Our boys in India . Jf)J. BATHING AN IDOL. when looking at the image of Kali. He was evidently notthe devout Hindu that many, thought him. An atom of God, he replied in an undertone. Thatman is bathing his preserver. He is praying, he saidaloud. Do you never pray in that way? asked Paul: ** if youdo, will you teach me? YOU SHALL BE MY HARL-SAHIB. 261 Why should I pray Hke that? said the muni. Godis everywhere. The great essence of Bramha fills all I would pray to an elephant, it should be to one that Godhad made, and not to one that some beggar had manufacturedto earn his bread. But I
Our boys in India . Jf)J. BATHING AN IDOL. when looking at the image of Kali. He was evidently notthe devout Hindu that many, thought him. An atom of God, he replied in an undertone. Thatman is bathing his preserver. He is praying, he saidaloud. Do you never pray in that way? asked Paul: ** if youdo, will you teach me? YOU SHALL BE MY HARL-SAHIB. 261 Why should I pray Hke that? said the muni. Godis everywhere. The great essence of Bramha fills all I would pray to an elephant, it should be to one that Godhad made, and not to one that some beggar had manufacturedto earn his bread. But I never pray at all, Dhondaram. And now I amlike you, and have a name, and all that; and I want to learnto pray. Cant I pray without pounding myself the way youdo ? I tried to do that when I was at the biri wallahs, andfound you were not there ; but it hurt me. The muni stroked his little hand; and answered, — That was only for the boatmen: I was not praying toGod. The great, real Bramha cannot be pleased to see menhurt
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