[Original caption] With the mallet and chisel the marble Buddha is fashioned, not, they say to be worshipped as God, but to help the meditations of his followers. Tens of thousands of these "Buddhas," of all sizes but of one pattern, are scattered over Burma. When shall that land learn to say "thou, O Christ, art all I want"? [end]
This Christian missionary card was meant to inspire congregation members back home in the US and Britain to donate funds to combat what was perceived as Buddhist idolatry in Burma, then a British colony. |
