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that its presentation of Divinity to man is complete or-
perfect ; were that possible, Divinity must be itself as-
finite as the doctrine. It is true that there is ample work
for missionaries in their own so-called Christian countries;;
but there is work for them in India too: " He that,
taketh one that is averse, and turneth him towards the-
Holy One, hath earned the fruits of a thousand horse-
sacrifices ........Therefore let every man so far as In him

lies, help the reading of the scriptures, whether those of
his own church or those of another." Let them in this
spirit help us both to restore, and to build upon the-
religious ideals of the past, not to destroy them ; and, so
coming, they will not lack a welcome from a people so
serious and so religious as the people of India.

A time will come when Christian missions, as at<
present understood, will seem to Christians as wide a
departure from the true spirit of Christianity as the
crusades appear to us to-day.

Meanwhile, the missionary must not be allowed to-
c educate,' xmtil he really understands the Indian people
and desires to help them to solve their own problems In
their own way ; he must not be allowed to teach, until he
himself has learnt.