Christianity

since 1860 has — become a communal tie, and a protection against the ills of life, in — a manner unknown in the west. Yet between 1722, when the — Dutch reckoned 500,000 Christians, and 1862 when they should; proportionally have numbered 2 millions, they had sunk to a quarter of a million, while Hinduism had gained 1} millions in 40 years. — Between 1871 and 1881 we find an increase of Moslems of about — 25 per cent. (9} millions), and Canon Taylor reckons this increase — at about half a million a year, in the northern and central provinces. In Persia, Arabia, Syria, and Egypt, conversions to Christianity have — been practically nil. The statistics of later years (Canon Isaac Taylor — in the Zimes, Nov. 1887) show Christianity to make only one convert to ten converted to Islam. The same story is told by — Sir H. H.