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

dia. At Calcutta. | said 10 one OF their
lcaderB. who spoke English well:
Have these idols which see any
power Of themselves to help or de-
stroy?"
He said: mo. they only represent
God There Is but one God"
when people die. where do they 80
to-"
THAT depends upon what they have
been doing. n they have been doing
good TO heaven, and u they have been
doing evil. 10 hell"
But do you not believe IN the trans
migration Of souls. and that after death
We go into birds or animals Of some
sortg"
Yes: tho last creature a man %
thinking Of while dying Is the one into
which he will 30. n he Is thinking OF
a bird. he will go into a Bird " be Is
thinking Of a beast. he will 20 into a
beast"
Il thought you said that At death the
soul goes 10 heaven or hell?'
"ilc goes there by a gradual process
Il may take him years and years
Can any one become a Hindoo'
Could become a Hiudoo?"
Eyes you could"
How could I become Hiudoo?"
"uy doing as the llindous DO"
From the wallis ~ one OF their mu-
foums AZ Jcyporo had translated for
me these beautiful sentiments
The wise make failure equal 20 sue
cess
Like threads OF silver seen through
crystal beads. lci love through good
deeds show.
DO not 90 others that which n done
20 thee would cause thee pain. And
this Is the sum % duty.
A man obtains a proper rule o. action
by looking on bis ncighbor as himself
/ From that continent OF interesting
I folk. from that continent that gave
/ the Christ. from that continent which
/ has been cndearoI hy 30 many mis-
/ sIonary hcrois. there comes groan
o. eighty million people 10 hunger
More people are Ia danger 90 starving
| 90 death ln India to-day than the en-
tire population ~ the Un.icd s'ates
I ln the famine boz India in the year 1871
about six million people starved TO
death. That Do more than all the geo
I Me ~ Washington. ~ New York. %
Philadelphia. 90 Chicago. put together.
but that famine was not tOuth part
aa awful as The one there now raging
Twenty Thousand are dying there 90
famine every day. whole villages aud
towns have dIci-oyory man. woman
nad child none lcft 60 bury The dead.
The yuluros and the iacsals are the
only rallbcarcu Though some help
has been sent. before fuil relief can
reach them suppose there will be
az least ten million dead Starvation.
even Tor one person. Is an awful pro-
cess SO food. the yltals Fuaw upon
Do msclycs and faIuincss and lanmor
and paurs from head 90 foot. and hor-
tor and despair and insanity take full
possession. one handful of wheat OF
corn or rice per day would keep ne
going. bat they cannot set a handful
Tho crops failed and the millions are
dying. Oh. H. Is hard 90 De hungry In
a world where there o. enough grain
and fruit. and meat. 90 nll all the hum
cry mouths on the planet. bat alas
that the sufferer and the supply cannot
DO brought together. There stands In
dIa to-day' Look AZ her Her fscs
dusLy from the suns % many ccnur.
toss under her turbau such achIugs II
brow as only n dying nation feels. her
eyes hollow with unu'lonhle woe. a.,
tears rolling down her sunken cheek
her back bent with more agonics than
she knows how 90 carry. her ovens
containing nothing hut ashes. Gaunt
CHASTITY. wasted. the dew % death upon
her forehead and a rallor such as a,
last hour brings, she stretches forth
her trembling hand towards ~ and
with hoarse whisper she says, IL am
dylne' Give me brcad' That Is What
I want Brtld' Give 10 90 me quick
Give u Co me row bread bread
hrcad," America has heard the cry
Many thousands % dollars have al.
ready been contributed one shin IA.
den with brcadsiugs has sailed from
san Francisco Tor India our seuat,
and house ~ representatives In bin
signed by our sympathetic president
have authorized the secretary Of a,
navy 20 charter q vessel 20 carry food
90 the famine sufferers. and YOU mas
help To an that ship. We want to SEND
NJ least six hundred thousand bushel,
of corn. That win save the lives OF al
least six hundred thousand people
Many will respond IN contributions oI
money. and the barns and corn-crlh,
~ the entire United States will pour
forth their treasures % food. Wher
that ship Is laden an q can carry n,
more. We will ask Him who holds On,
winds IN his nst and plants bis trlum
phant foot on stormy waves 90 let moth
ing but good happen 20 the ship an 4
anchors In Bengal or Arabian waters
They who help by contributions o.
money or brcadsiuns toward hllin.
that relief ship will flavor their owl
food for their lifetime with appctIyIni
qualities. and insure their own welfar,
through the promise oi him who said
blessed is he that c0ns.dcrClh thD
poor. the Lord will deliver him In tim
of trouble"
And now I bcihlnb myself OF some
thing never thought Of before haD
noticed that the circle "a Gods favor
ito figure. and upon that subject / al
dressed you some time ago. but Il du
not occur 20 me until now that the Cos
pei seems to be moving In a circle. I
started In Asia. bethlehem, an Asiatl
village; Jordan. an Aslatlc river. Cal
vary, an Asiatle mountain. Then thl
Gospel moved on 10 Europe; wltnes
the chapels and churches and cathed
I "A fHNNIaHlas st.N..a..NaNa. "a. d.