The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1912-05-17
Woman's Home
Missionary Society

vi Tue { IISt WI. T.. OluICu n6Iu IT'S
monthly meeting with Mrs. E. ..
Stone, and, although the day was
the hottest of he season, there was
d goodly attendance.
Mrs. E. N. Davis had charge of the
program. The topic for discussion
was Non Christian Faith
A number of readings were devo-
ted to the subject of Mormonism-
but, degrading and disgusting as that
form of religion is, the fact was
brought out in the papers that fol-
lowed, that our country is today con-
fronted with a more deadly peril
which has crept in so insidiously
that not many are aware of its
presence.
AS an outgrowth of the congress
of religions at the worlds Fair in 93,
school Of philosophy was organic
ed at Green Acre, Maine. The plat
form is an open forum where the
Swami's found a welcome, through
this New England route from Cal
cutta; nearly every Eastern Mystic
has arrived and established his
throne in this country With this
introduction from this place-Green
Acre. Ga place that but few of US
ever heard of, the Turband teach
ers set out across the continent, at
first in the popular cities, but today
branches are being formed in small
towns and even villages that are
exerting a widely increasing infiu-
ence, and it is stated as a fact that
in our own America, classes led by
the followers Of Buddba Maza, Wish
nu, Rishna or Ranakrisna are be-
coming as numerous as the Shakes
peare or Browning class" AT least
$4,000 Americans are joining in the
worship of the god Mazda, There
are MadaZan centers now in thirty |
cities of the United States" In the
orient women worship gods of wood
and stone. In America the women
worship the men who represent |
those gods, and today American |
women clasp the hem of the robe
and kiss the sandaled feet of Swami |
Vivekendanda." AS a result Of this |
teaching, husbands and childreB are
abandoned, homes broken up; and
the deyotee becomes wreck and
in many eases ends her days "a. a
Iunatic asylum" But you ask, what
class of women are being dupeeb ia
this way? One class is the so-caal-
ed cultured women who eaggEiy
grasp at every new tlIzag to pass tae
time. Another, and their name is.
legion, may be found in any tosvn,,
village or country, a class who aae
not established In any faith, and yet
are hugry for sozRething, they know
Roa what. .SOMaEE of saOse who care
move for the HindOo or PeSaHn
Scriptures, the Zenel Avesta, etc.
than they do for the NbAe, are. wo-
men from eveEy denomination. as
we'll as weAas those eli no denan1i-
0aai0n.
1t has been asserted by a leadinGli
paper that Aneriean wotrea arc
building temple to the god Of krish-
Ma that, when finished, win. cost /
81 900, 0oO Ties is on the western /
coast. Chieage'has temple for tine
of the Sun. alsoa Mohan- i
Ine dan aempls. Seattle has a, Bad
dist temple With nine missions: Cal
ifornia has thirteen Buddhist temples,
each temple a center for aInalmber
of missions. Portland, Washington
and Vancouver have each a temple. |
to Buddba. and in some Of these |
white white women may be found,
These surely are the silly women
spoken of in I'd TIM. SO, and the
nerilous times referred to in theirs t |
verse are upon us.
We ave proud OF oUrWoman's Home
Missionary Society as an educator,
and" the business session led by Mrs.
Burke proved that it is also aibene-
factor TO the needy. Many hearts
in the mountain regions Of our own
state are made happy by. donations