. Missionary Visitor, The (1916) . Idols by the Wayside. 20 The Missionary Visitor January1916. Boarding-School Boys at Ahwa. ANCIENT INDIA IDEAS John I. Kay lor. IN the times that Moses was learningthe arts of Egypt, and on to the timethat David was watching his sheepon the hills of Palestine, the Aryanpeoples were coming into North Indiaand spreading their influence, education,and civilization, among the first these people worshiped the sun,moon, sky, dawn, wind, and fire. Toget a hearing with these gods theyprayed by charms, and made rude sac-rifices of food and drink placed o
. Missionary Visitor, The (1916) . Idols by the Wayside. 20 The Missionary Visitor January1916. Boarding-School Boys at Ahwa. ANCIENT INDIA IDEAS John I. Kay lor. IN the times that Moses was learningthe arts of Egypt, and on to the timethat David was watching his sheepon the hills of Palestine, the Aryanpeoples were coming into North Indiaand spreading their influence, education,and civilization, among the first these people worshiped the sun,moon, sky, dawn, wind, and fire. Toget a hearing with these gods theyprayed by charms, and made rude sac-rifices of food and drink placed on theground for the gods to partake of. Allthese acts required knowledge, so thelearned class gradually became the[priests. They also worshiped departedj ancestors, whom they thought to be thecare-takers of the family, so they pro-vided sustenance for them to keep theirfavor. Their acts of sacrifice and wor-ship grew into a ritual, and the priesti could be of only the one class, theBrahmans, which gradually stiffened in-to a caste. Then they taught that theseBrahmans sprang from the mouth o
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