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 . es for religious effort, or the contrary; we may evenbroadly make an estimate of their different results in the past and ascer-tain which upon the whole is apparently most useful. But at best thecomparison is an imperfect one and should always be made with greatrespect for contrary views. Returning from this brief digression, it should perhaps be remarkednex
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 . es for religious effort, or the contrary; we may evenbroadly make an estimate of their different results in the past and ascer-tain which upon the whole is apparently most useful. But at best thecomparison is an imperfect one and should always be made with greatrespect for contrary views. Returning from this brief digression, it should perhaps be remarkednext that the first formal evangelistic work which a missionary is likelyto undertake, especially if he be a pioneer, is that of bazar preach-ing. A bazar is a street, or a square, where common business is doneand where crowds assemble. There the shops, or stores, are merchandise is sold or exchanged. A town, or city, may haveseveral bazars, such as the grain bazar and the shawl bazar ; but gen-erally one of these is more prominent than the rest and hence is calledthe sadr, or big bazar. Bazar preaching is therefore what we call street preaching at this method of operation laws in India are not very strict, or. (155) 156 LIFE AND IN INDIA at least not very rigidly enforced. Fakirs of all kinds, jugglers andmountebanks may stop almost anywhere in the place of general con-course and for a time exhibit their shows, or perform their pranks. Noone is likely to disturb them. So is it with the representatives of dif-ferent religious faiths. The bazar is comparatively free for the prop-agation of their tenets, or at least practically free. Christian work-ers, therefore, avail themselves of the liberty of there making knownthe gospel. If a foreign missionary be present little difificulty is experienced insecuring an audience. Curiosity will lead people to crowd around awhite man. They want to get a close view of his odd hat, dress,traveling rig * and manners
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