The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-06-10

as a preparation for burning. SO high
" s the Gauges rsvered that aged
people are brought there that they
may die, if possible, in the water
While we were watching, third body
was prepared for the burning, and It
was so limp that death could not have
occurred long before. While the
flames were consuming those three
corrses, we saw coming down the steps
man carrying the body Of child,
apparently about two years old, wrap
Bed in a piece of thin cotton cloth
The children of the poor are buried
in he stream because II the cost or
WOODY, The man bore his lifeless bur
den TO the little barge and made the
corpse fast to a heavy stone slab The
toatman then pushed out from the
shore and when the middle Of the
stream was reached the man In charge
Of the body dropped il overheard, and
the burial was over
No one has seen India until ne has
seen the Gangesi no one has seen the
Ganges until he has seen it at Benares;
and no one who has seen the Ganges
at Benares viii ever forget it.
In the suburbs of the city stands
the DurgH temple, better known as
the Monkey temple because it is the
home of a large family OF monkeys
which are regarded az sacred. Photo
graphs OF the temple present rather an
attractive appearance, but the original
is anything but beautiful, and the
monkeys and general filth Of the place
deprive II of all appearance Of a place
OF worship.
The Golden temple, however, is the
one most visited by tourists, and It
would be difficult Ia picture a less in
viting place. The buildings are old
and greasy. and the narrow streets are
filled with images and thrOnged with
beggaTs. One finds his interest in
missionary work qUiCkened if he wan
dtrs through these streets and sees
the offerings of incense to the elephant
god and monkey god, and TO images
innumeTa bic. The air Is heavy with
perfume and the odoF Of deCaying
flowers. and one jostles against the
sacred bulls as he threads his way
through tee crowd, We have not seen
In any other land such evidences Of
superstition, such an effort TO ward
off evil spirits and TO eonciliate idols.
The educated Hindus, and there are
many learned men among the HindUs,
regard these idols as only visible rep
resentatives Of an invisible God. but
the masses seem TO look no farther
than the ugly images before which
tllEg bDN
It was a relief to find near this dark
pool of idOlatTy an institution OF
learning, recently founded which
promises to be a purifying spring. ]
refer to the Central Hindu college Of
which Mrs. Annie Besant, the Well
known theosOphist, Is the head Al
though the school is but seven years
old, il already includes a valuable
group of buildings and has some 500
students Among the professors are
several Englishmen who serve with
out compensation, finding sufficient re-
ward in the consciousness of service.
Next to BenaTes, Allahabad is the
most important Hindu center. The city
is on the Ganges, at its junction with
the Jumua, one Of its longest branches
/ There is an old tradition that another
river flowing underground, empties
into the Ganges at this point. and the
place is referred To as the junction Of
the three rivers. The great Mogul Ak
bar built a splendid fort where the
/ Ganges and the Jumna meet, and prob
ably on this account Aliahabad is the
capital Of the united p EF&tss ID