. Christian herald and signs of our times. t Indians areever so offensive in their vices as the worsttype of low,unprincipled Europeans. Whena certain European, who had been a terrorand a disgrace to a district in Southern In-dia, died, the natives habitually offeredbrandy and cigars at his tomb to propitiatehis spirit, which was supposed to be stillwandering about with bad intentions. It isnot yet a century since Captain WilliamBruce wrote to Southey that if Englandsempire in India were overthrown, the onlymonuments that would remain of it wouldbe broken bottles and corks. Schwartz de-clares
. Christian herald and signs of our times. t Indians areever so offensive in their vices as the worsttype of low,unprincipled Europeans. Whena certain European, who had been a terrorand a disgrace to a district in Southern In-dia, died, the natives habitually offeredbrandy and cigars at his tomb to propitiatehis spirit, which was supposed to be stillwandering about with bad intentions. It isnot yet a century since Captain WilliamBruce wrote to Southey that if Englandsempire in India were overthrown, the onlymonuments that would remain of it wouldbe broken bottles and corks. Schwartz de-clares that in his earlier acquaintance withIndia he sought in vain for a pious Euro-pean. Later missionaries have sometimesconfessed to much the same. There wasnot a precept of their own religion whichthe natives did not observe, nor a preceptof Christianity which some Europeans didnot disregard. What could the honest serv-ants of Christ do in the midst of such har-assing retorts as were made by the Hinduswho had seen the white mens misconduct?. Sick Children of Jerusalem. How tliey are Tenderly Nursed andC ared for at the Dlarienstift—A Beauti-ful Charity. ONE of the numer-ous philanthropiesestablished underChristian aus-pices in recentyears in Pales-tine is more ef-ficient or mored e s e r ving ofsympathy and kind-ly consideration thanthe Hospital for Chil-dren known as the Marienstilt, (Marysfoundation) which is situated on the out-skirts of Jerusalem about fifteen minuteswalk from the Damascus gate. Grand Duchess Mary of MecklenburgSchwerin was the august patroness. Chil-dren from six months old to twelve years areadmitted fortreatment,hundreds being takenin with their mothers and sheltered hundred and forty-eight in all receisedtreatment in the first three years. All whohave visited the East have remarked thegreat number of people afflicted with diseasesof the eyes. In most cases, this is directlytraceable to neglect in childhood. The av-erage number of patients p
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