The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1895-01-18

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growth oohgregated there make DO:
kanioal garden. Doves called cinnamon
doves hop among the branches, and
crows, more poetically styled ravens,
which mover could sing, but think they
Gan, fiy across the rond giving full test
Of their vocables. Birds which learned
their chanting under the very caves Of
heaven overpower all with their grand
march of the tropics, Tho hibiscus dap
pies the scene with its scarlet clusters.
All shades of brown and emerald and
saffron and brilliante, melons, lines,
magnosteens, oustard apples, guavas,
pineapples, jasmine so laden with aro-
hia They have TO hold fast to the wall;
and begonias, gloriosas OH fro and
orchids SO delicate other lands must
keep them under conservatory. but here
defiant of all weather, and flowers more
or less akin to azaleas and honeysuckles
and foxes and fuchsias and chrysanthe,
NUNS and rhododendrons and foxgloves
and pansies which dye the plains and
mountains of Ceylon with heaven.
WouuehYus trees vi Ocyhoh'
The evening hour burns incense of all
styles of aromatics The oonvolvulus,
blue as If the sky had fallen, and but
terflies spangling the air, and arms of
trees Slowed with blossoms, and rocks
upholstered of moss, commingling sounds
and sights and odors until eye and ear
and nostril vie with each other as to
which seRss shall Open the door to the
most enchantment. A struggle between
music and perfume and iridesoenoe. Ole
anders reeling in intoxication Of color.
Great banyan trees that have been chang
ing their mind for centuries, each CEN
tury carrying out q new plan of growth,
attracted our attention and saw us pass
in the year Of 1894 as they saw pass the
generations Of 1894 and 1894. Colon
DO is SO thoroughly empowered in foil
age that II you go into one OF its towers
and look down upon the city of 1870, 900
people you cannot see house Oh, the
trees of Ceyloni May you live to be-
hold the morning climbing down
through their branches Or the evening
tipping their leaves with amber and
goldl I forgive the Buddhist for the
worship of trees until they know of the
God who made the trees. l wonder not
that there are some trees in Ceylon call
ed sacred. To me all trees are sacred.
I wonder not that before one Of them
they burn camphor flowers and hang
lamps around its branches and 100, 900
people each year make pilgrimage to
that tree. Worship something man
must, and, until he hear Of the only
Being worthy Of worship, what SC
elevating as treet What glory en-
throned amid its foliagei What a
majestic doxology spreads out in
Its branchesl What voice when
the tempests pass through it How il
looks down upon the cradle and the
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
woodmar spare the tree and all nations
honor 1t, If, through higher teaching
we do not, like the GeyloneEe, Worship
| it'll How eofsolatory that when we nj
more walk under the tree branches Oh
earth we may see the tree of life which
bears 10 manner of fruit and yields hel
fruit every month, and the leaves of tn,
tree are for the healing Of the nations 7
A Strange Procession.
| Two PROFESSIONS / saw in Ceylol
within one hour. the first led by q Hin
doc priest, huge pot Of flowers on hi
head, his face disfigured with holy LAGER
htions and his iinwashed followers beat
ing as many discords from what are sup
posed to be musical instruments as a
one time can be induced to enter t,h
,man car The procession halted at tn
door Of the huts. The occupants cam
ont and made obeisance and presente
small contributions. In return there
for the priest sprinkled ashes upon tn
children who came forward, this evi
IDENTIFY form of benediction. Then tn
procession, led on by the priest, starte
again. More noise, more ashes, NOR
Eenufection. However keen bne's sens
Of the ludicrous; he could find nothin
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OF such procession. Meaningless, OF
prossive, squalid, filthy. sad
Returning to our carriage, we rod
on for few moments, and WI came Q
another procession, kindly lady leat
ing groups Of native children, all cleai
bright, happy, laughing. They were
Christian school out for exercise. Thel
seemed as much intelligence, refinemeI
and happiness in that regiment of youn
Cingalese as you would find in the ranl
cf any young ladies' seminary beiil
J chaperoned d1 eir afternoon wal
! through Central park, New York, {
Hyde park, London. The Hindoo pr,
: cession illustrated on small cale SOM
thing Of what Hindooisna can do for Il
world The Christian procession illu
trates on a small Scale something I
! what Christianity can do for the worl'
But those two professions were on
fragments of two great professions ev,
marching across our world the proce
: sion blasted of superstition and the pr
, cession blessed of gospel light. ! So
them in one afternoon in Ceylon. The
are to be seen in all nations
Nothing is of more thrilling intere
= than the Christian achievements in th
7 island The Episcopal church was he
the national church, but disestablis
ment has taken place, and since M
5 Gladstone's accomplishment of that ia
; in 1880 all denominations are on equ
, platform, and all are are doing nigh
4 work. America is second to no 9th
: nation In what has been done for &c
: Ion. Since 1915 she has had her religio
s agents in the Jaffna peninsula of &c
r Ion. The Spauldings, the Howlands, t
0 Drs. Poor, the Saunders and others il
~ good and strong have been Eighth
\ back monsters of superstition and cru,
8 ty greater than any that ever swung t
Q tusk or roared In the jungles.
q Christ or Bud.lha.
The American missionaries in Ceyl
b have given special attention to medic
{ instruction and are doing wonders