Christian missions and social progress; a sociological study of foreign missions . al king is doing much to encourage larger aspirations amonghis people. India is the camping-ground of Brahmanic pride, the very acme ofsupercilious conceit, and presents also notable illustrations of that absurdself-exaltation of the so-called devotees and holy men of whole tendency of Hinduism is to stimulate self-esteem, while casteis a bulwark of pride in its most sublime proportions. The subtlespeculations of Hindu religious thought have given a fascination tophilosophical themes, and have devel
Christian missions and social progress; a sociological study of foreign missions . al king is doing much to encourage larger aspirations amonghis people. India is the camping-ground of Brahmanic pride, the very acme ofsupercilious conceit, and presents also notable illustrations of that absurdself-exaltation of the so-called devotees and holy men of whole tendency of Hinduism is to stimulate self-esteem, while casteis a bulwark of pride in its most sublime proportions. The subtlespeculations of Hindu religious thought have given a fascination tophilosophical themes, and have developed intellectual conceit to an ex-traordinary degree. The Hindu religionist is pride incarnate, while theshadow of a Brahman is a natural phenomenon more impressive than asunrise. The Mohammedan is a noted rival of the Hindu in religiousand intellectual pride. No more striking exhibition of the paralyzingeffect of the haughty spirit of Islam can be found than the social and 1 Henry, The Cross and the Dragon, p. 33. 2 Coltman, The Chinese: Medical, Political, and Social, p. o N s o THE SOCIAL EVILS OF THE NON-CHRISTIAN WORLD 99 intellectual condition of the lands dominated by the Moslem. TheTurkish Empire, Persia, the North African countries, and Arabia aresamples of lands where pride rules with blighting sway. The African, as a rule, may be said to be vain and conceited inproportion to the density of his ignorance. If we take the Matabeleas a sample, we can hardly find his equal for overweening pride The result has been manifest in thirty years ofstagnation even under the influence of faithful missionary Theconquest of the nation by British arms, when permanently accom-plished, will be a blessing, and no doubt beat down those hitherto im-penetrable barriers which pride has erected. The pitiable condition ofthe proud savages of the earth is owing in some measure to their in-tense satisfaction with their own fancied superiority, and is a tellin
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