Show 1 a I 1 r 1 I 1 lu SINDO MISSION I 1 19 t i t asit fa u ia i K wb jone JOHE I 1 sj W LE na 3 11 on the of june 1853 elders luddington Lud dinton and und eni uni savage returned ho iatter latter much enfeebled grom ron exposure and anil a violent attack of fever lever together with a complication of other diseases when two days at sta sea the they encountered a violent storm during which the vessel sprung sprang a and it decapia necessary in order to keep her ber afloat to throw over overboard board baard most of her cargo they soon put her about and stood in for calcutta that being hoir holn choir nearest port she slid had bad on board cn one bAt battalion tallon ot a native regiment besides about one hundred passenger md ind about sy aty kaia kala seed seeA native seamen the pumps frere A vere rere all manned and every bucket on board called into int but in spite ot of their eff flirts orts the water still on them so rapidly that it at one til tit time m e put putout butout gift the goes toes after much exertion they succeeded in team again finally after ozee days dayi and nights of rinous toll and ceaseless effort mingled with hopes bopes and fears as to their rate fate they reached the galogly river ilver ath 14 feet of water in n the hold this to us was another additional manifestation of that power which wat watched gha over the servants of golt I 1 ih 1 june 25 elders carter and arrived from dinamore nina Dina pore and chanar after I 1 having been beer absent from calcutta one on e month and alne dapa data of which the ciol liol following lowIng is a briet brief report t 1 dinamore Dina pore porep the firn first town of In which they ca meito Is situated on the bamks baits of the ganges CO I 1 miles tr tra tia 9 m calcutta blahe via the 1 a im triet of 91 country cut up into numerous channels and alya Is 19 a statton station and at present has adne ne queens regiment stationed there thare i i their arrival they immediately called upon cp onGen dien young tow tOt Whom hom bom they had letters of 0 introduction he be invited them in la to ln his I 1 house and talked very freely with I 1 them after understanding the nature ot f their business he e said sald sald said that tor for hupart he did not wish to change his reil rell religion glonI lina itna aal that he could not on any account allow them to ti pt each to the soldiers for said he sour your anduce ments are so great that our dpn meu men woula would all be leaving us asp ha further wish to consult with my stain staff and I 1 will iet let let iet you yon know more fully about the matter on your sour I 1 our reet reit return trum they bid him good god day and returned to the boat on oa which they had bad come up apt and which expected soon toon to start for benares and chmar chmir trusting that they dofa would there meet with better success Tile tiie The ancient and renowned ren native city of benares jIs Is built on the th river ganges niiles nilles miles above dinamore dida Dina pore it Is chiefly chiefly built in the oriental style the streets a averaging vera ying generally from four to sirteen fifteen feet in width and aie afe are continuously lined with shopkeepers of all grades graies and ind classes the ho ases are mostly built with their backs to the tha street meet wih sr small all narrow windows and loopholes benares Is chiefly remarkable for tor its ancient traditions tradition many of the devoted IlIn Hin doos arter after they have b bathed at the of the ganges and juenal and performed a pilgrimage to jugg juggernaut ger geT and put up their tre offerings fre rings at the shrines of 0 bal bai bram kollah and gunja comi bomi holy boly city to aie ale it Is considered by them to be the nearest heaven of any place oa od this earth and the point from which the gods pods ascend and descend about tour four miles distant from ber Der benares lares tares was stationed a small amm art niety corps with a faw civil servants which offered nn no inducements worthy of the of an elder r caunar Is situated on the tho ganges about 20 wallet above benares and aed Is a sanitary tAry station for the invalid of the northwestern north western army of india some months previous to the arrival el of elder elders carter and rothe fotheringham ringham in caunar emers eiders willes and richards had visited the stat station lop lon and preached 4 id td them a short timey time during which they baptized about eight they seemed to havo have gone pone forward without any understanding of the requirements of the gospel their minds were be clouded by the power of 0 the evil oney one as to the nature of the great maes raes message sare sace of sa alva aiva vs tion and afterwards when elders eiders Willes and It ric Ulc richards hards Ichards begin began to expound the way of life more fully to them 9 they could not endure it the path wait wan too strait the ithe result was they turned against the truth and became its most vile and bitter bitter bitten op posers when hen elders eiders carter and nd pothering fotheringham ham arrived at chunie they found the inhabitants much op opposed posed to our principles measures were wera immediately taken by col blake commanday com of the stati onto notify the inhabitants of 0 their arrivals arri arrival valy taly and he forthwith dispatched the sergeant major with a natlea to them stating that they gouid would not be allowed to 0 preach within cantou cantonments cantou canton cents ments ments outside was a desert wilderness they then called upon most of those that hid had been b baptized ap by elders willes and richards tor for the purpose 0 of ketti kettl getting F sheltered from the I 1 vertical rays of the sun w which alch hych werf were were exceedingly oppressive at this season ot of the year and for ike the still further purpose of stopping a I 1 night with them theme thear after visiting all in t at thet ther coald coni hear of ot in the station and were denied even the privilege of sleeping sleep ipg on the floor they concluded the last and orly oly oty alternative tor for them was to call tall upon col blake after atter considerable parley parley with the servants ac they were ere permitted to wait upon him at the threshold whereupon they Introduce introduced 4 themselves as direct from froin G S I 1 city he immediately interrupted them by saying what did you come here to preach for why dont you go where there is some body adding addin 1 III I have bare got my belief bellef belief and you hay hax have e got yours and where Is the difference chey they asked hia him for the privilege of preaching within cantonments canton ments to which he positively said no lie ile then askel aske I 1 them where ahey were stopping and why they did ut costay stay in the house out of the sun saying that cayot yos yot will hill kill yourselves aning about when le fc had all att this time kept them standing at his door in the sun they vhey promptly told him that for the short time ther they had been here there they had stopped tinder a tree on the baags of the river telling him they were vere strangers and the tle hie tie people were much prejudiced against them themy and they had not been fortunate enough to dind find any other place up to that time ne ile then abruptly shut the door in their faces for fear tear ear I 1 suppose they would next ask the privilege of stopping with him feeling reeling determined not to be overcome they directed their attention to another part of the lines after alter some effort they prevailed upon conductor creen green to td take them in tor for the nl night upon the following condition mr hir 1 J I 1 I 1 green sald said t you you tou av t the e briar r s of or the commode comm commanders andert ef ahe h e station st at tou you er al if you wiil will a agree bree gree to lekve leave jo M morrow icorn ngi 11 trill will jt jet tou ou top stop all night which wh 11 they a agrees agreed r 1 to do do ulio i the evening mr green tol toi them while talking g about that the people we divere reper perfectly factly satisfied alb wib what e had heard rd and that ilal it as a lexi good thing that mr willes wiles and mr richards lett when ilief ther they didt Wr they would not have boen been permitted to have e it stopped A v 1 i I 1 I 1 ign le er r ir t on tho the following d dav day ay then they set ret ot orf off for tor in a dengah i ma suu 1 lj II 11 nat ant native y boat a d distance in e 0 oa 03 I 1 di alles liles es up p ib e river upon jearil leaving liy lly mr t green gave them about one pound ot of bread jia sia and a gobiet of water vater after about 40 hours run during which time they were exposed to the hot winds which preva ilat at gosso rosso ilot ilof the tear year which are exceedingly injurious to botlik natives and foreigners and to the burnan sun darin the day they arri arrived vedat at overcome from exposure and fati tati fatigue ne mirza MItza pore Is a place of but little importance exclusive af the native population it hias 12 servants just enough to administer the law and collect the rever revenue fuei i distance from calcutta mlle mile iii kii i they here trind found the steamer upon which they tray had bad come to Dina dinamore pore just get getting letting ting ready dorher tor for her ber downward trip to calcutta the ill 11 success with which cidh uhe ahe aher y had bad met together U with I 1 th their thelt present caused them thera to abandon the idea of going higher up bro Cart carters erys erts health had bl been beert efi eft iun pin the decline for ion some timey time and the fatigues ID of f the journey had not tended much towards restoring it they both finally concluded they woul would d return to Calcut calcutta Wand land through the br oapl capt wm win elder and the second engineer mr charles booth they were enabled to secure a apAs passage sace 1 1 i 1 on the ath of 0 july elder carter embarked on board the ship john bound tin fin fr tir boston the american con consul suil suii dr paid jils tris passage and gave him bim sufficient money for sor his bis outfit elder eider carter was coun meled to return bome lome hame home inconsequence in consequence of ht hits ills spoor health the climate not agreeing with him for six weeks 1 I h had ad been engaged in writing a reply to a pamphlet which had been published in that country and widely circulated during the last list year the whole was war a fabrication a garbled production throughout compiled lied from detached portions of all ail adlof W the lies iles that had llad appeared in the united states and for the last ity 15 lizars liy years arg ars and in miny many instances more tiie vile than their authors by unnecessarily misrepresenting their statements th entire production products on was a tirade of abuse a tissue of misrepresentation and falsehood as a gas was was ever ever even compiled in kne one prec lons bundee bundle its pro principal author was charles charlea saunder third tea chein the ils L martineer alne er an lusti iusti institution Lution ot of learning for boys also alto the second teacher of the sias sims school contributed much I 1 towards it we iwo choul I hire have considered d the production unworthy alvr tb T of our notice had we nota been strangers in the country besides we were assured that tn many ny people popie bell beil believed eved it to be tho the tb truth troth for his this cause canse wp to give a reply which contained pa pares es octavo which we ave trust I 1 has been te the means inkins of i good I 1 cocq bout the he ot of august bros and savage started the second time ime to rangoon Ran goen burmah f also received a large supply of books from the astar office liverpool and copies ef the reply I 1 have enst published publish erl OrL I 1 also published in the city elty papers a full list cfall of all ail of 0 our works and where rethey they could be obtained on the ath f august I 1 was waited upon by a deputa deputation from froni a station some eighty mites distant cabied cabled having hiring feard heard of us through the the missionaries lion s slon sion anies aries the abe they ex a desire that an elder might be seni sent fon for the purpose of teaching dern denn them our doctrines I 1 as they were s I 1 ery tire tired of those which dey wey they hai had iceon accordingly I 1 sel set ott fon for or the place with me iwo two wo interpreters pr eters both ot of which belons cd to the church and were well with our doctrines we hired a manned man by tour four native oue our course was up th llo lio oily called by the natives dha at rind rinn a ts Is the nanlee ranger A proper on our ay way up we are touched at it Saraham pore the site ate of the first missionary baptist station in bengal which was bulls hulit up under eider the supervision of the late rev mr carey carer and ind has since tince been uen subject to the guld Fuld guidance atice ot of earthm an and others and at present Is s a face place of 0 little or no cok con e atis built bulit on the bastea astern bank of the I 1 i sixteen eit elt miles above above I 1 calcutta we nex next t railed nt it ChIn surah surab binah and other ther nalice native v villages Il lages situated on the river hear lear these catl vei vel tOwns and at different other places on the banks of the river are places sel sei selected acted by their brahmin priests for the I 1 burning turning of their dead and where the sicy sick and dise diseased aed are brough broush tto die by their friend fr tend I 1 A briet brief description of kine one must suffice for all the interior of the tho country Is densely populated by lya a class cassot of natives called rl olt cultivators of the soil boti which bring their dead and ste sick k bior fur for many billes miles to these chosen places many ott of liese these p places brets are so thronged thron ged that ryn tyr months the fires aires do tio not go bilto out ont so tenacious are they for their traditions as well as the instruction ot of their brahmin that many of them as soon as they feu temi unwell set out for these pla pia places ces on foot to he ole in the bankson banks hanks ft thi ganges Is to them what a bilet in lii christ Is to the christian their all and it if by any mishap they should die before they get to one ol 01 these places their position in the nest next world would be extremely precarious ii individuals who are la in full fun fellowship with their cast I 1 as soon toon as taken sick they are obliged to take forthwith I 1 to the holy ganges to die I 1 I 1 have lave seen them thea by dy scores laying on the ground and on booles a kind id of litter ex po posed ed to the burning tuni run eun trying bryin g 40 to diey dley dle die or at ioa lea least st their friends trying to have bare them when they have been beenu once taken to these places it Is ir suppose supposed 4 they are surely dead if it any symptoms of convalescence vales cence should appear they are immediately hurried il in to the the river where they are suffocated with mud and water vater which gives thema certain gaspor pa to the highest exaltation in the hin nin doos heaven it Is the highest aspiration of the devoted hindmo to die such a deatha death and they are not infrequently taken in to the river amidst the clamorous and deafening shouts of their friends while they themselves are excl exal exclaiming aill aili ng annga fungal gungal I the name of the god of the ganges when once taken here and atter afterwards wards escape they forfeit all their possessions and are disowned by their wives s childre children n and friends and the In inhabitants habitan is of the country T re ii kafe kate arf efrase al if af rbt wib wig alania Alb nit nia e carim fill the lj thiva iea ew trl iri atter fi fb to arid ardd arld arid i are re offid by bi shift lh usen d that re many of the poorer cl bre ire are aro not nt able td ob tall tali tail cooj mood wo d 16 bf their thc jhc they at ubi rad add aad lbrown iff t the buan 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