. Reminiscences; the story of an emigrant. ting the Christians, it is onlyamong the Free Masons, who know of no nationality, race or other bar-rier, that such things are possible. Visited the temple of the goddess Kali in a suburb of Calcutta. Kali isthe goddess of hate and vengence, and this temple is one of the most cele-brated in India. One hundred and fifty Brahmin priests officiate in the same. The chief priest,R o o n ish-Chunder-Mokerje,was a 3oung man with liber-al education. He had spentseveral years in Americanmission schools. His officeis held by inheritance. Hewas a most agreeable
. Reminiscences; the story of an emigrant. ting the Christians, it is onlyamong the Free Masons, who know of no nationality, race or other bar-rier, that such things are possible. Visited the temple of the goddess Kali in a suburb of Calcutta. Kali isthe goddess of hate and vengence, and this temple is one of the most cele-brated in India. One hundred and fifty Brahmin priests officiate in the same. The chief priest,R o o n ish-Chunder-Mokerje,was a 3oung man with liber-al education. He had spentseveral years in Americanmission schools. His officeis held by inheritance. Hewas a most agreeable com-panion, well versed in west-ern as well as Sanskrit liter-ature. Once upon tellinghim that I had an intimatefriend in Sweden w^ho was aChristian priest, he gave mesome pictures of the goddessKali and other idols to sendhim with his return, I had the pleasurea few^ months later to presenthim w^ith a Swedish Bible,with his name in goldenletters on the cover, from my— Swedish minister,which present he cherished. tiiiin^ • —nnwrwniiTiM ? ^^^^^ c c 1 J highly. This Bible IS THE GODDESS KALI,now kept in the temjjie of Kali. At my request Mokerje prepared a brief extract of the religious doc-trine of the Hindoos, which reads as follows: 253 Story of an Emigrant. We believe in heaven and hell as temporary abodes of reward and pun-ishment. When a man dies his good and evil deeds are weighed on the he goes to heaven to receive his reward, then to hell to suffer in pro-portion to hS sins. When everything is squared up he au:ain returns to theworld in the form of another being, the same process is repeated again andaLrain, and he can attain perfect bliss only after he has reached such a stagenf development that he can do neither good nor evil deeds, but must losehimself in the contemplation of God until he finally ceases to exist as anindividual being, and is reunited with God of whom he really constitutes apart. Was invited to the home of Co
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