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 . of theMission and the ultimate deter-mination of the questions, whoshall be its members and whatshall be its powers, ought to belargely in the hands of the homechurch ; for in such matters, ifin anything, party spirit, personalambition, established custom andracial prejudice are likely toaffect the judgment of those whoalready possess, as well as thosewho ea
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 . of theMission and the ultimate deter-mination of the questions, whoshall be its members and whatshall be its powers, ought to belargely in the hands of the homechurch ; for in such matters, ifin anything, party spirit, personalambition, established custom andracial prejudice are likely toaffect the judgment of those whoalready possess, as well as thosewho earnestly want, power. Be-sides, where the rival of theMission for power is an eccle-siastical court—such as the Synod, or the Presbytery—there is only onebody exercising authority over both parties, and hence in a position tomediate properly between them, and that is the General the Foreign Board will be always inclined to favor that organi-zation with which alone it is officially connected—namely, the Mis-sion. Our Mission resembles other deliberative bodies in the character ofits officers and in its methods of transacting business. It has a regu-lar Annual Meeting (formerly in January, now in October,) and can. DR. DALES. 134 LIFE AND IVORK IN INDIA meet at other times, either on adjournment, or at the special call ofits presiding officer. It can take action also by circular, and in thisrespect differs from Associations at home. A Circular, according tothe law adopted in January, 1885, is really a written motion, signedby the mover and seconder and passed around, through the mail orotherwise, by the President, for the votes of the different enables the Mission to transact urgent business without the trou-ble and expense of a formal meeting, and in this point of view is al-most a necessity. But it has its disadvantages. Amendments cannotbe satisfactorily offered, and the light which springs from discussion islargely absent ; while, in announcing
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