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Chapter Five. Heathens and Baptists |
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some Nagas refuse to convert to Christianity |
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In the villages I visited with Mills, the mission had then not won a complete victory, and many Aos persevered in their traditional faith. Curiously enough they showed on the whole far more tolerance than some of their Christian neighbours. I never heard that "heathens" had damaged a church or disturbed a service. But unfortunately the Baptists were less tactful, and only too often hurt the feelings of their fellow-villagers by cutting down their sacred trees and desecrating the spirit-stones. And under the pretext that they had nothing to do with the old customs, they sometimes even refused to collaborate in the purely worldly affairs of the village. |
