{"pages":{"229":{"imagePath":"H:\\web_projects\\corpus-web\\electron-app\\data\\5e07978430078cb56ea89a104e5a0c0e50b3aa1618e48c486c8af005ae015143\\raw\\pages\\00253-68f961e8a1292fe13be3.webp","width":1170,"height":1680,"segments":[{"text":"SOURCE MATERIALS","box":{"x":441,"y":155,"width":248,"height":18}},{"text":"229","box":{"x":970,"y":148,"width":53,"height":20}},{"text":"124. CLOUGH ON THE MASS MOVEMENT AT ONGOLE","box":{"x":111,"y":238,"width":910,"height":27}},{"text":"(1879 A.D.)","box":{"x":470,"y":266,"width":164,"height":31}},{"text":"In letters written to the American Baptist Missionary Union in","box":{"x":199,"y":332,"width":775,"height":28}},{"text":"the summer of 1876, J. E. Clough, the only missionary in the field,","box":{"x":157,"y":357,"width":817,"height":27}},{"text":"describes the beginnings of the great mass movement at Ongole (Andhra","box":{"x":158,"y":382,"width":816,"height":27}},{"text":"Pradesh). Some Madigas had become Christian before a severe famine,","box":{"x":158,"y":406,"width":816,"height":25}},{"text":"during which Clough had secured work for them in digging a canal.","box":{"x":160,"y":431,"width":812,"height":27}},{"text":"During that period he refused to baptize any more lest they become","box":{"x":155,"y":456,"width":819,"height":28}},{"text":"Christian simply to get work. The baptisms reported here took","box":{"x":158,"y":480,"width":815,"height":28}},{"text":"place after the famine period. It is clear that the converts did not","box":{"x":155,"y":507,"width":819,"height":27}},{"text":"gain any material benefit by becoming Christians. Cited in the Baptist","box":{"x":158,"y":532,"width":816,"height":27}},{"text":"Missionary Magazine, Sept. 1878, p. 348.","box":{"x":154,"y":557,"width":480,"height":25}},{"text":"We have commenced baptising again, only a few of many","box":{"x":148,"y":620,"width":876,"height":32}},{"text":"applicants. We have up-to-date numbered as follows:","box":{"x":109,"y":647,"width":761,"height":34}},{"text":"June 16, 1878, 102; June 17, 40; June 19, 3; June 20, 30;","box":{"x":188,"y":704,"width":836,"height":31}},{"text":"June 23, 154.","box":{"x":111,"y":735,"width":176,"height":27}},{"text":"Most of the above were men, heads of families, and only one","box":{"x":181,"y":788,"width":843,"height":31}},{"text":"hundred from Ongole.","box":{"x":109,"y":816,"width":305,"height":29}},{"text":"Yesterday our new chapel was crowded, -seven hundred at","box":{"x":148,"y":871,"width":878,"height":32}},{"text":"least inside, and three hundred or more outside. So, while I","box":{"x":108,"y":898,"width":919,"height":29}},{"text":"preached to the seven hundred within, native preacher Rungiah","box":{"x":106,"y":925,"width":918,"height":34}},{"text":"preached to seven (?) hundred or more under the margosia trees","box":{"x":105,"y":956,"width":919,"height":32}},{"text":"near by.","box":{"x":105,"y":984,"width":118,"height":28}},{"text":"Before this letter reaches you, there will be five hundred baptised","box":{"x":151,"y":1039,"width":876,"height":31}},{"text":"Christians, probably, within four miles of where I now write,","box":{"x":106,"y":1067,"width":921,"height":32}},{"text":"residents of Ongole and suburbs. If rain comes soon, and a harvest","box":{"x":111,"y":1095,"width":915,"height":32}},{"text":"is given, as we hope, there will be three thousand baptisms in this","box":{"x":109,"y":1121,"width":915,"height":35}},{"text":"mission (Ongole) within the next six months. The converts are","box":{"x":106,"y":1151,"width":919,"height":34}},{"text":"now waiting for the ordinance. This means addition to","box":{"x":108,"y":1177,"width":918,"height":34}},{"text":"our Teloogoo mission of not less than fifteen thousand souls.","box":{"x":111,"y":1205,"width":914,"height":32}},{"text":"Perhaps twenty thousand would be nearer correct. What am I to","box":{"x":106,"y":1233,"width":919,"height":32}},{"text":"do? I need, I must have help. By help, I mean that I want some","box":{"x":102,"y":1261,"width":922,"height":32}},{"text":"one sent out to help me whom God has called to this very place.","box":{"x":108,"y":1289,"width":855,"height":32}},{"text":"Many men sent out as missionaries are no missionaries at all,","box":{"x":153,"y":1344,"width":872,"height":34}},{"text":"never were, and never will be. This class are like millstones about","box":{"x":108,"y":1372,"width":918,"height":29}},{"text":"the necks of the real God-appointed Missionaries. In sending an","box":{"x":106,"y":1401,"width":919,"height":31}},{"text":"assistant to me, please do be careful and get the right man. Please","box":{"x":108,"y":1429,"width":917,"height":32}},{"text":"tell brother","box":{"x":104,"y":1457,"width":162,"height":27}},{"text":"that I have not wholly given him up yet:","box":{"x":441,"y":1455,"width":582,"height":32}},{"text":"he is the kind of man I want for Ongole, and I want him if he will","box":{"x":109,"y":1484,"width":918,"height":32}},{"text":"come. Ongole, at the present moment, needs to be re-inforced by","box":{"x":106,"y":1512,"width":919,"height":32}}]},"230":{"imagePath":"H:\\web_projects\\corpus-web\\electron-app\\data\\5e07978430078cb56ea89a104e5a0c0e50b3aa1618e48c486c8af005ae015143\\raw\\pages\\00254-46ca48f421504ba99499.webp","width":1170,"height":1680,"segments":[{"text":"230","box":{"x":125,"y":146,"width":57,"height":18}},{"text":"HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY IN INDIA","box":{"x":351,"y":150,"width":476,"height":18}},{"text":"the very best man available in the United States of America. Boys","box":{"x":127,"y":199,"width":914,"height":32}},{"text":"and novices are not required.","box":{"x":125,"y":226,"width":406,"height":31}},{"text":"In Tinnevelly the S. P. G. Missionaries are having a great harvest:","box":{"x":172,"y":281,"width":871,"height":35}},{"text":"seventeen hundred have abandoned their idols, and are seeking","box":{"x":129,"y":309,"width":915,"height":34}},{"text":"Christian instruction. To meet the needs of this harvest, the S.P.G.","box":{"x":123,"y":336,"width":918,"height":32}},{"text":"Society has appointed (so say the daily papers) ten new missionaries,","box":{"x":127,"y":366,"width":917,"height":35}},{"text":"and have authorised them to employ sixty new catechists. Here,","box":{"x":129,"y":392,"width":914,"height":36}},{"text":"with an equal or greater harvest, I am all alone. Send help at","box":{"x":125,"y":420,"width":919,"height":36}},{"text":"once, men and money! Do not plead hard times. God has the","box":{"x":127,"y":450,"width":915,"height":31}},{"text":"money, and will give it if you call; else, it seems to me, a mistake is","box":{"x":126,"y":478,"width":915,"height":34}},{"text":"being made here in calling so many to righteousness. Fear not!","box":{"x":123,"y":505,"width":919,"height":35}},{"text":"launch out! do not tarry! and God will send all the money you","box":{"x":127,"y":533,"width":915,"height":34}},{"text":"require: and I have no fears.","box":{"x":129,"y":559,"width":385,"height":31}},{"text":"Later. June 24 I wrote you at great length about many things,","box":{"x":171,"y":618,"width":871,"height":34}},{"text":"some of which are of vital importance to your mission to the Teloo-","box":{"x":127,"y":645,"width":917,"height":32}},{"text":"goos. I have not the time to write much this morning; but I have","box":{"x":123,"y":671,"width":919,"height":32}},{"text":"some glorious news to tell, which you and the readers of 'The","box":{"x":126,"y":699,"width":915,"height":34}},{"text":"Missionary Magazine' are not unprepared to hear. The Lord","box":{"x":122,"y":727,"width":919,"height":35}},{"text":"hath done great things for us, whereof we are glad.'","box":{"x":125,"y":755,"width":701,"height":34}},{"text":"In my letter of 24th, I mentioned that we had again commenced","box":{"x":171,"y":812,"width":871,"height":32}},{"text":"baptising. We, on account of the famine stopped receiving","box":{"x":122,"y":837,"width":921,"height":36}},{"text":"converts into the church early in March 1877 hence, for over","box":{"x":125,"y":866,"width":917,"height":35}},{"text":"fifteen months we had no additions to our number, while the famine,","box":{"x":126,"y":894,"width":917,"height":32}},{"text":"in its direct and indirect work, constantly thinned our ranks. On","box":{"x":126,"y":923,"width":915,"height":35}},{"text":"June 16th we again commenced receiving converts, belivers in the","box":{"x":124,"y":950,"width":915,"height":34}},{"text":"Lord Jesus as their Saviour and the Saviour of the whole world.","box":{"x":124,"y":977,"width":917,"height":32}},{"text":"Since then the work has gone on, widening and deepening; and now,","box":{"x":123,"y":1007,"width":918,"height":34}},{"text":"as I write these lines, it seems to me that the blessed gospel which","box":{"x":126,"y":1034,"width":915,"height":34}},{"text":"we try to preach is going to sweep every thing before it","box":{"x":122,"y":1062,"width":754,"height":32}},{"text":"As reported to you on June 24, I and my native assistants had","box":{"x":165,"y":1119,"width":876,"height":31}},{"text":"baptised 328 converts. Since then we have baptised, June 24th, 75;","box":{"x":120,"y":1145,"width":918,"height":36}},{"text":"26th, 77; 27th, 140; 28th, 150; 29th, 186; 30th, 212; July 1st, 199;","box":{"x":124,"y":1173,"width":912,"height":34}},{"text":"2nd, 614; 3rd, 2,222; 4th, 731; 6th, 216; 7th, 279. Total number","box":{"x":122,"y":1202,"width":917,"height":31}},{"text":"of baptised from June 16-July 7th inclusive 5,429.","box":{"x":120,"y":1229,"width":704,"height":34}},{"text":"But very few of these ever received any famine funds perhaps","box":{"x":165,"y":1286,"width":873,"height":32}},{"text":"not one hundred of the whole number ever received a pice' (quarter","box":{"x":117,"y":1312,"width":922,"height":35}},{"text":"of a cent) even from me, directly or indirectly and never expect to","box":{"x":119,"y":1343,"width":921,"height":35}},{"text":"receive any more of financial aid in any way","box":{"x":123,"y":1370,"width":598,"height":32}}]}}}