. Christian herald and signs of our times . ted in a Hindoo Village. MISS HATTIE L. BRUCE, a mis-sionary at Satara, India, in a re-cent letter to the Indian Witness,relates the following remarkable incidentsas having occurred under her own obser-vation : One evening a young Marathi woman,Bahubai by name, living in the village ofArali. was bitten by a venomous friends in great alarm took her to thetemple of their goddess Wadzai. Theywould not hear of the suggestion thatremedies be given the dying girl. Wad-zai was all their confidence, so throughthe night-watches they poured out their
. Christian herald and signs of our times . ted in a Hindoo Village. MISS HATTIE L. BRUCE, a mis-sionary at Satara, India, in a re-cent letter to the Indian Witness,relates the following remarkable incidentsas having occurred under her own obser-vation : One evening a young Marathi woman,Bahubai by name, living in the village ofArali. was bitten by a venomous friends in great alarm took her to thetemple of their goddess Wadzai. Theywould not hear of the suggestion thatremedies be given the dying girl. Wad-zai was all their confidence, so throughthe night-watches they poured out theirlamentations before her. Mother, mother,look upon us and be gracious. Oh. thou whoart chief amongst the goddesses, whomhave we in all the world but thee? Mother,to whom shall we go? Thou alone canstheel. Restore the sick one. we beseechthee ! Alternately with these pleadingsthey blew the temple horns as though toawaken the slumbering sympathies of theirstone goddess: but there was neithervoice norany that re-gar d e d .Thus t h elong hours. ilt COOPER INSTITUTE, NEW YORK. wore on tilsunrise,when Banu-bai died. Asit was nowevident thatWadzaieither coulddo or woulddo nothingfor her wor-s h i p p ers,they bestir-red the m -selves totake morep r a c t i c alme as u res for the resuscitation of the corpse. Twomen were sent to Mahuli. five miles to thesoutheast, two others to Limbgova, fivemiles to the west, and two to the Christianpreacher at Waduth, an adjoining villageon the opposite bank of the Krishna river. Come I said the breathless messengersupon reaching their respective woman has been bitten by a snake. Ifyou can do anything, hasten! Is shedead or alive ? w as the first inquiry elicitedby this news in each of the three She died at six this morning. I Has the breath left the body? •Alas, yes! Said the holy man at Mahuli. Mycharms are ineffective outside mv owndistrict. Said the sorcerer at Limbgova,Return, and bid them not to await m
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