20 00 166 52 Lowell, John St. ch. and so. 127.15 ; 137 15 Sherborn, Pilgrim Cong. ch. and 30. 24 00 Somerville, Prospect Hill ch. and so. 7.50; Franklin St. ch. and so. 13 48 West Somerville, Cong. ch. and so. 2 65 Winchester, Cong. ch. and so. 201 85-525 Ashby, Cong. ch. and so. 7 00 195.44; Rollstone Cong. ch. and so. 88.89; 284 33 13 oo 5 00—334 33 Norfolk county. Brookline, Harvard ch, and so. 79 00 50 00 Wellesley, Cong. ch. and so. 50 00_-422 27 Old Colony Auxiliary. Mattapoisett, Cong. ch. and so. 17 00 Rochester, ist Cong. ch. and so. 60 00—77 00 Plymouth county. Abington, ist Cong. ch. and so. 22 92 2 00 3 75 Old South ch 100; Immanuel ch. 560 44 Chelsea, 1st Cong. ch. and so. 61 75622 19 Worcester county, North. Athol, Cong. ch. and so. 4 58 24.50; m. c. 22; North Cong. ch. 68 104-179 39 Worcester co. Central Asso'n. E. H. Sanford, Tr. 20 00 Union ch. and so. 44.32 ; Salem 430 17470 17 Worcester co. South Conf. of Ch's. William R. Hill, Tr. 19 00 58 25--133 25 -28 67 96 71 100 00 10 00 30 66 5,868 90 Legacies. — Enfield, J. B. Woods, by W. B. Kimball, Ex'r, to const. 5,968 90 RHODE ISLAND. Oak Lawn, Rev. Marcus Ames, CONNECTICUT. Fairfield county. Bethel, Cong. ch. and so. Berlin, ad Cong. ch. and so. 16 85 5 29 Collinsville, Cong. ch. and so. 7 00 East Granby, Cong ch. and so. 12 61 1,806.43 ; Pearl St. ch. Rev. 2,058 43 Marlborough, Cong. ch. and so. 15 00 Plainville, Cong. ch. and so. to const. L. B. TUCKER, H. M. 54 or 40 00 10 00 99 76 18 34 25 oo 20 00 Thompsonville, James Ely, West Hartford, Cong. ch. and so. Windsor, Cong. ch. and so. 60 580-2,582 10 Litchfield co. G. C. Woodruff, Tr. Ellsworth, Cong. ch. and so. 13 30 Litchfield, Cong. ch. and so. 194 ; m. c. 107.84; 301 84 Hadlyme, Cong. ch. and so. Middletown, So. Cong. ch. and so. 39 68—-84 68 which írom WILLIAM E DOWNS to const. himself H. M. 100), 122 58 Guilford, ist Cong. ch. and so. 30 00 Naugatuck, Cong. ch. and so. 160 00 New Haven, Ch. of the Redeemer, to const. F. D. SLOAT, JOSEPH North ch, m. c. 7.10; 325 48 L. C. Learned, Tr's. wh. 50 from L. A. Hyde, to const. Herald, should have been ack'd from ist ch.) Stonington, ist Cong. ch. and so. 9 00—259 00 Tolland county, E. C. Chapman, Tr. Coventry, A friend, 25 00 Windham county. Thompson, Cong. ch. and 8 89 Wauregan, Cong. ch. and so. West Woodstock, Four friends, 3 00 Woodstock, ist Cong. ch. and so. 10 5040 64 A friend, 15 00 317 28 33 88 18 25 4,681 13 1,086 25 Legacies. - Norwichtown, Daniel W. Coit, by Charles W. Coit, Ex'r (and interest), Charles W. Coit, Hopkins, Ex'r, 500 00 100 00 12 75 IO 72 6,367 38 NEW YORK. Albany, W. L. Learned, 50 00 Amsterdam, S. Louise Bell, 3 90 Bangor, ist Cong. ch. and so. Binghamton, ist Cong. ch. and so. 106 48 Brooklyn, Ch. of the Mediator, 9.50; Mrs. Kate Gillette, 45; Frank Pond, 12; A friend, 5: 71 50 Buffalo, Mrs. M. C. Demond, 15 oo Camden, ist Cong.ch. and s. s. 32 00 Candor, Cong. ch. and so. 22 95 13 75 Mt. Morris, ist Presb. ch. 6 00 Mt. Sinai, Cong. ch. and so. m. c. Nassau, Rev. C. S. Sherman, 5 00 13 22 IO 00 const. Rev. ROBERT CHAMBERS and Rev. W. N. CHAMBERS, H. M. 100 00 Spencerport, Mrs. Mary A. Dyer, 10 00 Sterling, T. J. Allen, 100 Syracuse, Annual meeting, thank-offer. ing of an aged disciple, 10 00 Tallman, Cong. ch. by Rev. L. Jones, 450-607 53 22 00 TO 00 20 00 10 00 100 00 Madison, ist Cong. ch. and so. with other dona. to const. Rev. JOHN 50 00 3 00 3 65 KANSAS. 9 25-23 SI 1 00 3 06 10 00 NEBRASKA. 17 40 2 83 5 50 35 3 CALIFORNIA. 12 OC_-776 18 20 5 00--23 CANADA. Sao TIONS. MISSION WORK FOR WOMEN. FROM WOMAN'S BOARD OF MISSIONS. INTERIOR 4,000 00 PACIFIC. Treasurer. 500 00 10 25 3 00 46 25 Westfield, “Seven Sisters," for Tukaram, 25 25 13 00 P. Cushman's thank-offering, 25c.; Mar. 7 55 8 70 5 00 123 50 66 Donations received in October. 23,866 47 Legacies.-Gouverneur, Enos Wright, 318 28 250 00—-568 28 50 00 98 90 1,175 83 cer, by H. Mechor and W. S. 148 90 8 oo 44 25-52 25 TEXAS. 3 23 7 65 28 45 71 26 46 30 10 00 68 25 6 40 OHIO. const. Rev. 0. C. CLARK, H. M. 33 00 13 00 59 38 ILLINOIS. 28 81 Union Park ch. 10; Lincoln Park 52 30 6 76 16 38 5 00 18 50 3 50 75 00 I 18—-311 76 19 0037 40 12 05 MINNESOTA. 4 50 14 05 II 50-33 00 IOWA. 8 So 13 10 7 00 9 00 5 00 Cong. ch. and so. (of 19 50 30 47 -196 93 2 14 32 50 50 oo Il 34 2 00 2 95 9 00 49 60 2,453 43 $26,319 90 31st, Donations, $34,441.02; Legacies, 20 00 FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. IDOLATRY IN INDIA. INDIA is said by good authorities to have a population of at least two hundred and forty millions, the larger portion of whom accept Brahminism as their religion. According to this religious system there are several principal gods, and under them no less than three hundred and thirty-three million inferior deities. Images of these gods are found everywhere, and as if there were not enough of these to worship, the Hindus bow down before monkeys, and serpents, and stones. In the picture above there is repVOL. LXXV. 47 resented a little child taking his first lesson in idolatry. His mother bas brought him to an image of Ganesha, and holds up his hands towards the hideous idol while the lad draws back in terror. Is it strange that te is frightened ? Some of the converts from heathenism have told of the agony of fear they had in their childhood when first brought into the presence of a monster idol. They were never told of a God who was gentle and loving. He was only hateful and ugly, like his image, and the only reason for worshipping was to escape his wrath. In the picture here given of Ganesha, he is represented with a better form than commonly. He is said to be the son of Siva, one of the principal gods, and to be master of all evil and mischievous imps. As these imps are sup posed to do all the harm they can, whoever wishes success in his plans must invoke the aid of Ganesha. If one is to take a journey, or make a trade, he must pray to Ganesha or he will be hin dered. One of our HINDU WORSHIPING THE SUN AND HIS TOOLS. missionaries says that carpenters, when they have finished a day's work, will take a bandful of mud and shape it rudely into an image of this god, setting it on guard over night lest some imp destroy the work. Ganesha is always represented as a bloated dwarf, with four arms and an elephant's head and trunk. The story about him, which is believed by the Hindus, is that when a child he angered one of the principal gods who cut off his head, but the murderer being sorry for what he had done, sought to replace the lost head by giving Ganesha the first one he met with. This happened to be an elephant's, and he placed it upon the shoulders of the boy. Better than the worship of such hateful beings is the homage a Hindu sometimes pays to natural objects. These objects, at least, are sinless. The picture here given of a Hindu worshipping the sun and his own working tools was drawn from a real incident. A missionary, at Madras, once met a road-mender kneeling at sunrise before his pick and crowbar. When told that this worship was folly the man replied, “Without these tools I could not do my work, A BRAHMIN FAMILY IN SOUTHERN INDIA. and without the sun I could not see to do it. Since, therefore, I get my bread by them, it is only right that I should worship them." But many of the Hindus are learning of the true God, and a better service than that of idols. The verses on the next page tell a pleasant story of a lad who does not now bow in terror before Ganesha, but looks in love to Jesus Christ. |
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