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Show 10 LAL IF iESUS Missionary From India Tells of Splendid Work That Has Been Done There. HOSTILITY MOST BITTER AGAINST FIELD WORKERS In Spile of Great Dillicnlfies, Natives Are Being Gathered Info Flock. ' Goorrjc Shorwood Eddy Tuesday evening even-ing at tho lavmon'n convention took as his theme "Tho Awakonine of Asia." Owinr to a severe cold, Nr. Eddy was at a disadvantage, but nevertheless ho delivered a splendid address. "Truly there is an awakonine in Asia." 'said Dr. Eddy. "Tho work which is being accomplished there at tho present time is highly encouraging. Not only have wc the little mission, whero we meet ofton and give our ideas upon the truo version of Christianity, Chris-tianity, but we also havo tho natives thero interested, and they aro imbuing their brothers with tho spirit of God.' Mr. Eddy said that tho pcoplo of Tndia speak English fairly well. Some havo a hatrod of Christianity. Mr. Eddy spoke of one occurrcnco whore rathor than havo her son become a convert, con-vert, a mother placod poisoned moat before him. The son. however, did not touch the moat, but fed it to a dog which succumbed shortly after devouring devour-ing tho flesh. All havo a thirst for education, and revival meetings are held against great odds. Mr. Eddy said everything is dono to break up the littlo gatherings, but tho work is being carried on successfully, suc-cessfully, and tho awakening in tho land across tho sea is tho most encouraging encour-aging thing that has been seen during tho last thirteen years. Tho practice of eating carrion is being be-ing abolished. Mr, Eddy declared. No one is allowed to embrace tho faith, unless this habit, which is most generally gener-ally acquired in early years, is completely complete-ly eliminated. More than 50,000 Hindus aro responding re-sponding to tho call. The whole of Asia is awakening, Mr. Eddy forcefully declared in closing. |