ar preaching--Attacked
by his countrymen--In the police-station--Before the
English magistrate--Declares he is a Christian--Arrival
of his mother--Tied up in his village--Escape--Takes
refuge in the hills--A murder case--Circumstantial
evidence--Condemned--A last struggle for liberty--Qazi Abdul
Karim--His origin--Eccentricities--Enthusiasm--Crosses the
frontier--Captured--Confesses his faith--Torture--Martyrdom
287-295

Chapter XXIV

Deductions

Number of converts not a reliable estimate of mission work--Spurious
converts versus indigenous Christianity--Latitude should be allowed
to the Indian Church--We should introduce Christ to India rather
than Occidental Christianity--Christianizing sects among Hindus and
Muhammadans--Missionary work not restricted to missionaries--Influence
of the best of Hindu and Muhammadan thought should be welcomed--The
conversion of the nation requires our attention more than that
of the individual--Christian Friars adapted to modern missions--A
true representation of Christ to India--Misconceptions that must be
removed 296-304

Chapter XXV

A Forward Policy

Frontier medical missions--Their value as outposts--Ancient
Christianity in Central Asia--Kafiristan: a lost opportunity of the
Christian Church--Forcible conversion to Islam--Fields for missionary
enterprise beyond the North-West Frontier--The first missionaries
should be medical men--An example of the power of a medical mission
to overcome opposition--The need for branch dispensaries--Scheme of
advance--Needs 305-312

Glossary 314-318

Index 319-324

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Dr. Pennell Travelling as a Sadhu Frontispiece
A Khattak Sword-Dancer 28
A Zyarat or Shrine on the Takht-i-Suliman 34
A Group of Lepers at a Zyarat or Shrine in Hazara 36
The Khaiber Pass. A Village in the Pass 46
A Cavalry Shutur-sowar, or Camel-rider 46
Types of Frontier Tribesmen 50
Bannu Villagers