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Title: Things as They Are
Mission Work in Southern India

Author: Amy Wilson-Carmichael

Release Date: July 16, 2009 [EBook #29426]

Language: English

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[Illustration: Old India. "You think you know us; you know nothing at
all about us!" and the old eyes peer intently into yours, and the old
head shakes and he smiles to himself as he moves off. Every bit of this
picture is suggestive: the closed door behind,--only a Brahman may open
that door; the mythological carving,--only a Brahman has the right to
understand it; the three-skein cord,--only a Brahman may touch it. Even
the ragged old cloth is suggestive. In old India nothing but Caste
counts for anything, and a reigning Prince lately gave his weight in
gold to the Brahmans, as part payment for ceremonies which enabled him
to eat with men of this old man's social position. Look at the marks on
the baby's forehead; they are suggestive too.]

THINGS AS THEY ARE

MISSION WORK IN SOUTHERN INDIA

BY

AMY WILSON-CARMICHAEL

_Keswick Missionary C.E.Z.M.S._

AUTHOR OF "FROM SUNRISE LAND," ETC.

WITH PREFACE BY

EUGENE STOCK

[Illustration: Tamil Text: VICTORY TO JESUS' NAME!]

LONDON: MORGAN AND SCOTT
(OFFICE OF "=The Christian=")
12, PATERNOSTER BUILDINGS, E.C.
_And may be ordered of any bookseller_
1905

FIRST EDITION _April 1903_
_Reprinted_ _August 1903_
" _January 1904_
" _November 1904_
"