Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-04

asylum. maintained jointly by the govern
ment and by the benefcent Mission to Lep-
ers in the East. 1t is managed by Mr.. Sam
uel Higginbottom of the Presbyterian mis-
have found missionaries everywhere carry
ing. "Salaam. sahib." the lepers would cry
as we passed, lifting pitiful stumps Of fin
gerless hands to their foreheads. more
desolate spectacle than a leper asylum can
scarcely be imagined: yet here was to be
found. In some cases. the grace of Christian
resignation. with cheerfulness which Is not
always present amid scenes of health and
prosperity.
Not all lepers are In asylums: unnum-
bered thousands roam the streets at will.
While attending the daily clinic Of DR..
Charles r. Cook Of Lucknow. the only mis-
copal Church. 1 sat within five feet Of two
lepers crowded In the press. Next to one of
them was a man whose family was suffer-
Ing with the plague, five having died and
four being Ill at the moment. Another one
of the patients had within few days. lost
a baby. a wife and four brothers, and his
family lay dangerously Ill. all with the
plague. One convalescent plague patient
whom the doctor had cured. was mildly re-
buked by this quiet unruffled missionary
for leaving his bed too soon. A boy smitten
with the plague was brought by mother
with dread filled eyes and carefully, exam
ined by the bare hands Of the doctor.
This one doctor. with a single native as
sistant. had 81 63S cases last year. includ-
ing few in his wel-kept little hospital
All classes. rich and poor. Mohammedans.
Hlndus and Christians. come for help.
counted thirty crowded into the small room
at one time. while outside a larger crowd
of waiting patients was listening to the ma
tive preacher.
One Of the star missions of the American
board Is at Ahmednagar. where DR.. Robert
Nv II,ryp,
Is less widely known as the recipient of a
medal from King Edward for his famine re-
lief work than as the author Of Missions
From the Modern Viewpoint" That he and
his associates stand high In native esteem
was evidenced from the constant salaams
he received as We rode about the city to-
gether in a tonga. or native cart. Many
Christian natives have given largely to
this mission work for Indians and the gov
eminent also contributes to the Industrial
school
I found all sorts of educational and in
dustrial enterprises under way. some OF
them from a bicycle repair shop to a tract
depot being wholly or in part self-support-
Ing. The big church In native style. where
even Hindus have been known to worship
unknown GODS interested me less than the
extensive Industrial "ucTc
oriental rugmaking, weaving, woodcarving,
carpentry and brass and silver working are
carried on for the market. under the direc-
ton of D. c. Churchill Of Oberlin College
and the Massachusetts Institute OF Tech
nology. and ]. B. knight Of Amherst Col
lege. and agricultural college-types of
the ministerial, college-bred mission
aries who are doing pioneer work for the
orient. Mr.. Churchill has invented a new
hand loom that Is within the compass of
the average Indian mind and purse
Miss Emily f. Bissell and her brother
Rev. II. G. Ptssell. carry on in this mission
the work which their mother. who had been
fifty-four years in India, laid down last
year While watching the arrival at the
hospital here of woman patient in q bull
lock cart I saw Miss Moulton comforting
the weeping husband. Christian teacher.
In a manner which revealed to me the beau
tiful devotion of the missionaries to this
people.
1t takes devotion of an unselfsh sort to
do this work. especially among the villages.
One Sunday morning l sat. with Rev. Mark
Keaslar OF the Agra Methodist Episcopal
mission, In blistering. life-shriveling heat.
In a low. dirty. malodOrous dwelling on tne
outskirts of the city. while he told a crowd
of hook ah-smoking natives the gospel story
and answered their interested questions;
which looks romantic and picturesque from
this distance. but Is work to take the heart
out of anybody less devoted than a mis-
sionary: and 1t Is the work which many
hundreds of missionaries are doing all over
India today