1900
Statistics declare that in the entire kingdom of Spain there are only 3,230 children in attendance upon Sunday Schools.
Fifty years ago there were not fifty medical missionaries in the world. Fifteen years since there were but 250; while today there are over 600.
China, the greatest mission field in all the world, with at least 386,000,000 people, has a total of only 2,500 Protestant missionaries. Nearly one-fifth of these are ordained ministers.
The Zulu Bible, published by the American Bible Society, is an influential factor in South African affairs. "Whatever happens in the Transvaal," says the secretary, "the Bible will not cease to do its silent work."
It has been proposed by many who have been touched by the manner in which the six children of the Rev. D. H. and Mrs. Lee met their death in the recent disaster at Darjeeling, to perpetuate their memory by erecting a permanent institution, known as "The Dennett Training School and Home for Bengali Girls" in Calcutta. Mrs. F. L. Sperry, of Mt. Lake Park, Md., will give further information.
A Christian Endeavor meeting is held every Monday evening among the five troops of the United States cavalry stationed at Puerto Principe, Cuba. Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, has a Christian Endeavor Society, organized in December, 1899. One active member is a native, a clerk, that has learned to speak English well. There are four Puerto Rican associate members.
—The Ram's Horn, March 17, 1900, p. 18.
Showing posts with label India. Show all posts
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Sunday, April 13, 2008
Friday, April 20, 2007
American Turning Out Fine Grade of Idols for East
1903
CONSOLATION FOR HEATHEN.
American Genius Turning Out a Fine Grade of Idols for the East.
Manufacturers in the Christian city of Philadelphia make idols and ship them to Asia. The traffic has horrified many who thought ruin was the only objectionable article shipped to the heathen from this country.
For years England and Germany have bean monopolizing the trade in Buddhas, Krishnas, Sivas, Ganeshes and Jum-Jums. This was because they happened to be on the ground first. The idols which they turned out were, as a matter of fact, both expensive and inefficient.
The American manufacturer has now succeeded in bringing the trade where it really belongs. His success was inevitable. His idols are cheaper, do more work and last longer. The heathen who has once used an American idol, with self-closing eyes and automatically wiggling toes, refuses to use any other. Besides, many a poor heathen who could not afford to buy an expensive English or German idol, is able to allow himself the cheaper American article. Idols have been brought within the reach of the smallest purse. Within a few years the most impoverished native of the far East will find, thanks to the energy and ingenuity of the American trade, that he need not deny himself the spiritual consolations of his religion.
Some squeamish persons think that they see something a little bit inconsistent in sending out a ship with a deckful of missionaries and a holdful of idols. Such persons have not grasped the fact that this life is a matter not of consistency but of balance. There is a certain anarchist in Chicago who owns a public hall. In the course of his business he is obliged to let this hall out to Republican, Democratic and Socialistic speakers, who take special pains to expose anarchism to the hatred and derision of their hearers. What is the hall-owning anarchist to do? In order to live and in order to retain a place in which anarchism can be occasionally expounded he has to keep his hall in constant use. His speculative opinions and his business operations have to march abreast, but in parallel lines which will never meet.
Of course, there might be some good reason for complaint if the idol manufacturing companies should begin to boom their trade by getting out advertisements in defense of idolatry or by instructing their agents to hold joint debates with, missionaries. "Worship Flim Flam! A psychological analysis by government experts shows 89 per cent of deity! In portable, collapsible form, with a case! When opened out the reverse way ceases to be Flim Flam and becomes Jim Jam! The great duality! Two gods at the same time! A clear saving of 50 per cent!" — this kind of advertisement might be objectionable. After all, though, it is a mere exchange of idols. They get Buddhas and Krishnas; we get dollars and cents.— Chicago Tribune.
—Davenport Daily Republican, Davenport, Iowa, March 5, 1903, page 5.
CONSOLATION FOR HEATHEN.
American Genius Turning Out a Fine Grade of Idols for the East.
Manufacturers in the Christian city of Philadelphia make idols and ship them to Asia. The traffic has horrified many who thought ruin was the only objectionable article shipped to the heathen from this country.
For years England and Germany have bean monopolizing the trade in Buddhas, Krishnas, Sivas, Ganeshes and Jum-Jums. This was because they happened to be on the ground first. The idols which they turned out were, as a matter of fact, both expensive and inefficient.
The American manufacturer has now succeeded in bringing the trade where it really belongs. His success was inevitable. His idols are cheaper, do more work and last longer. The heathen who has once used an American idol, with self-closing eyes and automatically wiggling toes, refuses to use any other. Besides, many a poor heathen who could not afford to buy an expensive English or German idol, is able to allow himself the cheaper American article. Idols have been brought within the reach of the smallest purse. Within a few years the most impoverished native of the far East will find, thanks to the energy and ingenuity of the American trade, that he need not deny himself the spiritual consolations of his religion.
Some squeamish persons think that they see something a little bit inconsistent in sending out a ship with a deckful of missionaries and a holdful of idols. Such persons have not grasped the fact that this life is a matter not of consistency but of balance. There is a certain anarchist in Chicago who owns a public hall. In the course of his business he is obliged to let this hall out to Republican, Democratic and Socialistic speakers, who take special pains to expose anarchism to the hatred and derision of their hearers. What is the hall-owning anarchist to do? In order to live and in order to retain a place in which anarchism can be occasionally expounded he has to keep his hall in constant use. His speculative opinions and his business operations have to march abreast, but in parallel lines which will never meet.
Of course, there might be some good reason for complaint if the idol manufacturing companies should begin to boom their trade by getting out advertisements in defense of idolatry or by instructing their agents to hold joint debates with, missionaries. "Worship Flim Flam! A psychological analysis by government experts shows 89 per cent of deity! In portable, collapsible form, with a case! When opened out the reverse way ceases to be Flim Flam and becomes Jim Jam! The great duality! Two gods at the same time! A clear saving of 50 per cent!" — this kind of advertisement might be objectionable. After all, though, it is a mere exchange of idols. They get Buddhas and Krishnas; we get dollars and cents.— Chicago Tribune.
—Davenport Daily Republican, Davenport, Iowa, March 5, 1903, page 5.
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
In Madras With the Yogi, A Venerable Mystic
1901
Hocus Pocus and That Sort of Thing
I saw a Hindoo out in the open street take three good sized balls, larger and heavier than hens' eggs, and commence tossing them up in the air, catching them as they returned. Soon his hands were motionless, but the balls kept ascending and, so far as I know, are ascending still. They did not return. Were they dematerialized by some invisible psychic power? Such is my opinion.
During my stay in Madras there came down from a mountain a genuine psychic and seer. He was truly a venerable mystic. In a bungalow on a bright sunshiny day, 8 o'clock p.m., a dozen present, this old yogi burned incense, repeated some mantras and said in substance, "Now I can move any object in this room by my will." Reflecting a few moments, I said, "Command those peacock plumes up there to come to you." Focusing his thought, his will, upon them, they leaped at his bidding from the case and, sailing around the room, fell at his feet. Other objects were moved in a similar manner. This was genuine white magic. — Humanitarian.
—The Portsmouth Herald, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, January 31, 1901, page 2.
Hocus Pocus and That Sort of Thing
I saw a Hindoo out in the open street take three good sized balls, larger and heavier than hens' eggs, and commence tossing them up in the air, catching them as they returned. Soon his hands were motionless, but the balls kept ascending and, so far as I know, are ascending still. They did not return. Were they dematerialized by some invisible psychic power? Such is my opinion.
During my stay in Madras there came down from a mountain a genuine psychic and seer. He was truly a venerable mystic. In a bungalow on a bright sunshiny day, 8 o'clock p.m., a dozen present, this old yogi burned incense, repeated some mantras and said in substance, "Now I can move any object in this room by my will." Reflecting a few moments, I said, "Command those peacock plumes up there to come to you." Focusing his thought, his will, upon them, they leaped at his bidding from the case and, sailing around the room, fell at his feet. Other objects were moved in a similar manner. This was genuine white magic. — Humanitarian.
—The Portsmouth Herald, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, January 31, 1901, page 2.
Thursday, April 12, 2007
Electric Prayer Wheels Popular with Buddhist Priests
1922
Motor-driven prayers have become popular with the Buddhist priests of Simla, the summer capital of India. Formerly the limit of invention allowed lazy priests to tack pieces of paper, on which were written the perpetual prayers, onto great prayer wheels. The power for turning these wheels was supplied from the many small mountain streams about the capital. When a firm of British engineers came with a proposal to divert these little streams and merge them into a waterpower project, the priests incited the people against them until finally an item was included in the franchise stating that electric motors and power were to be supplied to perpetually turn the prayer wheels. — Popular Mechanics Magazine.
—The Pointer, Riverdale/Dolton, Illinois, July 21, 1922, page 3.
Motor-driven prayers have become popular with the Buddhist priests of Simla, the summer capital of India. Formerly the limit of invention allowed lazy priests to tack pieces of paper, on which were written the perpetual prayers, onto great prayer wheels. The power for turning these wheels was supplied from the many small mountain streams about the capital. When a firm of British engineers came with a proposal to divert these little streams and merge them into a waterpower project, the priests incited the people against them until finally an item was included in the franchise stating that electric motors and power were to be supplied to perpetually turn the prayer wheels. — Popular Mechanics Magazine.
—The Pointer, Riverdale/Dolton, Illinois, July 21, 1922, page 3.
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Hindu Lecturer to be at 14th St. M.E. Church
Traverse City, Michigan, 1911
Church Brevities
Asbury Methodist Episcopal Church. The pastor will speak morning and evening. Morning subject: "Our Daily Bread." This is the sixth in a series of sermons on "The Lord's Prayer." Evening subject: "Spoiling God's Plan."
Oak Park Church. Rev. Sundberg of the Swedish church will occupy the pulpit both morning and evening. On Thursday evening June 1st, Mr. Allington will give his farewell sermon, before leaving for his new field, and he earnestly desires that the eastside people will be present for this last service together.
Fourteenth St. M. E. Church. Services tomorrow as follows: Morning at 10:30, conducted by the Rev. G. W. Plews. Subject, "The Vision That Encourages." Evening at 7:30, J. Mohammad Ali of Lahore, India, will deliver his interesting lecture on "The Transformation of Hammad." This cultured Hindoo gentleman is a very capable speaker and will certainly help those who hear him to more perfectly understand conditions of life in India.
--The Record-Eagle, Traverse City, Michigan, May 27, 1911
Church Brevities
Asbury Methodist Episcopal Church. The pastor will speak morning and evening. Morning subject: "Our Daily Bread." This is the sixth in a series of sermons on "The Lord's Prayer." Evening subject: "Spoiling God's Plan."
Oak Park Church. Rev. Sundberg of the Swedish church will occupy the pulpit both morning and evening. On Thursday evening June 1st, Mr. Allington will give his farewell sermon, before leaving for his new field, and he earnestly desires that the eastside people will be present for this last service together.
Fourteenth St. M. E. Church. Services tomorrow as follows: Morning at 10:30, conducted by the Rev. G. W. Plews. Subject, "The Vision That Encourages." Evening at 7:30, J. Mohammad Ali of Lahore, India, will deliver his interesting lecture on "The Transformation of Hammad." This cultured Hindoo gentleman is a very capable speaker and will certainly help those who hear him to more perfectly understand conditions of life in India.
--The Record-Eagle, Traverse City, Michigan, May 27, 1911
Annie Besant Announces Second Coming of Christ
1911
TIME AT HAND, SHE SAYS
Annie Besant Announces Second Coming of Christ
London, May 15.—Annie Besant, who is here from India, announces the impending reincarnation of Christ.
"Everything tends to show that the time is at hand," said she, "for the arrival of the great world teacher. Physical and social changes throughout the world tell that the age of militarism is closing and that fraternity is to be the watchword. The future Anglo-American peace treaty is one sign but the world's peace is unachievable politically. It will result in a vast spiritual movement, unifying all warring creeds. This will be the task of the coming teacher prefigured in the Christian dogma as the second coming of Christ. It is not far distant. Then a new age will open."
—Indiana Evening Gazette, Indiana, Pennsylvania, May 15, 1911, page 3.
Clairvoyant Delmore
The most powerful and reliable medium in the world now at the Central Hotel, three more days. Call and consult her at once. She tells just what you wish to know, no matter what your troubles are. She can throw light on any subject, however dark, and help you when all else fails. Fees in the reach of all. Room No. 14, upstairs. Walk in.
—same, page 1.
TIME AT HAND, SHE SAYS
Annie Besant Announces Second Coming of Christ
London, May 15.—Annie Besant, who is here from India, announces the impending reincarnation of Christ.
"Everything tends to show that the time is at hand," said she, "for the arrival of the great world teacher. Physical and social changes throughout the world tell that the age of militarism is closing and that fraternity is to be the watchword. The future Anglo-American peace treaty is one sign but the world's peace is unachievable politically. It will result in a vast spiritual movement, unifying all warring creeds. This will be the task of the coming teacher prefigured in the Christian dogma as the second coming of Christ. It is not far distant. Then a new age will open."
—Indiana Evening Gazette, Indiana, Pennsylvania, May 15, 1911, page 3.
Clairvoyant Delmore
The most powerful and reliable medium in the world now at the Central Hotel, three more days. Call and consult her at once. She tells just what you wish to know, no matter what your troubles are. She can throw light on any subject, however dark, and help you when all else fails. Fees in the reach of all. Room No. 14, upstairs. Walk in.
—same, page 1.
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