{"pages":{"70":{"imagePath":"H:\\web_projects\\corpus-web\\electron-app\\data\\5e07978430078cb56ea89a104e5a0c0e50b3aa1618e48c486c8af005ae015143\\raw\\pages\\00094-9925b0501d95938e3fc1.webp","width":1170,"height":1680,"segments":[{"text":"70","box":{"x":137,"y":161,"width":42,"height":17}},{"text":"HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY IN INDIA","box":{"x":360,"y":168,"width":470,"height":20}},{"text":"that we could spend more time among them. Things would then","box":{"x":140,"y":213,"width":904,"height":35}},{"text":"soon assume a more promising appearance. We preach to high","box":{"x":140,"y":244,"width":904,"height":34}},{"text":"and low, that Jesus Christ is our wisdom, our righteousness, our","box":{"x":137,"y":269,"width":905,"height":38}},{"text":"sanctification, and our redemption.'.","box":{"x":138,"y":296,"width":501,"height":34}},{"text":"The judicious manner in which Swartz treated this difficult and","box":{"x":185,"y":342,"width":858,"height":31}},{"text":"delicate point, is another proof of his wise and just conception of","box":{"x":134,"y":369,"width":911,"height":36}},{"text":"the liberal and tolerant spirit of Christianity; and the happy","box":{"x":140,"y":397,"width":901,"height":36}},{"text":"consequence of his mild and forbearing conduct was, that the","box":{"x":137,"y":426,"width":904,"height":34}},{"text":"distinctions of the caste among his converts, were gradually dis-","box":{"x":136,"y":453,"width":904,"height":36}},{"text":"appearing and would probably, in time, have been entirely forgotten.","box":{"x":138,"y":481,"width":901,"height":35}},{"text":"The rash and intolerant spirit, however, of some of his younger","box":{"x":137,"y":509,"width":904,"height":35}},{"text":"successors revived and exasperated the feelings of the native Chris-","box":{"x":137,"y":537,"width":904,"height":34}},{"text":"tians upon these painful distinctions; and at the period when the","box":{"x":136,"y":564,"width":905,"height":35}},{"text":"mission was visited by Bishop Middleton, and afterwards by Bishop","box":{"x":133,"y":592,"width":905,"height":35}},{"text":"Heber, an appeal was made to them upon this subject. Both these","box":{"x":130,"y":620,"width":910,"height":34}},{"text":"eminent prelates concurred in considering the feelings in question","box":{"x":133,"y":649,"width":908,"height":36}},{"text":"as partaking more of a civil than a religious nature, and in recom-","box":{"x":136,"y":677,"width":901,"height":36}},{"text":"mending mutual forbearance and kindness to the converts; at the","box":{"x":131,"y":703,"width":907,"height":31}},{"text":"same time enjoining on the missionaries a recurrence to the princi-","box":{"x":133,"y":730,"width":905,"height":36}},{"text":"ples and practice of their admirable predecessor, Swartz, in allow-","box":{"x":129,"y":759,"width":908,"height":35}},{"text":"ing the distinction of castes in the church to continue, provided","box":{"x":134,"y":785,"width":904,"height":36}},{"text":"that due care were taken to teach the congregations that they are all","box":{"x":134,"y":815,"width":903,"height":34}},{"text":"naturally, and in the light of Christianity, equal.","box":{"x":134,"y":841,"width":652,"height":34}},{"text":"59. 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The motion was defeated and the clause was","box":{"x":172,"y":1132,"width":810,"height":25}},{"text":"not inserted. Cited in J. Richter, A History of Christian Missions","box":{"x":176,"y":1155,"width":805,"height":28}},{"text":"in India, pp. 149-150.","box":{"x":176,"y":1181,"width":249,"height":22}},{"text":"It is the opinion of this House that it is the peculiar and bounden","box":{"x":169,"y":1222,"width":859,"height":32}},{"text":"duty of the British Legislature to promote by all just and prudent","box":{"x":122,"y":1250,"width":905,"height":34}},{"text":"means the interest and happiness of the inhabitants of the British","box":{"x":122,"y":1276,"width":903,"height":34}},{"text":"dominion in India, and that for these ends such measures ought","box":{"x":120,"y":1305,"width":904,"height":34}},{"text":"to be adopted as may gradually tend to their advancement in useful","box":{"x":122,"y":1331,"width":901,"height":36}},{"text":"knowledge and to their religious and moral improvement.","box":{"x":120,"y":1361,"width":784,"height":35}},{"text":"RESOLVED, that the court of Directors of the Company shall be","box":{"x":165,"y":1407,"width":857,"height":34}},{"text":"empowered and commissioned to nominate and send out from time","box":{"x":117,"y":1431,"width":904,"height":35}},{"text":"to time a sufficient number of skilled and suitable persons, who","box":{"x":117,"y":1460,"width":900,"height":36}},{"text":"shall attain the aforesaid object by serving as school masters,","box":{"x":116,"y":1487,"width":901,"height":38}},{"text":"missionaries, or otherwise.","box":{"x":116,"y":1515,"width":361,"height":28}}]}}}