A Tour of the Missions: Observations and ConclusionsStrong, Augustus Hopkins
Religion
A Tour of the Missions: Observations and Conclusions
Strong, Augustus Hopkins
East Asia -- Description and travel; Missions
Our visit to Aungbinle, and prayer on the site of
Judson's prison 37
Met and entertained by missionaries, our former
pupils 37
Fruitful Burma and its Buddhism attracts
famine-stricken India with its Hinduism 38
Baptist missions in Burma antedate and excel both
Romanist and Anglican 40
Far outstripping these in the number and influence
of converts 40
The work of our collegiate and other schools is
most encouraging 41
The Baptist College at Rangoon and the theological
seminaries at Insein 42
The lieutenant governor invites us to meet Lord
Chelmsford, viceroy of India, at afternoon-tea 44
A royal reception, with great conglomerate of races 44
A demonstration of loyalty to the British Crown 45
The dinner of our Rochester men at the house of
Rev. Mr. Singiser, including representatives of
the Mission Press and the Baptist College 45
Our final reception at Dr. D. W. A. Smith's, on
Mrs. Smith's birthday 46
V. MANDALAY AND GAUHATI 47-56
Mandalay, in Burma, the type of Buddhism; Gauhati,
in Assam, the type of Hinduism 49
Visits to Maulmain and Bassein, in Burma, preceded
both these 49
King Thebaw's palace, at Mandalay, a fortress built
wholly of wood 50
The Hill of Mandalay and its pagoda, four pagodas
in one 50
We ascend eight hundred steps by taking extemporized
sedan-chairs 51
Four successive platforms and four images of Buddha 51
Waxwork figures at the top depict the vanity of life 52
The Kuthodaw in the plain below seen from this
height 52
Four hundred and fifty pagodas in one, each with
its Buddha and his law engraved on stone 52
The descent from Mandalay Hill more hazardous
than the ascent 53
Buddhism compared with the religion of Christ 53
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