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The eyes of all India are directed to the mission of Delhi.","box":{"x":123,"y":276,"width":910,"height":32}},{"text":"I had the pleasure of preaching for it at three or four places, and of","box":{"x":122,"y":302,"width":912,"height":35}},{"text":"witnessing the zeal and enthusiasm with which it was cherished.'...","box":{"x":120,"y":332,"width":910,"height":31}},{"text":"108. RESOLUTIONS OF THE SOUTH INDIA MISSIONARY","box":{"x":122,"y":421,"width":911,"height":27}},{"text":"CONFERENCE, OOTACAMUND (1858 A.D.)","box":{"x":271,"y":450,"width":644,"height":31}},{"text":"The first South India regional missionary conference was held","box":{"x":222,"y":502,"width":761,"height":28}},{"text":"at Ootacamund from 19 April to 5 May, 1858. 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That this Conference regard Hindu caste, both in theory","box":{"x":185,"y":1379,"width":868,"height":36}},{"text":"and practice, as not a mere civil distinction, but emphatically a","box":{"x":140,"y":1409,"width":912,"height":35}},{"text":"religious institution; and viewed in this, its true character, it is the","box":{"x":141,"y":1435,"width":908,"height":34}},{"text":"monster evil of India, so paramount and all-prevailing in its power","box":{"x":134,"y":1463,"width":917,"height":35}},{"text":"and influence, so tyrannical and cruel in its laws and regulations,","box":{"x":140,"y":1493,"width":911,"height":34}},{"text":"so stern and exacting in its demands, so terrific in its denunciations.","box":{"x":143,"y":1519,"width":917,"height":31}}]},"175":{"imagePath":"H:\\web_projects\\corpus-web\\electron-app\\data\\5e07978430078cb56ea89a104e5a0c0e50b3aa1618e48c486c8af005ae015143\\raw\\pages\\00199-98d483971e1bd004332e.webp","width":1170,"height":1680,"segments":[{"text":"SOURCE MATERIALS.","box":{"x":458,"y":138,"width":256,"height":22}},{"text":"175","box":{"x":981,"y":131,"width":55,"height":20}},{"text":"of present and future punishment for the slightest offence, and yet","box":{"x":127,"y":187,"width":904,"height":34}},{"text":"so changeful and accommodating in its manifestations, that it is no","box":{"x":130,"y":215,"width":901,"height":32}},{"text":"marvel that millions have for ages fallen prostrate before it, and that","box":{"x":127,"y":244,"width":905,"height":31}},{"text":"no arm of flesh can deliver them from its thraldom.","box":{"x":132,"y":271,"width":689,"height":29}},{"text":"2. That it is the duty of all Missionaries to spare no pains, on","box":{"x":175,"y":321,"width":859,"height":32}},{"text":"all proper occasions, to expose the absurdities and falsehood, as","box":{"x":130,"y":348,"width":904,"height":35}},{"text":"denounce the wickedness of caste, to show its great injuriousness","box":{"x":129,"y":376,"width":905,"height":32}},{"text":"to all classes of its votaries, and its great obstructiveness to all","box":{"x":129,"y":403,"width":907,"height":32}},{"text":"efforts for the improvement of their temporal condition, as well as","box":{"x":130,"y":432,"width":903,"height":32}},{"text":"its soul-destroying influence.","box":{"x":136,"y":463,"width":381,"height":31}},{"text":"3. That it is also the duty of all Missionaries and Churches to","box":{"x":178,"y":508,"width":858,"height":31}},{"text":"require its unreserved and unequivocal renunciation, with all its","box":{"x":136,"y":536,"width":900,"height":34}},{"text":"outward manifestations, by all those who take up the profession of","box":{"x":134,"y":561,"width":905,"height":36}},{"text":"Christianity, and join the ranks of the Redeemer. No man should","box":{"x":136,"y":591,"width":903,"height":32}},{"text":"be regarded as worthy the name of Christian who refuses to renounce","box":{"x":136,"y":621,"width":900,"height":31}},{"text":"caste and to remove all its outward marks, or who objects to any","box":{"x":134,"y":648,"width":903,"height":31}},{"text":"kind of intercourse, with any other Christians, simply on the ground.","box":{"x":133,"y":675,"width":914,"height":34}},{"text":"of its distinctions.","box":{"x":137,"y":707,"width":238,"height":27}},{"text":"4. 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