PEEFACE 



This book is written at the request of the publishers 

 who asked me to put into book form some lectures de- 

 livered at Princeton Theol'oglcal Seminar}^ There is 

 more in the book than the lectures. However, I feel 

 that so little has been accomplished in India of all I set 

 out to do, that this book is little more than a report of 

 progress and there is really little justification for such 

 a volume. There is a growing interest in the non-theo- 

 logical aspects of Foreign Missions and this production 

 may serve some purpose in drawing attention to the need 

 for other than the ordained missionary to help the back- 

 ward peoples of the far countries. Those who are in- 

 timately acquainted with my work in India may feel 

 that I have ignored altogether or slurred over some of the 

 greatest difficulties to be faced in the establishment of 

 such an institution as is contemplated at Allahabad. 



It is said that I speak only of the high spots, tell only 

 of the successes, write as though there were no humiliat- 

 ing failures to record. This is largely true. But any 

 one familiar with the practical conduct of affairs knows 

 that there are difficulties and lions in the way, that there 

 is friction and clash of will, that there are sharp differ- 

 ences of opinion before any worthwhile program is car- 

 ried out. So much so has this been my experience that 

 I have come to see that the only place on earth where 

 men are gathered together without friction is the ceme- 



