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Excerpt from A Charge Delivered by the Right Rev. Henry Alexander Douglas, Bishop of Bombay, at His Primary Visitation in S. Thomas's Cathedral, Bombay, on Tuesday, the 12th January 1875
It is not my intention to dwell at any' great length on the statistics of the Diocese, however important these may be as evidences of the work which is being done. I have twice visited the whole Diocese. I have confirmed, during six years, some 1700 persons, of whom one third were natives of this country. So large a proportion of the con firmed are mere temporary sojourners, that it is to confirmations among those who are the permanent inhabitants of the country that we must chie?y look for any index of increasing strength.
During six years, seven persons have been admitted to the Holy Order of Deacons, of whom four were natives of this land. Six of these seven, and four others, have been admitted to the Holy Order of the Priesthood. I regret much that the number of ordinations of native clergy is so small, and that there is no immediate prospect of any great addition to their number. But until a College is founded expressly for the education and training of Catechists and Clergy this defect is not likely to be remedied. The establishment of at least one such College has been an object which I have had in view ever since I came to India, and has been brought to the notice of our Missionary Societies as of paramount importance. Without it, growth is almost impossible, and other labour is unfruitful or well nigh vain.
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