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 . preachershave been hindered both ingetting a suitable location fortheir work and also in the prose-cution of the work itself Occasionally laborers find itdifficult to obtain a favorableposition for even an hoursservice or a days encampment. wolf. They are compelled to move on to another bazar, or another village. But especially is it difficult forthem to obt
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 . preachershave been hindered both ingetting a suitable location fortheir work and also in the prose-cution of the work itself Occasionally laborers find itdifficult to obtain a favorableposition for even an hoursservice or a days encampment. wolf. They are compelled to move on to another bazar, or another village. But especially is it difficult forthem to obtain places of residence and good sites for permanent insti-tutions—such as school houses, bookshops, churches and hospitals.*High rents are charged ; offensive conditions are imposed ; titles arebeclouded ; the haqq-i-shufa * is brought into use ; sharp tricks areresorted to ; lawsuits are started ; water is denied the preachers; ownersrefuse to rent or sell at all. And then, if building becomes necessary,efforts are made to hinder its progress or stop it altogether, even ifphysical force has to be resorted to. Only a few instances can be mentioned. A young Christian^ named Robert Bruce, who had for several years * See p. 226 LIFE AND WORK IN INDIA owned a piece of land in Sialkot, undertook to erect a house uponit in the fall of 1883. Muhammadan neighbors interfered, drovethe bricklayers from their work, insulted Robert on the street, tried towrench his property from him by unjust claims, assaulted his femalerelatives, tore jewels from his nieces ears and arms, thereby laceratingher flesh, refused to return the stolen property and were only stoppedin their obstructive course by an appeal to tlie Deputy Commissioner. About the same time the Christians of Sabzkot undertook to put upa house for preaching and school purposes at their own expense, andwlien its walls were nearly finished the zaildar—a high officer of theneighborhood *—compelled them to desist from tlie
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