Storia do Mogor 281.19.7

281.19.7

The prison of the reverend fathers, the Portuguese Jesuits, was a house, where they were guarded. All the churches built at different places in the [Tanjor] territory were demolished, pillaged, and left in ruins. What excellent results from that Jesuitic farce ! Its only object, they said, was the conversion of the Hindus, and from it they expected no less result, after it had been played, than to behold the Brahmans and other chief castes flocking to church in search of baptism. The total ruin of the sheepfolds of Jesus Christ, the desolation of the Lord's house, the dispersion of His sheep who used to gather there to feed on the bread of God's word and to receive that of the angels — are not these things a greater misfortune by a thousandfold than any benefit from the acquisition by the reverend fathers, the French Jesuits, of a wretched corner of ground, of a portion of a flower garden dedicated to a pagoda, from its annexation to the house belonging to their catechist, or from the obstinacy they displayed in having a house built for their sacristan among those of Brahmans, in opposition to Indian customs ? I leave the decision to the judgment of the reader.