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The Punjab and Sindh Missions of the Church Missionary Society
The Punjab and Sindh Missions of the Church Missionary Society Author:Robert Clark General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1885 Original Publisher: Church Missionary Society Subjects: Religion / Christian Ministry / Missions Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this boo... more »k you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: 22 CHAPTER IV. THE GEOGRAPHICAL POSITION OK THE PUNJAB AND SINDH CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY'S MISSIONS. I. -- Our Frontier Line of Missions. It may be thought by some persons that the location of some of the Church Missionary Society's Missions has been made at hap-hazard. We believe that their establishment in their present positions has been ordered by the direct Providence of God. The Gospel must be preached in the whole world for a testimony to all people before the end comes. It would seem as if, in God's Providence, the greater part of the Punjab and Sindh Missions has reference as much to the many tribes of Mahomcdan or Heathen countries which lie beyond our borders as to the people of the Punjab and Sindh. If we examine carefully the distribution of our Punjab and Sindh Missions, we are at once struck with the fact that the greater part of them are as it were outposts, situated on the very verge of the long line of our North-West Frontier, which is dotted with our Missions at short intervals the whole way from Simla to Kur- rachee. Our Missions begin at Simla and Kotgurh, amongst the Hill tribes who dwell between the Punjab plains and Thibet and Eastern China. Dr. Prochnow and other Missionaries have often itinerated in these Hills, and brought the message of the Gospel to the doors of many people. We then go on through Kulu (an out- station of Batala) to Kangra, the chief city in a large and populous district, comprising many Frontier States. THE FRONTIER MISSIONS. 23 From Kangra we proceed on...« less