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 . things in every point of view. No wonder then that Christianityfurnishes for them elements of attraction, and that some are led toadopt it as their new religion. And especially so when we observe again that their tribal traditionsand prophecies point in this direction. Some years ago Mrs. S. Mar-tin wrote as follows : The wide door effectually opened among t
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 . things in every point of view. No wonder then that Christianityfurnishes for them elements of attraction, and that some are led toadopt it as their new religion. And especially so when we observe again that their tribal traditionsand prophecies point in this direction. Some years ago Mrs. S. Mar-tin wrote as follows : The wide door effectually opened among thesepeople (the Chuhras) is a remarkable providence. There is a wide-spread belief among them to this effect :—that they and other Hindus * See pp. 165-167, 173. f See pp. 223-225. J See pp. 117-119. A CHUHRA TRADITION 247 aie descended from a common ancestor, tliat at one time a cow diedin front of tliis ancestors home and that the elder sons, having suc-cessively refused to remove it, induced their youngest brother Balmik,or Balisha, to take it away, promising that after four hours he shouldbe purified and restored to the family. At the end of the four hoursthey put it off till the fourth day; and on the fourth day it was post-. COCOANUT TREES. poned for four months; and then again, for four years. When fouryears had transpired they declared he could not be restored at thattime, but a promise was given that his descendants would certainly berestored in the fourth yug.* They believe that this fourth yug hasnow come and that Chuhras, Hindus and Muhammadans are all to be-come Christians, and in this way all are to become one such traditional sayings and beliefs as these many of these *0r jug—that is, age, period. 248 LIFE AND WORK IN INDIA outcastes have been brought under Christian instruction and throughthis to a saving knowledge of Christ. But are not these people, morally speaking, the most depraved part ofthe whole community? By no means. Caste in India h
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