{"pages":{"323":{"imagePath":"H:\\web_projects\\corpus-web\\electron-app\\data\\5e07978430078cb56ea89a104e5a0c0e50b3aa1618e48c486c8af005ae015143\\raw\\pages\\00347-4a46f05cdd2a08c5015c.webp","width":1170,"height":1680,"segments":[{"text":"SOURCE MATERIALS","box":{"x":452,"y":154,"width":251,"height":17}},{"text":"323","box":{"x":987,"y":155,"width":52,"height":17}},{"text":"XVII. That in view of a state of flux in the principles and cons-","box":{"x":147,"y":200,"width":887,"height":34}},{"text":"titution of the Indian National Congress, it is the opinion","box":{"x":260,"y":229,"width":775,"height":34}},{"text":"of this Conference that Indian Christians should reserve","box":{"x":260,"y":257,"width":775,"height":28}},{"text":"judgement as to the advisability of either joining or","box":{"x":255,"y":285,"width":781,"height":34}},{"text":"refraining from joining the Indian National Congress.","box":{"x":260,"y":313,"width":733,"height":34}},{"text":"157. GANDHI ON WESTERN CHRISTIANITY (1921 A.D.)","box":{"x":120,"y":411,"width":914,"height":31}},{"text":"Cited from Young India, September 22, 1921, in A. T. Hingorani,","box":{"x":203,"y":468,"width":781,"height":28}},{"text":"The Message of Jesus Christ, pp. 33-34.","box":{"x":165,"y":491,"width":474,"height":27}},{"text":"I consider Western Christianity in its practical working a nega-","box":{"x":164,"y":548,"width":869,"height":35}},{"text":"tion of Christ's Christianity. I cannot conceive Jesus, if he was","box":{"x":117,"y":577,"width":918,"height":34}},{"text":"living in the flesh in our midst, approving of modern Christian","box":{"x":119,"y":603,"width":917,"height":35}},{"text":"organizations, public worship or modern ministry. If Indian","box":{"x":116,"y":633,"width":919,"height":34}},{"text":"Christians will simply cling to the Sermon on the Mount, which was","box":{"x":111,"y":651,"width":925,"height":43}},{"text":"delivered not merely to the peaceful disciples but a groaning world,","box":{"x":113,"y":689,"width":922,"height":36}},{"text":"they would not go wrong, and they would find that no religion is","box":{"x":116,"y":715,"width":921,"height":36}},{"text":"false; and that if all live according to their lights and in the fear of","box":{"x":118,"y":744,"width":922,"height":35}},{"text":"God, they would not need to worry about organizations, forms of","box":{"x":111,"y":772,"width":928,"height":34}},{"text":"worship and ministry. The Pharisees had all that, but Jesus would","box":{"x":112,"y":799,"width":924,"height":34}},{"text":"have none of it, for they were using their office as a cloak for hypo-","box":{"x":113,"y":826,"width":921,"height":36}},{"text":"crisy and worse. Co-operation with forces of Good and non-","box":{"x":116,"y":856,"width":919,"height":32}},{"text":"co-operation with forces of Evil are the two things we need for a","box":{"x":115,"y":883,"width":921,"height":34}},{"text":"good and pure life, whether it is called Hindu, Muslim or Christian.","box":{"x":113,"y":912,"width":921,"height":32}},{"text":"158. THE CHRISTUKULA ASHRAM (1921 A.D.)","box":{"x":214,"y":1026,"width":722,"height":31}},{"text":"One of the best known of the Christian ashrams established follow-","box":{"x":200,"y":1084,"width":785,"height":25}},{"text":"ing the First World War is the Christukula Ashram of Tirupattur in","box":{"x":168,"y":1108,"width":819,"height":28}},{"text":"North Arcot District. It was started by Dr. S. Jesudason and Dr. Ernest","box":{"x":161,"y":1132,"width":823,"height":27}},{"text":"F. Paton in 1921. Writing some years later, Dr. Jesudason explains","box":{"x":164,"y":1158,"width":822,"height":31}},{"text":"the rationale, origins and ideals of the ashram. Dr. Savarirayan","box":{"x":165,"y":1183,"width":820,"height":27}},{"text":"Jesudason, Ashrams, Ancient and Modern. Their Aims and Ideals,","box":{"x":164,"y":1208,"width":824,"height":28}},{"text":"pp. 36-51.","box":{"x":164,"y":1235,"width":119,"height":21}},{"text":"In writing about this Ashram, we have felt it necessary to refer","box":{"x":161,"y":1291,"width":873,"height":32}},{"text":"to personal experiences in order to make things clear, in the confi-","box":{"x":116,"y":1321,"width":917,"height":32}},{"text":"dence that those for whom the pages are meant will understand","box":{"x":113,"y":1348,"width":921,"height":31}},{"text":"the spirit in which they are written.","box":{"x":115,"y":1378,"width":480,"height":27}},{"text":"During the years immediately preceding the last dreadful war,","box":{"x":157,"y":1430,"width":873,"height":34}},{"text":"many professing Christians seemed to recognize their kith and","box":{"x":113,"y":1459,"width":919,"height":32}},{"text":"kin only in those of their own particular colour or race or nationality,","box":{"x":112,"y":1486,"width":922,"height":36}},{"text":"or even in those only of their own particular little sect or denomi-","box":{"x":115,"y":1516,"width":919,"height":29}}]}}}