St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-06-05

ana on whose chopped waves he walked,
Asiatic; the apostles whom He 6Es(
commissioned, Asiatic; the audiencea
He whelmed with His illustrations
drawn from blooming lilies End
salt crystals, and great rainfalls,
and believing tempests, and hypo-
critics, long faces and croaking ravens
-all those audiences Asiatic. Christ
during His earthly stay was never out
side Of Asia When He had 16 or IL
years to spare from His active work,
instead Of spending that time in Eu-
rope. think He goes farther toward
the heart Of Asia-namely. India The
Bible says nothing Of Christ from Il
years of age until 30, but there are
records in India and traditions in India
which represent . strange, wonderful,
most excellent and supernatural being
rs staying in India about that time.
think Christ was there much of the
time between His twelfth and His thir-
tieth year in India, but however that
may be, Christ was born in Asia, suf-
fered in Asia, died in Asia and ascend
ed from Asia, and all that makes me
turn my ear more attentively toward
that continent . hear its cry Of dis
tress.
| Besides that, remember that some
of the most splendid achievements for
the cause Of that Asiatic Christ have
been made in India. How the heart Of
every intelligent Christian beats with
admiration Mt the mere mention of the
name of Henry Martyr. Having read
the life of our American David Brain
erd, who gave his life to evangelizing
our American savages, Henry Martyr
goes forward to give his life for the
salvation Of India, dying from exhaus-
ton Of service 1t 81 years OF age. Lord
Macaulay, writing Of him, says:
Here Martyr lies, In manhood's early bloom,
The Christian hero found . Pagan tomb.
Religion. sorrowing DER her favorite son,
Points to the glcriouS.rophies which he won
Immortal trophies! Not with slaughter red.
Nor stained with tears by fricndless orphans
shed:
But trophies Of the Cross. In that dear name
Through every scene OF danger. toll. and shame,
Onward he journeyed TO that happy shore.
Where danger. toll, and shame are known no
more.
Need tell you Of Alphonsc Lacroix,
the Swiss missionary in India; or of
William Butler, the glorious American
Methodist missionary in India; or of
the royal family Of the Scudders, of
the Reformed Church Of America, my
dear mother church to whom gave q
kiss Of love in passing; or Of DIR. Alex
ander Duff, the Scotch missionary,
whose visit to this country some of us
will remember forever? When he
stood in the old Broadway tabernacle,
New York, and pleaded for India until
there was no other depth of religious
emotion for him to stir and no loftier
height Of Christian eloquence for him
to scale. and closed in whirlwind of
hallelujahs, 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
50 overweight that he fell in the pull
pit in swoon and was carried into the
vestry to be resuscitated, and when re-
stored to his senses and preparation
was being made to carry him out to
some dwelling where he could he put
to bed, he compelled his friends to take
him back to the pulpit to complete his
plea for the salvation of India no soon
cr getting on his feet than he be-
gan where he left of, but with
more gigantic power than before
he tainted. But just IS noble as
any l have mentioned are the
men and women who are there now for
Christ,s sake and the redemption of
that people. Far away from their ma
tive land, famine on ono side and black
plague on the other side, swamps
breathing on them malaria. and jungles
bowling on them with wild beasts or
kissing with cobras: the names of those
missionaries Of all denominations to be
written SO high on the roll Of martyrs
that no names Of the last 1,SO0 years
shall be written above them You
need to see them ut their work in
schools and churches and ;azarcttos to
appreciate them. All honor upon
them and their households. while 1
smite the lying lips Of their slanderers!
Most Interesting are the people Of
Indias At Calcutts.I said to one Of
their leaders, who spoke English very
A"H6ve these idols which / see any
power Of themselves to help or de-
stroy!"
He said; NO; they only represent
God. There is but one Cod
when people die, where do they 60
tor
THAT depends on what they havel
been doing; if they have been doing
good, to Heaven, and If they have
been doing evil, to hell
But do you not believe in the trans
migration Of souls, and that after
death We 60 into birds or animals Of
some sort?"
"Yes; the last creature man is
thinking of while dying is the one into
which he will 60. If he is thinking of
bird, he will 60 into q 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?'
He goes there by . gradual process.
It may take him years and years"
Can anyone become Hindoo? Could
become Hindoos'
Yes, you could.'
s.How could become Hindoo?"
by doing IS the Hindoos do -
From the walls Of one of their muse
ums 1t Jeyporc had translated for me
these beautiful sentiments:
.The wise make failure equal to sue
cess"
Like threads Of silver seen through
crystal beads, let love thu ough good
deeds show" 80;
do not to Others that which If done
to thee would cause thee pain. And
This Il the sum az duty.p