{"pages":{"237":{"imagePath":"H:\\web_projects\\corpus-web\\electron-app\\data\\5e07978430078cb56ea89a104e5a0c0e50b3aa1618e48c486c8af005ae015143\\raw\\pages\\00261-a575b8e3a355fdf39236.webp","width":1170,"height":1680,"segments":[{"text":"SOURCE MATERIALS","box":{"x":456,"y":144,"width":248,"height":20}},{"text":"237","box":{"x":984,"y":141,"width":55,"height":20}},{"text":"In respect to self-rule too, the churches have made great progress.","box":{"x":174,"y":195,"width":861,"height":31}},{"text":"At the commencement the Madras Native Church Council was","box":{"x":119,"y":219,"width":915,"height":29}},{"text":"composed of nine members, three of them were European missiona-","box":{"x":125,"y":249,"width":910,"height":31}},{"text":"ries, one being the Chairman. But gradually as the Native Church","box":{"x":126,"y":275,"width":912,"height":34}},{"text":"became stronger and more liberal, the European element diminished,","box":{"x":125,"y":305,"width":912,"height":31}},{"text":"till at length it was entirely withdrawn. And now, true to its name,","box":{"x":123,"y":333,"width":911,"height":31}},{"text":"it is a bona fide Native Church Council, its Chairman, Secretary","box":{"x":125,"y":360,"width":911,"height":32}},{"text":"and Members being all Native Christians...","box":{"x":126,"y":389,"width":596,"height":29}},{"text":"3. On the subject of the self-propagation of the Native Churches","box":{"x":169,"y":444,"width":865,"height":31}},{"text":"I need to make a few remarks after the hints which have already","box":{"x":126,"y":470,"width":912,"height":29}},{"text":"been thrown out about it. As the light, from its very nature,","box":{"x":125,"y":500,"width":911,"height":31}},{"text":"cannot but diffuse itself, so the light of the gospel which has illumined","box":{"x":120,"y":526,"width":919,"height":32}},{"text":"the dark soul cannot but propagate itself and help to remove the","box":{"x":125,"y":555,"width":912,"height":31}},{"text":"surrounding darkness. He who has experienced the enlightening","box":{"x":125,"y":581,"width":912,"height":32}},{"text":"and transforming power of the gospel, and tasted the sweetness","box":{"x":126,"y":610,"width":911,"height":35}},{"text":"and greatness of Christ's love, cannot help telling the old, old story","box":{"x":127,"y":638,"width":910,"height":31}},{"text":"to others. What is true of individual believers must be true of the","box":{"x":126,"y":665,"width":911,"height":27}},{"text":"Churches for real corporate life is but the expression of individual","box":{"x":125,"y":694,"width":911,"height":31}},{"text":"life...","box":{"x":125,"y":724,"width":78,"height":24}},{"text":"128. SRI RAMAKRISHNA'S VISION OF CHRIST","box":{"x":123,"y":799,"width":775,"height":24}},{"text":"(c. 1886 A.D.)","box":{"x":480,"y":826,"width":196,"height":29}},{"text":"The following passage describes the Hindu reformer, Rama-","box":{"x":210,"y":881,"width":777,"height":28}},{"text":"krishna's vision of Christ. Though it is not known precisely when","box":{"x":172,"y":904,"width":816,"height":29}},{"text":"he had this experience (he lived from 1836-1886), it was probably near","box":{"x":172,"y":929,"width":815,"height":29}},{"text":"the end of his life. From Swami Jagadananda (transl.), Sri Rama","box":{"x":171,"y":955,"width":808,"height":27}},{"text":"krishna the Great Master, pp. 295-296.","box":{"x":174,"y":982,"width":498,"height":24}},{"text":"But, a year after, the mind of the Master again looked forward","box":{"x":171,"y":1033,"width":868,"height":32}},{"text":"to the vision of the divine Mother through another path. He had","box":{"x":130,"y":1059,"width":910,"height":31}},{"text":"by that time become acquainted with Sambhuchandra Mallick","box":{"x":127,"y":1087,"width":912,"height":32}},{"text":"who read the Bible to him. Thus he came to know of the pure","box":{"x":125,"y":1114,"width":915,"height":31}},{"text":"life of Jesus and the faith he founded. Scarcely had that desire","box":{"x":132,"y":1143,"width":908,"height":28}},{"text":"arisen in his mind when the divine Mother fulfilled it in a marvellous","box":{"x":130,"y":1170,"width":908,"height":27}},{"text":"way and blessed him. He had, therefore, no need to make any","box":{"x":125,"y":1198,"width":917,"height":31}},{"text":"special effort for it. The event happened thus: The garden","box":{"x":130,"y":1225,"width":911,"height":32}},{"text":"house of Jadunath Mallick is situated to the south of the Kali","box":{"x":126,"y":1253,"width":914,"height":28}},{"text":"temple at Dakshineswar; the Master used to go there now and","box":{"x":130,"y":1281,"width":912,"height":32}},{"text":"then for a walk. Jadunath and his mother had great devotion to","box":{"x":129,"y":1310,"width":912,"height":28}},{"text":"the Master from the time they had seen him. Therefore, even if","box":{"x":129,"y":1336,"width":915,"height":34}},{"text":"they were not present in the garden at the time of the Master's","box":{"x":129,"y":1364,"width":911,"height":32}},{"text":"walk there, the officers would open the door of the parlour and ask","box":{"x":127,"y":1393,"width":914,"height":31}},{"text":"him to sit and rest there for some time. There were some good","box":{"x":130,"y":1421,"width":912,"height":28}},{"text":"pictures hanging from the walls of that room. One of those","box":{"x":127,"y":1447,"width":914,"height":35}},{"text":"pictures was that of the child Jesus in his mother's lap. 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On finding that all the inborn Hindu impressions disap-","box":{"x":139,"y":331,"width":912,"height":35}},{"text":"peared into a secluded corner of his mind that different ones arose","box":{"x":139,"y":360,"width":912,"height":29}},{"text":"in it, he tried in various ways to control himself and prayed earnestly","box":{"x":143,"y":383,"width":910,"height":38}},{"text":"to the divine Mother, What strange changes art Thou bringing","box":{"x":143,"y":415,"width":911,"height":35}},{"text":"about in me, Mother? But nothing availed. Rising with a","box":{"x":141,"y":442,"width":914,"height":35}},{"text":"force, the waves of those impressions completely submerged the","box":{"x":141,"y":470,"width":908,"height":32}},{"text":"Hindu ideas in his mind. His love and devotion to the Devas","box":{"x":136,"y":496,"width":914,"height":31}},{"text":"and Devis vanished, and in their stead, a great faith in and reverence","box":{"x":141,"y":527,"width":908,"height":29}},{"text":"for Jesus and his religion occupied his mind, and began to show","box":{"x":139,"y":553,"width":911,"height":34}},{"text":"him Christian padrees offering incense and light before the image of","box":{"x":136,"y":581,"width":917,"height":32}},{"text":"Jesus in the Church and to reveal to him the eagerness of their hearts","box":{"x":136,"y":610,"width":912,"height":31}},{"text":"in the form of imploring prayers. The Master came back to Dakshi-","box":{"x":140,"y":638,"width":908,"height":32}},{"text":"neswar temple and remained constantly absorbed in the meditation","box":{"x":139,"y":666,"width":910,"height":32}},{"text":"of those inner happenings. He forgot altogether to go to the","box":{"x":134,"y":693,"width":914,"height":34}},{"text":"temple of the divine Mother and pay obeisance to Her. The waves","box":{"x":139,"y":720,"width":908,"height":32}},{"text":"of those ideas had mastery over his mind in that manner for three","box":{"x":137,"y":747,"width":910,"height":32}},{"text":"days. At last, when the third day was about to close, the Master","box":{"x":136,"y":777,"width":911,"height":31}},{"text":"saw, while walking under the Panchavati, that a marvellous god-","box":{"x":137,"y":802,"width":910,"height":35}},{"text":"man of very fair complexion was coming towards him, looking","box":{"x":133,"y":831,"width":914,"height":36}},{"text":"steadfastly at him. m. As soon as the Master saw that person, he","box":{"x":134,"y":859,"width":911,"height":35}},{"text":"knew that he was a foreigner. He saw that his long eyes had","box":{"x":133,"y":887,"width":914,"height":34}},{"text":"produced a wonderful beauty in his face, and the tip of his nose,","box":{"x":134,"y":916,"width":910,"height":34}},{"text":"though a little flat, did not at all impair that beauty. The Master","box":{"x":131,"y":942,"width":915,"height":32}},{"text":"was charmed to see the extraordinary divine expression of that","box":{"x":127,"y":970,"width":918,"height":34}},{"text":"handsome face, and wondered who he was. Very soon the person","box":{"x":132,"y":997,"width":914,"height":35}},{"text":"approached him and from the bottom of the Master's pure heart","box":{"x":134,"y":1026,"width":911,"height":32}},{"text":"came out the words with ringing sound, Jesus! Jesus the Christ,","box":{"x":131,"y":1053,"width":912,"height":34}},{"text":"the great Yogi, the loving Son of God and one with the Father,","box":{"x":133,"y":1081,"width":911,"height":34}},{"text":"who gave his heart's blood and put up with endless torture in order","box":{"x":127,"y":1108,"width":918,"height":32}},{"text":"to deliver men from sorrow and misery! Jesus, the god-man,","box":{"x":132,"y":1135,"width":911,"height":34}},{"text":"then embraced the Master and disappeared into the body and the","box":{"x":130,"y":1165,"width":912,"height":32}},{"text":"Master entered into ecstasy, lost normal consciousness and remained","box":{"x":127,"y":1193,"width":915,"height":31}},{"text":"identified for some time with the Omnipresent Brahman with","box":{"x":133,"y":1219,"width":912,"height":35}},{"text":"attributes. Having thus attained the visions of Jesus, the Master","box":{"x":130,"y":1247,"width":915,"height":32}},{"text":"became free from the slightest doubt about his being an inear-","box":{"x":127,"y":1276,"width":914,"height":34}},{"text":"nation of God.","box":{"x":130,"y":1306,"width":204,"height":21}},{"text":"When we were visiting the Master long after this event, one day","box":{"x":171,"y":1363,"width":873,"height":31}},{"text":"he raised the topic of Jesus and said, 'Well, boys, you have read","box":{"x":129,"y":1389,"width":912,"height":34}},{"text":"the Bible; can you tell me what is written in it about the physical","box":{"x":129,"y":1417,"width":911,"height":35}},{"text":"features of Jesus? How did he look?' 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