Life and work in India; an account of the conditions, methods, difficulties, results, future prospects and reflex influence of missionary labor in India, especially in the Punjab mission of the United Presbyterian Church of North America . these theories andlegal principles, like those of Mu-hammadans, are often thwarted intheir effects by natural affectionand the workings of conscience—as well as by womans own tact,tongue and will. But, granting allthis, there is a vast difference be-tween the rights, privileges and influence of the female sex in Indiaand in gospel lands. Intolerance and bitt
Life and work in India; an account of the conditions, methods, difficulties, results, future prospects and reflex influence of missionary labor in India, especially in the Punjab mission of the United Presbyterian Church of North America . these theories andlegal principles, like those of Mu-hammadans, are often thwarted intheir effects by natural affectionand the workings of conscience—as well as by womans own tact,tongue and will. But, granting allthis, there is a vast difference be-tween the rights, privileges and influence of the female sex in Indiaand in gospel lands. Intolerance and bitter persecution of religious converts is anothercharacteristic of the people of India. This, of course, would not bethought strange in the case of Moslems, because their faith and his-tory are the very embodiment of this principle. But, tolerant ofother religions as Hindus are, they also are as bitter in their feelingsas Muhammadans can be toward persons who seek to proselyte theirpeople, and especially toward those of their brethren who abandontheir faith, break caste and become adherents of a non-Hindu device that ingenuity can contrive is employed to prevent such *ArUcleiii Indian Evangelical Review, Vol. IX, p. GANESH, THE GOP OF WISDOM. THEFT AND MURDER 127 a result, or to punish the offender who has ehided their efforts andasserted his freedom—persecution being carried, if possible, to thepoint of murder. Were it not for the strong arm of the English Gov-ernment this characteristic would be more marked than it is now. Violation of property rights is also a common thing in India, andthat, too, notwithstanding the vigilance of the police. Several tribes,such as the Sansies, are, by their caste profession, thieves, and have tobe put under restriction by government authority. Frequently, too, wehear of the pillaging, robbery and murder done by dakoits, who, inorganized bands, swoop down on a village and in a few minutes ac-complish all the destruction of a
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