The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 13, 1900, Page 11

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THE SUNDAY CALL., 11 Fra mp from the 3 e pastor: ancisco Congrega- It Is a start- wing gown of a Hi 21 black of a Roaao s number be- < had passed that for we b ing our 1 costume ven tn baré feet stsore tramp- is and across eins. I with the chattering of f the native butions we pended en- 2 for e. When a ns 2 of his h em - at 5 in the r akes a bit of bread or a few em into the e blessing. s in front of the no one ap- T Zhs the h give reaiistically es were very liberal, t larders. e stopped, instead of r sing, we talked to g them meeting. In this or awakening boget Dt kAT 2k t through the Salva- Army exhort ith variations to suit the changed conditions We each d = native Instrument shaped like a jo, but made of a gourd-like bowl with stretched across it. The songs ted as literally as possible to their language, and we were even forced to put them to native tunes, so hard were our airs for them to carry. fost of these tunes we took from the dancers. They were catchy little tion the other ng for a Lon- devil z against our dy-gig airs to which their ears were pa aden climate ned. The devil dancers are the medi- eisco Pastor Who Lived the Life of a Hipdu Priest to necessity do they take animal life, even o o . £ Booth to overlook the fleld for the army -— —+ then accounting it a sin. Often I have in China. From China I came to San PEOVEa S ]a ————4 Wwatched a native catch vermin only to Francisco, where the Salvation Army A ONS throw it out of doors instead of killing paraded me from California to Washing- b S the pests. ° ton dressed as a native Hindu priest. At E ¥ e —* “One hot night I tossed on a straw pal- length for various reasons the bottom fe cine men, who are sent for when a mem- ber of the family is {ll. To them sick- ness means that a devil has taken lodg- y and a devil dancer Is sent for at onée, who, with charms, dances and Incantati , tries to oust the devil. If the patient recovers, all thanks are due the devil dancer; if he dles, the devil dancer is not blamed. “One of the most peculiar experiences REV. ALFRED BAVLEY ACTING PASTOR CHURCH . was with a devil dancer. We heard that a man whom we had converted was lying 1l unto death. Hastening to his home we found the devil dancer before us. The 39 CONGREGATIONAL 'SANFRANCISCO ., sick man had embraced Christianity, but his family were still unconverted and had gant for the devil dancer despite the pleading of the dying man to be left alone. “The patient stretched out a feeble hand let in a thatched hut just on the edge of the jungle. At dawn I awoke from a fitful slumber and through half-closed out of my Salvation Army fervor. I came to better work f to us and motioned the devil dancer away. The devil dancer was not thus to be waved away. He set up his little table, e conclusion that I ¢ manity as a took out his charms and commenced his lids I noticed an immense snake hanging gational minister than in the ranks weird incantations. Suddenly the dying from the roof above ready to spring at army. man sat up in bed. The family thought me. I was tho awake at once and “Although I shall never co dy vo the devil dancer was exorcising the dev a heavy stick cover from the effects of Ity at lite Gathering all his strength for a suprems strike some- I do not regret for it effort, the sick man tumbled out of bed It was the native taught me ma ers to and tottering toward the devil d P, ter. He thanked India are numb ¢ those n time to table kicked it over. tled beyond belief, the devil tinued his steps and chant For a moment, ing the vilest abuse and curs man, he picked up his things from the house. Only one who knov super: people can app ate the courage it took to desecr: devil dance “We ourselves had thou was beyond hope, but from t he began to mend. His tives, their superstitions would have none of h out of doors. We nu and made him one the sick man health FEEN a2 spread the light. . i . “Another instance of true con i o s 30 . was the case of a man who was nication by est native in his village. He listen s s, Havre our teachings and became convin = . - though’his relatives mocked hi nd his et s . new belief to scorn. His father had left | x cal - him his lands and money on s that he remain a good Buddh this, he openly gave up wealth and fam in a mean hut near the ju “Once we came to confe: arge village, where our singing and preaching attracted c g - of the head men, who sammoned his fe 1 for b 3 low chiefs, and in solemn counsel they fu Marche-Neuf, { a1 : gave us a hearing. In a calm, matter ot . it ‘ o fact way, they decided that the e re i £ e village should at once become Ch Boxes for the postir < also s for relig s are as Judge for vourself what sort of Ch to be found at mo and £ s: Am = h, 19 would be. at tohacconls stamps Ave g he natives were on the whole very | (timbres-poste ards LR . kind to us, even the native priests not resenting our adoptich of th garb and | custom: On or e forced | to travel with so riest who only shared not us but their fo the most opy Jdes of other to our “I could discomforts traveling U through Cey had to be ed to the main each time several coulé again the weary, ena fested miles. The life is a hard one for the native priests, born and bred to it, but for unaccustomed to the food or climate and sleeping wherever night overtook us, it meant disease and death der weular meth srate th pects lon. F rent times I hospital to re- ks before I stagger over us, ALFRED BAYLEY IN GARB OF HINDU FAKIR “THE NATIVE CAUGHT ME BY THE WRIST postales) can be purchased. A telegraph office s found at nearly all branch postoffices, which are open till 9 p. m.; at the Bourse the telegraph office is open all night. The tariff for telegrams for any part of France Is 5 cents per word; Only in cases of dire | for Great Britain, 25 cents per word, and “Their theorfes of transmigration maks | life very hazardous. If you strike a snake you may be killing an ancestor of the host who has given you shelter. I have seen a woman cover a cobra with a bowl and let it escape. near the Arc de lish Roman Catho Hoche, 7Tand 11 2. m Congregational Chape 11:15 a. m. and 7 odist Church, 4 Roquepine, 11 and 7:3 p. m.—Leslle's Weekly

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