{"pages":{"95":{"imagePath":"H:\\web_projects\\corpus-web\\electron-app\\data\\5e07978430078cb56ea89a104e5a0c0e50b3aa1618e48c486c8af005ae015143\\raw\\pages\\00119-aa9023f8e5f6970a73c4.webp","width":1170,"height":1680,"segments":[{"text":"SOURCE MATERIALS","box":{"x":480,"y":155,"width":248,"height":17}},{"text":"95","box":{"x":1015,"y":153,"width":48,"height":20}},{"text":"works in the English language, till Sungskritu with its dialects shalk","box":{"x":146,"y":200,"width":912,"height":35}},{"text":"be enriched with the most valuable works on science, morality and.","box":{"x":147,"y":227,"width":908,"height":36}},{"text":"religion which the English language possesses.","box":{"x":153,"y":252,"width":617,"height":38}},{"text":"75. LETTER OF MUNRO TO BAILY (1818 A.D.)","box":{"x":242,"y":342,"width":714,"height":31}},{"text":"This letter, dated Nagercoil, 23rd May 1818, from the British","box":{"x":235,"y":389,"width":767,"height":29}},{"text":"Resident, Col. Munro, to the C.M.S. missionary, Rev. Baily, dis-.","box":{"x":199,"y":415,"width":812,"height":29}},{"text":"cusses the objectives of the C.M.S. college, and various desirable","box":{"x":197,"y":440,"width":805,"height":27}},{"text":"changes to be instituted among the Syrian Christians. Cited in","box":{"x":197,"y":464,"width":805,"height":25}},{"text":"P. Cheriyan, The Malabar Syrians and the Church Missionary Society.","box":{"x":197,"y":489,"width":819,"height":28}},{"text":"1816-1846, Appendix A, Letter No. 25, pp. 364-365.","box":{"x":195,"y":514,"width":602,"height":27}},{"text":"..All priests must, must, of course, be educated at the College previ-","box":{"x":217,"y":567,"width":831,"height":39}},{"text":"ously to their ordination, and the laity should also to the greatest:","box":{"x":151,"y":592,"width":910,"height":32}},{"text":"practicable extent receive instruction there. All this will in a","box":{"x":150,"y":622,"width":900,"height":28}},{"text":"primary degree depend upon your exertions and I am satisfied that","box":{"x":148,"y":650,"width":901,"height":31}},{"text":"you will spare no efforts to render the College eminently conducive","box":{"x":148,"y":678,"width":900,"height":32}},{"text":"to the general and early improvement of the Syrians. I hope that","box":{"x":150,"y":704,"width":897,"height":32}},{"text":"you continue your endeavours to introduce the English language","box":{"x":148,"y":732,"width":900,"height":34}},{"text":"among the branches of study at the College. This is an object of","box":{"x":150,"y":760,"width":901,"height":31}},{"text":"great importance, and claims your serious consideration. The","box":{"x":144,"y":790,"width":903,"height":31}},{"text":"translation of the English Liturgy is another object of primary","box":{"x":147,"y":816,"width":900,"height":34}},{"text":"importance, for I think if it were well translated it might, without","box":{"x":150,"y":843,"width":897,"height":34}},{"text":"any difficulty, be substituted in all the churches for their present","box":{"x":150,"y":872,"width":897,"height":31}},{"text":"forms of worship. You will of course gradually prepare the minds","box":{"x":148,"y":899,"width":896,"height":34}},{"text":"of the Syrians by a reference to the Scriptures to abandon the.","box":{"x":150,"y":927,"width":905,"height":31}},{"text":"seven sacraments, the Mass, and other remnants of Roman Catholic","box":{"x":151,"y":955,"width":894,"height":31}},{"text":"usage...","box":{"x":147,"y":988,"width":111,"height":24}},{"text":"76. RAMMOHUN ROY ON SATI AND THE DEFENCE OF","box":{"x":150,"y":1068,"width":896,"height":22}},{"text":"WOMEN (1820 A.D.)","box":{"x":439,"y":1096,"width":299,"height":28}},{"text":"Raja Rammohun Roy, the Bengali reformer who worked closely","box":{"x":234,"y":1144,"width":767,"height":24}},{"text":"with William Carey in the effort to have sati made illegal, here describes","box":{"x":195,"y":1169,"width":799,"height":25}},{"text":"the arguments advanced by both sides in meetings held on the subject","box":{"x":197,"y":1193,"width":798,"height":25}},{"text":"in 1818 and 1820. The opponent' of sati reflects the views of Ram-","box":{"x":200,"y":1219,"width":792,"height":25}},{"text":"mohun Roy. If will be noted that the argument centres around the","box":{"x":199,"y":1243,"width":798,"height":24}},{"text":"question of whether women are worthy to outlive their husbands.","box":{"x":197,"y":1267,"width":798,"height":27}},{"text":"The complete document is found in The English Works of Raja Ram-","box":{"x":195,"y":1291,"width":799,"height":27}},{"text":"mohun Roy, pp. 359-360.","box":{"x":196,"y":1317,"width":283,"height":25}},{"text":"Section IX","box":{"x":528,"y":1378,"width":141,"height":20}},{"text":"Advocate. I alluded, in page 18, line 18, to the real reason for","box":{"x":188,"y":1420,"width":857,"height":34}},{"text":"our anxiety to persuade widows to follow their husbands, and for-","box":{"x":147,"y":1447,"width":907,"height":32}},{"text":"our endeavours to burn them pressed down with ropes; viz., that","box":{"x":146,"y":1475,"width":898,"height":34}},{"text":"women are by nature of inferior understanding, without resolution,,.","box":{"x":143,"y":1504,"width":912,"height":34}}]}}}