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Title: American messenger
Year: 1843 (1840s)
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Subjects: American Tract Society Christianity
Publisher: New York (N.Y.) : American Tract Society
Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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e or apostolicmanner, rebuke it in stern and peremptorytones, and again he may find it the most effec-tive way simply to turn a deaf ear to the talk—in other words, to hang up the receiver. We are told in Scripture that a soft answerturneth away wrath. It was so in the days ofSolomon, and it is so now. Mutual recrimina-tion settles nothing, and no man can argue withlogical precision and judicial comprehensivenesswhen his heart is stirred with passion and hispulses beat madly. Too much distraction is the danger of allgood people in this rushing age, for by manycalls upon their thought and time the mentaland moral energies are dissipated, and little oflasting good is, in consequence, effected. Itwould be well if many of these demands com-peting for our attention were summarily cut off.Do not become the slave of the man at the otherend of the line. Re courageous and cool enoughto hang up the receiver! Go ye into the world and preach the Gospel to every creature 41 HIS VINEYARD AND OURS
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MISSIONARIES ENJOYING A TROLLEY RIDE IN INDIA In the Punjab. Punjab is the name given to a largenorthwestern province of British India.It has an area of 133.741 square milesand contains a population of over 20,-000,000 souls. The chief occupation ofthe people is agriculture. Some manu-facturing is done, the Oriental domesticmethods being most commonly em-ployed. Since the Punjab lies at the northwestgateway of India, numerous migrationsand military expeditions from the westhave passed through it, making it thescene of frequent conflicts. The resulthas been to differentiate this provincefrom the other parts of India. TheCaucasian blood is more pronounced, asis also the military spirit. The so-calledJats constitute a considerable part ofthe population and are largely Hindu infaith. The warlike Sikhs are an off-shoot from the Hindu Jats. Other ele-ments in the population are the Pathansand the Beluchis. Delhi is the largest city of the Punjab.Lahore, the capital, ranks second. Mostof the

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