An Indian pilgrimage; travel notes of a visit to the Indian fields of the Church of Scotland . did the rest, and onSaturday morning, after four nights and three daystravelling, we received at Colombo a welcome fromMr and Mrs Macmichael that all the Highlands couldnot beat for heartiness. The toil of the long journeyfound ample compensation. CHAPTEE XXI. CEYLON— WHERE EVERY PROSPECT PLEASES. When Bishop Heber wrote what is still the most popularmissionary hymn in the English language, he made areference to Ceylon which has banned for ever that hymnfrom use by the churches of the island. The ref
An Indian pilgrimage; travel notes of a visit to the Indian fields of the Church of Scotland . did the rest, and onSaturday morning, after four nights and three daystravelling, we received at Colombo a welcome fromMr and Mrs Macmichael that all the Highlands couldnot beat for heartiness. The toil of the long journeyfound ample compensation. CHAPTEE XXI. CEYLON— WHERE EVERY PROSPECT PLEASES. When Bishop Heber wrote what is still the most popularmissionary hymn in the English language, he made areference to Ceylon which has banned for ever that hymnfrom use by the churches of the island. The referenceconsists of two lines. The first line is gloriously true,and I quote it in the title of this chapter. The secondline is not quotable. It suggests that the inhabitantsof Ceylon have a double dose of original sin, which is apure libel. I suspect the difficulty of finding a suitableword to rhyme with Isle was allowed to deflect thebishops judgment as to the character of the peoplewho inhabit the isle. Anyhow my judgment, after ninedays residence and close contact with many of the men. Tooth of Buddha at Kandy, Ceylon.
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