History of the church of England in India

THIS book is an attempt to describe briefly the life of our Church in India since the early days of the " Old John Company." I feel, while writing it, like one who is asked to compose something in the nature of an elegy. For three centuries we have been the" Church of England" in India. To-morrow we may be known as" The Church of India in communion with the Church of England."
The change will not be merely one of name. It will mean the passing away of a long-established order of things and the entering into a new one. The Church will not enter on this new life without encountering grave difficulties. From the beginning it has been
accustomed to have many of its needs met; first, by the East India Company, and then by a paternal Indian Government. The burden of the support of its Clergy, the building and maintenance of many of the Churches, the support of the schools, have hitherto been largely met by Government in a way experienced by no other Province of the Anglican Church.