{"pages":{"246":{"imagePath":"H:\\web_projects\\corpus-web\\electron-app\\data\\5e07978430078cb56ea89a104e5a0c0e50b3aa1618e48c486c8af005ae015143\\raw\\pages\\00270-109ec8fde50587e623c0.webp","width":1170,"height":1680,"segments":[{"text":"246","box":{"x":122,"y":147,"width":57,"height":18}},{"text":"HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY IN INDIA","box":{"x":348,"y":153,"width":476,"height":20}},{"text":"adjustments in favour of the Padroado were made, its territory was now","box":{"x":125,"y":200,"width":917,"height":28}},{"text":"effectively limited to the Portuguese territory of Goa, North Canara and the","box":{"x":122,"y":225,"width":921,"height":29}},{"text":"coastal areas to the north, excluding Bombay; two small strips of territory on","box":{"x":123,"y":251,"width":918,"height":28}},{"text":"the Kerala coast, Cochin and an area near Cape Comorin; the territory","box":{"x":122,"y":274,"width":921,"height":28}},{"text":"immediately surrounding Mylapore, some of Tanjore, fourteen churches in","box":{"x":125,"y":300,"width":919,"height":29}},{"text":"the Vicariate of Madura, and eight churches in Bengal. The Syro-Malabar","box":{"x":122,"y":328,"width":918,"height":25}},{"text":"Christians were also separated from the Padroado.)","box":{"x":119,"y":353,"width":620,"height":24}},{"text":"130. PANDITA RAMABAI'S PROPOSALS ON BEHALF OF","box":{"x":119,"y":473,"width":921,"height":22}},{"text":"HIGH-CASTE WIDOWS (1887 A.D.)","box":{"x":313,"y":507,"width":532,"height":27}},{"text":"Pandita Ramabai, a Brahmin convert to Christianity, became","box":{"x":210,"y":566,"width":781,"height":25}},{"text":"famous for her work on behalf of the women of India. The book","box":{"x":172,"y":591,"width":819,"height":24}},{"text":"from which the following extract is taken was written while she was","box":{"x":172,"y":616,"width":819,"height":24}},{"text":"visiting America four years after having become a Christian. It led","box":{"x":171,"y":640,"width":820,"height":24}},{"text":"to the formation of the Ramabai Association and launched her on","box":{"x":172,"y":665,"width":819,"height":21}},{"text":"her life work. Ramabai, The High-Caste Hindu Woman, pp. 113-119.","box":{"x":169,"y":689,"width":819,"height":28}},{"text":"Is there then no way of helping and educating these high-caste","box":{"x":164,"y":749,"width":875,"height":32}},{"text":"widows? Can none of these obstacles be removed from her path?","box":{"x":115,"y":777,"width":925,"height":31}},{"text":"Yes! They can be removed, and the course which in my judgement","box":{"x":115,"y":804,"width":921,"height":31}},{"text":"can most advantageously be taken in order to succor the widows","box":{"x":119,"y":833,"width":917,"height":29}},{"text":"and the women of India in general, may be stated as follows :-","box":{"x":120,"y":858,"width":857,"height":32}},{"text":"1. Houses should be opened for the young and high-caste","box":{"x":199,"y":915,"width":837,"height":32}},{"text":"child-widows where they can take shelter without the fear of losing","box":{"x":119,"y":943,"width":917,"height":32}},{"text":"their caste, or of being disturbed in their religious belief and where","box":{"x":120,"y":970,"width":912,"height":31}},{"text":"they may have entire freedom of action as relates to caste-rules,","box":{"x":119,"y":1000,"width":912,"height":31}},{"text":"such as cooking of food, etc., provided they do not violate the rules","box":{"x":119,"y":1028,"width":914,"height":31}},{"text":"or disturb the peace of the house wherein they have taken up their","box":{"x":116,"y":1054,"width":917,"height":32}},{"text":"abode.","box":{"x":119,"y":1084,"width":97,"height":22}},{"text":"2. In order to help them make an honourable and indepen-","box":{"x":193,"y":1138,"width":837,"height":31}},{"text":"dent living, they should be taught in these houses to be teachers,","box":{"x":116,"y":1165,"width":914,"height":31}},{"text":"governesses, nurses and house keepers, and should become skilled","box":{"x":113,"y":1194,"width":918,"height":29}},{"text":"in other forms of hand-works, according to their taste and capacity.","box":{"x":116,"y":1222,"width":915,"height":31}},{"text":"3. These houses should be under the superintendence and","box":{"x":193,"y":1277,"width":837,"height":32}},{"text":"management of influential Hindu ladies and gentlemen, who","box":{"x":112,"y":1305,"width":918,"height":36}},{"text":"should be pledged to make each a happy home and an instructive","box":{"x":115,"y":1333,"width":912,"height":31}},{"text":"institution for those who seek its opportunities.","box":{"x":115,"y":1359,"width":654,"height":32}},{"text":"4. The services of well-qualified American ladies as assistants","box":{"x":188,"y":1417,"width":840,"height":29}},{"text":"and teachers should be secured in order to afford the occupants of","box":{"x":112,"y":1443,"width":918,"height":32}},{"text":"the houses the combined advantage of Eastern and Western civili-","box":{"x":113,"y":1471,"width":914,"height":29}},{"text":"zation and education.","box":{"x":113,"y":1499,"width":295,"height":27}}]},"247":{"imagePath":"H:\\web_projects\\corpus-web\\electron-app\\data\\5e07978430078cb56ea89a104e5a0c0e50b3aa1618e48c486c8af005ae015143\\raw\\pages\\00271-f602686379e525e46c33.webp","width":1170,"height":1680,"segments":[{"text":"SOURCE MATERIALS","box":{"x":451,"y":155,"width":251,"height":20}},{"text":"247","box":{"x":985,"y":154,"width":57,"height":18}},{"text":"5. Libraries containing the best books on history, science,","box":{"x":193,"y":204,"width":847,"height":32}},{"text":"art, religion and other departments of literature should be estab-","box":{"x":118,"y":233,"width":924,"height":32}},{"text":"lished in these houses for the benefit of their inmates, and of other","box":{"x":119,"y":261,"width":921,"height":31}},{"text":"women in their vicinity who may wish to read. Lectureships","box":{"x":115,"y":288,"width":924,"height":32}},{"text":"should also be established in the library, and the lectures should be","box":{"x":119,"y":316,"width":919,"height":31}},{"text":"engaged with the distinct understanding that they do not speak","box":{"x":118,"y":345,"width":922,"height":32}},{"text":"irreverently of any religion or sacred custom while lecturing in that","box":{"x":119,"y":373,"width":921,"height":32}},{"text":"house or library; the lecturers should embrace in their topics,","box":{"x":118,"y":400,"width":922,"height":34}},{"text":"hygiene, geography, elementary science, foreign travel, etc., and","box":{"x":118,"y":428,"width":924,"height":35}},{"text":"the lectures should be designed primarily to open the eyes and ears","box":{"x":118,"y":453,"width":922,"height":35}},{"text":"of those who long have dwelt in the prison-house of ignorance,","box":{"x":120,"y":484,"width":917,"height":32}},{"text":"knowing literally nothing of God's beautiful world.","box":{"x":118,"y":513,"width":703,"height":31}},{"text":"It is my intention after my return home (which I trust may be","box":{"x":165,"y":557,"width":875,"height":31}},{"text":"within a year from this time) to establish at least one such insti-","box":{"x":116,"y":585,"width":921,"height":34}},{"text":"tution. I am fully aware of the great responsibility the trial-and","box":{"x":118,"y":612,"width":919,"height":34}},{"text":"it may be the failure-will involve; but as some one must make a","box":{"x":122,"y":642,"width":917,"height":31}},{"text":"beginning, I am resolved to try trusting that God, who knows the","box":{"x":118,"y":668,"width":919,"height":32}},{"text":"need of my country-women, will raise up able workers to forward","box":{"x":120,"y":695,"width":918,"height":34}},{"text":"this cause, whether I succeed in it or not. The great majority of","box":{"x":122,"y":725,"width":919,"height":32}},{"text":"my country-people being most bitterly opposed to the education","box":{"x":118,"y":752,"width":922,"height":35}},{"text":"of women, there is little hope of my getting from them either good","box":{"x":120,"y":780,"width":917,"height":32}},{"text":"words or pecuniary aid.","box":{"x":118,"y":810,"width":329,"height":34}},{"text":"For the present it is useless to reason with high-caste Hindu","box":{"x":168,"y":850,"width":868,"height":36}},{"text":"gentlemen concerning this matter; they only ridicule the proposal","box":{"x":119,"y":880,"width":918,"height":35}},{"text":"or silently ignore it. There are some among them who would","box":{"x":123,"y":909,"width":918,"height":34}},{"text":"certainly approve and would help to carry ry the idea into effect, but","box":{"x":122,"y":939,"width":917,"height":32}},{"text":"they must first realize its advantages and see its good results. One","box":{"x":119,"y":964,"width":921,"height":35}},{"text":"must have the power of performing miracles to induce this class of","box":{"x":120,"y":992,"width":922,"height":35}},{"text":"men to receive the gospel of society's well-being through the eleva-","box":{"x":120,"y":1021,"width":918,"height":34}},{"text":"tion of women. Such a miracle, I have faith to believe will be","box":{"x":123,"y":1048,"width":917,"height":32}},{"text":"performed in India before the end of the next ten years, and if this","box":{"x":120,"y":1076,"width":917,"height":35}},{"text":"be true, the enterprise will prove self-supporting after that period","box":{"x":123,"y":1104,"width":918,"height":34}},{"text":"with only native aid. There is even now a handful of Hindus","box":{"x":119,"y":1133,"width":921,"height":32}},{"text":"entertaining progressive ideas who are doing all they can to reform","box":{"x":123,"y":1162,"width":918,"height":32}},{"text":"the religious and social customs of Hindustan, and who will, without","box":{"x":123,"y":1189,"width":917,"height":35}},{"text":"doubt support my work from the beginning; but they have little with","box":{"x":122,"y":1216,"width":919,"height":34}},{"text":"which to forward the cause except their personal services.","box":{"x":119,"y":1245,"width":787,"height":34}},{"text":"An institution of the kind indicated, where the pupils may be","box":{"x":167,"y":1288,"width":876,"height":35}},{"text":"supported and the foreign teachers liberally paid for their services,","box":{"x":127,"y":1318,"width":917,"height":36}},{"text":"cannot be founded and afterwards kept in a flourishing condition","box":{"x":125,"y":1345,"width":919,"height":32}},{"text":"without money. Therefore I invite all good women and men of","box":{"x":125,"y":1371,"width":922,"height":38}},{"text":"the United States to give me their help liberally in whatever way","box":{"x":126,"y":1402,"width":918,"height":34}},{"text":"they may be able for a period of about ten years; it is my solemn","box":{"x":129,"y":1431,"width":914,"height":34}},{"text":"belief that it is the most sacred duty of those who dwell in this","box":{"x":126,"y":1456,"width":917,"height":34}},{"text":"highly favoured land to bestow freely talents of whatever kind","box":{"x":126,"y":1487,"width":917,"height":32}},{"text":"they may possess to help forward this educational movement.","box":{"x":125,"y":1514,"width":917,"height":34}}]}}}