Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-05-11

pidlned against because INC VIZ
God" is not even once mentioned III
1t, although one rightly disposed can
see God in it from the first chapter 10
lie last, We have il set forth that Aer-
Nes, or AhasUcrus. who invaded Greece
with two million men, but returned IN
"a poor fishers boat, had vast domiu-
.On, among other regions. India. In
my text India takes its place in bible
geography. ana the interest IN That
land has continued TO increase until.
with more and more enthusiasm, all
around the world Bishop Heber's hymn
about "India's coral strand is being
sung. Never Will / forget tho thrill OF
anticipation that went through my
body ard mind and soul when, after
two weeks tossing on the Geas around
Ceylon and Iudia--for the winds did
not. according TO the old hymn, blow
soft DER Ceyions islc"-our ship sailed
I'D one OF the mouths of the Ganges,
last James and Mary island. so named
because a royal ship Of that name was
wrecked there, and / stepped ashore at
Calcutta. amid the shrines and temples
md sculptures Of that City OF Pal
aces" the strange physiognomics of
nc living and the crcmaions OF the
dead. | had never expected TO be
there, because the sea and l long ago
had q Serious falling out: but the facil-
tiles ~ travel are so increasing that
YOU or y,Vr children will probab bly, visit
that lana pf hoyndless fascination. It's
confgurati1n is such that no one but
God could have architected, and il
seems as if a man who had no religion
going there. would he Obliged TO ac-
knowledge God as did the cowboy III
Colorado Ills companion. an atheist,
mad about persuaded the cowboy that
there was no God. but coming amidst
some OF that tremendous scenery of
high rocks and awful chasms, and
depths dug under depths. and noun
tains piled on mountains, the COW boy
said to his atheistic companion, Jack,
* there is no God now, / guess from
The looks Of things around here there
must have been God some time" No
one but the Omniscient could have
planned india. and no one bat the Om-
nipotent could have built 1t. 1t is
great triangle. its base the Himalayas.
word meaning the dwelling place OF
SHOWS" those mountains pouring out
oe their crystal cup tho Indus, the
Brahmaputra aud the Gauges to Stake
The thirst of the vast populations OF
india. That country is the home OF
Two hundred and forty million souls
Whatever be ones taste going there,
his taste IS gratiaed. Some go as
hunters or great game. and there is no
end to their entertainment. Mighty
fauna; bison, buffalo, rhinoceros, Gle
phant, panther. lion, tiger-this last
20 be the perpetual game for Ameri-
cans and Europeans. because lie comes
up from the maiarial swamps, where no
human being dare enter; the deer and
antelope hia accustomed food, but once
having obtained the taste of human
blood, he wants nothing else, and is
called "the man-eater." You can aot
see the tigers natural ferocity after he
mas been Inundated by voyage across
the sea. You need to hear his growl
rs he presses his iron paw against the
cage in Calcutta. Thirteen towns have
been abandoned as residence because
India in the year 1877 eight hundred
and nineteen people were slain by the
tiger, and ten thousand cattle de-
stroyed. From the back of the elephant
or from galleries built among the trees
dfteen hundred tigers went down and
eighteen thousand dollars Of govern
ment reward were paid the sportsmen.
The Baptist missionary, Carey. who
did infinite good to India had two great
Dassions-first, q passion for souls. and
next, a passion for flowers. and he
adorned his Asiatic home and the Am
crican homes OF his friends. and ro,,-
seums on either aide the sea, with the
results OF his floral expeditions in In
dia. To prepare himself for morning
prayers, he was accustomed to walk
amid the flowers and trees. II is the
heaven OF the magnolia and abellnosk.
and palm tree. The ethnologist. going
there. will find endless entertainment
in the study Of the races now living
there and the races of whose blood they
are commingling. The historian, go
ing there. will find his theory OF War
rem Hastings government in India tho
reverse from that which Edmund
Burke gave him in the most famous
address ever made In court room,
ats two characteristics matchless elo-
quence and one sidedness of statement.
The archaeGlogist will be thrown into
frenzy Of delight as he visits Delhi
of India and digs down and finds seven
dead cities underneath the now living
city. All success TO the hunters and
the botanists and the ethnologists and
the historians and the archaeologists
who visit India, each one on his or her
Grand But we today visit India as
Christian women and men to hear the
full meaning Of n groan of hunger that
has travelled fourteen thousand miles,
yet gets louder and more agoniziIg as
the days so by. But why have any in
terest in people 80 far away that it is
evening there when it is morning here,
their complexion darker, their language
10 us a jargon, their attire unlike that
found ia any American wardrobe, their