Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1895-01-12

10 iie floor of the rock, and you divide
this idol into masculine and feminine.
Admired Is this idol is by many, il was
10 lie about the worst thing that was
eyer cut into poIphyry, perhaps because
there is hardly anything on earth so OBJ
jeetionable Is "a being half man and half
woman. Do be one or other. my hearcr
Man Is admirable. and woman is adrIi-
rable. but either in flesh or traprock
compromise Of the two is hideous Save
Is from effeminate men and masculine
women
sculpturcd Cod,.
Yonder j. the King Ravana worship
ing Yordcr j. tho sculpturod repre-
seniatatiom Of the marriage Of silva
and pIhaii Wonder is Daksha, the
son Of Brahma. born from the thumb
OF MS right hand He bad go Gaugb
tiers Seventeen of those daughters were
married 10 KaSyapa and became tho
mothers Of the human race. IoHder Is
a god with three heads The center god
has crown wound with necklaces Of
skulls. The right hand god Is in par
oxy>m Of rag. with for head Of snakes.
ana in its hand l. cobra The left
hand god has pleasure III all its f.a-
turss. and the hand has flower But
there are gods and goddesscs IN all di
reciious The chief temple ~ this rock
is 30 feet square and has % pillars
rising 10 the root. After the couQu rurs
Of other LANDS and tho tourists from all
lanl have Clipped and defaccd and
bla. ted ami carried away curius and llo-
merfos for museums aud BONES There
are enough cntrauccments left To dctain
one unless le j. cautious until h. j.
down with some Of the malaria, which
encompass this island or get iiit,n with
some Of its snakes. Yes. Ifcltt the chilly
con gress # gods, this pandcmoEium of
demons this pantheon of indifferent
del les. and came 20 the steps and look
ed Of upon the waters which rolled and
fias hcd around the steam yacht that
was waiting TO return with Us % Bpin-
bay. As we stepped aboard. our minds
filled with the idols Of 1.-THE Elcphauta
cay :. WAS impressed a. never before
with the Thought that man must have
religion q some kind even if be- has
10 tourrive ono himself ard he must
have god even though he make il
'gita his own hand | rejoice 20 know
liz tay Will como when the one God ~
tho uni,trsc viii D. ac. wi,dg,d
throughout India.
That evening If oUr return 20 Bonn
bay | visited the Young Mems Chris
tian association with tho same appoint
mcnts that you find in the Young Mems
Christian associations Of Europe and
America, and the night after that adj
dr. 9sed throng of a'ivc child - y 40
are IN the schools # the Christian mis-
sions. Christian universities gather I'M
der their wing OF benediction host Of
the young men Of this country Bonn
bay and Cal, ulta. the two great com
mercial cities Of India. feel the clovat
ing power Of an aggressive Christianity
Eplscopalam liturgy, and Presbyterian
Westminster catcchisIn. and Methodist
anxious scat. and Baptist waters ot con
secration now stand whore once has, &
idolairies had undisputod sway The
work which Shoemaker Carey inaugu-
rated NJ Serampore, India. translajing
the Bible into 80 different dialects, and
leaving his wornout body amid the ma
tiveS whom he had come to save, and
going up into the heavens from which
he can better watch all the firld-that
work will I've completed III the salvation
OF the millions of India, and beside him
gazing from the same high places stand
Bishop Hobor and Alexander Duff and
john Scudder and Maekay, who fell at
Delhi. and Moncrieff. who fell ut Gavin
puI. and Polehampton. who fell q;
Lucknow, ard Freeman, who fell 1t
Fu;tigarh and all heroes and hcroines
who for Chfist's sake lived and died for
the Contamination Of India, and their
heaven will not be complete until the
Ganges that washes the CHATS of heather
temples shall roll between churches of
the living God, and the trampled wom-
anho0d q Hindooisn shall have all tho
rights purchased hy him who amid ,ae
cuts and stabs Of his own assassination
cried out. Behold thy mother" and
from Bengal bay 10 Arabian ocean, and
from the Himala.as 10 the coast of
1AFpHislHtitl t4itft ~ ll4ttu IOSillllls- 10
him who died to redeem all nations In
that day Elcphania cave will be one Of
the places where idols are east TO III.
moles and bats. -
il any clergyman asks me. as an TIL.
believing minister Of religion once ask
ed the Duke OF Wellington, DO You
not think that the work Of converting
the Hindoo> j. all practical farce |
answer him as Wellington answered
the un.elicved minister. Look to your
marching oIGers sir Or if any one
having joined in the gospel attack feels
like retreating say to him, rs General
Hayelock said 10 a retreating regiment,
The enemy are in front, not in the
rear, and heading them again into the
fight. though two horses had been shot
under him.
.ghting For Christ.
Indeed the taking Of this world for
Christ Will bc no holiday celebration,
bur as tremendous as when in India
during the mutiny Of lS5s a fortress
manned by sepoys was 20 be capture
10y Sir Colin Campbell and the army Of
Britain. The sepoys hurled upon the
attacking columns burning missiles and