The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-01-10


are enough entrnncemcn,s left to detain orA
uoiess he Is cautious until he IL down wit.
some OF the mnlnras which ncompass this
island "r get bitten With some OF its snakes.
Yes. felt the chilly dampuess OF the place
aud left this congress OF gods this p,ade-
monium OF demons, this pantheon OF indlf:
ierrnt delties, and came to the steps and
looked of upon the waters which rolled and
flashed around tho steam yacht that was
waiting to return with US to Bombay. As
we stepped aboard. our minds filled with the
idols OF the Elephanta caves, / was I'm.
pressed as never before with the thought
that man must have n religion of some kind
even 10 he has to contrive one himself. and
he must have a goi even though he make II
with nis own hand. | rejoice TO know tho
oay will come when the one God of the uni
verse will DO acknowledged throughout
lEdin.
That evening OF our return to Bombay
visited the Young Mems Christian Associa-
tion with the same appointments that you
find In the Young Mems Christian Associa-
tions OF Europe an l America, and the night
after that addressed throng OF nativs
children who are In the schools OF the Chris.
tian missions. Christian universities gather
TN Ter their wing OF benciiction host OF
tho young men OF this country. Bombay
and Calcutta. the two great commercial
cities OF India. feel the cleyaiins power OF
nn aggressive Christianity. Epi-copllinn
liturgy, and Presbyterian Westminster cate
chism, AMI Methodist anxious seat. AMI Bap.
tist waters OF conservation nov stau1 where
odce basest idolatries had undisputed SWAY.
Tho work watch Shoemaker Carey inaugu-
rated at Serampore, Iniia. iransating the
Bible into forty different dinl'c;s. AMI le1v-
iug his wornout 10 ~ amid the natives
whom he hnd come to save, anl going up In.
to tho heavens from which hc can better
watch all the ileld-that work will be com
f,la "a A gulyutfnn Of thu ,tlttApa ~ Tn.
dia, and beside him Saz from the same
high places stand Bishop Urbrr and Alexan.
der Dun ani John Scullcr and Mackny,
who fell Mt Debit. nm ! MoncrieiT, who fell nj
Cawnpur. and Polehampton, who fell at
Lucknow, and freeman, who fell at Futti-
varb, and all heroes an1 heroires who for
Chrst's snke lived and died for the Christi
nizition OF India, and their heaven will not
be complete until the Gauges TINT washes
the CHATS Of helthen temples shall roll be-
tween churche. OF tho living God. aul the
trnmpod womanhool OF Hindooism shall
have all the rights purchased by him who
amid tho cuts and stahs OF his own nssass.
nation cried out. "Brho,d thy mother !" and
from Bengal Bay TO Arabian Ocean, nnd
from the HimGavas TO the coast o' Coron-
nndel there be liftel hosannas 10 Him who
died TO redeem all nations. In that day
Elephanta cave Will be one OF the places
where idols are "cast TO tho moes ami
bats"
II any clergyman nsks mo. ms an unbe iev-
ing minister OF religion once asked the Duke
OF Wellington. "Do you not think that the
work OF converting the lIlndoos Il all
practical farceY" answer him rs yelling
ton answered the unbclievel minister,
Look TO your marching orders, sis" Or
II any ono having Joined In tho gospel at
tack feels like retreaiins | say TO him. "a
General H1vo'ock sud TO n retrcating rcgi-
ment. "The enemy ara In front, not in tho
roar" aud leading them again into tho
light, though two horses had been shot un-
der him.
Indeed the taking Of this world for Christ
will be no holiday celebration, but rs tre-
mendous rs when In Inlia during tho
mutlny otiSj7 n fortress manned by oepoys
was TO he captured hy Sir Colin Campbell
and the army OF Britain. Tho sepoys hurled
upon tho attacking columns burning mis-
sles and grenades, and fired on them shot
and shell, and poured on them from tho
ramparts burning oil until a writer who wit
messed 1t says, at wbs picture of pande-
monium." Then Sir Colin addressed his
troops, saying, Remember the women and
children muN be res 'uet e. aud his men re-
pile Aye, aye, Sir Colin We stood by
you at Balaklava, aud wo stand by you here"
And then came the triumphant assault OF
the battlements. SO In this gospel cam
paign, when proposes capturing the very
last citadel OF idolatry and sin anl hosting
over Il the banner OF the Cross we may havs
hurled uron us mighty opposition an scorn
and oblcquy, and many may fall before tne
WORK Is done, yet at every call for new onset
let the cry OF tho church to: "Aye, aye.
great captain OF our salvation! Westoodby
thee IN other conflicts. and wa will stand by
thec to tho last" And then, II not In this
world, then from the battloments OF tho
next, Us tho last Appolyoni1 iortiAcation
shall crash into ruin. we will join IN tho
shout. Thanks he unto Go !, who giveth rs
the victory" "HaleGtah, tor the Lord Col
omnipo;cat reigneth!'