Clip of the Day 9/8/2024

From the The Dawson news, March 9, 1910

“While Americans are sustaining missions in foreign lands for the conversion of the heathen the latter has turned the tables on us and has invaded this country to teach us the religion and mysticism of the Orient. A year ago the first Hindu temple in the western world was established in this city, and an effort, more successful than many would imagine possible, has been made to convert christians to the theology and philosophy of India.

Today the temple is a firmly established institution, and its cult of Vedanta is apparently taking root. The curious visitor to one of the ‘lectures’ at the temple will see an audience which generally fills the small assembly hall, and one undoubtedly interested in the doctrines expounded from the platform. It is a fact that the swamis, or priests, of the San Francisco temple are not able to minister to their own race here, although every one is welcome to the meetings. The audience is composed practically entirely of whites, and the active partisans and financial helpers in the movement are American citizens…”

Read the rest of the transcription on X, here: https://x.com/HindooHistory/status/1832871999204733427