{"pages":{"277":{"imagePath":"H:\\web_projects\\corpus-web\\electron-app\\data\\5e07978430078cb56ea89a104e5a0c0e50b3aa1618e48c486c8af005ae015143\\raw\\pages\\00301-e87393cd392a419358b7.webp","width":1170,"height":1680,"segments":[{"text":"SOURCE MATERIALS","box":{"x":490,"y":152,"width":249,"height":18}},{"text":"277","box":{"x":1017,"y":150,"width":62,"height":18}},{"text":"140. NATIONAL MISSIONARY SOCIETY: CALL TO THE","box":{"x":157,"y":236,"width":918,"height":27}},{"text":"INDIAN CHURCHES (c. 1900 A.D.)","box":{"x":360,"y":271,"width":514,"height":31}},{"text":"This appeal to Indian Christians to form an indigenous missionary","box":{"x":246,"y":327,"width":781,"height":29}},{"text":"society for the purpose of evangelizing India was sent out over the","box":{"x":213,"y":354,"width":813,"height":29}},{"text":"names of K.C. Banerji, S. Satthianadhan and Raja Sir Maharaj Singh.","box":{"x":213,"y":377,"width":812,"height":29}},{"text":"The precise date is not known. Cited in Donald Fosset Ebright,","box":{"x":213,"y":403,"width":813,"height":29}},{"text":"The National Missionary Society of India, 1905-1942, pp. 79-81.","box":{"x":211,"y":428,"width":775,"height":28}},{"text":"Our hearts have been stirred by the appalling need of the un-","box":{"x":207,"y":489,"width":868,"height":34}},{"text":"occupied fields of India. According to the Census Report there","box":{"x":160,"y":519,"width":918,"height":36}},{"text":"are, in the Bombay Presidency, over thirty Taluks with a popula-","box":{"x":165,"y":547,"width":911,"height":32}},{"text":"tion of over 50,000 each without a single Christian or Christian","box":{"x":162,"y":573,"width":912,"height":32}},{"text":"worker. Several of the small Native States in Rajaputana, Chota","box":{"x":161,"y":602,"width":915,"height":32}},{"text":"Nagpur, Central India, the Central Provinces and elsewhere have","box":{"x":160,"y":629,"width":915,"height":35}},{"text":"yet to be evangelized. It is estimated that, with the utmost increase","box":{"x":162,"y":658,"width":914,"height":34}},{"text":"of existing missionary agencies, there will be fully 100 millions of","box":{"x":164,"y":684,"width":915,"height":34}},{"text":"the people of India who cannot hear the Gospel message in this","box":{"x":162,"y":712,"width":915,"height":34}},{"text":"generation.","box":{"x":160,"y":743,"width":155,"height":32}},{"text":"In spite of the earnest work of the Missionary Societies of","box":{"x":210,"y":797,"width":866,"height":34}},{"text":"Europe and America, for over one hundred years, to evangelize","box":{"x":160,"y":825,"width":915,"height":35}},{"text":"this country, only one in a hundred is now nominally a Christian.","box":{"x":165,"y":851,"width":910,"height":36}},{"text":"The resources of Europe and America in men and money are","box":{"x":162,"y":880,"width":912,"height":32}},{"text":"taxed to the utmost; and now for some years we hear the oft-","box":{"x":165,"y":907,"width":908,"height":34}},{"text":"repeated cry from various Missionary Boards that there is a deficit","box":{"x":168,"y":936,"width":905,"height":34}},{"text":"in men and money.","box":{"x":167,"y":970,"width":262,"height":27}},{"text":"This being the case, we are sure you will feel with us that the","box":{"x":210,"y":1022,"width":866,"height":35}},{"text":"time has come when the Indian Christian Church should rise to her","box":{"x":162,"y":1051,"width":914,"height":29}},{"text":"responsibility for the evangelization of this land. India is ours,","box":{"x":167,"y":1078,"width":910,"height":38}},{"text":"and we whom God has called out of this land to be His own are,","box":{"x":165,"y":1104,"width":911,"height":32}},{"text":"in a peculiar way, responsible to God for the souls of our country-","box":{"x":168,"y":1134,"width":908,"height":35}},{"text":"men. The command to go and preach the Gospel to every creature","box":{"x":162,"y":1163,"width":914,"height":32}},{"text":"is as binding on Indians as on Europeans. Indifference to this","box":{"x":168,"y":1189,"width":910,"height":36}},{"text":"eme command and has brought with it in every land stagnation","box":{"x":228,"y":1216,"width":850,"height":35}},{"text":"and decay in the Church. If we do not, as a body, rise to this","box":{"x":165,"y":1246,"width":915,"height":35}},{"text":"opportunity and fulfil our responsibility in this matter, we cannot","box":{"x":161,"y":1274,"width":915,"height":34}},{"text":"long enjoy the blessing of God.","box":{"x":167,"y":1303,"width":425,"height":34}},{"text":"supreme","box":{"x":165,"y":1231,"width":115,"height":21}},{"text":"To awaken in our people a national consciousness, to create in","box":{"x":211,"y":1361,"width":868,"height":34}},{"text":"them a sense of true patriotism, and to unite in the cause of the","box":{"x":164,"y":1388,"width":914,"height":34}},{"text":"evangelization of our country the Indian Christians of all denomi-","box":{"x":167,"y":1417,"width":912,"height":34}},{"text":"nations and provinces, it has been placed in the hearts of many of","box":{"x":164,"y":1444,"width":918,"height":35}},{"text":"our brethren to organize a National Missionary Society of India","box":{"x":165,"y":1473,"width":914,"height":32}},{"text":"which will be conducted by Indian men, supported by Indian money,","box":{"x":160,"y":1500,"width":919,"height":31}}]},"278":{"imagePath":"H:\\web_projects\\corpus-web\\electron-app\\data\\5e07978430078cb56ea89a104e5a0c0e50b3aa1618e48c486c8af005ae015143\\raw\\pages\\00302-64e1aa0c591d65c9a09a.webp","width":1170,"height":1680,"segments":[{"text":"278","box":{"x":95,"y":141,"width":56,"height":20}},{"text":"HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY IN INDIA","box":{"x":323,"y":147,"width":477,"height":18}},{"text":"and controlled by Indian management. Prominent Indian Chris-","box":{"x":95,"y":195,"width":921,"height":31}},{"text":"tians and many representative Missionaries from all parts of","box":{"x":98,"y":221,"width":921,"height":34}},{"text":"India, to whom the plan has been suggested, have already signified","box":{"x":101,"y":251,"width":918,"height":34}},{"text":"their cordial approval of this scheme and their readiness to co-","box":{"x":101,"y":277,"width":914,"height":31}},{"text":"operate in furthering the cause when such a Society is organized.","box":{"x":95,"y":305,"width":919,"height":34}},{"text":"The object of the Society will be to evangelize the unoccupied","box":{"x":146,"y":363,"width":878,"height":38}},{"text":"fields in India and to lay upon our fellow-countrymen the burden of","box":{"x":99,"y":391,"width":921,"height":31}},{"text":"responsibility for the evangelization of this land. The general","box":{"x":98,"y":418,"width":918,"height":32}},{"text":"direction of affairs will be placed in the hands of a Council,","box":{"x":94,"y":444,"width":925,"height":35}},{"text":"composed of representative Indians elected by the members from","box":{"x":95,"y":475,"width":921,"height":32}},{"text":"each province together with members representing the larger","box":{"x":92,"y":500,"width":926,"height":36}},{"text":"missions, and one or two missionaries who have deeply at heart","box":{"x":94,"y":530,"width":922,"height":34}},{"text":"the interests of the Indian Church. An Executive Committee","box":{"x":97,"y":558,"width":919,"height":31}},{"text":"appointed by the Council will be situated at one of the presidency","box":{"x":95,"y":586,"width":921,"height":34}},{"text":"cities, and will have the immediate direction of the work of the","box":{"x":92,"y":607,"width":924,"height":36}},{"text":"Society.","box":{"x":95,"y":644,"width":118,"height":27}},{"text":"It must be understood that this will not mean the forming of a","box":{"x":141,"y":698,"width":872,"height":34}},{"text":"new Church or denomination. We shall preserve denominational","box":{"x":97,"y":725,"width":918,"height":32}},{"text":"loyalty. As in the China Inland Mission, men of the same denomi-","box":{"x":97,"y":752,"width":917,"height":34}},{"text":"nation will work together, and their converts will be members of","box":{"x":97,"y":782,"width":919,"height":32}},{"text":"their own Church.","box":{"x":97,"y":811,"width":255,"height":24}},{"text":"One might naturally ask whether we shall get for this enterprise","box":{"x":134,"y":866,"width":879,"height":34}},{"text":"the required men and money. With more than a million Protestant","box":{"x":92,"y":893,"width":919,"height":32}},{"text":"Indian Christians, with large communities in some parts growing in","box":{"x":94,"y":921,"width":919,"height":36}},{"text":"wealth, influence and education, ucation, with the experience in self-support","box":{"x":88,"y":948,"width":926,"height":38}},{"text":"and self-government our community has gained in many places,","box":{"x":92,"y":979,"width":921,"height":34}},{"text":"we have every reason to hope that the plan will succeed. There","box":{"x":88,"y":1005,"width":924,"height":34}},{"text":"are certain communities, churches and even individuals who might","box":{"x":91,"y":1034,"width":921,"height":34}},{"text":"easily support a Missionary of their own. Some individual","box":{"x":91,"y":1060,"width":922,"height":34}},{"text":"members of our community have already offered, if such a Society","box":{"x":88,"y":1089,"width":924,"height":34}},{"text":"be formed, to support singly a worker as their representative;","box":{"x":90,"y":1117,"width":921,"height":34}},{"text":"while others have said they will themselves go as workers if the","box":{"x":88,"y":1144,"width":922,"height":34}},{"text":"way opens. May we not believe that when the responsibility is","box":{"x":85,"y":1172,"width":924,"height":36}},{"text":"placed upon them, our people will respond to this call for men","box":{"x":88,"y":1202,"width":924,"height":34}},{"text":"and money to carry the Gospel to our countrymen?","box":{"x":90,"y":1231,"width":707,"height":31}}]}}}