Faith and Victory

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Excerpt from Faith and Victory: A Story of the Progress of Christianity in BengalIt is with no ordinary satisfaction that we give to the American public this unique book, a book which could scarce have been written save by its author. The daughter of one of the noblest of men, the Swiss Missionary Lacroix, she was from childhood intimate with the language, the habits, the ideas of the people of Bengal. As the wife of the eminent Dr. Mullens of Calcutta, and his enthusiastic colaborer, she made diligent use of her rare opportunities for penetrating the recesses of the Hindoo home, that she might bless the inmates of the Zenana. Hence her ability to lift the veil, and, combining imagination with knowledge and fact, to give us an inside view of a Bengalee home of high rank, and of the bitter conflicts through which its inmates emerge into the light and liberty of Christian life.The book was written, primarily, to be read by the people of Bengal in their own tongue. To undergo this ordeal it must be true to life. The writer therefore subjected it to the criticism of two Bengalee gentlemen. The reader thus has the satisfaction of knowing that whilst he is profoundly interested he is also instructed. Oriental sketches generally abound in the most gross absurdities.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.