The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-05-12

who sometimes laughed al things ne ought
no 10 have satirizel, had in the learned Eiiu-
hIrch Review scotfed at the idea Of what -
called .,iowhorn, lowbred mechanics like
Carev ,,cnDtinG 10 convert the Brahmans.
C.,~ey stoppe,l not until he had started in
iucn : thar eternity, no more than time,
s,4n.l haze rower to arrest, 2l3,000 Bibles
go,ug fort. fr3m his printing presses Al
Serampor- dis sublime humility showing
itself il the epitaph he ordered from the obi
gospel hymn:
\ wretched. poor and helpless worm,
On thy kind arms fall.
Need tell YOU Of A!phonsc Lacroix. the
Swiss missionary in India, or Of William
Batter. the glorious American Methodist
missionary in India, or Of the royal family
of the ScudderS, of the Reformed Church OF
America. NY dear mother church to whom |
give kiss Of love in passing. or Of DR.. Alex
ander Duff the Scotch missionary whose
visit to this cotlutry some of US Wiz remem-
Der forever? When ne stood IL the old Broad
way tabernacle. New York, and pleaded for
India unit, there was no other depth Of re-
lirious emotion for MIN TO stir and no lottler
heigh, Of Christian eloqucnce for him TO scale,
and closed in whiriwind OF halleluiahs,
could easily believe that which was said OF
him. that while pleading the cause Of India
IN one Of the churches of Scotland he got SO
oyerwroucht that he fell IN the pulpit in a
swoon and was carried into the vestry 10 be
resusciated. and when restored to his senses
aud preparation was being made tc carry
him out to some dwelling where he could be
p,,; 10 bed. ne compelled his friends to take
him back 10 the pulpit 10 complete his plea
Tor the salvation of India, no sooner getting
on his feet than he began where he left off,
hut with more gigantic power than before he
faintcd.
But just as noble as a1yI have mentioned
are the men and women who are there now
for ChriSts sake and the redemption Of that
people. Far away from their native land,
famine on one side and black plague on the
other side. swamps breathing on them malaria
and jungles howliag on them with wild
beasts or Kissing with cobvas; the names OF
those missionaries Of all denominations to De
written so high on the roll Of martyrs that
no names Of the last 1900 years shall be
written above them You need to see them
st their work in schools and churches and
lazare,tos to appreciate them. All honor
upon them and their households, while l
smite the lying lips of their slanderers.
Most interesting are the people Of India.
at Calcutta. said to one of their leaders,
who spoke English well:
ssHave these idols which see any power
Of themselves to help or destroy
He said: F.No: they only represent God.
There is but one Cod
.Whep people die, where Go they go to-
THAT depends upon what they have been
doing; if they have been doing good, to
heaven, and 4 they have been doing evil, to
hell.
"But DO you not believe il the transmi-
grafton Of souls, and that after death we go
into birds or animals, of some sort:
s,Yes; the last creature a man is thinking
of while dying is the one into which he Will
20. Ifhe islhinking Of bird, he will 60
into bird; If he is thinking OF beast, he
will 60 into beast
Il thought you said that at death the soul
goes to heaven or hell?
ssHe goes there by gradual process. II
may take him years and years"
Can any one become q Hindoo? Could
become Hindoo?'
''Yes, you could"
Glow could become Hindoe??'
'.By doing as the Hindoos do"
From the walls of one oftheir museums at
Ja;puc had ,raslated for me these beautiful!
sentiments:
The wise make failure equal to success.
Like threads of silver seen through crystal
beads, let love through good deads show.
Do not 10 others that which if done to thee
would cause thee pain. And this IS the sun,
of duty.
A man obtains proper rule CT action by
locking on his neighbors as himself.
From that continent OF interesting folk,
from that continent that gave the Christ,
from that continent which has been endear-
ed BY so many missionary heroics, there
comes a groan of S0,0Q0,000 people in hun
ger More people are in danger Of starving
10 death in India today than the entire pop
ulation of the United States. In the famine
in India in the year 1871 about 100000
people starved 10 death. That is more than
all the people Of Washington, Of New York,
of Philadelphia, Of Chicago put together.
But that famine was not tenth part as aw-
ful as the one there now raging Twenty
thousand are dying there OF fsm;ne every
day. Whole villages and towns have died
every man, woman, and chi d; none left
to bury the dead. The vultures and the
,jackals are the only pallbearers. Though
some help has been sent, before full relief
can reach them l suppose there will be at
least 100000 dead. Starvation, even for
one person, is an awful process. No food.
the vitals gnaw upon themselves, and faint
ness and languor and pangs from head to
foot, and horror and despair and insanity
take full possession. One handful Of wheat
or corn or rice per day would keep life CO.
ing, but they cannot get a handful The
crops failed and the millions are dying. Oh,
it is hard 10 be hungry in a world where
there are enough grain and nett to fill all
the hungry mouths on the planet. But, alas,
that the sufferer and the supply cannot be
brought together. There stands India today.
Look at her. Her face dusky from the ho:
suns Of many centuries. Under her turban
such achings of brow as only dying nation
feels; her eyes hollow with unuttecable woe;
the tears rolling down her sunken cheek; her
back bent with more agonies than she COWS
how to carry; the ovens containing nothing
but ashes. Gaunt, ghas;ly, wasted, the dew
of death upon her forehead and apallor such
as the last hour brings, she stretches forth
her trembling hand toward US and with
hoarse whisper she says: 81 am dying,
Give me bread. That is what want, Bread.
Give 1t to me quick. Give it 10 me now.
Bread, bread, bread
America has heard the cry. Many thou
sands Of dollars have already been contrib
uted. One ship laden with breaGstufs has
sailed from San Francisco for India. Our
senate and house Of representatives in bill
sigued by our sympathetic president have
authorized the secretary Of the navy to char
ter vessel to carry food TO the famine sut-
ferers, and you may help i'll that ship. We
wan, TO send at least 600, 600 bushels Of corn.
That will save the lives Of at least 100000
people. Many will respond in contributions
otmoney, and the barns and corncribs Of the
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