. The gospel in South India : or the religious life, experience, and character of the Hindu Christians . tives of each country, fitted by knowledge andgrace, and called by Providence to His service inthe church, are appointed as teachers, or ordainedas pastors, of these local churches; and Gods writtenWord is placed in their hands, as the grand subjectof their teaching, the rule of life to all men, thegreat and final standard of appeal. The young are,at the same time, trained up and prepared to occupj^ INTRODUCTIOX. 15 their place, in due time, as members of the ChristianChurch, or teachers of
. The gospel in South India : or the religious life, experience, and character of the Hindu Christians . tives of each country, fitted by knowledge andgrace, and called by Providence to His service inthe church, are appointed as teachers, or ordainedas pastors, of these local churches; and Gods writtenWord is placed in their hands, as the grand subjectof their teaching, the rule of life to all men, thegreat and final standard of appeal. The young are,at the same time, trained up and prepared to occupj^ INTRODUCTIOX. 15 their place, in due time, as members of the ChristianChurch, or teachers of their fellow-countrymen. Thus we endeavour to imitate and follow theapostles : and God has been graciously pleased toplace the seal of His divine approbation on suchlabours. While we deeply feel, and often mournover, our extreme weakness and our insufficiencyfor the great charge entrusted to us, we are yet,through grace, permitted to rejoice with thoseearly labourers. Thanks be unto God, whichalways causeth us to triumph in Christ, and makethmanifold the savour of His knowledge by us inevery THE ARMS OF TRAYANCORE. CHAPTEK II. THE MISSION IN SOUTH TEAVANCOEE. In the midst of opposition,Let them trust, 0 Lord, in Thee. When success attends their mission,Let Thy servants humble be. Never leave themTill Thy face in heaven they see. Of the missions conducted by the LondonMissionary Society in various parts of the world, oneof the most flourishing and well organised is thatin South Travancore, a beautiful and picturesquestrip of country, occupying the southernmost THE MISSION IN SOUTH TRA VANCORE. 17 part of the western coast of India, and lyingbetween the long range of mountains called theWestern Ghauts and the Indian Ocean. A hundredyears ago this Hindu kingdom was impervious tothe Gospel, and almost inaccessible to Europeancivilising influence, from the bigotry and pride ofthe Brahman priests, who virtually ruled thegovernment, and from the despotic and exclusivepolicy o
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