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 . tance in importantinvestigations and in the preparation of laws which may be suited tothe peoples wants. It bears testimony in its official reports to theimportance and the excellence of any work, done by Missions or mis-sionaries, which has been particularly remarkable for its elevating andbeneficent influence. And finally, through the semi-official andunof
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 . tance in importantinvestigations and in the preparation of laws which may be suited tothe peoples wants. It bears testimony in its official reports to theimportance and the excellence of any work, done by Missions or mis-sionaries, which has been particularly remarkable for its elevating andbeneficent influence. And finally, through the semi-official andunofficial remarks of its agents, it often virtually commends even thedistinctive work of a missionary in Christianizing the country and dis-seminating Gospel truth. As an instance of the last-named benefit * At a total cost of about twenty-two lakhs of rupees (or §800,000)—so says theCivil and Military Gazette of Jan. I, 1SS9. Yet it has no established church,strictly so called. f 617 stations and out-stations. j 241 regular; 100 aided; total 341. Of these 215 are Church of England,that is, Episcopalian; 76, Roman Catholic; 22, Presbyterian; and 28, Wesleyan ornonconformist.—Sir Theodore Hope in the London Times of Feb. 21, HO IV THE COVE RAIMENT RETARDS MISSIONS 3? and in confirmation of much that has just been written may be quotedwhat Sir Charles Elliott, the of Bengal, is reportedto have said at a Christian meeting in Darjeeling, May 13, the head of the Bengal government, he remarked, I feel thatthe missionaries are, so to speak, an unrecognized and unofficialbranch of the great movement in which we are all engaged, and whichalone justifies our presence in the country. They occupy a fieldwhich the officers of the government are unable to take up. Inreligious matters we have to treat all alike, and to show no more con-sideration for one faith than for another; and yet we know right wellthat the only hope for the realization of our dream, and
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