Chapter 29

_Hindus._

_Pantheism, Polytheism, and Idolatry, and their Demoralizing Tendency._ Counteracting Influences. _Contradictory Views of Hindu Character._ Professor Max Muller. Sir Thomas Munro. Sir Charles Trevelyan.

_The Caste System._ Its Ramifications and Effects. Its Baneful Influence. Its Incidental Benefits. _The Patriarchal System._ In the Presidency Cities Caste greatly weakened. Weakening Tendencies all over India.

_The Brahmists._ Brahmism and the Gospel. Brahmist Divisions. Successive Hindu Reformers.

_Girls' Schools and Female Missions._ Access to Hindu Families. Lady Physicians. Great Importance of Zenana Missions. Behind the Curtain. The Freedom of Women in Humble Life. The Influence of Women in India.

_Mission Prospects._ Difficulty in gauging Success. Hurtful Influence of English Infidel Literature. The Strength of Family and Social Ties. Instance. The Vast Extent of the Field. _Pagani_, Villagers, synonymous with Heathen.

_Help given in India for the Solution of Great Questions._ 1. The Immobility of the Eastern Mind. 2. The Genesis and Evolution of Religion. 3. Comparative Religion. 4. The Migration of Nations. 338