. The gospel in South India : or the religious life, experience, and character of the Hindu Christians . These Christian women thus labour with us in the Gospel, and such voluntarylabours are even more valuable, in some respects,than those of our paid agents, and should thereforebe greatly encouraged. Efforts are also made to reach the surroundingheathen, by going out, chiefly on Sunday afternoons,to read the Scriptures to them, sing hymns, andengage in conversation with them on religioustopics. The Sudra caste chiefly is in this wayreached, but some Christian w^omen of humblebirth are listene
. The gospel in South India : or the religious life, experience, and character of the Hindu Christians . These Christian women thus labour with us in the Gospel, and such voluntarylabours are even more valuable, in some respects,than those of our paid agents, and should thereforebe greatly encouraged. Efforts are also made to reach the surroundingheathen, by going out, chiefly on Sunday afternoons,to read the Scriptures to them, sing hymns, andengage in conversation with them on religioustopics. The Sudra caste chiefly is in this wayreached, but some Christian w^omen of humblebirth are listened to kindly even by Brahmanfemales. These heathen women of good castehave hitherto been, through their prejudices andseclusion, to a great extent inaccessible, and havenot heard the name of Jesus Christ; or if thatname reaches them, they hear it with horror and HINDU CHRISTIAN WOMEN. 173 dread of the white people and their strange customsand rehgion. In one conf^reg^ation, these Christian volunteersafter the morning service go to the house of one oftheir number to partake of some light refreshment,. A SUDRA LADY. and offer prayer for the Divine blessing on theirplans, then go out to read and sing to the kindness and ardour of such in Tittuvileigreatly interested the high-caste women, and ledsome to express their surprise and admiration insuch terms as these : What can have led these 174 THE GOSPEL LN SOUTH INDIA. women to come out to preach to us ? Have theynot housework as well as we? How is it theirhusbands have permitted them to go out? Oneof them is the mother of a very young child. Howintense is the desire of the Christians to propagatetheir religion ! They speak to us words of wisdom,while we know only how to cook and to eat. Theseare but women like ourselves—how pleasant is theirreading and singing ! But our eyes do not see whatis written in books. Our gods are blind, and so arewe. VVe had better begin at once to learn to read. In Kadamaleikunun congregatio
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