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 . f Scripture and the fundamental principles of our holy of homes have been consecrated by the erection of a familyaltar. Whole communities have been brought to prize the house ofGod and the ordinances of the church. Scores of common people havetaken pleasure in the work of exhortation and soul-saving. Many havebeen strengthened in faith to r
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 . f Scripture and the fundamental principles of our holy of homes have been consecrated by the erection of a familyaltar. Whole communities have been brought to prize the house ofGod and the ordinances of the church. Scores of common people havetaken pleasure in the work of exhortation and soul-saving. Many havebeen strengthened in faith to resist temptation or bear entire Christian community has exhibited a slow but gradual andgeneral rise in moral and spiritual character above the surroundingpopulation. And instances are not uncommon where belief in Christhas been known to sustain the departing spirit of a poor native whilepassing through the waves of Jordan to the shores of the Promised Land. But other influences have been at work in improving the condition ofour people, and other good results can be named, besides those whichhave heretofore been mentioned. Of these it will be our privilege tospeak in the next chapter. ^^^^^ro^^gfy^i^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^m. HILL WATER-CARRIER. CHAPTER XXIVHIGHER TRAINING OF CHRISTIANS—I Its Necessity—Means Employed—Central Schools—The Christian Training Insti-tute, its History, Character and Results—The Girls Boarding School—TheTheological Seminary—Why Greek and Hebrew Should Be Taught Theo-logical Students in India. HE influences referred to at the close of the lastchapter are those which are brought to bear more di-rectly upon a select portion of our people, by means ofwhich these few are advanced to a higher stage of seculareducation and Christian culture than that erf the common mass. Such training becomes an absolute necessity in missionary work forseveral reasons:—first, in order to set an example of methods and re-sults which will stimulate the n
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