{"pages":{"102":{"imagePath":"H:\\web_projects\\corpus-web\\electron-app\\data\\5e07978430078cb56ea89a104e5a0c0e50b3aa1618e48c486c8af005ae015143\\raw\\pages\\00126-6bb60cb437cc890eb3cc.webp","width":1170,"height":1680,"segments":[{"text":"102","box":{"x":130,"y":148,"width":52,"height":18}},{"text":"HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY IN INDIA","box":{"x":351,"y":153,"width":467,"height":20}},{"text":"Syrians. After his death, however, and the death of those who","box":{"x":133,"y":200,"width":900,"height":29}},{"text":"had followed him, everybody reverted to the ancient habits.","box":{"x":126,"y":228,"width":819,"height":31}},{"text":"On Tuesday, 23rd April, 1751, the Maphryan Basil, the Metro-","box":{"x":176,"y":279,"width":857,"height":32}},{"text":"politan Gregory and the Chorepiscopus George came to us; and","box":{"x":129,"y":305,"width":905,"height":34}},{"text":"Mar Basil ordained John the great (or the elder) bishop. May","box":{"x":127,"y":335,"width":907,"height":34}},{"text":"their prayer be a rampart to us! In the year 1595 a Synod was held","box":{"x":129,"y":363,"width":905,"height":35}},{"text":"in the church of Autin Firur; its heads were bishop Alesos","box":{"x":130,"y":392,"width":903,"height":32}},{"text":"(Alexis), priest Franciscus, called the expert, priest Androscon,","box":{"x":129,"y":419,"width":905,"height":34}},{"text":"priest Jacob of the church of Palluruti in Malabar, and Arch-","box":{"x":130,"y":445,"width":900,"height":32}},{"text":"deacon George, the Governor of the holy churches in Malabar.","box":{"x":127,"y":476,"width":847,"height":31}},{"text":"79. 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The letter, probably trans-","box":{"x":175,"y":749,"width":808,"height":27}},{"text":"lated from the Bengali original by the Serampore missionaries, was","box":{"x":181,"y":773,"width":802,"height":27}},{"text":"published in the Baptist Missionary Society's Periodical Accounts,","box":{"x":178,"y":798,"width":805,"height":25}},{"text":"1822. Cited in R. D. Paul, Changed Lives, pp. 8-11.","box":{"x":181,"y":823,"width":605,"height":25}},{"text":"My dear Friend in Lord Jesus,","box":{"x":130,"y":886,"width":418,"height":29}},{"text":"I have not the pleasure of knowing you in the flesh but if I remain","box":{"x":161,"y":935,"width":869,"height":31}},{"text":"steadfast in the Lord Jesus Christ, I hope to meet you in the world","box":{"x":133,"y":965,"width":898,"height":31}},{"text":"to come. I have received the letter you sent me and bless God","box":{"x":132,"y":993,"width":900,"height":29}},{"text":"that though personally strangers we are united in spirit.","box":{"x":132,"y":1021,"width":746,"height":29}},{"text":"Before I embraced Christianity, I worshipped my brahmin and","box":{"x":174,"y":1069,"width":858,"height":34}},{"text":"guru. When he visited me, I washed his feet; and with the hope","box":{"x":127,"y":1097,"width":900,"height":32}},{"text":"of obtaining the divine favour, sprinkled my head and breast with","box":{"x":130,"y":1123,"width":898,"height":39}},{"text":"the water. This relieved me from the devotions of the day, because","box":{"x":129,"y":1151,"width":898,"height":34}},{"text":"there is no occasion for worship the day the presence of the guru","box":{"x":130,"y":1179,"width":896,"height":32}},{"text":"can be enjoyed. 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Thus I spent","box":{"x":120,"y":1376,"width":900,"height":34}},{"text":"sixteen years of my life, after which God in his great mercy sent his","box":{"x":122,"y":1404,"width":898,"height":34}},{"text":"Gospel to India.","box":{"x":116,"y":1432,"width":230,"height":28}},{"text":"One day, on my way to the market, I met Dr. Thomas, Mr. Ward","box":{"x":167,"y":1482,"width":852,"height":32}},{"text":"and Mr. Brundsdon, who had gone out to the bazaar to preach.","box":{"x":119,"y":1508,"width":898,"height":34}}]},"103":{"imagePath":"H:\\web_projects\\corpus-web\\electron-app\\data\\5e07978430078cb56ea89a104e5a0c0e50b3aa1618e48c486c8af005ae015143\\raw\\pages\\00127-0525271510321ad99bec.webp","width":1170,"height":1680,"segments":[{"text":"SOURCE MATERIALS","box":{"x":460,"y":150,"width":248,"height":18}},{"text":"103","box":{"x":985,"y":146,"width":52,"height":22}},{"text":"Dr. Thomas called me and said, 'O Bengali brother, where is the","box":{"x":127,"y":200,"width":910,"height":32}},{"text":"school of the brahmins?' I answered, At Bullubpoor.' He","box":{"x":130,"y":227,"width":904,"height":32}},{"text":"inquired whether he could visit it, and return in an hour. I said,","box":{"x":134,"y":255,"width":898,"height":34}},{"text":"No; on which he told me he was going to proclaim glad tidings","box":{"x":130,"y":283,"width":903,"height":34}},{"text":"and asked me to attend, to which I consented. He then declared","box":{"x":132,"y":312,"width":905,"height":31}},{"text":"to me the tidings of salvation through the death of Christ; and said,","box":{"x":130,"y":339,"width":904,"height":32}},{"text":"that those who believed in his death, would be saved from sin, as","box":{"x":129,"y":368,"width":905,"height":31}},{"text":"he offered his life a sacrifice for sinners, because the great sins of","box":{"x":127,"y":396,"width":912,"height":31}},{"text":"mankind required so amazing a sacrifice. On that day the Lord","box":{"x":125,"y":423,"width":911,"height":34}},{"text":"was gracious to me. I considered that neither in the Shastras,","box":{"x":126,"y":451,"width":907,"height":31}},{"text":"nor among the Ghosepara disciples was sin prohibited.","box":{"x":129,"y":479,"width":767,"height":32}},{"text":"Day after day I examined the question with anxiety among my","box":{"x":168,"y":525,"width":868,"height":34}},{"text":"friends and relations and began to seek an acquaintance with the","box":{"x":129,"y":554,"width":905,"height":29}},{"text":"missionaries. A circumstance soon after happened, in which","box":{"x":129,"y":581,"width":904,"height":31}},{"text":"I have to acknowledge the rich mercies of the Lord. As I was","box":{"x":127,"y":609,"width":904,"height":29}},{"text":"walking toward my tank, my foot slipped and I dislocated my right","box":{"x":122,"y":637,"width":912,"height":32}},{"text":"shoulder-bone. While I was suffering under this affliction, a","box":{"x":126,"y":665,"width":908,"height":31}},{"text":"relative told me there was a surgeon at the mission house and","box":{"x":129,"y":693,"width":904,"height":32}},{"text":"requested me to call on him or entreat him to visit me. I immedi-","box":{"x":129,"y":719,"width":904,"height":36}},{"text":"ately sent my daughter and the child of a friend to beg his assistance.","box":{"x":126,"y":748,"width":905,"height":31}},{"text":"The missionaries were then sitting down to breakfast; the doctor","box":{"x":126,"y":777,"width":907,"height":28}},{"text":"seeing the two children, inquired their errand. My daughter","box":{"x":129,"y":805,"width":904,"height":31}},{"text":"answered, 'My father has broken his arm and is in great torment;","box":{"x":129,"y":832,"width":904,"height":32}},{"text":"will you come and see him? 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On my recovery, I continued to visit the mission family,","box":{"x":125,"y":1084,"width":905,"height":31}},{"text":"where Mr. Ward and Mr. F. Carey used to read and expound the","box":{"x":122,"y":1113,"width":910,"height":29}},{"text":"Scriptures to me.","box":{"x":125,"y":1144,"width":231,"height":25}},{"text":"Dr. Thomas one day asked me whether I understood Mr. Wards'","box":{"x":165,"y":1186,"width":862,"height":28}},{"text":"instruction. I said I understood that the Lord Jesus Christ gave","box":{"x":127,"y":1214,"width":903,"height":31}},{"text":"his life up for the salvation of sinners; and that I believed it, and","box":{"x":123,"y":1242,"width":905,"height":31}},{"text":"so did Gokool, my friend. He then said, 'Now I can call you","box":{"x":125,"y":1270,"width":904,"height":31}},{"text":"my brother; let us eat together. The table was then laid out","box":{"x":125,"y":1296,"width":908,"height":31}},{"text":"for tiffin and Gokool and I sat down to eat, for the first time,","box":{"x":126,"y":1326,"width":904,"height":31}},{"text":"with the missionaries. This circumstance was quickly noised","box":{"x":123,"y":1354,"width":910,"height":32}},{"text":"abroad through the town by means of the servants; in consequence","box":{"x":125,"y":1383,"width":908,"height":29}},{"text":"of which, we were illtreated by the populace on our return home","box":{"x":125,"y":1408,"width":905,"height":32}},{"text":"and abused as feringees.","box":{"x":125,"y":1438,"width":325,"height":29}},{"text":"Soon after, my connexions came and carried away my eldest","box":{"x":168,"y":1481,"width":864,"height":35}},{"text":"daughter. 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