The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-05-13

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planned against because the word
+ Cod is not even once mentioned III
it, although one rightly disposed can
see God in it from the first chapter 10
the last, we have it set forth mat Aer-
xes, or Ahasuerus, who invaded Greece
with two million men, but returned III
poor fishers boat, had vast domln-
ion, among other regions. India. IN
my text India takes it's place in bible
geography, and 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 I forget the thrill OF
anticipation that went through my
body and mind and soul when, after
two weeks tossing on the seas around
Ceylon and India-for the winds dld
not, according to the old hymn, blow
soft DER Ceylon's isle"-our ship sailed
up one of the mouths of the Ganges,
past James and Mary island, SO named
because royal ship of that name was
wrecked there, and stepped ashore at
Calcutta, amid the shrines and temples
and sculptures of that City of Pal
aces" the strange physiognomies OF
the living and the cremations of the
dead. I had never expected to be
there, because the sea and long ago
had serious falling out; but the facil-
tiles of travel are SO increasing that
you or your children will probably visit
that land of boundless fascination. It's
configuration is such that no one but
God could have architected. and it
seems as if a man who had no religion
going there. would be obliged to ac-
knowledge God as did the cowboy in
Colorado. His companion, an atheist,
had 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,
if there is no God now, I guess from
the looks of things around here there
must have been a God some time" No
one but the Omniscient could have
planned India, and no one but the ON
nipotent could have built it. 1t is a
great triangle, it's base the Himalayas,
word meaning "the dwelling place of
SHOWS" those mountains pouring out
of their crystal cup the Indus, the
Brahmaputra and 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 gratified. Some 20 as
hunters of great game. and there is no
end to their entertainment. Mighty
fauna: bison, buffalo, rhinoceros, Gle
plant, panther, lion, tiger-this last
to be the perpetual game for Ameri-
cans and Europeans, because he comes
up from the malarial sWamps, where no
human being dare enter; the deer and
antelope his accustomed food but once
having obtained the taste of human
blood, he wants nothing else, and is
called the man-eater." You can not
see. the tigers natural ferocity after he
has been Inundated by a voyage across
the sea. You need to hear his grow,
as he presses his iron paw against the
cage in Calcutta. Thirteen towns have
been abandoned as residence because
of the work of this cruel invader In
India in the year 1877 eight hundred
and nineteen people We're slain by the
tiger, and ten thousand cattle de.
stroyed. From the back of the ,elephant
or from galleries built among the trees
fifteen hundred tigers went down anG
eighteen thousand dollars OF govern.
ment reward We're paid the sportsmen
The Baptist missionary, Carey. whe
did infinite good to India, had two grea
passions-frst, a passion for souls an(
next, a passion for flowers, and b,
adorned his Asiatic home and the Am
erican homes of his friends, and mu
seums on either side the sea, with til,
results of his floral expeditions i'm In
dia. To prepare himself for mornin.
prayers, he was accustomed to wall
amid the flowers and trees. 1t is th,
heaven Of the magnolia and abelmosk
and palm tree. The ethnologist. goin,
there, will find endless entertainment
in the study of the races now Twins
there and the races of whose blood the
are a commingling. The historian. go
ing there, will find his theory of War
rem Hastings government in India til,
reverse from that which Edmun,
Burke gave him in the most famous
address ever made in a court room
its two characteristics matchless elo
Quence and one sidedness of statement
The archaeologist will be thrown int.
a frenzy of delight as he visits DeIh
of India and digs down and finds sever
dead cities underneath the now Twin,
city. All success to the hunters ant
the botanists and the ethnologists an,
the historians and the Archaeological.
who visit India, each one on his or he;
errand! But we today visit India q,
Christian women and men to hear tn.
fuil meaning of a groan of hunger tina
has travelled fourteen thousand miles
yet gets louder and more agoniziEg al
the days go by. But why have any nj
terest in people SO far away that it ii
evening there when it is morning here
their complexion darker, their Language
to us a jargon, their attire unlike thai
found in any American wardrobe, Their