Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-01-14

| described. The patient was trampled by
the feet of the medical attendants. 1t
is only of Gods mercy that there is
living mother in Ceylon Oh, how
much Ceylon roeds doctors, and the
medical classes III native students under
the care of those who follow the exam
pie of the kte Samuel Fish Green are
providing them, so that all the allevi-
ations and kindly ministries and scien-
tific acumen that can be found in Amer
lean and English hospitals will soon
bless all Ceylon.
In that island are 80 American
school, $40 Church of England schools,
a34 Wesleyan schools, 234 Roman
Catholic schools. Ah the schools de-
eide most everything! How suggest
I've the incident that came to me in Cey-
Ion In a school under the care Of the
Episcopal church two boys were con-
verified to Christ and were to be baptized.
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 go to the
other part of the room -
All the boys except two went on Bud
dha's side, and when the two boys who
were to be baptized were scofed at and
derided one of them yielded and retired
to Buddha's side But afterward that
boy was sorry that he had yielded to
the persecution, and when the day of
baptism came stood up beside the boy
who remained firm. Some one said to
the boy who had vacillated in his choice
between Buddha and Christ, "You are
a coward and not fit for either side,
but he replied, 81 was overcome of
temptation, but I repent apd believe.
Then both boys were baptized, and from
that time the Anglican mission moved
on more and more vigorously. I will
not say which Of all the denominations
of Christians is doing the most for the
evangelization of that island, but know
this-CeyIon will be taken for Christi
Sing Bishop Heber's hymn:
What though the spicy breezes
Blow soft over Ceylons islel
A College and a Temple.
Among the first places l visited was
Buddhist college, about 100 men study
ing to becoIsle priests gathered around
the teachers Stepping into the build
ing where the high priest was instruct
ing the class, we were apologize and
told him we were Americans and would
like to see his mode of teaching If he
had no objections, Whereupon he began,
doubled up as he was on a lounge, with
his right hand playing with his foot.
In his left hand he held package of
bamboo leaves on which were written
the words of the lesson, each student
holding a similar package of bamboo
L H,.Cf Il Il
then one of his students read. A group
of as finely formed young men as l ever
saw surrounded the venerable instructor
The last word of each sentence was in
toned There was in the whole scene
an earnestness which impressed me-
Not able to understand word of what
was said, there is q look of language
and intonation that is the same among
all races. That the Buddhists have full
faith in their religion no one can doubt
That is, in their opinion, the way to
heaven What Mohammed is to the
Mohammedan and what Christ is to the
Christian Buddha is to the Buddhist
We waited for pause in the recitation,
and then expressing our thanks retired.
Nearby is a Buddhist temple, on the
altar of which before the image Of
Buddha are offerings of flowers. As
night was coming on we came up TO a
Hindoo temple. First we were prohib-
tied going farther than the outside steps,
but we gradually advanced until we
could see all that was going on inside.
The worshipers were making obeisance.
The tamtams were wildly beaten, and
shrill pipes were blown, and several
,fC i,,f T,1l hoy
blare, and there was an understandable
hubbub and the most labOrious style of
worshipi hadever seen or heard. The dim
lights, and the jargon, and the glooms,
and the fitting figures mingled for eye
and ear horror which it is difficult to
shake off, All this was only suggestive
Of 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 or have any power to console
or help the yvorshipers is only another
mystery in this world of mysteries. But
we came away saddened with the spec
tacle, a sadness which did not leave us
until we arrived at place where a
Christian missionary was preaching in
the street to a group Of natives.
Underneath Ceylon.
I had that morning expressed wish
to witness such a scene, and here it was.
Standing on an elevation, the good man
was addressing the crowd All was at
tention and silence and reverence A re-
Hgion of relief and joy was being COM
mended, and the dusky faces were IL
lumined with the sentiments of pacifi-
cation and enforcement 1t was the
rose of Sharon after walking among net
ties 1t was the morning light after
thick darkness. 1t was the gospel after
Hindooism