Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1901-11-20
FROM INDIA.
Rev. L. A. Core Tells about his
Daily Work
Routine OF the Teaching which he Is
Doing Native Christians Have
hard Row TO Hoe Work Attended BIZ
Many Hardships Wheel Causes wide
Spread Commotion.

Spread Commotion.
Dear Father and Mother;
AyILA. India, Oct. lot has been
some time since my last letter home,
but as Mary was there and as | have
been particularly busy Of late | hope
you will overlook the neglect. Oct.
2nd | started ep my itineratlng tour
and since then have been steadily at
1t. | have since then held five quar-
terry conferences and preached eight
or ten sermons and visited nearly so
villages | am just now starting of
en an all day trip among the viii
lagos.
At 8 have my breakfast OF native
bread and some peas cooked until
they fall to pieces. The bread is
dipped into these and eaten. No
butter Is required. 1t Is simple food
not so very good but very sustaining
ard can always be had, while meat,
vegetables &c, can only be had In the
larger stations, then will follow a
couple of eggs and that will consti-
tute my breakfast. Dinner will not
be very different and will be had at 7
D. m. when | return, will take a
canteen OF wuter--we call 1T water
bottle here-slung across my shoulder
and getting out my travel stained
bicycle will start The native preach
er goes with me as far as he can on his
pony. | shall probably visit s VII
lagos in the course Of the day spend
ing an hour or more in each ] shall
probably pass by as many more. This
will give you some idea of how thickly
dotted the land is with villages.
L be roads will be mostly through the
fields half of the time nothing but an
uncertain path it running across
freshly plowed fields The distance
OF the days journey varies consider
ably In different places but IL usually
Is from twenty to thirty miles Ar
irving at village we usually strike
first for the Christian section. Gen.
orally we find from five Co fifty Chris
tians in a village. Many OF these
will be out waFking in their fields
II the fields are nearby we send for
them, otherwise we get together as
many of them as possible, seat our
selves ON their not over clean but
almost universally ever Inhabited
string bed and begin.
One has to get used TO many things
in this land. We can keep bed bugs
out of our own beds nv eternal vigil
lance but the more philisophic kind
kaaa ,sd ~ ipas ,rfxa than nj fap
We begin by singing native song and
then one or two Of us talk simply and
familiarly with the people, explaining
some OF the fundamental principles
of Christianity, Questioning them or
their children on the things they
have already been taught ending
with several prayers 10 which they
join and then after salaaming, hearing
any requests that they may make,
ETC. depart for the next village.
Our people are so prosecuted by the
land owners whose land they till and
by the police that they nearly
always have good many petitions to
make These we hear patiently but
In most cases have to exhort them to
bear it patiently for little can be done
in either case to help them. In In
dia il is the custom to bow and sub
nit slayishly to those above you and
in turn to tyrannize over those below
you. And as our people are largely
from the lowest stata OF Indian So
ciety they must submit but cannot
revenge themselves.
Usually by the time that we have
finished our little services with the
Christians there is large crowd of
curious Hindus and Mohammedans
gathered for we always meet out in
an open place under some large tree.
So far the village church does not
exist 10 more than one in twenty-five
villages. We then turn to the out
side people and preach Christianity to
them for a few minutes then move off
to the next village
My wheel never fails TO attract a
noisy crowd Of boys and men, shout
ing, running and making all sorts Of
continents on it They are exceeding
ly annoying for it makes me feel as
II we We're circus procession, eie-
plants, camels wagons and band all
10 one. ] have this experience a
dozen times d day. My feelings are
not taken into consideration any more
than If | were bat an elephant in the
procession. But one gets used TO all
sorts OF things here.
After our return and dinner over
we usually show magic lantern pic
lures In some convenient place and
thus through the pictures preached
to large and mixed but generally
attentive crowd. The above outline
OF our work will be in the main my
work for the next six months. It is
healthful life and most delightful
one to be able to 90 from village TO
village taking the words OF life to
men and women lost in the darkness
Of sin. L. A. Corr.