leaves with amber
and gold, ] forgive the Buddhist for the
worship Of trees until they know Of The
God who made the trees. I wonder not
that there arc some trees IN Ceylon called
sacred. To me all trees are sacred. / won
der not that before one of them they
burn camphor flowers. and hang lamps
ground its branches, and a huulred
thousand people each year make pilgrim
aga 10 that tree Worship something
man must. and until he hear Of the only
Being worthy of worship, what so eleva-
ting as tree What glory cnthroned
amid its foliagel What a majestic doxoI-
ogy spreads out i'm its branches What
voice when the tempests pas through it,
How it looks down upon tho cradle and
grave Of centuries As the fruit Of one
tree unlawfully eaten struck the race
with woe, and the uplifting of another
tree brings peace TO the soul. Let the wood
man spare the tree. and all nations honor
it. II through higher teaching. we do not
like the Ceylonose worship it., How CON
solatory that when we no more walk UNI
der the tree branches on earth we may
see the Tree of life which bears twelve
manner of fruit and yields her fruit every
month. and the leaves of the tree are for
Two professions l saw in Ceylon within
one hour. the first led by a Hindoo priest
a huge pot OF flowers on his head, his face
dshgured with holy decorations. and his
unwashed followers beating as many dis
cords from what are supposed to be mus
ical instruments. as at one time can be in
duced to enter the human ear. The pro-
Cession halted q the door of the huts. The
occupants came out and made obeisance
and presented small contributions. In re-
turn therefor the priest sprinkled ashes
upon the children who came forward, this
evidently "A form of benediction, Then the
procession led on by the priest started
again; more noise, more ashes, more genu-
Election. However keen ones sense Of the
ludicrous. he could find nothing to excite
even smile in the movements of such "A
procession. Meaningless, oppressive,
squalid, filthy. sad.
Returning TO our carriage, we rode on
for few moments and we came on
another procession. a kindly lady leading
groups of native children all clean, bright.
happy. laughing. They were a Christian
school out for exercise. There seemed as
much intelligence, refinement and happi-
ness in that regiment Of young Cingalese,
as you would find in the ranks of any
young ladies' seminary being chaperOned
on their afternoon walk through Central
Park, New York, or Hyde Park, London.
The Hindoo procession illustrated on
small scale something Of what Hindooism
can do for the world. The Christian pro-
cession illustrated on small scale some
thing of what Christianity can do for the
world. But those two professions were
only fragments of two great professions
ever marching across our world. the pro-
gesciop blasted pf ion ha
cession blessed Of Gospel light. l saw them
in one afternoon in Ceylon. They are to
be seen in all nations.
Nothing is of more thrilling interest than
the Christian achievements in this island
The Episcopal church was here the Ma
tional church, but disestabishment has
taken place, and since Mr.. Gladstone's ac-
complishment of that fact in 1880, all de-
nominations are on equal platform, and all
are doing mighty work. America is sec
ond to no other nation in what has been
done for Ceylon. Since 1916 she has had
her religious agents in the Jaffna PENN
sula of Ceylon. The Spauldngs, the How
lands the Doctors Poor, the Saunders and
others just good and strong have been
lighting back monsters of superstition and
cruelty greater than any that ever swung
the tusk or roared IN the jungles.
The American missionaries. in Ceylon.
have given special attention to medical in
ing back the horrors of heathen surgery.
Cases of suffering were formerly given
over to the devil-worshippers, and such
fortunes inflicted as may not be described.
The patient was trampled by the feet of
the medical attedants. 1t is only of God
mercy that there is a living mother in Cev-
lon. Oh. how much Ceylon needs doc
tors and the medical classes of native stu
dents under the care of those who follow
the example of the late Samuel Fish
Green are providing them, so that all the
alleviations and kindly ministries. and
scientific acumen that can be found in
American and English hospitals win soon
bless all Ceylon. In that island are 30
American schools, 20 church of England
schools, pa Wesleyan schools, pa Roman
Catholic schools. All, the schools decide
most everything. How suggestive the in
cdent that came to me in Ceyon. In
school under the care of the Episcopal
church two boys were converted TO Christ
and were to be baptised. An intelligent
Buddhist boy said in the school, Let all
the boys on Buddha's side come to this
part of the room, and all the boys on
Christ's side so to the other part of the