Excerpt from The Apostles of India: The Baird Lecture for 1915 A note of explanation may be given as to the fairly numerous quotations which the chapters con tain. These form a feature which, it is believed, will prove both welcome and useful. The passages quoted from ancient authorities, in the earlier Chapters, furnish practically the entire foundation of our knowledge of Indian Missions in those far Ofi' days, and enable the reader to reconstruct the history for himself. In the later chapters, by giving typical extracts from the actual words of the apos tolic workers, the endeavour is made to let the personal note be heard, and a direct impression be thereby conveyed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.