uth." The consequence was, that
he never could rest until he had thrown aside his sacred books and his
idols, and embraced that Saviour whose precepts appeared to him to be so
beautiful. And was this heathen so struck with the beauty of the
precepts of the Bible--so struck, that he had no peace until he gave
himself to his Saviour? And have you ever, my dear children, been struck
with the precepts of your Saviour--so struck with them, that you could
never rest until you had given up your hearts to him? If not, how great
is the contrast between you and that young Hindoo. He gave his heart to
the Saviour. You withhold yours. He, through grace, will dwell for ever
with Christ in heaven. You, if you continue in your present awful
condition, must be banished from his presence, and cast into hell, where
you shall be tormented day and night for ever, with the devil and his
angels. Flee, my dear children, flee to the Saviour now, if you have
never yet done so. Flee to him, and then you also shall dwell for ever
with him.

CHAPTER XVIII.

THE DECEPTION OF THE HINDOOS.

My dear Children--From what I have previously stated, you are aware that
the Hindoos are a very deceitful people. Let me give you another
instance of their deception. A late head catechist of one of my
missionary brethren was, before his conversion, the priest of a temple.
A man from whom about one thousand rupees' worth of jewels and similar
things had been stolen, came to this priest, and promised to reward him
well, if he would detect the thief, and secure to him the restoration of
his property. The priest promised to comply with his wishes; and in
order to effect his purpose, he had drums beaten through the village,
and proclaimed, that at a certain time he would hold a meeting and
detect the thief. At the appointed time, a large concourse of people
assembled, the priest appearing in the midst of them with a cocoa-nut
bound around with saffron-cords. He then told them, that if, after
putting down the cocoa-nut, it should move of its own accord towards
him, they might know that he would be able certainly to detect the
thief; and added, that after it had thus moved, it would pursue the
offender, and follow him until it would break his head. He then
performed certain ceremonies calculated to awaken superstitious feelings
in the minds of the people, and laid the cocoa-nut down at a little
distance from him. To the great amazement of all present, it bega