In the course of a letter published in the "Diocesan Record,".the Bistop of Calcutta refers to an article published previously regarding the way in which missionaries li After describing his visit to villages in Eastern Bengal, where work is being carried on bythe Oxford Mission, the Bishop states: "The article distressed me mach when read it for while, as I understand, it did not represent the views of tha writer himself, but only attempted to convey the kind of criticism of missionaries and their work which 8 still to be heard in certain circles, it seemed to regard the reasonable care which the Church endeavours by take of her missionaries as a subject of reproach and mentioned the scandalous conditions under which industrial workers have sometimes live, not to condemn them, but apparently to suggest them as a model which missionary societies might with advantage copy.
"The educational work of missions did rot escape condemnation, though how far those whose "alleged opinions were expressed were quali~ fied by personal knowledge to pass any judgment at all was not clear. It may, therefore, be useful if I draw attention to the opinion of another layman who, as a late Director of Public Instruction in the Central Provinees, and generally recognized as an able educationist, is certainly qualified to speak,
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