. Indika. The country and the people of India and Ceylon . herhood of missionary workers, and to ob-serve, in miniature, the triumph of the Gospel over the dyingfaiths of India. Cawnpore is, possibly, not in advance of someother Christian centres. But I soon found abundant evidencethat the missionary advance here was far beyond my most san-guine anticipations. What would the immortal Henry Martyn,who lived in Cawnpore awhile, say if he could only see thetransformation which has taken place since his humble beginning \If the people far away in the West, who have contributed largelyto Indian mis
. Indika. The country and the people of India and Ceylon . herhood of missionary workers, and to ob-serve, in miniature, the triumph of the Gospel over the dyingfaiths of India. Cawnpore is, possibly, not in advance of someother Christian centres. But I soon found abundant evidencethat the missionary advance here was far beyond my most san-guine anticipations. What would the immortal Henry Martyn,who lived in Cawnpore awhile, say if he could only see thetransformation which has taken place since his humble beginning \If the people far away in the West, who have contributed largelyto Indian missions, could see the many thousands who attendthe Christmas services in Cawnpore, the multitude of native ( hris-tians, with their great company of teachers, and the thousands ofchildren in the schools, they would be amazed and delighted attheir Christian attainments. 580 INDIKA. All the churches at work in Cawnpore are succeeding I met a friend of former years, the Rev. G. H. McGrew,, who, with his West Virginia fibre, has wrought with a. GATHERING CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS. steadiness of will and scholarly enthusiasm which were not sur-passed by even a Marshman. He was busily engaged on a new CIIRISTMjIS IN CAWNPORE.—CHRISTIAN WORKERS. 58] edition of his Makhzan i Ihn i Ilahi,or Compendium of The-ology. When I saw him taking ill-clad Hindu children by thehand, and patiently listening to their questions, 1 knew, evenbetter than before, that a theological training, of itself, neverunfits a man for the highest ministry among the needy, and forsacrifices to build them up into a beautiful life. Mr. McGrewhad charge of the native Methodist Episcopal Church in (awn-pore, and before his return to America, in 1885, brought tocompletion the handsome new edifice in the busiest and moslpopulous street in Cawnpore. The building would be an orna-mentto any American city. The Iiev. Mr. Neeld had super-vision of our Industrial School. He had already a good graspon the language,
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