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those temples. This privilege is restricted to the Plijizi alone. Might not the Shindrs easily conclude from this that that demon
goddess is not their mother?
When we remind people that they are not allowed to enter their own temples, they sometimes reply,© What dilference does it make whether we go inside the templ: or remain outside 2” In one sense this is perfectly correct. Whether inside the temple or outside, there is no advantage to be got by worshipping gods of stone. Dut this being the case, would it not be better{or peopl:
to refrain from visiting these temples?
The temples which Christians creet for the worship of God anid for the relizious instruction of the people are common to all Every church is like a common residence aml a common refuge. There ars large churches and there are small ones. There are churches which have been erected in a beautiful style of archi tecture and at a cost of many lakhs of rupees, and there ar. churches which are built of sun-baked bricks and thatched with palmyra leaves. But whatever sort of buildinr the church may be, every body is free to enter it, from the King to the cooly. No body is asked what his colour is, or to what caste he belongs.
Generally there is only one church in a Christian village, and in that one church the whole of the people, men and women, old people and children, the rich and the poor, are aceustomed to assemble with one mind for the worship of the one God. Those also who are not Christians are not hindered from attending with those who are. On the contrary, we invite such persons to come with us to church, in the hope that when they see the spiritual worship of Chri tians and hear the sermon of the minister, they will be
awakened to reflection and will abandon their errors. 5}