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Identifier: lifeworkinindiaa00stewrich Title: Life and work in India; an account of the conditions, methods, difficulties, results, future prospects and reflex influence of missionary labor in India, especially in the Punjab mission of the United Presbyterian Church of North America Year: 1899 (1890s) Authors: Stewart, Robert, 1839-1915 Subjects: United Presbyterian Church of North America Missions -- India Publisher: Philadelphia : Pearl Pub. Co. Contributing Library: University of California Libraries Digitizing Sponsor: Internet Archive

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Text Appearing Before Image: sense of the great work which is given him to do alsohelps to dignify and establish a missionarys soul and make him vigi-lant in regard to his own spiritual life. He knows that he is engagedin founding a new church, in starting a movement whose influencewill be felt for generations and that its whole character for centuriesperhaps will be determined by his teaching, his example and his spirit.In short, he is conscious of being an apostle,* a successor (in all but* The word apostle means literally a missionary, one sent forth. STIMULANTS TO PIETY 375 Ihspired power) of Peter and Paul, and feels that he is doing apostolicwork. This knowledge tends to develop his carefulness, his sincerity,his prayerfulness and his consistency. He is aware, too, that the Christian world, especially his ownchurch at home, is watching his course with deep interest and expect-ing him to act as their fit representative ; and this fact is apt to pro-duce the same effect as that wliich has just been mentioned.

Text Appearing After Image: KALBADEVI ROAD, BOMBAY.{The scene of the riots o/iSgj.) He knows also that thousands of Gods people are praying for himand for the success of his work. This is a great incentive to holinessand a great help in the prosecution of his labors. Perhaps no othersingle thing is more thought of, or more prized, by those who havegone far hence to bear the gospel to the heathen. If persons at homeonly realized this fact they would certainly pray for missionaries morethan they do. 376 LIFE AND WORK I.V INDIA Again, the rapidity witli which converts are made helps tostrengthen the faith of those who are engaged in missionary worlc andfill them with holy enthusiasm for the cause of Christ. Everv oneknows how a time of ingathering, when sinners are flocking to theSaviour by scores and hundreds, stirs the hearts of Gods people,increases their attachment to the Christian religion and brings themnearer the Master. Just such a thing is likely to be the result in aheathen land under similar conditions.

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