It was something like this: That each country or State should have its
special work. Europe was portioned off to England, Wales, Scotland,
Ireland, Canada, New Zealand, and Australia. They were to divide the
work among themselves. New York took Southern India, Pennsylvania took
Northern India. The northern half of China was allotted to Illinois, the
southern half, to Ohio. Mexico was given to Texas. The islands of the
Pacific to California. South America was portioned off to other States.
Massachusetts was given Japan, Egypt was given to Michigan. Persia to
Indiana. Every State had a certain work of its own in some foreign
country separate from that which was done by other States and countries.
Each State or country was to send just four teachers to the country they
had taken to enlighten. The teachers must be all round characters, with
high intellectual attainments, and possessing at the same time rich
spiritual gifts and free from family ties.
The line of work marked out for the teachers was as follows: First, to
locate themselves in the largest city in the country to which they are
sent.
To make themselves thoroughly familiar with the writings and teachings
of the founders of the predominant religion of the country to which they
are sent.
To find out all that is known of the leading saints and sages who have
lived in their lives the prevailing religion of the country in which
they lived.
To study thoroughly the habits, customs and bondages of the people of
the country to which they are sent. Then to cultivate the acquaintance
of the most intellectual and spiritually inclined native men and women
and get them interested in the work of the Reform Forces. To appeal to
them, and reach them through the teachings of the founders of their own
religion, as well as by what has been written and said by their own
saints and sages. Get the intelligent natives of both sexes to become
the leaders and teachers to their people. Get the native teachers to
work to strike at some of the bondages which they think the people are
ready to free themselves from first, and when the people have thrown off
one bondage then to work to get them to be free from other bondages.
After the teachers have got a group of intelligent native workers in the
line of the Reform Forces in one city, they are to go to another city
and do the same till the whole country has native workers in every part
working along the line of the Reform Forces.
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