annals of the Sikh community of Shang-Sunday was a red letter day in the
hai, for in the morning Sir Pelham Warren performed the opening cererwony of the new Gurdwara, which will henceforth be the religious and social centre of the men from the Panjab. Though the funds. for building the handsome temple off North Szechuen Rond Extension were contributed by the Sikhs themselves, the Municipal ouneil pro-sented the land on which it stands, and also lent the services of the architect, Mr. Turner, of the Public Works Department, No one who has taken an interest. in Sikh policemen and watchmen in Shanghai can have failed to notice how rapidly they deyencrate when once they become out of touch with their religion and customs. The: staunch Sikh will neither drink nor smoke, will not shave nor cut his hair, not eat meat more than once a records of the Police Court that in 8 foreign land, without the religious and moral influences to which he has been accustomed in his own country, the Sikh too often copies the worst traits hes back eae might convey the impression, that the follower of Gara Nanak narrow-minded and intolerant, but in reality the reverse is the case. In Amritsar, the head~ quarters of the Sikhs, professors of any of whom, prevented flies or other impri settling upon the massive tome. guard of honour, with fixed bayonets, ined the approach to the Gurdwara, and "prominent notices warned the many foreign guests who accepted the invitation to be present not to smoke, and 0 of physical exercise. They certainly] creed but atheism can preach unmolested to remove their boots if they wished to deserve credit for their progress, this almost within sight of the Granth, or enter the Gurdwara. The interval that The Holy Book. elapsed before the arrival of the Consul-Guru Nanak, the Prophet who founded General, was devoted to chanting, the religion of the Sikhs, lived la the phrases' Wak! Guru jo ko Fate fifteenth century. He found Hinduism and Mohammedanism so corrupt that (Hail to the Gura (priest) or victory) and Nanak Dastha Thera Puruasa! he evolved a new faith that embodied (The care of Nanak is your duty) the best points of both. He, and being repeated melodiously again Ranjit, who was the fighting man, and again by the waiting crowd. moulded the race, known to this day The arrival of Sir Pelham Warren as the men of the Khalsa, The was the signal for the band to play followers conquered and occupied the the National Anthem. The Britis Punjab, or country of the five rivers, Consul-General, who was accompanied and owing to their warlike instincts by Mr. D. Landale, Colonel C. D. Brace, they proved the buffer that stemmed the and Captain E.LM. Barrett, stood tide of conquest from Afghanistan and at the top of the steps just in front of the North. The Gran'h, or Holy Book the entrance to the Gurdwara, and of Gara Nanak, reposes on a golden addressed the assembled Sikhs as bedstand in the Golden Temple at follows, his speech being translated Amritsar, and authorized copies are sentence by sentence by an interpreter: only supplied by the Head Granthi, or Gentlemen (Khalsa Saiban), it is with
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