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 . made out and the wages ofevery laborer duly paid. And a strict account must be kept of everyitem of expenditure—to be reported to the Mission when the work isdone. At home, where building is accomplished with such astonishing ra-pidity, people may regard this branch of our labor as comparativelysmall. But the circumstances in America are very different; and
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 . made out and the wages ofevery laborer duly paid. And a strict account must be kept of everyitem of expenditure—to be reported to the Mission when the work isdone. At home, where building is accomplished with such astonishing ra-pidity, people may regard this branch of our labor as comparativelysmall. But the circumstances in America are very different; and wemay safely assert tliat such work in India gives a man at least fivetimes as much trouble as the same amount does here. The erection ofa 5000-rupee house virtually constitutes a whole seasons labor for themissionary in charge. Besides building proper also, we must notice the missionarys workof making yearly repairs, which, though not so expensive as the former,is, in proportion to its cost, still more tedious and annoying. Our work of education, too, involves a great deal of secular , the gieat end of our educational system is religious—the con-version of sinners and the edification of saints—and the consideration. EDUCATIONAL AND MEDICAL WORK 145 of this feature will come farther on. But the machinery is largelysecular. Bible instruction, as a rule, cannot occupy more than onehour every day. The rest of the school time must be filled up withordinary recitations. Sometimes the missionary may delegate suchtuition to other persons. But often he does not do so entirely ; andalways, if he wishes to draw large pay for his superintendence fromgovernment sources, must he spend several hours daily in teachingsome of the branches of the university curriculum. Religious instruc-tion is not taken into account by government inspectors. And thenthe general work of superintendence necessarily involves a great dealthat is secular. Teachers must be looked after, their work te
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