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Instead of having a committee","box":{"x":143,"y":257,"width":928,"height":32}},{"text":"of reference for the settlement of disputes, two or more societies","box":{"x":147,"y":285,"width":922,"height":32}},{"text":"might have a joint committee for the promotion of their mutual","box":{"x":148,"y":313,"width":922,"height":34}},{"text":"interests...","box":{"x":151,"y":346,"width":153,"height":22}},{"text":"3. For the correction of unfraternal conduct, and of all conduct","box":{"x":195,"y":389,"width":879,"height":31}},{"text":"which may be hurtful to our common cause, we must depend","box":{"x":144,"y":414,"width":926,"height":34}},{"text":"chiely on the power of public opinion, with now and then a refe-","box":{"x":148,"y":444,"width":922,"height":31}},{"text":"rence to the home authorities. We may as well assume, once for","box":{"x":150,"y":472,"width":921,"height":29}},{"text":"all, that offences of some kind will come...","box":{"x":150,"y":500,"width":589,"height":27}},{"text":"4. But, after all, the question of peace and concord must","box":{"x":193,"y":545,"width":876,"height":31}},{"text":"depend very largely upon the character of individual missionaries...","box":{"x":146,"y":568,"width":922,"height":34}},{"text":"A Christian gentleman will not offend in any of the following","box":{"x":146,"y":599,"width":926,"height":29}},{"text":"particulars. (a) He will not meddle in a neighbour's dispute... (b)","box":{"x":148,"y":627,"width":919,"height":32}},{"text":"He will not receive an ex-communicated Christian, unless it be after","box":{"x":146,"y":655,"width":925,"height":29}},{"text":"very satisfatory repentance and reformation. (c) He will not enter","box":{"x":148,"y":680,"width":921,"height":32}},{"text":"a field where another missionary is successfully working and try","box":{"x":150,"y":710,"width":922,"height":31}},{"text":"to appropriate his harvest or seize his opportunities","box":{"x":150,"y":738,"width":750,"height":32}},{"text":"Christian workers in the home-lands have quietly settled down","box":{"x":195,"y":783,"width":876,"height":31}},{"text":"to their several tasks, with the accepted policy that they must mu live,","box":{"x":150,"y":811,"width":921,"height":31}},{"text":"and love, labour, side by side, and surely we in India can do the","box":{"x":150,"y":839,"width":924,"height":29}},{"text":"same. It is the best policy, because it is the only possible policy.","box":{"x":150,"y":867,"width":924,"height":32}},{"text":"No other has ever proved successful among men who enjoy the","box":{"x":146,"y":895,"width":926,"height":31}},{"text":"full measure of civil and religious freedom which is rapidly becoming","box":{"x":150,"y":921,"width":922,"height":32}},{"text":"the heritage of the whole wide world. Let us accept the comity","box":{"x":151,"y":948,"width":919,"height":34}},{"text":"which Christians in England and America accept, and therewith","box":{"x":147,"y":976,"width":922,"height":32}},{"text":"be content.","box":{"x":150,"y":1008,"width":157,"height":24}},{"text":"134. SWAMI VIVEKANANDA ON CHRISTIANITY","box":{"x":223,"y":1077,"width":777,"height":25}},{"text":"(1893-1894 A.D.)","box":{"x":491,"y":1110,"width":245,"height":29}},{"text":"Swami Vivekananda's severe criticism of Christianity in general","box":{"x":244,"y":1162,"width":777,"height":27}},{"text":"and on Christian missions in India in particular had extensive influence","box":{"x":204,"y":1187,"width":816,"height":27}},{"text":"in both the West and India. He internationalized the Hindu criticism","box":{"x":206,"y":1212,"width":812,"height":22}},{"text":"of missionary activity, and received a more serious hearing than had","box":{"x":202,"y":1236,"width":816,"height":27}},{"text":"any other Indian. The first extract is from his address before the","box":{"x":203,"y":1263,"width":817,"height":24}},{"text":"Parliament of Religions that was held in Chicago in 1893. It was","box":{"x":200,"y":1288,"width":819,"height":25}},{"text":"tirst published in The Chicago Tribune and reproduced in the Indian","box":{"x":203,"y":1314,"width":815,"height":25}},{"text":"newspaper, The Indian Mirror, of 8th December 1893. It is cited in","box":{"x":207,"y":1337,"width":810,"height":27}},{"text":"Sankari Prasad Basu and Sunil Bihari Ghosh, eds., Vivekananda","box":{"x":206,"y":1363,"width":813,"height":29}},{"text":"in Indian Newspapers, p. 7. The second extract is from a talk given","box":{"x":206,"y":1385,"width":812,"height":29}},{"text":"by Vivekananda in Detroit on 11th March 1894, as reported in the","box":{"x":204,"y":1409,"width":813,"height":29}},{"text":"Detroit Free Press. Cited in The Complete Works of Swami Viveka-","box":{"x":203,"y":1436,"width":815,"height":28}},{"text":"nanda (1971 edition), vol. VIII, pp. 214-219. The third extract is.","box":{"x":207,"y":1461,"width":813,"height":29}},{"text":"fron Vivekanand's book The East and the West (6th Edition, 1963), pp.","box":{"x":206,"y":1489,"width":809,"height":25}},{"text":"92-93.","box":{"x":200,"y":1516,"width":78,"height":17}}]},"261":{"imagePath":"H:\\web_projects\\corpus-web\\electron-app\\data\\5e07978430078cb56ea89a104e5a0c0e50b3aa1618e48c486c8af005ae015143\\raw\\pages\\00285-4d3daf350b4c9b643d18.webp","width":1170,"height":1680,"segments":[{"text":"SOURCE MATERIALS","box":{"x":469,"y":157,"width":249,"height":18}},{"text":"261","box":{"x":1001,"y":155,"width":53,"height":18}},{"text":"1. Address to the Parliament of Religions","box":{"x":274,"y":218,"width":557,"height":28}},{"text":"Christians must always be ready for good criticism, and I","box":{"x":174,"y":273,"width":882,"height":34}},{"text":"hardly think that you will care if I make a little criticism. You,","box":{"x":133,"y":300,"width":918,"height":32}},{"text":"Christians, who are so fond of sending out Missionaries to save","box":{"x":129,"y":328,"width":922,"height":34}},{"text":"the souls of the heathen, why do you not try to save their bodies","box":{"x":133,"y":357,"width":918,"height":32}},{"text":"from starvation? In India during the terrible famines thousands","box":{"x":132,"y":386,"width":919,"height":32}},{"text":"died from hunger, yet you, Christians, did nothing. You erect","box":{"x":127,"y":412,"width":925,"height":36}},{"text":"churches all through India, but the crying evil in the East is not","box":{"x":130,"y":441,"width":922,"height":32}},{"text":"religion-they have religion enough but it is bread that these","box":{"x":133,"y":468,"width":921,"height":34}},{"text":"suitering millions of burning India cry out for with parched throats.","box":{"x":133,"y":498,"width":924,"height":34}},{"text":"They ask us for bread, but we give them stones. It is an insult to","box":{"x":130,"y":523,"width":924,"height":32}},{"text":"a starving people to offer them religion; it is an insult to a starving","box":{"x":132,"y":552,"width":925,"height":34}},{"text":"man to teach him metaphysics. In India a priest that preaches","box":{"x":127,"y":580,"width":928,"height":34}},{"text":"for money would lose caste, and be spat upon by the people. I","box":{"x":133,"y":609,"width":925,"height":32}},{"text":"came here to seek aid for my impoverished people, and 1 fully","box":{"x":133,"y":636,"width":926,"height":34}},{"text":"realized how difficult it was to get help for heathens from","box":{"x":133,"y":664,"width":924,"height":34}},{"text":"Christians in a Christian land...","box":{"x":129,"y":692,"width":451,"height":28}},{"text":"2. On Missionaries in India","box":{"x":410,"y":767,"width":376,"height":24}},{"text":"...The first invaders of India, the Aryans, did not try to","box":{"x":183,"y":821,"width":876,"height":32}},{"text":"exterminate the population of India as the Christians did when","box":{"x":130,"y":849,"width":928,"height":32}},{"text":"they went into a new land, but the endeavour was made to","box":{"x":132,"y":876,"width":925,"height":29}},{"text":"elevate persons of brutish habits. The Spaniards thought","box":{"x":130,"y":906,"width":925,"height":31}},{"text":"that their God commanded them to kill and murder and","box":{"x":132,"y":934,"width":924,"height":27}},{"text":"to tear down heathen temples. The Buddhists had a tooth a","box":{"x":130,"y":961,"width":929,"height":31}},{"text":"foot long, which belonged to their Prophet, and the Spaniards","box":{"x":133,"y":989,"width":924,"height":32}},{"text":"threw it into the sea, killed a few thousand persons, and","box":{"x":130,"y":1016,"width":931,"height":34}},{"text":"converted a few scores. The Portuguese came to Western India.","box":{"x":133,"y":1046,"width":925,"height":29}},{"text":"The Hindus have a belief in the Trinity and had a temple dedicated","box":{"x":130,"y":1073,"width":926,"height":31}},{"text":"to their sacred belief. The invaders looked at the temple and","box":{"x":133,"y":1101,"width":926,"height":32}},{"text":"said it was a creation of the devil; and so they brought their cannon","box":{"x":132,"y":1129,"width":925,"height":31}},{"text":"to bear upon the wonderful structure and destroyed a portion of it.","box":{"x":132,"y":1158,"width":924,"height":31}},{"text":"But the invaders were driven out of the country by the enraged","box":{"x":127,"y":1185,"width":931,"height":31}},{"text":"population. The early missionaries tried to get hold of the land,","box":{"x":130,"y":1213,"width":926,"height":32}},{"text":"and in their effort to secure a foot-hold by force, they killed many","box":{"x":130,"y":1239,"width":926,"height":34}},{"text":"people and converted a number. Some of them became Chris-","box":{"x":127,"y":1270,"width":931,"height":28}},{"text":"tians to save their lives. Ninety-nine per cent of the Christians","box":{"x":130,"y":1298,"width":925,"height":31}},{"text":"converted by the Portuguese sword were compelled to be so, and","box":{"x":132,"y":1326,"width":925,"height":31}},{"text":"they said, 'We do not believe in Christianity, but we are forced","box":{"x":133,"y":1353,"width":925,"height":32}},{"text":"to call ourselves Christians. But Catholic Christianity soon","box":{"x":130,"y":1381,"width":928,"height":34}},{"text":"relapsed.","box":{"x":132,"y":1410,"width":126,"height":28}},{"text":"The East India Company got possession of a part of India","box":{"x":174,"y":1458,"width":883,"height":35}},{"text":"with the idea of making hay while the sun shone. They kept the","box":{"x":133,"y":1479,"width":922,"height":41}},{"text":"missionaries away. The Hindus were the first to welcome the","box":{"x":134,"y":1514,"width":919,"height":31}}]},"262":{"imagePath":"H:\\web_projects\\corpus-web\\electron-app\\data\\5e07978430078cb56ea89a104e5a0c0e50b3aa1618e48c486c8af005ae015143\\raw\\pages\\00286-7f633339c72f0f97a781.webp","width":1170,"height":1680,"segments":[{"text":"262","box":{"x":127,"y":150,"width":60,"height":18}},{"text":"HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY IN INDIA","box":{"x":355,"y":159,"width":479,"height":21}},{"text":"missionaries, not the Englishmen who were engaged in trade. I","box":{"x":127,"y":203,"width":925,"height":38}},{"text":"have great admiration for some of the first missionaries of the later","box":{"x":127,"y":232,"width":924,"height":32}},{"text":"period, who were true servants of Jesus and did not vilify the people","box":{"x":126,"y":261,"width":926,"height":38}},{"text":"or spread vile falsehoods about them. They were gentle, kindly","box":{"x":130,"y":290,"width":921,"height":35}},{"text":"men. When Englishmen became masters of India, the missionary","box":{"x":129,"y":317,"width":924,"height":35}},{"text":"enterprise began to become stagnant, a condition which charac-","box":{"x":130,"y":345,"width":921,"height":34}},{"text":"terises the missionary efforts in India today. Dr. Long, an early","box":{"x":131,"y":372,"width":921,"height":36}},{"text":"missionary, stood by the people. He translated a Hindu drama","box":{"x":129,"y":400,"width":922,"height":35}},{"text":"describing the evils perpetrated in India by indigo-planters, and","box":{"x":127,"y":428,"width":922,"height":38}},{"text":"what was the result? He was placed in jail by the English. Such","box":{"x":126,"y":458,"width":924,"height":34}},{"text":"missionaries were of benefit to the country, but they have passed","box":{"x":130,"y":484,"width":921,"height":36}},{"text":"away. The Suez Canal opened up a number of evils.","box":{"x":129,"y":514,"width":798,"height":34}},{"text":"Now goes the missionary, a married man, who is hampered","box":{"x":169,"y":570,"width":879,"height":35}},{"text":"because he is married. The missionary knows nothing about","box":{"x":126,"y":598,"width":922,"height":32}},{"text":"the people, he cannot speak the language, so he invariably settles","box":{"x":127,"y":625,"width":918,"height":35}},{"text":"in the little white colony. He is forced to do this because he is","box":{"x":129,"y":649,"width":919,"height":35}},{"text":"married. Were he not married, he could go among the people","box":{"x":126,"y":679,"width":922,"height":38}},{"text":"and sleep on the ground if necessary. So he goes to India to seek","box":{"x":129,"y":708,"width":919,"height":35}},{"text":"company for his wife and children. He stays among the English-","box":{"x":124,"y":737,"width":921,"height":35}},{"text":"speaking people. The great heart of India is today absolutely","box":{"x":126,"y":765,"width":922,"height":35}},{"text":"untouched by missionary effort. Most of the missionaries are","box":{"x":123,"y":791,"width":924,"height":34}},{"text":"incompetent. I have not met a single missionary who understands","box":{"x":124,"y":820,"width":921,"height":35}},{"text":"Sanskrit. How can a man absolutely ignorant of the people and","box":{"x":124,"y":846,"width":922,"height":38}},{"text":"their traditions, get into sympathy with them? I do not mean","box":{"x":124,"y":875,"width":922,"height":36}},{"text":"any offence, but Christians send men as missionaries, who are not","box":{"x":138,"y":902,"width":905,"height":32}},{"text":"persons of ability. It is sad to see money spent to make converts","box":{"x":124,"y":930,"width":919,"height":38}},{"text":"when no real results of a satisfactory nature are reached.","box":{"x":119,"y":959,"width":831,"height":32}},{"text":"Those who are converted, are the few who make a sort of living","box":{"x":166,"y":1016,"width":878,"height":32}},{"text":"by hanging round the missionaries. The converts who are not","box":{"x":124,"y":1043,"width":921,"height":32}},{"text":"kept in service in India, cease to be converts. That is about the","box":{"x":124,"y":1068,"width":918,"height":34}},{"text":"entire matter in a nutshell. As to the way of converting, it is abso-","box":{"x":119,"y":1098,"width":924,"height":36}},{"text":"lutely absurd. The money the missionaries bring is accepted.","box":{"x":123,"y":1126,"width":925,"height":36}},{"text":"The colleges founded by the missionaries are all right, so far as","box":{"x":117,"y":1153,"width":924,"height":34}},{"text":"the education is concerned. But with religion it is different. The","box":{"x":120,"y":1181,"width":922,"height":35}},{"text":"Hindu is acute; he takes the bait but avoids the hook! It is","box":{"x":120,"y":1209,"width":921,"height":31}},{"text":"wonderful how tolerant the people are. A missionary once said,","box":{"x":116,"y":1237,"width":925,"height":35}},{"text":"That is the worst of the whole business. People who are self-","box":{"x":137,"y":1266,"width":903,"height":36}},{"text":"complacent can never be converted.'","box":{"x":120,"y":1293,"width":553,"height":32}},{"text":"As regards the lady missionaries, they go into certain houses,","box":{"x":165,"y":1350,"width":875,"height":35}},{"text":"get four shillings a month, teach them something of the Bible, and","box":{"x":120,"y":1379,"width":919,"height":34}},{"text":"show them how to knit. The girls of India will never be con-","box":{"x":120,"y":1407,"width":919,"height":32}},{"text":"verted. Atheism and scepticism at home is what is pushing the","box":{"x":120,"y":1433,"width":921,"height":36}},{"text":"missionary into other lands. When I came into this country I","box":{"x":120,"y":1463,"width":921,"height":31}},{"text":"was surprised to meet so many liberal men and women. But after","box":{"x":116,"y":1491,"width":924,"height":34}},{"text":"the Parliament of Religions a great Presbyterian paper came out","box":{"x":122,"y":1514,"width":918,"height":38}}]},"263":{"imagePath":"H:\\web_projects\\corpus-web\\electron-app\\data\\5e07978430078cb56ea89a104e5a0c0e50b3aa1618e48c486c8af005ae015143\\raw\\pages\\00287-9d964a0429f68acd8572.webp","width":1170,"height":1680,"segments":[{"text":"SOURCE MATERIALS","box":{"x":446,"y":158,"width":251,"height":20}},{"text":"263","box":{"x":981,"y":153,"width":52,"height":21}},{"text":"and gave me the benefit of a seething article. This the editor called","box":{"x":118,"y":207,"width":915,"height":34}},{"text":"enthusiasm. The missionaries do not and cannot throw off natio-","box":{"x":115,"y":234,"width":918,"height":29}},{"text":"nality-they are not broad enough-and so they accomplish nothing","box":{"x":113,"y":261,"width":919,"height":34}},{"text":"in the way of converting, although they may have a nice sociable","box":{"x":115,"y":290,"width":918,"height":32}},{"text":"time among themselves. India requires help from Christ, but","box":{"x":115,"y":318,"width":917,"height":34}},{"text":"not from the anti-christ; thes these men are not Christ like. They do","box":{"x":113,"y":345,"width":918,"height":29}},{"text":"not act like Christ; they are married and come over and settle","box":{"x":115,"y":374,"width":918,"height":32}},{"text":"down comfortably and make a fair livelihood. Christ and his","box":{"x":111,"y":402,"width":921,"height":31}},{"text":"disciples would accomplish much good in India, just as many","box":{"x":109,"y":429,"width":925,"height":36}},{"text":"of the Hindu saints do; but these men are not of that sacred charac-","box":{"x":111,"y":457,"width":921,"height":28}},{"text":"ter. The Hindus would welcome the Christ of the Christian","box":{"x":115,"y":485,"width":917,"height":28}},{"text":"gladly, because his life was holy and beautiful; but they cannot","box":{"x":111,"y":513,"width":922,"height":32}},{"text":"and will not receive the narrow utterances of the ignorant, hypo-","box":{"x":115,"y":540,"width":917,"height":31}},{"text":"critical, or self-deceiving men.","box":{"x":113,"y":570,"width":425,"height":31}},{"text":"Men are different. If they were not, the mentality of the world","box":{"x":157,"y":622,"width":878,"height":34}},{"text":"would be degrad degraded. If there were not different religions, no","box":{"x":106,"y":651,"width":926,"height":38}},{"text":"religion would survive. The Christian requires his religion;","box":{"x":113,"y":676,"width":921,"height":35}},{"text":"the Hindu needs his own creed. All religions have struggled against","box":{"x":109,"y":706,"width":925,"height":32}},{"text":"one another for years. Those which were founded on a book,","box":{"x":115,"y":733,"width":918,"height":34}},{"text":"still stand. Why could not the Christians convert the Jews?","box":{"x":112,"y":761,"width":922,"height":35}},{"text":"Why could they not make the Persians Christians? Why could","box":{"x":111,"y":790,"width":925,"height":34}},{"text":"they not convert Mohammedans? Why cannot any impression","box":{"x":113,"y":819,"width":919,"height":32}},{"text":"be made upon China and Japan? Budhism, the first missionary","box":{"x":112,"y":844,"width":925,"height":35}},{"text":"religion, numbers double the number of converts of any other","box":{"x":116,"y":872,"width":918,"height":35}},{"text":"religion, and they did not use the sword. The Mohammedans","box":{"x":115,"y":901,"width":918,"height":34}},{"text":"used the greatest violence. They number the least of the three","box":{"x":113,"y":932,"width":924,"height":32}},{"text":"great missionary religions. The Mohammedans have had their","box":{"x":113,"y":958,"width":922,"height":35}},{"text":"day. Every day you read of Christian nations acquiring land","box":{"x":112,"y":984,"width":924,"height":38}},{"text":"by bloodshed. d. What missionaries preach against against this? Why","box":{"x":112,"y":1010,"width":924,"height":42}},{"text":"should the most blood-thirsty nations exalt an alleged religion which","box":{"x":111,"y":1040,"width":922,"height":32}},{"text":"is not the religion of Christ? The Jews and the Arabs were the","box":{"x":115,"y":1070,"width":919,"height":35}},{"text":"fathers of Christianity, and how they have been persecuted by the","box":{"x":113,"y":1094,"width":919,"height":36}},{"text":"Christians! The Christians have been weighed in the balance in","box":{"x":112,"y":1123,"width":921,"height":34}},{"text":"India and have been found wanting. I do not mean to be unkind,","box":{"x":115,"y":1151,"width":918,"height":32}},{"text":"but I want to show the Christians how they look in others' eyes.","box":{"x":112,"y":1179,"width":921,"height":34}},{"text":"The missionaries who preach the burning pit are regarded with","box":{"x":108,"y":1206,"width":925,"height":36}},{"text":"horror. The Mohammedans rolled wave after wave over India","box":{"x":112,"y":1235,"width":924,"height":32}},{"text":"waving the sword, and today where are they?","box":{"x":112,"y":1264,"width":676,"height":34}},{"text":"The furtherest that all religions can see is the existence of a","box":{"x":157,"y":1319,"width":880,"height":34}},{"text":"spiritual entity. So no religion can teach beyond that point. In","box":{"x":109,"y":1347,"width":928,"height":35}},{"text":"every religion there is the essential truth and non-essential casket","box":{"x":113,"y":1374,"width":921,"height":36}},{"text":"in which this jewel lies. Believing in the Jewish book or in the","box":{"x":116,"y":1404,"width":919,"height":34}},{"text":"Hindu book is non-essential. Circumstances change; the receptacle","box":{"x":109,"y":1432,"width":926,"height":29}},{"text":"is different; but the central truth remains. The essentials being","box":{"x":116,"y":1460,"width":921,"height":32}},{"text":"the same, the educated people of every community retain the","box":{"x":115,"y":1487,"width":922,"height":34}},{"text":"essentials. If you ask a Christian what his essentials are, he should","box":{"x":116,"y":1515,"width":921,"height":34}}]},"264":{"imagePath":"H:\\web_projects\\corpus-web\\electron-app\\data\\5e07978430078cb56ea89a104e5a0c0e50b3aa1618e48c486c8af005ae015143\\raw\\pages\\00288-f6fc1318a9af8afdba70.webp","width":1170,"height":1680,"segments":[{"text":"264","box":{"x":120,"y":147,"width":57,"height":21}},{"text":"HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY IN INDIA","box":{"x":347,"y":148,"width":479,"height":20}},{"text":"reply, 'The teachings of Lord Jesus. Much of the rest is nonsense.","box":{"x":126,"y":199,"width":921,"height":29}},{"text":"But the nonsensical part is right; it forms the receptacle. The","box":{"x":120,"y":227,"width":924,"height":31}},{"text":"shell of the oyster is not attractive, but the pearl is within it. The","box":{"x":125,"y":253,"width":921,"height":32}},{"text":"Hindu will never attack the life of Jesus; he reverences the Sermon","box":{"x":122,"y":282,"width":924,"height":27}},{"text":"on the Mount. But how many Christians know or have heard","box":{"x":125,"y":309,"width":919,"height":29}},{"text":"of the teachings of the Hindu holy men? They remain in a fool's","box":{"x":125,"y":337,"width":919,"height":32}},{"text":"paradise. Before a small fraction of the world was converted,","box":{"x":125,"y":365,"width":921,"height":36}},{"text":"Christianity has divided into many creeds. That is the law of","box":{"x":123,"y":393,"width":926,"height":32}},{"text":"nature. Why take a single instrument from the great religious","box":{"x":125,"y":421,"width":919,"height":31}},{"text":"orchestra of the earth? Let the grand symphony go on. Be pure.","box":{"x":127,"y":451,"width":917,"height":31}},{"text":"Give up superstition and see the he wonderful harmony of nature.","box":{"x":120,"y":474,"width":924,"height":35}},{"text":"Superstition gets the better of religion. All the religions are good,","box":{"x":125,"y":505,"width":919,"height":32}},{"text":"since the essentials are the same. Each man should have the","box":{"x":127,"y":533,"width":917,"height":29}},{"text":"perfect exercise of his individuality, but these individualities form a","box":{"x":126,"y":561,"width":918,"height":31}},{"text":"perfect whole. This marvellous condition is already in existence.","box":{"x":123,"y":588,"width":922,"height":32}},{"text":"Each creed has something to add to the wonderful structure.","box":{"x":120,"y":617,"width":872,"height":32}},{"text":"I pity the Hindu who does not see the beauty in Jesus Christ's","box":{"x":171,"y":665,"width":871,"height":32}},{"text":"character. 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