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 . n what they previously knew of these vocal organs, on account of early practice, are better adapted tomake those sounds which do not occur in English; while words longsince forgotten readily come back again to the memory, or are at leastmore easily learnt than if they had never been known. The time necessary to acquire a fair knowledge of Urdu,
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 . n what they previously knew of these vocal organs, on account of early practice, are better adapted tomake those sounds which do not occur in English; while words longsince forgotten readily come back again to the memory, or are at leastmore easily learnt than if they had never been known. The time necessary to acquire a fair knowledge of Urdu, or Pun-jabi, differs of course with different individuals. One years study ofthem is required in our Mission before any one is allowed to assumeany responsible work. But even then a missionarys attainments inthis direction are generally very imperfect. Some advocate a prepara-tory period of two or even three years ; and certainly few can becomereally fluent or elegant extemporaneous speakers in the language ofthe country before the expiration of that length of time. Not thateither of the above-mentioned tongues is remarkably difficult to ac-quire. Persian and French are doubtless easier to learn ; but Arabicand English are
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