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It solely depends on Your Most Faithful","box":{"x":161,"y":258,"width":912,"height":29}},{"text":"Majesty to take the initiative to establish the desired institution.","box":{"x":157,"y":284,"width":854,"height":29}},{"text":"We most respectfully crave permission to send Your Majesty the","box":{"x":200,"y":334,"width":873,"height":32}},{"text":"petition of our thanks to His Holiness, in which we have declared","box":{"x":158,"y":362,"width":915,"height":31}},{"text":"the reasons why the Concordata be put in force, and we request","box":{"x":161,"y":390,"width":912,"height":35}},{"text":"Your Majesty to forward it to the Holy Pontiff through your","box":{"x":157,"y":419,"width":918,"height":32}},{"text":"ambassador at Rome.","box":{"x":161,"y":448,"width":298,"height":24}},{"text":"We also request permission to enciose for the information of","box":{"x":202,"y":492,"width":875,"height":31}},{"text":"Your Majesty a copy of representation we have sent to the Secretary","box":{"x":155,"y":521,"width":917,"height":36}},{"text":"of State for India, of His Britannic Majesty, soliciting protection","box":{"x":160,"y":547,"width":914,"height":35}},{"text":"and recognition by the British Crown of the Concordata.","box":{"x":160,"y":575,"width":791,"height":29}},{"text":"In conclusion we take the liberty to place before Your Majesty","box":{"x":202,"y":624,"width":871,"height":35}},{"text":"our sincere wishes for the long life of Your Majesty, and that the","box":{"x":158,"y":652,"width":914,"height":35}},{"text":"reign of Your Majesty be of peace and prosperity, and that the piety","box":{"x":158,"y":681,"width":915,"height":35}},{"text":"and munificence of the Portuguese Crown in the cause of religion,","box":{"x":157,"y":708,"width":915,"height":34}},{"text":"and that of the Church in India, may increase.","box":{"x":157,"y":736,"width":638,"height":29}},{"text":"With all respect and veneration due to the Royal Person of","box":{"x":199,"y":787,"width":875,"height":31}},{"text":"Your Majesty we have the honour to sign, etc.","box":{"x":153,"y":815,"width":641,"height":32}},{"text":"116. PAPERS FROM THE PUNJAB MISSIONARY","box":{"x":227,"y":897,"width":796,"height":27}},{"text":"CONFERENCE, LAHORE (1862-63 A.D.)","box":{"x":323,"y":927,"width":588,"height":28}},{"text":"The subjects discussed, and the resolutions passed at the various","box":{"x":272,"y":969,"width":750,"height":25}},{"text":"local, regional and national missionary conferences of the 19th century","box":{"x":206,"y":993,"width":815,"height":28}},{"text":"were usually similar. Occasionally, as in the case of the Punjab","box":{"x":206,"y":1018,"width":816,"height":28}},{"text":"Missionary Conference held at Lahore between 26th December, 1862,","box":{"x":204,"y":1043,"width":817,"height":27}},{"text":"and 2nd January, 1863, statements of special interest, especially when","box":{"x":207,"y":1068,"width":815,"height":28}},{"text":"viewed in retrospect, were made. The materials included here were","box":{"x":207,"y":1091,"width":816,"height":28}},{"text":"personal views expressed by the missionaries named. In some of them,","box":{"x":207,"y":1116,"width":815,"height":28}},{"text":"particularly the statements made by McLeod, French, Newton and","box":{"x":207,"y":1140,"width":815,"height":29}},{"text":"Barton, one finds an appeal for indigenisation that, within the context","box":{"x":206,"y":1164,"width":817,"height":28}},{"text":"of the age, is most remarkable-including an appeal for an indigenous,","box":{"x":208,"y":1189,"width":812,"height":31}},{"text":"united Indian church. Report of the Punjab Missionary Conference","box":{"x":206,"y":1215,"width":817,"height":39}},{"text":"Held at Lahore, pp. 3-11, 31 ff., 128-138, 145-146., 300-306.,","box":{"x":206,"y":1241,"width":809,"height":31}},{"text":"308-309.","box":{"x":214,"y":1268,"width":101,"height":20}},{"text":"John Newton on Preaching to the Heathen","box":{"x":306,"y":1325,"width":557,"height":32}},{"text":"On the manward side of conversion, there are, in preaching,","box":{"x":199,"y":1369,"width":865,"height":36}},{"text":"many elements of success.","box":{"x":160,"y":1397,"width":351,"height":32}},{"text":"1. Every missionary should strive, after the example of Paul,","box":{"x":208,"y":1446,"width":857,"height":36}},{"text":"to be all things to all men; giving no unnecessary offence to their","box":{"x":162,"y":1475,"width":905,"height":35}},{"text":"prejudices; but seeking, by a conciliatory mode of address, by a","box":{"x":160,"y":1503,"width":908,"height":36}}]},"197":{"imagePath":"H:\\web_projects\\corpus-web\\electron-app\\data\\5e07978430078cb56ea89a104e5a0c0e50b3aa1618e48c486c8af005ae015143\\raw\\pages\\00221-d4b853eec3bafeabce98.webp","width":1170,"height":1680,"segments":[{"text":"SOURCE MATERIALS","box":{"x":507,"y":153,"width":248,"height":20}},{"text":"197","box":{"x":1036,"y":150,"width":52,"height":21}},{"text":":","box":{"x":150,"y":183,"width":25,"height":21}},{"text":"gentle and pleasing deportment, and by deeds of personal kindness","box":{"x":178,"y":203,"width":911,"height":31}},{"text":"on all suitable occasions, to gain and keep their confidence and","box":{"x":175,"y":228,"width":914,"height":34}},{"text":"esteem.","box":{"x":178,"y":262,"width":98,"height":21}},{"text":"2. Preaching to the heathen should be attempted at seasonable","box":{"x":223,"y":314,"width":865,"height":31}},{"text":"times and places for example, when, not being busily occupied","box":{"x":176,"y":342,"width":914,"height":34}},{"text":"with their worldly avocations, or their devotions, they have leisure","box":{"x":174,"y":369,"width":914,"height":32}},{"text":"to hear; and, so far as possible, when they are in serious moods","box":{"x":178,"y":398,"width":908,"height":32}},{"text":"of mind; never when they are angry or disposed to mock. Those","box":{"x":178,"y":427,"width":910,"height":28}},{"text":"times and places, too, should be selected in which there is the least","box":{"x":178,"y":454,"width":912,"height":29}},{"text":"fear of interruption. In this respect, open chapels, situated in","box":{"x":179,"y":482,"width":912,"height":31}},{"text":"quiet thoroughfares, which the heathen can easily be induced to","box":{"x":181,"y":508,"width":910,"height":32}},{"text":"enter, have a great advantage over other places.","box":{"x":179,"y":538,"width":665,"height":29}},{"text":"3. Preaching should be clear and intelligible ...","box":{"x":224,"y":592,"width":645,"height":32}},{"text":"C. W. Forman on Schools","box":{"x":459,"y":672,"width":346,"height":22}},{"text":"The fact that schools for the education of heathen youth are","box":{"x":223,"y":731,"width":866,"height":29}},{"text":"absorbing much of the energy of missionaries, and of their best","box":{"x":179,"y":760,"width":910,"height":29}},{"text":"educated assistants, and are, at the same time, yielding but little","box":{"x":178,"y":785,"width":911,"height":32}},{"text":"fruit in the way of actual conversions, renders it important to","box":{"x":176,"y":813,"width":915,"height":32}},{"text":"inquire, how these institutions can be rendered more efficient","box":{"x":178,"y":843,"width":911,"height":28}},{"text":"auxiliaries to the work of conversion.","box":{"x":178,"y":871,"width":504,"height":25}},{"text":"In reply to the assertion, that few converts have been made by","box":{"x":224,"y":927,"width":866,"height":31}},{"text":"our Mission Schools, it may be said indeed, that efforts made in","box":{"x":176,"y":956,"width":915,"height":31}},{"text":"other directions, e.g. the preaching of the Gospel to the heathen,","box":{"x":176,"y":984,"width":912,"height":31}},{"text":"have been as unsuccessful in this respect, and more so in others;","box":{"x":176,"y":1011,"width":911,"height":32}},{"text":"that we should not estimate the results of our work from the number","box":{"x":178,"y":1036,"width":911,"height":29}},{"text":"of baptisms, and that schools are doing a great preparatory work.","box":{"x":174,"y":1068,"width":914,"height":32}},{"text":"All this is doubtless true; but we cannot be satisfied with any amount","box":{"x":171,"y":1096,"width":919,"height":28}},{"text":"of mere civilization, enlightenment, or general elevation of character,","box":{"x":176,"y":1124,"width":914,"height":31}},{"text":"united with the profoundest respect for Christianity. Our great","box":{"x":176,"y":1151,"width":911,"height":32}},{"text":"object is the conversion of India; and, as little success has hereto-","box":{"x":179,"y":1179,"width":908,"height":31}},{"text":"fore attended our efforts to make converts by means of schools,","box":{"x":178,"y":1208,"width":910,"height":29}},{"text":"the inquiry forces itself on us, 'What more can be done?' We are","box":{"x":174,"y":1236,"width":914,"height":28}},{"text":"now to seek an answer to this question and,","box":{"x":176,"y":1264,"width":603,"height":31}},{"text":"I. We must keep more steadily in view the conversion of our","box":{"x":223,"y":1319,"width":868,"height":32}},{"text":"pupils and the fitting of them for extending still further the work of","box":{"x":175,"y":1347,"width":917,"height":32}},{"text":"conversion, as the great end at which we are to aim. The desire to","box":{"x":176,"y":1374,"width":912,"height":32}},{"text":"see our pupils make progress in secular knowledge, and compare","box":{"x":175,"y":1402,"width":914,"height":34}},{"text":"favourably with those of other schools, the interest we ourselves","box":{"x":176,"y":1429,"width":911,"height":31}},{"text":"feel in science, literature, etc., and the desire to see the number of","box":{"x":176,"y":1459,"width":912,"height":31}},{"text":"our pupils increase, will all combine to tempt us to neglect this one","box":{"x":175,"y":1485,"width":912,"height":32}},{"text":"grand object for which our schools were established.","box":{"x":174,"y":1513,"width":728,"height":31}}]},"198":{"imagePath":"H:\\web_projects\\corpus-web\\electron-app\\data\\5e07978430078cb56ea89a104e5a0c0e50b3aa1618e48c486c8af005ae015143\\raw\\pages\\00222-3af0c61ad41a93fc5220.webp","width":1170,"height":1680,"segments":[{"text":"198","box":{"x":133,"y":148,"width":53,"height":20}},{"text":"HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY IN INDIA","box":{"x":357,"y":155,"width":473,"height":17}},{"text":"It is not uncommon fear, that, if great prominence be given to","box":{"x":181,"y":202,"width":868,"height":32}},{"text":"purely religious studies, it will tend to reduce the number of our","box":{"x":134,"y":230,"width":914,"height":34}},{"text":"pupils. My own experience convinces me, that this fear is almost","box":{"x":134,"y":259,"width":911,"height":29}},{"text":"or quite groundless, and confirms the opinion, so often expressed","box":{"x":134,"y":287,"width":911,"height":32}},{"text":"by the friends of Christian education, that the people are more","box":{"x":132,"y":315,"width":915,"height":31}},{"text":"afraid of 'groundbones', than of the Bible. There should be no","box":{"x":133,"y":342,"width":912,"height":31}},{"text":"attempt to conceal the truth, that our schools were established","box":{"x":133,"y":371,"width":914,"height":29}},{"text":"to make converts. Such an attempt will only result in our sincerity","box":{"x":132,"y":399,"width":915,"height":31}},{"text":"being called in question. When the Government School was","box":{"x":132,"y":425,"width":914,"height":32}},{"text":"opened in Lahore, it was rumoured that the Mission School, having","box":{"x":134,"y":454,"width":914,"height":32}},{"text":"failed in its open efforts to make Christians, Government had","box":{"x":133,"y":472,"width":919,"height":41}},{"text":"resolved to try clandestine means. Let the education given in our","box":{"x":136,"y":510,"width":912,"height":32}},{"text":"schools, be thoroughly, manifestly Christian, and let every thing","box":{"x":134,"y":537,"width":914,"height":34}},{"text":"else be subordinate and contributory to this","box":{"x":136,"y":565,"width":598,"height":32}},{"text":"VI. Prayer for the conversion of the children. However","box":{"x":176,"y":606,"width":871,"height":31}},{"text":"thoroughly they may be instructed in the Bible, and however","box":{"x":134,"y":632,"width":914,"height":41}},{"text":"amiable their dispositions may be, without converting grace they","box":{"x":134,"y":658,"width":917,"height":38}},{"text":"cannot be saved. Christ must be formed in them. This is a divine","box":{"x":134,"y":690,"width":912,"height":28}},{"text":"work, and we should be much engaged in intercessory prayer on","box":{"x":130,"y":718,"width":917,"height":32}},{"text":"their behalf. And I would, in conclusion, ask every one present,","box":{"x":136,"y":744,"width":911,"height":35}},{"text":"who knows the value of prayer, to pray earnestly every day, to the","box":{"x":132,"y":771,"width":917,"height":34}},{"text":"God of all grace, that he would grant his Holy Spirit to the thousands","box":{"x":130,"y":800,"width":918,"height":34}},{"text":"of children, who are gathered into Christian schools throughout","box":{"x":133,"y":828,"width":915,"height":32}},{"text":"the length and breadth of the land; that it may again be said, Out","box":{"x":136,"y":855,"width":912,"height":34}},{"text":"of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou has perfected praise.'","box":{"x":136,"y":883,"width":850,"height":32}},{"text":"D. F. McLeod on the Native Pastorate","box":{"x":337,"y":943,"width":514,"height":22}},{"text":"First then, as regards the importance of a Native Pastorate, I","box":{"x":181,"y":982,"width":869,"height":34}},{"text":"would observe, that there is, perhaps, no people more wont, from","box":{"x":133,"y":1009,"width":915,"height":34}},{"text":"habit and training, to pay deference to their spiritual guides, than","box":{"x":133,"y":1035,"width":917,"height":36}},{"text":"the populations of this country. The Hindoo is in some sense","box":{"x":136,"y":1064,"width":912,"height":32}},{"text":"wholly subservient to, and under the control of, his Guru; and the","box":{"x":134,"y":1091,"width":912,"height":32}},{"text":"Mohamedan, though less pliant or docile, is, as a rulé, more under","box":{"x":133,"y":1119,"width":915,"height":32}},{"text":"the influence of his Mulla, than of any other individual. 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It may be productive","box":{"x":134,"y":1204,"width":910,"height":32}},{"text":"of many and great evils, and be attributable to the wiles of a crafty","box":{"x":134,"y":1233,"width":910,"height":29}},{"text":"priesthood; but it shews, nevertheless, a consciousness of need for","box":{"x":133,"y":1262,"width":911,"height":28}},{"text":"some one to guide and instruct, in regard to things unseen;-and,","box":{"x":136,"y":1288,"width":905,"height":34}},{"text":"at the same time, involves a practical admission and conviction,","box":{"x":134,"y":1318,"width":910,"height":31}},{"text":"that all which concerns the spirit of man is of the utmost impor-","box":{"x":133,"y":1346,"width":908,"height":29}},{"text":"tance, a conviction, which it should be practicable to turn to","box":{"x":134,"y":1374,"width":908,"height":32}},{"text":"great account. It has been frequently remarked, that the people","box":{"x":129,"y":1403,"width":912,"height":31}},{"text":"of the East are eminently a devotional people; and however grievous","box":{"x":132,"y":1429,"width":910,"height":31}},{"text":"the forms their devotion may assume, however largely it may be","box":{"x":133,"y":1456,"width":907,"height":32}},{"text":"constrained result of conventional influences, I yet believe the","box":{"x":132,"y":1485,"width":908,"height":31}},{"text":"statement to be, in the above sense, perfectly true","box":{"x":132,"y":1512,"width":666,"height":29}}]},"199":{"imagePath":"H:\\web_projects\\corpus-web\\electron-app\\data\\5e07978430078cb56ea89a104e5a0c0e50b3aa1618e48c486c8af005ae015143\\raw\\pages\\00223-cc80bfd385f78a20f984.webp","width":1170,"height":1680,"segments":[{"text":"SOURCE MATERIALS","box":{"x":460,"y":162,"width":249,"height":17}},{"text":"199","box":{"x":992,"y":155,"width":48,"height":20}},{"text":"I would not be understood to mean, that persons of this class","box":{"x":176,"y":210,"width":862,"height":34}},{"text":"could be relied on, without the most searching examination and","box":{"x":127,"y":238,"width":912,"height":34}},{"text":"careful trial. But I do think, that the real aims of many amongst","box":{"x":127,"y":266,"width":912,"height":31}},{"text":"them, are not generally so fully understood as they might be, with","box":{"x":129,"y":294,"width":911,"height":34}},{"text":"advantage; and that amongst them are to be found very many","box":{"x":130,"y":323,"width":910,"height":31}},{"text":"earnest spirits, that have shaken off most of the trammels, by which","box":{"x":125,"y":350,"width":915,"height":32}},{"text":"their countrymen are bound; and who, if taught to seek the guidance","box":{"x":127,"y":381,"width":914,"height":28}},{"text":"of the Holy Spirit, would be likely to take a lead amongst our","box":{"x":126,"y":405,"width":915,"height":32}},{"text":"Native converts. We shall doubtless find, amongst their leaders,","box":{"x":125,"y":432,"width":917,"height":32}},{"text":"a great tendency to spiritual pride; but all this must give way","box":{"x":130,"y":462,"width":911,"height":34}},{"text":"before true conversion; and the point for us to determine, under","box":{"x":127,"y":490,"width":912,"height":31}},{"text":"the Spirit's teaching, is, whether this conversion is that kind, which","box":{"x":130,"y":515,"width":910,"height":34}},{"text":"will be effectual to the pulling down of strongholds. An example","box":{"x":120,"y":544,"width":919,"height":34}},{"text":"of what I have stated above, is to be found in the Karta Bhojas of","box":{"x":125,"y":572,"width":918,"height":31}},{"text":"Krishnaggar.","box":{"x":123,"y":602,"width":182,"height":29}},{"text":"A speaker in this assembly has stated, that he had himself un-","box":{"x":169,"y":658,"width":871,"height":32}},{"text":"expectedly met with a sect, who acknowledged and used the Bible","box":{"x":125,"y":685,"width":915,"height":32}},{"text":"as their book of devotion; and as I'am thoroughly convinced that","box":{"x":126,"y":715,"width":915,"height":29}},{"text":"there are scattered throughout Hindoostan, many such sects of","box":{"x":129,"y":742,"width":915,"height":31}},{"text":"separatists, similarly disposed, I have thought it well here to draw","box":{"x":129,"y":768,"width":911,"height":34}},{"text":"prominent attention to them. I have often been inclined to think,","box":{"x":125,"y":796,"width":914,"height":32}},{"text":"that these sects, scattered through the plains, and the aboriginal","box":{"x":126,"y":824,"width":914,"height":32}},{"text":"races, scattered through the hills, may be intended by the Almighty","box":{"x":132,"y":854,"width":908,"height":31}},{"text":"as nuclei, round which it will be for us to build up a really indigenous","box":{"x":129,"y":879,"width":911,"height":34}},{"text":"evangelization; and until very lately, I believe neither of these","box":{"x":126,"y":908,"width":914,"height":32}},{"text":"classes has received the attention which both seem to me to deserve","box":{"x":125,"y":936,"width":915,"height":28}},{"text":"at our hands","box":{"x":129,"y":967,"width":169,"height":22}},{"text":"A different standard of attainment will doubtless be required for","box":{"x":169,"y":1020,"width":871,"height":29}},{"text":"different classes, and different descriptions of congregations; but","box":{"x":126,"y":1049,"width":914,"height":31}},{"text":"one principle I would strongly advocate, as equally applying to all,","box":{"x":126,"y":1076,"width":914,"height":32}},{"text":"viz., that the standard we aim at, be of an indigenous character:","box":{"x":125,"y":1104,"width":914,"height":29}},{"text":"or we shall be apt to produce what has been elsewhere termed,","box":{"x":129,"y":1129,"width":908,"height":34}},{"text":"a race of hybrids. 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But","box":{"x":126,"y":1215,"width":912,"height":34}},{"text":"where a higher one is required for the pastor of a more cultivated","box":{"x":123,"y":1243,"width":915,"height":31}},{"text":"congregation, I would say-let this be supplied, not, at present,","box":{"x":125,"y":1271,"width":914,"height":32}},{"text":"by establishing a Training Institution of a higher kind, but by","box":{"x":126,"y":1299,"width":912,"height":31}},{"text":"selecting such individuals from amongst our pastors, or those","box":{"x":129,"y":1327,"width":911,"height":32}},{"text":"preparing to be pastors, as evince a special fitness for higher training.","box":{"x":125,"y":1353,"width":914,"height":34}},{"text":"Amongst them, I doubt not, there will be found men, whose earnest","box":{"x":122,"y":1383,"width":915,"height":32}},{"text":"desire to become full acquainted with the Scriptures at their foun-","box":{"x":125,"y":1411,"width":915,"height":29}},{"text":"tain head, will urge them to acquire a knowledge of Greek and","box":{"x":126,"y":1439,"width":911,"height":31}},{"text":"Hebrew; and as far as we may have the means at command. But","box":{"x":125,"y":1470,"width":914,"height":28}},{"text":"I think, at the same time, that this should only be done after they","box":{"x":125,"y":1497,"width":912,"height":31}},{"text":"have undergone what I may call an indigenous training, and have","box":{"x":122,"y":1522,"width":915,"height":34}}]},"200":{"imagePath":"H:\\web_projects\\corpus-web\\electron-app\\data\\5e07978430078cb56ea89a104e5a0c0e50b3aa1618e48c486c8af005ae015143\\raw\\pages\\00224-5a837caf4888ea8acc8b.webp","width":1170,"height":1680,"segments":[{"text":"200","box":{"x":77,"y":154,"width":57,"height":18}},{"text":"HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY IN INDIA","box":{"x":302,"y":155,"width":474,"height":20}},{"text":"been thoroughly conversant with the Scriptures, and some branches","box":{"x":80,"y":207,"width":917,"height":31}},{"text":"at least of useful knowledge, in the vernacular.","box":{"x":81,"y":234,"width":641,"height":31}},{"text":"Fifthly. It only remains for me to remark, on the most judicious","box":{"x":129,"y":284,"width":866,"height":32}},{"text":"way of providing for the support of pastors. It was a profound","box":{"x":77,"y":312,"width":919,"height":32}},{"text":"remark of Bishop Butler, that passive impressions, often repeated,","box":{"x":83,"y":340,"width":915,"height":32}},{"text":"gradually lose all their force. And there can be no doubt that","box":{"x":80,"y":365,"width":915,"height":35}},{"text":"action, of some kind, is indispensable to sustained and progressive","box":{"x":81,"y":396,"width":915,"height":32}},{"text":"vitality. Next to personal participation in the work of the Church,","box":{"x":80,"y":423,"width":917,"height":34}},{"text":"there is probably no form of action so suitable for a congregation,","box":{"x":80,"y":451,"width":915,"height":34}},{"text":"and so adapted for continuous and general application, as contri-","box":{"x":81,"y":479,"width":915,"height":34}},{"text":"buting towards the support of the pastor; and towards the cost of the","box":{"x":76,"y":508,"width":921,"height":31}},{"text":"efforts in which he may be engaged, or interested, for the carrying","box":{"x":78,"y":535,"width":918,"height":32}},{"text":"on the work of the Lord, whether amongst themselves, or amongst","box":{"x":81,"y":566,"width":914,"height":28}},{"text":"others. 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Instead of the partizan cry, I am of Paul! and I,","box":{"x":106,"y":1191,"width":904,"height":29}},{"text":"of Apollos! and I, of Cephas! and I, of Christ!' how much more","box":{"x":102,"y":1215,"width":910,"height":35}},{"text":"befitting-more lovely-more God-honouring, and Christ-glorify-","box":{"x":104,"y":1244,"width":907,"height":32}},{"text":"ing, and Spirit-conciliating would be that manifest oneness and","box":{"x":108,"y":1273,"width":905,"height":29}},{"text":"sympathy, among the followers of Jesus, which must constrain the","box":{"x":105,"y":1302,"width":907,"height":29}},{"text":"world to say 'Behold, how these Christians love one another!'...","box":{"x":99,"y":1330,"width":910,"height":31}},{"text":"Of the desirableness, therefore, of external union among","box":{"x":144,"y":1380,"width":871,"height":29}},{"text":"Christians, there seems no reason whatever to doubt. 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This kind of uniformity would fail here, as surely and","box":{"x":106,"y":407,"width":912,"height":31}},{"text":"as signally, as it did in England, in the days of Charles the Second.","box":{"x":105,"y":435,"width":917,"height":31}},{"text":"No proposition, so utterly one-sided, could be entertained for a","box":{"x":102,"y":463,"width":918,"height":29}},{"text":"moment. Whither, then, can the eye turn with hope? What more","box":{"x":105,"y":492,"width":914,"height":31}},{"text":"feasible plan can be found?...","box":{"x":108,"y":518,"width":418,"height":28}},{"text":"There would be far more hope from a return to first principles;","box":{"x":148,"y":577,"width":871,"height":29}},{"text":"and a reconstruction, on the simple basis of the Bible.","box":{"x":106,"y":605,"width":726,"height":29}},{"text":"The bond of union among the Apostolic Churches was no","box":{"x":150,"y":658,"width":866,"height":34}},{"text":"elaborated creed, embracing thirty-three Articles. 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By what authority shall we reject any, whom","box":{"x":101,"y":1359,"width":912,"height":31}},{"text":"the Lord has himself accepted? and who gave us that authority?","box":{"x":105,"y":1386,"width":910,"height":34}},{"text":"Let the visible Church of India, then, be organized on a broad basis,","box":{"x":102,"y":1415,"width":908,"height":32}},{"text":"-making it co-incident, as nearly as possible, with that invisible","box":{"x":95,"y":1440,"width":918,"height":36}},{"text":"Church, which it is intended to represent. 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It is my own firm conviction","box":{"x":122,"y":1065,"width":812,"height":32}},{"text":"I may add, my earnest hope; and in this opinion, I know I do not","box":{"x":122,"y":1093,"width":907,"height":34}},{"text":"stand alone that the future Church of India will be a church of its","box":{"x":119,"y":1118,"width":908,"height":32}},{"text":"own type;-not exclusively an Episcopally constituted National","box":{"x":119,"y":1149,"width":910,"height":32}},{"text":"Church, such as that of our own land; nor, on the other hand, a","box":{"x":113,"y":1175,"width":914,"height":35}},{"text":"Presbyterian, or a congregational church; but one which shall","box":{"x":116,"y":1204,"width":911,"height":31}},{"text":"combine, in some measure, what is good in each of these; while,","box":{"x":115,"y":1230,"width":911,"height":34}},{"text":"at the same time, it will be freed from things which do not properly","box":{"x":116,"y":1258,"width":912,"height":35}},{"text":"belong to the church as such, but have been the after-growth of","box":{"x":116,"y":1286,"width":917,"height":35}},{"text":"ages-the result, in a great measure, of political or national changes.","box":{"x":115,"y":1316,"width":910,"height":34}},{"text":"Much as I love my own church of England, and much as I","box":{"x":154,"y":1359,"width":869,"height":34}},{"text":"admire and value her incomparable liturgy, I cannot but feel, that,","box":{"x":116,"y":1386,"width":905,"height":34}},{"text":"in some respects, it does not adapt itself easily, in its thoroughly","box":{"x":116,"y":1415,"width":908,"height":34}},{"text":"European, Saxon form, to the wants of the Oriental mind. 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