{"pages":{"151":{"imagePath":"H:\\web_projects\\corpus-web\\electron-app\\data\\5e07978430078cb56ea89a104e5a0c0e50b3aa1618e48c486c8af005ae015143\\raw\\pages\\00175-39230e887ba5d4fe8803.webp","width":1170,"height":1680,"segments":[{"text":"SOURCE MATERIALS","box":{"x":449,"y":155,"width":248,"height":20}},{"text":"151","box":{"x":977,"y":150,"width":50,"height":20}},{"text":"99. THE SOCIETY FOR THE PROPAGATION OF THE","box":{"x":116,"y":245,"width":908,"height":25}},{"text":"GOSPEL MISSIONARIES ON CASTE (1853 A.D.)","box":{"x":210,"y":273,"width":721,"height":31}},{"text":"In the controversy with the Lutheran missionaries, the S.P.G.","box":{"x":216,"y":339,"width":763,"height":27}},{"text":"missionary, G. U. Pope, explains the position of his mission on caste","box":{"x":164,"y":364,"width":812,"height":29}},{"text":"in a pamphlet entitled A Letter to the Tranquebar Missionaries regarding","box":{"x":167,"y":389,"width":812,"height":32}},{"text":"Their Position, Their Proceedings, and their Doctrine'. The portion","box":{"x":181,"y":414,"width":795,"height":28}},{"text":"quoted here is from pp. 9-11.","box":{"x":167,"y":439,"width":341,"height":25}},{"text":"But that you may be able to judge whether any of our people","box":{"x":204,"y":503,"width":820,"height":31}},{"text":"are right in leaving the communion of the English Church on this","box":{"x":116,"y":528,"width":907,"height":31}},{"text":"ground, permit me to tell exactly what we really do in regard to","box":{"x":109,"y":557,"width":915,"height":32}},{"text":"caste. Some of the Missionaries of the Church of England may","box":{"x":113,"y":584,"width":911,"height":31}},{"text":"do a little less-none, I think, do more than what I state as our","box":{"x":113,"y":613,"width":911,"height":29}},{"text":"practice. Whether more should not be done is a question which","box":{"x":113,"y":641,"width":908,"height":34}},{"text":"I am not called upon to discuss with you.","box":{"x":113,"y":669,"width":572,"height":31}},{"text":"1. We do not allow any person to exercise the office of a teacher","box":{"x":161,"y":732,"width":864,"height":31}},{"text":"in any of our Missions who will not eat a meal with the Missionary","box":{"x":116,"y":759,"width":908,"height":29}},{"text":"under whom he wishes to labour. To this regulation you owe","box":{"x":112,"y":787,"width":911,"height":31}},{"text":"nearly, if not indeed all, your accessions. The seceders see that to","box":{"x":113,"y":813,"width":910,"height":34}},{"text":"strengthen your cause is to prepare the way for them and their","box":{"x":115,"y":841,"width":910,"height":32}},{"text":"children's maintenance.","box":{"x":115,"y":872,"width":319,"height":24}},{"text":"2. In the administration of the Holy Communion we do not","box":{"x":160,"y":931,"width":865,"height":29}},{"text":"allow any distinction whatever. We take care that no one shall","box":{"x":113,"y":958,"width":908,"height":31}},{"text":"come to the table, who would there manifest, by any gesture or act,","box":{"x":113,"y":986,"width":908,"height":31}},{"text":"by sitting apart, or by seeking to communicate before or after his","box":{"x":111,"y":1013,"width":911,"height":32}},{"text":"brethren, any feeling of disgust towards his fellow Christians. Of","box":{"x":111,"y":1039,"width":912,"height":34}},{"text":"course there is difficulty there. It is painful to insist upon little","box":{"x":112,"y":1069,"width":910,"height":32}},{"text":"matters which, under other circumstances, could be overlooked.","box":{"x":112,"y":1095,"width":910,"height":32}},{"text":"But this is a thing which must be tested. We must be on the watch","box":{"x":108,"y":1125,"width":914,"height":31}},{"text":"to repress any indications of a temper of mind that would convert","box":{"x":112,"y":1153,"width":910,"height":34}},{"text":"the gifts of God into a means of condemnation to our people. In","box":{"x":115,"y":1181,"width":908,"height":31}},{"text":"charity to them we are bound to pursue this line of conduct. I","box":{"x":113,"y":1209,"width":911,"height":31}},{"text":"have heard the Cup of the Lord-the communion of His sacred","box":{"x":111,"y":1236,"width":911,"height":32}},{"text":"blood-denounced as Echil (in Tamil means filthy leavings), by a","box":{"x":108,"y":1265,"width":915,"height":32}},{"text":"communicant because one of lower caste had drunk of it before!","box":{"x":111,"y":1292,"width":911,"height":29}},{"text":"Many (so called) caste Christians would not hesitate thus to speak.","box":{"x":108,"y":1320,"width":912,"height":32}},{"text":"Such persons we should certainly exclude. We cannot permit men","box":{"x":111,"y":1348,"width":911,"height":34}},{"text":"to come to the altar of the Lord who have aught in their minds","box":{"x":111,"y":1375,"width":908,"height":32}},{"text":"against, or in disparagement of their brother. Many such people","box":{"x":112,"y":1404,"width":908,"height":34}},{"text":"attend our services and seek our ministrations, but on this account","box":{"x":112,"y":1432,"width":910,"height":28}},{"text":"alone seek to receive the Communion from you. And you","box":{"x":113,"y":1459,"width":908,"height":36}},{"text":"encourage them; and thereby render it necessary to remind you of","box":{"x":112,"y":1488,"width":912,"height":34}},{"text":"the danger of becoming partakers of other men's sins.'","box":{"x":113,"y":1515,"width":753,"height":31}}]},"152":{"imagePath":"H:\\web_projects\\corpus-web\\electron-app\\data\\5e07978430078cb56ea89a104e5a0c0e50b3aa1618e48c486c8af005ae015143\\raw\\pages\\00176-9cdde3f566f2cfae716b.webp","width":1170,"height":1680,"segments":[{"text":"152","box":{"x":146,"y":164,"width":55,"height":20}},{"text":"HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY IN INDIA","box":{"x":367,"y":169,"width":476,"height":18}},{"text":"3. I do not allow any caste distinction to be observed in the","box":{"x":192,"y":217,"width":865,"height":29}},{"text":"boarding schools in our mission. All children fed and clothed by","box":{"x":144,"y":243,"width":912,"height":32}},{"text":"me must be treated alike; must mingle in every respect on equal","box":{"x":146,"y":273,"width":912,"height":32}},{"text":"terms. Why, I have known a little child, not seven years old, burst","box":{"x":148,"y":301,"width":908,"height":31}},{"text":"into a passion of weeping because her eating vessel simply touched","box":{"x":148,"y":329,"width":907,"height":32}},{"text":"that of another child who was of what is called a lower caste. I have","box":{"x":143,"y":357,"width":911,"height":27}},{"text":"known children to run away from the school in droves because a","box":{"x":143,"y":384,"width":914,"height":32}},{"text":"girl of lower caste' went into the kitchen to take away some ashes.","box":{"x":143,"y":411,"width":911,"height":32}},{"text":"This of course we cannot encourage. We cannot cloth these","box":{"x":143,"y":440,"width":912,"height":31}},{"text":"prejudices in mission garments, or feed them with mission rice.","box":{"x":143,"y":468,"width":850,"height":31}},{"text":"4. I do not in general use caste titles. I am somewhat singular","box":{"x":185,"y":535,"width":868,"height":31}},{"text":"in this respect. The M.D.C.S.P.G. in their recent report use them.","box":{"x":140,"y":560,"width":912,"height":32}},{"text":"I am willing to use any titles of honour to my native brethren, some","box":{"x":141,"y":587,"width":911,"height":35}},{"text":"of whom I respect very highly, but none that shall be peculiar to a","box":{"x":140,"y":615,"width":912,"height":34}},{"text":"caste.","box":{"x":139,"y":650,"width":81,"height":18}},{"text":"In a note (why not put it into the text), you deny your knowledge","box":{"x":190,"y":699,"width":862,"height":36}},{"text":"of the certain fact that the caste question is the sole cause of the","box":{"x":140,"y":727,"width":911,"height":31}},{"text":"accessions you have received. Now I will tell you the process as it","box":{"x":140,"y":756,"width":910,"height":31}},{"text":"has gone on under my own eyes as it is going on now.","box":{"x":137,"y":782,"width":759,"height":32}},{"text":"A man comes to the English Missionaries, and begs to be put","box":{"x":181,"y":838,"width":869,"height":34}},{"text":"into the Catechist's office for a morsel of rice. His caste and often","box":{"x":140,"y":864,"width":908,"height":28}},{"text":"his character too, stand in the way of his employment. He then","box":{"x":136,"y":893,"width":914,"height":35}},{"text":"goes to a congregation where he has relatives and friends and says","box":{"x":134,"y":923,"width":912,"height":29}},{"text":"to them, Those English Missionaries wish to make us Pariahs:","box":{"x":137,"y":949,"width":910,"height":31}},{"text":"come with me and join the Lutherans-the old mother church that","box":{"x":137,"y":976,"width":910,"height":29}},{"text":"gives no trouble about caste or any thing else. I shall then obtain","box":{"x":133,"y":1004,"width":914,"height":31}},{"text":"an appointment as your Catechist, and a living for myself and","box":{"x":136,"y":1032,"width":911,"height":32}},{"text":"family; and in return I will take care of your interests in every way.'","box":{"x":137,"y":1060,"width":904,"height":31}},{"text":"He thus gathers a congregation which is presented to you (under","box":{"x":133,"y":1084,"width":914,"height":38}},{"text":"false pretences, no doubt) and by you received, with (it may be)","box":{"x":136,"y":1116,"width":908,"height":32}},{"text":"stipulations and provisoes which the people well know how to","box":{"x":132,"y":1141,"width":912,"height":34}},{"text":"render nugatory with the assistance of the aforesaid Catechist.","box":{"x":136,"y":1170,"width":908,"height":36}},{"text":"You may demand the signatures of the people to your requirements","box":{"x":127,"y":1196,"width":914,"height":34}},{"text":"some know nothing about the matter, and all are prepared to","box":{"x":133,"y":1227,"width":910,"height":32}},{"text":"sign any thing pro forma: but do you enforce these requirements?","box":{"x":133,"y":1253,"width":910,"height":32}}]}}}