Lighted to Lighten: the Hope of India by Alice B. Van Doren
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one who has spent fifteen years in the South, and known the North only
from brief tours and the acquaintance which reading can give. For help in advice and criticism thanks are due to friends too numerous to name; especial mention, however, should be made of the kindness of three Indian critics who have read the manuscript: Miss Maya Das of the Y.W.C.A., Calcutta, Mr. Chandy of Bangalore, and Mr. Athiseshiah of Voorhees College, Vellore. TO-MORROW "If there were no Christian College in India, the foreshadowings of a great To-morrow would demand its creation. It is needed: (1) for training native leadership in this age when all India is demanding Indian leadership along all lines, and is impatient of foreign control. (2) for developing Christian workers for the multitudes in India who are turning to Christianity and need care and shepherding in schools and in all phases of daily life. (3) for the education of those who will be the homemakers of their country, that the stamp of Christianity may be upon the minds and lives of mothers and wives in this New India. (4) for moralizing the social life in India which otherwise would have |
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