{"pages":{"72":{"imagePath":"H:\\web_projects\\corpus-web\\electron-app\\data\\5e07978430078cb56ea89a104e5a0c0e50b3aa1618e48c486c8af005ae015143\\raw\\pages\\00096-cbf7b7e0df3a9514521d.webp","width":1170,"height":1680,"segments":[{"text":"72","box":{"x":160,"y":151,"width":39,"height":18}},{"text":"HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY IN INDIA","box":{"x":379,"y":158,"width":469,"height":18}},{"text":"At another place I preached from Christ being a blessing, sent","box":{"x":197,"y":205,"width":862,"height":34}},{"text":"to bless in turning every one from his iniquities. I observed the","box":{"x":162,"y":231,"width":898,"height":35}},{"text":"superiority of the gospel to all other writings, and Christ to all","box":{"x":160,"y":260,"width":903,"height":35}},{"text":"pretended saviours in that point; that believing on Christ was","box":{"x":158,"y":288,"width":901,"height":34}},{"text":"universally accompanied with turning from iniquity; and that","box":{"x":158,"y":314,"width":903,"height":38}},{"text":"their worship must be false, for they made images and offerings","box":{"x":160,"y":342,"width":900,"height":38}},{"text":"to them, and were abundant in their worship, but, said I, there is","box":{"x":160,"y":372,"width":901,"height":36}},{"text":"not a man of you yet turned from his iniquity. There are among","box":{"x":160,"y":401,"width":901,"height":34}},{"text":"you liars, thieves, whoremongers, and men filled with deceit. And","box":{"x":158,"y":428,"width":904,"height":35}},{"text":"as you were last year so you are this, not any more holy nor can","box":{"x":160,"y":456,"width":901,"height":35}},{"text":"you ever be so, till you throw off your wicked worship and wicked","box":{"x":157,"y":484,"width":904,"height":34}},{"text":"practices, and embrace the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. This","box":{"x":155,"y":512,"width":903,"height":32}},{"text":"is the method of preaching I use among them; nothing of this kind","box":{"x":158,"y":538,"width":901,"height":34}},{"text":"affronts them; many wish to hear; many, however, abhor the","box":{"x":157,"y":567,"width":904,"height":35}},{"text":"thoughts of the gospel. The Brahmins fear to lose their gain;","box":{"x":157,"y":593,"width":898,"height":35}},{"text":"the higher castes, their honour; and the poor tremble at the","box":{"x":155,"y":622,"width":903,"height":34}},{"text":"vengeance of their debtas. Thus we have been successful,","box":{"x":157,"y":651,"width":795,"height":29}},{"text":"61. CAREY ON WITNESSING A SATI (1799 A.D.)","box":{"x":231,"y":738,"width":753,"height":32}},{"text":"Carey played an important role in having the practice of sati","box":{"x":245,"y":797,"width":763,"height":27}},{"text":"(widow-burning) abolished. In an entry dated 1 April 1799, he","box":{"x":201,"y":820,"width":808,"height":32}},{"text":"describes in his diary the first time he witnessed this practice. Cited","box":{"x":204,"y":846,"width":805,"height":31}},{"text":"in George Smith, The Life of William Carey, pp. 94-95.","box":{"x":209,"y":873,"width":670,"height":28}},{"text":"As I was returning from Calcutta I saw the Sahamaranam, or,","box":{"x":196,"y":929,"width":857,"height":36}},{"text":"a woman burning herself with the corpse of her husband, for the","box":{"x":155,"y":956,"width":898,"height":34}},{"text":"first time in my life. We were near the village of Noya Serai,","box":{"x":154,"y":984,"width":900,"height":35}},{"text":"Niaverai. Being evening, we got out of the boat to walk, when","box":{"x":150,"y":1011,"width":905,"height":36}},{"text":"we saw a number of people assembled on the river-side. I asked","box":{"x":150,"y":1041,"width":904,"height":32}},{"text":"them what they were met for, and they told me to burn the body","box":{"x":150,"y":1067,"width":904,"height":35}},{"text":"of a dead man. I inquired if his wife would die with him; they","box":{"x":151,"y":1094,"width":903,"height":36}},{"text":"answered Yes, and pointed to the woman. She was standing by","box":{"x":152,"y":1123,"width":900,"height":35}},{"text":"the pile, which was made of large billets of wood, about two and a","box":{"x":152,"y":1150,"width":903,"height":34}},{"text":"half feet high, four feet long, and two wide, on the top of which","box":{"x":150,"y":1178,"width":903,"height":36}},{"text":"lay the dead body of her husband. Her nearest relation stood by","box":{"x":152,"y":1207,"width":900,"height":35}},{"text":"her, and near her was a small basket of sweet meat called Thioy.","box":{"x":148,"y":1234,"width":901,"height":38}},{"text":"I asked them if this was the woman's choice, or if she were brought","box":{"x":152,"y":1263,"width":897,"height":35}},{"text":"to it by any improper influence? They answered that it was per-","box":{"x":150,"y":1291,"width":900,"height":36}},{"text":"fectly voluntary. I talked till reasoning was of no use, and then","box":{"x":152,"y":1319,"width":900,"height":34}},{"text":"began to exclaim with all my might against what they were doing,","box":{"x":150,"y":1346,"width":900,"height":35}},{"text":"telling them that it was a shocking murder. They told me it was a","box":{"x":154,"y":1374,"width":897,"height":36}},{"text":"great act of holiness, and added in a very surely manner, that if I","box":{"x":150,"y":1405,"width":901,"height":34}},{"text":"did not like to see it I might go farther off, and desired me to go.","box":{"x":147,"y":1430,"width":901,"height":34}},{"text":"I told them that I would not go, that I was determined to stay and","box":{"x":154,"y":1460,"width":897,"height":35}},{"text":"see the murder, and that I should certainly bear witness of it at the","box":{"x":151,"y":1488,"width":898,"height":31}},{"text":"tribunal of God. I exhorted the woman not to throw away her","box":{"x":153,"y":1513,"width":900,"height":36}}]}}}