Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-01-30

s:ruments as at one time can be induced to
enter the human ear. The process'onh halted
at the door Of the huts. The occupants
came out and made obeisance and presented
small contributions. In return therefor the
priest sprinkled ashes upon the children
wao came forward, this evidently form ol
benediction. Then the procession, led on
by the priest, started again. Nose noise,
more ashes, more genuflection. Howevei
keen ones sense of the ludicrous, he could
movements OF such procession. Meaning
ess, 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 Chr school out
for exercise. Thee :aemed as nuch inteili-
yence, refinement and happiness In that reg
iment OF young Cingalese as you would find
In che ranks OF any young ladies' seminary
beng ,hnperoned on their afternoon walk
through Central Park. New York, or Hyde
Park, London. The Hindoo procession IL.
lustrated on asmall scale something OF what
Hindooism can do for the world. The Chris
tian procession illustrates on a small scale
something OF what Christianity can do foR
the world. But those two professions were
oEiy fragments oftwo great professions ever
marching across our world. the procession
olasted Of superstition and the procession
blessed OF gospel light. saw them in one
afternoon in Ceylon. They are to be seen in
III nations.
Nothing is OF more thrilling interest than
che CHRISTINA achievements ". this island
rne Episcopal church was here the national
church, but tdisestablishment has taken place,
and since Mr.. Gladstole's accomplishment
Of that fact in 1880 all denominations ara on
equal platform, and all are doing mighty
work. America is second to no other nation
in pyhaf hos haap Inpa rax-inp Sinos
1916 she has had her religious agents in the
Jaffna peninsula OF Ceylon. The Spauld-
ings, the Howlands, the Drs. Poor, the
saunders, and others just as good and strong
nave been lighting back monsters OF super
stition and cruelty greater than any that
ever swung the tusk orroared in the jungles.
The American missionaries in Ceylon
lave given special attention to medical in
struction and are doing wonders in driving
back the horrors of heather surgery. CASES
of suffering were formerly given ovar to the
devil worshipers ami such torturrs inflicted
Is may not be described. Tne patient was
.rampled blythe feet of the medical atten-
tants. 1t is only OF Gods mercy that there
is living mother in Ceylon. Oh, how
much Ceylon needs doctors, and the medi-
cal classes OF native students unier the care
of those who follow the eximble of the late
Samuel Fish Green are providing them. so
that all the alleviations and kindly minis
tries and scientific acumen that can be found
n American and English hospitals will soon
,less all Ceylon.
In that island are thirty-two American
school, 210 Church OF England schools, 23i
Wesleyan schools, 234 Roman Catholic
schools. All, the schools declie most every
thing! How suggestive the incident that
came TO me in Cey!on. In a school under
the care of the Episcopal church two hoys
were converted to Christ and were to be
baptized. An intelligent Buddhist boy said
the school. Let all the boys on Buddha's
side come to this part of the room AMI all
the boys on Chr.st's side 20 to the other
,art of the ROOM"
All the boys except two went on Budlha's
iGe, and when the two boys who were to he
baptized were scoffed at and der ded one of
them yielded AMI retired to Blu idha's side.
But a'terward that boy was sorry that he
had yielded TO the persecution. AMI when
.he day OF baptism came stood up beside I'll.
90, who remained firm. Some one said to
The boy who had vacillatei in his choice be-
wen Duldha and Christ, "You are u
coward AMI not fit for eilh r side" but he
replied, 81 WIS overcome Of tempiat on. tut
repent and believe" Then botl boys were
Baptized, and from thar time the Anglican
mission moved on more and more vigorously.
will not say which OF all ths denomina-
ions of Christians is doing the most for the
,vangelization OF that island, but know this
-Ceylon will be taken for Christ Sing
Bishop Heber's hymn:
What though the spicy brcezes
Blow soft over Ceylons isle!
Among the first pieces I visited was n
buddhist college. about 100 men studying 10
become priests gathered around the teac lcrs.
;tepping into the building where the hiyl
,riest was instructing che class, We were
.polegetic and told him we Were Americans
nd would like to see his mole of teaching
he had no objections, wGereupon he be-
;an, doubled up as he was on Il lounge, with
lis right hand playing with his foot. In his
eft hand he held u package of bamboo
caves, on which were written the words of
he l.sson. each student holding similar
package of banboo leaves. The high priest
irst read, AMI then one OF his students read.
l group Of IA finely formed young men as
,ver saw surrounded the instructor. The
asst word of each sentence was intonad.
There was In the whole scene an earn 'stnpss
which impressed me Not able 10 under
stand a wo:d of what was said, there is a
look OF language and intonation that is the
same among all races. That the Bu lihIs:s
nave full iaith in their religion no one can
iou5t. That ts, in their opinior, the way to
heaven. What Mohammet is TO the No
lammedan. an what Christ is TO the Chris
ian. Blu idha is to he Buddhist. We watt
I'd Tor "A pause in the recitation, AMI then
Xpressin, our thanks retired.
Nearoy is n Blu dhist tempe. on the altar
u which before the image o. Buidha are o.,
ferings OF flowers. As night was coming on
we came up to a Hindoo temple. First we
were prohibited going farther than the ou'-
side steps, hut We gra lually advanced until
We could see all that was going on insi e.
The worshipers We're making o1ri-anc-. The
tamtams were wildly beaten. AMI shril pipes
were blown, and several OF r instruments
were in full bang and blare, anf there was
ind, h,,I,t ,t,,,I, a
lous style OF worship L had ever seen OF
heard. The dim lights. and The jargon, and
the glooms, and the fitting figures mingled
for eye and ear u horror which 1t Il difficult
to shake off. All this was only sugg stive oi
what would there transpire after the toIlers
Of the day had ceased work and had time to
appear at the temple. That such things
should be supposed to please the Lord OF
have any power to console or help the wor-
slippers is only another mystery in this word
Of mysteries. But we came away saddenel
with :he spectacle, sadness which did not
leave us until We arrived at place where n
Christian missionary was preaching in the
Ureet TO group OF natives.
had that morning expressed wish to
witness such q scene, and here it WIS. Stan! l.
ing on an elevation, the good man WIS ad-
dressing the crowd. All was attention and
silence and reverence. A religion OF RELIEF
and JOY was being commended, an the dusky
idcSS were iliumineI Win the sentiments %
pacification and Reinforcement. 1t was the
rose of Sharon after walking among nettles.
Ii was the morning Hght after n thick darA-
1ess. 1t was the gospel after Hinicoism.
But passing up and down the streets OF
Ceyion you find all styles OF people within
five mirutes-AfGhans, Kaffirs, Portuguesa,
Moorlnen, Dutch, Euglisi', Scotch. Irish,
American-all Glasses, all 6iaects, all man
ners and customs, all STILES of salaan. The
most Interesting thing on earth is the hn:
il con 'ront YOU in Cey,on. The island ofthe
present is n quie, an inconsp cuols affair
compared with what it onca was. The dead
cjti g of Ceylon were larger and more im-
pos ng than are the living cities. On this
island are dead New Yorks and dead Pek'
incs AMI dead Eiinburybs ami dead Lon
dons Ever and anon at the stroke OF the
archnoglisl's hammer the tomb OF some
great municipality flies open, and there are
other buried cities that will yet respond to
the exp'ore pickax.
The Pompeii and Herculaneum under
meath Italy are small compared with the
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