George Maxwell Gordon; the pilgrim missionary of the PunjabA history of his life and work, 1839-1880 . uages has enabledhim to master them and several others, and it is agreat treat to be with him, and to see what a com-manding influence he often has over his audience,who appear here to be much more highly educatedthan the same classes in the South of India. We arespending in this way three weeks, which form thevacation of the Lahore Training College, and we hopeto start a new mission in a part of the country whichhas hitherto been unoccupied by missionary tour commenced at Jhila
George Maxwell Gordon; the pilgrim missionary of the PunjabA history of his life and work, 1839-1880 . uages has enabledhim to master them and several others, and it is agreat treat to be with him, and to see what a com-manding influence he often has over his audience,who appear here to be much more highly educatedthan the same classes in the South of India. We arespending in this way three weeks, which form thevacation of the Lahore Training College, and we hopeto start a new mission in a part of the country whichhas hitherto been unoccupied by missionary tour commenced at Jhilam, which is 100 milesnorth of Lahore, and we are making a circuit of 130miles, travelling ten miles every day, and carrying ourlittle tents with us on mules. I find many points of contrast between thePunjab and the South of India. Climate, language,scenery, and people are all different—as different asItaly from England. My Tamil is unfortunately use-less here. . The winter climate is cold andbracing, and we wear English clothes, and are gladof fires when we get them. It has been hard work to. ^t. z^h?^ PUNJAB AND S. INDIA CONTRASTED. I93 get warm some of these frosty nights in a tent, wherefires are out of the question. We usually make amarch before daylight, in order to reach the nextcamping ground in time for the servants to pitch thetent, and get breakfast by eleven or twelve. Thenwe go into the village, or town, and take up a positionin some vacant space ; while the people collect togaze at us, and this gives the opportunity for preach-ing. They have never seen missionaries, and theygenerally take us for Government officials, until wetell them that we are not great Sahibs,—as they callofficers and civilians,—but poor men like themselves,who are come to show them the way of French holds strongly the necessity of our lay-ing aside, as much as possible, the externals of the* English gentleman, and approaching them like theirown teachers and fakirs, who live
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