The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-04-26
I|E JUDGMENT OF DUVGARA.
BIZ RUDYARD KIPLING.

Il BIZ RUDYARD KIPLING.
u They tell the Gale even now among
4,he cal groves Of the Berbulda hill and
ttor corroboration point to the roofess
End windowlcss mission house. The
ueat god Dungara, the god Of things as
sshey are, most terrible, one eyed. bear
q ling the red elephant tusk, did it all.
and he who refuses to believe in Dun
cara will assuredly be smitten by the
madness Of Yat-the madness that fell
sSaNn the sons and the daughters of the
s5Buria Kol when they turned aside from
bungara and put on clothes. So says
A:hon Daze. who is high priest Of the
shrine and warden Of the red elephant
.usk. But if you ask the assistant col
1sctor and agent in charge of the Buria
:sEol. he will laugh-not because he
saRears any malice against missions, but
Because lie himself saw the vengeance
b Dungara executed upon the spiritual
$hildren of the Rev. Justus Krenk, pas
2or of the Tubingen mission. and upon
4Otta, his virtuous wife.
"a Yet if ever man merited good treat
hent CT the gods it was the reverend
ustus, one time Of Heidelberg, who. on
Die faith Of call, went into the will
erneSs and took the blond, blue eyed
r otta with him. "We will these hea-
shen now by idolatrous practices so dark
a$ned better make" said Justus in the
arly days of his career. eyes. he add
Sd, with conviction. 'they shall be good
E33nd shall with their hands to work
ESSsarn. Il For ali good Christians must
pork. And upon q stipend more mod
ss even than that Of an English lay
eader. Justus Krenk kept house beyond
Ramala and the gorge Of Malair. be-
sgund the Berbu1da river close to the
555ot CT the biue hill OF Fzn.h on whose
zzsssrmnit = stands the temple Of Dungara
in tho heart Of the country OF the
Ruria Kol-the naked, good tempered.
aqmld, shameless, lazy Ruria KoL
81 Do you know what life at mission
5autpost means7 Try to imagine lone
s3ness exceeding that OF the smallest
ssSation to which government has ever
58fnt isolation that weighs upon
1.fe waking eyelids and drives you per-
+ prce headlong into the flabors Of the
'aay There is no post. there is no one
III your own color to speak to. there are
s roads There is indeed food to keep
s}ou alive, but it is not pleasant to eat,
pa whatever of good or beauty or in
544sfest 54 there is in your life must come
3om yourself and the grace that may
5f planted in you. &
ia IN the morning, with o patter Of soft
et, the converts, the doubtful and the
Pen scoffers troop up to the veranda
lou must be infinitely kind and pa
Seut and, above all. clear sighted, for
aPu deal with the simplicity Of child
POO. the experience Of man and the
=3Dtlety Of the savage. Your congrega-
S3on has hundred material wants to
considered. and it is for you. ou
fiie'e in your personal respons .ty
y your Maker. &C. pick ont Of the clam
ing crowd any grain Of spirituality
zE}at may lie therein. If to the cure of
uis you add that Of bodies, your task
IN be all the more difficult, for the
lses and the manned will profess any
fa every creed for the sake Of healing
s&d will laugh at you because you are
39ple enough to believe them.
AS the day wears and the impetus OF
e morning dies away there will come
oa you an overwhelming sense Of the
elessness Of your toll. This must be
lVen against, and the only spur in
3ur side will be the belief that you
Ie playing against the devil for the
mg soul. tits a great and a joyous be-
!. but he who can hold it unwavering
|s'E Tour and twenty consecutive hours
|ust be blessed with an abuEdantlyi
ong physique and equable nerve
ASK the gray heads Of the Bannock-
I'm medical crusade what manner Of
s their preachers lead. Speak to the
cine Gospel agency, those lean Amer
whose boast is that they 60 where
! Engliahman dare follow. Get q pas
SER OF the Tubingen mission to talk Of
& experiences, IL yon can. You will be
a1ed to the printed reports, but
se contain no mention of the men
$50 have lost youth and health, all
li'11, eAAA AAuy ASsS0 CAScRt AdAtA Al UAto
as. of English maidens who have
ae forth and died in the fever strick-,
Jungle Of the Panth hills. knowing
fa the first that death was almost a
'ainty. Few pastors win tell You Of
se things any more than they win
Eak Of that young David Of st. Bees,
u set apart for the Lords work.
dn ~. \ =
urned half distraught to the head
sslon crying, ssThere Is no God. hut
nave walked with the devill:s
me reports arc silent here, because
oiam. failure, doubt. desnair snd
I. Hunegation on the part of a mere
.Ised white man ares things OF no
ght as compared to the saving of
naif human Roul from a fantastic
s. ~ n ! IN IN Ssood spirits Essszls or the
e and river f3Ss,iI 4 !. 4,