{"pages":{"252":{"imagePath":"H:\\web_projects\\corpus-web\\electron-app\\data\\5e07978430078cb56ea89a104e5a0c0e50b3aa1618e48c486c8af005ae015143\\raw\\pages\\00276-6b466301a82008bc9671.webp","width":1170,"height":1680,"segments":[{"text":"252","box":{"x":119,"y":165,"width":56,"height":17}},{"text":"HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY IN INDIA","box":{"x":346,"y":164,"width":474,"height":20}},{"text":"that the appellant had neither been properly consecrated nor","box":{"x":122,"y":211,"width":918,"height":34}},{"text":"accepted by the majority thereof and therefore had no title to the","box":{"x":120,"y":239,"width":922,"height":36}},{"text":"Dignity and office of Metropolitan; that the Appellant's possession","box":{"x":115,"y":267,"width":924,"height":32}},{"text":"of the properties of the Church and its appurtenances and the","box":{"x":119,"y":296,"width":922,"height":34}},{"text":"assumption of the office of Metropolitan have been wrongful since","box":{"x":123,"y":322,"width":918,"height":32}},{"text":"the death of Mar Athanasius, the admitted last Metropolitan and","box":{"x":120,"y":350,"width":921,"height":34}},{"text":"Trustee that the Appellant should, therefore, surrender the","box":{"x":122,"y":379,"width":919,"height":35}},{"text":"insignia and office of Metropolitan of the Malankarai Syrian","box":{"x":123,"y":406,"width":921,"height":41}},{"text":"Jacobite Church and give up possession of the properties etc., to be","box":{"x":122,"y":436,"width":921,"height":32}},{"text":"administered with two other Trustees as required by the Endowment","box":{"x":123,"y":463,"width":918,"height":32}},{"text":"Deed (Exhibit 111); ...","box":{"x":119,"y":494,"width":326,"height":31}},{"text":"133. THE THIRD DECENNIAL","box":{"x":119,"y":605,"width":500,"height":27}},{"text":"CONFERENCE, BOMBAY","box":{"x":649,"y":605,"width":390,"height":25}},{"text":"(1892-1893 A. D.)","box":{"x":473,"y":638,"width":246,"height":29}},{"text":"The third all-India Decennial Missionary Conference began in","box":{"x":214,"y":696,"width":778,"height":24}},{"text":"Bombay on 29th December 1892. One notes that the issues discussed","box":{"x":171,"y":719,"width":822,"height":27}},{"text":"at this conference were similar to those considered at the earlier confe-","box":{"x":179,"y":745,"width":813,"height":24}},{"text":"rences. Papers cited here are found in the Report of the Third Decennial","box":{"x":178,"y":770,"width":817,"height":27}},{"text":"Missionary Conference held at Bombay, 1892-93. Vol. I (1) pp. 121-","box":{"x":172,"y":795,"width":823,"height":28}},{"text":"127; (2) pp. 247-249; Vol. II (3) pp. 602 ff.","box":{"x":176,"y":820,"width":518,"height":28}},{"text":"1. Kali Charan Banurji on the Native Church-Its Organization","box":{"x":127,"y":878,"width":914,"height":29}},{"text":"and Self-Support","box":{"x":476,"y":909,"width":223,"height":27}},{"text":"That the Missionaries of India, the majority of whom represent","box":{"x":171,"y":962,"width":871,"height":31}},{"text":"Foreign Missions, should, in Conference assembled, embody, in","box":{"x":126,"y":988,"width":917,"height":32}},{"text":"their programme, the conception of The Native Church,' is","box":{"x":126,"y":1009,"width":865,"height":41}},{"text":"is an","box":{"x":967,"y":1019,"width":80,"height":22}},{"text":"indication of momentous significance. It signifies, on their part,","box":{"x":127,"y":1044,"width":915,"height":32}},{"text":"a readiness to recognise the ideal that the Native Church in India","box":{"x":126,"y":1072,"width":915,"height":31}},{"text":"should be one, not divided; native, not foreign. Nay, it conveys","box":{"x":126,"y":1100,"width":914,"height":31}},{"text":"the promise that, henceforth, they shall not impose by rule, upon","box":{"x":126,"y":1127,"width":917,"height":34}},{"text":"the converts they are privileged to gather, the accidents of denomi-","box":{"x":125,"y":1156,"width":917,"height":31}},{"text":"national Christianity, at once divisive and exotic, with which they","box":{"x":126,"y":1183,"width":917,"height":32}},{"text":"themselves happen to be identified.","box":{"x":127,"y":1211,"width":486,"height":34}},{"text":"Let us attempt an analysis of the conception, 'Native Church'.","box":{"x":169,"y":1268,"width":872,"height":32}},{"text":"Clearly, the Church of England or Church of Scotland, for example,","box":{"x":120,"y":1297,"width":921,"height":32}},{"text":"notwithstanding the fact that the membership of each includes","box":{"x":126,"y":1324,"width":914,"height":32}},{"text":"natives of India, does not answer to the conception. 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Their language to the","box":{"x":125,"y":622,"width":919,"height":34}},{"text":"congregations founded by them has been you must have a pastor","box":{"x":125,"y":650,"width":918,"height":32}},{"text":"on the salary we fix for him; so set to work at once, find a pastor,","box":{"x":127,"y":678,"width":915,"height":32}},{"text":"pay him as we propose, and declare yourselves self-supporting.","box":{"x":125,"y":706,"width":919,"height":32}},{"text":"Now, there may be no one in the congregation qualified, by him-","box":{"x":122,"y":733,"width":921,"height":34}},{"text":"self, to overtake all the duties and responsibilities of the pastorate.","box":{"x":127,"y":763,"width":914,"height":31}},{"text":"The proper inference to draw from this position of affairs would be,","box":{"x":125,"y":791,"width":918,"height":32}},{"text":"that the congregation was not ripe yet for the economy of the one-","box":{"x":125,"y":820,"width":915,"height":28}},{"text":"man ministry. 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The practice of committing a","box":{"x":130,"y":1372,"width":911,"height":36}},{"text":"selection of texts on such subjects to memory is highly to be recom-","box":{"x":129,"y":1402,"width":910,"height":32}},{"text":"mended.","box":{"x":126,"y":1437,"width":118,"height":22}},{"text":"As regards further measures, missionaries elsewhere should","box":{"x":168,"y":1472,"width":871,"height":38}},{"text":"take a leaf out of the book of their Punjab brethren. 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Why should not","box":{"x":137,"y":765,"width":924,"height":38}},{"text":"brethren elsewhere have the like happy experience?","box":{"x":137,"y":797,"width":705,"height":31}},{"text":"Let us be united, have right views on the subject, have a defined","box":{"x":183,"y":847,"width":875,"height":32}},{"text":"policy on preparation and of attack, let us steadily pursue it before","box":{"x":136,"y":873,"width":924,"height":36}},{"text":"the enemy is on us, and let all our teaching be of the law and testi-","box":{"x":137,"y":901,"width":922,"height":35}},{"text":"mony-so shall we be ready, and by God's blessing it will be ours","box":{"x":137,"y":931,"width":921,"height":34}},{"text":"not only to bring men out of the darkness of heathenism and","box":{"x":139,"y":959,"width":921,"height":32}},{"text":"Mohammedanism into the light of God, but it will be ours also","box":{"x":136,"y":987,"width":922,"height":32}},{"text":"to keep them in the pure faith, nurture and admonition of our","box":{"x":139,"y":1013,"width":921,"height":34}},{"text":"Lord, who will Himself keep them and us from falling, and will","box":{"x":136,"y":1043,"width":924,"height":34}},{"text":"present them and us one day at His coming, blameless and exceeding","box":{"x":130,"y":1072,"width":926,"height":32}},{"text":"joy. A last word it is only Protestant apathy and disunion that","box":{"x":134,"y":1099,"width":921,"height":34}},{"text":"makes Romanism the least bit formidable.","box":{"x":134,"y":1127,"width":635,"height":28}},{"text":"3. Bishop Thoburn on Missionary Comity","box":{"x":329,"y":1207,"width":572,"height":29}},{"text":"The policy of assigning a separate field to each society is perfectly","box":{"x":179,"y":1262,"width":879,"height":32}},{"text":"defensible if the object sought is solely that of making a proper","box":{"x":133,"y":1288,"width":925,"height":35}},{"text":"division of labour, and at the same time occupying as much territory","box":{"x":132,"y":1320,"width":926,"height":31}},{"text":"as possible Many practical objections to such a policy have","box":{"x":136,"y":1347,"width":921,"height":32}},{"text":"been brought to light in the progress of the work, some of which","box":{"x":133,"y":1373,"width":922,"height":32}},{"text":"may be briefly stated:","box":{"x":136,"y":1403,"width":332,"height":32}},{"text":"1. These boundary lines are very apt to create the difficulty","box":{"x":211,"y":1453,"width":845,"height":29}},{"text":"which they are intended to guard against. So, far from keeping","box":{"x":132,"y":1480,"width":926,"height":34}},{"text":"the missionaries apart, and thus preventing causes of disagreement,","box":{"x":133,"y":1506,"width":926,"height":35}}]},"257":{"imagePath":"H:\\web_projects\\corpus-web\\electron-app\\data\\5e07978430078cb56ea89a104e5a0c0e50b3aa1618e48c486c8af005ae015143\\raw\\pages\\00281-a14500eff69a38d3033f.webp","width":1170,"height":1680,"segments":[{"text":"SOURCE MATERIALS","box":{"x":477,"y":145,"width":248,"height":20}},{"text":"257","box":{"x":1006,"y":143,"width":59,"height":18}},{"text":"the very line itself becomes a fruitful source of contention. 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It must puzzle them not a little to be told when","box":{"x":147,"y":613,"width":918,"height":31}},{"text":"they reach Bombay, that very little of India is open to them, that","box":{"x":150,"y":642,"width":915,"height":32}},{"text":"all the centres of influence have been occupied and are practically","box":{"x":150,"y":668,"width":917,"height":34}},{"text":"closed against them, and that they must seek a field which thus","box":{"x":148,"y":697,"width":917,"height":35}},{"text":"far has been neglected by their more fortunate brethren who came","box":{"x":150,"y":725,"width":915,"height":34}},{"text":"earlier upon the scene...","box":{"x":150,"y":759,"width":336,"height":29}},{"text":"3. The custom has been for the agents of each society to","box":{"x":227,"y":811,"width":840,"height":29}},{"text":"decide for themselves the extent of the field which they are to","box":{"x":150,"y":836,"width":915,"height":32}},{"text":"occupy. Some of them have made their selection with wisdom,","box":{"x":151,"y":865,"width":915,"height":35}},{"text":"while others have chosen fields which they had no reasonable","box":{"x":148,"y":893,"width":917,"height":29}},{"text":"prospect of fully occupying for years, if not centuries, to come.","box":{"x":146,"y":921,"width":921,"height":35}},{"text":"Experience has proved that it that it is nearly impossible to persuade such","box":{"x":147,"y":949,"width":921,"height":35}},{"text":"men that they are grasping at more than they can possibly reach,","box":{"x":151,"y":978,"width":912,"height":36}},{"text":"and hence we have inequalities of the most singular kind among","box":{"x":153,"y":1003,"width":915,"height":35}},{"text":"what are called the separate mission districts of India...","box":{"x":150,"y":1033,"width":799,"height":34}},{"text":"4. In its practical application this rule has tended to shut","box":{"x":223,"y":1088,"width":844,"height":35}},{"text":"out the Gospel from vast regions where it would otherwise have","box":{"x":150,"y":1115,"width":918,"height":36}},{"text":"penetrated. It will seem incredible to those in England and","box":{"x":153,"y":1143,"width":912,"height":38}},{"text":"America, who so earnestly advocate this policy, and yet it is a","box":{"x":148,"y":1172,"width":921,"height":34}},{"text":"simple fact with which many of us in India are painfully familiar,","box":{"x":153,"y":1200,"width":915,"height":35}},{"text":"that good men often object most strenuously to the advent of","box":{"x":154,"y":1229,"width":917,"height":34}},{"text":"missionaries of other socities into regions where they themselves","box":{"x":151,"y":1255,"width":917,"height":34}},{"text":"are not able to give the Gospel to the people.","box":{"x":157,"y":1285,"width":640,"height":34}},{"text":"5. The word 'occupy' is used in so flexible a way that it often","box":{"x":228,"y":1339,"width":843,"height":34}},{"text":"misrepresents the facts. For instance, a good man, a very good","box":{"x":154,"y":1369,"width":919,"height":38}},{"text":"man once wrote to a brother missionary that he had occupied a","box":{"x":150,"y":1395,"width":926,"height":35}},{"text":"district containing a million of people, and hoped the brother","box":{"x":153,"y":1423,"width":921,"height":36}},{"text":"would not enter it. The occupation consisted in sending a native","box":{"x":153,"y":1451,"width":921,"height":36}},{"text":"preacher to live in a small town, and preach in its bazaars and the","box":{"x":153,"y":1481,"width":921,"height":36}},{"text":"surrounding villages. 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Missionaries who have lived in","box":{"x":127,"y":303,"width":915,"height":28}},{"text":"their station for years have been startled to find people living","box":{"x":126,"y":331,"width":915,"height":32}},{"text":"within a few miles of their doors who had never heard the name","box":{"x":123,"y":357,"width":915,"height":28}},{"text":"of Jesus Christ. What, then, shall we say of the million, or perhaps","box":{"x":123,"y":387,"width":914,"height":34}},{"text":"two millions, who live in other parts of the so-called 'occupied","box":{"x":127,"y":415,"width":891,"height":32}},{"text":"district?...","box":{"x":123,"y":442,"width":158,"height":24}},{"text":"6. This policy annoys and harasses men who love unity","box":{"x":200,"y":497,"width":838,"height":34}},{"text":"and concord, and seek peace and pursue it, and yet who are","box":{"x":125,"y":525,"width":912,"height":31}},{"text":"constantly put in the wrong by accusations of interference with","box":{"x":120,"y":552,"width":914,"height":34}},{"text":"the work of others. Any man with the mind and heart which a","box":{"x":120,"y":580,"width":917,"height":31}},{"text":"true preacher ought to have, cannot but feel grieved and pained","box":{"x":118,"y":608,"width":919,"height":35}},{"text":"when accused accused un unjustly of hindering his Master's work by marring","box":{"x":111,"y":631,"width":924,"height":38}},{"text":"the labours of Christian brethren. Charges of this kind are made","box":{"x":116,"y":663,"width":915,"height":31}},{"text":"far too freely, and very often without a shadow of just cause.","box":{"x":116,"y":691,"width":864,"height":31}},{"text":"7. This rule ignores the fact that within a given field there","box":{"x":195,"y":746,"width":836,"height":31}},{"text":"may be different races, or castes or languages, and that one society","box":{"x":113,"y":776,"width":917,"height":31}},{"text":"may not be able, or may not choose, to do all the work to be done.","box":{"x":115,"y":804,"width":917,"height":29}},{"text":"For instance, Santhals and Bengali people may live side by side.","box":{"x":115,"y":832,"width":915,"height":31}},{"text":"One missionary may wish to work for the one people and another","box":{"x":111,"y":859,"width":918,"height":34}},{"text":"for the other. If the society in occupancy will do all the work,","box":{"x":116,"y":886,"width":912,"height":31}},{"text":"well, and good; let no one interfere with its agents. 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In ninety-nine cases out of a hundred,","box":{"x":111,"y":1276,"width":914,"height":29}},{"text":"sincere converts will wish to follow those who first bring them to","box":{"x":112,"y":1302,"width":912,"height":29}},{"text":"Christ, and in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred they will do","box":{"x":109,"y":1330,"width":915,"height":31}},{"text":"better under the care of these persons than under any others...","box":{"x":111,"y":1360,"width":889,"height":32}},{"text":"9. This policy interferes with the normal progress of the","box":{"x":185,"y":1413,"width":840,"height":34}},{"text":"Gospel. We ought to look forward to the time when Christianity","box":{"x":104,"y":1440,"width":919,"height":34}},{"text":"will free itself from the narrow limits of the mission house and","box":{"x":106,"y":1470,"width":915,"height":28}},{"text":"mission agencies, and begins to advance over the country from","box":{"x":105,"y":1498,"width":917,"height":32}}]},"259":{"imagePath":"H:\\web_projects\\corpus-web\\electron-app\\data\\5e07978430078cb56ea89a104e5a0c0e50b3aa1618e48c486c8af005ae015143\\raw\\pages\\00283-38cd1ad96558191e3e45.webp","width":1170,"height":1680,"segments":[{"text":"SOURCE MATERIALS","box":{"x":449,"y":148,"width":249,"height":20}},{"text":"259","box":{"x":982,"y":144,"width":53,"height":22}},{"text":"heart to heart and from village to village, by a steady process","box":{"x":113,"y":198,"width":879,"height":34}},{"text":"normal growth. Whenever it becomes a living indigenous","box":{"x":115,"y":227,"width":921,"height":32}},{"text":"Christianity, it will advance in this way. In some places we see","box":{"x":118,"y":251,"width":921,"height":36}},{"text":"indications of such advance for which we ought to be dévoutly","box":{"x":115,"y":282,"width":922,"height":34}},{"text":"thankful...","box":{"x":111,"y":309,"width":160,"height":25}},{"text":"10. This policy ignores the special call which the Holy Spirit","box":{"x":175,"y":365,"width":859,"height":34}},{"text":"so often gives to the Christian preacher. Paul and Silas were","box":{"x":118,"y":393,"width":917,"height":32}},{"text":"Spirit-led, and they planted permanent churches where they preached.","box":{"x":113,"y":421,"width":921,"height":32}},{"text":"If India is ever brought to Christ, many succesors to these men","box":{"x":118,"y":446,"width":917,"height":36}},{"text":"will yet appear. Could such men work, in India, as Paul worked ?","box":{"x":112,"y":478,"width":922,"height":32}},{"text":"It is constantly said that Paul never built on other men's foundation,","box":{"x":115,"y":504,"width":917,"height":34}},{"text":"but this policy forbids a man to dig for his own foundation...","box":{"x":115,"y":531,"width":898,"height":32}},{"text":"II. Let us in the next place glance briefly at the proposed code","box":{"x":161,"y":593,"width":872,"height":34}},{"text":"of intermissional rules. Such a code, if agreed upon with practical","box":{"x":115,"y":621,"width":921,"height":32}},{"text":"unanimity by all the Societies interested, would no doubt be of","box":{"x":113,"y":649,"width":922,"height":34}},{"text":"value as a guide to young missionaries, and it would also greatly","box":{"x":115,"y":677,"width":918,"height":34}},{"text":"influence public opinion, which in the long run will be found the","box":{"x":118,"y":703,"width":915,"height":34}},{"text":"chief factor in settling points in controversy. But it is nearly","box":{"x":113,"y":733,"width":919,"height":32}},{"text":"certain that any attempt to give such rules the force of laws will","box":{"x":113,"y":763,"width":919,"height":29}},{"text":"end in failure, and probably aggravate the evils which they are","box":{"x":112,"y":791,"width":919,"height":31}},{"text":"intended to prevent...","box":{"x":116,"y":823,"width":312,"height":27}},{"text":"III. If, then, we are to have no code of rules and no mission","box":{"x":160,"y":883,"width":872,"height":28}},{"text":"boundaries, can nothing at all be done to promote a proper spirit","box":{"x":109,"y":912,"width":924,"height":34}},{"text":"of comity among missionaries? Beyond all doubt something","box":{"x":109,"y":938,"width":922,"height":36}},{"text":"can be done, but not on the old lines.","box":{"x":111,"y":969,"width":547,"height":31}},{"text":"1. First of all, there should be a radical change of policy.","box":{"x":158,"y":1026,"width":873,"height":34}},{"text":"We should for ever discard the notion that missionaries cannot","box":{"x":109,"y":1054,"width":921,"height":29}},{"text":"dwell together in love and harmony. 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I saw Chris-","box":{"x":109,"y":1278,"width":925,"height":29}},{"text":"tians of two societies last year in a common assembly day after","box":{"x":109,"y":1306,"width":921,"height":31}},{"text":"day, taking counsel together, and waiting on God together, and it","box":{"x":109,"y":1333,"width":918,"height":34}},{"text":"was impossible to distinguish between them. How much better","box":{"x":106,"y":1362,"width":924,"height":32}},{"text":"this than to keep them separated as if they belonged to separate","box":{"x":109,"y":1390,"width":919,"height":35}},{"text":"castes! We need not plant our stations in the same towns for","box":{"x":112,"y":1418,"width":918,"height":32}},{"text":"the mere sake of exhibiting our fraternal love, but let us no longer","box":{"x":111,"y":1446,"width":919,"height":38}},{"text":"shun one another's presence, and thus ostentatiously proclaim","box":{"x":112,"y":1474,"width":915,"height":36}},{"text":"to the world that we cannot live together.","box":{"x":113,"y":1501,"width":607,"height":31}}]}}}