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This language may be exaggerated; but,","box":{"x":113,"y":856,"width":914,"height":38}},{"text":"although the effect produced upon the great mass of the people","box":{"x":109,"y":882,"width":917,"height":34}},{"text":"may have been far more superficial than is here supposed, I cannot","box":{"x":111,"y":912,"width":914,"height":32}},{"text":"doubt that the fears of the priesthood have been largely excited.","box":{"x":112,"y":940,"width":912,"height":32}},{"text":"They have trembled for their offices; trembled for their gains;","box":{"x":112,"y":968,"width":912,"height":31}},{"text":"trembled for the exclusiveness, which made them sovereigns among","box":{"x":112,"y":996,"width":912,"height":31}},{"text":"the people. And we may be sure that they did their best, in a","box":{"x":113,"y":1024,"width":914,"height":34}},{"text":"conjecture of circumstances favourable in the extreme to their","box":{"x":112,"y":1051,"width":914,"height":29}},{"text":"designs, to alarm and to irritate the public mind by propagating","box":{"x":111,"y":1080,"width":914,"height":31}},{"text":"reports of the intention of the British Government forcibly to","box":{"x":112,"y":1103,"width":914,"height":35}},{"text":"convert the people to Christianity. Preposterous as is this idea of","box":{"x":109,"y":1135,"width":917,"height":32}},{"text":"forcible conversion, it has often taken possession of the minds","box":{"x":112,"y":1162,"width":911,"height":31}},{"text":"even of the more educated classes and in the astute hands of","box":{"x":111,"y":1190,"width":915,"height":28}},{"text":"Pandits and Moulavees no more formidable weapon can be","box":{"x":112,"y":1217,"width":912,"height":32}},{"text":"convinced. The delusion once propagated, the hostile chiefs","box":{"x":109,"y":1245,"width":911,"height":34}},{"text":"knew how to turn it to account; and they invariably charged their","box":{"x":108,"y":1275,"width":917,"height":28}},{"text":"proclamations with appeals to the religious feelings of the people,","box":{"x":111,"y":1302,"width":911,"height":32}},{"text":"who were incited to make common cause against the encroaching","box":{"x":106,"y":1326,"width":915,"height":34}},{"text":"Feringhee.","box":{"x":106,"y":1358,"width":148,"height":29}},{"text":"That this apprehension of the destruction of the ancient religions","box":{"x":153,"y":1414,"width":868,"height":31}},{"text":"of the people was but one of many concurrent sources of irritation","box":{"x":111,"y":1441,"width":910,"height":34}},{"text":"is certain; but it is equally certain that it was one. 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Until we have restored the national confidence in the","box":{"x":98,"y":1127,"width":908,"height":31}},{"text":"non-aggressive spirit of the British Government, all that we do will","box":{"x":95,"y":1155,"width":911,"height":35}},{"text":"be regarded with suspicion, and, perhaps, repelled with aversion.","box":{"x":98,"y":1183,"width":907,"height":35}},{"text":"I cannot think, therefore, that the present time is one either for the","box":{"x":95,"y":1210,"width":910,"height":34}},{"text":"verbal enunciation, or for the practical demonstration, of what is","box":{"x":94,"y":1238,"width":910,"height":35}},{"text":"called a bolder Christian policy. I cannot think, as many","box":{"x":94,"y":1260,"width":911,"height":43}},{"text":"excellent people think, that this is the time to 'strike'. 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This doctrine is supported by the high authority","box":{"x":82,"y":594,"width":919,"height":34}},{"text":"of Sir John Lawrence and Colonel Herbert Edwardes. The objec-","box":{"x":84,"y":623,"width":917,"height":31}},{"text":"tion is of a kindred character to that which applies to the proposal","box":{"x":84,"y":650,"width":915,"height":36}},{"text":"for the abolition of religious endowments. 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But if we were to set out from a","box":{"x":82,"y":874,"width":915,"height":32}},{"text":"new starting-point and to ignore the neutrality principle altogether,","box":{"x":81,"y":901,"width":917,"height":36}},{"text":"what then? The evangelization of the people is the great object to","box":{"x":81,"y":925,"width":915,"height":39}},{"text":"be attained; and I have a profound conviction that that object will","box":{"x":80,"y":957,"width":918,"height":31}},{"text":"not be promoted by a measure, the effect of which, in all probability,","box":{"x":80,"y":985,"width":918,"height":38}},{"text":"would be to empty th the Government schools. It is now answered","box":{"x":77,"y":1013,"width":919,"height":35}},{"text":"to this, that the the missionary schools in which Christianity is openly","box":{"x":78,"y":1038,"width":915,"height":38}},{"text":"taught, are well attended by heathen children. 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Send, as is proposed, chaplains,","box":{"x":77,"y":1209,"width":915,"height":35}},{"text":"or missionaries, or ordained schoolmasters, or other competent","box":{"x":77,"y":1238,"width":915,"height":32}},{"text":"religious instructors, into the Government schools, and a notion,","box":{"x":78,"y":1264,"width":914,"height":35}},{"text":"however preposterous, of this forcible conversion will immediately","box":{"x":74,"y":1292,"width":919,"height":35}},{"text":"take possession of the public mind. In the neutrality of the Govern-","box":{"x":75,"y":1320,"width":915,"height":32}},{"text":"ment lies the hope of the missionaries. It is the basis of all evangeli-","box":{"x":75,"y":1349,"width":914,"height":32}},{"text":"cal success. To depart from it will not be to promote, but to","box":{"x":74,"y":1374,"width":918,"height":35}},{"text":"obstruct the progress of Christianity; and, therefore, I devoutly","box":{"x":73,"y":1403,"width":918,"height":34}},{"text":"hope that the principle will be maintained.","box":{"x":73,"y":1429,"width":578,"height":32}},{"text":"Moreover, it is proposed that whilst we are doing everything","box":{"x":113,"y":1486,"width":875,"height":35}},{"text":"that we can do to demonstrate the vitality of the Christian religion,","box":{"x":70,"y":1514,"width":921,"height":35}}]},"182":{"imagePath":"H:\\web_projects\\corpus-web\\electron-app\\data\\5e07978430078cb56ea89a104e5a0c0e50b3aa1618e48c486c8af005ae015143\\raw\\pages\\00206-7a7e99990f74bc635f04.webp","width":1170,"height":1680,"segments":[{"text":"182","box":{"x":115,"y":155,"width":53,"height":21}},{"text":"HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY IN INDIA","box":{"x":336,"y":157,"width":473,"height":20}},{"text":"the British Government should check the demonstrativeness of the","box":{"x":116,"y":206,"width":911,"height":28}},{"text":"religions of the country. Hindoo and Mahomedan processions","box":{"x":116,"y":232,"width":910,"height":35}},{"text":"are abominations in the eyes of Christian men; and, therefore, it","box":{"x":113,"y":262,"width":914,"height":32}},{"text":"is said that a Christian Government should not be satisfied with","box":{"x":116,"y":289,"width":912,"height":28}},{"text":"withdrawing from all constructive sanction and support of these","box":{"x":111,"y":317,"width":918,"height":32}},{"text":"obstrusive ceremonials, but should actively suppress them by the","box":{"x":113,"y":345,"width":915,"height":34}},{"text":"strong hand of the law. All religious processions, it is said, might","box":{"x":116,"y":372,"width":914,"height":35}},{"text":"be abolished, 'not on religious ground '-that is, not professedly","box":{"x":116,"y":400,"width":914,"height":34}},{"text":"on religious grounds, but simply as a police measure.' How would","box":{"x":115,"y":428,"width":917,"height":36}},{"text":"this affect the question of religious neutrality? By prohibiting all","box":{"x":115,"y":458,"width":917,"height":34}},{"text":"religious processions, it is said, we should prohibit those of the","box":{"x":118,"y":485,"width":912,"height":35}},{"text":"Christian religion. Now Romanism, it is true, delights in these","box":{"x":113,"y":514,"width":918,"height":32}},{"text":"processions, and in India fairly competes with Mahomedanism or","box":{"x":115,"y":542,"width":915,"height":32}},{"text":"Hindooism in its external displays. But Protestantism does not","box":{"x":115,"y":568,"width":917,"height":32}},{"text":"delight in processions, and Protestantism is the religion of the State.","box":{"x":113,"y":596,"width":918,"height":32}},{"text":"An Act therefore, prohibiting religious processions in the public","box":{"x":113,"y":624,"width":919,"height":34}},{"text":"streets, would affect all creeds but that of the Government passing","box":{"x":118,"y":651,"width":914,"height":35}},{"text":"the Act. It is not, therefore, very apparent that, give it what","box":{"x":116,"y":677,"width":917,"height":36}},{"text":"gloss you may, such a measure would be in conformity with our","box":{"x":116,"y":707,"width":914,"height":35}},{"text":"avowed principles of neutrality and toleration","box":{"x":119,"y":737,"width":628,"height":34}},{"text":"But the ability of the British Government to suppress these","box":{"x":162,"y":794,"width":869,"height":32}},{"text":"religious processions may be fairly doubted. It is difficult to","box":{"x":123,"y":819,"width":908,"height":35}},{"text":"imagine anything more fatally calculated to exasperate both","box":{"x":123,"y":848,"width":911,"height":34}},{"text":"Hindoos and Mahomedans, and to incite them to violent resistance.","box":{"x":116,"y":876,"width":914,"height":31}},{"text":"The prohibitions of religious processions (including, I presume,","box":{"x":118,"y":902,"width":915,"height":36}},{"text":"marriage processions-events of daily occurrence,) can only be","box":{"x":119,"y":932,"width":915,"height":35}},{"text":"enforced at bayonet's point; and at a time when every effort should","box":{"x":120,"y":960,"width":911,"height":31}},{"text":"be directed to the tranquilization of the public mind, I can imagine","box":{"x":120,"y":986,"width":912,"height":34}},{"text":"nothing more pernicious-but for the high character of those from","box":{"x":123,"y":1014,"width":910,"height":32}},{"text":"whom the proposal emanates, I should say anything more insane-","box":{"x":116,"y":1042,"width":922,"height":35}},{"text":"than to provoke desparate collisions between Fanaticism and","box":{"x":120,"y":1070,"width":914,"height":32}},{"text":"Authority. The natives of India would, not unreasonably, regard","box":{"x":118,"y":1098,"width":917,"height":32}},{"text":"the suppression of their external ceremonies as an act of religious","box":{"x":122,"y":1125,"width":910,"height":35}},{"text":"persecution to be speedily followed by the demolition of their","box":{"x":120,"y":1153,"width":914,"height":35}},{"text":"mosques and pagodas; and we should soon be in the midst of all","box":{"x":122,"y":1180,"width":912,"height":36}},{"text":"the horrors of another rebellion not to be trodden out as speedily","box":{"x":122,"y":1208,"width":911,"height":32}},{"text":"as the last.","box":{"x":123,"y":1242,"width":148,"height":25}},{"text":"The disallowance of native holidays is another measure of","box":{"x":169,"y":1295,"width":869,"height":29}},{"text":"reform which has recently been advocated. At the period of certain","box":{"x":127,"y":1322,"width":908,"height":32}},{"text":"native holidays there is a suspension of public business. Govern-","box":{"x":126,"y":1350,"width":910,"height":34}},{"text":"ment recognises these festivals by the temporary closing of its","box":{"x":126,"y":1379,"width":908,"height":32}},{"text":"offices; and private establishments, dependent upon native agency,","box":{"x":126,"y":1408,"width":908,"height":31}},{"text":"follow the example. Now, it is perfectly clear that we have no","box":{"x":126,"y":1432,"width":908,"height":36}},{"text":"more right to compel the official attendance of Hindoos at the time","box":{"x":126,"y":1461,"width":908,"height":34}},{"text":"of the Doorgah Poojah, than of Christian underlings on Good","box":{"x":123,"y":1488,"width":914,"height":34}},{"text":"Friday or Christmas-day. But it is not equally plain that, therefore,","box":{"x":125,"y":1517,"width":910,"height":32}}]},"183":{"imagePath":"H:\\web_projects\\corpus-web\\electron-app\\data\\5e07978430078cb56ea89a104e5a0c0e50b3aa1618e48c486c8af005ae015143\\raw\\pages\\00207-febce5dde9f5292116a7.webp","width":1170,"height":1680,"segments":[{"text":"SOURCE MATERIALS","box":{"x":473,"y":160,"width":248,"height":18}},{"text":"183","box":{"x":1001,"y":153,"width":55,"height":21}},{"text":"the state is bound to recognise these festivals by closing the public","box":{"x":140,"y":207,"width":912,"height":35}},{"text":"offices. It would be sufficient, for all purpose of toleration, to","box":{"x":143,"y":235,"width":908,"height":34}},{"text":"grant leave or absence to every public servant applying for permis-","box":{"x":136,"y":264,"width":917,"height":32}},{"text":"sion to absent himself, in order that he may perform the service of","box":{"x":141,"y":292,"width":915,"height":31}},{"text":"his religion. There are in every Government office men of various","box":{"x":140,"y":319,"width":910,"height":32}},{"text":"creeds, and there will at the time of any particular festival, be a","box":{"x":141,"y":347,"width":912,"height":31}},{"text":"sufficient number of servants not called away to take part in it,","box":{"x":144,"y":374,"width":905,"height":31}},{"text":"to perform the current duties of the department. The middle","box":{"x":144,"y":402,"width":907,"height":31}},{"text":"course here recommended will answer all purposes; it will continue","box":{"x":137,"y":430,"width":915,"height":29}},{"text":"to the natives of the country the privilege which they which they have heretofore","box":{"x":143,"y":449,"width":912,"height":38}},{"text":"enjoyed, and which, indeed, they have a right to expect; and it will","box":{"x":143,"y":484,"width":912,"height":32}},{"text":"release the Government from the necessity of a general observance","box":{"x":143,"y":512,"width":911,"height":32}},{"text":"of the native holidays in a manner calculated to impress the people","box":{"x":143,"y":540,"width":908,"height":32}},{"text":"with the belief that their festivals are approved by the State.","box":{"x":139,"y":568,"width":823,"height":32}},{"text":"Another suggestion is, that Christianity should be encouraged","box":{"x":183,"y":624,"width":871,"height":32}},{"text":"and supported by a more liberal extension of State patronage to","box":{"x":139,"y":654,"width":915,"height":38}},{"text":"Christian converts. 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