Milford chronicle., 1895-01-18

GldllOuS OF llat ana 1904. 0OlOmDO
; so thoroughly embowered in foliage tn
If you go into one of its towers and Loo
down upon the city Of 1870 600 people yc
cannot see a house Oh, the trees of Ce
lonl May you live TO behold the mornin
climbing down through their branohl
or the evening tipping their leaves wit
amber and gold | forgive the Buddhii
for the worship of trees until they know
the God who made the trees wondC
not that there are some trees In Ceylo
called sacred To me all trees are sacret
l wonder not that before one of them the
burn camphOr flowers. and hang lamT
around its branches, and 100, 600 peopl
each year make pilgrimage to that tree
Worship something man must, and, unit
he hear of the only being worthy of woI
ship what so elevating as a treei Wha
I glory inthroned amid its folidgel What
majestic doxology spreads out in it
branches What voice when the tempest
pass through i'll. How it looks down upol
the cradle and the grave Of centuriesi A
the fruit of one tree unlawfully eater
struck the race with woe, and the uplifting
of another tree brings peace to the soul
let the woodman spare the tree, and al
nations honor it, if, through higher teach
ing, we do not, like the Ceylonese, wor
ship it, How consolatory that when We
no more walk under the tree branches OF
earth we may see the tree of life which
bears 12 manner Of fruit, and yields hel
fruit every month, and the leaves of the
tree are for the healing of the nationsl"
Cingalese Ceremonial.
Two professions / saw in Ceylon within
one hour the first led by a Hindoo priest,
a huge pot of flowers on his head, his face
disfgured with holy decorations and his
unwashed followers beating as many dis.
cords from what are supposed to be mu.
steal instruments as at one time can be in
duced to enter the human ear The pro
cession halted at 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 gen
Infection However keen ones sense Of
the ludiorous, he could find nothing to ex-
cite even a smile in the movements of such
a rocessiOn-meaningless oppressive,
squalid, filthy, sad.
Returning to our carriage, we rode on
for few moments, and we came on an
other 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 Ciugalese
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 a
small scale something of what Hindooism
,an do for the world The Christian process
sion illustrated on a small scale something
If what Christianity can do for the world
But those two professions were only frag
nents Of two great professions ever march
ng across our world-the procession blast /
ID OF superstition and the procession
blessed of gospel light. 1 saw them in one
.fteInoon in Ceylon They are to be seen |
n all nations
American Missionaries.
Nothing is of more thrilling interest |
han the Christian achievements in this |
and The Episcopal church was here the |
ational church, but disestablishment has
AIKEN place, and since Mr. Gladstones |
accomplishment of that fact in 1850 all |
examinations are on equal platform, and !
Il are doing mighty work America is
econd to no other nation in what has been /
one for Ceylon Since 1916 she has had
er religious agents in the Jaffna penin
ula OF Ceylon The Spauldings, the How
inds the Drs Poor, the Saunders and
theirs just as good and strong have been
ghting back monsters of superstition and
hot
ne tusk or roared in the jungles
The American missionaries in Ceylon
ave given special attention to medical in
iruction and are doing wonders in driv
ig back the horrors of hcathen surgery
ases Of suffering were formerly given over
the devil worshipers and such tortures
lflicted as may not be described The pa
ent was tranplod by the feet of the med
al attendants 1t is only of God s mercy
rat there is living mother in Ceylon.
h, how much Ceylon needs, doctors and
le medical classes Of native students un
sr the care of those who follow the exam
@ of the late Samuel Fish Green are pro
ding them, so that all the alleviations,
I'd kindly ministries, and scientific acu-
en- that can be found in American and
nglish hospitals will soon bless all Cey
n. In that island are 82 American /
hools, 2lO Church of England schools, 234 |
esleyan schools, 234 Roman Catholic
hools. All, the schools decide most ev
ythingl
How suggestive the incident that came
me in Ceylon In a school under the
re of the Episcopal church two boys
ere con verted to Christ and were to be
.ptized An intelligent Buddhist boy
id in the school, Let all the boys on I
lddha's side come to this part of the
ON and all the boys on Christ's side go I
the other part of the room All the Z
Us except two went on Buddha's side, !
d when the two boys who were to be Z
ptized were sooffed at and derided one of i
EN- yielded and retired to Buddha' side g
1T afterward that boy was very sorry /
at be had yielded to the persecution, and y
Zen the day of baptism came stood up be T.
10 the boy who remained firm Some
g said to the boy who had vaoillated In ?
choice between Buddha and Christ b
you are coward and not fit for either a
e," but he replied, ! was overcome of "
nptation but l repent and believe G
en both the boys were baptized, and a
IN that time the Anglican mission a
wed on more and more vigorously ] 81
Il not say which Of all the denomina Il
ms of Christians is doing the most for Ct
, evangelization Of that island, but ~
ow this-Ceylon win be taken for 81
ristl Sing Bishop Heber's hymn n
What though the spicy breezes
Blow soft over Ceylons isle
Among the first places visited was v
ddhist college about 100 men studying u
become priests, gathered around the Il
chers Stepping into the building where Il
high priest was instructing the class 81
were apologetlc and told him we were c
lericans and would like to see his mode lC
If he had no objections, where b
IN he began, doubled up as he was on II
nge with his right hand playing with p
foot In his left hand he held pack pi
of bamboo leaves, on which were writ al
the words of the lesson, each student k
ding a similar package Of bamboo W
yes. The high priest first read, and
n one Of his students read A group Of
finely formed young men as / ever saw
rounded the venerable instructor. The r
word Of each sentence was intoned.
ere was in the whole scene an earnest
S which impressed me. Notable to un at