A Winter in IndiaCassell, Petter, Galpin & Company, 1882 - 196 pages Tour 1881-1882 Bombay, Delhi, Lahore, Agra, Lucknow, Benares, Calcutta, Madras, Poona & trip to Darjeeling; focus on Afghan policy, Indian economy, Christian education. |
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Page 37
William Edward Baxter. DISSENSIONS IN THE CHURCH . 37 pedes the progress of Christianity in that country as the proceedings of certain High Church dignitaries , who so thoroughly mis- take the doctrines of our most holy faith , and ...
William Edward Baxter. DISSENSIONS IN THE CHURCH . 37 pedes the progress of Christianity in that country as the proceedings of certain High Church dignitaries , who so thoroughly mis- take the doctrines of our most holy faith , and ...
Page 72
... Christianity in this part of Hindostan . " Very , very slowly , " said a missionary of the London Society to me the ... Christianity . They forget how many people there may be - women , for example in this land who , if they changed THE ...
... Christianity in this part of Hindostan . " Very , very slowly , " said a missionary of the London Society to me the ... Christianity . They forget how many people there may be - women , for example in this land who , if they changed THE ...
Page 73
William Edward Baxter. THE SPREAD OF CHRISTIANITY . 73 their nominal religion would lose their caste , and their husbands too . May they not be ex- cused for being Christians in secret , and thus not becoming chargeable to the funds of ...
William Edward Baxter. THE SPREAD OF CHRISTIANITY . 73 their nominal religion would lose their caste , and their husbands too . May they not be ex- cused for being Christians in secret , and thus not becoming chargeable to the funds of ...
Page 81
... Christianity took refuge , when expelled by the Directors of the Company from British soil . It was a beautiful sail , the scenery on both banks being very varied , and the foliage strikingly green even in winter . There were peepul ...
... Christianity took refuge , when expelled by the Directors of the Company from British soil . It was a beautiful sail , the scenery on both banks being very varied , and the foliage strikingly green even in winter . There were peepul ...
Page 110
... Christianity , by these poor people , and has so much influence with them that he induced a priest for one rupee to give me his upper garment , on which are written all the names of the Hindoo divinities . There also I beheld ...
... Christianity , by these poor people , and has so much influence with them that he induced a priest for one rupee to give me his upper garment , on which are written all the names of the Hindoo divinities . There also I beheld ...
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Page 194 - It has been calculated that the average income per head of population in India is not more than Rs. 27 a year; and though I am not prepared to pledge myself to the absolute accuracy of a calculation of this sort, it is sufficiently accurate to justify the conclusion that the taxpaying community is exceedingly poor. To derive any very large increase of revenue from so poor a population as this is obviously impossible, and, if it were possible, would be unjustifiable.