{"pages":{"214":{"imagePath":"H:\\web_projects\\corpus-web\\electron-app\\data\\5e07978430078cb56ea89a104e5a0c0e50b3aa1618e48c486c8af005ae015143\\raw\\pages\\00238-2e4198315e09f917098b.webp","width":1170,"height":1680,"segments":[{"text":"214","box":{"x":104,"y":140,"width":60,"height":18}},{"text":"HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY IN INDIA","box":{"x":333,"y":146,"width":473,"height":17}},{"text":"'But why were not the tidings of Christ brought hither in the","box":{"x":157,"y":190,"width":868,"height":32}},{"text":"days of our fathers? Surely they would have received them.'","box":{"x":104,"y":218,"width":826,"height":32}},{"text":"Can there not be a missionary found to preach the gospel to","box":{"x":153,"y":269,"width":869,"height":32}},{"text":"such a people?","box":{"x":108,"y":300,"width":214,"height":28}},{"text":"122. THE FIRST DECENNIAL CONFERENCE, ALLAHABAD","box":{"x":109,"y":391,"width":911,"height":28}},{"text":"(1872-1873 A.D.)","box":{"x":446,"y":419,"width":239,"height":29}},{"text":"The first all-India missionary conference (at which it was decided","box":{"x":196,"y":466,"width":778,"height":28}},{"text":"to hold such conferences every ten years) was held at Allahabad from","box":{"x":158,"y":493,"width":812,"height":27}},{"text":"26 December, 1872, to 1 January, 1873. 136 persons attended,","box":{"x":157,"y":516,"width":813,"height":27}},{"text":"among whom were 28 'native members'. Several papers were read","box":{"x":155,"y":542,"width":816,"height":27}},{"text":"by Indian members. The papers reproduced here are from the Report","box":{"x":153,"y":567,"width":820,"height":25}},{"text":"of the General Missionary Conference held at Allahabad, 1872-73.","box":{"x":157,"y":592,"width":815,"height":27}},{"text":"1. pp. 250-258; 2. pp. 141-144; 3. pp. 300-309; 4. pp. 337-349; 5. p.485.","box":{"x":154,"y":617,"width":816,"height":25}},{"text":"1. W. T. Satthianadhan on the Native Church in South India","box":{"x":137,"y":682,"width":855,"height":22}},{"text":"Though the native Churches need to have an indigenous ministry,","box":{"x":153,"y":731,"width":868,"height":28}},{"text":"yet, under existing circumstances, I submit that they should not","box":{"x":104,"y":759,"width":917,"height":29}},{"text":"be left quite alone until they are in a position to govern themselves,","box":{"x":99,"y":782,"width":919,"height":34}},{"text":"for that would be like leaving a man to swim unaided before he has","box":{"x":104,"y":813,"width":914,"height":31}},{"text":"learnt how to support himself in the water. At the same time the","box":{"x":105,"y":841,"width":912,"height":32}},{"text":"native Churches should be gradually taught the great lessons of","box":{"x":104,"y":868,"width":918,"height":34}},{"text":"self-help, self-action and self-government. If this system be not","box":{"x":102,"y":896,"width":915,"height":32}},{"text":"already inaugurated, it should be commenced at once, otherwise","box":{"x":101,"y":924,"width":918,"height":36}},{"text":"Missionary Societies will learn, by sad experience, that this policy","box":{"x":101,"y":952,"width":918,"height":31}},{"text":"is not only unhealthy but very expensive also. The native Churches","box":{"x":102,"y":981,"width":914,"height":32}},{"text":"will entwine themselves, like parasites, about Missionary Societies","box":{"x":97,"y":1006,"width":918,"height":32}},{"text":"and their increasing number will entail such an amount of expen-","box":{"x":98,"y":1035,"width":918,"height":31}},{"text":"diture as the Home Churches and Societies, with ever-increasing","box":{"x":98,"y":1062,"width":918,"height":32}},{"text":"calls upon their liberality, will not be able to meet. It is, therefore,","box":{"x":98,"y":1092,"width":915,"height":29}},{"text":"of the utmost importance to train native Churches in habits of","box":{"x":97,"y":1117,"width":922,"height":34}},{"text":"self-reliance, self-government and self-propagation.","box":{"x":102,"y":1148,"width":690,"height":32}},{"text":"The necessity of this principle was first recognized and fully","box":{"x":146,"y":1195,"width":869,"height":32}},{"text":"enunciated by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign","box":{"x":97,"y":1225,"width":917,"height":32}},{"text":"Missions in a document entitled, 'Outlines of Missionary Policy',","box":{"x":98,"y":1253,"width":915,"height":31}},{"text":"which was embodied in a report of the Deputation to India,","box":{"x":97,"y":1280,"width":915,"height":36}},{"text":"published in 1856. To quote one or two pages from this document,","box":{"x":99,"y":1309,"width":914,"height":32}},{"text":"Separate action,' it says, 'will be for the advantage of all parties.'","box":{"x":119,"y":1337,"width":891,"height":32}},{"text":"1. The independence of the native element will be sure.","box":{"x":147,"y":1378,"width":812,"height":28}},{"text":"Missionaries are members of the ecclesiastical body, they will exert,","box":{"x":94,"y":1406,"width":921,"height":31}},{"text":"almost of necessity, a predominating influence.'","box":{"x":97,"y":1433,"width":658,"height":29}},{"text":"If","box":{"x":988,"y":1380,"width":32,"height":18}},{"text":"2. The power of self-government will be best developed in this","box":{"x":146,"y":1472,"width":868,"height":31}},{"text":"way. The native churches and ministers must have responsibilities","box":{"x":95,"y":1501,"width":918,"height":29}}]},"215":{"imagePath":"H:\\web_projects\\corpus-web\\electron-app\\data\\5e07978430078cb56ea89a104e5a0c0e50b3aa1618e48c486c8af005ae015143\\raw\\pages\\00239-17f6b4c9cd7fbfd9b0e0.webp","width":1170,"height":1680,"segments":[{"text":"SOURCE MATERIALS","box":{"x":480,"y":170,"width":248,"height":20}},{"text":"215","box":{"x":1009,"y":165,"width":55,"height":21}},{"text":"to bear before they can learn how to bear them. By this plan there","box":{"x":150,"y":217,"width":910,"height":34}},{"text":"will be less danger of embarrassment and disorder when the","box":{"x":146,"y":245,"width":915,"height":34}},{"text":"Missionaries pass on to \"regions beyond \".\"","box":{"x":144,"y":275,"width":609,"height":32}},{"text":"The Rev. H. Venn, for about half a century the highly esteemed","box":{"x":196,"y":324,"width":864,"height":34}},{"text":"Honorary Secretary of the Church Missionary Society, in a letter","box":{"x":146,"y":353,"width":914,"height":34}},{"text":"to the Bishop of Jamaica, dated January 1867, advocates the same","box":{"x":151,"y":380,"width":908,"height":34}},{"text":"principle in the following terms: 'It may be said to have been","box":{"x":144,"y":410,"width":918,"height":34}},{"text":"only lately discovered in the Science of Missions that when the","box":{"x":148,"y":436,"width":912,"height":34}},{"text":"Missionary is of another and superior race than his converts, he","box":{"x":147,"y":465,"width":914,"height":32}},{"text":"must not attempt to be their pastor; though they will be bound to","box":{"x":146,"y":493,"width":915,"height":31}},{"text":"him by personal attachment, and by a sense of the benefits received","box":{"x":147,"y":520,"width":917,"height":34}},{"text":"from him; yet if he continues to act as their pastor, they will not","box":{"x":144,"y":549,"width":919,"height":31}},{"text":"form a vigorous native church, but, as a general rule, they will","box":{"x":150,"y":574,"width":914,"height":32}},{"text":"remain in a dependent condition, and make but little progressive","box":{"x":154,"y":603,"width":908,"height":32}},{"text":"attainments. The same congregation under competent native","box":{"x":151,"y":630,"width":912,"height":34}},{"text":"pastors, may become more self-reliant and their religion would wo be","box":{"x":153,"y":659,"width":910,"height":31}},{"text":"of a more manly, home character.'","box":{"x":150,"y":690,"width":465,"height":31}},{"text":"The conclusion, then, is obvious, that the native churches, to","box":{"x":196,"y":737,"width":868,"height":32}},{"text":"become independent, must be brought as soon as possible to begin","box":{"x":148,"y":764,"width":918,"height":36}},{"text":"to think and act for themselves. A child will never stand and walk","box":{"x":150,"y":792,"width":915,"height":29}},{"text":"firmly, if always in leading strings. True, native churches, when","box":{"x":151,"y":820,"width":915,"height":34}},{"text":"left alone will make mistakes and even stumble, but from these","box":{"x":151,"y":848,"width":915,"height":31}},{"text":"errors and falls, they will learn to walk steadily, just as a man","box":{"x":150,"y":877,"width":917,"height":38}},{"text":"becomes expert in horsemanship after many accidents to life and","box":{"x":150,"y":905,"width":918,"height":35}},{"text":"limb. And the grace of God is able to support them and carry","box":{"x":151,"y":932,"width":917,"height":34}},{"text":"them finally through it all.","box":{"x":151,"y":964,"width":361,"height":31}},{"text":"2. R. Jardine on the Brahmo Somaj","box":{"x":368,"y":1035,"width":498,"height":29}},{"text":"I wish now to make some remarks with reference to the position","box":{"x":200,"y":1085,"width":866,"height":31}},{"text":"which the Christian Church should assume in looking at and","box":{"x":153,"y":1111,"width":912,"height":32}},{"text":"judging of this movement (Brahmo Somaj). There is undoubtedly","box":{"x":151,"y":1139,"width":917,"height":36}},{"text":"much in it which we can approve and for which we ought to be","box":{"x":148,"y":1167,"width":918,"height":35}},{"text":"thankful. It appears to be to a very great extent the result of the","box":{"x":153,"y":1197,"width":912,"height":32}},{"text":"influence of Christianity upon Hinduism. It may not be such a","box":{"x":155,"y":1224,"width":912,"height":34}},{"text":"result as we could wish to see. But if it be such a result as God in","box":{"x":157,"y":1251,"width":908,"height":31}},{"text":"his wisdom has seen fit to permit, are we not bound to recognize","box":{"x":155,"y":1278,"width":910,"height":34}},{"text":"it as being in its time and place good? It has taken a firm stand","box":{"x":157,"y":1309,"width":908,"height":32}},{"text":"against idolatry, and in this we heartily wish it success. It has","box":{"x":157,"y":1336,"width":907,"height":34}},{"text":"proclaimed the abolition of caste distinctions as one of its leading","box":{"x":150,"y":1365,"width":914,"height":32}},{"text":"aims, and in this we may sincerely concur. It has recently directed","box":{"x":154,"y":1392,"width":910,"height":34}},{"text":"its energies to the amelioration of certain social evils involved in","box":{"x":157,"y":1418,"width":907,"height":32}},{"text":"Hindu marriage customs, and we have all rejoiced at the measure","box":{"x":150,"y":1448,"width":912,"height":34}},{"text":"of success which has crowned its efforts. It has exerted all its","box":{"x":155,"y":1477,"width":907,"height":28}},{"text":"influence against the tendency to materialism and positivism which","box":{"x":157,"y":1504,"width":907,"height":34}},{"text":"in some places has prevailed, and every Christian may. surely be","box":{"x":155,"y":1532,"width":908,"height":34}}]},"216":{"imagePath":"H:\\web_projects\\corpus-web\\electron-app\\data\\5e07978430078cb56ea89a104e5a0c0e50b3aa1618e48c486c8af005ae015143\\raw\\pages\\00240-69f98766025c301accda.webp","width":1170,"height":1680,"segments":[{"text":"216","box":{"x":109,"y":151,"width":57,"height":17}},{"text":"HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY IN INDIA","box":{"x":334,"y":157,"width":476,"height":20}},{"text":"thankful there is in India a body of men exerting such an influence.","box":{"x":115,"y":203,"width":919,"height":35}},{"text":"It has proclaimed as its great principles the universal Fatherhood","box":{"x":115,"y":231,"width":917,"height":34}},{"text":"of God and Brotherhood of Man, and we may heartily recognise","box":{"x":119,"y":258,"width":912,"height":38}},{"text":"the value of these principles since they occupy such a prominent","box":{"x":113,"y":286,"width":918,"height":34}},{"text":"position in the teachings of our own great Master. As far as","box":{"x":113,"y":314,"width":919,"height":34}},{"text":"concerns all these features in the character of this movement, I","box":{"x":115,"y":344,"width":918,"height":32}},{"text":"think that we are bound, as followers of our Master, to stretch out","box":{"x":116,"y":372,"width":915,"height":31}},{"text":"the right hand of fellowship and encouragement and wish it God","box":{"x":116,"y":398,"width":921,"height":32}},{"text":"speed.","box":{"x":113,"y":427,"width":92,"height":27}},{"text":"But there is also unfortunately a dark and unfavourable view","box":{"x":155,"y":482,"width":875,"height":32}},{"text":"of it which we cannot but take, and to this let me now call","box":{"x":115,"y":509,"width":915,"height":32}},{"text":"your attention. The essential point of this lies in the relation","box":{"x":113,"y":539,"width":917,"height":29}},{"text":"between Brahmoism and-not Christianity-but Christ. We have.","box":{"x":111,"y":567,"width":919,"height":32}},{"text":"seen already that even the Progressive Brahmos have manifested a","box":{"x":115,"y":594,"width":915,"height":29}},{"text":"most decided shrinking from Christ, at the same time accepting","box":{"x":112,"y":622,"width":917,"height":34}},{"text":"many of the truths which originated with Christ, or which have:","box":{"x":112,"y":648,"width":915,"height":32}},{"text":"been established in the world by Christ. While making this state-","box":{"x":112,"y":676,"width":915,"height":35}},{"text":"ment we must acknowledge the many, eloquent, and grateful","box":{"x":106,"y":704,"width":921,"height":35}},{"text":"admissions which have been made by some leading Brahmos of","box":{"x":112,"y":731,"width":918,"height":34}},{"text":"the immense obligations under which the world lies to Christ.","box":{"x":110,"y":760,"width":917,"height":31}},{"text":"They have admitted that he is well entitled to be called our elder","box":{"x":111,"y":787,"width":917,"height":32}},{"text":"brother, the most glorious Son of God. But while acknowledging","box":{"x":109,"y":814,"width":915,"height":35}},{"text":"that some leading Brahmos have made such admissions regarding","box":{"x":113,"y":843,"width":912,"height":35}},{"text":"Christ, we cannot be blind to the fact that they have never accorded","box":{"x":109,"y":871,"width":917,"height":34}},{"text":"to Christ that position with reference to human salvation which we","box":{"x":113,"y":899,"width":912,"height":31}},{"text":"believe he occupies. Christ said, 'Come unto me all ye that are","box":{"x":109,"y":925,"width":914,"height":35}},{"text":"weary and heavy laden, and I will give you rest.' I have never seen","box":{"x":105,"y":955,"width":919,"height":32}},{"text":"the plain meaning of this passage acknowledged as a truth by any","box":{"x":108,"y":983,"width":915,"height":32}},{"text":"Brahmo. Christ said, 'I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life!\"","box":{"x":105,"y":1009,"width":918,"height":35}},{"text":"but no Brahmo has ever accepted that statement as true in any","box":{"x":104,"y":1037,"width":921,"height":35}},{"text":"sense in which it is accepted as true by a Christian. But this and","box":{"x":106,"y":1065,"width":915,"height":34}},{"text":"other similar statements regarding the connection between the","box":{"x":105,"y":1093,"width":918,"height":34}},{"text":"person of Christ and human salvation, contain the essential point","box":{"x":106,"y":1123,"width":917,"height":35}},{"text":"of Christian faith. And as long as we accept the gospels of the","box":{"x":102,"y":1149,"width":919,"height":36}},{"text":"evangelists and the epistles of the Apostles, as containing a faithful","box":{"x":105,"y":1177,"width":915,"height":35}},{"text":"account of the principles of Christianity, we must look upon Brah-","box":{"x":103,"y":1206,"width":919,"height":35}},{"text":"moism, in its present form, as being wanting in that central, essential","box":{"x":101,"y":1233,"width":917,"height":34}},{"text":"element which has been the life of the Christian Church from the","box":{"x":101,"y":1261,"width":918,"height":31}},{"text":"beginning...","box":{"x":96,"y":1290,"width":175,"height":29}},{"text":"With reference to the future of this religious movement we","box":{"x":141,"y":1347,"width":878,"height":36}},{"text":"should not perhaps speak very decidedly. But yet, judging from the","box":{"x":96,"y":1375,"width":921,"height":34}},{"text":"analogy of history, there are some general statements which I","box":{"x":99,"y":1401,"width":918,"height":34}},{"text":"think we may safely venture upon regarding the future prospects","box":{"x":99,"y":1430,"width":915,"height":35}},{"text":"of Brahmoism. If we inquire what it is that has preserved Christia-","box":{"x":95,"y":1458,"width":926,"height":35}},{"text":"nity in its unity and life during its long and chequered history, we","box":{"x":95,"y":1486,"width":924,"height":35}},{"text":"shall find I think, that it is its connection with an historical person....","box":{"x":98,"y":1515,"width":926,"height":35}}]},"217":{"imagePath":"H:\\web_projects\\corpus-web\\electron-app\\data\\5e07978430078cb56ea89a104e5a0c0e50b3aa1618e48c486c8af005ae015143\\raw\\pages\\00241-d6924de344b77aab0c3a.webp","width":1170,"height":1680,"segments":[{"text":"SOURCE MATERIALS","box":{"x":454,"y":152,"width":252,"height":20}},{"text":"217","box":{"x":978,"y":144,"width":57,"height":22}},{"text":"3. J. Barton on Mutual Relations of Indian Churches","box":{"x":209,"y":217,"width":731,"height":29}},{"text":"I am not one of those sanguine persons who think that the time","box":{"x":164,"y":278,"width":869,"height":34}},{"text":"is near at hand when it will be possible for us to meet upon the","box":{"x":120,"y":306,"width":912,"height":34}},{"text":"same ecclesiastical platform, nor am I by any means sure that were","box":{"x":120,"y":334,"width":912,"height":34}},{"text":"such a consummation possible it would prove so conducive as","box":{"x":119,"y":362,"width":914,"height":35}},{"text":"might at first appear to the interests of our Lord's Kingdom. I","box":{"x":119,"y":392,"width":918,"height":29}},{"text":"cannot myself sympathize with those who regard the present state","box":{"x":119,"y":419,"width":915,"height":31}},{"text":"of things as an unmixed evil, and the various sections into which","box":{"x":120,"y":445,"width":914,"height":29}},{"text":"the professing church of Christ is divided as so many practical","box":{"x":120,"y":473,"width":918,"height":34}},{"text":"dismemberments of the body of Christ. My ideal of Christian","box":{"x":115,"y":501,"width":918,"height":32}},{"text":"unity is not uniformity of ecclesiastical organization, but oneness.","box":{"x":122,"y":529,"width":914,"height":32}},{"text":"of spirit and of doctrine. To speak of the Church as if it were co-","box":{"x":119,"y":556,"width":921,"height":32}},{"text":"extensive with this or that ecclesiastical body, seems to me to","box":{"x":122,"y":585,"width":914,"height":32}},{"text":"confound the visible Church of Christ with the invisible, and to","box":{"x":122,"y":611,"width":915,"height":32}},{"text":"treat church-membership as if it were the same thing as Christ--","box":{"x":120,"y":640,"width":924,"height":32}},{"text":"membership. Most important indeed and most precious as a","box":{"x":123,"y":668,"width":915,"height":34}},{"text":"means of grace is that bond which unites Christians together in","box":{"x":122,"y":695,"width":915,"height":34}},{"text":"that visible corporate union which constitutes a Church, but let us.","box":{"x":120,"y":724,"width":922,"height":32}},{"text":"not so misread the New Testament as to see in it nothing but our","box":{"x":122,"y":752,"width":917,"height":29}},{"text":"own ecclesiastical system to the exclusion of all others. In looking:","box":{"x":125,"y":779,"width":918,"height":32}},{"text":"back upon the past, however much one may deplore in many cases.","box":{"x":122,"y":807,"width":919,"height":35}},{"text":"the circumstances under which our various ecclesiastical systems.","box":{"x":120,"y":834,"width":924,"height":31}},{"text":"had their origin, it seems to me impossible for any candid and","box":{"x":122,"y":862,"width":915,"height":34}},{"text":"unbiased mind not to see and admit that God, who governs all","box":{"x":119,"y":891,"width":919,"height":29}},{"text":"things according to the counsels of His own will, has overruled","box":{"x":122,"y":917,"width":915,"height":35}},{"text":"these very divisions to His own glory and the advancement of His","box":{"x":120,"y":947,"width":914,"height":31}},{"text":"kingdom.","box":{"x":118,"y":980,"width":137,"height":31}},{"text":"When however we come to consider the relations which should","box":{"x":164,"y":1033,"width":875,"height":32}},{"text":"subsist between the various Native Convert Churches planted","box":{"x":125,"y":1061,"width":915,"height":31}},{"text":"through the agency of various Missionary Societies, the question","box":{"x":122,"y":1090,"width":915,"height":35}},{"text":"of Church Organization assumes a very different aspect. We are","box":{"x":120,"y":1119,"width":918,"height":34}},{"text":"dealing here with new material, capable of being as easily moulded","box":{"x":123,"y":1145,"width":915,"height":35}},{"text":"into one shape as another, and the question for us to consider is","box":{"x":125,"y":1174,"width":914,"height":35}},{"text":"whether we are to reproduce in our Native Churches all the diffe-","box":{"x":122,"y":1202,"width":917,"height":32}},{"text":"rences which separate ourselves? We profess to carry to this and","box":{"x":123,"y":1231,"width":914,"height":32}},{"text":"other heathen lands the Gospel of the Lord Jesus; to give them","box":{"x":120,"y":1257,"width":918,"height":35}},{"text":"that which first regenerate, then sanctify them, and build them up","box":{"x":122,"y":1284,"width":917,"height":35}},{"text":"day by day in all the fullness and beauty of the Christian life. To","box":{"x":122,"y":1314,"width":915,"height":34}},{"text":"this end we form them into congregations, and seek to the best of","box":{"x":122,"y":1343,"width":921,"height":32}},{"text":"our ability to give them pastors after God's own heart who will","box":{"x":126,"y":1370,"width":914,"height":34}},{"text":"'feed them with knowledge and understanding'. All this we have","box":{"x":118,"y":1394,"width":921,"height":36}},{"text":"done, and God has blessed our labours, and our hearts are cheered","box":{"x":125,"y":1426,"width":914,"height":34}},{"text":"by seeing on every side Churches rising up like oases in the barren","box":{"x":123,"y":1453,"width":917,"height":34}},{"text":"desert; the wilderness beginning to rejoice and blossom as the","box":{"x":120,"y":1481,"width":921,"height":35}},{"text":"But have we done nothing more than this? Have we not","box":{"x":218,"y":1508,"width":822,"height":32}},{"text":"rose.","box":{"x":126,"y":1523,"width":63,"height":18}}]},"218":{"imagePath":"H:\\web_projects\\corpus-web\\electron-app\\data\\5e07978430078cb56ea89a104e5a0c0e50b3aa1618e48c486c8af005ae015143\\raw\\pages\\00242-abcb58a83a4f789d2c07.webp","width":1170,"height":1680,"segments":[{"text":"218","box":{"x":132,"y":164,"width":57,"height":20}},{"text":"HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY IN INDIA","box":{"x":358,"y":172,"width":477,"height":20}},{"text":"trained them also too rigidly according to our own particular model,","box":{"x":133,"y":220,"width":917,"height":35}},{"text":"as if it were not merely Christianity that we desired to impart to","box":{"x":131,"y":245,"width":918,"height":36}},{"text":"them, but Episcopalian or Presbyterian or Lutheran Christianity?...","box":{"x":133,"y":273,"width":908,"height":36}},{"text":"The whole argument seems to me to turn upon the answer","box":{"x":176,"y":332,"width":871,"height":34}},{"text":"which we give to the following questions :-","box":{"x":127,"y":358,"width":623,"height":35}},{"text":"1. Are the Native Churches of India to have an independent","box":{"x":213,"y":403,"width":834,"height":34}},{"text":"organic existence of their own; or are they to be regarded, like our","box":{"x":130,"y":429,"width":918,"height":36}},{"text":"English-speaking congregations in this land, as mere branches of","box":{"x":125,"y":456,"width":928,"height":34}},{"text":"the Mother Churches from which they first sprang?","box":{"x":130,"y":486,"width":722,"height":32}},{"text":"2. Admitting that they ought to have a separate organization","box":{"x":207,"y":526,"width":837,"height":35}},{"text":"of their own, have they not, as a necessary consequence, the right","box":{"x":129,"y":553,"width":917,"height":36}},{"text":"to elect their own form of Church Government so soon as they are","box":{"x":130,"y":582,"width":915,"height":34}},{"text":"able to maintain themselves?","box":{"x":129,"y":608,"width":406,"height":27}},{"text":"With regard to the first of these questions I suppose we are now","box":{"x":172,"y":667,"width":872,"height":34}},{"text":"all of one mind, whatever we may have thought a few years back,","box":{"x":127,"y":694,"width":915,"height":35}},{"text":"that we cannot expect to see a Native Church rising to the full","box":{"x":124,"y":721,"width":921,"height":36}},{"text":"measure of its duties and responsibilities until it possesses an organic","box":{"x":124,"y":752,"width":918,"height":32}},{"text":"independent existence of its own. Perhaps it is not too much to","box":{"x":127,"y":779,"width":917,"height":34}},{"text":"say that of all the discoveries that have been made of late years","box":{"x":124,"y":806,"width":917,"height":34}},{"text":"in the science of modern missions, this is by far the most important...","box":{"x":127,"y":834,"width":908,"height":34}},{"text":"Assuming it then as a principle, regarding which we are all","box":{"x":168,"y":891,"width":873,"height":35}},{"text":"agreed, that a Native Church ought to possess an independent","box":{"x":124,"y":920,"width":915,"height":35}},{"text":"organic life of its own, it seems to follow as a necessary corollary","box":{"x":127,"y":949,"width":914,"height":34}},{"text":"that so soon as it can exist without foreign support it has a right to","box":{"x":122,"y":975,"width":917,"height":36}},{"text":"elect its own form of Church government.","box":{"x":122,"y":1005,"width":581,"height":31}},{"text":"There are various other ways, however, in which this desired","box":{"x":171,"y":1060,"width":869,"height":32}},{"text":"consummation may be gradually prepared for and brought about.","box":{"x":122,"y":1085,"width":917,"height":36}},{"text":"My honoured friend, Newton of Lahore, who read a paper on this","box":{"x":120,"y":1114,"width":917,"height":35}},{"text":"very subject at the Conference held 10 years ago in that city, men-","box":{"x":124,"y":1143,"width":914,"height":36}},{"text":"tioned the following as some of the different modes in which the","box":{"x":120,"y":1171,"width":917,"height":34}},{"text":"way might be prepared for future union, and I have little to add to","box":{"x":119,"y":1198,"width":917,"height":32}},{"text":"his admirable suggestions.","box":{"x":117,"y":1223,"width":362,"height":34}},{"text":"1. Joint Inerancies by the members of the different Missions,","box":{"x":201,"y":1269,"width":834,"height":32}},{"text":"both Missionaries and Catechists.","box":{"x":113,"y":1293,"width":469,"height":28}},{"text":"2. Mutual interchange of pulpits.","box":{"x":197,"y":1338,"width":473,"height":32}},{"text":"3. Union Prayer meetings.","box":{"x":199,"y":1378,"width":378,"height":32}},{"text":"4. Inter-communion at the Lord's Table.","box":{"x":193,"y":1420,"width":584,"height":28}},{"text":"5. Common religious Periodicals.","box":{"x":196,"y":1463,"width":474,"height":32}},{"text":"6. Advisory Conferences or Councils, to meet at intervals","box":{"x":193,"y":1504,"width":837,"height":32}},{"text":"of five years, or so...","box":{"x":116,"y":1528,"width":288,"height":29}}]},"219":{"imagePath":"H:\\web_projects\\corpus-web\\electron-app\\data\\5e07978430078cb56ea89a104e5a0c0e50b3aa1618e48c486c8af005ae015143\\raw\\pages\\00243-e0dfa79aaee47c03f658.webp","width":1170,"height":1680,"segments":[{"text":"SOURCE MATERIALS","box":{"x":470,"y":153,"width":249,"height":20}},{"text":"219","box":{"x":998,"y":153,"width":56,"height":18}},{"text":"4. K. C. Chatterjee on the Relations of the Missionaries to Converts","box":{"x":132,"y":218,"width":919,"height":28}},{"text":"in Secular Matters","box":{"x":469,"y":246,"width":248,"height":24}},{"text":"The Protestant Missionary in India stands in a two-fold relation","box":{"x":181,"y":303,"width":871,"height":28}},{"text":"to native converts. He is the spiritual father of his people whom","box":{"x":134,"y":331,"width":915,"height":32}},{"text":"he has collected out of heathenism. He instructs them in the","box":{"x":132,"y":357,"width":919,"height":27}},{"text":"knowledge of Christ, and builds them up in the faith and hope of","box":{"x":133,"y":385,"width":921,"height":35}},{"text":"the Gospel. But this is not all. He is also related to them in","box":{"x":136,"y":410,"width":917,"height":32}},{"text":"secular matters. He is the temporal head of the native Christian","box":{"x":136,"y":441,"width":914,"height":29}},{"text":"Community, and, as such, has to discharge towards it the various","box":{"x":132,"y":469,"width":918,"height":29}},{"text":"duties of an earthly friend, patron and benefactor. 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In fact he has to seek and promote their temporal welfare","box":{"x":130,"y":692,"width":919,"height":29}},{"text":"as much as their spiritual good, and to be to them as a father to his","box":{"x":134,"y":720,"width":915,"height":29}},{"text":"children...","box":{"x":129,"y":748,"width":147,"height":22}},{"text":"1. My first proposition is, it is legitimate for the missionaries","box":{"x":182,"y":795,"width":868,"height":31}},{"text":"to attend to the temporal wants and prosperity of their converts.","box":{"x":133,"y":825,"width":918,"height":31}},{"text":"Some have doubted the truth of this proposition, and felt troubled","box":{"x":134,"y":851,"width":917,"height":29}},{"text":"in mind to be obliged to attend to the bodily necessities of their","box":{"x":134,"y":879,"width":918,"height":29}},{"text":"flock. They feel the sacredness of their position, and consider it","box":{"x":126,"y":907,"width":925,"height":29}},{"text":"their duty to devote themselves wholly to the word of God, and","box":{"x":132,"y":934,"width":915,"height":31}},{"text":"prayer. Every portion of time and talent devoted to the direction","box":{"x":132,"y":965,"width":918,"height":29}},{"text":"and supervision of the secular affairs of converts is, in their esti-","box":{"x":132,"y":990,"width":919,"height":31}},{"text":"mation, unjustly withdrawn from their proper sphere of labour.","box":{"x":130,"y":1018,"width":915,"height":32}},{"text":"I sympathize very much with the spirit that suggests this remark...","box":{"x":133,"y":1046,"width":907,"height":32}},{"text":"2. My next proposition is, in the present circumstances of the","box":{"x":178,"y":1098,"width":872,"height":29}},{"text":"Native Church, secular connection of missionaries with native","box":{"x":126,"y":1124,"width":924,"height":28}},{"text":"converts is essentially necessary for the successful propagation of","box":{"x":133,"y":1152,"width":919,"height":29}},{"text":"the Gospel. Our converts are from schools or from preaching.","box":{"x":133,"y":1182,"width":914,"height":29}},{"text":"If from the former, they are generally dependent members of the","box":{"x":130,"y":1208,"width":919,"height":29}},{"text":"family, and are turned out of it on their conversion. But if from","box":{"x":132,"y":1235,"width":914,"height":29}},{"text":"the latter, they are generally poor, earning their livelihood by some","box":{"x":127,"y":1263,"width":919,"height":29}},{"text":"humble calling which they are often obliged to give up on account","box":{"x":130,"y":1292,"width":915,"height":28}},{"text":"of the persecution of their neighbours on their conversion to Chri-","box":{"x":132,"y":1320,"width":915,"height":28}},{"text":"tianity. In either case, by adopting the new faith they are banished","box":{"x":132,"y":1347,"width":914,"height":28}},{"text":"from their homes, and excluded from the society, sympathy, and","box":{"x":129,"y":1373,"width":914,"height":31}},{"text":"support of their friends. They become like exiles in their native","box":{"x":130,"y":1400,"width":911,"height":34}},{"text":"land. Placed in such a situation, the convert naturally looks to","box":{"x":130,"y":1428,"width":911,"height":31}},{"text":"his spiritual father in Christ, who is possessed of means and influence","box":{"x":129,"y":1456,"width":911,"height":32}},{"text":"to help him, for earthly support, and expects him to take the place","box":{"x":129,"y":1484,"width":914,"height":32}},{"text":"of a father, friend and patron. Under such circumstances, it is","box":{"x":129,"y":1512,"width":912,"height":31}}]},"220":{"imagePath":"H:\\web_projects\\corpus-web\\electron-app\\data\\5e07978430078cb56ea89a104e5a0c0e50b3aa1618e48c486c8af005ae015143\\raw\\pages\\00244-1bf0fb9dd100b136ab64.webp","width":1170,"height":1680,"segments":[{"text":"220","box":{"x":133,"y":146,"width":56,"height":17}},{"text":"HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY IN INDIA","box":{"x":360,"y":153,"width":474,"height":18}},{"text":"impossible for the missionaries to continue passive spectators","box":{"x":138,"y":199,"width":921,"height":35}},{"text":"refusing every assistance. Few can look with indifference on on the","box":{"x":138,"y":223,"width":918,"height":35}},{"text":"sufferings of the weak and the helpless, especially if they be their","box":{"x":136,"y":253,"width":921,"height":38}},{"text":"children in the faith...","box":{"x":134,"y":283,"width":309,"height":25}},{"text":"3. My third statement in this subject is, secular relations of","box":{"x":182,"y":338,"width":873,"height":36}},{"text":"missionaries to native converts have been hitherto most unfortunate","box":{"x":134,"y":368,"width":917,"height":29}},{"text":"and unsatisfactory in their results. In the first place they have","box":{"x":136,"y":397,"width":917,"height":34}},{"text":"absorbed a large portion of the missionary's time, care and attention","box":{"x":137,"y":425,"width":917,"height":32}},{"text":"which would otherwise be devoted to the important work of","box":{"x":132,"y":450,"width":924,"height":35}},{"text":"preaching and teaching. They have also had a most undesirable","box":{"x":134,"y":480,"width":917,"height":32}},{"text":"influence upon the native Christian community...","box":{"x":137,"y":508,"width":668,"height":32}},{"text":"4. 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We have an important work before us.","box":{"x":134,"y":731,"width":915,"height":32}},{"text":"The interests of that work require that missionaries and native","box":{"x":134,"y":757,"width":919,"height":32}},{"text":"Christians should be united in their counsels and operations to","box":{"x":133,"y":785,"width":919,"height":35}},{"text":"bring it to a successful issue. And how can that take place as","box":{"x":134,"y":814,"width":918,"height":32}},{"text":"long as discontent and dissatisfaction are reigning amongst","box":{"x":136,"y":842,"width":917,"height":35}},{"text":"them?...","box":{"x":134,"y":871,"width":130,"height":21}},{"text":"5. 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