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8,give an account of thy stewardship40  
,,at no time in ,england's history has  
she been called to humble herself       
before ,god under more harrowing        
circumstances than the present4  ,we    
have  not to deplore the discomfiture of
 our armies1 or the hardships of our    
soldiers1--not the privations on the    
heights of ,sebastopol1 or the deadly   
conflicts of ,balaklava and the         
,redan1--events which are1 more or less1
 to  be expected in a soldier's life2   
but we are now summoned to prayer by the
  cries of tortured infants1 by the     
unutterable agonies of heartbroken      
mothers1 of daughters1 sisters1 and     
wives1 who have been called to endure   
outrages and witness scenes in          
comparison of which it would have been a
  light matter to have been torn limb   
from limb by the tigers of the  jungle4 
,satan appears to have been let loose in
 ,india1 in all his deadly  and corrupt 
ferocity4  ,there has been a kind of    
filling up of ,god's four  sore         

judgments4  ,famine1 pestilence1 and war
 had already followed each  other in    
quick succession2 but we thought we were
 free from noisome  beasts4  ,but now we
 have something incomparably worse let  
loose on our  fellow-countrymen to fill 
the fair plains of ,india with wailing1 
lamentation1 and woe4    ,but it is not 
needful to recapitulate these tales of  
horror4  ,i am  persuaded that ,i need  
not stand here to excite your sympathy  
for the  sufferers4  ,you have felt that
 already1 and ,i trust that many an     
earnest  cry has long ere this gone up  
from your homes for ,india4  ,if not1   
just  think on the little garrison at   
,lucknow1 hemmed in by rebel thousands1 
with provisions every day diminishing1  
with the massacre of ,cawnpore  before  
their eyes1 and with the horrid murderer
 at the head of the  blockading force   
thirsting for their blood1 and eager1 if
 ever he can  gain the power1 to        
re-enact the same barbarities on        
themselves4  ,think  what those women   

must endure1 as the little stores are   
doled out day  after day2 and they know 
that1 unless they are relieved1 they    
have no  prospect but the foulest       
massacre2 and every heart must          
acknowledge that  the time is come1 if  
it be not already past1 for the         
universal cry of  wrestling prayer1 and 
most earnest pleading with ,god on their
 behalf4    ,but this is a day for      
humiliation as well as prayer1 and      
national  judgments are so intimately   
connected with national sins1 that the  
nation's prayer should clearly be       
accompanied by the nation's             
humiliation4  ,it behoves us1 therefore1
 to consider what ground there is  for  
such humiliation1 and what sins there   
are to call forth our  repentance and   
confession4  ,but we need not in this   
inquiry occupy time  by the             
consideration of those sins which are   
more especially connected  with home1   
for the finger of ,god points to ,india4
  ,it is there that the  blow has       

fallen1 and there that we must look for 
this sin4  ,it is clearly  on ,indian   
matters that ,god now has a controversy 
with his people1 and  therefore our     
conduct with reference to ,india should 
be the subject of  especial enquiry4    
,let us1 then1 examine1 in the first    
place1 ,england's  stewardship2 and     
afterwards1 ,england's account of that  
stewardship4                            
99 99 99 99 99    ,i4  ,the             
,stewardship4    ,there can be no doubt 
that ,england stands in a position of a 
steward  before ,god4  ,we are all      
stewards of the various talents and     
opportunities  which we possess4  ,the  
minister is a steward of the mysteries  
of ,god1 and  ,i stand here myself this 
very day as his steward1 or servant1 to 
declare  his word4  ,the parent is a    
steward2 and what a stewardship it is to
 be  entrusted with the training of     
immortal souls for the kingdom of the   
,lord6  ,the rich man is a steward2 his 
property is not his own1 but he is      

entrusted with it in order that he may  
lay it out for man's happiness and      
,god's glory4  ,on the same principle1  
nations are entrusted with their        
various stewardships4  ,the ,jewish     
nation1 for example1 was the steward of 
,scripture3 8,unto them were committed  
the oracles of ,god20 and whatever be   
the particular power or privilege of a  
nation1 that power or privilege is  a   
talent1 or stewardship1 to be employed  
in the service of ,him who gave  it4    
,now1 if ever there was a case in which 
this stewardship was conspicuous1  it is
 in ,england's relationship to ,india4  
,it was placed in our hands by  ,god    
himself4  ,when our merchants first     
settled on the banks of the  ,hooghly1  
there was no thought of territorial     
possession4  ,in their first            
acquisitions of property they were      
influenced merely by motives of         
self-defence4  ,they were compelled to  
occupy districts surrounding them1  in  
order to protect themselves from        

aggression4  ,i fear that the same      
cannot be said of our more recent       
annexations2 but it was most            
unquestionably the case when ,india was 
first placed in our hands4  ,our  first 
merchants had no thought of a kingdom1  
but the providence of ,god  gave it us4 
,look1 again1 at the wonderful power    
with which that vast empire has been    
held4  ,look at the two countries on the
 map--the one a little island on  the   
western ocean1 and the other a vast     
territory #ae1jjj miles distant1        
extending thousands of miles in every   
direction1 and supporting a  population 
of not less than #afj1jjj1jjj souls4    
,remember1 again1 that  ,india contains 
many large1 powerful1 and warlike       
nations1 and you will  see that there   
must have been a power far beyond the   
hand of man which  has enabled a little 
handful of ,englishmen to hold under    
control so large  a proportion of the   
inhabited world4  ,as the ,lord gave the
 stewardship1  so the ,lord has likewise

 preserved the power4    ,but look again
 at the religious condition of the two  
countries2 one1  being the centre of    
,asiatic idolatry1 with its vast        
population sunk in  idolatrous worship1 
and degraded by the most soul-abasing   
superstitions1  while the other has been
 the centre of ,christian light1 with a 
greater  amount of ,christian truth1 and
 greater opportunities for its spread   
than  any other nation in the world4    
,is there not enough in this to teach us
  the character and purport of our      
stewardship8  ,idolatrous ,india is     
placed  under the government of         
professedly ,christian ,england4  ,this 
vast mass of  heathen darkness is       
brought into direct contact with the    
clearest light  to be found in          
,christendom1 and is it too much to     
conclude that the  stewardship was a    
,christian stewardship1 and that the    
great purpose for  which it was         
entrusted to our care was that the      
scriptural light of  ,england might be  

freely communicated1 and shed its beams 
in the midst of  the deep darkness of   
,indian heathenism8    ,and is it not   
again most remarkable that this trust   
was given to  ,protestant ,england8     
,there were other nations which preceded
 us in ,india1  but to us was the       
stewardship given4  ,it was entrusted to
 the care of no  ,romish people1 of     
,spain1 or ,france1 or ,austria1 for    
none of those nations  had the great    
qualification for the trust4  ,not      
holding the truth  themselves they were 
disqualified from the high commission4  
,in ,england  there was the profession  
of ,scriptural truth4  ,in ,england the 
light of  the ,reformation burnt        
steadier than in any other nation4  ,in 
,england  there was a larger circulation
 of the ,scriptures than in any country 
in  the world1 and therefore to ,england
 was the great trust given4    ,can     
there then be any doubt as to the real  
character of ,england's  stewardship8   
,can we suppose that such a trust was   

given simply in order  to enrich our    
merchants1 or to find employment for our
 sons8  ,can we  believe that these     
#afj1jjj1jjj immortal heathens were     
placed under our  care in order that the
 wealth and luxury of the ,east might be
 transferred  to our little island8 and 
that our merchant princes might return  
to erect  palaces1 and spend their      
latter days in luxurious ease8  ,was it 
not  rather given in order that         
,england's light might shine in ,india's
  darkness2 that heathen ,asia might    
have ,christianity presented to its     
view1 and that the millions of that vast
 empire might be brought under  the     
blessing of a ,christian government1 and
 favoured with that which is  the       
highest gift within the reach of man1   
the clear exhibition of  ,christian     
truth8  ,i believe it may be safely     
said1 that throughout the  history of   
the world no nation was ever yet        
favoured with so noble an  opportunity1 
or intrusted with so high a stewardship4

  ,we have had both  light and power1   
and with this double qualification in   
our hands we have  had a vast empire for
 a whole century placed under our care4 
,no wonder  then that ,god now says to  
us at the close of the hundred years1   
8,give an  account of thy stewardship40 
99 99 99 99 99    ,,ii4  ,and now let us
 consider ,england's account4    ,and   
here it is a joy to acknowledge that a  
vast amount of good has been  done for  
,india1 and that our rule has been      
productive of great social and  moral   
improvement4  ,roads have been made and 
canals formed2 justice has  been        
administered to an extent never known   
previously2 ,thuggism1  ,sutteeism1 and 
child murder have been abolished1 and on
 the whole there  has been a vast and   
increasing amount of just and beneficial
 legislation4  ,all this we most freely 
and thankfully acknowledge4  ,why then1 
it may be  asked1 is there need for     
humiliation8  ,if so much good has been 
done1  what reason is there to be       

humbled for our sin8    ,for the answer 
to this question1 we must not merely    
consider civil and  social improvements1
 but we must consider the ,christian    
character of our  trust1 and ,i fear it 
will be found1 that instead of holding  
it as a  stewardship from ,god1 we have 
treated ,india as if it were our own1   
holding it in the pride of our own      
power1 and making use of it for the     
purpose of our own aggrandizement4      
,consider some of the acts of           
,government1 and in the first place1 the
  trade in opium4  ,the use of this drug
 is of comparatively recent date in     
,china4  ,in #agfg1 there were only #bjj
 chests imported there1 whereas now     
there are above #fj1jjj4  ,and this has 
been done in defiance of the  ,chinese  
,government4  ,the opium used to be     
carried in fast vessels1 fully  armed1  
so that our opium merchants were in fact
 armed smugglers4  ,the  determination  
to force the trade on ,china1 was the   
simple cause of the  former ,chinese    

war4  ,but the ,chinese ,government has 
been utterly unable  to contend against 
,british enterprise1 and the result is  
that thousands  and tens of thousands   
are at the present time falling victims 
to the  scourge4  ,you may see all along
 the coasts of ,china innumerable cases 
of  constitutions broken1 intellects    
impaired1 hopes blasted1 homes desolate1
  and whole families sunk into the      
lowest state of degradation and         
distress1 and all through the opium     
which we ,englishmen have supplied  from
 ,india4    ,the effect is also most    
injurious in ,india itself4  ,it is     
stated that  there are #ajj1jjj acres of
 the finest land in ,central ,india1    
besides the  alluvial valley of the     
,ganges1 now devoted to opium1 which    
were once  productive of sugar1 indigo1 
corn1 and other grain for the sustenance
 of  man4    ,and who are the parties to
 this great crime8  ,if they were simply
 private  individuals1 it might be      
exceedingly difficult to check the trade

 by  legislation1 and it might possibly 
be beyond the power of ,government to   
prevent it4  ,but what are we to say    
when the ,government itself is the      
great offender8  ,when1 instead of      
putting the smallest check on the       
traffic or the growth1 they interpose   
their mighty power1 and claim to        
themselves the sole monopoly of the     
trade4  ,in this respect the ,east      
,india ,company is a vast monopolist1   
and in order to increase the profits  of
 their monopoly1 they adopt a system of 
advances which forces the  growth of the
 poppy on the ryots or cultivators of   
the soil4  ,oh1 who can  wonder that    
,god has brought a scourge on ,india6   
,and why1 it may be asked1 is all this  
done8  ,the question has often been     
discussed1 but ,i never heard more than 
one answer given4  ,there is no  plea   
put forth of social improvement4  ,there
 is no pretence that any good  is done  
either to ,india or ,china4  ,it is     
admitted that thousands of acres  of our

 best land are diverted from useful     
purposes4  ,it is admitted1 for  it     
cannot be denied1 that the trade is     
spreading death like the most  fatal    
pestilence in ,china1 and there is but  
one argument put forth in  defence of   
the system4  ,there is but one apology  
even offered4  ,i know it  is a strong  
argument to some minds1 and it seems to 
be strong in the  minds of the ,east    
,indian ,government4  ,that one argument
 is1 that it pays  so well4  ,it is said
 to bring in about #e1jjj1jjjl41 a-year 
to the ,east  ,india ,company4  ,and    
this is a rapidly-increasing income4    
,in #ahcf it was  #a1cii1jjjl4  ,in     
#ahej it had grown to #c1cji1fcgl41 and 
now it is said  to have reached the     
large sum of #e1jjj1jjjl4 a-year4  ,this
 is the one  argument for ,china's ruin1
 and is it strange that ,god has smitten
 us in  ,india8    ,but again we        
endeavoured to show1 in the outset1 that
 ,england had a  religious trust1 being 
the steward of truth as well as power4  

,but the  ,indian ,government1 on the   
other hand1 has taken up the position of
  absolute neutrality between the       
,gospel and the most foul idolatry4     
,indeed1 so far has this gone1 that in  
some instances it might have been       
almost supposed that they looked with a 
more favourable eye to idolatry  than   
,christianity4    ,for example4  ,until 
a very recent date the ,government has  
not merely  maintained some idol        
temples1 but paid the expense of the    
idol worship1  not merely paying the    
priests1 but actually going one step    
further1 and  providing the payments for
 the abandoned females who are connected
 with  the idolatrous rites4  ,such     
honour has the ,indian ,government paid 
to  idolatry1 that ,british troops have 
been ordered out1 under ,british and    
,christian officers1 to fire salutes in 
honour of foul and filthy idols1  such  
as ,juggernaut4  ,nor has this deference
 to idolatry even yet  altogether       
ceased1 for to this very day the filth  

and obscenity of  idolatry is spared1   
while decency is enforced in other      
quarters4  ,there  was a law passed not 
long since against obscene paintings and
  publications1 but there was this      
clause inserted1 8,nothing contained in 
this ,act shall apply to any            
representation sculptured1 engraved1 or 
painted on1 or in1 any temple1 or on any
 car used for the conveyance of  idols40
  ,so that even public decency has been 
set aside out of respectful  deference  
to an obscene and filthy idol4  ,oh6    
brethren1 have we not  reaped what we   
have sown in the late most awful        
outbreak of abominable  and polluting   
passion8    ,but much has been done in  
,india in the way of education4  ,large 
schools  have been established at the   
expense of ,government1 and a great     
effort  has been made to elevate the    
standard of intellect amongst the       
natives4  ,but here again there has been
 the same fatal principle of            
indifference1 ,i  cannot say of         

neutrality in religious matters4  ,the  
education given in  those schools has   
been secular not ,christian4  ,there    
have been many books  read and taught   
there4  ,the ,koran has been studied    
there4  ,the ,hindoo  ,shastres may have
 been seen on the table1 ,english       
literature of all kinds  is taught in   
the classes4  ,there you may find       
,bacon1 and ,milton1 and  ,gibbon1 and  
,shakspeare1 and other great authors    
that adorn our own  libraries2 but there
 has been one book till very recently   
excluded1 one  book that even now you   
can merely find on the shelf1 while the 
,koran and  the ,shastres are on the    
table2 one solitary book on which is    
placed the  ban of the ,east ,indian    
,government1 and that one book is the   
,bible1 the  only book that has come    
direct from ,god2 the only book that    
claims1 by  its divine authorship1 the  
universal study and obedience of        
mankind4  ,who  can be surprised1 then1 
if the pupils in those schools grow up  

without  scriptural principles8  ,and   
are we not reaping the fruit of our own 
seed  when such a wretch as ,nena       
,sahib1 who is reported to have been one
 of the  pupils in these very schools1  
teaches us1 by his foul acts1 the awful 
atrocities of which educated human      
nature1 without the grace of ,god1 is   
capable4    ,and now for missions4  ,and
 here we are met by the fact that for   
the  first fifty-six years of our       
century of power a missionary1 as a     
missionary1 was not allowed to set his  
foot on ,british soil4  ,it is true     
that some of the chaplains1 such as     
,martyn1 ,buchanan1 and others1 went    
out in a missionary spirit1 and though  
their duty was to attend to the         
,europeans1 they went beyond it1 as     
volunteers in efforts among the         
heathen2 but it was not until the       
renewal of the ,company's charter in    
#ahac2 that missionaries1 as            
missionaries1 were allowed to land in   
,british  ,india4  ,before that date    

several had actually been sent away by  
the  authorities of ,calcutta1 and in   
order to pursue their labours1 were     
compelled to take refuge under heathen  
governments4  ,so completely did we     
forget our stewardship that1 for more   
than half the time we have held it1  we 
did not even allow ,god's missionaries  
to attempt their work among the         
millions committed to our charge4       
,but our treatment of the ,sepoys has   
been worse still4  ,in them we have  had
 a body of men entirely under our       
orders1 separated very much from the    
rest of society1 living in lines        
completely under our own control4  ,now1
  what has been the case with them8  ,i 
believe it is an admitted fact that  no 
missionary work has been permitted      
amongst them4  ,the gentleman who  was  
here a short time ago for the ,society  
for the ,propagation of the  ,gospel    
stated that he had laboured for more    
than twenty years in the  neighbourhood 
of military cantonments1 but had never  

been allowed to  labour among the       
,sepoys4  ,who can wonder1 in such a    
case1 that those  ,sepoys are utterly   
ignorant of the true character of       
,christianity1 and  are therefore ready 
to believe that the use of a greased    
cartridge could  make them ,christians8 
,but more than this4  ,there has been in
 our treatment of these ,sepoys the     
most complete departure from even our   
boasted principles of neutrality2  for1 
although it seems a strong statement1 ,i
 believe it to be a true one1  that in  
many eases idolatry has been encouraged 
in these regiments1 while  ,christianity
 was dishonoured1 if not put down4  ,if 
a ,brahmin raised  objections on the    
ground of his idols or his caste1 he was
 humoured in  his folly1 and regimental 
discipline was set aside in his favour4 
,but if  a ,christian spoke of          
conscience1 and if he objected on       
,christian grounds  to fire a salute to 
some horrid idol1 in former days he was 
cashiered4  ,the ,brahmin's folly was   

respected1 the ,christian's conscience  
outraged4  ,but in one case it went     
further1 for in #ahai there was a       
devoted chaplain  labouring at ,meerut  
of the name of ,fisher1 when a ,sepoy   
who had been for  years inquiring1      
applied to him for baptism1 and was     
baptized4  ,the man  was highly         
respected in his regiment1 a fine       
soldier1 bearing the best of            
characters4  ,but the fact of his       
baptism was reported to the             
,governor-,general3 and1 to the shame of
 our ,indian ,government be it  spoken2 
to the lasting shame of all that had a  
hand in that guilty  act1--without any  
fault being laid to his charge1 on the  
contrary1 with  the highest testimony   
being borne to his character1 for the   
one act of  becoming a ,christian1 that 
,sepoy was dismissed the ,service4      
,verily it  seems as though that guilty 
act had been hid in the soil of ,meerut 
as the  seed of the present mutiny4     
,there it was that a professedly        

,christian  ,government cast its        
,christianity out of a ,sepoy regiment1 
and there1 on  that very spot1 did the  
,sepoys shed the first ,christian blood1
 in their  efforts to cast us out of    
,india4    ,and now1 it may be asked1   
why has all this been done8 and what can
 have  been the motive for this         
unchristian policy8  ,it has not been   
the love of  ,hindooism1 for no one     
supposes for a moment that any of       
,india's rulers  cared for it4  ,but it 
seems to have been the result of a false
 expediency  and a timid policy4  ,the  
one defence that has been constantly put
 forth  has been that we must not       
endanger ,british power by offending    
heathen  prejudices4  ,it has been      
thought that the open and honest avowal 
of our  ,christianity might alarm the   
advocates of idolatry1 and so endanger  
,english rule4    ,now1 ,i believe that 
nothing can be more fallacious than such
 an opinion4  ,no man ever yet gained   
anything in the long run by holding back

 his  principles4  ,he may patch up a   
difficulty for a time1 but it will tell 
upon him with increased power           
afterwards1 and then he will have to    
meet  it1 distrusted by his fellow men1 
and forsaken by ,god himself4  ,oh6     
brethren1 if you ever wish man to trust 
you1 be honest to your own  principles1 
and remember the words of ,scripture1   
8,them that honour me ,i  will honour40 
,the truth of this has been abundantly  
proved in ,india1 and there are many    
facts to show that1 as elsewhere1 so in 
,india1 the open avowal of our          
,christian principles has been the      
surest means of obtaining the           
confidence of the natives4  ,for        
example1 our ,mission schools have been 
established on ,christian principles4   
,in them there has been the ,bible1  but
 no ,shastres1 and the ,gospel1 but no  
,koran2 and it is a most  remarkable    
fact1 and one that surely teaches a     
lesson of deep import1  that1 although  
the ,government schools have had all the

 advantages of the  support and         
patronage of the ,state1 the people1 the
 heathen people1 mark6  have preferred  
the schools where ,christ was honoured1 
and have sent so  many more children to 
them than to the others1 that the       
,government have  at length been induced
 by the demonstrated fact of their      
superior  popularity1 to admit them to  
the advantages of a grant in aid4       
,again1 at this present time the        
gentleman acting in the ,commissariat   
department for the little force at      
,benares1 is a missionary of the ,church
  ,missionary ,society4  ,he has been   
requested to leave the missionary       
compound1 and go into the cantonments1  
in order to make the necessary          
purchases for the force4  ,and why8     
,because the people of the country      
trust him as they do no one else1 and he
 can make purchases when others  fail4  
,here is a man that has been never seen 
but with the ,bible in his  hand and the
 ,gospel on his lips2 a man who has     

attacked ,hindooism openly1  in the     
streets and in the bazaars1 and he is   
the man best trusted by the  native     
population4  ,can there be a more       
conclusive proof of the utter  absurdity
 of the foolish clamour that missions   
have stirred up the  mutiny8    ,but    
there is another fact of the same kind4 
,the ,church ,missionary  ,society has a
 small mission at ,bhagulpur1 on the    
borders of the ,santal  tribes1 and     
when1 in the late ,santal rebellion1    
those tribes came  sweeping over the    
plains1 that little spot was preserved1 
like ,gideon's  fleece1 moist1 when all 
around was dry1 and dry when all around 
was moist  with blood4  ,the influence  
of the ,mission over these people was so
  strong1 and the tranquillizing power  
so clearly proved1 that the ,east       
,indian ,government1 to their great     
credit be it spoken1 have admitted the  
fact1 and in order to keep the district 
quiet have actually requested the       
missionary of ,bhagulpur to organize    

similar missions at ,government  expense
 throughout the ,santal tribes4    ,who 
can doubt1 then1 the fallacy of the     
idea1 that a plain1 honest1 and         
affectionate avowal of ,christian       
principle would ever have weakened      
,british power8  ,but even if it were   
otherwise--if there were risk in        
introducing the ,gospel and in          
fulfilling our ,stewardship--suppose    
there  were the deliberate choice       
between ,british sovereignty and the    
,kingdom of  our ,lord ,jesus           
,christ--suppose it to have been a fact 
that there was  danger to our rule in   
,india if we openly avowed our faith in 
,jesus--suppose that there were real    
risk in a plain1 open1 honest1          
,christian government1 what1 brethren1  
should have been the decision8  ,dearly 
as we love the prosperity of our land1  
thankfully as we recognise  the many    
beneficial changes that have been       
effected by ,british power1  fervently  
as we hope for still greater results    

when the present crisis  has passed     
away1 yet if there were antagonism      
between all this and the  ,lord's       
,kingdom1 there must not be one moment's
 hesitation as to the  verdict of the   
,christian man4  ,christ must be        
honoured at all costs2 and  ,god forbid 
that ,england ever hold a sovereignty   
either purchased or  maintained at the  
awful price of the suppression of our   
principles or the  keeping back of      
,god's truth6    ,here lies1 ,i believe1
 the root of this sad calamity4  ,the   
contrary has  been in many cases our    
decision4  ,england's power has been    
preferred to  the ,lord's kingdom4  ,we 
have forgotten our ,stewardship4  ,we   
have not held  ,india by ,him or for    
,him4  ,we have relied on our own arm1  
and have  governed for our own purposes4
  ,and now that arm has failed us1 and  
those  purposes have been completely    
frustrated4  ,the reed has broken and   
pierced through the hand that leaned on 
it4  ,god has let us feel what we  are  

in our own strength2 and who could be   
surprised if ,he were now to  say1      
8,thou mayest be no longer steward80    
,but there is danger in fixing our      
thoughts too much on governments1 for   
by so doing we are apt to lose sight of 
our personal responsibility2  whereas we
 ought to remember that the ,church of  
,god has had its trust  likewise1 and   
that every individual amongst us has    
been more or less  connected with the   
question4  ,consider1 then1 the         
stewardship of the  ,church4    ,in the 
last century there was very little done 
for the spread of the  ,gospel in       
,india4  ,there are a few remarkable    
names on record such as  ,schwartz and  
,martyn1 and a few institutions such as 
the ,society for  ,promoting ,christian 
,knowledge1 in connexion with which     
,schwartz laboured4  ,but it was not    
till the beginning of this century that 
the missionary  spirit sprang up with   
any vigour in the ,church4  ,the first  
half of the  century was almost wholly  

lost4  ,this might be explained partly  
by the  opposition of ,government4  ,but
 since the year #ahac there has been no 
such  impediment4  ,there has been a    
great country with its teeming millions4
  ,there has been the most perfect      
personal safety4  ,the missionaries     
could  travel from north to south       
without a danger4  ,there has been a    
peaceable  population ready to discuss1 
and regarding with respect the ,british 
name4  ,there has been1 in short1 for   
the last forty-four years the noblest   
and  most magnificent opportunity for   
,christian ,missions that the world has 
ever witnessed4  ,there has been a vast 
opening before us1 such as would  have  
filled the ,apostle's mind with zeal and
 wonder4  ,and now what have  we done8  
,let the ,church of ,god give an account
 of her stewardship6    ,we thankfully  
acknowledge that this stewardship has   
not been altogether  neglected4  ,great 
and well conducted missionary           
institutions have been at  work1 and    

devoted men have been raised up for the 
service4  ,nor has ,god  left us without
 tokens of his blessing4  ,in #ahec the 
whole ,bible had been  translated into  
ten languages1 the ,new ,testament into 
five others1 and  separate ,gospels into
 four more4  ,there were also at that   
time as many as  #b1jae missionary      
schools established2 and1 as far as     
could be calculated1  there were then no
 less than #aab1jjj converts4  ,we may1 
therefore1 thank  ,god most heartily for
 what has been done2 but still it is    
nothing in  proportion to the immensity 
of the demand4  ,in that year the       
,church of  ,god throughout the         
world--,english1 ,scotch1 ,american1 and
 ,european1  including all ,dissenting  
bodies--supplied only #cie ,american or 
,european  labourers1 not one for half a
 million of the ,indian population4  ,i 
have  not the means of ascertaining the 
present total1 but1 as far as ,i can    
gather from the ,reports1 the ,society  
for the ,propagation of the ,gospel is  

now maintaining about forty-eight       
,english clergymen in ,india1 and the   
,church ,missionary ,society about      
ninety ,english clergymen1 with about   
twenty ,english laymen4  ,there are     
,germans and natives employed in        
addition1 but the total1 #aeh1 very     
nearly represents the sum of ,england's 
contribution of her own sons to this    
great work through these two ,church  of
 ,england ,societies4  ,and now1 if we  
remember the eagerness with which       
parents seek for appointments either    
civil or military1 and the steady       
stream of gallant young men that are    
every year going forth to ,india--when  
we contrast the difficulty of obtaining 
a single missionary with the  eagerness 
to obtain a ,company's appointment1 ,i  
fear that we must come to  the          
conclusion that we are not yet awake to 
the responsibilities of our             
,stewardship1 and not yet alive to the  
loud and solemn call with which the     
great ,head of the ,church is summoning 

us to the honour of his sacred  service4
    ,the same may be said with reference
 to funds4  ,in #ahec the large sum of  
#aij1jjjl4 was contributed1 of which no 
less than #cc1ejjl4 was  subscribed in  
,india itself1 leaving #aef1ejjl4 to be 
collected from the  rest of the world4  
,i am again unable to give the          
statistics of other  bodies at the      
present time1 but the two ,societies    
already mentioned  appear to spend      
between them money collected in ,england
 to the amount of  only #gf1hcdl41 of   
which #eg1fcel4 is spent by the ,church 
,missionary  ,society1 and #ai1aiil4 by 
the ,society for the ,propagation of the
 ,gospel4  ,there is doubtless some that
 passes through other channels1 in      
addition  to the large sums expended by 
other bodies of ,christians4  ,but we   
may  regard #hj1jjjl4 as a near         
approximation to the whole sum now spent
 by  the ,church of ,england on ,indian 
,missions4  ,now just contrast this sum 
with the large fortunes made in ,india1 

with the number of families  altogether 
maintained from ,india1 and1 above all1 
with the fact that the  ,company is     
deriving a net profit of #e1jjj1jjjl4   
a-year from the opium  traffic alone1   
and there is1 ,i fear1 most overwhelming
 evidence that we  have utterly failed  
in our ,stewardship2 that we have       
received much1 but  given little2 that  
we have been entrusted with great wealth
 and great  opportunities1 but have made
 a most poor and pitiful return1 having 
been  content to grow rich on ,india's  
produce without fulfilling our sacred   
trust1 or employing even a decent       
proportion of the income derived from   
,india on the evangelization of her     
people4    ,and the result of this      
defective liberality is evident in the  
total  spiritual destitution of vast    
districts1 more especially amongst those
  which have been the scenes of the     
present outbreak4    ,let us examine the
 state of some of these districts1 now  
too well known  by the sad events that  

have happened there4    ,in a district  
around ,agra1 containing a population of
 #c1ejj1jjj1 there  were in #aheb       
nineteen missionaries2 and around       
,benares1 for a population  of          
#g1ajj1jjj1 nineteen missionaries--a    
tolerable supply1 it may be  thought1   
but yet very little1 when you reflect   
that around ,benares there  was little  
more than one man to nearly #djj1jjj    
heathen4  ,but look at  other cases4    
,take the case of ,cawnpore1 that place 
whose name should be  written in tears4 
,around ,cawnpore there is a district   
containing  #c1bjj1jjj persons1 for     
which in #aheb there were only seven    
missionaries1  one for nearly half a    
million4  ,around ,meerut there is a    
district  containing #c1cjj1jjj1 for    
which there were four missionaries4     
,around  ,bareilly1 a population of     
#d1djj1jjj1 for which there was not one4
  ,around  ,delhi1 a population of      
#a1ejj1jjj1 and not one1 although a     
,mission has  since been established by 

the ,society for the ,propagation of the
 ,gospel  and another by the ,baptists4 
,but up to the year #ahec there was not 
one4  ,and so again at ,lucknow4  ,the  
,government has for years been friendly 
to  us1 the whole kingdom of ,oude has  
been open to us1 and for the last two   
years it has been under our own         
dominion4  ,but up to this day ,i       
believe ,i  am correct in stating that  
not a single missionary has ever yet    
crossed  its border4  ,such is the      
spiritual condition of vast regions in  
,india at  the present time4  ,according
 to the language of an able writer1     
8,some of  the finest and most populous 
parts of the country are altogether     
neglected1 or1 if not neglected1        
supplied at the rate of one missionary  
to a million or half a million of       
people1 scattered in great districts6   
,let any one study the map of ,india1   
and allow his eye to affect his  heart4 
,he will find a district as large as    
,wales or ,yorkshire1 with a  population

 probably larger1 without a single      
missionary4  ,he may go on  and add to  
that another1 and then another1 and     
finally will discover a  long range of  
fertile1 populous countries1 as much    
neglected as if they  were districts in 
,japan40  ,so fearfully have we failed  
in the stewardship  which ,god has given
 us4    ,but let us remember who are    
really the parties that have been thus  
deficient4  ,in the acts of ,government 
we may feel but little personal         
responsibility1 for1 as private         
individuals1 we cannot control them4    
,but  it is not so with the stewardship 
of the ,church1 for the deficiency has  
arisen there not from any want of       
principle in the ruling body1 but from  
want of interest in the private         
individuals composing the flock4  ,we   
have  had large and well-conducted      
,institutions doing their utmost3 we    
have had  appeal after appeal to our    
liberality1 sometimes from the bishops1 
sometimes from military officers1       

sometimes from residents in the civil   
service1 sometimes from the little band 
of missionaries1 and sometimes  even    
from the heathen themselves4  ,they have
 appealed for money1 and  appealed for  
men1 and appealed for prayers4  ,they   
have urged upon us the  awful           
necessities of millions of perishing    
heathen1 and pressed on our  attention  
the noble opportunities and most solemn 
responsibilities which  we have received
 from ,god4  ,the neglect has been with 
ourselves4  ,the  responsibility cannot 
be shifted upon others4  ,we have not   
responded  enough1 either in men or     
money4  ,there have been plenty of young
 men for  the army and the civil        
service4  ,there has been no difficulty 
in  obtaining chaplains1 but few have   
volunteered for ,missions2 and even of  
these few several have been deterred by 
their parents' unwillingness to  part   
with them for such a service4  ,and so  
with funds3 we have been  content to    
give an annual guinea1 or perhaps much  

less1 and then leave  the whole great   
work to others4  ,there has been very   
little self-denial  for ,god4  ,how     
little have any of us ever given up for 
,india's good6  ,how  small have been   
the sacrifices which any of us have ever
 made for the  evangelization of those  
many millions6  ,i cannot but think that
 ,god is  now awaking us by the rod to a
 sense of our responsibility4  ,he is   
awaking the north wind to rouse us from 
our indifference4  ,we have not         
listened sufficiently to ,india's plea  
for help2 so now ,he is shaking us  from
 our slumber1 and ,i trust that the     
result may be that we may 8hear  the    
rod1 and who hath appointed it40  ,i do 
not believe that the  stewardship is    
about to be taken from us1 but ,i       
believe1 on the contrary1  that a new   
era is dawning on ,india4  ,i can       
imagine it possible that after  this    
experience of heathenism there will be  
any more deference paid to  its horrid  
idolatry by ,government2 and ,i pray to 

,god that his ,church may  rise an one  
man to the deep sense of its sacred     
trust2 that we may all be  brought to a 
deeper personal knowledge of the love of
 ,christ1 and each  one act more        
conscientiously than he has ever yet    
done1 under the steady  recollection of 
,india's claims and ,england's          
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