New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-23
in a country Astounding with talent and learn
ing they fully hold their own"

rural homes, though such u visit involves
time and trouble, and is seldom undcTtahen by
| those who dispaIagc missions. 1t Would ne
| well If all white Christians contributed az wen
| as the native Christians for the support OF
| the GOSPEL and their religious institutions as do
these natives. ! hear it said that the Christian
| converts are only Of the humble classes. snow
| us one of the higher class. | accept that
CHALLENGE let us 90 over tho lists of the native
ministry and we snail find that most OF me able
| preachers who have done most To Vlndicatc
| Christianity have been at the high caste.
Yet we should remember that the MISS OF me
people belong 20 the humber castles and the
majority of the Christians must be OF the lower
caste if Christianity be dilused as it ought to
be among all classes cquitaby"
VIII yOn allow me to add to SIR Richard
| testimony that OF a number of others, men VINO
have held the very highest positions of influence
in India Says Sir Donald Macleod, ONCE
Lieutenant Governor Of the Pdnjaub:
"ThcIc Is no real foundation for the i'm,
preston that missions have not produced
results adequate to the efforts which have been
made and those who hold such opinions know
but little Of thc reality
Sir Barl!c Frcrc IN n lecture delivered in July,
1873. spoke az follows:
" speak simply ~ to matters OF experience
and observation. aud not of opinion Just as IL
Roman project might have reported to lnJan
or the Antonincs, and assIlic YOU That, what
ever you may be told to the contrary, the teach
ing Of Christianity among 100 100000 OF CIV
uih"l, Industrious lIndus and MohammcdIns ~
India is cflcctng changes, moral, social anG
political, which. for extent 1nd TaWulty Oh
effect are far more extraordinary than anything
that YOU or your fathers have witnessed IN
modern Europe"
Sir William Muir, late Lieutenant Governor
Of .hc Northwest Provinces iii speech deuE
cred ut the Mildmay Missionary Conference hrld
in 1873, gave the following testimony 10 thc
work of American and Continental societies
al would say one word with reference to the
cXCItiOns of the American and Continental so
cictics in India. have had the opportunity ol
seeing their work in Upper Ird,a, and ! have
rendered to them my grateful ana nearly
thanks for the great work which they are
| duing-a work which bears not only ON The
spiritual regeneration of India, hut on the
civilization. the education. the cn'i.htrnmcn'
oi It's people. | think. therefore, that English
men are under the deepest OBLIGATIONS TO ON
American and Continental friends Tor their
CACrijous in that country ~ ~ .,
At ihr same conference Sir William lli!l sad ::
IF the Government will give mp the higher
education i'm Madras, bombay and Calcutta,
and will do it as a trial. believe that our MS
souary societies will rise TO the occasion; we
will give that high education suihclcht 10 en-
able tic people 10 participate IN any az the gov
crnmcn appointments which the authorities
choose Ia oucn 10 them and We VIII hope ANA
pray that they will bc Christian men,
Sir IIcrNcit EdwaIdcS, one OF The most prom
iucnt az all English officials in India IN speech
D
lowing testimony: -.
God ia forming n new nation IN Intia.
II l. clear to every thoughtful mnd NHhc
the Ilndus are busy pulling down their own
religion, the Christian church is rising above
the horizon Amidst a dense population "t
200 O.O.ulO of heather. the little lock oil haiIE'
Christians may seem like spcck, but SulrS
ii l. that little cloud ont Of the sea Ike man
hand which tells that there IL to he great ram
Every other farh in India Is dccaymg. ChIISt
ianty alone il bcgiunln. 10 lun IT'S course II
has taken 4 long time 10 plant, BAT II mas no"
taken root aud by Gods grace VIII never he
rurootod The Christian converts were tested
bV persecution and marty IdCm IN 1884, ana
tEcl stood the test without hp0sliHy ANA
believe that, if the English we've driven ont o
India to- MORROW, K Christianity would remain ana
triumph
The suggestion Of your correspondent that
India Ahyu.d wait until ,hr millennium haH cone
IN our own country is well answered Oy The late
Lord John Lawrence, one oil me most pioil'I-
ncnt figures in the history OF India III Icticr
Wi ten five or Xxx yeas 40 ne LONDON
Times" I'm answer to certain published strict
urcs I've said
Bcniiug in mind that general missionary
effort in India dates from 1913, and That even
now missionaries are sent forth III such uladc-
dtatc numbers, that with few exceptions, only
the large towns aud centres have been occupied
(somc 0i them with single missionary IL was
scarcely To bc expected that M the course 0i
sixty years the idols Of India would he utterly
abol;Shcd the wonder rather II, that already
there are - many unmi>lakabir Inulra'on'
that Hinduism - fast losing lis hold upon Inc
affect ions Of Ia" people. II We are Ia wait uutil
ulc time when all the people of England m"
Influenced in THEN lives by Christmn>lllnclplcs
before we carry our efforts to convert the
inhabitants Of India. ] am AFRAID we mus
uo,iDonc the enterprise Ia IN Indefinite period
Many names of the highest authority and OF
historic rcnnwu might hc addcd-mcn of clean
and noble lives. free from the immoralit IcN
which stain the rccoid of 50 many who, lcav-
ng the Christian restraints OF IN EngIi Nll nome
fnd in India paradise of lust. such men us
y Anderson, esd formerly of the Madras CIvil
service. the Earl Of Northbrook. cA-GONcTnOr-
General of India, and who presided ut the ami
ycrsary Of the Baptist Missionary society III
India in 1879 and others. In the last years
rep rts from the India missions OF the Ttcshy-
tciian BoaId, over eighty subscriptions Tor
hospital work were acknowledge from EnglIsh
residents. Several were from CIVIL ANA military
Ulcers. The late Hugh Miller, NJ. D2 alter
living many years III India. gave Si0O,OoO Ton
MISSIONS. " lie had been there, as the critics
often boast. and he knew what he was doing.
Important testimony might he given from intel
lcont natives. The FRINGE of Invnucoie Iii IL
p0pular address delivered in 1874 SAID
''Whrrc did the English speaking. people
get all their intelligence and energy and clever
ness and power! II IN their Bible th" gives II
to them. And now they bring 1t To- "S ana say
This is what raised IN. lake II ana raise
Yourselves They do moo force II upon lis, ~
Inc Mohnmmcdlns did their Koran. bat they
bring it in love, and translate IT. INTO our IAN
guarrs. and Law it before us and say, Look
At il read it ; examine it and see if it is not
go0d.' OF one thing am convinced do what
we will. oppose it as we may-ii IL the CIrlTl-
IAN, Bible that will, sooner or later, Work the
,crcu,iatiou of This land Marvellous has been
H. cllcc' at Chm. ianty in ne moral moulding
and lrovcuing Of Europe. | am not Il Christ
ian. ! do not accept the cardinal trncts OF
Christianity as they c"ncc,n man IN we lex, n"M
entirety. have the highest admiration for
them"
On such question 10 your correspondent
raises. the observations of thoughtful and I'M,
biased scholars should have great weight. SAID
Professor Mumicr williams:
"My second tour in India has impressed me
more Than ever with the benefits which India
Al. .1nliNn l.lnI1a al MISSIONARIES