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 . 72 volumes, does not show a book in any form of more than 12pages. The largest volume is a Concorrance of 901 pages; thenext, a Commentary on Acts of 636 pages ; and the third a Bookof Common Prayer (Church of England), containing 561 books, too, are largely of what might be called the Sabbath-school variety, and, although suited to our people whil
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 . 72 volumes, does not show a book in any form of more than 12pages. The largest volume is a Concorrance of 901 pages; thenext, a Commentary on Acts of 636 pages ; and the third a Bookof Common Prayer (Church of England), containing 561 books, too, are largely of what might be called the Sabbath-school variety, and, although suited to our people while they remainbabes in Christ, are ill adapted to lead them on to a high degree ofreligious intelligence and Christian manhood. But a beginning has been made, and we may hope that, as the yearsroll on, our Pimjabi Christians will not only inherit the literary pro-ductions of the past but also acquire many and valuable additions to theirstock of published works and show the benefit derived therefrom by amarked advance in every grace. * The receipts from the sale of vernacular books by the Punjab Religious BookSociety, jince the year 1SS4, has averaged about 10,000 rupees yearly ; from all kindsof books, about 20,000 rupees per CROCODILE. CHAPTER XXVI ECCLESIASTICAL DEVELOPMENT AND MATURITY—I financial Self-support—Extreme Rarity in Mission Lands—Apparent Exceptions—Madagascar—Missions of the C. M. S. and S. P. G.—Japan—The SandwichIslands—A Burning Question—Our Own Mission Like Others Generally—Churches Not Financially Self-sustaining—Efforts and Progress Made—Reme-dies Proposed—Lessening Salaries—Increasing Contributions—Have MissionsStarted Wrong? — Poverty of the Native Church—How this May Be Remedied—By Education, Industrial Training and Agricultural Settlements—TheirDrawbacks—By Church Growth Especially Among the Rich—Practical Sug-gestions—Neighboring Missions. jOW we come to the most difficult and discouraging part ofour
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