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complimentary to Christianity. The school boys held the firm conviction that conversion meant eating meat and drinking wine."
"Had they no idea of the doctrines taught?" "None whatever. These acts, which are both abhorrent to Hindus, were for them the symbols of Christianity; beyond this, they knew nothing. Sometimes, on our way to school, we could see a crowd near the school gate, catch a glimpse of Mr. Scott preaching, or hear his voice in the distance; occasionally we heard rumour of his ill-treatment by the people, but I, at least, never went near him then. Later, I got to know him and to admire him."
At this time, all the religious teaching was received in the home, and there the dharma had not decayed.
