JESUS' EXAMPLE FOR SUCH WORK 125 



Again and again when insurmountable obstacles seemed 

 to block the way these friends, in every way possible, 

 have helped to overcome the difficulties and encouraged 

 the Agricultural Institute to persevere. They have said 

 that if in Christian literate America, with its abundant 

 wealth and widespread education, there is need for 

 Hampton, Mount Hermon, Tuskeegee, Berea, Kentucky, 

 and the Rockefeller Foundation; how much more in 

 poor, illiterate, non-Christian India. I wish therefore 

 to express my hearty and grateful thanks to all those, 

 both in India and America, who are helping to make the 

 Agricultural Institute an effective instrument for help- 

 ing India to help itself. The following quotations from 

 the minutes of the National Missionary Council of India 

 show how the representatives, both Indian and foreign, of 

 all the evangelicial missions in India regard such work. 



From Proceedings of the Fourth Meeting of the Na- 

 tional Missionary Council, Coonoor, November 9-13, 

 1917. 



Resolved: 



XX-1. The Council endorses the view that Agricul- 

 tural and Industrial Missions are an integral part of the 

 presentation of the Gospel to India at this time. 



From Proceedings of the Fifth Meeting of the Na- 

 tional Missionary Council, Benares, November 14-19, 

 1918. 



Resolved : 



XII-1. That in the opinion of the Council missions 

 should aim at the establishment of central institutions 

 for the training of teachers in agriculture and allied in- 

 dustries in the various language or climatic areas. 



2. That as far as possible teachers thus trained should 

 be employed. 



