{"pages":{"344":{"imagePath":"H:\\web_projects\\corpus-web\\electron-app\\data\\5e07978430078cb56ea89a104e5a0c0e50b3aa1618e48c486c8af005ae015143\\raw\\pages\\00368-482d86336b6b3322c3d5.webp","width":1170,"height":1680,"segments":[{"text":"344","box":{"x":106,"y":143,"width":59,"height":21}},{"text":"HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY IN INDIA","box":{"x":333,"y":154,"width":483,"height":21}},{"text":"167. GANDHI'S DIALOGUE WITH J. R. MOTT","box":{"x":196,"y":216,"width":753,"height":27}},{"text":"(1929 A.D.)","box":{"x":486,"y":246,"width":171,"height":29}},{"text":"A conversation between Mahatma Gandhi and John R. Mott","box":{"x":193,"y":293,"width":789,"height":29}},{"text":"on the subject of conversion was reported in the March 21, 1929, issue","box":{"x":157,"y":320,"width":823,"height":29}},{"text":"of Young India. Cited in A. T. Hingorani, The Message of Jesus","box":{"x":155,"y":346,"width":826,"height":29}},{"text":"Christ, pp. 58-59.","box":{"x":155,"y":370,"width":209,"height":24}},{"text":"Dr. Mott: Do you disbelieve in all conversion?","box":{"x":148,"y":423,"width":715,"height":32}},{"text":"Gandhiji: I disbelieve in the conversion of one person by","box":{"x":147,"y":461,"width":879,"height":36}},{"text":"another. My effort should never be to undermine another's faith,","box":{"x":101,"y":491,"width":924,"height":32}},{"text":"but to make him a better follower of his own faith. This implies","box":{"x":96,"y":516,"width":929,"height":39}},{"text":"belief in the truth of all religions and, therefore, respect for them.","box":{"x":101,"y":543,"width":921,"height":39}},{"text":"It again implies true humanity, a recognition of the fact that the","box":{"x":99,"y":573,"width":925,"height":36}},{"text":"Divine Light having been vouchsafed to all religions through an","box":{"x":92,"y":600,"width":932,"height":36}},{"text":"imperfect medium of flesh, they must share, in more or less degree,","box":{"x":102,"y":628,"width":922,"height":38}},{"text":"the imperfection of the vehicle.","box":{"x":102,"y":652,"width":481,"height":35}},{"text":"Dr. Mott: Is it not our duty to help our fellow beings to the","box":{"x":140,"y":695,"width":882,"height":36}},{"text":"maximum of truth that we may possess, to share with them our","box":{"x":95,"y":722,"width":928,"height":36}},{"text":"deepest spiritual experiences ?","box":{"x":97,"y":751,"width":413,"height":31}},{"text":"Gandhiji: I am sorry I must again differ from you, for the","box":{"x":143,"y":789,"width":878,"height":36}},{"text":"simple reason that the deepest spiritual truths are always unut-","box":{"x":91,"y":816,"width":926,"height":38}},{"text":"terable. That Light, to which you refer, transcends speech. It","box":{"x":92,"y":845,"width":926,"height":36}},{"text":"can be felt only through the inner experience. And experience. And then the","box":{"x":92,"y":873,"width":926,"height":42}},{"text":"highest truth needs no communicating, for for it is by its ve","box":{"x":91,"y":899,"width":798,"height":35}},{"text":"self-propelling. It radiates its influence silently as the rose its frag-","box":{"x":92,"y":930,"width":925,"height":35}},{"text":"rance without the intervention of a medium.","box":{"x":95,"y":957,"width":644,"height":29}},{"text":"very nature","box":{"x":858,"y":916,"width":160,"height":21}},{"text":"Prophets Speak through their Lives","box":{"x":316,"y":1017,"width":474,"height":31}},{"text":"Dr. Mott: But even God sometimes speaks through His","box":{"x":132,"y":1057,"width":879,"height":35}},{"text":"prophets.","box":{"x":83,"y":1082,"width":141,"height":31}},{"text":"Gandhiji: Yes but the prophets speak not through the tongue,","box":{"x":134,"y":1123,"width":875,"height":35}},{"text":"but through their lives. I have, however, known that in this matter","box":{"x":87,"y":1151,"width":922,"height":34}},{"text":"I am up against a solid wall of Christian opinion.","box":{"x":92,"y":1177,"width":693,"height":36}},{"text":"Dr. Mott: Oh, no. Even among Christians there is a school","box":{"x":133,"y":1218,"width":875,"height":32}},{"text":"of thought, and it is growing-which holds that the authoritarian","box":{"x":84,"y":1246,"width":925,"height":32}},{"text":"method should not be employed, but that each individual should","box":{"x":85,"y":1273,"width":924,"height":35}},{"text":"be left to discover the deepest truths of life for himself. The","box":{"x":88,"y":1301,"width":919,"height":31}},{"text":"argument advanced is that the process of spiritual discovery is","box":{"x":87,"y":1330,"width":921,"height":34}},{"text":"bound to vary in the case of different individuals according to their","box":{"x":87,"y":1358,"width":921,"height":34}},{"text":"varying needs and temperaments. In other words, they feel that","box":{"x":87,"y":1387,"width":919,"height":34}},{"text":"propaganda, in the accepted sense of the term, is not the most","box":{"x":84,"y":1414,"width":924,"height":34}},{"text":"effective method.","box":{"x":85,"y":1442,"width":238,"height":25}},{"text":"Gandhiji: I am glad to hear you say this. That is what","box":{"x":133,"y":1481,"width":872,"height":35}},{"text":"Hinduism certainly inculcates.","box":{"x":81,"y":1509,"width":445,"height":29}}]}}}