The Breaking Down of Caste in India

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jun 29, 1916

The Breaking Down of Caste in India

THINGS are certainly changing in India. We quote the words of Rev. F. E. Jeffrey, of Aruppukottai:— “A marvelous revolution is in progress. Twenty-five years ago the writer was stoned for innocently taking a low-caste Christian servant through the Brahman street. The other day he sat down to a banquet with college students of all castes, including three divisions of Brahmans. All were served by servants of low-caste extraction. In Bombay, on December 28, an All-India Inter- caste dinner, organized with the avowed object of doing away with caste differences, was held. Of the 450 guests from various castes, 225 were Brahmans, 50 were Indian women, and 20 were the so-called ‘untouchables.’” — American Board Quarterly News Bulletin, Boston, Mass., May 19, 1916.

THE heated season, just past, has been one of the most trying times of drought in the history of our missions in South Africa. Brother W. H. Anderson says it is the worst he has known during his twenty-one years in Africa. A rain came at Solusi just in time to save the crops. Fever is severe also. At Somabula the natives about the mission have come for food, but there is nothing with which to supply their need. Such are the trying conditions our missionaries are forced to encounter at times. Truly they need our prayers and our loyal support.