{"pages":{"161":{"imagePath":"H:\\web_projects\\corpus-web\\electron-app\\data\\5e07978430078cb56ea89a104e5a0c0e50b3aa1618e48c486c8af005ae015143\\raw\\pages\\00185-6053d9b122c296f469b2.webp","width":1170,"height":1680,"segments":[{"text":"SOURCE MATERIALS","box":{"x":472,"y":138,"width":248,"height":18}},{"text":"161","box":{"x":1001,"y":132,"width":56,"height":21}},{"text":"and which the scholars leave while but young and ill-educated, are","box":{"x":140,"y":184,"width":911,"height":34}},{"text":"for missionary ends of comparatively little use. They consider that","box":{"x":143,"y":212,"width":910,"height":34}},{"text":"this plan of proclaiming the gospel has spread the knowledge of it","box":{"x":140,"y":240,"width":912,"height":34}},{"text":"extensively among the educated, and introduced into respectable","box":{"x":141,"y":269,"width":912,"height":32}},{"text":"families not otherwise easily accessible to its influence; has","box":{"x":144,"y":296,"width":908,"height":34}},{"text":"prevented greatly the spread of infidelity among the young; has","box":{"x":144,"y":324,"width":908,"height":34}},{"text":"greatly diminished the power of the Hindu priesthood and of caste;","box":{"x":136,"y":353,"width":918,"height":32}},{"text":"and also led in not a few instances to the actual conversion of souls.","box":{"x":143,"y":379,"width":910,"height":28}},{"text":"105. THE BENARES CONFERENCE RESOLUTION ON","box":{"x":146,"y":453,"width":905,"height":28}},{"text":"THE NATIVE AGENCY (1857 A.D.)","box":{"x":343,"y":481,"width":511,"height":31}},{"text":"The first North India missionary conference was held at Benares","box":{"x":241,"y":526,"width":766,"height":28}},{"text":"on January 6-9, 1857. This resolution of the conference deals with","box":{"x":195,"y":549,"width":813,"height":29}},{"text":"various aspects of the employment of Indian workers, and stresses their","box":{"x":193,"y":573,"width":813,"height":32}},{"text":"importance. Due to the outbreak of the Rebellion in that year the","box":{"x":196,"y":600,"width":808,"height":29}},{"text":"report of the conference was lost. This resolution is found in a brief","box":{"x":195,"y":623,"width":813,"height":29}},{"text":"account of the meetings published by J. Gregson in 1857, Brief Account","box":{"x":193,"y":649,"width":812,"height":28}},{"text":"of the Missionary Conference, Lately held at Benares, pp. 13-14.","box":{"x":193,"y":675,"width":761,"height":28}},{"text":"Resolution on the Native Agency","box":{"x":382,"y":729,"width":437,"height":28}},{"text":"That this Conference agree in general with the views expressed","box":{"x":192,"y":769,"width":865,"height":36}},{"text":"by Mr. Newton in the paper now read. As India must evidently","box":{"x":146,"y":799,"width":912,"height":35}},{"text":"be converted chiefly through the instrumentality of its own people.","box":{"x":146,"y":826,"width":910,"height":35}},{"text":"Just as by such instrumentality it has to a degree been subdued","box":{"x":148,"y":855,"width":910,"height":36}},{"text":"under English rule, the Conference consider that it is impossible","box":{"x":147,"y":884,"width":910,"height":34}},{"text":"to overrate the vast importance of raising up a holy and efficient","box":{"x":148,"y":910,"width":908,"height":35}},{"text":"native agency of every kind and they heartily concur in the recom-","box":{"x":148,"y":939,"width":908,"height":34}},{"text":"mendation now presented to their notice, that it should be made,","box":{"x":146,"y":967,"width":912,"height":34}},{"text":"both in general and on special occasions the subject of earnest","box":{"x":146,"y":994,"width":912,"height":36}},{"text":"prayer before the throne of God. If He has said, Pray ye to the","box":{"x":146,"y":1022,"width":914,"height":35}},{"text":"Lord of the harvest, that he will send more labourers into his","box":{"x":147,"y":1051,"width":911,"height":32}},{"text":"harvest,' they feel assured that, when such prayer is offered in faith,","box":{"x":148,"y":1078,"width":910,"height":38}},{"text":"it cannot be offered in vain. They consider that, owing to their","box":{"x":151,"y":1105,"width":907,"height":34}},{"text":"importance, native pastors and missionaries, catechists and school-","box":{"x":151,"y":1134,"width":910,"height":35}},{"text":"masters, should all be selected with the greatest care, and that no","box":{"x":148,"y":1163,"width":910,"height":31}},{"text":"possible means left untried for rendering all these classes of agents","box":{"x":147,"y":1190,"width":911,"height":34}},{"text":"as efficient as circumstances will allow. They deem it essentially","box":{"x":148,"y":1216,"width":912,"height":34}},{"text":"necessary to their success that pastors, evangelists, and catechists","box":{"x":150,"y":1244,"width":910,"height":35}},{"text":"should be men of decided piety; and most desirable that school-","box":{"x":146,"y":1274,"width":914,"height":34}},{"text":"masters and teachers instructed not only in a goodly number of","box":{"x":151,"y":1300,"width":912,"height":34}},{"text":"branches of general knowledge, but in the best modes of communi-","box":{"x":148,"y":1327,"width":912,"height":34}},{"text":"cating knowledge to others, as, for instance, in the infant school","box":{"x":150,"y":1357,"width":911,"height":34}},{"text":"system. For all preachers, the standard of general knowledge","box":{"x":148,"y":1384,"width":914,"height":35}},{"text":"should be fixed somewhat high, and as many branches of theological","box":{"x":148,"y":1411,"width":914,"height":35}},{"text":"science as possible be included within the course of their studies.","box":{"x":153,"y":1438,"width":907,"height":38}},{"text":"They consider that experience has clearly taught, and they","box":{"x":150,"y":1468,"width":914,"height":36}},{"text":"accordingly recommend, that, with a view to render all native","box":{"x":150,"y":1496,"width":914,"height":35}},{"text":"H.C.I.-11","box":{"x":246,"y":1541,"width":123,"height":24}}]}}}