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 . ry needfulto retain much truth. Their opportunities for information, too, havebeen limited. Moreover, many of them exhibit great imperfection of life and char-acter, just as Christians do all the world over. Indeed, it is only rightto say that in some respects they are exceptionally weak. Those sinsto which they were peculiarly liable in an unconverted state
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 . ry needfulto retain much truth. Their opportunities for information, too, havebeen limited. Moreover, many of them exhibit great imperfection of life and char-acter, just as Christians do all the world over. Indeed, it is only rightto say that in some respects they are exceptionally weak. Those sinsto which they were peculiarly liable in an unconverted state cannot beuprooted all at once. Superstitions and temptations to immoralitystill retain something of their former power; their views of Christianmarriage are defective ; and the Sabbath is not kept by them as it isin America and Scotland. Nor are religious habits of any kind asuniversally and as firmly fixed as they ought to be ; while periodsof spiritual declension may be noted in the case of individuals andeven whole communities, which lasts for months and sometimesyears. Many also reveal in time the fact that they have never experienced achange of heart. Some fall into gross sin and are .suspended from the* See Note 4 on p. GILAHRIES, PROOFS OF PIETY OF NATIVE CHRISTIANS 251 privileges of the church. Some commit crime and find a lodging-placein jail. A few apostatize and return to their former faith. Still, that many of the conversions are genuine and that a greatwork of grace has been going on in our field, can be established, wethink, by convincing proofs. One proof is the character of the answers which they give when theyare admitted into the church on examination. These often exhibitgreat simplicity, earnestness and real religious experience. An ex-aminer, hearing them, cannot resist the conclusion that the applicantsare sincere in their Christian profession. Great sacrifices are also sometimes made by many who join thechurch and a willingness is shown to abandon e
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