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Excerpt from The Conversion of India: From Pantaenus to the Present Time, A. D. 193-1893
The Reformed Churches Of Europe and America, after a critical pause for two centuries more, during which they were unconsciously preparing the Word Of God for the world-races, and were Opening up new continents and islands to its sway, entered a century ago on the third spiritual revolution - the conversion Of the East, of India and Southern Asia, to Christ. The conversion of Africa and the islands may be regarded as the work Of the missionary century on which we are just entering. So far as Africa is under Mohammedan in?uence, the evangel ising Of that continent is really a part of the greater prob lem Of Asia. Following up the two revolutions of the eighteen Christian centuries, the third, the conversion of India in the widest sense of that word, is the first and greatest mission to which Western Christendom is called. The fitful and mistaken attempts of the Early Church, the long neglect or cruel intolerance that succeeded these up to a century ago, have made Brahmanism, with its odi spring, and Islam apparently more powerful enemies of Christ than even the classical paganism of Hellas and Imperial Rome. Hinduism and Islam once fairly grappled with, the millions of China and Japan, Of Africa and Oceania, must follow willing captives in the triumphal train of the Christ.
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