New-York tribune., 1904-08-10

But do not De easily deceived These words in
think He beeve5 indeed @ nat ag tbeT n is Sas on Cod
out one n the sense that there IS not only no
but God That is. he teaches that there Is one
TSsl e1isIsnee m N the universe the supreme Being
simply manifestations Of this being and that al
sEses ssr an is is God God ana Cod s an NSE there i
thestfc philosop6v tbat lies ~ ne root - - an
5housht n India and that lies At the base q ne
Hindoo reiIslon: but we are only concerned with
IL practical results and those are twofold First.
one. then He may be worshi9ped in any OF His
manifold forms. out an sucE worship is equally
multiplied the number gods in India occasion
t5i m % l,re & ON 2a m tnsy are sad 20 number punt SOM
deiied as an object Of worship
INDIA A LAND OF IDOLATRY
India IS the most idoatrous country upon the
. idols on the roadside. every high hin and under
hideous couuteuances You have seen pictures os
the idols IN India You viii have noticed thar there
Is nothing attractive about them. there
about the IDOLS OF ancient Greece and Rome and
the reason Is that they have lost the idea Of the
true God; they have ne knowledge OF God as a
Zoo OF % ioEs anu mercy aI1 E4{ieacs ana ueeKess
And then the other practical fact Of this philOs-
Of God. then il follows that am not responsible
ia NAT is p-ecissv 81 Mai fffneiois1 M " tesehss M
IS not an uncommon thing in India, when man
ernment and is being led out to the Jail or galows
perhaps, 70 hear tne say. Why are you pun
lsnlng me did not CO this II was God IN me that
uId II Ahd Lne very gods or Ins HlndoOs-l 90
Krishna, the most popular god y south India IS
Eo5AinS n i more g than yhe neaInaoa n, Of VICE Ihsrs
winch i cannot speak Tor very shame. ! do not
dwell on this 7 dnd as come back 70 this Goun,,
view OF heathentsrn People 60 over and visit Bou-
cities. They come into contact with natives who
more or less under the infGencs OF CHRISTIAN ei1-
ization- and they come back 70 this land and tell
you that heathenism is not 50 bad after all on.
cannot but tell you that they do heathe1-
ism We do who i've and move and have our being
among that people want TO tell you that the
heahenisr OF India has never YET been Represented
revolving. the longer that stay in that dark land
sands 6efors theiT T dumb IDOLS and their s nons
gods. and never. never can that picture be ERASED
from my memory.
THE TRIALS OF TH1 MISSIONARIES.
realize that have not come back 70 this sountry
1s I 80 Ily Hlss1oaFes @ naSe: on sce9Int q ~
as have IN this country. But. dear friends We
oaT soas resSed f9 It Is a an sTF IS dss5s
@ @[Aiag; Ioa IN LnlhS tas triaIs o. alsslo1ariss sre
chiefly spiritual. spiritual isolation The Chris
enjoy IS what your missionaries are deslitGts o.
have our bodies refreshed, but chiefly 70 have our
Wen nov. let Us turn from this daEk sias ana
P5aSh P5s vs 70 tasSs R gGPp9 sry al me Rs57 9.
hundred TO fifteen hundred three thousand peo-
hoss Nat n1Ts s vs 5sve 5T ss 5ss f 6 d p & ng t
last hundred years BY the E1giish-
I SINGING AN AUDIENCE
TIE Esas mass !4 q the people I've n sAs ysEs<
with smaller streets running at right angles. and
ss s5and r5t Il 'h Ehe as Street 0f be Tas as
Rs Rs,, USUALLY siasS Yrs perhaps Tamil Iyris
sing you verss os one % those Tamil lyrics that
ssrss Of aiadoo vsss. e TSs 1 inoos f15ScI an =
!St.9y w!onderIgIy fond OF music and hence We taxs
remove the apprehension that Exists i the nluS
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70 the reception CT the Gospel ~ The hsathea when
trnagtne that The heathen simply thirsttng for
the Gospel. and al the missionary has 70 do Is Co
IL IN Ike water; let the light OF Christianity shine
totally erroneous deS T6e f1c Is When I 15s : sr, 4
shines Il h1ds the most OF possessed of eyes
ready and anxious to receive IL. bur the sunlight
I does not bring 50 much JOY 10 blind
50 Christianity is a great respIsndent sun but il
BY false principles their moral sense Sc deadened
T that al nrsr II shines UDOu them in vain A
The errors OF their system IJIs- bs sxnosed Scar
ssain and sgaln. before they VIII renOunce error
theEs IN the ATcot Mission. the scqddsr brothers
C-5ristar co-ersrsti1n vas orG1nizsd .35 % ~. - ~ n
know the history Of that Lone star Mission. how
Visible fruits and ofrsn s hR 0f9a q 9Ras od 5 Do5ss sE
missionary Sl o. ny own church old DE- John Seud,
/ down among the towns and villages and harnIs1s
hsTaid keePin at it SG9 W5 who Ss hTs hosDed eaa as
I 6IJsr have entered into his labCrS-
\ TEN-DOLLAR PRAYER HOUSE
/ After the Gospel has been preached again and
express desire to be Instructed IN it, then We Or
gar,ize them into Christian congregation a native
/ teacher who has been trained IN our trsiniuE
school - sent to this village and he takes his
i residence with these people. and little prayer
house is built costing SO or SO ana at nizht when
those people return from work he Eathers thsrl
into This house and they instructed IN the
fundamental truths he gathers the children into
/ a. school teaching secular and religious studies
II az the end OF year these people give evidence
OF being true CHRISTIANS they are baptized and
I the Word OF God has spread n mission. and
IN other missions until now n our Arcot Mission
one OF the smallest missions OF India We hsVe a
/ Christian population OF some ten thousand souls
muuicants. These are organized into some twenty
\ churches and are uinistered 20 by some thirteen
native pastors. largely supported BY their cUp pso
I pie. I in the habit OF saying very much
about my own work one reason Why We mis-
/ siouaries hesitate 10 make addresses IS that we
I have to talk so much about ourselves But viii
! say that during the time have been In India
( about twenty years II has been NY privilege 20
gresatons, and to receive some two thousand souls
I men. women and children-for in Church
haptize them In famiIes-tnto the Church or Chr1st
1 by baptism
INDIA NEEDS MISSIONARIES
Last night spoke a few moments to the boys
/ over at Mount Herrnon, and said to those bcys
foreign missionaries and so trust that while
+ am speaking here an lookins into the csees OF
6v tbs f,sr ~ our Beloved Moody and ans spot
/ also conSeCrated by the prayers OF 50 many or
/ Gods children. and on this very spot where so
many have consecrated themselves hitherto 20 the
day who will hear the voice OF the Master calling
/ tRem2 need not Jel you. dear Trends. 40" much
during the last twenty years have stood alone.
single missionary IN a dlsIrie5 Covering go square
IN as many eight hundred different villages. or
/ course have had associated with me the native
I M. abara