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 . t, driven from al-most every part of her native land, was compelled to find a home indistant regions, Hinduism at an early date paralyzed all efforts madeby ancient missionaries to spread the gospel in India. It recoveredspeedily from the wounds inflicted upon it by Roman Catholic emis-saries. It resisted with remarkable success the inroads of Muhamma-*See p
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 . t, driven from al-most every part of her native land, was compelled to find a home indistant regions, Hinduism at an early date paralyzed all efforts madeby ancient missionaries to spread the gospel in India. It recoveredspeedily from the wounds inflicted upon it by Roman Catholic emis-saries. It resisted with remarkable success the inroads of Muhamma-*See pp. 117-119, 242-248. DANGERS THREATENING MISSION WORK 357 danism and even impressed upon this intruder something of its owncharacter. And who can tell but that, through the aid of flattery orconcessions on our part, it might eventually make tl^.e Christian churchof these times one of its own castes, or infuse into it some of its owncharacteristics, or allure it into the adoption of a defective and soul-ensnaring ideal, or lead it to abdicate in favor of a more charitableand more rational faith ?* Another danger is that of neglecting the open door for the gospelwhich has been opened up among the depressed classes. Thank God, --^-H^^. ON THE JHELUM, KASHMIR. many are entering this door and obtaining the reward that has beenprovidentially prepared for their hands. This is one of the mosthopeful signs of the present day. But others have failed to do so ;and others still, commencing this lowly work and apparently growingtired of it, are losing their first zeal and directing their chief attentionto more respectable but less fruitful labor. In my opinion the speedyconversion of India depends largely upon the earnestness and the ef-ficiency with which efforts are now made to evangelize the aborigines, theoutcaste and the low-caste. In this direction lies the path of success.* See pp. 113-115, 19S-201. 358 LIFE AND WORK IK INDIA Still another danger is this: that Missions, prompted by e
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