Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1885 edition. Excerpt: ...one exception, they are all Christians" But the South Indian Missions have been carried on for 100 years, and our Missions in the Punjab generally for less than 30 years. We are much behind our South Indian Missions in many respects; but we hope the day will soon come when of our 264 schoolmasters and schoolmistresses in the Punjab, we may be able to say the same, that every one of them is a Christian. There is as yet no girls' school in Bunnoo. We fear there are difficulties here, regarding the teaching of women and girls, which are not met with now in older Missions. 2. The Church and the Congregation. The Congregation consists of 15 persons, five of them living in Esa Kheyl, and all of them, with the exception of the Esa Kheyl Christians, being in the service of the Mission. It was a pleasure to see the two Christian young men from Esa Kheyl who had come in to be confirmed by the Bishop. It is a mark of God's special goodness, when any Christian family is enabled to remain after baptism in their own village or town, and live as Christians amongst their own people. It was thus that Paulus, the Lumbardar of Narowal, was the means of planting Christianity amongst the Mahomedans of his neighbourhood; and it has been owing to his influence, under God, that so many faithful Evangelists, and other Christians of good position, have been raised up from Narowal, which is more than 30 miles from Umritsur, to work for Christ in many parts of the Punjab. If our friends at Esa Kheyl are faithful to Christ and His cause, He will be faithful to them. If they honour Him by their Christian actions, He will honour them, and will keep them in peace and safety, and make them a blessing to many. Mr. Mayer greatly desires to remove the present little Church...
