The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-06-30
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erallv command the respect and SYM
pathy OF the class. Hostility to the
Bible arises mainly from the inexperlence
or pugnscity of the teacher. The fresh
ness of Bible study 10 non-Christlans
may account for the fact that such boys
almost invariably obtain higher marks
in the Bible examinations than Christian
boys, unless the examination is contin-
ed to the barest details OF facts, Or TO
pure memory work. ."
The most noticeable features OF the year
are the large Increase Of Christian pupils,
who now number S5, and the success Of
the manual training department..
One pupil in the girls sclruol at Rahuri
after one and one-half years, coming per.
fectly ignorant, the name even OF God
unknown in her village, LETT with her
husband, 20 whom she was married In
baDyhood, n sensible womanly girl. able
to read little and to sew exquisitely,
and her heart filled with the love of God.
The station schools are doing most in
character building. The boys and girls
come from their villages crude and un-
disciplined, often with serious faults,
and, sometimes for months, ii is a ques-
tion whether, con3idering their slow inn
provement and the risk 10 other children,
they ought to he allowed to remain. Yet
IN repeated instances there have been a
growing seli-control and habits OF in
dustry and obedience.
The following are the statistics OF the
SUNDAY Schools:
Number of Sunday Schools, 1870: num-
Der of teachers, 264; number of Christian
pupils, 1873; whole mum Der of pupils,
1870. rhe Hindu idea of Christians is
that they are so polluted that any I'M
mediate contact with them is defilement
for themselves. Hence the Christian
children must sit in some corner apart
from the Hindus, and, IN passing to and
fro from their classes, they must take
care that they do not even touch the gar
msnts of the Others. III the Christian
child has occasion to pass his book or
his slate TO the teacher the stimuli
taneous contact OF the hands of the
teacher and of the pupil upon the two
SIDES OF the slate or book will allow
the pollution to pass through, like
an electric shock. Hence the child must
stoop down and place his slate upon the
ground. and the teacher can then stoop
and pick 1t up without fear Of defilement.
In passing it back the same formaiity
must be observed This practice is re-
eardet as an expression of contempt for
Christianity, such as no one with any
feelings of self-respgct could ever submit
10. Indeed, If the Christian by any overt
act, should chow his contempt for the
Hindu religion he would be liable to be
brought before magistrate and punished
according 10 the provisions OF the penal
code And yet the Hindus in many Will
ages think that the Christians should
submit TO such treatment as their daily
regime.
Cholera commenced in many villages
when several castles got together in Sirur
aud made of rice paste huge image in
the form and size of a man. This they
put on cart aud carried IL to a village,
whose inhabitnnts took ii in their turn
and carried it to the next village. And
so on for eighty or more miles, when it
was brought to the Govnveri river, near
which was a celebarted temple OF the
goddess OF Mariai, i. e., the goddess of
cholera. She expressed her will that the
image be thrown into the river. And
thus II was given TO the river, carrying
all the cholera away with IL from which
time ana for which reason cholera was
said TO be less in all these villages.