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SIR ANDREW WINGATE, K.C.I.E., ON INDIA. 



of India as it was ^presented by Christ Jesus in Palestine, its effects 

 being shown in the individual healing of physical disease according 

 to the faith of the patient ; and when the prophecy of the " greater 

 works " that shall be done by His advancing followers begins to be 

 fulfilled in life practice — India will support no serious rival to 

 this Christianity which fulfils its world mission of healing both 

 moral and physical discord. 



Ml. S. N. Thakore, an Indian gentleman, added a few remarks. 



Reply by the Lecturer. 



In thanking Mr. Sewell for his very helpful remarks, I would 

 point out that " perfection " on page 53 stands for perfection as 

 understood by Hindus, usually absorption in the divine essence. 

 How far Christian ethics enter into the Hindu conception of perfection 

 is doubtful, because the sense of moral sinfulness is so often absent. 

 My recollection is that Mr. Farquhar in The Crown of Hinduism " 

 endorses the statement to which objection is taken. 



While receiving Mr. Buckland's criticisms with the utmost respect, 

 1 venture to claim that he makes my point when he admits that the 

 Bible can never be introduced into schools by a neutral British 

 Government. The Bible is therefore permanently excluded. Its 

 introduction at least becomes possible when Indians are dealing 

 with their own community. They must ask themselves why they 

 should deny to their children the finest writing in the English 

 language and the reservoir whence English-speaking people draw 

 their ideals. The suggestion that the people object to missionaries 

 can only be true of a limited number of Indians. My experience 

 in Native States and British India is that were missionaries not 

 welcome they could not make their way. 



My paper is intended respectfully and sympathetically to submit 

 to Indians undertaking new responsibilities, the very thin crust 

 on which modern law and order rest. The antagonism of 

 Mohammedans to Hindus has only been modified by the British 

 axiom that public peace is the first duty of rulers. Attacks on 

 women in the Pan jab and other occurrences indicate how easily 

 the worst aspects of the past can be repeated. Therefore the one 

 hope for the future lies in co-operation of Hindus and Mohammedans 



