Poverty Among India’s Village Christians
EXCEPT to those who have been in India, it is difficult for one to realize the exceeding poverty of the ordinary village Christian. There are thousands of them who, if they are unable to obtain a daily wage of from two to four annas (an anna is equal to two cents), will with their families have to13forego their evening meal. For many it is a steady fight against starvation for nearly twelve months of the year. At transplanting time and at the reaping there is usually a sufficiency, but for the rest of the year it is a steady contest, not with want but with actual starvation. The problem of self-support under such circumstances becomes well-nigh insoluble.— World-Wide Missions.