THE GOSPEL AND THE PLOW 



CHAPTER I 



INTRODUCTION TO MISSION WORK IN INDIA 



In the month of February, 1903, while I was still an 

 undergraduate in Princeton University, I was invited 

 by an old school friend, Mr. W. W. Fry, then Secretary 

 of the Trenton Y. M. C. A., to spend Sunday with him. 

 I accepted his invitation, and accompanied him to the 

 men's meeting on Sunday afternoon. When the meet- 

 ing was over he introduced me to a missionary from 

 India, the Rev. Henry Forman. On the following morn- 

 ing in the street car on which I rode back to College, 

 the only vacant seat was beside the missionary to whom 

 I had been introduced the day before, and whom I had 

 never expected to see again. As soon as I had taken 

 my seat he began to ask all manner of questions. 



"What year are you in college?" 



"This is my last," I answered. 



"What next?" 



"A theological seminary." 



"Then what?" 



"The foreign mission field, I hope.*' 



"Where do you want to go?" 



