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 . w^^m^mMWri:^^.. INTERIOR OF A NATIVE HOUSE—BY DAY AND BY NIGHT.(Frovt a Punjabi drauiing:) The style of living exhibited by our native helpers and Christiansvaries greatly with the amount of their income. The larger part ofthe people, being poor, live in a very primitive manner. One or two 66 LIFE AND WORK W INDIA small rooms of a mud house, opening out into
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 . w^^m^mMWri:^^.. INTERIOR OF A NATIVE HOUSE—BY DAY AND BY NIGHT.(Frovt a Punjabi drauiing:) The style of living exhibited by our native helpers and Christiansvaries greatly with the amount of their income. The larger part ofthe people, being poor, live in a very primitive manner. One or two 66 LIFE AND WORK W INDIA small rooms of a mud house, opening out into the street or into a littleyard, half a dozen articles of furniture, a few wheat cakes, calledchapaties, an occasional cup of milk, clothing barely sufficient tocover the body and that washed very seldom, a hukka (big pipe)—these are about all they possess. Persons with a little larger incomehave a veranda also in front of their dwelling, keep two or morechanges of raiment and get a greater variety of food. A still highergrade of people live in roomier houses, sbme of which are two-storied,and can separate the zenana more completely from that part oftheir dwelling which is frequented by men. They also keep aservant or two. Only a few of our p
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