{"pages":{"210":{"imagePath":"H:\\web_projects\\corpus-web\\electron-app\\data\\5e07978430078cb56ea89a104e5a0c0e50b3aa1618e48c486c8af005ae015143\\raw\\pages\\00234-0576378a6f68039fea31.webp","width":1170,"height":1680,"segments":[{"text":"210","box":{"x":124,"y":133,"width":59,"height":20}},{"text":"HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY IN INDIA","box":{"x":350,"y":145,"width":476,"height":21}},{"text":"120. KESHUB CHUNDER SEN ON AN INDIAN NATIONAL","box":{"x":129,"y":219,"width":907,"height":28}},{"text":"CHURCH (1869 A.D.)","box":{"x":434,"y":252,"width":306,"height":27}},{"text":"Keshub Chunder Sen here proposes the fusion of the best elements.","box":{"x":211,"y":310,"width":781,"height":27}},{"text":"of Hinduism and Islam, under Christian influence, into an Indian.","box":{"x":175,"y":335,"width":812,"height":27}},{"text":"National Church which would be the indigenous form of a universal","box":{"x":171,"y":360,"width":813,"height":27}},{"text":"religion. From Lectures in India, pp. 155-160. Cited in William","box":{"x":175,"y":384,"width":810,"height":25}},{"text":"Theodore de Bary, ed., Sources of Indian Tradition, pp. 621-624.","box":{"x":171,"y":408,"width":780,"height":29}},{"text":"There are some among us who denounce Mahomedanism","box":{"x":169,"y":468,"width":862,"height":31}},{"text":"as wholly false, while others contend that Hinduism is altogether","box":{"x":122,"y":496,"width":910,"height":32}},{"text":"false. Such opinions are far from being correct; they only indicate","box":{"x":124,"y":522,"width":905,"height":35}},{"text":"the spirit of sectarian antipathy. Do you think that millions of","box":{"x":124,"y":548,"width":908,"height":34}},{"text":"men would to this day attach themselves so devoutly to these","box":{"x":115,"y":576,"width":914,"height":35}},{"text":"systems of faith unless there was something really valuable and","box":{"x":120,"y":604,"width":911,"height":36}},{"text":"true in them? This cannot be. There is, no doubt, in each of","box":{"x":119,"y":632,"width":915,"height":35}},{"text":"these creeds, much to excite ridicule, and perhaps indication-a","box":{"x":119,"y":661,"width":910,"height":34}},{"text":"large amount of superstition, prejudice, and even corruption. But","box":{"x":120,"y":689,"width":910,"height":34}},{"text":"I must emphatically say it is wrong to set down Hinduism or Maho-","box":{"x":119,"y":714,"width":910,"height":35}},{"text":"medanism as nothing but a mass of lies and abominations, and","box":{"x":117,"y":740,"width":911,"height":34}},{"text":"worthy of being trampled under foot. Prescribe and eliminate all","box":{"x":113,"y":772,"width":918,"height":29}},{"text":"that is false therein; there remains a residue of truth and purity","box":{"x":117,"y":797,"width":911,"height":34}},{"text":"which you are bound to honour. You will find certain central","box":{"x":110,"y":826,"width":917,"height":31}},{"text":"truths in these systems, though surrounded by errors, which consti-","box":{"x":114,"y":855,"width":911,"height":32}},{"text":"tute their vitality, and which have preserved them for centuries.","box":{"x":114,"y":881,"width":918,"height":34}},{"text":"in spite of opposition, and in which hundreds of good men always","box":{"x":116,"y":909,"width":907,"height":35}},{"text":"found the bread of life. It is these which form even now the pillars","box":{"x":113,"y":938,"width":910,"height":29}},{"text":"of Hinduism and Mahomedanism, and challenge universal admira-","box":{"x":113,"y":964,"width":910,"height":32}},{"text":"tion and respect. It is idle to suppose that such gigantic systems","box":{"x":110,"y":993,"width":911,"height":34}},{"text":"of faith will be swept away by the fervor of youthful excitement, or","box":{"x":109,"y":1021,"width":914,"height":32}},{"text":"the violent fulminations of sectarian bigotry, so long as there is","box":{"x":107,"y":1045,"width":912,"height":35}},{"text":"real power in them. All the onslaughts which are being bei levelled","box":{"x":112,"y":1075,"width":910,"height":36}},{"text":"against them in this age of free inquiry and bold criticism will tend,","box":{"x":110,"y":1104,"width":911,"height":34}},{"text":"not to destroy them, but to purify them and develop their true","box":{"x":108,"y":1130,"width":912,"height":34}},{"text":"principles. The signs of the times already indicate this process of","box":{"x":106,"y":1158,"width":917,"height":35}},{"text":"purification and development; and I believe this process will","box":{"x":105,"y":1185,"width":914,"height":34}},{"text":"gradually bring Hinduism and Mahomedanism, hitherto so","box":{"x":102,"y":1211,"width":915,"height":36}},{"text":"hostile to each other, into closer union, till the two ultimately","box":{"x":103,"y":1239,"width":914,"height":36}},{"text":"harmonise to form the future church of India.","box":{"x":106,"y":1266,"width":623,"height":28}},{"text":"The Hindu's notion of God is sublime. In the earliest Hindu","box":{"x":151,"y":1328,"width":861,"height":29}},{"text":"scriptures God is represented as the Infinite Spirit dwelling in His","box":{"x":105,"y":1356,"width":907,"height":31}},{"text":"own glory, and pervading all space, full of peace and joy. Or. the","box":{"x":105,"y":1382,"width":907,"height":34}},{"text":"other hand, the Mahomedans describe their God as infinite in","box":{"x":105,"y":1408,"width":905,"height":32}},{"text":"power, governing the universe with supreme authority as the Lord","box":{"x":102,"y":1437,"width":910,"height":36}},{"text":"of all. Hence the principal feature of the religion of the Hindu is","box":{"x":99,"y":1465,"width":908,"height":35}},{"text":"quiet contemplation, while that of the religion of the Mahom-","box":{"x":101,"y":1491,"width":907,"height":36}}]},"211":{"imagePath":"H:\\web_projects\\corpus-web\\electron-app\\data\\5e07978430078cb56ea89a104e5a0c0e50b3aa1618e48c486c8af005ae015143\\raw\\pages\\00235-bd4e98d8872df2e50240.webp","width":1170,"height":1680,"segments":[{"text":"SOURCE MATERIALS","box":{"x":451,"y":141,"width":249,"height":20}},{"text":"211","box":{"x":978,"y":134,"width":56,"height":24}},{"text":"medan is constant excitement and active service. One lives in a","box":{"x":122,"y":191,"width":914,"height":28}},{"text":"state of quiet communion with his God of peace; the other lives","box":{"x":122,"y":217,"width":911,"height":32}},{"text":"as a soldier, ever serving the Almighty Ruler, and crusading against","box":{"x":123,"y":246,"width":912,"height":32}},{"text":"evil. These are the primary elements of the two creeds, and if","box":{"x":119,"y":273,"width":919,"height":34}},{"text":"belonged together, would form a beautiful picture of true theology,","box":{"x":119,"y":300,"width":914,"height":35}},{"text":"which will be realized in the future church of this country. As the","box":{"x":115,"y":327,"width":919,"height":38}},{"text":"two creeds undergo development, their errors and differences will","box":{"x":125,"y":356,"width":911,"height":34}},{"text":"disappear, and they will harmoniously coalesce in their funda-","box":{"x":122,"y":383,"width":911,"height":35}},{"text":"mental and vital principles. The The future creed of India will be a","box":{"x":118,"y":406,"width":918,"height":39}},{"text":"composite faith, resulting from the union of the true and divine","box":{"x":122,"y":441,"width":911,"height":29}},{"text":"elements of Hinduism and Mahomedanism, and showing the","box":{"x":120,"y":467,"width":914,"height":35}},{"text":"profound devotion of the one and the heroic enthusiasm of the","box":{"x":120,"y":496,"width":915,"height":29}},{"text":"other. The future sons and daughters of this vast country will","box":{"x":119,"y":524,"width":917,"height":34}},{"text":"thus inherit precious legacies from Hinduism and Mahomeda-","box":{"x":122,"y":553,"width":915,"height":29}},{"text":"nism, and, while enjoying the blessings of the highest and sweetest","box":{"x":122,"y":579,"width":914,"height":34}},{"text":"communion with the God of love, will serve Him in the battle-","box":{"x":119,"y":607,"width":918,"height":31}},{"text":"field of life with fidelity to truth and unyielding opposition to","box":{"x":123,"y":635,"width":912,"height":35}},{"text":"untruth and sin. As regards Christianity and its relation to the","box":{"x":119,"y":665,"width":917,"height":31}},{"text":"future church of India, I have no doubt in my mind that it will","box":{"x":123,"y":691,"width":912,"height":32}},{"text":"exercise great influence on the growth and formation of that","box":{"x":120,"y":719,"width":914,"height":32}},{"text":"church. The spirit of Christianity has already pervaded the whole","box":{"x":122,"y":745,"width":912,"height":35}},{"text":"atmosphere of the Indian society, and we breathe, think, feel, and","box":{"x":122,"y":776,"width":911,"height":32}},{"text":"move in a Christian atmosphere. Native society is being roused,","box":{"x":120,"y":803,"width":912,"height":34}},{"text":"enlightened, and reformed under the influence of Christian","box":{"x":120,"y":831,"width":912,"height":31}},{"text":"education. If it is true that the future of a nation is determined","box":{"x":119,"y":860,"width":914,"height":27}},{"text":"by all the circumstances and agencies which today influence its","box":{"x":118,"y":888,"width":914,"height":32}},{"text":"nascent growth, surely the future church of this country will be the","box":{"x":120,"y":915,"width":912,"height":31}},{"text":"result of the purer elements of the leading creeds of the day, harmo-","box":{"x":119,"y":943,"width":914,"height":34}},{"text":"nized, developed, and shaped under the inf influence of Christianity.","box":{"x":116,"y":968,"width":883,"height":35}},{"text":"But the future church of India must be thoroughly national;","box":{"x":161,"y":1028,"width":871,"height":35}},{"text":"it must be an essentially Indian church. The future religion of the","box":{"x":120,"y":1056,"width":912,"height":34}},{"text":"world I have described will be the common religion of all nations,","box":{"x":116,"y":1085,"width":917,"height":35}},{"text":"but in each nation it will have an indigenous growth, and assume a","box":{"x":118,"y":1115,"width":915,"height":32}},{"text":"distinctive and peculiar character. All mankind will unit in a","box":{"x":118,"y":1141,"width":917,"height":28}},{"text":"universal church; at the same time, it will be adapted to the peculiar","box":{"x":116,"y":1170,"width":915,"height":32}},{"text":"circumstances of each nation, and assume a national form. No","box":{"x":119,"y":1194,"width":911,"height":35}},{"text":"country will borrow or mechanically imitate the religion of another","box":{"x":118,"y":1226,"width":914,"height":32}},{"text":"country; but from the depths of the life of each nation its future","box":{"x":116,"y":1256,"width":917,"height":28}},{"text":"church will naturally grow up. And shall not India have its own","box":{"x":118,"y":1281,"width":914,"height":35}},{"text":"national church? Dr. Norman McLeod, in expounding last year,","box":{"x":116,"y":1309,"width":914,"height":32}},{"text":"in this very hall, his ideas of the future church of this country, said","box":{"x":120,"y":1337,"width":912,"height":31}},{"text":"emphatically that it would be a purely Indian church, and not a","box":{"x":116,"y":1364,"width":919,"height":32}},{"text":"reproduction of any of the established churches of the west. Though","box":{"x":119,"y":1392,"width":912,"height":31}},{"text":"I differ from that learned and liberal-minded gentleman in regard to","box":{"x":116,"y":1418,"width":914,"height":32}},{"text":"the doctrine and tenets of that church as set forth by him, I fully","box":{"x":119,"y":1449,"width":914,"height":34}},{"text":"agree with him that that church must have a strictly national growth","box":{"x":119,"y":1477,"width":912,"height":31}},{"text":"and a national organization. Neither will Germany adopt the","box":{"x":118,"y":1504,"width":915,"height":35}}]},"212":{"imagePath":"H:\\web_projects\\corpus-web\\electron-app\\data\\5e07978430078cb56ea89a104e5a0c0e50b3aa1618e48c486c8af005ae015143\\raw\\pages\\00236-582b23a90e3225bb7e48.webp","width":1170,"height":1680,"segments":[{"text":"212","box":{"x":133,"y":147,"width":60,"height":18}},{"text":"HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY IN INDIA","box":{"x":360,"y":153,"width":470,"height":18}},{"text":"religious life of China, nor will India which has religious traditions","box":{"x":137,"y":200,"width":907,"height":32}},{"text":"and associations, tastes and customs, peculiarly sacred and dear to","box":{"x":139,"y":228,"width":905,"height":29}},{"text":"her, just as every other country has, and it is idle to expect that she","box":{"x":136,"y":255,"width":908,"height":32}},{"text":"will forego these; nay, she cannot do so, as they are interwoven with","box":{"x":132,"y":286,"width":914,"height":29}},{"text":"her very life. In common with all other nations and communities,","box":{"x":137,"y":312,"width":908,"height":31}},{"text":"we shall embrace the theistic worship, creed, and gospel of the","box":{"x":130,"y":340,"width":915,"height":34}},{"text":"future church-we shall acknowledge and adore the Holy One,","box":{"x":136,"y":368,"width":908,"height":31}},{"text":"accept the love and service of God and man as our creed, and put","box":{"x":134,"y":396,"width":910,"height":32}},{"text":"our firm faith in God's almighty grace as the only means of our","box":{"x":136,"y":423,"width":905,"height":32}},{"text":"redemption. But we shall do all this in a strictly national and Indian","box":{"x":136,"y":452,"width":907,"height":31}},{"text":"style. We shall see that the future church is not thrust upon us, but","box":{"x":132,"y":480,"width":911,"height":32}},{"text":"that we independently and naturally grow into it; that it does not","box":{"x":133,"y":508,"width":908,"height":31}},{"text":"come to us as a foreign plant, but that it strikes its roots deep in","box":{"x":130,"y":536,"width":912,"height":31}},{"text":"the national heart of India, draws its sap from our national re-","box":{"x":132,"y":563,"width":910,"height":32}},{"text":"sources, and develops itself with all the freshness and vigour of","box":{"x":130,"y":591,"width":914,"height":32}},{"text":"indigenous growth. One religion shall be acknowledged by all","box":{"x":134,"y":619,"width":910,"height":31}},{"text":"men, One God shall be worshipped throughout the length and","box":{"x":129,"y":647,"width":914,"height":31}},{"text":"breadth of the world; the same spirit of faith and love shall pervade","box":{"x":129,"y":673,"width":912,"height":32}},{"text":"all hearts; all nations shall dwell together in the Father's house-","box":{"x":130,"y":700,"width":912,"height":31}},{"text":"yet each shall have its own peculiar and free mode of action. 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