The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-05-15

plaincd against because the Word
God" IN not even once mentioned In
n, although one rightly disposed can
see God In Il from the frst chapter 20
the last. we have il set forth that Aef-
XeB. or Ahasuerus. who invaded Greece
with two million men, but returned In
a poor fishers boat. had q vast domin-
ion. among other regions. India. In
my text india takes 10 place In bible
geography. and the interest In that
land has continued 10 increase until.
with moro and more enthusiasm, an
around the world Bishop llehcr'a hymn
about "lndia's coral strand Is being
sung Never will forget the thrill OF
anticipation that went through my
body and mind and soul when. after
two weeks tossing on the fcas around
Ceylon and lndia-for the winds dld
not. according 10 the old hymn. blow
soft DER Ceylons islc'-Our snip sailed
up one OF the mouths Of the Gangos.
past James and Mary island, no named
because a royal ship Of that name was
wrecked there and ! stepped ashore 80
Calcutta. amid the shrincs and temples
and sculptures OF that CITY Of Pal
aces" the strange physiognomioa OF
the lIylns and the crcma'ions Of the
dead had never expected 60 De
there. l,causc the sea and ] long ago
had a serious failing out. bat the iacil'
tiles Of travel are so Increasing that
you or your children will probably visit
that land OF boundless fascination Us
conhguratlon IS such that no one bot
God could have architcc'ed. and 10
seems as II man who bad 40 religion
going there. would be- Obliged 90 ac-
knowledge a God as ala the cowboy 10
Colorado His companion. an atheist.
had about persuaded the cowboy that
there was no God. but coming amidst
some of that tremendous scenery 90
high rocks and awful chasms. ana
depths dug under depths. and noun
tains piled on mountains the COW boy
said 10 his athoisiic companion. Jack,
u there Is no God now. guess from
the looks o. things around here there
must have been a God some time No
one but the OmniEcient could have
planned India. and no one bat the ON
nipotent could have built a. u u o.
great triangle. its base the H.malayas
word meaning "the dwelling place az
SHOWS" those mountains pouring out
Of their crystal cup che Indus. tho
Hrahm1pltm and the Gangos Co Stake
the thirst % the vast populations %
India. That country is thc home Cf
two hundred and forty million souls
Whatever De- ones taste ro.ng there
bis taste g. FratihCd. Some go as
hunters 81 great same. and there 90 no
end to their entertainment Mighty
fauna. bison. buffalo. rhinoceros. Gle.
plant. panther. lion. tiger this last
90 BE- the perpetual game Cor Amcrl-
cans and Europeans. because be- come
up from the malarial swamus. where u6
human being dare enter. ihc deer and
antelope hts accustomed food. but one,
having obtained tho taste ~ human
blood be- wants nothing ,lse. aul d.
called the man-catcr You can not
see the tigers natural fcruCIty after hf
has been Inundated by a voyage across
the sea. You need TO hear bis grow
as be presses bis iron paw against the
cage 10 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. aud ten thousand cattle de-
stroyod. From the back % the elephant
or from galleries built among the tree.
fifteen hundred tigers went down and
eighteen thousand dollars OF govern.
mont reward were paid the spartsmrn.
The Baptist missionary. Carey. Wh1
dld infinite good 10 lndia.had Two great
paaions-nrst, a passion Tor souls. and
next. q passion Tor flowers. and lg
adorned bis Asiatic home aud the Am.
crican homes of his friends. aud mn.
seums ON either side the sea. with the
results of his coral expeditions In Ia.
dia. To prepare himself Tor moruIne
prayers hn was accustomed 90 waIk
amid the flowers and trees Il is IA,
hcayen Of the magnolia aud abolmosk
and palm tree. Tho cthuolorIst coins
there. will nud endless entertainment,
IN the study 90 the races nov uyIrs
there and the races oi whose blood thry
are n commlnglng The historian. ro.
ms there. will nnd bis theory Of War.
rem Hastings government in india the
reverse from that which Edmund
Burke gave him in the most lamou.
address ever made In a court room.
its two characteristics matchless clo-
Qucnce and one sidedncss of statement.
The archacologist will be thrown into
a frenzy OF delight as he visits Delhi
OF India and digs down and nnds seven
dead cities underneath the now Twins
city. An success 10 the hunters and
the botanists and the cthnologlsts and
the historians aud the ar,hacologlsts
who visit India, each one on his or hcy
errand' HUT we today visit India O.,
Christian women and men to hear Oh,
fun meaning Of a groan of hunger that
has travelled fourteen thousand miles
yet gets louder aud more agoniling as
the days so by but why have any iu.
torost In people no Gar away that d Q.
evening there when d Is morning here
their complexion darker. their languar,
90 "a a jargon, their attire unlike that
found In any American wardrobe. thcii
memory and their ambition unlike any.
thing that we recall or hope for? with
more emphasis than you put into o.,
interrogatory why" | answer. First.
because our Christ was an AsiatIc
Egypt gave Co us rs monuments, Rom,
gave to as its law. Germany save 30 a,
its philosophy. but Asia gave TO US Ia
Christ. His mother an Aslatic, th,
mountains that looked down upon him
Aslatic; the lakes on whose pobbll
banks he rested and on whose chopped
waves he walked, Aslatic; the apostles
whom he FIRST commissioned, Asiatlc
thn auhlqnrpa he whplmod with his III