An Indian pilgrimage; travel notes of a visit to the Indian fields of the Church of Scotland . Church of Scotland Staff, Ogilvie, Mr Nelson, Dr Ogilvie, Mr Lee, Mrs ^ittli Wilson CoUeg-e, Bombay. () 228 Bo7nbay—Hail and Farewell ! 229 to the days of one-horse shay, the punkah coolie, andthe kerosene oil-lamps. But they have not now thekindly environment that we had, and life is much less spacious. Yet, just as the result of this, there is anote of earnestness in living the life, more widely spreadthan it used to be. India is challenging the Europeanto be his best and
An Indian pilgrimage; travel notes of a visit to the Indian fields of the Church of Scotland . Church of Scotland Staff, Ogilvie, Mr Nelson, Dr Ogilvie, Mr Lee, Mrs ^ittli Wilson CoUeg-e, Bombay. () 228 Bo7nbay—Hail and Farewell ! 229 to the days of one-horse shay, the punkah coolie, andthe kerosene oil-lamps. But they have not now thekindly environment that we had, and life is much less spacious. Yet, just as the result of this, there is anote of earnestness in living the life, more widely spreadthan it used to be. India is challenging the Europeanto be his best and do his best; and the challenge isbeing met. Nowhere is this truer than with those inwhose hands lie the higher responsibilities. The day ofthe little tin gods, who sported in Simla, Ootacamund,Darjeeling and elsewhere, while workers sweated un-considered in the plains, is quite gone. Indeed, it neverexisted save where some individuals were now it is a thing inconceivable. The gods who arestill there are not gods but men: they are not tinbut steel, and sometimes gold ; they are not little,but for the most part big, aUke in their conception oftheir duty and their
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