The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-01-24
MISSION WORK IN INDIA.
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I'd of priests, on the banks of the
Ganges twenty-five of them
living in a large old temple into
which we were invited. IL you
could see their faces you could
understand a wee bit of how low
Hlndoo.sm brings human souls.
They all wore the sign of the god
Rain on their ioreheads, and 1T
reminded us OF the sign of the
beast spoken of in Revelation. We
talked to them; but they wanted
none ofour religion nor any other
religion that would spoil their
trade, and take away their living
This trip was, principally, to
look out villages to which we
would e later; but on our return,
Miss Beach and l stopped to see
whether we could in any way get
hold of the women. The first one
who saw us ran into her house
and locked the door she was so
frightened. We determined to
reach them through other means.
Just then, a man with a basket on
his head came along, and we ask
ed him to show us the house of
one of their pandits, so he did.
Several men we're sitting around.
The principal one asked us to sit
down, very kindly. This means
something to be asked TO take a
seat-so we talked in a friendly
way with them, and gradually
the women began to peep out
from behind the doors and show
themselves less shy. We sang a
bhaian and finding them respect
full and pleased, promised to re-
turn another day as it was grow
ing late. This vas only a wedge
for another day, but wedges are
important, too. Ia the evening
we all went to another village.
Mr.. Matthlson to show the magic
llntern; we to get the women.
Some one hundred and fifty peo
pie gathered, ,and by our presence
many women came who would
not have done so otherwise.
While Mr.. Matthison arranged
the lantern, we sang to them and
oh how they enjoyed it The
men. gathered as close as they
dared, and expressed their ap-
probation by some of their most
expressive EXPLANATIONS, such as
"Wah wah :" "Thls Is very
good " Every good indeed ;"
There they sat for nearly three
hours listening to the Old Old
Story, and when the scopes OF
HIS death aud passion were
thrown on the screen there was
great hush, broken only by sighs
or sal, al :" so expressive as to
make US know that hearts we're
touched aud that the Man of Sor-
rows, bruised for our lniquities,
had come very near this night,
even to the door of these darken.
ed hearts. To day, Wednesday,
we vent to some of the villages
which we had "spied out" "yester-
day. Miss Beach and her work
ers taking the right hand, while
Shahyadl and l went to the left
across some fields to several high
caste villages. The women did
not run, but very shyly offered
us bed to sit upon; but, unfor-
tunately, nearly all the women
were at work IN the fields, so we
had only a small audience to lis
ten to the Story. But who knows
what may have been accomplish.
ed? His Word shall not return
unto Him VOID After talking
a little with them, we started off
the feds 30 Raena, the
largest and most important VII.
lage in tins locality. The two In
dian workers had been here the
day before, but had not been able
to see the women as they were
al parda naslln; however, they
had spoken good word for Jesus
Christ to the head man of the vii
lage who owns most of the land
in these parts, and who has come
here to ask that the lantern pic.
lures might be shown in his vii
lage. We knew 1t would he diff
cult TO get any mum Der of women