{"pages":{"298":{"imagePath":"H:\\web_projects\\corpus-web\\electron-app\\data\\5e07978430078cb56ea89a104e5a0c0e50b3aa1618e48c486c8af005ae015143\\raw\\pages\\00322-cf9022e7b38840f8f6a9.webp","width":1170,"height":1680,"segments":[{"text":"298","box":{"x":97,"y":168,"width":56,"height":18}},{"text":"HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY IN INDIA","box":{"x":320,"y":174,"width":484,"height":20}},{"text":"in 1903, a committee of representatives of the London and Madras","box":{"x":99,"y":221,"width":921,"height":31}},{"text":"Missions was constituted. In little over a year it had a scheme","box":{"x":99,"y":248,"width":921,"height":34}},{"text":"ready which was received with general favour. 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As far back as 1902 informal colloquies had taken place with","box":{"x":92,"y":530,"width":924,"height":34}},{"text":"a view to bringing into one the Churches of the London and Madura","box":{"x":95,"y":558,"width":921,"height":29}},{"text":"Missions on the one hand, and the South Indian Presbyterians on","box":{"x":91,"y":585,"width":924,"height":34}},{"text":"the other. It was found that each side would have to give up","box":{"x":94,"y":614,"width":921,"height":34}},{"text":"something. The Presbyterians would have to be content with a","box":{"x":96,"y":641,"width":919,"height":29}},{"text":"simpler, and, to some minds at least, less adequate expression of","box":{"x":94,"y":669,"width":922,"height":34}},{"text":"their faith, and to a less centralised form of government. 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The Presbyterian","box":{"x":91,"y":921,"width":922,"height":35}},{"text":"Assembly, though reluctant to part with its Southern Synod,","box":{"x":85,"y":948,"width":928,"height":35}},{"text":"became convinced that the latter was taking the right course; and","box":{"x":89,"y":976,"width":925,"height":35}},{"text":"as the time for such a union for all India had obviously not come,","box":{"x":89,"y":1004,"width":922,"height":34}},{"text":"it resolved to let the Southern Church lead the way, and accord-","box":{"x":94,"y":1032,"width":919,"height":35}},{"text":"ingly handed over its Synod to be an integral part of the new","box":{"x":94,"y":1060,"width":918,"height":34}},{"text":"Church.","box":{"x":85,"y":1087,"width":118,"height":22}},{"text":"146., REPORT OF THE UNION COMMITTEE","box":{"x":193,"y":1179,"width":715,"height":24}},{"text":"OF THE S.I.U.C. (1909 A.D.)","box":{"x":334,"y":1211,"width":437,"height":31}},{"text":"This report of the Committee on Union was presented to the","box":{"x":176,"y":1270,"width":785,"height":29}},{"text":"Second General Assembly of the South India United Church, held","box":{"x":138,"y":1296,"width":823,"height":27}},{"text":"at Trivandrum in December, 1909. The Committee consisted of","box":{"x":140,"y":1321,"width":826,"height":28}},{"text":"J. P. Cotelingam, I. H. Hacker and J. H. Maclean. It reveals the","box":{"x":138,"y":1347,"width":824,"height":27}},{"text":"continuing interest in wider church union in relation to both South","box":{"x":134,"y":1372,"width":829,"height":27}},{"text":"India/Sri Lanka and the nation as a whole. 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It seems to have been","box":{"x":104,"y":484,"width":918,"height":25}},{"text":"taken for granted that there was no Church in South India with","box":{"x":102,"y":512,"width":915,"height":27}},{"text":"which there was any immediate probability of such union. Two","box":{"x":99,"y":539,"width":918,"height":31}},{"text":"circumstances, however, had led the Committee to believe that the","box":{"x":99,"y":567,"width":921,"height":28}},{"text":"limits of the movement for organic union have not been reached;","box":{"x":104,"y":593,"width":914,"height":31}},{"text":"these circumstances are (1) the receipt of a letter just after the","box":{"x":99,"y":622,"width":918,"height":31}},{"text":"rising of the Assembly from the Rev. J. Hermelink, then Chairman","box":{"x":102,"y":648,"width":915,"height":32}},{"text":"of the Basel German Mission (see the appendix to report of","box":{"x":101,"y":676,"width":919,"height":35}},{"text":"Assembly), and (2) the receipt by the President of the Assembly","box":{"x":97,"y":706,"width":922,"height":31}},{"text":"of a communication from the Director of the Sri Lanka and India","box":{"x":98,"y":735,"width":922,"height":25}},{"text":"General Mission. The Committee accordingly asks the Assembly","box":{"x":97,"y":761,"width":921,"height":31}},{"text":"to take into account in re-appointing the Union Committee the","box":{"x":101,"y":790,"width":915,"height":31}},{"text":"possibility of further organic union with these or other bodies","box":{"x":98,"y":819,"width":843,"height":28}},{"text":"We hereby resolve to recommend to the several bodies we re-","box":{"x":141,"y":885,"width":879,"height":28}},{"text":"present the formation of a federation and to present the following","box":{"x":95,"y":911,"width":922,"height":31}},{"text":"plan for their consideration :-","box":{"x":94,"y":941,"width":434,"height":27}},{"text":"1. The name of the organisation formed by the Churches","box":{"x":174,"y":995,"width":841,"height":31}},{"text":"and Societies joining in federal union shall be 'The Federation","box":{"x":102,"y":1023,"width":914,"height":31}},{"text":"of Christian Churches in India.'","box":{"x":99,"y":1053,"width":432,"height":24}},{"text":"2. All Churches and Societies that believe in God through","box":{"x":175,"y":1109,"width":840,"height":28}},{"text":"Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord and Saviour, and that accept","box":{"x":99,"y":1138,"width":914,"height":29}},{"text":"the Word of God as contained in the Scriptures of the Old and","box":{"x":98,"y":1163,"width":917,"height":32}},{"text":"New Testament as the supreme rule of faith and practice, and","box":{"x":97,"y":1191,"width":918,"height":32}},{"text":"whose teaching in regard to God, sin, and salvation is in general","box":{"x":94,"y":1219,"width":922,"height":31}},{"text":"agreement with the great body of Christian faith, shall be eligible","box":{"x":99,"y":1247,"width":914,"height":32}},{"text":"for fellowship in the Federation.","box":{"x":98,"y":1277,"width":439,"height":29}},{"text":"3. 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The object of this Federation shall be to attain a more","box":{"x":242,"y":210,"width":838,"height":31}},{"text":"perfect manifestation of the unity of His disciples for which the","box":{"x":165,"y":238,"width":918,"height":34}},{"text":"Redeemer prayed, by fostering and encouraging the sentiment and","box":{"x":161,"y":265,"width":921,"height":34}},{"text":"practice of union, by organising union effort wherever and whenever","box":{"x":164,"y":293,"width":918,"height":32}},{"text":"possible, by making the welfare of all the Churches in the","box":{"x":164,"y":321,"width":917,"height":34}},{"text":"Federation an object of vital interest and concern to all, by streng-","box":{"x":162,"y":350,"width":918,"height":34}},{"text":"thening throughout the entire brotherhood the sense of a common","box":{"x":166,"y":379,"width":917,"height":32}},{"text":"life and heritage; and in general to seek through all such effort","box":{"x":166,"y":406,"width":912,"height":34}},{"text":"to hasten the establishment of the Kingdom of God in India.","box":{"x":166,"y":433,"width":852,"height":35}},{"text":"5. 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Meetings shall be held once in three","box":{"x":159,"y":1049,"width":917,"height":31}},{"text":"years or as often as the Council itself shall determine, or when","box":{"x":160,"y":1075,"width":918,"height":35}},{"text":"termine,","box":{"x":833,"y":1091,"width":125,"height":25}},{"text":"called for by not less than three Federal Councils to deal with urgent","box":{"x":158,"y":1103,"width":918,"height":35}},{"text":"matters.","box":{"x":157,"y":1135,"width":113,"height":18}},{"text":"These Councils, whether Provincial or National, shall have","box":{"x":204,"y":1188,"width":872,"height":32}},{"text":"only consulative and advisory powers except where additional","box":{"x":158,"y":1215,"width":917,"height":34}},{"text":"powers may be delegated to them by the bodies they represent.","box":{"x":157,"y":1243,"width":854,"height":35}},{"text":"By means of reports from the Provincial Councils the National","box":{"x":199,"y":1302,"width":875,"height":29}},{"text":"Council shall keep in touch with the life and work of the Churches,","box":{"x":151,"y":1327,"width":921,"height":34}},{"text":"and by means of sub-committees it shall have power in the intervals","box":{"x":155,"y":1356,"width":918,"height":34}},{"text":"of meetings to prosecute the work of the Federation and further","box":{"x":154,"y":1384,"width":919,"height":31}},{"text":"its interests. 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