The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-05-11

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oentase Of Christian population. go. 2eS. Tho
7l8.002 native Christians. however. include
half breeds. who are Christian ~ accident. the
number OF pure Indian converts being 696.0l6
OF the other 620.2 95 certainly $1,000 may b
said to belong to non .Indian peoples. particu.
larlv TO the descendants Of Portuguese. who
are quite numerous. Allowing every bensnt Of
doubt. the entire figure for the strictly native
Christians In India cannot bs placed above
I. 400 .000 which represents loss than one.half
Of ono Der cent OF the whole population Of 260..
000.O 700. Non. Hindu aborisinss form the bulk Of
these converts. Of whom only about $50. 900 can
DO claimed By Protestsnts Including German
Lutherans); and tho rest arc Catholics.
It has been argued from the success which
has attended the Protestant missions during
the last quarter Of century. at the beginning
OF which period the number OF Protestant
native Christians was only about 125. 900. or
less than half what II 10 at present that at this
rate Of doubling every twenty-five years the
whole Of India will be under the Gospel In the
course Of very few centuries Apart from the
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that the Hindus are people who have been the
fcundsrs and moral rulers OF worry high order
yorabiy with what IN The. West is known - Ok
clusiyely such. BY centuries OF thought and labor
highest ideas and noblest sentiments. spiritual
and moral which man has ever known. They
and 1ened sossy n wssS
the thea cardinal virtues Are prsosisssd more uni
S1d Sea nin ,sa
national pride among them. It is the height
With snythina S but ridieai s' ana pity s Tie
attempts OF half educated Y, foreigners 70 cut
the ,0os 81 sna declare
utterly regardless Of their traditions and ssnti.
ments. to nlant novel idexs on soil prepared In
You'd the pale Of Christianity. the Decentralization
which stamps the Efforts Of Christian mission.
otry: ana which the Hindu mind. ENLARGED Is .
and. innumerab.e gods and spirits. finds it dii-
fcult to appreciate.
when we take Into account the quick insight
and Intellectual subt!ensss Of the Hindu. his
srsinins Tor mesanhysies and p poemies s H
withnl, his national pride which. without self.
assertion s Is high and deep seated II 10 not
cope S with the dcu liz of lis
and ss fSo Or sSs
heatheps are q stuntsd intellect and low
ariuous tisk OF teaching high. and dililcult
lessons to people differing In language. GUS
The aysrass msssiosnar1 has read vory little
olse besides bis Bible, and some antiauated book
Rea.hons he still reads only his Bbs eSsr and
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Ruls Of lie. and tells thom That these wsrs De-
livered from heaven. and were never known
ordinary Hindu cannot help wondering how Il
should have needed miracle to teach these
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widely known that all those sentiment. and
Christian are scattered IN Hindu sacred books.
and have been taught aud followed In practice
The missionsry's knowledge Of the Hindu
Scriptures and the DOCTRINES they unfold.
which he PROCESSES to attack, - next TO moth
ing that there exist and have existed grades Of
HUMANKIND from the savage to the civilized, -
mess. t tho Indian. The russian. tho American .
novice with his crude and foreign idoas should
be @Ses 81 lie s sss
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ins. The missionary ia h!. n:tlys land
has heard 81 HINDU casts:. and seen horEid pic.
those faculties ' and habits y thought which
psS MRes you'd
Of their special district. to the extent that eli
40 - 10 assault, ri, central ,rsDo:isoiy
81 az the u:
sopnists Scholars WHO have examined Il have
found out whit lnpr0GnaDlo rocks are th0r0.
How. do you think. would a Hindu be qualified
to Judge OF Christianity by reading tho Comic
Bible" or tho Bible. with notes By the Secular
Society,"" or to understand republcanism BY .
constant study OF Monarchy VS.. Republic" BY
some English Tory. oven II he lived for years in
Thus i is that charges Of ietichism, idolstry.
OF excluslvOness. or OF narrowness. do not an.
noy the Hindus At all. because 1t Is known that
these ali proceed from Ignorance. Accused OF
polythGsm. they may with Just indignation ex.
claim. Our sacred books insist on tho unity Of
tho Supreme Being. and abound in the grand
ost desert ptions OF His attributes: Ho IL the
most holy OF oil holes: the God OF all gods: the
Everlasting Father OF NIL creatures; He Ia the
life In all; the ono God hidden In ali beings and
dwelling rs a witness within their hearts md
u score others" We'll may IndIa's children
boast: We are Christians already. and we 9re
something more, Our faith affords ground for
the mysticai skeptic. q vast field for the
scholarly agnostir. fountains OF sentiment for
the devotional theist. as we'll as a short route
AMI railroad guide for the camorous heaven
goer through faith and an Incarnate God"
Tho moral to DO drawn 10 that In order to
reach tho mind and heart Of tho Hindu the
missionary must be- moro sympathetic and
loss dogmaticai. This presupposes tho pos
sussion OF more general cultivation and larger
Information, especially In regard to Hindu
knowledge. than q The rule. ,Hs should strive
to meet his Hindu brother half way. concedinR
as much rs demandine. 30 Is to be able to