{"pages":{"268":{"imagePath":"H:\\web_projects\\corpus-web\\electron-app\\data\\5e07978430078cb56ea89a104e5a0c0e50b3aa1618e48c486c8af005ae015143\\raw\\pages\\00292-6686a3bf85ebe68b9d9b.webp","width":1170,"height":1680,"segments":[{"text":"268","box":{"x":130,"y":162,"width":53,"height":20}},{"text":"HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY IN INDIA","box":{"x":357,"y":162,"width":476,"height":21}},{"text":"We have no definite idea as regards the modus operandi of making","box":{"x":175,"y":211,"width":878,"height":32}},{"text":"Hindu philosophy the handmaid of Christianity. The task is","box":{"x":126,"y":239,"width":929,"height":36}},{"text":"difficult and beset with many dangers. But we have a conviction","box":{"x":129,"y":265,"width":922,"height":34}},{"text":"and it is growing day by day that the Catholic Church will find it","box":{"x":133,"y":297,"width":919,"height":34}},{"text":"hard to conquer India unless she makes Hindu philosophy hew","box":{"x":130,"y":323,"width":922,"height":34}},{"text":"wood and draw water for her. The more we meditate on the","box":{"x":130,"y":353,"width":925,"height":29}},{"text":"cogitations of Hindu philosophy concerning the Supreme Being,","box":{"x":133,"y":380,"width":921,"height":35}},{"text":"on its marvelous but fruitless effort to penetrate into His inner","box":{"x":136,"y":406,"width":918,"height":35}},{"text":"nature... the more light is thrown upon the ever-mysterious","box":{"x":136,"y":437,"width":915,"height":32}},{"text":"Christian doctrine of the one God, one yet multiple, absolute yet","box":{"x":132,"y":465,"width":922,"height":32}},{"text":"related within himself, discovering in it a new fitness to appease","box":{"x":136,"y":491,"width":918,"height":34}},{"text":"the noblest cravings of man and satisfy the demands of the loftiest","box":{"x":134,"y":521,"width":919,"height":32}},{"text":"intellect...","box":{"x":137,"y":553,"width":150,"height":22}},{"text":"The development of the Christian religion has not come to an","box":{"x":183,"y":598,"width":873,"height":32}},{"text":"end. It will grow, blossom and fructify till the end of time. Indian","box":{"x":137,"y":624,"width":919,"height":35}},{"text":"soil is humid and its humidity will make the ever-new Christian","box":{"x":139,"y":654,"width":917,"height":31}},{"text":"revelation put forth newer harmonies and newer beauties revealing","box":{"x":139,"y":684,"width":918,"height":31}},{"text":"more clearly the invincible integrity of the Universal Faith deposited","box":{"x":136,"y":709,"width":921,"height":34}},{"text":"in the Church by the Apostles of Jesus Christ. The Hindu mind","box":{"x":140,"y":736,"width":917,"height":34}},{"text":"and heart, coming under the dominion of the One, Holy,","box":{"x":137,"y":766,"width":921,"height":34}},{"text":"Apostolic and Catholic Church, will sing a new canticle which","box":{"x":129,"y":785,"width":929,"height":42}},{"text":"wills fill the earth with sweetness from end to end.","box":{"x":133,"y":822,"width":703,"height":28}},{"text":"137. BRAHMABANDHAB UPADHYAY ON INDEPENDENCE","box":{"x":139,"y":935,"width":917,"height":25}},{"text":"FOR INDIA (1897 A.D.)","box":{"x":424,"y":967,"width":357,"height":29}},{"text":"Brahmabandhab Upadhyay is perhaps best known for his contri-","box":{"x":225,"y":1021,"width":782,"height":28}},{"text":"bution to Indian Christian theology. But he was also notable for his","box":{"x":188,"y":1044,"width":820,"height":25}},{"text":"uncompromising nationalism at a time when most Indian Christians","box":{"x":190,"y":1071,"width":817,"height":28}},{"text":"believed British rule was providential. In this passage he describes","box":{"x":188,"y":1095,"width":817,"height":28}},{"text":"his vision of an independent India. From Animananda, The Blade,","box":{"x":186,"y":1120,"width":820,"height":28}},{"text":"pp. 136-137 & 170-171. Cited in Wm. Theodore de Bary, Sources","box":{"x":189,"y":1146,"width":817,"height":27}},{"text":"of Indian Tradition, pp. 736-738.","box":{"x":189,"y":1173,"width":428,"height":25}},{"text":"I swear by the moon and the sun that I have heard in my heart","box":{"x":185,"y":1224,"width":873,"height":32}},{"text":"of hearts this message of freedom. As the tree in winter gets a","box":{"x":137,"y":1253,"width":922,"height":31}},{"text":"new life with the touch of the breeze of spring, as you feel joy at","box":{"x":140,"y":1279,"width":919,"height":31}},{"text":"the return of love, as the heart of a hero dances to the call of the","box":{"x":137,"y":1308,"width":921,"height":31}},{"text":"trumpet of war so a feeling has throbbed in my heart.","box":{"x":139,"y":1335,"width":796,"height":34}},{"text":"But independence will mean both freedom from our slave","box":{"x":183,"y":1387,"width":875,"height":29}},{"text":"complex and freedom from gerrymandering politics.","box":{"x":140,"y":1417,"width":754,"height":34}},{"text":"With the spread of English rule and culture, India lost her own","box":{"x":182,"y":1467,"width":876,"height":31}},{"text":"idea of civilization. Our educated classes think as they have been","box":{"x":144,"y":1493,"width":914,"height":31}},{"text":"taught by their Firinghi masters. Our minds have been conquered.","box":{"x":146,"y":1522,"width":912,"height":31}}]},"269":{"imagePath":"H:\\web_projects\\corpus-web\\electron-app\\data\\5e07978430078cb56ea89a104e5a0c0e50b3aa1618e48c486c8af005ae015143\\raw\\pages\\00293-5d5fbaab01dea7490fb1.webp","width":1170,"height":1680,"segments":[{"text":"SOURCE MATERIALS","box":{"x":423,"y":161,"width":248,"height":17}},{"text":"269","box":{"x":950,"y":157,"width":59,"height":18}},{"text":"We have become slaves. The faith in our own culture and the","box":{"x":90,"y":209,"width":918,"height":25}},{"text":"love for things Indian are gone. India will reach Swaraj the day","box":{"x":94,"y":234,"width":915,"height":34}},{"text":"she will again have a faith in herself. Ramakrishna had gone","box":{"x":92,"y":263,"width":914,"height":31}},{"text":"in that line. So did Bamkim. So did Vivekananda. The whole","box":{"x":92,"y":291,"width":914,"height":27}},{"text":"mass of our people must now be made to appreciate things Indian","box":{"x":90,"y":321,"width":918,"height":32}},{"text":"and to return to our ancient way. That is Swadesh as opposed","box":{"x":92,"y":346,"width":912,"height":34}},{"text":"to Bidesh.","box":{"x":92,"y":375,"width":136,"height":24}},{"text":"I see the fort of Swaraj built in various places. There shall be","box":{"x":136,"y":431,"width":872,"height":32}},{"text":"no connection with the foreigner. Those forts will be purified","box":{"x":91,"y":459,"width":915,"height":31}},{"text":"by the incense of sacrifice, resounding with the cry of victory,","box":{"x":91,"y":487,"width":914,"height":31}},{"text":"filled to overflowing with corn and grain.","box":{"x":91,"y":515,"width":605,"height":29}},{"text":"Foreigners will not enter there. There we shall be our own","box":{"x":136,"y":568,"width":869,"height":31}},{"text":"masters, from the Thakurghar to the cowshed. All our laws will","box":{"x":91,"y":598,"width":914,"height":29}},{"text":"be observed there, our own Varna-Asram. Let the Englishman be","box":{"x":90,"y":627,"width":915,"height":29}},{"text":"like the Chaukidar or Jamadar, like the watching dog at the door:","box":{"x":91,"y":655,"width":914,"height":29}},{"text":"'If the dog enters your kitchen you break the cooking pot and","box":{"x":90,"y":680,"width":915,"height":32}},{"text":"chase him out'. Outside this, our own Jurisdiction, we shall","box":{"x":90,"y":707,"width":917,"height":32}},{"text":"observe the laws of the Firinghi for fear of assault and we shall","box":{"x":90,"y":738,"width":917,"height":29}},{"text":"pay the taxes. But if he were to trespass on our Godgiven rights,","box":{"x":90,"y":766,"width":914,"height":31}},{"text":"woe betide him. We shall give thrashing...","box":{"x":88,"y":794,"width":645,"height":31}},{"text":"We have said over and over again that we are not Swadeshi","box":{"x":130,"y":848,"width":873,"height":31}},{"text":"only so far as salt and sugar are concerned. Our aspirations are","box":{"x":87,"y":876,"width":917,"height":32}},{"text":"higher than the Himalayas. Our pain is as intense as if we had a","box":{"x":87,"y":905,"width":921,"height":34}},{"text":"volcano in us. What we want is the emancipation of India. Our","box":{"x":88,"y":933,"width":918,"height":31}},{"text":"aim is that India may be free, that the stranger may be driven from","box":{"x":88,"y":960,"width":914,"height":32}},{"text":"our homes, that the continuity of the learning, the civilization and","box":{"x":90,"y":987,"width":914,"height":32}},{"text":"the system of the rishis may be preserved. W We have often heard","box":{"x":90,"y":1011,"width":914,"height":36}},{"text":"the voice from heaven: Selfish men! We have not entered the","box":{"x":88,"y":1044,"width":914,"height":28}},{"text":"lists to pay the mudi (grocer).","box":{"x":88,"y":1072,"width":434,"height":32}},{"text":"First free the Mother from bondage, then seek your own deli-","box":{"x":134,"y":1130,"width":871,"height":29}},{"text":"verance. The fire of desire has been kindled within our bosom.","box":{"x":87,"y":1156,"width":917,"height":25}},{"text":"We do not know whence. Heaven we do not want. Deliverance","box":{"x":84,"y":1185,"width":919,"height":27}},{"text":"we seek not. O Mother! let us be born again and again in India","box":{"x":85,"y":1214,"width":921,"height":29}},{"text":"till your chains fall off. First let the Mother be free, and then","box":{"x":85,"y":1240,"width":919,"height":29}},{"text":"shall come our own release from the worldly bonds. This is no","box":{"x":88,"y":1267,"width":914,"height":31}},{"text":"mere child's play. O Feringhi[sic], here I am with my neck outsret-","box":{"x":84,"y":1295,"width":919,"height":34}},{"text":"ched-offer it up as a sacrifice. You will see, I shall again be born","box":{"x":85,"y":1325,"width":917,"height":31}},{"text":"in the land of Bengal and shall cause much more serious confusion.","box":{"x":88,"y":1354,"width":914,"height":29}},{"text":"Can you intimidate us? Our power is more than human. It is","box":{"x":85,"y":1380,"width":917,"height":32}},{"text":"divine. We have heard the voice telling us that the period of","box":{"x":85,"y":1408,"width":922,"height":31}},{"text":"India's suffering is about to close, that the day of her deliverance","box":{"x":88,"y":1439,"width":915,"height":31}},{"text":"is near at hand. It is because we have heard the voice that we have","box":{"x":88,"y":1466,"width":915,"height":28}},{"text":"left our forest-home and came to town. 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