Christian missions and social progress; a sociological study of foreign missions . er of the schools temperance text-books are in In the great realm of India all mission efforts on behalf of thisreform are much facilitated and aided by the work of the Anglo- 1 The following is the form of the pledge: I . . voluntarily promise as longas I live not to use wine as a beverage, not to use opium, and to exhort others notto use them; further, that I will not traffic in them. Trusting in the Lord for help,I will forever keep the pledge, and hereby voluntarily sign my name and testi-mony. ... 2 O
Christian missions and social progress; a sociological study of foreign missions . er of the schools temperance text-books are in In the great realm of India all mission efforts on behalf of thisreform are much facilitated and aided by the work of the Anglo- 1 The following is the form of the pledge: I . . voluntarily promise as longas I live not to use wine as a beverage, not to use opium, and to exhort others notto use them; further, that I will not traffic in them. Trusting in the Lord for help,I will forever keep the pledge, and hereby voluntarily sign my name and testi-mony. ... 2 Our people have formed a temperance society, and not a few have signedthe pledge never to taste any kind of intoxicating drink, and to discourage its useat feasts and at all times.—Rev. Hunter Corbett, (P. B. F. M. N.), Chefoo,China. 3 In many boarding-schools temperance text-books are now used, withspecial effort to show the ill effects of the use of strong drink, opium, and othervices, on the organs of the body.—Rev. J. C. Garritt (P. B. F. M. N.), Hang-chow, O 2 .a h THE SOCIAL RESULTS OF MISSIONS 117 Indian Temperance Association, a society formed in 1889 for the pro-motion of temperance in India. It has wrought well, with the heartycooperation of many distinguished natives ofIndia, among whom may be mentioned Mr. Bepin A growing temperanceChandra Pal, Mr. P. L. Nagpurkar, and others, sentiment in India,including the late Mahant Kesho Ram Roy,1 whoserved the cause of temperance in India with great eloquence and devo-tion. According to a recent report (1897) of this Association, it has 260Indian temperance societies affiliated with it, and over 200,000 pledgedabstainers. In 1894 it reported the formation of 53 new societies, in1896 of 22, and in 1897 of nearly 30. Its indefatigable Secretary,Mr. W. S. Caine, , visited India in the winter of 1896-97, andawakened new interest in the cause. There are also about 90 lodgesof the Independent Order of Good Templ
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