{"pages":{"232":{"imagePath":"H:\\web_projects\\corpus-web\\electron-app\\data\\5e07978430078cb56ea89a104e5a0c0e50b3aa1618e48c486c8af005ae015143\\raw\\pages\\00256-133bb7f173aeed26f074.webp","width":1170,"height":1680,"segments":[{"text":"232","box":{"x":144,"y":154,"width":59,"height":18}},{"text":"HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY IN INDIA","box":{"x":369,"y":163,"width":476,"height":20}},{"text":"we are Hindus, we cannot help admiring the superior and exalted","box":{"x":145,"y":209,"width":918,"height":35}},{"text":"ethics which Christ brings to us. You cannot deny it, you cannot","box":{"x":148,"y":236,"width":914,"height":35}},{"text":"set it aside. It is from God The divinity of Jesus-yes, that is","box":{"x":151,"y":264,"width":907,"height":35}},{"text":"the great subject on which I desire to discourse. Christ is a good","box":{"x":151,"y":293,"width":910,"height":34}},{"text":"man, a great man, we have learnt to love, honour and esteem.","box":{"x":145,"y":323,"width":911,"height":31}},{"text":"Christ as a moral teacher of the highest order we are at this moment","box":{"x":145,"y":350,"width":915,"height":29}},{"text":"ready to enshrine in our hearts...","box":{"x":148,"y":376,"width":452,"height":28}},{"text":"It appears to me that Christ held earnestly and consistantly","box":{"x":192,"y":439,"width":866,"height":34}},{"text":"what I should, in the absence of a better expression, call the doctrine","box":{"x":138,"y":465,"width":919,"height":35}},{"text":"of divine humanity... From his very early life he seized this great","box":{"x":143,"y":492,"width":915,"height":35}},{"text":"and philosophical idea of divine humanity, and throughout his","box":{"x":145,"y":520,"width":911,"height":34}},{"text":"career he carried it out, with wonderful logical consistency, in all its","box":{"x":144,"y":549,"width":912,"height":34}},{"text":"bearings, speculative and practical...","box":{"x":144,"y":574,"width":505,"height":34}},{"text":"126. KESHUB CHUNDER SEN'S RITE OF","box":{"x":281,"y":670,"width":634,"height":24}},{"text":"HOLY COMMUNION (1881 A.D.)","box":{"x":354,"y":697,"width":490,"height":29}},{"text":"Keshub Chunder Sen adopted modes of worship from several","box":{"x":227,"y":755,"width":777,"height":28}},{"text":"religions in his religion, which he called the New Dispensation'.","box":{"x":192,"y":781,"width":812,"height":29}},{"text":"His first celebration of Holy Communion was reported by an eye","box":{"x":186,"y":806,"width":820,"height":27}},{"text":"witness on 6th March 1881. Cited in J. Richter, A History of Chris-","box":{"x":183,"y":832,"width":823,"height":27}},{"text":"tian Missions in India, pp. 374-375.","box":{"x":186,"y":855,"width":410,"height":27}},{"text":"The Hindu apostles of Christ, as they call themselves, assembled","box":{"x":180,"y":921,"width":871,"height":32}},{"text":"after prayer in a refectory, and seated themselves upon the bare","box":{"x":137,"y":948,"width":914,"height":32}},{"text":"floor, their legs folded beneath them. Rice was then brought in","box":{"x":138,"y":975,"width":914,"height":34}},{"text":"on a silver trencher, and water in a small jug. The officiating","box":{"x":138,"y":1002,"width":912,"height":35}},{"text":"priest read the dedicatory words from Luke 22, and then prayed:","box":{"x":136,"y":1030,"width":914,"height":34}},{"text":"O Holy Spirit, touch this rice and this water and change their","box":{"x":151,"y":1057,"width":900,"height":34}},{"text":"coarse substance into sanctifying spiritual forces, in order that,","box":{"x":137,"y":1086,"width":911,"height":35}},{"text":"as we eat, we may assimilate them in our bodies just as the flesh","box":{"x":137,"y":1113,"width":912,"height":34}},{"text":"and blood of all saints is assimilated in Jesus Christ. Satisfy the","box":{"x":136,"y":1141,"width":914,"height":34}},{"text":"hunger and thirst of our souls with the rice and water placed before","box":{"x":131,"y":1169,"width":915,"height":34}},{"text":"us by Thee. Make us strong through the power of Christ, and","box":{"x":131,"y":1197,"width":917,"height":34}},{"text":"nourish us with holy living. After the rice and the water had been","box":{"x":131,"y":1225,"width":917,"height":32}},{"text":"consecrated, they were handed round to those present in small","box":{"x":130,"y":1252,"width":918,"height":34}},{"text":"portions. They ate and drank solemnly and praised God, the God","box":{"x":129,"y":1282,"width":919,"height":32}},{"text":"of the prophets and the saints.","box":{"x":127,"y":1305,"width":421,"height":35}}]}}}