. North India. nt seemed certain, whena new trouble began. A large staff of Jesuitmissionaries appeared, who entered into theagrarian disputes of the people with their Hindulandlords, and persuaded Christians and non-Christian Kols alike to join their mission, prom-ising their support. The Jesuits worked withunremitting self-sacrifice and devotion, but em-ployed the method of baptizing every one whocame to them, with little or no instruction ormoral change of life, in the hope of obtainingtheir children, and influencing them in theirschools. In a few years they declared 50,000converts, many of
. North India. nt seemed certain, whena new trouble began. A large staff of Jesuitmissionaries appeared, who entered into theagrarian disputes of the people with their Hindulandlords, and persuaded Christians and non-Christian Kols alike to join their mission, prom-ising their support. The Jesuits worked withunremitting self-sacrifice and devotion, but em-ployed the method of baptizing every one whocame to them, with little or no instruction ormoral change of life, in the hope of obtainingtheir children, and influencing them in theirschools. In a few years they declared 50,000converts, many of whom were drawn from theother Missions. In the face of this very strongly staffed andorganized Mission, the Anglican clergy were likescattered units under no central direction and con-trol. The time had clearly come for a Bishopricof Chhota Nagpur. After many years of mostwearying delay, the Rev. J. C. Whitley was con-secrated Bishop in the Ranchi Church (May 23,1890), by the Bishops of Calcutta, Bombay, and i. Photo by] [J. Russell & Sons. Bishop Whitley. To face page 45. Chhota Nagpur, and Mass Movements 45 Lahore. It was a great joy to all that the con-secration was permitted in the central church ofthe new diocese, and was not held 7,000 milesaway in England. By the consecration of the Bishop, the or-ganization of the growing Church in ChhotaNagpur was complete. Now at last the KolChristians had their own Father in GOD, livingin their very midst, speaking as one of them-selves their own language, himself, by histwenty years residence in and out among thepeople, almost a native of the country. To aprimitive people, whose simple ideal of sociallife is loyalty and obedience to a chief, thespiritual gain was very great indeed. The Bishopbecame at once their great Father, who couldsympathize with them in their village homes,and whose visits were looked forward to witheager enthusiasm. In no country in the world,perhaps, does the supreme value of the episcopatestand out more cle
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