Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-01-19

gerry. Cases of suffering were formerly
given over to tho devil worshipers and
such fortunes inflicted as may net 10
described The patient was trampicd by
the feet of tho medical attendants. 1t
is only Ct Gods mercy that there is
living mother in Ceylcn. Oh. how
much Coylon needs doctors, AID the
I medical classes CT native students under
/ the care of those who follow the exam
pie of the late Samuel Fish Green are
! providing them, 50 that ali the allovi-
ations and kindly ministries and scion-
tiiic acInlen that can be found i'll Amer
lean and English hospitals viii soon
bless ell Ceylon.
In that island are 80 American
school, 2l0 Church of England schools,
234 Wesleyan schools, 234 Roiaan
| Catholic schools. All, the schools de-
eide most everything! How suggest
i've the iacidentthat came to me il Cey-
Ion. III school under the care of tho
Episcopal church two boys were con-
verted to Christ and were to be baptized.
An intelligent Buddhist boy said in the
school, Let all the boys on BuGdha'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. F"
All the boys except two went on Bud
dha's side, and when TIE two boys who
were to be baptized were scoffed at and
dorided 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 CT
baptism came stood up beside the boy
who remained firm. Some one said to
the boy who had yaeillated il his choice
between Buddha and Christ, "You are
q coward and not fit for either side,
but he replied, 81 was overcome of
temptation, but / repent and believe"
Then both boys were baptized, and from
that time the Anglican mission moved
on more and more vigorously. | will
not say which of all the denominations
of Christians is doing the most for the
evangelization Of that island, bat know
this-Ceylon will be taken for Christ!
Sing Bishop Heber hymn:
What though the spicy breezes
Blow soft over Ccylon's islel
A College and Temple.
- Among the first places visited was
Buddhist college, about 100 men study
the teachers. Stepping into the build
ing where tho high priest was instruct
ing tho class, wo were apologetic and
| told him We were Americans and would
/ like to see his mode Of teaching if he
had no objections, wheroupon he began,
doubled up as he was on 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 tho lesson, each student
holding similar package of bamboo
leaves. The high priest first read and
then one of his students read. A group
OF as finely formed young men as | 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 re.
Not able to understand word of what
was said, there is look of language
and intonation that is the same among
all races. That the Buddhists have full
faith III 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 d Buddhist temple, on the
altar of which before tie 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 he outside steps,
but we gradually advanced until we
cculd see all that was going on inside.
The worshipers were making obeisance.
The tamtans were wildly beaten, and
shrill pipes were blown, and several
other instruments were i'll full bang and
blare, and there Was an indescribable
hubbub and the most laborious style of
worship! had ever scene heard. Tho 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 worshipers is only another /
mystery III this world Of mysteries. But |
we came away Saddened with tho spec |
tacle, sadness which did not leave us
until we arrived at a place where /
Christian missionary was preaching in
the street to a grc1p of natives.
Underneath Ceylon. Il
| had that morning expressed wish I
to witness such Is scene, and here it was.
Standing Oh an elevation, the good man |
was addressing the crowd. All was at
tention and silence and reverence. A re- |
ligion of relief and joy was being COM /
mended, and the dusky faces were IL I
lumined with the sentiments of pacifi- /
cation and Reimbursement. 1t was the I
rose of Sharon after walking among net I
ties. 1t was the morning light after a
thick darkness. 1t was the gospel after
HiGdooism.
Bat passing up and down the streets
of Ceylon you find all styles of people
within five minutes-Afghans, Kafsirs,
Portuguese. Moormen, Dutch, English,
Scotch, Irish, American-all classes, all
dialects, all manners and customs, all +
styles of salaam. The most interesting
thing on earth is the human race, and
specimens Of all branches of it confront
you in Ceylon. The island of the pres
ent is quiet and inconspicuous affair
compared with what it once was. The
dead cities CT Ceylon were larger and
more imposing than are the living cities.
On this island are dead New Yorks and
dead Pekings and dead Edinburghs and
dead LGndons. Ever and anon at the
stroke of the archseolosist's hammer the
tomb Of some great municipality flies
open, and there are other buried cities
that will yet respond to the explorers
pickax.
Tho Pompeii and Hereulaneum un-
dorneath Italy are small compared with
the PompeIis and Herculaneums under