Storia do Mogor 103.3

103.3

I know that it is not seemly for a layman to raise his eyes to the skies (ponere os in caelum) when speaking of the ministers of the Gospel. Yet I cannot dispense with saying something, at any rate, to warn the superior authorities against sending such men to mission work as give an opening for speaking ill of the priesthood. Let them be vowed to poverty, and more gentle in dealing with their neighbour than those I encountered when in Bengal ; and if I must tell the truth, let them send priests more devout than those that were there. I solemnly declare I speak of no individual, nor wish to lay bare the failings of anyone, but it is quite certain that the Mahomedans and Hindus, let alone the Christians, are not edified by the lives of some missionaries. I will not speak further from the respect I bear to those ministering at the altar ; what I here say and do is for love of God's glory, and that in all sincerity what goes on in these countries may be known in Europe.