Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1901-09-10
HEAT THAT IS HEAT.
One Hundred and Fifty Degrees
Recorded

iu way of Eastern Parehed India 8
Rev. l.. A. Core tells of that Land
Tremendous Labors OF Missionaries
Made worse BY killing Heat Favor
lite Summer Resorts.
MoRADABAD, India, July 10, 1901
LIN this eastern world where 1T Is net
valued where one Is liable "a get en-.
i crossed in d thousand and one cares,
time slips away almost UNDECIDED
You wish each day had 36 hours and
that there were days In a week, Us |
once heard a busy missionary express
it, when asked how he was getting on.
Hardly a day passes but most OF us
wish We had Joshna's power, stay the
sun In his course while we accomplish
the work our hearts are set on.
There is SO much to do and so few &c
do IT, So many needing to bear the
message, SO few to carry it,
! MY small parish consists Of nearly a
million and half OF people and there
are only three missionaries aud their
wives and four ladies OF the womants
/ Foreign Missionary Society together
with band OF 20 native preachers, u
few more local preachers, slightly
| larger band OF teachers and Zevana
4 workers. Our whole force consists OF
not over $50 many OF whom are tied
down TO school work. This baud OF
$50 are solely responsible under God
for the evangelizing OF p millions of
people. Divide the number and you
assign to each OF these an audience Of
/ 1000. But we must not forget that
two thirds OF this working band are
themselves the merest babes in Christ
aud able TO do very little. The re-
naming one third must teach and
bring up these weak ones, Ia addition
to preaching to this million a half Of
| heather. So the parish of each effect
i've worker on the mission stat oi the
Morodabad district becomes Is, 900 In-
stead of 5000. The laboreFs 10 this
great ripening field are truly few.
All this by the way Of apology for
not having written sooner. Some
time ago ] had intended writing Il
little about the heat Of an Indian
summer. Had written this a month
ago ! should have told you how that
for month we had an average tenn.
perature ia the sun of from $50 de-
grees to LIS degrees and for several
days In succession II, was 10 to 115
la the shade and several Times 100 to
los at night. / should also had 1
written this earlier told you how thai
one day while out between 0ne aud
I t.,@ Il ~
came so hot that it was really painful
to the touch and how that when you
place your fingers on the bulb of the
thermometer the mercury falls. But
shall not be guilty of writing such
things now, else somebody will say we
don't need to go to a land 900 miles
away for such stories OF heat. We
can beat that record right here at
home. There is however this differ
ence. You have 1t for day or two
only, we for two or three months with
little variation. There is story cur
rent OF Raja who went to America
but could not get warm. All the time
he suffered from cold and had no re-
lief. Finally he took the pneumonia
and died. He was cremated alLer the
custom OF his fathers. After the
body had been Ia the crematory for
some time the operator opened glass
side door to see how the process was
going on. He saw the Raja sitting
up on the marble slab warm for the
first time. Feeling the cool draft the
Raja called out please shut that door.
| Instead of spending any more time
telling about the heat I'll finish this
letter by telling how people who can
do so escape the great heat from April
to October. We have yariouG me-
chanical appliances that contribute
to make life bearable In the hot sea-
son. But shall speak only here OF
the Hill resorts. There are for north
ern India several OF these Sinula is
where the viceroy and the sWells OF
government go. The capital Is trans
ferr-d there for six months every
year. All offices that can be trans
ferred are removed to Sinula. Besides
government officials man others also
go there. Darjeling is the hill capitol
for the local government Of Bengal
and likewise Naini Tol for the local
government OF the north west provin-
ces in which | live. Naini Tol is so
named from Tol a lake and Nainl a
goddess. This summer resort is in the
lower ranges Of the Himalagas at an
altitude OF over 5000 There is q
magnificent lake there mile longsby
half mile wide which may possibly
be the crater Of some extinct yolca-
no.
From the railway station at the
foot OF the hills it Is is miles to
Naini Tol. You have your choice OF
several methods OF travelling, by tonga
a sort of low, two wheeled cart with
relays OF horses every three miles.
Second, OF hill ponies which are
always found la abundance, the driver
Of each doing his best to out do his
rivals In his effort til set forth the
virtues Of his pony. These ponies are
strong and sure-footed and will carry
| a traveller up the mountain in a very
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