An Indian pilgrimage; travel notes of a visit to the Indian fields of the Church of Scotland . o missionaries—for Mrs Alexander, formerlyin charge of Sialkot Hospital, is as keen a missionaryas is her husband. In these days we saw something ofthe forces that are against Christ as well as those thatare working for Him. One morning Mr Alexander ledme to the great Temple, and there one saw the powerof Hinduism enthroned. Not one but many templesmassed together in the centre of a vast enclosure. Boundthe walls of the enclosure run long ranges of chambersfor the priests (poojaries) and their yoimg
An Indian pilgrimage; travel notes of a visit to the Indian fields of the Church of Scotland . o missionaries—for Mrs Alexander, formerlyin charge of Sialkot Hospital, is as keen a missionaryas is her husband. In these days we saw something ofthe forces that are against Christ as well as those thatare working for Him. One morning Mr Alexander ledme to the great Temple, and there one saw the powerof Hinduism enthroned. Not one but many templesmassed together in the centre of a vast enclosure. Boundthe walls of the enclosure run long ranges of chambersfor the priests (poojaries) and their yoimg acolytes. Thetemples are all alike, great basal squares, with darkrecesses, where one discerns dimly the figures of manygods, and each basal block surmounted by a gold-coveredspire gleaming in the sunlight. Connected with thetemple and its worship is a whole army of poojaries,and fifty boys in training, all supported by the Maha-rajah. These we saw moving up and down, busy learningtheir mantras, but at the same time not unobservantof the visitors. One came forward to explain the Jammu Temples.
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