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 . ng eastward, it erected boundary pillars as far asthe Pamirs. The first four years of the period under special review were there-fore years of anxiety for us. This reached its climax in the spring of1885, when tlie incident at Penjdeh, as it is called—that is, aquarrel and a skirmish between the Russian and Afghan forces—occurred, and fears were entertained
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 . ng eastward, it erected boundary pillars as far asthe Pamirs. The first four years of the period under special review were there-fore years of anxiety for us. This reached its climax in the spring of1885, when tlie incident at Penjdeh, as it is called—that is, aquarrel and a skirmish between the Russian and Afghan forces—occurred, and fears were entertained that war between the two greatcontending powers had already begun. All through the winter of1884-85 great military activity was displayed in India. Preparationswere made for forwarding troops. Soldiers were subjected to constantdrill. Sham battles (to give experience) were fought near the variouscantonments. The writers own residence at Sialkot was often in thecentre of such contests and once, at least, made the figurative objectof attack. A similar but less violent scare also occurred in the spring of 1887. What we missionaries dreaded most was the confusion which wouldinevitably arise in the course of a contest for MOUNTAINEERS IN ACTION. (26) RUSSIAN AND ENGLISH RULE COMPARED It mattered comparatively little which kingdom exercised authorityover us. Both are nominally Christian governments and, as Ameri-cans, we might hope for fair treatment even from Russia, which, inpolitical matters at least, has always been a friendly power. True, wegreatly preferred the English as our rulers. They are our own fleshand blood; they represent a higher civilization; they give us a strong,just, peaceful rule; they are more tolerant of non-conformists anddissenters than Russians are ; they march in the forefront of theworlds progress; they furnish us more aid and sympathy in ourspecial work than the Czar could be expected to give. The lattermight treat us as he does the S
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