{"pages":{"105":{"imagePath":"H:\\web_projects\\corpus-web\\electron-app\\data\\5e07978430078cb56ea89a104e5a0c0e50b3aa1618e48c486c8af005ae015143\\raw\\pages\\00129-21a4119e223601d20b0d.webp","width":1170,"height":1680,"segments":[{"text":"SOURCE MATERIALS","box":{"x":458,"y":162,"width":245,"height":20}},{"text":"105","box":{"x":985,"y":153,"width":53,"height":21}},{"text":"baptized. The rumour of my baptism having been previously","box":{"x":130,"y":208,"width":908,"height":36}},{"text":"circulated abroad, many from Chandernagore, Calcutta, and other","box":{"x":129,"y":236,"width":907,"height":35}},{"text":"places, together with my relatives, attended to witness it.","box":{"x":130,"y":266,"width":784,"height":32}},{"text":"80. RAJA RAMMOHUN ROY'S CRITICISM OF","box":{"x":220,"y":352,"width":729,"height":22}},{"text":"MISSIONARIES (1823 A.D.)","box":{"x":383,"y":379,"width":403,"height":28}},{"text":"Following publication of his Precepts of Jesus (c. 1920), Raja","box":{"x":216,"y":428,"width":771,"height":28}},{"text":"Rammohun Roy entered into controversy with missionaries like Joshua","box":{"x":179,"y":454,"width":808,"height":28}},{"text":"Marshman of Serampore. He started a magazine as a vehicle for","box":{"x":179,"y":479,"width":808,"height":27}},{"text":"expressing his side of this controversy. The following passage is","box":{"x":181,"y":502,"width":808,"height":28}},{"text":"taken from this magazine and is found in his English Works, pp.145-147.","box":{"x":176,"y":527,"width":810,"height":27}},{"text":"Cited in William Theodore de Bary, Sources of Indian Tradition,","box":{"x":178,"y":553,"width":808,"height":27}},{"text":"pp. 578-580.","box":{"x":182,"y":582,"width":147,"height":22}},{"text":"For a period of upwards of fifty years, this country (Bengal, has","box":{"x":182,"y":630,"width":855,"height":35}},{"text":"been in exclusive possession of the English nation, during the first","box":{"x":134,"y":656,"width":903,"height":35}},{"text":"thirty years of which from their word and deed it was universally","box":{"x":137,"y":684,"width":901,"height":32}},{"text":"believed that they would not interfere with the religion of their","box":{"x":136,"y":714,"width":903,"height":32}},{"text":"subjects, and that they truly wished every man to act in such matters","box":{"x":137,"y":742,"width":900,"height":34}},{"text":"according to the dictates of his own conscience. Their possessions","box":{"x":136,"y":769,"width":901,"height":31}},{"text":"in Hindoostan and their political strength have, through the grace","box":{"x":137,"y":798,"width":900,"height":32}},{"text":"of God, gradually increased. But during the last twenty years,","box":{"x":137,"y":824,"width":900,"height":32}},{"text":"a body of English Gentlemen who are called missionaries have been","box":{"x":136,"y":852,"width":904,"height":32}},{"text":"publicly endeavouring, in several ways, to convert Hindoos and","box":{"x":134,"y":880,"width":905,"height":34}},{"text":"Mussulmans of this country into Christianity. The first way is","box":{"x":132,"y":906,"width":908,"height":34}},{"text":"that of publishing and distributing among the natives various books,","box":{"x":134,"y":936,"width":904,"height":34}},{"text":"large and small, reviling both religions, and abusing and ridiculing","box":{"x":137,"y":965,"width":903,"height":32}},{"text":"the gods and saints of the former; the second way is that of standing","box":{"x":133,"y":992,"width":907,"height":31}},{"text":"in front of the doors of the natives or in the public roads to preach","box":{"x":137,"y":1021,"width":903,"height":31}},{"text":"the excellency of that of others; the third way is that if any natives","box":{"x":136,"y":1048,"width":903,"height":31}},{"text":"of low origin become Christians from the desire of gain or from","box":{"x":137,"y":1076,"width":901,"height":31}},{"text":"any other motives, these gentlemen employ and maintain them as a","box":{"x":136,"y":1104,"width":905,"height":35}},{"text":"necessary encouragement to others to follow their example.","box":{"x":137,"y":1132,"width":808,"height":34}},{"text":"It is true that the apostles of Jesus Christ used to preach the","box":{"x":181,"y":1185,"width":861,"height":34}},{"text":"superiority of the Christian religion to the natives of different","box":{"x":137,"y":1213,"width":903,"height":35}},{"text":"countries. But we must recollect that they were not the rulers of","box":{"x":133,"y":1241,"width":910,"height":32}},{"text":"those countries where they preached. Were the missionaries like","box":{"x":134,"y":1269,"width":905,"height":34}},{"text":"wise to preach the Gospel and distribute books in countries not","box":{"x":130,"y":1298,"width":910,"height":32}},{"text":"conquered by the English, such as Turkey, Persia, &c. which are","box":{"x":136,"y":1324,"width":904,"height":39}},{"text":"much nearer England, they would be esteemed a body of men","box":{"x":134,"y":1353,"width":907,"height":34}},{"text":"truly zealous in propagating religion and in following the example","box":{"x":136,"y":1381,"width":904,"height":35}},{"text":"of the founders of Christianity. In Bengal, where the English","box":{"x":136,"y":1407,"width":904,"height":34}},{"text":"are the sole rulers, and where the mere name of Englishman is","box":{"x":139,"y":1437,"width":901,"height":32}},{"text":"sufficient to frighten people, an encroachment upon the rights of","box":{"x":139,"y":1465,"width":904,"height":34}},{"text":"her poor timid and humble inhabitants and upon their religion","box":{"x":136,"y":1491,"width":904,"height":35}},{"text":"cannot be viewed in the eyes of God or the public as a justifiable","box":{"x":139,"y":1520,"width":901,"height":32}}]},"106":{"imagePath":"H:\\web_projects\\corpus-web\\electron-app\\data\\5e07978430078cb56ea89a104e5a0c0e50b3aa1618e48c486c8af005ae015143\\raw\\pages\\00130-abd04b733f7456399ecb.webp","width":1170,"height":1680,"segments":[{"text":"106","box":{"x":137,"y":153,"width":52,"height":17}},{"text":"HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY IN INDIA","box":{"x":357,"y":158,"width":467,"height":18}},{"text":"act. For wise and good men always feel disinclined to hurt those","box":{"x":136,"y":204,"width":904,"height":32}},{"text":"that are of much less strength than themselves, and if such weak","box":{"x":137,"y":232,"width":901,"height":32}},{"text":"creatures be dependent on them and subject to their authority, they","box":{"x":137,"y":260,"width":903,"height":32}},{"text":"can never attempt, even in thought, to mortify their feelings.","box":{"x":136,"y":288,"width":812,"height":32}},{"text":"We have been subjected to such insults for about nine centuries,","box":{"x":176,"y":344,"width":864,"height":32}},{"text":"and the cause of such degradation has been our excess in civilization","box":{"x":134,"y":372,"width":904,"height":32}},{"text":"and abstinence from the slaughter even of animals, as well as our","box":{"x":137,"y":400,"width":904,"height":34}},{"text":"division into castes which has been the source of want of unity","box":{"x":134,"y":428,"width":907,"height":31}},{"text":"among us.","box":{"x":139,"y":463,"width":141,"height":22}},{"text":"It seems almost natural that when one nation succeeds in conquer-","box":{"x":179,"y":515,"width":859,"height":27}},{"text":"ing another, the former, though their religion may be quite ridi-","box":{"x":139,"y":540,"width":901,"height":32}},{"text":"culous, laugh at and despise the religion and manners of those that","box":{"x":133,"y":568,"width":905,"height":32}},{"text":"are fallen into their power. For example, Mussulmans, upon their","box":{"x":134,"y":595,"width":905,"height":36}},{"text":"conquest of India, proved highly inimical to the religious exercises","box":{"x":132,"y":625,"width":904,"height":32}},{"text":"of Hindoos. When the generals of Chungezkhan (Ghingis Khan),","box":{"x":136,"y":653,"width":901,"height":35}},{"text":"who denied God and were like wild beasts in their manners, invaded","box":{"x":132,"y":674,"width":907,"height":35}},{"text":"the western part of Hindoostan, they universally mocked at the","box":{"x":134,"y":707,"width":903,"height":32}},{"text":"profession of God and of futurity expressed to them by the natives","box":{"x":133,"y":735,"width":905,"height":32}},{"text":"of India. The savages of Arracan on their invasion of the eastern","box":{"x":136,"y":762,"width":901,"height":32}},{"text":"part of Bengal always attempted to degrade the religion of Hindoos.","box":{"x":136,"y":790,"width":903,"height":36}},{"text":"In ancient days the Greeks and the Romans, who were gross ido-","box":{"x":136,"y":819,"width":901,"height":31}},{"text":"lators and immoral in their lives, used to laugh at the religion and","box":{"x":137,"y":847,"width":898,"height":31}},{"text":"conduct of their Jewish subjects-a sect who were devoted to the","box":{"x":133,"y":874,"width":904,"height":32}},{"text":"belief of one God. It is therefore not uncommon if the English","box":{"x":134,"y":901,"width":904,"height":31}},{"text":"missionaries, who are of the conquerors of this country, revile","box":{"x":136,"y":930,"width":904,"height":34}},{"text":"and mock at the religion of its natives. But as the English are","box":{"x":134,"y":958,"width":904,"height":32}},{"text":"celebrated for the manifestation of humanity and for administering","box":{"x":133,"y":989,"width":905,"height":29}},{"text":"justice, and as a great many gentlemen among them are noticed to","box":{"x":129,"y":1013,"width":907,"height":35}},{"text":"have had an aversion to violate equity, it would tend to destroy","box":{"x":130,"y":1039,"width":907,"height":35}},{"text":"their acknowledged character if they follow the example of the former","box":{"x":134,"y":1070,"width":903,"height":31}},{"text":"savage conquerors in disturbing the established religion of the","box":{"x":134,"y":1097,"width":901,"height":32}},{"text":"country; because to introduce religion by means of abuse and insult,","box":{"x":134,"y":1127,"width":901,"height":31}},{"text":"or by affording the hope of worldly gain, is inconsistent with reason","box":{"x":133,"y":1154,"width":901,"height":32}},{"text":"and justice. If by the force of argument they can prove the truth","box":{"x":132,"y":1183,"width":904,"height":31}},{"text":"of their own religion and the falsity of that of Hindoos, many","box":{"x":133,"y":1208,"width":903,"height":32}},{"text":"would of course embrace their doctrines, and in case they fail to","box":{"x":132,"y":1238,"width":904,"height":31}},{"text":"prove this, they should not undergo such useless trouble, nor tease","box":{"x":132,"y":1267,"width":903,"height":29}},{"text":"Hindoos any longer by their attempts at conversion. In consi-","box":{"x":127,"y":1293,"width":908,"height":34}},{"text":"deration of the small huts in which Brahmuns generally reside,","box":{"x":130,"y":1320,"width":904,"height":34}},{"text":"and the simple food, such as vegetables &c. which they are accus-","box":{"x":133,"y":1350,"width":901,"height":32}},{"text":"tomed to eat, and the poverty which obliges them to live upon","box":{"x":134,"y":1379,"width":903,"height":34}},{"text":"charity, the missionary gentlemen may not, I hope, abstain from","box":{"x":133,"y":1406,"width":903,"height":34}},{"text":"controversy from contempt of them; for truth and true religion","box":{"x":133,"y":1438,"width":901,"height":29}},{"text":"do not always belong to wealth and power, high names, or lofty","box":{"x":130,"y":1463,"width":904,"height":34}},{"text":"palaces.","box":{"x":127,"y":1492,"width":115,"height":27}}]}}}