The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1913-09-10

US believe that only man is vile, but
were not advised that free lodgings
were any where offered for the sake of
feeding the nocturnal pests which a
religious belief protects. The Chinese
eats his lice and feas; the Indian en-
courages his insects to eat him.
Buddha rejoiced that he had escaped
the three curses of being born in hell,
or as vermin, or, worst Of all, as wo-
man, but Hinduism insures to the Sec
ond of the list 'life, liberty, and the
pursuit of happiness"
This may be said. the Indian will
battle and wash his clothes, but then
he drinks the very water he has been
using. The Chinese seldom drinks wa
ter and he draws the line on the other
two exercises. He evidently believes
that what goes within defileth the
man, not what is without.
fud need is that the people toll as If
The one great hope in China's aw-
they loved to labor They garden
their farms that have produced for
thousands of years and gather up all
the fragments that nothing be lost.
We cannot forget the diurnal smile of
the man who caught the usual dog
trot, carried on the two ends of pole
one hundred pounds of baggage twen-
ty-five miles per day, furnished and
set the pace for the little donkey we
rode, save when the brute was all up
in the air. Then when we lit any
where but in the saddle the gentle old
man would lay down his burden, catch
the mischievous animal, pick up his
trot just wheer he left the last jiggle
and believe me" that mule could not
hold out through the day against the
man.
At meal time the guide would
spread our lunch and, at night, fix our
bunk, with heart, if not clean hands,
like mother. Thus we Travelled for
days with never a word between us
just his smile. Except for that, we
were practically strangers. But he
gladly waded streams and climbed
mountains, because he was making
money" and was happy in his bargain
at the customary rate of forty-cents
a day, he to furnish the keep for
himself and donkey. He saved three
fourths of his earnings and that was
four or five times what a common lab
Orer receives From this world wide
observations. General Grant declared
that the only people who can success
fully compete with the Jew are the
Chinese. This was a tribute to both,
who are not found in the aims house
When the North German Lloyd boats
want a "washee man" they import
him from China.
So, China works and India wor-
ships But Divine Wisdom eternally
wed thees two expressions of life,
and nations. as men, suffer in their
divorce. Labor needs the sanctity Of
devotion and worship is vitalized by
toll.
In Tientsin we saw priest indiffer-
entity light his cigarette at the altar
candle. This was in little old tenn
pie where women gain extra merit II
they can steal some small image while
at their prayers. With such notions,
and where strong wine is rubbed on
the door post so the kitchen deity will
get too muddled to make correct re-
jort to heaven, it can readily be seen
that the gods, who cannot wipe the
cobwebs out of their eyes, are given
slight tenure. But India is god in
toxicated. Her temples are imposing
with Their great areas and Their thous-
ands of ugly images more or less
meaningful. For the most part heath
en- worship is Precipitation of evil
spirits and thus the idols naturally
take hideous forms. The head of one
had been obliterated and Kind Ed
wards likeness substituted. This was
relief to civilized eyes. And yet by
race some of these people are our next
of kin. The difference is in the uplift
of christianity.
With nothing before him but eight
million or more re-births, it is little
wonder the Hindu is Respondent and
unambitious. If man neglects bug
he may be insulting the spirit of his
grandfather That is why high class
Indian who was permitted to share
the sleeping car compartment with an
Englishman was observed to spend
most of the night in carefully trans
ferring vermin from his person and
clothes to a silver case he carried for
this special purpose.
Truly it is "Dank India" where ev-
cry so-caleld divinity is something OF
a villain and where in one place are
six thousand temple prostitutes. The
very songs about the gods are OBJ
scene. Copies of vile carvings in the
and base phrases in the
books of Hinduism sent through the
United States mail would be criminal
offense.