Identifier: gospelinsouthind00mate (find matches)
Title: The gospel in South India : or the religious life, experience, and character of the Hindu Christians
Year: 1880 (1880s)
Authors: Mateer, Samuel, 1835-1893
Subjects: Converts from Hinduism Missions
Publisher: (London) : Religious Tract Society
Contributing Library: Princeton Theological Seminary Library
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wer of the preached gospel. Others have beenlike the jailor of Philippi, violent opposers of thegospel, openly wicked, and forced to cry loudly formercy and salvation. Or, like the young womanat the same place who had a spirit of divina-tion, some have been devil-dancers, priests, andsorcerers, seeking and pretending to divination 40 THE GOSPEL IN SOUTH INDIA. and magical powers for their own vile purposesand profit. The various modes in which conversion to Godusually takes place amongst us are chiefly these,viz., the early training of children in Scriptureknowledge and piety; inferior motives bringingmen under the sound of the gospel and faithfulpreaching, through which they ultimately becometruly earnest and pious ; providential circumstancesimpressing and directing some ; disappointment inheathenism and demon worship leading others toconsider the claims of Christ and His religion ; andthe direct influence of prayer and Scripture truth,often blessed to the conversion of individuals.
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CHAPTEE IV. COXVERSION THROUGH THE WORD OF GOD ANDPRAYER. Speak peace to the people who mourn, Bowed dovMi with their guilt and their grief ;The burdens too great to be borne, Unknowing the way of relief.Oh, send them the message benign, Which peace through a Saviour displays,That earth, like a temple divine. May echo the shouts of Thy praise. A PRINCIPAL feature of our mission work is thereverence paid to the Holy Scriptures, by their dih-gent circulation amongst aU classes, and their publicreading and exposition on all suitable occasions.One can have great satisfaction that our chief aimand effort are to bring revealed truth to bear onboth heathens and Christians, assured that GodsWord shall not return unto Him void, but shallprosper in the thing whereto He has sent it. Wetake our due share in the translation and revisionof translations of the Holy Scriptures. Bibles andScripture portions are offered for sale by colporteursand readers, and urged upon all. Our most suc-cessful pastor

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