{"pages":{"69":{"imagePath":"H:\\web_projects\\corpus-web\\electron-app\\data\\5e07978430078cb56ea89a104e5a0c0e50b3aa1618e48c486c8af005ae015143\\raw\\pages\\00093-90706f6418160ad97ff2.webp","width":1170,"height":1680,"segments":[{"text":"SOURCE MATERIALS","box":{"x":437,"y":165,"width":246,"height":21}},{"text":"69","box":{"x":974,"y":162,"width":42,"height":18}},{"text":"58. SCHWARTZ ON CASTEISM AT TANJORE AND","box":{"x":157,"y":232,"width":808,"height":25}},{"text":"TRANQUEBAR (1787 A.D.)","box":{"x":370,"y":260,"width":389,"height":31}},{"text":"The question of the relationship between the traditional caste struc-","box":{"x":196,"y":309,"width":773,"height":31}},{"text":"tures and the practices of the Christian church was an important issue","box":{"x":160,"y":331,"width":810,"height":32}},{"text":"in Tanjore and Tranquebar Protestant churches during the eighteenth","box":{"x":158,"y":359,"width":812,"height":28}},{"text":"century. Schwartz had to deal with this problem frequently. The","box":{"x":158,"y":384,"width":815,"height":31}},{"text":"following is a descripton of the way in which the caste was dealt with","box":{"x":162,"y":408,"width":808,"height":29}},{"text":"in the church during the time of Schwartz. H. Pearson, Memoirs of","box":{"x":162,"y":434,"width":813,"height":29}},{"text":"the Life and Correspondence of the Rev. Christian Swartz (1835), Vol. II,","box":{"x":158,"y":455,"width":812,"height":31}},{"text":"pp. 115-119.","box":{"x":162,"y":489,"width":143,"height":24}},{"text":"'Concerning the question about castes,' he (Schwartz) observes,","box":{"x":154,"y":529,"width":866,"height":34}},{"text":"'both at Tranquebar and here, our congregations consists of nearly","box":{"x":111,"y":557,"width":911,"height":35}},{"text":"an equal number of the higher and the lower.' He then refers","box":{"x":112,"y":585,"width":907,"height":41}},{"text":"particularly to the difficulties which naturally arose as to the inter-","box":{"x":109,"y":613,"width":910,"height":34}},{"text":"course between natives of different castes, even after their conver-","box":{"x":112,"y":642,"width":907,"height":32}},{"text":"sion to that divine religion, which while it invariably recognises the","box":{"x":112,"y":670,"width":908,"height":34}},{"text":"distinction of rank in civil society, teaches that all are brethren, as","box":{"x":109,"y":697,"width":911,"height":35}},{"text":"the children of the same common Father, and the disciples of the","box":{"x":113,"y":725,"width":908,"height":32}},{"text":"same meek and lowly Saviour. 'Here,' he continues, 'the men","box":{"x":115,"y":753,"width":908,"height":34}},{"text":"and women of the higher caste sit on one side of the church, and","box":{"x":113,"y":782,"width":908,"height":32}},{"text":"on the other, those of the lower.","box":{"x":115,"y":812,"width":434,"height":32}},{"text":"'I have carefully avoided all unnecessary restraint, and thus","box":{"x":150,"y":855,"width":872,"height":38}},{"text":"have met with fewer difficulties. Even at the administration of the","box":{"x":112,"y":883,"width":910,"height":29}},{"text":"sacrament, sometimes one or other of the lower caste has first","box":{"x":115,"y":911,"width":908,"height":34}},{"text":"approached to receive it, without producing any unpleasant sensa-","box":{"x":113,"y":938,"width":910,"height":35}},{"text":"tion. Should you visit our church on a Sunday, you would observe","box":{"x":113,"y":967,"width":908,"height":34}},{"text":"with surprise the clean appearance of the lower caste, so that one","box":{"x":111,"y":994,"width":915,"height":35}},{"text":"might often take them for the higher. What renders them peculi-","box":{"x":116,"y":1021,"width":908,"height":36}},{"text":"arly obnoxious, is their practice of feeding upon dead cattle. I have","box":{"x":115,"y":1050,"width":911,"height":34}},{"text":"always expressed the utmost abhorrence of such a custom, and","box":{"x":118,"y":1079,"width":908,"height":34}},{"text":"positively declared that I would not allow it, and accordingly I","box":{"x":115,"y":1105,"width":910,"height":35}},{"text":"hardly know any instance of it here. The country priests and","box":{"x":115,"y":1132,"width":911,"height":35}},{"text":"catechists generally belong to one of the higher castes. The catechist","box":{"x":115,"y":1161,"width":911,"height":35}},{"text":"Gabriel is, indeed, of the lower; but not withstanding this, he","box":{"x":113,"y":1190,"width":912,"height":34}},{"text":"converses freely with people of a higher class, as he pays particular","box":{"x":119,"y":1217,"width":908,"height":36}},{"text":"attention to cleanliness in his dress. In the interior of the country,","box":{"x":119,"y":1247,"width":907,"height":29}},{"text":"such intercourse is certainly not so easy. I was lately invited to","box":{"x":120,"y":1275,"width":905,"height":32}},{"text":"the house of a heathen of the higher caste, when the pariar catechist","box":{"x":119,"y":1301,"width":908,"height":36}},{"text":"came to me. I called to him, 'Stop; I will come to you; the","box":{"x":118,"y":1331,"width":910,"height":32}},{"text":"suttirer, that is, the people of the higher caste, have not yet learned","box":{"x":119,"y":1358,"width":910,"height":35}},{"text":"to be humble: they are proud sinners-yet we must bear with","box":{"x":119,"y":1386,"width":908,"height":34}},{"text":"them. This they were not willing to admit, and accordingly","box":{"x":122,"y":1413,"width":908,"height":34}},{"text":"showed kindness to the catechist. ist. In another place, in the house","box":{"x":122,"y":1435,"width":907,"height":39}},{"text":"of a heathen, many people assembled, whom I catechised and prayed","box":{"x":120,"y":1469,"width":908,"height":35}},{"text":"with, and we even had divine service there on Sunday. The master","box":{"x":119,"y":1497,"width":910,"height":32}},{"text":"of the house sat down at my feet, listening with great attention. O!","box":{"x":119,"y":1523,"width":905,"height":38}}]}}}