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 . 1891, there were 1666 more malesthan females in the city of Jhelum, where there was a total populationof only 96S8; and in Lahore less than 41J^ per cent, belonged to theweaker sex. For both religious and moral reasons, therefore, the need of Chris-tian work in our field must be evident to all. Men may talk abouthope of salvation for the heathen without miss
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 . 1891, there were 1666 more malesthan females in the city of Jhelum, where there was a total populationof only 96S8; and in Lahore less than 41J^ per cent, belonged to theweaker sex. For both religious and moral reasons, therefore, the need of Chris-tian work in our field must be evident to all. Men may talk abouthope of salvation for the heathen without missionary effort, but wherecan we find a man among them who, without Christian faith, even inthe eyes of charity, exhibits that spirit and character (holiness) whichthe Bible tells us is necessary to eternal life. No doubt the testimonyof every evangelical laborer would be, I never saw one. And thenwhat shall we say of tlie temporal benefits of Christian labor amongthese people? Even if godliness were profitable only for the lifethat now is —if our only hope were to elevate them in the scale ofcivilization, fit them for self-government and make them more intelli-gent, moral and congenial companions—this labor would not be SACRED CATTLE. CHAPTER XIII
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