The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-12-01
GREATNESS OF CONFLICT
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mans mother threw herself down on
the steps of the missionary's bungalow
and banged her head against the
stones, knocking out her teeth and tear
ing out her hair, in order 10 make nm
give up Christ. lie stood firm, hoWeV-
er, through the grace of Christ, and Is
now one of our mission preachers.
The present revival OF Hinduism in
India is due to several causes, but chief
among them is the alarm that Is felt at
the growing influence of Christianity.
A minor cause is rivalry with the Mo-
hammedans. 1t is also a reaction
against the scepticism which in former
years usually followed the acquisition
of a western education. The Hindus
are a very religious people and cannot
get along without any religion. SO now
we see students plunging madly into all
the excuses of Hinduism. Idolatry is
being apologized for as necessary to di-
rect ones mind towards God, especially
for the ignorant people. Hindu papers
advocate the hearty observance of the
heather festivals, such as that of the
elephant headed god, Ganpati, and even
of the dirty and degrading Shimga.
Last year at the Ganpati festival / OBJ
served that companies Of boys had been
trained to march about the streets
singing the praises Of the elephant god,
a new thing in the observance Of that
festival. The Parliament Of Religions
had the effect OF reviving waning Hin
duism for a. time. The Hindus felt very
proud that their representatives were
allowed to sit on the same platform
with Christians. These men sent back
glowing accounts of their cordial recep-
ton by Americans and the eagerness
with which they were listened to-
When went out to talk with educated
young men on religion I generally met
the remark, ''Have you heard that Swa-
mi Vivekananda has converted four
thousand Americans to Hinduism
Some of the Hindu papers were greatly
agitated as to what to do, with these
American Hindus, as they could be
received into any existing caste. 1t was
finally decided that new caste should
be formed for them. A conceited young
Brahmin told me that he understood
that the Americans referred Hinduism
to Christianity. 1 could only laugh at
this and told him that I did not think
the American would ever give up re-
ligion that had done SO much for them
for Hinduism. "Well" he said, 'of
oo,,rse Rome was not huilt in q dav"
,rbe Swami whan he returned 70 India
,,,ae ,ooai,,od vow, an+b,sia s+ioa11v &c q
,han,rio,, ~ 1Iindrisno 1yhis was rath-
a., dan,nenad bowavar whom thev
1a.rnad +hro,,c,b ,Dr Rarrovvs and 9TH
AZ +ba+ ha had pree1v aa+en tho f,nsh of
+ba socred cow and ~ The rnc1ean MIG
wbi,a in An,erica Tn Ranga1 he was
a,,r,o1,ad fro,, a +an,nle hu the ortbodox
nr;ast mis- shous Tho noIvn,. of caste
erd DISC that Tho swami is not regard
"a -, ou+hoao,, tI,nd,, uo is reo1,y
~ ,,,os+ ,,,a,TsitIo f.1eifiar IN oil Asis
L. ~ s,saai,,,a,, fcoy, a snaanb q ter
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thono &. eo,roa1,, oose
tiee-'. 80 naanps, $500, h,,sha,d a,d
,,,;fa ~, +ra o+ber hand in tho Tinted
s+atas where tho greatest liberty pre-
vai1s scsrcelv lie there a hapny home
Thare NAV be some. but the number of
urhappy homes and marriages is so
large that it passes all description.
Scarcely could I go to meeting or a
society, but that I found three-quarters
of the women present had turned out
their husbands and children.
The first effect OF the Parl1ament OF
Relig1ons was TO hlnder the progress OF
Chrlstanlty. heard lecture from
Mr. NagafKaf, a representative OF the
bfohmo SamaJ, IN when ne sald, re-
sara the Parnament OF Rellglons as the
greatest event IN the century, because
IL is destlneo TO marx great changes IN
the intellectual ana spiritual history or
mankind. Chrlstlanlty must give up
us claim 10 pc the one UNIVERSAL ana
absolute feIglon Tor MANKIND, ana
come down ana take It's place with the
otner great ralths OF the world Ihe tu-
lure rellglon OF MANKIND VIII comolne
the good points OF all existing rel1glons,
and OF that new liberal faith OF the
world, the Brahmo SamaJ is the expo
nent.
But the Parllament OF Religions Is
leading thoughtful Hindus to compare
their religion with Christianity which
is Just what we want; so the ultimate
effect will be good. I believe that one
of the best results of Dr. Barrows'
magnificent course of lectures in India
has been to correct the false impress
sions which had become prevalent there
concerning the Parliament and 10 set
intellipent men 10 thinlrine. on "c,hris-
t;anitv the universal ra,ig;o, ),