Our boys in India . isgust. 2IO OUR BOYS IN INDIA. Id give more for one sick monkey than a dozen likehim, he exclaimed. Why, Pauls got a jumping-jack athome thatll beat him all to Goshen! They did not remain long, but taking the carriage againdrove out to Sarnath. Youll hardly think it worth seeing, remarked Richard. Its only what they calla tope, or solid tower,an enormous thing, andquite dilapidated; but itwas built upon the spotwhere Gautama, the Hin-du prince who renouncedhis throne, pitched histent when he went intohermitage. What did he do thatfor? asked Scott. Because he believedhe was
Our boys in India . isgust. 2IO OUR BOYS IN INDIA. Id give more for one sick monkey than a dozen likehim, he exclaimed. Why, Pauls got a jumping-jack athome thatll beat him all to Goshen! They did not remain long, but taking the carriage againdrove out to Sarnath. Youll hardly think it worth seeing, remarked Richard. Its only what they calla tope, or solid tower,an enormous thing, andquite dilapidated; but itwas built upon the spotwhere Gautama, the Hin-du prince who renouncedhis throne, pitched histent when he went intohermitage. What did he do thatfor? asked Scott. Because he believedhe was divinely appointedto preach a reformationto the Hindus. ? That was a prettyway to preach a reforma-tion. Why didnt he stay a prince ? it would have had muchmore weight, said Scott. Richard did not reply directly: he only said, Jesus ofNazereth was a carpenters son. He had not where to layhis head when he preached a reformation to the Jews. How long has this tope been standing? Scott askedas they were examining XHE OLD IOF£ AT SAKNATH. PILGRIMS, PRIESTS, AND PEOPLE EVERYWHERE. 211 Over two thousand five hundred years, repHed — who is now called Buddha, or wisdom — beganto preach to five disciples who gathered about him out here,four hundred years before Christ was born. How did he succeed? asked Scott again, with thefinancial tendency uppermost. When he died, after only forty-five years of preaching,and never to any but those who would come out to hearhim, he had over eight million followers. Scott whistled. And to-day, Richard continued, over two hundredand ninety millions of people, or over a quarter of the wholeworld, are Buddhists. But where are they all ? We have not seen them, havewe ? There are very few in India, Richard replied. ** Thats bad, said Scott. It dont look well for a thingto be driven away from its home that way. How many native Christians do you think there are inSyria, Scott ? asked Richard. Never thought of that, said Scott; but is
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