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 . otwith a bricklayer namedPrema; sometimes falsestories are circulated inregard to their character;sometimes a private wrongis done them and, insteadof obtaining redress, theyare punished as though thiswrong had been done bythemselves to the perpetra-tors. Two instances may bespecially mentioned. One is that of a youngMuhammadan living in thevillage of Bhado-
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 . otwith a bricklayer namedPrema; sometimes falsestories are circulated inregard to their character;sometimes a private wrongis done them and, insteadof obtaining redress, theyare punished as though thiswrong had been done bythemselves to the perpetra-tors. Two instances may bespecially mentioned. One is that of a youngMuhammadan living in thevillage of Bhado-Ciiida,who was baptized in 1894,an/1 on account of this actwas afterwards called uponto endure persecution. Hewas not allowed to takewater from the commonwell, although he owned a third of it; and one of tlie rooms attached to his house was we are told that he remained firm in the faith and was finally estab-lished in all his rights by the Deputy Commissioner. Another is the case of Rura of Chimma. When he was a lad hewent out to cut grass with some other boys. ^\\q jamadar oi Qila,Suba Singh, a petty officer, came along and demanded the grass fromhim. Low-caste people, if sepies (that is, a kind of serfs), are expected,.
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