The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-08

few verses from the first chapter
of Isaiah where he says '.the whole |
head is sick, the whole heart is faint |
From the sole Of the foot even to the |
head there Is no soundness in 1t, but
wounds and bruises and fostering
sores. They have not been closed,
neither bound up, neither mollified |
with oil" These words describe In.
dia's condition. India is lost! Like |
a soul full of sin without Christ, India
is lost. Jeremiah says: THE heart
is deceitful above all things and des-
perately wicked" Mems hearts in
India are like all our hearts in the
natural condition-desperately wick
ed. The religion OF India is unspeak-
ably vile. We have vile SIM in Amer
lea, but our religion, our book is holy
and we know that vileness is vile
But in India they do these vilest of
things In the name and service of
their Gods and goddesses. Their
priests and so-called holy men are
immoral and known to be Yes, India
precious blood OF Christ. India is try
Ing to save herself by her own
works. They have hospitals for cows
where they do not care for orphans
and the aged and infirm and insane.
| saw man Of semiintelligence en-
ployed in one OF the English offices
carrying a little meal and sprinkling
1t on each ant hill that he saw. He
did 1t to obtain merit and save his
soul. saw man with his feet tied
by a rope and his head downward
suspended over a fire. A companion
had rope fastened to this devotee's
body and was swinging him back and
forth over the fire. So-called good
works! I saw two men lying down
in the dusty road and getting up again
each time measuring their length and
travelling journey Of forty miles
and return-eighty miles in all,
| length by length. Merit from the
| Gods. have seen men sitting on
spikes and suffering In many ways to
secure satisfaction for their sins. But
all these methods effect nothing.
| Their lives and hearts and actions are
unchanged. They themselves say that
] to battle in the sacred Ganges can
/ not take away one sin, hut adds tens
more. Meaning that those gatherings
at the sacred river furnish opportuni-
ties for indulgence In many vices
4 They have also this couplet:
'Munh men Ram,
Aur bagle men int"
Which freely translated means:
an the mouth Ram, under the arm
I a brick-bat."
/ But God Is wonderfully delivering
many of them from Satan and chang
/ ing their hearts and Transforming
their lives. Our work among the
i "sweepers" has been most encourag-
ing We baptize on an average about
400 year. Since / was in Keokuk
1 about a month ago we have had in
our Etah district about 5000 more
I converts turned over to our care by
i the Methodist mission. They are
4 withdrawing from part OF our terri
1 tory and we from theirs. So they
I have given us these extra 5000 We
need more workers. trust the WORK.
ers In this mission will pray for our
work in India as well as for your
! chosen field Of Sudan, Africa. God
I. is expecting US all to do what we
i can by prayers or by going personally
or by our gifts to carry out Christ's
great command: go We unto all the
world and preach the gospel to every
creature"
There was good interest in the
meeting. The Upper Room Mission
is open every evening at 81 North
Fifth street. Sunday afternoon meet
i Ing at 8 o'clock. Anyone freely vel
come F. A. McGAW. (