Scripture lessons. Our captain was with us, and great was his surprise at hearing a translation of some of the questions and answers. "Why,” said he, “these heathen children know more about the Bible than I do.” And indeed in many a school in Christian lands questions on Scripture truth would be far less correctly answered than by the Hindu boys and girls of the Madras schools. Going to the high school, we found the pupils similarly engaged. As they study the Scriptures in English, we each of us took a class of bright boys, and for the first time had the pleasure of commending the religion of Jesus Christ to these intelligent and engaging youth.
At half-past nine o'clock both schools adjourned to the church,[1] and public services commenced. The building is sixty feet long and
- ↑ Our illustration gives a fair representation of the Chintadrepettah church, school-house, and preaching bungalow. On the right is the church; next to it the school-house, (the high school,) two stories in height, with Venetian doors in the first story and Venetian blinds in the second. The back part of the school-house is but one story in height, with a low roof. Beyond the school is the open bungalow for preaching on week days, so stationed as to attract persons passing along the street, who will not enter a church. In Burmah, such a building would be called a Zayat.
